DREAMWORLD PT. 13!

MAY 29, 2011

1260 years
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Rev. 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to Pope. This is when the papacy was abolished and
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and a! the world received the fatal wound in Rev 13.
wondered a#er the beast. The scriptures predict in Daniel that the rule of the
Rev. 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power antichrist would be 1260 years. Simple biblical
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is mathematics suggest that a day is a year in biblical
like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? prophecy. 1260 days = 1260 years. “I have appointed
Rev. 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking thee each day for a year” EZEKIEL 4:6, NUMBERS
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him 14:34
to continue forty and two months.
Rev. 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, Dan. 7:25 And he sha! speak GREAT words against the
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that most High, and sha! wear out the saints of the most High,
dwe! in heaven. and think to change times and laws: and they sha! be given
into his hand until a time and times
1. Most Christians that watch and the dividing of time. Rev. 13:5
Left Behind Movies or TBN And there was given unto him a mouth
have been indoctrinated with speaking great things and blasphemies;
the fact that 1 man will be the and power was given unto him to
antichrist and he will be continue forty and two months.
wounded and resurrected with
power from Satan. This 1.Paul warned us in 2 Thessalonians
comes from the literal 2:6 that the antichrist would be
interpretation of Rev 13. But revealed after the restrainer, the
is this correct? Ceasars of Rome, were removed
2. The bible tells us that the out of the way. And Daniel
beast was wounded with a predicts that this beast or little
sword and survived. Just as horn would rule for 1260 years.
beast is symbolic of a kingdom But many popular teachers today
(papacy), the sword here is believe that this 1260 year period
symbolic of the word of God. applies to a period that will happen
3. Eph 6:17 states the word of in the future, but this period has
God is a spiritual sword. Also, already happened.
sharper than any two edged 2.The Papacy gains it's full power
sword Heb. 4:12. If we apply over all churches in 538AD and
this symbolism to Rev 13, we this marked the beginning of the
see that the papacy was antichrist. Napolean abolished the
wounded by the word of God papal government and took the
or the truth. pope captive in 1798. This was the 1260 year
4. John Wycliffe, John Huss, Williams Tyndale, period spoken of by Daniel marking the time of
Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley and the antichrist rule.
countless others were fighting against the 3. But this was not the end. The fatal blow struck by
antichrist spirit of the beast in their day with the the sword, and the captivity of the pope did not
word of God. They used the truth of the word to stop the Roman Catholic Church. Today, there
start a movement that would eventually cause a are 1 billion members of the Vatican empire and
near fatal blow to the Roman Catholic Papacy. the pope is hailed the leader of God's church on
5. earth by the largest religious following in existence
!Rev 13:10 says that this beast will be led into 1
captivity, but he will be resurrected. In 1798 today.
Napolean invaded the Vatican and kidnapped the
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Dan. 9:27 And he sha! confirm the covenant with many
for one week: and in the midst of the week he sha! cause
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he sha! make it desolate,
even until the consummation, and that determined sha! be
poured upon the desolate. The 7 years, (70th week)is
not referring to the antichrist rule but is actually
referring to Jesus's rule in scripture.
• By offering himself (Jesus) a sacrifice once and
for all, he put an end to all the Levitical sacrifices.
This passage is talking about Jesus and not some
future man that will rule the world. This passage
has nothing to with a future 7 year tribulation.
• John Nelson Darby who lived in the 1800's was
a student of history and he introduced the rapture
eschatology of a 7 year tribulation after a rapture
of the saints. While most theologians cited Paul's
calling up of the saints as an end, Darby placed it
as an Apocalype beginning! In his theory, true
believers were spared from facing tribulation and
non believers would have to endure it, but would
have another chance during the 3rd coming at the
end. This is Darbyism and the bible is used to
proof text it this doctrine. He believed that the
law comes back in effect after the tribulation and
those that are left have to fulfill the law of moses
to the letter to make it in after the tribulation.
• But the Word says that Daniel's 70th week
happened years ago and the true coming of Christ
will not be secret, but will be a loud, visible,
second coming!
1Th. 4:16 For the Lord himself sha! descend (om heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead in Christ sha! rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain sha! be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so sha! we ever be with the Lord.
Does this event sound silent and secret? NO. But
rapture enthusiasts interpret “caught up” to mean
disappear, but the text doesn't say this. When Jesus
was taken up in Acts 1:9, the disciples watched him
being lifted up into the sky. He said he would return
the same way he left. Acts 1:11 Which also said, Ye
men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this
same Jesus, which is taken up (om you into heaven, sha! so
come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
1Th. 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of
!the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they
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sha! say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they
sha! not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that
that day should overtake you as a thief.
Thief doesn't mean he's going to steal everyone
away in secret, but it is describing the surprise
factor of how he is going to show up. it will only be
a surprise or "theif like" to those that don't know
him or are not prepared for his return.
Matt. 24:40 Then sha! two be in the field; the one sha!
be taken, and the other le#.Two women sha! be grinding
at the mi!; the one sha! be taken, and the other le#. Watch
therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Taken does not mean disappear!
Jesus said in 24:24 that false christs and prophets
will arise and deceive many, if possible, even the very
elect. So, only the elect of God will survive the lies
and stand for the truth in the last days. Then Jesus
blasts all the end time lies by stating that if they say
he has come, don't believe it, and if they say he is in
the secret place, don't believe, because like lightning
flashes in the sky, so shall his coming be! Matt
24:26-27
Summary - In Matthew 24, the disciples wanted to
know 3 things, when would the destruction of the
church come, what sign will be given before Christ
comes, and what the end of the world be like. He
answered them in the passage and also continuously
warned them to take heed that no man deceive
them. We are living in a time of deception and
people are believing lies that were purposely put in
place by the antichrist. But Christ told the disciples
what would literally happened to them, what would
happen to the church, and what would happen to
the world. 7 year tribulations, Antichrist Man, and
the Rapture are all theories created to distort the
truth and make people believe a lie. But if we stick
to the truth of the word, we will not be lost in the
end.
1Cor. 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We sha! not a!
sleep, but we sha! a! be changed, In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet sha!
sound, and the dead sha! be raised incorruptible, and we
sha! be changed.
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 “He shall confirm the covenant.” Paul said “the covenant” was
“confirmed before by God in Christ” (Galatians 3:17). Jesus Christ came
“to confirm the promises made to the fathers” (Romans 15:8, emphasis
added). In the King James Version, Daniel 9:27 doesn’t say “a covenant”
or peace treaty, but “the covenant,” which applies to the New Covenant.
Nowhere in the Bible does the antichrist make, confirm, or break a
covenant with anyone. The word “covenant” is Messianic, and always
applies to the Messiah, not the antichrist.