Thirtieth Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread 6013The "Decryption" of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, Part 14
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To begin our current study, it is necessary that we remember, consider, and stay abreast of all similarities during the past times of Daniel, with the prophetic events of Revelation, referred to as the end times, in which we presently live.
It is also a must that we remain conscious of specific happenings that occurred in Ancient-Babylon, which are progressively approaching us in symbolic Babylon-America this day. Therefore, let us review indispensable truths we have learned up to this point, in our overall study of Daniel, Chapters, one through three. With absolute certainty, it is clear that all of the circumstances in which Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego faced unconditionally were of a sinister covert program that was designed and executed by King Nebuchadnezzar and his unholy allies. As a result, they were falsely accused by this same crafty council of influential foreign men, allied in absolute secrecy with King Nebuchadnezzar, to arrange and set up sweeping surveillance laws to ultimately entrap them.
Because of these foreign allies, King Nebuchadnezzar began to exalt and magnify himself above God,
. And, while seeking to prosper and prevent the subsequent fall of Babylon as well as his own appointed end, he went on to speak marvelous words against God, . Consequently, he was set to change, expand, and declare new unprecedented surveillance laws to control all people in the known world. Let us read Daniel 7:25 up to the colon:
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws:So, with the persistent use of new irreversible oppressive laws--along with troubling circumstances and annoying events--Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego would eventually suffer overwhelming calamity of great mental pain. Just as it was for these Hebrew children, this season under Babylon's oppressive rule of law bears a remarkable resemblance to the prophetic time of trouble that shall come as a great flood of grief and distress in modern day Babylon-America.
As we speak today, power has been given to the seat of the presidency to make a final confrontation with the remnant and seed of
, as well as all God-fearing people of the world. Anyone who sits as the President of Babylon-America, while governing under the mandates of the same type of unholy alliance, is vested with special orders to give the CIA, FBI, IRS, the Military, Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Agencies unregulated powers under a national security emergency or Homeland security game of "potential, suspected, and domestic terrorism."
This is so any and all enforcement agencies can monitor, watch, track, and accuse "anyone"--so-called undocumented immigrants, so-called illegal immigrants, non-American or so-called African-American citizens--of some wrongdoing, just as the same accusers did during the times of Daniel,. We must understand that in the last days of evil rule, the remnant who keep the commandments of
, have the testimony of , and proclaim the Second Coming of our Messiah, , shall be confronted with the same godless oppressive laws--more strengthened and heightened.
What's more, in reviewing the times of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, a comparison of the facts have also shown that today in our life time, any military, federal, state, and local law enforcement official or deputized citizen, locally or globally, can label any person or organization as engaging in "domestic terrorism"--if they are in opposition to their belief system.
For example, let's not forget that right now, because of our beliefs in
and , all of our personal assets and properties can be seized without prior notification, with the intent of effectively bankrupting us; and, the same holds true for any person, or any organization. Plus, any American--naturalized or natural born--who joins, donates, or provides support to us or any group designated or deemed by the U.S. government as a danger to its national homeland security, or is believed to be a domestic terrorist group, enemy combatant or the like, can be detained, deported, or stripped of their U.S. citizenship.
Furthermore, as of 2010, new irreversible rulings of worldwide prohibitions and censorships--under the cloaks of "terrorism, identity theft, and illegal undocumented immigrants"--shall continue to be announced by means of the controlled media, then implemented by the sitting President of Babylon-America. These prohibitions and censorships shall not only be used against all people in prophetic Babylon-America--like during the times of Daniel--but also upon the remnant of
and all nations and tongues throughout the world.
In that prohibitions and censorships had been announced throughout Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were openly obvious to the Babylonians in observing the moral laws of
. As a result, their observance of the laws of God, , were recognized as incompatible with the ideas and festive events that were practiced by the Babylonians.
Nevertheless, they continued to freely profess the name of
, freely utter the coming of His Son, freely acknowledged the coming of His eternal Kingdom, and freely proclaimed the eradication of all false gods and unrighteous behavior, though they found themselves confronted with unmistakable blasphemous laws, imposed under the Babylonian rule of global law. Even more, while facing an unprecedented ecclesiastical decree, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew that the blasphemous laws of Babylon tolerated only the worship of King Nebuchadnezzar's false golden image as god; while at the same time banning the worship of as God; and the open use of His Holy name.
So, as a consequence of their open worship, the joint union of conspired accusations urging King Nebuchadnezzar to bring them in was: 1) not regarding King Nebuchadnezzar himself; 2) not serving his gods; and 3) not worshiping the golden image which he had set up. Because of their loyal devotion to the Holy name of
, King Nebuchadnezzar's intense rage and unrestrained fury heightened in an arrogant display of immense questioning for not serving his gods, not worshiping his golden image, and not regarding him as having all power over what they could think, say, or do. And, to top it off, malicious false accusers from within the tribe of Yehuwdah (Judah) also brought up charges of some wrongdoing against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; while at the same time, Babylonian officials set up a watch of investigative surveillance for many days over them.
Therefore, as the head of gold, with his great terrible image, along with combined accusations, King Nebuchadnezzar was bound to use an entire army of exceptional soldiers, to carry out his ecclesiastical decree that was fashioned to ultimately bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego on pointed questions of Babylonian religious laws.
This time of great trouble, sorrow, and woe played out as the final campaign and battle of King Nebuchadnezzar and his foreign allies to drive away the Biblical laws of
and, subsequently, their last attempt to eliminate Daniel and the Hebrew children from proclaiming their beliefs in the holy name and kingdom of God, .
Today, we shall witness the same prohibitions and censorships equivalent to our Hebrew brothers; in that our daily customs, beliefs, worship, and way of life will be directly violated. And, most of all, because we hold fast to the commandments of our true God,
, and our true Messiah, , we shall face the same accusations of not regarding governmental or legislative religious bans, dictates, ordinances, and restrictions. In fact, anyone closely affiliated with The Nation of shall suffer an official rebuke, while subjected to governmental agencies that have expanded authorization to examine all resources connected with The Nation of . However we must be zealous in these latter days. Let us read Revelation 3:19:
19 As many as I [Bear in mind that as of this minute, expanded powers have been authorized to examine your financial records, your literature, tapes, video films, CD/DVD materials, and all of your books to remove, suppress, or cut off by force what is considered to be politically or financially objectionable. What's more, special military officials from the armed forces have also been authorized to examine all personal mail and official dispatches--Email, Postal service, FedEx, UPS, etc.--to confiscate any information they also consider a risk to the national and global security of prophetic Babylon-America; as well as all international allies joined on to her.
Keep in mind that all persons, who will not yield themselves under deceptive surveillance laws, but who speak out against the opinions, treatment, power, monitoring, or control of the sitting President and foreign allies--due to the illusive loss of civil freedoms in prophetic Babylon-America and the world--shall be rounded up and detained as were Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So, just as evil men in the past sought to find some wrongdoing to persecute Daniel and, subsequently, the three Hebrew children concerning the kingdom of
, so did all of the modern day presidential and foreign allies come against the Promised Messiah, , in modern day Babylon-America. And they shall do likewise, for a second time, to the children of Israel who truly believe in and His Kingdom to come.
We are living in the last days wherein the believers of
and all good people of the earth shall be positively identified to verify their faith, allegiance, principles, and beliefs; and, consequently, tried before the President of Babylon-America and many anti-christs. Under such programs as Electronic Verification (E-Verify), it will signal, indicate, and mark a time of forced interrogations prophesied as a time of great trouble.
We can accept as Scriptural truth that our Hebrew brethren, who studied under the guidelines of Daniel, during their time of such great trouble, were hated by all the men of Babylon. They were obviously betrayed by Hebrew kinfolks, friends, and brethren who did not commit to the will of God,
, and did not come out of the mindset of Babylon. In like manner, when these same venomous actions of hate and betrayal are publicly displayed against the remnant of , it shall boost up the unholy rulers of Babylon-America's judicial administration in Washington D.C. They shall seek to completely wear out the remnant of , by attempting to abolish and prevent us from using the "true" name of the Promised Messiah, .
The serpent and all of his angels shall again cast a flood of pointed questions, surrounding church and state laws, designed to make an apocalyptic public dispute between his seed and the seed of
. It shall be a fiery and burdensome trial in Babylon-America, a time of trouble and great tribulation. All shall experience this great tribulation: those who shamefully do not believe in ; and, simultaneously, those who are wise to believe in , the Promised Son of .
At this point, we shall proceed to conclude our study of Daniel 3:20, as we parallel how unprecedented godless laws were used to bind and cast Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into a fiery furnace during a prophetic time of trouble, to how such laws will likewise be used against the Saints of
and all God-fearing people of color in Babylon-America. Let us begin by reading Daniel 3:20:
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.Extracting from the last two phrases of our study: "... to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace," we shall first scrutinize the key words to and bind.
According to the Webster's New World College Dictionary & Thesaurus, copyright 1998, computer software, the word, to, is defined as "into the condition of; and so as to result in." Next, the word, bind, from the e-Sword, copyright 2004, Bible computer software, under the reference number 3729, is defined as "to fetter." Fetter, found in the Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary, copyright 2003, computer software, is described as "something that confines; to restrain from motion, action, or progress; and a chain or shackle for the feet."
As we seek to gain more understanding of all the facts we have seen thus far, we can infer from these added details that unprecedented laws were executed to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into an immoral condition of dishonoring or disobeying the laws of God,
. False accusations were set in motion, so as to result in their eventual detention. Let us read Daniel 8:23 and 24:
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.Even after a line of immense questioning by King Nebuchadnezzar, and their refusal to honor him, as well as bow to his false golden image, he was determined to restrain Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from having any movement, action, or progress in spreading the words of
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
among the people in Babylon. Because of their open speeches, affirming the name of God, , these certain Hebrew children were ominous to the profane, obscene, and irreverent ways of Babylon, they were highly considered and handled by King Nebuchadnezzar and his foreign allies as a national emergency.
Thus, as a consequence, chains and shackles were set up for their arms and feet in order to physically confine them over a period of time. And a lengthy fiery trial was ordered to try them. Let us examine the definitive word, restrain, stemming from the words, bind and fetter, to fully visualize what they were up against, as an illustration of a fiery trial and time of great trouble to come in prophetic Babylon-America.
The word, restrain, documented in the Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary, copyright 2003, computer software, is defined as "to prevent from doing, exhibiting, or expressing something; and to deprive of liberty: especially to place under arrest." Liberty is stated as "the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges; and the state of being free." The word, free, is described as "having the legal rights of a citizen; enjoying civil liberty; independence from outside domination; and not subject to the control or domination of another." Lastly, arrest is defined as "to catch suddenly; and the taking or detaining in custody by authority of law."
Based upon these facts, we can strongly believe that as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego went freely throughout Babylon, professing the name of
and the eradication of all false gods, Babylonian officials were set to catch them suddenly. Subsequently, they were chained, shackled, and detained in custody, after being forcibly taken by Babylonian officials having the authority of law. Let us read Daniel 7:25 after the colon:
25 ... and they [the saints] shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.As a result of King Nebuchadnezzar's secret campaign to place Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in his custody, they lost what was seemingly the state of being free to enjoy (have) the various political, economic, and legal rights or privileges as a Babylonian citizen. All of their apparent civil liberties and independence from outside domination were now subject to the total control and domination of Babylonian authorities, for a period of time.
Therefore, while under the official custody of King Nebuchadnezzar, he prevented them from doing their duties on behalf of
, from exhibiting worship only to and, thereby, depriving them of their God-given right to express the holy name of throughout Babylon. Let us read on in Revelation 13:7 up to the colon:
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:All of the facts we have seen further prove that just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego faced a gruesome choice during their time of great trouble and tribulation, the remnant of
shall also be forced into choosing between an immoral condition of dishonoring and disobeying the laws of , or facing detention.
And, like our Hebrew brethren, as we practice the laws of
, proclaim His holy name, and attend His three appointed feasts, we can be caught suddenly and taken forcibly. It is a fact that we, or anyone, can be chained, shackled, and detained by the same type of government officials, who have expanded martial authority as those in the times of Daniel.
In addition, while being detained to endure a fiery trial of immense questioning for some wrongdoing, the remnant and saints of
shall suffer the loss of what seemingly appears to be the freedom to enjoy (have) the political, economical, and legal rights or privileges as an American citizen. And for all of these reasons, the independence from outside domination for the remnant of shall also be subjected for a period of time to the total control and domination of military government authorities. This will mean that all the few civil rights would be gone, not only for the remnant of , but also for all God-fearing people.
Furthermore, while under the official custody of a commanding President of prophetic Babylon-America, the remnant of
can be prevented from performing their duties on behalf of and from exhibiting worship only to ; thereby depriving us of our God-given rights to publicly distribute the holy works of our Savior, . Let us read St. John 9:4:
4 I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.We can see that the remnant of
must do the works that has commanded while it is day; because a period of time of great tribulation (night) is approaching, wherein the remnant of can be detained, interrogated, and deprived of their God-given rights to work in the name of . Let us read Daniel 3:14 and 15 after the colon:
14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?We must remember that when this case is brought into a court of law and publicly involves a claim or complaint by one party [malicious false accusers] against another [the remnant of
15 ... but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace;
]; and when the serpent with all of his angels cast a flood of pointed questions, surrounding church and state laws, then an apocalyptic public dispute between Satan's seed and the seed of shall bring about a time of great trouble and tribulation.
Moreover, the king of prophetic Babylon-America shall exalt himself above every god, and all kindreds, nations, and tongues shall be faced with the same irreligious laws as in the times of Daniel. All people will have to choose between Babylon-America's false golden image as god, or suffer great misfortune, misery, distress, and agony. Let us read Daniel 11:36 and 37:
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God,Let us read on in Revelation 13:7 after the colon:
37 Neither shall he regard the God,
7 ... and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.Now, let us move forward to examine another calculating method King Nebuchadnezzar and his foreign allies used to cast Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace. We shall scrutinize the word, cast, from the Scriptural phrase, in Daniel 3:20, "... to cast them into the burning fiery furnace," to see another example of a time of great trouble, set for the remnant of
, in Babylon-America.
Documented in The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, copyright 1990, in the Hebrew Dictionary of the Old Testament, the word, cast, under the reference number 7412, states, "to throw; assess; impose; and cast down." From these initial details, we can see further into the events of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that after King Nebuchadnezzar methodically carried out intrusive laws, under the deception of Babylonian national security, he began to impose dictatorial authority, using specific directives, to throw all the people in Babylon into spiritual fear, political fear, and financial confusion. Next, we shall define the word, throw, stemming from the word, cast, for more understanding.
Throw, in the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, copyright 1999, computer software, means "to put someone into some place, position, condition, etc. as if by hurling; and to cause to fall to the ground." As we can see from these details, King Nebuchadnezzar went on to cause and boldly cast the truth of God,
, down to the ground. And, he used totalitarian measures to forcibly assess and cause all people to fall down to his god; if not, any citizen of Babylon would be put or hurled away into some place, position, or condition. Let us read Daniel 8:11 and 12:
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.Moreover, once the truth of God,
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.
, was cast down to the ground--and any other god other than his--along with false allegations corroborated against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they were suddenly entangled in a broad net and, subsequently, detained by Babylonian officials for some alleged wrongdoing, facing a fiery trial.
Let us see another illustration of how King Nebuchadnezzar continued to implement his nefarious plan to entrap all people in order to subdue Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the burning fiery furnace. We shall move forward to examine the word, assess, also stemming from the word, cast, for extra understanding.
The word, assess, as documented in the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, copyright 1999, computer software, is defined as "to judge the value, character, etc. of; to impose a tax on; to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation; and, to determine the amount of damages." Tax, in the same source is defined as "to lay a burden on; a burdensome charge, obligation, duty or demand." Lastly, the word, damages, from the Webster's New World College Dictionary & Thesaurus, copyright 1998, computer software, states "money claimed by or ordered paid to a person to compensate for injury or loss caused by the wrong of the opposite party."
In King Nebuchadnezzar's effort, at the behest of his foreign allies to secretly entrap Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to fall and undergo a fiery trial, he imposed unprecedented and burdensome taxes on all people throughout Babylon. He used all governmental agents (undercover, secret, internal revenue) of Babylon to officially spy, estimate, and report, as a basis of taxation, the value of property, income, assets, etc., on every citizen, whether secular or religious.
For example, fraudulent bank bailouts, deficits, swelling debts, high mortgage rates, high lending rates, new credit card rulings, hidden fees, increased insurance premiums, high food prices, high medical costs, and wage garnishments just to name a few. And, under new reforms, all so-called financial privacy in Babylon was gone. This was a time of great trouble when burdensome charges were laid on every citizen, secular or religious in Babylon, as a national duty and demand to circumvent its broken system as well as a financial collapse that was also threatening the security of Babylon.
In addition, trial officials were prepared to demand and order Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to give surety and to pay monies, claimed by malicious false accusers, who were joined on to the ways and mindset of Babylon, for injury and loss caused by some alleged wrongdoing. And, because of this unjust wicked judgment, governmental agents were positioned to seize and take possession of the property, income, and financial holdings of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then King Nebuchadnezzar would pay off malicious false accusers as planned for their false accusations. Let us read 1Timothy 6:10:
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.Nevertheless, in spite of these reprehensible and burdensome demands placed upon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego during a fiery trial, they still refused to fall down and worship the gods of King Nebuchadnezzar or his false golden image. Thus, this time of great trouble and tribulation was a time when God,
, would judge all people in Babylon and all people throughout the land for the evil judgment pronounced against Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Let us read Psalm 98:9 after the semicolon:
9 ... for He [Let us read on in Revelation 11:18:
18 And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy name [Moreover, it would also be the end time when God,
, would judge the value, worth, and character of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Let us read Jeremiah 17:10:
10 I the LORD,Praise
! So, in the meantime, while Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were "cast down" under military custody, in the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar, he asked them the question as to who is the God, , that could deliver them out of his hands. Let us read Daniel 3:15 after the last semicolon:
15 ... and who is that God,It is clear in this Scripture that King Nebuchadnezzar asked the question as to who was God,
, and who was He able to deliver. Let us scrutinize the expression cast down, stemming from the word, cast, as it relates to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego trusting only in God, , to deliver them out of the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar.
The expression, cast down, as referenced in the Random House Webster's College Dictionary WordGenius, copyright 2004, computer software, means to "lower; and humble." Humble is defined as "to make meek." Meek is stated as "humbly patient, as under provocation from others; while patient denotes "bearing annoyance, pain, etc. without complaint or anger; and, persevering or diligent." Hastly, persevering states "steady persistence in a course of action in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement."
Based on these important facts, we can hold true that the evil plans of King Nebuchadnezzar to detain Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in his custody to suffer a fiery trial was the divine will of God,
, to settle a preordained promise. While suffering false accusations in the hands of the most evil of all men, the divine will of was for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to become lowered and humbled. Let us read 1 Peter 5:5-10:
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God,Moreover, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had to learn to bear annoyance and pain without complaints or anger. So, by comparison with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, even, we, the remnant like them, while under the provocation of Hebrew false accusers, will have to abase and sacrifice ourselves by being humbly patient, in the name of
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
7 Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God,
. Let us read Luke 21:16-19 as a depiction of the same:
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.Next, while showing steady persistence in a moral course of action, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had to be diligently patient in spite of all immoral difficulties, ridicule, degrading obstacles, and crushing discouragement. Thus, in all of their shame and disgrace, undergoing a fiery dispute, God,
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for My [
18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
, judged their value, character, and worth. Let us read James 1:2-4:
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;Accordingly, in all patience like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, during these latter days, the remnant of
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
shall suffer shame and see the same great cloud of false witnesses, of untrue testimony. Let us read Hebrews 12:1-3:
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,So, we must understand that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego trusted unconditionally in God,
2 Looking unto
3 For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
, and so did trust entirely in God, , to endure all false witnesses. Thus, we must consider and likewise trust in through His holy name, to endure the identical contradiction of sinners that we may be irrefutably delivered by Him. Let us read Revelation 3:8 and 10:
8 I [Praise
10 Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
! At this point, let us advance on in our Scriptural phrase, from Daniel 3:20, "to cast them into the burning fiery furnace," to understand further, the nature of the divine will of God, , for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to suffer the cross in the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar. We shall now move forward to scrutinize the words burning, fiery, and furnace.
Documented in The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, copyright 1990, in the Hebrew Dictionary of the Old Testament, the word, burning, under the reference numbers 3345 and 3344, is defined as "to burn." The word, burn, from the American Heritage Talking Dictionary, copyright 1997, computer software, means "to be changed as if by fire; and to brand."
The word, brand, is synonymous to "mark." Mark, in the same source is stated as "a distinctive trait; a recognized standard of quality; to single out or indicate by; to distinguish; to set off or separate by as if by a boundary; to affix identification; and, a seal placed on an article to signify ownership or origin." Lastly, the word, seal, is defined as "to grant, certify, or designate under authority; while, seal, found in the Random House Webster's College Dictionary WordGenius, copyright 2004, computer software, states "to decide irrevocably; and to affix a seal to in authorization or testimony."
From all of these essential details, we can believe that it was the divine will of our God,
, for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to suffer at the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar so that a change, as if by fire, would indicate that they had a distinctive trait, recognized as an ethical standard of quality. Their suffering would single them out and distinguish them as the true children of . Let us read 2 Corinthians 1:21 and 22:
21 Now He which establisheth us with you in Christ,Moreover, their shame and disgrace would set them off and separate them as if by a boundary, so that
would affix His identification upon them; thus, signifying their origin and His ownership of them. All of these same illustrations during a time of great trouble and tribulations will likewise descend upon the remnant of , in prophetic Babylon-America. Let us read 2 Timothy 2:19:
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God,Furthermore, by affixing His seal of authorization upon all of us who overcome, God,
, Himself, will decide, certify, designate, and grant the remnant, under the Supreme authority of , a seat with Him, on His throne. Let us read Revelation 3:21:
21 To him that overcometh will I [Praise
! Here at this point, we shall conclude our study of the Scriptural phrase, found in Daniel 3:20, "... to cast them into the burning fiery furnace," by examining the last two key words, fiery and furnace.
Documented in The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, copyright 1990, in the Hebrew Dictionary of the Old Testament, under the reference number 5135, the word, fiery, signifies "to shine; and fire." Shine, referenced in the American Heritage Talking Dictionary, copyright 1997, computer software, means "to distinguish oneself in an activity or field; and to reflect light." The word, fire, is defined as "a severe trial." And lastly, furnace, denotes "a severe test; while, test indicates "a series of questions designed to determine knowledge; to exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test; and, a basis for judgment."
In considering all of the facts we have seen from our study, along with these additional facts, we can be certain that the will of our God,
, through his Son, , shall unfold in the last days of evil rule. Just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, while under the military custody of King Nebuchadnezzar, had to reflect the light of God, , so shall the remnant of . Also, like they had to distinguish themselves in the righteous field and activities concerning the knowledge of God, , and overcome with the testimony of God, , so shall the remnant of . Let us read Revelation 12:11:
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,In addition, just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, after being accused, criticized, and blamed for an alleged wrong had to go through, experience, and bear their cross of a severe trial, so shall the remnant of
in the last days of evil rule. And, just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had to undergo hardship, grief, and affliction through a series of questions designed to determine their understanding of the name of God, , so shall the remnant of , in the last days of evil rule. Let us read Isaiah 48:9 and 10:
9 For My name's sake will I [Let us read on in Psalm 66:10-12:
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
10 For Thou, O God,Furthermore, just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego--as a basis of judgment were subjected to great danger and difficulty over a long and trying period--exhibited their faith to endure affliction and called on the name of God,
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
, so shall the remnant of in these last days of evil rule. Let us read Zechariah 13:8 and 9:
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD,Conclusively, in facing an appointed fiery trial and prophetic time of great trouble, we shall call on our God,
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name,
. Our God, , will hear us; and, as His people, we shall overcome in victory. The third part, the chosen elect who are the faithful witnesses, which have the testimony of , will not have fear, but will wait on the Lord, ; and He shall refine and strengthen our hearts.
We shall be of good courage, hope in His words, look unto His salvation; and thus, ultimately, be brought out into a wealthy place.
Thank You,
! Let us praise and praise this day and forevermore with our whole heart; for only is the true blood of our eternal covenant with our God, . Praise ! Praise !