Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke! Daniel 3:27 (NLT)
I love this detail in the account of Daniel's friends' journey through the fiery furnace. When they came out they hadn't even been touched by the smell of the fire!
Daniel 3 is a clear picture of a satanic distortion of the purpose of God. There is a false god. False worship. A false (and corrupt) Judgement, and ultimately the righteous are cast into a false hell!
Jesus told us that the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. His plan is to destroy us or at least cause us permanent harm or loss. But the promise of God to his faithful is that whatever weapon he forges against us, it cannot prevail.
Daniel in the lions den, his friends in the fiery furnace, Haman's gallows, David before Goliath, and ultimately in the cross of Christ himself: it doesn't matter the story, it ends the same way. God takes that which was intended for evil and turns it around for good. The righteous are delivered and the enemy is decapitated with his own sword!
Whatever furnace you are facing, whatever giant is staring you down, remember this:
If you remain in faith it is possible to go through hell and to come out smelling of heaven!
[Originally posted on Facebook 18/01/18]
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