Well good afternoon, and
we welcome you once again
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to the 3ABN Worship Center
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for our Spring Camp Meeting 2012
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the Pillars of Prophecy event.
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We were trying to
think of a name to call this
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and we settled on event because
we just didn't know what else
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to call it. When we
conceive these things
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we want it to give our audience
a thorough idea of whatever
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subject matter we are covering.
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When we had Ten Commandments
Weekend we wanted to
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cover them thoroughly.
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Now that we've
moved into the Pillars,
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particularly the book of Daniel,
we want to do it thoroughly.
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I want to say hello to friends,
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husband and
wife, who are watching.
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I don't think I will call
their names because they...
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they tell me that when they
have these Pillars of Prophecy
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or when we have these Pillars
of Prophecy events they don't go
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to church. She said:
"We get up in the morning
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and we stay in
our pajamas all day
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and we just plop down in
front of the television set
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and we don't move except to
go to the kitchen and grab food
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and take care of other needs,
but we don't even take showers"
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she said. "We just plop down
in front of the TV all day. "
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That's what she said.
"And we just get our notes out
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and we just have a
good time in the Lord. "
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And she said: "We
DO brush our teeth
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but we don't do too much else. "
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And so I want to say "Hi"
to you; you know who you are.
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But I'm not going
to call your names.
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Our speaker for this
hour is Pastor Hiram Rester.
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He comes to us from
Springfield, Missouri.
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He may not be known to
many of you, but as he has come
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we understand that
he is a man of the Word
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with an evangelist's heart
and an evangelist's background.
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He is a pastor but he
also has a number of meetings
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to his credit and God has used
him in a marked and mighty way.
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And he is going
to be dealing with...
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Daniel 8 is the subject
that he has been assigned.
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And we know that he is
going to be a blessing.
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His wife is with him with
their I think it's 2-year-old
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that has come. And
we didn't see her today,
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she was just
minding the 2- year-old.
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But they came out today and
we got a chance to meet her.
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They are a
wonderful family team.
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He did a little fishing
yesterday during his break time.
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I think he caught 14 bass.
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He's a vegetarian so
he threw them all back.
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He's just fishing for exercise.
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But he is a
preacher and a fisherman.
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And a fisher of men dare I say,
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and God has blessed him.
So we will hear from him now.
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Our music for this
hour is brought to us...
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is going to be brought
to us by someone who has
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just in the last year
or so moved to this area.
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Celestine Barry lives just
down the road a little bit.
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They were in Chicago, but
she has moved to this area.
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And we found out one day
in church that she could sing.
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And of course that's a
dangerous talent to have here
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at 3ABN because we
will press you into service.
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And she was gracious enough
to sing for one of our Anchors
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and sings for church, and
we thought we would expose her
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to a wider audience
here at Camp Meeting.
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A wonderful person...
she and her husband Mike
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and two girls. And
just a wonderful family
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that we have
come to know and love.
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So if you will now pray
with me, the voice you will hear
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after our prayer will
be that of Celestine Barry.
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She's going to be singing
I think it's Midnight Cry?
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And then after she shall
have completed her song then
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our evangelist,
our friend Hiram Rester
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will bring us the
study on Daniel chapter 8.
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Shall we pray?
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Gracious Father,
again we do thank you
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and praise you for another
opportunity to hear the Word
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of God. And though we
have moved into the day
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and our bodies are somewhat
fatigued, we are made strong
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because there is a strength
that comes from the Word.
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There is a power in the Word.
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There is growth that comes
from the Word. And so Father
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we ask from You for Your speaker
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for Your minister of
music a special unction.
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Bless Celestine; bless
Pastor Hiram as they speak
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through music and
speak through the spoken word
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and the preached word
what You would have us to know.
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May we receive a
blessing and we thank you
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in Jesus' name. Amen.
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I hear the sound
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of a mighty rushing wind.
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And it's closer now
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than it's ever been.
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I can almost
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hear the trumpet
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as Gabriel sounds
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the song.
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At the midnight cry
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we'll be going home.
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When Jesus steps out
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on a cloud to call His children
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the dead in Christ will rise
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to meet Him in the air.
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And then those that remain
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will be quickly changed
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at the midnight cry
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when Jesus comes again.
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I look around me
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and I see prophecies fulfilling.
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And signs of the times
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are appearing everywhere.
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I can almost hear
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the Father
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say "Son, go get My children. "
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At the midnight cry
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the bride of Christ will rise.
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When Jesus steps out
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on a cloud to call His children
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the dead in Christ will rise
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to meet Him in the air.
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And then those that remain
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will be
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quickly changed
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at the midnight cry
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when Jesus comes again...
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At the midnight cry
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our Lord will come
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again...
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will come
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again.
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Amen.
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And everyone said? Amen. Amen.
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What a
blessing; praise the Lord.
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It is great to be
with you here once again.
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And Jesus coming
back... At the midnight cry
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when Jesus comes
again. I remember that song
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from all the way back to
my time in the Baptist church.
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And I've loved that
song for so many years.
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What a powerful message as we
look forward to the soon coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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We continue here with Camp
Meeting today, and we're just
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excited to see so many
folk. And as we get started here
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today somebody
back stage commented
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that folks were a
little bit drowsy back there.
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I can't tell you
who I caught napping
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right in his
chair just a minute ago.
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I just asked if I could
tell that, and he said "No. "
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So even though he introduced
me today I can't tell you
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that he nodded off just a
bit. I can't... he said "No. "
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And so I won't tell you his
name, but he was nodding off
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just a moment
ago. And Danny said:
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"Now go out there
and keep us awake. "
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And I'm like "that's
kind of funny. You have me
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speaking on Sabbath
afternoon during nap time -
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for lay activities, right? -
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and you have me speaking
about a dream a guy had when he
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was asleep
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and you want me
to keep you awake? "
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Well what doesn't
add up about that?
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I mean, that's what
I'm trying to figure out
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as we get started here.
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BUT as we dig into it I
do want to encourage you
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to stay awake. Because as
I've read my Bible, there's only
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one place in the
entire Bible that I found
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where someone went to
sleep while the preacher was
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preaching. And do
you know what happened?
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We love you, and it
was Eutychus, right?
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He fell out of the
window; he was taken up dead.
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I'm not saying that's
what happens if you go to sleep
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while the
preacher was preaching.
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What I'm saying is we love you
and we don't want to take any
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chances. So I'm going
to try to keep you awake.
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Turn with me in your Bible
to the book of Daniel chapter 8
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and as we get into
our message here today...
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Oh, it's so exciting to get
into the Word of God once again.
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I told you yesterday
as we got started about a
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car accident that I had
that ultimately led to...
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to my family beginning
to study these great truths
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that I now have the privilege
of presenting to you here today.
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And as that began and
I began to attend church
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on Sabbath, there was something
beginning to take place
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in my life. All the way back
when I attended that very first
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Amazing Facts crusade God
was speaking to me and saying
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"Where that man is
you are to be one day. "
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And all the while
I'm thinking "No way!
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I'm going to be a chemical
engineer. " That was my plan.
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I didn't want
anything to do with preaching.
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Getting up front in
front of a bunch of people.
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Being all nervous
and scared to do that.
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I didn't want anything
to do with that. No way!
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I knew what I wanted. I
wanted to be a chemical engineer
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with an emphasis in
environmental engineering.
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I wanted a nice house,
a 4-wheel-drive pick-up,
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and a fast boat, and then
the Lord could have anything
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left over after
that. That was my plan.
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And I began to feel God
calling me toward ministry.
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and I heard a man down
in church make a statement
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to my Dad: "Bill, that
son of yours is going to make
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a fine preacher one
day. " And when I heard that
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I thought: "Oh, man. " It
made me mad; it actually did.
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You know, kind of down inside
because I was running from
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a call from God.
Perhaps someone here today
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is running from a call from God.
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Well as time went on I
ended up at Union College.
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Right? And as I
was at Union College
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I joined a study
group in the dorm.
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And we studied once a
week, and you could start any
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conversation with anyone
in college by asking this one
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simple question:
"So what's your major? "
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Right? And they
were always surprised.
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I asked them what their major
was and listened and talked.
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And they would say: "What's you
major? " And I would tell them
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"Well I'm majoring in chemical
engineering... in engineering. "
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And they said: "You're not...
you're not majoring in theology?
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You're not
planning to be a pastor? "
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After we got done doing Bible
study, and that would always
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aggravate me.
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Then one evening I'm
studying with a friend of mine
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and he's out there in
the world somewhere today.
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Last I heard he was ministerial
director I believe in the
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Middle East:
Bern Yuot from Sudan.
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What a powerful
story and testimony he has.
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Hello, Bern, if
you're out there.
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And you know, we
were studying one night
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and he said: "Hirman, how
long are you going to continue
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studying this engineering
stuff and put off starting to
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study for ministry that
God is calling you to? "
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I got aggravated.
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I explained to him that I
didn't really think that was his
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concern... and I left.
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I went back to my dorm
room and that night I wrestled
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with God all
night back and forth.
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And I don't know at
what point I surrendered
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but that night I
surrendered to God's call.
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The next morning I got up
and I went in to drop chemistry.
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I didn't need that
level of chemistry.
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I had already
completed chemistry I
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for chemical engineering.
I would need the more
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advanced chemistry. I
walk in when the office opens.
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I tell the lady who
I had never really met
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that I'm dropping chemistry.
She said: "You can't do that.
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You're a chemical engineering
major. " I said: "Well,
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I'm thinking about
going a different direction. "
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She said: "You're going to
go into ministry, aren't you? "
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I'm like: "Who's this
lady been talking to? "
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I then go to class at
Union College later that day
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and as I'm there I
hear a man speaking
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in a class that was for seniors.
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I was just out of the Baptist
church. I had been an Adventist
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less than six months
when I went up there.
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And I didn't know if I would
be able to afford to go back
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any more and so I
wanted to take a class called
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prophetic guidance
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because it was something I
wanted to study more about.
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And I had to go meet with the
dean 'cause it was for seniors
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at that time. And I said: "Look,
I may never be in a school
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like this again.
This semester I am here...
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I want to take the class. "
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And he signed off
and let me take it.
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Well there was a man from
Andrews there to talk to the
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students about coming up to
Andrews to take Master's classes
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because these were seniors.
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And as he
concluded that day he said:
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"If anyone is struggling
with a call to ministry,
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come and talk with me
afterwards and I... or sign up
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and meet with me during the week
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and I'll be glad to pray
with you and counsel with you
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about that. " I had never heard
anyone say anything like that
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that way... before
or since, actually.
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And so I signed
up to meet with him.
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It was in the middle of my
calculus class the next day
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which, you know, it's a
great reason to miss calculus.
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And so I went to
meet with the guy.
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I walked in. I said:
"Sir, I have to get to class
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but those that are
called to ministry, that God is
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working in their life... I'm
sure it's different for everyone
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but what is it that you see
consistently taking place? "
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Well he had it
down to a science.
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He said: "Number one:
there's a call to be a Christian
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that every Christian has. "
I said: "OK... that's solid. "
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He said: "Number two:
there's a secret call.
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God is speaking to you
from the inside. You know it.
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You may not know what
He's calling you to do
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but you know He's calling you. "
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I said: "OK... that's fine. "
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He said: "The next is
that... number three... "
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he said "there's
spiritual gifting.
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If God is calling
you to do something,
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He's going to begin to
give you the ability to do it.
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Number four: if God is
calling you to do something,
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at some point He's going
to begin to open the door
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for you to do what
He's calling you to do. "
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And he said: "And number five:
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if God is calling you to
do something, often times
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other people who
are in touch with God
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will begin to see
His call in your life. "
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At that time I broke
down crying as I thought of
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all the times people
had thought I must have been
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a theology major. The
things that people had said
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that had aggravated
me up to that point.
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And the next
evening I called up Libby -
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my wife now - she was out
at Weimar College at the time.
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Her dad had brought her...
her dad had introduced us.
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He had brought her to
Mississippi for us to meet
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after he had finished preaching
an evangelistic series.
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He was with Amazing
Facts, and I went to a series
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of Brian McMahon. We
studied for three years
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and then Steve DeLong came
and we attended his meetings
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and were baptized. I loved
his message and his daughter...
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so I took both and we
went on the road ourselves.
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And it worked out.
Praise the Lord for that.
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And I called her up. I said:
"I know your dad's a preacher.
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And so I believe
God's calling me to ministry
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and if you don't want
to be married to a preacher
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then we should probably
you know stop this now. "
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You know I'm kind of
blunt sometimes I've been told.
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She said: "You believe
God's calling you to ministry? "
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I said: "I do. " She
said: "I've really thought
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that for some time but I
figured God would show you
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when He's ready. "
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I thought: "Wow! Well
this is absolutely amazing. "
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"You know, " she said, "I
only have one request and that's
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that God would let me be there
to hear your first sermon. "
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I thought: "OK, that sounds
fair. But she's in California;
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I'm in Nebraska. "
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And so the next day I told
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a professor of mine that I
was going to begin to study
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for ministry. And he
said: "That is great news.
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You know the pastor is going
to be out of town in a couple
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of weeks and I'm supposed
to get someone to speak. "
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This is one of the little
country churches I attended
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out away from the school.
And he said: "I'll go ahead and
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put you down. " I
immediately panicked.
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Then I remembered the
words from a day or two before:
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"If God's calling you to do
something, He'll begin to open
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the doors. " And as I
walked away down the hall
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that was the only
weekend while I was at Union
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and Libby was at Weimar
that she was coming to visit.
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She did hear that first sermon.
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A praying woman - a
praying wife - I do have.
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Praise the Lord for that!
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You know, God guides our
lives. He also guides the major
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world events, and
we're going to see that here
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in the book of Daniel.
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The book of Daniel...
It's amazing. We just heard
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from Elder Cox as he shared
with us about the world kingdoms
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right? Also was shared
earlier today with Daniel 2.
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So Daniel 2 and Daniel 7.
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You've got Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
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God guides major world
events but He guides the details
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of our lives too.
Praise the Lord for that.
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Just like Bible
prophecy sometimes the details
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of our life can we only
understand how God was at work
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when we look back and
see what God has done.
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When we're going through
them sometimes we don't see
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them working out but
we do when we look back...
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just like the historical
view of Bible prophecy.
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Now, with this in mind
you have your Bibles open
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to Daniel chapter 8. And we
just jump right in in verse 1.
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And it says here: "In
the third year of the reign
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of king Belshazzar a
vision appeared unto me, Daniel,
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after that which
appeared unto me at the first.
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And I saw in a vision and
it came to pass when I saw
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that I was at Susa in the
palace which is in the province
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of Elam; and I saw in a vision
and I was by the river Ulai.
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Then I lifted up mine
eyes and saw and behold
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there stood before the
river a... " What? "a ram
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which had... " How
many horns? "two horns.
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And the two horns were high but
one was higher than the other.
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And the higher came
up... " When? "last. "
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Verse 4: "And I saw
the ram pushing westward
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and northward and southward
so that no beast might stand
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before him, neither was
there any that could deliver
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out of his hand. But he
did according to his will
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and became great. "
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And as I was considering...
He says: "As I was thinking
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about this - as
I was considering -
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behold a he-goat. "
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Now where I'm from we
call that a billy goat.
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All right? He had
a big old billy goat.
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Now I'll tell you about a
billy goat. Goats will butt.
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A lot of times though if they're
fighting they'll rare up first.
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And we'll talk about
that in just a moment.
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My great grandpa had a pedigreed
goat down in south Mississippi
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that he had
brought over from Europe.
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Oh yeah, he was popular among
the old men in south Mississippi
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'cause he was the one that
had a goat with a pedigree.
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So everybody wanted to bring...
everybody want him to bring
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his goat over for a
visit if you know what I mean.
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OK?
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And so he was a popular fella.
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He kept the goat in the
yard. It was a fenced yard.
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But that old goat as somewhat
of a pet got in the habit of
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butting people when they
were looking the other way.
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And one day he went
out to the shed there
00:22:00.10\00:22:02.88
and there were the
steps going up into the shed.
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.21
It was up on blocks, and
instead of going up the stairs
00:22:05.31\00:22:08.08
as he got older there
and was having a hard time
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he just started walking
up and reaching in the door.
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And he stood beside the
stairs where he would set stuff
00:22:14.31\00:22:16.85
he needed. And he
reached in there...
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He went over and
he leaned over...
00:22:19.76\00:22:21.51
to reach in and get
something and that big old billy
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looks up from across the yard
and gets a good running start...
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Boom!
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This is south Mississippi...
it's raw sometimes.
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He reaches back and grabs
the big old billy goat by a horn
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'cause he was hurt. It
knocked him up on the wood;
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it hurt him! He was
an old man, you know.
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And then he thumbed out his...
What does every good country boy
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always have? Pocket knife.
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.37
They said that goat was good
in life and he was good in death
00:22:51.57\00:22:54.90
too. They ate him... and
that was the end of that goat.
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Well this goat here
comes to an end as well.
00:23:01.25\00:23:05.57
In fact, one of his horns is
broken and he comes to an end...
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a violent end. So
let's look at it here.
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It says as we look
here at the goat, verse 8:
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"Therefore the he-goat...
" - this old billy goat -
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waxed very great.
And when he was strong
00:23:17.22\00:23:21.17
the great horn was broken
00:23:21.37\00:23:23.90
and for it came up four
notable ones to the four winds
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of heaven. " So what
is this talking about?
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This is an amazing prophecy,
an astounding prophecy.
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Well, like Daniel 7 God
is using animals to represent
00:23:32.85\00:23:37.75
nations. But unlike Daniel 7
00:23:37.85\00:23:41.65
God is using what
the Bible defines as
00:23:42.62\00:23:47.37
clean animals
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as opposed to the
unclean like the lion, the bear,
00:23:49.61\00:23:52.87
and the leopard.
These are clean animals
00:23:53.07\00:23:56.31
which are also used
as sacrificial animals
00:23:56.51\00:24:00.00
in the sanctuary temple
00:24:00.20\00:24:03.40
as well as on the Day
of Atonement or Yom-Kippur.
00:24:03.60\00:24:09.27
So just hang that
on a hook in your mind.
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That may become significant
here for us in a little bit
00:24:12.85\00:24:15.64
based on how the
clock treats us today.
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So we move ahead.
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Now, dig into this with me.
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I want to share something
that I learned growing up
00:24:22.38\00:24:25.27
in south Mississippi. We
had a small, 80-acre farm.
00:24:25.48\00:24:28.47
Kind of a hobby farm.
00:24:28.67\00:24:29.77
My parents both worked
full-time jobs, but we also had
00:24:29.87\00:24:32.59
a few cows and a few horses
and a few this and a few that.
00:24:32.69\00:24:36.18
And then we'd sell
this and get something else.
00:24:36.38\00:24:38.42
Right? Well one time we
had both sheep and goats
00:24:38.62\00:24:42.50
in the same field.
00:24:42.70\00:24:44.97
That's an
educational experience.
00:24:45.17\00:24:47.64
I learned something
that immediately would have
00:24:47.84\00:24:51.20
jumped out to God's
people in Biblical times
00:24:51.30\00:24:54.97
about this prophecy
that you and I probably
00:24:55.17\00:24:57.51
wouldn't normally
catch reading it today.
00:24:57.71\00:24:59.80
You have a ram
being beaten by a goat.
00:25:01.09\00:25:05.85
You think well, if you've
got a puny ram and you've got a
00:25:06.06\00:25:08.36
big bad goat,
that would work, right?
00:25:08.46\00:25:11.16
Nope. Nope.
00:25:11.27\00:25:14.39
You can even check it out;
look it up on the Internet now.
00:25:14.59\00:25:17.35
I did just to make sure
I remembered it correctly,
00:25:17.55\00:25:20.06
and the facts are
what I remembered.
00:25:20.16\00:25:22.12
And that is that a
billy goat never beats a ram.
00:25:22.32\00:25:27.98
Never.
00:25:28.28\00:25:30.12
No matter how big and bad
your billy is and how puny your
00:25:30.32\00:25:34.05
ram is, if he's a grown-up ram
00:25:34.15\00:25:36.00
and knows how to
ram... he's going to win.
00:25:36.21\00:25:40.20
Do you know why?
00:25:40.40\00:25:42.40
Because initially before
goats butt when they fight
00:25:42.60\00:25:47.14
they rare up to paw.
00:25:47.17\00:25:51.26
Rams don't rare up to paw.
00:25:51.57\00:25:55.00
Rams put their
head down and butt.
00:25:55.24\00:26:00.28
They ram... Good verbiage there.
00:26:00.48\00:26:04.56
They ram.
00:26:04.86\00:26:07.16
And so the goat rears up
00:26:07.46\00:26:10.01
and the ram hits him
right under those front legs
00:26:10.22\00:26:12.37
and over he goes... fight over.
00:26:12.57\00:26:14.51
Now you know in Daniel 2
you had nations that would be
00:26:15.84\00:26:19.71
defeated by nations
inferior to them. Yes or no?
00:26:19.92\00:26:22.88
Now in Daniel chapter 8
you've got a ram being defeated
00:26:23.08\00:26:26.78
by a goat. Those
from an agrarian society
00:26:26.92\00:26:30.20
immediately saw this and
said: "Wow! This is unusual. "
00:26:30.40\00:26:34.66
Now what does this
mean? Verse 20: "The ram which
00:26:34.86\00:26:36.89
thou sawest having the two
horns are the kings of Media
00:26:37.00\00:26:39.64
and Persia. "
Daniel 8 and verse 20...
00:26:39.74\00:26:41.52
I mean, it just tells
you that's what it is.
00:26:41.72\00:26:43.70
The kings of Media and Persia.
Notice there were two horns
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.90
and one was
higher than the other.
00:26:47.00\00:26:48.41
We read that a moment ago.
00:26:48.51\00:26:49.58
When you go to Daniel chapter
7 and verse 5 and you read about
00:26:49.78\00:26:52.93
the bear, he's
raised up on one side
00:26:53.03\00:26:55.25
representing Medo-Persia, right?
00:26:55.45\00:26:57.07
And now you have the ram with
one horn higher than the other.
00:26:57.27\00:27:00.15
Now who is the goat?
What does the goat represent?
00:27:01.23\00:27:04.26
Verse 21: "And the rough goat"
- the billy goat - "is the king
00:27:04.37\00:27:07.66
of Grecia... of Greece.
And the great horn that is
00:27:07.76\00:27:10.75
between his eyes
is the first king. "
00:27:10.95\00:27:13.59
We can call that
Alexander the Great.
00:27:13.80\00:27:16.20
Then it says here:
00:27:17.64\00:27:19.91
"Now that being
broken... " verse 22
00:27:20.11\00:27:22.93
"whereas four stood
up for it or from it
00:27:23.13\00:27:25.83
four kingdoms shall
stand up out of the nation
00:27:25.93\00:27:28.12
but not in his power. "
00:27:28.32\00:27:30.11
At the height of his
power Alexander the Great died.
00:27:30.31\00:27:33.00
His kingdom as we saw in
Daniel 7 was temporarily divided
00:27:33.14\00:27:37.29
as Elder Cox
broke it down for us.
00:27:37.39\00:27:39.29
That's right. You have
the four generals of Alexander
00:27:39.39\00:27:42.76
the Great. To the
north went Lysimachus.
00:27:42.86\00:27:45.17
To the south
Ptolemy; to the east Seleucus;
00:27:45.27\00:27:46.92
and to the west Cassander.
00:27:47.03\00:27:48.23
We have a "more
sure word of prophecy. "
00:27:48.43\00:27:50.58
The Bible is true; the
pillars of prophecy are clear.
00:27:50.79\00:27:54.47
My friends, also
he has four heads
00:27:54.67\00:27:56.93
so that... or four horns.
That parallels the four heads
00:27:57.13\00:27:59.68
on the leopard in
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 6.
00:27:59.78\00:28:03.11
He also it said
there in Daniel chapter 8
00:28:03.31\00:28:07.19
as we read, this goat
"touched not the ground. "
00:28:07.39\00:28:09.83
That's another way to
say that dude was flying.
00:28:10.13\00:28:13.71
Right? Yes or no? Yes.
00:28:15.08\00:28:17.06
Now in Daniel 7 and verse
6 as you look at the leopard
00:28:18.02\00:28:21.44
with four heads he
also has four wings.
00:28:21.54\00:28:24.18
And Habakkuk 1 and verse 8
tells us wings denotes speed
00:28:24.38\00:28:26.77
in Bible prophecy.
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.33
And Alexander the
Great moved very quickly
00:28:28.53\00:28:30.42
as he conquered the known
world in 8 short years, right?
00:28:30.62\00:28:33.41
And this goat is moving
so fast he doesn't even touch
00:28:33.44\00:28:36.38
the ground. See the parallels
all add up. They come together.
00:28:36.48\00:28:39.63
But you see, Daniel 8 is not
there just to review Daniel 7.
00:28:39.83\00:28:43.33
It's there to give us
additional information.
00:28:43.44\00:28:45.44
Repetition and enlargement.
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So let's try to enlarge upon
what we've studied already today
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as we move ahead here.
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We read here now in
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 9.
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"And out of one of them... "
Out of the four horns that...
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that broke, or rather the great
horn was broken and the four
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horns that came
up... out of one of them
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"came forth a little horn
which waxed exceeding great
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toward the south and
toward the east and toward
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the Pleasant Land. "
This clearly parallels
00:29:13.61\00:29:16.94
the fourth beast of
Daniel 7 with the iron teeth
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and that is Rome. Or in
the statue of Daniel chapter 2
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the iron legs, OK?
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This is Rome. And
then Rome would slowly...
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Rome would fall apart.
It would not be conquered.
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And there would be a
transition from pagan Rome
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to papal Rome
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as then the papacy -
the Vatican - would begin to
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dominate right there in Rome
where the Caesars once ruled.
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OK. And we read
about it here. Verse 10:
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"And it waxed great,
even to the host of heaven. "
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Now... now it's not
just expanding this way
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but it's spiritually expanding.
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We're no longer just talking
about a political power now
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but about a religious power.
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And it says as we
look at it together:
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"It waxed great, even
to the host of heaven.
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And it cast down some of
the host and of the stars
00:30:08.59\00:30:12.22
to the ground and
stamped upon them.
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Yea, he magnified himself even
to the Prince of the host. "
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Who's the Prince of the host?
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That's our
Jesus... that's right.
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He magnified himself
to the level of Jesus.
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Wow! Now it
continues on and it says here:
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"And by him the daily... " -
notice that word "sacrifice -
00:30:30.05\00:30:33.85
next is in
italics... it's supplied -
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"was taken away and the
place of His sanctuary... " -
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the Prince of the
host's sanctuary -
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was cast down. "
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Now as we unpack
this for just a little bit
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and I want us to look
at it, I want us to see
00:30:47.27\00:30:49.36
a couple of
things very intriguing.
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You have the transition from
pagan Rome - a political power -
00:30:52.23\00:30:55.73
now to a religious
system: papal Rome.
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Now when we talk about papal
Rome we're not talking about
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individual people who can love
Jesus as much as anybody else.
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Can you say "Amen? " In
fact, God speaks to people
00:31:06.22\00:31:09.02
in religious systems that aren't
solid on following the Bible
00:31:09.12\00:31:15.12
and He says "Come
out of her My people. "
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He's referring to the people
in all different churches as
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His people. Can you
say "Amen? " That's right.
00:31:20.68\00:31:23.91
God loves everyone, and
He's not trying to pick on
00:31:24.11\00:31:27.23
anybody. Now as we
look here at this we find
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that very clearly it's
talking about some of the stars
00:31:31.09\00:31:35.78
being cast to the ground.
Now a star in Bible prophecy
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represents an angel. An
angel can be a messenger.
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But some have said: "Well
could this power be responsible
00:31:41.52\00:31:45.18
for angels being
cast out of heaven? "
00:31:45.38\00:31:47.39
My friends, who's
behind this power? Satan!
00:31:47.60\00:31:50.52
The one who was
responsible for getting angels
00:31:50.66\00:31:53.37
cast out of heaven. Yes or no?
00:31:53.47\00:31:55.24
That's right. Go with
me... Keep your finger here,
00:31:55.44\00:31:57.47
we're coming back to Daniel
8 the whole time that we have.
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Go with me to
Revelation chapter 12.
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Revelation chapter 12.
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You're familiar with
the passage I believe.
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Revelation chapter 12 as
we look here together today.
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And it says in
Revelation 12 and verse 4:
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"And his tail drew the
third part of the stars
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of heaven... His tail drew
the third part of the stars
00:32:15.15\00:32:19.85
of heaven. " Now
Revelation 1 I believe
00:32:19.96\00:32:23.24
it's verse 20 tells us
that the stars in Bible prophecy
00:32:23.34\00:32:26.20
are what? Angels. So
"His tail drew the third
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part of the stars of heaven
and he cast them to the earth.
00:32:29.29\00:32:31.79
And the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready
00:32:31.99\00:32:34.13
to be delivered for to devour
her child as soon as it was
00:32:34.23\00:32:36.96
born. " We're just
looking here to see stars
00:32:37.06\00:32:38.76
being cast out of heaven.
00:32:38.97\00:32:40.16
That doesn't mean
it's happening literally.
00:32:40.36\00:32:42.22
When John's writing it in
Revelation 12 he's referring
00:32:42.42\00:32:45.59
to a historical
event. Yes or no?
00:32:45.80\00:32:48.14
As well as not only... you know,
00:32:48.54\00:32:51.37
at the beginning but also
as Satan - the casting out
00:32:51.57\00:32:54.19
of Satan at the
time of the cross, right?
00:32:54.29\00:32:56.17
Which was also historical
by the time he wrote this.
00:32:56.37\00:32:59.28
Now we could also talk
about a third casting out
00:32:59.48\00:33:01.79
when Satan's accusations
are finally stopped forever.
00:33:01.89\00:33:05.56
Praise God. But that's not the
point of our message right now.
00:33:05.70\00:33:08.52
So we move ahead and we
look at how this war started
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.61
in heaven. We
looked in Revelation 12
00:33:11.71\00:33:13.85
while we're here in verse 7.
00:33:14.05\00:33:15.62
And it says: "And
there was... " What?
00:33:15.82\00:33:18.46
"There was war... " Where?
00:33:18.76\00:33:21.24
"in heaven. Michael and His
angels fought against the dragon
00:33:21.44\00:33:24.20
and the dragon
fought and his angels. "
00:33:24.40\00:33:25.93
And the dragon "is the
old serpent called the devil
00:33:26.03\00:33:27.82
and Satan which
deceiveth the whole world"
00:33:27.92\00:33:29.35
if you go down to verse 9.
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Now the Greek word
here for war is ptolemos.
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You know what ptolemos
is? That's where we get
00:33:36.72\00:33:38.92
the English word today politics.
00:33:39.02\00:33:43.23
The war started in heaven
00:33:43.43\00:33:45.80
not first
because of open conflict.
00:33:46.00\00:33:49.98
Satan wasn't just
sitting there one day and says:
00:33:50.18\00:33:52.16
"You know what? I want
to be like God. Take this! "
00:33:52.26\00:33:54.53
That's not how it happened.
00:33:54.73\00:33:56.23
No. He starts
undermining... politicking.
00:33:57.86\00:34:00.60
Trying to get people on
his side slowly without really
00:34:00.90\00:34:04.88
giving away his full intentions.
00:34:04.98\00:34:07.29
In fact, pretty much every
war that starts even in today's
00:34:07.59\00:34:11.15
time first begins with
politics. People first trying to
00:34:11.26\00:34:15.29
you know jockey for position
to get people on their side.
00:34:15.39\00:34:18.80
Right? Yes.
00:34:19.10\00:34:22.14
Well politics. Let's
break that down into English
00:34:22.35\00:34:25.38
here for just a moment, OK?
00:34:25.58\00:34:27.25
Do a serious word
study for just a moment.
00:34:27.48\00:34:31.44
poli... politics.
Poly being what? Many.
00:34:31.64\00:34:36.95
And tics...
blood-sucking parasites.
00:34:37.15\00:34:39.14
So no, it's not a
serious word study.
00:34:39.44\00:34:41.70
You know, we're...
00:34:43.10\00:34:46.21
Charles De Gaulle said
that in order to become
00:34:48.35\00:34:52.30
the master... in
order to become the master
00:34:52.40\00:34:57.06
the politician
poses as the servant.
00:34:57.16\00:35:01.94
You know, that's
precisely what Satan does.
00:35:03.48\00:35:05.74
I'm not trying to... I
know there's good, honest
00:35:05.84\00:35:07.95
politicians out there because
one of them told me that...
00:35:08.05\00:35:10.86
that there were. BUT... But
00:35:10.96\00:35:16.24
I want to be clear here.
00:35:16.54\00:35:18.82
Satan poses as the
servant to supposedly give you
00:35:19.02\00:35:23.44
what you want to
become your master.
00:35:23.54\00:35:27.13
And that's what he was
doing in heaven. All the while
00:35:27.33\00:35:30.72
"Hey, I'll give you
freedom. I'll give you this.
00:35:30.92\00:35:32.95
I'll give you that. " But
he wants to take God's place.
00:35:33.15\00:35:36.65
That's at the root of
it. The politician poses as
00:35:36.85\00:35:39.54
the servant to
become the master.
00:35:39.74\00:35:42.72
Now, as we think here and
go back to Daniel chapter 8
00:35:43.02\00:35:47.82
we're going to see a bit more.
00:35:48.02\00:35:49.74
We look here in Daniel chapter 8
00:35:49.94\00:35:52.79
that in verse 11 it says:
"He magnified himself to the
00:35:52.99\00:35:56.32
Prince of the host. "
Some other translations say
00:35:56.42\00:35:59.16
that he exalted himself.
In II Thessalonians chapter 3
00:35:59.26\00:36:04.70
I believe verses 4
and 5 it talks about
00:36:04.80\00:36:06.78
how that this same power would
"exalt himself above all that is
00:36:06.88\00:36:10.45
called God or that is worshiped
00:36:10.55\00:36:11.96
so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God
00:36:12.16\00:36:14.12
showing himself
that he is God. "
00:36:14.22\00:36:16.64
That's blasphemy: when
a man takes upon himself
00:36:16.84\00:36:19.10
the prerogatives of God
00:36:19.20\00:36:20.73
primarily when
he claims to stand
00:36:21.23\00:36:23.33
in the place of
who? God. John 10:30-33.
00:36:23.38\00:36:27.43
Or when he claims to have
the power to forgive what?
00:36:27.53\00:36:29.87
Sins. Mark 2:5-7.
00:36:30.07\00:36:33.23
Now as we look at this
very interesting prophecy
00:36:33.43\00:36:38.06
we find that Satan is
exalting himself up to the level
00:36:38.16\00:36:42.11
of Jesus. Go
with me to Isaiah 14.
00:36:42.21\00:36:44.42
While we're this
close... Isaiah chapter 14.
00:36:44.62\00:36:47.21
Let's look here together
today: Isaiah chapter 14.
00:36:47.41\00:36:51.39
Near the middle of
your Bible: Isaiah.
00:36:51.69\00:36:54.25
We look here...
Isaiah chapter 14.
00:36:54.46\00:36:56.97
And it says this...
Isaiah 14 starting in verse 12.
00:36:57.18\00:37:01.08
You're very familiar
with this passage most of you.
00:37:01.18\00:37:03.32
"How art thou fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer,
00:37:03.52\00:37:05.48
Son of the Morning? How
art thou cut down to the
00:37:05.68\00:37:07.37
ground which dost
weaken the nations?
00:37:07.47\00:37:09.11
For thou has said in thine heart
'I will ascend into heaven'
00:37:09.31\00:37:11.86
'I will... ' Do what? 'exalt
my throne above the stars' -
00:37:12.06\00:37:17.97
the angels of God.
00:37:18.07\00:37:21.03
'I will sit also upon
the mount of the congregation
00:37:21.23\00:37:23.72
and the sides of the
north. I will ascend above
00:37:23.82\00:37:25.74
the heights of the clouds. I
will be like the Most High. '
00:37:25.84\00:37:28.41
Yet shalt thou be
brought down to... "
00:37:28.61\00:37:31.18
as we say it in
Mississippi - "to hell
00:37:31.38\00:37:34.03
to the sides of the pit. "
00:37:34.16\00:37:35.83
Notice he's talking
about what he will do.
00:37:37.96\00:37:40.16
He wanted God's position
without God's character.
00:37:40.36\00:37:43.85
He wanted the power of God
without the character of God.
00:37:44.15\00:37:48.42
As we look at Bible
prophecy there is a constant...
00:37:48.62\00:37:52.35
a constant comparison
that jumps out at you and me
00:37:52.45\00:37:55.92
between the
character of the loving God
00:37:56.12\00:37:59.32
and the selfish
character of Satan.
00:38:01.13\00:38:04.67
You know what Jesus
did. We're told very clearly.
00:38:05.93\00:38:08.74
You can look at
it in many places.
00:38:08.88\00:38:10.26
A wonderful place to
look is Philippians chapter 2.
00:38:10.46\00:38:13.50
I won't take time to turn there,
00:38:13.60\00:38:15.18
but it talks about
how Jesus humbled Himself.
00:38:15.38\00:38:19.82
He was born in the likeness
of a man and being found
00:38:20.12\00:38:23.16
and fashioned as a man
He humbled himself even to
00:38:23.26\00:38:26.29
the death of the cross.
00:38:26.39\00:38:28.57
Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted Him.
00:38:28.77\00:38:33.07
You see the One who could be
exalted it would seem no higher,
00:38:33.27\00:38:36.75
no higher - humbled Himself.
00:38:36.95\00:38:39.87
While Satan is
pushing himself up
00:38:40.17\00:38:42.83
Jesus was humbling Himself.
00:38:43.13\00:38:46.15
While Satan was posing as
a servant to become a master
00:38:47.41\00:38:51.99
Jesus, who was the Master,
00:38:52.12\00:38:54.63
truly became the servant.
00:38:54.83\00:38:58.66
Wow! The loving,
beautiful character of God
00:38:59.19\00:39:03.03
as Jesus came
down to this world.
00:39:03.23\00:39:05.51
And He lived a sinless
life showing what the Father
00:39:05.71\00:39:08.73
was like. If you want to
know what the Father is like,
00:39:08.83\00:39:11.22
He said: "I have
showed you the Father. "
00:39:11.43\00:39:12.95
He healed, He loved, He
taught, He was compassionate.
00:39:14.54\00:39:19.15
And the only people our
Savior seemed to ever have any
00:39:19.35\00:39:23.35
strong words for were the
religious people that thought
00:39:23.45\00:39:27.25
they were better
than everybody else.
00:39:27.35\00:39:29.41
Yes or no? Let's be clear.
00:39:30.53\00:39:33.70
So the highest place
any of us will ever get
00:39:33.90\00:39:36.78
is the foot of the cross of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:39:36.89\00:39:41.64
Back here in Daniel
chapter 8 let's move ahead.
00:39:41.84\00:39:44.96
Daniel 8:11-12
00:39:46.43\00:39:48.65
"Yea, he magnified
himself" or exalted himself
00:39:48.85\00:39:52.09
"even to the Prince of
the host and by him the daily"
00:39:52.29\00:39:55.44
that word sacrifice in italics
is supplied by the translator
00:39:55.64\00:39:58.79
"was taken away and the place
of his sanctuary was cast down.
00:39:58.99\00:40:02.97
And an host was given him
against the daily sacrifice
00:40:03.17\00:40:06.44
by reason of transgression.
And it cast down the truth
00:40:06.64\00:40:10.12
to the ground and it
practiced and prospered. "
00:40:10.22\00:40:14.10
We see here in these two
verses five simple things.
00:40:14.30\00:40:17.86
This power would
persecute God's people:
00:40:18.06\00:40:20.57
the host of
heaven in that context.
00:40:20.77\00:40:22.62
During the Dark Ages
there was a persecution.
00:40:22.82\00:40:25.71
That reviews Daniel 7 in part.
00:40:25.91\00:40:28.00
The next one: that
he would exalt himself.
00:40:28.20\00:40:30.63
Magnify himself even
to the Prince of the host.
00:40:30.83\00:40:34.46
In other words, he
wanted to be like God.
00:40:34.56\00:40:36.42
OK? Both of those
things are found in Daniel 7.
00:40:36.63\00:40:40.31
In Daniel 7 as he magnified
himself it was speaking
00:40:40.51\00:40:43.66
great words, blasphemous words.
Wanting to be equal with God
00:40:43.76\00:40:46.90
and have the
power to forgive sin.
00:40:47.10\00:40:48.97
Then there are three other
points that are specific attacks
00:40:50.29\00:40:54.92
on the plan of salvation
and are enlargements here
00:40:55.02\00:40:58.21
from Daniel 7 in this
chapter: Daniel chapter 8.
00:40:58.24\00:41:02.07
We look here: "He would
take away the daily... "
00:41:02.27\00:41:05.72
Number 2: "cast
down the sanctuary... "
00:41:06.02\00:41:10.14
And number 3: "cast
the truth to the ground. "
00:41:10.34\00:41:13.49
Now the "daily. "
The tamid in the Hebrew.
00:41:14.76\00:41:19.16
Dealing with
the daily sacrifices
00:41:19.36\00:41:21.64
that the priest would do.
00:41:21.74\00:41:23.64
And Hebrews 7 says
Jesus "ever liveth to make
00:41:23.84\00:41:27.79
intercession for us. "
00:41:27.89\00:41:29.66
This religious power would
somehow try to cause people
00:41:29.86\00:41:33.60
to not be looking at
Jesus and what He does for us
00:41:33.80\00:41:37.21
but to obscure that in some way.
00:41:37.61\00:41:40.50
We may come back to that a
little bit more in a minute.
00:41:40.60\00:41:43.42
I don't know... we'll
have to see how it works out.
00:41:43.62\00:41:45.46
Number... the next
point: the sanctuary.
00:41:45.67\00:41:48.49
"Cast the sanctuary down. "
00:41:48.69\00:41:51.17
That is counterfeited
in the system today.
00:41:51.37\00:41:54.71
Oh yes. The system
actually patterns its service
00:41:54.91\00:41:59.74
off of the Old
Testament sanctuary.
00:41:59.94\00:42:02.26
You can get a book
called Question Box.
00:42:02.46\00:42:04.97
Very interesting
reading. Many years ago when I
00:42:05.27\00:42:08.07
last went through the
Catholic book Question Box
00:42:08.17\00:42:11.53
but it talks about the
services today... the mass.
00:42:11.73\00:42:17.23
And where do they get the bells?
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.63
From the sanctuary.
00:42:19.83\00:42:21.73
The priest's
robe... that's right.
00:42:21.93\00:42:24.95
Where do they get the candle?
00:42:25.15\00:42:28.18
From the
sanctuary... that's right.
00:42:29.06\00:42:31.79
Each of these things.
Where do they get holy water?
00:42:31.99\00:42:36.56
They claim that they get
it from the laver of water
00:42:36.76\00:42:39.33
at the entrance
to the sanctuary.
00:42:39.53\00:42:42.67
They also claim right
there in no uncertain terms
00:42:43.07\00:42:46.79
as well as
quoted elsewhere that...
00:42:46.99\00:42:50.17
Where do they get the veil
that separates the confessor
00:42:51.39\00:42:55.78
from the priest?
The veil in the temple.
00:42:55.98\00:43:00.90
Now I'm going to draw a
correlation for you here.
00:43:01.30\00:43:04.33
If you were in the
holy place and you were
00:43:04.53\00:43:07.98
standing on one side of
the veil in the holy place
00:43:10.55\00:43:13.79
and the most holy
place was on the other side,
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.62
who's actually
on the other side?
00:43:16.82\00:43:19.43
In the Bible. The Shekinah
glory: the very presence of God.
00:43:20.40\00:43:24.54
Just process that one.
00:43:25.88\00:43:27.89
You sit down and
you're here and there's a veil
00:43:27.99\00:43:30.45
and then there's a
man on the other side
00:43:30.65\00:43:32.69
that according to their
own quotes like what Elder Cox
00:43:32.89\00:43:35.15
shared with us in
the last presentation
00:43:35.25\00:43:37.31
claims to stand in God's
place and have the power to
00:43:37.41\00:43:39.68
forgive what? Sin. Certainly.
00:43:39.78\00:43:42.73
Now as we move forward the
point I want you to not miss
00:43:42.76\00:43:46.57
here is this power would cause
people to have a wrong view
00:43:46.68\00:43:52.54
of what God is like.
00:43:52.64\00:43:54.47
More than any other power
in the history of the world
00:43:54.87\00:43:58.53
this power has caused
people to view God wrongly.
00:43:58.73\00:44:02.03
To reveal God as stern and rigid
and as a tormentor at times,
00:44:02.23\00:44:08.02
right? And people have
viewed... Even people outside of
00:44:08.12\00:44:11.44
Christianity have viewed
the Christian God as tyrannical
00:44:11.54\00:44:15.59
because of atrocities that
were committed in things like
00:44:15.79\00:44:18.08
the Crusades
during the Dark Ages.
00:44:18.28\00:44:20.03
Right? Very intriguing.
00:44:20.23\00:44:23.30
Very, very intriguing.
00:44:23.50\00:44:25.07
And my friends, this power...
00:44:25.27\00:44:27.13
there are wonderful
people in this power.
00:44:27.33\00:44:30.93
But what I'm trying
to tell you is the danger
00:44:31.07\00:44:33.00
is this power has caused
people to have a wrong view
00:44:33.10\00:44:36.50
of what my God is like
and what your God is like.
00:44:36.70\00:44:41.56
And God wants the
sanctuary to be lifted up.
00:44:42.06\00:44:45.41
He says: "My way is in
the sanctuary. " Psalm 77:13
00:44:45.61\00:44:49.75
He wants people to see
the truth... to see His love.
00:44:49.95\00:44:54.30
It says that this power would
"cast the truth to the ground. "
00:44:54.61\00:44:58.06
This power would put
tradition on an equal par with
00:44:58.27\00:45:02.34
and even above the
Bible their own quotes say.
00:45:02.44\00:45:05.83
But my friends, the
Word of God is the truth.
00:45:06.13\00:45:09.23
John 17:17: "Sanctify
them through Thy truth;
00:45:09.73\00:45:13.46
Thy Word is the truth. "
00:45:13.66\00:45:16.08
And so you put
tradition above the Bible
00:45:16.28\00:45:19.55
and you've cast the
truth to the ground.
00:45:19.75\00:45:22.76
Let me tell you
something else my friends.
00:45:23.06\00:45:25.31
God's law is the truth.
00:45:25.51\00:45:27.93
Psalm 119:142: "Thy righteous-
ness is an everlasting
00:45:28.13\00:45:32.79
righteousness and all
Thy law is the truth. "
00:45:32.89\00:45:37.82
The law of God is
about the love of God.
00:45:38.22\00:45:41.20
In fact, on these two command-
ments: love God and love your
00:45:41.50\00:45:45.29
neighbor hang all
the law and the prophets.
00:45:45.39\00:45:47.68
It's an embodiment
of the love of God.
00:45:47.88\00:45:50.02
But this power would change...
intentionally seek to change
00:45:50.22\00:45:55.38
God's law according to prophecy
according to Daniel 7:25
00:45:55.58\00:46:00.45
and therefore cast
the truth to the ground
00:46:00.65\00:46:05.13
because the law is truth.
00:46:05.43\00:46:08.57
Let me tell you
something else my friends.
00:46:08.77\00:46:11.28
There is one Mediator. "There
is one God and one Mediator
00:46:11.48\00:46:15.76
between God and man: the Man
Christ Jesus. " I Timothy 2:5
00:46:15.86\00:46:20.29
But this power would say
"Well, you've got to go minimum
00:46:21.69\00:46:24.86
once a year to
confession to the priest. "
00:46:24.96\00:46:27.96
This obscurity.
00:46:28.16\00:46:30.56
My friends, it's not Biblical.
00:46:30.76\00:46:33.58
And in so doing -
John 14:6- Jesus says:
00:46:33.61\00:46:38.58
"I am the Way, the Truth,
00:46:38.79\00:46:44.58
and the Life. " The
Way... the what? "Truth
00:46:44.78\00:46:48.85
and the Life. No man
cometh unto the Father
00:46:49.05\00:46:52.20
but by Me. "
00:46:52.40\00:46:56.16
There's one God and one
Mediator between God and man:
00:46:57.41\00:47:00.01
the Man Christ
Jesus. " Jesus is the Truth.
00:47:00.21\00:47:02.58
But my friends,
putting other mediators
00:47:02.78\00:47:05.70
between you and God -
even the suggestion at times
00:47:05.90\00:47:10.70
that Mary is a co-redemptress.
00:47:10.90\00:47:13.57
Uh-huh. That's a whole
'nother issue to get into
00:47:13.78\00:47:16.47
so let's just back up
because we don't have the time.
00:47:16.67\00:47:21.94
But my friends, if Jesus is
the truth and He's the only way
00:47:22.14\00:47:27.48
and you start adding to
that you're casting the truth
00:47:27.68\00:47:31.51
to the ground. Amen!
00:47:31.71\00:47:33.40
Oh yes. Now, we move
ahead and we see this begin to
00:47:33.60\00:47:37.74
come together. We look
here at Daniel 8 and verse 13.
00:47:37.88\00:47:42.68
"Then I heard one saint
speaking and another saint
00:47:42.89\00:47:45.80
said unto that
certain saint which spake
00:47:46.00\00:47:48.12
"How long shall be the
vision concerning the daily
00:47:48.32\00:47:50.83
sacrifice and the
transgression of desolation
00:47:51.03\00:47:53.56
to give both the sanctuary
and the host to be trodden
00:47:53.76\00:47:57.16
underfoot? " Verse 14:
00:47:57.36\00:48:03.03
"And he said unto
me 'Unto 2,300 days
00:48:03.23\00:48:07.89
and then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. ' "
00:48:08.09\00:48:12.46
Now this prophecy is going to be
nailed down in Daniel chapter 9
00:48:12.66\00:48:18.33
as Bro. John Lomacang shares
with us here next I believe.
00:48:18.53\00:48:23.90
Nails down a
starting date in 457 BC
00:48:24.20\00:48:28.66
and you add 2,300 days.
Incidentally, Numbers 14:34
00:48:28.86\00:48:32.43
and Ezekiel 4:6: a
day in Bible prophecy
00:48:32.53\00:48:36.30
is a what? Year. Now
that's only in Bible prophecy.
00:48:36.50\00:48:40.06
It's important to point that
out. Otherwise, people start
00:48:40.26\00:48:43.02
looking for every time
period in the Bible that's a day
00:48:43.12\00:48:45.58
and trying to
make a year out of it.
00:48:45.68\00:48:47.09
It's only in Bible prophecy.
00:48:47.19\00:48:48.38
Same thing with the
other prophetic symbols.
00:48:48.58\00:48:50.95
For instance, we're
familiar with what a beast is.
00:48:51.15\00:48:54.11
Right? What is a
beast in the Bible?
00:48:54.31\00:48:57.20
No. What is a
beast in the Bible?
00:48:57.40\00:49:01.62
You said a
kingdom. That's wrong.
00:49:01.82\00:49:03.78
A beast in the Bible is
an animal that walks around
00:49:05.59\00:49:08.41
on four legs...
typically... and eats straw.
00:49:08.51\00:49:13.36
A beast in Bible
prophecy is a what?
00:49:13.56\00:49:19.41
A kingdom, nation,
power. Yes, that's very simple.
00:49:19.61\00:49:23.74
I began to share how
that a beast in Bible prophecy
00:49:23.94\00:49:27.10
is a kingdom and I had a fellow
say: "OK, now Jesus rode into
00:49:27.20\00:49:30.43
Jerusalem on a donkey
and a donkey is a beast.
00:49:30.53\00:49:34.05
What nation is that? "
00:49:34.26\00:49:36.00
I'm like: "Dude, man...
that's not the way it works. "
00:49:36.41\00:49:38.32
In the Bible what is water?
00:49:40.11\00:49:43.20
Ah yes, it's water.
It's something you drink.
00:49:45.92\00:49:48.72
Praise the Lord.
Hopefully you take a bath in it,
00:49:48.75\00:49:51.32
hallelujah. OK?
00:49:51.42\00:49:54.37
You get baptized in
it. Praise the Lord! Amen.
00:49:55.27\00:49:58.83
In Bible prophecy?
00:49:59.06\00:50:01.32
People, multitudes, nations,
and tongues. Revelation 17:15
00:50:03.59\00:50:06.75
Same thing with a day. In the
Bible what is a day? 24 hours.
00:50:06.85\00:50:11.09
That's right: a
24-hour period of time.
00:50:11.22\00:50:13.31
In Bible prophecy
it is a? Year. OK.
00:50:13.41\00:50:16.25
Now I just thought we needed
to clear that up very quickly
00:50:16.45\00:50:18.75
and spend a moment there
'cause some people miss that.
00:50:18.95\00:50:21.79
And my friends, that
time period started in 457 BC.
00:50:21.99\00:50:25.71
It went all the way
down until the year...
00:50:25.91\00:50:28.82
if you count it,
remember there's no year 0-
00:50:29.02\00:50:31.01
1844. That's right.
00:50:31.11\00:50:34.15
The year 1844.
00:50:34.35\00:50:37.30
Go with me to Daniel
8 verse 17 very quickly.
00:50:37.50\00:50:41.06
"So he came near where I stood
and when he came I was afraid
00:50:41.27\00:50:43.71
and fell upon my
face. But he said unto me:
00:50:43.81\00:50:45.64
'Understand o son of man
for at the time of the end
00:50:45.84\00:50:48.48
shall be the vision.
' " So this time period
00:50:48.68\00:50:51.92
would lead us down
into the time of the end.
00:50:52.12\00:50:56.06
All right? Now
there's a difference between
00:50:56.46\00:50:59.05
the time of the end
and the end of time.
00:50:59.16\00:51:00.24
You've probably heard
this illustration many times
00:51:00.44\00:51:02.12
but it's a good
one to give right quick
00:51:02.32\00:51:03.95
just for those
that haven't heard it.
00:51:04.15\00:51:05.59
And that is the difference
between the time of the end
00:51:05.79\00:51:07.28
and the end of time.
Let's say you're on the farm
00:51:07.38\00:51:09.24
like I was in south
Mississippi growing up
00:51:09.34\00:51:11.35
and you decide: "You know what?
I'm going to get my own turkey
00:51:11.55\00:51:13.77
ready for Thanksgiving this
year... " if you eat turkey.
00:51:13.88\00:51:15.80
You know if you eat
Tofurkey it kind of messes up
00:51:16.10\00:51:18.12
the illustration. But just
go with me for a minute, OK?
00:51:18.22\00:51:20.65
Sorry. And you say:
"You know what? That barnyard
00:51:23.96\00:51:27.59
turkey is scratching around
there where the cows have been
00:51:27.69\00:51:30.14
and eating what he finds.
00:51:30.34\00:51:31.92
And that's just not very
appetizing to think about.
00:51:32.12\00:51:36.48
So why don't we put him
in a pen and clean him out?
00:51:36.79\00:51:40.40
as the old timers would say.
00:51:40.60\00:51:42.05
Feed him shell corn for
a month or two, you know? "
00:51:42.25\00:51:45.13
Well for that turkey
when you put him in the pen
00:51:45.36\00:51:47.60
for that turkey
that's the time of the end.
00:51:47.80\00:51:50.96
The day before
Thanksgiving when mama says:
00:51:51.26\00:51:53.54
"Now go down and get me
that turkey and pluck him
00:51:53.64\00:51:55.42
and bring him up here. " Well...
00:51:55.52\00:51:56.62
you do something
first before you pluck him.
00:51:56.72\00:51:58.95
Yeah? And for that
turkey that's the end of time.
00:52:00.48\00:52:05.24
OK. So the time of the
end is a short time period
00:52:05.44\00:52:08.03
just before our Savior returns.
00:52:08.13\00:52:10.78
And this prophecy
would lead us to that.
00:52:10.98\00:52:12.45
It's also called
the judgment hour.
00:52:12.55\00:52:15.59
Now go with me to
Daniel 12 and verse 4.
00:52:15.69\00:52:17.65
Very quickly. Take
your time... just hurry up.
00:52:17.76\00:52:19.44
Daniel 12 and verse 4.
00:52:19.64\00:52:20.83
And it says this...
Daniel 12 and verse 4:
00:52:21.03\00:52:23.12
"But thou o Daniel
00:52:23.22\00:52:25.26
shut up the
words and seal the book
00:52:25.46\00:52:28.01
even to the... "
What? "time of the end.
00:52:28.11\00:52:33.37
Many shall run to and fro
and knowledge shall increase. "
00:52:33.57\00:52:36.16
Now primarily is
talking about Biblical knowledge
00:52:36.36\00:52:39.30
increasing as this prophecy
would take you down to the
00:52:39.50\00:52:41.99
time of the end -
the 2,300-day prophecy.
00:52:42.09\00:52:44.10
Now but as we look
here I want you to notice
00:52:44.13\00:52:47.43
also increase of knowledge
in the world around us.
00:52:47.53\00:52:50.06
When you hit right in
the middle of the 1800's
00:52:50.26\00:52:52.72
around 1844 the industrial
revolution is beginning
00:52:52.83\00:52:55.86
to take off. Yes or no?
00:52:55.96\00:52:57.40
And knowledge has increased
at an ever-faster pace.
00:52:57.60\00:53:00.58
We know we're living
in the time of the end...
00:53:00.78\00:53:02.59
also called the judgment
hour. Go with me to Revelation
00:53:02.79\00:53:05.60
chapter 11.
Revelation chapter 11
00:53:05.80\00:53:08.86
and I don't know what verse
but we'll get there and find it.
00:53:09.07\00:53:12.11
Revelation chapter 11 and
it's either verse 19 or 18
00:53:12.32\00:53:16.79
or 18 and 19.
00:53:16.89\00:53:18.31
Let's go with verse 18.
We'll see where it gets us.
00:53:19.24\00:53:21.70
"And the nations were
angry and Thy wrath has come;
00:53:21.90\00:53:24.50
the time of the dead
that they should be judged
00:53:24.70\00:53:26.64
and that Thou shouldest
give reward to Thy servants
00:53:26.84\00:53:28.63
the prophets and to the saints
and them that fear Thy name
00:53:28.73\00:53:32.70
small and great
and should destroy them
00:53:32.90\00:53:35.62
which... " Do what?
"destroy the earth. "
00:53:35.82\00:53:39.93
But we just read
right over something
00:53:40.13\00:53:42.43
that people often miss. But
before we go back and get it
00:53:42.53\00:53:44.81
read verse 19. "And
the temple of God was
00:53:44.91\00:53:47.00
opened in heaven. "
When it says "Unto 2,300 days
00:53:47.10\00:53:50.07
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed"
00:53:50.17\00:53:52.07
it's talking about
the sanctuary in heaven.
00:53:52.27\00:53:55.15
It's using the annual Day
of Atonement or Yom-Kippur
00:53:55.35\00:53:59.08
as a judgment time...
a final judgment time.
00:53:59.28\00:54:02.15
And as we look here, it says
sanctuary or temple in heaven.
00:54:03.48\00:54:06.87
Verse 19: "And the temple
of God was opened... " Where?
00:54:06.98\00:54:10.47
After the cross, an earthly
temple is no longer called
00:54:10.77\00:54:14.21
the temple of God a single time.
00:54:14.31\00:54:16.78
From Matthew 27:51
when the veil was ripped
00:54:16.98\00:54:19.89
from top to bottom when
Jesus said "It is finished"
00:54:19.99\00:54:24.32
and died and gave
His life for you and me
00:54:24.42\00:54:26.12
an earthly temple or sanctuary
00:54:26.32\00:54:28.15
is never called the
temple of God after that.
00:54:28.25\00:54:30.06
The church is
called the temple of God
00:54:30.26\00:54:31.49
and the heavenly temple
is called the temple of God.
00:54:31.69\00:54:33.45
Our body is
called the temple of God,
00:54:33.76\00:54:35.75
but an earthly sanctuary
is never referred to as
00:54:35.95\00:54:38.64
the temple of God
after that moment.
00:54:38.74\00:54:40.67
Look here,
though: Revelation 11:18.
00:54:40.87\00:54:43.66
"And the nations were
angry and Thy wrath has come;
00:54:43.77\00:54:45.50
the time of the dead
that they should be judged
00:54:45.60\00:54:47.19
and Thou shouldest give reward
to Thy servants the prophets. "
00:54:47.40\00:54:50.59
I read right over it again.
What are we trying to see?
00:54:50.69\00:54:52.78
Verse 18: "The
nations were angry
00:54:53.08\00:54:55.54
and Thy wrath has
come; the time of the dead
00:54:55.74\00:55:00.17
that they should
be... " What? "judged. "
00:55:00.37\00:55:02.19
This prophecy leads
us to the last days.
00:55:02.39\00:55:05.56
The nations are
angry... signs of the times.
00:55:05.76\00:55:07.51
Yes or no?
00:55:07.71\00:55:09.20
Knowledge would be
increasing and also
00:55:09.40\00:55:12.18
the time of the dead
that they should be judged.
00:55:12.38\00:55:14.91
Some people think going
back as far as you care to go
00:55:15.11\00:55:17.33
that the dead when they died
they were immediately judged.
00:55:17.43\00:55:20.00
But the Bible says there's
a time in the time of the end
00:55:20.10\00:55:23.48
for the dead to be judged.
00:55:23.51\00:55:26.32
And then the judgment goes
from the dead to the living
00:55:26.52\00:55:30.22
and then Jesus is here.
00:55:30.42\00:55:33.82
But my friends, the judgment's
not something to be scared
00:55:34.02\00:55:36.19
about. The judgment is something
to commit our hearts to Jesus
00:55:36.29\00:55:39.12
and trust Him to take us
through. Can you say "Amen? "
00:55:39.32\00:55:43.05
Praise God for that.
00:55:43.25\00:55:45.47
As we look here today
I want to share with you
00:55:45.67\00:55:48.06
just a couple of
verses. I Corinthians 15:31.
00:55:48.26\00:55:52.58
Would you turn there with me?
00:55:52.68\00:55:53.95
I Corinthians 15:31.
00:55:54.15\00:55:55.92
Actually I'm looking at
the clock so I'll just quote it
00:55:56.12\00:55:58.16
for you. I
Corinthians 15 and verse 31.
00:55:58.27\00:56:01.31
It says: "I protest by
your rejoicing which I have in
00:56:01.51\00:56:04.33
Christ Jesus I die
daily. " Remember that "daily? "
00:56:04.43\00:56:06.70
Satan is trying to distract
you from what Jesus is doing
00:56:06.90\00:56:09.34
continually for us.
But I believe he's also -
00:56:09.44\00:56:11.96
a practical application -
trying to distract you from
00:56:12.17\00:56:15.09
your daily walk with Jesus.
When Paul said: "I die daily"
00:56:15.19\00:56:17.67
did he mean he
croaked over dead every day?
00:56:17.87\00:56:20.00
No. No, it meant he surrendered
his life to Jesus every day.
00:56:20.30\00:56:23.71
II Corinthians 4 and verse 16
00:56:23.91\00:56:25.93
when it says that
"The inward man is renewed
00:56:26.14\00:56:29.77
day by day. " Have you
ever renewed something?
00:56:29.97\00:56:32.67
Have you ever renewed an
insurance policy or a driver's
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license? It doesn't
mean you didn't already have
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an insurance policy
or a driver's license.
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No, you're
renewing it day by day.
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"Every day, Lord,
I'm following You.
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Come into my heart today. I
renew my covenant relationship
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with You. " And Luke
chapter 9 and verse 23
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where our Savior said: "If
any man will come after Me... "
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That is, if you want to
come after Jesus and follow Him.
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"then take up your cross...
" What? "daily and follow Me. "
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My friends, there's nothing
more I could point you to in
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Bible prophecy more important
than pointing you to Jesus.
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He's coming soon, and He
wants to spend time with you
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every day and all day.
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He says to come unto Him
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and to let Him bear your burdens
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and give your
life and heart to Him.
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Is that your desire
today to put Jesus first?
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Choose Him always and every day?
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Praise the Lord.
What a blessing. Amen.
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