Bo Noonan teaches through chapter 5 of Daniel in our series Life in Babylon. Seventy years have past between chapters 4 and 5, and here we find the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, throwing a massive party that centers around a boast that the gods of Babylon are greater than the Lord God of the Hebrews. As a result of this boast, God himself writes a message on the wall of the palace that must once again be interpreted by Daniel, who is now in his 80s. The message is one of judgement, yet in that message, we can clearly see the magnificence of God's grace to those who trust him with their lives. Whereas Belshazzar's days were numbered, he was placed in God's scales and found wanting, and his kingdom was about to be divided, Jesus gives us eternal hope, he did away with the scales by taking God's justice upon himself, and he promises to make us whole. This is the good news of Jesus!
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Daniel 5
February 4, 2024 • Bo Noonan • Exodus 31:18, Luke 11:20, John 8:3–11, Daniel 5, Exodus 8:19
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