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youn will listen to this banger....NOW!!!!!
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✊ مَنَا مَنَا تَقَيلُ وَفَرسِين ✊
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Isaiah 47: mene, tekel, and parsin
Isaiah's prophecy was fulfilled before Daniel's very eyes, who was called in from retirement to explain God's handwriting upon the wall of Belshazzar's dining room. #BelshazzarsFeast #MeneTekelParsin #MeneTekelUpharsin #FallofBabylon
Judgment on Babylon In contrast to God’s loving patience with God’s own own people, and God’s promise put God’s salvation in them, was the judgment coming to Babylon. Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter Babylon!Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter Chaldea!For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. Isaiah 47:1 (NRSV) V0034440 The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the…
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Fleming Rutledge just shared that Warren Miller gave her the original. Pretty sly!
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Kids these days spending too much time talking about meme meme meme and not enough about mene mene tekel upharsin.
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Mene mene tekel upharsin. … Part 3
Mene mene tekel upharsin. … Part 3
As it has turned out (and contrary to the fantastical western narratives of Russian humiliation and massive losses), the Russians have prosecuted a remarkably economical destruction of not one, but five successive iterations of increasingly NATO-armed and NATO-trained armies.
And they have done so while assembling, equipping, and thoroughly training a reserve army twice the size of the one they have used to methodically wreck the armies arrayed against them in Ukraine.
They have achieved the greatest industrial mobilization since the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Their massive increases in production of the implements of industrial-scale warfare dwarves the combined capabilities of their adversaries.
To Be continued.....
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mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, catch a tiger by its toe
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"To sailors, oaths are household words; they will swear in the trance of the calm, and in the teeth of the tempest; they will imprecate curses from the topsail-yard-arms, when most they teeter over to a seething sea; but in all my voyagings, seldom have I heard a common oath when God’s burning finger has been laid on the ship; when His “Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin” has been woven into the shrouds and the cordage."
I love these little details of sailing life and the character of sailors
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Belshazzar's Feast
Artist: Washington Allston (American, 1779–1843)
Date: 1817
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Who Was Belshazzar?
Belshazzar was the last king of ancient Babylon and is mentioned in Daniel 5. Belshazzar reigned for a short time during the life of Daniel the prophet. His name, meaning “Bel protect the king,” is a prayer to a Babylonian god; as his story shows, Bel was powerless to save this evil ruler.
Belshazzar ruled Babylon, a powerful nation with a long history and a long line of powerful kings. One of those kings was Nebuchadnezzar, who had conquered Judah, bringing the temple treasures to Babylon along with Daniel and many other captives. Belshazzar was Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson through his daughter Nitocris. Belshazzar calls Nebuchadnezzar his “father” in Daniel 5:13, but this is a generic use of the word father, meaning “ancestor.”
During his life, King Nebuchadnezzar had encountered the God of Israel’s power and was humbled by Him (Daniel 4:34–37), but twenty years after Nebuchadnezzar’s death, his grandson Belshazzar “praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone” (Daniel 5:4). One fateful night in 539 BC, as the Medes and the Persians lay siege to the city of Babylon, King Belshazzar held a feast with his household and a thousand of his noblemen. The king demanded all the gold and silver cups and vessels plundered from the Jewish temple be brought to the royal banquet hall. They filled the vessels with wine and drank from them, praising their false gods (Daniel 5:1–4). The use of the articles from the Jewish temple was a blasphemous attempt for Belshazzar to relive the glory days of his kingdom, to recall the time when Babylon was conquering other nations instead of being threatened with annihilation from the Persians outside their walls.
As the drunken king reveled, God sent him a sign: a human hand appeared, floating near the lampstand and writing four words in the plaster of the wall: “MENE MENE TEKEL PARSIN.” Then, the hand disappeared (Daniel 5:5, 25). The king paled and was extremely frightened; he called his wise men and astrologers and enchanters to tell him what the writing meant, promising that “whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom” (verse 7). But none of the wise men of Babylon could interpret the words.
Hearing a commotion in the banquet hall, the queen (possibly Nitocris or even Nebuchadnezzar’s widow) came to investigate. She remembered Daniel as one whose wisdom Nebuchadnezzar had trusted, and she told Belshazzar to summon the Jewish prophet (Daniel 5:10–12). Daniel was brought before the king, but he refused the gifts Belshazzar offered him—the kingdom was not his to give, as it turned out (verse 17). Daniel rebuked Belshazzar’s pride: although the king knew the story of how God humbled his grandfather, he did not humble himself. Instead, he dishonored God by drinking from the sacred items of the temple (verses 22–23). Then, Daniel interpreted the words on the wall. Mene means “God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.” Tekel means “you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting.” Parsin means “your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians” (Daniel 5:24–28). Daniel never revealed what language those words belong to.
That night, the Persians invaded. Cyrus the Great, king of Medo-Persia, broke through the supposedly impenetrable wall of Babylon by cleverly diverting the river flowing into the city so that his soldiers could enter through the river duct. Historical records show that this invasion was made possible because the entire city was involved in a great feast—the feast of Belshazzar mentioned in Daniel 5. “That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain, and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom” (Daniel 5:30–31). The demise of King Belshazzar illustrates the truth of Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
On View: Detroit Institute of Arts
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also White is right, the answer is "we do have the authority to determine whether or not Walter Nixon was tried according to the meaning of the Constitution, it's just that within a reasonable test, given the text and reasonable interpretations of the text, he was tried. If the Rule XI states that the evidence should be burned in a fire and if it blows ashes or smoke onto enough members, the impeached shall be convicted--then he would not have been "tried"! But here he has been measured, in accordance with their rules, and found wanting."
fuck yes walter nixon, I've been waiting for this one since Vladeck references it all the time on Nat'l Sec. Law but never explains it beyond "political question doctrine", "non-justiciability", "commitment of textual authority to coordinate political department" and "lack of judicially manageable standards". But from the selection of the Rehnquist opinion here, that's basically all there is!
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I beg you, search and look, lest in the end it will be said of you, "MENE, MENE...TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting" (Daniel 5:25, 27)
Charles Spurgeon
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BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST (1820) by JOHN MARTIN
The painting depicts the biblical story of the writing on the wall from the Book of DANIEL. It is considered one of MARTIN'S most famous and important works, showcasing his trademark style of epic, apocalyptic landscapes and dramatic lighting.
The painting depicts a lavish banquet hall, with the BABYLONIAN king BELSHAZZAR at the head of the table, surrounded by his courtiers and concubines. The scene is set in the midst of a decadent feast, with opulent decorations and extravagant displays of wealth.
In the left side of the painting, a disembodied hand is seen writing on the wall, with the words 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN' appearing in fiery letters. This is the moment when God's judgment is delivered to BELSHAZZAR, foretelling the downfall of his kingdom and the end of his reign.
MARTIN'S use of light is a key element in the painting, with the source of the light coming from a large window behind the writing on the wall. This creates a striking contrast between the brightly lit banquet hall and the dark, ominous figures of the courtiers and the writing on the wall. The use of light also adds to the dramatic and supernatural atmosphere of the scene, emphasizing the divine message being delivered to the king.
MARTIN'S meticulous attention to detail is evident in the intricate and elaborate decorations of the banquet hall, showcasing his skill as a painter. The use of rich, vibrant colors adds to the opulent and grandiose atmosphere of the scene, further emphasizing the excess and decadence of BELSHAZZAR'S rule.
#Belshazzar's feast#john martin#romanticism#romantic art#romantic paintings#romantic artist#romantic
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Mene mene tekel upharsin. … Part 2
Mene mene tekel upharsin. The Belshazzar's feast… Bloodless hand… God has pronounced the judgment … Part 2
The masters of empire laughed him to scorn, and then encouraged their MotherOfAllProxyArmies in Ukraine to concentrate to the Donbass and the Azov pursuant to conquering Novorossiya and Crimea once and for all … then on to Moscow.
This war was anything but “unprovoked Russian aggression”. This war was spawned and nurtured for decades in the secret chambers of the imperial dark lords in London and Washington. It was a war the empire knew Russia would fight. The imperial suzerains simply deceived themselves into believing it was a war Russia could not win.
As was imperative, Russia did choose to fight — notwithstanding there were many reasons to suppose they were insufficiently prepared to win in the event the full weight of the NATO countries were thrown against them.
And Yet NATO lost USA lost is loosing and the more it continues to escalate ... the more it pushes USA to nuclear annihilation.
Empire's beast Israel was brought down on knees recently by Iran. 20 F-35 destroyed by Iranian strike... penetrating all defenses of USA... Israel west combined... Just imagine what will happen if Russia with far advanced nuclear weapons... strikes USA and USA is unable to penetrate Russian defenses.
The Empire is in ruins while it prints billions to pocket in democrats pockets somehow burying itself deep in sand wish thinking good Russians will not strike them with nukes for their insolence and war.
Destroying Americans...not taking care of poor Americans.... not providing them free basic health care... amenities .... or support from natural disasters while burning American Tax payers money for corruption .... money laundering.... destroying freedom of speech and manipulating LGBTQ community... Democrats are pushing US to extinction. The paper tiger can't beat itself out of Nazism.
To be continued.......
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reading derrida's archiviolithic—that is, an archive that forgets itself, refusing anamnesis and betraying its own impression—against the biblical w/Word. god writes on stone and then shatters it. god writes in the dirt but no one dares to look. god's own hand, severed (bloodily?) at the wrist carves into a wall with its fingernail, and the text refuses to translate the words. they can't be translated. mene, mene, tekel, parsin. aramaic words. but not real ones. god's w/Word undertakes an auto-undoing. an ana-anamnesis. a shedding of its own tissue
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