Daniel 3:25

[menegroth]

Daniel 3:25 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

My question is with the part that I put in bold, it is an old testement book and I understand that the Son of God has been around before the earth as part of the trinity etc. but given this was before Jesus birth are they referring to Jesus himself was in the fire with them or was it an angel btu didn't have a word for it per se so called it what the son of God would prob look like? surrounded in light etc i imagine. or maybe I am just looking to much into it, anyone else wondered about this. thanks in advance

Josh

[Mongo]

Daniel 3:25 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

My question is with the part that I put in bold, it is an old testement book and I understand that the Son of God has been around before the earth as part of the trinity etc. but given this was before Jesus birth are they referring to Jesus himself was in the fire with them or was it an angel btu didn't have a word for it per se so called it what the son of God would prob look like? surrounded in light etc i imagine. or maybe I am just looking to much into it, anyone else wondered about this. thanks in advance

Josh

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It was Jesus. He did not know His name, but he knew who it was none the less.

Jesus also appeared in Joshua's camp to fight Jericho.

Trippy, ain't it. Its just something you don't expect in the OT.

[menegroth]

thanks for all the info everyone, i appreciate it. it is definately cool how Gods word always reflects back on itself even form the beginning it talks abotu christ being first in the NT in john 1 hes mentioned as alpha and omega in revelation and yet in daniel i guess it's just really confirmation of where he was throughout history.

thanks again

Josh

[RGR]

I too agree that this was Jesus. Just to throw out an idea here-some scholars think perhaps it might not have been Jesus. Some translations do this verse as "a son of the gods" and say that the context was the king was pagan and therefore wouldn't have recognized an angel as being from God but as a heavenly being, therefore a "son of the gods."

[EricH]

I too agree that this was Jesus.

[Mongo]

I think I will ask ol Neb when I see him in heaven. Since everything else will be revealed to me, I hope that is too, but if not he's on my list. Also I want to ask the disciples how come they didn't recongize Jesus (after the resurrection) right away. There's a verse that I wonder about, though I think I know the answer.

It'll give me something to do other than pester Jesus with those thousand questions I've been saving up.

[EricH]

I think I will ask ol Neb when I see him in heaven.  Since everything else will be revealed to me, I hope that is too, but if not he's on my list.  Also I want to ask the disciples how come they didn't recongize Jesus (after the resurrection) right away.  There's a verse that I wonder about, though I think I know the answer.

It'll give me something to do other than pester Jesus with those thousand questions I've been saving up.

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Well said

[Mongo]

Not me. I've spent years saving these up and I've got to know. Might not be the first thing I do, but I'll get around to it eventually.

And I don't believe that we will spend all of our time praying and worshipping the Lord. It doesn't say that. It doesn't say really anything as to what we will be doing, but it does say that we will be able to worship and commune with God directly.

I know a guy that thinks that all we will do day and night is be in constant state of worship and we will be content with this forever. To me, that contradicts God nature. He is perfect love and desired to give us free will, and he's never been one to enslave others. That type of worship is acutally evil in nature. Its self gratifying, and God is not like that.

Sure we will worship Him, and I'm sure there will be lots of things to do other than that, but there's simply so much we don't know because we haven't reached that point (its about 5-7 years away though) and when we do its too late for anyone to come back and tell you what's up.

[doulon]

I too agree that this was Jesus.

[Keith]

I think I will ask ol Neb when I see him in heaven.  Since everything else will be revealed to me, I hope that is too, but if not he's on my list.  Also I want to ask the disciples how come they didn't recongize Jesus (after the resurrection) right away.  There's a verse that I wonder about, though I think I know the answer.

It'll give me something to do other than pester Jesus with those thousand questions I've been saving up.

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I agree. I have an image in my head of Jesus looking down a long line of millions of people with their thousands of questions! LOL