Introduction:
The Church is being corrupted today by nothing else than Satan. Many old
scriptural practices are being done away with because the Church wants to be
like the world. In this Chapter, I think that we can find the importance of
God’s vessels, or the things that belong to God, and how they should never be
changed or done away with. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Verse 1-6
reads, “Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank
wine before the thousand. 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. 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. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of
brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 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. 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.”
-If there is
anything that really irritates God, profaning his vessels is one of them. God
in this section of the Chapter is upset with Belshazzar for falling into the
same sin that his father fell into. We know that towards the end of chapter 4
that Nebuchadnezzar called upon the name of the Lord and was saved. Belshazzar,
his son, was not so wise. Belshazzar fell into the same error as his father;
pride. Belshazzar profaned God’s Holy Vessels and then praised the “….gods of
gold, and the gods of silver, and the gods of brass, of iron, of wood, and of
stone.”
-We see this
today through the Bible. Bible scholars think that it’s ok for them to tamper
with his Word. God promised in Psalm 12:6-7 that he would preserve his Word.
“The words of the Lord are pure words: as
silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them,
O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”
-And not
only is the word of God under attack through false perversions like the NIV,
ESV, NLT, NKJV, and, NASB. But also God’s music. The hymns are being corrupted,
and the Psalms are being forgotten. Contemporary Christian music is of Satan;
enough said. God’s music is being perverted through Satan’s influence. God
commands us to sing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. (Ephesians 5:18-19).
And if you look at the music that God wrote, you’ll notice that it is completely
different from the Worlds lyrics. Our music is to adhere to the Bible. It
should not sound like the trash that Kirk Franklin, Andy Mineo, Justin Bieber,
Lecrae, Lady Gaga, and 1D puts out.
(for more insight, check out my blogpost “Worldly Music in Light
of the Bible”)
-One other
thing that the World as well as Christians are corrupting is marriage. Now
marriage is a Holy Vessel of God indeed, and it’s so disgusting how the World
sees marriage. Two paedophiles or sodomites can now marry and adopt a child to
molest and the world calls that a happy relationship? This is what is being
corrupted the most. There will always be a remnant that uses the KJV Bible.
There will always be a remnant that refuses to conform to the world’s music.
But sodomy, paedophilia, homosexuality, or whatever you want to call it; is
being shrugged down everybody’s throat through the media. Which is why you need
to get rid of your hell-in-vision. I thought our rights are endowed by our
creator? So why does the government believe that they have the right to decide
what marriage is? THEY DON’T! The government is not our creator. Jesus Christ
is our creator, so or rights don’t come from laws, they come from the Bible. To
think that two faggots should get married is ridiculous. God commanded them in
both Old and New Testament to be put to death (Romans 1:32, Leviticus 20:13)
God doesn’t tolerate predators in any society. If our rights come from him,
then I have the right not to have my children be molested.
Verse 7-17
reads, “The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and
the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,
shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and
shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then came in all the king's wise men:
but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the
interpretation thereof. Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance
was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. Now the queen by reason of the
words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen
spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let
thy countenance be changed: There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the
spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding
and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king
Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the
magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; Forasmuch as an excellent
spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing
of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel,
whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew
the interpretation. Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king
spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of
the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? I have
even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and
understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. And now the wise men, the
astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this
writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not
shew the interpretation of the thing: And I have heard of thee, that thou canst
make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing,
and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with
scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler
in the kingdom. Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be
to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto
the king, and make known to him the interpretation.”
-It’s funny
how when the world is being judged by God they always run to the world for
help. King Belshazzar ran to magicians, astrologers, and the Chaldeans. Only
Daniel was of the Lord. It’s also funny how Daniel was the King’s last option.
His wife, not his counsellors, had to advise him to go to Daniel for the
interpretation of the dream. King Belshazzar was not wise at all. He didn’t
remember the example that his father left him. And he just flat our rejected
God. Really think this thorough. Remember that throughout every generation
God’s word is available (Psalm 100:5). And Daniel wrote the book of Daniel
while he was in Babylon. Wouldn’t you think that Belshazzar would have grown up
with some knowledge of the Lord God? I mean, his father became an animal
because of God. Do you think his father wouldn’t tell him that? Do you think
that Nebuchadnezzar would just never tell this to anyone at all including his
son? King Belshazzar had his father’s testimony, Daniel’s testimony, and the
scriptures that Daniel wrote. The word of God wasn’t oblivious to his mind. He
knew where the temple was. He knew enough about his father to know that he
desecrated the house of God (verses 2-3). How much more would he know of the
later of his life, fresh to his memory?
-Look at
verses 18-22
“O thou
king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty,
and glory, and honour: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people,
nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew;
and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would
he put down. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride,
he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he
was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and
his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and
his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God
ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not
humbled thine heart, though thou knewest
all this;”
-The last five words clearly show that King Belshazzar knew
all that his father had done and what God had done through his life.
- Belshazzar just despised the Word of
God. Belshazzar did not learn from his father’s example.
- Proverbs 11:6 reads, “The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.”
- Proverbs 10:27 says, “The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.”
- Proverbs 3:1-2 says, “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”
-King
Belshazzar did not fear the Lord, and he certainly did not look to his father.
For this cause, Belshazzar’s days were shortened.
Verses 23-31
reads, “But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have
brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy
wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the
gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor
hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy
ways, hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and
this writing was written. And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene,
Tekel, Upharsin. This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath
numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances,
and art found wanting. Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes
and Persians. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,
and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him,
that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius
the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”
-Pride is a
big sin. It cost Nebuchadnezzar his honour and sanity and Belshazzar his life
and soul. Pride is a gateway sin. It doesn’t stop. It went from King Nebuchadnezzar,
to the wilderness, and to his son. Then from his son to his death. It is a sin
that corrupts governments, desecrates Churches, and ruins families.
-Be not
deceived, God is not mocked. If you chose to test God, he will test you
(Galatians 6:7). Before honour comes humility. Do not take honour without
taking humility (Proverbs 15:33). Honour your father and mother. God promised
to prolong your days (Exodus 20:12). We see that God does not lie.
-Take heed lest ye fall.
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