The Prophecies of
Daniel and Revelation Illustrated
Daniel is like the concrete slab
of a house; it has very little
detail and is terribly
understated. When a person walks
on the foundation of their new
home they can identify the
different rooms by the small
pipes sticking up for the kitchen
and the large pipes for the
bathrooms or by the lack of
plumbing in the living room.
God put the story of prophecy
together like a Hollywood movie.
There are eighteen scenes
{prophecies} that create the
incredible drama of the plan of
salvation. Each individual scene
plays a specific part of the
dram. Each scene has a beginning
point and an ending point of time
just like the different scenes in
a movie and the events occur in
the order they are written.
Therefore by synchronizing each
prophecy to the others by time,
the whole story comes into focus
by the total sum of all the
parts. And just like a movie has
mysteries, God has veiled
and hid the identity of
some entities, players, and
‘time itself’ by many
different types of languages, and
figures of speech. The symbols
and analogous language given to
the different entities also
describe and identify the
characters of each entity.
Just
like a movie there are good guys,
villains, stars, supporting
actors, and audience. The good
guys are God the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit. The villains
are Lucifer, the devil, and his
fallen angels, the demons. Jesus
stars as the Saviour of the
world, and Lucifer, the devil,
stars as the destroyer of the
world spiritually, financially,
and physically. The supporting
actors are the good angels, the
saints and the wicked. The
audience is the unfallen worlds
{those that have never sinned or
rebelled against God} of the
universe that watch this live
drama with intense interest.
Like a movie the fixtures and
furniture for each scene change
because of history, location, and
time. This drama covers over
twenty-six hundred years of time,
starting at 605 B.C., and goes
past the Second Coming of Jesus,
to the destruction of the devil,
the wicked, and sin itself;
therefore the audience needs to
be acquainted with a lot of
history. The story itself looks
backwards before the creation of
the world.
This story also goes beyond the
understanding of human behavior,
describing the events and
behavior of supernatural beings,
and the rebirth of the human
heart; thus the audience needs to
understand the different figures
of speech. God uses the things we
understand to explain
things we do not understand.
Analogous language is not
literal. Analogous language
is used to describe human
behavior as well as the behavior
of supernatural demons. It is
used to describe things that are seen
as well as unseen. God
uses simple things to elevate our
minds to the deeper things of
God.
Jesus
made the analogy of eating our
daily bread and receiving Christ
into our life as the bread of
life that gives eternal life.
But the people that hear him were
not interested in growing
spiritually; therefore because of
their ignorance they
became arrogant.
They said, ‘How can this man
give us his flesh to eat?’
They became angry and left
because they were not interested
in growing spiritually; they just
wanted another free meal.
If you want to understand why God
uses the great image made of
metals and beasts to represent
the kingdoms of the earth, and
smoke and locusts to represent
demons, you will have to set some
time aside to study. After
viewing the entire collection of
these black and white still
pictures of this prophecy study,
then you can proceed to this
current web site for clarity and
understanding of all the
pictures. You will need to put on
your hard hat and go down into
the mine to dig for the gold of
truth. You will have to put aside
your preconceived ideas and
traditions, which are the worst
enemies of the story, and ask the
Holy Spirit to teach you. This
entire study in illustrated
pictures may give you insight,
but the only true teacher is the
Holy Spirit.
