Sunday Morning at Lighthouse 8/16/26
Lighthouse Bible Church Bulletin 8/16/26
THE DOWNFALL OF A KINGDOM
Daniel 5
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6 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.
THE DOWNFALL OF A KINGDOM – Daniel 5
NOTES
- Belshazzar’s folly vv.1-4 Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Indictment 1. v. 22 Belshazzar knew yet ignored what Nebuchadnezzar had learned Romans 1:20-1 20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened
- Indictment 2 v.23 You have blasphemed God and worshipped idols. Mark 3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
- Indictment 3 Idolatry 1 Corinthians 8:4 “We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one.”
- Mene, Mene v.26 Your time has been numbered Psalm 90:2 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
- Tekel v.27 weighed in the balance and found wanting 1 Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
- Upharsin v.28 Kingdom divided Jeremiah 51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple
- Conclusion v.30 Belshazzar is slain 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape