Until the Time of the End - The Book of Daniel Part 8
August 25, 2024

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “

will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
“Matthew 24:3 (NIV)”


Because of the increase of

, the love of will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations(ethnos), and then the end will come.
“Matthew 24:12-15 (NIV)”


● 17000 ethno-linguistic groups recorded to date most of which have been reached. Still about 7000 to go.
● The gospel is spreading so

that more people have been reached for Christ in the last 23 years than were reached in the forst 2000 years.
● There is only 20 of the 200 countries world wide that are in stasis or decline. In ever other nation Christianity is .


In the next verse Jesus gets even more specific about a sign that has not happened yet…
“So when you see standing in the holy place (temple in Jerusalem) ‘the abomination that causes desolation (statue of the anti-christ),’ spoken of through the

Daniel–let the reader understand.” (not be a confused or fearful Christian, let them be someone who understands)


● Jesus firstly

Daniel as a prophet
● And that some of Daniels prophesies have yet to come to pass.
● The end of days can sometime, depending on whose teaching it become very confusing, my hope tonight is that by Gods grace I will be able to present the critical issues in a way everyone will understand.
● Daniel happens to be the most quoted book in Revelation which is the last book in your bible. Daniel happened to see all the past and future kingdoms. He saw the Medo-Persian empire that rose after the Babylonians. He saw the Greek empire and describes in detail someone who looked very much like Alexander the great. He saw the Roman empire arising and even the time of Christ. When speaking about these various empire he spoke in term of weeks.


So in order for much of this to make sense I need to define what a “week” or “weeks” is that Daniel refers to.
_Week_s = Shavua = Seasons of 7 or a period of 7 years. And so the translators of the NIV just put that in as opposed to the word “weeks”


‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary (happened in 70AD again). The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. He (antichrist) will confirm a with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”
“Daniel 9:24-27 (NIV)”


● To simplify, Daniel saw 70 Sevens or 490 years of prophecy.
● The first 7 sevens (49 years) Daniel saw the Israelites return to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the Temple. History confirms this as being accurate.
● The next 62 Sevens (434 years) Jesus gave His life for the sins of the world.
● So, 483 of the 490 years of prophecy have been fulfilled, or 69 of the 70 sevens.
● This leaves 1 seven (7 years) yet to be fulfilled.


In chapter one Jesus appears to John the revelator with instructions on what’s to happen with the letter and how its intended purpose for the book is that His church would be

and not caught off guard.


1) The Church Age:
Revelation 2-3
a) 1st event


2) The Rise of the Anti-Christ: Revelation 6 wanting to set up for himself an image, the abomination that causes desolation in the temple.
He’ll broker a deal that allows the Jews to once again occupy Mount Moriah, the Temple mount, where Abraham offered Isaac. To

your temple.


3) The

: Revelation 6-19 Describes horrors on earth over a 7 year period. John is attempting to describe technology thousands of years before his time.


4) The

3 1/2 years in
Revelation 4:1 WRONG!


He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a

and and .
“Daniel 7:25 (NKJV)”


5) The Second Coming of

: Revelation 19


6) The Marriage Supper of the

: Revelation 19


7) The

1000 years: Revelation 20:6


8) The Last

: Revelation 20:7-10


9) The Great White Throne

: Revelation 20:11-15


10) Eternity: Revelation 21-22


It describes the new heaven and the new earth. The earth is going to go through its own purification by

. Everything thats wrong with earth, its impurities is going to be eternally done away with. Made perfect again. Be returned to its pre-fall condition. No more evil, none at all.


Until the Time of the End


At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people–everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the

, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”
“Daniel 12:1-4 (NIV)”


I heard what he said, but I did not understand what he meant. So I asked, “How will all this finally end, my lord?” But he said, “Go now, Daniel, for what I have said is kept secret and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be

, , and by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.
“Daniel 12:8-13 (NLT)”


What do we do then Until the Time of the End
Live out lives doing everything we can,

1)

as many people as we for Jesus while we can.
2) Decide to follow GOD, not .

Are you ready for the return of Christ?


Therefore keep

, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
“Matthew 24:42 (NIV)”


“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like

waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.”
“Luke 12:35-36 (NIV)”