The Book of Daniel

<i>The king, upon being presented with the dead infant,</i> 472 00:28:26,134 --> 00:28:29,240 repented of his crime. 473 00:28:29,538 --> 00:28:30,846 <i>He didn't learn until 10 years later</i> 474 00:28:30,939 --> 00:28:33,180 <i>that the boy was actually alive,</i> 475 00:28:33,242 --> 00:28:36,155 <i>at which time he pardoned the boy</i> 476 00:28:36,211 --> 00:28:38,555 and restored him to his rightful parents, 477 00:28:38,647 --> 00:28:41,890 and for a time the matter was forgotten. 478 00:28:41,950 --> 00:28:44,794 <i>DANIEL: Until one day, years later,</i> 479 00:28:44,853 --> 00:28:47,231 when you marched into your grandfather's city 480 00:28:47,523 --> 00:28:50,834 at the head of your troops and seized the throne of Medea, 481 00:28:50,926 --> 00:28:56,604 <i>taking the old man captive, and the prophecy was proven true.</i> 482 00:28:56,698 --> 00:29:00,942 <i>CYRUS: Old Astyages, he knew of the prophecy,</i> 483 00:29:01,036 --> 00:29:03,243 but he was powerless to overcome it. 484 00:29:03,539 --> 00:29:07,180 As all men are powerless to prevent their fate 485 00:29:07,242 --> 00:29:09,950 <i>if the prophesizing be true.</i> 486 00:29:10,012 --> 00:29:15,519 <i>Listen then, as I tell of the prophetic vision</i> 487 00:29:15,584 --> 00:29:18,224 <i>that led to Nebuchadnezzar's madness.</i> 488 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,733 For when he dreamed that great dream, 489 00:29:21,823 --> 00:29:26,101 his enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers 490 00:29:26,161 --> 00:29:30,610 were once again unable to interpret the vision. 491 00:29:30,699 --> 00:29:32,235 When I was asleep 492 00:29:32,334 --> 00:29:36,544 I had a dream which made me afraid. 493 00:29:36,605 --> 00:29:41,987 <i>The images I saw terrified me.</i> 494 00:29:42,044 --> 00:29:47,153 Belteshazzar, I looked and saw before me 495 00:29:47,249 --> 00:29:50,093 a tree in the middle of the land. 496 00:29:50,152 --> 00:29:52,689 <i>A tree grew strong and tall.</i> 497 00:29:52,754 --> 00:29:56,133 <i>Its top touched the sky,</i> 498 00:29:56,191 --> 00:29:59,661 <i>and it was visible to the ends of the earth.</i> 499 00:29:59,761 --> 00:30:05,905 <i>Its leaves, they were beautiful.</i> 500 00:30:06,001 --> 00:30:08,242 Its fruit was abundant. 501 00:30:08,303 --> 00:30:11,284 <i>The beasts of the field took shelter under it,</i> 502 00:30:11,340 --> 00:30:14,253 and the birds of the air lived in its branches, 503 00:30:14,309 --> 00:30:19,588 and from it every creature was fed. 504 00:30:19,648 --> 00:30:22,857 <i>Then I looked again,</i> 505 00:30:22,918 --> 00:30:27,230 and I saw a messenger coming down from heaven, 506 00:30:27,322 --> 00:30:32,294 and he cried out aloud, "Cut down the tree! 507 00:30:32,394 --> 00:30:35,671 <i>"Trim off its branches.</i> 508 00:30:35,764 --> 00:30:37,835 "Strip its leaves. 509 00:30:37,933 --> 00:30:40,038 "Scatter its fruit. 510 00:30:40,102 --> 00:30:42,104 "Let the beasts flee from under it 511 00:30:42,204 --> 00:30:46,311 <i>"and the birds fly from its branches,</i> 512 00:30:46,408 --> 00:30:48,684 <i>"but let the stump and its roots,</i> 513 00:30:48,777 --> 00:30:50,848 "bound in iron and brass, 514 00:30:50,946 --> 00:30:53,392 "remain in the ground in the grass of the field. 515 00:30:53,682 --> 00:30:56,390 <i>"Let it be drenched by the dew from heaven.</i> 516 00:30:56,685 --> 00:30:59,666 "Let it live with the animals of the earth, 517 00:30:59,755 --> 00:31:05,000 "and let its mind be changed from that of a man 518 00:31:05,093 --> 00:31:08,802 to the mind of an animal." 519 00:31:08,864 --> 00:31:14,837 <i>This is the dream that I had.</i> 520 00:31:14,936 --> 00:31:18,383 What does it mean? 521 00:31:18,674 --> 00:31:23,817 My lord, if only the dream applied to your enemies 522 00:31:23,912 --> 00:31:27,291 <i>and its meaning to your adversaries.</i> 523 00:31:27,382 --> 00:31:29,828 The tree which you saw 524 00:31:29,918 --> 00:31:34,333 which grew large and strong with its top touching the sky, 525 00:31:34,389 --> 00:31:38,360 you, oh king, are that tree. 526 00:31:38,427 --> 00:31:41,431 <i>You have become great and strong.</i> 527 00:31:41,730 --> 00:31:44,370 Your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, 528 00:31:44,466 --> 00:31:48,346 and your dominion extends to the distant pans of the earth. 529 00:31:48,403 --> 00:31:52,044 But you saw a messenger, a holy one, 530 00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:54,086 coming down from heaven, saying, 531 00:31:54,142 --> 00:31:57,248 "Cut down the tree, and destroy it, 532 00:31:57,312 --> 00:32:00,418 <i>"but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze,</i> 533 00:32:00,716 --> 00:32:02,024 "in the grass of the field 534 00:32:02,117 --> 00:32:05,826 "while its roots remain in the ground. 535 00:32:05,887 --> 00