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RE: Is Donald Trump actually an Anti-Christ?
This support fr Trump who is literarly a trump has nthing to do with religeon the binle or whqatever else.I am European and I always knew this would happen in the US since the US is ruled by the richest and most powerful people where money talks and justuce takes secod place.
Honest simple ordiary Americans can feel this in theie bones. The culture including gunns for everyone, and the economy which this creates give the majority no recognition and no respect for their work. Their industries are changing, their jobs were shifting overseas or lost to automation.
They perceive that Black, Latinx and Asian people, and immigrants, are advancing at their expense.
And loads more which Create Resentmet of The Ruling Establishiment - WHICHEVER GOVERMENT ADMI THIS IS.
Doanld knows how umhappy people are since he is one of those that, God only know how many people he cheated or suffered because he is rich.
So he projects himself as ‘I’m the turnaround guy. I’m going to drain the swamp. I’m going to blow Washington up.’ And so anyone who is unhappy and sissatisfied with this Amercam Culture and Ways of runnig the country - which turns out to be a lot of people - think of him as their savour.
javascript:void(0);What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Let's summarize what we have. Jesus points us back to the historical abomination of desolation as a prophetic pattern. Jesus points us to Daniel and Daniel tells us that when this future event takes place, it's going to take place at the halfway point of the tribulation. Revelation tells us that at the halfway point of the tribulation, the Jews will need to flee for their lives.Paul tells us that Antichrist will go into the temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God. Daniel tells us the same thing. This is what Jesus is referencing. When we put all this together, it becomes clear that at the halfway point of the seventieth week of Daniel, that seven year period that will begin shortly after the rapture.
Halfway into that, after three and a half years, Antichrist will go into the temple, put an end to sacrifices, expel the Jews, set up a throne for himself, declare himself to be God and demand to be worshipped.
And at the same time, he will initiate a genocide against the Jewish people. Make a note of this at the halfway point of the tribulation, three and a half years in. Antichrist will set up his throne in the holy of holies and demand to be worshipped as God. That is what Jesus is talking about here in Matthew, 24, Verse is 15 through 24 hour two fascinating notes for you Bible nerds.
Remember that Jesus said when you see he says when you see, not when you hear or when it happens. He says when you see now, how would they be able to see what's taking place in the holy of holies? I suggest it's very, very simple. When Antichrist does this, it's going to be live streamed. He's going to broadcast it around the world, something that couldn't have happened before, 50 years ago, 30 years ago, maybe second.
Interesting, though, and this one kind of blows my mind. Around 40 A.D., Caligula ordered his governor in Judea, whose name was Petronius, to put a statue of him in the holy of holies.
Caligula said Petronius put a statue of me in the holy of holies.
However, Petronius was smart enough to realize that if he did that, he would have a repeat of everything that had happened two centuries earlier. He would have a whole nother Maccabean revolt on his hands because the Jews would be so outraged.
So Petronius delayed obeying the order for over a year. When Caligula heard of Petronius insubordination, he sent orders by mail for Petronius to be executed.
But as the message is on its way across the sea, Caligula dies and something gets mixed up in the mail system.
And it causes news of Caligula's death to reach Judea before his command to execute Petronius. And if the order giver is dead, the order was considered null and void. Can you imagine that moment when it shows up when someone's like a Caligula?
I'm not Caligula, Petronas. We've got an order to put you to death. Lucky for you, Caligula died a few days ago. So you're a good man. That was a close call and that's what happened.
But what's so interesting about this is that God seems to have intentionally intervened in history to prevent another event happening in 40 A.D. that could have been interpreted as the abomination of desolation that he's speaking about in Matthew 24. Now, why would God do that? Well, because firstly, it wouldn't have fit the prophetic pattern he wanted in place.
And Jesus didn't want to create confusion by having people say, oh, well, when Jesus talks about the abomination of desolation in Matthew 24, that happened in 40 A.D. when Caligula set up a statue of himself, Jesus didn't want his people confused.
So he seems to have intervened miraculously with the Roman mail system to prevent another abomination of desolation from taking place. And now it can only take place when the temple is rebuilt is pretty incredible.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
However, halfway through those seven years, at the three and a half year mark, he's going to break that agreement and put an end to sacrifices at the temple. Daniel's reference to sacrifice an offering tells us. We're talking about the temple. We're talking about Jerusalem, we're talking about Israel. That means this seven year treaty, the seven year peace plan has to include Israel and it has to include the rebuilding of the temple.After breaking that seven year agreement at the three and a half year mark, someone is going to do hateful and disgusting things to a place. And the implication is that it's the temple as it's the subject of this verse and those things will result in that place being left deserted and empty, desolate. And this is going to continue until an appointed time is reached.
And I suggest that scripture points to that appointed time being the end of that seventieth week of Daniel, the end of the seven year tribulation. We're going to add more pieces of the puzzle in just a moment, but remember, Jesus has revealed that Daniel's prophecy about the abomination of desolation has not yet been fulfilled. Again, this means Antiochus Epiphanies was a prophetic pattern. He was not the abomination of desolation. So in our minds, we need to be thinking what sort of future event would fit this profile and include all of these pieces.
And the more pieces we add, the clearer the picture becomes. Next puzzle piece in Revelation 12 six. We read about the halfway point of Daniel's seventieth week. It's on your outlines. It says, then the woman. And if you study Revelation 12, you'll find that that's a reference to the Jews.
Then the woman or the Jews fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. Now, that's an incredibly specific number, wouldn't you agree?
And guess how long that number comes out to three and a half years exactly by the Hebrew calendar.
Halfway through Daniel's seventieth week revelation, Twelve tells us that the Jews are going to need to flee for their lives.
And if you study Revelation, you'll find that's because Satan is trying to prevent the second coming of Jesus by killing all the Jews, because Jesus has promised in places like Romans that he is going to save the Jews at his second coming.
So Satan things.
If he can kill all of the Jews, then he can turn Jesus into a liar and somehow prevent his second coming.
We believe that when Antichrist turns against the Jews after three and a half years, they're going to flee to a very specific place called Petra, that ancient rock city carved into the sides of these hills in the country that's called Jordan today.
And if you want to know why we believe that, listen to the revelation study. Now, if the Jews need to flee at the three and a half year mark, there has to be a major reversal of things. Right. And that's what Jesus, Daniel and Revelation all point to Antichrist, reversing his peace plan, kicking the Jews out of the temple and instead attempting to wipe them all out.
That's another puzzle piece. Let me give you one more in second Thessalonians the Apostle Paul, it's on your outlines as well. The apostle Paul writes that Antichrist is one who opposes and exalts himself. Above all, that is called God or that is worshipped so that he and then underline the rest of the verse sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Now, this cannot be a reference to God's temple or throne in heaven, because no one's ever going to dethrone God in heaven can't happen.
It's not a reference to the throne of our hearts, because before this verse, Paul makes it clear in the same sentence that he's writing about Antichrist, the person, an Antichrist, the person cannot come into my heart. The only explanation is that this is referring to the temple on Earth in Jerusalem.
Artists selling off their music catalogs...
OLD BLOG... SAME SUBJECTStory today: Kiss sells catalog
Reported that KISS sold their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group in a deal estimated to be over $300 million.
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RE: I want to go on a cruise ;)
Just do whatever pleases you. The days of single female travelling are over as long as your careful. At the moment I'm in a wonderful hotel in Mauritius yes on my own, but lots to do and there are other single women here. Just bring a good book and go all inclusive and most of all enjoy life.Landfills of EV batteries...
There you go... battery technology is improving and so is the engineering designs around them. Remember how useless cordless drills were 20+ years ago?Not long ago, I had a Toyota Camry rental for a few weeks and amazed about the mileage. I did notice when I took my foot off the accelerator the speed of the car decreased much quicker than anything I experienced. It wasn't until I returned the car when I opened the glove box to get the rental agreement, I saw the owners manual and HYBRID near the logo.
In Layman's terms, it's a gasoline driven engine with electric motor assist. The braking system does some regeneration to charge to the battery while driving so they don't need to be plugged in like an all electric car.
RE: America is no longer offering liberty and justice for all.
Florida has put the abortion issue on the state’s ballot in November. I hope other states follow..and, put the issue in the voter’s hands..and, take it out of the politician’s wants...I predict a strong turnout in my state...
I know were not happy when DeSantis changed it...
RE: Landfills of EV batteries...
"Plus the waiting area for the drivers to spend the hour or more."The EV experts never mention this. Nor the highway-user tax. Right now it's paid from petroleum motor fuel. It's next going to have to come from electricity. For practical purposes, how will they differentiate between my Toyota and your reading lamp?
Landfills of EV batteries...
It wasn't a rebuttal but a first response to your wild rant. Many of your comments are just that. Extremely negative and usually flavored with a rare political orientation.Orzzz, in some strange way, I like reading what you have to say and try to put myself in (the difficult part of) your shoes to figure out 'where you are coming from' as I've been following your comments for years. Your lifestyle is really on a different level from most of the world.
You were around in the 50's. Did you think more than 70 years of scientific research at a cost of billions was all wasted? I remember you poo-pooed one of my blogs about space exploration and I listed some of the world changing inventions that came from it.
Not every new technology can be immediately implemented.
Here's a small list of some 'spacey' direct or related inventions we get to use in normal life. Some more important than others:
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) technology
Scratch resistant coatings for glasses
CAT scan and radiography
Miniature CMOS cameras used in cellphones
Water purification systems
Foil and radiant barrier insulation
Robotic and prosthetic limbs
Cochlear implants
Computer mouse
Portable computers
Freeze-dried foods (improved method)
Rubber molding used in athletic shoes
Memory foam
Infrared thermometers
Insulin pump
UV air purifiers
Wireless headsets
You say the use of EV's will require another 30 years. Should all progress halt until you say we are ready now? You always choose the worst of a situation and not the possible.
One EV catches fire and thanks to Facebook and Twitter 3 million people get to read about the same fire over and over.
People are using EV's that fits their purpose. If it's working for you and your 50 mile radius so be it. If you are planning a 1,000 mile trip, consider renting a gas vehicle.
Do you know why electric bikes are exploding?
Research it. Not the battery technology. It's misuse on the part of the operator by overcharging.
Remember the girl who charged her cellphone under her pillow while she slept?
Misuse. The phone was trapped around insulation, with no way for the heat that would normally dissipate in an open environment. It smoked her pillow. She was lucky.
I cannot envision someone dumping the battery from an electric car in their trash so it gets into a garbage truck. Hundreds of pounds each. Scooter and hobby batteries should be sent to a recycling center. If not, it's misuse on the part of the operator and not the fault of the battery technology.
Large earth-moving equipment is used to mine minerals for batteries. Do you have any links to support your statement that children are used to dig for these minerals?
My blog is about EV batteries being reprocessed, so no new minerals need to be dug up.
Send the children home! Please, send them home...
What's your opinion of SPACE FORCE signed into law by former president Donald Trump?
RE: I want to go on a cruise ;)
I see you are from Deutschland, advise you to go on a river cruise. Small, easier to get into contact with others as most will be Germans.On med.sea, large cruise ships, at each harbor there will be a lot embarking and disembarking, each time from different countries. It is then difficult to get into contact with anyone!
Seasick, take pills with you and as soon at gets a bit rough take them and you may be one of the few enjoying a meal dining room.
I would never go solo. Been on several cruises.
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
10 years after the announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), cumulative BRI engagement breached the USD 1 trillion mark (USD1.053 trillion), with about USD634 billion in construction contracts, and USD419 billion in non-financial investmentsChina’s energy related engagement in 2023 were the greenest in absolute and relative terms in any period since the BRI’s inception reaching USD7.9 billion;
China is increasingly investing in electricity transmission (over USD7 billion);
BRI finance and investments has picked up in 2023 with about 212 deals worth USD92.4 billion compared to about USD74.5 billion in 2022;
Investments as a share of BRI engagement reached record levels at over 52%, indicating higher ownership and risk taking of Chinese enterprises;
In 2023, particularly the technology (+1046%) and metals and mining (+158%) grew.
Chinese companies strongly invest in metals and mining, which are particularly relevant to the green transition (e.g., lithium) and batteries for electric vehicles.
Engagement related to batteries reached about USD8 billion;
Africa became the largest recipient of Chinese engagement, overtaking Middle Eastern countries;
19 countries saw a 100% drop in BRI engagement, including Turkey, and Kenya; Russia saw one deal in 2023, after no engagements in 2022;
BRI investments in 2023 continue to be dominated by private sector enterprises, including Huayao Cobalt and CATL, while construction contracts were dominated by state-owned enterprises (SOEs);
In global comparison, Chinese overseas engagement grew, while global FDI into emerging economies in 2023 dropped significantly;
For 2024, we see further growth of Chinese BRI engagement with a strong focus on BRI country partnerships in renewable energy, mining and related technologies;
Potential future engagements can be expected in six project types: manufacturing in new technologies (e.g., batteries), renewable energy, trade-enabling infrastructure (including pipelines, roads), ICT (e.g., data centers), resource-backed deals (e.g., mining, oil, gas), high visibility or strategic projects (e.g., railway).
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Now, of course, this leaves us with one final week, one final period of seven years, a seventieth week that doesn't get dealt with in this prophecy, this seventieth week of Daniel.
This final time period of seven years is going to begin shortly after the rapture of the church in the big series of end times events that the Bible prophecies and books like Revelation. The first major event is the church. All believers on the Earth being taken up to be with the Lord removed from the Earth in the event known as the Rapture. Now, shortly after that, the seventieth week of Daniel, this final time period of seven years begins. If you're having a hard time following me, you can go and listen to the Daniel study on our website.
Again, I wish I could explain everything better, but I have to keep moving because this is a matter of study, not a revelation study or O'Daniel study. So the rapture happens.
And then shortly after that, the one who's commonly known as the Antichrist shows up on the world scene and he rises to prominence politically.
And Daniel 927 tells us this about what the Antichrist is going to do in that seventieth week.
Daniel 9/27 addresses the seventieth week. It says then he that's Antichrist shall confirm a covenant with many for one week, now a week. And Daniel nine is how long?
It's seven years. So it says here Antichrist will make a seven year peace treaty between the world and Israel. But in the middle of the week, how long will the middle of the week be?
Three and a half years. Halfway through seven years.
In the middle of the week, he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. Now, sacrifice and offering can only take place one place if you're a Jew, the temple in Jerusalem.
This is another example of how we know the temple is going to be rebuilt in the future. It's also why we suspect that giving the Jews a temple on the Temple Mount will be one of the things that Antichrist will offer Israel as an incentive to sign the seven year peace treaty.
And many Jews today believe that the rebuilding of the temple will be one of the signs Messiah will give when he comes.
Remember, the Jews don't recognize Jesus as their messiah.
They're still waiting for their messiah, and they may very well be fooled for a time for, say, three and a half years by the Antichrist when he arranges for their temple to be built. There's a very good chance most Jews will begin to believe that Antichrist is the Messiah.
So write this down. The temple will be rebuilt in the seventieth week of Daniel. That's the seven years shortly following the rapture as a result of Antichrists peace treaty.
But at the halfway point of those seven years, three and a half years in, the Jews are going to realize that they've made a huge mistake when Antichrist puts an end to sacrifices in the temple. Here's what I keep saying. And Daniel, nine, 27 and on the wing of abominations, underline abominations. There's that key word.
And on the wing of abomination shall be one who makes what desolate, desolate underline that even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate. There's that word again.
Those are key words, abominations and desolate. So Antichrist is going to show up performing abominations.
And we're told that as a result of these abominations, a place is going to be made desolate and this is going to continue until the consummation. Now, consummation just means the point at which something is complete or finalized.
So in other words, this is going to continue, continue until an appointed time. That's what it means. Until the consummation, until an appointed time.
So if you put all this together, hang with me. You put it all together. We're told that someone Antichrist is going to make a covenant or agreement of some type a peace plan that's meant to last for seven years.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
We're talking about men like Moses leading God's people from slavery in Egypt through the wilderness into freedom, Joshua leading Israel to one victory after another as they move into their destiny in the promised land. David reigning as Israel's greatest king on and on and on, we could go. These men were all patterns, prophetic patterns of messiah, Jesus.So when Jesus talks about a past event, the abomination of desolation, and he talks about it as a future event, what he's actually implying there is he's saying, guys, what happened in 168 B.C Antiochus epiphanies, that was not the abomination of desolation Daniel was prophesying about. What that was, was a pattern.
It was a prototype. It was a model of what is really going to happen, the real abomination of desolation that's going to take place in the future. Are you with me? I hope that makes sense.
This is a real treasure hunt through the scriptures, and we're going to need to put this thing together piece by piece.
So you might for a little bit be thinking, well, Jeff, how's all this stuff connected? We're going to connect it all. But first, I need to point out what the puzzle pieces are before we put the puzzle together.
However, I do this, I'm not going to be able to get into the level of detail. I would like to I'm going to do my best.
But if there's anything you don't understand, any questions you have, anything you need clarity on, please feel free to email me or message me online.
We know what the abomination of desolation was historically.
So we know the pattern. We know the prototype. The next place we need to go is where Jesus told us to go, the book of Daniel. And so we're literally going to go into the book of Daniel. We're going to do a word search for these unusual terms that Jesus used abomination and desolation.
And we're going to see what comes up in the book of Daniel around these terms. It's pretty logical stuff, right? And the place we're going to end up, if you want to turn there, is Daniel nine twenty seven.
You can turn there. I think it was to put it on your outlines.
And you need to know that in Daniel Chapter nine, the word weak w e k, the word weak is the Hebrew word.
For a seven year time period. We have ten year time periods called decades. The Hebrews have seven year time periods known as shovelware shovelware.
So I need you to remember that every time I mention the word weak, when I'm talking about Daniel Chapter nine, I'm referring to a seven year time period in Daniel Chapter nine, Daniel records a prophecy he received from the Lord about 70 weeks.
OK, now what is a week? Again, it's seven years. So if he's talking about seventy weeks, he's talking about seventy periods of seven years, 70 times seven, which is 490. Hope you're still with me when Daniel is writing this. Israel is in exile in Babylon. Jerusalem is destroyed. But Daniel prophesies that the day is coming when the command will be given to rebuild Jerusalem, and he says from that day to the day when Messiah reveals himself publicly, which Jesus did on Palm Sunday, Daniel prophesies in Daniel nine that there will be a time period of 69, nine weeks, 69, nine shovelware 69 periods of seven years between these two things, between the day the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem and the day that Messiah appears in Jerusalem, revealing himself to be messiah.
That was Palm Sunday and subject for another day. That is exactly what happened in history, exactly what happened. It was exactly 483 years.
RE: Landfills of EV batteries...
I've a friend who purchased Toyota Hybrid Electric Vehicle, he likes its, ( I don't know much about it) however I think I understand the deisel motor more or less only chargers the battery so its super fuel efficient.Due to health I am unable to pull start a petrol saw and purchased a bigger 56v electric chainsaw (a EGO) that uses efficient 10 AH that is charged by Turbo Battery Charger that cools battery and fully recharges in 60 minutes.
RE: Landfills of EV batteries...
Can't come up with a real rebuttal, eh? Do you own an EV, by the way. If so, how far can you drive tomorrow. If not, why not if they are so great.
Landfills of EV batteries...
Aside from the assassination Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it.But that may not be enough for the U.S. to avoid retaliation targeting its forces in the region. A top U.S. commander warned on Wednesday of danger to American troops.
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Indonesia aims to achieve its "Golden Indonesia 2045 Vision," which involves becoming an advanced and sustainable nation by 2045. Experts have praised China's role in helping Indonesia accomplish its vision, with cooperation between the two countries flourishing.
For the past decade, Indonesia and China have conducted productive cooperation in a wide range of fields. China has been Indonesia's top trading partner for 10 years and a major source of investment in the country.
The China-Indonesia bilateral relationship has never been stronger. China is not only Indonesia's largest trading partner but also one of the biggest contributors of foreign direct investment, said Destry Damayanti, senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia.
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rack installation for the first phase of East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a mega rail project in Malaysia being built by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), has been accomplished ahead of schedule, the project owner has said.
He added that the ECRL track installation work has now entered its second phase since March 9, covering a mainline stretch of about 90 km from KPC to Maran in Pahang state.
A major infrastructure project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the ECRL runs from Malaysia's largest transport hub Port Klang and travels across the peninsula to Kelantan state in northeastern Malaysia.
RE: Landfills of EV batteries...
I see EVs of use in another 30 years. Not now. We have failing electric grids. We have tons of people who cant afford to buy ANY new car. High rise apartments offer on street parking only. Or lots to the back. Some will not allow EVs in their parking garages. Electric bikes brought inside torch homes and buildings. Biden is an idiot ordering EVs to lead by 2030. No way tiny towns and the west will have lots of charging stations. I saw one gas station said no way he would pay the fortune to put in chargers. Plus the waiting area for the drivers to spend the hour or more.Insurance companies are refusing EVs. The batteries need major upgrading. Right now children dig up the needed minerals while companies destroy the land. How much recycling is actually being done. Just like normal where 15% is the rest goes into a landfill? Garbage trucks torch because of a battery.
Auto makers are backing off of making EVs. Lots sit full with no one buying them. Part is the charging that is too small of a distance driven. Part is the cost.
Insurance is against too because of the weight. In a crash they outweigh many cars on the road. In cold weather mileage falls. What is a semi gets stuck in snow. No heat. No way to charge. What happens to the highways when a semi that weighs tons, adds more with batteries. And then the load. There goes the pavement. There goes the hauling capacity. Drive that baby in New York city. Can you say traffic jam?
The cart is being put before the horse. Maybe ought to see if he can pull it first.
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Ukrainians target Australian politician over Moscow tripAdrian McRae of Port Hedland in Western Australia flew to Moscow last month as part of an international delegation to scrutinize Russia’s presidential election. A little-known councilor from a town of just 15,000 people, McRae drew attention back home when he appeared on Russian TV passing on his congratulations to Putin, who won the election with 87% of the vote.
“In my lifetime, the world has never seen such a transparent and comprehensive victory as what we saw here over the last three days,” McRae declared.
McRae’s comments infuriated Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) co-chair Stefan Romanov.
In addition to leading the AFUO, Romanov was the head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists’ Stepan Bandera faction (OUN-B) from 2009 to 2022. Under Bandera and after his arrest, the OUN-B collaborated with Nazi Germany, taking part in the mass murder of Poles during World War II amid Adolf Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. As OUN-B leader, Romanov has spoken at rallies organized by the neo-Nazi ‘Svoboda’ party in Ukraine.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
You can identify this Antichrist spirit by its fervent, perverted and violent hatred of Christians and Israel in 168 B.C and Tyack is epiphanies came down from Syria into Israel and then up to Jerusalem.Where he murdered eight hundred thousand Jews in cold blood, 800000, he wanted to establish Greek culture in Israel, including polytheism and a lifestyle of hedonism and paganism. And if you didn't conform to his vision, you were killed.
So anyone who was committed to serving God, anyone who was a follower of Yahweh was killed, 800000 of them.
And TICAS epiphanies outlawed circumcision and observing the Sabbath by penalty of death.
And he built a pagan altar in the holy of holies.
On his birthday, he decided to strip the temple treasury and use that pagan altar for the first time, sacrificing a pig on it before an idol of Zus, turning the most sacred space and building in Israel into a pagan temple, spilling unclean swine blood on the floor of the holy of holies, an abomination according to the Law of Moses.
All of this is recorded in Josephus Antiquities of the Jews.
That event, that desecration of the holiest part of the temple was devastating to the Jewish people, and they refer to it as the abomination of desolation. Every Jew, every Jew knew the story not only because of its tragedy, but also because it was the event that sparked the Maccabean Revolt, which actually ended in a great and miraculous victory for the Jews and which they celebrate every year still with the holiday of Hanukkah, Hanukkah.
So write this down. Historically, the abomination of desolation was committed by Antiochus Epiphanies around 168 B.C when he sacrificed a pig to zus in the holy of holies.
That's the sort of historical abomination of desolation. So let's take stock of what we know so far.
Jesus is referring to an event that the Jews believed had taken place around 168 B.C, but Jesus is referring to it in the future tense. He's referring to it prophetically, as though it's yet to come. He's giving a warning about something that is yet to take place. Jesus says when you see. So in other words, when this happens. So understand this.
The Jews assumed that Daniel, who had written this prophecy about the abomination of desolation, they assumed that Daniel had been prophesying about Antichrist epiphanies.
When that happened, they said this This must be the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet. And that's where they got the term from. They got it from the Book of Daniel, which was written hundreds of years earlier.
But Jesus is now saying. Guys. The abomination of desolation that Daniel wrote about it hasn't actually happened yet. It wasn't Antiochus epiphanies. It is yet to come.
It's going to be the trigger sign, the warning sign for something yet to come. So how do we make sense of that? Well, the first thing we need to understand is that we generally view prophecy in our Western mindset through the Greek perspective. We believe there's really only two aspects to prophecy.
There's a prediction and then there's the fulfillment.
And this is how prophecy works to the Greek mind, to the Western mind. But in the Jewish mindset, there's a third component to prophecy. And that component is pattern.
Pattern. Pattern can also be prophecy.
And this is a huge concept. You've got to wrap your mind around if you want to begin to really understand Bible prophecy. So write this down from the Jewish perspective.
Pattern can also be prophecy. Pattern can also be prophecy.
And when you study the Bible, you'll quickly come to understand this. The most obvious example are the different types of Jesus that we find in the Old Testament. These were men who were not Jesus, but certain aspects of their lives were patterns that pointed prophetically ahead to Jesus.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
For starters, make a note of this and then we'll unpack it. The trigger event of Matthew 24. The trigger event is the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet standing in the holy place in this section of Matthew, 24. Jesus talks about a trigger event and the trigger event is called The Abomination of Desolation. And apparently it's spoken of by Daniel the Prophet. What is the abomination of desolation? While it might sound like a name for an obscure death metal band, but it's not in the Bible, the word abomination is only ever used to refer to something God finds disgusting, offensive and insulting.To him specifically, an abomination usually involves worshipping an idol or some other false God.
In some way, the word desolation is defined as a state of complete emptiness or destruction.
So the phrase abomination of desolation refers to some type of worship of a false God that is disgusting to the Lord, and it causes a place to become physically and spiritually empty.
We're going to find out. That's exactly what happened and exactly what will happen. Jesus refers to a location more specific than just Jerusalem in this prophecy. You'll notice that he refers to the holy place, and every Jew would have known that that was a reference to the holy of holies, the innermost room, the innermost part of the temple, the room that the entire Temple Mount was built around.
And it was the special place where the presence of God dwelt in the temple before Pentecost took place in Acts Chapter two, when the presence of God, the Holy Spirit, was given to every believer. Once Pentecost happened, every believer could have the presence of God in them. Before that, the presence of God dwelt in this room called the Holy of Holies in the temple in Jerusalem.
The Holy of holies was so sacred that only the high priest was allowed to enter and only once a year on Yom Kippur to repent for the collective sins of Israel.
Now, something to keep in mind is that Jesus is prophesying about a future event that will take place long after 70 A.D. when the temple was destroyed. So think logically with me for a minute. If there's a holy of holies that can be desecrated after 70 A.D. by something being physically placed in it. That's only possible if the temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt. It has to exist once again. We haven't seen that happen yet, but we will. How do we know?
Because Jesus is telling us right here in this passage and many other passages in scripture tell us the same thing, then take a look at what Jesus said next.
He says, whoever reads, let him understand. That's a command. You and I just received a command from Jesus to understand what he's talking about. Jesus didn't say, well, I'll skip over this part because it's not relevant to everyday life.
Jesus didn't say it's all allegorical and apocryphal language, so don't even bother trying to make sense of it.
It's all poetic anyway. No, he commanded us to understand our task is clear.
We have to figure out with the help of Scripture and the Holy Spirit what Jesus is talking about when he mentions the abomination of desolation and what it has to do with somebody called Daniel the Prophet.
So let's get to work.
Fortunately for us, the abomination of desolation was an event known to practically every Jew because it was even more serious than Pearl Harbor or 9/11 is to an American.
Let me tell you the story. There was a king of Syria who was a descendant of Alexander the Great and a Grecian Antiochus Epiphanies was his name, and he ruled the region of Syria from 175 B.C. to 164 B.C. He was a horrible, horrible human being.
He was clearly under the control of what the Bible would term, the Antichrist spirit that appears multiple times in scripture and throughout history, possessing men like Haymon, Herod, Nero and Hitler.
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The Abomination of DesolationDate:8/23/20
Series: Matthew
Passage: Matthew 24:15-28........Speaker: Jeff Thompson
As Jesus continues His Olivet Discourse, He issues a warning that will save Jewish lives in the middle of the Tribulation...
New Hope Church and God Rock Church are studying the Gospel of Matthew together, Pastor Bj are currently in the all of that discourse of famous teaching given by Jesus toward the end of his earthly ministry to four of his closest disciples in which he prophesies about future events, including the end times.
If you missed last week's message, you're going to want to catch up online because we've already covered events prophesied by Jesus that include things that have already happened, like the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and the persecution experienced by the first generation of the church.
Jesus spoke about those things literally, and they happened. Therefore, logic tells us that as Jesus continues to speak about things that are yet to come, he is speaking literally and they too will happen.
I need to be straight up with you and let you know that there's not a lot of practical application in today's message.
And that's because before we start drawing out practical application lessons from a biblical text, we need to make sure that we first understand what the text says. We need to make sure we understand what the writer and the Holy Spirit wanted us to understand. And it's going to take all of today's study for us just to understand what Jesus is talking about. It's going to be a fascinating study and it's going to take us all over the Bible and into the Old Testament as well as the new.
And when we reach Matthew, Chapter 25, Jesus is going to switch gears and teach in a more practical way.
He's going to answer the question, what should we do with all this information? What should we do in light of all of this prophecy? So hang in there until then, because that's going to be powerful. The all of it discourse appears in three of the four gospels. The all of it discourse shows up in Matthew, Mark and Luke and in Luke 21, it records Jesus sharing a warning for believers that would save their lives in 70 A.D..
It's absolutely fascinating and unfortunately, I don't have time to get into it in this study. But if you'd like to check that message out and I think you should, you can do so on our website. And I've put that link on your outlines.
And I mention that because while Luke, 21, contains a warning for believers that would save their lives in 70 A.D., Matthew, 24, where we're studying today, contains a warning for Jews that will save their lives in the tribulation. That's the first fill in on your outline.
Jesus shares a warning for Jews that will save their lives in the tribulation.
And the reason for the difference between Luke and Matthew is just because the different gospels were written for different audiences and the gospel of Matthew was written primarily for a Jewish audience.
So let's dive into our text in Matthew 24. We're going to pick it up in verse 15. Jesus says.
Therefore, in this case, it just means then when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet standing in the holy place. And if you've never really dived into the stuff before, I just want to let you know that I recognize you're probably thinking what the heck did I just read? And I understand that Verse is is a string of references that likely make no sense to you. But hang with me. We're going to walk through this and you're going to understand everything before we're through.
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He knows your future to your personal individual future. He knows what your tomorrow holds and he'll meet you there. With whatever you need to get through that tomorrow to stand for to walk in the light and faith, you can trust that because you can trust him, you can rest in that because you can rest in him. And if you still feel anxious, do what our brother Peter counsels us to do. Cast all your cares upon Jesus because he cares for you.Don't worry about future issues, don't fear, possess your soul and trust in the Lord, he is God over all things, including your future and the future of our world.
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And the story of the gospel and the church over the past two thousand years is that the worse the persecution gets.The more the church grows, the worse the persecution gets, the more the church grows, despite those 10 waves of persecution under 10 Caesars, despite those millions and millions of Christians who were killed during the first 250 years of the church, despite that genocide. You know what else happened?
The church exploded. Exploded, could not be contained, could not be controlled.
The gospel explodes now in places like China and Iran, where persecution is so severe because it cannot be stopped, the kingdom cannot be stopped, and the gospel will indeed and pretty much has penetrated every corner of the globe.
Remember in this verse, in verse 14, when Jesus says then the end will come, he's referring to the end Times era, the beginning of end times events, starting with the Rapture. And as Jesus continues with the all of that discourse, he's going to get into the disciples specific questions from verse three. And his answers are going to be coming up over these next few weeks in our study. This is the promise Jesus gives in Luke's gospel at the end of this portion of the Olivet discourse in Luke, he says, but not a hair of your head shall be lost by your patience.
Possess your souls. If you die for Jesus now, if you're martyred, how in the world can not a hair of your head be lost? This is what Jesus is saying. If your earthly body is destroyed. You have lost nothing. Let that sink in if your earthly body is destroyed. Jesus says you've lost nothing. Jesus is telling his boys, his disciples, you're going to wake up in heaven, in my presence, in glory, in the presence of the father in paradise.
And when you see what you've gained in eternity by laying down your life for me, you will realize you have lost nothing.
On the contrary, you have gained everything. Every disciple who lost their lives for Jesus is in the presence of God right now with a full head of hair, not a single hair has been harmed.
And I think that truth may be more impactful for me than for some of you.
What does Jesus mean when he says, by your patience, possess your souls? He's saying, don't freak out, don't freak out, don't stress out. When these things happen, fear will want to possess your soul. Do not let it. Be patient. Let God's plan unfold, bring those fears under submission to the word of God, and by doing that, you possess your souls, you take control of your soul, you command it to be in submission to the word of God.
You don't let fear possess your soul. And that applies to every situation we face in life, which causes fear to well up in us.
The solution is to be patient. It's to look back at God's faithfulness in your life and remind yourself he's been perfectly faithful and he'll be perfectly faithful in the days to come. Don't freak out in the moment. Have faith, be patient.
Give God's plan time to unfold. Trust in his goodness. Do not let fear possess your soul. Going to wrap up with this. If you find your love growing cold toward your spouse, towards your kids. Your co-workers or anybody else, I've got to ask you, frankly and honestly and directly. Have you willingly chosen to walk in sin in some area of your life? I know you're telling yourself there's not a connection, but there is there is a connection between choosing sin and cutting off the flow of God's love into your life and your love for others growing cold.
There is a connection. And if you've chosen sin over God. Your source of love is being choked out right now, if that's you repent, repent, turn away from that sin, do everything you can to get it out of your life. Turn to Jesus. He brings life to every relationship. Sin brin
gs death to every relationship. Change. Now do it. And then listen. Jesus doesn't only know the future of our world and the future of our universe.
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So in other words, when we consciously choose sin to pursue it and not repent of it, to walk in sin, it naturally damages our relationship with Jesus because we're willingly doing what we know grieves the heart of God.And as we tune out the Holy Spirit, because we have to, right in order to sin, we have to tune out the Holy Spirit, the voice that is convicting us, saying this is not good. This is not pleasing to the Lord. As we tune out the Holy Spirit in our lives, we are also tuning out the author of Love in Our Lives.
The only real love in existence is God. The only real love in existence flows through us from God, and so when we cut off that flow into our lives, we naturally begin to become less loving, less empathetic people.
Or we might know how to go through some of the motions, but when we're cut off from that source of love, we can only keep the charade going so far and that begins to damage all of our relationships, all of our relationships.
Would you make a note of this? Sin causes love to diminish in all of our relationships.
Sin causes love to diminish in all of our relationships.
It's true in marriage. It's true in parenting. It's true when it comes to your brothers and sisters in the church. And it's true most of all when it comes to our relationship with the Lord.
Sin causes our love to diminish, and that truth debunks the lie that we love to believe about sin.
It's this lie.
My secret sin is not affecting anybody else. Jesus says, yes, it is, yes, it is, it's damaging your relationships because your secret's sin is cutting off the flow of the love of God into your life.
It's diminishing your ability to love God and to love others.
In verse 13, Jesus says, but he who endures to the end shall be saved. I want you to hear this, really hear me on this. Jesus is not saying if you endure, you'll be saved. He's not saying that that's a work based gospel. Jesus is saying if you're saved, you will endure. It's meant as an encouragement, not as a warning, because his disciples are shell shocked at this moment.
Jesus isn't taking these shell shocked, terrified disciples and saying, but if you endure to the end, you'll be saved. He's saying, no, no, no, no. If you're saved, if you have faith in me, you will endure, First, Peter, one five.
It's on your outlines tells us that true believers are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. Our part is to believe God, to have faith in God and God is the one who provides the perseverance. God is the one who provides the endurance. God is the one who provides the grace. We need to stand firm. Never forget Jesus promising John when he says, I give them eternal life and they shall never perish.
Neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. My father, who's given them to me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my father's hand. Now back to our text, Jesus has just shared again some some very difficult things that are coming the disciples way in the future. And so he's ending this part of the all of that discourse with encouragement. I just explained that.
And now he shares another encouragement in verse 14, he says, And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and them.
Then the end will come. He says, Guys, listen, let me encourage you. None of the things I've told you are going to stop the gospel. None of them are going to overcome my plans for you. None of them are going to overcome my church. It's going to happen.
The Gospel is going to reach every corner of the earth.
RE: Is Donald Trump actually an Anti-Christ?
I agree, but I disagree sligtly on the conclution: it's not just empty words. He DO wanna make real change happen. Hence his slogan, besides he delievered on many a campaign promise, unlike most. Vote Donald, It can't do nothing but good. Also for the world peace, and that is the most important after all.