THE DREAM IS FULFILLED DANIEL 4: 28 - 36
(28) All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. (29) Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, (30) he said, "Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
(31) The words were still on his lips when a voice came from heaven, "This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. (32) You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like cattle. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone He wishes."
(33) Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
(34) At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified Him who lives forever.
His dominion is an eternal dominion;
His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
(35) All the peoples of the earth
are regarded as nothing.
He does as He pleases
with the powers of heaven
No one can hold back His hand
or say to Him: "What have You done?"
(36) At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before. (37) Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of Heaven, because everything He does is right and all His ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble. (NIV)
COMMENTARY ON DANIEL BY H.A. IRONSIDE
In Nebuchadnezzar we see a picture of all Gentile power--its departure from God, its degradation and bestial character, and its final subjugation to God in the Time of the End, when Christ shall return in glory and all nations shall prostrate themselves before Him, owning His righteous and benevolent sway. Nebuchadnezzar set up in intelligence was the embodiment of authority given from Heaven: "The powers that be are ordained of God." But it is written, "Man being in honor abideth not, but is as the beasts that perish." This, the king's madness clearly sets forth-- the turning away of the nations from God, and the corruption of governments to serve human ends.
Has not this been characteristic of the great ones of this world? Instead of kings standing for God, and acting as His representatives to maintain justice and judgment in the earth, do we not find pride and self-will, covetousness and self-seeking, generally controlling them? All this is pictured by the debasement of Nebuchadnezzar, when his heart was changed to the heart of a beast, and he was driven forth to eat grass like the oxen of the fields.
When Queen Victoria was asked by a heathen chieftain who came from his distant domain, he asked her to tell him the secret of England's progress and greatness, it is said that The Queen presented him with a Bible saying, "This book will tell you."
Who can doubt that according to the measure in which that Book of books has been believed and loved by any people, God has honored them; and you will find that every nation that has welcomed and protected the Gospel has been cared for and blessed in a special way.
On the other hand, let there be a national rejection of His Word, as in the case of the French nation, who were among the first favored by Him in Reformation times, but drove out the Truth He gave them, and you will find disaster following disaster; for He who cannot lie has said, "Them that honor Me, I will honor; but they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed."
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MY THOUGHTS
At this point, all I can say is that the time draws near. I have posted in the past regarding The Nine Harbingers of America: 'https://omaswisdom.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-nine-harbingers.html
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