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It was the 12th of October in
the year 539 B.C. just under 550
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years ago and it was during the
reign of the Babylonian monarch
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Belshazzar. And this king, well
he knew how to party. He loved
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to party and one night he
organized a big party and what a
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party it was. The king's lords,
his wives, his concubines, over
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a thousand of them. Not only
drinking wine but drinking it
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from the sacred vessels that had
been part of the ancient Jewish
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temple in Jerusalem
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pillaged decades
earlier by his grandfather
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Nebuchadnezzar. Amid all the
sacrilege and revelry and event
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occurred that brought all
festivities to an immediate halt
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A mysterious hand appeared
and in fiery letters wrote a
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chilling message on the wall of
the king's palace. If you ever
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wondered where the phrase
"the handwriting on the wall"
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originated well here it is.
No question this was strange
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and it was shocking. Who wrote
this message and what did it
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mean. Join me as we investigate
the amazing story of the
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handwriting on the wall that
rocked an ancient empire and
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brought about the
demise of its insolent king.
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King Nebuchadnezzar, the great
warrior king of Babylon ruled
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his kingdom from 605 B.C. He was
powerful and he was invincible.
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He had no peers. He was the
uncontested ruler of the world.
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Soon after he ascended the
throne Nebuchadnezzar went on
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the war path. He set out
to invade the walled city of
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Jerusalem. In fact, historical
records and the Bible tell us
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that this ancient king
made three invading trips to
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Jerusalem. Three times he led
his mighty army 1500 kilometers
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from Babylon across the fertile
crescent to Jerusalem. And each
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time he attacked he
inflicted severe punishment and
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tribulation on the city and its
inhabitants. On this first trip
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in 605 B.C. he took home with
him many of the precious golden
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vessels that he found in
Solomon's magnificent temple.
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And in addition, he and his
troops took hostage a selected
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number of young people including
Daniel to be trained in the ways
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of Babylon. In 597 B.C., just
eight years later Nebuchadnezzar
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returned to Jerusalem. This time
he took most of the remaining
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golden vessels and
temple treasure and about 10,000
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prisoners. By this time
the Jewish king Jehoiachin
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had abandoned any
semblance of rebellion and
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surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar.
But 11 years later in 586 B.C.
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Nebuchadnezzar invaded a third
and final time. This time he
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completely destroyed Solomon's
temple, just leveled it to the
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ground and took most of
Jerusalem's remaining population
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as captives back to Babylon
with him. Now Nebuchadnezzar's
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capital city of Babylon, located
near the modern city of Baghdad
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in Iraq is situated in a flat
desert environment. Although
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Nebuchadnezzar's wealth and
power were legendary and he was
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known as a mighty conqueror
like most husbands he wanted to
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please his wife, Amytis.
She came from the mountainous
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region to the north.
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Babylon was flat and
dry, desert and she yearned
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for the green gardens of her
mountain home. So Nebuchadnezzar
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arranged to build the beautiful
hanging gardens of Babylon for
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her. These gardens are
considered to be one of the
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seven wonders of the ancient
world. King Nebuchadnezzar's
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power was legendary. He
had finally conquered Egypt and
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extended his empire and now
his capital city, Babylon, was
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the most magnificent and
the dominant city of the world.
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Its population reached about
two million. It rose out of the
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desert plain with a spectacular
skyline. It boasted temples,
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terraces and palaces. In
fact Nebuchadnezzar built three
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luxurious palace complexes in
the city and ensured there were
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massive double and triple walls
for protection. We're told these
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walls were over 100 meters
high and 30 meters wide. Four
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chariots abreast could ride on
them. Nebuchadnezzar was proud
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of the beauty of his palaces. In
fact he was so proud of all he
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had achieved and the great city
that he built that he ordered
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his initials to be printed
on the building bricks. At this
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time Babylon was an advanced
and highly developed innovative
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and sophisticated society. Way
back in those days they knew all
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about solving quadratic
equations, reciprocals, squares
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and square roots, cubes and
cube roots. They were the world
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leaders in numbers, facts
and figures. In fact, they
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were so advanced
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that some of their systems have
come down to us today. They were
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the ones that came up with 60
seconds in a minute, 60 minutes
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in an hour and 360 degrees
in a circle. The Babylonian
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astronomers were also the world
leaders in the study of the
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heavenly bodies, the planets and
stars. They carefully recorded
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eclipses and knew how to
interpret and predict them.
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And in the area of commerce and
economics they introduced bills,
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promissory notes, receipts,
letters of credit, compound
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interest and even a system of
checks. But Babylon was also a
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leader in some other kinds
of knowledge and practices, the
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dark arts, the occult magic,
pagan mythology, astrology,
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divination and
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sorcery had permeated their
society. The king even had an
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elite group of wise men with its
magicians and astrologers who
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advised him. Nebuchadnezzar had
desperately sought advice from
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this group of wise men and
seers. When he'd been able to
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remember his dream about a
giant metal statue made of gold,
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silver, brass and iron. When the
wise men couldn't tell the king
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his dream much less interpret
it, he angrily ordered them all
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to be executed. This execution
order included the young Jewish
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noblemen Daniel and his friends.
Daniel requests an audience with
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the king and tells him there is
a God in heaven who can show him
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and interpret the dream. Then
under God's guidance he tells
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tells king his dream and
provides the interpretation
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that outlines the
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future of the world right
through to the climax of history
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and the introduction of God's
kingdom that will last forever.
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Now about 35 years later
King Nebuchadnezzar has another
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dream. This time it's about a
tree and he wants to know what
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it means. So again, he calls in
his wise men, the wizards, the
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astrologers and magicians
and asks them to interpret his
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dream. Well the same situation
happens again. The wise men
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can't explain the dream to the
king. They fail again and then
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Nebuchadnezzar remembers
the honest and reliable Hebrew
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Daniel. So he summons Daniel
and this is what Daniel says:
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It's unbelievable but that's
exactly what happened. This
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powerful monarch of the world's
leading empire goes mad just as
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the dream had predicted.
For seven years the king lived a
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pathetic, deranged life eating
grass in a field like an animal
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until he finally responded
to the message from God.
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Nebuchadnezzar recognizes,
exalts and praises God and
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resumes his monarchy until his
death in 562 B.C. at the grand
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old age of 104. After
Nebuchadnezzar's death
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his son Amel-Marduke but
ironically known by the name
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Evil Marodak ruled the kingdom
for two terrible years until he
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is assassinated by his own
brother-in-law. Then he dies
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after just four years on the
throne leaving a young son. Some
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of the court conspirators got
together and killed the young
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boy king and installed their own
choice on the throne. His name
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was Nabonidus, a royal prince.
But sadly Nabonidus is a very
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ineffectual ruler. In a short
time, only 23 years since the
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great king Nebuchadnezzar has
died, the golden era for Babylon
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has faded. And then after about
six years as king Nabonidus
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decides to transfer his
headquarters out of the city of
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Babylon to the distant oasis
Tema in Arabia. Nabonidus then
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installs his son Belshazzar
on the throne in Babylon as a
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coregent or second king. History
reveals that he did not worship
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Babylonian patron God Marduk
but was an avid worshiper of the
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moon god. Now, this is
unbelievable. The name of the
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deity the moon God was Sin. Now
Nabonidus, even though he was
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the first king was living 1000
kilometers away from Babylon
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and for the last 10 years
had not even returned once to
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celebrate the popular New Years
festival. In addition, Nabonidus
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became very unpopular when
he forced some of the high class
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citizens of Babylon to work in
labor gangs for the state. Many
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of the Babylonians became
extremely dissatisfied and even
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joined the enemy, the
growing Medo-Persian army in her
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rebellion against Babylon.
This caused Nabonidus to lose
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military battles against the
Persian general Cyrus at Opis
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about 182 meters away from
Babylon and then at Sippar 80
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kilometers north of the
city. Historic accounts are very
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detailed about these battles
and he recorded that the last
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battle happened on the 10th of
October 539 B.C. Just two days
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later on the 12th of October
539 B.C. the Persian troops
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are camped outside the city
walls and besiege Babylon itself
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Now Belshazzar, son of Nabonidus
and the second king of Babylon,
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decided that this was a perfect
time to host a huge party.
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The Bible says 1000 people are
invited to imbibe and celebrate
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with him. Let's read what the
Bible says in Daniel chapter 5
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and verse 1.
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Amazingly the Babylonians
did not fear the enemy troops
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outside their walls. They
knew that their city was well
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fortified. There were those two
sets of double walls and there
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were enough provisions to last
for months. Even water was in
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good supply. The great Euphrates
River flowed through heavily
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guarded gates right into
the city. But on this night the
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gates weren't guarded. Let's
read the record of this night.
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It's found in Daniel
chapter 5 verses 2 and 3:
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The Bible account opens on
Belshazzar who remembers his
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heritage. The English Bible
calls Belshazzar the son of
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Nebuchadnezzar but as we have
described in this messy royal
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line, Belshazzar was not his
son but rather a successor, a
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grandson which is how the
original Aramaic words can be
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translated. It is, in fact,
pointed out seven times in the
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chapter. In defiance, Belshazzar
ordered his servants to bring to
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him the sacred vessels that
Nebuchadnezzar had taken from
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the temple in Jerusalem. He
wants to commemorate the victory
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of Babylon over Jerusalem, the
triumph of the god of Babylon
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over the God of Israel. Let's
read what's recorded in Daniel
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chapter 5 and verse 4:
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Notice that these are the same
metals as those on the great
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statue in Nebuchadnezzar's
dream and they are listed in the
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same order. Through this
gesture this intoxicated monarch
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deliberately and
publically showing contempt and
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scorn for the
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predictions that Babylon would
come to an end one day. Suddenly
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the party crowd goes silent.
They are stunned as they watch a
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hand appear. It comes out
of nowhere and it is writing in
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fiery letters on the wall.
The people watch in awe as the
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the handwriting slowly
makes words, but nobody can read
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the message and so nobody
knows what it means. However,
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even in their drunken state they
know that these words of fire
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mean trouble. A feeling of fear
and trepidation sweeps over the
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party crowd. Terrified the
defiant king goes pale and his
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his knees knock together.
Immediately Belshazzar cries out
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for the Babylonian wise men,
astrologers and magicians of
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the kingdom and in
his desperation makes this
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extravagant promise:
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Remember Belshazzar is only
the second ruler of the kingdom
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after his father. So in
desperation he offers the
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highest position he can, third
ruler, to anyone who can read
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and interpret the handwriting.
But no one can. Now Belshazzar
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is greatly troubled as he
stares at the fiery words. His
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suppressed memories haunt and
disturb him. And then the Queen
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Mother enters the banquet.
She encourages Belshazzar to
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remember that his father,
grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar
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believed in God and to
consult the old prophet Daniel:
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Daniel, an old man now, is still
standing for his faith in God.
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He enters the courtyard and
walks up to the king. Belshazzar
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is shaking and begs Daniel to
read the fiery words. He offers
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the aged prophet the riches and
gifts that the third person in
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the kingdom would be entitled
to. What was Daniel's response
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to the king? Well Daniel's usual
tact and respect is replaced by
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his stern answer:
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And then Daniel, in front of
those thousand people, told the
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king how his predecessor,
Nebuchadnezzar, had to learn the
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hard way that the God of
heaven ruled over everything and
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everyone including kings.
He reminded Belshazzar that
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Nebuchadnezzar had gone mad for
seven years before he learned
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that lesson:
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And then Daniel reads and
interprets the handwriting
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on the wall:
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That very night the 12th
of October 539 B.C. while
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Belshazzar and his friends
partied, the enemy attacked. The
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ancient historian Herodotus
and Xenophon record this: The
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river was low after the
hot summer and the invaders
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cleverly lowered it further
by diverting some of the water.
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The Persian soldiers waded into
the now knee-deep stream. When
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they came to the mighty river
gates they found them unguarded
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and open just as the prophecy
in Isaiah predicted 200 years
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before. Cyrus took the city
of Babylon with scarcely a fight
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and that very night King
Belshazzar lost his life and his
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kingdom. No wonder when
Daniel first stepped before he
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drunken king, he didn't bother
with the usual niceties and
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greeting for the king, O King
live forever. As Daniel read the
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writing on the wall he knew that
the king as doomed, that the
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king was going to die in just
a short time, and that's exactly
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what happened.
Here's the Bible account:
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The kingdom of Babylon
came to an end that very night.
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Belshazzar was the last of the
Babylonian monarchs. A new king,
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Darius the Mede ascends the
throne. Darius the Mede ruled
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the city for just over a year
until his death and then Cyrus
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the Great became the king of
the Medes and Persians just as
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Bible prophecy had predicted.
The head of gold truly had been
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toppled. Just as had
been predicted in King
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Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the
great metal image so many years
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before. When Daniel had
told Nebuchadnezzar that God was
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giving him a glimpse into the
future. In fact, God was showing
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him the broad sweep of history
right down to the climax of
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earth's history. The
image represented the future
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succession of empires from
Babylon to Medo-Persia to Greece
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to Rome and then to the time
of modern Europe. That stone
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represented the kingdom of God
which will never be destroyed.
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This is one of the most
remarkable prophecies in the
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Bible. It tells us thousands
of years of world history and it
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pictures the succession of world
empires with amazing accuracy.
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Amazingly even though Daniel
the prophet was an old man he
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became a trusted advisor to
first Darius and then Cyrus the
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Medo-Persian king. And he did
it by proclaiming his faith, by
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standing true to his values. He
did it by showing people around
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him that God has answers.
There's a lesson here for us in
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the writing on the wall. In
a sense the handwriting on the
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wall is still there even though
those flaming letters have faded
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And today they're still saying
turn to God. Turn to God while
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there is still time. There is no
better time to make this choice.
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There is no point in waiting
until tomorrow. The day for
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choosing God is right now.
The writing on the wall is a
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reminder that we need to live
our lives with the knowledge
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that God is watching what we do.
Now for some that will produce
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sudden fear. For others it will
provide comfort. For most it may
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not change anything. The
question is if God was to write
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something on your wall what
would it be. Would it be well
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done you good and faithful
servant? Would it be depart from
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me. I never knew you. Maybe it
would be I've given you so much
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I wish you would spend more time
with me and do more for me. One
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day the writing will be on the
wall and we will give an account
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of the decisions we made and the
life we lived. Sometimes we can
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feel overwhelmed when struggling
with the challenges of life in a
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hostile and secular world.
But God has the answers to the
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deepest problems of the human
heart. Why not choose to believe
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pray to the God of Daniel who
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controls the future and
who has a plan for our lives.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank
you for giving us the example of
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Daniel and how he kept his faith
in the courts of Babylon. When
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we feel pressured or challenged
to keep our faith strong, help
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us to keep our eyes on
you. We want to find meaning and
00:28:03.98\00:28:08.42
stability in our lives. We know
you are the answer to life's
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problems and we want to
learn to trust you completely.
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In Jesus' name we pray, Amen
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