#shadrach

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𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 Shadrach. 1989.

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[preraphaelitepaintings]

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace

Artist: Simeon Solomon (British, 1840-1905)

Date: 1863

Medium: Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with traces of graphite, on cream wove paper

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Description

Simeon Solomon's "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace" is a watercolor painting depicting the biblical story of the three men's defiance of King Nebuchadnezzar and their miraculous survival in a furnace of fire. The painting, completed in 1863, showcases the artist's use of strong, sinuous lines and a gaze of defiance, reminiscent of other Pre-Raphaelite artists like Rossetti and Blake.

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Art I did for something I wrote

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Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

Artist: Simeon Solomon (British, 1840-1905)

Date: 1863

Medium: Watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic

Collection: Private Collection

Who Were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?

The first time we read about these young men, we meet King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon who besieged Jerusalem. He immediately started to take notice of the people living in his new territory: “Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace” (Daniel 1:3–4). Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, along with Daniel, were selected as meeting that criteria.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were eventually appointed “administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court” (Daniel 2:49). It didn’t take long for these young men to be tested. King Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden idol and commanded everyone to bow down to it (Daniel 3:1–5). The dire consequences of not obeying this command were that the violator would “immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace” (Daniel 3:6). The time had come for these three young men to choose whom they were going to obey: King Nebuchadnezzar or the One True God.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow to the golden image. When questioned as to why they had failed to comply with the king’s order, they replied, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up” (Daniel 3:16–18). The die had been cast. A furious Nebuchadnezzar immediately ordered the three young men to be thrown into the fiery furnace and, as an added measure of wrath, for it to be heated “seven times hotter than usual” (Daniel 3:20). The king wanted to make a public example of how disobedience would be dealt with under his reign.

When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the furnace, the king expected to see a quick and painful death for these young men. But he was stunned to see them walking around in the furnace, unharmed—and someone else was in the furnace with them: “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods” (Daniel 3:25). The king, although antagonistic toward the God of Israel, immediately recognized the supernatural nature of miracle before him. Nebuchadnezzar called the three Hebrew men out of the furnace, praised their God, and honored them, declaring, “No other god can save in this way” (Daniel 3:29).

[emimagines]

This is Iris, age 5

And this is Shadrach, age 3

I will both kill and die for my babies and so would Zane!

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[soupy-sez]

“Well, who shall inherit the earth? The meek shall! And, yo, I think I'm starting to peak now, Al. And then the man upstairs, well, I hope that he cares. If I had a penny for my thoughts, I'd be a millionaire.

We're just three emcees, and we're on the go – Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego.”

↚ Beastie Boys – Shadrach ↛ x