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{{raw:data:p|5|4-6|On a former occasion Daniel, at the request of Nebuchadnezzar, told him of his peculiar dream and gave him the interpretation thereof. Nebuchadnezzar for that reason had confidence that Daniel was the servant of the Holy One. (Dan. 2:1-45) Again Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, and again the magicians of Babylon had been called and had failed to interpret the dream of the king, and again the king caused Daniel to be brought before him. Then Nebuchadnezzar told Daniel his dream concerning 'a great tree' in these words: "I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof ranched unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth. The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts o the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one cam down from heaven. He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, snake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches. Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass [copper], in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him." --Daniel 4:10-16.}}
5On a former oceasion Daniel, at the request of  
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Nebuchadnezzar, told him of his peculiar dream and  
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{{raw:data:p|6|4-6|That dream of Nebuchadnezzar, and which was recorded in the book of Daniel, being a prophecy, must some day have its fulfillment. Since the Scriptures declare that whatsoever things were written aforetime where so written that God's faithful people might in patience and comfort have hope, and that this grater enlightenment would come to those at the end of the world, we may be sure that the Lord God, sometime while the remnant is on earth, would give to them an understanding of that prophecy and that such understanding would be had before the day of Armageddon. (Rom. 15:4) Jehovah God brings about the events that fulfil these prophetic visions, and they cannot be understood until his due time to have them understood. It now seems to be Jehovah's due time to permit his people on earth to have an understanding of the prophetic dream concerning the "tree in the midst of the earth", as recorded in the fourth chapter of Daniel's prophecy. The understanding of this has come only at God's appointed time and gives consolation to those who love him. }}
gave him the interpretation thereof. Nebuchadnezzar  
 
for that reason had confidence that Daniel was the  
 
servant of the Holy One. (Dan. 2:1-45) Again  
 
Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, and again the magicians  
 
of Babylon had been called and had failed to interpret  
 
the dream of the king, and again the king caused  
 
Daniel to be brought before him. Then Nebuchad-
 
nezzar told Danicl his dream concerning ‘a great tree’
 
in these words: ‘‘I saw, and, behold, a tree in the  
 
midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.  
 
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof  
 
reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end  
 
of all the earth. The leaves thereof were fair, and  
 
the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all:  
 
the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the  
 
fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and  
 
all flesh was fed of it. I saw in the visions of my head  
 
upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one  
 
came down from heaven. He cried aloud, and said  
 
thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches,  
 
shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts  
 
get away from under it, and the fowls from his  
 
branches. Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots  
 
in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass  
 
[copper], in the tender grass of the field; and let it  
 
be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be  
 
with the beasts in the grass of the earth: let his heart  
 
be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be  
 
given unto him; .and let seven times pass over him.’’
 
Daniel 4; 10-16.  
 
‘That dream of Nebuchadnezzar, and which was  
 
recorded in the book of Daniel, being a prophecy,  
 
must some day have its fulfilment. Since the Scrip-
 
tures declare that whatsoever things were written  
 
aforetime were so written that God’s faithful people  
 
might in patience and comfort have hope, and that.
 
this greater enlightenment would come to those at the  
 
end of the world, we may be sure that the Lord God,  
 
sometime while the remnant is on earth, would give  
 
to them an understanding of that prophecy and that  
 
such understanding would be had before the day of  
 
Armageddon. (Rom. 15:4) Jehovah God brings  
 
about the events that fulfil these prophetic visions,  
 
and they cannot be understood until his due time to  
 
have them understood. It now seems to be Jehovah’s
 
due time to permit his people on earth to have an un-
 
derstanding of the prophetic dream concerning the  
 
“tree in the midst of the earth’’, as recorded in the  
 
fourth chapter of Daniel’s prophecy. The under-
 
standing of this has come only at God’s appointed  
 
time and gives consolation to those who love him.  
 
PROCLAMATION
 
™The fourth chapter of Daniel’s prophecy opens
 
with a proclamation which appears to be made by the
 
king of Babylon. That proclamation was made and
 
published after Nebuchadnezzar had gone through the
 
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humiliating experience of the ‘‘seven times’’, as stated
 
in the prophecy, and after the king had been fully
 
restored to his right mind and was again upon his
 
throne. That proclamation foretold and foreshadowed
 
another far more important proclamation to be made
 
and issued by earth’s rightful King. The vision or
 
dream fulfilled makes known that the ‘seven times
 
of the Gentiles’ had ended and that no longer will
 
Satan be permitted to exercise unhindered the over-
 
lordship of man, It discloses the further and more
 
important fact that Jehovah’s kingdom has come and
 
that he has placed his beloved Son upon his holy hill
 
in Zion, that the Son is sent forth to rule in the midst
 
of his encmies, and that the time has come for the
 
vindication of Jehovah’s name. The proclamation
 
opens thus: ‘‘Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peo-
 
ple, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth;
 
Peace be multiplied unto you.’’ (Dan. 4:1) Nebuchad-
 
nezzar here pictures Christ Jesus enthroned in 1914,
 
which is the end of the Gentile times, and his work
 
that follows, particularly from the time of his coming
 
to the temple of Jehovah. The name Nebuchadnezzar
 
means ‘‘Nebo (that is, The Prophet) is the protector
 
against misfortune’. The name properly applies to
 
Christ Jesus, Jehovah’s great Prophet, and the one
 
who is the protector of God’s people against their foes.
 
It is to Jehovah’s faithful remnant that the Lord has
 
committed ‘‘the testimony of Jesus Christ’’, and for
 
this reason Satan goes forth making war against
 
them; and Satan would suceced in this warfare were
 
it not for the fact that the Greater Nebo, Christ Je-
 
sus, shields and protects them. The time has come for
 
the vindication of Jehovah’s name, and those who
 
will have a part with Christ Jesus in that blessed
 
work must suffer at the hands of Satan and his agents;
 
but, now being with Christ in the temple, they have
 
an assurance of his protection and complete deliver-
 
ance from the enemy’s assaults.
 
* The proclamation says (R.V.), ‘‘Unto all the peo-
 
ples, nations, and languages,’’ and corresponds exact-
 
ly to the command of Christ Jesus upon coming to
 
God’s temple, to wit: ‘‘And this gospel of the king-
 
dom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
 
unto all nations: and then shall the end come.’’ (Matt.
 
24:14) ‘‘And the gospel must first be published
 
among all nations.’? (Mark 13:10) It is the time
 
when the peoples of the earth must be told that Jcho-
 
vah is the Almighty God and that the time has come
 
for his judgment to be executed by his mighty right
 
Arm, and that all who would live must worship him
 
who is the Giver of life. ‘‘And I saw another angel
 
fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gos-
 
pel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and
 
to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
 
saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory
 
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and
 
worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the
 
sea, and the fountains of waters.’’—Rev. 14: 6, 7.
 

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5 On a former occasion Daniel, at the request of Nebuchadnezzar, told him of his peculiar dream and gave him the interpretation thereof. Nebuchadnezzar for that reason had confidence that Daniel was the servant of the Holy One. (Dan. 2:1-45) Again Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, and again the magicians of Babylon had been called and had failed to interpret the dream of the king, and again the king caused Daniel to be brought before him. Then Nebuchadnezzar told Daniel his dream concerning 'a great tree' in these words: "I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof ranched unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth. The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts o the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one cam down from heaven. He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, snake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches. Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass [copper], in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him." --Daniel 4:10-16.
6 That dream of Nebuchadnezzar, and which was recorded in the book of Daniel, being a prophecy, must some day have its fulfillment. Since the Scriptures declare that whatsoever things were written aforetime where so written that God's faithful people might in patience and comfort have hope, and that this grater enlightenment would come to those at the end of the world, we may be sure that the Lord God, sometime while the remnant is on earth, would give to them an understanding of that prophecy and that such understanding would be had before the day of Armageddon. (Rom. 15:4) Jehovah God brings about the events that fulfil these prophetic visions, and they cannot be understood until his due time to have them understood. It now seems to be Jehovah's due time to permit his people on earth to have an understanding of the prophetic dream concerning the "tree in the midst of the earth", as recorded in the fourth chapter of Daniel's prophecy. The understanding of this has come only at God's appointed time and gives consolation to those who love him.