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BSF Study Questions Exile & Return: A Time to Build Lesson 4, Day 5: Daniel 4:28-37

by atozmom, posted in BSF Exile & Return: A Time to Build 2025/2026

Summary of Daniel 4:28-37

The dream King Nebuchadnezzar had came true. He lost power and was driven away. When he acknowledged God, his sanity and kingdom were restored. He became even greater than before, and he praised and exalted the King of Heaven because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.

BSF Study Questions Exile & Return: A Time to Build Lesson 4, Day 5: Daniel 4:28-37

12a) King Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and boasting. He took credit for the kingdom he had, when in reality, it was only possible because of God. He was only restored when he acknowledged God and honored and glorified him.

b) Good question. I’m sure in many ways, especially when I was younger. Now, I catch myself and try to praise God instead.

13) God was teaching King Nebuchadnezzar humility, and God was teaching him about Himself and His power. Everything is by God and for God. God taught the king that He has the absolute sovereignty over all earthly power, wisdom, and history. King Nebuchadnezzar’s attitude has moved from observing God’s power in others’ lives to submitting to that power in his own.

14a) Mercy, forgiveness, omnipotence. In his dealings with King Nebuchadnezzar, God reveals Himself as the sovereign King of heaven with supreme power and wisdom. God demonstrates His character as both just and patient, humbling the proud king only after offering a year to repent. He proves faithful to those who trust Him, like Daniel and his friends, and shows abundant grace by fully restoring the king once he humbles himself. God is displayed as the all-powerful, just, and merciful ruler of all history.

b) I see all of God’s attributes in my relationship, and I need all of Him! I see his sovereignty and his power, his providence, his grace and mercy, his faithfulness, wisdom and guidance, and his love and compassion. God has his hand in all areas of my life!

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Exile & Return: A Time to Build Lesson 4, Day 5: Daniel 4:28-37

I love how God does what He says He will do, but also that he offers grace upon repentance. We see how people can change when they encounter God. We see the power of humility.

End Notes BSF Study Questions Exile & Return: A Time to Build Lesson 4, Day 5: Daniel 4:28-37

Note how King Nebuchadnezzar did not humble himself, so God had to.

King Nebuchadnezzar repented, and he was restored to power. God can change the heart of any man.

King Nebuchadnezzar was a great witness for God. He shared his experience with his people and gave God all the glory.

God always gives us ample opportunity to repent from sin.

END NOTES SUMMARIZED

Daniel 4:28-37 details the dramatic fulfillment of God’s judgment on King Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and his ultimate restoration through humility.

The interpretation of its key elements is as follows:

  • The Catalyst of Pride: The judgment occurs a full year after Daniel’s warning, but only at the precise moment Nebuchadnezzar verbally claims total credit for his own glory and power. This demonstrates God’s patience in giving the king time to repent, and it shows that the king’s downfall was triggered by his own arrogant heart.
  • The Swift and Fitting Judgment: The prophecy is fulfilled instantly. The king is dehumanized and driven to live like an animal, a punishment that perfectly mirrors his prideful, beast-like arrogance. It reveals that God’s word of judgment is certain and His methods for humbling the proud are absolute.
  • The Turning Point of Humility: The entire ordeal ends when Nebuchadnezzar simply “raised [his] eyes toward heaven.” This single act of looking up signifies his repentance and acknowledgment of a higher power. It is the crucial turning point from which his restoration begins.
  • The Testimony of a Restored King: Once humbled, the king’s sanity and kingdom are graciously restored, and he becomes even greater than before. His final response is not bitterness, but a heartfelt, public proclamation of praise, confessing that God is the true, sovereign King whose ways are just, and who “is able to humble” the proud.

In essence, this passage reveals that while God’s judgment against pride is severe and certain, His ultimate goal is restorative. He brings the most powerful man on earth to the lowest point in order to lift him back up as a true worshipper.

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BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 4, Day 5: John 3:22-36

by atozmom, posted in BSF John's Gospel: The Truth 2023/2024

Summary of John 3:22-36

Both John and Jesus are baptizing in the river. John defers to Jesus, saying he is greater. Jesus is above all and speaks the words of God. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.

BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 4, Day 5: John 3:22-36

13a) That everyone was going to Jesus to be baptized rather than to John.

b) John acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah and that he is less than Jesus.

c) I don’t want to be jealous of others or take away their glory. Instead, I want to support God’s mission like John did.

14)  John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.”

Jesus is Lord and Savior of the World.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 4, Day 5: John 3:22-36

Love John’s example of deference here. So very hard to do with human emotions. We must all defer to Jesus and His ways over ours in all circumstances. I also love how our roles can change throughout life and our calling can change, too.

End Notes BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 4, Day 5: John 3:22-36

Note Jesus in in Judea here. The other Gospels are mostly about Jesus in Galilee. map of judea www.atozmomm.com bsf study of john's gospel

John was unflustered or bothered by Jesus’ popularity in the same vicinity as he.

John’s gifts were from God. He knew his God-given purpose, and he knew who Jesus was. John is like a bridegroom, a friend of Jesus, at the wedding, but he is not the groom. The bridegroom is Jesus, a familiar reference in the Bible.

John’s mission was fulfilled, and he was full of joy. He knew he would shrink into the background, and he was okay with this.

John has fame and humility. He also continued in his role, albeit changed and diminished from before. He was still doing God’s work.

Jesus came from heaven and is therefore greater than everyone else. No one would receive him.

Note “The Father loved the Son” here (John 3:35) and in John 5:20.

Reject Jesus, and you reject eternal life and receive wrath. The wrath of God lingers until you accept Christ and He comes again.

There are 4 “Must’s” in John 3:

We would do well to abide by all: be born again, lift Christ up, and defer to Christ. So good!