The Book of Daniel contains some of the Bible’s best-loved stories for children and some of its most challenging passages for scholars. While the first half of the book features the faith of Daniel and his three friends—even facing a lions’ den and a fiery furnace—the latter half turns to intriguing images of beasts and perplexing prophecies about future kingdoms. The various sections of the book work together to proclaim one great theme: God is sovereign! “For me,” Edward P. Myers said, “this book is an affirmation of the God who not only knows the future but is also in control of that future.”