The 4th Man

There Are Just Some Truths About Life That We As Humans Need To Accept

One Of Them Is That As Much s We, As Humans, Like To Think ( And A Lot

Of Times Convince ) To Ourselves, " Well I'm Alright. It's All Good. I' ve Got

This! I Can Handle It. I Only Need Me, Myself And I " Ummmmm .... No!

God Did Not Create Humanity To Be Self Reliant. God Created Humanity To

Be Dependent On Him.

That Is Why When We Are In Trouble Or We Need Things We Cry Out To God,

" Help Me! " And When We Cry Out, God Is RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

So, If God Is Right Here With Me ... How Come I Don't Feel Him Here With Me

And Why Am I Going Through This Trial? Sometimes God Is There With Us

Even If It Doesn't Seem Like It Or Feel Like It. Sometimes God Feels Distant Or

Not Present Because He's Trying To Teach Us Something. A Lot Of Times The

Teacher Is Silent During A Test. But Make No Mistake About It ... Jesus Is Our

Fourth Man In The Fire. What Does That Mean?

In Daniel Chapter 3 Nebuchadnezzar ( King Of Babylon ) Made An Image Of Gold,

Whose Height Was Threescore Cubits And The Breadth Thereof Six Cubits : He

Set It Up In The Plain Of Dura, In The Providence Of Babylon

Then Nebuchadnezzer The King Sent To Gather TogetherThe Princes, The Governors,

And The Captains, The Judges, The Treasurers, The Counsellors, The Sheriffs, And All

Of The Rulers Of The Provinces.Were Gathered Together Unto The Dedication Of The

Image That Nebuchadnezzar The King Had Set Up.

Then An Herald Cried Aloud, To You It Is Commanded, O People Nations And Languages

That At What Time Ye Hear The Sound Of The Cornet, Flute, Harp, Sackbut, Psaltery,

Dulcimer, And All Kinds Of Musick, Ye Fall Down And Worship The Golden Image That

Nebuchadnezzar The King Hath Set Up

And Whoso Falleth Not Down And Worshippeth Shall The Same Hour Be Cast In The Midst

Of A Burning Fiery Furnace

Therefore At That Time, When All Of The People Heard The Sound Of The Cornet, Flute,

Harp, Sackbut, Psaltery, And All Kinds Of Musick, All The People, The Nations, And The.

Languages, Fell Down And Worshipped The Golden Image That Nebuchadnezzar The King

Had Set Up

Wherefore At That Time Certain Chaldeans Came Near, And Accused The Jews

They Spake And Said To The King Nebuchadnezzar, O King Live Forever And Ever

Thou, O King, Hast Made A Decree, That Every Man That Shall Hear The Sound Of The Cornet,

Flute, Harp, Sackbut, Psatery, And Dulcimer, And All Kinds Of Musick, Shall Fall Down

And Worship The Golden Image : And Whoso Falleth Not Down And Worshippeth, That He

Should Be Cast "Into The Midst Of A Burning Fiery FurnaceThere Are Certain Jews Whom Thou

Hast Set Over The Affairs Of The Province Of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego ;

These Men, Oh, King, Have Not Regarded Theee ; They Serve Not Thy Gods, Nor Worship The

Golden Image Which Thou Hast Set Up.

Then, Nebuchadnezzar In His Rage And Fury Commanded To Bring Shadrach, Meshach, And

Abednego. Then They Brought These Men Before The King. Nebuchadnezzar Spake And Said

Unto Them, Is It True, O Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, Do Ye Not Serve My Gods,

Nor Worship The Golden Image Which I Have Set Up?

Now, If Ye Be Ready That At What Time Ye Hear The Sound Of The Cornet, Flute, Harp, Sackbut,

Psaltery, And Dulcimer, And All Kinds Of Musick, Ye Fall Down And Worship The Image Which

I Have Made, Well, But If Ye Worship Not, Ye Shall Be Cast The Same Hour Into The Midst Of

A Burning, Fiery Furnace ; And Who Is That GodThat Shall Deliver You Out Of My Hands?

Shadrach, Mescach, And Abednego Answered And Said To The King, O Nebuchadnezzar, We Are

Not Careful To Answer Thee In This Matter. If It Be So, Our God Whom We Serve Is Able To

Deliver Us Out Of Thine Hand, O King. But If Not, Be It Known Unto Thee, O King, That We Will

Not Worship Thy Gods, Nor Worship The Golden Image Which Thou Hast Set Up

Then, Nebuchadnezzar Was Full Of Fury, And The Form Of His Visage Was Changed Against

Shadrach, Mesach, And Abednego ; Therefore He Spake, And Commanded That They Should Heat

The Furnace One Seven Times More That It Was Wont To Be Heated

And He Commanded The Most Mighty Men That Were In His Army To Bind Shadrach, Meshach,

And Abednego And To Cast Them Into The Burning Fiery Furnace. Then, These Men Were Bound

By Their Coats, Their Hosen, And Their Hats, And Their Other Garments, And Were Cast Into The

Midst Of The Burning Fiery Furnace. Therefore, Because The King's Commandment Was Urgent

And The Furnace Exceedingly Hot, The Flames Of The Fire Slew Those Men That Took Up Sharach,

Meshach, And Abednego. And These Three Men, Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego Fell Down

Bound Into The Midst Of The Fiery Furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar The King Was Astonished, And

Rose Up In Haste, And Spake, And Said Unto His Counsellors, Did Not We Cast Three Men Bound

Into The Midst Of The Fire? They Answered And Said Unto The King, True, O King

He Answered And Said, Lo, I See Four Men Walking In The Midst Of The Fire, And They Have No

Hurt ; And The Form Of The Fourth Is Like The Son Of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar Came To The

Mouth Of The Burning Fiery Furnace And Spake, And Said Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego,

Ye Servants Of The Most High God, Come Forth, And Come Hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, And

Abednego Came Forth Of The Midst Of The Fire. And The Princes, Governors, And Captains, And

The King's Counsellors, Being Gathered Together, Saw These Men, Upon Whose Bodies The Fire

Had No Power, Nor Was A Hair Of Their Head Singed, Neither Were Their Coats Changed, Nor

The Smell Of The Fire Had Passed On Them

Then Nebuchadnezzar Spake, And Said, Blessed Be The God Of Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego,

Who Hath Sent His Angel, And Delivered His Servants That Trusted Him, And Have Changed The

King's Word, And Yeilded Their Bodies, That They Migh Not Serve Nor Worship Any God, Except

Their Own God Therefore, I Make A Decree, That Every People, Nation, And Language, Which

Speak Anything Amiss Against The God Of Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego Shall Be Cut Into

Pieces , And Their Houses Shall Be Made A Dunghill ; Because There Is No OtherGod Who Can Deliver After This Sort

Then, The King Promoted Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego In The Province Of Babylon.