Nothing wrong with a King hosting a banquet or feast for his lords, noblemen or guests as Belshazzar did; Neither is improper for the Ruler to eat and drink with his ministers and subjects. But the King's Presence must overshadow the presence of all at his table. The King's presence must be influencing their table manners more than their presence is influencing the King at the table. Belshazzer was obviously under the influence of the thousand of his lords or noblemen he was hosting with a feast. And this influence on the king was more dangerous than the influence of the wine he drank on the king. Soon, he would give a command to bring the vessels of God's house to please his lords, noblemen, wives, and concubines, by making them available for them to drink with.

I know such influence: It's not the influence of drugs or drinks, but some form of peer pressure or political pressure, influence of class and women. The young, inexperienced, king Belshazzer, trying to please the top echelons of princes and their women.

May you not organize or host a feast, party or event, in which the people you invited, the guest you are hosting, and the publicity you are craving, will overwhelm, influence and pressure you to make decisions you would not have made or say things you would not have said in being yourself.

☆1☆. Don't be like Belshazzar here, under such party and publicity influence, leading him into a pride and desecration in direct mockery of God.

☆2☆. Don't be like Herod, under such party and publicity influence, leading him into beheading John the Baptist, who was sent as forerunner to the greatest Man.

☆3☆. Don't be like Herod, under such party and publicity influence, leading him into receiving the adoration of men calling him a god and not man, before angel killed him.

(Daniel 5:2 - NKJV) — While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.

(Daniel 5:2 - GNT) — While they were drinking, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups and bowls which his father Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from the Temple in Jerusalem. The king sent for them so that he, his noblemen, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.

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Let's go to the Wedding at Cana, when the Lord Jesus Christ turned Water into Wine, not for party pressure or influence even though His hour had not yet come. The way the Chairman of the occasion tasted the Wine the Lord Jesus brewe, and issued a statement to the Groom, so also in the top bible verse above the king, Belshazzar, tasted the wine and issued a statement. The Chairman's statement was about serving the best wine first before the worst, but the king's statement was an order to bring the best and dedicated vessels to serve the wine they drank in the feast.

In both occasions, the vessels for the wine come into play. One of the silent facts in the Best Wine the Lord Jesus brewed was the vessels the Wine was made or served. It was not just about the difference between the wine, but also the difference between their vessels. The Lord Jesus did not turn water into wine in the vessels of wine; rather He turned water into wine in the vessels of water. He did not use the container where wine had been before, nor was the vessels of the old wine used to serve the governor/chairman of the occasion. Both the containers and the cup were for water, not for wine, and yet they became the vessels that served the best wine therein.

Well in that story, we were told the chairman did not know where the wine came from, even though the servers knew where it came from. Knowing where a wine comes from is not just about knowing its source but also knowing the giver and the vessels. Learn this secret about wine and their vessels:
“Wine can damage a wrong vessel, and a wrong vessel can ruin a wine.”

The quality of a wine is not just about its source, ingredients or recipe, but also vessels or packaging/bottling of it. Else, wine and vessel may damage each other. As is written:

[‭Mark 2:22 AMPC] — And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the bottles destroyed; but new wine is to be put in new (fresh) wineskins.

One of the differences between “Oil and Wine” is that oil gains more refined from one container into another but wine loses quality from one container into another. So, the less a wine gets turned or moved from one container (vessel) to another, the better it's.

[Jeremiah 48:11 FBV] — The people of Moab have been living comfortably since the country was founded. They're like wine that hasn't been disturbed, not poured from one container to another. So the taste and fragrance remains the same. They haven't experienced exile.

From the top bible verse above, Belshazzar had ordered that the vessels, which his father (actually grandfather) Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the temple he also destroyed in Jerusalem, to be brought in and used to serve the wine he, his noblemen, his many wives and concubines, would drink. The vessels he was summoning were gold and silver vessels, but were also sacred and dedicated vessels to the Lord God of Israel