WELCOME TO THE WELCOME TO THE SURE WORD OF SURE WORD OF

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WITHWITH

PASTOR ISAAC PASTOR ISAAC LEWINLEWIN

THE URGENCY OF GOD’S EMERGENCY

BABYLON CHALLENGES GODBABYLON CHALLENGES GOD

GOD’S DRAMATIC RESPONSEGOD’S DRAMATIC RESPONSE

THE THE SOURCESOURCE

CHAPTER I

Daniel and His Friends tested on the Subject

of Appetite

THEOLOGICAL FOCUS

God alone Should be

Enthroned as Ruler of our

BodyTemple

CHAPTER II

A sneak preview of the History of

the World

THEOLOGICAL FOCUS

God alone Knows and

Controls the future

CHAPTER III

Babylon Challenges God Gods’ Dramatic

Response

THEOLOGICAL FOCUS

God alone deserves worship

General ReviewGeneral Review

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out if the house of bondage, thou shalt have no other gods before me,Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

Thou shalt not Thou shalt not bow down thy self to bow down thy self to them, nor serve themthem, nor serve them: for I the LORD : for I the LORD am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;them that hate me;And showing unto thousands of them And showing unto thousands of them that love me and keep my that love me and keep my commandments. Exodus 20: 1-6.commandments. Exodus 20: 1-6.

Little children keep Little children keep yourselves from yourselves from idols,idols, amen. 1 John 5: 21.amen. 1 John 5: 21.

But now thus saith the Lord that created But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

When thou passest through the When thou passest through the waters,waters, I will I will be with thee; and through the be with thee; and through the rivers, rivers, they they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the through the fire, fire, thou shalt not be burned; thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the neither shall the flameflame be kindle upon thee. be kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43: 1,2.Isaiah 43: 1,2.

OUTLINE OF DANIEL OUTLINE OF DANIEL CHAPTER THREECHAPTER THREE

NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S IMAGE

OF GOLD

(Dan. 3:1-7) Cf. Rev.13: 4, 14,15

THE PLAIN OF DURA

(Dan.3:1)

DEATH DECREE #1

(Dan. 3:6)(Rev. 13:15)

THE CHARGE AGAINST THE

YOUNG HEBREWS

(Dan.3:8-12)

THE CONFRONTATION

(Dan.3:13-18)

DEATH (JUDGMENT)

TO THE HEBREWS ENEMIES

(Dan.3:22)

SAVED IN FIERY TRIAL

(Dan. 3:19-25)

THE FOURTH MAN

(Dan. 3:25)

THE KING WORSHIPS GOD

(3:26-30)

DEATH DECREE #2DEATH DECREE #2

(3:29)

And beholdAnd behold I I come quicklycome quickly; ; and my and my reward is with reward is with me to give me to give every man every man according as according as his work shallhis work shall be.be. Rev.22:12.Rev.22:12.

APPLICATION

The event on the plain of Dura is the first recorded instance of a government attempting to achieve conformity worship.

King Nebuchadnezzar attempted to enforce uniformity of worship by attaching a death decree to the golden image.

According to prophecy, God’s people in the time of the end will face a similar decree through modern Babylon.

A comparison between Daniel 3 and Revelation 13: 11-18 indicates that (1) That the issue is worship in both chapters;

(2) Both chapters have an image to worship, one literal, the other a spiritual one;

(3) In Daniel 3 literal Babylon demanded this worship, while in Revelation 13 spiritual Babylon will require the worship of the image to the Beast;

(4) The three Hebrews faced death. In the future, church and state will unite to enforce uniformity of worship. Those who refuse will face economic boycott and ultimately, also the death penalty (Rev.13:15)

LESSONS TO LEARN FROM LESSONS TO LEARN FROM CHAPTER THREECHAPTER THREE

1. In the great controversy between 1. In the great controversy between Christ and Satan the believer is Christ and Satan the believer is

always on the winning side always on the winning side (Rom.8:28).(Rom.8:28).

2. Throughout history God’s children have always received help in times of need (Heb.4:16). The three Hebrews

“were already committed to the flames before they knew precisely what form that grace would take.

Would it be the grace of deliverance or the grace to die well for God’s

glory? Only in the moment of trial did it become clear exactly how God

would show His faithfulness.”

3. The issue of idolatry is not confined to the past. Anything that replaces God in the lives

of His people today can become an idol. John Calvin said, the human mind is a “factory of idols”.pleasure seeking, the

acquisition of knowledge, or material wealth, or watching television, can become idols.

The essence of modern idolatry is the idol of self. To avoid bowing to this idol in any of

it’s manifestations we must direct our worship to Jesus, who alone is “the image

of the invisible God”

(Col.1:15)

4. The final lesson we can take away from the whole hearted commitment

of the three Hebrews is:

“There is no limit to the usefulness of one who, putting self aside, make

room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart and lives a life

wholly consecrated to God.”

Ministry of Healing, p 159

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONSo far in the book of Daniel, we have seen the young Hebrews tested on the subject of appetite. Did they passed the test? Yes! Four did. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

They were tested on their reliance on God to reveal to them the king forgotten dream and its meaning. Did they passed the test?

They were tested on the subject of loyalty to the worship of Jehovah, the supreme God. Did they passed this test also? Yes with flying colors, they refused to worship idols.