SERMON NUMBER FIVE BELSHAZZAR, THE PLAYBOY OF BABYLON Text: Daniel 5 INTRODUCTION I. BELSHAZZAR REALLY LIVED? A. For many years unbelieving critics of the Bible insisted that since there were no historical records (discounting the Bible as historically accurate, of course) that such a person... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER FIVE I. DEGENERATE DESPOT'S DEMISEDaniel 5:1-31 a. TERROR TEXT: Daniel 5:1-7 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchad... [ Continue Reading ]
b. TURMOIL TEXT: Daniel 5:8-16 8 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. 10 Now the queen by rea... [ Continue Reading ]
c. TRANSGRESSION TEXT: Daniel 5:17-23 17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezz... [ Continue Reading ]
d. TRAGEDY TEXT: Daniel 5:24-31 24 then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed, 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to... [ Continue Reading ]