Daniel 5: who is in charge?

 The Jews could doubt that the Lord of Heavens is in charge, after all, the temple was not only destroyed but sacred objects were taken to Babylon. The son of Nabonidus (perhaps grandson of Nebuchadnezzar), now king, is using these sacred objects to toast whatever gods exist. He is committing blasphemy. The Lord shows him who is in charge.

5-7 At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the lamp-illumined, whitewashed wall of the palace. When the king saw the disembodied hand writing away, he went white as a ghost, scared out of his wits. His legs went limp and his knees knocked. He yelled out for the enchanters, the fortunetellers, and the diviners to come. He told these Babylonian magi, “Anyone who can read this writing on the wall and tell me what it means will be famous and rich—purple robe, the great gold chain—and be third-in-command in the kingdom.”

No one could read it, thus, Daniel was called. He rebuked the king:

22-23 “You are his son and have known all this (that his father had to behave as an animal until recognize that the Lord reigns), yet you’re as arrogant as he ever was. Look at you, setting yourself up in competition against the Master of heaven! You had the sacred chalices from his Temple brought into your drunken party so that you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines, could drink from them. You used the sacred chalices to toast your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone—blind, deaf, and imbecile gods. But you treat with contempt the living God who holds your entire life from birth to death in his hand.

The interpretation showed that his days were over and that he was in fault before the Lord. The king was murdered at the same night. The king was a fool, he did n´t have the fear of the Lord, although he knew about how powerful the Lord is.