25) Looking for Daniel
Daniel 3
Nebuchadnedzzar makes a statute and he wants everybody to worship it. If they don’t do it, they will be thrown into the burning fierce furnace. But Daniel’s three companions refuse to do it. So the king, in a furious rage, gives them a second chance. But they tell him that if their God wants to save them, he can do it. But if he doesn’t do it, they only worship God and no one else. Then the king becomes so furious that he gives orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual. And Daniel’s three companions are thrown into the burning fiery furnace. The furnace is so hot that the men who throw Daniel’s three companions into the furnace are killed. Then the king becomes afraid because he sees four men in the furnace, they are unharmed and the fourth one looks like a son of the gods. So he tells Daniel’s three companions to go out. They are unhurt. Then he praises their God. Then he promotes them in the province of Babylon.
- Like Daniel, his three companions are faithful men to God and thus excellent examples for us!
- We don’t know anything about Daniel!
- That’s strange because he is one of the most important men of Babylon!
- Nebuchadnezzar is brutal!
- But he can easily change of attitude when something happens!
- Here, Daniel’s three companions are saved by God!
- And he gives them a higher position!
- So they are also blessed because of their faithfulness!
- He doesn’t accept anyone’s disobedience but when somebody does it and survives, he can only recognize it!
- Thus he is pragmatic!
