The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Daniel - Chapter 5
Daniel chapter 5 covers the story that King Belshazzar was king of Babylon, and he was having a party even though the Persians & Medes were coming his way. He celebrated by taking the golden goblets that King Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, and not only were they drinking from them, but they all praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Suddenly the fingers of a human hand wrote on the wall. It was even by the lampstand so the king could see. (There is no mention of a writing tool.) The king called his wise men, but they did not understand the writing on the wall. The queen, which was probably the queen mother, since the kings wives were drinking with him, came to him, and told about how Daniel had helped Nebuchadnezzar with riddles, dreams, and visions, so king Belshazzar called in Daniel, "one of the exiles my father the king brough from Judah." Before Daniel explained the writing, he told a story of king Nebuchadnezzar, and how it was the Most High God that raised up Nebuchadnezzar, but once he became arrogant and he thought it was all about him, the Lord humbled him, and drove him from his kingdom. He became subhuman and was like a wild animal grazing on the land. Only when he looked up to heaven and acknowledge the Most High God, did he regain his sanity and his kingdom. Then Daniel reminded Belshazzar that he knew all that, but he set himself against the Lord of heaven. Then he explained the writing on the wall. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Peres. Number, Number, Weighed, Divided. God had numbered the kings days, and they were coming to an end. He was weighed and found wanting, and his kingdom would be divided and given to the Medes and Persians. That very night, Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians was killed, and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom.
Daniel chapter 5 covers the story that King Belshazzar was king of Babylon, and he was having a party even though the Persians & Medes were coming his way. He celebrated by taking the golden goblets that King Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, and not only were they drinking from them, but they all praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Suddenly the fingers of a human hand wrote on the wall. It was even by the lampstand so the king could see. (There is no mention of a writing tool.) The king called his wise men, but they did not understand the writing on the wall. The queen, which was probably the queen mother, since the kings wives were drinking with him, came to him, and told about how Daniel had helped Nebuchadnezzar with riddles, dreams, and visions, so king Belshazzar called in Daniel, "one of the exiles my father the king brough from Judah." Before Daniel explained the writing, he told a story of king Nebuchadnezzar, and how it was the Most High God that raised up Nebuchadnezzar, but once he became arrogant and he thought it was all about him, the Lord humbled him, and drove him from his kingdom. He became subhuman and was like a wild animal grazing on the land. Only when he looked up to heaven and acknowledge the Most High God, did he regain his sanity and his kingdom. Then Daniel reminded Belshazzar that he knew all that, but he set himself against the Lord of heaven. Then he explained the writing on the wall. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Peres. Number, Number, Weighed, Divided. God had numbered the kings days, and they were coming to an end. He was weighed and found wanting, and his kingdom would be divided and given to the Medes and Persians. That very night, Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians was killed, and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom.