King Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem in 605 BC and began his first deportation

of Jews to Babylon. He chose the elect to deport first, so this group included the King's

seed and the princes. Among this group was someone who was most likely a teenager at the time,

a young man named Daniel and three of his friends. They were all true and faithful to the living

God. Daniel, a Jewish prophet, would serve in the courts of Babylon and then Persia until he was

more than 80 years old. Today, we'll tell you the rest of the story.

Hello friends, we're Scott and Maureen Proctor and welcome to Meridian magazines Come Follow Me

Podcast, where today we'll study Daniel chapters 1 through 6. These chapters contain some of the

most familiar Old Testament stories to us. We've known them since we were young, but they also

demonstrate the transformation we must take on our way to greater spiritual maturity.

Before we dive into our discussion, we have to tell you about our new Come Follow Me calendar

for 2023. We have been traveling to Israel for many years and have spent extensive time there.

For me, travel always includes my camera. We've arrived before sunrise at the Garden Tomb to

catch those first rays of morning light. I've rode around the shores of the Galilee in a boat

not much bigger than an apple box to photograph a fisherman grabbing his first catch of the day.

I climbed the Mount of Beatitudes to catch the sunrise as it hit a thistle. From the tens of

thousands of photos I've taken of the Holy Land over the years, I have chosen 12 of my favorite

ones for this calendar. The calendar also includes listings of the Come Follow Me reading assignments

week by week and important holidays as well as the Holy Days of Ancient Israel, which can help

you make sense of what you're reading. This is the fourth year in a row that we've released a

beautiful calendar. So to make this part of your home, go to laderdacentmag.com forward slash 2023

to see the calendar. That's laderdacentmag.com forward slash 2023.

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