From The Lions’ Den To The Empty Tomb | Daniel 6:16-24
From The Lions’ Den To The Empty Tomb
An Unjust Declaration (A Den / A Cross)
A Desperate Situation (A Sealed Den / A Sealed Tomb)
A Morning Of Vindication (An Open Den / An Empty Tomb)
Daniel 6:13-14
13 Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or the injunction you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.
An Unjust Declaration (A Den / A Cross)
Daniel 6:16
16 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared[a] to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
Daniel Was Sentenced For His Faith – Jesus Was Sentenced For Our Sins
Matthew 27:24-26
24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood;[a] see to it yourselves.” 25 And all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged[b]Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
John 3:16
16 “For God so loved the world,[a] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Daniel Was Cast Into A DEN- Jesus Was Crucified To A CROSS
An Unjust Declaration
A Desperate Situation (A Sealed Den / A Sealed Tomb)
Daniel 6:17
17 And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
Daniel 6:18
18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
A Sleepless Night In A Sealed DEN- Points To A Sleepless Night In A Sealed TOMB
Matthew 27:62-66
62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard[a] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
A Morning Of Vindication (An Open Den / An Empty Tomb)
Daniel 6:19-20
19 Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
Daniel 6:21-22
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! 22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
Psalm 34:7
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Daniel 6:21-22
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! 22 My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
Daniel, Blameless Before God - Evaded Death – Jesus, The Blameless Lamb of God - Conquered Death
Mark 16:1-2
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.
Mark 16:4-6
4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
Daniel Walked Out Of An Open DEN- Jesus Walked Out And Left An Empty TOMB
Daniel 6:23
23 Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
Hebrews 11:33
33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Daniel 6:24
24 And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.
The Lions’ Den To The Empty Tomb
Ephesians 2:1-3
2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course[a] of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
Ephesians 2:4-5
4 But[a] God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Daniel Evaded Death- Jesus Defeated Death
1 Peter 2:24
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Colossians 1:22
22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
Daniel Points FORWARD To The Gospel – BUT Jesus FULFILLS The Gospel
Matthew 13:40-42
40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
From The Lions’ Den To The Empty Tomb… To Our Salvation
HE IS RISEN - HE IS RISEN INDEED