Most of us eat every day, some of us too much, because yesterday's
food is not enough to supply energy for today's needs. Why then, do
some of us expect yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going to change
all of that. Let's experience God's words today and receive the power we need
to live healthy, vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,
author speaker, Elle David Harris. Good morning, Good morning, good
morning. It is Monday, May sixth, twenty twenty four. Hello,
my name Iszelle David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day, and today is
no exception. We are continuing in our Lesson study series the Great Controversy.
Our caption for today is prophetic time periods. Prophetic time periods. We'll get
into that in just a moment, but first like to say welcome to you
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fellowship, let's go ahead and pray and then we will get underway. Father
in Heaven, thank you for giving us this day and for the privilege you
have entrusted to us to open your word. And I'm asking you to please
give us the fullness of your Holy spirit. God. We really need you
in these days and we are asking you to us let us be of value
to the people in our communities. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen
and Amen again. Prophetic time periods. Now, I have told you already
that during this time when we are dealing with these heavy subjects, you'll have
to go back to the lesson study to really real the details. Okay,
So what I'm focusing on for the next few days, since you have the
lesson study, is I'm focusing on how do we apply these things in our
daily lives or what principles can we take away as we consider the reality of
these passages? Okay, And so I'm going to begin with a thought question
from Revelation chapter eleven and twelve, and I'll come back to the passages.
How do the prophetic periods across different passages indicate the reliability of scripture? This
is important to me because there are times that people will say, well,
how do you know that the Bible is true? And of course the believer's
answer often has to do with faith and how God manifests his reality in our
lives. We can trust him because we have seen his movements throughout history.
But prophecy, Bible prophecy, especially the kinds that you can trace even in
our day, are an indicator because they can't be controverted. Like there are
Bible prophecies in scripture that tell us what will happen, and you say,
oh, well, that's left up to interpretation. But did you know that
God also has some prophecies about things that would not happen. Let me just
give you one example and then we'll jump into these two passages. He said
that Babylon would not be would never be rebuilt, and they're here people,
billionaires who have attempted it, and they have failed miserably because God's word cannot
be broken. And so prophecy gives me confidence because I can trace it,
I can track it, I can compare it in history and ancient history and
say, okay, since God was right about this, he's going to be
right about that. I wish I had the time. But let me read
now from the Book of Revelation, chapter eleven. The Book of Revelation,
chapter eleven and verse three. The Bible reads, and I will give power
unto my two witnesses. Remember the two witnesses are what, okay, the
Bible or the scriptures in total right, His two witnesses are the Old and
New Testaments of the Bible. Okay. And they shall prophesy one thousand and
two hundred and three scored days clothed in saclaw okay. And the lesson actually
highlights and says what these three and a half prophetic time period mean. Okay.
So I won't get into that, but let me read now from Revelation
chapter twelve and verse six, and the Bible reads, and the woman that's
God's people the church fled into the wilderness. We can call this God's protection
even though they were under persecution, where she had been prepared of God.
And they should feed her there one thousand, two hundred and three score days.
So in these verses we see that God, through a specific, very
specific prophetic time period, while his people were being persecuted that was identified during
the time period, he was doing what protecting her God's people. He was
manifesting the power of his word, even though in the French Revolution and in
other areas key times in our history, they were trying to destroy, They
were trying to destroy the word of God. But God, he protected his
people, He preserved his word and made his word prominent even during those times
that are referenced here. Now let's go to another thought question. What do
these time periods reveal about God's foreknowledge and care for his people. In Daniel,
chapter seo and verse twenty five, it says, and he shall speak
great words against the most high. Okay, we're talking about blasphemies, right.
The papal ancient papal powers stood up and spoke against against the most high,
and will wear out the saints of the most High. You can read
the book Fox's Book of Martyrs to see what would have happened during those ages
of persecution, twelve hundred and sixty long years of persecution, And shall wear
out the saints of the most High, and shall think to change times and
laws, and shall be given into his hand unto a time, a times,
and a dividing of times. Of course, that same time period,
the same twelve hundred and sixty years the same three and a half prophetic year,
saying twelve hundred sixty years forty two month prophecy. It shows that God's
fore knowledge of persecution and his ultimate deliverance means that he is in control.
There are times in our lives that we feel persecuted. It could be because
of something happening at work, it could be something related to what's happening in
our home life. Right we could be persecuted in our own mindsets because we
have decided to follow Jesus against all of the world's paradigms, and in our
situation it's becoming more and more difficult. But we can see that God preserved
as people even though many had lost their lives, and according to Hebrews chapter
eleven, some lost their lives, of course, not first seeing or experiencing
the promise that God had made. But they look forward just like they would
have looked forward, just like Abraham did to a city whose builder and maker
is God. And so even though the persecution was hot where the church is
concerned, and you may be going through some challenges today, that if God
was able to keep his people preserve their faith and some of the people's lives,
even though many gave their lives for his cause. If He's able to
preserve us in terms of our eternal experience with him, then why can't he
preserve us through these challenges until He comes? You understand, So those who
are resting in faith, those individuals will be raised. The millions and millions
who have lost their lives doe to persecution as they held up the banner of
Christ, and they kept the truth, the Bible, truths that He had
been teaching us. If he can keep them faithful, he could have kept
them faithful, then he can keep you faithful as well. Here's another one
from Revelation, chapter twelve, and we'll probably pause right here in verse fourteen,
and to the women were given two wings of a great eagle. Remember
God's church is the woman. That she should fly into the wilderness, the
same thing we were reading about, into her place where she would be nourished
for what period of time, the same exact period of time, a times
a half of time, a time of times and a half of time from
the face of the serpent. And so this text reaffirms that God provides for
his faithful during times of trial, right representing present his protective care, and
it can be trusted in any era. Over and over again we see where
the Bible says this is what happened to the saints of the Most High.
But God is able to preserve us throughout eternity, and I'm looking forward to
the day when Jesus will come and eternity begins with him. Have a wonderful
day, pace Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of
God. This has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make it
a great day. Yeah,