Welcome to 3ABN's
Spring Camp Meeting
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coming to you from
the 3ABN Worship Center
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in Thompsonville, Illinois.
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We didn't know if we were
live or not for a minute there
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so I'm just kind of
standing like this...
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Are you guys having a
good time at Camp Meeting?
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Oh, the messages
have been really wonderful
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and today it's going to
be my privilege to bring you
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the second half of the message
on the Joy of Investigative
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Judgment. But before I
do we have with us today
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a special quartet
from Medford, Oregon.
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And they started singing
together at the Valley View
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Church. Now they actually
go to two different churches.
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But they're all from Medford
and they're going to sing
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for us Wonderful Grace.
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Wonderful grace of Jesus,
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greater than all my sin.
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How shall my tongue describe it?
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Where shall its praise begin?
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Taking away my burden,
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setting my spirit free;
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For the wonderful grace of Jesus
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reaches me.
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Wonderful the
matchless grace of Jesus,
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Deeper than the
mighty rolling sea;
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Higher than the mountain,
sparkling like a fountain,
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All sufficient
grace for even me.
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Broader than the
scope of my transgressions,
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Greater far than
all my sin and shame,
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O magnify the
precious name of Jesus,
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Praise His name!
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Wonderful grace of Jesus,
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reaching to all the lost.
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By it I have been pardoned,
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Saved to the uttermost.
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Chains have been torn asunder,
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giving me liberty;
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For the wonderful grace of Jesus
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reaches me.
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Wonderful the
matchless grace of Jesus,
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Deeper than the
mighty rolling sea;
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Higher than the mountain,
sparkling like a fountain,
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All sufficient
grace for even me.
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Broader than the
scope of my transgressions,
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Greater far than
all my sin and shame,
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O magnify the
precious name of Jesus,
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Praise His name!
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Wonderful grace of Jesus,
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reaching the most defiled.
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By its transforming power
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Making him God's dear child.
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Purchasing peace and heaven
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for all eternity,
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And the wonderful grace of Jesus
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reaches me.
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Wonderful the
matchless grace of Jesus,
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Deeper than the
mighty rolling sea;
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Higher than the mountain,
sparkling like a fountain,
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All sufficient
grace for even me.
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Broader than the
scope of my transgressions,
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Greater far than
all my sin and shame,
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O magnify the
precious name of Jesus,
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Praise His...
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praise His holy
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name!
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Don't you just
love a men's quartet?
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Well, I think that
what we need to do...
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I know what we need to
do is let's pray, all right?
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Heavenly Father, we
come in the name of Jesus
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and Lord we thank you so
much for the gift of Your Word.
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And Lord, we need the gift
of your Spirit to understand
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Your Word, so we pray right now
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that You will anoint
us with Your Holy Spirit.
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Send Your Spirit
to be our teacher.
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And Father, I pray
in the name of Jesus
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that we will
understand the wonderful grace
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that is in the message of
the Investigative Judgment.
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Thank you, Father.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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As I told you yesterday
I've only taught on this once
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before, so in some ways
it's a bit intimidating to me.
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And for our radio audience
I should introduce myself.
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I'm Shelley Quinn, and it is...
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I'm here today to speak on
this because I really felt God
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asked me to do this.
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So what I want to do is
just review very quickly
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what we went over yesterday.
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We started when we identified
the pattern of investigative
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judgment that
God began in Genesis.
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And it goes
throughout the Bible.
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So we see the idea of
investigative judgment
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is nothing unusual to God.
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In Revelation 14:17
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we see that the
first angel comes.
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And what does that
angel say? "The hour of His
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judgment has arrived. "
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And we know that this
investigative judgment -
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we looked at it
yesterday - has to begin
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before Christ's second
advent... before He comes again.
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Because in Revelation 22
and verse 11 the angel stands up
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at Christ's descent and
he says "He who is filthy
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still... or unjust
still... let him be unjust.
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He who is filthy
still let him be filthy.
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He who is righteous
let him be righteous still
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and he who is holy
let him be holy still. "
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So then Jesus says:
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"Behold, I am coming quickly
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and My reward is with me. "
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What the angel announced
was the end of probation.
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And now Christ says: "As soon
as this is over, here I come...
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ready or not. "
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We looked at the five
final phases of God's judgment.
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It begins with the pre-advent -
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meaning it happens
before Christ returns -
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the investigative
judgment that we looked at
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that Daniel 7 prophesies
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when the Ancient of Days
comes, He's seated at the court,
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the books are opened in front
of thousands upon thousands
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of heavenly beings. And
then one like the Son of Man
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comes before Him. So we
see the Father is the Judge.
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And yesterday we
proved from scripture
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that this heavenly sanctuary -
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or the true
sanctuary - is in heaven.
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The second phase of
judgment is at Christ's return
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when He executes the
judgment that was made
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during that
time of investigation
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and He separates the
goats from the sheep,
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He separates the
wheat from the tares.
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But the decision... the
fate of all... has been sealed
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during the time of the
investigative judgment.
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Then the next judgment
takes place after the first
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resurrection when the
righteous dead are raised.
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Those who are alive and remain,
they all go up into the air
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together to meet Jesus.
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And they go to heaven
and for a thousand years
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there is a deliberative judgment
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where the books
are opened for us.
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And it's not that we...
When the Bible says we judge
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fallen angels or
that we judge the world
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it's not that we are trying
to say "Oh they were right
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or wrong. " What we're looking
at during this time period
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is we are
vindicating God's judgment.
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God is deliberative.
There's discussion going on
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so that we understand
why some didn't make it
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and why others did
that we weren't expecting.
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After this deliberative judgment
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comes... the New
Jerusalem comes down.
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Then there is the second
resurrection of the wicked
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and we see that what happens
is... they still are rebellious.
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They fight against the city
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and there is the
Great White Throne Judgment
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which is only
for the wicked dead.
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Then we have... The
final phase of judgment
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is when fire
comes down from heaven:
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the executive judgment...
the execution of the judgment.
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And everything on earth that is
a sin or a sinner is destroyed
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and God creates a new
heaven and a new earth.
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Daniel 7:9-14 prophesies
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the investigative
judgment, and we know
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that Daniel also talks
about this little horn power
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that is going to
tramp on the daily services
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of Christ's heavenly
daily priestly ministry.
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From history we know
this little horn power...
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There was a time of
persecution that began in 538 AD
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when it became not
just a religious power
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but a political power.
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And this religio-political power
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that began in 538 AD
reigned with persecution
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during the Dark
Ages till 1798 AD.
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But we know from scripture
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that the investigative
judgment is going to take place
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after this.
This is all a review.
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Now, the most important thing
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that we learned yesterday
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is the grace of the
investigative judgment
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because the Bible says
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God will rule in
favor of the saints.
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So what we're going to do
today having that foundation...
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We concluded yesterday
speaking of Daniel 8:14,
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and I want you to
open your Bibles, please.
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In Daniel 8:14 we see
this little horn power
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that is trampling
down the daily services -
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taking the place of
Jesus, if you will -
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and Daniel asks this question:
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"How long, O Lord, is
this going to go on? "
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In Daniel 8:14 the answer comes.
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"For 2300 days, then the
sanctuary will be cleansed. "
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Yesterday we also looked at
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this being the
antitypical Day of Atonement.
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The Day of Atonement in
the earthly sanctuary services
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with the high priest
happened once a year.
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And it was a solemn day that
ended in joy for the penitent
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because all the record
of their sins was expunged
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and the temple was cleansed.
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But now we are down
to trying to figure out
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when does this 2300 days begin.
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This is one of the most
important time prophecies
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in the Bible. And we
want to know when it begins
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so that we can know... We know
that... How long does it last?
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After the 2300
days - excuse me -
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Well, we know if
that ends... when it ends
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then we know when the
investigative judgment begins
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which lasts how long?
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Right up till the end
of probation when God -
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Jesus - stands up and says:
"Behold, I'm coming quickly.
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My reward is with Me. "
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So if we can identify in scrip-
ture when the 2300 days begin
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and end then we can identify
the beginning of the time
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of the cleansing
of the sanctuary.
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So what we're going
to do is a quick review
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of Bible prophecy. We're
going to begin in Daniel 9.
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You know, prophecy is
nothing more than history
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written in advance.
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And it tells us what's going
to happen before it happens.
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Now what we will apply
today is the prophetic principle
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of one day of prophetic
time equaling a literal year.
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And I want you to know:
Adventist aren't the only ones
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who use this
day-for-a-year principle.
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We base that on
Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6.
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But the greatest
Jewish scholar who ever lived,
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Raschid - he lived
from AD 1040 to 1105-
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he translated Daniel
8:14- those 2300 days -
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as 2300 years.
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And so does... Are
you all familiar with
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Matthew Henry, the
great Protestant scholar.
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He has a
commentary that expounds...
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On most pastors' desks you
will find the Matthew Henry
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Bible Commentary.
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So Daniel 8:14.
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He said: "For 2300 days
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then the sanctuary
will be cleansed. "
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How many years is this?
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2300 years.
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And this activity
begins in the time of the ram
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which is Medo-Persia.
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It goes down through Greece then
Rome, the little horn power,
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and right up to the point
where the investigative judgment
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begins... this
cleansing of the temple.
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It's obvious if it's going
to cover all this time period
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it's obvious that it
can't be literal days
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because 2300 days would
be less than seven years.
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But it is a
day-for-a-year principle.
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Now let's look at
Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24.
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Daniel 9 and verse 24.
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"Seventy weeks are determined. "
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And in the Greek that
word determined is tatchuk.
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Cut off... cut off.
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From what? See, in
Daniel and in prophecy
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we see this idea
of recapitulation
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where it is repeat and enlarge.
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So we have the vision in
Daniel 7 of the Ancient of Days
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being seated and
the books being opened.
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Then Daniel 8 tells us
how long the war goes on.
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And now we're about to come
to the time of when will this
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investigative judgment begin.
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So Daniel 9 is
repeating and enlarging.
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And he says: "Seventy weeks are
determined for your people. "
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They are cut off
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from this 2300
period... of... days.
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They are "determined for your
people, " talking to the Jews,
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"for your holy
city... " Jerusalem...
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"to finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
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to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
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to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
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to seal up the
vision in prophecy,
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and to anoint the Most Holy. "
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This 70 weeks... How
many years would that be?
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How many days are in a week?
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There's seven days in
a week times 70 weeks...
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that's 490 years. This
is a probationary period
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for the Jews, during which time
what do you think is happening?
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If God is watching for
them to finish transgression,
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to do all of these things,
what's happening during these
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490 years?
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God's
investigating their records.
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He's investigating
their deeds if you will.
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So He's trying to see
if they will line up...
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if their works will be
proof of their profession.
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But it's cut off
from this 2300-day period.
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This is an allotted
time - a period of grace -
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for the Jews. And He's
wanting the Jewish nation
00:17:46.20\00:17:50.23
to line up with His purpose
for calling them as a people.
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Now look at verse
25... Daniel 9:25.
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This is an amazing prophecy
because it foretells the coming
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and the time of the Messiah.
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He says: "Know
therefore and understand
00:18:06.48\00:18:08.77
that from the going
forth of the command to restore
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and rebuild Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince
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there shall be seven weeks
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and sixty-two weeks... "
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Let me explain something here.
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This seven-week period is that
first one that he was talking
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about. And then when he says:
"and sixty-two... " essentially
00:18:30.01\00:18:34.86
he's saying: "there
will be 7 weeks + 62 weeks. "
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So 69 weeks which
would be 483 literal years.
00:18:39.02\00:18:43.82
And he said: "The
streets shall be built again
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and the wall... even
in troublous times. "
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So here he's foretelling
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the very time when Christ
will appear and be anointed
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in His ministry.
00:19:00.44\00:19:02.33
There were several
decrees that were issued
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to rebuild... two of
them for parts of Jerusalem...
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but only one of them
qualifies to fulfill what's here
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in Daniel 9:25.
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Cyrus issued a decree
to rebuild the temple.
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Darius basically reinstated
the same decree that Cyrus
00:19:22.28\00:19:28.23
had issued. But Artaxerxes I
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is the one who decreed to
both rebuild all of Jerusalem
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and restore it, providing
self-governance for Jerusalem
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and the political autonomy...
00:19:43.98\00:19:46.05
religious autonomy
and political autonomy.
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So only the decree
that is given by Artaxerxes
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can meet the qualifications. So
now we've got a beginning date.
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This decree has
been determined -
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it's recorded and if you want
to put a little note there...
00:20:02.95\00:20:06.25
If you're marking your Bible,
right there in Daniel chapter 9
00:20:06.45\00:20:11.06
write down Ezra 7:12-26
00:20:11.19\00:20:16.11
because that is the
decree and it was dated
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at 457 BC.
00:20:20.16\00:20:23.29
So the 2300
days begins in 457 BC
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because the 70 weeks begins...
00:20:29.77\00:20:32.48
and that 70 weeks is just
lopped off from the front.
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It's cut off for the Jews.
00:20:37.06\00:20:38.90
And guess what? As prophesied
00:20:39.20\00:20:43.06
for the very first
seven-week prophetic period
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when he said seven weeks,
the rebuilding of Jerusalem
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happened in exactly 7 prophetic
weeks or 49 literal years.
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It was completed in 408 BC.
00:20:59.99\00:21:02.78
And then Daniel 9 also
prophesied that the Messiah
00:21:03.57\00:21:08.14
would come after the 69th week
00:21:08.34\00:21:10.47
which is 483 years from
the issuance of the decree.
00:21:10.67\00:21:14.22
And as
prophesied... You take 457;
00:21:14.62\00:21:18.62
you add 483 years;
00:21:18.82\00:21:21.33
you come to AD 27.
00:21:21.53\00:21:24.42
And what happened in AD 27?
00:21:24.62\00:21:27.12
Jesus was baptized.
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He was baptized and
anointed with the Holy Spirit.
00:21:30.90\00:21:35.14
Now Daniel 9:26 says this:
00:21:35.55\00:21:39.56
"After the sixty-two weeks... "
00:21:40.85\00:21:43.27
This is... What's going
to be after the 62nd week?
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I'm going to trick you here.
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Remember you've got to
have the seven weeks first
00:21:50.77\00:21:52.67
plus the sixty-two weeks.
00:21:52.97\00:21:54.74
So after the sixty-two
weeks... those two total 69.
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What comes after those 62 weeks?
00:21:59.24\00:22:01.57
The 70th week.
00:22:01.87\00:22:03.44
See, this prophecy
is all time sequential.
00:22:03.64\00:22:07.94
It's talking about
different portions but it's all
00:22:08.25\00:22:11.90
in a straight line.
It is sequential weeks.
00:22:12.00\00:22:15.88
So when he says:
"after the sixty-two weeks"
00:22:16.08\00:22:19.81
he's referring to the 70th week
00:22:19.91\00:22:22.08
because we've got to remember
that previous seven weeks
00:22:22.28\00:22:24.57
rebuilding Jerusalem.
00:22:24.67\00:22:26.06
He says this then:
00:22:26.36\00:22:28.15
"Messiah shall be cut off. "
00:22:28.35\00:22:32.12
This is a different verb
than when he said the 70 weeks
00:22:32.42\00:22:37.68
would be cut off.
00:22:37.88\00:22:40.20
This... When it says
70 weeks will be cut off
00:22:40.51\00:22:43.55
it's means literally it's just
like OK we're apportioning this.
00:22:43.75\00:22:47.20
But here when he says
"Messiah shall be cut off"
00:22:47.50\00:22:51.67
the Hebrew verb is KRT
00:22:51.97\00:22:55.85
and it is directly linked to the
Levitical sacrificial system.
00:22:56.15\00:23:01.84
So it says: "Messiah shall
be cut off but not for Himself.
00:23:02.04\00:23:06.87
And the people of the prince
who is to come shall destroy
00:23:07.27\00:23:10.94
the city and the sanctuary.
00:23:11.05\00:23:12.53
The end of it shall be with a
flood until the end of the war
00:23:12.73\00:23:16.22
desolations are determined. "
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.02
Messiah shall be cut off in the
middle of the week we see here
00:23:19.02\00:23:24.68
in just a minute. Let me
see, I've got that out of order
00:23:24.98\00:23:27.36
but it goes on in a
minute to tell us that
00:23:27.56\00:23:29.38
just as the prophecy foretells.
00:23:29.58\00:23:34.84
How was Jesus cut off?
00:23:35.24\00:23:37.73
He was crucified 3-1/2
years into His ministry.
00:23:39.30\00:23:44.69
In AD 31
00:23:44.90\00:23:47.36
He was cut off at the
cruel cross of Calvary
00:23:47.56\00:23:51.47
and sacrifice and
offering came to an end.
00:23:51.97\00:23:55.90
His perfect
sacrifice once for all
00:23:57.27\00:24:00.21
ended all of the Mosaic
law of rituals and ceremonies.
00:24:00.51\00:24:06.43
Christ was the
fulfillment of all of these.
00:24:06.63\00:24:10.68
They were the
types... the shadows.
00:24:10.88\00:24:14.43
He is the antitype.
00:24:14.63\00:24:16.55
He is the body
that cast the shadow.
00:24:16.75\00:24:20.45
So what an
incredible time prophecy
00:24:20.85\00:24:24.40
Daniel 9:24-26 is.
00:24:24.70\00:24:27.87
But Messiah -
although He was cut off
00:24:28.38\00:24:32.17
in the middle of that ministry,
00:24:32.37\00:24:37.23
earthly ministry - His
heavenly ministry just began.
00:24:37.53\00:24:41.96
At His ascension,
Christ went and inaugurated
00:24:42.19\00:24:45.84
the new covenant with His blood.
00:24:46.04\00:24:48.17
He began His priestly ministry
00:24:48.37\00:24:50.40
by anointing a Most Holy
Place: the heavenly sanctuary.
00:24:50.70\00:24:56.25
Let me just read
to you real quickly.
00:24:56.45\00:24:57.90
Hebrew 9:18-22 says:
00:24:58.10\00:25:00.39
"Therefore not
even the first covenant
00:25:00.69\00:25:02.87
was dedicated without blood.
00:25:03.17\00:25:05.25
For when Moses had spoken
every precept to all the people
00:25:05.45\00:25:08.45
according to the law he took
the blood of calves and goats
00:25:08.55\00:25:11.01
with water,
scarlet, wool, and hyssop
00:25:11.31\00:25:14.32
and sprinkled both the
book... the book of the law,
00:25:14.52\00:25:17.96
the book of the
covenant itself... "
00:25:18.06\00:25:20.28
He sprinkled the book...
"and all of the people saying
00:25:20.38\00:25:23.17
'this is the blood of
the covenant which God has
00:25:23.27\00:25:25.89
commanded you. ' Then
likewise he sprinkled with
00:25:25.99\00:25:28.62
blood the tabernacle and
all the vessels of the ministry.
00:25:28.72\00:25:32.04
And according to the law,
almost all things are purified
00:25:32.25\00:25:35.62
with blood and
without the shedding of blood
00:25:35.72\00:25:39.48
there is no remission. "
00:25:39.58\00:25:40.94
So Jesus went to
the heavenly sanctuary
00:25:41.04\00:25:44.89
and inaugurated
that new covenant.
00:25:44.99\00:25:49.78
Now look at verse
27... Daniel 9:27.
00:25:49.98\00:25:53.46
Again, this is a
repeat and enlarge.
00:25:53.76\00:25:56.52
He says: "Then He shall
confirm a covenant with many
00:25:56.82\00:25:59.89
for one week. " We're still
talking about the 70th week
00:25:59.99\00:26:02.88
in which Jesus was
cut off in the middle.
00:26:03.08\00:26:05.10
How did Jesus confirm? And
he goes on to explain that.
00:26:05.50\00:26:09.17
He says: "In the middle of
the week He shall bring an end
00:26:09.37\00:26:11.01
to sacrifice and offering. "
00:26:11.11\00:26:12.93
That's the
scripture I was looking for.
00:26:13.23\00:26:14.93
How did Jesus? After He was cut
off in the middle of this week
00:26:16.12\00:26:21.84
how did He confirm the covenant
00:26:22.24\00:26:26.98
for the remainder
of that 70th week?
00:26:27.18\00:26:29.71
For those 3-1/2
years what happened?
00:26:30.01\00:26:32.93
Well, at His direction
His disciples went only
00:26:34.32\00:26:38.85
to the Jews for those first
3-1/2 years after His ministry.
00:26:39.25\00:26:45.17
They fulfilled the
remaining 3-1/2 years.
00:26:45.38\00:26:50.41
Listen to what Hebrews 2:3 says.
00:26:50.61\00:26:52.85
They confirmed the
covenant. Hebrews 2:3 says:
00:26:53.15\00:26:56.96
"How shall we escape if we
neglect so great a salvation
00:26:57.06\00:27:00.46
which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord
00:27:00.76\00:27:03.93
and was confirmed to us
by those who heard Him. "
00:27:04.13\00:27:08.56
It wasn't until
Stephen was stoned
00:27:08.86\00:27:12.05
3-1/2 years later
when Christ called Paul
00:27:12.25\00:27:17.08
to take the
gospel to the Gentiles.
00:27:17.28\00:27:20.51
So everything in
this time prophecy,
00:27:21.01\00:27:24.43
everything about
these seventy weeks,
00:27:24.73\00:27:27.97
this special time of
probation for the Jewish nation
00:27:28.17\00:27:32.20
to finish their transgressions,
00:27:32.33\00:27:34.39
everything was fulfilled.
00:27:34.69\00:27:36.54
And guess what happened at
the end of the seventy weeks?
00:27:36.65\00:27:39.18
An investigative
judgment. God saw the Jews,
00:27:40.72\00:27:45.24
weighed them in His balance,
00:27:45.44\00:27:49.31
and found that
they were wanting.
00:27:49.51\00:27:51.70
So from Paul's day forward
00:27:52.00\00:27:54.27
to be part of
God's chosen people
00:27:54.48\00:27:57.52
means that...
doesn't mean any more
00:27:58.02\00:28:00.86
that you have to be a
literal descendant of Abraham
00:28:00.96\00:28:05.89
because God now changed
00:28:06.19\00:28:10.30
who make up that group.
00:28:10.50\00:28:13.69
So we see that the 70
weeks - those 490 years
00:28:13.99\00:28:18.61
that were cut off from the
beginning of the 2300 days -
00:28:18.74\00:28:22.20
they ended in AD 34.
00:28:23.32\00:28:27.62
So if we can determine
how many years we have left
00:28:27.92\00:28:30.72
we can figure out the date
for the end of the 2300-day
00:28:30.82\00:28:34.86
time prophecy. And
when we know the end
00:28:34.96\00:28:38.05
of the date of the
2300-day time prophecy
00:28:38.15\00:28:41.04
we know when
investigative judgment begins.
00:28:41.34\00:28:44.43
So let's look at it.
00:28:45.32\00:28:46.71
If the end of Israel's
probation took us to AD 34,
00:28:47.74\00:28:53.44
if you take 490 from...
00:28:55.51\00:28:58.62
from 2300... minus 490...
00:29:00.55\00:29:04.42
If you can't do the math
real quick I'll just tell you.
00:29:04.62\00:29:06.67
It's 1810 years left.
00:29:06.88\00:29:08.68
So 1810 years remained
00:29:08.98\00:29:12.88
from the time
that Stephen was stoned
00:29:12.98\00:29:15.99
that the Jews were no longer
considered God's chosen people
00:29:16.19\00:29:20.05
and that the Gentiles...
It was only those who
00:29:21.25\00:29:24.31
were looking to Christ.
00:29:24.41\00:29:26.43
So AD 34... you add 1810 years,
00:29:27.02\00:29:31.77
where are we?
00:29:31.97\00:29:33.04
1810 plus...
00:29:33.79\00:29:37.81
to AD 34... that brings
us to what? Say it out loud.
00:29:38.74\00:29:43.16
1844! I'm sorry I don't
have some graphics for you.
00:29:43.46\00:29:47.04
But you know, when we sit down
and talk about this with people
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.80
you need to make
little notes in your Bible
00:29:50.00\00:29:52.27
'cause you're not always going
to have a graph or a chart.
00:29:52.47\00:29:55.10
And this is an
incredibly-important teaching.
00:29:55.40\00:29:59.16
It's an
incredibly-important teaching.
00:29:59.46\00:30:02.30
So it brings us
right to the time
00:30:02.61\00:30:05.43
of 1844.
00:30:05.64\00:30:09.15
All of this is
found in Daniel 9:24-27.
00:30:09.35\00:30:13.22
Israel's time of probation
00:30:13.52\00:30:16.29
was determined as those
seventy prophetic weeks:
00:30:16.49\00:30:19.58
490 years.
00:30:19.78\00:30:21.16
The prophecy is explained
as a sequence of uninterrupted
00:30:21.36\00:30:25.83
weeks. That is so important.
00:30:25.93\00:30:29.32
You know what I was taught
00:30:29.62\00:30:31.35
in my early
Christian experience?
00:30:31.65\00:30:33.95
That the 70th week was
lopped off and taken down here
00:30:34.15\00:30:40.00
to the end of time somehow.
00:30:40.10\00:30:42.24
That's where you get all
the left behind theories.
00:30:42.54\00:30:45.63
If you want to
be able to minister
00:30:45.93\00:30:48.62
to people who believe that,
00:30:48.82\00:30:51.37
you need to learn
how to explain this.
00:30:51.57\00:30:55.53
You don't have to have a chart.
You can just make little notes.
00:30:55.83\00:30:58.89
Really effective just to set
out and have a piece of paper
00:30:59.09\00:31:02.80
and just show them. I mean,
do a little addition/subtraction
00:31:03.00\00:31:05.63
so they can understand it.
00:31:05.73\00:31:07.23
So that time prophecy was
divided into the first 7 weeks,
00:31:07.53\00:31:12.97
62 weeks, and the
final week: 490 years.
00:31:13.17\00:31:17.23
So based on knowing
00:31:17.73\00:31:21.02
that the 70 weeks began in 457.
00:31:21.42\00:31:25.76
They were cut off
from the 2300 years.
00:31:25.97\00:31:28.33
It makes sense to then
know that the 2300 years
00:31:29.40\00:31:34.49
began in 457.
00:31:34.69\00:31:37.51
It takes us right up to 1844.
00:31:37.71\00:31:40.89
That's the beginning of
the investigative judgment.
00:31:41.09\00:31:44.68
The cleansing of the
sanctuary began in 1844.
00:31:44.98\00:31:49.28
It is another probationary
period for God's people.
00:31:49.58\00:31:54.73
This time for His
new covenant people.
00:31:54.83\00:31:58.87
And once again
God is challenging us.
00:31:59.07\00:32:02.11
Just as He said to them:
"I'm giving you these 70 weeks,
00:32:02.31\00:32:05.07
these 490 years
to lead a holy life"
00:32:05.27\00:32:07.82
God is once more challenging us
00:32:08.02\00:32:10.59
saying: "During this
investigative judgment
00:32:10.79\00:32:13.90
it's the same thing. "
00:32:14.11\00:32:15.44
God's challenging His
people to lead a holy life
00:32:15.74\00:32:19.05
and to do works that
prove the profession of faith.
00:32:19.25\00:32:23.11
When does our probation end?
00:32:24.34\00:32:26.46
It ends when Jesus stands up
00:32:28.74\00:32:31.57
when the angel says:
00:32:31.87\00:32:33.64
"Let him who is
filthy be filthy still.
00:32:33.84\00:32:38.37
Let him who is
unjust be unjust still.
00:32:38.47\00:32:40.30
Let him who is
righteous be righteous still
00:32:40.60\00:32:42.50
and he who is
holy be holy still. "
00:32:42.70\00:32:44.29
In other words: "Time's up!
00:32:44.49\00:32:46.23
Ally ally in free. "
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.70
If only... if only.
00:32:49.00\00:32:51.86
So Jesus then stands up and
says "Behold I am coming quickly
00:32:52.26\00:32:57.56
and My reward is in...
00:32:57.67\00:32:59.90
is... I'm going to
give My reward to everyone
00:33:01.27\00:33:03.11
according to their work. "
00:33:03.22\00:33:04.59
That's when the probationary
period closes on earth.
00:33:04.79\00:33:09.63
But I want to
read you something.
00:33:10.60\00:33:12.32
Luke 12:19-20
00:33:13.20\00:33:15.17
says something a
little different.
00:33:16.26\00:33:17.88
This is a foolish person
00:33:18.18\00:33:22.61
who says: "I'll say to myself
00:33:22.81\00:33:24.59
'Ah, I have plenty of good
things laid up for many years.
00:33:24.79\00:33:27.91
I can take life easy:
eat, drink, and be merry. '
00:33:28.11\00:33:31.58
But God said to him: 'You fool.
00:33:31.78\00:33:34.96
This very night your life
will be demanded from you.
00:33:35.36\00:33:39.16
Then who will get what you've
prepared for yourself? ' "
00:33:39.46\00:33:43.58
See, probation may
continue till the end of time
00:33:43.88\00:33:49.55
for God's chosen
people but individuals...
00:33:50.65\00:33:54.00
their probation is closed when
they breathe that last breath.
00:33:54.20\00:33:59.17
As long as you've got a breath
in you you've got a chance.
00:34:00.80\00:34:03.65
And I know someone whose
father recently accepted Christ
00:34:04.81\00:34:10.13
maybe 5 minutes before he died.
00:34:10.33\00:34:12.95
And you think: "What a joy
00:34:13.93\00:34:17.64
that is for the family
to have that blessed hope. "
00:34:17.84\00:34:20.93
But what a wasted life.
00:34:21.24\00:34:24.49
How sad that he had to
live in the sin and degradation
00:34:24.89\00:34:30.51
that he lived in
right up to the end time.
00:34:30.71\00:34:32.81
And if we understand the
joy of investigative judgment
00:34:33.82\00:34:39.82
which we're getting to
00:34:40.02\00:34:41.86
we will be able to go
out and explain to people
00:34:42.06\00:34:45.79
not with that lash of
fear and saying, you know,
00:34:45.99\00:34:50.32
a fear-driven thing
that "this is the time of
00:34:50.42\00:34:53.18
probationary judgment.
You've got to be holy. "
00:34:53.28\00:34:57.18
No! That doesn't
win anybody over.
00:34:58.18\00:35:00.59
What wins people over
is when you go out and say
00:35:00.79\00:35:04.29
"This is the time of the
end. It has been prophesied;
00:35:04.42\00:35:07.61
time is coming to an end. "
00:35:07.91\00:35:10.39
Did you know that time did not
exist before the world began?
00:35:10.49\00:35:15.31
The Bible says
that in several places.
00:35:16.19\00:35:18.71
And finally
physicists... About 15 years ago
00:35:18.91\00:35:24.52
physicists finally determined
00:35:24.82\00:35:27.69
that time didn't exist
before our world was created.
00:35:28.09\00:35:32.08
So time's running out;
it's the time of God's grace.
00:35:33.30\00:35:37.77
It's a time of mercy during
this investigative judgment.
00:35:38.08\00:35:42.32
God is reviewing
individual cases,
00:35:42.63\00:35:45.53
and what He is looking
for is to see whether or not
00:35:45.83\00:35:50.74
they have accepted
His attempt to save them.
00:35:50.94\00:35:54.94
Have they accepted
justification by grace?
00:35:55.24\00:35:59.26
Have they accepted
sanctification by grace?
00:35:59.47\00:36:03.79
A new heart from the Lord?
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.52
The books are open, and it's
not just judging the saints.
00:36:07.70\00:36:12.32
Do you remember what
we talked about yesterday?
00:36:12.62\00:36:16.85
I think we talked about it.
00:36:17.05\00:36:18.72
In the times of
the Hebrews the judge
00:36:19.02\00:36:24.17
was also the defense attorney.
00:36:24.47\00:36:27.12
Did you know that?
00:36:27.42\00:36:29.17
So we see God seated as judge,
00:36:30.23\00:36:34.10
the Ancient of
Days, then we have
00:36:34.34\00:36:38.57
the Son of Man coming...
00:36:38.77\00:36:41.24
the Son of Man who
stands as our advocate,
00:36:41.34\00:36:44.84
our intercessor.
00:36:44.94\00:36:46.28
He's coming before God.
God is anxious to defend you,
00:36:46.49\00:36:51.63
but He's looking
at your works to see
00:36:52.70\00:36:56.50
if your profession
of faith lines up...
00:36:56.80\00:36:59.88
if your works line up
with your profession of faith.
00:37:00.09\00:37:03.60
See, the good news: the joy
of the investigative judgment
00:37:03.83\00:37:07.87
is God's on your side!
00:37:08.08\00:37:10.14
This judgment is
predominantly vindicatory.
00:37:10.64\00:37:16.53
That's a big word, isn't it?
00:37:16.83\00:37:18.54
Vindicatory... it
vindicates God's saints.
00:37:18.74\00:37:22.96
Satan, the accuser, has
been accusing all along.
00:37:24.10\00:37:26.90
"They don't deserve salvation.
00:37:27.10\00:37:29.20
They don't deserve it;
they've broken Your law. "
00:37:29.40\00:37:32.29
And God is saying: "Ah,
they've accepted My Son.
00:37:32.59\00:37:38.13
For I so loved the world
that I gave My only begotten Son
00:37:38.16\00:37:41.42
and I demonstrated
My love for you in this:
00:37:41.62\00:37:44.47
that while you were yet sinners
I sent Him to die for you.
00:37:44.67\00:37:47.27
How much more do you
think I'll do for you now? "
00:37:47.57\00:37:49.88
Oh, we've got to
give up this idea
00:37:50.39\00:37:53.22
of "Oh, the
investigative judgment. "
00:37:53.42\00:37:56.94
It is all about
vindicating God's saints
00:37:57.24\00:38:00.86
and vindicating
God's reputation.
00:38:01.06\00:38:03.67
God is very anxious to
vindicate His reputation,
00:38:04.89\00:38:08.61
to vindicate His character.
00:38:08.81\00:38:10.95
You know, Satan is the one who
began all of the lies about God:
00:38:11.92\00:38:16.61
that He was
00:38:16.81\00:38:18.84
an angry, judgmental God
00:38:22.75\00:38:28.62
who expected too
much out of people.
00:38:28.82\00:38:30.99
And all of these lies have...
Well I certainly inherited them.
00:38:31.19\00:38:35.30
Oh, I feared God the Father.
00:38:35.60\00:38:37.94
How I feared the Father.
I loved Jesus growing up,
00:38:38.24\00:38:41.90
but all you had to
mention was God the Father
00:38:42.20\00:38:45.77
and it struck a
note of fear in my heart.
00:38:45.97\00:38:47.98
Because I thought the
Ancient of Days was sitting on
00:38:48.28\00:38:51.79
His holy throne watching me
just ready to zap me the second
00:38:51.89\00:38:56.48
He saw me do something wrong.
00:38:56.58\00:38:58.56
I was taught that
if I wasn't perfect
00:38:58.76\00:39:01.73
God wouldn't love me.
00:39:01.93\00:39:03.37
And you know what that does?
00:39:03.77\00:39:05.53
That will send you hightailing.
00:39:07.00\00:39:09.97
I tried so hard
to be a good girl.
00:39:10.27\00:39:13.84
Ooh... I tried to work
out my salvation with fear and
00:39:14.14\00:39:17.90
trembling. But
rules without relationship
00:39:18.00\00:39:22.04
results in rebellion. And
I finally got to the point
00:39:22.24\00:39:25.37
that I said: "I can't do
it, God. You expect too much
00:39:25.57\00:39:28.77
out of me. Adios. "
00:39:28.97\00:39:30.97
And I turned my back
on God for two years.
00:39:31.27\00:39:34.22
It was like the fool who
said: "Let me eat, drink,
00:39:34.52\00:39:38.91
and be merry. " I mean, why not?
00:39:39.01\00:39:41.98
"I've been such a good
girl all through high school
00:39:42.28\00:39:45.18
and through college and
everything and it was like
00:39:45.38\00:39:47.32
"I can't please You, Lord. "
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.56
What a lie! And I bought
in to this deceitful lie.
00:39:49.97\00:39:55.64
But what God is doing is
He is vindicating His judgment
00:39:55.94\00:40:00.99
before all of the angels
and the heavenly intelligences.
00:40:01.02\00:40:04.24
He's vindicating His character.
00:40:04.54\00:40:08.24
This is an investigative
judgment about grace!
00:40:08.54\00:40:13.31
All about grace.
00:40:13.98\00:40:15.51
Now yes, our works...
00:40:15.81\00:40:18.78
Jesus says: "I'm going
to give to everyone a reward
00:40:19.08\00:40:22.78
according to their works.
" So everybody always says
00:40:22.98\00:40:26.24
"Right there... see?
We're judged by works. "
00:40:26.44\00:40:29.68
Let me tell you something:
00:40:31.59\00:40:32.90
Yes we are...
00:40:33.87\00:40:35.32
because works prove what you do.
00:40:35.62\00:40:39.18
Works are your duty.
00:40:39.28\00:40:41.14
And you can say
Jesus is your Savior,
00:40:41.44\00:40:44.56
you can go out
and do ministry even,
00:40:44.77\00:40:49.39
and the day may
come when the Lord says
00:40:49.69\00:40:52.53
"Depart from
Me; I never knew you
00:40:52.73\00:40:54.65
you who practice lawlessness. "
00:40:54.85\00:40:58.30
See, salvation is only by grace,
00:40:58.80\00:41:04.76
not grace +
works. Please hear me.
00:41:04.96\00:41:08.38
It is only by grace.
00:41:08.78\00:41:11.20
But if you understand
the gifts of God's grace
00:41:11.50\00:41:14.86
you'll understand the
effects of God's grace.
00:41:15.06\00:41:17.68
The three greatest gifts of
grace are Jesus Christ our Lord
00:41:18.83\00:41:23.46
and Savior; the Holy Spirit;
00:41:23.56\00:41:26.50
and the Word of God.
00:41:26.80\00:41:28.96
And when the Spirit
is working in you...
00:41:29.26\00:41:32.08
Yes, Paul says: "Work
out your own salvation
00:41:32.28\00:41:36.12
with fear and trembling. "
00:41:36.32\00:41:37.60
but in the very next
verse - Hebrews 2:13- he says:
00:41:37.80\00:41:41.28
"Not in your own strength
for it is God who works in you
00:41:41.48\00:41:45.73
to will and to do
His good pleasure. "
00:41:46.03\00:41:48.13
Our job is
simply to surrender...
00:41:48.33\00:41:51.35
to pick up our cross
every day and die to self.
00:41:51.65\00:41:54.11
And we can't even
do that by ourself.
00:41:54.31\00:41:56.09
We've got to
have the Holy Spirit.
00:41:56.19\00:41:58.46
But the good news is that
00:41:58.96\00:42:03.35
if we will receive Christ
as our Savior, our Redeemer,
00:42:04.40\00:42:08.22
our Deliverer,
00:42:08.32\00:42:09.78
if we will accept His sub-
stitutionary death at the cross
00:42:09.98\00:42:14.03
for us, if we will accept
His ministry as our High Priest
00:42:14.23\00:42:18.81
in the Most Holy Place,
00:42:19.11\00:42:20.56
we're saved.
00:42:20.86\00:42:22.82
Do you have
assurance of salvation today?
00:42:23.21\00:42:25.98
Let me ask you that.
00:42:26.18\00:42:27.59
I hope you do.
00:42:28.70\00:42:30.17
I John 5:10-13 says
00:42:30.47\00:42:33.23
that anyone who does not
accept the testimony of God
00:42:33.43\00:42:38.56
is regarding Him as a liar.
00:42:38.76\00:42:41.31
And then He says:
"This is the testimony:
00:42:41.61\00:42:44.78
he who has the Son has life;
00:42:45.08\00:42:48.58
he who does not have the
Son does not have life. "
00:42:48.78\00:42:52.99
If you are abiding in Christ,
00:42:53.29\00:42:56.76
you have assurance of salvation.
00:42:56.96\00:42:58.75
It is not once
saved always saved.
00:42:58.95\00:43:01.12
And I've got to go
quickly because I've got to get
00:43:01.22\00:43:04.35
a balance in here. Usually
at least when I talk with people
00:43:04.45\00:43:09.79
usually when they think
of the investigative judgment
00:43:09.99\00:43:13.23
they are only concentrating
on the penal part...
00:43:13.53\00:43:18.51
the punishment.
00:43:18.71\00:43:20.34
Right now we are concentrating
on the grace which far outweighs
00:43:21.21\00:43:25.54
that, but I have to
get that penal part in here
00:43:25.64\00:43:28.72
because otherwise I'm
not teaching a whole truth.
00:43:29.02\00:43:33.43
But the joy of investigative
judgment is that we have
00:43:34.42\00:43:37.83
a benevolent judge,
the righteous Father,
00:43:38.03\00:43:41.01
who serves as
our defense attorney.
00:43:41.31\00:43:44.94
This is a message
of exceeding promise
00:43:46.08\00:43:49.81
of God's mercy, His
grace, and His hope.
00:43:50.11\00:43:53.17
It's deliverance of sin.
00:43:53.47\00:43:56.08
Our only hope to stand in
the investigative judgment
00:43:57.24\00:44:01.57
is to stand in the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:44:01.87\00:44:05.58
There is nothing you can
do to make yourself righteous.
00:44:06.64\00:44:10.00
I don't care if you
pray four hours a day,
00:44:10.40\00:44:13.48
if you study the
Bible six hours a day,
00:44:13.78\00:44:16.77
you cannot make yourself
righteous by your works.
00:44:18.06\00:44:21.03
It is only the robe of
righteousness that Jesus Christ
00:44:21.53\00:44:26.03
gives us that
will make us righteous.
00:44:26.13\00:44:29.07
It's the only solid
ground that we have to stand on.
00:44:29.27\00:44:33.36
And the good news is:
salvation is by grace.
00:44:34.55\00:44:39.20
But now let's take a moment
to talk about the penal aspect.
00:44:39.30\00:44:43.60
Because if we were looking
at the Day of Atonement...
00:44:43.90\00:44:47.51
What happened for God's people
during the Day of Atonement?
00:44:48.29\00:44:50.99
How did it end?
00:44:51.19\00:44:52.22
Do you think it
ended on a joyous note
00:44:53.42\00:44:55.78
when the sanctuary was cleansed?
00:44:56.08\00:44:58.23
When their sins were expunged?
00:44:58.63\00:45:01.57
Ah, it was a day
of great celebration
00:45:01.87\00:45:05.10
if you were one of the penitent.
00:45:05.30\00:45:07.44
But how did it end for those
who did not humble themselves
00:45:07.84\00:45:13.38
before the Lord who
remained rebellious?
00:45:13.58\00:45:16.37
It ended in
condemnation and death.
00:45:16.67\00:45:19.15
And likewise, this is
what happens in heaven.
00:45:19.65\00:45:24.30
Not all whose names are
written in the Book of Life
00:45:24.70\00:45:29.13
will remain faithful.
00:45:29.33\00:45:31.89
See, you get your name
written in the Book of Life
00:45:31.99\00:45:33.90
when you accept
justification by grace...
00:45:34.10\00:45:36.87
what Christ did
for you on the cross.
00:45:38.99\00:45:42.14
But we also have to
accept sanctification by grace
00:45:42.34\00:45:45.59
while God does a
work in us to sanctify us,
00:45:46.59\00:45:50.74
to separate us from sin.
00:45:50.94\00:45:53.16
And there's ample evidence
in scripture that salvation by
00:45:54.26\00:45:58.79
grace can be forfeited.
00:45:58.89\00:46:00.87
People who were once
saved can choose to walk away.
00:46:01.07\00:46:03.94
And some names, those of the
unfaithful, will be blotted out
00:46:04.24\00:46:09.14
of the Book of Life during
the investigative judgment.
00:46:09.34\00:46:13.30
Exodus 32 is the first reference
00:46:14.30\00:46:18.82
we have to this type
of activity in heaven.
00:46:19.02\00:46:22.37
Exodus 32:32.
00:46:22.77\00:46:25.67
Moses has just done one
of the most amazing things.
00:46:28.60\00:46:32.22
Moses was a type of Christ,
00:46:32.52\00:46:34.34
and Moses has just told the Lord
00:46:34.74\00:46:37.51
"Ah, forgive
these people please.
00:46:37.71\00:46:40.24
And if not, I pray
Thee blot my name out
00:46:40.44\00:46:43.33
of Your book. " Not
theirs... blot mine.
00:46:43.53\00:46:46.36
You know what? I love you guys
but I don't know if I love you
00:46:46.66\00:46:48.97
enough yet to ask
God to blot my name out
00:46:49.08\00:46:52.62
instead of your names out.
00:46:52.82\00:46:54.60
That's love!
00:46:55.00\00:46:56.81
Moses was saying: "I
will suffer eternal death
00:46:56.91\00:47:02.25
for the sake of these people. "
00:47:02.65\00:47:05.84
Do you see how he's a
type of Christ in all ways?
00:47:06.99\00:47:10.05
He was a deliverer, and
Jesus came and He was willing
00:47:10.35\00:47:14.99
to suffer the
second death for us.
00:47:15.29\00:47:18.11
And, you know, God
says to Moses in verse 32...
00:47:19.82\00:47:23.76
Let's read... It's actually
Moses speaking. He says:
00:47:23.90\00:47:28.15
"Yet now if You
will, forgive their sins.
00:47:28.45\00:47:31.38
But if not, I pray,
blot me out of Your book
00:47:31.58\00:47:35.01
which You have written. "
00:47:35.21\00:47:36.28
What was the Lord's response?
00:47:36.58\00:47:38.02
The Lord said to Moses:
"Whoever has sinned against Me
00:47:38.22\00:47:41.85
I will blot him
out of My book. "
00:47:42.05\00:47:46.10
In the Old
Testament this is established.
00:47:47.80\00:47:50.77
In the New Testament
we have Jesus Himself.
00:47:50.97\00:47:53.67
Turn to Revelation 3:5.
00:47:53.87\00:47:56.10
Revelation 3 and verse 5.
00:47:56.41\00:47:58.56
Because there's not just joy
in the investigative judgment...
00:47:58.66\00:48:02.11
there is a sober, sorrowful note
00:48:02.41\00:48:06.35
in the investigative judgment.
00:48:06.55\00:48:08.54
Revelation 3 and verse 5:
00:48:08.84\00:48:11.45
"He who overcomes... "
This is Jesus speaking.
00:48:17.43\00:48:22.12
"He who overcomes shall
be clothed in white garments
00:48:23.87\00:48:29.60
and I will not blot out his name
00:48:29.80\00:48:34.74
from the Book of Life. "
00:48:34.94\00:48:36.67
What does that infer?
00:48:38.09\00:48:40.15
That if you don't overcome,
what's going to happen?
00:48:41.48\00:48:44.63
You will get
your name blotted out.
00:48:45.13\00:48:47.68
But Jesus says:
"Don't worry; if you overcome
00:48:50.24\00:48:53.67
you'll be clothed in
white garments. I'll not
00:48:54.71\00:48:56.97
blot your name out
from the Book of Life.
00:48:57.07\00:48:59.46
But I will confess
his name before My Father
00:48:59.76\00:49:03.43
and before His angels. "
00:49:03.53\00:49:04.56
See, the sober news of the
investigative judgment is this:
00:49:04.75\00:49:08.63
the fate of all will be sealed
00:49:08.87\00:49:12.85
during the
investigative judgment.
00:49:13.96\00:49:16.47
The Book of Life will be opened.
00:49:17.74\00:49:20.29
The Book of Remembrance...
all the books will be opened.
00:49:20.59\00:49:23.26
And remember... Let
me pause; don't let me
00:49:24.62\00:49:27.00
forget where I'm coming back.
00:49:27.10\00:49:28.34
During the Day of
Atonement who was judged?
00:49:28.74\00:49:31.76
Only God's people.
00:49:34.15\00:49:35.64
ONLY God's people.
00:49:36.04\00:49:37.82
Non-Israelites were not judged
during the Day of Atonement.
00:49:38.03\00:49:41.42
The day of investigative
judgment that began in 1844
00:49:41.93\00:49:47.52
when the hour of
His judgment began
00:49:47.72\00:49:50.09
it is only God's people
who are being investigated.
00:49:50.39\00:49:54.25
Only those whose names are
written in the Book of Life.
00:49:54.65\00:49:58.76
But just because you have
accepted Christ as your Savior
00:50:00.08\00:50:04.13
does not mean
00:50:04.23\00:50:05.61
that you are going
to have eternal life.
00:50:08.29\00:50:11.12
You've got to
accept Him as Lord.
00:50:11.42\00:50:13.80
And you know, don't be
fearful about this because
00:50:14.80\00:50:18.06
it is all by grace... salvation.
00:50:18.36\00:50:21.78
God wants to do this work in us.
00:50:22.08\00:50:24.94
All we've got to do is
say: "OK, Lord. Here I am. "
00:50:25.34\00:50:30.06
What was the scripture that?
Do you remember from last night
00:50:31.34\00:50:34.05
anybody? What
scripture was it that
00:50:34.15\00:50:36.63
Pastor Dwight Nelson quoted
and said that Ellen White said
00:50:39.48\00:50:42.95
to plead before the Lord?
00:50:43.05\00:50:44.73
Ya'll remember that? Last
night? Any A students in here?
00:50:44.94\00:50:48.53
What was it? John 6:37.
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Let's read that.
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John 6:37.
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John 6:37.
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'Cause see, as soon as we
start talking about punishment
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in the penal phase, guess what?
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Everybody's face
changes out here.
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I can read somebody's mind.
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Not really... but
I read my own mind.
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And that is that "When you're
talking about grace I'll smile;
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when you start talking
about punishment it's like...
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ooh, am I in grace or not? "
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You know, isn't it
amazing how funny we are.
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John 6:37.
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Let me find it here.
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"All that the Father
gives Me will come to Me,
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and the one who comes to Me
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I will by no means cast out. "
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Hallelujah! You
can plead that promise.
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But you know what? You can
choose to walk away from God.
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And there is
condemnation and eternal death
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for those who choose a
life of rebellion and sin.
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You know what? I
was reading Matthew 26
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about the ten virgins.
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In scripture, how is
the church referred to?
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As a virgin.
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We've got ten
virgins in this story:
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five are foolish; five are wise.
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OK. Does this mean
they're all in the church?
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That DOES MEAN
they're all in the church.
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The five wise have this flask
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of extra oil. What
does oil symbolize?
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Holy Spirit.
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Well how did these other five
foolish get into the church?
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They all experienced
a taste of God's grace.
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The five... all 10 of
them experienced justification
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by faith... by
grace through faith.
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But the five foolish refused
the work of the Holy Spirit
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that they might
have sanctification.
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"For this is the will of God"
Paul told the Thessalonians:
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"your sanctification. "
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Sanctification by grace
through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Sanctification meaning
that you're separated from sin.
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And see, when we talk
about the wedding guest...
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Remember when Jesus
was telling the parable
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about the wedding guest?
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And he got in and the king comes
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and he's looking
around and he sees one
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who is not clothed right.
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And the king is saying:
"Hmm, I know that I provide...
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I provide clothing. I
provide all of my guests
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with wedding clothing. Why
doesn't this one have it on? "
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And he goes to
him and he says...
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Listen to what he said. He said:
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"Friend, how did you get
in here dressed like that? "
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He calls him friend.
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And you know what?
If the man had said
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"Lord - or king - I
didn't know it was available"
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the good king would
have come and said: "Here. "
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But no... the man knew.
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I know he knew
because he was speechless.
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He knew he was doing wrong.
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And there's going to be people
who think that they can get
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to heaven but
they're not going to make it.
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Peter writes this. He says:
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"Therefore beloved,
since you know this beforehand
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beware lest you also fall
from your own steadfastness,
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being led away with
the error of the wicked.
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But grow in grace
and in the knowledge of
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our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. "
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One way or the other, all...
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fate is going to be sealed there
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in the investigative judgment.
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And then the
angel stands up and says
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"He who is unjust
let him be unjust still.
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If he didn't take
this time of probation,
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if he was like the
old ancient Israelites,
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through their 490
years of probation
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they didn't put an
end to transgression...
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they wouldn't accept what
God's plan was for their life,
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OK, time's up. "
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"Ready or not... here I come. "
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But those who are clothed
in the righteousness of Jesus
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Christ, those who
are looking to Jesus,
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know that He will in
no wise cast you out.
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You've got to
let go of His hand.
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God began the 2300-day
prophecy by cutting off 70 weeks
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for His old covenant
people. 490 probationary years.
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At the conclusion of
this time prophecy in 1844
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He introduced a probationary
period for His new covenant
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people. We seem to
think it's been a long time
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but so far it's only
been 170 years... not quite.
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See, II Peter says this
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chapter 3 verses 8-9.
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"Beloved, do not forget this
one thing: that with the Lord
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one day is as a thousand years
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and a thousand years as one day.
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The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise
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as some count
slackness but is longsuffering
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toward us... not
willing that any should perish
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but that all should
come to repentance. "
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We can't become complacent
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'cause we're not
promised a certain time.
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The last events will be rapid.
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But we can have joy
in our heart knowing
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that at that time
"Michael will stand up"
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the great Prince who watches
over the sons of His people,
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and He is going to wake people
from the dust of the earth.
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The investigative
judgment is complete.
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He's going to
raise up His children
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in that first resurrection
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and take them
to heaven by grace.
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It is all by grace.
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There is joy in the
investigative judgment.
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