grace is always individually personal, so is the dispersing of His justice. If Nebuchadnezzar’s personal story gives hope to sinners, Belshazzar’s issues a warning. Belshazzar’s is a story of condemnation. Belshazzar’s legacy is tragic. Although Daniel uses him on two occasions simply as a calendar to date visions (7:1 and 8:1), the only information giving any insight into his character or contributions concerns a drunken celebration that ends in death. He planned a banquet and