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"When therefore you shall see the Abomination of Desolation, as spoken of by Daniel the
prophet standing in the holy place, let him who reads understand." Welcome to Revelation
Unraveled. I'm your host William Tapley also known as the Third Eagle of the Apocalypse
and the Co Prophet of the End Times. This is part three in my series in which I am unsealing
the Abomination of Desolation as spoken of by Daniel the prophet. And we found out in
the first two parts, that there are actually four Abominations of Desolation and each Abomination
refers to a different group. They affect four different groups in different ways. And we
saw that in chapters 10 and 12, it is the Catholics, who are affected first. And on
this program, I want to look at the holy martyrs, because they are affected last. And we find
them in chapter 8 of the great prophet Daniel. First let's review where we find these four
groups who will reign with Jesus during the millennium in the book of Revelation. Now,
we've already seen where Jesus describes them in Matthew 20four and where Daniel describes
them in chapter number 12. And in the book of Revelation, chapters 6 through 21 which
are the end time chapters, John uses the term "blessed" four times, and each time he is
referring to one of these four groups. Let's look at chapter 14, verse 13. "Blessed are
the dead who die in the Lord." Now, of course, that refers to the martyrs which is the subject
of this program. Revelation 16, verse 15, "Blessed is he that watches and keeps his
garments." And that refers to the protected Catholics. Watching, in this case means praying
the Rosary. The garment that they wear, refers to Mary's scapular. And in chapter 19, verse
9, we find the raptured Protestants. "Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper
of the Lamb" and, chapter 20, verse 6, "Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first
resurrection." Now this group refers to the converted Jews. "On such the second death
has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him
a thousand years." Now, when John says they will be priests of God and Christ, God and
Christ refers to both the Old Testament and the New Testament. So now, we come to Daniel
chapter number 8, which is a prophecy of how the Abomination of Desolation will affect
the holy martyrs. And we are going to find that once again Daniel says that it is Mary's
rosary which will defeat the antiChrist. And he reveals this through the hidden structure,
in very much the same way as he did in chapters 10 and 12.This is how the angel told Daniel
to seal up his prophecies until the end times. Now, in chapters 10 and 12,we found that the
chief protagonist was the false prophet, and that's because it affected the Catholics and
that Abomination of Desolation comes first. Now, this Abomination of Desolation, which
affects the holy martyrs, comes last, approximately 6 months after the False Prophet takes over
the Catholic church. So, how do we know that Daniel is talking about the martyrs in chapter
number 8? Let's take a look at verse number 25 "And in the abundance of all things, he
shall kill many. "So, the AntiChrist is described here by Daniel as a killer. And in verse 24
"and he shall destroy the mighty and the people of the saints." Now, the AntiChrist is described
in many places in scripture as the man of sin, as the lawless one, but I can't think
of any other place where he is actually described as a killer. And that's why I believe, in
chapter number 8, the AntiChrist is the Abomination of Desolation. In chapter number 8, Daniel
writes more about the AntiChrist than he does in any of his other chapters. That's why I
believe that for the Holy Martyrs, the Abomination of Desolation will be the AntiChrist. Just
as we found out that in chapters 10 and 12, for the protected Catholics, the Abomination
of Desolation would be the False Prophet. Here in chapter number 8, Daniel writes about
the AntiChrist in almost one third of the verses, starting in verse number 9. "And out
of one of them came forth a little horn, and it became great against the south and against
the east and against the strength. "Now, I believe this indicates the general geographical
area that the AntiChrist will come from and I believe that is western Turkey, probably
Istanbul but also possibly, Pergamum. Now, verse number 10,"And it was magnified even
to the strength of heaven." Now the strength of heaven would be Jesus." And it threw down
of the strength, and of the stars, and trod upon them. "Now, the stars would be the clergy.
And this refers to the trodding down of the Catholic church as we also see in Revelation
chapter number eleven, verse 11 "and it was magnified even to the prince of the strength",
that would be Jesus." And it took away from him the continual sacrifice". The continual
sacrifice is the Holy Eucharist. And I don't believe that changes for the martyrs. "And
cast down the place of his sanctuary". That would be the church. Verse 12 "And strength
was given him against the continual sacrifice, because of sins, and truth shall be cast down
on the ground, and he shall do, and shall prosper." Now, I will explain in a few minutes
why I have continual sacrifice and strength underlined. Of course, we should really not
be surprised that the AntiChrist will cause many of us to suffer martyrdom. Jesus Himself
told us, that no servant is greater than his master. And Jesus died a horrible death on
the cross through crucifixion. Why should we be any better than our Lord and master?
And, whereas Daniel tells us that Mary's rosary will defeat the AntiChrist, that does not
guarantee that we will not die at the hands of the AntiChrist. Now Daniel tells us that
Mary's rosary will be ultimately victorious in chapter number 8, in very much the same
way as he did in chapters number 10 and 12,and that is through a chiasmus structure. This
is the hidden structure that the angel tells Daniel to seal up his prophecies until the
end times. Now, in chapter number 8, there are 27 verses which is an odd number. Therefore,
to split the chapter exactly in half, you will have to put 13 verses on one side, 13
verses on the other, and a bridge verse, which is verse number 14, right in the middle. In
other words, verses 1 through 13 are on the left, verses 15 through 27 in reverse order
are on the right, and the bridge verse, number 14, I show here, at the bottom middle. Let's
take a look at how Daniel verifies that this is the correct way to read and understand
the Abomination of Desolation as described in chapter number 8. Now here, Daniel organizes
his chiasmus in a slightly different fashion. In chapters 10 and 12, he indicated a relationship
between verses, by repeating the subject matter. Here in verse number 8, Daniel repeats a certain
word or phrase. For example, we know verse number 1 is related to verse 27 because he
repeats the word "vision" once. And we know that verse number 2 is related to verse number
26 because he repeats the same word "vision" twice. So this particular combination occurs
only when you set up these verses in this particular chiasmus. And we see a similar
pattern in the last three verses, on each side of this chiasmus, and not that the words
repeat from one side to the other, but there are three words that repeat within these last
three verses. In this case, verse 11, 12 and 13, all contain the words, "continual sacrifice"
And nowhere else in chapter number 8 is that phrase found. And in verses 17, 16 and 15,the
word is "vision", which is repeated on all three of these verses, the same word that
is found in the first two verses and the last two verses of this chiasmus. And now let's
take a look at this hinge verse or bridge verse and that is verse number 14 because
it is extremely important. And that's why it is located in this particular position.
Starting in verse 13,"and I heard one of the saints speaking, and one saint said to another,
I know not to whom that was speaking, "how long shall be the vision concerning the continual
sacrifice, and the sin of the Desolation that is made, and the sanctuary and the strength
be trodden under foot? "Now, this time the continual sacrifice taken away and the strength
trodden under foot refers to when the holy martyrs have to take notice. And in verse
number 14, "And he said unto him, unto evening and morning twenty three hundred days and
the sanctuary shall be cleansed." Now, this twenty three hundred evening and mornings
actually works out to eleven hundred and fifty days, which is the shortest time given in
all of the chapters which refer to the Abomination of Desolation. And, of course, again this
is a symbolic number. It's not meant to be exact. Notice this number 23. We know that
this is the number of the AntiChrist, because two before three or over three is the fraction
two thirds and it yields the decimal point .So now we are going to look at the hidden
structure of Daniel chapter number 8. And this is how he sealed up the prophecy. And
the prophecy tells us that the Abomination of Desolation for the Holy Martyrs will be
the AntiChrist, but the AntiChrist will be defeated by Mary's rosary. Now, I've already
pointed out the first and the last verses which mark off the chiasmus and also the middle
verses, three on this side and three on this side. Notice again that AntiChrist fraction,
the two over three, the two over three. And of course we know two thirds yields the decimal
point .Now, this is not a strict chiasmus. In a strict chiasmus, there is perfect balance.
But as we go through these verses you will see that is not the case. Now, the first two
verses are an introduction, and then there is a section which describes a war between
the goat and the ram. And I won't go into that on this program. That is simply a retelling
of the same battle we see in the book of Revelation between the *** of Babylon and the scarlet
beast. The two horns on the ram symbolize Britain and America, the single horn on the
goat symbolizes Russia. And as we know, decadent capitalism will be defeated by communism in
World War 3. Following these six verses, notice that number, there are five verses, which
is Mary's rosary number, which describe the AntiChrist, and then there is a concluding
verse, verse number 14 which is the bridge verse. And on this side we see the same set,
but not quite. We have the opening five verses, which correspond to these five verses, and
then there are three verses wherein the angel explains the ram/goat war, three verses where
the angel explains the AntiChrist and two concluding verses. Now, strictly speaking
this is not a true chiasmus, because if it were, these verses would be reversed, and
Daniel would put the verses explaining the AntiChrist first, and those explaining the
ram/goat war last. And so the overall pattern of Daniel Chapter number 8 should be fairly
obvious. These lines of demarcation mark off where Daniel changes the subject. And, of
course, it's fairly obvious that6 verses are followed by five verses on each side. 6 verses
followed by five verses. And of course, once again that indicates that the AntiChrist,
whose number is 6, will be defeated by Mary whose number is five. That is the same prophecy
we find Jesus gives in the Olivet Discourse. That is the same prophecy that Ezekiel gives
in his chapter number 20nine.So, for all of you who are on the fence, you can get a free
rosary on the internet. Just Google "free rosary". There are many videos on YouTube
that explain how to pray the rosary. It would be much wiser for you to learn how to defeat
the AntiChrist before he comes on the scene, because it will be very horrible after he
comes on the scene. It will be very difficult for you to take up the weapons which Jesus
wants you to use against the prince of darkness. And as always, I do offer a free copy of my
book Revelation Unraveled. If you are interested, you can write to the address you see on your
screen or send me a private message to my YouTube channel.