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We can't expect to be able to read the hand writing on the wall if we are not in the family of God. Those that are initiated into the family of God, that are born again, walking by faith, being a doer of God's word, hungering and thirsting for His righteousness will be the one's that receive illumination, to whereas His word becomes a light on our paths of life, a lamp unto our feet. He will open our understanding to where we can understand the scriptures.

After being born-again, the believer begins to do good works, sowing the right seeds that will bring him into proper balance in life (redeeming the time, showing mercy, living for God and others, making sacrifices, learning true suffering for Christ). He begins to lay aside every weight and sin that's hindering him from running this race,

We have to look at Scripture from God's perspective, and to do that we have to be born again. In these last days we realize that God no longer winks at our ignorance, but as Belshazzar we should have known these things. We will be held accountable to God, for our actions, we're being weight in the scales.

We all need to realize that the Church's judgment has begun, we need to examine a few parables to understand just what is happening in all of our lives at that judgment is a continuous process, hopefully we are not in the place as Belshazzar was with its finality. He died that very night Daniel pronounced it, his kingdom came to an end. We have to realize the Judge is standing at the door

God's word has been expounded starting with Adam telling Eve what God had said, though man has been disobeying the Word preached starting with Adam. We are responsible for the word we have heard, and to search after and seek it as God allows us to. During the time we lacked hearing or proper interpretations of it, God winked at this ignorance. But we are still sinners never-the-less. we are held to obedience to the word.

We today are responsible for accepting or rejecting the Word of God, that's being proclaimed to us. We are commanded to seek God, (the Truth), after receiving the hearing of the word, you are to grow in the Grace and knowledge of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to continue in His word.

We in this world who are unbelievers or false professors, are walking in Belshazzar's' shoes, as the devil we believe and tremble but are not doer's of God's word. So it's not a holy fear we have, as the Pharisees we reject or fight against the unknown, that we don't understand we reject instead of submitting ., some as Peter said of those hearing Paul wrestle with the scriptures to their own destruction.

We've been looking at wine from two different perspectives, and we see here where it exceeds the warnings given by God as to it's deception as a mocker when used in excess. The King and his princes at a drunken festival commits sacrilege and dishonor God treating the vessels of God with contemptibility.

We are to enjoy wine in a festive way, or as a pleasure or blessing of life according to God's word. There are admonitions as to access drinking of it to drunkenness. But it is part of lot's of sacraments that God gives us. It is also meant metaphorically, or symbolic of such things as doctrine.

Some of the Churches I know of, especially those seeking to be more religious, erroneously preached that the Bible prohibited wine and all alcoholic beverages. This in turn may have prevented lot's of well meaning people to avoid religion or the Church, also is why I understand why God is so upset with false teachers and preachers "that cause His name to be Blasphemed among the Gentiles".

In studying the word of God on a subject like wine and the Church, we have to be careful about our views and opinions. There are different camps trying to strain out a gnat swallowing a camel on someone consuming alcohol, determine whether if non-alcoholic or not, or totally prohibited, when the Bible is very clear on the subject.

Praise properly terminates in God, on account of His natural excellencies and perfections, and is that act of devotion by which we confess and admire His attributes. We praise God for all His glorious acts of every kind, that regard either us or other men… but we thank Him, properly speaking, for the instances of His goodness alone, and for such only of these as we ourselves are some way concerned to.

The only thing we can give to God is the fruit of our lip giving Him praise, everything else already belongs to Him, we have nothing He doesn't have that we can give to Him. It is a obligation or duty to offer up praise as a reasonable sacrifice.

Unless we turn to God, start doing good works, searching and seeking after Him, we have no life in us. We will be brought to destruction, for we came from dust and shall return to death.

We just as Nebuchadnezzar have been warned to turn to God, His longsuffering has endured our trespasses but there's a time limit on God's mercy, for Today is the day of salvation. God goodness just like during the time of Noah gives us time while the Ark (Church) is being prepared, till the fulness of the "Times of The Gentile."

Just as He did with Gideon's starting army, all cowards and those that are fearful will have to be pruned out from among God's people. Those that have a spirit of fear, has a spot or blemish that has to undergo the knife, for He has not given us a spirit of fear which has torment. That part of the Churches washing and cleansing through the Word, in which Christ comes looking for a bride without spot, wrinkles or blemishes.

God works on all of us as He did with Nebuchadnezzar. We are trees of His planting, which He shapes us as vessels of honor to be a spiritual dwelling place for Himself.

Just as Nebuchadnezzar and many today, serve God not knowing who He really is and our mission or purpose, for there will be many on that they who will have done many works in His name and He will say depart from Me, I never knew you. We have to take His yoke upon us and learn of Him by the understanding and clarity of life spiritually only He can give.

It's hard trying to get people to understand that Nebuchadnezzar was really addressing the world and those of us to come, about the insanity of worldly thinking and that the truth understanding comes from being awaken to God who opens your understanding to where you can communicate and understand Him, for the whole world lays in darkness, and is foolishness to God.

Here when it say's that King Nebuchadnezzar was driven from men, into the wilderness, I've tried to research this as best I could but not much about it. He must have been going through issues that taught him about God, even with what the Babylonians called his mental decline, it was part of his discovering God period which brought him to conclude rightly about God, with a restoration of His sanity or understanding.

Those of God's children who fail to humble themselves He will humble. It is a non-negotiable trait that all His children must posse, because He resist the proud. We must not be high-minded, thinking more highly of ourselves than we should.

Listening at the Apostle Peter about us submitting to one another, the younger men to the Elder men, was from his experience of Satan sifting him like wheat, Jesus told him when he had come through to strengthen his brethren. Just as Daniel warned Nebuchadnezzar to turn from his ways to God, then him rejecting the (Gospel Message), God had to humble him, which we should humble ourselves.

The Old testament was written also for our admonition, we do ourselves a great disservice by not studying it more, reflecting and putting ourselves in some of their places as in the case of Nebuchadnezzar with his self-centered pride and not listening at Daniel's admonition of repentance toward God.

There's a work being done in which Jesus is accomplishing all of the Fathers will perfectly. In the latter days He's working through the Church to accomplish this mighty work. Wherein we should not think more highly of ourselves, than we should, realizing it is Christ that works in us both to will and do, and without Him we could do nothing.

When we look back at the origins of man, we see where we inherited a sin nature at the fall of man. Within that nature was the father of all sins Pride, it is very deadly, and deceptive. It is one that can only be humbled by the spirit of God working in the individual to cause him to see himself as he really is a " depraved-sinner" with no hope but in Jesus by His Grace through faith.

Daniel is called in to the King for an interpretation of his dream. No mention of prayer here before as, the king had told the dream to the astrologers, Chaldeans and magicians already. Daniel was grieved saying that he wished the application of it was not for the king but his enemies. But it was about the kings pride, his disposition was one that needed humbling unto God, that would follow with a repentant life.

we'll see where Nebuchadnezzar a servant-of-God who wrote the chapter in which Daniel included in Holy Writ, for time and peoples to come, as a testimony to The Sovereignty of The Most High God, who rules in Heaven and earth and exalts who he will, even from the most bases of men. He had humbled His prideful arrogance to cause him to realize his equality with other men and could be as base as a animal in thinking.

We are told that Nebuchadnezzar war at ease resting in pleasure and prosperity when God caused him to have this terrifying dream. It was a warning which was not heeded but helped him to learn and become a witness for the Most High God, that He rules in Heaven and earth, sets up Kings and Kingdoms and abases them.

Jesus told us what we have to do, Him being the author and finisher of our faith, "Take My yoke upon you and Learn of Me.' As we do that He says we must continue in His word to be His disciples, as Disciples we are no longer slaves but friends (John 15:15).

Jesus was asked by the Pharisees'' for a sign of when would be the end of time or of the things in which He was preaching to them about. But by not being born again or accepting Jesus, they did not an could not come to a understanding non was willing to do what it would take to become knowledgeable of what He was saying, because that required becoming one of His disciples.

We as members of the body of Christ have to start acting upon those things we experience or believe according to the word of God, for it to have an effect upon our lives. We hear the testimony of Nebuchadnezzar about the Most High God, but we have to not only have a testimony but produce fruits meet for repentance. It have to be like the people of Nineveh who repented at the preaching of Jonah.

We have to realize that we have no peace, that we have to seek peace after being born again. It is something God provides for His children, which grows or is multiplied in Jesus Christ as we continue in the process or growth He has placed in obedience to his word.

As with Peter in 2 Peter 1:2-9 which tells us how to have this multiplied peace that King Nebuchadnezzar pronounce to the reader or hearers of his word, Is a peace of God from God, that comes by growing in grace and knowledge being obedient to his word.

We have to learn whatever the circumstances or the situation, we must be trusting in God working for our good, and that He has us in control of whatever it is, proving our faithfulness to Him

We are put together in The New Testament dispensation by The Gospel, which is hearing the word of God preached, which is able to establish us.

We are put together in The New Testament dispensation by The Gospel, which is hearing the word of God preached, which is able to establish us.

If we worship our created, we are being made in His image, by us worshipping anything or anyone or thing we are idolizers and we become like that we worship. God knew man has a propensity to worship the reason He commanded us to worship Him only, as usual all He does or commands is for our good.

Worship of God is commanded of Him, and worship of Him only is also. Being the creator of all things He is a jealous God and will not allow in other thing or person to be worshipped. There's not enough study of His word with the proper teaching is the reason there's so much idolatry in the land today, it's as if they don't realize covetousness is idolatry that leads to we become what we worship being mammon and you cannot serve it and God.

Worship of God is commanded of Him, and worship of Him only is also. Being the creator of all things He is a jealous God and will not allow in other thing or person to be worshipped. There's not enough study of His word with the proper teaching is the reason there's so much idolatry in the land today, it's as if they don't realize covetousness is idolatry that leads to we become what we worship being mammon and you cannot serve it and God.

The rest of the Hebrews that chose to bow to the image shows you just because everyone else is doing it, that does not make it right. Idolatry was one of the reason they where in captivity the first Commandment of God forbids worshipping anything other than the true God. The second commandment forbids making or bowing down to graven-images.

Just as Israel lacked belief (faith) in God delivering through Moses, Judah, Israel and all of God's people that where taken to Babylon just as we do today, know it is wrong to bow down to idols or worship any other god, BUT our GOD WHICH IS THE ONLY GOD. We have to drawn the line somewhere and fear Him only that can destroy the soul, mind and body in hell.

I think we are the most Idol making culture or society ever in history, probably one of the reason's I see these as the end-times. Man has never been so vain, Covetous, self-centered and self-pleasure than any before us, even knowing there's nothing new under the sun. We need to gain knowledge as to what idolatry is now in comparison to image making of old. The selfie is Satan's gift to man, as Paul told Timothy men would be lovers of themselves.

We as children of God must eat our daily bread which is the word of God, if we are to grow spiritually mature. We must feed the mind with the right knowledge if the person is going to do right as a way of life. We need the doctrines put together in the correct way so they lead in the right direction—toward God's purpose. Be careful what you meditate and study, it is what you become . He told Peter to feed His sheep, it has to be a proper diet, which we can assimilate into a way of life.

There's a hunger in God's children that are praying for wisdom, knowledge and understanding. This seems to be a gift of the spirit that's available but not achieved by all of God's children. Just as it was with Daniel and his three friends there are certain ones in the body of Christ like Peter, James and John whom was always in the inner circle that pursue after certain gifts that God doesn't condemn us for desiring.

As in the Book of Daniel where the wise increase in faith and spiritual understanding, that's what us Sons of God will be doing in these end- times. For the whole creation is waiting for the manifestation of the Sons of God. We are being called to do that greater work that Jesus spoke of us doing cause He was going to His Father. It is time for us to help establish the Kingdom of God right here on earth.