The Decline of the West

he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”  Daniel 4:30  NIV I have built – Nebuchadnezzar lacked the humility of recognizing that God is the true builder—and destroyer.  Thinking that he was the author and finisher of his…

The Elite

Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”  Daniel 4:29-30  NIV By my mighty power – “Life is not as fate designs,…

Fair Warning

And at the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon Daniel 4:29 The End – What transpires next has been the subject of endless sermons on pride.  Nebuchadnezzar’s ego swells and he proclaims his own might, only to receive that terrible announcement, “This day the kingdom is taken…