Hello friends and welcome to
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Books of the Book.
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We are continuing our study
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of the book of Daniel and have
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now come to Chapter 8.
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I'm Ty Gibson.
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I'm James Rafferty and we
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want to invite you to open
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your Bibles to Daniel Chapter 8.
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Where we are going to look
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at another prophetic Chapter.
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We have emphasized through
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the series Ty, that a lot of
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the book of
Daniel is relational.
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It is stories that talk
about the faith and the courage
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of God's people as
they continue in their faith
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relationship with the Lord.
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Now as we have moved into
the latter part of this book,
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we are moving into
prophetic chapters.
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Chapter 7 is dealing with
these different beasts, images
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or kingdoms and Chapter 8
again is doing the same thing.
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In fact Chapter 8 is in
a sense a parallel of the
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prophetic portions of
Daniel that we have seen so far.
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Daniel 2, the prophetic picture
of the image representing
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four kingdoms coming down
to the stone and Jesus' return.
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Daniel 7 representing, in
prophetic language, the beast
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of those same
kingdoms coming down and the
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return of Jesus Christ.
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The book of Daniel
reveals to us a repeat and
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and enlarge pattern, James.
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The first prophecy in the
book of Daniel is the vision
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or dream that
Nebuchadnezzar received.
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The great image beginning
with the head of gold and
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coming all the way down
the image to the feet mixed
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with iron and clay.
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This of course reveals
a succession of kingdoms,
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from the time of Babylon,
the head of gold, down to the
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second coming of Jesus.
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Well then the second
prophetic vision that we have,
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in the book of Daniel
Chapter 7, which we have already
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looked at, covers the
same history beginning with the
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lion which parallels to
the head of gold, the kingdom
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of Babylon, and then a
series of beasts are revealed
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that give us a
succession of kingdoms.
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But now in Chapter 7,
as we saw, greater focus,
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greater details is given to the
final power, the little horn.
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Now, when we come to
Chapter 8 of the book of Daniel,
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Babylon is eliminated
from the lineup and the vision
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begins with Media
Persia, which is symbolized by
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the ram with two horns.
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One of the horns was raised
higher than the other because
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the Media Persian kingdom
was composed of two kingdoms
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that were united and one
was stronger than the other.
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And then the goat which
does battle with the ram
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is a symbolic representation
of the kingdom of Grecia.
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You know it is interesting
Ty, because the parallelism here
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develops a basic theme or
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a basic outline that is going
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to be very vital for us as we
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seek to understand more of what
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Daniel 8 is focusing on.
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You are seeing here an
introduction, in a sense, to new
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animals or new symbols, but
there is a point that is made
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in interpreting these
symbols so that we can recognize
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that they parallel
Daniel 7 and Daniel 2.
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The interpretation is
very clear, or we don't have to
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guess here in this Chapter
because while Daniel's vision
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reveals the ram and the he-goat,
and their battle with one
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another, later on in the
vision it comes right out and
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says, very plainly, in verse
20 that "ram which you saw"
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"having two horns, they
are the kings of the Medes"
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"and the Persians".
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And in verse 21 "the
male goat is the kingdom of"
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"Grecia, and the
large horn between his eyes"
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"is the first king,"
Or Alexander the Great.
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So what you have here,
you have the book of Daniel
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taking us to a focus on a
certain power, or kingdom,
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that is going to be significant
in its fight against God and
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against God's people.
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It is developing a basic
theme of Babylon, Media Persia,
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Greece and Rome.
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It is homing in on Rome
and that is what we find in
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Daniel Chapter 8.
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In Daniel 8, most
of the discussion,
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most of the focus, is on
the activity again of the little
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Horn, verse 9 of Daniel 8, "out
of one of them came forth a"
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"little Horn which waxed
exceedingly great toward the"
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"south and toward the east
and toward the pleasant land. "
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So here you have a little
horn that you had in Daniel 7.
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You have the
succession of kingdoms.
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You skip Babylon because
it was removed from the scene.
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Media Persia, you have
Greece, it is not significant to
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spend a lot of time on
them, and then you have Rome.
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Pagan and then papal stage.
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Then your homing in on
what this power is going to be
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doing in relation to the
sanctuary, and in relation to
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God's people and the truth,
especially down through the
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centuries and the end of time.
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So let's note the key
characteristics of the little
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horn in Chapter 8
here, and it's activities.
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We see in verse 10, that
it grew up, "even to the host"
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"of heaven; and it cast
down some of the host and some"
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"of the stars to the
ground and trampled upon them. "
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This again is parallel to
the characteristic of the little
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horn in Chapter 7, that
it will be a persecuting
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power that will use it's
influence and it's might against
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the people of God.
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Then it says in verse 11,
this is very fascinating James.
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It says, "he even
exalted himself as high as the"
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"Prince of the host. "
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That is the
Messiah, Jesus Christ.
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Not named as the Messiah,
Jesus Christ in the prophecy
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specifically, but the Prince
of the host that is spoken
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of here is a prophecy
of the coming Messiah,
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the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And this little horn
power, it is prophesied of this
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little horn power that it
will use its influence to exalt
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itself up above even
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And how do we know this Ty?
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One of the reasons we know
it, I think it is important
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for viewers to see this,
one of the reasons we know
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this is because of the
interpretation again in
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verses 24 and 25.
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Notice what it says, "and
his power shall be mighty,"
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"but not by his own power: and
he shall destroy wonderfully,"
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"and shall prosper, and
practice, and shall destroy the"
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"mighty and the holy people. "
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"And through his policy
also he shall cause craft to"
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"prosper in his hand; and
he shall magnify himself in"
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"his heart, and by peace
shall destroy many; he shall"
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"also stand up against
the Prince of princes;"
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"but he shall be
broken without hand. "
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Now clearly the Prince of
princes, in this interpretation
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of what you have just read,
is talking about Jesus Christ.
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Absolutely, and it's fascinating
to note here, that just
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as a reminder, we are reading
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words that were penned by Daniel
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the prophet centuries in advance
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of these unfolding events.
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It's remarkable that we
are looking at a prophecy that
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foretells such
details that are to occur
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at the end of time.
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As we go back now to
verse 12, it says, "a host was"
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"given to him against the
daily sacrifice by reason of"
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"transgression, and in a
cast down the truth to the"
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"ground; and it
practiced, and prospered. "
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So here we have an attack that
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is being made, not only against
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the Prince of the host, not
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only against the sanctuary,
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but also against
the truth itself.
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The truth is being cast down,
and this power is practicing
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and prospering in
place of the truth.
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We need to define very clearly
what Daniel's prophecy is
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referring to when it says
that this power will cast the
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truth to the ground.
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First of all the
context reveals that the truth,
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that is spoken of here,
is none other than the total
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package of truth, that we
has been speaking in previous
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programs of the new covenant
of which Jesus the Prince of
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the host, the Messiah, is
the source of the new covenant.
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Jesus said it this way in
the New Testament, He said,
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"I am the way, and
the truth, and the life. "
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He is the truth encapsulated.
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So the little horn is a power
that is using its influence
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to attack the truth
of the plan of salvation
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and the new covenant.
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To intervene to prevent
the fulfillment of the plan
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of salvation, to
prevent the fulfillment of God's
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new covenant plan.
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This is it's objective the
enemy of Christ and God's people
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at the end of time.
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You know what is significant
about this Ty, in relation
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to what we have dealt with
so far, is that we looked in
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Daniel 7 for an understanding
of how that fit in with
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the new covenant promise.
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We saw that it was a
subtle attack against the new
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covenant by undermining
God's law, changing God's law,
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which is part of the new
covenant promise of Hebrews
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Chapter 8 and Chapter 10.
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Now we see an attack made
against the sanctuary and the
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truth, I believe that this
sanctuary language takes us
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back to forgiveness, to
the mercy of God and the
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forgiveness of
God that was set up
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in the sanctuary system.
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In fact the word daily, it
is really interesting if you
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do a study on the word daily,
this word is used throughout the
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Old Testament in connection
with the earthly sanctuary.
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The daily sacrifice, the
ministration of the high priest
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on a daily basis, the
incense that was burning daily
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in the sanctuary, the
candlestick that was burning
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daily in the sanctuary, the
showbread that was to be set
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in the sanctuary
on a daily basis.
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All of these were
described with the word daily.
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That whole sanctuary service
described in this manner,
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pointed Jesus Christ.
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He was the sacrifice, He was
the light, He is the incense,
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He is the bread of life,
all of it pointed to Jesus.
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Jesus is the
embodiment of truth.
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Jesus in His mediation,
He is our high Priest.
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Jesus and the forgiveness
of sins, that He has brought
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to us through His sacrifice,
the sacrifice of the Lamb.
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So when you are looking
at the picture in Daniel 8,
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what you are looking at
here is another attack against
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the new covenant, not
this time against the law,
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but this time against the
promise that their sins and
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iniquities are
remembered no more.
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It is evident that what
we are dealing with here is a
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power at the end of time
that is interposing itself
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between human beings and
God, between human beings and
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Christ, as the One
and only true Mediator.
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We have reluctantly, but
forthrightly identified the
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little horn power,
as the papal phase,
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of the Roman empire.
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We don't mean by this to
indicate anything negative
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against any of the
parishioners, any of the members
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of that worldwide denomination,
that worldwide church,
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that is
represented in this prophecy.
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What we do mean to indicate,
and what Bible prophecy
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means to indicate, is
that the system itself, and the
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doctrines that, that system
espouses interposes between
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the people and God.
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To divert attention from
the mediatorial ministry of
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Jesus Christ as our high Priest
in the heavenly sanctuary.
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That is a very serious,
serious matter according
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to Bible prophecy.
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God in mercy is revealing
these things to us so that we
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will direct our faith to
Christ and Christ alone as our
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Savior and not depend on
any earthly system of priesthood
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to bring us into a
right relationship with God.
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This is true Ty, it
is really not people
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we are talking about.
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I was raised in the Catholic
Church, I was an altar boy,
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I was raised looking to
the priest for forgiveness,
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looking to the
priest for intercession and
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confession of sins.
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It wasn't until I
started studying the Bible and
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recognized these new
covenant promises, that I saw
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Jesus Christ as my high
Priest and I knew I could go
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directly to Him for
forgiveness of sins.
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There are millions of
people today, maybe a billion
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people who don't
understand this one truth.
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It is vital for
them to understand it.
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It had been cast down.
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It had been trampled underfoot.
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It has been lost sight of
in the minds and hearts of
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millions of people, you
may be one of those people.
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So it is very important
for this truth to be rectified,
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for it to be made right.
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For the sanctuary truth,
that Jesus is our high Priest.
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He is in the heavenly
sanctuary mediating for us.
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He is the one and only sacrifice
for sin made once and for
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all, that means a one
time sacrifice for all people.
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It is vital for us to
understand friends, that Jesus
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Christ is your High Priest
right now mediating for you
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in heaven and you can go
directly to Him and asked for
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forgiveness of sins,
and that your sins can
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be forgiven and forgotten
according to the new covenant.
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James, this is extremely
good news because the truth of
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the Gospel portrays God
as a God who is approachable.
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A God who has come to us
in the person of Jesus Christ,
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and He's invited us into
a relationship with Himself.
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We are not in need of any
earthly system or mediatorial
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system or any priesthood, not
because God is seeking to attack
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that system per se, but
because God in a positive way is
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trying to say no, you can
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come directly to Me.
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I love you and My heart is
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open to you, My invitation
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to salvation is to one
and all through Jesus Christ.
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There is one mediator
between God and man and that is
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the Lord Jesus Christ.
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What a powerful invitation,
and what a beautiful picture,
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of the character of God.
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Every member of the human
family is invited freely to
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approach God, through Christ,
and through Christ alone.
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You know I am really glad
that you mentioned that Ty,
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because that is the point.
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I think it is a
powerful point friends,
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that we really need to emphasize
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We are loved of God individually
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and we don't need some other man
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or person, to persuade God to
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forgive us and to accept us
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and to love us.
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God wants us to
know that He loves and
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cares for us individually.
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Don't go away,
we'll be right back!
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