well, for Saddam would eventually have to flee and live in a hole here was a king during the Prophet
like a beast with the vermin around him. His hair grew like eagle's Daniel's time named Nebuchadnezzar T
feathers and his nails grew like bird's claws. He went from royalty who reigned in Babylon. He took the
to rags; from the palaces to the pits. He's actually a lot like other lewish people into captivity and enslaved them.
radical leaders who are very good at sending young men to die for He wasn't "Mr. Nice-Guy," but then Babylon wasn't the most
a cause, but when it comes to themselves they cower in holes, pleasant spot on earth. It was a city of evil and would always be a
and in his case don't even put up a fight. symbol of wickedness and sorcery. Nebuchadnezzar was
extremely impressed with his might and power, but God stripped King Nebuchadnezzar realized his wicked ways after a time of
him of that, as well as his sanity. King Nebuchadnezzar was rele- living like a beast and dwelling among them. He raised his eyes
gated to roaming | to heaven and reason returned to him. He blessed God and
among the ani- 5a~L&m Hu~in praised and honored Him who lives forever. His majesty and
mals and vermin at upttlr~ splendor were actually restored. He states in Daniel 4:37, "1 I
and eating grass. -I praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works
His hair grew like are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who
eagle's feathers ! walk in pride." L
and his nails i~?
Here's where the two kings part company! At least as of this grew like bird's
i writing, Saddam Hussein has not acknowledged the King of claws. You can
heaven. But is anything too difficult for God? The Bible says read about it in ',buchad\]lczz~.r/I79fby W{\[\[iam \[{lake
that "God takes no pleasure in any man's death." (Ezekiel Daniel 4.
the20t h ... ..... ~ 33:11) Though He most certainly humbles those who exalt
A king came along in ~ themselves (Matthew 23:12), He also stands ready to love and century named Saddam -~
Hussein who fashioned ~ -~.',~-..- ,. ~_~,~,~ ~ forgive the vilest of humans if they would repent and turn from
himself as the reincarna- PT.~__ ~'~11~. ~,,~ : their wicked ways.
tion of Nebuchadnezzar. :,S~: :.'~,~- I know it's tough to pray this for Saddam Hussein as the
He occupied the land~l ~ image we have of him as the "Butcher of Baghdad" is too
that was once Babylon, vivid. And in the natural, it seems impossible that a
but now is known as deranged--even demonized man--could turn to God. Yet, it
Iraq. Saddam had cur- ,:~ :~ :~,~ ";~ , ~ would be far better to focus on a repentant Saddam than to
dwell on the darkness and evil he perpetrated and represents. rency made with his face ""
on one side and Nebuchadnezzar on We also could pray that he would see that the Jews, whom
the other. Saddam also longed to take the he so hates, gave the world a Savior who could forgive him
of his obsessive hatred and wickedness if he would but call Jews into captivity, but in a different manner - by exterminating
on His Name and repent. them with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. He made a
valiant effort at that during the Gulf War when he dumped 39 Remember, that's how great God's love is) He forgives when
scuds on the city of Tel Aviv. Saddam was so obsessed with we can't and even when we want only the worst for all evil men.
being all that Babylon represented that he was steeped in the
occult and had a personal wizard. He rebuilt the ancient city
of Babylon into a 20 th century Disneyland honoring
Nebuchadnezzar and the wickedness of Babylon. And though Jan Markell is founder and director of Ofive Tree
Saddam pretended to be a pretty good Muslim, it didn't bother him Ministries. To receive her free newsletter, write to
that his country today is steeped in sorcery and witchcraft. her at Box 1452, Maple Grove, MN 55311, order on
fine at www.olivetreeviews.org, or email Saddam is a lot like Nebuchadnezzar and though his mental
jmarkell@usfamily.net Jan also hosts a talk radio status is not known at the time of this writing, he surely acts like a
show heard in many markets in the Midwest. man who has slipped into insanity. There are other parallels as
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