TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:27-28
It is from this biblical account that we get the phrase: “the handwriting is on the wall.” In the midst of much revelry in the Babylonian palace, God sent a message to the Babylonians. It was a message of doom! And Babylon fell—that very night!
The cryptic “handwriting on the wall” that only Daniel could interpret, was clear: “You have been weighed [judged] and found wanting [judged as guilty].” Sentence was also passed: Babylon was to be turned over to her enemies, who in their case was the ascending Medo-Persian empire.
God used Babylon to judge His people, Judah—not because Babylon was righteous—far from it! Then God judged Babylon for her many sins! How? By turning her over to her enemies.
God has richly blessed and used the United States. But we have been systematically turning from God and toward every form of debauchery. How long will God forebear with us? He is patient, but He is also holy and righteous. Unless God is pleased to bless this sinful country with a spiritual awakening, it is only a matter of time before God may turn us over to our enemies. In many ways, He has been turning us over to our sin (Romans 1:24), and our government shows more concern for our ideological enemies than to our own citizenry.
God be merciful to us, and if judgment is inevitable, please remember mercy in Your judgment!