Daniel 3:2 "Then Nebuchadnezzar
the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,
the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up."
Nebuchadnezzar had recognized the God
of Daniel, as being the greatest of all gods in the last chapter. He built this
to a false god in the verses above. He still believes in the false gods’ of
Babylon
He even called for
those rulers of the provinces around, as well. I would like to mention again, here,
that anything you can see with your physical eyes is not God. If you can see it
with physical eyes, it is a false god.
These leaders are
satraps, or leaders over regions; perfects, or military chiefs; governors, or
civil arbiters; magistrates, or judges in our sense today; rulers, or other
civil leaders.
Daniel 3:3 "Then the princes, the
governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the
dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood
before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up."
It seems the entire surrounding world
has come to worship this false god. Man, throughout all ages, seems to be eager
to worship some false god that he can see. These people are no different. Look,
with me, at what Paul had to say about this very thing.
Romans 1:21-23
"Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish
heart was darkened." "Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools," “And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping
things."
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