REMEMBERING DANIEL
Text: Daniel 5
1 October 2012
REMEMBERING DANIEL
1. The queen Daniel 5:10
2. Memory of Daniel
a) In whom is the Spirit of the Holy God Daniel 5:11a
b) Light and understanding and wisdom Daniel 5:11b
c) Like the wisdom of the gods were found in him Daniel 5:11c
d) Made chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans and soothsayers Daniel 5:11d
e) And excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles,
and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel Daniel 5:12
SUMMONING DANIEL
1. Making sure of the identity of Daniel Daniel 5:13
2. The reputation of Daniel Daniel 5:14
a) The Spirit of God indwells
b) Light and understanding and wisdom
3. The context explained Daniel 5:15
a) The attempt of the wise men and astrologers to read the writing on the wall
b) Their dismal failure
4. Announcing of a reward Daniel 5:16
a) Offered to the reputed Daniel
i) Ability to interpret (dreams)
ii) Ability to explain enigmas
b) Content of reward Daniel 5:17
i) Clothed with purple
ii) Gold chain
iii) Third ruler in the kingdom
DANIEL’S REPLY
1. Remembering the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 5:18-21
a) The Most High God
b) He gave to Nebuchadnezzar the Babylonian Kingdom
c) But Nebuchadnezzar’s heart became hardened with pride
d) He was struck with an illness that drove him from the throne
e) He was restored only after he acknowledged God
2. Admonishing King Belshazzar Daniel 5:22-28
a) He knew the history of Nebuchadnezzar
b) He had chosen the path of pride
c) He had desecrated the holy artefacts of the Temple of God
d) The message on the wall “Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin” (Chaldee)
i) Mene- God has numbered and finished the kingdom
ii) Tekel- Weighed in the balance and found wanting
iii) Upharsin- (The plural of Peres)- Divided
3. Belshazzar’s reward Daniel 5: 29-32
a) He gives to Daniel the full reward
b) He loses his kingdom to Darius the Mede