Welcome to Anchor Bible school.
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We're glad you're here.
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We have exciting
days ahead in studying
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particularly Bible prophecy.
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But before we get into our
study today, we want to ask
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for the Lord's guidance.
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And so I invite you
to bow your heads with me
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as we ask for God
to be present with us.
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Let us pray.
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Father in heaven, we
come before Your throne today
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with gratefulness in
our hearts because we know
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that You are sitting on
the throne of the universe,
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and nothing
escapes Your attention.
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We live in momentous times.
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We live in a great
time of world history.
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And we know that prophecy
is so important at this time.
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We need to understand it so that
we can share it with others.
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And so, Father, we ask
that as we begin this class
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be present here
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that we might receive the
Holy Spirit's instruction,
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we might learn and have the
capacity to share this message
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with the world at large.
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We thank You, Father, for
the promise of Your presence.
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And we pray this in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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Well, let's go
directly to our outline.
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We are, first of all,
going to deal with some
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introductory matters.
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And as I mentioned, everything
that we're going to study
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is in our outline in
that particular order.
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Now the first thing that
I want us to take a look at
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is the basic types of
Bible prophecy that we are
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going to be taking a look at.
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The first type of Bible
prophecy is what is called,
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apocalyptic prophecy.
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Now what is
apocalyptic prophecy?
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Basically, it has to do
with the great chain prophecies
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of Scripture.
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Like Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
Revelation 12, Revelation 13,
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Revelation 17.
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Now these prophecies
have only one fulfillment,
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one fulfillment.
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I want to read this statement
from my former teacher,
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Gerhard Hasel, at the
seminary, where he explains
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what apocalyptic prophecies are.
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He says this, and
this is in your outline,
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"Dual or two-fold fulfillments
may be present in some biblical
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predictions where contextual
Scriptural indications
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make this clear and when the
details of the specifications
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are met in each instance.
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On the other hand,
apocalyptic prophecy
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as found in the books
of Daniel and Revelation
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has but one
fulfillment for each symbol."
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In other words, there
are not two fulfillments
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for the lion of Daniel 7.
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There are not two fulfillments
for the bear or for the leopard
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or for the dragon
beast or the ten horns.
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There's only one
fulfillment for each symbol
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in apocalyptic prophecy.
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And that's important
because some people are finding
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reapplications even
of the chain prophecies
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to events that are
happening in the world today.
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And we're going to see that it
actually destroys historicism.
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It destroys the idea that
prophecy fulfills in a chain
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so that we can know
exactly where we are
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at any given moment
in the course of history.
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So the first type of
prophecy that we're going to
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take a look at is
apocalyptic prophecy.
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Then there's a
second type of prophecy.
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And that's classical prophecy.
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And I have some
examples here in our syllabus.
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For example, Jeremiah 50 and 51.
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Those chapters deal with
the fall of ancient Babylon.
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It's a prediction
about the fall of Babylon
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in the days of Belshazzar.
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However, many of the
details that we find in
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classical prophecy is fulfilled
on a larger scale in the future.
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So in other words, the fact
that it's classical prophecy
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doesn't mean that is
was only fulfilled with the
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literal historical
even in the Old Testament.
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Many of the details then
become symbolic or illustrative
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of events that take
place at the end of time.
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For example, ancient Babylon we
know, according to Jeremiah 51,
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sat on many waters.
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And the waters were dried up.
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Now that kind of rings
a bell when we come to the
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book of Revelation
where it says that the harlot
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sits on many waters and
the waters of the Euphrates
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will be dried up.
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And so classical prophecy was
fulfilled in the Old Testament,
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but the fulfillment in
the Old Testament then becomes
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a figure or an illustration
of a greater fulfillment
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in the future.
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Are you following me?
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Now let's take a look at...
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By the way, let me
just read this statement
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also from Gerhard Hasel.
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This is in the
book, "Seventy Weeks;
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Leviticus and the
Nature of Prophecy," page 289.
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The previous one was in
the same book, page 322.
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This is what he said.
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"A dual fulfillment may be
recognized only if Scripture
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demands an initial and partial
fulfillment and later Scripture
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clearly indicates a final
and complete fulfillment."
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So in other words, Scripture
has to be clear that there is
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a later fulfillment to
this classical prophecy.
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We can't just, you
know, impose the Old Testament
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story on the future.
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There has to be
clear biblical indications
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in the text that these things
have a greater fulfillment
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in the future.
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Like what I
mentioned a few moments ago
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with the waters;
Babylon sits on many waters,
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and the waters of the
Euphrates were dried up.
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We know then that the
story of Jeremiah 50 and 51
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has a greater
fulfillment at the end of time
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because the terminology that is
used in the classical prophecy
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reappears later on in Scripture.
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Now let's go to our
third type of Bible prophecy.
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And this type of prophecy
we are going to dedicate
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most of our time
to here in our class.
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It's what I call,
typological prophecy.
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And what do we mean
by typological prophecy?
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It means that in the
Old Testament you have the
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type or you have
the small scale model,
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and then that type
or small scale model
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is fulfilled in the future.
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Now let me just mention here
what we have in parenthesis.
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The Sanctuary is a
prophetic type, isn't it.
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Because it
illustrates the different steps,
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the different
events, of Christ's ministry;
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Christ's ministry of salvation.
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The Hebrew feasts
are also prophetic types,
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because they
point to future events.
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And what's interesting
is, the Sanctuary gives us
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the events of
Messiah's plan of salvation.
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The feasts give us the
calendar or give us the dates
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for those events that are
found within the Sanctuary.
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So in other words, the Sanctuary
and the feasts are typological.
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The feasts give us
the events and the...
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The feasts, excuse
me, give us the calendar
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and the Sanctuary
provides the events
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of Messiah's plan of salvation.
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Matthew 24, we're
going to take a look at
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in a few moments in more detail,
is a typological prophecy.
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Elijah, the story of
Elijah in the Old Testament,
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is a typological prophecy.
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It has a historical root.
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It took place in
the Old Testament.
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However, we know that there
is also a New Testament Elijah.
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New Testament
Elijah is John the Baptist.
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Very clearly Jesus identified
John the Baptist as Elijah.
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There is an Elijah
during the Middle Ages.
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We know that
because Jezebel is active
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during the church of Thyatira,
the fourth church of Revelation.
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And Jezebel
cannot appear by herself.
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If Jezebel is there,
Elijah must be there also.
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Are you with me?
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Now there's an
end time Elijah also.
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Because Malachi chapter
4 says that God is going to
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send Elijah before the great
and terrible day of the Lord,
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which is the second coming.
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And so really the
historical Elijah becomes a type
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of the New Testament Elijah, a
type of the Middle Ages Elijah,
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and a type of
the end time Elijah.
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So we're dealing
here with typology.
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We're dealing with a
small scale illustration
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that is fulfilled
later on a larger scale.
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You know, the Mount
of Transfiguration is a
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typological
prophecy, what happened there.
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You say, "How is that?"
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Well, on the Mount you
have three individuals,
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three key individuals
besides the apostles.
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You have Jesus, and you
have Moses, and you have Elijah.
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There you have a
typological prophecy.
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The spirit of prophecy
makes it very, very clear.
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First of all you have Moses.
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Moses died,
resurrected, and went to heaven.
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He is a type of those
individuals who will die
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and Jesus will resurrect when He
comes again to take to heaven.
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Elijah was translated to
heaven from among the living.
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And so he represents those
who will be translated to heaven
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without seeing death.
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And then, of course, in
the middle we have Jesus Christ
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who makes it all possible.
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And so you have a
little miniature illustration
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of the second coming of Jesus
on the Mount of Transfiguration.
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And so there you have, in the
New Testament you have a type.
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Not only do you have
types in the Old Testament,
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you also have types
in the New Testament.
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And so then you also have
various stories from Genesis
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and from the book of Revelation,
and also the book of Daniel.
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Genesis, the flood story
for example is typological.
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The story of Sodom and
Gomorrah is typological.
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Those of you who
have seen the series,
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Cracking The Genesis
Code, have seen that every story
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in the book of Genesis
is a typological story.
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You know, Jesus...
For example, the flood.
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We're going to study
it later on in this class.
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Jesus said that the story
of the flood is typological.
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"As it was in the days
of Noah, so also will it be
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at the coming
of the Son of Man."
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Very clearly
it's type, antitype.
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Jesus also said, "As it
was in the days of Lot..."
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And so we need to examine
the entire story of Sodom
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and Gomorrah
because the entire story
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is typological of the end times.
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Even the fact that
three angels came to Abraham.
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Interesting, why three
angels came to Abraham.
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Is it perhaps true that
the messages that they deliver
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are in the same order as
the messages of the three angels
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of Revelation chapter 14?
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When we examine
Scripture we find that it is so.
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And so we're
dealing with typology.
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Now I want to use
one particular example
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that we have in our syllabus,
and that is the prophecy
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of Matthew 24.
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I have a whole
series of 14 presentations
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on Matthew 24.
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I'm only going to deal
with one particular aspect,
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and that is the typological
nature of this prophecy
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of Matthew chapter 24.
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Now on the Mount of Olives
the disciples came to Jesus
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and they asked
Him two questions.
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I want you to
notice those two questions.
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This is at the bottom of
the first page of your syllabus.
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Notice what the
two questions were.
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"Tell us, when
will these things be?"
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Jesus had just said that not one
stone would be left upon another
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in the temple, the
Jewish temple and the wall.
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And so the disciples now say,
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"When are these
things going to be?"
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And then they ask
a second question.
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"And what will be
the sign of Your coming,
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and of the end of the age?"
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Are those two questions,
two separate questions?
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Absolutely.
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Now the disciples
thought it was one.
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Because the disciples
thought that if the temple
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was destroyed, that
was the second coming,
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that was when Jesus was
going to establish His kingdom.
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But Jesus knew that these
were two different events.
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And so Ellen White
makes it very clear that
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in His answer Jesus
used the law of typology.
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In other words, in the
destruction of Jerusalem
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Jesus saw a type
or an illustration,
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a small scale model,
of what's going to happen
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with regard to the
world at the end of time.
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You see, what happens in
typology is, that which is
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small scale
becomes very large scale.
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In other words, the true
fulfillment of Matthew 24
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is not what happened in
relation to literal Jerusalem.
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That is only a
small scale illustration.
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Like the Sanctuary is a
small scale illustration
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of global events and spiritual
events at the end of time.
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Now I want to read
some statements from the
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spirit of prophecy where
Ellen White clearly shows that
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Matthew 24 is using
the law of typology,
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the third type of
prophecy that we're discussing
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as we begin our study.
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She uses the law of type
and antitype, and she uses
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many different
interesting terms to describe
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this relationship
between type and antitype.
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And I want to read
these statements and I want to
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underline certain
words that we find here.
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The first one is found in,
The Great Controversy, page 25.
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This is at the top of
page 2 of your syllabus.
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This is how
Ellen White describes
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the intentions of Jesus.
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"The prophecy which He uttered
was twofold in its meaning;
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while foreshadowing..."
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See, that's an interesting
word, "foreshadowing."
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"...the
destruction of Jerusalem,
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it prefigured also the
terrors of the last day."
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See the key words there?
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The key words
are, "foreshadowing."
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That small scale
event foreshadowed.
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And, "prefigured."
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Two words that indicate that
what happened on a small scale
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is going to
happen on a larger scale.
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Now there's also a statement
in, Desire Of Ages, page 743,
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where she uses a
different terminology.
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She says, "From
the fall of Jerusalem
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the thoughts of
Jesus passed to..."
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What kind of a judgment?
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"...to a wider judgment.
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In the destruction of the
impenitent city He saw a..."
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Now here comes a
key term. A what?
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"...He saw a symbol
of the final destruction
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to come upon the world."
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So she says that what happened
at Jerusalem was symbolic
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of something that would happen
in the future on a larger scale.
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In a larger statement that
we find in, Desire Of Ages,
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page 628, she had this to say.
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"Jesus did not answer
His disciples by taking up
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separately the
destruction of Jerusalem
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and the great day of His coming.
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He mingled the
description of these two events.
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Had He opened to His disciples
future events as He beheld them,
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they would have been
unable to endure the sight.
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In mercy to them He blended..."
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Notice, "mingled," "blended."
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"...He blended the description
of the two great crises,
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leaving the disciples to study
out the meaning for themselves.
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When He referred to the
destruction of Jerusalem,
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His prophetic words reached
beyond that event to the final
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conflagration in that day
when the Lord shall rise out of
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His place to punish the
world for their iniquity,
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when the earth
shall disclose her blood,
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and shall no
more cover her slain."
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And then she says, "This
entire discourse was given,
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not for the disciples
only, but for those who should
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live in the last scenes
of this earth's history."
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Interesting.
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Great Controversy, page 22.
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"Christ saw in Jerusalem a
symbol of the world hardened
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in unbelief and rebellion,
and hastening on to meet
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the retributive
judgments of God."
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Also on page 22, "Jesus, looking
down to the last generation,
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saw the world involved in a
deception similar to that which
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caused the
destruction of Jerusalem.
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The great sin..."
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And now this is
very interesting,
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"The great sin of the Jews
was their rejection of Christ."
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And by the way, you know
that Christ is the embodiment
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of the law, right?
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Christ is the law
lived in human flesh.
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So the great sin of the
Jews was to reject Christ,
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who is the
embodiment of the law.
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She says, "The great
sin of the world would be
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their rejection of the law
of God, the foundation of His
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government in heaven and earth."
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Let me ask you, are
those two sins similar?
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What's worse, to reject the law
or the embodiment of the law?
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I mean, to reject
Christ means to reject the law,
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because Christ is a
reflection of the law.
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And to reject the
law is to reject Christ,
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because the law is a
reflection of Christ.
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So both ways it's the same sin,
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but looked at
from different angles.
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Are you following me?
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And that's why Ellen
White says it was similar.
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You know, for a long
time I struggled with this.
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I said, you know, in what
way is it similar for them
00:18:32.64\00:18:35.06
to reject Christ
and to reject the law?
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And then I got to
thinking, well the law is a
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reflection of Christ.
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So if the law is a
reflection of Christ,
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if you're rejecting the
law, you're rejecting Christ.
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And if you're rejecting Christ,
you're rejecting the law.
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Because the law is
a reflection of Him.
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Now notice, Great
Controversy, page 36.
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Here's another statement.
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"The Savior's prophecy
concerning the visitation of
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judgments upon
Jerusalem is to have..." What?
00:18:58.29\00:19:01.71
"... another fulfillment, of
which that terrible desolation
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was but a faint shadow."
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Now if you read the first
chapter of Great Controversy,
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you'll say, "That's
a faint showed? Wow.
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What is the world
going to be like?"
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It is amazing when you
read that first chapter
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of Great Controversy
what happened in Jerusalem.
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She continues saying, "In
the fate of the chosen city
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we may behold the doom
of a world that has rejected
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God's mercy and
trampled upon His law."
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Going to the next
page, notice Ellen White
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time and again, time and
again, says that what happened
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in Jerusalem is a type or an
illustration of future events.
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This is in the book,
Last Day Events, page 18.
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"The whole of the
twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew
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is a prophecy concerning the
events to precede this event,
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and the destruction of
Jerusalem is used to typify
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the last great destruction
of the world by fire."
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She also says in Testimonies For
The Church, volume 5, page 753,
00:20:04.15\00:20:08.87
"While these prophecies
received a partial fulfillment
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at the destruction of Jerusalem,
they have a more direct
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application to the last days."
00:20:16.64\00:20:18.63
This shows that the antitype
is greater than the type.
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In other words, the
future fulfillment is greater
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and is the main
focus of the type.
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So she says here in volume
5 of the Testimonies, 753,
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"While these prophecies
received a partial fulfillment
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at the destruction of Jerusalem,
they have a more direct
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application to the last days."
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A couple of statements more.
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Thoughts From The Mount Of
Blessing, page 120 and 121.
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"The ruin of Jerusalem
was a symbol of the final ruin
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that shall overwhelm the world.
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The prophecies that
received a partial fulfillment
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in the overthrow of
Jerusalem have a more direct
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application to the last days.
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We are now standing
on the threshold of great
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and solemn events.
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A crisis is before us, such as
the world has never witnessed."
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And then one final statement.
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Testimonies To
Ministers, page 232.
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"The warnings that
Christ gave to Jerusalem
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were not to end with them.
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The judgments upon Jerusalem
were a symbol of the events
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of Christ's coming to
judgment in the last day,
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when before Him shall
be gathered all nations.
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'He shall send His angels
with a great sound of a trumpet,
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and they shall gather together
His elect from the four winds,
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from one end of
heaven to the other.'"
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So are you understanding
this relationship between
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type and antitype?
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These are
typological prophecies.
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In other words, the
type is a small scale model
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of something far greater
in the future of the antitype.
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And in Scripture this method is
used repeatedly, time and again.
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As I mentioned
before, the book of Genesis,
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every story in
Genesis is a prophecy.
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Besides being rooted in history,
it did take place literally
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in history, it
becomes a small scale model of
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something far
greater at the end of time.
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And there's certain
principles that we need to apply
00:22:21.59\00:22:24.07
when we study these prophecies
00:22:24.17\00:22:26.35
to understand the
future fulfillment.
00:22:26.38\00:22:28.57
So basically these are
the three types of prophecies
00:22:29.38\00:22:32.54
that we are going
to be using as we study
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these principles about how
to interpret prophecy correctly.
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So let's go now to
principle number one.
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Principle number one is the
most important principle of all.
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What do you suppose it is?
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You know, we could
have skipped that one.
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Because that's automatic.
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We know we have to do that.
00:22:59.12\00:23:01.17
But it has to be
put as number one.
00:23:01.58\00:23:03.83
Because without the
help of the divine Spirit,
00:23:04.60\00:23:06.96
we're going to
undoubtedly reach error
00:23:08.68\00:23:12.11
in our conclusions.
00:23:12.41\00:23:13.83
So let's go through
this very quickly here,
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principle number one.
00:23:16.68\00:23:18.26
The Holy Spirit imparted
the message of Scripture
00:23:18.62\00:23:23.02
to the various writers.
00:23:23.05\00:23:24.37
Therefore, we must pray
that the same Spirit that
00:23:25.45\00:23:29.78
inspired the prophetic writings
will explain their meaning
00:23:29.81\00:23:34.43
to us today.
00:23:34.46\00:23:35.67
After all, we're removed
2000 years from when these
00:23:36.07\00:23:39.85
books were given; a different
language, a different culture,
00:23:39.88\00:23:42.72
to different individuals.
00:23:43.16\00:23:45.02
So we need divine guidance.
00:23:45.05\00:23:46.89
And we must come to
prophecy with the willingness to
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practice what we learn.
00:23:50.27\00:23:51.82
Because Jesus said,
you know, if we don't,
00:23:52.70\00:23:55.73
then we won't know
whether this is of God or not.
00:23:55.97\00:23:59.68
Ellen White has a couple of
very interesting statements here
00:24:00.15\00:24:03.44
regarding the
importance of prayer.
00:24:04.00\00:24:06.25
Christian Education, page 59.
00:24:07.28\00:24:09.59
She says, "Never..."
00:24:09.94\00:24:11.60
What does "never" mean?
00:24:12.32\00:24:13.74
Exactly that.
00:24:14.64\00:24:16.09
"Never should the Bible
be studied without prayer.
00:24:16.19\00:24:20.55
Many times don't we
open the Bible and we start
00:24:22.05\00:24:24.38
studying it without praying?
00:24:24.41\00:24:25.74
Every time we open
the Bible we should pray.
00:24:25.77\00:24:27.97
"Never should the Bible
be studied without prayer.
00:24:28.48\00:24:31.17
Before opening its pages..."
00:24:31.88\00:24:34.44
Wow.
00:24:35.25\00:24:36.39
"Before opening its pages we
should ask for the enlightenment
00:24:36.87\00:24:41.65
of the Holy Spirit,
and it will be given."
00:24:41.68\00:24:44.45
It's a divine promise.
00:24:45.23\00:24:46.60
So if we pray here at
the Anchor Bible school,
00:24:46.80\00:24:49.13
do you suppose the
Holy Spirit is going to
00:24:49.16\00:24:50.44
be here to instruct us?
00:24:50.47\00:24:51.90
I believe so.
00:24:52.28\00:24:53.54
Another
statement that we find in,
00:24:54.23\00:24:55.81
Counsels On Sabbath
School Work, page 38,
00:24:55.84\00:24:58.93
we find why we need to pray
before opening the Scriptures.
00:25:00.07\00:25:05.80
There are actually two reasons.
00:25:06.18\00:25:07.64
And you'll notice that
the numbers I've placed in
00:25:07.74\00:25:10.02
brackets, I've added those
so that we see that there are
00:25:10.05\00:25:13.58
two points that Ellen
White is trying to make here.
00:25:13.61\00:25:16.09
She says, "The Bible should
never be studied without prayer.
00:25:16.56\00:25:20.44
The Holy Spirit alone
can cause us to feel the..."
00:25:21.29\00:25:26.31
Here's the first
reason. The what?
00:25:26.34\00:25:28.33
"...the importance of those
things easy to be understood..."
00:25:28.66\00:25:32.78
So the first reason to
pray is so that the Holy Spirit
00:25:32.81\00:25:35.34
can show us the
importance of what we study.
00:25:35.37\00:25:38.23
Or, now there's
the other reason.
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Or what?
00:25:41.31\00:25:42.56
"...prevent us from wresting..."
00:25:42.76\00:25:46.47
It's not talking
about resting in sleep.
00:25:46.50\00:25:48.66
It's with a "w."
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Wresting means twisting.
00:25:50.73\00:25:52.47
"...wresting truths
difficult of comprehension."
00:25:52.50\00:25:56.98
So in other words, God
reveals His truth to us
00:25:57.44\00:26:00.72
and He keeps us
from embracing error
00:26:01.01\00:26:04.14
by twisting the Scriptures.
00:26:04.58\00:26:06.53
And believe me, there's
a lot of Scripture twisting
00:26:06.56\00:26:08.53
going on these days.
00:26:08.56\00:26:09.94
Not only outside the
church, but inside the church.
00:26:09.97\00:26:13.62
Because we have a tendency
to mold Scripture to our desires
00:26:13.93\00:26:18.03
and to our likes.
00:26:18.06\00:26:19.52
And the reason why is
because we're not praying to God
00:26:19.75\00:26:22.20
for divine enlightenment
saying, "Lord, show me what
00:26:22.30\00:26:24.52
Your will is,
not what my will is.
00:26:24.55\00:26:27.75
And if You show me, I'll
abide by it and I will obey it.
00:26:27.78\00:26:32.16
Speak, Lord, for
Your servant here."
00:26:33.27\00:26:36.03
That should be our attitude
when we come to Scripture.
00:26:36.57\00:26:38.50
So I've placed that principle
there because I believe
00:26:38.53\00:26:42.58
that it is the most important.
00:26:42.61\00:26:44.02
And you know, it
has the smallest space
00:26:44.61\00:26:47.40
because it's self-explanatory.
00:26:47.43\00:26:49.75
You don't have to
have the intelligence of a
00:26:49.78\00:26:52.01
rocket scientist to
understand this principle;
00:26:52.04\00:26:54.59
that we need to ask for
divine guidance every time
00:26:55.20\00:26:58.67
we open the Scriptures, when we
study our Sabbath School lesson,
00:26:58.70\00:27:01.78
you know, when the
sermon is about to be preached.
00:27:01.98\00:27:04.81
Wouldn't it be nice for
us to sit there in the pew
00:27:04.84\00:27:08.04
and to say, "Oh, the pastor is
about to deliver the message,"
00:27:08.07\00:27:10.83
and raise up a little
prayer to the Lord that the Lord
00:27:10.86\00:27:13.57
will be with the preacher
as he preaches the sermon?
00:27:13.60\00:27:16.03
Absolutely.
00:27:16.06\00:27:17.09
Every time we should pray
before we open God's holy Word.
00:27:17.45\00:27:23.11
Because without
divine wisdom, we cannot
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.05
interpret the Bible correctly.
00:27:26.08\00:27:27.91
Now let's go to
principle number two.
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You say, "Wow,
we're on a roll here.
00:27:30.40\00:27:32.09
We're on page three already."
00:27:32.12\00:27:33.41
Well, don't sing victory yet.
00:27:33.44\00:27:36.37
Because these first principles
are actually the simplest
00:27:36.67\00:27:40.75
and the easier principles.
00:27:40.78\00:27:42.42
Later on we're going to get
into some very complex things.
00:27:42.45\00:27:46.08
Principle number two.
00:27:46.80\00:27:48.28
Ask questions of the
text that you are studying,
00:27:49.10\00:27:52.50
and then seek for
answers to your questions.
00:27:53.60\00:27:57.59
You know, many times
we just read the Bible
00:27:59.08\00:28:01.32
and we don't ask
the Bible questions.
00:28:02.13\00:28:04.83
I'm not saying in the sense
of doubting what the Bible says,
00:28:04.86\00:28:08.61
but questions so that
we can understand the text.
00:28:08.81\00:28:12.31
Let's go through this principle
as it is in the syllabus.
00:28:12.34\00:28:16.38
Before we begin to interpret
a biblical text or passage
00:28:16.74\00:28:21.95
we must first of
all read it carefully
00:28:22.26\00:28:25.67
several times in as many
Bible versions as possible.
00:28:26.37\00:28:31.50
Each Bible version will
give you a different dimension.
00:28:32.02\00:28:34.83
And as you read,
ask the text questions.
00:28:36.21\00:28:41.27
You know it's interesting, when
Jesus met the religious leaders
00:28:41.71\00:28:44.50
in the temple, if
you read Luke 2:46-47,
00:28:44.53\00:28:48.58
the religious leaders of
Israel were not so amazed by
00:28:49.21\00:28:54.27
what Jesus said, but by
the questions that Jesus asked.
00:28:54.30\00:28:58.19
And so when we come to
Scripture, we must come to
00:28:59.27\00:29:01.59
Scripture with an active mind,
00:29:01.62\00:29:04.42
with a clear mind,
with an inquisitive mind,
00:29:05.02\00:29:09.25
with a perceptive mind.
00:29:09.95\00:29:11.32
With a mind that is
engaged with the biblical text.
00:29:11.35\00:29:14.87
In other words, Bible
study, particularly prophecy,
00:29:15.28\00:29:20.23
is like detective work.
00:29:20.33\00:29:22.71
We seek for clues
here, there, everywhere.
00:29:24.52\00:29:28.31
And then we bring
all of the clues together
00:29:28.34\00:29:30.90
and we are able to make
sense out of the passage
00:29:31.00\00:29:33.64
that we're studying.
00:29:33.67\00:29:34.79
Now let me give
you some examples.
00:29:36.21\00:29:38.92
And you have some
material there that says,
00:29:40.40\00:29:43.87
"God's Great Week."
00:29:45.58\00:29:47.26
"God's Great Week."
00:29:48.58\00:29:49.85
You see that one there?
00:29:49.88\00:29:51.04
It's one of the other
handouts that you received
00:29:51.07\00:29:52.86
with the syllabus.
00:29:52.89\00:29:54.00
The first two
questions here in the syllabus
00:29:55.93\00:29:58.74
have to do with this
material, "God's Great Week."
00:29:58.77\00:30:01.97
Now for many, many years
I struggled with two things
00:30:03.07\00:30:08.09
in the book of Genesis
as I read the creation story
00:30:08.12\00:30:11.04
in Genesis 1 and 2.
00:30:11.07\00:30:12.44
And I struggled not in
a bad sense of the word
00:30:13.16\00:30:15.23
that I doubted
what Genesis was saying.
00:30:15.26\00:30:17.28
But I struggled
with two questions.
00:30:17.58\00:30:21.33
Number one, if the
Sabbath is as important as
00:30:21.36\00:30:26.04
we Seventh-day Adventists
believe, why didn't God
00:30:26.07\00:30:29.56
give Adam and Eve a direct
command in the Garden of Eden
00:30:29.59\00:30:32.68
to keep the Sabbath?
00:30:32.71\00:30:33.94
You know, it would
have been so simple for God.
00:30:34.91\00:30:36.48
Because people say, "You know,
the Sabbath was for the Jews."
00:30:36.51\00:30:39.03
And we tell them,
"No, but it's in Genesis."
00:30:39.22\00:30:40.80
They say, "But God
doesn't say that you're
00:30:40.83\00:30:42.21
suppose to keep the Sabbath.
00:30:42.24\00:30:43.27
It says God rested."
00:30:43.30\00:30:44.95
So I thought many times,
I've said, it'd be wonderful if
00:30:45.86\00:30:48.05
God had placed in there, "Adam
and Eve, keep the Sabbath."
00:30:48.08\00:30:50.43
And then, you know, the
problem would be resolved.
00:30:51.03\00:30:54.99
No problem whatsoever.
00:30:55.02\00:30:56.39
It's not for the Jews,
it was for Adam and Eve
00:30:56.42\00:30:58.48
and for the human race.
00:30:58.51\00:30:59.70
But you don't find any
direct command in Genesis
00:30:59.73\00:31:02.61
to keep the Sabbath.
00:31:02.64\00:31:03.94
Interesting.
00:31:05.32\00:31:06.61
And then another
thing that I struggled with
00:31:07.23\00:31:09.28
for many years was why each
day had an evening and a morning
00:31:09.31\00:31:13.41
except the seventh day.
00:31:13.44\00:31:15.11
See, this is what I'm
talking about when I say that
00:31:16.92\00:31:19.89
we need to be inquisitive and
we need to have an active mind.
00:31:19.92\00:31:23.07
You know, we need to say,
00:31:23.85\00:31:24.92
"Why does the
Scripture say it this way?"
00:31:24.95\00:31:26.91
"What's missing?"
00:31:26.94\00:31:28.01
"Why was this word used?"
00:31:28.04\00:31:29.72
"Why was this phrase used?"
00:31:29.93\00:31:31.71
"What is the
meaning of this word?"
00:31:31.81\00:31:33.11
"What is the
meaning of this phrase?"
00:31:33.14\00:31:34.43
We need to be engaged
with the text, in other words.
00:31:34.46\00:31:37.19
We need to ask
the text questions,
00:31:37.22\00:31:39.80
and then seek for
answers to those questions.
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.04
The second question
was, why does each day
00:31:42.07\00:31:46.34
have an evening and a morning
except for the seventh day?
00:31:46.37\00:31:49.27
It doesn't say there was
the evening and the morning
00:31:49.62\00:31:52.07
of the seventh day.
00:31:52.10\00:31:53.29
And one teacher once said to me,
"Well, probably Moses forgot to
00:31:54.32\00:31:58.41
put it in there."
00:31:58.44\00:31:59.47
And I said to him,
"I don't think so."
00:32:00.79\00:32:03.31
Everything that should be
in Scripture is in Scripture.
00:32:03.34\00:32:08.52
There's a reason,
there's a theological reason why
00:32:09.35\00:32:12.61
the seventh day
doesn't say that there was
00:32:13.24\00:32:15.12
an evening and a morning.
00:32:15.15\00:32:16.18
And so for years,
I'll be honest with you,
00:32:16.21\00:32:18.34
for years I
struggled with these questions.
00:32:18.37\00:32:20.72
Until I was on a trip
to Panama, I remember.
00:32:21.42\00:32:25.29
I had the book,
Patriarchs And Prophets, with me
00:32:25.75\00:32:28.30
and I was reading
the chapter on creation.
00:32:28.33\00:32:30.48
Reading it again because
I had read it many times.
00:32:31.29\00:32:33.88
And I read a little blurb
of that where I said, "Wow.
00:32:34.57\00:32:40.03
I have the answer to
my two questions now."
00:32:40.51\00:32:42.99
You say, "Well,
where is that statement?"
00:32:44.07\00:32:46.34
It's in this material.
00:32:46.37\00:32:47.85
And unfortunately I did not put
page numbers on this material.
00:32:47.88\00:32:51.59
So it might be a little bit of
a struggle for you to find this.
00:32:51.62\00:32:54.25
But it's under the subtitle
that says, "Spirit of Prophecy."
00:32:55.11\00:32:59.82
There's the subtitle that
says, "When was the Sabbath
00:32:59.85\00:33:02.10
Sanctified and Blessed?"
00:33:02.13\00:33:03.93
And then on the next
page, "The Spirit of Prophecy."
00:33:04.20\00:33:07.69
And the first
statement there is the one
00:33:08.13\00:33:12.44
that really caught my attention.
00:33:12.80\00:33:14.35
And I said, "Wow, now I
understand why God did not
00:33:14.45\00:33:17.45
give a direct command and
why the seventh day did not
00:33:17.48\00:33:21.02
have an evening and a morning."
00:33:21.05\00:33:22.45
It says there...
00:33:23.16\00:33:24.20
And I want to read two or
three of these statements.
00:33:24.23\00:33:26.60
You know, for years I had
thought that first Sabbath
00:33:26.70\00:33:30.94
when it was beginning, God
ended His work the sixth day,
00:33:30.97\00:33:33.67
and when the seventh
day was beginning God said
00:33:33.70\00:33:35.40
to Adam and Eve,
"Okay, Adam and Eve,
00:33:35.43\00:33:36.87
this is going to be a holy day.
00:33:36.90\00:33:38.48
So keep it."
00:33:38.51\00:33:39.64
But I was wrong.
00:33:41.22\00:33:42.49
Because that first
Sabbath day, God did not command
00:33:43.87\00:33:49.02
Adam and Eve to
worship and keep holy
00:33:49.05\00:33:50.87
that first Sabbath day.
00:33:50.90\00:33:52.28
And you say, "Well, why not?"
00:33:53.44\00:33:55.05
Well, let's read what
Ellen White had to say.
00:33:55.25\00:33:57.95
See, the little old lady didn't
have a theological education.
00:33:57.98\00:34:01.07
But she had the
help of the Holy Spirit.
00:34:01.50\00:34:03.30
Some people say Ellen
White wasn't a theologian.
00:34:04.22\00:34:06.37
So I tell them,
"Well then the Holy Spirit
00:34:06.40\00:34:07.76
isn't a theologian, right?"
00:34:07.79\00:34:09.19
The Holy Spirit is
the greatest theologian.
00:34:10.00\00:34:11.95
And that's why what
Ellen White says is amazing.
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.78
Notice, when did
the Sabbath become holy?
00:34:14.99\00:34:17.79
Was the Sabbath holy
when that first Sabbath began
00:34:20.56\00:34:24.07
or did the Sabbath
become holy when the day ended?
00:34:24.10\00:34:27.39
The Sabbath became
holy when it ended.
00:34:28.29\00:34:30.25
Because you know what?
00:34:30.28\00:34:31.42
It was God's rest
that made the Sabbath holy.
00:34:31.45\00:34:33.97
Are you with me?
00:34:36.09\00:34:37.12
Ellen White never got it wrong.
00:34:38.08\00:34:39.73
It would have been very
easy for Ellen White, you know,
00:34:40.17\00:34:41.88
she was a strong
believer in the Sabbath,
00:34:41.91\00:34:44.67
it would have been very
easy for Ellen White to put in
00:34:44.70\00:34:46.60
her writings, "And
God told Adam and Eve,
00:34:46.63\00:34:48.59
'You keep the Sabbath now.'"
00:34:48.62\00:34:50.44
But she never says that.
00:34:52.05\00:34:53.38
Notice these statements.
00:34:53.83\00:34:55.20
Patriarchs And
Prophets, page 47.
00:34:55.77\00:34:57.46
And I'm not going to go
through all of this material.
00:34:57.49\00:34:59.70
I hope that
you'll go through it.
00:35:00.00\00:35:01.09
Don't just file this stuff away.
00:35:01.12\00:35:03.04
This took me
months to put together.
00:35:03.79\00:35:06.72
So please spend the
time to read this material.
00:35:07.03\00:35:11.41
It's got a lot
of good stuff in it.
00:35:11.44\00:35:13.08
Notice, "After resting
upon the seventh day..."
00:35:13.11\00:35:17.84
What does the
word, "after," mean?
00:35:19.51\00:35:20.96
Exactly that, after.
00:35:22.33\00:35:24.42
"After resting upon the seventh
day, God sanctified it..."
00:35:24.73\00:35:28.31
When did God
make the Sabbath holy?
00:35:29.06\00:35:30.81
After He rested.
00:35:32.17\00:35:33.50
So was the Sabbath holy
during that Sabbath day?
00:35:34.09\00:35:37.81
No, it became
holy after He rested.
00:35:38.19\00:35:40.84
Because what makes the
Sabbath holy is God's rest.
00:35:40.87\00:35:43.38
That's why Sunday can't
be holy because God didn't
00:35:43.41\00:35:45.67
rest that day.
00:35:45.70\00:35:46.81
"After resting upon the
seventh day, God sanctified it
00:35:49.54\00:35:52.81
or set it apart as a
day of rest for man."
00:35:52.84\00:35:55.25
When did the Sabbath
become a day of rest for man?
00:35:55.28\00:35:57.23
After the first Sabbath.
00:35:58.38\00:35:59.98
Notice the next
page. Now I'm preaching.
00:36:02.10\00:36:03.83
The Desire Of Ages, page 281.
00:36:05.64\00:36:07.93
Listen carefully.
00:36:08.50\00:36:09.54
"Because He had
rested upon the Sabbath..."
00:36:09.57\00:36:13.24
Because what?
00:36:13.51\00:36:14.55
Past tense.
00:36:15.92\00:36:16.95
"Because He had
rested upon the Sabbath,
00:36:16.98\00:36:19.23
'God blessed the seventh
day, and sanctified it.'"
00:36:19.26\00:36:22.48
Why did God bless the
Sabbath and sanctify it?
00:36:23.31\00:36:25.43
Because He had rested.
00:36:25.46\00:36:27.03
"...set it apart to a holy use."
00:36:28.19\00:36:29.87
When was it set apart?
00:36:29.90\00:36:31.23
After He rested.
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.31
And when did He give it to Adam?
00:36:33.64\00:36:35.00
"He gave it to Adam..."
00:36:35.03\00:36:36.20
When did He give it to Adam?
00:36:36.23\00:36:37.52
After He made it
holy He gave it to Adam.
00:36:38.00\00:36:41.51
"...as a day of rest.
00:36:44.30\00:36:45.73
It was a memorial of the work
of creation, and thus a sign
00:36:46.02\00:36:50.34
of God's power and of His love."
00:36:50.37\00:36:52.39
In the book, My
Life Today, page 259,
00:36:53.59\00:36:56.05
speaking about the
Lord's Day that's mentioned in
00:36:57.20\00:36:59.03
Revelation
chapter 1 and verse 10.
00:36:59.06\00:37:00.96
"I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's Day."
00:37:01.20\00:37:02.51
Most people say, most Christians
say, "Oh, that's Sunday.
00:37:02.54\00:37:04.95
'I was in the
Spirit on Sunday.'"
00:37:04.98\00:37:06.13
No, no, no.
00:37:06.26\00:37:07.29
Ellen White explains, "The
Lord's day mentioned by John
00:37:08.14\00:37:10.71
was the Sabbath, the
day on which Jehovah rested
00:37:10.74\00:37:14.54
after the great work
of creation, and which He
00:37:15.32\00:37:18.52
blessed and sanctified
because He had rested upon it."
00:37:18.55\00:37:23.42
Why did He
bless and sanctify it?
00:37:24.12\00:37:25.84
Because He what?
00:37:26.14\00:37:27.33
Because He had rested.
00:37:27.67\00:37:29.27
Testimonies For The
Church, volume 4, page 247.
00:37:29.86\00:37:33.80
"God blessed and sanctified
the seventh day because
00:37:33.83\00:37:37.58
He rested upon it from all
His wondrous work of creation."
00:37:37.61\00:37:41.65
And on the next page, this
is, Patriarchs And Prophets,
00:37:42.20\00:37:44.99
page 111.
00:37:45.02\00:37:46.71
"The first six days of each
week are given to man for labor,
00:37:46.91\00:37:50.67
because God employed the
same period of the first week
00:37:50.70\00:37:53.81
in the work of creation.
00:37:53.84\00:37:55.25
On the seventh day man
is to refrain from labor..."
00:37:55.28\00:37:58.22
Why?
00:37:58.42\00:37:59.45
"...in commemoration
of the Creator's rest."
00:37:59.48\00:38:03.47
So who's rest is significant?
00:38:08.75\00:38:10.75
The Creator's rest.
00:38:11.53\00:38:13.27
Man, when man
rests, he is commemorating
00:38:13.30\00:38:16.73
the Creator's rest.
00:38:16.76\00:38:17.79
That's why in the Bible
God says, "The Sabbath is
00:38:17.82\00:38:21.46
My holy day."
00:38:21.49\00:38:23.31
Because it's His holy day
before it is our holy day.
00:38:23.68\00:38:27.94
One final statement.
00:38:29.22\00:38:30.64
Review And Herald,
September 16, 1862.
00:38:31.03\00:38:33.79
"Instead of keeping God's own
rest day, which He sanctified
00:38:34.52\00:38:38.80
after He had rested upon it and
set it apart for man to observe
00:38:38.83\00:38:43.42
and reverence,
they," that is Protestants,
00:38:43.45\00:38:45.53
"honor a Papal institution."
00:38:45.56\00:38:48.31
Now let's take a look at this.
00:38:49.71\00:38:51.20
Is it important to
ask the text questions?
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.93
You know, we might not
even think of that question.
00:38:55.65\00:38:59.37
In fact, somebody said to me,
"What difference does it make
00:38:59.40\00:39:02.12
whether it was sanctified, you
know, as the day was beginning
00:39:02.15\00:39:05.42
or was it
sanctified when the day ended?
00:39:05.45\00:39:07.49
What difference does it make?"
00:39:08.09\00:39:09.64
It makes a big difference.
00:39:09.67\00:39:11.12
You know, the main argument
that is used by Dale Retzlaff,
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.94
who is an enemy of Adventists,
use to be an Adventist,
00:39:14.97\00:39:17.44
and others, is that the Sabbath
is not a creation institution
00:39:17.47\00:39:20.85
because God did not command Adam
and Eve to keep the Sabbath.
00:39:20.88\00:39:23.74
But now we know that God
did not command Adam and Eve
00:39:26.49\00:39:29.74
to rest because the
Sabbath did not become
00:39:29.77\00:39:31.91
holy until the day ended.
00:39:31.94\00:39:33.14
How could God tell Adam and
Eve to keep the Sabbath holy
00:39:33.17\00:39:35.79
if it was not yet holy?
00:39:35.82\00:39:37.33
Are you with me?
00:39:39.94\00:39:40.97
Furthermore, how could
God say to Adam and Eve,
00:39:42.29\00:39:45.20
"Keep the Sabbath
according to My example,"
00:39:45.86\00:39:48.27
before God gave the example?
00:39:48.30\00:39:50.20
Are you with me?
00:39:54.06\00:39:55.13
And even further, Adam
and Eve could not have kept
00:39:55.62\00:39:58.75
the fourth
commandment that first Sabbath.
00:39:58.78\00:40:00.90
Because the
fourth commandment says
00:40:02.72\00:40:04.01
work six and rest the seventh.
00:40:04.04\00:40:05.79
And they had not worked six.
00:40:05.82\00:40:07.22
So is this significant?
00:40:12.79\00:40:14.60
This is a very
significant question.
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.59
And when we engage the
text, when we ask the questions
00:40:18.59\00:40:21.57
of the text, you know, we
reach some amazing conclusions
00:40:21.60\00:40:26.00
that are extremely important.
00:40:26.03\00:40:27.13
Now what about the
evening and the morning?
00:40:27.16\00:40:29.24
See, the problem is, if
we think of this first week
00:40:30.50\00:40:34.42
as man's week, then we
can't explain the fact that
00:40:34.45\00:40:38.95
there's no evening and
morning to the seventh day.
00:40:38.98\00:40:40.87
But when we remember that
the first week is God's week...
00:40:40.90\00:40:44.09
The first week
is not man's week.
00:40:45.79\00:40:47.48
It's God's week.
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.71
Because God worked six
and God rested the seventh.
00:40:50.28\00:40:53.84
The first week has
nothing to do with man,
00:40:53.87\00:40:55.76
it is God's week.
00:40:55.79\00:40:57.31
Now the seventh day, God
finishes His work the sixth day,
00:41:00.28\00:41:05.46
the seventh day
He ceases His work.
00:41:06.02\00:41:08.80
Incidentally,
the word, "Shabbat,"
00:41:08.83\00:41:10.33
you'll find in this
material, does not mean, "rest,"
00:41:10.36\00:41:12.96
quality of rest.
00:41:12.99\00:41:14.03
It means, "to cease."
00:41:14.06\00:41:15.58
The word, "rest," there
means simply to not do any more.
00:41:18.16\00:41:20.99
It means to
cease doing something,
00:41:21.20\00:41:22.70
to stop doing something.
00:41:22.73\00:41:23.96
And we use that word
in the same way today.
00:41:24.69\00:41:28.03
When trial is going on and the
district attorney is finished
00:41:28.06\00:41:31.65
presenting his case, he
says, "The prosecution rests."
00:41:31.68\00:41:36.39
That means he's going
to Hawaii on vacation.
00:41:36.42\00:41:38.75
No. What does it mean?
00:41:39.88\00:41:41.21
It means, "I've
finished presenting my case.
00:41:41.56\00:41:43.72
I have no more to present."
00:41:43.75\00:41:45.63
So Shabbat means to cease.
00:41:47.87\00:41:49.86
So God ceased His work
of creation the seventh day.
00:41:49.96\00:41:56.03
Let me ask you,
is God still ceasing
00:41:56.43\00:41:58.49
from His work of creation?
00:41:59.61\00:42:01.07
Has God created
any other worlds?
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No. Is God still ceasing?
00:42:03.80\00:42:05.66
Sure.
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And you'll find statements
from Ellen White here.
00:42:07.71\00:42:09.42
God is still ceasing
from His work of creation
00:42:09.62\00:42:11.91
because He did not
begin a new cycle of creation.
00:42:11.94\00:42:14.48
So for God there was no evening
and morning of the seventh day.
00:42:15.85\00:42:20.82
But there is for us, we
know, because then God says,
00:42:22.19\00:42:24.88
"Now I establish
a cycle for you."
00:42:24.91\00:42:27.07
But it's when we try to
argue the week that we know
00:42:27.10\00:42:30.46
back into the
first week of creation
00:42:30.49\00:42:32.58
that we run into troubles.
00:42:32.61\00:42:33.65
Are you with me or not?
00:42:33.68\00:42:34.75
And so the seventh day had
no evening and morning for God.
00:42:35.16\00:42:39.06
But it does have an
evening and morning for us.
00:42:39.31\00:42:42.15
So it is very important
for us to ask the text what?
00:42:42.18\00:42:46.67
To ask the text questions.
00:42:47.14\00:42:49.68
And then search for answers.
00:42:50.53\00:42:52.29
We're not questioning
in the sense of doubting.
00:42:52.32\00:42:55.06
We're questioning in the
sense of wanting clarification.
00:42:55.42\00:42:58.78
Now let's go
back to our syllabus.
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.44
And I hope that you'll
read this whole document.
00:43:02.17\00:43:04.20
There's some incredible
statement from Ellen White
00:43:04.23\00:43:06.74
in this material, as well
as lots of biblical material.
00:43:06.77\00:43:10.96
Now we're going
to deal with this
00:43:12.07\00:43:15.17
third question in the syllabus.
00:43:15.20\00:43:17.03
That is, why was it so urgent
to name a successor for Judas
00:43:17.06\00:43:20.96
before the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
00:43:20.99\00:43:22.52
on the day of Pentecost?
00:43:22.55\00:43:23.78
For years I
wondered, you know, I said,
00:43:24.36\00:43:26.04
"Okay, so they
thought that they needed
00:43:26.15\00:43:28.23
to name a successor for Judas.
00:43:28.26\00:43:30.26
Why?
00:43:30.29\00:43:31.40
Where did they get that
idea that they were suppose to
00:43:32.51\00:43:35.02
name a successor
in place of Judas?"
00:43:35.05\00:43:37.32
And then I asked myself
as I read Acts chapter 1,
00:43:38.25\00:43:40.89
didn't they have more important
things to do before the
00:43:40.92\00:43:43.47
day of Pentecost like
praying and ironing out their
00:43:43.50\00:43:46.61
differences and, you
know, making everything right
00:43:46.64\00:43:50.10
and placing all their properties
at the disposal of the work?
00:43:50.13\00:43:52.79
Didn't they have more
important things to do
00:43:52.82\00:43:54.75
than to get together
and elect a successor?
00:43:54.95\00:43:57.18
Wouldn't it have been wiser
to wait until the Spirit was
00:43:57.21\00:44:00.14
poured out on
the day of Pentecost?
00:44:00.17\00:44:01.94
Then with the Holy Spirit
they'd have much better guidance
00:44:01.97\00:44:04.49
as to who they
were suppose to elect.
00:44:04.52\00:44:06.31
So I thought.
00:44:07.77\00:44:08.82
But I knew that there
had to be a deeper reason
00:44:09.80\00:44:11.77
as to why they felt
it was necessary to elect
00:44:12.47\00:44:16.50
apostle number
twelve and why that apostle
00:44:16.53\00:44:21.43
needed to be elected before the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
00:44:21.46\00:44:24.75
on the day of Pentecost.
00:44:24.78\00:44:26.23
And I'm going to give
you now the reason why.
00:44:27.11\00:44:29.72
And then we're going to take
a look at this whole material.
00:44:30.78\00:44:32.88
Because it deals with how
to interpret the prophecies
00:44:32.91\00:44:35.48
of the Old Testament
that point to the Messiah.
00:44:35.51\00:44:37.69
This is an amazing story
that we're going to study,
00:44:37.79\00:44:40.83
the election of
the successor of Judas.
00:44:40.86\00:44:42.98
What was Jesus doing
during those ten days
00:44:45.12\00:44:47.94
between the ascension and the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
00:44:50.28\00:44:54.45
on the day of Pentecost?
00:44:54.48\00:44:55.75
You know, we usually think about
what the disciples were doing.
00:44:55.78\00:44:58.21
They were in the upper
room, they were praying,
00:44:58.38\00:45:00.39
and they were ironing
out their differences.
00:45:00.42\00:45:02.52
They were placing all
of their properties at the
00:45:02.55\00:45:04.37
disposal of the work.
00:45:04.40\00:45:05.67
You know, they were
doing all of these things
00:45:05.70\00:45:07.44
in preparation for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:07.47\00:45:09.36
But have you ever
wondered what happened to
00:45:09.46\00:45:11.18
Jesus during those ten days?
00:45:11.21\00:45:12.26
What was Jesus doing
between the ascension
00:45:12.29\00:45:14.91
and the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit?
00:45:14.94\00:45:16.55
The simple answer is...
00:45:17.04\00:45:18.48
And we're going to study
this later on in our class.
00:45:18.51\00:45:20.85
The simple fact is that
three things were happening
00:45:21.07\00:45:24.22
with Jesus
during those ten days.
00:45:24.25\00:45:25.67
First of all, He ascended.
00:45:25.70\00:45:26.93
That's not one of the three,
but He ascended to heaven.
00:45:27.16\00:45:29.51
And then in heaven
three things happened.
00:45:30.30\00:45:32.40
Number one, He was
clothed with the garments of the
00:45:33.29\00:45:38.18
High Priest by His Father.
00:45:38.21\00:45:39.93
Because He was going
to serve in the Sanctuary
00:45:40.79\00:45:42.69
as the High Priest.
00:45:42.72\00:45:43.81
Secondly, the Sanctuary
was sanctified or set apart
00:45:45.09\00:45:50.47
because that's where
Jesus was going to serve.
00:45:50.50\00:45:52.56
And in the third place Jesus was
given the gift of the Father.
00:45:53.40\00:45:57.45
Because the gift of the Spirit
was not promised to men first.
00:45:57.48\00:46:01.08
It was promised to Jesus
for Jesus to pour out upon us.
00:46:01.11\00:46:04.52
And so Jesus, during
those ten days, was clothed
00:46:05.91\00:46:09.42
as the High Priest,
Jesus was anointed to serve
00:46:09.45\00:46:13.39
as the High Priest with
the Spirit, and the Sanctuary
00:46:13.42\00:46:17.02
was sanctified or set
apart because that's where
00:46:17.05\00:46:19.95
Jesus was going to serve.
00:46:19.98\00:46:21.39
Now let's think about this.
00:46:23.49\00:46:24.97
One of the pieces of clothing
that the High Priest used
00:46:27.35\00:46:31.55
was called the breastplate.
00:46:32.93\00:46:34.82
Ever heard of the breastplate?
00:46:36.57\00:46:37.94
What did the breastplate have?
00:46:38.81\00:46:40.81
The breastplate
had twelve stones.
00:46:41.92\00:46:45.32
What do those
twelve stones represent?
00:46:46.26\00:46:47.91
In the Old Testament
priesthood it represented
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.02
the twelve sons of Jacob.
00:46:50.05\00:46:54.45
And the twelve tribes of course.
00:46:54.55\00:46:56.86
Now when Jesus was
clothed as the High Priest,
00:46:58.34\00:47:00.85
what did the
twelve stones represent?
00:47:00.88\00:47:02.86
The twelve
tribes, as well as what?
00:47:03.88\00:47:06.12
The twelve apostles.
00:47:06.71\00:47:07.74
But now here comes
the interesting point.
00:47:07.77\00:47:09.81
How could Jesus be clothed
with the breastplate that had
00:47:10.56\00:47:15.45
twelve stones if there
were only eleven apostles.
00:47:15.48\00:47:19.18
Are you with me?
00:47:21.37\00:47:22.55
There is a reason for
everything in Scripture.
00:47:22.96\00:47:26.42
But we have to have an
inquisitive active mind,
00:47:26.45\00:47:29.56
an engaged mind.
00:47:29.59\00:47:30.72
We can't just read.
00:47:30.75\00:47:31.84
Jesus didn't say,
"Read the Scriptures."
00:47:31.87\00:47:33.99
He said,
"Search the Scriptures."
00:47:34.67\00:47:36.56
The word there is, "scrutinize."
00:47:36.59\00:47:39.39
Do you know what
scrutinize means?
00:47:39.72\00:47:41.49
It means to study
with a fine tooth comb.
00:47:41.72\00:47:45.26
Because there are gems
that are under the surface.
00:47:45.84\00:47:48.24
You know, I don't find much
gold on the streets of Fresno.
00:47:48.27\00:47:51.54
You have to dig for it.
00:47:54.27\00:47:55.94
And so it is with Scripture.
00:47:56.59\00:47:58.18
Most of the good
stuff is not on the surface.
00:47:58.56\00:48:01.11
Most of the good stuff
is beneath the surface.
00:48:01.67\00:48:04.93
And we have to dig for
it, we have to search for it.
00:48:04.96\00:48:07.76
Let's go to the
next question here.
00:48:08.87\00:48:10.66
How can the harlot
of Revelation 17...
00:48:12.45\00:48:15.20
Incidentally, in the material
you're going to receive,
00:48:15.23\00:48:17.19
you're going to receive a 22
page document on Revelation 17.
00:48:17.68\00:48:21.78
Many questions
about Revelation 17;
00:48:22.23\00:48:24.29
the beast that
was, is not, will be;
00:48:24.32\00:48:26.87
the number eight; seven
heads, there is an eighth.
00:48:27.31\00:48:31.31
You know, it appears to
be a very confusing prophecy.
00:48:31.34\00:48:34.07
It's not confusing. Really.
00:48:34.10\00:48:36.58
It appears
confusing, but it isn't
00:48:36.61\00:48:38.63
when you study it
using this method.
00:48:38.66\00:48:40.73
Step by step
studying each symbol,
00:48:40.76\00:48:42.92
and then putting all
of the symbols together.
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.80
You'll see in Revelation 17
that the harlot is sitting on a
00:48:45.72\00:48:48.86
beast, on the waters, and on
the mountains at the same time.
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.79
Now how can this woman be
seated on the beast, the waters,
00:48:51.82\00:48:56.57
and the mountains?
00:48:56.60\00:48:57.93
Well, we'll answer that
later on in our Anchor class.
00:48:58.84\00:49:03.10
You know, another thing, what
is the Christ-centered reason
00:49:04.41\00:49:08.76
for Sabbath
observance in Exodus 16?
00:49:08.79\00:49:11.16
We'll also be
looking at Exodus 16
00:49:11.41\00:49:13.86
later on in this class.
00:49:13.89\00:49:15.33
You know, usually
we say as Adventists,
00:49:15.53\00:49:17.40
we say, "You know, we're
suppose to keep the Sabbath
00:49:17.77\00:49:21.57
because manna
didn't fall on the Sabbath.
00:49:21.60\00:49:24.39
That's good but
it's insufficient.
00:49:27.28\00:49:29.45
Because it doesn't give
us the Christ-centered reason
00:49:30.18\00:49:32.87
to keep the Sabbath.
00:49:32.90\00:49:34.05
It simply says,
"Oh, keep the Sabbath
00:49:35.42\00:49:37.98
you know, because no
manna fell on Sabbath."
00:49:39.09\00:49:40.92
So what does that
have to do with Jesus?
00:49:40.95\00:49:42.79
It is a
Christ-less interpretation.
00:49:45.52\00:49:47.56
Now it does tell us
to keep the Sabbath.
00:49:48.35\00:49:49.80
Nothing wrong with that.
00:49:49.83\00:49:50.90
But there has to be a
Christ-centered reason
00:49:51.00\00:49:53.32
for keeping the Sabbath.
00:49:53.35\00:49:54.57
See, Adam and Eve kept the
Sabbath because their Creator
00:49:55.27\00:49:58.12
sanctified the Sabbath.
00:49:58.67\00:49:59.70
He wants to
spend time with them.
00:49:59.73\00:50:01.08
So there has to be a
Christ-centered reason
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.43
for no manna falling on Sabbath.
00:50:03.46\00:50:06.07
And we're going to find
and, you know, we're going to
00:50:06.10\00:50:08.22
study this in detail, but really
what does the manna represent?
00:50:08.25\00:50:12.42
The manna represents
Christ, but no generally.
00:50:13.88\00:50:17.54
The manna
represents the flesh of Christ.
00:50:18.46\00:50:21.36
So He said in John
chapter 6 and verse 51, He says,
00:50:23.11\00:50:26.20
"The manna that I
shall give is My flesh
00:50:26.23\00:50:28.95
that I shall give for
the life of the world."
00:50:28.98\00:50:31.94
So the manna
represents the flesh of Christ.
00:50:32.58\00:50:35.54
Now let me ask you,
what happened when manna
00:50:37.48\00:50:41.07
fell on Wednesday and
people saved it for Thursday?
00:50:41.10\00:50:43.87
Two things; it
bred worms and it stank.
00:50:45.33\00:50:50.48
Right? Bred worms...
00:50:51.37\00:50:53.52
Isn't that kind of strange that
it would breed worms and stink?
00:50:53.66\00:50:56.87
Just saving it
from one day to the next
00:50:59.42\00:51:01.98
it would breed worms and stink.
00:51:03.25\00:51:04.55
Now let me ask you, what is
it that breeds worms and stinks?
00:51:04.58\00:51:07.43
A decomposing body.
00:51:08.50\00:51:10.07
Decomposing flesh.
00:51:11.15\00:51:12.56
Breeds worms and stinks.
00:51:13.05\00:51:14.98
Now what happened when the
manna was picked up on Friday
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.64
and saved for Sabbath?
00:51:18.67\00:51:19.84
It was as fresh on Sabbath
as it had been on Friday.
00:51:20.67\00:51:24.37
And what does
the manna represent?
00:51:25.13\00:51:26.78
The flesh of Jesus.
00:51:27.40\00:51:29.38
Let me ask you, did the body
of Jesus, did the flesh of Jesus
00:51:30.11\00:51:34.20
see corruption in the tomb?
00:51:34.23\00:51:35.82
No, because He was
what the manna represented.
00:51:35.85\00:51:39.55
There's your
Christ-centered reason.
00:51:43.65\00:51:45.39
We keep the Sabbath
in commemoration of Jesus
00:51:45.42\00:51:48.98
resting in the tomb on
the Sabbath and His flesh
00:51:49.01\00:51:52.38
not seeing corruption.
00:51:52.41\00:51:54.11
Wow.
00:51:54.67\00:51:55.70
That adds a dimension
to the issue of the manna.
00:51:56.35\00:51:58.77
And we'll take a closer look
at this later on in the class.
00:51:58.80\00:52:01.78
Is it important
to ask questions?
00:52:01.81\00:52:03.65
What does Christ...
00:52:03.92\00:52:04.95
Everything we study we
have to say, "What does
00:52:04.98\00:52:07.17
Christ have to do with this?"
00:52:07.20\00:52:08.51
That's one of our principles.
00:52:08.54\00:52:10.13
There's a lot of Christ-less
interpretation of prophecy.
00:52:10.68\00:52:14.08
Like the 2520.
00:52:14.94\00:52:16.20
You know, that's
something that's going around,
00:52:16.23\00:52:17.80
the 2520 year prophecy.
00:52:17.83\00:52:20.48
There's no such
prophecy in the Bible.
00:52:20.51\00:52:22.32
The daily.
00:52:23.50\00:52:24.60
And these things, you
know, it's study totally
00:52:25.05\00:52:28.11
disconnected from Jesus.
00:52:28.14\00:52:29.75
But prophecy is about Jesus.
00:52:30.94\00:52:33.15
It's about a great Savior.
00:52:34.79\00:52:37.41
It has to be related to Christ.
00:52:37.44\00:52:39.44
If it isn't, it might
just be false prophecy.
00:52:40.01\00:52:42.86
Here's another question.
00:52:44.31\00:52:45.56
What is the central
point in the story of
00:52:46.32\00:52:49.76
the rich man and Lazarus?
00:52:49.79\00:52:51.38
You know, as I was
studying this I discovered
00:52:52.83\00:52:54.90
something very interesting.
00:52:54.93\00:52:56.00
If you want to go
with me to Luke 16,
00:52:56.03\00:52:58.24
Luke chapter 16,
00:52:59.02\00:53:00.63
and verses 30 and 31,
00:53:01.84\00:53:04.02
you find something
very interesting here.
00:53:06.31\00:53:08.09
You know, I've studied this
passage time and time again.
00:53:08.12\00:53:11.87
And then one day I was
sitting down studying it again
00:53:11.90\00:53:14.26
and asking the text questions.
00:53:14.29\00:53:16.19
And I said, you know, is
there really a difference
00:53:17.89\00:53:20.60
between the beliefs of Abraham
and the beliefs of the rich man?
00:53:20.78\00:53:24.98
And I came across
this text that we find in
00:53:25.47\00:53:29.11
Luke 16 verses 30 and 31.
00:53:29.14\00:53:32.69
This is the rich man, "And
he said, 'No, father Abraham;
00:53:34.93\00:53:40.77
but if one goes to them from
the dead, they will repent.'"
00:53:42.05\00:53:45.96
Did the rich man believe in
the immortality of the soul?
00:53:49.81\00:53:52.44
Yes.
00:53:54.36\00:53:55.39
He believed it because
he says, "If one..." What?
00:53:56.65\00:53:59.05
"...goes to him from
the dead they will repent."
00:54:00.01\00:54:04.24
And of course the
rich man was dead, right?
00:54:04.27\00:54:06.07
So if one goes to him from
the dead, they will repent.
00:54:07.20\00:54:10.05
But I want you to
notice what Jesus believed.
00:54:10.08\00:54:12.27
Verse 31, "But he said to
him, 'If they do not hear...'"
00:54:12.88\00:54:18.85
This is Abraham and
the belief of Jesus.
00:54:18.88\00:54:21.27
Abraham saw Jesus' day.
00:54:21.30\00:54:23.20
"But he said to him, 'If they do
not hear Moses and the prophets,
00:54:23.55\00:54:27.62
neither will they be persuaded
though one rise from the dead.'"
00:54:27.85\00:54:32.68
What did Abraham believe in?
00:54:36.75\00:54:38.44
The resurrection of the dead.
00:54:39.41\00:54:41.51
The rich man believed in
someone going from the dead.
00:54:42.52\00:54:45.30
It's a little
nuance, but very important.
00:54:46.33\00:54:49.64
Because it shows that the hope
of the Christian is not found in
00:54:49.99\00:54:53.31
an immortal soul, but it's found
in resurrecting from the dead.
00:54:54.41\00:55:00.17
The final question that I
want to ask, because our time
00:55:01.63\00:55:04.97
is coming to an
end in the first class.
00:55:05.00\00:55:07.23
How do we relate the
various references to the
00:55:08.28\00:55:12.15
time, times, and
dividing of time, 42 months,
00:55:12.18\00:55:17.72
and 1260 days in
Revelation 12 and 13?
00:55:18.12\00:55:21.16
You know that this
time period is mentioned
00:55:21.19\00:55:22.82
in many different ways.
00:55:22.85\00:55:24.14
1260 days; time, times, the
dividing of time; 42 months.
00:55:24.74\00:55:28.45
You know, some people say
they're not the same period.
00:55:28.65\00:55:30.99
How can we be sure that
they represent the same period
00:55:31.63\00:55:34.51
of church history?
00:55:34.54\00:55:35.79
We have to delve into Scripture.
00:55:37.05\00:55:39.98
We have to look at the context.
00:55:40.01\00:55:41.47
We have to look at what comes
before and what comes after.
00:55:41.50\00:55:44.59
You know, we have to
have an inquisitive mind.
00:55:44.62\00:55:47.54
That's the main point that I
want us to understand, folks,
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is that we cannot
simply read the Bible.
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We have to have an
engaged active mind when we
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read the Bible, and we
have to ask for divine guidance.
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There are things that I
am still struggling with.
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And when I say struggling with,
I'm not saying that, you know,
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I doubt the Bible or the
inspiration of the Bible.
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Not at all.
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I'm struggling with
understanding some things.
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There are some things in the
writings of Paul, for example,
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that I still struggle with.
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And I've been studying
them really, really hard.
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And I'm sure some day, if
the Lord doesn't come before,
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I'll be able to
understand them more fully.
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If not, Jesus will instruct
me when we get to heaven.
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But meanwhile, we
have to study these things.
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You know, if Peter
struggled with Paul,
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and he lived in the
same time frame as Paul,
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well I guess
there's hope for us.
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Because we live
2000 years removed.
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And you know, Peter
said Paul wrote some things
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that are very
difficult to understand.
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And so it would be
easier for Peter to say,
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"Paul, you should have
been clearer in what you wrote."
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That's not what Peter says.
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Peter says, you
know, "The unlearned twist
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to their own destruction."
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In other words, the
problem isn't with Paul.
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The problem is with us
being willing to invest the time
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and the effort and
prayer in struggling
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with the biblical text and
finding answers to the questions
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that we ask when we've
been studying the biblical text.
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So I hope that as we've
studied these principles
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that we
understand their importance
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and that we're willing to
invest the time first of all
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to pray, and secondly to
engage the text actively,
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to search, ask questions,
and then seek to find answers
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to our questions.
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