Holy Scriptures and Israel

Guest (Male): Holy Scriptures and Israel is a ministry designed to share with the Jewish people the good news of the Lord Jesus Yeshua the Messiah and to instruct Christians on the Jewish roots of their faith. And now teaching God's word from a Hebrew Messianic perspective here is Gideon Levitan.

Gideon Levytam: The study of Daniel chapter 12 and when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and he swore by him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time times and half a time. And when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished. You know one thing I want to mention about these men earlier in chapter 10 when we studied chapter 10 some some of us or perhaps we we we were supposing that this particular person was the son of God because there was some kind of clothing that he wore.

Remember chapter 10 verses 4 and 5. But here we find out that he was merely a man or an angel if you will. He was not the son of God because right here he swearing held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven and he swore by him that liveth forever and ever. Another one we find out that he was an angel that receiving instruction from God to give to these men by the name of Daniel. So he gives an answer to these two to the to the question of these two angels or one of the angels and he say to him you know how long time it's going to take time and then times that make it three and half of a time.

Three and a half years is going to take for all these things to occur until Israel as a nation will finally be restored and redeemed Daniel's people. Three and a half years that is the second half of the tribulation period. Remember that the tribulation period will be seven years one week of years seven years divided into two sections. Three and a half the first half of the tribulation, three and a half the second half of the tribulation. And the great tribulation really will begin in the middle of the tribulation when the when the Antichrist the counterfeit Messiah will will set up the image in the holy place in the temple.

And then if you will all hell going to break loose. He's going to start to persecute the Jews. He's going to stop of course the the sacrifices and the Jewish people will see that and we will begin to flee into the location that we know as Petra Bozrah of on the on the east side of the land of Israel. And so verses six five six and seven an angel's question. This will be the second three and a half years of the tribulation. Second three and a half years of the tribulation. Three and a half years are yet to come before there will be the rebellion of Israel will be completely broken and Israel will be restored.

I want to remind you that there are three reasons for the tribulation. Number one is to judge the wicked of the world. The nations of the world the wicked of the nations of the world will have to be judged. Number two to bring a revival a worldwide revival. And number three we have right here is to break Israel's power of rebellion and to restore the people of Israel. Now as we are as we are mentioning three and a half years I want you just to go to Daniel seven once again please. Daniel seven. Daniel chapter seven.

This expression times times and half a time or so she said time times and half a time. Daniel seven verse 25. And he shall speak great words against the most high. This is the Antichrist the counterfeit Messiah. And he shall wear out the saints. This is the people of Israel the Jewish people of the most high. And think to change times and laws and they shall be given into his hands for how long until time and times and a dividing of times. Three and a half years of the second half of the tribulation. Daniel chapter nine verse 27.

Here again we are speaking about how long the second half of the tribulation. He verse 27 that's the Roman prince the revived Roman's prince the counterfeit Messiah. He shall confirm the covenant with the many. For one week this is seven years. And in the middle again the middle three and a half three and a half in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease and for the overspreading of abomination he shall make it desolate even until the consummation. Okay Revelation please chapter 11. Revelation chapter 11 and verse two.

I'll read verse one as well. And there was given me a reed like unto a rod. And the angel stood saying rise and measure the temple of God and the and the altar and then that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out and measure it not for it is given unto the Gentiles. And the holy city shall they tread under foot for how long listen 40 and two months 40 and two months three and a half years. Look a little bit later in Revelation chapter 11. Revelation chapter 11 verse 40 and 40 actually Revelation 11 sorry verse no Revelation 12 I'm sorry verse six.

Revelation 12 and verse six five and six and she brought forth a man speaking about Israel the woman the nation of Israel man child who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron and her child was caught up unto unto God and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness. Here's the Jewish people where she had have a place prepared of God that they should feed her there for a 1,000 200 and 60 days three and a half years. And we can go on and we can mention in fact these in another verse in Revelation chapter 13.

Maybe we should read that. Revelation chapter 13 and verse five. Just read this verse. And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and power was given unto him to continue again notice 40 and two months three and a half years. So all these verses brought together really tells us exactly what we find out. The question was how long how long is going to be allowed? How long these experiences how long it shall be till the end of these wonders? Well the answer was by this angel in verse seven. It will be exactly three and a half years a time times and half a time.

And when each when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished. The holy people here again the people of Israel the Jewish people the chosen people. Many times other places called the holy people. Amazing to think about that. Now no one is holy by nature. Nobody is holy by practice but God has you know we as believers are called saints even though 99% of our practice is unsanctly. We are not practicing we are not behaving as saints all the time but we are positionally called sanctified set apart holy people a holy nation.

Well finally this nation of Israel and you know it says that their power the power of the holy people need to be scattered and broken. You know Israel as a nation need to recognize that they need the Messiah. They need forgiveness of sins. We need they need Yeshua the Lord Jesus the Messiah as long that Israel trusting in themselves as long as Israel trusting in works Israel is not yet redeemed. Israel need to come to the Lord then God is going to use the the Antichrist the counterfeit Messiah and the persecution to drive his beloved nation the people of Israel back to himself.

God's final deliverance of Israel verses one to three. Daniel being commanded to preserve or to shut up the book to preserve the revelation verse four. An angel that asking a question how long it will take until all these things is going to come to have an end Revelation chapter chapter 12 verses five to seven of the of the book of Daniel. And now finally in verses eight to 13 Daniel is asking a question. And listen to this. First of all in verse eight Daniel asking this what will be the end of these things or the outcome of these things?

And I heard it says in verse eight but I wondered. I understood not. Then said I oh my Lord what shall be the end of these things? What shall be the outcome? What is going to what will be the outcome of those things those events that are going to happen at the second half of the tribulation period? What will be the outcome? Daniel is now asking the question. He asks what will be. He doesn't ask how long but he asks what. Verse nine the answer to Daniel these words are sealed and closed. In other words you are not going to get anymore revelation Daniel.

Whatever I have given you are sealed. Notice verse nine and he says go thy way Daniel for the words are closed apt and sealed until the time of the end. Daniel you're not going to get anymore revelation. That's the end. Daniel wanted to know more. He didn't the timing you already already received earlier time times and half a time. Look into the end of the time but now he wanted to know what as it says here at the at the question that he asked what shall be the end of these things? What will be the outcome?

What's going to happen? So in verse nine he gave him the answer. Don't ask anymore really questions. He's really telling him go thy way Daniel for the words are closed and are sealed until the time of the end. Daniel you're not going to know everything right now. At the time of the end you and those that will need to know the answer they will find out they will be find out the answer. Again I may I want to remind you that Revelation 22 10 God said to John don't seal the book. Here he's telling to Daniel the the book is closed it's shut up it's sealed.

So Daniel you would not know various things that you would like to know but at the end they will find out those that will live at that time they will find out the answer. And verse 10 in the second half of the tribulation many Jewish people will be purified. How wonderful it is to know that. Many shall be purified. In other words for purified New Testament language saved. Many will be saved purified made white. They will be tried but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand.

Daniel you know what's going to happen? At the end many will be purified. And they they will be made white. You know sometime we sing that song white as snow white as snow. God said to Isaiah though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow. They should be you know it's so wonderful to know that that God has his people. And God redeemed his people and cleansed them and purified them. Well many verse 10 in the second half of the tribulation many will be purified. Many shall be purified and made white and tried by the wicked shall do wickedly.

And none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand. You know even in the tribulation period people who don't want the Lord Jesus don't want the Messiah people would follow the Antichrist. People will still reject God even you know the human heart does not change unless God does a work in a heart. Doesn't matter where we are we can be in a most beautiful place or in the worst place ever. Unless God plows the heart the human heart stays the same. You know we can reject God and you you remember when we studied the book of Revelation how we saw that even in the middle of the tribulation they cursed him.

They cursed him. How is it possible? Well no wonder the Lord Jesus the Messiah had to die on the cross because there was no way to redeem a person. There was no way to cleanse us to purify us without the work of the Messiah on the cross. His shed blood is the only ground whereby a person can receive purification and cleansing. Not by works that men can do he can ever be justified. No not by the works of the flesh by the deeds of the flesh and no man be justified the Bible teaches us but by grace are you saved through faith and that is not of yourself it is the gift of God.

The wicked they continue on. They do wickedly. But the the ones the the one that are as he called them the wise the wise they will understand. They will understand as they will read the scripture as they will read the book of Daniel they will understand the purposes of God and they will finally recognize what is going on. And then verse 11 from the middle of the tribulation to the millennium. Now here it is there are two verses here verse 11 and 12 that tells us that there will be an interval between the beginning of the millennial age and the end of the tribulation.

Let me reverse this. And reverse this. It will be there will be certain amount of days that will elapse from the end of the tribulation to the beginning of the millennial age. Notice what it says. In verse 10 it says many I'm sorry in verse 11 from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away. Well the daily sacrifice will be taken away. This is in the middle of the tribulation. When the daily sacrifice is going to be taken away and the abomination of desolation they're going to be set up this is the middle of the tribulation in after three and a half years.

So from that time from that time it says there shall be 1,290 days. Now if you count 1,290 days it's three and a half years plus another 30 days. So there will be an additional 30 days. We do not know why that this particular number there will be an additional 30 days beyond the seven years tribulation. In other words there will be an interval of at least 30 days mentioned here in verse 11. Now notice verse 12 makes it even more even longer. It says in verse in verse 12 it says blessed is he that waiteth and cometh unto the notice that 1,335 days.

This is 75 days more than the three and a half years which is 1,260 days. Now it is interesting. It says here blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to these 1,335 days. That means that we are we having now 75 days interval between the end of the tribulation and the beginning of the millennial age. Now let me suggest some things that I marked down. What will be necessary or perhaps what certain things that may happen right in between of these end of the tribulation and the beginning if you will of the the millennial those 75 days of interval.

Let me show you something that I have marked out. This is not mine. This is others that have suggested this but I'm just going to give it to you. It's very interesting. Number one the one of the thing that will need to happen at the end of the tribulation period is the removal of the abomination of desolation. Remember the Antichrist the counterfeit Messiah first of all he will set himself in the temple. Then the the beast the second beast will make an image like unto the first beast. And he's going to set it in the temple.

Well there will be need to remove the abomination of desolation. This is Daniel chapter 12 and verse 11. Secondly another thing that will happen sometimes in this in between before the millennial age and at the end of the tribulation year the casting of the Antichrist and the false prophets to the lake of fire. This is Revelation 19 in verse 20. They're going to be cast into the lake of fire. Thirdly the binding of Satan in the abyss for 1,000 years. Now you might say it takes a second for the Lord sure it does but I'm just going to tell you I'm just telling you what that is some of the things that will happen.

This is Revelation chapter 20 verses one to three. Number four there will be the judgment of the Gentile nations at the end of the of the tribulation. You remember that Matthew chapter 25 tells us that he will gather the the nations going to come to him the sheep and the goat and he will set them on the right and on the left and will judge them. The judgment of the nations Matthew chapter 25. Two more things as a suggestion. The resurrection of the Old Testament saints. Now it is interesting that we find out from Revelation that there will be those who will be resurrected after the tribulation period.

We we read this earlier. The church saints going to be resurrected before the tribulation saints before the tribulation begin the Old Testament saints going to be resurrected after the tribulation. Some believe of course that Old Testament saints going to be resurrected with the church saints. But I see from this text that they will be resurrected after the tribulation before the millennium begin in order to enter into the millennium reign. And finally the resurrection of tribulation saints. This is Revelation chapter 20 and verse four and this is very very clear. Revelation 20 verse four and I saw the thrones and they set upon them and judgment was given unto them and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus and for the word of God which had not worshipped the beast neither the is image neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and raised with grain with Christ for a 1,000 years.

Well they were not raised before the tribulation. They have gone through the tribulation. Some of them have died. They have died and have been resurrected at the end with what we call a tribulation saints resurrection. Finally quickly to close that book for verse in verse 13 but go thou thy way he's saying to Daniel until the end be. For thou shall rest and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. In other words Daniel you go your way. Till the end and you're going to wait till till the end going to happen and you are going to rest.

In other words he's going to pass away you're going to to die and eventually he's going to have an inheritance at the end of the days. And can you imagine what it would be like Daniel Abraham Isaac Jacob Moses and all the the nation of Israel the the the believers from among the people of Israel who are going to be resurrected and they get they're going to receive their portion that had been promised to them and they are going to reign with the Messiah and they're going to receive every blessing that God have intended for them and the believers of the church are going to reign and rule as well with the Lord Jesus the Messiah.

I don't know how it's going to be but one thing I know that it's going to be a blessed time a wonderful age an age which we call when the prince of peace Sar Shalom is going to reign and rule in righteousness. When unrighteousness will rise he will rule it down. When sin going to rise he going to rule it down. You know what what's going to happen there? We're not going to have Satan there because Satan is going to be bound. We're not going to have an influence of the world and its system because the Lord is going to reign.

And we're going to have a when sin will come sin will come but he's going to be judged but we're not going to have even the the the people who will begin the Messianic age all going to be redeemed believers. But there will be new individuals going to be born and they will have to come to acknowledge the Messiah. They're going to be going to be need to be saved many vast majority will be saved. And you remember what we read in Isaiah 65 that those that will not accept the Messiah by the age of one year 100 years they will have to be cut off and they will die.

A child 100 years old people will live as long as 1,000 years. And eventually beloved we are going to enter into the eternal order after the millennial age will end. What a glorious day that will be Amen to that?

Guest (Male): Amen.

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