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Book of Daniel
 

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Book of Daniel

By Brian Pepper

 
 
  Chapter 4

 

DANIEL 4:1
NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING, UNTO ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, LANGUAGES, THAT DWELL IN ALL THE EARTH; PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU.

This chapter is a public document written by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon after his humiliation by the God of heaven. It is a message of good will for it reflects the king's feelings when his full mental powers had been restored.

DANIEL 4:2
I THOUGHT IT GOOD TO SHEW THE SIGNS AND WONDERS THAT THE HIGH GOD HATH WROUGHT TOWARD ME.

The king wishes to share the experience and its lessons with all his subjects. Notice this statement from the book Prophets and Kings page 521. "The once proud monarch had become a humble child of God; he who had defied and blasphemed the God of heaven, now acknowledged the power of the Most High, and earnestly sought to promote the fear of Jehovah and the happiness of His subjects. Under the rebuke of Him who is King of kings and Lord of lords, Nebuchadnezzar had learned at last the lesson which all rulers need to learn – that true greatness consists in true goodness."

DANIEL 4:3
HOW GREAT ARE HIS SIGNS!  AND HOW MIGHTY ARE HIS WONDERS!  HIS KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND HIS DOMINION IS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

It had taken the king a long time to find out the true greatness of the God of heaven, now he is willing to testify of that greatness.

DANIEL 4:4
I NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS AT REST IN MINE HOUSE, AND FLOURISHING IN MY PALACE.  

Nebuchadnezzar's reign had been one long scene of warfare. He was a man of war. This characteristic was prominent in the life of the great king, the prophecy calls him "the terrible of the nations” and the “hammer of the whole earth." He had met foes on every side and had been successful because God had as the Scriptures says, "put His sword into the hand of the king of Babylon" and made use of this monarch to punish other nations which refused the light of truth.

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.

God has a special message for this man. Once again he uses a dream to warn the king of impending judgment.

DANIEL 4:6. THEREFORE MADE I A DECREE TO BRING IN ALL THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON BEFORE ME, THAT THEY MIGHT MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM.

Evidently the king still had some confidence in his wise men for he brought them in to the palace to explain his dream. This time it was a much easier matter for the king remembered what his dream was all about.

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.

Seeing that the dream was uncomplicated and simple it is possible that the wise men may have understood the dream or at least parts of it. But usually these men flattered their monarch and avoided telling him anything that was disagreeable. They would not have the courage to tell the king that the dream might not be very agreeable as far as he was concerned. If they did offer some sort of explanation of the dream it certainly did not satisfy the king; they could not give an accurate and detailed interpretation as Daniel did later on.

DANIEL 4:8
BUT AT LAST DANIEL CAME IN BEFORE ME, WHOSE NAME WAS BELTESHAZZAR ACCORDING TO THE NAME OF MY GOD, AND IN WHOM IS THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLY GODS: AND BEFORE HIM I TOLD THE DREAM SAYING,

Why Daniel had been kept in the background so long, although he is considered “master of the magicians” is not explained. Some have suggested that Nebuchadnezzar possibly wanted to find out what the Chaldeans had to say about this extremely disturbing dream, before hearing the full truth, which he suspected was unfavourable as far as he was concerned.

In whom is the spirit of the holy gods
This expression reveals that Nebuchadnezzar recognized what it was that gave Daniel superior power and understanding.

DANIEL 4:9
0 BELTESHAZZAR, MASTER OF THE MAGICIANS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLY GODS IS IN THEE, AND NO SECRET TROUBLETH THEE, TELL ME THE VISIONS OF MY DREAM THAT I HAVE SEEN, AND THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF.

The king is quite certain that Daniel is able to reveal to him the meaning of the dream and he knows that Daniel would tell him the truth even if it was not the most encouraging.

DANIEL 4:10
THUS WERE THE VISIONS OF MINE HEAD IN MY BED; I SAW, AND BEHOLD A TREE IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF GREAT.

The figure of a tree would have impressed Nebuchadnezzar, whether there were trees of any size around Babylon in his time it would be hard to say. Today mostly palm trees grow in that area. But we learn that Nebuchadnezzar had made repeated expeditions into the forests of Lebanon and the king personally cut down some of the great cedars in the forests there.

DANIEL 4:11
THE TREE GREW, AND WAS STRONG, AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF REACHED UNTO HEAVEN, AND THE SIGHT THEREOF TO THE END OF ALL THE EARTH:

Like the great image of his dream recorded in Daniel chapter 2 this tree was of enormous proportions. This of course would greatly impress the king and give him something to think about.

DANIEL 4:12
THE LEAVES THEREOF WERE FAIR, AND THE FRUIT THEREOF MUCH, AND IN IT WAS MEAT FOR ALL: THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD HAD SHADOW UNDER IT, AND THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN DWELT IN THE BOUGHS THEREOF, AND ALL FLESH WAS FED OF IT.  

The ancients were accustomed to seeing a meaning in every extraordinary dream. Most likely this is why God used the agency of a dream on this occasion.

DANIEL 4:13
I SAW IN THE VISIONS OF MY HEAD UPON MY BED, AND, BEHOLD, A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN.

In chapter 3 and verse 28 Nebuchadnezzar mentions that the God of the Hebrews had sent His angel to deliver these men. Nebuchadnezzar had some knowledge of the work of an angel and in this verse he calls this heavenly being “a watcher" also “an holy one” and uses the phrase "came down from heaven". The word "watcher" is well applied here for it suggests a wakeful one or one who is watching on guard.

DANIEL 4:14
HE CRIED ALOUD, AND SAID THUS, HEW DOWN THE TREE, AND CUT OFF HIS BRANCHES, SHAKE OFF HIS LEAVES, AND SCATTER HIS FRUITS: LET THE BEASTS GET AWAY FROM UNDER IT, AND THE FOWLS FROM HIS BRANCHES:

This great tree with its branches reaching up into heaven was to be cut down. The king would be intrigued by this tree of giant proportions, and that it was a fruit bearing tree, for the Babylonians were not unfamiliar with the story of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. The story of Eden had been handed down by tradition.

The tree seen in the dream was planted in the midst of the earth. As the king watched it grew until the top reached heaven and its boughs stretched to the ends of the earth. Then at the command of the heavenly one it was cut down leaving only the stump.

DANIEL 4:15
NEVERTHELESS LEAVE THE STUMP OF HIS 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.

To leave the stump of his roots in the earth would seem to signify that the life of the tree was to be preserved. That the stump would throw forth shoots and grow again indicates that the king would recover from his sickness.

With a band of iron and brass
Some commentators understand this as metal bands fastened to the root stump to prevent it from cracking or splitting.

This indicates that care would be exercised in preserving it. As the tree is a symbol of Nebuchadnezzar it suggests that his kingdom will be preserved for him through his sickness.

DANIEL 4:16
LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S, AND LET A BEAST'S HEART BE GIVEN UNTO HIM; AND LET SEVEN TIMES PASS OVER HIM.

Let his heart be changed
The heart mentioned here is his nature. Instead of having the nature of a man he would from now on have the nature of an animal.

The disease of the king is known among medical people as (lycanthropy). This disease has a long history and from records of other cases Nebuchadnezzar evidently suffered very mildly. An ancient writer named Megasthenes of about 300 B.C. tells us that after Nebuchadnezzar became great and powerful, he ascended to the roof of his palace and became possessed by some god, and under inspiration he uttered a warning about the calamities which were to befall the city of Babylon. 

Seven times is probably seven years; that is seven literal years.

DANIEL 4:17
THE MATTTER IS BY THE DECREE OF THE WATCHERS, AND THE DEMAND BY THE WORD OF THE HOLY ONES: TO THE INTENT THAT THE LIVING MAY KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULETH IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVETH IT TO WHOM SOEVER HE WILL, AND SETTETH UP OVER IT THE BASEST OF MEN.

What an interest, the holy ones, or angels, take in human affairs. They can see the dangers of pride and lustful ambition. Over and over again they have witnessed the bad results of these things on human lives. It is the desire of the heavenly watchers that man must realize that he is dependent of God for everything.

In the case of Nebuchadnezzar he was a successful monarch but his pride did not allow him to realize that it was the most high, the Lord of heaven who had helped him to reach this high position.

DANIEL 4:18
THIS DREAM I KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAVE SEEN, NOW THOU, 0 BELTESHAZZAR DECLARE THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF, FORASMUCH AS ALL THE WISE MEN OF MY KINGDOM ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE INTERPRETATION: BUT THOU ART ABLE; FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLY  GODS IS IN THEE.

Once again the king has to turn to Daniel to give him an understanding of this unusual dream. He also acknowledges that Daniel has some special power, some special supernatural power that no one else has.

DANIEL 4:19
THEN DANIEL, WHOSE NAME WAS BELTESHAZZAR, WAS ASTONIED FOR ONE HOUR, AND HIS THOUGHTS TROUBLED HIM. THE KING SPAKE, AND SAID, BELTESHAZZAR, LET NOT THE DREAM, OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF TROUBLE THEE. BELTESHAZZAR ANSWERED AND SAID, MY LORD, THE DREAM BE TO THEM THAT HATE THEE, AND THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF TO THINE ENEMIES.

Daniel must have been extremely embarrassed as he realized the significance of the dream for he hesitated to declare the interpretation to the king.

Was astonied for one hour
More accurately, for a while; meaning an indefinite period.

Daniel was obviously searching for suitable words and expressions by which he could acquaint the king with the terrible news concerning his future fate. The king could see the consternation on Daniel's face and from the nature of the dream he could hardly have expected to hear something pleasant. Nevertheless he encouraged his trusted courtier to give him the full truth without fear of incurring royal disfavour.

DANIEL 4:20
THE TREE THAT THOU SAWEST, WHICH GREW, AND WAS STRONG, WHOSE HEIGHTREACHED UNTO THE HEAVEN, AND THE SIGHT THEREOF TO ALL THE EARTH.

The tree illustration was not unknown to the king. The prophet Ezekiel, one of the Hebrew captives, was given a view of the capture of Egypt by Nechuchadnezzar, and was told to send the testimony to Pharaoh, king of Egypt. In this prophecy Egypt is represented as a mighty tree towering above all the trees of the earth. Even the trees of Eden envied the splendour of this tree. All the fowls of heaven nested in its boughs; the hosts of earth dwelt beneath its branches. But this tree of Egypt was lifted up because of its greatness, and God sent Babylon to hew it to the ground.

This prophecy must have been known to Nebuchadnezzar, if not before, at least after his victory over Egypt, for it was familiar to the Jews, and there were Jews in the Babylonian court.

DANIEL 4:21
WHOSE LEAVES WERE FAIR, AND THE FRUIT THEREOF MUCH, AND IN IT WAS MEAT FOR ALL; UNDER WHICH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD DWELT, AND UPON WHOSE BRANCHES THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVEN HAD THEIR HABITATION.

There is a similarity between the Egyptian tree and the tree of the king’s dream for the fowls rested in its branches and the beasts in its shadows.

DANIEL 4:22
IT IS THOU, 0 KING, THAT ART GROWN AND BECOME STRONG: FOR THY GREATNESS IS GROWN, AND REACHETH UNTO HEAVEN, AND THY DOMINION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.

Without holding the king in suspense for any length of time Daniel plainly and clearly announced to him that the tree represented the king himself.

Thy kingdom reacheth unto heaven
Some have thought that this description of Nebuchadnezzar’s greatness is greatly exaggerated. Daniel was using court language and idioms to which both he and the king were accustomed. These terms are remarkably similar to the boastful language of Nebuchadnezzar, exhibited in various of the king's inscriptions discovered by archeologists.

DANIEL 4:23
AND WHEREAS THE KING SAW A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND SAYING, HEW THE TREE DOWN, AND DESTROY IT; YET LEAVE THE STUMP OF THE ROOTS THEREOF 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 OF THE FIELD, TIL SEVEN TIMES PASS OVER HIM.

Daniel reviews the dream for the king's benefit, also to impress the important features upon his mind.

DANIEL 4:24
THIS THE INTERPRETATION, 0 KING, AND THIS IS THE DECREE OF THE MOST HIGH, WHICH IS COME UPON MY LORD THE KING.

Daniel now comes to the most difficult part of the vision. However without any hesitation he proceeds to describe the meaning of it.

DANIEL 4:25
THAT THEY SHALL DRIVE THEE FROM MEN, AND THY DWELLING SHALL BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, AND THEY SHALL MAKE THEE TO EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND THEY SHALL WET THEE WITH THE DEW OF HEAVEN, AND SEVEN TIMES SHALL PASS OVER THEE, TILL THOU KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULETH IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVETH IT TO WHOMSOEVER HE WILL.

Thou shalt be driven from men
In ancient times, and even today in the East and other non-Christian countries insane people are not cared for in institutions or even by their relatives. If the king in his madness thought that he was some vegetable eating animal, like a sheep or an ox he would be regarded as insane.

Thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen
Persons afflicted with lycanthropy often try to imitate the particular animal which they imagine they have become.

They often try to eat the things which such an animal eats; though this would not mean that they actually subsist upon such food. This malady often allows its victims to be lucid and normal at times, the malady only coming on now and then; though no one can tell when it may manifest itself.

DANIEL 4:26
AND WHEREAS THEY COMMANDED TO LEAVE THE STUMP OF THE TREE ROOTS; THY KINGDOM SHALL BE SURE UNTO THEE, AFTER THAT THOU SHALT HAVE KNOWN THAT THE HEAVENS DO RULE.

Thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee    
Many have wondered why the insane king was not killed, or why his subjects and ministers of state did not place someone else on the vacant throne during the time Nebuchadnezzar was insane. The first and foremost reason is that God assured him that his throne would be kept safe.

It seems that a regency or guardianship for the kingdom was appointed and the affairs of the empire went on much as usual. Possibly Daniel himself took charge of the situation by assuring the princes of the definite or limited period of the king's madness, thus reserving the kingdom for him on his recovery.

There is another reason that preserved the king, the ancients believe that all mental disturbances were caused by evil spirits who took control of their victim; that if someone should kill the insane man, the spirit would take hold of the murderer and a grievous revenge would be inflicted upon those responsible.

DANIEL 4:27
WHEREFORE, 0 KING, LET MY COUNSEL BE ACCEPTABLE UNTO THEE, AND BREAK OFF THY SINS BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THINE INIQUITIES BY SHEWING MERCY TO THE POOR; IF IT MAY BE A LENGTHENING OF THY TRANQUILLITY.

If the king was willing to humble his heart and to respond to the Holy Spirit's pleading he would be saved from this dreadful fate and great humiliation.

By shewinq mercy to the poor
The king was admonished to practice righteousness towards all of his subjects and to exercise mercy to the oppressed, the miserable and the poor. The king was to be given a year of probation. 

DANIEL 4:28
ALL THIS CAME UPON THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR.

The king had been warned and was given a full twelve months to make things right. God was very gracious to him for in contrast the Ninevites were only given 40 days of respite, yet they took advantage of the opportunity and they and their city was spared.

DANIEL 4:29
AT THE END OF TWELVE MONTHS HE WALKED IN THE PALACE OF THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON.

His time was up; he had plenty of opportunity to put things right, to take out of his life that pride which had been his stumbling block.

DANIEL 4:30
THE KING SPAKE, AND SAID, IS NOT THIS GREAT BABYLON, THAT I HAVE BUILT FOR THE HOUSE OF THE KINGDOM BY THE MIGHT OF MY POWER, AND FOR THE HONOUR OF MY MAJESTY?

Nebuchadnezzar viewed the city possibly from the roof of the famous hanging gardens, whose thick and strong foundation walls have been excavated.

That I have built   
Students of ancient Babylonian history are reminded of these proud words when reading the claims the king makes in his inscriptions, which have been preserved amid the dust and debris of Babylon's ruins.

DANIEL 4:31
WHILE THE WORD WAS IN THE KING'S MOUTH, THERE FELL A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, 0 KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, TO THEE IT IS SPOKEN; THE KINGDOM IS DEPARTED FROM THEE.

The time had come for the king's humiliation. A voice from heaven announced the judgment; God with a touch of His finger took away his capability to enjoy the great city of his creating.

DANIEL 4:32
AND THEY SHALL DRIVE THEE FROM MEN, AND THY DWELLING SHALL BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD: THEY SHALL MAKE THEE TO EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND SEVEN TIMES SHALL PASS OVER THEE, UNTIL THOU KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULETH IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVETH IT TO WHOMS0EVER HE WILL.

There was no excuse for the proud monarch. He had a full year to change his way of life and thus avert the threatened calamity.

DANIEL 4:33
THE SAME HOUR WAS THE THING FULFILLED UPON NEBUCHADNEZZAR: AND HE WAS DRIVEN FROM MEN, AND DID EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND HIS BODY WAS WET WITH THE DEW OF HEAVEN, TIL HIS HEAIRS WERE GROWN LIKE EAGLE’S FEATHERS, AND HIS NAILS LIKE BIRD’S CLAWS.

The proud and powerful monarch is forced to step down from his throne and to eat grass like an animal.

It should be remembered that in all of His dealings with the king God was working for the salvation of the ruler and for those who came under his influence. God allowed him to suffer seven years of deplorable degradation and then removed it as He had promised.

DANIEL 4:34
AT THE END OF THE DAYS I NEBUCHADNEZZAR LIFTED UP MINE EYES UNTO HEAVEN, AND MINE UNDERSTANDING RETURNED UNTO ME, AND I BLESSED THE MOST HIGH. AND I PRAISED AND HONOURED HIM THAT LIVETH FOR EVER, WHOSE DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, AND HIS KINGDOM IS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

At the end of the seven years God removed His hand of affliction and the king's reason and understanding returned. His first act wasto bless the Most High God. He was once more established in the kingdom. During his insanity his son Evil-Merodach is said to have reigned as regent in his stead. Daniel's interpretation of the dream was well understood in the palace and so the return of Nebuchadnezzar to his kingdom must have been anticipated, with interest. 

I blessed the Most High
It speaks well for the once proud king, that after his dreadful experience his first desire was to thank God, to praise Him as the ever living One, and to recognize His rulership.

DANIEL 4:35
AND ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH ARE REPUTED AS NOTHING: AND HE DOETH ACCORDING TO HIS WILL IN THE ARMY OF HEAVEN, AND AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH: AND NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND, OR SAY I UNTO HIM, WHAT DOEST THOU?

It had taken the king a long time to learn this lesson. The confession is marvelous, coming as it did, from the mouth of the once proud monarch.

The words of the king are very similar to those of Isaiah 40:17. "All nations before Him are as nothing; and they are counted to Him less than nothing, and vanity."

DANIEL 4:36
AT THE SAME TIME MY REASON RETURNED UNTO ME; AND FOR THE GLORY OF MY KINGDOM, MINE HONOUR AND BRIGHTNESS RETURNED UNTO ME: AND MY COUNSELLORS AND MY LORDS SOUGHT UNTO ME; AND I WAS ESTABLISHED IN MY KINGDOM, AND EXCELLENT MAJESTY WAS ADDED UNTO ME.

Any my counsellors and my lords sought unto me
The word "sought" does not necessarily indicate that during the period of his insanity the king was allowed to wander about in the fields and desert without supervision. When it became known that the king's reason had returned the regents of state brought him back in order they might restore the government to him again.

DANIEL 4:37
NOW I NEBUCHADNEZZAR PRAISE AND EXTOL AND HONOUR THE KING OF HEAVEN, ALL WHOSE WORKS ARE TRUTH, AND HIS WAYS JUDGMENT: AND THOSE THAT WALK IN PRIDE HE IS ABLE TO ABASE.

Nebuchadnezzar had learned at last the lesson which all rulers need to learn, that true greatness consists in true goodness. The once proud tyrannical monarch became a wise and compassionate king.

 

 

 

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