927. The Writing on the Wall — Daniel 5:1-12

927.

The Writing on the Wall  

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Today's Passage: Daniel 5:1-12 
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I welcome you into this place.
Please prepare my heart Jehovah.
Thank you for insight.

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History - So, now I know where it is.​

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1. Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
2. While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
3. So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
4. While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron wood, and stone.

5. Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king's palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote, 
6. and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.

7. The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever an read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in purple robes of royal honor and will have a gold chain placed around his neck. He will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom!"

8. But when all the king's wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant. 
9. So the king grew even more alarmed, and his face turned pale. His nobles, too, were shaken.

10. But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, "Long live the king! Don't be so pale and frightened.
11. There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar's reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your predecessor, the king — your predecessor King Nebuchadnezzar — made him chief over all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Babylon.
12. This man Daniel, whom the king named Belshazzar, has exceptional ability and is filled with divine knowledge and understanding. He can interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means."
Daniel 5:1-12 NLT

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