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💥(NOTES C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ ✅ WEEK 7 PART 1️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●The Human Dilema● ●A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST● (Fleshly Gratifcation) Sins of Religion (Sorcery) Sins of Enmity (Anger) Sins of Sensuality (Sexual Immorality ) ●God's Rich Mercy Comes to our Rescue● ●God's Great Love● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 22, 2024 GOD’S RICH MERCY COMES TO OUR RESCUE (2:4-6) But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, You notice, in this chapter, the remarkable change of subject which commences at the 4th verse. “But God…” These are the two greatest words. "But God..."--our salvation hangs entirely on those two words. We were dead, but God! We were enslaved to sin, but God! We were trapped, but God! We were self-destructing, but God! We were lost in sin, but God! I could not change, you could not change, "but God..."! Hallelujah! "But God who is...Being rich in mercy... The words, “But God …” are a beacon of light and hope in a sea of despair. The condition of men in sin is not hopeless or terminal, because God has come to the rescue of fallen men through His provision in Jesus Christ. "The contrast between human impoverishment and divine abundance could not be more striking. God is not only merciful; he is “rich in mercy” (Ephesians 2:4). The Greek word for “rich” means that God abounds in mercy. As Jeremiah testified, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV). In other words, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. We do not deserve it, yet He continues to give it. How great is our God! A good definition of "mercy" would be: "to help one afflicted or seeking aid, to bring help to the wretched." Mercy is the outward manifestation of pity. The verb signifies a feeling of sympathy with the misery of another, especially when manifested in action. Our text says that Yahweh is "rich" in mercy. The word "rich" is plousios, which means: "abundant." Our God is abundant in mercy. Immeasurable love and abundant mercy came to the aide of the wretched sinner. Even when we were dead in trespasses and sins, God was still merciful to us “because of his great love for us” (Ephesians 2:4). GOD’S GREAT LOVE God’s love for us while we were His enemies, while we were still dead in our sins and transgressions: Romans 5:5-8 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Divine grace was not bestowed on us because we were so worthy, or because God found anything good in us, but because of the goodness which is in God Himself. God’s love is more than sentimental feelings; it is a love that moved Him to action: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV; cf. Romans 5:8). God loved us so much that He gave His only Son for us. Now, that is true and unconditional love! Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; What is the immeasurable greatness of his power? “But God made us alive together with Christ.” Paul said that the immeasurable greatness of his power was toward us. We were dead but God made us alive with Christ. God exerts the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us First, because he is rich in mercy. God has a wealth of mercy. He is not sporadic in his mercy. He is rich in his mercy. Second, God did this because of his great love with which he loved us. His great love is what caused the action of mercy toward us. Even though we were dead in our sins, God acted mercifully because he has great love for us. The power that raised Christ from the dead raises us from death to life. “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” God acted out of his own generosity and not out of any obligation. God saved you. You cannot save yourself because you are dead in your sins. What does the text say that we did to contribute to this salvation? Nothing, except that we walked in sins and needed saving. Verse 5 says he made us alive. You have been saved. You have been raised up and have been seated with Christ (2:6). You did not make yourself alive. He made us alive. You did not save yourself. He saved you. You did not raise yourself up from the dead. He raised you. You did not seat yourself with Christ. He seated you with Christ. All past tense and all done by God’s power, not our own. What an amazing God! Rather than being dead, God has made us alive and placed us in a position to receive every spiritual benefit and blessing. We deserve wrath and he gives us life and mercy.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣ ✅ WEEK 7 PART 1️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●The Human Dilema● ●A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST● (Fleshly Gratifcation) Sins of Religion (Sorcery) Sins of Enmity (Anger)Sins of Sensuality (Sexual Immorality ) ●God's Rich Mercy Comes to our Rescue● ●God's Great Love● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 22, 2024 LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST All who are outside of Christ live under the power of the world, the devil, and the flesh. This is further pictured as “following the course of this world.” Paul says that these Gentiles “formerly walked according to the course of this world.” This means that we are living by and following the standards of the world. We are only concerned with the activities and values of this present age and not concerned with God and eternal values. “The world” is the organized system under the control of Satan that is opposed to God. The main operating principle of the world system is self-seeking and independence from God. The apostle John strongly warns (1 John 2:15-17), “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world A Look Into The Mirror Of Our Past Life Paul says that they formerly lived “according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.” He is referring to Satan, who is over all of the fallen angels (demons) who followed him in his rebellion against God. We were following the prince of the power of the air. First, it’s imperative that we understand the meaning of the words in this phrase, prince of the power of the air” or “ruler of the kingdom of the air.” A key word to understand is “power/kingdom.” The word translated “power/kingdom” (ἐξουσία) is usually translated into English as “authority,” but in this context carries the idea of “area of authority,” i.e. jurisdiction, domain. So the phrase is referring to Satan in terms of his domain, in terms of his jurisdiction, the realm over which he has power. Paul is not saying that all unbelievers are demon-possessed. But he is saying that Satan and his evil forces actively work in this world through unbelievers. Do you know what we are doing when we follow the values of the world? Do you know what we are doing when we live by the standards of this present age? You are following Satan! You are not being smart. You are not being wise. You are not “with the times.” You are not a modern thinker. You are following Satan. Satan is the ruler of this age. To conform to the ways and the thinking of this world is to conform to the ways of Satan. He is the one now at works in the sons of disobedience. What we see in this world is governed by Satan. Look carefully at what Paul says. Paul says that Satan is the one who is working in these people. Satan is behind the evil ways in government. Satan is behind the evil ways in your neighbor. Satan is behind the evil ways in you. We should know this to be the truth. What do the scriptures say happened when Judas betrayed Jesus? Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him. (John 13:2 HCSB) Who put that idea in his heart? Satan did. Am I the only one who has had sinful ideas and sinful thoughts and wondered where in the world that came from? Satan did it. He is attacking you. He is putting these ideas in you. The world acts on these ideas. Satan is at work in the sons of disobedience. By living independently of God, with no fear of God in their hearts, they are inadvertently furthering Satan’s evil plans to usurp God’s sovereignty. The Life of Fleshly Gratification Notice in verse 3, “ All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.” , Paul adds (2:3), “ We too refers to religious Jews, including Paul. “The flesh” refers to “human nature as conditioned by the fall” All of us live among the people of the world gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. We all live for pleasure, seek power and wealth and temporal happiness. Live for now and don't think about eternal or spiritual matters or what happens after death. We just live to please our human nature. Paul tells us that the works of the flesh are obvious. Sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, adultery and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the likes.” This is a diagnosis of the human heart, it’s a diagnosis of the human life. It is corrupted by all kinds of sins: Sins of sensuality, sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery. Sins of religion, such as sorcery and idolatry. Sins of relationships, such as enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissension, factions, and envy; eight of them. And then, sins of dissipated living or lack of self-control, so that’s drunkenness and orgies. unbelievers are totally dominated by the desires of the flesh. In Romans 8:6-8, Paul states, “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” This includes, of course, sensual desires and living according to what feels good at the moment. But it also includes what Paul here calls the desires of the mind. This includes such sins as pride and selfish ambition. Now consider how Paul ends this. “And were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” Without God, we choose the wrong path. We are children of disobedience. We are children of wrath. We are simply worthy of wrath. We are destined to wrath. We are deserving of wrath. We are dead and we are doomed. All who are outside of Christ are by nature under God’s wrath against sin. Paul goes even deeper in analyzing the condition of man apart from God. The problem is not just behavior or even thoughts, but our basic nature. We are born alienated from God, in rebellion against Him. This is why unbelievers cannot exercise their “free will” to believe the gospel: they do not have a nature that is inclined toward God. Paul says that those apart from Christ are “by nature children of wrath.” This Hebrew expression means that they are characterized by being under God’s holy wrath against sin.

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 7 PART 1️⃣ 📍YOU ARE SAVED AND ETERNALLY SECURED 📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●The Human Dilema● ●A LIFE OUTSIDE OF CHRIST● (Fleshly Gratifcation) Sins of Religion (Sorcery) Sins of Enmity (Anger) Sins of Sensuality (Sexual Immorality ) ●God's Rich Mercy Comes to our Rescue● ●God's Great Love● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 22, 2024 You Are Saved And Eternally Secured Ephesians Ch2: PART 1 INTRODUCTION In chapter 1, the apostle Paul begins with an extended exclamation of praise to God who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (1:3). He unfolds those blessings by showing that the Father chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world (1:4-6). The Son redeemed us through His blood and made known to us the mystery of His will for the ages, the summing up of all things in Christ (1:7-12). And God sealed us with the Holy Spirit of promise (1:13-14). God graciously lavished these blessings upon us, all to the praise of the glory of His grace (1:6, 12, 14). The first word in the second chapter of Ephesians is “And.” Why would there be a chapter break in the middle of a thought? Paul has prayed for these Ephesians Christians that they would have a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that the eyes of their hearts would be enlightened. Paul wants them to have spiritual perception and their spiritual senses awakened so that they would know the hope to which they were called, the riches of his glorious inheritance, and the immeasurable greatness of his power (1:18-19). Paul is describing where the immeasurable greatness of the Father’s power is seen. It is first seen in the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus (1:20-21). Chapter 2 of Ephesians describes where else we see the immeasurable greatness of his power. The Human Dilemma Eph.2:1-3 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. Paul knew that we will never praise and glorify God as we should if we lose sight of the depths of sin from which He saved us. We will not be filled with gratitude for our salvation if we forget where we were and still would be if God had not reached down to us with His abundant grace. So, in chapter 2 Paul shows what God has done for us individually. All who are outside of Christ are spiritually dead, living under the power of the world, the devil, and the flesh, by nature under God’s wrath against sin God wants you to see yourself in the mirror of Ephesians 2:1-3, so that you will be on guard against the deadly power of indwelling sin and so that you will thank God every day for saving you from the eternal consequences of sin. All who are outside of Christ are spiritually dead, walking in their trespasses and sins. In trespasses and sins: The idea behind the word trespasses is that we have crossed a line, challenging God’s boundaries. The idea behind the word sins is that we have missed a mark, the perfect standards of God. Trespasses speak of man as a rebel, sins speak of man as a failure. “Before God we are both rebels and failures.” Paul wants his readers to know who you are and your condition. You were dead. To be dead in sin is to be in a state of moral and spiritual bondage. Death speaks of complete and utter weakness. In the natural, when a person doesn't even have the strength to take another breath, they die. Well the Bible declares that all unbelievers are spiritually dead. They have no spiritual life in them. Utter spiritual weakness. Death also speaks of separation. Physical death is the separation of the spirit & soul from the body and spiritual death is the separation of the human being from God. By nature we are slaves to sin. To be dead in sin, is clear and positive evidence that there is neither aptitude nor power remaining for the performance of any spiritual action. Those who are dead in sin are incapable of doing anything good, of comprehending the things of God, or of believing in Jesus for eternal life. In order to do these things, the person who is dead in sin must first be regenerated by God, and only then can they believe in Jesus or obey God in any way. In Romans 7:15-20, those who are spiritually dead are separated from God and cannot fellowship with Him as they were meant to. If left in that condition, the spiritually dead experience 'the second death' as Revelation tells us which is eternal separation from God will be our eternal experience. We are talking serious stuff here. I hope we have begun to grasp the significance of the first chapter of Ephesians. For us to be redeemed means that we were previously enslaved to sin with no hope of freedom. For us to be adopted means that we were previously separated from God with no rights or relationship to God and his family. For us to be heirs means that we were previously separated from the blessings of God, a covenant relationship with God, and were not part of his kingdom at all. The apostle Paul presses this image even deeper. You were dead. This is a serious spiritual condition. The dead have no power to bring themselves back to life. It is true that spiritual death includes being separated or alienated from God. But the very picture of being dead and the need for God to impart new life strongly implies a lack of ability on the part of the dead sinner to do anything to effect his own resurrection. When Jesus cried out (John 11:43), “Lazarus, come forth,” Lazarus didn’t exercise his free will to come back from the dead! He arose because Jesus imparted life to him. That miracle was a picture of what Jesus had said earlier of spiritual life (John 5:21). Jesus also stated the inability of sinners to come to Him. In John 6:44, Jesus said, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” In case we missed it, Jesus repeats (John 6:65), “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.” The words, “no one can,” in those two verses means that they are unable to come apart from God’s powerful intervention. They are spiritually dead until God imparts new life. Using the analogy of blindness rather than death, Paul states of those who are perishing (2 Cor. 4:4), “in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” Blind people do not have free will to see. Rather, they are incapable of seeing. So spiritual death includes being separated from the holy God because of our sin, but it also includes being spiritually incapable of responding favorably to the truth of the gospel unless God raises us from spiritual death to spiritual life. This is further underscored by the description of unbelievers as “sons of disobedience” (2:2). “Sons of” is a Hebrew expression that means, “characterized by.” To pick one word to describe those who are spiritually dead, they are disobedient toward God. They may be moral, law-abiding, decent people, humanly speaking. But in their hearts, they are not in submission to God. As Paul sums up the depravity of the human race (Rom. 3:18), “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

💥(NOTES C) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 WEEK 6 PART 6️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥Conclusion ●Everything Under Christ ● ●🔹️DUNAMIS🔹️ God's Immeasurable, Limitless Power● ●Believers Seated With Christ● (•Positional Relationship Giving Them Authority•) ●Victory In Christ (Overcoming Fear)● **Ref.--Joshua Ch10 With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 15, 2024 THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST IN EVERYTHING 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church. The word used in the text for Head is means anything supreme, chief, prominent. The power that raised Christ from the dead, that seated Christ at the right hand of God, that gave Christ supremacy over all rulers and authorities, over all powers and dominions, over ever title that can be given throughout all eternity, that placed all things under Christ and that appointed Christ as the head over everything, this power, is for the church. This power is given to the church! He has supremacy in everything-over the dead and the living, the earthly and the heavenly, the physical and the spiritual. ●1. Jesus has the Authority, Dominion, and headship which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. ●2. Psalm 8.6: You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet… ●3. Psalm 145.13: Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. ●4. Daniel 4.3: How great are His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation. ●5. 1 Peter 4.11: … that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. ●6. Col 2.9-10: For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Col 1.18: And He is the head of the body, the church … that in all things He may have the preeminence. Jesus is supreme over all. Scripture says that God gave Jesus “as head over all things to the church, which is his body” (Ephesians 1:22-23). Christ is Lord of all. He is also King of kings-sovereign over every earthly authority (1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 17:14; 19:16) In other words, the Sovereign Ruler of the universe in whom all the fullness of deity dwells Jesus is head “over every power and authority” and “head of every man” (1 Cor. 11:3), but is uniquely Head to the church in His affection for her. Sovereign power merges with infinite love in you, His church. ●Christ, as the Head of the church, fills the church with blessings. In Christ dwells the fullness, and from His fullness, He fills us to overflowing. We just need to use what He has given to us.● Jesus is head of the Church because of his primary role in our creation and our redemption. Jesus founded the Church. He brought forth the Church and gave it life through his death and resurrection. ●Christ has never abandoned, to finite man, his role as Head of the church. It is not man’s position to “take the reins” and redesign any aspect of Christ’s church, including the form and structure of its leadership. Christ is the Head of his church. He is the Chief Shepherd (1 Pet 5:4). He is the Bridegroom (Eph 5:25-27); He is divine (John 10:27-30). He is infinite and eternal (John 1:1-5; Isa 40:6-31). Man is finite and fallen (Ps 90). Christ gave specific instructions to the apostles on the structure of church leadership. Pastors, and Elders and deacons are servants of Christ. They tend to the flock of Christ’s sheep (John 21:17) and will give an account to God the judge for their service (Heb 13:17).● ●CONCLUSION How do you get to know someone? Can you read biographical information or historical data about him? These things will help you know a lot about the person, but you will not know him. God wants us to know him, not to know about him. If you want to get to know someone then you have to spend time with that person. There are three glorious things that God wants you to know for your walk with him. But we need to pray for and seek to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am asking you to desire the word of God. I am asking you to desire soaking on God’s word. Without that spirit, you will not enjoy studying God’s word, nor Bible classes, nor worship, nor preaching, or anything else that is tied to God. You will not come to love the Lord the way he wants you to because you have not experienced this deep knowledge of him. Let the knowledge of the Lord change your life. ●Know the hope to which you have been called. Know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Know the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us as seen through the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. Let yourself experience the joy and wealth of knowing Christ. Make it your goal to get to know him.● ●8. Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise (v.13) The Promise of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied about by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel, John the Baptist and Jesus has been made available to you in Christ today! ●9. 13. You Know the Hope of His Calling (v.18) His calling over your life is the basket you can put all of your eggs in. It’s an anchor. It’s a rock. It will never end in vain. ●10. You are the Riches of His Inheritance (v.18) You are of great value to Jesus. As Christ brought you back to God, God gives you back to Jesus as His inheritance. You are valuable in Christ, you are the ●righteousness of God in Christ. You are His eternal reward that He cherishes. 11. The Exceeding Greatness of His Power (v.19-20) Paul says the exceeding greatness of His power is toward you who believe. What kind of power of this? It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! It is the same power that conquered sin, death and hell. In Christ, this same power is present in your life today!

💥(NOTES B) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 6 PART 6️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥Conclusion ●Everything Under Christ ● ●🔹️DUNAMIS🔹️ God's Immeasurable, Limitless Power● ●Believers Seated With Christ● (•Positional Relationship Giving Them Authority•) ●Victory In Christ (Overcoming Fear)● **Ref.--Joshua Ch10 With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 15, 2024 ●YOUR POSITION IN CHRIST In this section we shall be looking at points that answer the following questions: • How does Jesus' seating in the highest position in the universe affect you, the believer? • What is your position because you're in Christ? Read Ephesians 2:1,2,4-6 According to Ephesians 2:6, believers are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Joint-seating with Christ is "far above" all principalities and powers of darkness. ●Evil spirits can't influence the believer who has joint-seating with Christ far above all principality and power!● ●Our seating and reigning with Christ in heavenly places is a position of authority, honor, and triumph-not failure, depression, and defeat.● ●THE BELIEVERS SEATING WITH CHRIST far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to com ●As a believer, your seating with Christ is part of your inheritance now. This is where you are already seated because when Jesus was seated in triumph, you were seated with Him. Jesus’ victory over death, and his triumph over the grave become yours, so is the exaltation of Christ.● ●The word "hath" in verse 6 is past tense: God has already raised you up together and made you sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus in a position of honor and triumph.● You rule and reign with Christ in this life now-if you'll just exercise your rightful authority. Therefore, your position in Christ far above principalities and powers has already been accomplished. But you need to exercise the authority that belongs to you in that position of reigning with Christ over principalities and powers before it will profit you. ●Our position as believers is also one of joint-seating with Christ in heavenly places. That may not always be our circumstance, but that is our position.● ● If you want to rise above your circumstances, take advantage of your position in Christ.● Look at this passage in Weymouth's translation Ephesians 2:4-6 (Weymouth): “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us, Caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ-it is by grace that you have been saved-raised us with him from the dead, and enthroned us with him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus.” God enthroned us with Jesus in the heavenly realms. ●Does that sound like a Church that's defeated and is still having to do battle to gain mastery over Satan? No, God designed the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ to be triumphant because we are sharers and partakers of Christ's victory over Satan.● Because the believer is in Christ, when Christ sat down, the believer sat down with Him far above principalities and powers. The Church, the Body of Christ, is in Christ. The body is connected to the head. Jesus is the Head of His Body-the Church. ●If Jesus the Head triumphed over the devil, is the Body of Christ to be any less triumphant since we are in Christ? Of course not! It is our legal right to enjoy joint-seating with Christ in heavenly places in a position of authority and triumph far above all principalities and powers. If you will take advantage of your joint-seating with Christ, you will begin to triumph in life!● ●Believers don't have to try to be seated far above principalities and powers with Christ. They don't have to pray through to be seated with Christ in heavenly places. They don't have to struggle through to attain that position, or fight through demons to be seated in a place of victory with Christ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.● The believer's position and seating in Christ is a fact. It has already happened. That position was attained for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. Now all we have to do is enjoy the rights and privileges that already belong to us as joint-heirs with Christ. Read Ephesians 1:15-23. ● ALL THINGS UNDER OUR FEET ●God put everything under Christ’s feet and that includes every name that is named. The KJV of verse 21 has “far above every name that is named.”● Whatever name we want to put in there is under Christ’s feet. Everything going on in our country and world right is a name that has to be under his feet. He is higher than all powers and all authorities in this world. ●We are his body, so everything is under our feet too.● The phrase “everything under his feet” also refers to a custom in the Old Testament. There was a victory in a battle in Joshua 10 where Joshua and Israel were fighting a group of five kings. When they won the battle, Joshua told the captains to come and put their feet on the necks of the kings to symbolize their complete defeat, Joshua 10:24-25 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. ●And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the L●ORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.● God put all things under Christ’s feet and that means he has won the victory for us and we have the victory. We should take that exhortation that Joshua made personally and fear not, nor be dismayed!●

💥(NOTES A) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY🕯 📖🕯 SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 6 PART 6️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥Conclusion ●Everything Under Christ ● ●🔹️DUNAMIS🔹️ God's Immeasurable, Limitless Power● ●Believers Seated With Christ● (•Positional Relationship Giving Them Authority•) ●Victory In Christ (Overcoming Fear)● **Ref.--Joshua Ch10 With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 15, 2024 (3) TO KNOW WHAT IS THE IMMEASURABLE GREATNESS OF HIS POWER TOWARD US WHO BELIEVE. ●There is another promise that Satan will soon be crushed under our feet. Romans 16:20 KJV And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. ●God raised Jesus from the dead and then seated him at his right hand. That is when all things became under his feet. There is another promise that Satan will soon be crushed under our feet.● ●God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.”● ●The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.● ●The word “power” is from the well-known Greek word dunamis, which describes power or ability. But very often, the word dunamis was also used to depict the assembled forces of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve unchallenged victories.● These troops were so strong that they simply could not be resisted. But in addition, the Greek word dunamis can also describe the power that is inherent in a certain aspect of nature. ●For example, the power in a hurricane would be described as dunamis power, because it is a power so mighty that it is impossible to resist or impossible to defeat.● ●So when Paul used these three words to describe the power of God that works in us - huperballo, megethos, dunamis - he was piling image on top of image to show how irresistible is the power that works in us who believe. This power is so mighty it can neither be measured nor resisted. There is simply no human power in existence to compare to it!● The apostle Paul went on to say that it is the same “…mighty power, which he [God] wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead….” ●Paul was making it emphatically clear that no power has ever equaled or rivaled the power that was required for Christ’s resurrection. It was the greatest manifestation of power that the universe has ever witnessed. It literally seized Jesus from death’s grip, raised Him back into His body, and then continued to lift Him up through demonic principalities, powers, might, and dominion until He was seated at His throne at the right hand of the Father.● No power in hell or on earth, and no principality or power in the heavens, was able to resist this demonstration of divine energy. What a thrill to realize that God doesn’t just put a small dose of power inside us who believe. He has placed the power of His Son’s resurrection in us! It is a power that utterly eclipses any other power. It is full, boundless, measureless energy - so mighty that no evil power can resist it. And to think God has made it available to those who believe! Now that is something for you to think about! ●Notice verse 22 carefully. God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him. God gave him to the church (us) as head over all things. The church has authority and power to overcome all opposition because he is our leader and head. He is Lord of all. We are filled with and filled by Christ.● ●Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.● Philippians 2:9-11 “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him [Jesus], and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things [beings] in heaven, and things [beings] in earth, and things [beings] under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Ephesians 1:19-22 “And what is the exceeding greatness of his power.... Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.” ●God not only gave Jesus a name which is above every name, but at the name of Jesus every being in all three worlds-Heaven, earth, and hell-must bow and confess Jesus' Lordship and dominion. God also seated Jesus in the highest position in the universe, at His own right hand, and made Him head over all things (v.22). Note that these verses don't say, "God raised Jesus from the dead and set Him above all principality, power, might, and dominion." They say that God set Jesus "far above" all principality, power, might, dominion, and every name that is named.●

💥NOTES (C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●Now; turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15. In our present state of being-in these frail bodies of ours-we couldn’t possibly experience the fulfillment of this hope. But as a part of His call, God promises to transform these bodies of ours so that we will experience the fulfillment of this hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Paul wrote; Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”● The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). And then, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 4.● The struggles and trials that we look upon in these still-frail bodies-the pains and sicknesses and weaknesses we suffer-may seem at times to discourage us and distract us from this hope. But Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;● ●Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).● Paul was praying for his readers in Ephesus (1) that they would know-down to the deepest level of their hearts-this hope of God’s calling. If you turn to Colossians 1, you find that he wrote a similar thing to the believers in the city of Colossae. He prayed for those believers to know it too. He even thanked God for what was ahead for them; saying; We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel … For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light (Colossians 1:3-5, 9-13). (2) To know what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Second, we are to know the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. We looked at this in the last lesson. We are God’s inheritance. God wants you to know the wealth and richness of what it means to be God’s inheritance. Know what it means to be the people of God. We must appreciate the value God places on us as part of his inheritance. We cannot begin to name all the riches of being God’s people. But let us consider a few rich blessings. Being in God’s family means that we will see Jesus face to face. It means that we will be in the presence of God. It means that we will be in the comfort of God. It means that we will be joined with the disciples of Jesus who have gone on before us. It means rest from our labors. It means every pain in this life will be resolved. It means seeing the reward of all we have been striving toward. Being the people of God just has no end to its vast wealth and blessings to us. We are valuable to God because he purchased us in order to inherit us. We look for Christ’s return when he comes to get his saints. God doesn’t need us. God wants us. (3) To know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe. God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.” The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●1. WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘HOPE’?● ●When we use the word “hope” in our ordinary conversations of life, we’re usually saying that we desire and long for something to happen●. We don’t necessarily have the certainty that it will happen, when we say things like, “I sure hope that my check will come in the mail soon;” or, “I’m hoping to hear good news from the doctor later this week.” ●Hope, in this sense, is a verb. It’s something we do●. But the “hope” that Paul is talking about in our passage isn’t like that, he isn’t speaking of the act of ‘hoping’ with the vague sense that it might or might not happen. This hope doesn’t have any uncertainty about it at all. Paul is not using the word as a verb but as a noun-a thing that is. ●Paul speaks of this thing as “the hope” of God’s calling; and so, by “hope” Paul meant the sure and certain expectation of the complete fulfillment of the promise that God has made for all those that He calls into a relationship by faith with Christ-a certainty upon which we can entrust our entire life and eternity.● There is no uncertainty whatsoever to this thing that is our “hope”. It is absolutely sure and certain. Now; Paul called it the “hope” of God’s “calling”. And so, a second question we need to ask is … ●2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT IT IS BASED ON GOD’S ‘CALL’?● When we first heard the gospel of Jesus, we heard a ‘call’ from God. It was as if He said, “Look! I have loved you so much that I have sent My Son Jesus into the world. He was born into the human family for you, and He died on the cross to pay for your sins. Now; place your faith in Him and come. Enter into a relationship with Me through Him.” And when you heard that call, you believed, and you placed your faith in Jesus, and you came. That’s a kind of call from God that theologians sometimes refer to as the general call; or the gospel call. But there’s another kind of call that theologians often refer to as the effectual call of God. It’s a call by which ●God sovereignly and graciously draws a sinner to Himself and does for them everything that He has purposed to do for them in Christ from eternity. It’s called effectual because, in it, God accomplishes everything, and brings into effect all He intended to do for the salvation of the sinner.● We find this kind of call mentioned in Romans 8:30; where we’re told that whom God predestined He also called, and whom He called He also justified, and whom He justified He also glorified-with God doing all the work of accomplishing His call from beginning to end. ●The kind of call that Paul is speaking of when he speaks of “the hope of His calling” is that kind of ‘call’. It’s God’s effectual call to the sure and certain expectation that He will completely fulfill all that He has purposed to do for us in Christ. And the reason that it’s important that our hope is based on His call is because it gives us the confidence that it will be completely fulfilled-and all because it is dependent upon Him and not on us.●●Our hope, then, is based on God’s effectual call; and it cannot fail to be effectual because He Himself cannot fail.● ●HOW DOES THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBE THIS HOPE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED?● Turn with me first to the Book of Romans. Romans tells us much of what God has done to bring us into this hope. And in Romans 8:18-25, Paul wrote; For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but ●we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:18-25).● ●The present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the hope that we have in Christ. Paul was certain of this, because the God who will fulfill this hope in us is all-powerful; and is able to make all things in this created universe serve the cause of this hope.● ●He said in Romans 8:28-30- And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30)●.

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●How Do We Obtain This Inheritance? ● (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins, “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. ●The gospel must be your power.● The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life.● This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. ●His word must be all that we want to hear and believe. ● ●The Down Payment ● (1:14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory. Paul further reminds his readers that the Spirit “is the guarantee of our inheritance.” “Guarantee” is used only three times in the NT, each by Paul in reference to the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; cf. Rom. 8:23). In the ancient world, ●a “guarantee” (arrabōn) functioned as a down payment given to someone providing a service with the expectation that full payment would be made after the service was performed●. ●God has given his people the Holy Spirit with the expectation and assurance that a full inheritance will follow (cf. 2 Cor. 5:5)●. That is, the presence of God’s Spirit will not be undone but will endure “until we acquire possession of inheritance” (Eph. 1:14; cf. 4:30). In verse 13 13-14, “You were sealed with the Holy Spirit so as to guarantee that they will receive their promised inheritance. Notice that the scripture says in verse 14 that this is the down payment (HCSB, NET) or pledge (NASB, NRSV) or deposit (NIV) of our inheritance. This is the first installment of the full inheritance to come. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” (Acts 2:38-39 ESV) ●Israel was God’s inheritance. They were his prized possession with all the privileges and blessings of being his people. However, they lost this inheritance because of their faithlessness and disobedience.● This is what Peter is promising to those who will come to Christ. Acts 2:38-39 says that your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when you are cut to the heart, repent, and are baptized. 15 “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ (Acts 26:15-18 NASB) ●Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes Access to the Father and all the blessings in Christ are just the first taste of all that God will give, there is so much more to come when Christ returns.● ●Now what is this knowledge supposed to do in us? ● Notice how verse 14 ends: “to the praise of his glory.” God has brought you into his inheritance and made you belong to him so that you would live to the praise of his glory. When we glorify ourselves, we are stealing glory away from God. You are part of the glorious inheritance. Live to the praise of his glory. ●Thanksgiving and Prayer● 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength Paul begins by praising the Ephesians Christians for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. ●Paul is praying that they are going to have “good eyes” when they read what he is writing. He wants them to read in such a way so that God’s glory and will is revealed to them. They must have a disposition of wisdom. They must have a spirit of revelation. They must be ready to receive the word with insight and perception. Paul is saying don’t want you to read with darkened hearts.● I want the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. Notice that this insight is found in the knowledge of him. Paul is calling for these Christians to not just know the facts. He is calling for a deeper knowledge and truly experience their Lord. Every word has a purpose and meaning for us to examine. Do not just roll over the words. Read with a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Read with perception. Read with insight. Listen to every word from God. Slow down and meditate on one verse and just let it soak your heart. Let the light of Christ pour into your heart. ●Let God turn the light bulb on in your mind and heart. Paul is telling Christians that we need our spiritual faculties awakened.● ●What God Wants You To Know (1:18-23)● Paul wants our hearts enlightened so that we can know three things. This is what God wants us to know. (1) To know what is the hope to which he has called you. God wants us to have an expanded awareness of the full implications of His calling in our lives. You need to know the hope that God has called you to.

💥NOTES (D)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●The word “power” is from the well-known Greek word dunamis, which describes power or ability.● But very often, the word dunamis was also used to depict the assembled forces of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve unchallenged victories. ●These troops were so strong that they simply could not be resisted. But in addition, ●the Greek word dunamis can also describe the power that is inherent in a certain aspect of nature. For example, the power in a hurricane would be described as dunamis power, because it is a power so mighty that it is impossible to resist or impossible to defeat.● ●So when Paul used these three words to describe the power of God that works in us - huperballo, megethos, dunamis - he was piling image on top of image to show how irresistible is the power that works in us who believe. This power is so mighty it can neither be measured nor resisted. There is simply no human power in existence to compare to it!● The apostle Paul went on to say that ●it is the same “…mighty power, which he [God] wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead….” Paul was making it emphatically clear that no power has ever equaled or rivaled the power that was required for Christ’s resurrection.● It was the greatest manifestation of power that the universe has ever witnessed. It literally seized Jesus from death’s grip, raised Him back into His body, and then continued to lift Him up through demonic principalities, powers, might, and dominion until He was seated at His throne at the right hand of the Father. No power in hell or on earth, and no principality or power in the heavens, was able to resist this demonstration of divine energy. ●What a thrill to realize that God doesn’t just put a small dose of power inside us who believe. He has placed the power of His Son’s resurrection in us! It is a power that utterly eclipses any other power. It is full, boundless, measureless energy - so mighty that no evil power can resist it. And to think God has made it available to those who believe!● Now that is something for you to think about! Notice verse 22 carefully. God put all things under Christ’s feet and gave him. God gave him to the church (us) as head over all things. The church has authority and power to overcome all opposition because he is our leader and head. He is Lord of all. We are filled with and filled by Christ. ●Conclusion● How do you get to know someone? Can you read biographical information or historical data about him? These things will help you know a lot about the person, but you will not know him. ●God wants us to know him, not to know about him.● If you want to get to know someone then you have to spend time with that person. There are three glorious things that God wants you to know for your walk with him. But we need to pray for and seek to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am asking you to desire the word of God. I am asking you to ●desire soaking on God’s word. Without that spirit, you will not enjoy studying God’s word, nor Bible classes, nor worship, nor preaching, or anything else that is tied to God. You will not come to love the Lord the way he wants you to because you have not experienced this deep knowledge of him.● ● Let the knowledge of the Lord change your life. Know the hope to which you have been called. Know the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Know the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us as seen through the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. ●Let yourself experience the joy and wealth of knowing Christ. Make it your goal to get to know him.● Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise (v.13) The Promise of the Holy Spirit that was prophesied about by Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Joel, John the Baptist and Jesus has been made available to you in Christ today! ***9. You Know the Hope of His Calling (v.18) His calling over your life is the basket you can put all of your eggs in. It’s an anchor. It’s a rock. It will never end in vain. ***10. You are the Riches of His Inheritance (v.18) You are of great value to Jesus. As Christ brought you back to God, God gives you back to Jesus as His inheritance. You are valuable in Christ, you are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are His eternal reward that He cherishes. ***11. The Exceeding Greatness of His Power (v.19-20) Paul says the exceeding greatness of His power is toward you who believe. What kind of power of this? It is the same power that raised Christ from the dead! It is the same power that conquered sin, death and hell. In Christ, this same power is present in your life today!

💥NOTES (C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●Now; turn with me to 1 Corinthians 15. In our present state of being-in these frail bodies of ours-we couldn’t possibly experience the fulfillment of this hope. But as a part of His call, God promises to transform these bodies of ours so that we will experience the fulfillment of this hope. In 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Paul wrote; Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”● The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:50-58). And then, turn with me to 2 Corinthians 4.● The struggles and trials that we look upon in these still-frail bodies-the pains and sicknesses and weaknesses we suffer-may seem at times to discourage us and distract us from this hope. But Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18;● ●Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).● Paul was praying for his readers in Ephesus (1) that they would know-down to the deepest level of their hearts-this hope of God’s calling. If you turn to Colossians 1, you find that he wrote a similar thing to the believers in the city of Colossae. He prayed for those believers to know it too. He even thanked God for what was ahead for them; saying; We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel … For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light (Colossians 1:3-5, 9-13). (2) To know what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Second, we are to know the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. We looked at this in the last lesson. We are God’s inheritance. God wants you to know the wealth and richness of what it means to be God’s inheritance. Know what it means to be the people of God. We must appreciate the value God places on us as part of his inheritance. We cannot begin to name all the riches of being God’s people. But let us consider a few rich blessings. Being in God’s family means that we will see Jesus face to face. It means that we will be in the presence of God. It means that we will be in the comfort of God. It means that we will be joined with the disciples of Jesus who have gone on before us. It means rest from our labors. It means every pain in this life will be resolved. It means seeing the reward of all we have been striving toward. Being the people of God just has no end to its vast wealth and blessings to us. We are valuable to God because he purchased us in order to inherit us. We look for Christ’s return when he comes to get his saints. God doesn’t need us. God wants us. (3) To know what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe. God wants you to know his power. How much power does God have? Notice how his power is described. It is the “immeasurable greatness of his power.” The word “greatness” is the Greek word megethos, a form of mega, meaning great. However, as megethos, this word would be better translated vast. This means that the power Paul is describing is boundless, immense, limitless, measureless, and vast. One could say that it is so mighty that it is simply beyond human ability to measure.

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●1. WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THE WORD ‘HOPE’?● ●When we use the word “hope” in our ordinary conversations of life, we’re usually saying that we desire and long for something to happen●. We don’t necessarily have the certainty that it will happen, when we say things like, “I sure hope that my check will come in the mail soon;” or, “I’m hoping to hear good news from the doctor later this week.” ●Hope, in this sense, is a verb. It’s something we do●. But the “hope” that Paul is talking about in our passage isn’t like that, he isn’t speaking of the act of ‘hoping’ with the vague sense that it might or might not happen. This hope doesn’t have any uncertainty about it at all. Paul is not using the word as a verb but as a noun-a thing that is. ●Paul speaks of this thing as “the hope” of God’s calling; and so, by “hope” Paul meant the sure and certain expectation of the complete fulfillment of the promise that God has made for all those that He calls into a relationship by faith with Christ-a certainty upon which we can entrust our entire life and eternity.● There is no uncertainty whatsoever to this thing that is our “hope”. It is absolutely sure and certain. Now; Paul called it the “hope” of God’s “calling”. And so, a second question we need to ask is … ●2. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT IT IS BASED ON GOD’S ‘CALL’?● When we first heard the gospel of Jesus, we heard a ‘call’ from God. It was as if He said, “Look! I have loved you so much that I have sent My Son Jesus into the world. He was born into the human family for you, and He died on the cross to pay for your sins. Now; place your faith in Him and come. Enter into a relationship with Me through Him.” And when you heard that call, you believed, and you placed your faith in Jesus, and you came. That’s a kind of call from God that theologians sometimes refer to as the general call; or the gospel call. But there’s another kind of call that theologians often refer to as the effectual call of God. It’s a call by which ●God sovereignly and graciously draws a sinner to Himself and does for them everything that He has purposed to do for them in Christ from eternity. It’s called effectual because, in it, God accomplishes everything, and brings into effect all He intended to do for the salvation of the sinner.● We find this kind of call mentioned in Romans 8:30; where we’re told that whom God predestined He also called, and whom He called He also justified, and whom He justified He also glorified-with God doing all the work of accomplishing His call from beginning to end. ●The kind of call that Paul is speaking of when he speaks of “the hope of His calling” is that kind of ‘call’. It’s God’s effectual call to the sure and certain expectation that He will completely fulfill all that He has purposed to do for us in Christ. And the reason that it’s important that our hope is based on His call is because it gives us the confidence that it will be completely fulfilled-and all because it is dependent upon Him and not on us.●●Our hope, then, is based on God’s effectual call; and it cannot fail to be effectual because He Himself cannot fail.● ●HOW DOES THE APOSTLE PAUL DESCRIBE THIS HOPE TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED?● Turn with me first to the Book of Romans. Romans tells us much of what God has done to bring us into this hope. And in Romans 8:18-25, Paul wrote; For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but ●we also who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance (Romans 8:18-25).● ●The present sufferings were not worthy to be compared with the hope that we have in Christ. Paul was certain of this, because the God who will fulfill this hope in us is all-powerful; and is able to make all things in this created universe serve the cause of this hope.● ●He said in Romans 8:28-30- And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:28-30)●.

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 5 PART 5️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Down Payment ● ●Hearing the Word of Truth● ●What God Wants You To Have & Know ● ●Sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise● ●His Calling & The Greatness of His Power● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 8, 2024 ●How Do We Obtain This Inheritance? ● (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins, “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.” The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. ●The gospel must be your power.● The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life.● This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. ●His word must be all that we want to hear and believe. ● ●The Down Payment ● (1:14) who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession-to the praise of his glory. Paul further reminds his readers that the Spirit “is the guarantee of our inheritance.” “Guarantee” is used only three times in the NT, each by Paul in reference to the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; cf. Rom. 8:23). In the ancient world, ●a “guarantee” (arrabōn) functioned as a down payment given to someone providing a service with the expectation that full payment would be made after the service was performed●. ●God has given his people the Holy Spirit with the expectation and assurance that a full inheritance will follow (cf. 2 Cor. 5:5)●. That is, the presence of God’s Spirit will not be undone but will endure “until we acquire possession of inheritance” (Eph. 1:14; cf. 4:30). In verse 13 13-14, “You were sealed with the Holy Spirit so as to guarantee that they will receive their promised inheritance. Notice that the scripture says in verse 14 that this is the down payment (HCSB, NET) or pledge (NASB, NRSV) or deposit (NIV) of our inheritance. This is the first installment of the full inheritance to come. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” (Acts 2:38-39 ESV) ●Israel was God’s inheritance. They were his prized possession with all the privileges and blessings of being his people. However, they lost this inheritance because of their faithlessness and disobedience.● This is what Peter is promising to those who will come to Christ. Acts 2:38-39 says that your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit when you are cut to the heart, repent, and are baptized. 15 “And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’ (Acts 26:15-18 NASB) ●Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes Access to the Father and all the blessings in Christ are just the first taste of all that God will give, there is so much more to come when Christ returns.● ●Now what is this knowledge supposed to do in us? ● Notice how verse 14 ends: “to the praise of his glory.” God has brought you into his inheritance and made you belong to him so that you would live to the praise of his glory. When we glorify ourselves, we are stealing glory away from God. You are part of the glorious inheritance. Live to the praise of his glory. ●Thanksgiving and Prayer● 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength Paul begins by praising the Ephesians Christians for their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love for all the saints. ●Paul is praying that they are going to have “good eyes” when they read what he is writing. He wants them to read in such a way so that God’s glory and will is revealed to them. They must have a disposition of wisdom. They must have a spirit of revelation. They must be ready to receive the word with insight and perception. Paul is saying don’t want you to read with darkened hearts.● I want the eyes of your heart to be enlightened. Notice that this insight is found in the knowledge of him. Paul is calling for these Christians to not just know the facts. He is calling for a deeper knowledge and truly experience their Lord. Every word has a purpose and meaning for us to examine. Do not just roll over the words. Read with a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Read with perception. Read with insight. Listen to every word from God. Slow down and meditate on one verse and just let it soak your heart. Let the light of Christ pour into your heart. ●Let God turn the light bulb on in your mind and heart. Paul is telling Christians that we need our spiritual faculties awakened.● ●What God Wants You To Know (1:18-23)● Paul wants our hearts enlightened so that we can know three things. This is what God wants us to know. (1) To know what is the hope to which he has called you. God wants us to have an expanded awareness of the full implications of His calling in our lives. You need to know the hope that God has called you to.

💥(NOTES C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 4PART 4️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings ● We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Wealth & Riches Of His Grace● ●The Blessing Of Wisdom & Insight ● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 1, 2024 -You Also- (1:13) ■Now, are the Gentiles left out of the inheritance?■ Are Gentiles excluded from being heirs of this great inheritance and having the blessings of God dispensed to them? Look at verse 13.■ “In him you also….” The Gentiles, who were previously excluded, are now also included in these promises through the death of Jesus.■ Notice Paul says that you also “were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” Is Paul describing something different? Is this a different blessing being described to the Gentile Christians? Not at all and there are many reasons why. First, Paul said, “you also.” ■What Jewish Christians have received so also the Gentile Christians have received.■ Second, the Holy Spirit is the “guarantee of our inheritance.” The inheritance is what we have been talking about in this section. Go back to verse 11: “In him, you have obtained an inheritance.” ■Paul is declaring that Jews and Gentiles have equal access to this inheritance.■ You also are able to be counted as God’s chosen people and prized possession. -How Do We Obtain This Inheritance?- (1:13) Paul does not leave us to wonder how the Ephesians came to access and participate in these glorious blessings. Go back to verse 13. Paul begins,■ “when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.”■ The word of truth is the means to your salvation. Faith comes by hearing the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). It is the gospel that will produce your salvation. ■Deep faith comes from hearing the word of Christ. True, saving belief will only come from hearing the voice of God. The gospel must be your power.■ The gospel must be your strength. The gospel must be central to your life. This is why every sermon is from the word of God. This is why every study is examining the scriptures. The word of truth is what saves us. Studying anything else is a vain pursuit. I was at a church on vacation that for its Sunday morning Bible study in the auditorium was studying the movie, Courageous and applying to the principles found in the scriptures. Friends, this is studying the wrong thing. I do not care how spiritual a movie or book may be, we do not study C.S. Lewis or Tolkien, or some other writer. ■God’s word is the only word that gives life. His word is the only word that saves. His word must be all that we want to hear and believe.■

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 4PART 4️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥NOTES IN THE COMMENTS 💥 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Wealth & Riches Of His Grace● ●The Blessing Of Wisdom & Insight ● ●All Things In Christ ● ●Obtained An Eternal Inheritance● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 1, 2024 9. Made Known to You the Mystery of His Will (v.9) In a fallen world of war, suffering, and disease; a sinful world where bad things happen to good people; ■God has revealed His solution to us. He wrapped-up every answer to every aspect of the human condition in Christ and He gave it to us.■ 10. Obtained An Eternal Inheritance (v.11 In our last lesson we learned that we have been redeemed by the blood of Christ. ▪️The debt of our sins has been paid. You can either pay for your sins or you can let Christ pay for your sins.▪️▪️ Our redemption and debt removal have caused us to be heirs of God’s inheritance. We are obtaining a portion of God’s inheritance. It is important not to think of the inheritance as heaven▪️. It is easy to read about receiving an inheritance from God and think that the author is speaking about our hope for heaven. But that is not the point of this text. We need to look back into the scriptures and the promises of God to understand what Paul means when he says that we have obtained an inheritance. But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. (Deuteronomy 4:20 ESV) For they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm. (Deuteronomy 9:29 ESV) When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the people of Israel. But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob, His own inheritance. (Deuteronomy 32:8-9 HCSB) Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. (Psalm 33:12 NIV) I want us to see that being God’s people was the inheritance. ▪️Israel was regarded as the Lord’s inheritance and portion. What made Israel special over the Gentiles? God’s relationship with Israel made them special and distinct.▪️ God would provide, protect, defend, and bless Israel in ways that the Gentiles would never experience. However, the scriptures show Israel being set into slavery because of their disobedience and lack of faith.▪️ But through Christ, people can have the privilege of being God’s inheritance▪️. ▪️How do we have this inheritance? It was not by our actions again. Notice that verse 11 declares that we have been predestined to this inheritance.▪️ God was going to have a people who would be his possession that he would bless and they would praise him. All of the blessings of God have been restored. ■You are his chosen people. You are his valuable possession.■ Your joy and hope are not in you but in God who values you. You belong to God and that means something glorious. God has made it possible through the cross for us to belong to him. No one questions God when it comes to this. Everyone likes to question God and his goodness. But no one stops to think about how God can look at us with our mountain of debt of sins, forgive us, and make us heirs of his glorious inheritance. No one! God has solved a problem for us. We must stand in awe of this truth. ■We cannot lose sight of the beauty of belonging to God, and being the people of God, God is with us, he is our God and we are his people. Our sins make this impossible but with God all things are possible.■ -The First To Hope In Christ- (1:12) Let’s look at what this accomplishes by examining verse 12. ■”God made us to be his inheritance “so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.”■ For the first time, ■ the apostle Paul speaks of two different groups: the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians.■ He will talk about this distinction more in chapter 2. But those who were “the first to hope in Christ” are the Jews who we read about hearing the gospel in the first nine chapters of the book of Acts. The gospel message was proclaimed first in Jerusalem and Judea. The message was to first go to the Jews.■ Through Christ, the Jews are able to receive this inheritance. But notice what this was to cause: so that they would be to the praise of his glory.■ The Jews, who were shown in the scriptures to be violators of God’s covenant and lawbreakers, are now put into a relationship with the Father and made heirs of God’s blessings and promises through the death of Christ so that their lives would be to the praise of God’s glory.

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 4PART 4️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 💥NOTES IN THE COMMENTS 💥 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●The Wealth & Riches Of His Grace● ●The Blessing Of Wisdom & Insight ● ●All Things In Christ ● ●Obtained An Eternal Inheritance● With Bishop Worrell Hylton October 1, 2024 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● 8. Riches of His Grace Abound To You (v.7- Grace means “unmerited favor.” Abound means “to have in abundance.” In Christ, there is an abundant measure of unmerited favor flowing to your life like a river that will last from here into the never-ending depths of eternity. -The Blessing of Wisdom and Insight- (1:8-9) But there is another great blessing in Christ. Remember that Paul began this letter by telling us that God is worthy of praise because he has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. Here is another one of those blessings. ◾️God has made known to us the mystery of his will in all wisdom and insight. God not only forgives our debt, but gives us what we need to understand him and his will and to live life according to that will.▪️We can understand God’s will. Paul will explain how that came about in chapter 3. It is not the purpose of Paul to explain right now how we can understand the mystery of God’s will. ▪️Paul wants to know that it is possible. We can come to know God.▪️ -All Things In Christ- (1:10) These things have a glorious purpose. God has forgiven our trespasses and made known his will in all wisdom and insight to us. ▪️God delighted in laying out his plans, first to redeem his people and second to reveal to them the mystery of his will. All of this was according to his purpose in Christ.▪️ God’s delight and God’s glory are always for our good. This was all part of God’s glorious plan. What was the purpose? ▪️ The purpose was “to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.” God redeems people in order to gather all things to himself.▪️Before God made the heavens and earth, he developed a long range plan for humanity. Christ is the focal point of that plan. ▪️All things are summed up in Christ. Everything, whether on earth or in heaven, comes together in Christ. Every being in heaven and earth is to willfully and joyfully submit to Christ.▪️ 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11▪️ Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.▪️ (Hebrews 2:9-11 NIV) Can you believe that Jesus calls us family, brothers, and sisters, and is not ashamed to do so? Have you had family members that you were ashamed of because of their actions? What have you done that you are ashamed of? ▪️God had predetermined that he would bring humans into his family, call them his sons and daughters, which Jesus as our brother. ▪️ Oh, the depths of God’s love that are displayed so that we would praise his glory because of his grace toward us. ▪️God elected you and predestined you to adoption so that you would bring praise and honor to him. All that we do is to be for the praise of his glory.▪️ His grace is poured into our lives to display his glory. ■It was God’s purpose to decide beforehand that he would adopt humans to be his children. He has selected you to be His son or daughter. You are a part of His family. He is your Father.■ Many times, when parents adopt a child, they go through a selection process for deciding on who they will adopt and who they won’t adopt. ■God already went through His decision-making process about you a long time ago and decided to adopt you as one of His children.■

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●5. Accepted in the Beloved (v.6) You are not rejected. You are not an outcast. You are not unworthy of approval. The Creator of the universe accepts you in Christ. You have been relationally reconciled in Christ and are pleasing to God. You might not have health in all of your relationships right now, but, in Christ, there is nothing between you and God today. Paul says that we were predestined for adoption as his children. Adoption carries so many significant truths. ●First, the one adopting pays a great price. The cost for our adoption to become children of God was the blood of Jesus. His blood is the means that secured our adoption. The highest price that could ever be conceived, the death of the Son of God, was what was necessary to adopt us. ●Second, the one being adopted cannot will the adoption to happen. If God did not want to adopt us sinners as his children, then we could not have been adopted. Third, adoption means you are part of a new, permanent family. There is nothing temporary about adoption. You are given all the rights and privileges of the family. It is as if you are born into the family by blood once you are adopted. God signed the adoption papers for you with the blood of Christ. Your identity is secured in this new family. Before we could do anything, before we even existed, God chose to adopt us. ●THE BASIS OF ADOPTION● ●Why did God do this for us? Notice the beginning of the sentence which is found at the end of verse 4: “In love he predestined us for adoption.” The basis of our adoption is his own love for us. Can we begin to see and try to understand the depths of God’s love for us? Can we try to get our minds around the idea that God is acting for us, like a parent on the basis of love? ●God’s love for you is deeper than you have for your own children.● ●God has chosen to adopt you. Listen to how the apostle John proclaimed this desire for our hearts.● See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1 NIV) Do we see this love? ●The second reason God predestined us for adoption was because of “the purpose of his will.●” I think the NKJV has a good interpretation, “according to the good pleasure of his will.” Our adoption was the plan of God and that plan came from his own good pleasure. This is what God desired to do and God accomplished that will. ●Salvation is not some accident or afterthought on the part of God. His purpose and desire was always to draw you to himself. God wanted you to be his child.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him. But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us. ●2. Holy and Blameless (v.4) This is the second heavenly blessing. Notice how this fits what Paul goes on to teach. He does not end the sentence that he just chose people. ●Notice that he chose us to be holy and blameless before him. God has not elected us to remain sinners. The process does not stop with the election. God has not selected us to continue in sin. God has called us to be holy. Israel was called to be holy and blameless and now we are that chosen people (Deuteronomy 18:13; Exodus 19:6). ●Therefore, the test of our election is the holiness of our lives. We do not belong to the elect if we are not living holy lives before him. ●Notice that the apostle Paul, in a parallel text, makes the same point to the Colossians: And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. (Colossians 1:21-23 ESV)● ●In Christ, you are holy and blameless. This means you are fit to serve Him and worship Him despite your shortcomings.● God enjoys you when you approach Him and He gladly moves through your life to touch others, not because of your own righteousness, but because of the righteousness of Christ that has been imputed or attributed to you. ●The apostle Peter puts it this way. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:10-11 NIV) ●The apostle Paul instructed the Corinthians in the same manner. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV) ●We have been called/elected/chosen to be holy and blameless before him. This happens by continuing firmly in the faith and not shifting away from the gospel which called us. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6 ESV) ●3. . In His Love (v.4) In Christ you stand in agape or unconditional love. You cannot earn it. Today, you are unconditionally loved in Christ. Have you received it? Make the following confession today, “Jesus, I receive your unconditional love.” ●4. Predestined to Adoption (v.5) God has predetermined to call you His own in Christ. -Predestined- The word “predestined” means what it sounds like - “to decide beforehand, mark out beforehand, to determine beforehand.” God decided in advance. I want us to stop and think about this statement for a minute. ●People want to know the purpose of their lives. Why are we here?● ●God has a purpose for you and every human being before you were ever created. That purpose is to be adopted as his children through Jesus Christ. Our destiny is to enter the family of God so that we might become children of God. God created you to belong to the family in Christ.● ●We were predestined to belong to Jesus. That is what you have been called to. God chose us to be in Christ and decided to bring us into relationship with himself through adoption. To state this another way: God determined in advance that those who are in Christ would be his people.●

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 ●TO THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN EPHESUS: Paul described the Ephesian believers as ●God’s holy people (NIV) or saints. It doesn’t mean we are perfect. To be means that you are no longer defined by your sin, but by the righteousness of Christ.● The Greek word ‘hagios‘ translated as saint, means “set apart and dedicated as holy unto the LORD.” That is what we are as Christians (see 1 Peter 2:9,10). ●God's people are holy because of the imputed righteousness of Jesus (cf. Romans 4; II Cor. 5:21). God set us apart as his own "treasured possession" to be a "holy nation" through which God make himself known to the world. ● ●In the New Testament, believers in Jesus Christ are referred to as "saints" or "holy people" because they are set apart by God as the bride of Christ. ● ●A saint is simply a sinner who has discovered the marvelous grace of God through Christ Jesus.● Paul refers to the believers as “those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus.” ●To be sanctified means, “to be made clean, to be separated and set apart for a purpose.”● 1 Corinthians 6:11: “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” Hebrews 10:10: “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.” We are called “to be saints together will all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ●The word “Sanctify” and “saint” come from the same root word in Greek. Saint is the noun form of sanctified. When you are saved, you are immediately set apart because you now belong to Christ.● It is God's will that we live holy lives (cf. 1:4; 2:10; 4:1; 5:27; Col. 1:22; 3:12; Matt. 5:48). ●Believers are both declared holy (positional sanctification) ●and called to lifestyle holiness (progressive sanctification). Justification and sanctification must be affirmed together! Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:" ●Spiritual blessings are invisible blessings; heavenly gifts that are invisible and intangible, and yet they alone, are able to completely satisfy our souls.● Ephesians 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. ●Paul gave us 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ.● ●1. Chosen Before the Foundation of the World (v.4) Notice that this is the first blessing in Christ from the heavenly places that we have received. “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world.” We are chosen by God before He said, let there be light. ●To know you’ve been chosen before the foundation of the world is to know that your life matters. Your existence isn’t an accident or by-product of natural selection. God has been thinking about your destiny before He ever said, “Let there be light.●” ●The imagery of being chosen comes from the Old Testament. Israel was chosen by God. Listen to how Moses describes the selection of Israel in Deuteronomy 7. “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:6-8 ESV)● ●There was nothing that Israel did to warrant their selection as God’s people. God simply said, “You are my people” and therefore Israel was set apart from the world to be his people. They were not chosen by God for who they were or what they had done.● In Ephesians 1:3. Paul says that we were chosen to be a holy and blameless people. Moses says the same to Israel that they are a holy people to the Lord, chosen to be his treasured possession. Before the foundation of the world. Paul says that “we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world.” This tells us that our election cannot be based on our actions. God chose us before the creation. Before the worlds were established, we were selected. Before anything was ever made and before any human walked the earth, God says that he chose us in Christ. ●Before anyone was made, God decided that he was going to have you as one of those who would belong to him and therefore, He sets you apart for him.● ● Election means that the existence of the people of God can be explained only on the basis of God’s character, plan, and action, not on some quality in the people who are chosen.● The initiative is always based on God’s grace. Before the foundation of the world were laid, God had determined that all who believed in his Son should be saved. For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. (Isaiah 14:1 ESV) But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”; 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:8-10 ESV). ●Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, were granted access to the promised land and did not perish in that desert.● The people were elected by God, but few showed themselves to be the offspring of Abraham. ●In the beginning, only the people who had the heritage of being Israelites had access. But even though Israel was elected by God, many of them were not truly God’s people. Then God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him.● 💥 But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us.💥

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ●Ephesus was a wealthy port city in the Roman province of Asia. It was a center of learning and was near several key land routes. The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the churches in Ephesus and the surrounding region c. A.D. 62 while imprisoned in Rome (Acts 28). During this time, he also wrote Colossians and Philemon. All three letters were sent with Tychicus and Onesimus. Ephesians offers general instruction in the truths of God’s redemptive work in Christ; the unity of the church among diverse peoples; and proper conduct in the church, the home, and the world. ●Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is different compared to many of the other New Testament letters he wrote. Like Romans, Ephesians was not written so much to address problems in a particular church; more so, it was written to explain some of the great themes and doctrines of Christianity● ●The great themes and doctrines of Christianity● I. All people are by nature spiritually dead. They disobey God’s law and are ruled by Satan (1:7; 2:1-3, 5, 11-12). II. God predestined his people to redemption and holiness in Christ (1:3-14; 2:4, 8-9). III. God’s rich mercy in Christ has saved sinners. This free gift is by grace through faith alone (1:7-8; 2:4-14). IV. Jesus’ saving work was part of redeeming a fallen creation for God. For this, he deserves glory, honor, and authority in this age and the next (1:15-23; 3:1-13). V. Jesus unites Jews and Gentiles into his one body, the church, as a new creation (1:23; 2:10-22; 3:1-21; 4:1-6). VI. Christ’s people are saved to new lives of holiness in thought, word, and deed. They must reject their old, sinful lifestyles (4:1-3, 17-32; 5:1-20). VII. Holiness in life includes submission to proper authorities, in home and family life, and those in authority must care for those in submission to them (5:21-6:9). VIII. Jesus has given powerful gifts to his church. These bring unity, maturity, and defense against the devil and his allies (4:7-16; 6:10-19). ●YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST● As followers of Christ, it is extremely vital that we know and understand our identity in Christ. ●YOU ARE A SAINT Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul "an apostle". ●The term "apostle" comes from the Greek verb "to send" (apostellō). ●This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew term "messiah" (see Special Topic at Col. 1:1; cf. Dan. 9:25-26; John 1:41; 4:25), which meant "an anointed one" (cf. Matt. 1:16). It implies "one called and equipped by God for a specific task."● ●In the OT three groups of leaders: priests, kings, and prophets were anointed.● Paul says he is an Apostle "by the will of God", Paul was convinced that God had chosen him to be an Apostle. This special sense of calling began at his Damascus road conversion (cf. Acts 9; 22; 26). This was also a theological way of asserting his apostolic authority.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●5. Accepted in the Beloved (v.6) You are not rejected. You are not an outcast. You are not unworthy of approval. The Creator of the universe accepts you in Christ. You have been relationally reconciled in Christ and are pleasing to God. You might not have health in all of your relationships right now, but, in Christ, there is nothing between you and God today. Paul says that we were predestined for adoption as his children. Adoption carries so many significant truths. ●First, the one adopting pays a great price. The cost for our adoption to become children of God was the blood of Jesus. His blood is the means that secured our adoption. The highest price that could ever be conceived, the death of the Son of God, was what was necessary to adopt us. ●Second, the one being adopted cannot will the adoption to happen. If God did not want to adopt us sinners as his children, then we could not have been adopted. Third, adoption means you are part of a new, permanent family. There is nothing temporary about adoption. You are given all the rights and privileges of the family. It is as if you are born into the family by blood once you are adopted. God signed the adoption papers for you with the blood of Christ. Your identity is secured in this new family. Before we could do anything, before we even existed, God chose to adopt us. ●THE BASIS OF ADOPTION● ●Why did God do this for us? Notice the beginning of the sentence which is found at the end of verse 4: “In love he predestined us for adoption.” The basis of our adoption is his own love for us. Can we begin to see and try to understand the depths of God’s love for us? Can we try to get our minds around the idea that God is acting for us, like a parent on the basis of love? ●God’s love for you is deeper than you have for your own children.● ●God has chosen to adopt you. Listen to how the apostle John proclaimed this desire for our hearts.● See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1 NIV) Do we see this love? ●The second reason God predestined us for adoption was because of “the purpose of his will.●” I think the NKJV has a good interpretation, “according to the good pleasure of his will.” Our adoption was the plan of God and that plan came from his own good pleasure. This is what God desired to do and God accomplished that will. ●Salvation is not some accident or afterthought on the part of God. His purpose and desire was always to draw you to himself. God wanted you to be his child.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅Book Of Ephesians Ch 1️⃣✅ WEEK 2 PART 2️⃣ 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ 📍 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● ●Holy and Blameless (v.4) ● ●In His Love (v.4) ● ●Predestined to Adoption (v.5) ● ●Accepted in to the Beloved● ●The Basis Of Adoption● With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 17, 2024 ●Paul's Explanation of The 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ Continues● God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him. But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us. ●2. Holy and Blameless (v.4) This is the second heavenly blessing. Notice how this fits what Paul goes on to teach. He does not end the sentence that he just chose people. ●Notice that he chose us to be holy and blameless before him. God has not elected us to remain sinners. The process does not stop with the election. God has not selected us to continue in sin. God has called us to be holy. Israel was called to be holy and blameless and now we are that chosen people (Deuteronomy 18:13; Exodus 19:6). ●Therefore, the test of our election is the holiness of our lives. We do not belong to the elect if we are not living holy lives before him. ●Notice that the apostle Paul, in a parallel text, makes the same point to the Colossians: And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. (Colossians 1:21-23 ESV)● ●In Christ, you are holy and blameless. This means you are fit to serve Him and worship Him despite your shortcomings.● God enjoys you when you approach Him and He gladly moves through your life to touch others, not because of your own righteousness, but because of the righteousness of Christ that has been imputed or attributed to you. ●The apostle Peter puts it this way. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:10-11 NIV) ●The apostle Paul instructed the Corinthians in the same manner. Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV) ●We have been called/elected/chosen to be holy and blameless before him. This happens by continuing firmly in the faith and not shifting away from the gospel which called us. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6 ESV) ●3. . In His Love (v.4) In Christ you stand in agape or unconditional love. You cannot earn it. Today, you are unconditionally loved in Christ. Have you received it? Make the following confession today, “Jesus, I receive your unconditional love.” ●4. Predestined to Adoption (v.5) God has predetermined to call you His own in Christ. -Predestined- The word “predestined” means what it sounds like - “to decide beforehand, mark out beforehand, to determine beforehand.” God decided in advance. I want us to stop and think about this statement for a minute. ●People want to know the purpose of their lives. Why are we here?● ●God has a purpose for you and every human being before you were ever created. That purpose is to be adopted as his children through Jesus Christ. Our destiny is to enter the family of God so that we might become children of God. God created you to belong to the family in Christ.● ●We were predestined to belong to Jesus. That is what you have been called to. God chose us to be in Christ and decided to bring us into relationship with himself through adoption. To state this another way: God determined in advance that those who are in Christ would be his people.●

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 ●TO THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN EPHESUS: Paul described the Ephesian believers as ●God’s holy people (NIV) or saints. It doesn’t mean we are perfect. To be means that you are no longer defined by your sin, but by the righteousness of Christ.● The Greek word ‘hagios‘ translated as saint, means “set apart and dedicated as holy unto the LORD.” That is what we are as Christians (see 1 Peter 2:9,10). ●God's people are holy because of the imputed righteousness of Jesus (cf. Romans 4; II Cor. 5:21). God set us apart as his own "treasured possession" to be a "holy nation" through which God make himself known to the world. ● ●In the New Testament, believers in Jesus Christ are referred to as "saints" or "holy people" because they are set apart by God as the bride of Christ. ● ●A saint is simply a sinner who has discovered the marvelous grace of God through Christ Jesus.● Paul refers to the believers as “those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus.” ●To be sanctified means, “to be made clean, to be separated and set apart for a purpose.”● 1 Corinthians 6:11: “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” Hebrews 10:10: “We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.” We are called “to be saints together will all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ●The word “Sanctify” and “saint” come from the same root word in Greek. Saint is the noun form of sanctified. When you are saved, you are immediately set apart because you now belong to Christ.● It is God's will that we live holy lives (cf. 1:4; 2:10; 4:1; 5:27; Col. 1:22; 3:12; Matt. 5:48). ●Believers are both declared holy (positional sanctification) ●and called to lifestyle holiness (progressive sanctification). Justification and sanctification must be affirmed together! Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:" ●Spiritual blessings are invisible blessings; heavenly gifts that are invisible and intangible, and yet they alone, are able to completely satisfy our souls.● Ephesians 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. ●Paul gave us 15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ.● ●1. Chosen Before the Foundation of the World (v.4) Notice that this is the first blessing in Christ from the heavenly places that we have received. “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world.” We are chosen by God before He said, let there be light. ●To know you’ve been chosen before the foundation of the world is to know that your life matters. Your existence isn’t an accident or by-product of natural selection. God has been thinking about your destiny before He ever said, “Let there be light.●” ●The imagery of being chosen comes from the Old Testament. Israel was chosen by God. Listen to how Moses describes the selection of Israel in Deuteronomy 7. “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:6-8 ESV)● ●There was nothing that Israel did to warrant their selection as God’s people. God simply said, “You are my people” and therefore Israel was set apart from the world to be his people. They were not chosen by God for who they were or what they had done.● In Ephesians 1:3. Paul says that we were chosen to be a holy and blameless people. Moses says the same to Israel that they are a holy people to the Lord, chosen to be his treasured possession. Before the foundation of the world. Paul says that “we were chosen in him before the foundation of the world.” This tells us that our election cannot be based on our actions. God chose us before the creation. Before the worlds were established, we were selected. Before anything was ever made and before any human walked the earth, God says that he chose us in Christ. ●Before anyone was made, God decided that he was going to have you as one of those who would belong to him and therefore, He sets you apart for him.● ● Election means that the existence of the people of God can be explained only on the basis of God’s character, plan, and action, not on some quality in the people who are chosen.● The initiative is always based on God’s grace. Before the foundation of the world were laid, God had determined that all who believed in his Son should be saved. For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. (Isaiah 14:1 ESV) But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; 9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”; 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:8-10 ESV). ●Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, were granted access to the promised land and did not perish in that desert.● The people were elected by God, but few showed themselves to be the offspring of Abraham. ●In the beginning, only the people who had the heritage of being Israelites had access. But even though Israel was elected by God, many of them were not truly God’s people. Then God made a promise to open the doors of access to the whole world to belong in relationship to him.● 💥 But our election calls for us to continue in faith toward the one who called us.💥

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Ephesians Ch1 WEEK 1 PART 📍 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ📍 ●INTRODUCTION● ●Themes & Doctrines Of Christianity ● ●Your Identity in Christ● ●Apostles Anointed • Saints Set Apart● ●positional sanctification) & (progressive sanctification)● ●15 Spiritual Blessings We Have In Christ (Apostle Paul) ●Chosen before the foundation of the world With Bishop Worrell Hylton September 10, 2024 God’s Plan Is To Lavish You With All Spiritual Blessings In Christ Ephesians Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ●Ephesus was a wealthy port city in the Roman province of Asia. It was a center of learning and was near several key land routes. The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the churches in Ephesus and the surrounding region c. A.D. 62 while imprisoned in Rome (Acts 28). During this time, he also wrote Colossians and Philemon. All three letters were sent with Tychicus and Onesimus. Ephesians offers general instruction in the truths of God’s redemptive work in Christ; the unity of the church among diverse peoples; and proper conduct in the church, the home, and the world. ●Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is different compared to many of the other New Testament letters he wrote. Like Romans, Ephesians was not written so much to address problems in a particular church; more so, it was written to explain some of the great themes and doctrines of Christianity● ●The great themes and doctrines of Christianity● I. All people are by nature spiritually dead. They disobey God’s law and are ruled by Satan (1:7; 2:1-3, 5, 11-12). II. God predestined his people to redemption and holiness in Christ (1:3-14; 2:4, 8-9). III. God’s rich mercy in Christ has saved sinners. This free gift is by grace through faith alone (1:7-8; 2:4-14). IV. Jesus’ saving work was part of redeeming a fallen creation for God. For this, he deserves glory, honor, and authority in this age and the next (1:15-23; 3:1-13). V. Jesus unites Jews and Gentiles into his one body, the church, as a new creation (1:23; 2:10-22; 3:1-21; 4:1-6). VI. Christ’s people are saved to new lives of holiness in thought, word, and deed. They must reject their old, sinful lifestyles (4:1-3, 17-32; 5:1-20). VII. Holiness in life includes submission to proper authorities, in home and family life, and those in authority must care for those in submission to them (5:21-6:9). VIII. Jesus has given powerful gifts to his church. These bring unity, maturity, and defense against the devil and his allies (4:7-16; 6:10-19). ●YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST● As followers of Christ, it is extremely vital that we know and understand our identity in Christ. ●YOU ARE A SAINT Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul "an apostle". ●The term "apostle" comes from the Greek verb "to send" (apostellō). ●This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew term "messiah" (see Special Topic at Col. 1:1; cf. Dan. 9:25-26; John 1:41; 4:25), which meant "an anointed one" (cf. Matt. 1:16). It implies "one called and equipped by God for a specific task."● ●In the OT three groups of leaders: priests, kings, and prophets were anointed.● Paul says he is an Apostle "by the will of God", Paul was convinced that God had chosen him to be an Apostle. This special sense of calling began at his Damascus road conversion (cf. Acts 9; 22; 26). This was also a theological way of asserting his apostolic authority.

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES F💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 🔰Chapter 12: 📖QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS📖 2️⃣ ■(5) In verse 4, what was Daniel commanded to do, and why? Verse 4 is puzzling. In the first half of the verse, Daniel is told to seal up the book of revelation he has received and to conceal the words he has been told. These words have been given for the benefit of those who live in the end time. The last half of the verse describes the end times as having a great increase in knowledge but lacking stability or direction. The increase of knowledge in the last days will not produce righteousness nor will it serve as a guiding light. The revelation Daniel has been given will do so for those who have insight. The Book of Daniel will be a guiding light for those with insight in the last days. ■(6) What is the difference between the “insight” of verses 3 and 10 and the “knowledge” of verse 4? The answer to this question comes more from inference than from direct statements in this text. A number of other biblical texts speak to this matter. As I understand it, “insight” comes only to believers, who have and heed the Word of God, and who also benefit from the ministry of the Holy Spirit. “Knowledge” is that information available to all, which most often does not originate from Scripture or from the Spirit. “Insight” is that God-given understanding of what is happening, and how this is being used of God to achieve His overall plan and purpose. Knowledge is the assimilation of facts and information, but without the ability to see beyond that which is material, physical, and temporal to that which is spiritual and eternal. A brilliant scientist may have great knowledge, while a manual laborer with little education may have great God-given insight. Knowledge has given us the atomic bomb and a vast arsenal of lethal weapons, but it has not given us world peace. ■(7) What is the message of verses 5-7? Why the emphasis of these three verses? What was to happen during the time specified, and why? The question raised relates to the length of time God’s people will suffer in the tribulation period. It is not raised by Daniel but by one of the angels. It is answered, as I understand it, by our glorified Lord who is described in Daniel 10:5-6. The Lord swears by “Him who lives forever.” Our hope of resurrection rests with the God who lives forever. The emphasis is not so much on the length of this time of suffering but on its purpose. Its purpose is to “shatter the power of the holy people,” so that they will cease to trust in themselves and will turn to God. ■(8) In verses 8-13, what is Daniel’s question, why is it asked, and how is it answered? The question Daniel asked inquired as to the outcome of all these amazing and perplexing events (which he calls “wonders”). The outcome of this suffering (as with all suffering and adversity) is two-fold. Some will be purged and purified, prepared for the glory of God’s coming kingdom. Some will be undaunted by it, continuing on in their sin until the time of their judgment. This is consistent with the teaching of 2 Thessalonians 2:11-13 and Revelation 22:11. ■(9) What is the relationship between the doctrine of the resurrection and prophecy? Prophecy is the declaration of God’s purposes and promises. Some prophecies have already been fulfilled, giving us hope and confidence that the remainder of His promises will also be fulfilled. Some prophecy may be fulfilled in our own lifetime. But most of the prophecies which remain unfulfilled will likely be fulfilled after our death. 💥●●The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead is fundamental to the Christian’s hope and to the literal fulfillment of the prophecies of God. The resurrection of our Lord is the “first-fruits” of the full and final resurrection of all men, who will receive rewards or recompense from the Righteous Judge. Without the resurrection, there is no prophetic hope. It is little wonder that the Book of Daniel concludes with this comforting doctrine and that God assures Daniel of the truth of this doctrine shortly before his death.●●💥

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES E💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 🔰Chapter 12: 📖QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS📖 (1) How does the time period in which Michael arises (12:1) relate to the preceding context? What is the relationship between Michael and the time of distress referred to in verse 1? According to Daniel 12:1, it is “at that time” that Michael arises. From chapter 11 we know that that “time” is the period of the end time (11:40) when the “king of the North” engages the “king of the South” militarily, and when the “king of the North” is very successful. Rumors from the East and the North reach him, and he becomes very hostile and aggressive, destroying and annihilating many (11:44). At this time, the “king of the North” will encamp his troops between the seas and the “beautiful Holy Mountain” (11:45), and then Michael will arise. In the first half of verse 1, we are told that Michael arises. In the second half of this same verse, we are told that the time of Israel’s great tribulation begins. It is almost unavoidable to conclude that Michael’s rising is the reason for the commencement of the Great Tribulation. Just as the angel’s “rising” (so to speak) in response to Daniel’s prayer precipitated angelic conflict (10:12-13), so Michael’s “rising” precipitates the heavenly and earthly conflict of the Tribulation. In a similar way, our Lord’s coming to earth also precipitated demonic opposition and conflict. ■(2) According to verse 1, who will be rescued, and from what will they be rescued? Is there any clue in the text as to how will they be rescued? In verse 1, Daniel is specifically assured that “his people” (literally “your people”) would be rescued. This statement is then given the additional clarification, “everyone who is found written in the book.” There are some who take this to mean that the tribulation affects only the Jews and that only believing Jews will be rescued. While this is possible, other biblical texts may inform us that it is only the believer, Jew or Gentile, who is a true Israelite (see Romans 4:16; Galatians 3:29). The “rescue” of verse 1 seems to be described largely in terms of the resurrection in verses 2 and 3. It would seem that many will be put to death because of their faith in Messiah, and that the rescue of these can only be by means of resurrection. There is another aspect of divine rescue in that the Messiah will come and will defeat and destroy the “king of the North” and His opponents, but this does not seem to be the focus of this chapter. ■(3) Compare Daniel 12:2 with Hebrews 11:13-16, 39-40. What was the hope of the Old Testament saint? Does the hope of the Old Testament saint differ substantially from that of the New Testament believer? In Hebrews 11, the faith of the Old Testament saint is spoken of as a resurrection faith. Every Old Testament saint died without having received the promise, and thus they came to understand by faith that the greatest blessings promised by God were not earthly, but heavenly, not temporal, but eternal, and that they would receive these promised blessings after their death at the resurrection. The resurrection faith of the Old Testament saint can be seen in Genesis 22:1-20 (especially verse 5); Job 19:25-26; Psalm 16:9-10; Isaiah 26:19; Hosea 13:14. ■(4) What is the hope described in Daniel 12:3? This verse describes the believer’s hope of heavenly rewards. Those who have insight, and by it are encouraged to “let their lights shine” in the midst of opposition and persecution, will shine even more brightly in heaven. Heavenly rewards are here, as elsewhere, linked to earthly faithfulness and service.

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES D💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 ●●The prophet Daniel was indeed a godly man. From the first time we are introduced to him as a young lad in chapter 1 to the time of his approaching death in chapter 12, Daniel was a man who was faithful to his God. He faced death on several occasions, but he did not deny his faith or convictions. He prayed for his people, and for their restoration, only to learn that the day of Israel’s restoration was a distant one, one that would come long after his death.●● ●●In God’s final revelation to this great prophet, He spelled out the way in which the triumph of evil men, and the suffering of the saints and the holy people, contributed to the fulfillment of God’s plans and promises. Beyond this, He assured Daniel that he, along with all mankind, would be raised from the dead to receive either eternal life or eternal contempt. The resurrection of the dead was a logical necessity, in order for divine prophecy to be fulfilled. The resurrection of the dead is the truth which God withheld in Daniel until the final chapter.●● The certain hope of the resurrection of the dead is the basis for godly living, even in times when godliness brings persecution. ●●The saints are encouraged to live godly lives because they know that even if they are killed for their faith, God will raise them from the dead to give them their allotted portion at the end of the age.●● They are also encouraged when they see wicked men persecuting the righteous and seemingly getting away with it, for these men will be raised from the dead as well to stand before the Sovereign God of the universe and to give account. What better truth to end the prophecy of Daniel than that of the resurrection from the dead! For the saint, the doctrine of the resurrection is the basis for our hope. For the sinner, the doctrine of the resurrection is the basis for fear and for repentance. When you face the reality of death, my friend, will it be with hope or with fear? The answer to this question has much to suggest concerning your relationship with Jesus Christ. May you trust in Him for eternal life, before and beyond the grave. 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26). 8 But what does it say? “THE WORLD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART” -that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; 10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation (Romans 10:8-10). 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; 34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Just as it is written, “FOR THY SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.” 37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:31-39).

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES C💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 ●●13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. 15 And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them; 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; 18 it was he to whom it was said, “IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE CALLED.” 19 He considered that God is able to raise men even from the dead; from which he also received him back as a type. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones (Hebrews 11:13-22). While the Old Testament saints trusted in God to raise them from the dead, so that they could receive the promised blessings, they did not grasp as fully that their resurrection from the dead would be the result of the death and resurrection of Messiah. This was promised in the Old Testament and declared to be fulfilled in the New: 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. 8. By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living, For the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? 9. His grave was assigned to be with wicked men, Yet with a rich man in His death; Although He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. 10. But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. 11. As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities. 12.Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors (Isaiah 53:7-12). 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely. 10 For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt Thou allow Thy Holy One to see the pit (Psalm 16:9-10). 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of his death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection (Romans 6:5). 14 Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; and might deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives (Hebrews 2:14-15).

PART 3️⃣ 💥NOTES B💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 ●●Conclusion●● Daniel 12 brings us to the crowning revelation of the Book of Daniel, the doctrine on which the Christian hope rests: the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Early in the Book of Daniel, the subject of the promised kingdom of God is introduced. In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, recorded in chapter 2, the mysterious stone “fashioned without human hands” strikes the statue, putting an end to temporal kingdoms and commencing the eternal kingdom. The “stone” is none other than the promised Messiah, whose coming will terminate earthly kingdoms and inaugurate the kingdom of God. In Daniel’s vision of chapter 7, the same four Gentile kingdoms seem to be in view as described in chapter 2. The four metals of chapter 2 are replaced by the four beasts of chapter 7. In chapter 7, a new element of prophecy is introduced in Daniel-the “little horn” who boasts (verses 8 and 20), speaks against the Most High (verse 25), and successfully opposes God and His saints (verses 21, 25). Now the success of the “little horn” and the suffering of the saints is shown to precede the coming of the kingdom of God, when the “little horn” is destroyed and the promised kingdom is granted to the saints (verses 9-12, 22, 26-27). In Daniel’s vision of chapter 8, the “little horn” of this vision extends his kingdom toward the “Beautiful Land” (verse 9), overcomes some of the host of heaven (verse 10), and exalts himself as though he were equal with the “commander of the host” (verse 11). He also removes the regular sacrifice (verse 12) and tramples the holy place (verse 13). It will be 2,300 evenings and mornings until the holy place is properly restored. Once again, the coming of the kingdom of God will take place only after the rise and success of a wicked but powerful king who opposes God and His saints and defiles the holy place. In Daniel 9:24-27, the nation Israel and her Messiah are in view when the time of the first coming of Messiah is predicted, the timing being reckoned from the time the decree to return to Israel and to restore the temple is issued. After the Messiah is “cut off,” a time of great tribulation is foretold along with a prophecy concerning the timing of the abomination of desolation. In chapter 11, another reference is made to the coming of the antichrist, the termination of the regular sacrifice, and the abomination of desolation (verses 29-35). As a result of the reign of this evil king, many of the saints will be persecuted and some will die: “And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days (Daniel 11:33). ●●Any hope for Israel and for the saints must be a hope which extends beyond the grave. The hope of the Old Testament saint required the resurrection of the dead. The faith of the Old Testament saints included the assurance of resurrection:●● 25 “And as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. 26 Even after my skin is flayed, yet without my flesh I shall see God (Job 19:25-26). 19 Your dead will live; their corpses will rise, you will lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth will give birth to the departed spirits (Isaiah 26:19) 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight (Hosea 13:14). ●●16, For this reason, it is by faith, that it might be in accordance with grace, in order that the promise may be certain to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 (as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”) in the sight of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. 18 In hope against hope he believed, in order that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.” ●● 19 And without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; 20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waiver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 Therefore also IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 23. Now not for his sake only was it written, that “IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM,” 24. but for our sake also, to whom it will be reckoned, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25. He who was delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification (Romans 4:16-25).

💥NOTES A💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 35 PART 3️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●Israel’s Time Of Trouble ●Israel’s Distress ●Conclusion ● Who Will & Won’t Inherit the Kingdom of Christ ●Our Reward Based on our Motives with the Gospel With Bishop Worrell Hylton Septembet 3, 2024 🔰OVERVIEW -PARTS 1️⃣&2️⃣ PART 3️⃣ CONTINUES BELOW 💥●●Before we can be saved, we must be broken. We must cease to trust in ourselves and cast ourselves upon God. We must recognize our deeds of righteousness as filthy rags and receive the righteousness of God, which God provided in the person of His son, Jesus Christ (see Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:19-26; Titus 3:5-7). Before we can be used of God, we must cease to trust in our own strength and wisdom, and turn to Him in our weakness for the strength He provides (Romans 12:1-8; 2 Corinthians 3:1-8; 4:7-15).●● ●●The breaking of Israel’s power takes place through a very painful process, as does the bringing about of new life in the pains of labor. The goodness and grace of God is seen in both. God graciously stops this self-righteous, self-sufficient people in their tracks, breaks all their power, and then turns them to Himself for salvation. Such is the way God has always worked with men. Such is the way He has worked and does work in us. And so it will be with Israel in the day of her deliverance. ●●Three-and-a-half years is the measure of Israel’s stubborn unbelief. God takes this long to break this people, shatter their power, and turn them to faith in the Messiah whom they have rejected. Three-and-a-half years is not the measure of God’s severity, but the measure of Israel’s sin and of God’s patience. ●●THE OUTCOME OF ISRAEL’S DISTRESS●● (12:8-13) 8 As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?” 9 And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. 10 Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand. 11 And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! 13 But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.” From Daniel’s question in verse 8, it is clear he did not yet understand where the prophetic program of God was going, and so he asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?” The answer Daniel is given in verse 9 seems to be a gentle refusal to supply the information he requested. It is as though he were told, “That’s really none of your concern, Daniel, for these things will take place in the distant future, long after your death. What you have asked needs only to be revealed to those who live in those last days.” 💥●●What Daniel needs to know is that the time of Israel’s suffering will have a two-fold effect. 💥• Those who are righteous will be purged and purified by their suffering, prepared for the coming of the King and His kingdom ( 1 Peter 1:6-7). 💥• Those who are wicked will not understand what God is doing, and they will persist in their sin, awaiting the day of their judgment (compare 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12; Revelation 22:11). While the wicked will blindly pursue the same course of sin, those who have insight will understand and see the hand of God divinely guiding the course of human history in such a way as to fulfill His purposes and promises. ●●Verse 11 reveals one more detail: the period between the time the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up will be 1,290 days. Those will be truly blessed who persevere throughout these 1,290 difficult days, from the time the regular sacrifice is stopped until the abomination of desolation, and then the 45 additional days (1,290 + 45 = 1,335) until the evil “horn” is destroyed and the kingdom of God comes).●● ●●While the specifics of God’s plan for the future will remain a mystery to Daniel and to us, God does not leave Daniel in doubt as to the implications of prophecy for this Old Testament saint. The final verse of the chapter and of the Book of Daniel spells out the hope of Daniel and every Old and New Testament saint: 💥●●13 “But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.”●●💥 The first words spoken to Daniel in verse 13 should set the standard for every Christian. Daniel’s death was surely not very far away in time. The day of his departure was near, yet he was encouraged to “go his way;” he was to keep on just as he had been. Daniel, through all those many years of bondage and service in captivity, remained faithful. He did not need to change as death drew near, for he had lived all of his life in the light of eternity and of his glorious hope in the God of Israel. ●●His death would be the “entrance into his rest.” His hope was that he would rise from the grave to receive the blessings which God had promised. The prophecies of God’s Word, in which Daniel found courage and comfort, were certain because he would rise from the dead to receive his “allotted portion at the end of the age.”●●

💥 (NOTES B) 💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣ WEEK 34 PART 2️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●The Resurrection Of Those who died in the tribulation (The 2 Resurrections) ● The Increase Of Knowledge in the End Times ●Witnessing The Gospel to the Nations ●God's Means/Plans of Manifesting Salvation ●Israel's Time of Trouble •(suffering through the Tribulation) With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 27, 2024 ISRAEL’S TIME OF TROUBLE (12:5-7) 5 Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river, and the other on that bank of the river. 6 And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?” 7 And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed. Daniel did not ask the question. Instead, one of the angels standing on the shore of the Tigris river asked for him. ●The answer was given by the One whom Daniel saw in the vision of 10:5-6-our Lord Himself. ● ●He raised both hands and swore by the eternal Father who “lives forever” that the end of these wonders would come after a time, times, and half a time. This is generally understood to mean a period of three and one-half years. ● The suffering will end when its purpose has been fulfilled: “as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed” (verse 7). ●Israel’s deliverance does not come about because God will make them strong, but rather because God will use wicked men to shatter the power of His holy people. ● Here again we come to a biblical principle which defies human logic but consistently underlies the way God deals with men. ●The principle is this: God’s power and our deliverance come not through our strength but through our weakness. ● God provided the means for Abram’s blessing through a son, whom Abram and his wife were powerless to produce (Genesis 12:1ff.). God delivered the Israelites from Egypt, not by their power but in their weakness, through His power. They were powerless to resist the Egyptian army or to cross the Red Sea. God opened the Red Sea, making a path for Israel’s escape and the means for the destruction of the Egyptian army (Exodus 3-15). God provided man’s salvation when we were too weak to save ourselves: Romans 5:6-8 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ●Jesus said that He came not to minister to those who were healthy but to those who were sick (Luke 5:31-32). ● He pronounced blessings on those whom the world would consider weak and unworthy and cursings on those who were strong (see Matthew 5:1-12; Luke 6:20-26). ●Paul reminded his Corinthian readers that God saved the weak, not the strong, for His own glory (1 Corinthians 1:18-31). ● He further spoke of the way God allowed Satan to afflict him, so that he would be weakened and depend upon God’s strength rather than his own: ●Before we can be saved, we must be broken. We must cease to trust in ourselves and cast ourselves upon God. We must recognize our deeds of righteousness as filthy rags and receive the righteousness of God, which God provided in the person of His son, Jesus Christ (see Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:19-26; Titus 3:5-7). Before we can be used of God, we must cease to trust in our own strength and wisdom, and turn to Him in our weakness for the strength He provides (Romans 12:1-8; 2 Corinthians 3:1-8; 4:7-15). ● The breaking of Israel’s power takes place through a very painful process, as does the bringing about of new life in the pains of labor. The goodness and grace of God is seen in both. ●God graciously stops this self-righteous, self-sufficient people in their tracks, breaks all their power, and then turns them to Himself for salvation. Such is the way God has always worked with men. Such is the way He has worked and does work in us. ● ●And so it will be with Israel in the day of her deliverance. Three-and-a-half years is the measure of Israel’s stubborn unbelief. God takes this long to break this people, shatter their power, and turn them to faith in the Messiah whom they have rejected. Three-and-a-half years is not the measure of God’s severity, but the measure of Israel’s sin and of God’s patience. ●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣ WEEK 34 PART 2️⃣ 📍 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 📍 ●The Resurrection Of Those who died in the tribulation (The 2 Resurrections) ● The Increase Of Knowledge in the End Times ●Witnessing The Gospel to the Nations ●God's Means/Plans of Manifesting Salvation ●Israel's Time of Trouble •(suffering through the Tribulation) With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 27, 2024 ●THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION Daniel appears to be presenting Israel as a grave site under God’s curse: In v.2, ●we’re told that many of Israel who “sleep” in the dust of the ground will awaken. To sleep means to die, to be without a body. At death, the body of a saint enters the grave, while the spirit continues to exist in full consciousness. That spirit awaits a new body in a day to come, at the time of the resurrection. ● This Resurrection will take place after the Great Tribulation. Notice what Daniel says next: ●Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 NASB ● ●There are 2 resurrections-the resurrection of the “just” and then later the resurrection of the “unjust” (Acts 24:15). ● ●1. First, “those who have done good” will come forth and then “those who have done evil” (John 5:29). ● ●John informs us that these 2 resurrections are separated by “a thousand years.” The “first resurrection” is before the thousand years (Rev 20:6). ●This is the resurrection of the saved who “lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years” (Rev 20:4). ● But, “the rest of the dead [the unsaved] did not live again until the thousand years were finished” (Rev 20:5). So, ●the first resurrection is partial, ● consisting only of the saved, and ●2. The second resurrection completes the picture, resurrecting all the rest, namely, the unsaved. ●In order for justice to be meted out at the coming of the Messiah and of His kingdom, the dead must be raised so that all men receive their just reward. ● This resurrection of the righteous and the wicked is very plainly prophesied in verse 2 of our text. ● The righteous will be raised and rewarded with everlasting life, while the wicked will be raised and given the recompense of everlasting contempt. ● In verse 3, ●the reward of the righteous in eternity is directly linked to their faithfulness to the task they were given in time. ● Those who “let their light shine” in the dark days of persecution and opposition, and thus led many to righteousness, will shine brightly forever in eternity. In verse 4, the angel turns from the fate of the saints of the latter days to the fate of Daniel whose life and ministry is drawing to a close. Daniel need not worry about these future days of distress; he has seen difficult times in his life, and remained faithful. ●Daniel was instructed to conceal the words revealed to him and to “seal up the book until the end time.”● Why should the book be sealed? If the saints of the end times were faithful to proclaim their faith and to lead many to righteousness, ●why should the revelation of the Book of Daniel be kept concealed until the later days? The reason is given in the last half of verse 4: “many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” ● ●When the Bible says that “knowledge shall increase” what is it talking about? ● Is Daniel predicting a future age ruled by tech-savvy teenagers and quantum physicists? Did they really have iPods, Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia in mind? Let’s take a look at what the Bible has to say about this. The angel that delivers this message to Daniel from God does not specify what he means by “knowledge.” He simply says that, ●whatever “knowledge” is, it will be increased in the “time of the end” (end times). ●The prophecy of Daniel is not the revelation of God’s plan of salvation; it is the revelation of God’s plan for the future. ●It reveals how God’s salvation will be fulfilled, not how it is made possible. ●Daniel focuses on the manifestation of God’s salvation in history, not its means through the coming, death, burial, and resurrection of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. In the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke, the parable of the rich man and Lazarus is recorded as told by our Lord. When the rich man died, he went to hell, while Lazarus went to Abraham’s bosom. ●In his place of torment, the rich man begged that someone be sent to warn his five brothers of the wrath to come. Abraham’s response to this request was: “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them” (Luke 16:29). ● The brothers of the rich man did not need new revelation nor did they need to hear a word of warning in a unique and dramatic way. What this man’s brothers needed was to obey the revelation they had already received from the Old Testament Scriptures.

💥(NOTES B) 💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch WEEK 33 PART 1️⃣ 🔰 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 🔰 ●INTRODUCTION ●Israel’s Distress and Deliverance & Signs of Christ’s return ●Religious deception. • Wars. • Famines. • Pestilences. • Earthquakes. ●The Word Preached Regardless ●The Gospel's Impact through social media ●THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 20, 2024 ●THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MUST BE PREACHED● ●●Jesus tells us that the gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the end times. ●●Michael is the one who had come to the aid of the angel giving Daniel this prophecy. Michael is “Israel’s prince” (10:21), the “great prince who stands guard” over the sons of Daniel’s people, Israel (12:1). How could the “protector of Israel” hasty this time of such great suffering? Rev. 19:19-20 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against Him who sat upon the horse, and against His army. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. The deliverance of God’s people is that which occurs in the time of her greatest trouble-the Great Tribulation. ●●God has chosen to bring about the salvation of his chosen ones by means of suffering. ●● ●●God does save men and women from suffering, but He also saves through suffering. ●● ●●Consider for a moment the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage. God was well aware of their suffering and heard the cries of His people. He sent Moses to deliver His people from their suffering. But the deliverance of the Israelites came through suffering. When Moses appeared before Pharaoh and demanded that he let God’s people go, Pharaoh only made things more difficult for the Jews. The Jews protested that Moses had only made matters worse. In a sense, they were right. ●● Things were going to get worse before they got better. It looked as though the entire nation would be wiped out by the Egyptian army as they found themselves trapped between the Red Sea and the approaching Egyptian forces. But God opened the sea, bringing about the salvation of His people and the destruction of their enemies. ●●Israel will be delivered by means of the suffering of the nation in the time of the Great Tribulation. ●● For this reason, ●●Michael, the guardian prince of the nation Israel, is revealed as the one who will arise, bringing about the Great Tribulation. ●● ●●Israel’s time of great suffering is God’s appointed means for her deliverance; thus, ●●when Michael arises and the tribulation begins, it is like the doctor who “breaks the water” of a woman as she nears the time to give birth to her child. A time of pain will come upon her, but it is through this pain that the joy of new life will come to pass. ●● Daniel 11:33-35 “And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days. 34 Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. 35 And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time. An army of 144,000 Jewish men and women are brought to faith in Tribulation by God’s grace THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION Daniel appears to be presenting Israel as a grave site under God’s curse: ●●In v.2, we’re told that many of Israel who “sleep” in the dust of the ground will awaken. ●● ●●To sleep means to die, to be without a body. At death, the body of a saint enters the grave, while the spirit continues to exist in full consciousness That spirit awaits a new body in a day to come, at the time of the resurrection●● ●●This Resurrection will take place after the Great Tribulation. Notice what Daniel says next: Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 NASB●●

💥(NOTES A) 💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣ WEEK 33 PART 1️⃣ 🔰 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward🔰 PART ●INTRODUCTION ●Israel’s Distress and Deliverance & Signs of Christ’s return ●Religious deception. • Wars. • Famines. • Pestilences. • Earthquakes. ●The Word Preached Regardless ●The Gospel's Impact through social media ●THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 20, 2024 THE END TIME EVENTS LEADING TO THE FINAL RESURRECTION AND REWARD Daniel 12:1-13 ●INTRODUCTION This final chapter of the book of Daniel focuses on end-time prophecy-events that will occur just before and after Jesus Christ returns to earth. Satan had tried to keep Daniel from understanding the visions he had received and thus prevent God’s truth from being revealed to us! Earlier, ●an angel had told Daniel: “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia [a powerful evil spirit] withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, [the archangel] Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. ● Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come” (Daniel 10:13-14, Daniel 12 is the crowning chapter of this prophecy, as well as its conclusion. It takes the believer to the high-water mark of Christian hope-the assurance of the resurrection of the dead. Let us listen and learn, and gain hope and comfort. ISRAEL’S DISTRESS AND DELIVERANCE (12:1-4) “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4 But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” This “time of trouble” corresponds with the one spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah: “Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale? Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:6-7). ●This yet-to-be-fulfilled end-time prophecy will first be directed toward the modern descendants of the ancient Israelites, many of whom today reside in the United States, Britain and related countries. ● Jesus Himself also referred to this time saying, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22). SIGNS OF CHRIST’S RETURN As for exactly when Jesus Christ will return, the Bible tells us that no man may know the day or the hour (Matthew 24:36). However, we are also told that when certain signs appear, we will know that it is imminent, that it is “at the doors” (verse 33). Regarding this end-time prophecy, Jesus told His disciples (and us today) that in the time leading up to His second coming (verses 3-7) there would be: • 1 Religious deception. • 2. Wars. • 3. Famines. • 4. Pestilences. • 5. Earthquakes. Jesus referred to them as the “beginning of sorrows” (verse 8). In the time leading up to Christ’s return, these events will increase in intensity. ●Then Jesus listed these signs: • False prophets will arise to deceive many (verse 5). • Many of God’s people will be hated, hunted and killed (verse 9). • Lawlessness shall abound (verse 12). • And even as these tragic sorrows intensify, “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come” (verse 14).

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣ WEEK 33 PART 1️⃣ 🔰 The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward 🔰 PART ●INTRODUCTION ●Israel’s Distress and Deliverance & Signs of Christ’s return ●Religious deception. • Wars. • Famines. • Pestilences. • Earthquakes. ●The Word Preached Regardless ●The Gospel's Impact through social media ●THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 20, 2024 ●THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MUST BE PREACHED● ●●Jesus tells us that the gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the end times. ●●Michael is the one who had come to the aid of the angel giving Daniel this prophecy. Michael is “Israel’s prince” (10:21), the “great prince who stands guard” over the sons of Daniel’s people, Israel (12:1). How could the “protector of Israel” hasty this time of such great suffering? Rev. 19:19-20 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against Him who sat upon the horse, and against His army. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. The deliverance of God’s people is that which occurs in the time of her greatest trouble-the Great Tribulation. ●●God has chosen to bring about the salvation of his chosen ones by means of suffering. ●● ●●God does save men and women from suffering, but He also saves through suffering. ●● ●●Consider for a moment the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage. God was well aware of their suffering and heard the cries of His people. He sent Moses to deliver His people from their suffering. But the deliverance of the Israelites came through suffering. When Moses appeared before Pharaoh and demanded that he let God’s people go, Pharaoh only made things more difficult for the Jews. The Jews protested that Moses had only made matters worse. In a sense, they were right. ●● Things were going to get worse before they got better. It looked as though the entire nation would be wiped out by the Egyptian army as they found themselves trapped between the Red Sea and the approaching Egyptian forces. But God opened the sea, bringing about the salvation of His people and the destruction of their enemies. ●●Israel will be delivered by means of the suffering of the nation in the time of the Great Tribulation. ●● For this reason, ●●Michael, the guardian prince of the nation Israel, is revealed as the one who will arise, bringing about the Great Tribulation. ●● ●●Israel’s time of great suffering is God’s appointed means for her deliverance; thus, ●●when Michael arises and the tribulation begins, it is like the doctor who “breaks the water” of a woman as she nears the time to give birth to her child. A time of pain will come upon her, but it is through this pain that the joy of new life will come to pass. ●● Daniel 11:33-35 “And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days. 34 Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. 35 And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time. An army of 144,000 Jewish men and women are brought to faith in Tribulation by God’s grace THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION Daniel appears to be presenting Israel as a grave site under God’s curse: ●●In v.2, we’re told that many of Israel who “sleep” in the dust of the ground will awaken. ●● ●●To sleep means to die, to be without a body. At death, the body of a saint enters the grave, while the spirit continues to exist in full consciousness That spirit awaits a new body in a day to come, at the time of the resurrection●● ●●This Resurrection will take place after the Great Tribulation. Notice what Daniel says next: Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 NASB●● (NOTES B) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch WEEK 33 PART The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward PART ●INTRODUCTION ●Israel’s Distress and Deliverance & Signs of Christ’s return ●Religious deception. • Wars. • Famines. • Pestilences. • Earthquakes. ●The Word Preached Regardless ●The Gospel's Impact through social media ●THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 20, 2024 ●THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MUST BE PREACHED● ●●Jesus tells us that the gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the end times. ●●Michael is the one who had come to the aid of the angel giving Daniel this prophecy. Michael is “Israel’s prince” (10:21), the “great prince who stands guard” over the sons of Daniel’s people, Israel (12:1). How could the “protector of Israel” hasty this time of such great suffering? Rev. 19:19-20 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against Him who sat upon the horse, and against His army. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. The deliverance of God’s people is that which occurs in the time of her greatest trouble-the Great Tribulation. ●●God has chosen to bring about the salvation of his chosen ones by means of suffering. ●● ●●God does save men and women from suffering, but He also saves through suffering. ●● ●●Consider for a moment the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage. God was well aware of their suffering and heard the cries of His people. He sent Moses to deliver His people from their suffering. But the deliverance of the Israelites came through suffering. When Moses appeared before Pharaoh and demanded that he let God’s people go, Pharaoh only made things more difficult for the Jews. The Jews protested that Moses had only made matters worse. In a sense, they were right. ●● Things were going to get worse before they got better. It looked as though the entire nation would be wiped out by the Egyptian army as they found themselves trapped between the Red Sea and the approaching Egyptian forces. But God opened the sea, bringing about the salvation of His people and the destruction of their enemies. ●●Israel will be delivered by means of the suffering of the nation in the time of the Great Tribulation. ●● For this reason, ●●Michael, the guardian prince of the nation Israel, is revealed as the one who will arise, bringing about the Great Tribulation. ●● ●●Israel’s time of great suffering is God’s appointed means for her deliverance; thus, ●●when Michael arises and the tribulation begins, it is like the doctor who “breaks the water” of a woman as she nears the time to give birth to her child. A time of pain will come upon her, but it is through this pain that the joy of new life will come to pass. ●● Daniel 11:33-35 “And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for many days. 34 Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. 35 And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time. An army of 144,000 Jewish men and women are brought to faith in Tribulation by God’s grace THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION Daniel appears to be presenting Israel as a grave site under God’s curse: ●●In v.2, we’re told that many of Israel who “sleep” in the dust of the ground will awaken. ●● ●●To sleep means to die, to be without a body. At death, the body of a saint enters the grave, while the spirit continues to exist in full consciousness That spirit awaits a new body in a day to come, at the time of the resurrection●● ●●This Resurrection will take place after the Great Tribulation. Notice what Daniel says next: Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 NASB●●

💥 (NOTES A) 💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: Book Of Daniel Ch 1️⃣2️⃣ WEEK 33 PART 1️⃣ 🔰The End Time Events Leading To The Final Resurrection And Reward🔰 ●INTRODUCTION ●Israel’s Distress and Deliverance & Signs of Christ’s return ●Religious deception. • Wars. • Famines. • Pestilences. • Earthquakes. ●The Word Preached Regardless ●The Gospel's Impact through social media ●THE RESURRECTION OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE TRIBULATION With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 20, 2024 THE END TIME EVENTS LEADING TO THE FINAL RESURRECTION AND REWARD Daniel 12:1-13 ●INTRODUCTION This final chapter of the book of Daniel focuses on end-time prophecy-events that will occur just before and after Jesus Christ returns to earth. Satan had tried to keep Daniel from understanding the visions he had received and thus prevent God’s truth from being revealed to us! Earlier, ●an angel had told Daniel: “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia [a powerful evil spirit] withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, [the archangel] Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. ● Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come” (Daniel 10:13-14, Daniel 12 is the crowning chapter of this prophecy, as well as its conclusion. It takes the believer to the high-water mark of Christian hope-the assurance of the resurrection of the dead. Let us listen and learn, and gain hope and comfort. ISRAEL’S DISTRESS AND DELIVERANCE (12:1-4) “Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4 But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” This “time of trouble” corresponds with the one spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah: “Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale? Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:6-7). ●This yet-to-be-fulfilled end-time prophecy will first be directed toward the modern descendants of the ancient Israelites, many of whom today reside in the United States, Britain and related countries. ● Jesus Himself also referred to this time saying, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22). SIGNS OF CHRIST’S RETURN As for exactly when Jesus Christ will return, the Bible tells us that no man may know the day or the hour (Matthew 24:36). However, we are also told that when certain signs appear, we will know that it is imminent, that it is “at the doors” (verse 33). Regarding this end-time prophecy, Jesus told His disciples (and us today) that in the time leading up to His second coming (verses 3-7) there would be: • 1 Religious deception. • 2. Wars. • 3. Famines. • 4. Pestilences. • 5. Earthquakes. Jesus referred to them as the “beginning of sorrows” (verse 8). In the time leading up to Christ’s return, these events will increase in intensity. ●Then Jesus listed these signs: • False prophets will arise to deceive many (verse 5). • Many of God’s people will be hated, hunted and killed (verse 9). • Lawlessness shall abound (verse 12). • And even as these tragic sorrows intensify, “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come” (verse 14).

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch1️⃣1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 32 PART 4️ 📍 A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ● The king In The End Times ●Description of the Anti-Christ ● The Actions & Wars Of The Anti-Christ ● Michael Arises to Rescue the Remnant of Israel With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 13, 2024 ●The Wars of the Antichrist - Daniel 11:40-45 The section begins describing that ●at the end time the king of the South will collide with him.● There are three kings referred to in this section.● Both the king of the south, Egypt and allies, and ●the king of the north, Syria and allies, attack Israel which is controlled by the antichrist.● We need to remember a couple of things in examining the actions that take place in verses 40-45. ●First, that according to Daniel 7, the antichrist is the little horn that arises out of the ten kings that make up a revived Roman empire. ● Second, that the focus of prophetic Scriptures is what will have an effect on the nation and land of Israel. ●The antichrist will be given power to conquer at will, but that does not mean he has conquered every nation on earth nor does it mean that those nations he has conquered and set up with puppet kings will remain loyal to him.● ●There can be only one king who does absolutely according to his will in this period, and this must be the world ruler which according to Daniel 7:23 “shall devour the whole earth, and tread it down, and break it in pieces.”● ● Although other rulers will be associated with him, such as the ten horns of Revelation 17:12 and the false prophet of Revelation 13:11-18, none of these can be described as absolute rulers.● The Actions of the Antichrist - Daniel 11:39 ●His blasphemous beliefs lead him to take action against even the strongest of fortresses which he will conquer.● ● He then posts out honor to those who acknowledge him and to those willing to pay the price, he will set up to be his puppet rulers over the conquered territories. ● Other Scriptures also describe these kinds of actions, but ●there will be a limit to its length.● ••• ● In Daniel 7:25 he wears down the saints of the Highest One for a time, times and half a time before he is judged and destroyed.● Here in Daniel 11:36 it is given to him to “prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.” ●The beast with his allied puppet kings will conquer, consume and destroy other nations in war, but this will only continue “until the words of God shall be fulfilled” (Revelation 17:17)● As you will recall as well, that the seventieth week of the prophecy in Daniel 9:27 begins with ●“and he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week,” with the “he” referring to “the prince who is to come” who is the antichrist.● ● It is because of this covenant that he Is aligned with the nation of Israel so that an attack against it is an attack against himself.● ●The antichrist’s response Is overwhelming. Verse 40 says he “will enter lands, overflow them, and pass through.” Verses 41-43 then add, “He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and many [countries] will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. 42 “Then he will stretch out his hand against [other] countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43 “But he will rule over the hidden treasures of gold and silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians [will follow] at his heels.”● ●The Beautiful Land is a reference to Israel,● and from there he continues on to conquer Egypt to the borders of Libya and Ethiopia. This would mean that he defeats the king of the North first, and then overflows south. Apparently, his actions are so quick and focused on Egypt, that he does not bother with the countries to the east - Edom, Moab and Ammon - modern Jordan. He gains control of the wealth of the areas conquered including hidden treasures of gold and silver. Verse 45 - “And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.” 💥●The end of Daniel 11:45 would then occur in the second half of the seventieth week coordinating with the rest of Matthew 24:15, Revelation 7-19, Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Zechariah 14. Ezekiel 38 & 39; (Ezekiel 28:8) and ends with the armies of Gog and Magog and their allies being destroyed by such things as an earthquake (28:19), fighting within the armies (28:20), pestilence, torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone (28:21) so that the Lord is sanctified and made known to the nations (28:22).● Michael Arises - Daniel 12:1 ●“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands [guard] over the sons of your people, will stand.● ●And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.”●✅️ ●While the phrase “now at that time” refers to the “end time” in 11:40 and could be understood to be concurrent with the previous verses, the statement about a time of previously unknown distress can only fit with the later half of the seventieth week.● ●This is the same Michael that was introduced in Daniel 10:13.● ●He is an archangel (Jude 1:9) who has a specific responsibility toward Israel.● ■ This is not Christ or any other human or spiritual person.■ ●His specific purpose here is to protect and rescue the remnant of Israel whose names are written in the book.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch1️⃣1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 32 PART 4️ 📍 A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ● The king In The End Times ●Description of the Anti-Christ ● The Actions & Wars Of The Anti-Christ ● Michael Arises to Rescue the Remnant of Israel With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 13, 2024 ●The King of the End Time 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Beginning with verse 36, a sharp break in the prophecy may be observed, introduced by the expression the time of the end in verse 35. ●Up to this point, the prophecy dealing with the Persian and Grecian Empires has been fulfilled minutely and with amazing precision.● Beginning with verse 36, however, an entirely different situation obtains. In contrast to the preceding section, there is no specific correspondence to history. “This passage has reference to the Antichrist, ●a king is going to rise up who shall do according to his own will and shall lift himself up against all that is called god, and shall speak arrogant words against the God of gods.● He shall act in such a way as to sit in the Temple of God and shall make himself out to be God, and● his will shall be prospered until the wrath of God is fulfilled,● for in him the consummation will take place. We, too, understand this to refer to the Antichrist.” Antiochus was merely a foreshadowing of the Antichrist, “The Antichrist very properly had as a type of himself the utterly wicked king, Antiochus, who persecuted the saints and defiled the Temple.” ●The Description of the Antichrist - Daniel 11:36-38 Daniel 11:36 is none other than the Antichrist, or the man of sin of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10 and with the false prophet of Revelation 13:11-18, who is also the ruler or the false Messiah acceptable to the Jewish people. According to verse 36, the king is an absolute ruler who “shall do according to his will.” Verses 36 begins talking about a king who will do as he pleases. ●The previous section was careful not to refer to Antiochus Epiphanes as a king because he was an usurper who seized the kingdom though the honor of the kingship had not been conferred upon him.●-- And though Antiochus Epiphanes was an evil and despicable man, this king goes far beyond that. ●The man so described through verse 45 is not Antiochus Epiphanes, Herod the Great, Constantine the Great, the Pope, the Roman Empire, Hitler, Stalin or any other historical person or system.● This is a man who is yet to come and this detailed prophecy about him will be fulfilled in the future.● This man is the “little horn” in the prophecy in Daniel 7 and who is often popularly referred to as the antichrist.● These verses describe a king whose ●wickedness and godlessness seem to surpass all who preceded him.● This king is said to do whatever he wants and exalt himself above gods and over the God of gods (11:36),● showing no regard for the “gods of his ancestors, the god desired by women, or for any other god” and instead honoring “a god of fortress” (11:37-38), which would seem to refer to military might.●✅️ He has success (11:36), honoring those who look to him (11:39), until the “time of wrath is completed” (11:36). ✅️ The first description of him In verses 36-38 is that ●he is a king that will do as he pleases.● He regards no law except himself which is why ●Paul describes him as “the man of lawlessness” in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.● In Daniel 7:25 he is described as even seeking to “make alterations in times and in law.” He will be a dictatorial despot. The description of him in these verse is not necessarily chronological with the actions that are described in verses 40-45. He will also be the supreme egotist who disregards all gods and religions in favor of himself.● There have been many men who thought of themselves as some sort of god, but they usually recognized other gods.● That was true of the Caesars and of Antiochus Epiphanes too.● This man will think of himself as above that. There are seven statements in these three verses regarding his relationship to the gods.-- 1. *He will “exalt and magnify himself above every god.” 2. *He will “speak monstrous things against the God of gods.” 3. *He will “show no regard for the gods of his fathers” 4. *He will show no regard for “the desire of women.” 5. *He will show no regard for “any god” 6. *He will “magnify himself above them all.” 7. *He will “honor a god of fortresses” ●This man will be an atheist set against not only the true God and the promised Messiah, but without respect for any religion.● ●He is called antichrist because he goes beyond not just disregarding Jesus Christ, but is set against Him. The apostle John said, “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour” (1 John 2:18). ●John defined antichrist as “the one who denies the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22), “that does not confess Jesus” (1 John 4:3), and “those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ [as] coming in the flesh” (2 John 1:7).● Other Scriptures also speak of his blasphemous character.● In Daniel 7 he is described as one who will utter great boasts (7:8 &11) and who “will speak out against the Most High” (7:25). He is described in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 as the one “who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.”● ● This would be the abomination of desolation spoken about by Jesus in Matthew 24:15 in reference to the fulfillment of Daniel 9:27.● The description in Revelation 13 agrees with this. He Is the beast out of the sea who opens “his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle.” ●Those who dwell on the earth will worship him and those that will not are subject to execution.● ●The only god he recognizes Is the “god of fortresses.”● This is different from the gods of his ancestors for he is a complete materialist. ●The ability to conquer is his god.● Daniel 11:38 describes ●his wealth being spent in the pursuit of war as if it were- “he will honor” his military might “with gold, silver costly stones and treasures.”● His actions of war are described in verse 39 and verses 40-45.

💥(NOTES B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch1️⃣1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 32 PART 4️ 📍 A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ● The king In The End Times ●Description of the Anti-Christ ● The Actions & Wars Of The Anti-Christ ● Michael Arises to Rescue the Remnant of Israel With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 13, 2024 ●The Wars of the Antichrist - Daniel 11:40-45 The section begins describing that ●at the end time the king of the South will collide with him.● There are three kings referred to in this section.● Both the king of the south, Egypt and allies, and ●the king of the north, Syria and allies, attack Israel which is controlled by the antichrist.● We need to remember a couple of things in examining the actions that take place in verses 40-45. ●First, that according to Daniel 7, the antichrist is the little horn that arises out of the ten kings that make up a revived Roman empire. ● Second, that the focus of prophetic Scriptures is what will have an effect on the nation and land of Israel. ●The antichrist will be given power to conquer at will, but that does not mean he has conquered every nation on earth nor does it mean that those nations he has conquered and set up with puppet kings will remain loyal to him.● ●There can be only one king who does absolutely according to his will in this period, and this must be the world ruler which according to Daniel 7:23 “shall devour the whole earth, and tread it down, and break it in pieces.”● ● Although other rulers will be associated with him, such as the ten horns of Revelation 17:12 and the false prophet of Revelation 13:11-18, none of these can be described as absolute rulers.● The Actions of the Antichrist - Daniel 11:39 ●His blasphemous beliefs lead him to take action against even the strongest of fortresses which he will conquer.● ● He then posts out honor to those who acknowledge him and to those willing to pay the price, he will set up to be his puppet rulers over the conquered territories. ● Other Scriptures also describe these kinds of actions, but ●there will be a limit to its length.● ••• ● In Daniel 7:25 he wears down the saints of the Highest One for a time, times and half a time before he is judged and destroyed.● Here in Daniel 11:36 it is given to him to “prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.” ●The beast with his allied puppet kings will conquer, consume and destroy other nations in war, but this will only continue “until the words of God shall be fulfilled” (Revelation 17:17)● As you will recall as well, that the seventieth week of the prophecy in Daniel 9:27 begins with ●“and he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week,” with the “he” referring to “the prince who is to come” who is the antichrist.● ● It is because of this covenant that he Is aligned with the nation of Israel so that an attack against it is an attack against himself.● ●The antichrist’s response Is overwhelming. Verse 40 says he “will enter lands, overflow them, and pass through.” Verses 41-43 then add, “He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and many [countries] will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. 42 “Then he will stretch out his hand against [other] countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43 “But he will rule over the hidden treasures of gold and silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians [will follow] at his heels.”● ●The Beautiful Land is a reference to Israel,● and from there he continues on to conquer Egypt to the borders of Libya and Ethiopia. This would mean that he defeats the king of the North first, and then overflows south. Apparently, his actions are so quick and focused on Egypt, that he does not bother with the countries to the east - Edom, Moab and Ammon - modern Jordan. He gains control of the wealth of the areas conquered including hidden treasures of gold and silver. Verse 45 - “And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.” 💥●The end of Daniel 11:45 would then occur in the second half of the seventieth week coordinating with the rest of Matthew 24:15, Revelation 7-19, Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Zechariah 14. Ezekiel 38 & 39; (Ezekiel 28:8) and ends with the armies of Gog and Magog and their allies being destroyed by such things as an earthquake (28:19), fighting within the armies (28:20), pestilence, torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone (28:21) so that the Lord is sanctified and made known to the nations (28:22).● Michael Arises - Daniel 12:1 ●“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands [guard] over the sons of your people, will stand.● ●And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.”●✅️ ●While the phrase “now at that time” refers to the “end time” in 11:40 and could be understood to be concurrent with the previous verses, the statement about a time of previously unknown distress can only fit with the later half of the seventieth week.● ●This is the same Michael that was introduced in Daniel 10:13.● ●He is an archangel (Jude 1:9) who has a specific responsibility toward Israel.● ■ This is not Christ or any other human or spiritual person.■ ●His specific purpose here is to protect and rescue the remnant of Israel whose names are written in the book.●

💥(NOTES A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: ✅📖 Book Of Daniel Ch1️⃣1️⃣📖 ✅ WEEK 32 PART 4️ 📍 A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ● The king In The End Times ●Description of the Anti-Christ ● The Actions & Wars Of The Anti-Christ ● Michael Arises to Rescue the Remnant of Israel With Bishop Worrell Hylton August 13, 2024 ●The King of the End Time 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Beginning with verse 36, a sharp break in the prophecy may be observed, introduced by the expression the time of the end in verse 35. ●Up to this point, the prophecy dealing with the Persian and Grecian Empires has been fulfilled minutely and with amazing precision.● Beginning with verse 36, however, an entirely different situation obtains. In contrast to the preceding section, there is no specific correspondence to history. “This passage has reference to the Antichrist, ●a king is going to rise up who shall do according to his own will and shall lift himself up against all that is called god, and shall speak arrogant words against the God of gods.● He shall act in such a way as to sit in the Temple of God and shall make himself out to be God, and● his will shall be prospered until the wrath of God is fulfilled,● for in him the consummation will take place. We, too, understand this to refer to the Antichrist.” Antiochus was merely a foreshadowing of the Antichrist, “The Antichrist very properly had as a type of himself the utterly wicked king, Antiochus, who persecuted the saints and defiled the Temple.” ●The Description of the Antichrist - Daniel 11:36-38 Daniel 11:36 is none other than the Antichrist, or the man of sin of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10 and with the false prophet of Revelation 13:11-18, who is also the ruler or the false Messiah acceptable to the Jewish people. According to verse 36, the king is an absolute ruler who “shall do according to his will.” Verses 36 begins talking about a king who will do as he pleases. ●The previous section was careful not to refer to Antiochus Epiphanes as a king because he was an usurper who seized the kingdom though the honor of the kingship had not been conferred upon him.●-- And though Antiochus Epiphanes was an evil and despicable man, this king goes far beyond that. ●The man so described through verse 45 is not Antiochus Epiphanes, Herod the Great, Constantine the Great, the Pope, the Roman Empire, Hitler, Stalin or any other historical person or system.● This is a man who is yet to come and this detailed prophecy about him will be fulfilled in the future.● This man is the “little horn” in the prophecy in Daniel 7 and who is often popularly referred to as the antichrist.● These verses describe a king whose ●wickedness and godlessness seem to surpass all who preceded him.● This king is said to do whatever he wants and exalt himself above gods and over the God of gods (11:36),● showing no regard for the “gods of his ancestors, the god desired by women, or for any other god” and instead honoring “a god of fortress” (11:37-38), which would seem to refer to military might.●✅️ He has success (11:36), honoring those who look to him (11:39), until the “time of wrath is completed” (11:36). ✅️ The first description of him In verses 36-38 is that ●he is a king that will do as he pleases.● He regards no law except himself which is why ●Paul describes him as “the man of lawlessness” in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.● In Daniel 7:25 he is described as even seeking to “make alterations in times and in law.” He will be a dictatorial despot. The description of him in these verse is not necessarily chronological with the actions that are described in verses 40-45. He will also be the supreme egotist who disregards all gods and religions in favor of himself.● There have been many men who thought of themselves as some sort of god, but they usually recognized other gods.● That was true of the Caesars and of Antiochus Epiphanes too.● This man will think of himself as above that. There are seven statements in these three verses regarding his relationship to the gods.-- 1. *He will “exalt and magnify himself above every god.” 2. *He will “speak monstrous things against the God of gods.” 3. *He will “show no regard for the gods of his fathers” 4. *He will show no regard for “the desire of women.” 5. *He will show no regard for “any god” 6. *He will “magnify himself above them all.” 7. *He will “honor a god of fortresses” ●This man will be an atheist set against not only the true God and the promised Messiah, but without respect for any religion.● ●He is called antichrist because he goes beyond not just disregarding Jesus Christ, but is set against Him. The apostle John said, “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour” (1 John 2:18). ●John defined antichrist as “the one who denies the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22), “that does not confess Jesus” (1 John 4:3), and “those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ [as] coming in the flesh” (2 John 1:7).● Other Scriptures also speak of his blasphemous character.● In Daniel 7 he is described as one who will utter great boasts (7:8 &11) and who “will speak out against the Most High” (7:25). He is described in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 as the one “who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.”● ● This would be the abomination of desolation spoken about by Jesus in Matthew 24:15 in reference to the fulfillment of Daniel 9:27.● The description in Revelation 13 agrees with this. He Is the beast out of the sea who opens “his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle.” ●Those who dwell on the earth will worship him and those that will not are subject to execution.● ●The only god he recognizes Is the “god of fortresses.”● This is different from the gods of his ancestors for he is a complete materialist. ●The ability to conquer is his god.● Daniel 11:38 describes ●his wealth being spent in the pursuit of war as if it were- “he will honor” his military might “with gold, silver costly stones and treasures.”● His actions of war are described in verse 39 and verses 40-45.

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1⃣1⃣📖 WEEK 30 PART 2⃣ 📍 A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ● War & Conquest ● The Northern & Southern kings ● Lines of Succession ● Seleucus The Tax Raiser ● Antiochus IV Epiphanes The persecuter of Jews● July 30, 2024 ●Antiochus the Great, who could have gone down in history as one of the great conquerors of the ancient world if he had been content to leave Greece alone, instead fulfilled the prophecy of verse 19 in that he had to return to his own land, defeated and broken. He was killed trying to plunder a temple in Elam●. From the standpoint of the history of Israel, this was important because Antiochus the Great was followed by ●Seleucus IV Philopator (187-175 b.c), who in turn was succeeded by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 b.c), the notorious persecutor of the Jews described in detail in Daniel 11:21-35.● ●Seleucus Philopator, the Raiser of Taxes 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. The Seleucid king ruling between the times of Antiochus the Great and Antiochus Epiphanes, Seleucus IV Philopator, is mentioned here for his oppression by taxation of the people of Israel. Because of the rising power of Rome, ●he was forced to pay tribute to the Romans of a thousand talents annually. In order to raise this large amount of money, Seleucus had to tax all the lands under his domain, including special taxes from the Jews secured by a tax collector named Heliodorus (2 Mac 3:7) who took treasures from the temple at Jerusalem.● ●This explains the statement, ‘within a few days he shall be destroyed’ (11:20), possibly by poison administered to him by the same Heliodorus.” This set the stage for the terrible persecutions by Antiochus Epiphanes which followed.● ●The Rise of Antiochus IV Epiphanes 11:21-23 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. ●Beginning with verse 21, a major section of this chapter is devoted to a comparatively obscure Syrian ruler who was on the throne from 175 to 164 B.C., previously alluded to as the “little horn” (Dan 8:9-14, 23-25). He reigned in the days of the decline of the Syrian power and the rise of Rome to the west, and only his death in 164 B.C. prevented his humiliation by Rome.● From the standpoint of Scripture and the revelation by the angel to Daniel, this was the most important feature of the entire third empire. ● The reasons for the prominence of Antiochus IV Epiphanes were his desecration of the Jewish temple and altar, and his bitter persecution of the Jewish peopl● e. As is true of the entire section beginning with chapter 8, ● Gentile dominion is viewed primarily from its relationship to the progress of the Jewish nation.● ● By comparison with Seleucus IV Philopator, his predecessor, he is described as “a vile person.” The title Epiphanes, meaning “glorious,” was a title which Antiochus gave himself, in keeping with his desire to be regarded as god● . ● The description here given is God’s viewpoint of him because of his immoral life, persecution, and hatred of the people of God. His life was characterized by intrigue, expediency, and lust for power in which honor was always secondary.● The expression "to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom" has reference to the fact that he seized the throne rather than obtaining it honorably. At the time his predecessor died, there were several possible candidates for the throne. Antiochus IV, the brother of Seleucus IV, was in Athens at the time of his brother’s death. There he received word that his brother Seleucus had been murdered by Heliodorus, as prophesied in Daniel 11:20, “he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.” Montgomery describes this as dying ‘with his boots on,’ a disgrace to a king; ● Posing as the guardian of young Antiochus who was in Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes proceeded to Antioch where he obtained the kingdom by flatteries,” he secured the throne.● ● Meanwhile, young Antiochus was murdered by Andronicus, whom Antiochus IV then put to death, although it is possible that Antiochus himself had laid the whole plot. Heliodorus, who had murdered Seleucus IV, was not able to secure the throne and disappeared.● Antiochus IV was therefore secure on his throne and began an active life of military conquest and intrigue in his struggle for power against both Egypt and Rome. Verse 22 speaks of military activity including several campaigns against Egypt. The prophecy does not attempt to be specific but describes in general how armies on various occasions were destroyed as by a flood and “shall be broken.” ● The reference to “the arms of a flood” may refer to military forces rather than a natural flood. In other words, he shall be victorious over his enemies.● Verse 23 described his various leagues with other nations, especially with Egypt which involved considerable intrigue and deceit. At the time, there was a contest for power between two of Antiochus’ nephews, Ptolemy Philometor and Ptolemy Euergetes for control of Egypt. Antiochus supported Ptolemy Philometor, but only for his own gain. Out of it, Antiochus became stronger himself.

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch 1⃣1⃣📖 WEEK 30 PART 2⃣ 📍 A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ● War & Conquest ● The Northern & Southern kings ● Lines of Succession ● Seleucus The Tax Raiser ● Antiochus IV Epiphanes The persecutor of Jews● July 30, 2024 ●Ptolemy Euergetes and Seleucus Callinicus 11:7-9 But out of a branch of her roots ●shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail●: and ●shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.● So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land ●The Struggle Between Seleucus and Antiochus III 11:10-19 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. ●Although Seleucus Callinicus was unsuccessful in his attack on Egypt, his successors described as “his sons” proved to be more successful.● ●Seleucus III (226-223 B.C.) came to an untimely end, having perished in battle in Asia Minor, but ●the task was ably carried on by Antiochus III the Great (223-187 Antiochus the Great was able to mount several campaigns against Egypt; and largely because of the indolence of the Egyptian ruler, Ptolemy Philopator (221-203 b.c.), he restored to Syria the territory as far south as Gaza●. The Egyptian army was directed by Ptolemy, accompanied by his sister-wife, Arsinoe. There were about 70,000 soldiers on each side. The battle resulted in a complete victory for Egypt (11:11-12); and as Jerome comments, “Antiochus lost his entire army and was almost captured as he fled to the desert. The prophecy was fulfilled that the multitude of the Syrians was given into the hand of the Egyptians. However, a peace had to be arranged because Antiochus had managed to escape. As verse 12 indicates, the Egyptian monarch was too indolent to pursue his advantage; and although the battle was disastrous for the Syrians, it tended to bring peace between the two nations, at least temporarily. Meanwhile, Antiochus turned his attention to conquests in the east, in which he was quite successful, gathering strength and wealth. In the period 212-204 b.c. he advanced east to the borders of India and as far north as the Caspian. ●Ptolemy Philopator and his queen died mysteriously in 203 b.c. and were succeeded by their infant son, Ptolemy V Epiphanes.● In 201 B.C., Antiochus managed to assemble another great army and again began a series of attacks on Egypt, as described in verse 13-16. The expression the robbers of thy people (11:14) refers to persons who violate law and justice; hence, they are “robbers,” or “men of violence” (RSV). History records a league against Egypt, into which a large number of Jews entered with Antiochus the Great, and to their participation in his warlike operations against that country, as a consequence of the revolt of the Egyptians against Syria. The Egyptian armies led by Scopas were defeated at Paneas, near the headwaters of the Jordan River. Antiochus III subsequently forced Scopas to surrender at Sidon, “a city of fortifications,” which the Seleucid king captured in 199-198 b.c. This victory resulted in the Syrian occupation of all Palestine as far south as Gaza.● The allusion to “the arms at the south shall not stand” is to the unsuccessful attempt by three Egyptian leaders, Eropas, Menacles, and Damoyenus to rescue the besieged Scopas from Sidon.● ●Threatened by Rome, however, Antiochus effected a diplomatic settlement with Egypt by marrying his daughter Cleopatra to the young king, Ptolemy V Epiphanes in 192 b.c. In so doing, he fulfilled the prophecy “he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.”● Antiochus the Great purposed by this betrothal of his young daughter to the seven-year old Ptolemy to ruin his former opponent and present ally. Antiochus the Great begins to suffer reverses, however, as indicated in verse 18, where “prince for his own behalf “brought about the defeat of Antiochus.” This defeat came about in the following manner. Having successfully sustained his conquest against Egypt by defeating Scopas,● Antiochus then turned his attention to the threat from the west and attempted to equal the conquests of Alexander the Great by conquering Greece. ●In this he was notably unsuccessful, being defeated in 191 B.C. at Thermopylae north of Athens and again in 189 b.c. at Magnesia on the Maeander River southeast of Ephesus by soldiers of Rome and Pergamum under the leadership of the Roman general Scipio.● ●This fulfilled the prophecies of verses 18 and 19, and from an historic viewpoint, was important in removing from Europe the’ control by Asiatic governments●. This paved the way for Roman expansion later.●

💥NOTES (D)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 ●First Defilement of the Temple - Daniel 11:28 “Then he will return to his land with much plunder; but his heart will be [set] against the holy covenant, and he will take action and [then] return to his [own] land.” When Antiochus left for Syria he took much Egyptian wealth with him. ●On his way back he took action against Israel for rebellious actions.● ●Antiochus had removed Jason from being the High Priest and had installed his own priest, who had offered him a greater amount of tribute money (2 Maccabees 4:3-27). ●The Jews had heard a rumor that Antiochus was dead and held a celebration and Jason raised a force to overthrow Menelaus. Menelaus withstood the attack, and ●when Antiochus arrived he took action to punish those who had taken part or supported the rebellion. He slaughtered up to 80,000 and sold another 40,000 into slavery.● ●He looted the Temple of its vessels of gold and silver, stole about 1800 talents of gold, ●then defiled the Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar, boiling some of its flesh and sprinkling the whole temple with some of its broth (1 Maccabees 1:21-28; 2 Maccabees 5:15-21). He then returned to Syria. ●Second Defilement of the Temple - Daniel 11:29-31 29 “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. 30 “For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened, and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 “And forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.” ●Antiochus Epiphanes thought of himself as a manifestation of the Greek God, Zeus. He was very serious about the establishment of Greek culture the nations under his control and decreed that everyone had to worship the Greek deities. ●He gave favor to Menelaus and the apostates who followed him in the Hellenization of Israel while punishing those held fast to Judaism.● Antiochus sent an ●Athenian philosopher to Jerusalem to supervise and carry out the proclamation along with his General, Apollonius, and Syrian troops to enforce it. ●They stopped the regular Temple sacrifices and replaced them with sacrifices of pigs to Greek gods. ●Syrian soldiers and harlots performed dissolute heathen rites in the Temple courts. ●Jews were forced to take part in the drunken activities in honor of the god of wine. ●Those Jews that tried to observe the Mosaic rituals of sacrifice, circumcision, the Sabbath or a feast day were subject to execution.● ●Finally a pagan altar was erected over the altar of God, which probably included an idol, and the Temple was rededicated to Zeus. ●This was the abomination of desolation. It only got worse for the people. ●The Purging of the People - Daniel 11:32-35 32 “And by smooth [words] he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action. 33 “And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for [many] days. 34 “Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. 35 “And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because [it is] still [to come] at the appointed time.” ●Many Jews had submitted themselves to Antiochus’ decrees out of fear for their lives, and many more become apostate due to the enticements he offered to those who would embrace Greek idolatry. The dissolute nature of Greek culture was attractive to those who wanted freedom to sin and Antiochus’ favor and flattery made it that much more attractive. ●At the same time, there were also many that remained true to God despite the hardships and threat of death. The persecution caused a cleansing of the people that separated those who truly loved God from those who were apostate of heart. ●One family that remained true was Mattathias Maccabeus and his five sons. He was a priest that refused to offer pagan sacrifices. His family fled to the hills and led a revolt. Others encouraged by his example joined him, but it was a long war and they suffered much. Many died by the sword, others were burned alive in their homes or were cast into heated brass cauldrons. Several of Maccabeus’ sons were killed too. The number involved in their revolt fluctuated as death reduced their numbers while new people would join. ●Some of those who joined were hypocritical since their motivation was to be on the winning side in order to escape persecution or gain plunder for themselves and not because they were actually faithful to God.● ●Antiochus drops out of the picture after verse 34 because he has no further effect on Israel. Historically, in the third year of the revolt, the Maccabees led by the son, Judah, were able to force the Syrians out Jerusalem. They were now free to resume worship of the Lord in the Temple. This became the yearly festival known as Hanukkah which means “to dedicate.” The revelation given to Daniel by the angel does not include this conclusion but rather leaves the story open ended pointing to a future time in verse 35. There would continue to be persecution of the Jews to “refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.” ●

💥NOTES (C)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 ●The Resulting Persecutions of Israel 11:32-35 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. ●The Despicable Man - Daniel 11:21 We are introduced to this man in verse 21. “And in his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by conspiracy.” Despicable, vile or contemptible are all good words to translate the Hebrew description of Antiochus IV. ✅He was a man to be despised and disdained because he was vile and worthless in character. He gave himself the title of Antiochus Theos Epiphanes, which means Antiochus the Visible God or “God Manifest,” for he thought of himself as the manifestation of Zeus or Jupiter. ✅The people used a word play and called him Antiochus Epimanes which means Antiochus the Madman.✅ He was an evil man showing all the evidence of being empowered and directed by Satan. He is the “small horn” we met briefly in Daniel 8. ✅He seized the kingdom by conspiracy and not because the honor of kingship was conferred upon him. He was an usurper.✅ Antiochus was in Athens at the time his older brother, Seleucus IV was murdered by poisoning. The throne rightly belonged to Seleucus’ young son, Demetrius, who was being held hostage in Rome. His brother, also named Antiochus, was just a baby in Syria. Antiochus Epiphanes returned to Syria as the supposed protector of the family throne in blocking his nephew’s bid to gain the throne and as guardian of his nephews. He did accomplish the former, but ✅it was not enough for him to be regent on his nephew’s behalf, he wanted the throne for himself. His nephew was murdered by a fellow named Andronicus whom Antiochus IV then had executed, though the whole plot may have been his own from the start. ✅ Military Victories - Daniel 11:22 “And the overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.” This refers to several military victories by Antiochus. The first was against the forces of Heliodorus who had made a bid for the throne after the death of Seleucus. Heliodorus was probably the man behind that murder. Antiochus was assisted by the king of Pergamum and this solidified his control of Syria. ●Victory by Deception - Daniel 11:23-24 “And after an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small [force of] people. 24 “In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest [parts] of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but [only] for a time.” 25 Wars are expensive in both manpower and treasure and Antiochus did not want spend those fighting battles if he could gain the same ends through a treaty. Like his father, Antiochus was concerned about rising Roman power and influence so he made a treaty with Ptolemy Philometor. Antiochus used this to put Ptolemy off guard so that he was able to seize a large section of what had been Egyptian territory with a small force. While promoting peace and friendship he was able to conquer town after town. The major fortresses were captured except Alexandria. None of his fathers had been able to conquer as much even with large forces. He did well, but only for a time for Roman threatened him and told him to leave Egypt, which he did. ●Victory by Treachery - Daniel 11:25-26 25 “And he will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. 26 “And those who eat his choice food will destroy him, and his army will overflow, but many will fall down slain.” During the course of his reign, Antiochus invaded Egypt four different times. The result was that many Egyptian soldiers were slain and Ptolemy Philometor was captured and his younger brother, was made king. ●Two Liars - Daniel 11:27 26 “As for both kings, their hearts will be [intent] on evil, and they will speak lies [to each other] at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still [to come] at the appointed time.” Ptolemy the new king is the prisoner of Antiochus Epiphanes, but both still have designs on overthrowing Ptolemy Euergetes and regain Egypt for themselves, so they lie to each other as they try to carry out their schemes. ●Antiochus pretends to befriend Philometor in the effort to restore his throne against his brother. Philometor pretends to believe him●. They fail to conquer Alexandria, but Philometor is crowned king in Memphis. Antiochus leaves for Syria and Philometor ends up forming a co-regency with his brother.

💥NOTES (B)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 ●Antiochus’ Rise In Power 11:24-26 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. Always active to enlarge his kingdom, either by military devices or intrigue, Antiochus, according to verse 24, like his fathers, robbed the richest places of the country under his control. ●The prediction He shall enter peaceably means that he attacked the enemy “in a time of security” or “peace,” when the enemy did not expect him.● Unlike his father, Antiochus IV did not use his wealth secured in this way for personal advantage so much as to buy favor with others and to secure their cooperation. The expression he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches indicates this distribution of the wealth he had secured. According to 1 Maccabees 3:30, “He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts which he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings” (RSV). Among his military maneuvers were several expeditions against Egypt which are indicated in verse 25. Which of the several expeditions this represents is of no importance, as this prophecy is simply describing in general the characteristics of the reign of Antiochus 4:The outcome of the battle was that the king of Egypt was defeated as indicated in the statement but he shall not stand, referring to the king of the south. Even those who should have supported him conspired against him as revealed in verse 26. The result was that, generally speaking, Antiochus was victorious over the Egyptians. ●The Wickedness of Antiochus 11:27-28 And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. The struggle between Syria and Egypt, however, led to various agreements which did not prosper. Neither the rulers of Egypt nor Syria were honorable in their agreements as indicated in verse 27, “they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper.” As the last part of verse 27 makes clear, in spite of all his intrigue, Antiochus was fulfilling prophecy on schedule. ●Antiochus, returning from Egypt with great riches, began to manifest his hatred against the people of Israel and his covetousness in relation to the wealth of the temple. This is indicated in the statement, His heart shall be against the holy covenant.● ●Antiochus Opposed by Rome Persecutes the Jews 11:29-31 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. ●In another expedition against Egypt, “at the time appointed,” that is, by God, he managed to capture Ptolemy Philometor but was finally forced to evacuate Egypt because he failed to take the city of Alexandria.● His success was not as great as in former expeditions, as stated, “It shall not be as the former, or as the latter.” Still another invasion of Egypt occurred about 168 B.C. Here, however, he was met near Alexandria by a Roman consul, Gaius Popillius Laenas, who demanded that he leave Egypt at risk of being attacked by Rome. The Roman consul is reported to have circled the king and told him that his decision had to be reached before he stepped out of the circle. Rather than risk a war with Rome, 21 Antiochus, although greatly displeased, withdrew from Egypt immediately and conceded Egypt to Roman power. Prophetically, this is indicated in verse 30 by the statement for the ships of Chittim shall come against him, this is usually taken as a symbolic representation of Roman power which came from the west past Chittim, a reference to the island of Cyprus which was to the west of his kingdom. Disgruntled by his defeat in Egypt at the hands of Rome, Antiochus Epiphanes seems to have vented his wrath upon the Jewish people as intimated in verse 30 in the expression, “have indignation against the holy covenant.” The history of the period is given in 1 and 2 Maccabees. The added statement and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant indicates his affiliation with those who sided with Antiochus, who became his favorites and proteges (cf. 1 Mac 2:18; 2 Mac 6:1). ●In the process of his opposition to the Jews, Antiochus polluted the holy altar in the temple by offering a pig upon the altar and forbidding the continuance of the daily sacrifices (cf. 1 Mac 1:44-54).● ●He also issued orders that the Jews should cease their worship and erected in the holy place an idol, probably the image of Zeus Olympius.● ●This represents placing “the abomination that maketh desolate,” mentioned in verse 31 to which Christ referred in Matthew 24:15. The parallel prophecy in Daniel 8:23-25 covers the same series of incidents.● This desecration of the temple, in opposition to the Jewish faith, precipitated the Maccabean revolt which was cruelly suppressed by Antiochus with tens of thousands of Israelites perishing. The entire series of incidents, however, including the persecution of Israel, the desecration of their temple, and the stopping of the daily sacrifice, although fulfilled historically in Antiochus’ persecution of Israel, is also prophetic of the future persecution of Israel which will result in the great tribulation. The reference in Matthew 24:15 where Christ is describing the beginning of the great tribulation is linked to the desecration of the temple by Antiochus as being similar in kind. Antiochus thus becomes a type of the future man of sin and his activities foreshadow the ultimate blasphemous persecution of Israel and the desecration of their temple.

💥NOTES (A)💥 Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 The Rise of ●Antiochus IV Epiphanes● 11:21-23 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. Beginning with verse 21, a major section of this chapter is devoted to a comparatively obscure Syrian ruler who was on the throne from 175 to 164 B.C., previously alluded to as the “little horn” (Dan 8:9-14, 23-25). He reigned in the days of the decline of the Syrian power and the rise of Rome to the west, and only his death in 164 B.C. prevented his humiliation by Rome. From the standpoint of Scripture and the revelation by the angel to Daniel, this was the most important feature of the entire third empire. The reasons for the prominence of Antiochus IV Epiphanes were his desecration of the Jewish temple and altar, and his bitter persecution of the Jewish people. As is true of the entire section beginning with chapter 8, ●Gentile dominion is viewed primarily from its relationship to the progress of the Jewish nation.● By comparison with Seleucus IV Philopator, his predecessor, ●he is described as “a vile person.” The title Epiphanes, meaning “glorious,” was a title which Antiochus gave himself, in keeping with his desire to be regarded as god.● ●The description here given is God’s viewpoint of him because of his immoral life, persecution, and hatred of the people of God.● His life was characterized by intrigue, expediency, and lust for power in which honor was always secondary. The expression to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom has reference to the fact that he seized the throne rather than obtaining it honorably. At the time his predecessor died, there were several possible candidates for the throne. Antiochus IV, the brother of Seleucus IV, was in Athens at the time of his brother’s death. There he received word that his brother Seleucus had been murdered by Heliodorus, as prophesied in Daniel 11:20, “he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.” Montgomery describes this as dying “ ‘with his boots on,’ a disgrace to a king; Posing as the guardian of young Antiochus who was in Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes proceeded to Antioch where he obtains the kingdom by flatteries,” he secured the throne. Meanwhile, young Antiochus was murdered by Andronicus, whom Antiochus IV then put to death, although it is possible that Antiochus himself had laid the whole plot. ●Heliodorus, who had murdered Seleucus IV, was not able to secure the throne and disappeared. Antiochus IV was therefore secure on his throne and began an active life of military conquest and intrigue in his struggle for power against both Egypt and Rome. ● Verse 22 speaks of military activity including several campaigns against Egypt. The prophecy does not attempt to be specific but describes in general how armies on various occasions were destroyed as by a flood and “shall be broken.” The reference to “the arms of a flood” may refer to military forces rather than a natural flood. In other words, he shall be victorious over his enemies. Verse 23 described his various leagues with other nations, especially with Egypt which involved considerable intrigue and deceit. At the time, there was a contest for power between two of Antiochus’ nephews, Ptolemy Philometor and Ptolemy Euergetes for control of Egypt. Antiochus supported Ptolemy Philometor, but only for his own gain. Out of it, Antiochus became stronger himself.

NOTES (D) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 ●First Defilement of the Temple - Daniel 11:28 “Then he will return to his land with much plunder; but his heart will be [set] against the holy covenant, and he will take action and [then] return to his [own] land.” When Antiochus left for Syria he took much Egyptian wealth with him. ●On his way back he took action against Israel for rebellious actions.● ●Antiochus had removed Jason from being the High Priest and had installed his own priest, who had offered him a greater amount of tribute money (2 Maccabees 4:3-27). ●The Jews had heard a rumor that Antiochus was dead and held a celebration and Jason raised a force to overthrow Menelaus. Menelaus withstood the attack, and ●when Antiochus arrived he took action to punish those who had taken part or supported the rebellion. He slaughtered up to 80,000 and sold another 40,000 into slavery.● ●He looted the Temple of its vessels of gold and silver, stole about 1800 talents of gold, ●then defiled the Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar, boiling some of its flesh and sprinkling the whole temple with some of its broth (1 Maccabees 1:21-28; 2 Maccabees 5:15-21). He then returned to Syria. ●Second Defilement of the Temple - Daniel 11:29-31 29 “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. 30 “For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened, and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 “And forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.” ●Antiochus Epiphanes thought of himself as a manifestation of the Greek God, Zeus. He was very serious about the establishment of Greek culture the nations under his control and decreed that everyone had to worship the Greek deities. ●He gave favor to Menelaus and the apostates who followed him in the Hellenization of Israel while punishing those held fast to Judaism.● Antiochus sent an ●Athenian philosopher to Jerusalem to supervise and carry out the proclamation along with his General, Apollonius, and Syrian troops to enforce it. ●They stopped the regular Temple sacrifices and replaced them with sacrifices of pigs to Greek gods. ●Syrian soldiers and harlots performed dissolute heathen rites in the Temple courts. ●Jews were forced to take part in the drunken activities in honor of the god of wine. ●Those Jews that tried to observe the Mosaic rituals of sacrifice, circumcision, the Sabbath or a feast day were subject to execution.● ●Finally a pagan altar was erected over the altar of God, which probably included an idol, and the Temple was rededicated to Zeus. ●This was the abomination of desolation. It only got worse for the people. ●The Purging of the People - Daniel 11:32-35 32 “And by smooth [words] he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action. 33 “And those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for [many] days. 34 “Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. 35 “And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because [it is] still [to come] at the appointed time.” ●Many Jews had submitted themselves to Antiochus’ decrees out of fear for their lives, and many more become apostate due to the enticements he offered to those who would embrace Greek idolatry. The dissolute nature of Greek culture was attractive to those who wanted freedom to sin and Antiochus’ favor and flattery made it that much more attractive. ●At the same time, there were also many that remained true to God despite the hardships and threat of death. The persecution caused a cleansing of the people that separated those who truly loved God from those who were apostate of heart. ●One family that remained true was Mattathias Maccabeus and his five sons. He was a priest that refused to offer pagan sacrifices. His family fled to the hills and led a revolt. Others encouraged by his example joined him, but it was a long war and they suffered much. Many died by the sword, others were burned alive in their homes or were cast into heated brass cauldrons. Several of Maccabeus’ sons were killed too. The number involved in their revolt fluctuated as death reduced their numbers while new people would join. ●Some of those who joined were hypocritical since their motivation was to be on the winning side in order to escape persecution or gain plunder for themselves and not because they were actually faithful to God.● ●Antiochus drops out of the picture after verse 34 because he has no further effect on Israel. Historically, in the third year of the revolt, the Maccabees led by the son, Judah, were able to force the Syrians out Jerusalem. They were now free to resume worship of the Lord in the Temple. This became the yearly festival known as Hanukkah which means “to dedicate.” The revelation given to Daniel by the angel does not include this conclusion but rather leaves the story open ended pointing to a future time in verse 35. There would continue to be persecution of the Jews to “refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.” ●

NOTES (C) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 ●The Resulting Persecutions of Israel 11:32-35 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. The Despicable Man - Daniel 11:21 We are introduced to this man in verse 21. “And in his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by conspiracy.” Despicable, vile or contemptible are all good words to translate the Hebrew description of Antiochus IV. ✅He was a man to be despised and disdained because he was vile and worthless in character. He gave himself the title of Antiochus Theos Epiphanes, which means Antiochus the Visible God or “God Manifest,” for he thought of himself as the manifestation of Zeus or Jupiter. ✅The people used a word play and called him Antiochus Epimanes which means Antiochus the Madman.✅ He was an evil man showing all the evidence of being empowered and directed by Satan. He is the “small horn” we met briefly in Daniel 8. ✅He seized the kingdom by conspiracy and not because the honor of kingship was conferred upon him. He was an usurper.✅ Antiochus was in Athens at the time his older brother, Seleucus IV was murdered by poisoning. The throne rightly belonged to Seleucus’ young son, Demetrius, who was being held hostage in Rome. His brother, also named Antiochus, was just a baby in Syria. Antiochus Epiphanes returned to Syria as the supposed protector of the family throne in blocking his nephew’s bid to gain the throne and as guardian of his nephews. He did accomplish the former, but ✅it was not enough for him to be regent on his nephew’s behalf, he wanted the throne for himself. His nephew was murdered by a fellow named Andronicus whom Antiochus IV then had executed, though the whole plot may have been his own from the start. ✅ Military Victories - Daniel 11:22 “And the overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.” This refers to several military victories by Antiochus. The first was against the forces of Heliodorus who had made a bid for the throne after the death of Seleucus. Heliodorus was probably the man behind that murder. Antiochus was assisted by the king of Pergamum and this solidified his control of Syria. ●Victory by Deception - Daniel 11:23-24 “And after an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small [force of] people. 24 “In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest [parts] of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but [only] for a time.” 25 Wars are expensive in both manpower and treasure and Antiochus did not want spend those fighting battles if he could gain the same ends through a treaty. Like his father, Antiochus was concerned about rising Roman power and influence so he made a treaty with Ptolemy Philometor. Antiochus used this to put Ptolemy off guard so that he was able to seize a large section of what had been Egyptian territory with a small force. While promoting peace and friendship he was able to conquer town after town. The major fortresses were captured except Alexandria. None of his fathers had been able to conquer as much even with large forces. He did well, but only for a time for Roman threatened him and told him to leave Egypt, which he did. ●Victory by Treachery - Daniel 11:25-26 25 “And he will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. 26 “And those who eat his choice food will destroy him, and his army will overflow, but many will fall down slain.” During the course of his reign, Antiochus invaded Egypt four different times. The result was that many Egyptian soldiers were slain and Ptolemy Philometor was captured and his younger brother, was made king. ●Two Liars - Daniel 11:27 26 “As for both kings, their hearts will be [intent] on evil, and they will speak lies [to each other] at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still [to come] at the appointed time.” Ptolemy the new king is the prisoner of Antiochus Epiphanes, but both still have designs on overthrowing Ptolemy Euergetes and regain Egypt for themselves, so they lie to each other as they try to carry out their schemes. ●Antiochus pretends to befriend Philometor in the effort to restore his throne against his brother. Philometor pretends to believe him●. They fail to conquer Alexandria, but Philometor is crowned king in Memphis. Antiochus leaves for Syria and Philometor ends up forming a co-regency with his brother.

NOTES (B) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 ●Antiochus’ Rise In Power 11:24-26 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. Always active to enlarge his kingdom, either by military devices or intrigue, Antiochus, according to verse 24, like his fathers, robbed the richest places of the country under his control. ●The prediction He shall enter peaceably means that he attacked the enemy “in a time of security” or “peace,” when the enemy did not expect him.● Unlike his father, Antiochus IV did not use his wealth secured in this way for personal advantage so much as to buy favor with others and to secure their cooperation. The expression he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches indicates this distribution of the wealth he had secured. According to 1 Maccabees 3:30, “He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts which he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings” (RSV). Among his military maneuvers were several expeditions against Egypt which are indicated in verse 25. Which of the several expeditions this represents is of no importance, as this prophecy is simply describing in general the characteristics of the reign of Antiochus 4:The outcome of the battle was that the king of Egypt was defeated as indicated in the statement but he shall not stand, referring to the king of the south. Even those who should have supported him conspired against him as revealed in verse 26. The result was that, generally speaking, Antiochus was victorious over the Egyptians. ●The Wickedness of Antiochus 11:27-28 And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. The struggle between Syria and Egypt, however, led to various agreements which did not prosper. Neither the rulers of Egypt nor Syria were honorable in their agreements as indicated in verse 27, “they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper.” As the last part of verse 27 makes clear, in spite of all his intrigue, Antiochus was fulfilling prophecy on schedule. ●Antiochus, returning from Egypt with great riches, began to manifest his hatred against the people of Israel and his covetousness in relation to the wealth of the temple. This is indicated in the statement, His heart shall be against the holy covenant.● ●Antiochus Opposed by Rome Persecutes the Jews 11:29-31 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. ●In another expedition against Egypt, “at the time appointed,” that is, by God, he managed to capture Ptolemy Philometor but was finally forced to evacuate Egypt because he failed to take the city of Alexandria.● His success was not as great as in former expeditions, as stated, “It shall not be as the former, or as the latter.” Still another invasion of Egypt occurred about 168 B.C. Here, however, he was met near Alexandria by a Roman consul, Gaius Popillius Laenas, who demanded that he leave Egypt at risk of being attacked by Rome. The Roman consul is reported to have circled the king and told him that his decision had to be reached before he stepped out of the circle. Rather than risk a war with Rome, 21 Antiochus, although greatly displeased, withdrew from Egypt immediately and conceded Egypt to Roman power. Prophetically, this is indicated in verse 30 by the statement for the ships of Chittim shall come against him, this is usually taken as a symbolic representation of Roman power which came from the west past Chittim, a reference to the island of Cyprus which was to the west of his kingdom. Disgruntled by his defeat in Egypt at the hands of Rome, Antiochus Epiphanes seems to have vented his wrath upon the Jewish people as intimated in verse 30 in the expression, “have indignation against the holy covenant.” The history of the period is given in 1 and 2 Maccabees. The added statement and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant indicates his affiliation with those who sided with Antiochus, who became his favorites and proteges (cf. 1 Mac 2:18; 2 Mac 6:1). ●In the process of his opposition to the Jews, Antiochus polluted the holy altar in the temple by offering a pig upon the altar and forbidding the continuance of the daily sacrifices (cf. 1 Mac 1:44-54).● ●He also issued orders that the Jews should cease their worship and erected in the holy place an idol, probably the image of Zeus Olympius.● ●This represents placing “the abomination that maketh desolate,” mentioned in verse 31 to which Christ referred in Matthew 24:15. The parallel prophecy in Daniel 8:23-25 covers the same series of incidents.● This desecration of the temple, in opposition to the Jewish faith, precipitated the Maccabean revolt which was cruelly suppressed by Antiochus with tens of thousands of Israelites perishing. The entire series of incidents, however, including the persecution of Israel, the desecration of their temple, and the stopping of the daily sacrifice, although fulfilled historically in Antiochus’ persecution of Israel, is also prophetic of the future persecution of Israel which will result in the great tribulation. The reference in Matthew 24:15 where Christ is describing the beginning of the great tribulation is linked to the desecration of the temple by Antiochus as being similar in kind. Antiochus thus becomes a type of the future man of sin and his activities foreshadow the ultimate blasphemous persecution of Israel and the desecration of their temple.

NOTES (A) Revivaltime Restoration Worship Center ✅Tuesday Evening BIBLE STUDY✅ SERIES: 📖 Book Of Daniel Ch11📖 WEEK 31 PART 3 📍A Prophecy Of World History To The Time Of The End 📍 ●The Rise Of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ●Rome Opposes him●His Wickedness ●The Despicable Man●The First Defilement Of The temple ●The Second Defilement of The temple ●The Purging Of the People ●Some are deceived with Bishop Worrell Hylton August 6, 2024 The Rise of ●Antiochus IV Epiphanes● 11:21-23 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. Beginning with verse 21, a major section of this chapter is devoted to a comparatively obscure Syrian ruler who was on the throne from 175 to 164 B.C., previously alluded to as the “little horn” (Dan 8:9-14, 23-25). He reigned in the days of the decline of the Syrian power and the rise of Rome to the west, and only his death in 164 B.C. prevented his humiliation by Rome. From the standpoint of Scripture and the revelation by the angel to Daniel, this was the most important feature of the entire third empire. The reasons for the prominence of Antiochus IV Epiphanes were his desecration of the Jewish temple and altar, and his bitter persecution of the Jewish people. As is true of the entire section beginning with chapter 8, ●Gentile dominion is viewed primarily from its relationship to the progress of the Jewish nation.● By comparison with Seleucus IV Philopator, his predecessor, ●he is described as “a vile person.” The title Epiphanes, meaning “glorious,” was a title which Antiochus gave himself, in keeping with his desire to be regarded as god.● ●The description here given is God’s viewpoint of him because of his immoral life, persecution, and hatred of the people of God.● His life was characterized by intrigue, expediency, and lust for power in which honor was always secondary. The expression to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom has reference to the fact that he seized the throne rather than obtaining it honorably. At the time his predecessor died, there were several possible candidates for the throne. Antiochus IV, the brother of Seleucus IV, was in Athens at the time of his brother’s death. There he received word that his brother Seleucus had been murdered by Heliodorus, as prophesied in Daniel 11:20, “he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.” Montgomery describes this as dying “ ‘with his boots on,’ a disgrace to a king; Posing as the guardian of young Antiochus who was in Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes proceeded to Antioch where he obtains the kingdom by flatteries,” he secured the throne. Meanwhile, young Antiochus was murdered by Andronicus, whom Antiochus IV then put to death, although it is possible that Antiochus himself had laid the whole plot. ●Heliodorus, who had murdered Seleucus IV, was not able to secure the throne and disappeared. Antiochus IV was therefore secure on his throne and began an active life of military conquest and intrigue in his struggle for power against both Egypt and Rome. ● Verse 22 speaks of military activity including several campaigns against Egypt. The prophecy does not attempt to be specific but describes in general how armies on various occasions were destroyed as by a flood and “shall be broken.” The reference to “the arms of a flood” may refer to military forces rather than a natural flood. In other words, he shall be victorious over his enemies. Verse 23 described his various leagues with other nations, especially with Egypt which involved considerable intrigue and deceit. At the time, there was a contest for power between two of Antiochus’ nephews, Ptolemy Philometor and Ptolemy Euergetes for control of Egypt. Antiochus supported Ptolemy Philometor, but only for his own gain. Out of it, Antiochus became stronger himself.