I was just
thinking. What’s wrong with dictators? They hang on to power and neither see when
the writing is on the wall nor understand it or even try to decipher it.
In Chapter 5
of the Book of Daniel in the Bible, Belshazzar the king of Babylon is having a
shindig in the palace with lots of people, boozing, munching, praising the gods
of their gold and silver and you know what when a hand of a man appears on the wall and
starts writing some stuff. “MENE, MENE, TEKEL URPHASIN” . Belshazzar is scared shitless so much that his
knees knock against each other. He cries and brings in all his juju guys,
sangomas and astrologers to try and get an answer but no one has any idea
what’s cutting.
After a
while young Daniel is called and to him it’s a piece of cake. He tells the king
that there is serious jelly coming his way. “MENE, MENE” means “God has
numbered your kingdom, and finished it;” “TEKEL”: You have been weighed in the
balances, and found wanting; “URPHASIN”: Your kingdom has been divided, and
given to the Medes and Persians." That very night Belshazzar is taken out.
Gone. Dead, Kaput!
Fast forward
to Luke 19:41-44. The Lord Jesus has left Jericho and as He draws near
Jerusalem, He sees the city and weeps over it saying, "If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the
things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies
will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every
side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will
not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of
your visitation."
The Bible
doesn’t contain the word of God; IT IS the word of God. And His word never
returns without accomplishing what He sends it for.
Now parallel
this with the events surrounding the death of Sadaam Hussein, Muammar Gadhafi
and you could even throw in Osama Bin Laden if you like. MENE, MENE TEKEL
URPHASIN was on the wall but did they give it a blankety blank? No! And just as
Jesus said it, these dictators got taken out together with their sons! Now
that’s tough cheese.
You would
think those who are still hanging around would, like Belshazzar, at least ask
for a Prophet Daniel to find out what the writing on the wall is saying but no,
no, no, they think they’ve got some kind of heat-shield, but hey, when people
get mad nowadays it’s like they are human heat-seeking missiles. They know you
are heading for the farthest tunnel in your home town. Big mistake coz as sure
as the night turns to day, they’ll pull you out of that tunnel and if you are
unlucky, some happy slappy trigger happy guy is going to put a bullet in your
head after bopping you upside de head and you will be in another tunnel heading
for hell.
So, hey, I’m
just picking on the Master’s words here. Any dictator cuckoo enough to read
this better do a bit of brain-scratching
and plan your move to a farm or dacha before the chickens come home to roost. Don’t
forget to thank me or the advice.
It’s just a thought.
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