These are most remarkable words, in more than one way. They were spoken by an ungodly man, King Darius. As far as we know, King Darius had not got the fear of God in his heart at all. Yet, this man was God’s mouthpiece to Daniel. There was something in King Darius’s heart that recognized that Daniel and his God had right on their side. And it is a wonderful thing that this is recorded for our help this morning hour, because the days in which we live are not so dissimilar from the day in which Daniel was called to live in Babylon. It was a lonely path for Daniel. It seems there were not many who were willing to stand and be counted…

The Church at Corinth, among many other things, was going through a very testing, trying time. Paul gives a hint of it in writing to his son in the faith, Timothy. There was a man called Hymenaeus, who caused great damage among the Church and the Churches, by suggesting that the resurrection was over and past already, and that there was no such thing as the resurrection of the Lord’s people to be made like unto their Lord and Saviour in that great Day of His return. We read that Hymenaeus overthrew the faith of some. And the overthrowing of the faith of some must have greatly shaken those who were left and must have made them wonder where the scene would end. We read…