DANIEL 1:2
 

[Daniel 1:2 NKJV] — And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.

The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to capture Jehoiakim king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the things from the Temple of God. He carried them to Babylonia and put them in the temple of his gods. [Daniel 1:2 ICB]
 

The Glory that the Lord received from that event was not the Glory of Delivering (Defending) His own from Nebuchadnezzar's hands, but the Glory of Delivering His own into Nebuchadnezzar's hands. Which ever way we see it, there was Deliverance of the Lord, which glorified the Lord; but the deliverance benefited the enemies God's people or reproached the throne and temple of God's people.
 

Nebuchadnezzar invaded the king of Judah, Jehoiakim, and the Lord received the credit of being the One who gave Jehoiakim into Nebuchadnezzar's arms and also gave dedicated treasures of God's Temple into the hands of the enemies. Here are 5 lesson points from "Daniel 1:2."
 

№ 1. — Whether you lose or win in the battle, the Lord would still receive His credits and glory as He who either gave it to you or gave it to your opponents, adversaries. Therefore, God does not take sides in any human conflicts nor shame in human defeats: Whoever wins in any human conflicts must still acknowledge that God wins, God allowed or God gave it to the winning side.
 

№ 2. — God won when Nebuchadnezzar won and spoilt God's Temple and God's people, just as wolves are presenting doing to God's flock or robbers disguised as men of God are doing to God's Temple. But the kind of Winning God won in that case was not a "Winning for His Name," but a "Winning for His Word of Judgment." The Name of the Lord fell because that happened, but the Word of the Lord stood because that happened. Allowing Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the anointed of God and Rob the temple was a shame to the Name of the Lord, but it was also a fulfilling of the Word of God. God regards His Word above all His Names, including His Name, "El-Shaddai" or "Almighty." Which is why even the Almighty God would appear very weak and watch His own people, His House or His Earth, getting invaded, robbed and destroyed with impunity, and would not show up yet even though His Name was invoked or called upon for instant help. Infact, the Lord Himself was crucified in weakness, the Almighty crucified as a Lamb, because He would rather have His Word (Scriptures) win than have His Names, Titles or Pride, win.
 

№ 3. God gave or delivered His own people and treasures of His House into Nebuchadnezzar or the enemies hand in fulfilling Prophecies of His Word to address the problems of idolatry and sin in the House of God (among His People) first before addressing the same problems in the house or temples of idols and enemies of God. Therefore, "JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN IN THE HOUSE OF GOD FIRST." You saw Nebuchadnezzar took the vessels and treasures from the House of God and took them to the house of strange gods/idols in the land of Shinar. God was dealing hard with God's people and God's Temple first, before God would later deal hard with the houses of devil's. Remember what God did to Dragon, the idol-god of the Philistines, after God allowed the Arc of the Covenant to be captured by the enemies of God's people in order to punish the people of God for their sins, and then later God fought against Dagon inside its own shrine or temple where they brought the treasure of God to. That completed the story that began the name, "Ichabod" which meant The Glory has departed from Israel - For Judgment must begin from the House of God [1 Samuel 5, 6]
 

№ 4. Nebuchadnezzar did not acknowledge the Lord was He who gave Jehoiakim and the treasures of God's Temple into his hands, but instead Nebuchadnezzar foolishly took the Glory and Treasures to the house of his strange Babylonian gods in the land of Shinar. Nebuchadnezzar was foolish in doing so, but Belshazzar his grandson was even more foolish by taking from those treasures of God's Temple in Babylonian shrine, and drank wine from the vessels, giving praises to the gods of stones, irons, etc. Hence, the Handwriting on the wall. In nutshell, God redeemed the Glory of His Names by dealing with Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar until they gave glory to the Lord God of heaven, who allowed them invade and Rob His Temple Treasures for a reason.

№ 5. Some differences between Nebuchadnezzar and the Antichrist in such case would include: Nebuchadnezzar would not sit on the throne of Judah nor on Jehoiakim's seat as king, but the Antichrist would rather sit on the throne of Judah and Jerusalem or Israel, than on the throne of Babylon. Also, Nebuchadnezzar would take those Treasures of the House of God to another temple of devil's whom he worshipped; but the Antichrist would not regard any God or gods, but would rather proclaim himself as a "God" and would sit in the Temple as God for people to worship him (2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 13:6-8), bow to him, receive his mark as token of allegiance to him by force or by manipulation. But no record of Nebuchadnezzar even drinking from the cup nor using vessels of God's Temple, which he did not see himself worthy to use. That's unlike his grandson, Belshazzar, who would even throw a party using those dedicated temple treasures (Daniel 5:23).