►Thursday, Feb 27, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Twelve►Daniel 12''Angel Gabriel's Concluding Part of the Prophecy; Concluding Part of The Book of Daniel'' (Daniel 12:1-13)V1: When the Anti-Christ breaks his covenant with the Jews, there will be a war in Heaven (Refer to Revelation 12:7-9). There will be time of trouble/distress (Great Tribulation). At that time, thy/Daniel's people (the 144,000 Jews) who are sealed shall be protected from the Anti - Christ (Revelation 7).
V2: Note that in Verse 2 here, Daniel didn't see the Millennial period (i.e. 1,000yrs). Just as we've seen in previous chapters, God hid the Church Age (about 2,000yrs) & the Millennium (1,000yrs) from Daniel. So, here in Verse 2, the Rapture has taken place, Jesus has finished spending the Millennium with those He raptured. Now, Resurrection is in view. Some will Resurrect to LIFE (Eternal Life in Christ's Kingdom) & Resurrection to DAMNATION (Lake of Fire. together with satan, the anti-Christ, fallen angels, false prophets/teachers, sinners, etc).
V3: It talks about REWARDS. This verse means the wise (those who have acquired revelational knowledge, like Daniel, etc) will shine like the brightness of Heaven. Also, those who Preached & Practiced Righteousness and as a result, many people became converted, such people will shine like Stars. Leading others into Forgiveness of Sin (Salvation) and teaching them to Live Righteous Life (living as Overcomers). Why are they compared with Stars? This is because All stars shine, but at various degrees. This means, depending on your level of honesty AFTER SALVATION, how sincere & diligent U were, regarding your service to God & soul winning, would determine how U would be shining. Do all stars shine? Yes. But do all stars shine at same brightness? No. There will be degrees of glory in terms o brightness, type & number of crowns (i.e. Rewards). We can't compare our Reward with that of the Apostles. Good!
V4: Once again, we come across the Shutting up the words & Sealing the Book of Daniel the Prophetic part (i.e Chapters 6-12) UNTIL THE END. That's why those Prophecies were not understood in the 1st Century. Glory to God for granting U & I the privilege to understand it, even as we live in THE END TIME.
--Many shall run to & fro. It means (i) Speed of Travelling in the end time (tremendous increase in travelling. For about 5,800yrs, man was travelling on horses and sometimes with ship. But now, with the invention of car & Aeroplane, man can reach a place in 45 minutes or less, which he would have, hitherto, used about 4 hours. (ii) hunger for the Word of the Lord; Thus hunger for revelational knowledge, but they will not find it. Many Christians move from one Bible conference/Convention, church, prayer camp to the other--but many end up compounding their plights. They don' seek the Love of God & the Truth/Sound Doctrine; they prefer love of money, popularity, prosperity, miracles & wonders. They have itching ears, so God will also allow them to be deluded/deceived by false leaders (teachers, pastors, bishops, prophets, etc) (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).
--Knowledge shall increase: Indeed, knowledge has increased, but mostly Anti-God. That's the increment in knowledge is mostly in conflict with God. Just as man decided to build Tower of Babel to reach God to rival Him in the Old Testament, so has man decided to do things to compete with God. Think of (i) Man goin to the Moon (ii) Man cloning people (iii) Man developing synthetic human beings (iv) Genetics, GMOs, etc (v) Man controlling the weather & climate & using it to create earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. U think of ''increment of knowledge'' in science & technology (medicine, biology, physics, chemistry, engineering etc), business, etc. Hasn't knowledge increased? No doubt, it has increased astronomically especially in this End Time; but mostly geared towards fighting against God's divine plan. Man has become so ''wise'' that he says he wants to practice same-sex marriage (homosexuality); something that even animals will not do. Man has become so ''wise'' & ''more knowledgeable'' than God so much so that they now think God ''made a mistake'' by making a man and creating a woman for him. Man can now walk to the hospital and ask for his gender/sex to be changed. Come out, God's people, and do not partake in such abominable acts. Repent from your sins. If U have already done so, please humble yourself and LEAN ON GOD TILL THE END.
V5-7: Daniel saw 2 Angels and one of them asked a Man clothed in linen (Read also Revelation 10), which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? The answer He gave was ''time, times, and an half'' which is 3 and half years, when the persecution of God's people has ended.
V8: Daniel heard but didn't understand. So once again, he did the honourable thing by asking for the meaning. Never depend on your own understanding when explaining the Bible. Human mind cannot comprehend God's mind, Unless God reveals it to us through HIS SPIRIT.
V9: But because the Prophecy in this Chapter is Closed & Sealed TILL THE END, He asked Daniel to go his way. for the End. Glory to God that because we're living the END Time, God has opened & Unsealed the Prophecy, Granting us the understanding.
10: Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried. It is absolutely True. Those who are sincere & honestly seeking the Truth (Sound Doctrine & victory over sin) are being worked on, by God. He is molding us into His Image. We are not conforming to the patter of this world. God is transforming us. Again, many people, especially Muslims are being saved. Hard core sinners are being genuinely saved. God is preparing the Bride of Christ.
--but the wicked shall do wickedly: Thus, those who love & practice wickedness/sin, will continue to do wickedness/sin. This is a very Serious Time in God's Calendar; When He finishes saving & Sealing all those that are His (Children), He will Declare that ''Let let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still'' (Revelation 22:11). At that point, Repentance leading to Salvation will not be available.
--and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand. This means that, to understand the Word of God, we must first LOVE Righteousness. God laid on my heart to WAIT for some days until U all have finished going through Daniel Chapters 1-6 (History, which dealt with How to BE AN OVERCOME) before we started Chapters 7-12 (Prophetic, Which was to help us know future events). This verse is a confirmation: If U don' love & seek how to gain Victory over sin, living in total obedience to God, preaching & practicing righteousness, still living in sin BUT are interested in Knowing Future events, U will NEVER UNDERSTAND. U will never received revelational knowledge. Those who love sin will not understand, even if they study & read a lot of books. They will not gain spiritual understanding even if they sit in every Church meetings, speak in tongues or perform miracles. At best, they will have distorted understanding but not genuine one. Lovers of truth/righteousness & hater of sin is the one whom God grants spiritual understanding.
V11&12: This verse tells us that, when the Anti-Christ stops the daily sacrifice and begins to rule, it will be 1290 days; which is (1,260 days i.e 3 and half years) plus 30 days (extra period). There will be an additional 70days, totalling days. Maybe those extra days are connected to the final Battle ''Armageddon.'' So, the second half of the Anti-Christ's 7-year reign -1,260. After that, there will be extra 30days and extra 70 days. Thus; 1,260days+30days=1,290days +70days =1,335days). So when the last half part of the Anti-Christ is over, the Battle of Armageddon is fought; Satan and his army are defeated & Christ begins to reign. But since those who will be be Resurrected to LIFE (i.e. to reign with Christ) must be Rewarded and shine in accordance with their works & degree of honesty to God (Refer to V2 & Rev 22:12), the Angel is telling Daniel in V12 specifically that blessed is he who is able to make it. Thus, blessed are those who will be with Christ in His Kingdom.
V13: Still, Daniel didn't understand, But the Angel told him that, ''...go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.'' Here is the encouragement, Daniel didn't understand most of the things the Angel told him; but if he was to remain faithful till the end, he would be Resurrected on the Last Day and Receive His Reward. In the same way, though God will grant us a lot of understanding regarding the prophecies to those of us who are living in the End Time, but not all of them would we understand. But if we will remain faithful till the end, God will Resurrect us on the Last Day and Reward us.
It's my humble and honest prayer that God keeps us under His shadows, keeping us safe & saved TILL HE COMES OR HE CALLS US. HOW GLORIOUS IT IS, TO BE UNDER GOD'S FEET...AND HOW EVEN MORE GLORIOUS IT SHALL BE TO BE WITH GOD, SEEING JESUS FACE TO FACE. PLEASE LORD, LET THY WILL BE DONE IN OUR LIVES, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY, WITH THANKSGIVING. AMEN
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
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►Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Eleven►Daniel 11(B) Prophecy About The Emergence of A Shadow Anti-Christ Before Christ's 1st Coming & the Real Anti-Christ before Christ's 2nd Coming (Daniel 11:21-45).From Verses 1-20, we learned how the Conflicts in the Middle-East were revealed to Daniel nearly 200yrs before it took place, which also preceded the 1st Coming of Christ. Those wars, about 22 in all, were mostly between Syria (North of ISRAEL, GOD'S NATION) & Egypt (South of ISRAEL). We also learned that even great wars/conflicts will continue to take place in & around Israel (Middle-East) Before the 2nd Coming of Christ and we have started witnessing it in our days; telling us that very soon Christ will come. The wars goin on in & around Israel, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq & nations in the Middle-East are prophetic.
Verses 21-45 of Daniel 11 talk about the final lap of the conflict that were between Syria & Egypt. For example, Syria would pass through Israel to fight withe The Egyptians & the Egyptians would also later pass through Israel to attack Syria. Not only do the Verses 21-45 give us the Final lap; A CLUE/CUE TO IDENTIFYING THE ANTI-CHRIST & WHAT he WOULD DO WERE ALSO GIVEN IN THAT PROPHECY. To understand verses 21-45 very well, first read Daniel 8:9-13 which talks about the little horn, the Anti-Christ, or Read this message we've shared early on: Tue.Feb 18, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Eight, Daniel 8; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=249052948608711&set=a.204393609741312.1073741828.202804766566863&type=1&theater)
As we did with Verses 1-20, we're goin' to use same format:What I have done (I give the Glory to God) is to Narrate to U how History Fulfilled The Prophecy Given From Verses 21-45. Your Work is To Open Your Bible to Daniel Chapter 11:21-45. See, From Verse to Verse, How The Prophecy Given To Daniel at that time was EXACTLY FULFILLED later. For example; after reading Verse(s) from the Bible, U then Read how those Verse(s) U read were fulfilled in history Before Christ's 1st Coming; which will again happen before Christ's 2nd Coming. Let's Go.....
In verse 20, we learned the king of Syria (Antiochus the III or the Great) died; his son succeeded him. In order to increase the revenue of Syria, he widened the tax net & increased the amount the Syrians paid for tax. But he was killed in a very short time, privately; he was poisoned by his own servant.
21-29: History tells us that Antiochus IV Epiphanes (a.k.a. Mithridates) became the king of Syria. Note: he came before Christ's 1st Coming. He's a MINIATURE, PROTOTYPE, SHADOW OF THE ANTICHRIST WHO WILL APPEAR BEFORE CHRIST'S 2ND COMING. As we go through THE CHARACTER OF Antiochus IV Epiphanes & WHAT DID, COMPARE THEM TO THE CHARACTER & WHAT THE ANTICHRIST WILL ALSO DO BEFORE CHRIST'S 2ND COMING. A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. History tells us Antiochus IV Epiphanes was very vile, ascended to the throne via false peace & flatteries. He seized power by trickery because he was not the rightful heir to the throne. This was how he rose to power: As the son & a potential successor of King Antiochus III the Great, Antiochus IV Epiphanes became a political hostage of the Roman Republic following the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. When his older brother, Seleucus IV followed his father onto the throne in 187 BC, Antiochus was exchanged for his nephew Demetrius I Soter (the son & heir of Seleucus). After King Seleucus was assassinated by Heliodorus, a usurper, in 175 BC, Antiochus in turn ousted him. Since Seleucus' legitimate heir, Demetrius I Soter, was still a hostage in Rome, Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus (whom he then murdered a few years later). He was very very deceitful, crafty & cunning. He also loved money & prosperity. Pray to God to deliver U, if U have any of these traits. It's the Spirit of the Anti-Christ.
History continues that Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to fight against Egypt but he failed. He then turned his anger on the people of God (the Jews). History tells us that while he was busy in Egypt, rumor spread that he had been killed. The High Priest Jason, who was deposed by Antiochus gathered a force of 1,000 soldiers & made a surprise attack on the city of Jerusalem & the High Priest appointed by Antiochus, Menelaus, was forced to flee Jerusalem during a riot. On Antiochus return from Egypt in 167 BC, enraged by his defeat, he attacked Jerusalem and restored Menelaus & executed many Jews. In other words, when he heard the news when returning from defeated war from Egypt, he thought Judea was in revolt that's why he took Jerusalem by storm, ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy those whom they met & to slay the Jews who took refuge in their houses. There was a massacre of young & old, women & children, a slaughter of virgins & infants. In the space of three days, 80,000 were lost, 40,000 met a violent death, & another 40,000 were sold into slavery. On conference table, just as it is happening in our days, politicians and world leaders lie. In their mind, they hate each other, but on their lips, they speak good words to one another and greet each other.
30-35: History says he sided with the Hellenized/Compromised Jews by outlawing Jewish religious rites & traditions kept by True Jews; ordering the worship of Zeus as supreme god, instead of LORD GOD. To make matters worse, he sacrificed pigs on the Altar in the Temple & ordered the True Jews to eat pork, an anathema/abomination to the Jews & when they refused, Antiochus sent an army to enforce his decree & because of the Jews resistance, he slaughtered many Jews & destroyed the city of Jerusalem (the Beautiful Land, the Holy Land).
Still, God didn't kill him, for his time was not yet come. It means, those of us who will take sides with God and refuse to obey Festivals, rites, human customs & traditions which have been indirectly engineered by the Anti-Christ, are goin' to be killed. In these last days, those of us whom God have granted us the understanding of His Revelation, will share it with all people and those whom God wants to save will listen, repent & live for God. But there will be hypocrites who will try to mingle with us. That's why as True Children of God, we must be careful we don' accept flatteries & praises of Men. We should channel all to God, for God will expose those who just come to flatter us when their hearts are not for God. We must be wise and discern.
36-43 are summed up in this way; The Anti-Christ will.....
--Do things according to his own will
--Exalt himself above everything & everyone, even above GOD
(But he will not be destroyed until the appointed time. But when the appointed time is due, he will not escape: All that God has planned to do He will do to the Anti-Christ)
--Not desire women (Talmuz. Ezekiel 8:14). Signifying he might be a celibate, and will promote abortion. Anti-God, Anti-Children, Anti-Christ.
--Honour god of forces/war, god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things (Prosperity).
--establish a 7-yr covenant with the Jews, but half-way through (i.e. 3 & half years), he will break the covenant.
--Give lands and properties to anyone who bows down to him. That's, anyone who receives his mark shall prosper; they will be able to buy & sell.
--Persecute the Jews & anyone who would not receive his mark. That's when the Anti-Christ is fully ruling the world.
--Conquer Libya, Egypt & Ethiopia & take their resources.
--Not be able to Conquer JORDAN (in our days) which made of Edom, Moab, & Ammon (in the days of Daniel). As of now, God hasn't shown me the reason why Jordan will escape. I praise HIM for that. If HE reveals it to me, later, Praise HIM. If HE DOESN'T, PRAISE HIM.
44: When the Anti-Christ's destruction is getting near, some forces from the east & the north (Maybe army from China or Russia) will frighten/trouble him (Forces coming across the Euphrates. Refer to Rev 16). But with great fury, he'll meet them & destroy them & totally make away many.
45: Finally, he will set his tent/palace between the Dead Sea & the Mediterranean Sea (i.e. in Jerusalem) and on the Holy Mountain where the Holy Temple stands.
Spirit of discernment & revelational knowledge are needed here: See Right from Daniel 11-1-45; Compare it to History & Current development in & around the Middle-East, with Israel & Jerusalem being the Focal Points. The Rebuilding of the Temple (The Third Time) is in the pipeline. Can't U see that we're living in the last days?
This is what God has laid on my heart to tell U: Don' wait till U see the Anti-Christ before U repent. Maybe (and just maybe) he is already in the world; for his spirit started working right from the Babylonian kingdom through all the kingdoms that followed till now. That's why God has laid on my heart to tell people that they should ALWAYS GET PREPARED AS A SOLDIER -- WE NEED NOT TO WAIT TO SEE THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BEING CALLED ANTI-CHRIST BEFORE WE REPENT. THAT WILL BE TOO LATE; FOR his spirit is already at work. U can also die anytime. TIME IS RUNNING OUT, ACCEPT CHRIST'S INVITATION.
If God permits, we shall start Part Twelve, Daniel Chapter 12 on Thursday, February 27, 2014.
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
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►Monday, Feb 24, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Eleven►Daniel 11(A) Prophecy About The Conflicts That Were To Take Place in the Middle-East Before Christ's 1st Coming & His 2nd Coming (Daniel 11:1-20)God revealed to Daniel in detail the two-fold Wars that were to take place in the Middle-East. The 1st Fold was to take place Before Christ's 1st Coming & the 2nd Fold was to take place before His 2nd Coming. How the 1st Fold was fulfilled in History is what I have placed side by side from verses 1-20. The 2nd Fold is what we've been witnessing in and around Israel, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, the other nations in the Middle-East.
To understand this message, please read this message first (Tue.Feb 18, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Eight, Daniel 8; https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=249052948608711&set=a.204393609741312.1073741828.202804766566863&type=1&theater)
Now, what I have done (I give the Glory to God) is to Narrate to U how History Fulfilled The Prophecy Given From Verses 1 to 20. Your Work is To Open Your Bible to Daniel Chapter 11:1-20. See From Verse to Verse How The Prophecy Given To Daniel at that time was EXACTLY FULFILLED later. For example; after reading Verses 1-2 from the Bible, U then Read how Verses 1-2 were fulfilled in history as I have written below. The subsequent verses should follow same line of action. Let's Go.....
1-2: History tells us in Persia there were 3 kings (Darius & Cyrus and Ahasurerus) & there was 4th one, Xerxes, who was the richest (reigned 485–465 BC). He was puffed up due to his riches, attacked Greece and defeated them. Prophecy Fulfilled .
3: History tells us Alexander the Great of Greece later went to Persia with great fury to defeat them. Exactly as prophesied.
4-5: History says surprisingly, Alexander died at age 33 & four of his Generals divided the kingdom into North (Syria), South (Egypt), East (Turkey) & West (Greece). But they were not powerful as Alexander himself. Two of these four kingdoms are of prophetic essence; North of ISRAEL is Syria; South of ISRAEL is Egypt. Prophetically positioned. But the King of the south (Egypt) was stronger than the king of the north (Syria). History confirmed this. The kings of south (Egypt) held the title ''Pharaoh'' in some time past, but when history was fulfilling this prophecy, the kings of Egypt held the title ''Ptolemy'' as the Kings of (Syria) held the Title ''Antiochus.''
6: One of the generals of the king of the south (Egypt) moved out to reign in the north (Syria). The king of Egypt (an Ptolemy) at the time gave his daughter in marriage to the king of Syria (an Antiochus). But the wife of that Antiochus murdered her husband (that Antiochus), Ptolemy's daughter & all the men who brought the girl & she placed her own son on the throne.
7-9: Not too long, history tells us that a sister of the murdered girl became a Ptolemy (i.e. king of the south - Egypt) who went to the north (Syria), attacked and defeated them in revenge for her sister's death. He took gods, princes & precious vessels of silver & gold from Syria & brought them to his land (South - Egypt).
10-11: History tells us that the king of the north (Syria) gathered a large army to attack the king of the South (Egypt) but in his anger, the king of Egypt marched to meet the king of the north & his army defeated them.
12: Due to his victory (for he killed ten thousand of Syrians), the king of the south (Egypt) was puffed up.
13: The king of the north (Syria) went back, regathered a formidable army, stronger & richer than his first squad which brought his defeat. With such a formidable force, Syria defeated Egypt.
14-15: Many nations stood against the king of Egypt. And violent Jews, who thought of rebelling because of a vision they've seen, failed. Due to this, the king of Syria came back and waged war against the king of Egypt and defeated him, destroying their fortified city. The soldiers of Egypt, even the best of them, didn't have enough strength to fight; so they retreated.
16-17: The king of Syria, boasted of his military might & the riches he had & displayed it. And to totally destroy his enemy's kingdom and to solidify his kingdom, he adopted the strategy which one of the kings of Egypt used but failed early on. He gave his daughter Cleopatra in marriage to the king of Egypt. But his daughter disappointed him because she didn't side with her father.
18-19: The king of Syria (Antiochus the III or the Great) matched his army to fight against Egypt through the Sea, but he didn't succeed. As he was returning to his land, he was killed by the Romans. That was when Roman Empire was gathering momentum.
20: The king of Syria (Antiochus the III or the Great) son succeeded him. In order to increase the revenue of Syria, he widened the tax net & increased the amount the Syrians paid for tax. But he was killed in a very short time, privately; he was poisoned by his own servant.
Dear Reader; Match the History, as narrated above, to the Prophecy, as shown to Daniel by Angel Gabriel from Verses 1-20 and see if there is any contradiction. Note this: History tells us that abt 22 wars took place between these two nations (Egypt & Syria) and among the many nations that surround Israel.
But before it took place, God had already revealed to Daniel, though he didn't understand it then. Glory to God U & I have been granted the privilege to look back to see how exactly these prophecies were fulfilled through history. Isn't Middle-east the center of series of wars in our days?
God willing, tomorrow, we shall see the concluding part (i.e. Verses 21 to 45) which deals with Prophecy about a Shadow Anti-Christ Before Christ's 1st Coming and the Real Anti-Christ before Christ's 2nd Coming.
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
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►Sunday, Feb 23, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Ten►Daniel 10WARFARE: SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION (Daniel 10:10-21).NOTE: Whatever Happens in the Physical Realm, Happens in Spiritual Realm First. There are super demonic spirits satan has assign to countries/nations/cities & presidents/heads of states/kings etc. Our Enemies are not fellow human Beings; Our enemies are Demonic forces that are not Identified with Natural Sense.
In Chapter 6, we learned it was Daniel's style; Praying 3 times a day. But what was the content of his prayer? The king Decreed to prevent Daniel from praying to his God. Yet he was not moved; the king sent him into Lions' Den, yet he kept on praying 3times a day. In Chapter 10, we learned yesterday it was the burden Daniel had abt God's Name which many heathen people disregarded, the Rebuilding of the City of Jerusalem & the Temple that made Daniel pray 3 times a day. In Chapter 10 here, Daniel specifically declared a 3-Week/21-Day Pray, Fasting & Mourning. Daniel was still serving kings of Medo-Persian Empire whilst some of the Jews had been sent back to Jerusalem to Rebuild the City & the Temple. They started laying the foundation but was halted. It was for this reason that he embarked on the 3-Week/21-Day Pray, Fasting & Mourning, though he was then 90yrs. Incredible! Many Christians haven't reached even age 50, yet they give flimsy excuses for not fasting. Daniel didn't get the answer until after 20Days (i.e on the 21st Day or the Last Day of his prayer, fasting & morning).
In Daniel 9:21-23, learned that God loved Daniel so much so that the prayers & supplications he made to God, the answer was given to Gabriel to bring it to Daniel the first day. In fact, the Angel confirms it in Daniel 10:12 that the answer was granted & he, Angel Gabriel, was bringing it to Daniel the very day he started the prayers, fasting and mourning. SO WHY DID THE ANSWER DELAY? IT WAS THE WORK OF DEMONIC FORCE (Spiritual Opposition). Daniel 10:13 says that THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA WITHSTOOD ANGEL GABRIEL FOR 20 DAYS. This prince of Persia is not the son of a king from Persia; It was a Demonic spirit satan has assigned to Persian kingdom. Now these are THREE vital lessons we should learn;
1. satan has assigned superior demonic forces to every country, kingdom, political head (king, president, head of state). These spirits controls (or at least, have the duty of controlling) these nations and their leaders. The spirits are to Resist the Work & Will of God for His people so the spirits work to spiritually prevent the Will of God happening on earth, even as the nations & the leaders they control also act in a way which are Anti-God. That is why Jesus said we should pray for God's WILL TO BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (Matthew 6:9-13)
2. Never Give Up, when you don' get answer to your prayer, instantly. A lot of things happen when we pray. If it is truly according to the Will of God, without selfish interest, with a pure heart, then three things happen. God will say (i) U have a genuine concern but I will not grant it to U else U will backslide (ii) I have heard your prayer but wait for a while & (ii) Yes, I have heard your prayer; Receive your answer. In Daniel 10, the (iii) was the answer God gave -- the very fisrt day Daniel started the 21-Day fasting. But the superior demon, prince of persia, whom satan has assigned to the Persia (or Medo-Persian) kingdom/empire had a warfare with Gabriel. So for 20days, Gabriel and that demonic spirit were fighting. What would have happened if Daniel had given up before the 21 days were over? Of course, Angel Gabriel might have returned to God with the answer, and Daniel's prayer would have remained Unanswered. Keep on praying, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. We don' use insult, gun- not even nuclear weapon-- But Prayer, Faith & the Word of God through Fasting, even as we ware the whole armor of God (2 Corinthians 10:4, Ephesians 6:10-18). Again, there are demonic spirits that satan has tasked to bring God's people down. The higher your task/calling is, the mightier the demon satan assigns to U. That's why we're told that we are not wrestling against flesh & blood, but of principalities & spiritual wickedness (Ephesians 6:12). It was the persistent pray of Daniel that moved God to send a reinforcement, Angel Michael, to release Gabriel to bring the answer.
(3) Anything that happens physically happens spiritually first. Before Christ died on the Cross in the New Testament, the Bible had already given us a shadow of His death in the Old Testament first (The Lamb who was killed and the Skin used to cloth Adam & Eve; The Bronze Serpent Moses Erected on the Tree to heal those who were bitten by snakes due to their sins; etc) In the same way, if the King halted the Rebuilding of the City of Jerusalem & the Temple; if some enemies of the Jews resisted them from REBUILDING, then we must discern & know that evil spirits might have caused it in the spiritual realm first. This is what we must know & do: Human beings are not our enemies. Our enemies are demonic spirits who controls human beings. The boss who hates U; the tenant or landlord who always fights with U without a reasonable cause; the guy who accuses U falsely-- they are not your enemies. Your enemies are satan & his demonic spirits. If U are a Winner in the Spiritual Realm, U will be a Winner in the Physical realm. The spiritual realm dictates to the physical realm.
So, after delivering the answer to Daniel & telling him what were to happen in future, Angel Gabriel went back. But he made a remarkable statement: He said when he is gone, the prince of Grecia would come. It means that, of course, the Medo-Persian kingdom would fall & the kingdom of Greece would emerge with satan assigning a demon to control the kingdom & its king.
May God grant us understanding and power to live victoriously; first in spiritual realm & second in the physical realm. Amen! If God permits, we shall tackle Daniel Chapter 11 tomorrow.
Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
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►Saturday, Feb 22, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Ten►Daniel 10WARFARE: Physical Opposition (Daniel 10:1-9 & Ezra Chapters 1-6).When Medo-Persia, led by Cyrus (Persian) & his uncle Darius (Medes), defeated Babylon, it was exactly Israel's 70yrs in exile, just as Prophet Jeremiah said (Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10). Many years earlier, Prophet Isaiah had prophesied that Israel would be ReBuilt & the name of the king who was to DECREE for the ReBuilding was even given; 'Cyrus' (Isaiah 44:26-28; 45:13).
To fulfill prophecies, God moved the heart of Cyrus in his 1st year as king to DECREE that the Jew must go to Jerusalem to Rebuilding the city & its Temple (Ezra 1:1; 2 Chronicles 36:22-22), just as God used United Nation to declare Israel a state in 1948 (NB: God can use both good & bad people/organisation to fulfill a purpose). More Jews went back to Jerusalem to rebuild (Ezra 1,2&3), but they met Physical & Spiritual Oppositions (We'll see the Spiritual Opposition in Message 2).
Physical Opposition:
When Sheshbazzar had led the Jews to lay the foundation, enemies came to help them in Rebuilding (False Unity). Zerubbabel, Jeshua & other Jews resisted. The enemies' leader wrote to Artaxerxes, against the Jews; to stop them from rebuilding, else they/Israelites would be nuisance; because they did same before their destruction. The king was convinced if the Jews rebuilt, they would not pay toll, tribute & custom; which would reduce his revenue. So asked the enemies to go & stop the Jews from Rebuilding (Ezra 4).
In Ezra 5, God raised Prophets Haggai & Zechariah to prophesy to the Jews to Resuming Rebuilding. Governor Tatnai asked who had commanded them to Resume Rebuilding & they replied The Most High God, who sent them to exile in Babylon, was the same ONE who had brought them back to Rebuild, via a Decree given by Cyrus in his 1st year. So the governor wrote to then king Darius, to search the books (of history) if what the Jews said was true or not.
In Ezra 6, King Darius asked people to search & they found out not only did Cyrus Decree the return of the Jews & rebuild of the Temple; he also gave in detail how it was to be Rebuilt - exactly as God had shown him. Darius had no option than Decreeing that Tatnai should allow the Jews to Rebuild & anyone who resisted, a timber be pulled down from his house, set it up, be hanged on it; and his house be made a dunghill. They finished Rebuilding on the 3rd month of Adar, which was in the 6th year of the reign of Darius & they dedicated it to God, amidst joy. They began to observe other Jewish rites/festivals.
Daniel 10:1-4: In between the Starting & Completion of Rebuilding in Jerusalem, some events were taking place elsewhere in Medo-Persian Kingdom, where Daniel was still serving. Daniel Chapter Ten recorded one of such events. What was Daniel still doin in exile? Interceding for the Jews back home so they could Complete the ReBuilding; for he had learned there was an embargo placed on the Jews, preventing them from Continuing the Rebuilding. Daniel Declared 3-Week or 21-Day Prayer, Fasting & Mourning in the 3rd year of King Cyrus. Daniel was more concerned abt Rebuilding of God's Holy City (Jerusalem) & His Dwelling Place (the Temple) than his private comfort or his return from exile. Are U more concerned about How to make your Body a Temple of Christ & to share the Salvation Message with the Lost world than becoming materially rich? Think about it carefully. Now, exactly in the four & twentieth day of the 1st month, Daniel was by the side of great river Hiddekel when he had a vision. He was about 90yrs.
Daniel 10:5-9 describes how all those who were with him fled & hid due to earthquake & he was left alone to see the vision, describing a Certain Man (The Messiah/Jesus Christ of Nazareth) who appeared to him. Anytime Christ Jesus, God or His angel appeared to servants of God, they couldn't stand. It happened to Isaiah, John the Revelator, Paul etc. This tells us that, no matter how holy a person appears, his holiness is like a filthy rag before God. It is Only the Imputed Holiness & Righteousness of Christ Jesus on us through His atonement on the Cross, which we receive Freely through salvation, that can make us Holy; Our Personal Works CAN NEVER. Daniel 10:10-11 talk about Angel Gabriel, whom God sent to talk & show Daniel a message.
God willing, we shall look at Warfare: Spiritual Opposition tomorrow, Sunday February 23, 2014.
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ALL GLORY TO GOD
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►Thursday, Feb 20, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Nine►Daniel 9(2) MEANING: Daniel's Intercessory Prayer & The Seventy Sevens.God's Word, Vision, Dreams, Prophecies Promises Are YES & AMEN.
V1-2: We learned about the reasons/sins that led the people of Judah into exile (Seehttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=226737390840267&set=a.204393609741312.1073741828.202804766566863&type=1&theater). The True Prophets warned them but they didn't listen. Isaiah (for many years) & Jeremiah (for 40yrs) prophesied God would let Nebuchadnezzar invade, loot the Temple & carry them into exile in Babylon & after 70yrs, He, God, would bring them Back (Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10, Ezekiel 36:28,33,35,36). (See https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=226553890858617&set=a.204393609741312.1073741828.202804766566863&type=1&theater)
But their return was not goin' to be automatic; a diligent person had to intercede on behalf of the people. Daniel was the right man; he searched the Scriptures, prayed & fasted unto God in the 1st year of King Darius, when Babylonian Empire had fallen & Medo-Persian had risen, exactly the 70yrs the prophets prophesied. IT IS SO PAINFUL THAT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ISRAEL'S MOVEMENT FROM EGYPT TO CANAAN; BUT THEY DON' KNOW ISRAEL'S MOVEMENT FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM (God willing, we shall look at this topic some day to come). Daniel was a student of Scriptures, that was why he could humbly approach God for their deliverance.
V3-19 described how Daniel approached God, when he got to know that God had prophesied abt their return. In fact, he could have gone to bed because God would do it Himself. That would have been laziness on Daniel's part. Because he knew Scriptures, though God had promised to send them back after the 70yrs, the people were to pray to God before the prophecy would be activated (Ezekiel 36:36). If U recall, in Chapter 6, we were told Daniel prayed 3 times a day but we were not told what he prayed for, or about. But here in Chapter 9, we're told what he prayed for, even at old age, about 87yrs to 90yrs....
1. He humbled himself, wore sackcloth, sat in ashes, fasted & prayed.
2. He Worshiped God, stressed on how God Kept His Covenant & how He showed mercy to those who obeyed His Laws. 3. He saw himself as part of the problem. Daniel didn't justify himself. Though Daniel came into exile in his ''Teens'' and served God diligently even when he was old man (about 87yrs & 90yrs), he still didn't consider himself as RIGHTEOUS. He didn't point his fingers at others Daniel prayed & fasted according to Isaiah 58, so no wonder God listened to him. God has taught me this lesson: IF U DON' WANT PRIDE & SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS TO DESTROY U, IF U WANT YOUR PRAYERS & FASTING TO BE HEARD, SEE YOURSELF AS A SINNER & IT'S BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST WHICH GOD CLOTHES US WITH, THAT MAKES US RIGHTEOUS. IF GOD REMOVES THAT CLOTH FROM US (When We backslide & Move Away from God's Canopy), THE DEVIL CAN PIN POINT OUR SINS. Anyone, No matter how spiritual he is, who justifies & sees himself as ''righteous'' is as sinful as the Pharisee who was praying in the Temple, boasting. And anyone, no matter his spirituality, who humbles himself & considers himself as a sinner before God, is as righteous as the Tax Collector who was also praying in the Temple. Daniel said ''We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments..'' (V5). He prayed for forgiveness of his personal sins, that of his forefathers & his countrymen (who of course compromised on their faith in God in Babylon). Dear reader, have U been saved? Praise God. But that is not enough, pray for the restoration of Christians who have fallen; let's pray for the salvation of Israel, our family members, countrymen, friends & even enemies. Hell & the Lake of Fire are not places where we should wish for even our worst enemy. Let's pray that God rest. God doesn't want anybody to die & go to Hell, so as His followers, we should have same spirit to pray, fast & preach the gospel.
V20-23: God heard Daniel's prayer & sent Angel Gabriel to bring the Answerl; To give him insight & understanding. We shall see why Angel Gabriel kept long in delivering God's answer to Daniel's Prayer in Chapter 10.
V24: It will take the Jews seventy sevens (i.e. 70weeks, or 490 days, which Biblically is 490yrs) for them to FINISH SINNING. The Angel again said Christ would come and perform six things: He'll (1) Finish with Transgression--Deal with rebellion which started by Lucifer, now Devil. (2) Put an end to sin--Giving to His Children Victory Over Sin (3) atone for wickedness--He did that on the Cross (4) everlasting righteousness--Not part time righteousness/up-and-down holiness; but Perfect holiness Given to the Church bu Christ through His own righteousness. Our Righteousness is Christ (5) seal up vision and prophecy--To Fulfill All Visions & Prophecies. Christ is THE EPITOME OF ALL VISIONS & PROPHECY (6) anoint the most holy--Christ was to take all sins to the Cross in His Body and upon satisfying the Holy Wrath/Anger of God on the Cross, we can have ASSESS to the Most Holiest section of the Temple that was severed from the other parts with a Veil. When Christ died, the veil tore.
V25&26: Rebuilding Jerusalem & the Temple that Nebuchadnezzar burned would meet opposition (Sanbalat & Tobais) NehemÃah 2:19. From the time a decree was issued for the Jews to go to Jerusalem to REBUILD the Temple (in Nehemiah's time in 445BC) TO the Time that Jesus Christ Comes, there were to be 7Weeks/49Yrs (Seven Sevens) plus 434Wks/434yrs (Sixty Two Sevens) WHICH IS EQUAL TO 483yrs from the issue of the decree for the Rebuilding of the Temple. So to know when Christ was to die, 483-445 will give us 38AD. But because in the Old Testament, the days were counted as 360 in a year with each month counted as 30days, the 38AD would reduce if we are to use our current calendar. So to avoid ambiguity, we can say that Christ was Crucified in between 38AD & 29AD. The lesson we are to learn is that; God gave a message to Angel Gabriel to deliver to Daniel that the Messiah would come & at an appointed time, He would be crucified and will not leave any material possessions behind. ''The people of the ruler who will come, the Romans, will destroy the city, Jerusalem, and the sanctuary, the Temple (This happened in 70AD). Then we're given a cue as to things that would happen: (1) end will come like a flood (2) War will continue until the end & (3) desolations have been decreed. Israel became a nation again in 1948; very prophetic. The desolation also symbolize what the Anti-Christ would do in the end times. Read below.
V27: talks about the Anti-Christ; he will confirm/establish a covenant with many people for 7years (one 'seven'). But half way through (when it is 3 & half years), he will break the covenant, stop sacrifice and offering; he will set up his throne in Jerusalem and in the temple and demand worship (that is the abomination that causes desolation). This was what Jesus was referring to when He said in Matthew 24:15 ''“So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place, let the reader understand. When this happens, Dear Reader, if U are alive, Know that CHRIST'S COMING IS FEW INCHES AWAY. Praise God.
IN CONCLUSION:
God, through vision, showed Abraham how his descendants would be exiled for 400yrs in Egypt & would bring them back (Genesis 15:12-17). It HAPPENED: God used Moses as instrument & when Egyptians' sins had piled up so high, and Pharaoh had been so rebellious, God punished them by burying them in the Red Sea & sent Israelites back to Canaan.
''Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.'' (Ecclesiastes 8:11). Because God is so merciful, not wanting anyone to perish, He delays His Justice & Does Not Punish us Instantly. But instead of men/sinners to repent, they rather become stiff-necked, rebellious & worsen their plight. But I can I assure U that, when the sins pile up to the brim, when men crosses the land, God visits with punishment.
In Genesis 18:20, when God had given Sodom & Gomorrah several years to repent but had failed to repent; when their sins had piled up to the brim, God punished them with sulfur & brimstone.
Again, because the Jews rejected The Messiah & their leaders told Pilate that Jesus' Blood should be on them--for they falsely accused Jesus & crucified him in place of Barabas--God's judgement was to fall on them. It was for this reason that Jesus, when entering Jerusalem, prophesied that Jerusalem would be trampled upon & be destroyed. So abt 37yrs to 40yrs after Christ's death (abt 70 A.D.), the Romans invaded Jerusalem & destroyed the Temple.
IF U & I DO NOT REPENT & LIVE FOR CHRIST TILL DEATH OR HE COMES, WE CAN BE REST ASSURED OF A SEVERE PUNISHMENT; FOR HE WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN MUCH (INFORMATION & GRACE), GOD EXPECTS MUCH FROM US. MAY HE BE OUR HELP...AMEN
If God permits, we shall move to Daniel Chapter 10 on Saturday, Feb 22, 2014. (NB: U have read a lot about what God has been teaching us regarding End Time Events BUT I HAVE CAREFULLY STAYED OUT OF PREDICTING THE DATE ON WHICH CHRIST IS COMING. Pls, U must do same. U can talk about the signs preceding the 2nd Coming of Christ, But NEVER EVER FIX A DATE. Thank U).
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
ALL GLORY TO GOD
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►Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Nine►Daniel 9(1) THE STORY: Daniel's Intercessory Prayer & The Seventy Sevens.''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;
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. 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
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; 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:
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. 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
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.
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;
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. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.''
If God permits, we shall see the Explanation/Meaning Later Today.
ALL GLORY TO GOD.
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►Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 || Lessons From DANIEL Chapters 2,7&81.Sovereignty Resides in God: Contrary to one of the gimmicks of Politicians, Soverignty resides in God (Not in the populace). God is Sovereign. He Determines everything. Nothing happens without His knowledge. He is Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent and MOST POWERFUL. Make no mistake to compare anyone to HIM.2. God Works With Time Line/Table: He told Jeremiah to prophesy to the people of Judah that they would be exiled for 70yrs & He would send them back afterwards. He mentioned the king who, together with Daniel, would work out their home-coming. Exactly when they had spent 70yrs in Babylon, God used Cyrus & Darius of Medo-Persian empire to overpower Babylon and Cyrus was the king who was to be positively influenced by Daniel to send God's people back to Jerusalem. Again, from Daniel Chapters 2, 7 & 8, God stated clearly the kingdoms & the kings that would rule the world right from that time to the last days; From the ......
-->The Head (made of Gold), a Lion, Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon
-->The Chest & Arms (made of silver), a Bear, Ram with 2 horns, Cyrus & Darius, Medo-Persia
-->The Belly & Thighs (made of Bronze), Leopard, he/shaggy-goat, little horn (Alexander the Great) & 4 horns (his 4 Generals who divided his kingdom), Greece. With the one who took Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (a.k.a. Mithridates) invading Jerusalem, abolishing Jewish rites such as daily sacrifice, killing many people etc (A picture of the Anti-Christ)
-->The Legs (made of iron), Beasts with iron teeth, The Caesars & other Emperors of the Roman Empire.
-->The Feet with 10 Toes (made of a mixture of clay & iron), Ten horns, out of which when one little horn (Anti-Christ) is about to appear, Three of the Toes/horns/kingdoms/Kings will be destroyed. Dear Reader, if we are not living in the days of these kings, then we are very, very close.
---> FINALLY, THE KING OF KINGS (THE MESSIAH), THE ROCK, WILL CRUSH THE STATUE (ALL THE PREVIOUS KINGDOMS) FROM THE FOOT (i.e. the 7 kings & the Anti Christ). HE WILL DESTROY THEM & ESTABLISH HIS EVERLASTING KINGDOM & REIGN TOGETHER WITH HIS CHOSEN ONES. THIS IS GOD'S TIME TABLE. AND AS WE LOOK BACK (THROUGH HISTORY), WE HUMANITY HAS NAVIGATED THROUGH THE TIME LINE. THE HOPE WE HAVE IN GOD IS: HE DOESN'T LIE...ALL THAT HE HAS PROMISED, HE WATCHES TO PERFORM.
3. Humility: If by now, U haven't learned how to humble yourself before God, then U must go back to Chapter 1, through to 8. Any king who failed to give Glory to God & became proud was humbled. If U have beautiful family, any spiritual gift (teaching, healing, word of knowledge, discernment of spirit, speak in tongues, Giving, charity, etc), please KNOW THAT IT IS GOD WHO HAS GIVEN IT TO U. U DON' OWEN ANYTHING. BE THANKFUL TO GOD. U ARE ONLY A CARE TAKER. GOD IS THE OWNER. GIVE THE CREDIT/GLORY TO GOD.
4. No Need To Fear: If U know that God is in control of affairs, U wont be afraid of what the devil or his agents will do to U. To the Glory of God, He granted be the grace to go through some of the difficult moments of my life; My first born underwent surgery, scorpion stung my wife, I felt sick, nearing death, the car also developed mechanical faults and a litany of issues. But to the Glory of God, Christ held me tight through it all. Dear Reader, we have a Mighty God who has promised to be with us. Yesterday, I was almost involved in accident. But I care less about what the devil will do. God is with us; THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. FEAR/REVEREND GOD & FEAR/HATE SIN. THAT'S ALL. OF COURSE, AS HUMAN, U WILL MAKE MISTAKE. BUT AS SOON AS THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS U, QUICKLY HUMBLE YOURSELF, CONFESS & REPENT FROM IT. AMEN
God willing, we shall look at [art Nine of End Time Series, which will cover Daniel Chapter 9 tomorrow.
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
ALL THE GLORY TO GOD
►Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 || END TIME SERIES Part Eight►Daniel 8(2) THE MEANING: Daniel’s Dream of the Ram, Goat, Horns & little horn. PLEASE, TAKE TIME TO READ BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW TO IDENTIFY THE ANTI-CHRIST.1-2: In king Belshazzar's 3rd yr reign, Daniel, who was abt 87yrs, had a vision in the palace of Shushan, the capital of Babylonian empire, in the province of Elam (Persia, now Iran) by the river of Ulai. By this time, Babylonian Empire was on the verge of collapsing, abt to make way for another super power.
3-4&20: The RAM Daniel saw represented the MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE. The two horns were the Kings of Media (shorter horn, Darius, came first) & Persia (higher horn, Cyrus, came last). NB: In Chapter 2 in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, we saw that Medo-Persian Empire/kingdom was represented by the chest and arms (Made of Silver); In Daniel's dream in Chapter 7, it was represented by the 2nd Beast (Bear); & in Daniels Vision here in Chapter 8, it is represented by a RAM. Don' also forget that we learned in Chapter 7 that the 2nd Beast (Bear) spread by conquest in 3 directions; North, South & West. Here in Chapter 8 too, Daniel saw the RAM pushing westward, northward & southward. Note that Medo-Persian Empire (Chest & Arms, Bear, Ram) forgot about God later, grew according its own will & became great in men's eyes. That is when it was ready to be humbled by the Almighty.
5-8 & 21-22: The he/shaggy Goat represented the GRECIAN/GREEK EMPIRE. In Daniel Chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar saw it to be the Belly & Thighs (Made of Bronze); In Chapter 7, Daniel saw it in his vision as the 3rd Beast (Leopard); & here in Chapter 8, Daniel saw it in his vision as a Shaggy/He Goat. The great horn in between its eyes was their first king, Alexander. History teaches he was called Alexander the Great. Many years before men called him Alexander the Great, when he was not even yet born, when probably his parents had not been born, let alone married, God had already foretold Daniel. Greece came from the West to defeat Medo Persia. History tells us that Medo-Persia first conquered Greece but Greece bounced back & with great fury, it defeated Medo-Persia (Iran) & raised it to the ground. Don' forget, in Chapter 7, we learned that the 3rd Beast (Leopard) spread through 4 directions; North, South, East & West and when it was destroyed, 4 kingdoms emerged from it. It is being reinforced here in Chapter 8. And history teaches us that when Alexander ''the great (horn)'' died at abt age 33, four kingdoms, headed by 4 of his Generals, emerged; the North (Syria), South (Egypt), East (Turkey) & West (Greece). But they were not as powerful as Alexander himself. But two of these 4 kingdoms are of prophetic essence; they are SYRIA & EGYPT. When we get to Daniel Chapter 11, God will teach us many lessons because He explains in detail Syria & Egypt. This is because to the North of ISRAEL is Syria & to the south is Egypt.
9-12&23-25: After Alexander's death, and out of the 4 kingdoms; North (Syria), South (Egypt), East (Turkey) & West (Greece), WOULD COME a little horn towards and move to the south, east and the beautiful land. And history teaches us that ''the little horn''
FIRST represents the General of Alexander who took the northern kingdom (Syria). Now, in fulfillment of Daniel's vision/prophecy, history tells us Antiochus IV Epiphanes (a.k.a. Mithridates), a Greek & a descendant of the General who took Syria, came to the south (Egypt) to wage war against it. But more importantly, he caused harm to Jerusalem (the Beautiful Land). How? History tells us that while Antiochus was busy in Egypt, rumor spread that he had been killed. The deposed High Priest Jason gathered a force of 1,000 soldiers & made a surprise attack on the city of Jerusalem. The High Priest appointed by Antiochus, Menelaus, was forced to flee Jerusalem during a riot. On Antiochus return from Egypt in 167 BC, enraged by his defeat, he attacked Jerusalem and restored Menelaus & executed many Jews. Thus, when he heard the news in Egypt, he though Judea was in revolt. So raging like a wild animal, he set out from Egypt and took Jerusalem by storm. He ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy those whom they met and to slay those who took refuge in their houses. There was a massacre of young and old, a killing of women and children, a slaughter of virgins and infants. In the space of three days, eighty thousand were lost, forty thousand meeting a violent death, and the same number being sold into slavery. He sided with the Hellenized Jews by outlawing Jewish religious rites & traditions kept by observant Jews & by ordering the worship of Zeus as supreme god. This was anathema/abomination to the Jews & when they refused, Antiochus sent an army to enforce his decree. Because of the resistance, the city of Jerusalem (the Beautiful, Holy Land) was destroyed, many were slaughtered, & a military Greek citadel called the ''Acra'' (Not Accra) was established. This happened abt 2 centuries B.C.
SECOND: The little horn, which represented Antiochus IV Epiphanes, represents THE ANTI-CHRIST IN THE END TIMES. So, once again, God hid the Church age (abt 200yrs) from Daniel and he was fast-forwarded to the reign of Anti-Christ; a king of fierce countenance & understanding dark sentences; his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power (but given him by satan): and he shall destroy wonderfully (through false miracles & pretense), & shall prosper (false prosperity), and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people (True Jews of God & Truly saved Gentiles). So here is the summation of the features of the Anti-Christ (1) he'll emerge when SIN/TRANSGRESSION has reached its highest point. (2) he'll be full of PRIDE; very boastful (3) expert in LIES through diplomacy & policy (3) SPEAK AGAINST GOD (4) he'll PERFORMING FALSE MIRACLES (5) himself & his followers will love, preach & practice prosperity gospel/message (which is false) (6)he'll love to have Jerusalem; the Beautiful/Holy City (6) he'll wage war against CHILDREN OF GOD & 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. We learned in Daniel Chapter 2 that a ROCK was cut and hit the foot/feet of the Statue. Thus Satan & the Anti-Christ will be destroyed; and the false prophets, teachers & all those whose names were not found in the Lamb's Book of Life will be thrown into the Lake of Fire.
But here is the discernment of Spirits; Dear Reader, Do Not wait till this man of sin appears; his spirit is ALREADY AT WORK, right from the time of Nebucchadnezzar (Head of Gold, Lion) through to the Church age (abt 2000yrs) & before he surfaces, his spirit would have prepared the grounds for him. Whenever U see or hear Lies, Pride, hatred for and persecution of Christ & His followers, when the world is crying for peace, freedom of worship & rights, superiority, one world government, music, religion, currency etc, please note that the spirit of Anti-Christ is at work. If U are proud, a liar, boastful, feel superior to others, or exhibit any kind of sin, please go on your knees, confess & repent from your sins. Christ will accept U and make U His won. If U are not on Christ's side, I can tell U without mincing words that U are on the devil's side. THERE IS NO MIDDLE WAY.
As for the 2,300 days that the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, and the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot, I don' know. God hasn't shown me whether it is actual days or years. Anyone who uses his human mind to explain it makes an error. Mr. William Miller (1782-1849), made a huge blunder by saying the 2300 evenings & mornings were ''years and counted forward from 457 BC when the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem was given (Dan. 9:24-25).'' When his initial predictions failed, he adjusted his findings to conclude that Jesus would return on March 21, 1844 and then later on October 22, 1844. After these too failed, Miller quit promoting his ideas on Jesus' return and the "Millerites" broke up. Mr. Joseph Bates (1792-1872), a retired sea captain and a convert to "Millerism" then began to promote the idea of Jesus moving into the heavenly sanctuary. He published a pamphlet which greatly influenced James (1821-1881) and Ellen G. White (1827-1915). It is these three who were the driving force behind the SDA movement. Numerous reports state that Ellen G. White saw visions from an early age. Such was the case shortly after the Great Disappointment. Mrs. White claimed to see in a vision of narrow path where an angel was guiding Adventists. Subsequent visions resulted in interpretations of the three angels in Rev. 14:6-11 as being 1843-1844 as the hour of God's judgment; the fall of Babylon signified by Adventists leaving various churches.
On the morning following the "Great Disappointment" of October 22, 1844, a Mr. Hiram Edson claimed to have seen a vision. He said that he saw Jesus standing at the altar of heaven and concluded that Miller had been right about the time, but wrong about the place. In other words, Jesus' return was not to earth, but a move into the heavenly sanctuary as is referenced in Heb. 8:1-2.
So my Question is: WHO FORCED THEM? Remember, one Camping, who recently died, also falsely predicted that Christ was goin' to return in 2012 but his prediction failed. NEVER EVER TRY TO FIX A DATE FOR CHRIST'S 2ND COMING. NOBODY KNOWS THE EXACT DATE OR HOUR. GOD ONLY GAVE US THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING SO THAT WE (HIS CHILDREN) WILL NOT BE CAUGHT UNAWARE. In sum, we know the SIGNS but not the DATE/HOUR of His 2nd Coming. Praise God.
clearly, there is synergy/consistency among Daniel Chapters 2, 7 & 8. God's Word is True. At the Right/Appointed Time, The Kingdoms (Parts of the statue, the Beasts) emerged & at the Right/Appointed Time, each was overthrown. Therefore, at the Right Time the Ten Kingdoms we've studied earlier & the Anti-Christ will appear & at the Right/Appointed Time, THE MESSIAH, THE KING OF KINGS & THE LORD OF LORDS, WILL OVERTHROW THEM ALL & ESTABLISH HIS EVERLASTING KINGDOM. IT'S MY HUMBLE PRAYER THAT GOD HAVE MERCY ON US AND MAKE US PART OF THOSE WHO ARE GOIN' TO BE PART OF HIS KINGDOM. AMEN.
GOD will give us GREAT LESSONS WE ARE TO LEARN FROM the Book of DANIEL, especially Chapters 2, 7 & 8 later today.
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
ALL THE GLORY/CREDIT/PRAISE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO GOD
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►Monday, Feb 17, 2014 || END TIME SERIES Part Eight►Daniel 8(1) THE STORY: Daniel’s Dream of the Ram, Goat, Horns & little horn.''In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
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.
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.
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 the sanctuary was cast down.
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.
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?
14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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.
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.
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
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.
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.
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.
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.
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.''
GOD WILLING, WE SHALL SEE THE MEANING TOMORROW.
ALL GLORY TO GOD
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