Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000688
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00:14 Hello and welcome to 'His Words Are Life,'
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer and today 00:19 we're going to continue the story of Daniel together, 00:21 but first let's pray. 00:24 Dear Heavenly Father we thank You 00:27 that you are the God of all things 00:30 and you are the God of 00:32 whatever we're each facing in our present 00:35 and you are the God of our futures 00:37 and I ask you now to be with us 00:39 as we read the story together today 00:43 that you will show us 00:45 the truth that you have for each one of us in these words 00:48 I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. 00:51 Well, in the middle of the story 00:53 of the great golden image that king of Nebuchadnezzar had 00:58 set up in the plain of Dura and he is gather together 01:01 this huge crowd and right in the middle of the announcement 01:05 that when they hear the sound of the music 01:07 everyone should bow down and worship. 01:09 Picking up the story in Daniel Chapter 3 verse 6 01:13 and this is the King James Version. 01:17 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth 01:21 shall the same hour be cast 01:23 into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 01:28 Therefore at that time, 01:29 when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, 01:32 flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, 01:35 and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, 01:38 and the languages, fell down and worshipped 01:42 the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar 01:44 the king had set up. 01:46 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans 01:50 came near, and accused the Jews. 01:54 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 01:57 O king, live for ever. 01:59 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, 02:02 that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, 02:05 flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, 02:08 and all kinds of musick, 02:10 shall fall down and worship the golden image. 02:12 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, 02:15 that he should be cast 02:16 into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 02:19 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs 02:24 of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, 02:28 and Abednego, these men, O king, 02:30 have not regarded thee, they serve not thy Gods, 02:35 nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 02:39 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage 02:42 and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, 02:45 Meshach, and Abednego. 02:47 Then they brought these men before the king. 02:50 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, 02:53 Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 02:56 do not ye serve my Gods, 02:58 nor worship the golden image which I have set up? 03:02 Now if ye be ready that at what time 03:05 ye hear the sound of the cornet, 03:07 flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, 03:10 and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, 03:12 ye fall down and worship the image 03:13 which I have made, well, but if ye worship not, 03:18 ye shall be cast the same hour 03:20 into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, 03:22 and who is that God 03:24 that shall deliver you out of my hands? 03:28 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered 03:31 and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, 03:35 we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 03:38 If it be so, 03:40 our God whom we serve is able to deliver us 03:44 from the burning fiery furnace, 03:46 and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 03:50 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, 03:53 that we will not serve thy Gods, 03:56 nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 04:00 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, 04:03 and the form of his visage was changed against 04:07 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 04:08 therefore he spake, and commanded 04:11 that they should heat the furnace 04:13 one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 04:18 And he commanded the most mighty men 04:21 that were in his army to bind Shadrach, 04:24 Meshach, and Abednego, 04:25 and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 04:28 Then these men were bound in their coats, 04:31 their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, 04:35 and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 04:40 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, 04:43 and the furnace exceeding hot, 04:45 the flame of the fire slew those men 04:48 that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 04:51 And these three men, 04:53 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 04:55 fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 05:01 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, 05:06 and rose up in haste, and spake, 05:08 and said unto his counsellors, 05:09 Did not we cast three men bound 05:12 into the midst of the fire? 05:14 They answered and said unto the king, 05:16 True, O king. 05:18 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, 05:22 walking in the midst of the fire, 05:24 and they have no hurt, 05:26 and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. 05:32 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near 05:35 to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, 05:37 and spake, and said, Shadrach, 05:39 Meshach, and Abednego, 05:41 ye servants of the most high God, 05:44 come forth, and come hither. 05:47 Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 05:50 came forth of the midst of the fire. 05:54 And the princes, governors, and captains, 05:57 and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, 06:00 saw these men, upon whose bodies 06:04 the fire had no power, 06:06 nor was an hair of their head singed, 06:09 neither were their coats changed, 06:11 nor the smell of fire had passed on them. 06:15 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, 06:18 Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, 06:21 and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, 06:23 and delivered his servants that trusted in him, 06:28 and have changed the king's word, 06:30 and yielded their bodies, 06:32 that they might not serve nor worship any God, 06:36 except their own God. 06:38 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, 06:42 nation, and language, 06:44 which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, 06:47 Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, 06:50 and their houses shall be made a dunghill. 06:53 because there is no other God 06:55 that can deliver after this sort. 06:58 Then the king promoted Shadrach, 07:00 Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. 07:05 Continuing in the book of Daniel Chapter 4 07:08 this is the King James Version. 07:12 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, 07:15 nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth, 07:18 Peace be multiplied unto you. 07:22 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders 07:25 that the high God hath wrought toward me. 07:29 How great are his signs! 07:32 and how mighty are his wonders! 07:34 his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 07:37 and his dominion is from generation to generation. 07:42 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, 07:46 and flourishing in my palace, 07:49 I saw a dream which made me afraid, 07:52 and the thoughts upon my bed 07:53 and the visions of my head troubled me. 07:57 Therefore made I a decree 07:59 to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, 08:01 that they might make known unto me 08:03 the interpretation of the dream. 08:05 Then came in the magicians, 08:06 the astrologers, the Chaldeans, 08:08 and the soothsayers, 08:09 and I told the dream before them, 08:11 but they did not make known unto me 08:13 the interpretation thereof. 08:15 But at the last Daniel came in before me, 08:19 whose name was Belteshazzar, 08:21 according to the name of my God, 08:23 and in whom is the spirit of the holy Gods, 08:25 and before him I told the dream, 08:27 saying, O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, 08:30 because I know that the spirit of the holy Gods is in thee, 08:34 and no secret troubleth thee, 08:36 tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, 08:39 and the interpretation thereof. 08:41 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed, 08:46 I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, 08:52 and the height thereof was great. 08:54 The tree grew, and was strong, 08:56 and the height thereof reached unto heaven, 08:59 and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth. 09:03 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, 09:07 and in it was meat for all. 09:10 The beasts of the field had shadow under it, 09:12 and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, 09:14 and all flesh was fed of it. 09:18 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, 09:22 and, behold, a watcher 09:25 and an holy one came down from heaven, 09:28 He cried aloud, and said thus, 09:30 Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, 09:33 shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit, 09:36 let the beasts get away from under it, 09:38 and the fowls from his branches. 09:41 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, 09:44 even with a band of iron and brass, 09:47 in the tender grass of the field, 09:49 and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, 09:51 and let his portion be with the beasts 09:54 in the grass of the earth. 09:56 Let his heart be changed from man's, 09:58 and let a beast's heart be given unto him, 10:00 and let seven times pass over him. 10:05 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, 10:07 and the demand by the word of the holy ones, 10:09 to the intent that the living 10:11 may know that the most High ruleth 10:14 in the kingdom of men, 10:16 and giveth it to whomsoever he will, 10:19 and setteth up over it the basest of men. 10:24 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. 10:29 Now thou, O Belteshazzar, 10:31 declare the interpretation thereof, 10:33 forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom 10:35 are not able to make known unto me the interpretation, 10:38 but thou art able, 10:40 for the spirit of the holy Gods is in thee. 10:44 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, 10:47 was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. 10:52 The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, 10:56 let not the dream, 10:58 or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. 11:02 Belteshazzar answered and said, 11:04 My Lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, 11:08 and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 11:12 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, 11:15 whose height reached unto the heaven, 11:17 and the sight thereof to all the earth. 11:19 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, 11:22 and in it was meat for all, 11:23 under which the beasts of the field dwelt, 11:25 and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven 11:27 had their habitation. 11:30 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong, 11:35 for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, 11:38 and thy dominion to the end of the earth. 11:42 And whereas the king saw a watcher 11:45 and an holy one coming down from heaven, 11:48 and saying, Hew down the tree, 11:50 and destroy it, yet leave the stump of the roots 11:52 thereof in the earth, 11:54 even with a band of iron and brass, 11:55 in the tender grass of the field, 11:57 and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, 11:58 and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, 12:01 till seven times pass over him. 12:04 This is the interpretation, O king, 12:07 and this is the decree of the most High, 12:11 which is come upon my Lord the king. 12:14 That they shall drive thee from men, 12:17 and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, 12:19 and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, 12:23 and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, 12:25 and seven times shall pass over thee, 12:28 till thou know that the most High ruleth 12:32 in the kingdom of men, 12:33 and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 12:36 And whereas they commanded to leave 12:39 the stump of the tree roots, 12:41 thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, 12:44 after that thou shalt have known 12:46 that the heavens do rule. 12:50 Wherefore, O king, 12:52 let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, 12:55 and break off thy sins by righteousness, 12:58 and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor, 13:03 if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 13:07 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 13:12 At the end of twelve months 13:13 he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 13:17 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, 13:21 that I have built for the house of the kingdom 13:24 by the might of my power, 13:26 and for the honour of my majesty? 13:28 While the word was in the king's mouth, 13:31 there fell a voice from heaven, 13:33 saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, 13:38 The kingdom is departed from thee. 13:42 And they shall drive thee from men, 13:43 and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, 13:46 they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, 13:49 and seven times shall pass over thee, 13:51 until thou know that the most High ruleth 13:54 in the kingdom of men, 13:56 and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 13:59 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, 14:03 And he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, 14:07 and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, 14:10 till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, 14:14 and his nails like birds' claws. 14:16 And at the end of the days 14:18 I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, 14:22 and mine understanding returned unto me, 14:25 and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him 14:28 that liveth for ever, 14:30 whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, 14:34 and his kingdom is from generation to generation. |
Revised 2014-12-17