* King Belshazzar made a great feast for 1,000 people.  He commanded that some special
    cups be brought in for them to drink from.  These cups had been stolen from the temple
    of God in Jerusalem by the king's father.  It was not right for them to be drinking from them
    and praising idols while they drank.  God was very displeased with him.

 * Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand began to write on the wall.  The king became very
    frightened and his legs began to shake.  He called for his wise men to tell him the meaning
    of the words, but they could not.  The queen told him that there was a man in the kingdom
    who had the Spirit of the Holy God.  This man would be able to tell him the meaning of
    the words.  That man's name was Daniel.

 * Daniel did tell him what the words meant.  He said, "God is not pleased with you
    because you have not been humble. You have drunk out of the vessels of the temple,
    and you have praised idols.  You have been weighed in the balances and found 
    wanting.  Your kingdom will be divided and you will be killed."

 * Daniel's words came true that very night.

 * Darius was the next king, and he liked Daniel very much.  There were some bad men
    in the kingdom who did not like Daniel.  They looked for a way to destroy him. 
    They tricked the king into making a law.  The law said no one could pray to anyone
    but Darius for 30 days. Anyone who prayed to God would be thrown into the
    lions' den.  But Daniel still prayed to God.  The bad men told the king.  So, the king
    had to put Daniel in the lions' den.

 * God protected Daniel.  The next morning the king found Daniel alive.  God had
    closed the mouths of the lions!  Then the happy king and all his people believed
    in God.

   The story of Daniel can be found in the book of Daniel chapter 6.
 

My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths,
that they have not hurt me.                                               Daniel 6:22