Bible Discussion Thread

Here is King Nebuchanezzar witnessing the power of God a second time. In Daniel Chapter 2, Daniel/Belteshazzar converses with the king and introduces him to \"a God in heaven that revealeth secrets.\" Daniel must have told him much more about God and it is very possible too that Daniel could have spoken about God\'s son at that same time why the king could have declared in Chapter 3, \"the fourth one looks like the son of God.\" It is important to note that Daniel was the only one who interpreted the king\'s dream, and the king boldly declared \"of a truth, it is true that your God is a God of gods.\" Meaning the great God is more powerful than all other gods. This simple says that the gods of the magicians, astrologers, socerers, chaldeans who depended on science and their gods to save their necks as the king said he would destroy them all, could not in any way tell the king what he dreamt neither what it meant, only the great God whom Daniel worshiped was able to help Daniel interpret the dream. In Daniel Chapter 3, the King again throws Daniel\'s friends into the furnace when in Chapter 1 he found them more favorable in all wisdom and understanding and ten times better than his magicians and astrologers, Daniel 1:19,20. The king alludes to this in Dan. 1:17 saying that God gave them knowledge, skill in learning and wisdom. Here the king is not refering to \"gods\" as those very \"gods\" failed the magicians, astrologers and socerers. Daniel is not mentioned in Chapter 3 but his three friends. It must be remembered that all four young men won the king\'s favor the very first time they entered the palace, therefore, all four worshiped the one and only true God so that with the absence of Daniel in the account in Chapter 3, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were not afraid to face the furnace. The king in chapter 2 witnessed the power of God through Daniel. It was God who through Daniel interpreted his dream not \"gods\" or an ordinary god now he sees the power of the same God in the person of His Son in saving Daniel\'s three friends. It is not surprising then for the king to declare that the fourth person in the fire looks like the Son of God. The king could only have come to that realization because Daniel and perhaps his friends told him about God and His son and secondly, because he saw the power of God in making known his dream to Daniel and now he again sees his power in the person of His Son. Thank God for wisdom and understanding of His word!