Written on Friday, March 07, 2008 @ 8:44 AM
Yo, Got back from End Times Bible Study.
Today, the study will be focusing on Book of Daniel and Book of Revelations.
THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS ALSO A BOOK OF DOUBLE MENTION!
Daniel 2 : Verse 1 - 6
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.
So the king summoned the magicians enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,
he said to them, "I have had a dream that troubles me and i want to know what it means."
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, " O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it."
The king replied to the astrologers, " This is what i have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble."
But if you tell me the dream and explain it, You will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me."
Daniel 2 : Verse 31 - 35
You Looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue --- an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.
The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and highs of bronze,
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.
while you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
Daniel 2: 36 - 45
This was the dream, and now we will interprete it to the king.
You. O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory;
in your hands he has placed mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.
Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron--for iron breaks and smashes everything-- and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.
Just as you saw that feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strenght of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.
As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
In the time of those kings, The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands---a rock that broke the iron, bronze clay, silver and the gold to pieces.
"The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy."
Daniel 2 : Verse 44 - 45
In the time of those kings, The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands---a rock that broke the iron, bronze clay, silver and the gold to pieces.
"The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy."
The stone is Jesus Himself that destroy all other empires or civilisations.
a kingdom that will never end, and that the stone will set up that kingdom of God.
Daniel 2 : 41- 43
Just as you saw that feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strenght of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.
As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
the union will not be fully united, most likely due to cultural differences and such. However, it will be a strong union of military and political might.
Daniel 7: Verse 1 - 7
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
Daniel said:"In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea."
"The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.
"And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ' Get up and eat your fill of flesh!'
"After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads and it was given authority to rule."
"After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast---terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts and it had ten horns."
What are the Beasts?
Daniel 7: 16 - 17
I Approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this.
"So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things:
'The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever---Yes, For ever and ever.'
So, the Beasts=Kings
The Beasts=Kingdoms as well.
So the 4 Beasts=4 Kings And/Or Kingdoms
Daniel 4 : Verse 29 -30
Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
He said,"Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence,by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
Daniel 4: Verse 33 - 34
Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled.
He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored.
Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.
His dominion is an eternal dominion;
His kingdom endures from generation
to generation.
Daniel 8: Verse 3- 8
I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later.
I watched the ram as he charged towards the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground.
He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at him in great rage.
I saw him attack the Ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on him, and none could rescue the ram from his power.
The goat became very great, but at the height of his power,his large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.
Daniel 8: 15- 20
While I,Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there before me stood on who looked like a man.
And I heard a man's voice from the Ulai calling, " Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision."
As he came near the place where i was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.
"Son of man," he said to me, " understand that the vision concerns the time of the end."
While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.
Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.
He said:"I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end.
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8: Verse 21
The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
Therefore, The large horn = Alexander the Great
Daniel 7: 7- 8
"After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast---Terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts and it had ten horns."
While i was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it.
This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully."
The last beast had 10 horns.
Little Horn = Anti Christ.
What actually happens During the Great Tribulation.?
Revelation 12 : Verse 1 - 6
A great and wondrous sign appeared in heave: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and then horns and seven crowns on his heads.
His tail swept a third of stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour the child the moment it was born.
She gave birth to a son, a male child, whole will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
The woman fled into desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
A third of stars = a third of angels.
Child = The Firstfruit company
Revelations 1 : Verse 20.
The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lamp stand is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven Churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven Churches.
Revelation 12: 7- 12
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
The great dragon was hurled down---that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
"Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Christ.
For the accuser of our brothers,
Who accuses them before our God
Day and Night,
Has been hurled down.
They overcame him
By the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
Therefore, rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and sea,
because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
Because he knows that his time is short."
How to overcome the devil?
Revelation 12: Verse 11- 12
They overcame him
By the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
Therefore, rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and sea,
because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
Because he knows that his time is short."
Revelation 12 : Verse 13 - 17
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach.
Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.
But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring---those who obey God's commandments and hold to testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
Eagle's Wings = Divine Help.
Wilderness = A place of Temptation and testing
time = 1 year
times = 2 years
half a time = 0.5year
1 + 2 + 0.5 = 3.5years
1260 days = 1260/360
= 3.5years
Great Tribulation = 3.5years
Daniel 7 : 8 - 14
While i was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it.
This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully."
As i looked,
"thrones were set in place,
and the ancient of Days took his seat.
His clothing was as white as snow;
the hair of his head was white like
wool.
His throne was flaming with fire,
and its wheels were all ablaze.
A river of fire was flowing,
coming out from before him.
Thousands upon thousands attended
him;
ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before him.
The court was seated,
and the books were opened.
"Then i continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking.
I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
(The other beasts had been stripped of their authority but were allowed to live for a period of time.)
"In my vision at night i looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the ancient of days and was led into his presence.
He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will be never be destroyed.
Daniel 5: Verse 9 - 12
So King Belshazzar became even more terrified and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
The queen, hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. " O king, live forever!" she said.
"Don't be alarmed! Don't look so pale!
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. King Nebuchadnezzar your father---- your father the king, I say ---- appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners. This man Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means."
Daniel 11 : Verse 31
"His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
Transgression of Desolation or Abomination of Desolation.
Transgression is = Idolatry = Spiritual adultery, mariotry.
Daniel 8: Verse 13 - 14
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, " How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled---- the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host that will be trampled underfoot?"
He said to me, " It will take 2.300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.
Day = Evening and Mornings.
2300 days = 2300 Evenings and Mornings of sacrifice will be stopped. = 1150 days
1260 - 1150 = 110days
Abomination of Day = 110 days to set up
How do we prepare our self for Great Tribulation?
- Don't be weighed down.
-Carousing
-Drunkenness
-Cares of this life.
-watch and Prays always.
-End-Time Revival and harvest.
While i was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it.
This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully."
While i was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it.
This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully."
Now about: The Anti Christ ( Little Horn )
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The beast = anti Christ.
42 months = 36 + 6 months
= 3.5years
The Unholy Trinity.
Rev 13 : Verse 11- 18
Then i saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
He exercises all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men.
Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
He also forced everyone, small or great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead.
So that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Image |
Material |
Beast |
Ram/Goat |
Empire |
Head |
Gold |
Lion with eagle's wings |
|
Babylonian |
Chest & Arms |
Silver |
Bear with 3 ribs in its mouth |
Ram with 2 horns |
Medo-Persian |
Belly & Thighs |
Bronze |
Leopard with 4 wings |
Male Goat |
Greek |
Legs |
Iron |
Dreadful strong beast with iron teeth |
|
Roman |
Feet (10 toes) |
Part Iron & Part Clay |
10 horns |
|
End Time Union |
