The Pathway To Resurrection by Keith Malcomson

praise the lord welcome to our bible study here tonight please turn with me to daniel chapter 12 and we're coming to our last bible study um the book of daniel it's been a very precious time very important time i've been so blessed myself encouraged and helped uh with what we have dealt with in the book of daniel but we come down to the very uh last message uh here but i will be coming back and doing three uh more messages dealing with three controversial issues in connection with the book of daniel so although we finish here tonight uh on this series i will come back and just add three more uh that i feel we have to deal with uh i didn't have room uh to put all the information in the messages but we um we wanted to give you a full overview of the book of daniel i know i haven't dealt with every single verse i haven't taught all that i desire to teach on the book of daniel but what i've done is given you a thor overview of every single chapter and in fact the entire book of daniel and that's what i want you to leave this series with this isn't mere teaching this isn't speculation but this is a real word for this hour i believe for what's happening in our world we've never been here before and it's gonna get deeper it's gonna go get further saints get into the word of god as we finish daniel we aren't setting daniel aside but this has only been a foundation because i believe this book of daniel is going to take on a profound place in each one of our lives and in this church and in the church worldwide well we finish our series the heavens rule every single chapter we've looked at we've been left with the message the heavens to rule that we read of in daniel chapter 4 and 26 but here we come to the very last chapter daniel 12 please follow with me as we read here tonight verse 1 and at that time shall michael stand up the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time and at that time thy people shall be delivered every one that shall be found written in the book and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to shame an everlasting contempt and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever but thou o daniel shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end many shall run to and through and knowledge shall be increased then i daniel looked and behold there stood other two the one on the one side of the bank and of the other bank on the other side of the bank of the river and once said to the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river how long shall it be to the end of these wonders and i heard the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river when he held up his right hand and his left hand onto heaven and swear by him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time times and a half and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished and i heard but i understood not then said i oh my lord what shall be the end of these things and he said go thy way daniel for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end many shall be purified and many white made white and tried but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand and from that that from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination that maketh desolates set up there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days blessed is he that weighed us and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days but go thou thy way till the end be for thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of days my message here and this last message from daniel chapter 12 listen to the title tonight the pathway to resurrection let's pray together father i do thank you for the word of god i thank you for the encouragement the blessing that these chapters and daniel have been to us i thank you god that you've been opening our eyes opening our hearts establishing us making us keep a clear vision that heaven does rule upon the earth you've been setting our eyes upon the man of your right hand you've been making us to hide yourself in the truth of the written scriptures and lord god surely this book is for this hour surely this book has been preserved for us at the end of time in the last generation in the end times lord god in the time appointed in the time that spoken of in the books of prophecy lord god i pray tonight that you'd give us a sense of awe of an awareness of the hour that we are living in my god that this book of daniel and then the entirety of scripture would become very precious tonight and nor god that we might see jesus christ coming in the clouds of heaven that we might see him that we might be caught up to meet him lord god some will go down into the grave some will come through the fire but lord god we long to be caught up to meet him in the clouds of heaven to meet him face to face to see him oh god to to bring an end to trials to burdens to suffering to pain to temptation of god nor god we thank you that we have a glorious hope as the church of jesus christ tonight even so come lord jesus maranatha in jesus mighty name amen daniel chapter 12 the pathway to resurrection the past couple of weeks we've had a deal with the antichrist because the bible teaches about antichrist but thank god as we come to this last message i was going to call it the resurrection but i've called it the pathway to resurrection maybe i should say it is the last journey or the last few steps prior to resurrection there is darkness before daylight there is death before there's resurrection i assure you antichrist will stand with power on the earth on the very eve that jesus christ is going to reveal himself in power and in great glory coming on the clouds of heaven we are at a momentous stage in world history since we are we have come right to the end of all things we are at the end of world history of church history on a bible prophecy we are approaching the eve of one of the most dramatic hours in all of history it is a remarkable thing here tonight we are dealing with the last journey to resurrection or the pathway to resurrection or the last few steps before the resurrection takes place universally what a remarkable thing tonight jesus christ in the gospels mentions daniel the prophet and calls him that prophet in matthew 24 in mark 13 and in luke 21 jesus christ gives his most profound and fullest teaching about the last generation the last days of time and the last fulfillment of bible prophecy in those three chapters in the gospel he gives a comprehensive teaching a remarkable teaching he doesn't teach more anywhere else neither do the other disciples or apostles that walk with them all three right writers matthew mark and luke all dedicate an entire chapter and then other parables on top of that to the exact teaching concerning end times time sequence what is going to happen and when it will happen these three chapters in the gospels matthew 24 mark 13 and luke 21 lay out an exact time sequence in fact if you compare these three chapters for your own bible study if you lay out all of the events in those three chapters you're gonna find there are six exact events or distinct separate events two of these matthew and mark use the exact same words and then luke actually adds other information and uses other words but yet it is the exact time same time sequence so we say that jesus taught his apostles and the apostles taught the early church when things were going to happen in fact in those chapters especially matthew 24 if you read it it says when it then goes on to say then and then it's followed up by immediately after all of these give you a time frame now listen carefully in this last chapter of daniel why am i saying that i'm saying that because in matthew chapter 24 jesus refers directly to daniel and instructs the early church concerning his teaching and prophecy to go back and read daniel in fact in matthew 24 he references exact verses in daniel at least three times he talks in matthew 24 about the abomination of desolation spoken about by daniel and we know it's referred to in daniel 8 daniel 9 daniel 11 and daniel 12. jesus also refers to the great tribulation quoting from daniel chapter 12 where we have just read tonight and again jesus refers to himself the son of man coming upon the clouds a direct quote from daniel chapter 7. in other words when you read jesus teaching on bible prophecy he constantly directs you to daniel if you don't understand daniel how are you going to go to matthew 24 and understand what jesus teaches our matthew proclaims of what jesus teaches many christians in our day they jump to the book of revelation and they get confused it's like a a man jumping into a swamp you then go and listen to different bible teachers and the more you listen the more you become confused can i just exhort you spend some time in the book of daniel jesus told us to go back to daniel to study it listen up to refer to it and that's what we have been doing here i want you before we ever teach fully on the book of revelation or teach all of the prophecies in the new testament i want daniel to be in its place and you know what i'd hate to teach you revelation if we hadn't have taught daniel like this i don't know when i'm gonna teach revelation but i am ready to from a year ago i was very ready to teach the book of revelation i still don't think it's time but i believe as a church god is going to give us an hour and a time where he speaks very directly to us from the book of revelation jesus refers to daniel and so we ought to study it when we look at the book of daniel i assure you it's a book about the lord jesus christ it's about the resurrection it's about the coming of jesus again his second coming and the resurrection of the saints when we go to daniel chapter 2 the entire vision of kings and kingdoms of great kings and great leaders it finishes with a stone cut out of a mountain that comes and smites that image on the very feet and the entire thing disintegrates i want to assure you daniel reveals in daniel chapter 7 the the lord jesus christ coming on the clouds of heaven it's a remarkable book he teaches about kings and kingdoms he teaches about antichrist but it's to bring you down to this last message of resurrection of the coming of the lord of the end of all things when you and i shall enter into our reward i've got six points for you from daniel chapter 12 as we close here tonight six clear points and i'm not gonna take the verses in order you're going to see why i rearrange this but i want to give you six clear points as we close this entire bible study on daniel my first point the time of the end the time of the end chapter 12 and verse 1 and it says and at that time shall michael stand up the great prince would standeth for the children of thy people at that time what time is he talking about remember the chapter 10 11 and 12 is one entire prophecy given by the angel when the angel begins speaking to daniel it carries on straight to the end of chapter 12 when he speaks about that time in chapter 12 and verse 1 what time he's referring to the previous chapter in the previous verses in chapter 11 verse 40. it says and at the time of the end you remember we dealt with last week concerning antichrist his rise as a political leader a military leader and a religious leader we see that that era is called the time of the end and we're actually told about this time of the end of last days here in chapter 12 and verse 1 that michael at that time shall stand up in other words during that period i believe it's at the beginning of that period that michael stands up he begins to arise he begins to move into action you see michael is one of the great angels of the lord but here this term the time of the end the time of the end is used five times in the old testament and all five times are found in the book of daniel they're found in daniel chapter 8 daniel 11 and here in daniel 12 when it begins to talk about the time of the end it's talking about a very specific time two of these times refer to the days of antiochus epiphanes who set up the abomination of desolation in the temple in his day and generation and we dealt with that before two of the times are talking about a time when the prophecies would be fulfilled when that would happen the other three times referred to the antichrist and the era when he comes that it is the the time of the end in other words it's that era that all the bible prophecy speaks about we also read the term uh concerning the appointed time of the end in daniel chapter eight we read of it twice of an appointed time that god has actually sent times so this is my first point the time of the end i want you to see this prophecy is concerning a very specific time when specific things are going to happen certain unique events are going to happen it was paralleled in in the time of the maccabees when antiochus arose but here again we have this utterly unique period of time that all the bible prophecy looks forward to it's called the end there is going to be an incense kings and kingdoms are not going to continue forever nations as they are under the rule of man are not going to continue forever sin and iniquity and unrighteousness prospering is not going to continue there is an end to man's day there is an end to the reign of man on the earth there is going to be a putting dawn of kings and kingdoms of politics aren't you glad here tonight that god has talked about a time that is called the end i'm longing for that oh i deserve for that time when the end has come it is the end of all things the end of man having his way in this world of ours the end of man having his way in ireland england germany america and out across the nations of the world there is a specific unique period of time and when we come to the time of the end it's going to get very very dark it's going to be one of the worst eras in history and yet do you know what it actually alerts the world it's all over it's not over for righteousness and holiness oh no it may seem like it but i assure you there is an end where god is going to say enough is enough michael the archangel stands up at that time it is going to be an utterly unique time at that time at the beginning of this last period of time michael the angel will stand up in other words he's gonna move into action michael is mentioned three times in the book of daniel in chapter 10 he's mentioned twice and then here in daniel chapter 12. do you know i believe this prophecy this first daniel 12 1 fits in with revelation chapter 12 that we preach three messages on when michael and his angels wore in heaven against satan or the serpent and his fallen angels and they get cast out of heaven onto the earth i believe this first when michael stands up it means he is going into active war you know in revelation 12 immediately after the serpent satan is cast on the earth when michael triumphs with his angels immediately the great tribulation starts and we see there in revelation 12 there's going to be 1260 days are three and a half years of tribulation of the serpent the dragon coming against the woman in the wilderness i believe it this is where it fits in here in daniel chapter 12 and one michael is going to stand up you know what that means he's standing up on behalf of israel it says they're the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people michael is attached to the nation of israel the physical nation of israel the seed of abraham he fights for their behalf you know what it means he is going to be affecting impacting things that happen on the world during that last era all nations are going to gather against israel the antichrist with all of his power satan the wrath of hell is going gonna come against the small nation of israel but you know what god does he gets michael the archangel to stand up this is the hour of michael going forth to fight you know in daniel's day there were times where michael intervened on behalf of israel to make sure the prophecies were fulfilled one last time michael is going to stand up again on behalf of israel he's going to stand up with all of his angels and we are going to see the climax of world history the end of the era since we are fast coming to the end and the end of time is going to be a very dramatic time of the fulfilling of bible prophecy that's my first point the time of the end daniel 12 talks about the time of the end it's never happened never been fulfilled the ship and it is just ahead michael is going to stand up to rescue to deliver to help to save the little nation of israel as all of the nations of the world come down to the valley of megiddo and there the lord is going to meet them secondly here in daniel 12 we not only see the time of the end we see the abomination of desolation look with me in verse 11 and from the time again it's torn about a certain period and from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination that maketh desolate set up this is my second point the abomination of desolation what is the abomination of desolation four times in daniel we've read about the abomination of desolation we read about it in daniel 11 uh chapter 8 verse 11 through until verse 14. we read again in daniel chapter 9 verse 27 we read a third time in daniel 11 31 and hear a fourth time we read about it in daniel chapter 12 and verse 11. not two of those times when it talks about this abomination it refers to antiochus when he set up an abomination in the temple of jerusalem he shed the blood blood of a pig and and scattered it about the holy place he sat up he set up a statue an image with his face with his image upon the actual statue and he brought this in as the new worship and that initiated the persecution in israel in that hour daniel chapter 8 talks about this and again daniel chapter 11 that we looked at and last week or the last two weeks but since there's two other references to this abomination and they're not past they're still future you remember jesus in matthew 24 he spoke about when you see the abomination of desolation in other words it's still future the abomination of desolation that exact term the abomination of desolation it's not used in daniel 8 it's not used in daniel 9 or in daniel 11 it is the exact term of daniel chapter 12 in other words it's going to be exactly at the end just before the resurrection you see the time of the end is just before resurrection also the abomination of desolation is just before the resurrection this is the last hour before resurrection the abomination of desolation prophesied by daniel is going to come just before the resurrection in other words it's going to be the last leading in one of the darkest hours in world history but yet unknown to the nations of the world it's gonna usher in no notified those that know the bible that the greatest hour is just ahead listen to what jesus said in matthew 24 15 when he therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by daniel the prophet stand in the holy place who so readeth let him understand jesus refers back to daniel chapter 12 when he's teaching on the abomination of desolation he said it's going to be a sign concerning the beginning of the end we know about the beginning of sorrows or the birth pangs and jesus said that isn't the end yet but he says when he therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken about daniel then you know this is the end this is the end this has come right down to the end and he talks about that abomination of desolation the word abomination is a despicable thing it's talking about idolatry something that's an image that's used in worship that's what an abomination is it's not used all through our new testament and jesus was using that and he said this abomination this image this statue this likeness just like antiochus put an image in the temple and ushered in a new worship and tried to annihilate the jews so in the very last hour the little horn is also going to set an abomination of desolation where is he going to sell it well jesus said in matthew 24 that it's going to stand in the holy place that term holy place was only ever used of the temple in jerusalem that is the holy of holies that is the inner sanctuary of the temple in the city of jerusalem now you and i know there's no temple there solomon's temple has come and gone we know that herod's temple is also come and gone it was destroyed in ad70 and since then there's been no temple in the city of jerusalem and yet jesus refers back to daniel you see jesus took bible prophecy literally he didn't try to symbolize the abomination he believed it as it was written and he said when you see the abomination of desolation a statue an image just like antiochus did the exact same thing happening again in the last day he says when you see it standing in the holy place in other words the temple is going to be rebuilt again i am fully persuaded of it i don't even have a question or doubt the temple in jerusalem the third temple is going to be built do you know the jews are preparing now do you know they're organizing the new priesthood do you know they're getting all the vessels for that holy place ready do you know they've got all the plans written out in jerusalem and only since president trump come in the jews suddenly become very vocal those religious jews in jerusalem began speaking openly for the first time in genera and since they were birthed as a nation again they were speaking openly we're going to build the temple do you know how close we are do you realize everything is being set in place there's got to be a temple there for the abomination of desolation to be set there by the little horn everything is being put in place over in mark 13 and 14 again jesus speaking but when you shall see the abomination of desolation spoken about daniel the prophet standing where at all not let him that readeth understand then let them the be in judea flee to the mountains do you know for those jews and believers in the city of jerusalem and in the area of judea as soon as they see that they've got to run for their life do you know why there's going to be one of the darkest hours in history begins since jesus himself give this why do you think this abomination of desolation is mentioned four times in daniel why is it it takes center place here in daniel 12 as we close as we begin to approach the resurrection when all those that died in christ in faith are going to rise from the grave why is it that this is so mark it's because it's the greatest sign of the last days it means the end is here this is the end and for the jewish nation they are going to have to flee don't even go in to pack your bags don't go up to your roof you you mothers that are swaddling children you better pray that it's not in the winter time he said also pray that it's not on the sabbath day this is the second thing we find in this chapter concerning the abomination of desolation now what do we find here in this chapter concerning the abomination of desolation it says in verse 11 and from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination that maketh desolate set up it's talking about an exact event when the abomination gets set up the daily sacrifice is going to stop we know according to daniel's uh chapter 9 that that is going to be when the little horn the antichrist breaks his covenant with israel for three and a half years they are going to kill lambs i believe they'll have their temple i believe they'll have their religion back i believe it's going to be operating for three and a half years an antichrist is going to usher all of that in he is going to be the hero in the midst of that but halfway through the last week he's going to break the covenant with israel he is going to stop the sacrifices and he's going to set up the abomination of desolation in that holy place you see the devil gives you things but it's him that wants to bring something in anything the devil offers you i assure you there's a price tag and all he's doing is preparing the way for himself anything the devil offers you in this world there there's gonna come hell on the back of it be assured third of all we have the great tribulation back to verse 1 again and at that time shall michael stand up the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people is talking about the jewish nation the nation of israel the seed of abraham michael is going to stand up in that very hour for the people of israel and there shall be a time at that time when michael stands up there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time you know as well as me how many wars israel's had how many times she's been led into captivity the terrible atrocities that have been done against the jewish people down over millennia it is remarkable it is a terrible story and yet here is the angel telling daniel of a time at the end time when the abomination of desolation is set up in the temple look what he says there is going to be a time of trouble such as never was since it was a nation i assure you anything israel has faced in all of its history from its very beginning not the days of antiochus or hitler or any other of these herods not naaman or anyone else they'll never be a day of trouble like this no other era in israel's history will compare with this this is going to be their greatest time of trouble how does it begin when the abomination of desolation is put where it ought not to be in the holy place in the temple in jerusalem you see israel is a target of hell hell always targets israel and you know what even before they had their nation in 1948 they were a target for hell the nations turned on them don't let anyone say that the nations are against israel because they have a better land that's triple on when they were scattered across the nations they they were an instrument of ridicule of slaughter of terrible persecution this can only be explained because the devil is behind it there are small people with a small land and yet all nations will turn on them with vengeance there's coming a time of trouble the like of which they've never had the holocaust will not compare with this hour when the abomination is set up it's going to initiate this time of trouble israel is a target because she is so caught up in bible prophecies so many wars but they won't compare with this jesus had this verse in daniel chapter 12 in mind again when he was teaching in matthew 20. he says in verse 21 and then when is then when you see the abomination of desolation standeth where it ought not to in the holy place he then goes on in verse 21 for then at that time shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be he is quoting from daniel chapter 12. do you see hearts impossible for me not to refer to matthew 24 when we look at this last chapter of daniel this is the third we're looking at the third point we're looking at the end of the time we then see the abomination of desolation we're also seeing the great tribulation here spoken of you see daniel is being told about the worst time in history for the nation of israel he is getting an insight into one of the worst eras that's ever going to come but it's just before the end it's right at the time in end times that's when it actually begins over in luke 21 and 20 the parallel verse you see matthew and mark talk about it quite clearly that when the abomination is set up then there's going to be the beginning of great tribulation but listen to what it says in luke 21 and 20 and when ye shall see jerusalem compass with armies he doesn't mention the abomination of desolation there instead he talks about jerusalem being surrounded by armies do you know when the abomination is set up in the temple in jerusalem jerusalem is going to be surrounded by armies and it will continue to be surrounded by armies for three and a half years they're going to be besieged for three and a half years he'll begin with the abomination of desolation that will start the great tribulation and it will continue through until the lord jesus christ comes from heaven it says when you see jerusalem compass with armies then know that the desolation thereof is nigh then let them which are in judea flee to the mountains when you see jerusalem compass you better run for the hills when you see the abomination of desolation stand in the holy place there are indicators jesus gives to the jewish nation a warning why does he mention judea we know the tribulation will spread across the world but why does he mention judea because that's where it's going to begin that's where the sign is going to be that's where it's going to begin to be unleashed on those the do not buy the knee the word tribulation means pressure anguish are trouble in mark 13 it talks of a time of great affliction in luke 21 a time of great distress when jerusalem is going to be trodden down this is the great tribulation in other words the biggest or the greatest yet and it's going to be initiated with this abomination of desolation there is going to be great tribulation great distress and i'll continue for three and a half years it's going to lead to the desolation of jerusalem it's going to be laid waste it's going to be ruined we we must look back to daniel to read the full prophecy of what is going to happen you'll never understand these things without reading daniel but also notice in chapter 12 at the end of verse 1 it says and at that time thy people shall be delivered he's taught about jerusalem judea and the nation of israel thy people shall be delivered you know what there's a time of great deliverance in their darkest hour it didn't come at the holocaust but it is going to come in this hour that lies ahead at that time thy people daniel are going to be delivered there's coming a deliverance the like of which they have never had in history every one that should be found written in the book every jew every converted jew every jew that believes in the lord jesus christ everyone written in the book is going to be delivered just because you're jew it's nothing special your name has to be written in the book just because you're the seed of abraham you could be the greatest rebel the greatest apostate your name needs written in the book what is this book it is the lamb's book of life there is a book written of all those that get bored again washed in the blood that turned from their sin can i ask you tonight is your name in the lamb's book of life are you ready to meet the lord jesus christ do you know that your name is written there from the foundation of the earth you see there is a people amongst the jews gonna be delivered oh they're gonna be a small remnant it's gonna seem like they're about to be annihilated but you know what the lord is gonna fight on their behalf fourth of all in this daniel chapter 12 how long this is my fourth point how long is this going to continue how long between the distress and the deliverance how long is it going to be that antichrist is going to be allowed to unleash his fury against this little nation and then turn upon all believers in the world you see when you come to daniel 12 you actually have three periods of time and i want you to see them here tonight three distinct periods of time are prophesied predicted and given to us in daniel first of all in daniel chapter 12 verse 5. listen then i daniel looked and behold there stood other two two other angels the one on this side of the bank of the river and the other on that side of the bank of the river two angels you remember he's at this river this is where the vision was given to him and he sees these two these angelic beings stand on either side of the river and in verse 6 and one said to the man clothed in linen which we read about in daniel chapter 10 which was upon the waters of the river listen to the question one of these angels asked this other angel that's upon the river in the midst of river how long shall it be to the end of these wonders these angels are having a conference here they're talking about bible prophecy they're asking how long they're actually discussing do you know the angels looking at what's happening on the church and looking in on what's happening with israel and they looking upon those who have experienced salvation do you realize all of us the angels have literally stretched their neck looking in it says in 1 peter chapter 1 and 12 that the angels actually stretch their neck or they look in upon these things desiring to look into them they want to understand bible prophecy they want to understand the gospel and they actually talk about these things and so daniel here sees these angels talking one on either side of the river saying how long how long is this going to be they're looking in on this prophecy being given to daniel concerning the abomination of desolation and this time of tribulation and they say how long verse seven and i heard the man clothing linen which is upon the waters of the river when he held up his right hand and his left hand onto heaven and swear by him that liveth forever listen to what he says do you know what he's doing he this is a sign of covenant he swears in other words this cannot be changed this is unalterable it can't be shortened and it cannot be lengthened in other words when that angel lifts his hands he's saying this is part of a covenant plan this is part of god's sovereign divine plan how long is he going to say it for a time times and a half a time in jewish teaching is a year times are two years and half what is that three and a half years the angels are talking and daniel is listening this is going to continue for three and a half years and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished do you realize antichrist is going to scatter the holy people do you realize there's going to be a terrible time of tribulation of great tribulation do you realize his armies are going to besiege all the nations are going to gather their armies to the little city of jerusalem and yet they're going to be held back for three and a half years there's going to be terrible atrocities for three and a half years but since there is going to come an end just at that time where the power of the holy people is scattered where it seems like they're about to be annihilated do you know what happens the lord actually arises the lord stands you know these two angels that are talking here we also saw them back in daniel chapter eight i believe they're probably the same two angels back there in daniel 8 they were standing talking about the prophecy concerning antiochus or the little horn that was going to arise and as the two angels are talking daniel is listening in and they say when the little horn who was antiochus when he comes and he sets up his abomination it's going to last for 2 300 days we know that the 2 300 days are only for antiochus that was the time of his abomination of desolation but here we're given another time period for how long this is going to last the angels say it's gonna be for three for three and a half years or twelve hundred and sixty days that's how long it's gonna be this period of three and a half days twelve hundred and sorry three and a half years 1260 days or 42 months come up all through daniel all through revelation and they're concerning about the same period of time the time of the end how long does the time of the end last it lasts for three and a half years and it begins with the abomination of desolation and its entire time period is going to be covered by the great tribulation notice uh further here in verse 8 and i heard but i understood not aren't you glad that even daniel could hear these things and they didn't understand maybe you have heard all of this teaching and you go i've heard they're preaching i've been blessed and helped but there's some things i don't understand that's okay tonight i want to tell you that there's some things daniel was a great man this was him after years of walking with the lord this is the last vision that we have the last contact we have with daniel and yet he says i don't understand then said i o my lord what shall be the end of these things is that it is that the end three and a half years of desolation the abomination in the holy place the little horn horizon breaking the covenant with israel can you imagine the head of daniel swirling and saying what is going to be the end of all of this and he said the angel said unto him go thy way daniel for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end they're gonna be sealed up until the time of the end there is a time you see all these words these prophecies how long is it going to be it's all sealed up until the very end look with me at verse 10 here many shall be purified and made white and tried but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand daniel has just said i don't understand you know what the angels said they will at the end your people at the end are gonna understand what you don't understand what i'm telling you about this prophecy your people the jewish people the inhabitants of jerusalem and judea at the end they are going to understand the wise they're going to understand daniel you don't fully understand now but you know what i'm telling you seal up the book seal up the book until the time of the end it's fine that you don't understand certain things in daniel 12. you know why it's not for you daniel it's not for your hour it's not for your generation it's not for that point in time it's going to be for the very end time and so the prophecy is sealed up until that very end time and it says there in verse 10 many of those who are wise are going to be purified made white and tried it's going to be a very trying hour but you know what they are going to understand bible prophecy they are going to have clarity and yet the wicked will not understand three times in this verse the wicked are mentioned and we're told the wicked will not understand do you know that wickedness in the heart and life what does that word wicked mean it means lawlessness remember jesus in matthew 24 he talked about lawlessness breaking the banks and abounding iniquity or lawlessness here we have those who are wicked will not understand wickedness in the heart closes your eyes and mind you will not understand bible prophecy if you're wicked you can understand it intellectually but you will not be taught by the holy spirit if you live in sin you will not be ready i can assure you you will not understand what the bible says wickedness leaves you ignorant spiritually ignorant look again at the end of verse 11 it talks about this second time frame the first time frame is three and a half years it's very exact all of this is gonna last three and a half years the great tribulation three and a half years but verse 11 there should be a thousand two hundred and ninety days this is a second period of time this is not 1260 days which is three and a half years there's an extra 30 days here in other words he gives an extra period of time the two angels are shown something more here there's not only going to be three and a half years to the end of the tribulation the great tribulation there's going to be an extra period of 30 days and then listen to verse 12 blessed is he that weighed us and cometh to the thousand three hundred five and thirty days that's thirteen hundred and thirty five days that's an extra 75 days so listen carefully the three and a half years of tribulation we're given three time periods and daniel didn't understand this but they said them at the end are to understand there's going to be those who are wise you don't understand daniel but there is going to be a people who understand this there's going to be three and a half years of tribulation then an extra 30 days then an extra 45 days so what is this period of 30 days and then the period of 45 days some of you are going to hate me when i tell you what what i'm just about to tell you here you're gonna have to come back when i teach on the book of revelation i'm not gonna tell you here all i want you to say i want you to be like daniel here i want you to see it hear it know that market most commentators when they take you to this they'll say i don't know none of us know i believe i i understand what's gonna happen at least in that 30 days i believe it's revealed in the book of revelation i believe there's a very clear understanding of what's going to happen after the three and a half years and i believe these points in time are revealed in the book of revelation my fifth point here the sealed book the sealed book verse four but dio daniel shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end daniel is given a command he doesn't understand all he's seen all he's heard all that he is writing down this is inspired scripture an angel tells him shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end this again is speaking to this last period of time there is a certain shutting up of the words a ceiling of the book that is for the very last generation it wasn't for daniel's generation it's for the time of the end this term shut up means conceal or to close it up it also means to protect it for a future time when it will be needed it means to hide it away to conceal it from abuse just keep it there guard it watch over it because you know what there's a people who are gonna need to know this what is written in the book of daniel what is written in daniel chapter 12 there is coming at people in this world of ours it's going to be essential that they have this chapter that they have the teaching you're getting tonight it's going to mean far more to them than it is to you tonight i assure you it's going to be essential that these truths that they know it because then they're going to know what is happening in their world daniel was to shut up the words of this book this term is also used in daniel 8 26 concerning the vision of antiochus he was told back then shut up the vision for it it shall be for many days in other words he was to shut it up in his day he was to conceal it because it was going to happen well it was going to happen in antiochus day it was to be for many days you know in the days of antiochus the maccabees the jews opened up the book and they said it's for our day it is for this hour they saw the signs of antiochus set in the abomination of desolation in the temple and they said this is for us it's for our day the shutting up of the book means god has a plan all prophecy is going to come to pass there's going to be a unique hour where certain prophecies happen and those who are alive are going to see it they're going to understand they're going to be wise they're going to be purified they're going to stand up and say we know what is happening we actually know he not only shut up the book he sealed the book what is the ceiling of a book you know in old days they'd put a wax seal on the book do you know what the wax seal was for it was a print of authorship in other words daniel said i authored this book many people deny daniel authored it many people say many things about this book but you know what the angels said to daniel you seal this book and put a mark of your authorship upon it in other words it had a seal upon it of genuineness it is a real book a real prophecy and it is going to come to pass in the last time it is it is only sealed for a time in other words the prophecy it is in the book everybody can read it anybody can read it it is inspired scripture it is for every generation but you know what especially seal for the last day there is a ceiling there is a mark of genuineness no one is to tamper with it that seal on it meant don't you change don't you add don't you alter you know what they then done in those days they made two copies they had one and then they used one for copying and making other copies do you know in the jerusalem bible the catholic bible there's a daniel 13. someone added to this prophecy if you go and read daniel 13 it's confusion it's not like the rest of daniel you know what someone done they added to it they they changed it they altered the prophecy how dangerous that man that woman will have their name struck out of the book of god but notice i really want you to say this before we close here tonight what we read at the end of verse 4. now notice the context daniel has been told shut up the words of the book seal the book until the time of the end don't separate this from the next sentence if you do it makes no sense keep it in its context the next part of the verse says many shall run to and through and knowledge shall be increased many of us me included and you we have thought that this was a prophecy concerning the last day about planes trains and automobiles that's what we thought the increase of knowledge we thought was the internet and technology we thought it was about all of our generation this last generation that more people are traveling than any other era that there's much to and and thrown in the earth that knowledge has gone through the roof that isn't what it's saying here that's a fascinating way to interpret it but that is not in context that is not what it means notice that it is in the context of the prophecy of daniel a bible prophecy you cannot separate this last term from the context which is about the prophecy in the light of this prophecy daniel 12 the complete book of daniel and in fact all the prophecies of scripture in the last day at the end when it's all about to be fulfilled many shall run to and through this term running to and through it can mean that to run to and through it means to push forward with great energy it means to row about where you're hitting your oars off the water and creating a lashing the water creating a lot of froth it means to pursue to be diligent to give effort to use much toil not much labor and it certainly does mean that your body is going to and through moving about searching for something seeking out information do you know what this is when we reach the very end of time many not a few but many are going to go to and through all over the earth there's going to be a great seeking for the knowledge of daniel daniel's prophecy is going to become extraordinary in the last hour at the end there is going to be a going to and through searching for the knowledge the interpretation the clear understanding of the words of this prophecy there is going to be a fury a fury there's going to be a stirring up there's going to be a lot of energy and i believe it's in the church of jesus christ i believe it's going to be amongst israel and the jewish nation there's going to be a great search in this hour to understand the book it is a searching out of the words it is a searching out of the book it is running to and through in connection with this prophecy also it says knowledge shall be increased it will multiply be heaped up it will pile up it is knowledge about bible prophecy end time events future events certainly the meaning of this prophecy there's going to be an hour come an extraordinary hour where there's going to be an explosion of a seeking for the clear understanding of that surely we're there saying surely we're coming to that hour let me finish here our chapter 12 and in fact our entire series on the book of daniel and this is where i'm gonna leave you not with tribulation not with the end not with the abomination not with an increased understanding of the book of daniel but sixth and lastly the resurrection the resurrection look at verse two and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt do you understand why the little horn such a short period of time three and a half years of tribulation almost annihilation of israel the abomination of desolation the religion of antichrist it's such a short time but it leads you right into the resurrection since it's the resurrection that's at the end that is what is at the end of this i assure you when when anyone sees antichrist coming to of time they better know the resurrection is at the door you better look up because your redemption draws nigh it says here that many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake when at the end the resurrection of all those who have died is coming again but it's not until the end it actually says here that there's they shall awake all those that sleep in the dust to sleep means that you're dead it's a beautiful term for being dead it's not soul sleep to be absent from the body means that you're present with the lord immediately to leave my physical body i'll go straight into the presence of the lord we heard early this morning our good friend brother tommy his father 5 30 this morning went to be with the lord i assure you he breathed out his last breath and he was there looking on the face of the lord jesus christ we are going to awaken in his likeness since there is a resurrection it's not talking about spiritual resurrection but a resurrection of the body we know that billy mckinstry is spiritually in the presence of god but his body is going to be laid in the earth and his body as a christian his body will lie in the earth until this great awakening this resurrection of the saints when is the resurrection gonna happen at the end of the great tribulation at the end of all things you know at that time it says many of them that sleep in the earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt do you realize it's not only christians believers the elect that are gonna arise in the resurrection do you know that the wicked there is a resurrection of the wicked of every sinner every sinner is going to get reunited with their body a body that cannot decay a body that can be burnt and feel pain and yet they'll always have it do you realize there's going to be two different resurrections either of the righteous or the wicked this is taught so clearly in the bible what resurrection are you gonna have a pardon are you gonna be raised with the saints or raised with the wicked will it be a resurrection unto a ward or a resurrection unto damnation when you reach that point there is no second chance there's no changing of your ways then it is appointed on to men wants to die and then the judgment this has always been the hope of the saints the resurrection of the body it's gonna be everlasting it says their everlasting life everlasting contempt notice that you can't minimize the judgment of hell without minimizing eternal life if you remove the word everlasting from shame and contempt you need to move it away from life as well it is such a serious thing what happens at the resurrection for you and i what happens for all those that die as believers in the lord with their name written in the book look at verse 3 and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament can you imagine daniel here and all of this he he has heard about antichrist he has heard about antiochus he has heard about the rising up of kingdoms and the person but there is coming an end of all of this isn't it glorious since when it's all over there's gonna be a resurrection that little stone is gonna come and hit the ten toes of that statue i assure you jesus is gonna come upon the clouds of heaven as is written in daniel 7 and again in matthew 24 he is going to come at the end of the tribulation at the end of those days the son of man is going to come upon the clouds of heaven it is so real do you realize it's going to be a time of great reward a time of great blessing what does it say in verse 3 and they that be wise are you wise tonight are you one of the wise are you one of those that understand the whys shall shine as the brightness of the firmament do you realize that these bodies are going to be changed we're going to put on resurrection bodies we're going to shine forth as the firmament as the brightness of the firmament in other words as we look around we're going to be like the stars of heaven are the sun in the sky since there is a day of reward are you wise are you going to shine as the brightness of the firmament been they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever what a glorious way to end this book of daniel oh we've seen dark times we've had real prophecies about terrible things that are happening but saints don't close the book just yet there is an end when all of this will come to an end and there's going to be a glorious resurrection i'm longing to see my sister who i've never seen this side of eternity she's waiting for me my grandfather willie mulligan is there my old great-grandmother who used to pray for the entire family who i never met after she died four generations came in and believed i'm gonna see her in this resurrection i'm gonna see her shining as one of the star stars of heaven who are these that shine as the stars of heaven they have turned many to righteousness one last hour we have as the church of christ i want to turn many to righteousness through this youtube channel through zoom meetings through being on the high street of limerick church why don't we make it our ambition to shine as the stars forever and ever you know what i am gonna shine we're gonna turn many many onto righteousness many under holiness in this last hour and finally in verse 13 the angels speaking to daniel but go thy way till the end be speaking to daniel after this it's the end of his days go thy way till the end be he's not speaking about the end of time now he's speaking about daniel's end daniel i've told you everything that you're gonna possibly hear now just go on your way live out this life till the end it's the end of daniel's life he did have an end he did die we don't know when but he died after this for listen for thou shalt rest he realizes he's being told about his death here it's called his end his physical life is gonna come to an end but hasn't he already been told about shining forth as the stars forever and forever and he says when you meet your end then you shall rest this isn't a time to rest i'm not resting i can assure you but you know what when i come to my end i'm gonna rest since there's a rest to enter into my death will be the day that i enter rest i'm longing for my rest and stand in thy lot at the end days daniel is told about his end his last breath his death when he'll enter into rest and at that point he will stand in his lot at the end of the days you know what daniel all i've shown you you'll be here for it you're gonna live forever between now when you die you're gonna rest all the way through the ages until the resurrection and when you get raised up you're gonna stand in your lot you know daniel in this life was a diplomat he worked in the palace he was part of the government of babylon of the city of babylon through two entire different kingdoms all through those long years but you know what he's going to enter into his reward and he'll stand in his lot his inheritance daniel you're snatched away at 16 years old led into captivity thrown into the den of lance threats made against you misunderstood many times but you know what at the end not only will you enter into arrest but at the very end you're gonna stand in your award since we're finishing this book of daniel tonight but i want to tell you it's the pathway to resurrection i'd hate for you to think that antichrist is the end i'd hate for you to think that the fulfilling of bible prophecy is the end it's not do you realize at the end of the tribulation is only the beginning the end is only the beginning for the righteous and we shall reign forever and ever with the lord jesus christ let's pray together father i thank you for the word of god i thank you for this bible study over these months i thank you for all those that have been blessed and encouraged the friends that we have made those that have been touched by the word of god those that have been helped by it father i pray that you help us to see beyond this world even what we're seeing in our world now we are seeing a conspiracy in the nations we are seeing the stage set but my god help us to look up to the lord jesus christ help us to know that there is a resurrection of the body my god that when it's all over when it's all finished that we are going to be fine standing in our lot in our rest in our inheritance with a reward help us to live right help us to serve well that we might stand in our lot reigning and ruling with the lord jesus christ when he comes on the clouds of heaven father will you save sinners will you use us to win many unto righteousness to turn many from sin and this last hour we ask it in jesus name amen god bless you

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