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Royalty and Ruin
scorch you.”
Isaiah 43:2
. The news of their amazing deliverance
was carried to many countries by representatives of the nations that
Nebuchadnezzar had invited to the dedication.
A Time of Trouble Such as Never Was
The lessons to be learned from the experience on the plain of
Dura are important. In our day many of God’s servants will suffer
humiliation and abuse at the hands of those who are filled with
envy and religious bigotry. Especially will they become angry with
those who keep holy the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and
finally a universal decree will denounce them as deserving death.
God’s people must make it clear that nothing can persuade them to
make the least concession to false worship. To the loyal heart, mere
human commands will sink into insignificance beside the word of
the eternal God. They will obey truth, even if the result be death.
The Lord will work mightily in behalf of those who stand for
the right. He who walked with the Hebrews in the fiery furnace will
be with His followers wherever they are. In the time of trouble His
chosen ones will stand unmoved. Jehovah will reveal Himself in
their behalf as a “God of gods,” able to save completely those who
put their trust in Him.
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