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Our Holiday Bible Club this summer will follow Daniel and his friends on their Babylon Adventure, so we're going to spend the next few weeks getting to grips with the book of Daniel. The events take place at a time when Gods people have separated into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, but both have been disobedient to God. The Northern Kingdom has already suffered Gods wrath at the hands of the Assyrians. Now it's the turn of the Southern Kingdom as Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, the regional superpower, brings unstoppable might to bear, even walking into Gods temple in Jerusalem and walking off with his plunder. Where was God in all this? What were Gods people to think... was God still there? Was He dead? Was He just a delusion? Not only was God not dead, he was in control all along, even though the people couldn't see it. In the same way, when we feel as though God has abandoned us, we can have faith that He's still there and still the only thing that really matters. We need to keep telling ourselves - Our God reigns! Our God reigns! It's as true now as it was for Daniel and his friends. As Daniel shows us, we should not shut ourselves away in a Christian bunker, but engage with the world while staying loyal to our King, knowing when to say no to those things that might weaken that bond. Don't eat at the enemy's table! Daniel's faith eventually bore the fruit of his captors conversion. If we live as God wants us to we will eventually be proved to have been right! Vindicated!