Modern Day Signs and Wonders

When the king saw that they were protected in the furnace, he made a decree that no one could ever disrespect the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Not only that, he also promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the kingdom! The mindsets of the leaders were changed which in turn changed the outlooks and beliefs of the entire kingdom toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Negos’ God due to their decision to stand up for their faith. I want to praise the fact that God kept them from burning up, but also how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego teach us how to stand up for our God and always uphold the faith, no matter what. Doing this will not only change our lives, but the lives of others around us. In my opinion, there is no greater lesson

Josiah found the copy of the law of God in the temple and when he heard the news that the people were not following the law, gathered all the people and kings to promise to obey the book of law. Jerusalem was filled with pilgrims for keeping the passover. They sacrificed more than 45,000 sacrifices. After the temple was refinished, The king of Egypt and his army gathered with the king of Jerusalem. The king of Egypt told the king of Jerusalem that the Lord had spoken to him telling him that if the king of Jerusalem interferes with him he will destroy the kingdom. In the battle, Josiah was badly hurt and died a few days later. Then, Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, instead of tearing his clothes he tore apart the book and the whole generation changed. Jehoahaz was the king of Judah for three months. When pharaoh defeated his father the kingdom, Judah was handed over to the Egyptians. He allowed the people to go back to practicing idolatry. When he stopped listening to the king of Egypt he imprisoned him and send him to Egypt where he died. Jehoiakim reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years and for the first four years he paid large tribute to Egypt and he reestablished idolatry then in 605 B.C., the Babylonian king, King Nebuchadnezzar, fought with Pharaoh and

When David arrived at the battle field, he was surprised to see the men fearfully hiding in the shadows to escape the giant. Rightfully confused at the sight, David interrogated the Israelite soldiers and was disappointed when he concluded that the Israelites were cowards. David was a fearless man who continually and significantly depended on God as his protector and provider. He quickly confronted King Saul concerning the matter and came to a solution in which he would fight Goliath. His inaptitude was apparent but his innate sense of courage was inscrutable. Reluctantly, King Saul complied and after much debate, agreed that David would face the giant with nothing but a sling shot and five stones. David approached the battlefield and with one motion, flung the sling around quickly. The stone then slipped from the cloth and flew through the air at an incredible speed. With astonishing precision, the stone hit the monster’s forehead with great impact, causing the skull to shatter and cave in on itself killing the beast immediately. Then, standing upon the giant’s dead corps, David sliced the beast head off using the philistine’s sword. Upon seeing this, the philistines fled in a stampede from the battle field, leaving God’s chosen people as

Nevertheless, God chose Gideon as a judge. An angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him that God was with him (v. 11-12). Gideon, however, doubted this and said that God had forsaken the Israelites (v. 13). Despite his doubt, God told Gideon that he would be the one to deliver Israel (v. 14). He voiced his reservations because of his family’s poverty and status, but God reassured him that he would deliver Israel (v. 15-16). Gideon then wanted a sign that it was truly God promising this (v. 17-18). Gideon prepared some items and brought it back to the angel (v. 19). After pouring out the items on a rock, the angel touched it with his staff and a fire rose up from it (v. 20-21).

Subsequently, in 1 Chronicles 9, the people of Judah were told they lost Jerusalem and its Temple because of their unfaithfulness to God (1 Chronicles 9:1 & Murphy 113). God had sent king Nebuchadnezzar to take the Jews because God’s people were mocking His “messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets” (2 Chronicles 36:16). The Jews were in exile until Cyrus became the king of Persia, in which many Jews returned from Babylon and a new temple was built.

The hair of their heads was not singed, their d cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.” When he saw this he proclaimed “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than h serve and worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.” (Daniel 3:28-29). And then promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Throughout his life, Jesus performed many miracles. Examples of these miracles can be found in the Holy Bible in the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). I would have to say that my favorite miracle performed by Jesus would have to be when Jesus fed the four thousand, in Mark 8:1-13. Jesus was surrounded by a large crowd and felt compassion for them. He wanted to provide food for everyone so they would be strong enough to travel back to their homes. They only had seven loaves of bread and a few fish, but after Jesus gave thanks and broke the bread, he told his disciples to pass out the food, and they did. When everyone was finished eating there was seven basketfuls of broken pieces left.

Was God also upset that Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem? What was the meaning of the four different kingdoms? What was the kingdom that would bring all the other kingdoms to an end? If Nebuchadnezzar believed that Daniel’s God was the God of gods, then why did he still have a golden statue made for his god? Was God also upset with Nebuchadnezzar for worshiping another god?

and their army. David was sent to give food to the Israel army. In doing so heard Goliath

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the city of Jerusalem and besieged it. The Babylonians ferociously and cruelly stole everything they deemed valuable in the city. One of the valuables taken was Daniel, a wise Jewish boy. While in Babylon, Daniel never lost his faith in God and always strove to obey Him to the best of his abilities. When king Darius took over Babylon, he appointed officials to look over the government affairs. Daniel was one

Throughout the New Testament are recounts of the miracles that Jesus performed to give proof that He was indeed the Son of God and the Messiah foretold of in the Old Testament. John chose to recount only seven of the many miracles that Jesus performed. He felt that these seven, more than any of the others, showed definitive proof that the Messiah, the Son of God, had come as promised.

Samson prayed to the Lord and asked “Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” With all of his great might he pushed against the temple and yelled, “Let me die with the Philistines!” and the temple came crashing down. “Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.”

The second ruler, Balshazzar also disgraced himself by taking relics from the temple and used them to praise pagan gods (Daniel 5:1-9). Daniel is again called in to interpret a dream, similar to Nebuchadnezzar. Verses 25-28 pronounce judgment on the king and in verse 5:30 he is slain that very night.

There are many connections linking the Old Testament and the New Testament. These connections are formed to parallel Jesus Christ in the Gospels from the stories of the Old Testament. These examples are used to show the truth of the Old Testament and to present the fulfillment of Jesus Christ. A few of these examples are Moses and the Pharaoh and Jesus and King Herod, Lamb of God and Passover, Moses and the Burning Bush and “I AM” statements, and finally, the parting of the Red Sea and Jesus Christ’s baptism. All of these examples are shown in the Old and New Testament and are shown as miracles because these parallels happened years apart from each other. This is the fulfillment of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Daniel then stepped up to make an attempt at the interpritation. He successfully interprited it which then had Nebuchadnezzar promote him to a main advisor. (Daniel 2:47) Later, Nebuchadnezzar created a gold statue of himself. People of the empire were ordered to bow down to this statue when the music played. People who failed to complete this task were killed by Nebuchadnezzar. The most known case of this was of Daniel’s friends Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego. They were thrown into a boiling furnace when they decided against bowing down. Surprisingly, these three men came back out alive. Nebuchadnezzar is quoted for saying this quote in the bible, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way” (Daniel 3:28–29).241In Daniel Chapter Four, Nebuchadnezzar was supposdly given another