The Hand Writing Is On The Wall
👉🏼mene, mene, tekel, parsin
(Read Daniel 5:22-28)
The king was praising false gods. Practicing unrighteousness and praising the gods for his actions. His kingdom had willingly sunk into debauchery. His stinking wine soaked breath praised these false gods and mocked the Lord God almighty. The nation localized God by focusing on their own personal interests and local gods and goddesses, and completely rejecting the God of all. They, like so many, hide from God by localizing their praise to personal versions of the gods. They follow gods they can control. And force others to do likewise.
And the righteous man of God, Daniel, is ultimately exalted by the conquering Darius. And as the corrupt government leaders in every nation so often do, they flatter and influence the new king against the righteous man. They convince the king to make an exception in the law so that they can trap Daniel. They knew they could not find fault in him by any upright means, so they plotted and schemed to trap him with lawfare. Not unlike what we see happening today in our United States. The corrupt courts and bureaucrats scheme and plot to ruin the reputation of the righteous man of God.
Why did they do it?
Daniel was lifted up in rank above them by the kings. And his skill and leadership was above them by nature and by means of God's Spirit. It's simply envy. The sin of envy. The corrupt politicians are small envious people with hard hearts and heads. Scheming and plotting all sorts of deception and corruption.
Daniel 6:7-9
"The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den. Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” So King Darius put the decree in writing."
They manufactured and adulterated the laws targeting the prophet Daniel, designed to bring him to a fatal end. It's unholy lawfare. Some would say it's politics as usual. Likely this is true, but it's hardly an excuse. The people who set themselves up as servants, these political "servants", protecting the rights of the people, they are actively trying to capture people and their remove their rights in their wicked traps.
Today we see these same corrupt politicians at work in our society. We're a post Christian nation. Righteousness and the rule of law no longer exists. Lawfare is business as usual. God has left the building.
I'm going to leave this study here for now, for tomorrow. This timely scripture study is speaking volumes to me and it will take time to swallow and digest it all. Something big is happening in this timely message.
Stay tuned.
God bless the righteous ones still seeking the Lord God in Heaven.