Sunday, November 13, 2011
You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting
Whenever we hear the expression "the handwriting on the wall" we think of something portentious and obvious to all. But the original Biblical handwriting that appeared upon a wall was a mystery, a puzzle (mene mene tekel upharsin) and only the prophet Daniel, skilled at dream interpretation could decipher it as "you have been weighed and found wanting." Although perhaps it was not at all obscure but simply the sort of message that no one cares to understand as addressed to them.
