? (Theme Song) ?
? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise
? Byrd: To make sure
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we understand
what's going on here.
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God gave Revelation to Jesus.
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Jesus gave Revelation to whom?
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The angel gave
Revelation to John.
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John wrote it down and
gave it to the seven churches.
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Blessed is he that what?
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(Aud: Reads) What else?
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(Aud: Hears) What else?
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(Aud: Keeps) The
things that are in this book.
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Jesus is God.
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Has always been
here, will always be here.
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It was prophesied his birth.
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But more than that,
it was prophesied when he
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would begin his ministry.
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Go with me now to the
book of Daniel, Chapter 9.
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As you're turning to
Daniel, Chapter 9, remember that
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a beast represents what?
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Kingdom.
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Water represents what?
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(Aud: People)
And a day for a What?
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(Aud: Year) Now,
go to Daniel 9:24.
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The Word of God..
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God says:
"Seventy weeks," how many
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weeks everybody?
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"Are determined upon thy
people and upon thy holy city,
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to finish the transgression,
and to make an end of sins,
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and to make reconciliation
for iniquity, and to bring in
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everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision
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and prophecy, and to anoint
the most" what, everybody?
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(Aud: Holy) Seventy weeks.
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How many weeks?
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"Are determined upon thy
people and upon thy holy city,
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to finish the transgression,
and to make an end of sins,
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and to make reconciliation
for iniquity, and to bring
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in everlasting
righteousness" in. Now,
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this prophecy is saying
that God's chosen people,
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the Jewish nation, the
Jewish people, seventy weeks
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from this point was given them
before the gospel would be not
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just taken to them,
but the gospel would be
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taken to the gentiles.
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That the gospel would
now be taken to everybody.
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For all these years they had
been God's privileged people.
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But here in Daniel we are
discovering that they now have
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seventy weeks to finish
the transgression and to make
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an end of sin.
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Now, when we read the
Bible, specifically Daniel
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and the Revelation,
if we don't understand
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the prophecies and the symbols
associated with the prophecies
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we're confused when
we say seventy weeks.
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But we discover when we break
it down , we understand what
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the seventy weeks is all about.
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Now, help me here.
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How many days
are there in a week?
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Not a trick question.
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How many days in a week?
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(Aud: Seven) The
Bible says how many weeks?
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Seventy.
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So if there are seventy weeks
and there are seven days in a
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week, to find out how long
seventy weeks is prophetically
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we multiply seventy
weeks by seven days.
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Are we together, everybody?
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Now, if you've got some
paper you can write it down.
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Seventy weeks times seven days.
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Seventy times seven is how much?
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Four hundred and ninety what?
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Days.
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Because seven days
times seventy weeks, 490 days.
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But remember, we just studied
in Bible prophecy, according
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to Ezekiel 4:6, that
a day represents a what?
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A day represents a year.
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So instead of saying 490
days, what is really being
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prophesied here is 490 years.
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Now, let's get some more word.
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Know what you believe, know
why you believe it, and know
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where it's found.
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Go to verse 25.
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"Know therefore and
understand, that from
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the going forth
of the commandment
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to restore and to build
Jerusalem unto the" what?
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Come on, to the what, everybody?
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"Messiah, the Prince
shall be" how many weeks?
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"Seven weeks, and
threescore and" what?
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(Aud: Two) "The street shall
be built again, and the wall,
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even in troublous times."
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Now, let's
understand what we just read.
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The Bible is saying that in
seventy weeks, or 490 years,
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that the gospel message
would now not just be taken
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to the Jewish
people but to everybody.
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But the text also said that
after seven weeks, threescore
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weeks and two weeks,
the Messiah would come.
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Now let's understand what we
read when we say seven weeks,
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threescore and two weeks.
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Seven weeks is clear.
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When we say threescore,
a score in Bible prophecy
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represents 20.
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So when we say threescore,
we're saying three times 20,
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which is what, everybody?
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Sixty.
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So seven weeks,
threescore and two, which means
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that's sixty weeks,
seven plus sixty is what?
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Sixty what?
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Come on, you all.
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Seven weeks, plus threescore
weeks, threescore is what?
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Sixty, because a score is what?
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Twenty.
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Three times 20 is what?
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Sixty.
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Seven weeks plus threescore
or sixty weeks is sixty
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seven weeks.
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Then the Bible
says two more weeks.
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So that means that the Messiah
would come after 69 weeks.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Let's try one more time.
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I'm going to take my time.
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Give me 10
minutes on the back here.
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Seven weeks, threescore.
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Score is how much?
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Twenty.
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Three times 20 is what?
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Sixty.
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Seven plus sixty is sixty
seven, add another two weeks,
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you have sixty nine
weeks the Messiah would come.
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Sixty nine weeks,
how many days in a week?
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(Aud: Seven) So that
means sixty nine times seven
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is 483 days.
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A day for a year.
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Which means then the Messiah
would come 483 days, or years,
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from the decree of
rebuilding Jerusalem's wall.
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Now understand
what you're reading.
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In Daniel, Chapter 9, verse 24,
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the prophecy in totality
lasts 70 weeks, 490 years that
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the gospel message would
be taken to the Jewish people.
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But then the Bible says
that in 483 years Jesus,
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the Messiah, would come.
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It says this prophecy
would begin after the decree
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to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
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When was this decree made?
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Take your Bibles and
go to the book of Ezra.
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Get you some Word.
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I know it's a hard Word,
but you'll understand it,
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it's okay.
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Ezra, Chapter 7.
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Let us go to Ezra, Chapter 7.
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Ezra is before
the Book of Psalms.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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And we're going to Ezra 7:7.
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This is all going to make sense.
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The Word of God says:
"And there went up some
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of the children of
Israel, and of the priests,
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and the
Levites, and the singers,
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and the porters,
and the Nethinims, unto
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Jerusalem, in the seventh
year of Artaxerxes the king."
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What year of his reign?
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Come on, what year of his reign?
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So we've got to make sure we
understand what we're reading.
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The seventh year of his reign.
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Currently, it is the
fifth year of the reign
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of President Obama.
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Are we
understanding what I'm saying?
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So we're saying
then the decree was in
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the seventh year of
the reign of Artaxerxes.
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Look at verse 12: "Artaxerxes,
king of kings, unto Ezra
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the priest, a scribe
of the law of the God
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of heaven, perfect
peace, and at such a time.
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I make a decree, that all
they of the people of Israel,
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and of his priests
and Levites, in my realm,
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which are minded of their
own freewill to go up to" where?
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(Aud: Jerusalem) "Go with
thee." Now, we discover that
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in the seventh year of
the reign of Artaxerxes
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the decree to rebuild
Jerusalem's walls was made.
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In his seventh year of reign.
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Now, if you study
history and you go back
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and you study biblical
history, you will discover
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that Artaxerxes'
reign began in the year
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464 B.C.
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Write that down.
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Four sixty four B.C.
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That's when his reign began.
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But the text says
that the prophecy began
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at the decree to
rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
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The decree happened
seven years into his reign,
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which means then, if he
reign began in 464 B.C.,
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the decree to rebuild
Jerusalem's walls took
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place seven years
later, which was the 457 B.C.
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Not 464 and add seven,
but 464 and take away seven.
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Why, Pastor Byrd?
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Because, remember in B.C.
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you count down to zero.
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In A.D.
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you count up.
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What do I mean?
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We are living now
in the year 2013 A.D.
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A lot of people
get confused with B.C.
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and A.D.
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A.D. does not
stand for after death.
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After Jesus' death.
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A.D. is Latin for in
the year of our Lord.
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A.D. is Anno Domini.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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In the seventh year of
Artaxerxes reign, which was
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457 B.C., that was
when the decree to rebuild
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Jerusalem's wall came.
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Four hundred ninety years
later the gospel message would
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be taken, not just to
the Jews, but to everybody.
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But 483 years from 457
B.C., the Messiah would
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have to come.
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Now, we can discover from
that text when the Messiah
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would come.
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If you take 457 B.C., if I
had a chalkboard I'd write it
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down, one of my mentors used
to write this down, if you take
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457 B.C.
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and you count down 483 years.
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Let's do easy math.
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You've got the pencils out.
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Take 483 and subtract it
from 457, you should have 26.
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Is that correct, everybody?
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So then we're
saying that in 26 A.D.
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because 457, you're counting
down 457, 456, 455, 450, 300,
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200, 100, and then you're
counting up, all you do is
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subtract the 487 from the 457.
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But you have to do is
you have to add a one.
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Why do you have to add a one?
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Because you're counting down
to zero, and you must count up
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from the zero.
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Because you're
moving from B.C. to A.D.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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If the prophecy has
been correct, that means
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the Messiah, Jesus
Christ, would come in A.D. 27.
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He would come in
the fall of A.D. 27.
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Now, time won't
permit, but just stay with me
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a little bit.
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If you read your Bible in
Luke, Chapter 3:1, you will
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discover in the fifteenth year
of the reign of Tiberius Jesus
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Christ was baptized.
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And Jesus Christ was baptized
because in Luke, Chapter 3:21
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and 22 it records the
baptism of Jesus Christ.
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It records the baptism of
Jesus Christ where the Father,
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the Son and the Holy
Ghost were all participating
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in this event.
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Jesus the Son was being
baptized, the Father, after he
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was baptized said, This
is my beloved Son in whom
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I am well pleased.
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And then the Holy
Ghost descended upon Jesus
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in the form of a dove.
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The Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost
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are all working to
bring about our salvation.
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Then that would mean in
fall of A.D. 27 the Messiah
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would come.
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Well, sure enough,
that's what happened.
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Jesus was baptized, check
your history out, in the fall
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of 27 A.D.
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Messiah in the Hebrew
means, check it out, God's
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anointed one.
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In order for one to
be anointed there must
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be some oil.
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Well, how was Jesus
anointed at his baptism?
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Because the Holy Spirit
symbolic of the oil descended
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upon him in the form of a dove.
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You all don't hear me.
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That's why the devil didn't
want you to understand all
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this, because when you
understand it, it unmasks
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and exposes him
for who he really is.
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So we discover that in seventy
weeks, or 490 years, the gospel
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message would now be
taken, not just to the Jews,
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but to the gentiles.
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We discover that
483 years from 457 B.C.
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the Messiah would
begin his ministry.
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Jesus' ministry began
in A.D. 27 at his baptism.
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Let's get some more.
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Now, there's one week left,
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483 years, 490 years,
there's one week left.
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Go to verse 26, Daniel 9:26.
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"And after threescore and
two weeks," now, notice, you say
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we're after threescore and
two weeks, but you've got to go
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back and get the seven
weeks, threescore and two weeks,
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is one phrase together.
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After threescore and two
weeks, shall Messiah be what,
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everybody?
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(Aud: Be cut off) "But not for
himself, and the people of the
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prince that shall come
shall destroy the city and the
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sanctuary,; and the end
thereof shall be with a flood,
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and unto the end of the
war desolations are determined.
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And he shall
confirm the covenant
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with many for" how many weeks?
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(Aud: One week) "And in
the midst of the week he shall
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cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease,
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and for the overspreading
of abominations he shall
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make it desolate, even
until the consummation,
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and that determined shall
be poured upon the desolate."
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Go back to verse 27:
"And he shall confirm
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the covenant with many
for one week and in the"
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what of the week?
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(Aud: Midst) "He shall cause
the sacrifice and the oblation
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to" what?
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Cease.
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Oh, the Bible's getting good.
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In the midst of that
final week the oblation,
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the sacrifice, would cease.
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There will be no more
need for sacrificing of lambs.
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No more need for
sacrificing of animals, because
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in the midst of that
final week the Messiah would be
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cut off and the sacrifice
and the oblation would cease.
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Which means then, in
the middle of that week
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Jesus, the
Messiah, would have to die.
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Now if you look
at this carefully.
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There are how
many days in a week?
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(Aud: Seven) And a day
for a year means seven days
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is seven what? Years.
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When you go midst of the
week, you divide two into seven
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and you get three and a half.
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Which means that in that final
week after three-and-a-half
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years, Jesus would have to die.
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Now, the prophecy
says that in A.D. 27, fall,
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Jesus was baptized.
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The prophecy says
three-and-a-half years later
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the sacrifice and
oblation would cease and Jesus
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would have to die.
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Let's do our math and count.
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Remember, Jesus'
ministry lasted only three
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-and-a-half years.
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A lot of people think
Jesus' ministry, well it has to
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be A.D. 30 and all that.
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No, remember
A.D. is Anno Domini,
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in the year of our Lord.
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Jesus was
baptized in fall A.D. 27.
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Three-and-a-half years
later the sacrifice would have
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to cease.
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Let's count it up.
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A.D. 27 to A.D. 28, fall.
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Fall of A.D.
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28 to fall A.D. 29.
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Two years. Fall A.D.
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29 to fall A.D.
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30, that's three years.
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We've got a half year left.
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Which means there are
four seasons in a year,
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each constituting three months.
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We have six months left.
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We are now at fall A.D. 30.
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Jesus would have to
die six months later.
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If we go three months
from the fall, we go now
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to the winter of A.D. 30.
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December time.
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If we go three more months,
we're now going to the spring
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of A.D. 31.
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That means in the midst
of that final week, Jesus
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the Christ, the
Messiah, God's anointed one,
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would have to die.
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It was in the spring of
A.D. 31 that Jesus died.
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How does that make
sense, Pastor Byrd.
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Isn't it interesting that
just last weekend in the spring
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that we acknowledged Jesus'
death with Easter weekend,
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because in the midst of that
time of week, three-and-a-half
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years later he
would have to die.
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The oblation, the
sacrifice would cease.
00:20:04.50\00:20:07.46
Which means we wouldn't
have to anymore kill lambs
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and goats.
00:20:09.46\00:20:10.46
We wouldn't have to go
and sacrifice them for blood
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to be spilled because
now behold the Lamb of God,
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which taketh away
the sins of the world.
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Which means then, I don't have
to go to another priest in a
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room and confess my
sins and tell that priest
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all my business.
00:20:27.26\00:20:28.50
No more need for that.
00:20:28.50\00:20:29.60
There was never a need for that.
00:20:29.60\00:20:31.60
But no more need for
goats and lambs and all that,
00:20:31.60\00:20:33.60
because I can go to
Jesus, the Lamb of God,
00:20:33.60\00:20:35.70
because if we confess our
sins he is faithful and just to
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forgive us of our sins
00:20:44.43\00:20:46.43
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:20:47.96\00:20:55.83
But there are
three-and-a-half days left.
00:20:55.83\00:20:59.30
In the fall of A.D. 34,
check your history, the first
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Christian martyr would have to
die in the stoning of Stephen.
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The first Christian martyr
would die meaning the gospel
00:21:16.96\00:21:19.20
now is not just for Jews,
but the gospel is for gentiles
00:21:19.20\00:21:25.96
and the gospel is for everybody.
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Jesus, it was prophesied
when he would come, but it was
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prophesied when he
would come the first time.
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But it's also been
prophesied when he's coming
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the second time.
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Matthew 24 says, ye shall
hear of wars and rumors of wars,
00:21:46.10\00:21:54.10
earthquakes and
pestilences in diverse places.
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Men shall become
lovers of their own selves.
00:21:58.26\00:22:01.70
The Bible says,
well, when would he come?
00:22:01.70\00:22:03.70
We don't know when he's
going to come, Matthew 24 says,
00:22:03.70\00:22:05.83
but he's coming as a thief
in the night and when he comes
00:22:05.83\00:22:09.60
you've got to be ready.
00:22:09.60\00:22:12.03
And so when we think about
those signs, we think about
00:22:12.03\00:22:15.33
how we're living today.
00:22:15.33\00:22:16.83
We've got war on every hand,
crime on every hand, financial
00:22:16.83\00:22:21.80
problems on every hand.
00:22:21.80\00:22:23.33
God forbid, we've got
same-sex marriage legislation
00:22:23.33\00:22:26.83
on the horizon.
00:22:26.83\00:22:28.30
But I'm here to
tell somebody, hold on.
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Help is on the way.
00:22:32.26\00:22:33.73
Let not your heart be troubled.
00:22:33.73\00:22:36.56
Ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
00:22:36.56\00:22:39.66
In my Father's house, I
said, in my Father's house
00:22:39.66\00:22:44.53
are many mansions.
00:22:44.53\00:22:45.76
If this were not so,
I would have told you.
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I'll go and prepare a place
for you and if I go and prepare
00:22:48.76\00:22:52.76
a place for you I will
come again and receive you
00:22:52.76\00:22:55.90
unto myself, that
there when he says where I am
00:22:55.90\00:23:01.10
there ye may be also.
00:23:01.10\00:23:02.50
Hold on.
00:23:02.50\00:23:04.20
Help is on the way.
00:23:04.20\00:23:05.36
There shall come a day
when there is no more crying,
00:23:05.36\00:23:08.76
no more dying, no more sickness,
00:23:08.76\00:23:12.66
no more pain, no more high
blood pressure, no more cancer,
00:23:12.66\00:23:17.06
no more house
note, no more car note.
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.33
I'm going to fly from
my mansion to your mansion.
00:23:20.33\00:23:24.43
Hallelujah.
00:23:24.43\00:23:25.43
Home at last.
00:23:25.43\00:23:26.43
The redeemed are
going to be home at last.
00:23:26.43\00:23:29.73
So, what can I do to
be ready when Jesus comes?
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Revelation 22:14,
we'll end where we began.
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"Blessed are they that do
his commandments, that they may
00:23:37.40\00:23:41.43
have right to the tree of
life, and may enter in through
00:23:41.43\00:23:45.26
the gates into the city."
00:23:45.26\00:23:48.66
Let me close this
way, meet me in the city.
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I said, meet me in the city.
00:23:53.46\00:23:57.03
There are 12 gates to the city.
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Three gates to the
north, three gates to the south,
00:24:01.56\00:24:05.60
three gates to the
east, three gates to the west.
00:24:05.60\00:24:10.43
Meet me in the city.
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Walls of
jasper, streets of gold.
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Meet me in the city.
00:24:16.70\00:24:19.06
The lion is going
to play with the lamb.
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The Around God's
throne there's going to be
00:24:21.70\00:24:25.03
persistent praise.
00:24:25.03\00:24:25.86
Holy, holy, holy, Lord
God Almighty, which was and is
00:24:25.86\00:24:32.26
to come.
00:24:32.26\00:24:33.90
I don't know about
you, but I will bless
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.36
the Lord at all
times and his praise shall
00:24:36.36\00:24:40.53
continually be in my mouth.
00:24:40.53\00:24:46.06
Oh, let me tell you.
00:24:46.06\00:24:48.26
When I get to heaven
I'm going to praise him.
00:24:48.26\00:24:50.33
I said, when I get to
heaven I'm going to praise him.
00:24:50.33\00:24:52.33
Some of you all think
praise and worship is too long.
00:24:52.33\00:24:54.93
Some of you think
praise and worship is too loud.
00:24:54.93\00:24:57.43
Pastor Byrd preaches too loud.
00:24:57.43\00:24:59.10
He preaches too long.
00:24:59.10\00:25:01.13
Well, if you think I
preach too loud and long,
00:25:01.13\00:25:06.00
I don't know where you're going,
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.96
because when we all
get to heaven what a day
00:25:08.96\00:25:13.83
of rejoicing that shall be.
00:25:13.83\00:25:16.30
When we all see Jesus
we're going to sing and shout
00:25:16.30\00:25:21.66
the victory.
00:25:21.66\00:25:22.66
I listen to folk talking
about, if I had 10,000 tongues
00:25:22.66\00:25:28.03
I wouldn't have
enough to praise him.
00:25:28.03\00:25:31.46
God says, why don't
you use the one tongue
00:25:31.46\00:25:35.86
you've got right now.
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.83
Lord, you are the
source of my strength.
00:25:37.83\00:25:41.50
You are the strength of my life.
00:25:41.50\00:25:43.83
I lift my hands in
total praise unto you.
00:25:43.83\00:25:53.40
Christ returneth. Hallelujah.
00:25:53.40\00:25:57.56
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Amen.
00:25:57.56\00:26:05.26
Put your hands together
and give God some praise
00:26:05.26\00:26:06.96
all over the building.
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