Preached on May 14 AM &
May 18 PM

 

May 14, 2023
AM Service

I have two new scriptures today that I want to go into, especially Daniel Chapter 7. This goes along completely with my message, The Millennium. When I look back at all that the young man, Daniel, went through, I thank the Lord for that. Of course, we do not think of him as being a young man, but he was about twenty years of age when he is captured and made a eunuch. That meant that he could never go back into the temple in Jerusalem, because it was against the Jewish law. God lifted up Daniel through his captivity and all his troubles. Just as He seeks to lift us up in His presence. We will not go through what Daniel went through, but we will go through our own problems. Sometimes those troubles are very serious, but God has made a way for us to be able to bear whatever comes our way, just as our Sister Maggie testified [The Millennium – Part 5, May 14, 2023, minutes 38 through 52]. Sometimes it is good to know just what a person goes through. We have people here and around the world who have gone through many things, but God has taken them through, and they have come out the other side in a better condition. We thank the Lord for that. For some the trials have been long, but with others they have been shorter. And with some the trials still linger. God is always good! In all our trials and tests God is with us.

 

This message will be mostly about the Bride. You may ask, “How can we find the Bride in the book of Daniel?” Let me turn that question around in a different way. How can we NOT find the Bride in the book of Daniel? When we read the first six chapters of Daniel we see his many struggles. But it was during those struggles that God gave him grace. He gave him visions that changed a nation. It changes a king, Nebuchadnezzar, from a man that was a killer, to a man that gives praise to the God that Daniel served. In Chapter 4 Nebuchadnezzar gives his last testimony of all that has happened to him through the fulfillment of his dreams that Daniel interpreted. Daniel lived in Babylon during the reigns of four different kings. He is taken prisoner around the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned over 40 years. Then Daniel lived throughout the reigns of Belshazzar and Darius and into the early reign of Cyrus. So that was many years of rule and reign. By that time Daniel was a much older man. I do not know how old he was, but he was an older man. But God dealt with Daniel in ways unlike the ways that He dealt with the prophets before him. There were other prophets that went through very much, many that we read about were taken captive like Daniel, but they did not know what Daniel knew.

Both Lord And Christ

I will go to Verse 9 of Daniel Chapter 7. “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.” Daniel is telling us what he saw in a vision, then we see the same picture in Revelation Chapter 1, which John saw when he was in the Spirit. We will go to that scripture later. John saw it in Jesus, but Daniel is speaking of God Himself. Jesus Christ was the resemblance of God. He was not God, but He was the Son of God. He was the only begotten Son of God, but not God’s only son. The angels were sons of God, so are we sons and daughters of God, but not to the extent of Jesus Christ. Because in Him was placed all the fulness of God, but in us is placed a portion. Because the Spirit that is in us is divided among all the Bride people. I remember Bro. Branham going over that one time using Moses as an example. When Moses could not handle all the things that he had to do, his father-in-law came to him and said that Moses was wearing himself out with all the problems of the children of Israel. He suggested that if God would command Moses to do so, he should choose able men to judge in small matters [Exodus 18, Numbers 11]. Bro. Branham said God delegated all that authority unto seventy elders, but it did not take any authority away from Moses. To me, Jesus Christ has divided Himself among His body, because we are the body of Christ. We are what will wind up to be the wife of Christ. Jesus Christ Himself will be King in the Millennial age, but afterward the kingdom goes back to God in the eternal age. Jesus is exactly what He is supposed to be! God delegated the authority on Him to become not only King, but Priest. He is both Lord and Christ. Lord is what we recognize Him as; Christ is who He is in Spirit form. When He was baptized by John, then God gave Him the anointing, that is the Holy Ghost, therefore He became the Christ. When He was born, His name was Jesus, when He was baptized, He became the Christ, the anointed one of God. I know some of these things are possibly new to some people, but we are to understand before we leave this world just who He is and who we are serving. Bro. Jackson said that one of the last things that will be understood would be the Godhead. I believe that it is now, in our time that we are living, that we understand these things. I know that none of us believe in a trinity. That doctrine came through the Catholic church and went into the denominational world. We read that in Revelation Chapter 17. The Catholic church is the mother of harlots who are the denominations that kept the trinity baptism and became a part of their mother.

An Everlasting Dominion

I will go ahead and read Daniel 7:9 again, “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.” Verse 10, “A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgement was set, and the books were opened.” The books are open at that time. You see that picture in the last few verses of Revelation Chapter 20 which is the great white throne judgment. Daniel 7:11, “I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: (The little horn is representative of the pope of Rome. He began to show his power as a horn around 800 A.D. when he began to speak). I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.” The beast is slain in Revelation 19, Verse 20, which will happen at the end of the tribulation time. The beast and the false prophet will be cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone which is the burning flame mentioned by Daniel. Verse 12, “As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.” You see that in Revelation Chapter 13. Let us read Daniel 7:13, “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, (That is speaking of the coming of Christ and the Bride.) and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.” The Ancient of days is God Himself. But then we see Christ enter the picture. I will read Verse 13 again. “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him [Christ] near before him [God].” Verse 14, “And there was given him (Which is Christ.) dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” That is talking about throughout the Millennium.

 

Verse 15, “I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.” He had no idea what this vision meant, it was not for his time. He is speaking to people in the distant future, not in the middle ages, not in the dark ages, but he is speaking to us in our day. We are the book of Revelation. We belong in the book of Revelation. The rule and reign of the body of Christ is the most wonderous thing to think about that anyone could ever imagine! It is better than a vacation. It is better than days off from work. It is something that is going to last a whole thousand years. We will see it. From Verse 15 again, “I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.” He received the interpretation and goes on to write it for us. But Daniel is still left without a complete answer because he is not living in our time. When you read Daniel Chapter 12, God tells him to close the book because it is not for his time. Daniel 7:17, “These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, (It is four kingdoms.) which shall arise out of the earth.”

The Bride Shall Possess
The Kingdom

Now here is the Bride. Verse 18, “But the saints of the most High (That is you and me.) shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.” He repeats that the saints of the most High will take the kingdom. That is rulership. That is taking something that was not given to them before, they must take it. You will see this as we go on in this message. As we think about this rulership, there is nothing more important. There is no time off from work, there is no vacation that is going to compare with what the Bride of Jesus Christ is going to receive. It will not be a vacation, but it will be something more than a vacation. This is not two weeks on then two weeks off. This is something better; something more important than our time off from work. It is more important than anything in our lives. Once a vacation is over, we start looking for the next way out of work. It is important that we know where we stand in the sight of God. Bro. Steve, Sis. Elsie and I have gone on many trips. They were not vacation trips, but trips that we took to try and be beneficial and help somebody. Sometimes it was only one person, sometimes it was more. In the Philippines, we stood before maybe two hundred people, but it was not a picnic. It was a time of letting people know that we care; that we think of them. It has been that way when we have travelled in Mexico and Canada. I do not mean anything negative toward these places, but they are not the most desired places to go, but God was with us. When God is with you, you can enjoy whatever situation you are in, because He will make a way. I pray for the people in the Philippines. Bro. Jimmy has a big job there. Remember Bro. Jimmy and the saints in the Philippines in prayer. I want the time that I spend in a place to be fruitful. To be a benefit to some saint of God, whether it be one, a few, or many. In the book of Acts, God called Philip away from what he was doing in Samaria. He sent him south into a desert place on the way toward Ethiopia. There was one Ethiopian eunuch returning home from worshiping in Jerusalem. Philip went to him and told him the way of salvation. Sometimes a seed that we sow, even if it is to just one person, becomes many in their own country. I believe that is what happened with that eunuch. After Philip had a great revival in Samaria, God took him to minister to one person. Then after that mission was over, God transformed [caught away] Philip to a completely different place.

Are We Taking Life Loosely?

God is getting ready to do something in this hour, something that we have never seen. I am not just talking about the rapture; I am talking about before the rapture. As Bro. Branham and Bro. Jackson both said, the Bride will have her revival. We must get our priorities straight. We cannot take our lives loosely. I say these things because I am concerned. It is a concern to me because I am responsible. I am not saying do not go on a vacation, but how many do we need? It is something to think about. As it has been preached from Ezekiel Chapter 33; I serve as one watchman on the wall. These other brothers do also: Bro. Lewis, Bro. Jason, and Bro. Kevin here, and the other Brothers around the world. We stand as responsible people. As it says in the book of Jude, pulling others out of the fire. I am talking about saints of God. That is who Daniel is talking about here. Way beyond his time into our time.

 

It is important that we make ourselves presentable when we go out in public because we are Christians every day, not just on Thursday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night. This walk is something that is every day. When you see me out, you will not see me in a complete suit of clothes every time. If I go to certain places, I like to wear clothes of that nature, but around home I do not feel that it is necessary. But I still must look presentable if you might come to see me at my house. I remember a preacher going to a place one time. He knocked on the door, somebody looked out and saw him and said, everyone change into your dresses, the preacher is here. You are not standing before me and I am not standing before you, but we are standing before God. I must sound the trumpet; it is necessary. This is my only hope, I have no other hope. My hope is in the Word of God.

The Fourth Beast

Daniel 7:19, “Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; (Referring back to Verse 8, when the pope takes over around 800 A.D. and becomes the one that chooses who will be king. He deposed three kings [of France, Germany, and Italy] because they would not obey him.) even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, (Not great in the sense of “good” things, but powerful things that he is permitted to do. This is all permitted of God.) whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;” This is throughout time that he prevails over the great multitude spoken of in Revelation 7:9-17. Go to Verse 23, “Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.” Now when it says, he “shall devour the whole earth,” that means the prophetic earth. He never ruled this nation, but he ruled in Europe and those nations. The body of the beast is made up of the nations all the way from Iran, through the Middle East, and into the ten nations that make up the body there. Now Verse 25, “And he shall speak great words against the most High, (Daniel goes into greater detail about the “little horn” in Chapter 11.) and shall wear out the saints of the most High, (That is talking of throughout time and ending with the Jews of Israel and the foolish virgins during the tribulation of the last half of the seventieth week.) 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.” That is the last three- and one-half years of the week. Verse 26, “But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.” That will be at the end of the tribulation.

The Saints of The Most High

“And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, (I read from Matthew Chapter 19 [Verses 27-30, in the previous issue] where Peter asked, “We have left all, what shall we [the apostles, Matthias being the twelfth] receive?” Then He tells them that they will receive thrones in the regeneration. The regeneration is when the earth is regenerated and brought back to the condition it will be in the eternal age. In the regeneration the twelve apostles shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel. They will not be judging the whole world. But the apostle Paul will judge the whole world with The Bride because he was a minister to the Gentiles. He was the one who started the Gentile age, which we see in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3. He was the one responsible for those Gentile Churches being brought into truth. For the most part those churches failed. But there were Bride saints from each age. And this is what we are looking at today, the Bride of Jesus Christ. Verse 27 again, “And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, (That is speaking of other than Israel.) shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, (It is worth it! Is it not worth it to give up a little of our time here to worship Him?! Nothing can compare to that kingdom. There is nothing on this earth that will compare to what the saints of God will receive because we love Him, and we keep His Word. That is why I say some of the things that I do.) whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, (That one-thousand-year period. Everlasting is not eternal; everlasting is a period of time. After that, in the eternal age, Jesus becomes our elder brother. As Bro. Jackson went over. We will never be equal to Jesus, but we will be in a close relationship to Him.) and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.”

He Hath Made Us
Kings And Priests

Now I want to go to Revelation. I will go to Chapter 1 because this scripture is what I compared to Daniel 7:9 at the start of this message. Revelation 1:4-18, why do I read that? We are going to see some of the same picture that Daniel spoke about. This is the testimony of Jesus Christ, that God gave Him. John tells you that in Verses 1-3. We will start reading in Verse 4, “John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, (See? This prophecy is introduced as from God first, then from Jesus Christ.) who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.” Speaking of our new birth. Verse 6, “And hath made us kings and priests (This is telling you who you are. This is not some far off story, this is who we are. We are the ones waiting for our kingship. It is not going to give us a puffed-up attitude or anything of that nature, we will be the most settled people that have ever been. We have to be able to judge between the things that are going on in the earth during the Millennium. The Bride of Jesus Christ will be ruling over nations that have never known truth. Even the sheep people that you read about in Matthew 25 do not know truth. If they knew truth, they would not be sheep people, they would be Bride people. But they are going to be saved for the repopulation of the earth. Let us look closer at part of Verse 5, “And from Jesus Christ, who is… the prince of the kings of the earth…” What is he talking about? He is talking about Jesus Christ being the prince over the kings of the earth, which will be those natural rulers of the nations during the Millennium. [The same ‘kings of the earth’ mentioned in Revelation 21:24.] Verse 6 again, “And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; (It tells you that He has made us kings and priests.) to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” What makes you become a king? Obedience. Obedience unto the Word of God. Verse 7, “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.” We read in Daniel 7:13 that He “came with the clouds of heaven.” That also fits with Revelation 19:11-16. The Bride will come back with Him. He is not coming back alone, but He is coming back on that white horse and the Bride of Jesus Christ will be on white horses. What do I mean, white horses? That represents authority. Horses were machines of war in earlier ages. You do not need to buy a saddle and horse to learn how to take this ride. There will be many people that have never rode a horse that will be riding a white horse then. It also says, “…and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him…” God is going to give those that pierced Jesus a glimpse of what they had done. Even from the torment which they will be in, they are going to see what they did. Verse 8, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, (That is God Himself.) which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” God is giving a picture to Jesus Christ.

 

Let me go back to the first verses of this chapter. Verse 1, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, (This is the revelation of Jesus Christ to John.) which God gave unto him, (Which God gave to Jesus Christ.) to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” It will soon be two thousand years since this was spoken. But he is speaking it as though it is right now. A million years with God are but a second; even that is stretching it! It would not even be a millisecond. Time is nothing to God because He is eternal.

Revelation Was Written
For The Bride

Back to Verse 9, “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, (He is not talking about the Sabbath because this ‘day’ lasts more than 24 hours. He is talking about the day of the Lord.) and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.” This is God talking, but when John turns to see the voice that he is hearing, he sees Jesus Christ. Verse 12, “And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks.” You can read of candlesticks in Zechariah Chapter 4 and in Revelation Chapter 11. Those are different from these seven candlesticks. In Zechariah and Revelation 11 the candlesticks relate to the two olive trees which are the two prophets to the Jews. Here in Revelation Chapter 1, the seven candlesticks are to the Gentiles. Because this is written for the Gentiles. Revelation 1:13, “And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire.” This is the same description we read from Daniel 7:9. John is seeing the same likeness that Daniel saw. That is why I said what I did about Daniel earlier. There are two times in the book of Daniel, Chapters 9 and 10, where he seeks God in prayer and fasting. One of those times it says that after fasting twenty-one days, the angel calls him ‘greatly beloved’ [Daniel 9:23 and 10:11 and 19]. A well-beloved man, a prophet. You do not see that mentioned in any other prophet. Even though the book of Daniel is not as lengthy as many of the other books of prophets, Daniel is seeing things that the others did not see.

 

Revelation 1:14 again, “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire.” I remember Bro. Branham going over that. He said that in old times when rulers such as kings or the parliament sat to make a judgment, they all wore a white wig, which represented the authority. We are looking at the “Ancient of days” spoken of by Daniel because this is not a new thing. Verse 15, “And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters.” That would penetrate, would it not? “And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” God is giving Jesus Christ this authority because He perfectly carried out his part here on this earth. It is by the authority of God that Jesus Christ will rule and reign in the Millennium. The scripture [1 Peter 2:22] says there was no guile found in His mouth. That means nothing of hindrance. Everything we see in the Word of God is for our benefit. If we look at it in that way, if we follow His rule, and what He desires of us, we have nothing to fear.

Go On!

I enjoyed the testimony of my Sister Maggie [The Millennium – Part 5, May 14, 2023, minutes 38 through 52]. I had read it over when she typed it out and gave it to me. She never lost faith, even though her body was weak and drained for close to five years. If anyone had a reason to give up, that would be a reason, but we cannot. There is something inside us even though we may be dragging. We have that little wheel inside us that keeps turning and rolling, telling us “Go on!” Physically we may be hurting, mentally we may be hurting, there may be things that trouble our minds. But I will say to young couples considering marriage, take a lesson from the testimony of our sister. Because she had a husband that stood with her. When many just walk away from a marriage, it cannot mean that much to them. I read the testimony from our sister, and I wanted you to hear it because it meant that much to me. Today is the day of the Lord.

The First Resurrection

Let us go to Revelation Chapter 19, Verse 20, “And the beast was taken, (Speaking of the leadership over the fourth beast, which is primarily Europe, but its body goes all the way through the Middle East into Iran, which was Persia at that time. You see the growing territory of each of the four beasts. Each one took a little bit more, a little bit more, and a little bit more until the last beast, which was diverse from all the others. Here we see that beast at its end.) and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, (Mighty feats of war, not physical miracles.) with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, (That is talking about the tribulation, the last three and one half years of the seventieth week, after which the beast and the false prophet are destroyed.) and them that worshipped his image. (That is from Revelation 13.) These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.” This verse goes with Daniel 7, Verse11 where we read, “…till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.”

 

Now I want to go to Revelation Chapter 20, Verse 4, to finish up. “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: (Who? Bride saints. Remember we are kings and priests.) and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded  for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” Speaking of tribulation saints. They live and reign with Christ, as priests, but not as kings. That authority of rulership and judgment is to the Bride only. Verse 5, “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.” The first resurrection is for all the saints of God. It begins with the time that Jesus arose, and the Old Testament saints arose right after Him, and ends with those here in Verse 4 at end of the tribulation. See Matthew Chapter 24, Verses 29 through 31. Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, (Not all rulers.) and shall reign with him a thousand years.” The tribulation saints have their part in the kingdom as priests. Just like natural Israel in the Millennium will have two sets of priests. One set will have a lesser part because they failed God in the Old Testament. They will never be in the temple itself. They will be on the temple grounds, killing sacrifices, and serving the people. The other set [the sons of Zadok] will be the only ones that can go into the temple. They will have wonderful garments to wear. Verse 7, “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, (I have gone over that before. Gog and Magog is that no-God spirit, that same spirit that is upon Russia today that does not believe in God. That spirit rises back up at the end of the Millennium.) to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: (Which will be Jerusalem.) and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.” May the Lord bless you, let us pray.

May 18, 2023
PM Service

We are getting closer to the coming of the Lord. I am sure the saints of God will be happy when that time comes. We are happy now. Do not wait until then to be happy; be happy now. We go through unexpected things, but we expect the coming of the Lord. We do not know when but expect the unexpected. As I go on in my message, The Millennium, may the Lord help me to be able to say the things that are needed.

The Ten Toes of
Iron Mixed With Clay

In Revelation Chapter 19 we learned about the antichrist and the beast. The beast would be the European spirit. God is not happy with that European spirit that takes over in that time because the nations of Europe give themselves unto the false prophet and he uses that beast to his benefit until they are both cast into the lake of fire. Then we see in Chapter 20 that one thousand years later the devil is cast into the lake of fire. Satan finally gets what he deserves. For one thousand years he will be in a prison house, which would be in the inner part of the earth. He must be there while the Millennium goes on. But then he is turned loose. Let us read Revelation Chapter 20, Verse 7, “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,” This is the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ and the Bride. It begins after what happens with the beast and the false prophet being thrown into the lake of fire. Then the thousand years end when the devil (which had deceived the beast and false prophet) deceives many natural men with that godless spirit of Gog and Magog and is cast into the lake of fire.

 

Let us look back at the beast. When we are talking about the beast, we are talking about that fourth beast that John saw. The beast system that he saw was diverse from all the rest of them. The legs of it were made of iron, and the feet and toes were made of iron mixed with miry clay. We know those ten toes speak of the ten European nations. That beast system has its job to do in Revelation Chapter 17. Near the end of the chapter, they will hate the great whore and will burn her with fire. In other words, they will destroy her influence. God has left that beast here during that time to destroy her. Whenever the destruction of the great whore happens, then it will not be long until the Lord returns with His Bride. But there will be a short space of time for the beast to do whatever dirty work it is going to do to fulfill its purpose, for it is the will of God. You see in Chapter 18 more of what all that woman (the great whore of Revelation 17) has done throughout the years under the leadership of the pope.

Darkness Has Set In

It is in Chapter 18 where the call came, “Come out of her, my people!” This is the call that I and others heard. I do not know how many listened. I know after one Sunday morning service, Bro. Branham questioned his son, Billy Paul, about what he thought of the message. Billy Paul was telling him how great it was when Bro. Branham said that no more than five people understood what he was talking about. So, the message was great, but the listeners were few. I do not hesitate to speak of what certain men of God, such as Bro. Branham and Bro. Jackson, have done. I appreciate the message I heard from them. It was a message of truth that guided me into revelation and what God has done here in this end time. After Bro. Jackson finished the sixteen messages of the seals, the last two messages he preached were titled Darkness Is Setting In [Parts 1 and 2]. I had asked Bro. Jackson after he finished with the seals in 2004 if he was going to go into them anymore. He said no because he was through with them. Of course, God has His plan too. I feel that if Bro. Jackson had lived, he would have preached more about darkness setting in, because it was very evident that it was. We see it even more today. We see a nation today that is stooped in darkness. There is nothing good that you can say about the leadership in this country. It is going against everything that God is. Just when you think you have heard it all, something worse comes out. Darker things are coming out weekly, sometimes daily, in the hour we are living in. The darkness that was setting in then is now here. Compared to what Bro. Jackson was looking at then, I wonder what he would say if he were living now. He would cringe at the thought of the way this nation is going. He cared much for this country. He talked about how it was when he came home from World War 2. About how the United Nations (which had just come into focus in 1945) was formed to ensure that WW2 would be the war to end all wars. By 1950 the United Nations and the United States were involved in the Korean War; in another war just a few short years after they had made that declaration of no more wars. The Bible speaks that there would be wars and rumors of wars. There have been rumors of wars. For many years, this nation has been at war. Now there are constantly rumors about what our government is planning to do in Ukraine and other places where there are battles going on. Yet in our nation there are more people being killed weekly than there were in the war in the Middle East. You hear of murders in cities from Louisville, Kentucky, to Chicago, to New York, and they are doing nothing about it. A few days ago, there was a man that held an aggressive man around the neck in defense of himself and of others on the New York subway. The aggressor died and the courts are wanting to charge the subduer with several crimes. But within 24 hours after they handcuffed him and put him in jail, there were one and a half million dollars sent in for his defense. Last I heard there were four million dollars donated for his defense because people know that the man was acting heroically to protect people. [Ed. The man was finally acquitted in December 2024, after it was proven that the aggressor had drugs in his system and other medical conditions that caused his death.] There are still some people with common sense and compassion to help innocent people. Not everyone in America is ornery and mean. They used to call it, “mean as the devil.” But there are some ornery ones in this day. Because they are the seed of the serpent, who was inspired by the devil.

The Great Kingdom of God

Again, Revelation 20:7, “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.” That prison in the inner part of the earth. The chain that the angel bound him with will be loosed. It is not a literal chain; God does not need that. God knows that he will be in that dungeon-like place for those thousand years. But one thousand years does not teach him anything because he has gone too far. He first went too far when he said that he would make himself to be like God as you see in the Old Testament [Ezekiel 28:1-19 and Isaiah 14:12-17]. He thought that he could rise to be the most high, but he was a created being. In his beginning he was pure. God did not create something unpure. But God did let him become unpure. We became sinners because sin was before us. We were born in sin and shaped in iniquity, come into the world speaking lies, living lies. At the beginning, no one wants to admit that they are sinners, but God sent His Holy Spirit to convict and then to convert. He let us know that we needed something more than what we were or what we had. What we needed was the Spirit of God that He offered unto us all. That is the greatest thing that could ever be in the life of a man or woman. It is greater than any excitement we could ever have here on this earth. It is to live for God and be a part of His great kingdom. As the Bible says, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” His great kingdom will come in the Millennium.

 

Verse 8, “And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, (When he comes forth from that prison, that will be his last stand. Gog and Magog is the type of a Communist spirit, but it is really a spirit of no-God. Communism is the same thing. That is why this scripture refers to Gog and Magog. Magog is the Old Testament name of the land that became Communist Russia [See Ezekiel 38 and 39]. But that spirit will come from all over the world at the end of the Millennium. It will not necessarily come from Russia then, but it will carry that same no-God spirit.) to gather them together to battle: the number of which is as the sand of the sea.” There will be people gathered there from every nation that has not paid any attention to the Bride rulership in the Millennium. Like I said earlier, they are meaner than the devil. It may be a worldly saying, but it is a true saying. Verse 9, “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: (Where are they going? They are going to Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be a holy city at the time because the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Jerusalem is where the rulership of God comes from throughout the Millennium. Every nation under the sun, even those nations that hate Jerusalem at the end, will have to go there. Those nations will not come because they are willingly obedient, but they will be forced to come or else they will not get rain for one year if they do not go. One year without rain is enough to convince somebody of something.) Now this is what is going to happen to them, and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.” When Bro. Jackson was preaching about Armageddon, he said it would be the last war that will ever be fought. That is true because this event we just read about is not a war. They go to make war, but God destroys them with the word of his mouth. Fire will come down from heaven and devour them all before they can even go into battle against Jerusalem. Verse 9 again, “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: (Which is Jerusalem.) and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”

 

You read back in this Chapter 20, Verse 3, “…that he must be loosed a little season.” Now after a thousand years plus that little season, the devil receives his punishment. I cannot tell you how long that little season will be. It could be a year, or it could be two years. (There is another little season that is mentioned in Chapter 8, Verse 1, when the seal is opened, “…about the space of half an hour.” It will not be of the same length. The little season in Chapter 8 will be a shorter time). But this little season for Satan will last longer because the deceived of the nations will be getting their armies together to come against Jerusalem. As I said, it could be a year, it could be two years that it takes for them to gather these people together. Also, during the Millennium they do not have war material, but it will not take them long to convert their stuff [plowshares and pruninghooks] into war machines. The devil knows he is doomed, that he has only a short time to get in his last slap at God. But now he wants to take all of mankind that he can down with him. Verse 10, “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, (This happens immediately after the godless men are devoured because the devil will not be allowed to last beyond that.) where the beast and the false prophet are, (They have been there a little more than one thousand years at this time.) and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” Which is not eternal, but a period of time. It might be ten thousand years; it might be longer. I do not know, but God will get glory out of whatever happens. Satan is going to be punished for what he has done throughout the eons of time. Even before man was ever on the earth, back when he deceived the angels that followed him. They are the fallen angels. There are still places on this earth that show their effects. They even affected nature to the point where nothing will grow in these places. Places that the devil and his angels worked in the animal kingdom before the Ice Age. Now they are the great deserts that we have now.

Wherein Dwelleth Righteousness

Verse 11, “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; (This is God.) and there was found no place for them.” In other words, there is no place for evil things because the earth has been renewed. At that time, we will live in a new heaven and a new earth. The extreme (highest) heaven will not need to be changed because nothing ever affected that. The devil was cast down to the earth, and this is where he has done his devilish work. Because of that, this earth must be judged, and it must be renewed. That is what Paul is talking about in Romans Chapter 8 which we will get to later. But I want to spend more time in Revelation to get events straight in your mind. From Verse 11 again, “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.” John is not talking about the natural earth nor heaven disappearing, he is talking about the changes that will happen in the earth and the lower heaven. He goes into more detail about the new heaven and the new earth in Chapter 21. The Bible [2 Peter 3:13] speaks of a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. That will be in the Eternal Age. Back to Revelation 20:12, “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: (Remember that is the same setting as in Daniel Chapter 7, about the books being opened. It is amazing how that Daniel walked so close with God that He could show him many of the things that are in the Book of Revelation. God, in those twelve chapters, was able to show Daniel things that were closed until the end time. Now we are in the end time, and we understand what Daniel and John were seeing.)  and another book was opened, which is the book of life: (The book [singular] of life will be opened to confirm to the sheep people that go through the Millennial Age, and the ones that are born in the Millennium that accept God and His rulership, that their names are there and that they have made it through to eternal life. The book of life is not opened to judge the Bride. You already have eternal life. You go into the Millennial Age as judges; you will not be judged at the end. God is setting up a kingdom here on earth for a thousand years of rule and reign by Jesus Christ and the Bride. The books of the dead are the other books [plural] that are opened to judge the dead (of the second resurrection) of their works or deeds.) and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” Some will receive worse judgment than others. Those that have blasphemed and done other evil things will have to spend more time in that torment condition than others. The others were just “good ole boys” that just lived their lives not caring about God will receive a lesser judgment. They may have drank or have done other things that they should not have, but their judgment is going to be less than people who have blasphemed. When you blaspheme the things of God, when you speak against the truth (especially if you have been shown truth according to Hebrews Chapter 6), that is about the worst thing that you can do. Back to Revelation 20:13, “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: (“Death is the grave or wherever the body is ‘housed.’ Hell is where the spirit is ‘housed.’) and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” There will be no more death after a certain time because death and hell will be cast into the lake of fire. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” This is the last application of the book of life for those (as I said earlier) who have gone through the Millennial age.

No More Oceans

I will go on into Chapter 21. All but one of the first seven verses tell you about the Eternal Age, but Verse 2 talks about the Bride. At one time I believed that the whole chapter was concerning the Bride, but it is not. Verses 1 and 3 through 7 are about the Eternal Age. Verses 2 and 9 through 27 are primarily about the Bride [with a few verses about the Jews (the foundations, walls, and gates) that support the holy city (the Bride)]. Let us read Revelation 21:1, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: (That is for eternity.) for the first heaven and first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” This is where Bro. Jackson got the revelation that most of the water on earth will go back up to where it came from before the flood. [It was in heaven as a protective barrier around the Earth from the heat of the Sun]. God opened the windows of heaven for forty days and the rains covered the entire earth with water. It never receded back to where it was before the flood. Man has discovered remains of cities completely under water and they do not know why, but God knows. The oceans will be gone as part of the regeneration in the Millennium. There will be bodies of water, but there will be no more oceans. The scientists and politicians are worried. They say, “The oceans are overflowing; Florida is going to sink.” There is nothing to it. I think maybe the level has gone up a few inches in over one hundred years. They say that the ice caps are going to melt and flood the world. Do not believe it. God put those ice caps there as a refrigeration for the earth. The warmth in the equator area (middle) and the cold at the top and bottom of Earth come from the refrigeration of God. Otherwise, it would be like it is on the moon, above two hundred fifty degrees in daytime and below four hundred degrees below zero at night. God cools the poles of the Earth to get the middle warm where people could live in it. God is a chemist. He knows how to mix everything to where it works. Man tries it, but he is a fool for even trying it. God has given man knowledge to do things to help, but He did not give him knowledge to displease or try to disprove Him.

The Importance of The Bride

Verse 2, “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” This verse lets you see the importance of being the Bride of Christ. God is so distinct in what He does. You see the Bride coming down from heaven. That is where we will come from after almost seven years of learning more at the marriage supper. We will come back to rule and reign on the earth. You will rule and reign from a heavenly setting, but it is not necessarily from God’s place in heaven. We will learn much at the marriage supper, but we are learning now. That is the purpose of what God is doing in this hour, especially since 1963. God did not just send that cloud of seven angels down for no reason. [See Contenders, The Millennium Reign Part 11, February 2025]. That was the shout of First Thessalonians 4:16 shown to Bro. Branham right before he preached the seals. The cloud appearing in Arizona has been disputed. That does not matter to me; I know that represents the face of Jesus Christ. When you turn the cloud around it shows His face. If you want to deny that you are a fool, because it is as plain as your face in the mirror.

 

Verse 3 goes back to the eternal age. “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, (His presence will be ever so close in that eternal age.) and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” This is after Jesus Christ has ruled for a thousand years. Verse 4, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; (Who is he talking about? It is not your or my eyes; it is those that have just gone through the judgment after the Millennium. They have seen their loved ones and friends cast into the lake of fire. God will wipe out all those memories. He said He would wipe away all the tears from their eyes. The only way He can do that is to erase the memory of what they saw. There will be natural people in the Millennium who have a child that never does the right things. The parents will be required to take the life of that child at one hundred years old. God will give him a hundred years. The scripture [Isaiah 65] says a child shall die at a hundred years old. A hundred-year-old person is still counted as a child because there will be a thousand-year period for man to live.) and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” There will be pain and sorrow in the Millennium, but not in the eternal age. In the Millennium natural people will have to judge their own family members. The Bride will not have to judge Bride people. But the Bride is going to be “judge and jury,” they will not need juries like they have now, nor will there be a bunch of crooked lawyers. Verse 5, “And he that sat upon the throne (God) said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. (It is over.) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.” Here you have the fountain of the water of life, which will be the same as the tree of life. “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”

Now he goes back to the judgment in Verse 8. “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Verse 8 repeats what was said in Chapter 20, Verse 14, “the second death”. So, this verse goes with the end of Chapter 20.

Waiting For The Adoption

Now I want to go to Romans Chapter 8. Paul goes deep into the understanding that God has given to him. He is a man more in the pattern of Daniel. Paul has heard from God more than any other apostle in the New Testament. In the Millennium Paul will not be ruling Jews, because his message was not to the Jews. His message was to the Gentiles. Verse 14, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:” Inside of you there is a witness that God is your Father, and you are His son or daughter. As Bro. Jackson brought out, Verse 17 speaks of the eternal age. “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; (He is King, and we have a kingly throne under Him. What a privilege! What a joy to know just what will be ours. You cannot miss it. It is laid out in the Bible. I do not read another bible because I only get revelation from this one – the Holy Bible.) if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” The same glory as Jesus, only on a little lesser scale. Nobody will ever equal Christ, but God is putting us on a high plateau when He says that we are the Bride of Christ. That means that you know what is going on. Reading on, this is very beautiful. Verse 18, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” That eternal age will be something wonderful; there is no way to compare it. We look through a glass, darkly. That is the best we can see now, but we are seeing a picture. “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.” Which will be in that eternal age. Verse 20, “For the creature was made subject to vanity, (That “creature” is us.) not willingly, (We did not come into the world to just be an ornery, no-good person, but we inherited that. God has saved some of the worst of men and made them to be great examples. I never would have believed that they could have been made right. I never would have chosen them, but God looks on the heart. Bro. Branham tells of a time when he was in Chicago. He saw a man and woman talking. She did not look to be too good a person. Bro. Branham was thinking, “How could somebody like that even live?” Then God spoke to his heart, “If it was not for me, you would be the same way.” The best that we can be on our own is still not enough. That is why it takes a born-again experience. We had to get down low, to be raised up.) but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” We are not of our own. We cannot measure God by ourselves. We measure God by God because God is our only measuring stick. For example, I cannot measure myself by Bro. Kevin and Bro. Kevin cannot measure himself by me. As the old saying goes, “We have our own feet to walk on.” It is not what I was or what I am, it is what God is. I hope as we study this, we can realize how much God has done for us by choosing us. The heavenly Father chose us to be His sons and daughters! We were not good at the beginning, but God looked at us at the finish. It took an experience. That is why Jesus would say you must be born again. I cannot emphasize that too much. You MUST be born again. Paul said, not of works lest any man should boast. We make something simple so complicated. If we come to Him, He is not going to throw us out. He loves His people. He showed love to the people of earth. He could destroy it all at any time. I have read repeatedly in the Old Testament, how God pleads with Israel. He tells them how bad they are, but He allows them to come back. What a great God, that He does not forget His promises. Verse 21 again, “Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation (That is the whole earth waiting for its release.) groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, (He sees the struggle that goes on in the world.) but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, (Adoption for that eternal age!) to wit, the redemption of our body.” Verse 24, “For we are saved by hope: (People take that word hope too lightly. It is more than “maybe,” “Oh, I hope so,” or “after a while.” When Paul says here that we are saved by hope he is reaching down further than just a “hope so.” He is looking at something right now.) but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”

Jesus Is The Way

I want to go to John Chapter 14. This scripture is often read at a funeral, but it is not a funeral message. It has nothing to do with funerals. It has something to do with life. It has something to do with the Millennium. Verse 1, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: (That is many dwelling places. “Many” means there is room for many people. I remember a preacher from Africa years ago who said that we will visit the earth for a while, then when we get bored being here, we will go to other planets such as Venus and Mars and visit there a while. The Bible says the Earth was made for man. We are not going to be looking for some place else. When you are in the presence of God, you are not looking for something else. You just want more of Him.) if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” The church world has had Jesus beating and banging on gold for two thousand years. Beating out golden streets and building mansions. They do not realize that in Revelation 21:2, where we read earlier, that when that city comes down, it is a cube because it is complete. It is the Bride of Jesus Christ. When we get there, there will not be any faults, there will be no problems. There will be no divorces. There will not be any broken homes, no broken families with little children. These things happen here, but when you get over there, it is all settled. The Bride of Jesus Christ will not have to worry anymore because their troubles are over. He said, “Behold, I make all things new.” There will be a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness and we will have a new body. After the Bride of Jesus Christ leaves this earth, the devil will never touch them again. There is an old song that says, “I’ll have a new body, praise the Lord, I’ll have a new life.” Does that make you want to go? The invitation is here. If you are not ready, the invitation is open. In Matthew 11:28-29 Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me…” That is what He wants us to do. He wants us to learn of Him. Every time we do learn more, we see a little more of who He is. God is not some dried-up old man with a long white beard, as the world has made Him to be. Verse 3, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; (That is something wonderful! Then He finishes like this.) that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.” Jesus said these words in the last hours of His life on earth. Now Thomas is inquisitive because he does not understand. You cannot understand everything without the spirit of God. Thomas and the others did not yet have the spirit of God. Jesus had talked about all these things, but they went over their heads. We would never have known many things if there had not been any questions. Many of the greatest sermons of Jesus were answers to a question He had been asked. Verse 5, “Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

God Saved The Best For Last

Let us go now to Daniel Chapter 12. Verse 1, “And at that time (The time of the end.) shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: (The Jews.) and there shall be a time of trouble, (That is the last half of the seventieth week.) such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: (You can go to the first part of Zechariah Chapter 14 and you will also find that time of trouble.) and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.” It does not mean that they are going to escape the wrath of what the people of Europe will do to them in those three- and one-half years, but they will be delivered through death. “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” These are the two resurrections that will be one thousand years apart. At the ending of the tribulation, “some to everlasting life.” At the ending of the Millennium, “some to shame and everlasting contempt.” This verse spans one thousand years from the first to the last. Verse 3, “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; (That is in the Millennium. They that be wise, that is not necessarily now, but we will have all the wisdom we need after the marriage supper.) and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” Which is the period of the Millennium. “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” You can see we are at the end time because many are traveling more than ever before and scientific knowledge has increased, but not all for the good. They hide so much harmful stuff behind “scientific understanding.” They know that there are things that make people sick or hurt people, but they will not stop experimenting on innocent people. The pharmaceutical companies are all about money. I know there are some things that help us, but there are some things that hurt us. They will not tell you what hurts you. Verse 5, “Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.” That is the Jordan River. “And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, (Here He holds up both hands, compared to Revelation Chapter 10 where He holds up one hand. Revelation 10 is only for the Bride in our time. But when He holds up both hands, the setting is in the last half of the seventieth week.) and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” The holy people is the Jewish nation facing the tribulation. Verse 8, “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?” Daniel did not understand because it was not for his time. “And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” If it had not been for that, we would not have known we were in the end time. The Bible [Zechariah 14:7] says that there would be a day when it would be neither dark nor light, but at evening time (the end time) it shall be light. In 1963 there was a message that came, the Revelation of the Seals, which enlightened us with things never seen before. Things that were sealed up and kept secret until the end time. God cared so much about the Bride in this day, that He saved the best for last. Verse 9 again, “And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” If this is not so, tell me why we are here. God is drawing us. It is like a big magnet. God is drawing us by His Spirit unto Himself. And we are drawing closer to one another. We become more acquainted with each other’s infirmities because we are brothers and sisters. Verse 10, “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; (He is still talking about the last half of the week.) but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” That is a thirty-day period added to the 1260 days, which I have gone over. That will be when judgment hits this earth. Verse 12, “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” That is another forty-five days added for the earth and the people to be set in order. The Millennium will start immediately after the three- and one-half years are over. Those sheep people and the Jewish people of Revelation 12 will already be in the Millennium when they make it through the additional seventy-five days. “But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of days.” Let us pray.