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We turn to the 11th chapter of Daniel.

Continuing to look at this specific chapter that gives to us some detailed information

of the area of the work and the power and the reign of that person that the Bible identifies as the Antichrist.

We are slowly drawing to a close in our study of the book of Daniel.

And I trust at least from now on when someone mentions the book of Daniel or your turn to it, you will be aware.

The five great prophecies in the book of the Antichrist.

It's not as easy to figure out the reign of the Antichrist in the tribulation, but certainly there.

The ninth chapter, of course, is the chapter which has four little verses speaking of the reign of the Antichrist and that interval of time between the first coming of Christ and the second coming of Christ.

The ninth chapter is concerned by giving you one of the first coming of the first coming of the first coming of the Antichrist.

He will make a covenant with the nation of Israel.

Therefore, bear something up.

The nation of Israel has to be operative and in vogue and there when the Antichrist is revealed.

He makes a covenant with them.

But in the middle of the week, as the ninth chapter tells us, he breaks that covenant.

Now, the eleventh chapter of Daniel highlights that covenant again by showing us the characteristics of the Antichrist to come in peaceably and with flattery.

I did not mean to confuse some of you last week when I introduced a couple of new thoughts on outline.

I personally believe the eleventh chapter of Daniel deals with three segmented situations.

Now, you will not find this in your reading on eschatology.

But I personally believe that the eleventh chapter deals, first of all, with about twenty verses of history that can be proven historically.

Then it picks up what I call a segment of history and prophecy.

Now, we have referred quite often to Antiochus Epiphanes.

We have referred to the fact that historically he is an excellent illustration in character of the Antichrist.

And so he again is picked up historically in the eleventh chapter.

But everything that seems history is not true.

It did not take place with him.

So there is an overlap in the history with Antiochus Epiphany with some new prophecy.

And then there is the segment which we are in now, which is total prophecy that has no history connected to it.

Now, drop with me quickly to verse 36.

I'm not going to repeat everything I said last Sunday evening.

Verse 36 introduces to you what is normally called the willful king.

Probably, verse 36 begins the pure prophecy part of chapter 11.

Now, bear up.

Chapter 2, chapter 7, chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter 11.

Five times.

The Antichrist is referred to historically or illustratively or prophetically.

I wish you could all remember better than I can because I can't remember it at all.

I have to write it down.

I took my glasses off so I can't see you.

So if you can't answer me, you don't be embarrassed.

Chapter 2 dealt with the image that Nebuchadnezzar saw.

Do you remember that?

And Daniel interpreted that image.

Now, it's obvious, but you can answer me.

How many legs did the image have?

Two.

That's obvious.

How many feet did it have?

How many toes did it have?

Ten.

All right.

So immediately in the first vision, you are identified with ten nations or ten kings.

Do you remember that?

And all prophecy seems to center around the fact that someplace before or during the tribulation,

ten nations in a group of five each have to come to the forefront.

All right.

Now, when you get home, read Revelation 13, 14, 15, and you will find ten nations are identified there.

Not by name, but again by illustration.

But the ten heads are reduced to seven, if you'll remember.

If you can just remember some numbers, you might come out with some thinking that does not take a lot of prophetic thought.

For example, in one of the visions of Daniel, chapter 7 and chapter 8, the ten is brought down to seven.

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Ten is identified, but three are immediately destroyed.

Do you remember that?

So again, the five and five, which are ten, seem to come down to seven, which highlight themselves.

The writer of Revelation uses the seven and says, five have been, one is, and one is to come.

If you remember Revelation 13, 14, and 15.

Now, it is interesting that when you come to chapter 9, or excuse me, chapter 8, and chapter 9, and chapter 11,

the seven, the seven seemingly, what's the word I just used, seemingly comes down to four.

Now, whether the four includes the seven or the ten, nobody can be dogmatic.

It's interesting to me that we really have taken a lot for granted in regards to the teaching of the tribulation among fundamental circles.

I use myself as an example.

For example, I've always been taught that there are seven years of tribulation.

I believe that.

I've always been taught that it's broken down into two sections, three and a half years approximately of peace.

One is called the tribulation, and Christ identifies the other as great tribulation, or the great wrath of God.

Now, the first three and a half years are a seeming time of peace.

The last three and a half years are a time when the Antichrist rules and reigns.

Now, that's what we've always taught, and that's true, isn't it?

But did you ever stop to think of something?

How does the Antichrist win to become the ruler over all the other nations that are identified prophetically?

Now, bear something out.

I'm not trying to color your thinking.

I'm trying to set my own thinking straight on the basis of Daniel 11.

From verse 36 on is nothing more than war, war, war, war, war.

Now, true, the last three and a half years of tribulation will be the major part of wars.

We know that from the New Testament.

We know that from the book of Revelation.

But I would remind you that the Antichrist has to come to power through the grips of war.

And nobody has ever set that in motion for me.

I have three and a half years of peace, and I have three and a half years of Antichrist with war.

And the highlighted war is the battle of Armageddon at the close of the tribulation as Christ comes to defeat those armies that participate.

I have never been taught in all my years what precedes that great battle of Armageddon.

Who wars?

Who fights?

What does the Antichrist do?

Now you're in chapter 11 with me.

Let me read again tonight.

Not to confuse you.

I personally don't believe you can take chapter 11 as the only teaching on the three and a half years of great tribulation.

But I do think you can learn a lot.

If you just use the knowledge you have.

Verse 36 identifies the Antichrist as a willful king.

Completely contrary to Christ, but as I told you last week, he has to defeat everything that's ever been taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

That's true.

Bear something up.

The greatest book in the tribulation will be the Bible.

The knowledge to Israel will come through the prophets.

The knowledge of the great tribulation will come through the gospels.

There is not going to be any new prophecies written for the nation of Israel during the tribulation.

The nation of Israel today is not very smart.

If the nation of Israel today would pay attention to the Bible, they'd know exactly what they're supposed to do.

You realize that the new prime minister of Israel said he was interested in the United States,

and he was interested in our president because our president read the Bible.

Now, if they'd carry that a step further,

we might have some prophetic revelation coming to pass that for years we said could not come to pass.

Secondly, bear something up.

There is nothing in the Old Testament to deal with any nations except those that are north, east, and south of the land of Palestine.

No place in the prophecies do you find this hemisphere taken into consideration.

It will still be here.

How it will be dominated,

how it will be ruled,

I would remind you that the government of rule in the prophecies is always referred to as kings,

which is very interesting.

Follow me carefully.

The willful king, it says in verse 36,

exalts himself, magnifies himself above every god or any type of god.

He shall speak blasphemy which will astonish those people who know about God or know anything about the Bible.

Blasphemy such we have never heard before.

It's incomprehensible to us.

And he shall prosper until God gets done with his wrath against the nation of Israel,

which is the total tribulation.

Again, bear in mind that everything going on in the world from the beginning of creation has been on God's time clock.

For he writes,

For that that is discernment shall be done.

You can't change it.

Verse 37.

I'm reviewing yet.

He's continuing to describe the beginning reign of this Antichrist.

I remind you last week that apart from two references in verse 40 and verse 45,

he does not deal with the nation of Israel in this paragraph.

He does not deal with Palestine except to two insignificant references.

Now what does it say?

Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,

whether he has to be a Jew and coming from parents and a nation which believes in one God,

or whether he comes from a family that was before him Christian based on the word of God,

and one of the two has to be true.

He does not come from an atheistic background.

He either comes from a Jewish background or a Judo-Christian background where God was believed to be God.

Whether he is a homosexual or whether he is odd because of his lack of desire for women,

we do not know, but we have a strange phrase.

He is not interested in the desire of women or to become the desire of women.

Nor he regards any God, for he shall magnify himself above all.

Now we know immediately that Satan has always wanted to be God or above God, right?

We have that in Isaiah, we have it in Ezekiel.

At this time it will take place.

Bear something out.

We don't have time, we don't want to turn to it.

Revelation 13 and 14 teaches us that there must be a trinity of Satan.

Satan is involved, but he cannot be involved until he is literally cast out of heaven.

That's Revelation chapter 12.

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He is not literally cast out of heaven today.

When he is literally cast out of heaven, he can become part of the devilish triumvirate,

which includes the first beast, which is the Antichrist,

and the second beast, which is called usually the false prophet,

or the false spirit may be a better term for him.

And so you have the unholy trinity, which is identified in Revelation 13 and 14.

All right, go to verse 38, I'm still reviewing.

But in rejecting the God, he honors the God of forces.

I said to you last week, many people translate this, the God of fortresses.

I do not believe that.

I believe because of the power of Satan, Revelation 13 and 14,

that there will be something revealed in the power of Satan

through the false prophet and the Antichrist that has never been revealed before.

Whether it will be wholly phenomenal or whether it be natural, I am not sure.

But I do know from this passage that something never before used as a God is going to be used.

Turn for a moment, but I don't want to get my track lost, to Revelation.

Just to read a couple of verses.

Turn to the...

Excuse me, I have to find it myself.

Let's start with the 13th chapter.

I'm just reading this to show you that the God of forces, which comes into prominence,

could be what we read in Revelation 13, verse 11.

Revelation 13:11

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth.

Could be the word land.

I personally believe it refers to Palestine.

And he had two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon.

That's a very interesting phrase.

He looks like Christ and he acts like the devil.

Have you ever heard that before?

You probably haven't.

I remind you that the Antichrist and the false prophet are not unattractive.

They have to be awfully attractive to sell people that the Bible is a fake or that the Bible is fulfilled in them.

And they have to prove that what Christ did, they can do.

Now read on.

And he exercises all the power of the first beast or the authority of the first beast before him.

In other words, you have two people with the same power, human beings.

And causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast.

Now that's where you are in Daniel 11, 36 and 37.

He sets himself up as God and he acknowledges a God of forces which is never known before.

Where does it come from?

Well, let's read it.

And causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.

You realize that out of that little four-horned beast came one in Daniel which was small to begin with,

who went through the wars, who suffered that thing, and probably was even wounded in that situation.

Revelation brings that same thought out.

And he doeth great wonders.

There's an interesting phrase.

The word is signs.

So he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles or signs which he had power to do in the sight of the beast,

saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword and did live.

Now this is the abomination of desolation.

You know this from Matthew and from Daniel.

He is going to make an image.

He's going to put it in the temple at Jerusalem.

Someone's always worried about how long it takes to build a temple.

I'd remind you they already got the foundation.

The only fight the Jordanians and the Palestinians are going to have

is if they try to take the Wailing Wall back.

They believe that's the original foundation of the restored temple.

And they want it.

And they're going to keep it.

In fact, in the Six-Day War, that's all they wanted.

They didn't want anything else.

They wanted that little piece of property that was in an alley.

Very possible that the mosque that sits on the present Moriah

could be incarcerated in part of the temple or incorporated in part of the temple.

The temple to be built in Jerusalem did not have to be as extravagant or exorbitant as Solomon's temple.

You realize when Nehemiah and Ezra restored the temple,

some people wept because it wasn't as good as the other one.

Well, I'd remind you now, there isn't anybody around that saw the original.

So whatever they get, they're going to be happy with.

So you see here, go a little further with me.

I just want you to get the flavor.

Verse 15.

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast.

Now kindly remember, this is not Satan.

This is the false prophet.

He can give power to that image that sits in the temple.

That the image of the beast should both speak.

Here's a phenomena.

You know, you walk in Lazarus at Christmas, they have the talking tree.

Now you know there's a guy inside of there, don't you?

I remind you, you have here an image empowered by Satan,

who does not have to stay inside of it to speak.

That's an unnatural phenomena that nobody can explain.

You remember that Christ said,

if you wouldn't hail me as king, the very rocks would cry out.

Do you see how clever the Antichrist is?

He has to facsimile everything that Christ did or could do.

So you see, he empowers the image of the beast should both speak,

and cause as as many as would not worship,

the image of the beast should be killed.

And he causeth all both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,

to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads.

I'm stopping for something.

As far as I'm concerned,

this takes place close to the beginning of what we call the Great Tribulation.

Not at the end.

So that, when Daniel talks about how he's going to get his position,

he has given us something that many of us have never paid attention to.

How does he get that position?

Anybody can figure out that he's going to get it at the end of the Tribulation,

after he's had seven years' chance.

But he has to have it before then.

Go back to Daniel 11.

I didn't mean to confuse you by taking you there,

but I want you to see that your Bible does go together, hand in hand.

It is not without comparison.

All right?

Verse 38.

I want to get down these verses tonight very quickly to have you think.

But in rejecting God, he shall honor the God of forces,

a God whom his fathers knew not,

shall he honor with gold, silver, with precious stones, and pleasant things.

Again, I must stop.

You realize that in the millennium,

nations must come to Jerusalem to worship,

and they must bring precious things.

The Antichrist is going to say,

See, I'm the king that's going to reign.

I'm the Christ, and therefore,

I have a right to expect you to come and pay homage and worship at the image

with that which is valuable.

I'm the Christ.

Are you aware that he's going to say the millennium has started?

Are you aware that he's going to say,

Look, I'm ruling with force.

That's what Christ is supposed to do.

Rule with a rod of iron.

Here I am.

What did Daniel 11 tell you?

Many of the Jews who were in the covenant fell away from it

and followed the Antichrist,

but there was that small remnant who spoke of God and of Christ

and tried to teach,

and they suffered martyrdom and trial and tribulation

and purging and slavery

because they wouldn't worship.

Verse 39.

This is where we stopped last week.

Thus shall he do in the most strongholds.

Very strange phrase.

It seems to refer to nations.

This is what he shall do with those who he conquers and follows.

With a strange God.

Now, whether that's the God of forces,

I personally believe it is.

He has identified it twice.

When the Bible tells you something twice,

pay attention to it.

Whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory,

and he shall cause them to rule over many.

In other words,

there will be ruling and reigning in the reign of the Antichrist.

He can't be every place at once.

He has to trust some people.

He has to trust some nations.

He has to have some conglomerate with which he works.

That's not hard to see.

All right.

And shall divide the land for gain.

There is a phrase.

Now, we don't know whether these things are in sequence

or whether Daniel in the vision given by the angel

is just giving us thoughts as they are given to him.

Verse 40.

And at the time of the end,

we have no time factor to identify with.

The time of the end of what?

The end of the tribulation?

The time of the end of the Antichrist?

Or is he doing what every prophet does,

talking about the latter days?

A period of time which could be as long as three and a half years.

I was reading this afternoon.

I probably won't have time to go there tonight.

In Ezekiel 37, 38, and 39.

I learned something brand new.

You know how long it takes to clean up the land of Israel after Armageddon?

Seven months.

Seven months.

Seven months.

Isn't that interesting?

Nobody ever has dropped that seven months any place in eschatology.

People will walk through the land or ride through the land,

and they see a bone of a human being.

They'll put a marker on it,

and someone of the government will come along and bury that bone to get rid of it.

That's what Ezekiel 37 said.

Last week we get in a lot of problems.

Previous in Daniel 11, we had the king of the south,

and we assumed that Antiochus Epiphanes was the king of the north.

So we only had two nations, north and south, right?

Now I have a problem.

All commentators say,

well, the Antichrist is always called the king of the north.

Well, if he is here, I'm in trouble.

Just let me read for you.

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him,

and the king of the north shall come against him.

He can't come against himself.

Now there's not a great problem,

but we don't want to run around our Bible.

It would seem to me that that referred to as the north

is that confederacy of ten reduced to seven,

which is north of the land of Palestine.

And that confederacy must be proven

that the Antichrist is to be the ruler.

What are they coming against, class?

The Antichrist or a nation?

They're coming against a nation.

What nation?

Answer me.

Israel.

Then the Antichrist is going to defend Israel.

Why?

Because he's the Antichrist.

It's his land.

It's the very land which Christ is going to rule and reign over

because he's just going to transfer the kingdom

from the Antichrist to the Christ.

There's no difference.

You learned that in Daniel a number of weeks ago.

Now just let me read for you.

And at that time of the end,

I personally believe this is sort of the beginning

of the second part of the tribulation

where he proves himself to be what he is,

the ruler of the world.

He's going to win that by war.

And at that time of the end,

shall the king of the south push at him

and the king of the north shall come against him

like a whirlwind with chariots,

with horsemen, with many ships.

And he shall enter into the countries

and shall overflow and pass over.

Now all it says to me is

the north and south don't win.

But verse 41 is a problem.

He shall enter also into the glorious land.

There's a reference to Palestine.

So whether he is a part,

I'm not being specific,

I'm getting you to think.

He is a part of this group of nations

illustrated in the two legs,

the ten toes, five each reduced to seven

and here reduced to four.

Of that group, which is part of the north,

he was called the northern king,

but when he sees the northern kings

are going to go against the land of Israel,

he has to go against them

because that's going to be his land.

Does he win?

He shall enter also into the glorious land

and as he protects Israel,

many countries shall be overthrown.

He protects Israel.

But there are three names which are interesting.

Three groups of people,

Moab,

Edom,

and the chief were the princes

of the children of Ammon.

It's very interesting to me

that we really don't know our world.

You realize to the north of Israel

is all the northern European countries

including Russia and all of that.

You understand that?

To the south of the nation of Israel

is something very interesting.

To the south is Egypt

and the African nations.

But to the south of Palestine

is also a large nation

called Arabia.

Now called Saudi Arabia.

Did you ever notice

it's almost as big as Egypt?

I wonder if I'd ask you

without looking on your map

where Moab

and Ammon

and Edom are

if you could tell me.

Well, when you get home

you'll look.

You'll notice

they're on the east side of Palestine

at the south

close to the Dead Sea.

It's a little angle in there

seemingly of nations

which do not become

totally involved

with the Antichrist.

We don't know why

for the moment.

But this little strip of land

seems to stay neutral.

It's just above

Saudi Arabia.

From the border of Saudi Arabia

to the Dead Sea

and a little to the east

of the Dead Sea

are these three lands.

Very small portion of land.

Has a purpose?

No doubt.

Read on with me

for a further.

Verse 42.

He shall stretch forth

his hand also

upon the countries.

In other words

whatever country

he passes through

in order to protect

Palestine

he captures.

And the land of Egypt

shall not escape.

There's that land again

that is so important.

A little south and west

of the land of Palestine.

And with Egypt

of course

he's concerned

with everything

that's buried there

that most archaeologists

are digging up

for him right now.

You go to the museum

in Cairo

you could spend weeks

there

of the things

that they've taken out

of just a smattering

of Egypt.

I never saw

so much gold

in my life.

You realize

that King Tut

was buried

in three gold rooms

interspersed

like a box.

The first room

how big was the first room

Earl?

Big as a platform?

Third of the platform.

Third of the platform

box

square

solid gold

inside and out.

Then inside

this one

was another box

that just fit

solid gold

inside and out.

And inside

that second box

was another box

solid gold

inside and out

and that's where

Thomas buried.

Three boxes

solid gold

buried in that pyramid

and around him

buried everything

of solid gold

including his chariots

his carts

anything he had

was solid gold.

he did not believe

in anything but that

and realized

he lived only

until 19 years of age.

And that is just

scratching the surface

of the riches

of Egypt

buried not only

in the pyramids

but in the sands

where probably

they've never been

touched.

And it's amazing

to me

how they've not

only preserved them

but they've kept

them safe

after they've dug

them up

that nobody

stole enough.

But you see

God has a hand

in this.

How rich is

Christ going to be

when he gets here?

He's not only

going to be king

because he's

the son of God

he's going to have

everything that's

on the earth

that's here now

that's valuable.

You know we read

about the cattle

on a thousand hills

you know we read

that phrase

but during the

millennium

they'll belong to him.

And I'd remind you

that the Antichrist

is just going to

gather this stuff

for him.

Because that's

the kingdom.

Egypt is very

interesting.

It's to the south

and the west.

What we would ever

find in Saudi Arabia

if we ever could

get there

we really don't

know.

That's the southeast

of Palestine.

You read a little

further.

So he goes

through these

lands

towards the south

protecting the

land of Palestine.

He's already

taken the

confederacy of the

north and taken

care of them

and he's come

out of that

confederacy

as the boss.

Now he's

taking care

of the south.

Okay.

He shall

stretch forth

his hand

also upon

the countries

and the land

of Egypt

shall not

escape.

But he shall

have power

over the

treasures of

gold and

of silver

and over

all the

precious

things of

Egypt.

And the

Libyans

and the

Ethiopians

never fear

that South

Africa

and Middle

Africa

is a very

very rich

nation.

Not near as

ignorant as

you think

they are.

Progressing

so fast

now you

can't stop

them.

And they

know the

value of

precious things.

Where's the

greatest diamond

mines in the

world?

In South

Africa.

And that's

the way he's

going.

Read a little

further.

All of a

sudden

he gets

some news

from the

East.

You know

friends there

are no

contradiction in

the Bible.

There are

just many

of us who

know Christ

who are

confused and

stupid.

May I

remind you

the thing

that alarms

the Antichrist

the most in

this chapter

is the

East.

Not the

North.

basically of

course here's

where you

come in

interpretation.

Most people

believe that

when the

northern kingdoms

which is

Russia chapter

38 and

39 no

doubt

Gog and

Magog

come towards

Israel

that they

start coming

and this

king hears

tidings from

the East

and as

they overrun

Palestine this

way the

East and

the Antichrist

have to come

to Palestine

this way.

But I say

to you

that if I

read the

battle of

Armageddon

rightly where

Christ comes

to take care

of everything

in war

that what

happens is

he has to

take care of

the armies of

the Antichrist

and the

armies of the

East.

Russia is a

power.

And we

read our

paper.

We don't

know anything

about

communism.

I don't

know anything

about

communism.

I wish I

did.

But I want

to tell you

something.

The infighting

between Russia

and the

East,

China,

India,

Bangladesh,

and all of

those countries

over to Japan

is a very

interesting

situation

prophetically.

The only

time the

Antichrist

gets upset

is when he

hears some

word coming

from the

East.

Now he's

really upset

because that

northern

confederacy

has been

taken care

of by him.

He was a

part of that

Roman Empire

restored.

Five and

five down

to seven

now to

four.

Just read

with me.

But tidings

out of the

East and

out of the

North.

True,

the North

is still a

problem.

He can't

be in two

places at

once.

Shall

trouble him.

Therefore he

shall go

forth with

great fury

to destroy

and utterly

to make

away many.

Now I

personally

believe that

Daniel draws

back in

time.

He has

taken us

quickly to

the spectrum

of the

rule of

the

Antichrist,

how he

had to

war,

and he

has also

given us

an implication

of the

nations which

are against

Palestine.

and now

in one

verse he

shows us

the great

tribulation

from beginning

to end.

And he

shall plant

the

tabernacles.

What is the

word class?

And he

shall plant

what?

Oh,

don't

misread

your Bible.

A

tabernacle

is a

temporary

tent.

That's

right.

The

tabernacle

in the

Old Testament

was not

a

permanent

structure.

He

tabernacled

among us.

He

wasn't

here

permanently

the

first

time.

If

this

earthly

house

of

this

tabernacle,

a

temporary

structure

be

dissolved,

we

have

a

house

not

made

with

hands

eternal

in

heaven.

The

prophet

knew

what

he

said.

He

shall

plant

the

temporary

tent

of

his

palace

between

the

seas.

That's

where

he

is

in

the

middle

of

the

tribulation.

He

has

forgotten

his

wars

now.

He

has

shown

the

enemy.

He

has

shown

that

the

Antichrist

has

to

help

to

fortify

Palestine.

He

has

to

go

south.

He

has

to

look

to

the

east.

He

has

to

take

care

of

the

north.

And

true,

all

of

those

are

involved

in

Gog

!

all

he

has

done

is

taken

you

from

verse

21

all

the

way

to

the

end

of

the

vision

and

he's

gone

a

complete

circle.

He

shall

enter

in

peaceably

and

with

flattery

and

he

says

to

you

now

he's

going

to

be

a

temporary

fixture

between

the

two

seas

in

the

glorious

holy

mountain

Mount

Zion.

No

doubt

he

refers

to

Moriah.

No

doubt

he

refers

to

the

place

of

Solomon's

temple.

No

doubt

he

refers

to

the

place

which

now

has

the

mosque

on

top

of

it.

Look

at

the

last

part.

From

his

magnificent

temporary

palace

a

tent

all

he

says

to

us

yet

he

shall

come

to

his

end

and

none

shall

help

him.

His

beginning

and

his

end.

All

of

these

wars

are

necessary

for him

to be

a

ruler.

But

never

fear

his

land

after

he

comes

out

of

that

confederacy

is

the

land

of

Palestine.

He

takes

it

peaceably

he

takes

it

flatteringly

but

it's

his

he

has

to

protect

it

because

he

is

the

tribulation

Christ.

And

with

all

the

power

and

the

naturalness

and

the

facsimile

I

hate

to

use

the

word

facsimile

except

for

the

fact

that

I

can

use

it

the

people

in

the

tribulation

won't

know

he's

a

fake.

Now

of course

he's

come to

the end

of this

vision.

Chapter

12

bad that

your

reference

Bible

heads

at the

great

tribulation.

He

has

been

talking

about

the

great

tribulation.

The

angel

has

given

you

a

vision

of

the

wars

of

the

great

tribulation.

Pay

attention.

Why

didn't

he

have

anything

from

the

west?

Because

there are

no

nations

to

the

west

of

Palestine.

It's

water.

There's

only

northeast

and

south.

Your

Bible

is a

true

book.

Chapter

2,

chapter

7,

chapter

8,

chapter

9,

chapter

11,

give

you a

full

picture

of the

Antichrist,

his

characteristics,

his

reign,

his

power,

his

ability,

his

place,

his

downfall,

and his

results.

And

chapter

12,

as

controversial

as

chapter

11,

at

that

time

shall

Michael

stand

up.

At

that

time

is

a

very

interesting

phrase.

Previous

to

verse

45.

If

Michael

does

not

stand

up at

the

beginning

of

the

great

tribulation,

the

remnant

of

Israel

would

be

destroyed.

I'd

remind

you,

we're

back

to

verse

35

of

chapter

11.

That

group

of

wise

Jews

who

didn't

break

the

covenant,

who

followed

the

Messiah,

who

looked

to

Christ,

are

still

there.

And

Michael

stands

up to

protect

that

remnant

who

flees

to

the

hills

and

the

woods

without

clothing,

without

food,

without

provision,

without

job.

Let

me give

you a

little

thought.

it's

very

possible

that

Edom

and

Moab

and

Ammon

are

the

refuge

of

the

remnant.

And

they

are

protected

by

the

angels.

Well,

if that

doesn't

upset

your

stomach

for

tomorrow,

I

try.

Heavenly

Father,

thank you

for the

word of

God.

Very

often,

from a

human

standpoint,

we wish

we could

stop with

a practical

thought.

But you've

led us to

study this

book in

depth,

to realize

that God

has given

to us

the history

of prophecy.

We thank

you,

Father,

that the

history has

been proven

true.

The

characteristics

have fallen

into place.

tribulation

and

when God

says the

tribulation

will come,

it will

come.

We can't

always fit

all the

pieces

together.

We just

have to

take our

little

minds

touched

by the

Holy

Spirit

to think

and to

tie

together

those

great

prophecies

and that

book of

Revelation

to see

that they

do not

contradict.

There is

no purpose

in our

lives to

know every

detail

except to

know that

the word

of God

is very

truth.

And if

it's true

in the

prophecies,

it ought to

be true

in the

practicalities

and we

ought to

trust God

more.

To realize

that God

is still

on the

throne

and he

still

remembers

his own

and he

never

fails us.

May our

hearts

tonight

revel in

the truth

of the

word of

God

and

humbly

be

thankful

that we

can

study it

together

in the

Savior's

name.

Amen.

We've been

singing about

the love

of Christ

and I

thought we'd

close on

that same

note

tonight.

If you'll

take your

book and

turn to

number

483,

there's a

little song

which you

know,

there is a

name I

love to

hear,

oh,

how I

love

Jesus.

483.

Let's

close the

day by

singing this

hymn.

Shall we

stand with

me and

sing?

There is a

name I

love to

hear,

I love

to sing

its word,

it sounds

like music

in my

ear,

the sweetest

name on

earth.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus

because

he

first

loved

me.

It

tells

me of

a

Savior's

love

who died

to set

me

free.

it

tells

me

of

his

precious

blood,

the

sinner's

perfect

play.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus

love

Jesus.

Oh,

how I

love

Jesus.

Now,

you are

aware

tonight

that we

always give

an invitation.

You may

be here

tonight and

you say,

Pastor,

what good

is the

teaching on

the

tribulation

and the

antichrist?

Let me

tell you

something.

If you

don't know

Christ,

you might

find out.

You know,

someday,

we don't

think much

about this

and I

don't think

much about

this,

but someday

we're going

to close

an evening

service

and the

next time

we see

each other

is going

to be

the rapture

in the

clouds.

And some

person who's

been with us

on a Sunday

evening is

going to be

ushered in

to the

tribulation.

And we

would take

for granted,

you can't

use the

word of

God with

teaching that

anybody's

going to

be saved.

Let me

say to

you tonight,

the only

guarantee

you have

of going

to heaven

is accepting

Jesus

Christ.

And apart

from that,

you can be

the greatest

scholar on

the doctrine

of the last

things and

go to

hell.

And that

would be

a shame.

Let me

say to you

tonight,

there will

be Christians

in the

rapture that

will say,

why didn't

I do

something last

Sunday with

a spiritual

decision?

Why wasn't

I obedient

to the

Lord?

Why didn't

I listen

to his

voice that

just said

to me,

you know,

you ought to

change your

life.

You ought to

listen to

the word.

You ought to

get closer

to the

Lord.

what did

John say?

We should

walk with

the Lord

that we

should not

be ashamed

at his

appearance.

You know,

most of us

who stand

here tonight

don't think

that Christ

is going

to return

tonight.

That's true.

Now,

let's be

honest,

right?

I've got a

week so

planned that

if he comes

tonight,

I'm going

to miss

a lot of

opportunities.

So have

you,

right?

Let's

be honest.

When we

study the

word of

God,

it ought

to come

back to

us.

Look,

what has

God done

for us?

What's

he want

to do

for us?

The

invitation's

always open

in this

church.

We're going

to sing

just verse

three and

four.

If you'd

like to

step from

your seat

as the

Holy Spirit

prompts you,

feel free

to do so.

Whatever

your need,

your question,

your desire