Faith and power in God I

Christian Religious Studies SS2 Third Term

Week 5

Topic: Faith and power in God I

Performance objectives

Pupils should be able to:

1. Narrate the story of Daniel’s deliverance
2. Identify in the passage qualities of Daniel that is worthy of emulation
3. Relate how Daniel express his faith in God

Content

A. A decree to worship the king

The ancient Middle East was the story of one empire rising, falling, and being replaced by another. In 605 B.C., the Babylonians conquered Israel, taking many of its promising young men into captivity to Babylon. One of those men was Daniel.

Some Bible scholars speculate that the Babylonian captivity was both an act of God’s discipline for Israel and a way to teach them…