When the Apostle Peter went to the home of Cornelius to preach to the Gentiles gathered there, Cornelius prostrated himself at the feet of Peter “and worshipped him” (Acts 10:25). Peter quickly responded, “Stand up; I myself also am a man” (Acts 10:26). Likewise, when the Apostle John fell down and worshipped an angel, the angel responded by saying, “See thou do it not” (Revelation 19:10). It would appear that John was so overwhelmed that he forgot himself; nevertheless, he was promptly corrected by the angel. We are not only commanded in the Second Commandment not to make any graven image, but also commanded not to bow down before any graven image as a religious act (which condemns all religious bowing before anyone or any religious image).
This being the case, what are we to think about the worship offered to Daniel by Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2? Was Daniel afraid to correct the king or is there reason to believe from the text that Daniel bore a faithful testimony to the king and did not accept the worship that was offered to him? No doubt skeptics would love to find in this passage a gross moral contradiction in the life of Daniel (a man of God). Let us consider our text to see whether such an accusation against Daniel is justified. The main points from our text are: (1) The King Offers Daniel Worship (Daniel 2:46); (2) The King Honors the Lord Who Revealed the Dream (Daniel 2:47); (3) The King Honors Daniel and His Friends (Daniel 2:48-49).
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