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… responsibilities in Nebuchadnezzar's government. All right. There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar spoke saying to them, is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the image which I have made good. But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning, fiery furnace. And who is the God who will deliver you from my hands? …
… Shadrach and Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king O Nebuchadnezzar we have no need to answer you in this manner oh Jesus Oh, just savor the taste of those words. We don't have any need to answer you. they're not going to yield to a political spirit to talk themselves out of a problem they don't have the need to answer where else do we see someone not needing to answer when they're accused Jesus as a lamb that is silent led into slaughter. Wow. Verse 17, if that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar was very happy. filled with joy full of fury expressionless faith changed towards Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and he spoke and he commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated and he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace these men were bound in their coats, their trousers their turbans, their own and their other garments and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace therefore because the king's command was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot …
… himself. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. And if not, let it be known to you, O King, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up." This is one of the most heroic responses in all of redemptive history. The first thing these men say to the King, they said, King, our God will deliver us from your fiery furnace. But if He doesn't, we're still not going to bow down to Your image or violate the terms of our covenant with God. If God rescues us, fine, but we're not fair-weather fans of God. We are prepared to lay down our lives to be faithful to Him. Well. That didn't exactly please Nebuchadnezzar, for we read that, Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. …