Gospel Doctrine in Review: Babylon’s Stripling Warriors

My new ward seems to be running a bit behind, but I’d like to post a review of last Sunday’s lesson and some more insights I gleaned. After reading through the lesson on Daniel and Esther, I found the battle over the children particularly thought-provoking. Although they wore no armor and slew no enemies, Daniel, Shadrach, Meschach, and Abed-nego were stripling warriors in their own right. When king Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem, he took with him the city’s greatest treasure – their children. The prince of the eunuchs selected the best of the youth, “children in whom was no blemish, but … Continue reading