News Bulletin 09 – The Writing on the Wall
Babylonian power seems to have been hanging precariously in the balance while Viceroy, Belshazzar, Nabonidus’s son, appears to be the life of the party. What happened next seems to have shocked the king to the core. A hand appeared and wrote, supernaturally, on the wall, “Mene, mene, tekel, parsin.” Pandemonium erupted as none of the
Read MoreNews Bulletin 08 – Belshazzar
Once a larger-than-life figure on the world stage, the late King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is now a fading memory. Nabonidus, the successor of Nebuchadnezzar, has his son, Belshazzar 2nd, on the throne in the city of Babylon, as his viceroy. Belshazzar’s style of government is very different from that of his grandfather and his subjects
Read MoreNews Bulletin 07 – Psychosis
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” These words may have been spoken by Israel’s King Solomon hundreds of years before, but they definitely applied to “mad” king Nebuchadnezzar, as many Babylonians have taken to thinking of him. The Babylonian monarch has just emerged from seven years of living like an
Read MoreNews Bulletin 06 – Fiery Furnace
King Nebuchadnezzar commanded all seven classifications of Babylonian governmental officials to bow down and worship an enormous statue (90 feet high and nine-feet wide) that was recently built in the image of his god, Nabu. The image is built entirely of gold, no doubt indicating Babylon, in seeming defiance of the dream given to the
Read MoreNews Bulletin 05 – Daniel Graduates
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. The youths from Judah’s disgraced royal family and nobility completed a three-year program in palace-service studies this morning. Each trainee was interrogated by King Nebuchadnezzar himself.
Read MoreNews Bulletin 04 – Daniel Interprets Statue Dream
In an unprecedented turn of events, King Nebuchadnezzar reversed his decision to execute his advisors. The ruler changed his mind after an intervention by Palace-Aid student, Daniel, who had become officially known by his Babylonian name, Belteshazzar. This came as a real upset since the seasoned advisors and magicians had been at a loss to
Read MoreNews Bulletin 03 – King’s Statue Dream
King Nebuchadnezzar stunned Babylon today by ordering the execution of every member of his advisory council. 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. Common methods of execution in this
Read MoreNews Bulletin 02 – Diet
Jerusalem’s exiled young elite arrived in magnificent Babylon after a two-month-long march. King Nebuchadnezzar who arrived ahead of them to bury his father, had already planned that the Hebrew youths would enter academic training as soon as possible. The curriculum ensured a thorough indoctrination in Babylonian thought and culture. Critics described the training as a
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