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Introduction
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All will bow before God, v.46
The interpretation of the dream to the king and the statement of its certainty is followed by the kings own homage.
This is an extraordinary thing for the king to do.
He fell down on his face.
Why does he bow before Daniel?
Because he doesn’t know God but he does know Daniel knows God and so bows before his representative.
He honors Daniel, may even fear him because he knows such a powerful God.
Note also that three times the statement to Daniel is used, v.46, 47, 48
the king prostrated himself to Daniel, 46
The king cried out/answered to Daniel, 47
His action is that he fell down on his face.
Why does he bow before Daniel?
Because he doesn’t know God but he does know Daniel knows God and so bows before his representative.
He honors Daniel, may even fear him because he knows such a powerful God.
the king made great to Daniel, 48
What is being pointed out is the king is focused on the representative of God.
So the king bows before him, much as people did when they saw an angel,
This is an amazing step.
The King does what all his subjects do before him when they come into his presence.This is what happens when a man, no matter who, encounters the Living God.
Now a person might still be recalcitrant toward God, but they still bow before Him.
Think of the demons when they encounter Jesus, God in the flesh.
They all bow before Him.
They recognize that they are in the presence of a higher power.
One that can take off their head if he liked.
Now the king recognizing something different and even more powerful than him, he falls down upon his own face.
Of course the implication is that he falls down before this teenage Jew, the servant of God.
That is another point.
When God is for us He makes even our enemies fall down before us.
In this case it is Daniel.
In doing so the king acknowledges there is someone greater than he is in his presence.
Can you imagine what anyone who is observing this would be thinking and saying.
This would spread like wildfire around the kingdom.
It would be front page news, ‘twittered’ to death.
In falling down before him, what is he doing?
to Daniel its position in the sentence is one of emphasis.
He paid homage to him.
ie. he prostrated himself before him.
This was an act of submission.
He gave him high honor by doing so.
He wouldn’t have done this with just anyone.
But the one who could tell him his dream and the interpretation.
Well, he recognizes the position of Daniel.
He recognizes the power of Daniel.
He can identify with that.
He knows what to do with that.
Daniel is his kind of guy, someone who wields power.
Daniel is singled out as the one to give gifts too, the one who is deserving of honor.
Not an honor where he puts him above himself, but one in which he certainly recognizes that he deserves some high gifts.
He recognizes his powers and so gives him appropriate gifts.
He commanded
to pour out to him a drink offering
He orders an offering mincha/gift
and incense the idea of soothing aromas be offered.
in reference to offering pleasing sacrifices to God of Israel as ordered by Darius the king to Tattenai the governor of Israel.
It was an offering in hopes that God would look with favor on the life of the king.
there is reference to offering pleasing sacrifices to God of Israel as ordered by Darius the king to Tattenai the governor of Israel.
It was an offering in hopes that God would look with favor on the life of the king.
Nebuchadnezzar was doing the same thing here.
hoping to have the favor of Daniel’s God by offering an acceptable sacrifice.
He already has been shown favor by God -given a dream, its interpretation and a young man to advise him what to do next.
Yet, can an unbeliever offer an acceptable sacrifice to God even if he is a powerful king, the one who defeated God’s people.
I say that tongue in cheek because we know that the only reason Judah was defeated was because God permitted it in judgment for their disobedience.
The difference between the two uses is that in Ezra animals and resources were to be provided to the Jewish priests in order to intercede on King Darius’ behalf.
In this instance, King Nebuchadnezzar is ordering the offering of a sacrifice to God on his behalf.
It is not that the Jewish priests are given the resources to do so on his behalf.
The answer is no, the only acceptable sacrifice of a pagan to God is that of repentance and a sin offering.
Everyone will bow before God one day.
“Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.”
There are no other lords.
Only one.
And only one name under heaven whereby a man must be saved.
the king prostrated himself to Daniel, 46
The king cried out/answered to Daniel, 47
the king made great to Daniel, 48
What is being pointed out is the king is focused on the representative of God.
So the king bows before him, much as people did when they saw an angel,
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All will exalt God, v.47
The king also exalts the God of Daniel, v.47
Then we have here the king answered.
Daniel didn’t ask a question of the king.
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