Jesus in the Old Testament is a series of posts that will offer my readers a chance to consider pictures or shadows of Jesus in the Old Testament. As mentioned in the introduction to this series, some may be obvious, some may be not so obvious, and some may simply be a facet of the Lord those reading may not have considered previously.

I hope as we venture through this series, we will see the Lord in many wonderful pictures throughout the Old Testament.

Our verse this morning refers to two kings. Darius is the final king of Babylon, an older man that attained to the throne of Babylon for a mere two years. Cyrus, as we have previously looked at as a type of our Messiah, was a king Daniel served under in the Medo-Persian kingdom after the fall of Babylon.

Daniel, by the will of God, was placed into the Babylonian kingdom, lived a perfect life, passed through a death event in the lions den, and entered a new, arguably better kingdom soon after.

Consider this narrative in relating to the two kingdoms Jesus lived within.

He was born under the law, a servant to the Most High God, revealing the true nature of the law to all who watched. He suffered the blows and judgement of the law unjustly, passed through death into new life and is reigning in a far better kingdom, His Fathers Kingdom.

Our passage this morning, though an overview of the chronology of Daniel’s experience in serving God, also provides a general typology of the life of our Lord as He came down to a new land, lived under a rule of law, died and entered a new kingdom.

Jesus death, burial and resurrection is everywhere. He is King!

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