Do you believe Jesus
will come again?
If you believe that
Jesus will come again then you believe in Biblical prophecy. You cannot believe Jesus will return and say
you do not believe in Biblical prophecy.
You can't have it both ways. So
if you DO believe Jesus will come again you should be very interested in
Biblical prophecy. Why? This is why…
Mat_25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day
nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Mat_24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso
readeth, let him understand:)
Prophecy. Watching, what are we watching for? We are
watching for the predication of the past to come true in the present.
So please, may God's
grace cover us as we watch and pray, as we seek to comprehend the prophecies He
has given to us so we may know the unfolding of His plan for us. Open our hearts, our eyes, our understanding,
please…please.
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Continuing our prophecy study-- Please
GO back several and read the study from the beginning to gain full
understanding of where we are, if you haven't been following this study daily.
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Let's do a recap
here of what we've learned so far.
Daniel 2 tells of a
prophetic dream and in that dream is a giant statue that portrays various
ruling kingdoms of the Middle East and parts of what is now Europe. At the time
of the dream the kingdom in control of Jerusalem was Babylon. Then the Medes
and Persians took control of Babylon, after the Medes and Persians the Greeks
took control then after that Romans. We
then have the ten major areas that Roman was split into.
After that we find
in Daniel 7 more information on this same prophetic message. We learned that
out of the ten areas that three of them would be plucked up- their rule over
the territories they'd taken from Rome would be taken away from them completely
and they'd no longer have any power whatsoever to control what they once
controlled. Not only that, we learned that a rising power different from every
power up to that point in time would have influence over those three powers
being displaced. The only logical power that was rising up at the time was the
Papacy and that was most assuredly different than all the other military powers
that had any sort of control by the governments- the ruling parties and their
armies. This new influence came from the rise of Christianity and unfortunately
its corruption. It was clear that Papacy
was corrupt- God NEVER intended His true people to merge with the government in
any way. Jesus wasn't of this world, and
as a result those who are His are not of this world. Governments, those whose
interest lies in ruling land and the people of it would flourish and even in
our greatest democracies we have those who feel the need to be in control of the
worldly power because even democracies are a controlling interest for the
people of the land they are in.
Jesus did NOT set up
a worldly kingdom for His people. Jesus
KNEW that from the time of His life on earth bringing salvation to all who
would be His, that there would NEVER again be any worldly kingdom that would be
God's people. There would be Spiritual Israel and those of Spiritual Israel
would be from all over- never congregated into a world power of any sort. Worldly power was not of God and will never
be of God no matter how convincing the sheep's clothing the wolf is wearing may
be and believe me… no… don't believe me… believe GOD, the evil will take on the
appearance of good, the evil will be so incredibly deceptive that only those
who would be God's will be kept from succumbing to that evil. If you doubt me
that's fine, but don't doubt God.
Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and
false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it
were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man deceive you.
We've talked before
about deception but it bears discussing again because the Papacy today comes
across as being reformed from their evil but in truth that can't happen, it
won't happen. Prophecy remains true to the end. That *little horn* power rises
corrupt and stays corrupt until it is destroyed.
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the
most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change
times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times
and the dividing of time.
Dan 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall
take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Dan 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people
of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Once we understand
the truth of this as a reality there is much more that falls into place. We've
had a couple thousand years of history between the first kingdom, Babylon, and
God truly did map things out for us in so many ways.
I'm not a Biblical
scholar and will never claim to be one. I'm not a historian and will never
claim to be one of those either. I'm just a simple, average person praying for
understanding, praying for guidance, praying for forgiveness, praying for God's
leading in all I do, praying to have the Holy Spirit's enlightenment as God
wills.
Remember we talked
of a time, times, and dividing of time, just a brief note on studying it later,
we're going to start that now because we are told that the saints would be
given into the little horn's hand for a time, times and the dividing of time. Just how long would that be? We're going to
find out.
There is another
place we read about a time, times, and dividing of time.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she
is nourished for a time, and times, and
half a time, from the face of the serpent.
It make sense doesn't it. Right off we know that
the saints of God would be under the rule of and oppressed by the little horn
power for a time, times, and dividing of time, so… here we have a woman who is
given two wings of a great eagle so she could fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is kept safe for a time, times, and half a time (dividing of
time).
A woman in the Bible
can signify God's people- a church.
Jer 6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a
comely and delicate woman.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ
also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with
the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy and without blemish.
Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but
nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh,
and of his bones.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father
and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
God's people would
be oppressed, the woman- God's people - would be in the wilderness, nourished
there in the wilderness while the little horn power was in charge.
We have one prophecy
in Daniel, the other prophecy in Revelation- but they are speaking of the exact
same thing. There is little doubt here.
They're both saying that God's people would be oppressed for this period of
time that we still have to determine beyond knowing it is for a time, times,
and a dividing of (half of) time.
Let's jump to
Revelation 12:6
Rev. 12:6 And the
woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that
they should feed her there a thousand
two hundred and threescore days
1260 days.
Now that's not a
long period of time in the grand scheme of things, remember we have had
thousands of years between Babylon and now.
We need to look at
more facts here.
There are 30 days to
a Biblical month-
Gen. 7:11 17th day of 2nd month (Flood came)
Gen. 8:4 17th day of 7th month (Waters subsided)
Flood continued from
2nd to 7th month= 5 months
Gen. 7:24 'waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred
and fifty days'
150days/30days =
5mos.
So with 30 days to a
month we have 360 days to a years.
A time is a year-
Antiquities of the
Jews - a highly respected book by
Josephus has this to say…
The day is coming
when the wicked shall be cut down, and no hope will be left them. No mercy will
be mingled with their punishment. They shall be destroyed both root and branch.
"Let seven
times pass over him," was the decree. This simple expression is evidently
to be understood literally. But how long a period is denoted by the words
"seven times"? This may be determined by ascertaining how long
Nebuchadnezzar, in fulfillment of this prediction, was driven out to have his
dwelling with the beasts of the field. This, Josephus informs us, was seven
years. [2] A "Time," here, then, denotes one year.
[2] Flavius
Josephus, "Antiquities of the Jews," book 10, chap. 10, sec. 6, Works
of Flavius Josephus, p. 316.
Dan 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an
holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy
it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of
iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven
times pass over him
Dan 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat
grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the
most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
History records that
seven times- was seven years.
So…
A time being a year
would be… time= 1 year, times = 2 years,
and dividing of time = 1/2 a year so that gives us 3 and 1/2 years.
1 year = 360
2 years = 720
1/2 year = 180
Total = 1260
Amazing isn't it?!
Seriously amazing!
The time, times, and
dividing of time is the same as the
1260.
This isn't all, we also have mentioned 42
months in bible prophecy.
Rev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty
and two months.
What does 42 months
amount to? 1 year- 12 months, 2 years-
24 months, 1/2 year- 6 months= 42
months!
These are NOT
coincidences, not at all! We have to pay attention to this, we really do. It all goes together in the way God intended
it to do and for the serious Bible student, for the sincere Bible student God
will enlighten. We have to study this so much more but not all in one night
that's for sure.
So, leaving it all
here for the night it is my prayer that God bless us all so much. We need His blessing, we need His
enlightenment. We need His love, His forgiveness, all He has to give to us we
need so desperately.
Thank you Lord for
your love and all that entails.
By the grace and
mercy of God always!
Amen.
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