>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WHO WAS JESUS? WAS HE A LIAR?
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WAS HE A LUNATIC?
OR WAS HE THE LORD?
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>OUR MESSAGE THIS MORNING
PROBABLY COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS
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IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING I
COULD TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I'M
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REMINDED, AS EVERY NOW AND THEN
I MINGLE WITH THE PEOPLE IN OUR
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CULTURE, THAT A LOT OF FOLKS,
WHILE THEY MAY HEAR THE NAME OF
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JESUS FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY
REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHO JESUS
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IS. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
VALUABLE AND APPROPRIATE TO TALK
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A LITTLE BIT - AND SOMETIMES
WE NEED REMINDING - ABOUT THAT
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SUBJECT: 'WHO IS JESUS?' I
WASN'T SURE HOW TO TITLE THE
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SERMON BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY 'WHO
IS JESUS' IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S
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PRESENT TENSE AND SOME PEOPLE
THINK YOU SHOULD TITLE IT 'WHO
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WAS JESUS?' BUT
EITHER WAY YOU WORD IT,
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PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW 'WHO IS HE?
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WHERE DID HE COME FROM?'
SOMEONE WROTE THIS BEAUTIFUL
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PASSAGE ONE TIME WHERE THEY
SAID, 'ALL THE ARMIES THAT HAVE
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EVER MARCHED AND ALL THE NAVIES
THAT HAVE EVER SAILED, ALL THE
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PARLIAMENTS THAT HAVE EVER SAT
AND ALL THE KINGS THAT HAVE EVER
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REIGNED PUT TOGETHER HAVE
NOT AFFECTED LIFE UPON EARTH AS
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POWERFULLY AS THIS ONE SOLITARY
LIFE.' WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
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WAY THAT JESUS WAS BORN - IN
COMPARATIVE OBSCURITY - AND HE
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NEVER DID ALL THE TYPICAL THINGS
THAT USUALLY DENOTE GREATNESS -
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HE NEVER LED AN ARMY INTO
BATTLE OR HE NEVER LED A NAVY.
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IT DOESN'T TELL US
THAT HE EVER WROTE A BOOK.
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HE DIDN'T DO ANY OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU TYPICALLY THINK OF WITH
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GREATNESS. WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTISTS
RENDITIONS OF WHAT JESUS LOOKED
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LIKE BUT THERE'S NOTHING
CONTEMPORARY FROM HIS DAY.
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AND YET, HE
CHANGED ALL OF HISTORY.
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WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HISTORY - YOU'VE GOT A.D. AND
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B.C. - AND THEY USE NEW TERMS
TODAY, BUT WE USED TO CALL THAT
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BEFORE CHRIST AND AFTER
DEATH OR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD.
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ALL OF HISTORY IS DATED FROM HIS
DEATH SO HOW CAN YOU DOUBT THAT
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HE LIVED? IF YOU
LOOK IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
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IT DOESN'T CAST ANY DOUBT
ON WHETHER OR NOT HE LIVED.
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SO WE KNOW HE LIVED. THE
REAL QUESTION YOU'VE GOT TO
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DECIDE: WAS HE A
LIAR? WAS HE A LUNATIC?
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OR WAS HE THE
LORD? WHO WAS JESUS?
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DID GOD COME TO OUR EARTH IN
THE FORM OF A MAN TO SAVE US?
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OH, I WANT TO READ
SOMETHING FIRST BY A.W. TOZIER.
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HE SAID, 'CHRIST IS NOT ONE
OF MANY WAYS TO APPROACH GOD.
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HE'S NOT THE BEST OF SEVERAL
WAYS. HE IS THE ONLY WAY.'
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ANYONE WHO COMES TO GOD
MUST COME THROUGH CHRIST.
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AND WHILE BUDDHA MAY HAVE SAID
A NUMBER OF PROFOUND THINGS AND
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YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME PROFOUND
SAYINGS FROM KRISHNA AND
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MOHAMMAD AND THE DIFFERENT
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, NOBODY
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SPOKE LIKE JESUS AND NONE
OF THEM DIED AS A SACRIFICE
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FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
THERE'S SOMETHING VERY CLEARLY
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DIFFERENT ABOUT JESUS.
JESUS IS THE ONLY REDEEMER WITH
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GOD. HE'S THE
ONLY MEDIATOR WITH GOD.
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CHRIST IS THE BRIDGE
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.
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JESUS SAID TO NATHANAEL,
'HEREAFTER YOU'LL SEE THE ANGELS
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OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING
ON THE SON OF MAN.' NONE OF THE
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OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE
WORLD SAY, 'I AM THE WAY, THE
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TRUTH, AND THE LIFE' TO GOD.
HE DIDN'T SAY, 'I'M ONE OF THE
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WAYS.' HE SAID, 'I AM
THE WAY.' HE DIDN'T SAY,
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'I'M ONE OF THE TRUTHS.
ALL RIVERS LEAD TO THE OCEAN.
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I'M JUST ONE OF THEM.'
HE SAID, 'I AM THE TRUTH.
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I AM THE LIFE.' SO
WHY DID JESUS COME?
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SO WHERE DO WE LOOK TO
GET THE INFORMATION FOR THIS?
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THERE ARE OVER 300 OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHECIES THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT
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TO EXPECT WHEN
THE MESSIAH COMES.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT ALL
300 BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
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SOME BASIC CATEGORIES
TO FIND OUT WHO IS JESUS?
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ESPECIALLY YOU'LL
FIND A LOT IN THE PSALMS.
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OVER 300 OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHECIES REFERENCE THE
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ANOINTED. THE FIRST
PROPHECY YOU'RE GOING
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TO FIND IN THE BIBLE REGARDING
THE MESSIAH COMING IS ACTUALLY
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IN GENESIS 3:15. WE'LL
PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN.
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HERE IS SAYS, WHEN GOD WAS
SPEAKING TO ADAM AND EVE AFTER
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THE FALL, HE SAID, "AND I WILL
PUT ENMITY" - THAT'S SIMILAR TO
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THE WORD 'ENEMY' - IT MEANS
THERE'S ANIMOSITY - THERE'S
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FRICTION - THERE'S AN
ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP -
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"BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN,"
HE WAS TALKING TO THE SERPENT -
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"BETWEEN HER
SEED AND YOUR SEED."
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- THE SEED OF THE WOMAN -
TALKING ABOUT THIS PROMISED SEED
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THAT WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH
HUMANITY - WAS THE MESSIAH -
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"HE" - THE SEED OF THE WOMAN -
"SHALL BRUISE YOUR HEAD," - GOD
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SAYS TO THE SERPENT OR DEVIL
THAT THE SEED OF THE WOMAN,
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CHRIST, WOULD BRUISE YOUR HEAD
- A MORTAL WOUND TO THE HEAD -
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"AND YOU SHALL BRUISE HIS
HEEL." - YOU WILL IMPEDE HIS
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PROGRESS OR SLOW HIS WALK DOWN.
SO THIS FIRST PROPHECY IS FOUND
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RIGHT THERE IN GENESIS CHAPTER
3. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A
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SAVIOR - THE SEED OF THE
WOMAN THAT WOULD COME THAT WOULD
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DEFEAT THE SERPENT THAT CAUSED
THE FALL OF MAN AND THE LOSS OF
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PARADISE. THROUGH
CHRIST PARADISE IS RESTORED.
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SO LET'S LOOK AT
SOME OF THOSE PROPHECIES.
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FOR ONE THING, IN JOHN 1, VERSE
45, AFTER PHILIP FOUND JESUS HE
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THEN GOES AND HE TELLS
NATHANAEL, "WE HAVE FOUND HIM OF
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WHOM MOSES IN THE LAW, AND ALSO
THE PROPHETS, WROTE - JESUS OF
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NAZARETH, THE SON OF JOSEPH."
HE SAID MOSES AND THE PROPHETS
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AND THE LAW ALL
TALKED ABOUT THIS MAN.
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IT ALL POINTED TO
THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL.
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WHERE DID JESUS COME FROM?
NOW WE ALLUDED TO THAT THERE IN
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JOHN CHAPTER 8 BUT LET'S
LOOK AS SOME OTHER VERSES.
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JOHN 19, VERSE 8 - MATTER OF
FACT, PONTIUS PILATE, DURING THE
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TRIAL OF JESUS, HE
ASKED THAT VERY QUESTION:
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'WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?'
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JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 6, VERSE
38, "FOR I HAVE COME DOWN FROM
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HEAVEN." NOW, IF
I SAID THAT TO YOU,
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YOU'D PROBABLY ASK ME
TO GET SOME COUNSELING.
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SO ARE - THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE WHO WOULD THINK I SNUCK
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AWAY FROM AREA 51 IN NEVADA -
AS AN ALIEN - BUT JESUS WASN'T
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TALKING ABOUT BEING
AN EXTRA TERRESTRIAL.
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HE WAS SAYING HE CAME FROM THE
FATHER. HE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
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WE READ JUST A MOMENT AGO
HE SAID, 'I'M GOING BACK TO THE
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FATHER.' THIS IS A MESSAGE - AND
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FATHER,
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WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A GOD
OF A CERTAIN SOLAR SYSTEM OR A
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CERTAIN GALAXY, BIBLICALLY, WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FATHER
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE GOD OF EVERYTHING.
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THINK ABOUT THE IMMENSITY OF
SPACE AND HOW BIG GOD MUST BE -
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HOW AWESOME GOD IS. AND
WHEN JESUS SAYS, 'I MADE ALL
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THAT AND I AM THE SON OF
GOD AND I'VE COME FROM GOD.'
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WOW, THAT'S A PRETTY BOLD CLAIM.
THAT'S A PRETTY AMAZING CLAIM
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THAT HE CAME FROM GOD.
AGAIN, JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID,
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"MY KINGDOM IS
NOT OF THIS WORLD."
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HE TOLD PILATE, 'IF MY KINGDOM
WAS OF THIS WORLD THEN WOULD MY
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CITIZENS FIGHT. BUT
MY KINGDOM IS NOT NOW OF
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THIS WORLD.' DID
JESUS CLAIM TO BE GOD?
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DID HE CLAIM DIVINITY? IS
HE JUST ANOTHER MAN OR WAS HE
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THE CO-MINGLING OF
THE DIVINE AND HUMAN?
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JOHN 8, VERSE 58 - "JESUS SAID
TO THEM, 'MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY
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TO YOU, BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS,
I AM.'" YOU REMEMBER WHEN MOSES
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WAS TALKING TO GOD AT THE
BURNING BUSH AND HE SAID, 'SO
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EXACTLY WHICH GOD ARE
YOU? WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
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WHAT SHALL I SAY TO
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL?
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WHO ARE YOU THAT ARE SENDING ME?
DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS CARD?'
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HOW DID GOD
INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO MOSES?
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HE SAID, 'I AM THAT I AM.' IT'S
NOT THAT I ONCE WAS OR WILL BE.
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THE PHRASE 'I AM' MEANS 'I
AM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
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I AM THE SELF-EXISTENT
ONE. I AM ETERNAL.' CHRIST WAS
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CLAIMING TO BE
GOD AND TO BE ETERNAL.
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IT SAYS THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING
UNIQUE ABOUT HIS BIRTH.
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NOW EVERYBODY ALIVE WAS BORN AT
SOME POINT BUT JESUS WAS BORN IN
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A VERY UNIQUE WAY AND A PROPHECY
TOLD THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
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500 YEARS BEFORE THE EVENT.
ISAIAH 7:14, "THE LORD HIMSELF
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WILL GIVE YOU A SING: BEHOLD,
THE VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE AND
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BEAR A SON, AND SHALL
CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL."
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NOW THAT DOESN'T
HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, DOES IT?
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WAS JESUS BORN OF A
VIRGIN? DOESN'T IT SAY THAT?
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YOU CAN READ THE NEXT VERSE HERE
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 1, VERSE 18,
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"NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
WAS AS FOLLOWS: AFTER HIS MOTHER
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MARY WAS BETROTHED TO JOSEPH,
BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER."
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THIS WAS NOT SOME
LABORATORY INSEMINATION.
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IT SAID THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT WOULD OVERSHADOW HER.
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BEFORE JOSEPH AND MARY CAME
TOGETHER SHE WAS FOUND TO BE
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WITH CHILD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND GOD SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
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THE BIBLE RECORDS
THAT IT DID HAPPEN.
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THE PLACE OF HIS
BIRTH IS IDENTIFIED.
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NOW WE'RE GETTING VERY SPECIFIC
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO MENTION
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THE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM AND YOU
CAN READ THIS PASSAGE IN MICAH
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CHAPTER 5, VERSE 2, HE
INTERROGATED THE SCRIBES AND HE
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SAID, 'WHERE IS THE MESSIAH
SUPPOSED TO BE BORN? AND THEY
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SAID, 'WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE
HE SUPPOSED TO BE BORN. HE'S
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SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN
BETHLEHEM. AND SO THERE WAS
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NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
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NOW BETHLEHEM - THERE ARE
ACTUALLY TWO TOWNS IN ISRAEL
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CALLED 'BETHLEHEM'. I
DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE
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BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SCORES
OF TOWNS IN NORTH AMERICA CALLED
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FARMINGTON. YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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THERE'S A LOT OF - SOME TOWNS
THAT HAVE VERY COMMON NAMES YOU
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CAN FIND ALL OVER NORTH
AMERICA. I THINK WE'VE GOT A FEW
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JAMESTOWNS AND YOU'VE GOT A FEW
TOWNS CALLED PARIS - THERE'S A
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PARIS, MAINE AND
THERE'S A PARIS, TEXAS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'D COME TO
AMERICA AND NAME ANYTHING PARIS
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BUT ANYWAY, THEY DID.
WELL IN THE PROMISED LAND THE
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WORD 'BETHLEHEM' MEANS 'HOUSE OF
BREAD' AND THERE WERE A COUPLE
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OF BETHLEHEMS. BUT YOU
NOTICE IT SPECIFIES THE
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BETHLEHEM WHERE RACHEL DIED
GIVING BIRTH TO BENJAMIN, WHICH
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WAS BETHLEHEM EPHRATHAH,
WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE JERUSALEM.
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SO THIS PROPHECY IN MICAH
NOT ONLY TELLS WHAT TOWN, IT
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DELINEATES SPECIFICALLY WHICH
BETHLEHEM JESUS WAS GOING TO
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COME FROM. MATTER OF
FACT, IT WAS SO CLEAR
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THAT WHEN KING HEROD SAW THE
WISE MEN COMING HE INTERROGATED
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THE SCRIBES AND SAID, 'WHERE
IS THE MESSIAH SUPPOSED TO BE
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BORN?' AND THEY
SAID, 'WE KNOW EXACTLY
00:12:07.59\00:12:09.06
WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BORN IN
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BETHLEHEM.' AND SO THERE
WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
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NOW THERE'S A VERY
INTERESTING PROPHECY.
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THIS REALLY COULD BE A PROPHECY
THAT ALSO TELLS THE TIME OF HIS
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BIRTH. IN MATTHEW - I'M SORRY,
IN DANIEL CHAPTER 9 - DANIEL 9,
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VERSE 25 - THERE'S A PROPHECY
- IT'S THE 490-YEAR PROPHECY.
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PART OF THAT PROPHECY IS CALLED
THE 483-YEAR SEGMENT AND THAT'S
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WHERE IT SAYS IN VERSE 25, "KNOW
THEREFORE AND UNDERSTAND, THAT
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FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE
COMMAND TO RESTORE AND BUILD
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JERUSALEM" - WHICH
WAS GIVEN IN 457 B.C.
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BY KING AHASUERUS - "UNTIL
MESSIAH THE PRINCE, THERE SHALL
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BE SEVEN WEEKS
AND SIXTY-TWO WEEKS."
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SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE DECREE
OF ARTEXERXES - I WAS GETTING
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ESTHER MIXED UP WITH NEHEMIAH.
KING ARTEXERXES IN 457 B.C.
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GAVE THAT DECREE. SEVEN
WEEKS, IN JEWISH PROPHECY
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- A DAY EQUALS A YEAR. NOW
YOU'LL SEE A FEW REFERENCES
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FOR THIS - EZEKIEL 4:6, 'I'VE
APPOINTED YOU EACH DAY FOR A
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YEAR.' YOU CAN ALSO READ
THAT PRINCIPLE IN NUMBERS 14:35.
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EVEN THE WORDS OF JESUS, IN A
PARABLE HE TELLS, IN LUKE 13:32
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HE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IN A
PROPHECY YOU USE THE PRINCIPLE
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OF A DAY FOR A YEAR. SO
WHEN YOU GO AND YOU ADD UP
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THE TIME PERIOD HERE IN DANIEL,
WHERE HE SAYS SEVEN WEEKS AND
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SIXTY-TWO WEEKS - SEVEN
PLUS SIXTY-TWO IS HOW MUCH?
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SIXTY-NINE. SIXTY-NINE - A
WEEK HAS GOT HOW MANY DAYS?
00:13:36.48\00:13:41.38
A WEEK HAS HOW MANY DAYS? I
GAVE YOU AN EASY ONE, COME ON.
00:13:41.38\00:13:44.92
HELP ME. SEVEN DAYS - SO
YOU ADD THAT UP AND YOU'VE GOT
00:13:44.92\00:13:49.86
483 YEARS. 69 WEEKS - 483 DAYS
- A DAY IS A YEAR - 483 YEARS.
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IF YOU COUNT FROM THE START OF
THE DECREE TO REBUILD JERUSALEM
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- 457 B.C. - GIVEN
BY ARTEXERXES - AND THEN
00:14:02.34\00:14:06.21
YOU GO 483 PROPHETIC YEARS -
OR REGULAR YEARS - TO A.D. 27,
00:14:06.21\00:14:12.41
THAT'S EXACTLY
WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED.
00:14:12.41\00:14:16.08
AND YOU CAN READ
ABOUT THAT IN JOHN 1.
00:14:16.08\00:14:17.99
WHEN JESUS CAME TO THE JORDAN
RIVER HE KNEW HIS TIME HAD COME
00:14:17.99\00:14:22.02
AND RIGHT AT HIS 30TH
BIRTHDAY HE WAS BAPTIZED.
00:14:22.02\00:14:26.33
JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID - HE
SAW JESUS COMING - "BEHOLD!
00:14:26.33\00:14:29.43
THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES
AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!"
00:14:29.43\00:14:33.00
JESUS WAS THAT LAMB THAT
THEY HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR.
00:14:33.00\00:14:35.90
ABRAHAM SAID TO ISAAC
WHEN ISAAC SAID, 'FATHER,
00:14:35.90\00:14:39.14
WE'VE GOT THE
WOOD. WE'VE GOT THE FIRE.
00:14:39.14\00:14:41.98
BUT WHERE IS THE SACRIFICE?'
ABRAHAM SAID, 'MY SON, GOD WILL
00:14:41.98\00:14:45.35
PROVIDE HIMSELF
A LAMB.' FINALLY.
00:14:45.35\00:14:47.78
THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR THE
LAMB OF GOD - THE ANOINTED -
00:14:47.78\00:14:49.68
THE MESSIAH. JOHN
SAYS, 'THERE HE IS.
00:14:49.68\00:14:52.89
THIS IS THE LAMB THAT
TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD.
00:14:52.89\00:14:54.82
THIS IS THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.
00:14:54.82\00:14:56.32
THIS IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR ALL THIS TIME.' AND
00:14:56.32\00:14:59.76
HE IDENTIFIED HIM SEVERAL TIMES
AND THAT'S WHY PHILIP AND PETER
00:14:59.76\00:15:02.93
AND NATHANAEL ALL BEGAN TO
FOLLOW HIM THEN BECAUSE HE HAD
00:15:02.93\00:15:06.13
BEEN FLAGGED BY JOHN THE
BAPTIST AS THE LAMB OF GOD.
00:15:06.13\00:15:10.01
NOW, I TOLD YOU, YOU COULD
ACTUALLY FIGURE FROM DANIEL'S
00:15:10.01\00:15:14.54
PROPHECY, WHEN JESUS WAS BORN.
00:15:14.54\00:15:16.98
BY THE WAY, THERE WERE A COUPLE
THAT WERE LOOKING FOR HIS BIRTH
00:15:16.98\00:15:21.05
- MAYBE BECAUSE OF DANIEL'S
PROPHECY - BECAUSE THEY KNEW
00:15:21.05\00:15:24.35
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
483 YEARS FROM THE COMMAND TO
00:15:24.35\00:15:27.89
REBUILD JERUSALEM UNTIL THE
MESSIAH WAS ANOINTED AND BEGAN
00:15:27.89\00:15:31.46
HIS MINISTRY. THEY
COULD UNDERSTAND THAT A
00:15:31.46\00:15:34.96
PRIEST COULD NOT BEGIN
TO TEACH UNTIL HE WAS 30.
00:15:34.96\00:15:38.27
KING DAVID DID NOT BEGIN
TO REIGN UNTIL HE WAS 30.
00:15:38.27\00:15:41.64
JOSEPH WENT OUT TO ADMINISTRATE
OVER EGYPT WHEN HE WAS THIRTY.
00:15:41.64\00:15:46.41
SO ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS
COUNT BACK 30 YEARS FROM A.D.
00:15:46.41\00:15:49.71
27 AND FIND THE BIRTH
OF CHRIST AROUND 4 B.C.
00:15:49.71\00:15:54.45
SO EVEN FROM THAT SAME PROPHECY
YOU COULD HAVE CALCULATED ABOUT
00:15:54.45\00:15:57.29
THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH.
00:15:57.29\00:15:58.82
SO THERE'S PROPHECIES THAT TOLD
WHEN HE WOULD BE BORN AND WHAT
00:15:58.82\00:16:01.49
DID IT SAY WOULD
HAPPEN? HE WOULD BE ANOINTED.
00:16:01.49\00:16:04.76
YOU CAN READ THERE IN ACTS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 38 HOW "GOD
00:16:04.76\00:16:09.16
ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH POWER,
00:16:09.16\00:16:12.83
WHO WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD AND
HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED
00:16:12.83\00:16:16.34
BY THE DEVIL, FOR
GOD WAS WITH HIM."
00:16:16.34\00:16:18.77
WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN AND HE WAS
00:16:18.77\00:16:21.64
ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT. HE WAS THE ANOINTED.
00:16:21.64\00:16:24.91
YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE
MIRACLES OF JESUS UNLESS YOU'RE
00:16:24.91\00:16:27.35
READING SOMETHING APOCRYPHAL.
YOU DON'T READ ABOUT THE
00:16:27.35\00:16:29.75
MIRACLES OF JESUS BEFORE HE
WAS 30. FOR THE FIRST 30 YEARS
00:16:29.75\00:16:33.12
OF HIS LIFE HE LIVED AS A MAN
AMONG MEN, JUST AS YOU AND I DO.
00:16:33.12\00:16:38.46
AND THEN HE WAS ANOINTED AT
HIS BAPTISM. HE BEGAN HIS PUBLIC
00:16:38.46\00:16:41.56
MINISTRY, TURNED THE WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN IN THREE AND A HALF
00:16:41.56\00:16:44.50
YEARS AND THEN THAT WOULD BE
PART OF THAT 490-YEAR PROPHECY.
00:16:44.50\00:16:51.11
AND THEN IT TELLS THE
NATURE OF HIS MINISTRY.
00:16:51.11\00:16:54.11
MATTER OF FACT, JESUS QUOTES
THESE VERY WORDS IN NAZARETH
00:16:54.11\00:16:56.95
WHEN HE BEGAN HIS VERY MINISTRY.
ISAIAH 61, VERSE 1 - CHRIST
00:16:56.95\00:17:00.98
STOOD UP IN THE
SYNAGOGUE OF NAZARETH.
00:17:00.98\00:17:02.85
HIS HOMETOWN CHURCH, IN GALILEE
AND HE SAID, 'THE SPIRIT OF THE
00:17:02.85\00:17:06.92
LORD GOD IS UPON ME; BECAUSE THE
LORD HATH ANOINTED ME" - HE IS
00:17:06.92\00:17:10.59
THE ANOINTED - "TO PREACH GOOD
TIDINGS UNTO THE MEEK.; HE HATH
00:17:10.59\00:17:14.36
SENT ME TO BIND UP THE
BROKENHEARTED, TO PROCLAIM
00:17:14.36\00:17:16.77
LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES, AND THE
OPENING OF THE PRISON TO THEM
00:17:16.77\00:17:19.67
THAT ARE BOUND; TO PROCLAIM THE
ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD, AND
00:17:19.67\00:17:23.24
THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF OUR
GOD; TO COMFORT ALL THAT MOURN."
00:17:23.24\00:17:26.71
FURTHERMORE, IT TELLS US
THAT HE WOULD SPEAK AND TEACH IN
00:17:26.71\00:17:30.68
PARABLES. KING DAVID
SAID, IN PSALM 78, "I
00:17:30.68\00:17:34.35
WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN A PARABLE;
I WILL UTTER DARK SAYINGS OF
00:17:34.35\00:17:38.05
OLD, WHICH WE HAVE HEARD AND
KNOWN, AND OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD
00:17:38.05\00:17:40.92
US." REGARDING
CHRIST, IT SAID THAT
00:17:40.92\00:17:43.39
HE SPOKE AND HE
TAUGHT THEM IN PARABLES.
00:17:43.39\00:17:46.76
WITHUOT A PARABLE
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
00:17:46.76\00:17:48.66
HE OFTEN TAUGHT IN ALLEGORIES
AND ILLUSTRATIONS AND THOSE THAT
00:17:48.66\00:17:52.63
HEARD HIM TALK SAID, 'NEVER,
EVER DID A MAN SPEAK LIKE THIS
00:17:52.63\00:17:57.57
MAN.' THERE'S NO MAN
THAT COULD TEACH LIKE JESUS.
00:17:57.57\00:18:01.61
PEOPLE WHO WENT TO ARREST HIM
CAME BACK AND SAID, 'WOW, NOBODY
00:18:01.61\00:18:05.11
SPEAKS LIKE THIS MAN.' IT GOES
ON AND IT TELLS US ABOUT HIS
00:18:05.11\00:18:10.35
BETRAYAL. FOR
INSTANCE, PSALM 41, VERSE 9,
00:18:10.35\00:18:15.29
"EVEN MY OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND
IN WHOM I TRUSTED, WHO ATE MY
00:18:15.29\00:18:18.99
BREAD, HAS LIFTED UP
HIS HEEL AGAINST ME."
00:18:18.99\00:18:22.50
DID JESUS EAT A MEAL
WITH BREAD WITH JUDAS?
00:18:22.50\00:18:26.70
AND JUDAS WALKED RIGHT OUT THAT
DOOR AND WENT TO THE PRIESTS AND
00:18:26.70\00:18:29.37
THEN LED THEM TO CHRIST.
00:18:29.37\00:18:31.44
IT GIVES US EVEN MORE DETAIL
ABOUT THE BETRAYAL OF JESUS.
00:18:31.44\00:18:35.04
ZECHARIAH 11, VERSES 12 AND 13,
"THEN I SAID TO THEM, 'IF IT IS
00:18:35.04\00:18:40.35
AGREEABLE TO YOU, GIVE ME MY
WAGES; AND IF NOT, REFRAIN.' SO
00:18:40.35\00:18:44.02
THEY WEIGHED OUT FOR MY
WAGES THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER."
00:18:44.02\00:18:47.22
NOT ONLY TELLS THAT HE WAS
SOLD FOR THE PRICE OF A SLAVE,
00:18:47.22\00:18:50.56
IT TELLS WHAT KIND OF METAL.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN COPPER, IT
00:18:50.56\00:18:52.93
COULD HAVE BEEN GOLD, IT COULD
HAVE BEEN BRONZE OR SILVER.
00:18:52.93\00:18:55.33
IT SAYS IT WAS SILVER.
IT TELLS HOW MANY PIECES OF
00:18:55.33\00:18:58.00
SILVER. "AND THE
LORD SAID TO ME, 'THROW
00:18:58.00\00:19:01.07
IT TO THE POTTER' - THAT
PRINCELY PRICE THEY SET ON ME.
00:19:01.07\00:19:04.97
SO I TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF
SILVER AND THREW THEM INTO THE
00:19:04.97\00:19:08.14
HOUSE OF THE
LORD FOR THE POTTER."
00:19:08.14\00:19:09.94
NOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ
IT ALL BUT ALL THE VERSES IN
00:19:09.94\00:19:13.31
MATTHEW 27, VERSES 3 TO 7 -
YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP - MATTHEW
00:19:13.31\00:19:16.65
27:3-7 - IT TELLS HOW, DURING
THE TRIAL OF CHRIST, JUDAS,
00:19:16.65\00:19:20.62
OVERWHELMED WITH A SENSE OF
GUILT - YOU KNOW, ONCE THE DEVIL
00:19:20.62\00:19:23.86
HAD USED HIM HE DIDN'T NEED
JUDAS ANYMORE AND JUDAS, FINALLY
00:19:23.86\00:19:27.23
REALIZING WHAT HE HAD
DONE, CAME TO HIS SENSES.
00:19:27.23\00:19:29.33
HE BETRAYED THE SON OF GOD AND
THEY WERE PREPARING TO CRUCIFY
00:19:29.33\00:19:32.83
HIM. HE JUST WAS
CRUSHED BY A SENSE OF HIS GUILT.
00:19:32.83\00:19:36.00
HE WENT INTO THE OUTSKIRTS
OF THE TEMPLE WHERE HE WAS BEING
00:19:36.00\00:19:40.78
TRIED. THE SANHEDRIN WAS
MEETING. HE SAID, 'I'VE BETRAYED
00:19:40.78\00:19:44.85
INNOCENT BLOOD.' HE THREW DOWN
THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER.
00:19:44.85\00:19:48.22
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT
BECAUSE IT WAS BLOOD MONEY, THEY
00:19:48.22\00:19:50.85
CALLED IT, SO THEY BOUGHT
A 'POTTER'S FIELD' TO BURY
00:19:50.85\00:19:53.15
STRANGERS IN WITH THE MONEY.
THAT'S ALL IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:19:53.15\00:19:56.26
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M
- LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING HERE
00:19:56.26\00:20:00.13
AT THE OUTSET, JUST
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
00:20:00.13\00:20:02.10
ALRIGHT, HERE WE'VE GOT - I'VE
GOT THE BOOK OF MATTHEW - HERE'S
00:20:02.10\00:20:04.37
THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THIS IS THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:20:04.37\00:20:07.70
OLD TESTAMENT, OF
COURSE, STARTS WITH MOSES.
00:20:07.70\00:20:09.87
NEW TESTAMENT DOESN'T
BEGIN UNTIL THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
00:20:09.87\00:20:12.67
THESE PROPHECIES I'M READING TO
YOU ABOUT THE MESSIAH, THEY COME
00:20:12.67\00:20:16.28
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
NOT ONLY DO THEY COME FROM THE
00:20:16.28\00:20:18.95
OLD TESTAMENT, EVEN THOUGH
THERE'S NO PAGE HERE, THERE
00:20:18.95\00:20:22.15
OUGHT TO BE A PAGE IN YOUR BIBLE
THAT SAYS, '400 YEARS' - ONE
00:20:22.15\00:20:25.62
PAGE THAT JUST SAYS '400 YEARS
OF SILENCE.' THERE ARE 400 YEARS
00:20:25.62\00:20:29.66
BETWEEN ALL THESE PROPHECIES
AND WHEN JESUS FINALLY COMES.
00:20:29.66\00:20:34.20
THAT PROPHECY I JUST READ TO YOU
FROM ZECHARIAH - THEY COULDN'T
00:20:34.20\00:20:37.13
HAVE CONCOCTED AND MADE
THAT UP - 400 YEARS WENT BY.
00:20:37.13\00:20:40.07
WE KNOW FROM THE DEAD SEA
SCROLLS THAT THESE THINGS WERE
00:20:40.07\00:20:42.67
WRITTEN BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN.
00:20:42.67\00:20:44.97
HOW CAN YOU FABRICATE - HOW CAN
YOU COUNTERFEIT - HOW COULD YOU
00:20:44.97\00:20:49.31
MANUFACTURE THAT THAT PROPHECY
WOULD BE FULFILLED - THAT JESUS
00:20:49.31\00:20:54.15
WOULD BE BETRAYED BY A FRIEND,
WHO ATE BREAD WITH HIM, FOR
00:20:54.15\00:20:57.09
THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
WHO WOULD THEN THROW IT TO THE
00:20:57.09\00:20:59.69
POTTER'S FIELD AND
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD?
00:20:59.69\00:21:02.19
I MEAN, THAT'S
JUST ONE OF THOUSANDS.
00:21:02.19\00:21:05.83
OH, ACTUALLY 300 -
I GOT CARRIED AWAY.
00:21:05.83\00:21:09.03
PROPHECIES - THERE MIGHT BE MORE
BUT SOMEONE COUNTED 300 AND I
00:21:09.03\00:21:11.80
BELIEVE IT. IT TELLS
ABOUT THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH.
00:21:11.80\00:21:15.94
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROPHECY.
YOU READ IN PSALM 22, "THE
00:21:15.94\00:21:19.67
CONGREGATION OF THE
WICKED HAS ENCLOSED ME.
00:21:19.67\00:21:21.61
THEY PIERCED MY
HANDS AND MY FEET.
00:21:21.61\00:21:23.75
THEY DIVIDE MY GARMENTS AMONG
THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY
00:21:23.75\00:21:27.05
CAST LOTS." THIS WAS
PROPHESIED NEARLY 800
00:21:27.05\00:21:30.62
YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS
BORN. HOW COULD YOU KNOW THAT?
00:21:30.62\00:21:35.06
AND THAT'S ALL
IN THAT ONE PSALM.
00:21:35.06\00:21:36.83
AND THERE ARE MANY PSALMS.
PSALM 34, "HE GUARDS ALL HIS
00:21:36.83\00:21:39.89
BONES; NOT ONE
OF THEM IS BROKEN."
00:21:39.89\00:21:41.73
THEY BROKE THE BONES OF THE
THIEF ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT
00:21:41.73\00:21:44.83
OF JESUS - BECAUSE JESUS WAS
THE PASSOVER LAMB AND THEY WERE
00:21:44.83\00:21:47.60
NEVER TO BREAK THE
BONES OF THE PASSOVER LAMB -
00:21:47.60\00:21:50.04
THEY DIDN'T
BREAK ANY OF HIS BONES.
00:21:50.04\00:21:52.51
JUST AS THE PROPHECY HAD
SAID, HE GUARDS MY BONES.
00:21:52.51\00:21:55.98
JESUS ALSO CLAIMED TO BE THE SON
OF GOD - NOT IN THE SENSE THAT
00:21:55.98\00:22:01.35
WE ARE ALL SONS OF GOD, BUT IN
THE UNIQUE SENSE THAT HE IS THE
00:22:01.35\00:22:04.42
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD AND HE
CLAIMED TO HAVE THE PREROGATIVES
00:22:04.42\00:22:09.19
OR THE POWERS OF THE
DIVINE. HE CLAIMED TO BE GOD.
00:22:09.19\00:22:12.59
NOW THOSE ARE SOME
PRETTY BOLD CLAIMS.
00:22:12.59\00:22:16.10
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH
WHAT JESUS SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF?
00:22:16.10\00:22:19.13
C.S. LEWIS PUTS IT THIS WAY,
"A MAN WHO WAS MERELY A MAN AND
00:22:19.13\00:22:22.57
SAID THE SORT OF THINGS THAT
JESUS SAID WOULDN'T BE A GREAT
00:22:22.57\00:22:24.97
MORAL TEACHER, HE'D BE A LUNATIC
ON THE LEVEL OF A MAN WHO SAYS
00:22:24.97\00:22:28.48
HE'S A POACHED EGG OR
ELSE HE'D BE THE DEVIL OF HELL.
00:22:28.48\00:22:32.08
YOU MUST MAKE YOUR CHOICE.
EITHER THIS MAN WAS AND IS THE
00:22:32.08\00:22:34.98
SON OF GOD OR ELSE HE'S A
MADMAN OR SOMETHING WORSE."
00:22:34.98\00:22:38.92
SOMEONE ELSE PUT IT THIS WAY,
"CHRIST WAS EITHER A CONSCIOUS
00:22:38.92\00:22:42.36
DECEIVER, DELUDED, OR DIVINE.
HE IS EITHER LUNATIC, LIAR, OR
00:22:42.36\00:22:48.60
LORD. THERE IS
NO ESCAPING ONE OF
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.20
THESE THREE OPTIONS." YOU
KNOW THERE'S THREE PRINCIPAL
00:22:51.20\00:22:54.30
REASONS JESUS CAME - FIRST,
HE CAME TO BE OUR EXAMPLE.
00:22:54.30\00:22:59.61
HE SAYS IN JOHN 13:5 - SORRY,
JOHN 13:15, "FOR I HAVE GIVEN
00:22:59.61\00:23:05.31
YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT YOU
SHOULD TO AS I HAVE DONE."
00:23:05.31\00:23:08.35
PART OF THE REASON JESUS LIVED
FOR THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF
00:23:08.35\00:23:10.95
YEARS AMONG MEN IS HE SAID, 'I
WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO LIVE -
00:23:10.95\00:23:14.66
HOW TO LOVE EACH
OTHER - HOW TO FORGIVE.
00:23:14.66\00:23:16.73
I'M NOT JUST GOING TO TELL
YOU TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK, I'M
00:23:16.73\00:23:19.23
GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW IT'S
DONE.' AND HE DID, DIDN'T HE?
00:23:19.23\00:23:22.36
WHEN HE WENT THROUGH HIS TRIAL?
'I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
00:23:22.36\00:23:25.70
LOVE AND FORGIVE EACH
OTHER' - THE WAY HE FORGAVE.
00:23:25.70\00:23:28.37
HE CAME - POINT #2 -
TO REVEAL THE FATHER.
00:23:28.37\00:23:33.34
THIS WORLD IS VERY
CONFUSED ABOUT WHO GOD IS.
00:23:33.34\00:23:37.81
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY
IT IS THAT AS I INTERMINGLE WITH
00:23:37.81\00:23:43.69
PEOPLE I HEAR JESUS' NAME BEING
USED IN PROFANITY SO FREQUENTLY.
00:23:43.69\00:23:48.79
I'VE NEVER HEARD PEOPLE GET
MAD AND HIT THEIR FINGER WITH A
00:23:48.79\00:23:52.19
HAMMER AND SAY, 'OH
BUDDHA!' I DON'T HEAR THEM CITE
00:23:52.19\00:23:56.33
MOHAMMAD'S NAME
OR ALLAH OR KRISHNA.
00:23:56.33\00:24:01.40
WHY IS IT THERE'S THIS
DIABOLICAL FOCUS TO ESPECIALLY
00:24:01.40\00:24:07.11
SCORN THE NAME OF JESUS?
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF OUGHT TO
00:24:07.11\00:24:10.91
TELL YOU THERE'S A
SPIRITUAL BATTLE OUT THERE.
00:24:10.91\00:24:13.68
THE WORLD DOESN'T
KNOW WHO THE FATHER IS.
00:24:13.68\00:24:15.28
JESUS CAME TO SHOW US
WHAT THE FATHER IS LIKE.
00:24:15.28\00:24:18.59
HE SAID, "HAVE I BEEN WITH YOU
SO LONG AND YOU DON'T KNOW ME,
00:24:18.59\00:24:21.62
PHILIP? HE THAT HAS
SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE
00:24:21.62\00:24:24.06
FATHER." BY THE
WAY, THAT'S JOHN 14:9.
00:24:24.06\00:24:27.60
AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
JESUS CAME TO TRADE PLACES WITH
00:24:27.60\00:24:31.20
US. WE ARE ALL UNDER A DEATH
00:24:31.20\00:24:33.17
SENTENCE BECAUSE OF OUR
SIN AND OUR SELFISHNESS.
00:24:33.17\00:24:36.14
AND CHRIST DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE
US. HE LOVES US AND HE SAID,
00:24:36.14\00:24:39.24
'I WILL COME. I WILL
TAKE THE PENALTY FOR YOUR
00:24:39.24\00:24:42.11
SIN AND NOT ONLY TAKE IT, I WILL
GIVE YOU MY STRENGTH AND POWER.
00:24:42.11\00:24:45.91
I AM GOING TO
BE YOUR SUBSTITUTE.
00:24:45.91\00:24:47.15
I WILL TRADE PLACES WITH YOU.'
HE SAID, 'I WILL GIVE YOU MY
00:24:47.15\00:24:51.29
GOODNESS AND I
WILL TAKE YOUR BADNESS.
00:24:51.29\00:24:53.19
I WILL GIVE YOU MY STRENGTH
AND I'LL TAKE YOUR WEAKNESS.
00:24:53.19\00:24:56.86
I WILL GIVE YOU MY LIFE
AND I WILL TAKE YOUR DEATH.
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I WILL GIVE YOU MY PEACE AND
I WILL TAKE YOUR SUFFERINGS AND
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YOUR MISERY.' HE'S OFFERING THAT
ALL AS A GIFT THAT WE RECEIVE BY
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FAITH. BUT YOU
NEED TO BELIEVE THAT HE
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IS WHO HE SAID HE IS.
DO YOU KNOW HIM, FRIENDS?
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HAVE YOU ACCEPTED
HIM? YOU CAN RIGHT NOW.
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"HIS EXAMPLE" - MARTIN LUTHER
SAID, IN HIS LIFE "IS SHOWING US
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HOW TO LIVE. IN HIS
DEATH HE IS A SACRIFICE
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SATISFYING FOR OUR SINS.
IN HIS RESURRECTION HE IS A
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CONQUEROR. IN HIS
ASCENSION HE IS A KING.
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IN HIS
INTERCESSION HE IS A PRIEST.
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HE IS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED."
IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS
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WRITTEN OF HIM. WHEN WE
SEE ABRAHAM GOING UP THE
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HILL WITH ISAAC WE SEE JESUS.
WHEN WE SEE MOSES LEADING A
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NATION FROM
SLAVERY, WE SEE JESUS.
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WHEN WE SEE JOSEPH FORGIVING HIS
BROTHERS FOR MISTREATING HIM WE
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SEE JESUS. WE SEE
JESUS IN SAMPSON WHEN HE
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STRETCHES OUT HIS ARMS TO DEFEAT
THE ENEMIES OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
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WE SEE JESUS IN GIDEON DEFEATING
THE ENEMY WITH THIS SMALL GROUP.
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ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE
I SEE JESUS EVERYWHERE.
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THIS IS ALL ABOUT HIM. HE
WANTS YOU TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
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GOD BECAME A MAN AND HIS
NAME WAS JESUS. DO YOU KNOW HIM?
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YOU NEED TO KNOW HIM BECAUSE
KNOWING HIM IS EVERLASTING LIFE.
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>>THIS MYSTERIOUS INDIVIDUAL
APPEARS ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS
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TO REVELATION. IT'S
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WHO IS MICHAEL? IS HE
A CHERUBIM - A SERAPHIM -
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THIS ANGEL GENERAL
OF THE LORD'S ARMY?
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>>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS.
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MISSING IN MY LIFE.
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