"The Great Tribulation" | Daniel 12 | Pastor Keith

Daniel Chapter 12 we're into this morning, the last chapter

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of Daniel. It's pretty amazing and

heartbreaking. In this last chapter of Daniel,

we have the vision still going on chapter 1011 and 12.

Remember when the Bible was written, it didn't have chapters

and verses. Chapters and verses were added

later purely for a reference sense.

So it's all one vision from chapter 10.

Daniel had been praying for 21 days.

The God God had sent a messenger to answer Daniel's pray prayer.

Daniel been praying and fasting from the first moment Daniel

prayed, an Angel of the Lord was sent.

But there was a battle in heaven and there's a battle raging over

our nation at the moment. Same conflict between spiritual

angels of our Lord and those that seek to bring confusion and

destruction of the enemy upon our nation and our lives.

Daniel's given a vision of future events, things that were

going to go way on even future to us the last days.

And so we find in chapter 12 ourselves now entering the last

actual 3 1/2 years of Daniel's 70th week, the 70th week called

the Great Tribulation. Jesus said except the days be

shortened during the Great Tribulation that all humanity

would otherwise be erased. 8 billion, nine billion people

would be would be gone from the planet Earth during this time in

Matthew 2422, he said, and unless those days were

shortened, no flesh would be saved.

But for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.

The events of the seven year tribulation we covered in detail

when we went through the Book of Revelation and it covers A7 year

period. Things will occur during that

seven years that our world has never seen. 7 seals, 7 trumpets,

7 balls of the judgements of God, Things so radical.

Mountains falling out of the sky, a worldwide earthquake that

will actually shape the earth, Demonic creatures coming out of

the abyss being let loose, people unable to die even though

they've suffered horrendous injuries for a period of time.

And the judgement of God and the world that will be led by a law

the lawless one Bible calls him the Antichrist, the son of

perdition Jesus said Matthew 2421.

For there will be great tribulation.

Now if he says great, it's it's pretty big, but his wording is

important. Such as has not been since the

beginning of the world until this time, no nor ever shall be.

It's only going to happen during that seven year period.

The coming new world leader halfway through this seven year

period will commence an outright war against the Jewish people.

Israel is the focus. Israel is the focus.

If you're planning to go to Israel, sign up this year

because I don't, I don't know how much time we have.

We're going in January 27. Lord willing, we'll be there.

And I'm hoping that, well, unless the Lord comes in that

time, we'll be in Israel anyway. So, but we'll have a sign up

sheet soon in the at the information desk in Revelation

Revelation 12:3

chapter 12 verse 3, we're told of this.

Then John says, I witness in heaven another significant

event. I saw a large red dragon that's

Satan, 7 heads and 10 horns with 7 crowns on his head.

His tail swept away 1/3 of the stars in the sky.

He threw them to the earth. He stood in front of the woman,

Israel, as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby.

As soon as it was born, she gave birth to a son who was to rule

all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away

from the dragon, was caught up to God and to his throne.

So it's telling us who the child is.

And it says during this period, halfway through the great

Tribulation period, the woman that is Israel fled into the

wilderness where God had prepared a place to care for her

for 1260 days. That's on the 360 day calendar,

which is used in this case lunar calendar.

That's 3 1/2 years. Verse 7 then was war in heaven.

Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.

Satan and his angels and the dragon lost the battle and he

and his angels were forced out of heaven.

The great dragon, the ancient serpent called the devil or

Satan the one deceiving the whole world, was thrown to the

earth with all his angels and he is livid, angry, and his anger

will turn in full force against Israel Now Israel currently as

we watch. Don't worry, we will get the

verses shortly. But Israel, at this moment, the

Jewish people worldwide, Israel has experienced so much sadness.

We go to the Holocaust Museum when we go to Israel, Yad

Bashim. It's horrific, but it's part of

our tour. 6 million people were killed during the Holocaust

alone. 1.5 million of those were infants and babies. 1.5 million

and we see the world now. We've asked them all and

referred to what happened in Bondi, the blatant murder

massacre on a beach in Australia during the feast or festival of

Hanukkah, and we call it anti semitism.

But sadly in chapter 12, as we'll read, there's coming a

worse time for Israel. It's called anti semitism, which

actually is incorrect. We we should get our language

right because Semites include Arabs as well.

Actually Arabs, Jews, Assyrians and Ethiopians are all Semite

people because they speak Jewish or Hebrew or Aramaic.

It's a Semitic language, Hebrew and Aramaic.

And so God is not involved in this movement or anti Semitism.

This is Satan's work on Israel, on God's chosen people.

And so it should be really just said as it really should be

said, Jew hatred, That's what it is.

It's not anti semitism, it's actually Jew hatred.

We saw that on the bridge in Sydney.

Death to the Jews, gas the Jews, death to the IDF, Jew hatred.

And this Jew hatred is what is on our streets, including

Australia at this time. And it is only explained because

why is this happening? It's only explained by an evil

driven satanic person, Satan the devil himself.

Attack on God's chosen people. That's what this is.

You don't believe in the devil. Just watch a pro Palestinian

March. Look at the way they react and

the way they go off when the police just stand in front of

them and these people come up to them, bang things and have their

phones and shout at them. It's demonic.

Demonic Satan wants and this is what they chant out.

Israel eliminated from the face of the earth, not just the move

eliminated. And Satan wants them driven from

the land. Don't they say from the river to

the sea. So behind these protests is

demonic hatred. So our police sadly are dealing

with demonic behaviour. In Daniel chapter 12, verse one,

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it says at that time, Michael Shell, stand up the great Prince

who stands watch of the sons of your people, and there shall be

a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation

even to that time. And at that time your people,

Daniel shall be delivered. But there's a there's a a

qualification there, everyone who is found written in the

book. So we actually need to go back

to Daniel Chapter 11 to get a run up because it says at that

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time Michael shall stand up. Chapter 11, verse 41 speaks of

the Antichrist. He's ruling the world with his

power, his army. He now breaks the agreement, the

covenant he did with Israel from verse 41.

He's allowed them to rebuild the temple.

That's why they've accepted him. And then halfway through that

agreement, he breaks the agreement.

He goes into the temple and he declares himself God.

Jesus says on that day, run, run to the hills of Judea, flee,

pray that it's not on the Sabbath day.

And it says he shall end of the glorious land.

That's his role. Many countries shall be

overthrown because he's ruling the world, but these shall

escape from his hand. Edom, Moab and the prominent

people of Amon, he shall stretch out his hand against the

countries of the land of Egypt shall not escape.

He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver,

over the precious things of Egypt.

Libyans, Ethiopians, shall follow at his heels, but used

from the east and the north shall trouble him.

Therefore he shall go out with great fury.

This is the Antichrist, to destroy and annihilate many.

He shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the

glorious holy mountains. Yet he shall come to his end,

and no one will help him. So he turns.

There's the kings of the East March with their great army.

They want to take on the Antichrist and his army, and

they meet in this great conflict in the valley of Jezreel.

When we go up to Mount Carmel, where the property Elijah took

on Baal, we look over and down before us, we see the valley of

Jezreel, valley of Megiddo. And that's where the the

battlefield. Napoleon, when he went went

there, said this is the perfect battlefield, most perfect

battlefield I've ever seen in all the world.

And that's where all this is going to happen.

And the armies will gather together in Israel, and as that

time, Revelation 19, Christ will return.

Then they will unite in their might against not against one

another, but against Christ. So it says at that time, Michael

shall stand up the great Prince who stands watch over the sons

of your people and says, And at that time your people notice

this shall be delivered. Israel's going to go through it.

But here's the thing, Israel will will remain God's covenant

people will make it through all this.

And if you ever want to believe in God, tell me something, some

way I can believe in God. Just look at the nation Israel.

Look at their history. That'll tell you there is a God

because that's the God of Israel. 1/3 however of God's

people will be miraculously saved.

That's the Jews at this time including remember the 144,012

thousand from each tribe. They were set and sealed to go

out and evangelise during the seven year period.

It says. In Zechariah, one of my

favourite books in the Bible, 144,000 are sealed in Revelation

11. In Zechariah chapter 13 verse 8,

Zechariah 13:8

it says, And he shall come to pass in all the lands, says the

Lord, that 2/3 in it shall be cut off and die 2/3 of Israel,

but one third shall be left in it.

I will bring the 1/3 through the fire will refine them as silver

is refined, test them as gold is tested.

They will call upon my name and I will answer them.

I will say this is my people and each one will say the Lord is my

God. Finally, today there are roughly

8 million Jews living in Israel and over 5 million will perish

during the time of Jacob's trouble.

There are only 15,000,000 Jews worldwide, so 10.5 million

approximately Jews will perish during the seven year

tribulation. 5.2 million only will survive in that time.

But they will call upon the name of the Lord.

Thou will turn to Christ. They will receive Jesus Christ

as Messiah. When you and I go to Israel and

we tour, we see Israel and Israel is not a God fearing

nation at the moment. You say, well hang on, what's

going on? As a total population, many of

them don't believe in God. Many of them don't worship God

when they remember the first time we talked about the, the

kippah that they wear, you know, a little cap on the men.

You sit in a coffee shop down there.

We go to, I forget where it is now, it doesn't matter.

And we're sitting around and talking to guys.

I said, what's what's the deal? Some guys have the caps on, some

police officers have them on some and some people have them

on. Some don't.

What's what's it just depends. The really religious ones, he

says they wear them all the time.

Others just wear them please, mum and dad.

Others wear them because it's fashionable.

Others don't care. In Israel what's happened since

October 7th, there's been a turning of the nation back to

God because they're on their own.

As you look through the book of Judges, we see where they began

to live and and please themselves and the enemy would

attack and then they would turn back to God.

Well out of what Satan is doing since October 7th, God is using

this time to turn the hearts to soften the hearts of his people

back to the Lord. But only those who received

Christ, whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life will

be saved during the last 3 1/2 years.

Now between verse one of Daniel 12 and verse 2, there is a time

gap and we leave the tribulation period.

We are taken to the end of the thousand year millennial reign

of Christ here on earth. So what you go, well what is

that? OK, seven years of tribulation,

Christ returns. Revelation chapter 19 Judgement

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begins, Christ sets up his rule and reign, and then for 1000

years He rules and reigns over over earth with the church you

and I helping to rule and reign with him.

Millennial reign the Bible declares.

Let's read verse 2. And many of those who sleep in

the dust of the earth, who are they?

Dead shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame

and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine

like the brightness of the firmament.

Those who turn away turn many to righteousness, like the stars,

forever and ever. The Bible tells us that there

are two resurrections, one for all who are saved in Christ from

Christ's resurrection, including the rapture of the Church, The

two witnesses, the martyrs in two witnesses who remembered

they killed during the period of Revelation. 11 Their bodies are

lying in the streets. Then all of a sudden they come

back to life and they ascend into heaven. 100 The martyrs

that are killed, all those who die, not receiving the mark of

the beast, not worshipping the Antichrist, but rejecting him,

will die for their faith. They are included in the first

resurrection. John chapter 5 verse 28.

John 5:28

Jesus said do not marvel at this for the hour is coming in which

all who are in the graves, that's all the dead will hear

his voice, Christ's voice and come forth.

Those who have done good to the resurrection of life, first

resurrection and those who have done evil to the resurrection of

condemnation, that's called the second resurrection.

Now the second resurrection is for all those who have died and

rejected, refused Christ as their Lord and Saviour.

They fought off the Holy Spirit, said no, don't, don't care,

don't interested, rejected, have my own way and die in their sins

in Revelation chapter 20 verse 12.

Revelation 20:12

It says I saw the dead small and great standing before God and

books were open. So everything that you and I

have done everything you and I have said is all recorded says

in the book of Malachi chapter 3 verse 16.

Malachi 3:16

I think it is that each time believers get together

fellowship, we'd say, you know God just so amazing what he's

done. You know what an Angel in heaven

is writing down the very words that we say to one another,

where we glorify God. It says, I saw the dead, small

and great, standing before God, and books were opened, and

another book was opened, the key one which is the book of life.

And the dead were judged according to their works by the

things which were written in the books, plural.

The sea gave up the dead who are in it.

Death and Hades delivered up the dead who are in them, and they

were judged, each one according to his works.

Then Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of Fire.

Don't need them anymore. This is the second death, and

anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the

lake of Fire. So all humanity, every man,

woman and child is found in one of these two resurrections as

you leave the world in death. And I don't know you need to

know this, but every seven years, every cell in your body

is changed. It's died off.

Then you get new ones. And trouble is, remember the

old. Some of you who will remember

people now go, what's a videotape used to get a

videotape when they first came out.

Remember, they were, they were really light and portable.

They weighed £400. And this huge, great camera.

Well, you got to tape and then when you copied the tape and

made another copy, remember, I'd just get until the end.

And we have videotapes of our kids where they're kind of like

phantoms. You can just just see the images

of them. They're kind of like, because it

copies and copies and copies and the, the copy is worth.

Well, that's what's happening to our bodies because sin is

causing us to decay. So each and every one of us is

going to die. And as you leave this world in

death, your eternal destiny will have been sealed by your choice

Now, because the Bible says today is the day of salvation.

If you have received Christ, I pray you have and served him

faithfully because we're saved to serve.

You will open your eyes the moment you leave the body here

and you exhale that last breath and this body is left here.

You are given new life and you enter into a new world, eternal

glory with God forever. Amazing Paul calls it.

We move from one tent to another.

But if you've rejected Christ, ignored him, and lived your life

selfishly, you will open your eyes to the first day of your

eternal punishment. Because we're all eternal.

Isn't everyone, every one of us believes this too.

There are those who say no when you die, that's it, the end of

no. They're just saying that because

they're scared about what's going to happen to them next.

That's why they say that. And every time you go to a

funeral, everyone always says, well, you know, oh, Bobby's up

with Uncle Joe and he's now playing with the kids and he's

running around with his pet dog Mickey, you know, and all this

sort of, they say all these things.

It's, it's, it's just, they just do that naturally, don't they?

In the eulogies, they just talk about life after death.

We don't all walk out from the funeral go well, that's that.

The Bible says it is appointed for men to die once, but after

this, the judgement, all those who reject Christ, who died

without faith in Christ will be resurrected not until the end of

the thousand year Kingdom reign here on earth.

Then they will rise. And it's not a it's not a

judgement or well, let's see, tell me your story.

Oh, when I get to see God, I'm going to lay out a few things to

him. You know, you read of these,

it's always the movie stars that have the big mouths, aren't they

the movie stars? You know, when I see God, I'm

going to tell God how unfair he was and all this sort of stuff.

No, because in Revelation chapter 20 verse 4, it says and

Revelation 20:4

I saw Thrones and they sat on them, Judgement was committed to

them. Then I saw the souls of those

who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus.

This is those who during the great tribulation will die for

their faith, how they'll die beheaded and for the word of God

because they love the word of God and who had not worshipped

the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their

foreheads or on their hands. And it says they're resurrected

and they lived and reigned with Christ for 1000 years.

But there's five. The rest of the dead did not

live again until the thousand years were finished at the end

of the thousand year reign. This is the first resurrection.

There'll be no excuses as God even now maintains His witness

on earth. People go, well, what about the

poor person in the jungles of so and so?

Now just worry about yourself, what are you going to do about

your walk with God? Because the Bible says in Romans

chapter one verse 20 that God has remained his witness and

continues to do so here on earth.

It says Romans 120 for since the creation of the world, his

invisible attributes are clearly seen being understood by the

things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so

that they are without excuse. Because it says in Romans

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chapter 3, when people stand before God, they'll know they're

guilty because they will not utter a word.

You see, and it's not the second resurrection being a place where

here I go, I'm going to put my case.

You know, I got AI got a lawyer with me and he's going to put my

case to the judge. And then the judge, it's

actually Jesus Christ. It's a sentencing.

The second resurrection is not about a judgement.

It's a census sentencing. But you know, here's what

happened. Even during the tribulation

period, seven years, God will be reaching out to every lost soul.

That's where you and I, and we pray that it doesn't include our

family members that don't know Christ now.

But if they don't receive Christ now and we're taken up in the

rapture, we pray, oh God, that they've turned to Christ after

all that we have told them about what's going to come and we're

raptured. We're gone and they realise they

have gone. They have been raptured.

What they said is true. Look what what's happening in

the world. Look up the news.

Who is this guy? Look at this world leader.

Look what's happening in Israel. What they told us is happening.

But then they can give their lives to Christ during that

time. But it's going to be a desperate

time. If God reaches out during the

Tribulation period, millions will come to Christ, the Church

of Jesus Christ, you and I. Today we have a mission.

You go, oh, why are we still here?

Why isn't Jesus come? I'll tell you why.

It's called the Great Commission.

It's on the surfboard as you walk out, go into all the world

and preach the gospel, because there's still people who haven't

been told about the grace and love of God.

There are people in your neighbourhood, people who are

broken and shattered, people whose lives and marriages are

falling apart. And you know what?

They need Christ, not a band aid, not therapy.

They need Christ. They need a new heart.

They need to be able to forgive and be forgiven and that's the

power of God through the cross of Christ during the tribulation

period. 144,000 They're not Jehovah Witnesses even though

they say they are. They're not the 7th day of

Venice, they say. They're the 144,000.

I'd like to know how they keep counting all these things too.

You want 144,000? I must say that next time I see

Jehovah Witness, you want 144. Oh, no, that's the special

people. Oh, OK.

So what happens to you? We get the earth.

Oh, OK, 144,000. The sealed, dedicated Jewish

evangelists and the enemy won't be able to touch them.

What are they doing? They're proclaiming the gospel

to the world, but also then come to witnesses during the great

tribulation period. We don't know who they are.

Moses and Elijah, we're not sure who they are.

Moses and Enoch, we don't know, but they will proclaim, and

during that time, because it's in the last days, all the world

will watch them live. Now what happened in July 1969?

The world watched one man step off a ladder and fall on his

head. No one man stepped off a ladder

on the moon. The world watched it.

Now the world can watch everything.

Vietnam was the first war that everyone watched while they have

in their tea and the world will watch.

These two witnesses who will proclaim the gospel of Christ

won't be able to be touched by the enemy.

Then God will take his hand back.

They'll be killed, they'll lay on the streets and the world

will celebrate and give presents to one another during that

period because of the death of them.

But then they'll ascend into heaven.

But they evangelise. But even then, if God goes even

further in Revelation 14-6, then I saw another Angel flying in

the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to

those who dwell upon the earth. And always during the the Book

of Revelation you'll see this term earth dwellers or those who

dwell upon the earth. They are those who are living on

the earth during the tribulation period, and they are those who

are making a choice. I'll die for Christ or I'll live

for the Antichrist, and then I'll die later and suffer.

And it says, who dwell upon the earth.

And this Angel went to note to every nation, every tribe, every

tongue, no matter what linguistic language, to every

people saying with a loud voice, fear God.

Give glory to him for the hour of his judgement has come.

Worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs

of water. And so all this is happening

during the tribulation period. It's not like, oh, God says,

well that's it, it's all over. No, because the Bible says God

is willing that and what none should perish, that all should

come to salvation. You see the wise it says here,

some to everlasting life, some to shame, everlasting attempt.

Verse 3 Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the

firmament. Those who turn away to turn many

to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever, the wise will

always shine. Who are they those?

They are those who are in Christ.

Paul says you are. You are to walk circumspectly.

Now that you know Christ, you know what that means and not as

the world with wisdom. Walk as God wants you to walk.

Live as God wants you to live. Have your marriage be a husband,

be a godly husband, a godly father, a godly mother.

How do we shine? Firstly, we we're the light of

the world. We're the soul of the earth.

And then Jesus said in John 812. Then Jesus spoke to them again,

saying I am the light of the world.

He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light

of life. But secondly, as you and I and

the people during the tribulation period share the

gospel of Jesus Christ, you lead others to Christ.

We are, in Christ's eyes, seen by him because we've wisely

lived by faith. Through the evil and unbelief of

the world. We will shine with the same

glory as the heavens and fulfil the same function.

So what's the the work of the stars and the heavens and the

sun and the moon? The Bible tells us to declare

the glory of God. If you serve Christ, you witness

for Christ and share his love with others, you're giving the

glory, just like the sun and the moon, the stars.

You're giving the glory. You're shining.

Then Daniel has told him. Verse 4.

But you, Daniel, shut up the words.

Seal the book until the time of the end.

Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.

Seal up the words. Why was all this just for

Daniel's sake? Surely not.

No, Daniel, He's told by the Angel protect, preserve all the

things that I'm telling you until a time when it could be

clearly understood. Jesus said he spoke on the

sermon on the on the Mount of Olives, Matthew 2415.

He says I tell you about the abomination desolation.

When that occurs no one understand.

So Daniel, protect, preserve the puzzle for you and I as we see

our world and we watch the world events is being revealed to you

and I each day as we see things so clearly in the last days.

When was the first credit card came out come out?

Oh, I can't remember a few years back, but if you had said to my

dad or my any of my dad's peers at that time, you're not going

to be paid in cash on Friday, what I said aren't getting paid

on cash on Friday. We're a cashless society.

Who would have thought of that? No, we're, we're totally,

totally cashless. We're going.

But Australia says it's going to go even further into a cashless

society. Where's it heading to?

So that you'll need a mark to be able to get your cash.

And you know, The thing is, every time you take a pay for

something, they know where you are.

And now we have electric cars. You drive around, you pay for

your fuel with electric card, and they know where you're

going. They know how long you've been.

So the Antichrist man, he'll know everything about everyone.

We're living in that time. The pieces are falling into

place. This vision was given so people

of God would know the future. It is sealed in the sense that

it would not become understood until the time of the end.

We're in the last days, we understand this.

Daniel was told to seal the words of this vision, whereas in

the Book of Revelation John was told do not seal the words of

the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

There are 71 passages from Daniel quoted in 16 New

Testament books. Now it says many shall run to

and fro and knowledge shall increase.

Everyone always has two bobs. One, what this means?

Well, it means that we're all going to be busy catching planes

and jets and trains. And also we'll have the

Internet, so we'll know everything.

I kind of that was around. And if you believe that, that's

fine. That's an interpretation.

But I kind of find that why would God bother?

Oh, well, you're going to be busy.

You know, I, I just, it just doesn't sit with me.

Is it modern travel? Is it knowledge increasing?

Yes, all those things are true. But I believe biblically this is

telling us that in the last days, people today are lost and

confused now more than ever. And people are searching,

scrambling Francis, scrambling, searching to and fro.

Francis. In the book of Amos, chapter 8,

Amos 8:11

verse 11, the prophets there says, behold, the days are

coming, says the Lord, I'll send a famine in the land, not a

famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the

words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to

sea, from north to east. They shall run to and fro

seeking the word of the Lord, but shall not find it.

You see, there's a famine of God's word.

Now you know you can go into a church today.

Many churches don't need a Bible because we're not going to talk

about the Bible. We're going to talk about

something that's self help. We're going to talk about how to

make your marriage better, how to be a better parent, how to

how to be positive in your life, how to you know, how to do well

at work and think all great and good, but not the word of God,

not the word of God. There's a famine of the word of

God. People today are seeking for

truth but will not find it. You know they're looking at all

the wrong places. People today say what they're

spiritual. A lot of people have gone to

Bali. You know why they they're

becoming spiritual. How many idols do we have in the

gardens around Secret Harbour? And people go off and they go to

this class and that class and I'm going to find myself.

You know how you can find yourself?

Hang out your wallet. There's your driver's licence.

It'll tell you who you are. In Second Timothy chapter 3,

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Paul says perilous times will come because there will be a

form of godliness. Oh yes, I I believe just not

like the traditional church believes.

It says in verse 7 Second Timothy chapter 3 that these

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

people are ever learning, forever learning and never

coming to the knowledge of what the truth.

And now who's the truth Jesus Christ.

The answer is Jesus. God told Daniel that in the last

days his people can increase their knowledge of prophetic

scripture as they apply themselves to the word of God to

and fro. You and I are studying the Bible

now so that you know, your kids will know, you know exactly when

the paper opens up and this happens.

You go, that's this, we're, we're close.

Christ is coming at any moment. Then verse 5.

Then I, Daniel looked and there stood two others, one on this

riverbank and the other on that riverbank.

And one said to the man clothed in linen who was above the

waters of the river. How long shall the fulfilment of

these wonders be? Then I heard the man clothed in

linen who was above the waters of the river.

These are angels. And he held up his right hand

and his left hand. So he's making this is solemn

agreement, announcement. This is double solemn to heaven.

He swore by him who lives forever, that it shall be for a

time, times and half a time, when the power of the holy

people has been completely shattered.

Israel, all these things shall be finished.

Daniel says, how long? When's all this happening?

A time, One year times 2 years, half a time, half a year, 3 1/2

years. It says there's coming a time

during the tribulation period when Israel itself, and they're

pretty, pretty confident. Never again, Never again.

They're saying it will be finally crushed.

They'll be at the lowest point ever in the history, the last

part half of the Tribulation period, and from the time of the

initial signing of the treaty by the Antichrist with Israel, the

new world leader. The prophetic clock starts

clicking in earnest. And halfway through this seven

year agreement, Israel will enter the worst time in the

history, when the power of the holy people has been completely

shattered. That means literally crushed.

Well Keith, why is there a tribulation period in the 1st

place? 1 So that God's judgement will

fall on the Gentile nations. Why?

For the way that they have treated the Jews.

That's why Joel 3 verse 2. I will gather all nations and

Joel 3:2

bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.

I will enter into judgement with them on account of My people,

MyHeritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the

nations. They've also noticed this

divided up. My land, what's coming?

And secondly, Tribulation period.

Why is it for the sifting and purging of the nation of Israel

at this time? To prepare the Jews?

Why for the coming of the Messiah?

Revelation 19 Amos 9/9 For surely I'll command, I will sift

the House of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a

sieve. Zechariah 13 Six says One will

say to him, Who are these wounds between your arms?

What are these wounds? And you'll answer those with

which I was wounded in the House of my friends.

Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed

till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made

white and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly.

And none of the wicked shall understand, but the why shall

understand. Everyone's sins will be judged.

But this judgement occurs at two places.

My sin, your sin at one of two places of which you and I can

now make that choice where that's going to occur.

One, if you want your sins judged at the cross of Christ,

you receive Christ. You say, God forgive me, yes,

I'm a Sinner. God forgive me of my sins.

I want you to come into my life. Lord, forgive me of my sins.

Be my Lord and Saviour. Then your sins have been judged

at the cross. We celebrated that and Christ

has taken your sins away from you forever because you're given

eternal life. Or if you want, if you reject

Christ today, then you will die with your sins, and your sins

will go with you when you die, and they at the second

resurrection you'll be arisen and you'll be judged, and your

sins will cast you into hell. One or two places.

You make the choice. Now The thing is, why would you

do that? You see, for God so loved the

world that he gave his only begotten Son, and whosoever

believes in him, that's all you have to do, should not perish

that perish, cast in the lake of fire, separated from God,

eternally gnashing of teeth, eternally in darkness alone,

eternally away from light, away from love.

Why would you do that today if you haven't received Christ as

your Lord and Saviour? Your sins at the moment judge

you. But if you come to Christ this

morning, if you call out his name and say God forgive me, I'm

a Sinner, ask him to cleanse you, to come into your life

right immediately. At this moment, your life will

change. You'll be born again and die

once. If you reject Christ, you'll die

twice. Today you say Keith?

I mean, that's really super Happy New Year.

No, If I saw someone burning in a fire, I wouldn't stay out the

front and go, oh, it's a nice fire.

What would you do? Save them if you're not safe

today, please not asking you to join a church.

God's message is loud and clear. No one understand.

Today is the day of salvation. Leave this church.

Walk out this door today knowing that your sins have been

forgiven, knowing that Christ is coming soon and He will take you

out of this world, and then the seven years of judgement will

begin. It's as simple as that.

Let's stand and worship the Lord.