The King and the Fiery Furnace

The King and the Fiery Furnace

Nebuchadnezzar, filled with ego, built a statue like the one in his dream. But this one was made entirely of gold, a representation of his kingdom being eternal and rejection of what God said would happen. He ordered all the men of Babylon to gather and bow down to the statue. However, there were three men in the crowd who would not. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. These three were thrown into the fire for their testimony and refusal to bow. But God did not abandon them. Instead, He used this as a prime opportunity to show Nebuchadnezzar and the whole kingdom of Babylon His power. In response it was they who bowed to Him.

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Daniel 3:25
In our prior episode, we saw how God spoke through Daniel to give Nebuchadnezzar an understanding of his dreams. Though no person in the kingdom could tell the king what he saw, Daniel glorified God as he showed the king that God alone could see into his mind like that. As a result of Daniel’s move of faith, Nebuchadnezzar began to see that there was a God above all others. He wasn’t yet fully bought in though. And as we’ll learn today, King Nebuchadnezzar still wanted glory and honor for himself. And as he builds an idol for himself and commands all to worship him, three Jewish young men and put to the test. Will they follow God or the crowd, and will God protect them when they face fiery consequences for their choice?
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