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Daniel - The Movie (2026) The Film that Shocked the World _ Complete Biblical Movie 4K · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: The sky was slowly darkening over Jerusalem. But what was
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  Speaker 1: approaching was not merely night. It was the third year
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  Speaker 1: of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and on
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  Speaker 1: the horizon, beyond the hills and ancient walls, something greater
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  Speaker 1: than shadows was advancing. A storm of iron and fire
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  Speaker 1: marched relentlessly, as if the very earth had been summoned
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  Speaker 1: for judgment. Babylon had awakened, And when Babylon awakened, kingdoms trembled.
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  Speaker 1: The sacred gates were shattered. The sound of splintering wood
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  Speaker 1: mixed with the clash of metal. The temple, the place
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  Speaker 1: where the name had dwelled, was profaned. Princes, nobles, and
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  Speaker 1: priests were thrown into chains, dragged through streets that had
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  Speaker 1: once sung psalms. Their cries were swallowed by the dust
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  Speaker 1: of exile. Among them was a young man, a face
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  Speaker 1: not yet marked by time, yet already carrying a destiny
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  Speaker 1: that would echo across generations. His name was Daniel. But
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  Speaker 1: this is not merely the story of a captive. It
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  Speaker 1: is not simply the account of a prophet living in
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  Speaker 1: a foreign land. It is the beginning of an invisible war,
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  Speaker 1: a silent confrontation between human kingdoms and eternal decrees. It
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  Speaker 1: is a whisper that travels through the centuries, a warning
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  Speaker 1: hidden beneath symbols, visions, and numbers. Some say Daniel spoke
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  Speaker 1: of the past. Others claim he saw the end. What
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  Speaker 1: if the words sealed for centuries are now on the
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  Speaker 1: verge of fulfillment. What if the wise are finally beginning
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  Speaker 1: to understand? Jerusalem burns. The sky is covered with dense,
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  Speaker 1: heavy cloudsdes as if the heavens themselves were mourning. What
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  Speaker 1: was happening below? Amid screams, the clash of swords, and
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  Speaker 1: the thunder of collapsing walls. The Babylonian army advances without mercy. Nebuchadnezzar,
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  Speaker 1: King of Babylon, watches from a distance. His eyes show
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  Speaker 1: no mercy, only calculation and dominion At his side. Scribes
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  Speaker 1: and councilors record names, wealth destinies. Orders are given separate
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  Speaker 1: the most promising young men from the ruins of the
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  Speaker 1: defeated city. Four adolescents are pulled from the midst of
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  Speaker 1: the chaos, Daniel, Hannonaiah, Michaio, Azariah. Their garments are torn
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  Speaker 1: and covered with dust, yet their eyes remain steady. They
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  Speaker 1: are taken to a foreign land where everything they know
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  Speaker 1: will be questioned. Their names, their culture, their faith, everything
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  Speaker 1: will be put to the test. In the heart of Babylon.
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  Speaker 1: The palace gates open like the mouth of a starving beast. There,
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  Speaker 1: under the authority of Ashpinaz, chief of the king's officials,
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  Speaker 1: a calculated process of transformation begins. Conquering bodies is not enough.
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  Speaker 1: Minds must be conquered. The young men are given new names.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel becomes Belta, Shazar Anonayah is called Shadrak, Mishayoh becomes
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  Speaker 1: mishak as Aarah receives the name Abednigo Babylonian names, invocations
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  Speaker 1: of foreign gods attempts to erase an anim identity. In
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  Speaker 1: the training hall, tables overflow with delicacies, succulent meats, refined breads,
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  Speaker 1: aromatic wines, everything the empire has to offer at its finest.
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  Speaker 1: But Daniel watches carefully. It was not merely food. It
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  Speaker 1: was consecration. Those foods had been offered to the gods
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  Speaker 1: of Babylon. To eat meant to participate, to accept, meant
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  Speaker 1: to surrender. With quiet courage, he approaches Ashpenaz, I.
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  Speaker 2: Beg you not to defile me with the King's food
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  Speaker 2: and wine.
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  Speaker 1: Ashpanaz hesitates. He respects Daniel, but he fears the wrath
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  Speaker 1: of Nevachadnezzar. A mistake would cost him his own life. Still,
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  Speaker 1: Daniel persists, not with rebellion, but with conviction.
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  Speaker 2: Trust your servants. For ten days, give us nothing but
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  Speaker 2: vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our
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  Speaker 2: appearance to that of the other young men.
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  Speaker 1: The proposal is accepted. Ten days pass. In the end,
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  Speaker 1: Daniel and his friends appear healthier, stronger, and more clear
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  Speaker 1: minded than all the others. Impressed, Ashpanaz allows them to
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  Speaker 1: continue with that diet. As time goes on, the God
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  Speaker 1: of Israel honors the faithfulness of those young men. They
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  Speaker 1: excel in knowledge, literature, and wisdom, surpassing all the rest,
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  Speaker 1: and Daniel receives something more, a rare and dangerous gift,
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  Speaker 1: the ability to understand visions and interpret dreams. At the
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  Speaker 1: end of the three years of training, the young men
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  Speaker 1: are brought before them King. The throne room is colossal, golden, opulent,
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  Speaker 1: a monument to human power. Nevercudnezzar watches them closely, asks questions,
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  Speaker 1: tests their minds. When the audience ends, the king rises
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  Speaker 1: and he declares that in all his court there is
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  Speaker 1: no one who compares to those four.
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  Speaker 2: In all my court, there is no one who compares
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  Speaker 2: to these four. Give them important positions.
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  Speaker 3: In my kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel in particular draws the direct attention of the king.
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  Speaker 1: But the peace does not last. Something begins to move
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  Speaker 1: behind the scenes of the empire, and unease approaches. A
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  Speaker 1: disturbance shakes the throne of Babylon. One silent night, Nebcudnezzar
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  Speaker 1: awakens in terror. His face is covered with sweat, his
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  Speaker 1: heart pounding like a war drum in his chest. He
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  Speaker 1: sits up in bed, gasping, trying to grasp something slipping
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  Speaker 1: from his mind. The dream had been there, vivid, crushing,
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  Speaker 1: but now it dissolves like mist at sunrise. And yet
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  Speaker 1: something remains, an invisible weight, a disturbing certainty that this
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  Speaker 1: was no ordinary dream. The unease eats away at his soul.
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  Speaker 1: The King of Babylon, lord of armies and cities, feels
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  Speaker 1: small before the unknown. Without delay, he summons magicians, enchanters, sorcerers,
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  Speaker 1: and astrologers. The hall echoes with hurried footsteps as the
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  Speaker 1: wise men gather before the throne.
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  Speaker 4: I had a dream deeply disturb me. I want to
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  Speaker 4: know what the dream was and what it means.
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  Speaker 2: Tell us, sir, you are the king, and we will
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  Speaker 2: interpret for you.
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  Speaker 1: The response ignites nevucut Nezzar's fury. His face hardens and
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  Speaker 1: his voice explodes like thunder.
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  Speaker 5: I refuse.
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  Speaker 2: You must tell me both the dream and its interpretation.
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  Speaker 2: If you do not, you will be torn to pieces.
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  Speaker 1: Fear spreads like fire through dry straw. No man can
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  Speaker 1: read another's mind. No enchantment can reach what has been
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  Speaker 1: hidden by God himself. Silence takes hold of the hall.
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  Speaker 1: Faced with the failure of the wise men, the king,
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  Speaker 1: consumed by rage, decrees the death of all the wise
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  Speaker 1: men of Babylon. The sentence moves through the city like
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  Speaker 1: a whisper of death. When Daniel learns of the decree,
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  Speaker 1: he seeks out Arioc, the commander of the god responsible
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  Speaker 1: for the executions. His voice is firm, yet respectful. Why
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  Speaker 1: is the king in such haste? Understanding the gravity of
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  Speaker 1: the situation, Daniel acts with urgency and wisdom. He asks
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  Speaker 1: for time. He pleads with Arioc to intercede with the King,
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  Speaker 1: grant me a little time. Daniel withdraws with his friends.
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  Speaker 1: They do not seek human strategies. They do not rely
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  Speaker 1: on cleverness. They do what they have learned since childhood.
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  Speaker 1: They pray on their knees. They cry out to the
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  Speaker 1: God of Heaven, asking for mercy, not only for their
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  Speaker 1: own lives, but for all who have been condemned. O,
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  Speaker 1: God of my father, I praise and thank you, for
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  Speaker 1: you have given me wisdom and power. O, God of
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  Speaker 1: my Father's You have revealed.
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  Speaker 4: What we ask of you. You have revealed the King's dream.
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  Speaker 1: That night, Heaven responds. Daniel receives a vision. The hidden
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  Speaker 1: mystery is unveiled not by human merit, but by divine revelation.
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  Speaker 1: At dawn, Daniel presents himself to Arioc. His voice carries
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  Speaker 1: calm authority.
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  Speaker 2: Do not kill the wise men of Babylon. Take me
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  Speaker 2: to the King, and I will reveal to him the
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  Speaker 2: interpretation of the dream.
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  Speaker 1: Destiny leads him into the throne room. Firm footsteps echo
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  Speaker 1: on the marble floor. His gaze is resolute. The court
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  Speaker 1: watches in silence as the young Hebrew approaches nevigt Nezar.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel does not boast he knows where the answer comes from.
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  Speaker 3: No wise man, enchanter, magician, or south sayer can reveal
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  Speaker 3: this mystery.
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  Speaker 2: But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.
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  Speaker 1: And there, in that solemn moment, Daniel begins to reveal
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  Speaker 1: the content of the dream the king had forgotten. A
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  Speaker 1: colossal statue rises in his words, a head of gold,
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  Speaker 1: chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze,
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  Speaker 1: legs of iron, feet of iron mixed with clay. The
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  Speaker 1: King's breath catches every detail, returns to his memory with
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  Speaker 1: overwhelming force.
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  Speaker 5: You, o King, are the head of gold.
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  Speaker 2: After you shall arise an inferior kingdom, then a third
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  Speaker 2: kingdom of bronze.
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  Speaker 4: There will also be a fourth kingdom strong as iron.
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  Speaker 5: Finally, a kingdom will come that God will establish.
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  Speaker 1: And then the final revelation echoes like an eternal sentence.
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  Speaker 2: And this kingdom will be in a turn kingdom that
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  Speaker 2: will never, never be destroyed.
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  Speaker 1: The throne of Nebucud Nezar trembles before the greatness of
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  Speaker 1: the revelation. The king falls prostrate before Daniel. The golden
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  Speaker 1: hall falls silent. The most powerful man in the known
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  Speaker 1: world kneels before a young exile, acknowledging that there is
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  Speaker 1: a power above crowns and armies. With a voice heavy
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  Speaker 1: with reverence, nebuicut Nezar declares before the entire court.
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  Speaker 4: Surely your God is the God of God's skin and
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  Speaker 4: the Lord of kings, the revealer of mysteries.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel is publicly exalted. He receives authority, honor, and a
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  Speaker 1: place among the counselors of the Empire. His friends are
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  Speaker 1: elevated to high administrative positions in the province of Babylon.
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  Speaker 1: For the first time, the name of the God of
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  Speaker 1: Israel echoes freely within the walls of the city that
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  Speaker 1: symbolized absolute human dominion. But the king's recognition is not
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  Speaker 1: born of submission. It is born of impact, and impact
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  Speaker 1: does not transform character. As the days pass, something begins
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  Speaker 1: to change within Nebgonezzer. The initial admiration slowly fades and
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  Speaker 1: gives way to a dangerous thought. Pride grows in silence,
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  Speaker 1: fed by power, wealth, and the constant brilliance of the
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  Speaker 1: golden throne. The king remembers the prophecy, but not as
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  Speaker 1: a warning. He interprets it as a challenge. If other
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  Speaker 1: kingdoms were to arise after his then he would refuse
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  Speaker 1: to allow it. If Heaven had decreed succession, he would
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  Speaker 1: decree permanence. Nebeconezer decides to rewrite his own destiny. By
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  Speaker 1: his command artisans, engineers, and metal workers labor day and night.
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  Speaker 1: A colossal statue begins to take shape on the plane
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  Speaker 1: of Dura, ninety feet tall, entirely made of gold from
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  Speaker 1: head to foot. Not a partial statue, but an absolute declaration.
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  Speaker 1: There would be no silver, no bronze, no iron, only gold,
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  Speaker 1: only Babylon only hymn. The image rises against the sky
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  Speaker 1: as a direct affront to divine revelation, a monument to
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  Speaker 1: human vanity, a silent challenge to eternal decrees. Then a
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  Speaker 1: decree resounds throughout the empire.
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  Speaker 2: When you hear the sound of the trumpet and all
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  Speaker 2: kinds of music, you must fall down and work the
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  Speaker 2: image that King Nebakonezza has erected.
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  Speaker 1: The command is absolute, the punishment is immediate. Whoever does
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  Speaker 1: not bow will be thrown alive into a blazing furnace.
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  Speaker 1: On the appointed day, the plane is filled. Governors, magistrates, officials,
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  Speaker 1: and peoples of every language gather. The music begins, and
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  Speaker 1: like a single body. The crowd bows a sea of
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  Speaker 1: knees touching the ground, an entire empire bending before lifeless gold.
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  Speaker 1: But three men remain standing shadrack mishak abdnigo. Their defiance
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  Speaker 1: stands out like an open wound in the spectacle of submission.
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  Speaker 1: Jealous officials rush to the palace, inflaming the king's anger.
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  Speaker 2: King, you have decreed that anyone who does not bow
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  Speaker 2: down should be thrown into the furnace. For there are
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  Speaker 2: Jews who do not serve your gods.
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  Speaker 1: Neber Canezzar summons them. His face is severe, yet he
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  Speaker 1: offers one final chance.
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  Speaker 4: If you bow down now, all will be wealth.
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  Speaker 2: But if you do not, you will be thrown into
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  Speaker 2: the furnace. And what god will be able to deliver
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  Speaker 2: you from my hand?
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  Speaker 1: The answer comes firm, without fear, without hesitation.
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  Speaker 2: Oh neber Canezza, We don't need to defend ourselves if
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  Speaker 2: we are thrown into the furnace. The God we serve
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  Speaker 2: is powerful enough to deliver us, even if he does
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  Speaker 2: not deliver us. No, o, King, that we will not
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  Speaker 2: serve your gods nor worship the image that you have
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  Speaker 2: set up.
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  Speaker 1: The silence is heavy. The king's pride irrupts. The furnace
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  Speaker 1: is heated seven times harder. The fire roars like a
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  Speaker 1: living creature. Strong soldiers by the young men, But as
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  Speaker 1: they throw them in, the soldiers themselves are instantly consumed
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  Speaker 1: by the flames. The three fall into the fire, and
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  Speaker 1: they do not scream. Suddenly, Nebuchneza rises from his throne.
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  Speaker 1: His eyes widen, his voice trembles.
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  Speaker 6: Didn't we throw three men bound into the fire?
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  Speaker 2: But I see four men loose, walking in the middle
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  Speaker 2: of the fire.
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  Speaker 1: They suffer no harm whatsoever, and the room looks like
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  Speaker 1: a child of the gods. The king approaches the furnace
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  Speaker 1: and calls out.
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  Speaker 2: Shadrak me Jack and Abed and Goo, servants of the
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  Speaker 2: most High God, come out and come here.
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  Speaker 1: They come out unharmed. Their clothes are intact. Not a
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  Speaker 1: hair is singed, not even the smell of smoke clings
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  Speaker 1: to them. Silence falls over the court. Then Nebekonezzar declared
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  Speaker 1: before everyone.
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  Speaker 2: Blessed be the god of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who
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  Speaker 2: sent his.
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  Speaker 4: Angel and delivered his servants.
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  Speaker 2: There is no other god who can deliver in this way.
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  Speaker 1: The three are promoted to even higher positions. But deep down,
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  Speaker 1: the king's heart remains divided, dangerously, oscillating between the fear
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  Speaker 1: of the true God and the pride of a man
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  Speaker 1: who has not yet learned to surrender completely. An inner
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  Speaker 1: struggle begins to grow, silent, invisible, yet constant. Within Nebukanezer,
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  Speaker 1: two thrones compete for space. One is made of gold,
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  Speaker 1: power and human glory. The other cannot be seen, but
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  Speaker 1: it weighs more. It is the truth he has heard,
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  Speaker 1: yet still resists, excepting one night, while Babylon sleeps beneath
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  Speaker 1: the glow of its torches and walls, the King is
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  Speaker 1: visited once more by the world of dreams. This time,
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  Speaker 1: the vision is different. There are no statues, no metals.
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  Speaker 1: There is life. He sees a gigantic tree. Its roots
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  Speaker 1: plunge deep into the earth. Its trunk is immense, Its
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  Speaker 1: branches stretch until they touch the sky. It can be
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  Speaker 1: seen to the ends of the earth. Its fruit feeds
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  Speaker 1: entire peoples, Its branches shelter birds, animals, and creatures of
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  Speaker 1: every kind. All live in its shade, all depend upon it.
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  Speaker 1: Then the heavens open. A celestial messenger descends with unquestionable authority,
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  Speaker 1: his voice echoes like an eternal decree.
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  Speaker 6: Come down the dream, trim off its branches, scatter its fruit.
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  Speaker 1: The axe falls, The colossus collapses, but the command continues.
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  Speaker 3: Lead the stump, with its roots bound with iron and bronze.
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  Speaker 4: Should the human mind be taken.
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  Speaker 2: From it and let it be given the heart of
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  Speaker 2: a beast until it acknowledges that the Most High rules
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  Speaker 2: over the kingdoms of men.
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  Speaker 1: The king awakens in terror. His heart races. The dream
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  Speaker 1: does not fade. It remains alive, terrifying. Nebucnezzer knows this
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  Speaker 1: is not merely a vision. It is a verdict without delay.
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  Speaker 1: He summons Daniel. The chamber is sealed. The atmosphere grows heavy.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel listens to the account in absolute silence. As the
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  Speaker 1: dream is described, his expression changes. He is shaken. The
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  Speaker 1: color drains from his face.
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  Speaker 2: Do not be afraid to tell me, Bilde Shazo, what
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  Speaker 2: does this dream mean?
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  Speaker 4: My lord?
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  Speaker 2: May this dream be for those who hate you, and
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  Speaker 2: its meaning for your enemies.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel takes a deep breath. He does not speak as
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  Speaker 1: a courtier. He speaks as a servant of the Most
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  Speaker 1: High God.
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  Speaker 7: You are the tree you have grown and become strong.
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  Speaker 3: Your greatness reaches the heavens, but you will.
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  Speaker 5: Be driven away from mankind.
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  Speaker 4: You will live with the beasts of the field. You
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  Speaker 4: will eat grass like an ox.
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  Speaker 1: The room seems to shrink. Daniel continues his voice, firm
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  Speaker 1: yet burdened with sorrow. This will last for seven times,
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  Speaker 1: until you acknowledge that the most High rules over the
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  Speaker 1: kingdoms of men. The king remains silent for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: There is no fury. There is fear, O King.
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  Speaker 5: Accept my counsel.
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  Speaker 2: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your
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  Speaker 2: iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps then your prosperity can be prolonged.
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  Speaker 1: But time passes and pride prevails. Twelve months later, Nebuchnezzar
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  Speaker 1: walks on the terrace of his palace. Before him, Babylon
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  Speaker 1: stretches like a sea of stone, gold and power. He
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  Speaker 1: gazes upon the city and is filled with himself.
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  Speaker 2: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built as
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  Speaker 2: a royal residence.
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  Speaker 3: By the might of my power and for the glory
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  Speaker 3: of my majesty.
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  Speaker 1: The words barely leave his lips. A voice resounds from heaven,
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  Speaker 1: O King, nebculd Nezzar, your royal power has been taken
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  Speaker 1: from you. At that very moment, his reason leaves him.
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  Speaker 1: The king descends into madness. He is driven from the palace.
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  Speaker 1: He lives among the animals. He eats grass like cattle.
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  Speaker 1: His body is drenched with the dew of heaven. His
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  Speaker 1: hair grows like the feathers of an eagle. His nails
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  Speaker 1: become like claws. The glory of the most powerful man
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  Speaker 1: on earth is reduced to dust. At the end of
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  Speaker 1: the seven times, something changes. Nebcud Nezar lifts his eyes
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  Speaker 1: toward heaven. His reason is restored. He kneels, and with
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  Speaker 1: a broken voice, he declares.
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  Speaker 2: I praise the most High.
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  Speaker 7: I honor and glorify the one who lived forever.
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  Speaker 2: His dominion is eternal, and his kingdom endures from.
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  Speaker 6: Generation to generation. Those who walk in pride, he is
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  Speaker 6: able to humble.
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  Speaker 1: Restored to the throne, Nebucudnezer acknowledges that there is a
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  Speaker 1: god above all the thrones of the earth. But Babylon
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  Speaker 1: would not last forever. Soon another king would arise, one
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  Speaker 1: who would despise what is sacred, and whose end would
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  Speaker 1: be sealed by an invisible hand. Time passes records grow scarce.
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  Speaker 1: The name of Nebucudnezzar fades from the official chronicles, as
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  Speaker 1: if the empire itself wished to forget the humiliation of
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  Speaker 1: its former king. The throne of Babylon now belongs to Belshazzar,
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  Speaker 1: his grandson. But where Nebucudner learned though late, to fear
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  Speaker 1: the god of heaven, Belshazzar chooses the opposite path. He
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  Speaker 1: rules with arrogance, contempt, and mockery. What was a warning
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  Speaker 1: to his grandfather becomes an object of scorn to him.
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  Speaker 1: It is night in Babylon. The palace pulses like a
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  Speaker 1: corrupted heart. Music echoes through the stone halls. Wine flows freely.
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  Speaker 1: An extravagant banquet is offered to a thousand nobles, generals
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  Speaker 1: and officials of the empire. Women dance beneath golden torches.
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  Speaker 1: Pagan priests chant profane hymns. The atmosphere is one of intoxication, excess,
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  Speaker 1: and decadence, an empire celebrating itself at the threshold of judgment.
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  Speaker 1: In the midst of the euphoria, Belshazzar raises his voice.
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  Speaker 1: A cruel smile spreads across his face. An idea is
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  Speaker 1: born not by chance, but as a deliberate provocation against
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  Speaker 1: the sacred.
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  Speaker 8: Bring the gold and silver cups that were taken from
• 27:37
  Speaker 8: the temple of the God of the Hebrews in Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 8: let us drink from them.
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  Speaker 1: Sacred relics consecrated to the God of Israel are brought
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  Speaker 1: in as trophies. Objects that once touch the holy are
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  Speaker 1: now used in a ritual of mockery. Belshazzar lifts the
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  Speaker 1: cup before all and praises the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood,
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  Speaker 1: and stone. Gods who do not see, do not hear,
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  Speaker 1: do not answer. The hall erupts in laughter. Cups collide,
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  Speaker 1: wine spills, Blasphemy turns into celebration. Then, without warning, the
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  Speaker 1: sound dies, the music stops, the air grows heavy, A cold,
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  Speaker 1: absolute silence floods the hall. Before every one's eyes. A
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  Speaker 1: hand appears, without body, without face, without explanation, only luminous,
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  Speaker 1: supernatural fingers, writing words of fire on the palace wall.
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  Speaker 1: Panic strikes instantly, Musicians drop their instruments, Goblets fall to
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  Speaker 1: the floor and shatter. Belshazzar's face, drains of color, his
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  Speaker 1: legs give way, his knees knock together. The king who
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  Speaker 1: marked now trembles.
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  Speaker 6: Call the soothsayers the enchanters.
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  Speaker 2: Whoever deciphers these words will be clothed in purple, receive
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  Speaker 2: a gold necklace, and be the third.
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  Speaker 1: In the kingdom. But no one understands the inscription. Silence
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: returns now, thick with terror. Then the Queen Mother enters
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  Speaker 1: the hall. Her expression is resolute. Her voice cuts through
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  Speaker 1: the chaos with authority.
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  Speaker 2: O King, do not be troubled. There is among us
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  Speaker 2: a man in whom dwells the spirit of the holy gods.
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  Speaker 3: In the days of your grandfather Nebuconezza, he revealed drea
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  Speaker 3: means and mysteries. His name is Daniel.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel is brought in, now older. His hair bears the
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  Speaker 1: weight of years, yet his eyes remain steady. He takes
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  Speaker 1: in the scene, the profaned cups, the spilled wine, the
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  Speaker 1: burning words pulsing on the wall. Belshazzar tries to entice
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  Speaker 1: him with empty promises.
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  Speaker 3: If you interpret these words correctly, you will be clothed
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  Speaker 3: in purple, you will receive gold, and you will.
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  Speaker 4: Rule by my side.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel answers without hesitation.
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  Speaker 3: You may keep your gifts, give your rewards to another.
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  Speaker 6: Yet I will read.
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  Speaker 3: The inscription and reveal its meaning to the king.
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  Speaker 1: The silence deepens. Then Daniel speaks not as a subject,
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  Speaker 1: but as a messenger of the Most High.
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  Speaker 5: The Most High God granted Nebuchadnezzer power, glory and majesty.
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  Speaker 5: But when he became proud, he was humbled. You, Belchazzar,
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  Speaker 5: knew all this. Yet you did not humble yourself. On
• 31:15
  Speaker 5: the contrary, you exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven.
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  Speaker 5: You brought the vessels of the temple to this banquet.
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  Speaker 5: You praised gods that neither see nor hear, but you
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  Speaker 5: did not glorify the God who sustains your breath. This
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  Speaker 5: is the message many.
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  Speaker 3: God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought
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  Speaker 3: it to an end. Tackle sayer, you have been weighed
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  Speaker 3: in the balance and found wanting pees ah. Your kingdom
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: has been divided and given to the me Days and Persians.
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  Speaker 1: The sentence falls like a hammer. Daniel silent. A shudder
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  Speaker 1: passes through the room. Stunned. Belshazzar still keeps his word.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Daniel is clothed in purple, gold is placed around his neck.
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  Speaker 1: He is proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom, but it
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  Speaker 1: is already too late. That very night, while the king
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  Speaker 1: sleeps in drunken stupor and the city drowns in arrogance,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: the enemy is already within the walls. Cyrus the Persian
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  Speaker 1: and Darius the Mead secretly divert the waters of the
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  Speaker 1: Euphrates River. The gates, once impregnable, are taken without resistance.
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  Speaker 1: Belshazzar is killed and Babylon falls. The empire that defied
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: Heaven is handed over to another kingdom, the Meado Persian Empire. Daniel,
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  Speaker 1: now advanced in age, once again survives the fall of
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: a kingdom. Empires rise and vanish like passing shadows, but
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  Speaker 1: he remains. His name endures across governments, His faithfulness does
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  Speaker 1: not grow old, his wisdom remains intact. Under the new rule,
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  Speaker 1: the Medo Persian Empire is established, Darius the Mede ascends
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  Speaker 1: the throne. Unlike other kings, he does not see Daniel
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  Speaker 1: as a threat, but as a pillar. He quickly recognizes
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  Speaker 1: in him something rare, absolute integrity. The empire is organized
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  Speaker 1: into one hundred and twenty provinces, each governed by satraps.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: To maintain order and justice, Darius appoints three supervisors over them,
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  Speaker 1: Daniel is one of those shown. It does not take
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  Speaker 1: long for him to stand out. His administration is just,
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  Speaker 1: his decisions are firm, his loyalty is unquestionable. Darius considers
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  Speaker 1: placing him over the entire kingdom. That is when envy
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  Speaker 1: begins to grow, silent, poisonous, like weeds pushing through stone.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: The other officials unite in conspiracy. They scrutinize his life,
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: observe his actions, search for flaws. But they find nothing.
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  Speaker 1: No corruption, no negligence, no hidden misconduct. At last, they
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: reached the only possible conclusion.
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  Speaker 4: They never found anything against him, something related to the
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  Speaker 4: law of his God.
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  Speaker 1: The plan is crafted with precision. They approach the king
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  Speaker 1: with sweet words and calculated praise. They propose a decree
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  Speaker 1: that inflames royal pride.
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  Speaker 2: Decree that for thirty days, anyone who prays to any.
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  Speaker 6: God or man other than you, O King.
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  Speaker 2: Shall be thrown into the lion's dead.
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  Speaker 1: Flattered, Darius signs the law without realizing he has sealed
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  Speaker 1: the fate of the man he trusts most. Daniel learns
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  Speaker 1: of the decree, but he does not change a single
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: step of his routine. He does not hide, he does
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  Speaker 1: not bargain with his faith three times a day, as
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  Speaker 1: he has done since his youth. He kneels in his chamber.
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  Speaker 1: The windows remain open, facing Jerusalem, the city in ruins,
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  Speaker 1: yet never forgotten, and he prays. Spies observe. They rush
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  Speaker 1: to the king with the accusation.
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  Speaker 2: Daniel, one of the exile from Judah, did not obey
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  Speaker 2: the decree.
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  Speaker 3: He continues to pray three times a day.
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  Speaker 1: Darius turns pale. The blow is precise. He tries with
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  Speaker 1: all his might to find a way out. He searches
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  Speaker 1: for loopholes, seeks exceptions, but the law of the Meads
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  Speaker 1: and Persians is unchangeable. At sunset, with a heavy heart,
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  Speaker 1: the King orders that Daniel be taken away. Before the
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  Speaker 1: stone is moved, Darius approaches and says, with a trembling voice, may.
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  Speaker 6: Your God, whom you continually serve, deliver you.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel is cast into the law Iron's den. The stone
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  Speaker 1: is placed, the royal seal is applied. Nightfalls. The king
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  Speaker 1: does not sleep, he does not eat, He refuses music.
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  Speaker 1: The silence of the palace is broken only by the
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  Speaker 1: weight of guilt. At dawn, Drias runs to the den.
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  Speaker 1: His voice echoes filled with hope and fear.
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  Speaker 3: Daniel, servant of the Living God, has your God been
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  Speaker 3: able to deliver you.
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  Speaker 6: From the lions?
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  Speaker 1: Then from the depths, a calm voice answers, O King,
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  Speaker 1: live forever.
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  Speaker 7: My God sent his angel and shut the mouths of
• 38:16
  Speaker 7: the lions. They have not harmed me, For I was
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  Speaker 7: found innocent before him, and also before you.
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  Speaker 1: Joy irrupts. Daniel is lifted from the den without a
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  Speaker 1: single wound, no mark, no scratch. Immediately, Drius orders that
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  Speaker 1: the accusers be thrown in before they even reach the ground.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: The lions overpower and devour them. Then the king issues
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: a new decree sent to all peoples, nations, and languages
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  Speaker 1: of the Empire.
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  Speaker 2: Worship and reverence the God of Daniel, for he is
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: the living God who endures forever. His kingdom will never
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: be destroyed, His dominion will never end.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: The faith of Daniel shines brighter than ever. But what
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  Speaker 1: is yet to come is greater, much greater. Soon he
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  Speaker 1: will begin to see visions that surpass his own time,
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  Speaker 1: apocalyptic revelations that stretch across kingdoms, centuries, and the very
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  Speaker 1: end of human history. The days of political action are
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: long past. Audiences, decrees and conspiracies now belong to memory.
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: Daniel walks slowly into old age. His youthful features have faded,
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  Speaker 1: replaced by a serene countenance shaped by decades of quiet faithfulness.
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: His hair is white. His eyes, however, remain alert, no
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: longer fixed on earthly thrones, but on the movements of Heaven.
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: Still respected in the highest circles of the Empire, Daniel
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  Speaker 1: no longer seeks influence. His nights are devoted to meditation, fasting,
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  Speaker 1: and prayer, while kings sleep surrounded by guards. He keeps
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: silent watch before God, but the outward piece begins to
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: contrast with something unsettling within him. God begins to reveal visions.
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: On a quiet night, Daniel falls asleep in his chamber.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: The flame of the oil lamp flickers, the curtain sways
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: gently in the wind. Suddenly he awakens, with his heart racing,
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: his body drenched in sweat. What he has just witnessed
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: surpasses any human language.
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  Speaker 6: I had a vision during the night. I saw the
• 41:05
  Speaker 6: four winds of Heaven stirring the Great Sea.
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  Speaker 1: The waters turn violently, as if primordial chaos itself has
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: been awakened, and from the sea emerge four great beasts,
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  Speaker 1: each different from the others, creatures that do not belong
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  Speaker 1: to the natural order, but to the realm of power
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: and violence. The first was like a lion with eagle's wings,
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: a symbol of majesty and speed. As Daniel watches, its
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: wings are torn off, the creature is lifted from the ground,
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  Speaker 1: made to stand like a man, and given a human mind.
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  Speaker 6: The second one looked like a bare, heavy, brutal, lifted
• 41:58
  Speaker 6: on one side with three ribs between its teeth.
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  Speaker 1: Heavy and brutal, raised up on one side with three
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: ribs in its mouth between its teeth. A voice commands
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  Speaker 1: it rise up and devour much flesh.
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  Speaker 6: The third was like a leopard, swift, unpredictable, with four
• 42:23
  Speaker 6: wings on its back and four heads.
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  Speaker 1: Swift and unpredictable, with four wings on its back and
• 42:31
  Speaker 1: four heads, Dominion is given to it.
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  Speaker 8: But the fourth it was different from all the previous ones.
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  Speaker 1: Terrible, astonishing, terrifying, dreadful, exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth.
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: It devoured, crushed, and trampled what was left under its feet.
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: It did not merely conquer, it annihilated. It had ten horns.
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: As Daniel fixes his gaze, another horn appears a little
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: one uprooting three of the first horns. It has eyes
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking arrogantly,
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: defying Heaven. Then the scene shifts, chaos gives way to
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: the eternal court. I saw thrones being set up. The
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: Ancient of Days takes his seat. His clothing is white
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: as snow, his hair is like pure wool. His throne
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: is fire, and a river of fire flows from before him.
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: Thousands upon thousands serve him, millions stand before him. The
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: books are opened. Daniel watches, filled with all The little
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  Speaker 1: horn continues to blaspheme against the most high.
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  Speaker 6: I saw someone like the son of Man coming with
• 44:13
  Speaker 6: the clouds of heaven.
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  Speaker 1: He approaches the Ancient of Days and is led into
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: his presence. To him are given dominion, glory, and an
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: everlasting kingdom, one that will never be destroyed. Daniel awakens abruptly.
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: He falls to his knees. His mind is confused, his
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: spirit is deeply troubled. But Heaven is not finished speaking.
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: Another night arrives, another vision presses. In this time cymbals
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: collide in open warfare. Daniel sees a ram with two
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: high horns, one higher than the other, charging westward, northward,
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: and southward. Nothing can withstand it. Then a goat comes
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: from the west, with a conspicuous horn between its eyes.
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  Speaker 1: It crosses the whole earth without touching the ground. With
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: devastating fury, it attacks the ram and shatters it. The
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: goat grows exceedingly powerful, but at the height of its strength,
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: the great horn is broken. In its place, arise four
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: smaller horns, and from one of them comes forth another
• 45:33
  Speaker 1: little horn, which grows exceedingly great. It exalts itself even
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: against the host of heaven. It casts stars down to
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: the ground. It profanes the sanctuary, it stops the daily sacrifice,
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: and it prospers even in rebellion. Daniel hears a voice ask.
• 45:56
  Speaker 4: How long will this vision last?
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: Another voice answers solemnly, until two thousand, three hundred evenings
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed. Daniel awakens
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: once more, completely exhausted. For days he remains ill, shaken, silent.
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: None of these visions are immediately clear, but little by
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: little the spirit of God begins to grant understanding. What
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: Daniel has seen does not belong only to his time.
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: It belongs to the end of times. Sometime later, now
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: under the reign of Cyrus, King of Persia, the pace
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: of life slows even further for Daniel. The visions have
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: marked him deeply. Now far from palaces and administrative decisions,
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: he turns to something even older than ever empires, the
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: scriptures in silence, by the soft light of an oil lamp.
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: Daniel unrolls aged scrolls. His eyes move across the words
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: of the prophet Jeremiah. He reads with growing attention, reads again, calculates, connects, dates, events, promises.
• 47:24
  Speaker 1: Then understanding strikes him like something restrained for decades. The
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: desolation of Jerusalem was not indefinite. The captivity had a
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: limit seventy years. The revelation pierces him completely. It is
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: not merely historical data. It is a calling, a spiritual weight.
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: Daniel rises, He tears his garments, puts on sackcloth, covers
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: himself with ashes. He does not pray as a statesman,
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: nor as a court sage. He prays as an intercessor,
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  Speaker 1: as one who carries the destiny of a people before God.
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  Speaker 1: He falls face down and cries out with a broken voice, Lord.
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  Speaker 8: Great and Fearsome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, with
• 48:18
  Speaker 8: those who love you and keep your commandments. We have sinned,
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  Speaker 8: We have committed iniquity, we have been rebellious, we have
• 48:29
  Speaker 8: not listened.
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  Speaker 1: To your servants. The prophets righteousness belongs to you, but
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: to us. Confusion of face, he confesses not only individual sins,
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: but the collective guilt of generations. He does not exclude himself,
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: he includes himself.
• 48:51
  Speaker 8: Forgive us, Lord, incline your ear and hear, do not
• 48:57
  Speaker 8: delay for your own sake.
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  Speaker 1: While he is still praying, before his words are even finished,
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: something changes in the atmosphere. The presence is immediate. An
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: intense light breaks into the space. Before him appears a
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: radiant figure. He comes not in threat, but in urgency.
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: It is Gabriel, the messenger, sent directly from the heavenly throne.
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: With a firm and compassionate voice, he declares, Doneia, I
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: have now come to give you wisdom and understanding from
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: the moment you begin to bring.
• 49:41
  Speaker 4: The command was given, and I have come to inform
• 49:44
  Speaker 4: you you are greatly loved.
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  Speaker 1: The words are not only an answer, they are comfort.
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: Gabriel then reveals something even greater than the return from exile.
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: He opens a window into the full plan of redemption.
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  Speaker 4: Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your
• 50:06
  Speaker 4: holy city.
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  Speaker 1: Each phrase carries centuries. Each number points to events Daniel
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: would never see with his own eyes.
• 50:17
  Speaker 4: To finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to
• 50:21
  Speaker 4: atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal
• 50:28
  Speaker 4: vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most whom.
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: Daniel listens, attentively, absorbing every detail. Gabriel continues marking times,
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: divisions events.
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  Speaker 4: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild
• 50:46
  Speaker 4: Jerusalem until the anointed one, the Prince, there will be
• 50:51
  Speaker 4: seven weeks and sixty two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: The voice grows more solemn.
• 50:58
  Speaker 4: After that, the annoy one will be cut off and
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  Speaker 4: will have nothing. The city and the sanctuary will be destroyed.
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  Speaker 4: The people of a ruler who is to come will
• 51:10
  Speaker 4: come like a flood. Until the end, there will be war.
• 51:15
  Speaker 4: Desolations are decreed. Daniel records everything with precision, yet his
• 51:22
  Speaker 4: heart remains unsettled. He understands that the return from exile
• 51:27
  Speaker 4: would not be the climax. Something greater was coming, suffering redemption,
• 51:33
  Speaker 4: final conflict. Human time intertwines with divine time still Within
• 51:40
  Speaker 4: the vision, Daniel perceives a time of anguish that would
• 51:44
  Speaker 4: come upon the people of God unlike anything before. But
• 51:48
  Speaker 4: alongside the affliction, he also hears a promise that crosses
• 51:53
  Speaker 4: the centuries. Those who are wise will shine like the
• 51:57
  Speaker 4: brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to
• 52:00
  Speaker 4: righteousness like the stars, forever and ever.
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: Once again Daniel awakens, the vision fades, the prayer ceases,
• 52:12
  Speaker 1: the window of his room filters the pale light of dawn.
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  Speaker 1: The world seems the same, but he is no longer
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: the same. Daniel remains seated in silence. His face bears
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: the marks of one who has seen the invisible. His
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: eyes hold the depth of someone who has crossed time,
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: touched the end of history, and returned. The prophet knows
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: the words have been revealed, but not yet fulfilled. But
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: it was not the end. One final vision was approaching,
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: not a revelation about isolated kings or passing empires, but
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: something greater, a cosmic battle fought beyond the reach of
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: human eyes, a confrontation between the angels of God and
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: the forces of evil. The final revelation that would conclude
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: Daniel's prophetic calling and seal the words until the time
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: of the end. Daniel stands on the brink of the
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: final great experience of his life. Now elderly, his body
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: bears the weight of years, but his soul carries the
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: burden of kingdoms. He saw collapse, of kings he counseled,
• 53:34
  Speaker 1: and of visions that forever reshaped his understanding of the world.
• 53:39
  Speaker 1: He has seen gold turn to dust, he has seen
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: thrones fall. But what he is about to behold transcends
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: human empires. God will lead him to what undergird's history itself,
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: the invisible battles, where nations, kings, and earthly powers move
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: under divine supervision. In the third year of the reign
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: of Cyrus, King of Persia, Daniel enters a season of
• 54:10
  Speaker 1: spiritual mourning. He begins a deep fast, three full weeks
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: without wine, without meat, without perfumes. There is no celebration,
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: there is no comfort. The weight of prophecy consumes his
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: days and drains his strength. On the twenty fourth day,
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  Speaker 1: by the banks of the great Tigris River, Daniel lifts
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  Speaker 1: his eyes, and time itself seems to suspend its course.
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  Speaker 6: I saw a man dressed in linen with a belt
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  Speaker 6: of pure gold, from Ufah's. His body gleamed like beryl,
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  Speaker 6: his face shone like lightning, his eyes burned like torches
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  Speaker 6: of fire, his arms and legs gleaned like polished bronze,
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  Speaker 6: and his voice echoed like the sound of a countless multitude.
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  Speaker 1: The men who were with Daniel cannot endure the sight.
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  Speaker 1: Sudden terror overwhelms them. They flee without understanding what they
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  Speaker 1: have seen. Daniel remains alone. His strength leaves him. He
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  Speaker 1: collapses with his face to the ground, breathless, without resistance.
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  Speaker 1: Then the heavenly being touches him. The contact is gentle, restoring.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel is lifted with care, as one would support something
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  Speaker 1: fragile and precious.
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  Speaker 4: Dania man greatly loved. Pay attention to the words I
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  Speaker 4: am about to speak to you.
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  Speaker 1: The voice carries no condemnation, but urgency.
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  Speaker 4: From the first day you set your heart to seek
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  Speaker 4: understanding and to humble yourself before your God. Your words
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  Speaker 4: were heard.
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  Speaker 1: Then the veil is lifted.
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  Speaker 4: But there was war in the spiritual realm. The Prince
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  Speaker 4: of the Kingdom of Persia resisted me for twenty one
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  Speaker 4: days until Michael, one of the chief princes, came to
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  Speaker 4: help me.
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  Speaker 1: The invisible is revealed. Daniel understands that human history is
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  Speaker 1: not shaped only by swords, treaties, or armies. There are
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  Speaker 1: hidden forces at work behind kingdoms. Angels, and powers wage
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  Speaker 1: silent battles that determine the course of the ages. The
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  Speaker 1: messenger continues.
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  Speaker 4: Now I will return to fight against the Prince of Persia.
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  Speaker 4: After that the Prince of Greece will come. But first
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  Speaker 4: I will reveal to you what is written in the
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  Speaker 4: Book of Truth.
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  Speaker 1: And then begins the longest and most detailed prophecy ever
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  Speaker 1: in trusted to a man. Daniel sees the succession of
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  Speaker 1: the kings of Persia. Then comes the meteoric rise of
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  Speaker 1: a mighty King of Greece, Alexander the Great, whose untimely
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  Speaker 1: death will divide his empire into four parts. Among them,
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  Speaker 1: two kingdoms will stand out, the King of the South
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  Speaker 1: and the King of the North. Wars follow one after another.
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  Speaker 1: Alliances are formed, only to be betrayed. Political marriages fail,
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  Speaker 1: pallace intrigues wrought empires from within. The King of the
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  Speaker 1: North exalts himself, He desecrates the temple, he abolishes the
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  Speaker 1: daily sacrifice, He establishes the abomination of desolation. He seduces
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  Speaker 1: those who violate the covenant, but the people who know
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  Speaker 1: their God grow strong, remain faithful, and resist. The vision accelerates.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel sees persecutions, martyrs, false peace treaties, arrogant kings, rising
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  Speaker 1: against everything that is called God. A ruler exalts himself
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  Speaker 1: above all gods. He honors a foreign God with gold,
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  Speaker 1: silver and precious stones. He acts against mighty fortresses with
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  Speaker 1: the help of powers he does not understand. But his
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  Speaker 1: fall is sudden. He comes to his end, and there
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  Speaker 1: is no one to help him. Daniel breathes with difficulty.
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  Speaker 1: His body can barely endure the magnitude of what he sees.
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  Speaker 1: But Heaven has not yet finished. The messenger then speaks
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  Speaker 1: of the time of the end.
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  Speaker 4: At that time, Michael shall arise, the great Prince who
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  Speaker 4: stands watch over the sons of your people. There shall
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  Speaker 4: be a time of distress such as has never occurred
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  Speaker 4: since there was a nation.
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  Speaker 1: But the promise breaks through like light in the chaos.
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  Speaker 4: At that time your people shall be delivered every one
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  Speaker 4: who is found written in the book.
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  Speaker 1: And then the whisper of eternity echoes.
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  Speaker 4: Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
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  Speaker 4: earth shall awake some to everlasting life, others to shame
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  Speaker 4: and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like
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  Speaker 4: the brightness of the firmament, and those who lead many
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  Speaker 4: to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
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  Speaker 1: Daniel trembles, his face bows once more to the ground.
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  Speaker 1: Again he is touched with tenderness. The messenger concludes.
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  Speaker 4: Go your way, Daniel. These words are sealed and closed
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  Speaker 4: until the time of the end. You shall rest, and
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  Speaker 4: at the end of the days you will rise to
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  Speaker 4: deceive your inheritance.
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  Speaker 1: Silence. The scene returns to the prophet's simple chamber. Daniel
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  Speaker 1: gazes toward the horizon of Babylon, now stripped of its glory,
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  Speaker 1: surrendered to the passage of time. His weary eyes contemplate
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  Speaker 1: a distant future, a time when kings and kingdoms will fall,
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  Speaker 1: but the eternal rock will remain. The shadows of the
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  Speaker 1: setting sun dance upon the walls. Daniel kneels one final
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  Speaker 1: time and whispers.
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  Speaker 6: Your kingdom is forever, o Lord, and your dominion will
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  Speaker 6: have no end.
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  Speaker 1: Thus ends the journey of the faithful prophet of the exile,
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  Speaker 1: who refused to defile himself, of the wise man who
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  Speaker 1: interpreted dreams, and saw the invisible of the servant who
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  Speaker 1: prayed three times a day, even under threat of death,
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  Speaker 1: and whose words remained sealed until the time of the end.