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The writing is on the wall

Daniel Chapter 5. The writing is on the wall. Who is Belshazzar. Originally thought to be an “typo” found in scripture because he is not listed anywhere in Babylonian texts as a king of Babylon

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The writing is on the wall

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  1. Daniel Chapter 5 The writing is on the wall

  2. Who is Belshazzar • Originally thought to be an “typo” found in scripture because he is not listed anywhere in Babylonian texts as a king of Babylon • Sir H. Rawlings discovered several cuneiforms from a Chaldean site confirming Belshazzar's strange rise to power • Grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, only temporarily filled his fathers throne

  3. Context of Daniel 5 • The contextual timeline of Daniel is out of order, we are told of Belshazzar in Daniel 7 and 9, after his recorded death • 70 years of Babylonian dominance over the Jews is about to be ended. • Belshazzar is throwing a wild party for 1000 guests, while his own troops are engaged in battle.

  4. Daniel 5:18-30 “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and

  5. his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes. But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription. “This is the inscription that was written:    MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN “Here is what these words mean:  Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Peren: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom. That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain,

  6. The Message Mene: Numbered Tekel: Weighed Parsin: Divided Belshazzar was judged by God and did not meet His standards, his punishment was death

  7. All Will Be Judged • Matthew 10:15, 11:22, and 2 Peter 2:9 tell us of a day when Christ’s glory will descend to earth, and the living and the dead will be judged. • Judgment Seat of Christ (Bema) • John 5:22-30

  8. John 5:22-30 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

  9. The Justice of God “He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.” Leonardo da Vinci

  10. Conclusion Belshazzar was judged while he was still on the earth for an example of the judgment we will all face. Christ is that Judge, and anyone who places their faith in Him will be pardoned on the day of judgment.

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