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Hello, and welcome once
again to Daniel All Access...
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our walk through
the book of Daniel
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as we seek to
answer the question "what"
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but also the question "why"
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as we seek to dig a little
deeper in the book of Daniel
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and to see what truths it
has for the modern-day Church.
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Daniel is indeed
a book of prophecy
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but there is much that it
has to say to God's people
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in their walk to
the kingdom of God
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so we welcome you,
those here in our house
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and those of you
watching and listening
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from around the world,
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we welcome you
to Daniel All Access
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as today we take a
look at Daniel chapter 8
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and so, I'd ask you to open
your Bibles to Daniel chapter 8
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as we speak on the
subject: A Personal Problem...
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A Personal Problem.
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Daniel chapter 8...
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we will not take time
to read the entire book
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or rather the entire chapter...
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that would take
too much of our time
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so we ask you to...
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when you're home and
in your sanguine moments
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to go over the book of Daniel...
and particularly Daniel 8
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for it has much
to say to us today.
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Going to ask you now
to bow your heads with me
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in a word of prayer
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just before we launch
out in this most fascinating
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portion of the book of Daniel.
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"Father God, again we
thank you and praise you
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because you are such a good God.
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We thank you and praise you
that you have given us your Word
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and that you honor
and exalt that Word.
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We ask you now Father
to give us your Holy Spirit
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that we may know and understand
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because spiritual things
are spiritually discerned
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so give us the discernment
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that comes from the presence
and power of the Holy Spirit,
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help us to see... to know...
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to understand
your will for our lives
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and then by that same Spirit,
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give us the strength to do
that which we know is right,
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aid us in our study we do pray,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Daniel chapter 8...
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two years after the
vision of Daniel chapter 7,
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Daniel now is in a city
somewhat north... northeast
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of the capital of Babylon.
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It is the
provincial capital of Shushan.
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Pause.
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Here God gives
Daniel another vision.
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Again, it fills in
additional information
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in the prophetic landscape.
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You might rightly say...
this is the same material
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covered in
Daniels chapter 2 and 7
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and you would be right,
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but remember the
secret of understanding Daniel
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is that every time he
re-traces his footsteps
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and goes over the
same prophetic material,
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you will find that
Daniel repeats and enlarges,
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he repeats and enlarges
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and if you learn nothing
else about the book of Daniel,
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you'll hear this
just about every night...
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repeat and
enlarge... repeat and enlarge
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so, whenever you see
the same material covered,
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know that you're going
to get more information
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than you got...
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when last time you went
over that same material,
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he repeats and he enlarges...
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that's the
secret... repeat and enlarge.
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When he recaps his information,
he always recaps the explanation
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not necessarily... the prophecy
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so, this "repeat
and enlarge" motif means
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you're going to get
a deeper explanation...
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you're going to get
more valuable information
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that you can use to
unravel the original prophecy.
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Now, when we get to chapter 8,
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two things jump
out at you right away.
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They are immediately apparent,
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two things at least and
actually there are a couple more
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but there are a couple of
things we want to highlight,
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number one, in Daniel chapter 7,
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the succession of
Empires is symbolized...
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and we talked about
this when we met previously
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by what I call,
"The Alpha Predators. "
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In other words, the
lion, the bear, the leopard
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and the
incomparable iron-teeth beast...
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these are all carnivores,
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these are all meat eaters, so,
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the Empires in Daniel chapter
7 are symbolized by meat eaters
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alpha predators...
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in fact, I was teasing my wife,
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we were talking on
the phone last night
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and I was saying that...
that bear actually likes ribs,
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he's got three of
them still in his mouth
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so he really is
an alpha predator.
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But when we get
to Daniel chapter 8,
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we see some different things,
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number one...
there's no Babylon...
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the vision in Daniel chapter
8 begins with Medo-Persia
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and there is a
reason for that, I believe.
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You'll recall that the vision
was given in the second year,
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the Bible says, of Belshazzar.
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You've got to remember,
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Belshazzar didn't
reign very, very long.
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We suspect about ten
to twelve years maximum
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but here's what's interesting
and really quite fascinating.
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Pause.
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Any history book you look
at... you can google it...
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You will find that no history
books say that Belshazzar
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was the final king of Babylon.
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You will not find it...
turn on your computer...
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google it... do what you want...
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go to your history books...
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they all say that the last
king of Babylon was Nabonidus
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or Naboneedus
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potato... potaata... however
you want to pronounce it,
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the only place
you find Belshazzar
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as the last king of
Babylon, is in the Bible
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and one or two
other minor references
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but all of the
major references say
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that the last king
of Babylon was Nabonidus
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so, history says, "Nabonidus"
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the Bible says, "Belshazzar"
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who is right?
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Pause.
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They both are...
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they both are.
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They were co-rulers...
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and the Bible gives
some inkling of that
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during the last
night of the kingdom
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when Belshazzar promises to
make Daniel third in the Kingdom
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but here's what is
very, very interesting,
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the actual king of
Babylon was indeed Nabonidus.
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Belshazzar was the co-ruler
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but there's
something very interesting
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about
"Naboneedus" or Nabonidus...
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though he was the king,
he never lived in Babylon.
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This is quite interesting,
once he became king,
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he left the city of
Babylon and he never returned...
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never went back.
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Now, you may think,
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maybe he doesn't
like the big city,
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maybe he likes country life
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but it's a
little deeper than that
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because Nabonidus found himself
on the Anatolian Peninsula
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when we talk about
the Anatolian Peninsula
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or the Anatolian Plateau,
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we're talking
about modern-day Turkey.
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He took up residence in
a small town called Tema
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and he lived
there... the rest of his life,
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he never went back to Babylon.
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Why?
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Now, here's what's
very, very interesting.
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Evidently, history tells us
that Nabonidus had found himself
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a new god.
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Now, the god of
Babylon... the principal god...
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the head of the pantheon of gods
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was a god they called Marduk.
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Marduk was the chief god of
Babylon for hundreds of years.
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Nabonidus
evidently found a new god
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that made him uncomfortable
in the city of Babylon
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and here's why.
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Every year... once a year...
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the god, Marduk, had to
be worshipped by the people,
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the festival
took one or two weeks.
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Several specific
things had to happen
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that I feel
made it uncomfortable
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for Nabonidus to be there.
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Here's one.
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On the fifth day of the
festival this is interesting
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the high priest of
Marduk went before the king...
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before all of the people...
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he stripped the
king of his crown
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and his outer garment
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and then he, in
the name of Marduk,
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slapped the king
as hard as he could...
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I mean, he
knocked him to the ground.
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It's part of the festival
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and it was a sign of
humility before the god, Marduk.
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On day eight of that festival,
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the king was responsible
to lead the nation in prayers
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that every other god
had to be subject to Marduk.
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Pause.
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So, if indeed,
Nabonidus had found a new god,
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there was no way
he could participate
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in those kinds of ceremonies.
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Pause.
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Here is my conjecture
and it is just my conjecture.
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Could it be that this
new god that Nabonidus found
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was the same god
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that his father,
Nebuchadnezzar, found?
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The Bible does not say it,
Ellen White is silent on it
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but history does say
that once he became king,
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he left the city of Babylon
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and he never went back...
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never went back...
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he residented himself
on the Anatolian Peninsula
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west if Babylon in a
little town called Tema
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and he stayed
there till he died.
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If indeed, he had
found Jehovah God,
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he could not
participate in good conscience
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in those services
for the God, Marduk.
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He certainly could
not bow down to him...
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he certainly could not
have other gods pray to him
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and lead the
people... we don't know...
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but it is an
interesting little wrinkle...
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there are books called,
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"The Disappearing
Years of Nabonidus"
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for ten years plus he
never went back to Babylon
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and we never hear
anything about him...
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he went off by himself
to worship His new god.
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Now, some people say
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the name of the
new god was Sīn...
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and there are pictures
of him worshipping this god
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who is depicted as the moon
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but not all pictures.
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Some of the pictures
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show him worshipping a
God that he cannot see.
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Wouldn't it be interesting
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if, when we are walking
down the streets of gold
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and we see Nebuchadnezzar...
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then we see a good-looking
young man walking next to him
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that was Nabonidus.
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Maybe that God that he found
that kept him out of the city
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and out of that wickedness
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was the same God
that Nebuchadnezzar found.
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It's a fascinating thought.
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Now, here's the last thing
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that sort of
brings this all together.
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When the city of
Babylon was taken,
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Belshazzar... as we
discussed the other night,
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was killed when the
Medo-Persians came in
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but history tells us
that Nabonidus was left alone.
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He died peacefully
of old age in his bed.
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He was left free.
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Now, isn't that interesting?
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Why is Belshazzar killed
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the night the Babylonians are
defeated by the Medo-Persians
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and the real king, Nabonidus,
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is left alone to live out
his days in relative peace?
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Could it be that God
was looking out for him
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like He looked out for his dad?
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It's a tantalizing
thought, it is all speculation
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but it is true
that he left the city
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and he never went
back and history tells us
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he had found a new God.
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Maybe the new God was the God
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and when I get to heaven
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that's one of the
questions I want to ask.
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What happened
during those ten years
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when he was away by himself
on the Anatolian Peninsula.
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Kind of exciting
stuff and it fills in
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a little part of
this prophetic scenario.
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Pause.
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So, the Medo-Persians
took over the Empire...
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Belshazzar is slain...
the real king is left alive
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and so the Bible deals with
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the person who was
actually in the chair
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making the day-to-day decisions.
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Nabonidus is off in the desert,
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so the Bible
doesn't deal with him,
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he wasn't making the decisions,
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the decision that
brought the kingdom to its knees
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was the decisions
made by Belshazzar
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and that's why the Bible
deals with Belshazzar as king
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and not Nabonidus.
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Doesn't matter
who has the title,
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the Bible wants to
deal with the person
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who is actually making the
decisions, you follow me...
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and that's why the
Bible says, Belshazzar.
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So, they're both right,
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history is correct and the
Bible certainly is correct too
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because it points
the finger at Belshazzar.
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Now, Babylon was history
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and that's why you don't
see Babylon in this new vision.
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Babylon was only a few
years away from destruction
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so, rather than
deal with Babylon,
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this new vision
starts with Medo-Persia.
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We read about that
and we talked about that
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they were found wanting
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and so, Babylon was history
Medo-Persia is now the future.
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Now, there's one more thing
that is rather interesting,
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which sort of leaps out at you.
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In our discussion of chapter 7,
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we saw the alpha predators
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lions, leopards, bears
and iron-teeth beast...
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in chapter 8, the
beast now or the kingdoms now
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are represented by
beasts that are herbivores,
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they're grass-eating vegetarians
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carnivores in
seven... herbivores in eight...
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the beasts that
we see in chapter 8
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are the kinds of animals
that the beasts in chapter 7
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snack on...
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so why this change?
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Why carnivores in
seven... herbivores in eight...
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why that change?
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Now, let me put another little
wrinkle here that may help us.
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You remember I
told you the first day
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we talked about
chiasms and sandwiches.
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Well, we move into the
last part of the sandwich
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because in Daniel chapter 8,
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the language switches
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from Aramaic back to Hebrew.
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Remember we told you
the first part was in Hebrew
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then it switches to
Aramaic then back to Hebrew.
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Well, in Daniel chapter
8, he goes back to Hebrew.
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So, obviously, what
he is talking about now,
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he wants the Jewish community
to know and understand.
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He wants them to have
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some understanding
of what's going on.
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So, the first two
visions are in Aramaic
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when he comes to
this third vision,
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he goes back to Hebrew
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so that his people
have the same comfort
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of knowing that God is with
them and they are not alone.
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Now, it also might indicate
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that since he's
talking in Hebrew
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and he knows Hebrews
are going to read this,
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he goes from non-kosher animals
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to kosher animals.
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Maybe the ram and the goat
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are little more
acceptable to a Hebrew audience
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because they...
they're kosher...
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and the lion... the bear...
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and the leopard
certainly are not
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that again is
speculation but he did...
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he does change
from Aramaic to Hebrew
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and he finishes the book
of Daniel in his native tongue
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and that is Hebrew.
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So, from here to the end
we're in the Hebrew language.
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Daniel sees some
interesting things.
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I'll pick up the scenario...
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he sees a ram with two horns
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now, we know by now when
you see something with two
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just like we saw the
image in Daniel chapter 2,
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the chest with two arms...
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we know we're
dealing with Medo-Persia.
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So, we got a ram with two horns
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and he is there by
the side of the sea.
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The horns are of unequal size.
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You remember we said
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that the Median half
of the Empire was older
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but the Persian half
of the Empire was stronger
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and the Persian
half came up later
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but it was stronger
than the Median half.
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So, now you got a
ram... he's got two horns...
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one horn is
bigger than the other,
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indicating Persia
being bigger and stronger
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than the Median
half of the Empire.
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So, we've got a ram.
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We've got the
Medo-Persian Empire
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and in chapter 8 verse 4,
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the text concludes
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that the higher horn
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is the later
horn and comes up last
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so, that buttresses
our statement that Persia
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though younger
than the Median half
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was stronger and ultimately
exerted more influence
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and more power.
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Verse 4 is a
rather lengthy verse
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that indicates that no animal
or kingdom could withstand them.
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No animal... no kingdom
00:19:08.68\00:19:11.41
could withstand
this particular beast.
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Now,
00:19:15.05\00:19:17.12
let me give you
a little side bar
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because I think
this is interesting.
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When we think of
Persia and the Persian Empire,
00:19:19.92\00:19:24.79
historians will tell you
00:19:24.83\00:19:27.00
that the Persian Empire grew
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by overwhelming people.
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In other words, when the
Persian army went out to fight,
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they went out to fight
00:19:35.90\00:19:37.41
in the tens and tens and
tens of thousands of warriors.
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No army, except
maybe the Roman Army
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and they did their work more
through efficiency than numbers
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overwhelmed people
like the Persian Army.
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When the Persian
kings went out to fight,
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they went out to
fight with a 100,000...
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200,000... 300,000...
00:19:57.73\00:19:59.96
400,000... so they... they...
00:20:00.00\00:20:02.20
they conquered by sheer numbers.
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Now, look at this,
this is a Persian Warrior.
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he doesn't look much
like a warrior does he?
00:20:08.04\00:20:11.04
Kind of looks like
he's going to a cotillion
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he's got a long skirt on...
00:20:14.11\00:20:16.51
and no armour...
00:20:16.54\00:20:18.75
a shield that is
thatched and a javelin.
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This is how the
Persian Army went to war.
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That's it.
00:20:27.42\00:20:31.26
Shield... javelin...
you notice, no sword...
00:20:31.29\00:20:34.93
that's how they fought.
00:20:34.96\00:20:36.53
They came from a hot country,
00:20:36.56\00:20:38.17
they didn't use a
lot of body armour,
00:20:38.23\00:20:40.57
they tended to
fight in loose clothing,
00:20:40.60\00:20:42.87
and sometimes, they
wore a nice knitted cap.
00:20:42.90\00:20:45.27
This is an "Immortal"
00:20:45.31\00:20:46.64
the Immortals were
the Praetorian Guards,
00:20:46.68\00:20:49.78
they guarded the king.
00:20:49.81\00:20:51.15
Now, you know he
does have a sword
00:20:51.18\00:20:52.81
but he's got the
same sort of army dress...
00:20:52.85\00:20:56.52
he's got on trousers and
he's got a thatched shield...
00:20:56.55\00:21:00.76
that's just... like
a basket material...
00:21:00.79\00:21:02.56
he's got thatched shield...
00:21:02.62\00:21:03.96
that vest he's wearing is
strips of linen glued together,
00:21:03.99\00:21:09.16
he's got a cloth cap...
00:21:09.20\00:21:11.60
he's got what we
call a compound bow
00:21:11.63\00:21:15.37
which is that...
the bow faces in and out
00:21:15.40\00:21:19.11
to give more
speed to the arrows,
00:21:19.17\00:21:20.54
and he's got a javelin.
00:21:20.58\00:21:22.21
You will always see
Persian warriors with a javelin
00:21:22.24\00:21:25.15
but he doesn't
really look like somebody
00:21:25.18\00:21:27.38
who's going to war does he?
00:21:27.42\00:21:28.75
Nice pair of
pants... nice vest...
00:21:28.78\00:21:31.42
if you take off
that shield and whatnot
00:21:31.45\00:21:33.25
he really could go to a party
00:21:33.29\00:21:36.16
and nothing to protect his head.
00:21:36.19\00:21:38.99
That's a knitted cap...
sometimes wool... sometimes silk
00:21:39.03\00:21:42.43
and that's how
the Immortals fought
00:21:42.46\00:21:44.27
now the Immortals were
there more for window dressing.
00:21:44.33\00:21:47.24
They didn't really do
the heavy-duty fighting,
00:21:47.27\00:21:49.64
the heavy-duty fighting
was fought by these guys.
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.87
The immortals just
surrounded the king
00:21:51.91\00:21:54.48
and made sure
he didn't get hurt.
00:21:54.54\00:21:56.81
Now, there's a third type.
00:21:56.85\00:21:58.18
Again, knitted cap...
nothing to protect him...
00:21:58.21\00:22:01.75
loose tunic...
javelin which is standard...
00:22:01.78\00:22:05.32
he doesn't have a sword...
00:22:05.35\00:22:06.86
and he's got
this rounded shield.
00:22:06.89\00:22:09.02
Now, I put that there...
I put those pictures there
00:22:09.06\00:22:12.43
for a couple of reasons.
00:22:12.46\00:22:13.80
The Persians were
gentlemen fighters.
00:22:13.83\00:22:18.07
The Persians fought
with spears, arrows, javelins
00:22:18.10\00:22:24.27
chariots and they
put those rotating knives
00:22:24.31\00:22:28.21
on the sides of the chariots
00:22:28.24\00:22:29.58
that they got
from the Assyrians,
00:22:29.61\00:22:31.31
so that, when the chariot was
going through the enemy ranks,
00:22:31.35\00:22:34.32
the knife would spin and would
sort of cut you down like a...
00:22:34.35\00:22:37.29
like a lawnmower cutting grass
00:22:37.32\00:22:39.82
they got that from the Assyrians
00:22:39.85\00:22:42.06
and they borrowed the compound
bow from some other people.
00:22:42.09\00:22:45.36
They were gentlemen fighters
who fought at a distance.
00:22:45.39\00:22:48.63
You see that? That javelin...
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.70
that spear is about
twice the length of a man.
00:22:50.73\00:22:54.30
The Persians didn't
like to get in close contact
00:22:54.34\00:22:57.87
with the people
that they fought.
00:22:57.91\00:22:59.74
I want you to
keep that in your mind
00:22:59.77\00:23:01.54
because we're going
somewhere with this.
00:23:01.58\00:23:03.45
Even the
Immortals... the elite fighters
00:23:03.48\00:23:06.51
from the 6th century used
wicker leather and some bronze
00:23:06.55\00:23:11.32
and a soft-knit
cap for their fighting.
00:23:11.35\00:23:15.42
We'll go back to this guy...
that's... that's an Immortal.
00:23:15.46\00:23:18.23
That's the elite troops...
those are the select guys...
00:23:18.26\00:23:22.06
Those are your marines...
your... your Navy Seals.
00:23:22.10\00:23:25.43
Those are...
those are the immortals.
00:23:25.50\00:23:27.40
They dressed almost like
they were going to a cotillion.
00:23:27.44\00:23:34.34
Most of the
armies that they fought
00:23:34.41\00:23:37.98
dressed pretty much like that.
00:23:38.01\00:23:40.22
The Bible says in Daniel
that the ram pushed north,
00:23:40.25\00:23:47.99
south and west
00:23:48.02\00:23:51.09
and they did all right until
they went to Greece in 490 B.C.
00:23:51.13\00:23:58.53
and they ran into the Athenians.
00:23:58.60\00:24:03.00
The Athenians were
little more heavily armoured.
00:24:03.04\00:24:07.48
This is an Athenian war helmet.
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.61
Now, you got a
guy with a knitted cap
00:24:10.65\00:24:14.12
fighting a guy with this...
00:24:14.15\00:24:17.09
who do you
think is going to win?
00:24:17.15\00:24:19.82
The Greeks...
and this is Greek...
00:24:19.85\00:24:22.49
you can tell it is Greek
00:24:22.52\00:24:23.86
because of the facial cut-out.
00:24:23.89\00:24:25.56
This is very
distinctly a Greek helmet.
00:24:25.59\00:24:28.43
This nose piece...
the eyes cut out...
00:24:28.46\00:24:31.23
this metal that comes
all the way around the chin
00:24:31.27\00:24:33.84
this is an Athenian or Spartan
or Trojan or Corinthian helmet
00:24:33.87\00:24:39.77
typical of the Greeks.
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.98
So, when the Persian
Army went west in 490 B.C.,
00:24:42.01\00:24:48.78
they met the Greeks...
the Athenians at Marathon
00:24:48.82\00:24:53.66
and the massive Trojan Army
00:24:53.69\00:24:56.99
or rather... the massive
army of the Medo-Persians
00:24:57.03\00:25:01.46
was turned back by men
who they had never seen before
00:25:01.50\00:25:05.87
who were covered
from head to toe in metal.
00:25:05.93\00:25:09.70
They'd never seen that before
00:25:09.74\00:25:11.44
and so, they went home defeated.
00:25:11.47\00:25:14.01
Ten years later...
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.14
ten years later... a
king by the name of Xerxes
00:25:16.18\00:25:21.05
you know that name...
00:25:21.08\00:25:22.95
Xerxes in history is
Ahasuerus in the Bible
00:25:22.98\00:25:27.09
the husband of Esther
00:25:27.16\00:25:28.52
from the book of Esther.
00:25:28.56\00:25:30.76
Ten years later in 480 B.C.
00:25:30.79\00:25:32.93
Xerxes returns with
an army of 400,000 men
00:25:32.96\00:25:42.07
pause
00:25:42.10\00:25:44.67
in knitted caps
and wicker shields
00:25:44.71\00:25:48.38
and javelins.
00:25:48.41\00:25:50.15
They run into a
small Greek forest
00:25:50.18\00:25:53.58
at a place called Thermopylae.
00:25:53.62\00:25:56.95
How many have
heard of 300 Spartans?
00:25:56.99\00:25:59.55
Heard of 300 Spartans?
00:25:59.59\00:26:01.19
Yeah... 400,000
soldiers met 300 Greeks
00:26:01.22\00:26:09.56
at Thermophylae.
00:26:09.60\00:26:10.93
Now, it wasn't just 300...
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.30
there were another
1,100 Bythnians with them
00:26:12.33\00:26:14.20
but together only
about 1,400 people
00:26:14.24\00:26:18.04
fighting an army of 400,000.
00:26:18.07\00:26:21.91
Now, I'd like to say that
they won... they didn't...
00:26:21.94\00:26:25.25
there's no way that 1,400
can beat 400,000... they lost...
00:26:25.31\00:26:31.52
but the Medo-Persian army
still failed to conquer Greece.
00:26:31.55\00:26:37.73
Now, I want you
to hold on to that
00:26:37.76\00:26:39.46
because I'm going
somewhere with it.
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.16
Pause.
00:26:41.20\00:26:42.70
Xerxes went back
home in disgrace.
00:26:42.76\00:26:46.70
He did not win.
00:26:46.74\00:26:49.17
Now, the Bible says that
when this goat comes along
00:26:49.20\00:26:56.78
he moves so fast
00:26:56.81\00:27:00.35
that he moves
without touching the ground.
00:27:00.38\00:27:05.02
Pause.
00:27:05.05\00:27:09.49
Alexander's troops
were so well coordinated
00:27:09.52\00:27:14.30
and so well armoured
00:27:14.33\00:27:17.30
that when they went
east through Persia,
00:27:17.33\00:27:20.20
they simply
could not be stopped.
00:27:20.24\00:27:23.30
You've got men who
were covered in bronze
00:27:23.34\00:27:26.47
from head to toe,
00:27:26.51\00:27:27.84
head protected...
chest protected by metal...
00:27:27.88\00:27:31.05
legs protected by metal greaves
00:27:31.08\00:27:33.42
against guys who
were wearing knitted caps
00:27:33.45\00:27:36.55
and linen clothes.
00:27:36.58\00:27:39.02
So, Alexander
moved so far and so fast
00:27:39.05\00:27:42.59
the Bible says...
00:27:42.62\00:27:44.03
he literally moved
without touching the ground.
00:27:44.06\00:27:49.10
Now the... the
historians tell you
00:27:49.16\00:27:52.13
that Alexander had
a new way of fighting.
00:27:52.17\00:27:55.24
Well, he did have some
strategies and some tactics
00:27:55.27\00:27:58.04
that the Persians did not have,
00:27:58.07\00:27:59.67
but mostly... his
men were better equipped
00:27:59.71\00:28:03.11
and better armed
than the Persians
00:28:03.14\00:28:05.71
plus the Greeks used swords.
00:28:05.75\00:28:10.05
Persians were not
accustomed to using swords.
00:28:10.09\00:28:13.96
The Persians rarely saw the face
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.09
of the person that
they were fighting...
00:28:16.12\00:28:17.83
where the Greeks
wanted to get in close
00:28:17.86\00:28:19.73
and so they just
slashed and hacked and cut
00:28:19.76\00:28:21.80
and the Persians
weren't accustomed to that.
00:28:21.83\00:28:24.00
They weren't accustomed
to that kind of fighting
00:28:24.03\00:28:26.20
so, when Alexander
and his men came in
00:28:26.23\00:28:28.40
covered from
head to toe with metal
00:28:28.44\00:28:30.54
and expert at sword play
00:28:30.61\00:28:33.04
and the Persians
never even used swords,
00:28:33.07\00:28:35.54
they went through
the Persian Empire,
00:28:35.58\00:28:38.01
just like a knife through butter
00:28:38.05\00:28:39.85
and at the age of 30,
00:28:39.88\00:28:41.55
everything that was once
Persian belonged to Alexander.
00:28:41.58\00:28:45.89
Notice in Daniel
8:5, the Bible says,
00:28:45.92\00:28:52.89
the goat came from the west
00:28:52.93\00:28:54.93
and moved across
without touching the ground
00:28:54.96\00:28:58.07
and then in 8:6 it gives
us a little more information.
00:28:58.10\00:29:04.14
Let's look at that.
00:29:04.17\00:29:06.44
"... he ran at him
with furious power...
00:29:06.47\00:29:10.85
Pause.
00:29:10.88\00:29:13.62
In 331 A.D. at
the Battle of Arbela,
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this is the beginning
of the Grecian Empire.
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Babylon 605 to 539...
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Medo-Persia 539 to 331...
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so, in 331 A.D. at
the Battle of Arbela
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Alexander with an
army of 40,000 men,
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dressed like this,
met the Persian Empire
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Darius the 3rd, with
an army of one million men
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40,000 against 1,000,000
00:29:54.76\00:30:00.20
and Alexander's
troops 40,000 in number...
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decimated that Persian Army.
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Tactics... and armour...
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tactics... and armour
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and you know,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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the secret of successful
Christian warfare today
00:30:19.28\00:30:24.19
guess what?
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Tactics... and armour...
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yeah...
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tactics and armour.
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You can defeat all
of the host of the enemy
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if you got the right armour.
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Amen.
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Tactics and armour.
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You surrender to God...
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God fights for you...
with you... and through you...
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You put on the shield of faith,
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amen...
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breastplate of righteousness...
tactics... and armour...
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and so, with the right tactics
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and the right armour...
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40,000 men defeated
an army of 1,000,000 men
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and so, in that year,
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the Medo-Persian
Empire came to its end
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and the Grecian Empire under
Alexander had its beginning
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but if you read the interplay
between this ram and this goat,
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it seems as though there's
something personal going on.
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If you read
what it has to say...
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let's look at
Daniel chapter 8 verse 7,
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New King James...
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the Bible says, "And I
saw him confronting the ram;
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he was moved
with rage against him,
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he attacked the ram,
and broke his two horns.
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There was no power in
the ram to withstand him,
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but he cast him down to
the ground and trampled him;
00:32:04.69\00:32:09.22
and there was no one
that could deliver the ram
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from his hand. "
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Don't you get the
feel that this is kind of a
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personal kind of a thing,
there's a little anger there...
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a little rage going on there...
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this... this goat is...
00:32:19.63\00:32:22.74
is trying to
totally destroy this Ram
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and I think the reason
there was such animosity
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between Alexander and
the Medo-Persian Empire
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was what we just talked
about in 590 B.C. and 580 B.C.
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when... when the
Medo-Persian Empire came west
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and tried to attack Greece.
00:32:42.09\00:32:44.99
Now, in the 400s... Herodotus
00:32:45.03\00:32:47.76
who was a Greek
Historian living in Turkey
00:32:47.80\00:32:50.13
published what he
called his Magnum Opus
00:32:50.23\00:32:52.53
which was a history of
the wars of the Medo-Persians
00:32:52.60\00:32:58.14
against the Greeks.
00:32:58.17\00:32:59.51
So, when
Alexander got strong enough,
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.88
he knew... he knew the
history of how Medo-Persia
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had tried to come
in and take Greece
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and how Greece
rebuffed them two times.
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So, now that he
is strong enough,
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when he goes into the east to
attack the Medo-Persian Empire,
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Alexander goes with
full fury and full intent...
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he grinds
Medo-Persia into the ground
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because he
remembers what's happening
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and that's what
you're seeing here,
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there's this... there's
this personal thing going on
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between Alexander and
the Medo-Persian Empire
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and I think it is
retribution for Medo-Persia
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trying to come into
Greece so many years before
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so at age 30 now
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everything that was
Persia... now belongs to him
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and when we look
at verse 7 there,
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we get this kind of feeling
that it's a personal problem
00:33:54.23\00:33:58.83
between Greece
and Medo-Persia...
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between the ram and the goat
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but soon
afterward, the Bible says,
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the horn is broken.
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Alexander dies of
Malaria and drunkenness
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and as we've said before,
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the single horn is
replaced by four notable horns
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and I want you to
stay with this because
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when next we meet
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we're going to talk
about those four horns
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when we get to Daniel chapter 11
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and they're going to
play a very important part
00:34:29.33\00:34:33.00
because Daniel
chapter 11 is that chapter
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that has occasioned some
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dare I say,
effervescence amongst scholars
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some believe
A... some believe B...
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some believe A and
B... some believe C...
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we're going to try
to walk you through that
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the title of the message is:
"Keep the Train on the Tracks"
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pause
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so Alexander's four Generals...
he took the strongest four...
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they took the
reins... and as we said before
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Seleucus gets
Syria and the east.
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All of the Seleucid
kings took the name "Antiochus"
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there were eight of them...
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Antiochus the
1st, Antiochus the 2nd,
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Antiochus the 3rd
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Antiochus the 4th
called Epipmanes...
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I'm sorry... Epiphanes...
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Epimanes means mad man...
that's what they called him...
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he called himself
"Epiphanes" god-like...
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Ptolemy takes
the south and Egypt
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as we mentioned,
Cleopatra is a Ptolemy
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and she actually comes
back to us in Daniel chapter 11.
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Lysimachus takes Asia
Minor also called Pergamum.
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Cassander takes
Macedonia, Greece and the west,
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so what they did was
take the Grecian Empire,
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divide it among themselves
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but we'll find
a little bit later
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they weren't
happy with the divisions
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.18
there was some in-fighting
and we'll talk about that
00:35:52.21\00:35:55.48
when we look at
Daniel chapter 11
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but it's very, very interesting.
00:35:57.45\00:35:59.29
So, now, we come to a
Little Horn that pops up
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in Daniel chapter 8
verses 9 through 12.
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Now, the reason I'm...
I'm taking time with this
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is the fact that
there are some people
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who believe the...
the little horn here
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is one of those
Seleucid kings... Antiochus.
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It is not...
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he is not...
00:36:29.48\00:36:30.92
Antiochus was a famous
hater of Jews... true...
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he did profane
the Temple... true...
00:36:36.99\00:36:39.89
he did try to Hellenize
or turn the Jews into Greeks
00:36:39.93\00:36:44.57
true...
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but he is not
the Little Horn Power
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and there are
those who believe that
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but the Bible
does not support that.
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The key is in
Daniel 8 verse 9...
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the Bible says,
"Out of them... "
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and the key is: Who is
the "them" referring to?
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It is not referring
to the Seleucid Kingdom,
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it is referring to
the next series of...
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or rather the next
beast and his time on earth
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and so, Antiochus
is not the Little Horn
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and could not
be the Little Horn.
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There's not enough Biblical
evidence to support that.
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So the "them" is out
of the four directions...
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one of the four directions
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and, of course,
the direction is north.
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This Little Horn comes...
we see this Little Horn...
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he grows up to be strong
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and exceedingly great,
00:37:46.86\00:37:49.86
he pushes towards
the south and the east
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and the glorious land
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which, of course,
is the Bible Land,
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he casts down some of the
hosts and some of the stars,
00:37:57.97\00:38:01.21
he tramples on them,
00:38:01.24\00:38:02.64
he exalts himself
against the Prince of Heaven
00:38:02.71\00:38:05.51
and the only... the only Empire
00:38:05.55\00:38:07.98
that exalted itself against
the Prince is the Roman Empire.
00:38:08.02\00:38:11.55
So, Antiochus did
do some bad things
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but it is the Roman
Empire that is pre-figured here.
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The word "sacrifice" in verse 13
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in its original
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is later translated
"Tamid" which means "the daily"
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here's what I found
out about the "Daily"
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when we're looking at an
explanation of the "Daily"
00:38:33.07\00:38:36.31
and I wish we had time
to just read the whole text
00:38:36.34\00:38:39.55
but we don't
have time to do that.
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The "Daily" does not only
mean the daily sacrifice...
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that is the morning
and evening services,
00:38:44.95\00:38:46.49
the word "Tamid" means
00:38:46.55\00:38:48.62
anything that is done
on a continual basis...
00:38:48.66\00:38:52.66
that's important
00:38:52.69\00:38:54.40
because when we're talking
about destroying the "daily"
00:38:54.43\00:38:58.63
and replacing the "daily"
00:38:58.67\00:39:00.44
it not only means
the Sacrificial System
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it can also mean weekly
services like Sabbath Services.
00:39:03.81\00:39:10.78
So, the "daily" is a
little more comprehensive
00:39:10.81\00:39:15.28
than we may have thought.
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.52
It does mean the morning
and the evening sacrifices
00:39:17.55\00:39:21.32
but it also means "Old
Testament Worship Services"
00:39:21.36\00:39:25.09
like the weekly Sabbath Service
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.70
and anything that is done
00:39:27.73\00:39:29.56
on a continual or
"regularly occurring" basis
00:39:29.60\00:39:33.60
including the
morning and evening services.
00:39:33.64\00:39:37.61
So, then, this new power
00:39:37.64\00:39:41.14
not only disrupts the morning
and evening sacrificial system
00:39:41.18\00:39:48.75
he also destroys the
keeping of the Sabbath
00:39:48.78\00:39:53.49
and the only
Empire or the only entity
00:39:53.52\00:39:59.49
that did that is Rome.
00:39:59.53\00:40:02.40
Pagan Rome destroyed
the Sanctuary Service
00:40:02.43\00:40:07.57
and the daily sacrificial system
00:40:07.60\00:40:10.61
and Papal Rome destroyed or
at least attempted to destroy
00:40:10.67\00:40:16.24
the keeping of the Sabbath.
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.91
Verse 12 says, "For a
while everything prospered. "
00:40:18.95\00:40:26.55
For a while,
everything went well
00:40:26.59\00:40:30.66
and so now,
Gabriel is commissioned
00:40:30.69\00:40:34.80
to make all of
this plain to Daniel.
00:40:34.83\00:40:38.90
I've got to move fast,
00:40:38.93\00:40:41.24
in 70 A.D., Rome
destroyed Jerusalem
00:40:41.27\00:40:45.47
and the Temple
00:40:45.51\00:40:46.88
no stone left
one upon the other.
00:40:46.94\00:40:50.51
I've been there...
00:40:50.55\00:40:51.91
and this Western Wall
which they call the Temple
00:40:51.95\00:40:54.45
actually is not the Temple.
00:40:54.48\00:40:56.32
The Western Wall
or the Wailing Wall
00:40:56.35\00:40:58.59
is the basement...
00:40:58.62\00:41:00.46
it is the substrate or
the foundation of the Temple.
00:41:00.49\00:41:04.06
The Temple from ground level
up has been totally destroyed.
00:41:04.09\00:41:08.43
The stones are down...
00:41:08.46\00:41:09.80
what the Jews are praying to
00:41:09.83\00:41:11.87
is the foundation of the
Temple, the old Temple...
00:41:11.90\00:41:15.50
that is the Wailing Wall or
the Western Wall of the Temple.
00:41:15.54\00:41:19.34
So, in 70 A.D. city is destroyed
00:41:19.37\00:41:24.41
the temple is destroyed...
00:41:24.45\00:41:27.55
Rome ends now the
Sacrificial System.
00:41:27.58\00:41:31.89
The "Daily" is destroyed.
00:41:31.92\00:41:34.39
The "Horn" has yet to
reach its full potency,
00:41:34.42\00:41:39.76
it is not speaking
its pompous words yet
00:41:39.79\00:41:43.13
that is to come...
00:41:43.16\00:41:44.50
so, Daniel overhears now
00:41:44.53\00:41:47.57
a conversation
between two heavenly beings
00:41:47.60\00:41:51.07
and the discussion is,
"How long is this going to be?"
00:41:51.14\00:41:56.85
How long will this
scenario be played out?
00:41:56.91\00:42:02.72
And the answer is:
2,300 evenings and mornings.
00:42:02.75\00:42:08.72
2,300 days... 2,300
evenings and mornings.
00:42:08.76\00:42:14.06
Then after 1798...
the end of that time
00:42:14.10\00:42:19.33
something very
spectacular is going to happen.
00:42:19.37\00:42:23.24
We find this in
Daniel chapter 8 verse 14,
00:42:23.27\00:42:27.08
I've got to remember
that, I will never forget that.
00:42:27.11\00:42:29.68
When I was taking
Daniel and Revelation in school
00:42:29.71\00:42:32.21
I was carrying a perfect "A"
throughout the entire Semester
00:42:32.25\00:42:38.45
and on my final exam... I
got one question wrong out of 50
00:42:38.49\00:42:44.66
and I assumed since
I had an "A" going in
00:42:44.69\00:42:51.07
and I only got
one question wrong,
00:42:51.13\00:42:53.47
that I should get an "A"
00:42:53.50\00:42:56.24
one out of 50 is not bad...
00:42:56.27\00:42:58.64
49 right... one wrong...
00:42:58.67\00:43:00.98
My teacher is the late Dr.
was the late Dr. J.J. Beale
00:43:01.01\00:43:07.22
and he said, "I'm
going to give you a 'B'"
00:43:07.25\00:43:13.52
and I was kind of upset.
00:43:13.56\00:43:16.93
Pause.
00:43:16.96\00:43:18.46
"One wrong answer
in a whole semester
00:43:18.49\00:43:21.40
and you drop me a
whole letter grade?
00:43:21.43\00:43:24.30
You're giving me a 'B'?"
00:43:24.33\00:43:26.84
Pause.
00:43:26.87\00:43:29.80
The question was, "Where
is the 2,300 days found?"
00:43:29.84\00:43:33.91
And I put Daniel 8:16.
00:43:33.94\00:43:38.31
He said, "You're
going to be a preacher,
00:43:38.35\00:43:42.45
no preacher
should get that wrong,
00:43:42.48\00:43:46.62
I'm giving you a 'B'."
00:43:46.65\00:43:49.19
Audience: Responding.
00:43:49.22\00:43:51.73
And that's been
many, many years ago
00:43:51.76\00:43:53.50
and it's still right here.
00:43:53.53\00:43:54.86
Laughter...
00:43:54.90\00:43:56.97
He gave me a "B" one
question on a final exam!
00:43:57.00\00:44:01.80
Straight "A" student.
00:44:01.84\00:44:03.24
I said, "You know what
that's going to do to my grade?"
00:44:03.30\00:44:05.97
A "B" in Daniel
and Revelation...
00:44:06.04\00:44:09.51
He said, "Yup, you get a 'B'."
00:44:09.54\00:44:12.95
And to this day, there
is on my transcript a "B"
00:44:12.98\00:44:18.42
in Daniel and Revelation.
00:44:18.45\00:44:21.32
Pause.
00:44:21.36\00:44:23.16
So, Daniel chapter 8 verse 14
00:44:23.19\00:44:26.49
is the answer to "How long...?"
00:44:26.53\00:44:29.76
Unto 2,300
mornings and evenings...
00:44:29.80\00:44:35.67
2,300 days...
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.04
and then the
Sanctuary will be cleansed
00:44:37.07\00:44:41.18
and Daniel was much
disturbed and perplexed
00:44:41.21\00:44:45.61
as to what he saw and
how it would play out.
00:44:45.65\00:44:49.78
Pause.
00:44:49.82\00:44:51.79
And Gabriel is summoned
and commissioned, in chapter 8,
00:44:51.85\00:44:54.89
to give a full
explanation of what is happening
00:44:54.92\00:44:59.09
and what the...
what begins in chapter 8,
00:44:59.13\00:45:02.60
actually crosses
over into chapter 9
00:45:02.63\00:45:05.87
and the
explanation becomes full.
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.07
We get an exact detailed
explanation from Gabriel
00:45:09.10\00:45:15.98
and it follows in verses 18
through 22... and really beyond.
00:45:16.01\00:45:21.42
The key, of
course, is Daniel 8:14.
00:45:21.45\00:45:25.65
The Sanctuary will be cleansed.
00:45:25.69\00:45:29.59
God is going to do
something very, very important
00:45:29.62\00:45:35.00
at the end of this time.
00:45:35.03\00:45:36.67
He's going to do
something of cosmic importance.
00:45:36.70\00:45:40.50
Before the
"Daily" is referenced,
00:45:40.54\00:45:45.41
there is a
cleaning that is alluded to.
00:45:45.44\00:45:48.14
You see, in prophecy, we
have the year/day principle.
00:45:48.18\00:45:53.21
Let me establish that now.
00:45:53.25\00:45:54.58
Here are two
texts that you can use.
00:45:54.62\00:45:56.02
Numbers chapter 14 verse
34, Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 6.
00:45:56.05\00:46:00.49
"I have laid on you
a day for a year... "
00:46:00.52\00:46:03.59
so in prophetic parlance,
00:46:03.63\00:46:07.60
you can always
have a day equal a year
00:46:07.63\00:46:12.93
and only in prophetic
and apocalyptic literature.
00:46:12.97\00:46:16.40
In regular Bible
parlance, a day is a day,
00:46:16.44\00:46:19.47
but when you go to Daniel
00:46:19.51\00:46:21.08
and Pastor
Lomacang will show us again
00:46:21.11\00:46:22.98
when we do Revelation...
a day can equal a year
00:46:23.04\00:46:26.35
and the
prophecies only make sense
00:46:26.38\00:46:28.98
when a day equals a year.
00:46:29.02\00:46:30.99
So, you got those
texts to back you up.
00:46:31.02\00:46:34.12
"I've laid on you a
day for each year. "
00:46:34.16\00:46:37.19
And when you put the
year/day prophecy together,
00:46:37.23\00:46:40.96
these things work...
00:46:41.03\00:46:42.36
and so, all of
the time prophecies
00:46:42.40\00:46:46.87
and this is important...
this is important...
00:46:46.90\00:46:49.37
this is an exegetical principle.
00:46:49.40\00:46:50.91
All of the time
prophecies in the Bible,
00:46:50.94\00:46:54.04
fit into this
2,300-day prophecy.
00:46:54.08\00:46:58.65
All of the time prophecies
00:46:58.68\00:47:01.35
fit in there
00:47:01.38\00:47:03.18
and the reason
I'm suggesting that...
00:47:03.22\00:47:04.55
and emphasizing that
00:47:04.59\00:47:05.92
is because when
we come to Daniel 11,
00:47:05.95\00:47:07.99
there are some who say
that there's one time prophecy
00:47:08.02\00:47:11.63
that extends beyond.
00:47:11.69\00:47:13.06
I don't accept that.
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.43
Now there are those
who might... I do not.
00:47:14.46\00:47:17.37
I believe, all of
the time prophecies
00:47:17.40\00:47:20.14
fit into the 2,300 days
00:47:20.17\00:47:22.20
because at the
end of the 2,300 days
00:47:22.24\00:47:26.57
we reach what we
call "the end of time"
00:47:26.61\00:47:30.78
"the end of time" simply means
00:47:30.85\00:47:33.58
that there are no
more time prophecies
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.45
between the end
of the 2,300 days
00:47:36.48\00:47:39.52
and the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:47:39.55\00:47:42.19
1798 is the time of the end.
00:47:42.22\00:47:46.59
The end of the 2,300
days is the "end of time"
00:47:46.63\00:47:52.80
in other words,
00:47:52.83\00:47:54.60
we're not looking for any
more time prophecies to expire
00:47:54.64\00:47:58.61
before Jesus comes.
00:47:58.64\00:48:00.04
Audience: Amen.
00:48:00.08\00:48:01.41
Technically, Christ
could come at any time.
00:48:01.44\00:48:05.95
Amen, no more
1,260... no more 1,290...
00:48:05.98\00:48:10.45
no more 1,335...
00:48:10.49\00:48:12.55
Christ could come
any time He wishes
00:48:12.59\00:48:17.13
he's just waiting on us now.
00:48:17.16\00:48:20.10
Amen.
00:48:20.13\00:48:21.60
So, that is my belief.
00:48:21.63\00:48:24.60
Pause.
00:48:24.63\00:48:26.97
We understand that
the 2,300 days leads us
00:48:27.00\00:48:32.11
to what we call the
typical Day of Atonement.
00:48:32.17\00:48:36.61
During the Day of
Atonement, Yom Kippur...
00:48:36.64\00:48:40.62
God's people were
to afflict their souls
00:48:40.65\00:48:44.55
and cleanse themselves
because the Day of Atonement
00:48:44.59\00:48:49.76
was a day of
cleansing and judgment
00:48:49.79\00:48:53.86
and you should write that
down if you're taking notes
00:48:53.90\00:48:56.30
because whenever God judges,
00:48:56.36\00:48:59.37
He always cleanses.
00:48:59.43\00:49:01.90
Whenever God
cleanses, He always judges.
00:49:01.97\00:49:06.71
In fact, the word
for "cleanse" and "judge"
00:49:06.74\00:49:11.45
are the same word.
00:49:11.51\00:49:13.78
God cleanses... He judges...
00:49:13.82\00:49:17.09
the priest did special
things on the Day of Atonement
00:49:17.12\00:49:20.66
he went from the Holy
Place to the Most Holy Place
00:49:20.69\00:49:24.23
to minister directly before God
00:49:24.26\00:49:27.03
and we believe in 1844
at the end of the 2,300 days
00:49:27.06\00:49:30.63
we gave you the
starting point, two sermons ago
00:49:30.67\00:49:34.14
Christ moved from the Holy
Place to the Most Holy Place
00:49:34.17\00:49:40.61
to begin the work of
cleansing and judging
00:49:40.64\00:49:45.55
and when Christ comes
from that Most Holy Place,
00:49:45.58\00:49:50.15
He's coming back here
00:49:50.19\00:49:51.85
to get His saints
and take them home.
00:49:51.92\00:49:53.86
Can you say,
"Amen. " Audience: Amen.
00:49:53.89\00:49:56.22
When God
cleanses He also judges.
00:49:56.29\00:49:58.59
"The cleansing of the sanctuary
is a determinative work
00:49:58.63\00:50:03.53
as such, a work of judgment. "
00:50:03.57\00:50:07.04
When Christ comes back,
it will already be determined
00:50:07.07\00:50:10.21
who is going back
home with Him, amen.
00:50:10.24\00:50:12.71
That's why we call it
"The Pre-Advent Judgment"
00:50:12.74\00:50:15.21
because you see Christ again,
00:50:15.24\00:50:17.28
those... you'll
forgive my pejorative English,
00:50:17.35\00:50:21.45
"Those who is... will be
and those who ain't won't be"
00:50:21.48\00:50:26.45
amen.
00:50:26.49\00:50:28.06
In other words, the decision
will already have been made
00:50:28.09\00:50:32.63
during the typical
Day of Atonement, amen.
00:50:32.66\00:50:36.16
Christ is deciding now,
names are being looked at now,
00:50:36.20\00:50:39.33
cases are being decided now
00:50:39.37\00:50:40.84
and when Christ comes back,
00:50:40.87\00:50:42.57
He that is righteous will be...
00:50:42.60\00:50:44.27
Audience: Righteous still.
00:50:44.31\00:50:45.64
He that will be holy will be...
00:50:45.67\00:50:47.01
Audience: Holy still...
00:50:47.04\00:50:48.38
He that is
unrighteous will be...
00:50:48.41\00:50:49.74
Audience: Unrighteous still...
00:50:49.78\00:50:51.11
He that is unholy will be...
00:50:51.15\00:50:52.48
Audience: Unholy still...
00:50:52.51\00:50:53.85
Yeah, now is the
time of cleansing,
00:50:53.88\00:50:55.68
now is the time
to get right with God
00:50:55.72\00:50:57.99
because when Christ comes back,
00:50:58.02\00:50:59.49
the decision will
already have been made.
00:50:59.52\00:51:02.32
Amen.
00:51:02.36\00:51:03.69
Your house will be built...
00:51:03.73\00:51:05.49
as I say, "Your key
is already in the door"
00:51:05.53\00:51:07.70
but in heaven,
there won't be any keys
00:51:07.73\00:51:09.33
because there won't
be any locks, amen...
00:51:09.36\00:51:10.70
Audience: Amen.
00:51:10.73\00:51:12.07
So, it will
already be determined
00:51:12.10\00:51:13.44
when Christ comes back
00:51:13.47\00:51:15.27
because judging and cleansing
00:51:15.30\00:51:18.64
are the same thing
when it comes to the Lord.
00:51:18.67\00:51:21.51
When He judges... He cleanses,
when He cleanses... He judges,
00:51:21.54\00:51:24.95
Here's the word,
"Tsadaq" the "T" is silent
00:51:24.98\00:51:29.22
Tsadaq... it means to
justify is to cleanse.
00:51:29.25\00:51:33.46
Amen.
00:51:33.49\00:51:35.16
When Christ justifies,
He'll also cleanse you
00:51:35.19\00:51:38.66
so when He
forgives you of your sins,
00:51:38.69\00:51:40.53
He also cleanses
you from them sins.
00:51:40.56\00:51:42.36
From "them" sins...
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.07
For those sins... I forget,
I'm in an academic community...
00:51:44.10\00:51:46.77
from those sins... amen.
00:51:46.80\00:51:48.57
Audience: Amen... laughter...
00:51:48.60\00:51:49.94
Yeah, it will be kind of...
00:51:49.97\00:51:51.31
it will be sad to just
forgive you and not cleanse you
00:51:51.34\00:51:53.84
because if He forgives
you and not cleanses you,
00:51:53.88\00:51:56.98
then you... you
have to do it again.
00:51:57.01\00:51:58.65
Yeah.
00:51:58.81\00:52:01.45
But if He forgives
you and cleanses you,
00:52:01.48\00:52:04.65
then you're free from it, amen.
00:52:04.69\00:52:07.19
So, when Christ
justifies... He also cleanses.
00:52:07.22\00:52:10.99
"... his power
shall be magnified
00:52:11.03\00:52:13.29
but not by his own power... "
00:52:13.33\00:52:14.66
Now, what are we talking about?
00:52:14.70\00:52:16.03
We're talking about that beast
00:52:16.06\00:52:17.63
who's going to
get a lot of power
00:52:17.67\00:52:19.33
but it won't come from him,
it comes from another authority.
00:52:19.37\00:52:23.54
and that, of course, we know
00:52:23.57\00:52:26.34
is the anti-God or
anti-Christ-like Authority.
00:52:26.37\00:52:31.91
So, shortly after this time,
judgment is going to begin.
00:52:31.95\00:52:36.65
It parallels the
ancient Day of Atonement.
00:52:36.69\00:52:41.29
Leviticus chapter
23 verse 29 gives us,
00:52:41.32\00:52:45.89
not only our marching orders
00:52:45.96\00:52:47.83
but it gives us the pattern
00:52:47.86\00:52:49.70
that this modern Day
of Atonement is to follow.
00:52:49.73\00:52:52.67
"... for any person who is not
afflicted in soul on that day
00:52:52.73\00:52:57.81
shall be cut off
from his people... "
00:52:57.84\00:53:02.04
the word "cut off" simply means
00:53:02.08\00:53:04.98
"if on that day you
do not humble yourself"
00:53:05.01\00:53:08.85
and let's take a
look at this Access Point.
00:53:08.88\00:53:12.69
"Judgment becomes good news
00:53:12.72\00:53:16.02
if our sins have gone before
us into the sanctuary... "
00:53:16.06\00:53:19.83
can you say, "Amen. "
00:53:19.86\00:53:21.20
Judgment is nothing to fear.
00:53:21.23\00:53:23.13
If judgment means
getting what you deserve,
00:53:23.16\00:53:26.67
and you surrendered
your life to Christ,
00:53:26.70\00:53:30.21
then you get what you deserve.
00:53:30.24\00:53:32.57
Amen.
00:53:32.61\00:53:33.94
If you got a million
dollars waiting for you
00:53:33.98\00:53:35.94
and that million dollars would
be given to you next Friday,
00:53:35.98\00:53:40.02
you can't wait for
next Friday to come
00:53:40.05\00:53:42.82
amen
00:53:42.85\00:53:44.42
because you know
something good is coming.
00:53:44.45\00:53:46.59
Well, if you are in
Jesus, something good is coming
00:53:46.62\00:53:51.16
and you get it on Judgment Day.
00:53:51.19\00:53:53.53
Amen.
00:53:53.56\00:53:54.90
So, for the child of God,
judgment is nothing to fear.
00:53:54.93\00:53:58.30
It simply means you
get what you worked for.
00:53:58.33\00:54:02.57
Amen.
00:54:02.60\00:54:03.94
Be not deceived...
God is not mocked...
00:54:03.97\00:54:07.01
you get what you worked for
00:54:07.04\00:54:09.61
and if you surrender to Jesus,
00:54:09.64\00:54:12.15
you know what you
get on Judgment Day?
00:54:12.18\00:54:14.92
Jesus.
00:54:14.95\00:54:17.62
Amen.
00:54:17.65\00:54:20.26
That's what you get.
00:54:20.29\00:54:21.82
Judgment becomes good news
00:54:21.86\00:54:24.43
if our sins have gone
before us into the Sanctuary.
00:54:24.46\00:54:29.40
So, we now find ourselves
in the typical Day of Atonement
00:54:29.43\00:54:34.70
and that is what the
2,300 days is all about,
00:54:34.74\00:54:41.31
it marks the time
00:54:41.34\00:54:42.68
when God's people
need to afflict their souls
00:54:42.71\00:54:45.15
and the word "Anav"
simply means to humble yourself.
00:54:45.18\00:54:49.78
We used to sing a song,
"Humble me... humble me of Lord"
00:54:49.82\00:54:53.36
I stopped singing that, I
don't sing that song anymore
00:54:53.39\00:54:56.89
because I don't want
the Lord to humble me.
00:54:56.93\00:54:59.29
Pause.
00:54:59.33\00:55:00.90
I want to humble myself.
00:55:00.93\00:55:02.26
Laughter.
00:55:02.30\00:55:03.63
Amen.
00:55:03.67\00:55:05.00
See, if God has to humble you,
He may do a "Job" job on you
00:55:05.03\00:55:09.44
So, I don't sing,
"Humble me O Lord"
00:55:09.47\00:55:12.47
I want to humble
myself under the hand of God
00:55:12.51\00:55:16.21
so I don't end
up like Job, amen.
00:55:16.24\00:55:18.55
Yeah.
00:55:18.58\00:55:19.95
This is the time to
humble ourselves before the Lord
00:55:19.98\00:55:23.59
and that is why it is
so very, very important
00:55:23.62\00:55:26.76
that we understand the
message of Daniel chapter 8
00:55:26.79\00:55:32.29
particularly verse 14
00:55:32.33\00:55:33.73
because it places us
at a point in history
00:55:33.76\00:55:36.67
where we know and understand
that Christ is coming soon
00:55:36.73\00:55:41.20
and very soon
00:55:41.24\00:55:43.47
and it also tells us
that we have no time to play,
00:55:43.51\00:55:47.48
no time to waste,
00:55:47.51\00:55:49.31
no time to play
games with ourselves
00:55:49.34\00:55:52.35
or with the Lord
00:55:52.41\00:55:53.75
there is just time
enough to get right with God.
00:55:53.78\00:55:58.59
Every day ought to be lived in
the light of the second coming
00:55:58.62\00:56:02.82
of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:56:02.89\00:56:04.93
Every day ought to be lived
00:56:04.96\00:56:06.83
in the light of the sacrifice
that Christ made for you and me.
00:56:06.86\00:56:11.70
Every day ought to
be lived in the light
00:56:11.73\00:56:15.37
that soon and very
soon Jesus is coming
00:56:15.40\00:56:19.71
and when we passed
the 2,300-day mark,
00:56:19.74\00:56:24.01
when we came to
this side of 1844
00:56:24.05\00:56:28.55
pause
00:56:28.58\00:56:30.95
we stepped into a zone that
forces us to the realization
00:56:30.99\00:56:37.79
that one day Christ is
coming very, very soon.
00:56:37.86\00:56:42.43
I don't know when
and you don't know when
00:56:42.46\00:56:46.67
and I think the Lord
did it that way purposely
00:56:46.70\00:56:50.57
because He knew that if we knew
00:56:50.61\00:56:53.78
it was next Friday...
00:56:53.81\00:56:55.84
we'd wait till next
Thursday to try to get right.
00:56:55.88\00:57:00.12
So, since we don't
know when it will be
00:57:00.15\00:57:03.59
the call is to live every
day like tomorrow is the day.
00:57:03.62\00:57:10.76
Amen.
00:57:10.79\00:57:12.13
That is the value
of Daniel chapter 8.
00:57:12.16\00:57:16.36
It's personal...
it's very personal.
00:57:16.40\00:57:20.60
Judgment becomes good news
for those whose sins are gone.
00:57:20.64\00:57:25.57
Last text, Hebrews
chapter 3 and verse 7.
00:57:25.61\00:57:32.11
This too is personal.
00:57:32.15\00:57:35.15
"Today if you
hear... " whose voice?
00:57:35.18\00:57:40.36
"His voice harden
not your hearts. "
00:57:40.39\00:57:45.49
That's the call of
Christ to every one of us...
00:57:45.53\00:57:49.13
the hour is late...
00:57:49.16\00:57:50.97
there's time enough
only to accept Jesus
00:57:51.00\00:57:55.57
and do it today.
00:57:55.60\00:57:58.11