Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden image… Dan. 3:1-30
“The three Jews were not being defiant. They realized that there was one greater than king Nebuchadnezzar who had command over him, Jn. 18:36. It was this one they first be obedient in worship. Worship is to be given only to Him who is the creator of all things. They would not risk their destiny with the God of heaven by paying homage to some image made out of elements of this world made by the God of heaven” Roger E. Dickson
- Dan. 3:19-25.
- 19. “Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of rage and the form of his visage changed against…and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont be heated”
- “anger “fills” him, and is betrayed in his whole countenance” JFB “Brutish passions the more they are indulged the more violent they grow, and even change the countenance, to the great reproach of the wisdom and reason of a man.” M. Henry Lk. 23:5, Jn. 10:31, Act. 7:57; 22:22-24.
- “Seven times more than it was wont—literally, “than it was (ever) seen to be heated.” Seven is the perfect number; that is, it was made as hot as possible. Passion overdoes and defeats its own end, for the hotter the fire, the sooner were they likely to be put out of pain.” FSB
- 20. “And he commanded the most mighty men that were in the army to bind…” This was applied to the top soldiers in the king’s employ (e.g., David’s mighty men in 2 Sam 23:8–39). God also have trusted soldiers to carry out His special assignments. 2Tim. 2:3-4, Phil. 2:25-30, Rom. 16:2-14.
- 21. “Then these men were bound in their coats…and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning furnace”
- They were bound, that they might not struggle, or make any resistance, were bound in their clothes. Jer. 40:1, Act. 12:4-8; 16:23-28
- 22. “…the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach…” Pro. 28:10, Jb. 5:12, Eccl. 10:8-9, Is. 8:14-16, Ps. 9:15, Pro. 26:27
