DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindicate his name against those who defile it, no matter how powerful they are. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docu... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:5 The FINGERS of a mysterious HAND wrote ON THE PLASTER of the PALACE wall OPPOSITE THE LAMPSTAND, where its message could be clearly seen. The king’s response was terror: literally, the “joints of his loins were loosened.” None of the Babylonian magicians were able to interp... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:10 THE QUEEN most likely refers to the queen mother. She reminded Belshazzar of Daniel, whose ability to solve problems had been repeatedly demonstrated during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar had appointed him chief of his wise men, because THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLY... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the end of the Babylonian Empire. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:18 Daniel contrasted Belshazzar with Nebuchadnezzar, to whom THE MOST HIGH GOD GAVE... KINGSHIP AND GREATNESS AND GLORY AND MAJESTY. Nebuchadnezzar was given godlike powers to kill and keep alive, to raise up and to humble. Yet when he became proud, God humbled him until he c... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:23 Belshazzar knew of Nebuchadnezzar’s humbling, yet he LIFTED himself UP... AGAINST THE LORD OF HEAVEN by using the sacred vessels from the Jerusalem temple for an idolatrous feast. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, im... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:25 Daniel interpreted the WRITING... MENE, MENE, TEKEL, AND PARSIN. The words are clearly Aramaic. They describe a sequence of weights, decreasing from a mina to a shekel to a half-shekel. Read as verbs, the sequence becomes: “Numbered, numbered, weighed, and divided.” The Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:28 As a result of God’s judgment, Belshazzar’s KINGDOM will be DIVIDED AND GIVEN TO THE MEDES AND the PERSIANS. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:30 BELSHAZZAR gave Daniel the promised reward, but it was an empty gift. THAT VERY NIGHT Belshazzar’s rule ended, when the Medes and the Persians entered Babylon. Belshazzar WAS KILLED and replaced as king by DARIUS THE MEDE. The identity of Darius the Mede and the exact natu... [ Continue Reading ]