The
American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Pamphlet 5045 KC Daniel 20-1
The false messiah is going to come
sweep most Christians
right off their feet and spiritually
seduce them
with his lies and deceits and cause
them to fall before him and worship him...
thus taking away the daily sacrifice.
In the third and last year of the reign of king Belshazzar,
Daniel saw a vision concerning the king of fierce countenance
who would come with awesome power and "destroy the mighty and holy people",
his people, the true house of Israel.
That understanding disturbed
him greatly so he began plowing in his Father's Word and learned in the
great Book of Jeremiah that the period of time concerning the desolations
of Jerusalem was to be seventy years, an additional seventeen years from
the time he came to that understanding.
Therefore because he so
loved his nation and his people, he set his face unto the LORD God to offer
prayers and give supplication before Him because of the sins of his people.
And while he was yet speaking
and praying he was paid a visit by one of the four archangels who stand
before the Lord, even Gabriel whose name means "man of God".
When those angels swing
into action at the time of end, even that time when the archangel Michael
stands up and casts Satan and his angels out of heaven (Rev. 12:7-9), then
"there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a
nation even to that same time... (Dan. 12:1)."
Daniel
9:20
And whiles I
was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the
sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before
the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
[21]
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being
caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
The archangel Gabriel who appeared just before the
first advent also appears before the second advent and blows (heralds)
the 7th Trump at Christ's return.
Notice that Daniel was not even finished with his prayer
when this man of God came to him and touched him towards the "end of the
day", about the time of the evening oblation.
[22]
And he informed me, and talked with me, and
said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Our Father hears the prayers of those who love and
serve Him by seeking after His knowledge and wisdom for the purpose of
helping others.
[23]At
the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth,
and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved:
therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
At the instant Daniel began his prayer (back in verse
4) God heard him and gave the commandment to Gabriel to go forth and give
him skill and understanding.
Gabriel let Daniel know that he was greatly beloved by
our Father and you can imagine how that must have made Daniel feel.
Gabriel then instructed Daniel to consider (think about)
and understand the vision.
Remember that Daniel, this beloved one of God, already
knows about the 70 years of captivity.
Now
he's going to be given information concerning another time frame or period
of 70, however, the length of this period of time will be "Seventy Sevens"
or 70 weeks of years, years being the subject of Daniel's prayer.
[24]
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to
finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation
for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up
the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
The seventy weeks
are determined on the people and on the holy city of Jerusalem.
That
is why you want to always keep your eyes upon the holy city, for it is
the focal point of endtime prophecy.
Let's
segment this verse and consider what happens at the end of 70 weeks, knowing
that 69 weeks have passed.
That which has been determined
by our Father at His appointed time is...
to finish
the transgression, and...
This
happens when Jesus Christ returns at the sound of the 7th Trump and puts
a stop to the transgression of desolation.
to make
an end of sins, and...
This hasn't happen
yet either, has it?
to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and...
This is the "day
of vengeance" spoken of by Isaiah in the second half of Isa. 61:2.
This occurs when Christ
returns to the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Yahveh Judges) as per Joel chapter
3.
to bring
in everlasting righteousness, and...
This
happens when the King of righteous comes and sets up His kingdom that shall
never be destroyed.
to seal
up the vision and prophecy, and...
To "seal up the vision
and prophecy" is to make an end of, to fulfill all the prophecies that
Jesus Christ foretold us of in Mat. 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21.
The
fulfilling happens in and unto the final generation of the fig tree!
Matthew 24:34 "Verily I say
unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled."
to anoint
the most Holy.
The phrase "the most Holy" is never used of a person
but rather of the "holy of holies".
So to "anoint the holy of Holies" simply means to cleanse
the sanctuary.
The seventy weeks continues until the end when the sanctuary
is cleansed.
You may recall that the cleansing also takes place at
the end of the 2300 days.
Nevertheless, it is obvious that these events have not
yet happened and so are yet future.
Has
God not put an end to the transgression of desolation!
Sin
has not been done away with!
And
the visions and the prophecies have not all been fulfilled.
How
long then is "Seventy Sevens"?
70 x 7 = 490 years, which
is the total length of time of this prophecy.
Keep
that in mind as we read the next verse.
[25]
Know
therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment
to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall
be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
The decree, issued
by king Cyrus, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem went forth in 454 B.C.,
the twentieth year of Artaxerxes.
So
we have 7 weeks, which is 7 x 7 or 49 years (from 454 B.C. to 405 B.C.)
plus 62 weeks, which is 62 x 7 or 434 years (from 405 B.C. to 29 A.D.,
the crucifixion).
That
gives us a total of 69 weeks, which is 69 x 7 or 483 years.
However,
since the "total time" of this prophecy is 490 years, we are short one
week.
That's right!
There
is yet one week yet to be fulfilled go before all the events in verse 24
are "sealed up".
Note: Most chronologies
are off a period of 110 years due to the errant calculations of the years
of reign of the kings.
For example we read "in
the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar" back in chapter 8 verse
1 by which it is assumed he reigned 3 years, but in fact he reigned for
just over 2 years.
If you have access to
a Companion Bible, appendixes 50 and 90 will give you the corrected chronologies.
Let's
continue. (Isn't this fascinating?)
Now
notice that the events in the next verse happen AFTER the 483 years, which
is AFTER the crucifixion.
They
happen at the time of the end during Daniel's 70th week!
[26]
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,
but
not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall
come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war
desolations are determined.
There
is a definite article in the manuscripts marking the "after threescore
and two weeks" as the period of time just mentioned in verse 25, i.e. after
the 483 years.
Christ was "cut off",
crucified, and that was He Himself who died on the cross.
But
there comes a time when He is cut off "but not for Himself", i.e. the daily
sacrifice shall be cut off from the hearts and the minds of the people.
Christ was crucified and
rejected and He did not usher in the kingdom for which He came but rather
the kingdom became in abeyance for a period (John 1:11).
So
we have a gap from the 69th week until the 70th week when Messiah is cut
off.
That will be during
the last week of this flesh age during the latter part of which the desolator
will come and do his thing, which is to destroy wonderfully (with wonders)
and destroy with peace the souls of men and
women, spiritually speaking, and cause the daily sacrifice to be taken
away, i.e. the Messiah to be cut off from the people.
Also, the people of
the prince (little "p"), are the people of the "little horn" who help spread
his abominations.
The end thereof, or
"his own end come", is the end of the desolator which again looks to the
end of the last seven years when there shall be "a
flood".
However,
the flood will not be of water but rather a flood of lies and deceit which
brings about the great apostasy, the great falling away, the great seduction
of those who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads.
We
read in Revelation, an overview of the Book of Daniel, about this flood
of lies and deception which spews forth from the mouth of the dragon, that
old serpent, the little horn, the king of fierce countenance, etc. He comes
after the "woman" who is symbolic of God's people, Christians who are to
wait for Him and be His virgin bride when He returns.
Rev.
12:15-16
And the serpent
cast out of his mouth water as a flood
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away
of the flood.
The false messiah
is going to come sweep most Christians right off their feet and spiritually
seduce them with his lies and deceits and cause them to fall before
him and worship him... thus taking away the daily
sacrifice.
"But
woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days
(Mark 13:24)."
You
"see", the first woman taken in the field in Matthew 24:39-40 is "taken"
in this flood and seduced.
"And
knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be.
[40]
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left."
It
is those who remain behind and endure unto the end of the desolation
that shall be saved.
Here
is your documentation from the voice of Jesus Christ.
You
can either hear and believe what He has to say or believe men's books and
movies.
Matthew
24:13
But he that
shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
endure, hupomeno, hoop-om-en'-o, Greek 5278; from
Greek 5259 (hupo) and Greek 3306 (meno); to stay under (behind),
i.e. remain; figurative to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude,
persevere :- abide, endure, (take) patient (-ly), suffer, tarry behind.
Here
then is what the angel Gabriel says that the desolator, who is the little
horn, the king of fierce countenance, the instead-of-Jesus, the "he" in
the next verse, will do during that last week, the 70th week of Daniel
which completes the 490 years.
Daniel
9:27
And he
shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation,
and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
This
is for the time of the end when the "action" continues in connection with
Daniel's people and city, i.e. the true house of Israel and the city of
Jerusalem, which is again is why Jerusalem is the focal point for us to
"watch" concerning Bible prophecy in these last days.
This
27th verse of Daniel chapter 9 is the verse Jesus Christ referred to in
Matthew 24 and Mark 13 when He said that the abomination of desolation
spoken
of by Daniel the prophet would come stand in the holy place... and
as Paul declares in 2 Thes. 2, show himself (to the world) that he is God.
This abomination continues
"even until the consummation, and determined shall be poured upon the desolate"
which means until the very end when God pours out His wrath and puts an
end to the transgression.
In
summary then, we learned that the little horn shall come in the last days
and "confirm the covenant with many" for that 70th week, which is to bring
forth the first beast of Revelation 13 to be worshipped, and strengthen
that confederacy of many peoples and nations and tongues, i.e. the New
World Order.
confirm, gabar, gaw-bar', Hebrew 1396;
a primitive root; to be strong; by implication to prevail,
act insolently :- exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put
to more [strength], strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
covenant, beriyth, ber-eeth', Hebrew 1285; from
Hebrew 1262 (barah) (in the sense of cutting [like Hebrew 1254 (bara')]);
a
compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) :- confederacy,
[con-]feder[-ate], covenant, league.
Then
in the midst of the last and 70th week, the second beast of Revelation
13:11, the desolator, appears defacto with the two horns of a lamb, which
means he appears as the Lamb of God, the two horns (symbolic of power)
being that of King of kings and Lord of lords.
He
comes and stands in the holy place and causes the daily sacrifice to cease.
How?
By
claiming that he is God!
By
showing great signs and wonders and deceiving people through his flood
of lies into worshipping him as the true Christ.
Remember,
Jesus Christ is our daily sacrifice, the one with whom we commune, but
if you as a Christian allow Satan to deceive you into worshipping him,
then the daily sacrifice for you has been taken away.
It is that simple!
Remember it is written
that this shall be a time of trouble such as never was since the world
began, no, nor ever shall be.
It
is the time when the supernatural comes to this earth and mingles with
flesh man.
The good news is though,
that Jesus Christ shortened the duration of time when the abomination
of desolation stands defacto in the holy place.
Let's
go to the Sermon on the Mount where He explains the 7 seals and 7 trumps,
which are the events that occur in the generation just prior to His return,
and document that He has shortened the time.
Mark
13:14-23
But when ye
shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, standing where it ought not, (let
him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee
to the mountains:
The
pronoun "it" should properly be translated "he" for we already know from
Daniel that the abomination of desolation being spoken of is an entity,
the little horn, the king of fierce countenance, the desolator.
Note: Dr. Moffat has "where
it ought not" translated
correctly "where
he ought not".
Jesus
Christ has told us that when we see this abominable one come stand in the
holy place, then get out of Dodge because there is nothing whatsoever there
for you as a child and a servant of the living God.
[15]
And
let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter
therein, to take any thing out of his house:
When the watchmen
on the housetop see the appearance of Satan, the little horn, standing
in the holy place, they shall know that the time has come for the
desolations
to take place.
So
make sure you stay away from that place and have nothing whatsoever to
do with what is going on there.
There certainly is nothing
in his house that you are going to need.
He
and his lords are going to have a big spiritual wedding feast in his house
and gather as many wives and concubines unto him as he can.
[16]
And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his
garment.
You
won't need a change of clothing.
You keep the wedding garment
on that you already have, which is the same as the gospel armor Paul speaks
of in Ephesians chapter six.
[17]
But
woe
to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Jesus Christ is teaching
us here on a spiritual level.
Throughout God's Word
adultery and harlotry are used to symbolize spiritual fornication and spiritual
seduction... which is idolatry.
The
apostle Paul also drew the analogy between the physical seduction of mother
Eve who lost her virginity to that low life serpent (Satan) in the garden
of Eden, and the spiritual seduction of virgins (Christians) in these last
days who are to remain chaste and wait patiently until the true bridegroom
comes!
2 Cor.
11:2-3
For I am jealous
over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that
I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
[3]
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through
his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity
that is in Christ.
So in Mark 13:17
Christ is not talking about those who are pregnant in the natural (physical)
sense.
He is talking about those
who do not remain spiritual virgins but are rather impregnated with the
lies and deceit of Satan, the spurious Messiah, when he arrives claiming
that he is Christ!
You
"see", when Jesus Christ returns to take up His virgin bride and discovers
that she is already pregnant or nursing a baby of her own, that is where
the WOE comes in because He will not be too happy with her!
Would you?
Therefore
do not be the first woman "taken" in the field... because she is taken
and seduced and loses her virginity to the old serpent who comes before
the true bridegroom.
Mark
13:18
And pray ye
that your flight be not in the winter.
The word "winter" can mean both a "storm or tempest"
or the "winter season".
Either way, make sure that you are
not caught up in the storm, Satan's powerful spiritual tempest, and taken
in by his lies and deception, which is another way of saying make sure
you are not harvested out of season.
[19]
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from
the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither
shall be.
Though
it will be a time of peace and prosperity, it shall be a time of (spiritual)
trouble such as never was since there was a nation, no, nor ever shall
be.
Remember what we read
in Dan. 8:25 concerning the desolation
that many shall be destroyed
by PEACE.
In
other words, they will believe that Jesus Christ has returned and will
turn to the desolator, the spurious messiah, and worship him.
[20]
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no
flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen,
he hath shortened the days.
The
flood of lies and deception will be so awesome, that unless the Lord allowed
time beforehand for God's elect to teach His Word and warn people of the
coming desolation by the false messiah and his angels at the sound of the
6th Trump, there would be no one (flesh) able to endure the spiritual onslaught
to the end of the 70th week!
Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall
endure
unto the end, the same shall be saved."
This shortening of the defacto reign of antichrist coincides
with the extended time allotted for the sealing of the servants of God
in Rev. 7:3 "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
till
we
have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
You "see", only those with the seal
of God in their foreheads, which is to have knowledge and wisdom from His
Word locked in their minds, shall not be harmed by Satan, the desolator,
and his locust army.
Rev. 9:4 "And it was commanded them that they should not
hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree;
but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."
By the way, we find in
this same 9th chapter that the time of the locust army is a period of "five
months" giving us the length of time Christ shortened the days to: Rev.
9:5 "And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that
they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment
of a scorpion, when he striketh a man."
[21]
And
then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or,
lo, He is there; believe Him not:
If
someone tells you, i.e. if you hear, that Jesus Christ has returned and
is standing in Jerusalem,
don't you believe it!
Contrary
to the any-moment rapture theory being espoused by most churches, Jesus
Christ has warned us that the false messiah is coming FIRST to take the
woman in the field, to spiritually seduce all those who do not have the
seal of God in their foreheads.
[22]
For
false
Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall
shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even
the elect.
"False Christs" is singular in the Greek (#5580,
pseudochristos),
and means "a spurious Messiah :- false Christ".
In other words, Jesus
Christ has just told us the false messiah, who is the little horn, the
king of fierce countenance, the abominable desolator, is coming with his
angels to deceive and seduce the whole world, including the woman (church)!
In
fact, he and his angels will be that good and convincing that if it were
possible, which in the Greek means that it is not possible, he could deceive
even the elect.
[23]
But
take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
It's all written
in His Word.
All we have to do is read
it with understanding and believe what He says regardless of what
the traditions of men might teach!
Jesus
added a little something extra in Matthew's account concerning hearing
the claim that Christ has returned.
Matthew
24:26
Wherefore if
they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Go not forth!
Don't you go down to his house!
You get away and stay away from the place of abomination.
(Remember,
the world will believe Jesus Christ has returned and now God is with us.)
Jesus then adds this real
simple statement to let you know that if you "hear" someone say Christ
has returned, pay no attention to it because He hasn't.
There
will be no doubt whatsoever when Jesus Christ returns for this is how it
shall be:Matthew 24:27-28 For
as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west;
so
shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
When the true Christ returns, all
you will see is a brilliant flash of light, just like lightning
from one end of the sky to the other, and you will be instantly changed
into your spiritual body!
It is written and so shall it be!
"In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed (1 Cor. 15:52)".
Even the (spiritually) dead shall be raised to their incorruptible
(spiritual) bodies.
In other words, the
flesh age is over at the sound of the 7th Trump and as it is written,
the brightness of His coming shall be so intense that even the sun will
be darkened (paled into insignificance) and the stars and moon shall not
give their light.
[28]
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
The vultures, i.e.
Satan's angelic host, are going to gather as many "carcases" to the holy
place, the gathering place, as they can.
Those "carcases" are spiritually
dead Christians who do not have God's Word sealed in their minds.
See that you remain steadfast
are not "taken up" and "seduced" by these unclean birds.
Jesus
Christ just told us in Mark 13:22 that they are coming to seduce people
and wed them to the false messiah who they will tell you is standing in
the holy place.
What
a time to live!
This
is the most exciting time in the history of mankind to be alive because
we are privileged to see all the events Christ foretold us of come to pass
in our generation, the generation of the fig tree, the generation of the
Baby Boomers.
Mark 13:30 "Verily I say
unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things
be done."
In our next study, Daniel
is going to see a "war" take place on the Tigris River at this very same
time of the year!
Wow!
It
really is happening in our generation!
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Jesus said, "the book of Daniel
was where one could go read and gain understanding"
Jesus Christ told us in Matthew
24 and Mark 13 when He sat upon the Mount of Olives and gave His disciples
the seven seals concerning the knowledge and the events that would transpire
during the final generation of the fig tree, that the book of Daniel was
where one could go read and gain understanding concerning
the abomination of desolation, that abominable desolator (antichrist)
who would come stand in the holy place claiming to be God.
The book of Daniel is the Apocalypse of the Old Testament
and
a sister book to the Apocalypse of the New Testament,
the
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