Jesus said, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” (John 5:39).
The OT is all about Jesus.
For not only are there tons of Messianic prophecies, but Jesus made many pre-incarnate appearances in the Old Testament, as well. You can check that out at this CF thread
(If you are unaware of this or you would like to check out a reference in Scripture you might have missed on the topic).
Anyways, there are several problems with taking the popular Critical Text view (or Modern Bible position) on Daniel 3:25.
Problem #1. We see a pattern of the devil placing his name in the Bible where it does not belong in Modern Bibles that comes from the critical text (Isaiah 14:12, cf. Revelation 22:16, Revelation 13:1). If Daniel 3:25 was the only place where this happened, then you might be on to something; But like good detectives will do, they will piece together a crime scene by looking at a pattern of evidence to solve a crime. In this case, we as Bible believers must look at the pattern of the testimony in Scripture. By doing so, it will make it obvious that the Modern Bible rendering on Daniel 3:25 is yet another corruption upon the true line of manuscripts (the Textus Receptus, which led to the King James Bible).
Problem #2. The context (Part 1). By reading the context even in Modern bibles, Nebuchadnezzar refers to the most high God (singular), and not one of many gods in the immediate context when talking about the God of the Hebrews.
(a) who
is that
God that shall deliver you out of my hands? (Daniel 3:15).
(b) ye servants of the most high
God, (Daniel 3:26).
(c) Blessed
be the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, (Daniel 3:28).
(d) because there is no other
God that can deliver after this sort (Daniel 3:29).
Problem #3. The context (Part 2).
“Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed
be the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him,” (Daniel 3:28) (
KJB).
Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the
God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,
who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.” (Daniel 3:28) (
NIV).
“Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.” (Daniel 3:28) (
ESV).
This verse is all we need to refute the false thinking by OAO Proponents (Original Autograph Only Believers or Only the originals were inspired and perfect). Daniel 3:28 also says the same thing in Modern Bibles in that Nebuchadnezzar says that the God (singular) of Daniel’s three friends had sent his angel (messenger) to deliver his servants that trusted him. In order to make your view work, you would have to make me believe Nebuchadnezzar had a split personality at this point in time of his life (Whereby he was confused about reality and said things that contradicted himself). For Nebuchadnezzar clearly refers to God as singular in Daniel 3:28 in reference to the angel that delivered Daniel’s three friends. This shows the obvious error in Modern Bibles on Daniel 3:25. Not even the Modern rendering lines up with the context. That’s clearly bad scholarship and a corruption upon God’s Word. To not see this is to simply bury one’s head in the sand to the truth here.
Problem #4. The Vatican influence on most Modern Bibles.
Again, unlike the KJB, most of all your Modern Bibles comes from the Critical Text.
This constantly changing Critical Greek Text is under the direct supervision of the Vatican. They come right out and tell you this. They aren't even trying to hide it. Here is a photo of page 45 from right out of the Nestle-Aland 27th edition.
Source:
The KJB Only versus the Latin Vulgate Only Argument by: Another King James Bible Believer
But Guess which Bible the Roman Catholic Church does NOT want you to read -
Source:
Undeniable Proof the ESV, NIV, NASB, Holman Standard, NET, Jehovah Witness NWT etc. are the new "Vatican Versions" by: Another King James Bible Believer
Note: I am aware this forbidden book of the Catholic church is an older version, and they have updated it. But the point here is that at one time, they considered the KJB to be a forbidden book.
Very interesting.
Side Note:
Oh, and yes, I know about Erasmus, but he was not exactly in agreement with many Catholic doctrines, and he was later rejected by the Catholic church and he died among his Protestant friends.
To learn more about Erasmus, check out this article
here.
I could list more problems as to why we should not trust the Modern Bible rendering on Daniel 3:25, but if you need more reasons, you can simply check out the following CF thread here.
So if this does not crumble your belief in Modern scholarship or the Modern bibles wrong rendering on Daniel 3:25, I don’t know what will do so, my friend.
In any event, may God bless you (even if you continue to disagree).