I find it so difficult to leave the book about Daniel behind. There is so much there to understand. In fact, Daniel didn't understand everything. In Chapter 8, Daniel describes a vision he has had. He remarks that as he was trying to understand the vision, "...someone suddenly appeared there beside me. 16 And from beside the Ulai River, a voice like that of a human said, 'Gabriel, help him understand the vision.' 17 Gabriel came over, and I fell to the ground in fear. Then he said, “You are merely a human, but you need to understand that this vision is about the end of time.”
Gabiel gave Daniel the meaning of the vision. And Daniel was told "26 This vision about the evenings and mornings is true, but these things won’t happen for a long time, so don’t tell it to others."
Daniel kept it to himself. And then? "27 After this, I was so worn out and weak that it was several days before I could get out of bed and go about my duties for the king. I was disturbed by this vision that made no sense to me."
Daniel's vision was true from God's perspective and unknowable and unrelateable from Daniel's. Daniel obeyed the order given from God by Gabriel. And he continued to obey the king for whom Daniel was a privileged captive.
Sometimes we just need to trust God.
