Blessed
be the God
Then
the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of
Babylon. Dan. 3:30
the
king promoted...This
was the second promotion for the three Hebrew companions of Daniel
(Dan. 2:49; 3:30). The
king then honored Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego by promoting them
to positions of greater honor and power in the kingdom.
This
historical incident seems to have prophetic significance as well. In
the coming Tribulation a Gentile ruler (Dan.
7:8) will demand for himself the worship that belongs to God (2Th.
2:4; Rev. 13:8). Any who refuse to acknowledge his right to receive
worship will be killed (Rev. 13:15). Assuming political and religious
power, he will oppress Israel (Rev. 13:7).
Most of the people in the world, including many in Israel, will
submit to and worship him. But a small remnant in Israel, like the
three in Daniel’s day, will refuse. Many who will not worship the
Antichrist will be severely punished; some will be martyred for their
faithfulness to Jesus Christ. But a few will be delivered from those
persecutions by the Lord Jesus Christ at His second coming.
In the forthcoming
Tribulation period God will do for this believing remnant what He did
for Daniel’s three companions. They withstood the decree of the
king, and though they were not exempted from suffering and oppression
they were delivered out of it by the God they trusted. No doubt the
remnant of believing Jews in that coming day will find great comfort,
consolation, and instruction from this incident in the lives of
Daniel’s three companions, as those in Daniel’s day must have
found as they were living under Gentile rule.
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