Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-12

Judgment Against King Aleol1ol
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How TO Enforce the Judgment Asains
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l. 5eIshazzar's Impious Feast wv.
@1-4).
/ Who attended wv. /, p. Bel.
sshazzar, his wife and concubines aDU
q thousand of his lords.
?. Behavior thereat wv. .. q
cd They drank VIM; they engage
lin revelry ~ They committed sac
@rilege. In their drunken revelrg they
Adrank wine out of the sacred vessels
which had been taken out q the
iemple, of the house of God, which
was at Jerusalem. When men are IN
der the influence of intoxicatirc
liquors they lose all regard for sac!r#
zthings. CD Ihey worshined IDIOTS.
They prayed to gods of gold and Of sill.
sver, of brass Of iron wood ana stone.
!. II. The Handwriting on the Wall
~(vv. $50.
l. The time of (v 81. i occurred
In the same hour in which they were
Engaged in their drunken revclry.
2. The effect upon the king w. s.
He was greatly disturbed; he was
Seized with CONSERVATION. "The joints
of his loins were loosed, and his knees
sSmote one against another"
). 3. The kings behavior wv. 7-l6)
cd He called forth astrologers and
zsoothsayers. Offering rewards of GOLD
and position ". 7-9). Their utter i'll
ability to interpret the writing left
;fhe king even worse perplexed
12) Daniel broughtt bat the suggestion
3pf the queen (vv 10-16). The queen
ehere was perhaps the wife of NeDu-
5chadnezzar who remembered Daniels
Service in Interpreting his dream. Fol
lthat reason he was sent for and prom
Used great reward. a'.l ll
Z III. Daniel Interprets the Writing
4vv. 1929
l. Daniels address to the king (vv
17-24). He brushes aside his prom
Used gifts w. 17). He would not have
alis speech limited by the kings gifts
q 2. The Interpretation of the writing
dvv. 1929. "a Meme" means mum
sbered" w. 26). God hath numbered
thy kingdom and finished it," CD "fe
Nkel' means weighed" ". 27). Thou
art weighed ip the balances, and art
found wanting" (3) "Peres" means
-'diviGed'' ". 2S). "Thy kingdom is
divided, and given to the Modes and
Persians"
~. The Judgment Executed (vv.
s29-3D.
: In that night was Belshazzar slain
and Darius tire Medean took the king
dom.
: The Chaldean dyH sty ended with
BelshazZar. So we may interpret this
whole scene as pointing to the con
-ditions at the close of the times of
the Gentiles and as adumbrating the
prevailing conditions. Let US note:
l. The stupidity of men. They, like
people today, would not learn by ex-
ample. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fate should
have deferred Belshazzar from such
frivoliiy.
2 The magnificent splendor This
great feast was characterized by
pomp, display, parade. How charac
teristic of this age!
3. Luxury. The famous hanging
gardens of Babylon were a rotewor
thy example Signs of luxury today
are on every hand
4. Licentiousness. The king with his
wives and concubines. This is noto
riously prey aient today.
5. Blasphemous sacrHege. And may
not the sdcriIege of today be IN ev
cess of theirs, exposing itself in g.
profession of religion for pecuniarI
gain, social and political proftrAnnt
t2) use Vf the pulpit and vi the nil
istry for display and nOtoriety, ever
for the propagation of false doctrine
49, uniting with the church, attend
ing the cornmGLi on. so as to cover Vi
secret sins; az tho use Of the Wore
of God TO give point 10 Joke; 90 de
nying that the Bible is, Gods Word
making it a book of errors, myths an.
legends; 90 sneering at the Virgin
birth, repudiating Christ's ueity ant
setting aside His vicaTI5us atonement
6. Drunken carousals. The hand
writing is on the wall. God viii no
endure this forever; His judgmen
shall fall Conditions in the worlt
indicate that the time is DRAWN.
near. Are you ready?