Welcome back friends!
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We are continuing our study
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of Daniel Chapter 10.
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We are learning some exciting
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things here.
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James, before we took a
break, we were pointing out
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that as Daniel continues
to unfold, there is just a
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huge Revelation that is
given here in the book of Daniel
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Chapter 10 regarding the
great controversy between
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good and evil.
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How that spiritual warfare
is literally transpiring all
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the time behind the scenes.
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We are allowed to peek
behind the veil here, in Daniel
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Chapter 10, because
we see behind the scene.
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We see what is going
on really when a person
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is engaged in prayer,
when a person is engaged in a
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relationship with God.
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Yes, it is a
powerful insight Ty,
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that we have here
in the book of Daniel.
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In Daniel Chapter 10 it's
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vital for us and our viewers
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to understand this.
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When we started this
chapter Daniels said he was
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praying for 3
full weeks, 21 days.
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When we read verse 12 we
understand what is going on.
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Verse 12 and 13 it
says, "then he said unto me,"
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"fear not Daniel," this is
Gabriel speaking to Daniel.
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"For from the first day
that you set your heart to"
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"understand and
chasten yourself before God,"
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"your words were heard. "
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So Daniel is praying
and as soon as he prays,
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his words are heard.
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And I came forth for your
words, so as soon as we pray
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God sends forth angels.
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God responds and He
answers our prayers.
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But verse 13, "the
Prince of the kingdom of Persia
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withstood me 1 and 20 days.
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How long is the 1
and 20 days? Three weeks!
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So Daniel was
praying, God was hearing,
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God was answering but
there was another force,
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and other power, that was
seeking to hinder the answer
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to that prayer
for the allotted time
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Daniel had been praying.
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Then he said, "but lo, Michael,
one of the Chief Princes,"
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"came to help me; and I
remained there with the"
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"kings of Persia. "
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It is important to point
this out and develop it James.
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Often times we had the
impression that when we pray and
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an immediate answer
does not come to our prayers,
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we tend to assume that
that is because there is a
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reluctance on God's part,
or somehow we haven't done
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something just
right in order to get
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God to act in our favor.
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But this reveals that God
hears our prayers immediately.
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That He is eager
to answer our prayers.
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In fact as soon as Daniel
was praying, Gabriel explains
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upon his arrival, that the
delay had nothing to do with
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a reluctance on God's
part, but in fact there was a
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spiritual warfare
going on behind the scenes.
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Daniel was
praying for 3 full weeks.
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This is vital that he continue
to engage in the warfare
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himself, but as he is
engaged in the spiritual warfare
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praying, Gabriel, God's angel,
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is engaged in spiritual warfare
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with a power that he refers to
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here, as the prince
of the kingdom of Persia.
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Now this is fascinating.
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We need to know, number
one, God is eager to answer our
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prayers and is immediately
endeavoring to do so.
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Secondly, if our prayers
are not immediately answered,
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this is no
reflection on God's willingness.
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God is eager, but
there is something going on
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behind the scenes.
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Absolutely, in fact, we
see this not only here in the
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Old Testament, we also see it
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in the New Testament.
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For example in 1 Thessalonians
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Chapter 2, Paul clearly
teaches that there is a power
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that is seeking to
hinder his ministry and his work
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among the churches.
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He identifies what this
power is and notice what he says
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here in 1
Thessalonians, Chapter 2:18.
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He is speaking to the
church there and he says,
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"wherefore we would have
come unto you even I Paul,"
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"once and again,"
that is more than one time.
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"But Satan hindered
us. " Who hindered us?
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Satan hindered us.
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Now we know that the
prince of the power of Persia is
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Satan because Jesus tells
us in John Chapter 12: 31,
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that Satan is the
prince of this world.
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These Persian powers,
these Media Persian powers and
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Babylon, they are
all powers of this world.
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They are not God's kingdom,
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they are the
kingdoms of this world.
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So the prince of the King
of Persia, the prince of the
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king of this world, is Satan.
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Here he is identified clearly
by Paul as the one who was
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seeking to
hinder Paul's ministry.
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You have a great
controversy taking place.
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In Romans 1:13 Paul
says the same thing.
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We wanted to come to you
often but we were hindered,
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hindered, hindered.
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So we have Jesus saying in
the Lord's prayer of Matthew 6,
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that we should pray that
"God's will be done on earth
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as it is in heaven. "
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We should pray that we
be delivered from evil.
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We should pray that Satan
would not be allowed to come
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in and hinder God's work.
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In our ministries and in
our outreach and in our lives.
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Amen, I think there is a
delegation process that may even
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occur in Satan's Kingdom James.
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As you pointed out Satan is
referred to by Jesus in such
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Scriptures as John Chapter 12,
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as the prince of this world.
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The ruler of this world.
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Also in the temptation of
Jesus, in Matthew Chapter 4,
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one of the three temptations
is worded by Satan in this
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way, "if you will bow down
and worship me, I will give"
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"you all the kingdoms of
this world," because I can give
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them to whosoever I will because
they have been given to me.
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So Satan lays claim to
the kingdom of this world as a
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whole but then, under
Satan's over lordship,
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the kingdoms of
this world as a whole,
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we know he has demons.
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According to
Revelation Chapter 12 there was
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approximately one third
of the angels that fell into
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rebellion with Satan
against the kingdom of God.
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Satan has divided up his
kingdom and delegated power.
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It is highly likely that
the prince of Persia is some
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demonic force that has
been placed over Persia and
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later on when the
prince of Grecia is mentioned,
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some demonic force, some
fallen angel that has been put
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over the kingdom of Grecia.
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Then we notice, very
carefully here, that Michael
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appears to add His strength
to Gabriel's strength in
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breaking through to
answer Daniel's prayer.
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You know over and over
again in the book of Daniel,
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Michael is identified as
the Prince of your people.
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He is identified as
the Messiah, the Prince.
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He seems to be the one that
is delegated to God's people.
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You have God's people, and
that is why it is important
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for us to recognize that
even though Satan is the prince
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of this world, Jesus
has taken that from him.
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It is up to us now to decide
are we going to acknowledge
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Christ, and God, as the
prince of this world, or are we
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going to acknowledge Satan
as the prince of this world?
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Whose allegiance,
who are we going to give
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our allegiance to?
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Now you have pointed out
that this terminology in the
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book of Daniel regarding
prince, when it refers to
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Michael the Messiah is
designated specifically to be
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the Prince over Israel.
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It is down in verse 21 James.
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I just want to draw our
viewers attention to this verse
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in particular
because in verse 21, it says,
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"but I will tell you what
is noted in the Scripture of"
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"truth: no one upholds me
against these," that is against
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the demonic forces that
control Persia and Grecia,
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"except Michael your Prince. "
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Michael is your Prince, Daniel.
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Your Prince as an Israelite,
as God's chosen nation.
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He is the Prince of the
children of Israel, where as
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Satan and his demons have
charge over the other nations
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that are not in
submission to God.
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Yes Daniel 12:1, "that
great Prince which stands
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for the
children, of thy people. "
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Michael that great Prince stands
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for my children, the people.
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The Messiah the
Prince of the covenant.
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Now let's hasten to point
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out that when we identify
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Michael in the book of Daniel,
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as Jesus Christ and
His pre-incarnation,
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before He came into this world.
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We do not mean and
Scripture does not mean in any
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way to indicate that
Jesus is a mere angel.
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As in the sense of a
created being, He is not!
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Jesus is the self existent,
Divine Son of God according
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to Scripture, according to
Philippians Chapter 2 He is
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by his very nature God.
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So He is not an angel in
the sense of one of the angelic
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beings that are created.
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Jesus is the Son of God, but
He is the Chief of the angels.
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He is the head of the
angelic armies of heaven.
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In fact the Bible tells
us in Revelation Chapter 12,
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that it is
Michael and His angels,
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not Michael and the angels,
but Michael and His angels.
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They are His angels.
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Being the Chief of the angels
doesn't make Jesus a created
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being any more than Him becoming
a man makes Him a created being.
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It doesn't make God a created
being any more than the Holy
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Spirit being likened to a
dove makes Him a created being.
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It doesn't make God a
created being anymore then
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it makes God and inanimate
object of nature because He
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appears in a burning bush.
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So we need to recognize
that Jesus' divinity is intact.
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He assumes these different
positions, and one of them is
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Messiah the Prince,
Michael the Chief of the angels,
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the One who
delivers God's people.
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There is another reason
why we know that Michael is,
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in fact the pre-incarnate Jesus,
and that is because the name
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Michael itself has a meaning.
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All names and Scripture
have a specific meaning.
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Michael means
one who was like God.
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Throughout the New Testament
when Jesus comes to this world
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as the incarnate Christ,
the Son of Man, over and over
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again, Jesus identified
Himself specifically in John.
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John records this
line of reasoning a lot.
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Jesus said for example,
John 5:19, "I only do what I"
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"see the Father do. "
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Then again in John 14:9
he says, "if you see me,"
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"you've seen the father. "
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Jesus is the perfect
Revelation of the Father.
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He is the one who in
character is like the Father.
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Michael means one who is
like God, that is like God
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in character and
like God in nature.
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Jesus is Michael in that sense.
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Yes and so we see Him identified
in verse 22 for example.
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Chapter 11:22, as the
Prince of the Covenant.
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We see Him identified in Chapter
9:25 as Messiah the Prince.
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He is the
Prince of the Covenant,
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He is the Messiah the Prince,
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He is the one who delivers
His people and here He has
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come to help Gabriel
in this spiritual warfare.
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Why? Because an angel
cannot do what Michael can do.
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An angel cannot
do what Jesus can do.
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An angel cannot redeem
what Jesus Christ can redeem.
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Jesus Christ has redeemed us
and He is victorious over the
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prince of this world.
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He can take from that prince,
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things that angels cannot take.
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He can claim victory in our
behalf so that we can be freed
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up to receive the communication
that we need from God.
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I think that in our modern,
skeptical age where people
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are so focused on those things
that are tangible and those
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things that science can
actually verify, that we have in
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our world a lot of skepticism
and doubt regarding the
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spiritual realm.
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This gives us a very clear
window into just how real it is.
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There is a spiritual
dimension to reality.
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There are fallen angels
that are allied against us under
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Satan, there are unfallen
angels such as Gabriel, who are
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allied under Christ,
under Michael in favor
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of the human race.
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This spiritual
warfare is very, very real.
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Yes, in fact in the Old
Testament book of Deuteronomy
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it talks about the
people of God worshiping devils.
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The Devils come in the guise of
false gods and false religions.
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We see a spiritual
significance to all of this.
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There is a spiritual warfare
friends, taking place all
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around us and Michael is seeking
to interpose in our behalf
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to free us from the clutches
and from the influence of those
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powers of darkness.
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Paul says in Romans that we
wrestle not against flesh and
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blood but against powers
and principalities and spiritual
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wickedness in dark places.
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There is only one person
that can release us from the
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influence and the power
of that spiritual wickedness.
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That person is our
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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He comes to Daniel to
release him from the darkness,
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from the misinformation,
the struggles that he is having
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here in Daniel 10 and to
bestow upon him a clear vision
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of what is going to
become of God's people,
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Daniels people,
in the end of time.
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So be sure to join us next
time as we continue this study.
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