{"id":4438,"date":"2016-07-22T17:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marniemarcus.com\/unplugged\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2016-07-23T17:53:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T17:53:29","slug":"god-doesnt-need-perfect-people-to-save-a-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marniekuhns.com\/unplugged\/2016\/07\/22\/god-doesnt-need-perfect-people-to-save-a-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"God Doesn&#8217;t Need Perfect People To Save a Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"32pdu\" data-offset-key=\"1h50i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1h50i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1h50i-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot this afternoon about Nebuchadnezzar. He was a Babylonian king whose &#8220;main achievement of his reign was the rebuilding of Babylon, on a scale and with a magnificence never before envisaged.&#8221; (Encyclopedia.com)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"32pdu\" data-offset-key=\"dpunt-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dpunt-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dpunt-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"32pdu\" data-offset-key=\"9aoob-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9aoob-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9aoob-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">He had prophetic dreams about his kingdom and other future kingdoms. His dreams were interpreted by Daniel. Nebuchadnezzar was a proud man but he favored Daniel and his Israelite friends. 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