THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE – THE HANDWRITING IS ON THE WALL

DANIEL 5

DANIEL 2, THE SUCCESSION OF THE GENTILE KINGS ENDING WITH THE COMING KING OF    KINGS

DANIEL 3, CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENTILE NATIONS

DANIEL 4, HUMILIATION OF THE GENTILE NATIONS

DANIEL 5, TERMINATION OF THE GENTILE NATIONS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BABYLONIAN KINGS: 

   NEBUCHADNEZZAR DIED IN 562 B.C.  

   EVIL-MERODACH, REIGNED APPROXIMATELY 2 YRS 

   NERIGLISSAR, REIGNED FOR 4 YRS 

   LABASHI-MARDUK REIGNED 2 MONTHS 

   NABONIDUS, HE WAS THE FINAL RULER OF BABYLON

WHO WAS BELSHAZZAR? THE KING, CO-REGENT WITH HIS FATHER, NABONIDUS …

BELSHAZZAR THROWS A ROYAL BALL, 1-4 

   DRUNK – WINE, WOMEN AND SONG 

   DEFIANT – VESSELS 

PROVERBS 6:12-15; ISA. 47:10-11 

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL, 5-9 

   GOD CRASHES THE PARTY, 5 T

   HE KING COLLAPSES, 6 

   THE CHALDEANS CRUMBLE, 7-9

THE QUEEN ENTERS THE HALL,  

   ACT LIKE A MAN, 10 

   “THERE IS A MAN …”, 11-12

DANIEL GETS THE CALL, 13-29 

   HIS ARRIVAL, 13-16 

   HIS ATTITUDE, 17-23 

   HIS ANNOUNCEMENT, 24-28 

MENE – GOD HAS NUMBERED THE DAYS OF BELSHAZZAR’S REIGN AND BROUGHT THEM TO AN END. 

TEKEL – A WEIGHT OR A UNIT OF MONEY, A SKEKEL

UPHARSIN – DOUBLE MEANING, IT CAN MEAN DIVIDED, AND IT CAN MEAN PERSIA … HERE IT MEANS BOTHTHE MEDES TOOK IT ALL, 30-31

GOOD-BYE Y'ALL … 

   GOD IS LARGE AND IN CHARGE 

   GOD’S WRATH IS AS REAL AS HIS MERCY

FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM“THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY ONE IS INSIGHT.”PROVERBS 9:10 (ESV)