End of Days by Sylvia Browne

Posted by admin_akashic on Aug 9th, 2022 in Stories

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The text of the book of Daniel contains several Greek words. The Greek occupation of Israel occurred in the fourth century BC, while the book of Daniel is generally thought to have been written in the sixth century AD.
The last chapter of Daniel states that after the final judgment, humankind will ascend to heaven or descend into hell. But at the time of Daniel’s life and writings, the Jewish belief was that all the dead went directly to Sheol. In Hebrew, Sheol is a grave or pit beneath the earth where the dead would exist in a conscious eternal limbo of hopeless, joyless separation from God. The Greek concepts of heaven and hell weren’t introduced into Israel until hundreds of years after Daniel’s life and purported writing.

Whether the book of Daniel is a work of fiction written under a pseudonym or the true work of a prophet acknowledged by Christ on the Mount of Olives, its ultimate message, identical to that of Revelation, is that in the end, evil will be defeated and God will reign eternally over all who worship Him.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE APOSTLE PAUL

An extraordinary example of Jesus’s ability to redirect a life is the story of Saul, whose Latin name was Paul. In Acts 22:1-8 and Acts 26: 4-11 he shares his history:

I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up [in Jerusalem ] at the feet of [the renowned teacher] Gamaliel, educated according to the strictest party of our religion. I have lived as a Pharisee, in the manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as you all are this day.

Accordingly, I was convinced I ought to do many things opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth for which reason I persecuted the Way [the original name for the body of the followers of Jesus] to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women, as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

From the high priest and council of elders, I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished. As I made my journey … a great light from heaven suddenly shone about me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” And I answered, “Who are you, Lord?” And he answered, “I am Jesus of Nazareth.”

Saul was blinded by that light from heaven. For three days he was without sight and abstained from food and drink. The disciple Ananias was instructed where to find him and told to lay hands on him to restore his sight, then inform him of his mission: to “carry my name before the Gentiles [with whom it was unlawful for Jews to associate—Acts 10:28] and kings and the sons of Israel” (Acts 9:15). This divine assignment led to Paul’s three missionary journeys and the establishment of the churches to whom his letters in the New Testament are addressed.

One of Paul’s primary messages involved the return of Jesus, promised by the angels in Acts 1:11, which describes the Ascension:

This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.

And that event, Paul said, would herald the end of the world.

Paul believed the end of days was imminent in the first century, which is apparent throughout his letters but especially in those written to the church in Thessalonica, and he urged them to prepare: