Six Indictments Against Belshazzar

Six Indictments Against Belshazzar

T e x t : In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain (Dan. 5:30).

(Dr. L. A. Reed had an outline similar to this years ago. I believe most of these points are his, but I have worked it through this way.)

I. He Sinned Against Light. He knew what the Hebrew’s God had done to his Father, Nebuchadnezzar.

II. He Was Guilty of Idolatry. V. 4: “And praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.”

III. He Was Guilty of Pride. Displayed his power to his underlings.

IV. Glorified the God of Forces. He felt that “might was right.”

V. He Was Sacrilegious (Webster: “Violating the use of sacred things. Appropriating to self and secular use things consecrated to God and religion.” )

VI. He Was Guilty of Presumption. “ I am doing well without God.” “Look what success I have,” etc.

Then came the handwriting on the wall. “That night . . .”

Oke, Norman R. (Editor), "Preacher's Magazine Volume 38 Number 09" (1963). Preacher's Magazine. 382. https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cotn_pm/382 p. 42