[DANIEL 4:6-7] — WISEMEN AND CONCERNS FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S
DREAMS OR VISIONS

DANIEL 4:6

[Daniel 4:6 NKJV] — Therefore I issued a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

[Daniel 4:6 GWN] — "So I ordered all the wise advisers in Babylon to be brought to me to tell me the dream's meaning."


In the Bible verse above, which is also in the testimony of Nebuchadnezzar the king, because he dreamt that disturbing dream and saw that terrifying vision, he issued a decree or ordered for the forced appearance of all the wise men of Babylon in his presence for them to interpret his dream. By decree, by order of the king, all the wise men of Babylon were brought before the king. It's like today's court order to bring persons or make them appear before the court by force. So let me say, the king ordered the "Arrest" and "Arraign" of all the wise men of Babylon before his presence, to have them explain his dream.

So if a dream/vision troubled the king, he made all the wisemen of Babylon to be troubled for them to interpret and explain or resolve the riddles of the dream or vision to him. You may recall how it happened before, and how all the wisemen of Babylon were almost killed by the king on account of the king's dream or vision, which the wisemen could not guess (Daniel 2). Here again, the king still rounded up all the wise men or advisers of Babylon, demanding the interpretation of the troublous vision the king alone saw in his bedroom.

How can the vision or dream one man is seeing in his closet become a burden on the wise men in the same city or country? Why or how is the movie, the dream, the vision, you are seeing in your secret going to become other people's business when they are not even living with you? [Remember, it's about Testimony sharing].

Wise men should understand how much the visions, the dreams, the views and the perspectives, of their King, Ruler or Leader, affect them under him. It behooves the wise men to see what their leader sees, and to guide or counsel their leader into see things rightly and seeing them foresightly.

But in this case study above, even the wise men could not have seen what their king saw, not could they have helped the king see it well through the right interpretation of what the king saw. I would show to you the reason why the wisemen could not do this, but that would be when the next top Bible verse above is "Daniel 4:7."



DANIEL 4:7

[Daniel 4:7 BSB] — When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.

[Daniel 4:7 ICB] — The fortune-tellers, magicians and wise men came. I told them about the dream. But those men could not tell me what it meant.


In this second occasion, Nebuchadnezzar did not demand the wisemen to guess what his secret dream was, rather he narrated his dream to them. And still, they could not interpret his dream nor tell the meaning of it. What that meant was the wise men of Babylon were also blind to seeing the future things to come, which that dream or vision signified.

Those refered to as the wise men of Babylon in that testimony included the magicians, the enchanters, the astrologers (Chaldeans) and the diviners (soothsayers/prognosticators/prophets by dark arts). They were consultants in those different branches of forbidden/dark arts but yet they all came under one title, "Wise men." You see the title, "Wise men" does not always refer to Christians or men of God in the scriptures. For wizards, astrologers, magicians, sorcerers, or prognosticators, etc, who mastered their field automatically become wisemen: That is, by the time anyone would have mastered the art of magic, mastered astrology, mastered arts enchantments, mastered witchcraft etc, he/she must have read or learnt some wiseness and discipline, and could become counselors, advisers, professors or guru(s), in those fields to be called "Wise Men" or "Magi." So even in the dark arts and underworld, wisdom, maturity, discipline and skills, are required for their fools or childish to become wiser.

Thus, they were all wise men, but they couldn't interpret the king's dream. That did not disqualify them from still being called wisemen though they could not see through the king's dream. It is their desire to see those things, not their ability to see those things, that makes them "Wise men."

Here in this top Bible verse above, I show to you the reason why the wise men could not do this, interpret the king's dream or vision:

It's the difference between "being wise" and "Having the Spirit of God." It happened in Egypt with Joseph and in Babylon with Daniel.

*1* In Egypt, Pharaoh first tried his wise men of Egypt, but none could interpret his dream until Joseph came and interpret his dream, and Pharaoh himself testified "the Spirit of God was in Joseph" [Genesis 41:38].

*2* In Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar first tried his wise men of Babylon, but none could interpret his dream until Daniel came and interpret his dream, and Nebuchadnezzar himself testified "the Spirit of God was in Daniel" [Daniel 4:8, 5:11].

I will discuss on the Spirit of God in dream/vision interpreters & prophets, but that would be when the next top Bible verse above is "Daniel 4:8."

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