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! Introduction:
Sixty years have elapsed since Daniel 1 & 20 years since Daniel 5. 
Now in the fifth chapter of the book of Daniel, we come to the end of the Babylonian kingdom.
In the great image that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream, the head of gold was to be replaced by the chest and arms of silver, and that transition takes place here in chapter 5, the transition from the Babylonian Empire to the Medo-Persian Empire.
In chapter 6, we come to the final historic account of the book of Daniel.
It happens during the Persian Empire under Darius the king, who lived for just a couple of years after the Medo-Persians conquered the Babylonian Empire.
So, at chapter 6 you actually come to the end of the historic portion of Daniel as far as dealing with the history as such.
When you get into chapter 7 and 8, and the rest of the chapters, these are visions and prophecies that Daniel received, some of them during the reign of Belshazzar.
In fact in the eighth chapter, we find that in the third year of Belshazzar’s reign he was at the palace in USA, or as he says, Shushan, and it is probably one of the reasons why Belshazzar didn’t really know Daniel.
When Daniel came into the feast here, he says, “Are you that Daniel?”
He knew of him, but he did not know him because Daniel was probably now serving the Babylonian government in the area of Susa rather than in the city of Babylon.
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Belshazzar’s Feast In Honor of Great Babylon. 1
A.       The Writing on the Wall. 2
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The defiling of the vessels (v.1-4) 2
a)    The place of the defiling: “in the king’s palace” (v.1). 2
b)    The people of the defiling: Belshazzar, Lords, wives, concubines (v.1b-2) 2
c)    The reason of the defiling (v.2a) 2
d)    The people of the defiling: Lords, wives, concubines (v.2) 2
e)    The problem with drugs and alcohol (Eph.5:18).
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f)     They praised their gods (v.4) 3
g)    They were caught off guard. 4
2.    The writing (judgment) on the wall (v.5-9).
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a)    This judgment was /public/.
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b)    The judgment was /silent./ 4
c)    The judgment was /decisive./
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The interpretation of the writing (v.10-29).
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a)    The Queen comes in (v.10-12).
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b)    Daniel is brought in (v.13-25).
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c)    Our life is dependant upon God (v.23).
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d)    Our destiny is shaped by God (v.23).
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4.    Belshazzar’s life is up (v.26-29).
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a)    The Summons: /MEME Literally “numbered”./ 5
b)    The Trial: TEKEL /Literally “weighed”/ (v.27)/./
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c)    The Sentence: PERES /Literally “divided”/ (v.28)/./
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5.    The king is killed (v.30-31).
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a)    God’s Word comes to pass.
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b)    Luke 21:29-36.
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The finger of God. 6
a)    Exodus writing the Ten Commandments.
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b)    Daniel 5. 6
c)    John 8:1-11.
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!! A.           The Writing on the Wall.
!!! 1.
The defiling of the vessels (v.1-4)
!!!! a)            The place of the defiling: “in the king’s palace” (v.1).
!!!!! (1)           Even though the guards may keep off human intruders, they could not shut out the divine messenger.
!!!!! (2)           Nebuchadnezzar in (Daniel 4:23-31).
!!!!! (3)           The parable of the rich man that Jesus told in (Luke 12:16-34).
*Peter wrote *"For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?" (1 Peter 4:17, NKJV)
!!!!!! (a)           Not condemnation, but the purging, chastening and purifying of the church.
But as sever as God’s discipline can be, it is always aimed at producing a greater righteousness and godly integrity and character in His children (Heb.12:5-11).
!!!!!! (b)           Now, if God strongly and painfully judges His church which He loves, what will be His fury on the ungodly?
!!!! b)            The people of the defiling: Belshazzar, Lords, wives, concubines (v.1b-2)
!!!!! (1)           Belshazzar himself led others to defile themselves, he /drank wine in the presence of the thousand /(his lords v.1)
!!!!! (2)           He was probably on a platform so all could see him, leading them to drink alcohol and to praise their gods.
*We must never cause anybody to stumble.
Jesus said *"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Woe to the world because of offenses!
For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!" (Matthew 18:6-7, NKJV)
*Christians are to live lives of true integrity that do not cause others to sin, we art to be* "sincere and without offense till the day of Christ," (Philippians 1:10, NKJV)
 
!!!! c)            The reason of the defiling (v.2a)
!!!!! (1)           Nabonidus had already been captured
!!!!! (2)           The whole surrounding territory had already been captured.
!!!!! (3)           Babylon had not yet been captured.
So they decided to throw a party.
Having a party is not wrong, but is God going to be glorified?
Can God be invited to your party?
!!!!! (4)           Babylon had food, wine & everything else they needed for 20 years without ever opening their gates.
They laid up for themselves just as the man in Luke 12.
!!!!! /(5)           //“While he tasted wine”/ implies that Belshazzar in his right mind probably would not have committed this sacrilegious act.
!!!! d)            The people of the defiling: Lords, wives, concubines (v.2)
!!!!! (1)           This was very unusual in Babylonian Culture.
!!!!! (2)           Women were never allowed at these kinds of parties unless there was a great deal of immorality.
By using alcohol they fell into greater sin immorality and blasphemy.
!!!!! (3)           NOTE: always the result of using drugs or alcohol is immorality or blasphemy.
Doing and saying things they normally wouldn’t.
!!!! e)            The problem with drugs and alcohol (Eph.5:18).
!!!!! (1)           Drinking and drugs only bring a artificial & temporary happiness that often lead to worse problems than the ones that prompted the drinking in the firs place.
!!!!! (2)           Shortly after the Flood, Noah became drunk and acted shamelessly.
Lot’s daughters caused him to become drunk and to commit incest with them, as a foolish and perverted means of having children.
!!!!! (3)           Ben–hadad and his allied kings became drunk and were all slaughtered except Ben–hadad, who was spared only by the disobedience of Israel’s King Ahab (1 Kings 20:16–34).
!!!!! (4)           Belshazzar held a drunken feast in which he and his guests praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
And during the very midst of the drunken brawl the kingdom was taken from Belshazzar (Dan.
5).
!!!!! (5)           Some of the Corinthian Christians became drunk while at the Lord’s table, and God caused some of them to become weak and sick and others to die because of their wicked desecration (1 Cor.
11:27–30).
*The book of Proverbs has many warnings about drinking.
Speaking as a father, the writer said,* “Listen, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, or with gluttonous eaters of meat; for the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags” (Prov.
23:19–21).
*A few verses later he asked,* “Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Those who linger long over wine, those who go to taste mixed wine.
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly” (vv.29–31).
*Wine is enticing to look at, with its bright color, sparkling bubbles, and smooth taste—just as modern commercials vividly portray it.
What the commercials are careful not to say is that *“at last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perverse things” (vv.32–33).
*We also read in Proverbs that *“wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise” (20:1).
*Isaiah warned, *“Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink; who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!” (Isa.
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