DANIEL 5: MENE MENE TEKEL PARSIN

I believe
the meaning behind 
Mene Mene Tekel Parsin
that was written by human fingers
in Daniel 5 
is for every human
to understand 
and gain wisdom.

Mene Mene Tekel Parsin
was written
by the lampstand,
over against the candlestick
upon the plaster of the wall
of the king's palace.
Daniel 5:5

It was written
for the king to see,
and for the rest
of his friends and his family.

You see,
"King Belshazzar was drinking his wine,
and he gave orders to bring in the gold
and the silver goblets 
that Nebuchadnezzar his father
had taken from the temple in Jerusalem,
so that the king and his nobles,
his wives and his concubines 
might drink from them. 
So they brought in the gold goblets
that had been taken from the temple of God
in Jerusalem,
and the king and his nobles,
his wives and his concubines
drank from them. 
As they drank the wine,
they praised the gods of gold and silver,
of bronze, iron, wood and stone."
Daniel 5:2-4

"Suddenly,
fingers of a human hand appeared
and wrote on the plaster of the wall,
near the lampstand in the royal palace.
The king watched the hand as it wrote.  
His face turned pale and he was so frightened
 that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking."
Daniel 5:5-6

It does not surprise me -
 not one bit,
that the Lord showed himself
through writing on a wall.
I mean...
He is the WORD, after all!

"In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God. 
He was with God in the beginning. 
Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made
that has been made. 
In him was life, 
and that life was the light of all mankind. 
The light shines in the darkness, 
and the darkness has not overcome it."
John 1:1-5

Do you remember,
what Jesus said to Satan,
when he was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness?

"It is written,
Man is not to live on bread only.
Man is to live by every word
that God speaks.”
Mark 4:4

Jesus also said,
“It is written
"You must not tempt the Lord your God”
when the devil said,
“If You are the Son of God,
throw Yourself down.
It is written,
He has told His angels to look after You.
In their hands they will hold You up.
Then Your foot will not hit against a stone.”
Mark 4:6-7

Everything created
was done through the Word,
some of it was said,
and some of it was written.

In fact,
"All Scripture is God-breathed 
and is useful for instruction, 
for conviction, 
for correction, 
and for training in righteousness, 
so that the man of God
may be complete,
fully equipped for every good work."
2 Timothy 3:16

The psalmist said,
"Let this be written
for the generation to come,
that a people not yet created
may praise the LORD."
Psalm 102:18

And Paul said, 
"For everything that was written
in the past
was written for our instruction,
so that through endurance
and the encouragement
of the Scriptures,
we might have hope."
Romans 15:4

So today,
while I write down this poem,
I am inspired by the written Word of God.

The same Holy Spirit
that spoke to the prophets,
is the same Holy Spirit
that lives inside you and me.
What He told Habakkuk
was not only for that time,
Holy Spirit is real - 
and He is alive!

"Write down this vision
and clearly inscribe it on tablets,
so that a herald may run with it."
Habakkuk 2:2

You see,
it is also written
that we are to be
Ambassadors for Christ -
"All this is from God,
who reconciled us to Himself 
through Christ
and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 
that God was reconciling
the world to Himself in Christ,
not counting men’s trespasses
against them.
And He has committed to us
the message of reconciliation.
Therefore
we are ambassadors for Christ,
as though God were making His appeal
through us.
We implore you
on behalf of Christ:
Be reconciled to God."
2 Corinthians 5:20


The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete,
our Advocate who gives us strength.
He is the same Spirit
who picked Ezekiel up
and He is the same Spirit
who strengthened his prophets.
 
God’s Spirit
divided the light from the dark,
and He is the One
who separated heaven and earth.
He is the Spirit who gave man his life,
and Holy Spirit is the One who
takes away breath.

Holy Spirit watches over us
and He decides
when His servants prophecy.

Holy Spirit
is the Sword of God
who extends from a man’s tongue
when he has been called to defend the faith.
"For the word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing to the division of soul and of spirit,
of joints and of marrow,
and discerning the thoughts
and intentions of the heart."
Hebrews 4:12

Holy Spirit resurrects the dead,
and Holy Spirit gives us
revelation and wisdom.

Holy Spirit teaches us the Word,
and helps us to understand
the Holy Scripture.

Holy Spirit can make fingers appear,
apparently, out of nowhere.

Holy Spirit brings reverential fear
to those who are proud;
and Holy Spirit guides us into all truth.

Holy Spirit thinks, creates,
speaks, and evaluates
every thought that He has;
He decides what is good
and what is bad,
and He chooses what is kept,
what is replaced or what is erased.

The Paraclete is our Comforter,
but even more than that 
He is our Advocate 
who gives us gracious strength.

He lives
in the hearts and minds of men,
who have been justified
by Yeshua's blood.

I don't believe that
Mene Mene Tekel Parsin 
was just
written for Daniel’s time.
I believe this Word
is still very much alive!

And I don't believe
it was written
just for a king
who was sinning
through pride and idolatry.
I believe Daniel's prophecy
can be equally understood today -
for we appear to be living
in the end of the age.

Mene Mene Tekel Parsin
is meant for every man to see;
it's a Word
that can teach us
great humility.

It's a Word
that must be displayed in the light!
It's a Word
that can not be understood in the dark.

For all that have eyes to see,
look closely to the meaning -
each man
has numbered days,
and each man
will take a final breath;
each man
will stand and be judged,
and each man
will want
an Advocate!

Each man
will give an account  
for the choices they have made,
in the courtroom of God.
And Satan will be there
to point his finger
 and accuse you of your sin -
He will be waiting
to take you down with him.

But for those who chose Jesus,
​He will be your Advocate
ready to testify
to His blood that covers you.

He is the plumb-line
that will is used for measurement;
He will be looking for a witness
who has faith to believe in Him.

He acquits every man
that He defends,
for He sits at the right hand
of our father, God.

"Everyone will have to give an account
on the day of Judgment
for every empty word they have spoken."
Matthew 12:36

We will either stand whole again,
through the royal bloodline of Christ,
and enter in
to the Kingdom of Heaven;
or we will be a divided man
who is not justified
through the blood of Christ.
And in this case,
we will experience a second death
through the lake of fire.

"And I saw the dead, great and small,
standing before the throne,
and books were opened.
Another book was opened,
which is the book of life.
The dead were judged
according to what they had done
as recorded in the books. 
The sea gave up the dead that were in it,
and death and Hades
gave up the dead that were in them,
and each person was judged
according to what they had done. 
Then death and Hades
were thrown into the lake of fire.
The lake of fire is the second death. 
Anyone whose name was not found
written in the book of life
was thrown into the lake of fire."
Revelation 20:12-15