September 27, 2024

“Worship!”

Blessings folk!

What did we read yesterday that Neb did?

Refresh…

Dan 3:1-7
King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold,
whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits.
He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe,
and every kind of music,
you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

And whoever does not fall down and worship
shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.”

Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Neb had been told that he and his kingdom were the head of gold in the image that he saw.

Now Neb makes an image of God.
90 ft by 9 ft.
A phallic symbol.
They are all over the world.
The Washington monument is one.
One does not have to think to deeply to see what is being communicated.

Neb was the head of gold.
Therefore, he was now demanding all the folk to worship in the way that he commanded.
When they heard music, they were to bow before the image and worship.
Was the image a representation of Neb.
Yes, in some form.

The people did as commanded.
No one would resist the command of the king.
Well…except for a couple of guys…

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