Presents
Pamphlet 5059 KC Daniel 26-3

Prophecies concerning God's children, the children of light, are given in solar terms
while prophecies concerning Satan and the children of darkness are given in lunar terminology.

So let us return to Daniel who has now been standing by the river Hiddekel, which is the Tigris River, since Dan. 10:4.

He has just been told to seal the book for the time of the end, the time for which it was written, and now he sees two other angels standing, one on each side of the banks of the river!

Now notice that this first of two questions asked to the angel standing upon (above) the waters of the river is,
"How long shall it be to the end of these wonders", which would better be translated, "How long will these wonders continue?"

It is important to remember that the "wonders" Daniel is asking about go the whole way back to the expository begun by the angel in chapter 10!

So a time (1) and times (2) and an half (1/2) would be 360 + 720 + 180 = 1260 days or three and one half years.

Now pay close attention to the answer given by the man clothed in righteousness because after he stated with certitude that it would be for a time, times, and half a time, he then said "and when" he (the little horn, the sperious messiah) shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

When does the power of the holy people get scattered?

During that "shortened period of time" when the abomination of desolation comes and stands in the holy place claiming to be God and plucks up the power of all nations under his supernatural control and that of his 10 kings!

Now let's recap what we learned back in Daniel 9:27 concerning the 70th week of Daniel and put all this into perspective, keeping in mind what Christ said in Mat. 24:22 concerning the time change of antichrist's defacto stand in the holy place.

In Revelation we read about this same time period concerning the first beast.

Nevertheless, this is talking about the same 3 1/2 year period of the beast system (42 months x 30 days in a month = 1260 days).

Notice that this is the same period of time the angel in Daniel 12:7 gave in answer to the question,
"How long shall these wonders continue?"

And how long do the two witnesses (two chief bruisers) prophesy (kick dragon) at the end?

And how long is the woman nourished in the wilderness?

Amazing, isn't it?

However, Daniel "heard" what the angel said but he didn't quite understand the "how long", so he now asks "what" shall be the end of these things.

You "see", fire purifies gold and silver while at the same time it consumes and turns to ashes that which is stubble!

Now let's consider the age-old questions asked by men and women of God throughout recorded history.

It was just asked by Daniel the prophet in verse 8 and it was asked by the disciples of Jesus in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21.

The questions are "When" and "What?"

It is an entity, not a thing, who comes and stands where "he" ought not (as Dr. Moffat translates it).

He is none other than (hang in there one last time) the king of Babylon, the little horn, the vile person, the king of fierce countenance, the wilful king, the prince that shall come, the man of sin, the son of perdition, the beast, the dragon, the serpent, Lucifer son of the morning, Satan himself, the devil.

Remember though, the wise have been given to understand and are to consider that there is a caveat, which is defined as an explanation to prevent misinterpretation, concerning the duration of time that the abominable one is given to "stand where he ought not".

That caveat is given by our Lord and Savior in Mark 13:20 and Matthew 24:22 which we read earlier.

Let's continue in Mark 13 where Jesus Christ is giving us instructions about what to do when antichrist appears and then we will see again what He said concerning the "how long" of the standing in the holy place by the abominable one.

He is not saying it is now time to start getting your affairs in order because there is now three and one-half years to go, because there simply won't be!

In fact, there will be at most 5 months as per Rev. 9:4, so there is an urgency noted in these instructions.

But when He returns and finds His bride-to-be nursing a child, He will know she has not faithfully waited for Him but rather has been "taken" already by another, even as the first woman taken in the field, and He surely will not be happy with her!

Would you?

Woe!

Again, those days when Satan stands in the holy place claiming to be God.

He has not shortened the time, times, and half a time that the beast of Rev. 13 would flourish, but if you have understanding of the reason He just gave in verse 20 and couple that with Rev. 7:1-4, you will know why?

You "see", He has actually lengthened the time of teaching by God's elect in order to seal the 144,000 and plant seeds of truth to the multitudes of Rev. 7:9 who shall come out of the great tribulation.

If it weren't for the teaching, i.e. if God's elect were not sent forth to teach the truth of His Word in these last days, then the harvest at the end of this age would be nil... as in no flesh would be saved!

In other words, no one would be spared the desolation because Satan is so good and so powerful that if one does not know ahead of time who he is, he or she will be overflown and swallowed-up by his flood of lies and deception.

Remember though, you can be certain from your Father's Word that if you are still in your flesh body, the true Messiah has not returned!

Paul showed us this "mystery" in 1 Cor 15:52 where he told us that at the sound of the last (7th) trump, in a moment in the twinkling of an eye, ALL people who are alive and remain in the flesh to that time, i.e. both the (spiritually) dead and those who are Christ's at His coming, will be changed from their corruptible (flesh) bodies to their incorruptible (spirit) bodies.

This will be of such great magnitude that without the "sealing" and the prior teaching of His Word, only God's elect, those chosen from before the foundation of the world, would remain!

So take heed!

(Note: The Greek "if it were possible" implies that it is not possible to deceive God's elect. See note in the Companion Bible.)

We find that in Revelation chapter 9.

They are people... NOT giant insects.

And you can readily see from this verse that those who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads are in big trouble.

But the wise who do have understanding of their Father's Word shall not be harmed.