What immediately followed this complete apostasy?
Answer
"In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom,
being about threescore and two years old." Verses 30, 31.
NOTE-The gospel of the kingdom was preached in Babylon by Daniel and by other faithful and
God-fearing Jews, and Nebuchadnezzar was brought to acknowledge and to worship the true God. But
after the death of Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon relapsed into idolatry again, and this apostasy was rendered
hopeless when Belshazzar used the sacred vessels from the house of God, dedicated to the worship of
,God, in which to drink the wine of Babylon while worship was offered to the false gods. Then came the
handwriting on the wall, and the fall of ancient Babylon.
What is one purpose for which the Holy Spirit was sent?
What is revealed in the gospel?
How are the present effects and future results of chastisement contrasted?
What assurance has God given of the judgment?
21. What shows that the new, or second, covenant and the Abrahamic covenant are virtually the same?
While suffering in the garden of Gethsemane, how was Christ strengthened?
What do our transient afflictions do for us?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle