Sunday: Persecuted Yet Triumphant
Daily Lesson for Sunday 21st of April 2024
Read Daniel 7:23-25 and Revelation 12:6,14. What prophetic time periods are referred to in these passages?
Whenever Godโs people remain faithful to Him, Satan is enraged. Persecution often follows. The prophet Daniel described a time, still future to him, when the medieval church would โmake war againstโ and โpersecuteโ Godโs people (Daniel 7:21,25, NKJV).
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The prophet John described this same period as a time when Godโs church would be forced to flee into the wilderness, where she would be โnourished for a time and times and half a timeโ (Revelation 12:14, NKJV). Revelation 12:6 adds, โThe woman [the church] fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by Godโ (NKJV). Godโs people were nourished in the wilderness. His Word strengthened and sustained them as the great controversy raged on during this long and dark period of papal domination.
Godโs people found a โplace preparedโ for them by God. In lifeโs greatest challenges, God always prepares a place for His faithful followers. During the times of their greatest trial, His people have found refuge in His love and care. (See Psalms 46:1-11.)
The 1,260 days and the time, times, and half a time in Revelation 12:6,14 are both referring to the same period (3ยฝ times or years x 360 days per year = 1,260 days). Biblical prophecy is often written in symbols. In the prophetic portions of Daniel and Revelation, one prophetic day equals one literal year. We find this day-year principle in Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6.
The day-year principle rests not on these two texts only, but on a broad scriptural foundation. William Shea, chronologist and Old Testament scholar, gives twenty-three lines of biblical evidence throughout the Old Testament for this principle. Bible interpreters have used it throughout the centuries.
The Visigoths, Vandals, and Ostrogoths were tribes that believed doctrines differently than Romeโs official teaching. The 1,260 days began when the last of these barbarian tribes, the Ostrogoths, were driven out of Rome in a.d. 538. This period of spiritual darkness continued until a.d. 1798, when the Napoleanโs general Berthier removed the pope from Rome. Countless Christians were martyred during this long period because they obeyed the Word of God. Even in death, they triumphed. In Christ they were free from the guilt and the dominion of sin, overcoming โthrough the blood of the Lamb.โ Christโs victory over Satan on the cross was their victory. Though they died, their death is only a rest until the return of Christ.
How has fulfilled Bible prophecy strengthened your faith?
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God First Your Daily Prayer Meeting #616
Matthew 21:22 – "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here. https://bit.ly/3GdFXpR Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYdqAgzl8A
Psalm 99:3
Let them praise your great and awesome nameโ he is holy.
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SdS – Il gran conflitto – Lezione 4
IN DIFESA DELLA VERITÀ
Approfondimento della lezione della Scuola del Sabato numero 4 – II trimestre 2024 con Mariarosa Cavalieri, Giovanni Caccamo e Daniele Amodeo. RISORSE COLLEGATE โคต
https://uicca.org/2-trimestre-2024-lez-4 ๐ ๐๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ:
https://uicca.org/nocciolo-2-trimestre-2024 ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ:
https://www.edizioniadvshop.it/il-gran-conflitto-tascabile.html Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yvnl2jHgxI
