The Most High Rules

Overall theme of Daniel:  God is sovereign over .

Theme of chapter 4:  God is completely sovereign over every and every human .

Lessons from Daniel 4:

1. God’s greatness is .  Daniel 4:34

2. God’s sovereignty is . God never stops being in change. Daniel 4:34

3. God’s power is . Daniel 4:35

4. His wisdom is . Daniel 4:35-36

5. God’s salvation is sovereign. Daniel 4:37

6. God’s works are true, God’s ways are just, and God’s goal is humility.

Here is the ultimate moral of this story.

When the sovereignty of humanity’s greatest king collides with the sovereignty of God Most High, verse 37 happens:  God is able to humble those who walk in pride.”

Foreshadowing of Jesus in Daniel 4

• God humbled Nebuchadnezzar so he could see that God alone deserves glory.

• Jesus is the King of Kings who humbled himself by coming to earth and dying on the cross.