The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-13
LESSON FOR JULY 1e
THE HANDWRITING ON THE
WALL.

LESSON TEXT-Dan. 5:l-3l.
GOLDEN TEXT--God will bring every
work into Judgment. with every secret
thing. whether 1t be good. or whether 1t
be evil-t.ccl. l2:li.
REFERENCE MATERIAI-Gen. lS:l-
%: Exod. H:2i-3l Ezek. 3l:l-N: Acts IL:
N-gi.
PRIMARY TOPlC-Daniel Tells the
King OF His Wrong Doing.
JUNIOR TOPlc-Belshazzar's Feast
and Fate.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Judgment Against King Alcohol.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How to Enforce the Judgment Against
Strong Drink.
!. Bsishazzar's inpious Feast tvv.
1-D.
/. Who attended (vv. I, -. Bel
shazzar. his wife and concubines and
u thousand OF his lords.
.. Behavior therent wv. 3, ~.
"a They drank wine; they engaged
in revelry. (2) They committed sac
rilegc. In their drunken revelry they
drank wine out of the sacred vessels
which had been taken out Of the
temple. OF the house OF God, which
was ut Jerusalem. When men are un-
der the influence Of intoxicating
liquors they lose all regard for sacred
things. (3) They worshiped idols.
They prayed to gods Of gold and Of SILL
YER OF brass, Of iron, wood anG stonc.
u. The Handwriting on the Wall
wv. 5-l8).
/. The time Of ". 81. 1t occurred
In the same hour In which they were
engaged in their drunken revelry.
2. The effect upon the king ". 81.
He was greatly disturbed; he was
seized with CONSERVATION. 1.-The Joints
Of his loins were loOsed, AMI his knees
SmOte one against another"
3 The kings behavior (vv. 7-16).
~ He called forth astrologers and
soOthsayers offering rewards Of gold
and position ". 7.9). Their utter In
ability to interpret the writing left
the king even worse perplexed.
(2) Daniel brought at the suggestion
Of the queen wv. 1915. The queen
here was perhaps the wife Of Nebu-
chadnezzar who remembered Daniels
service In interpreting his dream. For
that reason he was sent for and PROM
ised great reward.
~. Daniel intsrprsts the Writing
(vv. 17-2S).
!. Daniel's address to the king wv.
17-2I). He brushes aside his prom
ised gifts ". ~. He would not have
his speech limited by the kings gifts.
.. The Interpretation Of the writing
(vv. 25-2S). m Meme" means num-
bered' ". 26). God hath numbered
thy kingdom and finished It," (2) ''Te-
kel" means weighed" ". 2O. Thou
art weighed in the balances. and art
found wanting" (3) "Peres" means
divided" ". 2S). Thy kingdom Is
divided. and given to the Medes and
Persians."
~. The Judgment Executed (vv.
20.3D.
In that night was Belshaxzar slain
and Darius the Medean took the king.
dom.
The !Chaldesn dynasty ended with
Beishsxxar. So we may interpret this
whole scene a. pointing to the con-
ditions at the close Of the times Of
the GentileA and as adumbrating the
prevailing conditions. Let US note:
]. Tie stupidity Of men. They. like
people today, would not learn by ex-
ample. Nebuchadnezxar's fate should
have deferred Belshazzar from such
frivolity.
.. The magnificent splendOr. This
great feast was characterized by
ponp. display, parade. How charac-
teristic OF this age!
gardens of Babylon were Rotewor-
thy example. Signs OF luxury today
are ON every hand.
4. Liccntiousness. The king with his
wives and concublnes. This is nOtO-
rlously prevalent today.
.. Bluspheinous sacritege. And may
not the sncrilege of today be in ex-
cess Of theirs, expressing itself In (D
a profession Of religion for pecuniary
gnin. social and political prefernient;
(2) use of the pulpit and OF the min
istry for display and nOtOricty, even
for the propagation OF false doctrine;
CD uniting with the church, attend
In: the communion. so us to cover up
secret sins: (4) the use OF the Word
Of 1od to give point TO II joke; 80 de-
nying that the Bible Is Gods Word.
making It II book Of errors. myths and
legends: 90 sneerlng ut the Virgin
birth. repudlating Chrlst's deity and
setting aside His vlcnrious ntoneincnt.
o. Drunken carous,lls. The hand
writing IL On the wall. God will not
endure this forever; His judgment
shall fnll. Conditions In the world
Indicate that the time is drawing
renr. Ne YOU ready?