[JudyinCanada]

Lots of examples of Godly people defying tyrants:

Paul, Simon, John, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego.....and weren’t all of the early Christians who were thrown into lions’ dens not bowing down to the “government” of their day?

[SkyDancer]

I told my pastor that I would not obey tyrants in government and he replied that God had control and set them up just like Nero who persecuted Christians.

[SkyDancer]

PS: Be safe up there.

[Persevero]

Yes. There is biblical warrant for disobeying authorities who refuse to allow us to gather for worship.

Normatively Christians submit to government. As we should. But not always. There comes a time. The cancellation of the assembly is the time IMO.

[Elsie]

The Hebrew names of the three youths were

Hananiah (חֲנַנְיָה‎ Ḥănanyāh), "Yah is gracious",

Mishael (מִישָׁאֵל‎ Mîšā’êl), "Who is what El is?" and

Azariah (עֲזַרְיָה‎ Ǎzaryāh), "Yah has helped",

 

but by the king's decree they were assigned Chaldean names, so that

Hananiah became Shadrach (שַׁדְרַך Šaḏraḵ),

Mishael became Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ Mêšaḵ) and

Azariah became Abednego (עֲבֵ֣דנְג֑וֹ ‘Ǎḇêḏ-Nəḡō).^[14]

 

Do not use their SLAVE NAMES!