Analysis of Daniel's Trials and Teachings

That fills the whole earth. This symbolizes the latter day kingdom of God that will fill the whole earth and destroy any other kingdoms that stand in its way. The king gives Daniel all these great gifts and promotes him. And Daniel asked that his three friends be promoted as well. Chapter 3. The king makes a golden idol, and he commands everyone to come and worship that idol. And he warns that if you don't bow and worship them idol, you will be burned in a fiery furnace. Well, the king learns that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego will not worship the golden idol. And so he brings them in for questioning. And they're like, yeah, we refuse to worship false gods. And when King Nebuchadnezzar tempts God, flaunting that no one has the power to stop his desires, these three young men testify that they know God can deliver them. But if not, they will still not worship the idol. Nebuchadnezzar is so furious, he has the furnace built to seven times its normal temperature. And the three men are thrown into the furnace and the heat kills the two guards who threw them in. After a while, the king looks in and he is astonished to see four individuals walking around freely in the furnace, one of them looking like the Savior. These three men come back out of the furnace without any signs of being burned, no harm at all. And the king blesses God and promotes these three friends. Chapter four. King Nebuchadnezzar and has another dream that he wants Daniel to interpret about a large tree that gets chopped down. You'll notice in this chapter there are parts of it that are written in first person from the king's perspective where he's saying, like, I did this. This is what I need. Daniel interprets this dream for the king and tells the king that it's symbolic that he's eventually going to fall because of his sins. He will be like this large tree being chopped down of his sins. And the king recognizes that God.