Bold Faith
Who are Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego
The king ordered that the furnace be heated how many times hotter than usual?
What is seven times
The king saw this number of men walking in the fire.
What is four
Our God, whom we serve, is able to do what?
What is deliever us
How tall was the golden image?
What is six cubits
The men declared that God was able to deliver them from what?
What is the Fiery furnace
The heat was so intense that it killed these men.
What are the mighty men of the king's army
The fourth man looked like this.
What is a son of the gods
*** ** ***, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.
What is but if not
Who did the king gather for the dedication of the image?
What is the satraps, the prefects, and governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justice, the magistrates, and all the officials of the providence
"But if not..." shows their willingness to do this even if God didn't save them?
What is remain faithful (even to death)
The fire burned off this, but not their bodies?
What are their binds.
This truth is revealed by the fourth figure's presence.
What is God is with his people in trials.
For there is no other god who is able to.
What is rescue in this way
When the people hear the sound of what instruments they were to bow and worship the image?
What is the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, and bagpipe
Their response shows that they valued this over their own lives.
What is obedience to God or loyalty to God
The furnace becomes a place not of death but of this?
What is divine deliverance or protection
Many interpret the fourth figure as this.
What is an angel or a pre-incarnate apperance of Christ
The head of their head was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and
What is no smell of fire had come upon them
Who accused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
What is the Chaldeans
Their stance reflects what broader biblical theme?
Trusting God regardless of the outcome, circumstance, or results
Symbolically, the furnace represents this kind of life experience.
What are trials/testing or persecution
The presence of the fourth figure emphasizes this doctrine.
What is God's immanence (His closeness with his creation)
Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall.
What is be torn limb from limb and their house laid in ruins
Where was the Golden image set up?
What is the plain of Dura