Hello friends welcome back to
our study in the book of Daniel.
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We are in Daniel 12 and we are
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looking at verses 2 and 3.
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We noted Ty, that as Daniel
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comes out of vision the Chapter,
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Chapter 12, the vision is not
the accurate place where the end
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of this vision occurs.
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Daniel Chapter 12,
verses 1, 2 and 3 are still
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part of the vision.
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Gabriel is still
talking to Daniel.
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He is telling him what is
going to happen in verse 2 in
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the end of time when
the time of trouble begins.
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He says, "many of them
that sleep in the dust of the"
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"Earth shall awake, some
to everlasting life and some"
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"to shame and
everlasting contempt. "
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Now that is a strange place
to be sleeping isn't it, Ty?
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I sleep in a bed, I
think you sleep in a bed.
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What does it mean when the
people are sleeping, does this
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mean in this time lot of
people choose to sleep outside?
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What is a talking about?
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Obviously the biblical
reference to death in the Bible,
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death is referred to repeatedly
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as sleep. The Lord Jesus Christ
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explains death as a sleep on a
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a number of occasions.
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These people are asleep in
the dust of the earth, meaning
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they are those who are resting
in Christ in the grave and
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this verse is prophesy of
the resurrection of both the
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righteous and the wicked.
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We have those who are coming
forth from sleep in the earth
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to everlasting life, that
is the resurrection of the
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righteous, who are
righteous in Christ.
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Then we have those who
arise to everlasting contempt
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and shame, obviously
this is a reference to the
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resurrection of the
lost, or the wicked.
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So that is what Paul
is talking about also in
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1 Thessalonians
Chapter 4, and verse 16.
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Paul says, "for the Lord
himself shall descend from"
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"heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the Archangel,"
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"and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ,"
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or those who were sleeping
in Christ, "shall rise first. "
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"Then we which are alive
and remain shall be caught up"
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"together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in"
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the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord. "
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In fact, in the context
of these two verses, verse 14
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says, "for if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again,"
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"even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God"
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"bring with him. "
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So here we have a
beautiful promise, in Daniel
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Chapter 12 verse 2
of the resurrection.
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The voice of the Archangel,
Jesus says at My voice,
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He says they will resurrect
John Chapter 5 verse 26.
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There will be a resurrection,
and it says there are two
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classes of people here that
will resurrect in that time.
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Those who will be resurrected
to everlasting life and others
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will be resurrected
to everlasting contempt.
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Jesus actually quotes
this verse almost word for word
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in John 5 and verse 29.
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Jesus speaks of "those
who will come forth," from the
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grave that is, "those have
done good, to the resurrection"
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"of life; and those that
have done evil, unto the"
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"resurrection of condemnation. "
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So He is speaking of
these two resurrections as well.
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They are segregated, or divided
because we have in Scripture a
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a clear indication that at the
second coming of Jesus Christ
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the resurrection of the
righteous will occur, but not
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till a later time does the
resurrection of the wicked occur
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Okay this is awesome,
what we have here friends is we
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have Jesus encouraging
us to know His voice.
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We need to know
Him in the end of time.
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Even those who sleep in
Christ will hear His voice.
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Those who hear His voice
will be resurrected, and it says
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in verse 3, "and they that
be wise," or those that shall
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be teachers is what the word
here means, "shall shine as"
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"the brightness of the
firmament; and they that turn"
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" many to righteousness as
the stars for ever and ever. "
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Now I really like this
phrase, you use like a parallel
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as it were here.
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Those who are teachers or those
who are wise, those who are
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teaching and are wise are those
who turn many to righteousness.
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Now in the Bible, righteousness
is identified as Christ.
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Christ, Jeremiah 23 says,
"Christ is our righteousness. "
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The Lord our righteousness!
The Lord our righteousness.
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In Romans, Paul says the
righteousness of God is filled
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up in the gospel of Jesus
Christ, Romans Chapter 1:16, 17.
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So what we have here, if you
don't mind me taking liberty,
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I would say that we could read
this verse, and they that turn
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many to Jesus will shine
as the stars forever and ever.
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In our world today
there are Hollywood stars.
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In our world today there
are basketball stars, and sports
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stars, rock stars, but this
is a different kind of star.
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This is the genuine, this
is the star that will shine
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for ever and ever and it is the
star that turns people to Jesus
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because in Jesus is where we
find hope, it is where we find
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help, it is where we find life,
it is where we find forgiveness,
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and this is where we
find freedom from our guilt
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Freedom from the stain of sin.
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It is where we
find joy and happiness.
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Turning people to
Jesus is one of the greatest
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accomplishments, it is one
of the greatest ministries,
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and works that any
of us can engage in.
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Verse 3 gives us our
marching orders James.
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It tells us exactly
what we need to be doing at
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this tail end
segment of human history,
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right here at the end of time.
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We need to be focusing
our attention, our energies,
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our talents, and our
resources on the great task of
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instructing many,
drawing many, directing many to
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righteousness, to the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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This is how we
need to be spending our
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time and our energy.
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I really appreciate that
this vision Gabriel is giving to
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Daniel ends with
this verse, with verse 3.
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It is as though the angel
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is telling us, friends, that
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all you have seen, even the
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time of trouble such as never
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was, all of it is significant.
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It is prophetic history
and is going to take place.
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But I am going to close
with one thought, and it is the
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most important thought,
don't forget this thought.
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Those who turn many to Jesus
will shine for ever and ever.
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Isn't that
significant? It's powerful!
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Now from verse 3 back we
have Gabriel speaking to Daniel
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in vision, from verse 4
onward we have some closing
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instruction if you will, and
epilogue concerning the vision
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there has been given to Daniel.
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Daniel was really
struggling, and we are going to
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see and understand all this.
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In fact there was an
indication of that in the very
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beginning of this
vision in Daniel 10 verse 1,
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because Daniel begins by saying,
I was given a time appointed
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"was long: and I
understood the thing, and had"
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"understanding of the vision. "
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"In those days I Daniel
was mourning 3 full weeks. "
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So Daniel is say that I was
given a vision and understood
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it, it was long and goes
back now and recounts the vision
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and now we come to the end
of it and what is Daniel told
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in Daniel 12 verse 4?
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Verse 4, is Gabriel continuing
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to speak to Daniel but now he
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is speaking to Daniel while
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Daniel is not in vision.
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Daniel awakes from his
dream and he hears the angel
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Gabriel say to him, "but
thou Daniel, shut up the words,"
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"and seal the book,
even to the time of the end:"
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"many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased. "
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Now James, this
Scripture tells us that there is
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going to be an increase
of knowledge specifically
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at the end of time.
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The immediate context
makes it clear that the increase
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of knowledge at the end of
time, that is here foretold,
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is an increase primarily
of prophetic knowledge.
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It's Daniel's book of prophecies
that has been sealed up,
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according to the angel Gabriel.
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Having been sealed, Gabriel
says but at the end of time
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that book of prophecies
is going to be unsealed.
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It is going to be opened,
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How is it going to be opened?
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It is going to be open through
a process of running to and fro,
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this is a reference to
the study of the Scriptures,
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comparing Scripture with
Scripture, line upon line,
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precept upon precept, allowing
Scripture to be it's own
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interpreter, to unravel
and define the symbols of the
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prophecies of
the book of Daniel.
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As a result
knowledge is increased.
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What kind of knowledge?
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Knowledge of end time prophecy!
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Yes, knowledge of the very
prophecies that were given to
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Daniel, and not only
their significance, but the
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significance of the new covenant
in context of that knowledge.
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So we can see Ty, it is
important for viewers to
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recognize, that this verse,
verse 4, is talking primarily of
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the increase of knowledge
of Scriptures and the spiritual
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truths Daniel was sharing,
or that was shared with Daniel.
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In fact, in verse 8
Daniel says, of Chapter 12.
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"And I heard, but I understood
not: then said I, O my"
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"Lord, what shall be
the end of these things?"
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So Daniel is still seeking
to understand the placement
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of some of these prophecies.
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He is still seeking, still
wrestling with, and grasping
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with understanding of
their full significance.
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There is no way, the
angel is basically telling him,
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there is no way you can fully
understand this because most of
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these events, these end time
events are not for your time.
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They are beyond you.
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But I think there is also
a second application here Ty.
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We can see the knowledge
as it applies to the Bible,
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but many running to and fro
and knowledge being increased,
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that has to got to
imply to technology also.
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When you look at the time of
the end, when you look at the
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last century or two you see
us going from horse and buggy,
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to horse and chariot,
to space rockets and the
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technology just going.
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I can buy a computer today
and it is outdated tomorrow.
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We are looking at a time
when technology has increased
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where men run to and fro
literally through this earth,
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traveling across the
globe in a matter of hours as
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opposed to places it would
have taken months to travel.
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So certainly the increase, the
inventions, the technology and
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science is another
striking illustration of the
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time of the end.
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James it is pretty evident
historically that there is
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a direct correlation
between the increase of biblical
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knowledge, scriptural
knowledge, spiritual growth, and
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technological scientific
advancement in our world.
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From the time that Gutenberg
invented the printing press
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and knowledge became
readily available to the masses
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through publications, we
see an exponential growth
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in every area of science
and technological advance
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all the way
carrying to our very time.
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Absolutely, and so Daniel
here is told that there is going
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to be a specific sign that
is going to indicate when his
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prophecy are going
to be better understood.
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It is the time of the end.
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So Daniel and verse 5, he looks,
he sees one standing on one
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side of the bank of the
river, someone standing on the
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other side, "one says to the
man clothed in linen," verse 6.
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The man clothed in linen
friends, is that same being
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Jesus Christ in His glorified
state, that Daniel saw at
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the beginning of his vision.
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The question is asked, How
long shall be these wonders?
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The answers given by "the
man clothed in linen, which was"
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"upon the waters of the
river," verse 7, "when he held"
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"up his right hand and
his left hand unto heaven,"
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"and will swear by him that
lived with for ever that it"
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"shall be for a time,
times, and a half; and when he"
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"shall have accomplished
to scattered the power of the"
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"holy people, all these
things shall be finished. "
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"And I heard, but it understood
not: then said I, O my"
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"Lord what shall be
the end of these things?"
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Verse 9, "And he said, Go
thy way, Daniel; for the words"
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"are closed up and sealed
till the time of the end. "
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So here we have this
specific instruction.
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I think Daniel primarily
does not understand these
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time prophecies, these
are for us to understand.
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Go your way Daniel, the
words are going to be sealed up.
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It is going to be a specific
time prophecy and when those
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time prophecies are fulfilled,
then your book is going
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to be opened and people will
read it and they will understand
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it, and knowledge will be
increased, and a proclamation
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is going to go forth.
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It is incredible to realize
that we live in that very time.
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Here is Daniel receiving these
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visions and the angel clearly
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tells him, sorry Daniel but
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there is no way you can
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understand these things in
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totality and it is going to
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be closed up and sealed
for the time at the end.
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It is as if James, these
prophecies were put in an
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envelope, the envelope was
sealed, and then it was mailed
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to the end time
period of human history.
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Mailed literally to those
living at the end of time.
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Mailed to us, God's
church at the end of time.
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It is our privilege now
to unseal the book of Daniel
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and it's prophecies and
to understand these things.
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It is just amazing.
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But not everyone is
going to understand them.
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It says right here in verse 10
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"many show be purified, and"
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"made white, and tried; but the"
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"wicked shall do wickedly: and"
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"none of the
wicked shall understand;"
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"but the wise
shall understand. "
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I think this is important
because many times we look at
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understanding the Bible as
something that is just owed
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to us, intellectuals may
say I can read the Bible and I
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know what it is saying.
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No! Only when we give our
hearts fully to the Lord, we can
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expect in the context of this
prophecy to go through trials,
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to go through purification.
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A lot of people don't
understand what trials do in the
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lives of believers, but they
open our hearts and our minds
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to see and understand
things on the Spiritual nature
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that perhaps we don't see
and understand if we are not
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seeking, truly seeking
God with all our heart.
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So it is important friends.
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Don't be discouraged, but
understand we live in the time
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of the end and trials
are going to come to us.
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But be assured that God is
going to give you understanding
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so that you can be prepared
for the time of trouble and
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delivered through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!
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