Daniel 5 Gods Revelation and judgment

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Daniel 5Gods Revelation and judgment

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Are these stories True?

• This story was used for centuries to show that
  the Bible is NOT historical
• Supernatural hand writing?
• No extra-Biblical evidence for Belshazzar

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Are these stories True?

• Problem
• The Persian record states that Nabonidus was the
  last King of Babylon and Cyrus defeated him.

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Are these stories True?

• The Battle of Opis
• September 539 B.C.
• Cyrus defeated Nabonidus
• Nabonidus Chronicle
• Cyrus Cylinder

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Are these stories True?

• The Battle of Opis
• September 539 B.C.
• Cyrus defeated Nabonidus
• Nabonidus Chronicle
• Cyrus Cylinder

Nabonidus was defeated, but survived and fled
into the desert. Babylon fell without a battle a
week later.
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Are these stories True?

• The Battle of Opis
• September 539 B.C.
• Cyrus defeated Nabonidus
• Nabonidus Chronicle
• Cyrus Cylinder

Nabonidus was defeated, but survived and fled
into the desert. Babylon fell without a battle a
week later.
Who was in charge for that week?
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In 1854 the British Consul at Basrah named J.E.
Taylor began an excavation of the ziggurat area.
Taylor found four clay cylinders, one at each
corner of the ziggurat, which identified the site
as Ur.
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These cylinders were written for the Babylonian
king Nabonidus who reigned from about 555 B.C. to
539 B.C. The text on these cylinders revealed
that the ziggurat had been rebuilt by Nabonidus.
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Translation from the cylinder Let their the
temples foundations be established as the
heavens. As for me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon,
save me from sin against your great divinity, and
give me life until distant days. And as for
Belshazzar my firstborn son, my own child, let
the fear of your great divinity be in his heart,
and may he commit no sin may he enjoy happiness
in life.
These cylinders were written for the Babylonian
king Nabonidus who reigned from about 555 B.C. to
539 B.C. The text on these cylinders revealed
that the ziggurat had been rebuilt by Nabonidus
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Translation from the cylinder Let their the
temples foundations be established as the
heavens. As for me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon,
save me from sin against your great divinity, and
give me life until distant days. And as for
Belshazzar my firstborn son, my own child, let
the fear of your great divinity be in his heart,
and may he commit no sin may he enjoy happiness
in life.
Today, no one doubts the existence of Belshazzar!
These cylinders were written for the Babylonian
king Nabonidus who reigned from about 555 B.C. to
539 B.C. The text on these cylinders revealed
that the ziggurat had been rebuilt by Nabonidus
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Translation from the cylinder Let their the
temples foundations be established as the
heavens. As for me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon,
save me from sin against your great divinity, and
give me life until distant days. And as for
Belshazzar my firstborn son, my own child, let
the fear of your great divinity be in his heart,
and may he commit no sin may he enjoy happiness
in life.
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These cylinders were written for the Babylonian
king Nabonidus who reigned from about 555 B.C. to
539 B.C. The text on these cylinders revealed
that the ziggurat had been rebuilt by Nabonidus
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The Bible IS HiStory

• Nabonidus had a son Belshazzar
• Daniel accurately records incredible detail that
  fits perfectly with the historical record.

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The Bible IS HiStory

• God tells Nebuchadnezzar that Babylon will fall
  to the Persians
• Nabonidus falls to Persian King Cyrus and goes
  into hiding
• Belshazzar takes over, but has no army, and the
  Persians are about to take Babylon

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The Bible IS HiStory

• Belshazzar throws a HUGE party, and insults God,
  who predicted Babylon's fall to Persia.
• God confirms Belshazzars arrogance and imminent
  demise with writing on the wall.
• Remember Belshazzars offer to Daniel?

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The Bible IS HiStory

• Daniel 516 ... You will become the third highest
  ruler in the kingdom.

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The Bible IS HiStory

• Daniel 530 That very night Belshazzar the
  Chaldean king was killed.

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The Bible IS HiStory

• History records
• The city of Babylon fell without a fight one week
  after the defeat of Nabonidus at the Battle of
  Opis.

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The Bible IS HiStory

• Daniel was real
• The Bible is real
• Look at the lesson

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The Lesson

• Belshazzar vs. Nebuchadnezzar

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The Lesson
Daniel 437 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and
glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his
acts are just and true, and he is able to humble
the proud.

• Belshazzar vs. Nebuchadnezzar

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• www.xenos.org/sundayam

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Daniel 51-4

• Who? Nobles, wives, concubines.
• The gold and silver cups from the Temple of God.
• Praised their idols
• Historical context Cyrus army is knocking at
  the door.

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Daniel 51-4

• Who? Nobles, wives, concubines.
• Hedonistic party
• The gold and silver cups from the Temple of God.
• Historical context Cyrus knocking at the door.

King Belshazzar shakes his fist at God.
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Daniel 55-613-16
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Daniel 517-24
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Daniel 517-24

• 22 you knew all this, yet you have not
  humbled yourself.

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Daniel 525-28 Judgment

• Mene, Mene
• Tekel
• Parsin

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Judgment is absolute

• Acts 1730, 31 God overlooked peoples
  ignorance about these things in earlier times,
  but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent
  of their sins and turn to him.

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Judgment is absolute

• 31 For he has set a day for judging the world
  with justice by the man he has appointed, and he
  proved to everyone who this is by raising him
  from the dead.

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Judgment is absolute

• Heb. 927,28 And just as each person is destined
  to die once and after that comes judgment, 28 so
  also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice
  to take away the sins of many people.

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I dont like itJudgment seems so
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I dont like itJudgment seems sojudgmental!
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Judgment

• Why does God judge?
• Why cant he just forgive?
• What if God didnt judge?
• We cannot appreciate forgive-ness if we dont
  embrace the reality of Gods judgment.

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Judgment

• Why does God judge?
• Why cant he just forgive?
• What if he did not judge?
• We cannot appreciate forgive-ness if we dont
  embrace the reality of Gods judgment.

Im basically a good person.
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Judgment

• Why does God judge?
• Why cant he just forgive?
• What if he did not judge?
• We cannot appreciate forgive-ness if we dont
  embrace the reality of Gods judgment.

• Im basically a good person.
• You dont see the depth of your real self.

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Judgment

• Why does God judge?
• Why cant he just forgive?
• What if he did not judge?
• We cannot appreciate forgive-ness if we dont
  embrace the reality of Gods judgment.

• Im basically a good person.
• You dont see the depth of your real self.
• You dont know Gods perfect righteousness.

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Judgment
Romans 323 For everyone has sinned we all fall
short of Gods glorious standard.

• Why does God judge?
• Why cant he just forgive?
• What if he did not judge?
• We cannot appreciate forgive-ness if we dont
  embrace the reality of Gods judgment.

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Judgment
Romans 323 For everyone has sinned we all fall
short of Gods glorious standard. 24 Yet God,
with undeserved kindness, declares that we are
righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when
he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

• Why does God judge?
• Why cant he just forgive?
• What if he did not judge?
• We cannot appreciate forgive-ness if we dont
  embrace the reality of Gods judgment.

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Conclusions

• The Bible is true!
• God will judge every person.
• Every person can escape that judgment.

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Q and A