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Babylon District
| Name | BELSHAZZAR |
| Aliases | KING OF BABYLON / HOST OF THE FEAST / WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING |
| Status | DECEASED / SLAIN THE NIGHT OF THE WRITING / BABYLON FELL THAT NIGHT |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE KING WHO SAW THE HAND WRITE ON THE WALL |
| Place of Birth | BABYLON | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | NONE (A CHALDEAN) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON (SUCCESSOR) OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR | People | THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE |
| Occupation | KING / CO-REGENT OF BABYLON | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE EMPIRE OF BABYLON | Calling | LAST KING OF BABYLON BEFORE ITS FALL |
| Primary Mission | HOLD THE THRONE OF BABYLON | Known Signs | THE SACRILEGE OF THE TEMPLE VESSELS / THE HANDWRITING |
| Covenant Role | THE KING JUDGED IN A SINGLE NIGHT | Divine Access | INDIRECT / GOD SENT THE HAND THAT WROTE HIS DOOM |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Imperial Classification | THE PROFANE KING |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT VESSELS DEFILED | Known Miracles | THE HAND THAT WROTE ON THE WALL |
| Divine Commission | CONDEMNED | Threat Assessment | THE MEDES AND PERSIANS AT THE GATE |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / SLAIN THAT VERY NIGHT | Archive Category | EXILE / THE FALL OF BABYLON |
What he did with the temple vessels: DRANK WINE AND PRAISED IDOLS FROM THEM
The writing Daniel read on the wall: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN
The subject made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and while he drank he called for the gold and silver vessels his predecessor had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, that he and his company might drink from them.
As they drank and praised the gods of gold and silver, the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote upon the plaster of the wall. The king's face went pale, and his knees knocked together in terror.
None of his wise men could read the writing. At the queen's word Daniel was brought, who refused the king's rewards and rebuked him: he had not humbled his heart though he knew how God had humbled his predecessor.
Daniel read the words: Mene, God has numbered your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel, you have been weighed and found wanting; Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
That very night the subject, king of the Chaldeans, was slain, and Darius the Mede received the kingdom. Babylon fell in a single night, as the word had said.
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- To profane what is holy invites swift and certain judgment.
- Knowing how God humbled another is no excuse if we will not humble ourselves.
- A life can be weighed in the balance and found wanting in a single night.
