What is the fiery furnace all about? In the Bible, in the book of Daniel chapter 3, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had three Hebrews by the names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego tied up and thrown into a fiery furnace after they refused to worship a golden image the king had set up. The furnace was so hot that the intense heat killed the king’s soldiers who threw the three men into the furnace! But the three men who were thrown into the fiery furnace were not burned and not even one of the hairs on their heads was harmed! In the Old Testament book of Isaiah it is written: “When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior” (Isaiah 43:2-3).
As King Nebuchadnezzar looked into the furnace at the three men not being burned, he saw a fourth person and claimed His form was like the Son of God! Who is the Son of God? Jesus Christ is the Son of God who protected Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the flames of the fiery furnace because they trusted in Him! In the book of Acts it says: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
Humanity needs to trust Jesus Christ to be saved from the Lake of Fire just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego trusted Him to be saved from the fiery furnace. Revelation 20:15 says that “if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” How do we get our names written in the book of life? We have to realize we are sinners, “for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), and that “the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). We have to believe the good news that Christ died for our sins, was buried, was raised the third day, and appeared to many witnesses (see 1 Corinthians 15:3-5).
In the Gospel of John it is written: “Whoever believes in the Son (Jesus Christ) has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them” (John 3:36). So believe on Jesus Christ to be saved from the fiery furnace of the Lake of Fire today!
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