DANIEL
In Daniel He is “the Fourth-Man in the midst of the fiery furnace.”
The Son of God is ‘the Fourth-Man’ in Nebuchadnezzar
fiery furnace, with the three Hebrew young men.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage
was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was
wont to be heated.
And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to
bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery
furnace.
Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their
hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down
bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,
and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into
the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the
midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like
the Son of God.
Dan 3:19-25 KJV
Following the command of the Babylonian king, the
flame was heated to perfection; for the furnace was heated seven times hotter
than usual (v.19), yet, the fire had no power over their bodies, not even a
smell of fire was on them (see verse 27).
Even though some of the strongest soldiers in Nebuchadnezzar’s
army firmly tied up the three Hebrew young men, and threw them into the blazing
furnace (v.20), they were seen walking around in the fire, with the Son of God,
unbound and unhurt (v.25).
This calls to mind, Apostle John’s vision of the
resurrected Son of Man.
And I turned to see the Voice that spake with me. And being
turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks One like unto the Son
of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.
His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow;
and His eyes were as a flame of fire;
And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a
furnace; and His Voice as the sound of many waters.
And He had in His right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth
went a sharp twoedged sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his
strength.
Rev 1:12-16 KJV