"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin"

"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin"

The King, Belshazzar, brought the holy vessels from the temple to his banquet, and he and his lords, wives, and concubines drank wine from them and praised the gods of silver, gold, brass, iron, wood and stone.  In the midst of this blasphemy, a Hand appeared and began writing on the wall of the banquet room, "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin."

Daniel was brought in to interpret this message written by the hand of God.  Daniel said, "This is the interpretation of the thing:  Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.  Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.  Peres (Upharsin); Thy kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."  (Daniel 5:26-28)  "In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain." (Daniel 5:30) 

"Numbered, Numbered, Weighed and Divided"

"But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."  (Psalm 75:7)  Do worldly Kings and Presidents think they are in charge?  Do Rulers of Nations and magistrates really believe they are calling the shots?  Can Presidents actually stick their noses in the air and accept people calling "them" Messiah, without so much as a Nay to such a comment?  I didn't name any names, but we've all witnessed these types of "pride" offered by rulers all over the world.  We are admonished, as Christians, to pray for those who have the rule over us, and they absolutely require respect for the positions they hold, but they are NOT God!  There is only ONE God; His name is the Lord Jesus Christ!  If anyone in the world forgets that  ...  there is ONE who is ever mindful of it  ...  and He "can" get our attention.

"He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings

and deposes them.  He gives wisdom to the wise

and knowledge to the discerning."

(Daniel 2:21)

King Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar's father, was reduced to eating grass in the field like an animal, because he set himself up as God, "But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him." (Daniel 5:20)  Belshazzar didn't learn anything from his father's ordeal.   Nobody, Nobody, gets away with assuming the position of Almighty God.  The world's Kings, Rulers, Presidents, and ordinary people like you and me, all, must bow before the One and only Creator, THE King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ, the righteous.  If we do not  ... 

 "The king will do as he pleases.  he will exalt and magnify

himself above every god and will say unheard-of things

against the God of gods.  He will be successful until the

time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined

   must take place." 

(Daniel 11:36)

"Why do evil people get by?" you ask.  There "is" a time of reckoning.  There will be a "payday."  What we sow, we will also reap.  There is coming a "time of wrath."  We serve a loving longsuffering, patient God, but He says, "My Spirit shall not always strive with man..." (Genesis 6:3)  The Lord is giving people time NOW to repent, turn from their wicked ways, receive His Spirit, speak in a Godly language we never learned, and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of our sins  ...

 

God is patient, but time is running out; the four horses' hooves are pawing the ground; Israel is surrounded and being threatened more and more every day; ungodly rulers are rising up as a stench in the nostrils of a Holy God; immorality is parading and flaunting sinful flesh in our streets  ...  but the Ark is being built; it's the worldwide Church of the living God; it's the New Church Order; Regions are being designated for Spiritual power by God; it is the salvation message marching into every Nation, kindred and tongue  ...  the gangplank has thundered to the ground and it's time for all who are willing to get aboard  ...  Can't you hear the call  ...  Acts 2:38?  Acts 19?  Romans to Jude?  Ezekiel 38 and 39? Revelation? Trumpets?

The kingdoms of this world are about to fall; Sin has reached its time of wrath; the fights for Heaven and Hell have come to an impasse; the reign of Jesus Christ our Lord is at the door; there's a rustling in the treetops; the deep is calling to deep; the Bride is pressing her wedding garment; the Angel has the trumpet to his lips; and   ...  the Writing is on the Wall  ...

       

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)