Is there a deeper meaning to the words of Jesus, “The volume of the book is written of Me 509 - 10 - 6

Psalm 40:6-8, “6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” 

These verses are distinctly Messianic! God had required sacrifices and offerings for the nation of Israel as types of the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus as a propitiation for sins. John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”

A few verses earlier, Psalm 40:2. “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” Resurrection after three days and nights in the tomb? Brings to mind Daniel 2:43, “And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.”

The stone cut out of the mountain without hands that shattered the status in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was a foretelling of Jesus at the end of days. The miry clay could relate to Genesis 6:2, “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.” A little further out of the box, Jude 1:6, “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” 

Jesus was quoted by Paul as confirmation, Hebrews 10:6-7, “6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”

A mystery in Numbers 21:8, “And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.” Explained in John 3:14, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.” Again Jesus, a propitiation for sins.

Hundreds of Old Testament prophecies fulfilled by Jesus, and yet Matthew 7:14, “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Rather most rush through the wide gate “that leadeth to destruction.” 

44 Messianic Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus Christ

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353 Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus Christ

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Chuck Missler (from now on CM) states that he expects to see Nebuchadnezzar in heaven. Why?BIB 522 - 01-4

It is always interesting to go back to some of my earlier discussion questions concerning similar topics and update them for current classes. King Nebuchadnezzar has certainly been and continues to be an interesting study. From a proud pagan world ruler to a believer who wrote a chapter of the Bible.

Nebuchadnezzar was privy to the visions and miracles of God. First was his dream that he (Nebuchadnezzar) didn’t share with his sorcerers. After the king had his fill of the sorcerer’s failures, enter the young Daniel. Daniel was not only able to tell Nebuchadnezzar his dream but also was able to interpret it for him.

Later the arrogant king was influenced by his advisers to build a statue and require the people to bow down to it. Daniel’s three friends Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to do so and were threaten with a horrific death. They were quoted in Daniel 3:17, “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.” The three were thrown into the notorious fiery furnace. It is said that the king looked into the furnace and could see four people there, likely an early incarnation of Jesus along with three boys. Daniel 3:28, “Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."

How quickly Nebuchadnezzar forgot and had yet another distributing dream. His dream included a mighty tree that was cut down for a week of days leaving a stump. Daniel interpreted the dream and warned Nebuchadnezzar to repent. Of course the proud and arrogant ruler didn’t repent and he boasted about all he had accomplished. After one boast too many God literally brought the king to his knees (and hands) and it took seven years of eating grass to finally convince him of the authority of the one True God. So it was walking on all four for Nebuchadnezzar for a week of years and then later to Heaven for eternity.

I sure believe that Nebuchadnezzar will be in heaven. Not only was he a proud Gentile king who learned by being humbled by the power of God; Nebuchadnezzar actually wrote a Chapter in the Book of Daniel. That chapter ended praising God. Daniel 4:37 “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”

What was the "lesson" Nebuchadnezzar learned? Do you think he will be in heaven? Why or why not?

I believe that Nebuchadnezzar will be in heaven. He was a proud Gentile king humbled by God. Nebuchadnezzar actually wrote a Chapter in the Book of Daniel that ended praising God. Daniel 4:37 “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”

Nebuchadnezzar was privy to the visions and miracles of God. First was the dream of Nebuchadnezzar that Daniel interpreted years before. Then there was the miracle of the “Fiery Furnace” and the survival of Daniel three friends. Daniel 3:17, “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.” Not only did God deliver the three young men from the flames, Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth man in the furnace, possibly an early incarnation of Jesus. Daniel 3:28, “Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."

How quickly we seem to forget and Nebuchadnezzar had yet another distributing dream. His dream included a mighty tree that was cut down for a week of days leaving a stump. Daniel interpreted the dream and warned Nebuchadnezzar to repent. However, the proud ruler didn’t repent and boasted about all he had accomplished. One boast too many and it took seven years of eating grass to finally convince him of the authority of the one True God. So it was walking on all four for Nebuchadnezzar for a week of years and then later to Heaven for eternity.

Nebuchadnezzar was a remarkable man and important as a time indicator; the “times of the Gentiles” began with Nebuchadnezzar and will end with the Antichrist.