+ Our readings today are timely to the extreme. It
appears that we are on the brink, once again, of a nuclear holocaust unlike the world has never seen before – these
are the words of the Lord, and not Donald Trump, who clearly is into his job as
president of the United States way over
his head. His incapability of grasping reality with any encounter he has
with anyone at all is beyond evident now.
And with his equally dangerous
and crazy North Korean counterpart, the complete destruction of civilization as
we know it is imminent.
The Doomsday Clock is ticking
down ever more quickly now to midnight – only minutes away, only seconds away.
Our readings today exhort us,
plead with us, and beg us to pay
attention to the meaning of its message: Daniel was brought in the
interpret the mysterious and alarming “handwriting on the wall” – which was
just scribed by a mysterious and “digital” – meaning, “finger-only” writing
tool that was doing the writing: could this be the first “tweet”? I think YES.
King Nebuchadnezzar witnessed
this display and “he turned pale with
alarm, his thigh-joints went slack and his knees began to knock” – and he quite
literally went into shock: and Daniel, whom he knew to be a wise and powerful
prophet was called in to interpret “THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL!”
Daniel entered, read the
message, and turned to the King as said: “Mene,
Tekel and Prasin” – here is the message from the One God and ruler of all: “Mene” – God has measured your sovereignty and put an end to it; “Tekel” – you have been weighed in the balance and found
wanting; “Prasin” – your kingdom has
been divided and given to the Medes and the Persians.”
For us this day, it would
behoove all of us to “read the handwriting on the wall:” the idiocy and
catastrophic danger of the current administration of government in Washington,
DC, beginning with the idiot-president who
proves minute by minute his misuse and abuse of the God-given power and authority of his public office. All public
servants serve Jesus Christ, the King of the Universe, who is also the Chief
Servant, the Chief Shepherd of Souls who self-sacrificially laid down his life
for the sheep, for all constituents everywhere – no matter their personal level
of faith response.
The minutes are ticking down
as well for God the Father’s signal to send the Son again to this earth and
this time to sort out everything and bring into eternity those who are obedient
to him, and who have lives self-sacrificial loving lives.
There will come a time when
Trump will turn pale with alarm, his
thigh-joints will go slack and his knees will begin to knock, his arms will go
limp, his mouth will be silenced, and he will surrender at last to the True
Sovereign, Lord and King who will deal with him justly.
The gospel passage relates how
men and women and even children will be called upon very soon to choose sides:
the side of Christ the King and a glorious eternity prepared for them, or the
side of Satan and an abomination beyond description that awaits those who now
follow Trump and his base. Choose sides now: the clock is ticking! Amen.
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