20 Martin Jamison is the artist.
When I taught Daniel as a class at college, one of my students commented that she always thought Nebuchadnezzar came to complete repentance and worshipped God the last few years of his life.
What do you think?
I hope EVERYONE reaches saving faith--yes, including the most heinous--though I know only a minority will. So, I begin by rooting for Crazy Neb.
Next, I stipulate that we will never KNOW until we reach heaven ourselves. But you didn't ask what we know, but what we think.
The seven years of Neb's unhoused madness are as severe an ordeal as God is ever likely to impose. God's humbling of him had several obvious purposes. It was a cautionary tale to everyone, duly recorded in a famous venue for all to see. But God cares for every person and does everything He can to reach them. Neb's grandiosity took a full seven years to break.
That investment ostensibly paid off: Sane-again Neb's public testimony revealed his abject humiliation and newfound deep, reasoned belief. I agree with your student. I am as big and vile a sinner as anyone, and those who join me in claiming God's gracious salvation are my kin: Brother Neb.