*******
Repent. When was the last time you repented? This one verse says sooooo much…
Luk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he REPENT, forgive him.
Luk 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I REPENT; thou shalt forgive him.
IF he repent forgive him.
IF he commits the same offense over and over… and he REPENTS forgive him.
This says so much to us.
God forgives us as we forgive others.
Over and over and over again. Several times in one day. Repenting we need to truly repent not just assume we are forgiven without repenting. Not just ask for forgiveness without feeling the sorrow for our wrong. Not just ask for forgiveness because we KNOW what we've done is wrong. People know all the time what they do is wrong but they still do it without feeling any remorse at all whatsoever. We can't get to that place where we sin and stop feeling the remorse - if we do then we can't repent of that sin. It's better to live in sorrow for sin than to live in acceptance of sin. Better to feel the pain of sin than to cherish the relief of a painless existence and not repent, we can't be forgiven if we don't repent. Sometimes we feel as if we could live in pain forever our sinning is so great, but better to live in that pain and understand the transgressions, right? People want to have a happy, happy life. Anything for happiness. People will tell you that the Bible says we are suppose to live in joy… 'count it all joy' and that's true as well, but not joy in sin. We are to joy in Christ, in the forgiveness that Christ gives to us, in the life Christ offers us, the hope we find in Christ. We can't be happy in our own selves, but only in Christ and we need to learn that. We can repent and we can be forgiven and we can glory in Christ's unending grace but never believe that any sin we commit is acceptable and not worth repenting of.
May God open our hearts and our eyes to our sins so we can ask for the forgiveness we need to ask for, so that we can repent of those sins.
Maybe we'll keep sinning but that's no excuse to accept the sins, not ever. We have to fight the good fight against sin by seeking forgiveness and repenting always…always!
Please Lord bless us, keep us, help us, save us.
In Your love, through Your grace, by Your righteousness now and forever.
Amen.
*******
Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and REPENT in dust and ashes.
Eze 14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; REPENT, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Mat 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Mat 3:2 And saying, REPENT ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, REPENTt: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luk 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye REPENT, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he REPENT, forgive him.
Luk 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I REPENT; thou shalt forgive him.
Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, REPENT, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 3:19 REPENT ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Act 8:22 REPENT therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to REPENT
Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and REPENT, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou REPENT.
Rev 2:16 REPENT; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Rev 2:21 And I gave her space to REPENT of her fornication; and she REPENTED not.
Rev 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they REPENT of their deeds.
Rev 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and REPENT.
*******
Repent
RE'PENT, a. [L. repo, to creep.] Creeping; as a repent root.
REPENT', v.i. [L. re and paeniteo, from paena, pain. Gr. See Paint.]
1. To feel pain, sorrow or regret for something done or spoken; as, to repent that we have lost much time in idleness or sensual pleasure; to repent that we have injured or wounded the feelings of a friend. A person repents only of what he himself has done or said.
2. To express sorrow for something past.
3. To change the mind in consequence of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct.
Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return. Exo 13.
4. Applied to the Supreme Being, to change the course of providential dealings. Gen 6. Psa 106.
5. In theology, to sorrow or be pained for sin, as a violation of God's holy law, a dishonor to his character and government, and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence.
Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13. Acts 3.
REPENT', v.t
1. To remember with sorrow; as, to repent rash words; to repent an injury done to a neighbor; to repent follies and vices. [See Repentance.]
G3340
µeta??e´?
metanoeo¯
met-an-o-eh'-o
From G3326 and G3539; to think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider (morally to feel compunction): - repent.
G3338
µetaµe´???µa?
metamellomai
met-am-el'-lom-ahee
From G3326 and the middle of G3199; to care afterwards, that is, regret: - repent (self).
H5162
???
na^cham
naw-kham'
A primitive root; properly to sigh, that is, breathe strongly; by implication to be sorry, that is, (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself): - comfort (self), ease [one’s self], repent (-er, -ing, self).
H7725
?????
shu^b
shoob
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again: - ([break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep]) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call [to mind], carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back) X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get [oneself] (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), [go] out, hinder, let, [see] more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), X repent, requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Repenting-
To be sorry.
To remember with sorrow.
To morally feel compunction.
Compunction--
1.
a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.
2.
any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.
7/5/11
Recap time. Putting pieces into place. We've
already discussed how we've arrived at these conclusions so we're not going to
discuss this again at any great length. Please, go back and read any of the
prophecy posts you might have missed if you find this confusing.
It's by the grace of God that we can understand at all. So pray, pray,
pray!
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy
people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most
Holy.
70 weeks- 490
years
Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that
from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto
the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
457 BC to
27AD
(483 years)
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall
be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
From 483 years to
490 years we have 7 years (one week)
After those 483
we have 7 years left, during those 7 years the Messish would be cut off.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with
many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and
the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make
it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured
upon the desolate.
Here is that week
that 7 years we are discussing now.
The covenant
would be confirmed for one week (7 years) and in the midst of that 7 years the
sacrifice and oblation will cease.
Did this happen?
Here we are at 27
AD add half of that 7 years to
that number and we get 31 1/2 AD.
Do you remember our earlier study about Jesus' death?
What year did we arrive at?
31 AD ! The prophecy is
fitting into place! Yet again we
can see how the great prophecy puzzle pieces fall into place.
So when we say He
(the Messiah) would confirm the covenant with many for one week and Jesus died
after half that time, what happened at the end of the next 3 1/2 years?
Acts 6-7 describe
his trial. He was stoned to death (c. A.D. 34–35) by an infuriated
mob encouraged by Saul of Tarsus.[2] Stephen's final speech was presented as
accusing the Jews of persecuting prophets who spoke out against their sins:
"Which
one of the Prophets did your fathers not persecute, and they killed the ones
who prophesied the coming of the Just One, of whom now, too, you have become
betrayers and murderers." (7:52)
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen>
Not a
coincidence! After Stephen was martyred what happened?
Act 7:58 And cast him out of the city, and
stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet,
whose name was Saul.
Act 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death.
And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at
Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea
and Samaria, except the apostles.
Act 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his
burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Act 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the
church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to
prison.
Act 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered
abroad went every where preaching the word.
Act 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high
priest,
Act 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus
to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or
women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Act 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near
Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a
voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And
the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick
against the pricks.
Act 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go
into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Saul became Paul
an undisputed champion of God! And Paul was the man of God who brought the word
of God to who? The Gentiles!
Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way:
for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and
kings, and the children of Israel:
Act 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he
must suffer for my name's sake.
Until Stephen's
death the gospel was exclusively being given to the Jewish people, not the
Gentiles. When Stephen was stoned to death the Jewish people as a corporate
whole sealed their fate- denying the gospel. The gospel was then to go to the
Gentiles. The covenant had been
confirmed for one week (7 years), in the midst of that 7 years Jesus was
crucified, at the end of that 7 years the Jewish people ultimately denied the
gospel of our Savior and that covenant was over. The new covenant, the new
Israel, those being grafted onto the True Vine were under way.
This prophecy
fits perfectly into our history! Perfectly!
*
Now we need
to remember that Gabriel came to Daniel to explain what? The 2300 year
prophecy. We know beyond a doubt
it was 2300 years not literal days or half days etc, because that time passed
between Gabriel giving that vision and His return to explain that vision that
had Daniel so consumed with the need to comprehend. Daniel wanted it to make
sense! Jeremiah's 70 years was
coming to a close, that had been a prophecy given and understood over Daniel's
lifetime, and Daniel wanted this new prophecy to be understood. Daniel
understood the previous vision of Nebuchadnezzar's dream statue and he lived to
see Babylon overthrown by the Medes and Persians, he could comprehend this
prophetic succession of ruling kingdoms. If one part of the prophecy had come to
pass then the rest of it would as well beyond a doubt. Daniel knew from another
vision that Grecia would over throw the Medes and Persians and He wasn't
lacking understanding with that - not one bit. The rest of the vision was what Daniel
just couldn't fathom because he wasn't being asked to simply understand that one
kingdom after another would come into play, but he was being told this--
Dan 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a
little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east,
and toward the pleasant land.
Dan 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of
heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and
stamped upon them.
Dan 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the
prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place
of his sanctuary was cast down.
Dan 8:12 And an host was given him against the
daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the
ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Dan 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and
another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the
vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to
give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand
and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their
kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not
by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and
practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Dan 8:25 And through his policy also he shall
cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart,
and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of
princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Dan 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the
morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall
be for many days.
Now we know from
previous studies that the Roman Empire would come after Greece and out of that
Roman Empire- part of what would remain of the Roman Empire-
would be the Roman Papal rule. We learned that this power would live
until Christ's second coming.
We learned that the Papacy fit all the prophet markers of this little
horn power- and we know that the papacy still exists today as a unique power. We
know that Satan would be in control of this very deceptive power - for deceit is
just that something that is all but undetectable in its ability to trick. It would do NO good for Satan to have a
hand in something that wasn't deceptive. Satanists prove that, don't they? Satan
deceive more people by appearing as close to the truth as he can, not by
announcing his evil. We know that
Daniel was given visions and that so much of his prophetic visions have come
true that there is NO way that the rest of his visions will fail. We know that
so far in our study that we've been able to account for 490 of the 2300 year
prophecy. So let's do some more
math.
Of the dates
we've been given that match perfectly what has been prophesized we've been able
to arrive at 34 AD. Our starting date beyond a doubt is 457 BC.
490 years are accounted for up to the 34 AD.
Taking our 2300
and subtracting 490 we are left with 1810 years.
Add that 1810
years to the 34 years we come up with the final date of the 2300 year prophecy
and that is 1844 AD.
As we've done in
the past we have to look at history along with our Bibles for an answer as to
what happened in 1844.
We'll begin that
study tomorrow, again taking this little bit by little bit.
It's fascinating
how all this fits together so perfectly.
Maybe we can't
understand every thing, maybe we're are not meant to understand every thing. We
are meant to understand all we need to in order to be saved. Some might argue
at this point that all we need is the gospel and no more. It is true that we
are only saved through the forgiveness, through the sacrifice of our Savior.
And if we accept the sacrifice of our Savior then we have to accept all of Him
don't we? We have to accept all He says, not pick and choose what is pleasing
to our senses. We can't just accept the feel-good parts and ignore that it was
Jesus Himself who told us to WATCH and PRAY.
This studying is
part of that watching Jesus wants us to do.
Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Those were Jesus'
words! Jesus talking about Daniel
the prophet! We can choose to ignore this, it is our right to do so, or we can
choose to take heed and study- watching and praying.
By His love!
By His mercy and
grace!
In His
righteousness forever!
Through His
forgiveness!
Amen.
Recap time. Putting pieces into place. We've
already discussed how we've arrived at these conclusions so we're not going to
discuss this again at any great length. Please, go back and read any of the
prophecy posts you might have missed if you find this confusing.
It's by the grace of God that we can understand at all. So pray, pray,
pray!
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy
people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end
of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most
Holy.
70 weeks- 490
years
Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that
from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto
the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
457 BC to
27AD
(483 years)
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall
be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
From 483 years to
490 years we have 7 years (one week)
After those 483
we have 7 years left, during those 7 years the Messish would be cut off.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with
many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and
the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make
it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured
upon the desolate.
Here is that week
that 7 years we are discussing now.
The covenant
would be confirmed for one week (7 years) and in the midst of that 7 years the
sacrifice and oblation will cease.
Did this happen?
Here we are at 27
AD add half of that 7 years to
that number and we get 31 1/2 AD.
Do you remember our earlier study about Jesus' death?
What year did we arrive at?
31 AD ! The prophecy is
fitting into place! Yet again we
can see how the great prophecy puzzle pieces fall into place.
So when we say He
(the Messiah) would confirm the covenant with many for one week and Jesus died
after half that time, what happened at the end of the next 3 1/2 years?
Acts 6-7 describe
his trial. He was stoned to death (c. A.D. 34–35) by an infuriated
mob encouraged by Saul of Tarsus.[2] Stephen's final speech was presented as
accusing the Jews of persecuting prophets who spoke out against their sins:
"Which
one of the Prophets did your fathers not persecute, and they killed the ones
who prophesied the coming of the Just One, of whom now, too, you have become
betrayers and murderers." (7:52)
Pasted
from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen>
Not a
coincidence! After Stephen was martyred what happened?
Act 7:58 And cast him out of the city, and
stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet,
whose name was Saul.
Act 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death.
And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at
Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea
and Samaria, except the apostles.
Act 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his
burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Act 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the
church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to
prison.
Act 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered
abroad went every where preaching the word.
Act 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high
priest,
Act 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus
to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or
women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Act 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near
Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a
voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And
the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick
against the pricks.
Act 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go
into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Saul became Paul
an undisputed champion of God! And Paul was the man of God who brought the word
of God to who? The Gentiles!
Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way:
for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and
kings, and the children of Israel:
Act 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he
must suffer for my name's sake.
Until Stephen's
death the gospel was exclusively being given to the Jewish people, not the
Gentiles. When Stephen was stoned to death the Jewish people as a corporate
whole sealed their fate- denying the gospel. The gospel was then to go to the
Gentiles. The covenant had been
confirmed for one week (7 years), in the midst of that 7 years Jesus was
crucified, at the end of that 7 years the Jewish people ultimately denied the
gospel of our Savior and that covenant was over. The new covenant, the new
Israel, those being grafted onto the True Vine were under way.
This prophecy
fits perfectly into our history! Perfectly!
*
Now we need
to remember that Gabriel came to Daniel to explain what? The 2300 year
prophecy. We know beyond a doubt
it was 2300 years not literal days or half days etc, because that time passed
between Gabriel giving that vision and His return to explain that vision that
had Daniel so consumed with the need to comprehend. Daniel wanted it to make
sense! Jeremiah's 70 years was
coming to a close, that had been a prophecy given and understood over Daniel's
lifetime, and Daniel wanted this new prophecy to be understood. Daniel
understood the previous vision of Nebuchadnezzar's dream statue and he lived to
see Babylon overthrown by the Medes and Persians, he could comprehend this
prophetic succession of ruling kingdoms. If one part of the prophecy had come to
pass then the rest of it would as well beyond a doubt. Daniel knew from another
vision that Grecia would over throw the Medes and Persians and He wasn't
lacking understanding with that - not one bit. The rest of the vision was what Daniel
just couldn't fathom because he wasn't being asked to simply understand that one
kingdom after another would come into play, but he was being told this--
Dan 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a
little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east,
and toward the pleasant land.
Dan 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of
heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and
stamped upon them.
Dan 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the
prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place
of his sanctuary was cast down.
Dan 8:12 And an host was given him against the
daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the
ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Dan 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and
another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the
vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to
give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand
and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their
kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not
by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and
practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Dan 8:25 And through his policy also he shall
cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart,
and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of
princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Dan 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the
morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall
be for many days.
Now we know from
previous studies that the Roman Empire would come after Greece and out of that
Roman Empire- part of what would remain of the Roman Empire-
would be the Roman Papal rule. We learned that this power would live
until Christ's second coming.
We learned that the Papacy fit all the prophet markers of this little
horn power- and we know that the papacy still exists today as a unique power. We
know that Satan would be in control of this very deceptive power - for deceit is
just that something that is all but undetectable in its ability to trick. It would do NO good for Satan to have a
hand in something that wasn't deceptive. Satanists prove that, don't they? Satan
deceive more people by appearing as close to the truth as he can, not by
announcing his evil. We know that
Daniel was given visions and that so much of his prophetic visions have come
true that there is NO way that the rest of his visions will fail. We know that
so far in our study that we've been able to account for 490 of the 2300 year
prophecy. So let's do some more
math.
Of the dates
we've been given that match perfectly what has been prophesized we've been able
to arrive at 34 AD. Our starting date beyond a doubt is 457 BC.
490 years are accounted for up to the 34 AD.
Taking our 2300
and subtracting 490 we are left with 1810 years.
Add that 1810
years to the 34 years we come up with the final date of the 2300 year prophecy
and that is 1844 AD.
As we've done in
the past we have to look at history along with our Bibles for an answer as to
what happened in 1844.
We'll begin that
study tomorrow, again taking this little bit by little bit.
It's fascinating
how all this fits together so perfectly.
Maybe we can't
understand every thing, maybe we're are not meant to understand every thing. We
are meant to understand all we need to in order to be saved. Some might argue
at this point that all we need is the gospel and no more. It is true that we
are only saved through the forgiveness, through the sacrifice of our Savior.
And if we accept the sacrifice of our Savior then we have to accept all of Him
don't we? We have to accept all He says, not pick and choose what is pleasing
to our senses. We can't just accept the feel-good parts and ignore that it was
Jesus Himself who told us to WATCH and PRAY.
This studying is
part of that watching Jesus wants us to do.
Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Those were Jesus'
words! Jesus talking about Daniel
the prophet! We can choose to ignore this, it is our right to do so, or we can
choose to take heed and study- watching and praying.
By His love!
By His mercy and
grace!
In His
righteousness forever!
Through His
forgiveness!
Amen.