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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in the book of Daniel.
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We are in Daniel Chapter 12.
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My names is James Rafferty.
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James, this brings us to our
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final study in the book
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of Daniel.
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In Chapter 12 and there
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is so much material here.
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There is no way we are going
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to be able to exhaust all
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the material, there are
time prophecies for example.
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We really do need to
direct our viewers to LBM.org so
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that they can get the detailed
studies and time prophecy
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chart that explains the
time prophecies of Daniel
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Chapter 12 as well as the
other time prophecies in the
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book of Daniel in detail.
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Having said that, let's
cover as much as we can in
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Daniel Chapter 12.
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Well Daniel 12, verse 1
is really a continuation of
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Daniel Chapter 11.
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We have looked at the
Chapter before it as a summation
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of all of all the different
prophetic visions of the book
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of Daniel 2, 7 and 8 and at
the same time we recognize that
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this prophecy in Daniel 11
takes us all the way down to
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the very end of time.
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In a time when all the
powers of this earth unite
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economically, militarily and
in the contrast when the gospel,
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the good tidings, the
new covenant message is being
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preached to every nation,
kindred, and tongue, and people.
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There is a time when this
power establishes itself between
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the seas and glorious mountain,
"he comes to his end and"
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"none shall help him because
at that time," verse 1 of
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Chapter 12,
"Michael shall stand up. "
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Who is Michael?
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He is the great Prince which
"stands for the children of"
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"your people and there shall
be a time of trouble such as"
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"never was since
there was a nation. "
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Even at that same time, "at
that time shall thy people be"
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"delivered, everyone that
shall be found written in the"
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"book. " Powerful!
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Well first of all let's
revisit the subject of Michael.
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In our study on Chapter 10 of
Daniel we identified Michael and
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were very careful to identify
Him as the pre-incarnate
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Jesus Christ, and yet to
carefully point out that by
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identifying Michael as
Jesus, before His incarnation,
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this in no way indicates
that Jesus is a created being,
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or one of the angelic host
but rather the chief of the
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Angels, the one under
whose charge are all the angelic
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armies of heaven.
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We know that Michael is
Jesus for a number of reasons.
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Among them Michael, the
name means one who is like God.
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Jesus when He came to this
world was identified as One
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who is like God.
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He is the perfect radiant,
beautiful Revelation of the
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character of the Father.
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He has brought that
Revelation into our world in His
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person, in His sacrifice on
the cross, in His resurrection,
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His ascension to
the throne of heaven,
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and His mediation in
the heavenly sanctuary.
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The entire ministry of
Jesus communicates to us the
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character of God, Jesus
is Michael for that reason.
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But also we know that
Michael is Jesus because He is
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identified throughout the
book of Daniel as the Prince
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of the host, the Prince
of the covenant I should say.
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Prince of the people of Israel.
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And Messiah the Prince,
and right here the great Prince
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which stands for the
children of Your people.
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We know that is pointing
to our Savior, our Messiah
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Jesus Christ and we
see Him standing up.
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Which means that He is
now going to take His place,
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His position as ruler of
the kingdoms of this world.
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The kingdoms of this world
are going to fall, as it has
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been depicted in
the image of Daniel 2.
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Michael is going to stand
up and these kingdoms are going
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to become God's kingdom.
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They are going to again be
reestablished and God's throne
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is going to be
established upon this earth.
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It will be reestablished
under the leadership,
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the headship of Jesus Christ.
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Anything and everything
that happens on this earth
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from this time on is
going to be fully controlled
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by Jesus Christ.
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This is referring back to
Chapter 7 where it says that the
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kingdom will be delivered
into the hands of Jesus, the Son
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of man, in Chapter 7.
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The Saints of the most high
God will participate in that
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victory and will become the
processors of the kingdom of
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God with Jesus.
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Revelation 3 says we will
sit on thrones with Him, we will
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rule with Him, so we have
this beautiful picture of the
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establishment of God's kingdom.
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We have in the context of Daniel
Chapter 12 a happy ending.
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The happy ending to intense
struggle that has taken place
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over the years, over the
centuries and all the way down
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to the time at the end.
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The time in which we
live, time future to our time.
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We do not know how much
future it is to our time.
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A time when the struggles
between a religious liberty and
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the trust and faith in
the gospel of Jesus Christ is
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contrasted with another
gospel, another Jesus, another
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message and that battle
takes us all the way down to the
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time Michael
stands up to deliver us.
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Before the happy ending,
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verse 1 of Daniel 12 says,
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the point at which Michael
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stands up is a time in history
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when there is a time of
trouble such as never was since
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there was a nation.
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That sounds like a
pretty serious time in history.
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It is an intense time and I
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do not think there is a person
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in the world today who would
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not recognize that we are
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heading to that kind of time.
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We are heading to a time
of trouble such as never was.
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It's going to get worse
before it gets better according
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to Matthew Chapter 24,
it's going to be like a woman
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travailing in
pain to give birth.
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We are going to see it intensify
and become more frequent,
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intense with natural disasters,
with wars and rumors of
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wars, we are going to see
the leaders, the presidents,
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the rulers of this world seeking
to work together more and
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more to try to alleviate in
some way the economic downfall
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and all the different
factions that are developing and
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crises that are
developing all over the world.
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We are going to see everything
they try to do utterly fail in
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the end and the only solution,
the only bomb, the only hope
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for us is to put our complete
trust in the kingdom and power
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of Jesus Christ.
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James this time of trouble
such as never was since there
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has been a nation referred
to in Daniel Chapter 12 is
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brought to view in Matthew
Chapter 24, that you were just
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quoting from.
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I want to point out that
as these signs of the times,
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as we often referred to them
in Matthew 24, unfold it says
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there is going to be
war, kingdom will rise against
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kingdom, nation against nation.
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It says there's going to
be famine and pestilence in
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verse 7, it says there's
going to be natural disasters,
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earthquakes increasing
obviously because verse 8 says
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that this is the beginning of
sorrows, or birth pains, which
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the original language
indicates that this is like
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a woman who has gone into labor.
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The symbolism is that her
contractions become more and
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more intense and
more and more frequent.
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So Jesus is telling us that
there have been these things
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all through history,
wars and rumors of wars and
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pestilence and earthquakes etc..
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All of this stuff has
been going on throughout human
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history but it is going
to become more intense, more
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frequent as we
near the end of time.
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Then Jesus says in verse 9,
"they will deliver you up to"
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"tribulation,"
that is to trouble.
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"They will kill you and you
will be hated by all nations"
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"for my namesake. "
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I think that it is interesting
that Jesus says you will
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be hated by all nations.
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It sounds there are like
there is going to be an alliance
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between nations.
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We see all the present
situation in the world,
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we see history moving
toward a unification of
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powers in the world.
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A unification
economically first and foremost.
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Unification ultimately
it seems is going to involve
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military and maybe legislative
unity, this is a uniting
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of powers to persecute
God's people at the end of time.
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Hated of all
nations for My namesake.
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Absolutely, in fact you look
at this and there is another
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word that pops out at you
and that is the word name.
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For His namesake, the
name, the character of God.
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The person of God, the
person of Jesus Christ.
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You look at another
prophecy that I think is really
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interesting and it
is found in Malachi.
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This one really parallels
what we are reading here in
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Daniel Chapter 12, because
Daniel 12 verse 1 closes with
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this statement.
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It says, "and at that time
your people will be delivered"
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"everyone that is
found written in the book. "
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In what book?
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Will look at Malachi
Chapter 3 in verse 16.
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It says here, "then they
that fear the Lord spoke often"
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"one to another, and the
Lord hearkened and heard it,"
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"in a book of remembrance
was written before him for them"
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"that feared the Lord
and thought upon his name. "
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"They shall be mine said
the Lord of hosts in that day"
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"when I make up my jewels;
and I will spare them, as a man"
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"spares his own
son that serves him. "
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Here is the people who were
serving God, a people who are
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meeting together often and
speaking together often about
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the Lord and our
thinking upon the name,
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and the character of God.
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These people are written in
a book, they are the ones that
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are found written in this
book and therefore will be
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delivered in this time of
trouble such as never was.
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So what this is telling us
Ty, is that the key element,
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the most important aspect of
preparation for what is ahead,
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the crises that we are
in and are moving deeper
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and deeper into, is
spiritual preparation.
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It is spending time in the
word of God and focusing on
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the Lord of the word of
God, on Jesus Christ our Savior.
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Becoming more
like Him in character.
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Having His name
written in our foreheads.
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That is what is going to
carry us through this time of
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trouble such as never was.
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It is logical and it makes
sense to prepare ourselves for
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this end time
crisis, economically.
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It would be very wise for us to
strategically put ourselves in
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a position where
during this time of trouble
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we are not indebted heavily
so we are not a part of it.
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We are not drastically affected
by the economic troubles
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that are going to come.
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But that is not really
what Bible prophecy is pointing
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us to, I mean that is
just wisdom, but not what is
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spoken of here.
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Daniels prophecy is
telling us that we need to be
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absolutely certain that
our names are written in
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the Book of Life.
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We need to be partakers of the
grace of God and put ourselves
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in Christ by faith, and be
certain that eternity is ours
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by God's grace through faith.
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That is what is going to
carry us through this time of
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trouble into eternity future.
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Absolutely, when
you look back on the
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life of God's people.
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When you look back on the life
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of His followers of not only
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the New Testament followers and
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believers, but the Old Testament
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followers and believers.
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Over and over again they
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went through trials and
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persecutions and
mockings and misunderstandings.
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They lost their goods and
had no certain place to dwell.
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You look at the early church,
and look at Paul, he was in
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prison, he was beaten, he
was jailed, he was stoned,
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and he was shipped wrecked.
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But he was able to
endure all of that, Why?
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Because he had
his focus on Jesus.
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He knew nothing among
the people but Jesus Christ
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and Him crucified.
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He was embedded and saturated
in the gospel of Jesus Christ
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and that is what God
is calling us to friends.
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God is calling us to put our
entire focus, our entire trust
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in Jesus Christ
and His righteousness.
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To trust in Him
with everything we have.
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To seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness
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and all these other
things will be added unto us.
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This is why we see
this specific warning,
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this specific directive
given to us in the context of
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Michael standing up.
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Only those who are found
written in the book and parallel
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that with Malachi Chapter 3.
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Those who think upon and focus
upon the name and character
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of Jesus Christ.
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It is interesting to note
James that when we come to
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Chapter 12 of Daniel
through verse 3, this is a
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continuation of
Daniel's vision in Chapter 11.
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Everything that we have been
told so far up to verse 3 is
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Daniel in vision receiving
instruction, words directly
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from the angel, Gabriel.
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This means friends that we
need to give special attention
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to these words and point by
point unpack what it is that
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Gabriel has been
instructing Daniel.
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And through Daniel to us
who live at the time when this
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vision is to be fulfilled.
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So when we come back
after the break, we are going to
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continue our study
of Daniel Chapter 12.
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