Daniel 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore, he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded the most, mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Here comes the death decree of Revelation chapter 13, for all who will not bow will first be deprived of all their commercial privileges, but if like the three Hebrew boys, they continue to refuse to bow, then it is one and only one option left on the table and that is to issue a death decree against them.. What Nebuchadnezzar did in the preceding verses is to be expected, but what he did in the next verse should be of greater concern.
Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
We are not going to dwell too much on the rest of the chapter, we will focus our attention squarely on verse 29, for there is where we are brought to our day and the issue of using force for things that are good or bad. We observe in both instances, that Nebuchadnezzar in his governance of persons under his jurisdiction, used enforcement as his tool of choice to push his agenda through, for he employed it when trying to coerce the Hebrews into false worship, and then he threatens to use it again in enforcing true worship.
Daniel 3:6 And whosoever refuses to fall down and worship, shall the same hour be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!