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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 3 – The Fiery Ordeal
supposed to refer to Christ; but it is not

likely that the king had any idea of the Saviour.

A better rendering, according to good

authorities, would be “like a son of the gods;”

that is, he had the appearance of a

supernatural, or divine being.

Nebuchadnezzar subsequently called him an

angel.

What a scathing rebuke upon the king for his

folly and madness was the deliverance of

these worthies from the fiery furnace! A

higher power than any on earth had

vindicated those who stood firm against

idolatry, and poured contempt on the worship

and requirements of the king. None of the gods

of the heathen ever had wrought such

deliverance as that, nor were they able to do

so.