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The Handwriting of God Daniel 5

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• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:1-4 (HCSB) –

1 King Belshazzar held a great feast

for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:1-4 (HCSB) –

2Under the influence of the wine,

Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem,

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:1-4 (HCSB) – so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:1-4 (HCSB) –

3So they brought in the gold

vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines drank from them.

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:1-4 (HCSB) –

4They drank the wine and praised

their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:5-6 (HCSB) –

5At that moment the fingers of a

man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the king’s palace wall next to the lampstand.

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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Daniel 5:5-6 (HCSB) – As the king watched the hand that was writing, 6his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

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• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

Daniel 5:7-9 (HCSB) –

7The king called out to bring in the

mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers.

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• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

Daniel 5:7-9 (HCSB) – He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around his neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”

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• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

Daniel 5:7-9 (HCSB) –

8So all the king’s wise men came

in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.

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• 1. God warns us not to trust the

security of earthly kingdoms

9Then King Belshazzar became

even more terrified, his face turned pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

13Then Daniel was brought before

the king. The king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the Judean exiles that my predecessor the king brought from Judah?

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

14I’ve heard that you have the

spirit of the gods in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

15Now the wise men and mediums

were brought before me to read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not give its interpretation.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

16However, I have heard about you

that you can give interpretations and solve problems.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) – Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around your neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

17Then Daniel answered the king,

“You may keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription for the king and make the interpretation known to him.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

18Your Majesty, the Most High God

gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor

• Nebuchadnezzar. 19Because of the

greatness He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified and fearful of him.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) – He killed anyone he wanted and kept alive anyone he wanted; he exalted anyone he wanted and humbled anyone he wanted.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

20But when his heart was exalted

and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

21He was driven away from

people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) – until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over the kingdom of men and sets anyone He wants over it.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) –

22“But you his successor,

Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all

• this. 23Instead, you have exalted

yourself against the Lord of heaven.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) – The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them,

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) – you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand.

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• 2. God warns us not to exalt
• urselves against Him

Daniel 5:13:24 (HCSB) – But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life. 24Therefore, He sent the hand, and this writing was inscribed.

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• 3. God warns us of the

consequences of unrepentant sin

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• 3. God warns us of the

consequences of unrepentant sin

Daniel 5:25-31 (HCSB) –

25“This is the writing that was

inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

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• 3. God warns us of the

consequences of unrepentant sin

Daniel 5:25-31 (HCSB) –

26This is the interpretation of the

message: MENEmeans that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.

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• 3. God warns us of the

consequences of unrepentant sin

Daniel 5:25-31 (HCSB) –

27TEKEL means that you have been

weighed in the balance and found deficient.

28PERESmeans that your kingdom

has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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• 3. God warns us of the

consequences of unrepentant sin

Daniel 5:25-31 (HCSB) –

29Then Belshazzar gave an order,

and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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• 3. God warns us of the

consequences of unrepentant sin

Daniel 5:25-31 (HCSB) –

30That very night Belshazzar the

king of the Chaldeans was killed

31and Darius the Mede received

the kingdom at the age of 62.

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The Handwriting of God Daniel 5

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