Nebuchadnezzar’s Humiliation
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Daniel 4:28.
Daniel 4:28-29
Do you know what happened in the intervening time? God was giving him space to repent. You might connect to this Ecclesiastes 8:11, where it says "because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
After Daniel, speaking in behalf of God, told Nebuchadnezzar what he needed to do to repent of his iniquity, lightning did not come down out of the sky. The earth did not open up. The river through Babylon did not empty all of its water into the city of Babylon and flood it. Nebuchadnezzar's wealth was not wiped away. He did not lose his power. His intelligence was still there. He could still think. He still had all his power, nothing happened; therefore God was only fooling. Ha!
Daniel 4:28-31
God finally says, enough is enough. It is time to show you who is really in charge here—and brings Nebuchadnezzar to the lowest of lows. I can only imagine the humiliation of not only the act itself here, but returning to Babylon after all that time when his reason returns, the shame he must have felt seeing those people that he knew that used to serve under him, welcoming him back.
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Daniel 4:28:
Isaiah 14:12-15
Daniel 2:39
Luke 17:5-10
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
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