Nebuchadnezzar’s Humiliation!

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Although the judgment of God was revealed against Nebuchadnezzar, it didn’t have to occur, as the king dreamed it would. The Lord never punished his people without offering them a grace period, in which they could repent. In fact, this is what occurred to the king of Assyria in the days before Assyria made war against Israel and destroyed Samaria, and took the children of Israel captive. In the Book of Jonah, the prophet was sent to preach to Nineveh and warn the city of the Lord’s intended judgment. The king of Nineveh called for a fast and the city repented, so God repented of the evil he had predicted would occur. Jonah prophesied in the days of Jeroboam II prior to the Lord’s judgment upon Samaria (2Kings 14:23-25). As the Book of Jonah reveals, God’s judgment didn’t fall upon Nineveh in the days of Jonah. Instead, the Lord didn’t judge Nineveh, until the days after Israel’s fall to Assyria, when the prophet called Nahum preached.

 

Blessed Be the God…!

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In prior studies of the Book of Daniel, we saw that Daniel and Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego were taken captive and were hostages that were taken to Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar had defeated King Jehoiakim of Judah, who had allied himself with Pharaohnechoh, king of Egypt, for Egypt was at war with Babylon. Daniel and his three brethren spent three years under the authority and tutorage of Ashpenaz, the prince of the eunuchs. So, their first three years in Babylon were spent learning the language of the Chaldees and ways of Babylon. Their rise to power in the Babylonian government came unexpectedly through the authority of King Nebuchadnezzar, due to his gratitude for Daniel’s revelation and interpretation of the king’s dream in the second chapter of the book. The other wise men of the kingdom were, no doubt, shocked and disturbed over the king’s sudden command to put Daniel and his brethren in authority over them. Thus, political conspiracies ensued in an effort to regain the king’s ear and their former power in the kingdom.