Hello friends!
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Welcome to Books of the Book.
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We are studying the book of
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Daniel and we are in Daniel 9.
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My name is James Rafferty.
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And I'm Ty Gibson.
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We are happy that you have
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joined us for the study of
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the book of Daniel.
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We would like to invite
you grab your Bible and follow
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along, before we get
right in to chapter 9, James.
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We need to do a little
bit of background work because
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as we learned in our
previous time together,
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Daniel has been left
with some hanging threads with
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regards to the prophecy
that has been revealed to him
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in chapter 8.
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He is really
struggling, he is even sick,
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to the point of sickness
because he cannot understand.
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He can't comprehend what
he has been told in relation
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to the 2300 days and
how that correlates with the
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70 year prophecy and Jeremiah.
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Daniel is thinking in his
own immediate context James.
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He is a captive in
Babylon and he is anticipating,
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and hoping that in his
lifetime, rather shortly,
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there will be a
deliverance for his people and a
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re-establishment of
the temple in Jerusalem.
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So he is thinking in that
context, how does the 2300 days
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fit, and so Daniel here
is even sick certain days
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because he cannot
correlate the connection between
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2300 days and the 70 years.
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In his mind the 2300
days cannot be literal days.
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Because literal days to
make a too short a period
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and it can't be a day for a
year even though that is the
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only choice he has left.
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If it is a day for a year
and that puts this prophecy way
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out into the future.
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He is thinking this
prophecy is dealing with the
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restoration of the sanctuary.
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The angel specifically
told him, in chapter 8 verse 26,
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that the vision the time portion
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of the vision refers to many
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days in the future.
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Specifically the angel tells him
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but he still doesn't get it.
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He is still thinking in
terms of the immediate historic
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context he is living in,
but the angel is saying, no, no
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Daniel, this vision is about
the future, distant future.
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In chapter 9, which is
the first year of king Darius,
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he begins to supplicate,
he begins to pray to the Lord
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for understanding of the
vision because it is really
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troubling him and he wants
to know about the deliverance
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of his people.
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You know what is
really interesting here Ty,
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sometime has gone past,
because the vision he had is in
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the third-year of the reign
of Belshazzar, and now he is
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under Darius so
some time has gone past.
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This has been weighing on
him and he is finally gotten to
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the place where he
really wants to figure this out.
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So he fasts and he prays.
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In the first year of Darius,
if you go back to Daniel 6,
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you'll notice that it was in
the first year of Darius that
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Daniel was set up as the
Prince, or the principal head,
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president of 120
leaders of this new kingdom.
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Darius established
the Media Persia kingdom.
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He was in that first year
that that decree went forth,
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that no one could
pray to anyone for 30 days
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except to Darius.
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It was in that context
that we find Daniel earnestly
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praying to God for
understanding of this vision.
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And thrown into the lion's
den because of the conspiracy
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against him. Exactly!
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So what you have here is
that you have an intriguing
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insight that Satan is
seeking to undermine the
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understanding of the
interpretation of this very
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prayer concerning this prophecy
and stop Daniel from receiving
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an insight, or further
understanding of the prophecy.
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I believe Sir Isaac
Newton said, this prophecy that
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we are about to
study with our viewers,
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this prophecy is the foundation
stone of Christianity.
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Yes, no doubt about it.
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This reveals to us also
James, that in the background of
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the story of Daniel receiving
these prophecies, there is
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spiritual warfare going on.
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Later on in the book of
Daniel we are going to discover
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that why Gabriel is the
one, the angel sent from God to
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continually interact with
Daniel at the same time there
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are angelic forces that
are demonic and they are trying
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to prevent the answer to
Daniel's prayer, hence he was
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thrown into the lion's den.
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He was tested severely
over the interpretation
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of this very prophecy.
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I think it is important for
viewers to understand and to
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emphasize this one more time,
friends prayer is powerful.
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When we pray Satan trembles.
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It is vital for us to understand
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that he is doing everything he
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can to stop us from
praying and supplicating,
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from connecting with God,
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from communicating with God,
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talking to God as to a friend.
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To give Him all our
burdens and troubles our trials,
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our sins, our failures and
receiving from Him the blessings
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and the strength we need
in our Christian experience.
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Okay so in chapter 9 Daniel
begins to supplicate before
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the Lord, he begins to pray.
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He wants to
understand the vision.
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He begins confessing his sin,
the sin of his people Israel.
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He is before the Lord in a
humble state seeking forgiveness
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and seeking understanding.
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As he prays this prayer,
the angel Gabriel intervenes.
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Right during this prayer,
verse 20, "now while I was"
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"speaking, and praying, and
confessing my sin and the sins"
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"of my people Israel, and
presenting my supplications"
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"before the Lord my God for
the holy Mountain of my God;"
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"while I was speaking in
prayer, the man Gabriel,"
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"whom I had seen in vision
at the beginning, being caused"
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"to fly swiftly to me
about the time of the evening"
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"offering. And he informed
me, and talked with me,"
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"and said, O Daniel, I
have now come forth to give you"
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"skill and understanding. "
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A very directly, James,
Gabriel comes in answer to
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Daniel's prayer and says,
okay Daniel, now I am here.
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I have been sent forth
and I'm going to explain
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the vision that you received.
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That is recorded back
in chapter 8 of Daniel.
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You know Ty this is vital,
this is vital for viewers to
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understand because there
can be a disconnection here.
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We can think that maybe
Daniel is going to see another
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vision, no he is not
going to see another vision.
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Daniel is going to be given
understanding of the vision
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that has been bothering
him, troubling him, in fact
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in verse 23 if you
look at this it says,
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"at the beginning of thy
supplication the Commandment"
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came forth and I
have come to show you,"
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for you are greatly beloved,"
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"therefore I understand the
matter and consider the vision"
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The one he already had.
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Because there is no vision
yet that has been shown in
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Daniel 9 so it has to be
the vision that he has had a
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question about
in Daniel chapter 8.
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What that means is a
direct connection between
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Daniel 9 and Daniel 8.
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It is crucial to notice also
that it is the portion of the
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vision that pertains to the
time prophecy of Daniel 8:14.
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The 2300 days, the reason
we know this is because the
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beginning part of
the vision, chapter 8,
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was already explained.
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The ram was identified,
the he goat was identified,
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all of that was
explained to Daniel.
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The part of the vision of Daniel
chapter 8 was left hanging
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that wasn't
explained, was the time portion.
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We know what he struggled
with because in chapter 9
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and verse 2 he said, "in
the first year of the reign of
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"Darius, I Daniel understood
by books the number of years,"
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"where the word of the
Lord came to Jeremiah the"
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"prophet, then he would
accomplish 70 years in the"
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"desolation's of Jerusalem. "
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So he is looking at
the time prophecies.
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He is struggling
with this time prophecy.
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This also confirmed by
the very first verse of the
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explanation of
verse 24 of Daniel 9.
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"70 weeks are
determined upon thy people. "
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He's dealing with
time! Time prophecy.
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He is dealing with time.
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He is explaining the 2300
day prophecy and he is beginning
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by telling Daniel that there
is a 70 week portion at the
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beginning of the
2300 day prophecy.
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"It is determined upon your
people, Daniel, to make an end"
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"of transgression, to finish
transgression to make an end"
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"of sin, to make reconciliation
for iniquity, to bring in"
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"everlasting righteousness,
to seal up the vision and"
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"prophecy and to
anoint the most holy. "
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So in verse 24, the 70 week
prophecy is delineated as the
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1st portion, the cut off portion
the determined portion that
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pertains to Israel.
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To the Jewish
nation as a nation.
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They have 70 weeks to
accomplish these 7 tasks.
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But notice just in case we
might think that it is actually
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something they need to
accomplish, which is remember
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that whole covenant mentality
the Jews had for many, many
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years, that is totally
wiped away, or laid aside by the
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new covenant mentality.
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The new covenant
mentality friends,
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is that we don't accomplish
anything by our power, our
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strength, but God is the One
accomplishes for us His promises
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When you look at this first
verse you can think, well the
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Jews have the 70
years, or 70 weeks excuse me.
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490 years, a day
for year prophecy.
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They have 490 years to
accomplish these tasks.
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But look now at verse 25.
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Verse 25 says, "know
therefore and understand. "
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Now what is the
implication there,
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know therefore and understand?
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Since you have 490 years
or 70 weeks to accomplish
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these 7 tasks, you need to know
and you need to understand what?
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"That from the going forth
of the Commandment to restore"
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"and to rebuild Jerusalem
unto Messiah the Prince,"
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"that is the Prince, the
Messiah, Jesus Christ shall be"
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"seven weeks and
three score and two weeks. "
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I'm speaking in the King
James language in which a score
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is 20 years and
three score is 60 years.
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Seven weeks and three
score and two weeks is 69 weeks.
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Now this is very significant
because what it is saying
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is that this time
period is a total of 70 weeks.
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All this needs to be
accomplished in 70 weeks.
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You need to know and
understand therefore,
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since you can't accomplish
it, the new covenant truth,
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that the Messiah, the
Prince, will accomplish it,
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and it's going
to come in 69 weeks.
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He the Messiah will actually
achieve these 7 delineated
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achievements that are
brought forth in verse 4.
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Jesus will come into
the world and He would,
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in fact, finish transgression.
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He would in fact,
make an end of sins.
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He would in fact, make
reconciliation for iniquity.
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Jesus would bring in
everlasting righteousness.
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Jesus would seal up the vision.
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Jesus would
seal up the prophecy.
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Jesus would in fact
anoint the most holy
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and fulfill all of it.
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That's why He
comes in the 69 weeks.
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Because this has to be done
before the 70 weeks is finished.
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Jesus is the only one
Who can accomplish it.
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So He comes in 69 weeks.
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Friends if you want to
find another application to this
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prophecy, if you want to
put it in another time frame
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other than the time
frame of Jesus Christ.
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If you want to apply it to
somebody else other than to
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Jesus Christ you are
going to have to find another
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Savior, another Messiah.
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But if you are a
believer of Jesus Christ,
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you know beyond a shadow
of a doubt that this 70 week
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prophecy applies to a
certain time in a certain place.
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It applies to the life,
death, and mediation of Jesus.
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James this is a
rather complex prophecy.
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I mean we have
time periods here.
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We have math to figure out.
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This is not a simple thing to
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understand and we need to
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recognize that even Daniel,
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the prophet, the one who
received this vision grappled
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with a prophecy, he
didn't understand it.
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You know Ty, that is
an important principle
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that you are bringing out.
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We should not come to the
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Bible with I know it all
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attitude or be too proud
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to acknowledge that we don't
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know something about the Bible.
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Daniel was qualified
because he was able to say,
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I don't get this, I
don't understand this,
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this just
doesn't make sense to me.
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That prepared him to
receive heavenly knowledge
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and heavenly wisdom.
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That is the attitude
that God wants us to have.
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Not only was he humbled
in his estimation of his own
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ability to understand
and really felt the need for
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heavenly guidance, but he
also had a humble attitude
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about his position before God.
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Because in his prayer in
chapter 9, repeatedly Daniel
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uses the word we in
referring to himself and Israel.
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He identifies with his people,
"he says we have sinned. "
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In verse 5, he says
"we have done wickedly".
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He says in verse 6,
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"we have not heeded
your servants the prophets. "
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He says in verse 7,
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"we have shame of face
because of our unfaithfulness. "
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Over and over again we see
Daniel, who we studied so far,
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was a righteous man.
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He walked and faithfulness
before the Lord and he was the
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one in whom his enemy said,
this is a guy in whom has the
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Spirit of the holy God.
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That "we attitude" that Daniel
had, our viewers need to know,
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that "we attitude" is what
prepared him, or qualified him
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to really see this prophecy.
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Because this prophecy friends,
is directing our minds and
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our hearts to God Himself
in the person of Jesus Christ
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who took upon Himself the
corporate sins of the human race
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Daniel had this corporate
attitude, this we attitude.
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Jesus had the same attitude
when He came to die for us,
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He took upon Himself the
sins of this entire race.
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This prophecy is pointing
to that Messiah and Daniel is
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preparing his mind to see and
understand this prophecy because
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of his own personal
Christian experience and his
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own attitude in relation
to the sins and the failures
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of his nation.
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Don't go away
we'll be right back!
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