Bible Prophecy & The Last Days: Knowing the Times | Pastor Harley Doneburg | December 28, 2025

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out His plan for us. So welcome to church. We're

currently taking a break in the book of Acts.

Obviously, last week was Christmas. This week

and next week, we're going to actually take the

next couple weeks to talk a little bit about

Bible prophecy. We're going to detour from the

book of Acts and just do a little refresher,

a little reminder what the Bible says, talks

about the future, and the future matters because

it's how we live in the present. Knowing the

future, that's why we have the future. That's

why all the way from the Old Testament, And even

in the New Testament, it points to future events.

Bible prophecy. I'm not going to do it because

I got little bookmarks in my Bible. But if you

mark your Bible and take about a third of it

and hold it up, that's how much of the Bible

is prophetic. About a third of your Bible is

prophetic. Some people say if you take your Bible

and put your finger in Acts chapter 2, And then

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go to Revelation chapter 19. Hold that little

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thin portion up. That's the church. And everything

else you see, especially before Acts, that's

Israel. How important Israel is in the prophetic

scheme and what God's doing with Israel. The

sons of Issachar, it says, and I am going to

pray. Hopefully I remember to pray. Not that

I haven't prayed. But the sons of Issachar. In

1 Chronicles, it talks about this group of men,

small group of men, that were there when David

took the throne. And it says that these men,

these sons of Issachar, they knew the signs of

the times. And it said for this very reason that

Israel would know what to do. Why should we know

the days we're living in? I think it's very important.

Jesus pointed to these days. And why? Because

we need to know what to do, how to live in these

days, how to act, how to behave. What should

we be doing? How should we live as a church and

as a people of God? So we'll pray really quick

here. Lord, we're thankful for your word. We're

thankful, God, that we have it. We have instruction.

We know the future. We know what's coming. We

have a lot of the detail of it. And so I pray

for this morning, Lord, that distractions, confusion,

God, that this would be clear, Lord, and that

it would cause us and motivate our hearts, Lord,

to action, to know what we should do in these

last days that we're living, Lord, in your name.

Amen. When you talk about the last days, if you

would, and you don't have to turn to every scripture.

If you want to, if you want to keep your fingers

moving, you can. I'm going to reference a bunch

of scriptures. I'll read them. to keep us moving,

because I want to get us finally to Matthew chapter

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24. We're going to be in Daniel. We're actually

going to be in Matthew 24 just for a second.

But if you would, turn to Acts chapter 2 with

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me for a second. I want to clarify what the last

days are, that we should know that the last days

began at a certain point in history. The day

of Pentecost. As people are there celebrating

Pentecost, they hear what's taking place. The

church speaking in other tongues, in another

tongue. And Peter in verse 17 defends what's

happening and explains to them what's taking

place. In these latter days. And this marks the

beginning of the last days. It's a prophecy of

Joel. Just so you have this in your mind. Hopefully

this isn't confusing. I might jump back into

the book of Acts if this gets too confusing for

next week. But I want to take a couple weeks

and to explain some things. A reminder to some

of us. It says this in verse 16. Peter explains,

this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.

And then he says this, it shall come to pass

in the last days. That's important. In the last

days, says God, I will pour out my spirit on

all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy. Your young men shall see visions. Your

old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants

and on my maidservants, I'll pour out my spirit

in those days and they shall prophesy. So that's

what's taking place in the last days. And then

he continues in verse 19. This is important in

terms of the gifts of the Spirit. Because that's

a controversy in the church. He says this. And

then he jumped fast forwards from these days,

the days of Pentecost, where the church is birthed

there. And then he begins to speak of the tribulation.

So this is going to happen right up until the

tribulation. He says, and I will show wonders

in heaven above and signs in earth beneath. Blood,

fire, vapor of smoke, the sun shall be turned

into darkness, the moon into blood, before the

coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

That's the second coming, Revelation chapter

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19. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls

upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So

when you look at the book of Revelation, chapter

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1, those are the things, you know, Jesus gives

John an outline. He says, write down the things

that you see, the things that are, and the things

that are gonna be, that will come to pass, right?

And the things that he saw was chapter one of

Revelation, this vision and view of heaven and

Jesus Christ. Chapters two and three are the

things that are. That's the church age. That's

the seven letters to the churches. And the things

that shall be, and then, Chapters 4 and 5, it

says that John was caught up in the heaven. And

the church isn't mentioned anymore from chapters

6 to chapter 19. Why? John's in heaven with the

church, and he has this vision of the throne

room where the saints are. And he sees the lamb

slain from before the foundations of the world.

So chapters 2 and 3, it's the church age. The

last church age is Laodicea, this church that's

lukewarm. Like they come to church, they don't

care. Church gets raptured. Chapter 4, John is

caught up into heaven. And then chapters 6 through

19, the church is not mentioned. That's the tribulation

period. It's the tribulation and the great tribulation.

That seven -year period, it's... Daniel's 70th

week. It's the time of Jacob's trouble. We're

going to actually look at the book of Daniel

today, explain some of that. And then, you know,

chapters 20, the millennial reign, judgment comes,

Revelation 20, new heaven and new earth, 21.

And so the book of Revelation, very important.

And why do we need to know this? Why do we know

the end days? Because it says in the last days,

in the end, the final days, those last days that

I believe we're living in, and because something

very special happened, Israel becomes a nation

again, and that's God's super sign. That's the

super sign to the world, that God's still on

the throne. He's not done with this nation. It's

something that... that many, many scholars thought

it can't happen. And they replaced, you hear

of it, replacement theology, that the church

has replaced Israel because what they didn't

believe and couldn't believe is that Israel would

become a nation again. So for a long time, part

of the church, some of the church, respected

men in the church and teachers, some of the forefathers

thought, There's no way Israel can become a nation

again, but it's the super sign of the last days

of the end times. And we have that on us. Matthew

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chapter 24 says this as a warning. Jesus inserts

this as a warning as he tells the disciples.

He answers a question, what will be the sign

of your coming and the end of the age? What's

it going to be? And Jesus, he doesn't say, don't

worry about it. You don't need to know that.

It's unimportant. You just got to learn how to

behave well and have faith. And he says, no,

you need to know this. And then he begins to

tell them what these signs will be of his coming,

the end of the age, the age of man, the destruction

specifically of the temple. But he says this

in verse 45 of Matthew 24. Who then is a faithful

and wise servant whom his master made ruler over

his household to give them food in due season?

And blessed is that servant whom his master,

when he comes back, will find doing so. What?

Taking care of his master's good. Assuredly,

I say to you that he will make him ruler over

all his goods. But if that evil servant says

in his heart, My master's delaying his coming

and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat

and drink with the drunkards. The master of that

servant will come on a day when he's not looking

for him. And at an hour when he's not aware of,

and he will cut him in two and appoint his portion

with the hypocrites. And there shall be weeping

and gnashing of teeth. Kind of important to be

watchful. Why? Because our hearts slip away from

God. We drift. Peter says this. You can write

this down. You don't have to turn there. 2 Peter

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chapter 3. He says, Beloved, I now write to you

this second epistle, in both of which I stir

up your minds by way of a reminder. that you

might be mindful of the words which were spoken

by the holy prophets and of the commandment of

us and the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing

this first, that scoffers will come in the last

days, walking according to their own lusts. And

this is what they're going to say, because it's

being said for 2 ,000 years. And this will be

an earmark of something going on that infiltrates

the church and infiltrates people. They're going

to say, where is the promise of his coming? They

heard of it. They knew it. They were taught it.

But they couldn't hold on. Where is the promise

of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep,

all things continue as they were from the beginning

of creation. And for this, they're willingly

forget that by the word of God, the heavens were

of old and the earth standing out of the water

and in the water by which the world then existed,

perished, being flooded with water. And he talks

about a global flood, which was God's judgment

on the world. Because of what? Because their

hearts grew cold. And we're going to look at

those days. That's one of the signs of the end

that Jesus gives. In Matthew 24, Luke 21, or

Luke 19, I think. The days of Noah and the days

of Lot. A time when God judged globally the earth.

What did it look like? Why did he come and judge

the earth? Well, Jesus said, you need to know

the days of Noah. And we're going to look at

that next week. But you need to know the days

of Noah so you know the time of the end, the

last days, the last of the last days, the end,

as Jesus says he's going to return. And the days

of Lot, why did Sodom and Gomorrah get judged?

You need to know those times and know those days.

It's important, right? So the Bible says this.

Ignorance, we use that word, we throw the word

around, they're ignorant, they're ignorant, they're

ignorant. And it can be used in place of other

words. But ignorance just means a lack of information.

You guys understand that, right? Ignorance means

to not know, to not have the full knowledge.

People are ignorant. It's not... The worst thing

in the world to not know you don't know what

you don't know, right? Until you get that information.

In the Bible, the New Testament is clear specifically

about four things that the church is most ignorant

of, that it is most controversial in the church.

The Bible, the New Testament is clear on four

things I'm going to talk about, two things we're

going to discuss here today and next week. The

first thing is Paul says, I don't want you to

be ignorant. This is 2 Corinthians chapter 12

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concerning spiritual gifts. And one of the most

controversial things in the church today and

for years is spiritual gifts. And the Corinthian

church was misusing gifts, spiritual gifts in

church service and at different times. So Paul

comes and corrects them. He doesn't say they're

not important. What he says is, I don't want

you to be ignorant of spiritual gifts. And then

Paul gives this dissertation, chapters 12, 13,

14 of 1 Corinthians, Romans chapter 12. He expounds

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on gifts of the Spirit, Ephesians chapter 4.

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Paul talks about gifts of the Spirit, why they're

important. But we're called not to be ignorant.

You need the information. You need the information.

The second thing is, and I'll turn there and

read it to you. You don't have to. It's Romans

10, which rolls into another area that the church

is ignorant and controversial in. But Romans

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chapter 10 says this in verse 1. Brethren, my

heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is

that they might be saved. They rejected their

Messiah. For I bear them witness that they have

a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

They're zealous. And it says this, for they being

ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to

establish their own righteousness have not submitted

to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the

end of the law. for righteousness to everyone

who believes. And if you follow that pattern,

you see that it talks about the righteousness

that is by faith, by believing, by confessing,

believing in your heart, confessing with your

mouth. It's different than the law that Moses

gave. You obey these commands or else. And Paul

says that they were ignorant. They're ignorant

concerning what God was going to do. This new

testament, this new covenant that we have in

the New Testament that's in the blood of Jesus

Christ. It's different, right? The third thing

is Romans chapter 11, verse 25. And these two

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things are so important. The spiritual gifts,

the law versus grace. In number three, Romans

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chapter 11, it says, verse 25, For I do not desire,

brethren, that you should be ignorant of this

mystery, lest you should be wise in your own

opinion, that blindness in part has happened

to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles

has come in. Fullness of the Gentiles comes in.

Jesus will say that Jerusalem, Will be trodden

underfoot of the Gentiles. That they're going

to be scattered. But once the regathering takes

place. Once Israel becomes a nation again. That's

the super sign. Of the last days. Then the church

age. This age of grace is coming to a close.

When Israel becomes a nation again. It's crazy.

They were out of their land. For almost 2 ,000

years. So Israel, there's ignorance there. Doesn't

mean you're dumb or I'm dumb. It means you don't

know. And the last thing is 1 Thessalonians chapter

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4. And these are the greatest controversies in

the church. Some of the greatest controversies

in the church. It specifically says, don't be

ignorant of this. Don't be unknowing. Paul says

this in chapter 4, and this is concerning the

rapture of the church. This is an event that

takes place, I believe. And before the tribulation,

God takes, because the Bible says that Paul teaches

that we're not appointed to wrath. We're not

appointed to God's wrath. And the tribulation

is God's judgment. That's one part of it. The

second part is God is going to deal with the

nation and their unbelief. So he says, I don't

want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning

those who have fallen asleep. They've died. Lest

you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if

we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even

so God will bring with him those who sleep in

Jesus. For this we say to you, that by the word

of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain

until the coming of the Lord will by no means

precede those who are asleep. For the Lord himself

will descend from heaven with a shout, with the

voice of an archangel. and with the trumpet of

God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

And then we who are alive and remain shall be

caught up. That word is harpazo in the Latin

Vulgate. That's where you get the word rapture.

And he says, and that's a violent snatching away.

We who are alive and remain shall be caught up

together with them in the clouds to meet the

Lord in the air. Thus shall we always be with

the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with

these words. 1 Corinthians 15 says it's going

to take place in the twinkling of an eye. But

Revelation 19 says that every eye shall see him.

It's two different events. Two different events.

The same way Israel was looking for this conquering

king in the Old Testament. They're waiting for

Messiah, this conquering king. They didn't know

they were going to get a suffering servant first.

They were unaware of that. They were blind to

that fact. And so they missed it. And we're going

to look at that in a minute. The same way there

was two comings in a way, for Israel, it's the

same way for the church. There's a rapture of

the church that precedes the tribulation period.

And then we, if you read Revelation 19, we come

back to earth. With Jesus Christ. Okay? That's

the second coming where every eye is going to

see him. Every knee is going to bow. Right? It's

the final part of the battle of Armageddon. Okay?

Everyone looks confused. Hopefully I'm not confusing

everyone. Too bad. This is a refresher. Listen,

this, you know. We need to not be ignorant of

these things. So we're going to talk a little

bit about Israel. If you turn with me to Daniel

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chapter 9, important, the book of Daniel, very

important in terms of Bible prophecy, the future.

Israel. Daniel chapter 9. And if you remember,

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we don't have to start, begin there, but Daniel

starts out by saying that he understood by reading

the book of Jeremiah that the 70 year captivity

of Babylon is over. It's coming to an end. And

he began to pray, confess the sins of the nation,

his own sins. As he's praying, Gabriel shows

up to give him a message, to give him. Not only

what's taking place in the days they're living

in, but future events. Gabriel shows up and says

this. In verse 24 of Daniel chapter 9, it says

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70 weeks, 70 heptads, 70 sevens. They're weeks

of years. Not to confuse you. Hopefully that's

not confusing. The 70 weeks are 77s. They're

weeks of years. They're determined for your people

and for your holy city. That's Israel. It's very

Jewish. To do what? To finish the transgression,

to make an end of sin, and to make a reconciliation

for iniquity. That's what happened when Jesus

came. Then he says this. To bring in, this hasn't

happened yet. This happens at the end of the

tribulation. To bring in everlasting righteousness,

actually the end of the millennial reign, to

bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up

the vision and the prophecy, like you don't need

the Bible anymore. And to anoint the most holy,

that's where Jesus Messiah is going to sit on

the throne of his father David. To anoint the

most holy. It's important to know that, that

you are aware of that, to know what's going to

happen in the future. And then he says this,

know therefore and understand. I'll just read

25 through 27, then we'll go back and go over

it a little bit. He says, know therefore and

understand. Don't be ignorant. Know therefore

and understand that from the going forth, Of

the command to restore and build Jerusalem. Unto

the Messiah the Prince. There shall be seven

weeks and 62 weeks. Of years. And the street

shall be built again. Even the wall. Even in

troublous times. And after 62 weeks Messiah shall

be cut off. Not for himself. Cut off for us.

That's his death. And the people. of the prince

who is to come, that's important, shall destroy

the city and the sanctuary and the end of it

shall be with a flood to the end of the war of

desolations are determined. Then he shall confirm

a covenant with the many for one week. That's

the final week. That's the 70th week of Daniel.

There's one week left. We're living in a pause

right now. Then he, ooh, that's the prince that

shall come from this people. That people are

the people that destroy the temple, and it's

Rome. And we'll look at that in just a minute.

A covenant with the many for one week, and the

many, that's Israel. But in the middle of the

week, he shall bring an end to the sacrifice

and offering. And on the wing of abomination

shall be one who makes desolate, even until the

consummation, which is determined, is poured

out on the desolate. So that can be confusing,

right? You look at that like, what the heck is

happening there? Are you for real? How do you

sort that out? It's not terrible to sort out.

It's not terrible. It says this, know therefore

and understand. And then he marks a time. He

says from the command to restore and build Jerusalem

unto the Messiah, the Prince, there'll be 69

weeks, 483 years. There are weeks of years, 483

years. And there's a beginning and an end. There's

something that marks the beginning of this time.

He says, the street shall be built again and

the wall. Well, when did the street and the wall

in Israel begin to be rebuilt? Artaxerxes, the

Persian king, comes on the throne in 465 BC.

And if you read Nehemiah, that's where the command,

he gives the command to Nehemiah, and that marks

this time. In Nehemiah chapter 2, in the 20th

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year of his reign, that's 445. That's March 14th,

445 BC. It marks this time. It's not hard to

understand this if you just know a couple things.

But that's the beginning of this period. That

starts the clock of this 483 years. Nehemiah

does. Because what does Nehemiah do? He gets

the command from Artaxerxes to go back to Israel,

go to Jerusalem, and rebuild the walls. That

was his job. That was his position. You remember?

And if you read Nehemiah, he goes to all the

gates, and different people were appointed. But

he got the command from Artaxerxes. March 14th,

445 BC. So until Messiah the Prince, there'll

be 69 weeks. The Babylonian calendar is not what

we have. It's not 365. It was 360 days. Multiply

that by 483 years. I'm already losing you guys,

but don't let me lose you. This is important.

Nehemiah marks it off. 483 years, 69 weeks of

years, 483. You do the multiplication, it's 173

,880 days to the Messiah, the Prince. And Jesus

rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, April 6th,

32 AD. That very day, that Gabriel told Daniel

he would come. That very day, he comes lowly,

riding on a donkey, right? Humble. He rides into

Jerusalem that very day that Daniel predicted,

right? It says this, if you turn to Luke 19 with

me for a second. says this, as Jesus rides into

Jerusalem, they're saying, Hosanna, blessed is

he who comes in the name of the Lord, right?

And he rides in, verse 41 says this, now as he

drew near, he saw the city and he wept over it.

And he says this, if you had known, even you,

especially in this your day, what day was it?

It was the day that Daniel predicted that Gabriel

gave Daniel that. One of the most amazing prophecies

in the Bible. It's important. You can research

this. You can probably look it up online. I'm

sure you can get it. The days, the year, Artaxerxes.

He came on the throne. 20 years later, he gives

Nehemiah this command. 173 ,880 days later, Jesus

rides in the exact day. If you had known, even

you, especially in your day, the things that

make for your peace, but now they're hidden from

your eyes. For the days will come upon you when

your enemies will build an embankment around

you, surround you and close you in on every side

and level you and your children within you to

the ground. And they will not leave in you one

stone upon another because you did not know the

time of your visitation. They didn't know. They

lost sight of the fact that Messiah was coming.

A prophecy that was given to Daniel. They lost

sight of it. And what did they do? You lose heart.

You lose direction. You lose purpose. What am

I living for? What are we here for? How do I

move forward? How do we live this life? What

is my goal? What's my aim? Right? They lost direction.

They lost purpose. And they lost sight. of Messiah.

And so, briefly, listen, I feel like I am losing

you guys. And after 62 weeks, Messiah will be

cut off, not for himself, that's Messiah, Jesus

dies. And it says, the people of the prince who

is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

That's what Jesus says. In Matthew 24, when the

disciples said, you know, they leave the temple

area and they look back at the temple and they

show Jesus the buildings of the temple, how amazing

this is. And Jesus says, listen, there won't

be one stone left upon another here. And they're

blown away by that. Like, the temple's going

to get destroyed? That's crazy. And we know Titus

Vespasian, 70 AD, he does that. Destroys the

temple, throws down every stone. It says, the

people of the prince who is to come shall destroy

the sanctuary. That's Titus, 70 AD. It gets destroyed.

The end of it shall be in a flood to the end

of the war of desolations. It's important to

know who that is because it was Rome. It was

a Roman general, Titus, destroyed that. It's

important to know that for the fact that verse

27 says, then he, who? He's the prince that's

going to come. Where's he going to come from?

It's Antichrist. Verse 27 is speaking of Antichrist.

He's coming. From who? From a people? From Rome,

right? We don't have time to look at it. But

Daniel chapter 2, Daniel chapter 7, Nebuchadnezzar's

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dream, this head of gold, arms and chest of silver,

the waist and thighs of brass, legs of iron.

That was Nebuchadnezzar, Medo -Persia. Greece,

Alexander the Great, and then Rome and all the

Caesars. And then he describes the last final

kingdom of the last days where Jesus comes as

this rock cut without hands and he comes down

and he smashes the image in its feet of this

new kingdom that has 10 toes and it's iron mixed

with clay. It's the revived Roman Empire. that

is revived in the last days, led by Antichrist.

It says that he shall confirm a covenant with

the many for a week. You read Revelation chapter

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6, the first rider on the white horse brings

the covenant. That kicks off the tribulation

period. That starts the clock for seven years.

The seven -year period, led by Antichrist, it

says he comes with a bow. That's the covenant.

Right? He'll confirm a covenant with the many

for one week. That's the final week, Daniel's

70th week, the days of Jacob's trouble. I lost

you guys, didn't I? It's important because Israel

becomes a nation again. So anyways, it says this,

but in the middle of the week, he shall bring

an end to sacrifice and an offering. And on the

wings of abomination shall be one who makes desolate.

Daniel chapter 12 talks about the abomination

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of desolation that takes place right in the middle

of the tribulation period. Antiochus Epiphanes,

the Seleucid king, was a dress rehearsal. That

happens in between the 400 -year span between

the Old Testament and the New Testament. This

Seleucid king comes after Alexander the Great.

This guy from Greece, he has four generals. One

of those generals becomes a ruler from Seleucia.

The Seleucian king, he goes in, kills 100 ,000

Jews, desecrates the temple. He brings this idol

into the temple of Zeus, kills a pig on the altar,

and it makes Judas Maccabeus. You know, this

Maccabean revolt that happens that 400 year period

between the Old Testament and New Testament.

That's why they celebrate Hanukkah. The Jews

have a holiday that they created because of this.

Judas Maccabeus comes and, you know, wipes or

pushes them out, wins this battle. But it was

a picture of what was going to take place. It

was the desecration of the temple. It's coming

again. In the tribulation period, halfway through,

if you read Revelation 12, 11, 12, and 13. Okay?

It's way too much information, probably. For

you guys, I was not intending. Why did I think

this was going to come out so simply? I thought,

this is just going to be information that they'll

have. It's future. Antiochus Epiphanes, that

was a dress rehearsal for what was going to take

place during the tribulation. That was not because

Jesus speaks of it as a future event when he

warns them in Matthew 24 that the temple is going

to be desecrated. And it's not. It's not. Some

people confuse what Titus did in 70 AD. They

think that all this happened in 70 AD. Everything

Jesus predicted has already taken place. Well,

listen. The revelation from John hadn't even

been written yet. Not for another 25 years after

the temple was destroyed. So this stuff is all

future. Titus, he burned the temple, took the

gold, never desecrated it. It wasn't the abomination

of desolation. If you want to know more about

that, Daniel chapter 12, it gives you numbers

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and dates. You can follow that along. It actually

gives you... 30 days more than the midway point

of the tribulation. And then 75 days more. Interesting.

If you know what that means, someone can tell

me. I don't know. Why? It goes over that three

and a half year period. Where there's tribulation

and then great tribulation. Right? And if you

look up Daniel chapter 7, it talks about the

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beast. They correlate with the image of Daniel.

The first beast is a lion, and then a bear, and

then a leopard. They correlate with exactly the

same kingdoms, Babylon, Medo -Persia, and Greece.

And then this final king, he describes as this

dragon that comes back to life. And he has heads

and horns. And it's the revived Roman Empire.

So that's Daniel chapter 7. Read it. It maybe

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will make a little more sense to you. It maybe

will make no sense to you. That could happen

too. So listen, it's 11 -12. Next week is going

to be much simpler. Next week we're just going

to go through Matthew, what Jesus said. I'm not

going to go through all these prophecies. I'm

going to go through Matthew 24 and remind you

of some things. You won't have to remember any

numbers or dates or things like that. that are

confusing. Next week will be fun. More fun, hopefully.

So, Lord, we're thankful, God. We want to know

these things. We want to walk in these things,

Lord, and understand them, Lord. We don't want

to be ignorant of the things that are coming,

Lord, knowing that your word tells us in the

last days there's going to be a falling away,

a departure from the faith. The people will be

lovers of themselves. You've called us to be

watching and waiting, Lord, praying always that

we might escape these things, Lord. Luke's gospel

tells us to be careful that we're not overtaken,

that we lose sight and lose track.