Sat, 28 Jan 2017 12:32:10 +0000 BIBLICAL character King Nebuchadnezzar, like Donald John Trump, was a proud, arrogant monarch who presided over one of the most powerful nations in world history and a classic example of how God can bring a proud man and his kingdom to their knees. Nebuchadnezzar ruled the world empire Babylon from 605 to 562 B.C., greatly expanding his kingdom, conquering other powerful nations at the time, including the Jewish capital Jerusalem, and deporting the Jews in the process across the modern-day Europe and Asia Minor. The Babylonian pagan king is best remembered for his iconic dream which his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and fortune tellers failed to interpret. It had to take the courage and opportunism of Jewish death row prisoner and prophet Daniel to unravel for the king the great mystery of his dream. Former Finance minister Alexander Chikwanda, in his prophetic article ‘‘Trump’s script anchored on over-simplifications’’, gives a […]
