![The Politics of Rupture: Daniel 3:27-30](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/13-11-25-Fiery-Furnace.jpg)
The story of the deliverance of Daniel’s three friends from persecution for their faith takes an unpleasant turn as a new form of religious oppression is set up as its immediate effect. Apparent victories are all too often co-opted by the vicious dynamics of the political systems that they appeared to have overcome. In Advent, however, we see a political rupture that can never be dissolved back into the prevailing power structures.