17. Nebuchadnezzar and Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles

The greatest king of the Neo-Babylonian era was Nebuchadnezzar, who dominated the ancient Near East and who forms much of the background for the books of Daniel and Jeremiah. In this lecture the first few years of Nebuchadnezzar's reign are detailed, along with the counsel from Jeremiah to the exiles in Babylon. For more free resources. please visit www.brucegore.com.

[@allyip5777]

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[@GoreBruce]

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[@allyip5777]

@@GoreBruce thank you for all your Sunday school lessons. I have been using the materials and even some of your humors (I tried) in my own Bible lessons to the ladies for the past 5 years. Thank you teacher.

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[@davidobajemu4141]

This was so good. i needed this especially now.. post-2020. We are living in historic times looking at the past shows us how to conduct ourselves in the present. stay strong saints

[@Drakemiser]

I'm pretty sure Daniel did not eat the king's food because it did not follow Levitical Law. I know it is intuitive and not for sure, but a lot of the Bible is intuitive and that's how we read deeper into the text. What I mean is reading between the lines, and not reading through the back cover. WE can't make bad eisegesis, but Daniel not eating the food because it was unclean is Biblically sound.

[@BermondsayBattler]

Yes, probably was food sacrificed to idols which was specifically prohibited

[@jakejin4303]

Thank you much Professor Gore, your teaching is truly wanted at current age. Keep praying for our leaders and be faithful. God bless you and the world 🌎

[@hosea4_682]

You are one of the most honest teachers you show both sides of the coin which I respect

[@albert19717]

You are so talented when you explain this period, thanks so much!

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@mottgirl13]

Bruce.. can I just tell you.. thanks to your many many hours of lectures and lessons, I really appreciate and learned so much of the historical context of the 2 kingdoms …. Your book has been instrumental as well.. I never knew why history was never sticky to me, until I started listening to you! Your lectures on the philosophers also has been so interesting! You are truly inspiring.. thank you so so much for all you do in advancing God’s word in context!

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you! That is very encouraging!

[@jordantheriverman6143]

@@GoreBruce Yes sir, you have really blessed me, particularly with your series on Revelation. I listened to the majority of them. Thanks from Perth, Western Australia!

[@sethd2738]

Great video. Thank you for uploading these lectures.

[@jdixon920]

i thank you for all your teachings

[@GoreBruce]

+Jayson Dixon You are very welcome!

[@angelakatsapas7894]

I add my thanks too.

[@duaneswab3420]

I always thought the Thrones in Ezekiel were a class of celestial beings close to Yahweh that resembled gyroscopes. The concept of "Battle Thrones" was a new concept to me. Thank you Professor Gore.

[@LJrock101]

How can anyone give this a dislike?

[@najis1849]

Such great lectures, including the Sunday school part

[@onefeather2]

Love these lectures.

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@andrewwarwick2915]

Thank you for making these lectures, very informative

[@Daniel-cl2zm]

Wow! Perspective counts. Yours is good Mr. Bruce Gore. Thank God that I found this channel and courses. This is exactly where I began in prison some 25 or more years ago. So I return, full circle, back to where I started. As much as I can fathom...I believe we need to understand prophecy better. Understanding the history and the geography better has been a great help to my understanding. Thanks.

[@brucegore4373]

I appreciate that. Thank!

[@Thea_MojaveOutliersWhipmakers]

"...the lone and level sands stretch far away." (Of course, that refers to Ozymandias, possibly better known as Ramses II of Egypt, but still....)

[@jerlincaraballo]

“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭2:44-45‬ ‭KJV‬‬ 2nd Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, King of kings, to set up the the kingdom which shall never be destroyed.

[@Nika80108]

Amazing teaching

[@GoreBruce]

+Nigar Ahmadova Thank you! ...you're very kind.

[@kathya4942]

Wow. Great explanation. It makes sense to me now why God has instructed me not to fight my Babylon for now.

[@way2tehdawn]

Your Babylon? What did you mean by this?

[@bretherenlee1404]

you have some really good lectures

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@jerlincaraballo]

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭1:8-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

[@brucebohlen1149]

I read Jeremiah 7:16 and I wanted to get a little more historical context on that verse. Thank you for posting.

[@brucemiller9271]

Great Teaching Sir very Enlightening!!! Understanding The Bible along with History!!?

[@guyharris889]

Great teachings very helpful!

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you!

[@guyharris889]

I am teaching through Jeremiah just finished Chapter 20 and am trying to figure out how to approach teaching the remainder of it. Bruce Do you happen to have a timeline that gives an overview of the kings and rulers and events during this time. Also do you a recommend a chronological order for teaching through Jeremiah. Again great teaching and thank you for posting it. God bless!!

[@GoreBruce]

@@guyharris889 Please contact me at [e-mail]. Thanks for your feedback!

[@rutembesashabikumi9729]

U are one of the few great teachers of the history around the tanach may Yah bless u and increase ur knowledge.i believe however that the commandments given to mosheh are to be followed by all human beings not only jews and Christians should practice these commandments just as Yahshua jesus did

[@GoreBruce]

+Rutembesa Shabikumi Fair enough! Thank you!

[@JacobSanders-zc7sq]

I suspect a copy of the Nebuchadnezzar's decree recognizing the God of Daniel, the Most High God, exists somewhere in the world, either not yet found or stored away unknown in a warehouse somewhere.

[@MelanCholy2001]

25:33 *Finally* 😂 Ezechiel! (I read the major prophets through the year in their own "column", though admittedly I give Isaias a few readings through the year because ...ISAIAH! ❤️ It's plausible I should give Isaias his own column so I read an Isaias chapter EVERY day of the year). But as it is, I get Ezechiel and Baruch and Daniel only once a year. I thought you'd have a WHOLE VIDEO on Ezechiel as you do on the minors! (Good job). My "Bible reading plan" (always a work in progress) attempts to start the "Histories" with 1 Samuel (1 Ki) through Ezra with the minor prophets "sprinkled in" where they would go chronologically. I've gotten such a blessing reading "the histories" that way, plus every day have a major prophet, but I fear Ezechiel and Daniel get too brief a moment. (I read Job during Lent. And he's pretty huge too). Anyway, perhaps you would consider doing videos on the major prophets? (2021!)

[@ram09568]

Joshua 5:13 & Jeremiah 9:23-24

[@llcoolray3000]

They were feeding them meat that had been sacrificed to false idols. He was 100% rejecting this forbidden meat and staying faithful to the laws of Moses. It was not a solidarity strike.

[@GoreBruce]

Yes of course that is a possibility, though not directly substantiated in the text. Thanks for the perspective.

[@eskanderx1027]

29:17 Fun fact: Bringing your patron God on a "battle throne" to your journey/conquest was a very common act in the area back then, can find a lot of depictions of that done by the Assyrians. There is a theory claiming that the Ark of covenant was a similar item, carried around by Hebrews to the battles, containing the figurine of Yahweh...

[@masada2828]

Only the one battle when the Ark was lost temporarily to the Phillistines. There was no figurine of Yahweh (blasphemy) in the Ark but the Commandments on stone, the rod that budded & manna.

[@M.Campbell-Sherwood]

There’s actually good evidence that the Garden was near Nineveh. A stone carving from a king 100 years earlier talks about a garden he had built in the area and at the time it was considered Babylonia. I saw a documentary on it that’s pretty compelling. As for the two different Babylons… The city could have eventually been moved. It’s happened with others in the past. Or Babylonia could be the name of the kingdom in the land of Assyria. The same as we have countries on continents, today. It could also be both options or neither. At the moment no one knows and if the woman doing the research does by now she isn’t saying. 😂

[@lmcpainting916]

Ezekiel was looking at a time stamp. Similar to the Mayen or Aztec time keeping. Complete with the zodiac images. Indicating that God’s throne is from eternity to eternity

[@duaneswab3420]

A minor point that always bothered me: why do we refer to Daniel (God is my judge) and not Belteshazzar (Bel protect the king) whereas we always refer to Hananiah (God is graciius) as Shadrach (command of Aku), Mishael (God is asked for) as Meshach (Aku is asked for), and Azariah (God is my help) as A ed ego (slave of Nebo)? I understand why once they became Satraps in Babylon one might refer to them by their Babylonian names, but why in a book written for the Hebrew people would they choose to exalt Babylonian gods like Aku (the moon god) or Nebo (god of wisdom) rather Jehovah and not Daniel

[@Nkosi766]

Ok first question, where’s this 7th wonder of the world what was left for us? Why can’t we find and study it like the rest?

[@SheikhN-bible-syndrome]

Actually the Chief Cornerstone is not a foundation brick that's called a slab. The Chief Cornerstone is the top cap on a pyramid

[@GoreBruce]

Cf. Isa. 28:16

[@SheikhN-bible-syndrome]

@Mamani ?

[@masada2828]

Maybe it means the foundation stone.

[@joeymichael9100]

The hanging garden is in Nineveh the capital of Assyria 💕❣️ Free Assyria from the kurds

[@matthewwilliamson484]

Just wouldn't agree that Christ is ruling as king at the moment as psalm 110 v 1 says that Christ is sitting at the right hand of the father until he makes his enemies his footstool. So yes Christ is sovereign and has all authority but he is not exercising it at this point in time. But other than that your videos are fascinating and really enjoy them. God bless.

[@fggarcia6010]

The "kavud"/ the throne of God also means that God has abandoned the 1st temple.. as prohesized for destruction.. and God who loves his people goes with the exiles. He was with them the whole time. He protected jehoachin and his descendants (Its about Jesus the sprout). After the exile the jews return rebuild the temple but was dismayed coz its not the same with its former glory but they didnt know that the 2nd temple exceeds the 1st temple in glory coz God re entered the 2nd temple as a human..

[@illumencouk]

"Real, Live, Replica" - this is funny.

[@Timacket]

The last part is extremely important to all , your commentary is vital to our success as humankind, can you isolate that and move it to a section of commentaries, I present your teachings to all, I feel that they get bogged down in historical references and fail to embrace your sensitive analysis. I am desiring to bring that to charismatic, evangelicals. I feel that a captive audience via charismatic congregations could be educated by your teachings, but they seem to lack a need to know how they got there, how wonderful they could worship their way better with historical context. HELP!

[@GoreBruce]

Thank you for that sentiment. None of this material is under any copyright restriction, so any who are interested to doing something along the lines you are suggesting are welcome to do so.

[@svm3224]

Why would the Roman/European feet and toes that do not cleave be considered "preposterous"? Evidence, please...

[@sparrowhwy101]

I also would like to see the evidence.

[@mcgeorgerl]

There is no biblical evidence for any interpretation. The closest we have are the 10 Kings of Revelation and even that isn't proof of anything. So, the question is, why is there no New Testament mention of the image of the dream? It evidently was of no concern as even the all-important 70 Weeks of Daniel goes without New Testament mention of this timeline.

[@elisejaudon925]

Is there an estimated date for the Christian artwork found in the catacombs? Not all of it ,just the painting of the three as shown? Noticing their attire.

[@GoreBruce]

Generally viewed as 2nd century drawings.

[@WilliamH490]

Everything was great, you were going right along with the commentaries and then you decided that real Spiritual things are just rhetoric.

[@Nkosi766]

Last question, how could Jeremiah remains you of Christians? Is it a persecution complex? Has Christianity been in a position of power since it was adopted by the most powerful empire on the planet? Who’s taking Christians captives? Where do you live where Christians are the minority, Israel, Saudi Arabia?

[@Nkosi766]

It’s obvious the story of Daniel is not in Babylonian history, it’s seems to be the religious plot devise , to give praise to Daniel’s god. Daniel is obviously using the king superstition against him. And why would the king prostrate himself to a dream diviner ? And what is it with theology building and dream? Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, Constantine had a dream, does Constantine arch confirms his dream? Then why should we believe nebuchadnezzar had a dream?

[@julioorion27]

I found an apocrypha book and is really interesting, what class is this?

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

I appreciate these videos, but I am wondering why the dates do not line up with Wikipedia. The article there says the dates vary, so I am wondering if that is the case?

[@GoreBruce]

There are certain dates that are quite firmly established, e.g., the deportation of Judah by the Babylonians in 586, and the chronology reflected here and elsewhere relies on those benchmarks.

[@EdgeOfEntropy17]

@@GoreBruce I was just a little confused on the 604 date when he took the king back with him.

[@mcgeorgerl]

I'll chime in here... A lot has changed since the days of Ussher's Annals of the World and now it seems that every time someone kicks a cylinder out of the sand or finds another stele while plowing a field, our dating shifts a bit, and our understanding of events improves. Even the latest issue of Biblical Archaeology Review gives the fall of Jerusalem a date of 586 BC rather than a 587 BC date which has stood for years. Really, the order of events is more critical than the date but if you want to enter the field of Chronology, be prepared for a lot of doubt and confusion. I have a lot of books on Biblical Chronology and there is only one certainty... No two chronologists will ever agree. I came here hoping to hear of what Josephus recounts in Antiquities 10.7.3 concerning Nebuchadnezzar's war with Egypt (Pharoah Hophra/Apries). The map Bruce shows of the extent of the Babylonian Empire extends up the Nile to Upper Egypt, yet many Biblical and secular scholars severely restrict Nebuchadnezzar's penetration only unto Tahpanhes and then only for a short time, far short of the 40 years prophesied. But, in reality, most dates for this time period usually only vary +/- 2 years over the last 300 years of chronological work and WIKI is almost always in that ballpark.

[@kennick7]

What you mind giving a little more description on the iron mixed with clay? You explained it well on the video just need an explanation please. I'll be very grateful.

[@GoreBruce]

I think the best theory as to the meaning of the expression is to call attention to an empire that was not homogeneous. Iron and clay do not mix. The Roman Empire was a far flung collection of individual kingdoms, provinces, ethnicities, tribes, etc., and though they hung together through the force of 'iron,' as it were, there was never any real shared culture. Understand, I'm not going to die on that hill, but that strikes me as a reasonable stab at the meaning of the metaphor. Thanks for asking!

[@kennick7]

Thank you very much.

[@mightyeagle51]

Ken Nick Ithink it prophesies the split of Rome into the Western and Eastern empires.

[@J.F.331]

@@kennick7 Fourth Kingdom: This vision of the feet and toes is Imperial Rome. Their weapons were made of iron and crushed every enemy in their path. The 10 toes on the feet represented the 10 Caesars of Imperial Rome (Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian (father of Titus and Domitian). This can be debated as the 10 toes can start with Augustus and end with Titus. Or there are some views that the 10 toes are the 10 provinces of Rome which are also the 10 horns of Revelation 12:3 which would be Idumea, Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, Phoenicia, Nabatea, Perea, Decapolis, Gaulanitis, Syria. The iron mixed with clay is a metaphor that Rome was mixed with other nations. They did not intend to turn each place they conquered into another city of Rome but that these places would still be identified as they were but under the authority and jurisdiction of the Roman Empire. Partly strong (iron/Romans) and partly weak (clay/common people). Rome implemented a time period of peace and stability (Pax Romana) as long as everyone under their reign played by the rules and didn’t stir the pot. But the opposite is what is meant when Daniel is shown of the kingdom being divided. Many nations did not like the fact that they were under the reign and rule of Rome and lashed out in riots and wars against Rome in which Rome would then crush them for their insurrectionist rebellion. Iron being mixed with the seed of men means with common folk. This means that some Romans had either married and/or raped many of the women and had children with them. It was during this 4th kingdom of Rome that the Kingdom of God would be introduced and Jesus Christ inaugurated as King. This Kingdom would be different than every kingdom before it. It would begin small and slowly but surely expand its borders in the hearts of people. It’s weapons of warfare were not carnal weapons but spiritual weapons that designed to defeat a spiritual enemy.

[@masada2828]

History is up to the toes but not happened yet and the stone represents Jesus Christ who will crush the image & He is yet to return.

[@jamesjaudon8247]

Are these lectures current? I'm confused by the aged comments. ???

[@GoreBruce]

These presentations were made over a two year period beginning in 2011.

[@JV-jq4dt]

There is another theory about the statue: Babylonians - Medes - Persians - Greeks - Seleucids/Ptolemies

[@GoreBruce]

Yes, that theory is taken by liberal scholars who object in principle to the possibility of predictive prophecy, which from their point of view would rule out Rome.

[@masada2828]

Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome. The world is still in the Roman era headed by the Pope of the Roman Church & instrumental in present day EU.

[@mcgeorgerl]

Yeah, there are many theories. Most miss a couple of things though. The "Greeks" of Daniel are not really "Greeks" as the word used there is related to Javan of Japheth. As such it could be referring to a "people group" rather than a country. Always remember, Alexander was not Greek, he was Macedonian as were the Ptolemies and Seleucids. If you had called Alexander a "Greek" to his face, your head would have likely been quickly removed from your shoulders. I suspect Paul thinks the same way as he divides peoples into two groups, "Jews and Greeks" when he writes to the Romans. So, he appears to indicate that he groups those living on the Mediterranean Boot as "Greeks" which would shift our "countries with borders" thinking a bit. The 4 Wings of the Leopard being the Diocochi is also a "non-starter" for me as there were more than 4 commanders under Alexander and, in the prophecy, only two of them matter anyway; the kings of the north and the kings of the south... no one else really gets a single mention. The "4" could just as easily be interpreted as the 4 Winds or 4 Corners indicating the 4 Cardinal directions. We may all be gob-smacked at the true interpretation.

[@whynotcreatelove]

he took the tribe of Dan back to Babylon,,,they were the masons, builders who helped the Babylonians to build their temples....just a thought..

[@tuberobotto]

As regards Jeremiah, I've been wondering as to what became of him? I believe he wasn't part of those taken captives into Babylon in the same batch as Ezequiel. So where did he go? How and where did he die? There is nowhere in the Bible that mentions this or speaks about it.

[@GoreBruce]

It seems most likely he died in Egypt (see Jeremiah 43)

[@flowersofthefield340]

He died in Ireland ..... And is buried their !!!!!

[@svm3224]

China.

[@anotheryoutubechannel4809]

13:26 like the WEF today!

[@AndroidZeus-ly6qq]

Is there any explanation what is Lydian kingdom I see there on the top left??? Thanks

[@GoreBruce]

Lydia was an important kingdom in the ancient world. It's most famous king was Croessus, who ruled from Sardis.

[@franceskamryn102]

quick question why was The book of Daniel written in Greek first and then translated back into the language that the Hebrews spoke and then put it in the Bible later on why is it that the Jews have a whole another ideology pertaining toward this book then we do

[@GoreBruce]

It is a quick question, but there is no 'quick' answer. Suffice it to say that the history of the production of the book of Daniel remains a highly controversial mystery, and there is plenty of technical scholarship out there that has addressed the question. One thing is certain, by the first century the book of Daniel, regardless of its origins, was widely read and regarded as canonical throughout Jewish circles.

[@mcgeorgerl]

One of the interesting things about Daniel is that Josephus spends some time recounting the events and some of prophecies of Daniel. However, when it comes to the stone that smashes the feet of the image, Josephus says, "Daniel did also declare the meaning of the stone to the king but I do not think proper to relate it, since I have only undertaken to describe things past or things present, but not things that are future;" It seems that Josephus did not want to chance falling out of favor with his Roman patron or those Romans in power that would read his history since that "stone" indicates the fall of all world empires, including the Roman emperor's. But Josephus never once intimated anything "wrong" or unreliable about the book he considered as part of his "sacred writings".

[@BruceWayne-th8gv]

The scroll is the book of laminate

[@adelakapp8256]

Israel not palestine. Palestine was invented by the Roman's centuries later.

[@brucegore4373]

Yes, the word 'Palestine' is derived from 'Philistine,' and was intended as an insult to the deported Jewish people who were stripped of their land as a punishment for their rebellion against Roman authority, but more importantly, as a judgment for their rebellion against Messianic authority.

[@bimboblacky]

No, no, no…check ACTS Chapter 10, sir. Daniel wished 2 remain Undefiled. Also check the Hebrew term HAZROYA…

[@jaredvaughan1665]

The 10 toes are undoubtedly represent the 10 major European nations that largely stemmed out of Rome. And the stone cut out of the mountain is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[@J.F.331]

Not even close. This is called reading something foreign into the Biblical text. Not a proper handling of God’s written word and an abuse of it. This is scarlet what Peter warns of in 2 Peter 3:16.

[@WilliamH490]

Mormons, you are insane, joey the con smith is frying in hell and all he wanted was more Booty and wealth and power. He and all the lying whore leaders of your sick cult are ALL liars and they have you under a spell. You are dead and you will never be alive as long as you feed on the death cult’s brew, and now you’re going to double down on the lies and go check pearl of great price……..

[@aaronsmall839]

Étape

[@gabrielszohner6243]

THEY NEVER FOUND ANY HANGING GARDENS IN BABYLON.......MANY ARCHAEOLOGISTS SAY THERE NEVER WAS A HANGING GARDEN . BUT THERE WAS ONE IN SYRIA , WHICH WAS MADE BY A ASSYRIAN RULER FOR HIS PERSIAN WIFE . AT WHICH TIME HE HAD ALSO CONQUERED BABYLON

[@masada2828]

I think you will find it was Babylon that conquered Assyria. Assyria, Babylonian, Persian, Greek & Roman Empires.

[@dominicmoorhouse5143]

Why are you shouting?

[@stevenbrooks6930]

Because we are hard of sight hearing?🤣

[@EricDavidHall]

17:30 the ten toes were the Greek diadochi not Rome. The expanding kingdom was the Hasmonean kingdom.

[@dewaynekingdom8374]

Jesus is a black man

[@masada2828]

Can’t help yourself can you!

[@lahoku]

@17:30 it’s quite obvious that the 10 EU nations are the prelude to the 10 Kings in Revelations. I don’t believe that’s preposterous ! Although this video is during the mid 2010’s; in 2024 it’s more prevalent to see End Times happening!