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James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
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Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Chapters: Daniel 7-9 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-258.html
Message Title: The Antichrist
Hello My Friend,
The world, and even many Christians take God's Word as just something to read, they believe it to be outdated, and in fact a myth or theory. Let me tell you, the more you read God's Word the more you understand that God did not give His Word to just the Christian or the Jew, He gave it to all mankind. Although there are Old and New Testaments, the entire book has one theme and one theme only, Christ. Sadly, both Jew and Christian have destroyed and or ignored His Word so much that no one knows this unless you are saved and read it from cover to cover, over and over again. There is life in the Son of God, who shed His blood and died for all who believe in Him. “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” - 1 John 5:11,12.
If you think that there was no mention of how important the need for Christ was during Old Testament times think again, He's throughout the entire book, the Jews would know Him as the Messiah, the Holy One of Israel, the Prince, and the Son of man to name a few. God revealed many prophecies of Christ concerning His birth, His death, and His reign as King. Through Daniel, God used him to reveal some amazing prophecies, including the return of Christ. Now, God spoke to Daniel through dreams as well as the kings in Babylon. During the time of Belshazzar, we learn of some of these dreams, first he sees four beasts, the forth is the most dreadful of all, and right after he sees something else, the Son of man.
“After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” - Daniel 7:7,11-14.
The four beasts represents the four world empires, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome at different times from the time of Daniel's prophecy to the kingdom of Christ, the fourth beast being the Antichrist would come in the last days before Christ returns in all His glory to take the throne once and for all. Christ will return and there will be one final judgment for all, including those who were around before He became the sacrifice to redeem all who receive in Him. Those that do not believe will be cast into the lake of fire along with the devil, the beast, and all who did not receive Him before they died. “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” - Revelation 20:10,13-15.
Daniel had another dream about a ram and a goat, this one was more disturbing then the last, God sends one of His angels, Gabriel to interpret the dream for him. “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. The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 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. 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.” - Daniel 8:19-21,24,25.
Out from the kingdoms of the last days a king of fierce countenance, the Antichrist, will arise, acting by the power of Satan, and he will bring evil to the fullest. Though he will for a time prosper in his hellish schemes, the sudden arrival of Christ will utterly destroy him. “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.” - Revelation 19:20,21.
In reading the Scriptures, Daniel discovered something, especially when hearing Jeremiah's words, the end of their 70 year captivity to Babylon was coming to an end. He turns toward Jerusalem and begins to pray for them, and as he was praying he was visited by Gabriel once again. The clearest prophecy concerning Jesus, and the exact time in which He would be crucified in all the Old Testament is given in this interpretation.
“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. 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. 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. 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.” - Daniel 9:24-27.
The seventy weeks mean a day for a year, or four hundred and ninety years. At the end of sixty-nine weeks a sacrifice would be offered, making full atonement for sin, and bringing in everlasting righteousness for the complete justification of every believer. The order to restore Jerusalem was issued in 446 B. C. adding the four hundred and sixty nine years brings us to thirty years over the birth of Christ, when He began His earthly ministry, which was 30 A.D. Christ’s ministry lasted three and a half years, thus 34 A. D. in our chronology was the time of Christ’s death. The last week of years will be fulfilled during the tribulation, after which Christ will appear suddenly in the clouds to set up His eternal kingdom. “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” - 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17.
Today's Prayer: God, I thank You for the gift of eternal life when I put my faith and trust in Your Son, Jesus Christ to save me from my sins, death, and hell. Jesus, thank You for giving Your life as a sacrifice to save us, not by any merits which we have done, but by our faith and acceptance of You alone are we saved. It can be hard to grasp this, but lead us and guide us and keep us reminded that the things we do for You are not to keep our salvation, but to show You just how grateful we are that You saved us from the lake of fire. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Chapters: Daniel 7-9 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-258.html
Message Title: The Antichrist
Hello My Friend,
The world, and even many Christians take God's Word as just something to read, they believe it to be outdated, and in fact a myth or theory. Let me tell you, the more you read God's Word the more you understand that God did not give His Word to just the Christian or the Jew, He gave it to all mankind. Although there are Old and New Testaments, the entire book has one theme and one theme only, Christ. Sadly, both Jew and Christian have destroyed and or ignored His Word so much that no one knows this unless you are saved and read it from cover to cover, over and over again. There is life in the Son of God, who shed His blood and died for all who believe in Him. “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” - 1 John 5:11,12.
If you think that there was no mention of how important the need for Christ was during Old Testament times think again, He's throughout the entire book, the Jews would know Him as the Messiah, the Holy One of Israel, the Prince, and the Son of man to name a few. God revealed many prophecies of Christ concerning His birth, His death, and His reign as King. Through Daniel, God used him to reveal some amazing prophecies, including the return of Christ. Now, God spoke to Daniel through dreams as well as the kings in Babylon. During the time of Belshazzar, we learn of some of these dreams, first he sees four beasts, the forth is the most dreadful of all, and right after he sees something else, the Son of man.
“After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” - Daniel 7:7,11-14.
The four beasts represents the four world empires, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome at different times from the time of Daniel's prophecy to the kingdom of Christ, the fourth beast being the Antichrist would come in the last days before Christ returns in all His glory to take the throne once and for all. Christ will return and there will be one final judgment for all, including those who were around before He became the sacrifice to redeem all who receive in Him. Those that do not believe will be cast into the lake of fire along with the devil, the beast, and all who did not receive Him before they died. “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” - Revelation 20:10,13-15.
Daniel had another dream about a ram and a goat, this one was more disturbing then the last, God sends one of His angels, Gabriel to interpret the dream for him. “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. The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 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. 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.” - Daniel 8:19-21,24,25.
Out from the kingdoms of the last days a king of fierce countenance, the Antichrist, will arise, acting by the power of Satan, and he will bring evil to the fullest. Though he will for a time prosper in his hellish schemes, the sudden arrival of Christ will utterly destroy him. “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.” - Revelation 19:20,21.
In reading the Scriptures, Daniel discovered something, especially when hearing Jeremiah's words, the end of their 70 year captivity to Babylon was coming to an end. He turns toward Jerusalem and begins to pray for them, and as he was praying he was visited by Gabriel once again. The clearest prophecy concerning Jesus, and the exact time in which He would be crucified in all the Old Testament is given in this interpretation.
“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. 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. 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. 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.” - Daniel 9:24-27.
The seventy weeks mean a day for a year, or four hundred and ninety years. At the end of sixty-nine weeks a sacrifice would be offered, making full atonement for sin, and bringing in everlasting righteousness for the complete justification of every believer. The order to restore Jerusalem was issued in 446 B. C. adding the four hundred and sixty nine years brings us to thirty years over the birth of Christ, when He began His earthly ministry, which was 30 A.D. Christ’s ministry lasted three and a half years, thus 34 A. D. in our chronology was the time of Christ’s death. The last week of years will be fulfilled during the tribulation, after which Christ will appear suddenly in the clouds to set up His eternal kingdom. “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” - 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17.
Today's Prayer: God, I thank You for the gift of eternal life when I put my faith and trust in Your Son, Jesus Christ to save me from my sins, death, and hell. Jesus, thank You for giving Your life as a sacrifice to save us, not by any merits which we have done, but by our faith and acceptance of You alone are we saved. It can be hard to grasp this, but lead us and guide us and keep us reminded that the things we do for You are not to keep our salvation, but to show You just how grateful we are that You saved us from the lake of fire. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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