In Daniel 1, four teenagers show us how to be faithful when we are pressured to conform to the world around us.
As opposition grew toward Jesus, he anticipated that it would reach his followers as well and prepare them for how to live.
After relating terrible events that must happen before Christ’s coming, this text leaves believers with a simple message – Stand Firm!
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.