Wisdom/discretion – Numerous examples can be seen throughout the book of Daniel. Strengths: See Daniel 6:4-5 for a summary of Daniel’s character. Daniel also distinguished himself wherever he turned (6:3). Special traits: God gave the Daniel (like Joseph) the gift to understand dreams and visions and give the correct interpretation (1:17, 2:24). Many important things were revealed to Daniel because God knew what kind of person Daniel was. Daniel was honored by God to the extent that God gave him many sensitive visions and mysteries regarding the future. He was an important prophet for the nation of Israel and for the whole world.
He served some of the most powerful leaders in the history of the world. Place in history: Daniel has an important place in history. Daniel was also one of three satraps, who ruled over the Persian kingdom. After Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar his dream and its interpretation he was made the overseer over the province of Babylon and all the wise men and magicians in the Babylonian kingdom. He was a wise man, an adviser in the personal service of Nebuchadnezzar (1:19-20). In Babylon he served in a number of capacities. He also studied literature and learned to be at least bilingual. He had a very high education and was trained in all the branches of wisdom of the day. Training and occupation: Daniel was one of the elite.
Daniel was about 80 when Persia conquered Babylon. It was certainly not an easy life or an easy time in the history of Israel for Daniel to live. A law was even passed forbidding the worship of anyone/anything except the Persian king. Peer pressure was strong to get him to conform. There were continual temptations to live as the sinful people around him. All the rest of his life he lived in a pagan and sinful culture. Daniel was merely a boy when he was forced to leave everything he knew. Jews loved their homeland, Jerusalem, and the temple, but were forced from their homes and taken to a foreign culture and country. Daniel, along with many other native Hebrews, were exiled in Babylon for many years. and taken to Babylon after the siege of Jerusalem ended (it started in 605 B.C.) Israel had been under attack for some time and succumbed to the world power of Babylon. When and where he lived: Daniel grew up in a turbulent time. Daniel lived in Babylon for over 60 years, into his eighties. After a time of training in the Babylonian ways, culture, language, etc he entered the personal service of Nebuchadnezzar as an adviser and also an overseer. He was taken as a captive for just these reasons. He was young, likely 16-18 at this time, good-looking, intelligent, and wise. Name: Daniel- God is Judge (Belteshazzar)- May Bel protect his lifeĪncestry and family life: We know that Daniel was a young man of the nobility and was the cream of the crop of the Israelites (1:3-4).
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