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Verse Daniel 3:6. _SHALL THE SAME HOUR_] This is the first place in
the Old Testament where we find the division of time into _hours_. The
Greeks say that _Anaximander_ was the inventor. He had it pro...
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AND WHOSO FALLETH NOT DOWN AND WORSHIPPETH - The order in this verse
seems to be tyrannical, and it is contrary to all our notions of
freedom of religious opinion and worship. But it was much in the
s...
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CHAPTER 3 THE IMAGE OF GOLD
_ 1. The image of gold (Daniel 3:1)_
2. The faithful three (Daniel 3:8)
3. The miraculous deliverance (Daniel 3:19)
4. The worshipping king ...
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DANIEL 3. THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE. Nebuchadnezzar made
a colossal image of gold and commanded the people to worship it. The
three friends of Daniel refused to comply with the order. The...
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Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation regarding the image....
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_the same hour_ Cf. Daniel 3:15; Daniel 4:33; Daniel 5:5 (also -hour"
alone, Daniel 4:16). The expression is common in Syriac, as in the
Pesh. of...
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THE SAME HOUR— This is the first place in the Old Testament, where
we meet with the division of time into _hours._ The Greeks ascribe the
invention of them to Anaximander, who perhaps received it from...
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CHAPTER THREE
I. DIVINE DELIVERANCEDaniel 3:1-30
a. PAGAN DEITY
TEXT: Daniel 3:1-7
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Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six...
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And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be
cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
WHOSO FALLETH NOT DOWN AND WORSHIPPETH SHALL THE SAME HOUR BE CAST
INTO ... A BURNI...
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BURNING FIERY FURNACE] a form of death penalty mentioned in Jeremiah
29:22 as inflicted by Nebuchadnezzar....
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THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE
Nebuchadnezzar sets up a colossal golden image, and summons to its
dedication all the officials of his empire, who are commanded to fall
down and worship the ima...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 3
V1 King Nebuchadnezzar set up a gold image. It was 30 metres high and
3 metres wide. He set it up on the plain called Dura, in the d...
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SHALL BE CAST... — This punishment was not uncommon among the
Babylonians. One instance of it is mentioned by Jeremiah (Jeremiah
29:22; see also _Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archœology,_
v...
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וּ מַן ־דִּי ־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְ
יִסְגֻּ֑ד
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THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE
REGARDED as an instance of the use of historic fiction to inculcate
the noblest truths, the third chapter of Daniel is not only superb in
its imaginative gran...
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LOYALTY SEVERELY TESTED
Daniel 3:1-18
The king, at the close of the foregoing chapter, acknowledged the
supremacy of Daniel's God, yet here he erects an image to Bel and to
himself, demanding divine...
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The next story is of the pride of Nebuchadnezzar in setting up in the
plain of Dura a great golden image. This may have been connected with
the interpretation of the dream Daniel had given. The head o...
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We have here the prosecution of this impious design. Reader! would it
be believed, if fact had not proved it so, that men possessing reason,
should fall down to so ridiculous a figure, as a lifeless,...
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Respecting the required adoration, nothing but outward observance was
needed. King Nebuchadnezzar did not exact a verbal profession of
belief in this deity, that is, in the divinity of the statue whic...
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After this general picture, we have, historically, the characteristic
features of these empires, marking the condition into which they fall,
through their departure from God-primarily and principally...
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AND WHOSO FALLETH NOT DOWN AND WORSHIPPETH,.... Who refuses to worship
it, or wilfully neglects it; which would be interpreted a contempt of
it, and of the king's command:
SHALL IN THE SAME HOUR BE C...
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_And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be
cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace._
Ver. 6. _And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, &c._] Fire and
sword are idola...
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_Then a herald cried aloud_ Made proclamation in the languages of the
several nations assembled; _To you it is commanded, O people, nations,
and languages_ Whatever parts of the empire you come from,...
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and whoso falleth not down and worshipeth shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. This mode of punishment was
in use among the Babylonians, and since all men were requir...
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THE THREE MEN LOYAL TO JEHOVAH...
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1-7 In the height of the image, about thirty yards, probably is
included a pedestal, and most likely it was only covered with plates
of gold, not a solid mass of that precious metal. Pride and bigotr...
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This was a punishment usual among the Chaldeans, to scorch, roast, and
burn offenders with fire, JEREMIAH 29:22: see /APC 1MA 7:3. And this
the king of Moab imitated, 2 Kings 3:27 Amos 2:1
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Daniel 3
I. We have here a specimen of religious intolerance.
II. We see here how religious intolerance is to be met. These three
young men simply refused to do what Nebuchadnezzar commanded, or, in...
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CONTENTS: Pride of Nebuchadnezzar and his punishment. The image of
gold. The three Jews refuse to worship the image. Fiery furnace proven
harmless. The king convinced.
CHARACTERS: God, Nebuchadnezzar...
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Daniel 3:1. _An image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits._ As
the breadth of this image was only six cubits, which is four short of
the human proportion, it is conjectured that the pedestal w...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar commands all peoples under
his rule to worship a golden image. Daniel’s friends refuse, out of
loyalty to their God. When God delivers them from the fiery furn...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. XII.—THE GOLDEN IMAGE (Chap. Daniel 3:1)
Sudden conversions not always lasting ones. Mere impulses often
evanescent. Men’s goodness sometimes “as the early cloud or as the
morning...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 3:1
THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE.
DANIEL 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heigh
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Now in chapter 3 we find Nebuchadnezzar defying the revelation of God.
Remember in his dream he saw the image with the head of gold, "thou
art the head of gold," but it had a chest of silver for the B...
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Daniel 2:12; Daniel 2:13; Daniel 2:5; Daniel 3:11; Daniel 3:15;...
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S IMAGE OF GOLD
Daniel 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Daniel in Babylon.
(1) How Daniel came to be in Babylon. When Jerusalem was taken captive
by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and the three Heb...