King Nebuchadnezzar's Conversion! — Keith Malcomson

Daniel 4 and the Heavens Rule

Praise God. I want you to turn with me to Daniel chapter 4. We're continuing our Series on expound and the book of Daniel. We're not covering every single verse. But we are giving you the main thrust in the heart of every single chapter and I hope and pray the entire book of Daniel.

I really want you to grasp it in this hour. We are in a crisis our I don't believe the church realizes The hour that we are are literally entering into. I've been speaking to leaders pastors Ministers of ministries this week as well as Christians and they've told me all of them have told me men scattered Across Britain and they've all said our pastors our churches our leaders will not teach Openly and publicly about in days or what is happening at this time?

I told them all we we in our church are preaching very clearly and I'm so thankful that I'm not Restricted or limited or hindered and preaching on last days. This is the hour we need to teach and preach these things.

The book of Daniel is for this hour. There isn't gonna be another generation. I believe it's gotta be for this last hour. So here tonight we are in this series the heavens rule from the book of Daniel.

It says in Daniel 4 26 the heavens do rule and my Message here tonight is our fourth message in this series and listen to what the title is King Nebuchadnezzar's Conversion reading from Daniel chapter 4 and verse 1.

Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all the people Nations languages that dwell in all of the earth. Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God has wrought Toward me how great are his signs and how mighty are his wonders?

His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and his dominion from generation to generation. I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house and flourishing in my palace. I Saw a dream which made me afraid and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me that they might make noon unto me the interpretation of the dream. Then came in the magicians the astrologers the Chaldeans and the soothsayers and I told the dream before them but they did not make noon on to me the Interpretation thereof but at the last Daniel came in before me whose name was Belshazzar.

According to the name of my God and whom is the spirit of the Holy Gods. And before him I told the dream saying Oh Belshazzar master of the magicians. Because I know that the spirit of the Holy Gods is in thee and no secret Troublethy tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and the Interpretation thereof.

Thus with the visions of mine head in my bed I saw and behold a tree in the midst of the earth. And the height thereof was great and the tree grew and was strong and the height thereof Reached on to heaven and the sight thereof through the end of all the earth.

The leaves thereof were fair and the fruit thereof much and in it was meat for all the beasts of field. Field had shadow under it and the fowls of the heaven Dwelt in the boughs thereof and all flesh was fed of it.

I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed and behold a watcher a holy one Came down from heaven. He cried aloud and said thus shewed down the tree and cut off his branches. Shake off his leaves and scatter his fruit.

Let the beast get away from under it and the fowls from his branches 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 Jew of heaven and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

Let his heart be changed from a man's heart and let a beast's heart be given unto him and let seven times Pass over him. This matter 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 and listen this carefully that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and Giveth it to whomsoever He will and set us up over it the basis of men.

Let's pray here tonight as we come to the Word of God father. We do thank you Lord God that the heavens do rule. God from heaven does rule in the affairs of men. It's him that sets up Kings. It's him that removes men from power and from positions.

It's him that changes the times and the seasons the times and the seasons of our world of every empire every kingdom of every Generation is in the hands of the Lord and we know that salvation is of the Lord here in this message.

And I show us these two great truths together. That of conversion and not of you change in the times and the seasons. We love you tonight. We bow before you as the God of heaven and we say let your kingdom come Upon the earth even as it is in heaven.

We love you tonight. Thank you for salvation in Christ Jesus. Amen. Amen, my message here tonight from Daniel 4 and I believe it's the theme of it the heart of it. The central message of it is King Nebuchadnezzar's Conversion.

I actually believe this great king gets born again regenerate Converted in Daniel chapter 4. Let me take you to this message and explain and expound it. First of all my first point a personal testimony.

Nebuchadnezzar's Personal Testimony

That's what you have in Daniel 4 is a personal Testimony look at verse 1 Nebuchadnezzar the King. This is Nebuchadnezzar Writing in this chapter. It is him speaking. It is him Remembering it is him giving you a first-hand account.

He is the greatest king of any generation that went before him he is the most powerful king. He is the one with the greatest power of any man on the entire planet and he is a secular King over a secular kingdom.

When that when we come to this book of Daniel at the beginning He most certainly is not a godly man. In fact for decades He is a tyrant. But it says in Daniel 4 and 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all the people Nations languages that dwell upon the earth peace be multiplied.

Unto you who ever heard of a tyrant? Writing a letter to all languages and all nations and all people saying peace be multiplied. Unto you it sounds more like Paul the Apostle in the New Testament Than the king of Babylon in the Old Testament.

He is writing saying all you that read it. Peace be unto you shalom be upon you. What a remarkable thing that the king of Babylon is writing his personal Testimony to every person on the face of the earth in verse 2.

He says I thought it good to show. What a wonderful thing here. He is saying I thought it good to show the signs and the Wonders that the high God had wrought towards me. Notice how personal this is towards me.

He's not talking about someone else or some theology. He says I want to write to you. I want to show you everybody in this letter that I am writing to the nations. I want to show you the signs and the wonders of the most high God that were worked towards me.

How great are his signs how mighty are his wonders. What a wonderful thing here. He is writing a personal testimony and before he gives you the testimony. He is writing it to all men. Everywhere. He's going to talk about the signs that God worked towards them and the wonders.

Signs and wonders are two Different things. They're not the same. Signs are actually markers. That point you in the direction of God. What are signs. They are warnings. They are indicators. They give you direction.

They point you in a certain direction. They want to turn your attention towards a certain direction even towards heaven. That's what signs are. Nebuchadnezzar said I want to tell you about the signs that God revealed to me and That these signs were great.

They were enormous. They were Remarkable they were unparalleled Indicators of what was God was trying to do in his life. Also Wonders there's actually wonders here. What are wonders. Wonders are miracles are they are?

Supernatural actions from God. So there's two things here. He is going to begin speaking about signs that God worked towards them and wonders are Supernatural Miracles and bring them to a place of conversion.

Even before he gives you his personal testimony as an experience of God. You see you don't get this in chapter 1 or chapter 2 or chapter 3. You don't get his personal testimony until chapter 4 and he goes on in verse 2 to say concerning this God who showed Personal signs and wonders his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom this is the greatest king of that generation a king of Kings and this king of Kings is actually looking heavenward and he is saying that God is a Has a kingdom that is an everlasting kingdom.

There are earthly kingdoms, but there is a kingdom of God. Earthly kingdoms come to an end. God's kingdom is everlasting. It has no beginning. It is no end. It is here before there are kings and kingdoms and it will be here long Afterwards.

He also says and his dominion is from generation to generation. Notice upward dominion. It means the area of his manifest power and rule. So here's Nebuchadnezzar. Even before he tells you his testimony he said I want you to know that this God his kingdom rules for everlasting and he has Dominion from generation to every generation in every generation.

Even when it seems God isn't working. He has dominion. He has power. Really? It's him that rules in the affairs of men, even when they do not acknowledge him. Now notice here something. Let me just refresh you about previous weeks in Daniel chapter 2 and verse 9.

You remember when Nebuchadnezzar was talking to his wise men the astrologers and saying I want you to tell me the dream. And they said no King. You you tell us the dream and we'll give you the interpretation.

Then they said give us some time. And you know what he said you're playing games with me you have wicked motives and he says you want to delay this. Listen to what he says in verse 9 chapter 2 verse 9 till the time be changed.

No underlying that word time. What does he mean till the time be changed? He means until Kings are changed when the Bible talks about the times and the seasons. And especially that word time. It's talking about the life span of a king or the change of a ruler when times are changed.

God Changes the ruler he removes the king and he puts in a new king. Listen again in chapter 2 verse 20 and this is Daniel speaking Blessed be the name of God forever and ever for wisdom and might are his Wisdom and might are his and listen this he changes the times and the seasons.

What does it mean that he? Changes that God changes the times and the seasons. He goes on to explain and Daniel chapter 2 and 21 he removes Kings and Set us up Kings. He gave us wisdom unto the wise and Knowledge to them that no Understanding so we see very clearly here that it is actually God who does have the Dominion.

He does have the power. He does have the authority. Don't think because he raises up a tyrant like Nebuchadnezzar. The God is not ruling and the heavens are not ruling. Don't think that just because Nebuchadnezzar throws Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fire.

Don't think the heavens are not ruling. Don't think that when we see everything go around us in the world and it seems that Kings are an ultimate control. Please be mindful that our God has dominion in this generation.

He changes the times he changes the season. He removes Kings. He sets up Kings. No one else and yet listen a little bit later and we'll come to this in the weeks ahead in Chapter 7 verse 25 when we get to the little horn or the Antichrist.

Listen to what the little horn tries to do he thinks to change times. That doesn't mean he wants to change the clock or the calendar system or Anything like that and I've heard Bible teachers say that it's got nothing to do with that.

What does it mean that the little horn seeks to change times? He wants to raise up Kings and remove Kings right across the world. That's what the Antichrist is going to try and do he is going to try to intervene in our entire world.

And he's going to try to act as God. Having sovereign power over Kings and leaders and God says only I have power. Do you realize in this first point here? We have in Daniel chapter 4 the Personal testimony of the greatest King and world leader of that generation.

And you know what? He says the God of heaven has dominion. He has power. He does wonders. He does signs. It is so real and that's why this chapter in Daniel 4 26 We have this statement the heavens do rule.

I want you to be gripped by this tonight. The heavens do rule. I don't care who sits on the throne. The heavens do rule and you know what God was able to convert Nebuchadnezzar. It's a personal testimony.

He's giving it himself about what the God of heaven that the heavens rule. You know what that means. God can save anybody the most unlikely of men in power and authority. But also it means that he raises up and removes Kings at his own will.

Never forget that you've got to have this settled in your heart. You've got to know this before we enter a new year and see everything that we're going to see in the year ahead. My second point here my second point missed opportunities as Nebuchadnezzar begins to go into his testimony his personal testimony.

Nebuchadnezzar's Missed Opportunities

I want you to see there were many missed Opportunities you have them in Daniel chapter 1. Daniel chapter 2. Daniel chapter 3 you see God sent a young prophet to Nebuchadnezzar. His name was Daniel. He was aged about 16 years old.

God sent Shadrach Meshach and Abednego to work in his palace and to work in his kingdom. Uncompromising men. God sent messengers who knew God and who knew his message. Do you realize in chapter 1 Daniel is about 16?

When we get to Daniel chapter 4 Daniel is in around 60 years old. That's how long this King reign. That's how far this kingdom has gone. You had Daniel grew from being 16 to almost 60 years old and you know what?

He was a witness. He was a man of God. He was a prophet. He was a man that spoke the truth. He lived right and he had compassion for Nebuchadnezzar. You see I believe he had a great respect for Nebuchadnezzar a great love for Nebuchadnezzar.

And he honored Nebuchadnezzar. We see it all through these chapters. Look at Nebuchadnezzar his missed opportunities all these years. With Daniel in your palace and you're still not converted. This is a prophet one of the greatest prophets.

This is a man of prayer one of the greatest men of prayer in the entire Old Testament. And you're still not converted. This is a man who talks Incessantly about God and you're still not converted. Look at these missed Opportunities that Nebuchadnezzar had he's got men of God in his palace and he missed the opportunity.

But also look at the wisdom of God and the knowledge of God and the revelation of God in Daniel chapter 2 God reveals this dream of kings and kingdoms. He says Nebuchadnezzar you are the head of gold.

That's who you are. God reveals world history to this king called Nebuchadnezzar. Do you know you can have revelation from God. You can have dreams from God and you're on your way to hell. Do you realize God could speak to you?

In your dreams that show you the future and you're still on your way to hell. Do you realize God could use you and raise you up to position. And you could still be on your way to hell. That's how real this is.

Look at decades passing and Nebuchadnezzar still doesn't know this God. Do you know what he done? He was a follower of Daniel sometimes He would go to Daniel's church. Sometimes he loved Daniel. Sometimes but there were always those times he fell out of love, but we also have the miracles in Daniel chapter 3.

In Daniel chapter 3 we have the miracle of the fiery furnace extraordinary. The fourth man walks in the fire. Nebuchadnezzar Sees the fourth man walking in the fire one like the Son of God. One like unto an angel and yet they only put three men and he calls these servants out and they walk out of the fire.

Wouldn't you get saved at that point? Wouldn't you believe if you'd seen the fourth man if you'd seen miracles like this if you'd seen as it'd been one the Appearance of an angel. Wouldn't you believe you see up until this point.

Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel chapter 4 Had ruled for 43 Years or sorry. Let me just say that again. He ruled for 43 years and this is several years before the end of his dream of his reign. He has ruled over 35 years already in Daniel chapter 4.

Just prior to this dream God is actually working in his life and yet after all of these years all of these missed Opportunities, you know what? He's doing. He goes down and besieges the city of Tyre one of the greatest cities and he besieges a month after month.

Going into a long besiegement. Then he goes down to conquer Egypt as well and he triumphs over Egypt. Look at this man with all of these opportunities and yet he's so busy in Military warfare and railing reigning and ruling.

Oh, yes God put him in the position. Yes. He is doing what God has called him to do and yet he's not a converted man. How many missed opportunities? Maybe you're saved tonight. How many times have you missed opportunities where God is working?

He's done something in your life and you've missed those Opportunities. Oh, I pray that God moves in your life even tonight because this great King had many missed opportunities. Third of all a last warning a last Warning, he'd had miracles Revelation he had godly people around him and yet decades and he wasn't converted.

He had signs from heaven and he so easily forgot it. He fell down. You know when God moved he fell down on his face and worshiped Daniel. Then 15 or 20 years later, he is throwing Shadrach Meshach and Abednego in the fire.

That's what man is like, but you know what a time comes where God gives a last warning. It's gonna be God's last warning and when he gives the last warning He's going to then act this is point three a last warning.

The Last Warning Before Judgment

It says in chapter 4 in verse 4 I nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house and I was Flourishing in my palace. Listen carefully the word flourishing is a term used for a great tree. It is flourishing spreading out.

It is bearing fruit. That's the word that nebuchadnezzar uses here. And he said I was read at rest in my house. I'd come back for more. I am in my house. I am flourishing in my palace. Everything is going great.

Nobody has power like me and I saw a dream which made me afraid and the thoughts upon my bed. And the visions of my head they troubled me. Look at God given this man a dream. He's gonna give him one last Warning before he judges him one last warning and it uses a dream not a man not a preacher.

He uses a dream and he actually speaks to that man about his future and about what God is gonna do. He gives him a dream and this dream made Nebuchadnezzar afraid it means he was literally terrified and the thoughts of his mind and the visions of his head deeply troubled him.

He knew this dream was from God again after all these years. He knew this was from God and there was a warning. It's so scared him. Do you know what it actually says what happened in this dream? Listen to what he says.

He says that there were those are a certain person who's called a watcher and verse 13 and verse 17 a Watcher came down from heaven. This was an angel and that was the Babylonian term for an angel and in this dream he has this angel comes down from heaven and Begins to warn him listen to what it says here in Daniel chapter 4 and verse 9 Oh Belshazzar.

Sorry, sorry. Verse 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 was great and the tree grew and was strong. And he goes on to explain the greatness of this tree and yet in this dream this Angel of the Lord comes down and it says in verse 14 He cried aloud and said thus shoot down the tree.

Wouldn't that dream Terrify you and disturb you. This angel of the Lord comes down and this great tree that had filled the entire earth. The angel says cut it down. Actually cut down the tree. Bring it down destroy it, but notice here something that he actually says here further.

He it says nevertheless in verse 15 leave the stump of his roots in the earth. Even with a brand. What's the purpose of God showing this dream to him? It says in verse 17 to the intent that the living may know that the most high Ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever He will.

He set us up over at the basis of men. Please notice with me this dream was given to Nebuchadnezzar to show something to reveal something. God is saying I'm gonna bring judgment to you. I am gonna cut you down.

And you know the reason that you can answer I'm gonna cut you down is to show to all men Everywhere that I rule the most high God I rule in the kingdoms of men. It's not Nebuchadnezzar, it's not Cyrus.

It's not Alexander the Great. I am the one that ruleth in the nations of men and this is why I am going to do this. The Nebuchadnezzar at first doesn't understand it. He gets this dream and he is terrified and He calls for all his wise men and he says I want the interpretation.

I wonder why he didn't call for Daniel. Maybe he knew Daniel would give him the correct interpretation. Daniel was a man of truth. Maybe at this stage at the height of his power and the height of his pride.

Maybe didn't want the truth. Maybe didn't want his pride exposed. Maybe this was the time he didn't want to know what God was saying. So he calls all his wise men in and none of them can give the interpretation of the dream.

Finally, it says that Daniel comes into the room and Nebuchadnezzar calls on him and says Daniel show me the Interpretation of this dream declare it on to me. You see how reluctant he was to go to the man of God who had the ability to hear from from God.

Do you know what happens usually when someone comes down to their last warning? They're running from the Word of God and the voice of God and hiding from it that shows you're in a very dangerous position.

Terribly dangerous when you don't want to hear the truth about yourself. It reveals that your heart is proud when you're trying to sidestep the Word of God that could expose your sin. Listen it says that Daniel went aside when he heard the dream and he was Astonished or astonished for one hour and his thoughts troubled him.

He was deeply disturbed to such a point that Nebuchadnezzar said Daniel don't be worrying about this. Don't let it disturb you. Nebuchadnezzar become disturbed about Daniel because Daniel was terrified.

He was literally shocked at this. At this dream and it's Interpretation, do you know what he goes on to say? You see if you can speak to a sinner lightly about hell if you're casual no tears in your eyes.

No brokenness, no grief, no carefulness and you tell men you're going to hell. I've seen people in the church. They just say you're going to hell. They are going to hell. They'll stand on the high street.

They act like a fool laughter at a McDonald's and yet they can stand on the high street and Tell men you're going to hell that isn't Daniel. Daniel love Nebuchadnezzar and he is in shock. He is in shock at this revelation.

He is slow to reveal the answer. But when he does, you know what he says in chapter 2. Chapter 4 22. It is though Oh King you are the tree. Remember in chapter 2. He said thou art the golden head. Wouldn't you prefer to deliver that message to Nebuchadnezzar?

Oh great King. You're the head of gold. God has given you power, but you know what he's saying here. He said you know what Nebuchadnezzar. That this this dream is for your enemies. They are going to rejoice in us.

Thou art the tree that is about to get cut down. You are the tree. This is how he applies the warning of God. Remember. This is a last warning. This is a last warning from God to this great King. God is tired of this man thinking that he Has is a self-made man and that all of this is by his own power.

Listen to verse 15 the part of the dream nevertheless. Leave the stump of his roots in the earth. Even with a band of iron and brass and the tender grass again in verse 23. Shoo down the tree and destroy it but leave the stump of the roots in the earth.

Even with a band of iron and brass. What does that mean? Do you know what God is saying this man? I am gonna cut you down to the ground. I am gonna cut down everything of your power and your authority.

I'm bringing you down Nebuchadnezzar, but you know what there is hope in this message. There's actually hope he says yes, nevertheless. At the point of the stump there's gonna be a band of iron and brass put around the stump.

What does that mean? Do you know what it means? It says in verse 26 Concerning leaving the stump thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee. Another words God is going to preserve him. God's gonna cut him down.

It's gonna be for a period of seven years. That's what the dream was. Seven years it's going to happen for you're gonna be cut down like a stump. But you know what? I'm gonna preserve your kingdom. I'm gonna put a Band of brass and of iron around the stump of the tree.

You know what? That means no one else is going to take the kingdom from you. The kingdom is going to be preserved for seven years. No one else is going to be king of Babylon. No one else is going to take your position.

And you know what he goes on to say you're gonna be given the the heart of an animal. You're gonna be cast out from men. You're gonna eat your food like an animal. You're not even gonna be in your right mind for seven years yet.

Nobody is gonna touch your throne. That's a miraculous thing and it says at the end of verse 26 after that thou shalt have known the heavens do rule. That's where we get our statement for this entire series on that Daniel the heavens do rule.

You know what God is doing. God's given Nebuchadnezzar one last Opportunity. He's given him a warning before judgment falls and he's saying do you know what I'm gonna prove to you. But it's not you that raised yourself up.

It's not you that made your kingdom. I'm gonna show you the heavens rule in the midst of a tyrannical Wicked evil kingdom. God has said I want you to know Nebuchadnezzar. I'm going to allow you to fall into a condition of insanity.

Where you can't even speak you can't even stand on your feet you can't even sit on your throne and Through that I'm going to show you that the heavens do rule. What do I mean the heavens rule. God rules when it says the heavens rule?

It means God rules over in the New Testament in the Gospels. We read the statement the kingdom of heaven or The kingdom of God. Do you know the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God is exactly the same?

It's not different. When we read about the kingdom of heaven, we're talking about the kingdom of God. It's exactly the same and when he says the heavens rule, he's saying God is going to rule. He then speaks to Nebuchadnezzar.

Calling him to do righteousness. To turn from his sins and to turn unto God. It is a last opportunity. Do you know what Nebuchadnezzar done? Do you think he repented after all he's seen through these years after this dream?

Do you know what he done? After this interpretation from Daniel. He raises up a great army and marches to Egypt and he triumphs over Egypt. He heard of a rebellion there and he marches his army and he spends most of the next year.

Defeating the Egyptians putting down rebellion and securing his position as king. You know what? I believe he was doing. He was hiding from the dream. He's running from the Word of God. I'm talking about two truths in this chapter.

The conversion of an individual. God's dealings with an individual man. But more than that it is God shown that the heavens do rule in all of the kingdoms of men. My fourth point. Pride goes before a fall.

Pride Goes Before a Fall

Pride goes before a fall. It says in Proverbs 16 and 18. Listen carefully pride goeth before Destructions and a haughty spirit. Before a fall we condense down that first two pride goes before a fall. But it's a condensed first pride.

Destruction a fall. Do you realize how dangerous pride is in the heart of a Christian? It was pride. Pride was the sin that had Lucifer cast out of heaven and the don't hell. Pride the sin of pride. You may think other sins are worse.

I know Christians who have pride in their heart and they play with it. I'm not drinking. I'm not going out to the red light district. I don't curse and blaspheme. Pride is a dangerous sin. You know why you carry on when you know, you're on dangerous ground.

You ignored the Word of God when God is warning you you keep going in the same direction. That is the symptom of pride. After all of these years we read that in Nebuchadnezzar's 37th year of reigning that he marched against Egypt and he's involved in all these things and then he returns to his kingdom to Babylon.

Listen to what it says in verse 28 and This came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar at the end of 12 months. 12 months after his dream. 12 months after the warning from Daniel. One year God gave him one year God gave him space.

Maybe Nebuchadnezzar said nothing's gonna come of that dream. It's not gonna happen. I'm still here. I didn't get cut down to the ground. I didn't become a stump. Actually, I went and conquered Egypt.

I'm going up the dream said I'm going down. But I'm going up. My power is getting greater after 12 months. He walked in his palace of the kingdom of Babylon. No, he doesn't notice chapter 4 it goes from personal him saying I did this.

No, he's talking about Nebuchadnezzar. You know what when it gets this point, he can't even say it's me. It's me. It hurts so bad when he looks at that man. He says it's like another man. I can't believe how blind I was.

I can't believe how hard I was. I can't believe how arrogant I was. It's almost like a different person. He is speaking about now here. He is walking in his Babylonian palace verse 30 and the king speak.

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 honor of my majesty. As he walked in his palace, he said look at this. Do you know he's looking across the city of Babylon from his palace?

He looks across the entire city. Do you know an old cuneiform that has been found by archaeologists? They have found tablets written in cuneiform. Listen to what says I. Nebuchadnezzar built Babylon. That's what it says there.

It's written just like in our Bible. Do you know what the Babylonian city was like in Nebuchadnezzar's day? It had double walls and around it. Each of those two walls were 25 foot thick 40 feet between the two walls.

The outer wall was 10 miles in around it had 260 towers they'd had a hundred Brass gates it was impregnable. Very few cities in world history have been as mighty or powerful as Babylon was. But that wasn't all as you entered in the city of Babylon.

There was a great Procession way or walkway. It was two-thirds of a mile long 70 feet wide. Large high walls either side of you decorated with enamel bricks on them. 120 lions 575 dragons bowls without numbers were carved to life scale to real size.

When you entered into the city you entered into the Ishtar gate. It was 35 feet high and it had 557 Animals on it and it was made of blue glazed background bricks. It was extraordinary when you entered this city you your breath was taken away.

You're in awe. You know. You can go to the city of Berlin to the museum and you will see the Ishtar gate brick for brick. Rebuilt there and the Berlin Museum is massive and yet you can't get the big gate in there only the small gate.

The big gate is far too big to even fit in there and the center of the city of Babylon was a large cigarette, it was 288 feet high 6 16 million bricks were used on it and again as. Right there in the center of the temple was a golden statue of their guard of their God Marduk, this is remarkable.

This is great Babylon that Nebuchadnezzar. Rebuilt or restored from the days of Nimrod his palace had a wall six miles going around it. That's bigger than Buckingham Palace in London. It had the hanging gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

And you know what only 11 miles from Babylon. To the southwest on the banks of the Euphrates was a tower that still stands there. You can Google it for yourself. It is called the tower of Bur Sippa or as it is also called Bur's Nimrod.