(88) 3 friends in the furnace

 

King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue of himself,

and sent messeges to all the officials in Babylon

to come bow down;

showing their dedication.

 

They were ordered to worship the statue

with the sound of musical instruments.

 

But Daniel's 3 friends -

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah

refused to do so.

 

"We only worship our God,

we will never serve your gods, my king."

 

Then the king flew into a rage,

and ordered them to be thrown

into the furnace

 

Nebuchadnezzar watched them being thrown into the furnace.

 

But suddenly, as he was watching,

he jumped up in amazement,

"Didn't we throw 3 men into the furnace?

But I am seeing 4 men, walking.

Looks like the 4th one is an angel.

and I don't think they're being burnt."

 

Then the king shouted to them,

"Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah!

come out! please."

 

So they stepped out.

 

Not a hair on them was scorched.

 

King Nebuchadnezzar praised God

and put out a decree

not to speak against Daniel and his 3 friends' God.

3 friends were promoted as well.