THREE THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER!
Introduction
1. The greatest debate — accurate interpretation is needed!
2. Daniel 5 — three things we should know better!
A. WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO TAKE GOD FOR GRANTED (vv.1-9)
Daniel 5 begins with a royal party!
Four observations:
1. It was a Grand Royal Party (v.1)
2. It was a Sacrilegious Party (v.2)
3. It was a Misguided Party (v.4)
4. It was an Unusual Party (vv.5-6)
God gate-crashed the party!!!
Feel the Narrative Tension!!! (vv.7-9)
Lesson: Don’t take God for granted!
B. WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO UNDERESTIMATE GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY! (vv.10-21)
Appreciate the Narrative Twist!!!
Solution to the tension — the Queen! (vv.10-12)
Daniel’s posture and prophecy (vv.13-18)
Grasp the Narrative Theology!!!
C. WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO ASSUME WE KNOW WHAT GOD WOULD DO! (vv.22-31)
Interpretation given … and (surprise!) — royal reward granted! (vv.24-29)
Now comes the real surprise! (v.30)
Daniel 5:30 “That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.”
What???!!! Reason?! (vv.22-23)
Don’t assume that we know what God would do!
Next Week’s Speaker: Timothy Yeo
