Week 29 Daniel
The story of Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree Dream in chapter four is thirty-seven verses long. Most of the chapter – twenty-two verses – is told by the king himself. Which reminded me that Daniel got some of his content directly from the Lord. But not all of it.
Anyway the dream-story is about a fantastic tree that is chopped down. The dream-story’s meaning is that Nebuchadnezzar is that tree and he will soon fall. And he does. He loses his mental capacities his status his crown his sovereignty his power. He ends up out in the woods and fields living like an animal.
When Daniel had explained the meaning of the dream he told Nebuchadnezzar why it was going to happen: you will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields…until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.
Some readers figure the bible is an interesting but out-of-date and unreliable resource. Other readers figure it’s an interesting and currently relevant resource. Bible readers in the second group figure that the prime operators that affected Babylon’s destiny back then remain in force today. Which means that in 2021 the Most High continues ruling over the kingdoms of the world.
Which also means that even the top news agencies are most-of-the-time reporting under serious information restraints when it comes to comprehensively analyzing domestic & international affairs.
Note: quote from Daniel 4:25 (NLT)