Daniel 4:4 "I Nebuchadnezzar was
at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:"
This is going back to the beginning of
the account of his dream and Daniel's interpretation of that dream. It is an
understatement to say that his reign was flourishing.
He was the
undisputed ruler of
Daniel 4:5 "I saw a dream which
made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head
troubled me."
These are speaking of the dream he had
of the image that had the golden head. He not only was frightened by the dream,
but forgot the details of the dream, as well.
Daniel 4:6 "Therefore made I a
decree to bring in all the wise [men] of
It was urgent for him to know the
meaning of his dream, and he called all of those he knew that interpreted
dreams to him. Surely one of them would be able to tell him of his dream.
Daniel 4:7 "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
thereof."
We discussed in a previous lesson that
their power was from Satan, and was very limited. They were depending on flesh
and Satan. Neither thing helped with the dream.
They were about to
be killed, because they did not know the meaning of the dream.
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