Episode The Fiery Furnace | Week 2
The "Fiery Furnace" plays an important role in how the story of the Bible is told. It describes how evil things can get, but the lengths to which God will go to rescue his kids and set things right. In our hands, furnaces are agents of destruction and evil—destroying what is good and promoting what is evil. In God’s hands, fiery furnaces purify, shape, and set right. And ultimately, God did this setting right by going into the furnace himself and coming out on the other side with the keys to death and hades. And as a result of this, as we all experience living in a fiery furnace—living in a world that still has evil and sin and destruction—we can look forward to the day when Jesus will burn away all that is evil, leaving all that is truly good.
Chapter 6
Have you noticed the theme of the Fiery Furnace throughout the Bible or thought about what it means? Explore the important role that the fiery furnace plays in how the whole story of the Bible is told as we continue this intriguing series on Discover the Word. Daniel Ryan Day leads our discussion with Elisa Morgan, Mart DeHaan, and Rasool Berry, and in this episode digs into a surprising representation of God’s covenant.
Chapter 7
Have you ever considered how anger may be like a furnace? Join the Discover the Word team as they discuss the most familiar furnace story in the Bible—about Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and Nebuchadnezzar—and discover how God uses furnaces to destroy evil and strengthen good while humans often use them to destroy good and strengthen evil.
Chapter 8
Have you ever noticed the mentions of The Fiery Furnace in the New Testament? In this episode of Discover the Word, Daniel, Elisa, Mart, and Rasool explore some of the times the fiery furnace shows up in the gospel of Matthew. Discover what the furnace says about God and people through Jesus’ parables and see the representation of how God protects His children and destroys all that is evil.
Chapter 9
How can a parable that makes mention of a fiery furnace invite us to be part of God’s kingdom? Join the Discover the Word group for another insightful conversation about what the fiery furnace means when we see it mentioned in the gospel of Matthew. And discover how it’s a compelling invitation to understand and experience the kingdom of heaven.
Chapter 10
So how does the story of the fiery furnace throughout the Bible tell the story of the Bible? You won’t want to miss this compelling conclusion in Revelation. Find out who really goes into the furnace and what that means for all of us as Daniel, Elisa, Mart, and Rasool reveal the culmination of “The Fiery Furnace” in Jesus.