July 21, 2001 – July 27, 2001 – Then with his hand stretched upward in defiance, he demanded, ‘Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? ’
July 14, 2001 – July 20, 2001 – …he replied: ‘The secret which the king hath demanded…there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and …what shall be in the latter days.’”
July 28, 2001 – August 3, 2001 – God exalted Babylon that it might fulfill this purpose. Prosperity attended the nation until it reached a height of wealth and power that has never since been equaled.
July 24, 2004 – July 30, 2004 – In spite of the warning he received, Nebuchadnezzar went on in his own strength, till God took from him the talent of wisdom, that he might be led to see and acknowledge that the God of Israel was able to create and to destroy.
July 17, 2004 – July 23, 2004 – Pointing to the fiery furnace, he reminded them of the punishment awaiting them if they should persist in their refusal to obey his will. But firmly the Hebrews testified to their allegiance to the God of heaven, and their faith in His power to deliver.
The relation of the Jews to the Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar is the same as that sustained by the remnant church, the true Israel, to the churches which, having known the truth, have rejected it.
July 31, 2004 – August 6, 2004 – Through the folly and weakness of Belshazzar, the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, proud Babylon was soon to fall. Admitted in his youth to a share in kingly authority, Belshazzar gloried in his power and lifted up his heart against the God of heaven.
…wherever a Jew might be living, no man should speak against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. This gave freedom to every believer to worship unmolested.