The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

thousand two hundred and sixty days, or three and one-half years before they are assassinated and lain in the street as a celebration sacrifice. During that time, God’s temple is to be desecrated forty-two months—the exact amount of time they prophesy, three and one-half years, or twelve hundred and sixty days. The number symbolizes God’s day calculated on His solar year, and the carnal council governing His temple during that period. To conclude the significance of apocalyptic numbers, two sets of seven angels will destroy the earth; there are seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls, and three woes used to accomplish it. The seven trumpets of the seven angels speak to their preaching sounding like a trumpet. All these codes are embedded in creation and assigned to angels to carry out irrespective of humankind or who dies or lives on the earth. See as an example Revelation 9:14. The prophetic import of these spiritual details is evident. Prophets need an awareness of the encryptions that mobilize the Lord’s invisible forces to carry out His will on earth so their prophecies are in harmony with His eternal actions. They must also underscore, as did Jesus Christ in His earthly prophetic ministry, that what is encoded in creation will be performed despite human longevity, plans, efforts, and grandiose timetables. 78. Apocalyptic Prophecy—Prophecy that is decidedly end-time in perspective. Prophecy that defines what God planned for the end of humanity’s era, the impending reign of Jesus Christ, and the Lord’s final judgments. Aside from the book of Revelation, our Lord’s discourses were replete with apocalyptic prophecies about the end times. Actually, when He communicated the apocalypse to the apostle John, it was an expanded version of what He spoke to the writers of His gospels. However, before Christ, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Zechariah were a few of the major figures whose predictions contained significant portions of apocalyptic prophecy. 79. Apollo—Called the seer god, son of Zeus, and hailed as the god of light. He was believed to be a light-giver. The brother of Artemis, Apollo was worshipped in many forms over the centuries and even invoked at weddings to bless the newlyweds’ union with fertility and virility. Apollo, Diana’s twin brother, was dubbed a dragon slayer and the celebrated inspiration behind the Delphi oracles. He, above all, was considered god of atonement and prophecy, which explains his connection to the Delphi oracles. 80. Apollyon—Same as Abaddon. Revelation 9:11. 81. Apostle—A specially commissioned messenger of the Lord Jesus Christ.