If God were to see fit to deliver them from the flames, fine; they would continue to serve him as responsible officials of the Babylonian government, assuming the king gave them their jobs back. If God did not intervene to save them, well, that was his business. Their business was to be loyal to him, to put God first in their lives. Either God would deliver them, and the issue would be solved; or for reasons best known to him, God would see fit not to deliver them. They knew that Jehovah is a God
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