The 5th chapter of Daniel opens some 23 years after the death of King Nebuchadnezzar. The once mighty empire has fallen on hard days and the Medo-Persian armies under leadership of King Cyrus are surrounding the walls of Babylon. The final King of Babylon, Belshazzar, provides a party for all his gathered leaders, a party that degenerates quickly into a drunken chaos. In pride, Belshazzar took sacred cups from the Temple in Jerusalem to hold the booze! At this point God intervenes and rebukes the King using the “finger of God” to write some words on the wall. The king is scared to death and yells for the Magi (less Daniel) to provide an answer to the event at the party. But none can help him make sense of it!