In the middle ages, churches would have collections of relics that they would periodically display for a fee. These relics would be things like the bones of saints, or the tears of the Virgin Mary in a bottle. John Calvin noted that there were enough splinters of Jesus’ cross in Europe to build a whole city. There were numerous skulls of John the Baptist, and most of the apostles had multiple bodies.
But the other day, I saw that our church had an interesting relic sitting out back. Sitting in the center of the fire ring was Shadrach’s chair.
January 12th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
What makes this a Shadrach chair? Is it really going to be burned?
January 14th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
NJ, Shadrach was one of the three Hebrews who were thrown into the fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar. They were preserved by God and when they exited the furnace, their clothes wheren’t even singed. The fire didn’t harm them at all.
Perhaps you haven’t thought much about this episode, but if he was in the fire long enough, don’t you suppose Shadrach would have needed something to sit on?