Christian studies on faith: "For he is the living God and he endures forever", Daniel 6:26
The book of Daniel tells us about a God who manifests himself in history, this is why God is a living God, a God of the living, the book of Daniel describes God and his kingdom:
"For he is the living God
and he endures forever;
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.
He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.", Daniel 6:26-27
King Nebuchadnezzar orders a golden statue to be built and then orders all his servants in his kingdom that that statue should be worshiped. Those who do not, will be taken to the furnace of blazing fire, the King orders. But this statue is nothing but a lifeless idol (Daniel 3:1-12).
But when Nebuchadnezzar has a dream, he is very disturbed by the dream he has, Daniel is presented to him to interpret it. And it is this God, the God of the living that gives Daniel the power to interpret dreams. God is revealed to him in a night vision and Daniel thanks God saying:
"Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells in him.", Daniel 2:20-22.
The message is clear, God is not an idol like the golden statue; God manifests himself through his perfections: "His works are perfect", Deuteronomy 32:4. And also through the actions of his prophets like Daniel, to whom the occult and the secret are revealed, in God lies life. God is a living God. In the bible there is a constant opposition between life and death; life is a gift from God. Later in the New Testament Jesus will personify this God of the living and his eternal kingdom: "I am the way, the truth and the life", John 14:6.
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