Daniel the Faithful Captive - Daniel 1:3-20; Nebuchadnezzar's Dream - Daniel 2:1-49
"No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men." [The magicians, enchanters and astrologers of Babylon responding to King Nebuchadnessar's request they not only reveal the meaning of his dream but tell him what he dreamed.] Daniel 2:10-11
While the concept of God among us is central to the Christian faith, I don't really think we believe it. Oh, we believe that God came down and lived among us as Christ, died and rose again. But that was a long time ago, not now. Hasn't God since the days of Adam and Eve always lived among us? Perhaps it was hard for us to see him or draw close to him as a gardener or wrestler or thunder on a mountain top or cloud of smoke or pillar of fire or a voice from heaven descending with a dove or a baby or a carpenter or a condemned criminal on the cross.
From the beginning, He's been with us. What makes us think that will ever change? That He still isn't actively among us today? What will it take for us to see Him? An invasion? Our captivity? A moment when the world is in need? Lord knows.
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