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God Is Able to Deliver

The prophet replied: “My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.” SS 282.4

“Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.” SS 282.5

“And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions.” SS 282.6

The wicked opposition to God's servant was now completely broken. “Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.” And through association with him these heathen monarchs were constrained to acknowledge his God as the “living God, and steadfast forever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” SS 282.7