Friday, August 28, 2020
Who is Daniel in the US lion's den?
MENE-TEKEL-PARSIN Says
Daniel’s God to the USA
https://medium.com/@JacquesCoulardeau/mene-tekel-parsin-says-daniels-god-to-the-usa-97d19f3e3028
BOOK
OF DANIEL 5
17
Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give
your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the
king and tell him what it means.
18
“Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty
and greatness and glory and splendor.
19
Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples 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.
20
But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from
his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
21
He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with
the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the
dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over
all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.
22
“But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all
this.
23
Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the
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 or understand. But
you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.
24
Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
Race
and Racism, * Police, * Authoritarianism, * Lynching, * Police
Brutality
