Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine before them. He gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem so that he and his guests might drink wine from them.
Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand appeared and began writing on the wall of the palace. The king's face grew pale and he summoned Daniel who his father had made chief of the diviners because of his extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and insight. Then Daniel was brought before the king and said, "O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty to your father, but when his heart became proud, he was driven away from mankind and was made like the beasts until he recognized that God is ruler over man and that he sets over it whomever he wishes. Yet you, his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. Then the hand was sent and this is the inscription: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. Your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. That night, Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain. Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
Babylon literally fell into the hands of the Medes & Persians in a day. Satan was cast from heaven over his pride and it was pride that cost the king his kingdom. It seems difficult to learn life's hard lessons from the experience of your father, but without the ability to act wisely, the king was slain and his empire was given to another.
Daily Prayer: Father, grant me wisdom in my life's journey. Help me also to teach is to my children so that we don't have to experience divine judgment. In your holy name I pray Amen.
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