January 12, 2005
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Bible study tonight was on Revelation. There were some awesome things covered. I will share to the best of my ability some of them. If there are errors, assume it is my error, not my pastor’s.
After a description of the prophesy in Daniel regarding the weeks and the days, our pastor spoke about the various periods of time, the 7 days or 7,000 years.
Day 1 – Adam; Day 2, Abraham, Day 3 Moses and the 10 commandments, Day 4: Jesus, Day 5 and 6 the church age, Day 7 is the days to come including 2nd coming of Christ.
God mentions the days of man in Genesis being 120, and if you take into account the Jubilee, (every 50 years) 120 times 50 equals 6,000.
He covered the prophesies of Matt 24, 1 Thes 5, , Daniel 12, Mark 4:11 and Isaiah 13, Isaiah 41:21-22, Isaiah 46: 9 – 10, 2 peter 2:3,
Etc.
Then he did something extraordinary, he went through the creation in Genesis 1 and showed how it fit into the various days.
Day l, 2, and 3 show Light coming into the world, the firmament and dividing of eveing and morning is the beginning of good and evil, Abraham got his righteousness by faith, 3rd day, he gathered all the waters together in one place and dry land (this could correspond to gathering of saints, and the revelation of the antichrist)
4th day – Jesus lights, signs and seasons, light of world, sun, moon and stars. the greater light to rule, etc.
Day 5 – water creatures and birds (angels in heaven and the church if you consider the water of the word, the church spreading the word)
Day 6 – men and animals, with men to have dominion – zeal for missionary work.
Because the six days (6000 years) is done in threes – it leads to some interesting analogies.
The church age is two days (2000 years)
Some interesting two’s in the new Testament.
John 11 – Lazarus, when he was told that Lazarus was sick, Jesus waited 2 days before coming to raise Lazarus from the dead (the church is in many ways sick according to the prophesies in Revelation and Jesus waited, and will come back and raise them up).
Luke 2:41 when Jesus was teaching in the temple, his parents went a day’s journey before realizing he was not with them, so then they came back a days journey to find him (2 days), find him on the third day teaching in the temple. Jesus will return in the second cycle of three days. end of day 6 and the church age.
One of the coolest ones was Mark 13:32 which states that no one knows the day or the hour.
In Israel on Rosh Hoshana (sorry about spelling) it occurs during the new moon. The priest goes into a tower and blows the shofar at the time when he figures the new moon begins. To be absolutely certain that he is correct the holiday lasts 2 days because in those days they did not know exactly when the new moon arrived.
Matt. 25 – when Jesus comes for the bride of Christ. The marriage ceremony, the bride does not know when the groom will come. The Father sets the time based upon when the groom provides a place for the bride for the wedding.
I wish I could be more eloquent about this, there was so much and my notes are a bit scribbled, but they were interesting. I hope I expressed it clearly enough with enough references to make clear where it came from.
Heather
Comments (6)
Isn’t it wonderful when the Word becomes alive. May God ingraphed it in your life. blessings lala
((wink!)) He got most of it right on the button. Good pastor y’got, there. Now… does he know who Solana is… and does he understand the Jewish traditions of Rosh Hashanna and the significance of them? Because you got to third base – which is WAYYYY further than most people, but you’ve yet to run home…
Thanks, I do love Bible studies, and would spend many more hours than I can if I could. Kay Arthur has a precept ministry radio show on the internet. I went there today, for free downloads, she has a Daniel study and also one on the churches in Revelation. I downloaded them for reference, lots of maps and cross references. I am in the middle of doing her four part series on Revelation with a group of women, which is about 40 weeks of study. It blows me away when I see the depth that the Bible offers. To think that at one time I turned my nose up at the idea of spending time in Bible studies. I think that it would take eternity to delve into all that is encompassed in those pages. Am glad my pastor is also going through Revelation. Usually once a year he does a conference on Bible Prophesy. One thing that is incredible is to look at the statistics of how many natural disasters are occurring now. They are increasing.
Last night, on the news, the reporter showed a map of the world and showed how the tsunami spread throughout the oceans and touched every shore in the world. They also mentioned the the earth’s axis moved one inch to the east (but I guess that depends on what side of the earth you are on), but to think that that much movement happened, has to have an effect on the earth.
My kids had a snow day from school. It was fun for them because they did all their homework the night before so they could devote a lot of time to playing in the snow.
Heather
No one knows the day or hour… cool. We’re too obsessed with time anyway. I know I am!
Hehe. Two hour delay, yayy! “So it is a reaching out of the earth towards the heavens as much as a bolt from the heavens.” Yeah, I like that. Very rad.
“One thought crossed my mind when I read your post. You should write a book about ED and also about cutting. I think it would be so helpful for those who want to really help people. Your insights into the subjects keep blowing me away.”
::touched:: Aww… thank you.
That’s so sweet…
::hugs::
<3
How Do I lean on God? He is my strength yes, my life yes. But I don’t know HOW to get strength when I am this overwhelmed with life. I just have so much responsiblity and not enough me. I am scared because I am afraid that there is not enough of me to do everything I need to do. I have no choice, I have to do so much to keep our family suviving. I know I can trust God, and I do, but until I know what he is going to do to help me…i am scared…
Thanks for careing…(((hugs)))
Marlene, I do care, and I am praying. It is tough when you are so overburdened. Please know that you also have to take care of you. If you do not take care of you it will be harder.
Love,
Heather