Participants: James Rafferty
Series Code: 12POP
Program Code: 12POP000016
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00:46 Well we are once again with you
00:49 and looking forward to a message from the servant of the Lord. 00:54 Pastor James Rafferty is going to be bringing us 00:57 a message on Daniel 10 and 11. 01:01 And he's going to have something to share with you 01:05 that I know you are going to be edified 01:10 by receiving the message tonight. 01:12 Looking forward to it. 01:13 I don't want to take a lot of his time and so we're 01:16 going to move right into the next part of our program: 01:20 the music. And that's Reggie and Ladye Love Smith 01:24 singing Blessed Assurance. 01:47 Blessed 01:50 assurance, 01:56 Jesus 01:59 is mine! 02:04 O, what 02:07 a foretaste 02:12 of glory divine! 02:22 And heir of 02:25 salvation, 02:30 purchase of God, 02:38 Born of His 02:41 Spirit, 02:45 and washed in 02:48 His blood. 02:54 This is 02:56 my story 03:02 and this is 03:05 my song, 03:10 Praising 03:12 my Savior 03:18 all the day 03:21 long; 03:26 This is 03:28 my story 03:34 and this is 03:37 my song, 03:42 I'm praising 03:45 my Savior 03:50 all the day 03:54 long. 04:04 Perfect 04:06 submission, 04:12 all is 04:15 at rest, 04:19 I in 04:22 my Savior 04:27 am happy 04:30 and blest; 04:34 Watching 04:37 and waiting 04:41 and looking above, 04:49 Filled with 04:52 His Goodness 04:56 and lost in 04:59 His love. 05:04 This is my 05:08 story 05:12 and this is my song, 05:19 Praising 05:21 my Savior 05:26 all the day 05:29 long; 05:35 This is 05:38 my story 05:44 and this is my song, 05:51 Praising 05:54 my Savior 06:00 all 06:02 the day 06:06 long; 06:10 And I'm praising 06:13 my Savior 06:20 all 06:22 the day 06:27 long. 06:36 Amen! 06:51 Good evening. Good evening. 06:53 You are holding up so well. 06:56 I think you're doing better than I am. 07:00 I've been out there with you all day long 07:02 and it has been such a blessing, hasn't it? Amen! 07:06 I'm just so thankful for how the Lord has been 07:08 speaking and communicating and bringing the message 07:11 together over and over again. Of course, we're not going to 07:14 find perfection in any man's teaching 07:17 but God is urging us to understand 07:22 the pillars of prophecy, and especially the book of Daniel. 07:25 Amen? Well we have no time to lose tonight, 07:28 so let's just begin with a word of prayer 07:30 and get right into God's Word. 07:32 Father in heaven, I just want to thank you this evening. 07:34 It's a privilege to be here at 3ABN Camp Meeting 07:36 to close up Your Sabbath with this focus on 07:40 the book of Daniel. This is a great task 07:42 that each of the speakers have been privileged 07:46 to participate in... myself included. 07:49 We've asked for a cleansing. We've asked for Your anointing. 07:51 We've asked for Your presence here. 07:53 We've asked for open minds and hearts, 07:54 and You have delivered over and over again. 07:57 And as was mentioned earlier 08:00 we have no reason to doubt that you will not continue 08:03 to fulfill Your Word... to keep Your promise. 08:05 You are 5 for 5, 6 for 6, 7 for 7... 08:08 100% faithful to do just that. 08:11 And so again as we pause to open up Your Word 08:15 we're praying for Your blessing. 08:17 We're claiming the promise of Jesus in Matthew 24:15 08:20 that those who read Daniel will understand 08:23 and Daniel chapter 12 verse 9 that the wise will understand. 08:27 Guide our minds and our thoughts tonight we pray. 08:29 In Jesus' name, Amen. Amen. 08:33 Daniel chapter 11. 08:36 Daniel chapter 11... what a privilege. 08:40 You have a handout. We're not going to look at that right now. 08:43 We're going to begin by 08:46 seeking to identify a basic outline of Daniel chapter 11. 08:52 Do you or have you ever done puzzles? 08:56 You like to do puzzles? 08:59 I've done puzzles. When I was younger I did puzzles. 09:01 Maybe about 200 piece puzzle... something like that. 09:04 What's a hard puzzle? How many pieces would you 09:08 have to have in a puzzle for it to be challenging? 09:10 A thousand. 09:13 A thousand. What else? 09:14 500? 500. 09:17 1500! 1500... 09:24 Daniel 11 is like a 5,000-piece 09:30 puzzle. That's what Daniel 11 is like... 09:33 a 5,000-piece puzzle. 09:35 But this is the thing about puzzles: 09:37 when you go to put a puzzle together, where do you start? 09:42 You start with the corners, right? 09:44 You start with the corners and the edges. 09:46 They're the easiest, right? 09:48 So if we approach the book of Daniel - chapter 11 that is - 09:53 like a puzzle, a prophetic puzzle, 09:55 we could start by putting together the easy parts. 09:59 The corners; the basics... and work on the edges. 10:02 And then we can move from there and fill in some of the details 10:06 that we're sure of. And there's going to be some other pieces 10:08 and we're not actually sure where they go. 10:10 Even to this day I will have to say to you tonight 10:13 that there are some pieces in the puzzle of Daniel 11 10:17 that nobody - I mean our best scholars - 10:19 are just not sure where they go. 10:21 But if we compare that picture to the box 10:27 'cause that's what you do when you do a jigsaw puzzle, right? 10:30 you look at the box... you look at the box. OK, OK, OK. 10:34 And I believe the box is the Bible. 10:37 The picture that God has given us in His Word. 10:40 And we keep looking at the box; we keep looking at the box 10:42 and we compare scripture with scripture, 10:45 vision with vision, verse with verse. 10:48 I believe that God will show us as prophetic time unrolls 10:53 He will show us where the rest of those pieces fit. 10:56 And they will not be a forced fit. 10:58 Now when I was a young kid I did a few puzzles. 11:02 And I'm sure that piece went there. I was sure because... 11:06 I mean it was a little tough to get in there, but 11:08 but it did kind of fit... it looked like it went there. 11:11 But after a time I realized that I needed to pull it out. 11:17 It wasn't in the right place. 11:19 Are you willing to pull out a few pieces? 11:21 I mean, if you figure out that they don't quite fit there 11:23 are we willing to pull out a few pieces 11:25 and let God fill in the picture? 11:28 I think if we have that openness I think God can speak to us 11:30 this evening. I want to be open to that 11:32 and I pray that you will also. 11:34 So let's start with the four corners: Daniel chapter 11 11:37 begins, verse 1: "In the first year of Darius the Mede. " 11:44 It continues in verse 2 to talk about 3 more kings 11:47 that will stand up in Persia and the fourth will be 11:50 richer than them all. So where does Daniel 11 begin? 11:54 What power? What kingdom? What earthly power 11:57 is it speaking of when it begins? Medo-Persia. 12:02 OK, there's corner number 1... it's Medo-Persia right here. 12:05 That's our first corner... Medo-Persia. 12:07 We're starting with Medo-Persia. 12:08 Just like Daniel chapter 8... Medo-Persia. 12:12 Then it goes on in verse 3, and it says: 12:15 "And a mighty king shall stand up and rule 12:18 with great dominion and do according to his will. " 12:21 Hmmm. Doesn't really tell us who this mighty king is. 12:24 It said in verse 4 that: "When he shall stand up 12:27 his kingdom shall be divided and broken to the four winds 12:30 of heaven... " Who do you think that is? 12:33 Well, I want you to go back to Daniel chapter 10 12:37 and notice what it says in Daniel 10 and verse 20. 12:42 "Then said he: 'knowest thou wherefore I came unto thee? ' " 12:46 This is the angel Gabriel talking to Daniel. 12:48 "And now I am going to return and fight with the prince 12:52 of Persia. And when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of 12:55 Grecia shall come. " 12:57 So guess who that next kingdom is. 13:00 Why? How can we be so sure of this? 13:04 Well, if you look at your outline 13:06 you are going to notice here in this outline Daniel chapter 2, 13:09 Daniel chapter 7, Daniel chapter 8, and Daniel chapter 11 13:14 each one of them parallels. 13:17 This is the principle that we talked about. You remember 13:19 the repeat and enlarge principle? 13:21 Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 begin with Babylon, but 13:24 Babylon passes from the scene so Daniel 8 begins with 13:27 Medo-Persia. Daniel 11 does the same thing. 13:30 Medo-Persia then Greece. 13:32 What power follows Greece? 13:35 Rome. All right, let's put in the next corner. 13:37 In Daniel chapter 11 and verse 14: 13:42 "And in those times there shall many stand up against 13:45 the king of the south. Also the robbers of thy people 13:49 shall exalt themselves to establish the vision 13:52 but they shall fall. " 13:54 Now this verse is describing the rise of Imperial Rome, 14:00 pagan Rome... the robbers of thy people 14:02 or the breakers of thy people. 14:04 Which is a fit description for Rome because 14:07 that's the way the fourth beast is described in Daniel 7:8. 14:13 They're the ones that stamp and break the pieces 14:16 or the people under their feet. 14:18 So here we have the rise of Rome. 14:21 Verses... Daniel 11 verses 3 all the way through verse 13 14:25 are describing the breakup of the Grecian empire - 14:30 the four generals - and the history, the detailed history, 14:35 of what took place. And that's where we get the term 14:37 the king of the north and the king of the south 14:38 until the establishment or the rising up of Imperial Rome 14:42 in verse 14. Now verses 15 and 16 14:46 still continue to describe this transition that's taking place. 14:49 But as you move into verses 17 and 18 14:52 you have Rome fully established. How do we know that? 14:56 Here's our next corner... corner number 3. 14:58 Daniel 11 and verse 20. 15:02 "Then shall stand up in his estate - in his place - 15:07 a raiser of the taxes in the glory of the kingdom. " 15:12 A raiser of the taxes in the glory of the kingdom. 15:15 Do you know who that's talking about? 15:17 No. All right, let's turn in our Bibles... 15:21 Let's move forward in our Bibles to the New Testament. 15:24 and the book of Luke. 15:26 Let's go to Luke chapter 2 and verse 1. 15:31 Interesting thing about the prophecies of Daniel: 15:34 they bring us from Daniel's time down to the time of Rome 15:39 and of course go all the way to the second coming of Jesus 15:43 but don't give us a lot of details between Rome and Christ. 15:46 Excuse me, between Rome and the second coming of Christ. 15:49 Revelation, however, picks up in the time of Rome 15:52 and goes all the way down to the second coming of Christ 15:54 and fills in all of the details that are not necessarily 15:57 apparent in the book of Daniel. 15:59 They're there... but they're not apparent. 16:01 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John 16:04 are all written in the time of Rome. 16:06 So if we are talking in Daniel 11 about the kingdoms 16:09 of Rome and if this history - prophetic history - 16:13 has anything to do with what I think it has something 16:15 to do with which is Jesus 16:17 then we should see a connection between the prophetic history 16:20 in Daniel 11 and the time of Christ. 16:23 And there is a connection. 16:24 Luke chapter 2 verse 1: "And it came to pass 16:28 in those days that there went out a decree from 16:32 Caesar Augustus. " Now who was Caesar Augustus? 16:36 He was a Roman emperor. 16:40 A Caesar... the first Caesar. 16:42 "that all the world should be... " What? Taxed. 16:45 OK, do you remember what Daniel 11 said? 16:48 It said there's going to stand up a raiser of taxes 16:53 in the glory of the kingdom. Now why is that significant? 16:59 The reason it is significant is because again you remember 17:03 one of the principles that we're following. 17:05 We're following the principle first of all of repeat and 17:07 enlarge but another principle that we're following that was 17:10 so powerfully presented by our brother Jay was that 17:15 prophecy from the beginning of time - Genesis 3:15- 17:19 prophecy is centered in Jesus Christ. 17:23 Prophecy is centered in Jesus Christ. 17:25 That's why there's so much emphasis on Rome 17:28 in the book of Daniel. 17:29 Because Rome was to be the power under which Jesus Christ 17:34 was going to be born. 17:35 It's not really about Rome... it's about Jesus. 17:38 If Jesus was born in China, 17:41 then China would be the center of this prophecy. 17:43 If Jesus was born in Asia, 17:46 then Asia would be the center of this prophecy. 17:48 But Jesus was born under the power, under the kingdom 17:50 of Rome. And so Rome becomes the focus of this prophecy. 17:54 It is the focus of this prophecy because it connects with Jesus, 17:59 it connects with God's people 18:01 both Old Testament and New Testament. 18:04 And that's why it's so important to understand 18:06 that Rome goes all the way to the very end 18:08 because Rome continues to connect with God's people. 18:11 We'll see that in a little bit. 18:13 So we go back to Daniel chapter 11. 18:15 This is so powerful. 18:16 Daniel 11 verse 20 is... These verses: 20, 21, and 22 18:21 are the center of Daniel 11. 18:23 Now we're getting our center of gravity right here. 18:25 The center of Daniel 11- 20, 21, and 22- 18:28 Forty-five verses. Half of 45 is 22-1/2. 18:31 So we're right in the middle here, and the center 18:34 of this prophecy is focusing on Jesus. 18:38 You remember Genesis 3 verse 15. 18:41 It's the Seed... it's Christ. 18:43 If Christ is not at the center, we have got a misinterpretation 18:47 of the prophecy. Antiochus Epiphanes is not Christ. 18:50 This is talking about Christ. 18:52 This is talking about Jesus. Everything comes to Jesus. 18:55 So what happened when this emperor of Rome... 18:59 what happened when he sent out a decree that all the world 19:02 should be taxed? 19:05 There was a young couple 19:08 who had to travel, she being great with child, 19:11 to their... his native village of Bethlehem. 19:16 Just like the prophecies had said. 19:19 And so we see here... In Daniel 11:20 we see here 19:25 a connection to the birth of Jesus Christ. 19:27 And he was born according to Luke 2 verse 1... And I love 19:31 the fact that these gospels have a different perspective. 19:33 Luke was a historian and so he focuses on the history. 19:36 You don't find Caesar Augustus or Tiberius mentioned 19:40 in Matthew or Mark or John 19:42 but you find them mentioned in Luke. 19:44 I am so thankful that Luke connects us in this way 19:48 to the prophetic history of Daniel 11. 19:51 Now notice what happens in verse 21. 19:54 Let's read the rest of verse 20: 19:57 "Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of the taxes 19:59 in the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days 20:01 he shall be destroyed... neither in anger nor in battle 20:04 and in his estate - in his place - shall stand up 20:07 a vile person to whom they shall not give the honor of the 20:10 kingdom. But he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom 20:14 by flatteries. " Who was it that followed 20:18 Augustus Caesar... Caesar Augustus? 20:21 Do you know? Someone says Herod. 20:25 No, he was just a tetrarch... he was just a little pawn. 20:29 Let's go again to the New Testament. 20:31 We're going to go this time to Luke chapter 3. 20:35 The historian - the prophetic historian - 20:39 speaking about the prophecies of Jesus, the life of Jesus, 20:42 in Luke chapter 3 tells us who the next emperor was. 20:46 Luke chapter 3 and verse 1. 20:49 "Now in the... " We just read this, right? 20:52 We just heard this. "Now in the fifteenth year 20:54 of the reign of... " Who? "Tiberius Caesar. " 20:58 And check the history on Tiberius. It matches perfectly 21:00 with what we've been told in Daniel 11 verse 21. 21:04 Matches perfectly. 21:05 He was a vile person. He wasn't loved by the 21:07 people of Rome as Augustus was. 21:09 But he was a friend of Augustus; Augustus was fond of him. 21:14 Adopted him and he became the next ruler. 21:17 "Now in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar" - AD 27- 21:21 it tells us in the context that "all the people" - 21:23 verse 21- "were being baptized. And it came to pass that Jesus 21:26 also being baptized... " 21:28 In other words, now Jesus is grown up. 21:30 Now He's a young man. He's been baptized by John 21:33 and He's beginning His ministry. How old was He? 21:36 About 30 years old. 21:39 Just a young guy. 21:42 Much younger than me... right? 21:49 The Bible says to young people despise... "Don't let anyone 21:52 despise your youth. " Amen? 21:55 We need to lift up our young people. 21:56 We need to encourage our young people 21:58 like Jay and other who are out there. 22:01 You know, they may not know everything, understand 22:03 everything, have the experience we have, but I'm just thankful 22:06 that this church is allowing these young people to get up 22:09 and to preach and to teach and to get into ministry 22:11 and get involved in ministry. I was 21 years old 22:14 when I gave my life to Jesus. I was 22 22:16 when I started preaching this beautiful message. Amen. 22:20 We need to... And of course our church was founded upon 22:23 the young people. The youth is what started 22:25 and founded this movement. 22:26 So Jesus is a young man in the context of Daniel chapter 11. 22:33 He is baptized under the reign of Tiberius Caesar. 22:37 Now notice verse 22... "And with the arms... " 22:40 Daniel 11:22: "And with the arms 22:41 of a flood shall they be overflown from before him 22:44 and shall be broken... " Talking about God's people. 22:47 "Yea, also the Prince of the covenant. " 22:53 Who is that talking about? 22:54 It's talking about Jesus. You can compare that with 22:56 Daniel chapter 9:25, 26, and 27. 23:00 The word there is the same. This is talking about 23:02 none other than the Messiah. 23:04 This is pointing us to the cross. 23:07 This is pointing us to the time when Jesus Christ 23:10 died of a broken heart. 23:14 The weight of the sins of the world were laid upon Him 23:18 and it broke His heart. 23:22 He went through that separation experience with His Father 23:25 who He had known for all eternity. 23:29 I went through a little separation experience 23:32 when my son went off to academy in his senior year. 23:35 I shed a few tears. 23:37 Didn't think I would. 23:39 I missed him and I had been his father for 17 years. 23:44 He was 18 years old now... maybe 18 years. 23:46 I felt that emptiness. 23:51 Jesus and God had been together from eternity. 23:54 They had never been separated ever... ever. 23:58 Can you imagine? 24:00 I can't even imagine what that would be like. 24:02 You and I experience separation from loved ones: 24:05 children, parents, grandparents. 24:09 Those who may pass... even unexpectedly. 24:13 And it hurts our hearts. 24:15 But Jesus took upon Him the weight of separation 24:19 that encompasses every person and all sin 24:22 in being separated from His Father. 24:24 We can't even fathom what it felt like. 24:27 But it crushed His heart. 24:30 So we've got the third corner. 24:33 Here it is right here: it's Christ. 24:35 Or I should say the second corner. It's Christ. 24:37 We begin with the first - Medo-Persia. 24:39 We're moving through to the second - Jesus Christ - 24:42 who is the center of Daniel chapter 11. 24:44 The cross.. the birth and the cross of Jesus. 24:47 And once we put these stakes in these are immoveable. 24:50 These are landmarks for us. 24:51 Once we put them in then we can understand 24:54 the rest of it. I mean we may not have all the pieces in there 24:57 but we've got the corners. We're working on the framework. 24:59 What is the next corner that we need to put in here 25:02 that is very clear to us? Well I believe the next corner 25:04 is found all the way over in Daniel 11 and verse 40. 25:10 Daniel 11 and verse 40. 25:12 It says here in Daniel 11 and verse 40 25:15 "And at the time of the end... " 25:19 "at the time of the end shall the king of the South push at 25:24 him and the king of the North shall come against him 25:27 like the whirlwind with chariots and horsemen 25:28 and with many ships and shall enter into the country 25:31 and shall overflow and pass over. " Now we're not going to 25:34 go into the details of that verse... at least not right now. 25:37 But we do understand one thing. 25:41 We have one corner here that's very clear: 25:42 the time of the end. 25:44 The time of the end. 25:45 Meeting after meeting has brought this out. 25:47 The time of the end is the year... 25:53 Oh, one person knows. 25:55 1798 AD. OK, there's our next corner. 26:01 OK. We've got Daniel 11:20-22, the birth of Christ. 26:04 We've got Daniel 11: 1-3 or 4. 26:06 We've got the Medo-Persians and the Greeks. 26:08 Grecians... Grecia. So we've got Medo-Persia, 26:10 Grecia. We've got Rome... the birth of Christ, 26:12 the death of Christ. And now we've got the time 26:14 of the end: 1798 AD. Here's the final corner: 26:17 Daniel 12 verse 1. 26:20 Now I'm not going to be talking about this verse. 26:23 Pastor Bohr will be covering this in detail, 26:26 but I just want to plug it in as a corner. 26:28 "And at that time... " By the way, 26:31 that time that's spoken of in verse 1 of Daniel 12 26:34 is the time described in the verses before Daniel 12 verse 1. 26:39 And I would say they are verses 45, 44, 43, 42, and 41. 26:45 "At that time Michael shall stand up. " 26:49 Now we understand what that is: 26:50 that is the close of human probation. 26:52 That is the time when Jesus Christ takes the kingdoms 26:54 of this world. They become His own, praise God. Amen! 26:57 So there are our four corners. 26:59 Are you pretty comfortable with those four corners? 27:01 There they are right there. 27:02 We haven't discussed anything that's in the middle of all of 27:04 that. We don't exactly know what's going on in the middle 27:07 but we have the basic corners. 27:09 Now I want you to look at your outline 27:11 and I want you to notice some- thing that I think is powerful. 27:15 This is something new to me but I think it's profound. 27:20 Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, Daniel 11. 27:24 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. 27:27 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. 27:29 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. 27:31 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. 27:33 Then what? In all of these prophecies 27:35 we have Rome followed by the Dark Ages. 27:38 We have the toes; we have the war with the saints; 27:41 we have the host trodden underfoot; 27:43 and we have spoil, flame, and captivity for many days. 27:47 Let's look at that in Daniel chapter 11. 27:50 Daniel chapter 11 beginning with verse 30. 27:54 Because we are told in the context of this prophecy 27:58 that we have no time to lose. 28:00 The world is stirred with the spirit of war. 28:04 The prophecies in the 11th chapter of Daniel 28:07 have almost reached their complete fulfillment 28:10 and much of the history that is recorded in these prophecies 28:14 will be repeated. 28:16 A power is spoken of in the 30th verse 28:19 that shall be grieved and return and have indignation 28:24 against... " What? "the holy covenant. " 28:27 "So shall he do. He shall even return and have indignation 28:29 with them that forsake the holy covenant. 28:31 And arm shall stand in his part and they shall pollute 28:33 the sanctuary strength and take away the daily 28:36 and they shall place the abomination that makes desolate 28:39 and such as do wickedly against the covenant 28:41 shall they corrupt by flatteries. But the people 28:43 that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. " 28:48 These verses are talking about the Dark Ages. 28:52 Goes on... verse 33: 28:57 "And they that understand among the people shall instruct 29:00 many yet they shall fall by sword and by flame 29:04 and by captivity and by spoil for many days. 29:08 And when they shall fall... " verse 34: "they shall be 29:10 open with a little help. But many shall cleave to them 29:13 with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall 29:16 fall to try them, to purge them, 29:18 and to make them white... even until the time of the end" 29:21 1798 AD - "because it is yet for a time appointed. " 29:25 This is the 1,260-year period. 29:27 This is the time of papal persecution in the Dark Ages, 29:31 and we are told that this history will be repeated. 29:36 Now there's a difference between interpreting 29:39 and applying Bible prophecy and then taking 29:42 the history of that application and repeating it. 29:44 It's two different things. 29:45 These verses... these prophetic verses... 29:48 stand immoveable in history. 29:50 They describe the Dark Ages. 29:52 But much of the prophetic history that these verses 29:55 fulfill is going to be repeated. 29:57 We're going to see it happen again. 29:59 And I think we're going to see it very clearly as we move 30:02 on through these prophecies. 30:04 But I wondered if you noticed something about the verses 30:07 we just read? There was one word that was repeated 30:10 over and over and over again... four times in these verses. 30:14 Do you know what that word was? 30:16 Covenant. 30:18 The holy covenant. 30:21 The covenant... the covenant. I really appreciated 30:24 how Shelley brought that truth to our minds and hearts, 30:27 didn't you? Because you see the word covenant 30:30 is key in Daniel 11. If you want to understand 30:32 Daniel 11, if you want to understand who this power is, 30:35 you need to understand that it is the power that is 30:37 having indignation against the holy covenant. 30:41 Jesus Christ is the Prince of the covenant. 30:43 So five times that word covenant is used. 30:45 Daniel 11 is a summation of Daniel 2, Daniel 7, 30:49 and Daniel 8. It builds and enlarges upon it 30:52 and it gives us more detail as it summarizes. 30:56 What is the holy covenant? 30:59 Well let's go to the New Testament: 31:00 Hebrews chapter 10 verses 16 and 17. 31:04 Hebrews chapter 10 verses 16 and 17. 31:06 I chose these verses because they're concise. 31:09 Hebrews 11 is broader and it's just as valid, but 31:12 Hebrews 10 is concise. 31:15 Verse 16: "This is the covenant that I will make with them 31:17 after those days says the Lord. I will put My... " What? 31:20 "laws in their hearts 31:22 and in their minds I will write them. " 31:24 Verse 17: "And their sins and their iniquities 31:29 I will remember no more. " 31:31 Now where do sins and iniquities get forgiven today? 31:35 Where? It's been a long day, hasn't it? 31:40 Someone pointed up. That's right. 31:43 In the heavenly sanctuary. 31:45 See that verse - verse 17- of the new covenant 31:48 is talking about the mediation of Christ and the forgiveness 31:50 of sins in the heavenly sanctuary. 31:51 Verse 16 is talking about the law of God. 31:53 The new covenant, therefore, is summarized in these 2 verses 31:57 as being God's law written in the hearts 31:59 and our sins and iniquities being forgiven by Jesus Christ 32:01 in the heavenly sanctuary. Is that a pretty good summary? 32:04 So the power that is against the holy covenant 32:07 is working against the law of God 32:09 and is working against the mediation of Jesus Christ. 32:11 Daniel 11 is simply summarizing what we've already learned 32:14 in Daniel 7. What does it say in Daniel 7:25? 32:17 "He will think to change times and law. " 32:20 What does it say in Daniel chapter 8? 32:21 "He will exalt himself against the Prince of the host 32:24 and cast the sanctuary and the truth to the... ground. " 32:27 Do you see that now? 32:29 Daniel 11 is simply summarizing what's already been revealed 32:32 in Daniel 7 and 8. 32:33 It's bringing it to a close. 32:36 Here's the focus: it's against the holy covenant. 32:38 It's against the covenant people of God. 32:41 There's no disconnect between Daniel 11 and Daniel 2, 32:44 Daniel 7, and Daniel 8. In fact, 32:47 the king of the North is first mentioned 32:51 in Daniel chapter 1. 32:57 The king of the North is first identified in Daniel chapter 1. 33:02 You know, we get to Daniel 11. We talk about the king of the 33:04 North, the king of the South. King of the North, king of the 33:05 South. I'm thinking: "Who is? Who are these powers? " 33:08 Well in Daniel chapter 1 33:11 we are told that "In the third year of Jehoiakim 33:16 king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, 33:19 to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim 33:21 king of Judah into his hand. " 33:23 Nebuchadnezzar is identified in Jeremiah 4 33:27 and in Jeremiah 25:9 as the king of the North. 33:31 He's identified as the king of the North. 33:34 And as Pastor Bohr so beautifully brought out, 33:38 Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon is a type 33:41 of the final Babylonian power in the end of time 33:45 and will repeat all of those actions against God's people 33:50 that it instigated originally. 33:53 One thing that I wanted to bring out that I thought was 33:56 very significant in those points 33:59 is that in Daniel chapter 3 34:04 Nebuchadnezzar finally became a believer in the true God. 34:10 Now he became a believer in Daniel 2 34:12 but it was here... it wasn't here. 34:14 In Daniel chapter 2 Nebuchadnezzar attended... 34:19 he was the first attendee at a Daniel seminar. 34:26 He sat in the front row 34:28 and when the evangelist was finished he said: 34:32 "I want to join your church. 34:34 I'm tired of all these other churches. 34:36 I'm not getting the truth from all these other religions. 34:38 I want to join your church. " 34:41 And so he began to worship the God of heaven. 34:45 But like many converts who are intellectually convinced 34:51 but not heart converted he slipped out the back door. 34:55 How long did it take? A few years. 34:59 Daniel chapter 3. He takes the truth of God 35:02 and he perverts it. 35:06 Compromises it; takes that image; makes it all of gold. 35:08 Begins to enforce worship. 35:11 But God wasn't done with Nebuchadnezzar yet. 35:13 You're out there witnessing; you're sharing; you're doing 35:15 Bible studies. You think: "Oh you know, I share this truth 35:17 and they're just like... they're not accepting it. 35:19 They're not making their decision. When they make the 35:20 decision then they backslide. " 35:22 God isn't done with them yet. 35:24 God isn't done with us yet. Amen! 35:27 Daniel chapter 3: Nebuchadnezzar is red hot 35:31 like the face of the dragon. 35:33 There are people in political places in our world today 35:35 who are red hot. They may be angry at you 35:37 but you need to stay with Jesus. 35:41 Abide with Jesus. Reveal Jesus. 35:44 You're going to be in the fire 35:45 but you're going to be with Jesus. 35:48 It's when you're not willing to go all the way with Jesus 35:51 that you're in danger. 35:53 It was the mighty men who weren't willing to go into the 35:56 furnace that died. Doesn't matter how powerful you are. 35:59 Doesn't matter how strong you are. If you're not willing 36:00 to go all the way with Jesus you're going to die at the door. 36:03 The safety is in the furnace with Jesus. Amen. 36:08 And so they were in there with Jesus. 36:10 And he saw Christ in them 36:13 and his heart was touched, his heart was moved. 36:17 And he mellowed... completely mellowed. 36:19 "Who is that in there? That's the... You know, 36:21 that's the son of God, that's the son of man in there. " 36:24 And then Daniel chapter 4 which was written by Nebuchadnezzar 36:27 himself. It's one of my favorite chapters. 36:30 It is! Daniel 4 is one of my favorite chapters. 36:33 Daniel 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and 12 36:38 are my other favorite chapters. 36:43 Daniel 4 is so powerful because Nebuchadnezzar 36:45 goes through this crazy experience... crazy experience. 36:49 Loses his mind for seven years. 36:52 Has no wisdom. He's eating grass; his hair 36:55 is like eagle's feathers and his nails are like eagle's claws. 36:58 And when he gets done with all of this and his reason comes 37:00 back he says: "Praise God! " 37:02 That's a converted man right there. Amen! "Praise God! " 37:05 You know, you can KNOW that God has worked on your heart 37:08 when you can go through a trial like that and say "Praise God! " 37:10 "Praise God! God loves me so much. 37:13 I don't even want to question what He's doing 37:16 because I know He has my best interests at heart. 37:18 And He can do whatever He wants because I've seen His heart 37:21 and I know what God is like. Praise God! " 37:23 There are people out there that are going to see that. 37:25 Politicians, others. They're angry at first but then 37:27 they see, they see God's people. 37:28 They see and they change. 37:31 They turn. And that's why God's people go through this 37:33 trial: so they can reveal the spirit of Jesus Christ. 37:37 So we know this is the Dark Ages. 37:39 We know in verse 36 this king does according to his own will. 37:43 "He exalts himself and he magnifies himself 37:46 above every God. And he speak marvelous things against 37:48 the God of Gods and prospers till the indignation that is 37:51 determined shall be done. " 37:52 Verse 37: "He doesn't regard the God of his fathers. " 37:56 Capital G. Claims apostolic succession. 37:59 Doesn't regard it. "Doesn't regard the desire of women. 38:01 Doesn't regard any god, but he magnifies himself 38:05 above all. " II Thessalonians chapter 2 38:08 verses 2 through 4 Paul is almost quoting from Daniel 11 38:12 verse 36 when he describes the man of sin. 38:15 Very clear. "In his estate he honors the 38:18 god of fortresses. He continues on until the time of the end. " 38:22 And then it says in verse 40: "At the time of the end 38:25 shall the king of the South push at him. " 38:27 And that word "push" means to gore. 38:29 To war against him. 38:31 "At the time of the end... so the king of the South pushes. " 38:34 And we know who the him is. The him is the king 38:36 of the North. The him is spiritual Babylon. 38:38 The original king of the North was Nebuchadnezzar. 38:42 The him is a continuation of that same king that was 38:46 identified in verses 30 through 39. 38:49 That's who the him is. 38:50 But who's the king of the South 38:52 that gores him, that wounds him, that inflicts him? 38:56 Who's the king of the South? 38:57 Well that word "south" occasionally is translated as 39:00 Egypt. South was the country south to Palestine. 39:04 Just like Babylon was... well, they were east. 39:06 But they were considered the king of the North because 39:08 they had to come up and then down from the north. 39:10 And Egypt... Palestine/Israel was caught in the middle 39:13 between these two power that were warring against each other. 39:16 They were caught in the middle. 39:17 And friends, today we are caught in the middle. 39:20 Spiritual Babylon and spiritual Egypt. 39:25 Spiritual Egypt? Yes, spiritual Egypt. 39:27 Revelation chapter 11... Revelation chapter 11 39:32 and look here at how John identifies who Egypt is 39:38 in Revelation chapter 11 and verse 7. 39:46 Talking about God's two witnesses: 39:49 the Bible... the Old and the New Testaments. 39:51 "And when they shall have finished their testimony 39:53 the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit 39:56 shall make war against them 39:59 and shall overcome them and shall kill them. 40:03 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of that great city 40:06 which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt 40:10 where also our Lord was crucified. " 40:13 That text in the context of Revelation 11 40:17 is talking about atheism 40:19 and the rise of atheism in the country of France. 40:22 It's talking about the time when Berthier went 40:26 into the Vatican - into Rome - and took the pope captive. 40:30 And what year did that take place? 1798 AD. 40:32 When was 1798 AD? The time of the end. 40:35 "At the time of the end shall the king of the South - 40:38 spiritual Egypt - war at him. " 40:42 Push at him; gore him. 40:44 Now Revelation chapter 13 is so beautiful, 40:48 so significant, so powerful because it also tells us 40:52 about this wound. It says in Revelation chapter 13 40:55 and verse 3: "And I saw one of his heads as it were 40:59 wounded to death" - 1798 AD - 41:02 "and his deadly wound was... " What? "healed. " 41:07 It's all in one verse, but there's some history there 41:10 isn't there? I mean, it wasn't like he was wounded and 41:12 then three words later he was healed. Right? 41:16 There's some history taking place there. 41:17 Well Daniel chapter 11 helps us with that. 41:22 I want you to look at your outline again 41:24 because I believe this is so profound. 41:26 You look at Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Daniel 8 and Daniel 11. 41:29 You recognize Babylon, Medo- Persia, Greece, Rome. 41:32 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. 41:33 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome. 41:35 Then you recognize the Dark Ages. They're all identified. 41:38 The ten toes with the clay has the church and state mingling 41:42 but not cleaving to each other. You've got war with the saints. 41:44 Host trodden underfoot; spoil claiming captivity. 41:46 Then comes the iron and the clay. Judgment; judgment; 41:51 and verses 40 through 45 of Daniel 11. 41:54 And you notice there's a question mark there. 41:55 What are verses 40 to 45 talking about? 41:58 That is the piece of the puzzle we don't know where it fits 42:01 so we're just going to leave it aside for a while. 42:02 But we're going to put in all the other pieces. 42:05 After the churchcraft, statecraft in Daniel 2 42:08 you have God's kingdom set up - the stone. 42:10 In Daniel chapter 7, God's people inherit the kingdom. 42:14 Elder Cox - powerful message - emphasized in Daniel 7 42:18 three times it goes from the papacy coming to an end - 42:22 deadly wound - to God's people inheriting the kingdom, 42:24 God's people inheriting the kingdom, God's people 42:26 inheriting the kingdom. Three times it's emphasized 42:27 in Daniel 7. Daniel chapter 8- right after 42:31 judgment we have again God's kingdom set up. 42:34 "The prince shall be taken without hands" it says in 42:37 Daniel chapter 8 in the interpretation. 42:39 And in Daniel chapter 11 we have God's kingdom. 42:42 Well in 12 verse 1... I believe 12:1-3 is actually 42:45 part of Daniel 11. 42:46 So what we need... I think... 42:50 to understand Daniel 11:40-45 42:54 properly, appropriately, prophetically... 42:57 What we need to be able to put the pieces in the right place 43:00 is we need another chapter in the Bible: 43:04 another prophetic chapter or two that would follow the same 43:09 sequence: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. 43:15 The 1,260 days of persecution. 43:19 The 1798 AD deadly wound that the wound is healed 43:22 BUT after that wound is healed 43:26 would take us further in prophetic history - 43:28 Are you following me? - 43:30 and give us more details that aren't necessarily covered 43:33 in Daniel chapter 11... at least not clearly covered 43:36 in Daniel 11. 43:37 If we could find another book - 43:39 perhaps even a prophetic twin of the book of Daniel - 43:47 a book that supplements the book of Daniel 43:50 and helps us to interpret the book of Daniel... 43:52 That gives us specific details about what's going to happen 43:56 after the wound is healed. Perhaps those details 43:59 could help us figure out what's happening in Daniel 44:00 chapter 11 verses 40 to 45 before Jesus stands up. 44:04 Is there such a book? 44:07 Anyone? Revelation! 44:09 And what chapters in Revelation? Thirteen and fourteen. 44:13 Look at this... this is incredible! 44:15 John sees a beast rising up out of the sea. 44:18 It has ten horns. He's going backwards now 44:21 because he's looking back. It has ten horns. 44:23 Remember? The ten toes; the ten horns. 44:25 It has ten horns and it has a mouth like a... 44:28 actually goes back, doesn't he? Goes back. It has a body like 44:31 a... No? Yeah. It has a body like a... 44:34 leopard and it has feet like a bear and it has a mouth 44:37 like a lion. 44:40 The lion, the bear, and the leopard connect us directly 44:46 to Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece. 44:48 And then the dragon - you know, that terrible beast - 44:50 gives it his power and seat and great authority. 44:51 Who is that? Pagan Rome. 44:54 In fact, think about this: 44:57 Revelation 13 is a repeat of the same history 45:01 that's already been given in Daniel 2, Daniel 7, 45:03 Daniel 8, and Daniel 11. 45:05 it's the four kingdoms; 45:07 It's the Dark Ages; and it's the deadly wound. 45:11 Now when that wound is inflicted in Revelation 13 45:16 and that power goes down 45:18 what do we see taking place? 45:21 Revelation chapter 13. Look at it with me in verse 11. 45:27 And I want to read it in the context of verse 10. 45:33 Verse 10: "He that leads into captivity shall go into 45:37 captivity. And he who kills with the sword 45:40 must... " What? "be killed with the sword. " 45:42 What's that talking about? 45:43 What is that talking about right there? 45:46 That verse? 45:47 Who's it talking about? What event is it talking about? 45:49 Talking about the papacy... the deadly wound. 45:53 But the deadly wound was already mentioned in verse 3. 45:55 But now it's being mentioned again. Do you know why? 45:57 Because there's a connection between verse 10 and verse 11. 46:00 Verse 11 is telling us about what time 46:03 this other beast - this other kingdom - was going to rise up. 46:06 It was going to rise up around the time 46:09 when the other power was going down. 46:10 You can read it in the Great Controversy. 46:14 The papacy is inflicted with a deadly wound around 1798 AD. 46:18 And there's another power that's rising up out of the earth - 46:21 right? - and it has two horns like a lamb. 46:26 That represents Jesus... Christianity. 46:30 So that power represents the United States of America. 46:35 The United States of America with its lamb-like principles 46:38 of religious liberty and civil liberty. 46:42 But then it says it's going to "speak like a dragon. " 46:48 The dragon is what gives power and authority to the 1st beast. 46:52 And now this beast is going to speak like a dragon 46:54 which means what? They're going to be what? Connected together. 46:58 They're going to connect. 47:01 And then it goes on to describe the image to the beast 47:03 and the mark of the beast and the economic control 47:04 of the whole world so no man can buy or sell. 47:06 Could it be that Revelation chapter 13 47:11 verses 11 through 18 are describing the activity 47:16 of Daniel 11:40-45? 47:21 James White thought so. 47:24 James White thought so. 47:26 And in A Word to the Little Flock he wrote 47:28 that the last power that is revealed in Daniel chapter 11 47:33 is the same power that is revealed in Revelation 47:36 chapter 13 verses 11 through 18 and his number is 666. 47:41 That's what James White wrote in A Word to the Little Flock, 47:43 the first book that was ever printed by the pioneer 47:46 Seventh-day Adventist church. James and Ellen White 47:48 put it out together. A Word to the Little Flock. 47:50 Get it if you haven't read it. It's powerful. 47:52 But I want you to notice something here that I think 47:55 is powerful. 47:58 I can't think of a better word. I can't think of another word. 48:01 Powerful. 48:03 God is opening up to our hearts and minds 48:06 in the time in which we live a prophecy that has baffled us. 48:10 And I believe it's because it hasn't been time for it 48:13 to be fulfilled. And it is time now! 48:17 It is being fulfilled now. 48:18 I'm just going to read through it in the less than 10 minutes 48:21 we have left and try to expound a little bit upon it. 48:25 I'm just going to give you bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. 48:27 And you're going to have to go back and read and study and pray 48:30 and be Bereans. 48:32 Daniel 11 verse 40: "At the time of the end... " - 48:35 1798 AD - "shall the king of the South... " - 48:38 atheism - "push... " - war, gore - "at him... " - 48:41 the king of the North... papal Rome. 48:45 "And the king of the North... " excuse me, 48:48 "And the king of the North... " - the papacy - 48:50 "shall come against him like a whirlwind 48:53 with chariots and horsemen... " Military might. 48:56 "and with ships... " Economic pressure. 49:00 "and shall enter into the countries and overflow 49:03 and pass over. " 49:06 I want you to think now. 49:07 I want you think about history, just about history. 49:11 Because Bible prophecy stands by itself. 49:15 History simply confirms it... that's all history does. 49:18 Have events taken place in history 49:23 in the time of the end... 49:25 Now understand: the time of the end is from 1798 AD onward 49:28 where the papacy that was once wounded 49:33 by atheism has turned around 49:38 and come against atheism like a whirlwind, 49:41 brought it down with the help of the United States 49:45 and economic pressure. And then entered into the 49:47 countries - the atheistic countries - 49:49 and overflown and passed over? 49:51 Yes. It's unbelievable when you think about it 49:54 because I want to tell you a few things. First of all, 49:56 when... let me tell you my testimony. 50:00 1984. Ronald Reagan was just elected president 50:04 by a landslide vote. Every state in the union 50:08 voted for him except for? Wisconsin, 50:12 which was Mondale's home state or was it Minnesota? 50:15 Minnesota and D.C. 50:18 Every... it was a landslide. 50:20 Ronald Reagan's in and he decides to send 50:24 an ambassador to the Vatican. 50:27 Now he already decided that in 1981. 50:30 Probably didn't know that, but he couldn't do it. 50:32 Do you know why he couldn't do it? Because there was a law 50:34 on the books from 1867 that prohibited sending an ambassador 50:38 to the Vatican because it was a violation of church and state 50:40 separation. 50:43 So that wall had to come down. 50:44 Well it already began to come down. 50:46 It had already begun to come down. 50:48 When we sent that ambassador to the Vatican in 1984 50:51 it already came down... began to come down. 50:53 Now... moving on. 50:55 So Ronald Reagan's in. 50:57 I'm out in the world partying with my friends 50:59 because nuclear weapons are being pushed into western Europe 51:02 and let's just eat and drink because tomorrow we're 51:04 going to die 'cause he's just going to blow us to smithereens. 51:08 There's just going to be this nuclear holocaust. 51:10 All the movies are telling us about it. 51:11 You know, just like they are today. 51:12 It's you know, this or that or the other. 51:14 And in 1984 I begin to study with Seventh-day Adventists. 51:18 Now the reason I'm studying with Adventists is because my 51:19 sister... I've become a Christian. My sister... 51:22 I'm really cutting out a lot here... my sister's studying 51:25 with Adventists and she starts telling me about this idea 51:28 of going to church on Saturday and not eating meat. 51:29 I'm thinking: "This girl is in a cult 51:31 and I need to get her out. " She's my twin sister. 51:33 So I began to study with Adventists... not to become 51:35 an Adventist but to get my sister out of the church. 51:37 But as I start studying with these Adventists 51:39 and they're going through the Bible and Bible verses 51:41 I'm learning how to study the Bible. I'm thinking: 51:43 "This is fantastic! " 51:45 I've never seen anything like this before. 51:48 I thought the Bible was for the priest. 51:49 I was raised a Catholic. I thought the Bible was for 51:50 the pastor. I can understand the Bible; I can interpret... 51:53 So give me two of those lessons, give me three of those lessons. 51:55 Let me go on Bible studies with you. 51:56 She was baptized in July; I was baptized in November 51:58 of 1984. So I'm an on-fire Adventist. 52:01 But there was one thing that bothered me: 52:04 the Adventists taught according to Revelation 13 52:08 and Daniel chapter 2 and Daniel chapter 7 52:10 the Adventists taught that the entire world was going to follow 52:14 the beast - follow the papacy - and receive the mark. 52:16 I'm thinking: "Wait a minute. What about USSR? " 52:19 You remember those guys? 52:20 Some of us have forgotten about these guys. 52:22 But back in the day when I became an Adventist that was 52:24 HUGE in my mind. I was thinking: 52:26 "They've got more tanks. They've got more nuclear weapons. 52:28 They've got more subs. They've got more everything! 52:30 They're swallowing up the world. 52:31 And this prophecy is saying that all the world is going to 52:34 follow the papacy. They're never going to do that. " 52:35 You see? So I had to choose. 52:38 Am I going to go by current events - by what I see 52:41 happening in the world - or am I going to go 52:42 by the Word of God? 52:44 And friends, every one of us is going to be faced with that 52:47 choice over and over again. 52:49 Today we're faced with it again with the Muslims, with Islam. 52:51 Every one. Are we going to go by what God is saying 52:54 in His Word or are we going to go by what current news 52:56 is telling us? And I tell you what, 52:58 if you listen to the radio long enough and you listen to 53:00 the news long enough and you imbibe yourself with all that 53:02 stuff long enough, you're going to start hating Muslims. 53:04 It's just inevitable. 53:06 You know God says we should be praying and interceding for all 53:09 men. We should not hate any man. 53:11 But you know, when was... What were you thinking 53:14 when he was taken out? You know who I'm talking about, right? 53:17 Not talking about Obama... talking about Osama. 53:25 What were you thinking? Yes! 53:28 Yes... got him! Finally. 53:31 See, we're called out of that kind of thinking. 53:35 We're called out of that kind of thinking. 53:37 And the only way you're going to come out of that kind of 53:39 thinking is your brain into the Word of God 53:42 and think of what things are good and true and honest 53:44 and of good report. Jesus loved His enemies. 53:47 He loved Herod; He loved Pilate. 53:49 He loved His enemies, and God is calling us to be like Him. 53:52 So I'm thinking: "There's no... I just... " 53:55 But I had to accept the Word of God. 53:57 Five years later that step of faith was rewarded 54:02 mightily. See, that's what prophecy is all about. 54:05 We follow the Word of God... what the Word of God says. 54:09 And you know when Communism fell? 54:10 Time Magazine had a full article on it. 54:12 You know what the title of the magazine was called? 54:14 The article on the fall of Communism? 54:15 Days of the Whirlwind. 54:17 Days of the Whirlwind. 54:19 They attributed the victory to John Paul II in Life Magazine. 54:24 In U.S. News and World Report they had a picture of 54:26 John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev. 54:28 You know what the title was? Gorby's Bow to Roman Legions. 54:33 I mean it just sends chills up my spine when I think about 54:36 how God has outlined Bible prophecy. 54:39 Now notice this 'cause we're not done yet. 54:40 The Jesuits were sent in to evangelize these countries 54:43 where the Catholic church was outlawed. 54:45 They weren't even allowed to have churches in there. 54:47 "He shall enter in... overflow and pass over. " 54:50 Notice verse 41: 54:52 "He will enter also into the Glorious Land 54:54 and many shall be overthrown. But these shall escape 54:57 out of his hand, even Edom, Moab, and the children 55:00 of Ammon. " Daniel 11. Just read Isaiah 11 55:03 11 and onward and you'll know who Edom, Moab, and the 55:06 children of Ammon are. 55:08 They are those people who are now enemies of God 55:10 but are going to come in under the loud cry. 55:12 That word "escape" as was shared by Bro. Steve Bohr 55:16 is the same word delivered in Daniel 12 verse 1. 55:19 Going on quickly. 55:22 Verse 42: "He shall stretch forth his hand also 55:26 upon the countries and the land of Egypt shall not escape. " 55:28 Egypt again: atheism, Communism, secularism. 55:32 There are other strongholds out there 55:34 that haven't fallen yet but they're going to. 55:36 Why? Because Revelation 13 says "everyone. " 55:39 See, Daniel 11 and Revelation 13 55:41 if you follow your outline on the back - I don't know if you 55:43 noticed there's another page there on the back - 55:46 you're going to see fourteen prophetic parallels 55:49 between Revelation 13 and 14 and Daniel 11:40 to 12:3. 55:54 Fourteen prophetic parallels... 55:56 and we're just looking at a few of them right now. 55:59 What's another one? Well look at this. 56:01 This is so powerful. 56:02 "But he shall have power... " - verse 43- 56:04 "over the treasures of gold and silver and all the precious 56:07 things of Egypt. " 56:10 So no man can buy or sell. 56:12 So no man can buy or sell. 56:14 "But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall" What? 56:18 The east is where the seething angel comes from in 56:21 Revelation chapter 7 and the north is where the 56:23 true king of the North comes from in Isaiah 41:25. 56:26 The people that are sharing these tidings 56:29 are people that are preaching about the seal of God - 56:32 Sabbath - and the second coming of Jesus 56:34 and they are called Seventh-day Adventists. 56:39 You're right here in Bible prophecy. Did you know that? 56:41 You are in Daniel 11 verse 44. 56:45 But you're going to be causing a little bit of trouble 56:48 for this power. 56:49 He's going to seek to go forth "with great fury to destroy 56:52 and utterly make away many. " Are you ready for that time? 56:56 Maybe not, but Jesus has promised us 56:59 that He'll give us the Spirit that we need 57:01 when the need arises. Amen! 57:03 Our job is to keep our focus on Him, 57:05 to put our trust in Him, 57:06 and to follow Him wherever He goes. Amen! 57:11 We've run out of time this evening, but you've got the 57:13 outline. There's more studies on this that you can get 57:15 if you just want to get ahold of us. 57:17 There's a lot for us to study; there's a lot for us to learn; 57:19 there's a lot for us to understand. But at least 57:21 we've got some corners and some edges. Amen? 57:22 Amen! Let's pray together this evening. 57:24 Father in heaven, I just want to thank you again 57:26 for Your prophetic words. 57:27 I want to thank you for the waymarks. 57:29 I want to thank you for this beautiful picture that we have |
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