1. WELCOME TO THE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY SEMINAR
WITH
PASTOR ISAAC LEWIN

2. THE URGENCY OF GOD’S EMERGENCY

3. BABYLON CHALLENGES GOD
GOD’S DRAMATIC RESPONSE

4. THE
THE SOURCE
SOURCE

5. General Review CHAPTER I
Daniel and His Friends tested on the Subject of Appetite
THEOLOGICAL FOCUS
God alone Should be Enthroned as Ruler of our Body
Temple
CHAPTER II
A sneak preview of the History of the World
God alone Knows and Controls the future
CHAPTER III
Babylon Challenges God Gods’ Dramatic Response
God alone deserves worship

6. And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out if the house of bondage, thou shalt have no other gods before me,
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

7. Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
And showing unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. Exodus 20: 1-6.

8. Little children keep yourselves from idols, amen. 1 John 5: 21.

9. But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame be kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43: 1,2.

10. OUTLINE OF DANIEL CHAPTER THREE

11. NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S IMAGE OF GOLD
(Dan. 3:1-7)
Cf. Rev.13: 4, 14,15

12. THE PLAIN OF DURA
(Dan.3:1)

13. DEATH DECREE #1
(Dan. 3:6) (Rev. 13:15)

14. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE YOUNG HEBREWS
(Dan.3:8-12)

15. THE CONFRONTATION
(Dan.3:13-18)

16. DEATH (JUDGMENT) TO THE HEBREWS ENEMIES
(Dan.3:22)

17. SAVED IN FIERY TRIAL
(Dan. 3:19-25)

18. THE FOURTH MAN
(Dan. 3:25)

19. THE KING WORSHIPS GOD
(3:26-30)

20. DEATH DECREE #2
(3:29)

21. And behold I come quickly; and my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be.
Rev.22:12.

22. APPLICATION

23. The event on the plain of Dura is the first recorded instance of a government attempting to achieve conformity worship.
King Nebuchadnezzar attempted to enforce uniformity of worship by attaching a death decree to the golden image.
According to prophecy, God’s people in the time of the end will face a similar decree through modern Babylon.

24. A comparison between Daniel 3 and Revelation 13: indicates that (1) That the issue is worship in both chapters;
(2) Both chapters have an image to worship, one literal, the other a spiritual one;
(3) In Daniel 3 literal Babylon demanded this worship, while in Revelation 13 spiritual Babylon will require the worship of the image to the Beast;
(4) The three Hebrews faced death. In the future, church and state will unite to enforce uniformity of worship. Those who refuse will face economic boycott and ultimately, also the death penalty (Rev.13:15)

25. LESSONS TO LEARN FROM CHAPTER THREE
1. In the great controversy between Christ and Satan the believer is always on the winning side (Rom.8:28).

26. 2. Throughout history God’s children have always received help in times of need (Heb.4:16). The three Hebrews “were already committed to the flames before they knew precisely what form that grace would take. Would it be the grace of deliverance or the grace to die well for God’s glory? Only in the moment of trial did it become clear exactly how God would show His faithfulness.”

27. 3. The issue of idolatry is not confined to the past
3. The issue of idolatry is not confined to the past. Anything that replaces God in the lives of His people today can become an idol. John Calvin said, the human mind is a “factory of idols”.pleasure seeking, the acquisition of knowledge, or material wealth, or watching television, can become idols.
The essence of modern idolatry is the idol of self. To avoid bowing to this idol in any of it’s manifestations we must direct our worship to Jesus, who alone is “the image of the invisible God”
(Col.1:15)

28. 4. The final lesson we can take away from the whole hearted commitment of the three Hebrews is:
“There is no limit to the usefulness of one who, putting self aside, make room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart and lives a life wholly consecrated to God.”
Ministry of Healing, p 159

29. CONCLUSION
So far in the book of Daniel, we have seen the young Hebrews tested on the subject of appetite. Did they passed the test? Yes! Four did. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
They were tested on their reliance on God to reveal to them the king forgotten dream and its meaning. Did they passed the test?
They were tested on the subject of loyalty to the worship of Jehovah, the supreme God Did they passed this test also? Yes with flying colors, they refused to worship idols.