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. 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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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. 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
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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."
00:18:03.01\00:18:05.88
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.
00:19:23.09\00:19:24.39
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? NAZARETH.
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I'VE GOT A MAP UP
HERE ON THE SCREEN.
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NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NAZARETH
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AS THE CROW FLIES
ABOUT 70 MILES AWAY.
00:19:34.94\00:19:38.14
SHE'S GREAT WITH CHILD.
00:19:38.17\00:19:39.47
SHE'S A LONG WAY FROM HOME.
00:19:39.51\00:19:40.81
HOW ARE WE GOING TO
GET THE MESSIAH BORN,
00:19:40.84\00:19:42.61
AS HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN,
00:19:42.64\00:19:44.25
IN THE CITY OF DAVID, BETHLEHEM?
00:19:44.28\00:19:46.72
WELL, THIS IS ONE OF
THE ONLY TIMES IN HISTORY
00:19:46.75\00:19:49.08
WE NEED TO THANK A POLITICIAN
FOR DOING A TAX INCREASE.
00:19:49.12\00:19:54.52
CAESAR AUGUSTUS.
00:19:54.56\00:19:56.16
LUKE 2:1, ISSUED A DECREE,
00:19:56.19\00:19:59.96
"AND IT CAME TO
PASS IN THOSE DAYS
00:20:00.00\00:20:01.83
THAT THERE WENT OUT A
DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS
00:20:01.86\00:20:04.43
THAT ALL THE
WORLD SHOULD BE TAXED
00:20:04.47\00:20:06.90
AND THEY HAD TO GO REGISTER
FOR THE TAX IN THEIR OWN CITY.
00:20:06.94\00:20:11.31
AND JOSEPH ALSO
WENT UP FROM GALILEE
00:20:11.34\00:20:14.54
OUT OF THE CITY OF
NAZARETH INTO JUDEA
00:20:14.58\00:20:17.45
THERE TO BE REGISTERED,
00:20:17.48\00:20:19.65
TO BE TAXED AND
REGISTERED WITH HIS WIFE,
00:20:19.68\00:20:21.88
MARY" OR HIS ESPOUSED
WIFE "BEING GREAT WITH CHILD."
00:20:21.92\00:20:25.95
AND, OF COURSE, WHILE THEY
ARE THERE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
00:20:25.99\00:20:29.79
"AND SO IT WAS,
WHILE THEY WERE THERE,
00:20:29.82\00:20:31.49
THE DAYS WERE ACCOMPLISHED
THAT SHE SHOULD BE DELIVERED.
00:20:31.53\00:20:34.30
AND SHE BROUGHT
FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON."
00:20:34.30\00:20:37.67
AND THIS IS, OF COURSE,
FULFILLING THAT THE MESSIAH
00:20:37.70\00:20:39.63
WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM.
00:20:39.67\00:20:40.97
WHEN THE SHEPHERDS SAW
THE ANGELS WHERE WERE THEY?
00:20:41.00\00:20:43.41
"THERE WERE
DWELLING IN THOSE DAYS
00:20:43.44\00:20:44.74
OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM SHEPHERDS
WATCHING THEIR FLOCKS."
00:20:44.77\00:20:48.11
NOW, YOU KNOW IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN AMAZING TO ME,
00:20:48.14\00:20:51.11
YOU KNOW WHAT BETHLEHEM MEANS?
00:20:51.15\00:20:53.88
BETH MEANS HOUSE.
00:20:53.92\00:20:55.25
BETHLEHEM, THAT
MEANS HOUSE OF BREAD.
00:20:55.28\00:20:58.85
AND JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:20:58.89\00:21:01.39
AND AFTER HE WAS BORN,
HE WAS PLACED IN A MANGER.
00:21:01.42\00:21:04.06
A MANGER IS A TROUGH FOR
PUTTING GRAIN FOR THE ANIMALS.
00:21:04.09\00:21:08.16
SO HERE YOU'VE
GOT THE BREAD OF LIFE
00:21:08.20\00:21:09.53
BORN IN THE HOUSE OF BREAD
PLACED IN A TROUGH FOR BREAD.
00:21:09.56\00:21:12.83
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE.
00:21:12.87\00:21:16.07
"AND SO SHE BROUGHT
FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON,
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.14
WRAPPED HIM IN
SWADDLING CLOTHES,
00:21:18.17\00:21:20.11
AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER,
00:21:20.14\00:21:21.74
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
ROOM FOR HIM IN THE INN."
00:21:21.78\00:21:25.31
AND AGAIN THE ANGELS
SAID "FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN"
00:21:25.35\00:21:28.48
THEY TOLD THE SHEPHERDS,
"IN THE CITY OF DAVID."
00:21:28.52\00:21:30.82
JESUS WOULD BE A DESCENDANT OF
DAVID BORN IN THE TOWN OF DAVID
00:21:30.85\00:21:34.36
AND IT WAS ALL
FORETOLD BY THE PROPHETS,
00:21:34.39\00:21:37.03
THE SAVIOR WHO IS
CHRIST THE ANOINTED, THE LORD.
00:21:37.06\00:21:41.16
AND WHEN CHRIST WAS
A BABY, EIGHT DAYS OLD,
00:21:41.20\00:21:44.13
THEY BRING HIM TO THE TEMPLE
TO BE NAMED AND CIRCUMCISED,
00:21:44.17\00:21:48.30
WHICH WAS TECHNICALLY
THE FIRST TIME HE SHED BLOOD.
00:21:48.34\00:21:51.04
WHEN THEY CALLED HIS NAME JESUS,
00:21:51.07\00:21:53.31
HE WILL SAVE HIS
PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.
00:21:53.34\00:21:55.34
THE PRIEST THERE
IN THE TEMPLE, SIMON,
00:21:55.38\00:21:56.78
TOOK HIM UP IN HIS
ARMS AND BLESSED HIM.
00:21:56.81\00:21:59.01
AND THEY SAID TO HIS MOTHER,
00:21:59.05\00:22:00.42
"BEHOLD, THIS CHILD
IS DESTINED FOR THE FALL
00:22:00.45\00:22:02.95
AND THE RISING
OF MANY IN ISRAEL,
00:22:02.98\00:22:04.99
AND FOR A SIGN THAT
WILL BE SPOKEN AGAINST.
00:22:05.02\00:22:07.72
YES, A SWORD WILL EVEN
PIERCE THROUGH YOUR OWN SOUL,"
00:22:07.76\00:22:11.19
FORETELLING, OF
COURSE, THE SUFFERINGS
00:22:11.23\00:22:12.73
THAT JESUS WOULD
BE GOING THROUGH,
00:22:12.76\00:22:14.76
"THAT THE THOUGHTS OF
MANY HEARTS MIGHT BE REVEALED."
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.77
SO EVEN AT THE VERY BEGINNING
MARY WAS GIVEN A PROPHECY
00:22:17.80\00:22:21.07
TO LET HER KNOW THAT JESUS
WAS COMING, NOT JUST AS A LION,
00:22:21.10\00:22:26.61
BUT HE WOULD FIRST
HAVE TO COME AS A LAMB
00:22:26.64\00:22:28.84
AND SUFFER FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:22:28.88\00:22:31.51
WELL, THEN, WHEN
CHRIST WAS STILL A CHILD,
00:22:31.55\00:22:35.28
THEY'RE LIVING IN BETHLEHEM,
00:22:35.32\00:22:36.62
HEROD THE KING WANTED TO
EXTERMINATE JESUS AS A BABY.
00:22:36.65\00:22:40.09
YOU KNOW THERE'S
THREE TIMES IN THE BIBLE
00:22:40.12\00:22:42.72
WHEN THE DEVIL MADE AN EFFORT
00:22:42.76\00:22:44.33
TO TRY TO KEEP THE
SAVIOR FROM COMING.
00:22:44.36\00:22:47.03
YOU CAN READ ABOUT
THE DEVIL THOUGHT MAYBE
00:22:47.03\00:22:49.13
THAT A SAVIOR WAS COMING
WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
00:22:49.16\00:22:51.23
WERE IN EGYPT.
00:22:51.27\00:22:52.57
SO HE WANTED ALL THE
BABY BOYS TO BE EXTERMINATED.
00:22:52.60\00:22:57.31
AND YET MOSES WAS MIRACULOUSLY
SPARED, THE SAVIOR WAS SPARED.
00:22:57.34\00:23:02.14
AND THEN DURING THE TIME
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.48
OF QUEEN
JEZEBEL'S DAUGHTER ATHALIAH,
00:23:03.51\00:23:06.85
SHE KILLED ALL OF
THE SEED OF DAVID.
00:23:06.88\00:23:09.22
AGAIN, THE DEVIL TRYING TO KEEP
00:23:09.25\00:23:10.72
THE MESSIAH FROM COMING.
00:23:10.75\00:23:12.89
BUT,
MIRACULOUSLY, JOASH WAS SPARED.
00:23:12.92\00:23:16.89
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
00:23:16.93\00:23:18.23
DURING THE TIME
WHEN CHRIST WAS A BABY,
00:23:18.26\00:23:19.56
HEROD SENT HIS
SOLDIERS TO BETHLEHEM
00:23:19.59\00:23:20.93
TO KILL ALL THE
BABY BOYS, ONCE AGAIN,
00:23:20.96\00:23:22.90
TO TRY TO KEEP THE
SAVIOR FROM COMING.
00:23:22.93\00:23:26.03
AND JOSEPH WAS WARNED IN
A DREAM TO GO DOWN TO EGYPT
00:23:26.07\00:23:28.37
AND YOU READ IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.87
THAT AFTER HE
RECEIVED THAT WARNING.
00:23:30.91\00:23:32.31
HE SAID, "HE AROSE AND
HE TOOK THE YOUNG CHILD
00:23:32.34\00:23:34.31
AND HIS MOTHER BY NIGHT
AND HE DEPARTED FOR EGYPT..."
00:23:34.34\00:23:37.71
NOTICE WHAT MATTHEW SAYS,
"THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED
00:23:37.75\00:23:40.65
WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE
LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET SAYING,
00:23:40.68\00:23:43.69
'OUT OF EGYPT I
HAVE CALLED MY SON.'"
00:23:43.72\00:23:46.09
AND, HERE, HE'S QUOTING HOSEA.
00:23:46.12\00:23:48.59
AND SO, EVEN THE NEW
TESTAMENT WRITERS, LIKE MATTHEW,
00:23:48.62\00:23:52.49
COULD OFTEN SEE HOW JESUS
00:23:52.53\00:23:54.13
WAS A FULFILLMENT OF
ALL THESE PROPHECIES.
00:23:54.20\00:23:56.63
THEY ALL
COMBINED AND CONCENTRATED
00:23:56.67\00:23:58.77
AND FOCUSED IN HIS LIFE.
00:23:58.80\00:24:01.00
YOU KNOW, I GET
EXCITED WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS
00:24:01.04\00:24:02.77
BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION
00:24:02.80\00:24:04.11
THAT JESUS IS
WHO HE SAYS HE WAS.
00:24:04.14\00:24:07.34
ALL RIGHT, AND THEN YOU CAN SAY
00:24:07.38\00:24:08.68
AND HE CAME WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
00:24:08.71\00:24:10.51
HE MOVED BACK THEN,
AFTER EGYPT TO NAZARETH
00:24:10.55\00:24:13.28
AND HE WAS
SUBJECT TO HIS PARENTS
00:24:13.31\00:24:15.65
"THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED
00:24:15.68\00:24:17.12
THAT WAS SPOKEN
OF BY THE PROPHETS,"
00:24:17.15\00:24:18.75
ANOTHER PROPHECY, "HE
WILL BE CALLED A NAZARENE."
00:24:18.79\00:24:22.52
NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHEN SAMSON'S PARENTS WERE TOLD
00:24:22.56\00:24:27.10
THAT THIS PROMISED
CHILD WOULD BE A NAZARENE.
00:24:27.13\00:24:30.00
SEVERAL OF THE
TYPES IN THE BIBLE,
00:24:30.03\00:24:31.83
LIKE SAMUEL AND SAMSON,
HAD THE VOW OF A NAZARITE.
00:24:31.87\00:24:36.47
TYPICALLY, JESUS IS
PAINTED WITH LONG HAIR.
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.57
AND YET, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS
00:24:39.61\00:24:41.21
"IT'S A SHAME FOR A
MAN TO HAVE LONG HAIR."
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.04
BUT THE NAZARITES WERE NOT
SUPPOSED TO CUT THEIR HAIR.
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.78
AND SO SOME HAVE WONDERED,
00:24:45.81\00:24:47.12
"DID JESUS' PARENTS HAVE
THE VOW OF A NAZARITE ON HIM
00:24:47.15\00:24:51.35
UP UNTIL HE WAS BAPTIZED?"
00:24:51.39\00:24:52.95
BECAUSE A PERSON
COULD HAVE A NAZARITE VOW
00:24:52.99\00:24:54.86
FOR A VARYING LENGTH OF TIME.
00:24:54.89\00:24:57.09
IT WASN'T
NECESSARILY A LIFELONG VOW.
00:24:57.13\00:24:59.66
NAZARITES COULD NOT EAT
00:24:59.69\00:25:01.13
OR DRINK ANYTHING FROM THE VINE.
00:25:01.16\00:25:03.30
JESUS OBVIOUSLY
DRANK GRAPE JUICE.
00:25:03.33\00:25:05.93
AND SO, HE MAY HAVE
JUST BEEN A NAZARITE
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.67
UP UNTIL HIS BAPTISM
OR FOLLOWED THAT VOW.
00:25:07.70\00:25:10.57
WE'RE NOT SURE
00:25:10.61\00:25:11.91
BUT HE'S TYPICALLY
PAINTED WITH LONG HAIR
00:25:11.94\00:25:13.68
AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS FOR THAT.
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.08
BUT THAT WAS FORETOLD.
00:25:16.11\00:25:17.71
"AND THEN HE WENT
DOWN WITH HIS PARENTS
00:25:17.75\00:25:19.51
AND HE CAME TO NAZARETH,
00:25:19.55\00:25:20.85
AND HE WAS SUBJECT TO THEM."
00:25:20.88\00:25:23.15
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL
THESE THEORIES THAT SAY,
00:25:23.18\00:25:24.79
YOU KNOW, THE REASON
JESUS WAS SO BRILLIANT
00:25:24.82\00:25:27.36
IS BECAUSE, FROM
THE TIME HE WAS BORN,
00:25:27.39\00:25:30.36
HIS PARENTS THEN TOOK HIM
00:25:30.39\00:25:31.69
AND HE STUDIED UNDER
THESE WISE GURUS IN INDIA,
00:25:31.73\00:25:36.00
OR HE WENT TO EGYPT
AND HE STUDIED THERE.
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.93
AND THEY'VE GOT
ALL THESE THEORIES
00:25:37.97\00:25:39.43
ABOUT WHERE JESUS
GOT HIS GREAT KNOWLEDGE
00:25:39.47\00:25:41.17
BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT HE
WAS UNEDUCATED IN JERUSALEM.
00:25:41.20\00:25:44.64
IT TELLS US THAT HE
LEARNED THE SCRIPTURES
00:25:44.67\00:25:47.14
RIGHT THERE FROM
HIS PARENTS IN HOME.
00:25:47.18\00:25:49.34
HE DIDN'T GO OFF
00:25:49.38\00:25:50.68
AND WASN'T
SECRETLY TAUGHT BY ANY,
00:25:50.71\00:25:53.05
YOU KNOW, KUNG FU
EXPERTS OFF THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:25:53.08\00:25:55.62
AND THEN COME BACK
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.35
AND HAVE THIS
GREAT ENLIGHTENMENT.
00:25:57.39\00:25:59.39
HE WENT TO HIS PARENTS.
00:25:59.42\00:26:00.79
HE LIVED A NORMAL
LIFE FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS
00:26:00.82\00:26:04.23
UNTIL HIS BAPTISM.
00:26:04.26\00:26:05.73
BUT THE MAIN REASON
WE DO THESE SEMINARS
00:26:05.76\00:26:07.56
IS BECAUSE WE
WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
00:26:07.60\00:26:09.33
THAT THE BIBLE
IS ALL ABOUT JESUS.
00:26:09.36\00:26:13.17
WHEN ABRAHAM WENT UP
THE MOUNTAIN WITH ISAAC
00:26:13.20\00:26:15.20
AND GOD SAID, "ARE YOU
WILLING TO GIVE ME YOUR SON?"
00:26:15.24\00:26:20.21
HE PUT THE WOOD ON ISAAC'S BACK.
00:26:20.24\00:26:23.08
THE CROSS WAS
PLACED ON JESUS' BACK.
00:26:23.11\00:26:25.71
THE FATHER AND THE SON WENT
TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP TOGETHER.
00:26:25.75\00:26:29.35
ISAAC WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
00:26:29.38\00:26:31.82
JESUS WAS A WILLING SACRIFICE.
00:26:31.85\00:26:34.82
ABRAHAM WAS
WILLING TO GIVE HIS SON
00:26:34.86\00:26:37.26
AND THAT'S A TYPE OF
GOD WHO DID GIVE HIS SON.
00:26:37.29\00:26:40.13
BUT WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE,
00:26:40.16\00:26:42.33
YOU'RE READING IN
THE STORY OF JOSEPH,
00:26:42.36\00:26:44.03
AND IN THE STORY OF DAVID,
00:26:44.07\00:26:45.37
AND THE STORY OF
SAMUEL AND GIDEON.
00:26:45.40\00:26:48.30
IT'S ALL TELLING US ABOUT JESUS.
00:26:48.34\00:26:50.51
YOU'RE SEEING SHADOWS
IN A TAPESTRY OF CHRIST
00:26:50.54\00:26:53.01
ALL THROUGH THIS BOOK
00:26:53.04\00:26:54.34
BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU
TO KNOW THEM AND KNOW HIM
00:26:54.38\00:26:57.45
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