The Golden Image of Daniel or Deliverance Through Fire

Daniel 3 is the narrative of a marvelous manifesta­tion of faith, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego dared to "change the word" (vs. 28) of the world's mightiest monarch. Braving every consequence they refused to heed the precept to "fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up" (vs. 5), even though the injunction was accom­panied by the dreadful threat: "whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace"...