Daniel 3:28-30: “Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His ANGEL (Who is He? He is called the Son of God and now the Angel of the Lord) and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the King’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! Therefore I make a Decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces,
and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because:
there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
Then the King PROMOTED them in the province of Babylon.”
King Nebuchadnezzar was so impressed that he said:
“This God is greater than me. Let them worship their God.”
He became a believer. Your greatest witness to the world is how you come through the fiery trials of your life with faith in God.
They see you not bow and they see the 4th Man turn up to help
you and that your clothes are not singed. He said: “There is
no other God that can deliver after this manner.”
Then he promoted them to a high position. If you are faithful to God, He will bless and promote you, because you trust in Him.
Nebuchadnezzar said to His Counsellors: “I see 4 men in the fire and they are not hurt.” They all questioned each other: “Who is the 4th Man?” Nebuchadnezzar said: “I don't know, but he looks different, majestic and radiant, like the Son of God!”
Who is the 4th Man?
I will tell you who He is! He is the central Person in the Bible.
The whole Bible is about Him. It only makes sense when you see Him there. He appears in every Book (John 5:39, Luke 24:25).
Who is this 4th Man?
*In Genesis, He is the SEED OF THE WOMAN -
the One prophesied to be born of a virgin, who would suffer a fatal wound yet at the same time crush the head of the devil under foot.
He is our Noah's Ark - our Refuge from judgement
He is our Isaac - God's only Son sacrificed for us.
He is the Angel of the Lord who wrestled with Jacob.
*In Exodus - He is the Burning Bush. He is the Passover Lamb, whose blood delivers us from certain destruction.
In Leviticus - He is our GREAT HIGH PRIEST
In Numbers - He is the PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY
and the PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT.
In Deuteronomy - He is the PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES
In Joshua, He is the CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION
In Judges, He is our JUDGE AND LAWGIVER
In Ruth, He is our KINSMAN-REDEEMER
In Samuel, He is our TRUSTED PROPHET
In Kings and Chronicles, He is our REIGNING KING
In Ezra, He is our FAITHFUL SCRIBE
In Nehemiah, He is the REBUILDER of the broken down walls of human life.
In Esther, He is the DELIVERER from our enemies.
*In Job, He is our EVER-LIVING REDEEMER,
for Job says: “For I know my Redeemer lives.”
*In Psalms, He is our SHEPHERD, our SHIELD, our ROCK,
our FORTRESS, our STRENGTH and our SONG.
In Proverbs, He is our WISDOM
In Ecclesiastes, He is our DELIVERER from FUTILITY
In the Song of Solomon, He is our BRIDEGROOM,
AND the LOVER of our soul.
*In Isaiah, He is the Prince of Peace, Wonderful Counsellor,
the Mighty God, the Source of Eternal Life.
He is the Suffering Servant, bearing our sins and sicknesses, He is our SALVATION, from Whom flows the waters of life,
the ANOINTED DELIVERER, binding up the broken- hearted, opening up the prison-doors and delivering the captives, and giving the oil of joy to the mourning
and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
In Jeremiah, He is the RIGHTEOUS BRANCH
In Lamentations, He is our WEEPING PROPHET
In Ezekiel, He is the Source of the RIVER OF LIFE
*And in Daniel, He is the 4TH MAN in the fiery furnaces of life!
In Hosea, He is the FAITHFUL HUSBAND
In Joel, He is the BAPTIZER WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
In Amos, He is our BURDEN BEARER
In Obadiah, He is the MIGHTY TO SAVE
In Jonah, He is the ONE RISEN FROM THE BELLY OF HELL after 3 days and 3 nights.
In Micah, He is the ETERNAL ONE,
born as the BABE OF BETHLEHEM
In Nahum, He is the AVENGER OF GOD’S ELECT
In Habakkuk, He is the INTERCESSOR
In Zephaniah, He is our SAVIOUR,
who rejoices over us with singing and dancing.
In Haggai, He is the RESTORER of GOD’S LOST HERITAGE
In Zechariah, He is the FOUNTAIN opened to cleanse sin.
*And in Malachi, He is the SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
RISEN WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
**WHO IS THIS FOURTH MAN? - I will tell you who He is!
In the Gospels, He is the Perfect One crucified for our sins.
In Matthew, He is the ROYAL MESSIAH
In Mark, He is the WONDER WORKER
In Luke, He is the SON OF MAN
In John, He is the SON OF GOD,
the BREAD OF LIFE, the LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
the DOOR to eternal life,
the RESURRECTION and the LIFE,
the TRUE VINE.
the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE,
the GOOD SHEPHERD, laying His life down for the sheep
In Acts, He is the RISEN LORD working
In Romans, He is our JUSTIFIER
In Corinthians, He is our SANCTIFIER
and our VICTORY over death.
In Galatians, He is the REDEEMER FROM THE CURSE
In Ephesians, He is the CHRIST of unsearchable RICHES.
In Philippians, He is the GOD Who SUPPLIES all our NEEDS
In Colossians, He is the FULLNESS of the GODHEAD Bodily.
In Thessalonians, He is our SOON COMING KING
In Timothy, He is our MEDIATOR between God and man
In Titus, He is our FAITHFUL PASTOR
In Philemon, He is the FRIEND, who sticks closer than a brother
In Hebrews, He is the BLOOD of the Everlasting Covenant
In James, He is our GREAT PHYSICIAN
In Peter, He is our Chief Shepherd,
soon to appear as the Bright Shining Morning Star.
In 1,2 and 3 John, He is LOVE
*In Jude, He is the LORD coming with 10 thousands of the saints.
*In the Book of Revelation:
He is the LORD OF LORDS and the KING OF KINGS,
the ALPHA and OMEGA, the FIRST and the LAST,
the BEGINNING and the END,
the CONQUEROR of DEATH and HELL who declares: “I am the Living One, I was dead, but behold I am alive forevermore.”
*WHO IS THIS FOURTH MAN, Who showed up in the fiery furnace? Who is it who will show up in your fiery furnaces,
if you don't bow, if you stand on God's word uncompromisingly?
He is JESUS OF NAZARETH,
the SON of the LIVING GOD,
our SAVIOUR, our LORD and KING!
JESUS CHRIST is the 4th MAN!
This is a Picture of what He will do for you too. He will turn up for you in your fiery furnace! He will save you from the fires of life and of Hell, if you trust in Him. Whatever you are facing, He is enough to bring you through and to deliver you. In your fiery trial, if you refuse to bow, if you do not compromise, He will show up for you!
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AMEN!!!
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