In chapter 5 of Daniel the solemn story of Belshazzar is recorded as a warning to all who do not think about God. This wicked king and his friends were having a feast at which they used the dishes and cups that had been in God’s temple in Jerusalem. While they were enjoying this idolatrous feast, they worshipped their wicked idols and false gods.
During this time a very remarkable thing happened. A man’s hand appeared and wrote words on the wall of the room in which Belshazzar was holding his feast. The king was terrified by this miraculous event. He could not understand what the words which had been written meant, so he called for all of the wise men in his kingdom. King Belshazzar promised great riches to anyone who could interpret the words which had been written on the wall. But none of the astrologers and wise men were able to tell him what they meant.
Finally the queen (who was Belshazzar’s mother) told him about Daniel, who had interpreted the dreams of his father Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel was called into Belshazzar’s presence and was promised great honor and riches if he could interpret the writing. Daniel told Belshazzar to keep his riches, yet he told him that the words meant that God was going to judge Belshazzar for his wicked ways that very night. All this came to pass when Darius the Mede overthrew Belshazzar’s kingdom and slew him.
Let’s stop for a while and rest in our journey while you find these verses:
1. The Apostle Paul was so concerned for the spiritual welfare of the believers at Ephesus that for three years he wept day and night as he ____________ them about how they were to act as believers. Acts 20:___
Therefore
2. The ruler of the wedding ____________ , to which Jesus was called, did not realize that Jesus had turned water into the excellent wine he was drinking.
John 2:___
When
3. Though the snake which bit the Apostle Paul’s ____________ was poisonous, its venom did not harm him. Acts 28:___
And
4. In His parable of the sower and the seed, the Lord Jesus said that one of the things which choked the seed so that it could not grow was ____________ .
Luke 8:___
And
5. The Lord Jesus has promised that those who follow Him in this world will receive ____________ from God, His Father. John 12:___
If