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HEBREWS IN FIERY FURNACE
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3sIs-2s-McmoryN verses, IG-IS.

serve Is able 70 deliver us.-Dan. 3.ls.
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LIGHT FROM OTHER Sculptures.
Examples OF Dcllverance. Joseph. Noah.
Hezckiah. Peter. Paul and Heb. n:S2-fo:
Rev 7is-i.. Iromiscs.-isa. 4J2, Psa-
1874: i6.I u :i-lG. zech 1873. Cor. 4l7-is.
Rom. s:l7: Jas i:..9.l2 Pet. III il2-lA
PLACE IN BIBLE HIsTORY.-Soon aft
er the cOrQucsts described IN Kings
25i-ai; enron. 3gIl-.i; Jer si.i; sa.i-lS.
PROPHETS. = Jeremiah al Jerusalem.
Ezekiel who lived hy the river Chebar In
+ Rabylonia. perhaps the royal canal from
the Euphratcs 10 the Iler!s. ~ miles from
Babylon. Daniel ~ Babylon.
TIME.-Thc date Is uncertain. but prob.
ably between $3.50 r. C.. soon after the
destruction Of Jerusalem by Neoucnad-
rezzar. and the completion or MS con-
Y quests over most Of the then known world.
I PLACE.-The plain Of pura, within the
limits Of Babylon, where "A mound OF brick
4 - feet high now exists, which Oppert thinks
was probably the pedestal OF tins colossal
image. 50 Scrlbner's Dictionary OF Blble'
legs.
4 RULERS. = Nebuchadnezzar. kirg OF
4 Babylon (Coi-5GD. Zedekiah. last king or
I Judah Pharaoh Hophra, king OF Egypt
/ The seven wise men Of Greece (Solon. etc.)
flourish At this period
EXPLANATORY.
Introductory.-Ne had
lust returned from triumphant cam
paign against his enemies in the west
and south--against Egypt, Syria, and
| Arabia-and lie celebrates his return
by the erection OF n colossal image and
a grand religious festival The image
was made OF gold, probably not of solid
gold. but OF wood or clay covered with
plates of gold. The great image of Bel
is said. in Bel and the Dragon ". -, to
have been Of clay within and brass out
side.-Apocrypha "Nebuchadnezzar,
lLb@ other despots who suffer from the
vertigo of autocracy, was liable 10 sud-
den outbursts of almost spasmodic fury.
We read of such storms of rage in the
case Of Antiochus Epiphanes. of Nero,
of Valentinian l.. and even of Theodo-
sius. The double insult TO himself and
10 his god on the part of men TO whom
he had shown such conspicuous favor
transported him out OF himself
Farrar.
|. The Faithful Three Arrai gned Be-
fore the King.-Ns. 1919. II. is it
irue?" Is it of purpose? Did you in
tend to refuse my command, or was il a
misunderstanding that can be passed
over? Y. l6. I'VE are not careful" Old
English for anxious, solctous. X. w..
We have no need. C) Because it would
be useless to reply TO the king in his
present temper. They could not change
him. (2) Their actions had answered
him already. CD Their minds were
made up. and nothing could change
them. v. 10. "Nebuchadnezza full
of fury" so that his "vsage was
changed" with his passionate excite
ment.
ii. In the Fiery Furnace.-Ns. 1928.
Heat the furnace one seven times
more" Expressing the ferceness of
the fury burning in his heart, and rem
derng it impossible that any could be
rescued from such flames. The fact is
mentioned to show the greatness Of the
deliverance that followed. V. 81
, Bound in their coats" etc "IIerodotus
; describes the Baby lonians as wearing q
long undergarment or shirt of linen
: which reached down TO the feet. Over
this they wore a wooden gown or tunic,
| shorter than the other chats in A.. va
and short hood or cape over their head
and shoulders. This description is ex-
! actly borne out by the sculptures on The
monuments. Goats are the long un-
dergarmcnt: 'hosen is the cape that
was thrown over the head and Shout
: ders for protection from the sun. and
bound round the head with fillet, ex.
actly as To this day the Bedawee and
, Syrians wear the kefieh of silken oil
; wooden stuff, and fasten it round ,h,
r head with a camel's-hair cord. canon
Tristram.
: V. 25. THE fourth is like the Son OF
Cod" As the article is wanting in the
: sacred text. ii is more correct TO read q
; son OF the gods las in II. W Only a di
vine being. the king knew. could live
l thus in the fire himself, or preserv,
, others there. Nc doubt in reality it wa.
the Son of God. who. as the angel OF
the Lord" at various times appeared &c
the Old Testament saints. He it is who
: maybe found in every fiery furnace OF
life into which His servants are thrown
Ill. The Delivcrance.-Ns 2G-2s. &c
: ''Come forth, and come hither:" Neb
: uchadnezzar makes sure that what IL,
I. sees is real, and not "A mere vision. Y
-. The princes II. saw these mem:
The delivsrance was public, unmistak
able, and proved by many witnesses. V
IS. blessed he the God of Shadrach:
etc. The king recognized the power o
the Jews God. and His readiness Z,
defend those who obeyed Him. TIT
miracle would make such an impression
on the princes and people that the kini
could more easily treat the Jews NOR,
kindly. The effect on the cxilcs wai
5 also good. II would enrich their faith
: il held before them noble examples; j
would enable them to realize the powcl
and goodness of God; it was one of ID,
forces that during the exile entirel,
cured them of idolatry. and prepare,
: them for the return and the rebuildin.
of their city and temple. Doubtless ais.
4 1t raised them to a higher place among
: the people. and enabled them TO serv'
their God with less opposition and per
sccution.