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God’s Handwriting: (B) Tekel "Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting" (Dan_5:27). Weighed and wanting! This was God’s second word. Belshazzar was not used to being halted and reproved. He was king and he was supreme in Babylon. But, there is One far higher than Belshazzar. When God speaks let the … Continue reading “0283. God's Handwriting: (B) Tekel”

Daniel’s Endictment: (C) Thou Hast Lifted Up Thyself "Thou his son, O Belshazzar, * * hast lifted up thyself against the God of Heaven" (Dan_5:22-23). Belshazzar had lifted himself against the God of Heaven in two respects. 1. He had brought the vessels of the Lord’s House into his banqueting hall, and had drunken out … Continue reading “0280. Daniel's Endictment: (C) Thou Hast Lifted Up Thyself”

Daniel’s Endictment: (D) Thou Hast Not Glorified God "And the God in Whose hand thy breath is, and Whose are all thy ways, thou hast not glorified" (Dan_5:23). It is passing strange that man is willing to receive lavish blessings from the hand of God, but unwilling to glorify that God. The great sin that … Continue reading “0281. Daniel's Endictment: (D) Thou Hast Not Glorified God”

Daniel’s Endictment: (A) Thou Knewest All This "And thou his son, O Belshazzar, * * knewest all this" (Dan_5:22). Daniel is standing before King Belshazzar. He is relating the certain conditions that led to Belshazzar’s sentence and overthrow. He is bringing against Belshazzar an endictment that presents positive proof of God’s justice in "the handwriting … Continue reading “0278. Daniel's Endictment: (A) Thou Knewest All This”

Daniel’s Endictment: (B) Thou Hast Not Humbled Thyself "And thou his son; O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart" (Dan_5:22). If ever there had been a time for weeping and for wailing that time had come to Belshazzar. If ever there had been an hour for contrition and confession that hour had come to Belshazzar. … Continue reading “0279. Daniel's Endictment: (B) Thou Hast Not Humbled Thyself”

Belshazzar in Death: (D) His Death Was Under Condemnation "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting" (Dan_5:27). Belshazzar died undeceived. He knew where he was going. He knew that he was lost. He was found wanting. If the sinner will only stop and consider he will find himself under the curse. Above … Continue reading “0276. Belshazzar in Death: (D) His Death Was Under Condemnation”

Belshazzar’s Judgment It seems to us, that there is to be found nowhere, such a ringing indictment against the sinner as there is given us in this study. The endictment divides itself into four distinct statements, each of which is noticed, in turn. The words which cover Belshazzar’s case, cover equally well the case of … Continue reading “0277. Belshazzar's Judgment”

Belshazzar in Death: (C) His Death Was in Fear "Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another" (Dan_5:6). The vision of the hand, writing upon the wall, somehow or other terrified the king. It was a … Continue reading “0275. Belshazzar in Death: (C) His Death Was in Fear”

Belshazzar in Death: (A) His Death Was Not Without Warning "In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote" (Dan_5:5). God stopped Belshazzar in his madness, … Continue reading “0273. Belshazzar in Death: (A) His Death Was Not Without Warning”

Belshazzar in Death: (B) His Death Was Sudden "In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain" (Dan_5:30). God is longsuffering to usward; He is not willing that any should perish. When, however, the harvest of sin is ripe, and when due warnings have been rejected; then God’s judgments often fall, with swift … Continue reading “0274. Belshazzar in Death: (B) His Death Was Sudden”