The Number of the Years
Book of Daniel
Chapter 9
Focus Daniel 9:1-3,
19-27
Most people avoid
the Book of Daniel but if you base your beliefs on facts, most of
what God's Prophet Daniel has written down for us has already become
the truth and those things written in our future will also come to be
true.
The Book of Daniel
deals with facts!
Daniel was in
constant contact with our Heavenly Father all the days of his life!
We already know that
Daniel always prayed 3 times each day but the truth is every time
Daniel had a thought or if he learned something he did not quite
understand, Daniel always went to the Lord in prayer. A great example
for us all.
Paul said we are to
pray without ceasing and the Prophet Daniel was one of God's children
who did so.
Another thing we
should remember is, that no matter that Daniel was taken away from
his homeland and knew of the destruction of Jerusalem, Daniel
remained faithful to Jehovah all his days.
When have studied
the Word of God enough to know the Lord always does everything the
right way because His Heavenly Father insisted on it, then we will
know that our Heavenly Father will never do things that are wrong for
His children!
Rom 8:28 And
we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Even when threatened
with death, Daniel remained faithful to Jehovah, the One True God!
What did we learn
from the Book of Ezekiel? God rewards faithfulness!
Daniel was always
one who would give us a timeframe, so we do not have to guess.
*****Dan 9:1 In the
first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,
which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
It is this Darius
who conceived a plan to secretly enter into Babylon, while the
Babylon army was unprepared, killed King Belshazzar and took over the
rule of the Chaldean nations.
Some say he was a
viceroy of Cyrus and this may be true, but he ruled Babylon for short
period of time.
We should understand
that this was prophesy being fulfilled.
Daniel had
interpreted the dream of Nebuchadnezzar and this was the beginning of
the fulfillment of that dream and that prophesy.
Prophesy is such a
fascinating subject that most of us love to hear about our future.
I have to admit that
I am not studied enough to give good lessons on this subject, there
is only just so much material that can included in 30 minute lessons.
For those who do not
know these are the same lessons I teach in Sunday School.
The greatest future
is available to only those who have their name written down in the
Lamb's Book of Life!
We should not miss
the fact that Daniel was studying the Scriptures and came across the
written Book of Jeremiah and the prophesy that the Jews would return
to their homeland at the end of 70 years and Daniel was trying to see
in his mind how these things would take place.
Daniel himself, with
Jehovah's help, had interpreted the dream of Nebuchadnezzar and right
before his own eyes he was seeing this thing take place.
*****Dan 9:2 In the
first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of
the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet,
that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of
Jerusalem.
What did Daniel see
in the Book of Jeremiah?
Jer 25:11 And this
whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jer 25:12 And it
shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will
punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for
their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it
perpetual desolations.
Jer 25:13 And I
will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced
against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah
hath prophesied against all the nations.
Daniel realized that
part of these words of Jeremiah had become the truth. We should
understand that the Word of God contains only the truth!
The King of Babylon
had been punished. The nation of the Chaldees were being punished by
the foreign power, that that was the silver of the statue of
Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
Some say the two
arms of that statue represent one Darius and two Cyrus.
We can be sure that
Daniel was also familiar with the Scriptures of Isaiah.
Isa 44:21 Remember
these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed
thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of
me.
We can say that this
is still true today.
And another great
prophesy would be soon in the making, which again left Daniel in
amazement. The omnipotence of God. The All-Knowing Jehovah God!
Isa 44:22 I have
blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud,
thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isa 44:23 Sing, O
ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the
earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every
tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself
in Israel.
Isa 44:24 Thus
saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb,
I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the
heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isa 44:25 That
frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that
turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Isa 44:26 That
confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his
messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to
the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the
decayed places thereof:
Isa 44:27 That
saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Isa 44:28 That
saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure:
even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy
foundation shall be laid.
We can just imagine
the thrill of Daniel as he heard that Cyrus had united the
Medo-Persian Empire and was the supreme rule of a big part of the
world. Even larger than that of Nebuchadnezzar.
There was really
only one thing to do and that was to pray.
*****Dan 9:3 And I
set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications,
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Dan 9:4 And I
prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O
Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to
them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Dan 9:5 We have
sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have
rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Dan 9:6 Neither
have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy
name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the
people of the land.
You if we would just
look at what is going on in the world today as we live, we would see
the Word of God being fulfilled right before our eyes, but we will
never know unless we study the Scriptures and the Prophets, as did
the Prophet Daniel.
How can we ever know
the truth of our world if we refuse to read and study the Word of
God?
There is so much in
our future to look forward to when your name is written in the Lamb's
Book of Life!
We could leave the
doom and gloom of our world behind in our thoughts of the delightful
things of living with our Savior.
Rememeber Jesus
said, I go to prepare "you" a mansion, in my Father's
House.
When we know the
truth of God, why in the world do we not claim that truth and quit
worrying over the lies of this world!
Our world is not
coming to an end, it is the Lord who is in control, not the so-called
powerful men in our world.
We do abuse our
world, but we are not the cause of climate change, it is the Lord who
is in control.
We just need to make
daily contact with our Heavenly Father!
Daniel saw the
fulfillment of promises made to his people.
We are blind if we
do not see those same promises then and now.
The world is moving
along according to the plan of God! Nothing can change this!
The Church needs to
quit belly aching and get busy about the work the Lord has given to
us to do. This is what our world lacks the most!
We have always seen
where that the Lord's rewards come according to our faithfulness! He
is always faithful to fulfill His own Words!
Our faithfulness
begins with our prayers!
We show our
faithfulness by accepting the Word of God just as it is written!
We need to live as
though the Lord could return at any time because He could.
There are no more
prophecies that need be fulfilled in the Church Age except the Lord's
return!
All other prophecies
concern Israel and the promises made to Israel.
1) We must clearly
understand that disaster comes to those who refuse to repent and turn
away from their sin, and to all those who reject the Word of God!
2) Disaster comes to
those because the Lord is a righteous God and to be true to those who
love Him, He must execute justice upon all those who are disobedient!
The Lord knows those
who Love Him!
Those who love the
Lord pray!
Those who love the
Lord call upon His Holy Name!
Those who love the
Lord will confess that they are sinners!
How does the Lord
know we love Him?
1Jn 5:2 By this we
know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his
commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is
the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments
are not grievous.
1Jn 5:4 For
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he
that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the
Son of God?
If we truly believe
these things, what is wrong with us?
Why do we not claim
the truth of God?
Why do we not own
our faith and our faithfulness?
If, we pray with the
truth in our heart, God will answer our prayers!
Now we may not get a
visit from the angel Gabriel, but even this is not impossible!
When we pray, we
must know what we are asking God to do, and we must know He will only
do according to the Word He has given to us!
*****Dan 9:19 O
Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for
thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by
thy name.
When Daniel prayed
this prayer, Jerusalem was a city of ruins and the Temple of Solomon
was completely destroyed and the Jews were scattered all over the
empire of Babylon, which had just been taken over by the Medes.
Daniel was not
praying because these Jews had become righteous because they had not,
and we will never be righteous in these bodies of flesh.
No matter, our
righteousness the Lord is always righteous.
Daniel was praying
for God's mercy!
We know God is love
and His mercy is based upon His love. If we show mercy, then we can
receive the mercy of God!
Mat 5:7 Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Mercy is compassion
shown to those who are miserable!
Most all these Jews
were miserable in captivity. Misery is great unhappiness.
Without the Lord we
will never know true happiness!
Our happiness is
based upon our faithfulness to the Lord!
Mat_25:23 His lord
said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
The truth is the
Lord has sworn an oath that He would never forsake Israel.
The truth is the
Lord will always be merciful to those who repent from the heart!
Today we live in a
world where most people and a lot of the Church, have forgotten that
there is a penalty for violating God's commandments and that penalty
is death!
Without repentance
that penalty of death will hold true!
Should we plead with
God in our prayers? In some cases we may need to be almost like a
pest.
The Lord wants to
know if we are serious!
We see that Daniel
did and Daniel pleaded that God would do exactly like He said He
would.
Luk 11:8 I say unto
you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend,
yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as
he needeth.
Luk 11:9 And I say
unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luk 11:10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
After 70 years these
Jews had learned a valuable lesson, which was, you do not go against
the Word of God and win!
Our world has not
learned this lesson as of yet!
God did not have to
look at Jerusalem to see the devastation left by Nebuchadnezzar.
God makes things out
of nothing, so things that are destroyed in the world, including
terrible damage, are nothing compared to His awesome power of life.
If God can make the
Sun and the stars then a city or a Temple is nothing to Him!
But the Lord God
will not do things we can build ourselves but He will help us even in
these things.
After those 70 years
the Lord did allow many of these Jews to return to Jerusalem and
Jehovah even caused the enemy to pay for the reconstruction of the
City of Jerusalem and the Temple and then the City Walls.
When the time is
right, the Lord will even cause the enemies of the Jews to pay for
the building of the third temple and even endorse it.
*****Dan 9:20 And
whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin
of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD
my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Dan 9:21 Yea,
whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had
seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly,
touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
We might ask, why
was Daniel so much more important than we to get his prayer so
quickly.
1) The Lord loved
Daniel.
2) Daniel had been
faithful all his days.
3) Daniel did not
ask anything for himself. After the Jews returned home, Daniel stayed
where he was all his remaining days.
4) Daniel prayed
according to the revealed will of God.
5) God had more work
for Daniel to do while he remained in Babylon.
We can see the
phrase "being cause to fly swift" to mean that God answered
this prayer of Daniel even while he was still praying.
God did not want
Daniel to be too concerned about the war that was happening around
him, and he only needed to concern himself with the answer to his
prayer.
God had already
given Daniel the prophecies concerning the rule of all nations. This
was not going to change and there was no need of asking for these
things to change.
The Babylon Empire
had ended, and the Mede-Persian Empire was in place.
Soon the armies of
Alexander would come and after this the Roman Empire would begin.
Even this empire is gone as it was and we are now left with the
resuts. The ten toes of iron mixed with miry clay.
Even though Daniel
could not live long enough to see all these things come to be, he did
know what the Lord said is always true.
In the end that
"Rock" that "Stone" cut out by the hands of God
would rule this world!
Now Jehovah would
give Daniel the approximate times this would take place.
Daniel had seen that
a "prayer of faith" is the most powerful tool we have as
those who love God.
Daniel had seen
that, he had sin in his life, and he confessed his sin.
Daniel was also
asking the Lord to forgive the sin of his nation. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Daniel was praying
for the Lord to come as King of kings and Lord of lords.
Daniel did not
realize that the Lord would certainly come twice and most all the
Jews had missed that the Lord would first come to establish His
Church and then return to rule this world.
We know that Gabriel
did not just drop in to check on Daniel. Gabriel was sent by Jehovah.
The angels are first and foremost God's messengers!
By the way, in this
Scripture is written, Gabriel could have come in the glory of an
angel when in most cases angels come as humans.
Remember Daniel is
having another vision, this vision more like a dream or being in a
trance, rather than a Supernatural vision.
Daniel had seen
Gabriel before:
Dan 8:15 And it
came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought
for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the
appearance of a man.
Dan 8:16 And I
heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and
said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
This time Gabriel
had a more specific mission!
*****Dan 9:22 And
he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come
forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Dan 9:23 At the
beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am
come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand
the matter, and consider the vision.
Gabriel had left
Heaven from the face of God, coming directly to Daniel to cause
Daniel to understand a great message.
The message
concerned the first and the second coming of the Messiah. (Yeshua Ha
Meshia)
What had Daniel
seen? The Word of God is intended to encourage our prayers! When we
see with our own eyes the fulfillment of a prophesy of God, or we see
it approaching, we need to be more earnest in our prayers and the
confessing of our sin.
We should
concentrate not only on speaking to the Lord but also on listening to
what the Lord has to say.
At the very
beginning of Daniel's prayer God already knew what Daniel would pray
and the Lord sent Gabriel.
He first told Daniel
the he was greatly loved, and this is true of every child of God and
certainly true of Daniel who had remained faithful to his God all his
days, even if he was a captive in a foreign land.
We must never
forget, we are the adopted children of God. He chose us and He loves
us!
When we are looking
to see what God is telling us, the best place to look is in the
message of a true pastor!
Heb 10:25 Not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some
is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.
So what was the
message given to Gabriel for Daniel?
*****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.
So how do we explain
those 70 weeks.
This space of
"seventy" weeks is not to be understood of weeks of days;
which is too short a time for the fulfilment of so many events as are
mentioned; nor were they fulfilled within such a space of time; but
of weeks of years, and make up four hundred and ninety years; within
which time, beginning from a date after mentioned, all the things
prophesied of were accomplished; and this way of reckoning of years
by days is not unusual in the sacred writings.
Gen 29:26 And Laban
said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger
before the firstborn.
Gen 29:27 Fulfil
her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou
shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Gen 29:28 And Jacob
did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter
to wife also.
Jacobs week of 7
days was a period of 7 years he served to Rachel his wife he desired
so much.
Seventy years
according to the Bible is our prime years and any years beyond those
70 requires so much extra strength they are hard to live.
Psa 90:10 The days
of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of
strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and
sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Notice the days of
our years.
Jeremiah prophesied
Judah would serve 70 years in Babylon.
Jer 25:11 And this
whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
2 Chronicles saw the
completion of those 70 years as the coming of Cyrus.
2Ch 36:21 To fulfil
the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had
enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
2Ch 36:22 Now in
the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD
spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a
proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,
saying,
Notice the "Sabbath
Year".
In every seventh
year it was God's commandment the land would receive one year of
rest.
The prophet
Zechariah saw the ending of those 70 years as the rebuilding of the
Temple.
Zec 1:12 Then the
angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt
thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against
which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
For most Bible
Scholars these references to sabbath years are to be sabbatical years
and to be 490 years according to the Book of Leviticus.
Lev 25:8 And thou
shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven
years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto
thee forty and nine years.
Since Israel had not
kept the "sabbatical year" since the time of the Judges,
then God would give the Promised Land 70 consecutive sabbatical years
during their exile again 490 years.
Back to Daniel 24:
1) The first part of
God's plan is to stop the transgression of the Jews. This will only
fully take place at the Second Coming of the Lord. The end of those
490 years.
2) The second part
of God's plan is to put an end to sin in this world. This will take
place during the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ.
3) The third part of
God's plan is to atone for all wickedness. This took place on Mount
Calvary where the Lord Jesus Christ made atonement for all our sin.
ALL the Sin of All the People since Jesus died on the Cross.
4) The fourth part
of God's plan is to establish righteousness upon this earth. Again
during the Millennial Reign of Christ.
5) The fifth part of
God's plan is to fulfill all prophesy. Takes place when we have
reached the New Earth and the New Jerusalem.
6) The sixth part of
God's plan is to anoint the Most Holy. This is the anointing of the
Lord Jesus Christ. King of kings and Lord of lords!
So when would these
things begin?
*****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.
The starting point
of God's plan would be the decree to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple
and that completion, would not happen till the walls of the city were
also complete. This would take 49 years.
The first decree was
issued buy Cyrus in 538 BC but stressed the rebuilding of the Temple.
Ezr 1:1 Now in the
first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the
mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit
of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezr 1:2 Thus saith
Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the
kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house
at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Ezr 1:3 Who is
there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him
go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the
LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
The second decree
went out from Artaxerxes I, and given to Ezra in 458 BC and this time
it was to rebuild the city of Jerusalem.
Ezr 7:11 Now this
is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the
priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of
the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Ezr 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law
of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
Ezr 7:13 I make a
decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and
Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up
to Jerusalem, go with thee.
Sometime later a
third decree issued in 445 BC finally caused the rebuilding of the
walls of Jerusalem.
Neh 2:3 And said
unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my
countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with
fire?
Neh 2:5 And I said
unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found
favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the
city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
This was the 49
years of the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Then began the 62
weeks or the 434 years to the first coming of the Messiah.
Zec 9:9 Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold,
thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
What was not
revealed to Daniel was the Church Age, which began when the Messiah
was cut off.
*****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.
What do we know? We
know that Jesus Christ did not die for Himself. He died for me and He
died for you, and He died for everyone else who have sin to their
account!
To the world of that
day, it seemed that Jesus died for nothing.
To the world of that
day, it seemed that Jesus did not accomplish anything with His life.
What the world
rejects is that Jesus, God in the flesh, came to this earth to die.
He died so that we may live!
Jesus Christ is
everything to all those who trust Him!
Just a few short
years after Jesus died and then rose from that death to live 40 more
days and had many more witnesses and then went back to Heaven, the
Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple but this did not end the
suffering for Israel because they made one more tremendous mistake.
Mat 27:24 When
Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult
was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,
saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Mat 27:25 Then
answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our
children.
As it stands right
now the Jews will continue to be punished until the Lord returns for
the second time.
Between then and
now, it what is called the Church Age!
This is the gap
between the 69nth and the 70th week.
This leaves one 7.
*****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.
This new covenant is
the covenant of "Grace".
What did Jesus say
of this time period?
Mat 24:1 And Jesus
went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him
for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mat 24:2 And Jesus
said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not
be thrown down.
Mat 24:3 And as he
sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the
sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mat 24:4 And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5 For many
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:6 And ye
shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled:
for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these
are the beginning of sorrows.
Mat 24:9 Then shall
they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall
be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Mat 24:10 And then
shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate
one another.
Mat 24:11 And many
false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:12 And
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Mat 24:13 But he
that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mat 24:14 And this
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
We need to pay
attention to the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles, including the
Apostle Paul, and we will know all these things and miss out on the
wrath of god shown to all unbelievers!
Amen
Let's Pray!
