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Rise And Fall Of the Spirit
Dani’el answered
the king, “keep your gifts, and give your rewards to some one else.
How ever I will
read the inscription to the king and tell him what it means.
Your majesty, the Most
High Yahweh gave N’vukhadnetzar your father the kingdom,
as well as
greatness, glory and majesty. Because of the greatness he gave him, all the
peoples, nations
and languages trembled with fear before him. Any one he wanted to,
he put to death;
any one he wanted to, he kept alive; any one he wanted to, he
advanced; and any
one he wanted to, he humbled. But when he grew proud and his
spirit became hard,
he began treating people arrogantly; so he was deposed from his
royal thrown; and
his glory was taken away from him. He was driven from human
society; his heart
was made like that of an animal. He lived with the wild donkeys, he
was fed with grass
like an ox, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky; until
he learned that the
Most High Yahweh rules in the human kingdom and sets up over it
whomever he
pleases. But, Belshatzar, you, his son, have not humbled your heart,
even though you
knew all this. Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of
heaven by having
them bring you the vessels from his house; and you and your lords,
your wives and your
concubines drank wine from them; then you offered praise to
your Yahwehs of
silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood and stone, which can’t see, hear or
know anything. Meanwhile,
Yahveh, who holds your very breath in his hands, and to
whom belongs
everything you do, you have not glorified. This is why he sent the hand
to write this
inscription; and the inscription says, ‘M’ne!
M’ne! T’kel
ufarsin.’ This is what it means: ‘M’ne!’- Yahveh has counted up your
kingdom and brought
it to end. ‘T’kel’ – you are weighed on the balance-scale and
come up short.
‘P’res – your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and
Persians,” Then
Belshatzar gave the order; and they clothed Dani’el in royal purple,
put a gold chain
around his neck and proclaimed him that he was to be one of the three
men ruling the
kingdom.That very night Belshatzar, the king of Kasdim, was killed.
Daniel 5:17-30
But when he grew
proud and his spirit became hard:Look at me, I am better than
thee. I have
knowledge I have wealth and those who see me out know me without a
doubt. They put my
name in print and my picture taken again and again. I made
myself indeed there
is no need to drop to my knees. His Words I once read now lie
within me dead.
Pride, n,
1. Inordinate
self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one’s own superiority in
talents, beauty,
wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which
manifest itself in
contempt of others.
2. Insolence; rude
treatment of others; insolent exultation.
3. Generous elation
of heart; a noble self esteem springing from a consciousness
of worth.
It cares not for
others, only for itself. If you are in its path the feelings of others has
past and only pain
can remain.
Pride is a result
of sin. And Pride is sin within itself as it takes the form of me, myself,
and I.
Your pride has been
brought down to Sh’ol with the music of your lyres, under you a
mattress of
maggots, over you a blanket of worms.’
How did you come to
fall from the heavens, morning star, son of dawn? How did you
come to be cut to
the ground, conqueror of nations? You thought to yourself, ‘I will
scale the heavens;
I will raise my throne above Yahveh’s stars. I will sit on the Mount
of Assembly far
away in the north. I will rise past the tops of the clouds; I will make
myself like the
Most High.’ Yesha’Yahu (Isaiah) 14:11-14
Stay sober, stay
alert! Your enemy, the adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion
looking for someone
to devour. 1 Kefa (Peter) 5:8
Just as the lion
stays within its Pride feeding from others in the pride stalking the pray
only to feel his
own hunger and at times letting out a loud roar as to say here I am
notice me see me!
Fighting off other lions in order to keep his pride for himself.
For the wicked
boast about his lust; he blesses greed and despises Yahveh. Every
scheme of the
wicked in his arrogance [says]’ “There is no Yahweh’ [so] it won’t be
held against me.”
Tehillim (Psalms) 10:3(2)-4(3)
So for them, pride
is a necklace; and violence clothes them like a robe. Their eyes
peep out through
folds of fat; evil thoughts overflow from their hearts, They scoff and
speak with malice,
they loftily utter threats. They set their mouths against heaven;
their tongues swagger
through the earth. Tehillim (Psalms) 73:6-9
He was deposed from
his royal thrown; and his glory was taken away from him:
First comes pride,
then disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom. Mishlei (proverbs)
11:2
I will break the
pride you have in your own power, I will make your sky like iron, your
soil like
bronze—you will spend your strength in vain, because the land will not
yield
its produce or the
trees in the field their fruit. Yes, if you go against me and don’t listen
to me, I will
increase your calamities sevenfold, according to your sins. I will send
wild animals among
you; they will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock
and reduce your
numbers, until your roads are deserted. If, in spite of all this, you
refuse my
correction and still go against me, then I too will go against you; and I,
yes
I, will strike you
seven times over for your sins. I will bring a sword against you which
will execute the
vengeance of the covenant. You will be huddled inside your cities. I
will send sickness among
you and you will be handed over to the power of the enemy.
I will cut off you
supply of bread, so that ten women will bake your bread in one oven
and dole out your
bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied. And if, for all
this, you still
will not listen to me, but go against me; then I will go against you
furiously, and I
also will chastise you yet seven times more for your sins. You will eat
the flesh of your
own sons, you will eat the flesh of your own daughters. I will destroy
your high places,
cut down your pillars for sun-worship, and throw your carcasses on
the carcasses of
your idols; and I will detest you. I will lay waste to your cities and
make your
sanctuaries desolate; so as not to smell your fragrant aromas. Vayikra
(Leviticus)
26:19-31
Until he learned
that the Most High Yahweh rules in the human kingdom and
sets up over it
whomever he pleases:
“When this period
was over, I, N’vukhadnetzar, lifted my eyes toward heaven, and my
understanding came
back to me, I blessed the Most High, I praised and gave honor to
him who lives
forever.”For his rulership is everlasting, his kingdom endues through all
generations. All
who live on earth are counted as nothing. He does what he wishes
with the army of
heaven and with those living on earth. No one can hold back his hand
or ask him. “What
are you doing?” It was at that moment that my understanding came
back to me; and for
the sake of the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor
also came back to
me. My advisers and lords sought me out. I was re-established in
my kingdom, and to
my previous greatness even more was added. So now I,
N’vukhadnetzar,
praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven: “For all his works are
truth, and his ways
are just: and he can humble those who walk in pride.” Daniel
4:31(34)-34(37)
The proud will be
humbled, but the humble will be honored. Mishlei (proverbs) 29:23
You, his son, have
not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this:
Pride goes before
destruction, and arrogance before failure. Better to humble among
the poor than share
the spoil with the proud. Mishlei (proverbs) 16:18-19
But the grace he
gives is greater, which is why it says, “Yahweh opposes the arrogant,
but to the humble
he gives grace.” Therefore, submit to Yahweh. Moreover, take a
stand against the
Adversary, and he will flee from you. Come close to Yahweh, and he
will come closer to
you. Clean your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, you
double-minded
people! Wail, mourn, sob! Let your laughter be turned into mourning
and your joy into
gloom! Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Ya’akov (James)
4:6-10
Then, if my people,
who bear my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face
and turn from their
evil ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their
land.
Divrei-hayamim Alef (2 Chronicles) 7:14
Instead, you have
exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven by having them
bring you the
vessels from his house.
The vessels from
his house (Yahveh’s Temple)
If a person keeps
himself free of defilement by the latter, he will be a vessel set aside
for honorable use
by the master of the house and ready for every kind of good work. 2
Timothy 2:21
Pride causes the
body (vessel of the Rauch Kodesh) to be used for other things than
the glory of
Yahveh.
You and your lords,
your wives and your concubines drank wine from them; then
you offered praise
to your Yahwehs of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood and stone,
which can’t see,
hear or know anything.
Don’t you know that
your bodies are parts of the Messiah? So, am I to take parts of the
Messiah and make
them parts of a prostitute? Heaven forbid! 1 Corinthians 6:15
Therefore, do not
let sin rule in your mortal bodies, so that it makes you obey its
desires; and do not
offer any part of yourselves to sin as an instrument for wicked
ness. On the
contrary, offer yourselves to Yahveh as people alive from the dead, and
your various parts
to Yahveh as instruments for righteousness. Romans 6:12-13
Yahveh has counted
up your kingdom and brought it to end. ‘T’kel’ – you are
weighed on the
balance-scale and come up short.
Pride brings
judgment.From the One we know is the One who said, “Vengeance is
my responsibility;
I will repay,”And then said,“Yahveh will judge his people.”It is a
terrifying thing to
fall into the hands of the living Yahweh! Messianic Jews
(Hebrews) 10:30-31
That very night
Belshatzar, the king of Kasdim, was killed.
Pride brings death
Physical and Spiritual.
There are six
things Yahveh hates, seven which he detest: A haughty (proud) look, a
lying tongue, hands
that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet
swift in running to
do evil, a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who
shows strife among
brothers. Mishlei (Proverbs) 6:16-19
Woe to the haughty
(proud) crown of Efrayim’s drunks, to the fading flower of its
proud splendor,
located at the head of the rich valley belonging to people at the head
overcome by wine!
Yahveh has someone
strong and powerful. He comes like a hailstorm, a destructive
tempest, like a
flood of water, rushing, overwhelming; with his hands he hurls them to
the ground. The
haughty crown of Efrayim’s drunks is trampled under foot.
Yesha’Yahu (Isaiah)
27:1-3
As I live’ says
Yahveh Elohiym, ‘your sister S’dom has not done, neither she nor her
daughters, {as much
evil} as you have done, you and your daughters. The crimes of
your sister S’dom
were pride and gluttony; she and her daughters were careless and
complacent, so that
they did nothing to help the poor and needy. They were arrogant
and committed
disgusting acts before me; so that when I saw it, I swept them away.
Yechezk’el
(Ezekiel) 16: 48-50
What is revealed is
Yahweh’s angel from heaven against all the Yahwehlessness and
wickedness of
people who in their wickedness keep suppressing the truth; because
what is known about
Yahweh is plain to them, since Yahweh has made it plain to them.
For ever since the
creation of the universe his invisible qualities –both his eternal
power and his
divine nature—have been clearly seen, because they can be understood
from what he has
made. Therefore, they have no excuse; because, although they know
who Yahweh is, they
do not glorify him as Yahweh or thank him. On the contrary, they
have become futile in
their thinking; and their undiscerning hearts have become
darkened. Claiming
to be wise, they have become fools! In fact, they have exchanged
the glory of the
immortal Yahweh for mere images, like a mortal human being, or like
birds, animals or
reptiles! This is why Yahweh has given them up to the vileness of
their hearts’
lusts, to the shameful misuse of each other’s bodies. They have exchanged
the truth of Yahweh
for falsehood, by worshipping and serving created things, rather
than the
Creator—praised be he for ever. Amen. This is why Yahweh has given them
up to degrading
passions; so that their women exchange natural sexual relations for
unnatural: and
likewise the men, giving up natural relations with the opposite sex,
burn with passion
for one another, men committing shameful acts with other men and
receiving in their
own persons the penalty appropriate to their perversion. In other
words, since they
have not considered Yahweh worth knowing, Yahweh has given
them up to
worthless ways of thinking: so that they do improper things. They are
filled
with every kind of
wickedness, evil, greed and vice; stuffed with jealousy, murder,
quarreling,
dishonesty and ill-will: they are gossips, slanderers, haters of Yahweh:
they
are insolent,
arrogant and boastful: they plan evil schemes; they disobey their parents;
they are brainless,
faithless, heartless and ruthless. They know well enough Yahweh’s
righteous decree
that people who do such things deserve to die; yet not only do they
keep doing them,
but they applaud others who do the same. Romans 1:18-32
The Rise of Pride
the fall of Spirit
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