Reprogramming Plan By King Nebuchadnezzar

It is then realized that the loss of family, being excommunicated from your community and your people force you to adapt so you can maintain the strength to keep moving on and continue with your life. One eventually comes to discover that the

Ans. The Spirit that spoke to the prophets in former days—and I was greatly astonished, and for two years prayed continually, whenever my duty would permit—and then again I had the same revelation, which fully confirmed me in the impression that I was ordained for some great purpose in the hands of the Almighty. Several years rolled round, in which many events occurred to strengthen me in this my belief. At this time I reverted in my mind to the remarks made of me in my childhood, and the things that had been shewn me—and as it had been said of me in my childhood by those by whom I had been taught to pray, both white and black, and in whom I had the greatest confidence, that I had too much sense to be raised, and if I was, I would never be of any use to any one as a slave. Now finding I had arrived to man’s estate, and was a slave, and these revelations being made known to me, I began to direct my attention to this great object, to fulfil the purpose for which, by this time, I felt assured I was intended.”

They faced starvation which in some cases caused people to do unimaginable things for instance people fought and killed others for food. He soon lost his faith in God and the justice of God because of everything he had seen. Keep in mind, he is still young and after seeing the gas chambers and crematories. I could only imagine him being scarred for life, nobody should have to go through such trauma that they question God's existence . “For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should i sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (Night, Pg.33). Seeing things that can’t be unseen changed him. He didn’t see himself the same anymore. His innocence was taken, he went from a normal healthy teen to a prisoner. His head was completely shaved, he was starved, and then dressed in striped

Although they are all sinners, they passionately believed in themselves as “God’s chosen people” (Saari, 20).

Reflecting back to the Bible during the time of captivity, the spiritual condition of the people had mixed results. Many of them rebuked God and idolized other gods to help them restore their lives. The Israelites also fell into spiritual slothfulness and disobeyed the laws of marriage and their loyalty to God. However, some rejoiced, “The sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover. And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel” (Ezra 6:21-22). Then many fell from God’s realm and didn’t trust what was in store for them so they did not want to leave the place they were once captive, so they became part of the community.

He and the Golden One ran off together and started a new, free life. Equality started a life with no rules and nothing to hold him back. He knows that there is more to life than living for other people. The leaders had him believing that he is useless and only is alive for them and nothing else. “But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice to their fate.” (Ch. 12, paragraph 2) “My dearest one, it is not proper for men to be without names. There was a time when each man had a name of his own to distinguish him from all other men. So let us choose our names.” (Ch. 12, paragraph

They are his "chosen people". He did not value them over others, but invited them to become his special human partners and to have a history that was to disclose him to the world.[pic]

The inhumane acts performed on the prisoners of the camp left them feeling hopeless and powerless in the world around them, questioning their faith in God and therefore taking away their will to

The next step in the dwindling faith in God during this demoralizing experience is the doubting of God. The Jews thought

Hammurabi was the first king of the Babylonian Empire and ruled over Babylon for 42 years. As military leader, he conquered many smaller city-states to create his Empire. He referred to himself as “the efficient king” and the “perfect king”. He is best known for his set of laws called The Code of Hammurabi. The Code of Hammurabi contains 282 laws and is dated back to about 1754 BC, before biblical laws. It was one of the first written laws in the world and the longest surviving text from the Old Babylonian period. The laws were written on clay tablets and later copied onto an eight-foot black basalt stele that was placed in Babylon in the temple of Marduk . These laws were discovered in 1901 by modern archaeologists.

They had enjoyed a time of fellowship with Jesus and teaching from Him. But He was now preparing them to understand that he was going to leave them. This was one of the factors that were going to turn these believers world upside down and bring and opportunity to turn the world upside down. Because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is

animals, Nebuchadnezzar lifts his eyes to heaven. Earlier he has lifted up his eyes and been fascinated with Babylon and his own achievement. To lift his eyes to heaven means that he is ready to acknowledge the sovereignty of God. In this exercise of faith, his reason returns. There is a connection between one’s sanity and one’s faith and self-appraisal. Nebuchadnezzar has gone from the most powerful of men to the most pathetic. In his sojourn in the fields, he learns how frail he is. He also comes to realize that the kingdom of the Most High transcends his own.

his word. The priests during this time are not to be let off lightly. God

Surely you used to be holy, spiritual, the living ones, possessing eternal life; but now you have defiled yourselves with women, and with the blood of the flesh begotten children.”

When the early Christians had to keep their faith against the persecutions of the Roman Empire, they had -- obviously -- a visible enemy. Once their religion was legalized and established, however, they had new questions to ask concerning who they were, what could hurt their souls and their way of life. Some of them, at least, concluded that the materialism of the dominant Roman way of life was a non-agressive, but equally corrosive force that would destroy them -- not physically, but spiritually. These Fourth Century Christians, men and women, then left their societies and withdrew into the desert to be able to find true "paradise," not in a safe, secure niche in society, but in their relationship with