(Dan 3) The Imageof Gold and the Image of the Beast
Author: Yao Lianghong
The image in the dream which is described in the last chapter is God presenting to us the context andmicrocosm of human history. But when Daniel magically told the dream of the statue,whichKing Nebuchadnezzar had forgotten, and came up with his ingenious explanation, king Nebuchadnezzar was shocked and deeply moved by the obvious signs andrevelation of God, so that they can't help"fell facedown to the ground, and worshipped Daniel, admitted thatDaniel's God was the God of gods, the king of Kings, and also a revealer of mysteries". Infact, what had moved him at that time was only superficial, a momentaryemotion, which did not come to the point of complete repentance and conversionto God. His ambition for the kingdom of the world was still too great, and so,after some years, this ambition was at last more serious and more intense whenhe made the statue of gold and forced the people to bow down. In this cult,full of superstition and ambition, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of transforming hisBabylonian empire from the golden head of a giant image to a golden image of aman, so that it would be established forever and everlasting. This mentality ofthe ancient Babylonian king shows itself again in the belief of the papacy, thelast spiritual king of Babylon.
The last Babylonianking wanted to create the beast image, so that the spiritual Kingdomof Babylon – the theocracy, headed by the papacy, is expanding its ambition to establish millennia on earth. However, in thecreation of the beast image, there are always a number of representatives like Daniel’s three friends Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who were loyal to God and refused to takethe beast image,and were hunted down by their enemies.God's miraculous protection of them shows that God shares the affliction of those whoare oppressed for the truth,and rebukes all earthly forces that resist the authority of God. The warrior of truth will be protected by God in his time of trial: "When you pass through the waters, and I will be with you;When you wade through the rivers, they willnot overflow you; When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, norwill the flame burn on you "(Isa. 43:2).The three friends of Daniel who conquered the golden statueare the representatives of the spiritual elite who survived the three stages ofthe trial in the Church of the Eleventh Hour. The test in thischapter does not mention Daniel, but it shows that only those who have gonethrough the three fiery stages of the Church of the Eleventh Hour will emerge as the new generation that Daniel predicted will survive to the time of King Lie, the church of the Last Revival, preparing for the achievementof 144,000.
[Dan 3:1-3] King Nebuchadnezzarmade an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura, in the provinceof Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king summoned the satraps, the prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to thededication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. So the satraps,prefects, governors,advisers, treasures, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officialsassembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hadset up, and they stood before it.
In chapter 2,Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian kingdom is likened to a golden head. Apparently theking was not happy with this table number, so he designed a statue made of gold from head to toe, as a symbol of theeternal glory and stability of his empire, which could not be replaced by aless powerful state.
The statue was sixtycubits high and six cubits wide, a number of measurements based on six, which,with the implication of contradicting God's perfect number, seven, unexpectedlyshowed the imperfection and wickedness of the statue. It is especiallywonderful that as the golden image of the ancient kingdom of Babylon, which wasearthly, set up for itself had a number of measurements of sixty cubits highand six cubits wide, so spiritual Babylon, the beast whose image was set up,has a similar number of symbols in its name — the number of its names (666,666). It shows that the rebellion in ancient Babylon had to play until the eveof the Second Advent, and finally will appear in the form of the beastimage set up by the modern king of Babylon.
"The dedicationof the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up." The ceremony of opening the light is the unveilingceremony,which people observe and worship the statue, in orderto bring the golden statue to life. An idol is meaningless if it is notworshipped. This symbolizes that under the support of the partiesthe beast image also appears to be full of vitality, unlimited scenery.
After the king hasmade the golden image, then the dedication ceremony is to be held for it. Allthe satraps, prefects and governors, judges, treasurers, counsellors, judgesand all the rulers of the provinces of Babylon are to be gathered together andthey are to stand before the image and be ready to bow down before it. Then allpeoples, nations, and languages must be compelled to bow down to it (v. 4).This symbolizes that the erection of the last beast is first prepared in China, wherethe true people live, and then spread to the whole world. That is to say, first to conquer China, then to establish ten Kings, then to give the final order to the whole world, – topromote the world beast statue.
Most of Babylon atthat time was plain land, especially the Dura Plain, which is now Iran. Sixtycubits high is about the same as the 30-meter-high statue, a huge structurethat can be seen many kilometers away. So King Nebuchadnezzar built this huge god to show off his power and glory. He called together all thecivil and military officials to celebrate the ceremony of opening the light,and ordered the whole kingdom to worship the god.
This decree of KingNebuchadnezzar was evidently inspired by the spirit of Satan, for it is thecharacter of Satan to use power to suppress the freedom of conscience andbelief. The spirit of persecution is contrary to the nature of God, for Godnever forces men to worship or believe in Him. This unlawful command is indirect conflict with God's commandments. God clearly gave His people thiscommand: "You shall have no other gods beforeme.You shall not make for yourself anidol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bowdown to them or serve them"(Exo 20:3-6).This clear violation of God'sfirst and second commandments was clear to the exiles, but under the greatpressure of the king and under the threat of fire, they too were wavering andyielding. They thought of one reason or another to excuse themselves for disobeyingGod's commandments. Or not to consider all this at all, just a desire toprotect their own life safety and property interests and survive. Perhaps they had already infected with the idolatry of the Gentiles during their captivity,they duly submitted to the king's orders. In the same way, those who will bow down before the image do not accept serious warning inthe time of peace and safety.When the time comes, they are willing to prostratethemselves at the feet of the image.
In fact, when PopeJohn Paul II died in 2005 with the grand funeral of the century that drewpeople from all over the world to offer their condolences, When world leaders,even the president of the United States at the time, former presidents andwives of the United States, knelt before him; When Pope Benedict XVI receivedthe highest level of reception on his visit to the United States in April 2008;When the Pope held a religious meeting at the John Paul II Cultural Center, and representatives of thefive major faiths take the stage to offer gifts, the statue is tacitlyacknowledged and worshipped by nations, races, and parties. Therefore, themovement of the Eleventh Hour was at this point that the reformbegan, and called on the people of allnations, nationalities, all sides to leave Babylon, and did not worship the beast image. Therise of the movement of the Eleventh Hour is against the beast image. The Pope's funeral in 2005, the Pope's visit to the United Statesin 2008, the great economic crisis in the United States, and the Wenchuanearthquake in China all occurred at this time, which was a strong signal (thewind was about to let up) that the beast was about to be put forward, and thatthe United States has fallen into the great whore (false prophet). The Adventist Church in the United States did not acceptthe warning of Jiang pastor, so the camp of truth (the landof glory) shifted to the great eastern country across the ocean — China.Therefore, this place became an important stage for the struggle of the beast image. The plot of the Pope, which we reveal today in the Book of theProphets, is a call for men to leave Babylon, the Great Universal, not toworship the beast and his image. This is a solemn warning to the living(meaning that the time of judgment for the living has begun).Anyone who doesnot take our warning is a direct or indirect admirer of the statue. This is howKing Nebuchadnezzar made his golden image in modern times. The purpose of thestatues of gold (beasts) is to make people willing to accept the mark of thebeast in the future.
Ellen G. White said that the statueof the beast is an institution (organization or system), and the mark of thebeast is that when you accept the law promulgated by this institution, youaccept its mark. For example, if you work for oneof those 996 companies today, in fact you are already worshipping the beast.Because you think it’s okay to do it.You will feel more comfortable about how wise youare when the international laws require it. The lawof the world is such, you still can object? Will you then believe us when we said it was the mark of a beast? You do notbelieve now that you are safe, but persecution will only deepen your unbeliefin the future, and you will naturally accept the mark of the beast. There isalso health insurance and social security, which gives people a lot of benefits(pension, subsistence allowance, etc.).Everyone has to be in this system.Once the state requires everyoneto take a day off on Sundays to give you these benefits, will you fight? Howcan you survive without these benefits? The state is not a harsh requirement,just want you to rest, this is not a good thing? There will be no ability toresist. The Sunday Church (Correction Church), in particular, was supposed tobe a Sunday service, and when the state decrees that it is a day off, don’t they just get what they wanted and become overjoyed? It is important to understand that the Sunday Act doesnot require people to go to church on this day to worship God. It requirespeople to have a day off from work. As for what you worship, it doesn't matterwhat you worship. Because Catholicism has long been in agreement with otherreligions. They all believed that no matter what faith they had, they were allthe same god, just called him by a different name. It doesn't matter whetheryou believe in Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism or the CommunistParty, or whether you hang a red flag or an image of the president in a church(Catholics worship all kinds of idols). You worship your own god, as long asyou have a rest on the same day.That's why it's recognized by the ten Kings ofthe world. On the basis of the existing world rest day on Sunday, this goal iseasily achieved. What Satan is doing now is trying to destroy the only truechurch that sees through him and reveals his endless ways — the LastRevival.
[Dan3:4-7]Then the heraldcalled out with a loud voice: "It is commanded to you, O peoples, nationsand men of every language: As soon as you hear the sound of thehorn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds ofmusic, you must fall down andworship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Whoever does notfall down and worship will be immediately be thrown into a burningfiery furnace."
After summoning thesatraps, prefects, governors, judges, treasurers, counsellors, judges, andprovincial officials to come before the statue, the next step was to issue anorder to bow down before the statue to all peoples, nations, and languages.
Isn't it similar tohow the three angels in Revelation 14 cried out with a loud voice to allpeoples, nations and languages to leave Babylon and reject the image? But theseare two diametrically opposed messages. On the one hand, the representative ofSatan was ordering people to worship the beast (the golden image), and on theother hand, the faithful representative of God was urgently calling for peopleto leave Babylon and reject the beast image. It shows that these twomessages are both antagonistic and simultaneous. So when the message of thelast three angels (including the message of another powerful angel, the Book ofthe Prophets) calls on all peoples, nations, and languages to leave Babylon andreject the beast image, it means that the image ofthe beast is being erected. And the shaping of the golden image of the king ofBabylon is the prefiguration of the erecting of the last beast.
"The sound ofthe horn, flute, lute, harp, psaltery and all kinds of MusicalInstruments" is the cry of worship of the image of the beast coming fromall walks of life. This does not mean that people directly say that we all obeythe beast image, but it means that thepolicy direction (system) implemented by all sectors and classes is to getclose to the beast image and prepare the way forthe beast image to be established.Urbanization, health care, social security, 996 a week, for example, in thechurch to hang the red flag and the picture of Chairman, crime crackdown, religious control and so on a series of policies, as well as theeconomic crisis, international conflict, military conflict and other complexsituation in the world, which are setting up the stage of the beast image for those who do notaccept the beast image, to prepare themeans of control in advance.
The counter appeal,"Do not worship the beast or his image, but get out of Babylon,"suggests that these two messages are mutually reinforcing and contradictory.You want to worship, I shout you don't worship. You want to build the statue, I will let people say no to the statue. Therefore,those who today do not accept the prophets' warnings to leave the universalBabylonian system are worshippers of the beast, and if you still, in the faceof such repeated warnings, cling to the Babylonian cathedral and listen to thenonsense of the modern chief priests, you are worshipers of the beast. Believing what the prophets say about living judgment, and leaving Babylon are your only way out(a way to escape). No matter whatchurch, field, or class you are in, this message is vital. Anyone who does notaccept this warning from the Prophets is a worshiper of the image of the beast.And the person who can suffer through the image of the beast must have had theexperience of Daniel's three friends from the fire, that is, the church in theeleventh hour through the three fires and victory experience.
The Bible recordsthis historical story in order to teach us a spiritual lesson in the last age.For God has said, 'Daniel, hide the words and sealup the book until the end of time.'Manyshall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. … Go your way,Daniel, for the words are hidden and sealed until the end time (Dan 12:4-9)."Hidethese words and seal up this book until the end time," because the contenthere is applicable to the end times, fulfilled in the end times, and writtenespecially for the salvation of the last inhabitants of mankind.The content ofthis chapter 3 is not just a simple record of what happened in the age ofDaniel, but it has a serious spiritual implication that is relevant to us inthe last age. What King Nebuchadnezzar did is happening again in this day andage. It is happening again in our day and age when King Nebuchadnezzar orderedall men to worship the golden image. As I said before, when all of Americafalls, they are going to start making a worldwide beast image, and the first one to be toppled is the great atheist country – China, because the real people have moved here, and the real people herehave exposed their plots. True people tell people how to get rid of the beast image. So they were tested and persecuted.
"Whoever doesnot fall down and worship will immediately be cast into a burningfurnace." This means that whoever does not believe in the fallacies ofBabylon will be the target of the last Satan and will be subjected to a fieryspiritual test. As Ezekiel says, "In thisbloody city, I will heap matches and put wood on it and kindle it; I will boilits flesh and make its broth thick and burn its bones."Set it empty on the coals, to make it hot, tomake its copper red, to melt its filth, to remove its rust (Eze 24:9-11)…That is to say, thosewho do not follow the truth in the reform movement of the Eleventh Hour will be burned anddestroyed.Those who believe the warnings ofthe prophets will be able to escape, to be refined into gold in the spiritualfurnace of fire, to break the cocoon into butterflies, to be certified by Godand saved!
This means that since2007, the people of God have begun to accept the test of the beast imageerected by modern Nebuchadnezzar King – thepapacy. No matter from the perspectiveof politics, economy and religion, China has been implemented by the papacy as the pilot of the image of the beast in various policies. The visit ofthe Chinese orchestra to the Vatican in 2008, and this year's earthquake, aresigns that the statues are about to be introduced (the winds are about to letup, and God's people are starting to seal the seal). Of course, the mostobvious manifestation of the papal sweep of all walks of life in China is inthe battle of the church.What happened during the Pope's pursuit of the keyarea, the Church of the Eleventh Hour?
[Dan 3:8-12] At thattime certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews. They said to KingNebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever! You, O king, have made a decreethat everyone who hears the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, psaltery,dulcimer and all kinds of music is to fall down and worship the golden image;And whosoever shall not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of aburning furnace. There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs ofthe province of BabylonShadrach, Meshachand Abednego. These men, O king, do not pay attention to you. They do not serveyour gods or worship the golden image you have set up."
When the dark forcesfrom the underworld,all sorts of different sounds and strangeinstruments played, when up to the royal court, nextto the plebeian inhabitants, all prostrated themselves in the form of the golden image, when the world was befuddled by the Pope’s openingfallacy supermarketsof all kinds, even when the Seventh-dayAdventists, which are modern Jews, were all swept up in it, and fell down together and worshippedthe golden image-the fallacy of papacythat the modern Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up, how rejoiced Satan was at this time! What humiliation has been inflicted on the name of God!
However, at thiscritical moment in the struggle between good and evil in the spiritual world,God kept and raised up three spiritual young Hebrew men to bear witness to theglory of God's holy name, for the eternal benefit of His people and allmankind. Their unyielding devotion to God and faith finally made Satan and all his army trembled and defeat, and at last made the holyname of God great in the court of the kingdom of Babylon and in the presence ofthe representatives of all nations,and in the presence of all peoples, nations and languages! So these three Hebrew young men were undoubtedlythe people who were victorious in the three churches of the Reformation of the Eleventh Hour. That is to say, although the whole world has been corrupted, and inparticular the Adventist Church as the remnant of God has been corrupted in this wave of the beast image.But three churches have risen up tofight the beast image, to become faithfulsurvivors to defend the truth, to keep the truth alive.When the AdventistChurch fell, the Light of Life arose to represent the faithful remainingpeople; When the Light of Life fell, theCommittee of Culture and Work took over the burden of truth to become the representative of the remnant; When the Committee of Culture and Work fell, a small group of people defended the banner of truth. These threechurches are the loyal representatives of the remaining people in the Movement of the Eleventh Hour.
Some people mightthink, didn't all three churches later turn apostate? Yes, but they preserved the purityof the truth in the stages of their respective existence. It is because of the several stages in their fidelity to the truth, thetruth, that made the church later get promotion section (v.30), up to the realm of Daniel, participate in the arrival of the King Cyrus, which is to meet the arrival of the 144000 people. This is God'sconfirmation of their stage of existence. In this chapter, there is no mentionof Daniel.In the case of the participation of people from all countries and all nationalities, there is no mentionof the core figure, Daniel, it is shows thatthe record of the event focused on figure.Because the Last Revivalforeshadowed by Daniel will go throughthree stages before it emerges as the stone(144000) that will finally welcomeChrist’s return to shred the gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. It also shows how hard it was to go through the three stages of the Churchof the Eleventh Hour, like the trials ofthree young Hebrew men in the midst of a burning fire.
[Dan 3:13-15] ThenNebuchadnezzar in his rage and anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach andAbednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar askedthem, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not servemy gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? At the sound of thecornet, flute, harp, psaltery, dulcimer and all kinds of music you hear, if youfall down and worship the image I have made, it is good for you. But if you donot worship, you will be thrown immediately into a burning fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue youfrom myhand?"
When King Nebuchadnezzarissued an order to force people to bow down to the golden image with the threadof destruction by fire, even though all the Gentilesand Judah were terrified and trembling, they decided to obey their instructions and bow down immediately before it. However, the king’scommand did not make the hearts of the three young Hebrews tremble.When all the peoples, nations and languages heard the sound of the horn,flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of musical instruments, they fell down andworshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, but the threeyoung men stood still and did not worship the golden image. This victory made Satanvery angry. Satan was determined to force them to bow down to the image byforce, or burn their bodies. Then Satan incited the Chaldeans to accuse thethree young men, intending to put them to death, and to cast them into aburning furnace. They thought that such coercion would make God's peoplecompromise!
"Again you hearthe sound of the horn, flute, lute, harp, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of musical instruments." “Again you hear”shows that the act of ordering people to worship the beast image is not once but multiple. This means that in order to successfully set up the statue of the beast,so that the people of the world are willing to bow down, all opposition forcesmust be killed, there will be time and again after the killing of the remainingpeople of the action. During the movement of the Eleventh Hour, Satan's minionscarried out three large-scale strangling of the remaining people, which was exactly how King Nebuchadnezzarordered people to worship the gold statue again. Therefore, the church of the Eleventh Hour experienced one thrilling scene after another of being hunted down by the Pope. The bitter war of the three churches is the thrillingexperience of the three young men in the fiery kiln. Each time the one who cameout victorious from the kiln was to enter the next examination.
[Dan 3:16-18] Then Shadrach,Meshach and Abednego answered the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serveis able to save us from the burning furnace, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king;But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that wewill not serve your gods or worship the golden image you have set up."
"O king, youneed not trouble to play any more music. Even if they play it again, we will not worship. We do not have to answer you in thismatter, "for they had already lived a life of obedience to thecommandments of God to the end of their lives. They were determined men whowere faithful to God and who did not worship idols. In the face of the burningfire, they replied: "We are determined not to worship the image of gold!If we are thrown into a fiery furnace, the God we serve will save us. Or else,we would rather die than worship this image ", showing their loyalty! Eventhe high prestige of pastors Jiang and Zhu could not persuade a few true peopleto submit to the sin of idolatry. Even if Elder Fan was the first to openthe interpretation of the books of the prophets, he could not persuade the restof true people to follow his sin of falsification of God's commandments. Thereason why it is called fire is also a symbol of what a thrilling spiritual test the church of the Eleventh Hour went through.This is a contest of life anddeath, and is the touchstone of true faith!
The king was furious,but there was nothing he could do before the three Hebrews, who were so firm intheir devotion to God and their faith. This implies that the trials of theChurch of the Eleventh Hour were gradually increasedin several stages. Although the Jesuits tried andfailed, the real people did not give in. If three young Hebrews followedothers and bow down before the goldenimage, the remnant of God wouldhave no successors. If the whole armyof the three churches of the Movement of the Eleventh Hour is destroyed, andthere is no loyal people left, God's 6000 year plan for salvation will be declared a failure. But God always turns the tide at the mostcritical moment and preserves the species. This is how the Last Revival, the remnant of the Churchof the Eleventh Hour, has been preserved.The three great wars of the church of the Eleventh Hour were the means bywhich the modern King Nebuchadnezzar, the Pope, threw the Hebrew youth, theyoung church of the Eleventh Hour, into the spiritualfiery furnace!
[Dan 3:19-23] ThenNebuchadnezzar was full of anger, and gave Shadrach, Meshachand Abednego a sour look.He gave orders toheat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commandedsome of the mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, andAbednego, and to cast them into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. The menwere tied up in their trousers, tunics, coats and other clothes and thrown intothe midst of the burning fiery furnace. Because the king's command was urgentand the furnace was very hot, the flame of the fire killed those who took upShadrach, Meshach and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, andAbednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning furnace.
"Make thefurnace seven times hotter than it is." That is, if you do not give in,the fire will grow hotter and hotter. Seven times the height is the perfectheight, the highest temperature. In other words, the Pope has brought out theultimate trump card against the true people, so that even the Sabbath of Godwould be shaken. This is to say that later, the Sabbath, the Primitive Point,monotheism, and all the more deluded delusions, such as the burning furnace,burned the Church of the Eleventh Hour to ashes, from whichonly the few faithful gold, protected by the Lord, escaped alive. The saintswho survived were the three spiritual young Jews.
"Those whocarried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were burned in the flames." Those whocarried them were modern Chaldeans — Jesuit spies, who themselves were burned to death in the flames of the movement of the Eleventh Hour. These falsehoods were painted and glorified by the Jesuit spies asthe embodiment of truth, so that they themselves believed them to be true, andthe lie seemed to become the truth when it was said, and so they were burned to death by them!
[Dan 3:24-25] ThenNebuchadnezzar the king was amazed, and stood up in haste. He said to hiscounselors, "Did I not throw three men bound into the midst of thefire?" "Yes, O King," they answered.The king answered, "Behold, I see four menunbound, walking in the midst of the fire and unhurt, and the appearance of thefourth looks like the Son of God."
What an amazingthing! Daniel's three friends were thrown into a fiery furnace, but the firedid not burn them. The fire had burned away the ropes that bound them, so theywere more at home in the fire! This represents that every victory in the churchwar of the Eleventh Hour makes the saints'spirituality rise to a higher level. The original old dogmas that bind us areburned again and again, which makes us realize the truth more freely andflexibly. For example, the golden pot of manna in the Holy of Holies wassupposed to represent dietary improvement, but after the fire of the Movement of the Eleventh Hour, we finally know that it refers to the purity of spiritual food, the fullunderstanding of Jesus' words, the correction of previous errors; We used to think that the King of Babylon's approach to Jerusalem was theactual war in China, but now we finally understand that thismeans that Jesuit continues to infiltrate the Church of Truth and carry out destructive activities,as the trial of the fat sheep, the true people, and also the beginning of thejudgment of the living… At last this vital mystery of truth was solved. Theropes were burnt to the ground. Every ordeal is an opportunity for spiritualimprovement, and it is also a process of burning the enemy.
"I saw four men,unbound, walking in the midst of fire and unhurt, and the appearance of thefourth was like the Son of God," indicating that in all three times of theselection of the Church of the Eleventh Hour, Jesus himself wasinvolved in protecting his true children from harm, but instead promoting theirspiritual wisdom and vision. Today the LastRevival was redeemed as the fourthchurch, and became certified by Christ as a chaste wife. It was because of thetribulations of the three churches in the fiery furnace that she became the immortalphoenix, enjoying all the spiritual richness and blessings of the Bible!
[Dan 3:26-27] ThenNebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning furnace and said, "Shadrach,Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come hither!"Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the midst of the fire. And the satraps, prefects, governors, and the king'scounsellors came together to look upon these men, and, behold, the fire had nopower on their bodies, nor was an hair of their head singed, nor was theirclothes changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
"Nebuchadnezzarapproached the door of the burning kiln", indicating that in the trial ofthe church of the EleventhHour, the Pope's henchmen were directly involved in it. Although the churchwas constantly destroyed and ruined, there were always the remnant people fleeing, so that the Pope's henchmen could not guard against it,so that they were stunned and had to admire the wisdom and ability of God.
"Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come forth and comehither," indicating that Jesuit would be so humbled by his truepeople that they would only see them flee freely.
"They saw fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, andthere was no smell of fire on them. " In the three fires ofthe church of the Eleventh Hour, the Pope's power frombeginning to end is watching every move of the church.The Pope’s proxy in China was in direct command, as chapter 11: 45 says, "he's in themiddle of the sea and the beautiful holy mountain set up the tabernacle of thepalace", means to prevent people from accepting the truth.They intended to burn them in themidst of the blazing furnace of fire, but the devil's plan failed every time.The raging fire did not destroy them, and they remained unscathed. On thecontrary, it sharpened their conduct and spiritual wisdom. They went up onestep after another, trained their fiery eyes, and made them invincible. TheJesuits had to watch them emerge victorious from the fiery furnace, clothed inpure gold after being purified. It shows that the truth of the church of the Eleventh Hour is progressing!
[Dan 3:28-30]Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach andAbednego. And he sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted inhim, and they did not obey the king's word, but gave up their bodies, that theymight not serve or worship any god but their own God. I make a decree that all languages, nations andpeoples who speak evil of the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego will be cutin pieces and their houses made a dunghill, for there is no other God who can deliverin this way."Then the kingpromoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
These were the wordsof King Nebuchadnezzar when he confessed that the true God, whom Daniel's threefriends trusted and served, had saved his own servants. It shows that Jesuits would be surprised and convinced to see how every battle turned decay intowonder, danger into strength. the unexpected escape of God's people, and thegreat improvement of their spirit. [Eze 36:34-35] The desolate land will be cultivatedtoday, though it was desolate in the sight of all who passed by.And they shall say, This land that wasdesolate is become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate andruined cities are solid and inhabited.The Jesuits had not expected that the abandoned place should become theGarden of Eden. The people of God were not wiped out, but prospered until allnations flowed back to the mountain.
"Therefore I decree that the people of any nationor language who sayanything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turnedinto piles of dunghill.It’s Nebuchadnezzar’s words, but it is a declaration made byKing Nebuchadnezzar after recognized the God of Israel, so it’s also a prerepresentation of the judgment of God. That is to say, after thetrials of the three churches of the Eleventh Hour, those who werelucky enough to survive were those who were blessed by God, and they were to bepromoted and become the inhabitants of the highest mountain, the last trueremnant (the LastRevival) recognized by God. Andthe truth preached by this church will be the standard by which the world (theliving ascending to heaven) will be judged today. Anyone who attacks the historyof the Church of the Eleventh Hour, who does not acceptthat the Reformation of the Eleventh Hour was personallyinitiated by God as a means to elect 144,000 people, his house will be reducedto a dunghill, which is the meaning of destruction. If they do not believe the words of theprophets about the judgment of the living, they will all become worshippers of theimages, and they will perish.This is a stern warning message to the last people to be saved, urging the people to accept the only truth and be protected by God!There is no other salvation!
"Because thereis no other god can save", that is to say, when the church of the Eleventh Hour was in suchperil,it was strange and unexpected to be able to escape from death, which is unbelievable. No god can save his people from such danger, but only one true god– the truth preached by the Church of the Last Revival can do it.
"Then the kingpromoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. “Promote" the original meaning is to “Thrive ", which means that the three Hebrews gain greater influenceand power, or gain higher official rank. Their loyalty in the face of deathproves that they possess a noble character and are fit for greaterresponsibilities than ever before. This prefigures that after the three churches of theEleventh Hour have been tested by fire, those who have triumphed stand out to form the Last Revival,which can make truth's ability to riseto the highest level (to mountain). The Last Revival, after the fire trials, will flourish enough tocarry out the task of warning to all nations and tongues to leave Babylon and refuse to accept the beast image.
Because of the amazing life of loyalty andfaith of Daniel's three friends, and their sacrifice, what a great ministry itbrought! They did not speak the truth with their mouth, with their voice, andwith their words, but when they showed their face to the truth, their testimonyexerted great power! Today when the universal church, especially the Adventist churchall fell and became members of Babylon, the three churches of the movement of the Eleventh Hour successive appearance to maintain the spirit of truth which is the role of the Hebrew three young men.It was because of the actions ofthese three churches that the churches were elevatedand may be a stone not hewn by hand to shatter nationsand kingdoms.
In this chapter, KingNebuchadnezzar forced the people to worship the goldenimage, which is a particular manifestation ofthe unprecedented spiritual warfare of the last EleventhHour. These prophecies have been fulfilled. God is now choosing nations,languages, and tongues to believe in this truth, preparing people to crush thegiant of gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay. In our own time,when this giant of clay is to be broken, can you be a stone cut without handsand join in the work of breaking nations and kingdoms? If you wish, please joinus in sending this final warning to the whole world to call for people to leavethe Great Babylon, and when you spare no effort to do so, you will have a partin this stone!
In "The Prophetand the King," Allan G. White says, "TheLord will do great things for those who are established in righteousness;Like the days of Shadrach, Meshach andAbednego, so will the days when the history of the world ends. And wherever hisdisciples were, the same Lord who walked with the Three was with them in thefurnace of fire. His everlasting presence will provide comfort and support. Andin the midst of great distress, which has not been seen since the beginning ofthe kingdom until this time, his elect stand firm and will not be moved.Neither Satan nor all evil angels can destroy the weakest of God'ssaints."Our faithfulness to the truth will earn us thehighest prize. Amen!
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