"(They) answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods" -Daniel 3:16-18
Ol' Nebby K thought pretty highly of himself to have built a statue of himself and then order everyone to worship it. If you can imagine that kind of vanity, it's not so hard to imagine the rage that followed.
Despite the theories behind "progressive-ism," mankind hasn't changed much, at least not in the past 2500 years. There are still vain men in power and there are still men faithful to God facing persecution for not bowing to that vanity.
This post was prompted by an article about a Harvard professor seeking to lord it over evangelicals but that's not by any means the only example. In the past couple of decades, there have been countless cases of scientists and teachers being ostracized for their lack of faith in evolution. And in the past few years, the high priests of climate change are calling for the heavy hand of government to come down against the infidels to their religion.
At some point, persecution of Christians is to be expected, Jesus prophesied such things for anyone willing to follow him. However, he also spoke of a harvest. That implies that no amount of persecution could crush the church. The outcome of the account of Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace gives us more reason to believe that.
That Harvard professor might feel snug and smug in his ivory tower but his will is no match for God's.
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