{"id":50111,"date":"2023-12-11T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=50111"},"modified":"2023-12-11T23:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T04:02:27","slug":"the-promised-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-promised-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Promised Kingdom","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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BOTH<\/strong> terror and exultant victory. That was the vision of the prophet Daniel of a future time when a “great beast” would arise over the whole world, a beast “quite different” than previous beasts who imposed their rule. He said it “shall devour the whole<\/em> earth, beat it down, and crush it” through “ten kings.” It will overturn the law and even alter the calendar. From its head sprung a diabolical horn whose goal is to “oppress the holy ones of the Most High.” For three and a half years, says Daniel, they will be handed over to him \u2014 he who is universally recognized as the “Antichrist.”<\/p>\n

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The Promised Kingdom<\/h5>\n

Now listen carefully, dear brothers and sisters. Satan would have you despair in these days when globalist agendas are being forced down our throats. The goal is to break us down, crush our willpower, and drive us either into silence or denial of Christ.<\/p>\n

He shall speak against the Most High and wear down<\/em> the holy ones of the Most High, intending to change the feast days and the law. They shall be handed over to him for a time, two times, and half a time.<\/strong> (Dan 7:25)<\/span><\/p>\n

But just as Jesus was handed over for a time to be “crushed” through His Passion, what followed? The Resurrection. <\/em>So too, the Church will be handed over for a time, but only to bring to death all that is worldly in the Bride of Christ and resurrect her again in the Divine Will (see\u00a0The Resurrection of the Church<\/em><\/a>). This is <\/em>the master plan:<\/p>\n

…until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ<\/strong> (Ephesians 4:13)<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, when those days of suffering drew near for Jesus, Scripture says “he set his face to go to Jerusalem” and that “for the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross.”[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. Luke 9:51, Heb 12:2<\/span><\/span>