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 Nebuchadnezzar prays and exult and glorify the King of Heaven

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 because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.

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 And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

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 Start chapter 5 verse 1.

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 King Balthazar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles

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 and drank wine with them.

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 While Balthazar was drinking his wine,

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 he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets

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 that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem

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 so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines,

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 might drink from them.

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 So they brought in the gold goblets

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 that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem

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 and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines,

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 drank from them.

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 As they drank the wine,

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 they praised the gods of gold and silver,

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 of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

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 Suddenly, the finger of a human hand appeared

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 and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace.

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 The king watched the hand as it wrote.

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 And then moving down to verse 25 over the page.

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 This is the inscription that was written.

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 Meany, Meany, Tekel, Parson.

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 This is what these words mean.

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 Meany, God has numbered the days of your reign

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 and brought it to an end.

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 Tekel, you have been weighed on the scales

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 and found wanting.

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 Perseus, your kingdom is divided

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 and given to the Medes and the Persians.

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 Then at Balthazar's command,

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 Daniel was clothed in purple,

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 a gold chain was placed around his neck

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 and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler

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 in the kingdom.

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 That very night,

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 Balthazar, king of the Babylonians,

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 was slain

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 and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom

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 at the age of 62.

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 Thanks.

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 Thanks, Nick.

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 Well, we've been looking at the book of Daniel,

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 which in the context of what Phil has just been sharing

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 is very relevant in a nation,

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 an empire like Babylon

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 with a dictatorial ruler such as Nebuchadnezzar.

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 Very difficult to live as a Christian,

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 somebody who followed God,

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 but yet God used those people

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 to bring about his purposes in that place.

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 No king was greater than God.

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 Kirsty's just handing around sheets there

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 if you want to take notes this morning.

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 And we're going to be following along

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 from chapter five.

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 As we start into our study this morning,

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 let's pray

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 and ask for God's help

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 as we look at this together.

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 Amen.

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 Those who walk in pride,

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 God is able to humble.

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 Father, we come before you this morning

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 in humility

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 because we are, as we sung earlier,

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 just a vapor.

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 We are here a moment.

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 But you are the God

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 who reigns from before time begun

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 and time eternity.

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 As your creation,

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 as your people,

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 we bow before you

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 and ask that you would speak to us

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 and you would cause us

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 to understand what it is

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 to live before

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 a mighty king

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 such as you.

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 Humble us

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 and lead us in your ways.

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 We ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, keep your Bibles, please.

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 Follow along.

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 Chapter five.

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 It all happened so quickly.

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 He suddenly appears on the scene

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 and then he disappears

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 from the story.

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 Look at verse one.

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 King Belshazzar gave a banquet

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 for a thousand of his nobles

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 and drank wine with them.

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 And then go to the end of the story,

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 verse 30.

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 That very night,

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 Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians,

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 was slain

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 and Darius the Mede

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 took over the kingdom

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 at the age of 62.

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 One moment he's drinking

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 and dancing,

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 the next

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 he's defeated

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 and dead.

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 A king in his kingdom

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 has come crashing down.

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 Now there's about 25 years

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 between the end of chapter 24

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 and the beginning of chapter 5.

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 Sorry, the end of chapter 4

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 and the beginning of chapter 5.

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 King Nebuchadnezzar has died.

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 Babylon is still the mighty empire.

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 He's still ruling

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 with an iron fist.

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 And the succession of kings

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 from Nebuchadnezzar onwards

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 has been a bit unstable.

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 There's been lots of family feuds.

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 There's been an assassination.

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 The usual goings-on

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 when a leader

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 of such popularity

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 as Nebuchadnezzar has died.

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 But now as we get to chapter 25,

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 we're introduced to Belshazzar.

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 It's his time to rule.

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 Time for another great king.

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 But chapter 5

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 is not just a lesson

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 in Babylonian kings.

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 This is a warning

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 about the dangers

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 of pride.

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 Belshazzar's life

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 can be summed up

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 with this proverb

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 from Proverb chapter 16, verse 5.

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 The Lord detests

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 the proud of heart.

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 Be sure of this.

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 They will not go unpunished.

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 A summary of his life.

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 The Lord detests

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 all the proud of heart.

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 Be sure of this.

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 They will not go unpunished.

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 So what do we learn

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 from chapter 5?

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 Well, three things

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 we're going to look at together

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 this morning.

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 First,

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 God is dead,

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 so let's party.

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 The story begins

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 with a great party.

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 Verse 1,

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 let's read together.

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 King Belshazzar

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 gave a great banquet

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 for a thousand

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 of his nobles

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 and drank wine with them.

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 This is the party

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 of all parties.

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 Invite only.

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 The who's who

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 of the Babylonian empire.

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 The movers

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 and shakers.

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 The planners

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 and developers.

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 The celebrities.

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 The socialites.

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 They're all there.

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 Not forgetting

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 the king's wives

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 and the concubines

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 that he's provided

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 for the occasion.

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 And the wine

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 is flowing.

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 But the king

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 wants to do more

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 than just throw a party.

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 He wants to show off

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 to these guests

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 his great power.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 While Belshazzar

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 was drinking his wine,

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 he gave orders

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 to bring in the gold

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 and silver goblets

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 that Nebuchadnezzar,

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 his father,

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 or predecessor,

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 had taken from

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 the temple in Jerusalem

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 so that the king

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 and his nobles,

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 his wives,

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 and his concubines

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 might drink from them.

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 Well, what's all that about?

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 Well, when a king

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 went and conquered

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 another nation,

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 what they would do

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 is they would take items

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 that represented

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 the nation's god

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 and then place them

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 before their own god

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 as a sign of victory.

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 We're actually told this

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 in chapter 1.

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 If you flick back

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 to chapter 1 of Daniel,

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 it's the way the book

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 is introduced to us.

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 Chapter 1, verse 1.

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 So, verse 1 says,

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 In the third year

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 of the reign of Jehoiakim,

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 who was king of Judah,

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 Nebuchadnezzar,

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 who was king of Babylon,

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 came to Jerusalem

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 and besieged it.

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 So he attacked it.

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 Verse 2,

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 when the Lord delivered

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 Jehoiakim,

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 king of Judah,

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 into his hand,

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 along with some

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 of the articles

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 from the temple of God.

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 These Nebuchadnezzar

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 carried off

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 to the temple

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 of his god

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 in Babylonia

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 and put them

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 in the treasure house

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 of his god.

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 You see,

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 not only is the king

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 of Judah defeated,

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 but the temple,

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 which was the very symbol

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 of God's presence

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 and power,

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 has been pilfered.

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 The articles,

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 in this case,

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 the gold and silver goblets,

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 have been taken

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 from the temple,

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 which represented

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 or symbolised

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 God's presence

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 with his people,

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 and they've now

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 become trophies

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 in the treasure house

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 of the Babylon's god.

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 So we can imagine

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 the headline

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 in the Babylonian times

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 after that battle.

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 Judah's god defeated,

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 dead,

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 and buried.

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 Back to chapter 5.

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 So when Belshazzar,

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 in the middle of his party,

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 orders for the gold

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 and silver goblets

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 to be brought,

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 which came from the temple,

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 you remember,

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 he's making a very,

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 very proud statement.

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 He's basically saying

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 to all his guests

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 that have gathered,

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 I'm king.

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 I'm the one in charge.

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 I'm in power.

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 God is dead.

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 So let's party.

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 Verse 4.

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 As they drank the wine,

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 they praised the gods

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 of gold,

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 silver,

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 of bronze,

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 iron,

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 wood,

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 and stone.

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 Now isn't that

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 just a little picture

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 of how the world lives?

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 worship what you like.

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 Do whatever satisfies you.

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 If it brings you pleasure,

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 enjoy it.

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 After all,

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 it's your life.

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 You're answerable to no one.

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 You're not bound by any morals.

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 You do what you like.

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 After all,

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 God is dead,

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 isn't he?

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 So let's live life

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 as a party.

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 But God's not going

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 to allow people

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 to carry on

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 presuming he's dead

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 or assuming

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 he has no power.

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 The consequences

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 are far too serious.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 In the middle

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 of this party,

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 suddenly,

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 the fingers

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 of a human hand

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 appeared

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 and wrote

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 on the plaster

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 of the wall

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 near the lampstand

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 in the royal palace.

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 The king watched

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 as the hand

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 watched the hand

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 as it wrote.

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 His face

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 turned pale,

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 and he was so frightened

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 that his knees

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 knocked together

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 and his legs

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 gave way.

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 Now the NIV,

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 the translation

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 that we're using here

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 is a little bit

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 too polite here.

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 Literally,

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 it's saying

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 he pooped his pants.

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 He's lost control

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 of his bladder.

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 The dancing stops.

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 The music fades.

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 The laughter

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 and the singing

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 are replaced

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 by this deathly fear

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 as they watch

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 this hand

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 on the wall.

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 How does he respond?

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 Well,

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 in his foolish

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 ignorance,

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 verse 7,

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 the king called out

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 to the enchanters,

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 the astrologers,

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 and the diviners

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 to be brought

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 to him.

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 Remember,

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 these are the ones

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 we've seen

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 all the way

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 through chapters 1 to 4,

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 and every time

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 they failed.

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 But yet,

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 he turns to them again.

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 And he said

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 to the wise men

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 of Babylon,

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 whoever reads the writing

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 and tells me

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 what it means,

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 will be clothed

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 in purple,

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 will have a gold chain

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 placed around his neck,

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 and he will be made

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 third highest ruler

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 in the kingdom.

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 Then all the king's

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 wise men came in,

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 but they could not

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 read the writing

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 or tell the king

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 what it meant.

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 Isn't it ironic

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 that the gods

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 he was just praising

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 back in verse 4

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 are now deaf

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 and dumb

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 to his cry

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 for help?

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 The gods

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 that supposedly

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 gave Babylon

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 their great victories

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 in battle

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 and made them

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 such an enormous

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 and great empire

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 are hopeless

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 and helpless

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 to do anything?

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 Verse 9,

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 So the king,

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 Belshazzar,

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 became even

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 more terrified

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 and his face

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 grew more pale.

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 Another change

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 of trousers

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 for the king.

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 His nobles

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 were baffled.

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 The most powerful

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 king in the world

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 is paralysed

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 with fear

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 and there's nothing

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 that he can do

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 about it.

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 He's hopeless

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 and he's helpless.

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 And the question is,

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 why is he reduced

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 to such a cowering mess?

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 Well,

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 I think the purpose

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 is

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 so that he would

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 cry out to God

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 something he fails

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 to do.

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 And sometimes

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 that's the case

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 for us.

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 Life leaves us

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 hopeless

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 and helpless.

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 The gods

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 that we trust in

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 fail us.

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 People that we

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 depend on

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 leave us.

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 Jobs that give us

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 security

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 are lost.

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 Things that gave us

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 pleasure

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 are stripped away.

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 Our health fades.

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 Our mental abilities

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 deteriorate.

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 We're left afraid

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 and fearful.

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 And why?

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 Well,

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 maybe

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 it's so that

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 we will cry out

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 to an all-powerful,

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 all-loving

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 God.

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 God.

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 The God

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 who is not

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 dead,

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 but the God

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 who lives

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 and reigns

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 forevermore.

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 So,

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 the first thing,

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 God is dead,

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 let's party.

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 Second,

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 God has spoken,

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 so listen up.

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 Living our life

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 as if God is dead

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 is serious,

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 so God speaks

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 into the situation.

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 It starts off

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 with an idea

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 from the Queen.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 The Queen,

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 hearing the voices

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 of the King

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 and his nobles,

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 came into the

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 banquet hall.

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 Oh King,

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 live forever,

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 she said.

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 Don't be alarmed,

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 don't look so pale.

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 She's got an answer,

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 verse 11.

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 There's a man

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 in your kingdom

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 who has the spirit

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 of the holy gods

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 in him.

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 In the time

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 of your father,

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 he was found

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 to have insight

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 and intelligence

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 and wisdom

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 like that

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 of the gods.

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 This was their way

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.659
 of explaining

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 God's divine

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 interventions.

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 King Nebuchadnezzar,

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 your father,

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 your father,

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 the king.

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 Remember Nebuchadnezzar,

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 that all-powerful,

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:35.839
 great,

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 ruling king?

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 I say,

00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:39.059
 appointed him

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:40.899
 chief of the magicians,

00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.600
 enchanters,

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.439
 astrologers,

00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.199
 and diviners.

00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:44.100
 This man,

00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:44.740
 Daniel,

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 whom the king

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.720
 called Belshazzar,

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.600
 was found

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.879
 to have a keen mind

00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.439
 and knowledge

00:15:49.439 --> 00:15:50.279
 and understanding

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 and also the ability

00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.820
 to interpret dreams,

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:54.139
 explain riddles,

00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.939
 and solve difficult problems.

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.379
 Call for Daniel.

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:58.879
 Go and get Daniel.

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 He's the one

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.639
 who can tell you

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.860
 what the writing means.

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 You see,

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.580
 from the very beginning

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.419
 of Daniel,

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 we've seen that Daniel

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 has been God's voice

00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:12.519
 to the king of Babylon.

00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.980
 God has spoken

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 through the man

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 that he has placed

00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:17.059
 at the very heart

00:16:17.059 --> 00:16:17.840
 of the kingdom.

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:20.480
 And he can speak

00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.220
 straight into

00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.200
 the king's life.

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:25.120
 The so-called wise men,

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.960
 the enchanters,

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.960
 the astrologers,

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:28.519
 they've all consistently

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.039
 failed.

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.860
 They've had nothing

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.059
 to be able to say.

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.080
 Man-made religion

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.480
 is always empty.

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.220
 But Daniel delivered

00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.539
 every single time

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.919
 with absolute clarity

00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:41.519
 because God was speaking

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.580
 through his man

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.340
 to the king.

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:46.240
 The question here is,

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.300
 is Belshazzar

00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:48.139
 going to listen

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:49.259
 to what Daniel

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.040
 has to say?

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:51.980
 Well,

00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:53.000
 with some reluctance,

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:54.040
 it seems that the king

00:16:54.040 --> 00:16:55.440
 does call for Daniel.

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.300
 Verse 13,

00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:58.419
 So Daniel was brought

00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:59.240
 before the king

00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.459
 and the king said to him,

00:17:00.959 --> 00:17:02.299
 Are you Daniel?

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:05.379
 One of the exiles

00:17:05.379 --> 00:17:06.680
 that my father,

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.259
 the king,

00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:08.480
 brought from Judah?

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.159
 I've heard that

00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:11.220
 the spirit of the gods

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.680
 is in you

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.220
 and that you have

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.359
 insight and intelligence

00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:14.759
 and outstanding wisdom.

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:17.259
 Well,

00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:19.359
 if he thinks

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.960
 that Daniel

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.619
 does have

00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.799
 outstanding wisdom,

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:23.779
 why has Daniel

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.839
 been discharged

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:26.000
 from being ruler

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.720
 over all of Babylon

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:29.339
 and demoted

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.480
 from being chief

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.539
 of all the wise men,

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.139
 a position

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.440
 that King Nebuchadnezzar

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.180
 has given him?

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.639
 He's not in that position

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.279
 any longer

00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.460
 under Belshazzar.

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.339
 It seems

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.299
 that Belshazzar

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:41.299
 has removed

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:42.359
 anyone to do

00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:43.019
 with God

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:44.259
 from his presence.

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.879
 He's making

00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.779
 a clear statement.

00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.899
 We don't want

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.940
 any God talk

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.599
 around here.

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.460
 We don't want

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.559
 this religious business

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.359
 in the palace.

00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.759
 To the king,

00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.740
 Daniel was,

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.940
 as we read

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.980
 in verse 13,

00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.200
 just an exile

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:01.579
 from Judah.

00:18:02.179 --> 00:18:03.799
 He's a conquered slave.

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.799
 He's despised.

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.119
 He's rejected.

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.339
 He's a nothing.

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.299
 He's a nobody.

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.539
 He's not worth

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.319
 listening to.

00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:13.019
 We don't need Daniel.

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:15.220
 But Daniel

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.179
 is God's voice

00:18:16.179 --> 00:18:16.819
 to the king.

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:19.119
 God has something

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.759
 to say.

00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.799
 And God

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.740
 intervenes

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.559
 into the king's

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.400
 life and brings

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.519
 Daniel yet again

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.779
 right to the very

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.680
 heart of power

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.900
 so he can speak

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 to the king.

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 Verse 17.

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 Then Daniel

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 answered the king,

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 You may keep

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 your gifts

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 for yourself

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 and give your

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 rewards to someone else.

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 You're not going

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 to bribe me

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 or tempt me

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 or make me

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 a little puppet.

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 Nevertheless,

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 I will read

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 the writing

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 for the king

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 and I'll tell

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 him what it means.

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 God spoke

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 to Belshazzar

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 through Daniel

00:18:57.879 --> 00:19:00.200
 and God

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.339
 also speaks

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 to you

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:03.379
 and to me.

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 His word

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 is crystal clear

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:08.799
 but it seems

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 sometimes

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:11.639
 that the world

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 does not want

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 to listen

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.399
 to God.

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 We have

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 despised

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.259
 and rejected

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.079
 God's voice

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.639
 to us,

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.940
 the one we

00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:22.019
 call Jesus.

00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.519
 The prophet

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.480
 Isaiah spoke

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.720
 about Jesus

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.639
 who was to come.

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 Listen to these

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 words from

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.339
 Isaiah 53.

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 He was

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 despised

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 and rejected

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 by men,

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 a man of sorrows

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 and familiar

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 with suffering,

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 like one

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 from whom

00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:41.960
 men hide

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 their faces.

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 He was despised

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:45.059
 and we esteemed

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.599
 him not.

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 That's about

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.779
 Jesus.

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.480
 You want us

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.059
 to listen

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.779
 to Jesus?

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:53.440
 That despised,

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.339
 rejected,

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.740
 that crucified

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.519
 loser?

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.299
 You can't

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.139
 expect us

00:19:59.139 --> 00:20:00.240
 to take seriously

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.039
 what Jesus

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.759
 has to say,

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 can you?

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:02.899
 He's

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:03.740
 outdated.

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.480
 He's

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.359
 old-fashioned.

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.419
 Times have

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:07.180
 moved on.

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.000
 We don't

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.680
 need

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.659
 Jesus

00:20:09.659 --> 00:20:10.559
 anymore.

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.019
 And so

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.519
 the world

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.000
 in its

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.500
 arrogant

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.700
 sophistication

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.980
 has demoted

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.539
 Jesus

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.700
 to the ranks

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:19.319
 of myth

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.139
 and lies,

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.059
 just as

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.720
 Belshazzar

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.599
 had demoted

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.159
 Daniel

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:24.240
 to a nobody

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 and a nothing.

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:28.079
 God's not

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.740
 worth listening

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.500
 to anymore.

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.220
 We don't

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.759
 want this

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.579
 God talk

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.159
 around here.

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.339
 We don't

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.740
 want you

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.379
 talking about

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.940
 God in

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.599
 your school

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.200
 or in

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.919
 your college.

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.039
 Keep your

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.619
 religion to

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.079
 yourself.

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.619
 You've come

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.000
 here to

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.299
 work.

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.039
 Don't bring

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.779
 religion into

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.619
 the conversation.

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.659
 What's he

00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.319
 got to do

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.759
 with it?

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:45.879
 Jesus.

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:49.500
 But let's

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.180
 give Jesus

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.740
 the last

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.240
 word on

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.619
 this.

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.460
 As Jesus

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.220
 faced his

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.960
 own trial

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:57.099
 before Pilate,

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:59.119
 another king,

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.160
 listen to

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.039
 what Jesus

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.900
 had to say

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.200
 in John

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.819
 18

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.879
 verse 37.

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.819
 This is

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.200
 Pilate

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.779
 speaking to

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.200
 Jesus.

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.720
 He says,

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.500
 you are

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.059
 a king

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.460
 then,

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.819
 said Pilate.

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.160
 Jesus

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.700
 answered,

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.680
 you are

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.259
 right in

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.940
 saying I

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.299
 am a

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.559
 king.

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.339
 In

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:19.620
 fact,

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.059
 for this

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.880
 reason I

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.500
 was born

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.200
 and for

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.640
 this I

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.200
 came into

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:23.660
 the world

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.420
 to testify

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:24.960
 to the

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.339
 truth.

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.240
 Everyone

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.140
 on the

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.720
 side of

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.240
 truth

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.420
 listens

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.779
 to me.

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.779
 Everyone

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.640
 on the

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.120
 side of

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.839
 truth

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:37.339
 listens

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:38.519
 to

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.119
 Jesus.

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.399
 Jesus

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:43.220
 is God's

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.539
 king.

00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.419
 He is

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:45.839
 God's

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.279
 voice.

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.240
 Do not

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.779
 close your

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:50.099
 ear to

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.399
 what he

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.799
 has to

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.139
 say.

00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:52.919
 Listen

00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.539
 to him.

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.859
 So God

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.519
 has spoken.

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.299
 Listen

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.720
 up.

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.799
 God,

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:01.939
 thirdly,

00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:03.539
 will judge.

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.319
 Be

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.740
 humble.

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:08.180
 the sad

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.700
 reality

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.220
 is

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.839
 because

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.819
 Belshazzar

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.200
 had

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.940
 silenced

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.380
 Daniel

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.720
 and

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.359
 pushed

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:14.620
 him

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.079
 away,

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.259
 he's

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.640
 actually

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.299
 removed

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.819
 God's

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.240
 voice

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.519
 from

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.759
 his

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.180
 ears.

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.099
 The

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.460
 very

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.920
 word

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.200
 that

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.460
 could

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.200
 save

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.660
 Belshazzar's

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.059
 life,

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.740
 he's

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.299
 rejected

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.720
 it.

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.920
 So all

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.319
 that is

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.779
 left for

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.359
 Belshazzar

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.859
 to hear

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.279
 and listen

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.160
 to is

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:31.559
 a word

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.140
 of

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.559
 judgment.

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.200
 There are

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.740
 four things

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.120
 we need

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.519
 to listen

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:37.920
 to if

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.259
 we want

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.759
 to avoid

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.259
 the same

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.720
 fate.

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.720
 I haven't

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.140
 got them,

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.099
 so listen

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.460
 up.

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.559
 Here we

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.839
 go.

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.079
 Know

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:47.200
 your place

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.000
 before

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.519
 God.

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.500
 Know

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.620
 your place

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.380
 before

00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.859
 God.

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.660
 Verse

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.339
 18.

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.220
 This is

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.519
 Daniel

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.319
 speaking to

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.980
 Belshazzar.

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.839
 O

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.099
 King,

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.579
 the

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.920
 Most

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.259
 High

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.799
 God

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.880
 gave

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.779
 your

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.259
 father

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.160
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.700
 sovereignty

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.440
 and greatness

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.720
 and glory

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.759
 and splendor.

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.720
 Because

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.160
 of the

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.420
 high

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.940
 position

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.900
 God

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.339
 gave

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.900
 him,

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:14.960
 all

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.160
 the

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.519
 peoples

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.740
 and

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.120
 nations

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.519
 and men

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.880
 of every

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.400
 language

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.000
 dreaded

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.339
 and feared

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.720
 him.

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.700
 Did

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.019
 you see

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.339
 what it

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.640
 says

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:21.940
 there?

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.079
 God

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.079
 gave

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.360
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.059
 his position

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.660
 and power

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.620
 and God

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.240
 could take

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.680
 it from

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.140
 him

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.980
 as he

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.560
 pleased.

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.779
 And it's

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.259
 no different

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.680
 for us

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.000
 in our

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.320
 lives.

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:33.960
 All that

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.420
 we have,

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.060
 our work,

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.800
 our families,

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.820
 our joys,

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.560
 our pleasures,

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.800
 everything we

00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.600
 love and

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.960
 enjoy comes

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.560
 from God

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.259
 who's given

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.220
 it to us.

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.620
 In fact,

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.120
 look at the

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.420
 end of

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.259
 verse 23.

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.640
 This is

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.160
 the God

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.019
 who holds

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.759
 in his

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.259
 hand

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.660
 our life

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:55.180
 and all

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.920
 our ways.

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.580
 From the

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.200
 moment we

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.779
 are born

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.220
 to the

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.940
 second we

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.500
 die,

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.480
 everything

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.160
 in our

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.000
 life is

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.980
 ruled and

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.140
 controlled by

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.600
 God.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.620
 So lesson

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.320
 number one,

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.800
 know your

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:12.440
 place before

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.900
 God.

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.720
 Lesson

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.040
 two,

00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:18.000
 be careful

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.600
 of arrogant

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.340
 pride.

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.300
 Be careful

00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:22.920
 of arrogant

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.560
 pride.

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.560
 King

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.380
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.860
 had become

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.420
 proud of

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.960
 his position.

00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:27.279
 Look at

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.940
 verse 20.

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:29.920
 But when

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.519
 his heart

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.660
 became arrogant

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:33.340
 and hardened

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 with pride,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.340
 he was

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:36.080
 disposed

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.560
 from his

00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:37.400
 royal throne

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.640
 and stripped

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.400
 of his

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.860
 glory.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.720
 He was

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 driven away

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.160
 from people

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.940
 and given

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.620
 the mind

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.500
 of an

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.840
 animal.

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 The point

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.640
 is simple.

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.279
 God

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.259
 will humble

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.500
 the arrogant

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.700
 God.

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 And he

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.460
 will humble

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.180
 us

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:57.140
 unless we

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.720
 acknowledge

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.400
 that he

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.099
 is the

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.740
 most high

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.279
 God,

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.420
 the one

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.180
 who rules

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.799
 over our

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.160
 life,

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.200
 who rules

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.839
 over every

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.859
 king and

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.440
 over every

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.900
 nation.

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.559
 Remember the

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.359
 testimony of

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.480
 King Nebuchadnezzar?

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.740
 The first

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.680
 verse in our

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.380
 reading this

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.779
 morning

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:15.819
 comes at the

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.420
 end of chapter

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.100
 4 verse

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.800
 37.

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 And those

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.620
 who walk

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.320
 in pride

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:22.140
 he is able

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.680
 to humble.

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.519
 So,

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.320
 number two,

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.019
 be careful

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.519
 of arrogant

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.160
 pride.

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.700
 Number three,

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.220
 learn humility

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.820
 before it's

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.480
 too late.

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.580
 Learn humility

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:39.080
 before it's

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.560
 too late.

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.600
 Here's the

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:42.060
 tragedy of

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.820
 this story.

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.039
 Verse 22.

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.140
 This is a

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.940
 great tragedy.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.000
 Verse 22.

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 But you,

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.740
 his son,

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.100
 O Belshazzar,

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.500
 have not

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.120
 humbled

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.820
 yourself,

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.480
 though you

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.860
 knew all

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.480
 of this.

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.779
 Though you

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.740
 knew all

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.340
 of this.

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.720
 Belshazzar

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.200
 was not

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.080
 without excuse.

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.860
 He knew

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.480
 all about

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.480
 Nebuchadnezzar.

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.200
 He had

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.740
 heard how

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.240
 God had

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.900
 humbled him

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.460
 and how

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.940
 God had

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.740
 restored him.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.320
 He had

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:11.860
 heard the

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.560
 stories of

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.039
 what God

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.500
 had done.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.279
 He knew

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.100
 all of

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.539
 this.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.640
 But,

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.560
 verse 23,

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:20.220
 instead you

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.700
 have set

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.360
 yourself up

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.259
 against the

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.800
 Lord of

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.160
 heaven.

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.019
 You had

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.660
 the goblets

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.000
 from the

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.640
 temple brought

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.080
 to you,

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:26.779
 and you

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.080
 and your

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.500
 nobles,

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.080
 your wives,

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.420
 and your

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.060
 concubines

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.720
 drank wine

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.160
 from them.

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.019
 you praised

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.460
 the gods

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.920
 of silver,

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.440
 of gold,

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:33.120
 of bronze,

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.560
 iron,

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.820
 wood,

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.360
 and stone,

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.259
 which cannot

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.420
 see or

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.340
 hear or

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.100
 understand.

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.640
 But you

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.440
 did not

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.240
 honour the

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.820
 God who

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.540
 holds in

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:43.720
 his hand

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.440
 your life

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:46.040
 and all

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.720
 your ways.

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:49.380
 God is

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.920
 so gracious

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.620
 to us.

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.240
 The very

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.839
 fact that

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.120
 we are

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.779
 here this

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.000
 morning means

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.380
 that we

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.880
 have heard

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.400
 the voice

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.839
 of God

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.380
 through his

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.299
 word and

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.880
 none of us

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.539
 here today

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.539
 are without

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.539
 excuse.

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.720
 Do not

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.579
 refuse to

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.160
 be humble

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.680
 or honour

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.160
 God.

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.779
 Learn

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.539
 humility

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:13.279
 before it

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.639
 is too

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.059
 late.

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.559
 And then

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.200
 last,

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.099
 we will

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.779
 all stand

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.579
 before God

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.220
 as judge.

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.000
 We will

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.759
 all stand

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.599
 before God

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.240
 as judge.

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.059
 Belshazzar's

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.420
 fate,

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.819
 well it was

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.579
 revealed to

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.119
 him in the

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.240
 writing on

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.659
 the wall,

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.500
 verse 25.

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.839
 This is the

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:36.180
 inscription that

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.799
 was written.

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.779
 Meenie,

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.259
 meenie,

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.680
 tekel,

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.240
 parson.

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.339
 This is

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.740
 what the

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.379
 words mean.

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.079
 God has

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.619
 numbered the

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.039
 days of

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.439
 your reign

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:45.839
 and brought

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.299
 it to an

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.619
 end.

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.000
 You have

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.639
 been weighed

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.119
 on the

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.779
 scales and

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.559
 found wanting.

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.199
 Your kingdom

00:27:52.199 --> 00:27:52.939
 is divided

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.459
 and given

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:53.899
 to the

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.359
 Medes

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:55.619
 and Persians.

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.899
 And then

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.419
 it seems

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.819
 as if

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.439
 Belshazzar

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:00.879
 has made

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.559
 some last

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.059
 desperate

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:03.259
 attempt to

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.019
 gain approval

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.699
 with Daniel

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.500
 and some

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.899
 kind of

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.359
 acceptance

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.980
 with God.

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.419
 This is

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.099
 desperate,

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.539
 desperate

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.220
 measures.

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.279
 Verse 29.

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.220
 Then at

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.920
 Belshazzar's

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.279
 command,

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.000
 Daniel was

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.700
 clothed in

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.079
 purple,

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.819
 a gold

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.339
 chain was

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:15.980
 placed around

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.480
 his neck,

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.099
 and he was

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.700
 proclaimed the

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.379
 third highest

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.039
 ruler in the

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.259
 kingdom.

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.559
 Maybe in

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.180
 his thinking,

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.079
 if I do

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.460
 this for

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.839
 Daniel,

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.759
 maybe this

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.180
 isn't going

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.480
 to happen

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.899
 to me.

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.879
 But it's

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.480
 too late.

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.579
 It's

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.019
 too

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.259
 late.

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.359
 God's

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.740
 judgment

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.039
 has

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.460
 already

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.740
 been

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.240
 spoken.

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:39.920
 His

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.400
 word

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.220
 can't

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.660
 be

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.519
 reversed.

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.740
 Verse 30.

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.460
 That

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.339
 very

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.980
 night,

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.079
 that

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.559
 very

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.180
 night,

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.980
 Belshazzar,

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.559
 king of the

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.279
 Babylonians,

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.940
 was slain

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.519
 and Darius

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.019
 the Mede

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.539
 took over

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.079
 the kingdom

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.960
 at the

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.380
 age of

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.900
 62.

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.920
 The

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.640
 Babylonian

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.059
 empire

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.200
 was wiped

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.660
 away,

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.420
 never to be

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.519
 back again.

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.620
 in power.

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.859
 One

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.400
 moment,

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.200
 drinking and

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.640
 dancing.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.299
 A few

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.099
 hours later,

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.099
 defeated

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:17.799
 and dead.

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.359
 A king

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.140
 and his

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.720
 kingdom

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.299
 came crashing

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.740
 down.

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.539
 You know

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.039
 what, as we

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.460
 finish,

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.079
 we're all

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.440
 going to

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:31.400
 face God's

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.140
 judgment one

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.380
 day.

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.359
 Every one

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.940
 of us here,

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.160
 myself

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.779
 included.

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.140
 And we

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.500
 will have

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.840
 to give

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.279
 an account

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.840
 for our

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.259
 life.

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.820
 But you

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.259
 know what?

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.519
 We can

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:44.900
 do it

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.600
 with absolute

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.440
 confidence

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.820
 and assurance.

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.320
 Flick with

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.779
 me, if you

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.300
 like, to

00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:51.860
 Hebrews

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:54.580
 chapter 9.

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.100
 These are the

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.540
 words we

00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:57.279
 started with

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.720
 at the very

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.400
 beginning this

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.800
 morning.

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.640
 Hebrews

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.580
 chapter 9.

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.659
 9.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.399
 What's the

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.399
 page number?

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.619
 1206.

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.299
 1206.

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.699
 Hebrews

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:12.960
 chapter 9.

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:16.539
 Verse 27.

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.699
 Read these

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.259
 words with

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 me.

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 Just follow

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 along.

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 Hebrews 9

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 verse 27.

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 Just as

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 man is

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 destined to

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 die once

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 and after

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 that to

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 face the

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 judgment.

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 That's the

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 reality.

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 It will

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 all happen

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 one day.

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 What are we

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 going to say?

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 What will be

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 our answer?

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 But here's the

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 confidence that

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 comes in verse

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 28.

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 Just as we

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 die once,

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 so Christ

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 was sacrificed

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 once to

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 take away the

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 sins of

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 many people,

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.319
 people like

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 you and

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 me.

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 And he

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 will appear

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 a second

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 time, not

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 to bear

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 sin, but

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.439
 to bring

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 salvation to

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 those who

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 are waiting

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 for him or

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 those who

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 are trusting

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 in him.

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 One day

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 the party

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.019
 of our

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.539
 life is

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.919
 going to

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.679
 be interrupted

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 just as

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 abruptly as

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 it was for

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 Belshazzar.

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 One day

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 our life

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.679
 will come

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.039
 to a

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 close.

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 We will

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 breathe our

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.379
 last.

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.179
 The days

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.519
 of our

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.220
 life will

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.740
 end.

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.420
 We will

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.360
 stand before

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.860
 God.

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.460
 We will

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.000
 be weighed

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.400
 on the

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.120
 scales of

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 justice.

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 But don't

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.640
 leave it

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.019
 till it's

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.620
 too late.

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.860
 God is

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.600
 graciously

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.620
 patient,

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.480
 longing and

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.460
 waiting for

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.299
 all to turn

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.860
 to him.

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.820
 If on the

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.259
 other hand

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.880
 you are

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:50.200
 trusting and

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.740
 you are

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.440
 assured of

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.180
 meeting God

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.900
 and you're

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.860
 looking forward

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.379
 to his

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.219
 salvation to

00:31:55.219 --> 00:31:55.579
 come,

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:58.019
 don't leave

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.419
 it till

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:59.019
 it's too

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.559
 late

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:01.859
 before you

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.719
 share this

00:32:02.719 --> 00:32:04.740
 message with

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.319
 those who

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.859
 are walking

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.539
 in pride

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.519
 today and

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.059
 do not

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.659
 know of the

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:11.240
 salvation that

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.679
 is to be

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.899
 found in

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.399
 Christ.

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:15.159
 Do not

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.819
 leave it

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.139
 till it is

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.839
 too late

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:19.339
 with your

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.959
 colleagues at

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.340
 work,

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.299
 your friends,

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.579
 your family.

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.700
 The writing

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:27.259
 is on the

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.539
 wall.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.279
 Do not

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.140
 ignore what

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.220
 God has

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.579
 said.

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.980
 Let's

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.240
 pray.

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 Let's

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.380
 pray.

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.240
 Let's

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.240
 pray.

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.380
 Let's

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:40.380
 pray.

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:42.380
 Let's

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:44.380
 pray.

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:46.380
 Let's

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:48.380
 pray.

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.380
 Let's

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.940
 pray.

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.440
 Our Father

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.039
 God, we

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:51.680
 thank you

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.180
 that you

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:55.200
 are a

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.980
 living God.

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.640
 We thank

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.980
 you that

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.539
 you are a

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.500
 speaking God.

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.920
 We thank

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.400
 you that you

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.779
 are a

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.539
 judging God.

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.980
 Thank you

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.640
 that in your

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.700
 judgments you

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.100
 will put

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.100
 everything right.

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.059
 And we

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.660
 thank you

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.279
 that because

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.840
 of Jesus

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:18.519
 we can

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.360
 stand before

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.139
 you with

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.959
 confidence,

00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:22.740
 assurance,

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.319
 unashamed

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:26.639
 because Christ

00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.199
 has forgiven

00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:27.719
 us.

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.179
 Please help

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:31.779
 us to

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.419
 walk humbly

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:33.240
 before you.

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.799
 Help us to

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.419
 do that well

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.099
 this week

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:37.679
 as we seek

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.219
 to share

00:33:38.219 --> 00:33:39.819
 the good

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.799
 news of

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.240
 Christ

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.639
 with others.

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.880
 we ask

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.180
 for your

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.600
 help to

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.180
 do this.

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.460
 In

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.840
 Jesus'

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.340
 name.

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.000
 Amen.

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.140
 Amen.