THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL (3 OF 8)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Daniel 4:37
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The Handwriting on the Wall (3 of 8)
Series: Unshakable Hope
Scott Maze
Daniel 4:37
I bet you noticed it like I have. People have changed from just two years ago when the fear of a virus swept our world. People are not the same. Half of us are angry, and we are irritated. People are quick to say things, and they are quick to split partnerships and even friendships. People are not the same. People are so quick to pick a fight. The other half of us shrug our shoulders like we just don’t care. The first half of us are preoccupied with worry, while the second half of us are engrossed in apathy.
We need an Unshakeable Hope! We need an Unshakeable Hope for our day when everyone is wringing their hands in worry. We need an Unshakeable Hope for our day when everyone is shrugging their shoulders in apathy. We continue our series, Unshakeable Hope, by examing the book of Daniel.
Find Daniel 5 with me if you will (page 881 in your pew Bibles). Now, Daniel 4 closes with these prophetic words: ‘‘Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right, and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble’’ (Daniel 4:37). As Daniel 4 closes out with a lesson on pride, we turn to Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson, a young monarch named King Belshazzar.
Nebuchadnezzar is one of three monarchs the book of Daniel shows us. We see how each one of the three responds to Almighty God. Now, there’s a long step in time to take from Daniel 4 to Daniel 5. Without any warning, the story leaps forward to October 12, 539 BC, and the biggest event in town is a huge banquet thrown by King Belshazzar. The Handwriting on the Wall is one of the most well-known stories in the book of Daniel.
Today’s Scripture
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
2 Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar hi ...
Series: Unshakable Hope
Scott Maze
Daniel 4:37
I bet you noticed it like I have. People have changed from just two years ago when the fear of a virus swept our world. People are not the same. Half of us are angry, and we are irritated. People are quick to say things, and they are quick to split partnerships and even friendships. People are not the same. People are so quick to pick a fight. The other half of us shrug our shoulders like we just don’t care. The first half of us are preoccupied with worry, while the second half of us are engrossed in apathy.
We need an Unshakeable Hope! We need an Unshakeable Hope for our day when everyone is wringing their hands in worry. We need an Unshakeable Hope for our day when everyone is shrugging their shoulders in apathy. We continue our series, Unshakeable Hope, by examing the book of Daniel.
Find Daniel 5 with me if you will (page 881 in your pew Bibles). Now, Daniel 4 closes with these prophetic words: ‘‘Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right, and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble’’ (Daniel 4:37). As Daniel 4 closes out with a lesson on pride, we turn to Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson, a young monarch named King Belshazzar.
Nebuchadnezzar is one of three monarchs the book of Daniel shows us. We see how each one of the three responds to Almighty God. Now, there’s a long step in time to take from Daniel 4 to Daniel 5. Without any warning, the story leaps forward to October 12, 539 BC, and the biggest event in town is a huge banquet thrown by King Belshazzar. The Handwriting on the Wall is one of the most well-known stories in the book of Daniel.
Today’s Scripture
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
2 Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar hi ...
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