046 Three And A Half Pt2

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draweth nigh. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the program. I

am your host, Matthew. Tonight, we are going to do three and

a half Part two. This time we're going to take a look at this

timeframe of three and a half as it is in the Book of Daniels.

I want to tie one thing in before we get too far into the program.

I want you to understand the importance of being able to identify this timeframe

of three and a half with the days of Elijah. I spoke at length

on the last program that in this timeframe you should see two women from the

days of Elijah, the first being the woman of Zara path. The second

one would of course be Jezebel. And take note that this exact phrase is

of course in the Book of Revelation in the Hebrew. It comes right out

and calls her most translations that I know of English translation using the phraseology the

woman Jezebel. That in the Hebraica is of course H eight oh two Isha

and Jezebel, the woman Jezebel, Ladies and gentlemen, I cannot make this

point strong enough. If you did not realize this before, now you really

do need to do some self edifying Bible study on your own. So with

that being said, I also have programs coming up where I am going to

have to solidify the simple fact that the Woman of Revelation twelve is in fact

in the days of Elijah, the zeropath woman. That is for a later

time. Right now, let's get to the task at hand. Take note,

ladies and gentlemen, that today this is where everybody believes that the three

and a half comes from. And in order to breach this topic, most

people deny that one of the times that it's in Daniel, it's even there.

And they do that for a very good reason, because of well,

not knowing the entire narrative from Daniel chapter nine. I'm going to read some

things for you. First, we need to take a look at the Covenant.

But I need to remind everybody that Daniel itself is a cipher. For

one, it is a massive kaiasm. Not only that there's individual kiasms in

each chapter. If you don't know what the Greek literary device of a kiasm

is, please look that up. For now we need to I need to

bring to your remembrance that Hebrew is utilized and Aramaic is utilized in the layout

of Daniel. Now, the first six chapters is a mirror of the last

six chapters. So take note that Daniel chapter one is written in Hebrew,

and the next five chapters is Aramaic. This first part is the court proceedings.

The second part, which is the Apocalypse visions, it inverts that structure.

So chapter seven is Aramaic, and then the next five chapters is Hebrew.

Literally, the Book of Daniel is one massive cipher. So one of

the times three and a half comes up as in the Aramaic of the second

part of Daniel, the first of the apocalypse visions. That's Daniel chapter seven.

It's also in Daniel chapter nine and twelve, those two being Hebrew.

So in seven it's Aramaic, in nine and twelve it's Hebrew. Now take

note that Hebrew phrase used in chapter twelve is also verbatim reiterated in the Book

of Revelation. So that's just some some some points. You need to realize

before we get too deep into this, that Daniel itself is a magnificent cipher

all on its own, so that's why it does this sort of thing.

So with this in mind, I hope that everybody is really ready to come

to grips with this three and a half time frame. Let me mention this,

This three and a half is ten times in the Bible. It's in

Daniel seven twenty five, Daniel nine twenty seven, Daniel twelve seven, Luke

four twenty five, James five seventeen, Revelation chapter eleven, verse two and

verse three. It's Revelation chapter twelve, verse six and verse fourteen, and

it's in Revelation chapter thirteen, verse five. That's how important this timeframe is.

And that's why the first time this is used in Hebrew, that being

Daniel chapter nine. We have to touch on that first because most people ignore

this, not realizing that the three and a half is here, and it's

here in a magnificent way. So let's go to Daniel the ninth chapter.

We're going to read some of the opening diatribe here, which is necessary for

me to relate to you everything that needs to be relaid So starting in verse

three of Daniel chapter nine, so I gave my attention to the Lord God

to seek him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

I pray to the Lord my God, and confessed and said, alas,

Oh Lord, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant. Here I

need to point this out. This is H. Twelve eighty five barreef.

Here it has a prefix hey, and in Hebrew that means the covenant.

There's only one covenant now at any one given time. You need to know

this. There's only one covenant. Before we all know that God dealt with

the children of Israel via the old Covenant, and now we have a new

covenant in the Lord Jesus Christ. This same type of thing applies to this.

There's only one covenant at any one given time. So take note.

This is the Hebrew word that's in your strongest concordance H. Twelve eighty five

breath with a prefix hey. So it's ha breef. So here you on

and loving kindness for those who love Him and keep his commandments. We have

sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly, and rebelled even turning aside from your

commandments and ordinances. Moreover, we have not listened to your servants, the

prophets who've spoken your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers,

and all the people of the land. So take note, there is no

debating the simple fact. This is the Covenant he is talking about. This

is the Covenant, and they had violated it and destroyed it. It is

very plain that this is being directed to God, not God the Son.

So we're going to jump down here to verse twenty four. So just so

you know, it's said by wreath and that's what it meant, the Covenant.

So with that in mind, going down to verse twenty four, seventy

weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression,

to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to

bring an everlasting righteousness, to steal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint

the most holy place. So you are to know and discern that from the

issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there

will be seven weeks and sixty two weeks it will be built again with closet

and mote even in times of distress. Then after sixty two weeks, the

Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the Prince

who is to come will destroy the city in sanctuary, and its end will

come with the flood. Even to the end there will be war. Desolations

are determined Firse twenty seven. And he will make a firm covenant. Here

it is barrief in your strongest concordance. That's h twelve eighty five with many

for one week. But in the middle of the week he will put a

stop to sacrifice in grain offering, and on the wing of abominations will come

one who makes desolate even till a complete destruction, one that is to decreed

is poured out on the one who makes desolate. Take notes, ladies and

gentlemen. All historians know this. You can prove this with all the documentation

that you can get your hands on. Literally one hundred percent of all the

scholars know that the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ lasted three and a half

years. That is plain to the text of the New Testament. Historians,

archaeologist, everybody knows this. Everybody knows this that the Lord Jesus Christ made

a covenant with all of his followers and his disciples, and that covenant after

three and a half years ceased and upon his resurrection from Lord Jesus Christ most

certainly did this. Once he resurrected, he put a stop to sacrifice in

great offering. From this point forward, there is no longer any need for

sacrifice. The Lord Jesus Christ is the propitiation for our sins. Everybody knows

this. Most people look at Bible prophecy and this integer here, they invert

this on it on its head when it plainly said that the one giving the

covenant with many was Messiah the Prince. That's what it said. That's what

it said. And you need to know that this is telling you this phrase

here that he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week,

but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice in

great offering. Of course he did because he was crucified, and once he

resurrected no more sacrifice was required. Now Here, the three and a half

is put this way, this right here, that this this word that the

New American Standard Bible used as middle in your strongest concordance. That's age twenty

six seventy seven with the prefix volve. It's the a at Ze. It

means the middle. Now, ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time

the three and a half is used in reference to the ministry of the Lord

Jesus Christ. And you need to know that the most important thing here for

you to take away from these verses is this. This is the whole reason

why the Great Tribulation is three and a half years long, because the Lord

Jesus Christ, Messiah the Prince, he has to finish this covenant that he

made with all of his followers that is going to be instituted when we who

are alive and remain at the onset of the Great Tribulation. Now, most

of you has probably heard this scripture, twisted it and put on its head

in a quite well blasphemous way. Many many Bible teachers in the West turn

this on its head and say, no, it's not talking about Messiah the

Prince. It's talking about a figure that's not even in the Book of Revelation.

They say, that's the Antichrist making a covenant with many for one week.

No, no, it's not This is talking about the men of the

Lord Jesus Christ historically speaking ladies and gentlemen. This means that you need to

know, you need to know something that is one of the most wonderful things

that's ever happened in all of history. So you need to realize that before

jesus ministry, the most protected people on the planet were the children of Israel

during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness. But once the Lord Jesus

started his ministry, you need to understand something. Do you actually think that

any of the people, Let's just use one example, the feeding of the

five thousand ladies and gentlemen. You need to understand that the devil himself would

not have come into that crowd and laid one finger on anyone that Jesus was

ministering. To consider this, take any of the people that he healed.

Do you actually think the devil and all of the fallen host of heaven,

do you think any of them could have laid one finger on any of the

people that Jesus healed and ministered to. Of course, not ladies and gentlemen.

They were the most protected people on the planet. I mean, consider

this, most people just can't come to grips with this. The simple fact

that you are going to be alive for the Great Tribulation, that doesn't mean

you're going to be participating in it, no more than the children of Israel

had to participate in the Hisos invasion of Egypt. Think about what I just

said. The whole reason why Egypt was invaded and overthrown and all those good

things was because Egypt was in a time of great tribulation. Because of course

God covered the entire Egyptian army at the bottom of the Red Sea. And

that's a fact you need to know that really happened. And once that happened,

of course the foreign hordes were able to invade and take over and usurp

the authority from the Egyptians. Looking forward, we who were alive and remain

at the onset of the Great Tribulation, we're going to be relocated to a

remote third location. I am in a location, you were in a location.

God is going to come here and prepare for us a place that He

is going to take us to in operation Eagles Wings via the Angels, and

in that place you will be the most protected people in all of history.

For the remainder of this covenant. In Daniel chapter nine, verse twenty seven,

Ladies and gentlemen, would anybody an null a covenant that Messiah the Prince

had made. Let me read this again, verse twenty six. Then after

sixty two weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and

the people of the Prince who is to come, will destroy the city in

sanctuary. And it said, we'll come with a flo but even to the

end that there will be war. Desolations are determined, and he will make

a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of

the week he will put a stop to sacrifice in grain offering. Ladies and

gentlemen, There is no separating the simple fact that the subject of this stanza

is Messiah the Prince. Now, yes, it tells you that one is

coming that is going to make desolate and destruction is going to be poured out

on that one's head, But that's not the one making the covenant. The

one making the covenant is Messiah the Prince. This stanza, the subject is

dealing with Messiah the Prince. So once you realize this is the whole purpose

of the three and a half is to finish the covenant of the Lord Jesus

Christ's earthly ministry. You'd be surprised how many scriptures make sense once you understand

that. Once you get that down, you begin to realize, Oh,

my goodness, the things that you can learn. It opens the door for

so many other things in the prophetic books to make sense. All of a

sudden, they will make sense to you, because any narrative outside of the

one that is laid out here in the seventy Weeks Prophecy is going to do

nothing but can as is well attested by the major camps in Christianity right now.

Basically, you've got two camps here in the West. There's either dispensationalist

or Preyerterist. We are neither. The Bible says from cover to cover that

during the Great Tribulation you will be relocated to a remote third location where you

will be absolutely safe from anything going on. So let's go to the first

time that this is used in Daniel. In this instance, it's in aramaic.

In this instance it's aramaic. Here we get a lot of information rapid

fire. So take note. We'll start reading in verse nineteen. Now,

remember this is an Aramaic, not Hebrew. Then I desired to know the

exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others,

exceedingly dreadful, with its iron teeth and its claws of bronze, which devoured,

crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet, and the meaning

of the tin horns that were on its head, and the other horn which

came up and before which three of them fell, namely that horn, which

had eyes and a mouth uttering great boast, and which was larger in appearance

than its associates. I kept looking, and that horn was raging war with

the saints and overpowering them, until the Ancient of days came. A judgment

was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time

arrived from the saints took possession of the kingdom. Thus he said, the

fourth beast, which will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will

be different from all the other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth and

tread it down and crush it, as for the ten horns. Out of

this kingdom, ten kings will arise, and another will rise after them,

and he will be different from the previous ones, and will subdue three kings.

He will speak out against the most high, and where down the Saints

is the highest one. And he will intend to make altercations in times and

law, and they will be given into his hand for time, times and

half a time. But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion

will be taken away, annihilated, and destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty and

dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given

to the people of the Saints of the Highest One. His kingdom will be

an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey him. At

this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were

greatly alarmed in me, and my face grew pale, but I kept the

matter to myself. Here it is very important that you understand that here here

we have this intecher right out in the open. In Aramaic time times and

half. That's literally what it says in Aramaic those words. There is H

seven point thirty two the donen, and that means of course time and the

half. Here is a leg H sixty three eighty seven, and it means

well literally half. So you have this word it down there in various forms,

because one's singular and one's not. And you have this this this world,

for this air make word for half Helai boy. This was a whole

lot of information. But here it came right out and said that everything was

going to be given into his hand for a time times and half a time.

And it said at the end of that time, then the court would

sit and all his dominion would be taken away and given to the saints.

So, ladies and gentlemen, there's no doubt about what's being talked about here.

There's no doubt what's being talked about here, no real reason to spend

any length of time here stuck here. Most of you have heard these passages

of scripture many, many, many times. Now I do need to point

this out. What this scripture is saying exactly what Matthew chapter twenty four states,

also what Revelation chapter six states. It states here that the dividing time

between the time of great persecution or the birth pains and this one seizing control

of the whole planet is of course the ancient of days. Let's let's look

right here again at verse twenty one and twenty two. I kept looking and

that Horne was waging war with the Saints and overpowering them. So this happens

until what verse twenty two, untill the Ancient of days, am, ladies

and gentlemen, this is the Great Day of the Lord. This is the

six seal event. This scripture literally comes out and lays to you John and

Tittle that it's the Great Day of the Lord. This is not the return,

this is not the Perugia of Christ. This is the Ancient of Days.

This is God the Father, and it just said that he puts a

stop to the persecution. And it's at that point that the time times and

halftime begins. That's what this means. That's what it means. That's what

it says. And if you didn't have the wherewithal to put those two things

together, you could have readily been deceived into believing dispensationalism or preterrorism or any

number amount of things. But take notes, write this down for your own

self edifying Bible study. Investigate these things that I just stated, because there

is no doubt that here in verse twenty one and twenty two, it is

the Great Day of the Lord that actually starts the Great Tribulation. She steps

in. She steps in. Let me reverse twenty two again, until the

Ancient of days came and judgment was passed in favor of the Saints, the

highest One, and the time arrived when the Saints took possession of the kingdom.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are relocated. At the end of the Great

Tribulation is when the millennial reign of Christ begins. But you're in. You're

in a holding tank until that time times and a half time is over.

That's exactly what this passage of scripture said. That is exactly what this meant.

So fake note. If we do this, if we insert the day

of the Lord right here in between verse twenty two and twenty three, look

and see what happens. This is going to say that after the Great Day

of the Lord is when the anti Christ seizes power of the whole planet.

And at the end of the Great Tribulation is the return of Christ, the

Perusia of Christ in Greek, and that is when the Lord Jesus Christ sets

up his millennial kingdom. Let's see if this works. So the six silivant

just happens starting in verse twenty three, this is what comes next. Thus

he said, the fourth Beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth,

which will be different from all other kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth

and tread it down and crush it as for the ten horns. Out of

this kingdom, ten kings will arise, and another will arise after them,

and he will be different from the previous ones, and subdue three kings.

He will speak out against the most High and wear down the saints of the

Highest One, and he will intend to make altercations and times in law,

and they will be given it to his hand for a time's time and half

a time. But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will

be taken away, annihilated, and destroyed forever. Of course, it will

be after return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let me say that again.

At the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, the whole planet is given into

his hands for time time and half the time Verse twenty seven. Then the

sovereignty, the dominion, and the greatness of all kingdoms under the whole heaven

will be given to the people of the Saints and the Highest One, that's

the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, that is, the Lord Jesus Christ.

When I point this out to people in a classroom or in a pulpit

setting, you should see the reactions that I get when it slowly dawns on

them, which just came out of my mouth, that what happened in verse

twenty two was the great day of the Lord. Here it's called, of

course, he's called the Ancient of days. He says, the Ancient of

days here, So you will absolutely understand and confuse this day with the perusi

of Christ, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. It was here the

whole time, just like it should be. But if you didn't know the

narrative, it would have been very easy to mislead and confuse everybody. And

it's out of this confusion, which is the well spring, out of which

has come massive false doctrines like dispensationalism and criticism. But when you know the

timeline, everything makes sense. Let's jump now to the last time. This

is in the book of Daniel Daniel, chapter twelve. We will start in

verse five. Remember this is written in Hebrew. Then I Daniel looked and

behold, two others were standing one on this bank of the river, and

the other on that bank of the river. And one said to the man

dressed in lenin, who was above the waters of the river, how long

would be until the end of these wonders? I heard a man dressed in

lenin, who was above the waters weird. And he raised his right hand

and his left hand toward heaven, and swore by him who lives forever,

that it would be for a time times and half a time. And as

soon as they finished shattering the power of the Holy people, all these events

will be completed. As for me, I heard but could not understand.

So I said, my Lord, what will be the outcome of these events?

He said, go your way, Daniel, For these words are concealed

and sealed up until the end time. Many will be purged, purified,

and refined. But the wicked will act wickedly, and the one and none

of the wicked will understand. But those who have insight will understand. Now

let me just pause here for a minute. He was just describing the birth

pain, ladies and gentlemen, That's what he was just describing. And he

said that these words are concealed unto the end time. The end time is

the great tribulation, ladies and gentlemen, Verse eleven. From the time that

the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there

will be twelve hundred and ninety days. How blessed is he who keep waiting

until he attains to the thirteen hundred and thirty five days. But as for

you, go your way to the end, when you will enter into your

rest and rise again for your allotted poor at the end of the age,

ladies and gentlemen. He just told Daniel that he was going to receive rest

after this time of birth payings, ladies and gentlemen. He just come right

out and told you. And you have to realize that these verses are based

off the total integer given in Daniel chapter eight of twenty three hundred days.

But this is the second time that this phrase is used. Time's time and

half the time, only this time it's an Hebrew. It is this phrase

that is quoted verbatim in the Book of Revelation, and I mean verbatim in

the Hebrew. The Deltsch New Testament uses this word for word, So take

note that they're in Revelation chapter twelve, verse fourteen is the same exact phraseology

here used in this Hebrew. And by this time you should understand that there

is no consternation. This is repeatedly saying the Great Tribulation is going to be

times time in half a time. Now, you also need to know a

couple of other things. There is more than one entity at play. The

woman is only one of them. There are two other entities at play in

these passages, that is the male child from Revelation chapter twelve and the rest

of her children. Do not have time at this point to cover those things,

but you need to know for certain the time of the Great Tribulation is

three and a half years. It's twelve hundred and sixty days, it's forty

two months, and you are going to be segregated into a place of ultimate

protection and provision by the Lord your God, and nothing is going to be

able to touch you or harm you. For the remainder of the covenant that

the Lord Jesus Christ made with those who were alive during his earthly ministry.

You're going to finish that three and a half year time frame. If you

are alive and remain at the beginning at the onset of these things. Now,

you need to know that here in these calculations dealing with the birth payings,

because remember in Daniel chapter twelve, we just read it there in verse

eleven and twelve, those integers pertain to the total some of twenty three hundred

days. But these figures are used because it again gives you the three and

a half integer. And if you've never seen this before, I bet I'm

getting ready to rattle your cage. Take note it states from the time that

the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there

will be twelve hundred and ninety days. How blessed is he who keeps waiting

in a take means to the thirteen thirty five days. But as for you,

go your way to the end, then you will enter into rest and

rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age. Take note,

these calculations are using the only way to put it is prophetically perfect thirty

day months. This time frame. You need to understand that during the Great

Tribulation, time is going to work different. The Bible in more ways than

one is especially the Book of Revelation tells you that there's coming a time that

there will be exactly thirty days in each month. This is prophetically perfect months.

This is why it tells you in the book a revelation that there's twelve

hundred and sixty days in those forty two months. So when do you know

that's what he's talking about. Look what happens. Take the twelve the twelve

hundred and sixty days, which is three and a half prophetic years of perfect

thirty day months. From the twelve hundred and ninety days, there is a

remainder of thirty days exactly, or one prophetically perfect month. So take the

twelve hundred and sixty days from the thirteen thirty five days, and there's a

remainder of seventy five days or two and a half months. This is gonna

blow your mind. The sum of the remaining days is one hundred and five

days thirty plus seventy five. Divide this by thirty prophetically perfect months, and

there you have three and a half months. When I've shared this before,

I've had people get get messed up. It boggled their mind so much that

I had to get out a piece of paper or write it on a chalkboard

or whatever I had access to because it just blew their mind, like,

what did you say? So let me say that one more time. Okay,

it states the twelve hundred and ninety days. Take the duration of the

Great Tribulation from that twelve hundred and ninety minus twelve sixty, it's thirty days.

Okay, it's thirty days. If you then take the Great Tribulation of

twelve sixty from the thirteen thirty five days, there's seventy five days left over.

So if you take twelve sixty minus the twelve ninety, you get thirty

Then minus it again from the other integer mentioned thirteen thirty five, you get

seventy five days. You'll put those together, that is exactly one hundred and

five days, or exactly three and a half prophetically perfect months of thirty days

each. I know I've probably just rattled your cage because what the Lord did

here utilizing these integers that are part of the twelve hundred and thirty days.

He used these two integers of twelve ninety and thirteen thirty five so that you

could so that you could observe it without seeing it. Take note, he's

expecting you to know that the Great Tribute Elation it's three and a half years

long, and he's incorporated into the math that the Great Tribulation is going to

be comprised of months that are prophetically perfect thirty day months, not twenty nine

point five. And it's here. It's just you have to have eyes that

can see it. But once somebody points it out to you, it creates

a shock to the psyche. You're like, oh, my goodness, you

mean to tell me that he was expecting us to figure out from the Book

of Revelation that the Great Tribulation is twelve hundred and sixty days long. Yes,

that's why the Angel relayed these integers in this order to all of us,

because we are the ones who are alive and remain of the ministry of

the Lord Jesus Christ. Right now, now, you've got to admit,

that's just enough to blow your mind, isn't it. It's enough to blow

your mind what God has done to go way out of his way to make

sure you understand what's right in front of you. Now, let's talk about

this one more time. You need to realize that this count is ten times

in the Bible. Write this down. It's in Daniel seven twenty five nine

twenty seven twelve seven. It's in Luke four twenty five, James five seventeen,

Revelation eleven, verse two and verse three, Revelation twelve, verse six

and verse fourteen, and lastly in Revelation chapter thirteen, verse five. Hey,

note, how are these used? How are they used? How are

the different ways? This is mentioned in Daniel seven twenty five it's Aramaic time

times and a half. In Daniel nine twenty seven, it's Hebrew and it's

the middle of the week. Daniel twelve seven is times time and the divide

of time. In Hebrew. Luke chapter four, verse twenty five is three

years and six months. In James chapter five seventeen, the exact same thing,

three years and six months. In Revelation chapter eleven, verse two,

it's forty two months. The next verse eleven, verse three is twelve hundred

and sixty days. In Revelation twelve six, once again, it's twelve hundred

and sixty days. Revelation twelve fourteen is Time's time and half the time.

Revelation chapter thirteen, verse five is back to forty two months. So take

note it starts out with forty two months in Revelation and ends in forty two

months, Ladies and gentlemen, this timeframe of three and a half you need

to prepare yourself for, and your preachers and all your teachers should have been

straining you up to prepare yourself for this very time. It's this very time

and this very layout that is also what the fifth chapter of First Thessalonians is

completely built upon. There that chapter as well tells you that it all starts

with the great Day of the Lord, and it ends with the Perusia of

Christ, and in between there in verse twenty three, it says that God

the Father will protect your body, mind, and spirit through to the arrival

and the perusia of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is a very good place

the start if you really wanted to start preparing yourself from this time, that

is exactly what I would do if I was you, I would do that.

I would go to First Thessalonians, chapter five, and I would really

familiarize myself with that text. It's that important. And if that's the first

time you've ever heard that before, that we'll wait a minute. Nobody's ever

told me before that that's actually the entire layout. Will take note, ladies

and gentlemen, it is what it is, and it makes itself perfectly clear.

In verse two, it states the day of the Lord. It states

that suddenly labor king pains will come upon you. Verse twenty three. I

already pointed out how you're going to get through those one and sixty days.

Verse twenty three. That's how it happens. And take note. I'll finish

the verse for you, because this is what it says. Now, May

the God of Peace himself sanctify you entirely, and may your spirit and soul

and body be preserved complete without blame. At the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ. Faithful is he who calls you, and he will also bring it

to past. Ladies and gentlemen, read all the verses in between. That's

what this chapter is trying to relate to you. If you haven't heard sermons

on First Bsalonians Chapter five, you need to know you need to study this

chapter because it tells you exactly what's right up in front of you. It

is important that you begin to do self edifying Bible studies. Ladies and gentlemen,

you have got to get your hands on the Bible, God's Holy Word

for yourself. The best easiest way to do this. This is what I'd

done in my own household. You can get a strong concordance keyed to a

particular version. In nineteen ninety five, the New American Standard Bible was updated.

This is what I raised my family on and with it in my house

at all times was a von nasb exhaustive concordance. I have one on my

shelf right now. All the Bibles that my children had while growing up was

the New American Standard Bible nineteen ninety five, of which that concordance was made

and matches. So right now, if I get my Bible and look up

any verse, any word in any verse, I can pull that concordance off

the shelf and look for that exact word and find out exactly what that word

is in Hebrew or Greek. You can also get it keyed to the to

the English Standard version. You can get it keyed to the King James version

or the New King James version. I strongly suggest you do this. Go

to your local bookstore or go to Amazon, go wherever you need to go.

And that's what you need to do. First, pick out the concordance

that's keyed to some translation. Let's let's just say the new King James version.

Once you find one, then go find in an accompanying bible to go

with it. I strongly suggest you get a giant print Bible. I strongly

suggest that you do not need a bible with a lot of footnotes and a

lot of rigamaro. You do need one that's got cross references. But that's

pretty well all you need. And when you're reading any verse, for example,

First Thesalonians, chapter five, verse twenty three, you can literally go

and look up that word that's in there. Let's say you want to you

want to look up soul. You can get that cordance, look up the

word soul. Find it'll give you a whole list of all the versions that

that word is in. It'll give you the strongest number you flip to the

back is the Greek concordance and the Greek dictionary, and it'll tell you exactly

what that word is in the verse you're looking for. You have not to

be able to do this. You've got to be able to do this.

You need to start self edifying Bible studies. It is imperative that you do

this. Ladies and gentlemen, You need to realize this, this quagmire that

you find yourself in right now, it is the clergy's fault. It is

the people's fault that's running the church. That's why there's so many different denominations.

That's why there's so many different theological seminaries you can go to that around

different denominations. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a quagmire. The only way

you can achieve clarity of thought is to get a hold of the Bible,

God's Holy Word for yourself. Start with the strongest concordance that's need to a

certain translation, and then by that translation, get those two things in your

hand. Get yourself a notebook, get yourself a pen or a pencil,

and start studying the Bible for yourself, because if you do, you can't

be deceived. God did not write his word to confuse you. He didn't.

She wrote it to explain everything that's going to happen to you beforehand,

so you can become prepared to do that thing. God did not put this

time frame of three and a half in the Bible ten different times because he

didn't think it was important for you to know he put it in there ten

times so you could be able to realize with perfect clarity. You need to

prepare yourself for this three and a half year time frame. You need to

prepare your children so they can prepare your grandchildren, and they can prepare your

great grandchildren. You need to know this is the most important thing for you

to prepare for. Not your death, not your retirement, not your wedding,

not your child's graduation. This is the most important thing you need to

prepare. And you can really do that quickly and easily getting an understanding of

what's going on by first Thessalonians chapter five. It tells you that when the

great tribulation is going to start is at the Great Day of the Lord,

so nobody can deceive you about whether you're in the Great tribulation or not.

And then he comes right out and says that the God of Peace will protect

your body, mind, and soul to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Start right there. No one understand this. It's your strong concordance and

your accompanying Bible translation. And see how many times God the Father says he's

going to do this very thing that he stated in Daniel. Look up,

how many times he says he's going to gather you to gifts. He says

it at length, with redundancy. He says it with redundancy. He says

it in Isaiah, Ezekiel, Micah, he says it in the Psalms,

he says it everywhere. He's going to gather you together and finish what he

started with his earthly ministry. He's going to finish what he started because he

is Messiah the Prince. He is Messiah the Prince. It's not us finish

in prayer, our Father, which are in heaven. How Lord be your

name, your Kingdom. Come. Your will be done on earth as it

is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us

our trust passes as we forgive those who've trespassed against us. And lead us

not into temptations, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the endom

and the power and the glory Forever. Amen, Amen and Amen. Until

next time, ladies and gentlemen, God bless God speed. Thank you for

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Now, if you are a God fearing Bible BA leaving Gospel preaching Christian,

please repeat after me, I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God's holy Word.

I will make it a lamp unto my feet and a light and to

my path. It's your words, while I hide in my heart that I

might not sin against God.