'Book of Daniel'
Dan 3:24-25 Then
King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to
his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” “Look!” he answered, “I
see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt,
and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
When God told the
Israelites to surrender and serve Babylon, He promised them that they would
live in peace there. So when King Nebuchadnezzar demanded them to worship the
golden idol (causing them to disobey God's commandments and sin), God stepped
in to deliver them miraculously and gave them peace.
Jer 29:7 And seek the peace of the city where I have
caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in
its peace you will have peace.
Dan 3:26-27 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of
the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego,
servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here. ” Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. And the satraps,
administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they
saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was
not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on
them.
This miraculous
deliverance of the 3 Jews was witnessed by all the top officials from
throughout the Babylonian Empire, therefore the whole Empire had heard of the
great power of Yahweh, the living God of the Jews.
Dan 3:28-29 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, "Blessed
be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and
delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's
word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god
except their own God! Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or
language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash
heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this."
The great wisdom
of God using this miraculous deliverance and the declaration of King
Nebuchadnezzar, to bring the whole Empire to fear Yahweh. This allowed the Jews
to live in peace throughout the land during their exile because the people
respected and feared the Jews whose Yahweh is the Almighty God.
Similarly, if we
obey and keep His words, our Lord Jesus ensures us that His peace will be with
us.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to
you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
