What does Daniel 6:25 Mean?

Study Notes

unto all people
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dwell

Nebuchadnezzar, first of the Gentile world-kings in whom the times of the Gentiles Luke 21:24 ; Revelation 16:14 began, perfectly comprehended the universality of the sway committed to him Daniel 2:37 ; Daniel 2:38 as also did Cyrus Ezra 1:2 . That they did not actually subject the known earth to their sway is true, but they might have done so. The earth lay in their power.

Context Summary

The plot was an atrocious one, but it hurt its perpetrators more than the victim of their vindictive hatred, Daniel 6:24. They dug a pit into which they fell themselves. They thought to flatter the king, and secure Daniel's fall; but their stratagems were like the mines laid at the mouth of a harbor, which are more perilous to those who set them than to others. Still God sends His angels to shut the lions' mouths, that they may not hurt His people, strongly conscious of uprightness before God and man. It is not necessary to suppose that Daniel saw the angel any more than we behold the horses and chariots in the mountains around us. Dare to believe that the ministering angels, though unseen, engirdle you and intercept the blows and plots of your adversaries. Walk before God in righteousness and peace, and be sure that you are immortal till your work is done. That a heathen king should publish such a proclamation is a glimpse into the divine wisdom that can make His mighty power known by the strangest circumstances. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 6

¹  Daniel is made chief of the presidents
⁴  They, conspiring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree
¹⁰  Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lion's den
¹⁸  Daniel is saved;
²⁴  his adversaries devoured;
²⁵  and God magnified by a decree