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1 | Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? | Dan 2:47 | Ray | 6304 | ||
Hi Hank, Thanks for responding. My response is the same as I wrote, "Is God a generic god?" The king knew already about the God of heaven because Daniel told him that He had made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place according to his dreams. Daniel 2:28 The fact is that Daniel and company were delivered. Now you tell me, "Who was the god who was able to deliver? Daniel 3:15 and 29. |
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2 | Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? | Dan 2:47 | Hank | 6307 | ||
Well, Ray, to attempt to answer your question, "Who was the god who was able to deliver?" -- It seems fair to say that all Christians would hold that it could only have been God, the God of Israel, who alone was able then and is able now, to deliver. Nebchadnezzar however, being a pagan steeped in the Babylonian religion of polytheism, obviously did not view the situation in the same perspective that we can today, given the facts some thousands of years later. In Daniel 3:15 Nebuchadnezzar, in asking "what god?" is probably using "god" in a paganistic sense, i.e., what god among other gods. The Chaldee word used here for "god" is elahh, and can mean God or god. In 3:29, the king is clearly speaking of the God of Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-nego. But this presents no proof that the same meaning should be attached to 3:15....Both the NASB and NKJV render "god" in 3:15 and "God" in 3:29. The KJV renders "God" in both verses. I believe the two modern versions, in rendering "god" in 3:15 and "God" in 3:29 more accurately reflect the sense indicated by the context....In any event, the matter doesn't appear to be of any great moment, no matter which meaning of "god" Nebuchadnezzar may have had in mind. And I see this as the only issue involved here. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? | Dan 2:47 | Ray | 6330 | ||
Hi Hank, Again, thanks for responding. I hadn't realized that the KJV had Daniel 3:15 and 29 as a capitalized "God." I have to make a correction though in that you said that NASB had god capitalized in verse 29; it is however in the NKJ as you stated. If you don't care which God Nebuchadnezzar was thinking of then you shouldn't care whether he was a believer or not. On the other hand, if Nebuchadnezzar had the only true God in mind, it would be a very good scriptural witness to the fact that there is *only one* true God. The God who is able. In other words, Nebuchadnezzar had many gods at the start, and now he can know that he can not know many Gods, for only One is able. |
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