We just as Nebuchadnezzar have been warned to turn to God, His longsuffering has endured our trespasses but there's a time limit on God's mercy, for Today is the day of salvation. God goodness just like during the time of Noah gives us time while the Ark (Church) is being prepared, till the fulness of the "Times of The Gentile."
Just as He did with Gideon's starting army, all cowards and those that are fearful will have to be pruned out from among God's people. Those that have a spirit of fear, has a spot or blemish that has to undergo the knife, for He has not given us a spirit of fear which has torment. That part of the Churches washing and cleansing through the Word, in which Christ comes looking for a bride without spot, wrinkles or blemishes.
God works on all of us as He did with Nebuchadnezzar. We are trees of His planting, which He shapes us as vessels of honor to be a spiritual dwelling place for Himself.
Just as Nebuchadnezzar and many today, serve God not knowing who He really is and our mission or purpose, for there will be many on that they who will have done many works in His name and He will say depart from Me, I never knew you. We have to take His yoke upon us and learn of Him by the understanding and clarity of life spiritually only He can give.
It's hard trying to get people to understand that Nebuchadnezzar was really addressing the world and those of us to come, about the insanity of worldly thinking and that the truth understanding comes from being awaken to God who opens your understanding to where you can communicate and understand Him, for the whole world lays in darkness, and is foolishness to God.
Here when it say's that King Nebuchadnezzar was driven from men, into the wilderness, I've tried to research this as best I could but not much about it. He must have been going through issues that taught him about God, even with what the Babylonians called his mental decline, it was part of his discovering God period which brought him to conclude rightly about God, with a restoration of His sanity or understanding.
Those of God's children who fail to humble themselves He will humble. It is a non-negotiable trait that all His children must posse, because He resist the proud. We must not be high-minded, thinking more highly of ourselves than we should.
Listening at the Apostle Peter about us submitting to one another, the younger men to the Elder men, was from his experience of Satan sifting him like wheat, Jesus told him when he had come through to strengthen his brethren. Just as Daniel warned Nebuchadnezzar to turn from his ways to God, then him rejecting the (Gospel Message), God had to humble him, which we should humble ourselves.
The Old testament was written also for our admonition, we do ourselves a great disservice by not studying it more, reflecting and putting ourselves in some of their places as in the case of Nebuchadnezzar with his self-centered pride and not listening at Daniel's admonition of repentance toward God.
There's a work being done in which Jesus is accomplishing all of the Fathers will perfectly. In the latter days He's working through the Church to accomplish this mighty work. Wherein we should not think more highly of ourselves, than we should, realizing it is Christ that works in us both to will and do, and without Him we could do nothing.
When we look back at the origins of man, we see where we inherited a sin nature at the fall of man. Within that nature was the father of all sins Pride, it is very deadly, and deceptive. It is one that can only be humbled by the spirit of God working in the individual to cause him to see himself as he really is a " depraved-sinner" with no hope but in Jesus by His Grace through faith.
Daniel is called in to the King for an interpretation of his dream. No mention of prayer here before as, the king had told the dream to the astrologers, Chaldeans and magicians already. Daniel was grieved saying that he wished the application of it was not for the king but his enemies. But it was about the kings pride, his disposition was one that needed humbling unto God, that would follow with a repentant life.
we'll see where Nebuchadnezzar a servant-of-God who wrote the chapter in which Daniel included in Holy Writ, for time and peoples to come, as a testimony to The Sovereignty of The Most High God, who rules in Heaven and earth and exalts who he will, even from the most bases of men. He had humbled His prideful arrogance to cause him to realize his equality with other men and could be as base as a animal in thinking.
We are told that Nebuchadnezzar war at ease resting in pleasure and prosperity when God caused him to have this terrifying dream. It was a warning which was not heeded but helped him to learn and become a witness for the Most High God, that He rules in Heaven and earth, sets up Kings and Kingdoms and abases them.
Jesus told us what we have to do, Him being the author and finisher of our faith, "Take My yoke upon you and Learn of Me.' As we do that He says we must continue in His word to be His disciples, as Disciples we are no longer slaves but friends (John 15:15).
Jesus was asked by the Pharisees'' for a sign of when would be the end of time or of the things in which He was preaching to them about. But by not being born again or accepting Jesus, they did not an could not come to a understanding non was willing to do what it would take to become knowledgeable of what He was saying, because that required becoming one of His disciples.
We as members of the body of Christ have to start acting upon those things we experience or believe according to the word of God, for it to have an effect upon our lives. We hear the testimony of Nebuchadnezzar about the Most High God, but we have to not only have a testimony but produce fruits meet for repentance. It have to be like the people of Nineveh who repented at the preaching of Jonah.
We have to realize that we have no peace, that we have to seek peace after being born again. It is something God provides for His children, which grows or is multiplied in Jesus Christ as we continue in the process or growth He has placed in obedience to his word.
As with Peter in 2 Peter 1:2-9 which tells us how to have this multiplied peace that King Nebuchadnezzar pronounce to the reader or hearers of his word, Is a peace of God from God, that comes by growing in grace and knowledge being obedient to his word.
We have to learn whatever the circumstances or the situation, we must be trusting in God working for our good, and that He has us in control of whatever it is, proving our faithfulness to Him
We are put together in The New Testament dispensation by The Gospel, which is hearing the word of God preached, which is able to establish us.
We are put together in The New Testament dispensation by The Gospel, which is hearing the word of God preached, which is able to establish us.
If we worship our created, we are being made in His image, by us worshipping anything or anyone or thing we are idolizers and we become like that we worship. God knew man has a propensity to worship the reason He commanded us to worship Him only, as usual all He does or commands is for our good.
Worship of God is commanded of Him, and worship of Him only is also. Being the creator of all things He is a jealous God and will not allow in other thing or person to be worshipped. There's not enough study of His word with the proper teaching is the reason there's so much idolatry in the land today, it's as if they don't realize covetousness is idolatry that leads to we become what we worship being mammon and you cannot serve it and God.
Worship of God is commanded of Him, and worship of Him only is also. Being the creator of all things He is a jealous God and will not allow in other thing or person to be worshipped. There's not enough study of His word with the proper teaching is the reason there's so much idolatry in the land today, it's as if they don't realize covetousness is idolatry that leads to we become what we worship being mammon and you cannot serve it and God.
The rest of the Hebrews that chose to bow to the image shows you just because everyone else is doing it, that does not make it right. Idolatry was one of the reason they where in captivity the first Commandment of God forbids worshipping anything other than the true God. The second commandment forbids making or bowing down to graven-images.
Just as Israel lacked belief (faith) in God delivering through Moses, Judah, Israel and all of God's people that where taken to Babylon just as we do today, know it is wrong to bow down to idols or worship any other god, BUT our GOD WHICH IS THE ONLY GOD. We have to drawn the line somewhere and fear Him only that can destroy the soul, mind and body in hell.
