Who is this King Nebuchadnezzar? What does he really believe? After Daniel interpreted the King’s dream, the King said, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings,” and then the King gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego high positions in the government.
Shortly after that the King changed his position, for he set up a ninety-foot-high golden idol and decreed in his anger that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego should be burned to death for being true to the “Lord of kings.” The King made another switch a few verses later. After the three young men had been spared, the King blessed the God of these three men, decreed that anyone who spoke against Jehovah would die, and promoted the three young men. Did he praise Jehovah just because he was afraid not to do so? What does he really believe? At the height of his powers he was driven from the throne and ate grass with the oxen of the fields.
Does your faith in God depend on where you are or with whom you associate? Sooner or later, “every knee will bow and every tongue will confess”(Romans 14:11). In times of trial the “real Christian” stand up.