2 Sam 16 – 18
Galatians 4
Psalm 1; Psalm 2; Psalm 3
Time permitting, I encourage you to at least read the Psalms. We will read Psalms from 1 June to 31 July.
Recall the statue of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and Daniel’s interpretation. Babylon was the golden head and Persia the silver chest. The Persians took Babylon and executed Belshazzar. Persia, at that point, had currency that conformed to the silver standard. This was the conclusion of the war between the gold standard and the silver standard. Between the golden head and the silver chest.
My theory is that the words written on Belshazzar’s palace wall, Mene Mene Tekel, was a direct reference to the weight of gold in Babylonian coins that by that point was corrupt and cheap. When a nation moves into crises, honest rulers take care of their people, not robbing them with inflated worthless currency. Yet, if immoral rulers are in charge, the elites will rob, kill, and destroy, perhaps beginning with currency manipulation that creates inflation and worthless money.
It's kind of like running the printing presses to fund stimmy checks, today. Then again, what should one expect from a government that oversaw the murder of 60 million babies?
Jay