Nebuchadnezzar was the King of Babylon when Daniel was young.
Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem around 605 BC and took Daniel away from his homeland along with other captives, back to Babylon. Their captivity occurred around 605 BC.
Previous in Israel's history the Jewish Nation had been divided into two kingdoms, the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom but both Kingdoms fell into sin and so God used other nations to judge them.
The Northern Kingdom was attacked by Assyria and the Southern Kingdom, which was called Judah was attacked by the Babylonians.
Now if we go back to Daniel 1 a test came for Daniel as a teenager in Babylon in the Kings Palace V8, a test that involved the Kings food and drink.
Dan 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
There was something about the Kings food and drink, that if it was taken by Daniel it was going to cause spiritual corruption.
I believe that if Daniel obeyed Government orders in partaking of the Kings Food and drink then not only would there be spiritual corruption, but there would have been mental and physical corruption as well.
Three years of Babylonian Brain washing was an attempt to turn God fearing Jews into Brainwashed Babylonians and part of this Brainwashing was to make them consume that which was defiled.
Daniel would not be conformed to the Babylonian World in defiling himself.
If the majority sold out to sin, Daniel would not.
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Vincent Wall is an Australian pastor who has ministered in Churches in Sydney and Country NSW since 1995. He currently has an itinerant preaching ministry and has recently authored the book called “Tradition or Truth”.
