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The book of Daniel along with many other books in Scripture offers a critique of power gone wrong calling those in authority to acknowledge that they cannot fulfill the role of God. In this passage, King Nebuchadnezzar finds himself called to repent and turn to God. It is hard for us to understand the role of someone like Nebuchadnezzar or Caesar or other emperors in the ancient world both because of how we view authority and because we live in a modern democracy. Sometimes its good then to turn the magnifying glass on ourselves and reckon whether or not we are trying to be Little Caesars trying to pull off what that authority figure would do ourselves. In this sermon, Pastor Joel talks about how we can hope in the kingdom of Jesus rather than any other kingdom we might try to build up on our own.