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Things were not looking good God's  people. They had

been captured and taken far from home -and now they

were slaves of that the king of Babylon. But God had not

left his people. He was with them and he was looking after them Daniel loved

and obeyed him. Now God made Daniel able to understand lots of difficult things

so it wasn't long before the king of Babylon noticed him. King Darius liked him

how clever Daniel was. So he made Daniel his most important helper of all and put

him in charge of lots of other helpers.

The followings  are contrasts recorded in Romans 9.(1).

Ishmael versus Isaac (vv 6,7) (2) children of the flesh versus

children of God (v. 8) Esau verses Jacob (v.13) (4) hate

versus love (v.13) (5)  hardening versus mercy (vv  16-18) (6)

man versus God (v.20) (7) clay versus the potter (v 21) (8)

vessels unto dishonor versus vessels of  honor (v 21) (9)

enduring the vessels of wrath versus the riches of glory on
vessels of   mercy (vv 22,23) (10) fitted to destruction versus

prepared beforehand for glory (vv.22,23) (11) faith versus

works (v 32) and (12) election versus reproduction (vv 11 17 18).