SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/6/2023 9:57 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 “Disputes and Warfare Among the
Nations”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew
24:6-7a)
Message of the verses: “6 “And you will be
hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened, for those
things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 “For nation
will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,”
I am not sure if there is a difference between nation
and kingdom but the point that I think that Jesus is making here is that no
group of people will be exempt from war or the threat of war. The Tribulation period that I believe will
soon take place on planet earth will be the worst time in the history of the
world. Yes the first three and a half
years will not be as bad as the last three and a half years, but those last
years will be much more than wars and rumors of wars as many, many, many people
will die. Both the book of Daniel and
also the book of Revelation (6-19) give details as to what will happen. I have written my personal SD’s on both of
those books, in fact on my other blog I am going over and adding to what was
written about Daniel in 2013.
Let
us look at Daniel 11:40, a chapter that is very difficult to understand, but
well worth looking at. “"At the end
time the king of the South will collide with [the Antichrist] him, and the king
of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many
ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them and pass through.” MacArthur writes “The kingdom of the
Antichrist will basically comprise the territory once held by the ancient Roman
empire, in particular a western confederacy made up of a unified Europe. Daniel mentions that it will be a ten-nation
empire (7:24), which cannot help bring to mind the present European Common
Market.” The nursery rhyme “Humpty
Dumpty” was written about the Roman Empire falling apart, but when is says “all
the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together
again,” they must not have read Daniel 7:24 to show that it would go back
together again.
I
have mentioned that the Tribulation period will begin soon after the Rapture of
the Church, and Daniel 9:27a shows us how it will begin: “"And he will make a firm covenant with
the many for one week,” and the week is a week of years so the covenant will be
for seven years. The many that Daniel is
talking about is the nation of Israel. I
have said that this would look good for a peace treaty with Israel at this time
as there is much going on in the Middle East at this time.
Daniel
7:27 goes on to talk about in the middle of the seven years that war will begin
as the Antichrist will break his covenant with Israel. Daniel 11:41 then goes on to say “41 "He will also
enter the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will
be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon.” The “he” is
talking about the Antichrist and more nations will be involved as seen in
11:42-43. “42 “Then he will stretch out
his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape.
43 "But he will gain control over the
hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt;
and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his heels.”
MacArthur writes “The Antichrist apparently defeats
the other great powers, at least temporarily.
“But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he
will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many. And he will pitch the tents of his royal
pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to
his end, and no one will help him” (11:44-45).
The northern and eastern forces regroup, and when the Antichrist goes to
meet them he is utterly defeated and destroyed, with no one to help him. Revelation speaks of a great cavalry force of
2000 million that will come from the East and destroy a third of mankind (Rev.
9:14-16). It is interesting that the
mainland Chinese army passed that number some years ago.”
Lord
willing we will continue to talk about this war in our next SD.
12/6/2023 10:34 AM
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