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Daniel Obeys Jehovah

DANIEL CHAPTER 1

JERUSALEM WAS IN TROUBLE.

THE MIGHTY BABYLONIAN
ARMY SURROUNDED THE
CITY AND CAPTURED IT.

THE BABYLONIANS EVEN REMOVED THE

TREASURES FROM JEHOVAH’S TEMPLE.

THEY ALSO TOOK SOME OF THE YOUNG DANIEL, STAY

PEOPLE FROM THEIR PARENTS. CLOSE TO
JEHOVAH. OBEY
YOU WILL BE HIM WHEREVER
AWAY FROM US, YOU ARE.
BUT ALWAYS
REMEMBER THAT
SON, I’M WE LOVE YOU.
GOING TO
MISS YOU SO
MUCH!

I WILL,
FATHER.

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 DANIEL AND THE OTHER YOUNG IS THIS
MEN ARRIVED IN BABYLON. I’VE
PLACE EVEN NEVER SEEN
REAL? ANYTHING
LIKE IT.

IT’S
AMAZING!

THE
WALLS ARE SO
BIG, AND THE
MARKETS SELL
EVERYTHING! AND WHY DID
THEY BRING
US HERE?
WHAT ARE
THEY GOING
TO DO WITH
US?

FOR THREE YEARS, THE BABYLONIANS TRIED TO MAKE

THE YOUNG ISRAELITES BECOME JUST LIKE THEM.
YOU ARE IN
BABYLON NOW. SO
THE GREAT KING ORDERS
YOU TO HAVE BABYLONIAN
NAMES, TO LEARN
THE BABYLONIAN
LANGUAGE . . .

. . . AND TO
EAT THE BEST
BABYLONIAN
FOOD.

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 WE
MUST OBEY
THE GOD’S LAW.
BABYLONIANS
EAT UNCLEAN AND
UNBLED ANIMALS, AND BUT IT’S THE
THEY OFFER THEIR FOOD KING’S ORDER. MAYBE
TO IDOLS. WE CAN’T WE SHOULDN’T MAKE
DO THAT! SUCH A BIG DEAL
OUT OF THIS . . .

THAT’S
THE LAW TO
ISRAEL, DANIEL.
WE’RE IN BABYLON
NOW.

IT’S THE
LAW OF OUR GOD,
JEHOVAH. WE
MUST OBEY HIM
NO MATTER WHERE
WE ARE.

OUR PARENTS
AND THE PRIESTS
AREN’T HERE. WE AGREE WITH
WHAT DIFFERENCE YOU, DANIEL. WE
DOES IT MAKE? WANT TO OBEY
JEHOVAH.

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 DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS—HANANIAH,
MISHAEL, AND AZARIAH—SPOKE TO
THEIR GUARDIAN. FOR TEN
DAYS, PLEASE
WHAT DO GIVE US ONLY
YOU WANT VEGETABLES
ME TO DO? AND WATER.
OUR GOD IS
JEHOVAH, AND
WE WANT TO THEN SEE
PLEASE HIM. IF WE LOOK
HEALTHIER OR
WEAKER THAN
THE OTHERS.

THE OTHER YOUNG MEN MAY HAVE

THOUGHT THAT DANIEL AND HIS
FRIENDS WERE FOOLS. THE KING
WAS OFFERING THEM AN AMAZING
LIFE—AND THE BEST FOOD!

BUT DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS HAD MADE

THEIR DECISION: THEY WOULD OBEY
JEHOVAH. WOULD HE BLESS THEM?

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 WHEN THE TEN DAYS WERE OVER,
THE GUARDIAN INSPECTED YOU ARE
DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS. SO HEALTHY!
YOU LOOK EVEN
BETTER THAN THE
OTHERS!

AT THE END OF THE THREE YEARS, THE FOUR

BOYS WERE TAKEN TO MEET THE KING. HE
FOUND THEM WISER THAN EVERYONE ELSE,
SO HE ASKED THEM TO WORK IN HIS PALACE.

JEHOVAH WAS ALSO PLEASED WITH DANIEL.

SO WHEN JEHOVAH GAVE THE KING
SPECIAL DREAMS, HE HELPED DANIEL TO
UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN THEM.

WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THIS STORY?

WHY MIGHT IT HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR
DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS TO BE HUMBLE
AND TO TRUST IN JEHOVAH?
CLUE: DANIEL 1:4.
WHY WAS DANIEL ABLE TO OBEY
JEHOVAH AND TO SAY NO TO THE KING?
CLUE: PSALM 119:112; DANIEL 1:8.
WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM YOUR
JEHOVAH GAVE DREAMS PARENTS, WHAT WILL HELP YOU TO OBEY
TO DANIEL TOO! SOME JEHOVAH?
OF THOSE DREAMS
CLUE: PROVERBS 15:3; 1 JOHN 5:3.
DESCRIBED THE FUTURE.

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