King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

I pray that God will extend his mercy to us which He has shown to man in the past, in spite of his arrogance. In Daniel Chapter 4. the Babylonian king states: "I, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, was at rest in my palace; and I saw a dream which made me afraid. The thoughts upon my bed and the visions in my head troubled me.

Therefore, I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the dream. Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and i told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation. But then Daniel came in before me. In Babylon his name was Belteshazar, according to the name of my god. and in him is the spirit of the holy God. I told him the dream saying, 'O BELTESHAZZAR, master of the magicians, because i know that the spirit of the holy God is in thee, and no secret trouble thee, tell me the visions of my dream that i have seen, and the interpretation.

In my visions I saw a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height was great. The tree grew and was strong, and the height reached unto heaven, and the leaves were fair and there was much fruit on it's branches. There was enough for all, and the beasts of the field and the the fowls of heaven dwelled beneath it. In my visions behold, the holy one came down from heaven and He cried in a loud voice,

'Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: Nevertheless leave the stump of the roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field. And let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from man's and let a beast's heart be given him; and let seven times pass over him.'

Daniel said, 'My lord, the dream be to them that that hate you, and the interpretation to your enemies. It is you O King who has grown and become strong: For your greatness is grown, and reached unto Heaven and your dominion to the end of the earth. This is the interpretation: They shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beast of the field, you shall eat grass like the oxen and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven. Seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of Men.' "

At the end of twelve months the King walked in his palace in Babylon. He said, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?"

In that same hour his dream was fulfilled. A voice from heaven repeated the words in his dream...and the King was driven from among men and he ate grass and his body was wet with dew.

At the end of the days, my reason returned to me and I, Nebuchadnezzar, praised, honored and did extol the God and King of Heaven. All of His works are truth and His ways judgment. Those that walk in pride He is able to humble.