“but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy Lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:”
Daniel 5:23 KJV
Belshazzar the Chaldean king was petrified when he saw the hand writing on the wall and asked for Daniel to come and interpret it. Daniel told Belshazzar that he had risen against the true Lord of heaven. By demanding that the sacred vessels of the temple of Jerusalem his predecessor king Nebuchadnezzar had brought for Belshazzar and his officials, his wives and his concubines to drink from, issuing a challenge to the true God, they cannot win. They have made toasts and offered praise to the idols crafted in silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood and stone - idols which cannot see or hear or know anything at all. And they have failed to honour in all they do, the One True God Who holds the breath of life in the palm of His Hand and makes possible all their days. In the new covenant, this God has given His own Life for all mankind. Therefore, if people choose to dishonour Him and His Church which is His Body, rendering Christ irrelevant, they are doomed to fall. It may not be as quick as Belshazzar, but they will fall. Amen!
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