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 Tuesday, April one,
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 continuing in our very
very new lesson study series how to Study Bible Prophecy.
Under the caption Daniel, shut up the words. Daniel. It's
a command and imperative to Daniel shut up the words.
Before we get into that, we will ask you to
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pray and then we will get underway. Father, We do
thank you for this day. Thank you for giving us
the opportunity to connect with you and your people. Thank
You for your Holy Spirit who teaches us. Please give
us your perspective. We make up perspectives all the time,
but we want yours. Please, in Jesus name, I pray,
Amen and Amen again. Danielle, shut up the words, Shut
up the words. Let me just say this, sometimes God's
words are quote shut up to those of us because
of our time of understanding. Our time of understanding has
not yet come for a different any number of reasons,
a myriad of reasons. It could be that we're not receptive.
It could be that we're stubborn. It could be that
there is a time in our life that needs to
come so that we will become more hungry, more thirsty,
or maybe it has something to do more on a
global scale. Where the words, if God were to reveal
them now, would not have relevance because that has not
yet happened on a global scale. You see. So our
time of receptivity may not have come. So sometimes he
shuts it up because our quote time of ununderstanding, our
time of receptivity, our time of understanding has not yet come.
But I want to give you some tips before we
go into the Bible. Book of Daniel. Here are some
tips about how to become receptive or to be receptive,
so that when God does reveal truth, we will indeed
embrace it. Okay. Number one, maintain a humble attitude. God
gives us the privilege to be humble in his presence,
and the Bible reads in James chapter four and verse six,
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Okay.
In Psalm chapter twenty five and verse nine, the Bible reads,
the meek will he guide in judgment, the meek will
he teach his way? Okay. And so besides that, now,
or in addition to that, we are to study his words,
the ones that we do know, the ones that are revealed,
that we should study those diligently. From two Timothy, chapter
two and verse fifteen, the Bible reads, study to show
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. So we're
humbly coming to God in his word, and we're rightly
dividing his truth. That means that whatever he's revealing with
the Word or the scriptures as its own interpreter, by
the power of the Holy gooes, we receive that. And
we continue to study. We continue to study, and there
were a set of people in the early Church, the
first century Church, that we're a manifestation of that. In Acts,
chapter seventeen and verse eleven, the Bible reads that these
as the apostles went to a certain set of people,
the Brians. These were more noble than those in Thessalonika,
in that they received the world with all readiness of
mind and search the scriptures daily. Of course, there was
more to it. And then we pray to God for wisdom.
He has promised that if any person lacks wisdom, God
will give us the fullness of wisdom. And it's all
one nineteen verse eighteen, the Bible reads, open thou mind
eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Then be willing to obey, be willing to obey, keep
an open mind. And then finally, finally, we want to
give the results of this mindset number one, progressive understanding.
We will learn more and more as God entrusts more
to us. Also, we will grow in wisdom. We will
have spiritual discernment. We will have practical application. We don't
need to make the Bible practical. It will be practical.
We will have it as a useful truth. And then
we will be transformed by the truth, will have clear direction,
and of course back again we will have a deeper understanding.
And so all of that to set us up for
these two passages. And Daniel chapter twelve and verse four.
The Bible reads, but thou, oh danielle, shut up the
words and seal the book. Even to the time of
the end, many shall run to and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased. In the Bible Book of Revelation, chapter
twelve and verse ten, we see in opposite we see
a contrast. And he said, unto me, seal not the
sayings of the prophecy of this book, Why or or
why not? For the time is at hand. You see,
and so the truth that God was to reveal through
Bible prophecy was to be shut up, to be held,
to be sealed until the time of the end. And
the Angel in Revelation chapter or reported in Revelation Chapter
twenty two, was saying, now is the time. You've heard
about these times that were coming, Now is the time.
And of course we see a contrast in instructions. In
Daniel's message, it was to seal the book and wait
for the end of time and future understanding. Knowledge increases later,
but by the time the Angel comes to John, he says,
don't seal the book. The time is at hand and
understanding is immediate, and the present application is what makes
this all makes sense? What it all makes sense? There's
so much else I could say, but the lesson writer
pointed out something very interesting. The lesson writer says, read
the passage again. The angel's instructions to Daniel begins with
an injunction. Okay, I said something different, right, imperative, an
injunction to shut up the words and seal the book.
The subject being discussed is the book of Daniel itself.
Sometimes we make the knowledge increasing the focus. People running
to and fro the focus, but vibe this writer is saying,
mister Boonstraw, he is saying that this truth is referencing
the book itself. Perhaps then could that knowledge which would
suddenly increase at the end of time be the knowledge
of the Book of Daniel itself. You see, the traditional
interpretation means that we look at technological advancement or modern transportation,
or scientific knowledge or general information increase. That's what it is.
That's what people say it is, I should say. But
if we look at it in its context and not
really really grateful that pastor Boonstra would have given us this,
it focuses on the book itself, focuses on prophetic understanding
and interpretation, end time, end time, revelation and specific knowledge.
So we're looking at the context of the book for
understanding concerning what would be revealed. And then of course
there's so much. There's so much. I need to give
you my notes, So somebody please in the community later
on go ahead and ask for the notes if I
don't put it in there. There is a contrast with revelation,
different timing, different purposes, different applications, different audiences for obvious reason,
and then of course there is a present truth impact
once it is revealed, clearer understanding, restored understanding of truths,
biblical foundations, and a message for this time. We've said
a lot, but we're just setting the foundation. Make it
a great day, peace.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.
Speaker 2: Friends.
Speaker 1: 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,