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Hello and once again
to Daniel All Access.
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This is our walk
through the Book of Daniel
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this very important
book in the Old Testament
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the companion of Revelation
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which has so much to say to
God's people in these last days
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and we pray that
you've been blessed
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and that you've learned some
things in our study together
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for there is much
in the Old Testament
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that reflects upon the
days in which we find ourselves
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and that is
designed to prepare us
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for the second coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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so we thank you again
for being with us today
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we look at Daniel chapter 9
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and we would ask you
to turn in your Bibles
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to Daniel chapter 9,
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we do not have time to
read the entire chapter
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but we will be
referring to Daniel chapter 9.
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The message: Skill to Understand
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Daniel chapter 9.
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We ask you now to bow
your heads with me as we pray.
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Father God, we praise you
and thank you so very much
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for your Word and
the power of that Word
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and we thank you dear Lord
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for those things that
you have placed in your Word
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that our... as
it were... signposts
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to let us know
where we are going,
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how far we have come and
how far we have yet to go.
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Help us Lord to take
each step with our hand
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in the unchanging
hand of the master
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and help us Lord, to look to you
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and to serve you and to
follow wherever you lead.
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Be our teacher today
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and give us
heaven's very best we do pray
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and we thank you dear
Father, in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Audience: Amen.
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Daniel chapter 9 takes place
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after the change
in world empires.
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The Babylonian Empire has
just concluded its 70-year run
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and Daniel chapter 9 takes place
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in the first year of the
ensuing Medo-Persian Empire.
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Pause.
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What is interesting
is that Daniel chapter 9
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begins with the first year
of Darius or Dareeus the Mede
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but what I discovered... I
simply had not seen it before
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is that Daniel
chapter 9 and Daniel chapter 6
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cover the same time period
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so, what you find
in Daniel chapter 6
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is amplified in Daniel chapter 9
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because for the
first several verses,
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really most all of the chapters,
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they cover the
same basic time period.
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Daniel chapter 9 begins with the
first year of Darius the Mede.
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In Daniel chapter 6, we see...
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we're in the first
year of Darius the Mede
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and in Daniel chapter 6,
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Darius thinks
so highly of Daniel
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that, verse 3 tells us,
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he considers making Daniel
the head of the whole Empire.
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That is the
impression that he has of Daniel
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because of the great
spirit that is within him.
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He does not do it
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but certainly it is
in his mind to do so
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and Daniel chapter 6...
the very first verse tells us
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that Darius begins
to make immediately
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a number of
administrative changes
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while he is
settling into his new role
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as Leader of the
Medo-Persian Empire.
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He is considering making Daniel
the head of the whole thing
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at the head... at the
level of Prime Minister.
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The Lions' Den incident from
Daniel chapter 6 is looming,
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the plot is being hatched,
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the satraps and leaders
are plotting Daniel's downfall
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and as we said
when we talked about
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and looked at Daniel 6,
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the ploy was that no
one was to pray to any king
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or any god for 30 days
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and Darius... who the
Bible says was 62 years old
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who should have known better
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allowed his vanity and
his ego to get in the way
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and he allowed
that edict to be passed
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an Edict of the
Medes and the Persians
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which could not be changed.
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Once it was signed,
it could not be altered.
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What is interesting and
really quite fascinating
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is the fact that while
this plot is being hatched
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and Ellen White
takes pains to say
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that this plot is
orchestrated by Satan.
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This is a Satanically-inspired-
and-orchestrated plot
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to get Daniel out of the way
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but what is fascinating...
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and we don't see this
until we get to Daniel 9
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and then push it
back to Daniel 6,
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is that, Daniel, at
this point in his life
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is praying more
than ever before.
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Daniel is not only praying...
but if you look at verse 3
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in Daniel chapter 9,
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pause...
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we see the
intensity and the fervency
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of Daniel's prayer.
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The Bible says in the book
of Daniel chapter 9 verse 3,
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"... then I set my
face towards the Lord God,
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to make my request by
prayer and supplication
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with fasting,
sackcloth and ashes... "
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pause
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Daniel, at this
point in his life,
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is praying
harder than ever before.
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Sackcloth and ashes is a
way of expressing extreme grief
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and remorse and repentance.
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Sackcloth was a garment
made of either flax or hemp...
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sometimes camel
hair... sometimes goat hair.
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It was designed to
be painful and austere
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so, when you put on sackcloth,
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you are saying that
something very bad has happened
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and you feel very bad about it
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and you are repenting and
begging God for forgiveness...
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the very act of
wearing sackcloth
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was a painful experience
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and then the ashes...
you either sat in the ashes
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or you poured
ashes upon your head
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and it was a way of showing
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complete and
utter self-renunciation
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and saying to God, "I
am sorry... I love you...
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and I repent of my sins. "
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Well, Daniel was doing this now.
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Daniel is in
sackcloth and ashes...
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he is praying...
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he confesses his sins...
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he praises God...
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he acknowledges his sins...
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he acknowledges
the sins of his people
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and really... this
sackcloth and ashes
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is done... not so
much because Daniel is...
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is worried about himself
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but at this
point in his ministry,
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Daniel is
worried about his people.
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Daniel has a
burden for his people
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because God is beginning
to show him some things...
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and we'll get back
to this in just a moment
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that are distressing him.
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Daniel is praying for mercy,
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he is proclaiming and claiming
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the fulfillment of
the prophecies of Jeremiah
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and while he is speaking
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some very wonderful
things are happening.
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Pause.
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You know, we
serve... we serve a good God.
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Audience: Amen.
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Who never leaves
us nor forsakes us
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and I'll tell you
something else God does,
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God plans ahead...
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Audience: Amen.
Pastor Murray: Amen.
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Daniel, at this
point in his life,
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is as close to God
as he has ever been.
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What we see here... as
we pull Daniel chapter 6
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and Daniel chapter 9 together,
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is a confluence of
powers in the great controversy.
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We see a fight
between good and evil.
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Daniel quotes... in
Daniel chapter 9:20,
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"I was confessing my
sin and the sin of Israel,
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presenting my
supplication before the Lord
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and while I was speaking,
Gabriel comes back... "
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we praise the Lord for that.
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So, now, Daniel is going to get
some homeschooling from Gabriel.
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Pause.
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Now, let's connect the dots.
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Pause.
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We saw in "Prophets and Kings"
that the plot against Daniel
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was personally
orchestrated by Satan.
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Satan wanted
Daniel out of the way
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pause
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but if you look at the
spiritual state of Daniel
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at this point in time,
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Daniel is as locked in with
the Lord as ever a man could be.
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He's praying... he's fasting...
he's confessing his sins...
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he is confessing
the sins of Israel...
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he is in sackcloth and ashes
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and he's taking Bible
Studies from the angel Gabriel.
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Does it get any
better than that?
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Ellen White says, he
knows there's a plot,
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he knows they are
trying to end his life,
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but it doesn't matter,
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he is not concerned... because
he's got bigger fish to fry.
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Daniel is worried
about what's coming...
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not what's happening.
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He's on a totally
different spiritual plain,
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he's not even concerned
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about all the
stuff going on around him
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because he's
locked in with the Lord
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and what he is
concerned about particularly now
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is the future of his people,
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what are they
going to do with Christ.
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He is looking at the
time of the deliverer...
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he's looking at a time when
sin is going to be eradicated,
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he couldn't be better
prepared for the Lions' Den
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than anybody in history.
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Daniel, at this point,
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is thoroughly pressed
into the presence of God.
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He's got... dare I
say... an IV drip...
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to the Grace Pipeline...
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He is prayed up...
he is ready to go...
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he is ready for his part
in the great controversy.
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He has stripped himself of pride
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and he's worried
about his people.
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This is an
unpublished manuscript page 406.
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It says, "Self-annihilation... "
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now isn't that
an interesting word?
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She doesn't say
"Self-abnegation" Pastor,
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she says, "self-annihilation"
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"Self-annihilation
is a hard process,
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for self struggles for
existence and dies hard... "
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I was going to call
this sermon: Die Hard.
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Audience: Amen.
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It dies hard...
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"... but prayer and
faith place the weakest sinner
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on vantage ground
where the hand of faith
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can grasp firmly the
hand of the Savior. "
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Audience: Amen.
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I want to say "Amen" to that.
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Audience loudly: Amen.
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The prayer of faith
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puts the sinner in
an advantage over Satan.
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Amen.
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Audience: Amen.
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Pause.
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Where you can grasp
on to the hand of Jesus.
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Audience: Amen.
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And when you take
hold of the hand of Christ,
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He will never let you go.
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Audience: Amen.
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In and through Christ,
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we may come off
more than conquerors.
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Audience: Amen.
Pastor: Praise the Lord.
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So, Daniel is
sold out to the Lord.
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He is in love with the Lord,
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he has humbled
himself before the Lord
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and he is on firm and
strong ground with the Lord
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through prayer and faith.
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Now, look at this, "Satan... "
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see Satan knows some
stuff that we don't know
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and we should know
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but here's one
thing that Satan knows
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that we all should know.
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"Satan is well
aware... " amen...
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"Satan is well aware...
that the weakest soul...
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weakest soul
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weakest soul... "
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Audience loudly: AMEN!
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I said, "weakest soul"
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Audience very loudly: Amen.
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"... the weakest
soul who abides in Christ
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is... almost a match... "
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Audience: No...
more than a match.
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Pastor: Can almost get through"
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Audience: more...
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Pastor: Can just about make it.
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Audience: No...
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Mmm... mmm...
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"... the weakest
soul is more than a match"
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glory to God...
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Audience: Amen.
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"... is more than a match
for the hosts of darkness... "
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Great Controversy, page 530.
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Satan knows that
even if you don't
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which is why he wants to
keep you from knowing that
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that the weakest soul...
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more than a match...
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for the hosts of darkness
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and so Daniel is
praying... he's fasting...
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he's... he's humbling himself...
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and he's more than a match...
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he is more than a match...
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for all of the tricks
and maneuvers of the devil.
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So, right at the time
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when Satan
thinks, "I've got him... "
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he doesn't know that
Daniel is bullet proof.
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Pause.
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He's prayed up...
he's ready to go...
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so not only is Daniel quenching
the fiery darts of the wicked
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he is prepared to
receive greater knowledge
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because God is getting ready
to give him an understanding
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that is going to
shake him to his knees.
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Pause.
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It is Gabriel who
comes to tell Daniel
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heaven has sent me here
because you are greatly beloved
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and when I ran into
that several nights ago
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pause
00:17:39.99\00:17:43.26
it... it kind of got to me...
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pause
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and I must admit to you
that I was envious of Daniel.
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Pastor, Gabriel told him,
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"I'm here... because in
heaven they love you a lot. "
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Pause.
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And I sat and stared
at that for quite a while.
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Pause.
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And I must admit to you
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that I was very,
very envious of Daniel
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pause
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because I will tell you,
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I would love to
have that said about me.
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Audience loudly: Amen.
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Pause.
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"In heaven, they
like you a lot. "
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Pause.
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And so, Gabriel says,
"I've come to help you
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because we love you. "
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Pause.
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I'll tell you something,
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pause
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earlier this year,
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Danny came to
Pastor Lomacang and myself
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and he said, "I want you to do a
Series on Daniel and Revelation
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pause
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and to try as you can
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to stay out of the
vortex of the parts of the books
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that are controversial
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and just bring messages
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that will be of import
and value to the people... "
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pause
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and I began writing.
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We had to do
some things in Romania
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and so, I didn't
really get to working on this
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until late March
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pause
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and for the last eight weeks,
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I've done nothing
but eat and sleep Daniel.
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Pause.
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I don't think I've
gone to bed before 2 a. m.
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since March 15th literally.
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Pause.
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I've spent many
nights up all night
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just working on... on Daniel
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pause
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and during that
whole time I was possessed
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of a feeling of
woeful inadequacy.
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Pause
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more pause.
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I didn't feel up to the
task of bringing what I knew
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was in this book
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and I didn't
have my Commentaries
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and most of my study books
with me... they were packed away
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and some in Panama...
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pause
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and yet I wanted to let
you see what God was showing me
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and I just didn't feel adequate.
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Pause.
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Daniel here... is an old man.
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Pause.
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My calculations put him in
the mid-to-late eighties...
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he was a teenager
when he started...
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this is post-Babylonian Empire
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so that's 70 years
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plus the 18 or so years
when he got there in 605 B.C.
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so he's 88... 89 years of age.
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He's not... he's not a young guy
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pause
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and you can see
that the travails
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of serving the Lord
so long and so many plots
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and so many things are
beginning to wear on him
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because over and over you
see he was sick certain days...
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he fainted certain days...
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he was on the ground
on his face certain days
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he's... he's not a young person
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and yet heaven has got a
lot more to... to... to tell him
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pause
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and so, heaven
dispatches Gabriel to his side
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to support him
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and Gabriel comes with a message
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"I'm... I'm here
because we... we love you... "
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pause
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and when I saw that,
I... I... I envied him.
00:23:05.88\00:23:10.62
Pause.
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I would like to
be so used of God
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pause
00:23:22.10\00:23:27.47
that heaven could say,
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"You are greatly
loved in... in heaven. "
00:23:30.47\00:23:33.41
Audience loudly: Amen.
00:23:33.44\00:23:36.58
Pause.
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And to know that an angel
can come down and assist you
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and then in chapter 10,
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God the Son turns to his Father
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pause
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and says, "You know, that...
00:24:01.20\00:24:04.47
that's our guy down there,
00:24:04.51\00:24:07.74
pause
00:24:07.78\00:24:10.41
I think I should go
down there and help him. "
00:24:10.45\00:24:13.25
Pause.
00:24:13.28\00:24:15.85
And so, in chapter 10,
00:24:15.88\00:24:18.09
Christ Himself
comes to aid Daniel
00:24:18.15\00:24:20.46
pause
00:24:20.49\00:24:25.73
and it's marvelous to know
00:24:25.76\00:24:29.03
that God will give you
as much help as you need
00:24:29.06\00:24:35.34
when you need it.
00:24:35.37\00:24:38.01
Audience: Amen.
00:24:38.04\00:24:40.64
Pause...
00:24:40.68\00:24:46.58
more pause...
00:24:46.61\00:24:49.02
What is interesting as you bring
00:24:49.05\00:24:52.19
chapters 9 and
chapters 6 together
00:24:52.22\00:24:55.32
pause
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.49
is that
00:24:58.53\00:25:01.56
the Lions' Den incident
00:25:01.60\00:25:05.83
is hatched while
Daniel is at his strongest
00:25:05.87\00:25:11.57
pause
00:25:11.61\00:25:13.41
and in chapter 9,
00:25:13.48\00:25:17.45
Gabriel comes
00:25:17.48\00:25:20.18
to help Daniel understand
00:25:20.22\00:25:24.55
the 70-week
prophecy which is to come.
00:25:24.59\00:25:27.42
Pause.
00:25:27.46\00:25:29.72
Daniel is fasting and praying
and committing himself to God
00:25:29.76\00:25:37.00
he's praying three times a day,
00:25:37.03\00:25:41.40
he's fasting
and humbling himself
00:25:41.44\00:25:45.71
because Gabriel is getting
ready to show him some things
00:25:45.74\00:25:51.65
that are going to
seriously disturb him.
00:25:51.68\00:25:56.22
Pause.
00:25:56.25\00:25:59.45
During this time,
00:25:59.49\00:26:00.89
pause...
00:26:00.92\00:26:06.29
and I don't know
why I'm getting...
00:26:06.33\00:26:07.76
pause...
00:26:07.80\00:26:12.47
during this time...
00:26:12.50\00:26:14.04
they are plotting to take
this 80-plus-year-old man's life
00:26:14.10\00:26:21.58
pause
00:26:21.64\00:26:26.05
more pause...
00:26:26.08\00:26:29.32
and Daniel
chapter 9 verse 21 says
00:26:29.35\00:26:36.02
that when Daniel
began to humble himself,
00:26:36.06\00:26:43.47
the angel Gabriel was
swiftly dispatched to assist him
00:26:43.50\00:26:52.01
because his prayer
was going to be answered
00:26:52.04\00:26:56.98
but he wasn't going to
necessarily like the way
00:26:57.01\00:27:01.95
that prayer was answered.
00:27:01.98\00:27:03.32
Pause.
00:27:03.35\00:27:05.15
So, Daniel says,
"Gabriel got there
00:27:05.19\00:27:08.82
about the time of
the evening sacrifice.
00:27:08.86\00:27:12.16
So he got there late afternoon.
00:27:12.19\00:27:14.26
Ellen White says that
the Medo-Persian conspirators
00:27:14.30\00:27:23.54
watched Daniel pray
three times that day
00:27:23.57\00:27:30.18
before they went
and told the king
00:27:30.21\00:27:33.05
pause
00:27:33.11\00:27:34.62
so that means that
during Daniel's third prayer
00:27:34.65\00:27:44.16
while they are watching
00:27:44.19\00:27:46.29
Gabriel was already there.
00:27:46.33\00:27:49.36
Audience: Amen.
00:27:49.43\00:27:51.10
He was there...
00:27:51.13\00:27:52.93
so they go and tell the king
00:27:52.97\00:27:56.27
and the King...
the Bible says...
00:27:56.30\00:28:00.34
fought till
sundown to free Daniel
00:28:00.38\00:28:04.38
but he couldn't do it.
00:28:04.41\00:28:06.65
Pause.
00:28:06.68\00:28:09.72
Now, Gabriel
was already there...
00:28:09.75\00:28:12.32
this is why you
need time sometimes
00:28:12.35\00:28:14.92
to go into these things.
00:28:14.96\00:28:16.36
Pause.
00:28:16.39\00:28:19.33
Gabriel was there
for another reason.
00:28:19.36\00:28:22.80
He's getting ready to
tell Daniel about the 70 weeks
00:28:22.83\00:28:26.80
but it occurs to
me, my dear Pastor,
00:28:26.84\00:28:32.61
that angels can multi-task.
00:28:32.64\00:28:35.78
Audience: Amen. Pastor: Amen.
00:28:35.81\00:28:38.91
Audience louder: Amen.
00:28:38.95\00:28:42.05
So, when Daniel... I
mean Gabriel was there already
00:28:42.08\00:28:48.46
and Daniel was aware
that Gabriel was by his side,
00:28:48.49\00:28:54.83
that's what 9:21 says,
00:28:54.86\00:28:56.36
"I know he's there...
00:28:56.40\00:28:57.83
he got here...
during my third prayer. "
00:28:57.87\00:29:02.84
So, when Daniel
went into the Lions' Den,
00:29:02.90\00:29:07.84
pause
00:29:07.88\00:29:10.08
my assumption is, Gabriel said,
00:29:10.11\00:29:14.38
"I'm here already... "
00:29:14.45\00:29:17.39
so when Daniel
went in... my thesis is
00:29:17.42\00:29:25.63
Gabriel walked in with him.
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.10
Audience: Amen.
00:29:28.13\00:29:29.66
We know some angel went in
00:29:29.70\00:29:33.74
because the next
morning when the king said,
00:29:33.77\00:29:36.87
"Has your God
00:29:36.91\00:29:38.71
whom you continually
serve delivered you?"
00:29:38.77\00:29:41.71
Daniel said, "The angel of the
Lord has shut the lions' mouth"
00:29:41.74\00:29:48.78
now Gabriel was already on site.
00:29:48.82\00:29:51.25
Audience: Amen.
00:29:51.29\00:29:52.72
Pastor: Amen.
00:29:52.75\00:29:54.09
Audience: Amen.
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.46
So, when Daniel
walked into the Lions' Den,
00:29:55.49\00:29:59.09
Gabriel walked
right in there with him.
00:29:59.13\00:30:02.90
Audience: Amen... amen...
00:30:02.93\00:30:04.43
Scared? No sir...
he wasn't scared...
00:30:04.47\00:30:10.14
because he had "angel
comfort" and "angel custody"
00:30:10.17\00:30:15.34
and an "angel
consort" that whole night
00:30:15.38\00:30:18.55
and it was the angel
that shuts the lions' jaw
00:30:18.58\00:30:22.58
so, you don't see that
until you put Daniel chapter 9
00:30:22.62\00:30:27.46
right on top of
Daniel chapter 6.
00:30:27.49\00:30:29.26
Daniel is an old man now,
00:30:29.29\00:30:31.26
he's been with
the Lord a long time.
00:30:31.29\00:30:33.40
He... he doesn't need
necessarily to pray for himself
00:30:33.43\00:30:37.17
because he's
locked in with the Lord,
00:30:37.20\00:30:39.23
he's praying for his people...
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.97
Audience: Amen... amen.
00:30:41.00\00:30:43.51
He's praying for Israel...
00:30:43.57\00:30:46.01
and here's why
I know that is so.
00:30:46.04\00:30:49.98
We're getting ready to
walk into the 490-year prophecy.
00:30:50.05\00:30:57.85
that's what Gabriel has
come to explain to Daniel.
00:30:57.89\00:31:02.22
Pause.
00:31:02.26\00:31:04.83
You will see that
Gabriel says to Daniel,
00:31:04.86\00:31:09.70
"490 years are
determined for your people. "
00:31:09.73\00:31:14.50
You got 490 years
to get this right...
00:31:14.54\00:31:19.87
That means that
it's not right now...
00:31:19.94\00:31:25.21
amen...
00:31:25.25\00:31:26.98
and you got
490... to get it right.
00:31:27.02\00:31:30.65
"but the reason you've got
490 is because it's not right. "
00:31:30.69\00:31:38.69
And Daniel must have known
that at the end of the 490...
00:31:38.73\00:31:46.74
things would still not be right,
00:31:46.77\00:31:50.84
he had to know that.
00:31:50.91\00:31:53.88
Pause.
00:31:53.91\00:31:55.38
He couldn't see
down through the 1,260...
00:31:55.41\00:31:58.75
he couldn't see down
through the 2,300 days...
00:31:58.78\00:32:02.48
those visions were sealed...
00:32:02.52\00:32:04.35
but he could see
down to the time of Christ
00:32:04.39\00:32:07.12
and if he saw down
to the time of Christ,
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.82
he had to see and know
00:32:09.86\00:32:12.03
that things would be as
bad at the time of Christ
00:32:12.06\00:32:15.13
as they were right then
when he got that prophecy.
00:32:15.16\00:32:18.20
That's why he was sick,
that's why he was fainting,
00:32:18.23\00:32:21.00
that's why his
face was to the ground
00:32:21.04\00:32:23.20
because he realized
that after 490 years,
00:32:23.24\00:32:25.41
nothing was going to change.
00:32:25.44\00:32:27.71
Pause.
00:32:27.74\00:32:32.85
And so the Lord
sends Gabriel down to help
00:32:32.91\00:32:38.99
because Daniel
admits, "I'm overwhelmed"
00:32:39.02\00:32:45.09
pause
00:32:45.13\00:32:48.36
because I've been
given a view of the future
00:32:48.40\00:32:51.63
and nothing is
going to change. "
00:32:51.67\00:32:58.31
Pause.
00:32:58.34\00:33:00.68
The truth is,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.65
except for very few moments,
00:33:03.68\00:33:05.55
the history of Israel
is a history of failure.
00:33:05.58\00:33:11.69
Pause.
00:33:11.72\00:33:15.69
They never got it right
00:33:15.72\00:33:17.49
and that's what
Daniel was forced to see
00:33:17.53\00:33:21.83
when he looked at that prophecy.
00:33:21.86\00:33:24.37
That's why the angel had to
walk him through that prophecy
00:33:24.40\00:33:29.77
because God was going
to show him these people
00:33:29.80\00:33:35.38
that you care so much about
00:33:35.41\00:33:37.88
are never going to get it right
00:33:37.91\00:33:42.32
and 500 years from today,
00:33:42.35\00:33:46.45
nothing will have changed.
00:33:46.49\00:33:50.29
Christ will come
and live and die and...
00:33:50.33\00:33:58.20
and be rejected...
00:33:58.23\00:34:03.27
pause
00:34:03.30\00:34:11.31
and Gabriel tells him,
"That is not a reflection on you
00:34:11.35\00:34:17.29
for you are greatly loved. "
00:34:17.32\00:34:22.96
So now it begins,
00:34:22.99\00:34:25.83
pause
00:34:25.86\00:34:28.36
Gabriel speaks to
Daniel and lets him know
00:34:28.40\00:34:36.44
that seventy weeks are
determined for your people
00:34:36.47\00:34:43.08
and the holy city...
00:34:43.11\00:34:45.45
"You've got 490 years... "
00:34:45.51\00:34:52.12
pause
00:34:52.15\00:34:55.29
and so this prophetic utterance
00:34:55.32\00:34:58.96
is addressed to
the Jewish nation
00:34:58.99\00:35:02.63
and the city of Jerusalem.
00:35:02.66\00:35:05.30
Let's look at the
word, "Determined" in Hebrew.
00:35:05.33\00:35:09.80
It is: chathak
00:35:09.87\00:35:13.61
and actually if the
Jews are pronouncing it,
00:35:13.64\00:35:18.38
it would be "Kathak"
00:35:18.41\00:35:21.72
it means to cut off from
00:35:21.75\00:35:24.99
the inference is that
a piece is being cut off
00:35:25.05\00:35:29.92
of something larger and longer.
00:35:29.96\00:35:32.46
So, 70 weeks now is
segmented or separated
00:35:32.49\00:35:37.03
out of a
pre-determined length of time.
00:35:37.07\00:35:41.80
The subject are
the Jews and Jerusalem
00:35:41.84\00:35:46.54
and so the question
then is "When does it start?"
00:35:46.57\00:35:52.78
And I like the translation
from the New Living Translation,
00:35:52.81\00:35:56.89
the Living Bible is not a
Bible you use for Bible Study
00:35:56.92\00:36:00.99
you can use it for inspiration
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.46
and I like this translation,
00:36:03.49\00:36:05.86
this is the New
Living Translation, it says,
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.26
"A period of
seventy sets of seven
00:36:08.33\00:36:11.63
has been decreed for your people
00:36:11.67\00:36:14.90
and your holy city to
finish their rebellion... "
00:36:14.94\00:36:19.81
You see, Israel was in a
constant state of rebellion
00:36:19.87\00:36:25.15
against God
00:36:25.18\00:36:26.51
and the Lord was telling Daniel,
00:36:26.55\00:36:28.48
"I'm giving you
490 additional years
00:36:28.55\00:36:31.89
to end this
rebellious situation. "
00:36:31.95\00:36:35.22
You see, the world is
still in rebellion today
00:36:35.26\00:36:38.89
and God is giving us
time to end the rebellion.
00:36:38.93\00:36:42.40
Pause.
00:36:42.43\00:36:44.57
You got 490 years
to end the rebellion
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and that's why
Daniel was so sick
00:36:47.34\00:36:49.07
because he knew at
the end of the 490 years,
00:36:49.10\00:36:52.51
the rebellion
would still be going on.
00:36:52.54\00:36:54.44
Pause.
00:36:54.51\00:36:57.41
The word for
rebellion is "pesha"
00:36:57.45\00:37:00.52
I think I have
that here... pesha...
00:37:00.55\00:37:03.79
it means a moral
or national revolt
00:37:03.82\00:37:07.06
and so, God is telling Daniel,
00:37:07.09\00:37:10.16
"I'm going to give
your people my people...
00:37:10.19\00:37:12.89
490 years to end their
revolt against the rule of God.
00:37:12.96\00:37:19.90
Pause.
00:37:19.93\00:37:22.34
70 weeks to end the rebellion,
00:37:22.40\00:37:25.17
to put down the revolt,
00:37:25.24\00:37:27.98
to make an end of sins,
00:37:28.01\00:37:30.68
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:37:30.71\00:37:34.52
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:37:34.55\00:37:37.99
to seal up the
vision and prophecy
00:37:38.02\00:37:41.42
and to anoint the most High.
00:37:41.46\00:37:45.13
That's what this time is for
00:37:45.19\00:37:48.83
and here is where it starts.
00:37:48.86\00:37:52.50
Daniel chapter 9 verse 25.
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Pause.
00:37:56.17\00:37:59.11
"Know therefore and understand,
00:37:59.14\00:38:01.51
that from the going
forth of the command
00:38:01.54\00:38:04.45
to restore and build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince
00:38:04.51\00:38:07.65
shall be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks;
00:38:07.68\00:38:11.92
the street shall be built again,
00:38:11.95\00:38:14.72
and the wall, even
in troublous times. "
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.49
And so, this time was to start
00:38:17.53\00:38:19.86
at the going
forth of the decree.
00:38:19.89\00:38:22.13
Now, we've got a little
homework assignment here
00:38:22.16\00:38:25.53
because the Bible shows us
00:38:25.57\00:38:28.20
that there are
actually three decrees.
00:38:28.24\00:38:30.57
Cyrus issues a decree in...
00:38:30.61\00:38:35.11
it's found in Ezra
chapter 1 verses 1 through 4,
00:38:35.14\00:38:41.45
that's the decree of Cyrus.
00:38:41.48\00:38:44.45
It was issued in 538 B.C.
00:38:44.49\00:38:47.39
That decree said that you can
take back the holy implements
00:38:47.42\00:38:52.56
back to Jerusalem...
00:38:52.59\00:38:54.30
so those things that
Nebuchadnezzar had brought out
00:38:54.33\00:38:57.57
and that
Belshazzar had defamed...
00:38:57.60\00:38:59.80
they can go back.
00:38:59.83\00:39:01.17
And then Dareeus or
Darius issues a decree
00:39:01.20\00:39:04.57
found in Ezra chapter
6 verses 1 through 12,
00:39:04.74\00:39:07.71
his decree issued in 519 B.C.
00:39:07.74\00:39:12.71
this reaffirmed
the original decree
00:39:12.75\00:39:14.92
and added some
other kinds of things.
00:39:14.95\00:39:17.09
It was basically
an affirmation of
00:39:17.12\00:39:19.19
and a little expansion of
the original decree by Cyrus
00:39:19.22\00:39:22.49
and then, Artaxerxes
issues a decree in 457 B.C.
00:39:22.52\00:39:29.46
This decree is
much more comprehensive.
00:39:29.50\00:39:33.37
It is the longest of the decrees
00:39:33.40\00:39:35.94
it's found in Ezra
chapter 7 verses 11 to 26
00:39:35.97\00:39:39.71
and it allows for the
rebuilding of the city...
00:39:39.74\00:39:43.28
the rebuilding of the
wall and the establishment
00:39:43.31\00:39:46.82
of administrative
practices in Jerusalem...
00:39:46.85\00:39:49.48
in other words, the
decree that was issued in 457
00:39:49.52\00:39:55.66
allowed Jerusalem to live again.
00:39:55.69\00:39:58.99
It gave sovereignty
to the Jewish people.
00:39:59.03\00:40:02.76
Now, we find this from
Ezra chapter 6 verse 14
00:40:02.80\00:40:05.93
that really all
three decrees work together
00:40:05.97\00:40:09.07
but the decree that begins
00:40:09.10\00:40:12.34
the time period of
the 70 weeks is 457 B.C.
00:40:12.37\00:40:18.05
The second half of that prophecy
00:40:18.08\00:40:22.32
terminates with
Messiah the Prince.
00:40:22.35\00:40:26.55
"So the elders
of the Jews built,
00:40:26.59\00:40:30.73
and they prospered
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.33
through the prophesying
of Haggai the prophet
00:40:32.36\00:40:35.26
and Zechariah the son of Iddo.
00:40:35.33\00:40:37.03
"And they built and finished it,
00:40:37.07\00:40:38.73
according to the commandment
of the God of Israel,
00:40:38.77\00:40:43.81
and according to the commandment
of Cyrus, Darius... or Dareeus
00:40:43.84\00:40:48.58
and Artaxerxes king of Persia. "
00:40:48.61\00:40:51.81
So, really, all three
decrees worked together
00:40:51.88\00:40:54.68
but it was the
third and final decree
00:40:54.75\00:40:57.45
that became the
starting point for the 70 weeks
00:40:57.49\00:41:02.39
or the 69 weeks plus one week.
00:41:02.42\00:41:05.59
That takes us to
the baptism of Jesus
00:41:05.63\00:41:11.27
and it was at His baptism that
Jesus became the Anointed One
00:41:11.33\00:41:18.24
or the Messiah.
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.38
You've got those three terms,
00:41:20.41\00:41:22.14
one English... one
Hebrew... one Greek...
00:41:22.18\00:41:24.78
Messiah is English...
it is not purely English
00:41:24.81\00:41:27.95
but it is English enough,
00:41:27.98\00:41:29.62
you've got the Anointed One
00:41:29.65\00:41:31.22
which is the
Hebrew meaning of Messiah
00:41:31.25\00:41:34.09
and then you've got Christ
or Christo... which is Greek.
00:41:34.12\00:41:37.69
So Christ... Jesus became Christ
00:41:37.73\00:41:42.23
at His baptism
00:41:42.26\00:41:44.57
and that is when his work began
in time... on time... in 27 A.D.
00:41:44.60\00:41:50.57
And then Gabriel informs Daniel
00:41:50.61\00:41:54.51
that in the midst
of that last week,
00:41:54.54\00:41:56.75
three and a half years
later Messiah would be cut off.
00:41:56.78\00:42:00.95
So, Christ's earthly ministry
00:42:00.98\00:42:03.22
lasted a short
three and a half years.
00:42:03.25\00:42:05.49
Now, that's His
earthly ministry.
00:42:05.52\00:42:07.22
Thank God His heavenly ministry
is going on even till today.
00:42:07.26\00:42:10.19
Audience: Amen.
00:42:10.23\00:42:11.56
So, you're
still getting benefits
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.13
of that three-and-a-half-year
walk with us
00:42:13.16\00:42:14.86
but His earthly ministry
was three and a half years.
00:42:14.90\00:42:18.37
He suffered at the end of
that time... "the second death"
00:42:18.40\00:42:22.60
so that we do not have to.
00:42:22.64\00:42:24.97
There are many, many
prophecies in the Old Testament
00:42:25.01\00:42:29.34
that speak of who Jesus
is and what Jesus came to do
00:42:29.38\00:42:33.68
but Daniel 9:25 is unique
because it pinpoints the Messiah
00:42:33.72\00:42:40.56
500 years
before He actually came
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.73
and more than that,
00:42:43.76\00:42:45.66
it gives us a view of His work,
His suffering and His death,
00:42:45.69\00:42:50.73
how He lived...
how long He lived...
00:42:50.77\00:42:53.70
what He was going to do for us
00:42:53.74\00:42:55.70
and it gives us clues as to what
He is doing in heaven even now.
00:42:55.74\00:42:59.74
Isaiah gives a
beautiful picture of Christ.
00:42:59.77\00:43:03.14
Immanuel, Wonderful
Counselor, Prince of Peace,
00:43:03.18\00:43:06.55
Everlasting Father...
00:43:06.58\00:43:07.92
but Daniel gives us
precise ideas of who Jesus was,
00:43:07.95\00:43:13.09
when He was going to come
and what He was going to do
00:43:13.12\00:43:18.23
so the Bible
alludes now to 490 years.
00:43:18.26\00:43:23.77
Verse 25 slips in...
00:43:23.80\00:43:26.57
and we find that in
Leviticus chapter 25 verse 8
00:43:26.60\00:43:31.14
the Bible says, "Count
all seven years of seven"
00:43:31.17\00:43:35.68
it gives you 49 years...
00:43:35.74\00:43:37.81
what the Bible is doing here...
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.15
it's slipping
in jubilee language
00:43:40.18\00:43:43.85
and the jubilee
is a sermon in itself
00:43:43.89\00:43:47.49
the Bible is
slipping in jubilee language
00:43:47.52\00:43:50.13
and when you talk
about jubilee language,
00:43:50.16\00:43:52.73
you're talking
about freedom language.
00:43:52.76\00:43:55.30
So, whenever you hear "Jubilee"
00:43:55.33\00:43:57.93
in your mind... think "Freedom"
00:43:57.97\00:44:00.50
because in the
Jubilee Year, all went free.
00:44:00.54\00:44:04.71
In the Jubilee Year,
00:44:04.74\00:44:07.34
that which was
bound was set free.
00:44:07.38\00:44:09.64
In the Jubilee Year,
00:44:09.68\00:44:11.88
that which was rented
out returned to its owner.
00:44:11.91\00:44:15.58
In the Jubilee Year,
all debts were canceled.
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.25
In the Jubilee Year,
00:44:19.29\00:44:21.32
freedom was
brought to all people
00:44:21.36\00:44:26.13
and so Christ used Jubilee
language in His preaching.
00:44:26.19\00:44:32.40
Paul said in
Romans chapter 6 verse 18,
00:44:32.43\00:44:37.37
"You have been set free from sin
00:44:37.41\00:44:40.68
and become slaves
of righteousness. "
00:44:40.71\00:44:44.35
That was Christ's method
and that was Christ's message.
00:44:44.38\00:44:50.39
That is a sermon
and a study in itself.
00:44:50.42\00:44:54.72
Daniel must have understood
and seen and been thrilled
00:44:54.76\00:45:00.40
at the fact that Jesus was
coming to set His people free
00:45:00.43\00:45:06.03
but he must have been
terrorized to understand
00:45:06.07\00:45:10.61
at the same point...
that after 490 years,
00:45:10.64\00:45:15.14
his people would not
be ready for that freedom.
00:45:15.18\00:45:18.25
Pause.
00:45:18.28\00:45:20.08
They would not
accept that freedom.
00:45:20.12\00:45:22.42
They would not
walk in that freedom.
00:45:22.45\00:45:24.72
That the message of
jubilee would come to a people
00:45:24.75\00:45:29.76
who were so
accustomed to bondage
00:45:29.82\00:45:33.53
and darkness
00:45:33.56\00:45:35.20
that they could
not see the light
00:45:35.23\00:45:37.13
when it was
shining in their eyes.
00:45:37.17\00:45:39.03
Isaiah stated... in Isaiah 61
00:45:39.07\00:45:44.74
that Christ would come to bring
the acceptable year of the Lord
00:45:44.77\00:45:51.51
and isn't it interesting
that in Luke chapter 4 verse 16
00:45:51.55\00:45:57.12
when Christ went into the temple
00:45:57.19\00:45:59.25
and stood up to read,
00:45:59.29\00:46:01.49
He opened up the Bible
and where did He quote from?
00:46:01.52\00:46:04.09
He quoted from Isaiah 61.
00:46:04.13\00:46:06.13
Pause.
00:46:06.16\00:46:09.23
He quoted the
acceptable year of the Lord.
00:46:09.26\00:46:11.53
He used Jubilee language.
00:46:11.57\00:46:14.20
Christ said, "I'm coming to
open the gates of the prisons,
00:46:14.24\00:46:19.24
I am coming to proclaim an
acceptable year of the Lord
00:46:19.27\00:46:24.11
to those of you who have
indentured yourself to sin.
00:46:24.15\00:46:28.92
That's my message
and that is my mission. "
00:46:28.95\00:46:34.36
And Daniel saw that
00:46:34.42\00:46:37.23
and it must have grieved
his heart to know and understand
00:46:37.26\00:46:41.13
that when Christ
would bring that message,
00:46:41.16\00:46:44.40
His people would
simply not be ready.
00:46:44.43\00:46:48.40
Pause.
00:46:48.44\00:46:51.01
Christ said, "Today, this
is fulfilled in your ears"
00:46:51.04\00:46:56.58
and do you know
what their response was?
00:46:56.64\00:46:59.61
They took up stones to kill Him
00:46:59.65\00:47:03.18
because they were
not ready for freedom.
00:47:03.22\00:47:06.59
You know, the Bible says,
00:47:06.62\00:47:07.96
"Men love darkness
because their deeds are evil"
00:47:07.99\00:47:12.03
and you can live
so long in darkness
00:47:12.06\00:47:15.46
that the light
actually hurts your eyes
00:47:15.53\00:47:19.53
and they had been
in darkness so long...
00:47:19.57\00:47:23.54
had been slaves to
their own thinking for so long
00:47:23.57\00:47:27.88
that when the light came
they preferred the darkness
00:47:27.91\00:47:32.18
and they were
unwilling to accept the light.
00:47:32.21\00:47:36.95
So, Gabriel now
in Daniel chapter 9
00:47:36.99\00:47:42.96
is giving Daniel the most
defined delineated tracing
00:47:42.99\00:47:50.37
of the life and
times of the Redeemer
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.00
anywhere in the Old Testament.
00:47:53.03\00:47:55.17
Let's look at
Daniel chapter 9 verse 27.
00:47:55.20\00:48:00.18
The Bible says,
00:48:00.21\00:48:02.84
"... He shall
confirm the covenant
00:48:02.88\00:48:05.38
with many for one week... "
00:48:05.41\00:48:08.38
Jesus told His
disciples as He drank the cup,
00:48:08.42\00:48:13.66
"This is the blood of the
covenant poured out for you
00:48:13.69\00:48:19.76
for forgiveness of sin. "
00:48:19.79\00:48:22.10
Christ confirmed the covenant
by His life... His death...
00:48:22.13\00:48:28.77
and His resurrection. "
00:48:28.80\00:48:30.74
Christ's death... just hours
00:48:30.77\00:48:35.18
after this Last
Supper experience,
00:48:35.21\00:48:38.61
ended the sacrificial system.
00:48:38.65\00:48:42.05
It ended the Temple Services.
00:48:42.08\00:48:45.62
It ended the keeping of feasts.
00:48:45.65\00:48:49.32
It ended all of those activities
00:48:49.36\00:48:52.99
that were looking forward to the
death of Christ on the cross,
00:48:53.03\00:48:57.73
and by His death,
00:48:57.77\00:49:00.27
those activities
lost their efficacy.
00:49:00.30\00:49:05.21
They were not necessary anymore
00:49:05.24\00:49:07.84
because Christ died
once and once was enough.
00:49:07.88\00:49:13.65
Audience: Amen.
00:49:13.68\00:49:15.08
That's what the whole
book of Hebrews was all about
00:49:15.12\00:49:16.89
that all of those rituals...
00:49:16.95\00:49:19.65
all of those things
could never really cleanse sin
00:49:19.69\00:49:23.29
they were just
looking forward to the time
00:49:23.32\00:49:26.46
when the death of
Christ and His shed blood
00:49:26.49\00:49:29.63
would cleanse men
and women from sin
00:49:29.66\00:49:32.43
and it only had to happen once.
00:49:32.47\00:49:35.04
So now, you don't have to
suffer because Christ did.
00:49:35.07\00:49:39.01
You don't have to
die because Christ did.
00:49:39.04\00:49:42.68
You don't have
to be afraid of God
00:49:42.71\00:49:44.65
because Christ
has made a blending...
00:49:44.68\00:49:47.98
a bridge between you and God
00:49:48.02\00:49:49.62
so now you can
come to God boldly
00:49:49.65\00:49:52.12
because Christ has died for you.
00:49:52.15\00:49:54.42
When the veil was rent and
the Holy of Holies was exposed
00:49:54.49\00:49:59.69
it signified that the Sanctuary
System had run its due course
00:49:59.73\00:50:05.57
because the Lord had
literally left the building.
00:50:05.60\00:50:11.44
He was not there anymore
00:50:11.47\00:50:13.91
and for the next
several thousand years,
00:50:13.94\00:50:18.58
God would be pleased to dwell
in the hearts of men and women.
00:50:18.61\00:50:24.92
He didn't want to
dwell in a temple,
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.42
He didn't want to
dwell in a building...
00:50:27.46\00:50:29.86
He would dwell from now
on until the coming of Christ
00:50:29.92\00:50:33.33
in the hearts of men and women.
00:50:33.36\00:50:35.93
Audience: Amen.
00:50:35.96\00:50:37.30
And some 36 years later,
that building... the Temple
00:50:37.33\00:50:40.20
and much of the
city was destroyed.
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.07
It would become a
pile of rubble and ashes...
00:50:42.10\00:50:45.87
not one stone
left upon another...
00:50:45.91\00:50:49.11
but it didn't matter
00:50:49.14\00:50:50.75
because Christ was now building
His Kingdom in our hearts.
00:50:50.78\00:50:56.55
Audience: Amen.
00:50:56.58\00:50:57.92
When Christ rose
and went to heaven,
00:50:57.95\00:51:01.76
the ministry continued.
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.69
He confirmed it by
sending us His Holy Spirit.
00:51:04.73\00:51:09.43
He confirmed it by sending
us an abundance of grace.
00:51:09.46\00:51:14.74
He confirmed it by sending
us His love and His mercy.
00:51:14.80\00:51:20.04
He confirmed it by
sending us attending angels.
00:51:20.08\00:51:24.08
He confirmed it by
sending us a message
00:51:24.11\00:51:27.62
of works done through
the power of that spirit,
00:51:27.65\00:51:30.55
in Acts chapter 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
00:51:30.59\00:51:36.99
Pause.
00:51:37.03\00:51:40.60
And at the week...
at the end of that week
00:51:40.63\00:51:45.23
when the national
rejection of Christ
00:51:45.27\00:51:48.30
was sealed by the
stoning of Stephen,
00:51:48.34\00:51:53.48
Jesus sent His
love and He told us...
00:51:53.54\00:51:58.58
even though the wall...
rather the stone of the wall
00:51:58.61\00:52:05.79
has been
rejected by the builders,
00:52:05.82\00:52:09.46
the power of
God is ever present,
00:52:09.52\00:52:13.26
is ever new and ever strong.
00:52:13.29\00:52:16.97
He confirmed it by the
Pentecostal experience,
00:52:17.00\00:52:21.27
he confirmed it by the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
00:52:21.30\00:52:25.31
and that at the
end of the 490 years,
00:52:25.37\00:52:29.71
Paul and Barnabas said,
00:52:29.74\00:52:32.01
"We now are going
to the Gentiles. "
00:52:32.05\00:52:35.12
But before that, Saul
was knocked from his horse
00:52:35.15\00:52:40.12
and became Paul
00:52:40.16\00:52:42.46
and a Christian hater
became a lover of Christ
00:52:42.49\00:52:49.00
and a saver of souls.
00:52:49.03\00:52:51.53
Peter was praying one night
00:52:51.57\00:52:54.80
and he saw a sheet
full of unclean animals
00:52:54.84\00:52:58.24
and he said, "It is not my
custom to eat unclean things"
00:52:58.27\00:53:03.21
and Paul... or rather the
Lord had Peter to understand
00:53:03.24\00:53:08.18
"This has nothing
to do with food...
00:53:08.22\00:53:10.62
what I want you to know is
00:53:10.65\00:53:13.19
don't call anybody for
whom Christ has died 'unclean'
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your mission now
is to go to the world
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and let the world
know that Jesus saves. "
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Meanwhile, a Roman soldier
named Cornelius got converted
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and he brought his
whole family with him.
00:53:36.61\00:53:41.65
You see, the 490-year
period that Daniel saw
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must have distressed him
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because he saw that the
gospel was going to leave
00:53:49.16\00:53:54.46
a small select group of people
00:53:54.50\00:53:57.37
who had failed him
00:53:57.40\00:54:01.10
and now, the gospel was
going to go to the whole world.
00:54:01.14\00:54:07.48
From now on, it was going to be
00:54:07.51\00:54:11.45
"Whosoever
will... let him come. "
00:54:11.48\00:54:14.92
From now on, it was going to be,
00:54:14.95\00:54:18.35
"Take the Word to the north,
00:54:18.42\00:54:20.59
the south, the
east and the west. "
00:54:20.62\00:54:24.03
From now on, it was going to be,
00:54:24.06\00:54:27.43
"Christ has died for all"
00:54:27.46\00:54:30.03
and the Gentiles
now become grafted in
00:54:30.07\00:54:33.80
and become heirs to the promise
00:54:33.84\00:54:37.04
because of the death of
Christ and their faith in Him.
00:54:37.07\00:54:42.04
Daniel could not
see down to our day
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for the vision was sealed
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but what he saw gave him pause.
00:54:47.78\00:54:52.52
What he saw was that God
was going to take the gospel
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to whoever would receive it.
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Audience: Amen.
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Sad news for the
Jewish community,
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but good news for you and I.
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Audience: Amen.
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For now, we can
come to the Lord,
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we don't have to
become Jews first,
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we come to Jesus and
we become Spiritual Israel
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through Christ
00:55:25.52\00:55:27.36
and Daniel saw
this and it made him ill
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but Gabriel said, "That's okay"
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and then he puts a
little interesting text
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at the end of this chapter,
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he says, "One day, you are
going to stand in your place,
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and see the
salvation of the Lord.
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The vision is afar off...
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but the vision is sure...
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and it's interpretation true...
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for He that shall come
will come and will not tarry. "
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Audience: Amen.
00:56:12.37\00:56:13.70
Shall we pray, "Father God,
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we praise you now
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and we thank you
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because what
Daniel saw frightened him
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but what we see in the future,
gives us hope and courage.
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Pause.
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It gives us joy in our hearts
00:56:34.52\00:56:36.42
for there is
coming a time of trouble
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but Jesus is coming also,
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and we know that through Christ,
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we are overcomers
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and we will overcome
00:56:55.78\00:57:00.12
and we shall see
Christ face to face.
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Keep us faithful, dear Lord,
00:57:07.16\00:57:12.83
until we see you face to face...
00:57:12.86\00:57:18.47
until it is our privilege
to walk through the gates
00:57:18.53\00:57:23.87
and into the City...
00:57:23.91\00:57:25.67
until it is our privilege
to sit around the great throne
00:57:25.71\00:57:32.81
and sing the song
of Moses and the Lamb.
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A song that angels cannot sing,
00:57:37.65\00:57:42.72
for they have never felt the joy
00:57:42.76\00:57:47.80
that our salvation brings.
00:57:47.86\00:57:50.83
Bless us to this
end... we praise you...
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we thank you... in
Jesus' name, amen. "
00:57:56.34\00:58:01.68
Audience: Amen.
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