결단을 요구하시는 하나님
2026.8.5
(단1:1-21)
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god. 3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility-- 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. 5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service. 6 Among these were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. 8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel, 10 but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you." 11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. 15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. 17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds. 18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. 21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
BC605년
유다왕 여호야김이 왕이 된지 3년 되었을 때
바벨론의 왕이 된 느브갓네살2세는
유다를 침공하여
유다 함락에 성공
그때에 여호야김은 바벨론을 섬길 것을 약속해서 멸국(滅國)은 면(免)하지만
당시 상당히 촉망되었던 인물
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael Azariah를 차출(差出) 해 갔으며
저들을 훈련시켜
바벨론을 위한 일꾼으로 느브갓네살 2세는 성장시켜 사용하려 한다
그는 그 네 사람의 이름조차 새 이름을 주었는데
Belteshazzar Shadrach Meshach; Abednego.
다니엘(Daniel"하나님은 나의 재판장이시다") → 벨드사살 (Belteshazzar"벨(Bel, 바벨론의 최고 신)이시여, 그의 생명을 보존하소서")
하나냐(Hananiah="여호와는 자비로우시다“) → 사드락 (Shadrach 바벨론의 태양신 또는 달신과 관련 "아쿠(Aku, 달의 신)의 명령" 또는 "태양신(또는 산의 신)의 영감"이라는 뜻으로 해석)
미사엘 (Mishael "하나님과 같은 분이 누구인가?")→ 메삭 (Meshach "아쿠(Aku, 달의 신)와 같은 자가 누구인가?")
아사랴 (Azariah "여호와께서 도우셨다")→ 아벳느고 (Abednego "느고(Nego/Nebo, 지혜와 문학의 신)의 종")
이런 상황속에서 다니엘과 네 친구는
당시 왕이 하사(下賜)하는 육식(肉食)을 거절(拒絶)하였는데...
이는 레위기11장 에 대치(對峙)되는 음식으로
우상에게 바쳐진 음식이었기에 그랬다는 것
자칫 잘못하면 죽임을 당할 수도 있었던 다니엘...
하나님은 오늘의 본문에서
다니엘과 그 네 친구들의 편에서서
그들의 원(願)함과 안전보장(安全保障)이 되어주시는 것을 본다
하나님이 이 기록을 내게 보여주시는 것은 왜일까?
그것은 바로
하나님의 명법규(命法規)
곧 성경(聖經)의 말씀대로 살아야 한다는 강조(强調)
죽음을 불사(不辭)하고 성경대로 살아간다면
하나님이 책임져 주시겠다는 말씀
그런데 그 언약은 금생(今生) 에 관함은 일부
본질(本質)은 신앙파수(信仰把守)와 영생(永生)에 대한 보장(保障)이라는 뜻으로 받아들여진다
(마10:28)
28 몸은 죽여도 영혼은 능히 죽이지 못하는 자들을 두려워하지 말고 오직 몸과 영혼을 능히 지옥에 멸하실수 있는 이를 두려워하라