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circumstances today. Much of the recorded insights provided by dreams
leave many unanswered questions, as do most of the scriptures. However, a
certain time is set when the answers are revealed, and the full meanings
understood.
Time is paramount; Daniel asked when the astonishing things would
happen: “It will be for a time, times, and a half time”
(Daniel 12:7)
The reply
indicates three times—specifically
“ t ime” , “ t ime s” and “ha l f t ime , ”
or
three periods wherein all events will take place; thus, concluding man’s
purpose according to the Divine Will of God. As these events unfold in
different ages or time periods, the Plan unfolds, so
“ t ime”
is the period
when the scriptures were first documented.
“Time s”
[the second period] is
twice the period
“ t ime”
, and this period concludes at the close of the
second millennium [our time today]. After the close of the period
“ t ime s” ,
Satan is chained, and there are another thousand years—
“ha l f t ime s , ”
half
the period
“ t ime s”
. The Divine Will is expressed as the Alpha and the
Omega—the beginning and the end—time is required for God’s Plan For
Man to be completed or fulfilled.
These secrets—once mysteries—are revealed, and are applicable in our time
[end of times, end times]. For most people the question is, what time is it?
Daniel’s quote in part: “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will
set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another
people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will
itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock [a stone]
cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the
iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. The great God
has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and
the interpretation is trustworthy.”
(Daniel 2: 44–45)
“To the peoples, nations and men of every language, who live in all the
world: May you prosper greatly! It is my pleasure to tell you about the
miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for
me. How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an
eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.”
(Daniel 4:1–3)
Daniel’s dreams were inspirations or visions that passed through his mind
while he was lying on his bed, perhaps contemplating. He shared the
substance of his dream when he said: “In my vision at night I looked, and
there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.