Daniel

Dan. 6

So first obvious question, Why didn't Daniel just move back from the window like 3 feet? or close them, or pray in his closet like the Bible tells us? Seems to me like he is goading them. To go back to your room and blatantly disobey doesn't seem like what God wants him to do? I am impressed with the king tho. I don't honestly believe that they were appealing to his ego. If you read it you find that they say that all the princes of the kingdom have gotten together and come up with this...so the king stamps it into law. A case could be made where it says that the king is upset with himself when they tell him about Daniel, but I think it is more likely that he just signed it and kept going like nothing was abnormal. Either way, he spends all day trying to overturn it, then speaks to Daniel of his faith in God, then he spends the whole night fasting (and maybe praying). Then Daniel who is always solid, and here demonstrates an incredible trust in God and faithfulness to him goes willingly into the pit. Another question, why does Daniel say 'live forever' to the king? wasn't that a phrase saved for the people that actually considered the king a god?