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Interestingly the futurists are at a loss to understand just who the holy people are in the Old Testament - some of them think it's the Roman Church.
They try and fit the "time, times, and an half" anywhere in history other than where it belongs - the 1st century AD.
(Dan 12:7 KJV) And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Dane 12:7 (NIV) The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.” - so just who are the "holy people"?
When deciding just who they are we must bear in mind that the bible is basically a "story" of Israel and it covenant relation to God.
"(Mat 15:24 KJV) But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Lets look at a few verses from scripture that plainly state who the "holy people" are:
(Deu 7:6 KJV) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
(Deu 14:2 KJV) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
(Deu 14:21 KJV) .... for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God...
(Deu 26:19 KJV).....that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
(Deu 28:9 KJV)......The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself....
(Isa 62:12 KJV) And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
(Dan 8:24 KJV) And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Just as it is imperative to correctly identify the whor.e in the book of revelation to understand prophecy it is just as imperative to identify the "holy people" in Daniel.
The whor.e in revelation is avenges for killing the prophets:
(Rev 18:20 KJV) Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
We know precisely who the above is because Jesus implicitly told us:
(Mat 23:37 KJV) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
(Mat 23:38 KJV) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
We can the destruction of the whor.e aka apostate 1st century Jerusalem whose house is left desolate (powerless) is a direct fit with Dan 12:7 "When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
Any attempt at fitting the holy people and their destruction with anything other than 1st century AD Israel/Jerusalem is a total denial of scripture and is playing hanky panky with it.
They put the wrong whor.e in
They take the right whor.e out
They do the hanky panky and
They shake it all about
They try and fit the "time, times, and an half" anywhere in history other than where it belongs - the 1st century AD.
(Dan 12:7 KJV) And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Dane 12:7 (NIV) The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.” - so just who are the "holy people"?
When deciding just who they are we must bear in mind that the bible is basically a "story" of Israel and it covenant relation to God.
"(Mat 15:24 KJV) But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Lets look at a few verses from scripture that plainly state who the "holy people" are:
(Deu 7:6 KJV) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
(Deu 14:2 KJV) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
(Deu 14:21 KJV) .... for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God...
(Deu 26:19 KJV).....that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
(Deu 28:9 KJV)......The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself....
(Isa 62:12 KJV) And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
(Dan 8:24 KJV) And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Just as it is imperative to correctly identify the whor.e in the book of revelation to understand prophecy it is just as imperative to identify the "holy people" in Daniel.
The whor.e in revelation is avenges for killing the prophets:
(Rev 18:20 KJV) Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
We know precisely who the above is because Jesus implicitly told us:
(Mat 23:37 KJV) O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
(Mat 23:38 KJV) Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
We can the destruction of the whor.e aka apostate 1st century Jerusalem whose house is left desolate (powerless) is a direct fit with Dan 12:7 "When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”
Any attempt at fitting the holy people and their destruction with anything other than 1st century AD Israel/Jerusalem is a total denial of scripture and is playing hanky panky with it.
They put the wrong whor.e in
They take the right whor.e out
They do the hanky panky and
They shake it all about