Bob, Daniel explains the dream for Nebuchadnezzar. The chopped down tree, according to Daniel represented King Nebuchadnezzar, whose Kingdom had become so powerful that the king saw himself to be as a god. Therefore, the God of heaven would take the kingdom from him and for seven years he would become as a mad man, with the beasts eating grass of the field for seven years. Yes, this prophetic word is written in history and came to pass exactly as Daniel said it would.
The living would know "that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men" was spoken because the worship of many gods was common. The kingdom was taken from Nebuchadnezzar to prove to both him and the people there is only one God for and by whom all things exist, and who rules in the kingdom of men. He supposed that men such as himself, kings and princes, ruled, and that the gods would help or try to frustrate these earthly rulers according to treatment which they themselves received. Nebuchadnezzar had never conceived such a thought, that while man proposes God disposes of earthly things.
Jesus is seated on His throne in heaven, ruling over the Kingdom of God in heaven, and the earth. He rules over all who enter into His Kingdom according to grace through faith, with a rod of iron. The Lord is the ruler over His people.
Acts 1:2 (KJV) Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Acts 1:9-10 (KJV) And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Daniel 7:13-14 (KJV) I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
While you're still waiting for Christ to sit on His throne and rule over the Kingdom of God from heaven, you do not understand that Christ has been sitting on His throne in heaven, and ruling over His Kingdom since He ascended there after His resurrection.
When read in context we find Ezekiel's prophetic words are directed to Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. The whole is a vision, in which life and action is conveyed by this manner of describing the course of future events as actually taking place before the eyes of his hearers. The two ways "come forth out of one land;" their starting-point is the same. Babylon, and they diverge towards different destinations. Because of his wickedness in seeking divination for Jerusalem, the day for the profane and wicked prince of Israel, and all his sins would come to an end when both the diadem (mitre) of the High-Priest would be removed, and the crown from King Nebuchadnezzar. The conditions that follow the overthrow would not be permanent but would not change until the coming of Christ.
Ezekiel 21:18-27 (KJV) The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers: Until he come whose right it is.—"This is generally acknowledged as a reference to Ge 49:10, "until Shiloh come" even by those who reject the interpretation of Shiloh as meaning "he to whom it belongs." The promise here made refers plainly both to the priestly and to the royal prerogatives, and a still more distinct foretelling of the union of both in the Messiah may be found in Zec 6:12-13. In Him, and in Him alone, will all this confusion and uncertainty come to an end; for, as Ezekiel's contemporary declared, "His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed" (Da 7:14).
Fulfillment of the prophecy for the coming of the rightful Heir to the throne did not begin when Zedekiah was removed, it began with the decree to rebuild Jerusalem from three Emperors; Cyrus - 538 BC; Darius - 520 BC; and Artaxerxes 457 BC. Although there is much disagreement about the time from each Emperor began the prophecy that would be fulfilled with the advent of Christ, the prophet Ezra indicates that all three Emperors begin the prophecy that would be fulfilled through Christ. There was a single decree repeated, and the time for the beginning to restore and rebuild Jerusalem would be fulfilled with the advent of Christ, began with the decree re-issued by Artaxerxes.
This was eye opening understanding came from our own fellow poster Christian Gedge through his work entitled 'The Atonement Clock' - by Christian Gedge and Published by Five Loaves and Two Fishes.
Ezra 6:14 (KJV) And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
You have not discerned from Revelation, but rather attempt to force unbiblical doctrine into the text. Your understanding of eschatology is built from imagination, and cannot be biblically proven. The Word of the Lord for Israel's wilderness wondering for 40 years came to pass, one year for each day because the people lacked faith to believe God would deliver them from all their enemies.
Numbers 14:34 (KJV) After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
