the daily
“And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination
that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days” (Daniel 12:11).
The word “sacrifice” is in italics in the King James Version of the Bible.
That means the translators added it.
The only word that Daniel used is daily. That word is used about 100 times in the Old Testament.
And 80 percent of the time it is translated continual or continually. It is translated always about 5 percent of the time.
The Cambridge Bible reads, “the continual shall be taken away.” Our focus needs to be on the daily,
or continual —not on a word (sacrifice) that is not even in the original Hebrew text.
Strong’s Concordance and Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon define the Hebrew word for daily as perpetual. Webster’s Dictionary defines perpetual as “continuing forever, everlasting, valid for all time.”
The daily is God’s Work. It must continue because Christ prophesied that it would.
“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of [the grave] shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
The work of God’s Church is the continual. That means it will never die, or Christ is a liar.
That doesn’t mean all of God’s people do His Work. In fact, most of them do not (Matthew 24:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4; Revelation 3:14-17). That is why God shatters their power during the Tribulation (Daniel 12:7). The Laodicean, or lukewarm, churches fail to continue doing God’s Work. They fail to continue the Elijah Work (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 17:10-11; 24:12-14). They will be cast into the Tribulation because of this great sin. Christ is continuing His Work today,
but they are not a part of it.
“Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing” (verse 46).
“And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels;
and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him” (verse 17).
The word jewels is a bad translation. The context of the verse tells you that.
A better translation is God’s “special treasure.” Why are these people so special?
God says He will “spare them as a man spares his own son” from the Great Tribulation.
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers,
lest I come and smite the earth with a curse” (Malachi 4:5-6).
“Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him
that serveth God and him that serveth him not” (Malachi 3:18)
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets”
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”
Israel was told how to build the tabernacle (Exodus 26:1). The altar also had to be built (Exodus 27:1).
There also was a lamp. “And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive
beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always” (verse 20). The lamp was to burn always, continually.
Only the very elect are taken to a place of safety. Only they continue doing the Work of God.
“Two women[church] shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left” (Matthew 24:41).
“And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months” (Revelation 11:1
The word temple is from the Greek naos, meaning inner temple. That is where the Christ of Revelation
1 dwells! These saints continue to let Christ rule and do His Work through them.
When the organized Church continual is taken away, it causes many people to panic.
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land,
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord” (Amos 8:11).
We are now in the “crisis at the end.” The trouble is not just doubled, it is multiplied!
Terrifying times are here now—worse than any time in history!
The phrase “many shall give way” refers to God’s own people. As the trouble multiplies,
they turn from God and give in to the world’s evil way. They quit doing God’s continual (see Matthew 24:12).
The Work is continual!
