RTW 2022

On August 14 of that year, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem. He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city. Then he supervised the entire Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side. Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.
2 Kings 25:8-12

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year. He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a higher place than all the other exiled kings in Babylon.
2 Kings 25:27-28

• Nebuchadnezzar II is the greatest villain of the Old Testament.
• He is considered the greatest king of the Babylonian Empire.
• He is known for the construction of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
• Although, there is no evidence that he actually built them….but the story is even more interesting!
• https://patternsofevidence.com/2018/05/25/hanging-gardens-of-babylon-made-by-unexpected-biblical-king/
• He is mentioned by name over 90 times in the Bible.
• Much is said of him in Daniel 1-4.
• He conquered Judah.
• He destroyed the Temple.
• He deported most of the residents of Judah to Babylon.
• Nebby K served as God’s instrument of judgment on Judah.
• Jeremiah 25:9
• Four times he is called God’s “deputy” or “servant”.
• History records him as brutal, powerful, and ambitious.
• https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/tools/image-gallery/b/babylon
• The Bible gives more insight to him in our readings to come.
• He ruled for 43 years.
• Proverbs 21:1
• Let me know if you chase some of the trails!!!

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Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:3