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What was the writing on the wall in Daniel 5:25, and what did it mean? In this video, we answer the question: “What is the meaning of mene mene tekel upharsin?”
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- What is the meaning of the phrase, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Yufarsin? We're going to answer that question.
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- You can also discover more on GotQuestions .org. The phrase, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Yufarsin, appears in Daniel 5 along with its translation.
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- Some translations spell Yufarsin as Parson. The phrase appeared on a wall in the palace of Belshazzar, the acting king of Babylon.
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- He is referred to the son of Nebuchadnezzar, although he was not Nebuchadnezzar's immediate successor.
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- The biblical account of the mysterious and frightening appearance of the phrase, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Yufarsin, has given rise to the modern expression, the handwriting on the wall, meaning a portent or warning of inevitable misfortune.
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- Daniel 5 tells the story of the Babylonian ruler, Belshazzar, a rich and debauched king who gave a banquet to his court.
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- During the drunken party, the sacred vessels from the Jewish temple stolen by Nebuchadnezzar in 586
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- B .C. were used in a blasphemous manner. At the height of the festivities, a man's hand was seen writing on the wall the mysterious words,
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- Mene, Mene, Tekel, Yufarsin. The king was terrified, but no one could understand what the words meant.
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- All attempts at interpretation by Belshazzar's wise men failed until the prophet
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- Daniel was called in. Daniel was one of the captives from Judah, brought to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
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- Daniel was given wisdom from God to read and translate the words, which meant, numbered, numbered, weighed, divided.
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- Daniel told the king, here is what these words mean, Mene, God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
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- Tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Perez, your kingdom is divided and given to the
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- Medes and Persians. Perez is the singular form of Yufarsin. The Bible never identifies what language the words were in.
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- The handwriting on the wall proved true. In fact, it proved fatal for the dissolute
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- Belshazzar. Just as Daniel had said, the kingdom of Babylon was divided between the
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- Medes and the Persians and it happened that very night. Belshazzar was slain and his kingdom passed to Darius the
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- Mede. The appearance of Mene, Mene, Tekel, Yufarsin on the king's wall is a reminder that whatever we sow, that we will also reap.
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- God is the judge. He justly weighs all matters and meets out retribution in his time.
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- Sometimes, God speaks very clearly into our lives, convicting us of sin and warning us of pending judgment.
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- It does not pay to ignore the handwriting on the wall. That answers the question, what is the meaning of Mene, Mene, Tekel, Yufarsin?
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