C. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin

C. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
These words are defined in Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon as follows: Mene or “numbered;" Mene, or, “numbered; ”Tekel, “weighed,” and Upharsin, meaning “divided.”
Zondervan’s Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 4, Page 184 gives meaning of “mina, mina, shekel (tekel), and half-shekels (dividing).”
Thus, we have “two coins, one coin, and half-a-coin,” a phrase equal in structure to the phrase "time, times, and half-a-time," is found twice in Daniel (Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7), and once in Revelation 12:14. This is "one year," plus "two years," plus "half-a-year," or 3½ years, a period of time equal to the last 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period; and, which is the maximum amount of time the Antichrist will have left to wreak his havoc upon the world until the Lord comes to the Battle of Armageddon! And, we know God has promised those days will be shortened.
“And except those days (the last 3 ½ years) should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: BUT FOR THE ELECT'S SAKE THOSE DAYS SHALL BE SHORTENED.” (Matthew 24:22)
“The elect” are the saved of Israel. They were not elected to be saved; but, elected because they chose to be saved by trusting Jesus Christ as their Savior; therefore, their Messiah.
Conclusion: No matter what devices Satan uses, his number is up, and he will lose! He will be defeated at the battle of Armageddon, the Beast and False Prophet will be cast alive into the Lake of Fire, and Satan will be chained for a 1,000 years in the Bottomless Pit. (Revelation 20:1-2; Revelation 20:10). The “handwriting is on the wall!”
“Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: Daniel 2:20)
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:”(Daniel 2:20-21)
“ (God) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:2)
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;” (Hebrews 1:2-3)
If you do not have the certainty that you will go to Heaven when you leave this Earth, your future, like that of Belshazzar and the Antichrist is also predicted. You will be doomed to join them in the Lake of Fire.
“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:” (Matthew 25:41)
There is no better time than right now to trust Christ as your personal Savior.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Then, Dear Christian, let us heed the lesson of the Book of Daniel. As we look at the evil in the world around us, and come to the realization that God really has no reason to bless America anymore; we must make the winning of souls our top priority! God says that we should be,
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16)
Our prayer is, “Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.” Why? The “handwriting is on the wall!”

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