Living for God in Ungodly Times - Message 4 - Delivered from Death. King Nebuchadnezzar was a decisive and determined man. He was also proud. Because of his arrogance he began to believe that he was more powerful than God. At the end of chapter 2 he had admitted to Daniel, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret." He had received the interpretation of his dream about the great image that represented the Kingdoms of the world but apparently he could not get past the head of this image. If the head was the most glorious, and if the head was gold, and if the head was Nebuchadnezzar - if God had made him and his kingdom so great, then why did it have to end? So Nebuchadnezzar defied God and built an image entirely out of gold. It was a ninety foot tall by nine foot wide idol overlaid with gold. And by it Nebuchadnezzar was saying that his kingdom was the grandest and would last forever, no matter what the God of Daniel had proclaimed. All of the officials from throughout the kingdom were to come to a dedication ceremony for this tribute to the king by the king for the king. Once gathered, the King's symphony would play and when the crowd heard the music they were to immediately bow down and worship the image. If not they would be thrown into a fiery furnace and killed, sacrificed to the image. Daniel's friends, the newly promoted officials named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, would not bow worship the image. As a result they were thrown into the furnace. Jesus was there with them a they were not harmed by the flame. God is in control of history, He is Sovereign, and He saves His people.
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Phillip was called to new life in Christ at age 9, called to preach at age 14, and ordained to the gospel ministry at age 20. He graduated from The Criswell College (Dallas, Texas) in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies with a major in Evangelism. He...
