Daniel 5:1-31: Belshazzar and the Writing on the Wall

Rev. Rick Jones, Chaplain and Vice President of Spiritual Life for the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, in, Minot, ND, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Daniel 5. New royalty enters the picture: King Belshazzar; not to be confused with Daniel’s Babylonian name Belteshazzar. Belshazzar, history has revealed, is the son of King Nabonidus and crown prince of Babylon. Proving his unsuitability for rule, Belshazzar is partying and getting drunk while Persian soldiers are besieging the walls of Babylon. On the last night of his reign, a disembodied hand writes a mysterious message on the wall. Who in Babylon can interpret it?