The moment of crisis is too late to prepare our hearts. Lord Jesus, if Thou wilt catch me, do; if not, I will venture for Thy name.’“ (Morning Glory, August 19, 1993). 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Matthew Henry observes that the Hebrew boys may have had another reason to believe that God might deliver them explaining that "partly because, in such a vast appearance of idolaters, it would be very much for the honour of his great name to deliver them, and partly because Nebuchadnezzar had defied Him to do it (Da 3:15b). 6. We too need to maintain a ready recall of God's Word and His past deliverances, so that we will be motivated and enabled to remain firm in our faith when the fiery trials and afflictions come upon us unexpectedly! They may have reasoned that the king had been so good to them, it would be ungrateful not to bow. I doubt that you and I fully grasp the extent of the deliverance we have in Christ. Do it effectively. Under the guise of showing their loyalty to the king, these Chaldeans were very happy to be the "whistle blowers" for these foreigners who had attained positions of power. John Calvin - Nothing is more powerful to overcome temptation than the fear of God. The statement in Da 3:12 that "There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon" support the fact that there was little time lapse between Daniel 2 and Daniel 3. Do it effectively. No presence of mighty monarch or of his festive guests could turn him aside from delivering his fateful message. They said: 16We have no need to answer you in this matter. what is unclean (including anything that smacks of idolatry) and I will welcome you. Who could stand against him when he was angry, and spoke in his fury out of his holy place? Blessed loss! 5. Filled with wrath - What fills a person, controls a person as it controlled the king and resulted in certain actions consistent with the wrath with which he was filled. If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole lot less fear of each other. My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply: Tselem (Hebrew) - 16x Ge 1:26, 27; 5:3; Ge 9:6; 1Sa 6:5, 11; 2Ki 11:18; 2Ch 23:17; Ps 39:6; 73:20; Eze 7:20; 16:17; 23:14; Am 5:26, The use that most directly relates Daniel's description is Exodus 20:4 where Moses records that…, You shall not make for yourself an idol (Hebrew = tselem), or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. And that’s why these three young men said, “But if not.” They knew God could save them but they knew he might have higher purposes in mind that would require their death. TO many men thinking is an unusual employment. Many of God’s servants never know the fulness of spiritual liberty till they are cast into the midst of the furnace. Note also, their trust in God. No den of lions shall deprive us of our sure inheritance. YET WELL MIGHT HIS THOUGHTS TROUBLE HIM. Remember Job? Do not let us approach our Lord as though we were strangers, or as though he were unwilling to hear us—for we are greatly beloved by our loving Father. In short it was believed that Napoleon III (1808-73) was the Antichrist and timing the seven year tribulation from his campaign in Italy in 1859, it was believed Christ would return in 1866. And, on the other hand, there are certain brethren who profess to be the one assembly of God. Unto Him against that day. And up he jumps. THE CONSISTENT CONDUCT. 5:13), and in the fiery furnace of Babylon (Da 3:19, 25), the Son of Man visited his people. 3:27). They were honest, and for the moment they displeased their employers, but in the end earned their esteem. Such comrades as these usually chase all thought away, and help their leader in his recklessness. Keep the context in mind, recalling what Nebuchadnezzar "fell on his face and did homage (this is the same Aramaic word "cegid" rendered worship in Da 3:5) in (Da 2:46) declaring to Daniel that "Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings." Although he was told the dream and its interpretation were trustworthy (2:45), he still believed he could change the course of history. (Ex 20:3) The Second Commandment prohibits all forms of image-making and worship of idols. Jesus referred to this OT shadow (See Study of Biblical types) as pointing to His being lifted up on the Cross…, And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever believes may in Him have eternal life. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. He might have missed his way in life if he had not been true to his principles in his youth. It's more often a mindless reaction rather than a responsible action after thoughtful consideration. Oh to know myself, my God, my Saviour! Decisions in the fire are based either on external pressure or internal principle. Notice that what you "bow" to (fall down and worship) will eventually be what you are "bound" to, for it will become your master and you will serve it (like a slave). This ought not to be true of any professed follower of Christ. Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in His strength alone; Moses, by faith, "left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible" (Hebrews 11:27NIV). And since He is our Father, and loves us and is taking care of us—we should know that if it is best that we should be delivered—He will surely do it. Hart They are like the mouse that lived in a box, and when the lid was opened, one day, it came out into the cupboard, and said that it had no idea that the world was so big; yet it was only then looking at the inside of a cupboard. The purpose for trials may not always be understood, but God simply asks that his children trust him—even when it is not easy.”277 “We must never forget that God’s will is very individualistic. Moses saw God at Horeb, but it was in a burning bush (Ex 3:1, 2, 3, 4). Look, again, at Peter! And bless the cleansing fire Can you discover the silver lining of tribulation’s black clouds? 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed, and (here is our ultimate deliverance) will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Let us pray much more than we have done. Then he broke out in agonizing cries and screams. But thou th’ Almighty God of grace Am I seeking that which I ought to seek? Make sure you are disobeying for God's sake, not for your own publicity (Devotional). This is worth living for. ’Tis the grandest theme for a mortal strain; Determining at last to make him a public example, the soldiers commanded the entire village to appear in the town square. Nebuchadnezzar still does not understand God and is much like the NFL head coach who kept a minister on the sidelines during games. They said: 16We have no need to answer you in this matter. by Charles H. Spurgeon. Bright red! First, then, Daniel speaks of The Holy Place: “thy sanctuary.”. They seem to be so taken up with the future that they do nothing in the present; they are so fully occupied in looking up to the sky, with their mouths wide open, waiting for the coming of the Lord, that they forget that the very best way to wait for the coming of the Master is to be found doing his will. Take, then, the epistles, and see whether you can go with the apostle in what he said of his experience. It is by the power of the Spirit, "not by might nor by (fleshly) power" (Zech 4:6). If men had never been called on to ‘suffer’ on account of religion, it would have been easy for the enemies of religion to allege that there was little evidence that it was genuine, or was of value, for it had never been tried. It was one of the streets through which they moved to their destiny. Daniel Chapter 10: Lifting the veil. These comments have set me thinking (again) about fear in general. Apart from the ministry of the Spirit, we will distort and pervert the Scriptures as badly as the pagan Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar.”272 We must understand that those who are not yet born-again will distort and mishandle the things of God until they receive God’s Spirit and are born again (John 3:7). Some in their vicinity undoubtedly must have shouted "Bow down or you'll burn! He was drinking wine, and it had worked upon him (verse 2). So therefore God will put you in a situation where you won’t have the opportunity to have another more mature believer around to consult, cry on their shoulder or do something else.”274. Oh, for the days of zeal, the days when men counted not their lives dear to them that they might win Christ! When Daniel learned of King Darius's decree forbidding prayer to any god or man except the king himself, he proceeded with his regular manner of worship, on his knees, windows open, "just as he had done before," and was caught in the act (Daniel 6). Thomas Cranmer (read his brief bio) watched them die in agony. Can you still say, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15)? And therefore none of these things move them; they are resolved rather to die in their integrity than live in their iniquity. Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also; But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no man. Note also the incredibly strong negation using five Greek words that each convey negation. Read Daniel 3 commentary using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. Has my heart ever been broken on account of sin, as his was when he penned his penitential psalms? A deep sense and clear sight of sin, its heinousness, and the punishment which it deserves, should make us lie low before the throne. Second, not one of the persons was bound. They are of little threat to Satan’s work because they are of little benefit to Christ’s. If mere trials distress and grieve, what will you do when all the hurricanes of divine vengeance sweep across the earth and shake its pillars? Daniel 3 - The Fiery Furnace O king live forever (like our more modern phrase "long live the king") - Da 2:4, 3:9, 5:10, 6:6, 6:21. Ultimately they were enabled to stand by the all sufficient grace of God which is magnified in our times of weakness (2Cor 12:9-note, 2Co 12:10-note). You cannot say of any part, or of the whole of what is called the visible church, that it is the sanctuary of God; it is a sort of shell in which the real Church of God is encased, and which it helps, perhaps, to preserve, but which it also certainly disfigures. Fifth, the fourth person looked “like a son of the gods." Were those men out of touch with their feelings or with reality? Jesus walked the glowing coals with them, and turned the furnace into a fair pavilion. Surely these are men who are controlled by the Holy Spirit, as there song is a "supernatural" song. No Other God — that assertion is at the core of this chapter as it is in the entire book of Daniel. Cross-bearers all we go: In the book of Acts we find an example of "not bowing", Luke recording that the Jewish council and high priest, gave… strict orders not to continue teaching in this Name, and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this Man's blood upon us." If you are so depressed by your trials that you cannot rejoice, even though your name is written in heaven, then I think you do not love Jesus as you should. While not everyone agrees, most conservative commentators interpret the fourth figure as more than a created angelic messenger, and that this was a Christophany, a visual manifestation of the Creator Himself (Jesus was the Agent of Creation - Jn 1:2-3, Col 1:16, Heb 1:2), designated elsewhere in the OT as the Angel of the LORD (see discussion of OT appearances of Christ), the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. If done to preserve our life, then we are negating the ultimate purpose in living (Luke 17:33). The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design There's a big difference between feeling and willing. Follow the right at all hazards. Ten minutes can chart the course for your eternity. (h) Ended with the King acknowledging God as the Most High God Who Alone is able to deliver…. He loves not Christ who does not love Him more than all things. They made no condition of loyalty to God. They were away from home, out from under parental influence and restraints, and exposed to very strong temptation. The result of their commitment (was that) the LORD stood with them (cp 2Ti 4:16, 17, 18-note). As has been well said every time you turn green with envy you are ripe for trouble. When he comes, for whose coming we look with joyful expectation. A parallel is easily drawn between Belshazzar and other proud ones. The treasures of Egypt are mere dross compared with the riches of endless bliss. Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the trumpet call obey; Just as Israel would like to assimilate among the Gentile nations, but God says it will never come to pass, so too believers will find it impossible to remain friends with both the world and God (Jas.4:4). The enemy casts you into the furnace bound, but the fire will loosen your bonds, and you will walk at liberty amid the glowing coals. Praying is the end of preaching. When she first proposed to him the massacre of the Huguenots, he shrunk from it with horror: "No, no, madam! Cast them out. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast (the Antichrist, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six (666). The sweet love of Christ, when placed on the deepest wound the soul can ever know, heals at once. When the fiery test comes, remember especially that God promises not to test us beyond what we are able to endure (1Cor 10:13-note). It was the one place, under the old dispensation of types, now done away with, where God dwelt in visible manifestation amongst his ancient people. (Fixed = Hebrew word meaning something brought into incontrovertible existence and figuratively conveys the idea of one who is inwardly determined to stand firm and remain steadfast), As a follower of Jesus, when everyone else is bowing to idols of pride or plenty or pleasure or possessions, etc, take your stand for righteousness, for what is right. “It has been often found by experience; the martyrs have often showed plainly that the peace and calm of their minds were undisturbed in the midst of the greatest bodily torment, and have sometimes rejoiced and sung praises upon the rack and in the fire. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Without real commitment you will be swept away (by) the "everybody is doing it" syndrome. Yet it is a distinction of man that he can think. May our prayer meetings be sustained in fervor, and increased in number! Isn't it amazing that when we talk with men today about the fact that their eternal lives are at stake, they are so often apathetic or adversarial because their is no fear of God before their eyes (Ro 3:18-note)! Daniel 3: Through Floods and Flames. And sweet is the road that I walk with Him. There are many dear children, both boys and girls, who have not been ashamed in their early days to come forward and confess the Lord Jesus Christ. If you and I have been praying this prayer-and I hope we have,-what kind of conduct will be consistent with it? Herein is love, which led the Redeemer to lay down his life for his enemies! Observe the three accusations against the "boys" - (1) They were showing no respect for the king (not true); (2) they refused to serve Nebuchadnezzar's idolatrous gods (this was true) and (3) they refused to worship the golden image (this was also true). Notice that Jesus never manifests himself except inside the furnace, at the very moment when he was needed the most. No man is fit to rule others - who has not learned to rule his own spirit. (Ps 119:71-note), Isaiah recorded God's encouragement to Israel (cp Isa 43:1) and perhaps a promise that the three Hebrew lads were aware of (since Isaiah prophesied from 740-680BC and the events of chapter 3 most likely take place between 605-586BC) and indeed may have "claimed"…, But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! That was the fruit of resisting, years before, the recoil of his youthful conscience from the extreme of guilt. Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against Thee. 11 The Angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, and you shall bear a son; and you shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has given heed to your affliction. —Hess, Thomas Watson - The three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace were humble; they gave the king his title of honor—but they were not sordidly timorous. Remember that anything or anyone that comes between you and God is an idol. Features distorted. 2. God manifest in the flesh! What have we to do with consequences? HIS true-hearted man lived not for himself. You shall not make for yourself an idol (cp Nebuchadnezzar's golden image), or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. A number of us may meet together, and call ourselves Christians, and think that we are worshipping God; but, unless we are really regenerate, and the Spirit of God is in us, there is no true worship. The only thing hotter than his face for the superheated furnace! Faith is an "action verb". He will be with you, even when you are the only one standing! Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego made a courageous, principled stand (Ed: Cp Our decisions are based either on "External Pressure" or "Internal Principle") against King Nebuchadnezzar's order to bow to his golden statue. Daniel had also been studying the prophecies, and he knew, by what he had discovered, when certain predictions would be fulfilled; but he was not, like some students of prophecy in our day, utterly unpractical. In our day, this idea can be seen in the popular sticker attached to the bumper of some cars featuring the words COEXIST or TOLERANCE, the letters being rendered using symbols of various religions. But basically we have to come down to that bottom line. C H Spurgeon. Covetousness is also the root cause of all sin, because when people sin, it is basically people doing what they desire, rather than what God desires. After all, no one in Jerusalem would ever know whether they bowed or not. 3. That should not be the case with any of us who are members of the Church of the living God; let us look over all that is! Though you may have gone to twenty universities, and received from them all the degrees with which men delight to bedizen them, all is in vain without the Spirit of God. In the middle voice (as in this use) exaireo means to deliver, to rescue or to set free (Acts 12:11). Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy And, then, there will be power in the testimony. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego would not bow down to the golden image even once because it would lead to serving Nebuchadnezzar’s false gods for the rest of their lives. If you have been compromising in the "small things", don't deceive yourself with the thought that "I'll stand uncompromisingly when the big test comes.". Beloved, when we know God's Word and obey God's Word, His Spirit will fortify us so that we too can be bold as a lion! Let all who trust in the merit of Messiah’s death be joyful at every remembrance of him, and let their holy gratitude lead them to the fullest consecration to his cause. Think of the patient!" Nebuchadnezzar's doom and fall were sure, even though he had earlier served God's purpose as a scourge to chasten God's apostate people (Jer 27:6-8). Now play "Our God" by Chris Tomlin. It renders the soul invincible and unconquerable under all the hardships and trials which it meets with in this world. Chapter 3. Out of your hand - Remember that in Da 1:2, the Lord (Adonai) had delivered Judah into Nebuchadnezzar's hand and so He is fully capable of delivering out of the king's hand (hand speaks of power and authority). And so it is not surprising that the last "world leader" of the Gentile kingdoms, the Antichrist, is identified in Revelation 13 by a series of "6's"…. If they had saved their skins, they would have lost their souls and ruined the cause of God in England. —H. Joyce G. Baldwin, Daniel: An Introduction and Commentary (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1978), p. 106. 5:27). These young men, taken as captives from Israel to Babylon, took with them their knowledge of God's commands. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. What weights of affliction were cast on him! This was the attitude which Christianity assumed toward the religions of the Roman empire, and it was this which led to the fiery persecutions which prevailed there. There is no fool on earth like a man who has lost his temper. TODAY ALONG THE WAY - You may find that obeying God and obeying the laws of men usually go hand in hand. They could make no possible change in their decision. They never hesitated or parleyed with the tyrant. Our God is stronger than this world. Are our convictions altered by pressures brought to bear upon us? We must be willing to serve Him, too, even if it costs and hurts and burns. (Pr 14:29), Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, for anger resides in the bosom of fools. He feared God; therefore, he feared neither the king nor the lions. ", Donald Campbell tells this story of one who took a bold stand - When the Communists invaded a Korean village, they found a young man with a vigorous Christian testimony who, regardless of their edicts to the contrary, continued to witness for Christ. We must continue to serve Him though He brings no earthly deliverance. In the close of the foregoing chapter we left Daniel's companions, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in honour and power, princes of the provinces, and preferred for their relation to the God of Israel and the interest they had in him. They did not cringe before the king and cry, "We beseech you, do not throw us into the fiery furnace. It took the tattling of some astrologers to bring the matter to the king's attention. 3. Ah me, what a degenerate set!". WE cannot understand all the prophecies, but yet we regard them with pleasure and not with dismay. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you (John 15:18-19). Rest will be ours. Amid the crash of matter and the wreck of worlds, the Lord Jehovah will preserve His own. Daniel was a fervent lover of his country. Indeed, the faithful remnant will hearken to Christ's word's to…, Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life (Rev. But - This little word marks not a fearful but a faith-filled contrast! "FIERY FURNACES" Ah! Grace is a Christian's armor, which does more than any other armor can—it not only defends him, but puts courage into him. If God's Word guides your conscience, We should study this lesson for its example of heroic devotion to duty, regardless of consequences. Favoured as we have been, we have yet been ungrateful: privileged beyond most, we have not brought forth fruit in proportion. (Heslop) (Ref). Nebuchadnezzar regarded refusing to worship the image as treason, not only as a religious offense. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all young men who were in peculiar circumstances. The answer of the young men was given promptly. (Faith and the Furnace). The times of which Daniel wrote were of the very worst kind, and then it was promised that the people of God would come out in their best colors: they would be strong and stout to confront the powerful adversary. Is condescension, which God has delivered us from all problems and trials, 3, ). ( Luke 17:33 ), riotous, fond of feasts, given to much wine believes in being out! 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