WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.080 I'd like to invite you to turn in your Bibles with me if you would to Daniel chapter 4. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:18.240 ! We're going to be continuing our series in the life of Daniel and the second part of Daniel chapter 4 beginning in verse 28. 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:38.420 I appreciate the song. Thank you, worship team, for introducing that to us. It really does help to summarize really our message for today that all of the things that God allows to happen in our life is meant to lead us to His glory in our good. 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:45.359 I'm reminded of the passage in Jeremiah 29 11 that I'm sure you've quoted or heard. 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:54.399 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:03.140 We like good plans. We like good pathways. We like happy, easy lives. 00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:25.400 I wonder this morning if I were to tell you that there is a guaranteed roadmap, a guaranteed strategic plan, as it were, to arrive at greatness, to enjoy good things, to be exalted, as it were. 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:32.859 Is it a plan that you would say, whoa, sign me up, I want to know that plan, let's go for it. 00:01:33.860 --> 00:01:36.020 Yes, the question is a setup. 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:51.120 You know, if you've been in business or management for any length of time, certainly you're familiar with the book that's written by Stephen Covey that are the seven habits of highly effective people. 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:56.160 It was written back in 1989, about 35 years ago. 00:01:56.380 --> 00:02:06.460 And in that book, he puts together these seven, I guess, universal principles, as it were, that kind of arrive at kind of the character. 00:02:06.459 --> 00:02:21.439 And through observation and evaluating the men and the women in industry and business who were the most successful and what was common to them in presenting them to the world around them. 00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:29.199 So that they, too, could understand, how do I experience, how do I enjoy this kind of effectiveness? 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.219 I want to be that kind of person. 00:02:31.659 --> 00:02:34.740 I want to have habits that lead to an effective life. 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:42.060 This has been kind of the benchmark for any successful person over the last 35 years or so. 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:43.900 It continues to be a bestseller. 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:50.820 More than 40 million copies of this book are sold in more than 38 different languages. 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:57.439 And so it is one of those go-to books, as it were, for business and management. 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.800 One example might be be proactive. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:03.760 That's principle number one. 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:10.139 Focus and act on what you can control and influence instead of what you can't. 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.599 Principle number two, or habit number two. 00:03:13.699 --> 00:03:15.000 Begin with the end in mind. 00:03:15.299 --> 00:03:19.000 Define clear measures of success and plan to achieve them. 00:03:19.579 --> 00:03:20.939 And on and on they go. 00:03:22.099 --> 00:03:24.799 Stephen Covey, when he died in 2012, 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.380 estimated his net worth was somewhere around $170 million. 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:34.040 And he had built a 1.4 billion empire. 00:03:35.140 --> 00:03:42.360 He's recognized by Time magazine as one of the top 25 most influential people in America. 00:03:42.980 --> 00:03:43.800 That's saying something. 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:45.620 He's arrived. 00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:51.360 This idea, of course, is if you follow these habits, these principles, 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:58.000 that you too can be highly effective in your place of business or management or industry. 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.460 I wonder now, coming back to our study in Daniel, 00:04:02.620 --> 00:04:06.500 if Nebuchadnezzar may have written a book like that. 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:09.860 Seven habits of highly effective empires. 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:13.659 Or seven habits of highly effective kings. 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.819 Certainly he was one who could have written such a book. 00:04:17.740 --> 00:04:19.939 A man who is hugely productive. 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:25.300 The building projects of Babylon were epic beyond compare. 00:04:25.779 --> 00:04:27.620 A man who finished what he started. 00:04:27.620 --> 00:04:30.879 A man who, by the way, through his engineering genius, 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:37.600 was able to architect not only a defensive system that was unprecedented in the day with the walls, 00:04:38.019 --> 00:04:42.560 but a ziggurat built, a temple built to Marduk, 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:46.060 which towered 288 feet in the air. 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:53.079 The hanging gardens were a testimony to his engineering prowess and genius. 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:55.800 Training and empowering leaders. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.460 Casting a vision. 00:04:57.939 --> 00:05:00.240 Cementing loyalty, you might say, 00:05:00.520 --> 00:05:05.220 with putting up the golden image and forcing all of his officials to bow down. 00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:07.680 Establishing trade networks. 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.319 By the way, it is something I just discovered this week, 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:16.660 that the Silk Road actually began under Nebuchadnezzar's reign, 00:05:17.060 --> 00:05:22.699 starting in Babylon and stretched all the way into Turkey and all the way into India. 00:05:22.699 --> 00:05:27.579 About 1,500 miles this Silk Road began during Nebuchadnezzar's reign. 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:35.159 His technological prowess, his ability to assimilate the best and brightest minds from around the world. 00:05:35.659 --> 00:05:40.360 Truly, he was one who could write a book about effective leadership. 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:43.399 Nebuchadnezzar's leadership was genius. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.879 It begins to be this template for subsequent empires. 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:54.719 And we'll see that in our study next week when we turn the chapter to chapter 5 and then to chapter 6. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:59.779 And we see the media Persian empire taking over. 00:05:59.779 --> 00:06:05.659 God also, you might be surprised to find, has a list. 00:06:06.379 --> 00:06:07.539 A list of greatness. 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:14.679 A list of highly effective qualities, habits for his effective leaders. 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:17.019 His effective disciples. 00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:22.579 One such list is found for us in Luke chapter 7 verse 28. 00:06:22.579 --> 00:06:28.139 When Jesus is speaking about the greatest man born to woman, John the Baptist, he says this, 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:32.219 I tell you, among those born of women, none is greater than John, 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:37.060 yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:41.180 God's list is quite specific. 00:06:41.479 --> 00:06:43.180 His list is quite simple. 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:50.019 His list would focus in on the one quality that will govern a life, 00:06:50.019 --> 00:06:51.019 and that is humility. 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:58.359 The list of greatness is those who are willing to step into the place 00:06:58.359 --> 00:07:00.599 and submit themselves to God's purposes. 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:04.139 Humility is the key to greatness, as we find. 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:06.979 Jesus shares the same list as disciples. 00:07:07.219 --> 00:07:09.899 In Matthew chapter 20, he says, 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:12.719 The last will be first, and the first will be last. 00:07:13.379 --> 00:07:18.399 It shall not be among you, speaking about them as being lords over others. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.500 But whoever would be great among you must be your servant. 00:07:21.819 --> 00:07:24.299 Whoever would be first among you must be your slave. 00:07:25.359 --> 00:07:26.620 It's a little counterintuitive. 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.259 It's a little upside down. 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:33.679 In God's economy, the way up is the way down. 00:07:34.579 --> 00:07:35.620 That's the way it works. 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:38.679 Greatness is achieved through service. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:45.699 That's why the apostle Peter will say much the same thing in 1 Peter 5, verses 6 and 7. 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:45.959 He says, 00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:48.220 Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:51.319 that he may exalt you in due time. 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:59.519 And if you guys remember what the summary statement across last week's message was, 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:00.720 do you remember that? 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:04.500 Humble yourself, or God will humble you. 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:08.040 Humble yourself, or God will humble you. 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:12.860 And by the way, this is the encouragement to all of us, 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:19.839 is that God's humbling work in our life is always with a purpose. 00:08:20.339 --> 00:08:23.720 God's humbling work is to lead you to him. 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.879 As we sang, to come to appreciate, 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:29.060 and we'll see this at the end of our chapter, 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:33.419 to come to appreciate his glory as being preeminent over everything. 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:39.820 Everything is worth the cost to see the glory of God, 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:44.139 to experience, to enjoy, to taste the glory of God. 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.779 That's the divine strategy for success. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.759 Throughout the Bible, all the way up and down, 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:55.080 the way to greatness is the way to humility, 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.799 and that's what we find in our passage today. 00:08:58.299 --> 00:09:03.419 Today, God humbles us with the purpose of restoring us. 00:09:03.419 --> 00:09:05.519 That's the second half of this passage. 00:09:05.699 --> 00:09:09.919 And really, that's what we see written across this entire chapter. 00:09:10.259 --> 00:09:12.399 It begins and ends. 00:09:12.719 --> 00:09:16.099 It's not as humility as being an end to itself, 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.179 but a pathway to get to the result. 00:09:19.179 --> 00:09:22.379 And we see the result at the very beginning of this chapter, 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:24.459 echoed again at the end of this chapter, 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:28.179 that the result of God's humbling work in our life 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:30.159 is to lead us to restoration, 00:09:30.959 --> 00:09:32.539 to lead us to worship, 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.279 to lead us to see who he is, 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.159 and really to come to appreciate that he is everything. 00:09:40.819 --> 00:09:43.879 Notice in Daniel chapter 4, verse 1, 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:44.839 I hope you're there. 00:09:44.939 --> 00:09:46.179 If you're using the Pew Bible, 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:48.339 I believe it's on page 741. 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:50.099 741. 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:52.740 It would be good for you to follow along with us. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:53.980 It says, 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:54.879 King Nebuchadnezzar, 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:58.980 to all peoples, nations, languages that dwell in all the earth, 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:00.480 peace be multiplied to you. 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:04.180 It has seemed good to me to show the signs 00:10:04.180 --> 00:10:07.519 and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. 00:10:08.259 --> 00:10:09.500 How great are his signs, 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:11.519 how mighty his wonders. 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:13.860 His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:17.139 and his dominion endures from generation to generation. 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:18.319 This testimony, 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.360 this witness that's written across this book, 00:10:21.419 --> 00:10:24.220 this is the testimony of Nebuchadnezzar 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:27.939 into introducing the subject matter of chapter 4. 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:30.360 This is what he wants to say, 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:31.960 and then throughout the rest of the chapter, 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:34.039 we're going to find out how he got there. 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:37.960 What God did graciously for Nebuchadnezzar 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:39.699 to bring him to this point, 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.080 and what God must do 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:44.759 to every one of us in this room 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:46.620 to bring us to the same point. 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:49.399 Humble yourself, 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:51.080 or God will humble you. 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:52.980 And when he does, 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:54.860 you can rejoice, 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:57.059 because then you can see God 00:10:57.059 --> 00:10:58.100 and experience him 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.179 the way he intends to be experienced. 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:02.059 That's where we end. 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:04.980 This chapter in Daniel chapter 4, 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:06.659 34 and 35, notice, 00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:08.699 at the end of days, 00:11:08.699 --> 00:11:08.899 I, 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:09.539 Nebuchadnezzar, 00:11:09.839 --> 00:11:11.240 lifted my eyes to heaven. 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.319 My reason returned to me. 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:15.019 I blessed the Most High 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:16.579 and praised and honored him 00:11:16.579 --> 00:11:17.719 who lives forever. 00:11:18.079 --> 00:11:20.399 His dominion is an everlasting dominion. 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.100 His kingdom endures from generation to generation. 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:24.939 All the inhabitants of the earth 00:11:24.939 --> 00:11:26.819 are counted as nothing, 00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:30.080 and he does according to his will 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:32.160 among the hosts of heaven 00:11:32.160 --> 00:11:34.000 and among the inhabitants of the earth, 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.980 and none can stay his hand 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.879 or say to him, 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:39.920 what have you done? 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.879 This morning we're back in Daniel chapter 4, 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.360 and we're concluding our chapter. 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:49.240 For those of you who weren't with us last week, 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:50.399 just to kind of catch you up 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:51.459 to where we are, 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:52.299 Nebuchadnezzar, 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.559 at the beginning of this chapter, 00:11:53.699 --> 00:11:54.360 is celebrating, 00:11:54.699 --> 00:11:56.319 congratulating himself. 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.979 He is sitting in ease. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.159 He's in his palace. 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:01.620 He's looking over the landscape of Babylon, 00:12:01.939 --> 00:12:03.199 and he's thinking to himself, 00:12:03.339 --> 00:12:03.919 ha ha, 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:06.099 look what I did. 00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:09.019 I am pretty amazing. 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.979 And then God sends him this dream. 00:12:12.719 --> 00:12:14.099 This dream of this tree 00:12:14.099 --> 00:12:17.299 that spreads across the entire earth. 00:12:17.439 --> 00:12:19.819 It says that its greatness expanded 00:12:19.819 --> 00:12:20.839 even to the heavens, 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:22.539 that all the beasts of the field, 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.599 the birds of the air, 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:25.899 were not only protected by its shade, 00:12:26.099 --> 00:12:27.419 but were filled by its fruit. 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:29.120 It was the kind of tree 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:32.639 that demonstrated the expansive nature 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:34.439 of Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom 00:12:34.439 --> 00:12:36.959 and the way in which his kingdom 00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:38.679 was helping to meet the needs 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:39.719 of the known world. 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:40.340 at the time. 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:43.899 Nebuchadnezzar decides 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:46.820 that he wants to understand 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:47.480 and to know 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.060 what this dream actually means. 00:12:50.180 --> 00:12:52.840 So he calls in his counselors, 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:54.000 his astrologers, 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:54.920 the Chaldeans, 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.180 the soothsayers, 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:58.040 and he brings them in 00:12:58.040 --> 00:12:59.080 so that he can find 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:00.899 an interpretation to this dream. 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:02.440 Of course, 00:13:02.540 --> 00:13:04.779 they could not interpret the dream. 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:07.160 And so he finally calls in, 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:08.519 Nebuchadnezzar calls in Daniel, 00:13:09.079 --> 00:13:11.860 and Daniel begins to lay this out for him 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:13.159 and to help him understand, 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:13.759 Nebuchadnezzar, 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.299 you're the tree. 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:17.480 And this tree that fills the earth 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:19.240 is what God has accomplished 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:21.259 for you and through you, 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:23.120 and not only having dominion 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.240 over the known world, 00:13:24.579 --> 00:13:27.240 but in allowing your kingdom to thrive. 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:30.320 But in the middle of this dream, 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:31.600 we find a watcher, 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.320 and that watcher is an angel 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.360 who was commanded 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:35.960 to chop this tree down. 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:37.820 And so the tree is chopped down, 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:39.299 the branches are cut off, 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:41.139 all that remains is the trunk. 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:43.299 And the trunk remains, 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.039 and it's wrapped with a bronze band, 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:47.580 it's tied up, 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:49.139 and it's confined. 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:53.000 And this is an image of Nebuchadnezzar, 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:54.000 what will happen to him. 00:13:54.819 --> 00:13:57.740 We come to Daniel 4, 26, 00:13:58.699 --> 00:13:59.059 it says, 00:13:59.059 --> 00:14:13.899 And here's where we begin to understand 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:17.639 that this dream has a two-part promise. 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.979 The first part of the promise 00:14:19.979 --> 00:14:21.359 is going to involve humility. 00:14:21.839 --> 00:14:23.579 The second part of this promise 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:26.840 is working towards the ultimate destination, 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:28.320 and that ultimate destination 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.100 is restoration. 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:33.259 This tree isn't cut down and burned 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:34.780 and uprooted and thrown away. 00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:37.500 The tree and the stump remains 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.900 because God has a purpose 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:41.639 for Nebuchadnezzar's humility 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.759 to bring restoration. 00:14:46.160 --> 00:14:48.980 So that now Daniel in verse 27 00:14:48.980 --> 00:14:51.300 now provides some exhortation, 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.960 provides some counsel, 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.720 So based upon what this dream says, 00:14:56.160 --> 00:14:57.379 based upon its interpretation, 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:59.639 here is my advice to you, O king. 00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:00.940 Therefore, O king, 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.980 let my counsel be acceptable to you. 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.860 Break off your sins 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:06.680 by practicing righteousness 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:08.080 and your iniquities 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.940 by showing mercy to the oppressed 00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:11.820 that there may be perhaps 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:14.220 a lengthening of your prosperity. 00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:16.100 Now that brings us 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.700 to the beginning of our passage today 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:20.160 in verses 28 to 37. 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:24.379 And the opening words of verse 28 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:25.620 say this, 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:30.500 All this came upon king Nebuchadnezzar. 00:15:31.319 --> 00:15:35.219 All this came upon king Nebuchadnezzar. 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.899 And then dropping down to verse 33, 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:40.120 Immediately the word was fulfilled 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.100 against Nebuchadnezzar. 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:44.139 It may be worthwhile 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:46.559 to underline those two phrases 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.839 because they point to the testimony 00:15:48.839 --> 00:15:50.000 of God's promise. 00:15:50.599 --> 00:15:51.919 And that's our first point this morning. 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:54.899 God's promise to humble the king 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:56.279 is now underway, 00:15:56.839 --> 00:15:57.839 is now being fulfilled. 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:00.939 God is true to his word. 00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:04.399 God's word will not fail. 00:16:04.599 --> 00:16:05.479 You can take it to the bank. 00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:10.039 All this came upon king Nebuchadnezzar. 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.899 And we see that all of this came 00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:16.360 in spite of a couple of things. 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:19.039 First, it came in spite of the delay. 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:20.899 In spite of the delay. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:22.419 Notice in verse 29, 00:16:22.839 --> 00:16:23.179 it says, 00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:25.439 At the end of twelve months, 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:27.240 he was walking on the roof 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.639 of his royal palace of Babylon, 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:30.379 and the king answered and said, 00:16:30.459 --> 00:16:32.459 It is not this great Babylon 00:16:32.459 --> 00:16:34.059 which I have built 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:35.599 by my mighty power 00:16:35.599 --> 00:16:37.240 as a royal residence 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.120 and for the glory of my majesty. 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:42.039 While the words were still 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:43.019 in the king's mouth, 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:45.539 there fell a voice from heaven, 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:47.100 O king Nebuchadnezzar, 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.799 to you it is spoken, 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.060 the kingdom has departed from you. 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:55.279 God is going to fulfill his word. 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:58.360 God is going to bring Nebuchadnezzar down. 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.240 God is going to be good to his promise 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:02.279 that he's spoken. 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:04.200 Regardless of the fact 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.599 that the twelve months have expired, 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.799 God's promises stand 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.180 regardless of the time. 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.919 Regardless of the delay. 00:17:13.419 --> 00:17:16.200 All this came upon Nebuchadnezzar. 00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:18.639 And now God's patience had run out. 00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:20.919 Now the time had expired. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:23.419 The dream which God had given to the king 00:17:23.419 --> 00:17:25.379 was now playing out before him. 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.680 God's word was true. 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.159 All of this. 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.580 And that's an important word to underscore. 00:17:32.580 --> 00:17:34.840 It came about in totality. 00:17:35.040 --> 00:17:37.220 It came about in completion. 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:39.640 It came about in fullness. 00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:42.880 Every word that God had spoken 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.120 to Nebuchadnezzar through the dream 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:46.540 and through the interpretation, 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:48.860 every single word 00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:50.120 and every single letter 00:17:50.120 --> 00:17:51.600 was going to be fulfilled. 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.779 In totality. 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:55.420 Not one piece of the dream 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:57.700 would remain unfulfilled. 00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:59.359 The entire warning 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:01.039 landed on Nebuchadnezzar 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:02.200 in full measure. 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.700 God was not slack 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:07.839 regarding his promise. 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.759 A phrase that's derived from 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:12.079 2 Peter chapter 3 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.399 or familiar to us. 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:15.920 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 9 says, 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:31.860 Don't think for a moment 00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:33.500 that you're getting away with it. 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.200 It's so easy 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.460 to just keep going through life 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:40.800 and to keep spending our pleasures 00:18:40.800 --> 00:18:42.460 into nothing's happening 00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:44.060 so it must be okay. 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:47.399 That may be what Nebuchadnezzar 00:18:47.399 --> 00:18:49.220 was under the impression of. 00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.859 But God's delay 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:52.279 is always intended 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.200 to lead us to repentance. 00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:59.399 God's delay is his grace to us 00:18:59.399 --> 00:19:01.460 to lead us to himself. 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:03.220 And that's what he's doing. 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:05.200 For 12 months, 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:07.460 Nebuchadnezzar has bided his time. 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.799 Many commentators have suggested 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:11.059 that this delay 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:13.099 was a grace to Nebuchadnezzar 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:15.500 to give him room to repent. 00:19:15.919 --> 00:19:17.019 And that may be. 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:19.019 But I'm more inclined to think 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:20.299 that Nebuchadnezzar 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.859 in working with Daniel 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:23.699 for 30 plus years, 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.899 now towards the end 00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:26.319 of Nebuchadnezzar's life, 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:28.199 probably about 10 years away 00:19:28.199 --> 00:19:32.219 from when he actually dies, 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:34.019 here he is. 00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:36.619 He knows that Daniel's God 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:38.379 is not a God to mess with. 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:41.540 And this warning has come 00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:43.820 with striking force. 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.760 He's learned 00:19:45.760 --> 00:19:47.760 you don't mess with Daniel's God. 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.160 He's even said for himself 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.540 back in Daniel 2, verse 47, 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:52.980 he says, 00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:54.279 truly your God 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:55.460 is the God of gods 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.880 and the Lord of kings 00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.860 and a receiver, 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.420 a revealer of mysteries. 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.160 Later, 00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.259 to Shadrach, Meshach, 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.779 and Abednego, 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.740 and as a result of 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:05.380 God's deliverance of them 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.500 in the fiery furnace, 00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.640 he says in Daniel 3, 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.720 verse 29, 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.819 any people, 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.599 nation, 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.360 or language 00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:12.500 that speaks anything 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.480 against the God 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.299 of Shadrach, Meshach, 00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.779 and Abednego 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:16.360 shall be torn limb from limb 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:17.380 and their houses 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.240 laid in ruins, 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:20.000 for there is no other God 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.779 who is able to rescue 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.460 in this way. 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.220 I'm inclined to think 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.019 that Nebuchadnezzar 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.839 was abiding his time. 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:32.160 I'm under the impression 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:33.960 or inclined to believe 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.720 that he's kind of 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.720 restrained himself 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.579 a little bit. 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.440 He's kind of put some things 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.279 on pause for a moment. 00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.740 He recognizes 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.680 he doesn't want to step 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.420 out of line. 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.220 And of course, 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.420 all of this is superficial. 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.200 Of course, 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.160 all of this is noted 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.839 by self-preservation. 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:52.339 There's not real change 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:53.180 that's happened. 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.359 Maybe he's adopted 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:55.579 or accepted 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:57.779 or put into place 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.859 even some of the advice 00:20:58.859 --> 00:21:00.640 that Daniel would give 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:02.240 to him in verse 27. 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.579 But all of this 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.180 is short-lived. 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.319 And the word of God 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.299 is timeless. 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.619 It would be fulfilled 00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:11.640 in spite of the delay. 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.259 We turn now 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.279 to verse 29. 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.460 We see that God's word 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.140 is going to come 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:17.819 in spite of his accomplishments 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:19.440 or in spite of his achievements. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:21.360 Regardless of how great 00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:23.620 Nebuchadnezzar thought he was 00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:25.400 and the majesty 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.100 and the glory 00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.860 of his kingdom 00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.900 that he thinks 00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.920 he put into place, 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.580 regardless of that, 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.920 God is going to show 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.820 Nebuchadnezzar 00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:34.039 who's really in charge. 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.820 Notice verse 29. 00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.840 At the end of 12 months, 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.220 he was walking on the roof 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.039 of his royal palace 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.440 of Babylon 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.720 and the king answered 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.220 and said, 00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:44.640 Is not this great Babylon 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.779 which I have built 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.880 by my mighty power 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:49.000 as a royal residence 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:51.180 for my glory 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.180 and majesty? 00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.960 He's walking on 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.580 his patio roof. 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:59.240 The structures in that day 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:01.080 were flat roofs, 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.600 kind of patio-like. 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.460 Likely one of the highest 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.840 structures in Babylon 00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:07.980 which would have given him 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:10.300 an unobstructed vantage point 00:22:10.300 --> 00:22:11.700 to the entire city. 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:13.539 Here he is looking 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:15.080 over this city 00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:16.299 and admiring 00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.319 the beauty 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.620 of Babylon. 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:21.440 We know from history 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.799 that Babylon 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:24.360 was one of the preeminent cities 00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.420 during that day. 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.319 One of the most 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.860 magnificent cities 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.860 that was known 00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.840 on the earth. 00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.319 Even a hundred years later, 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.960 a Greek historian 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:35.279 would visit the city 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:37.000 and he would recount 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.279 the splendor 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.940 of this city 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.160 a hundred years 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.080 after Nebuchadnezzar 00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.720 was there. 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.320 Alexander the Great 00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:45.840 planned to make 00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.600 this city 00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.180 the headquarters 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.980 for his empire 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.500 because of how glorious 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.460 a city it was. 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.140 A city that was about 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:54.460 15 miles square 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:56.380 had somewhere around 00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.920 a million or more people 00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.820 as inhabitants 00:22:58.820 --> 00:23:01.019 surrounded by a broad 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.779 moat, 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.840 deep water 00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.000 filled this moat, 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.640 an intricate system 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:07.000 of double walls. 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.059 The inner wall 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.679 was 21 feet thick. 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.220 The outer wall 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:13.740 was 11 feet thick 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:15.480 and every 60 feet 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.399 there was a watchtower 00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.819 around this entire 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.599 expanse 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.700 of this city. 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.700 The height of the walls, 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.399 although it's not known, 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.779 are likely to be 00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.740 the same height 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:27.079 as the gate of Ishtar 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.960 which is about 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:29.299 40 feet high. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.919 Eight gates 00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.740 provided access 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.460 to the city. 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.960 This Ishtar gate 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:35.139 being on the north side 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:36.840 and walking 00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:38.020 into the Ishtar gate 00:23:38.020 --> 00:23:39.000 would be this 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.820 expansive road 00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.560 that would lead 00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.100 straight, 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.500 just a little over 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.340 a half a mile 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:45.600 would lead straight 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.440 to the temple 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.060 of Marduk. 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.000 A towering structure 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.300 of almost 00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:52.120 30 stories tall. 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.800 A seven level 00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.580 ziggurat. 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:56.259 Then within the city 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.660 helping to connect 00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.620 the east and the west 00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.060 would be 00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.820 this bridge, 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.920 a 400 foot 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.400 expanse bridge 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.560 spanning over 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.839 the Euphrates River. 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.399 There were 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:09.259 some 53 temples. 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.399 At least 00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.480 three palaces. 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.200 One of those palaces 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.240 and likely 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.899 the palace 00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:17.059 that Nebuchadnezzar 00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:18.619 is speaking from 00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.839 was about 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.359 350 yards 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.779 by 200 yards 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:25.119 in its area. 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.599 Now, 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.200 my math isn't 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.139 always that good 00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:29.319 but bear with me. 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.980 That would be 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.759 approximately 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:34.440 70,000 square yards 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.980 which means 00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.640 it would be 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:39.940 630,000 square feet. 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.180 About 14 and a half acres 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:46.279 this one palace 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.240 would have taken up. 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.519 That's the kind of glory 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.519 we're talking about. 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.700 There's no wonder 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.920 why Nebuchadnezzar 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.279 is like, 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.779 yeah, 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.099 I'm all of that. 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.700 Babylon also boasted 00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.359 the famous 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.200 hanging gardens. 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:02.200 He married a woman 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.759 that was coming 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:04.480 from the mountain country 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.160 so he brought 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.759 the mountain 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.620 to Babylon. 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.980 From this roof 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.720 of his palace 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.940 he's looking out 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.720 and he's filled 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.580 with awe 00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:13.039 at all 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.039 that his hands 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.019 have accomplished. 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.900 It's interesting 00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.860 that most of the bricks 00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.220 that have been 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.720 excavated from that time 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.360 actually bear 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:25.080 Nebuchadnezzar's name 00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:26.700 stamped on the brick. 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.660 But here he is 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:30.460 admiring his accomplishments 00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.680 and before 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.819 he finishes 00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.000 his sentence 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.620 the word of God 00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:37.440 comes to Nebuchadnezzar. 00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.500 We find that 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.279 in verse 31. 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.480 The word of God 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.500 is going to be carried out 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.180 immediately. 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.559 Notice, 00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.960 while the words 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.640 were still 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:48.039 in the king's mouth 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.920 there fell 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.900 a voice 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.840 from heaven 00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.940 meaning 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.740 God 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.420 stopped 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.240 Nebuchadnezzar 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.259 in his tracks. 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.539 He interrupted 00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:58.539 his congratulatory 00:25:58.539 --> 00:26:00.480 escapade 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.880 his celebration. 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.480 God cut off 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.000 the words 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.500 from even 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.299 finishing 00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.880 in Nebuchadnezzar's mouth. 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.079 The kingdom 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.900 has departed 00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.359 from you 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.160 O Nebuchadnezzar. 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.940 In other words 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.779 you're done. 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.460 It's over. 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.059 You're relieved 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.900 from duty. 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.940 I wonder 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.900 if you've ever 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.599 experienced 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.579 that moment. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.339 The moment 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.440 where people 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.299 have warned you 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.740 about various things 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:30.620 and you've 00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.099 kind of gotten 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.759 away with it 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.519 for a little while 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.480 but then all 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.059 of a sudden 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:35.279 that person 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.059 shows up 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.039 they see you 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.819 and catch you 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.599 in the act 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.380 and then 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.259 that sinking 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.019 feeling 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.779 in your gut 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.720 that begins 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.759 to overwhelm you. 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.180 We often talk 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.740 about the 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.000 hand in the 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.859 cookie jar 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.900 kind of moment 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.940 but let me 00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.700 make this 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:51.980 a little bit 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.880 more relevant 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.400 for the vast 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.819 majority 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.559 of us 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.080 in this room. 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.819 You know 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.440 you're driving 00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:59.080 down the freeway 00:26:59.080 --> 00:27:00.160 and you know 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.880 what the speed 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.580 limit is 00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.620 and then 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.920 all of a sudden 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.680 you see out of the 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.080 corner of your eye 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:07.140 some movement 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:08.120 and you realize 00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.880 that that movement 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:10.340 is what church? 00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.180 A police officer 00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:13.819 he's pulling out 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:15.200 and now his lights 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.660 are on 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.380 and you're looking 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.940 in the mirrors 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.779 and you realize 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.680 oh 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.180 that sinking 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.740 feeling. 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.039 Now I've never 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.039 had that feeling 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.920 but I'm sure 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.420 all of you 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.799 have. 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.700 Fortunately 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.240 it hasn't been 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.720 recently 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.380 but I better 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.860 be careful 00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.360 we may have 00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:35.100 that this 00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.519 afternoon. 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.480 I got to be 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.799 careful. 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.480 Nebuchadnezzar 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.120 has been caught. 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.660 The words 00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.019 are coming 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.460 out of his 00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.779 mouth 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.519 and I promise 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.299 you in that 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.639 moment 00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.419 he realizes 00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:49.659 I've blown it. 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.480 The warning 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.599 was given 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:54.359 and not heeded. 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.379 Here 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.960 Nebuchadnezzar 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.839 is experiencing 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.899 the immediate 00:27:58.899 --> 00:28:00.019 consequences 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.519 of his actions. 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.079 This 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.799 by the way 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.680 is always 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.940 the potential 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.859 for an 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.500 all powerful 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.960 God. 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.940 Nebuchadnezzar 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.819 after this 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.559 he will say 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.839 as a summary 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.200 here 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.319 in verse 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.899 35 00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:16.019 who shall 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.559 stay 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.519 his hand. 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.720 And then 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.139 in verse 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.779 35 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.839 he does 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.400 according 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.279 to his 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.579 will 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.819 among 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.019 the 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.319 host 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.480 of 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.759 heaven 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.180 and 00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.359 among 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.519 the 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.940 inhabitants 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.299 of the 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.599 earth. 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.359 None 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.920 can say 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.359 to him 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.400 what have 00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.940 you done? 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.480 That is 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.079 always 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.079 the potential 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.799 of our 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.639 all powerful 00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.619 supreme 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.200 God. 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.059 And yet 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.539 God 00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.500 graciously 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.700 kindly 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:41.240 withholds 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.220 his discipline 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.319 withholds 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.799 his 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.579 humiliating 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.420 works 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.960 for the 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.279 sake 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.779 of 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.440 calling 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.880 us 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.339 and 00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.819 granting 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.099 us 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.480 time 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.000 that 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.160 would 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:50.460 lead 00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.660 us 00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:50.839 to 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.240 repentance. 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.880 Paul 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.339 says 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.539 of 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.920 Christ 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.220 in 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.740 Colossians 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.359 speaking 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.660 of his 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.039 power 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.620 in 00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.000 Colossians 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.259 1 00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.579 16 00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.740 and 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.039 17 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.359 it says 00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.779 for 00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.459 by him 00:28:59.459 --> 00:28:59.819 all 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.179 things 00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.339 were 00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.699 created 00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.279 in 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.519 heaven 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.679 and 00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:01.779 on 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.099 earth 00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.699 visible 00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:02.939 and 00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.299 invisible 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.719 whether 00:29:03.719 --> 00:29:04.119 thrones 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.240 or 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.639 dominions 00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:04.819 or 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.119 rulers 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.339 or 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.839 authorities 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.439 all 00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:06.879 things 00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.240 were 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.039 created 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.379 through 00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.779 him 00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.219 and 00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.500 for 00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.779 him 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.159 and 00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.619 he 00:29:10.619 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--> 00:29:48.759 that 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.120 come 00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.920 Jesus 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.220 is 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.680 preeminent 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.519 his 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.019 power 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.620 is 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.140 supreme 00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.820 and 00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:54.960 when 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.220 God 00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.560 chooses 00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:55.779 to 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.039 act 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.380 no 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.800 power 00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.080 on 00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.380 heaven 00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.920 and 00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.260 earth 00:29:58.260 --> 00:29:58.640 can 00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.080 stand 00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.760 against 00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:00.100 it 00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:01.220 and 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.420 when 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.660 he 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.040 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00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.839 impenance 00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:28.980 in 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.240 heart 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.399 you 00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:29.559 are 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.000 storing 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.500 up 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.180 wrath 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.379 for 00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.859 yourself 00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.399 on 00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.579 the 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.819 day 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.000 of 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.240 wrath 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.599 when 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.099 God's 00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.720 righteous 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.259 judgment 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.940 will be 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.599 revealed 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.440 don't 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.099 take 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.039 God's 00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.599 delay 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.160 as 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.920 license 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.660 to do 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.000 what you 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.319 want 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:44.440 don't 00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.660 take it 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.000 for granted 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:47.079 don't 00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.660 think that 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:47.799 you're 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:47.980 getting 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.180 away 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.359 with 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.539 it 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.960 you're 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.319 storing 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.680 up 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.059 wrath 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.379 for the 00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.740 day 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.500 of 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.920 God's 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.240 judgment 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.599 he 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.160 will 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.720 have 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.000 his 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.299 day 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.259 he 00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.480 will 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.680 have 00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.839 his 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.079 day 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.400 but 00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.559 he 00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.640 intends 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.359 and desires 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.539 for you 00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.299 and I 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.880 to come 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.880 to gracious 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.819 repentance 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:06.799 we find 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.160 in verses 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.660 32 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.200 and 33 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.859 that 00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.519 God's 00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.839 promises 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.359 are carried 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.620 out 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.200 completely 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.240 not only 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.859 immediately 00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.759 but they're 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.299 carried out 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.000 completely 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.460 we see 00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.960 this here 00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.940 you shall 00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.440 be driven 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.000 from among 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.279 men 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.019 your dwelling 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.460 shall be 00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.859 with the 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.120 beasts 00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.339 of the 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.660 field 00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.259 you shall 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.720 be made 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:21.980 to eat 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.339 grass 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.660 like an 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:22.920 ox 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.079 and 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.559 seven 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.000 periods 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.440 of time 00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.620 shall 00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:24.880 pass 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.140 over 00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.420 you 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.940 until 00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.339 you 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.640 know 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:26.799 that 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:26.940 the 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.180 most 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.440 high 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.000 rules 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.460 the 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.740 kingdom 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.220 of man 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.900 and gives 00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.180 it to 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.460 whom 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.660 he 00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.000 will 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.620 immediately 00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.240 the word 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.759 was fulfilled 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.120 against 00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.759 Nebuchadnezzar 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.660 he was 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.000 driven 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.460 from among 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.759 men 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.559 and ate 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.559 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:37.880 grass 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.180 like an 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.500 ox 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.279 his body 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.740 was wet 00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.339 with dew 00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.180 of heaven 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.539 till his 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.140 hair grew 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.019 as long 00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.579 as eagles 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.059 feathers 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.799 and his 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.140 nails 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.660 were like 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.120 birds 00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.819 claws 00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:48.279 these 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.720 verses 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.519 describe 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.779 the 00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.559 unthinkable 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.319 the king 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.819 proud in 00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.339 the moment 00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.019 is humbled 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.039 to almost 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.079 inhuman 00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:58.379 ways 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.500 extents 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.079 he is 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.519 literally 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.559 has lost 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.259 his mind 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:04.579 as Nebuchadnezzar 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.119 will testify 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.440 himself 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.940 in verse 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.779 34 and 36 00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.839 speaking about 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.579 his reason 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.460 returning to 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.679 him 00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.919 now he is 00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.819 absolutely 00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.819 mad 00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.899 he's insane 00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.540 but before 00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:16.940 you say 00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.240 this 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.440 is impossible 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.380 even in 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.140 recent 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.680 days 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.060 there have 00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.360 been 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.320 situations 00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:24.000 examples 00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.540 of people 00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:25.900 who are 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.480 experiencing 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.440 something called 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.600 lycanthropy 00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:29.620 which being 00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.500 wolf life 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.840 that's where 00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.620 it originated 00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.060 but now 00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:33.120 there's a term 00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.740 that is used 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.480 to encompass 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.980 anybody 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.820 who would 00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.640 act like 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.400 an animal 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.360 gerbil 00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.880 a cat 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.860 a dog 00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.720 a cow 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.700 an ox 00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.880 so that 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.640 in 1946 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.039 this theologian 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.580 R.K. Harrison 00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.259 witnessed 00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:49.120 a British man 00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:50.019 in a mental 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.740 institution 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.680 with an illness 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.559 that was virtually 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.120 identical 00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:54.400 to what we find 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.200 in 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:57.500 Daniel chapter 4 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.500 the patient 00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.299 wandered about 00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.900 the grounds 00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.660 of the institution 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.860 eating grass 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.380 as if he were 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.779 a cow 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:04.860 his drink 00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.900 consisted of 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.340 water 00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:07.580 Harrison stated 00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.200 that the only 00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:10.140 physical abnormality 00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.340 that was noted 00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.119 consisted of 00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.699 a lengthening 00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:13.259 of his hair 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.799 and a coarse 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.559 thickened 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.959 condition 00:33:15.959 --> 00:33:17.559 of his fingernails 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:19.519 this must have 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.639 been a stunning 00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.500 transition 00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:23.319 the genius 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.539 of Babylon 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.859 humbled 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.859 to this 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.619 level 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:29.619 and the person 00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.439 who is responsible 00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:31.559 for making the decision 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.519 to turn him 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:34.199 out of the castle 00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:35.000 out of the palace 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.859 to wander 00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.699 the palace 00:33:36.699 --> 00:33:37.359 grounds 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:40.500 but this is 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.179 what we read 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:42.519 we find 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.940 that he was 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.279 driven 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.460 from men 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.440 his dwelling 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.940 was with the 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.680 beasts of the fields 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.600 his diet 00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:48.680 was of grass 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.960 and the extent 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.720 of his condition 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.920 lasted for seven 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.200 periods of time 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:55.779 which I think 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:58.039 is best 00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.100 assumed 00:33:59.100 --> 00:33:59.799 to be seven 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.620 years 00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:02.120 that Nebuchadnezzar 00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.880 experienced 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.720 this condition 00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.299 it's the most 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.860 consistent 00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:06.060 with what we find 00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:07.600 of this word 00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.460 used throughout 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.860 the book 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.360 of Daniel 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:11.980 but here's 00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.480 the comfort 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.400 here's the 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.860 encouragement 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:16.159 this was not 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.079 the end 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.119 this was not 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.820 the destination 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.880 this was not 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.539 the final 00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.220 objective 00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.860 this was just 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.460 a pathway 00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.500 to get to that 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.300 final objective 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.199 it wasn't 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.960 to bring 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.220 Nebuchadnezzar 00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:28.360 down and leave 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.880 him there 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.500 it was 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.420 it was to use 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.500 humility 00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.340 or humiliation 00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.519 to lead to 00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.019 restoration 00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.400 and that's 00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.739 the second 00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.400 part of this 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.800 promise 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.980 God's promise 00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.980 to restore 00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.940 the king 00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.900 is fulfilled 00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:43.360 God's promise 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:44.139 to restore 00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.880 the king 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.360 notice in verse 32 00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:49.460 the second half 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.139 you shall be 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.420 made to eat grass 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.259 like an ox 00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:53.099 in seven periods 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.559 of time 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.880 shall pass over 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.780 you until 00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.420 you know 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.199 that the most 00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.940 high rules 00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.400 the kingdom 00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.940 of men 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.940 and gives it 00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.340 to whom 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.099 he wills 00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.900 when you come 00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.619 to your senses 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.079 when this time 00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.819 is completed 00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.679 when it's run 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.420 its course 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.440 the objective 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.179 will finally 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.900 be accomplished 00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.860 and that is not 00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.599 humiliation 00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.839 but restoration 00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:15.119 and exaltation 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:17.960 in verse 26 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.619 it was 00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.779 commanded 00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:21.539 to leave the stump 00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.259 and the roots 00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.900 of the tree 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.759 your kingdom 00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:25.039 shall be confirmed 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.679 for you 00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:27.719 from the time 00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.219 that you know 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.699 that heaven 00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.400 rules 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:31.639 Nebuchadnezzar 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.279 when this 00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.519 has run 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.019 its course 00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:35.679 when humility 00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.259 has served 00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.859 its purpose 00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:38.319 you will finally 00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:39.759 come to the place 00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.980 of recognizing 00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:43.219 where you belong 00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.679 in the structure 00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.400 of the universe 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.500 and who you 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.079 answer to 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:49.199 humility 00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.119 will have 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.900 its way 00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:52.079 and finally 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.119 after seven years 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.759 of grazing 00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:55.159 of living 00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.940 with the beast 00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.920 of allowing the dew 00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:58.159 to come and go 00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.739 on him 00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.779 of never cutting 00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.259 his hair 00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.960 or trimming 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.640 his nails 00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.620 now finally 00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:03.700 in the midst 00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.640 of darkness 00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:06.280 light will dawn 00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:07.420 for Nebuchadnezzar 00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:10.200 notice verse 34 00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:11.840 at the end of days 00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:13.140 I Nebuchadnezzar 00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:14.960 lifted my eyes 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.540 to heaven 00:36:15.540 --> 00:36:16.380 and by the way 00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:18.520 that last song 00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:19.220 that we sang 00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:20.120 talked about 00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:21.580 lifting our eyes 00:36:21.580 --> 00:36:21.980 to heaven 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.360 how fitting it is 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:24.160 because that's what 00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.840 we need to do 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.580 we need to come 00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.140 to the place 00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:27.160 of recognizing 00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:28.420 who God is 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:30.019 humble yourself 00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.460 before the mighty 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.059 hand of God 00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.139 so that he can 00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.619 exalt you 00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:35.259 that exaltation 00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.579 comes primarily 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.299 through belonging 00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.980 to Christ 00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.940 and seeing him 00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.980 for who he is 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:42.399 Nebuchadnezzar 00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:43.179 is finally there 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.539 the lesson 00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.639 has finally been learned 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.399 Nebuchadnezzar 00:36:46.399 --> 00:36:47.219 lifts his eyes 00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.639 to heaven 00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.359 and God 00:36:48.359 --> 00:36:49.199 graciously 00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.279 restores 00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.099 his reason 00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.239 his reason 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.159 returned 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.940 to him 00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:56.539 throughout the book 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.980 of Daniel 00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.599 this has been 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.519 kind of a resounding 00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.079 theme 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.340 this word 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.179 reason 00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.179 or wisdom 00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:03.539 or knowledge 00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.579 or understanding 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.880 it's echoed 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.800 throughout the 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.079 the accounts 00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.400 of this chapter 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.659 or these chapters 00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.240 this book 00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:12.380 so that there are 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.780 52 times 00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.139 50 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:16.000 actually 55 times 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.300 that this word 00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.860 these words 00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.380 are used 00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.260 throughout the book 00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.780 of Daniel 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.039 and now finally 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.099 the pursuit 00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:23.440 of Nebuchadnezzar 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.519 in wanting 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:26.099 to find wisdom 00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.719 for himself 00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:28.079 now he finally 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.019 has experienced it 00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:30.900 he's finally come 00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.299 to know what 00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.099 true wisdom is 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:34.059 wisdom that has led 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:35.360 I believe 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.759 to a changed heart 00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:39.599 the right posture 00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.719 before God 00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:42.639 he's finally come 00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.219 to a place 00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.980 of experiencing 00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.759 and knowing 00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:48.159 true wisdom 00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.719 and when 00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:50.039 he experiences 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:51.519 this true wisdom 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:53.219 what is the response 00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:55.259 what does true wisdom 00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:56.960 true salvation 00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.800 as it were 00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.239 a true understanding 00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.280 of who God is 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.559 what should it lead us 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:03.179 to every single time 00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.179 what is the reflex 00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.519 what is the impulse 00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.179 it's always 00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.860 worship 00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:09.960 it's always worship 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:11.460 and that's what we find 00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.139 in verse 34 00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:14.000 at the end of the days 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.039 I Nebuchadnezzar 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.880 lifted my eyes 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.380 to heaven 00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.639 my reason 00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.519 returned to me 00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:20.059 and I blessed 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.259 the most high 00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:22.820 and praised 00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.739 and honored him 00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.779 who lives forever 00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:26.299 for his dominion 00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:27.539 is an everlasting dominion 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.440 his kingdom 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.599 endures from generation 00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.239 to generation 00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:31.539 all the inhabitants 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.159 of the earth 00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:33.000 are accounted 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.860 as nothing 00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.840 and he does 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.880 according to his will 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.079 among the hosts 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.519 of heaven 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:39.219 and among the inhabitants 00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.759 of the earth 00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:41.119 and none can stay 00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.500 his hand 00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.119 or say to him 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.699 what have you 00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.440 done 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:46.139 the words 00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.659 that are used 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:48.119 here in verse 34 00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:49.840 and also in verses 36 00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.519 and 37 00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.820 he praised 00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.519 and honored 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.599 and glorified 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.480 these are words 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.340 that describe 00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:56.679 this continual 00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.740 response 00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.340 of the king 00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.820 it wasn't a one time 00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.200 moment 00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:01.440 it wasn't a flash 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.960 in the pan 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.920 it becomes 00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:04.000 this ongoing 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.760 expression 00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.659 of his heart 00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.619 and what's really 00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.400 spectacular 00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.800 about all of this 00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.059 is 00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:11.000 in spite of the shame 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.820 that this kind 00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.420 of situation 00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.059 would bring 00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:14.160 Nebuchadnezzar 00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:15.240 is shouting it 00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.720 to the world 00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.580 we see that 00:39:16.580 --> 00:39:17.180 at the beginning 00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:17.559 of this 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.700 to all peoples 00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:19.580 nations 00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:20.360 languages 00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:21.680 I'm not ashamed 00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:22.740 to let you know 00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.900 what God had to do 00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.340 for me 00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:25.660 to finally bring me 00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:26.260 to recognition 00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:27.460 of who he was 00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:31.580 he's finally at a place 00:39:31.580 --> 00:39:32.860 where his heart 00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.240 is ready 00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.840 to worship 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:35.840 and notice 00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:37.460 these final verses 00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.500 in 36 and 37 00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.000 are telling 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:40.700 at the same time 00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.140 my reason 00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:41.800 returned to me 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.580 and for the glory 00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:44.220 of my kingdom 00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:45.320 my majesty 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:46.000 and splendor 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.780 returned to me 00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:48.300 my counselors 00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.980 and my lord 00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.700 sought me 00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:51.140 I was established 00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.880 in my kingdom 00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:53.440 and still more 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.920 greatness 00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.580 was added 00:39:54.580 --> 00:39:55.200 to me 00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:56.880 you would think 00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:58.100 that he could stop 00:39:58.100 --> 00:39:59.060 right there 00:39:59.060 --> 00:40:00.440 and the story 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.100 would be done 00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:02.680 but this is just 00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:03.780 an introduction 00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:05.300 to the main point 00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:07.420 all of these things 00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.280 all of these things 00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.980 I celebrated 00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:10.019 they're not just 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.800 restored to me 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.660 they're better 00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.339 than they have 00:40:12.339 --> 00:40:12.859 ever been 00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:14.079 but my 00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.519 perspective 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.399 has changed 00:40:16.399 --> 00:40:18.159 I have all 00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.659 those things 00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.019 now 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.960 but the thing 00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.619 that really 00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.359 matters to me 00:40:21.359 --> 00:40:22.519 is what he says 00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.879 as a result 00:40:23.879 --> 00:40:25.440 of that restoration 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:27.000 now in verse 37 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.379 notice 00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:29.079 I have those things 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.079 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.900 back but 00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:32.480 now I 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.440 Nebuchadnezzar 00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.960 praise and extol 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:37.579 and honor the king 00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.059 of heaven 00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:40.119 for all his works 00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:41.380 are right 00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:42.660 and his ways 00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:43.380 are just 00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:45.140 and those who walk 00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:45.740 in pride 00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.700 he is able 00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.579 to humble 00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:49.960 I got all my stuff 00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.320 back 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.740 but what really 00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:53.360 matters to me 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:54.780 is this revelation 00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:56.340 of wisdom 00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.059 of God 00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.780 and who 00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.840 he really is 00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.920 and all I can 00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.620 think about 00:41:00.620 --> 00:41:02.120 is celebrating 00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:03.300 and worshiping 00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.860 him 00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:05.180 not me 00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:07.460 that's how we know 00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.220 that Nebuchadnezzar's 00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:09.340 heart is truly changed 00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:11.440 that by the way 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.019 is how we 00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:13.579 know for ourselves 00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.740 how our heart 00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:16.000 has truly changed 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:17.420 we know 00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.079 that our heart 00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:19.260 has changed 00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:20.980 away from the world 00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.840 and towards 00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.740 the Lord 00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:24.680 in a sincere 00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:25.380 way 00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:26.440 when we come 00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.020 to the place 00:41:27.020 --> 00:41:27.840 of recognizing 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.820 that even in good 00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:31.080 and in times 00:41:31.080 --> 00:41:31.780 of plenty 00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:33.040 but then in times 00:41:33.040 --> 00:41:33.760 of lack 00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:34.620 and in times 00:41:34.620 --> 00:41:36.280 of being 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:37.180 hungry 00:41:37.180 --> 00:41:38.720 and going 00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:39.600 through difficulty 00:41:39.600 --> 00:41:40.340 regardless 00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.980 of all of those 00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.340 things 00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:43.580 my heart 00:41:43.580 --> 00:41:44.240 is steady 00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:45.300 my heart 00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:46.020 is secure 00:41:46.020 --> 00:41:47.360 I can trust 00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:47.960 and praise 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.000 the God of heaven 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:50.219 he's in control 00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:51.519 and my life 00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.219 is pointing 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:53.519 to him 00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.420 because he 00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.000 alone 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.639 is glorious 00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:58.039 this is really 00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.519 what we 00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:00.079 come to understand 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.920 from the parting 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.599 words of the 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.219 apostle Paul 00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.699 to the church 00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.320 of Philippi 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.159 in Philippians 00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.780 chapter 4 00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:06.800 10 00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.980 through 13 00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:09.900 I've rejoiced 00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.320 in the Lord 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:10.659 greatly 00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.300 that now 00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.380 at last 00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.800 your care 00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.099 for me 00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.639 has flourished 00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.139 and by the way 00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:15.659 your care 00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:15.940 for me 00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.539 has flourished 00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.199 the apostle 00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.559 Paul 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.059 is in 00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.659 a prison 00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.379 cell 00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:20.799 a stinking 00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:21.599 rotten 00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.579 cold 00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.299 prison 00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:23.899 cell 00:42:23.899 --> 00:42:24.379 and 00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:25.139 do you get 00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.799 any sense 00:42:25.799 --> 00:42:26.139 of that 00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.500 from these 00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.819 words 00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:28.779 he says 00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:31.039 your care 00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.379 for me 00:42:31.379 --> 00:42:32.119 has flourished 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.719 though you 00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.359 surely did 00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:33.639 care 00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:33.980 but you 00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.279 lacked 00:42:34.279 --> 00:42:34.879 opportunity 00:42:34.879 --> 00:42:36.239 not that I 00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:36.739 speak 00:42:36.739 --> 00:42:37.219 in regard 00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:37.879 to need 00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:38.839 for I have 00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.319 learned 00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:40.379 in whatever 00:42:40.379 --> 00:42:41.019 state I am 00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.539 to be content 00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.739 I know 00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:43.079 how to be 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:43.500 abased 00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.279 I know 00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:44.519 how to 00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.000 abound 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.960 everywhere 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.679 and in all 00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:46.960 things 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.239 I have 00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:47.619 learned 00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:48.019 both 00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.340 to be 00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.780 full 00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.280 and to 00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:49.420 be 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.780 hungry 00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.340 both 00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:51.079 to abound 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.420 and to 00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.619 suffer 00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:51.900 need 00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.500 I 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.340 can do 00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:54.260 all things 00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:55.099 through Christ 00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:56.179 who strengthens 00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:56.719 me 00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.519 that 00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.480 is the heart 00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.699 of a changed 00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.360 person 00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:01.900 that is a 00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:02.119 heart 00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.679 of a true 00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.519 worshiper 00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.639 that is a 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:04.900 heart 00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.480 of a person 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:06.240 who really 00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:06.639 has come 00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:07.139 to a place 00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:08.380 of recognizing 00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:10.119 wisdom 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:11.179 spiritual 00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:11.880 wisdom 00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.740 that leads 00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.260 them 00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.579 to spiritual 00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:15.619 worship 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:17.519 understanding 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.079 their posture 00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.639 before the 00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:18.860 Lord 00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:21.240 not striving 00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:23.639 not settling 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:25.440 but 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:27.420 confident 00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:28.519 insecure 00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.519 in what 00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:29.980 Christ has 00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.539 accomplished 00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:32.460 welcoming 00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.539 whatever it 00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:33.940 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pain 00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:57.700 so that we 00:43:57.700 --> 00:43:57.980 can see 00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.260 that he 00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:58.840 is worth 00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:58.960 it 00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.180 he's 00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.539 enough 00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.420 he is 00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.619 all that 00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:01.980 you need 00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:03.500 may God 00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.300 help us 00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:05.340 as those 00:44:05.340 --> 00:44:06.099 who have 00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.700 enjoyed 00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:08.160 the benefits 00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:09.380 of this 00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.760 grace 00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:10.519 that Nebuchadnezzar 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:11.240 I believe 00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:12.599 is seeing 00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:13.280 and experiencing 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:13.559 here 00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:14.180 that our 00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:14.640 hearts 00:44:14.640 --> 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God 00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:34.779 thank you 00:44:34.779 --> 00:44:35.159 for 00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:37.159 this testimony 00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:38.599 of what 00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.099 we might 00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.659 think is 00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:40.360 an impossible 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.940 work 00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:42.300 how is it 00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.719 possible 00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.099 that a 00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.440 pagan 00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:43.940 king 00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:45.420 who has 00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:45.800 all the 00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:46.360 wealth 00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.840 of the 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.380 known world 00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:48.039 at his 00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.559 disposal 00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:50.840 how could 00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.179 you 00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.980 possibly 00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:53.420 catch 00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:53.639 his 00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:53.900 heart 00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:55.179 and turn 00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:55.440 him to 00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:55.679 you 00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.340 but you 00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.559 did 00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.940 thank you 00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.240 for this 00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.619 lesson 00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:59.360 and for 00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.619 using 00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.079 Daniel 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.059 in his 00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.619 ministry 00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:02.340 to 00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:03.059 Nebuchadnezzar 00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:05.019 to be 00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.579 used as a 00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:05.940 catalyst 00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:07.360 to come 00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:07.960 to this 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.659 outcome 00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:10.139 Lord I pray 00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:10.380 that you 00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:10.679 would use 00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.119 all of us 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.380 that we 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00:45:29.780 to you 00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.300 and to be 00:45:30.300 --> 00:45:30.620 useful 00:45:30.620 --> 00:45:30.940 as a 00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.280 catalyst 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:32.160 to bring 00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.519 others 00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.539 to saving 00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:33.840 knowledge 00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.160 of you 00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:34.519 as well 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:35.460 we pray 00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.860 these things 00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.120 in your 00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:36.380 name 00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:37.019 amen 00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:38.180 God bless 00:45:38.180 --> 00:45:38.300 you 00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:38.640 hope you 00:45:38.640 --> 00:45:38.820 have a 00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:38.960 great 00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.260 week