Belshazzar represents our old man who is “weighed in the balances, and art found wanting”. Belshazzar, like our first man Adam, never learns and that is why we must die daily and endure until the end in order to be saved in this life, which is only possible through Christ (1Co_15:31 , Mat_24:13 , Php_4:13).

1Co 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

The transition of empires being looked at in this section of scripture (Dan_5:1-31) is from Babylon to Persia, and (Dan_7:4-5) describe these two sections of the statue in (Dan_2:32): the first empire being Babylon, “This image’s head was of fine gold”, then the torso and arms of the statue, “his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass”, representing Persia that will be ruled over by “Darius the Median” who “took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old”(Dan_5:31). The age of Darius is significant and is a witness [2] to the truth that the beast [6] is still on the throne of this new leaders heart that is controlling this new empire [62].

One of the main themes of this section of Daniel is the consequence of God’s wrath that comes upon us when we defile the temple of God which is done specifically with His words which we are to keep undefiled and in the temple of God which temple we are. The cups being taken from Jerusalem and put in the hands of the rebellious pagan hands of Belshazzar represents those words of God, and our old man who misappropriates the words of truth is “weighed in the balances, and art found wanting” just as Belshazzar was.

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Here’s the link to the video and audio for this and all the studies thus far with the Book of Daniel: Dan 5:1-31 Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting