DANIEL AND REVELATION SEQUENCE OF END TIME EVENTS
Continued from:
"Evidence of Sequental Order"
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THE SEQUENCE
Daniel's Eleventh Chapter contains the best internal End Time Sequence.
It gives a detailed sequence of those events which will occur during the
last seven years of mortal human existence. We can combine the events
depicted in John's Thirteenth Chapter and Daniels Seventh and Eighth
Chapters with this sequence of End Time events for a comprehensive and
detailed sequence.
First, Identify the Context
Daniel (11:2) gives some details of the Medo-Persian Empire, and then
mentions Ancient Greece under Alexander. Then Daniel depicts the rise of
the Roman Empire. Verse 6 describes the change from the B.C. to the A.D.
time period. The birth of the Messiah ("the end of years") is the
beginning of our present ("Age") time period. John refers to these years
as "the last time." 1 John 2:18. Jacob called this time, "The Last
Days." Gen 49:1, 8-12. One Age ended with the Old Covenant, and this
Last Age began with the Resurrection of Christ.
Verses 14 through 16 describe the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70,
and expulsion of the descendants of Judah from the Promised Land which
took place from A.D. 70 to about 110-30. Dan 9:27, Luke 21:20-24. Rev
12:14-17.
In verse 31 is a description of the Abomination of Desolation, and verse
45 depicts the end of the Vile One. By this Sign of the Time we know
this is an account of The End of this world and the coming of the Lord.
Mat 24:14-22, Dan 8:25, 9:27, 12:11-12, 2 Thes 2:8, 1 Peter 3:7, 10-12,
Rev 20:9-15.
Where does this account begin its description of Satan’s rise to power?
By starting at verse 45, then reading one verse at a time, backwards,
and following the trail of "he" and "him" we will find it. It is in
verse 21. "A vile person" is that son of perdition, Satan. This is when
he takes possession of his kingdom, and soon, the body prepared for him.
However, that event takes place after Rome is reborn; after some 295
days of the last seven years of this physical universe's existence have
expired. Dan 7:7-8 and Rev 17:10-11.
COMING EVENTS
When the Lord has marked His servants, "He who lets" will be taken out
of the way. (2 Thes 2:7.) The Lord will open the Fourth Seal and the
angel will sound the First Trumpet. Then the Beast and his evil spirits
will be allowed to harm the earth. Rev 7:1-3.
The nations Rise: In this approximate time period, immediately before
and just after the fourth Seal, the Bear (Russia) will consume the Three
Ribs (Finland, Sweden and Norway). The King of the South will rise up in
Africa, the Kings of the East will establish their Empire, and Modern
Rome will rise to power and world rule. Rev 13:1-3.
Nuclear War: The atomic bombs begin to fall. The first use of nuclear
weapons may occur when Gog and Ma-Gog take Finland, Sweden and Norway.
It may be when China takes Pakistan and India, or North Korea takes
South Korea, or the Muslims take Africa. The threat of terrorism,
chemical-biological or nuclear war against Europe will be the force that
finally binds Rome together. Dan 11:24.
THE LAST SEVEN YEARS
These events will mark the beginning of Daniels Last period of seven, or
"Daniel's 70th week." Dan 9:27, KJV. Jesus described these events. Mat
24:15, 29. Rev 11:3-6, 7-13.
We can now begin to fit all the recognizable visions and prophecies
together within the seven year framework of Daniel's Ninth and Eleventh
Chapters. Verse 20 describes the rise of Rome and its first leader, who
will be a "raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom."
ROME RISES
When Daniel's Seventieth week begins; Rome again rules the world, and
the first King, Prime Minister or President will proclaim that the
entire world should be numbered and taxed (enrolled), and thus will
begin the last years of mortal man. Dan 7:1-12, 9:27, 11:20-21, Rev 13:1-4.
This first Prime Minister, President, or King of Rome reborn will not
live long. He will die of natural causes. The next leader will suffer an
assassination attempt, but will be saved and possessed by Satan.
By this event we will know the 2300 day time period has begun. Although
we may know the day assassination attempt takes place, we cannot know
the day God begins to count the time period. We cannot "know that day."
Dan 8:9-14.
SATAN INCARNATE
"In his estate shall stand up a vile person..." Satan now occupies the
body prepared for him. Dan. 7:8, 8:9. Nah 1:9-14, Zec. 11:8. Rev
17:9-12. This King, flesh occupied by Satan, will destroy three Capitals
of the European Family of Nations (Rome, London, and Istanbul); the
balance of which will submit to his rule. Pulling up the three horns "by
the roots" will be accomplished by the use of tactical nuclear
weapons... "Surgical strikes." Dan 7:8, 11:24.
Witnesses Testify: At the start of this time period, between the Third
and Fourth Seal, just prior to First Trumpet and the rise of Modern Rome
to World Power, the Saints will receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit--with power. Rev. 11:3. "Ye shall receive power, after that the
Holy Spirit is come upon you..." "And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire ...sat upon each of them..." Acts 1:8, 2:1-4.
"And I will give power... fire proceedeth out of their mouth..." Rev
11:3-5. The power is the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit is the power.
The Wild Olive Tree and the Domestic Olive Tree, the two witnesses,
teach and plead earnestly--in sorrow with hope; in joy diluted with sadness.
NUCLEAR WAR
The Fourth Seal and first Four Trumpets include descriptions of the
consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. The sun is dying, and the
radio active ash of dead cities and burning forests darkens our sky. Rev
6:8, 8:7-12.
"And with the arms of a flood..." Those who resist him are swept away.
"The Beast waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and east, and toward
the Pleasant Land." Dan 8:9-11, 25. By military force he takes the lands
which once were Rome: North Africa, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq,
Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria. This event may include tactical
nuclear weapons.
Forecast Devices: In the 1600's the term "forecast" meant "to toss."
"The farmer forecast his seed." A Field Artillery Piece, an Honest John
rocket or a Scud B missile are "devices" capable of "forecasting" atomic
warheads. Dan 11:24, KJV or Darby.
Every conqueror who ever lived has used the best weapons (devices) he
could buy, beg, borrow or steal in order to defeat his victims and
establish his empire. Hitler certainly did, and is there any doubt that
he would have used the atomic bomb if his scientists had given him the
opportunity? Is there any doubt, then, as to which "devices" that Beast
Satan will use?
GREECE RISES
Verse 23: "And shall become strong with a small people..." Greece. Dan
8:23-24, Joel 3:6, Zec 9:13.
Verse 24: "Enter peaceably..." Dan 8:25. "By peace shall destroy
many..." The Dragon will use the promise of peace as a weapon. The
father of lies will promise his intended victims anything, but will give
them defeat and destruction.
War in the South: Verse 25: "The King of the South..." The King of
Africa or the Moslem hordes: a "mighty army" defeated by "devices."
Verse 26: "Many shall fall down slain..." A quarter of Earth's
population killed in a matter of months. Rev 6:7-8. Those who flee from
war will die of plague, those who flee from plague will die of hunger,
those who flee from hunger will die by the beasts of the field, or
bitter waters.
A Peace Conference: Verse 27: "They shall speak lies at one table..."
The Beast and the King of the South will meet to make a treaty: it will
be deception. "For yet the end shall be at the time appointed." "That
Day" is predestined, predetermined by God. Neither man nor Beast can
know which day it is, nor change which day it will be.
Holy War: Verse 28: "And his heart shall be against the Holy
Covenant..." War against the People who are called by God. Dan 7:21,
8:24, Rev 13:7. Once Satan has established his rule over the whole world
there will be a period of relative peace, except for the verbal and
economic war against the Elect.
BY PEACE HE SHALL DESTROY
However, peace is not what Satan wants, nor will The Most High God allow
him to delay the instant of his ultimate defeat by so much as a heart beat.
Second War with the South: Verse 29: "At the time appointed he shall
return, and come toward the south..." The Beast lied when he promised
peace to the King of the South, but this time his war will not please him.
Satan's Divided Kingdom: Verse 30: "For the ships of Chittim shall come
against him: therefore shall he be grieved..." The End Time Kingdom is
"iron mixed with miry clay," and so does not hold together very well.
Dan 2:33.
WAR AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE
The angry Beast turns to attack The People of The Promise. "And have
intelligence with them that forsake the Holy covenant." "Them that
forsake" are sad words indeed. These are the descendants of Judah who
will not accept the New Covenant and those who cling to the false hope
of an earthly kingdom.
Many will be deceived and accept Satan as their Messiah. Verse 31: "And
arms shall stand on his part..." Those who forsake the Holy covenant
will, by force of arms, oppose those who accept the New Covenant.
THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS
"They shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the
daily sacrifice." This "daily sacrifice" is under the New Covenant. 1
Peter 2:5, Romans 12:1. "They shall place the abomination that maketh
desolate." "They" includes those who reject the New Covenant in general,
but specifically it is Satan's religious leaders who command everyone to
worship him. "That they should make an image of the Beast, that the
image should both speak, and cause as many as would not worship the
beast to be killed." Rev 13:14-15.
Run For Your Life: Let those who are in Judea, and Christians anywhere,
flee! Mat 24:15, 29. Dan 9:27. The placement of the abomination of
desolation is an event which will occur "in the midst of the week." When
we witness it we will know we have only three and a half years to endure.
THE FIFTH SEAL
The Lord has opened the Fifth Seal. With the promise of eternal life
with God held tightly in hand, it is no wonder they "loved not their
lives unto the death." The door into Heaven is opened wide. Look in,
there is our goal.
The 1,260 days during which the witnesses could testify without fear of
death are finished. Now Satan, having proclaimed himself to be "God,"
will murder any who refuse to worship him.
SATAN RULES
The 42 months of Satan's absolute rule has begun. Jer 51:25, Dan
7:22-25, Rev 13:5-7. The angel now sounds the Fifth Trumpet, the angel
pours out the First Vial upon the Beast's Kingdom. Satan grinds the
Earth beneath his feet. His servants suffer vile sores. Rev 9:2-5, 11:7-8.
Civil War: Verse 32: "Such as do wickedly against the Covenant shall he
corrupt with flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be
strong, and do exploits." This is Civil war in the Promised Land between
those who know their God and those who do not.
OUR BODIES LIE IN THE STREET
Verse 33: "They that understand..." The Lord gives understanding to
those seek it and ask in faith. Proverbs 11:9, James 1:5. "Yet they
shall fall... many days." 1,290 days, to be exact. Rev 11:8.
Verse 34: "With a little help..." Those who struggle with their faith,
and fall, will receive some help -- but many who offer help will betray
them.
Verse 35: "Some of them of understanding shall fall..." Gold is purified
by fire: Affliction cleanses the soul, and so the flesh is burned away.
The Saints are hunted like animals for a thousand two hundred and ninety
days. Mortal life is cheap as dirt. Why grovel for the life of flesh
when the door of heaven stands open? Rev 11:7-9.
Satan's Conduct: Verse 36: "And the king shall do according to his
will..." Satan will gratify his every whim; and by comparison Hitler
will seem like a Boy Scout to those who can see. His Kingdom is filled
with darkness, and the people of this world worship him as their god. We
must remember that by its fruit the tree is known, by the wind the wheat
is separated from the chaff. Isa 14:14, 2 Thes 2:4.
Verse 37: "For he shall magnify himself above all." Satan is the
embodiment of Narcissism.
Verse 38: "But in his estate he shall honor the god of forces..." That
is, energy or electromagnetic power as a god.
Verse 39: "A strange god..." Odd, unusual; this is neither a god of
living spirit nor an idol of stone. The father of lies creates for
himself a false god. Is Evolution a god?
Exalting himself is something Satan has done throughout history; and
what he will do, publicly and blatantly, during the time of his reign.
THIS DYING WORLD
The earth is now just a sickly ghost of her former self: rivers, lakes
and fountains poisoned and the sea dead, the atmosphere thick with radio
active ash, forests dead and burning; the false god of technology in
convulsions of eternal death, no electrical power; civilization in a
state of collapse, no food distribution.
Men will go insane with fear from seeing what has come upon the earth:
stars falling, galaxies exploding; Earth running loose across the
heavens, quaking, belching fire and ash. Mat 24:29. Luke 21:25-26.
Most men won't know what hour of the day it is, few will know the day of
the week: For how can minds darkened by the rejection of Truth, twisted
by anger and irrational from the fear of eternal death; be cognizant of
details?
Christians--living on the run for three and a half years, hiding in
caves or bombed out buildings, without access to news of current
events--will have lost track of days and dates. The End will swoop upon
mankind like a hawk on a rabbit.
THE LAST WEEKS
Whether verses 40 to 45 depict the last few months or the last seven
weeks of the existence of the man of flesh will remain to be seen.
However; the angel pours out the Sixth Vial, the angel sounds the Sixth
Trumpet, and so begins the last war between kingdoms of Satan's Empire.
Rev 9:14-19, 16:12-16.
Verse 40: "And at the time of the end..." In the specific sense this
must mean the last few weeks prior to the Lord's coming. Whether this
indicates 40 or 49 days, we will just have to wait and see. Yet, unable
to tell time or know which day of the week it is, how will we know?
Although none of us can know on which day this final "time of the end"
time period begins, we can know with certainty it will, and it will end
exactly at the time appointed by God.
"The King of the South shall push at him..." Africa will attack the
Beast. The King of the South had once allied himself with Chittim, but
this time with the King of the North, Russia. When he attacks, the King
of Rome will counter, leaving himself open to attack from the north. It
was a trap set by the two Kings, but Satan will retaliate with a trap of
his own.
The Bear will come like a whirlwind over Turkey and Syria: to the very
gates of Jerusalem.
Verse 41: "He shall enter also into the glorious land..." This event is
described in Ezekiel Chapters 38 and 39. "And many counties shall be
overthrown..."
The Lord will now open the Sixth Seal. Time: the last 40-45 days of End
Time events.
The ten Kings will now burn Babylon. See Revelation Chapters 17 and 18.
Verse 42: "He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries..."
Now that Satan has destroyed the army of the Bear, he will defeat the
King of the South and retake the Mid-East. When the Lord opens the
Seventh Seal, the Hosts of Heaven will wait for The End in reverent,
expectant silence. Rev 8:1.
The angel has poured out the Seventh Vial. This is a list of events
which will occur at The End. It is not certain the listed events must
occur in the exact sequence given by John, or that they must all occur
at the same moment in time. However, it is absolutely certain these
events will be fulfilled in the last few weeks of human existence. Rev
16:17-21.
Verse 43: "But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and
silver..." "What will it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and
loose his soul?"
Verse 44: "But tidings out of the East and out of the North will trouble
him..." With the defeat of the Bear, Babylon and the King of the South
the Beast had only one enemy left on earth, though a remnant remained in
Jerusalem, who could oppose his rule: China. Now the Kings of the East
swarm through defenseless Russia on a sweep from Mongolia to Turkey, and
rush by the millions through Persia and across the dry Euphrates. Joel
2:2-11.
"Therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and to utterly
make away many." They will meet upon the blood drenched plane of
Esdraelon: of this dying planet, winner takes all. The stage is now set
for the Earth's final battle: the battle of Armageddon. "I will gather
all the armies of earth, and they will come and see my glory..." Rev
9:14-21, 16:12-21, Hosea 1:11.
ARMAGEDDON
Verse 45: "He shall come to his end..." The revelation of God's glory
will not be delayed for a heartbeat. The Seventh, The Great, The Last,
Trumpet is sounded. The fabric of space, like curtains hiding a stage's
last setting, is rolled away. The substance of the Cosmos dissolves in
great heat with a loud noise. Every eye shall see His glory, every knee
shall bow. Isa 34:1-4, 42:13-15, Rev 6:12-17, 14:14-20, Mat 24:29-30,
Luke 21:25-26, 1 Cor 15:51-52 and 2 Peter 3:3-12.
God tells us He will give us the understanding of His Word. James 1:5.
Mat. 7:7-11, 10:26, Luke 24:45, 1 Cor. 12:8. Ps 111:10, 119:33-34, 105,
Pro 2:6, 9:10, Ecc. 2:26.
Compare Eze 2:9 to 3:3 and Dan 12:9-10 with Rev 1:1, 10:7-10.
You may also want to consider:
"A 'Time Line' of End Time Events"
http://tinyurl.com/2qj22n
Glenn
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