但六10~11 但以理知道这文书已经签署了，就到自己家里（他楼上的窗户，开向耶路撒冷），一日三次，双膝跪下，在他神面前祷告感谢，因他素常就是这样行。那些人就纷纷聚集，见但以理在他神面前祈祷恳求。

　　但以理六章非常重要，因为它给我们看见神在祂的选民身上如何执行祂的经纶，为着基督的来临。神要执行祂的经纶，但需要人在地上为着祂的经纶祷告。神是借着人作祂忠信祷告的管道，在地上执行祂的经纶。撒但的计谋是要阻挠那为着神行动的祷告。因此，本章的中心乃是人的祷告以执行神的经纶。

　　神的行动就像一列火车，必须有轨道让它行动。人的祷告好像轨道，为神的行动铺路。除了祷告之外，没有别的路可以把神的经纶带到完满和完成。这是本章的内在秘诀（但以理书生命读经，五三页）。

　　Dan. 6:10-11 …When Daniel came to know that the writing had been signed, he went to his house (in his upper room he had windows open toward Jerusalem) and three times daily he knelt on his knees and prayed and gave thanks before his God, because he had always done so previously…These men assembled and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

　　Daniel 6 is very crucial because it shows us how God carries out His economy with His elect for Christ’s coming. God desires to carry out His economy, but man is needed to pray for His economy on earth. God carries out His economy on the earth through His faithful channels of prayer. Satan’s strategy is to frustrate the prayer that is for God’s move. Thus, the center of this chapter is man’s prayer for the carrying out of God’s economy.

　　God’s move is like a train, which must have rails for its move. Man’s prayers are like the rails that pave the way for God’s move to go on. There is no other way to bring God’s economy into fullness and into fulfillment except by prayer. This is the inner secret of this chapter. (Life-study of Daniel, p. 47)

　　在但以理六章四至九节我们看见撒但对但以理敬拜神的狡猾攻击。

　　总长和总督因着妒忌但以理，就“在国事上寻找但以理的把柄，为要告他，只是找不着他的把柄和过失；因他忠信可靠”（4）。所以，总长和总督，以及国中的大臣彼此商议，要王坚立一条律例，严定一道禁令，三十日内不拘何人，若在王以外向任何神明或任何人求什么，就必扔在狮子坑中（5~7）。……总长和总督意图毁灭但以理，而他们背后之撒但的意图，是要终止或切断神用以执行祂经纶的祷告管道。十节启示但以理在敬拜神的事上忠信。……他读过耶利米论到以色列人要服事巴比伦王七十年的预言（九2下，耶二五11）。但以理必定根据这话，多次为着这预言的应验以及被掳之人的归回祷告。他祷告，并且不让任何事停止或阻挠他的祷告。他知道他的祷告乃是在执行神对祂选民的经纶。因此，他的祷告是一件严肃的事。……今天，祷告乃是主恢复的命脉。撒但越要阻挠我们的祷告，我们越该祷告。

　　但以理六章二十五至二十八节启示，在地上，甚至在外邦之国，神借着祂失败被掳之选民中的得胜者，在人对神敬拜的事上胜过了撒但。……但以理胜过那禁止得胜者忠信敬拜神的诡计，乃是对撒但的诡计最后一步的得胜。神若没有这些得胜者，就完全被撒但打败，在地上没有得着什么是为着祂自己的。

　　当撒但差遣尼布甲尼撒来毁坏圣城同圣殿，除去对神的敬拜和事奉时，似乎神失败了，祂在地上的权益、敬拜和事奉被毁坏了。但在神的主宰下，尼布甲尼撒所拣选，侍立在王宫的少年人中，有四人成了得胜者，保守了对神的敬拜和事奉。神有四个年轻的得胜者，他们天天活在王宫里，绝对与神是一。这对撒但是羞辱，对神却是夸耀。……今天在地上，不管数目多寡，只要有一些得胜者，神就有夸口的理由。当神看见今天的得胜者站在召会的立场上，祂就快乐喜悦（但以理书生命读经，五四至五五、五七至五九页）。

　　参读：但以理书生命读经，第八篇。

　　In Daniel 6:4 through 9 we see the subtle attack of Satan on Daniel concerning the worship of God.

　　Being jealous of Daniel, the chief ministers and satraps “sought to find a ground for accusation against Daniel from the perspective of the kingdom, but they could find no ground for accusation or fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found related to him” (v. 4). Therefore, the chief ministers and satraps, with the high officers of the kingdom, took counsel together that the king should establish a statute and make firm an edict that anyone who made a petition within the next thirty days to any god or man besides the king should be cast into the lions’ den (vv. 5-7)…The intention of the chief ministers and satraps was to destroy Daniel, but Satan, who was behind them, wanted to stop or cut off the channel of prayer God was using for the carrying out of His economy.

　　Verse 10 reveals Daniel’s faithfulness in the worship of God…He had read Jeremiah’s prophecy that the children of Israel would serve the king of Babylon for seventy years (9:2b; Jer. 25:11). Standing on this word, Daniel must have prayed many times for the fulfillment of this prophecy and for the return of the captives. He would not let anything stop or frustrate his prayer. He knew that his prayer was for the carrying out of God’s economy concerning His elect. Therefore, his prayer was a serious matter. Today prayer is the lifeline in the Lord’s recovery. The more Satan tries to frustrate our prayer, the more we should pray.

　　Daniel 6:25 through 28 reveals God’s victory over Satan in the worship of God on earth, even in a Gentile kingdom, through the overcomers in the captivity of His defeated elect. Daniel’s victory over the subtlety that prohibited the faithfulness of the overcomers in the worship of God was the last step of the victory over Satan’s devices. Without these overcomers, God would have been fully defeated by Satan, having nothing on earth for Himself.

　　When Satan sent Nebuchadnezzar to destroy the holy city with the temple in order to take away God’s worship and service, it seemed that God was defeated and that His interest, worship, and service on earth were destroyed. Yet under God’s sovereignty, four of the young men selected by Nebuchadnezzar to stand in the king’s palace became overcomers to keep God’s worship and service. God had four young overcomers living in the palace day by day, yet they were absolutely one with God. This was a shame to Satan and a boast to God…Today, as long as there are some overcomers on this earth, regardless of the number, God will have reason to boast. When God sees today’s overcomers standing on the ground of the church, He will be happy and pleased. (Life-study of Daniel, pp. 48-52)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Daniel, msg. 8