WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:13.560 Hey, everybody, Happa, Happy single. 5 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:15.119 Day, Pepa, Pepa, Peppa. 6 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:17.199 Yeah, Happa. Cinco de Maya. 7 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.280 Hey, what if I told you Cinco de Mayo helps 8 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.359 save the United States from falling apart? 9 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:23.480 What? 10 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:24.480 What I know? 11 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:27.839 That's not true? Yeah, it is true, Sinkle Demayo. 12 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:28.600 It is true. 13 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.320 Which is a Mexican rooted Yeah yeah. 14 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.479 Okay, So, so I typed into I typed into chat 15 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:37.880 GPT tell some amazing facts about Cinco de Mayo. Oh 16 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.399 this is our segment that our podcast listeners probably don't 17 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.920 know about. Okay, okay, yep, and here's what it gave me. Yes, 18 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.039 so then, I you know, you can't trust everything, Hey, 19 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:49.640 I tells you. So I had to look it up 20 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.479 make sure it's true. But here, Sinkle Demayo, isn't Mexico's 21 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:55.479 Independence day? Okay did you know that? 22 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:58.280 Uh No, I'm not even sure I knew what Sincle 23 00:00:58.320 --> 00:00:59.119 Demayo is. 24 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:04.079 It's taco, that's what it is. Yeah. Yeah, So and. 25 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:06.359 Jeff Miller's birthday okay, oh really yeah? 26 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:14.359 Yeah, yeah, my fifth, So single Demayo actually commemorates the 27 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:16.280 Battle of Puebla in eighteen sixty two. 28 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.200 Case you were wondering, Oh, wow, yeah, oh that battle. 29 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.040 Yeah yeah, yeah, the Battle of Puebla. 30 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:21.959 That's right. 31 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:27.599 So the independence day for Mexico lands on September sixteenth, 32 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.799 so that's different. But here you go. The battle was 33 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.719 against Napoleon the Third, not Napoleon Bonaparte. 34 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:36.640 Oh for that, No, I did not know. 35 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.680 So whenever people hear that the battle was, it was 36 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.799 with Napoleon, it's not the same Napoleon, the short little 37 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:43.760 guy with the hand in the stry. 38 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:44.319 Right. 39 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:49.680 The Mexican victory had global ripples. Here's what it says. 40 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.439 Historians believe that if Mexico hadn't won the Battle of Puebla, 41 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.840 France might have supported the Confederacy in the US Civil War. 42 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.159 So it was France against Mexico. Oh, had won that war, 43 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.120 that battle against Mexico, they probably would have defeated Mexico 44 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.639 and then supported the South in the Civil War. That 45 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.120 was the plan. Wow, right, So that Mexican victory may 46 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.479 have helped keep France from interfering and even influence the 47 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:17.479 eventual preservation of the Union. Isn't it amazing? 48 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:17.960 Wow? 49 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.520 Yeah. And then also Sinko to Myo is a way 50 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.879 bigger deal in the US than it is in Mexico. 51 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:24.319 Yeah. 52 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.960 So it's more of a Mexican American culture, pride, heritage 53 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.159 kind of day here, But in Mexico it's not that 54 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:32.800 big of a day. It's like a minor holiday. 55 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:33.479 Wow. 56 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:34.120 Funny. 57 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.319 So it's like President's Day for US where people are like, oh, 58 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:39.039 it's today something. 59 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:40.960 Yeah yeah, yeah, Oh we get the day off yeah yeah, 60 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:43.400 yeah yeah yeah. So it says at the Battle of Puebla, 61 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:46.599 the Mexican army had about two thousand poorly equipped soldiers 62 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:50.199 while the French had over six thousand well armed troops. Wow, 63 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.280 and yet Mexico won. There you go, isn't that great? 64 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:54.520 Well? 65 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.960 You know what that don't under estimate those Mexicans. 66 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.840 That's right. Only at the Battle of the Alum right, 67 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:03.960 So then we had one hundred something and we lost, 68 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.000 but we held him off for a long time. Yes, 69 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:07.159 have you been to the Alamo? 70 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:08.240 I have never been. 71 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:12.039 Yeah. No, so I've been there many times. We used 72 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.240 to live in Texas. I've been there several times. We 73 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.919 took a tour one time and this guide takes us 74 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:21.919 all over the grounds and explains the battle. And right 75 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:25.919 here they believe this is where so Davy Crockett went 76 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.520 down there. He was a senator and he left Tennessee 77 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.000 went down to help fight because he heard about the problem. 78 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.120 He goes down there. He was standing out in front 79 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.240 of the doors, and according to legend, he ran out 80 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.120 of bullets and he flipped his gun around and used 81 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.360 it as a club and just stood there and just 82 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:45.400 kept fighting as they were coming over the walls, right 83 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.479 and really really crazy. Anyways, this guide takes us all through, 84 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:53.479 he tells us all the stories. He gets us inside 85 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:59.000 and then everything quite down. It was early in the 86 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:00.520 morning and so there wasn't able to us in there. 87 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.759 And he said, I just want you to listen to 88 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:09.000 this holy Texas place. Just silent, you know, And he said, 89 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.960 and contemplate the sacrifice of brave men and women who 90 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.039 are willing to fight for freedom. So you just stand 91 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:17.480 as quiet, and then you start hearing people sniffle, people crying. 92 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.279 It was really an amazing wow, amazing woman. Yeah, so hey, 93 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:25.279 the bravery of a few fighting against the the tyranny 94 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:27.879 of the many. That that's the stories here both between 95 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.839 sink of to MYO and then my little story with 96 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:30.279 that Lama. 97 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:32.959 So, hey, what a segment today? 98 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:33.759 Yeah, there you go. 99 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:38.399 And it all started with happy Happa sink of the Maya. 100 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:40.439 Yeah, and go get some tacos. 101 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:41.959 Yeah that's right. 102 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:44.480 Yeah, well, hey, welcome to the Bible guys. That was 103 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:48.120 our segment. Actually, so Desiree said, look up on chat 104 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.680 GPT and talk about some interesting facts about Sinkle to MYO. 105 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.600 Yeah that our people might not know well and all 106 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:54.839 of that. 107 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:58.319 But like, I wonder if I've ever once had a 108 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.680 conversation with anybody on Sinkle to my about the meaning 109 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:02.560 of Sinkle to mile. 110 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:08.120 There you have you. Yes, Oh, my daughter's boyfriend's Mexican. 111 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:10.560 Oh I see, and he goes, I don't know what's 112 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.120 Sinkle to my always. So we looked it up. 113 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:14.279 Wow, he didn't even know. 114 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.920 He knew that it was some holiday the military thing, 115 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:18.839 but he didn't know it was. 116 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.600 Yeah, that's so funny. So that's great. 117 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:26.439 And yeah, well hey it's Monday and we are kicking 118 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.759 things off right and we are going to transition. 119 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:34.360 Well, we we bring the most important information to our listeners. Yeah, 120 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:38.360 of course, we're trusted sources of information, Yes, speaking of 121 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:39.720 trusted sources of information. 122 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.399 Oh, okay, all right. 123 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.759 We're shifting. We're shifting to a new book, the Book 124 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:47.319 of Daniels. 125 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:51.240 So you're just by the way that transition works for anything, right, 126 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:56.560 we bring information speaking of information that trusted. I was 127 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:00.160 going to say, I was going to say, uh, speaking 128 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.759 of a battle, a battle of a few against many. Yeah, 129 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:09.639 it was Daniel and his friends against the forces of 130 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:10.839 nature of Babylon. 131 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:13.160 Wow. Yeah, I was going to say that. 132 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:17.560 Okay, yeah, but yours is better. So we're going to. 133 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:19.680 Start un because yours is worse. 134 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:24.279 Yeh, it was worse. Uh. If you are a new listener, 135 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:26.680 we keep having to remind people one of our goals 136 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.120 is to have like the worst transitions between the silly 137 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:32.240 thing at the beginning and then the yes, the devotional 138 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.639 part at the end. But we're kind of going through 139 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:37.120 the highlights of the Old Testament. We just finished up 140 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.680 a lot of the Mike Isaiah, Yeah, Mike Isaiah, the 141 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:45.639 stories that Hazekaia and in chronicles and Kings, and now 142 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:49.560 we're moving into, uh, the story of Daniel. There's there's 143 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:52.959 some big stories in Jeremiah will cover Daniel here for 144 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:54.600 the next couple of days, we'll spend some time in 145 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.399 the store in the Book of Daniel. 146 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.199 Yeah, and so as you remember, our listeners, if you've 147 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:03.399 been following along, Assyria has gone down and Babylon has risen, 148 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:07.160 and Nebu Keidnezzar is the ruler of Babylon. 149 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.319 And that's what it's all going to tell us. In 150 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:10.079 the first couple of verses. 151 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.120 Oh, it explains that in the verses oh, there's no 152 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:12.759 context needed. 153 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:15.279 Huh, it's really good, it's cool. The only the only 154 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:17.519 context would be this is about six oh five b c. 155 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:22.959 Yep okay okay. It says, during the third year of 156 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:26.000 King Jehoia Kim's reign in Judah, King Nebu Keinezar of 157 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.360 Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord gave 158 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:32.279 him victory over Jehoia Kim of Judah and permitted him 159 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.240 to take some of the sacred objects of the Temple 160 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.639 of God. So Nebu Keinnezer took them back to the 161 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.920 land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure house 162 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.160 of his God. Then the king ordered Ashpanaz, his chief 163 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.040 of staff, to bring to the palace some of the 164 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.079 young men of Judah's royal family and other noble families 165 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:52.000 who have been brought to Babylon as captives. Select only strong, healthy, 166 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:54.240 and good looking young men, he said, make sure they 167 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:57.000 are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted 168 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:59.480 with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve 169 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.879 in the royal palace. Train these young men in the 170 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.040 language and literature of Babylon. The king assigned them a 171 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.600 daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. 172 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.199 They were to be trained for three years and when 173 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:15.600 they would and then they would enter the royal service. Daniel, Hannanaiah, Michel, 174 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.879 and Azariah were for the young men, chosen all from 175 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.720 the tribe of Judah. The chief of staff renamed them 176 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.920 with these Babylonian names. Daniel was called the Belta, shazar 177 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:29.319 hannan Andaiah was called Shadrag, Michelle was called Meshak, and 178 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:33.600 Azariah was called a bed nigo, a bed nigo. 179 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:37.480 Although everybody wants to say the bendigo. 180 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:40.200 Yes, and that's what I just started to say, yes, yes, right, 181 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:44.799 a bed nigo. But Daniel was determined not to defile 182 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:46.960 himself by eating the food and wine given to them 183 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.039 by the King. He asked the chief of staff for 184 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:52.559 permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. Now, God had 185 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:55.279 given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel, 186 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.480 but he responded, I'm afraid of my lord, the King, 187 00:08:57.480 --> 00:08:59.279 who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. 188 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.799 If you become pale and thin compared to the other 189 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.279 use your age, I'm afraid the king will have me beheaded. 190 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.960 Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by 191 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:10.559 the chief of staff to look over Daniel, Hann and I, A, 192 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:13.440 Michelle and Azariah. Please test us for ten days on 193 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.840 a diet of vegetables on water, Daniel said, and at 194 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:17.720 the end of the ten days, see how we look 195 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:19.799 compared to the other young men who are eating the 196 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.440 king's food, and then you make your decision in light 197 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:25.320 of what you see. The attendant agreed to Daniel's suggestion 198 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.440 and tested them for ten days. At the end of 199 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.639 ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and 200 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:31.720 better nourished than the young men who'd been eating the 201 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.200 food assigned by the king. So after that the tenant 202 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.559 fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine 203 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.879 provided for the others. God gave these four young men 204 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:44.000 an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom, 205 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:46.919 and God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the 206 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.080 meanings of visions and dreams. When the training period ordered 207 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.080 by the king was completed, the chief of staff brought 208 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.759 all the young men to King Nebukinezer. The King talked 209 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.840 with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, 210 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.600 Hanna and i A, Michelle, and Azariah. So they entered 211 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:03.200 the royal service. Whenever the King consulted them in any 212 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:06.159 manner requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten 213 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.360 times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters 214 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:12.080 in his entire kingdom. And Daniel remained in the royal 215 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:16.559 service until the first year of King Cyrus. Wow, well, 216 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:16.919 there you. 217 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:21.480 Go, there you go. And I love Daniel. I love 218 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:23.559 the Book of Daniel. I love the stories of the 219 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:27.799 Book of Daniel, and I love Daniel one to eight. 220 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:32.480 It has been a long time favorite verse of mine. 221 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.919 But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating 222 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:38.519 the food and the wine that was given by the king. 223 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:40.399 And it's been. 224 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:44.720 Speculated that it's because those that protein was a sacrifice 225 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:49.120 to a false god, right, is that what you've heard that? 226 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:51.559 Or pork Okay, pork was a big part of the 227 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:52.559 Babylonian diet. 228 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.240 That could have been that too, yep. But either way, 229 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.879 that part is actually a little bit less important. I mean, 230 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.360 it's not like it's important to understand that Daniel had 231 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:05.720 his own convictions, right, Like, that part's pretty important, but 232 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:08.399 for the reason why he had his convictions is not 233 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:09.039 so important. 234 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.519 So it could have been that they, you know, had. 235 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:14.720 This meat that was sacrificed to false idols, you know, 236 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:18.279 because the king, you know, was not a believer in 237 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.799 the true God. So it could have been that, or 238 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:25.000 it could have been that maybe you know that maybe 239 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.120 it was poor for whatever reason, he had conviction against it. 240 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:32.240 And but the teaching of verse number eight is something 241 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:35.759 I've always held onto because Daniel had made up his 242 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:41.720 mind before the situation presented itself. So you know, it's 243 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.159 you know, the King James version says he purposed in 244 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:48.080 his heart, right, So it's it's it's it's a really 245 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.679 powerful thing to determine in your mind where you're going 246 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.440 to draw the line before the situation presents itself. So 247 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.200 you know, you're going to say, hey, I will not 248 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.120 do this. I refuse to do this. I will not 249 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:03.960 cross the boundary in any way. And you're going to 250 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:07.600 set your own convictions. You're going to set your own boundaries, 251 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:09.799 and you're going to purpose in your heart or make 252 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.320 the decision before the situation happens. 253 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:13.639 And I just love that. 254 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:17.679 I love how Daniel was very intentional about his convictions 255 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:19.519 and now he had drawn the line in the sand 256 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:23.240 in his own heart before anything actually presented itself. It's 257 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.960 not as if he made a ruckus when they came 258 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.559 and said here eat, He's like, no, no, no. He 259 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.159 made a decision and then he went to the captain 260 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.720 the guard and he said, I have a request based 261 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:34.480 on my convictions. 262 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:34.799 Yeah. 263 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.639 Right, So it's it's it's it's very cool. 264 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:46.000 I think I think it's a touch more elegant if 265 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:50.799 it was a pork or a forbidden food thing, because 266 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.320 then he wasn't only just choosing his personal opinions, right, 267 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:58.600 His convictions were centered on the laws of God right there. 268 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.080 Because there's alippery slope with a guy like nebie Keinezer 269 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:06.000 and you know, with Daniel and chatter at Meshek and 270 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:09.720 Ben and go in that when you begin to go, well, 271 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.440 we're in a foreign land now, and we know what 272 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:14.360 God's laws are, but we don't want to die. God 273 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:16.480 doesn't want us to die, so we'll just have to 274 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.200 compromise here and there, which the other elite young men did. 275 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:23.600 All the other guys with them are also from the 276 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.120 royal families of Judah, right, right. 277 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.039 It doesn't mention that they they did not as. 278 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:31.480 A matter of fact, that they were. These four boys 279 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.360 were compared against all the other young men, that's right. 280 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.279 So all the other young men indulged, well, you know, 281 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.039 and they felt justified to do so, probably, But you 282 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.279 have these four young men who go, we're not going 283 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.399 to compromise what we know is right. And when you 284 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.879 begin to receive gifts and embrace the culture of this 285 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.440 pagan culture, it's just a slippery slope to become just 286 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.759 like them, which we know happens later in the book, 287 00:13:57.840 --> 00:13:59.519 because there's going to be a time when these are 288 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:01.799 the only guys that are standing up when everybody else 289 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:05.919 is bowing down. Right, So this is I think the 290 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:08.639 beginning that they predetermined in their heart we are not 291 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.519 going to if there's any possible way, We're not going 292 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:16.320 to compromise our our beliefs in God's ways, in God's words, right. 293 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:19.840 So that's a part of that. I love the predetermined thing. 294 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:22.759 I think that's really important. I think a lot of 295 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:25.879 young people in particular don't think through why they believe 296 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:29.679 what they believe right, and so then we rarely go, 297 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:31.799 I don't care what God says, I'm going to do 298 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.879 what I want to do. Usually we just do what 299 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:36.519 we want to do because we don't know what God says, 300 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:40.720 or because we haven't embraced what God says right. It's 301 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:42.720 not always a lot of the dumbest things we've done 302 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:45.080 in our lives wasn't full on rebellion. A lot of 303 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:47.519 it was just either ignorance or I hadn't thought it 304 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:49.279 through and slipped into it and then thought what did 305 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:49.600 I do? 306 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.080 Right? 307 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.919 But they predetermined it and just highlights their wisdom. The 308 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.720 other thing I love about this and I've been thinking 309 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.799 a lot about this. You and I just before the 310 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:02.240 podcast started, we're talking about a situation I'm trying to 311 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:09.480 help resolve, and the situation, the problem, it's a huge problem, 312 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.799 not with our church or anything, but outside of our situation, 313 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.120 and it really centers on a lack of diplomacy. The 314 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:21.240 problems came partly because bad people decided to do bad things, 315 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:26.399 but also otherwise good leaders lacked diplomacy. It's possible to 316 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.039 do the right thing the wrong way and get the 317 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:32.720 wrong result. Right, so if you do the right thing, 318 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:34.320 you know what you did is right, but you did 319 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.320 it the wrong way, you're going to get the wrong result, 320 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:39.240 not the right result, even though you did the right thing. 321 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:41.480 So one of the things that one of the elements 322 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.240 I'm putting together the framework. 323 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.799 It's sort of like Christians who type in all caps. 324 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.679 It's maybe the right idea, but yeah, now you're screaming online. 325 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:52.799 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. So I'm putting together the framework. 326 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:55.759 Maybe you and I can work on it later. Putting 327 00:15:55.799 --> 00:16:00.279 together the framework for a substantial either a seminar or 328 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:04.840 a booklet something, maybe an ebook on biblical diplomacy. There's 329 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.279 not a lot written about biblical diplomacy. And Daniel is 330 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.000 one of the key factors. There's a bunch of them 331 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.960 in the Bible, of just very wise men and women 332 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:20.480 that use good tactics that can be applied and here Daniel. 333 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.279 Daniel knew that this was going to be for three years. 334 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:27.200 The guideline from the king was set this aside. They're 335 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.480 going to be trained for three years and then I'm 336 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.360 going to if they're good enough, I'm going to bring 337 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:34.440 them into the royal service. So Daniel knows that we 338 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:36.879 got three years on this one. He goes to what's 339 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.480 the guy's name, Ashpinas the chief of staff and says, hey, listen, 340 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:42.360 so we've got this issue. We're not going to eat 341 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.720 that food if there's any way we're not going to 342 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:48.600 eat it. But if you'd give us this other food, 343 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.799 the food that we can eat legally in our law, 344 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:55.039 in our belief system, we'd really appreciate it. We won't 345 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.639 cause any more trouble. And Ashpinaz goes, dude, I'm going 346 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.399 to get killed if you guys, you have to be 347 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:02.200 sharp looking and better than everybody else. And he goes, okay, 348 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.519 then just test us for ten days. So what he 349 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:08.279 found was this really good, elegant solution and if it 350 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.839 worked out, it was going to be a win win 351 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:13.240 for both. And then he said just test it, and 352 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.079 so he was working for the win win. It turned 353 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.920 out that they were better, and so Ashpinaz wins because 354 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:21.519 he has these four you league guys, Daniel shatterick me, 355 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.119 scheck in a bed and go win. So taking the time, 356 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:26.640 Daniel did not just fight it, going no, we won't 357 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:28.559 do it. Do whatever you're gonna do to us. Daniel 358 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:33.359 also was solution oriented, offering an elegant solution that if 359 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.039 it worked out in his test, then Ashpanaz was going 360 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:38.880 to be a winner too. Yeah, and so this this 361 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:42.200 idea of biblical diplomacy. One of those is working for 362 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:47.400 a win win, And well, I forgot the other one 363 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:47.960 that I was going to say. 364 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.680 I said them both, Hey, so do you believe that 365 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:54.240 this was a miracle of sorts like a god or 366 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:58.599 like a god blessed kind of a challenge, because, after all, 367 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:03.279 you know Ashpinash said, well, we all know what's going 368 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:05.839 to happen if you only eat vegetables. If you only 369 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:08.079 eat vegetables, you're going to look pale and weak. And 370 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.039 then Daniel, because of his conviction and his belief and 371 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.000 because of God's law, says, I'll tell you what, let's 372 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.160 throw out a challenge. And so it's safe to assume 373 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:20.559 that because you know, I mean, it doesn't have to 374 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.359 be this way. But I viewed this way, it's safe 375 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:27.079 to assume that God did this. God caused them to 376 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:31.519 look fairer and stronger and healthier that God showed up. 377 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.480 In other words, this wasn't just a It wasn't merely 378 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:39.880 a practical solution. It was a weird I know, God 379 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:44.039 wants us not to partake in this food, like this 380 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:46.599 is a God thing. And guess what God's going to 381 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:48.559 take care of us. God will make us look healthier. 382 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:53.160 Yeah, well God, God adds his super to our natural right, 383 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:55.799 So they did the right thing. Now, I can tell 384 00:18:55.839 --> 00:19:03.160 you if you're eating a fatty, you know, less than 385 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.720 stellar diet like a king would eat, versus somebody deciding 386 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.200 to eat, you know, a really good healthy thing. 387 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:13.359 But we don't know. It could have been that the 388 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.799 king was very keen on lean protein. 389 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.599 Yeah, I don't know that. That's what it hints at. 390 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:23.200 It It doesn't hint in anything, right, Well, it hints at. 391 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:26.559 The fact that they chose vegetables, yes, right, which means 392 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.920 they chose a really healthy man. 393 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:30.880 So what I'm asking is, I'm asking do you believe 394 00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:33.240 have you always viewed it as And. 395 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.680 Again no, I didn't view it as a supernatural thing. 396 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:37.200 Oh yeah, but when we get to heaven. 397 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:39.079 This is one of the things I'm gonna ask gotten 398 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:42.000 because I mean, we're gonna have some time to talk, right, Yeah, 399 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.839 we're gonna have some time to. 400 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:46.160 Follow, So supernatural it depends. Are you saying this was 401 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.160