The Handwriting is on the Wall - Part 1

by Pastor Gary C. Price

Greetings to all of you who receive this monthly newsletter and who faithfully support this ministry in these extremely trying times. I am writing this article because of the tremendous onslaught of Satanic forces currently aimed at the church. This attack is designed by the devil to destroy the Christian testimony and eliminate as many of us as possible from the face of the earth.

Friends, we are in the midst of an unbelievable spiritual war that is even becoming apparent to secular people. If you listen very closely to pundits like Bill O’Reilly - who considers himself a Christian, but in actuality is a Roman Catholic - there is very little understanding of the true Christian faith and the magnitude of the spiritual war we are facing. At the most, they can recognize there is an organized force focused on the destruction of righteous people that have put their trust in Jesus Christ as a Savior.

Recent events demonstrate just how adamant the devil is in undermining the family structure in this country and throughout the world. In San Francisco, sodomites are marching into City Hall to receive marriage licenses to legalize their filthy homosexual lifestyles and force the rest of us to accept them as “normal.” Judge Roy Moore in Alabama has be villainized because he would dare to believe in the true and living God as the foundation for all law and order in this nation. Meanwhile, the legal system turns a blind eye to the lawless deeds taking place in San Francisco, California. Thousands of deceived Republican “Christians” who have made the Republican Party their Savior stand idly by and watch as pitiful Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to uphold the oath of office as Governor. Anyone can plainly see that an actor has no business trying to be the Governor of the largest state in the union and manage an economy that is more productive than most nations. Now we have an actor acting like a Governor and afraid to address the lawless deeds of the renegade Mayor of San Francisco who has allowed sodomites to illegally marry. This is insanity and friends, you and I are living in it and through it all. To understand what is happening we must look to the Word of Almighty God.

The Book of Daniel, Chapter 5 addresses an issue concerning one of the Kings of Babylon named Belshazzar. In this Chapter, Belshazzar takes vessels that were dedicated to the Lord in the temple built by Solomon and is using them to drink and eat.

Daniel Chapter 5:

“Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed” There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the LORD of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”

In verse 25 we see the words “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” which is interpreted by Daniel to mean numbered and finished, weighed in the balances and found lacking, and the kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians. This is exactly where we stand right now in America. This nation has thumbed its nose in God’s face for the last time. We are watching an invasion of people groups from around the world sent by Satan to undermine the freedoms in this nation, the economy, the Christian heritage, the legal systems, national sovereignty, morality, free speech and sanity. Please understand that I am not against those individuals that come to America searching for a better life, but also understand that many times they bring with them cultures and heartfelt religious belief systems that are anti-Christian and Antichrist. We have now entered the perilous times spoken of in II Timothy Chapter 3:

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”

Extremely dangerous times have come because men and women love only themselves and refuse to acknowledge God’s Son as Savior and Lord. Verse 6 states that these diabolical forces have invaded the church and led captive “silly women laden with sins, led away with diverse lusts.” I firmly believe that the problem in America is a blinded, weak, emaciated and effeminized church. The church has no testosterone because it has no testicles. Men are afraid to stand up against this invasion so we stand silently by and watch young Janet Jackson and Beyonce Knowles expose themselves in public like animals; Michael Jackson lives in a strange, weird world of demon possessed fantasy; hip-hop singers and rock stars publicly proclaim their allegiance to Allah and Satan; all while fantasy-stricken, weak preachers stand every Sunday and say nothing.

How long will you stand by and watch the destruction of your children? There is no need to point the finger at others any longer friends, you and I are the blame! What are you personally doing about it? Are you preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every creature as the Scripture instructs us to? Are you speaking out against this demonic invasion? Do you support ministries that are on the leading edge of this culture war? Do you still sit in a milk toast church with no power and slowly die while Satan takes over the nation? It is time to either stand and represent the Lord or go back to Egypt and die. Satan is relentlessly assaulting everything and everybody that stands in his way and I for one am sick and tired of being ‘sick and tired.’

If I wasn’t living through this it would be extremely hard to believe that the changes taking place over the last fifty years have actually occurred! The Roman Catholic Church has paid out a staggering $500,000,000 over the past 50 years because 4,500 sodomite priests have molested, raped and destroyed thousands of lives. Did you hear that? $500,000,000 - one-half of a billion dollars - as reported by Bill O’Reilly, himself a Roman Catholic. Yet, why doesn’t he have enough sense to realize that he is in a delusion? The god of this world blinds the mind, lest the glorious light of the gospel should shine through (II Corinthians 4:4).

Baptists sit by and listen to preachers like Charles Stanley proclaim a “once saved, always saved” message, yet this false doctrine disempowers them and heads them for a sinner’s hell as they continue in sin after supposedly being “saved.” They are then made into two-fold the child of hell by these lying false prophets. Yes friend, Charles Stanley, Chuck Swindoll, Tony Evans, Bob George and anyone else preaching an unconditional eternal security message is a false prophet and will lead you to eternal damnation if you don’t wake up and repent.

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”
Hebrews 6:4-8

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:25-31

You can be lost after salvation if you don’t continue on to know the Lord and stay in the faith. Don’t be deceived by these deluded preachers and risk your life and the lives of your loved ones and family. It’s time for us to realize that the endtime sequences have begun and it’s going to be rough going from here on. Only the strong will survive and I encourage you to separate from every defiling influence and get into the Word of God like never before in your life.

II Timothy 2:3 states that we should “endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Verse 4 states that, “no man that warreth entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” The end of the age has come and the sequences have started. America is crying for the spirit of Antichrist to come here and rule this nation. Watch the election very closely as men that are avowed Socialists and Communists run for office. They intend to relinquish National Sovereignty and give control of this nation to the United Nations to prepare for the crowning of the Antichrist as King of the World. The sodomites are his preparatory army and heterosexuals who practice oral and anal sex are his second line of defense. Perversion is sweeping the land! Where do you stand at a time like this. We have come to the end of an age.

We do not have much time left and the handwriting is on the wall. Can you read it?