Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Daniel 3:26-30 (NIV)
26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted,"Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!" So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, 27 and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king's command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way." 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
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I feel that king Nebuchadnezzar tends to acts quicky and capriciously without wise judgment or consideration in many instances throughout the whole chapter. I don't like how he warns that people will be cut into pieces if they say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Further, it's funny how these three suddenly get promoted as governors in the province of Babylon, though they were supposed to be burned in the blazing fire a few moments ago... Anyway, we can see how God humbles king Nebuchadnezzar through this incident though the latter was powerful and ruled his kingdom of Babylong well... But we can see the strength and glory of God.Not a single high authority on this earth can match Him, and we should be thankful to have such a mighty God with us in our every day life.
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