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Your Bible tells of a future worldwide conflagration that will affect every living human. This warning remains emblazoned on the walls of prophecy!
by Jerold Aust
ring out the golden vessels that our
great King Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem. Even
the mighty God, Yahweh, could not withstand the power of the unconquerable
Babylonians. Where is the great God of the Jews now?
"Let it be known tonight that I, King Belshazzar, am invincible and that I will do as I please even to the point of drinking out of the very gold and silver cups and bowls reserved for the so-called great God of the Jews, Yahweh!
"Long live the mighty gods of Babylon-praise be unto them!" (Daniel 5:1-4, paraphrased).
King Belshazzar, then vice regent of the whole of Babylon and king of the city of Babylon, was already drunk, his face flushed, his eyes glazed as he gulped down another immense goblet of dark-red wine. He nearly choked on his last gasping effort to gulp down the entire contents before servants hastily brought the special temple vessels to him.
As he struggled to gain his royal composure, servants quickly passed these sacred vessels to the monarch and his retinue, who clumsily thrust their newly acquired drinking vessels before the wine-pourer, loudly demanding them to "fill it up to the brim and let it run over the sides."
All as one raised their containers to the king, and together they mocked the God of the Jews while praising their gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood and stone. It was a night to end all nights as far as they were concerned.
Although the Babylonians were aware of the Medo-Persian threat outside their magnificent and unassailable city, they knew beyond a doubt that no army could penetrate their fortress walls. They were secure in the knowledge that their walls had not been "stormed by invaders in over a thousand years" (The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, p. 70).
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