God Will Not be Mocked | Daniel 5:1-12
God Many Times Humbles Us Publicly and Painfully
Daniel 4:37
37 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.
A Feast (vs 1-4)
A Hand (vs 5-9)
A Forgotten Faithful Man (vs 10-12)
Daniel 5:1
5 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
Daniel 5:2
2 Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.
Daniel 5:3
3 Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
Daniel 5:4
4 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Galatians 6:7
7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
Psalm 53:1
53 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.
James 4:6b
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
God Many Times Humbles Us Publicly and Painfully
A Feast (vs 1-4)
A Hand (vs 5-9)
Daniel 5:5
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.
“The Presence of God’s Gold Vessels, The Mention of the Lampstand Opposite the Writing, and The Fingers (of God) Writing on The Wall All Suggest the Presence of God, Invading The ‘Palace of The King.’ This May have Been Belshazzar’s Home Turf, but The God of Israel has Taken Control of It”. - Greg Goswell
Daniel 5:6
6 Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.
Galatians 6:7
7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
Daniel 5:7
7 The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
God Many Times Humbles Us Publicly and Painfully
Daniel 5:8-9
8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation. 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed.
A Feast (vs 1-4)
A Hand (vs 5-9)
A Forgotten Faithful Man (vs 10-12)
Daniel 5:10
10 The queen,[a] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, “O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.
Daniel 5:11-12
11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[a] In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, 12 because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
Daniel 4:37
37 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 5:11-12
11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[a] In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, 12 because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
God Many Times Humbles Us Publicly and Painfully
Romans 2:4-5
4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
God Many Times Humbles Us Publicly and Painfully