Well we are once again with you
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and looking forward to a message
from the servant of the Lord.
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Pastor James Rafferty
is going to be bringing us
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a message on Daniel 10 and 11.
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And he's going to have
something to share with you
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that I know you
are going to be edified
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by receiving
the message tonight.
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Looking forward to it.
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I don't want to take a
lot of his time and so we're
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going to move right into
the next part of our program:
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the music. And that's
Reggie and Ladye Love Smith
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singing Blessed Assurance.
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Blessed
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assurance,
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Jesus
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is mine!
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O, what
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a foretaste
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of glory divine!
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And heir of
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salvation,
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purchase of God,
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Born of His
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Spirit,
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and washed in
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His blood.
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This is
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my story
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and this is
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my song,
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Praising
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my Savior
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all the day
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long;
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This is
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my story
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and this is
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my song,
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I'm praising
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my Savior
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all the day
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long.
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Perfect
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submission,
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all is
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at rest,
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I in
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my Savior
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am happy
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and blest;
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Watching
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and waiting
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and looking above,
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Filled with
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His Goodness
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and lost in
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His love.
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This is my
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story
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and this is my song,
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Praising
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my Savior
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all the day
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long;
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This is
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my story
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and this is my song,
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Praising
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my Savior
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all
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the day
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long;
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And I'm praising
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my Savior
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all
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the day
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long.
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Amen!
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Good evening. Good evening.
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You are holding up so well.
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I think you're
doing better than I am.
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I've been out there
with you all day long
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and it has been such a
blessing, hasn't it? Amen!
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I'm just so thankful
for how the Lord has been
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speaking and communicating
and bringing the message
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together over and over again.
Of course, we're not going to
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find perfection
in any man's teaching
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but God is
urging us to understand
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the pillars of prophecy, and
especially the book of Daniel.
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Amen? Well we have
no time to lose tonight,
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so let's just begin
with a word of prayer
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and get right into God's Word.
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Father in heaven, I just
want to thank you this evening.
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It's a privilege to be
here at 3ABN Camp Meeting
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to close up Your
Sabbath with this focus on
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the book of Daniel.
This is a great task
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that each of the
speakers have been privileged
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to participate
in... myself included.
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We've asked for a cleansing.
We've asked for Your anointing.
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We've asked for
Your presence here.
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We've asked for
open minds and hearts,
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and You have
delivered over and over again.
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And as was mentioned earlier
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we have no reason to
doubt that you will not continue
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to fulfill Your
Word... to keep Your promise.
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You are 5 for 5,
6 for 6, 7 for 7...
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100% faithful to do just that.
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And so again as we
pause to open up Your Word
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we're praying for Your blessing.
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We're claiming the promise
of Jesus in Matthew 24:15
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that those who read
Daniel will understand
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and Daniel chapter 12 verse 9
that the wise will understand.
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Guide our minds and our
thoughts tonight we pray.
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In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.
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Daniel chapter 11.
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Daniel chapter
11... what a privilege.
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You have a handout. We're not
going to look at that right now.
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We're going to begin by
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seeking to identify a basic
outline of Daniel chapter 11.
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Do you or have
you ever done puzzles?
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You like to do puzzles?
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I've done puzzles. When I
was younger I did puzzles.
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Maybe about 200 piece
puzzle... something like that.
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What's a hard puzzle?
How many pieces would you
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have to have in a puzzle
for it to be challenging?
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A thousand.
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A thousand. What else?
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500? 500.
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1500! 1500...
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Daniel 11 is like a 5,000-piece
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puzzle. That's what
Daniel 11 is like...
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a 5,000-piece puzzle.
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But this is the
thing about puzzles:
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when you go to put a puzzle
together, where do you start?
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You start with
the corners, right?
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You start with the
corners and the edges.
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They're the easiest, right?
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So if we approach the book
of Daniel - chapter 11 that is -
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like a puzzle, a
prophetic puzzle,
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we could start by
putting together the easy parts.
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The corners; the
basics... and work on the edges.
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And then we can move from there
and fill in some of the details
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that we're sure of. And there's
going to be some other pieces
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and we're not
actually sure where they go.
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Even to this day I will
have to say to you tonight
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that there are some pieces
in the puzzle of Daniel 11
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that nobody - I
mean our best scholars -
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are just not sure where they go.
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But if we compare
that picture to the box
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'cause that's what you do when
you do a jigsaw puzzle, right?
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you look at the box... you
look at the box. OK, OK, OK.
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And I believe
the box is the Bible.
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The picture that God
has given us in His Word.
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And we keep looking at the
box; we keep looking at the box
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and we compare
scripture with scripture,
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vision with
vision, verse with verse.
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I believe that God will show
us as prophetic time unrolls
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He will show us where
the rest of those pieces fit.
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And they will
not be a forced fit.
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Now when I was a young
kid I did a few puzzles.
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And I'm sure that piece went
there. I was sure because...
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I mean it was a little
tough to get in there, but
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but it did kind of fit...
it looked like it went there.
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But after a time I realized
that I needed to pull it out.
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It wasn't in the right place.
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Are you willing to
pull out a few pieces?
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I mean, if you figure out
that they don't quite fit there
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are we willing to
pull out a few pieces
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and let God fill in the picture?
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I think if we have that openness
I think God can speak to us
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this evening. I
want to be open to that
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and I pray that you will also.
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So let's start with the
four corners: Daniel chapter 11
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begins, verse 1: "In the
first year of Darius the Mede. "
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It continues in verse 2
to talk about 3 more kings
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that will stand up in
Persia and the fourth will be
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richer than them all. So
where does Daniel 11 begin?
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What power? What
kingdom? What earthly power
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is it speaking of when
it begins? Medo-Persia.
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OK, there's corner number 1...
it's Medo-Persia right here.
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That's our first
corner... Medo-Persia.
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We're starting with Medo-Persia.
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Just like Daniel
chapter 8... Medo-Persia.
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Then it goes on in
verse 3, and it says:
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"And a mighty king
shall stand up and rule
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with great dominion and
do according to his will. "
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Hmmm. Doesn't really tell
us who this mighty king is.
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It said in verse 4
that: "When he shall stand up
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his kingdom shall be divided
and broken to the four winds
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of heaven... " Who
do you think that is?
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Well, I want you to go
back to Daniel chapter 10
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and notice what it says
in Daniel 10 and verse 20.
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"Then said he: 'knowest thou
wherefore I came unto thee? ' "
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This is the angel
Gabriel talking to Daniel.
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"And now I am going to
return and fight with the prince
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of Persia. And when I am
gone forth, lo, the prince of
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Grecia shall come. "
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So guess who
that next kingdom is.
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Why? How can we
be so sure of this?
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Well, if you
look at your outline
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you are going to notice here in
this outline Daniel chapter 2,
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Daniel chapter 7, Daniel
chapter 8, and Daniel chapter 11
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each one of them parallels.
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This is the principle that
we talked about. You remember
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the repeat and
enlarge principle?
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Daniel 2 and Daniel 7
begin with Babylon, but
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Babylon passes from the
scene so Daniel 8 begins with
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Medo-Persia. Daniel
11 does the same thing.
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Medo-Persia then Greece.
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What power follows Greece?
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Rome. All right, let's
put in the next corner.
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In Daniel
chapter 11 and verse 14:
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"And in those times there
shall many stand up against
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the king of the south.
Also the robbers of thy people
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shall exalt themselves
to establish the vision
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but they shall fall. "
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Now this verse is describing
the rise of Imperial Rome,
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pagan Rome... the
robbers of thy people
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or the breakers of thy people.
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Which is a fit
description for Rome because
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that's the way the fourth beast
is described in Daniel 7:8.
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They're the ones that
stamp and break the pieces
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or the people under their feet.
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So here we have
the rise of Rome.
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Verses... Daniel 11 verses
3 all the way through verse 13
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are describing the
breakup of the Grecian empire -
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the four generals - and the
history, the detailed history,
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of what took place. And
that's where we get the term
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the king of the north
and the king of the south
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until the establishment or
the rising up of Imperial Rome
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in verse 14.
Now verses 15 and 16
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still continue to describe this
transition that's taking place.
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But as you move
into verses 17 and 18
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you have Rome fully established.
How do we know that?
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Here's our next
corner... corner number 3.
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Daniel 11 and verse 20.
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"Then shall stand up in
his estate - in his place -
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a raiser of the taxes in
the glory of the kingdom. "
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A raiser of the taxes in
the glory of the kingdom.
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Do you know who
that's talking about?
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No. All right, let's
turn in our Bibles...
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Let's move forward in our
Bibles to the New Testament.
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and the book of Luke.
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Let's go to Luke
chapter 2 and verse 1.
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Interesting thing about
the prophecies of Daniel:
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they bring us from Daniel's
time down to the time of Rome
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and of course go all the way
to the second coming of Jesus
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but don't give us a lot of
details between Rome and Christ.
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Excuse me, between Rome and
the second coming of Christ.
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Revelation, however,
picks up in the time of Rome
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and goes all the way down
to the second coming of Christ
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and fills in all of the
details that are not necessarily
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apparent in the book of Daniel.
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They're there... but
they're not apparent.
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
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are all written
in the time of Rome.
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So if we are talking in
Daniel 11 about the kingdoms
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of Rome and if this
history - prophetic history -
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has anything to do with
what I think it has something
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to do with which is Jesus
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then we should see a connection
between the prophetic history
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in Daniel 11 and
the time of Christ.
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And there is a connection.
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Luke chapter 2 verse
1: "And it came to pass
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in those days that
there went out a decree from
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Caesar Augustus. " Now
who was Caesar Augustus?
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He was a Roman emperor.
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A Caesar... the first Caesar.
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"that all the world
should be... " What? Taxed.
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OK, do you remember
what Daniel 11 said?
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It said there's going to
stand up a raiser of taxes
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in the glory of the kingdom.
Now why is that significant?
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The reason it is significant
is because again you remember
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one of the
principles that we're following.
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We're following the principle
first of all of repeat and
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enlarge but another principle
that we're following that was
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so powerfully presented
by our brother Jay was that
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prophecy from the beginning
of time - Genesis 3:15-
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prophecy is
centered in Jesus Christ.
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Prophecy is
centered in Jesus Christ.
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That's why there's
so much emphasis on Rome
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in the book of Daniel.
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Because Rome was to be the
power under which Jesus Christ
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was going to be born.
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It's not really about
Rome... it's about Jesus.
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If Jesus was born in China,
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then China would be the
center of this prophecy.
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If Jesus was born in Asia,
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then Asia would be the
center of this prophecy.
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But Jesus was born under
the power, under the kingdom
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of Rome. And so Rome becomes
the focus of this prophecy.
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It is the focus of this prophecy
because it connects with Jesus,
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it connects with God's people
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both Old
Testament and New Testament.
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And that's why it's so
important to understand
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that Rome goes all
the way to the very end
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because Rome continues to
connect with God's people.
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We'll see that in a little bit.
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So we go back to
Daniel chapter 11.
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This is so powerful.
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Daniel 11 verse 20 is...
These verses: 20, 21, and 22
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are the center of Daniel 11.
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Now we're getting our
center of gravity right here.
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The center of
Daniel 11- 20, 21, and 22-
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Forty-five verses.
Half of 45 is 22-1/2.
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So we're right in the
middle here, and the center
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of this prophecy
is focusing on Jesus.
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You remember Genesis 3 verse 15.
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It's the Seed... it's Christ.
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If Christ is not at the center,
we have got a misinterpretation
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of the prophecy. Antiochus
Epiphanes is not Christ.
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This is talking about Christ.
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This is talking about Jesus.
Everything comes to Jesus.
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So what happened when
this emperor of Rome...
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what happened when he sent
out a decree that all the world
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should be taxed?
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There was a young couple
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who had to travel, she
being great with child,
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to their... his
native village of Bethlehem.
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Just like the
prophecies had said.
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And so we see here...
In Daniel 11:20 we see here
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a connection to the
birth of Jesus Christ.
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And he was born according
to Luke 2 verse 1... And I love
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the fact that these gospels
have a different perspective.
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Luke was a historian and
so he focuses on the history.
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You don't find Caesar
Augustus or Tiberius mentioned
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in Matthew or Mark or John
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but you find them
mentioned in Luke.
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I am so thankful that
Luke connects us in this way
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to the prophetic
history of Daniel 11.
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Now notice what
happens in verse 21.
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Let's read the rest of verse 20:
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"Then shall stand up in his
estate a raiser of the taxes
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in the glory of the
kingdom. But within a few days
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he shall be destroyed...
neither in anger nor in battle
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and in his estate - in
his place - shall stand up
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a vile person to whom they
shall not give the honor of the
00:20:07.04\00:20:10.64
kingdom. But he shall come in
peaceably and obtain the kingdom
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by flatteries. "
Who was it that followed
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Augustus
Caesar... Caesar Augustus?
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Do you know? Someone says Herod.
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No, he was just a tetrarch...
he was just a little pawn.
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Let's go again to
the New Testament.
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We're going to go this
time to Luke chapter 3.
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The historian - the
prophetic historian -
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speaking about the prophecies
of Jesus, the life of Jesus,
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in Luke chapter 3 tells
us who the next emperor was.
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Luke chapter 3 and verse 1.
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"Now in the... " We
just read this, right?
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We just heard this.
"Now in the fifteenth year
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of the reign of... "
Who? "Tiberius Caesar. "
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And check the history on
Tiberius. It matches perfectly
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with what we've been
told in Daniel 11 verse 21.
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Matches perfectly.
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He was a vile person.
He wasn't loved by the
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people of Rome as Augustus was.
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But he was a friend of Augustus;
Augustus was fond of him.
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Adopted him and he
became the next ruler.
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"Now in the fifteenth year
of Tiberius Caesar" - AD 27-
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it tells us in the
context that "all the people" -
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verse 21- "were being baptized.
And it came to pass that Jesus
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also being baptized... "
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In other words,
now Jesus is grown up.
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Now He's a young man.
He's been baptized by John
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and He's beginning His
ministry. How old was He?
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About 30 years old.
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Just a young guy.
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Much younger than me... right?
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The Bible says to young people
despise... "Don't let anyone
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despise your youth. " Amen?
00:21:52.89\00:21:55.04
We need to lift
up our young people.
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We need to
encourage our young people
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like Jay and
other who are out there.
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You know, they may not
know everything, understand
00:22:01.16\00:22:03.21
everything, have the experience
we have, but I'm just thankful
00:22:03.41\00:22:06.27
that this church is allowing
these young people to get up
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and to preach and to
teach and to get into ministry
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and get involved in
ministry. I was 21 years old
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when I gave my
life to Jesus. I was 22
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when I started preaching
this beautiful message. Amen.
00:22:16.37\00:22:18.78
We need to... And of course
our church was founded upon
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the young people.
The youth is what started
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and founded this movement.
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So Jesus is a young man in the
context of Daniel chapter 11.
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He is baptized under the
reign of Tiberius Caesar.
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Now notice verse 22...
"And with the arms... "
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Daniel 11:22: "And with the arms
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of a flood shall they be
overflown from before him
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and shall be broken... "
Talking about God's people.
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"Yea, also the
Prince of the covenant. "
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Who is that talking about?
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It's talking about
Jesus. You can compare that with
00:22:54.99\00:22:56.81
Daniel chapter 9:25, 26, and 27.
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The word there is the
same. This is talking about
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none other than the Messiah.
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This is
pointing us to the cross.
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This is pointing us to
the time when Jesus Christ
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died of a broken heart.
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The weight of the sins of
the world were laid upon Him
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and it broke His heart.
00:23:18.62\00:23:22.00
He went through that separation
experience with His Father
00:23:22.20\00:23:25.79
who He had known
for all eternity.
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I went through a
little separation experience
00:23:29.93\00:23:32.05
when my son went off to
academy in his senior year.
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I shed a few tears.
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Didn't think I would.
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I missed him and I had
been his father for 17 years.
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He was 18 years old
now... maybe 18 years.
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I felt that emptiness.
00:23:46.13\00:23:50.90
Jesus and God had been
together from eternity.
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They had never been
separated ever... ever.
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Can you imagine?
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I can't even imagine
what that would be like.
00:24:00.21\00:24:02.53
You and I experience
separation from loved ones:
00:24:02.73\00:24:05.37
children, parents, grandparents.
00:24:05.57\00:24:09.24
Those who may
pass... even unexpectedly.
00:24:09.44\00:24:13.11
And it hurts our hearts.
00:24:13.34\00:24:15.35
But Jesus took upon Him
the weight of separation
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that encompasses
every person and all sin
00:24:19.28\00:24:22.71
in being
separated from His Father.
00:24:22.91\00:24:24.46
We can't even
fathom what it felt like.
00:24:24.66\00:24:27.30
But it crushed His heart.
00:24:27.50\00:24:30.03
So we've got the third corner.
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Here it is right
here: it's Christ.
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Or I should say the
second corner. It's Christ.
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We begin with the
first - Medo-Persia.
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We're moving through to
the second - Jesus Christ -
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who is the center
of Daniel chapter 11.
00:24:42.01\00:24:43.93
The cross.. the birth
and the cross of Jesus.
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And once we put these
stakes in these are immoveable.
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These are landmarks for us.
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Once we put them in
then we can understand
00:24:51.90\00:24:54.64
the rest of it. I mean we may
not have all the pieces in there
00:24:54.74\00:24:56.95
but we've got the corners.
We're working on the framework.
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What is the next corner
that we need to put in here
00:24:59.09\00:25:02.09
that is very clear to us?
Well I believe the next corner
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is found all the way over
in Daniel 11 and verse 40.
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Daniel 11 and verse 40.
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It says here in
Daniel 11 and verse 40
00:25:12.27\00:25:15.03
"And at the time of the end... "
00:25:15.43\00:25:19.63
"at the time of the end shall
the king of the South push at
00:25:19.93\00:25:24.59
him and the king of the
North shall come against him
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.95
like the whirlwind
with chariots and horsemen
00:25:27.05\00:25:28.60
and with many ships and
shall enter into the country
00:25:28.80\00:25:31.14
and shall overflow and pass
over. " Now we're not going to
00:25:31.34\00:25:34.66
go into the details of that
verse... at least not right now.
00:25:34.76\00:25:37.63
But we do understand one thing.
00:25:37.93\00:25:41.00
We have one corner
here that's very clear:
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.82
the time of the end.
00:25:42.92\00:25:44.29
The time of the end.
00:25:44.32\00:25:45.69
Meeting after
meeting has brought this out.
00:25:45.72\00:25:47.37
The time of the
end is the year...
00:25:47.47\00:25:49.88
Oh, one person knows.
00:25:53.14\00:25:55.37
1798 AD. OK,
there's our next corner.
00:25:55.67\00:26:00.02
OK. We've got Daniel
11:20-22, the birth of Christ.
00:26:01.27\00:26:04.60
We've got Daniel 11: 1-3 or 4.
00:26:04.70\00:26:06.45
We've got the
Medo-Persians and the Greeks.
00:26:06.66\00:26:08.58
Grecians... Grecia.
So we've got Medo-Persia,
00:26:08.78\00:26:10.35
Grecia. We've got
Rome... the birth of Christ,
00:26:10.45\00:26:12.76
the death of Christ.
And now we've got the time
00:26:12.86\00:26:14.60
of the end: 1798 AD.
Here's the final corner:
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Daniel 12 verse 1.
00:26:17.00\00:26:19.95
Now I'm not going to be
talking about this verse.
00:26:20.15\00:26:23.38
Pastor Bohr will be
covering this in detail,
00:26:23.58\00:26:26.59
but I just want to
plug it in as a corner.
00:26:26.69\00:26:28.83
"And at that
time... " By the way,
00:26:28.86\00:26:31.47
that time that's spoken
of in verse 1 of Daniel 12
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is the time described in the
verses before Daniel 12 verse 1.
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And I would say they are
verses 45, 44, 43, 42, and 41.
00:26:39.46\00:26:43.77
"At that time
Michael shall stand up. "
00:26:45.26\00:26:48.95
Now we understand what that is:
00:26:49.15\00:26:50.52
that is the close
of human probation.
00:26:50.66\00:26:52.17
That is the time when
Jesus Christ takes the kingdoms
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.65
of this world. They become
His own, praise God. Amen!
00:26:54.75\00:26:57.62
So there are our four corners.
00:26:57.76\00:26:59.13
Are you pretty comfortable
with those four corners?
00:26:59.16\00:27:00.95
There they are right there.
00:27:01.05\00:27:02.42
We haven't discussed anything
that's in the middle of all of
00:27:02.45\00:27:04.42
that. We don't exactly know
what's going on in the middle
00:27:04.52\00:27:07.39
but we have the basic corners.
00:27:07.49\00:27:09.15
Now I want you to
look at your outline
00:27:09.35\00:27:10.96
and I want you to notice some-
thing that I think is powerful.
00:27:11.26\00:27:15.36
This is something new to
me but I think it's profound.
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.97
Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
Daniel 8, Daniel 11.
00:27:20.37\00:27:24.42
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:27:24.66\00:27:27.15
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:27:27.35\00:27:29.21
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:27:29.51\00:27:31.42
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:27:31.53\00:27:32.91
Then what? In all
of these prophecies
00:27:33.01\00:27:35.39
we have Rome
followed by the Dark Ages.
00:27:35.59\00:27:38.38
We have the toes; we
have the war with the saints;
00:27:38.58\00:27:41.82
we have the host
trodden underfoot;
00:27:41.92\00:27:43.53
and we have spoil, flame,
and captivity for many days.
00:27:43.73\00:27:47.18
Let's look at that
in Daniel chapter 11.
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Daniel chapter 11
beginning with verse 30.
00:27:50.54\00:27:53.72
Because we are told in
the context of this prophecy
00:27:54.91\00:27:58.18
that we have no time to lose.
00:27:58.39\00:28:00.70
The world is stirred
with the spirit of war.
00:28:00.90\00:28:04.11
The prophecies in the
11th chapter of Daniel
00:28:04.41\00:28:07.57
have almost reached
their complete fulfillment
00:28:07.77\00:28:10.49
and much of the history that
is recorded in these prophecies
00:28:10.69\00:28:13.81
will be repeated.
00:28:14.01\00:28:16.04
A power is spoken
of in the 30th verse
00:28:16.24\00:28:19.48
that shall be grieved and
return and have indignation
00:28:19.68\00:28:24.32
against... " What?
"the holy covenant. "
00:28:24.52\00:28:26.97
"So shall he do. He shall
even return and have indignation
00:28:27.17\00:28:29.25
with them that
forsake the holy covenant.
00:28:29.35\00:28:31.13
And arm shall stand in his
part and they shall pollute
00:28:31.33\00:28:33.70
the sanctuary strength
and take away the daily
00:28:33.80\00:28:36.25
and they shall place the
abomination that makes desolate
00:28:36.45\00:28:38.80
and such as do
wickedly against the covenant
00:28:39.00\00:28:41.26
shall they corrupt by
flatteries. But the people
00:28:41.47\00:28:43.55
that do know their God shall
be strong and do exploits. "
00:28:43.65\00:28:48.06
These verses are
talking about the Dark Ages.
00:28:48.16\00:28:51.38
Goes on... verse 33:
00:28:52.73\00:28:57.01
"And they that understand
among the people shall instruct
00:28:57.31\00:29:00.39
many yet they shall
fall by sword and by flame
00:29:00.49\00:29:03.90
and by captivity and
by spoil for many days.
00:29:04.00\00:29:08.12
And when they shall fall...
" verse 34: "they shall be
00:29:08.36\00:29:10.67
open with a little help.
But many shall cleave to them
00:29:10.77\00:29:13.19
with flatteries. And some
of them of understanding shall
00:29:13.29\00:29:15.95
fall to try them, to purge them,
00:29:16.05\00:29:17.83
and to make them white...
even until the time of the end"
00:29:18.03\00:29:21.72
1798 AD - "because it is
yet for a time appointed. "
00:29:21.92\00:29:25.10
This is the 1,260-year period.
00:29:25.30\00:29:27.30
This is the time of papal
persecution in the Dark Ages,
00:29:27.50\00:29:31.72
and we are told that
this history will be repeated.
00:29:31.93\00:29:36.36
Now there's a
difference between interpreting
00:29:36.57\00:29:39.67
and applying Bible
prophecy and then taking
00:29:39.77\00:29:42.19
the history of that
application and repeating it.
00:29:42.29\00:29:44.20
It's two different things.
00:29:44.40\00:29:45.77
These verses...
these prophetic verses...
00:29:45.80\00:29:48.19
stand immoveable in history.
00:29:48.39\00:29:50.73
They describe the Dark Ages.
00:29:50.93\00:29:52.54
But much of the prophetic
history that these verses
00:29:52.64\00:29:55.32
fulfill is going to be repeated.
00:29:55.42\00:29:57.00
We're going to
see it happen again.
00:29:57.20\00:29:58.95
And I think we're going to
see it very clearly as we move
00:29:59.15\00:30:02.41
on through these prophecies.
00:30:02.51\00:30:04.02
But I wondered if you noticed
something about the verses
00:30:04.22\00:30:07.00
we just read? There was
one word that was repeated
00:30:07.10\00:30:10.19
over and over and over again...
four times in these verses.
00:30:10.39\00:30:13.91
Do you know what that word was?
00:30:14.11\00:30:15.48
Covenant.
00:30:16.73\00:30:18.55
The holy covenant.
00:30:18.75\00:30:21.02
The covenant... the
covenant. I really appreciated
00:30:21.22\00:30:24.39
how Shelley brought that
truth to our minds and hearts,
00:30:24.59\00:30:27.04
didn't you? Because
you see the word covenant
00:30:27.14\00:30:30.16
is key in Daniel 11.
If you want to understand
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.48
Daniel 11, if you want to
understand who this power is,
00:30:32.58\00:30:34.81
you need to understand
that it is the power that is
00:30:35.02\00:30:37.81
having indignation
against the holy covenant.
00:30:37.92\00:30:40.00
Jesus Christ is the
Prince of the covenant.
00:30:41.29\00:30:43.33
So five times that
word covenant is used.
00:30:43.54\00:30:45.76
Daniel 11 is a
summation of Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
00:30:45.96\00:30:49.23
and Daniel 8. It
builds and enlarges upon it
00:30:49.33\00:30:52.36
and it gives us more
detail as it summarizes.
00:30:52.56\00:30:55.77
What is the holy covenant?
00:30:56.56\00:30:58.82
Well let's go to
the New Testament:
00:30:59.02\00:31:00.55
Hebrews chapter
10 verses 16 and 17.
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Hebrews chapter
10 verses 16 and 17.
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I chose these verses
because they're concise.
00:31:06.49\00:31:09.22
Hebrews 11 is broader
and it's just as valid, but
00:31:09.42\00:31:12.53
Hebrews 10 is concise.
00:31:12.73\00:31:15.36
Verse 16: "This is the covenant
that I will make with them
00:31:15.56\00:31:17.84
after those days says the
Lord. I will put My... " What?
00:31:17.94\00:31:20.44
"laws in their hearts
00:31:20.64\00:31:22.01
and in their minds
I will write them. "
00:31:22.17\00:31:24.52
Verse 17: "And their
sins and their iniquities
00:31:24.72\00:31:29.17
I will remember no more. "
00:31:29.37\00:31:31.43
Now where do sins and
iniquities get forgiven today?
00:31:31.53\00:31:34.58
Where? It's been a
long day, hasn't it?
00:31:35.94\00:31:40.67
Someone pointed
up. That's right.
00:31:40.87\00:31:43.09
In the heavenly sanctuary.
00:31:43.29\00:31:44.97
See that verse - verse
17- of the new covenant
00:31:45.18\00:31:47.87
is talking about the mediation
of Christ and the forgiveness
00:31:48.07\00:31:50.03
of sins in the
heavenly sanctuary.
00:31:50.13\00:31:51.50
Verse 16 is talking
about the law of God.
00:31:51.57\00:31:53.55
The new covenant, therefore,
is summarized in these 2 verses
00:31:53.75\00:31:56.80
as being God's law
written in the hearts
00:31:57.01\00:31:58.99
and our sins and iniquities
being forgiven by Jesus Christ
00:31:59.09\00:32:01.72
in the heavenly sanctuary.
Is that a pretty good summary?
00:32:01.82\00:32:03.98
So the power that is
against the holy covenant
00:32:04.18\00:32:07.36
is working
against the law of God
00:32:07.56\00:32:09.55
and is working against
the mediation of Jesus Christ.
00:32:09.75\00:32:11.47
Daniel 11 is simply summarizing
what we've already learned
00:32:11.67\00:32:14.33
in Daniel 7. What
does it say in Daniel 7:25?
00:32:14.43\00:32:17.04
"He will think to
change times and law. "
00:32:17.24\00:32:19.90
What does it say
in Daniel chapter 8?
00:32:20.10\00:32:21.55
"He will exalt himself
against the Prince of the host
00:32:21.85\00:32:24.47
and cast the sanctuary and
the truth to the... ground. "
00:32:24.57\00:32:27.38
Do you see that now?
00:32:27.58\00:32:28.95
Daniel 11 is simply summarizing
what's already been revealed
00:32:29.15\00:32:31.95
in Daniel 7 and 8.
00:32:32.05\00:32:33.77
It's bringing it to a close.
00:32:33.97\00:32:36.13
Here's the focus: it's
against the holy covenant.
00:32:36.33\00:32:38.73
It's against the
covenant people of God.
00:32:38.93\00:32:40.91
There's no disconnect
between Daniel 11 and Daniel 2,
00:32:41.21\00:32:44.77
Daniel 7, and Daniel 8. In fact,
00:32:44.97\00:32:47.06
the king of the
North is first mentioned
00:32:47.26\00:32:51.16
in Daniel chapter 1.
00:32:51.36\00:32:54.80
The king of the North is first
identified in Daniel chapter 1.
00:32:57.20\00:33:01.40
You know, we get to Daniel 11.
We talk about the king of the
00:33:02.37\00:33:04.19
North, the king of the South.
King of the North, king of the
00:33:04.29\00:33:05.66
South. I'm thinking: "Who
is? Who are these powers? "
00:33:05.69\00:33:08.26
Well in Daniel chapter 1
00:33:08.46\00:33:10.28
we are told that "In
the third year of Jehoiakim
00:33:11.63\00:33:16.74
king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
00:33:16.85\00:33:19.00
to Jerusalem and besieged
it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim
00:33:19.10\00:33:21.36
king of Judah into his hand. "
00:33:21.56\00:33:23.78
Nebuchadnezzar is
identified in Jeremiah 4
00:33:23.98\00:33:27.20
and in Jeremiah 25:9
as the king of the North.
00:33:27.40\00:33:30.27
He's identified as
the king of the North.
00:33:31.79\00:33:33.75
And as Pastor Bohr so
beautifully brought out,
00:33:34.05\00:33:37.71
Nebuchadnezzar
and Babylon is a type
00:33:38.59\00:33:41.89
of the final Babylonian
power in the end of time
00:33:41.99\00:33:45.54
and will repeat all of those
actions against God's people
00:33:45.74\00:33:50.74
that it instigated originally.
00:33:50.94\00:33:53.38
One thing that I wanted to
bring out that I thought was
00:33:53.68\00:33:56.48
very significant in those points
00:33:56.58\00:33:58.95
is that in Daniel chapter 3
00:33:59.15\00:34:03.36
Nebuchadnezzar finally became
a believer in the true God.
00:34:04.06\00:34:10.03
Now he became a
believer in Daniel 2
00:34:10.17\00:34:11.95
but it was
here... it wasn't here.
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.53
In Daniel chapter 2
Nebuchadnezzar attended...
00:34:14.83\00:34:19.35
he was the first
attendee at a Daniel seminar.
00:34:19.55\00:34:22.01
He sat in the front row
00:34:26.76\00:34:28.53
and when the
evangelist was finished he said:
00:34:28.83\00:34:32.62
"I want to join your church.
00:34:32.82\00:34:34.51
I'm tired of all
these other churches.
00:34:34.71\00:34:36.45
I'm not getting the truth
from all these other religions.
00:34:36.56\00:34:38.52
I want to join your church. "
00:34:38.72\00:34:40.35
And so he began to
worship the God of heaven.
00:34:41.37\00:34:45.50
But like many converts who
are intellectually convinced
00:34:45.60\00:34:51.20
but not heart converted
he slipped out the back door.
00:34:51.40\00:34:55.22
How long did it
take? A few years.
00:34:55.52\00:34:59.09
Daniel chapter 3. He
takes the truth of God
00:34:59.22\00:35:02.44
and he perverts it.
00:35:02.64\00:35:05.96
Compromises it; takes that
image; makes it all of gold.
00:35:06.16\00:35:08.78
Begins to enforce worship.
00:35:08.98\00:35:11.37
But God wasn't done
with Nebuchadnezzar yet.
00:35:11.47\00:35:13.06
You're out there witnessing;
you're sharing; you're doing
00:35:13.26\00:35:15.55
Bible studies. You think:
"Oh you know, I share this truth
00:35:15.65\00:35:17.64
and they're just like...
they're not accepting it.
00:35:17.74\00:35:19.43
They're not making their
decision. When they make the
00:35:19.53\00:35:20.90
decision then they backslide. "
00:35:20.96\00:35:22.33
God isn't done with them yet.
00:35:22.39\00:35:24.36
God isn't done
with us yet. Amen!
00:35:24.39\00:35:26.96
Daniel chapter 3:
Nebuchadnezzar is red hot
00:35:27.19\00:35:31.17
like the face of the dragon.
00:35:31.27\00:35:33.22
There are people in political
places in our world today
00:35:33.32\00:35:35.23
who are red hot.
They may be angry at you
00:35:35.43\00:35:37.76
but you need to stay with Jesus.
00:35:37.96\00:35:41.41
Abide with Jesus. Reveal Jesus.
00:35:41.61\00:35:44.09
You're going to be in the fire
00:35:44.29\00:35:45.66
but you're going
to be with Jesus.
00:35:45.69\00:35:47.38
It's when you're not willing
to go all the way with Jesus
00:35:48.76\00:35:51.81
that you're in danger.
00:35:51.92\00:35:53.42
It was the mighty men who
weren't willing to go into the
00:35:53.62\00:35:56.05
furnace that died. Doesn't
matter how powerful you are.
00:35:56.15\00:35:58.91
Doesn't matter how strong
you are. If you're not willing
00:35:59.01\00:36:00.66
to go all the way with Jesus
you're going to die at the door.
00:36:00.76\00:36:03.01
The safety is in the
furnace with Jesus. Amen.
00:36:03.32\00:36:08.47
And so they were
in there with Jesus.
00:36:08.60\00:36:10.15
And he saw Christ in them
00:36:10.36\00:36:13.14
and his heart was
touched, his heart was moved.
00:36:13.35\00:36:16.90
And he mellowed...
completely mellowed.
00:36:17.10\00:36:19.31
"Who is that in there?
That's the... You know,
00:36:19.41\00:36:21.18
that's the son of God, that's
the son of man in there. "
00:36:21.28\00:36:23.84
And then Daniel chapter 4 which
was written by Nebuchadnezzar
00:36:24.14\00:36:27.66
himself. It's one of
my favorite chapters.
00:36:27.76\00:36:30.50
It is! Daniel 4 is one
of my favorite chapters.
00:36:30.70\00:36:33.65
Daniel 1, 2, 3, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and 12
00:36:33.85\00:36:38.04
are my other favorite chapters.
00:36:38.14\00:36:40.11
Daniel 4 is so
powerful because Nebuchadnezzar
00:36:43.04\00:36:45.87
goes through this crazy
experience... crazy experience.
00:36:45.97\00:36:49.22
Loses his mind for seven years.
00:36:49.42\00:36:52.73
Has no wisdom. He's
eating grass; his hair
00:36:52.93\00:36:55.02
is like eagle's feathers and his
nails are like eagle's claws.
00:36:55.12\00:36:57.95
And when he gets done with
all of this and his reason comes
00:36:58.15\00:37:00.30
back he says: "Praise God! "
00:37:00.40\00:37:01.98
That's a converted man right
there. Amen! "Praise God! "
00:37:02.18\00:37:05.01
You know, you can KNOW that
God has worked on your heart
00:37:05.31\00:37:08.19
when you can go through a trial
like that and say "Praise God! "
00:37:08.39\00:37:10.35
"Praise God! God
loves me so much.
00:37:10.55\00:37:13.63
I don't even want to
question what He's doing
00:37:13.83\00:37:15.91
because I know He has
my best interests at heart.
00:37:16.01\00:37:17.80
And He can do whatever He wants
because I've seen His heart
00:37:18.10\00:37:21.26
and I know what God
is like. Praise God! "
00:37:21.36\00:37:23.12
There are people out there
that are going to see that.
00:37:23.42\00:37:25.47
Politicians, others.
They're angry at first but then
00:37:25.67\00:37:27.42
they see, they see God's people.
00:37:27.46\00:37:28.93
They see and they change.
00:37:28.96\00:37:31.28
They turn. And that's why
God's people go through this
00:37:31.48\00:37:33.88
trial: so they can reveal
the spirit of Jesus Christ.
00:37:33.98\00:37:37.29
So we know this
is the Dark Ages.
00:37:37.59\00:37:39.14
We know in verse 36 this king
does according to his own will.
00:37:39.24\00:37:42.90
"He exalts himself
and he magnifies himself
00:37:43.63\00:37:46.02
above every God. And he
speak marvelous things against
00:37:46.12\00:37:48.29
the God of Gods and prospers
till the indignation that is
00:37:48.39\00:37:51.15
determined shall be done. "
00:37:51.25\00:37:52.62
Verse 37: "He doesn't
regard the God of his fathers. "
00:37:52.65\00:37:56.11
Capital G. Claims
apostolic succession.
00:37:56.31\00:37:59.32
Doesn't regard it. "Doesn't
regard the desire of women.
00:37:59.53\00:38:01.57
Doesn't regard any god,
but he magnifies himself
00:38:01.87\00:38:05.88
above all. " II
Thessalonians chapter 2
00:38:05.91\00:38:08.31
verses 2 through 4 Paul is
almost quoting from Daniel 11
00:38:08.51\00:38:12.07
verse 36 when he
describes the man of sin.
00:38:12.17\00:38:14.47
Very clear. "In his
estate he honors the
00:38:15.56\00:38:18.42
god of fortresses. He continues
on until the time of the end. "
00:38:18.52\00:38:22.01
And then it says in verse
40: "At the time of the end
00:38:22.21\00:38:25.46
shall the king of
the South push at him. "
00:38:25.67\00:38:27.69
And that word
"push" means to gore.
00:38:27.89\00:38:29.34
To war against him.
00:38:29.54\00:38:31.49
"At the time of the end... so
the king of the South pushes. "
00:38:31.69\00:38:34.12
And we know who the
him is. The him is the king
00:38:34.22\00:38:35.93
of the North. The
him is spiritual Babylon.
00:38:36.03\00:38:38.40
The original king of the
North was Nebuchadnezzar.
00:38:38.60\00:38:40.74
The him is a continuation
of that same king that was
00:38:42.13\00:38:45.99
identified in
verses 30 through 39.
00:38:46.09\00:38:49.25
That's who the him is.
00:38:49.45\00:38:50.82
But who's the king of the South
00:38:50.87\00:38:52.24
that gores him, that
wounds him, that inflicts him?
00:38:52.39\00:38:56.06
Who's the king of the South?
00:38:56.26\00:38:57.63
Well that word "south"
occasionally is translated as
00:38:57.66\00:39:00.42
Egypt. South was the
country south to Palestine.
00:39:00.52\00:39:04.09
Just like Babylon
was... well, they were east.
00:39:04.29\00:39:06.66
But they were considered
the king of the North because
00:39:06.76\00:39:08.41
they had to come up and
then down from the north.
00:39:08.51\00:39:10.46
And Egypt... Palestine/Israel
was caught in the middle
00:39:10.66\00:39:13.78
between these two power that
were warring against each other.
00:39:13.98\00:39:16.39
They were caught in the middle.
00:39:16.49\00:39:17.86
And friends, today we
are caught in the middle.
00:39:17.89\00:39:20.50
Spiritual Babylon
and spiritual Egypt.
00:39:20.80\00:39:25.19
Spiritual Egypt?
Yes, spiritual Egypt.
00:39:25.39\00:39:27.17
Revelation chapter
11... Revelation chapter 11
00:39:27.37\00:39:31.96
and look here at how
John identifies who Egypt is
00:39:32.56\00:39:38.55
in Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 7.
00:39:38.75\00:39:44.33
Talking about
God's two witnesses:
00:39:46.06\00:39:48.91
the Bible... the Old
and the New Testaments.
00:39:49.11\00:39:51.15
"And when they shall
have finished their testimony
00:39:51.36\00:39:53.17
the beast that ascends
out of the bottomless pit
00:39:53.37\00:39:56.65
shall make war against them
00:39:56.85\00:39:59.47
and shall overcome
them and shall kill them.
00:39:59.67\00:40:03.17
And their dead bodies shall lie
in the street of that great city
00:40:03.37\00:40:06.42
which spiritually is
called Sodom and Egypt
00:40:06.62\00:40:10.25
where also our
Lord was crucified. "
00:40:10.45\00:40:12.96
That text in the
context of Revelation 11
00:40:13.16\00:40:16.98
is talking about atheism
00:40:17.08\00:40:19.22
and the rise of atheism
in the country of France.
00:40:19.42\00:40:22.55
It's talking about the
time when Berthier went
00:40:22.85\00:40:26.29
into the Vatican - into Rome
- and took the pope captive.
00:40:26.49\00:40:30.26
And what year did
that take place? 1798 AD.
00:40:30.40\00:40:32.75
When was 1798 AD?
The time of the end.
00:40:32.88\00:40:34.71
"At the time of the end
shall the king of the South -
00:40:35.90\00:40:37.83
spiritual Egypt - war at him. "
00:40:38.03\00:40:42.21
Push at him; gore him.
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.16
Now Revelation
chapter 13 is so beautiful,
00:40:44.46\00:40:48.30
so significant, so powerful
because it also tells us
00:40:48.40\00:40:51.92
about this wound. It
says in Revelation chapter 13
00:40:52.02\00:40:55.71
and verse 3: "And I saw
one of his heads as it were
00:40:55.91\00:40:59.53
wounded to death" - 1798 AD -
00:40:59.63\00:41:02.28
"and his deadly wound
was... " What? "healed. "
00:41:02.48\00:41:05.62
It's all in one verse,
but there's some history there
00:41:07.12\00:41:09.94
isn't there? I mean, it
wasn't like he was wounded and
00:41:10.04\00:41:12.24
then three words
later he was healed. Right?
00:41:12.34\00:41:15.84
There's some
history taking place there.
00:41:16.04\00:41:17.70
Well Daniel chapter
11 helps us with that.
00:41:17.90\00:41:22.08
I want you to look
at your outline again
00:41:22.28\00:41:24.12
because I believe
this is so profound.
00:41:24.32\00:41:25.93
You look at Daniel 2, Daniel
7, Daniel 8 and Daniel 11.
00:41:26.23\00:41:29.33
You recognize Babylon,
Medo- Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:41:29.53\00:41:31.88
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:41:32.09\00:41:33.56
Medo-Persia, Greece,
Rome. Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
00:41:33.86\00:41:35.78
Then you recognize the Dark
Ages. They're all identified.
00:41:35.98\00:41:38.64
The ten toes with the clay has
the church and state mingling
00:41:38.85\00:41:42.08
but not cleaving to each other.
You've got war with the saints.
00:41:42.18\00:41:44.12
Host trodden underfoot;
spoil claiming captivity.
00:41:44.22\00:41:46.25
Then comes the iron and
the clay. Judgment; judgment;
00:41:46.45\00:41:51.03
and verses 40
through 45 of Daniel 11.
00:41:51.13\00:41:53.96
And you notice
there's a question mark there.
00:41:54.16\00:41:55.64
What are verses 40
to 45 talking about?
00:41:55.84\00:41:57.94
That is the piece of the puzzle
we don't know where it fits
00:41:58.14\00:42:00.80
so we're just going to
leave it aside for a while.
00:42:01.00\00:42:02.57
But we're going to put
in all the other pieces.
00:42:02.77\00:42:04.92
After the churchcraft,
statecraft in Daniel 2
00:42:05.12\00:42:08.27
you have God's
kingdom set up - the stone.
00:42:08.37\00:42:10.32
In Daniel chapter 7, God's
people inherit the kingdom.
00:42:10.52\00:42:13.89
Elder Cox - powerful
message - emphasized in Daniel 7
00:42:14.30\00:42:18.40
three times it goes from
the papacy coming to an end -
00:42:18.50\00:42:22.17
deadly wound - to God's
people inheriting the kingdom,
00:42:22.37\00:42:24.59
God's people inheriting
the kingdom, God's people
00:42:24.69\00:42:26.06
inheriting the kingdom.
Three times it's emphasized
00:42:26.09\00:42:27.54
in Daniel 7. Daniel
chapter 8- right after
00:42:27.64\00:42:31.52
judgment we have
again God's kingdom set up.
00:42:31.62\00:42:34.33
"The prince shall be
taken without hands" it says in
00:42:34.53\00:42:37.64
Daniel chapter 8
in the interpretation.
00:42:37.75\00:42:39.44
And in Daniel chapter
11 we have God's kingdom.
00:42:39.65\00:42:42.44
Well in 12 verse 1... I
believe 12:1-3 is actually
00:42:42.54\00:42:44.97
part of Daniel 11.
00:42:45.08\00:42:46.45
So what we need... I think...
00:42:46.48\00:42:50.15
to understand Daniel 11:40-45
00:42:50.35\00:42:54.40
properly,
appropriately, prophetically...
00:42:54.60\00:42:57.39
What we need to be able to put
the pieces in the right place
00:42:57.59\00:43:00.75
is we need another
chapter in the Bible:
00:43:00.95\00:43:04.37
another prophetic chapter or
two that would follow the same
00:43:04.67\00:43:09.80
sequence: Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
00:43:09.90\00:43:15.08
The 1,260 days of persecution.
00:43:15.28\00:43:18.88
The 1798 AD deadly
wound that the wound is healed
00:43:19.08\00:43:22.35
BUT after that wound is healed
00:43:22.38\00:43:25.91
would take us further
in prophetic history -
00:43:26.11\00:43:28.54
Are you following me? -
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.11
and give us more details
that aren't necessarily covered
00:43:30.14\00:43:33.24
in Daniel chapter 11...
at least not clearly covered
00:43:33.27\00:43:36.01
in Daniel 11.
00:43:36.11\00:43:37.48
If we could find another book -
00:43:37.51\00:43:39.63
perhaps even a prophetic
twin of the book of Daniel -
00:43:39.83\00:43:43.31
a book that
supplements the book of Daniel
00:43:47.30\00:43:49.96
and helps us to
interpret the book of Daniel...
00:43:50.16\00:43:52.44
That gives us specific details
about what's going to happen
00:43:52.64\00:43:55.87
after the wound is
healed. Perhaps those details
00:43:56.07\00:43:58.90
could help us figure out
what's happening in Daniel
00:43:59.10\00:44:00.71
chapter 11 verses 40 to
45 before Jesus stands up.
00:44:00.91\00:44:04.69
Is there such a book?
00:44:04.92\00:44:07.11
Anyone? Revelation!
00:44:07.31\00:44:09.70
And what chapters in Revelation?
Thirteen and fourteen.
00:44:09.90\00:44:13.47
Look at this...
this is incredible!
00:44:13.67\00:44:15.10
John sees a beast
rising up out of the sea.
00:44:15.30\00:44:18.63
It has ten horns.
He's going backwards now
00:44:18.83\00:44:20.97
because he's looking
back. It has ten horns.
00:44:21.18\00:44:22.85
Remember? The ten
toes; the ten horns.
00:44:23.05\00:44:25.01
It has ten horns and
it has a mouth like a...
00:44:25.11\00:44:27.87
actually goes back, doesn't he?
Goes back. It has a body like
00:44:28.93\00:44:31.61
a... No? Yeah. It
has a body like a...
00:44:31.71\00:44:34.23
leopard and it has feet
like a bear and it has a mouth
00:44:34.33\00:44:37.80
like a lion.
00:44:37.91\00:44:40.07
The lion, the bear, and
the leopard connect us directly
00:44:40.37\00:44:46.14
to Babylon,
Medo-Persia, and Greece.
00:44:46.34\00:44:47.83
And then the dragon - you
know, that terrible beast -
00:44:48.03\00:44:50.26
gives it his power and
seat and great authority.
00:44:50.36\00:44:51.78
Who is that? Pagan Rome.
00:44:51.88\00:44:53.29
In fact, think about this:
00:44:54.71\00:44:56.99
Revelation 13 is a
repeat of the same history
00:44:57.19\00:45:01.68
that's already been
given in Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
00:45:01.88\00:45:03.69
Daniel 8, and Daniel 11.
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.44
it's the four kingdoms;
00:45:05.74\00:45:07.64
It's the Dark Ages;
and it's the deadly wound.
00:45:07.84\00:45:10.55
Now when that wound is
inflicted in Revelation 13
00:45:11.46\00:45:16.14
and that power goes down
00:45:16.27\00:45:17.82
what do we see taking place?
00:45:18.12\00:45:21.12
Revelation chapter 13.
Look at it with me in verse 11.
00:45:21.32\00:45:26.09
And I want to read it
in the context of verse 10.
00:45:27.29\00:45:32.02
Verse 10: "He that leads
into captivity shall go into
00:45:33.56\00:45:37.65
captivity. And he
who kills with the sword
00:45:37.78\00:45:40.03
must... " What? "be
killed with the sword. "
00:45:40.13\00:45:42.20
What's that talking about?
00:45:42.40\00:45:43.77
What is that
talking about right there?
00:45:43.91\00:45:46.00
That verse?
00:45:46.20\00:45:47.57
Who's it talking about?
What event is it talking about?
00:45:47.60\00:45:49.54
Talking about the
papacy... the deadly wound.
00:45:49.84\00:45:53.16
But the deadly wound was
already mentioned in verse 3.
00:45:53.26\00:45:55.63
But now it's being mentioned
again. Do you know why?
00:45:55.83\00:45:57.45
Because there's a connection
between verse 10 and verse 11.
00:45:57.65\00:46:00.35
Verse 11 is
telling us about what time
00:46:00.38\00:46:03.43
this other beast - this other
kingdom - was going to rise up.
00:46:03.53\00:46:06.43
It was going to
rise up around the time
00:46:06.53\00:46:08.97
when the other
power was going down.
00:46:09.07\00:46:10.58
You can read it in
the Great Controversy.
00:46:10.78\00:46:12.22
The papacy is inflicted with
a deadly wound around 1798 AD.
00:46:14.70\00:46:18.19
And there's another power that's
rising up out of the earth -
00:46:18.39\00:46:21.70
right? - and it has
two horns like a lamb.
00:46:21.90\00:46:26.34
That represents
Jesus... Christianity.
00:46:26.54\00:46:30.20
So that power represents
the United States of America.
00:46:30.40\00:46:33.89
The United States of America
with its lamb-like principles
00:46:35.11\00:46:38.19
of religious
liberty and civil liberty.
00:46:38.29\00:46:41.19
But then it says it's
going to "speak like a dragon. "
00:46:42.35\00:46:46.85
The dragon is what gives power
and authority to the 1st beast.
00:46:48.91\00:46:51.94
And now this beast is
going to speak like a dragon
00:46:52.14\00:46:54.15
which means what? They're going
to be what? Connected together.
00:46:54.25\00:46:57.32
They're going to connect.
00:46:58.23\00:46:59.85
And then it goes on to
describe the image to the beast
00:47:01.17\00:47:03.18
and the mark of the
beast and the economic control
00:47:03.28\00:47:04.65
of the whole world so
no man can buy or sell.
00:47:04.74\00:47:06.53
Could it be that
Revelation chapter 13
00:47:06.73\00:47:11.67
verses 11 through 18
are describing the activity
00:47:11.77\00:47:16.44
of Daniel 11:40-45?
00:47:16.64\00:47:20.57
James White thought so.
00:47:21.84\00:47:24.06
James White thought so.
00:47:24.27\00:47:26.08
And in A Word to the
Little Flock he wrote
00:47:26.28\00:47:28.77
that the last power that is
revealed in Daniel chapter 11
00:47:28.97\00:47:33.63
is the same power that
is revealed in Revelation
00:47:33.74\00:47:36.37
chapter 13 verses 11 through
18 and his number is 666.
00:47:36.48\00:47:41.22
That's what James White wrote
in A Word to the Little Flock,
00:47:41.32\00:47:43.44
the first book that was
ever printed by the pioneer
00:47:43.54\00:47:46.21
Seventh-day Adventist
church. James and Ellen White
00:47:46.31\00:47:48.79
put it out together. A
Word to the Little Flock.
00:47:48.89\00:47:50.52
Get it if you haven't
read it. It's powerful.
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.10
But I want you to notice
something here that I think
00:47:52.37\00:47:55.11
is powerful.
00:47:55.22\00:47:58.67
I can't think of a better word.
I can't think of another word.
00:47:58.87\00:48:01.05
Powerful.
00:48:01.35\00:48:03.24
God is opening up
to our hearts and minds
00:48:03.54\00:48:06.24
in the time in which we live
a prophecy that has baffled us.
00:48:06.44\00:48:10.26
And I believe it's because
it hasn't been time for it
00:48:10.46\00:48:13.69
to be fulfilled.
And it is time now!
00:48:13.79\00:48:16.92
It is being fulfilled now.
00:48:17.12\00:48:18.69
I'm just going to read through
it in the less than 10 minutes
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.60
we have left and try to
expound a little bit upon it.
00:48:21.70\00:48:25.32
I'm just going to give you
bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
00:48:25.52\00:48:27.55
And you're going to have to go
back and read and study and pray
00:48:27.75\00:48:30.02
and be Bereans.
00:48:30.26\00:48:32.50
Daniel 11 verse 40: "At
the time of the end... " -
00:48:32.70\00:48:35.59
1798 AD - "shall the
king of the South... " -
00:48:35.69\00:48:37.91
atheism - "push... " -
war, gore - "at him... " -
00:48:38.02\00:48:41.70
the king of the
North... papal Rome.
00:48:41.80\00:48:44.26
"And the king of the
North... " excuse me,
00:48:45.73\00:48:48.23
"And the king of the
North... " - the papacy -
00:48:48.43\00:48:50.20
"shall come against
him like a whirlwind
00:48:50.41\00:48:53.03
with chariots and
horsemen... " Military might.
00:48:53.23\00:48:56.37
"and with ships...
" Economic pressure.
00:48:56.57\00:48:59.63
"and shall enter into
the countries and overflow
00:49:00.13\00:49:03.53
and pass over. "
00:49:03.73\00:49:05.10
I want you to think now.
00:49:06.12\00:49:07.77
I want you think about
history, just about history.
00:49:07.97\00:49:11.06
Because Bible
prophecy stands by itself.
00:49:11.19\00:49:15.43
History simply confirms
it... that's all history does.
00:49:15.57\00:49:17.60
Have events
taken place in history
00:49:18.98\00:49:23.11
in the time of the end...
00:49:23.51\00:49:25.07
Now understand: the time of
the end is from 1798 AD onward
00:49:25.27\00:49:27.99
where the papacy
that was once wounded
00:49:28.12\00:49:33.75
by atheism has turned around
00:49:33.96\00:49:37.94
and come against
atheism like a whirlwind,
00:49:38.14\00:49:40.92
brought it down with the
help of the United States
00:49:41.13\00:49:44.81
and economic pressure.
And then entered into the
00:49:45.01\00:49:47.73
countries - the
atheistic countries -
00:49:47.83\00:49:49.57
and overflown and passed over?
00:49:49.77\00:49:51.27
Yes. It's unbelievable
when you think about it
00:49:51.57\00:49:54.34
because I want to tell you
a few things. First of all,
00:49:54.44\00:49:56.45
when... let me
tell you my testimony.
00:49:56.75\00:50:00.15
1984. Ronald Reagan
was just elected president
00:50:00.35\00:50:04.56
by a landslide vote.
Every state in the union
00:50:04.66\00:50:08.16
voted for him
except for? Wisconsin,
00:50:08.36\00:50:12.02
which was Mondale's home
state or was it Minnesota?
00:50:12.22\00:50:15.11
Minnesota and D.C.
00:50:15.41\00:50:18.41
Every... it was a landslide.
00:50:18.61\00:50:20.17
Ronald Reagan's in
and he decides to send
00:50:20.38\00:50:24.58
an ambassador to the Vatican.
00:50:24.78\00:50:27.69
Now he already
decided that in 1981.
00:50:27.89\00:50:29.97
Probably didn't know
that, but he couldn't do it.
00:50:30.17\00:50:32.23
Do you know why he couldn't
do it? Because there was a law
00:50:32.33\00:50:34.38
on the books from 1867 that
prohibited sending an ambassador
00:50:34.48\00:50:38.18
to the Vatican because it was
a violation of church and state
00:50:38.29\00:50:40.85
separation.
00:50:40.88\00:50:42.37
So that wall had to come down.
00:50:43.18\00:50:44.68
Well it already
began to come down.
00:50:44.78\00:50:46.77
It had already
begun to come down.
00:50:46.97\00:50:48.65
When we sent that ambassador
to the Vatican in 1984
00:50:48.85\00:50:51.13
it already came
down... began to come down.
00:50:51.23\00:50:53.22
Now... moving on.
00:50:53.33\00:50:54.97
So Ronald Reagan's in.
00:50:55.28\00:50:57.02
I'm out in the world
partying with my friends
00:50:57.22\00:50:59.34
because nuclear weapons are
being pushed into western Europe
00:50:59.44\00:51:02.44
and let's just eat and
drink because tomorrow we're
00:51:02.54\00:51:04.83
going to die 'cause he's just
going to blow us to smithereens.
00:51:04.93\00:51:07.85
There's just going to
be this nuclear holocaust.
00:51:08.05\00:51:09.91
All the movies are
telling us about it.
00:51:10.11\00:51:11.48
You know, just
like they are today.
00:51:11.51\00:51:12.88
It's you know, this
or that or the other.
00:51:12.91\00:51:14.35
And in 1984 I begin to study
with Seventh-day Adventists.
00:51:14.55\00:51:18.26
Now the reason I'm studying
with Adventists is because my
00:51:18.46\00:51:19.89
sister... I've become
a Christian. My sister...
00:51:19.99\00:51:22.46
I'm really cutting out a
lot here... my sister's studying
00:51:22.66\00:51:25.08
with Adventists and she starts
telling me about this idea
00:51:25.18\00:51:28.00
of going to church on
Saturday and not eating meat.
00:51:28.10\00:51:29.59
I'm thinking:
"This girl is in a cult
00:51:29.69\00:51:31.47
and I need to get her
out. " She's my twin sister.
00:51:31.57\00:51:33.36
So I began to study with
Adventists... not to become
00:51:33.56\00:51:35.54
an Adventist but to get
my sister out of the church.
00:51:35.64\00:51:37.47
But as I start
studying with these Adventists
00:51:37.67\00:51:39.67
and they're going through
the Bible and Bible verses
00:51:39.87\00:51:41.45
I'm learning how to
study the Bible. I'm thinking:
00:51:41.65\00:51:43.02
"This is fantastic! "
00:51:43.05\00:51:45.29
I've never seen
anything like this before.
00:51:45.79\00:51:47.92
I thought the
Bible was for the priest.
00:51:48.02\00:51:49.39
I was raised a Catholic.
I thought the Bible was for
00:51:49.42\00:51:50.79
the pastor. I can understand
the Bible; I can interpret...
00:51:50.82\00:51:52.99
So give me two of those lessons,
give me three of those lessons.
00:51:53.09\00:51:55.47
Let me go on
Bible studies with you.
00:51:55.57\00:51:56.94
She was baptized in July;
I was baptized in November
00:51:56.97\00:51:58.55
of 1984. So I'm
an on-fire Adventist.
00:51:58.65\00:52:01.58
But there was one
thing that bothered me:
00:52:01.88\00:52:03.84
the Adventists taught
according to Revelation 13
00:52:04.25\00:52:08.32
and Daniel chapter
2 and Daniel chapter 7
00:52:08.42\00:52:10.43
the Adventists taught that the
entire world was going to follow
00:52:10.53\00:52:14.11
the beast - follow the
papacy - and receive the mark.
00:52:14.21\00:52:16.65
I'm thinking: "Wait a
minute. What about USSR? "
00:52:16.85\00:52:19.10
You remember those guys?
00:52:19.31\00:52:20.68
Some of us have
forgotten about these guys.
00:52:20.71\00:52:22.59
But back in the day when I
became an Adventist that was
00:52:22.79\00:52:24.86
HUGE in my mind. I was thinking:
00:52:24.97\00:52:26.34
"They've got more tanks. They've
got more nuclear weapons.
00:52:26.37\00:52:28.44
They've got more subs.
They've got more everything!
00:52:28.54\00:52:30.38
They're swallowing up the world.
00:52:30.48\00:52:31.85
And this prophecy is saying
that all the world is going to
00:52:31.88\00:52:34.03
follow the papacy. They're
never going to do that. "
00:52:34.14\00:52:35.54
You see? So I had to choose.
00:52:35.94\00:52:38.13
Am I going to go by
current events - by what I see
00:52:38.33\00:52:40.99
happening in the
world - or am I going to go
00:52:41.09\00:52:42.56
by the Word of God?
00:52:42.66\00:52:44.14
And friends, every one of us
is going to be faced with that
00:52:44.34\00:52:47.39
choice over and over again.
00:52:47.49\00:52:48.99
Today we're faced with it again
with the Muslims, with Islam.
00:52:49.19\00:52:51.42
Every one. Are we going
to go by what God is saying
00:52:51.61\00:52:54.11
in His Word or are we
going to go by what current news
00:52:54.31\00:52:56.51
is telling us?
And I tell you what,
00:52:56.54\00:52:58.36
if you listen to the radio
long enough and you listen to
00:52:58.46\00:53:00.70
the news long enough and you
imbibe yourself with all that
00:53:00.80\00:53:02.85
stuff long enough, you're
going to start hating Muslims.
00:53:02.95\00:53:04.67
It's just inevitable.
00:53:04.87\00:53:06.29
You know God says we should be
praying and interceding for all
00:53:06.49\00:53:08.97
men. We should not hate any man.
00:53:09.07\00:53:10.87
But you know, when
was... What were you thinking
00:53:11.07\00:53:13.90
when he was taken out? You know
who I'm talking about, right?
00:53:14.00\00:53:17.65
Not talking about
Obama... talking about Osama.
00:53:17.85\00:53:21.12
What were you thinking? Yes!
00:53:25.74\00:53:28.71
Yes... got him! Finally.
00:53:28.91\00:53:31.77
See, we're called out
of that kind of thinking.
00:53:31.91\00:53:34.90
We're called out of
that kind of thinking.
00:53:35.10\00:53:37.04
And the only way you're going
to come out of that kind of
00:53:37.34\00:53:39.87
thinking is your
brain into the Word of God
00:53:39.97\00:53:42.40
and think of what things
are good and true and honest
00:53:42.60\00:53:44.65
and of good report.
Jesus loved His enemies.
00:53:44.85\00:53:47.07
He loved Herod; He loved Pilate.
00:53:47.27\00:53:48.81
He loved His enemies, and God
is calling us to be like Him.
00:53:49.01\00:53:51.98
So I'm thinking:
"There's no... I just... "
00:53:52.28\00:53:55.21
But I had to
accept the Word of God.
00:53:55.41\00:53:56.83
Five years later that
step of faith was rewarded
00:53:57.03\00:54:02.02
mightily. See, that's
what prophecy is all about.
00:54:02.22\00:54:05.63
We follow the Word of God...
what the Word of God says.
00:54:05.83\00:54:09.04
And you know
when Communism fell?
00:54:09.24\00:54:10.64
Time Magazine had
a full article on it.
00:54:10.84\00:54:12.21
You know what the title
of the magazine was called?
00:54:12.24\00:54:13.87
The article on
the fall of Communism?
00:54:14.07\00:54:15.59
Days of the Whirlwind.
00:54:15.69\00:54:17.12
Days of the Whirlwind.
00:54:17.42\00:54:18.94
They attributed the victory to
John Paul II in Life Magazine.
00:54:19.14\00:54:23.69
In U.S. News and World
Report they had a picture of
00:54:24.09\00:54:26.42
John Paul II and
Mikhail Gorbachev.
00:54:26.52\00:54:28.31
You know what the title was?
Gorby's Bow to Roman Legions.
00:54:28.41\00:54:32.50
I mean it just sends chills
up my spine when I think about
00:54:33.85\00:54:36.44
how God has
outlined Bible prophecy.
00:54:36.64\00:54:38.91
Now notice this
'cause we're not done yet.
00:54:39.01\00:54:40.51
The Jesuits were sent in
to evangelize these countries
00:54:40.71\00:54:43.30
where the Catholic
church was outlawed.
00:54:43.40\00:54:45.25
They weren't even allowed
to have churches in there.
00:54:45.46\00:54:46.93
"He shall enter in...
overflow and pass over. "
00:54:47.13\00:54:50.42
Notice verse 41:
00:54:50.62\00:54:52.01
"He will enter also
into the Glorious Land
00:54:52.21\00:54:54.37
and many shall be overthrown.
But these shall escape
00:54:54.77\00:54:57.77
out of his hand, even
Edom, Moab, and the children
00:54:57.87\00:55:00.19
of Ammon. " Daniel
11. Just read Isaiah 11
00:55:00.29\00:55:03.31
11 and onward and you'll
know who Edom, Moab, and the
00:55:03.51\00:55:06.12
children of Ammon are.
00:55:06.22\00:55:08.02
They are those people
who are now enemies of God
00:55:08.12\00:55:10.24
but are going to come
in under the loud cry.
00:55:10.44\00:55:12.45
That word "escape" as
was shared by Bro. Steve Bohr
00:55:12.65\00:55:16.09
is the same word
delivered in Daniel 12 verse 1.
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Going on quickly.
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Verse 42: "He shall
stretch forth his hand also
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upon the countries and the land
of Egypt shall not escape. "
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Egypt again: atheism,
Communism, secularism.
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There are other
strongholds out there
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that haven't fallen
yet but they're going to.
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Why? Because
Revelation 13 says "everyone. "
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See, Daniel 11 and Revelation 13
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if you follow your outline on
the back - I don't know if you
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noticed there's another
page there on the back -
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you're going to see
fourteen prophetic parallels
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between Revelation 13 and
14 and Daniel 11:40 to 12:3.
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Fourteen prophetic parallels...
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and we're just looking
at a few of them right now.
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What's another
one? Well look at this.
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This is so powerful.
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"But he shall have
power... " - verse 43-
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"over the treasures of gold
and silver and all the precious
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things of Egypt. "
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So no man can buy or sell.
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So no man can buy or sell.
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"But tidings out of the east and
out of the north shall" What?
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The east is where the
seething angel comes from in
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Revelation chapter 7
and the north is where the
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true king of the North
comes from in Isaiah 41:25.
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The people that are
sharing these tidings
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are people that are preaching
about the seal of God -
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Sabbath - and the
second coming of Jesus
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and they are called
Seventh-day Adventists.
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You're right here in Bible
prophecy. Did you know that?
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You are in Daniel 11 verse 44.
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But you're going to be
causing a little bit of trouble
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for this power.
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He's going to seek to go forth
"with great fury to destroy
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and utterly make away many.
" Are you ready for that time?
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Maybe not, but
Jesus has promised us
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that He'll give us
the Spirit that we need
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when the need arises. Amen!
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Our job is to
keep our focus on Him,
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to put our trust in Him,
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and to follow Him
wherever He goes. Amen!
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We've run out of time this
evening, but you've got the
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outline. There's more
studies on this that you can get
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if you just want
to get ahold of us.
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There's a lot for us to study;
there's a lot for us to learn;
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there's a lot for us to
understand. But at least
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we've got some
corners and some edges. Amen?
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Amen! Let's pray
together this evening.
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Father in heaven, I
just want to thank you again
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for Your prophetic words.
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I want to thank
you for the waymarks.
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I want to thank you for this
beautiful picture that we have
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