Biblical Reading and Reflections: June 26th (Daniel 5 & Acts 21:1-16)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Riddle of the Handwriting on the Wall
Belshazzar perhaps thinks that daniel has diffused it in some way, giving him the means to avoid it. He exalts daniel to a position of high office, just as joseph was exalted by pharaoh back in genesis. However, belshazzar's fate is not so easily avoided and his place is taken by darius the mede. This median king receives the kingdom just as the sentence of the handwriting on the wall announced: 62 years of age when he receives the kingdom. The equivalents of his age to the sum of the weights suggest that he is going to bring balance.
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