"Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee."
Job 22:21
God in His love through His people in captivity, (for example, Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael) sent Nebuchadnezzar many signs and warnings in health messages.
(Daniel 1), dreams (Daniel 2), miracles (Daniel 3), and visions ( Daniel 4) to arrest his attention. God approached him in different ways, especially through prophetic insights using Daniel, inviting Nebuchadnezzar to "Acquaint now thyself with Him (God as the only true God), and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee." Job 22: 21.
In Daniel Chapter 4, God tried one last time to get Nebuchadnezzar to know that though he had begun to accept that (God) exists and is also powerful, he (Neb.) had not fully surrendered to being a converted influencer for good. Despite the many warnings that his kingdom would soon be coming to an end, he was focused on the wrong priorities. He could be saved along with many others in his kingdom if he would give his heart completely to God. Yet Nebuchadnezzar was slow to believe.
God said another will conquer your kingdom, but Neb said, I will build a statue of gold in defiance and command even your people to worship me, saying "In your face God, my kingdom will last forever". Yet God's mercy lingered. When Nebuchadnezzar threw Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow down to the golden image of himself, Christ showed up and Nebuchadnezzar marveled at the scene proclaiming to his counselors in astonishment:
"Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.ā Daniel 3:24, 25-30
And yet Nebuchdnezzar's heart was still only partially touched... How do we know this? His words are telling:
āTherefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.ā
Nebuchadnezzar still did not say, "God, I believe... now you are my God." He recognized Him as the God of the Hebrews and a powerful God who could perform mighty miracles. He recognized that the plant-based diet was healthy and superior to his diet, but nothing else. Nebuchadnezzar was still on an ambitious pursuit of being Number One. God was not personal to him yet.
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