THIS
PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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IT'S THE MOST
READ BOOK IN THE WORLD,
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SELLING CLOSE
TO 4 BILLION COPIES
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OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
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THE BIBLE IS AN
AMAZING BOOK, UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
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ALTHOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN OVER
A PERIOD OF AROUND 1,500 YEARS
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BY 40 DIFFERENT
PEOPLE ON THREE CONTINENTS,
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THE BIBLE
MAINTAINS INCREDIBLE HARMONY
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THROUGHOUT ITS 66 BOOKS.
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A LONG LIST OF BIBLE
PREDICTIONS HAVE COME TO PASS
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THAT CONFIRMS SCRIPTURES
ARE DIVINELY INSPIRED,
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BUT NONE OF THEM WERE
DRAMATICALLY FULFILLED
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THAN 125
PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH
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THAT WERE
FULFILLED TO PERFECTION
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IN THE LIFE OF JESUS.
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VARIOUS OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS
PREDICT WITH GREAT PRECISION,
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THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH,
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HIS TRIAL, THE
MANNER OF HIS CRUCIFIXION,
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THE TIMING OF HIS RESURRECTION,
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AND MANY OTHER
ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE.
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ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN,
THE DOZENS OF PROPHECIES
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AND PREDICTIONS ABOUT HIS LIFE
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COULD NEVER HAVE
HAPPENED BY CHANCE ALONE.
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JESUS IS THE BIBLE'S
CENTRAL FIGURE, BUT WHO IS HE?
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AND HOW IS YOUR
LIFE AFFECTED BY HIS?
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JOIN ME NOW, AS
WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
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AT THIS HERO OF REVELATION.
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OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT DEALING
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WITH THE HERO OF REVELATION
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IS PART OF OUR
PROPHECY ENCOUNTER SERIES.
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THIS IS REALLY A NEW SERIES,
WE CALL IT PROPHECY ENCOUNTER
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BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING THAT
THROUGH THE STUDY OF PROPHECY
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THAT PEOPLE WILL ENCOUNTER
THE HERO OF REVELATION.
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AND I THINK WE
ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS.
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MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU READ
THE FIRST WORDS IN REVELATION,
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IT'S NOT A
REVELATION OF THE BEAST,
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IT'S NOT A
REVELATION OF THE ANTICHRIST.
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PEOPLE SAY, "I WANT TO READ
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ABOUT THE
ANTICHRIST IN REVELATION."
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ARE YOU AWARE
THE WORD ANTICHRIST
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DOES NOT APPEAR IN
THE BOOK OF REVELATION?
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IT'S IN THE LETTERS OF JOHN.
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THE BOOK OF
REVELATION IS ABOUT JESUS.
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HE IS THE CENTRAL FIGURE,
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BUT NOT JUST THE
BOOK OF REVELATION.
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THE WHOLE BIBLE IS ABOUT JESUS
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AS YOU'LL DISCOVER
IN OUR STUDY TONIGHT.
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FIRST VERSE, REVELATION 1:1,
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"THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST,
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WHICH GOD GAVE TO HIM
TO SHOW HIS SERVANTS THINGS
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WHICH MUST
SHORTLY COME TO PASS."
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SO THE BOOK OF
REVELATION AND THE THINGS
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WE'RE GOING TO
STUDY IN REVELATION,
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BIBLE TELLS US WAY
BACK IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
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THEY WERE ABOUT TO COME TO PASS.
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SO THE PROPHECY AT LEAST
BEGINS DURING THE TIME OF CHRIST
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AND CARRIES ON UNTIL, OF COURSE,
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WE'RE IN HEAVEN IF YOU
READ REVELATION 21 AND 22.
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THERE ARE OVER 300
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES
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THAT PROVIDE A NUMBER
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OF PRECISE
IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS
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REGARDING THE MESSIAH.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
THINK THAT JESUS WAS JUST ONE
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OF MANY RELIGIOUS LEADERS.
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YOU CANNOT REALLY
BELIEVE THAT AND BE A CHRISTIAN.
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BIBLE SAYS, "THERE IS NO
OTHER NAME GIVEN AMONG MEN
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WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED."
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JESUS IS NOT JUST
ANOTHER RELIGIOUS TEACHER.
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GOD BECAME A MAN.
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IT'S CALLED THE
INCARNATION IN CHRIST TO SAVE US
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AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
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THE CHRISTIAN
RELIGION IS ALL ABOUT JESUS
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AND YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
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THE WHOLE BIBLE
TELLS US ABOUT THAT.
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WE'RE GOING TO
DELVE INTO SOME OF THESE.
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FIRST PROPHECY IS
IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS.
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GENESIS 3:15.
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THIS IS AFTER
ADAM AND EVE SINNED
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AND GOD THEN,
SPEAKING TO ADAM AND EVE,
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AND BECAUSE OF THE
SERPENT WAS THE MEDIUM
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THROUGH WHICH LUCIFER SPOKE,
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GOD SAID "AND I
WILL PUT ENMITY,"
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THAT'S WHERE YOU
GET THE WORD ENEMY.
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IT MEANS THERE IS
ANIMOSITY, THERE IS FRICTION,
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THERE IS A POLAR RESISTANCE,
"BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN,"
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BETWEEN THE
SERPENT AND THE WOMAN.
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THAT COMES UP IN REVELATION,
SO I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT,
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"BETWEEN YOUR SEED,"
THE SEED OF THE SERPENT,
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"AND HER SEED," THE SEED
OR THE OFFSPRING OF THE WOMAN.
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THE SEED OF THE WOMAN,
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IT'S TALKING
ABOUT IS THE MESSIAH.
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GOES ON TO SAY, "AND
HE," THE SEED OF THE WOMAN
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"WILL BRUISE YOUR HEAD."
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CHRIST WOULD BRUISE
THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT,
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AND YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS HEEL."
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THE PROGRESS OR THE
WALK OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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HAS BEEN IMPEDED,
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SLOWED BY THE WORK OF THE DEVIL.
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THERE IS A BATTLE IN THIS
WORLD BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL,
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BETWEEN THE
WOMAN AND THE SERPENT
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THAT CARRIES
ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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YOU READ IN REVELATION 12,
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WE DON'T HAVE TO
GUESS WHO THE SERPENT IS.
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"SO THAT GREAT
DRAGON WAS CAST OUT,
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THE SERPENT OF OLD
CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN,
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WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD."
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HOW MUCH OF THE
WORLD DOES HE DECEIVE?
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THE WHOLE WORLD.
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SO WHERE DID JESUS COME FROM?
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THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
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IS HE JUST A MAN?
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WAS HE BORN LIKE OTHER MEN?
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CHRIST MADE SOME
PRETTY BOLD CLAIMS.
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FOR ONE THING, HE
SAID IN JOHN 6:38,
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"FOR I HAVE COME
DOWN FROM HEAVEN..."
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WELL, NOT EVERYBODY SAYS THAT.
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I MEAN, IF YOU
MEET SOMEBODY THAT SAYS,
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"I'VE COME FROM
HEAVEN" AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE,
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WE TALKED A LITTLE LAST NIGHT
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ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
CLAIM TO BE CHRIST.
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AND THERE IS SOME
PROMINENT CHARACTERS
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THAT CLAIMED TO BE JESUS
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BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT
ARE LOCKED UP HERE AND THERE.
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AND I MET SOMEBODY ONCE
THAT CLAIMED TO BE JESUS
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THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET
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BECAUSE I WAS BY
MYSELF UP IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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I LIVED IN A CAVE BACK THEN.
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I WAS A HERMIT FOR
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
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AND I WAS ALL BY MYSELF.
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AND A HIKER CAME BY THE CAVE
AND THAT WAS NOT THAT UNUSUAL,
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I'D SEE PEOPLE
FROM TIME TO TIME.
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HE STAYED AND HE
VISITED FOR A LITTLE BIT
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THEN SAID HE WAS JESUS.
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AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT,
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"I'VE GOT SOME SPANISH FRIENDS
NAMED JESUS, MAYBE THAT'S..."
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HE DIDN'T LOOK SPANISH.
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AND THEN HE
SAID, "NO I AM CHRIST."
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HE SAID, "MY NAME IS
MICHAEL DAVID HARPER".
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THEY SAID,
"THAT'S MY EARTHLY NAME,
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BUT I'VE COME FROM HEAVEN."
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WELL, I'LL TELL
YOU, IT'S A LITTLE SPOOKY
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WHEN YOU'RE BY
YOURSELF UP THE HILLS
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AND YOU MEET SOMEBODY THAT SAYS,
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"I'M JESUS, AND I HAVE COME."
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AND I WASN'T
QUITE SURE WHAT TO SAY
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST
STARTED READING THE BIBLE.
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I THOUGHT,
"WELL, IF IT IS JESUS,
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I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
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AND IF IT IS JESUS, I DON'T
WANT TO SHOW A LACK OF FAITH
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AND HURT HIS FEELINGS."
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I MEAN, ALL
KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS
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ARE GOING THROUGH
YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW?
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AND I DIDN'T
WANT TO MAKE HIM MAD,
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WHETHER HE WAS
JESUS OR WASN'T JESUS.
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I DIDN'T WANT.
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AND SO I SAID,
"WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS
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THAT WHEN YOU COME
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THAT EVERYBODY
IS GOING TO SEE YOU,
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IT WILL BE LIKE LIGHTNING".
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HE SAYS, "THAT'S TRUE."
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HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
"BUT I'M COMING SPECIALLY
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TO PREPARE SOME
OTHER PEOPLE EARLY."
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AND HE HAD LIKE AN
ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING,
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HE KNEW THE BIBLE
AND HE STAYED WITH ME
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FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS
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AND ATE ALL MY FOOD
SO I KNEW HE WASN'T JESUS
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AND HE DIDN'T CLEAN UP AND...
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AND I SAW HIM A WEEK OR SO LATER
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AND HE ACTUALLY
HAD FOUND AN APOSTLE.
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SOME GUY WAS FOLLOWING HIM
AROUND SAYING, "THIS IS JESUS".
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AND THEN I SAW
HIM A FEW WEEKS LATER,
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WE LIVED ON THE
STREETS BACK THEN
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WHEN I WASN'T UP IN THE CAVE
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AND HE WAS MISSING A TOOTH
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BECAUSE HE HAD GOT INTO A FIGHT.
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I FELT SO MUCH BETTER
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BECAUSE I KNOW
JESUS HAS ALL HIS TEETH.
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BUT YOU KNOW YOU MEET
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ALL KINDS OF
STRANGE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
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WELL, SO, WHEN JESUS SAID,
"I'VE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN"
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AND THEN HE TOLD
PILATE IN JOHN 18:36,
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"MY KINGDOM IS
NOT OF THIS WORLD."
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"I AM FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD."
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WELL, WHAT IS HE,
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL?
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WHERE DID JESUS COME FROM?
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HE'S MAKING SOME BOLD CLAIMS.
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AND SO WE NEED TO EVALUATE THAT.
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DID JESUS CLAIM DIVINITY?
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DID HE CLAIM TO BE GOD?
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IN A WORD, YES.
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AND HERE'S SOME
VERSES THAT ILLUSTRATE THAT.
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JOHN 8:58, "JESUS SAID TO THEM,
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'MOST ASSUREDLY I SAY TO
YOU BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM.'"
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NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
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"WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
HE WAS CLAIMING TO BE GOD."
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THE JEWS WHO WERE LISTENING
TO HIM THAT DAY BELIEVED
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HE WAS CLAIMING TO BE GOD
BECAUSE GOD SAID TO MOSES,
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"I AM THAT I AM."
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THAT WAS A TITLE FOR
GOD, THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE.
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THEY TOOK UP STONES TO
STONE HIM FOR BLASPHEMY
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CLAIMING TO BE GOD AND
JESUS DID NOT RETRACT THAT.
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AND HE SAID, YOU
KNOW, "BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS,"
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HE SAYS, "I PREEXISTED."
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AND THEN YOU CAN
READ AGAIN IN JOHN 17:18,
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"THEREFORE MY FATHER LOVES
ME, BECAUSE I LAY DOWN MY LIFE
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THAT I MIGHT TAKE IT AGAIN."
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AND NOT TOO MANY
PEOPLE LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES
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AND TAKE IT AGAIN.
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HE SAYS, "NO ONE
TAKES IT FROM ME.
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I AM LAYING IT DOWN
AND I'M TAKING IT UP."
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AND THEN HE GOES ON
AND HE SAYS IN MARK 2:10,
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"THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER
ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS."
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AND YOU CAN READ WHERE IT SAYS,
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"GOD AND GOD ONLY
CAN FORGIVE SINS."
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AND SO, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS
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THAT JESUS EXPLAINED HE
HAD DIVINE PREROGATIVES.
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AND SO, YES, JESUS
IS NOT JUST ANOTHER MAN.
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HE SAID HE PREEXISTED
BEFORE HE CAME TO THIS WORLD.
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HAD POWER TO FORGIVE SIN.
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HOW CAN WE EVALUATE HIS CLAIMS?
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HOW DO WE TEST TO
SEE IF THIS IS TRUE?
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C.S. LEWIS, THE
CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER SAID,
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"YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE
THREE CHOICES WITH JESUS."
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NO QUESTION THAT HE LIVED.
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WHAT YEAR IS IT RIGHT NOW?
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2017.
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I KNOW I'M JUST TESTING.
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2017 WHAT?
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THE WHOLE DATING METHOD
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THAT THE WORLD USES IS
BASED ON THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
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I TOLD YOU THEY GOT
THAT OFF A LITTLE BIT
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BUT IT WAS
OSTENSIBLY DATED FROM CHRIST.
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SO YOU CAN'T DENY THAT HE LIVED.
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HISTORY DOESN'T CHALLENGE
HIS EXISTENCE THAT HE LIVED.
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SO IT'S LIKE C.S. LEWIS SAID,
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"HE WAS EITHER A
LIAR, OR HE WAS A LUNATIC,
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OR HE'S LORD.
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THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY
THREE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE."
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HI, FRIENDS, DON'T GO ANYWHERE,
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IN JUST A MOMENT WE WILL BE BACK
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TO COMPLETE
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
ABOUT THIS ENIGMATIC CHARACTER
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IN THE BIBLE CALLED
MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL?
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WELL, THAT'S THE
TITLE OF THE BOOK
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WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU FOR FREE.
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MICHAEL SUDDENLY
APPEARS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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HE IS WORSHIPED BY JOSHUA,
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AND IN OTHER PLACE HE IS
INVOLVED IN THE RESURRECTION.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, HE'S CONNECTED
WITH THE SECOND COMING.
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THE LORD HIMSELF
WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN
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WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL.
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YOU EVEN FIND MICHAEL FIGHTING
WITH THE DEVIL IN REVELATION.
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THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE,
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SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
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WELL, LET'S GET BACK
NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION
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AND LEARN SOME MORE AMAZING
FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE.
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WHERE DO WE GO TO FIND OUT?
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THE BIBLE TELLS US AND
JESUS HIMSELF SAID IN JOHN 5:39,
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"SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES,
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IN THEM YOU THINK
YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,"
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HE SAID, "THESE ARE
THEY THAT TESTIFY OF ME."
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NOW WHEN JESUS SAID THAT,
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HOW MUCH NEW
TESTAMENT WAS WRITTEN?
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NONE. NONE.
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AND SO, LET ME SEE IF I
CAN ILLUSTRATE SOMETHING
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AND I AM GLAD TO SEE SOME OF YOU
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BROUGHT YOUR BIBLES HERE.
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I'M GOING TO QUICKLY...
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OH, GOOD, I'VE
FOUND IT RIGHT AWAY.
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THIS IS YOUR
BIBLE, I'VE DIVIDED IT
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JUST VISUALLY SO
YOU GET A ROUGH IDEA.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME
CONTENTS AND CONCORDANCE
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AND STUFF IN THE
FRONT AND THE BACK,
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BUT APPROXIMATELY
THREE QUARTERS OF THE BIBLE,
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OLD TESTAMENT, THIS
IS WRITTEN BEFORE JESUS.
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MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST BOOK
MALACHI IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
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WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 400
YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN.
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SO THERE'S A NICE
SPREAD BETWEEN THE TWO.
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AND THEN YOU GET
TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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IT TALKS ABOUT THE
BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.
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FIRST WORDS IN REVELATION ARE
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST.
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FIRST WORDS IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.
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SO IT TELLS ABOUT THE
COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
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THE OLD TESTAMENT FORETELLS
WHEN THE SAVIOR WOULD COME,
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WHEN GOD WOULD BECOME A MAN.
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AND A LOT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
IS TALKING ABOUT CHRIST.
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THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF PROPHECIES.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
NOW AT A LOT OF PROPHECIES HERE
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THAT WERE WRITTEN
HUNDREDS, IN SOME CASES,
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MORE THAN A THOUSAND
YEARS BEFORE CHRIST WAS BORN,
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AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE
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THAT EXACTLY WHAT
WAS FORETOLD HAPPENED.
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AND THIS IS ONE REASON
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I THINK THIS IS NOT JUST
WHITE PAGES AND BLACK INK.
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I BELIEVE THE BIBLE
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IS A SUPERNATURAL
CORRESPONDENCE WITH HUMANITY
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AND GOD HAS DONE
SOMETHING MIRACULOUSLY
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TO PROTECT THIS BOOK.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO
LOOK IN THE BIBLE.
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FURTHERMORE, LUKE 24:27, JESUS,
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WHEN HE WAS TALKING
TO THE TWO DISCIPLES
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ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS,
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HE SAID, "HE EXPOUNDED
UNTO THEM BEGINNING AT MOSES
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AND ALL THE
PROPHETS HE EXPOUNDED TO THEM
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IN ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES
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THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF."
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SO JESUS GAVE A BIBLE
STUDY TO THESE TWO DISCIPLES
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AND HE SHOWED THEM
THROUGH ALL OF THE SCRIPTURES,
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PRIOR TO THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF.
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AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
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THAT JESUS IS ALL
THE WAY THROUGH THERE.
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I'VE BEEN TO CHURCHES
BEFORE WHERE THEY SUPPLY A BIBLE
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AND ALL THEY HAVE
IS A NEW TESTAMENT.
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THEY SAY, "WELL, WE'RE
A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH,
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WE DON'T, THAT'S
THE OLD COVENANT."
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YOU CAN'T
UNDERSTAND THE NEW TESTAMENT
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WITHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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IT'S THE MOON THAT
THE WOMAN STANDS ON,
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THOUGH SHE IS CLOTHED WITH
THE SUN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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IT'S THE FOUNDATION.
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THE OLD
TESTAMENT IS SO IMPORTANT
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TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW.
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AND AGAIN, HEBREWS 10:7,
"HE SAID, 'BEHOLD, I COME.
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IN THE VOLUME OF THE
BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME
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TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD."
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SO THE WHOLE BIBLE IS
TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
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DOES PROPHECY FORETELL
THE MESSIAH'S FAMILY TREE?
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AND THE ANSWER
IS, ABSOLUTELY YES.
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FOR ONE THING, GOD TOLD ABRAHAM
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HE WAS CALLING
HIM FROM MESOPOTAMIA.
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HE SAID,
"THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS,
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THE MESSIAH WOULD COME."
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AND YOU FIND
THAT IN GENESIS 12:3,
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"IN YOU SHALL ALL THE FAMILIES
OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED."
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THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS
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THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD
COME THROUGH THE HEBREW LINE.
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NOW YOU REALIZE, A JEW
AND A HEBREW IS DIFFERENT.
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ABRAHAM HAD MORE
CHILDREN THAN JUST ISAAC
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AND ISAAC HAD MORE
CHILDREN THAN JUST JACOB.
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AND JACOB HAD MORE
CHILDREN THAN JUST JUDAH.
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THE WORD "JEW" KIND OF COMES
FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDAH,
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PRINCIPALLY.
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BUT WE OFTEN USE IT TO
TALK ABOUT HEBREWS, IN GENERAL.
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BUT THE MESSIAH
WOULD COME THROUGH
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THE DESCENDANTS OF NOT
ONLY ABRAHAM, BUT ISAAC.
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YOU READ IN
GENESIS 26:4, IT SAYS
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"I WILL GIVE YOUR
DESCENDANTS THESE LANDS,
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AND IN YOUR SEED ALL
THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
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WOULD BE BLESSED."
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BECAUSE JESUS DID NOT
JUST COME FOR JEWS, DID HE?
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HE CAME TO SAVE EVERYBODY.
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"WHOSOEVER WILL" THE PROMISE IS.
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HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES,
GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
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AND THEN, NOT ONLY DID IT
COME FROM ABRAHAM THROUGH ISAAC,
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SEE ABRAHAM ALSO HAD ISHMAEL
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AND SEVERAL OTHER
CHILDREN THROUGH KETURAH.
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ISAAC ALSO HAD ESAU.
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BUT HE SAID THE BLESSING
WOULD COME THROUGH JACOB
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AND JACOB PROPHESIED.
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YOU SEE THE
PROPHECY IN NUMBERS 24:17.
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"A STAR WILL COME OUT OF JACOB,
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A SCEPTER" A
SCEPTER'S WHAT A KING HOLDS,
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"WILL RISE OUT OF ISRAEL."
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THERE WOULD BE THIS KING,
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THE KING OF
KINGS THAT WOULD COME.
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BY THE WAY, THAT'S
THE PROPHECY, PROBABLY,
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THAT THE WISE MEN IN THE
EAST WERE READING WHEN THEY CAME
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AND FOLLOWED THE STAR.
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THE STAR THAT SAID, THERE
WAS A NEW KING THAT WOULD COME.
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AND THEN WHEN HE WAS DYING
THERE IN GENESIS 49, JACOB,
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LATER CALLED ISRAEL, HE
PROPHESIED THAT OF HIS SONS,
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AND HE HAD 12
SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER,
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THE MESSIAH WOULD THEN BE COMING
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SPECIFICALLY THROUGH WHICH ONE?
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JUDAH, RIGHT?
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YOU ALL WITH ME? YOU
ALL KNEW THAT, DIDN'T YOU?
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THE MESSIAH WOULD COME
THROUGH OF THE 12 SONS OF JACOB,
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HE WOULD COME THROUGH JUDAH.
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AND HE SAYS THERE IN GENESIS 49,
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"THE SCEPTER WILL
NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH,
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NOR A LAWGIVER FROM BETWEEN
HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COME,"
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THAT MEANS THE KING OF PEACE.
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AND UNTO HIM SHALL THE
GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE BE.
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SO IT WOULD COME
THROUGH THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.
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"THERE WILL COME FORTH A
ROD FROM THE STEM OF JESSE..."
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JESSE WAS THE FATHER OF DAVID.
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"AND A BRANCH WILL
GROW FROM HIS ROOTS."
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IT SAID THE MESSIAH WOULD COME
FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF DAVID.
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"AND THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD WILL REST UPON HIM."
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WELL, WHY DOES IT SAY,
"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?"
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THE VERY WORD "MESSIAH"
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IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT MEANS ANOINTED,
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THE WORD CHRIST, CHRISTOS,
IT'S GREEK FOR THE ANOINTED.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN
THEY CHRISTEN A SHIP,
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THEY SPLASH THE BOTTLE
OF CHAMPAGNE OR WINE ON IT
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AND IT'S CALLED A CHRISTENING.
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AN ANOINTING MEANS
TO SHOWER SOMETHING.
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JESUS WAS TO BE SHOWERED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
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AND THEY CALLED HIM THE ANOINTED
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THAT CAME THROUGH
THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID.
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NOW YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
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AND YOU SEE WAS IT FULFILLED?
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AND YOU CAN READ IN LUKE 1:26,
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"NOW IN THE SIXTH
MONTH THE ANGEL GABRIEL
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WAS SENT BY GOD TO A CITY
IN GALILEE NAMED NAZARETH..."
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WHERE'D THE ANGEL GO?
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I WANT YOU TO CATCH THAT
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BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE
A PROBLEM HERE IN THE MOMENT.
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"TO A VIRGIN THAT
WAS BETROTHED TO A MAN
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WHOSE NAME WAS JOSEPH
OF THE HOUSE OF" WHERE?
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"HOUSE OF DAVID.
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THE VIRGIN'S NAME WAS MARY."
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AND THIS ALL SOUNDS
LIKE A CHRISTMAS SERMON.
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YOU ALL KNOW THIS STORY, RIGHT?
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BUT BOTH MARY AND JOSEPH
WERE DESCENDANTS FROM DAVID.
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YOU FIND THE GENEALOGY OF MARY
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GOING THROUGH HER
FATHER BACK TO JESUS IN LUKE,
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AND THE GENEALOGY
FOLLOWS JOSEPH IN MATTHEW.
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SO EITHER WAY THEY WERE
BOTH DESCENDANTS OF DAVID
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AND, FURTHERMORE,
IT SAYS THAT JESUS
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WOULD COME THROUGH NOT
JUST THE HOUSE OF DAVID,
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BUT THE MOTHER
WOULD BE A VIRGIN.
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NOW THAT
CERTAINLY IS UNIQUE, RIGHT?
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YOU READ THAT
PROPHECY IN ISAIAH 7:14,
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"BEHOLD A VIRGIN WILL
CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON,
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AND THEY'LL CALL
HIS NAME IMMANUEL,"
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WHICH MEANS GOD WITH US.
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JUMP TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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BY THE WAY,
THAT'S WRITTEN 700 YEARS
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BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN,
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FORETOLD THAT THE MESSIAH
WOULD BE BORN OF A VIRGIN.
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NOW YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND YOU READ IN MATTHEW 1:18.
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IT SAYS THAT, "NOW THE
BIRTH OF JESUS WAS AS FOLLOWS:
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AFTER HIS MOTHER MARY WAS
BETROTHED OR ENGAGED TO JOSEPH,
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BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER,
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SHE WAS FOUND TO BE WITH CHILD."
00:19:04.24\00:19:07.11
AND, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW
ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF MARY,
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VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS,
BUT MARY WAS THE VIRGIN.
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YEAH.
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WHAT ABOUT WHERE
HE WOULD BE BORN?
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DOES THE BIBLE TALK SO
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS
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ABOUT WHO THE
SAVIOR OF MAN WOULD BE?
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NO DOUBTS ABOUT
WHEN GOD BECAME A MAN.
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WHO IS IT?
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IT WASN'T JUST ONE OF MANY WISE
MEN OR PROPHETS THROUGH TIME.
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IT WAS JESUS.
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THE PLACE OF HIS
BIRTH IS FORETOLD
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IN THE BOOK OF MICAH
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ABOUT 600 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST.
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HE SPECIFICALLY SAID,
"BUT YOU, BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH,
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THOUGH YOU ARE LITTLE
AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF JUDAH,
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UNTO YOU, YET OUT OF
YOU SHALL COME FORTH TO ME
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THE ONE WHO IS TO
BE THE RULER IN ISRAEL,
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WHOSE GOINGS FORTH ARE FROM OLD,
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EVEN FROM EVERLASTING."
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SO IT'S ANOTHER PROPHECY HERE.
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WHAT DOES IT
TELL US ABOUT JESUS?
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HE'S FROM EVERLASTING.
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SEE, CHRIST DIDN'T JUST APPEAR
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WHEN HE WAS BORN FROM
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
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YOU KNOW, IN REVELATION, HE'S
REFERRED TO AS THE ETERNAL ONE.
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HE'S THE "I AM" THERE.
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HE'S THE ONE WHO IS
THE FIRST AND THE LAST,
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THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.
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SO CHRIST IS FROM
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
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HE WAS ETERNAL.
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AND IT SAYS THAT
HE'D BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
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DID THAT HAPPEN?
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NOW, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
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WHEN THE ANGEL CAME TO MARY,
YOU HEARD ME SAY A MINUTE AGO?
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WHERE WAS SHE?
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GALILEE. AND WHAT CITY?
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NAZARETH.
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I'VE GOT A MAP UP
HERE ON THE SCREEN.
00:20:33.26\00:20:34.73
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NAZARETH
00:20:34.76\00:20:35.83
AS THE CROW FLIES
ABOUT 70 MILES AWAY.
00:20:35.86\00:20:39.30
SHE'S GREAT WITH CHILD.
00:20:39.33\00:20:40.64
SHE'S A LONG WAY FROM HOME.
00:20:40.67\00:20:41.67
HOW ARE WE GOING TO
GET THE MESSIAH BORN,
00:20:41.70\00:20:43.77
AS HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN,
00:20:43.81\00:20:45.41
IN THE CITY OF DAVID, BETHLEHEM?
00:20:45.44\00:20:47.88
WELL, THIS IS ONE OF
THE ONLY TIMES IN HISTORY
00:20:47.91\00:20:50.25
WE NEED TO THANK A POLITICIAN
FOR DOING A TAX INCREASE.
00:20:50.28\00:20:55.68
CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
00:20:55.72\00:20:57.32
LUKE 2:1, ISSUED A DECREE,
00:20:57.35\00:21:01.19
"AND IT CAME TO
PASS IN THOSE DAYS
00:21:01.22\00:21:03.16
THAT THERE WENT OUT A
DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS
00:21:03.19\00:21:05.76
THAT ALL THE
WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED
00:21:05.79\00:21:08.20
AND THEY HAD TO GO REGISTER
FOR THE TAX IN THEIR OWN CITY.
00:21:08.23\00:21:12.60
AND JOSEPH ALSO
WENT UP FROM GALILEE
00:21:12.63\00:21:15.84
OUT OF THE CITY OF
NAZARETH INTO JUDEA
00:21:15.87\00:21:18.74
THERE TO BE REGISTERED,
00:21:18.77\00:21:20.94
TO BE TAXED AND
REGISTERED WITH HIS WIFE,
00:21:20.98\00:21:23.18
MARY" OR HIS ESPOUSED
WIFE "BEING GREAT WITH CHILD."
00:21:23.21\00:21:27.25
AND, OF COURSE, WHILE THEY
ARE THERE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
00:21:27.28\00:21:31.09
"AND SO IT WAS,
WHILE THEY WERE THERE,
00:21:31.12\00:21:32.79
THE DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED
THAT SHE SHOULD BE DELIVERED.
00:21:32.82\00:21:35.59
AND SHE BROUGHT
FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON."
00:21:35.62\00:21:38.99
AND THIS IS, OF COURSE,
FULFILLING THAT THE MESSIAH
00:21:39.03\00:21:40.96
WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
00:21:40.96\00:21:42.13
WHEN THE SHEPHERDS SAW
THE ANGELS WHERE WERE THEY?
00:21:42.16\00:21:44.70
"THERE WERE
DWELLING IN THOSE DAYS
00:21:44.73\00:21:45.97
OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM SHEPHERDS
WATCHING THEIR FLOCKS."
00:21:46.00\00:21:49.40
NOW, YOU KNOW IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN AMAZING TO ME,
00:21:49.44\00:21:52.41
YOU KNOW WHAT BETHLEHEM MEANS?
00:21:52.44\00:21:55.18
BETH MEANS HOUSE.
00:21:55.21\00:21:56.54
BETHLEHEM, THAT
MEANS HOUSE OF BREAD.
00:21:56.58\00:22:00.22
AND JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:22:00.25\00:22:02.75
AND AFTER HE WAS BORN,
HE WAS PLACED IN A MANGER.
00:22:02.78\00:22:05.42
A MANGER IS A TROUGH FOR
PUTTING GRAIN FOR THE ANIMALS.
00:22:05.45\00:22:09.56
SO HERE YOU'VE
GOT THE BREAD OF LIFE
00:22:09.59\00:22:10.93
BORN IN THE HOUSE OF BREAD
PLACED IN A TROUGH FOR BREAD.
00:22:10.96\00:22:14.20
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:22:14.23\00:22:17.43
"AND SO SHE BROUGHT
FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON,
00:22:17.47\00:22:19.50
WRAPPED HIM IN
SWADDLING CLOTHES,
00:22:19.53\00:22:21.47
AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER,
00:22:21.50\00:22:23.10
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR HIM IN THE INN."
00:22:23.14\00:22:26.68
AND AGAIN THE ANGELS
SAID "FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN"
00:22:26.71\00:22:29.84
THEY TOLD THE SHEPHERDS,
"IN THE CITY OF DAVID."
00:22:29.88\00:22:32.18
JESUS WOULD BE A DESCENDANT OF
DAVID BORN IN THE TOWN OF DAVID
00:22:32.21\00:22:35.72
AND IT WAS ALL
FORETOLD BY THE PROPHETS,
00:22:35.75\00:22:38.39
THE SAVIOR WHO IS
CHRIST THE ANOINTED, THE LORD.
00:22:38.42\00:22:42.56
AND WHEN CHRIST WAS
A BABY, EIGHT DAYS OLD,
00:22:42.59\00:22:45.53
THEY BRING HIM TO THE TEMPLE
TO BE NAMED AND CIRCUMCISED,
00:22:45.56\00:22:49.66
WHICH WAS TECHNICALLY
THE FIRST TIME HE SHED BLOOD.
00:22:49.70\00:22:52.40
WHEN THEY CALLED HIS NAME JESUS,
00:22:52.43\00:22:54.67
HE WILL SAVE HIS
PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.
00:22:54.70\00:22:56.71
THE PRIEST THERE
IN THE TEMPLE, SIMON,
00:22:56.74\00:22:58.14
TOOK HIM UP IN HIS
ARMS AND BLESSED HIM.
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.44
AND THEY SAID TO HIS MOTHER,
00:23:00.48\00:23:01.38
"BEHOLD, THIS CHILD
IS DESTINED FOR THE FALL
00:23:01.41\00:23:04.38
AND THE RISING
OF MANY IN ISRAEL,
00:23:04.41\00:23:06.41
AND FOR A SIGN THAT
WILL BE SPOKEN AGAINST.
00:23:06.45\00:23:09.15
YES, A SWORD WILL EVEN
PIERCE THROUGH YOUR OWN SOUL,"
00:23:09.18\00:23:12.62
FORETELLING, OF
COURSE, THE SUFFERINGS
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.16
THAT JESUS WOULD
BE GOING THROUGH,
00:23:14.19\00:23:16.22
"THAT THE THOUGHTS OF
MANY HEARTS MIGHT BE REVEALED."
00:23:16.26\00:23:19.23
SO EVEN AT THE VERY BEGINNING
MARY WAS GIVEN A PROPHECY
00:23:19.26\00:23:22.50
TO LET HER KNOW THAT JESUS
WAS COMING, NOT JUST AS A LION,
00:23:22.53\00:23:28.04
BUT HE WOULD FIRST
HAVE TO COME AS A LAMB
00:23:28.07\00:23:30.27
AND SUFFER FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:23:30.31\00:23:32.94
WELL, THEN, WHEN
CHRIST WAS STILL A CHILD,
00:23:32.97\00:23:36.71
THEY'RE LIVING IN BETHLEHEM,
00:23:36.75\00:23:37.98
HEROD THE KING WANTED TO
EXTERMINATE JESUS AS A BABY.
00:23:38.01\00:23:41.52
YOU KNOW THERE'S
THREE TIMES IN THE BIBLE
00:23:41.55\00:23:44.15
WHEN THE DEVIL MADE AN EFFORT
00:23:44.19\00:23:45.75
TO TRY TO KEEP THE
SAVIOR FROM COMING.
00:23:45.79\00:23:48.46
YOU CAN READ ABOUT
THE DEVIL THOUGHT MAYBE
00:23:48.49\00:23:50.59
THAT A SAVIOR WAS COMING
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:23:50.63\00:23:52.69
WERE IN EGYPT.
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.00
SO HE WANTED ALL THE
BABY BOYS TO BE EXTERMINATED.
00:23:54.03\00:23:58.73
AND YET MOSES WAS MIRACULOUSLY
SPARED, THE SAVIOR WAS SPARED.
00:23:58.77\00:24:03.64
AND THEN DURING THE TIME
00:24:03.67\00:24:04.71
OF QUEEN
JEZEBEL'S DAUGHTER ATHALIAH,
00:24:04.74\00:24:08.34
SHE KILLED ALL OF
THE SEED OF DAVID.
00:24:08.38\00:24:10.71
AGAIN, THE DEVIL TRYING TO KEEP
00:24:10.75\00:24:12.21
THE MESSIAH FROM COMING.
00:24:12.25\00:24:14.38
BUT,
MIRACULOUSLY, JOASH WAS SPARED.
00:24:14.42\00:24:18.39
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
00:24:18.42\00:24:19.45
DURING THE TIME
WHEN CHRIST WAS A BABY,
00:24:19.49\00:24:20.76
HEROD SENT HIS
SOLDIERS TO BETHLEHEM
00:24:20.79\00:24:22.42
TO KILL ALL THE
BABY BOYS, ONCE AGAIN,
00:24:22.46\00:24:24.43
TO TRY TO KEEP THE
SAVIOR FROM COMING.
00:24:24.46\00:24:27.56
AND JOSEPH WAS WARNED IN
A DREAM TO GO DOWN TO EGYPT
00:24:27.60\00:24:29.86
AND YOU READ IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT
00:24:29.90\00:24:32.37
THAT AFTER HE
RECEIVED THAT WARNING.
00:24:32.40\00:24:33.80
HE SAID, "HE AROSE AND
HE TOOK THE YOUNG CHILD
00:24:33.84\00:24:35.80
AND HIS MOTHER BY NIGHT
AND HE DEPARTED FOR EGYPT..."
00:24:35.84\00:24:39.21
NOTICE WHAT MATTHEW SAYS,
"THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED
00:24:39.24\00:24:42.14
WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE
LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET SAYING,
00:24:42.18\00:24:45.18
'OUT OF EGYPT I
HAVE CALLED MY SON.'"
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.58
AND, HERE, HE'S QUOTING HOSEA.
00:24:47.62\00:24:50.09
AND SO, EVEN THE NEW
TESTAMENT WRITERS, LIKE MATTHEW,
00:24:50.12\00:24:53.99
COULD OFTEN SEE HOW JESUS
00:24:54.02\00:24:55.66
WAS A FULFILLMENT OF
ALL THESE PROPHECIES.
00:24:55.69\00:24:58.16
THEY ALL
COMBINED AND CONCENTRATED
00:24:58.19\00:25:00.36
AND FOCUSED IN HIS LIFE.
00:25:00.40\00:25:02.56
YOU KNOW, I GET
EXCITED WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS
00:25:02.60\00:25:04.33
BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION
00:25:04.37\00:25:05.63
THAT JESUS IS
WHO HE SAYS HE WAS.
00:25:05.67\00:25:08.90
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN YOU CAN SAY
00:25:08.94\00:25:10.14
AND HE CAME WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
00:25:10.17\00:25:12.07
HE MOVED BACK THEN,
AFTER EGYPT TO NAZARETH
00:25:12.11\00:25:14.84
AND HE WAS
SUBJECT TO HIS PARENTS
00:25:14.88\00:25:17.21
"THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED
00:25:17.25\00:25:18.68
THAT WAS SPOKEN
OF BY THE PROPHETS,"
00:25:18.71\00:25:20.32
ANOTHER PROPHECY, "HE
WILL BE CALLED A NAZARENE."
00:25:20.35\00:25:24.09
NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN SAMSON'S PARENTS WERE TOLD
00:25:24.12\00:25:28.66
THAT THIS PROMISED
CHILD WOULD BE A NAZARENE.
00:25:28.69\00:25:31.59
SEVERAL OF THE
TYPES IN THE BIBLE,
00:25:31.63\00:25:33.43
LIKE SAMUEL AND SAMSON,
HAD THE VOW OF A NAZARITE.
00:25:33.46\00:25:38.03
TYPICALLY, JESUS IS
PAINTED WITH LONG HAIR.
00:25:38.07\00:25:41.14
AND YET, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
00:25:41.17\00:25:42.77
"IT'S A SHAME FOR A
MAN TO HAVE LONG HAIR."
00:25:42.80\00:25:44.61
BUT THE NAZARITES WERE NOT
SUPPOSED TO CUT THEIR HAIR.
00:25:44.64\00:25:47.34
AND SO SOME HAVE WONDERED,
00:25:47.38\00:25:48.41
"DID JESUS' PARENTS HAVE
THE VOW OF A NAZARITE ON HIM
00:25:48.44\00:25:52.91
UP UNTIL HE WAS BAPTIZED?"
00:25:52.95\00:25:54.52
BECAUSE A PERSON
COULD HAVE A NAZARITE VOW
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.42
FOR A VARYING LENGTH OF TIME.
00:25:56.45\00:25:58.65
IT WASN'T
NECESSARILY A LIFELONG VOW.
00:25:58.69\00:26:01.29
NAZARITES COULD NOT EAT
00:26:01.32\00:26:02.79
OR DRINK ANYTHING FROM THE VINE.
00:26:02.82\00:26:04.96
JESUS OBVIOUSLY
DRANK GRAPE JUICE.
00:26:04.99\00:26:07.60
AND SO, HE MAY HAVE
JUST BEEN A NAZARITE
00:26:07.60\00:26:09.30
UP UNTIL HIS BAPTISM
OR FOLLOWED THAT VOW.
00:26:09.33\00:26:12.20
WE'RE NOT SURE
00:26:12.23\00:26:13.23
BUT HE'S TYPICALLY
PAINTED WITH LONG HAIR
00:26:13.27\00:26:15.30
AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS FOR THAT.
00:26:15.34\00:26:17.71
BUT THAT WAS FORETOLD.
00:26:17.74\00:26:19.34
"AND THEN HE WENT
DOWN WITH HIS PARENTS
00:26:19.37\00:26:21.14
AND HE CAME TO NAZARETH,
00:26:21.18\00:26:22.48
AND HE WAS SUBJECT TO THEM."
00:26:22.51\00:26:24.78
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL
THESE THEORIES THAT SAY,
00:26:24.81\00:26:26.41
YOU KNOW, THE REASON
JESUS WAS SO BRILLIANT
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.98
IS BECAUSE, FROM
THE TIME HE WAS BORN,
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.99
HIS PARENTS THEN TOOK HIM
00:26:32.02\00:26:33.15
AND HE STUDIED UNDER
THESE WISE GURUS IN INDIA,
00:26:33.19\00:26:37.66
OR HE WENT TO EGYPT
AND HE STUDIED THERE.
00:26:37.69\00:26:39.59
AND THEY'VE GOT
ALL THESE THEORIES
00:26:39.63\00:26:41.06
ABOUT WHERE JESUS
GOT HIS GREAT KNOWLEDGE
00:26:41.10\00:26:42.80
BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT HE
WAS UNEDUCATED IN JERUSALEM.
00:26:42.83\00:26:46.27
IT TELLS US THAT HE
LEARNED THE SCRIPTURES
00:26:46.30\00:26:48.77
RIGHT THERE FROM
HIS PARENTS IN HOME.
00:26:48.80\00:26:50.97
HE DIDN'T GO OFF
00:26:51.01\00:26:52.04
AND WASN'T
SECRETLY TAUGHT BY ANY,
00:26:52.07\00:26:54.68
YOU KNOW, KUNG FU
EXPERTS OFF THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:26:54.71\00:26:57.25
AND THEN COME BACK
00:26:57.28\00:26:58.98
AND HAVE THIS
GREAT ENLIGHTENMENT.
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.08
HE WENT TO HIS PARENTS.
00:27:01.12\00:27:02.05
HE LIVED A NORMAL
LIFE FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS
00:27:02.08\00:27:05.92
UNTIL HIS BAPTISM.
00:27:05.95\00:27:07.42
BUT THE MAIN REASON
WE DO THESE SEMINARS
00:27:07.46\00:27:09.26
IS BECAUSE WE
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
00:27:09.29\00:27:11.06
THAT THE BIBLE
IS ALL ABOUT JESUS.
00:27:11.09\00:27:14.86
WHEN ABRAHAM WENT UP
THE MOUNTAIN WITH ISAAC
00:27:14.93\00:27:16.90
AND GOD SAID, "ARE YOU
WILLING TO GIVE ME YOUR SON?"
00:27:16.93\00:27:21.90
HE PUT THE WOOD ON ISAAC'S BACK.
00:27:21.94\00:27:24.77
THE CROSS WAS
PLACED ON JESUS' BACK.
00:27:24.81\00:27:27.41
THE FATHER AND THE SON WENT
TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP TOGETHER.
00:27:27.44\00:27:31.05
ISAAC WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
00:27:31.08\00:27:33.52
JESUS WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
00:27:33.55\00:27:36.52
ABRAHAM WAS
WILLING TO GIVE HIS SON
00:27:36.55\00:27:38.95
AND THAT'S A TYPE OF
GOD WHO DID GIVE HIS SON.
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.82
BUT WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE,
00:27:41.86\00:27:44.06
YOU'RE READING IN
THE STORY OF JOSEPH,
00:27:44.09\00:27:45.76
AND IN THE STORY OF DAVID,
00:27:45.79\00:27:47.00
AND THE STORY OF
SAMUEL AND GIDEON.
00:27:47.03\00:27:50.00
IT'S ALL TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
00:27:50.03\00:27:52.20
YOU'RE SEEING SHADOWS
IN A TAPESTRY OF CHRIST
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.70
ALL THROUGH THIS BOOK
00:27:54.74\00:27:55.70
BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU
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00:27:55.74\00:27:59.14
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