PROPHECY AND MORE

His Servant BOB

The soon coming 10 Horns of Daniel. Presently there are 8. The antichrist will move in by conquering two of the 10. But then you already know that right?

Daniel Seven, Key to future Kingdoms

     The general outline for this study guide is found in three passages of Scripture. They are Daniel chapter 7 and Revelation chapters 13 and 17. In Daniel 7 we have the prophecy given to Daniel in a vision where he sees four beasts which represent four, consecutive world empires. It is very important to note here that this vision is about events as they relate to the nation of Israel. This connection is stated in a related passage of Daniel where he is told:

       Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city. Daniel 9:24

      This is not to say that the events foretold have no bearing on the rest of the world. They certainly do. The point to see here is that the prophecies in Daniel and Revelation are given in context with the nation of Israel.

        In Daniel 7 the four beasts are a Lion, a Bear, a Leopard and a dreadful and terrible beast. These are NEVER explained to Daniel as representing the Babylonian empire, or the Media-Persian empire, the Greek empire and the Roman empire. Turning to Revelation 13:1-2 we see another beast that is a composite of what Daniel saw:

        And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like that of a bear, and his mouth like that of a lion. (This is ONE beast) The beast John saw was made up of the three first beasts that Daniel saw In Dan. chapter seven. Therefore the beasts of Daniel 7 were not defeated or destroyed anytime in history. This removes every commentary written on the subject.

The mouth indicates English speaking, If we consider the Lion as England. The bear indicates fearfulness as a bear would be feared, or maybe more if one would study the attributes of a bear (the bear is fearless and large while resting on its side), the leopard, indicates the mixture of the three major races, The Leopard is WHITE, YELLOW, AND BLACK.  The melting pot Of the three races is The United States. In the story of the image of chapter 2, we are told that each nation is destroyed by the one following. But in Daniel 7, NONE ARE DESTROYED.

There are many differences in the beasts of chapter 7 and the image of chapter 2.

The beasts of chapter 7 do not destroy each other.

The nations of chapter 2 do.

The beasts of chapter 7 rule together with the beast of Rev.13.

The nations of chapter 2 do not.

The image of chapter 2 has 10 toes that are part of the last nation made of iron. (Iron is for military strength and clay for religion).

The forth beast of chapter 7 has 10 horns that are kings.

There is a great difference between toes at the bottom of the image and horns (kings) in the end times.

At the time that Daniel received his vision, the nation of Israel was living in Babylon and nearing the end of their 70-year exile. This was about 539 BC Nebuchadnezzar, died in 562 BC, This means that Nebuchadnezzar had been dead 23 years before Daniel had his vision in chapter 7.  Cf.Daniel 7:1.

 When the apostle John received the Revelation, Rome was the existing empire and the time was about 96 AD The beast that John saw was yet future in time. In the 600 years between the two prophecies, the four beast empires that Daniel had seen had all come and gone (IN TYPE) with the fourth, Rome, still in power. The relationship to the nation of Israel is as follow

    During the Babylonian Empire, Israel was in exile. With the coming of the Medes and Persians, Israel began to return to their homeland in Palestine. The time during the Greek Empire is known as the inter-testament period because it occurred between the completion of the Old Testament

And the beginning of the New Testament. During this time, one of the most significant events that happened to Israel was the appearance of Antiochus Epiphanes. As recorded in the Book of the Macaques, Antiochus committed the Abomination of Desolation; described in Daniel 11:31 and 12:11, 70 years after the prophecy was given. Yet Jesus said the event is yet in the future (mat.24: 15).

       Finally, in the time of the Roman Empire, two more significant events occurred affecting the nation of Israel; the Messiah came and Jerusalem was destroyed, scattering the Jews abroad. From this point on, there is no nation of Israel, and a few centuries later the Roman Empire ended

With  no world empire in existence. This condition continued until the middle of the 16th century. For hundreds of years there was not one world power. Religious Rome controlled king and merchants. Also during this time there was no nation of Israel. Then things changed as Rome lost its grip on kings beginning with England. England became such a power that she used to brag that “The sun never sets on the British flag”.

 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE THREE BEASTS

Like a lion

     With the rise of power of King Richard the Lionheart in 1189 and the signing of the Magna  Carta in 1215 AD.,England was on her way to becoming a world power. By 1455 she was the world greatest trader of commerce. In 1509 Parliament broke with Pope. From 1558 through 1603 England became the greatest military power defeating the Spanish Armada and spreading her colonies all over the known world. England remained the greatest power until she rejected the Authorized Text of 1611 and replaced it with the American standard version to be used on the mission field.

Like a bear

     By 1880 Russia had become a world power from the work of Peter the Great who lived from 1672-1725. Publishing 50,000 books annually. By 1922 she became The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic and by 1944, she  showed the power to defeat a German army single-handed from the east.

Like a Leopard

     The USA became a world power after the civil war ended in 1864.  In April 1917, England, Russia, and the United States were at war with Germany. By Nov. of the following year, Germany surrendered to the three greatest powers that ever have been on the face of this earth.

The forth beast diverse from all other

     In 1945 the United Nations was formed. There never has been anything like the ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS. That's not all

 In 1948 the nation of Israel was reborn in Palestine.

It is interesting to note, There are 8 of the richest nations on earth who meet twice a year to decide who will be the rulers of third world countries. They were called G-8.  What will they call themselves when there is 10? “AND THEN THERE WAS 10”

Bob Foster

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Kabala (Jewish Religion 2006)

For those of who don't know what Kabala (also Kaballah, caballa, kabala, kabbala, qaballah, etc.) is or means:
Kabala is a collection of esoteric writings of various rabbis and a few medieval Christians. It consists also of meditative, devotional, mystical and magical practices which were taught only to a select few and for this reason kabala is regarded as an esoteric offshoot of Judaism.

          1. The roots of Kabala have to do with finding God without use of The Holy Spirit (God is a Spirit) and without use of a Holy Man (such as the writer of the Torah) and without a knowledge or prompt from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Kabala is an ancient Hebrew mystical system of thought. It is a symbolic representation of the path the Divine followed in the creation of the universe, including man. It is, by definition, humanity's process of returning to divinity along the same (humanistic magical) path, an esoteric Jewish mysticism as it appeared in the 12th and following centuries. Kabbala has always been essentially an oral tradition in that initiation into its doctrines and practices is conducted by a personal guide to avoid the dangers inherent in mystical experiences.

          2. Such magic is mentioned by Moses and also the writer of Chronicles with the sins of Manasseh.

2 Chron. 33:6-7

6     And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

7     And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

(KJV)

          When Manasseh set the idol of Ganesha up in the house of God, he did evil in the sight of the Lord.  There is nothing HOLY about idols or observing times, (which makes a myth out of the many recorded facts with eye witnesses) or magic.

Esoteric Kabbala is also "tradition" inasmuch as it lays claim to secret knowledge of the unwritten Torah (divine revelation) that was communicated by God to Moses and Adam. Though observance of the Law of Moses remained the basic tenet of Judaism, Kabbala provided a means of approaching God directly.

          3. This they say, in spite of the fact that Moses condemned secretes of men(see Deuteronomy 27:15) with idols – even though Moses said “The secret things belong unto the Lord, Deuteronomy 29:29. According to belief, Kabbala provides a means of approaching God directly regardless of sinful condition. This is a total disregard and slap in the face for Moses who said Adams sin was covered by blood sacrifice (see Genesis 3:21) and all Israel’s firstborn were saved by blood (see Exodus 12:13) even though God made a blood covenant with Israel (see Exodus 24:8) and even though it takes blood to make an atonement for the soul (see Leviticus 17:11).

          4. Man cannot approach God without a High Priest (see Leviticus 4:20) and Blood to cover the sins of the person.

It thus gave Judaism a religious dimension whose mystical approaches to God were viewed by some as dangerously pantheistic and heretical.

         The modern Jew must be approached through the Torah. If he confesses the first 5 books to be The Word of God, you can proceed as follows.

Ask A> “Do YOU know for sure, if you died today you would go to heaven?

B>If I could show you how you could know for sure, would you believe what the Torah says?

1. Show him the way to God that Moses taught and followed.

2. Remember Moses asked Pharaoh to “let the people go three days journey to offer sacrifice to God (Exodus 3:18) This was because God requires a sacrifice to cover sin.

3. Even the Passover was a sacrifice was established to commemorate coming out of Egypt (Exodus 12:27) Again showing the necessity for sacrifice for sin.

4. There was even a personal offering made for sin, SHOW HIM -

Lev 1:2-4

2      Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

3      If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

4      And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

This was done because we all have sinned and broken God’s laws (the 10 commandments).

Now ask the Jew these questions:

1. “Do you believe that we are all sinners?” Illustrate by saying you never met anyone who had not become angry or lied. Have you ever failed to offer a sacrifice for sins? For instance, how many lies do you have to tell to be a liar?
2. Do you believe God has put a price on sin, Illustrate the purpose of Israel’s sacrifices was to make atonement for sins.
3. If God provided a perfect sacrifice as an act of showing you His love, would you be willing to accept that, as atonement for your sins?
4. Quote him John 3:16 and John 1:12 – explaining how Christ came for Israel. Now God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
5. Ask him to bow his head while you pray.
6. Pray something like this, Dear Father Please help (__his name__) to be saved. Thank you for Jesus who paid a price we couldn’t pay.  Now here is (__His name_) who wants to be saved from his sins. Please show him your salvation. Now while our heads are bowed, and our eyes closed, just pray this with me (out loud), “”Dear heavenly Father, (sometime you have to encourage him again saying “go ahead, God will help you”) Please forgive me of my sin, I believe you loved me and want me to be saved from my sins, As best I know how, I now receive Jesus as my personal Saviour. Please save me, and take me to heaven when I die, In Jesus name, “*PAUSE”.

Note: It may not be necessary to give him all the info about Kabala. Let God do the convicting of sin. Just trust God to help you and him. Lots of prayer (before you try) will be needed. You do not have to turn to the New Testament, just quote it. You may book mark your Bible by putting something in Lev.1. When you get ready to pray, you could say, YOU DON’T MIND IF I PRAY DO YOU? *After you say “IN JESUS NAME, don’t say Amen, instead say,

NOW IF YOU REALLY MEANT THAT PRAYER, WOULD YOU TAKE MY HAND AS A TOKEN (OR SIGN) THAT YOU MEANT IT? Then hold your hand out in front of him. When he takes your hand, pray – dear Father, thank you for (__his name__) and thank you for saving him and taking him to heaven when he dies, In Jesus name, amen.

          After you have finished praying. Show him John 5:24 and explain it, showing he is forgiven! By now the (saved) Jew will have two feelings. 1. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit and say something about it. OR- he will say he doesn’t feel anything. Then show him Acts 8:29 – 39. the saved man didn’t feel anything unto he was baptized. Of course you need to take him down to the river as soon as possible and baptize him, if you have authority from a Local New Testament Baptist Church.   

 I hope this helps you win your next Israelite.

His Servant, Bob Foster