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Very good , Well we are going to be picking up where we left off in Daniel chapter 12.
Yesterday we talked about the trouble that will be arising during this time and there
is the first resurrection that happens in verse 1 as well. God's people are delivered
from this horrible time of trouble that is to come upon the earth. The angel of God tells
Daniel that never has there been a time of trouble since there was even a nation on the
earth as the time that is coming, which is the time of the bowls.
The last 7 year period of tribulation is clearly 7 years. I have studied it and studied it.
Before I hadn't studied it to where I understood because I did not understand that the trumpets
were also a 7 year time period and the seals had already been going for many years. That
is something that is very important for God's house to recognize and understand. In Daniel
chapter 12 there are two 3 1/2 year time periods and there are many mysteries in this chapter
because you see that in Daniel chapter 7 that God's people are going to be given into the
hand of the anti-christ.
It says that "He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints
of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given
into his hand for a time, times, and half a time." We see in Daniel 12:1 that those
that are found written in the Book are saved from this time period of the bowls the worst
time ever since there was a nation. We will be delivered who are written in the Book , but
it also says in Daniel chapter 12:4-8 that there is going to be a shattering of the power
of the holy people. "But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the
time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." We've seen
knowledge exponentially increase on the earth.
Verse 5 " Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others
stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. Verse 6:
" And someone said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream,
"How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?"
Verse 7: "And I heard the man clothed in linen, who
was above the waters of the stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven
and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time,
and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these
things would be finished."
So part of this judgement is to bring the power of the holy people on the earth to an
end. They would be martyred or take the mark of the beast. It says in Revelation chapter
20 that there is going to be many souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony
of Jesus and for the word of God because they did not receive the mark of the beast
or it's image on their foreheads or their hands , that is in verse 4 of Revelation
chapter 20.
Let me show you a deep mystery about this in Daniel chapter 12. I've heard certain Bible
teachers say that you're either going to be beheaded or martyred in some way or you'll
have to take the mark of the beast. We see at the very bottom here that there is another
period of 1300 days, first 1290 days then it says in verse 12 , "Blessed is he who waits
and arrives at the 1,335 days." So there is someone who is blessed at the end of this
7 year period who is still going to be on the earth.
So that is an intriguing mystery. It says in Daniel 12:10 " Many shall purify themselves
and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none
of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand."
Verse 11: "And from the time that the regular burnt
offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall
be 1,290 days. Verse 12: " Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days."
This is the period Jesus warned us about. He said when you see the abomination desolation
setting himself up in the holy place , to run from your house. Flee your homes. There
are going to be people who are living during this time who have not been beheaded who are
God's people. That's a deep mystery. God always judges his house before the world in 1 Peter
4:17. There are many who did not get saved , did not have oil in their lamps at the sound
of the last trumpet when God's house was taken up. There are people in reference to verse
12 who are blessed because they are waiting and arriving at the end of this time period,
during the abomination that makes desolate. It's an intriguing mystery what Gods people
will be doing during this time , but we know that many will be given into the hand of the
evil one and many will be martyred.
Thanks so much for tuning in , I'm Mike Stacy
and God bless you.