Christophany?

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” Daniel 3:24-25

He said, Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed

Nebuchadnezzar spoke like a pagan polytheist, content to conceive of the fourth figure as a lesser heavenly being sent by the all-powerful God of the Israelites.

By: Dr. Laurence Wedderburn September 5, 2025