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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,

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because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for

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today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's

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portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep

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

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to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Tuesday, April one,

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twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.

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I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion

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where we give you God's word every single day, and

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today is no exception. We are continuing in our very

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very new lesson study series how to Study Bible Prophecy.

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Under the caption Daniel, shut up the words. Daniel. It's

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a command and imperative to Daniel shut up the words.

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Before we get into that, we will ask you to

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continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and

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pray and then we will get underway. Father, We do

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thank you for this day. Thank you for giving us

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the opportunity to connect with you and your people. Thank

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You for your Holy Spirit who teaches us. Please give

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us your perspective. We make up perspectives all the time,

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but we want yours. Please, in Jesus name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again. Danielle, shut up the words, Shut

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up the words. Let me just say this, sometimes God's

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words are quote shut up to those of us because

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of our time of understanding. Our time of understanding has

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not yet come for a different any number of reasons,

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a myriad of reasons. It could be that we're not receptive.

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It could be that we're stubborn. It could be that

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there is a time in our life that needs to

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come so that we will become more hungry, more thirsty,

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or maybe it has something to do more on a

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global scale. Where the words, if God were to reveal

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them now, would not have relevance because that has not

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yet happened on a global scale. You see. So our

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time of receptivity may not have come. So sometimes he

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shuts it up because our quote time of ununderstanding, our

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time of receptivity, our time of understanding has not yet come.

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But I want to give you some tips before we

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go into the Bible. Book of Daniel. Here are some

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tips about how to become receptive or to be receptive,

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so that when God does reveal truth, we will indeed

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embrace it. Okay. Number one, maintain a humble attitude. God

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gives us the privilege to be humble in his presence,

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and the Bible reads in James chapter four and verse six,

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God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Okay.

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In Psalm chapter twenty five and verse nine, the Bible reads,

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the meek will he guide in judgment, the meek will

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he teach his way? Okay. And so besides that, now,

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or in addition to that, we are to study his words,

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the ones that we do know, the ones that are revealed,

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that we should study those diligently. From two Timothy, chapter

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two and verse fifteen, the Bible reads, study to show

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thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to

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be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. So we're

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humbly coming to God in his word, and we're rightly

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dividing his truth. That means that whatever he's revealing with

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the Word or the scriptures as its own interpreter, by

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the power of the Holy gooes, we receive that. And

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we continue to study. We continue to study, and there

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were a set of people in the early Church, the

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first century Church, that we're a manifestation of that. In Acts,

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chapter seventeen and verse eleven, the Bible reads that these

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as the apostles went to a certain set of people,

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the Brians. These were more noble than those in Thessalonika,

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in that they received the world with all readiness of

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mind and search the scriptures daily. Of course, there was

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more to it. And then we pray to God for wisdom.

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He has promised that if any person lacks wisdom, God

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will give us the fullness of wisdom. And it's all

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one nineteen verse eighteen, the Bible reads, open thou mind

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eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

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Then be willing to obey, be willing to obey, keep

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an open mind. And then finally, finally, we want to

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give the results of this mindset number one, progressive understanding.

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We will learn more and more as God entrusts more

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to us. Also, we will grow in wisdom. We will

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have spiritual discernment. We will have practical application. We don't

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need to make the Bible practical. It will be practical.

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We will have it as a useful truth. And then

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we will be transformed by the truth, will have clear direction,

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and of course back again we will have a deeper understanding.

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And so all of that to set us up for

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these two passages. And Daniel chapter twelve and verse four.

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The Bible reads, but thou, oh danielle, shut up the

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words and seal the book. Even to the time of

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the end, many shall run to and fro, and knowledge

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shall be increased. In the Bible Book of Revelation, chapter

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twelve and verse ten, we see in opposite we see

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a contrast. And he said, unto me, seal not the

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sayings of the prophecy of this book, Why or or

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why not? For the time is at hand. You see,

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and so the truth that God was to reveal through

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Bible prophecy was to be shut up, to be held,

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to be sealed until the time of the end. And

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the Angel in Revelation chapter or reported in Revelation Chapter

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twenty two, was saying, now is the time. You've heard

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about these times that were coming, Now is the time.

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And of course we see a contrast in instructions. In

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Daniel's message, it was to seal the book and wait

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for the end of time and future understanding. Knowledge increases later,

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but by the time the Angel comes to John, he says,

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don't seal the book. The time is at hand and

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understanding is immediate, and the present application is what makes

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this all makes sense? What it all makes sense? There's

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so much else I could say, but the lesson writer

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pointed out something very interesting. The lesson writer says, read

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the passage again. The angel's instructions to Daniel begins with

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an injunction. Okay, I said something different, right, imperative, an

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injunction to shut up the words and seal the book.

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The subject being discussed is the book of Daniel itself.

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Sometimes we make the knowledge increasing the focus. People running

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to and fro the focus, but vibe this writer is saying,

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mister Boonstraw, he is saying that this truth is referencing

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the book itself. Perhaps then could that knowledge which would

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suddenly increase at the end of time be the knowledge

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of the Book of Daniel itself. You see, the traditional

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interpretation means that we look at technological advancement or modern transportation,

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or scientific knowledge or general information increase. That's what it is.

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That's what people say it is, I should say. But

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if we look at it in its context and not

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really really grateful that pastor Boonstra would have given us this,

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it focuses on the book itself, focuses on prophetic understanding

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and interpretation, end time, end time, revelation and specific knowledge.

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So we're looking at the context of the book for

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understanding concerning what would be revealed. And then of course

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there's so much. There's so much. I need to give

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you my notes, So somebody please in the community later

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on go ahead and ask for the notes if I

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don't put it in there. There is a contrast with revelation,

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different timing, different purposes, different applications, different audiences for obvious reason,

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and then of course there is a present truth impact

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once it is revealed, clearer understanding, restored understanding of truths,

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biblical foundations, and a message for this time. We've said

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a lot, but we're just setting the foundation. Make it

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a great day, peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: Friends.

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Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,