The
American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Pamphlet 5055 KC Daniel 25-1
The
Book of Daniel!
What
a truly marvelous book of insight and wisdom
our
Father has given to us to help us understand
what
would befall the final generation when the abomination of desolation
comes
and stands in the holy place claiming to be God.
Unfortunately, so many of our beloved brothers and sisters
are led by their preachers and ministers to believe that they will not
be here when the one they call antichrist appears.
In fact, many are told they do not need to understand
the Book of Revelation because Jesus Christ is going to come rapture them
away before the events written therein take place.
Well,
I guess since the Book of Revelation is an overlay of the Book of Daniel,
they need not read what he has to say either, right?
The only problem is that
Jesus Christ instructed us to go there to gain understanding of what would
happen during the 6th Trump when the abominable one comes.
And
it is written in the last chapter of Daniel that his words were to be sealed
up until the time of the end and then the "wise" would understand.
Therefore,
if one does not understand the Book of Daniel and we are in the last days,
what does that make him or her?
It
makes him or her an unwise Christian and one who will surely fall before
the "Instead-of-Jesus" believing that he is the true bridegroom come to
take her to wife and rapture her away!
It
is written and so shall it be!
On
the other hand, those who are wise virgins and have heeded the commands
of Jesus Christ to study His Word to show themselves approved as workman,
laborers in the field (2 Tim. 2:15), not only know that the little horn,
the vile person, the great red dragon, Satan posing as the messiah, comes
before the true Christ and takes over world rulership as the false King
of kings and Lord of lords, they know from that which is written in the
Book of Daniel what he will do and how he will operate when he comes.
To
wit, we have already read that he enters in peaceably and prosperously
and scatters riches and entitlements throughout the world to all who will
bow before him.
And in today's study we will be given even more insight
into what to expect him to do when he is here for the five months allotted
for him to reign, as per Rev. 9:4.
However,
before we return to Daniel let us be reminded that in our last study, in
verses 11:36-37, we learned that the vile person will come and do according
to his will (not God's) and that he will have no regard for any god other
than himself for he will "exalt himself and magnifying himself above every
god" and speak blasphemy.
Let's review:
Daniel
11:36
And the king
shall
do according to his will;
and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above
every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the
God of gods, and
shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished:
for that that is determined shall be done.
This verse should immediately remind one of the words
of the apostle Paul in 2 Thes. 2:4 where he put in unarguable sequence
exactly when this vile person would come and magnify himself and claim
to be God.
Because of the paramount
importance of understanding the sequence of the events that are about to
transpire, let us turn to 2 Thes. 2 and read what Paul wrote.
2 Thes.
2:1
Now we beseech
you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him,
The subject is Christ's return and our gathering
together unto Him.
Paul is "beseeching us", meaning he is imploring, us not
to do something!
Here is what he is telling us not to do:
[2]
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day
of Christ is at hand.
Do
not be swayed nor confused about when Jesus Christ returns.
In
fact, do not let anyone tell you that Christ has return, as in He is standing
in the holy place in Jerusalem!
You
should know from Paul's teaching in 1 Cor. 15:51-52 that at the sound of
the 7th Trump when Christ returns we be instantly changed from our flesh
bodies into our spiritual bodies.
1 Cor.
15:51-52
Behold, I
shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
This is not a mystery to those who are wise and study
their Father's Word.
[52]
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.
In
other words, in a flash... just like that... at the sound of the last (7th)
trump EVERYONE, both the (spiritually) dead and those who are Christ's
at His coming will be instantly changed into their incorruptible spiritual
bodies!
Please note: We did not say immortal
spiritual bodies; we said incorruptible spiritual
bodies!
Additionally,
those who are Christ's at His coming will also be raised to immortality,
which is not to be confused with the change of the flesh body into the
spiritual body!
The reason we bring this
to your attention is that Christ also warned us that if you HEAR from someone
that Christ has return, that He is Jerusalem for example, do not GO FORTH
and DO NOT BELIEVE IT!
You
"see", when the true Son of man comes, all you will see is a flash of light,
like lightning across the sky, and this flesh age will be over!
Matthew
24:25-27
Behold, I have
told you before.
[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.
[27] 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.
Let's return to 2nd Thessalonians.
2 Thes.
2:3
Let no
man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son
of perdition;
The
point Paul is making is "PLEASE, DO NOT let anyone tell you in any way,
shape, or form that the day of Christ is at hand, i.e. that Jesus Christ
can return at any moment!"
They are "in the dark",
void of accurate Biblical knowledge, and they will be caught off guard,
caught sleeping, when the true Messiah returns.
Why?
Because
they will believe Jesus Christ is already here!
You see, whether a man is pope,
bishop, elder, preacher, teacher, pastor, minister, deacon, usher, author,
televangelist, or the paperboy, we have been instructed to check out
what that man says in the Word of God.
Paul said to "Prove all things; hold fast that which is
good (1 Thes. 5:21)." Well, Paul was not, neither did he believe he was,
nor did he attempt to exempt himself from the "proving and the testing".
It is written in Acts 17 that those rascally Bereans checked
him and Silas out in scriptures real good, every day!
So don't listen to man.
Stick with the Word of
God.
Jesus
Christ will NOT return until the son of perdition (meaning the son who
will perish), the little horn, Satan, is revealed first, and there is a
great falling away which is when the majority of Christians stumble
in the great tribulation of lies and deception and begin worshipping the
spurious messiah.
It
is the great apostasy yet to come!
This next verse goes hand in hand with Daniel 11:36 and
explains what the little horn will do.
[4]
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
Satan
will sit in the temple of God and show himself (to the world) that he is
God.
Again,
this event happens BEFORE the return of Jesus Christ, the true Messiah.
Satan
returns at the sound of the sixth trumpet.
Christ
returns at the seventh trump, the last trump.
Do
not let anyone tell you differently, for it is written, and you have just
read it!
[5]
Remember
ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
[6] And
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Paul says "you know what is keeping him from being
here already; for he can only come when his time is ready" (Living Bible).
Our Father has appointed times!
The Greek word for "withholdeth" in verse 6 is "katecho"
which means to hold fast, to hold back, to retain, etc.
Take a Strong's Concordance and look up the many verses
in which this word is used.
katecho, kat-ekh'-o, Greek 2722; from
Greek 2596 (kata) and Greek 2192 (echo); to hold down (fast), in
various applications (literal or figurative) :- have, hold (fast), keep
(in memory), let, × make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay,
take, withhold.
You see, there is someone
"holding back",
katecho, the son of perdition at this time, and
his name is Michael.
However,
he will soon "stand up" (Dan. 12:1) and cast Satan and his angels out of
heaven to the earth (Rev. 12:7-9).
Rev.
12:7
And there was
war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels,
[8] And
prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
At
the appointed time of the 6th Trump Michael will stand up and cast the
little horn, Satan, and his angels to this earth.
[9]
And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him.
Let there be no doubt about who this person is.
It
is NOT some flesh man.
It
is that OLD SERPENT from the garden of Eden, called Satan the devil, the
son of perdition himself!
And when he is REVEALED,
when he is cast out of heaven by the one who is now holding him back, i.e.
Michael, he will come as the Messiah returned, looking
just like the Lamb, and will "deceive the whole world" into believing he
is Jesus Christ.
That IS the great tribulation
of the "spurious messiah".
It
will be a time of peace and prosperity (Dan. 11:24) for all, but it will
be the greatest time of spiritual trouble ever for it will mean "spiritual
death" to MANY!!
As it is written, the magnitude
of this event will be "such as never was since there was a nation even
to that same time... (Dan. 12:1)."
Remember
that Satan is supernatural, an angel, and when he comes he will be accompanied
by his angels who are cast out with him, which we read in Rev. 12:9.
They are the same "fallen
angels" of Gen. 6 who left heaven (their first habitation - Jude 6) and
came directly to earth in the time of Noah.
They
were "giving and taking in marriage" and took the daughters of Adam to
wife causing our Father to bring about the flood of Noah.
"As
it was in the days of Noah", Jesus said in Luke 17:26, "so shall it be
also in the days of the Son of man."
Back to 2nd Thessalonians:
2 Thes.
2:7
For the mystery
of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let,
until he be taken out of the way.
This
does not refer to the Holy Spirit as some would have you believe, but to
the one who is holding back (katecho) Satan, the son of perdition.
That
one is Michael.
Here is a little clearer translation to help understand
verses 6 & 7:
2 Thes.
2:7
As for the work
this man of rebellion and hell will do when he comes, it is already going
on, but he himself will not come until the one who is holding him
back steps out of the way. (Living
Bible)
Then
the little horn enters in.
2 Thes.
2:8
And then
shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit
of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
[9] Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders,
The Greek word for "wonders" is "dunamis" meaning
"miraculous power".
In
other words, Satan will put on a dynamite display of deceptive miracles
to convince folks he is really Jesus and the people are going to absolutely
love it!
This "star" performer really knows how to "work a crowd"!
wonders = dunamis, doo'-nam-is, Greek
1411; from Greek 1410 (dunamai); force (literal or figurative); specially
miraculous power (usually by implication a miracle itself) :- ability,
abundance, meaning, might (-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle (-s),
power, strength, violence, might (wonderful) work.
Should miracles alone give a person credentials if
what he or she teaches does not align with the Word of God?
The answer is NO which you can document in Deuteronomy
13:1-4.
[10]
And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they
received not the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
What
is this truth that people, yes even most Christians, do not
love?
That's really easy for Christ
Himself gave us the answer:
John
17:17
Sanctify them
through thy truth: thy word is truth.
The
"love
of the truth" is the "love of His Word".
If
you do not love the Word of God, you do not love Jesus Christ for
you cannot separate the Living Word of God from the Written Word of God!
The
great apostasy is of those who claim to be Christians but do not know or
love the truth.
And because of this, God
is going to send the false messiah and they are going to love him and believe
his lie that he is Jesus Christ.
[11]
And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie:
[12] That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure
in unrighteousness.
They
love their traditions of snakes and apples and Ishtar bunnies and fly-away
theories and just believe/no need to study!
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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