Government Lesson from the Lion's Den

 

"the king commanded and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions."

The king passed the night in fasting and in sleeplessness. But very

early in the morning he hurried to the den of lions and "cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel . . . O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?"

Daniel answered, "O king, live forever. My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him, innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt." 

 

And therein the demonstration is made in perfection forever that the person who disregards any law that touches service to God is innocent before God, 

and also does "no hurt" to the king, 

nor to the State, 

nor to society, 

nor to any principle of law or government.

All of which in divine truth demonstrates again that no earthly government can ever have any right or jurisdiction in matters of religion: that is, in the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it."A.T. Jones/Daniel 6:16,21,22