And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 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 5:22-23).
Please allow me to repeat this one more time:
The Book of Daniel is necessary to understanding the time line of human existence on Planet Earth. If God is in charge of Planet Earth then the evolutionists and the planners for a one-world government know as much as the Babylonian wizards who knew nothing. The Book of Daniel is a square pill for the arrogant of our day. If you believe the book of Daniel, you are in the way of "progress." The overriding influence of world thinking is attempting to bring about a productive and peaceful world full of love and cooperation—without God.
In short, we are in the closing days immediately preceding the one-world government prophesied in the Bible. Daniel and Revelation provide the blueprint and some description of what is taking place. God is not in a bind. God is not wringing His hands. Rather, He is the one who is in the background, fully in charge.
Little men, little politicians imagine themselves to be in charge but they are not. God allows them to be on His stage for a short time and then they are carried away and buried with great pomp and ceremony. And their dream of a wonderful world as patterned by them is also dead. It's not going to happen. God tells us to think thoughts after Him:
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. (2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth (Colossians 3:1-2).
It is good and profitable that we avoid making the mistakes of Belshazzar. He knew how God brought down his grandfather for his arrogance but he ignored it and rejected everything his grandfather had tried to pass along to him after he came to know the true God of Heaven who was also the true God over Babylon (today's Iraq). It's good to avoid Belshazzar's mistakes this day as you go to work or school or work at home. Humbling our hearts does not stalk us and overtake us. We will have to pursue it. It is pride and arrogance that will stalk us and overtake us.
We may not always realize it when we are lifting up ourselves against the God of Heaven but we do know when we are going against the red light that comes on somewhere in our spirit. We want to be in charge. That was Satan's downfall. He attempted to exalt himself above the throne of God. He would be God. Isaiah said it like this: For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (15) Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit (Isaiah 14:13-15).
Some people go to church so they can figure out how to use God. If they bargain with Him, maybe He'll be their celestial bellhop. You know, the big guy in the nice uniform at the old stately hotels who greeted you at the door and rushed out to get your baggage and unlocked your room, turned down your bed, etc. That guy. Go to church to get God to be…your personal bellhop. God is boring. The Bible is boring. God's hymns are boring. But I can put up with all the boring stuff if I can get God to do some things for me. Better not go that route, friend. Belshazzar didn't do well with it and you won't either.
Belshazzar was one of those people who made gods to suit him. They made their gods with their hands, their knives and chisels and hammers. Today we are more sophisticated. We go god shopping. We shop for a book or video that will tell us how to be our own god. Oprah is not the only act in town engaged in remaking God. But there's no place, no house, no closet where we can remake God away from His gazing eye.
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:6).
Memory Verse for this week:
(1Th 4:13)But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (1Th 4:13) (See 1Th 4:13-18).
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