We Will Not Bow Down To You: Better to Die in A Furnace than to Disobey GOD

Beyond Nebuchadnezzar, the officials of the land saw the miracle and experienced its evidence. "Daniel wants to be understood by his future readers that a large body of reliable witnesses satisfied themselves as to the perfect deliverance from certain death experience by these three Hebrew men. Delive...rance was so complete and supernatural that their clothing did not even smell of fire or smoke, Under natural circumstances one who has been anywhere near a fire will bear the odor of smoke on his person or clothing." The great polytheist now acknowledges God and admits a miracle. Further, he blessed God - presumably he spoke highly of him. It is important to note that Neb ascribed their deliverance to their trust (faith). He is catching on. Further, he knows why the miracle occurred. The young men had refused to violate the first commandment. A new law is put in place throughout his empire. It is illegal to say anything against the God of the three Hebrews. No other god shows that Neb is still a polytheist. The three Jewish young men actually got a promotion for their courage. God has been magnified publicly in Babylon, a great king has been humbled before his subjects, and decrees have been handed down that the God of the captive Jewish population is of greater honor than any of Babylon's mighty deities. Daniel 3:1-17