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What Did King Nebuchadnezzar Of Ancient Babylon ... PRO
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005 (message contributor)
What did King Nebuchadnezzar of ancient Babylon and Nikolai Ceausescu of present-day Romania have in common? Both were ruthless dictators who fell after boldly exalting themselves.
Nebuchadnezzar brazenly declared that he had built the great city of Babylon by his own power and for the honor of his majesty (Dan. 4:30). God humbled him by driving him into the wilderness with a mental illness.
Ceausescu, after years of cruelly persecuting Christians and killing all potential threats to his power, instructed the National Opera to produce a song in his honor that included these words: “Ceausescu is good, righteous, and holy.” He wanted this song to be sung on his 72nd birthday on January 26, 1990, but on December 25, 1989, he and his wife were executed. Although his overthrow...
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A Businessman Owned A Warehouse That Had Sat ... PRO
Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 22, 2004
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 11, 2005
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