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Babylon District
| Name | SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO |
| Aliases | HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AZARIAH / THE THREE HEBREWS / WHO WOULD NOT BOW |
| Status | DELIVERED FROM THE FURNACE / EXALTED IN THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THREE COMPANIONS OF DANIEL IN EXILE |
| Place of Birth | JUDAH (EXILED TO BABYLON) | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | YOUNG NOBLES OF JUDAH | People | THE EXILES OF JUDAH IN BABYLON |
| Occupation | OFFICIALS OVER THE PROVINCE OF BABYLON | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE FAITHFUL REMNANT IN EXILE | Calling | WITNESSES WHO WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE |
| Primary Mission | REMAIN FAITHFUL TO GOD IN A FOREIGN COURT | Known Signs | THE REFUSAL TO BOW / THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FIRE |
| Covenant Role | A SIGN THAT GOD DELIVERS THOSE WHO TRUST HIM | Divine Access | DIRECT / THE SON OF GOD WALKED WITH THEM IN THE FIRE |
| Divine Encounter Level | DIRECT | Exilic Classification | THE THREE FAITHFUL HEBREWS |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT KEPT UNDER FIRE | Known Miracles | WALKED UNHARMED IN THE FLAMES |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | THE FIERY FURNACE / THE KING'S DECREE |
| Mission Status | FAITHFUL / DELIVERED AND PROMOTED | Archive Category | EXILE / FAITH UNDER TRIAL |
Their answer to the king's threat: OUR GOD IS ABLE, BUT IF NOT, WE WILL NOT SERVE
What the king saw in the furnace: A FOURTH, LIKE A SON OF THE GODS
The three were young nobles of Judah, companions of Daniel, carried to Babylon and given the names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. With Daniel they resolved not to defile themselves and were found wiser than all the king's men.
When Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image and commanded all to bow at the sound of music or be cast into a fiery furnace, the three would not bow down to it.
Summoned and threatened, they answered that their God was able to deliver them from the furnace, but even if He did not, they would not serve the king's gods or worship the image he had set up.
The furnace was heated seven times hotter, and the men who threw them in were slain by its flames; but the three fell bound into the fire unharmed. The king looked and saw four men walking loose, the fourth like a son of the gods.
He called them out, and not a hair was singed, nor the smell of fire upon them. Nebuchadnezzar blessed their God, who had sent His angel to deliver His servants who trusted in Him and yielded their bodies rather than serve any god but their own.
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- Faithfulness resolves to obey God whether or not He delivers us.
- The God we trust is able, and even the fire cannot harm at His word.
- We are never alone in the furnace; the Lord Himself walks there with us.
