Breath Of Life
Ministries Presents:
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Sermon #599 -
Jesus and Revelation
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[Breath of Life Theme Music]
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PB:  Jesus and Revelation.
Anytime God is trying to
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take you to a higher level
in Him, the devil goes crazy.
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Aud.:  Amen.  PB:  I'm a witness
that the higher the level,
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the higher the
devil.  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  I hear people complain
sometimes, "Oh, the devil
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is bothering me. The
devil is whipping me.
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The devil is doing this
to me. The devil is messing
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with me." But friends,
you need to count it all joy.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: 
Because if the devil weren't
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messing with you, then
maybe you and the devil are
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running in the same
direction. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Now, we're living in
a time that is distinctively
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different than
anything we've seen before.
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The devil is not
playing with us. Times are
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getting rough. Everybody
say "rough."  Aud.:  Rough.
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PB:  Times are getting
tough. Everybody say "tough."
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Aud.:  Tough.  PB:  And
understand, we've got now
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wars and rumors of
wars. The Bible told us that.
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We've got earthquakes
in many different places.
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Tornadoes threaten us
every day. Just yesterday,
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right here in Huntsville,
we were threatened by
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the imminence of a
possible tornado. Terrorist
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attacks are on the rise.
Death, disease, and destruction
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are rampant. Gunfire is
commonplace. Racial disharmony
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is like never before.
We're in 2018, not the 1960s.
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But I believe it's
almost worse now than then,
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because the difference
today is people are given
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the freedom to hate, the
right to fight, pardon to
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persecute, and license to
kill. Now you can sit there
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and act like you don't
know what I'm talking about,
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but let me refresh your
memory. Explain to me how
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this past Thursday two black men
can be sitting in Starbucks--
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: 
--playing games on their phones,
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waiting for a friend,
and then after a while when
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the friend does get
there, he sees them being taken
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out in handcuffs simply because
they didn't order anything.
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Now, you can say oh my,
that's a shame, but Thursday
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it was them; tomorrow it
could be you. Are you hearing
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what I'm
saying?  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Even a white or
Caucasian brother said,
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"This has never happened to
us, and we do the same thing."
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In fact, it was reported that
a white man had been sitting
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in Starbucks for 30 minutes
without making a purchase.
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A jogger had come in, used
the restroom without making
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a purchase, but yet two black
men are arrested. We've begun,
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this weekend, missile
attacks on Syria. But then,
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our president is embroiled in
controversy with Stormy Daniels.
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It might be a diversion; I
don't know. There's controversy
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with James Comey, and
believe you me, the half has not
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been told. But, "What's in the
dark?" my grandma used to say.
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It will come to light. Do I
have a witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: 
Our entire world seems to be
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on the verge of nuclear
war. Syria, Russia, North Korea,
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the United States. But I
hear the voice of God saying
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to me in Revelation
chapter 7 that God is clear that
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He's holding back the
winds of strife until His
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servants have been
sealed. Which means then,
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North Korea, Russia,
Syria, China, the United States,
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and everybody else can
do all they want, but they
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can't do a thing that
my God does not permit.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Some things are
done in God's expressed will,
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and some things are done
in God's permissive will.
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And while it might just
seem that a nuclear attack
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or a bomb has the power
to take an entire people out,
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God's Word is true
that when Jesus comes back,
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He's coming back for people.
He's coming back for whom,
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everybody? PB:  The Bible is
clear that the dead in Christ
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are gonna rise first. Then
we which are alive and remain
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will be caught up to meet
the Lord in the air. And so,
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if all the living dead--all
the living--were dead from
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a nuclear attack, there
would be nobody for Jesus
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to come back and get. PB:
 So, even though the world
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is in a mess, I declare
to you tonight, God is still
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on the throne. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  God's still got the
whole world in His hands.
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Trump can't move unless
God lets him. Are you hearing
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what I'm
saying?  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  He that watches
over Israel neither slumbers
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nor sleeps. Do I have
a witness in this place?
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And so God, in the book
of Revelation--the final
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book of the Bible--He tells
us what the end is gonna be.
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And so regardless of what's
going on in the world right now,
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Revelation assures us of
ultimate victory in Jesus
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Christ. So we don't have to
wait till the battle is over.
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We can shout now!
Because we know that in the end
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we gonna win. Now,
Revelation ensures us victory
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in Jesus. Everybody
say "Jesus." Aud.:  Jesus.
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PB:  In fact, Revelation,
the book, the entire book,
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is all about Jesus.
When you read Revelation 1:1.
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Go there, everybody,
Revelation 1:1. When you go
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to Revelation 1:1, the text
tells us that the revelation
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is the revelation of
Jesus Christ. So that lets me
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know that the
entire book is about Jesus.
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It's about whom,
everybody? Aud.:  Jesus.
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PB:  Revelation chapter 1,
verse number 1. If you have it,
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read it with me. The Bible
says, "The Revelation of Jesus
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Christ." The Revelation of whom,
everybody?  Aud.:  Jesus Christ.
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PB:  "Which God gave
unto him, to shew unto his
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servants things which
must shortly come to pass;
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and he sent and signified
it by his angel unto his
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servant John: Who bare
record of the word of God,
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and of the testimony of
Jesus Christ, and of all
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things that he saw." Stop.
God gave revelation to Jesus.
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Jesus gave revelation to
John. Are you hearing what
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I'm saying? All right? Are you
hearing--gave it to an angel,
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and the angel gave it to John.
Let me say that one more time.
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God gave revelation to Jesus;
Jesus gave it to an angel,
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and an angel gave it to
John. Now let's read verse 3.
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"Blessed is he that
readeth, and they that hear the
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words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which
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are written therein: for the
time is at"--what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Hand. PB:  Come on,
the time is at what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Hand.  PB:  Verse
4. "John to the seven churches
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which are in Asia:
Grace be unto you, and peace,
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from him which is, and
which was, and which is to come;
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and from the seven Spirits
which are before his throne;
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And from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness,
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and the first begotten of
the dead, and the prince of
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the kings of the earth. Unto
him that" did what, everybody?
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PB:  "Loved us, and
washed us from our sins in
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his own blood." Everybody
say "blood."  Aud.:  Blood.
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PB:  So we recognize,
Revelation is about Jesus.
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Revelation is the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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God gave it to Jesus;
Jesus gave it to the angel;
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the angel gave it to
John and then John wrote it
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down and gave it to us.
He gave it to the Church.
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Now, because Revelation is
the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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God is trying to
reveal Jesus in this book.
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God is trying to tell us about
Jesus in the book of revelation.
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Jesus is introduced as the
ruler of the kings of the earth
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in the beginning of the
book, in Revelation 1:5.
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And then if you go to the end of
the book, in Revelation 19:16,
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towards the end, Jesus is
described as the King of kings.
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So then, Jesus is King
of kings. In Revelation,
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He's Alpha and Omega. In
Revelation, He's first and the
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last. In Revelation, He's
the beginning and the end. Which
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means the good news about Jesus
in Revelation is, Jesus created
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us in the beginning, and
because He's beginning and end,
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He will recreate us in
the end. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Genesis 1:1. "In the
beginning, God created the
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heavens and the" what,
everybody? Aud.:  Earth.
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PB:  Genesis 1:26. "And
God said, 'Let us make man.'"
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Again, the plurality of
the Godhead: the Father,
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the Son, the Holy
Spirit. God said, "Let Us."
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God did not say "Let
Me make man," but "Let us
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make man." Which
means then, Jesus is God.
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Jesus is whom,
everybody?  Aud.: God.
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PB:  But then we go
to the New Testament,
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in John chapter 1, verse
number 1. And the Word says,
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"In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God."
And then verse 14 says,
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"The Word became flesh."
Revelation is about Jesus.
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But not only is
Revelation about Jesus;
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Revelation is also a prophetic
book. Everybody say "prophetic."
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Aud.:  Prophetic.  PB: 
It's the New Testament prophetic
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book, and Daniel is
its counterpart in the Old
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Testament. So both books,
Daniel and the Revelation, are
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historical and eschatological.
Eschatological; meaning, both
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tell us what's gonna happen
at the end of time. But a lot
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of folk don't like to
read Daniel and the Revelation,
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because either they don't
understand them, they're too
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hard to read, or people
get scared when they read them.
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I don't know what all
those symbols represent.
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Daniel and the Revelation,
those books get me scared,
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all those lions and
bears and leopards and beasts.
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They're scary, and I
don't know what they mean. Well,
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let me tell you something.
God said, "I've not given
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you a spirit of fear, but
a spirit of love, a spirit
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of power, a spirit of
understanding and a sound mind."
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I'm not scared of the devil.
Get thee behind me, Satan!
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:  In
fact, the devil is not afraid
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of me, either, but the
devil is afraid of the Spirit
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of God that lives inside
of me. Are you hearing what
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I'm saying,
everybody?  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  No Christian has
ever been demon possessed.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:  You
can't be possessed by the
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devil and possessed by
Jesus at the same time.
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And the Word says,
"Greater is he that is in me
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than he that is in the
world." So I don't have to
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be scared of the devil,
because I've got Jesus in me.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: 
When you understand all these
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animals and symbols in
Revelation, you will discover
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that the books of Daniel
and the Revelation are books
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about God's love revealed
in Jesus and the fact that
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Jesus wants to save you.
So then, Revelation is not
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a closed book.
Revelation is not a sealed book.
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In fact, think about it.
The very word "revelation"
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contradicts the myth that
it is a closed or sealed book,
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or that God doesn't want
you to read Revelation. Why?
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Revelation, by its very
definition, means to reveal.
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To reveal is to expose.
To reveal is to uncover.
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To reveal is to make
known. To reveal is to tall.
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So then why would
Jesus want Revelation sealed,
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if it's called "revelation"?
That doesn't make sense.
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But more than that, God
has promised us a blessing to
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those who read, hear, and
keep what's in Revelation.
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Notice the text doesn't
just say those who read,
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but the text says those
who read, hear, and keep
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what's in this book. So
the book of Revelation is
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not a book to fear.
Revelation reveals Jesus and
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prepares us for Jesus'
soon return. But the devil
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is a liar. I said,
the devil is a liar.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB: 
Satan does not want us to
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read Revelation. Satan does
not want us to hear Revelation.
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Satan does not want us
to keep Revelation, because
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Revelation exposes Satan. But
in the name of Jesus tonight,
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bump Satan. Revelation is
God's Word. Thy Word is a lamp
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unto my feet, a light unto
my path. Thy Word have I hid
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in my heart, that I might not
sin against Thee. Satan wants
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you to put Revelation down,
because Revelation exposes him.
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But the symbols in Revelation
need not hinder understanding
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or make us scared. The Bible
tells us what these symbols
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mean in literal language.
What am I talking about? You'll
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learn with me. I teach you
and I preach you, because it's
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something to shout. But
you gotta say something worth
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shouting about. [Aud. reaction] 
PB:  We got a lot of people that
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go to church and they jump and
they shout and they walk around
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"Oo, we had a good time. Why are
we all shouting? I don't know,
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we were just shouting." But it's
my baptized brain that makes
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me shout. It's my sanctified
psyche that makes me say
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hallelujah. Are you hearing
what I'm saying? Know what you
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believe, know why you believe
it, and know where it's found in
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the Word of God. So let's look
at some examples. Go the book of
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Daniel. What book,
everybody? Aud.: Daniel.
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PB:  Daniel. Go to the book of
Daniel. Go to Daniel chapter 7.
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Go to Daniel chapter 7, and
we're gonna go to verse number
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23. Let's find out what some
of these symbols are that Satan
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seeks to have it closed so we
can't know what God is trying to
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tell us. Daniel chapter 7, and
we're going to verse number 23.
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Daniel chapter 7 and verse
number 23. If you have it, let
me hear you say amen.
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Aud.:  Amen.  PB:  If you
don't have it, say hold on.
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All right, I'm holding.
Come on, now. Daniel 7:23,
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the Word of God says:
"Thus he said, The fourth beast
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shall be the fourth"--what,
everybody? Come on,
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the fourth beast shall be
the fourth what? "Kingdom upon
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earth, which shall be diverse
from all kingdoms, and shall
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devour the whole earth, and
shall tread it down, and break
it in"--what, everybody?
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So when we study Bible prophecy,
we recognize that a beast
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represents a kingdom. But if
you don't know that and you read
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Daniel and you read Revelation,
you are puzzled with, what are
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all these beasts? What is this
lion? What is this bear? What is
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this leopard? What is this
beast? But when you understand
what these symbols mean,
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you know what God is trying to
tell us. God is trying to tell
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us that a beast represents
a what, everybody? Kingdom.
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Let's get another example.
Go to Ezekiel chapter 4.
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Stay in the Old Testament.
Go to Ezekiel chapter 4,
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right after Daniel
there. Go to Ezekiel chapter 4,
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and we're gonna go to verse
number 6. Ezekiel. Then uh,
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the major prophets right
there. Ezekiel chapter 4,
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and we're going to verse number
6. Let's find out another clue,
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what another symbol means.
Ezekiel chapter 4 and verse
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number 6. Ezekiel chapter 4,
verse number 6. Ezekiel 4:6. If
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you have it, let me hear
you say amen. Aud.: Amen.
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PB:  "And when thou
hast accomplished them,
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lie again on thy right
side, and thou shalt bear
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the iniquity of the house
of Judah"--for how many days,
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everybody? Aud.:  Forty. 
PB:  How many days, everybody?
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Aud.:  Forty. PB:  "I have
appointed thee each day for
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a"--what? Aud.:  Year. PB: 
When you apply Bible prophecy,
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one day equals one
what? Year. So we recognize,
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when you apply Bible prophecy,
a beast represents a what?
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Kingdom. And a day
represents a what? Aud.:  Year.
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PB:  But if you don't
know that, you don't know what
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you're reading. Let's get some
more. Revelation chapter 17,
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and let's go to verse number
15. Revelation chapter 17,
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and verse number 15.
Revelation chapter 17, and we're
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going to verse number 15.
Revelation chapter 17, verse
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number 15. If you have it,
let me hear you say amen. Aud.: 
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Amen. PB:  The Word of God
says, "And he saith unto me,
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The waters"--the what,
everybody? Aud.:  Waters.
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PB:  "Which thou
sawest, where the whore sitteth,
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are peoples, multitudes,
and nations, and tongues."
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So then, when we talk about
Bible prophecy, water represents
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people. A beast represents
a kingdom; a day represents a
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year; and water represents
what? People. So when you read
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Revelation and you're
struggling. Well, what about
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this time here, what's going
on? When you read Revelation and
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you say, what's going on
with this beast. When you read
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Revelation and you say,
what's going on with this water.
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You now better can
answer those questions.
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A beast represents a
what, everybody? Kingdom.
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A day represents a what?
Year. And water represents what?
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Aud.:  People.  PB:  Now
let's bring it home. Remember we
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said that Revelation is about
Jesus. Revelation is about whom,
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everybody? And both Daniel
and the Revelation are prophetic
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books. They're what kind
of books, everybody?  Aud.: 
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Prophetic. PB:  So then,
if Revelation is about Jesus,
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and Daniel and
Revelation are about prophecy,
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we should be able to
find a prophecy about Jesus
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is Daniel and the Revelation.
Are we together, everybody?
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Revelation is about Jesus;
Daniel and Revelation area
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about prophecy. So if
Revelation is about Jesus,
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and Daniel and
Revelation are about prophecy,
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we should be able to
find a prophecy about Jesus.
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Over 500 years before
Jesus' birth, the Bible told
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us in prophecy the exact
year Jesus would be baptized.
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The Bible told us the exact
year Jesus would be baptized,
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and when His ministry
as the Messiah would begin.
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So if you're wondering,
yes, Jesus is both God and
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He is also the Messiah.
There is a prophecy that tells
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us about Jesus and when
He would come as the Messiah.
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Go back to the book
of Daniel. Go to Daniel,
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go to Daniel chapter
9. Go to Daniel and go to
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Daniel chapter 9, and we're
gonna go to verse number 24.
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Stay with me. Daniel
chapter 9, verse number 24.
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And this example is
gonna further, further confirm
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that the Bible is truly
the Word of God. This text
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is gonna confirm it, and
then as we study during these
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two weeks, we will discover
that there are certain things
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happening right now in
Earth's history that correspond
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with what Bible prophecy told
us thousands of years before.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? Remember now,
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Jesus told us
thousands of years ago that just
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before He comes the
second time, there will be wars
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and rumors of what,
everybody? And we're living in a
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state of war. You see,
you don't understand it.
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Iran and Iraq, they're
fighting. They will always
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be fighting. Why will
there always be fighting?
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Because Abraham,
because of his lapse in faith,
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lay with his handmaiden Hagar.
She bore him a son, Ishmael.
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That was the son of his
disobedience. But if he had
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stayed faithful to God, he would
have stayed with Sarah. They
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bore a son and they named
him Isaac. He's the son of the
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promise. But what we have
now are millennia of bloodshed
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between the son of disobedience
and the son of the promise,
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Abraham with Isaac and
Ishmael, Iran and Iraq.
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The fighting will
never stop. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Daniel 9, verse
number 24. If you have it,
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let me hear you
say amen. Aud.: Amen.
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PB:  All right,
Daniel 9:24, the Word says,
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"Seventy weeks." How
many weeks, everybody?
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Aud.:  Seventy. PB: 
How many weeks, everybody?
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Aud.:  Seventy.  PB: 
"Are determined upon thy people
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and upon thy holy city,
to finish the transgression,
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and to make an end of
sins, and to make reconciliation
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for iniquity, and to bring
in everlasting righteousness,
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and to seal up the vision
and prophecy, and to anoint the
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most Holy." Which means,
God had allotted 70 weeks for
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His people, the Jewish
nation, to have the gospel.
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How many weeks,
everybody? Aud.: Seventy.
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PB:  Now remember, we read
that in Bible prophecy a day
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represents a what?  Aud.:  Year.
00:21:16.24\00:21:17.94
PB:  Come on, y'all are smart
people. A day represents a what,
00:21:17.97\00:21:20.11
everybody? Aud.:  A year. 
PB:  All right, 70 weeks, God's
00:21:20.14\00:21:24.38
people would be able to have
the gospel, but when we apply
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biblical prophecy there
are  how many days in a week?
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Aud.:  Seven.  PB:  Not a
trick question. Heh, heh, heh.
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There are how many days
in a week?  Aud.:  Seven.
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PB:  So if there are 70
weeks, and 70 is multiplied by
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the number of days in a week,
which is seven, 70 times what?
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Seven is 490 days. Are you with
me, everybody? Seventy weeks,
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seven days in a week. Seventy
times seven equals 490 days.
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Are you with me, everybody?
But then, the prophecy says that
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a day represents a what? Year.
So it's really not 490 days,
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but it's really 490 what?
Years. Which means God's people,
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the Jewish nation, would be able
to have access to the gospel
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for 70 weeks, 70 times seven,
490 days, a day for a year,
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490 years. Are you with
me, everybody?  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  But if you don't know
the symbols and what's going
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on in Revelation and
Daniel, you don't understand.
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You just think 70 weeks. No. God
is trying to tell us 490 years.
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Now, when does the
period begin? Go to verse 25.
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"Now therefore and understand,
that from the going forth
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of the commandment to restore
and to build Jerusalem unto
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the Messiah the Prince shall
be seven weeks, and threescore
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and two weeks: the street shall
be built again, and the wall,
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even in troublous times."
All right, stop. The text is
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telling us that the Messiah
would come in seven weeks,
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threescore and two weeks.
Now let's, let's, let's get
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that out there now. Seven
weeks, threescore. When we say
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a score, a score represents the
number what, everybody? Twenty.
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So when we say threescore,
you're saying three times what?
00:23:17.03\00:23:21.76
Twenty. Are you with me,
everybody? All right. So, seven
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weeks plus threescore, which
is 60 weeks; seven plus 60 is 60
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what? Seven. And then the text
closes with how many more weeks?
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Two weeks. So in essence, what
the text is really saying is,
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the text is saying that this
command would go forth with the
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building of Jerusalem's walls,
and after seven weeks,
threescore and two weeks,
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the Messiah would come. Are you
with me, everybody? The Messiah,
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meaning Jesus Christ.
Are you with me, everybody?
00:23:54.93\00:23:56.83
All right, so then if we take
seven weeks--almost done here.
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Seven weeks, then we take
threescore, three times 20 is
00:24:00.94\00:24:05.37
what? Sixty. Seven plus 60
is 67, and two more weeks, the
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Bible is then saying, after the
decree to rebuild Jerusalem's
00:24:10.41\00:24:14.85
walls, 69 weeks later the
Messiah would come. Are you with
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me, everybody? Now, 69 weeks
after the decree to rebuild
00:24:21.16\00:24:25.56
Jerusalem's walls, Messiah would
come. So if we're saying 69
00:24:25.59\00:24:30.93
weeks, how many days are
there in a week?  Aud.: Seven.
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PB:  Come on, how many
days are there in a week?
00:24:33.10\00:24:34.64
Aud.:  Seven.  PB:  Seven. So
with 70 weeks, we have 490 days.
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With 69 weeks times
seven, we have 483 days.
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Four hundred eighty-three
days, a day for a what? Year.
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Then we actually have
483 what? Aud.:  Years.
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PB:  Years. So that
means, whenever the decree to
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rebuild Jerusalem, whenever
that took place, 483 years later
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the Messiah would come. So,
Pastor Byrd, when this decree
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come? Put a bookmark in Daniel
9, 'cause we're going back
00:25:09.77\00:25:13.74
there. Go to the book of Ezra.
What book, everybody?  Aud.: 
00:25:13.78\00:25:17.35
Ezra. PB:  Almost done. Go
to the book of Ezra, and we're
00:25:17.38\00:25:19.98
going to Ezra chapter 7.
Ezra chapter 7. Ezra chapter 7.
00:25:20.02\00:25:23.99
And we're gonna go to
verse number 7. Ezra chapter 7,
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and verse number 7. Ezra chapter
7, verse 7. If you have it,
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let me hear you
say amen.  Aud.: Amen.
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PB:  The Word says, "And there
went up some of the children
00:25:37.53\00:25:39.63
of Israel, and of the priests,
and the Levites, and the
00:25:39.67\00:25:42.00
singers, and the porters, and
the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem,
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in the seventh year of
Artaxerxes the king." Verse 12:
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" Artaxerxes, king of kings,
unto Ezra the priest, a scribe
00:25:48.24\00:25:51.35
of the law of the God of heaven,
perfect peace, and at such
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time." Verse 13: "I make a
decree, that all they of the
00:25:55.18\00:25:58.95
people of Israel, and of his
priests and Levites, in my
realm, which are minded
00:25:58.99\00:26:03.19
of their own freewill to go
up to Jerusalem, go with thee."
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Stop. In the seventh year of
Artaxerxes' reign, the decree to
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rebuild Jerusalem's walls went
into effect. Now, if you study
00:26:15.60\00:26:19.64
history, go home and look at it.
You will discover that in 464
00:26:19.67\00:26:24.71
B.C. came the decree to rebuild
Jerusalem. Now, remember-
00:26:24.75\00:26:29.48
-and the screen can come on
here--remember, if we have a
00:26:29.52\00:26:34.99
time line, this is B.C. Are you
with me, everybody? Before
Christ. This is A.D.,
00:26:35.02\00:26:42.00
Anno Domini, in the year of our
Lord. We are currently living in
00:26:42.03\00:26:49.80
2018 A.D. Are you with me,
everybody? We're in 2018 A.D.
Artaxerxes decreed in four-
00:26:49.84\00:26:58.35
-he began his reign in 464
B.C., and he decreed seven years
00:26:58.38\00:27:05.29
later, which is 457 B.C.,
to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
00:27:05.32\00:27:10.49
Remember, when we go with B.C.,
we count down. 464, 464, 463.
00:27:10.53\00:27:18.67
When we go to Anno Domini, we
count up: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Are
you with me, everybody?
00:27:18.70\00:27:26.54
So then, seven years from
his beginning and reign in 464.
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Seven minus 464, 'cause we're
going down, is 457. In 457, the
walls to rebuild Jerusalem
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were decreed to be rebuilt. The
text says that 483 years later
00:27:41.36\00:27:49.53
the Messiah would come.  Now, in
457 B.C., fall, that's when the
00:27:49.56\00:27:57.57
decree come. 483--483
years later--Messiah would come.
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