Would you have ever imagined that we would be living in a world where men dress as women? And drag queens allowed to read to little children at a public library story hour or become principals of schools?
Where minds have become mush as they have embraced lies as truth and declare sin “righteous?”
Where billionaire elites believe they must reduce the world’s population in order to “save” the planet–for themselves?
Where if a parent refuses to address their child with a pronoun that isn’t their true biological sex, it could result in the government taking their child?
Or that we would have someone sitting at the top seat of our government who struggles to remember where and who he is and spends more time on vacation/sleeping than in his office?
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Insanity has taken over minds to believe that such behavior is “normal” and those who oppose it are not. But rather than give up on those who have fallen into this trap, I believe there is a way of return from such a dark place in the mind.
The difference makers, I believe, Will be the Daniels.
This week as I was praying over this issue the Lord reminded me of King Nebuchadnezzar who ruled Babylon. He was a brilliant, but cruel & prideful king. Certainly not one who feared God.
After he besieged Jerusalem, his army took vessels from the house of God which he then had put in the houses of his gods. He had absolutely no fear of God—because he had no knowledge of the true God.
YET God provided an opportunity for his redemption.
With the capture of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar had some of the royals and best of their young men brought to Babylon to retrain them, rename them, remove their history and learn the language and ways of the Chaldeans.
This is where we first meet Daniel. He was one of the bright young men brought to Babylon and eventually entered the service of King Nebuchadnezzar. It was through the actions of that one young man that turned the entire situation for Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel was ripped away from his homeland and forced to live in another culture, learn another language, go by another name, made a eunuch and told to forget his heritage. That would make anyone mad!
Had he succumbed to the spirit of anger and unforgiveness, he would have started his own progression of “infection” and eventually insanity, because that is where those actions always lead.
But Daniel made the decision not to forget his spiritual heritage and to faithfully serve the Babylonian king.
We should ponder that because it is key.
Nebuchadnezzar was a prideful leader. Honestly and sadly, that’s not rare for leaders then and now. Rare are the leaders who walk in humility. Our role is to pray over our leaders that they can be the latter.
The king had a golden image erected of himself and insisted that everyone bow to it. He prided himself on growing his own kingdom as he destroyed and took over others.
It was this same king who commanded Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to be thrown into a fiery furnace after their refusal to bow before golden statue. After the king saw God miraculous delivery of the three, Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged God–for a season.
But pride is a mighty force that must be pulled out by the roots.
For it grows back easily and if not actively stopped it will take root again. Nebuchadnezzar’s pride took root again to the place that judgment was coming. God holds us all accountable for pride, but especially leaders.
Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a great tree that provided shade, shelter and beautiful foliage and fruit, but then was chopped down. However, the stump remained. He was the tree. It was a warning dream to repent of pride and return to God.
Daniel delivered the interpretation of the dream and the warning for the king to humble himself. “O if only this dream applied to those who hate you…” (Dan 4:19).
Daniel pleaded with the king to break away from sin, show mercy to the poor and do righteousness. The warning had been given, and perhaps for a season Nebuchadnezzar took heed of Daniel’s advice, but 12 months later, as he was congratulating himself for what he felt were his own accomplishments he declared,
“Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
“Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox.
“Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”
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“Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird” (Daniel 4:30-33 ESV).
The king went insane as a judgment for his pride.
We are seeing people completely consumed by pride. The end result of pride is that their minds are given over to insanity. Warnings have been given, but indicators can be seen. Consider Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell who has frozen twice in the last couple of months in the middle of a talk and had to be ushered out. Biden’s gibberish and dementia-riddled actions are increasing in the public eye.
Kamala Harris rarely makes sense when she speaks offering up bizarre “word salads.” Senator Fetterman, who suffered a stroke, continues to reveal his mind is not all there.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown said she couldn’t define a woman—and offers strange explanations rather than wise responses.
While some of this can be contributed to medical conditions–is the root of these mental issues pride that has led to insanity? (I’m certainly not saying all issues are that. But spiritually speaking their is evidence that some is and follows this spiritual progression.)
When pride rules, it affects the mind and health. It is the beginning of the 7-stage spiritual virus explained in my book, “Infected: How to Stop the Global Spread of Rage, Deception and Insanity.”
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What we see isn’t new—we’ve just never seen it at this level. Infection is rampant—but can be stopped.
What we know from this historical account is eventually, if warnings are refused and pride continues, we will see leaders removed.
And given over completely to the darkness—just as King Nebuchadnezzar.
What brought Nebuchadnezzar back? I believe it was Daniel. Daniel who had faithfully served him and prayed for him. Do you imagine Daniel stopped praying for him after Nebuchadnezzar went mad? Doubtful.
God had placed Daniel there, just as he had Esther of her day, for “such a time as this.” He had stood in the gap and prayed for the king. He warned the king, and I believe he was instrumental in praying so that the king could return to his senses.
May we be Daniel’s in this hour.
We are not to pass judgment on those who are “cruel kings” and full of pride, but to stand in the gap and continue to pray that if possible, they will “come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:26).
God is merciful. All have been given a chance to repent. Remember initially Nebuchadnezzar didn’t even know God. It was Daniel who introduced the king to Him.
Let’s take courage and be a Daniel that while there are leaders and people who will refuse God—there are also some who, like Nebuchadnezzar, will be restored to their senses and glorify God.
The difference, I believe, will be the Daniels.
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever (Dan 4:34).
