foreign [Music] belshazza gave a great banquet for a thousand of his novels and drank wine with them while belshazza was drinking his wine he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem so that the king in his Nobles his wives and his concubines might drink from them so they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem and the king in his Nobles his wives and his concubines drank from them as they drank the wine they
praised the gods of gold and silver of bronze iron wood and Stone ly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the Royal Palace the king watched the hand as it wrote his face turned pale and he was so frightened that his knees knocked together and his legs gave way the king called out for the enchanter's astrologers and diviners to be brought and said to these wise men of Babylon whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and
have a gold chain Ed his neck and he will be made third highest ruler in the Kingdom in all the king's wise men came in but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant so king belshazza became even more terrified and his face grew more pale his nobles were baffled the queen hearing the voices of the king in his Nobles came into the banquet hall Old King live forever don't be alarmed don't look so pale there is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the Holy gods in
him in the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the Gods King Nebuchadnezzar your father your father the king I say appointed him chief of The Magicians enchanters astrologers and diviners this man Daniel whom the king called felt his Shazer was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding and also the ability to interpret dreams explain riddles and solve difficult problems call for Daniel and he will tell you what the writing means So Daniel was brought before the king and the King said to
him are you Daniel one of the Exiles my father the king brought from Judah I have heard that the spirit of the Gods is in you and that you have Insight intelligence and outstanding wisdom the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means but they could not explain it now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems if you can read this writing and tell me what it means you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain
placed around your neck and you will be made the third highest ruler in the Kingdom then Daniel answered the king you may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else nevertheless I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means O King the most high God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and Splendor because of the high position he gave him all the peoples and Nations and Men of every language dreaded and feared him those the king wanted to put to death he put to
death those he wanted to spare he spared those he wanted to promote he promoted and those he wanted to Humble he humbled but what his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride he was deposed from his Royal throne and stripped of his glory he was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle and his body was dressed with a dew of Heaven until he acknowledged that the most high God is Sovereign over the kingdoms of men and sets over them anyone he
wishes but you his son Obel Shazer have not humbled yourself though you knew all this instead you have set yourself up against the Lord of Heaven had the goblets from his Temple brought to you and you and your Nobles your wives and your concubines drank wine from them you praise the gods of silver and gold of bronze iron wood and Stone see or hear or under not honored of your life and all your ways therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription this is the inscription that was written meanie meanie tackle Parson this is
what these words mean meaning God has numbered the days of your Reign and brought it to an end tackle you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting peers your kingdom is divided and given to the medes and Persians then at belshazza's command Daniel was clothed in purple a gold chain was placed around his neck and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the Kingdom that very night belshazza King of the Babylonians was slain and Darius the mede took over the Kingdom at the age of 62. [Music] [Music] [Applause]
