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And we welcome you once
again to this final installment
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in our Daniel All Access Series.
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Thank you for joining us
during this time together,
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I pray that you have
been informed and inspired
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as we've taken a look
at this book of Daniel.
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It certainly has not
been an exhaustive look
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but we've tried to look at
the persons... the places...
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the times... and the
interplay between God and man
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and the prophetic
landscape as portrayed for us
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by this wonderful
man of God named Daniel.
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We've chosen to
combine chapters 10 and 12
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because truly they circle
in an orbit around chapter 11.
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Chapter 10, I
see, as preparatory
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to the events in chapter 11
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and chapter 12 an
epilogue to the book
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and to the writings of Daniel
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so, this particular
sermon "Touched by an Angel"
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or "He Touched me"
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circles in the
orbit of chapter 11
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chapter 11...
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and we have chosen
to combine them both.
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Daniel has been serving
for a long period of time.
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When we met him,
he was a young man
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taken captive with
Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael...
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you know them as
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
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taken captive and
taken to the Court of Babylon
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to be in service for the king.
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It was his
intention to take them
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to turn them into Chaldeans...
to get service from them
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He chose the select of Israel,
the best looking, blemish-free,
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intelligent,
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and they were intended to be
used in the service of the king
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and so, Daniel,
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
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along with others were
taken captive to Babylon.
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We meet them again, as
I said, as a young man...
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he is in his teens
and he has served now
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as we come down to the
end of his time with us
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and his writing of this book...
he served for many, many years.
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Nebuchadnezzar sat on
the throne some 40 plus years
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Daniel serving
through most of that time...
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certainly much of that time
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and then
followed by a succession
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of three additional kings that
he was called to serve under.
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In each incident,
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it is interesting to
note that Daniel found favor
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in the heart and mind
of each of these rulers.
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Two in Babylon...
two more in Persia,
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each found him worthy of honor
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because of the
spirit that was within him.
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He served, as I
said, a long, long time.
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He had suffered
through attempts on his life,
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he suffered through
attempts on his ministry,
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he suffered through
attempts on his working...
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his job standing...
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he suffered through
attempts on his life
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that pertained to his
religion, his religious beliefs
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and yet God has
been faithful to Him
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as he has been faithful to
God for these many, many years
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and none of those
attempts succeeded.
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You know of the
Lions' Den experience
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and so many other experiences
where his faith was assaulted
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and his leadership was
assaulted but in each case,
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God saw him through.
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It is a testimony to us
today to know and understand
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that when we
stand up for the Lord,
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the Lord truly
does stand up for us
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and we see that played
out in a very wonderful way
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in the life of
Daniel the prophet.
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So, now at the
end of two empires
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and four kings... of service,
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we come now to Daniel chapter 10
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but before we
actually go into the book,
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shall we ask
God's blessing upon us?
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"Gracious Father, how
we praise you and thank you
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as we have read these chapters
from the book of Daniel,
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we have seen how you
have protected your servant
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and we are given
encouragement to know
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that when we stand up for you,
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you have promised
to stand up for us.
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Christ has indeed said,
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"If you stand up for me
before men on this earth,
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I will stand for you before
my Father which is in heaven. "
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We see that played out in
a beautiful and marvelous way
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here in the book of Daniel
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and as we look at
these last two chapters,
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be pleased, dear Lord, to give
us you presence and your power,
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teach us... help us
to know and understand
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these words that are of such
import to the modern-day church
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written so many,
many years and centuries
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before the birth of Christ
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and yet so
pertinent to us today.
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Help us dear Father,
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because we need you each
and every day of our lives...
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those of us who live now
on the threshold of eternity
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help us to look
back and in looking back
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to see our way to a
bright and glorious future
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that lies ahead of us all,
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in Christ
Jesus, amen and amen. "
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Turn with me if you will
now to Daniel chapter 10.
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We move into this
wonderful book of God
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Daniel chapter 10
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and we will combine
our study of chapter 10
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as I mentioned with chapter 12.
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Daniel chapter 10 is really a
rather straight-forward chapter.
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After going through the
complexities, dare I say,
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of Daniel chapter 11,
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chapter 10 is kind of refreshing
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and since it
precedes Daniel chapter 11,
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it is sort of a
breath of fresh air
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before we hunker
down into the complexities
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of the following chapter.
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So, you know, it is a
rather straight-forward chapter.
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Note in Daniel chapter 10
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the lack of symbolism
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as has dominated so
much of the book of Daniel.
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No beasts, no
horns in this chapter...
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no complex time considerations
and calculations...
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no 2,300 days... no
1,260... no 1,290...
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no 1,335...
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no 457 B.C. alluded to
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a fairly
straight-forward chapter
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and, of course, we're heading
into this complex chapter
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which we've looked at already
but Daniel is being prepped now
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for what is going to
happen in chapter 11.
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You must look at
it in that context
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although we've taken time
to sort of reverse our roles
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and we put chapter 11
first because it is so complex
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and because we're
combining chapters 10 and 12
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but think of it in terms of...
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Daniel is being prepped for
the last of his great visions
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which takes place
in Daniel chapter 11.
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So, he is being
prepped and if truth be told,
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we too are being prepped
for what is going to happen
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in Daniel chapter 11.
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Again, no beasts... no horns...
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no complex time calculation...
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Daniel chapter 10 is a
fairly straight forward
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piece of preaching and
prophecy and part of this book
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that gives us the chance to take
a little breath, as it were,
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before we head
into the complexities
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of Daniel chapter 11.
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Pause.
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And, of course, since there are
such differing interpretations
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of what's going on in 11,
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it's kind of nice to
have a chapter of which
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there is fairly
universal agreement
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as there is in
Daniel chapter 10.
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So, let's quickly examine
the segments or divisions
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of Daniel chapter 10.
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When we are introduced
at the very beginning,
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we find Daniel is
fasting and praying.
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This is verses 1
through 3 and of course
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Daniel is fasting and praying
for himself and for his people.
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Daniel pretty much
understands by this time
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what his people
are about to face.
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He realizes
from Daniel chapter 9
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that Christ is coming
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and that his people
are going to be given
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a certain amount of time
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to, as it were, get
themselves right with the Lord
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and he also is
forced to the realization
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that at the end
of that time period,
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his people will be cut off.
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That says to me that
Daniel has the understanding
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that things are not
going to get much better
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with the people of Israel.
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They will be given a
time to accept the Lord
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they will be given
a probationary period
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62 weeks and then 7
weeks and then one week
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and at the end of that
time, Israel will be cut off
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Messiah will be
cut off as it were,
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so that is saying to
Daniel... certainly says to me
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that there was not
going to be a great change
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in the spiritual
condition of God's people
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during that time period
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so he's fasting and praying
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and if any... you know when you
look at that kind of situation
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it will make you sad...
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it will make you very
humble before the Lord
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so we find him
fasting and praying...
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he's eating no pleasant bread
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he says, "Nothing
sweet, nothing special"
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no cakes, no pies, no desserts,
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nothing sweet like that
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and he's also not dealing a
lot with some of the niceties...
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necessities that you would do
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when you're going to
go out and be in public
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you know, he says,
"I'm not oiling myself,
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I'm not doing these
kinds of things... "
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so he's pretty much
staying by himself...
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he's humbling
himself before the Lord,
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he's praying for himself,
he's praying for his people
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and he's in a state of... of...
of humility before the Lord
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so that is all taking place
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in Daniel chapter
10 verses 1 through 3.
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Then in Daniel
chapter 10 verses 4 through 9,
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we have
Daniel's vision of Christ
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and we're going to talk a
little bit more about that
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but it's a wonderful vision...
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he sees this man
of God and recognizes
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and we can
understand by the description
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that he's dealing
with the glorified Lord.
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Then he is touched by an angel
in Daniel 10:10 through 12.
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Beautiful experience...
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then, Michael... that is
Christ in a glorified state
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puts in, what I
call, His cameo appearance.
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Christ comes also in
verse 13 of Daniel chapter 10...
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we see that there
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Then Daniel talks to a
holy being... an angel...
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who he refers to as, "my Lord"
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Daniel 14 through 17
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verses 14 through 17
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and he is
strengthened by an angel.
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Daniel chapter 10
verses 18 through 21.
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So, we see then this pattern
in the book of Daniel chapter 10
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broken down into these
particular section... sections
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Daniel is in mourning...
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the word... the
Hebrew word is "Abal"
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Abal... it
simply means to lament.
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He's sorry... he's
sorry... he's sad...
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he is, dare I say, depressed
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because he knows
the fate of his people.
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You remember, Daniel was
allowed to see all the way down
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to the end of time...
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in your day... in our day...
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and he saw the
interplay of history...
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he saw the lifespan as it were,
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the spiritual
lifespan of the Jewish people.
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He had to know and understand
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that Christ would
not be fully accepted...
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that the
Leaders would reject him
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and now he's in
mourning, he is lamenting...
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he is sorry... he
is sad... he is morose
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because he understands
the fate of his people
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and so we meet him
in Daniel chapter 10
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in a state of
sadness and lament.
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He's been shown
the state of Israel,
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he's got to know
that when Christ comes,
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things are not
going to change that much
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so he is saddened now
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for the spiritual
condition of his people
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and it is that condition
that puts Daniel into this...
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this saddened mood
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seeing that the
Bible is portraying...
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seeing that he sees
what the Bible is saying here
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that Israel will not come
out of this condition well
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the 70 weeks will pass but
not much will have changed.
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Certainly, this
would cause him to be sad
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and to be in a state of lament.
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He's seeing the
history of the world.
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In chapter 9, he's
given to understand
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in broad terms
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that even down to
the time of Christ...
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the oft times willful
spiritual condition of the Jews
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was not going to change.
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The sad thing is,
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when we look at history
of... of the Jewish people,
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looking back now...
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we see a
pattern of... of success
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followed by failure...
followed by success...
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followed by
failure and the truth is
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only very few times in
the history of these people
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that God called His own
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were they successful in meeting
the commands of the Lord.
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Their history is a
history of wandering...
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coming to God... wandering...
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God sending
prophets... Elijah... Elisha...
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the major prophets...
the minor prophets...
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Jeremiah...
history of suffering...
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being
conquered... being freed...
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being conquered, being freed...
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and the truth is,
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all of this was in
response to their wandering...
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and if we have to break it down
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it was really idolatry
and Sabbath breaking...
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taking under themselves... the
sins of the people around them
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and very few times
did they ever really...
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can I use the term,
"Get it right with the Lord"
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and even those
times were followed
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by a period of backsliding.
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Why are they in the
Babylonian captivity?
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why were they in this
condition that we see them now?
00:15:27.92\00:15:30.53
Because they had
failed to follow the Lord.
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Isaiah told them...
Jeremiah told them...
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but they could not and did not
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and would not heed
the Word of the Lord
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and so, they found
themselves into captivity
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and so, Daniel is seeing
that close to 500 years later,
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nothing much will have changed.
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That is enough to make
you sad and to make you morose
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and to lament the
condition of your people.
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These 70 weeks would
find then no real change
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in the fate and mindset
of God's people, Israel.
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Pause.
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Chapter 10 is not a lengthy
chapter... just about 20 verses.
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Initially, there were issues
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with the Jews
returning from captivity...
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we see that actually
outlined in the book of Ezra.
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For three weeks,
Daniel's mind is beclouded.
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He's sad... he's in...
he's in bad mental state.
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He's on a modified fast
and spending time with himself
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and with the Lord.
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He's lying now with some
friends near the Tigris River
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the Bible lets us know.
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Cyrus is the
king, he is there...
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and he sees one whom
he calls "a certain man"
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and he is there with his
friends... his comrades...
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and he gives a
description of this Being
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that closely identifies
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another Being that we
see in another chapter.
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By way of
repetition, Daniel fasts...
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he's in humility
for three full weeks.
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We find him by the Tigris River.
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Revelation chapter 1
verses 13 through 16,
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gives us a
description of Christ.
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Now what you will note is
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that the description
of the glorified Lord
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in Revelation
chapter 1 13 through 16
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is remarkably
similar to this description
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that we see of this Visitor...
this Divine Visitor...
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in Daniel chapter 10.
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They are remarkably similar.
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So, this is no doubt... this
Visitor is the glorified Lord.
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This Being in
verses 10 through 12
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strengthens
him, stands him up...
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because Daniel was prostate,
provides consolation...
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provides
information and understanding.
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So, again, Daniel is being...
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dare I say,
"Homeschooled" by heaven.
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He's being taught and
instructed by heaven itself
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and God wants him to
know and to understand
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what is happening
and what will happen
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and to move him from
this lethargic state.
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So, Daniel is accompanied
by friends who fled in terror
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and Daniel experienced
this vision all alone.
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Subsequently, Daniel
is touched by the hand
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of a different heavenly Being.
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This Being, we see
in verses 10 through 12,
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again, as we
said, strengthens him...
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stands him up...
provides consolation...
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provides information...
provides understanding
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for the Prophet Daniel.
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Now, an
interesting pattern can be seen
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in Daniel chapter
10 verses 13 and on.
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13... 21... 12:1...
Jude 9... and Revelation 12:7
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and that pattern
is simply this...
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Michael versus Satan...
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when you look at the times that
the Bible references Michael...
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in the Hebrew it
means "One who is like God"
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it tends to use that language
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when there is a
direct confrontation
00:19:50.79\00:19:52.65
between the Lord and Satan.
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When there is
direct confrontation...
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direction spiritual warfare...
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between heaven
and the forces of hell
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when Christ Himself is
called to do battle with Satan
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and you see it in
these... these chapters
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Daniel 10:13, 21... 12:1,
Jude 9... Revelation 12 verse 7
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we see this reference to Michael
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and it always is
set in the context
00:20:20.02\00:20:21.85
of direct spiritual warfare
between Christ and Satan.
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That's one of
the ways that we know
00:20:26.92\00:20:28.36
that when it
speaks about Michael...
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the Prince of the
angels or the Archangels
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it's talking about the
commander-in-chief of the angels
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who is Jesus Himself.
00:20:35.50\00:20:38.83
Daniel then speaks to one
who he addresses as "My Lord. "
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His lips are
touched and he speaks.
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Daniel is touched, by-the-way
00:20:48.24\00:20:50.21
in the book of Daniel
chapter 10... some three times.
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Three different touches...
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He is touched by
heavenly beings each time
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with the purpose of assisting
him for understanding...
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for strength
and for inspiration.
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What is salient in
this rather short chapter
00:21:11.10\00:21:14.14
is: Who is fighting "with" who?
00:21:14.20\00:21:18.04
We saw Michael versus Satan...
00:21:18.11\00:21:21.94
who is fighting with who?
00:21:21.98\00:21:24.45
Because Daniel tells us here
00:21:24.48\00:21:26.88
that there is this battle
between the Prince of Persia
00:21:26.92\00:21:32.39
and this angel visitor
00:21:32.42\00:21:36.02
who says that the
Prince of Persia withstood me
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withstood me... some 21 days...
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"The Prince of the Kingdom of
Persia withstood me 21 days. "
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Coincidently, that's
the same amount of time
00:21:48.30\00:21:50.54
that Daniel was
fasting... praying
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and humiliating
himself before the Lord.
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Now, the question is,
what do we mean by "with"
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if I'm battling "with"
someone, what does that mean?
00:21:59.21\00:22:05.72
"Fighting with"
can mean "against"
00:22:05.75\00:22:09.72
or "on the side of"
00:22:09.76\00:22:11.46
depending on how it's used,
00:22:11.49\00:22:13.06
now, if I said, "I had
a fight with my brother"
00:22:13.09\00:22:16.26
well, that can mean that I
was fighting against my brother
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but I could also say,
"I fought with my brother"
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that could mean that my
brother and I fought together
00:22:26.88\00:22:30.15
against a third foe.
00:22:30.21\00:22:32.21
So, which is the meaning
here when the angel says,
00:22:32.25\00:22:36.15
"I fought with the
Prince of Persia... "
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am I fighting against him
or am I fighting alongside him?
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Because the word
"with" can mean both things.
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You can say, "I
fought with the 10th Legion"
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that means, "I was
part of the 10th Legion"
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fighting against someone else
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or we fought
with the other army.
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So that means we
fought against the other army
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so, which is the
Bible talking about?
00:23:04.28\00:23:06.45
Who is fighting with who?
00:23:06.48\00:23:09.02
The question is,
"Who's fighting with who?"
00:23:09.05\00:23:12.72
This, I believe,
is spiritual warfare
00:23:12.79\00:23:16.73
against dark and evil forces.
00:23:16.76\00:23:19.13
So, I don't think the Prince
of Persia is being fought...
00:23:19.16\00:23:24.63
the angel is fighting with him,
00:23:24.67\00:23:27.20
I think the Bible is saying
00:23:27.24\00:23:29.70
that the angel
fought alongside of him
00:23:29.74\00:23:33.44
against a third force.
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.14
If I say I'm fighting
with the Prince of Persia,
00:23:36.18\00:23:39.15
that could mean I'm
fighting against him
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.32
but it also can mean,
00:23:41.35\00:23:42.72
I'm fighting on his
side against a third foe...
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a third entity...
00:23:46.49\00:23:47.92
so I believe it's saying... he
fought with the Prince of Persia
00:23:47.96\00:23:54.30
against dark and evil forces...
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forces that were trying to keep
God's people in captivity...
00:23:57.13\00:24:04.54
trying to keep
God's people suppressed.
00:24:04.57\00:24:09.48
I think the dark
forces were trying to
00:24:09.51\00:24:14.35
influence this King of Persia
00:24:14.38\00:24:18.59
and the angel is
fighting alongside him
00:24:18.62\00:24:22.92
to try to get him to
understand the necessity
00:24:22.96\00:24:26.90
to free God's people.
00:24:27.00\00:24:29.16
It is spiritual
warfare as I said
00:24:29.20\00:24:31.70
against dark and evil forces
00:24:31.73\00:24:34.04
trying to negatively
influence human government.
00:24:34.10\00:24:38.67
What's the price?
00:24:38.71\00:24:40.04
The price is the
mind of the king.
00:24:40.08\00:24:41.81
The price is also the immediate
release and destiny of the Jews.
00:24:41.84\00:24:47.62
It is God's plan and
time for them to be free,
00:24:47.65\00:24:51.55
it is Satan's plan to
keep them in captivity
00:24:51.59\00:24:55.42
and the decision must be
made by the King of Persia
00:24:55.46\00:24:59.23
and so, an angel
comes to fight with him
00:24:59.26\00:25:02.96
against those forces
that would try to turn him
00:25:03.00\00:25:06.10
from the will of the Lord
00:25:06.13\00:25:08.87
and would try to
keep God's people
00:25:08.90\00:25:12.77
in captivity
00:25:12.81\00:25:14.31
and away from what the
Lord would have them to do.
00:25:14.34\00:25:16.85
Now, there are... there
are some scholarships...
00:25:16.88\00:25:19.38
I need to mention this
that sees this Kingdom of Persia
00:25:19.41\00:25:23.28
as a euphemism
for Satan himself.
00:25:23.39\00:25:26.39
I don't believe that is so
particularly in this book...
00:25:26.42\00:25:29.76
this chapter of the book
which is so straight forward
00:25:29.79\00:25:32.76
I believe the King of
Persia or the Kingdom of Persia
00:25:32.79\00:25:35.73
is a real kingdom...
00:25:35.76\00:25:37.13
"sat on the
throne by a real king
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.40
who is being assisted
by the angel of the Lord
00:25:39.43\00:25:43.57
to follow God's
mandate to let His people go
00:25:43.61\00:25:48.34
and return back to
their ancient homeland.
00:25:48.38\00:25:52.65
Now, in closing,
this third heavenly being
00:25:52.68\00:25:56.89
who Daniel 10:18 says
is in the likeness of a man
00:25:56.95\00:26:02.12
says, "When I am done,
00:26:02.16\00:26:06.09
I've got some
additional wrestling to do...
00:26:06.13\00:26:09.66
I've got to go back
and continue this fight. "
00:26:09.70\00:26:13.27
So, that lets us know
that we're dealing with...
00:26:13.34\00:26:16.84
not the Lord
Himself but an angel...
00:26:16.91\00:26:18.51
and an angel who needs to get
some assistance in this fight
00:26:18.54\00:26:23.65
in verse 20 he says,
"And now I must return
00:26:23.68\00:26:29.08
and fight with
the Prince of Persia
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.59
and when I have gone forth,
00:26:31.62\00:26:33.36
the Prince of
Greece will come. "
00:26:33.39\00:26:35.22
So we're seeing now the...
00:26:35.26\00:26:36.83
the... the
closing down, dare I say,
00:26:36.86\00:26:39.09
the shutting down of
the kingdom of Medo-Persia
00:26:39.13\00:26:43.33
and the announcement that Greece
00:26:43.37\00:26:46.27
and Alexander
the Great are coming
00:26:46.30\00:26:49.04
but, of course,
by the time Greece
00:26:49.07\00:26:51.77
and Alexander the
Great come on the scene,
00:26:51.81\00:26:54.71
Israel has been free...
00:26:54.74\00:26:56.95
so this wrestling match...
00:26:57.01\00:26:58.68
this fighting
evidently has been successful
00:26:58.71\00:27:01.25
and who can fight
successfully against God?
00:27:01.28\00:27:03.72
So, this... this battle with the
Prince of Persia is successful
00:27:03.75\00:27:08.42
and, of course, we
know that in 457 B.C.
00:27:08.49\00:27:11.49
Artaxerxes
Longimanus gave the decree
00:27:11.53\00:27:14.50
for God's people to return home
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.70
and so, this battle
was a successful one
00:27:16.77\00:27:19.77
and it is alluded to...
00:27:19.80\00:27:21.47
and the success thereof is
alluded to in Daniel chapter 10.
00:27:21.50\00:27:26.78
Just a couple more
texts to reinforce this,
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.54
the Angel says, "my partner
is the one who is your Prince. "
00:27:29.58\00:27:34.82
So, this angel who's
in this battle is saying,
00:27:34.85\00:27:37.49
"The one who is
fighting along with me
00:27:37.52\00:27:39.39
is the same one
who is your Prince"
00:27:39.42\00:27:41.22
he's talking about King
of Kings and Lord of Lords
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.23
he's talking
about... about Christ
00:27:44.26\00:27:46.90
and he says, "My partner...
00:27:46.93\00:27:48.60
the one who is
assisting me in this battle,
00:27:48.63\00:27:50.53
is your Prince... "
00:27:50.57\00:27:52.40
my Prince is
going to be your Prince,
00:27:52.43\00:27:54.74
my battling partner...
my fighting partner...
00:27:54.77\00:27:57.57
is going to be your Prince
00:27:57.61\00:27:58.94
so, we know that it's
going to be successful
00:27:58.97\00:28:00.41
and one of the reasons
that we know it was successful
00:28:00.44\00:28:02.74
is the fact that in 457 B.C.
00:28:02.78\00:28:05.18
God's people did
indeed return home.
00:28:05.21\00:28:08.75
He says, "The One that was on my
side is also on your side... "
00:28:08.78\00:28:17.26
and, of course, that's Jesus.
00:28:17.29\00:28:18.89
The angel is letting me know,
00:28:18.93\00:28:20.43
"The One that fights with
me will also fight with you. "
00:28:20.46\00:28:23.00
What a wonderful
way to end this chapter.
00:28:23.03\00:28:25.27
Daniel is being assured
00:28:25.30\00:28:27.84
and through Daniel,
we are being assured
00:28:27.87\00:28:29.94
that the One who's on my side
00:28:30.01\00:28:32.74
is also the One
who's is on our side.
00:28:32.77\00:28:35.61
We have Jesus on our side
00:28:35.64\00:28:37.38
and we know that when
Christ is on our side,
00:28:37.45\00:28:40.95
we can do anything but fail
00:28:40.98\00:28:43.99
and we cannot win
without the power of Christ
00:28:44.02\00:28:47.86
and God's people
certainly did return home
00:28:47.89\00:28:51.69
and then the scene changes
00:28:51.73\00:28:56.00
and another power
comes on the scene.
00:28:56.03\00:28:59.33
Now, I want to
jump over chapter 11
00:28:59.37\00:29:02.14
which we've talked about
00:29:02.17\00:29:03.64
very complex chapter...
00:29:03.67\00:29:05.07
and go to the concluding
chapter in this very fine book
00:29:05.14\00:29:08.74
in the time
that is left to us...
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.11
we want to go over
chapter 11 and into chapter 12
00:29:10.18\00:29:15.18
the last chapter
of the book of Daniel.
00:29:15.25\00:29:19.15
As we said at the beginning,
he is quite a bit older
00:29:19.19\00:29:22.66
and he now looks at the scenes
00:29:22.69\00:29:27.40
that are just
before the time of the end.
00:29:27.46\00:29:31.60
Daniel is looking down
through the corridor of time
00:29:31.63\00:29:35.40
and he's looking
all the way to the end
00:29:35.47\00:29:38.44
and he says... Daniel
chapter 12 and verse 1,
00:29:38.47\00:29:42.88
"At that time
Michael shall stand up,
00:29:42.91\00:29:47.55
the great prince who stands
over the sons of your people;
00:29:47.62\00:29:52.92
and there shall be
a time of trouble. "
00:29:52.95\00:29:56.16
Let's lock into
"At that time... "
00:29:56.19\00:30:00.50
what time is he talking about?
00:30:00.53\00:30:04.23
He's talking about the time
just prior to the second coming
00:30:04.27\00:30:09.84
of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:30:09.87\00:30:12.07
So, Daniel now has
seen the span of time
00:30:12.11\00:30:14.31
not only to the
time of the Jews...
00:30:14.34\00:30:16.14
not only to the
time of the Dark Ages...
00:30:16.18\00:30:18.58
not only to the time of
the ascendency of Pagan Rome
00:30:18.61\00:30:21.75
followed by Papal Rome,
00:30:21.78\00:30:23.25
not only to the time of 1798
00:30:23.28\00:30:26.15
and 1844 and those times...
00:30:26.19\00:30:28.99
he sees now all
the way to the days
00:30:29.02\00:30:32.93
just before the
second coming of Jesus Christ
00:30:32.96\00:30:35.96
and Daniel chapter 12 verse 1
00:30:36.00\00:30:38.27
picks up the
story... the saga...
00:30:38.30\00:30:40.57
just before the
coming of the Lord
00:30:40.60\00:30:42.80
and he says, "At that
time, Michael shall stand up"
00:30:42.84\00:30:48.68
in other words, "He's
going to flex Himself"
00:30:48.71\00:30:50.28
He's going to move in such a way
00:30:50.31\00:30:53.75
to take care of
God's threatened people.
00:30:53.78\00:30:57.85
Pause.
00:30:57.89\00:30:59.22
So now, Michael stands up
00:30:59.25\00:31:01.62
giving assurance to
us that he's on the job
00:31:01.66\00:31:04.43
for His people...
00:31:04.46\00:31:05.79
and I... I like
this, Daniel chapter 12
00:31:05.83\00:31:07.86
again... very simple...
00:31:07.93\00:31:09.23
not a lot of beasts...
not a lot of numerology...
00:31:09.26\00:31:12.23
not a lot of horns
and cryptic language,
00:31:12.27\00:31:15.14
this is
straight-forward prophecy.
00:31:15.17\00:31:17.64
Very plain... literally taken...
00:31:17.67\00:31:20.14
God is going to
stand up for His people...
00:31:20.18\00:31:22.44
that's you and me...
and the truth be known...
00:31:22.48\00:31:24.85
whenever we get in trouble,
God stands up for us now
00:31:24.88\00:31:27.52
but in these last days,
00:31:27.58\00:31:29.12
God is going to show Himself
mighty in so many, many ways
00:31:29.15\00:31:32.99
and so, at that time,
00:31:33.05\00:31:34.39
Michael is going to
stand for his people
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.49
because the world
enters a time of trouble
00:31:37.53\00:31:40.86
unequal since
there was a nation.
00:31:40.90\00:31:43.23
When we look at our newspapers,
00:31:43.30\00:31:45.57
read them... look
at our televisions...
00:31:45.60\00:31:48.14
listen to the radio...
00:31:48.24\00:31:49.57
we see trouble on every hand...
wars and rumors of wars...
00:31:49.60\00:31:52.61
as Matthew 24 tells us...
00:31:52.67\00:31:54.41
but the Bible is talking
about here... a time of trouble
00:31:54.44\00:31:58.51
that has never been
since men were on the earth
00:31:58.55\00:32:01.92
and God is going to
stand up for His people...
00:32:01.95\00:32:05.25
I like that...
00:32:05.29\00:32:06.62
I like the idea that we
will never be left alone.
00:32:06.65\00:32:09.69
Joshua 1:9...
00:32:09.72\00:32:13.03
the text comes to mind...
00:32:13.06\00:32:14.36
"I will never leave
you nor forsake you"
00:32:14.40\00:32:15.76
and if you need a
New Testament reference,
00:32:15.80\00:32:18.43
go to Hebrews 13:5 and 6...
00:32:18.47\00:32:20.30
it's repeated, "He will
never leave us nor forsake us"
00:32:20.34\00:32:24.07
and we can boldly
say, "God is our helper. "
00:32:24.11\00:32:26.94
Well, in these last days,
Daniel chapter 12 verse 1,
00:32:26.98\00:32:30.91
we get to see God is our helper
00:32:30.95\00:32:33.78
as Michael stands up
00:32:33.82\00:32:36.35
for His people
00:32:36.38\00:32:38.29
because the
world is going through
00:32:38.32\00:32:41.32
a time of
unequal turmoil and chaos
00:32:41.36\00:32:44.29
and... and when
we talk about this,
00:32:44.33\00:32:47.13
we are talking
particularly for those of us
00:32:47.20\00:32:49.10
who name the name of Jesus.
00:32:49.16\00:32:50.97
The world is going to
be divided into two camps,
00:32:51.00\00:32:52.83
either you'll
be on Christ's side
00:32:52.87\00:32:54.40
or against those
who are on Christ's side
00:32:54.44\00:32:56.74
and the promise is that
those who are on Christ's side
00:32:56.77\00:33:01.68
will be delivered...
00:33:01.71\00:33:04.15
"Deliverance is for those
whose names are in the Book. "
00:33:04.18\00:33:09.82
Praise the Lord, I
want my name in the Book,
00:33:09.85\00:33:11.89
what about you?
00:33:11.92\00:33:13.46
We need to have
our names in that Book.
00:33:13.49\00:33:14.92
What Book are we talking about?
00:33:14.96\00:33:17.63
This is Christ's Book of Life.
00:33:17.66\00:33:20.20
This is the book
that has the names
00:33:20.23\00:33:23.06
of those men,
women, boys and girls
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.97
who are living for Jesus.
00:33:26.00\00:33:28.20
This is Christ's living
book with a living record
00:33:28.24\00:33:33.38
of those who will be
granted to live forever
00:33:33.44\00:33:38.58
and to receive eternal life
00:33:38.61\00:33:41.02
and God is promising here
00:33:41.05\00:33:43.39
and there are other
places in the Bible...
00:33:43.45\00:33:45.39
certainly in the
book of Revelation
00:33:45.45\00:33:46.82
that those whose names
are written in that book
00:33:46.86\00:33:50.49
will be delivered by
Jesus Christ Himself.
00:33:50.53\00:33:55.76
The indication is that those
whose names are in the book
00:33:55.80\00:34:01.74
and who stand for
Jesus will be saved
00:34:01.77\00:34:06.44
but the indication
is also that those names
00:34:06.47\00:34:09.98
are already in the book.
00:34:10.05\00:34:12.35
They will be put in
the book at that time...
00:34:12.38\00:34:14.85
they are in the
book at that time
00:34:14.88\00:34:18.12
and those whose
names are in the book...
00:34:18.15\00:34:20.36
those who have lived
for Jesus and loved Jesus...
00:34:20.39\00:34:24.69
and served Jesus...
00:34:24.73\00:34:26.56
they will be protected by Jesus
00:34:26.59\00:34:30.43
as Christ stands up
for those who are His own.
00:34:30.53\00:34:34.57
All that remains is
the reward and punishment.
00:34:34.60\00:34:38.67
God is going to
take care of His own...
00:34:38.71\00:34:40.34
we have that promise
and to that, I hardly say,
00:34:40.38\00:34:44.25
"amen and amen. "
00:34:44.28\00:34:47.38
Then comes one of the
most important sections
00:34:47.42\00:34:50.85
in this epilogue.
00:34:50.95\00:34:53.56
Daniel is instructed to
symbolically shut up the words
00:34:53.62\00:35:01.60
and seal the book of this
vision until the end times.
00:35:01.63\00:35:09.50
The command is,
00:35:09.57\00:35:10.94
"Shut up the
words and seal the Book"
00:35:10.97\00:35:14.08
shut the words
up and seal the book
00:35:14.11\00:35:17.15
until the time of the end.
00:35:17.18\00:35:20.85
All of this that we have read...
00:35:20.92\00:35:23.59
these prophetic utterances...
00:35:23.62\00:35:26.29
these times, dates and places,
00:35:26.32\00:35:28.89
these understandings
of princes and kings...
00:35:28.92\00:35:32.56
the movements of nations...
00:35:32.59\00:35:34.40
the establishment of a
kingdom that shall see no end...
00:35:34.46\00:35:38.03
this information was
to be held in abeyance...
00:35:38.07\00:35:42.14
held in secret
until the last days.
00:35:42.17\00:35:46.11
Most of these discoveries
00:35:46.14\00:35:48.01
that we have found
in the book of Daniel
00:35:48.04\00:35:50.31
were not
discovered and understood
00:35:50.35\00:35:53.48
in their
complexity and completeness
00:35:53.52\00:35:56.58
until after 1798.
00:35:56.65\00:35:59.89
The time of the end...
men are running too and fro
00:35:59.92\00:36:03.26
they're running
backwards and forwards
00:36:03.29\00:36:06.13
and men are also
studying the Word of God
00:36:06.16\00:36:08.93
and as men like William Miller
00:36:08.96\00:36:11.53
Manuel de la Cumso,
00:36:11.60\00:36:13.54
Wyan Joseph et Ben Ezra...
00:36:13.57\00:36:15.30
men of God in
Europe... America...
00:36:15.34\00:36:18.27
North and South America
00:36:18.31\00:36:19.67
all around the world
00:36:19.71\00:36:21.04
began to study the
prophecies anew and again...
00:36:21.08\00:36:23.78
and there came to this country
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.25
and to many places in
the world a great awakening
00:36:26.28\00:36:29.15
as the Scriptures...
00:36:29.18\00:36:30.72
particularly Daniel and
14th of Revelation were opened
00:36:30.79\00:36:34.76
men's eyes were
opened and they began to see
00:36:34.79\00:36:38.99
that God had a special message
for this end-time generation.
00:36:39.03\00:36:44.50
Out of that study came a group
of people called Millerites...
00:36:44.53\00:36:49.70
people who
studied and understood
00:36:49.74\00:36:51.81
that Christ was
coming very, very soon...
00:36:51.87\00:36:55.11
they were in error
as to the exact time
00:36:55.14\00:36:58.68
but they were spot
on in the understanding
00:36:58.71\00:37:02.28
that the
Sanctuary would be cleansed
00:37:02.32\00:37:04.12
in accordance with the
antitypical Day of Atonement
00:37:04.15\00:37:09.16
and that the time in
which they found themselves
00:37:09.19\00:37:14.20
was parallel to the
history of the world
00:37:14.23\00:37:17.93
and that the Sanctuary
was going to be cleansed
00:37:17.97\00:37:21.37
and at the end of that
time Christ would come back
00:37:21.40\00:37:24.81
for a clean and delivered people
00:37:24.84\00:37:26.98
so, the... the wraps
came off the understanding
00:37:27.01\00:37:29.54
of the book of Daniel.
00:37:29.61\00:37:30.95
Men and women began
to study and understand
00:37:30.98\00:37:33.31
that what was happening
symbolically in this book
00:37:33.35\00:37:36.69
and in those
chapters and verses and texts
00:37:36.72\00:37:39.49
that talked about
the Day of Atonement...
00:37:39.52\00:37:42.22
the typical Day of Atonement
and the services of that day
00:37:42.26\00:37:47.40
were parallel
and had a corollary
00:37:47.40\00:37:49.76
into what was
happening in the world
00:37:49.80\00:37:52.07
and that understanding
did not begin to take place
00:37:52.10\00:37:54.80
until the time of the end
00:37:54.84\00:37:58.37
and so, Daniel
was given the command,
00:37:58.41\00:38:01.01
"Shut these things up...
this is going to be sealed... "
00:38:01.04\00:38:04.45
this is going to be kept as
it were under spiritual wraps
00:38:04.48\00:38:07.88
until the time of the end
00:38:07.92\00:38:09.72
and then men were going to study
00:38:09.75\00:38:11.59
because God was
going to let them know
00:38:11.65\00:38:14.09
that Christ was coming soon.
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.52
In the book of
Amos chapter 3 verse 7
00:38:15.56\00:38:19.79
the Bible says,
00:38:19.83\00:38:21.43
"Surely the
Lord will do nothing,
00:38:21.46\00:38:24.10
but that He
revealeth His secrets
00:38:24.17\00:38:26.63
to His servants the prophets. "
00:38:26.67\00:38:29.10
Now what that is saying is...
that is almost the... the key
00:38:29.14\00:38:34.51
to unlock the book of Daniel
and prophecies allied to it.
00:38:34.54\00:38:39.91
In other words,
when God comes back here,
00:38:39.95\00:38:41.85
just checking... making sure...
00:38:41.88\00:38:44.32
Daniel chapter... or rather...
Amos chapter 3 and verse 7,
00:38:44.39\00:38:47.82
"Surely the
Lord will do nothing,
00:38:47.86\00:38:49.36
unless he reveals his secret
to His servants the prophets. "
00:38:49.39\00:38:52.86
So, God is not trying to sneak
the second coming in on you,
00:38:52.89\00:38:56.33
He's trying to let you know.
00:38:56.36\00:38:57.70
This book
"Daniel" has been unsealed
00:38:57.73\00:39:00.27
and Christ is
getting ready to come
00:39:00.30\00:39:02.94
and so, God wants
to let us all know
00:39:02.97\00:39:05.57
through the prophetic
pen and the prophetic voice
00:39:05.61\00:39:08.94
to get ready
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.31
because Jesus is
coming very, very soon.
00:39:10.38\00:39:13.55
So God wants to save as many as
00:39:13.58\00:39:17.42
want to be saved
00:39:17.45\00:39:18.92
and God wants you to
know that we are in the time
00:39:18.95\00:39:22.32
to get ready for
the coming of our Lord.
00:39:22.36\00:39:26.29
That is why Daniel
chapter 10, 11 and 12
00:39:26.36\00:39:30.27
are so vitally important
00:39:30.30\00:39:31.63
as are really all of
the prophetic sections
00:39:31.67\00:39:34.64
of the book of Daniel
00:39:34.67\00:39:37.01
as each one has given
us a little broader scope
00:39:37.04\00:39:40.51
and a little more information
00:39:40.58\00:39:42.41
and in Daniel chapter
11, we've dug a little deeper
00:39:42.44\00:39:46.55
all in an effort to know
and understand who we are...
00:39:46.58\00:39:50.69
where we are...
00:39:50.72\00:39:53.02
what God wants from us...
00:39:53.05\00:39:55.56
where we've come from...
00:39:55.59\00:39:58.43
and where we are going.
00:39:58.46\00:40:01.16
So, this epilogue
is very, very important
00:40:01.20\00:40:03.87
because it lets us know
that the books of Daniel
00:40:03.93\00:40:06.80
and the books of Revelation
are now opened to be studied.
00:40:06.84\00:40:09.34
There are so many churches...
00:40:09.37\00:40:10.71
I hear pastors
say and members say,
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.11
"Oh, we don't study the
book of... of Revelation...
00:40:12.14\00:40:14.28
we don't really bother with that
00:40:14.31\00:40:15.64
because it's a...
it's a closed book. "
00:40:15.68\00:40:17.31
Well, if that ever was
true, it is not true now
00:40:17.35\00:40:20.95
because God has told
Daniel, "Take the wraps off"
00:40:21.02\00:40:24.59
the Holy Spirit is
there to enlighten us.
00:40:24.62\00:40:27.22
The Revelation
is a Revelation...
00:40:27.26\00:40:30.03
it is a
revelation of Jesus Christ
00:40:30.09\00:40:32.83
and the foundation
for that revelation
00:40:32.86\00:40:35.56
is the book of Daniel.
00:40:35.60\00:40:37.00
The foundation for
that super structure
00:40:37.03\00:40:39.87
that is Jesus... is right
here in the book of Daniel
00:40:39.90\00:40:43.37
so, shut up the
vision... seal the words...
00:40:43.44\00:40:46.11
until the time of the end...
00:40:46.14\00:40:47.51
Ladies and Gentlemen, we
are in the time of the end...
00:40:47.54\00:40:50.28
Christ is
coming very, very soon,
00:40:50.31\00:40:53.35
and God's people must be warned
00:40:53.45\00:40:56.38
and they must be ready
for the coming of the Lord.
00:40:56.42\00:41:01.99
Daniel 7:25 talks
about the time of the end.
00:41:02.02\00:41:05.03
We're in the time of the end,
00:41:05.06\00:41:06.80
we're post times,
time and half a time...
00:41:06.83\00:41:09.86
we're in... and have
been for quite a while.
00:41:09.90\00:41:12.93
It is time now for us to
learn to study and then to do.
00:41:12.97\00:41:19.14
I want to mention just one
additional set of time period
00:41:19.17\00:41:25.28
mentioned in the Word of God.
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.48
I put 1798 up there
00:41:27.52\00:41:29.95
just to remind you that
that was the "time of the end"
00:41:30.05\00:41:33.62
that is the official year
that we understand from prophecy
00:41:33.66\00:41:37.19
is the time of the end
00:41:37.29\00:41:39.36
when you use your
times, time and half a time.
00:41:39.39\00:41:44.37
Times... 360 times 2
00:41:44.40\00:41:47.17
time... another 360
00:41:47.20\00:41:49.94
and half a time...
another half a time...
00:41:49.97\00:41:53.71
another 180 gives us 1,260
00:41:53.81\00:41:58.81
subtracted...
added to... rather...
00:41:58.85\00:42:01.22
457 B.C. gives us that date 1798
00:42:01.25\00:42:06.62
for the "time of the end"
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.72
and of course, we took a
fairly exhaustive look at that
00:42:08.76\00:42:13.43
in our discussion
of Daniel chapter 11.
00:42:13.50\00:42:18.00
Pause.
00:42:18.03\00:42:20.30
The key words... now...
00:42:20.34\00:42:22.14
let's go to something else here
00:42:22.20\00:42:23.57
want to just go back
to this for just a moment,
00:42:23.61\00:42:27.14
in 508, Clovis King of France
was converted to Catholicism
00:42:27.18\00:42:31.88
and the Goths were overthrown.
00:42:31.91\00:42:34.48
One of the time periods
that we see also is 1,290.
00:42:34.52\00:42:38.95
When you add your 1,290 to 508,
00:42:38.99\00:42:43.59
you come up with the same 1798.
00:42:43.63\00:42:48.16
So, one of the
things that this shows us
00:42:48.20\00:42:50.23
is that these time
periods... be it the 1,260...
00:42:50.30\00:42:53.27
the 1,290...
00:42:53.30\00:42:54.80
or one we're going to
talk about in just a moment
00:42:54.84\00:42:56.64
the 1,335...
00:42:56.74\00:42:58.07
all had their same
beginning in 457 B.C.
00:42:58.11\00:43:02.58
In 508, Clovis King of France
was converted to Catholicism
00:43:02.61\00:43:08.45
and the Goth were overthrown.
00:43:08.48\00:43:11.02
So, from this date,
the Medieval Church...
00:43:11.09\00:43:13.76
the Papal
Church... the Catholic Church
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.39
was pretty much functioning
00:43:16.42\00:43:18.26
as a stand-alone
entity unopposed.
00:43:18.29\00:43:20.80
We recall that
after the demise...
00:43:20.83\00:43:23.20
the dissolution
of the Roman Empire,
00:43:23.23\00:43:25.50
you had several
Barbarian Kingdoms that came in.
00:43:25.53\00:43:29.37
Franks, Goths,
Visigoths, Heruli,
00:43:29.40\00:43:32.41
Vandals... many of them...
00:43:32.47\00:43:35.61
and the Goths were really
00:43:35.64\00:43:38.75
one of the last
major Barbarian tribes
00:43:38.78\00:43:42.98
to be subdued and subjugated
00:43:43.02\00:43:45.35
that were opposed to
either Papal Rome or Pagan Rome.
00:43:45.39\00:43:49.26
So, by 508, the Catholic Church
is functioning now unopposed
00:43:49.29\00:43:53.96
and it crowns... or
rather not crowns but
00:43:54.00\00:43:58.33
the first major Gothic
king... major barbarian king
00:43:58.37\00:44:05.34
converts to Catholicism.
00:44:05.37\00:44:07.91
That is very, very important.
00:44:07.94\00:44:10.05
So, not only is the king
converted to Catholicism,
00:44:10.08\00:44:15.78
he is given his
legitimacy by being coronated
00:44:15.85\00:44:23.06
by the Catholic Church.
00:44:23.09\00:44:24.43
So, in that
short period of time,
00:44:24.46\00:44:26.26
508 to 538... the
church has positioned itself
00:44:26.29\00:44:30.93
and solidified its
position as "King Maker"
00:44:30.97\00:44:35.44
so, you have the
church moving from
00:44:35.47\00:44:38.97
just the conversion of a monarch
to legitimizing his monarchy.
00:44:39.01\00:44:45.15
You have defined the
1,290 and then the 1,260.
00:44:45.18\00:44:50.79
The keyword in
this particular passage
00:44:50.85\00:44:56.89
is the word "wait"
00:44:56.93\00:44:58.63
so we see the 1,290
the 1,260... the 1,335...
00:44:58.66\00:45:03.47
the passage says,
"Blessed is he who waits"
00:45:03.50\00:45:08.14
and that lets me know... or
at least gives me an inkling
00:45:08.17\00:45:13.31
that all three time periods
begin with the same event
00:45:13.38\00:45:18.68
and, of course, that
event is the 457 B.C. decree
00:45:18.71\00:45:24.09
to let the Jewish people
return to their homeland.
00:45:24.12\00:45:29.36
"Blessed is he who
waits" the Bible says
00:45:29.39\00:45:32.89
because they all
start at the same time...
00:45:32.93\00:45:36.36
some wait for the 1,260...
00:45:36.40\00:45:38.73
some wait 30 more
years to the 1,290
00:45:38.77\00:45:41.00
and then there is the 1,335
00:45:41.04\00:45:44.11
so, I believe these...
00:45:44.17\00:45:45.74
these time periods
overlap and are contiguous
00:45:45.77\00:45:50.11
one with the other.
00:45:50.15\00:45:52.21
Pause.
00:45:52.25\00:45:53.58
The passing of...
00:45:53.62\00:45:54.95
and this is a theory that has
taken hold in the minds of many,
00:45:54.98\00:46:01.59
I want to expose you to it
00:46:01.62\00:46:03.32
so you can understand it
00:46:03.36\00:46:04.99
and I don't quite
know if I buy it just yet,
00:46:05.03\00:46:08.66
I'm studying it...
I'm praying about it
00:46:08.70\00:46:10.37
but I want you to understand it
00:46:10.40\00:46:11.73
because there
are many theologians
00:46:11.77\00:46:13.10
who believe it is so.
00:46:13.13\00:46:14.47
In looking at what they
see is an inkling on augur
00:46:14.50\00:46:18.81
of the second
coming of the Lord,
00:46:18.84\00:46:20.48
they look at these time periods.
00:46:20.51\00:46:22.04
They say from the passing
of the National Sunday Law
00:46:22.08\00:46:27.22
these time periods
give us some hint or inkling
00:46:27.25\00:46:32.29
to last-day events.
00:46:32.32\00:46:33.96
Now, why is the National
Sunday Law of such import?
00:46:33.99\00:46:38.86
There are on the
books of many of the States
00:46:38.89\00:46:42.46
in the United States...
laws that are called "Blue Laws"
00:46:42.50\00:46:45.40
these Laws are written
00:46:45.47\00:46:48.90
and have been voted to deal
with certain kinds of activities
00:46:48.94\00:46:54.04
that can or cannot
take place on Sunday.
00:46:54.08\00:46:57.41
Back in the 1800s... A.T. Jones
00:46:57.45\00:47:00.98
and many of the
Adventist leaders...
00:47:01.02\00:47:02.75
particularly A.T.
Jones... spoke before Congress
00:47:02.78\00:47:06.45
against these Sunday Blue Laws
00:47:06.49\00:47:09.29
because Seventh-day
Adventists were being jailed
00:47:09.32\00:47:11.66
along with... with
many of the Jewish brethren
00:47:11.69\00:47:13.76
across the land
for working on Sunday
00:47:13.83\00:47:15.83
in defiance of some
of these Sunday Blue Laws
00:47:15.86\00:47:19.33
some were being fined...
00:47:19.37\00:47:20.74
many were
spending some time in jail
00:47:20.77\00:47:23.00
and so
representatives of the church...
00:47:23.04\00:47:25.44
A.T. Jones in particular...
there were others...
00:47:25.47\00:47:27.31
spoke before
Congress against these laws.
00:47:27.38\00:47:30.35
It is our belief that
one day soon and very soon
00:47:30.38\00:47:34.22
before this all wraps up,
these laws will be reinforced.
00:47:34.25\00:47:37.49
There is much
legislative effervescence
00:47:37.52\00:47:41.22
in trying to get these
laws reinstated even now.
00:47:41.26\00:47:43.46
There are church
leaders who are saying,
00:47:43.53\00:47:46.16
"We need to have a day of rest,
00:47:46.19\00:47:47.50
we need to have a day
when we can come aside"
00:47:47.60\00:47:49.50
and they have designated
that day to be Sunday.
00:47:49.53\00:47:51.93
The laws are on the
books of many States...
00:47:51.97\00:47:54.34
they simply are
not being enforced.
00:47:54.37\00:47:56.77
There are
legislative minds who say,
00:47:56.81\00:47:59.11
"They ought to be enforced. "
00:47:59.14\00:48:01.21
Well, the enforcing of that Law
00:48:01.24\00:48:03.14
will put those of us
who are Sabbath Keepers
00:48:03.18\00:48:06.41
in a
particularly tough position.
00:48:06.48\00:48:08.48
We will have to decide if
we are going to obey that law
00:48:08.52\00:48:12.49
or obey the Laws of God.
00:48:12.52\00:48:15.22
You recall in Acts,
00:48:15.29\00:48:17.96
the Brethren said,
"It is better... better"
00:48:17.99\00:48:22.43
Paul said, "rather to
obey God than man" Acts 5:29.
00:48:22.46\00:48:26.53
Well, we're going
to have to say that
00:48:26.57\00:48:27.97
one day very, very soon.
00:48:28.00\00:48:29.34
"Do we obey
God... Do we obey man?"
00:48:29.37\00:48:31.61
And when these
laws are reinforced
00:48:31.64\00:48:33.81
and we believe
that that time is coming
00:48:33.88\00:48:36.01
when there will be a mandate...
a legislative mandate...
00:48:36.04\00:48:39.41
to keep a particular day
00:48:39.48\00:48:41.88
and that Mandate will be
enforced by the rule of Law,
00:48:41.95\00:48:46.15
we will have to decide
who we are going to believe...
00:48:46.19\00:48:49.72
who we are going to serve...
who we are going to follow...
00:48:49.76\00:48:53.26
will we keep the Sabbath
as commanded to us by the Lord
00:48:53.29\00:48:56.73
in the 4th Commandment
00:48:56.77\00:48:58.10
or do we go along with the laws
of the land... the laws of man?
00:48:58.13\00:49:05.01
So, there are
many who believe...
00:49:05.04\00:49:07.31
and I've heard
these in many, many places
00:49:07.34\00:49:10.08
and read this in many places
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.71
that when you
begin with that date
00:49:11.75\00:49:14.95
of the passing of a
National Sunday Law...
00:49:14.98\00:49:17.75
that is a Country-wide...
not just State-wide
00:49:17.79\00:49:20.49
but Country-wide Sunday Law
00:49:20.59\00:49:22.76
that mandates the
resting on Sunday,
00:49:22.82\00:49:25.83
that from that day... if
you use the 1,260 days...
00:49:25.89\00:49:31.60
that will take you to
the close of probation.
00:49:31.63\00:49:35.17
They draw that from
Daniel chapter 12 verse 7.
00:49:35.20\00:49:38.74
They say that if
you use the 1,290 days
00:49:38.77\00:49:43.18
from the date of the
passing of that Sunday Law,
00:49:43.21\00:49:45.68
that will take
you to a... a time
00:49:45.71\00:49:49.58
when a decree
for breaking that Law
00:49:49.62\00:49:53.46
will be punishable by death.
00:49:53.49\00:49:55.09
They bring that from
Daniel chapter 12 verse 11
00:49:55.12\00:49:58.86
and this may be the most
controversial of the three
00:49:58.93\00:50:01.73
but I've heard
it many, many times
00:50:01.76\00:50:03.67
and really I'm
studying it in my heart
00:50:03.73\00:50:05.90
to see if there
is any validity to it
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.10
that if you take the 1,335 days
00:50:08.14\00:50:11.91
from the passing of
that National Sunday Law,
00:50:11.97\00:50:16.38
that will take you to a time
of the second coming of Christ
00:50:16.41\00:50:21.12
and that they pull from
Daniel chapter 12 verse 12.
00:50:21.15\00:50:25.09
Now here's what is interesting.
00:50:25.12\00:50:26.45
The Bible says, "Nobody
knows the day nor the hour. "
00:50:26.49\00:50:31.16
Well, they get
around that by saying,
00:50:31.19\00:50:34.23
"We don't know
the day or the hour
00:50:34.30\00:50:36.53
of the passing of the Sunday Law
00:50:36.60\00:50:38.80
so we won't know when 1,335
days after that is accomplished.
00:50:38.83\00:50:45.11
So, we really still don't know
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.78
what the second
coming of the Lord will be.
00:50:47.81\00:50:51.35
But these numbers
are used in that way.
00:50:51.38\00:50:54.78
It is at best a
secondary application
00:50:54.82\00:50:58.15
because the original
application as I've said before
00:50:58.19\00:51:01.26
and as we've
discovered and discussed
00:51:01.29\00:51:03.93
is 457 B.C. up until the
time of these great events
00:51:03.96\00:51:11.57
and the time of the end in 1798
00:51:11.60\00:51:15.84
and the 1,335 takes us to 1843
00:51:15.87\00:51:20.04
which was the date
that William Miller
00:51:20.08\00:51:22.71
originally came up with
00:51:22.74\00:51:24.51
and then Stores and
some of these other fellows
00:51:24.55\00:51:27.38
talked about the
time of tarrying...
00:51:27.42\00:51:29.42
which moved it into 1844
and we had October 22, 1844
00:51:29.45\00:51:35.92
as the "alleged"
or "supposed" date
00:51:35.96\00:51:38.83
when Christ was going to return
00:51:38.89\00:51:41.06
of course, we knew that...
00:51:41.10\00:51:43.20
we found out
that that was not so.
00:51:43.23\00:51:45.27
So, this is a
secondary application...
00:51:45.33\00:51:47.37
some people may even
think of primary applications
00:51:47.47\00:51:50.07
but it is at best a
secondary application
00:51:50.14\00:51:52.84
that is gaining some traction
dare I say in the church
00:51:52.87\00:51:56.51
and in the studies of those
who are studying the Bible...
00:51:56.54\00:52:00.22
we thought we
would mention it to you
00:52:00.25\00:52:01.98
because it is out there
00:52:02.02\00:52:03.39
and it is something that
you need to study for yourself
00:52:03.42\00:52:06.12
and make up your
mind for yourself.
00:52:06.15\00:52:08.86
suffice it to say...
00:52:08.89\00:52:10.23
nobody knows exactly
when Christ will come...
00:52:10.26\00:52:13.53
what we do know is that
Jesus is coming very, very soon.
00:52:13.60\00:52:20.24
So...
00:52:20.30\00:52:22.94
I want to look at the
final salutation of the Lord
00:52:22.97\00:52:30.61
for Daniel in these last days.
00:52:30.65\00:52:35.85
This text gives
me comfort and peace.
00:52:35.88\00:52:40.42
Daniel has been told to
shut up the vision and seal it
00:52:40.46\00:52:46.76
and again in chapter 11
00:52:46.80\00:52:52.53
there is mentioned...
and I'm looking at my Bible,
00:52:52.57\00:52:55.44
"There shall be 1,290 days.
Blessed is he who waits... "
00:52:55.50\00:53:01.91
that's the "wait"
I was talking about,
00:53:01.94\00:53:03.45
"and comes to the 1,335 days. "
00:53:03.55\00:53:07.78
So, we see those in
Daniel chapter 12 verse 11.
00:53:07.82\00:53:12.32
Pause.
00:53:12.35\00:53:14.19
It is 11 and 12...
00:53:14.26\00:53:17.43
It is the last verse in
this chapter that gives me hope.
00:53:17.46\00:53:23.37
The Lord says to Daniel,
00:53:23.43\00:53:25.67
"But you go your
way till the end,
00:53:25.70\00:53:30.97
for you shall rest and
will arise to your inheritance
00:53:31.01\00:53:36.48
at the end of the days. "
00:53:36.51\00:53:39.75
This is the Lord telling
Daniel, "You've done a good job"
00:53:39.78\00:53:45.95
this is the Lord telling Daniel,
00:53:45.99\00:53:48.56
"You get to rest
from your labors now. "
00:53:48.59\00:53:50.96
This is the Lord telling Daniel,
00:53:50.99\00:53:53.60
"Well done thou good
and faithful servant...
00:53:53.66\00:53:57.50
you served a number of kings,
you served a number of empires,
00:53:57.53\00:54:03.00
it's time for you
now to take your rest
00:54:03.04\00:54:07.58
and
00:54:07.61\00:54:09.31
you will arise to
your inheritance. "
00:54:09.38\00:54:12.05
What this also
says... it's a... it's a...
00:54:12.08\00:54:14.05
it's a... a statement
on the state of the dead
00:54:14.12\00:54:17.29
and it is so
interesting that in the Bible
00:54:17.32\00:54:20.06
you can find one
doctrine reinforcing another,
00:54:20.09\00:54:22.66
one statement which
seems fairly innocuous
00:54:22.69\00:54:25.16
really building up the
foundation of another doctrine
00:54:25.19\00:54:28.93
but a number of
things are being said here.
00:54:28.96\00:54:31.10
Daniel is being told,
00:54:31.13\00:54:33.30
"But you go your way till
the end... for you shall rest. "
00:54:33.34\00:54:43.18
This faithful man
of God is resting...
00:54:43.21\00:54:46.35
waiting for the end...
00:54:46.38\00:54:48.02
this faithful man of
God is not in heaven...
00:54:48.05\00:54:51.92
he's not looking down
at us from the lofty skies,
00:54:51.99\00:54:55.29
he is resting until the end
00:54:55.32\00:54:59.59
and then the Bible
says, I'm in verse 13...
00:54:59.63\00:55:02.76
"And will rise
to your inheritance
00:55:02.80\00:55:07.14
at the end of the days. "
00:55:07.17\00:55:09.57
So, Daniel is
going to be resurrected
00:55:09.60\00:55:12.57
along with all of those
whose names are in the book
00:55:12.61\00:55:15.74
who will rise to
their inheritance...
00:55:15.78\00:55:18.41
what is our inheritance.
00:55:18.45\00:55:19.85
Our inheritance is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:55:19.88\00:55:25.45
If we are
faithful... if we are true...
00:55:25.49\00:55:29.46
our inheritance will
be eternity with Jesus
00:55:29.49\00:55:33.40
and there's that wonderful
text at the end of Hebrews 13
00:55:33.43\00:55:37.53
that says, "God has
provided something better for us
00:55:37.57\00:55:41.60
that when Daniel
gets his inheritance,
00:55:41.64\00:55:45.64
all of those of
us who are faithful
00:55:45.71\00:55:49.31
will also get their inheritance.
00:55:49.34\00:55:52.95
We, along with Daniel
00:55:52.98\00:55:55.18
and all of those
worthies of the past...
00:55:55.22\00:55:58.02
those men and women
slaughtered by the millions
00:55:58.05\00:56:01.16
in the catacombs
00:56:01.19\00:56:03.02
and in the arenas
and in the Dark Ages
00:56:03.09\00:56:07.40
and under the Inquisition
00:56:07.46\00:56:10.27
and all of those men and women
00:56:10.30\00:56:12.03
who remained
faithful to the Lord...
00:56:12.10\00:56:13.64
when they get their
reward, we will get our reward
00:56:13.67\00:56:19.41
and we won't get our reward
00:56:19.44\00:56:21.88
one second
before they get theirs
00:56:21.91\00:56:24.05
and they will
not get their reward
00:56:24.15\00:56:26.21
one second before we get ours.
00:56:26.25\00:56:28.88
We will all rise to
meet the Lord together.
00:56:28.92\00:56:32.25
Such is the promise
of 1st Thessalonians 4:16
00:56:32.29\00:56:35.59
and onward.
00:56:35.66\00:56:37.03
So Daniel... this
faithful man of God...
00:56:37.06\00:56:39.76
who has served his
Lord for so many years...
00:56:39.79\00:56:43.37
the Bible tells him,
"But you go your way... "
00:56:43.43\00:56:47.00
he's going to go
the way of all flesh...
00:56:47.04\00:56:49.30
that means,
"You're going to pass on"
00:56:49.34\00:56:52.61
"till the end...
for you shall rest"
00:56:52.67\00:56:55.88
you'll rest and
wait "and will arise... "
00:56:55.91\00:56:58.78
you will arise from your
dusty bed... from your grave...
00:56:58.81\00:57:02.48
"you will arise
to your inheritance"
00:57:02.52\00:57:07.42
Praise the Lord...
"at the end of the days. "
00:57:07.49\00:57:11.76
And when Daniel
arises to his inheritance...
00:57:11.79\00:57:15.73
praise God... you and I will
also receive our inheritance
00:57:15.76\00:57:21.74
and as the writer, Paul,
said to the Thessalonians,
00:57:21.77\00:57:29.08
"so shall we
ever be with the Lord,
00:57:29.11\00:57:33.95
wherefore," he says,
00:57:34.02\00:57:37.12
"comfort one
another with these words. "
00:57:37.19\00:57:42.16
God bless you.
00:57:42.19\00:57:43.53