What if your world changed dramatically overnight? Everything familiar, gone. All the institutions you counted on, radically replaced. Customs, morality, language—all exchanged for something drastically different. What would you do?

Would you feel lost? Confused? Isolated?

In 605 BC, a group of young men were taken from their home in Jerusalem and marched approximately 1700 miles into the capital city of Babylon. Everything was different. Their entire world was turned upside down. A new king with new ways, a different culture with different gods. One thing was certain, they were not home anymore—they were exiles.

In 2024 AD, followers of Jesus Christ in the United States may look around at their world and similarly lament. These are not the values we once held. What was up, seems to be down; right and left are all confused. There is blatant immorality, godlessness, and increasing intolerance toward those who claim allegiance to the Truth. Plus, it’s an election year, so everything feels volatile, heavy, and chaotic.

Yet, the pages of Daniel speak to us: no matter the peril, God is in control. It highlights that this world was never truly our home, and our ultimate calling is faithfulness. The book of Daniel follows the experiences and visions given by God to a people who placed their hope in Him. In Daniel, we find a God bigger than empires with a plan for all the ages. We watch human rulers turn into prideful beasts and we see again and again, the Deliverer who meets us in the fire, lion’s den, and all future upheavals.

The goal of this series is to take hope in the God who outranks all governments and to let Him lead us into faithfulness now, while kindling a joyous yearning for His Kingdom to come.

We’re already exiles; let’s live like it, faithfully. And Lord, let your Kingdom Come.

His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures from generation to generation. — Daniel 4:3

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. — Matthew 6:10