Cyrus of Persia, who put Darius the Mede on the throne, seems to have a more respectful policy to refugees, foreigners, and exiles. He issued a decree that those who wish may return home and rebuild the temple, their place of worship to YAHWEH.

A hand has appeared and written, supernaturally, on a wall, “Mene, mene, tekel, parsin.” The queen has suggested that the king summon Daniel, the old interpreter of Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams, to help make sense of things.

Once a larger-than-life figure on the world stage, the late King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is now a fading memory. Belshazzar’s style of government is very different and his subjects are being forced to adjust to a “new normal” under his reign.

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” The Babylonian monarch has emerged from seven years of living like an animal in the wild, with other animals. The monarch was struck by a severe psychosis for the entire period.

King Nebuchadnezzar commanded all seven classifications of Babylonian governmental officials to bow down and worship an enormous statue that was recently built in the image of his god, Nabu. Violators would be thrown in a furnace!

Three years after their hometown of Jerusalem was attacked and they were exiled to Babylon, D-Day came for an elite group of young Hebrew men. Graduated as top of the class, each trainee was interrogated by King Nebuchadnezzar himself.

In an unprecedented turn of events, King Nebuchadnezzar reversed his decision to execute his advisors. Daniel claimed to have been shown King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream by his God, YAHWEH.

The often-unpredictable ruler made the decision in what eyewitnesses described as a fit of rage because his advisors were unable to tell him the details of a dream he had the night before.