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Review: We are studying Daniel and his friends

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They were
brought to Babylon and had 3 years of training
to serve the king. Last week King
Nebuchadnezzar had a dream and was very
angry that his wise men couldn't tell him what
the dream meant. God explained the dream
to Daniel and Daniel was able to tell the king
about his dream. Daniel told King
Nebuchadnezzar that even though his kingdom
was the most powerful now, there would be
other kingdoms after his. But the last and most
important kingdom would be the kingdom of
Jesus Christ.

Daniel and his friends, Shadrach, Meshach and

Abednego were promoted! The king made
Daniel ruler over the whole province of
Babylon, and chief administrator over all the
wise men of Babylon. (vs. 48) And Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego were in charge of the
affairs in Babylon.

Lesson: Scripture is Daniel 3. King

Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, ninety
feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the
plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. King
Nebuchadnezzar gathered up all his people and
told them to come to the dedication (opening
ceremony) of this image he had made.

King Nebuchadnezzar proclaimed that when

everyone heard the music start playing, all the
people had to bow down and worship it or he
would throw them into a fiery furnace. (Daniel
3:6)

But, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego

refused to bow down to the statue! There were
some Chaldeans that went to King
Nebuchadnezzar and told him that he had made
the decree that everyone had to bow down to the
gold image. But, there are some Jews that you
have put in charge over Babylon and they did
not worship your golden image that you set up!

When King Nebuchadnezzar found out that

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to
bow down, he was furious and King
Nebuchadnezzar asked them why they didn’t do
what he commanded.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied that

they did what God commanded and He would
deliver them from the fiery furnace.

That made King Nebuchadnezzar even angrier,

so he commanded the furnace be made seven
times hotter! King Nebuchadnezzar had
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego tied up and
thrown into the fire!

The fiery furnace was so hot; it killed the men

that threw them into it!! Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego fell down when they were thrown
into the fire. King Nebuchadnezzar was amazed
when he looked in and said “Didn’t we throw in
three men?

I see four men! They are not tied up and they

are walking around!” They said the fourth man
looks like the Son of God! (Daniel 3:25) So,
King Nebuchadnezzar went to the opening and
told Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to come
out of the fiery furnace.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were not

burned, they didn’t smell like fire, their clothes
were not burned and their hair wasn’t
even burned! King Nebuchadnezzar said
“Blessed is their God, for He delivered His
servants from the fire!” Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego received a promotion and King
Nebuchadnezzar told the people "If anyone says
anything against their God, they would be cut
into pieces!" Next week, we finish our study on
Daniel!

We made this project for this lesson. It needs to be

printed (I printed on cardstock), cut out and glued
together in layers. I cut the white strip off the
bottom of the page, and the opening for the door,
but let the kids do the rest of the project. But,
depending on your class, they could do that part
also. The directions are on the download, but not
the pictures you see above. Click here to
download.

Click here to download the worksheet.

Click here to download the updated visuals.

The file includes Daniel 1-3. All are not shown.

Click here to download the pictures to color.

(These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.)

Click here to see the wall for Babylon VBS.

Bible Verse: Daniel 3:17

Scripture taken from the New King James
Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.

Used by permission.

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Dianna@The Kennedy Adventures Tuesday, May

20, 2014 at 10:55:00 PM CDT
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2014 at 11:45:00 AM CDT
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Anna@The Measured Mom Sunday, May 25, 2014

at 8:20:00 PM CDT
Love this Bible story! Your fiery furnace craft looks
great - thanks for sharing this post at After School!
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Thank you very much. This bible story download
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Thank you so much for sharing these free
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A blessed day! Thank you for this lesson. May I ask
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