The Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ancient cultures have great amounts of history in them. All cultures eventually have a rise and fall. The Neo-Babylonian Empire was one of these ancient cultures that rose and fell. God is in control of kings and kingdoms and He has a master plan that will be fulfilled.
Babylon was built on the plane of Shinar. It was built in the same plane that the tower of Babel was built. This is ironic because the meaning of word Babel and the word Babylon are the same. They both mean confusion. In fact, Babel is the Hebrew word for Babylon. Confusion is not the only meaning for Babylon though. In Akkadian it means “Gate of the Gods”. This goes to show that the Babylonians had a great amount of pride in their city.1 Babylon did not start out as a great city. It was a part of the Assyrian empire for a while. Then Nebuchadnezzar I came to power and regained control of Babylon. Still they were not very prosperous. The Assyrians invaded them again. Finally a king named Nabopolassar rose to power and united with the Medians. With their combined forces they were able to overthrow the Assyrians. In 630 BC, Nabopolassar became king of the Chaldeans. He then …show more content…
His issue with pride became so big that God had to do something. God is a God of love and mercy, who does not enjoy giving punishment, so God sent a dream to warn Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream can be found in Daniel 4:10-27. According to the dream, his punishment was to be seven years of insanity. A year after this dream, God had to punish Nebuchadnezzar. For seven years he lived like an animal. The dream had also promised that when the seven years were up, he would be restored to his throne. Sure enough, at the end of the seven years, Nebuchadnezzar’s sanity returned to him and he was once again able to rule over his people. Those seven years taught him a lot. When his sanity returned, he honored and praised
Ancient cultures have great amounts of history in them. All cultures eventually have a rise and fall. The Neo-Babylonian Empire was one of these ancient cultures that rose and fell. God is in control of kings and kingdoms and He has a master plan that will be fulfilled.
Babylon was built on the plane of Shinar. It was built in the same plane that the tower of Babel was built. This is ironic because the meaning of word Babel and the word Babylon are the same. They both mean confusion. In fact, Babel is the Hebrew word for Babylon. Confusion is not the only meaning for Babylon though. In Akkadian it means “Gate of the Gods”. This goes to show that the Babylonians had a great amount of pride in their city.1 Babylon did not start out as a great city. It was a part of the Assyrian empire for a while. Then Nebuchadnezzar I came to power and regained control of Babylon. Still they were not very prosperous. The Assyrians invaded them again. Finally a king named Nabopolassar rose to power and united with the Medians. With their combined forces they were able to overthrow the Assyrians. In 630 BC, Nabopolassar became king of the Chaldeans. He then …show more content…
His issue with pride became so big that God had to do something. God is a God of love and mercy, who does not enjoy giving punishment, so God sent a dream to warn Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream can be found in Daniel 4:10-27. According to the dream, his punishment was to be seven years of insanity. A year after this dream, God had to punish Nebuchadnezzar. For seven years he lived like an animal. The dream had also promised that when the seven years were up, he would be restored to his throne. Sure enough, at the end of the seven years, Nebuchadnezzar’s sanity returned to him and he was once again able to rule over his people. Those seven years taught him a lot. When his sanity returned, he honored and praised