The General Index of
the Seven Trumpets
If you would like to
examine the four rules of
interpretation used in this
commentary, please review “Notes
and Comments on Chapter 1,”
pp.21-30 in my book, Daniel
Unlocked for the Final Generation, or
you can freely download this chapter
at http://www.wake-up.org/Daniel/DanChap1.htm
I have found that one
of the best ways to offer Bible
commentary is to insert a few words
or phrases into those portions of
Scripture that is being discussed.
This is not an attempt to neither
translate nor change Scriptures.
Rather, it is an attempt to be as
direct as possible. This technique
often accelerates understanding.
Therefore, you will find my words,
notes, and phrases throughout this
study enclosed in brackets [].
Bible prophecy does
not always explicitly state important
dates, but through Bible prophecy, we
can determine these dates. For
example, 457 B.C., A.D. 30, 1798, and
1844 are not explicitly mentioned in
Scripture, but these dates are very
important. In another case, the date
of Christ’s birth was not
mentioned in Scripture, but the wise
men figured it out!
For further discussion
on the Table of the Presence, see
pages 185-189 in my book, Jesus,
The Alpha and The Omega.
The word
“sacrifice” in Daniel 12:
11,12 is not in the Hebrew text.
Well-meaning translators supply it.
However, the word
“sacrifice” is misleading.
A better choice would have been the
word “service.”
To be proper, this
angel serves as a priest to Jesus.
Jesus alone, as our High Priest,
authorizes the casting down of the
censer. Given the nature of this
special service, it does not seem
likely that an angel would presume to
throw down the censer of his own
accord. The text in question is
Revelation 8:3-5.
The seven heads
represent Atheism, Heathenism,
Judaism, Islam, Eastern Mysticism,
Catholicism, and Protestantism. See
the chapter, “The Four Beasts of
Revelation,” for more details.
Some people claim that Atheism is not
a religion, but I maintain that it
qualifies as one of the seven
religious systems of the world. I
state it this way because Atheism
truly is a faith-based church system.
Atheism believes there is no God.
Some people have argued that Atheism
insists on the separation of church
and state. Historically, this premise
is not sustainable. Wherever Atheism
controls government, it does not
permit the free exercise of any other
religion. Atheism is the religion of
the state. Atheistic governments
behave like a church-state government
because they are a church-state
government.
This etching will be a
non-removable, non-transferable
tattoo on the right hand. A tattoo is
a charagma. A story that runs
parallel to the mark of the beast is
told in Ezekiel 9. Although this
story did not actually take place,
the concept of separating people
according to a mark (etching) was
presented to Ezekiel in a vision.
Jeremiah 3:16
indicates that under the covenant
with the nation of Israel (Plan A), a
time would come when the Ark of the
Covenant “would not be
missed” and another Ark
“would not be made.” This
prediction pointed forward to the
arrival of Messiah and the
establishment of the kingdom of God
on Earth that did not occur. Instead,
a new covenant was established and
“Plan B” was put into
motion. If “Plan A” had
been fulfilled, the Ten Commandments
would have been written in the hearts
and minds of God’s children.
(Ezekiel 36:24-27) Since the Ark of
the Covenant had no further purpose
on Earth after “Plan A” was
abandoned, since God shows the Ark of
the Covenant from Heaven at the
seventh trumpet, and since there is
only one Ark containing the original
Ten Commandments, I conclude that
Jesus took it to Heaven for
safekeeping after He returned to
Heaven.
