Dan 4:29 At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon. Dan 4:30 The king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?” Dan 4:31 While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you!
The Babylonian empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world after the fall of the Assyrian empire ( 612BC). It’s capital was beautifully adorned by king Nebuchadnezzar, who erected several famous buildings. Babylon reached it’s greatest glory during Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.
Daniel had advised the king to repent after the King’s dream of a tree whose top reached the heavens. As he interpreted the dream, he warned the king that the tree would be chopped down signifying his humiliation but the king did not repent. And as the king walked on top of one of his palaces was overcome with the glory of the city and was consumed with pride. In his exclamation, Nebuchadnezzar emphasized himself as the source of Majesty. He failed to give God the credit and the glory as the ultimate giver of all good things ( The Holman Study Bible – NKJV )
Christian friends, anything we do while excluding God is vanity of vanities and is likely to crush in the twinkling of an eye. We must always remember to give God the credit for making us who we are and for granting us resources to accomplish all that we have accomplished. It’s ” on Christ the solid rock we stand, all other ground is sinking sand”.
Further readings:
Isa 13:19
Hab 1:11
Dan 5:20
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