{"id":"12","user_id":1,"uid":"e71945d4-3c12-4cc6-b0cd-d3c93ca99bfe","name":"Daniel 12: Christ the Mediator","description":"","sections":[{"uid":"30efcd5a-d483-4153-81d4-6e40b8fa77d3","title":"First section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"1d3131e8-e377-4104-b80a-86a2e86ad51b","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 1<br>DELIVERED BY CHRIST","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 1"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"DELIVERED BY CHRIST"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"a3b51992-da9c-47ac-bccc-fca948165057","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"It was seen in Daniel 10 how Gabriel prepared Daniel for his prophetic time-travel journey, and how in Daniel 11, Gabriel takes Daniel further and further into the future on this prophetic journey. He shows him the kingdom of Medo-Persia, then the kingdom of Greece, then divided Greece with all its kingdoms fighting and breaking covenants, then the kingdom of Rome, then the Messiah planting His kingdom and ratifying His New Covenant, then Papal Rome fighting this kingdom and covenant of Christ until it receives its wound, then godlessness and a revived papacy fighting until the end. At this point, a healed papacy with the power of the USA will try to establish its kingdom globally with the climax of the Mark of the Beast and a death decree to all who do not comply.<br>All these powers have been in opposition and rebellion against Christ, His kingdom, and His people. While Christ\u2019s people have suffered a great deal throughout history under all these powers, He has been with them in their suffering, giving them the strength to stand for His glory and ensuring that His Word and Truth are preserved. But here at the very end, when there is a global effort to totally eradicate the earth of Christ\u2019s people who stand in protest of the Mark of the Beast and a coerced religion, Christ will not sit by and let them be destroyed but will stand up in their defense, intervening as their Divine Mediator. Daniel 11:40-45 describes this escalating global situation that climaxes in v.45, where everyone will be forced on pain of death. The very next verse in Daniel 12:1 describes Daniel seeing Jesus Christ as heaven\u2019s Mediator, standing up for His people, since this prophetic vision wherein Daniel finds himself still continues in Daniel 12 (refer to Study Guide 10, pp. 11-13, where it is shown that Michael is Jesus Christ Himself).<br><br>Daniel 12:1<br>\u201cAnd at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It was seen in Daniel 10 how Gabriel prepared Daniel for his prophetic time-travel journey, and how in Daniel 11, Gabriel takes Daniel further and further into the future on this prophetic journey. He shows him the kingdom of Medo-Persia, then the kingdom of Greece, then divided Greece with all its kingdoms fighting and breaking covenants, then the kingdom of Rome, then the Messiah planting His kingdom and ratifying His New Covenant, then Papal Rome fighting this kingdom and covenant of Christ until it receives its wound, then godlessness and a revived papacy fighting until the end. At this point, a healed papacy with the power of the USA will try to establish its kingdom globally with the climax of the Mark of the Beast and a death decree to all who do not comply."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"All these powers have been in opposition and rebellion against Christ, His kingdom, and His people. While Christ\u2019s people have suffered a great deal throughout history under all these powers, He has been with them in their suffering, giving them the strength to stand for His glory and ensuring that His Word and Truth are preserved. But here at the very end, when there is a global effort to totally eradicate the earth of Christ\u2019s people who stand in protest of the Mark of the Beast and a coerced religion, Christ will not sit by and let them be destroyed but will stand up in their defense, intervening as their Divine Mediator. Daniel 11:40-45 describes this escalating global situation that climaxes in v.45, where everyone will be forced on pain of death. The very next verse in Daniel 12:1 describes Daniel seeing Jesus Christ as heaven\u2019s Mediator, standing up for His people, since this prophetic vision wherein Daniel finds himself still continues in Daniel 12 (refer to Study Guide 10, pp. 11-13, where it is shown that Michael is Jesus Christ Himself)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:1"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"94274343-fd01-499e-a664-4a43d4748339","title":"1. When will Christ stand up? The verse speaks of \u201cat that time.\u201d This specific time refers to a specific event. It is the event of the previous verse, Daniel 11:45, the _________________________________________, when Satan, through the Antichrist power, will try to bring the whole world totally under his control and destroy Christ\u2019s people off the face of the earth. At this very time, Jesus will stand up for His people. Note that Jesus Christ must rise up in order to stand for His people.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"94274343-fd01-499e-a664-4a43d4748339","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"1. When will Christ stand up? The verse speaks of \u201cat that time.\u201d This specific time refers to a specific event. It is the event of the previous verse, Daniel 11:45, the _________________________________________, when Satan, through the Antichrist power, will try to bring the whole world totally under his control and destroy Christ\u2019s people off the face of the earth. At this very time, Jesus will stand up for His people. Note that Jesus Christ must rise up in order to stand for His people."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"c13b5158-dc3f-48a4-a254-6fe12836b142","title":"2. What is this rising of Christ?<br>This action of Christ standing up or rising up is when ____________________________________________________ from His Father:","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"c13b5158-dc3f-48a4-a254-6fe12836b142","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"2. What is this rising of Christ?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"This action of Christ standing up or rising up is when ____________________________________________________ from His Father:"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"fba1cd83-3d7f-47ff-a438-9b9628c1bbd6","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"\u201cAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed\u201d (Daniel 7:14). The Hebrew word for \u201cstand up\u201d is \u201camad,\u201d which is found numerous times in Daniel 11, where a new king rises to power, as can be seen in Daniel 11:2-3: \u201c...there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia... And a mighty king shall stand up...\u201d<br>When the Antichrist rises to its height of global control, Christ will rise up to assume complete rulership and kingship of this world. At this time, Christ will vindicate His people who have been trampled by this religious-political power that has been fighting against heaven itself.<br>Note why it is that Christ is standing up for His people. The Mark of the Beast issue will create a global time of trouble \u201csuch as never was\u201d before. This time will be like no other crisis in all of world history, and the focus will be to eradicate Christ\u2019s people. That is why Christ is standing up\u2014to protect His people. How?<br><br>Revelation 7:1-3<br>\u201cAnd after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed\u201d (Daniel 7:14). The Hebrew word for \u201cstand up\u201d is \u201camad,\u201d which is found numerous times in Daniel 11, where a new king rises to power, as can be seen in Daniel 11:2-3: \u201c...there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia... And a mighty king shall stand up...\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"When the Antichrist rises to its height of global control, Christ will rise up to assume complete rulership and kingship of this world. At this time, Christ will vindicate His people who have been trampled by this religious-political power that has been fighting against heaven itself."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Note why it is that Christ is standing up for His people. The Mark of the Beast issue will create a global time of trouble \u201csuch as never was\u201d before. This time will be like no other crisis in all of world history, and the focus will be to eradicate Christ\u2019s people. That is why Christ is standing up\u2014to protect His people. How?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Revelation 7:1-3"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"905e31e5-0e81-4a85-ad11-190b52daad90","title":"3. When is this time of trouble?<br>The time of trouble is _________________________________________ and after His servants are sealed with His seal of protection so that they can remain safe during the time of trouble and the Mark of the Beast issue.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"905e31e5-0e81-4a85-ad11-190b52daad90","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"3. When is this time of trouble?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The time of trouble is _________________________________________ and after His servants are sealed with His seal of protection so that they can remain safe during the time of trouble and the Mark of the Beast issue."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"c8a119da-e44e-46e1-a1a2-c3e959a72c29","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"It should be noted that Christ stands up after completing His heavenly ministry of intercession and pre-advent judgment in the most holy of heaven\u2019s sanctuary (see Study Guide 7, pp. 14-17). Since Christ finishes His work as Mediator when He stands up, the door of mercy is shut, and the time of trouble starts on earth. Why? Because there is no more salvation and no more divine intercession between sinful man and a holy God by Christ our Mediator. The cosmic declaration is given from heaven: \u201cHe that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still\u201d (Revelation 22:11). Now the antitypical verdict in Noah\u2019s time (Matthew 24:37) will apply to the end time: \u201cAnd the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man...\u201d (Genesis 6:3) for \u201cthe wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually\u201d (Genesis 6:5). When Christ withdrew the Holy Spirit in Noah\u2019s time because of their rebellion and rejection of heaven\u2019s message of mercy, He shut the door of their salvation\u2014the door of the ark. Since there was no salvation and the Holy Spirit did not plead with people\u2019s consciences, total chaos ensued outside the ark and across the world. The Holy Spirit has a restraining influence, but when it is withdrawn, the deepest evil of people\u2019s carnal natures will take over. Even now we can see the world spinning out of control as humanity is steeping lower in wickedness, with every imagination of the heart being \u201cevil continually.\u201d This will climax when they seek the blood of Christ\u2019s people. At this point, the world will have committed the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12:31-32; Hebrews 3:7-8; 6:4-6), and as Christ stands up and finishes His work of mediation, He will withdraw the Holy Spirit from this world.<br>Does this mean that we as believers will need to live without Jesus as our Mediator? No human being can exist without Christ. We are at all times dependent on Christ for our very existence. Jesus states clearly that \u201cfor without me ye can do nothing\u201d (John 15:5). We are moment by moment \u201ckept by the power of God\u201d (1 Peter 1:5). While there will be a time when Christ will not mediate in heaven\u2019s sanctuary, Scripture reminds us \u201cHe always lives to make intercession for them\u201d (Hebrews 7:25). This is why Christ in Daniel 12:1 stands up at the close of probation. He stands up to stand up for His people! At the very moment we need Him most, He is keeping His promise: \u201c...and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen\u201d (Matthew 28:20). As all hell breaks loose as the Holy Spirit is withdrawn, all heaven will break loose as Christ stands up to rush to our aid as Mediator with the second coming, to physically intercede at the very moment we are about to be killed by the Antichristian system. Jesus is interceding for our salvation! Jesus Christ is our Mediator!<br><br>Daniel 12:1<br>\u201c...and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It should be noted that Christ stands up after completing His heavenly ministry of intercession and pre-advent judgment in the most holy of heaven\u2019s sanctuary (see Study Guide 7, pp. 14-17). Since Christ finishes His work as Mediator when He stands up, the door of mercy is shut, and the time of trouble starts on earth. Why? Because there is no more salvation and no more divine intercession between sinful man and a holy God by Christ our Mediator. The cosmic declaration is given from heaven: \u201cHe that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still\u201d (Revelation 22:11). Now the antitypical verdict in Noah\u2019s time (Matthew 24:37) will apply to the end time: \u201cAnd the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man...\u201d (Genesis 6:3) for \u201cthe wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually\u201d (Genesis 6:5). When Christ withdrew the Holy Spirit in Noah\u2019s time because of their rebellion and rejection of heaven\u2019s message of mercy, He shut the door of their salvation\u2014the door of the ark. Since there was no salvation and the Holy Spirit did not plead with people\u2019s consciences, total chaos ensued outside the ark and across the world. The Holy Spirit has a restraining influence, but when it is withdrawn, the deepest evil of people\u2019s carnal natures will take over. Even now we can see the world spinning out of control as humanity is steeping lower in wickedness, with every imagination of the heart being \u201cevil continually.\u201d This will climax when they seek the blood of Christ\u2019s people. At this point, the world will have committed the unpardonable sin (Matthew 12:31-32; Hebrews 3:7-8; 6:4-6), and as Christ stands up and finishes His work of mediation, He will withdraw the Holy Spirit from this world."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Does this mean that we as believers will need to live without Jesus as our Mediator? No human being can exist without Christ. We are at all times dependent on Christ for our very existence. Jesus states clearly that \u201cfor without me ye can do nothing\u201d (John 15:5). We are moment by moment \u201ckept by the power of God\u201d (1 Peter 1:5). While there will be a time when Christ will not mediate in heaven\u2019s sanctuary, Scripture reminds us \u201cHe always lives to make intercession for them\u201d (Hebrews 7:25). This is why Christ in Daniel 12:1 stands up at the close of probation. He stands up to stand up for His people! At the very moment we need Him most, He is keeping His promise: \u201c...and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen\u201d (Matthew 28:20). As all hell breaks loose as the Holy Spirit is withdrawn, all heaven will break loose as Christ stands up to rush to our aid as Mediator with the second coming, to physically intercede at the very moment we are about to be killed by the Antichristian system. Jesus is interceding for our salvation! Jesus Christ is our Mediator!"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:1"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201c...and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"3e1a1d70-5a54-40c0-8899-a61bea4c040e","title":"4. When will God\u2019s people be saved?<br>Christ\u2019s people are saved during the time of trouble when Christ stands up to assume the kingship of this world so that He can stand up for His people. He will then come as King of kings _______<br>______________________________ to receive the most important part of His inheritance\u2014His people! What will happen when Jesus comes?","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"3e1a1d70-5a54-40c0-8899-a61bea4c040e","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"4. When will God\u2019s people be saved?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christ\u2019s people are saved during the time of trouble when Christ stands up to assume the kingship of this world so that He can stand up for His people. He will then come as King of kings _______"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"______________________________ to receive the most important part of His inheritance\u2014His people! What will happen when Jesus comes?"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"18c20e0c-4554-4940-a234-e30acb031d3c","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"2 Thessalonians 1:7\u20139<br>\u201c...when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.\u201d<br><br>Jesus Christ, our Mediator, will come in time to rescue His people. He will utterly destroy all their enemies with the glory of His power.<br><br>Daniel 12:2<br>\u201cAnd many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.\u201d<br><br>Christ will also destroy another enemy, death (1 Corinthians 15:54-55), by breaking the bonds of death that have kept many of His people in bondage. Daniel sees that there will be some who are resurrected who are not Christ\u2019s people. This is a small special resurrection in fulfillment of Christ\u2019s promise to the Jewish High Priest who oversaw His crucifixion and to those who allied with him: \u201cI say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven\u201d (Matthew 26:64). John the Revelator also confirms this special resurrection: \u201cBehold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen\u201d (Revelation 1:7).<br><br>1 Thessalonians 4:16\u201317<br>\u201cFor the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.\u201d<br><br>At the second coming, Christ will personally resurrect each person who chose to be part of His kingdom. Together with those who are alive at Christ\u2019s coming, He will give them all immortality, give them power over gravity, and take them to His heavenly kingdom in fulfillment of His promise: \u201cI will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also\u201d (John 14:3). Here in heaven, they will learn from Christ Himself how to reign as kings and priests for a thousand years (Revelation 20:4), before they can inherit this earth, which will be made new by Christ (Revelation 21:1), to forever reign with Him on this earth (Revelation 22:5). (This will be studied in the Study Guide on Revelation 20).<br><br>Daniel 12:3<br>\u201cAnd they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.\u201d<br><br>When Christ welcomes us into His kingdom in heaven, He will give each of us, and those we led to His kingdom, a crown designating us as kings over a portion of His kingdom. James writes: \u201cBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him\u201d (James 1:12). This wonderful promise is echoed in Revelation: \u201cFear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life\u201d (Revelation 2:10).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"2 Thessalonians 1:7\u20139"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201c...when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Jesus Christ, our Mediator, will come in time to rescue His people. He will utterly destroy all their enemies with the glory of His power."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:2"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christ will also destroy another enemy, death (1 Corinthians 15:54-55), by breaking the bonds of death that have kept many of His people in bondage. Daniel sees that there will be some who are resurrected who are not Christ\u2019s people. This is a small special resurrection in fulfillment of Christ\u2019s promise to the Jewish High Priest who oversaw His crucifixion and to those who allied with him: \u201cI say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven\u201d (Matthew 26:64). John the Revelator also confirms this special resurrection: \u201cBehold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen\u201d (Revelation 1:7)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"1 Thessalonians 4:16\u201317"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cFor the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"At the second coming, Christ will personally resurrect each person who chose to be part of His kingdom. Together with those who are alive at Christ\u2019s coming, He will give them all immortality, give them power over gravity, and take them to His heavenly kingdom in fulfillment of His promise: \u201cI will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also\u201d (John 14:3). Here in heaven, they will learn from Christ Himself how to reign as kings and priests for a thousand years (Revelation 20:4), before they can inherit this earth, which will be made new by Christ (Revelation 21:1), to forever reign with Him on this earth (Revelation 22:5). (This will be studied in the Study Guide on Revelation 20)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:3"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"When Christ welcomes us into His kingdom in heaven, He will give each of us, and those we led to His kingdom, a crown designating us as kings over a portion of His kingdom. James writes: \u201cBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him\u201d (James 1:12). This wonderful promise is echoed in Revelation: \u201cFear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life\u201d (Revelation 2:10)."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":0},{"uid":"d8e901ce-1af1-44bd-b046-50100e68763b","title":"Second section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"2f4c508f-ade9-44af-a990-25392b891a16","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 2<br>THE BOOK OF DANIEL SEALED","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 2"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"THE BOOK OF DANIEL SEALED"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"3690564d-f574-47bb-a804-75a014c860cd","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Daniel 12:4<br>\u201cBut thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.\u201d<br><br>Gabriel instructs Daniel to seal the book until the time of the end. Daniel did not have the power to prevent anyone from studying this book in the future, but he was instructed not to explain in writing what he understood it to mean. Only at the time of the end would people start to understand when the book is unsealed by a divine hand. In the previous study, it was seen that the time of the end starts in 1798, which means from 1798 people would begin to understand the closed portions of Daniel. So why was the book of Daniel sealed?<br><br>Daniel 8:17,26<br>\u201c...O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision... And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:4"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBut thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Gabriel instructs Daniel to seal the book until the time of the end. Daniel did not have the power to prevent anyone from studying this book in the future, but he was instructed not to explain in writing what he understood it to mean. Only at the time of the end would people start to understand when the book is unsealed by a divine hand. In the previous study, it was seen that the time of the end starts in 1798, which means from 1798 people would begin to understand the closed portions of Daniel. So why was the book of Daniel sealed?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 8:17,26"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201c...O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision... And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"f44120cd-1071-4a95-ad0b-7b452becf677","title":"5. Why was the book of Daniel sealed?<br>The angel explained to Daniel that the vision (\u201cmareh\u201d) of the 2300-day prophecy only comes to an end in the time of the end. This means that it will be fulfilled after 1798 at the conclusion of its countdown. Therefore, heaven\u2019s instruction is that this part of Daniel (the 2300-day prophecy) will be sealed and only unsealed after 1798. Why? So that ______________________________________________________________________________ could begin to understand its meaning in order to be part of Christ\u2019s purpose with this prophecy.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"f44120cd-1071-4a95-ad0b-7b452becf677","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"5. Why was the book of Daniel sealed?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel explained to Daniel that the vision (\u201cmareh\u201d) of the 2300-day prophecy only comes to an end in the time of the end. This means that it will be fulfilled after 1798 at the conclusion of its countdown. Therefore, heaven\u2019s instruction is that this part of Daniel (the 2300-day prophecy) will be sealed and only unsealed after 1798. Why? So that ______________________________________________________________________________ could begin to understand its meaning in order to be part of Christ\u2019s purpose with this prophecy."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"ba25d4ec-062c-42b0-a9a5-695d3053c3c5","title":"6. What would happen from 1798?<br>From 1798, the time of the end, __________________________________________________________ through the study and understanding of the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. This was the natural outflow of Christ unsealing the sealed portion of the book of Daniel. Since Daniel could now be understood, the book of Revelation started to be understood, as the prophecies of Revelation are built on those of Daniel.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"ba25d4ec-062c-42b0-a9a5-695d3053c3c5","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"6. What would happen from 1798?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"From 1798, the time of the end, __________________________________________________________ through the study and understanding of the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. This was the natural outflow of Christ unsealing the sealed portion of the book of Daniel. Since Daniel could now be understood, the book of Revelation started to be understood, as the prophecies of Revelation are built on those of Daniel."}]}],"translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":1},{"uid":"7671ce52-8210-427e-aa56-d28e4a0846c2","title":"Third section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"50d27178-b8cc-4bce-b136-87cf509e97b6","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 3<br>CHRIST\u2019S PROMISE","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 3"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"CHRIST\u2019S PROMISE"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"8da68243-4c4c-41c1-b82f-7732540dc093","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Daniel 12:5<br>\u201cThen I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.\u201d<br><br>Daniel sees two angels facing each other on the opposite banks of the river, where he is still lying prostrate, face down, in vision.<br><br>Daniel 12:6<br>\u201cAnd one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?\u201d<br><br>Similarly to Daniel 8:13-14, one of these angels on the bank of the river asks Christ, the Man clothed in linen that Daniel first saw when he entered this vision in Daniel 10, how long it would be to the end of this prophecy that is now sealed. The angel refers to the 2300-day prophecy, asking how long Christ, His truth, His sanctuary, and His people will be attacked. And when, at the end of the prophecy, the sanctuary will be cleansed. The angel asks how long the waiting will be. Remember this question, for a few verses later<br>it becomes integral to understanding specific time periods that are given. Daniel then sees and hears Christ again as He responds to the angel\u2019s question of how long.<br><br>Daniel 12:7<br>\u201cAnd I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.\u201d<br><br>Here, Christ is taking an oath, promising that the 1260 years of papal rule will end, during which His people have suffered bitterly. During the time of the end, after 1798, this incredible prophecy (2300-day prophecy) will be fulfilled to establish Christ\u2019s kingdom. John saw a similar scene in a vision in the book of Revelation.<br><br>Revelation 10:1,2,5,6<br>\u201cAnd I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth... And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer.\u201d<br><br>The sealing of the book of Daniel is unsealed by Jesus Himself after 1798. Note what Daniel and John sees and hears: (see Study Guide or Video for graph).<br><br>In apocalyptic prophecy in the book of Revelation, an angel often symbolizes a messenger. This \u201cmighty angel\u201d is Christ Himself, who comes as a Messenger from heaven with an important message. This is confirmed by the parallels seen in what Daniel and John both witness. Since we have seen biblically that Daniel saw Christ, and John sees the same Person, we know that this \u201cmighty angel\u201d symbolizes Christ the Messenger from heaven.<br>In Revelation 10, we see Christ again making a declaration about the same 2300-day prophecy as He did in Daniel 12. Here, Christ Himself is unsealing this sealed portion of the book of Daniel while declaring that there will be no more prophetic time, meaning that all time prophecies have come to an end by 1844 when the 2300 years came to an end. It should be noted what happens at the conclusion of the 2300-day prophecy in the very next verse of Revelation 10:<br><br>Revelation 10:7<br>\u201cBut in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.\u201d<br><br>The conclusion of the 2300-day prophecy sets in motion the finishing of the mystery of God. There are mainly two elements to this mystery: the mystery of God\u2019s love and the obscurity about God due to the lies and accusations of Satan. The first mystery is so deep and profound that it will be more deeply studied in the Study Guide on Revelation 10. The second mystery about God will be resolved when the accusations against and lies about God by Satan, which we have seen throughout the book of Daniel, have been answered by Christ.<br>This is done by Christ especially since 1844 by calling out a people that will be part of His kingdom, proclaiming and showing forth His glory, atoning truth, daily ministry in heaven\u2019s sanctuary, and His Word. From 1844, the light of Christ\u2019s glory will shine \u201cmore and more unto the perfect day\u201d (Proverbs 4:18) until \u201cthe earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea\u201d (Habakkuk 2:14). Then there will be no more obscurity of God. Everyone will see God\u2019s light and truth. They will see Christ. And in the light of the revelation of such a God, Christ can now make an end to the Antichrist kingdom and bring in His everlasting kingdom. Like Daniel and his friends, Christ sends His people as lightbearers into this dark world to shine forth His light of truth\u2014the truth of who God is.","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:5"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThen I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees two angels facing each other on the opposite banks of the river, where he is still lying prostrate, face down, in vision."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:6"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Similarly to Daniel 8:13-14, one of these angels on the bank of the river asks Christ, the Man clothed in linen that Daniel first saw when he entered this vision in Daniel 10, how long it would be to the end of this prophecy that is now sealed. The angel refers to the 2300-day prophecy, asking how long Christ, His truth, His sanctuary, and His people will be attacked. And when, at the end of the prophecy, the sanctuary will be cleansed. The angel asks how long the waiting will be. Remember this question, for a few verses later"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"it becomes integral to understanding specific time periods that are given. Daniel then sees and hears Christ again as He responds to the angel\u2019s question of how long."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:7"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Here, Christ is taking an oath, promising that the 1260 years of papal rule will end, during which His people have suffered bitterly. During the time of the end, after 1798, this incredible prophecy (2300-day prophecy) will be fulfilled to establish Christ\u2019s kingdom. John saw a similar scene in a vision in the book of Revelation."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Revelation 10:1,2,5,6"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth... And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The sealing of the book of Daniel is unsealed by Jesus Himself after 1798. Note what Daniel and John sees and hears: (see Study Guide or Video for graph)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In apocalyptic prophecy in the book of Revelation, an angel often symbolizes a messenger. This \u201cmighty angel\u201d is Christ Himself, who comes as a Messenger from heaven with an important message. This is confirmed by the parallels seen in what Daniel and John both witness. Since we have seen biblically that Daniel saw Christ, and John sees the same Person, we know that this \u201cmighty angel\u201d symbolizes Christ the Messenger from heaven."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In Revelation 10, we see Christ again making a declaration about the same 2300-day prophecy as He did in Daniel 12. Here, Christ Himself is unsealing this sealed portion of the book of Daniel while declaring that there will be no more prophetic time, meaning that all time prophecies have come to an end by 1844 when the 2300 years came to an end. It should be noted what happens at the conclusion of the 2300-day prophecy in the very next verse of Revelation 10:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Revelation 10:7"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBut in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The conclusion of the 2300-day prophecy sets in motion the finishing of the mystery of God. There are mainly two elements to this mystery: the mystery of God\u2019s love and the obscurity about God due to the lies and accusations of Satan. The first mystery is so deep and profound that it will be more deeply studied in the Study Guide on Revelation 10. The second mystery about God will be resolved when the accusations against and lies about God by Satan, which we have seen throughout the book of Daniel, have been answered by Christ."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"This is done by Christ especially since 1844 by calling out a people that will be part of His kingdom, proclaiming and showing forth His glory, atoning truth, daily ministry in heaven\u2019s sanctuary, and His Word. From 1844, the light of Christ\u2019s glory will shine \u201cmore and more unto the perfect day\u201d (Proverbs 4:18) until \u201cthe earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea\u201d (Habakkuk 2:14). Then there will be no more obscurity of God. Everyone will see God\u2019s light and truth. They will see Christ. And in the light of the revelation of such a God, Christ can now make an end to the Antichrist kingdom and bring in His everlasting kingdom. Like Daniel and his friends, Christ sends His people as lightbearers into this dark world to shine forth His light of truth\u2014the truth of who God is."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":2},{"uid":"91b8906a-c19a-44fb-872e-bbe8232c70e4","title":"Fourth section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"f9ba2a5c-5499-471c-b8f2-bb4755475ded","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 4<br>THE WISE WILL UNDERSTAND","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 4"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"THE WISE WILL UNDERSTAND"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"e09658b6-446c-40a8-9314-8fb78d6e6e68","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Daniel 12:8<br>\u201cAnd I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?\u201d<br><br>Daniel asks the same question as the angel on the river bank: How long? When?<br><br>Daniel 12:9<br>\u201cAnd he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.\u201d<br><br>Gabriel gently works with the old prophet and confirms that the time prophecy of the 2300-day prophecy will only be understood after the time of the end (1798).<br><br>Daniel 12:10<br>\u201cMany shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.\u201d<br><br>God does not promise to withhold trouble and trials from us but promises to keep, purify, cleanse, and refine us. Those who remain faithful despite the onslaught on their faith are called wise by God. They are the ones who will understand His end-time prophecies and His purpose. They are wise because they know Christ experientially and personally. They have entered the Most Holy by faith.","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:8"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel asks the same question as the angel on the river bank: How long? When?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:9"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Gabriel gently works with the old prophet and confirms that the time prophecy of the 2300-day prophecy will only be understood after the time of the end (1798)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:10"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cMany shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"God does not promise to withhold trouble and trials from us but promises to keep, purify, cleanse, and refine us. Those who remain faithful despite the onslaught on their faith are called wise by God. They are the ones who will understand His end-time prophecies and His purpose. They are wise because they know Christ experientially and personally. They have entered the Most Holy by faith."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":3},{"uid":"78f154cf-59aa-4537-a055-c37452b50099","title":"Fifth section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"503d7da1-66f1-44c5-8a80-315df92eca10","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 5<br>FINAL PROPHETIC MILESTONES","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 5"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"FINAL PROPHETIC MILESTONES"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"289d6f68-6236-4133-839c-d1014e87de54","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Daniel 12:11<br>\u201cAnd from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.\u201d<br><br>In order to understand this 1290-day prophecy, we first need to understand what the \u201cabomination that maketh desolate\u201d is. This phrase is used three times in Daniel. In Daniel 9:27, it refers to the kingdom of Pagan Rome, which will place their abominable idolatrous standards in the holy territory of Jerusalem with their siege, capture, and destruction of this city. Jesus further confirms this with reference to this prophecy in Matthew 24:15. The second and third times this phrase is used are in Daniel 11:31 and Daniel 12:11. In both instances, this abomination takes place under the auspices of Papal Rome.<br>The word \u201cabomination\u201d throughout Scripture is the strongest word God can use to show that something is utterly outside of His will and abominable to His holiness. It is an abomination of desolation or abomination that desecrates, specifically in the context of the daily first taken away. The word \u2018sacrifice\u2019 is not in the Hebrew; it only says \u2018tamid\u2019\u2014the daily. The daily, in the context of the sanctuary, is Christ\u2019s atoning sacrifice and daily intercession for you. So the daily ministry of Christ is taken away and a desecrating ministry of the Antichrist is set up. This is an abomination, for it is done in Christ\u2019s Name and at the same time destroys His ministry.<br>The daily (tamid) ministry of Jesus in heaven\u2019s sanctuary was \u201ctaken away\u201d in the Name of Christ by instituting an earthly religious system that had to be followed; otherwise, the hand of the state would punish you. An earthly church-state kingdom was set up in the place of Christ and His heavenly ministry and kingdom. This state-church union, with its false religious system, set up to undermine Christ and His daily ministry, is the very core of idolatry. Idolatry is placing yourself, something, or someone else above Christ. This idolatry of the religiopolitical papacy that replaced Christ and His ministry is an abomination of desolation (Jeremiah 44:2-6).<br>Thus, the 1290-day prophecy will start when the papacy\u2019s ecclesiastical authority, with its own earthly priesthood and mediation, is officially accepted by a people, so that it can spiritually reign over them in the place of Christ and His mediation ministry.<br>To understand the time period of the 1290-day prophecy, it is helpful to know that both the 1260-day and 1290-day prophetic time periods end in the same year, 1798\u2014the time of the end. This means if you count 1290 years backward from 1798, you come to 508 AD. What happened in 508 AD?<br>Following the Franco-Visigothic War of 507 AD, King Clovis I (Chlodovech) established Paris (Lutetia) as his capital and embraced Catholicism through baptism on Christmas Day in 508 AD. In a bid for unification, he orchestrated the assassination of the Frankish kings Sigobert and Ragnachar, thus consolidating all the Franks under his rule. Leveraging the hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church, Clovis transformed this newly united realm into a Christian nation, united under one king and one faith, making Catholicism the official religion of the Franks. (See \u201cDating the baptism of Clovis: the bishop of Vienne vs the bishop of Tours\u201d by Danuta Shanzer. Wiley Online Library).<br>Wylie writes, \u201c\u2018On the memorable day,\u2019 observes Gibbon, when Clovis ascended from the baptismal font, he alone in the Christian world deserved the name and prerogatives of a Catholic king.\u2019 Rome hailed the auspicious event as a token of a long series of similar triumphs; and she rewarded the devotion of Clovis by bestowing on him the title,\u2014which he has transmitted downward to his successors the kings of France,\u2014of \u2018Eldest Son of the Church.\u2019\u201d (The Papacy: A Demonstration. James Aitken Wylie. p. 40).<br>King Clovis I was the first barbarian king to convert to the Roman Church, uniting a whole nation under the religion of Catholicism. He united Church and State in Paris as the first of its kind in Western Europe that would serve as a model for the Papacy in the centuries to come. He also provided the Church in Rome with the military support it needed to further its agenda and interests. This all climaxed in 508 AD, igniting the setting up of the spiritual reign of Papal Rome in Western Europe, officially accepting the ecclesiastical authority of the Catholic Church.<br>508 + 1290 = 1798. What happened in 1798? In 1798, French General Berthier, under Napoleon\u2019s command, marched into Rome and captured the Pope. This marked the end of the Papacy\u2019s 1,290-year reign over people\u2019s spiritual lives, bringing this prophetic era to a close.<br>The Bible also foretold the exact duration of the Papacy\u2019s political reign. Starting from its rise to prominence around 508 AD, the Papacy gradually gained power until it achieved complete control over both spiritual and secular matters by 538 AD. According to biblical prophecy, this period of political authority would last for 1260 years, ending in 1798.<br>It was seen in Study Guide 7 on page 11 that the little horn power (Papal Rome) plucks out three of the 10 horns (the 10 kingdoms of divided Western Europe). Papal Rome exterminated three kingdoms: the Vandals, the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths. These kingdoms posed a significant threat to the supremacy of Catholicism and the ascent of Papal Rome\u2019s political dominance because they all adhered to Arianism, creating a theological bond between them that made them too strong for Papal Rome to obtain political power.<br>The Ostrogoths were the last kingdom standing in the way of the Papacy\u2019s political rule and therefore had to be rooted out. The final blow was struck against the Ostrogoths in 538 AD, marking the end of their reign. Belisarius, Emperor Justinian\u2019s trusted general, pursued them relentlessly to their \u201clast stronghold of power. Ravenna was soon entered by the troops of the empire, and with it fell the great kingdom of the Ostrogoths\u201d (Fall of Rome, J.G. Sheppard, p. 306).<br>With the defeat of the Ostrogoths by Justinian in 538 AD, any remaining resistance to the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church came to an end. As a result, the church emerged victorious, its political authority unchallenged and its power unshaken, having risen from the ruins of Imperial Rome like a phoenix from the ashes.<br>It is critical to note that these time prophecies cannot be understood as literal days. All time prophecies in Daniel use a day for a year without exception, since they are all apocalyptic prophecies. This principle cannot be broken. Some so-called historicists want to futuristically interpret these time prophecies to be literal days somewhere in the unknown future. There is not a single indication in this chapter or book that it should be understood literally or outside the apocalyptic principles of interpretation that were established by Daniel 2\u2019s prophecy, as seen in Study Guide 2, pages 13-14. Instead, as we have seen earlier, Christ Himself declares in Revelation 10 that time prophecies came to an end in 1844.<br><br>Daniel 12:12<br>\u201cBlessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.\u201d<br><br>The 1335-day prophecy here, along with the 1290-day prophecy above, answers the question of the angel earlier who asked \u201chow long?\u201d and that of Daniel earlier who asked \u201cwhen?\u201d in the context of the 2300-day prophecy. Daniel hears that Christ will be the Mediator of those who patiently wait in faith on Him as He sustains them through this historical time of papal dominion. From the time the papacy established its spiritual reign in 508 AD throughout the Dark and Middle Ages, Christ has been with His people and their Mediator amid the attack on this mediation ministry by the Papacy. Those who come to the end of 1335 years will receive a special blessing. 508 + 1335 = 1843. Those who are alive by 1843 will be blessed because, in 1844, the investigative judgment would start in heaven and Christ would start preparing a people of prophecy on earth. The prophecy declares that \u201cthe judgment shall sit... to destroy\u201d the Antichrist (Daniel 7:26). Before the coming of Christ, through the judgment and His lightbearers, the Antichrist will be exposed (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). This will enable Christ to legally destroy the Antichrist when He comes (2 Thessalonians 2:8).<br><br>Hebrews 12:1\u20132<br>\u201cWherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith...\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:11"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In order to understand this 1290-day prophecy, we first need to understand what the \u201cabomination that maketh desolate\u201d is. This phrase is used three times in Daniel. In Daniel 9:27, it refers to the kingdom of Pagan Rome, which will place their abominable idolatrous standards in the holy territory of Jerusalem with their siege, capture, and destruction of this city. Jesus further confirms this with reference to this prophecy in Matthew 24:15. The second and third times this phrase is used are in Daniel 11:31 and Daniel 12:11. In both instances, this abomination takes place under the auspices of Papal Rome."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The word \u201cabomination\u201d throughout Scripture is the strongest word God can use to show that something is utterly outside of His will and abominable to His holiness. It is an abomination of desolation or abomination that desecrates, specifically in the context of the daily first taken away. The word \u2018sacrifice\u2019 is not in the Hebrew; it only says \u2018tamid\u2019\u2014the daily. The daily, in the context of the sanctuary, is Christ\u2019s atoning sacrifice and daily intercession for you. So the daily ministry of Christ is taken away and a desecrating ministry of the Antichrist is set up. This is an abomination, for it is done in Christ\u2019s Name and at the same time destroys His ministry."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The daily (tamid) ministry of Jesus in heaven\u2019s sanctuary was \u201ctaken away\u201d in the Name of Christ by instituting an earthly religious system that had to be followed; otherwise, the hand of the state would punish you. An earthly church-state kingdom was set up in the place of Christ and His heavenly ministry and kingdom. This state-church union, with its false religious system, set up to undermine Christ and His daily ministry, is the very core of idolatry. Idolatry is placing yourself, something, or someone else above Christ. This idolatry of the religiopolitical papacy that replaced Christ and His ministry is an abomination of desolation (Jeremiah 44:2-6)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Thus, the 1290-day prophecy will start when the papacy\u2019s ecclesiastical authority, with its own earthly priesthood and mediation, is officially accepted by a people, so that it can spiritually reign over them in the place of Christ and His mediation ministry."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"To understand the time period of the 1290-day prophecy, it is helpful to know that both the 1260-day and 1290-day prophetic time periods end in the same year, 1798\u2014the time of the end. This means if you count 1290 years backward from 1798, you come to 508 AD. What happened in 508 AD?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Following the Franco-Visigothic War of 507 AD, King Clovis I (Chlodovech) established Paris (Lutetia) as his capital and embraced Catholicism through baptism on Christmas Day in 508 AD. In a bid for unification, he orchestrated the assassination of the Frankish kings Sigobert and Ragnachar, thus consolidating all the Franks under his rule. Leveraging the hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church, Clovis transformed this newly united realm into a Christian nation, united under one king and one faith, making Catholicism the official religion of the Franks. (See \u201cDating the baptism of Clovis: the bishop of Vienne vs the bishop of Tours\u201d by Danuta Shanzer. Wiley Online Library)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Wylie writes, \u201c\u2018On the memorable day,\u2019 observes Gibbon, when Clovis ascended from the baptismal font, he alone in the Christian world deserved the name and prerogatives of a Catholic king.\u2019 Rome hailed the auspicious event as a token of a long series of similar triumphs; and she rewarded the devotion of Clovis by bestowing on him the title,\u2014which he has transmitted downward to his successors the kings of France,\u2014of \u2018Eldest Son of the Church.\u2019\u201d (The Papacy: A Demonstration. James Aitken Wylie. p. 40)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"King Clovis I was the first barbarian king to convert to the Roman Church, uniting a whole nation under the religion of Catholicism. He united Church and State in Paris as the first of its kind in Western Europe that would serve as a model for the Papacy in the centuries to come. He also provided the Church in Rome with the military support it needed to further its agenda and interests. This all climaxed in 508 AD, igniting the setting up of the spiritual reign of Papal Rome in Western Europe, officially accepting the ecclesiastical authority of the Catholic Church."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"508 + 1290 = 1798. What happened in 1798? In 1798, French General Berthier, under Napoleon\u2019s command, marched into Rome and captured the Pope. This marked the end of the Papacy\u2019s 1,290-year reign over people\u2019s spiritual lives, bringing this prophetic era to a close."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The Bible also foretold the exact duration of the Papacy\u2019s political reign. Starting from its rise to prominence around 508 AD, the Papacy gradually gained power until it achieved complete control over both spiritual and secular matters by 538 AD. According to biblical prophecy, this period of political authority would last for 1260 years, ending in 1798."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It was seen in Study Guide 7 on page 11 that the little horn power (Papal Rome) plucks out three of the 10 horns (the 10 kingdoms of divided Western Europe). Papal Rome exterminated three kingdoms: the Vandals, the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths. These kingdoms posed a significant threat to the supremacy of Catholicism and the ascent of Papal Rome\u2019s political dominance because they all adhered to Arianism, creating a theological bond between them that made them too strong for Papal Rome to obtain political power."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The Ostrogoths were the last kingdom standing in the way of the Papacy\u2019s political rule and therefore had to be rooted out. The final blow was struck against the Ostrogoths in 538 AD, marking the end of their reign. Belisarius, Emperor Justinian\u2019s trusted general, pursued them relentlessly to their \u201clast stronghold of power. Ravenna was soon entered by the troops of the empire, and with it fell the great kingdom of the Ostrogoths\u201d (Fall of Rome, J.G. Sheppard, p. 306)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"With the defeat of the Ostrogoths by Justinian in 538 AD, any remaining resistance to the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church came to an end. As a result, the church emerged victorious, its political authority unchallenged and its power unshaken, having risen from the ruins of Imperial Rome like a phoenix from the ashes."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"It is critical to note that these time prophecies cannot be understood as literal days. All time prophecies in Daniel use a day for a year without exception, since they are all apocalyptic prophecies. This principle cannot be broken. Some so-called historicists want to futuristically interpret these time prophecies to be literal days somewhere in the unknown future. There is not a single indication in this chapter or book that it should be understood literally or outside the apocalyptic principles of interpretation that were established by Daniel 2\u2019s prophecy, as seen in Study Guide 2, pages 13-14. Instead, as we have seen earlier, Christ Himself declares in Revelation 10 that time prophecies came to an end in 1844."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 12:12"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBlessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The 1335-day prophecy here, along with the 1290-day prophecy above, answers the question of the angel earlier who asked \u201chow long?\u201d and that of Daniel earlier who asked \u201cwhen?\u201d in the context of the 2300-day prophecy. Daniel hears that Christ will be the Mediator of those who patiently wait in faith on Him as He sustains them through this historical time of papal dominion. From the time the papacy established its spiritual reign in 508 AD throughout the Dark and Middle Ages, Christ has been with His people and their Mediator amid the attack on this mediation ministry by the Papacy. Those who come to the end of 1335 years will receive a special blessing. 508 + 1335 = 1843. Those who are alive by 1843 will be blessed because, in 1844, the investigative judgment would start in heaven and Christ would start preparing a people of prophecy on earth. The prophecy declares that \u201cthe judgment shall sit... to destroy\u201d the Antichrist (Daniel 7:26). Before the coming of Christ, through the judgment and His lightbearers, the Antichrist will be exposed (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). 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