Hello friends welcome to Books
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of the Book!
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We are continuing our study
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and we are in Daniel Chapter 11
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and my name is James Rafferty.
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And I am Ty Gibson and thank
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you for joining us for this
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Bible study in the book
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of Daniel.
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We want to invite you to get
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your Bible and open up to Daniel
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Chapter 11.
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James this is a
challenging chapter.
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It has a lot of details
that covers a lot of history.
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When we look at Daniel Chapter
11, we need to be mindful
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the fact that there
are a lot of details.
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It is rather cumbersome to
get through but the rewards
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are great as we move through
the preliminary history and
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come to the central
issue of Daniel Chapter 11.
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That is the Prince of the
covenant and the attack that is
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being made on the new
covenant that Jesus has
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confirmed and ratified.
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One of the easiest ways, I
think, to understand Daniel
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11, is to break
it down into parts.
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Basically Daniel
Chapter 11 is a continuation of
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Daniel 2, 7, and 8.
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These are parallel prophecies
at each one of them is
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based on the
principle of repeat and enlarge.
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Once you understand
and see that big framework,
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and you understand the
principle of repeat and enlarge
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it's easy to pick up
Daniel 11 and dissected it,
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break it into parts.
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For us, I think, focus
on the most important parts.
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So Daniel 11 begins in
verse 1 with the Medo Persian
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kingdom and now we know in
Daniel 2 and 7 that Babylon
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is where we begin with,
the power we begin with.
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But Daniel 8 and Daniel
11, Babylon has passed from the
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scene, so we picked up
here with Medo Persia and move
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quickly from Medo Persia
right into Greece in verse 3.
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Verses 3 all the way down
to verse 13 are dealing with
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the nitty-gritty
details of this power Greece.
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We continue to do that all
the way through this prophecy.
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Daniel in Chapter 11 is
basically expounding and
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expanding, and enlarging
upon the previous prophecies
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in 2, 7 and 8.
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Once we move through the
brief mention of the Media
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Persia empire, in verses
1 and 2, and then a rather
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detail explanation of
successive kings and power
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struggles in the
Grecian kingdom from Chapter 11,
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verses 3 through 13.
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Then in verse 14 it introduces
the pagan Roman empire.
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From verse 14 onward,
there is a developmental process
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that brings us to
Daniel's real point, and that is
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drawing on us into the
Messiah who is the Prince of
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the covenant in verse 22.
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Absolutely, in fact you
can see right here in verses 20
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and 21 a clear connection
between the rulers in pagan
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Rome at Christ's time,
and the birth of Christ.
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For example in verse 20 it
says, "then shall stand up"
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"in his estate," that
means the place of these Roman
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empires, "a raiser of taxes
in the glory of the kingdom. "
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Now if you compare that
with Luke Chapter 2 and verse 1
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and again Luke was a historian,
so Luke records this from
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that angle which is helpful
for us when we are looking
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at prophecy and history.
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In Luke Chapter 2 and
verse 1, it says, "and it came"
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"to pass in those days, that
there went out a decree from"
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"Caesar Augustus, that all
the world should be taxed. "
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So Joseph is traveling
with Mary, his espoused wife,
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in verse 5 of Luke Chapter 2.
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They are going to Bethlehem
for the census and this taxing.
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That correlates, or parallels
perfectly with the prophecy
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we have here in verse
20 of Daniel Chapter 11.
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This gives us a time
frame, this is the pagan Roman
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empire and the time
that Jesus Christ is born.
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Yes and in verse 20 of Chapter
11 of Daniel it speaks of
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one who is an imposer of
taxes, that is Caesar Augustus
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at the time of
the birth of Christ.
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What about verse 21?
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21 is speaking of the one
who follows Caesar Augustus.
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If you look here in, again
in the book of Luke Chapter 3,
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instead of Chapter 2.
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You find
Tiberius Caesar mentioned.
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So in Luke Chapter 3 beginning
with verse 1, "now in the"
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"15th year of the
reign of Tiberius Caesar,"
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"Pontius Pilate
being governor. "
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The 15th year of the
reign of Tiberius Caesar is when
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Jesus is 27 years old, or
about 30 years of age when he
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is baptized, and so Tiberius
Caesar is also the one under
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whose rule Pontius
Pilate is reigning.
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That brings us to the
fulfillment of the next part of
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this prophecy, verse 22.
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"And with the arms of a
flood shall they," and this is
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speaking prophetically of
God's people, "be overflown"
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"before him, and shall be
broken yea, also the Prince"
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"of the covenant. "
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Which is Jesus, so this
is clearly indicating in
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historic secession here
that we will have the taxation
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that occurs with Caesar
Augustus, and the next one that
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comes into place is
Tiberius Caesar under whose rule
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Jesus is crucified.
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Yeah, so these verses are
very clear and they give us
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a central point from
which to understand the previous
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verses and the verses to follow.
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They direct us to the birth
and the cross, the sacrifice
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death of Jesus Christ and
the two Caesars that reigned,
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Augustus Caesar and Tiberius
Caesar during that time.
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Now Jesus is referred to
by many different terms and
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symbols in Scripture.
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Here is a term that is
used is that he is the Prince of
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covenant, as we pointed out
previously James, all of the
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book of Daniel is moving
us deeper, deeper into an
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understanding of the new
covenant that Jesus Christ,
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the Savior of the world,
will confirm and establish by
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His life and His death.
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Now when we come to
the Chapter 11 we have an
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increased focus on Jesus as the
Prince of the covenant and the
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warfare that is
taking place at the end time,
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from the time of Jesus
through to the end time
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regarding the holy covenant.
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Yes Ty, so we are
looking at here in Daniel 11 is
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basically a summation, a
summation of Daniel 2, 7, 8.
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What do we see in 2, 7, 8?
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We have seen a development
of the new covenant and
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the attack that
was made against it.
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For example, Daniel 2, the
rock that hits the image at
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the feet, is a rock that
is brought without hands.
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It is no human
power, it is God's power.
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Daniel 7, he will think
to change times and laws.
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An attack against the
law of God which is part
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of the new covenant.
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Daniel 8, he will seek to
cast the truth to the ground,
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and the sanctuary to
the ground by attacking the
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mediation or the forgiveness
of sins, through Jesus
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Christ in the
heavenly sanctuary.
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So all of these elements
are developed through these
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prophecies and come together
and are summarized right
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here in Daniel 11.
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What is the point of all
these different prophecies?
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They are bringing us to
understand the Prince of the new
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covenant and the attack
that is being made against
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the new covenant.
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Now we noted in a
previous study James, that Jesus
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is specifically identified
in Chapter 9 and verse 26
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as the Messiah, and then
down in verse 27, He is the one
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who confirms the covenant.
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So the Messiah is the one
who confirms the covenant.
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We know this is speaking of
the new covenant and not the
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old covenant because it is
in reference to the Messiah
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when He comes to
establish the new covenant.
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And also because the whole
book of Daniel is directing
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us to the new covenant.
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Exactly! Exactly, and now
as we continue in Chapter 11,
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we have made the transition
from the Media Persian
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kingdom to the Grecian
kingdom and then into the pagan
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Roman phase of the Roman empire.
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Then when we come down to
verses 28 and 29, we have a
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transition beginning to
occur here from the pagan Roman
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phase to the papal Roman phase.
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We want to just notice
here, that in verse 28,
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it says very clearly
that he shall be moved against
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the holy covenant, and
that is the great controversy
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aspect of the vision.
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It says more here, Jesus is
seeking to establish the new
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covenant, the little horn
power previously mentioned in
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Chapter 7 and 8, and here
in this prophecy the papal
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Roman power is using its
influence against the holy
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covenant to subvert, to
prevent the new covenant from
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coming to
completion and fruition.
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In fact you find this
repeated over and over again.
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Verse 28, the holy
covenant, then it says here in
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verse 30, "for the ships
of Chittim shall come against"
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"him: and therefore he shall
be grieved, and return and"
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"have indignation against
the holy covenant: so shall he"
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"do; he shall even return,
and have intelligence with"
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"them that forsake
the holy covenant. "
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Then again you go down to"
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verse 32, "and such as do"
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"wickedly against the"
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"covenant shall he corrupt by"
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"flatteries: but the people"
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"that do know their God shall"
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"be strong, and do exploits. "
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So you have the
covenant, the holy covenant, the
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covenant, the
covenant, you had mentioned here
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4 or 5 times in the
context of Daniel 11.
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Then you have a summation
of the people who know their
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God, well here is the
purpose, here is the underlying
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goal of the new covenant.
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That is a relationship with God.
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The new covenant is all
about bringing us into this
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relationship with God, so
we are connecting with Him.
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That is what the book
of Daniel is all about.
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You see Daniel 1 through 6
expounding upon the life of
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Daniel and the life of
his friends, even through
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Nebuchadnezzar expounding
upon this development of
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relationship, this
trust relationship with God.
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You see here in Daniel 11
when a summation of the whole
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picture, a prophetic picture
is given you see two powers.
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One power is working
against the covenant.
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The other power is
working to establish the
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holy covenant and
the conclusion of this
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is a people who know their God.
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What does it mean
that they know their God?
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This is a very significant
terminology in Scripture,
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James, because it is not
referring to mere intellectual
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knowledge, it is not referring
to the idea they have a creed
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memorized, it is not referring
to any knowledge that is
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external, or that is formal.
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It's referring to a relationship
with God that is very
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intimate, very close and
these people that are described
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here are doing great
exploits at the end of time.
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These individuals know
God in a very personal,
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intimate sense.
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There are few
scriptures that come to mind
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that uses this terminology.
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One is where the new
covenant is described in
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Chapter 8 of the book of Hebrews
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Where the new
covenant involves this promise,
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they shall not teach
every man his neighbor's saying
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know the Lord, for all
shall know Me from the least
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to the greatest.
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In other words there is
not going to be a necessity,
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among these people of
evangelizing one another in
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the sense of leading them
to know God, because in fact
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they will know God
on a personal level
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through the new covenant.
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Also I think of the usage
of the word by Jesus in John
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Chapter 17 and verse 3,
were Jesus said this is life
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eternal that they might
know You the only true God,
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and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent.
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Jesus later on in John 17
defines what He means when
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He says, eternal
life is to know Him.
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He says in verses 25 and
26 that those who know Him
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are those who partake of
the love of the Father and
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the Son in
personal relationship.
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So this is an identification
of the people of God at
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the end of time doing great
exploits as partakers of the
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new covenant and its
intimate relationship with God.
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It also seems to be
indicate here Ty, there is some
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deception, some flattery,
there is a conflict going on
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between these people who
know their God and another power
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that claims,
professes to be of God.
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Infect Jesus talks about
this again in Matthew Chapter 7,
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I think another indication
in this prophecy is fulfilled
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here, he says, concerning
the end of time Matthew,
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Chapter 7 verse 21, "not
every one that saith unto me,"
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"Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven;"
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"but he that do with
the will of my Father"
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"which is in heaven. "
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Verse 22, "many will say to
me in that day, Lord, Lord,"
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"have we not prophesied
in thy name? And in thy name"
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"have cast out devils? And
in thy name have done many"
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"wonderful works?" Verse
23, "and then will I profess"
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"unto them, I never
knew you; depart from me,"
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"ye that work iniquity. "
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This is a sad commentary
on people who profess the name
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of Christ, they profess to
be Christians, they profess
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to know God, they do many
wonderful works in His name,
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but Jesus says
they don't know Me.
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Because what? They are
workers of iniquity and this is
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why is so vital for us to
recognize, and our audience to
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recognize, our viewers
to recognize, that the new
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covenant is more than
many are teaching it to be
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in these last days.
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The new covenant is
inclusive in Hebrews
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Chapter 8 and 10.
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It is inclusive not only
in the forgiveness but God
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putting His laws in our
hearts and minds so that we
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will not be workers of iniquity.
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So that when we know God
and come into a relationship
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with God we will be
workers of righteousness and be
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in harmony with
His Commandments.
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We will be keeping His
law as a law of love to God
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and unto our neighbors.
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Don't go away, we
will be right back!
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