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.
By what means did Herod seek to destroy Christ?
For what did Christ, just before His ascension, tell His disciples to wait?
To what are the wife and children of the man who fears the Lord likened?
For what reason is worship justly due to God?
Who gives this rest from sin?
How are the people described who are developed by the threefold message here referred to?
7. What description does Paul give of the sufferings endured by some of God's people in former ages?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle