******* Continuing our prophecy study-- Please GO back and READ the study from the beginning to gain full understanding of where we are if you haven't been following this study daily. Thank you :) God bless you! ******
As this prophetic interpretation of the angel to Daniel begins to come to a close we can't help but understand that the end of this message has to include our time. At some point we KNOW that the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, will destroy the statue that represents earth as we know it. The kingdoms focused on were centered around the apostate force- those opposing God's people time and time again and giving rise to the beast power that would last for thousands of years right up until the very end - only to be destroyed completely by our Savior's triumphant return.
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Rome- Pagan and Papal
A broken empire that would include that Roman power.
Do we really live in the time of the broken empire that includes Rome?
Never has the world seen a kingdom such as the Roman Empire since its dismantling, never!
Rome still exists and shows NO indication of disappearing- ever.
The power that came up, that strange, diverse power- a religious power mingled with politics- the Papacy still exists today and show NO signs of disappearing- ever.
So proud of their 2000 year history, this Papal power will have a part to play right up until the end of the world as we know it and the return of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior who will take His saints back to heaven with Him.
As we continue on keeping in mind this is all PROPHETIC, there comes a point now where things begin to blur because as mentioned before- we will enter a time when we are living in what is prophesized and not have history to point at.
When we think of history with all the battles, all the wars, all the crusades, all the military campaigns, we have to stop for a moment and think about life today. I read something really interesting the other day- it said that we are already in WWIII, only most people don't realize it because WWIII is being waged on a much different scale than ever before. WWIII is a war that involves technology unlike any in years past. WWIII involves the cyber world, it involves economy, it involves destructive politics.
Yes, a lot of that is the same, but the MEANS have changed. Rather than battle with weapons of physical warfare, these battles are fought on a whole new level of intelligence. We're not dealing with a small country here, or small country there, we have huge countries and the means to be in contact with those huge countries instantaneously! Such ways of warfare were completely unimagined in times past. These last couple hundreds of years have changed the entire face of warfare. Do we take this into consideration when dealing with prophecy? We have to. We cannot pretend the changes in technology, the changes in society do not matter at all, we can't. If we ignore life the way it exists now then we are saying our lives do not fit into history, they do not fit into prophecy and our lives HAVE to fit into prophecy because we exist- the end has not come yet. So with this in mind we NEED to move our thinking forward to life today and not keep it back in time without our advanced technology.
The prophecies we've read so far have shown us beyond a doubt that the power in long lasting control changed from strictly political to a combination of political and religious. Throughout time the political/religious power has had its ups and downs but during it all that power has believed in things that have made it corrupt and time has only reaffirmed this evil power over and over. The blasphemy of this religious/political power is well documented, well known. We've discussed this at length so there's no need to go through it all again, if you missed some of the studies feel free to go back and read them.
At the time of the end…
As time has gone on and on we've come to a place that many believe is the end.
Let's read more of Daniel…
Dan 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Dan 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Dan 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Dan 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Dan 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Dan 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Now broken down with interjections noting the one spoken of if we are to follow in line with the previous prophecy in Daniel 11, in parenthesis-
Dan 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him (the Papacy): and the king of the north shall come against him (the Papacy) like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he (the Papacy) shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Dan 11:41 He (the Papacy) shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his (the Papacy) hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Dan 11:42 He (the Papacy) shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Dan 11:43 But he (the Papacy) shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Dan 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him (the Papacy): therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Dan 11:45 And he (the Papacy) shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
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This says so much, so incredibly much. And so many things I've read say that we shouldn't even attempt this section of prophecy because it's yet unfulfilled. To me it has meaning but on a different level. I can't back any of my *takes* up on this with wikipedia excerpts, or maybe I can to a certain extent. I'm just going to try to explain where I'm coming from on this but I'm not setting any of the following in stone, I can't. By the grace of God may I not be spouting off nonsense.
The Papacy - the Catholic religion which calls itself the One True Church of God- has in its history ups and downs without any doubt. However, the Catholic church HAS managed to infiltrate much of the world in one way or another. This church has millions and millions of followers and so it's correct to say that many people have been caught under the deception of this power. We also know that there are millions who have escaped this powerful deception. When this prophecy mentions Edom, Moab, and Ammon- is it possible these are the prominent areas of the Moslem faith? When we talk about the treasures of gold and silver, and precious things of Egypt- antiquities of the past- it's not farfetched to look at the Vatican which has billions of dollars, and vaults of treasures which are renown. It's also safe to say that there IS opposition to the Papacy - yes? We can read so much about the East, North - China, Russia- and their history past and current is decidedly anti-Catholic, while still allowing for its own version of religion. There is tension, well known tension, well documented.
(http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-francis-praises-china-latest-effort-thaw-chilly-relations)
(http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/12/pope-francis-russian-orthodox-patriarch-kirill-make-history-cuba-first-meeting-in-1000-years )
Just two examples.
We cannot IGNORE all this! We can't! Is it true? Does this fit the prophecy, honestly I don't know, I don't, I can only pray and hope that as this does come to pass, or if it has come to pass that God will open my eyes to see.
Now there is a lot more to all this and we'll continue with it tomorrow by the grace of God. His will be done always!
In His amazing love!
Amen.
As this prophetic interpretation of the angel to Daniel begins to come to a close we can't help but understand that the end of this message has to include our time. At some point we KNOW that the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, will destroy the statue that represents earth as we know it. The kingdoms focused on were centered around the apostate force- those opposing God's people time and time again and giving rise to the beast power that would last for thousands of years right up until the very end - only to be destroyed completely by our Savior's triumphant return.
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Rome- Pagan and Papal
A broken empire that would include that Roman power.
Do we really live in the time of the broken empire that includes Rome?
Never has the world seen a kingdom such as the Roman Empire since its dismantling, never!
Rome still exists and shows NO indication of disappearing- ever.
The power that came up, that strange, diverse power- a religious power mingled with politics- the Papacy still exists today and show NO signs of disappearing- ever.
So proud of their 2000 year history, this Papal power will have a part to play right up until the end of the world as we know it and the return of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior who will take His saints back to heaven with Him.
As we continue on keeping in mind this is all PROPHETIC, there comes a point now where things begin to blur because as mentioned before- we will enter a time when we are living in what is prophesized and not have history to point at.
When we think of history with all the battles, all the wars, all the crusades, all the military campaigns, we have to stop for a moment and think about life today. I read something really interesting the other day- it said that we are already in WWIII, only most people don't realize it because WWIII is being waged on a much different scale than ever before. WWIII is a war that involves technology unlike any in years past. WWIII involves the cyber world, it involves economy, it involves destructive politics.
Yes, a lot of that is the same, but the MEANS have changed. Rather than battle with weapons of physical warfare, these battles are fought on a whole new level of intelligence. We're not dealing with a small country here, or small country there, we have huge countries and the means to be in contact with those huge countries instantaneously! Such ways of warfare were completely unimagined in times past. These last couple hundreds of years have changed the entire face of warfare. Do we take this into consideration when dealing with prophecy? We have to. We cannot pretend the changes in technology, the changes in society do not matter at all, we can't. If we ignore life the way it exists now then we are saying our lives do not fit into history, they do not fit into prophecy and our lives HAVE to fit into prophecy because we exist- the end has not come yet. So with this in mind we NEED to move our thinking forward to life today and not keep it back in time without our advanced technology.
The prophecies we've read so far have shown us beyond a doubt that the power in long lasting control changed from strictly political to a combination of political and religious. Throughout time the political/religious power has had its ups and downs but during it all that power has believed in things that have made it corrupt and time has only reaffirmed this evil power over and over. The blasphemy of this religious/political power is well documented, well known. We've discussed this at length so there's no need to go through it all again, if you missed some of the studies feel free to go back and read them.
At the time of the end…
As time has gone on and on we've come to a place that many believe is the end.
Let's read more of Daniel…
Dan 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Dan 11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Dan 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Dan 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Dan 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Dan 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Now broken down with interjections noting the one spoken of if we are to follow in line with the previous prophecy in Daniel 11, in parenthesis-
Dan 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him (the Papacy): and the king of the north shall come against him (the Papacy) like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he (the Papacy) shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Dan 11:41 He (the Papacy) shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his (the Papacy) hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Dan 11:42 He (the Papacy) shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
Dan 11:43 But he (the Papacy) shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Dan 11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him (the Papacy): therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
Dan 11:45 And he (the Papacy) shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
*******
This says so much, so incredibly much. And so many things I've read say that we shouldn't even attempt this section of prophecy because it's yet unfulfilled. To me it has meaning but on a different level. I can't back any of my *takes* up on this with wikipedia excerpts, or maybe I can to a certain extent. I'm just going to try to explain where I'm coming from on this but I'm not setting any of the following in stone, I can't. By the grace of God may I not be spouting off nonsense.
The Papacy - the Catholic religion which calls itself the One True Church of God- has in its history ups and downs without any doubt. However, the Catholic church HAS managed to infiltrate much of the world in one way or another. This church has millions and millions of followers and so it's correct to say that many people have been caught under the deception of this power. We also know that there are millions who have escaped this powerful deception. When this prophecy mentions Edom, Moab, and Ammon- is it possible these are the prominent areas of the Moslem faith? When we talk about the treasures of gold and silver, and precious things of Egypt- antiquities of the past- it's not farfetched to look at the Vatican which has billions of dollars, and vaults of treasures which are renown. It's also safe to say that there IS opposition to the Papacy - yes? We can read so much about the East, North - China, Russia- and their history past and current is decidedly anti-Catholic, while still allowing for its own version of religion. There is tension, well known tension, well documented.
(http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-francis-praises-china-latest-effort-thaw-chilly-relations)
(http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/12/pope-francis-russian-orthodox-patriarch-kirill-make-history-cuba-first-meeting-in-1000-years )
Just two examples.
We cannot IGNORE all this! We can't! Is it true? Does this fit the prophecy, honestly I don't know, I don't, I can only pray and hope that as this does come to pass, or if it has come to pass that God will open my eyes to see.
Now there is a lot more to all this and we'll continue with it tomorrow by the grace of God. His will be done always!
In His amazing love!
Amen.
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