READ: Daniel 5:17-31
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom… – Daniel 5:30,31
The principle of divine displacement and replacement simply states that a person can be dislodged from a place of relative security and exchanged or substituted by another unexpectedly.
You see this principle at work throughout the Bible. You see it in the life of King Saul when he was swapped for King David. You notice it in the life of Elijah the prophet. When Elijah complained about the ministry, God immediately exchanged him for Elisha.
When Belshazzar desecrated the holy vessels of the temple, a hand appeared and wrote on the wall of the king’s palace. The message was simple: 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.
Simply put, the message meant that you have been substituted! In the language of soccer it means that you have received a red card. It means that you are going off the pitch.
That is exactly what happened to Belshazzar. He was killed the very night the handwriting appeared. He was replaced by a man called Darius. This happened overnight.
If God has exalted you and placed you in a good place, please respect it and know that you could lose your position if you do not take the Word of God seriously