25.03.07 “Bow or Burn!” (Daniel 3:1-6)

In our world of architectural extravagance, what is the most outrageous building or structure designed and crafted by mankind that you have ever seen? The skyline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, or maybe the skyline of Hong Kong, or perhaps the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

While we have no actual photographs from the great ancient cities like Nineveh or Babylon, architects and sketch artists have been fascinated by historical descriptions of what those remarkable cities were like. Come with me again, back to Babylon about 2600 years ago. Daniel had been forcibly taken as a teenage captive from Jerusalem during King Nebuchadnezzar’s first invasion in 605 BC, and marched to Babylon, a journey of about 700 miles by the circuitous route travelers likely took at that time.