King
Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles
And
drank with with them.
While
Belshazzar was drinking his wine,
He
gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets
That
Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem,
So
that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines
Might
drink from them.
So
they brought in the gold goblets
That
had been taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem,
And
the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from
them.
As
they drank the wine,
They
praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
SUDDENLY
the fingers of a human hand appeared
And
wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lamp stand in the royal
palace.
The
king watched the hand as it wrote.
His
face turned pale and he was so frightened
That
his knees knocked together and his legs gave way.
The
king called out for the enchanters, astrologers and diviners
To be
brought and said to these wise men of Babylon,
'Whoever
reads this writing and tells me what it means
Will
be clothed in purple and have a gold chain place around his neck,
And he
will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.'
Then
the king's wise men came in,
But
they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
So the
king Belshazzar became even more terrified
And
his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
The
queen, hearing the voices of the king and his nobles,
Came
into the banquet hall. 'O king, live forever! She said.
'Don't
be alarmed! Don't look so pale!
There
is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods on him.
In the
time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence
And
wisdom like that of the gods.
King
Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king. I say--
Appointed
him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.
This
man Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar,
Was
found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding,
And
also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles
And
solve difficult problems.
Call
for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.'
So
Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him,
'Are
you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
I have
heard that the spirit of the gods is in you
And
that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom.
The
wise men and enchanters were brought before me
To
read this writing
And
tell me what it means, but they could not explain it.
Now I
have heard that you are able to give interpretations
And to
solve difficult problems.
If
you can read this writing and tell me what it means,
You
will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain place around your
neck,
And
you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.'
Then
Daniel answered the king.
'You
may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone
else.
Nevertheless,
I well read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.
O
king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar
sovereignty
And
greatness and glory and splendor.
Because
of the high position he gave him,
All
the peoples and nations and men of every language
Dreaded
and feared him.
Those
the king wanted to put to death, he put to death;
Those
he wanted to spare, he spared;
Those
he wanted to promote, he promoted;
And
those he wanted to humble, he humbled.
But
when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,
He was
disposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
He was
given the mind of an animal;
He
lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle;
And
his body was drenched with the dew of heaven,
Until
he acknowledged that the Most High God
Is
SOVEREIGN over the kingdoms of men
And
sets over them anyone he wishes.
'But
you his son,' O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself,
Though
you knew all this.
Instead,
you have set yourself up against the Lord of Heaven.
You
had goblets from his Temple brought to you,
And
you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines
Drank
wine from them.
You
praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and
stone, which cannot see or hear of understand.
But
you did not honor the God who holds in His hand your life
And
all your ways.
Therefore
He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
'This
is the inscription that was written:
MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN
This
is what these words means:
MENE:
God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to and END.
TEKEL:
You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
PERES:
Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.'
Then
at Belshazzar's command, Daniel was clothed in purple,
A gold
chain was place around his neck,
And he
was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
That
very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain,
And
Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.
(Daniel
5)
Likewise,
the writing of God Almighty
Is
on the wall of arrogant America,
She
has defiled the Covenant of the Living God Who made her prosper;
Her
“king” is a defiler of the Covenant of the Living God;
He has
set himself up against the God of Heaven;
Him
and all his nobles, enchanters,
astrologers, diviners and “wise men”
And
ALL those who support him, will
prove worthless to him and to America.
Apostate
Christians are in his crowd, giving him their seal of approval.
America
has squandered what her Forefathers gave her,
Ignoring
the principles that were given to her.
The
days of ARROGANT America are numbered,
ALL
her innumerable “gods” will be judged.
God
Almighty has weighed her on His scales and found her wanting.
Her
already divided kingdom will soon collapse.
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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