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1 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像,六十肘,寬肘,立在巴比倫省杜拉平原。

2 尼布甲尼撒王差人將總督、欽差、巡撫、臬司、藩司、謀士、法官,和各省的官員都召了來,為尼布甲尼撒王所立的像行開光之禮。

3 於是總督、欽差、巡撫、臬司、藩司、謀士、法官,和各省的官員都聚集了來,要為尼布甲尼撒王所立的像行開光之禮,就站在尼布甲尼撒所立的像前。

4 那時傳令的大聲呼叫:各方、各國、各族(原文是舌:下同)的人哪,有令傳與你們:

5 你們一見角、笛、琵琶、琴、瑟、笙,和各樣樂器的聲音,就當俯伏敬拜尼布甲尼撒王所立的金像。

6 凡不俯伏敬拜的,必立時扔在烈火的窯中。

7 因此各方、各國、各族的人民一見角、笛、琵琶、琴、瑟,和各樣樂器的聲音,就都俯伏敬拜尼布甲尼撒王所立的金像。

8 那時,有幾個迦勒底人進前來控告猶大人。

9 他們對尼布甲尼撒:願王萬歲!

10 王啊,你曾降旨說,凡見角、笛、琵琶、琴、瑟、笙,和各樣樂器聲音的都當俯伏敬拜金像。

11 凡不俯伏敬拜的,必扔在烈火的窯中。

12 現在有幾個猶大人,就是王所派管理巴比倫省事務的沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌;王啊,這些人不理你,不事奉你的神,也不敬拜你所立的金像。

13 當時,尼布甲尼撒沖沖大怒,吩咐人把沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌帶過來,他們就把那些人帶到王面前。

14 尼布甲尼撒問他們:沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌,你們不事奉我的神,也不敬拜我所立的金像,是故意的麼?

15 你們再見角、笛、琵琶、琴、瑟、笙,和各樣樂器的聲音,若俯伏敬拜我所造的像,卻還可以;若不敬拜,必立時扔在烈火的窯中,有何神能救你們脫離我手呢?

16 沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌對王尼布甲尼撒啊,這件事我們不必回答你;

17 即便如此,我們所事奉的神能將我們從烈火的窯中救出來。王啊,他也必救我們脫離你的手;

18 即或不然,王啊,你當知道我們決不事奉你的神,也不敬拜你所立的金像。

19 當時,尼布甲尼撒怒氣胸,向沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌變了臉色,吩咐人把窯燒熱,比尋常更加七倍;

20 又吩咐他軍中的幾個壯士,將沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌捆起來,扔在烈火的窯中。

21 這三人穿著褲子、內袍、外衣,和別的衣服,被捆起來扔在烈火的窯中。

22 因為王命緊急,窯又甚熱,那抬沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌的人都被火燄燒死。

23 沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌這個人都被捆著落在烈火的窯中。

24 那時,尼布甲尼撒王驚奇,急忙起來,對謀士:我捆起來扔在火裡的不是個人麼?他們回答王:王啊,是。

25 :看哪,我見有四個人,並沒有捆綁,在火中遊行,也沒有受傷;那第四個的相貌好像神子。

26 於是,尼布甲尼撒就近烈火窯門,:至神的僕人沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌出來,上這裡來罷!沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌就從火中出來了。

27 那些總督、欽差、巡撫,和王的謀士一同聚集看這三個人,見火無力傷他們的身體,頭髮也沒有燒焦,衣裳也沒有變色,並沒有火燎的氣味。

28 尼布甲尼撒:沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌的神是應當稱頌的!他差遣使者救護倚靠他的僕人,他們不遵王命,捨去己身,在他們神以外不肯事奉敬拜別神。

29 現在我降旨,無論何方、何國、何族的人,謗讟沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌之神的,必被凌遲,他的房屋必成糞堆,因為沒有別神能這樣施行拯救。

30 那時王在巴比倫省,高升了沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌。

   

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Scriptural Confirmations # 37

  
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37. 9. From the Old Testament

God hath revealed what shall come to pass in the latter days (Daniel 2:28).

(The consummation of the church from its first foundation to its end is described by the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar, in like manner as the four ages by the ancients; the first, which was before the flood, by gold; the second, after the flood, by silver; the third, which was the Israelitish up to that time, by brass; and the fourth, which was the Christian, by iron mixed with clay (Daniel 2:32-33).

By "gold" is signified celestial good; by "silver" spiritual truth; by "brass" natural good; by "iron" natural truth; and by "iron mixed with clay" truth falsified, because it does not cleave together; by the seed of man the truth of the Word, which is also said of the feet of iron (Daniel 2:34-43).)

(A stone which was not [made] by hands, which smote and ground up the image, and which became a great rock, signifies the Lord, who in the Word is meant by "a stone" and by "the rock" which filled all the earth, whose kingdom shall stand for ages of ages (Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45).)

The fourth, seen in the furnace of fire, is said to be like the Son of man. It is not said man, because the Son of man signifies the Lord as to the Word; and this is also called an angel, whom God sent (Daniel 3:25, 28).

The "Son of man" when said of another, and a "prophet," signify Him as the truth of the church from the Word.

The consummation is also described by the tree growing to the end of the earth seen by Nebuchadnezzar, in a dream; and the coming of the Lord, by the Watcher and the Holy One who descended and commanded to hew down the tree utterly; and that they left the stump of the roots in the earth in a band of iron and of brass, signifies the Word by which the church revived; this also happened in the time of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:10-13, 17-31). The consummation of the whole, or the destruction of all things of the church, is described by the feast of Belshazzar, in which with magnates and concubines he drank the wine out of vessels of gold and silver from the temple of Jerusalem, and praised the gods of gold, of silver, etc., by which is signified the profanation of the holy things of the church, wherefore it was written on the wall that his kingdom was finished, and he was slain on that night (Daniel 5:1 to end).

(The consummation of the church is described by the four beasts out of the sea; also what the first was, what the second, third, and fourth, which was terrible because it broke in pieces all things of good and truth. What they signify may be seen in Apocalypse Revealed574. The complete consummation is meant by the slaying of the beast and the destruction of the body. That then the Lord will come and will reign unto ages of ages is evident from verses 13-14, 22, 27. His church is meant by the holy people, because they are in Divine truths from the Lord (Daniel 7:1 to end).

  
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