So we have established that the two witnesses will most likely be Enoch and Elijah, since they are two men who were taken into heaven without dieing. When they return to prophesy, they will be clothed in sackcloth. These are probably the same clothes that they were wearing when they were taken up into heaven, so it will probably be obvious who they are when they show up again, at least to those who know they are coming. The world will probably say, "Who are these idiots?" They will shortly find out that these two are no one to mess with. John wrote in verse 4;
"These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord on
the earth."
The prophet Zechariah wrote about these two. After seeing a vision, Zechariah wrote in his 4th Chapter, verses 11 -14;
(11)"Then I answered and said to him, 'What are these two olive trees on the right of the
lampstand and on the left?' (12) And I answered again the second time and asked him,
'What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the
golden oil from themselves?' (13) So he answered me saying, 'Do you not know who
these are?' and I said, 'No my lord.' (14) Then he said, 'These are the two anointed ones
( literally, Sons of fresh oil), who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.'"
The oil has always represented the Holy Spirit of God. We know that Jesus is the Spirit of Truth. The Word is Spirit. So when it says tha these two are the Sons of fresh oil, I believe that they will pour out from their mouths by the Spirit of God, the exact words that Jesus whats to speak to men through them and they will prophesy and proclaim as Jesus leads them. This will all be to give everyone a chance to hear the unadulterated word of truth, so that everyone will have a chance to to gain eternal life and everyone who refuses to believe will be without an excuse.
These two witnesses will have will have devine protection that will allow them to proclaim the truth without being harmed. I am sure that many will try to kill them, because what they will be saying will fly in the face of all satan's vessels who are trying to decieve the world. They will be exposing the deception. This will annoy the world enough, but more so, they will be rescuing souls from the realm of darkness and bringing them into the realm of light. This is always what Satan has tried to minimize. He knows his fate and he has always wanted to drag as many souls with him into the lake of fire as he could. John wrote in verses 5 and 6;
(5)"And if anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours
their enemies; and if anyone would desire to harm them, in the manner he must be killed.
(6)"These have the power to shut up the sky, in order that rain may not fall during the
days of their prophesying; and they have the power over the waters to turn them into
blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they desire."
Remember Elijah when he lived on earth, twice called down fire from heaven to kill a group of fifty of the kings men. If it actually will come forth from their mouths, everything will be possible during that time. Satan knows all that will occur during those days. He has always known that these two will cause it to not rain on the earth for twelve hundred and sixty days. Satan does not want people to believe that these two are sent from God, so he will try to minimize their influence. Satan needed to prepare peoples thought patterns to think that something else could have caused the climate change that would not allow it to rain for twelve hundred and sixty days. As we read on through Revelation, it will become evident that Satan has for sometime been preparing peoples thought patterns to recieve his deceptions and disbelieve what will be brought forth from Jesus.
John goes on to write this in verses 7 -14;
(7)"And when they have finished their testimony, the beast who comes out of the abyss
will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them."
Notice that the only reason that the anti - christ was allowed to kill them was because the time of their testimony was complete. They were allowed twelve hundred and sixty days to prophesy and be protected.
(8)"And their dead bodies will in the street of the great city which mistically is called
Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified."
We know that Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem, so we know that these two are laying in a street somewhere in Jerusalem. John called it by the mistical names of Sodom and Egypt because at this time the city will be more reflective of Sodom with it's permissiveness and Egypt with it's bondage, than Jerusalem, which means The City of Peace.
(9)"And those from the peoples and tribes and touges and nations will look at their
dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their bodies to be laid
in a tomb."
When I first became a believer in the truth and read this passage of srcipture back in the 1970's, This seemed to be either impossible or way in the future. All we had as far as being able to view such an event throughout the whole world was TV. Futuristic maybe wrist TVs. Since then, technology has increased at such a rapid pace, that it is very possible. Almost everyone, even people in the remote parts of the earth, can now have access via cells devices of one type or another, to be able to view such an event. Likewise, they would have been able to view, the prophesying of these two as they go troughout the earth and are covered by news outlets. Remember that Daniel wrote in his last Chapter 12, verse 4; " But as for you Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth (flight), and knowledge will increase,..."
Notice that they would not allow them to be laid in a tomb for before three and a half days pass. Most cultures and religions believe that the soul does not leave to another realm until after three days. After that it is impossible for someone to come back to life. This is why they made sure that there was no chance that these two would resurrect.
(10)" And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry; and
they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who
dwell on the earth."
Wow, the world will celebrate like it is Christmas. Can you believe that people on earth will be so disturbed by the message of these two, and I think more by the message than the torment, that they will be so relieved by their deaths, that they will celebrate by exchanging gifts and partying.
(11)"And after three and one half days the breath of life from God came into them,
and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were beholding them."
In other words, all those who were not still busy celebrating, but were still viewing the event, were filled with fear at seeing these two come back to like. I would imagine so. Oops!
(12)"And they heard a loud voice in heaven saying to them,'Come up here.' And
they went up into heaven in a cloud."
All this will happen just prior to the Day of the Lord and the wrath of God. The Church is preserved from the wrath of God. I feel that it is possible that at the same time the loud voice from heaven says, "Come up here", to the two witnesses, that it will include all believers who are alive and remain as well as those who have died. This will be the call of the first resurrection. As Paul wrote in his first letter to the Thessalonians Chapter 4, verses 15 - 17;
"For we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain
until the coming of the Lord, shall not proceed those who have fallen asleep (died).
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then
we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.
In completing the scripture of the two witnesses, Paul concludes in verse 13 and 14;
(13)"And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; and
seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified
and gave glory to the God of heaven. (14) The second woe is past; behold, the third
woe is coming quickly.
Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippians in the 2nd Chapter, verses 9 - 11;
"Therefore God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is
above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of those who
are in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father."
The peace of Jesus be with all of you.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Revelations Chapter 11 (Part 2) Two Witnesses
In the beginning of Chapter 11, John said that someone said to him to measure the temple of God. After that the one talking said in Chapter 3;
"And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred
and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
First we can assume that the one talking to John is Jesus, since He said that they were His two witnesses. Here again we see twelve hundred and sixty days. This is 3 1/2 years. We know that the first 3 1/2 years is peace, and then in the middle of the 7 year covenant, when (It) comes into the picture, destruction will come forth for the remaining 3 1/2 years. Each of the 3 1/2 periods is of course 1,260 days. This dosen't necessarily mean that they are going to witness in one of these two 3 1/2 periods. It says for 1,260 days days, so it can be possible that it could overlap both periods. So these two witnesses may start prophesying in the first half of the covenant informing the world what is transpiring and showing how this is in line with what has been foretold. Warning people that the time of the end is near and that people should repent from their unbelief and turn to Jesus to gain eternal life and avoid the wrath to come.
The voice says that they are His two witnesses. Who are they? One of them was foretold by the prophet Malachi in the last chapter of the Old Testiment and the second to the last verse, 4:5;
"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great
and terrible day of the Lord."
Elijah was spoken of in 2nd kings. In the 1st Chapter, verse 10 and 12, Elijah was able to call down fire from heaven twice and destroyed 50 of the kings men each time. In the second Chapter, verse 1,
The writer of second kings wrote this;
"And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirdwind to
heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha of Gilgal."
Elijah was going to pass his mantle to Elisha and in verse 11 it says;
"Then it came about as they were going along and talking, that behold, there appeared
a chariot of fire and horses of fire which seperated the two of them. And Elijah went
up in a whildwind to heaven."
Elijah never died. What he has been doing all this time, although it is not a lot of time in heaven, is unknown. But we do know from Malichi that he will return before the day of the Lord. It was interesting that in the first chapter of the gospel of John that the Jews sent priest and Levites from Jerusalem to go and ask John the baptist if he was Elijah. He told them no. The thing is, after all those years since Elijah was taken up to heaven, it was still on their minds what had happened to Elijah and what Malichi wrote about him returning. They must have beleived that it had happened and that it would be possible that Elijah could return.
So what about the witness number two or is he the witness number one. Elijah was born after the flood, but prior to the flood, there existed a prophet named Enoch. Enoch was the great great grandfather of Noah. If only Noah and his family made it through the flood, then where did all the knowledge of what took place as far back of the Garden of Eden come from. Moses came well after the flood, so where did he get the information about the genesis (origin) of creation and what had occured on the the earth that brought about the flood. All this information came from the the first prophet of God, Enoch. Enoch was first spoken of in the book of Genesis in the 5th Chapter when Moses was referring to the decendents od Adam. In verse s 21-24, Moses writes;
" (21) And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
(22) Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of
Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. (23) So all the days Enoch were three
hundred and sixty-five years. (24) And Enoch walked with God; and he was not,
for God took him."
So when Elijah got to heaven, he met Enoch. These are the only to men in human existence who have been recorded as never dieing and being caught up into heaven while they were still alive, never have experiencing death. In the book of Hebrews, the author wrote this in the 9th Chapter, verse 27;
"And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment."
Enoch and Elijah still need to experience death. one of the things good about them getting to return after the cross, they will be the only men born before the cross who will get the priveledge of becoming a New Creation. Enoch wrote the first book that was inspired by God. When Enoch was here, he was caught up into heaven and asked to write down what he was shown. Enoch was shown the origin of man. Enoch was shown a lot of what existed in heaven. He was also shown things that would take place in the end times. He saw the cross. He wrote of the holding places of the spirits who are waiting judgement and the four different holding realms. When the Council of Laodecia did not include Enochs book when deciding which books should be included in the Bible. I don't think that it was a mistake, because if Jesus wanted it in the Bible at that time, it would have been in it. The things that Enoch wrote are good to know now in the days that are coming. Enochs book was one of the writtings found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The book of Enoch was refered to by Jude, the brother of Jesus, in his epistle in the 14th and 15th verses;
"and about these things also Enoch, inthe seventh generation of Adam, prophesied,
saying, 'Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute
judgement upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which
they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him'."
Also the writer of Hebrews wrote this in the 11th Chapter, verse 5;
" By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found
because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up
he was pleasing to God.
So we know that the writer of Hebrews knew about Enoch and you could argue that he got this from the Book of Genesis. What we cannot dispute is that there was a book of Enoch that was known and read, even as far forward as the days of Jude, because Jude quoted the writings of Enoch. If the Book of Enoch was not the inspired word of God, then Jude would not have refferenced it.
So one day soon, out of the blue, we will see Enoch and Elijah when they return. They will be a gift to mankind.
The Peace of Jesus be with all of you.
"And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred
and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
First we can assume that the one talking to John is Jesus, since He said that they were His two witnesses. Here again we see twelve hundred and sixty days. This is 3 1/2 years. We know that the first 3 1/2 years is peace, and then in the middle of the 7 year covenant, when (It) comes into the picture, destruction will come forth for the remaining 3 1/2 years. Each of the 3 1/2 periods is of course 1,260 days. This dosen't necessarily mean that they are going to witness in one of these two 3 1/2 periods. It says for 1,260 days days, so it can be possible that it could overlap both periods. So these two witnesses may start prophesying in the first half of the covenant informing the world what is transpiring and showing how this is in line with what has been foretold. Warning people that the time of the end is near and that people should repent from their unbelief and turn to Jesus to gain eternal life and avoid the wrath to come.
The voice says that they are His two witnesses. Who are they? One of them was foretold by the prophet Malachi in the last chapter of the Old Testiment and the second to the last verse, 4:5;
"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great
and terrible day of the Lord."
Elijah was spoken of in 2nd kings. In the 1st Chapter, verse 10 and 12, Elijah was able to call down fire from heaven twice and destroyed 50 of the kings men each time. In the second Chapter, verse 1,
The writer of second kings wrote this;
"And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirdwind to
heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha of Gilgal."
Elijah was going to pass his mantle to Elisha and in verse 11 it says;
"Then it came about as they were going along and talking, that behold, there appeared
a chariot of fire and horses of fire which seperated the two of them. And Elijah went
up in a whildwind to heaven."
Elijah never died. What he has been doing all this time, although it is not a lot of time in heaven, is unknown. But we do know from Malichi that he will return before the day of the Lord. It was interesting that in the first chapter of the gospel of John that the Jews sent priest and Levites from Jerusalem to go and ask John the baptist if he was Elijah. He told them no. The thing is, after all those years since Elijah was taken up to heaven, it was still on their minds what had happened to Elijah and what Malichi wrote about him returning. They must have beleived that it had happened and that it would be possible that Elijah could return.
So what about the witness number two or is he the witness number one. Elijah was born after the flood, but prior to the flood, there existed a prophet named Enoch. Enoch was the great great grandfather of Noah. If only Noah and his family made it through the flood, then where did all the knowledge of what took place as far back of the Garden of Eden come from. Moses came well after the flood, so where did he get the information about the genesis (origin) of creation and what had occured on the the earth that brought about the flood. All this information came from the the first prophet of God, Enoch. Enoch was first spoken of in the book of Genesis in the 5th Chapter when Moses was referring to the decendents od Adam. In verse s 21-24, Moses writes;
" (21) And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
(22) Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of
Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. (23) So all the days Enoch were three
hundred and sixty-five years. (24) And Enoch walked with God; and he was not,
for God took him."
So when Elijah got to heaven, he met Enoch. These are the only to men in human existence who have been recorded as never dieing and being caught up into heaven while they were still alive, never have experiencing death. In the book of Hebrews, the author wrote this in the 9th Chapter, verse 27;
"And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment."
Enoch and Elijah still need to experience death. one of the things good about them getting to return after the cross, they will be the only men born before the cross who will get the priveledge of becoming a New Creation. Enoch wrote the first book that was inspired by God. When Enoch was here, he was caught up into heaven and asked to write down what he was shown. Enoch was shown the origin of man. Enoch was shown a lot of what existed in heaven. He was also shown things that would take place in the end times. He saw the cross. He wrote of the holding places of the spirits who are waiting judgement and the four different holding realms. When the Council of Laodecia did not include Enochs book when deciding which books should be included in the Bible. I don't think that it was a mistake, because if Jesus wanted it in the Bible at that time, it would have been in it. The things that Enoch wrote are good to know now in the days that are coming. Enochs book was one of the writtings found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The book of Enoch was refered to by Jude, the brother of Jesus, in his epistle in the 14th and 15th verses;
"and about these things also Enoch, inthe seventh generation of Adam, prophesied,
saying, 'Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute
judgement upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which
they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him'."
Also the writer of Hebrews wrote this in the 11th Chapter, verse 5;
" By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found
because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up
he was pleasing to God.
So we know that the writer of Hebrews knew about Enoch and you could argue that he got this from the Book of Genesis. What we cannot dispute is that there was a book of Enoch that was known and read, even as far forward as the days of Jude, because Jude quoted the writings of Enoch. If the Book of Enoch was not the inspired word of God, then Jude would not have refferenced it.
So one day soon, out of the blue, we will see Enoch and Elijah when they return. They will be a gift to mankind.
The Peace of Jesus be with all of you.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Revelation Chapter 11 Introduction
Chapter 11 is going to be a very informative and interesting chapter to go through. All previous chapters have been snapshots of what will occur in the last days. Some of the remaining chapters will be the motion picture of some of the things that will take place during the 7 year tribulation period.
Chapter 11 begins with John being asked to take measurements of the temple of God. Right now we know that there is not a temple there in Jerusalem, other than the Dome of the Rock, which is a temple of Islam. The temple that John is being asked to measure is not the Dome of the Rock, but he is being asked to measure the temple of the God of Israel. So we know that the temple has yet to be built and must be built for this to occur. Consensus is that this temple could never be built because the old temple sight is where the Dome of the Rock was built. If Jesus says it will be built, then no man can stop it.
I believe that the contruction will come about when the anti-christ makes the 7 year covenant of peace, spoken of by Daniel in his 9 th Chapter, verse 27;
"And he (the anti-christ) will make a firm covenant with the many for one week (7 years),
but in the middle of the week (3 1/2 years into covenant) he will put a stop to sacrifice
and grain offering; and on the wings of abomonination will come one who makes desolate,
even until a complete destruction, one that decreed, is poured out on the one who makes
desolate.
The thing to note from this verse, is that there must be a temple to perform the sacrifices in. Also this is the Abomination of Desolation that Jesus spoke about, in Matthew Chapter 24, when the apostles ask Him as to what would be the signs of your coming and of the end of the age. One of the signs that Jesus told them was this in verse 15;
"Therefore when you see the Abomination of Desolation which was spoken of through
Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place..."
Paul also referred to this in his 2nd letter to the Thessalonians, when he wrote in the 2nd Chapter, verses 3 and 4;
" Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come the
apostasy (falling away from the faith, probably because of the persecution of the days)
comes first, and the man of lawlessness (the anti-christ as It) is revealed, the son of
destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so call god or object of
worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God"
So we know that the temple has to be built, because the anti-christ, when he becomes (It) half way through the tribulation period, will seat himself in the temple making claims of being God. We will talk more as to why I call the anti-christ It as we proceed in Revelation. If you want to know now, then reference my previous blogs concerning Daniel.
So if the temple needs to be built, how is this possible if the Dome of the Rock is on the old sight of the Jewish temple and they will only build it on the original sight. Revelation Chapter 11 starts out with John writting this in Verses 1 and 2;
"And there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and some one said, 'Rise and
measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. And leave out
the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to
the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months'."
The temple can be built, because where the Dome of the Rock is located on the mount, is actually where the outer court of the previous Jewish temple was located. This is why John is instructed not to measure the outer court because it is where the Dome of the Rock is built. John is told that this outer court is given to the nations. During this 7 year covenant, the Jews in Israel will worship in their temple, where they will perform sacrifices and grain offerings, for forty-two months, until the anti-christ (It) comes and ends the sacrifices and seats himself in the temple as being God. When the anti-christ (It) comes down against Israel, from the north, with troops from many different nations, he will destroy and chase the people of Israel out. This is what is known as, the Time od Jacobs Trouble. At that time he will seat himself in the temple of God, making claims of being God. Then the troops and others from the nations will tread under foot the holy city for the remainder of time, forty-two months. When the anti-christ (It) comes down against Israel from the north with his military, he will be coming down from the world capital that will be built in the city of Tyre, in Lebanon.
The peace of Jesus be with all of you.
Chapter 11 begins with John being asked to take measurements of the temple of God. Right now we know that there is not a temple there in Jerusalem, other than the Dome of the Rock, which is a temple of Islam. The temple that John is being asked to measure is not the Dome of the Rock, but he is being asked to measure the temple of the God of Israel. So we know that the temple has yet to be built and must be built for this to occur. Consensus is that this temple could never be built because the old temple sight is where the Dome of the Rock was built. If Jesus says it will be built, then no man can stop it.
I believe that the contruction will come about when the anti-christ makes the 7 year covenant of peace, spoken of by Daniel in his 9 th Chapter, verse 27;
"And he (the anti-christ) will make a firm covenant with the many for one week (7 years),
but in the middle of the week (3 1/2 years into covenant) he will put a stop to sacrifice
and grain offering; and on the wings of abomonination will come one who makes desolate,
even until a complete destruction, one that decreed, is poured out on the one who makes
desolate.
The thing to note from this verse, is that there must be a temple to perform the sacrifices in. Also this is the Abomination of Desolation that Jesus spoke about, in Matthew Chapter 24, when the apostles ask Him as to what would be the signs of your coming and of the end of the age. One of the signs that Jesus told them was this in verse 15;
"Therefore when you see the Abomination of Desolation which was spoken of through
Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place..."
Paul also referred to this in his 2nd letter to the Thessalonians, when he wrote in the 2nd Chapter, verses 3 and 4;
" Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the Lord) will not come the
apostasy (falling away from the faith, probably because of the persecution of the days)
comes first, and the man of lawlessness (the anti-christ as It) is revealed, the son of
destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so call god or object of
worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God"
So we know that the temple has to be built, because the anti-christ, when he becomes (It) half way through the tribulation period, will seat himself in the temple making claims of being God. We will talk more as to why I call the anti-christ It as we proceed in Revelation. If you want to know now, then reference my previous blogs concerning Daniel.
So if the temple needs to be built, how is this possible if the Dome of the Rock is on the old sight of the Jewish temple and they will only build it on the original sight. Revelation Chapter 11 starts out with John writting this in Verses 1 and 2;
"And there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and some one said, 'Rise and
measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. And leave out
the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to
the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months'."
The temple can be built, because where the Dome of the Rock is located on the mount, is actually where the outer court of the previous Jewish temple was located. This is why John is instructed not to measure the outer court because it is where the Dome of the Rock is built. John is told that this outer court is given to the nations. During this 7 year covenant, the Jews in Israel will worship in their temple, where they will perform sacrifices and grain offerings, for forty-two months, until the anti-christ (It) comes and ends the sacrifices and seats himself in the temple as being God. When the anti-christ (It) comes down against Israel, from the north, with troops from many different nations, he will destroy and chase the people of Israel out. This is what is known as, the Time od Jacobs Trouble. At that time he will seat himself in the temple of God, making claims of being God. Then the troops and others from the nations will tread under foot the holy city for the remainder of time, forty-two months. When the anti-christ (It) comes down against Israel from the north with his military, he will be coming down from the world capital that will be built in the city of Tyre, in Lebanon.
The peace of Jesus be with all of you.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Revelations Chapter 10- The Little Book
Chapter 10 is about a little book that is opened up. John sees what he refers to as a strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; and he had in his hand a little book which was open. I know that Daniel, in the last chapter of his book, in Chapter 12, verse 4, wrote this that he was instucted to do;
"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time;
many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
So we know that Daniel was told to seal up a book until the end of time. Daniel goes on to write in verse 5, that he saw two others standing on each side of the river. In verse 6, one of them said to a man dress in linen, who was above the river;
"How long will it be until the end of these wonders."
In verse 7, Daniel writes;
"And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as
he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives
forever that it would be for a time, times and half a time ( 3 1/2 years ); as soon as
they finish shattering the power of the holy people all these events will be completed."
Daniel did not write what these events were, although he wrote much about the end times. So what is left out and why would it be concealed until the end times?
One thing to note, is that the Daniel wrote about the two on each bank of the river. In Revelations Chapter 11, we are going to find out who these two are. Also, when Daniel writes about the one above the river, it is also what John saw as we continue in Chapter 10.
Daniel wrote in his 12th Chapter, verses 8 and 9,;
(8)"As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, 'My Lord, what will be the
outcome of these events?'(9) And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are
concealed and sealed up until the end time.' "
What we do know is that a lot of what Daniel saw is written by John in Revelation. We also know that alot of what Daniel could not reveal, has been revealed by John in Revelation. These are the things that John will now reveal, when this little book is opened.
So John sees this strong angel place his right foot on the sea and his left on the land, and he cried out with a loud voice, like a lions roar. When he did, the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. When John goes to write down what they had spoken, he was instucted to not write it down. Here we go again. I wonder if what the seven thunders uttered was the same thing that Daniel was to conseal. Whatever it might be, it will be revealed in the end time.
John writes in verses 5 and 6 a vision similar to what Daniel saw;
(5)"And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand
to heaven, (6) and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the
things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there shall be delay no longer.'
In verse 7 John writes;
"but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the
mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets."
The seventh angel is the angel who is about to sound the 7th trumpet, and when he does, the mystery of God is finished. This is the mystery of the first Resurrection that will take place at the sounding of the 7th trumpet. It will also bring forth the wrath of God. The seventh trumpet is the last trumpet. Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians in Chapter 15, verses 51 and 52;
(51) "Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be
changed, (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed."
Paul also wrote in his 1st letter to the Thessalonians in Chapter 4, verses 15 - 17;
(15) " For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, shall not
procede those who have fallen asleep. (16) For the Lord Himself will decend from
heaven with a shout,with the voice of the arcangel, and with the trumpet of God ;
and the dead in Christ shall rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remaining
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and
thus we shall always be with the Lord."
In completing Chapter 10, John is asked to take the little book. He is told by the angel to eat it, and that it would make his stomach bitter, but taste sweet as honey in his mouth. When John ate the book, it was as the angel said. I always try to figure out what this might mean. This is obviosly bitter sweet. It might be that it is describing the reality of the last trumpet sound. Sweet, because one of the most amazing events in all creation will take place when the New Creations are resurrected and receive their glorified transformed bodies, that will be higher than the angels. Bitter, because of the fate that will befall those who would not receive the truth of the gospel as to be saved, rescued, redeemed or how ever you want to put it.
For that reason, I think is why John is told in the last verse 11;
"You MUST prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and
tongues and kings."
This is why it is important to proclaim the the gospel in clarity and truth and insight. This way people who may not come to believe by just hearing the gospel, might with the help of seeing, receive the free gift of eternal life.
Jesus peace to you all.
"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time;
many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."
So we know that Daniel was told to seal up a book until the end of time. Daniel goes on to write in verse 5, that he saw two others standing on each side of the river. In verse 6, one of them said to a man dress in linen, who was above the river;
"How long will it be until the end of these wonders."
In verse 7, Daniel writes;
"And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as
he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives
forever that it would be for a time, times and half a time ( 3 1/2 years ); as soon as
they finish shattering the power of the holy people all these events will be completed."
Daniel did not write what these events were, although he wrote much about the end times. So what is left out and why would it be concealed until the end times?
One thing to note, is that the Daniel wrote about the two on each bank of the river. In Revelations Chapter 11, we are going to find out who these two are. Also, when Daniel writes about the one above the river, it is also what John saw as we continue in Chapter 10.
Daniel wrote in his 12th Chapter, verses 8 and 9,;
(8)"As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, 'My Lord, what will be the
outcome of these events?'(9) And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are
concealed and sealed up until the end time.' "
What we do know is that a lot of what Daniel saw is written by John in Revelation. We also know that alot of what Daniel could not reveal, has been revealed by John in Revelation. These are the things that John will now reveal, when this little book is opened.
So John sees this strong angel place his right foot on the sea and his left on the land, and he cried out with a loud voice, like a lions roar. When he did, the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. When John goes to write down what they had spoken, he was instucted to not write it down. Here we go again. I wonder if what the seven thunders uttered was the same thing that Daniel was to conseal. Whatever it might be, it will be revealed in the end time.
John writes in verses 5 and 6 a vision similar to what Daniel saw;
(5)"And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand
to heaven, (6) and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the
things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there shall be delay no longer.'
In verse 7 John writes;
"but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the
mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets."
The seventh angel is the angel who is about to sound the 7th trumpet, and when he does, the mystery of God is finished. This is the mystery of the first Resurrection that will take place at the sounding of the 7th trumpet. It will also bring forth the wrath of God. The seventh trumpet is the last trumpet. Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians in Chapter 15, verses 51 and 52;
(51) "Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be
changed, (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed."
Paul also wrote in his 1st letter to the Thessalonians in Chapter 4, verses 15 - 17;
(15) " For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, shall not
procede those who have fallen asleep. (16) For the Lord Himself will decend from
heaven with a shout,with the voice of the arcangel, and with the trumpet of God ;
and the dead in Christ shall rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remaining
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and
thus we shall always be with the Lord."
In completing Chapter 10, John is asked to take the little book. He is told by the angel to eat it, and that it would make his stomach bitter, but taste sweet as honey in his mouth. When John ate the book, it was as the angel said. I always try to figure out what this might mean. This is obviosly bitter sweet. It might be that it is describing the reality of the last trumpet sound. Sweet, because one of the most amazing events in all creation will take place when the New Creations are resurrected and receive their glorified transformed bodies, that will be higher than the angels. Bitter, because of the fate that will befall those who would not receive the truth of the gospel as to be saved, rescued, redeemed or how ever you want to put it.
For that reason, I think is why John is told in the last verse 11;
"You MUST prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and
tongues and kings."
This is why it is important to proclaim the the gospel in clarity and truth and insight. This way people who may not come to believe by just hearing the gospel, might with the help of seeing, receive the free gift of eternal life.
Jesus peace to you all.
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