If you find any others, please share them in the comments. I am sure that I have missed some additional reasons that these men emerged unscathed and untouched by even the smell of smoke, but these are the ones that stood out to me upon my reading of these verses.
Thus, once freed from bondage they did not linger in the center of the fire, but instead did what they could to liberate themselves. Finally, by the power of God their bonds were loosed and they arose and walked. He was not an aloof or distant God, but instead came unto them and endured with them. And he appeared with them in the midst of their trials. Seventh, and perhaps most significantly, they relied on the “Son of God” and were therefore upheld and supported by him. Thus, they turned to God in the midst of adversity. Sixth,these men fell down in the midst of the fire, seemingly in prayer. And regardless, it does no harm to these verses to liken them to our own day and consider the significance of temple garments as a shield and a protection against the power of the destroyer. In Nebuchadnezzar’s words, they “yielded their bodies” in the service of God.įifth, the scriptures mention that were were bound in “their other garments.” I don’t know if this was a deliberate reference to temple or ceremonial clothing, but some biblical commentary suggests that some of the items mentioned were of the type used solely for state or special occasions. It is significant to me that they did not demand rescue from God, but were willing to accept whatever he had in store. Fourth, they had sufficient faith both to be rescued and not to be rescued (“but if not”). Third, the three were unapologetic when asked by Nebuchadnezzar whether it was true that they refused to bow down to him. Second, they were therefore given great spiritual knowledge, skill, and wisdom by God (Daniel 1: 17).
Thus, they had kept the commandments of God and kept themselves pure from taint. I don’t know that I have a definitive answer to that question, but I did have a couple of thoughts.įirst, the three were among those who consecrated themselves by avoiding the meat and wine of the king. And yet, these young men had been thrown into the midst of an exceedingly strong fire and yet emerged unscathed.Įlder Bednar suggested that we should ask ourselves how they were able to emerge from the midst of the fire without the smell of the smoke. When these brave young men emerged from the furnace, not was “an hair of their head” not “singed” but significantly “the smell of fire had” not “passed on them.” Elder Bednar noted that anyone who had ever been at a campfire would know that it was exceedingly difficult to keep the smell of fire off of us. In particular, Elder Bednar pointed out one detail of the story that he thought was highly significant.
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He promised that as David (and we) study this story, we would learn how to overcome opposition and stay unspotted from the world. In response, Elder Bednar turned to the scriptures and pointed David to the story of Sadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Bednar in the LDS Face2Face event for youth was asked a question by an eighth grader named David regarding how to stay strong in the face of constant opposition and skepticism from his peers at school.
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