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also notice how, leading up to that Millennium, there are various "days of waiting." In the Book of Daniel 12thchapter, these are called the 1260, 1290 and 1335 Days of Waiting, and I suppose you all know that each ofthese days was a day for a year. You also understand that during the course of the Gospel Age, there has beenthe counterfeit of Christ's Kingdom, namely, "Antichrist," which means not only "against Christ," but moreparticularly "instead of" on a "counterfeit of Christ." His Kingdom, therefore, is a counterfeit of Christ'sKingdom.The remarkable thing is that this Kingdom of Antichrist endured for exactly the same length of time as will thatof the true Kingdom of Christ, namely, one thousand years. As there will be a true millennium, there also hasbeen a counterfeit of this, namely the papal millennium. Another remarkable thing is this: Just as there were1260, 1290 and 1335 Days of Waiting and also 70 weeks of favor to Spiritual Israel, before the establishment ofthe true millennium, so there were 1260, 1290 and 1335 Days of Waiting, and also 70 Weeks of Favor for theApostate Church, before the establishment of the counterfeit millennium. That is what I want to bring to yourattention tonight. We should thank the Lord, that, in addition to furnishing the various types in the Jewishdispensation, He has caused even the enemy to thus foreshadow the events leading up to the establishment ofthe Kingdom of Christ.Referring to the chart. All these arcs above the horizontal line refer to the true Kingdom, and all the arcs belowthat line refer to the counterfeit. -When you understand this chart, you get a bird's-eye view of the history of theChurch during the Gospel Age.Just before I begin, I wish to read a chapter from II. Thess. 2: 1-10: - "Now we beseech you brethren, by thecoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, orbe troubled neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."The Apostle was telling these Thessalonians away back at the beginning of the Gospel Age, that they were notto imagine that they were near the millennial kingdom. "Let no man deceive you by any means; for that dayshall not come, except there comes a fall away first." In other words, there must be this apostate church first,before the day of Christ. "And that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exaltethhimself above all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,shewing himself that he is God." You see the counterfeit. "Remember yet not, that when I was yet with you, Itold you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his own time."There was something that was preventing the establishment of this kingdom."For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of theway. And then shall that Wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, andshall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with allpower and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; becausethey received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."There are two points to notice, namely, 1st point - this counterfeit system could not be established untilsomething which was blocking the way was taken out of the way. The second point is that lie calls tillscounterfeit. system the work of Satan.With regard to the, first point, I will read from Millennial Dawn II, page 288:"The Apostle Paul foretold that this iniquitous principle would work secretly' for a time, while some opposing