Course · 8 lessons · Jonah, Daniel, Esther and Nehemiah
Faithful in a Far Land
Running from God and running back; standing firm in Babylon’s furnace and the lions’ den; a queen for such a time as this; and the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt.
- 1Jonah Runs from GodJonah 1:1–2:10 · Joppa to the seaGod told Jonah to go and preach to the great city of Nineveh, but Jonah ran the other way and took a ship to Tarshish. The LORD sent a mighty storm,…
- 2Jonah Goes to NinevehJonah 3:1–4:11 · NinevehThe word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, and this time he went to Nineveh and cried, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.” The…
- 3Daniel Purposes in His HeartDaniel 1:1–21 · BabylonKing Nebuchadnezzar took young men from Jerusalem to Babylon, among them Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, to be trained for his palace on the…
- 4The Fiery FurnaceDaniel 3:1–30 · The plain of DuraKing Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image and commanded everyone to bow down to it or be cast into a burning fiery furnace. Shadrach, Meshach and…
- 5The Writing on the WallDaniel 5:1–31 · Belshazzar’s palaceKing Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand lords and drank from the golden vessels taken from God’s temple in Jerusalem, praising gods of…
- 6Daniel in the Lions’ DenDaniel 6:1–28 · The lions’ denDaniel served King Darius so faithfully that the jealous princes could find no fault in him, so they had the king sign a law that for thirty days no…
- 7Queen EstherEsther 4:1–5:3 · 7:1–6 · Shushan the palaceWicked Haman had the king make a law to destroy all the Jews, so Mordecai cried out and urged Queen Esther to go to the king for her people. Going…
- 8Nehemiah Builds the WallNehemiah 2:1–20 · 4:6–23 · 6:15–16 · JerusalemNehemiah served the king of Persia, and he was sad because Jerusalem lay waste, its walls broken down and its gates burned with fire. He prayed to…