Day 5

Some believe the material in Daniel 4 occurred a few decades after what happened in Daniel 3. This would have made Daniel somewhere in his 40s, maybe even in his late 40s. Daniel 4 begins with a greeting. From what we can tell, Nebuchadnezzar wrote all of Daniel 4. That means that God led Daniel to include what Nebuchadnezzar wrote in the res...

As we read Daniel 4:4, we see a shift in what Nebuchadnezzar recorded. He shifted from his testimony in Daniel 4:1–3, of God’s work in his life to an earlier point in his life where he had been very satisfied with his life. We read in Daniel 4:4, “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.” At this point in his l...

Nebuchadnezzar shared the details of his dream. We know he first described his dream to his so-called “wise men.” We know they weren’t too wise because they worshipped false gods and relied on the spiritual forces of wickedness to guide them. These “wise men” had no relationship with the One True God of the Bible; therefore, they had zero pow...

The good news is that God designed man and woman for a relationship with Himself. God will use any means necessary to get our attention so that we can choose to surrender to Him as Lord and have daily fellowship with Him. In the days of Nebuchadnezzar, there was not a higher position over the earth than the position that Nebuchadnezzar was in...

We must consider the state of Nebuchadnezzar’s heart because God was going to reveal to him what He planned to do to humble him because he was unwilling to humble himself before God. Nebuchadnezzar was flourishing in his kingdom, and God was the furthest One from his mind. The spiritual blindness of Nebuchadnezzar was powerful (2 Corinthians ...

As Daniel shared the interpretation of the dream in Daniel 4:20–22 with Nebuchadnezzar, it started out quite positive. But then, in Daniel 4:23–25, Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar what God’s plan was to humble Nebuchadnezzar. God loves us so much that He’ll do whatever it takes to get our attention so that we humble ourselves before Him and walk w...

We know God took Nebuchadnezzar through some loving discipline, but before that happened, we need to take note of Daniel’s plea to Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel says to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:27, “Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to...