God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins; for there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way” (3:29). Although the king is still a polytheist, he confesses that “there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.” Israel’s God is “the God of gods,” the only one who can deliver his people from a fiery furnace. The plot line, the repetitions, and the theocentric interpretation seem to make it rather easy
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