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This section summarizes the narrative, as found in C. L. Seow's text translation in his commentary on Daniel. [1]King Belshazzar holds a great feast for a thousand of his lords and commands that the Temple vessels from Jerusalem be brought in so that they can drink from them, but as the Babylonians drink, a hand appears and writes on the wall.
The phrase "finger of God" is used to symbolize the power and might of God and is commonly interpreted by scholars as a sign of His divine intervention and the manifestation of His will. In the New Testament, it is also used metaphorically in reference to the Spirit of God (Luke 11:20, Matthew 11:28).
His son Belshazzar used these cups for a great feast where the hand of God appeared and wrote the inscription on the wall prophesying the downfall of Belshazzar's reign. [5] The text on the wall says "mene, mene, tekel, parsin". Biblical scholars interpret this to mean "God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; you ...
According to the biblical narrative, the first set of tablets, inscribed by the finger of God, (Exodus 31:18) were smashed by Moses when he was enraged by the sight of the Children of Israel worshiping a golden calf (Exodus 32:19) and the second were later chiseled out by Moses and rewritten by God (Exodus 34:1).
God's right arm is outstretched to impart the spark of life from his own finger into that of Adam, who is actually already created [9] but inert [10] [11] (see Gen. 2:7), and whose left arm is extended in a pose mirroring God's, a reminder that God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness" .
And that afterwards God, from a special care which He has for us and our salvation, commanded His servants, the prophets and apostles, to commit His revealed Word to writing; and He Himself wrote with His own finger the two tables of the law. Therefore we call such writings holy and divine Scriptures."
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Jean-Pierre Pernin was born February 22, 1822, in Flacey-en-Bresse, an agricultural village in Saône-et-Loire.He studied humanities and developed his writing skills at Collège de Meximieux (), graduating in 1842, then studied philosophy and theology at the Grand séminaire (Major seminary) of Autun (Saône-et-Loire), his home diocese.