He controls the course of world events he removes kings and sets up other kings” ( Daniel 2:20-21 Daniel 2:20-21 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: It was a century and half later when God gave Cyrus power over the Persian Empire.Īt another time, Daniel stated, “Praise the name of God forever and ever.
He inspired the prophet Isaiah to announce far in advance the rise to power of Cyrus the Great to fulfill His purpose ( Isaiah 45:1 Isaiah 45:1 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates and the gates shall not be shut Īmerican King James Version ×). God at times has been directly involved in elevating individuals to very prominent positions.
God sent Moses to tell Pharaoh, “Indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth” ( Exodus 9:16 Exodus 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show in you my power and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. This was certainly true of the pharaoh of the Exodus, whose heart God hardened time after time until Egypt was humbled for its evil treatment of God’s people, Israel. He threatened all of his advisors with mass murder if they didn’t interpret his dream. He threw people alive into hot furnaces if they didn’t bow to his idol. Yet, the Bible clearly shows that at times God will place terrible leaders in positions of great power for the explicit purpose of fulfilling His plans. As implied in Daniel’s words, Nebuchadnezzar was not a nice man. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence”įew developed countries have experienced such a violent ruler in recent times. Daniel explained that God gave Nebuchadnezzar this vision “in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men” ( Daniel 4:17 Daniel 4:17 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 that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will, and sets up over it the basest of men. The prophet Daniel interpreted this dream. The Bible records that Nebuchadnezzar, a powerful ruler over the Babylonian Empire 600 years before Christ, received a vision from God.
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