Willie Martin
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 Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:13 am Post subject: Scattering the Power of the Holy People - 1 |
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Most of the prophecies in the Book of Daniel were written in obscure
language, so that the full meaning of the event would not become clear until
the time for fulfillment was near. One of these which has puzzled all
scholars until recently is in the 12th chapter of Daniel. It expressly deals
with the time of the very end: so Its application to our day shows us where
we are in history.
It reads thus:
" And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people: and there shall be a. time of trouble, such
as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that
time thy people shall be delivered, every one that; shall be found written
In the book. But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even
to the Time of the End: many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be
increased. Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood other two, the
one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the
bank of the river. And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon
the waters of the river, ‘How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?’
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the
river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and
swore by Him that liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and
an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the
holy people, all these things shall be finished."
This has been a puzzle: and to solve it, we had better start with a
definition; who are "the holy people?" First, what is meant by "holy?" Is it
a person who is sanctimonious and self-righteous, who makes a six-reel
production out of refusing to taste a glass of beer? No: the word means
simply, "dedicated to the service of God." All men are imperfect: even King
David, who is the only person God ever called "A man after Mine own heart,"
was an adulterer and a murderer. No, God didn’t choose him because of his
sins, but in spite of them: King David had sincerely dedicated his life to
the service of God; and the sacrifice by Jesus-Christ-on the cross was
sufficient to take care of all sins. So, "the holy people" are the race who
are dedicated to the service of God, carrying out His purposes, despite
their individual faults and sins. God Himself selected them: it is the same
as Jesus Christ’s statement to His 12 disciples,
"Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you" (John 15:16)
This is confirmed In many places in the Bible.
In Exodus 19:6, God told our ancestors,
"Ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation;"
and if you think that God went back on His word because of our personal sins
and failures, remember that I Peter 2:9 repeats this same comforting
assurance.
In Leviticus 19.6, God said,
"Speak unto the congregation of the Children of Israel, and say unto them,
‘Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.’
Leviticus 20:26 assures us that
"Ye shall be holy unto Me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from
other people, that ye should be Mine."
Deuteronomy 7:6 says,
"For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth."
Isaiah 62:11-12 crowns this glorious assurance with these words:
"Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, ‘Say ye unto
the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is
with Him, and His work before Him. And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord."
So we, the White Christians of Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Slavic,
Nordic and Teutonic ancestry, should never be deceived by the vicious
falsehoods of those who are trying to down-grade the White Race today. |
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