Located on the south side of the sanctuary in the second space from the rear of the nave is the window titled “The Three Men in the Fiery Furnace.” The history of this Old Testament miracle is recorded in the Book of Daniel, the third chapter. The miracle occurred during the Sixth Century Before Christ’s birth. Looking at the window you might think the name of the window does not fit the picture. There appears to be not three, but four men in the flames. But Daniel tells us one is an angel. Nebuchadnezzar is the king of Babylon who had made an enormous slender image of gold about a hundred feet high and more than ten feet wide and set it up on a plain in the province of Babylon. Babylon was the name of the greatest cities of ancient times and also the name of the entire geographical area, much like New York, New York. The king gathered all his princes and officials for its dedication. A herald announced that whenever a musical signal was given his subjects were to fall down toward the image in worship. Failing to do this, a person could immediately be seized for disobedience to the king and cast into a fiery furnace. Some of the Jewish captive people declined to honor the decree. Three of them, recorded as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were accused and put into the fiery furnace which was heated seven times more than usual. The interchange between the king and the three men is interesting to read. The guards who cast them bound into the furnace were killed from the heat. Verse 27 tells us the fire had no power over the three men and not even one hair on their heads was singed! Try to imagine how this affected the mighty king? Read it all and the outcome of the miracle in that 30-verse chapter and try to imagine the event. Artist Suzanne Spalding correctly and beautifully shows the three men in the flames in this scroll-window. The angel is ministering to them. They are not only no longer bound, but their clothes are intact! What a mighty miracle indeed. What a reminder to us of God’s power. What an attractive depiction of the event!