Daniel Chapters 7-12 foretell what will happen in The Time Of The END.
After a careful study of Daniel Chapters 7-12,
From the Amplified Version I have written this Epilogue.
(The entire book will soon be available on amazon.com.)
It contains possible conclusions one could derive
From these Chapters of Daniel
That speak of The Time Of The END;
The time I believe we a living in; The Season Of The Last Generation.
I have placed it at the front of the book for convenience of the reader.
Who Goes Through The Great Tribulation?
One could conclude from the Book of Daniel, alone,
That the whole of God's Church, goes through The Great Tribulation.
One could conclude from Jesus' parable of the Ten Virgins,
That one-half of the Church of God goes through The Great Tribulation.
One could also conclude from the parable of the Ten Virgins
That the whole Church was asleep when the Bridegroom arrived.
Jesus also said, that there will be a time
When one will be taken and one remain.
This could imply that one-half of the saints remain to endure
The Great Tribulation.
I believe that He is speaking of the of the time
When the “Woman” of Rev. 12
Is taken into the desert for the period of The Great Tribulation.
On can conclude from the parable of the Wedding Banquet,
That those invited refused their invitation.
This could refer to a portion of the Church of God.
Some say that there are approximately 2.1 billion Christians
In the world today,
Approximately 600 million of whom are pentecostal/charismatic.
The potential implications of these numbers are staggering.
The “Woman” Of Revelation 12
Daniel does not speak of the “Woman” of Revelation 12
Who is taken into the desert and protected there by God
For the last three and one-half years of “Time.”
Rapture?
There is no rapture spoken of in the Book of Daniel.
Daniel 12:12, does speak of those who live through
The Great Tribulation.
I believe that these are those of the “Woman” of Revelation 12.
The Reveling Of The Antichrist
Today, and for some time there has been much speculation
About the identity of the Antichrist.
It seems to me that this person will not be known
Until the Church of God is in its full rebellion and apostasy;
And the whole world is in complete religious, social, political
And economic turmoil,
Which is a God allowed “test” for the Church of God, and the world,
Brought about by the deception of the evil one.
Then, God removes His Holy Spirit; Then, the Antichrist is revealed.
Simultaneously, the “Woman” of Revelation 12
Is taken into the desert and safety.
It is very likely, that at that time, Satan will enter into the Antichrist,
Like he did Judas, before the betrayal of Christ Jesus,
With the eleven disciples completely unaware of the situation.
Upon the reveling of the Antichrist, and the setting up of his”image,”
The world believes, that now, there will be be peace and safety;
It is at that time, God begins The Great Tribulation.
The Coming Of The Lord
The Book of Daniel does not specifically speak of
The Battle of Armageddon.
I does not speak of the second coming of the Lord, Jesus,
Unless it is when He makes a covenant with the “many,”
The Bride of Christ
At the beginning of the last seven years of “Time”.
The apostle Paul speaking to the Thessalonians says to them:
Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant
About those who fall asleep,
Or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.
We believe that Jesus died and rose again
And so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those
Who have fallen asleep in him.
According to the Lord's own word,
We tell you that we who are still alive,
Who are left till the coming of the Lord,
Will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,
With a loud command,
With the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first.
After that, we who are still alive and are left
Will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Therefore encourage each other with these words.
(1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, NIV)
[This coming of the Lord, spoken of here by Paul,
Is His second coming;
When He comes to The Battle of Armageddon;
At the end of The Great Tribulation
To destroy the Antichrist and the armies of the world
That have gather against Him.
All of the saints that go through The Great Tribulation have been killed,
However, some saints are still living on earth.
I believe they are those of the “Woman” of Revelation 12,
Taken into the desert and protected there by God.]
He Will Come Like A Thief In The Night!
The apostle Paul goes on to say:
Now brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,
For you know very well that the day of the Lord
Will come like a thief in the night.
While people are saying, 'Peace and safety,'
Destruction will come on them suddenly ,
As labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
But you, brothers, are not in darkness
So that this day should surprise you like a thief.
You are all sons of the light and sons of the day.
We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,
But let us be alert and self-controlled.
For those who sleep, sleep at night,
And those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled,
Putting on faith and love as a breastplate,
And the hope of salvation as a helmet.
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath
But to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,
Just as in fact you are doing. (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, NIV)
[When the Antichrist first comes to power
People will be saying peace and safety at last;
All religious, social, political and economic tension will be over;
They will all be worshiping the one god, the Antichrist;
They will all be embracing one social, political, and economic system.
Then to the dismay of the world, the Lord begins His Great Tribulation.
Christians who love God
With all their heart, soul, mind and strength;
Who are filled with His Spirit
And allow Him to live in and through them
Will not suffer the wrath of God.
I believe that these are those who are taken into the desert
And protected there by God.
This is the Lord coming “like a thief in the night.”
However, we can see from the Book of Daniel
That many Christians go through the Great Tribulation.
The Christians that go through The Great Tribulation
Are not living for God as they should.]
The Condition Of The Church Of God In The Time Of The END
It is the condition of the Church of God,
That brings about the taking away of the Holy Spirit;
The revealing of the Antichrist,
And the discontinuance of the worship of God.
The Antichrist's power shall be mighty,
But it will not be his own power
It will be by the power of the evil one, the devil, Satan.
The Antichrist shall corrupt and destroy the holy people—
The people of the saints.
The host, the people of God and their strength
Are given into the hands of the Antichrist
Because of their transgression against God,
Their irreverence, ungodliness and lack of piety.
The Antichrist is given this power by divine permission
And for a time he prospers.
Daniel's description of the Church
Would coincide with Jesus' description:
That because of the increase of wickedness,
The love of most will grow cold,
And families and friends turn against each other
Over their relationship to Christ.
We can see today, the social, political, and economic unrest
That will bring all this about.
Under the deception of the evil one,
Christians will be the “scapegoat” for the worlds problems
Just as the Jews were the “scapegoat”
In Germany in the time of Hitler,
A precursor to The Time of The END.
The United States Of America
If one believes, as I do, that we are near the end of “Time,”
Then it would seem obvious that the USA would play a role in it.
The USA is most likely the Babylon of the Book of Revelation,
Because “Babylon” must of necessity be the greatest of the nations;
The nation with the greatest influence over all the other nations.
From Daniel Chapter 7 verse 8:
I considered the horns, and behold,
There came up among them another horn, a little one,
Before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots;
And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man,
And a mouth speaking great things.
From Daniel Chapter 7 verse 20:
And concerning the ten horns [representing kings]
That were on its head,
And the other horn which came up LATER
And before which three of the horns fell,
The horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things,
And which looked greater than the others.
The USA came out of the European nations, later.
In its beginning, it was virtually insignificant.
Then, by the hand of God
It defeated the greatest nation on earth of that time, England.
Later the USA wared against France and Spain and won.
Today the USA calls itself the greatest nation on earth,
The only super power, greater than all the other nations.
The USA also fits the allegory of unfaithful Jerusalem of Ezekiel 16;
By the hand of God, the USA was made great;
The wealthiest nation on earth.
However, it then trusted in its own beauty and became a prostitute.
It began to sacrifice its own children to the idol of “self.”
The USA forgot that it was God
Who brought it from nothing to its current state.
If the Time Of The END is at hand,
The USA is the only nation
That fits the description of the “little horn” of Daniel
And Babylon of the Book of Revelation.
It is also important that the Lord warns His people
To come out of Babylon;
Come out of her religious, social, political and economic morass.
The Precision Of God;
Those Who Live Beyond The Great Tribulation
Daniel Chapter 12 Verse 12:
Blessed, happy, fortunate, spiritually prosperous and to be envied
Is he who waits expectantly and earnestly--
Who endures without wavering beyond the period of tribulation--
And comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days!
[It is this precision of God who has events down to the day
And in other instances to the hour,
That makes me believe that “Time” is also a precise measurement;
That God has allowed a certain amount of “Time,” no more no less.
We know that the Millennium is a thousand years,
A time of rest from the period of sin that preceded it.
It is logical that six thousand years would precede it;
Just as God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.
If this is the case, we are near the end of “Time.”
I also believe that it is this simple
Because God did not intend that it be a mystery for His people.
It is noteworthy that there are those
Who are blessed, happy, fortunate, spiritually prosperous
And to be envied,
Who wait expectantly and earnestly--
Who endure without wavering beyond the period of The Tribulation.
In my mind this describes the “Woman” of Revelation 12
Who is protected by God in the desert,
As they would be the only saints still living on the earth.]
Daniel Gives the Date of the Crucifixion of the Lord
It would be sixty two weeks of years, 434 years
From the end of the 70 years of captivity
And the command to rebuild Jerusalem,
Prophesied by Jeremiah, until the crucifixion of the Messiah.
After this Jerusalem and the temple would be destroyed (70 AD),
And wars and desolations would follow until the end of “Time.”
The Events Of The Last Seven Years Of “Time”
Daniel Chapter 9:27:
And he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the many
For one week [seven years];
And in the midst of the week
He shall cause the sacrifice and offering to cease
[For the remaining three and one-half years];
And upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations
(Shall come) one who makes desolate;
Until the full determined end is poured out on the desolator.
[For the last seven years of “Time,”
Christ Jesus enters into a strong covenant with His Bride,
The “Woman” of Revelation 12.
For the first three and one-half years She ministers in His fullness.
Then because of the Rebellion/Apostasy, in God's Church
The Holy Spirit is removed, the Antichrist is revealed,
At the same time, the “Woman,”
The Bride of Christ is taken into a desert place
And protected there for three and one-half years;
The time of The Great Tribulation.
Then the Antichrist sets up his “image”
In the church buildings of Christianity.
This is the abomination that causes desolation,
The Antichrist forbids the worship of God,
And God begins The Great Tribulation,
Which culminates in The Battle of Armageddon,
And the end of the desolator, the Antichrist.
It is noteworthy that Hitler placed his swastika
In every Christian church building in Germany, defiling them all.
Hitler is a forerunner of the Antichrist;
The Antichrist takes it a step further, declaring himself to be god
And demanding that he and his “image” be worshiped.]
Finally, The Saints Inherit The Kingdom Of God
Finally the Ancient of Days, God Almighty, comes
And renders His judgment
And His Kingdom is given to His saints,
The saints of The Most High God, and they possess it.
After The Battle of Armageddon
The saints of the Most High are given the Kingdom of God forever.
All remaining dominions shall serve
And obey God and His Christ, sinlessly,
For the thousand years of the Millennium
After which all other dominions are done away with
And there is only one Kingdom remaining, the Kingdom of God.
From the Book of Revelation
We know that the saints include those who are killed for Christ
During The Great Tribulation,
Because after His second coming,
They follow Christ Jesus day and night.