“Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God” (Daniel 3:25). Hundreds of years before Christ Jesus was born, these words were spoken by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, after he ordered three young men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to be bound and thrown into a fiery furnace because of their unwavering fidelity to God’s supremacy on earth. The protection from harm these young men experienced may be understood through St. John’s description of the “new Jerusalem” (see Revelation 21:2–4), where God’s order and law of safety appear to us. I am grateful to share that my son was healed based on the lessons from these accounts.
Last summer, just before we were to leave for a family camping trip, my wife texted me that while they were grocery shopping our young son had fallen and severely hit his head. She had called a Christian Science practitioner for treatment and asked me for immediate support and help. She also comforted him while bandaging his head and then driving home.
I immediately started praying for our son. I recalled the previous night’s Wednesday testimony meeting at my local branch Church of Christ, Scientist, which included citations from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, on the topic of “New Jerusalem.” I reasoned that if God is all-powerful and only good, and His kingdom has come on earth, as Jesus said, then there can be no chaotic force, randomness, or chance that could cause my son to have an accident. If there was no accident, there could be no injury. I clung to the truth that my son is always living and moving in a place so protected that it’s impossible he could be subject to accident or physical harm.
