Religion & Spirituality
Around 30 years have passed in between chapter 4 and chapter 5. A new king sits on the throne and a new culture has developed. Daniel has been completely forgotten. For 30 years he has lived in obscurity in Babylon, no longer in power, no longer living in wealth and then God breaks in again. The pagan world scrambles to find someone to figure out what is going on and once again they turn to Daniel. Daniel is promised wealth and power and legacy if he will interpret the writing on the wall. But he turns all of that down because he's chasing after redemptive pursuits instead of worldly ones. This is how we're called to live, chasing redemptive pursuits and outcomes, rather than chasing what every other person in the world is chasing. This is how we experience something different than what the world has on offer.