~ God Can Protect You Even In A Furnace ~
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Introduction
~ “Abundant Life Now” previously provided
a list of Biblical of examples of fearing / reverencing God (217 posts). In this current series we look at Biblical
accounts that demonstrate that we can fully trust God. Initially we posted seven general reasons for
trusting God. We are currently looking
at passages from all 66 books of Scripture which demonstrate a reason for
trusting our Creator.
Scripture
~ “Then Nebuchadnezzar was full
of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded
that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commanded certain mighty men of valor
who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them
into the burning fiery furnace. Then
these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their
other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king’s command was
urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men
who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
“Then King
Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his
counselors, ‘Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?’ They answered and said to the king, ‘True, O
king.’ ‘Look!’ he answered, ‘I see four
men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the
form of the fourth is like the Son of God.’
“Then
Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke,
saying, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come
out, and come here.’ Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. And the satraps, administrators, governors,
and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose
bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were
their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.
“Nebuchadnezzar
spoke, saying, ‘Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who
sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have
frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not
serve nor worship any god except their own God!
Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which
speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall
be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is
no other God who can deliver like this.’
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province
of Babylon” (Daniel 3:19-30).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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