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By Kenneth Miller
confirming my studies while traveling around the world visiting the many
diverse forms. Just as an example, wars have been fought since the
dawn of man’s history. And in each of these wars, two items are self
evident: first - the victor writes the history. Second – and there is no
doubt in my mind, that when the two sides fought against each other,
each side portrayed itself as, “the good guys.” Their beliefs and needs
set their hearts and minds on the paths of choosing which side of the
acquiring new lands for farming to feed the people. Whatever the
Now, before confusion sets in, and you all start to wonder, “What is
this guy babbling on about?” Let me say this, God, our creator was truly
Angels, too, “Free Will” to choose our paths. He asks that our paths be
Our studies in God’s Word have led us now to the Biblical Apex of
human history, or to put it in other words, to the end of time. And the
waiting to destroy them. It was March 5th, the 12th day of the siege.
General Santa Ana’s Mexican army vastly outnumbered the small band
rarely told, regarding that particular conflict, is that while the Mexican
Army surrounded the Alamo, the drums beat constantly and Santa Ana
flew the pennant, or flag, announcing “No Quarter,” which I will explain
to you shortly. Imagine the anticipation of each of the men, women, and
knowing what they meant. Looking over the walls seeing the flags and
best.” Sun Tzu would send his spies out way ahead of his army to mix in
with the people of the area he was going to conquer. His spies would
begin spreading the rumors of Sun Tzu’s mercilessness and other horrific
tales to spread fear and chaos. This often would lead the area’s people
to surrender without a fight. Isn’t that what satan’s agents are doing
Christian without being looked down on. No politician or judge can run
satan has infiltrated the Supreme Courts of the land, and has instituted
Satan is telling us today, “It’s hopeless. You’re not getting into heaven
distract us from God’s promise laid out for us in Genesis 3:15. Our
redeemer has come, and satan is distracting us from our goal. Now,
back to my story.
Knowing the small contingent had very little hope to overcome such a
vast army, the leader of the group, Colonel Travis, called everyone
them from certain death. He drew a line in the dirt and asked if any
would cross the line and stand with him and fight. He made a profound
gesture of loyalty, reaching down to the very hearts and souls of all who
we study God’s Word, we find that He is also drawing a line in the dirt for
choose Salvation, to cross over to Him. Today, we are that small band of
number of destroyers and evil angels from heaven. But I’ll get to that in
just a minute.
Let’s look at some other examples of lines being drawn in the sand. I
won’t go into every detail of the events, so I invite you to study and
difference being - no angels were killed. They were simply cast out of
who were made from the thoughts and hands of God, who stood in His
presence, spoke with Him, ate with Him, sang to Him, and stood with all
the other angels and Worshipped Him. And they desired to rise up and
act contrary to God and the other angels? To Use a legal statement,
“That must have been one extremely powerful argument.” Yet, through
it all, those angels believed they were doing the right thing. Believed
their very actions against God were more right than those standing on
God’s side. Satan drew a line in the dirt... and a third of God’s created
if there are any regrets among them now. What is certain is their
destruction is sealed. Ours is not, for we are given the answer for our
salvation in verse 11, “And they overcame him (satan) by the blood of
the Lamb….”
Turn with me now to 1Kings 18: 21. Let me preface this section before
we go into it. Ahab is the King of Israel with his wife Jezebel. Together
they methodically caused a falling away from God’s Laws. Put this in
Him.” Because of their disobedience, the Prophet Elijah told them they
would suffer three years of drought. And that prophecy held true. After
To make a long story short, Elijah told Ahab to have all of Israel and all
feature here is the swiftness in which Ahab carried out Elijah’s order.
not a word.”
priests of Baal. Here we see Elijah is drawing the line in the dirt. And
believe there is a power greater than man, but doesn’t want to call Him
The line straddler simply waits to see what happens, thinking, “If God
if Jesus really exists and I see Him coming in the clouds, then I’ll
proclaim Him as my Saviour and I’ll be okay.” As we will see later, this
Baal failed.
We have all read, or at least heard over and over again, the story of King
2:38, last half: “Thou art this head of gold,” when detailing the image
that was dreamt. You can only imagine the ego-swelling that took place
in that palatial chamber long, long ago. Gold, even in those days, was
the measure of wealth. Daniel told the king that the head of the image
was of “fine gold.” This is gold in its purest form without additional
metals. This was the best form of gold to be desired in the world. To be
pride he could easily have become drunk in himself. You know the
feeling? That euphoric feeling you get when all is great and nothing else
matters. When you have that “first love” feeling and all is right with the
God had established him to be when Daniel said, “Thou O king, art a
king of kings: for God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and
strength and glory. (v.37)” That head of fine gold was a representation of
into the intricacies to follow, there was simply a command made that
when the people heard the music playing, they were to bow down and
worship that golden image. And of course, with every command, there
penalty for not obeying this command was a one-way trip to a fiery
furnace.
Well, one fine day, the music began playing and everyone present
saw that three men of high political status, friends of Daniel named
the king. These three men were informed on and the king called them
to his chambers.
Read with me now from Daniel Chapter 3, beginning with verse 13.
Beginning in verse 14 and continuing through verse 15, we see the king
first determining if the accusations were true followed by his drawing the
Remembering back to his dream, these same men had found great favor
them. Then he thinks, maybe they aren’t aware of the decree? “So, I’ll
You can actually see his regal pleading. “Look guys, cross on over to my
side. Life is over here…you only get death over there on that side.”
where life was. And their response resulted in the ultimate wrath of the
hand, O king.”
The response from them was without hesitation and struck right to the
kings very power base. “Yes, you can throw us into the furnace with the
intent to kill us to prove your point. But we serve a God in heaven, who
will deliver us from that furnace and your hands if it is needed to serve a
higher purpose.” Their defiance didn’t end there. In verse 18, they
continued to say that even if they didn’t believe God would deliver
The line was clearly seen in the sand. The stakes were mortal life on
one side, and immortal salvation on the other. These men chose
As a final example, I invite you now to read with me more from the
Drawings” in all of history. We’ll be reading from both the Old and New
Testaments. Let’s begin our reading for our final example with Daniel
Chapter 9, Verse 2.
“In the first year of his (Darius’) reign I Daniel
Desolations of Jerusalem.”
If we refer to Jeremiah the 29th Chapter and look at verse 10, we will
read this prophesy. That, seventy-years after being taken captive and
The problem Daniel saw from his high position in the government was
that the Jews had become more like the Medes and Persians of the time,
and the Babylonians before them. There was idol worship, praying to
false gods, and not fulfilling their covenant with God. To state it bluntly,
they were not following the laws of God who had delivered them from
Egypt and established them as a nation above all other nations. This
while he was a teenager and he was now well into his 80’s. The
afraid that God was going to turn his back on the Jews. So, Daniel gets
down on his knees and begins a prayer of all prayers. He poured out a
wrath of God and the Jews. You can read it starting in verse 4 and
those stars is the Star Betelgeuse. How far is that star from earth?
Answer: Over 500 Light Years. So, traveling at normal human speed it
will take over 500 years to reach it, provided that human traveled at
670-million miles-per-hour.
I want to briefly talk about Angel Speed and the importance of God
starting with verse 23. Here we now have the Angel Gabriel talking to
Daniel.
When Daniel began his prayer, God gave the command for Gabriel to go
had to endure at least 30-minutes of starvation for a meal. And that was
ovens and that cut the time way down because you didn’t have to pre-
heat it. And what resulted from that? We complained, “You mean I have
to wait 18-minutes to eat my food? OH-MY-GOD!” We’re talking about
time here, folks. It took longer to prepare a TV dinner than it did for
maximum warp because he went from at least 500 Light Years away to
Why? So he can relay this message from God. “Daniel, I’m here to tell
ya…God loves ya, man. And oh by-the-way, God has drawn a line and
70-weeks are determined on your people.” What is this? Let’s get the
that He is drawing a line in the sand. A line, not drawn on the earth, but
a line made in the sands of time. Not a line drawn right now, but further
easy map to follow. All the Jews had to do was first watch for the
command, and then start counting the years. Let’s figure it out
appoints a “day for a year” in prophetic time. So, when the command is
In Ezra 7:12 we learn that the in 457 BC, King Artaxerxes of Persia
gave the command to his scribe Ezra to send anyone who wanted to go
in 522 BC during the first year of the reign of Darius. Sixty-Five years
later was the decree. Counting forward 483-years brings us to 26 AD.
time-line of this kind. So, we must add a year. So, instead of 26 AD, we
adjust up and arrive at 27 AD. Remember back, the prophecy was 69-
weeks to the coming of the Messiah the Prince. We now have to jump
in the Jordan River. Jesus appears and descends the banks of the river
and goes into the water and meets with John the Baptist.
Upon him:
It was here in 27 AD, that Jesus was baptized and began His ministry on
Return with me now to Daniel Chapter 9 one more time. Let’s read
Oblation to cease….”
and we’re using a day for a year, the line in the dirt drawn by God is set
for 34 AD.
about 3-and a half years later. When we look at the time-line 3 ½ years
later in 30-31 AD, we find Jesus in front of Pontius Pilate and afterwards
being Crucified. Jesus was, and is, the Lamb of God, sent to be the final
sacrifice for that original sin at Eden. Thus ending the animal sacrifices,
made with the innocent shedding of the blood of Jesus on the cross.
But wait, we still have 3 ½ years left to that line in the dirt,
his “teachin’s and preachin’s” of Jesus Christ as the Son of God. His
so that they covered their ears and rushed on him. Stephen in essence
was telling them, “Look here is the line drawn by God as told to Daniel.
Hear me and the word of God and cross this line so that the Jews will not
lose their favor.” Stephen was stoned to death ending the 70-week
prophecy and the Jewish position as God’s chosen people. It was Saul of
Tarsus, the persecutor of Christians, who was on the front line in the
was struck blind. His eyesight was later returned and he began a new
Gentiles.
Conclusion
Jesus tells a parable of a shepherd with 100 sheep, but counting only 99
in the fold (Luke 15:4-7) goes in search of the one that is lost. Jesus is
that “Good Shepherd” who desires that not one person should perish at
the end of time. The Book of Revelation speaks of another line drawn by
God. At the end of Jesus’ intercessions for us before God the Father,
Jesus is ministering in the Heavenly Tabernacle for us. Those words will
Are you today straddling the line? Will you be one of the multitudes
spoken of in Matthew Chapter 7, who will one day say, “Have I not
Prophesied in thy name? Have I not cast out devils in thy name? Have I
not done many wonderful works in thy name?” And have the Lord
respond, “I never knew you.” On which side of the line are you
seeking to secure our salvation and increasing our knowledge of His plan
for us.
AMEN.