Located on the south wall of the sanctuary, the very last window at the rear is called “Daniel in the Lions’ Den.” After the miracle of the three men in the fiery furnace, the great King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar had his mind and attitude changed about the Lord God Jehovah and expresses himself in words one would never expect from his previous actions. It is worth noting this change in Daniel 4. However, his successor, Belshazzar, was the end of his line. His impious feast with the “handwriting on the wall” (yes, that’s where the expression came from) was the end of his life and kingdom that very night! He was slain and Darius the Median took the kingdom. At this point Daniel 6 starts the account of Daniel and his experience in the lions’ den. Daniel rose to one of the highest positions in the land during the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews and was well respected. Those that were jealous of him sought in an occasion against him in the kingdom. But they could find none and so many got together to try to show he had broken a statute of the king by praying to the only true God. But they had to trick King Darius into signing an “infallible” decree (good during a brief thirty day period) to use as the basis for their coming accusation. These jealous people heard Daniel praying to the Lord God of Israel and went straight to King Darius. The King wanted to deliver Daniel but the law prevented him since he had signed the decree. He was forced to send Daniel to the lion’s den as the decree provided for those who disobeyed. But sadly, Darius told Daniel that his God would surely deliver. (If your curiosity wants to know the details of the decree Darius signed, see chapter 6:5-9). Verse 24 shows the terrible fate of the false and jealous accusers. Suzanne Spalding painted the lions not as great brutes ready to destroy, but almost kitten-like, for that is how they became as Daniel sat among them until the next morning. The king was so glad to see him unharmed and ordered him taken from the pit. It makes us realize that we also are kept from harm with the faith of Daniel and that Christ brings us up out of the pit unto Himself through His own miraculous work in our life. “Fear not, O little flock, the foe.”