Daniel 3:1-7
March 9, 2023
Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.” Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
That golden image has long been gone, but the God of heaven and earth and everything that is still reigns over the affairs of man. A very powerful man with great wealth is often the easiest person to think they are great and the maker of their power and wealth. Nebuchadnezzar was full of himself and wanted to force others to worship him.
The Creator of everything that is or will be is Jesus Christ. He is referred to as the Word that was with God, in that he was God; you will find Him referred to so in John chapter 1:1-3. The enemy of our soul hates our Lord, and he has this as his goal: to kill, steal, and destroy, whereas the Word, our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, came to bring life in its fullness.
It is one thing to be liked, but only God is to be worshiped.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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