Participants: Hiram Rester
Series Code: 12POP
Program Code: 12POP000014
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00:47 Well good afternoon, and we welcome you once again
00:50 to the 3ABN Worship Center 00:52 for our Spring Camp Meeting 2012 00:56 the Pillars of Prophecy event. 00:58 We were trying to think of a name to call this 01:01 and we settled on event because we just didn't know what else 01:05 to call it. When we conceive these things 01:09 we want it to give our audience a thorough idea of whatever 01:14 subject matter we are covering. 01:15 When we had Ten Commandments Weekend we wanted to 01:18 cover them thoroughly. 01:20 Now that we've moved into the Pillars, 01:23 particularly the book of Daniel, we want to do it thoroughly. 01:25 I want to say hello to friends, 01:29 husband and wife, who are watching. 01:31 I don't think I will call their names because they... 01:33 they tell me that when they have these Pillars of Prophecy 01:36 or when we have these Pillars of Prophecy events they don't go 01:38 to church. She said: "We get up in the morning 01:42 and we stay in our pajamas all day 01:45 and we just plop down in front of the television set 01:47 and we don't move except to go to the kitchen and grab food 01:51 and take care of other needs, but we don't even take showers" 01:54 she said. "We just plop down in front of the TV all day. " 01:57 That's what she said. "And we just get our notes out 01:59 and we just have a good time in the Lord. " 02:02 And she said: "We DO brush our teeth 02:04 but we don't do too much else. " 02:06 And so I want to say "Hi" to you; you know who you are. 02:11 But I'm not going to call your names. 02:13 Our speaker for this hour is Pastor Hiram Rester. 02:16 He comes to us from Springfield, Missouri. 02:19 He may not be known to many of you, but as he has come 02:24 we understand that he is a man of the Word 02:26 with an evangelist's heart and an evangelist's background. 02:29 He is a pastor but he also has a number of meetings 02:32 to his credit and God has used him in a marked and mighty way. 02:37 And he is going to be dealing with... 02:39 Daniel 8 is the subject that he has been assigned. 02:43 And we know that he is going to be a blessing. 02:45 His wife is with him with their I think it's 2-year-old 02:49 that has come. And we didn't see her today, 02:51 she was just minding the 2- year-old. 02:54 But they came out today and we got a chance to meet her. 02:56 They are a wonderful family team. 02:58 He did a little fishing yesterday during his break time. 03:01 I think he caught 14 bass. 03:03 He's a vegetarian so he threw them all back. 03:05 He's just fishing for exercise. 03:07 But he is a preacher and a fisherman. 03:09 And a fisher of men dare I say, 03:12 and God has blessed him. So we will hear from him now. 03:15 Our music for this hour is brought to us... 03:18 is going to be brought to us by someone who has 03:21 just in the last year or so moved to this area. 03:24 Celestine Barry lives just down the road a little bit. 03:27 They were in Chicago, but she has moved to this area. 03:31 And we found out one day in church that she could sing. 03:34 And of course that's a dangerous talent to have here 03:36 at 3ABN because we will press you into service. 03:39 And she was gracious enough to sing for one of our Anchors 03:43 and sings for church, and we thought we would expose her 03:46 to a wider audience here at Camp Meeting. 03:48 A wonderful person... she and her husband Mike 03:50 and two girls. And just a wonderful family 03:53 that we have come to know and love. 03:55 So if you will now pray with me, the voice you will hear 03:58 after our prayer will be that of Celestine Barry. 04:01 She's going to be singing I think it's Midnight Cry? 04:03 And then after she shall have completed her song then 04:08 our evangelist, our friend Hiram Rester 04:10 will bring us the study on Daniel chapter 8. 04:13 Shall we pray? 04:14 Gracious Father, again we do thank you 04:16 and praise you for another opportunity to hear the Word 04:19 of God. And though we have moved into the day 04:22 and our bodies are somewhat fatigued, we are made strong 04:27 because there is a strength that comes from the Word. 04:29 There is a power in the Word. 04:31 There is growth that comes from the Word. And so Father 04:34 we ask from You for Your speaker 04:37 for Your minister of music a special unction. 04:41 Bless Celestine; bless Pastor Hiram as they speak 04:45 through music and speak through the spoken word 04:48 and the preached word what You would have us to know. 04:52 May we receive a blessing and we thank you 04:55 in Jesus' name. Amen. 05:13 I hear the sound 05:18 of a mighty rushing wind. 05:26 And it's closer now 05:31 than it's ever been. 05:38 I can almost 05:40 hear the trumpet 05:45 as Gabriel sounds 05:47 the song. 05:52 At the midnight cry 05:58 we'll be going home. 06:04 When Jesus steps out 06:11 on a cloud to call His children 06:18 the dead in Christ will rise 06:24 to meet Him in the air. 06:31 And then those that remain 06:38 will be quickly changed 06:46 at the midnight cry 06:51 when Jesus comes again. 07:00 I look around me 07:04 and I see prophecies fulfilling. 07:13 And signs of the times 07:17 are appearing everywhere. 07:24 I can almost hear 07:27 the Father 07:31 say "Son, go get My children. " 07:39 At the midnight cry 07:44 the bride of Christ will rise. 07:51 When Jesus steps out 07:57 on a cloud to call His children 08:05 the dead in Christ will rise 08:11 to meet Him in the air. 08:18 And then those that remain 08:25 will be 08:26 quickly changed 08:32 at the midnight cry 08:38 when Jesus comes again... 08:46 At the midnight cry 08:54 our Lord will come 08:58 again... 09:03 will come 09:06 again. 09:13 Amen. 09:17 And everyone said? Amen. Amen. 09:20 What a blessing; praise the Lord. 09:22 It is great to be with you here once again. 09:24 And Jesus coming back... At the midnight cry 09:28 when Jesus comes again. I remember that song 09:31 from all the way back to my time in the Baptist church. 09:33 And I've loved that song for so many years. 09:36 What a powerful message as we look forward to the soon coming 09:40 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 09:43 We continue here with Camp Meeting today, and we're just 09:46 excited to see so many folk. And as we get started here 09:50 today somebody back stage commented 09:53 that folks were a little bit drowsy back there. 09:56 I can't tell you who I caught napping 10:00 right in his chair just a minute ago. 10:01 I just asked if I could tell that, and he said "No. " 10:05 So even though he introduced me today I can't tell you 10:08 that he nodded off just a bit. I can't... he said "No. " 10:11 And so I won't tell you his name, but he was nodding off 10:14 just a moment ago. And Danny said: 10:16 "Now go out there and keep us awake. " 10:18 And I'm like "that's kind of funny. You have me 10:19 speaking on Sabbath afternoon during nap time - 10:22 for lay activities, right? - 10:24 and you have me speaking about a dream a guy had when he 10:30 was asleep 10:33 and you want me to keep you awake? " 10:36 Well what doesn't add up about that? 10:38 I mean, that's what I'm trying to figure out 10:40 as we get started here. 10:41 BUT as we dig into it I do want to encourage you 10:44 to stay awake. Because as I've read my Bible, there's only 10:47 one place in the entire Bible that I found 10:50 where someone went to sleep while the preacher was 10:52 preaching. And do you know what happened? 10:56 We love you, and it was Eutychus, right? 10:58 He fell out of the window; he was taken up dead. 11:00 I'm not saying that's what happens if you go to sleep 11:02 while the preacher was preaching. 11:04 What I'm saying is we love you and we don't want to take any 11:06 chances. So I'm going to try to keep you awake. 11:08 Turn with me in your Bible to the book of Daniel chapter 8 11:12 and as we get into our message here today... 11:14 Oh, it's so exciting to get into the Word of God once again. 11:18 I told you yesterday as we got started about a 11:21 car accident that I had that ultimately led to... 11:25 to my family beginning to study these great truths 11:28 that I now have the privilege of presenting to you here today. 11:32 And as that began and I began to attend church 11:36 on Sabbath, there was something beginning to take place 11:39 in my life. All the way back when I attended that very first 11:41 Amazing Facts crusade God was speaking to me and saying 11:45 "Where that man is you are to be one day. " 11:48 And all the while I'm thinking "No way! 11:50 I'm going to be a chemical engineer. " That was my plan. 11:53 I didn't want anything to do with preaching. 11:55 Getting up front in front of a bunch of people. 11:57 Being all nervous and scared to do that. 12:00 I didn't want anything to do with that. No way! 12:02 I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be a chemical engineer 12:05 with an emphasis in environmental engineering. 12:07 I wanted a nice house, a 4-wheel-drive pick-up, 12:10 and a fast boat, and then the Lord could have anything 12:12 left over after that. That was my plan. 12:16 And I began to feel God calling me toward ministry. 12:20 and I heard a man down in church make a statement 12:22 to my Dad: "Bill, that son of yours is going to make 12:25 a fine preacher one day. " And when I heard that 12:26 I thought: "Oh, man. " It made me mad; it actually did. 12:29 You know, kind of down inside because I was running from 12:32 a call from God. Perhaps someone here today 12:34 is running from a call from God. 12:37 Well as time went on I ended up at Union College. 12:42 Right? And as I was at Union College 12:46 I joined a study group in the dorm. 12:48 And we studied once a week, and you could start any 12:50 conversation with anyone in college by asking this one 12:53 simple question: "So what's your major? " 12:56 Right? And they were always surprised. 12:59 I asked them what their major was and listened and talked. 13:01 And they would say: "What's you major? " And I would tell them 13:02 "Well I'm majoring in chemical engineering... in engineering. " 13:05 And they said: "You're not... you're not majoring in theology? 13:09 You're not planning to be a pastor? " 13:10 After we got done doing Bible study, and that would always 13:14 aggravate me. 13:16 Then one evening I'm studying with a friend of mine 13:20 and he's out there in the world somewhere today. 13:24 Last I heard he was ministerial director I believe in the 13:26 Middle East: Bern Yuot from Sudan. 13:29 What a powerful story and testimony he has. 13:31 Hello, Bern, if you're out there. 13:33 And you know, we were studying one night 13:37 and he said: "Hirman, how long are you going to continue 13:40 studying this engineering stuff and put off starting to 13:44 study for ministry that God is calling you to? " 13:46 I got aggravated. 13:49 I explained to him that I didn't really think that was his 13:53 concern... and I left. 13:56 I went back to my dorm room and that night I wrestled 13:59 with God all night back and forth. 14:02 And I don't know at what point I surrendered 14:04 but that night I surrendered to God's call. 14:06 The next morning I got up and I went in to drop chemistry. 14:09 I didn't need that level of chemistry. 14:12 I had already completed chemistry I 14:14 for chemical engineering. I would need the more 14:16 advanced chemistry. I walk in when the office opens. 14:19 I tell the lady who I had never really met 14:22 that I'm dropping chemistry. She said: "You can't do that. 14:25 You're a chemical engineering major. " I said: "Well, 14:27 I'm thinking about going a different direction. " 14:29 She said: "You're going to go into ministry, aren't you? " 14:32 I'm like: "Who's this lady been talking to? " 14:36 I then go to class at Union College later that day 14:39 and as I'm there I hear a man speaking 14:44 in a class that was for seniors. 14:46 I was just out of the Baptist church. I had been an Adventist 14:49 less than six months when I went up there. 14:51 And I didn't know if I would be able to afford to go back 14:54 any more and so I wanted to take a class called 14:57 prophetic guidance 14:58 because it was something I wanted to study more about. 15:00 And I had to go meet with the dean 'cause it was for seniors 15:03 at that time. And I said: "Look, I may never be in a school 15:06 like this again. This semester I am here... 15:08 I want to take the class. " 15:10 And he signed off and let me take it. 15:11 Well there was a man from Andrews there to talk to the 15:13 students about coming up to Andrews to take Master's classes 15:16 because these were seniors. 15:18 And as he concluded that day he said: 15:21 "If anyone is struggling with a call to ministry, 15:24 come and talk with me afterwards and I... or sign up 15:29 and meet with me during the week 15:31 and I'll be glad to pray with you and counsel with you 15:34 about that. " I had never heard anyone say anything like that 15:37 that way... before or since, actually. 15:39 And so I signed up to meet with him. 15:42 It was in the middle of my calculus class the next day 15:44 which, you know, it's a great reason to miss calculus. 15:46 And so I went to meet with the guy. 15:49 I walked in. I said: "Sir, I have to get to class 15:51 but those that are called to ministry, that God is 15:54 working in their life... I'm sure it's different for everyone 15:56 but what is it that you see consistently taking place? " 16:01 Well he had it down to a science. 16:02 He said: "Number one: there's a call to be a Christian 16:04 that every Christian has. " I said: "OK... that's solid. " 16:07 He said: "Number two: there's a secret call. 16:09 God is speaking to you from the inside. You know it. 16:12 You may not know what He's calling you to do 16:14 but you know He's calling you. " 16:16 I said: "OK... that's fine. " 16:17 He said: "The next is that... number three... " 16:23 he said "there's spiritual gifting. 16:25 If God is calling you to do something, 16:27 He's going to begin to give you the ability to do it. 16:31 Number four: if God is calling you to do something, 16:35 at some point He's going to begin to open the door 16:38 for you to do what He's calling you to do. " 16:41 And he said: "And number five: 16:44 if God is calling you to do something, often times 16:48 other people who are in touch with God 16:50 will begin to see His call in your life. " 16:54 At that time I broke down crying as I thought of 16:57 all the times people had thought I must have been 16:59 a theology major. The things that people had said 17:02 that had aggravated me up to that point. 17:04 And the next evening I called up Libby - 17:10 my wife now - she was out at Weimar College at the time. 17:14 Her dad had brought her... her dad had introduced us. 17:17 He had brought her to Mississippi for us to meet 17:19 after he had finished preaching an evangelistic series. 17:22 He was with Amazing Facts, and I went to a series 17:25 of Brian McMahon. We studied for three years 17:27 and then Steve DeLong came and we attended his meetings 17:29 and were baptized. I loved his message and his daughter... 17:34 so I took both and we went on the road ourselves. 17:37 And it worked out. Praise the Lord for that. 17:43 And I called her up. I said: "I know your dad's a preacher. 17:45 And so I believe God's calling me to ministry 17:48 and if you don't want to be married to a preacher 17:50 then we should probably you know stop this now. " 17:52 You know I'm kind of blunt sometimes I've been told. 17:57 She said: "You believe God's calling you to ministry? " 17:59 I said: "I do. " She said: "I've really thought 18:01 that for some time but I figured God would show you 18:03 when He's ready. " 18:07 I thought: "Wow! Well this is absolutely amazing. " 18:12 "You know, " she said, "I only have one request and that's 18:16 that God would let me be there to hear your first sermon. " 18:20 I thought: "OK, that sounds fair. But she's in California; 18:23 I'm in Nebraska. " 18:25 And so the next day I told 18:30 a professor of mine that I was going to begin to study 18:35 for ministry. And he said: "That is great news. 18:39 You know the pastor is going to be out of town in a couple 18:41 of weeks and I'm supposed to get someone to speak. " 18:43 This is one of the little country churches I attended 18:45 out away from the school. And he said: "I'll go ahead and 18:47 put you down. " I immediately panicked. 18:51 Then I remembered the words from a day or two before: 18:55 "If God's calling you to do something, He'll begin to open 18:57 the doors. " And as I walked away down the hall 19:00 that was the only weekend while I was at Union 19:03 and Libby was at Weimar that she was coming to visit. 19:06 She did hear that first sermon. 19:08 A praying woman - a praying wife - I do have. 19:11 Praise the Lord for that! 19:13 You know, God guides our lives. He also guides the major 19:18 world events, and we're going to see that here 19:20 in the book of Daniel. 19:21 The book of Daniel... It's amazing. We just heard 19:24 from Elder Cox as he shared with us about the world kingdoms 19:29 right? Also was shared earlier today with Daniel 2. 19:33 So Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. 19:35 You've got Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. 19:38 God guides major world events but He guides the details 19:42 of our lives too. Praise the Lord for that. 19:45 Just like Bible prophecy sometimes the details 19:48 of our life can we only understand how God was at work 19:52 when we look back and see what God has done. 19:55 When we're going through them sometimes we don't see 19:57 them working out but we do when we look back... 20:01 just like the historical view of Bible prophecy. 20:05 Now, with this in mind you have your Bibles open 20:08 to Daniel chapter 8. And we just jump right in in verse 1. 20:13 And it says here: "In the third year of the reign 20:15 of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, Daniel, 20:19 after that which appeared unto me at the first. 20:21 And I saw in a vision and it came to pass when I saw 20:24 that I was at Susa in the palace which is in the province 20:27 of Elam; and I saw in a vision and I was by the river Ulai. 20:30 Then I lifted up mine eyes and saw and behold 20:32 there stood before the river a... " What? "a ram 20:37 which had... " How many horns? "two horns. 20:39 And the two horns were high but one was higher than the other. 20:43 And the higher came up... " When? "last. " 20:47 Verse 4: "And I saw the ram pushing westward 20:51 and northward and southward so that no beast might stand 20:54 before him, neither was there any that could deliver 20:57 out of his hand. But he did according to his will 20:59 and became great. " 21:02 And as I was considering... He says: "As I was thinking 21:07 about this - as I was considering - 21:09 behold a he-goat. " 21:11 Now where I'm from we call that a billy goat. 21:13 All right? He had a big old billy goat. 21:18 Now I'll tell you about a billy goat. Goats will butt. 21:22 A lot of times though if they're fighting they'll rare up first. 21:25 And we'll talk about that in just a moment. 21:26 My great grandpa had a pedigreed goat down in south Mississippi 21:31 that he had brought over from Europe. 21:33 Oh yeah, he was popular among the old men in south Mississippi 21:37 'cause he was the one that had a goat with a pedigree. 21:39 So everybody wanted to bring... everybody want him to bring 21:42 his goat over for a visit if you know what I mean. 21:44 OK? 21:46 And so he was a popular fella. 21:49 He kept the goat in the yard. It was a fenced yard. 21:51 But that old goat as somewhat of a pet got in the habit of 21:54 butting people when they were looking the other way. 22:00 And one day he went out to the shed there 22:02 and there were the steps going up into the shed. 22:05 It was up on blocks, and instead of going up the stairs 22:08 as he got older there and was having a hard time 22:11 he just started walking up and reaching in the door. 22:14 And he stood beside the stairs where he would set stuff 22:16 he needed. And he reached in there... 22:19 He went over and he leaned over... 22:23 to reach in and get something and that big old billy 22:26 looks up from across the yard and gets a good running start... 22:32 Boom! 22:35 This is south Mississippi... it's raw sometimes. 22:39 He reaches back and grabs the big old billy goat by a horn 22:42 'cause he was hurt. It knocked him up on the wood; 22:44 it hurt him! He was an old man, you know. 22:46 And then he thumbed out his... What does every good country boy 22:48 always have? Pocket knife. 22:51 They said that goat was good in life and he was good in death 22:55 too. They ate him... and that was the end of that goat. 23:01 Well this goat here comes to an end as well. 23:06 In fact, one of his horns is broken and he comes to an end... 23:09 a violent end. So let's look at it here. 23:12 It says as we look here at the goat, verse 8: 23:15 "Therefore the he-goat... " - this old billy goat - 23:17 waxed very great. And when he was strong 23:21 the great horn was broken 23:24 and for it came up four notable ones to the four winds 23:26 of heaven. " So what is this talking about? 23:29 This is an amazing prophecy, an astounding prophecy. 23:32 Well, like Daniel 7 God is using animals to represent 23:37 nations. But unlike Daniel 7 23:42 God is using what the Bible defines as 23:47 clean animals 23:49 as opposed to the unclean like the lion, the bear, 23:53 and the leopard. These are clean animals 23:56 which are also used as sacrificial animals 24:00 in the sanctuary temple 24:03 as well as on the Day of Atonement or Yom-Kippur. 24:09 So just hang that on a hook in your mind. 24:12 That may become significant here for us in a little bit 24:15 based on how the clock treats us today. 24:18 So we move ahead. 24:20 Now, dig into this with me. 24:22 I want to share something that I learned growing up 24:25 in south Mississippi. We had a small, 80-acre farm. 24:28 Kind of a hobby farm. 24:29 My parents both worked full-time jobs, but we also had 24:32 a few cows and a few horses and a few this and a few that. 24:36 And then we'd sell this and get something else. 24:38 Right? Well one time we had both sheep and goats 24:42 in the same field. 24:45 That's an educational experience. 24:47 I learned something that immediately would have 24:51 jumped out to God's people in Biblical times 24:55 about this prophecy that you and I probably 24:57 wouldn't normally catch reading it today. 25:01 You have a ram being beaten by a goat. 25:06 You think well, if you've got a puny ram and you've got a 25:08 big bad goat, that would work, right? 25:11 Nope. Nope. 25:14 You can even check it out; look it up on the Internet now. 25:17 I did just to make sure I remembered it correctly, 25:20 and the facts are what I remembered. 25:22 And that is that a billy goat never beats a ram. 25:28 Never. 25:30 No matter how big and bad your billy is and how puny your 25:34 ram is, if he's a grown-up ram 25:36 and knows how to ram... he's going to win. 25:40 Do you know why? 25:42 Because initially before goats butt when they fight 25:47 they rare up to paw. 25:51 Rams don't rare up to paw. 25:55 Rams put their head down and butt. 26:00 They ram... Good verbiage there. 26:04 They ram. 26:07 And so the goat rears up 26:10 and the ram hits him right under those front legs 26:12 and over he goes... fight over. 26:15 Now you know in Daniel 2 you had nations that would be 26:19 defeated by nations inferior to them. Yes or no? 26:23 Now in Daniel chapter 8 you've got a ram being defeated 26:26 by a goat. Those from an agrarian society 26:30 immediately saw this and said: "Wow! This is unusual. " 26:34 Now what does this mean? Verse 20: "The ram which 26:37 thou sawest having the two horns are the kings of Media 26:39 and Persia. " Daniel 8 and verse 20... 26:41 I mean, it just tells you that's what it is. 26:43 The kings of Media and Persia. Notice there were two horns 26:47 and one was higher than the other. 26:48 We read that a moment ago. 26:49 When you go to Daniel chapter 7 and verse 5 and you read about 26:53 the bear, he's raised up on one side 26:55 representing Medo-Persia, right? 26:57 And now you have the ram with one horn higher than the other. 27:01 Now who is the goat? What does the goat represent? 27:04 Verse 21: "And the rough goat" - the billy goat - "is the king 27:07 of Grecia... of Greece. And the great horn that is 27:10 between his eyes is the first king. " 27:13 We can call that Alexander the Great. 27:17 Then it says here: 27:20 "Now that being broken... " verse 22 27:23 "whereas four stood up for it or from it 27:25 four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation 27:28 but not in his power. " 27:30 At the height of his power Alexander the Great died. 27:33 His kingdom as we saw in Daniel 7 was temporarily divided 27:37 as Elder Cox broke it down for us. 27:39 That's right. You have the four generals of Alexander 27:42 the Great. To the north went Lysimachus. 27:45 To the south Ptolemy; to the east Seleucus; 27:47 and to the west Cassander. 27:48 We have a "more sure word of prophecy. " 27:50 The Bible is true; the pillars of prophecy are clear. 27:54 My friends, also he has four heads 27:57 so that... or four horns. That parallels the four heads 27:59 on the leopard in Daniel chapter 7 and verse 6. 28:03 He also it said there in Daniel chapter 8 28:07 as we read, this goat "touched not the ground. " 28:10 That's another way to say that dude was flying. 28:15 Right? Yes or no? Yes. 28:18 Now in Daniel 7 and verse 6 as you look at the leopard 28:21 with four heads he also has four wings. 28:24 And Habakkuk 1 and verse 8 tells us wings denotes speed 28:26 in Bible prophecy. 28:28 And Alexander the Great moved very quickly 28:30 as he conquered the known world in 8 short years, right? 28:33 And this goat is moving so fast he doesn't even touch 28:36 the ground. See the parallels all add up. They come together. 28:39 But you see, Daniel 8 is not there just to review Daniel 7. 28:43 It's there to give us additional information. 28:45 Repetition and enlargement. 28:48 So let's try to enlarge upon what we've studied already today 28:51 as we move ahead here. 28:53 We read here now in Daniel chapter 8 and verse 9. 28:58 "And out of one of them... " Out of the four horns that... 29:02 that broke, or rather the great horn was broken and the four 29:06 horns that came up... out of one of them 29:08 "came forth a little horn which waxed exceeding great 29:11 toward the south and toward the east and toward 29:13 the Pleasant Land. " This clearly parallels 29:17 the fourth beast of Daniel 7 with the iron teeth 29:20 and that is Rome. Or in the statue of Daniel chapter 2 29:25 the iron legs, OK? 29:28 This is Rome. And then Rome would slowly... 29:31 Rome would fall apart. It would not be conquered. 29:34 And there would be a transition from pagan Rome 29:37 to papal Rome 29:39 as then the papacy - the Vatican - would begin to 29:43 dominate right there in Rome where the Caesars once ruled. 29:47 OK. And we read about it here. Verse 10: 29:51 "And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven. " 29:53 Now... now it's not just expanding this way 29:55 but it's spiritually expanding. 29:58 We're no longer just talking about a political power now 30:00 but about a religious power. 30:03 And it says as we look at it together: 30:05 "It waxed great, even to the host of heaven. 30:08 And it cast down some of the host and of the stars 30:12 to the ground and stamped upon them. 30:14 Yea, he magnified himself even to the Prince of the host. " 30:18 Who's the Prince of the host? 30:19 That's our Jesus... that's right. 30:22 He magnified himself to the level of Jesus. 30:25 Wow! Now it continues on and it says here: 30:30 "And by him the daily... " - notice that word "sacrifice - 30:34 next is in italics... it's supplied - 30:36 "was taken away and the place of His sanctuary... " - 30:40 the Prince of the host's sanctuary - 30:42 was cast down. " 30:44 Now as we unpack this for just a little bit 30:47 and I want us to look at it, I want us to see 30:49 a couple of things very intriguing. 30:52 You have the transition from pagan Rome - a political power - 30:56 now to a religious system: papal Rome. 31:00 Now when we talk about papal Rome we're not talking about 31:02 individual people who can love Jesus as much as anybody else. 31:06 Can you say "Amen? " In fact, God speaks to people 31:09 in religious systems that aren't solid on following the Bible 31:15 and He says "Come out of her My people. " 31:18 He's referring to the people in all different churches as 31:20 His people. Can you say "Amen? " That's right. 31:24 God loves everyone, and He's not trying to pick on 31:27 anybody. Now as we look here at this we find 31:31 that very clearly it's talking about some of the stars 31:35 being cast to the ground. Now a star in Bible prophecy 31:38 represents an angel. An angel can be a messenger. 31:41 But some have said: "Well could this power be responsible 31:45 for angels being cast out of heaven? " 31:47 My friends, who's behind this power? Satan! 31:50 The one who was responsible for getting angels 31:53 cast out of heaven. Yes or no? 31:55 That's right. Go with me... Keep your finger here, 31:57 we're coming back to Daniel 8 the whole time that we have. 32:00 Go with me to Revelation chapter 12. 32:02 Revelation chapter 12. 32:04 You're familiar with the passage I believe. 32:05 Revelation chapter 12 as we look here together today. 32:08 And it says in Revelation 12 and verse 4: 32:11 "And his tail drew the third part of the stars 32:15 of heaven... His tail drew the third part of the stars 32:19 of heaven. " Now Revelation 1 I believe 32:23 it's verse 20 tells us that the stars in Bible prophecy 32:26 are what? Angels. So "His tail drew the third 32:29 part of the stars of heaven and he cast them to the earth. 32:31 And the dragon stood before the woman which was ready 32:34 to be delivered for to devour her child as soon as it was 32:37 born. " We're just looking here to see stars 32:38 being cast out of heaven. 32:40 That doesn't mean it's happening literally. 32:42 When John's writing it in Revelation 12 he's referring 32:45 to a historical event. Yes or no? 32:48 As well as not only... you know, 32:51 at the beginning but also as Satan - the casting out 32:54 of Satan at the time of the cross, right? 32:56 Which was also historical by the time he wrote this. 32:59 Now we could also talk about a third casting out 33:01 when Satan's accusations are finally stopped forever. 33:05 Praise God. But that's not the point of our message right now. 33:08 So we move ahead and we look at how this war started 33:11 in heaven. We looked in Revelation 12 33:14 while we're here in verse 7. 33:15 And it says: "And there was... " What? 33:18 "There was war... " Where? 33:21 "in heaven. Michael and His angels fought against the dragon 33:24 and the dragon fought and his angels. " 33:26 And the dragon "is the old serpent called the devil 33:27 and Satan which deceiveth the whole world" 33:29 if you go down to verse 9. 33:31 Now the Greek word here for war is ptolemos. 33:36 You know what ptolemos is? That's where we get 33:39 the English word today politics. 33:43 The war started in heaven 33:46 not first because of open conflict. 33:50 Satan wasn't just sitting there one day and says: 33:52 "You know what? I want to be like God. Take this! " 33:54 That's not how it happened. 33:57 No. He starts undermining... politicking. 34:00 Trying to get people on his side slowly without really 34:04 giving away his full intentions. 34:07 In fact, pretty much every war that starts even in today's 34:11 time first begins with politics. People first trying to 34:15 you know jockey for position to get people on their side. 34:19 Right? Yes. 34:22 Well politics. Let's break that down into English 34:25 here for just a moment, OK? 34:27 Do a serious word study for just a moment. 34:31 poli... politics. Poly being what? Many. 34:37 And tics... blood-sucking parasites. 34:39 So no, it's not a serious word study. 34:43 You know, we're... 34:48 Charles De Gaulle said that in order to become 34:52 the master... in order to become the master 34:57 the politician poses as the servant. 35:03 You know, that's precisely what Satan does. 35:05 I'm not trying to... I know there's good, honest 35:08 politicians out there because one of them told me that... 35:10 that there were. BUT... But 35:16 I want to be clear here. 35:19 Satan poses as the servant to supposedly give you 35:23 what you want to become your master. 35:27 And that's what he was doing in heaven. All the while 35:30 "Hey, I'll give you freedom. I'll give you this. 35:33 I'll give you that. " But he wants to take God's place. 35:36 That's at the root of it. The politician poses as 35:39 the servant to become the master. 35:43 Now, as we think here and go back to Daniel chapter 8 35:48 we're going to see a bit more. 35:49 We look here in Daniel chapter 8 35:52 that in verse 11 it says: "He magnified himself to the 35:56 Prince of the host. " Some other translations say 35:59 that he exalted himself. In II Thessalonians chapter 3 36:04 I believe verses 4 and 5 it talks about 36:06 how that this same power would "exalt himself above all that is 36:10 called God or that is worshiped 36:12 so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God 36:14 showing himself that he is God. " 36:16 That's blasphemy: when a man takes upon himself 36:19 the prerogatives of God 36:21 primarily when he claims to stand 36:23 in the place of who? God. John 10:30-33. 36:27 Or when he claims to have the power to forgive what? 36:30 Sins. Mark 2:5-7. 36:33 Now as we look at this very interesting prophecy 36:38 we find that Satan is exalting himself up to the level 36:42 of Jesus. Go with me to Isaiah 14. 36:44 While we're this close... Isaiah chapter 14. 36:47 Let's look here together today: Isaiah chapter 14. 36:51 Near the middle of your Bible: Isaiah. 36:54 We look here... Isaiah chapter 14. 36:57 And it says this... Isaiah 14 starting in verse 12. 37:01 You're very familiar with this passage most of you. 37:03 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, 37:05 Son of the Morning? How art thou cut down to the 37:07 ground which dost weaken the nations? 37:09 For thou has said in thine heart 'I will ascend into heaven' 37:12 'I will... ' Do what? 'exalt my throne above the stars' - 37:18 the angels of God. 37:21 'I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation 37:23 and the sides of the north. I will ascend above 37:25 the heights of the clouds. I will be like the Most High. ' 37:28 Yet shalt thou be brought down to... " 37:31 as we say it in Mississippi - "to hell 37:34 to the sides of the pit. " 37:37 Notice he's talking about what he will do. 37:40 He wanted God's position without God's character. 37:44 He wanted the power of God without the character of God. 37:48 As we look at Bible prophecy there is a constant... 37:52 a constant comparison that jumps out at you and me 37:56 between the character of the loving God 38:01 and the selfish character of Satan. 38:05 You know what Jesus did. We're told very clearly. 38:08 You can look at it in many places. 38:10 A wonderful place to look is Philippians chapter 2. 38:13 I won't take time to turn there, 38:15 but it talks about how Jesus humbled Himself. 38:20 He was born in the likeness of a man and being found 38:23 and fashioned as a man He humbled himself even to 38:26 the death of the cross. 38:28 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him. 38:33 You see the One who could be exalted it would seem no higher, 38:36 no higher - humbled Himself. 38:40 While Satan is pushing himself up 38:43 Jesus was humbling Himself. 38:47 While Satan was posing as a servant to become a master 38:52 Jesus, who was the Master, 38:54 truly became the servant. 38:59 Wow! The loving, beautiful character of God 39:03 as Jesus came down to this world. 39:05 And He lived a sinless life showing what the Father 39:08 was like. If you want to know what the Father is like, 39:11 He said: "I have showed you the Father. " 39:14 He healed, He loved, He taught, He was compassionate. 39:19 And the only people our Savior seemed to ever have any 39:23 strong words for were the religious people that thought 39:27 they were better than everybody else. 39:30 Yes or no? Let's be clear. 39:33 So the highest place any of us will ever get 39:36 is the foot of the cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 39:41 Back here in Daniel chapter 8 let's move ahead. 39:46 Daniel 8:11-12 39:48 "Yea, he magnified himself" or exalted himself 39:52 "even to the Prince of the host and by him the daily" 39:55 that word sacrifice in italics is supplied by the translator 39:58 "was taken away and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 40:03 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice 40:06 by reason of transgression. And it cast down the truth 40:10 to the ground and it practiced and prospered. " 40:14 We see here in these two verses five simple things. 40:18 This power would persecute God's people: 40:20 the host of heaven in that context. 40:22 During the Dark Ages there was a persecution. 40:25 That reviews Daniel 7 in part. 40:28 The next one: that he would exalt himself. 40:30 Magnify himself even to the Prince of the host. 40:34 In other words, he wanted to be like God. 40:36 OK? Both of those things are found in Daniel 7. 40:40 In Daniel 7 as he magnified himself it was speaking 40:43 great words, blasphemous words. Wanting to be equal with God 40:47 and have the power to forgive sin. 40:50 Then there are three other points that are specific attacks 40:55 on the plan of salvation and are enlargements here 40:58 from Daniel 7 in this chapter: Daniel chapter 8. 41:02 We look here: "He would take away the daily... " 41:06 Number 2: "cast down the sanctuary... " 41:10 And number 3: "cast the truth to the ground. " 41:14 Now the "daily. " The tamid in the Hebrew. 41:19 Dealing with the daily sacrifices 41:21 that the priest would do. 41:23 And Hebrews 7 says Jesus "ever liveth to make 41:27 intercession for us. " 41:29 This religious power would somehow try to cause people 41:33 to not be looking at Jesus and what He does for us 41:37 but to obscure that in some way. 41:40 We may come back to that a little bit more in a minute. 41:43 I don't know... we'll have to see how it works out. 41:45 Number... the next point: the sanctuary. 41:48 "Cast the sanctuary down. " 41:51 That is counterfeited in the system today. 41:54 Oh yes. The system actually patterns its service 41:59 off of the Old Testament sanctuary. 42:02 You can get a book called Question Box. 42:05 Very interesting reading. Many years ago when I 42:08 last went through the Catholic book Question Box 42:11 but it talks about the services today... the mass. 42:17 And where do they get the bells? 42:19 From the sanctuary. 42:21 The priest's robe... that's right. 42:25 Where do they get the candle? 42:29 From the sanctuary... that's right. 42:31 Each of these things. Where do they get holy water? 42:36 They claim that they get it from the laver of water 42:39 at the entrance to the sanctuary. 42:43 They also claim right there in no uncertain terms 42:46 as well as quoted elsewhere that... 42:51 Where do they get the veil that separates the confessor 42:55 from the priest? The veil in the temple. 43:01 Now I'm going to draw a correlation for you here. 43:04 If you were in the holy place and you were 43:10 standing on one side of the veil in the holy place 43:13 and the most holy place was on the other side, 43:16 who's actually on the other side? 43:20 In the Bible. The Shekinah glory: the very presence of God. 43:25 Just process that one. 43:27 You sit down and you're here and there's a veil 43:30 and then there's a man on the other side 43:32 that according to their own quotes like what Elder Cox 43:35 shared with us in the last presentation 43:37 claims to stand in God's place and have the power to 43:39 forgive what? Sin. Certainly. 43:42 Now as we move forward the point I want you to not miss 43:46 here is this power would cause people to have a wrong view 43:52 of what God is like. 43:54 More than any other power in the history of the world 43:58 this power has caused people to view God wrongly. 44:02 To reveal God as stern and rigid and as a tormentor at times, 44:08 right? And people have viewed... Even people outside of 44:11 Christianity have viewed the Christian God as tyrannical 44:15 because of atrocities that were committed in things like 44:18 the Crusades during the Dark Ages. 44:20 Right? Very intriguing. 44:23 Very, very intriguing. 44:25 And my friends, this power... 44:27 there are wonderful people in this power. 44:31 But what I'm trying to tell you is the danger 44:33 is this power has caused people to have a wrong view 44:36 of what my God is like and what your God is like. 44:42 And God wants the sanctuary to be lifted up. 44:45 He says: "My way is in the sanctuary. " Psalm 77:13 44:49 He wants people to see the truth... to see His love. 44:54 It says that this power would "cast the truth to the ground. " 44:58 This power would put tradition on an equal par with 45:02 and even above the Bible their own quotes say. 45:06 But my friends, the Word of God is the truth. 45:09 John 17:17: "Sanctify them through Thy truth; 45:13 Thy Word is the truth. " 45:16 And so you put tradition above the Bible 45:19 and you've cast the truth to the ground. 45:23 Let me tell you something else my friends. 45:25 God's law is the truth. 45:28 Psalm 119:142: "Thy righteous- ness is an everlasting 45:32 righteousness and all Thy law is the truth. " 45:38 The law of God is about the love of God. 45:41 In fact, on these two command- ments: love God and love your 45:45 neighbor hang all the law and the prophets. 45:47 It's an embodiment of the love of God. 45:50 But this power would change... intentionally seek to change 45:55 God's law according to prophecy according to Daniel 7:25 46:00 and therefore cast the truth to the ground 46:05 because the law is truth. 46:08 Let me tell you something else my friends. 46:11 There is one Mediator. "There is one God and one Mediator 46:15 between God and man: the Man Christ Jesus. " I Timothy 2:5 46:21 But this power would say "Well, you've got to go minimum 46:24 once a year to confession to the priest. " 46:28 This obscurity. 46:30 My friends, it's not Biblical. 46:33 And in so doing - John 14:6- Jesus says: 46:38 "I am the Way, the Truth, 46:44 and the Life. " The Way... the what? "Truth 46:49 and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father 46:52 but by Me. " 46:57 There's one God and one Mediator between God and man: 47:00 the Man Christ Jesus. " Jesus is the Truth. 47:02 But my friends, putting other mediators 47:05 between you and God - even the suggestion at times 47:10 that Mary is a co-redemptress. 47:13 Uh-huh. That's a whole 'nother issue to get into 47:16 so let's just back up because we don't have the time. 47:22 But my friends, if Jesus is the truth and He's the only way 47:27 and you start adding to that you're casting the truth 47:31 to the ground. Amen! 47:33 Oh yes. Now, we move ahead and we see this begin to 47:37 come together. We look here at Daniel 8 and verse 13. 47:42 "Then I heard one saint speaking and another saint 47:46 said unto that certain saint which spake 47:48 "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily 47:51 sacrifice and the transgression of desolation 47:53 to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden 47:57 underfoot? " Verse 14: 48:03 "And he said unto me 'Unto 2,300 days 48:08 and then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. ' " 48:12 Now this prophecy is going to be nailed down in Daniel chapter 9 48:18 as Bro. John Lomacang shares with us here next I believe. 48:24 Nails down a starting date in 457 BC 48:28 and you add 2,300 days. Incidentally, Numbers 14:34 48:32 and Ezekiel 4:6: a day in Bible prophecy 48:36 is a what? Year. Now that's only in Bible prophecy. 48:40 It's important to point that out. Otherwise, people start 48:43 looking for every time period in the Bible that's a day 48:45 and trying to make a year out of it. 48:47 It's only in Bible prophecy. 48:48 Same thing with the other prophetic symbols. 48:51 For instance, we're familiar with what a beast is. 48:54 Right? What is a beast in the Bible? 48:57 No. What is a beast in the Bible? 49:01 You said a kingdom. That's wrong. 49:05 A beast in the Bible is an animal that walks around 49:08 on four legs... typically... and eats straw. 49:13 A beast in Bible prophecy is a what? 49:19 A kingdom, nation, power. Yes, that's very simple. 49:23 I began to share how that a beast in Bible prophecy 49:27 is a kingdom and I had a fellow say: "OK, now Jesus rode into 49:30 Jerusalem on a donkey and a donkey is a beast. 49:34 What nation is that? " 49:36 I'm like: "Dude, man... that's not the way it works. " 49:40 In the Bible what is water? 49:45 Ah yes, it's water. It's something you drink. 49:48 Praise the Lord. Hopefully you take a bath in it, 49:51 hallelujah. OK? 49:55 You get baptized in it. Praise the Lord! Amen. 49:59 In Bible prophecy? 50:03 People, multitudes, nations, and tongues. Revelation 17:15 50:06 Same thing with a day. In the Bible what is a day? 24 hours. 50:11 That's right: a 24-hour period of time. 50:13 In Bible prophecy it is a? Year. OK. 50:16 Now I just thought we needed to clear that up very quickly 50:18 and spend a moment there 'cause some people miss that. 50:21 And my friends, that time period started in 457 BC. 50:25 It went all the way down until the year... 50:29 if you count it, remember there's no year 0- 50:31 1844. That's right. 50:34 The year 1844. 50:37 Go with me to Daniel 8 verse 17 very quickly. 50:41 "So he came near where I stood and when he came I was afraid 50:43 and fell upon my face. But he said unto me: 50:45 'Understand o son of man for at the time of the end 50:48 shall be the vision. ' " So this time period 50:52 would lead us down into the time of the end. 50:56 All right? Now there's a difference between 50:59 the time of the end and the end of time. 51:00 You've probably heard this illustration many times 51:02 but it's a good one to give right quick 51:04 just for those that haven't heard it. 51:05 And that is the difference between the time of the end 51:07 and the end of time. Let's say you're on the farm 51:09 like I was in south Mississippi growing up 51:11 and you decide: "You know what? I'm going to get my own turkey 51:13 ready for Thanksgiving this year... " if you eat turkey. 51:16 You know if you eat Tofurkey it kind of messes up 51:18 the illustration. But just go with me for a minute, OK? 51:23 Sorry. And you say: "You know what? That barnyard 51:27 turkey is scratching around there where the cows have been 51:30 and eating what he finds. 51:32 And that's just not very appetizing to think about. 51:36 So why don't we put him in a pen and clean him out? 51:40 as the old timers would say. 51:42 Feed him shell corn for a month or two, you know? " 51:45 Well for that turkey when you put him in the pen 51:47 for that turkey that's the time of the end. 51:51 The day before Thanksgiving when mama says: 51:53 "Now go down and get me that turkey and pluck him 51:55 and bring him up here. " Well... 51:56 you do something first before you pluck him. 52:00 Yeah? And for that turkey that's the end of time. 52:05 OK. So the time of the end is a short time period 52:08 just before our Savior returns. 52:10 And this prophecy would lead us to that. 52:12 It's also called the judgment hour. 52:15 Now go with me to Daniel 12 and verse 4. 52:17 Very quickly. Take your time... just hurry up. 52:19 Daniel 12 and verse 4. 52:21 And it says this... Daniel 12 and verse 4: 52:23 "But thou o Daniel 52:25 shut up the words and seal the book 52:28 even to the... " What? "time of the end. 52:33 Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase. " 52:36 Now primarily is talking about Biblical knowledge 52:39 increasing as this prophecy would take you down to the 52:42 time of the end - the 2,300-day prophecy. 52:44 Now but as we look here I want you to notice 52:47 also increase of knowledge in the world around us. 52:50 When you hit right in the middle of the 1800's 52:52 around 1844 the industrial revolution is beginning 52:55 to take off. Yes or no? 52:57 And knowledge has increased at an ever-faster pace. 53:00 We know we're living in the time of the end... 53:02 also called the judgment hour. Go with me to Revelation 53:05 chapter 11. Revelation chapter 11 53:09 and I don't know what verse but we'll get there and find it. 53:12 Revelation chapter 11 and it's either verse 19 or 18 53:16 or 18 and 19. 53:19 Let's go with verse 18. We'll see where it gets us. 53:21 "And the nations were angry and Thy wrath has come; 53:24 the time of the dead that they should be judged 53:26 and that Thou shouldest give reward to Thy servants 53:28 the prophets and to the saints and them that fear Thy name 53:32 small and great and should destroy them 53:35 which... " Do what? "destroy the earth. " 53:40 But we just read right over something 53:42 that people often miss. But before we go back and get it 53:44 read verse 19. "And the temple of God was 53:47 opened in heaven. " When it says "Unto 2,300 days 53:50 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed" 53:52 it's talking about the sanctuary in heaven. 53:55 It's using the annual Day of Atonement or Yom-Kippur 53:59 as a judgment time... a final judgment time. 54:03 And as we look here, it says sanctuary or temple in heaven. 54:06 Verse 19: "And the temple of God was opened... " Where? 54:10 After the cross, an earthly temple is no longer called 54:14 the temple of God a single time. 54:16 From Matthew 27:51 when the veil was ripped 54:19 from top to bottom when Jesus said "It is finished" 54:24 and died and gave His life for you and me 54:26 an earthly temple or sanctuary 54:28 is never called the temple of God after that. 54:30 The church is called the temple of God 54:31 and the heavenly temple is called the temple of God. 54:33 Our body is called the temple of God, 54:35 but an earthly sanctuary is never referred to as 54:38 the temple of God after that moment. 54:40 Look here, though: Revelation 11:18. 54:43 "And the nations were angry and Thy wrath has come; 54:45 the time of the dead that they should be judged 54:47 and Thou shouldest give reward to Thy servants the prophets. " 54:50 I read right over it again. What are we trying to see? 54:53 Verse 18: "The nations were angry 54:55 and Thy wrath has come; the time of the dead 55:00 that they should be... " What? "judged. " 55:02 This prophecy leads us to the last days. 55:05 The nations are angry... signs of the times. 55:07 Yes or no? 55:09 Knowledge would be increasing and also 55:12 the time of the dead that they should be judged. 55:15 Some people think going back as far as you care to go 55:17 that the dead when they died they were immediately judged. 55:20 But the Bible says there's a time in the time of the end 55:23 for the dead to be judged. 55:26 And then the judgment goes from the dead to the living 55:30 and then Jesus is here. 55:34 But my friends, the judgment's not something to be scared 55:36 about. The judgment is something to commit our hearts to Jesus 55:39 and trust Him to take us through. Can you say "Amen? " 55:43 Praise God for that. 55:45 As we look here today I want to share with you 55:48 just a couple of verses. I Corinthians 15:31. 55:52 Would you turn there with me? 55:54 I Corinthians 15:31. 55:56 Actually I'm looking at the clock so I'll just quote it 55:58 for you. I Corinthians 15 and verse 31. 56:01 It says: "I protest by your rejoicing which I have in 56:04 Christ Jesus I die daily. " Remember that "daily? " 56:06 Satan is trying to distract you from what Jesus is doing 56:09 continually for us. But I believe he's also - 56:12 a practical application - trying to distract you from 56:15 your daily walk with Jesus. When Paul said: "I die daily" 56:17 did he mean he croaked over dead every day? 56:20 No. No, it meant he surrendered his life to Jesus every day. 56:23 II Corinthians 4 and verse 16 56:26 when it says that "The inward man is renewed 56:29 day by day. " Have you ever renewed something? 56:32 Have you ever renewed an insurance policy or a driver's 56:35 license? It doesn't mean you didn't already have 56:37 an insurance policy or a driver's license. 56:39 No, you're renewing it day by day. 56:42 "Every day, Lord, I'm following You. 56:44 Come into my heart today. I renew my covenant relationship 56:48 with You. " And Luke chapter 9 and verse 23 56:52 where our Savior said: "If any man will come after Me... " 56:56 That is, if you want to come after Jesus and follow Him. 56:59 "then take up your cross... " What? "daily and follow Me. " 57:04 My friends, there's nothing more I could point you to in 57:08 Bible prophecy more important than pointing you to Jesus. 57:11 He's coming soon, and He wants to spend time with you 57:14 every day and all day. 57:16 He says to come unto Him 57:19 and to let Him bear your burdens 57:21 and give your life and heart to Him. 57:23 Is that your desire today to put Jesus first? 57:26 Choose Him always and every day? 57:28 Praise the Lord. What a blessing. Amen. |
Revised 2014-12-17