The Fire 🔥
In Babylon’s blazing furnace, three Hebrew men stood bound for refusing to bow to an idol. The king saw something impossible. Daniel 3:25 (NKJV) records, “Look! … I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
That fourth man is no mystery. It is the eternal Son — Jesus, the Word who was with God and was God (John 1:1, NKJV). Before Bethlehem, He appeared in the fire as a theophany, the visible presence of YHWH. The very name revealed to Moses at the burning bush, YHWH — “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14, NKJV) — is the same One in the flames of Daniel 3.
God is not just in the fire — He is the fire. Deuteronomy 4:24 (NKJV) declares, “For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.” In the bush (Exodus 3:2, NKJV), the flames did not consume; in the furnace, the flames did not harm. Why? Because creation obeys its Creator. Psalm 148:8 (NKJV) says, “Fire and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling His word.”
When the trial rages seven times hotter (Daniel 3:19, NKJV), YHWH Himself steps in. He does not always put out the fire — He changes its effect. The ropes burn away, but His people walk free.
Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV) assures us: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” The Fourth Man in the fire is still The Fire today — unchanging, unquenchable, and unstoppable.
When you walk through your furnace, remember: The Fire walks with you.
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