Okay, welcome once again.
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Are we all having a good time?
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Ah, the study of
the Bible is wonderful.
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It's better than real food.
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Well it is real food,
let me put it that way.
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It's better than
material physical food
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that we partake of.
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At least I enjoy it more.
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We're going to study
now principle number eight
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in our syllabus.
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We are on page
22 of our syllabus.
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And basically, this
principle states in a nutshell,
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the year/day
principle must be applied
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to the time periods
in apocalyptic prophecy.
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When I say apocalyptic prophecy,
I'm referring primarily to the
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books of Daniel and Revelation.
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And you have the
handout, it has 11 pages.
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And I'd just like to say
that those who are listening
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or watching this
on the streaming,
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and those who will watch
this programming later on
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on television, these
materials area available
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from Secrets Unsealed.
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So those who are not here
right now, you can contact
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Secrets Unsealed and
these handouts, as well as
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the presentations,
will be available.
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So I just want
to make that clear.
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Now let's go to our,
Introductory Matters.
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As we begin our
study, we need to underline
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two very important facts.
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First of all, the Bible
month consists of 30 days.
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Now I don't have the
time to go into the text
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that prove that the
biblical month has 30 days,
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but you can do that.
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I'm just going to
give the references.
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You need to compare Genesis 7:11
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with Genesis 8:3-4, and
then compare Deuteronomy 21:13
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with Deuteronomy 34 verse 8.
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And then you can
also look at Esther 4:11,
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and Daniel 6
verse 7 and verse 12.
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So if you look at those verses,
you're going to find that the
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biblical month
consists of 30 days.
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Also, the Bible year
consists of 12 months.
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And the text for
that are 1 Kings 4 verse 7
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and 1 Chronicles chapter
27 and verses 1 through 15
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where the months
are actually named.
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And so, we need to
know from the get go
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that the biblical month has
30 days and the biblical year
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has 12 months.
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That's crucially important.
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The year/day principle basically
means that when the time periods
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are used in the
context of apocalyptic events,
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that's primarily
Daniel and Revelation,
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which occur between the year 34
and the second coming of Christ,
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they are to be understood
by applying the principle
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that one literal
calendar day is equivalent to
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one literal calendar year.
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This is known as
the year/day principle,
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or the day/year principle.
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Day for a year.
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The preterist
and futurist schools,
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which we've taken
a look at already,
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adamantly deny the
year/day principle.
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Most preterist interpret
the little horn of Daniel 7,
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as well as the little
horn of Daniel chapter 8,
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as a nasty individual
called Antiochus Epiphanes
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who ruled from 171 BC to 164 BC.
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And basically, he
was a Macedonian ruler
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who desecrated the Jewish
temple from 167 to 164 BC.
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And preterist believe that
the three and one half years
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and the 2300 days are
literal time and they apply
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to the period of
dominion of Antiochus Epiphanes
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towards the end of
the Old Testament period.
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So in other words, these periods
have no relevance for us today
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because they were
fulfilled in the distant past.
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On the other hand,
most futurist teach that the
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little horn of
Daniel 7 represents a future
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personal antichrist who will
sit in a rebuilt Jewish temple
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in the Middle East for
three and one half literal years
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at the end of the
Christian dispensation.
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Or towards the end of
the Christian dispensation.
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They also believe that
the little horn of Daniel 8
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represents Antiochus Epiphanes,
and that the 2300 days
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are literal time.
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The common
denominator of both systems
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is that they believe that
the three and one half times
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and the 2300 days are to
be taken as literal time.
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In contrast, historicism,
or the historical flow method,
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as I prefer to call
it, has always held that
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days, weeks, months, and
years in an apocalyptic context
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should be
understood symbolically
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by applying the
year/day principle.
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So do you
understand the contrast
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between these
systems of interpretation?
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Preterism and futurism
says that the time periods
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are literal time, whereas
the historical flow method
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teaches that these time
periods are to be understood
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on the basis of
the year/day principle.
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That each literal day
stands for a literal year.
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Now I want to share with
you 20 reasons for applying
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the year/day principle.
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And some of these
reasons are quite complex.
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I've tried to simplify
them as much as possible.
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And I hope that you've
read this material in advance,
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because it will
be very, very helpful
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in our going
through this material.
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Reason number
one; the expression,
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"time, times, and
the dividing of time,"
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"42 months," "1260
days," and "70 weeks,"
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are very peculiar.
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Would you agree?
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They could have been
expressed in literal language,
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but instead they are
given a symbolic flavor.
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Notice, for example,
that Luke 4:25 and James 5:17
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refer to the period
when there was no rain
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in the days of Elijah as
three years and six months.
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This is the normal
way of expressing time.
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Isn't it?
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Three years and six months,
or three and a half years.
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That's the normal way.
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But the apocalyptic passages
do not use the normal way
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of expressing time.
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They use peculiar expressions.
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It is significant
that every measurement
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of calendar time in prophecy
is given a symbolic flavor.
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"Hour,"
Revelation 12:17 and 9:13.
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"Day," Revelation 12 verse 6.
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"Week," Daniel 9:24-27.
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"Month," Revelation 13 verse 5.
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And "year," Daniel 7:25.
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Do you notice all of
the measurements of time
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use this principle?
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It is also significant
that non apocalyptic prophecies,
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that is classical prophecies
and typological prophecies,
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express time in
literal language.
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Like for example, 70
years of Babylonian captivity.
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400 years that
Israel would spend in Egypt.
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120 years at the
time of the flood.
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So when you're
dealing with literal persons
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performing literal actions,
you have literal time periods.
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Does that make sense?
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Reason number two; the symbolic
time periods are always found
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within the context
of apocalyptic passages
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where symbols predominate.
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Are you
understanding this point?
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In other words, the time periods
are used with a host of other
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symbols in the same context.
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For example, the
three and one half times
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are found in the
context of four symbolic beasts,
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a symbolic sea, symbolic winds,
symbolic clouds, symbolic horns,
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and a symbolic little horn.
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So would you expect the
time period to be symbolic?
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Of course.
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Similarly, the 1260
days are found in the context
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where a symbolic woman
clothed with a symbolic sun
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stands on a symbolic moon
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with twelve
symbolic stars on her head.
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She is persecuted
by a symbolic dragon
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who has seven symbolic
heads, ten symbolic horns,
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and who casts a third of
the symbolic stars to the earth.
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So why would the time
period not be symbolic?
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In Revelation 13, the 42 months
are found within a context
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where a symbolic composite
beast with ten symbolic horns
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receives its power
from a symbolic dragon.
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It also arises from a symbolic
sea, raises a symbolic image
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beast to impose a symbolic mark.
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So once again, the time period
is expressed within a very
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symbolic context
where symbols predominate.
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The same could be
said about Daniel 8
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where the 2300
day prophecy is found.
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We have a symbolic
ram, a symbolic he goat,
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and a symbolic little horn.
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It only stands to
reason that if the scenes
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where these time periods
are found in are symbolic,
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then the time periods
must also be symbolic.
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Now does that make sense?
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Absolutely.
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Reason number three.
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We're on a
roll. Praise the Lord.
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The little horn of Daniel
7 arose among the ten horns
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on the head of the fourth beast.
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It is clear from
history that the Roman Empire
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was fragmented when the
barbarians came from the
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northern sector of the
Empire and carved it up.
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Daniel 7 makes it
clear that there are no gaps
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in the
historical flow of nations.
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The lion is succeeded
immediately by the bear.
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The bear is immediately
succeeded by the leopard.
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The leopard is immediately
succeeded by the dragon beast.
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The dragon beast then
sprouts the ten horns.
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And the little horn
then rises among the ten.
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Are you following the sequence?
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Now, if the little
horn arose among the ten,
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and the ten were
complete in 476 AD,
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and the little horn
ruled until the judgment...
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Are you understanding me?
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When does the judgment begin?
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In 1844.
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...then the three and one
half times of the dominion
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of the little horn must be
1260 years and not literal days.
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Are you catching the point?
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If the days were literal,
then the little horn would
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have ruled only
from 476 to 479 AD.
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But the fact is, that
the Roman Catholic Church
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ruled for 1260 years.
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Does that reason make sense?
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Reason number four;
Daniel 8 makes it crystal clear
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that the 2300 day prophecy
was for the time of the end.
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Is that clear?
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Several times,
Daniel 8:14, Daniel 8:17,
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and Daniel 8 verses 26 and
27 say that this prophecy is
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for the time of the end.
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Daniel 12 verses 4
and 7 underscore the fact
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that the book which
contains the 2300 day prophecy
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would be closed and sealed
until the time of the end.
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And therefore, could not
be understood until then.
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This being the case,
those who believe that Antiochus
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is the little horn of
Daniel 8 find themselves
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in a serious dilemma.
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Assuming that Antiochus is
represented by the little horn
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of Daniel 8, and that
the 2300 days was the literal
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time period of his
dominion, a question immediately
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comes to the fore.
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Why would we have to
wait until the time of the end
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to understand this?
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Are you following me?
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Because it says this
aspect of the 2300 days
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could not be understood
until the time of the end.
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But if it was fulfilled
by Antiochus Epiphanes,
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why would we have to
wait until the time of the end
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to understand it?
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You could have
understood it already.
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Now continuing.
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Yet we know that they were not
living in the time of the end
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because over 2000
years of history have
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transpired since that time.
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We're talking here
about Porphyry when the first
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centuries of the
Christian era believed that
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Antiochus Epiphanes was
the little horn of Daniel 8.
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Now if they were
right, then they were living
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in the time of the end, right?
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If Porphyry is right and
the little horn represents
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Antiochus Epiphanes,
then they were living
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in the time of the
end, because this prophecy
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is for the time of the end.
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Now the next paragraph.
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The simply reality is
that Antiochus did not fulfill
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the little horn prophecy.
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Josephus and others
mistakenly identified
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Antiochus as the fulfillment.
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They could not have comprehended
the little horn prophecy
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because they did not
live in the time of the end.
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Are you
understanding this point?
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Very important point.
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If the prophecy, folks,
is for the time of the end,
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the 2300 day prophecy
is for the time of the end,
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then Antiochus Epiphanes
could not have fulfilled it.
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Because you would
have understood that it was
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fulfilled in his time.
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So we continue.
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Josephus and others
mistakenly identified
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Antiochus as the fulfillment.
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They could not have comprehended
the little horn prophecy
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because they did not
live in the time of the end.
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It is clear that this
prophecy was not present truth
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in the days of
Daniel or of Josephus,
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or even of Martin Luther.
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None of these men
lived in the time of the end,
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and therefore, none of them
could understand this prophecy.
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It became present truth when the
prophecy was fulfilled in 1844.
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What was the
central verse that was used
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by the Millerite movement?
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"Unto 2300 days, and the
Sanctuary shall be cleansed."
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Is that the time when
this prophecy was understood?
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Yes.
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So it was not
understood in the past.
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So the 2300 days
must have been what?
00:16:05.93\00:16:09.03
They must have been years.
00:16:09.68\00:16:11.61
Because they reach way
back from the time that the
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command is given to build
Jerusalem and restore Jerusalem
00:16:14.35\00:16:17.36
all the way until 1844.
00:16:17.39\00:16:19.35
It has to be years.
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It can't be days.
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This is why the Millerites
preached on this very text.
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The book of
Daniel was being opened.
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And now the time
period of the 2300 days
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could be understood.
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Is this point clear?
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Let's go to reason number five.
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The vision of Daniel 8...
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This should be 1
through 12, incidentally.
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...covers the whole
period of the ram, the he goat,
00:16:45.67\00:16:51.53
and the little horn until
the cleansing of the Sanctuary.
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This is a very important point.
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The vision that
is shown to Daniel
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goes from the times of
the ram to the he goat,
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and then to the point
when the judgment begins,
00:17:04.43\00:17:07.96
when the cleansing
of the Sanctuary begins.
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That's the vision.
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And there's a particular
Hebrew word that is used there,
00:17:12.29\00:17:15.22
which is the word, "chazon."
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That's the word,
"vision," that is used.
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Now in Daniel 8 verse
13 the question is asked,
00:17:20.69\00:17:25.14
"Until when
shall the vision be?"
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What vision is it referring to?
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The whole vision.
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It's the same word that
is used in verses 1 and 2
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where Daniel
says, "I saw a vision."
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So it includes the ram,
it includes the he goat,
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and it includes the time
when the judgment begins.
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The context indicates that
the word, "vision," includes the
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totality of what Daniel had
seen in Daniel 8 to that point.
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Then in Daniel 8 verse
15, we are told that Daniel
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wished to comprehend the vision.
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Same word.
00:18:01.59\00:18:02.69
He wanted to
comprehend the vision.
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What does the
vision include, folks?
00:18:04.97\00:18:07.19
It includes the ram,
it includes the he goat,
00:18:07.64\00:18:10.53
all the way to the
time when the Sanctuary
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is going to be cleansed.
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The answer is simple.
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Which vision?
That's the question.
00:18:17.22\00:18:19.01
Which vision is
this talking about?
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The answer is simple.
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It must be the totality
of the vision of Daniel 8,
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because when the angel Gabriel
comes to explain the vision
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in answer to Daniel's
request, he begins with Persia
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and then continues with
Greece, the little horn,
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and culminates with the
conclusion of the 2300 days
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when the
Sanctuary is to be cleansed.
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So the word,
"vision," includes the totality
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of the vision, right?
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It includes the ram, the
he goat, the little horn,
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up to the point when the
Sanctuary is to be cleansed,
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or the judgment is to begin.
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Thus it is clear that
the 2300 days, which cover
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the whole vision of
Daniel 8, must involve what?
00:19:04.17\00:19:08.90
Centuries, not literal days.
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And literal days would be
six and one half literal years,
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approximately.
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Incidentally, this
explains the reason why
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Daniel 8 begins with
Persia and not with Babylon.
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You know, usually we say,
"Well the reason why Daniel 8
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doesn't begin with a
symbol for Babylon is because
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Babylon is about to
disappear from history.
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That's not the real reason.
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Because Babylon was still
going to rule for 12 years.
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So Babylon was not at
the point of passing away.
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There's another reason why
Daniel 8 begins with Persia
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instead of
beginning with Babylon like
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Daniel 2 and Daniel 7.
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You say, "What is that reason?"
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Let's continue.
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The 2300 days begin
when Persia gives a decree
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to restore and build Jerusalem.
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And that is why the
vision begins with Persia.
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Because if you had
begun with Babylon,
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it would give the
impression that the 2300 days
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have to begin with
the kingdom of Babylon.
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Are you following me or not?
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Thus, Daniel 8 and 9 must be
connected in order to comprehend
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the 2300 day prophecy.
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Is this point clear?
00:20:19.43\00:20:20.76
Now, notice this chart that
you have at the top of page 4.
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The chart at the top of page 4.
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Do you see there,
the vision equals what?
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The ram, the he
goat, pagan and papal Rome
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which is
symbolized by the little horn,
00:20:36.41\00:20:39.00
up to the point of the judgment.
00:20:39.24\00:20:42.09
So the question is,
when the question is ask,
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"Until when is the vision,"
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the answer is,
2300 days is the vision.
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Can that be six
and a half years?
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Come on, be real.
00:20:54.70\00:20:55.95
It includes all of this.
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So the 2300 days must be years.
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They have to be years.
00:21:02.83\00:21:04.23
Because the 2300 days
covered the entire vision.
00:21:04.26\00:21:07.17
And the vision
includes the ram, the he goat,
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pagan and papal Rome, up to the
time when the judgment begins.
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Is that clear?
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Now let's go to
reason number six.
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What do conservative
evangelical scholars
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do with the
prophecy of the 70 weeks?
00:21:22.32\00:21:24.56
See, here you have
a fly in the ointment.
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Don't they have to
employ the year/day principle
00:21:28.38\00:21:31.13
to convert the weeks to years?
00:21:31.16\00:21:33.24
Are you
understanding the question?
00:21:35.11\00:21:36.68
The answer is that they
attempt to get off the hook
00:21:37.71\00:21:40.70
by saying that the
expression, "70 weeks,"
00:21:41.23\00:21:43.61
really means, 70 sevens.
00:21:43.64\00:21:45.93
Or even, 70 weeks of years.
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In this way, they get rid
of the year/day principle.
00:21:50.48\00:21:53.58
This they must do
because if they employ
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the year/day
principle for the 70 weeks,
00:21:56.87\00:21:59.36
they would have to employ it
for the other prophetic periods
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.06
in order to be consistent.
00:22:03.27\00:22:05.48
Let us now look at a
few facts about the word
00:22:06.60\00:22:08.93
translated,
"week," here in Daniel 9.
00:22:08.96\00:22:10.91
Is it true that 70
weeks is 70 sevens,
00:22:10.94\00:22:15.40
or 70 weeks of years?
00:22:15.50\00:22:17.29
Is that really what it means,
so that you don't have to apply
00:22:17.32\00:22:19.94
the year/day principle?
00:22:19.97\00:22:21.26
That's not what it means at all.
00:22:21.29\00:22:23.06
Let's notice the evidence.
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Is it true that the Hebrew word,
"shabuwa," which is, "week,"
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should be translated,
"sevens," or, "weeks of years"?
00:22:29.66\00:22:33.38
This word is used a total of 19
times in the Hebrew Scriptures,
00:22:33.92\00:22:38.43
the word,
"shabuwa," which is, "week."
00:22:38.46\00:22:40.60
And in every single instance,
it refers to a literal week
00:22:41.57\00:22:46.74
of seven days.
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And you have all of
the references there.
00:22:48.81\00:22:50.61
I put them in
parentheses for you.
00:22:50.64\00:22:53.03
Evangelicals
frequently use Daniel 10:2 and 3
00:22:53.98\00:22:58.22
as an argument for
translating the word, "shabuwa,"
00:22:58.72\00:23:01.80
as, "weeks of years."
00:23:01.83\00:23:03.58
They point out...
00:23:04.04\00:23:05.12
And this is an important point.
00:23:05.15\00:23:06.60
They point out that in
these verses, the word, "weeks,"
00:23:06.70\00:23:10.42
is qualified by
the word, "days."
00:23:10.62\00:23:13.27
In other words, "weeks of days."
00:23:13.93\00:23:16.64
Daniel is speaking
about his period of fasting.
00:23:17.17\00:23:19.15
He said, "I fasted
for three weeks of days."
00:23:19.18\00:23:22.39
That's what it
literally says in the Hebrew.
00:23:22.59\00:23:23.96
So they say, "See, if
this is weeks of days,
00:23:23.99\00:23:26.84
then the other one
is weeks of years."
00:23:26.87\00:23:28.94
But there are problems
with that interpretation.
00:23:29.44\00:23:31.76
They then imply
that if these are weeks
00:23:32.43\00:23:35.19
with the qualifier,
"days," then the other weeks
00:23:35.67\00:23:39.17
without the qualifier, "days,"
must mean, "weeks of years."
00:23:39.20\00:23:43.00
Are you catching their argument?
00:23:43.43\00:23:44.97
It's pretty crafty.
00:23:45.00\00:23:46.53
But it don't work.
00:23:47.16\00:23:48.52
For example, the New
International Version
00:23:50.53\00:23:53.79
translates the word, "week,"
with, "seven" or "sevens,"
00:23:53.82\00:23:57.33
in Daniel 9:24 to 27, but then
translates the very same word
00:23:58.52\00:24:03.64
as, "weeks," in
Daniel 10 verses 2 and 3.
00:24:03.67\00:24:06.40
Isn't that interesting.
00:24:08.02\00:24:09.29
The problem with
such an explanation
00:24:10.15\00:24:12.09
is that it ignores the
meaning of the Hebrew idiom,
00:24:12.12\00:24:16.61
"weeks of days."
00:24:16.64\00:24:18.55
What is meant by
Daniel when he says that he
00:24:18.58\00:24:21.06
fasted for three weeks of days?
00:24:21.09\00:24:23.45
Let's notice.
00:24:23.48\00:24:24.56
When the word,
"week," in Hebrew is qualified
00:24:24.82\00:24:27.74
by the word, "days," it
simply means, "full weeks."
00:24:27.77\00:24:32.44
Three full weeks when
it says, "weeks of days."
00:24:33.23\00:24:37.64
Notice the following
examples in Genesis 29:14,
00:24:38.00\00:24:43.99
and Numbers 11:20-21,
and Judges 19 verse 2.
00:24:44.31\00:24:48.59
The Hebrew literally
reads, "month of days."
00:24:48.86\00:24:53.31
Is there a month that
does not consist of days?
00:24:54.58\00:24:57.99
Furthermore, in Genesis
41 verse 1, Leviticus 25:29,
00:25:00.36\00:25:05.12
2 Samuel 13:23 and 14:28,
the Hebrew literally reads,
00:25:05.22\00:25:11.74
"years of days," but the
translators have recognized
00:25:11.77\00:25:15.36
that this means, "full years."
00:25:15.39\00:25:17.58
And they translate it that way.
00:25:17.61\00:25:19.14
Are you understanding the point?
00:25:20.33\00:25:21.81
But they have to get rid
of the year/day principle
00:25:22.70\00:25:24.77
for the 70 weeks,
because if they don't, they say,
00:25:24.80\00:25:26.79
"Uh-ho, we've got to
apply it to the 2300 days,
00:25:26.82\00:25:30.44
we have to apply
it to the 1260 days."
00:25:30.47\00:25:32.94
They run into trouble.
00:25:32.97\00:25:34.02
So they have to find
a way to explain away
00:25:34.05\00:25:36.59
the 70 weeks without having
to apply the year/day principle.
00:25:36.62\00:25:40.27
The fundamental reason
why futurist and preterist
00:25:40.79\00:25:45.30
scholars refuse to translate,
"shabuwa," in Daniel 9
00:25:45.33\00:25:49.92
as, "weeks," is because
they would then have to admit,
00:25:49.95\00:25:53.79
in order to be consistent,
that the year/day principle
00:25:54.01\00:25:57.25
must be applied to the
other prophetic periods as well.
00:25:57.28\00:26:00.78
Furthermore, if they
apply the year/day principle
00:26:01.21\00:26:04.03
to the 70 weeks, they would have
to apply it to the 2300 days,
00:26:04.06\00:26:08.32
of which the 70 weeks
constitute the first part.
00:26:08.35\00:26:11.10
And this would force
them to admit that prophecy
00:26:11.58\00:26:14.79
was fulfilled in 1844.
00:26:14.82\00:26:16.61
This would then make
them Seventh-day Adventists.
00:26:16.64\00:26:19.66
Incidentally, the Septuagint
translates the Hebrew,
00:26:25.28\00:26:28.92
"shabuwa," with
the Greek, "hebdomas."
00:26:28.95\00:26:32.66
This word is
consistently translated, "week."
00:26:32.69\00:26:37.15
So much for the idea
of trying to explain away
00:26:38.42\00:26:40.95
the 70 weeks and
say, "We don't have to use
00:26:41.31\00:26:43.13
the year/day principle."
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.19
You do have to use the year/day
principle with the 70 weeks.
00:26:44.22\00:26:47.25
And if you use it for the
70 weeks, you have to use it
00:26:47.28\00:26:50.07
for the other
prophetic time periods as well.
00:26:50.10\00:26:52.35
Reason number
seven; a comparison of
00:26:52.99\00:26:56.29
Daniel 8:11-13 and
23:25 with Daniel 11:31-45
00:26:56.32\00:27:04.43
also reveals why
Antiochus cannot be represented
00:27:04.89\00:27:08.65
by the little horn.
00:27:08.68\00:27:09.82
As we compare these
two passages, it becomes
00:27:10.70\00:27:14.45
crystal clear that the
king of the north of Daniel 11
00:27:14.48\00:27:18.31
represents the same
power as the little horn
00:27:18.34\00:27:21.25
of both Daniel 7 and Daniel 8.
00:27:21.28\00:27:23.44
And by the way,
futurist scholars agree.
00:27:23.47\00:27:25.96
And preterist scholars agree.
00:27:27.13\00:27:28.96
They say, "Yes, that's right."
00:27:28.99\00:27:30.72
The power in Daniel 8:11-13
and 23:25, and Daniel 11:31-45,
00:27:31.00\00:27:37.15
represents the same power.
00:27:37.25\00:27:39.26
Only they believe that
it was Antiochus Epiphanes,
00:27:39.29\00:27:42.40
and some believe that
it's a future antichrist.
00:27:42.43\00:27:45.06
Now particularly in Daniel
11, but also in Daniel 7 and 8,
00:27:45.86\00:27:50.80
it is clear that
the king of the north
00:27:51.26\00:27:53.67
is the last power to rule
earth before Christ sets up
00:27:53.97\00:27:57.84
His everlasting kingdom.
00:27:57.87\00:27:59.38
You can notice that
in Daniel 11, it says,
00:27:59.41\00:28:02.48
"He shall come to his
end, and none to help him."
00:28:02.51\00:28:05.47
In other words, the last power
to rule on earth is going to be
00:28:05.96\00:28:09.36
the king of the north.
00:28:09.39\00:28:10.62
And we also know that it's
going to be the little horn.
00:28:10.65\00:28:13.01
Because he's destroyed by the
brightness of Christ's coming.
00:28:13.21\00:28:16.01
Now, this is also true of
the little horn of Daniel 8.
00:28:16.74\00:28:20.66
He is broken without hands;
an expression that is used
00:28:20.92\00:28:24.36
in Daniel 2:34,
Daniel 8:25, and 11:45.
00:28:24.39\00:28:29.05
The little horn, or king
of the north, is destroyed
00:28:29.34\00:28:32.58
by Christ at His coming.
00:28:32.61\00:28:34.21
Obviously, this
makes it impossible for
00:28:36.60\00:28:38.87
Antiochus Epiphanes
to be the little horn.
00:28:38.90\00:28:41.49
Unless Antiochus
Epiphanes resurrects.
00:28:44.35\00:28:47.37
And I don't think
anybody would stand for that.
00:28:48.86\00:28:51.98
Not even liberal or conservative
dispensationalist scholars.
00:28:52.01\00:28:56.15
Let's continue, Daniel 11:31-45
also contains many elements
00:28:56.73\00:29:03.35
which are in common with
the little horn of Daniel 7.
00:29:03.38\00:29:06.40
These considerations leave
no doubt that the little horn
00:29:06.99\00:29:11.18
of Daniel 7, the
little horn of Daniel 8,
00:29:11.21\00:29:14.87
and the king of
the north of Daniel 11
00:29:15.12\00:29:17.29
symbolize the same power.
00:29:17.32\00:29:19.07
Thus, those who see
the little horn of Daniel 7
00:29:19.65\00:29:22.85
as a future antichrist
and the one in Daniel 8
00:29:22.88\00:29:26.67
as Antiochus Epiphanes
are at a lost to explain
00:29:26.70\00:29:30.50
why Daniel 11 blends
the description of the
00:29:30.53\00:29:33.96
little horn of
Daniel 7 with that of the
00:29:33.99\00:29:36.28
little horn of Daniel 8.
00:29:36.31\00:29:37.92
Why would Daniel 11
blend the two descriptions
00:29:38.26\00:29:41.33
if they represented
two different powers;
00:29:41.36\00:29:44.12
one past and the other future?
00:29:44.15\00:29:46.37
Reason number eight.
00:29:48.16\00:29:49.56
In the book of Daniel, the
word, "days," can mean, "years."
00:29:50.48\00:29:55.03
That shows that the
Hebrews used this principle.
00:29:56.42\00:30:00.55
They used the word,
"days," to express years.
00:30:00.58\00:30:03.36
And this is found
in the book of Daniel.
00:30:03.95\00:30:05.74
Let's notice.
00:30:05.77\00:30:06.87
Daniel 1 verse 5
refers to three years.
00:30:07.24\00:30:10.76
But in Daniel 1:18, the same
period is described as what?
00:30:11.81\00:30:16.12
As days.
00:30:16.76\00:30:18.04
The seven times of Daniel
4:25 are referred to as days
00:30:19.40\00:30:24.93
in Daniel 4:34
00:30:25.73\00:30:27.55
Daniel 5:11 speaks of
days of Nebuchadnezzar.
00:30:29.95\00:30:33.46
That means, the
years of Nebuchadnezzar.
00:30:34.07\00:30:36.18
These days were obviously years.
00:30:36.85\00:30:39.10
And then you can
compare Daniel 2:28 and 44
00:30:39.50\00:30:42.70
where, "latter days,"
and "days of these kings,"
00:30:42.73\00:30:45.97
means what?
00:30:46.00\00:30:47.15
Years.
00:30:47.33\00:30:48.60
So Daniel itself
uses interchangeably,
00:30:48.64\00:30:52.54
"days" and "years."
00:30:52.57\00:30:54.40
Reason number nine.
00:30:54.82\00:30:56.18
The historical
books of the Old Testament
00:30:56.62\00:30:59.51
use, "days" and
"years," in parallel fashion.
00:31:02.45\00:31:05.95
Notice the following examples.
00:31:06.97\00:31:09.07
And we're not going
to read all of these.
00:31:10.18\00:31:12.15
But you can look them up.
00:31:13.12\00:31:14.77
Exodus 13 verse 10
literally reads in Hebrew
00:31:15.65\00:31:19.62
that the Passover was to be
celebrated from days to days.
00:31:20.08\00:31:24.38
That's the way
it reads in Hebrew.
00:31:25.26\00:31:26.66
The Passover was to be
celebrated from days to days.
00:31:27.75\00:31:30.77
What does that mean?
00:31:30.80\00:31:31.97
From year to year.
00:31:32.45\00:31:33.62
And that's the way
that it's translated,
00:31:33.65\00:31:35.50
even though the Hebrew
says, "from days to days."
00:31:35.88\00:31:39.88
In 1 Samuel 20 verse 6,
the Hebrew literal reads,
00:31:40.24\00:31:45.12
"sacrifice of the days."
00:31:45.15\00:31:47.57
But the context clearly shows it
refers to the yearly sacrifice.
00:31:48.38\00:31:53.05
So for the Hebrew thinking, days
is interchangeable with what?
00:31:54.21\00:31:59.80
Interchangeable with
years in the historical books
00:31:59.83\00:32:03.04
of the Old Testament.
00:32:03.07\00:32:04.46
In 1 Samuel 2:19,
literally the Hebrew says,
00:32:05.25\00:32:08.85
"from days to days."
00:32:08.88\00:32:10.14
And it's translated,
"from years to years."
00:32:10.17\00:32:12.46
1 Samuel 1:21
literally reads in the Hebrew,
00:32:13.06\00:32:15.90
"sacrifice of the days."
00:32:15.93\00:32:17.21
Translations render it,
"sacrifice of the years,"
00:32:17.24\00:32:20.65
or, "the yearly sacrifice."
00:32:20.68\00:32:22.44
You find the same
thing in Judges 11 verse 40.
00:32:23.71\00:32:26.27
It literally reads, "from days
to days, four days each year."
00:32:26.30\00:32:31.34
It means, from year to
year, four days each year.
00:32:31.37\00:32:34.55
1 Samuel 27 verse 7 literally
reads, "days and four months."
00:32:35.78\00:32:41.16
What does that mean?
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.01
It means, a
year and four months.
00:32:44.69\00:32:46.98
1 Kings 1:1 says that
David was stricken in days.
00:32:47.40\00:32:51.26
But what does that mean
he was stricken in days?
00:32:51.59\00:32:53.62
He was stricken in years.
00:32:54.41\00:32:56.37
Genesis 47 verse 9
is an interesting verse,
00:32:56.66\00:33:00.06
in that Jacob speaks
of, "the days of my years."
00:33:00.09\00:33:03.50
Literally in Hebrew it
says, "the days of my years."
00:33:03.53\00:33:06.56
In Genesis 5 verse 5, we
find that the days of Adam
00:33:07.19\00:33:11.85
were 930 years.
00:33:11.88\00:33:13.68
And in Genesis 6
verse 3, you have once again
00:33:14.99\00:33:19.18
days linked with years.
00:33:19.53\00:33:20.93
It says, "His days
will be 120 years."
00:33:20.96\00:33:24.97
So is it common in the
Hebrew way of expressing
00:33:25.66\00:33:28.62
to use days and
years interchangeably?
00:33:28.65\00:33:31.02
Yes, it was common
among the Hebrews to do this.
00:33:31.05\00:33:33.93
Now let's go to
reason number ten.
00:33:34.41\00:33:36.32
Not only do we find
Daniel using days and years
00:33:37.68\00:33:41.72
in a similar fashion, not only
do we find the historical books
00:33:42.42\00:33:46.27
of the Old Testament also using
days and years interchangeably,
00:33:46.30\00:33:51.06
we also find that in
Old Testament Hebrew poetry
00:33:51.42\00:33:55.16
days and years are employed
in synonymous parallelism.
00:33:55.55\00:33:59.17
You know what
synonymous parallelism is?
00:33:59.20\00:34:01.27
Hebrew poetry is
characterized by parallelism.
00:34:02.10\00:34:05.38
And there are three basic types.
00:34:05.49\00:34:06.81
There are variations, but
there are three basic types.
00:34:06.85\00:34:09.23
One is called
synonymous parallelism.
00:34:09.44\00:34:11.93
That's where the
first line in the verse
00:34:12.25\00:34:16.49
is repeated in the second
line, but in different words.
00:34:16.70\00:34:20.46
It's parallel to the first line,
but different words are used.
00:34:20.49\00:34:23.55
Then you have
antithetical parallelism,
00:34:24.66\00:34:27.14
which is the
first line, the opposite
00:34:27.48\00:34:30.04
is said in the second line.
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.54
And then you have what is
called synthetic parallelism,
00:34:31.99\00:34:34.72
which is where the thought
of the first line is completed
00:34:34.98\00:34:38.42
in the second line.
00:34:38.45\00:34:39.70
Now a synonymous parallelism
is where the first line
00:34:40.07\00:34:42.95
and the second
line are synonymous,
00:34:42.98\00:34:45.54
but in different words.
00:34:45.57\00:34:47.17
In Hebrew poetry, you find,
"days," and you find, "years,"
00:34:47.44\00:34:52.85
used in synonymous parallelism.
00:34:52.88\00:34:55.52
Let's notice for example...
00:34:56.62\00:34:57.80
And you can look
up all of these text.
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.52
A very interesting text
is Psalm 90 verses 9 and 10,
00:34:59.73\00:35:03.35
where the translation
reads, "years of our lives."
00:35:04.32\00:35:08.36
But literally in Hebrew it
reads, "the days of our years."
00:35:09.51\00:35:14.56
In every place, listen
carefully, in every place
00:35:15.40\00:35:18.47
where the Old Testament
couples days with years,
00:35:18.50\00:35:21.35
the word, "day," is in the
A line and the word, "year,"
00:35:22.54\00:35:27.22
is in the B line.
00:35:27.25\00:35:28.56
You understand what I'm saying?
00:35:29.87\00:35:31.09
In other words, in the first
line you have the word, "day."
00:35:31.57\00:35:35.03
In the second line, which
is parallel or synonymous,
00:35:35.33\00:35:39.24
you have, "year."
00:35:39.27\00:35:40.30
In other words, the day
is equivalent to what? Year.
00:35:40.33\00:35:42.92
Just check out these verses.
00:35:42.95\00:35:44.77
It is so interesting.
00:35:44.80\00:35:46.24
William Shea, who was
my teacher at the seminary,
00:35:46.70\00:35:49.29
wrote a very
interesting book called,
00:35:49.59\00:35:51.31
Selected Studies in
Prophetic Interpretation.
00:35:51.34\00:35:53.82
And on page 69 he says this...
00:35:53.85\00:35:56.00
And a good share of this
material he has in this chapter
00:35:56.03\00:35:59.83
that he wrote on
the year/day principle.
00:35:59.86\00:36:01.70
He says this, "When
we come to the occurrence
00:36:01.73\00:36:04.85
of the word,
'days,' in time prophecies,
00:36:04.88\00:36:07.69
therefore, an ancient Semite..."
00:36:07.72\00:36:10.86
Do you understand what he
means by an ancient Semite?
00:36:11.50\00:36:13.97
Someone... Yeah, Jew.
00:36:14.52\00:36:15.71
Somebody who has a
Semitic background.
00:36:15.74\00:36:18.22
"...an ancient Semite
whose mind was steeped in this
00:36:19.01\00:36:22.40
parallelistic type of thought
would naturally have made
00:36:22.43\00:36:26.32
an association of
years with the days
00:36:26.35\00:36:29.53
found in a symbolic
context, just as he naturally
00:36:29.91\00:36:33.99
would have
identified years as the B word
00:36:34.02\00:36:36.92
that would follow the A
word, "days," in its occurrence
00:36:36.95\00:36:40.93
as part of a well
known parallel pair."
00:36:41.03\00:36:45.22
So you can check
out these verses.
00:36:46.07\00:36:48.17
And, you know, I'll
mention some of them.
00:36:48.20\00:36:50.54
Job 10 verse 5, Job 15 verse 20,
00:36:50.57\00:36:54.62
Job 32 verse 7,
Deuteronomy 32 verse 7,
00:36:54.65\00:36:58.46
and Psalm 77 verse 5.
00:36:58.49\00:37:00.37
And you know what's
interesting is that the
00:37:00.40\00:37:02.18
first book of the Bible to
be written was the book of Job.
00:37:02.21\00:37:05.29
So very, very early it
was written by Moses in the
00:37:06.82\00:37:10.02
desert of Midian while he
was tending Jethro's sheep,
00:37:10.05\00:37:13.01
according to the
spirit of prophecy.
00:37:13.11\00:37:14.81
And there are some
sections of the book of Job
00:37:15.42\00:37:18.84
that use such archaic Hebrew
language that the Septuagint
00:37:19.02\00:37:22.63
translators, the translators
of the Greek Old Testament,
00:37:22.66\00:37:25.38
had real
struggles in translating
00:37:25.41\00:37:27.82
that Hebrew to Greek.
00:37:27.85\00:37:29.94
They leave whole
sections untranslated
00:37:30.54\00:37:33.08
because it was
such archaic old Hebrew.
00:37:33.49\00:37:36.65
And so it's interesting
that you have these references
00:37:37.01\00:37:39.22
from Job where the
A line has, "days,"
00:37:39.25\00:37:42.00
and the B line, the
parallel line has, "years."
00:37:42.03\00:37:44.79
Days are years.
00:37:44.82\00:37:46.73
Is that clear?
00:37:46.93\00:37:47.97
Reason number eleven.
00:37:48.65\00:37:50.11
The prophetic books
also do the same thing.
00:37:51.24\00:37:53.71
The prophetic books
of the Old Testament,
00:37:54.11\00:37:56.29
"days" are also used
interchangeably with "years."
00:37:56.32\00:37:59.69
For instance, Ezekiel 30 verse
3 refers to the day of the Lord,
00:38:00.12\00:38:05.54
but Isaiah calls it
the year of the Lord.
00:38:06.04\00:38:08.95
Isaiah 10 verse 3 speaks
of the day of visitation,
00:38:09.45\00:38:12.85
but Jeremiah 11:23
refers to the same event
00:38:12.88\00:38:15.71
as the year of visitation.
00:38:15.74\00:38:18.07
Isaiah 34 verse 8 speaks
of the year of recompense,
00:38:18.45\00:38:22.15
but Hosea 9 verse 7 refers
to the days of recompense.
00:38:22.18\00:38:26.00
Do you see that the prophets,
for them, "days" and "years"
00:38:26.03\00:38:29.93
had a very close and
intimate relationship.
00:38:29.96\00:38:32.72
Of course, we would not want to
leave out the traditional text
00:38:33.50\00:38:37.29
which have been used
by Seventh-day Adventists
00:38:37.64\00:38:39.55
to corroborate the
year/day principle.
00:38:39.58\00:38:41.95
In both Numbers 14:34
and Ezekiel 4 verse 6,
00:38:42.61\00:38:47.47
God Himself employs
the year/day principle
00:38:47.50\00:38:50.73
in the context of prophecy.
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.59
And if we have time, we'll deal
with miniature symbolization.
00:38:53.13\00:38:57.59
That is a fascinating study.
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.40
It's a follow up to this study
about the year/day principle.
00:38:59.43\00:39:02.58
Now let's go to
reason number twelve.
00:39:02.61\00:39:04.23
We can also approach this
subject from the perspective
00:39:05.44\00:39:09.04
of the sabbatical
and jubilee years.
00:39:09.07\00:39:11.84
Have you ever heard
of the sabbatical year?
00:39:12.22\00:39:13.91
That's every seventh
year was a year of rest.
00:39:14.49\00:39:18.88
And then every 49th
year was a year of rest,
00:39:19.54\00:39:22.53
followed by the jubilee,
which was the 50th year.
00:39:22.56\00:39:25.37
Now where does
this pattern come from,
00:39:26.04\00:39:28.02
the pattern of the
sabbatical year and the jubilee?
00:39:28.05\00:39:31.25
Where does that come from?
00:39:31.28\00:39:32.45
It comes from the
weekly cycle of days.
00:39:32.48\00:39:35.23
That's the
pattern. Let's follow this.
00:39:35.44\00:39:37.77
It is obvious that the
weekly Sabbath is the foundation
00:39:38.09\00:39:41.39
for both of these.
00:39:41.42\00:39:42.67
That is to say, the seventh
day of the week becomes symbolic
00:39:42.90\00:39:46.07
of the seventh year.
00:39:46.10\00:39:47.38
And the 49th day becomes
symbolic of the 49th year.
00:39:47.93\00:39:51.81
Leviticus 25:1-7
addresses the sabbatical year.
00:39:52.52\00:39:56.71
This passage contains
the earliest biblical use
00:39:57.27\00:40:00.48
of the year/day principle.
00:40:00.51\00:40:01.92
It becomes clear when
we compare verses 3 and 4
00:40:02.37\00:40:05.55
with verse 5 that the
weekly cycle is being used
00:40:05.58\00:40:09.48
as a pattern for
the seven year period.
00:40:09.51\00:40:12.50
In other words, each day of the
week becomes symbolic of what?
00:40:13.18\00:40:17.54
A year in the sabbatical
year and a year in the jubilee.
00:40:17.75\00:40:23.42
Now notice, we have six
years which are followed
00:40:24.80\00:40:28.83
by the seventh year.
00:40:28.86\00:40:30.41
And the seventh
year is one of rest.
00:40:30.44\00:40:34.45
This arrangement is patterned
after six days of labor
00:40:34.73\00:40:38.60
followed by the seventh
day, which is a day of rest.
00:40:38.63\00:40:41.86
Here, we clearly have an example
of the year/day principle.
00:40:42.21\00:40:45.38
The same is true
of the jubilee year.
00:40:45.50\00:40:48.30
Are you
understanding this point?
00:40:48.33\00:40:49.86
The week of days
is used as a pattern
00:40:50.50\00:40:55.05
for the seven year
cycle of the sabbatical year.
00:40:55.41\00:40:58.91
The foundation is the
literal days of the week.
00:40:59.01\00:41:03.16
Let's go to
reason number thirteen.
00:41:04.07\00:41:05.88
If we accept the testimony
of Jesus, the little horn of
00:41:06.83\00:41:10.98
Daniel 8 cannot
represent Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:41:11.01\00:41:14.24
Jesus made it clear that
the abomination of desolation
00:41:14.81\00:41:17.65
spoken of by the
prophet Daniel was still
00:41:17.68\00:41:20.37
in the future in His day.
00:41:20.40\00:41:22.13
Did He do that?
00:41:22.92\00:41:23.95
Oh, you better believe He did.
00:41:24.20\00:41:25.58
How could Antiochus, who
lived in the second century
00:41:26.19\00:41:28.95
before Christ,
fulfill a prophecy which Jesus
00:41:28.98\00:41:31.83
clearly indicated was
still unfulfilled in His day?
00:41:31.86\00:41:35.52
Furthermore, the little
horn of Daniel 7 could not have
00:41:36.29\00:41:39.28
been fulfilled by Antiochus
either, because the apostle
00:41:39.31\00:41:43.70
Paul specified that this horn
was still future in his day.
00:41:43.73\00:41:47.70
The book of Revelation
also places the fulfillment
00:41:48.61\00:41:51.20
of this prophecy in the future.
00:41:51.23\00:41:53.27
Do you understand that point?
00:41:54.60\00:41:55.84
Well some of you do.
00:41:57.40\00:41:58.93
Reason number fourteen.
00:42:02.12\00:42:03.77
As a rule of thumb,
the shorter the time period
00:42:04.80\00:42:09.55
in apocalyptic
prophecy, the more likely it is
00:42:10.36\00:42:13.94
to be symbolic of
a longer time period.
00:42:13.97\00:42:17.77
For example, is it
really possible to fit into
00:42:18.89\00:42:22.57
one literal week
all the events spoken of
00:42:22.60\00:42:25.24
in the last of
the seventy weeks?
00:42:25.27\00:42:27.35
Come on, be real.
00:42:28.53\00:42:29.87
There's no way you
could fit all of those events
00:42:29.90\00:42:32.04
into one literal week.
00:42:32.34\00:42:34.50
Would ten literal days
of persecution during the
00:42:34.93\00:42:37.87
period of Smyrna really
be such a terrible ordeal?
00:42:37.90\00:42:41.43
Would three and one
half literal days be enough
00:42:42.74\00:42:46.14
to fulfill all of the
events of Revelation 11?
00:42:46.17\00:42:49.19
Impossible, folks.
00:42:52.12\00:42:53.53
If in Revelation 11 the two
witnesses, the two olive trees,
00:42:53.93\00:42:57.03
the two lamp
stands, the sackcloth, etc,
00:42:57.06\00:42:59.47
are all symbolic, then why isn't
the time period also symbolic?
00:42:59.50\00:43:04.64
Reason number fifteen.
00:43:05.98\00:43:07.01
You thought we only had
one reason, Ezekiel chapter 4.
00:43:07.18\00:43:10.17
We have a plethora of reasons
that support the year/day
00:43:12.60\00:43:15.65
principle that the Seventh-day
Adventist Church upholds.
00:43:15.68\00:43:18.63
Reason number fifteen.
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.19
Preterist and futurist
who apply these prophetic
00:43:21.09\00:43:23.89
time periods literally
encounter serious problems
00:43:23.92\00:43:27.96
in another sense as well.
00:43:27.99\00:43:29.60
In the Old Testament, God
is presented as the one who
00:43:30.83\00:43:34.05
reveals the
course of human history
00:43:34.08\00:43:36.35
and provides His divine
evaluation of that history.
00:43:36.91\00:43:41.30
There we find a
revelation of the continuous
00:43:41.95\00:43:44.73
and unbroken flow of
human history from creation
00:43:44.76\00:43:48.35
until the first
coming of the Messiah.
00:43:48.38\00:43:49.88
Is that true?
00:43:49.91\00:43:50.94
In the Old
Testament we find every event,
00:43:50.97\00:43:53.55
the whole flow, from creation
until the times of the Messiah.
00:43:53.58\00:43:57.93
The gospels then
present the story of
00:43:58.47\00:44:00.59
Jesus' ministry on earth.
00:44:00.62\00:44:02.34
The book of Acts and the
epistles continue the flow
00:44:02.85\00:44:05.90
by describing the
history of the early church.
00:44:05.93\00:44:07.81
Do we have a
continuous flow method here?
00:44:07.84\00:44:09.79
Yes we do.
00:44:09.99\00:44:11.18
After this is where
the preterist encounter
00:44:11.51\00:44:15.79
serious problems.
00:44:15.82\00:44:17.46
You see, in the preterist
view there is no revelation
00:44:17.94\00:44:21.91
from God concerning the entire
history of the Christian church.
00:44:21.94\00:44:25.46
There are almost
2000 years of silence.
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.87
Because they believe that these
prophecies were fulfilled with
00:44:29.62\00:44:32.37
Antiochus
Epiphanes and with Nero.
00:44:32.40\00:44:35.64
Revelation has nothing
to do with the history of
00:44:37.40\00:44:39.68
the Christian church, they say.
00:44:39.71\00:44:41.34
So God has been silent
about history for 2000 years.
00:44:41.61\00:44:46.18
There are almost
2000 years of silence.
00:44:47.59\00:44:50.17
According them, God's
description and evaluation
00:44:50.33\00:44:53.03
of history ended
with Antiochus Epiphanes
00:44:53.06\00:44:55.85
and the Roman
emperors in the early church.
00:44:55.88\00:44:58.32
The futurist are not
in much better shape.
00:44:59.06\00:45:01.58
According to this
school, Revelation 4 through 19
00:45:02.33\00:45:04.95
refers to a short
period of human history
00:45:05.05\00:45:07.50
at the very end of time.
00:45:07.53\00:45:09.68
Likewise, God's
description and evaluation of
00:45:10.33\00:45:12.92
human history as found in
Daniel, according to them,
00:45:12.95\00:45:16.07
ends with the Roman Empire
and does not pick up again
00:45:16.10\00:45:19.25
until the last seven
years of human history.
00:45:19.35\00:45:21.79
Thus, there is a 2000
year gap in God's description
00:45:22.78\00:45:26.87
and evaluation of human history.
00:45:26.90\00:45:28.76
With the brief
exception of the seven churches,
00:45:29.21\00:45:31.56
God has been silent
about the events of the church
00:45:31.63\00:45:34.24
for 2000 years.
00:45:34.27\00:45:35.91
Are you
understanding this point?
00:45:35.94\00:45:37.42
Only the historicist
method is able to reveal
00:45:38.73\00:45:42.37
a God who is concerned with
His church during the entire
00:45:42.40\00:45:46.58
period of church
history, including the period of
00:45:46.61\00:45:49.36
dominion of the little horn.
00:45:49.39\00:45:50.75
Only historicism is able to
show the providential guidance
00:45:50.99\00:45:55.38
of God in human history and
His loving care for His church
00:45:55.41\00:45:58.82
during the last 2000 years.
00:45:58.85\00:46:01.62
God is a God who is engaged.
00:46:02.83\00:46:06.09
Reason number sixteen.
00:46:06.70\00:46:08.22
The apostle Paul makes
it absolutely clear that the
00:46:09.17\00:46:11.38
man of sin, this is
an important reason,
00:46:11.41\00:46:13.75
was already working in his day.
00:46:13.78\00:46:16.53
Is that true?
00:46:17.00\00:46:18.07
Yeah.
00:46:18.47\00:46:19.54
And yet, this man of
sin will not be destroyed
00:46:19.64\00:46:22.34
until Jesus comes.
00:46:22.37\00:46:23.77
Whoa.
00:46:24.86\00:46:26.02
How could this be a
literal person if he was alive
00:46:26.59\00:46:29.52
in Paul's day, and yet is
not destroyed until Jesus comes?
00:46:29.55\00:46:32.94
He's not a
centenarian, he's a millenarian.
00:46:36.14\00:46:38.60
Is this one literal man
who has lived over 2000 years?
00:46:41.65\00:46:45.54
The inevitable conclusion
is that the man of sin
00:46:46.26\00:46:48.47
cannot be a literal
man, nor can his period of
00:46:48.50\00:46:51.47
dominion be literal time.
00:46:51.50\00:46:52.98
It is also significant
that Paul is getting his picture
00:46:53.65\00:46:56.82
of the man of sin from
the little horn of Daniel 7,
00:46:56.85\00:46:59.54
and the little horn of Daniel
8, and the king of the north
00:47:00.31\00:47:03.07
of Daniel 11.
00:47:03.10\00:47:04.50
This being the case, the little
horn and the king of the north
00:47:04.53\00:47:08.21
must have ruled for
centuries, not for literal days.
00:47:08.31\00:47:12.57
Reason number seventeen.
00:47:14.25\00:47:15.83
The acid test of
the year/day principle
00:47:17.01\00:47:19.74
is whether the events forecasted
were fulfilled on schedule.
00:47:20.21\00:47:23.99
In other words, the pragmatic
test of historical fulfillment
00:47:25.53\00:47:30.63
must be applied to the
historicist interpretation
00:47:31.03\00:47:34.19
of these prophecies.
00:47:34.22\00:47:35.45
Does the historicist
method pass the test?
00:47:35.85\00:47:39.62
Well, notice the following
incontrovertible facts.
00:47:40.02\00:47:43.85
Did the papacy
rule for 1260 years?
00:47:44.64\00:47:47.63
Absolutely.
00:47:47.92\00:47:49.16
Can these dates be
corroborated by history?
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.80
Yes.
00:47:52.13\00:47:53.38
Did the church, during the
period of Smyrna, experience
00:47:54.04\00:47:57.17
ten years of severe persecution?
00:47:57.20\00:47:59.73
Yes, the year 303 to 313.
00:47:59.93\00:48:03.08
Terrible
persecution the church suffered
00:48:03.55\00:48:07.01
during the
emperorship of Diocletian.
00:48:07.04\00:48:10.35
There, you have
during the church of Smyrna,
00:48:10.64\00:48:12.99
the church that is persecuted
by the Roman emperors,
00:48:13.09\00:48:16.04
you have ten days
that are mentioned in
00:48:16.07\00:48:17.83
connection with that church.
00:48:17.86\00:48:19.08
Ten years; 303 to 313.
00:48:19.11\00:48:21.22
It can be proven.
00:48:21.25\00:48:22.45
Can it be proved that
Jesus came in the year 27 AD
00:48:23.83\00:48:29.31
to be baptized,
and He was baptized?
00:48:29.34\00:48:31.30
That He died in
the middle of the week?
00:48:31.68\00:48:33.82
And that Stephen was
stoned in the year 34?
00:48:34.61\00:48:38.06
Absolutely.
00:48:38.09\00:48:39.13
Was this prophecy of
the 70 weeks fulfilled?
00:48:39.16\00:48:42.43
It was.
00:48:42.46\00:48:43.60
How about the
prophecy of the 2300 days?
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.38
The Millerites did
indeed preach from Daniel 8:14
00:48:47.40\00:48:50.66
that the Sanctuary
was about to be cleansed.
00:48:50.86\00:48:53.09
And this preaching took place
right before the 2300 years
00:48:53.38\00:48:57.15
came to an end.
00:48:57.18\00:48:58.54
Why didn't they
preach from some other text?
00:48:58.80\00:49:01.16
Simply because God wanted to
bring to the world's attention
00:49:01.43\00:49:04.55
that the 2300 years were about
to end and a significant event
00:49:04.75\00:49:09.13
was about to
take place in heaven.
00:49:09.16\00:49:10.71
The great second
advent awakening in the 1830's
00:49:11.04\00:49:13.91
provides powerful evidence
that the year/day principle
00:49:13.94\00:49:17.41
must be applied
to Daniel 8 verse 14.
00:49:17.97\00:49:20.56
Historical fulfillment
shows that this is the way
00:49:21.13\00:49:23.41
to interpret
these time prophecies.
00:49:23.44\00:49:25.27
Finally, the churches
were closed and Bibles were
00:49:25.84\00:49:29.95
forbidden in France
during the French Revolution,
00:49:29.98\00:49:33.67
according to
Revelation chapter 11,
00:49:33.70\00:49:36.33
for about three
and one half years
00:49:36.36\00:49:38.24
from March of 1793
to November of 1797.
00:49:38.27\00:49:42.69
It did happen exactly the
way it says in Revelation 11.
00:49:42.72\00:49:46.58
So the acid test of
historical fulfillment shows
00:49:47.19\00:49:50.73
that these days are not days,
00:49:50.93\00:49:53.78
that these
months are not months.
00:49:53.81\00:49:55.76
But these days and
months are actually what?
00:49:55.79\00:49:58.88
Years.
00:49:59.08\00:50:00.42
Reason number eighteen.
00:50:01.33\00:50:02.81
I leave this till last because
scholars are not always right.
00:50:03.36\00:50:06.93
Many great Bible scholars,
both Seventh-day Adventists
00:50:07.58\00:50:10.18
and non Seventh-day Adventists,
have understood and taught
00:50:10.21\00:50:12.80
the year/day principle.
00:50:12.83\00:50:14.07
Unfortunately, after the
great disappointment of 1844,
00:50:14.87\00:50:18.09
and we've studied
this in a previous class,
00:50:18.12\00:50:20.09
Protestants gave up
on the year/day principle
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.77
that was used by the
Millerite to calculate
00:50:23.18\00:50:26.45
prophetic time periods.
00:50:26.48\00:50:28.03
In other words, because
Jesus did not come as predicted
00:50:28.13\00:50:31.02
in 1844, the protestant
world threw out the method
00:50:31.05\00:50:34.96
which the Millerites had used.
00:50:34.99\00:50:37.41
Thus, they threw
out the proverbial baby
00:50:37.44\00:50:39.87
with the bath water.
00:50:39.90\00:50:41.29
We will limit
ourselves to comments which were
00:50:41.32\00:50:43.82
made by two men
whose last name is Newton.
00:50:43.85\00:50:46.88
One is Sir Isaac Newton.
00:50:47.84\00:50:50.98
Have you ever heard of him?
00:50:51.01\00:50:52.20
Notice what he says.
00:50:52.23\00:50:53.64
"Three times and a half,
that is, for 1260 solar years,
00:50:54.13\00:50:59.95
reckoning as time for a
calendar year of 360 days
00:51:00.15\00:51:04.88
and a day for a solar
year; after which the judgment
00:51:05.08\00:51:08.54
is to sit and they
shall take away his dominion,
00:51:08.57\00:51:11.24
not at once but by degrees,
to consume and destroy it
00:51:11.27\00:51:15.18
unto the end."
00:51:15.21\00:51:16.41
See, he had the
year/day principle right.
00:51:16.44\00:51:18.84
Sir Isaac Newton.
00:51:19.45\00:51:20.88
And then there was
another individual,
00:51:21.32\00:51:23.07
Bishop Thomas
Newton, who said this,
00:51:23.10\00:51:25.98
"We must, therefore, compute
the time according to the
00:51:26.95\00:51:30.03
nature and genius of
the prophetic language.
00:51:30.06\00:51:32.97
A 'time and
times and half a time'
00:51:33.07\00:51:35.42
are three years and a half;
00:51:35.45\00:51:37.47
and the ancient Jewish year
consisting of twelve months,
00:51:37.60\00:51:41.00
and each month of thirty days.
00:51:41.03\00:51:43.10
A 'time and
times and half a time,'
00:51:43.13\00:51:45.89
or three years and a half, are
reckoned in Revelation 11:2-3
00:51:45.92\00:51:50.17
and 12:6 and 14 as equivalent
to 'forty-two months,'
00:51:50.20\00:51:54.15
or, 'a thousand two
hundred and threescore days.'
00:51:54.18\00:51:57.65
And a day in the style
of the prophets is a year.
00:51:57.75\00:52:00.59
'I have appointed
thee each day for a year,'
00:52:00.79\00:52:03.34
saith God to Ezekiel, 4 verse 6.
00:52:03.37\00:52:06.04
And it is confessed
that the seventy weeks in the
00:52:06.25\00:52:09.37
ninth chapter of
Daniel are weeks of years.
00:52:09.40\00:52:12.40
And consequently,
1260 days are 1260 years."
00:52:12.43\00:52:17.69
Interesting.
00:52:17.72\00:52:19.04
Neither of these individuals
was a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:52:19.79\00:52:22.24
And yet, they believed
in the year/day principle.
00:52:24.46\00:52:26.92
Let's go to
reason number nineteen,
00:52:28.39\00:52:29.87
because time is running out.
00:52:29.90\00:52:31.29
Practically every futurist
writer is willing to concede
00:52:32.37\00:52:35.44
that the seven
churches represent seven periods
00:52:35.47\00:52:38.57
of church history.
00:52:38.60\00:52:40.01
Even conservative
scholars, particularly, they say
00:52:41.89\00:52:45.31
the seven churches represent
seven periods of church history.
00:52:45.41\00:52:48.52
Most see Ephesus as a
symbol of the apostolic church.
00:52:49.20\00:52:52.88
Let's take a look at
the fourth church, Thyatira.
00:52:53.53\00:52:56.85
It is obvious to any objective
reader that this church bears
00:52:57.36\00:53:00.65
many similarities to
the condition of Israel
00:53:00.68\00:53:02.95
during the period of Elijah.
00:53:02.98\00:53:04.36
Notice the following parallels.
00:53:04.95\00:53:06.66
In both cases, Jezebel
instigated the apostasy.
00:53:06.86\00:53:09.92
In both cases,
the cardinal sins were
00:53:09.95\00:53:11.79
fornication and idolatry.
00:53:11.82\00:53:13.60
In both cases,
there was no rain.
00:53:13.63\00:53:15.59
In both cases, Elijah fled.
00:53:15.62\00:53:17.38
In both cases,
Elijah was sustained in his
00:53:17.41\00:53:19.87
flight to the wilderness.
00:53:19.90\00:53:21.11
In both cases, the apostasy
lasted three and a half years.
00:53:21.14\00:53:24.21
Church of Thyatira and
the experience of Elijah.
00:53:25.44\00:53:28.23
These parallels
indicate that the church
00:53:28.62\00:53:30.69
during the period of Thyatira
is reliving the story of Elijah.
00:53:30.72\00:53:35.02
Yet the historical
period of the church of Thyatira
00:53:35.48\00:53:38.01
does not last only three
and one half literal years.
00:53:38.04\00:53:41.30
Not even by the
calculations of conservative
00:53:41.51\00:53:44.22
non-Adventist scholars.
00:53:44.25\00:53:45.76
Are you understanding my point?
00:53:46.54\00:53:47.96
If in Revelation 2 Jezebel
is not one literal person,
00:53:48.40\00:53:51.92
Elijah is not one
historical person,
00:53:52.19\00:53:54.71
rain is not literal rain,
00:53:54.81\00:53:56.50
fornication is not
literal fornication, etc,
00:53:56.53\00:53:59.38
then the three and a half years
are not literal years either.
00:53:59.41\00:54:02.39
Time and space will now
allow us to show that the
00:54:03.30\00:54:05.70
harlot of Revelation
17 represents the second
00:54:05.73\00:54:08.64
future stage of this
Jezebel period of the church.
00:54:08.67\00:54:12.29
In the case of literal
Old Testament Elijah...
00:54:12.81\00:54:14.88
Now this is interesting.
00:54:14.91\00:54:16.17
In the case of
literal Old Testament Elijah,
00:54:16.20\00:54:18.51
the time period when
there was no rain was expressed
00:54:18.90\00:54:22.30
in normal terms as
three years and six months,
00:54:22.33\00:54:26.37
because the time
period was literal.
00:54:26.63\00:54:28.96
But in the case of symbolic
Elijah, the period is described
00:54:29.26\00:54:33.06
as 1260 days, and time,
times, and the dividing of time.
00:54:33.16\00:54:38.79
Does that make sense?
00:54:39.97\00:54:41.10
Now reason number twenty is
one that I mentioned previously.
00:54:42.40\00:54:45.69
The thousand
years of Revelation.
00:54:46.47\00:54:48.11
You have this sheet, I don't
have time to say much about it,
00:54:48.14\00:54:51.17
but you have this
chart, "The Year/Day Principle
00:54:51.47\00:54:55.41
in Isaiah 24 and
Revelation 20 to 22."
00:54:55.44\00:54:59.22
Some people say, "Well why don't
you use the year/day principle
00:54:59.85\00:55:03.08
for the thousand years of
Revelation 20 to be consistent?
00:55:03.18\00:55:06.29
That's an
apocalyptic prophecy, right?"
00:55:06.32\00:55:08.71
So why don't we use
the year/day principle
00:55:09.86\00:55:12.02
for the thousand
years of Revelation 20?
00:55:12.12\00:55:14.33
Why don't we say that
also needs to have the
00:55:14.36\00:55:18.70
year/day
principle applied to it?
00:55:18.73\00:55:20.46
It's very simple.
00:55:20.49\00:55:21.52
We already
studied this, remember?
00:55:22.14\00:55:23.72
Notice this chart.
00:55:24.89\00:55:26.30
It's a very interesting chart.
00:55:26.50\00:55:28.14
On the left side
you have Isaiah 24,
00:55:29.69\00:55:31.43
on the right side you
have Revelation 20 to 22.
00:55:31.46\00:55:33.98
You have all of the
parallels between Isaiah 24
00:55:34.26\00:55:38.87
and Revelation 20 to 22.
00:55:38.90\00:55:40.69
Now you have capitalized one key
word in the left hand column.
00:55:40.89\00:55:44.35
What is it?
00:55:44.38\00:55:45.46
The word, "days."
00:55:45.81\00:55:47.06
What is the equivalent
word in the right hand column?
00:55:47.09\00:55:49.94
It is, "years."
00:55:50.49\00:55:51.70
You see, we don't have to
apply the year/day principle
00:55:52.00\00:55:55.35
to the thousand years.
00:55:55.38\00:55:56.98
Because Isaiah
already does that.
00:55:57.39\00:55:59.66
Remember we studied this?
00:56:01.80\00:56:03.05
Isaiah says that
the kings of the earth
00:56:03.57\00:56:09.94
and the host of the
high ones will be punished
00:56:10.25\00:56:15.05
for how long?
00:56:15.44\00:56:16.58
For many days.
00:56:16.88\00:56:19.62
Revelation, on the other hand,
says that the kings of the earth
00:56:20.81\00:56:23.92
that will be
destroyed when Jesus comes,
00:56:24.03\00:56:25.80
according to
chapter 19, and the devil
00:56:25.83\00:56:29.26
will be bound to
the earth for how long?
00:56:29.61\00:56:32.73
For one thousand years.
00:56:33.28\00:56:35.00
So "days" in
Isaiah is interpreted as
00:56:35.29\00:56:39.11
"years" in Revelation.
00:56:39.14\00:56:40.97
The Bible itself, when you
compare one text with another,
00:56:42.19\00:56:45.39
contains the year/day principle.
00:56:45.42\00:56:48.74
So my question is, do
we have sufficient reason
00:56:49.27\00:56:52.41
from Scripture to
believe that in Bible prophecy,
00:56:52.44\00:56:56.71
apocalyptic prophecies, a
day is equivalent to a year?
00:56:57.25\00:57:01.15
We have an
abundance of evidence, folks,
00:57:01.42\00:57:03.97
that that's
what needs to happen.
00:57:04.00\00:57:06.32
But the Christian world says
no, because if they said yes,
00:57:06.61\00:57:10.31
they would be
Seventh-day Adventists.
00:57:10.42\00:57:12.84
Perish the thought, right?
00:57:13.92\00:57:16.38
And yet, the world is out
there anxious to know the truth.
00:57:17.55\00:57:20.83
And I believe that
when we share these things,
00:57:21.41\00:57:23.14
and I've found as I've
shared these things with people,
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.19
they say, "Wow, you
know, this makes so much sense.
00:57:25.22\00:57:27.83
I never knew these things."
00:57:28.16\00:57:29.82
People need to know
that the year/day principle
00:57:30.41\00:57:34.05
is firmly biblical,
because then we can show them
00:57:34.08\00:57:37.03
the career of the
papacy, we can show them
00:57:37.06\00:57:39.68
the 2300 day prophecy.
00:57:39.71\00:57:41.78
And they will be
proud to be members
00:57:41.81\00:57:44.02
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:57:44.05\00:57:45.72