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There is a man at the bottom of this

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pit.

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And the story of how he got here toppled

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kings

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and buried an empire.

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There is [music] no fault in him. None.

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Except

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the law of his God. They turned prayer

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into a crime. He opened the window

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before the end. He saw thrones fall,

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saw gold turn to dust,

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saw the unseen.

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Daniel,

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greatly beloved man.

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DANIEL, [screaming]

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SERVANT OF THE LIVING GOD, HAS YOUR GOD

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BEEN able to deliver you from the lions.

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>> Oh king, live forever.

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Before the fire came the silence. The

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watchmen on the walls were the first to

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see it. A dark line swallowing the

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horizon.

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The standards of Marduk against a gray

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sky. The ground of Judah trembling

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beneath 10,000 hooves.

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And then

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Jerusalem burned. Towers that had stood

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for generations collapsed in a single

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hour. Courtyards that had heard psalms

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heard screams. The sacred gates split

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beneath the battering rams. And the

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temple, the place where the name had

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dwelt, was invaded by soldiers who

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carried out the consecrated vessels,

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piling them onto carts like common

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plunder.

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On a distant rise, motionless amid the

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climbing smoke, Nebuchadnezzar, king of

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Babylon, watched it all from the back of

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his black warhorse.

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He did not celebrate. He did not rage.

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He simply observed with the patience of

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a farmer before a ripened field.

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A general approached, seeking orders.

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>> Oh king, live forever.

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The city is yours, my lord. What do we

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take?

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the vessels of their temple

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and the young,

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those of noble blood, without blemish,

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fair of face and quick of mind. Babylon

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does not harvest only gold.

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It harvests futures.

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Among the rubble, soldiers cleared a

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path and tore four adolescents from the

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heart of the chaos. Chains on their

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wrists, ash in their hair, the blaze of

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the burning temple reflected in their

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eyes.

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Daniel, Hananiah, Michelle, Aariah.

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The column of captives [music] departed

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before dawn, and the march crossed weeks

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of desert. On one of those nights,

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beneath cold [music] stars, despair

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reached Azeriah.

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>> He was left behind. Daniel,

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>> our God stayed in the ruins.

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>> And it was Daniel who answered him with

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his eyes on the sky. [music]

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>> He who made the stars does not stay

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behind Aaria.

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If we go to Babylon in chains,

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perhaps it is because we would not go

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any other way.

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And there, in the middle of the desert,

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the four knelt facing the direction they

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[music] had come from. A guard saw them

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from afar, frowned, said nothing.

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At the end of the road, she appeared.

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Babylon.

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Walls so wide that chariots raced along

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their tops. The Ishtar gate rising in

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deep blue, covered in golden bulls and

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dragons,

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hanging gardens touching the clouds.

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The four passed through the gates with

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their heads held high, and the crowds,

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the noise [music] and the gold of the

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city closed in around them. In the

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palace [music] courtyard, Ashbanaz,

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chief of the king's officials, walked

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the line of chosen [music] youths,

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appraising eyes, chins, shoulders.

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Before each one, he marked his tablet

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[music] and pronounced a new name. Names

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of the gods of Babylon laid upon the

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captives along with the new garments of

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the court.

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>> Hannabea,

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you are Shadrach by the command of Aku.

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Mishiel,

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who is what God is in Babylon. Aku, you

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are Messa.

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Daniel,

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here you are. Balteshazak.

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May Bell protect the king.

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Aaria.

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You will answer to Abedian.

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Four names, four servants of Babylon.

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>> When the last record was marked, Daniel

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raised his voice.

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You may change what men call me, my

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lord,

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but you cannot change who [music]

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answers when I call.

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3 years, Hebrew, that is what Babylon

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takes to undo a man and remake him.

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We shall see what is left of you."

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That first night in the quarters of the

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exiles, Daniel walked to the western

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wall where there was a closed window. He

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opened it. The night wind came in

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carrying the distant murmur of the city

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in celebration.

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Daniel found his bearings by the stars,

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turned toward Jerusalem, and knelt.

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One by one, the other three knelt beside

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him, and four voices rose softly in the

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tongue of their fathers before the open

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window.

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The days of training began. the language

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of the Calaldanss, the writing on the

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tablets, the mathematics of the heavens,

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and in the hall of the young trainees,

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the tables [music]

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bent beneath the weight of royal

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delicacies,

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succulent meats, white breads, perfumed

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wine from the king's own table, food

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that before arriving there had passed

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across the altars, offered to the gods

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of Babylon before priests [music] and

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incense.

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The youths of the other nations rushed

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forward, hungry. The four stood

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motionless.

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Daniel sought out the official

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responsible and asked in private not to

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defile [music] himself with the king's

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food and wine. The man went pale.

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>> My neck is bound to your face, Hebrew.

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If the king [music] finds you thinner

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than the others, the first head to fall

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is mine. Then do not risk your neck for

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my faith.

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Risk 10 days, vegetables and water,

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nothing more. On the 10th day, [music]

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examine us yourself.

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Let your own eyes decide.

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10 days,

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not one more.

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>> 10 days [music] passed. On the 10th, the

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official walked the line of youths,

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examining face after face. Those who had

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eaten the royal delicacies were heavy

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with wine, their eyes clouded from a

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poorly slept night. Before the four, he

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stopped. firm skin, clear eyes, the

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posture of rested soldiers. He shook his

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head slowly and ordered [music] that

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from that day on no one was to touch the

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diet of those Hebrews.

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Three years passed over [music] the

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Euphrates. And in those three years, the

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four grew in all knowledge and wisdom,

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surpassing every young man in the

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empire.

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But to Daniel was given something more,

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a rare gift and a dangerous one. The

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understanding [music] of visions and

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dreams.

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The day of the final examination arrived

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before the throne. The royal hall rose

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in gold from floor to ceiling. Columns

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like petrified cedars, incense climbing

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in blue pillars.

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Nebuchadnezzar personally interrogated

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the youths [music] of every nation

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question after question.

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The answers of the four came precise

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[music] as arrows and a murmur ran

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through the court.

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Then the king's eyes settled on Daniel.

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Beltish Hazak.

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They say you are the best of them.

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Then answer me.

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What holds an empire up?

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>> Your counselors would say, "Armies,

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walls, and gold, O king." But walls

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fall, armies die, and gold changes

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hands. An empire [music] stands for the

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time it has been granted. Not one day

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more.

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>> By the one who counts, O king.

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Give them offices. This one stays near

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me.

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Men who speak this way to kings are

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either prophets or dangerous.

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Daniel and his friends were raised in

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the court, [music] dressed in the linen

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of counselors, installed in the shadow

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of the most powerful throne on earth.

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The seasons turned over Babylon. The

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empire ran its course. Tribute arriving

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from a 100 nations. Canals opened. Walls

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expanded.

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And in the royal chambers at the end of

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another day of conquests, Nebuchadnezzar

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fell asleep beneath [music] the glow of

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golden lamps.

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In the middle of the night, his eyes

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moved beneath their lids. His breathing

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quickened, his hands seized the linen

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sheets, and the king woke with a scream

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trapped in his throat. sitting upright

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in bed, drenched in sweat, his heart

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pounding like a war drum, trying to

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grasp something dissolving inside his

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own mind, slipping away like sand

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between his fingers.

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The dream was gone. The terror was not.

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The torches of the royal corridors were

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lit before sunrise.

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Servants ran through the marble halls.

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Messengers rode out to the four corners

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of the city, pounding on the doors of

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the magicians, the enchanters, the

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sorcerers, and the astrologers.

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And when the sun rose over Babylon, the

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throne room was already full. The wisest

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men of the empire gathered in haste,

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their robes still crooked on their

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shoulders.

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Nebuchadnezzar was not seated.

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I have dreamed a dream,

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and my spirit will not rest until I know

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what it means.

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Oh king, live forever.

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Tell the dream to your servants and we

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shall give [music] the interpretation.

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No, this is my command. You will tell me

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the dream and its interpretation.

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Do this and you shall have gifts,

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rewards, and great honor.

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But if you do not,

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you will be torn apart.

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and your houses made heaps of rubble.

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>> The wise men looked at one another pale.

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There was no man on earth who could do

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what the king demanded.

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>> My lord, there is no man on earth who

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can do what the king demands.

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No king, however great, has ever asked

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such a thing of any magician.

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What you ask, only the gods could

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reveal. And the gods do not dwell with

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men.

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So you have read the stars for me, sold

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me words, and you have never known

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anything.

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Arion,

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put them to death. All the wise men of

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Babylon.

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All of them.

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Oh king, live forever. As is your will,

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so shall it be done.

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The sentence ran through the city like

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fire through dry straw. Soldiers marched

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from door to door, dragging out

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astrologers and enchanters.

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And because Daniel and his companions

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were counted among the wise men of the

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kingdom, the sword came looking for

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them, too. It was Aryoch himself who

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arrived at the house of the Hebrews, 10

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soldiers at his back. Daniel opened the

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door before they could knock. And facing

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the spears, he asked serenely,

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"Why is the king's decree so harsh,

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Commander?

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And why such haste?

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The king dreamed and the dream left him.

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He demands the dream itself and its

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meaning. The wise men could not give it.

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So now they die. All of them.

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Take me to him.

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Ask the king to grant [music] me time

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and I will give him the interpretation.

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>> You, the greatest [music] magi of Kadia,

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have just died for failing at this.

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>> They consulted the stars, commander.

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I will consult the one who made them.

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I will speak to the king.

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One night, Hebrew, the sun rises, and so

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rises decree.

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>> The time was granted. One night, and

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that night, in the quarters of the four,

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not a single lamp went out. One night to

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do what no man could do.

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The king dreamed

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and forgot the dream.

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He demands both. The dream and its

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meaning.

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One night

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he gave us one night to do what no man

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can do.

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Then let us waste no more of this night

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speaking of men.

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The God of our fathers hears us.

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Let us speak to him.

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>> The four knelt before the open window,

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and they prayed, not as those who

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recite, but as those who cling. On their

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knees, they cried out to the God of

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heaven, pleading for mercy [music]

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concerning the mystery, not only for

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their own lives, but for all the

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condemned [music] of Babylon.

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The hours passed. The torches of the

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city died one by one, and the four

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voices sank until they were a whisper in

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the small hours. And that night, heaven

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answered. Kneeling before the window,

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Daniel slowly lifted his face, and

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within his eyes, reflected in his

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dilated pupils, an entire sky of stars

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kindled over the darkness, turning

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slowly as if the whole night could fit

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inside them.

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The lamp flame stretched upward,

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motionless. The distant murmur of the

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city died. Daniel received a vision. The

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hidden mystery was unveiled, not by

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human merit, but by divine revelation.

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When the stars faded from his eyes,

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Daniel ate prostrate with his face to

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the ground, his face wet with tears. He

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rose slowly [gasps] and before the open

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window

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he prayed,

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>> "Blessed be your name, God of my

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fathers,

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from everlasting to everlasting.

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For wisdom and power belong to you. It

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is you who changes the times and the

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seasons, who raises kings to their

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thrones and casts them down to the dust.

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You reveal the deep and hidden things.

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You know what dwells in darkness,

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for the light dwells with you. I thank

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you, God of my fathers,

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for you heard the voice of four exiles

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in a foreign land.

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The king's dream,

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you have revealed it to your servant.

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Behind him, Hananiah, Mishael, and

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Azeriah woke one by one, and seeing

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Daniel's face, they understood without a

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single word being spoken.

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At break of day,

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>> do not put the wise men of Babylon to

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death. Take me to the king."

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The commander led him in haste through

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the corridors and announced him in a

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loud voice, gathering the credit for

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himself.

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I have found a man among the sages of

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Judah

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who will reveal the interpretation

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to the king.

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Nebuchadnezzar rose from the throne, his

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eyes hollow with sleeplessness, [music]

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fixed on the young Hebrew, crossing the

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marble with steady steps.

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Beltazar,

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>> can you tell me the dream I dreamed and

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its interpretation?

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>> The mystery the king demands. No save,

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enchanter, magician or diver can reveal.

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>> But there is a God in heaven who reveals

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mysteries.

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He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar

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what is to come.

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This secret was not revealed to me for

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wisdom of mine,

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but so the king may know the thoughts of

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his own heart.

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You were lying in your bed, O king, and

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you looked, and behold, a great statue

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stood before you. It was an immense

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statue, dazzling in splendor and

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terrifying in appearance. Its head was

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made of pure gold. Its chest and arms

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were of silver. Its belly and thighs

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were of bronze, its legs were of iron,

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and its feet partly iron and partly

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clay.

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Without realizing it, the king descended

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a step from his throne, his lips

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slightly parted, every word restoring

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the [music] memory that the knight had

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stolen from him. You watched as a stone

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was cut out without the help of hands.

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It struck the statue on its feet of iron

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and clay

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and shattered them to pieces. Then the

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iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver,

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and the gold were broken together like

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choff on the summer threatening flows.

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The wind carried them away, and no trace

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of them was found.

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But the stone that struck the statue

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became a great mountain and filled the

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whole earth.

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>> Complete silence fell over the hall.

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Daniel held the king's gaze.

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This is the dream and this is its

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interpretation.

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You, oh king, are king of kings. For the

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God of heaven has given you the kingdom,

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the power, the strength, and the glory.

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You are the head of gold. After you

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shall arise another kingdom inferior to

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yours. Then a third kingdom of bronze,

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which shall rule over all the earth. And

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the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as

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iron, for iron breaks and crushes

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everything. But in the days of those

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kings, the God of heaven will [music]

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raise up a kingdom that shall never be

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destroyed.

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It shall crush all these kingdoms,

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and it shall stand forever."

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Daniel [music] lowered his voice, and

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every word fell upon the hall like a

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stone sinking into deep water.

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The great God has made [music] known to

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the king what is to come. The dream is

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certain, and its interpretation is

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faithful.

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>> For a long moment, nothing moved. Then

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before a thousand courters, the most

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powerful man in the world came down the

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steps of his throne and fell prostrate

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face to the ground before an exile

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[music] from Judah. A gasp ran through

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the court. Guards glanced at one

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another, not knowing what to do.

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Now I understand,

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your God stands above all other gods. He

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rules over kings and reveals what no man

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can perceive. Only because of him were

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you able to uncover this mystery.

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The king rose. He ordered gifts brought,

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garments, honors. [music] He made Daniel

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governor of the whole province of

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Babylon and chief [music] over all the

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wise men of the kingdom. And at Daniel's

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request, Shadrach, Mach, [music] and

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Abednego were set over the affairs of

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the province, while Daniel remained at

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court beside the king. For the first

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time, the name of the God of Israel was

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spoken with reverence inside the walls

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of Babylon.

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But in the months that followed, in the

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halls and terraces of the palace, the

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king kept returning to that dream, not

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in fear as on the first night, but in

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another way.

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In his audiences, his eyes lingered on

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the tribute of gold piled before the

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throne. On the terraces, they measured

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the city from horizon to horizon.

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And one afternoon before his assembled

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craftsmen, Nebuchadnezzar spread a great

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drawing across the table.

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The statue [music] of the dream had a

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head of gold, and the gold was me.

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Silver, bronze, iron, and clay [music]

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would come after me.

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>> This one will be different

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from the head.

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to the feet.

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>> My lord,

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>> an image of that size entire in gold,

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60 cubits high

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on the plane of Dura

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where the whole empire can see it.

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If the heavens have decreed that other

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kingdoms [music] will come after mine,

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then my decree is this.

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There will be no after.

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In the weeks that followed, the glow of

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the foundaries never went out, even at

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night. Rivers of molten gold ran down

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into the molds. Scaffolding rose on the

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plane of Dura like a forest of timber

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and rope. And against the dawn sky,

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little by little, a colossal shadow

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began to rise.

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The statue was finished on a windless

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morning, 60 cubits high against the pale

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sky of the plain of Dura. Solid gold

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from head to feet, blazing under the

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rising sun like a second dawn.

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At its base, ants, thousands of workers

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dismantling the last scaffolds, priests

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lighting brazers, soldiers forming

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corridors that stretched to the horizon.

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[groaning and screaming]

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And down every road of the empire

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they came.

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sat traps, prefects, governors,

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counselors, treasurers, judges, and

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magistrates.

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From every province, every tongue, every

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conquered people, chariots and caravans

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converging on the plane for days until

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the sea of people stretched from one

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horizon to the other, all of them before

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the golden colossus.

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Then on a raised platform, the king's

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herald unrolled the decree.

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>> Peoples, nations, and men of every

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language.

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This is the command given to you [music]

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the moment you hear the sound of the

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trumpet, the flute, the harp, the lyra,

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and every kind of music. And you shall

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BOW AND WORSHIP THE GOLDEN image that

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King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. And

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whoever REFUSES TO BOW DOWN and worship

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shall immediately be THROWN INTO THE

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BLAZING FIERY FURNACE.

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>> In the distance behind [music] the

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statue, it was already roaring. A

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furnace cut into the hillside fed day

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and night, its red mouth breathing heat

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that made the air tremble.

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Silence fell over the plane and the

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music began.

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Horns tore the air. Flutes, harps, and

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00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,520
liars joined in a wave of sound that

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00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,240
rolled over the multitude. And like a

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single body, the empire bent.

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Governors of a hundred provinces,

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generals, and priests. [music]

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Thousands upon thousands of knees

561
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,080
touching the ground at once, foreheads

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in the dust, a human ocean prostrate

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before the gold.

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Above the sea of bowedbacks,

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three men remained standing. Shadrach,

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Meach, Abednego,

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standing side by side, their mantles

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stirred by the hot wind of the furnace.

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Their eyes lifted beyond the statue to

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the sky behind it. It did not take long.

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Among the prostrate, heads rose

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discreetly,

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and before the music had ended, certain

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men of Calaldia were already hurrying

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toward the royal platform. Men who for

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years had watched the Hebrews rise at

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court, waiting for exactly such a day.

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Oh king, live forever.

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You decreed that every man who hears the

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music must fall down and worship and

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that whoever does not worship shall be

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cast into the furnace. [singing]

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>> There are certain Jews, my king, men you

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entrusted with the affairs of the

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province of Babylon.

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Shadrach,

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Meshach,

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Abedn.

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These men, O king, have paid no regard

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to you.

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They do not serve your gods,

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nor have they worshiped the image you

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set up.

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>> Nebuchadnezzar's [music]

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face hardened. The three were brought

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before him between [music] spears, and

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00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:02,559
the king studied them for a long time.

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The same young men he himself had

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elevated.

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The companions of the man who had

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revealed his dream. Is it true,

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Shadrach, Meshach Abedilia, that you do

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not serve my gods, nor worship the image

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I set up?

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I give you one [music] more chance. When

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you hear the music, fall down and

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worship me well.

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>> But if you will not worship, you will be

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thrown at once into the blazing furnace.

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and what God will be able to rescue you

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from my hands.

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>> Oh Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to

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answer you in this matter. If our God

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whom we serve wilts to deliver us, he is

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able to deliver us from the blazing

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00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:58,000
furnace and from your hands, O king. But

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if he does not know this, O king, we

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will still not serve your gods, nor

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worship the golden image you have set

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up.

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For an instant, [music] the entire plane

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seemed to hold its breath. Then

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Nebuchadnezzar's face transfigured.

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Fury rose into his features like blood

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into a wound, and the order exploded

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from the throne.

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HEAT THE FURNACE SEVEN TIMES HOTTER.

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Seven times MORE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN

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HEATED.

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Workers hurled bitamin pitch and timber

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into the red [music] mouth. The roar of

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00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,399
the fire grew into continuous thunder

633
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and its glare stained the whole evening

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orange.

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The heat pushed the crowd back in waves.

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Shields rose before faces 50 paces away.

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Perfect. You already know what [music]

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00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,959
to do.

639
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,560
The strongest men of the army came

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forward. Ropes bit into the wrists of

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00:35:15,599 --> 00:35:18,720
the three who did not resist. They were

642
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,520
bound fully clothed in their tunics,

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00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:22,160
mantels, [music]

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00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,119
and turbans, and dragged up the ramp

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00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:28,079
toward the mouth of the inferno.

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00:35:28,079 --> 00:35:31,394
The fire received them. The soldiers

647
00:35:31,394 --> 00:35:34,000
[music] carrying them reached the edge,

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00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,960
swung the bodies, and hurled them in,

649
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,440
and in that same instant, the flame

650
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,560
leapt outward like a living tongue and

651
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,560
swallowed them.

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00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,280
The king's men fell without a cry,

653
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,640
consumed right there at the edge by the

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00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,160
flames that were meant [music] to be

655
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,640
nothing but their weapon.

656
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,599
Shadrach, Meach, and Abednego fell into

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00:35:57,599 --> 00:36:00,079
the heart of the fire. The entire

658
00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:03,599
multitude went silent. Only the roar of

659
00:36:03,599 --> 00:36:07,839
the furnace spoke, devouring everything.

660
00:36:07,839 --> 00:36:10,240
Nebuchadnezzar sat down to watch the

661
00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:13,760
end. eyes fixed on the burning mouth,

662
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,800
chin resting on his hand, waiting to see

663
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,680
what fire does to the flesh of those who

664
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defy kings.

665
00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:23,920
And then

666
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,240
he saw,

667
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,839
were there not three men bound, cast

668
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:40,320
into the midst of the fire?

669
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:45,400
True, O king. Three men bound.

670
00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:49,400
Then look,

671
00:36:55,359 --> 00:36:58,480
I see four men unbound,

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00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,160
walking in the midst of the fire,

673
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,160
unharmed.

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00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,280
And the appearance of the fourth

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is like a son of the gods.

676
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,960
>> Inside the white heart of the furnace,

677
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,599
between the columns of flame, four

678
00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:18,480
figures walked. Three of them with their

679
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,280
undone ropes fallen at their feet, their

680
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:25,119
mantels intact, their faces lifted, and

681
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:28,400
the fourth beside them walking with them

682
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,440
in the midst of the fire.

683
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,359
Nebuchadnezzar came down from the

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platform. He crossed alone the empty

685
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,280
space the heat imposed. Approaching the

686
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,599
burning mouth as close as a man could

687
00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:44,400
approach. His arm raised against the

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00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:45,520
glare.

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00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,040
>> Shadrach

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00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,920
Misha Aana,

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00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,920
servants of the most high God, come out

692
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,640
and come here.

693
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,680
and they came out. Three men crossing

694
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,720
the mouth of the furnace at a calm pace,

695
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,280
descending the stone ramp while the fire

696
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,160
roared [music] at their backs.

697
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,599
Satraps, prefects, and counselors

698
00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:17,119
crowded [music] around them,

699
00:38:17,119 --> 00:38:20,079
incredulous, touching their mantles. The

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00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:22,880
fire had had no power over their bodies,

701
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:27,040
not a hair singed, their tunics intact.

702
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Blessed be THE GOD OF SHADRACH, MESSA,

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00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,440
AND ABANYON. He sent his angel and

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00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,839
delivered his servants who trusted in

705
00:38:35,839 --> 00:38:40,240
him. They defied the word of the king

706
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,480
and yielded their bodies. [music]

707
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,000
They disobeyed the king's command

708
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,320
and surrendered their bodies, refusing

709
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,640
to serve or worship any god other than

710
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,240
their own god.

711
00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:54,480
Therefore, I decree,

712
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,880
any people, nation, or tongue that

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00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,800
speaks a word against their God shall be

714
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,996
torn apart, and their houses made heaps

715
00:39:00,996 --> 00:39:04,280
[music] of rubble.

716
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,160
For there is no other god who can save

717
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,480
this way. The three [music] were

718
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,720
promoted to still higher positions in

719
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:13,520
the province of Babylon. The multitudes

720
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,760
scattered down the roads of the empire,

721
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,480
carrying the story with them. And behind

722
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,839
it, on the emptying plane, the statue of

723
00:39:21,839 --> 00:39:26,542
gold remained, immense, untouched, and

724
00:39:26,542 --> 00:39:26,560
>> [music]

725
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,680
>> ignored, the furnace dying slowly at its

726
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,680
feet.

727
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,280
The king returned to the city in

728
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,240
silence. And that night on the palace

729
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:43,119
terrace, he lingered alone, watching the

730
00:39:43,119 --> 00:39:45,359
distant plain, where the glow of the

731
00:39:45,359 --> 00:39:48,079
furnace still pulsed faintly against the

732
00:39:48,079 --> 00:39:52,160
dark. He had seen the gold despised.

733
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,920
He had seen the fire obey another lord.

734
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,320
And within him that which had bowed

735
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,680
before Daniel years earlier wrestled

736
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,800
night after night against that which had

737
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,760
ordered the Colossus cast.

738
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,960
The seasons passed over Babylon. The

739
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,000
empire grew still greater. Canals,

740
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,960
walls, gardens the nations called a

741
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,400
wonder. And the king prospered at ease

742
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:24,079
in his palace flourishing on his throne.

743
00:40:24,079 --> 00:40:27,119
until on a night like any other, lying

744
00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:29,760
on his bed beneath the golden lamps,

745
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,359
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed again. This time

746
00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:35,920
there was no statue. There were no

747
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:40,720
metals. There was a tree. In the dream

748
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:42,240
there was a tree in the middle of the

749
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,599
earth, and its height was great. It grew

750
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:47,920
before the king's eyes, the trunk

751
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,320
thickening like a tower, the branches

752
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,119
stretching over entire kingdoms, the

753
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:56,319
crown rising until it touched the sky.

754
00:40:56,319 --> 00:40:58,160
It could be seen from the ends of the

755
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,160
earth.

756
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:06,720
Its foliage was beautiful, its fruit

757
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:09,040
abundant. [music] Beneath it, the beasts

758
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,520
of the field found shade. In its

759
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,520
branches, the birds of the sky made

760
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:16,480
their home. and from it all flesh was

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00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,480
fed.

762
00:41:24,319 --> 00:41:28,359
Then the sky opened.

763
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,520
A watcher descended, a holy one wrapped

764
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,000
in light, and his voice crossed the

765
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,720
dream like a decree.

766
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,079
fell the tree. Lop off its branches,

767
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:47,119
shake off its leaves, scatter its fruit.

768
00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:49,280
Let the animals flee from beneath it,

769
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,319
and the birds from its branches.

770
00:41:52,319 --> 00:41:54,800
But leave the stump and its roots in the

771
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,599
ground, bound with chains of iron and

772
00:41:57,599 --> 00:42:01,280
bronze amidst the grass of the field.

773
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:02,960
Let it be drenched with the dew of

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00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,280
heaven, and let its lot be with the

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00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,119
beasts.

776
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:10,319
Let his human heart be changed, and let

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00:42:10,319 --> 00:42:13,200
him be given the heart of a beast,

778
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,480
and let seven times pass over him, so

779
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,400
that the living may know that the Most

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00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,960
High has dominion over the kingdoms of

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00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,160
men, and gives them to whomever he

782
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,880
wills."

783
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,880
>> Nebuchadnezzar woke with the decree

784
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,079
still echoing inside his skull. This

785
00:42:32,079 --> 00:42:34,960
time, the dream did not flee. It

786
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,400
remained whole, vivid, pressing on his

787
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:40,960
chest like a gravestone.

788
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,960
The king summoned the magicians and

789
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,079
astrologers, [music]

790
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:46,560
told them everything, and none could

791
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,920
interpret it until at last he sent for

792
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,839
the one he always [music] turned to

793
00:42:51,839 --> 00:42:54,480
last, because that man's answers were

794
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:58,000
the ones the king least wanted to hear.

795
00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,440
Daniel entered the royal [music]

796
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,079
chambers. He was no longer the youth of

797
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:04,800
the exile. Adulthood had settled onto

798
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,480
his shoulders, [music] and the first

799
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,599
gray strands touched his temples. The

800
00:43:09,599 --> 00:43:12,720
king told the dream, and as he spoke,

801
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:15,280
Daniel's [music] expression changed.

802
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,000
When the last word fell, he remained

803
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,160
silent, his face drained [music] of

804
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,599
color, his eyes fixed on nothing for the

805
00:43:23,599 --> 00:43:26,000
space of an hour.

806
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,079
Beltishaza,

807
00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:30,640
do not let the dream trouble you, nor

808
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,240
its interpretation, my lord.

809
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:37,200
May the dream be for those who hate you,

810
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:41,200
and its meanest thing for your enemies.

811
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,280
The tree you saw, which grew strong,

812
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,400
whose height reached [music] the

813
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,560
heavens, is you, O king. Your greatness

814
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,440
has grown and reaches the sky, and your

815
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:55,119
dominion to the ends of the earth.

816
00:43:55,119 --> 00:43:56,720
But the watcher who came down, saying,

817
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:59,119
"Cut down the tree.

818
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:00,800
This is the sentence of the most high

819
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,520
upon my lord the king. You will be

820
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,839
driven from among men. Your dwelling

821
00:44:05,839 --> 00:44:07,760
will be with the beasts of the field.

822
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,680
You shall be given grass to eat like

823
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,079
oxen and to be drenched with the dw of

824
00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:15,200
heaven. and seven periods of time shall

825
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,760
pass over you until you know that the

826
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,960
Most High rules the kingdoms of men

827
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:24,960
and gives them to whomever he wills.

828
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,240
Oh king, accept my counsel. Put an end

829
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:29,359
to your sins through [music]

830
00:44:29,359 --> 00:44:31,440
righteousness and to your iniquities

831
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:35,560
through mercy toward the poor.

832
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,079
Perhaps perhaps your tranquility may be

833
00:44:40,079 --> 00:44:42,560
prolonged. Nebuchadnezzar turned his

834
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:44,720
face to the window to the city

835
00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:48,800
stretching below and did not answer. 12

836
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,560
months passed. The decree did not fall.

837
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:56,319
The harvests came. The tribute arrived.

838
00:44:56,319 --> 00:44:59,760
The walls grew. And the warning buried

839
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,480
itself beneath layers of untroubled

840
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,319
days.

841
00:45:04,319 --> 00:45:07,040
At the end of the 12 months, on a golden

842
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,440
afternoon, the king was walking on the

843
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:13,040
terrace of the royal palace. Before him,

844
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:16,160
all of Babylon, the hanging gardens

845
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:18,880
spilling green down the walls, the

846
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:20,800
Euphrates cutting through the city like

847
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,920
a vein of silver, the ziggurats, the

848
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:27,440
blue gates, the teeming of a 100,000

849
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,319
lives below.

850
00:45:30,319 --> 00:45:33,280
Behold the city I have raised. A kingdom

851
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,560
forged by my own strength.

852
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,680
Every wall, every tower, every wonder

853
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,960
stands as a monument to my greatness, a

854
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,680
legacy worthy [music] of my name. To you

855
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,319
it is spoken, King Nebuchadnezzar. The

856
00:45:48,319 --> 00:45:51,040
kingdom has passed from you. You will be

857
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:54,240
driven from among men. Seven times will

858
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:56,560
pass over you until you know that the

859
00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:00,560
Most High rules the kingdoms of men.

860
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:04,480
>> That same hour it was fulfilled.

861
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,040
The wine cup slipped from his hand and

862
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,760
shattered on the mosaic. The king

863
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,400
staggered, clutching his temples, and

864
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:16,640
behind his eyes something went out.

865
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,280
He looked at his own hands and could not

866
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,119
name them. He looked at the city and did

867
00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:26,960
not recognize it. A sound rose in his

868
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,599
throat, the beginning of a word that

869
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,640
came apart on the way and emerged as a

870
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,760
horse groan

871
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,760
animal.

872
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:59,440
Guards came running. The king recoiled

873
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,680
from them like a cornered beast, his

874
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,079
eyes emptied of everything that had been

875
00:47:04,079 --> 00:47:07,079
human.

876
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,640
And when they tried to seize him, he

877
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,200
fought with a strength that did not seem

878
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,547
a man's. [groaning and screaming]

879
00:47:25,359 --> 00:47:28,240
In the corridors of the palace, servants

880
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:30,960
pressed themselves against the walls,

881
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,480
watching pass in convulsions between six

882
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:35,839
soldiers, [screaming]

883
00:47:35,839 --> 00:47:39,440
the Lord of the world.

884
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,119
Howling,

885
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:43,280
they took him out through the rear gates

886
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,160
in the dead of night to the royal fields

887
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,960
beyond the walls.

888
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,880
The counselors sealed the records. The

889
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,359
king's name ceased to be spoken in the

890
00:48:01,359 --> 00:48:05,359
halls and over the fields. The times

891
00:48:05,359 --> 00:48:07,280
passed.

892
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,680
In the first moons, there were still

893
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:12,400
remnants of a man in him. He would sit

894
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,200
upright now and then, staring at his own

895
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:18,160
hands with a furrowed brow like someone

896
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,119
trying to recall [music] a dream.

897
00:48:21,119 --> 00:48:23,280
Shreds of the royal tunic still hung

898
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:27,440
from his body filthy. But he ate grass,

899
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,280
tearing it from the ground with his

900
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:33,119
teeth on all fours among the cattle. And

901
00:48:33,119 --> 00:48:35,599
when the rains came, he sought no

902
00:48:35,599 --> 00:48:38,720
shelter. He stood motionless beneath the

903
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,760
water, face lifted, the dew of heaven

904
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,520
drenching him night after night.

905
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,880
The seasons turned. His hair grew,

906
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,813
falling in heavy cords that mud and time

907
00:48:51,813 --> 00:48:54,079
[music] braided together until they

908
00:48:54,079 --> 00:48:56,319
became like eagle's feathers covering

909
00:48:56,319 --> 00:49:00,640
his back. His nails thickened, curved,

910
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,160
hardened like the talons of a bird. His

911
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,680
body cured by sun and rain, bent

912
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,640
forward, its muscles remade for walking

913
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:13,760
on all fours. The palms of his hands

914
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,280
calloused like hooves.

915
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:19,200
Shepherds guiding their flocks across

916
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,079
the royal fields changed their path when

917
00:49:22,079 --> 00:49:24,880
they spotted him from afar. a hunched

918
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,680
creature grazing among the oxen, covered

919
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,640
in hair, lifting its head to scent the

920
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:34,160
wind whenever anyone came near.

921
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:37,119
At night, beneath the moon, the creature

922
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:40,079
would sometimes stop grazing.

923
00:49:40,079 --> 00:49:42,319
It would sit in the middle of the field

924
00:49:42,319 --> 00:49:46,880
and remain motionless a long time. Its

925
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:49,440
haircovered face turned toward the lit

926
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,880
walls of Babylon in the distance,

927
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:57,200
toward the towers, toward the terrace.

928
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,760
A low sound came from it, something

929
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:03,359
between a loing and a lament, and the

930
00:50:03,359 --> 00:50:08,000
dew came down, and the times passed.

931
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,880
1 2

932
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:12,480
3

933
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,079
4

934
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:15,920
5

935
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:21,520
6 7. And then on a dawn like any other,

936
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:22,880
at the end of the appointed [music]

937
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:26,000
days, the creature lifted its eyes to

938
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,359
the sky, not as an animal lifts its

939
00:50:29,359 --> 00:50:33,440
eyes, as a man. And there, kneeling in

940
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,680
the wet grass, with the first sun

941
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,269
touching the talons and the feathers

942
00:50:37,269 --> 00:50:39,920
[music] of what remained of him,

943
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,880
Nebuchadnezzar understood.

944
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,119
Understanding returned to him as the

945
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:48,319
tide returns to the shore. And the first

946
00:50:48,319 --> 00:50:50,559
thing that man did with his restored

947
00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:54,400
reason was open [music] his mouth

948
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:58,040
and give praise.

949
00:50:58,885 --> 00:51:00,905
>> [panting]

950
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:09,040
>> I I bless the most high. I praise and

951
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,440
glorify the one who lives forever. For

952
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:14,559
his dominion is an everlasting dominion.

953
00:51:14,559 --> 00:51:16,570
His kingdom endures from generation

954
00:51:16,570 --> 00:51:19,200
[music] to generation. All who dwell on

955
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:22,079
the earth are as nothing before him. No

956
00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:24,640
one can stay his hand or say to him,

957
00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:27,200
"What have you done?" His counselors

958
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,040
found him there in the middle of the

959
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,480
field. They washed him, cut his hair and

960
00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:36,240
his nails, dressed him in purple. His

961
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:39,280
reason was restored to him, and with it

962
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:42,480
his majesty and his splendor,

963
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,200
and he was reestablished in his kingdom,

964
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:47,920
greater than before.

965
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:49,920
And the king who had built Babylon

966
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,960
ordered written in his own hand a letter

967
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,200
to all the peoples, nations, and

968
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:59,078
languages of the earth.

969
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,680
To all peoples, nations, and languages

970
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,240
of [music] the earth.

971
00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:08,160
I, Nebuchadnezzar,

972
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:11,280
praise, exol, and glorify the king of

973
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,040
heaven. For all his works are truth, and

974
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:18,800
his ways are justice.

975
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:22,880
and those who walk in pride,

976
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:26,839
he is able to humble.

977
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:32,400
Time, however, did not stop in Babylon.

978
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,040
Nebuchadnezzar grew old and went down to

979
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,880
the dust like all men.

980
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:43,359
And his name was kept in the chronicles.

981
00:52:43,359 --> 00:52:45,520
Lesser kings passed across the throne

982
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,400
like shadows, and the years rolled over

983
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,960
the blue walls.

984
00:52:52,201 --> 00:52:54,221
[singing]

985
00:53:00,061 --> 00:53:02,081
>> [singing]

986
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:10,880
>> until the crown came to rest on the head

987
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:14,880
of Belshazar of the great king's blood,

988
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,040
a man who had inherited from the great

989
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:19,920
king the throne, the palace, and the

990
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:21,760
gold.

991
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:25,280
It is night in Babylon and the palace

992
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:29,240
blazes with light.

993
00:53:35,432 --> 00:53:37,452
[laughter]

994
00:53:39,359 --> 00:53:42,359
Oh

995
00:53:45,257 --> 00:53:47,277
[music]

996
00:53:50,497 --> 00:53:52,517
[music]

997
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:57,078
my god.

998
00:54:27,839 --> 00:54:31,359
A thousand torches burn in the halls.

999
00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:33,760
King Belshazar holds a feast for a

1000
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:37,640
thousand of his lords.

1001
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,599
And before the thousand he drinks.

1002
00:54:45,599 --> 00:54:48,720
Music echoes through the stone columns.

1003
00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:52,079
Wine cascades into the cups. Women and

1004
00:54:52,079 --> 00:54:54,960
concubines among the nobles. Pagan

1005
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,760
priests chant to the gods of the city.

1006
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,319
And over everything hangs the smell of

1007
00:55:00,319 --> 00:55:04,559
meat, incense, and excess. An entire

1008
00:55:04,559 --> 00:55:07,788
empire celebrating itself

1009
00:55:07,788 --> 00:55:09,808
[laughter]

1010
00:55:21,359 --> 00:55:24,880
with the enemy camped outside its walls.

1011
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,280
Because out there in the darkness beyond

1012
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:30,319
the ramparts, the armies of Media and

1013
00:55:30,319 --> 00:55:32,240
Persia have surrounded the city for

1014
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:36,640
days. And in here,

1015
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:39,520
Belshazar raises his cup and laughs at

1016
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,040
them.

1017
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,520
Walls so wide that chariots race along

1018
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:47,040
them. Provisions for 20 years. The

1019
00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:50,319
Euphrates running through our own city.

1020
00:55:50,319 --> 00:55:52,079
Let the Persians camp out there until

1021
00:55:52,079 --> 00:55:56,000
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN DIE OF OLD AGE.

1022
00:55:56,000 --> 00:56:00,160
THE hall explodes within. And then at

1023
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:03,520
the height of the wine, Belshazar's eyes

1024
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:06,319
fall on the vessels of gold, arrayed in

1025
00:56:06,319 --> 00:56:10,000
an al cove of the hall. Ancient trophies

1026
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:11,920
brought from a city conquered long

1027
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:14,160
before his time.

1028
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:17,520
A slow smile crosses the king's face.

1029
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,000
Bring them to me, my lord. Those are the

1030
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:21,440
vessels from the temple of the god of

1031
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:22,960
the Jews. Your father kept them

1032
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,680
untouched.

1033
00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:34,480
My father kept many things.

1034
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,160
Bring the vessels of gold and silver

1035
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:37,839
that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple

1036
00:56:37,839 --> 00:56:41,040
in Jerusalem that the king, his nobles,

1037
00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:42,960
his wives, and his [music] concims may

1038
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:44,880
drink from them.

1039
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:48,000
>> And the consecrated vessels are brought.

1040
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,480
Chalicees that once touched the altar of

1041
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:54,319
the living God pass from hand to hand

1042
00:56:54,319 --> 00:56:56,400
amid Babylon.

1043
00:56:56,400 --> 00:57:01,640
Babylonian wine fills the holy gold.

1044
00:57:02,414 --> 00:57:04,434
[laughter]

1045
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,760
Raise your cups.

1046
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:15,520
Honor the gods who made Babylon mighty.

1047
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,480
Gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and

1048
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:23,599
stone. This night belongs to them.

1049
00:57:23,599 --> 00:57:28,079
>> A thousand cups rise. The hall roars the

1050
00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:32,880
toast. And the sound dies.

1051
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:37,599
It does not fade. It dies all at once

1052
00:57:37,599 --> 00:57:40,640
like a candle snuffed out. The music

1053
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:44,160
stops on a final crooked cord.

1054
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,799
And in the air before the lampstand on

1055
00:57:46,799 --> 00:57:50,079
the plaster of the palace wall, fingers

1056
00:57:50,079 --> 00:57:54,640
appear. The fingers of a man's hand. No

1057
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:59,440
body, no arm, no face.

1058
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:02,079
Carving the wall in strokes of fire,

1059
00:58:02,079 --> 00:58:04,720
letter after letter. With the sound of

1060
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:08,520
stone being chiseled,

1061
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:11,359
the sacred chalice slips from

1062
00:58:11,359 --> 00:58:15,040
Belshazar's hand and against the marble.

1063
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:17,760
The king's face changes color. His

1064
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,160
thoughts terrify him. The joints of his

1065
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:22,720
hips give way and his knees knock

1066
00:58:22,720 --> 00:58:24,960
against [music] each other right there

1067
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,559
before a thousand petrified guests.

1068
00:58:28,559 --> 00:58:30,840
BRING THE ENCHANTLERS, THE SHADANS,

1069
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:31,440
[screaming]

1070
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:34,799
THE DIVERS. Whoever reads this writing

1071
00:58:34,799 --> 00:58:37,440
and tells me its meaning will be clothed

1072
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,240
in purple, wear a gold chain on his

1073
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:45,720
neck, AND BE THIRD IN THE KINGDOM.

1074
00:58:50,079 --> 00:58:52,720
One by one, the wise men approach the

1075
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:55,920
letters of [music] fire. One by one,

1076
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:57,839
they retreat.

1077
00:58:57,839 --> 00:59:00,240
None can read the writing, and

1078
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:01,200
Belshazar's [music]

1079
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:04,079
dread grows before them all, his face

1080
00:59:04,079 --> 00:59:06,799
ever more livid, while his lords glance

1081
00:59:06,799 --> 00:59:10,480
at one another in silence.

1082
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:13,040
It is then that she enters the hall. The

1083
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,880
queen mother, aged, erect, white hair

1084
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,440
beneath her diadem, crossing the ruined

1085
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:21,040
banquet with [music] the authority of

1086
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:24,160
one who has seen three kings reign. Oh

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00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:25,760
king,

1088
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:29,240
live forever.

1089
00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:33,359
Do not let your thoughts trouble you,

1090
00:59:33,359 --> 00:59:37,558
nor your face grow pale.

1091
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,280
There is a man in your kingdom who has

1092
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:45,640
the spirit of the holy gods.

1093
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:49,119
In the days of your father,

1094
00:59:49,119 --> 00:59:51,760
light and understanding and wisdom were

1095
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:54,079
found in him. King Nebuchadnezzar your

1096
00:59:54,079 --> 00:59:56,559
father made him chief of the magicians

1097
00:59:56,559 --> 00:59:59,119
and divers. An excellent spirit was

1098
00:59:59,119 --> 01:00:01,231
found in him to interpret a dreams

1099
01:00:01,231 --> 01:00:04,400
[music] and unravel knots. Let Daniel be

1100
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,480
called and he will give the

1101
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:07,920
interpretation.

1102
01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:10,720
>> And Daniel is brought before the king.

1103
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:13,440
He crosses the devastated hall at a slow

1104
01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:18,160
pace. An old man now, his hair white,

1105
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:22,319
his face carved by 70 years of exile.

1106
01:00:22,319 --> 01:00:24,880
He passes the sacred chalicees spilled

1107
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:26,960
across the marble without lowering his

1108
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:29,599
eyes to them. He stops before [music]

1109
01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:31,359
the throne

1110
01:00:31,359 --> 01:00:33,680
and the letters of fire pulse on the

1111
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:36,240
wall at his back. [music]

1112
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,319
Are you that Daniel of the exiles of

1113
01:00:38,319 --> 01:00:39,839
Judah whom the king my father brought

1114
01:00:39,839 --> 01:00:41,760
here? I have heard the spirit of the

1115
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:44,319
gods is in you. If you read this writing

1116
01:00:44,319 --> 01:00:46,559
and tell me its meaning, you will be

1117
01:00:46,559 --> 01:00:48,960
clothed in purple, wear a gold chain,

1118
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:51,520
and be third in the kingdom.

1119
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:52,640
Keep your treasures, [music] your

1120
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:55,680
majesty. Bestow your honors on someone

1121
01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:58,680
else.

1122
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:00,720
Even so, [music] I will reveal the

1123
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,119
meaning of these words and tell the king

1124
01:01:03,119 --> 01:01:06,319
exactly what has been declared.

1125
01:01:06,319 --> 01:01:08,480
Oh king, the most high God gave your

1126
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:09,839
father Nebuchadnefer the kingdom,

1127
01:01:09,839 --> 01:01:12,319
greatness, glory, and majesty. But when

1128
01:01:12,319 --> 01:01:13,680
his heart grew proud and his spirit

1129
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,119
hardened, he was brought down from his

1130
01:01:15,119 --> 01:01:17,520
throne. He was driven from men, [music]

1131
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,119
his heart made like a beast until he

1132
01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:20,960
knew the Most High rules the kingdoms of

1133
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:23,119
men. And you, Belchar, you knew all

1134
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:25,200
this. Yet you did not humble your heart.

1135
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:27,520
You rose against the Lord of heaven. You

1136
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:28,799
brought the vessels of his house to your

1137
01:01:28,799 --> 01:01:30,400
table. You and your nobles drank wine

1138
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,160
from them. And you praise gods of

1139
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:34,160
silver, gold, wood, and stone that

1140
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:38,598
neither see nor hear nor know.

1141
01:01:39,599 --> 01:01:41,839
But the God in whose hand is your very

1142
01:01:41,839 --> 01:01:44,799
breath, and to whom belong all your

1143
01:01:44,799 --> 01:01:47,280
ways,

1144
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:50,640
him you did not glorify." Then the old

1145
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:53,359
man turned to the burning wall, and he

1146
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:56,640
read, and with every word the letters of

1147
01:01:56,640 --> 01:02:00,598
fire pulsed [music] brighter.

1148
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,680
Then that hand was sent from him and

1149
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,559
this writing was inscribed and this is

1150
01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:10,960
the writing [music] that was inscribed.

1151
01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:16,920
Manet men teel and pass.

1152
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:20,960
Man, God has numbered your kingdom and

1153
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:24,640
brought it [music] to an end.

1154
01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:27,440
Teek, you have been weighed on the

1155
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:32,040
scales and found wanting.

1156
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,680
Perez,

1157
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:37,520
>> your kingdom will be taken from your

1158
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:41,040
hands and given to those who now rise

1159
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:44,440
against Babylon.

1160
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:49,280
The sentence fell upon the hall like a

1161
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:52,799
hammer on bronze. No one moved.

1162
01:02:52,799 --> 01:02:56,480
Belshazar Ashen still kept his own word

1163
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,280
with trembling hands. Daniel was dressed

1164
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:01,920
in purple, the chain of gold placed

1165
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:04,559
around his neck, and a herald proclaimed

1166
01:03:04,559 --> 01:03:08,640
him third in the kingdom.

1167
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:11,359
>> Daniel is made third ruler in the

1168
01:03:11,359 --> 01:03:13,680
kingdom.

1169
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:16,000
>> Titles cast [music] upon an old man who

1170
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,520
had not asked for them in a kingdom that

1171
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:21,920
no longer existed.

1172
01:03:21,920 --> 01:03:25,593
Because at that very hour outside in the

1173
01:03:25,593 --> 01:03:28,160
[music] darkness the Euphrates was

1174
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:29,920
sinking.

1175
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:32,640
Up river the engineers of Cyrus had

1176
01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:35,039
opened the dikes diverting the waters

1177
01:03:35,039 --> 01:03:38,160
into an ancient lake. And along the bed

1178
01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:40,559
of the river that crosses the city, the

1179
01:03:40,559 --> 01:03:42,720
channel the Babylonians called their

1180
01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:46,079
impenetrable vein. Persian soldiers

1181
01:03:46,079 --> 01:03:48,799
advanced in silence. Water to their

1182
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:51,599
knees passing beneath the walls. The

1183
01:03:51,599 --> 01:03:54,799
chariots raced along the inner gates by

1184
01:03:54,799 --> 01:03:57,280
the river, forgotten open on the night

1185
01:03:57,280 --> 01:03:59,839
of the feast, offered no resistance at

1186
01:03:59,839 --> 01:04:02,839
all.

1187
01:04:09,039 --> 01:04:12,319
That same night, Belshazar, king of the

1188
01:04:12,319 --> 01:04:15,440
Calaldanss, was slain,

1189
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:21,079
and Darius the me received the kingdom.

1190
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:24,720
By morning, the standards of Persia and

1191
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:26,799
Media flew over the blue gates of

1192
01:04:26,799 --> 01:04:29,839
Ishtar. The city that had devoured

1193
01:04:29,839 --> 01:04:33,599
nations woke devoured. No blaze, [music]

1194
01:04:33,599 --> 01:04:38,160
no siege, no glory, simply

1195
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:39,920
new.

1196
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:42,960
In the palace halls, servants silently

1197
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:45,280
gathered the cups of the feast. And on

1198
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:46,079
the plastered [music]

1199
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:48,240
wall where the letters of fire had

1200
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:51,280
burned, there remained only a dark scar

1201
01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:54,760
in the stone.

1202
01:04:55,359 --> 01:04:57,440
And through the corridors of a power

1203
01:04:57,440 --> 01:05:00,559
changing hands among Persian officers

1204
01:05:00,559 --> 01:05:02,480
cataloging the treasures of a dead

1205
01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:06,559
empire walked an old man in purple who

1206
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:09,760
had already outlived them all and whom

1207
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:12,880
the new king informed of everything that

1208
01:05:12,880 --> 01:05:15,599
had happened that night would soon

1209
01:05:15,599 --> 01:05:17,760
summon.

1210
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:20,720
Darius received the kingdom at 62 years

1211
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:23,920
of age. And unlike the conquerors who

1212
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,319
erase everything that came before, the

1213
01:05:26,319 --> 01:05:29,839
me began by listening. He heard from the

1214
01:05:29,839 --> 01:05:31,839
scribes the story of the forgotten

1215
01:05:31,839 --> 01:05:34,480
dream. He heard from the elders the

1216
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:37,280
story of the furnace. He heard from

1217
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:39,280
those who had been at the feast the

1218
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:42,160
story of the hand that wrote on the wall

1219
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:44,480
and of the old man who read it when no

1220
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:49,039
one else could. and he sent for him over

1221
01:05:49,039 --> 01:05:52,400
the empire. Darius appointed

1222
01:05:52,400 --> 01:05:55,839
120 satraps to be throughout the kingdom

1223
01:05:55,839 --> 01:05:58,720
and over them three presidents to whom

1224
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:01,200
the satraps would give account so that

1225
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:04,240
the king would suffer no loss. And

1226
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:08,160
Daniel was one of the three.

1227
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:10,960
The months passed and the old man of

1228
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:13,119
Judah distinguished himself among the

1229
01:06:13,119 --> 01:06:15,839
presidents and the satraps because in

1230
01:06:15,839 --> 01:06:18,960
him there was an excellent spirit. The

1231
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:21,200
accounts that passed through his hands

1232
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:24,319
balanced. The cases he judged did not

1233
01:06:24,319 --> 01:06:27,520
return. The provinces under his eye did

1234
01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:31,119
not rob the king. And Darius observing

1235
01:06:31,119 --> 01:06:34,000
this began to consider setting him over

1236
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:36,160
the whole kingdom.

1237
01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:38,960
In the corridors of power, the king's

1238
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:42,000
thought ran ahead of the decree, and

1239
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,760
envy awoke. The other presidents and the

1240
01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,559
satraps gathered in closed rooms, bent

1241
01:06:48,559 --> 01:06:50,720
over Daniel's records, [music] seeking

1242
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:52,640
grounds against him concerning the

1243
01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:54,640
kingdom.

1244
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:56,960
They combed through accounts, questioned

1245
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:00,240
servants, followed his steps, but they

1246
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:03,711
could find no grounds and no fault

1247
01:07:03,711 --> 01:07:05,039
[sighs]

1248
01:07:05,039 --> 01:07:08,240
because he was faithful.

1249
01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:11,839
And in him was found no error and no

1250
01:07:11,839 --> 01:07:14,839
corruption.

1251
01:07:16,799 --> 01:07:18,400
His service to the king is beyond

1252
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:20,559
reproach. If we are to [music] bring him

1253
01:07:20,559 --> 01:07:22,640
down, it must be through the god he

1254
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:26,200
refuses to betray.

1255
01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:35,599
He prays three times a day before that

1256
01:07:35,599 --> 01:07:38,559
open window. The whole palace knows

1257
01:07:38,559 --> 01:07:42,440
>> praying is no crime.

1258
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:45,920
>> Not yet.

1259
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:48,240
Days later, the presidents and satraps

1260
01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:50,559
went together to the king in rehearsed

1261
01:07:50,559 --> 01:07:52,400
tumult.

1262
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:57,680
>> Oh king Darius, live forever.

1263
01:07:57,680 --> 01:07:59,387
All the presidents of the kingdom,

1264
01:07:59,387 --> 01:08:01,440
[music] the prefects and satars, the

1265
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:03,839
counselors and governors have agreed to

1266
01:08:03,839 --> 01:08:07,200
establish a royal edict that any man who

1267
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:11,119
for 30 days makes petition to any god or

1268
01:08:11,119 --> 01:08:15,119
man except to you, O king,

1269
01:08:15,119 --> 01:08:19,719
shall be cast into the den of lions.

1270
01:08:26,719 --> 01:08:29,279
Now, O king, establish the edict and

1271
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:30,960
sign [music] the writing so that it

1272
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:33,198
cannot be changed by the law of the

1273
01:08:33,198 --> 01:08:35,040
Madias and Persians which cannot be

1274
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:35,759
revoked.

1275
01:08:35,759 --> 01:08:38,319
>> 30 days in which the whole empire would

1276
01:08:38,319 --> 01:08:41,679
turn to him, the new king, the foreign

1277
01:08:41,679 --> 01:08:43,279
king.

1278
01:08:43,279 --> 01:08:45,198
He signed.

1279
01:08:45,198 --> 01:08:47,520
The edict ran through the 120 [music]

1280
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:50,799
provinces under seals of wax, and it

1281
01:08:50,799 --> 01:08:53,600
reached the ears of Daniel.

1282
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:56,479
He knew the writing was signed, knew

1283
01:08:56,479 --> 01:08:59,439
what it was, and for whom it had been

1284
01:08:59,439 --> 01:09:01,359
made, and he went into [music] his

1285
01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:04,719
house. He went up to his room where the

1286
01:09:04,719 --> 01:09:07,439
windows open toward Jerusalem, as they

1287
01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:10,000
had stood open since the first night of

1288
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:14,238
the exile, nearly 70 years before.

1289
01:09:14,238 --> 01:09:17,839
and he did what he always did.

1290
01:09:17,839 --> 01:09:21,040
Three times that day, the old man went

1291
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:22,560
down [music] on his knees before the

1292
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:26,319
open window and prayed and gave thanks

1293
01:09:26,319 --> 01:09:29,359
before his God, as he had always done

1294
01:09:29,359 --> 01:09:33,198
before, without hiding, without putting

1295
01:09:33,198 --> 01:09:36,238
out the lamp, without closing a window

1296
01:09:36,238 --> 01:09:42,278
that had never in 70 years been closed.

1297
01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:47,359
From a neighboring rooftop in the

1298
01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:51,520
shadows, eyes watched him. At the second

1299
01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:54,320
prayer, the eyes were many. At the

1300
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:56,960
third, the men came down and went

1301
01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:58,480
straight to the palace.

1302
01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:01,840
>> Oh king, did you not sign an edict that

1303
01:10:01,840 --> 01:10:04,320
any man who petitions any god or man but

1304
01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:07,280
you for 30 days be cast into the den of

1305
01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:09,440
lions?

1306
01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:12,159
This word is certain

1307
01:10:12,159 --> 01:10:14,400
according to the law of the Mes and

1308
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:18,080
Persians which cannot be revoked.

1309
01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:20,800
But Daniel, that man of the exiles of

1310
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:22,880
Judah, whom you raised up, pays no

1311
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:24,560
regard to you, O king, [music] nor to

1312
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:26,960
the edict you signed.

1313
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,520
Three times a day,

1314
01:10:29,520 --> 01:10:33,120
he makes his prayer.

1315
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:36,719
Das's face changed. And in that instant,

1316
01:10:36,719 --> 01:10:38,480
before the [music] restrained smiles of

1317
01:10:38,480 --> 01:10:41,760
the conspirators, the king understood

1318
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:45,120
everything. The rehearsed tumult, the

1319
01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:48,239
flattery, the 30 days.

1320
01:10:48,239 --> 01:10:51,760
The edict had never been for him. It had

1321
01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:54,719
been for one man alone.

1322
01:10:54,719 --> 01:10:57,520
He was deeply grieved and in his heart

1323
01:10:57,520 --> 01:11:01,040
he set himself to deliver Daniel until

1324
01:11:01,040 --> 01:11:04,719
sundown he labored. He summoned jurists,

1325
01:11:04,719 --> 01:11:06,640
turned the law of the Mes and the

1326
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:10,159
Persians clause by clause searched for a

1327
01:11:10,159 --> 01:11:13,760
loophole, an exception, a delay, and the

1328
01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:16,960
conspirators in force returned to his

1329
01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:18,640
presence [music] to close the final

1330
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:20,000
door.

1331
01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:22,880
Your Majesty, the law of our empire

1332
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:25,760
stands above every man. Once your royal

1333
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:28,719
seal has been placed upon a decree,

1334
01:11:28,719 --> 01:11:33,239
not even the throne may overturn it.

1335
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:40,960
>> The sun touched the horizon, and the

1336
01:11:40,960 --> 01:11:43,120
king gave the order that his own hand

1337
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:46,440
had signed.

1338
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:57,840
It is so.

1339
01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:01,400
Bring me Daniel.

1340
01:12:02,239 --> 01:12:05,679
They brought Daniel. The old man crossed

1341
01:12:05,679 --> 01:12:10,760
the courtyard between guards. Serene.

1342
01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:18,080
And at the edge of the den, a throat of

1343
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:20,880
stone opened in the earth, from which

1344
01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:23,520
rose the smell of beasts and the low

1345
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:26,000
sound of enormous bodies moving in the

1346
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,560
dark.

1347
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:31,679
Das drew near to him, and the king's

1348
01:12:31,679 --> 01:12:34,159
voice came out broken.

1349
01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:36,480
>> Your God

1350
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:40,239
whom you serve continually,

1351
01:12:40,239 --> 01:12:44,960
may he deliver you. and he was cast in.

1352
01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:46,880
A stone was brought and laid over the

1353
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:49,600
mouth of the den. The king sealed it

1354
01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:51,920
with his own ring and with the rings of

1355
01:12:51,920 --> 01:12:54,560
his lords so that nothing concerning

1356
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,760
Daniel might be changed.

1357
01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:02,159
And inside the darkness closed complete.

1358
01:13:02,159 --> 01:13:04,800
At the bottom of the den, the old man

1359
01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:08,640
rose slowly to his feet. Around him in

1360
01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:10,800
the blackness, the breathing of the

1361
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:13,440
beasts. Lo, many circling [music]

1362
01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:17,199
closer, eyes kindled in the dark, pair

1363
01:13:17,199 --> 01:13:23,799
after pair of embers. Daniel kn.

1364
01:13:32,719 --> 01:13:35,199
And up above in the palace, [music]

1365
01:13:35,199 --> 01:13:37,440
the king walked the opposite road from

1366
01:13:37,440 --> 01:13:39,040
Belshazar.

1367
01:13:39,040 --> 01:13:42,080
He sent away the music, refused the

1368
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:45,040
table set before him, put out the lights

1369
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:49,600
of the halls. The Lord of 120 provinces

1370
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:52,436
spent the night awake, pacing from one

1371
01:13:52,436 --> 01:13:53,920
[music] side of his chamber to the

1372
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:57,840
other, and sleep fled from him. While in

1373
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:01,679
the sleeping city, a sealed den kept its

1374
01:14:01,679 --> 01:14:06,239
silence, and no sound of death rose from

1375
01:14:06,239 --> 01:14:09,239
it.

1376
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:16,320
At the first light of dawn, Das rose and

1377
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:19,040
went in haste to the lion's den. He

1378
01:14:19,040 --> 01:14:22,320
waited for no servants, no honor guard.

1379
01:14:22,320 --> 01:14:24,400
Drawing near, he cried out in an

1380
01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:26,960
anguished voice,

1381
01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:28,800
>> "DANIEL,

1382
01:14:28,800 --> 01:14:33,120
FAITHFUL servant of the most high,

1383
01:14:33,120 --> 01:14:35,760
>> tell me, has the God you have trusted

1384
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:37,600
remained with you through this night?"

1385
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:39,360
>> Oh king,

1386
01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:42,839
live forever.

1387
01:14:42,960 --> 01:14:45,120
>> The Lord watched over me and kept every

1388
01:14:45,120 --> 01:14:47,920
lion from causing harm.

1389
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:50,000
I stand here unharmed because I was

1390
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:52,640
found blameless before him. and I have

1391
01:14:52,640 --> 01:14:54,640
remained faithful in all my service to

1392
01:14:54,640 --> 01:14:56,880
you." Then the king rejoiced

1393
01:14:56,880 --> 01:15:00,000
exceedingly. The stone was torn from the

1394
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,880
mouth of the den, ropes went down, and

1395
01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:06,159
Daniel was lifted out, and no injury was

1396
01:15:06,159 --> 01:15:09,120
found on him because he had trusted in

1397
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:12,360
his God.

1398
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:16,640
In the morning light before the king and

1399
01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:19,280
the assembled lords, the old man rose

1400
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:21,040
from the edge of the den without a

1401
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:24,159
scratch, his mantle intact, and the

1402
01:15:24,159 --> 01:15:28,640
lions roaring at last, hungry below.

1403
01:15:28,640 --> 01:15:31,440
Darius's next order came out as cold as

1404
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:34,159
the law that had deceived him. The men

1405
01:15:34,159 --> 01:15:36,080
who had accused Daniel [music] were

1406
01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:38,800
brought and thrown into the den. They

1407
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,040
did not reach its floor before the lions

1408
01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:43,199
caught them in the air.

1409
01:15:43,199 --> 01:15:45,679
Then King Darius wrote to the peoples,

1410
01:15:45,679 --> 01:15:49,120
nations, and languages of all the earth.

1411
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:51,199
To every nation and every people under

1412
01:15:51,199 --> 01:15:54,267
my authority, "May peace and prosperity

1413
01:15:54,267 --> 01:15:56,960
[music] be with you. By royal decree,

1414
01:15:56,960 --> 01:15:59,120
let every corner of my empire honor the

1415
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:01,472
God who rescued Daniel. For his power

1416
01:16:01,472 --> 01:16:03,280
[music] stands above every earthly

1417
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:06,560
throne. For he is the living God, and he

1418
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,199
endures forever. His kingdom shall not

1419
01:16:09,199 --> 01:16:12,480
be destroyed. He saves and delivers and

1420
01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:14,640
works signs and wonders in heaven and on

1421
01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:17,520
earth. He who delivered Daniel from the

1422
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:20,480
power of the lions. And Daniel prospered

1423
01:16:20,480 --> 01:16:22,960
in the reign of Darius and in the reign

1424
01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:26,400
of Cyrus the Persian. But the old man's

1425
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:29,120
nights no longer belonged to the

1426
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:32,640
kingdoms of men. Because for years since

1427
01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:35,540
the days of Belshazzer, Daniel's sleep

1428
01:16:35,540 --> 01:16:37,840
[music] had been opening onto another

1429
01:16:37,840 --> 01:16:39,280
world.

1430
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:43,280
Visions rose to his bed like tides.

1431
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:46,000
And on one of those nights, long before

1432
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:49,120
the den, he had seen something he had

1433
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:52,000
written down with trembling hands on a

1434
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:55,440
scroll he kept with him, and which now

1435
01:16:55,440 --> 01:16:59,199
in his old age he unrolled again by the

1436
01:16:59,199 --> 01:17:02,000
light of the lamp.

1437
01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:04,640
By the light of the lamp, the old man's

1438
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,600
eyes travel across his own handwriting,

1439
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:11,120
and memory carries him back. The first

1440
01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:14,640
year of Belshazzer, a night of wind over

1441
01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:16,320
Babylon.

1442
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:19,040
Daniel sleeps in his bed, and in the

1443
01:17:19,040 --> 01:17:22,040
dream,

1444
01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:26,000
he is standing before a black ocean

1445
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:28,719
under a starless sky.

1446
01:17:28,719 --> 01:17:30,880
The four winds of heaven descend upon

1447
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:33,920
the waters all at once, lashing them

1448
01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:37,640
from every direction.

1449
01:17:37,679 --> 01:17:40,080
And the great sea churns into mountains

1450
01:17:40,080 --> 01:17:42,640
of foam and darkness,

1451
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:48,440
and from the sea beasts come up.

1452
01:17:50,960 --> 01:17:54,000
The first breaks the water like a lion,

1453
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,480
but from its flanks open the wings of an

1454
01:17:56,480 --> 01:18:00,280
eagle. Before

1455
01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:10,199
Daniel's eyes, the wings are torn away.

1456
01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:25,760
The creature is lifted from the earth,

1457
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:29,120
set on two feet like a man, and the

1458
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:33,640
heart of a man is given to it.

1459
01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:37,600
The second emerges heavy like a bear,

1460
01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:40,400
raised up on one side, three ribs

1461
01:18:40,400 --> 01:18:42,960
clenched between its teeth, and a

1462
01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:46,800
command hangs over it.

1463
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:52,199
Arise and devour much flesh.

1464
01:19:02,719 --> 01:19:04,880
The third leaps from the waters like a

1465
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:08,000
leopard. Four birds wings on its back.

1466
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:10,480
Four heads turn toward the four corners

1467
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:13,799
of the earth.

1468
01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:20,440
And dominion is given to it.

1469
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:33,320
But then the sea opens one last time.

1470
01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:47,679
And the fourth beast rises,

1471
01:19:47,679 --> 01:19:50,800
different from all the ones before.

1472
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:57,320
Terrible, dreadful, exceedingly strong.

1473
01:19:58,239 --> 01:20:01,199
It resembles no creature of the earth.

1474
01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:04,400
Great iron teeth gleam in its mouth, and

1475
01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:07,600
it devours, breaks in pieces, and what

1476
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,960
remains it tramples.

1477
01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:14,480
10 horns crown its head. And as Daniel

1478
01:20:14,480 --> 01:20:17,760
watches them, a small horn rises among

1479
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:20,480
them, uprooting three of the first by

1480
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:23,280
the root. And in the small horn there

1481
01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:26,719
are eyes like the eyes of a man, and a

1482
01:20:26,719 --> 01:20:28,960
mouth speaking great things against

1483
01:20:28,960 --> 01:20:31,960
heaven.

1484
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:39,440
>> Then the whole vision changes. The sea

1485
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:42,719
vanishes. The darkness recedes and

1486
01:20:42,719 --> 01:20:45,440
before [music] Daniel thrones are set in

1487
01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:48,440
place.

1488
01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:55,920
A blaze fills the horizon of the vision.

1489
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:58,719
A throne that is flames of fire on

1490
01:20:58,719 --> 01:21:01,520
wheels that are burning fire. And from

1491
01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:04,880
it a river is born.

1492
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:08,000
A river of fire that flows and pours out

1493
01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:10,800
from before the throne. crossing

1494
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:14,880
eternity. And upon the throne, no form

1495
01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:18,496
of a man, a presence of purest white

1496
01:21:18,496 --> 01:21:21,120
[music] light, like snow lit from

1497
01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:24,480
within, crowned in radiance pure as wool

1498
01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:28,320
of light. The ancient of [music] days

1499
01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:31,320
seated.

1500
01:21:34,480 --> 01:21:37,679
Thousands upon thousands serve him

1501
01:21:37,679 --> 01:21:42,320
10,000 times. 10,000 stand before him.

1502
01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:44,960
Endless fields of points of light,

1503
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:47,679
armies of fire receding past the

1504
01:21:47,679 --> 01:21:50,679
horizon.

1505
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:56,239
The court is seated and the books are

1506
01:21:56,239 --> 01:21:58,880
opened.

1507
01:21:58,880 --> 01:22:01,520
Daniel looks and [music] far below,

1508
01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:04,320
small before the celestial court, the

1509
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:07,040
mouth of the horn still speaks its great

1510
01:22:07,040 --> 01:22:10,040
words.

1511
01:22:11,199 --> 01:22:13,520
Then the fourth beast [music] is slain

1512
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:16,000
and its body destroyed and given over to

1513
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:19,639
the burning fire.

1514
01:22:26,159 --> 01:22:28,639
And in the vision of the night, Daniel

1515
01:22:28,639 --> 01:22:30,960
sees descending with the clouds of

1516
01:22:30,960 --> 01:22:35,040
heaven, one like a son of man, a figure

1517
01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:37,760
wrapped in cloud and radiance with no

1518
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:41,199
face that human eyes can reach. He comes

1519
01:22:41,199 --> 01:22:43,600
to the ancient of days and is brought

1520
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:46,400
before him. And to him are given

1521
01:22:46,400 --> 01:22:50,000
dominion and honor and a kingdom that

1522
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:52,880
all peoples, nations, and languages

1523
01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:56,560
should serve him. His dominion is an

1524
01:22:56,560 --> 01:22:59,360
everlasting dominion which shall not

1525
01:22:59,360 --> 01:23:03,440
pass away and his kingdom shall never be

1526
01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:06,440
destroyed.

1527
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:14,560
Daniel woke that long ago night with his

1528
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:16,880
heart racing and his thoughts troubled

1529
01:23:16,880 --> 01:23:21,560
him and his countenance changed.

1530
01:23:24,480 --> 01:23:27,120
He kept it all in the scroll. Every

1531
01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:32,760
beast, every throne, every word,

1532
01:23:33,040 --> 01:23:35,040
and the scroll stayed with him from then

1533
01:23:35,040 --> 01:23:38,080
on through the fall of one empire and

1534
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:41,280
the rise of another. Now in his old age,

1535
01:23:41,280 --> 01:23:44,159
under the reign of Cyrus, he rolls it up

1536
01:23:44,159 --> 01:23:46,880
slowly before the lamp.

1537
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:51,560
There were other visions after that one.

1538
01:23:51,840 --> 01:23:54,320
The two-horned ram shattered by the goat

1539
01:23:54,320 --> 01:23:56,159
that crossed the earth without touching

1540
01:23:56,159 --> 01:23:59,400
the ground.

1541
01:24:14,080 --> 01:24:16,000
the horn that grew up to the host of

1542
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:18,560
heaven. The evenings and mornings

1543
01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:21,560
numbered,

1544
01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:25,840
each one left him ill for days,

1545
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:29,520
exhausted, appalled, and none of them

1546
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:32,920
fully understood.

1547
01:24:35,679 --> 01:24:37,600
>> But it was an older parchment that

1548
01:24:37,600 --> 01:24:40,560
changed everything. On a night of study

1549
01:24:40,560 --> 01:24:43,600
in the first year of Das, Daniel

1550
01:24:43,600 --> 01:24:46,159
unrolled across his table the scrolls of

1551
01:24:46,159 --> 01:24:48,400
the prophet Jeremiah,

1552
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:50,080
letters written before the fall of

1553
01:24:50,080 --> 01:24:51,840
Jerusalem.

1554
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:53,920
The lamp trembled over the ancient

1555
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:57,040
script, and the old man's eyes ran along

1556
01:24:57,040 --> 01:25:02,280
the lines until they stopped.

1557
01:25:02,639 --> 01:25:08,199
70 years he read it again.

1558
01:25:11,040 --> 01:25:13,679
He counted the reigns on his fingers.

1559
01:25:13,679 --> 01:25:16,960
Jehoakim, Nebuchadnezzar, the kings who

1560
01:25:16,960 --> 01:25:22,280
had passed, Belshazar, Das.

1561
01:25:25,440 --> 01:25:28,400
He counted his own years of exile. The

1562
01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:31,280
boy in chains on the desert road, the

1563
01:25:31,280 --> 01:25:35,400
old man before the table.

1564
01:25:37,360 --> 01:25:40,560
The desolation of Jerusalem had a term

1565
01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:43,120
and the term was coming to its

1566
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:46,120
fulfillment.

1567
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:54,400
Daniel stepped back from the table. He

1568
01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:56,639
tore his robes of a president of the

1569
01:25:56,639 --> 01:25:59,840
kingdom, dressed in sackcloth, covered

1570
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:03,040
his white hair with ashes, and he turned

1571
01:26:03,040 --> 01:26:06,080
his face to the Lord in prayer,

1572
01:26:06,080 --> 01:26:09,520
supplications, and fasting on his knees

1573
01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:12,560
before the open window.

1574
01:26:12,560 --> 01:26:15,920
The old man confessed not only his own

1575
01:26:15,920 --> 01:26:21,719
sins, the guilt of entire generations.

1576
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:25,920
Our Lord,

1577
01:26:25,920 --> 01:26:29,360
great and awesome God,

1578
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:31,590
who keeps covenant and mercy with

1579
01:26:31,590 --> 01:26:35,320
[music] those who love you.

1580
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:40,600
To you, Lord, belongs righteousness.

1581
01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:48,519
To us belongs the shame of our faces.

1582
01:26:49,840 --> 01:26:52,080
We have sinned.

1583
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:54,480
We have done wrong.

1584
01:26:54,480 --> 01:26:56,320
We have rebelled and turned away from

1585
01:26:56,320 --> 01:26:59,040
your commandments. We did not listen to

1586
01:26:59,040 --> 01:27:02,920
your servants, the prophets.

1587
01:27:05,280 --> 01:27:08,080
Lord, hear my prayer.

1588
01:27:08,080 --> 01:27:11,199
Show your mercy.

1589
01:27:11,199 --> 01:27:13,840
Look upon your people

1590
01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:18,040
and fulfill your promise.

1591
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:21,440
Not [music] because we deserve your

1592
01:27:21,440 --> 01:27:24,719
favor, my God,

1593
01:27:24,719 --> 01:27:29,120
but because your mercy is without end.

1594
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:32,320
Remember your people and let your name

1595
01:27:32,320 --> 01:27:34,080
be honored."

1596
01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:35,920
And while the word was still in his

1597
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:39,710
mouth, before the amen, before the next

1598
01:27:39,710 --> 01:27:42,320
[music] breath, the light of the lamp

1599
01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:45,120
drowned in a greater brightness. The

1600
01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:47,280
room filled with a radiance that came

1601
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:50,320
from no flame. And before the kneeling

1602
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:52,960
old man touching him at the time of the

1603
01:27:52,960 --> 01:27:56,080
evening offering

1604
01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:58,880
stood a messenger in the form of a man

1605
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:01,520
clothed in brightness.

1606
01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:04,719
Gabriel, he who stands before the

1607
01:28:04,719 --> 01:28:07,760
throne. And the first word from heaven

1608
01:28:07,760 --> 01:28:11,480
was not a decree.

1609
01:28:14,560 --> 01:28:16,560
Daniel,

1610
01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:18,239
I have come now to give you

1611
01:28:18,239 --> 01:28:21,239
understanding.

1612
01:28:22,800 --> 01:28:24,880
At the very beginning of your pleading,

1613
01:28:24,880 --> 01:28:28,320
the word went out,

1614
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:32,679
and I have come to tell it to you,

1615
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:37,440
for you are greatly loved."

1616
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:39,520
>> The old man lifted his tear streaked

1617
01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:42,400
face. the boy of the exile, the

1618
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:45,280
interpreter of kings, the survivor of

1619
01:28:45,280 --> 01:28:48,500
the den. And for one moment there was no

1620
01:28:48,500 --> 01:28:52,400
[music] vision, no prophecy, no empire.

1621
01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:55,920
Only a man of 80 years hearing from

1622
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:59,520
heaven that he was loved.

1623
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:02,480
Then Gabriel spoke, and every word

1624
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:05,280
crossed centuries.

1625
01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:08,080
70 weeks are decreed for your people and

1626
01:29:08,080 --> 01:29:10,719
for your holy city, to finish

1627
01:29:10,719 --> 01:29:13,120
transgression,

1628
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:16,000
to put an end to sin,

1629
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:18,639
to atone for iniquity,

1630
01:29:18,639 --> 01:29:23,320
to bring in everlasting righteousness.

1631
01:29:24,320 --> 01:29:26,159
The appointed time will fulfill every

1632
01:29:26,159 --> 01:29:31,000
vision and every promise.

1633
01:29:31,760 --> 01:29:33,840
than the one set apart by God will be

1634
01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:36,480
revealed.

1635
01:29:36,480 --> 01:29:40,480
Know this and understand it.

1636
01:29:40,480 --> 01:29:41,920
From the going out of the word to

1637
01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:44,000
restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the

1638
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:46,719
anointed one, the prince, there shall be

1639
01:29:46,719 --> 01:29:51,360
7 weeks and 62 weeks.

1640
01:29:51,360 --> 01:29:53,199
The streets and the walls shall be

1641
01:29:53,199 --> 01:29:56,199
rebuilt.

1642
01:29:57,199 --> 01:30:01,000
but in troubled times.

1643
01:30:01,120 --> 01:30:04,880
And after the 62 weeks, the anointed one

1644
01:30:04,880 --> 01:30:08,639
shall be cut off and shall have nothing.

1645
01:30:08,639 --> 01:30:10,560
And the people of a prince who is to

1646
01:30:10,560 --> 01:30:13,360
come shall destroy the city and the

1647
01:30:13,360 --> 01:30:15,360
sanctuary.

1648
01:30:15,360 --> 01:30:18,480
And until the end there shall be war,

1649
01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:21,760
and desolations are determined. Daniel

1650
01:30:21,760 --> 01:30:24,639
recorded everything, the weeks, the

1651
01:30:24,639 --> 01:30:28,159
times, the anointed one who would die,

1652
01:30:28,159 --> 01:30:30,320
knowing that his own eyes would never

1653
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:32,400
see the fulfillment.

1654
01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:34,239
And the brightness withdrew from the

1655
01:30:34,239 --> 01:30:37,199
room like the tide, leaving the old man

1656
01:30:37,199 --> 01:30:40,960
alone with the lamp, the scroll, and a

1657
01:30:40,960 --> 01:30:42,880
new weight.

1658
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:46,080
The years ran toward their end. In the

1659
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:48,639
third year of Cyrus, king of Persia,

1660
01:30:48,639 --> 01:30:50,960
Daniel entered into mourning for three

1661
01:30:50,960 --> 01:30:54,639
full weeks. He ate no pleasant food.

1662
01:30:54,639 --> 01:30:57,679
Neither meat nor wine touched his mouth,

1663
01:30:57,679 --> 01:31:02,199
nor did oil anoint his skin.

1664
01:31:02,639 --> 01:31:05,920
And on the 24th day of the first month,

1665
01:31:05,920 --> 01:31:07,840
as he stood on the bank of the great

1666
01:31:07,840 --> 01:31:10,639
river Tigris, with certain men in his

1667
01:31:10,639 --> 01:31:16,320
company, the old man lifted his eyes,

1668
01:31:16,320 --> 01:31:18,880
and time stopped.

1669
01:31:18,880 --> 01:31:21,280
Above the waters of the river, there was

1670
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:24,800
a man clothed in linen, his waist girded

1671
01:31:24,800 --> 01:31:27,760
with fine gold of eupaz.

1672
01:31:27,760 --> 01:31:31,199
His body was like barrel, his face like

1673
01:31:31,199 --> 01:31:34,239
continuous lightning, his eyes like

1674
01:31:34,239 --> 01:31:37,600
torches of fire, his arms and his feet

1675
01:31:37,600 --> 01:31:40,080
like polished bronze gleaming in the

1676
01:31:40,080 --> 01:31:43,920
sun. And his voice when it came was like

1677
01:31:43,920 --> 01:31:48,199
the voice of a multitude.

1678
01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:58,239
The men who were with Daniel did not see

1679
01:31:58,239 --> 01:32:01,199
the vision, but a great terror fell upon

1680
01:32:01,199 --> 01:32:03,920
them, and they fled, hiding themselves

1681
01:32:03,920 --> 01:32:07,480
among the rocks,

1682
01:32:10,480 --> 01:32:14,000
and Daniel was left [music] alone. His

1683
01:32:14,000 --> 01:32:16,880
strength abandoned him, his vigor turned

1684
01:32:16,880 --> 01:32:19,360
to helplessness, and he fell with his

1685
01:32:19,360 --> 01:32:21,360
face [music] to the ground, breathless

1686
01:32:21,360 --> 01:32:23,280
before the glory burning above the

1687
01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:26,280
river.

1688
01:32:39,520 --> 01:32:43,360
Then a hand touched him and lifted him

1689
01:32:43,360 --> 01:32:45,760
trembling onto his knees and the palms

1690
01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:47,520
of his hands.

1691
01:32:47,520 --> 01:32:51,040
>> Daniel greatly loved.

1692
01:32:51,040 --> 01:32:55,440
Understand the words I speak to you.

1693
01:32:55,440 --> 01:32:58,759
Stand up.

1694
01:33:00,480 --> 01:33:04,759
I have been sent to you.

1695
01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:13,280
Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first

1696
01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:16,400
day you set your heart to understand and

1697
01:33:16,400 --> 01:33:20,159
to humble yourself before your God, your

1698
01:33:20,159 --> 01:33:23,199
words have been heard, and it is because

1699
01:33:23,199 --> 01:33:26,719
of them that I have come.

1700
01:33:26,719 --> 01:33:29,440
But the prince of the kingdom of Faria

1701
01:33:29,440 --> 01:33:33,280
stood against me 21 days

1702
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:37,000
until Michael

1703
01:33:38,000 --> 01:33:41,440
came to help me. And the veil was

1704
01:33:41,440 --> 01:33:44,560
lifted. Behind thrones and armies,

1705
01:33:44,560 --> 01:33:48,000
behind decrees and the fall of empires,

1706
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:51,360
there was war. A war no chronicler had

1707
01:33:51,360 --> 01:33:54,639
recorded, waged above the nations while

1708
01:33:54,639 --> 01:33:57,040
the nations slept.

1709
01:33:57,040 --> 01:33:59,760
Princes of light and powers of darkness

1710
01:33:59,760 --> 01:34:02,800
contending above the nations for the

1711
01:34:02,800 --> 01:34:05,760
course of the ages.

1712
01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:08,159
Now I return to fight the prince of

1713
01:34:08,159 --> 01:34:11,760
Azia. And when I go out, the prince of

1714
01:34:11,760 --> 01:34:14,800
Greece will come. But I will tell you

1715
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:19,920
what is written in the book of truth.

1716
01:34:19,920 --> 01:34:21,440
And then the messenger opened [music]

1717
01:34:21,440 --> 01:34:23,440
before the old man what was written in

1718
01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:26,639
the book of truth. Kings of Persia who

1719
01:34:26,639 --> 01:34:30,159
would rise one after another, a mighty

1720
01:34:30,159 --> 01:34:32,159
king [music] coming from the west like a

1721
01:34:32,159 --> 01:34:35,159
storm.

1722
01:34:43,440 --> 01:34:46,239
and his empire broken into four to the

1723
01:34:46,239 --> 01:34:49,559
four winds.

1724
01:34:55,840 --> 01:34:57,840
Kings of the north and kings of the

1725
01:34:57,840 --> 01:35:01,520
south in wars without end. Alliances

1726
01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:05,639
made and betrayed.

1727
01:35:10,000 --> 01:35:11,840
A desecrator who would seat himself

1728
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:14,080
where he should not and cause the

1729
01:35:14,080 --> 01:35:18,280
sacrifice to cease.

1730
01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:25,840
and the people who know their God

1731
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:29,239
standing firm.

1732
01:35:36,159 --> 01:35:39,360
The voice crossed century after century

1733
01:35:39,360 --> 01:35:44,519
until it touched the very edge of time.

1734
01:35:48,480 --> 01:35:51,920
And at that time Michael shall arise,

1735
01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:54,080
the great prince who stands for the

1736
01:35:54,080 --> 01:35:56,960
children of your people, and there shall

1737
01:35:56,960 --> 01:36:00,239
be a time of distress such as never was

1738
01:36:00,239 --> 01:36:03,199
since there was a nation.

1739
01:36:03,199 --> 01:36:06,400
But at that time your people shall be

1740
01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:09,840
delivered. Everyone who is found written

1741
01:36:09,840 --> 01:36:13,360
in the book, and many of those who sleep

1742
01:36:13,360 --> 01:36:16,560
in the dust of the earth shall rise,

1743
01:36:16,560 --> 01:36:20,239
some to eternal life, and others to

1744
01:36:20,239 --> 01:36:24,239
shame and eternal horror. The wise shall

1745
01:36:24,239 --> 01:36:26,080
shine like the brightness of the

1746
01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:29,280
firmament, and those who lead many to

1747
01:36:29,280 --> 01:36:33,520
righteousness, like the stars, forever

1748
01:36:33,520 --> 01:36:37,280
and ever. Daniel trembled, tears running

1749
01:36:37,280 --> 01:36:40,320
down his white beard,

1750
01:36:40,320 --> 01:36:42,480
>> "My Lord,

1751
01:36:42,480 --> 01:36:44,400
the end of these things."

1752
01:36:44,400 --> 01:36:47,600
>> And the answer came gently as a friend

1753
01:36:47,600 --> 01:36:49,199
takes his leave.

1754
01:36:49,199 --> 01:36:52,080
>> "Go your way, Daniel.

1755
01:36:52,080 --> 01:36:54,960
These words are closed and sealed until

1756
01:36:54,960 --> 01:36:57,840
the time of the end. Many will be

1757
01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:01,199
refined and made white and tested, and

1758
01:37:01,199 --> 01:37:04,960
the wise will understand.

1759
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:08,880
But you go your way until the end.

1760
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:12,800
For you shall rest, and you shall rise

1761
01:37:12,800 --> 01:37:15,040
to your inheritance at the end of the

1762
01:37:15,040 --> 01:37:18,040
days.

1763
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:21,840
The brightness withdrew over the waters

1764
01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:25,199
of the Tigris. The wind returned to the

1765
01:37:25,199 --> 01:37:27,760
reeds, and on the bank of the great

1766
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:30,800
river there remained only an old man

1767
01:37:30,800 --> 01:37:33,760
standing alone. With the afternoon sun

1768
01:37:33,760 --> 01:37:35,840
on his face,

1769
01:37:35,840 --> 01:37:38,960
Daniel went home. In his simple room by

1770
01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:41,440
the light of evening, he rolled up the

1771
01:37:41,440 --> 01:37:44,560
last parchment, tied the cord, and

1772
01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:49,360
pressed the wax seal with his own ring.

1773
01:37:49,360 --> 01:37:51,119
He laid the scroll [music] beside the

1774
01:37:51,119 --> 01:37:55,119
others. 70 years of visions kept for

1775
01:37:55,119 --> 01:37:59,239
eyes not yet born.

1776
01:38:02,400 --> 01:38:05,199
Then he walked to the window.

1777
01:38:05,199 --> 01:38:07,920
Outside Babylon stretched beneath the

1778
01:38:07,920 --> 01:38:10,800
setting sun. The walls he had watched

1779
01:38:10,800 --> 01:38:14,239
devour nations. The blue gates fading.

1780
01:38:14,239 --> 01:38:16,480
The standards of yet another empire

1781
01:38:16,480 --> 01:38:18,639
flying over towers that a different

1782
01:38:18,639 --> 01:38:22,400
empire had raised. The boy in chains had

1783
01:38:22,400 --> 01:38:24,639
passed through those gates 70 years

1784
01:38:24,639 --> 01:38:26,080
before.

1785
01:38:26,080 --> 01:38:29,040
The old man gazed at them now, having

1786
01:38:29,040 --> 01:38:31,760
outlived every king who had ever sat

1787
01:38:31,760 --> 01:38:34,880
within them. Daniel knelt before the

1788
01:38:34,880 --> 01:38:37,760
open window, facing Jerusalem as on the

1789
01:38:37,760 --> 01:38:40,560
first night. The golden light of the

1790
01:38:40,560 --> 01:38:43,840
day's end came down over his white hair,

1791
01:38:43,840 --> 01:38:48,080
and his lips moved one last time.

1792
01:38:48,080 --> 01:38:50,560
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

1793
01:38:50,560 --> 01:38:53,880
O Lord.

1794
01:38:54,400 --> 01:38:59,480
And your dominion shall have no end.

1795
01:39:00,719 --> 01:39:03,840
The sun touched the horizon, and on the

1796
01:39:03,840 --> 01:39:06,639
table in the halflight, the wax seal

1797
01:39:06,639 --> 01:39:10,480
guarded the words, "Closed

1798
01:39:10,480 --> 01:39:15,000
until the time of the end.