In the Fiery Furnace

In the Fiery Furnace

 

Daniel 3:15

Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

Sometimes Christian musicians think that they are the only people who go through fiery trials over not being comfortable worshiping with “all kinds of music”.  Some musicians whine about the good ‘ole days when there was no battle over worship music.

                It appears that in Daniel’s day false worship was associated with certain sounds produced by certain instruments used to worship the golden image.  It was wrong to enter in to this worship experiences for a multitude of reasons.  However, the point I am making here is not which instruments were used but how they were used.

                The emphasis of this music was diversity, signifying that it was alright to use all kinds of instrumental music to worship the image set up by the godless King Nebuchadnezzar.  These Hebrew men refused to be squeezed into the cultural diversity of this music.  Instead they refused to do wrong—even in the name of musical diversity.

                If you take a stand against any of the musical diversity of this present age, you may be thrown into the denominational fiery furnace.  Why not, are we in this dispensation any more special than Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?  No, we are not, but one thing we can be assured of—the Son of God will go into the fiery furnace with us and He is able to deliver us according to His sovereign will.