Ken states, "As I studied this story in the Bible, I was impressed with the fact that God sent an angel to stop the lions mouths. I had never seen an angel included in the picture. I saw in my mind how that might look and felt driven to complete this painting." Daniel was willing to go against the King's commands and continue to pray to the true and Living God even if that meant being thrown into a den of lions. His miraculous survival shows his God to be true and all powerful.