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EARNESTLY CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH:
CLARENCE LARKIN:
THE BOOK OF DANIEL:
TABLE OF CONTENTS, INTRODUCTION,
AND THE PROPHETIC WORD
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Daniel is the closing and crowning work by Rev. Clarence
Larkin, a servant of God, whose life was wholly devoted to
the study, teaching, and preaching of God’s precious word.
During the more than forty years of his quiet, but blessed
ministry as a pastor and teacher, he made a very faithful
use of his time and opportunity to thoroughly study the
whole counsel of God as embodied in the Scriptures, not only
for his own heart, but in order to help others as fully as
possible to know their Lord and Saviour. Calling to his aid the best books on the exposition of the Bible by the ablest scholars and teachers of this and other days, and depending upon the Holy Spirit for needed illumination, the author obeyed the conviction that it was the will of God to pass on to the Church of Christ the results of the years of his enrichment in the knowledge of God and of His word. At the sacrifice of time, pleasure, strength, and financial profit, he gave himself to prepare, not only this book on ‘Daniel,’ but also a book on “Revelation,” “Second Coming of Christ,” “Rightly Dividing the Word,” and “Dispensational Truth,” without doubt the best book of Bible charts that is printed. Suffering in body, yet strong in the power of the Holy Spirit, Rev. Larkin pressed on till this book of Daniel was completed, then His loving Saviour and Lord said “Come home and rest with Me.” Through this consecrated servant, the Lord has given to His Church a wealth of wisdom concerning His redemptive counsels, in such form that every believer may be greatly aided in the study to show themselves approved unto God, workmen who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The writer of this note thanks God for the great blessing to his own life and ministry through his intimate acquaintance with Rev. Larkin, and with his teaching, and heartily commends this volume now dedicated to the Lord and to all of His blood bought ones. Our prayer is that every reader may be greatly blessed, like Daniel, in being given “understanding” of the counsels of God concerning the present and future evil times, and the glories of Christ which are yet to be manifest. Yours in His Service, W. W. RUGH, Founder of the Bible Institute of Pennsylvania |
THE
PROPHETIC WORD Click For A Larger View |
The Bible is unlike all other
religious books in that it bases its “Authenticity,”
“Authority,” and “Inspiration” on PROPHECY. All other
religious books contain no predictions as to the future. If
its authors had attempted to foretell future events, their
unfulfillment would long ago have discredited their
writings. Prophecy is –
and proves the foreknowledge of God. This the Prophet Daniel opened to the heathen king, Nebuchadnezzar, in his interpretation of the king’s “Dream”–
Prophecy is twofold, “descriptive” and “predictive.” The prophets were both “forth-tellers” and “fore-tellers.” They had both “insight” and “foresight.” Their prophetic utterances were not the deductions of reason, but were imparted to them by the Holy Spirit –
The importance of the study of the “Prophetic Scriptures” is seen when we recall that two-thirds of the Scriptures are prophetic, either in type, symbol, or direct statement, and that more than one-half of them are as yet unfulfilled; and as those that have been fulfilled were literally fulfilled, as the promises in reference to the “First Coming” of Christ, so those as yet unfulfilled, will be as literally fulfilled. If then we would know the “MIND OF GOD” as to the future we must study the “Prophetic Scriptures,” or remain in that class that the Apostle Peter speaks of as being-“WILLINGLY IGNORANT,” so as to claim “ignorance” as an excuse for conduct. 2 Pet. 3:3-8. We are living in a “Dark World,” and we need the “SURE WORD OF PROPHECY” to LIGHT us over the stormy “Sea of Time.” 2 Pet. 1:19. When men see that God has a “Plan and Purpose in the Ages” they will take heart and not be discouraged by the things that are taking place on the earth in these days. But we must not forget that – “No prophecy of the Scriptures is of any private interpretation.” 2 Pet. 1:20. That is, no prophecy is to be interpreted by itself, but in harmony with the whole body of prediction on any given subject. It is not to be interpreted to suit the theory of any “cult.” The “Grasshopper Method” of interpretation or exegesis must be avoided. There is no form of evil doctrine or practice that may not claim apparent Scriptural sanction and support from isolated passages taken out of their context, but no erroneous doctrine can ever find support in the Word of God when the whole united testimony of the Scriptures is weighed against it. The prophecies are not to be “allegorized” or “spiritualized.” God expounds prophecy by literally fulfilling it in every detail. For illustration, when God said to Abraham –
did He mean that Abraham’s seed should enter into some spiritual experience which would cause great mental disquietude and heart searching, out of which they would emerge richer in experience and spirituality, or did He mean exactly what the words literally imply? Let the history of their experience in Egypt, as recorded in the first twelve chapters of Exodus, answer. There was nothing allegorical in the whips of the Egyptian Taskmasters, nor spiritual in the double tale of bricks. The Divine law of prophetical interpretation is, that the prophecy will be literally and in exact detail fulfilled. The requirements of a genuine prediction are five in number.
For illustration, there were 16 detailed prophecies in reference to Christ’s First Coming that were literally fulfilled during the last week of His life, as follows –
Now according to the law of “Compound Probabilities” there was one chance in 65,536 that all these prophecies would head up, or be fulfilled, in the same individual. And when we consider that these prophecies were made by different prophets during a period of 600 years, and half of them about 1000 years before Jesus was born, and notice how they dovetail together with such marvellous accuracy to describe the betrayal, trial, and crucifixion of Jesus, we cannot but admit that the men who foretold those incidents must have been indwelt by the “Spirit of God.” The student of Prophecy must learn to “Rightly Divide the Word.” While all Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction (2 Tim. 3:16-17), and was written for our learning, it is not all addressed to us. Part of it is addressed to the “JEWS,” part to the “GENTILES,” and part to the “CHURCH.” These three constitute the “Three Classes” into which humanity is divided. 1 Cor. 10:32. The “Jews” and “Gentiles” are distinct from each other, while the “Church” is composed of both, but as a “NEW BODY.” Eph. 1:22-23; Col. 1:18; Gal. 3:27-28; Col. 3:10-11. The Church is not a subject of prophecy but of Revelation. The burden of prophecy is the Jews, Palestine, Jerusalem, and the Messiah. Therefore it is very important in studying the Scriptures not to give to the “Church” what belongs to the “Jews” or “Gentiles,” and vice versa. The “Church” is not seen in the Old Testament. It treats only of the “Jews” and “Gentiles.” The Old Testament chapter headings are misleading. They do not belong to the text but were put there by the publisher. For illustration, take the chapter headings of Isaiah 43 and 44, which read-“The Lord comforteth the ‘Church’ with His promises.” The very first verse of those chapters refutes the heading, distinctly saying that the chapter is addressed to “ISRAEL,” not the “Church.” If we want to know about the “Church” we must confine ourselves to the New Testament, and there to the Acts and the Epistles. The entire history of God’s chosen people “Israel” is given in the Scriptures. They are an earthly people. From their call in Abraham to the present time is history. Their regathering, repentance, and restoration to their own land, and their future earthly glory is the subject of prophecy. The prophetic history of the “Gentile Nations” is outlined in the Book of Daniel, the book we are about to study. This “Present Evil Age” and the manner of its ending is also the subject of prophecy. It behooves us therefore if we would know about the future events that are to come to pass on the earth that we should be students of prophecy. Men and women resort to fortune tellers, clairvoyants, and mediums to get information as to the future, when they have the “more sure word of prophecy.” Because of the neglect of the study of Prophecy the Scriptures have fallen into disrepute, and scepticism and infidelity have become widespread, and an unscriptural optimism as to the world growing better is heard on every side. The neglect of the “Prophetic Word” leaves man ignorant of “God’s Plan and Purpose as to the Ages,” and makes him the easy prey of all the lying inventions and delusive “Cults” of the day. The only cure for the rationalism of the day is the study of Prophecy. The book we are about to study is a “Prophetic Foreview” of the “Gentile Nations” and their last great ruler – THE ANTICHRIST. |
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