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Most of us eat every day,
some of us too much, because yesterday's

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food is not enough to supply energy
for today's needs. Why then, do

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some of us expect yesterday's portion of
heavenly manna, the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On
this program, we are going to change

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all of that. Let's experience God's
words today and receive the power we need

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to live healthy, vibrant lives.
Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker, Elle David Harris.
Good morning, Good morning, good

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morning. It is Monday, May
sixth, twenty twenty four. Hello,

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my name Iszelle David Harris. I
am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's
word every single day, and today is

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no exception. We are continuing in
our Lesson study series the Great Controversy.

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Our caption for today is prophetic time
periods. Prophetic time periods. We'll get

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into that in just a moment,
but first like to say welcome to you

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Portion dot com. This is a
way that we continue to build faith and

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fellowship, let's go ahead and pray
and then we will get underway. Father

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in Heaven, thank you for giving
us this day and for the privilege you

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have entrusted to us to open your
word. And I'm asking you to please

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give us the fullness of your Holy
spirit. God. We really need you

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in these days and we are asking
you to us let us be of value

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to the people in our communities.
In Jesus name, I pray, Amen

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and Amen again. Prophetic time periods. Now, I have told you already

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that during this time when we are
dealing with these heavy subjects, you'll have

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to go back to the lesson study
to really real the details. Okay,

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So what I'm focusing on for the
next few days, since you have the

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lesson study, is I'm focusing on
how do we apply these things in our

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daily lives or what principles can we
take away as we consider the reality of

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these passages? Okay, And so
I'm going to begin with a thought question

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from Revelation chapter eleven and twelve,
and I'll come back to the passages.

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How do the prophetic periods across different
passages indicate the reliability of scripture? This

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is important to me because there are
times that people will say, well,

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how do you know that the Bible
is true? And of course the believer's

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answer often has to do with faith
and how God manifests his reality in our

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lives. We can trust him because
we have seen his movements throughout history.

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But prophecy, Bible prophecy, especially
the kinds that you can trace even in

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our day, are an indicator because
they can't be controverted. Like there are

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Bible prophecies in scripture that tell us
what will happen, and you say,

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oh, well, that's left up
to interpretation. But did you know that

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God also has some prophecies about things
that would not happen. Let me just

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give you one example and then we'll
jump into these two passages. He said

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that Babylon would not be would never
be rebuilt, and they're here people,

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billionaires who have attempted it, and
they have failed miserably because God's word cannot

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be broken. And so prophecy gives
me confidence because I can trace it,

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I can track it, I can
compare it in history and ancient history and

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say, okay, since God was
right about this, he's going to be

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right about that. I wish I
had the time. But let me read

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now from the Book of Revelation,
chapter eleven. The Book of Revelation,

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chapter eleven and verse three. The
Bible reads, and I will give power

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unto my two witnesses. Remember the
two witnesses are what, okay, the

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Bible or the scriptures in total right, His two witnesses are the Old and

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New Testaments of the Bible. Okay. And they shall prophesy one thousand and

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two hundred and three scored days clothed
in saclaw okay. And the lesson actually

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highlights and says what these three and
a half prophetic time period mean. Okay.

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So I won't get into that,
but let me read now from Revelation

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chapter twelve and verse six, and
the Bible reads, and the woman that's

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God's people the church fled into the
wilderness. We can call this God's protection

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even though they were under persecution,
where she had been prepared of God.

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And they should feed her there one
thousand, two hundred and three score days.

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So in these verses we see that
God, through a specific, very

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specific prophetic time period, while his
people were being persecuted that was identified during

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the time period, he was doing
what protecting her God's people. He was

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manifesting the power of his word,
even though in the French Revolution and in

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other areas key times in our history, they were trying to destroy, They

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were trying to destroy the word of
God. But God, he protected his

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people, He preserved his word and
made his word prominent even during those times

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that are referenced here. Now let's
go to another thought question. What do

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these time periods reveal about God's foreknowledge
and care for his people. In Daniel,

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chapter seo and verse twenty five,
it says, and he shall speak

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great words against the most high.
Okay, we're talking about blasphemies, right.

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The papal ancient papal powers stood up
and spoke against against the most high,

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and will wear out the saints of
the most High. You can read

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the book Fox's Book of Martyrs to
see what would have happened during those ages

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of persecution, twelve hundred and sixty
long years of persecution, And shall wear

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out the saints of the most High, and shall think to change times and

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laws, and shall be given into
his hand unto a time, a times,

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and a dividing of times. Of
course, that same time period,

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the same twelve hundred and sixty years
the same three and a half prophetic year,

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saying twelve hundred sixty years forty two
month prophecy. It shows that God's

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fore knowledge of persecution and his ultimate
deliverance means that he is in control.

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There are times in our lives that
we feel persecuted. It could be because

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of something happening at work, it
could be something related to what's happening in

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our home life. Right we could
be persecuted in our own mindsets because we

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have decided to follow Jesus against all
of the world's paradigms, and in our

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situation it's becoming more and more difficult. But we can see that God preserved

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as people even though many had lost
their lives, and according to Hebrews chapter

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eleven, some lost their lives,
of course, not first seeing or experiencing

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the promise that God had made.
But they look forward just like they would

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have looked forward, just like Abraham
did to a city whose builder and maker

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is God. And so even though
the persecution was hot where the church is

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concerned, and you may be going
through some challenges today, that if God

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was able to keep his people preserve
their faith and some of the people's lives,

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even though many gave their lives for
his cause. If He's able to

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preserve us in terms of our eternal
experience with him, then why can't he

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preserve us through these challenges until He
comes? You understand, So those who

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are resting in faith, those individuals
will be raised. The millions and millions

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who have lost their lives doe to
persecution as they held up the banner of

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Christ, and they kept the truth, the Bible, truths that He had

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been teaching us. If he can
keep them faithful, he could have kept

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them faithful, then he can keep
you faithful as well. Here's another one

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from Revelation, chapter twelve, and
we'll probably pause right here in verse fourteen,

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and to the women were given two
wings of a great eagle. Remember

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God's church is the woman. That
she should fly into the wilderness, the

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same thing we were reading about,
into her place where she would be nourished

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for what period of time, the
same exact period of time, a times

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a half of time, a time
of times and a half of time from

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the face of the serpent. And
so this text reaffirms that God provides for

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his faithful during times of trial,
right representing present his protective care, and

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it can be trusted in any era. Over and over again we see where

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the Bible says this is what happened
to the saints of the Most High.

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But God is able to preserve us
throughout eternity, and I'm looking forward to

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the day when Jesus will come and
eternity begins with him. Have a wonderful

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day, pace Thanks for joining us
listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by
every word that comes from the mouth of

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God. This has been your daily
portion with El David Harris. Make it

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a great day. Yeah,