Welcome back friends,
we are Daniel Chapter 7.
00:00:01.93\00:00:03.53
We have identified a power
00:00:03.60\00:00:05.73
that in the context of the
00:00:05.77\00:00:07.80
book of Daniel so far, is
00:00:07.84\00:00:09.80
seeking to
undermine the new covenant.
00:00:09.84\00:00:12.77
Now what I say that
Ty, we just expressed it,
00:00:12.84\00:00:15.11
but we didn't really
prove it, so right now what we
00:00:15.14\00:00:17.78
want to do, with our
viewers is take them to the book
00:00:17.81\00:00:20.42
of Hebrews Chapter 8.
00:00:20.45\00:00:21.78
We want to identify what the
new covenant is so that we can
00:00:21.82\00:00:25.19
look at the principles of the
new covenant and then go back
00:00:25.22\00:00:28.79
to the book of Daniel and
identify that theme in Daniel,
00:00:28.86\00:00:32.39
and understand how
it is being undermined,
00:00:32.43\00:00:34.00
or attacked by these powers
that have been prophetically
00:00:34.03\00:00:37.47
predicted to do so.
00:00:37.50\00:00:38.83
Hebrews Chapter 8:6
clearly establishes what the new
00:00:38.87\00:00:44.14
covenant is, now it says,
"but now had he obtained a more"
00:00:44.17\00:00:47.34
"excellent ministry, by
how much more also he is the"
00:00:47.38\00:00:50.38
"mediator of a better
covenant, which was established"
00:00:50.41\00:00:53.42
"upon better promises. "
00:00:53.45\00:00:54.78
"For if that first covenant
had been faultless, then"
00:00:54.82\00:00:58.02
"should no place have
been sought for the second. "
00:00:58.05\00:01:00.09
"For finding fault with them,
he said, behold, the day is"
00:01:00.12\00:01:04.53
"come, saith the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant"
00:01:04.56\00:01:07.20
"with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah:"
00:01:07.23\00:01:08.90
"not according to the
covenant," verse 9, "that I"
00:01:08.93\00:01:11.27
"made with their fathers in
the day when I took them by"
00:01:11.30\00:01:14.00
"the hand to lead them out
of the land of Egypt; because"
00:01:14.04\00:01:16.77
"they continued not in my
covenant, and I regarded them"
00:01:16.81\00:01:19.54
"not, saith the Lord. "
00:01:19.57\00:01:20.91
"For this is the covenant"
verse 10, " that I will make"
00:01:20.94\00:01:24.45
"with the house of
Israel after those days,"
00:01:24.48\00:01:26.21
"saith the Lord; I will
put my laws into their mind,"
00:01:26.25\00:01:29.22
"and write them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a"
00:01:29.25\00:01:32.12
"God, and they shall be to
me a people:" and they shall"
00:01:32.15\00:01:35.02
"not teach" verse 11,
"every man his neighbor,"
00:01:35.06\00:01:37.26
"and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord:"
00:01:37.29\00:01:39.46
"for all shall know me, from
the least to the greatest. "
00:01:39.49\00:01:42.60
Verse 12, "for I
will be merciful to their"
00:01:42.63\00:01:46.70
"unrighteousness, and their
sins and their iniquities I"
00:01:46.74\00:01:49.64
"will I remember no more. "
00:01:49.67\00:01:51.01
There it is.
00:01:51.04\00:01:52.37
I love this because over
and over again we see that the
00:01:52.41\00:01:55.64
most prominent feature
of the new covenant, 5 times
00:01:55.68\00:02:00.12
God says I will, I will,
00:02:00.15\00:02:02.18
I will, I will, I will.
00:02:02.22\00:02:04.62
God is telling us that the
00:02:04.65\00:02:07.02
old covenant was based on
00:02:07.06\00:02:09.36
weak human promises.
00:02:09.39\00:02:11.89
Faulty promises!
Yeah Faulty Promises!
00:02:11.93\00:02:14.56
Promises that could be kept.
00:02:14.56\00:02:15.90
Our promises to God, as
pertains to righteousness and
00:02:15.93\00:02:19.53
salvation, and obedience
are like ropes of sand.
00:02:19.57\00:02:23.00
We are incapable of ourselves
to keep the law of God.
00:02:23.04\00:02:28.01
We are morally bankrupt and
God says, this is the covenant
00:02:28.08\00:02:32.61
that I'm going to make.
00:02:32.65\00:02:33.98
I will do these things and
the way I am going to do it
00:02:34.02\00:02:38.59
is step one, I'm going to
write my law in your heart,
00:02:38.62\00:02:43.49
in your mind.
00:02:43.53\00:02:45.23
Amen, yes this is
crucial at this builds the
00:02:45.26\00:02:49.00
connection with Daniel.
00:02:49.03\00:02:50.50
Some of our viewers may be
wondering what does this have
00:02:50.57\00:02:53.74
to do with the
prophecy of Daniel Chapter 7?
00:02:53.77\00:02:56.34
But you will remember
that in Daniel Chapter 7,
00:02:56.37\00:02:58.91
the characteristic that we
focused in on regarding the
00:02:58.94\00:03:02.38
little horn is that it
would intend to change the times
00:03:02.41\00:03:05.71
and laws of the most high God.
00:03:05.75\00:03:08.08
The little horn power is
attacking the new covenant in
00:03:08.12\00:03:12.99
that it is attacking the
plan of God by which the new
00:03:13.02\00:03:17.86
covenant of His law
written in our hearts
00:03:17.89\00:03:19.96
would be fulfilled.
00:03:20.00\00:03:21.30
God intends to do this,
the little horn is seeking
00:03:21.33\00:03:24.63
to intervene in order
to prevent the fulfillment
00:03:24.70\00:03:28.17
of the new covenant.
00:03:28.20\00:03:29.54
And this is not the
first time this attack on this
00:03:29.57\00:03:31.34
new covenant experience
was made in the book of Daniel.
00:03:31.37\00:03:34.68
In Chapter 7 is another
attack from another direction.
00:03:34.71\00:03:38.01
All through these first
chapters God's new covenant
00:03:38.05\00:03:41.05
experience has been
attacked as it concerns the
00:03:41.08\00:03:43.49
relationship God wants
to have with His people.
00:03:43.52\00:03:45.99
Satan has sought, working
through princes, and rulers,
00:03:46.02\00:03:48.49
an ungodly men to
undermine relationship.
00:03:48.52\00:03:50.89
That is part of this
new covenant experience.
00:03:50.93\00:03:53.36
Yet God has prevailed
every step of the way.
00:03:53.40\00:03:55.73
We have saw that first of
all, in the book of Daniel,
00:03:55.76\00:03:59.83
through a process God
led Nebuchadnezzar to a new
00:03:59.87\00:04:03.37
covenant experience of
relationship with Himself
00:04:03.41\00:04:06.81
based on faith.
00:04:06.84\00:04:08.28
Then we saw that God led
Darius through an experience
00:04:08.31\00:04:13.28
of new covenant faith.
00:04:13.31\00:04:15.38
And of course we see that
Daniel exemplifies the new
00:04:15.42\00:04:18.75
covenant relationship
with God and his three friends.
00:04:18.79\00:04:22.06
Step by step through
the entire narrative of
00:04:22.09\00:04:24.03
the book of Daniel.
00:04:24.06\00:04:25.39
But over and over again we
see laws and principalities
00:04:25.43\00:04:27.93
seeking to undermine and
disconnect that relationship,
00:04:27.96\00:04:30.73
that dependence, that faith
relationship that these men
00:04:30.77\00:04:33.57
have with God.
00:04:33.60\00:04:35.04
So as we summarize this is
really powerful because you
00:04:35.07\00:04:38.71
look at the first
aspect of the new covenant.
00:04:38.74\00:04:41.08
There are five, there
are five aspects here.
00:04:41.11\00:04:44.15
First 1, is what
God will do, His power!
00:04:44.21\00:04:47.18
Number 2, His law is
involved in the new covenant.
00:04:47.22\00:04:50.62
Number 3, notice what
it says here in verse 11.
00:04:50.65\00:04:53.76
"And they shall not
teach every man his neighbor,"
00:04:53.79\00:04:56.22
"and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord:"
00:04:56.26\00:04:58.79
"for all shall know me from
the least to the greatest. "
00:04:58.83\00:05:01.40
That is talking
about His Spirit.
00:05:01.43\00:05:04.33
It is talking about the
unction of the Holy Spirit.
00:05:04.37\00:05:06.63
1 John says we have an
unction from the Holy One and
00:05:06.67\00:05:08.94
we do not need
any man to teach us.
00:05:08.97\00:05:10.64
But the Holy Spirit teaches
us, now let's clarify this Ty.
00:05:10.67\00:05:13.84
It doesn't mean friends
that we don't need pastor's,
00:05:13.88\00:05:16.44
we don't need teachers, we
don't need elders in the church.
00:05:16.48\00:05:19.05
What it means is that we
do not have to rely upon men
00:05:19.08\00:05:22.25
to be our teachers.
00:05:22.28\00:05:23.62
Men can help us and
direct us, confirm what God is
00:05:23.65\00:05:27.49
teaching us, but our main
teacher has to be the Lord.
00:05:27.52\00:05:31.49
It has to be the Holy Spirit.
00:05:31.53\00:05:32.86
God is promising us, He's
going to do it, and He is going
00:05:32.89\00:05:35.40
to put His law in our hearts.
00:05:35.43\00:05:36.83
He is going to be doing it
through His Holy Spirit with
00:05:36.87\00:05:39.10
His unction and we don't
need to depend on man to teach
00:05:39.13\00:05:42.10
us, verse 12, and "He is
going to be merciful to our"
00:05:42.14\00:05:45.24
"unrighteousness and He is
going to forgive our sins. "
00:05:45.27\00:05:48.24
So it is not only His
law, is not only His Spirit,
00:05:48.28\00:05:51.18
it is not only His power,
it is also His mercy, it's His
00:05:51.21\00:05:54.18
grace that is going to
be part of this new covenant
00:05:54.22\00:05:57.15
experience.
00:05:57.19\00:05:58.52
And finally, in the context
of all of this, it says there,
00:05:58.55\00:06:01.99
in verse 10, "I will be to
them a God and they shall be"
00:06:02.06\00:06:05.89
"to me a people. "
00:06:05.93\00:06:07.23
Relationship, the foundation
of whole new covenant is,
00:06:07.30\00:06:09.63
number 5, relationship, God
wants to have a relationship
00:06:09.66\00:06:12.47
with us, it is
powerful isn't it?
00:06:12.50\00:06:13.84
A relationship in which He
is the One Who is achieving
00:06:13.87\00:06:17.67
our salvation, He is the
one by His grace that is writing
00:06:17.71\00:06:21.54
His law in our hearts.
00:06:21.61\00:06:22.94
Who is overcoming the sin
problem, and delivering us from
00:06:22.98\00:06:26.68
sin through His mercy and
forgiveness and giving us a
00:06:26.72\00:06:30.65
clear understanding
of His love for us.
00:06:30.69\00:06:33.42
Which, in turn, draws us
into a relationship with Himself
00:06:33.46\00:06:37.83
and empowers us to receive
God's law into our hearts
00:06:37.86\00:06:42.40
and into our minds.
00:06:42.43\00:06:43.77
This is very important Ty
because by definition 1 John 3:4
00:06:43.80\00:06:47.50
says, sin is
transgression of the law.
00:06:47.54\00:06:50.17
Jesus came to save us from
00:06:50.21\00:06:51.71
our sins, so He came to save
00:06:51.74\00:06:53.24
us from transgressing the law.
00:06:53.27\00:06:55.31
Both in the sense of being saved
00:06:55.34\00:06:57.21
from the things that we have
00:06:57.25\00:06:59.05
done in transgressing
God's law and in an ongoing
00:06:59.08\00:07:01.55
experience of
transgressing God's law.
00:07:01.62\00:07:03.62
So we don't have to
murder anymore, we don't have to
00:07:03.65\00:07:05.82
steal anymore, we don't
have to take God's name in vain.
00:07:05.85\00:07:07.99
We don't have to
break His Sabbath.
00:07:08.02\00:07:09.72
We don't need to
covet our neighbors goods.
00:07:09.76\00:07:12.13
God wants to put His
law of love into our hearts.
00:07:12.16\00:07:14.46
That is part of the new covenant
experience that God wants
00:07:14.46\00:07:17.80
us to have and this is what
Satan is seeking to undermine
00:07:17.83\00:07:21.24
through the powers, the secular
powers, that are identified
00:07:21.27\00:07:24.64
here in the book of
Daniel as well as the professed
00:07:24.67\00:07:28.11
religious powers that
come into play as we move down
00:07:28.14\00:07:31.51
through the history of time.
00:07:31.55\00:07:32.88
So we are seeing here in Daniel
00:07:32.91\00:07:35.02
Chapter 7 is a picture of the
00:07:35.05\00:07:37.19
great controversy as it plays
00:07:37.22\00:07:39.95
out in human affairs at the
00:07:39.99\00:07:42.69
end of time.
00:07:42.72\00:07:44.06
We see that the crucial
issues that are involved in this
00:07:44.09\00:07:48.83
great controversy, center
on God's plan and objective to
00:07:48.86\00:07:53.84
establish and fulfill
the new covenant in the
00:07:53.87\00:07:56.94
hearts of His people.
00:07:56.97\00:07:58.31
And the little horn
power seeking to intervene and
00:07:58.34\00:08:01.68
prevent the fulfillment
of the new covenant through
00:08:01.71\00:08:05.25
exercising force in the
name of God, through defaming
00:08:05.28\00:08:08.72
or blasphemy in the name of God,
and by changing the law of God
00:08:08.78\00:08:14.26
and the time in God's law.
00:08:14.29\00:08:16.86
These are the characteristics
of the little horn.
00:08:16.89\00:08:19.59
But we see here in Daniel
7 the promise that in this
00:08:19.63\00:08:22.76
great controversy, in
this conflict that the Saints
00:08:22.80\00:08:25.87
of the most high God, the
people of God emerge from this
00:08:25.93\00:08:29.34
conflict with the little
horn, they emerge victorious.
00:08:29.37\00:08:32.87
They emerge victorious in
the sense that it says the
00:08:32.91\00:08:36.58
kingdom is given over
into the hands of the Saints of
00:08:36.61\00:08:40.62
the most high God and
judgment is made in their favor.
00:08:40.65\00:08:44.62
This is the
outcome of the judgment.
00:08:44.65\00:08:46.25
Amen, and we can identify
Ty, it is very important for us
00:08:46.29\00:08:49.69
to identify, New Testament,
last book of the Bible,
00:08:49.72\00:08:52.43
who are the Saints,
Revelations Chapter 14:12,
00:08:52.46\00:08:56.00
"here is the
patience of the Saints. "
00:08:56.03\00:08:57.63
Who are they? "These are
they that keep the Commandments"
00:08:57.67\00:09:01.04
"of God and the
faith of Jesus. "
00:09:01.07\00:09:03.14
So you have a group of
people in the end of time that
00:09:03.20\00:09:05.24
have full faith in Jesus, a
relationship with God, anointing
00:09:05.27\00:09:08.21
of the Holy Spirit,
their sins are forgiven by
00:09:08.24\00:09:10.41
the blood of Jesus Christ,
and yet they are reliant on
00:09:10.45\00:09:13.31
God's power and they keep
His Commandments, keep His law.
00:09:13.35\00:09:16.72
The law is being challenged
in Chapter 7 and verse 25.
00:09:16.75\00:09:19.99
The law is being changed
and this is really subtle
00:09:20.02\00:09:22.66
because there are a lot
of people today who feel like
00:09:22.69\00:09:25.09
they are keeping God's law,
but because the law has been
00:09:25.13\00:09:27.50
changed, guess what?
00:09:27.50\00:09:28.83
They are not keeping God's law.
00:09:28.86\00:09:30.20
That's right and it is
incredible to notice that the
00:09:30.23\00:09:34.04
identification of this
end time people is not an
00:09:34.07\00:09:37.41
identification that
they simply keep the law.
00:09:37.44\00:09:40.78
This isn't a law keeping
00:09:40.81\00:09:43.11
legalistic people, nor is this a
00:09:43.14\00:09:45.75
people that disregard the law in
00:09:45.78\00:09:48.35
favor of faith in Christ.
00:09:48.38\00:09:50.62
As they keep the Commandments
of God and have the faith of
00:09:50.65\00:09:54.66
Jesus, these are like two
oars on a rowboat in which as
00:09:54.69\00:09:59.49
they move in tandem, in
unison, those two oars of faith
00:09:59.53\00:10:04.23
and works, obedience
and faith move in unison and
00:10:04.27\00:10:08.40
develop Christian
character in balance.
00:10:08.44\00:10:11.97
But we need to understand
that it is not just balance
00:10:12.04\00:10:15.38
James, the keeping of
God's Commandments is in fact,
00:10:15.41\00:10:18.71
the result of faith.
00:10:18.75\00:10:20.65
We are saved by grace
through faith in Christ alone.
00:10:20.68\00:10:23.59
There is no virtue,
there is no merit, there is no
00:10:23.62\00:10:26.45
salvation in
keeping the law of God.
00:10:26.49\00:10:28.76
But those who enter into
new covenant relationship
00:10:28.79\00:10:32.13
with God will in fact, keep
the law of God because it has
00:10:32.16\00:10:36.16
been written in their hearts.
00:10:36.20\00:10:37.77
You know I am really
glad you clarified that Ty.
00:10:37.80\00:10:39.67
There is a little bit of
00:10:39.70\00:10:41.10
confusion about this in
00:10:41.14\00:10:42.64
relation to New Testament.
00:10:42.67\00:10:44.01
There are a lot of people
00:10:44.04\00:10:45.41
who believe that in the old
00:10:45.44\00:10:46.88
Testament we were saved by
law, so in the Old Testament
00:10:46.91\00:10:50.38
you have a people
that kept God's law.
00:10:50.41\00:10:53.05
When Jesus came, when the
Messiah came, they rejected Him.
00:10:53.08\00:10:56.02
They did not
exercise faith in Him.
00:10:56.05\00:10:57.42
Now you come past the cross,
you come past the New Testament
00:10:57.45\00:11:01.76
church, and you come to
the Christian believer today.
00:11:01.79\00:11:04.19
You know many Christians
today believe that we are living
00:11:04.23\00:11:06.90
in a covenant, they called
the new covenant, that means
00:11:06.93\00:11:09.83
we are saved solely by
grace and therefore, because we
00:11:09.86\00:11:12.77
are saved by grace, we
don't keep the law of the
00:11:12.80\00:11:15.67
Old Testament.
00:11:15.70\00:11:17.04
In other words, Jesus
has done away with the law.
00:11:17.07\00:11:19.47
This is not what the
Bible teaches, and this is not
00:11:19.51\00:11:22.08
what we believe, and this
is not what the book of Daniel
00:11:22.11\00:11:24.88
and the book of
Revelation is telling us.
00:11:24.91\00:11:26.35
We find here, is we find
here a people who not only place
00:11:26.38\00:11:29.68
their faith in Jesus,
but they also keep the law.
00:11:29.72\00:11:31.69
God is looking for a people
who will not only accept the
00:11:31.72\00:11:35.09
Messiah, but will also allow
that new covenant promise to be
00:11:35.12\00:11:38.46
fulfilled in their
hearts and in their lives.
00:11:38.49\00:11:41.86
Daniel 7 closes on a
note of victory James.
00:11:41.90\00:11:45.23
We had here a very clear
result of the great controversy
00:11:45.27\00:11:49.44
between good and evil.
00:11:49.47\00:11:50.81
In verse 26, speaking of
the judgment and its effect
00:11:50.84\00:11:54.04
on the little horn, Scripture
says that the court or the
00:11:54.08\00:11:57.98
judgment shall be seated
and they shall take away his
00:11:58.01\00:12:01.72
dominion, that is the
dominion of the little horn,
00:12:01.75\00:12:05.32
to consume and
destroy it for ever.
00:12:05.35\00:12:07.39
And then in verse 27, "then the
kingdom and dominion and the"
00:12:07.42\00:12:11.86
"greatness of the kingdoms
under the whole heaven shall"
00:12:11.89\00:12:14.96
"be given to the people of
the Saints of the most high God"
00:12:15.00\00:12:18.03
"and his kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom. "
00:12:18.10\00:12:21.47
It is our prayer that you
would be a part of that final
00:12:21.50\00:12:25.14
victory and the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Savior
00:12:25.21\00:12:28.81
Jesus Christ.
00:12:28.84\00:12:30.58