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ZADOK PUBLICATIONS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
July, 2024
Family Update
"The older you get, the faster you ran when you were a boy," so said the sage as he remembered his youth. Among my memories were those commemorating the 4th of July celebrations of Independence Day 1776. It was family reunion time for the Olivers. Warm greetings awaited all who arrived on the shores of the country lake, where tables were crammed full of southern style dishes which invited second and even third helpings. (Of course, about midafternoon, dominoes were played among the elders, and games employed by the young un's, yelping amidst horse shoes and washers sailing through the air.) Watermelons were split and homemade ice cream was tendered to dripping wet swimmers. This was a time to relax and enjoy the freedom and prosperity of a nation that honored God.
But alas, such is not the case with this 4th of July season. Fear grips the nation, reeling under the despotic rule of a government which doesn't honor the
Constitution, let alone God. Fireworks may crackle and pop—even fill the sky
like days past--but the atmosphere is charged with anxiety and heaviness, burdened
with an economy gone wild and a president gone rogue. This holiday is far from a holy day which begs the question, "How will today's children remember this one?"
In Daniel, the fifth chapter, is an account which rivals the coming celebration.
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Daniel 5:1-10:
5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
5 In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6 Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom." 8 Now all the king's wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation. 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished.
10 The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came to the banquet hall. NKJV
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I want to point out several items in this account.
1. This was a celebration of one thousand smaller kingdoms aligning themselves with Babylon. Unity of nations against God is nothing new.
2. As each of the kingdoms were announced—their name was written on the plaster (wide screen TV in today's venue).
3. Vessels were brought out which were holy (used in Jerusalem's Temple).
As each king was introduced, he joined the revelry along with his wives and concubines.
4. The drunken orgy turned to praising gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron,
wood and stone (honoring all forms of religion and social degree).
5. The party was over when the hand wrote. Notice Belshazzar's response.
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Queen mother (who was not in attendance until now) introduced the spiritual side of the occasion—Daniel.
Daniel addressed the cringing crowd as the doors on the banquet hall burst open with Median soldiers, who captured a thousand kingdoms in one fell sweep.
How similar is this month's celebration to theirs? A thousand kingdoms flood our land as the continued flow cross our border. They bring their gods, their demons, their rage and disease to every part of God's land. While our leaders celebrate their victories, desecrating the holy with the profane. It seems appropriate to show how Babylon lost their nation in a night—so could we.
There is a difference—we have no Daniel! We have no John, the Baptist, who confronted Herod face to face and condemned his immorality.
Until next month.
Dr. Cosby R. Oliver, PhD.
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