Here we find this sudden amazing miracle! No, it is not the anticipated silence that answers Darius when he calls Daniel’s name. Death, even eternal death, has not the final answer. The victory of the devil is not the answer. The answer lies in the words with which Darius referred to the Lord in Daniel 6:20: the living God
! From the lions’ den Daniel addresses the king respectfully.
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!