THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL (5 OF 11)
by Zach Terry
The Handwriting on the Wall (5 of 11)
Series: Daniel
Zach Terry
Daniel 5
CONTEXT: Remember we began this book in Chapter 1 as Jerusalem was under siege by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Empire. They not only destroyed the city, they burnt down the Temple of Jehovah and stole the golden tools that were used in worship.
The policy and practice of Babylon was to take the best and the brightest captive and place then in the service of the King. Among those captives was Daniel the namesake of this book. He was around the age of 17 when he was uprooted from Israel and transported (today it would be called human trafficking) to the capital city of the Babylonian Empire.
It was soon discovered that Daniel knew the Most High God and this God made known to Daniel mysteries and give him insights into the future. Nebuchadnezzar the Great assigned him a place among the Magicians of the Royal Court. It is very important that you remember that these magicians are the ancestors of those Magi who would come from the East to visit the child Jesus in the Gospel account.
We saw Daniel as a middle aged man in chapter 3. Now in chapter 5 we see him as a Senior Adult living out his retirement years.
Much had happened in Babylon since Daniel first arrived. Nebuchadnezzar had died and his Son Nabonidus had ruled as King. But Nabonidus was a very religious fellow and he spent most of his reign in Arabia on an extended religious pilgrimage.
He left his son Belshazzar to rule as Co-Regent in his stead. Incidentally, that was something we did not know until relatively recently. When I was in college Daniel 5 was used by liberal scholar as evidence that the Bible could not be trusted.
You see the historic record indicated that Nabonidus was King at the time of the Persian invasion. In recent years 37 different archival text have been discovered by Archeologist that explain the discrepancy - that Nabonidus left his son to rule as co-regent. Later we will see th ...
Series: Daniel
Zach Terry
Daniel 5
CONTEXT: Remember we began this book in Chapter 1 as Jerusalem was under siege by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Empire. They not only destroyed the city, they burnt down the Temple of Jehovah and stole the golden tools that were used in worship.
The policy and practice of Babylon was to take the best and the brightest captive and place then in the service of the King. Among those captives was Daniel the namesake of this book. He was around the age of 17 when he was uprooted from Israel and transported (today it would be called human trafficking) to the capital city of the Babylonian Empire.
It was soon discovered that Daniel knew the Most High God and this God made known to Daniel mysteries and give him insights into the future. Nebuchadnezzar the Great assigned him a place among the Magicians of the Royal Court. It is very important that you remember that these magicians are the ancestors of those Magi who would come from the East to visit the child Jesus in the Gospel account.
We saw Daniel as a middle aged man in chapter 3. Now in chapter 5 we see him as a Senior Adult living out his retirement years.
Much had happened in Babylon since Daniel first arrived. Nebuchadnezzar had died and his Son Nabonidus had ruled as King. But Nabonidus was a very religious fellow and he spent most of his reign in Arabia on an extended religious pilgrimage.
He left his son Belshazzar to rule as Co-Regent in his stead. Incidentally, that was something we did not know until relatively recently. When I was in college Daniel 5 was used by liberal scholar as evidence that the Bible could not be trusted.
You see the historic record indicated that Nabonidus was King at the time of the Persian invasion. In recent years 37 different archival text have been discovered by Archeologist that explain the discrepancy - that Nabonidus left his son to rule as co-regent. Later we will see th ...
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