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Did you know that some scholars think that King Darius and Cyrus the Great were the same man? A little back ground: Daniel chapter 5 is all about King Belshazzar. He sees the writing on the wall, Daniel tells him that it says the writing basically says his days in reign are numbered and his kingdom will be divided. THAT very night king Bel is killed. King Darius takes control of Babylon. Chapter 6 is the story of Daniel and the lions' den. Well, the last verse of chapter 6 says, "Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian." Scholar Joyce Baldwin explains that the word 'AND' in that verse is used often in the book of Daniel. It could be said as 'namely' or 'that is'. The writer could be saying that those names belong to the same person. Daniel 6:28 could read "Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius, that is Cyrus the Persian." Interesting.

Dave and I (and the boys) drove to Montrose today. We ate some fabulous pizza for lunch. Liam ate a whole piece and needed no promting cause he loved it. We went to Russell Stover Candies and bought a bunch of cheap Valentine's and Easter candy for our upcoming Oct 31st lock-in for the high schoolers. Yeah, I know, it's funny that we're giving away candy for totally different holidays then the one on which we're having the lock-in. It'll be funny to have a chocolate bunny eating contest on Halloween. :-) Last Tuesday I missed my Daniel Bible study so I downloaded the audio for it and Dave and I listened to it on the drive home. It was very encouraging to our hearts. It's awesome how every week I feel like God is speaking through Beth Moore to me and my heart. It was cool to share this weeks audio with Dave too. It was on Daniel 6 which is when Daniel was found guilty of praying to God rather then the king. He was then thrown into the lions' den. God delivere...