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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'1-');">Daniel 3</a></h2>
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<h4>Bow or Burn</h4>
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<p class="cmn">18-23 years later? Traditions and children had grown. Rivals' Revenge. [CBS Prime Time TV Special, <i>Ancient Secrets of the Bible II.</i>]</p>
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<p><b>Image</b></p>
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<p class="cmn">All Gold. 60 x 6 cubits. (What's a cubit? 18 in.?)<br>[Colossus at Rhoedes = 70 cubits high.]<br>6 = 7 - 1 = number of man. 6th day of Genesis; Goliath measured in 6's; <a onclick="return mV('1Sa',17,'4-7');">1 Sam 17:4-7</a>; 6 steps for Solomon's throne; 6 + 1: Menorah. In our society: Man is deified: Humanism. Ultimate: <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-');">Rev 13</a>.</p>
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<p class="cmn">Dura = "enclosed by a wall"; 6 miles SE of Babylon.<br>CBS: (Dr. Wm Shea, Prof OT): 1956, published cuneiform tablets by British Museum: revolt in 596 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>BC</span> may have set the stage for the reaffirmation and swearing support of Nebuchadnezzar.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'2');">2</a>] Officials (Aramaic, Greek) princes: Arabian <i>?ahashdarpan,</i> Greek <i>satrap;</i> chief rep. or admn of king; governors, segan, prefect; military; commanders, captains, peha, governor (civil); judges; adargazar, counsellor, arbitrator; treasurers, qedabar, treasurer, counsellors, detabar, lawyers; sheriffs, tiptay, magistrates, judge;</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'5');">5</a>] [If you follow "heavy metal" music, this "hot" music group gives "Metallica" a whole new meaning! The Christian equivalent would be "Deliverance," and that is, after all, what happens with Christ in the picture as the three young men soon discover!]</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'6');">6</a>] tanup: execution furnace. Enforced state religion: <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'4-15');">Rev 13:4-15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,'9-11');">14:9-11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,20);">19:20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,4);">20:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,4);">2Th 2:4</a>. CBS: Dr. Ron Charles (designed for Owens Corning Corporation): [His design: two story, 32 ft. high, 20 ft in chamber, 12 brick baking chamber. Backdraft killed 7? Cold spots?]</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'12');">12</a>] <b>Shadrach,</b> "illumined by the Sun God"</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;"><i>Hananiah,</i> "Beloved of the Lord"</p>
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<p class="in15"><b>Meshech,</b> "Who is like unto the Moon God"</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;"><i>Mishael,</i> "Who is God"</p>
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<p class="in15"><b>Abed-nego,</b> Servant of Nego ("Shining Fire")</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;"><i>Azariah,</i> "The Lord is my help"</p>
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<p class="cmn">CBS Special: 5 side clay prism found in Babylon, now on display at the Istanbul Museum: lists grouped by titles: Ha-nu-nu, Chief of the Royal Merchants, a variation of Hananiah, or <b>Shadrach;</b> Mushal-e-marduk: (less marduk) = <b>Meshach.</b> <20>Ardi-nabu, Secretary to the Crown Prince; an alternative form of <b>Abed-Nego;</b></p>
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<p class="cmn">Prohibited in the Torah: <a onclick="return mV('Exd',20,4,5);">Exd 20:4-5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lev',26,1);">Lev 26:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',16,22);">Deu 16:22</a>.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'14');">14</a>] 2nd chance? They must have been favored.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'17');">17</a>] Faithful "remnant": <a onclick="return mV('Isa',1,9);">Isa 1:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rom',11,5);">Rom 11:5</a>. <a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,5);">Psa 2:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,14);">Rev 7:14</a>.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'18');">18</a>] Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him: but I will maintain mine own ways before Him. <a onclick="return mV('Job',13,15);">Job 13:15</a> Also, <a onclick="return mV('Act',4,19);">Act 4:19</a>. "Our God is a consuming fire" <a onclick="return mV('Hbr',12,29);">Heb 12:29</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',4,24);">Deu 4:24</a>.</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'19');">19</a>] Seven times?...</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'25');">25</a>] <i>bar elahin</i>, son of the gods (pl) (Aramaic); Elohim is always plural! "Angel" of v. 28. Theophany. Walking around loose!</p>
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<p class="cmn">Furnace: N. Iraq: brick furnaces, size of city block; pitch, sulfur; + bellows. [Since Nebuchadnezzar's Palace has been rebuilt, has Saddam Hussein also built one of these?]</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'26');">26</a>] <i>El Elyon,</i> possessor of Heaven and Earth Nebuchadnezzar's views amplified in Ch.4!</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'27');">27</a>] [defeats "coldspot" theories] Bindings lost. Blessed loss. Many of God's servants never know the fulness of spiritual liberty till they are cast into the midst of the furnace. Go into the furnace. Christ is in the furnace with you.</p>
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<p class="cmn">Though the smell of fire had not passed on them, it must have left a glow on their countenances and a glory on their persons which we find nowhere else. Henceforth they are called "the three holy children."</p>
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<p class="hangIndent">[<a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'29');">29</a>] Nebuchadnezzar is mover and shaker.</p>
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<h4>Prophetic Types</h4>
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<h5><a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,'1-');">Daniel 3</a> vs. <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-');">Revelation 13</a></h5>
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<p class="cmn">Image: <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,11,14,15,18);">Rev 13:11 (14-15) 18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mat',24,15);">Mat 24:15</a>.</p>
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<p class="cmn">Nebuchadnezzar = Antichrist?<br>Babel, Nimrod = one religion.<br>One religion = <a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,'1-');">Rev 17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,4);">2Th 2:4</a>.</p>
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<p class="in15">Mark of the Beast? vs. <a onclick="return mV('Eze',9,4);">Eze 9:4</a>?</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;">Cf. "seal" of the Holy Spirit</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;">Cf. barcodes? Microchips inserted?</p>
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<p class="cmn">3 youths: Israel? 144,000? <a onclick="return mV('Rev',7,'1-');">Rev 7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,'2');">15:2</a>.</p>
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<p class="cmn">Fiery furnace = Tribulation? <a onclick="return mV('Isa',43,1,2);">Isa 43:1-2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,'1-');">Dan 9</a>.<br>Men destroyed by flames: <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,8);">2Th 2:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,10);">Rev 20:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,20);">19:20</a>.</p>
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<tr><td colspan="3"><b>Fire:</b> God's</td></tr>
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<tr><td rowspan="7"> </td><td>Presence</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Exd',3,'1-4');">Exd 3:1-4</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Pathway</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Exd',13,21);">Exd 13:21</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Precepts</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Exd',19,'16-18');">Exd 19:16-18</a> (cf <a onclick="return mV('Exd',20,'1-17');">20:1-17</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Punishment</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Gen',19,'23-24');">Gen 19:23-24</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lev',10,2);">Lev 10:2</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Power</td><td><a onclick="return mV('1Ki',18,24);">1Ki 18:24</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Protection</td><td><a onclick="return mV('Dan',3,25);">Dan 3:25</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Prophecy</td><td><a onclick="return mV('2Th',1,'6-10');">2Th 1:6-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Pe',3,10);">2 Pet 3:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',17,29,30);">Luk 17:29-30</a></td></tr>
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<h4>Where's Daniel?</h4>
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<p class="cmn">Absent on affair of state? Istanbul prism: lists three; but no mention of Daniel! Church? Not mentioned after <a onclick="return mV('Rev',4,1);">Rev 4:1</a>.</p>
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<p class="cmn">[Other "Type" examples: <a onclick="return mV('Gen',22,'1-');">Gen 22</a>.
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