Re: Daniel 12:10b - my Revised English Bible does say: ....none of the wicked will understand, only the wise leaders will understand.
Therefore I believe that just a few people will know what God has planned for our future.
It does not matter whether the KJV of the Revised version inserts the word "leaders" into the text
It does not matter
BECAUSE those "leaders" could only be Saints and the
CONTEXT of the passage
REQUIRES those Saints would be the Last Saints on earth. The Saints
LIVING when the Lord Returns.
Within the
CONTEXT of the passage (the "
Time-of-the-End")
We can understand Dan 12:4 and 12:9-10 to teach:
The
TRUTH about Daniel's prophecies would remain "
closed-up" and "
sealed" to all the Saints
until the Last Saints "
shall understand" (and preach) that
TRUTH at the "
Time-of-the-End"
BTW... the "
Time of the End" is also called the "
Season and Time" [Dan 7:11-12]
This is a very specific period on earth
AFTER the [Revelation] Beast has been destroyed.
Does your eschatology incorporate this "
Season and Time" or "
Time-of-the-End"... it should
In any case, once we discern the
CONTEXT of Daniel 12:4 and 12:8-10
there can be no question about
WHO the "
wise" (leaders) represents.
I hope you do not disagree about the context of Daniel 12.
The rest of the Christian peoples will have their eyes opened and their ears unstopped - AFTER the Lord's Day of fiery wrath:
Of course that interpretation could only be valid
IF we
REJECT what Daniel 12 teaches. But then we could not have Biblical Truth.
You can only find Biblical
TRUTH when you harmonize Daniel 12 into your Gospel.
And Daniel 12 is crystal clear...
NONE of the wicked will understand (nobody understands EXCEPT the Last Saints)
The "Christian peoples" consist of many unsaved "
tares" (sown by Satan) and relatively few save "
wheat" (sown by Jesus)
So I do not understand
WHY you think "
children of Satan" in the church would "
understand" what
ONLY the Last Saints "
understand"
Clearly you are only arguing that you
REJECT Daniel 12. I have to wonder why that is? Do you know?
Dan 12:10
Many [Last Saints] shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly:
and NONE of the wicked shall understand;
but the wise [Last Saints] SHALL UNDERSTAND.
[at the "Time-of-the-End"]
Again, we cannot expect to find Biblical
TRUTH about Daniel's "
sealed" prophecies
Unless/Until we
FIRST accept Daniel 12 as being the Word of God.
Therefore,
EVERY interpretation about the END, developed
BEFORE the "
Time-of-the-End",
MUST BE WRONG
because the interpretation was developed during a time when the
TRUTH remained "
closed-up" and "
sealed"
In view of Daniel 12, are you prepared to abandon any old interpretation of the Fourth Kingdom/Beast?
If not you are saying you
REJECT the Word of God about this matter.
It's really as simple as that
Isaiah 35:4-5 Be strong, fear not; the Lord comes to save you, with His vengeance and retribution. THEN the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Yes... when "the Lord comes to save you"
THEN your blind eyes will be opened and your deaf ears unstopped.
This is not hard...
However... let's pretend that this is an event in the "end-times".
We know every knee shall bow...
the question is
WHEN?
(1) Is it during the Great Tribulation / Revelation Beast (I assume you already know they are the same?)
(2) Is it during the "
Season and Time" or "
Time-of-the-End"
AFTER the Revelation Beast is destroyed but
BEFORE the Last Trump?
(3) Or is it
AFTER the Last Trump?
You see CONTEXT matters.
You cannot expect to understand the
MEANING of a passage when you cannot discern the
CONTEXT.
So tell me please...
WHEN does every knee bow?
Choose #1-3 above
Isaiah 29:18 On that Day, the deaf will hear and the blind will see.
On
WHAT day will the deaf hear?
Is it on the day that man is saved?
You see...
it means
NOTHING to post a ton of verses without any
CONTEXT.
Do you
ASSUME to understand
WHEN this event happens?
You did not provide any indication of that... much less any Biblical validation.
I asked you before and I will ask you again...
please do not cut-and-paste passages without comment.
Do not ASSUME I know
WHAT you think the
CONTEXT of that passage is.
I cannot know what you think when you paste passages without comment.
I do not see this as having any great significance. After all there have been hundreds of 'kingdoms' on earth since Adam.
First, remember the
CONTEXT.
Daniel 7
PROMISES that Four (and only four) "
Kingdoms/Beasts" arise on earth.
So your comment about "hundreds" of Kingdoms is
OUTSIDE of the
CONTEXT of Daniel 7
THAT is the "significance"... there are
NOT hundreds of Beasts, there are
FOUR
Secondly, we now
KNOW what those Four Beasts represent.
This is
NOT an understanding taught in the Church Age.
The
TRUTH remained "
sealed" during that time.
Daniel 12 PROVES that fact.
This is a
NEW UNDERSTAND from the Last Saints
EXACTLY as Daniel 12 promises.
How cool is that?
The (1st) Pre-Flood Kingdom of Saints from Adam to Noah
The (2nd) Jewish Kingdom of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
The (3rd) Christian Kingdom of the Great Commission
BEFORE the Last Saint is saved
The (4th) Great Tribulation Kingdom/Revelation Beast
AFTER the Last Saint is "
sealed" [Rev 7:1-3]
This understanding cannot be REFUTED by Scripture,
because this understanding harmonizes with ALL Scripture
And this understanding is supported by History (reality)
There is no question these Kingdoms existed in order.
What is the defining Plan of God for mankind, is the division of the past 6000 years into 3 tranches.
1/ From Adam to Abraham; exactly 2000 years
No, that is clearly incorrect.
The (1st) Pre-Flood Kingdom was from Adam to Noah
The (2nd) Jewish Kingdom was from Abraham to Christ
I do not understand WHY you want to conflate the two?
3/ From Jesus; His acclamation as King, His subsequent death and Resurrection in 30 AD, until today; 1992 years later.
It is easier to call this what it was:
The Christian Kingdom of the Great Commission of the Church Age BEFORE the Last Saint is saved.
4/ Then comes the final 'Sabbath' of one thousand years, when Jesus will reign as King of the world.
But you have two (2)
PROBLEMS...
(1) the notion of a literal 1000 year reign has been disputed by the Saints since the Apostles...
So it is VERY presumptuous to
PRETEND it is settled doctrine. It is disputed and you know that fact.
(2) More importantly:
Your 1000 year theory was developed when the
TRUTH was "
closed-up" and "
sealed" to All Saints
until the Last Saints "
shall understand" (and preach) that
TRUTH at the "
Time-of-the-End"
Daniel's "
sealed" prophecies represented God's Salvation Plan from Adam to the Lord's Return.
And there is
NO period of a
LITERAL 1000 year reign.
It does not exist in Daniel's Book.
Therefore we can know absolutely that the
LITERAL 1000 year reign is a false doctrine
because it was developed when the
TRUTH remained "
closed-up" and "
sealed"
Therefore it
MUST BE WRONG.
It's that simple.
And you would already
KNOW this fact... you would have already
ACCEPTED this reality
If you had not
REJECTED the Word of God in Daniel 12.
False doctrine results from
REJECTING the Bible.
I will say this as plainly as I can:
You cannot hope to understand the
TRUTH about the "
Time-of-the-End"
when you
REJECT the Word of God in Daniel 12... where the
CONTEXT is the "
Time-of-the-End"
If you continue to
REJECT Daniel 12
it is impossible for you to fine
TRUTH.
It's just that simple.
Where do you think the people will be taken to in the 'harpazo' of 1 Thessalonians 4:17?
I do not need to "think"... I already KNOW.
First you need to understand that 1Thess 4 is the
SAME EVENT as 1 Co 15
(1) The Lord "
descends from heaven with a shout"
(2) "
The dead in Christ shall arise first"
(3) The Last Saints are "
changed" without dying
(4) The Last Saints JOIN the dead Saints to be with the Lord forever
1Th 4:15-17
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord,
that we [Last Saints] which are alive and remain
unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent [precede] them which are
asleep.
[dead] For 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.
1Co 15:50-53
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I shew you a mystery;
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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