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Nebuchadnezzar,s tree vision...Nebuchadnesser was now established in his kingdom and he had a dream that made him afraid.He got all his magicians together but they couldn’t figure it out.Finally as a last resort the man of God was brought in ... DanielHe reluctantly described his dream and told him what it meant.A great tree supporting many leaves, birds and fed them all.What made the king afraid is that he saw the watcher and holy one decree the judgement on him.He described 2 classes of angels, a watcher and a holy one and how they decreed because of Nebuchadnezzers pride he would be reduced in mind to an animal for 7 years.The purpose of this... To the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men....Daniel 4:17By the way this was also ok,d by God almighty..This is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king...Daniel 4:24Daniel boldly advised the king to repent and God might “ lengthen your tranquility”He promptly ignored the man of Gods advice and sure enough a year later when he was again boasting how great he was, judgement fell and he was put in a mental prison.Somehow during this time he was not assassinated or deposed and finally when his time was up he learned his lesson and said...I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?...Daniel 4:34-35A historian of that time said... Abydenus, a Greek historian, wrote in 268 B.C. that Nebuchadnezzar was “possessed by some god” and that he had “immediately disappeared.” Since sin is temporary insanity are we in similar but less severe mental prison because of our pride?