How to Survive the End of the World I The Best Approach A Stockpiling B Arming ourselves C Focus on t he spiritual II The Story of Daniel 3 ID: 220348
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Our Day in Bible Prophecy
“How to Survive the End of the World”Slide2
I. The Best Approach.
A. ___________
Stockpiling?
B.
_________________
Arming ourselves?
C. Focus on ______________.
t
he spiritualSlide3
II. The Story of Daniel 3.
A. Background.
King Nebuchadnezzar
_____________ God:
Daniel 2:47.
acknowledgesSlide4
“The king said to Daniel, ‘Truly,
y
our God is God of gods and Lord
o
f kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able
to reveal this mystery.’” Daniel 2:47Slide5
2. King Nebuchadnezzar
_______ God: Daniel 3:1.
defies
“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.”Slide6
B. Forced worship: Daniel 3:4-6.
“And the herald proclaimed aloud,
‘You are commanded, O peoples,
n
ations, and languages, that when
you hear the sound of the horn, p
ipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are toSlide7
f
all down and worship the golden
i
mage that King Nebuchadnezzar
has set up; and whoever does not
fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.’”Slide8
The response of _________
_____________________:
Daniel 3:12.
Shadrach,
Meshach,
a
nd Abednego
“These men, O king, pay no heed
t
o you; they do not serve your
g
ods or worship the golden image
w
hich you have set up.”Slide9
2. A second chance: Daniel 3:15.
“Now if you are ready when you
h
ear the sound of the horn, pipe,
l
yre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down
and worship the image which Ihave made, well and good;Slide10
b
ut
if you do not worship, you
s
hall immediately be cast intoa
burning fiery furnace; and who is the god that will deliveryou out of my hands?”Slide11
Courage and ______:
Daniel 3:16-18.
faith
“Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego answered the king, ‘O
Nebuchadnezzar, we have no
need to answer you in this
matter. If it be so, our God whom Slide12
w
e serve is able to deliver us
f
rom the burning fiery furnace;
and He will deliver us out of
your hand, O king. But if not,be it known to you, O king, thatwe will not serve your gods or
worship the golden image whichyou have set up.’”Slide13
C. Deliverance
The punishment:
Daniel 3:19-23.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar was full
o
f fury, and the expression of
his face was changed againstShadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego. He ordered the Slide14
f
urnace heated seven times
m
ore than it was wont to be
heated. And he ordered certain
mighty men of his army to bindShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them intot
he burning fiery furnace. Because the king’s order wasSlide15
s
trict and the furnace very hot,
t
he flame of the fire slew those
men who took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego. Andthese three men, Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego, fellb
ound into the burning fieryfurnace.”Slide16
God’s protection:
Daniel 3:24-25.
“Then King Nebuchadnezzar was
a
stonished and rose up in haste.
He said to his counselors, ‘Did wen
ot cast three men bound into thefire?’ They answered the king,‘True, O king.’ He answered,Slide17
‘But I see four men loose,
w
alking in the midst of the fire,
a
nd they are not hurt; and thea
ppearance of the fourth is likea son of the gods.’”Slide18
Delivered from the fire:
Daniel 3:26-27.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar came
n
ear to the door of the burning
fiery furnace and said, ‘Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God,Slide19
c
ome forth, and come here!’
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, came out from the
f
ire. And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, andthe king’s counselors g
athered together and sawthat the fire had not any powerSlide20
o
ver the bodies of those men;
t
he hair of their heads was not
singed, their mantles were not
harmed, and no smell of firehad come upon them.”Slide21
III. Relevance for Us.
A. Trust in God.
King Nebuchadnezzar’s
declaration:
Daniel 3:28.Slide22
“Nebuchadnezzar said, ‘Blessed
b
e the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, who
h
as sent his angel and delivered his servants, whotrusted in him, and set atn
ought the king’s command,Slide23
a
nd yielded up their bodies
r
ather than serve and worship
any god except their own God.”Slide24
2. We are saved by ______.
faith
B. Key issues in the end.
Do we worship God or
something established by
humans?Slide25
Are we willing to endure
trials?
Do we ______ enough to
_____?
trust
obey