The Fiery Furnace - Life in Exile: Studies in Daniel and Ezekiel

In the fight to resist Babylon, there is inevitably a clash of values, morals, and practices. Sometimes there is a creative third option you can take in order to maintain your convictions, but also appease the secular state. However, there are other times when you are faced with a binary choice. Either be faithful to God and to the scriptures or give in and compromise your convictions. In Daniel 1, the Hebrew boys were able to maintain their convictions by coming up with a creative third option as it related to food. In Daniel 3, no such option exists, and the stakes could not be higher.