Scripture: Daniel 5 v 4 - 5:
"They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and
of silver...in the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over
against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and
the king saw part of the hand..."
It is a rather well-used expression "the writing is
on the wall" and its taken to mean that something momentous, usually bad,
is about to occur. In the original experience in Daniel's day, the king was
about to lose his throne.
This Babylonian king had taken captive many Israelites
plus many treasures from the Temple in Jerusalem, which temple they destroyed.
On this night the king decided to use the golden goblets taken from the temple
to praise his own gods. In the same hour he saw a hand write the fateful words
"mene Mene tekel upharsin" which neither he nor his sorcerers nor his
astrologers could interpret. Eventually Daniel was brought because in him was
an excellent spirit and he could interpret dreams.
From verse 25 -28 the interpretation of the writing on the
wall is given. You are found wanting; your kingdom is finished; it is divided
between the Medes and Persians. In the same night the king of Babylon died.
What do we learn from this event? Firstly, it is very
unwise to mock God by abusing His people, His Temple and its golden vessels.
Whether Christians or Israeli's, the Lord God favours His people. The
Christians are His actual body (Colossians 1 v 18), and the Israeli's are His
actual Bride (Revelations 21 v 9- 12). Our God will protect His own.
It is very unwise to mock true born again Christians who
are submitted to God's holy will and doing their best to save the rest of
humanity ie those who will experience first hand their own writing on the wall
if they do not wake up to the reality of this world situation.
We are without doubt going through the birth pangs of the
closing stages of the end of this world as we know it. The New Age plan of
Satan is well established.
One day soon we will have a One World Government using
One Currency and under One Religion. We will have absolute peace on Earth. For
a short time. Then the Son of Perdition that Man of Sin will be revealed. He is
the Antichrist who will command every human to have a mark 666 on his right
hand or forehead. Without the mark you cannot buy nor sell. No food, water,
electricity, new clothes or petrol. Everyone who takes this mark will be
excluded from Heaven. Its the ultimate standoff between God and Satan. By this
time the Christians will have left this planet by the grace of God. The Jews
will still be here but finally understanding that Satan has always wanted to
kill the Bride and the Groom so he can run the universe.
Their eyes will be opened to know that Jesus is their
true husband and they will flee into the mountains of Petra in Jordan. For those left in jerusalem when the Antichrist enters
the rebuilt Temple and declares himself God the darkest days have arrived which
will affect the whole world. The cruellest Pharoah, Hitler, Nero, ISIS will
pale next to the evil of this man in whom Satan has fully manifested.
For the world the writing will be on the wall. You will
still make Heaven if you refuse the mark and are martyred for your faith. First it was the blood of animals that covered the Jews
sins for one year. Then the Blood of Jesus covered believers sins once off for
all sin. In the end only your own blood will do. Those who believe in an
all-loving Father who will relent and
forgive the whole world need to rethink this idea. Otherwise the death
of Jesus on the Cross was a fairytale.
Prayer: Father God, Jesus is the same yesterday, today
and forever. You want everyone to be saved and home with You but not everyone
is willing to walk in Jesus' footsteps and bear His Cross. Help us, O Lord, to
bring Your truth to them before they have to see the writing on the wall and
weep for eternity. In Jesus' name. Amen.