And this is where we began
last night, here's that 70 weeks
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that was allotted for
Daniel and his people, the Jews.
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At this point we don't know when
it begins, we don't know when
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it ends, we just know that
it's a part of the 2300 days,
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and that it's the key to
understanding that vision,
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but it's 70 weeks out in
isolation. Look at the rest
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of verse 24, he gives him
6 things that needed to take
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place in this period of
time, and we all wrote them
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down last night, they're
all found in verse 24, here they
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are, let's go through
them quickly: "to finish"
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"the transgression", "to
make an end of sins", " to make"
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"reconciliation for iniquity",
"to bring an everlasting"
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"righteousness", "to seal up
the vision and the prophecy",
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and "to anoint the Most
Holy", that should immediately
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cause us to think, we've
already been learning about
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the sanctuary, and there
are how many compartments
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in the sanctuary? 3
compartments, what's
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the first? The
courtyard, then the Holy
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Place, then the Most Holy
Place; so look at that language
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he's used right: "to anoint
the Most Holy", that a reference
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to the Most Holy
Place of the sanctuary.
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So he says "70 weeks are cut
off for your people Daniel, "
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"to accomplish these 6 things
that much transpire in this"
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"allotted time. " Now
look at the next verse,
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verse 25: "Know, therefore,
and understand that from"
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"the command going forth to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem"
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"unto Messiah the Prince,
will be 7 weeks, and 62 weeks, "
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"the streets shall be built
again, and the wall, even in"
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"troublesome times. "
Okay, so 62 and 7 is 69,
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so he says "know this, Daniel,
70 weeks are cut off for"
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"your people, and from the going
forth of the command to restore"
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"and rebuild Jerusalem
until the time that the Messiah"
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"the Prince will
come is 69 weeks. "
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So far is this pretty
simple everyone, yes or no?
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It's actually very simple,
we have a time period, and now
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we actually have a starting
point for that time period.
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Beloved, who is the
Messiah? Jesus Christ.
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The word "Messiah" comes
from the Hebrew "Mashiach",
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which means "the one who
is anointed", the Greek word
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"Christ" means "anointed".
Keep your finger right here
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in Daniel, and go with
me very quickly to Acts 10.
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We eluded to this last
night, and I did mention this
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Scripture, but I want you
to see it on your own, Acts 10.
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Peter is speaking, he's
actually preaching to a group
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of Gentiles, a man by the
name of Cornelius, and we pick
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it up in Acts 10:38,
make note of this, it is
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in your study guide, Acts
10:38. It says, Peter preaching:
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"How God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit"
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"and with power, who went about
doing good, and healing all"
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"who were oppressed by the
Devil, and God was with Him. "
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According to Peter, God anointed
Jesus with the Holy Spirit.
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Question: when was Jesus
anointed by the Holy Spirit?
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At His baptism, remember?
He went down into the muddy
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waters of the River Jordan,
He said to His elder cousin,
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John, "John, I need you to
baptize Me", "Baptize You? "
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"Are You kidding? I can't even
untie Your shoes, or unlatch"
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"Your sandals, I
need You to baptize me. "
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"Suffer it to be so for
now, for thus it becometh us"
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"to fulfill all righteousness",
and he baptized Him,
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and when He came up out of
the water there was a voice from
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heaven "Behold My beloved
Son in whom I am well please, "
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"hear ye Him. " And
then something happened,
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what happened next?
There was a dove, what looked
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to be like a dove that descended
upon Jesus, and that was
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the Holy Spirit.
Peter says that when that
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Holy Spirit fell upon Him,
He was anointed with the Spirit.
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How many of you have heard that
language before, "anointed"?
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When we anoint most
often, what do we use to anoint?
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- [Audience] Oil. -
We use oil, that's right,
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but beloved, that oil in the
Bible is a symbol of the Holy
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Spirit, I've anointed many
people, and we take olive oil,
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we put it on their head,
or we put it on their hands,
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but beloved, there's
no power in olive oil.
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I mean, sure, there
are medicinal properties,
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and there's those kinds of
things, but as far as spiritual
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power, there's nothing
spiritually powerful about olive
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oil, what it is that it
represents the Holy Spirit.
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So when you're anointed with
oil, that's a symbol of the Holy
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Spirit, but Jesus was
anointed with "the real McCoy"
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at His baptism. I
want you to think about
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something: we call Jesus
"Jesus Christ", but Jesus Christ
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wasn't His name, that's not
the name His mother gave Him.
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Jesus Christ; when we
say Jesus Christ what we're
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saying is "Jesus, the
anointed", so He would have been
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"Jesus" at the age of 15,
the age of 20, He's "Jesus",
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at the age of 21, He's "Jesus",
at the age of 25 He's "Jesus",
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until one day He's there at
His father's carpenter's bench
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and He knows, He has a sense,
because He's been studying
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the prophecies of Daniel,
and the Spirit of God says
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"Now is the time... "
and He leaves the carpenter's
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bench, and He would have gone
down to that river, and He would
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have been anointed, and
then He becomes "Jesus Christ",
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"the anointed", the
Hebrew word is "Messiah".
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So far so good
everyone? [Audience] Very good.
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Okay. "Know
therefore, and understand"
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"that from the going
forth of the command to restore"
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"and rebuild Jerusalem",
457 BC, we talked about that day
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a little bit last night,
you read Ezra 7, "until Messiah"
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"the Prince is 69 weeks", 69
weeks is 1 week less than 70,
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70 weeks is 490, so you just
subtract 1 week, which would
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give you 483, so if you
move 483 years from 457 BC,
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you come to 27 AD, what
event happened in 27 AD?
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Jesus was baptized.
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Hallelujah beloved, our
message last night was entitled
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"Perfect Prophetic Proof
of Jesus Christ's Identity",
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people say "How do
you know He's the guy? ",
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He's the guy because He
was baptized right on time.
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Then He gave multitudinous
evidences of His identity,
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of His uniqueness, and we find
those in the gospel accounts;
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He was baptized right on
time. Let's continue here.
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If you're following along,
this is going exactly along with
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your study guide.
Jesus was baptized by John
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in 27 AD, the fall of 27 AD,
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just as Daniel
9:25 had foretold.
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Let's continue here,
we're in our verse, verse 25:
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"Know therefore and understand
that from the going forth"
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"of the command to restore
and restore Jerusalem until"
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"Messiah the Prince there
shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks, "
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"the streets shall be
built again, and the wall, even"
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"in troublesome times.
" Now look at verse 26,
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this is new information, we're
done reviewing, we're moving
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into new territory.
Verse 26: "And after the 62"
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"weeks Messiah shall be cut
off", does everyone see that?
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"Messiah will be cut
off", and the literal here,
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in the original language
it means "the Messiah will be"
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"killed", the Messiah would
be cut off, the idea was that
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He would be cut off
from the land of the living.
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In the middle of the
week Messiah would be cut off.
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Now look at this,
"... but not for Himself. "
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When Jesus Christ died on
Golgotha's tree, did He die
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for His sins? [Audience] No.
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Who's sins did He
die for? [Audience] Ours.
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Our sins, so it says "in the
middle of the week the Messiah"
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"would be cut off,
but not for Himself. "
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Jesus died on that tree
not because He had sinned,
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not because He had transgressed,
not because He had any
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iniquity that needed to be
taken away, but for our sins,
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our iniquities,
and our transgressions.
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So right there it says
that He would be baptized after
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the 69 weeks, but then in
the middle of the week He'd be
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cut off, but not for Himself.
Jesus was baptized in the fall
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of 27 AD. Now
follow this through.
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26: "After the 62 weeks Messiah
would be cut off, but not"
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"for Himself, and the people
of the prince who is to come"
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"shall destroy the city, and
the sanctuary, the end of it"
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"shall be with a flood, until
the end of the war desolations"
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"are determined. "
You're saying "Whoa, you lost"
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"me there. " Don't
let me lose you, it's not
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difficult to understand,
don't get lost in all of
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the syllables, it's very simple.
The middle of the week Messiah
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would be cut off, and then
the city would be destroyed.
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Let's say that together: Messiah
would be cut off, and then
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the city is destroyed.
Get that sequence indelibly
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in your mind; Messiah's
cut off and then the city
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is destroyed. Okay,
let's follow this through.
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The Messiah would be cut
off in the middle of the week,
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Jesus' public ministry lasted
exactly 3 and a half years.
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Now look at my fingers
here, I'll see if I can do it
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for you, Jesus was
baptized in the fall of 27 AD,
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so the fall of 28, that
would be 1 year, fall of 29,
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2 years, fall of 30, 3
years, what comes after fall?
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Winter, and then spring,
so that would be the half of
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a year. Jesus was
crucified right on
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time in the spring of 31 AD
at the time of the Passover.
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Now you go read, in fact,
it's right in your study guide,
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there were many times where the
enemies of Jesus tried to lay
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hands on Him to try to do
Him harm, and Jesus would slip
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out of their midst
supernaturally as the angels
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would carry Him, as the angels
would escort Him, and He would
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say very strange things,
like this: "My time has not yet"
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"come", yet then one day when
He was in Gethsemane praying,
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and that mob came up and
Judas betrayed Him with a kiss,
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He willingly allowed Himself
to be taken into their hands,
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He willingly allowed Himself
to be betrayed, and He said
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"Why do you come to me with
sticks and staffs, why do you"
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"come to Me with these
things? Wasn't I daily teaching"
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"in your temples? "
Jesus on many other occasions
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had escaped, Peter tried to
get Him to escape when He cut
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that guy's ear off with
the sword, and Jesus said
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"Hey listen, don't you think
that right now I could ask"
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"My Father and He would send
legion upon legion of angels? "
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Why did Jesus allow Himself
to be turned over at that time?
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Because He knew
His time had come.
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So look at that: He was baptized
in the fall of 27, so 28 is 1,
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29 is 2, 30 is 3, and then
you go to the winter, and then
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the spring, that's 3 and a half
years, what does the Bible say?
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"... in the middle of the week
the Messiah would be cut off, "
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"but not for Himself. "
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"For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten"
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"Son that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish"
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"but have everlasting
life. " Jesus paid the penalty
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for my sins, and for your sins,
and He did it right on time.
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- [Audience] Amen. - Powerful.
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Now, let's remember that
sequence: Messiah is cut off,
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and then the city is destroyed.
Messiah is cut off, the city
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is destroyed; Messiah is
cut off the city is destroyed.
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What happened when Jesus died?
There was a great earthquake,
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and in the temple the Bible says
the veil was torn...you've got
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it, that's exactly right
Angelo, from top to bottom.
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Now why from top to bottom?
What's the significance there?
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Why is that detail
recorded? Think of it this way:
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that curtain was some 30 feet
tall, if a man was going to tear
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that temple, he would tear it
from bottom to top, but it says
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that it was torn from top
to bottom showing that God was
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the one who tore that
veil. Why tearing the veil?
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Because that veil was right
in the very heart of the temple
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where the lambs were slain,
the sacrifices that were carried
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out, we've already answered
this question, I know you know
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the answer, but I'm going to
ask it again, did those bulls,
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and those goats, and
those lambs, and those rams,
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could they take away any sins?
No, their importance was not
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in their own efficacy,
but as in they pointed forward
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to Jesus, so when Jesus,
the true Lamb of God, died
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on Golgotha's hill, God
said "No more sacrifices",
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"unnecessary because the true
Lamb has come"; the veil was
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ripped, not from the bottom
to the top, that's how a man
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would have done it, but from
the top to the bottom, and God
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said "I am satisfied
with this final sacrifice. "
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Now look at this, this gets
absolutely amazing, verse 27,
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we'll come back to the
destruction of the city
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in just a moment, verse 27:
"He will confirm the covenant"
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"with many for 1
week", what covenant?
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God had a
covenant with the Jews,
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God had a covenant with Israel,
they were to be His chosen
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people, and He was to be
their God, how many times in
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the Old Testament do you find
Him saying "I will be your God"
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"and you will be My people.
" "I will be your God, and you"
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"will be My people", and
Jesus comes down to confirm that
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covenant to give them one
last chance, He comes to confirm
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that covenant for a week.
But what happens in the middle
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of the week? Was He received?
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- [Audience] No. -
When they began to cry out
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"Hosanna, Hosanna to the
Son of David", did all of
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the religious leaders, and
the religious hierarchy run out
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and accept Him as
the promised Messiah?
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- [Audience] No. -
No, they crucified Him.
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In the middle of the week He
was cut off, but not because He
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was guilty,
because you were guilty.
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Look at the rest of that verse,
verse 27: "But in the middle"
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"of the week He will bring an
end to sacrifice and offering. "
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How does He bring an end
to sacrifice and offering?
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When the true Lamb dies,
is there any need now to bring
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a lamb now that
points forward to Jesus?
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No, because now Jesus
has come, He is the one.
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What did John say "Behold
the Lamb of God that takes away"
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"the sin of the world", so when
Jesus came, and when He died,
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He puts an end to sacrifice,
and God symbolized that,
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God sanctioned
that, God solidified that,
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and crystallized that by tearing
that veil from top to bottom,
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saying: "It's
over! " Jesus cried out
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"It is finished. "
Some of you have heard
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that this prophecy has to do
with the Antichrist, and you've
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been waiting for an Antichrist
to come to some earthly temple
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and to stop the Jews
from offering sacrifices.
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Beloved, you can believe that
if you want to follow fictitious
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adventure fiction novels
about the Bible, but if you want
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to know what the Bible is
teaching, this prophecy has
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nothing to do with the
Antichrist, and everything
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to do with Jesus Christ.
This isn't about the Antichrist
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putting an end to the sacrifices
of the Jews, this is about
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Jesus Christ putting an end
to all sacrifice when He died
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on Golgotha's tree, and
God powerfully endorsed that
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when He tore that temple
from top to bottom, and it says
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He'd put an end to
sacrifice and offering.
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It's just as plain as
the noonday sun, there is no
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Antichrist here in chapter 9.
I want to be a little careful,
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there are Antichrist illusions
in chapter 9, but right here
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we're talking
about Jesus Christ.
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Now look at this, it says, the
last part, this is going to wrap
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up Daniel 9 for us: "On the
wing of abominations shall be"
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"one who makes desolate, even
unto the consummation which is"
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"determined", is poured
out, "on the desolate. "
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You say "Whoa,
lost me there again. "
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The last part of 26 and
the last part of 27 foretell
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the destruction of the
city. Let's look at our chart,
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very simple, 70 weeks
were allotted for the Jews,
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that's what Gabriel said
"70 weeks are determined upon"
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"your people, and upon your
city", 70 weeks were cut off
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for them, after 69
weeks the Messiah would come,
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was Jesus
baptized right on time?
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In the middle of the week He
would be cut off, but not for
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Himself, and He would
cause sacrifice and offering
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to cease. Now,
those of you who are
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attentive, you're noticing
that there's still another
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3 and a half years at
the end of this, isn't there?
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Absolutely, we're only half
way through that final week.
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"Perfect, Prophetic Proof Jesus'
Identity and of His Historical"
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"Uniqueness, Jesus of Nazareth
is in fact, the Messiah."
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Now, notice this: 34
AD, because He was baptized
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in the fall of 27 AD, He
was crucified in the spring of
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31 AD, He was the Passover
that was slain for us, and then
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you go another 3 and a
half years out, that would bring
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you to the fall of 34 AD,
to keep it very, very simple,
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if you just go 70 weeks, or
490 years, from 457, you would
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come right down to 34
AD, this decree was passed in
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the fall by Artaxerxes, and
this ends in the fall of 34 AD,
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and you might be
thinking "Well wait a minute, "
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"what happened in the fall
of 34 AD? Jesus was already"
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"in heaven. " It's
a very good question,
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a very, very good question.
Go with me in your Bible to
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Acts 7 and 8, a man by the
name of Stephen was stoned.
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And if you read this powerful,
in Acts 7 and 8, Stephen is
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addressing himself to
the highest religious council
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in the land, and he basically
raises significant objections
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to their rejection of
the Messiah, and instead
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of receiving Stephen's
admonitions, the Bible says they
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took him out
and they stoned him.
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Stephen is the
first Christian martyr.
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He was stoned in 34 AD,
now scholars have noticed
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something very interesting,
this is not in your notes,
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so you might want to write this
down, and if you can't get it,
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do your best, Stephen's
final speech contained 4 very
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important elements, it's
not just one of those things
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that's recorded for posterity's
sake, it's something very
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significant, something
very important, and something
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theologically monumental taking
place in Stephen's sermon.
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Number 1: [text on screen]
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In other words, he delivered
it to the top, it would be
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like giving an address to
the congress, and the senate,
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and the executive
branch, the president of the US.
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He addressed this to the highest
religious body in the land.
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Number 2, the speech, if you
look at it, it's really kind of
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interesting because what he's
arguing for is that Jesus was
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the Messiah, but he begins
way back in the time of Abraham
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and he walks through Abraham,
and he walks through Moses,
00:20:08.59\00:20:11.29
and he walks through all of
the Patriarchs, and then he ends
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at Jesus, and you think
"Why is he doing that? "
00:20:14.22\00:20:16.37
Scholars have noted that
what Stephen is doing is he is
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modeling his sermon, his
presentation after a covenant
00:20:19.64\00:20:25.03
lawsuit. What's a covenant?
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It's an agreement, a
covenant is an agreement;
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so if I have a covenant
here with Earl, and I say
00:20:33.77\00:20:35.92
"Earl, I'm going to do this,
and you're going to do that, "
00:20:35.95\00:20:38.56
"and we have a covenant",
today we would call that
00:20:38.59\00:20:39.88
a contract. Back in
the day I would just
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shake his hand and he'd shake
mine and we'd call it good,
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because a man's word was
his bond, but nowadays we have
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contracts, and lawyers,
and all of this paraphernalia,
00:20:50.10\00:20:52.66
but the point is this: if
there's a violation there,
00:20:52.69\00:20:56.16
then I could raise a lawsuit,
or he could raise a lawsuit
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against me, God had a
covenant with His people
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and He had extended
this covenant now, from the
00:21:04.63\00:21:07.39
very beginning, Abraham would
have been the first of the Jews,
00:21:07.42\00:21:09.64
but then Gabriel had said "70
weeks are determined, decreed, "
00:21:09.67\00:21:12.84
"cut off for your people",
and here at the end of that
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Stephen now delivers this
marvelous sermon that scholars
00:21:16.67\00:21:20.21
have recognized was basically
like the covenant lawsuits
00:21:20.24\00:21:23.04
that the prophets
preached in the Old Testament.
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What he was saying is "This
is it! This is your last chance"
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"right here, right now", and he
traces all the evidences through
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"I summon exhibit A, I summon
exhibit B, I summon exhibit C,"
00:21:33.81\00:21:37.11
"I summon exhibit D", and
he traces all the way down,
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and here's their chance, the
crux of the moment, the crucible
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of the matter, right then,
right there, and instead of
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receiving it, the Bible actually
says something very interesting
00:21:45.56\00:21:47.93
in Acts 7 and 8, it
says they stopped their ears.
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Did you know that? The
Bible says they stopped
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their ears and they rushed
on him, gnashing him with their
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teeth, and they killed him.
So number 1, it was delivered
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to the highest religious body
in the land; number 2: it was
00:22:05.06\00:22:07.44
modeled after a
covenant lawsuit, number 3:
00:22:07.47\00:22:10.36
[text on screen]
00:22:10.39\00:22:12.04
You're there in Acts
7:54, "When they heard these"
00:22:16.18\00:22:26.46
"things they were cut to the
heart, and they gnashed on him"
00:22:26.49\00:22:28.95
"with their teeth, but he,
being full of the Holy Spirit, "
00:22:28.98\00:22:31.90
"gazed into heaven and he
saw the glory of God, and Jesus"
00:22:31.93\00:22:34.81
"standing on the
right hand of God. "
00:22:34.84\00:22:37.11
Can you think of anything you'd
rather see as you're just about
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ready to breathe your
last breath than that?
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[Audience] Amen.
00:22:41.12\00:22:42.52
Verse 56: "And he said, Look,
I see the heaven's opened, "
00:22:43.33\00:22:47.43
"and the Son of man is standing
at the right hand of God, "
00:22:47.46\00:22:49.94
"and they cried out with a loud
voice, and they stopped their"
00:22:49.97\00:22:53.85
"ears", symbolically
saying "We're not interested in"
00:22:53.88\00:22:59.39
"this Jesus. "
"...they stopped their ears. "
00:22:59.42\00:23:03.42
Look at the rest of this:
"They ran at him with one"
00:23:05.20\00:23:08.01
"accord, they cast him out
of the city, they stoned him, "
00:23:08.04\00:23:12.12
"and the witnesses laid
their clothes at the feet of"
00:23:12.15\00:23:14.73
"a young man named Saul,
and they stoned Stephen as he"
00:23:14.76\00:23:18.17
"was calling on God, and
he said, Lord Jesus, receive"
00:23:18.20\00:23:20.57
"my spirit, and he knelt
down and he cried out with"
00:23:20.60\00:23:23.65
"a loud voice, Lord, do not
charge them with this sin, "
00:23:23.68\00:23:26.39
"and when he had done
this, he fell asleep. "
00:23:26.42\00:23:30.39
It doesn't mean he
took a nap, he died.
00:23:30.42\00:23:34.14
Beloved, God was confirming
that Stephen's message was true
00:23:35.20\00:23:39.33
when he gave Stephen the
prophetic vision of Jesus
00:23:39.36\00:23:41.50
at God's right hand.
That's number 3, and number 4:
00:23:41.53\00:23:44.83
[text on screen]
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It says it right there, "they
laid their coats", "Oh, we've"
00:23:47.46\00:23:50.03
"got to take our coats off
as we stone this heretic. "
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.75
They laid those coats at
Saul's feet, [text on screen]
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Just go read the book of
Acts, Acts 10 and onward,
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the gospel begins to go
like wildfire to the Gentiles.
00:24:10.78\00:24:15.73
Why is God turning to the
Gentiles? Because the Jews,
00:24:18.71\00:24:23.24
not as individuals,
but the Jews as a nation,
00:24:23.27\00:24:26.58
as a religio-political national
entity had a officially closed
00:24:26.61\00:24:32.30
the covenant, had lost the
lawsuit, and had been moved
00:24:32.33\00:24:36.19
beyond, so then the
gospel begins to go to
00:24:36.22\00:24:40.03
the Gentiles, it's basically
like saying "Hey listen, "
00:24:41.15\00:24:43.42
"if you're not going to
pay attention, we'll talk to"
00:24:43.45\00:24:45.83
"the people who will. "
That's basically the whole book
00:24:45.86\00:24:48.55
of Acts, the apostle Paul on his
missionary journeys, and where's
00:24:48.58\00:24:51.82
he going? He's going to
strange places: Ephesus, and
00:24:51.85\00:24:54.64
Rome, and Antioch, and
all over Asia Minor, why?
00:24:54.67\00:24:57.96
Because he's taking the good
news of a crucified and risen
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Saviour to the
Gentile communities.
00:25:01.33\00:25:04.48
Why did it happen at that
time? Because the time that was
00:25:05.05\00:25:09.47
allotted for the Jews as a
nation, I want to underscore
00:25:09.50\00:25:14.75
that, as a nation, can God
still save Jewish people today?
00:25:14.78\00:25:18.16
Of course he can, as they
put their faith in the Lord
00:25:18.19\00:25:20.71
Jesus Christ, but as a nation...
[makes a finishing gesture]
00:25:20.74\00:25:26.14
The gospel begins to go
to the gentile communities,
00:25:26.20\00:25:28.12
absolutely
powerful. Let's continue on,
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Jerusalem was destroyed in
70 AD as God's judgment upon
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Israel and Jerusalem for
its rejection of the Messiah.
00:25:38.21\00:25:41.11
Remember, I told you,
what was that sequence?
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.01
Messiah
rejected, city destroyed.
00:25:43.04\00:25:45.76
Let's say it together: Messiah
rejected, city destroyed.
00:25:45.79\00:25:49.00
We've already seen that in
Daniel 9, go to Matthew 21,
00:25:49.03\00:25:56.56
and I want to read this to you
real quick, we'll see how fast
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Pastor Asscherick can read,
Matthew 21:33, are we there?
00:26:00.27\00:26:07.71
Matthew 21:33, I want
everybody there, follow along.
00:26:07.74\00:26:10.35
Here we go, Jesus says, here
another parable, He's speaking
00:26:10.38\00:26:13.14
to the religious leaders of
His day: "There was a certain"
00:26:13.17\00:26:16.07
"land owner who planted
a vineyard and set a hedge"
00:26:16.10\00:26:18.63
"around it, he dug a wine press
in it, and he built a tower. "
00:26:18.66\00:26:21.14
"And he leased it to vine
dressers, and went into a far"
00:26:21.17\00:26:23.52
"country. Now when vintage time
drew near he sent his servants"
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.07
"to the vinedressers that
they might receive its fruit, "
00:26:26.10\00:26:28.46
"and the vinedressers
took his servants, beat one, "
00:26:28.49\00:26:30.96
"killed one, and stoned
another. Again, he sent"
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.56
"other servants, more than the
first, and they did likewise"
00:26:33.59\00:26:37.27
"to them. Last of all, he
sent his son saying, They will"
00:26:37.30\00:26:40.08
"respect my son. But when
the vinedressers saw the son"
00:26:40.11\00:26:42.64
"they said among themselves,
This is the heir, come let us"
00:26:42.67\00:26:45.18
"kill him and cease his
inheritance. So they took him"
00:26:45.21\00:26:47.63
"and cast him out of the
vineyard and they killed him. "
00:26:47.66\00:26:49.85
"Therefore, when the
owner of that vineyard comes",
00:26:49.88\00:26:51.90
what will he do to
those vinedressers?
00:26:51.93\00:26:54.72
Do you know what
this parable is teaching?
00:26:54.75\00:26:57.04
This is a simple parable,
00:26:57.07\00:26:59.44
God set up the nation of Israel,
he sent prophet, after prophet,
00:26:59.48\00:27:02.19
after prophet, and most of
those prophets were ignored
00:27:02.22\00:27:05.16
and rejected. A very
broad sweep of Israel's history,
00:27:05.19\00:27:09.11
and last of all He sent His Son,
but what happened to the Son?
00:27:09.14\00:27:13.99
He was killed. Is
there any question in
00:27:14.02\00:27:16.44
anyone's mind what
this prophecy is about?
00:27:16.47\00:27:18.76
Now watch this, phenomenal,
verse 41: "They said to Him",
00:27:18.79\00:27:23.04
because remember, Jesus has
said: "what did the guy do? "
00:27:23.07\00:27:25.91
"When he comes
back what would he do? "
00:27:25.94\00:27:27.99
Look at verse 41: "They said
to him, He will destroy those"
00:27:28.02\00:27:35.62
"wicked men miserably and
lease his vineyard to other "
00:27:35.65\00:27:38.40
"vinedressers who will
render him the fruits in "
00:27:38.43\00:27:40.88
"their seasons. " Do you
see it? The Son was rejected,
00:27:40.91\00:27:43.45
and destruction comes.
Son is rejected, what comes?
00:27:43.48\00:27:48.06
- [Audience] Destruction.
- And notice what Jesus says
00:27:48.09\00:27:50.80
here, Jesus said to
them: "Whoa, haven't you read"
00:27:50.83\00:27:53.47
"on the Scriptures, Psalm 118,
the stone that the builders"
00:27:53.50\00:27:56.14
"rejected, the same has
become the chief cornerstone. "
00:27:56.17\00:27:58.55
"This was the Lord's doing, and
it is marvelous in our eyes. "
00:27:58.58\00:28:00.96
Look at verse 43, what's
the first word of verse 43?
00:28:00.99\00:28:03.52
"Therefore", and when you
see the word "therefore", ask
00:28:03.55\00:28:06.16
yourself "What's
that there for? "
00:28:06.19\00:28:08.90
Here's Jesus' conclusion based
on this parable, and based on
00:28:08.93\00:28:11.27
their own condemnation of
themselves: "Therefore I say"
00:28:11.30\00:28:14.12
"to you, the kingdom of
God will be taken from you"
00:28:14.15\00:28:16.34
"and given to a nation
bearing the fruits of it. "
00:28:16.37\00:28:20.13
Beloved, if language has
meaning what Jesus is saying is:
00:28:20.16\00:28:23.29
"After you reject me as
God's Son, the privileges, "
00:28:23.32\00:28:27.93
"and the prerogatives of the
kingdom will be taken from you"
00:28:27.96\00:28:30.88
"and given to another nation.
" If language has meaning,
00:28:30.91\00:28:35.33
what else could
that verse possibly mean?
00:28:35.36\00:28:39.02
Look at this, verse 44: "And
whoever falls on this stone"
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.68
"will be broken", that stone,
of course, if Jesus Christ,
00:28:41.71\00:28:44.63
"but on whomsoever it falls
it will grind him into powder. "
00:28:44.66\00:28:47.14
now look at verse 45: "Now
the chief priests and Pharisees"
00:28:47.17\00:28:50.56
"heard His parables, they
perceived that He was speaking"
00:28:50.59\00:28:53.33
"of them. " Did
they know what He was
00:28:53.36\00:28:56.24
was talking about?
Yeah, and they didn't like
00:28:56.27\00:28:58.85
it one bit. Verse 46: "And they
sought to lay hands on Him, "
00:28:58.88\00:29:01.57
they sought to do the very thing
that He just said in the parable
00:29:01.60\00:29:03.84
would happen.
Beloved, what was the sequence?
00:29:03.87\00:29:07.92
Messiah
rejected, city destroyed.
00:29:08.10\00:29:10.54
Go to Matthew 23, look at
the last 3 verses of Matthew 23.
00:29:10.57\00:29:15.96
Here we go: "O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem", Matthew 23:37,
00:29:17.07\00:29:21.32
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kills the prophets, "
00:29:21.35\00:29:24.56
"and stones those who were
sent to her, how often I wanted"
00:29:24.59\00:29:27.00
"to gather your children
together as a hen gathers"
00:29:27.03\00:29:29.28
"her chicks under her wings,
but you were not willing. "
00:29:29.31\00:29:32.10
Never forget it, God is a
gentleman, He will not force
00:29:32.13\00:29:34.67
His way into your life, He needs
you to be willing to let Him in.
00:29:34.70\00:29:39.61
God won't violate your
free will, He has to work with
00:29:39.64\00:29:41.86
your free will, He says "I
wanted to do this, you were"
00:29:41.89\00:29:43.54
"not willing"; verse 38:
"See your house is left to you"
00:29:43.57\00:29:47.09
"desolate, for you will not
see Me again until you say, "
00:29:47.12\00:29:50.07
"Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord. "
00:29:50.10\00:29:52.34
Jesus walks out of the temple
precincts for the last time.
00:29:52.37\00:29:56.90
They had rejected persistently
the evidences of His Messiahship
00:29:56.93\00:30:01.17
and He says: "Look, I'm
not going to bend your arm"
00:30:01.20\00:30:03.61
"and make you accept Me, I'm
out of here, you won't see Me"
00:30:03.64\00:30:06.00
"again until you
see Me in glory. "
00:30:06.03\00:30:09.29
What's the very
next thing that happens?
00:30:10.00\00:30:12.01
Matthew 24:1: "When
Jesus departed from the temple"
00:30:12.04\00:30:16.67
"His disciples came to
Him to show Him the buildings"
00:30:16.80\00:30:19.18
"of the temple", verse 2, Jesus
says "Stop trying to cheer"
00:30:19.21\00:30:21.95
"Me up with the temple. "
"Do you not see all these"
00:30:21.98\00:30:24.57
"things, assuredly I say to
you, not one stone will be left"
00:30:24.60\00:30:29.12
"here upon another that
will not be thrown down. "
00:30:29.15\00:30:31.06
What's He talking about?
The destruction of the temple
00:30:31.09\00:30:34.67
and of the city.
3 times in Daniel 9,
00:30:34.70\00:30:38.21
Messiah was
rejected, city was destroyed.
00:30:40.98\00:30:43.37
Where did Jesus
get His theology from?
00:30:43.40\00:30:45.25
He knew the prophecies of
Daniel, Jesus had to learn just
00:30:45.28\00:30:48.92
like you and I learn.
He studied the Scriptures,
00:30:48.95\00:30:52.19
He had to sit and memorize,
He had to know when the Devil
00:30:52.22\00:30:55.42
came to tempt Him there,
"It is written...", He said.
00:30:55.45\00:30:58.88
He knew; how did He
know? He studied like you and I
00:30:58.91\00:31:01.38
study. Surely He
was God, and surely
00:31:01.41\00:31:04.13
He was a man, but He knew
what it was to walk a mile in my
00:31:04.16\00:31:07.71
moccasins. So in
Daniel 9 Jesus knew it,
00:31:07.74\00:31:11.36
the Messiah would be rejected,
cut off in the middle of
00:31:11.39\00:31:13.41
the week and the city is
destroyed, so He tells a parable
00:31:13.44\00:31:15.61
in Matthew 21, "Hey listen,
there was a vineyard, and he"
00:31:15.64\00:31:18.29
"leased it out, and he sent out
his servants, and they rejected"
00:31:18.32\00:31:21.37
"the servants, and then he sent
out his son, and they rejected"
00:31:21.40\00:31:24.18
"the son, what would you do? ",
and they said "Oh, destruction",
00:31:24.21\00:31:26.86
He says "that's right ";
Messiah's rejected, city's
00:31:26.89\00:31:29.50
destroyed. Then
in Matthew 24 He says
00:31:29.53\00:31:31.64
"Hey, your house is left to
you desolate, I'm out of here, "
00:31:31.67\00:31:34.32
"what more can I do? I wanted
to gather you, you're not"
00:31:34.35\00:31:37.11
"willing", and He walks out,
and He goes up on Mount Olive,
00:31:37.14\00:31:39.85
the disciples come to
cheer Him up and He says
00:31:39.88\00:31:42.18
"Do you know what's
going to happen to this city? "
00:31:42.21\00:31:45.44
"It's going to be destroyed.
" Now if that sequence is clear,
00:31:45.47\00:31:48.17
I want you to say
"amen". Messiah's rejected,
00:31:48.20\00:31:50.98
city's destroyed, 3
times, Messiah rejected, city
00:31:51.01\00:31:53.55
destroyed. So there it
is in 34 AD, right there.
00:31:53.58\00:31:56.04
You say "What
happened in 34 AD? "
00:31:56.07\00:31:58.29
It's very simple what happened
in 34 AD, Stephen was stoned
00:31:58.32\00:32:00.90
in 34 AD, thus symbolizing
the closing of the covenant,
00:32:00.93\00:32:03.21
and listen to my language
because I'm not going to stutter
00:32:03.24\00:32:06.05
or at least I'm planning on
not stuttering, that is this:
00:32:06.08\00:32:09.23
The Jewish nation as a nation
ceased to have the special
00:32:09.26\00:32:14.14
prerogatives and significance
that it had before God
00:32:14.17\00:32:17.51
up to that time. When
they stoned Stephen, when
00:32:17.54\00:32:22.94
their covenant was confirmed,
when they rejected the Messiah,
00:32:22.97\00:32:26.40
and when that city was
destroyed, can Jews still
00:32:26.43\00:32:29.04
be saved? [Audience] Yes.
00:32:29.07\00:32:31.37
Sure, can
Jamaicans still be saved?
00:32:31.40\00:32:33.93
- [Audience] Sure. -
Can Russians be saved?
00:32:33.96\00:32:35.99
Romanians, my wife's
Romanian, she can be saved.
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.85
[Audience member] Armenian.
Armenians can be saved too,
00:32:38.88\00:32:41.35
why not? What God is
saying here in the New Testament
00:32:41.38\00:32:44.04
is He's no longer a respecter
of persons, we have equal
00:32:44.07\00:32:48.01
access to God, so Jews can
still be saved, but the Jews
00:32:48.04\00:32:51.12
as a nation, 34 AD at
the stoning of Stephen,
00:32:51.15\00:32:56.99
what did Jesus say?
"Therefore the kingdom of God"
00:32:57.02\00:32:59.78
"will be taken away from you
and given to a nation that will"
00:32:59.81\00:33:02.14
"bear the fruits",
powerful, very simple.
00:33:02.17\00:33:04.76
So what happens after 34 AD?
The gospel goes to the Gentiles.
00:33:04.79\00:33:10.37
I'm a Gentile beloved, by
nature I don't think I have any
00:33:12.82\00:33:16.83
genealogical relationship
to Abraham, maybe I do,
00:33:16.86\00:33:19.18
some way back, but I'm a
Gentile, and I'm a Jew by faith.
00:33:19.21\00:33:24.62
I'm a follower
of Abraham by faith.
00:33:25.22\00:33:28.55
I'm looking out here today
and I see a whole lot of Gentile
00:33:28.90\00:33:31.26
faces, you better praise
the Lord that the gospel went
00:33:31.29\00:33:34.42
to the
Gentiles. [Audience] Amen.
00:33:34.45\00:33:36.76
Powerful. So the
gospel goes to the Gentiles.
00:33:36.79\00:33:39.89
The church carried the gospel
to the Jews, to the Gentiles,
00:33:39.92\00:33:42.09
and beyond. Now
buckle your safety belts,
00:33:42.12\00:33:45.75
do you have your
safety belts buckled there?
00:33:45.78\00:33:47.88
Here we go, the 70 weeks
were part of the 2300 days.
00:33:47.91\00:33:52.77
Gabriel came back to explain
the 2300 days that Daniel
00:33:57.46\00:34:00.26
didn't understand, and
he explains it by saying
00:34:00.29\00:34:04.37
"Here is the beginning,
here's something that'll happen"
00:34:04.40\00:34:07.46
"with the Messiah,
here's when He'll be cut off, "
00:34:07.49\00:34:09.90
"here's when the gospel
will go to the Gentiles, "
00:34:09.93\00:34:12.55
he gives them a template.
Any construction workers
00:34:12.58\00:34:17.65
here this evening?
Anybody who know how to work
00:34:17.68\00:34:20.44
on a house? If
you have a template,
00:34:20.47\00:34:23.05
let's just say that
I'm going to put in a fence
00:34:23.08\00:34:26.76
and I'm going to line all of
the other fences off, say I have
00:34:26.79\00:34:30.23
a template here that has
a mark here, a mark here,
00:34:30.26\00:34:32.75
and then down here a
mark, and then a mark,
00:34:32.78\00:34:35.13
and then a mark here,
and someone has told me
00:34:35.16\00:34:37.87
"If you line this template
up with this, this and this, "
00:34:37.90\00:34:39.90
"if you line these 3 up,
the rest will fall into place. "
00:34:39.93\00:34:43.53
Is that how a template works?
00:34:43.56\00:34:45.55
If this part works, you can
calibrate the system with these,
00:34:45.58\00:34:49.70
so what we're going to do is
we're going to lay that down,
00:34:49.73\00:34:52.27
we're going to lay that
template down, and we're going
00:34:52.30\00:34:54.53
to allow what we know the
prophecy means to calibrate
00:34:54.56\00:34:56.97
the rest of it. Does
that make sense everyone?
00:34:57.00\00:35:00.26
That's exactly why Gabriel said
to him "Hey listen, here are"
00:35:00.29\00:35:03.99
"unmistakable events that
are going to take place: "
00:35:04.02\00:35:06.00
"the Messiah will come,
the Messiah will be cut off, "
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.71
"the covenant will be
closed. " So 1, yep, got it,
00:35:08.74\00:35:13.23
here's the beginning, got
it, yep; and 2, yep, got it;
00:35:13.26\00:35:15.83
and number 3, yep, got
it. So now we're just going
00:35:15.86\00:35:18.55
to lay that template down
and see where it takes us.
00:35:18.58\00:35:20.81
Is this making
sense everyone, yes or no?
00:35:20.84\00:35:23.17
- [Audience] Yes. -
Okay, here we go, powerful.
00:35:23.20\00:35:25.62
So 2300 days, which is a
day in Bible prophecy is what?
00:35:25.65\00:35:28.77
A year, minus the 490
years would leave us how much?
00:35:28.80\00:35:32.81
1810, that's what would be
left over, because remember,
00:35:32.84\00:35:36.14
the 490 is part of the 2300.
We've laid down the 70 weeks,
00:35:36.17\00:35:41.38
we know where that goes, so now
we've just got to lay this down.
00:35:41.41\00:35:44.83
Here's our events: 457 brings
us to 27 AD, was Jesus baptized
00:35:44.86\00:35:48.40
here? Yeah. The
middle of the week was Jesus
00:35:48.43\00:35:51.10
cut off, but not for
Himself? [Audience] Yes.
00:35:51.13\00:35:53.75
Did He cause
sacrifice and oblation to cease?
00:35:53.78\00:35:56.46
Absolutely, and then 3
and a half years later Stephen
00:35:56.49\00:35:58.97
is stoned, the end of the
special covenantal relationship
00:35:59.00\00:36:00.95
with the Jews, 70 weeks, again,
I want to emphasize, God can
00:36:00.98\00:36:04.51
still save Jews as long as
they put their faith in the Lord
00:36:04.54\00:36:07.47
Jesus Christ. By the
way, don't get too hung
00:36:07.50\00:36:10.03
up on that whole thing, we're
going to preach a whole sermon
00:36:10.06\00:36:12.93
entitled "Who is real
Israel? ", did you get that?
00:36:12.96\00:36:19.36
We're going to preach that
whole sermon, but let me just
00:36:19.39\00:36:21.90
tell you one thing, people
get really hung up on this;
00:36:21.93\00:36:24.16
but one day, John the Baptist,
John the Baptist was standing
00:36:24.19\00:36:26.59
on the banks of the
River Jordan and he said
00:36:26.62\00:36:28.90
"Hey listen, don't begin to
say within yourselves that we"
00:36:28.93\00:36:31.63
"have Abraham as our father,
I'm telling you something, "
00:36:31.66\00:36:34.21
"God could raise up children
unto Abraham from these"
00:36:34.24\00:36:36.92
"stones. " If God
can raise up children
00:36:36.95\00:36:39.33
to Abraham from the stones,
then surely He can raise up
00:36:39.36\00:36:42.06
children unto Abraham
from believers and people.
00:36:42.09\00:36:45.49
So we'll have a whole
message entitled "Who is real"
00:36:45.52\00:36:47.50
"Israel? ". So we lay this down,
00:36:47.53\00:36:50.38
here's the 70 weeks, so here's
our 1810 years that remains,
00:36:50.41\00:36:56.63
because you subtract, we've
done that, so 457, we follow
00:36:56.66\00:36:59.83
this all the way down,
and it takes us to 1844 AD.
00:36:59.86\00:37:04.56
You say "Whoa, what
happened in 1844 AD? "
00:37:05.38\00:37:08.69
That's a good
question, let's go answer it.
00:37:08.72\00:37:12.09
Jesus Christ is our High
Priest, anyone unclear on that?
00:37:12.12\00:37:18.86
If you'd like to open your
Bible to the book of Hebrews,
00:37:21.33\00:37:23.00
you can do that just now,
Hebrews in the New Testament,
00:37:23.03\00:37:26.52
after the "T"s, Jesus Christ is
our High Priest in the heavenly
00:37:26.55\00:37:30.70
sanctuary. How many
sanctuaries are there
00:37:30.73\00:37:33.10
everyone? There
were 2, there was
00:37:33.13\00:37:35.11
an earthly and a
heavenly. [text on screen]
00:37:35.14\00:37:39.08
You're thinking "Closing
hour of His ministry, help me"
00:37:49.05\00:37:51.87
"to understand that.
" Okay, I'm going to do
00:37:51.90\00:37:54.13
my very best.
00:37:54.16\00:37:55.38
Okay, here's our 3 part
sanctuary, what's the first
00:38:01.33\00:38:03.92
part? The courtyard,
then the Holy Place, and then
00:38:03.95\00:38:07.25
the Most Holy Place.
Now that was just a little
00:38:07.28\00:38:09.87
dance that God made up out
in the wilderness to keep them
00:38:09.90\00:38:12.97
busy, right? [Audience] No.
00:38:13.00\00:38:15.32
Those things
pointed forward to Jesus.
00:38:15.35\00:38:17.57
So on the cross that
symbolized the courtyard where
00:38:17.60\00:38:20.00
the penalty was
paid, remember that?
00:38:20.03\00:38:22.29
And then we come into
the Holy Place, and what were
00:38:22.32\00:38:25.06
the 3 things in the Holy Place?
There was the candle stick,
00:38:25.09\00:38:27.60
the table of show bread,
and the altar of incense,
00:38:27.63\00:38:30.30
representing Holy Spirit,
prayer and the Word of God,
00:38:30.33\00:38:35.34
the bread of
life, Jesus Himself.
00:38:35.37\00:38:37.43
And then what was on the
other side of that curtain?
00:38:37.46\00:38:39.97
The Most Holy
Place, and what's in there?
00:38:40.00\00:38:42.14
The ark of the covenant.
So this was foreshadowing what
00:38:42.17\00:38:44.71
Jesus would do at His ministry.
I mean, Jesus is our High Priest
00:38:44.74\00:38:49.46
in heaven, any question
about that? [Audience] No.
00:38:49.49\00:38:52.78
So when Jesus ascends,
He ascends into the heavenly
00:38:52.81\00:38:55.03
sanctuary, and then here
He's going to transition into
00:38:55.06\00:38:59.03
the Most Holy Place of the
heavenly sanctuary to cleanse
00:38:59.06\00:39:02.96
the sanctuary. Hey,
that's exactly what we read
00:39:02.99\00:39:07.05
in Daniel 8:13, "How long will
this be? ", and then he says
00:39:07.08\00:39:11.07
in verse 14: "To 2300 days then
the sanctuary will be cleansed",
00:39:11.10\00:39:16.92
what sanctuary?
The heavenly sanctuary
00:39:16.99\00:39:19.83
of course, it's the only
one in existence at that time.
00:39:19.86\00:39:22.47
So let's continue here,
you move all the way down
00:39:22.50\00:39:25.81
and here Jesus Christ is
entering into the final phase
00:39:25.84\00:39:28.43
of His ministry, you say "Whoa,
that's amazing, absolutely"
00:39:28.46\00:39:31.04
"amazing, but does it
fit? " It fits perfectly.
00:39:31.07\00:39:34.09
Look at our quick review here,
Daniel 2, what do we have here?
00:39:34.12\00:39:39.00
Babylon, then Medo-Persia,
then Greece, then Rome,
00:39:39.03\00:39:42.82
then divided Rome. And
then here, what do we have
00:39:42.85\00:39:45.40
here? Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece,
00:39:45.43\00:39:51.82
Rome, and then what came
up out of those 10 horns?
00:39:51.85\00:39:55.40
A little horn, and then
what was the very next thing
00:39:55.43\00:39:57.64
we saw? Remember our 3 fold
00:39:57.67\00:40:00.23
sequence? Rome,
little horn, judgment.
00:40:00.26\00:40:03.66
So does it fit? Yes or
no? Sure it fits right there,
00:40:04.65\00:40:08.04
because the little
horn reigned from 538-1798,
00:40:08.07\00:40:13.76
1260 years coming
to an end in 1798.
00:40:13.79\00:40:17.17
So too here in Daniel 8, we have
Medo-Persia, which was the ram,
00:40:17.75\00:40:21.03
we have Greece, which was
the goat, Pagan Rome, which was
00:40:21.06\00:40:23.43
the horizontal element of
the little horn, little horn,
00:40:23.46\00:40:25.80
which makes its boast
against God, God's sanctuary,
00:40:25.83\00:40:28.52
God's people, God's truth, God's
Son, and then what happens?
00:40:28.55\00:40:31.94
The sanctuary's cleansed,
corresponding with the judgment.
00:40:31.97\00:40:35.14
Of course, as
we've already discussed;
00:40:35.17\00:40:37.77
There were how many services
in the earthly sanctuary?
00:40:37.80\00:40:40.31
2, the sin was going in
359 days out of the year,
00:40:40.34\00:40:44.96
but then on the Day of Atonement
that sin had to be taken out.
00:40:50.91\00:40:59.92
So Jesus Christ, as our High
Priest, would enter the Most
00:41:01.02\00:41:05.03
Holy place of the
heavenly sanctuary, why?
00:41:05.06\00:41:08.71
To begin to cleanse and to
judge just before His return.
00:41:08.74\00:41:15.87
Did you hear what I
said? Just before His what?
00:41:16.61\00:41:19.22
- [Audience] Return. -
Now, this is the longest time
00:41:19.25\00:41:21.69
prophecy in all the Bible,
you can't find a longer time
00:41:21.72\00:41:24.15
prophecy in the
whole Bible than that one.
00:41:24.18\00:41:26.45
Look at our significantly
important prophetic times,
00:41:26.48\00:41:29.00
look at how it all
fits together powerfully.
00:41:29.03\00:41:31.42
Here's some of our
dates, 457 to 34 AD is the time
00:41:31.45\00:41:35.21
especially allotted for the
Jews, how do we know that that's
00:41:35.24\00:41:38.37
right? Because it
aligns up perfectly
00:41:38.40\00:41:40.71
with the baptism, death of
the Messiah, and the closing
00:41:40.74\00:41:44.17
of the covenant in the
gospel going to the Gentiles.
00:41:44.20\00:41:47.35
So this is a lock, we've also
seen that here are 1260 years
00:41:47.38\00:41:50.37
was the reign of the
papacy from 538 AD until 1798,
00:41:50.40\00:41:54.56
when it received a deadly wound.
00:41:54.59\00:41:56.51
So far so good
everyone? And here we moved from
00:41:56.54\00:41:59.25
457 all the way down,
2300 prophetic days, or literal
00:41:59.28\00:42:03.27
years, drops us in 1844
AD, is that after the reign of
00:42:03.30\00:42:07.26
the little horn?
Yeah, because it has to come
00:42:07.29\00:42:10.31
after the little horn, so it
has to be after 1798, but it has
00:42:10.34\00:42:15.80
to be before the second coming.
This gets powerful, open your
00:42:15.83\00:42:21.29
Bibles, I had you in
Hebrews, but we didn't go there,
00:42:21.32\00:42:23.97
go to Revelation.
00:42:24.00\00:42:26.33
Revelation 6, we've already read
this verse once, we're going
00:42:29.45\00:42:35.44
to read it
again, Revelation 6:9.
00:42:35.47\00:42:43.83
We've already read this: "And
when he opened the 5th seal"
00:42:43.86\00:42:46.61
"I saw under the altar the souls
of those who had been slain"
00:42:46.64\00:42:49.49
"for the Word of God, and for
the testimony which they had"
00:42:49.52\00:42:52.39
"held", verse 10, "and
they cried with a loud voice, "
00:42:52.42\00:42:54.82
"saying, How long, O Lord,
holy and true until You judge? "
00:42:54.85\00:42:59.91
So they were waiting for
the judgment, the vindication,
00:42:59.94\00:43:03.75
of God and His cause, and
of them, because they had been
00:43:03.78\00:43:06.00
slain because
they clung to the Word.
00:43:06.03\00:43:08.89
So they're saying "How long?!"
That was the same question
00:43:08.92\00:43:11.70
in Daniel 8, "How long?!"
Now look at Revelation 14,
00:43:11.73\00:43:16.49
quick question, had the judgment
begun when they were crying
00:43:19.91\00:43:22.93
out "How long?!" [Audience] No.
00:43:22.96\00:43:25.00
It couldn't have because they
wouldn't be saying "How long"
00:43:25.03\00:43:27.37
"till it starts? "
But look what happens in
00:43:27.40\00:43:29.88
Revelation 14:6, John
sees these mighty angels
00:43:29.91\00:43:36.37
"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven, "
00:43:36.40\00:43:38.79
"having the everlasting gospel
to preach to them that dwell"
00:43:38.82\00:43:42.04
"on the earth, to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people, "
00:43:42.07\00:43:43.96
"saying with a loud voice, Fear
God and give glory to Him, "
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.51
"for the hour of His
judgment" is going to come?
00:43:47.54\00:43:50.56
- [Audience] "...is come. "
- "The hour of His judgment"
00:43:50.59\00:43:55.01
"is come", what tense is
that? [Audience] Present.
00:43:55.04\00:43:57.75
That's present tense!
Whoa, the hour of His judgment
00:43:57.78\00:44:02.38
is come, and you think
"Oh, well really?", yeah really!
00:44:02.41\00:44:07.07
"The hour of His judgment
is come, and worship Him that"
00:44:07.10\00:44:09.32
"made the heaven, and
the earth, and the sea, and"
00:44:09.35\00:44:12.78
"the springs of waters", I'm
going to follow this all the way
00:44:12.81\00:44:15.36
through, verse 8, the
next angel: "Another angel"
00:44:15.39\00:44:17.86
"followed him saying, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen, that great"
00:44:17.89\00:44:20.50
"city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of"
00:44:20.53\00:44:23.07
"the wrath of her fornication.
" You say, what does that mean?
00:44:23.10\00:44:25.57
Keep coming and I'll tell you
what it means, that's the second
00:44:25.60\00:44:29.08
angel, "Babylon is fallen".
Verse 9: "Then a third angel"
00:44:29.11\00:44:31.88
"followed him, saying in a
loud voice, If anyone worships"
00:44:31.91\00:44:34.44
"the beast, and his image
and receives his mark on his"
00:44:34.47\00:44:37.24
"forehead or on his hand,
he himself shall also drink of"
00:44:37.27\00:44:40.07
"the wine of the wrath
of God which is poured out"
00:44:40.10\00:44:43.41
"full strength into the cup
of His indignation, he shall"
00:44:43.44\00:44:45.95
"be tormented with fire,
and brimstone in the presence"
00:44:45.98\00:44:48.14
"of the holy angels, and
in the presence of the Lamb, "
00:44:48.17\00:44:50.85
"and the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever, and"
00:44:50.88\00:44:53.27
"they have no rest day or night
who worship the beast and his"
00:44:53.30\00:44:56.58
"image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name. "
00:44:56.61\00:44:59.19
Verse 12: "Here is the patience
of the saints, here are those"
00:44:59.22\00:45:02.20
"who keep the commandments
of God and have the faith"
00:45:02.23\00:45:04.96
"of Jesus. " Now
watch this! Verse 14,
00:45:04.99\00:45:07.26
what's the next thing John sees?
"Then I looked, and behold, "
00:45:07.29\00:45:09.50
"a white cloud, and one on the
cloud sat like the Son of man",
00:45:09.53\00:45:11.91
who is that? Jesus,
"...having on His head"
00:45:11.94\00:45:14.73
"a golden crown, and in
His hand a sharp sickle",
00:45:14.76\00:45:17.23
what's a sickle for? Harvesting.
00:45:17.26\00:45:19.78
Verse 15 "And another angel
came out of the temple crying"
00:45:19.81\00:45:22.04
"with a loud voice to Him that
sat on the cloud, Thrust in"
00:45:22.07\00:45:24.77
"Your sickle and reap,
for the time has come",
00:45:24.80\00:45:28.70
see, God operates
everything on a schedule.
00:45:28.73\00:45:32.62
"The time has come for You
to reap, for the harvest of"
00:45:32.94\00:45:38.81
"the earth is ripe. So He who
sat on the cloud thrust in His"
00:45:38.84\00:45:42.57
"sickle on the earth,
and the earth was reaped. "
00:45:42.60\00:45:45.12
What's being described
here? What event is that?
00:45:45.15\00:45:47.91
That's the second
coming. Didn't we read that in
00:45:47.94\00:45:50.14
Matthew 13: "Let both grow
together until the harvest",
00:45:50.17\00:45:55.45
and here in Revelation 14 it
says: "the time for the harvest"
00:45:55.48\00:45:59.53
"is here, go get them Jesus.
" He's sending out His angels
00:45:59.56\00:46:03.34
and He's reaping those that are
putting their faith in the Lord
00:46:03.37\00:46:06.59
Jesus Christ, and those
that aren't are being excluded.
00:46:06.62\00:46:09.57
Now here's the thing I want
you to see, what comes first:
00:46:09.60\00:46:14.64
6 or 14? What come first?
So you're counting: 1, 2, 3, 4,
00:46:14.67\00:46:19.67
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14; so 6 comes before 14.
00:46:19.70\00:46:25.03
Go back and read verses 6 and
7. "Then I saw another angel"
00:46:25.54\00:46:28.43
"flying in the midst of heaven
having the everlasting gospel"
00:46:28.46\00:46:31.78
"to preach to those who dwell
on the earth, to every nation, "
00:46:31.81\00:46:34.07
"tribe, tongue and people,
saying with a loud voice: "
00:46:34.10\00:46:37.22
"Fear God and give glory to Him
for the hour of His judgment"
00:46:37.25\00:46:40.07
"has come. " Do you
know what that means?
00:46:40.10\00:46:42.69
There will be a time before
the harvest, is that before
00:46:42.72\00:46:47.66
the harvest; there will be
a time before the harvest that
00:46:47.69\00:46:52.10
people will be saying
"the judgment is come",
00:46:52.13\00:46:56.23
not "the judgment is coming",
but "the judgment is come".
00:46:57.59\00:47:02.42
Beloved, you and I are
living in that judgment hour.
00:47:02.45\00:47:05.76
We are living in the
final phase of Jesus' ministry.
00:47:05.79\00:47:10.64
Jesus was the Lamb, but
when He returns the second time
00:47:10.67\00:47:16.58
He's not a lamb.
00:47:16.61\00:47:19.62
And Jesus was the Priest,
we've already looked at that,
00:47:20.72\00:47:24.67
He's the High
Priest. Here He's the Lamb,
00:47:24.70\00:47:28.58
died on that altar, and He
goes in here and He's our Priest
00:47:29.16\00:47:33.58
mediating for us, and
interceding for us, as Paul
00:47:33.61\00:47:36.42
said "He ever lives to make
intercession for us", and then
00:47:36.45\00:47:39.02
He moves, there's
only 3 phases beloved.
00:47:39.05\00:47:42.23
When Jesus Christ moves into the
most Holy Place of the heavenly
00:47:42.26\00:47:45.49
sanctuary, you say "Whoa,
the Most Holy Place is in"
00:47:45.52\00:47:48.19
"the heavenly sanctuary?
" You're still there in
00:47:48.22\00:47:50.51
Revelation 14, look at it,
Revelation 11, give me 2 minutes
00:47:50.54\00:47:55.87
and this is done,
maybe 3; Revelation 11:19,
00:47:55.90\00:48:00.67
John says: "Then the temple
of God was opened in heaven"
00:48:04.43\00:48:08.76
"and the ark of His covenant
was seen in His temple. "
00:48:08.79\00:48:13.76
Is there an ark in
the heavenly temple?
00:48:16.42\00:48:19.71
Yeah, John saw it. So
Jesus would eventually have make
00:48:19.74\00:48:24.00
His transition into the
Most Holy Place of the heavenly
00:48:24.03\00:48:27.04
sanctuary, and beloved, when He
makes His transition in there,
00:48:27.07\00:48:30.47
here He's lamb, here He's
priest, but when Jesus returns,
00:48:30.50\00:48:34.14
He doesn't return as a lamb,
when Jesus returns, He doesn't
00:48:34.17\00:48:39.09
return as a priest, just as the
High Priest went into the Most
00:48:39.12\00:48:44.61
Holy Place on the Day of
Atonement, so too our High
00:48:44.64\00:48:47.29
Priest, Jesus Christ, would
go in 1 final act of ministry
00:48:47.32\00:48:53.08
before He would lay down
His priestly garments, lay down
00:48:53.11\00:48:56.57
His priestly censer, and return
as King of kings, and Lord
00:48:56.60\00:49:01.75
of lords.
00:49:01.78\00:49:03.42
When Jesus returns, He doesn't
come back as a lamb, when Jesus
00:49:04.99\00:49:09.70
returns He doesn't come back
as the Priest, when He returns
00:49:09.73\00:49:14.36
He comes back as the King,
which means there much be a time
00:49:14.39\00:49:19.86
when Jesus would lay aside
His priestly garments, when
00:49:20.72\00:49:24.35
Jesus would lay aside His
priestly function, and He would
00:49:24.38\00:49:27.66
return as a conquering
king. But before He does that
00:49:27.69\00:49:32.45
there's 1 final phase of
ministry in the Most Holy
00:49:34.22\00:49:39.83
Place of the heavenly sanctuary.
"When is Jesus going to move"
00:49:39.86\00:49:43.78
"into the Most Holy Place of the
heavenly sanctuary and begin"
00:49:43.81\00:49:46.50
"the cleansing of that
sanctuary, and the judging of"
00:49:46.53\00:49:49.79
"His people? "
Remember what we already
00:49:49.82\00:49:52.57
saw in Daniel 7, Judgment is
given in favor of the saints,
00:49:52.60\00:49:55.49
when is that going to happen?
We've seen tonight, that it
00:49:55.52\00:49:57.91
would begin at the
end of the 2300 days.
00:49:57.94\00:50:01.69
You say "Well why is God
allowing this to come to"
00:50:02.96\00:50:05.76
"light now? " I
think there's a variety of
00:50:05.79\00:50:08.12
reasons, and one of the reasons
is this: it's to get our eyes
00:50:08.15\00:50:10.37
off of the earthly system,
and off of the earthly priests,
00:50:10.40\00:50:13.13
the apostate power, everybody's
thinking "earthly, earthly, "
00:50:13.16\00:50:15.91
"earthly", and then our
attention is suddenly directed
00:50:15.94\00:50:18.74
to Jesus, our Great
High Priest in heaven.
00:50:18.77\00:50:22.64
It's also the last
time prophecy in the Bible.
00:50:22.92\00:50:26.44
The very next thing to happen
00:50:26.47\00:50:28.28
in God's great big PDA,
His great big day planner,
00:50:28.31\00:50:32.96
the very next thing is
the second coming of Jesus.
00:50:33.34\00:50:37.97
We don't know, you say "Well
when does that happen David? "
00:50:38.63\00:50:41.21
I don't know, only the
Father knows, but I know this:
00:50:41.24\00:50:45.32
He's coming. [Audience] Amen.
00:50:45.35\00:50:47.89
And I, when that judgment
takes place, when Jesus lays
00:50:47.92\00:50:51.05
aside for the last time His
priestly robe, when Jesus lays
00:50:51.08\00:50:54.35
aside as priestly garb, and that
priestly censer, I want to be
00:50:54.38\00:50:57.60
sure that I'm right
with Jesus. [Audience] Amen.
00:50:57.63\00:51:01.63
Not because of who I am,
but because of who Jesus is.
00:51:01.66\00:51:06.60
There's a sense of urgency,
there's a sense of finality,
00:51:08.75\00:51:13.96
there's a sense that
the Lord is coming soon.
00:51:14.52\00:51:18.75
There's also a sense that this
isn't the time to be playing
00:51:18.89\00:51:21.00
religious games.
Think of it, if we're living
00:51:21.03\00:51:24.39
in the judgment hour, if
we've been living in that Day
00:51:24.42\00:51:28.79
of Atonement, this would
not be time to be playing games
00:51:28.82\00:51:34.61
with God, this is time
to be serious with God.
00:51:34.64\00:51:41.64
And nobody in this room likes
to have fun more than David
00:51:42.35\00:51:45.08
Asscherick, I love to have
fun, but beloved, there's a time
00:51:45.11\00:51:48.19
for fun, and there's a
time for being serious.
00:51:48.22\00:51:52.20
There's a time for enjoying
ourselves and having a great
00:51:52.42\00:51:55.03
time, and sitting down to the
big meals, and there's nothing
00:51:55.06\00:51:58.22
wrong with that, but there's
also a time to being sure
00:51:58.25\00:52:00.67
that our soul is right
with our Creator and our Maker.
00:52:00.70\00:52:03.34
- [Audience] Amen. -
I believe Jesus is soon
00:52:03.37\00:52:06.51
to come, I believe
that with all my heart.
00:52:06.54\00:52:10.45
If you look at the various
lines of evidence that we've
00:52:10.86\00:52:12.41
presented in this prophecy
seminar, you have to believe
00:52:12.44\00:52:15.01
we're living at the end.
Whether it's the signs of
00:52:15.04\00:52:17.37
the times, or the prophecy
of Daniel 2, the prophecy of
00:52:17.40\00:52:20.97
Daniel 7, the prophecy of
Daniel 8, the prophecies of
00:52:21.00\00:52:23.10
Revelation 13, and we still
have other prophecies to go,
00:52:23.13\00:52:25.28
but you look at all
the converging prophecies,
00:52:25.31\00:52:27.73
the great signs of the times,
like labor pains, and that
00:52:27.76\00:52:30.23
budding fig tree, increasing
in frequency and intensity,
00:52:30.26\00:52:33.28
you have to believe we
are living down at the close
00:52:33.31\00:52:37.04
of earth's time, and God is
sending a message, He's saying
00:52:37.07\00:52:40.43
Jesus has entered into
the final phase, into the last
00:52:40.46\00:52:43.25
phase as our Great High Priest,
He's not going to come back
00:52:43.28\00:52:46.32
as Lamb, He's not going to
come back as Priest, He returns
00:52:46.35\00:52:48.19
without sin unto
salvation, He returns as a King.
00:52:48.22\00:52:52.67
Beloved listen, He'll only be
your King if He was your Lamb,
00:52:52.70\00:53:00.54
and your
Priest. [Audience] Amen.
00:53:00.57\00:53:03.26
You want to reign with Jesus?
Do you want to be a citizen
00:53:06.13\00:53:08.46
of Jesus' kingdom? Then
you need to be a servant
00:53:08.49\00:53:11.35
of Jesus today. If
He's not your Lamb, He's not
00:53:11.38\00:53:15.84
your Priest, remember, the
only sins that were forgiven
00:53:16.11\00:53:19.71
on the Day of Atonement
were those that went in,
00:53:19.74\00:53:24.18
what happened to those
who hadn't put their sins in?
00:53:24.23\00:53:27.03
Cut off. It was a day of solemn
00:53:27.06\00:53:29.81
judgment for Israel, and if my
calculations are correct, and I
00:53:29.84\00:53:34.49
think they're dead on, that
means we're living right here
00:53:34.52\00:53:41.74
in that time just
before the return of Jesus.
00:53:42.20\00:53:46.58
I want Jesus to be my Lamb,
I can't work my way to heaven,
00:53:46.89\00:53:51.88
I'm not good
enough, and neither are you.
00:53:51.91\00:53:55.60
There's not a person in
this room good enough to earn
00:53:55.63\00:53:57.98
your way to heaven, your
righteousness doesn't even come
00:53:58.01\00:54:00.40
close to the infinite
righteousness of the Lord
00:54:00.43\00:54:02.63
Jesus Christ,
so you need a Lamb.
00:54:02.66\00:54:05.25
But the Lamb died and then
Jesus takes that blood into
00:54:05.29\00:54:07.96
the heavenly sanctuary
and ministers as our Priest,
00:54:07.99\00:54:11.75
you need a priest too.
Jesus died 2000 years ago,
00:54:11.78\00:54:14.72
but you need a
priest today, don't you?
00:54:14.75\00:54:16.73
When I get down on my knees
today, I don't just need a God
00:54:16.76\00:54:19.35
that did something back in
history, I need a God that's
00:54:19.38\00:54:21.97
doing something today, I need
a Priest, and I need a Priest
00:54:22.00\00:54:27.27
who's going to say one
day "Here I come, coming back"
00:54:27.30\00:54:32.81
"to get My boy, coming
back to get my daughter. "
00:54:32.84\00:54:37.36
Everyone who's going to make
their decision has made their
00:54:38.61\00:54:40.62
decision, those people
that would rather have this life
00:54:40.65\00:54:43.06
and what this world has
to offer, they've made their
00:54:43.09\00:54:45.90
decision, God's not
going to bend their arm.
00:54:45.93\00:54:48.97
God'll say "Okay, but for those
who love Me, and for those"
00:54:49.00\00:54:53.11
"who've been looking for My
return, and those who were not"
00:54:53.14\00:54:55.73
"satisfied with the things of
this earth, but felt that there"
00:54:55.76\00:54:57.90
"was something bigger, something
grander, something more, "
00:54:57.93\00:55:00.74
"something better, I'm going
to go back and get My people. "
00:55:00.77\00:55:04.90
"I want to take them home. "
00:55:04.93\00:55:07.49
Let not your heart be troubled
young people, let not your heart
00:55:08.00\00:55:11.54
be troubled ladies, let
not your heart be troubled men,
00:55:11.57\00:55:15.38
let not your heart be troubled
those of you who are older,
00:55:15.41\00:55:17.89
you believe in God,
believe also in Jesus.
00:55:17.92\00:55:21.78
In His Father's house there
are many mansions, and He's gone
00:55:22.10\00:55:24.53
to prepare a place for you.
He's preparing it, and if He
00:55:24.56\00:55:28.68
goes and prepares a place
for you, He has promised to come
00:55:28.71\00:55:31.97
again and to receive you unto
Himself, that where He is, you
00:55:32.00\00:55:36.78
can be also. Do
you want to be there?
00:55:36.81\00:55:40.32
[Audience] Amen.
00:55:41.69\00:55:43.12
Don't put it
off, we're at the end.
00:55:45.08\00:55:52.19
Let's pray. Father
in heaven, we're putting
00:55:53.28\00:55:57.52
our confidence and our
trust in Jesus, He's the one.
00:55:57.55\00:56:01.99
Nothing in our hands we bring,
simply to the cross of Christ
00:56:02.02\00:56:05.88
we cling. God in
heaven, we have seen
00:56:05.91\00:56:10.36
tonight a bevy of
Biblical information, but behind
00:56:10.39\00:56:14.45
the information
there's a Saviour.
00:56:14.48\00:56:17.60
Father, we pray that you
would be directing our minds,
00:56:18.60\00:56:20.81
and riveting our minds to
Jesus, our Lamb slain from
00:56:20.84\00:56:26.26
the foundation of the world,
our High Priest who ever lives
00:56:26.29\00:56:29.92
to make intercession, our
judge who gives us the verdict
00:56:29.95\00:56:34.38
of "Not guilty", not because
of us, but because of Him,
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and our King of kings, and
Lord of lords, who's returning
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as a conqueror to take
His captive children home.
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Father, we need all of them, in
this world gone insane, and this
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world spinning out of
control, we need all of them,
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we need a Lamb, we need
a priest, we need a judge,
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and we need a king, and Father,
we can find non better in
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the universe
than You and Your Son.
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So we accept that again,
now here, in Jesus' name,
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and by His righteousness,
let everyone say amen.
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