Daniel 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Back in those days, the highest judicial authority in any nation was the king, and therefore, we will need to remember as we read, that their sole purpose is to get rid of Daniel, and thus, rather than get into a back and forth with him they will turn to the judicial branch of Babylon’s government to accomplish their ends. In the next verses we must pay very close attention to how the proposed law in question would then be structured, for it would be made to surgically target, the laws and instructions given by God to all those who choose to obey Him.
In other words, they are going to make it illegal to pray to God, and if anyone dares to do so, they will be rendered into a criminal designation, and thus, the legislative branch of Babylon will now be making it a crime to do that which is right thereby laying the legal framework for prosecution of dissenters.
Daniel 6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live forever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which changes not.
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