Contemplative Bible Reading

Daniel 3:28 (New Living Translation)

Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him.

This statement by Nebuchadnezzar comes after the three Hebrews were tossed into the fiery furnace and walked out alive. Nebuchadnezzar credits an angel of God the Creator for being the messenger to pull the three from death.

How did Nebuchadnezzar ever learn about angels of God? How did he know about any kind of angels or any kind of super-natural or spiritual beings? The people in “ancient times” weren’t ignorance and they weren’t senseless. They sensed the presence and power of God. They knew that spiritual beings sent from God existed and worked among us.

How did we, in the post-modern or whatever we call it world, become so ignorant and senseless? And then we describe ourselves as being enlightened and smart and all that self-aggrandizing stuff.