Speaker 1: 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.
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Sabbath, March
twenty nine, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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 beginning our new
lesson study series, how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
caption for today is some principles of Prophecy. Got stuttered
right there. Let me say it again, Some principles of
Bible prophecy. We'll get into that in just a moment,
but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
say a great, big, happy Sabbath to you. If this
is your very first time. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. This is
lesson number one of thirteen. Most times throughout the year
our quarters are thirteen lessons in total, but once in
a while we will see fourteen. But this one thirteen
lessons in all, spanning a week per lesson. And of
course we are here every single day, so welcome to you.
And I'm asking you to go ahead and click that
share budgeon if you have never been with us before,
Let's go ahead and pray, Father and Heaven, thank you
for giving us this new Sabbath morning and for the
opportunity for us to look at prophecy in your word
through a different lens. Father, Please help us to only
see what you want us to see there in Jesus name,
I pray a man and a man again. I will admit.
I will admit that people, Christian people, and I often
say Christianese speaking people argue even among our own fellowships.
We argue about prophecy all the time. Everybody wants to
be a prophet. Sometimes there's money involved, like sometimes people
people find a way to monetize being a quote prophet.
And let me just say this, as Jesus was describing
some things going on right after he would go back
to heaven about you know, thirty some years after he
would go back to heaven and for the end of
time or the time of the end. Pardon me, he
said something invaluable when his disciples said, well, when shall
these things be? And what shall be the son of
thy coming and of the end of the world. Then
he goes through some things, and he said, He started with,
do not be deceived. There will be false christs and
false prophets, but do not be deceived by them. And
he says some more things, false christs and false prophets.
I seldom go into the Greek or Hebrew when I'm
talking to you, because I believe God can show us
right in our own languages, wherever you are in the world,
what He has to say. But I just want to
highlight in this case there are times when people will
be prophets, except not always true prophets, like Jesus said,
And so the Bible word for false prophet is pseudo
profhe tassees pseudo. You know what pseudo is, look it
up ps pseudo. Yeah, false prophets. And so do not
be enamored by don't get excited by the fact that
once in a while you'll have somebody say something that's
true to you, but then you look at the other
tests of a true profit and see that they failed it.
So they tell you something that you're like, WHOA, that's
actually true? Do not listen. That's that's nothing new, Like
there are times that that false prophets will tell you
stuff that's true. But there are some more. There are
some more tests of the true profit. And so I
start right there by saying, there are some prophecy principles
that I hold dear apart from my ramblings here, when
I am reading and studying from the Bible prophecies now
the ones that are fully established and God's stamp has
already been placed on them in those sixty six blessed
books of the Bible. When I'm studying and reading the prophecies,
I'm looking for principles. The first principle I'm looking for
is whatever I see should guide me to connection with God.
And you're like, what, that's what you're looking for? Mm hm.
I'm looking for my connection with God. I'm looking for
how can I be so close to God that when
he sees me, it's like when he saw Enoch when
it said that Enoch walked with God, for he was
not because God took him. God could not resist the
desire to have Enoch with him early before the second
coming of Jesus Christ, before the first coming, for that matter,
But when Enoch was so connected with God that the
Bible describes it as walking with God. That's what I'm
looking for when I'm in the prophecies. I'm not just
looking for timelines. I'm not looking for just the interpretation
of what the beasts and the kings and the kingdoms
and the horns and all of the dates that do
align with the truth in ancient history and in the
mind of God. I'm not only looking for that, I am,
but I'm looking for a guide for connection with God.
God is leading us and guiding us into the paths
of righteousness because He loves us. And so let me
begin by just highlighting a few principles. We're going to
see them throughout the week, so I won't read all
of the passages. We're going to use these same passages,
but from Psalms chapter one hundred and thirty nine, verses
one through six. I want us to have the principle
of God's omnicience. In prophecy, God knows everything, He sees
all and when he reveals it from before it happens.
In Jesus's words, I show you these things before they happen,
so that when they do happen, you will know that
I am he okay. And so I'll just read a
couple of the verses. Oh Lord, thou hast searched me
and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising.
Thou understandest my thought afar off. And when you look
into the Bible Book of Isaiah, chapters forty to about fifty,
you see God flexing his real life supernatural muscles and saying,
you have all of these false gods out here, but
let them declare the end from the beginning, and then
we'll know they're worthy of worship. But I, of course
inhabit eternity. And when he God speaks to us in
those ominous words in the mouths of the prophets, then
we know that it is indeed God okay. And number two,
there is timing in our understanding. When God opens up
prophecy in Daniel chapter twelve and verse four, there was
a context for last day's prophecies, and the Bible reads,
but thou olt Daniel shut up the words and seal
up the book. Even to the time of the end,
many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
And so God has timing sometimes on when He's going
to reveal the prophecies. And so in the Book of Revelation,
in the very first chapter, the Bible says, now is
the time for God to release the truth concerning God
and his people and the affairs of the world in
the last days. Now is the time to unseal. Now
is the time to reveal. Now is the time to
open up what was sealed up back then. Of course,
the Bible also teaches us that the scripture has purpose
in two Timothy chapters, Chapter three, verses fifteen through seventeen,
and it teaches us that we are to be made
wise unto salvation. And we don't get to interpret the prophecies.
We don't get to interpret the scriptures in our own way.
We listen for God's voice to know what he intended.
So much more, there is living power in God's word
and his prophecies. So here are some basic principles. Number one,
God has complete knowledge, perfect understanding of the future. Nothing
is hidden from him, and of course he has complete
control of all events. Number two, there is progressive revelation,
meaning there are some prophecies that are sealed until the
appointed time, others for immediate understanding. Timing matters. Number three
practical purpose. It leads us to salvation, provides instruction, and
shapes character. And of course number four, God's transformative power
is in his word, including the prophecies.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, Asking to 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,