Storyteller Café "The Lion's Den" pt 2 of 4

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Makonnen the Lion Roaring

Thought you might like to hear the Lion roar!

Africa: The Greatest Songs Ever

Listen to some selections of African Music-

1. Did you know Egypt was in Africa?
2. Was Egypt once Babylonia?
3. Did you like the music?
4. What instruments do you hear the most being played?

Modern Day Egypt

Read pages 104-127 of Egypt Enchantment of the World

1. How is Egypt different from America?
2. How is it the same?
3. What is the main religion of Egypt today?
4. Are they free to practice any religion they want?
5. Is there a King?

History of The World

Read about Babylon in pages 35, 41, 58, 59

Answer these questions:

1. What time frame B.C. does it say predates Babylonia?
2. Which two rivers are mentioned?
3. Who attacked Babylon in c.1595?
4. Where did these people come from?
5. When did Nebuchadnezzar II rule Babylon?
6. According to the Bible, Daniel was thrown in the lions den in 538 B.C. What hapened in 539 B.C.?
7. Did you ever think that in "The History of The World", (A non-biblical book) you would be able to find history of the Bible- and God's people? Scientists even agree that King Nebuchadnezzar existed! They can prove it! My question to you is, if King Nebuchadnezzar really existed- do you think Daniel did? Do you think he could have survied the lions den?

Superpride of Lions

Face to Face with Lions

Read Face to Face with Lions

Answer these Questions:

1. According to "man" how do you NOT get eaten by a Lion? 
2. How much do female and male lions weigh? (approx)
3. How long do lions get?
4. How far does a lions roar go?
5. What do lions usually eat?
6. How long do lions live?
7. Where else in the Bible does it mention lions- other than in Daniel?

Daniel in the Lions Den Video

Retold by: Celia Barker Lottridge

Read Daniel in the Lions Den pages 171-175

Discuss the differences, if any.

Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of ways can people tell the same story, differently?
2. Do Bible stories ever change- or are they the same story told in different ways?
3. Which version did you like better? Why?

 

Kingfisher Book of Bible Stories

Do the required reading and then answer these 3 questions in the comment field...

1. Where was God during the time Daniel was in the Lion's den?
2. How come the Lion's didn't eat Daniel?
3. How has God protected you in the past?

Daniel in the Lions Den

When you have read this to the end- add your comment on what you think, at least 2 sentences.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

 ^1-3 Darius reorganized his kingdom. He appointed one hundred twenty governors to administer all the parts of his realm. Over them were three vice-regents, one of whom was Daniel. The governors reported to the vice-regents, who made sure that everything was in order for the king. But Daniel, brimming with spirit and intelligence, so completely outclassed the other vice-regents and governors that the king decided to put him in charge of the whole kingdom.

 ^4-5 The vice-regents and governors got together to find some old scandal or skeleton in Daniel's life that they could use against him, but they couldn't dig up anything. He was totally exemplary and trustworthy. They could find no evidence of negligence or misconduct. So they finally gave up and said, "We're never going to find anything against this Daniel unless we can cook up something religious."

 ^6-7 The vice-regents and governors conspired together and then went to the king and said, "King Darius, live forever! We've convened your vice-regents, governors, and all your leading officials, and have agreed that the king should issue the following decree:

    For the next thirty days no one is to pray to any god or mortal except you, O king. Anyone who disobeys will be thrown into the lions' den.

 ⁸ "Issue this decree, O king, and make it unconditional, as if written in stone like all the laws of the Medes and the Persians."

 ⁹ King Darius signed the decree.

 ¹⁰ When Daniel learned that the decree had been signed and posted, he continued to pray just as he had always done. His house had windows in the upstairs that opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he knelt there in prayer, thanking and praising his God.

 ^11-12 The conspirators came and found him praying, asking God for help. They went straight to the king and reminded him of the royal decree that he had signed. "Did you not," they said, "sign a decree forbidding anyone to pray to any god or man except you for the next thirty days? And anyone caught doing it would be thrown into the lions' den?"

    "Absolutely," said the king. "Written in stone, like all the laws of the Medes and Persians."

 ¹³ Then they said, "Daniel, one of the Jewish exiles, ignores you, O king, and defies your decree. Three times a day he prays."

 ¹⁴ At this, the king was very upset and tried his best to get Daniel out of the fix he'd put him in. He worked at it the whole day long.

 ¹⁵ But then the conspirators were back: "Remember, O king, it's the law of the Medes and Persians that the king's decree can never be changed."

 ¹⁶ The king caved in and ordered Daniel brought and thrown into the lions' den. But he said to Daniel, "Your God, to whom you are so loyal, is going to get you out of this."

 ¹⁷ A stone slab was placed over the opening of the den. The king sealed the cover with his signet ring and the signet rings of all his nobles, fixing Daniel's fate.

 ¹⁸ The king then went back to his palace. He refused supper. He couldn't sleep. He spent the night fasting.

 ^19-20 At daybreak the king got up and hurried to the lions' den. As he approached the den, he called out anxiously, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve so loyally, saved you from the lions?"

 ^21-22 "O king, live forever!" said Daniel. "My God sent his angel, who closed the mouths of the lions so that they would not hurt me. I've been found innocent before God and also before you, O king. I've done nothing to harm you."

 ²³ When the king heard these words, he was happy. He ordered Daniel taken up out of the den. When he was hauled up, there wasn't a scratch on him. He had trusted his God.

 ²⁴ Then the king commanded that the conspirators who had informed on Daniel be thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. Before they hit the floor, the lions had them in their jaws, tearing them to pieces.

 ^25-27 King Darius published this proclamation to every race, color, and creed on earth: 

    Peace to you! Abundant peace! 
         I decree that Daniel's God shall be worshiped and feared 
   in all parts of my kingdom. 
         He is the living God, world without end. His kingdom 
   never falls. 
         His rule continues eternally. 
         He is a savior and rescuer. 
         He performs astonishing miracles in heaven and on earth. 
         He saved Daniel from the power of the lions.

 ²⁸ From then on, Daniel was treated well during the reign of Darius, and also in the following reign of Cyrus the Persian.

 

Curriculum for this Course

1. Bible: Daniel Chapter 6:1-28 (MESSAGE)
2. The Kingfisher Book of Bible Stories by Ann Pilling pg. 96-97
3. Stories from Adam and Eve to Ezekiel by Celia Barker Lottridge pg. 171-175
4. youtube video: "ABS- 036- Daniel in the Lions Den"
5. Face to Face with Lions by Beverly and Dereck Joubert
6. youtube video: "Superpride of Lions" National Geographic
7. Plantagenet Somerset Fry 'History of the World': Ancient Babylon/ia pg. 35, 41, 58, 59
8. Egypt Enchantment of the World by Ann Heinrichs pg 104-127 [Modern Egypt]
9. Music Selection: Africa, The Greatest Songs Ever
10. Extra Credit: Eyewitness Books 'Archeology'