Proverbs 11:2 – 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.
The most evil men on earth were full of pride. God’s wisdom certainly wasn’t with them. We need to humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord.
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Last week we started looking at Daniel’s dream in chapter 7 and how it was parallel the dream Nebuchadnezzar had. Both dreams describe four kingdoms that were to rule the earth.
The Lion represented Babylon and the Bear represented Medo-Persia.
Daniel 7:6 – 6 “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
The leopard is a very fast animal and signified the quick conquest of Alexander the Great. Alexander led the Greeks to a world conquest. Alexander died at a young age and his son was too young to take over. So the four main generals took over and created four divisions. That is believed to be the four heads on the leopard.
Daniel 7:7 – 7 “After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
Daniel’s dream like the statue dream the King Nebuchadnezzar had, shows a symbolic feature of this empire that has ten of a specific feature. In the statue in was toes mixed with clay. On the beast it’s ten horns.
So the ten horns and the ten toes are driving home the significance of ten something which has to do with world government. I personally believe that it refers to ten regions that the new world order groups are trying to separate the globe into. This is just my opinion and it is based on a couple of things.
One, we know that this government engulfs the whole world, otherwise the antichrist wouldn’t have control of all those who buy and sell.
Revelation 13:7 – 7He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
Revelation 13:16-17 – 16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Two, the horns are ten kings that have not received a kingdom.
Revelation 17:12-13 – 12“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.
As I said I believe its ten regions because the whole earth has to be involved and two, that’s what the one world order groups are pushing for.
There is a lot more to Chapter 7 of Daniel. It also finishes with the last Kingdom being run by the Son of Man which we now know is Jesus. Much of the rest gets into the antichrist and that is another end time prophecy. In fact starting next week I will start into the antichrist.
Wow! Are you kidding me?
Anybody find this a bit bizarre?
Less than a decade later a mosque is getting built right at Ground Zero. You know what’s even more troubling than that? Read the comments on MSN or another opinion page. Overall, America is officially at least half spiritually blind. We have people sticking up for Islam like it’s some sort of peaceful religion. They are so bent on tolerance and coming together that they won’t take the scriptures of the Koran seriously.
The people in this country who don’t want one Christian to tell them what is right and what is wrong and has declared war in the name of intolerance and hatred, is sticking up for Islam. ???????????
There’s no freedom in Islam! That’s a fact not an opinion, just look at the countries that are 90 Muslim and under sharia law. Yet the same people that scowl at Christianity and the Bible and its intolerance, fight for the right of Islam. How can this be?
2 Corinthians 4:4-5 – 4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
I continued to read the comments and the ones arguing for it, that I could tell weren’t believers of Islam, were crusaders for no intolerance. They try to be people right down the middle. Believe whatever you want as long as it doesn’t affect anyone else’s life.
Of course we know that is fallacy. My desire to live in a moral Christian society ran by God gets stepped on by the ones who don’t want Him to run this country at all. The hunter steps on the animal rights activists’ rights and vice-versa.
It’s impossible to have a successful country that way and we see that right now. That’s why when it’s all said and done, what everyone thinks besides the True God isn’t going to amount to anything, except judgment.
He made the heavens, earth, universe, you, right, wrong,…..everything. He has the final say above all. These are few things He has to say.
Romans 3:23 – 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
John 14:6 – Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 3:16 – 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
The time is getting short. Most End Time scriptures are continuing to take form and others are being fulfilled.
I want to encourage you to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior if you haven’t. I have a page to click on over on the upper right part of this blog that will run you through how to do so.
When you ask people why should they be allowed to go to heaven, what’s the most common type of response?
Well I tried to be a nice person. I didn’t try to hurt anyone. I didn’t do this, I didn’t do that.
Ponder that idea, because it’s more popular than you think.
The Bible is full of Do’s and Don’ts.
Maybe the most alarming anymore is not only do Christians not know what the do’s are, but with a lack of reading the Word they’re missing on the don’ts now also.
So you’re standing in front of God! He says, “What did you do for Me?”
Oh Patrick that’s works. No! No hiding behind that one.
James 2:26 – 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
This country has gotten complacent in many areas including in its faith. You are saved by grace and that’s where most people quit.
Is that what God wants? Acknowledgement only? Hey Big Guy, I know You’re there. I’ll just be down here doing my thing until it’s time to check out. Oh and if I run into a few problems along the way, I’ll give you a holler. We good? Alright!
The Word of God is full of Do’s. They are just as important as the don’ts.
What are YOU going to do for God? There’s lots of things you can. The biggest detractor of doing these things is because were too busy on ourselves.
The number one reason why there is a question to the timing of the rapture is because we read about the Tribulation Saints.
One thing I have to address right out of the gate is – What would you call someone who has accepted Christ during the Tribulation?
A Tribulation Saint.
When the fifth seal is opened up we see a group that has been slain for the Word of God. They are also asking for revenge. They are told to wait a little longer until more of their brothers are to be killed.
Revelation 6:9-11 – 9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.
So clearly this is either people that have accepted Christ after the rapture, or the Church. One thing is clear is they are not referred to as the Church. These are saints that have come out of the Tribulation. In chapter 7 we revisit the group in verse 9.
Revelation 7:9-12 – 9After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 11All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
Palm branches, slain for the Word of God, washed in the Blood of the Lamb. These are definitely people that have accepted Christ. Once again no mention of the word Church and we couldn’t get enough of the Church in the first three chapters of Revelation.
Revelation 7:13-17 – 13Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” 14I answered, “Sir, you know.”
First I want to address that Elders in a biblical sense are usually symbolic of an older wiser person in the Church. John isn’t talking to an Angel, he’s talking to an Elder. Without a rapture already, I’m not sure who the Elder would be?
14I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore, “they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. 16Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat. 17For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Also a very interesting note: God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Why? Did they miss their first opportunity? If you believe in a Pre-Trib rapture, you believe that those who died for Jesus during the Tribulation missed their first opportunity. It says a multitude to numerous to count from every tribe tongue and nation was slain. I believe missing the rapture will be a second chance to many of those not accepting God right now. Millions of people disappearing may be written off by a lot of those left behind, but many will know immediately after it happened that they’re in trouble and know exactly what they’ve missed. They will tell and reach others.
I believe that’s why we all need to keep sharing. Even if some of those you are witnessing to now still reject the Lord, they may accept Him after the rapture.
Intelligence is how well the mind can process material and facts. It’s how well the brain can solve things and recall other information it has taken in. Some people are so intelligent it is actually mind boggling. On the flip side there are others who struggle and it can be boggling to the mind as well.
Wisdom is the ability to decipher rather something is a good idea or not. Wisdom is usually characterized to be with those with a lot of experience and have learned from those experiences. They have already attempted to do certain things and suggest to others that it wasn’t that good of an idea. On the flip side they have done some things also that have worked out real well and can share those successes to.
Who could possibly be wiser than the Creator of the creation?
Proverbs 2:6 – 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
In my own life I can vouch that I was smart enough to know that something was terribly not right with human beings. However, until I sought wisdom from the Lord, I didn’t know what was actually wrong. Wisdom does come from seeking God.
Intelligence has no bearing on rather one is capable of accepting Jesus. If it is, then the Judge of all the earth will be fair I can promise you that. I will say this though; some people have become too smart in their own minds to accept Jesus. Call it pride, call it wanting to be god of their own lives, call it what you will, but some of the most intelligent minds won’t be wise enough to accept God’s sacrifice and pardon of their sins.
Don’t be too smart for God. Choose to seek Wisdom. Choose Jesus and choose life.
Proverbs 19:8 – 8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he who cherishes understanding prospers.
Where does wisdom come from?
Proverbs 2:6 – For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Where do we find God’s wisdom as humans? In the BIBLE!
Here is some more on the one world government which is to come. Overkill?
No it just goes to show you there is quite a bit of prophecy concerning a one world government.
Daniel had another dream after Nebuchadnezzar had finished his kingship and Belshazzar had taken over. Daniel had the dream during Belshazzar’s first year as king. He saw four great beasts.
Daniel 7:3 – 3 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
Interesting how both Daniel and John speak of the nations. John speaks of the beast that comes from the sea.
Remember that in Daniel chapter 2 there were 4 kingdoms represented in the statue we read on earlier. The 4th kingdom had a change from straight iron to iron mixed with clay when they got to the feet.
Daniel’s dream in chapter 7 is going to reemphasize Nebuchadnezzar’s dream he interpreted in chapter 2.
It talks about 4 animals which are going to represent the 4 world governments.
Daniel 7:4 – 4 “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.
The Lion represented the Babylonian Empire. It’s possible that the wings signify the graceful swoop in which Nebuchadnezzar did when conquering the land. When the wings were torn off it could be explaining when Nebuchadnezzar was humbled by God in Daniel chapter 4 when he got too proud.
Daniel 7:5 – 5 “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’
The second beast is a bear. Bears are very powerful. It is believed that since it was raised up on one side that it had one half of its kingdom stronger than the other. History tells us that the Persians were stronger than the Medes and maybe this was what it was saying. The three ribs could be referring to its three major conquering which included Lydia, Babylon, and Egypt. The Medes reigned over the area of where Daniel was as we read at the end of chapter 5. Darius the Mede took over the night Belshazzar of Babylon was slain.
Next week we will go over the other two kingdoms that were considered one world governments.
I know the only Being that happens to know what the future brings! His name is God and we all were created by Him and Jesus!
Isaiah 46:9-10 – 9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. 10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
That fact of the matter is many people want to know the future. What’s sad is most of them would rather be told something glamorous, or mysterious about their own lives instead of really wanting to know the future, because there is one who does know it. Every second of it, for every human that has lived or will live.
God has not predicted future events in the Bible. He has had men of God write about the things that will take place because God has seen them already. Since God is eternal, He sees time differently than we do.
I only used the title I can predict the future, because I’m predicting that God’s Word is right. Pretty bold aren’t I? I’m taking a book with a perfect prophecy record and while seeing all the end time prophecies coming together, I’m putting my endorsement on it.
That’s just the kind of risk taker I am. 🙂
God has let us know the events for the last days. They are now developing at a rapid pace. You don’t need a crystal ball, tarot cards, or palm reading. You just need a bible and a willingness to want to know the Truth.
If you have come across this post by accident, I write once a week on End Time Prophecies of the Bible. In fact since I am categorizing this under that category there should be quite a few under this post if you got here by the search engine.
You were wonderfully made by God. I hope you check the site out and add it to your favorites. If you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, my prayer is that you do before the end of this life. I have created a page over on the upper right column named “How to accept Jesus as Savior.”
God Bless.
I’m convinced many people believe this book exists in the Bible.
A lot of people have never cracked the Bible open and believe that God believes exactly the way they do.
If I had to take a stab of how the scripture starts in this book I would guess it looks like this:
Myself 1:1 – Whatever I believe is just fine with God since He gave me freewill to choose my own path. I have been made a certain way and however I feel about things is correct (even though I don’t think the same way in different times of my life).
Let’s continue to verse 2.
Myself 1:2 –God made me, but He could care less what I do with my life, how I act, and how I treat others. He gave me a brain to make the decision of rather I treated people well or done things correctly.
Myself 1:3- As long as I’m sincere about my belief, no matter what it is, I’m doing well in God’s eyes, because God is too busy to care about much of anything.
I was talking to someone the other day that believed that if you are sincere that you’re good to go. I asked that person, “So if someone blows themselves up and kills themselves along with 50 others in a terrorist act, they are good to go because they were dedicated and sincere?”
I’ll be doing another post called sincerely wrong in the future, so I won’t beat that one to death today.
(Actually that was already posted.)
Myself 1:4 – I told God once a long time ago that I loved Him and if it changed I’ll let Him know.
That’s not even working anymore in regular marriage. The divorce rate is around 50 percent.
Myself 1:5 – God would never send me to hell. Look at others around me. I’m doing pretty good based on the curve I’m using. Deep down I’m a pretty nice person. Sure I might have a few flaws, but who doesn’t?
We’re all majorly flawed. No one is good.
Romans 3:23 – 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 – 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Grace is a free gift and the only way to get back with God is by making His Son Jesus Lord and asking for forgiveness. There is a penalty to pay. Now either you choose Jesus’ death to cover yours, or you pay the price after you die.
I invite you to go over to the right upper column of the blog page and click on “How To Accept Jesus As Savior”, if you have not done so in your life already.
You don’t have to be a great athlete to accomplish this feat. You don’t have to be rich. This is something every living human being can do.
Don’t get hung up on what happens to those who haven’t heard and have died. The Judge of the whole universe will make the right decision in those cases. That same Judge says if you do know, you need to accept the pardon.
God doesn’t believe the way fallen man does. I don’t think that’s really that hard to grasp. So He does think a certain way. He wants you to think that way. That way is in His Word and love letter to you.
It’s called the Bible and the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, is a great place to start.