B-2 Stories From Babylon

Decoded Message

Theme: Only God's prophet could read the message God wrote on the wall (Daniel 5)

Supplies: Printed code, Printed key, Printed message (see below)

How to do it:

• Give each child the printed coded message. 
• Give them two minutes to figure it out. 
• When no one can figure it out, provide the answer key

Discussion:

• King Belshazzar could not read the handwriting on the wall any better than you could decipher my code.
• Only God has the key to understanding prophecy. People cannot understand it on their own.

Coded message: 👉👈👆👦💨👀👉✋👨👍💨👊👌👉👊👂✌👎💨✊👉👏👆✋💨👌✌☝✋💨👃👎💙

A☝

B☺

C✊

D✋

E✌

F❤

G👀

H👂

I👃

J👄

K👅

L👆

M👇

N👈

O👉

P👊

Q👋

R👌

S👍

T👎

U👏

V👤

W👐

X👥

Y👦

Z👧

'👨

.💙

Space💨

Answer: Only God's prophet could read it.