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February 17, 2025 at 08:47 AM
👆So what will happen next after the feet of clay and iron???
In Dan 7 which is very similar to chapter 2, we find there arises a diverse horn (kingdom) after the ten horns(kingdoms).
Daniel 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
*Which is this horn???*
*_THE LITTLE HORN_*
Daniel 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
From the 10 horns( kingdoms) arise a little horn.
The little horn is diverse from the others.
The little horn plucked three kingdoms.
Let's be reminded something by the book of *2 Thessalonians 2:3* Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
*Characteristics of the little horn*
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
*1.Speak great words against the most* High( blasphemy)
John 10:30-33 I and my Father are one.
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
*2.* John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
*The little horn calls himself like God( Holy father*
*3.* Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
-Even angels (whom God Himself sends) do not desire worship. But the little horn desires worship.
*4.* Mark 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
- Only God can forgive sins but the little horn claims the authority of forgiving sins.
*5.* Leviticus 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from *even unto even* , shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
- A day starts from evening and ends next evening but the little horn changed the day system and made people believe that the day starts at midnight and ends at midnight).
*6.* The law changed by the little horn
Adam fell into sin by disobeying the law of God. We find the consequences in Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
- Breaking of the law is sin
The sin made need of a Savior.John 1:15-17 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Hence if there is No law -then there won't be sin- then No grace will be needed- then Christ will not be needed- then there will be no need of a preacher. *But every congregation today has a preacher/ teacher* because the grace of Christ need to be preached. So the law is still there!!!
*What did Jesus instruct His disciples*
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
- they continue in truth
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- the word of God is the truth
Psalms 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
- the law is truth.
Even if you keep all the nine and break one, you have sinned.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
God reminded Israelites about the Sabbath because it existed even before the law.
Genesis 2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
-Jesus gave the Sabbath after creation.
Ezekiel 20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
-The Sabbath is the sign between God and His people
Leviticus 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
- People are not to rest in idleness but to attend a holy convocation
Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
- Even Jesus rested and went to Synagogue on Sabbath
Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
Acts 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
- Even apostles kept the Sabbath after the death of Christ.
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
- Sabbath worship will continue in heaven
Isaiah 58:13-14 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- God has given a promise on Sabbath observance.
*But Rev 17 reveals of a system that came and trampled upon the law(especially the fourth commandment which speaks about the Sabbath of our Lord Jesus.*)
Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
*Whore* - Ezekiel 16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
*Waters* - Revelation 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
*Woman* - Ephesians 5:22, 25, 32 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
*Beast* - Daniel 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Revelation 17:6-7 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst *thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
*The above verses explains about a false church that's in the whole world and has fought the church of God since it started.*
This whore has also got children. Jeremiah 28:15-16 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
-These children are the false prophets.Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.- Some of this refers themselves mighty prophets but the Bible says Matthew 11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
- We have all the reasons to put our faith only in Jesus
We are therefore not to believe every spirit.1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
The true prophets endured suffering and affliction.James 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Every true prophet agrees with other prophets (in the Bible) 1 Corinthians 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
1 Peter 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: