Re:Verse passage – Daniel 4:1-37 (day six)
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Psalm 67:4
Why bother telling Nebuchadnezzar’s story at all? I believe God is painting two pictures in these first four chapters, detailing a complex relationship between a king and four faithful Hebrew men. The first is of God’s providence in all of human history; there is no earthly kingdom or king greater than Daniel’s God. The second is of God guiding every nation, tribe and tongue into eternal gladness.
That’s what we begin to see in Nebuchadnezzar’s story, a glimmer of hope for every nation. His story will be their story.
In Babylon God used four Hebrew men, today He uses His church. What they did for Nebuchadnezzar, we now do for the whole world.
“All authority, in heaven and earth, has been given to me. Now go make disciples of every nation…” -Jesus
