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The Bible In Paintings >>> “!Surprising Salvations!” Series ✝️ NEBUCHADNEZZAR, Butcher of Babylon ✝️

Posted on 10/16/2023 6:50:45 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6










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!SURPRISING SALVATIONS!
NEBUCHADNEZZAR



HOW NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S
SALVATION WAS SURPRISING:

1. HIS UNPARALLELED WEALTH AND POWER—As Jesus instructs, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

2. GOD REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATES HIS SOVEREIGNTY—First through Daniel’s miraculous ability to discern and interpret his dream, and then by the miraculous deliverance of the three young Hebrews from the furnace.

3. DESPITE NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S REPEATED ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF GOD, HE WRESTLES WITH PRIDE—He leaves God with no other choice than to humble him completely.

4. SEVEN YEARS OF GRASS-EATING INSANITY YIELDED AN ETERNITY OF BLISS!

DANIEL 4




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TED LARSON
"Nebuchadnezzar’s Exile"




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"The Wretched King Nebuchadnezzar"




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CHARLES HORNE
"The Madness of Nebuchadnezzar"




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CARL SCHULER
"Nebuchadnezzar's Madness"




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MARTIN JAMISON
"Nebuchadnezzar’s Madness"




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J. CASANOVAS
"The Madness of Nebuchadnezzar"




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WILLIAM BLAKE
"Nebuchadnezzar"




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1 posted on 10/16/2023 6:50:45 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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2 posted on 10/16/2023 6:52:36 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

There were several kings named ‘Nebuchadnezzar.’

Nebuchadnezzar II, is most likely the one in the Bible..............


3 posted on 10/16/2023 6:59:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

For awhile there, he completely forgot both his name and address.................


4 posted on 10/16/2023 7:02:44 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

God preserved his kingdom for him during the time of his insanity, which is amazing in and of itself.

Apparently the government functionaries were so afraid of him that they continued their jobs as if nothing had happened until he regained his mind, thus preserving the kingdom.

I can imagine them asking themselves, “What if this is a trick to discover who is loyal to him and who is not? I’d better keep doing my job and I’ll be safe.”...............


5 posted on 10/16/2023 7:03:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Interesting.


6 posted on 10/16/2023 7:09:07 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Thank you, Dan!
Favorites are #1 by Ted Larson
#5 Horne


7 posted on 10/16/2023 7:23:12 AM PDT by etabeta
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To: Red Badger
Good analysis. We see God's handiwork all over his life, again and again.

Neb's salvation was the exemplar for the argument that nothing is impossible for God..............

8 posted on 10/16/2023 7:24:44 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: No name given

I agree, certainly.


9 posted on 10/16/2023 7:25:31 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: etabeta

I like Horne’s because the angel’s presence seems to imply God is continuing to watch over the madman—just as He continues watching over me.


10 posted on 10/16/2023 7:30:38 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Well, this one is kind of fun…reminds me of Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung”.

Horne’s is the most interesting here I think - I get a little chuckle at the faces of the bystanders on the stairwell, I suspect mine would be the same coming across that.

#14 with the purple hair and the Tower of Babel rising in the background is oddly appealing in a comic book art kind of way.


11 posted on 10/16/2023 8:52:22 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

I have this picture in-mind of arriving in heaven and seeing Nebuchadnezzar hanging out jovially with Daniel and the three furnace-boys. In heaven bygones are bygones indeed and all things are new.


12 posted on 10/16/2023 9:18:09 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Nebuchadnezzar is probably the party guy up there…hey dude, have you ever eaten rye grass?


13 posted on 10/16/2023 9:32:21 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

All of us will have remarkable tales to tell, miracles the Lord did for us—and we all will want to hear them. Hearing other saints’ tales will be, I think, one of the principal reasons we will be praising our Lord continually.


14 posted on 10/16/2023 9:48:45 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Very few of us…and certainly not me…would have a tale to tell as wild as Nebuchadnezzar’s. And I’m totally good with that!


15 posted on 10/16/2023 10:26:08 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

True—but when the “time” comes, I would love to learn all about your journey, and then to praise our Lord effusively.


16 posted on 10/16/2023 10:36:15 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

#1 is very lovely
nice composition
nice colors

actually, it is so nice that one forgets that
This is Nebuchadnezzar getting a tune up


17 posted on 10/16/2023 6:55:07 PM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: SisterK

Neb was full of sin
Like every one of us
He forgot how to grin
And really caused a fuss

At last Neb looked up
And God gave him back his mind
Now In heaven he can sup
No longer spiritually blind


18 posted on 10/16/2023 7:17:40 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ” John 21:11)
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