Scripture Passage: Daniel 3

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Daniel 3
Shack, Rack and Benny
"Don't give in to peer pressure"

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Context
Babylon boy-wonders
Dream of Statue (Image)

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Image of what?
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide,[a] and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

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Who all?
2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come...

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A free explanation
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do:

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What song?
5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

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Who all?
8 At this time some astrologers[b] came forward and denounced the Jews.

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An unholy trinity
who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.

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Who does he think he is?
But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”

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Calm clear "nocando"
we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 ... the God we serve is able to deliver us ... 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods

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Hebrew Humour
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious ... and his attitude toward them changed

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Important Details
... seven times hotter ... strongest soldiers ... wearing their robes, trousers, turbans ...so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers ...these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace.

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God Shows Up
25 He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

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So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire,... the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.

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Interestingly Impulsive
29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of ... be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble,

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God shows up...in the furnace
Resist while blessing.
Jesus came as "image of the invisible God..."

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