WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:20.800 practical ways. Good morning, good morning, we talk good good morning, Hey, 4 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:21.640 good morning everybody. 5 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:22.399 Good job Chris. 6 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:23.480 Welcome to the Bible Guys. 7 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.679 Good job Chris. 8 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:27.519 It is Thursday, and I just realized I had not 9 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:28.760 sung good morning. 10 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:29.359 All week long. 11 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:31.440 A lot of times. You bring it in on Wednesday. 12 00:00:31.879 --> 00:00:34.920 Yeah, well this so and weaved this week in surprise. 13 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:36.840 Today was the jingle of happy Days. 14 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:39.399 Yeah. It was so good. 15 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:39.799 Yeah. 16 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:42.039 I couldn't even get the tune. I couldn't get that key. 17 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.039 I was like, I was stumbling around. Should have listened 18 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.200 to it and started it and you know, practice it 19 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:51.600 and rehearsed it and all that. Anyway, Hey, today we 20 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:57.200 have a great segment because Desiree is committed to making 21 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.560 sure that our listeners get just the best news available. 22 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:03.960 Yes, and so our trusted source is the Babylon. 23 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.239 Bee, absolutely only the finest news yes for our people. 24 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:12.359 And today we are reading uh one. It's a warning 25 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.079 to some some you need to be warned, yeah, Others 26 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.239 it's a testimony about how difficult life can be if 27 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:19.920 you're going through let. 28 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.159 Me just read it. You can testify afterwards. If you're 29 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:24.079 going through a tough. 30 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:25.760 Time today, I could have written this. 31 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:30.640 Just know that you are not alone. Yes, right, here's 32 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.879 the article. Devastating. This man is wearing socks and he 33 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.000 just stepped in a little wet spot on the kitchen floor. 34 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:38.879 Yes, you hate that, don't you know? 35 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:41.319 It's one of my worst pet peas in the world. 36 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:45.599 Milwaukee, Wisconsin local man Aiden Jackson suffered a devastating blow 37 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.079 earlier today after he stepped in a little wet spot 38 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.640 on the kitchen floor while wearing socks. Sources to say 39 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:54.120 the event has ruined his day and perhaps his life. 40 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:57.159 You my feet are squishy and damp now, said the 41 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.000 man helplessly. Is the cruel liquid soaked into his side? 42 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:03.719 Why would a good God allow such a thing to happen? 43 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.519 That's about as bad as it gets, honestly, said Stacy Jackson, 44 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.360 Aiden's wife. I wear slippers in the kitchen myself to 45 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:14.080 avoid just such a sort of thing. Experts say that 46 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:16.199 the emotional damage of stepping in a puddle of water 47 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:18.319 while wearing socks is even worse than that of treading 48 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.039 barefoot on a pile of legos, and about the same 49 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:23.240 is having a piece of popcorn stuck between your teeth 50 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.360 with no way to get it out. Wow, this is 51 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:28.759 devastating for it, said Bradley Nelson, an expert. He'll have 52 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.240 to go change his socks now, so annoying. At publishing time, 53 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.879 Jackson's day had gotten even worse after realizing the wet 54 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:38.719 spot in the kitchen was caty. Oh no, oh, no, 55 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:44.400 that really Yeah, there you go, But being wet is 56 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:46.120 one of your least favorite things on the planet. 57 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:50.960 Yeah, so I have to clarify. So, wet socks are 58 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.759 the worst, like nothing worse than like wearing wet clothes, 59 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:54.439 like wet underwear. 60 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.039 Are you kidding me? It's the worst. 61 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:56.639 It's the worst. 62 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.759 However, the only caveat is this, I'm out in the rain, 63 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:03.759 I can't stand it. But if I have a hat on, 64 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:08.039 I'm actually fine with getting wet because it's actually it's 65 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:12.520 actually the feeling of water running down my scalp and 66 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:14.240 the hair getting wet and everything else. 67 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:15.319 If I have a. 68 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:16.960 Ball cap on and I'm running in the rain and 69 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:19.560 I'm like, well, it is what it is, I'm actually 70 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.120 not that irritated. I'm irritated that I'm wet, but nothing 71 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.159 nearly like if I don't have a hat on, not 72 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.360 even close. The other things are just like a really 73 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.280 big irritation. And the socks thing, buddy, that I'll get 74 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.840 you in a bad mood real quick. You're walking into 75 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.400 the kitchen, you step where like a thing of ice was, 76 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:38.680 and all of a sudden, it's like I literally have 77 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:41.759 to stop all things, and I'm like, I'll be back, 78 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.039 and I have to go upstairs and immediately change my socks. 79 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:45.719 There's no way I'm going to let it dry. 80 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:47.159 It'll just ruin your day. 81 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:48.680 It'll put me in a bad mood for like the 82 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:49.759 next half an hour. 83 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:50.159 Wow. 84 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.479 Yeah, I hate it. Okay, it's really bad. 85 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:53.960 So people make fun. 86 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:57.560 Of me, Yes, sometimes because I basically have one wardrobe. 87 00:03:57.680 --> 00:03:59.319 It always looks like I'm either going on a fishing 88 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:05.039 trip or that's it, all of it. The only alternative 89 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.800 is that I have genes sometimes. But I buy all 90 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.840 clothes that drive very quickly. Yes, and they're all travel 91 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:15.400 stuff right. So one, I'm not very fashion forward. I 92 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:20.040 don't know if you've noticed that. So, so fashion is 93 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:21.800 not a thing for me. So I buy I buy 94 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:25.040 based on practicalities. And I travel so much. I'm gone 95 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.120 so often that I just want something that's going to 96 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:29.759 be comfortable on a plane. That is, I can take 97 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:31.439 the layers on and take the I'm wearing a vest 98 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:33.639 right now, take the layers on, take the layers off, 99 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.879 roll up the sleeves, and everything dries really fast, So 100 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.839 even my socks. I try to buy socks that dry quickly. 101 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:42.040 Yeah, yeah, all that kind of stuff. 102 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:44.199 So in other words, all that means if you step 103 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:45.879 in a little puddle of water. 104 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.839 That everything drives quick. So well, it's just and this 105 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:50.759 came to pass. 106 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:55.319 Yeah, not me, buddy, I am with this guy. 107 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.680 There's an article. There's a picture of a guy holding 108 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:58.360 his face like this. 109 00:04:58.439 --> 00:04:58.639 Yeah. 110 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:00.920 Yeah, yeah, he looks like he's he's. 111 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.759 Devastated. His whole life has been turned upside out. The 112 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:07.720 best part about those article is he said, why would 113 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:09.959 a good God allow such a thing to happen? 114 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:13.360 It's so great, Well, talking about a devastated man whose 115 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.879 whole life has been turned upside down. 116 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:22.600 We're about to read Where's head. 117 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:25.519 And the God square off? Right? 118 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:32.199 Yeah, so remember yesterday we read about he builds an idol. Yes, 119 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:34.560 kind of represents him. He wants everybody to bow down 120 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:34.879 to it. 121 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:36.120 Ninety feet tall. 122 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.600 We never talked about that ninety nine story building. Yeah, 123 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.040 that is a heck of a statue of gold. 124 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:42.360 Yeah. 125 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:44.560 It must have been well built because there's only nine 126 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.360 feet wide ninety feet tall, nine feet wide. 127 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:49.600 That's really impressive construction. 128 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:50.360 Yeah. 129 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:55.120 But yeah, wow, nine feet wide. I wonder if it 130 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:56.480 had like a prep roud or something. 131 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.480 It must have must have had something in there. 132 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:00.680 Wow, or maybe wires are for something. 133 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:01.279 Yeah. 134 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:04.839 So he was kind of thinking of himself pretty highly, 135 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:10.800 and he sees God do this miracle for shadrag me 136 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.199 shack in a bed and to go. And then he says, okay, 137 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:16.279 from now on, nobody gets to make fun of chadreck 138 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.240 me shack in a bed and goes God. It's the 139 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:22.519 same as what he did for Daniel, right, right. And 140 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.800 he doesn't embrace the God. He just acknowledges their God. Right, 141 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:29.560 that's what happens. He doesn't embrace their God, but he 142 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.920 does say, okay, nobody's allowed to say anything bad about 143 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:33.800 shadwick me shacking to bed and goes God because no 144 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.360 god rescues like like their God. So he kind of 145 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:41.959 adds the god of the universe to his pantheon of 146 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.519 God's right is what he does. 147 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:45.319 So here's what it says. 148 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.959 You just turn the page again, because these are opportunities 149 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.879 for Nebu Canezar to just change his life and encounter 150 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.759 the true and living God. You turn the page in 151 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.560 chapter four and it says King Nebu Kinnezer sent this 152 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.920 message to the people of every race in national language 153 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.560 the world, Peace and prosperity to you. I want you 154 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:05.879 all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders of 155 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:09.759 the most High God has performed for me. How great 156 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.759 are his signs and how powerful his wonders. His kingdom 157 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.560 will last forever, and his rule through all generations. I, 158 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:19.839 Nebue Canezar, was living in my palace and comfort and prosperity. 159 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:22.120 But one night I had a dream that frightened me, 160 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:24.279 and I saw visions that terrified me as I lay 161 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:26.639 in my bed. So I iss an order calling all 162 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.839 the wise men of Babylon so they could tell me 163 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.839 what my dream meant. When all the magicians and enchanters 164 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.639 and astrologers and fortune tellers came in, I told them 165 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.720 the dream, but they could not tell me what it meant. 166 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:39.360 At last, Daniel came in before me, and I told 167 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.160 him the dream. He was named Belta Shazar, after my God, 168 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:45.120 and the spirit of Holy Gods is in him. I 169 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:47.360 said to him, belt the Shazar, chief of the magicians. 170 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:49.279 I know that the spirit of the Holy Gods is 171 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.120 in you, and that no mystery is too great for 172 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:54.680 you to solve. Now tell me what my dream means. 173 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:56.720 While I was laying in my bed, this is what 174 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:58.519 I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle 175 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.000 of the earth. And the tree grew very tall and strong, 176 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:04.199 reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see. 177 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:06.439 It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with 178 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.000 fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, 179 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.160 and birds nested in its branches. All the world was 180 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.000 fed from this tree. Then, as I lay there dreaming, 181 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.720 I saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven. 182 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.040 The messenger shouted, cut down the tree and lop off 183 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.920 its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit, 184 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.319 chase the wild animals from its shade and the birds 185 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.439 from its branches. Believe the stump and the roots in 186 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.920 the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze, 187 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.799 and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched 188 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.159 with the dew of heaven, and let him live with 189 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.639 the wild animals among the plants of the field for 190 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:41.799 seven periods of time. Let him have the mind of 191 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.919 a wild animal instead of the mind of a human. 192 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:46.600 For this has been decreed by the messengers. It is 193 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:49.120 commanded by the Holy ones, so that everyone may know 194 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.639 that the most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. 195 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:53.960 He gives him to anyone he chooses, even to the 196 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.039 lowliest of people. Belt the Chazar that was the dream 197 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.799 that I, King Nebukenzer had, Now tell me what it means. 198 00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:01.720 For none of the wise men of my kingdom can 199 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:03.519 do so, but you can tell me, because the spirit 200 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.960 of the Holy Gods is in you. Upon hearing this, Daniel, 201 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:10.120 also known as bent Belta Shazar, was overcome for a 202 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:12.759 time frightened by the meaning of the dream. When the 203 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:14.879 king said to him, Belta Shazar, don't be alarmed by 204 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.200 the dream and what it means, Belta Shazzar replied, I 205 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:21.000 wish the events foreshadowed this dream. What happened to your enemies, 206 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.840 my lord, and not to you. The tree you saw 207 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:26.440 was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the 208 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:29.399 heavens for all the world to see. It had fresh 209 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.759 green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. 210 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:34.240 Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in 211 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:37.600 its branches. That tree, your Majesty is you, for you 212 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.720 have grown strong and great. Your greatness reaches up to heaven, 213 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:43.200 and your rule to the ends of the earth. And 214 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.440 then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down 215 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.639 from heaven, saying, cut down the tree and destroy it, 216 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:49.600 But leave the stump and the roots of the ground, 217 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.039 bound with a band of iron and bronze, and surrounded 218 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:55.039 by tender grass. Let him be drenched by the udou 219 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:57.200 of the heaven. Let him live with the animals of 220 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.559 the field for seven periods of time. This is what 221 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.000 the dream means, Your majesty, what the Most High has 222 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.679 declared will happen to my Lord, the King. You will 223 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:07.159 be driven from human society. You will live in the 224 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:09.799 fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like 225 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:12.399 a cow, and you will be drenched with dew of heaven. 226 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:15.519 Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, 227 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.600 until you learn that the Most High rules over the 228 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.279 kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses, 229 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.559 but the stump and roots of the tree were left 230 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:24.840 in the ground. This means that you will receive your 231 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:29.039 kingdom back again when you've learned the heaven rules. King Nebukenzer, 232 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:32.039 please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. 233 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.759 Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. 234 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:38.639 Perhaps then you'll continue to prosper. But all these things 235 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:40.759 did happen to King nebuken aes. Twelve months later, he 236 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:42.799 was taking a walk on the flat roof the Royal 237 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:45.840 Palace and Babylon. As he looked out across the city, 238 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.120 he said, look at this great city of Babylon. 239 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:49.919 By my own mighty. 240 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:52.360 Power, I've built this beautiful city as my royal residence 241 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.159 to display my majestic splendor. And while these words were 242 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:58.679 still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, 243 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.960 Oh King Nebukenez, Sure this message is for you. You 244 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:04.399 are no longer ruler of this kingdom. You will be 245 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:07.159 driven from human society. You will live in the fields 246 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.279 of the wild animals, and you eat grass like a cow. 247 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.840 Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, 248 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.159 until you learn that the most high rules over the 249 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.120 kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses. 250 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:19.960 In that same hour, the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebu 251 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.240 Canezer was driven from human society. He ate grass like 252 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:25.240 a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. 253 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.320 He lived this way until his hair was as long 254 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.440 as eagles feathers, and his nails were like bird's claws. 255 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:35.000 After this time he had passed, I Nebu Canezar, looked 256 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.840 up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and 257 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.600 worshiped the most High and honored the one who lives forever. 258 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:44.440 His rule is everlasting, his kingdom is eternal. All the 259 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:46.759 people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He 260 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.200 does as he pleases among the angels of heaven, among 261 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.399 the people of the earth. No one can stop him 262 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:53.440 or say to him, what do you mean by these things? 263 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.159 Doing these things? When my sanity returned to me, so 264 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:59.080 did my honor and glory and kingdom. My advisers and 265 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.440 nobles sought me out. I was restored as head of 266 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.559 my kingdom with even greater honor than before. Now I 267 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.320 Nebe can praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. 268 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:09.720 All his acts are just and pure, and he is 269 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.440 able to humble the proud man. 270 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.879 What a story, dude. 271 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:17.840 I love the way that is written, don't you. 272 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:21.120 Oh yeah, it's it's it's it's Nebukednezzar who is telling 273 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:22.279 a story of the past. 274 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:23.279 It's his own testimony. 275 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.360 It's his own testimony. 276 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:26.480 But then he brings you into it as if it's 277 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.799 happening real time, because he says, and then this is 278 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:32.039 what happened, and then this is and and and then 279 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.639 he goes back to reminding us that this is something 280 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.279 of the past, because he says, then my standard, my 281 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:43.000 sandy was restored. And uh, man, what an unbelievable, wild 282 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:45.120 and obscure story. 283 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:46.399 I've never heard this in a sermon. 284 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.480 By the way, have you ever heard this particular chapter 285 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.720 in a su Yeah you have. 286 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:55.519 Really wow, I heard uh one of the old leaders 287 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.679 of our of our. 288 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:58.480 Previous movement reach on it. 289 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:00.440 Oh phenomenally yeah, yeah, Oh wow. 290 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:01.799 It's a great message. 291 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:02.559 Yeah yeah. 292 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:09.120 And so this is a wonderful and yet horrific thing 293 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:12.279 to even imagine. Right. The wonderful part of it is 294 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:16.559 is that man, God can God can choose whenever he 295 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.480 wants to demonstrate his power, and it's not held back 296 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.200 by any power. So nebukid Nezzar, I mean, he walks 297 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.200 around on his flat roof and says, is there anybody 298 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:29.639 greater than me? And then all of a sudden a 299 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.519 voice comes down for a voice. By the way, that's 300 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:36.679 crazy because there's not too many times in the entire 301 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:40.519 Bible that that happens. And then the voice, almost word 302 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.759 for word, repeats what Daniel said. 303 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.559 A year earlier. And so can you imagine A year 304 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.000 goes by. 305 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:49.480 You're probably scared at first if you're nebright, and all 306 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.200 of a sudden, a year you know, you've forgotten about it. 307 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.639 You're walking around in your own little you know power, 308 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.440 look what I've done, and all of a sudden this 309 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:59.200 voice comes down and you're like, oh, yeah, Daniel did 310 00:13:59.240 --> 00:13:59.639 tell me that. 311 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:01.919 A year until you learn. 312 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.000 That the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the 313 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:06.919 world and gives them that anyone he chooses, anyone he chooses. 314 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:08.759 So I can remember. 315 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:13.279 When I was young, probably a teenager, maybe in my 316 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:17.440 early twenties, and you know, I like archaeology, I like history, 317 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.080 I like all that stuff. And Nibie Kenezer is one 318 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:22.279 of the greatest kings in all of history, so even 319 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:26.480 outside the Bible, there's a ton about him, right, And 320 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:32.159 and was the one of the first after the Egyptians. 321 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.159 Like the Assyrians were big and tough, but they weren't 322 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:38.240 like on the same scale as the Egyptians. And then 323 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:42.799 Nebu Kenezer comes in and takes you know, he's the first, 324 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:46.080 one of the first great world conquerors, took over all 325 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:48.320 the world that he knew of at the time and 326 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.320 defeated just about everybody. So historically he's just so powerful. 327 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:55.840 I thought, surely seven years, right, that he's out of 328 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:59.159 his mind, and then he's restored back to his throne. 329 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:01.480 That has that have been in history somewhere, So I 330 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:04.360 started digging around looking to see if it was. And 331 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:09.240 there's no direct thing in history that says he lost 332 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:09.799 his ever. 333 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:11.559 Love and mind for seven years, right. 334 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.480 But there are a couple things I had to relok it, 335 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.600 I had to look it back up again. 336 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.600 But I remember these as soon as I saw them. 337 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:20.919 I remembered. So one thing, ancient. 338 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:26.080 Historical records are extraordinarily selective about what they say about kings, right, 339 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:32.799 But there is the in the the Prayer of Nabonitis, 340 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:36.600 which was in the Dead Sea Scrolls. There's this description 341 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:40.799 of King Nabonitis, which is the last king of Babylon, 342 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:47.600 not nebue Canezer, but it was Nebuner's kids and nephews 343 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:50.960 that wind up taking over the kingdom, and while he 344 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:54.799 was out, and then he gets restored, and then after 345 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.200 that his nephew takes back over and then king his 346 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.799 the Babylonian kingdom gets wiped out by Meets and Persians. 347 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:03.840 So it could have been highlighting he was the last 348 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:08.120 great king of Babylon, and it mentions in the prayer Nabonitis, 349 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:10.840 it mentions that this king was struck with a skin 350 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:13.960 disease by God for seven years until he humbled himself 351 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:16.679 and prayed and was healed. So it may have been 352 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.960 that it was recognizing he had some kind of disease 353 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:23.720 for seven years and he had to repent from God 354 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.639 in order to be healed. So there's that It could 355 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:27.919 have just been that it was wrong, you know, because 356 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.759 this isn't a Bible thing, it's just a historical thing. 357 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.080 It could have been wrong on the facts. But seven 358 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.679 years the last great king of Babylon given a disease 359 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:39.639 by God until he repented. That's all in the prayer 360 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.159 and Nabinidis that was found in the Dead Sea scrolls. 361 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:46.080 Then there's Barasis there in the third century BC, so 362 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:51.039 three hundred years before Jesus, this Babylonian priest rites in 363 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.240 Greek that nebu Kenezer became ill towards the end of 364 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.840 his life and left his son to govern. 365 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:58.120 So we do know that there. 366 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:01.279 Was this illness at the end of his life, and 367 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:04.279 though it's vague and brief, it does echo some kind 368 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:06.480 of a thing. So you have the prayer and Nabonitis 369 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:09.799 recognizes there was this seven year period in Nebukenezer's life 370 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.680 that he was under judgment from God with some kind 371 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:17.759 of disease. And then Borosis, a Babylonian priest in three 372 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:18.640 hundred BC. 373 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.920 Says, yeah, he had he was so. 374 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:22.440 Sick he had to hand off some of the leadership 375 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.400 for a while. Well, we know that he comes back 376 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:26.079 and he only rules for a short amount of time 377 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.160 after this time, and then it's the end of it. 378 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.119 So I think it's kind of interesting that even historically 379 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.720 there seems to be a hint that something bad happened 380 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:38.039 in Nebucinezer and it lasted for like a seven year period. 381 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.319 So this is what actually happened in a neat Yeah. 382 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.039 Oh, it's very neat. 383 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:41.920 I love that stuff. 384 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.240 Yeah. 385 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:47.000 Well, when the Bible was able to be verified outside 386 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:50.000 of it outside of itself, right, and so it's verified 387 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.400 with every new discovery with archaeology in the estricially in 388 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.799 the Middle East, and then. 389 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.400 Well, you know, almost primarily in the Middle. 390 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:04.079 East, and then also with every single historical record that 391 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:06.799 you know, there's nothing that can flis right, there's nothing. 392 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.920 Think about all. 393 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.640 The writings of history that exist in the world, right. 394 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:14.279 And then and the things that you know, the Scripture 395 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.839 talk about are able to be coupled with history and 396 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.759 their timelines. 397 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.839 They match up. 398 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:24.400 Everything matches up, which is amazing. And some things match up, uh, 399 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:27.519 and we've only discovered them in our lifetime, right, Some 400 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:29.599 things that you're like, uh, you know, I can't remember 401 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.599