After their refusal and mocking tone infuriates Nebby, he orders that his men “Heat the furnace seven (completion) times hotter that it was normally heated.” (3:19) You see, when you commit to the commanded death, Yahweh is sure to help you complete (the #7) the process unto perfection. And then the help comes: “Then king Nebuchadnezzar was amazed….saying to his counselors (thoughts), ‘Did we not throw three (conviction) men bound into the midst of the fire?… Look! I see four (Yahweh completes a sane mind, sending “Yahweh saves”) men loose (free) walking in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed! And the fourth one looks like a son of the mighty.'” (3:24-25)

You will find that all three came out of the fire unscathed and this in itself mandates the cry “All Glory to Yahweh, Yahweh saves!”, but there so much more to dissect. You must come face (His) to face (yours) with a much deeper mystery that needs to be digested (mentally of course) for some time. We agreed that all three men were fully committed to the fire (obedience to Yahweh at the cost of total destruction of the self will). We agree that Yahweh whom “knows the mind of every man,” saw their 100 9 6 allegiance. So the question we must face is why? Why would Yahweh throw them into the fire “seven t – imes hotter” after knowing they were already “all in”? Would their proven acts of faith and courage not mandate a resolve BEFORE the fire? Why would Yahweh throw them in anyway? Why? Why? Whoever answers correctly is well on the way to being a man/woman made for the immersion of fire.

It is the human condition loved one. Until there is no more hue of man, one cannot truly see Yahweh. The reason Yahweh in His ever abiding perfection threw them in anyway is because of the reality that had He not, there would have been a day, maybe not right away, maybe even years away, when everyone of them would have said within, “I wonder if He would have saved us and brought us out of the fire?” You see loved one, it was the greatest gift Yahweh could offer a once broken soul. For to throw them in and then bring them out after, would forever remove any doubt loved one. The fire is a tool of mercy meant to forever mold a broken image into a perfected image and rejection of the fire would be rejection of perfection. This is the stark difference between the 144,000 and the rest of those who have been chosen. The fire removes all doubt, al fear, all that is left of the carnal desire of self preservation. These three men never doubted again! They praised Yahweh daily; “You threw us in knowing it was the only way to truly save us. 0 Yahweh, we magnify Thy Name; Yahweh saves!” And what of Daniyl?