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00:29 Lecture number nine is titled Michael Shall Stand Up
00:35 which is a phrase that comes 00:40 which we will study Lord willing this evening. 00:43 But before we get into our study, 00:44 we want to ask for the Lord's special blessing. 00:47 And so I invite you to bow your heads with me 00:49 as we pray. 00:51 Father in heaven, as we study about the events 00:54 that will transpire after the close of probation 00:58 and before the second coming of Christ. 01:00 We ask for the presence of Your Holy Spirit. 01:04 Lord, we know that trying times are ahead, 01:07 but at the same time we're certain 01:09 that God's people will be delivered. 01:12 Everyone who is written in the book. 01:14 So I ask that You will encourage us 01:16 with what we study this evening. 01:18 And that you will also be with us 01:20 as we conclude this series 01:22 with Your glorious deliverance tomorrow. 01:25 We thank You Father 01:26 for the promise of Your presence, 01:28 and we ask this in the precious name of Jesus. 01:31 Amen. 01:34 The Seventh-day Adventist Church 01:37 holds some unique beliefs that as far as I know 01:41 are not held by any other Christian denomination. 01:47 One of those beliefs 01:48 that the Seventh-day Adventist Church holds 01:50 which is unique is the doctrine 01:53 of the pre-advent investigative judgment 01:57 in which Jesus examines the case of every single person 02:02 who has claimed the name of Jesus Christ, 02:06 beginning with Adam and ending with a last person 02:10 when the investigative judgment closes. 02:14 Now this judgment actually is composed of three stages 02:18 like the judgments on earth. 02:21 First of all, 02:22 you have an investigation of the evidence. 02:26 Isn't that true that in earthly judgments 02:29 we have an investigation of the evidence first. 02:32 Absolutely. 02:34 The second stage of the judgment is the verdict 02:38 that is proclaimed based on the evidence. 02:43 And of course, 02:44 the verdict can be guilty or not guilty. 02:48 And then in the third place 02:50 we have the execution of the verdict. 02:53 In other words, the implementation 02:55 of the verdict that was given at the conclusion 02:59 of the investigation. 03:02 Now, there is one link in the prophetic chain 03:05 that we have not taken a look at yet, 03:09 and the reason why is because this particular link 03:13 in the chain is an event 03:15 that takes place not on earth but in heaven. 03:19 Now, let's review first of all the prophetic chain 03:22 and you'll see that all of the events 03:24 that we have described transpire on earth. 03:28 You have Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, the Roman Empire, 03:34 the divisions of the Roman Empire, 03:36 the little horn for 1260 years, the deadly wound, 03:41 the beast that rises from the earth 03:43 representing the United States. 03:45 The inactivity of the papacy for over 200 years 03:50 and then the healing of the wound. 03:52 All of these are events that transpire on earth. 03:55 But the one link that we have not studied 03:58 that transpires in heaven 04:00 is found in Daniel 7:9 and 10 04:06 and then we will read also verses 13 and 14, 04:10 verse 18 and verses 21 and 22. 04:14 Now, you say why are you jumping over other verses? 04:17 Simply because of the time, 04:20 we don't have the time to study everything in between. 04:23 And what I want you to understand 04:25 is that these three stages of the judgment 04:28 in these verses. 04:30 Now, let's read Daniel 7:9 and 10. 04:33 And by the way, 04:34 the historical context of this is immediately 04:38 after the little horn rules for 1260 years. 04:41 In other words, this event is taking place 04:43 after the 1260 year dominion of the little horn. 04:48 Now, if we had time, I would show you 04:51 that this judgment actually begins in 1844. 04:56 But for that we would have to study Daniel 8:14 05:00 on to 2300 days 05:03 and the sanctuary will be cleansed. 05:05 But we don't have time to study that 05:07 so what I want you to remember now 05:09 is that this judgment takes place 05:11 after the little horn has ruled for 1260 years. 05:16 Now, notice Daniel 7:9, 05:20 "I watched till thrones were put in place, 05:24 and the Ancient of Days was seated." 05:26 Who is the Ancient of Days? 05:29 It is God the Father. Where does God the Father live? 05:32 In heaven. 05:34 We pray our Father which are in heaven. 05:36 So where is this taking place? 05:38 In heaven. 05:40 "I watched till thrones were put in place, 05:41 and the Ancient of Days was seated." 05:45 So that's interesting he was seated, 05:47 he must not have been seated 05:49 on that particular throne before 05:51 because He sits down. 05:53 Now comes a description of the Ancient of Days. 05:56 "His garment was white as snow 05:58 and the hair of His head was like pure wool. 06:01 His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire, 06:05 a fiery stream, issued and came forth from before Him. 06:09 A thousand thousands ministered to Him, 06:12 ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him." 06:16 Who are those? 06:18 The angels. Where do the angels live? 06:21 In heaven where the Ancient of Days is. 06:23 This is taking place in heaven. 06:25 And then notice the last part of verse 10. 06:28 "The court was seated, 06:30 and the books were opened." 06:35 So are you understanding this? 06:37 If you read the previous verses, 06:39 verse 8 you'll find 06:40 that it's after the little horn has ruled for 1260 years. 06:44 That's when this judgment takes place. 06:46 And so it says the court is seated 06:49 and the books are opened. 06:50 Why are the books opened? 06:52 Because it's gonna be an investigation of the cases 06:57 of all of those who have professed the name 06:58 of Jesus Christ. 07:00 Let me ask you, did those who belonged 07:02 to the little horn system claim to believe in Jesus Christ? 07:06 Yes, because it is a counterfeit, 07:09 apostate religious Christian system. 07:13 Are you with me or not? 07:14 So definitely the little horn is a Christian system 07:17 that professes to serve Christ. 07:20 Now, I want you to notice that the judgment sits, 07:25 the Ancient of Days sits, 07:27 the books are opened to be examined 07:29 and now verse 13 and verse 14 07:32 says something very interesting. 07:34 The Father has moved but now another person 07:37 is gonna move to where the father moved. 07:39 By the way the place is the most holy place. 07:42 Verse 13 says, 07:44 "I was watching in the night visions, 07:47 and behold, One like the Son of Man, 07:50 coming with the clouds of heaven!" 07:51 What are the clouds of heaven? 07:53 The angels, very well. Where does he come to? 07:57 Does he come to earth, 07:58 is this the second coming of Jesus? 08:00 No, it says He came to the Ancient of Days. 08:04 Where would that be? In heaven, very well. 08:07 "And they brought Him near before Him." 08:09 Who is they brought him? 08:12 The clouds, the angels, that's right. 08:15 So it says, 08:16 "And they brought Him near before Him." 08:19 Then and now why does he go there? 08:21 Why does the Son go to where the Father is? 08:25 Notice verse 14, then to Him, to whom? 08:31 To the Son of Man, and who is the Son of Man? 08:33 Jesus, to him was given. 08:36 So somebody else, who is giving this to Him? 08:40 God, the Father. 08:41 So it says, To him was given dominion and glory and what? 08:47 A kingdom. 08:48 So why does Jesus go 08:50 into the presence of the Father in heaven? 08:52 He goes to receive what? 08:54 The kingdom, His Father is going to give Him what? 08:59 The kingdom. 09:00 In other words, the judgment has something to do 09:04 with giving Jesus the kingdom. 09:06 And then notice what it continue saying 09:08 verse 14 again, 09:09 "Then to him was given dominion and glory 09:13 and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, 09:16 and languages should serve Him. 09:19 His dominion is an everlasting dominion, 09:21 which shall not pass away, and His what? 09:24 His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed." 09:29 But now comes a very interesting detail. 09:32 The kingdom is given to Jesus 09:35 but then Jesus gives it to the saints of the Most High. 09:38 Notice what we find in verse 18, 09:42 it says there in verse 18, 09:45 "But the saints of the Most High 09:48 shall receive what? 09:50 Shall receive the kingdom, and shall what? 09:52 Possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever." 09:57 And then notice verse 21, and this is a repetition 10:02 of what we already noticed in verses 13 and 14. 10:05 It says, I was watching, and the same horn 10:09 was making war against the saints, 10:11 and prevailing against them, 10:15 until the Ancient of Days what? 10:19 Came and a judgment was made, how? 10:24 In favor of whom? The saints of the Most High. 10:29 Where is this judgment taking place 10:30 where the judgment is given in favor of the saints? 10:32 In heaven. 10:34 But now notice what it says 10:35 and the time came for the saints 10:38 to possess the kingdom. 10:40 Are you understanding what this is saying? 10:43 There are three stages here in these verses. 10:47 Number one: The judgment sits, the heavenly books are opened 10:53 and all those who have professed the name of Jesus 10:56 pass and review in the heavenly judgment. 10:59 Then you have the examination comes to an end 11:04 and the kingdom is given to whom? 11:07 The kingdom is given to Jesus. Did you catch that or not? 11:11 The kingdom is given to Jesus 11:13 and then finally the subjects of the kingdom receive what? 11:20 Receive the kingdom. 11:21 Now Ellen White understood this. 11:24 We need to understand what the kingdom is. 11:26 You know, usually we understand the kingdom 11:28 as being a geographical location. 11:31 We say, well, this world will be Christ kingdom, 11:35 but really the kingdom is composed 11:38 of those who are saved. 11:41 The subjects of the kingdom are the kingdom. 11:46 And let me ask you, how is it that Jesus determines 11:49 who is a subject of His kingdom. 11:52 It's done during what? 11:54 During the investigative judgment. 11:57 When the last case is decided, 11:59 is the kingdom of Jesus made up. 12:02 Yes, because he's revealed who to the last person 12:06 is a subject of His kingdom or belongs to His kingdom. 12:11 Notice how Ellen White understood this very clearly 12:14 in the book Early Writings, page 280. 12:18 She's talking about the moment when probation closes, 12:20 the last case is examined. 12:23 Every case had been decided for life or death. 12:28 While Jesus had been ministering in the sanctuary, 12:32 the judgment that's the... 12:33 I added the word investigating because that's the context. 12:36 The investigative judgment had been going on for whom? 12:41 For the wicked. No, no, no. 12:43 You say, why does a judgment before the second coming 12:46 only examine the cases of the righteous. 12:48 It's very simple because when Jesus comes, 12:51 He's gonna take the righteous to heaven, 12:53 so He has to reveal before who has a right to take. 12:57 Are you with me? 12:58 Does He have to do that with wicked, 13:00 because the wicked aren't gonna be taken. 13:02 They can be examined during the millennium 13:04 and after the millennium 13:05 because they're not gonna be taken to heaven 13:07 when Jesus comes. 13:08 But the righteous have to be examined before 13:10 because Jesus has to reveal before the universe 13:13 who He has a right to take to heaven 13:15 when He comes back. 13:17 So notice what she continue saying, 13:18 "Every case had been decided for life or death. 13:21 While Jesus had been ministering in the sanctuary, 13:24 the judgment had been going on for the righteous dead, 13:27 and then for the righteous living." 13:29 And now notice what Ellen White writes. 13:32 Christ had received His what? 13:36 His kingdom. 13:37 Now you say what does that mean, 13:39 Christ had received His kingdom. 13:40 Well, she's gonna explain. 13:42 "Having made the atonement for His people 13:44 and blotted out their sins." 13:46 Now listen to the explanation. 13:48 "The subjects of the kingdom were made up." 13:52 So what does that mean that Jesus receives the kingdom? 13:55 It means that the subjects of His kingdom 13:58 have been made up. 13:59 It's been revealed who is truly a subject of Jesus Christ. 14:04 How many of you are understanding what I'm saying. 14:05 Raise your hand 14:07 if you understand what I'm saying. 14:08 Praise the Lord, at least half of you understood. 14:12 She continues writing, 14:14 "The marriage of the Lamb was consummated. 14:16 And the kingdom, 14:18 and the greatness of the kingdom 14:19 under the whole heaven, was given to whom? 14:23 Was given to Jesus," 14:25 she's just commenting on Daniel 7 14:27 and the heirs of salvation, and Jesus was to reign as what? 14:33 As King of kings and Lord of lords." 14:37 So are you understanding why the Father sat 14:41 and why the books were opened. 14:42 Whose cases are gonna be examined? 14:45 All those who professed the name of Jesus Christ 14:47 beginning with those who died, 14:49 it continue with the dead and it ends with the living. 14:52 Whenever a case has been finally decided, 14:55 the kingdom of Jesus is made up. 14:58 And now, three events take place 15:00 once the kingdom is made up. 15:04 Three successive events transpire. 15:07 Number one: The close of human probation. 15:12 When every case has been examined 15:14 for life or for death of those who profess the name of Jesus 15:17 probation closes. 15:18 There is no more opportunity 15:21 for the unrighteous to become righteous 15:23 or for the righteous to become unrighteous. 15:25 Every case is decided for eternity. 15:29 And then after probation closes you have what? 15:34 You have the time of trouble 15:35 such as never has been seen in the history of the world. 15:39 Will God's people be on earth during the time of trouble? 15:43 All of those who were found worthy to be saved, 15:45 will they be on earth? 15:47 They will definitely be on earth, 15:48 and we're gonna show that. 15:50 And then after the tribulation, 15:53 after the great tribulation or the time of trouble, 15:55 Jesus will come from heaven and He will deliver His people. 16:00 So, three successive events after the close of... 16:03 after every case has been decided. 16:05 The close of probation, the time of trouble 16:08 and the second coming of Jesus Christ 16:11 to rescue His people. 16:13 And I might say that the idea that probation closes 16:17 before the second coming of Jesus 16:20 is another one of those unique beliefs 16:23 of the Seventh-day Adventist church. 16:25 You see what most Christian churches believe, 16:27 at least conservative churches is that Jesus is gonna come 16:31 seven years before His glorious coming, 16:33 He's gonna come 16:35 and He's gonna rapture away the church. 16:38 And He is gonna take the righteous to heaven 16:40 for a thousand year... 16:42 for seven years, and then after the seven years, 16:45 Jesus is gonna come back with the saints that He took 16:50 and He's going to destroy those individuals 16:53 who were contrary or against His kingdom 16:56 and He's gonna set up His millennial kingdom 17:00 here on earth. 17:02 You see there is no other church 17:04 that I know of that believes 17:05 that probation will close before Jesus comes, 17:09 and there are very few churches 17:11 that believe that the people of God 17:14 will go through the tribulation after the close of probation 17:18 before the second coming of Jesus Christ. 17:22 Now, in our study today, 17:23 we are going to look at several snapshots 17:27 of the close of probation, the time of trouble, 17:31 and the final deliverance of God's people. 17:35 Where we want to go first 17:37 is to the story in the Book of Genesis, 17:39 because this establishes the pattern 17:42 to understand these three points of time. 17:45 The closing of probation, the time of trouble 17:50 and the glorious deliverance. 17:53 Now, we all know that before the flood, 17:56 God called Noah to preach a message of judgment. 18:02 Noah preached for how many years? 18:04 He preached for 120 years. 18:09 Was His message accompanied 18:10 by the power of the Holy Spirit? 18:12 Yes. 18:14 Because in Genesis 6:3 God says, 18:16 "My Spirit shall not always strive with men, 18:20 but it is going to strive with men 120 years." 18:24 So the message of Noah was accompanying 18:26 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 18:29 So Noah preached 120 years. Let me ask you. 18:34 During this period, could people choose to be saved 18:38 and could people choose to be lost? 18:40 Absolutely. 18:41 So was it a message of separation 18:43 or a message of judgment 18:44 depending on how the people responded to Noah's message. 18:48 Absolutely, it was a message of judgment. 18:52 People decided either for the truth 18:55 or against the truth. 18:58 And then Noah stood at the door of the ark, 19:00 his family was in the ark and for the last time 19:05 I can imagine him standing at the door, 19:07 all of the animals were in that huge transatlantic ship 19:11 and Noah makes one last appeal, 19:13 he says folks those inside are gonna be saved, 19:17 those outside are gonna be destroyed by the flood. 19:21 Please take refuge in the ark. 19:24 And the pleas of Noah were met with ridicule. 19:31 And so I want you to notice 19:34 that three very important events then transpired. 19:40 Point number one is in Genesis 7:16. 19:43 See that Genesis gives us the pattern 19:46 for the rest of the Bible. 19:47 Genesis 7:16, speaking about the animals 19:52 it says, "So those that entered, 19:57 male and female of all flesh, 20:00 went in as God had commanded him," 20:03 and now comes the key phrase, 20:05 "and the Lord shut him in." 20:10 Who shut the door? 20:13 Let me ask you when the door was shut, 20:14 were all cases decided for life or death. 20:18 Could those inside change 20:20 to be wicked like those outside? 20:21 No. 20:22 Could the one outside choose to get inside? 20:24 No. 20:25 All cases were decided when the door was shut, 20:29 the saved were saved and the lost were lost. 20:34 But now we have a second point. 20:36 Did it begin to rain immediately 20:39 when the door closed? 20:41 No, how many days went by 20:43 between when the door was closed 20:44 and when it started to rain. 20:46 Seven full days, 20:48 actually it started raining on the eighth day 20:50 because seven full days passed. 20:54 Now, let me ask you. 20:55 Do you think that the faith of Noah and his family 20:58 was tried during those seven days? 21:02 Absolutely, undoubtedly one day passes, no rain, 21:05 two days, three days, four days, five days, six days, 21:09 seven days, no rain, clear sky. 21:13 Let me ask you. 21:15 How do you suppose the enemies of Noah 21:17 and his family acted outside the ark 21:19 for each day that passed? 21:21 Each day they became more and more violent, 21:23 the enemies of Noah and his family. 21:26 So during these seven days the faith of Noah 21:29 and his family is severely tested, 21:31 and those outside the ark, 21:34 the enemies become more and more violent each day. 21:39 But then after the seven days passed, 21:43 on the eighth day, early on the eighth day 21:47 what happens with the wicked? 21:50 The wicked are destroyed and God's people are delivered. 21:57 Are you with me or not? 21:58 So what are the three points of time? 22:00 The closing of the door, the testing of the faith, 22:05 the day of victory for the wicked, 22:07 but finally the wicked are destroyed 22:11 and the righteous are saved. 22:15 Now, I would like us to go to the application 22:19 that Jesus gave of this story. 22:22 Let's go to Matthew 24:37-39, 22:26 Matthew 24:37-39. 22:31 You see Jesus drew a parallel 22:33 between what happen in the days of Noah 22:35 and what is gonna happen at the end of time. 22:38 Here Jesus explains, "But as the days of Noah were, 22:44 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." 22:47 Do you see that he's comparing two events, 22:49 as it was in the days of Noah back then, 22:52 it's gonna be like that 22:54 at the coming of the Son of Man. 22:56 "For as in the days before the flood, 22:59 they were eating and drinking, 23:01 marrying and giving in marriage," 23:03 and now comes a very important time alert 23:06 "until the day that Noah what? 23:10 Entered the ark." 23:11 So the first point of time, 23:13 the first until marks the moment 23:14 when Noah what? 23:16 Entered the ark. 23:17 But now, I want you to notice something very interesting, 23:20 so it says until the day that Noah entered the ark 23:23 and did not know until the flood came 23:29 and took them all away. 23:31 Let me ask you, what didn't wicked know 23:34 between when the door closed and when it started to rain. 23:39 They did not know that when the door closed 23:42 they were lost. 23:46 So Jesus says as it was back then, 23:49 Noah enter the ark, seven days pass 23:53 where the wicked don't know that they're lost 23:57 but then destruction comes 23:59 and they realize that they're what? 24:02 That they are lost and Jesus ends by saying, 24:04 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 24:07 Is it just possible that the door 24:09 of probation for the world is gonna close 24:11 before the second coming of Jesus Christ 24:14 to destroy the wicked? 24:15 Absolutely, Jesus is saying it here. 24:20 Now let me give you another comparison 24:21 so that we can understand this even better. 24:24 Jesus explained that He was gonna come 24:26 as a thief in the night. 24:29 You've read those verses, right? 24:31 A thief in the night. 24:33 Now, how many stages does the coming of the thief have? 24:39 Really when you look at it carefully, it has two. 24:42 Let's suppose 24:44 that it's one of those cold days 24:46 in Fresno in December, you know, when lots of fog, 24:51 that penetrating cold, and you know you get home, 24:55 you've worked real hard all day and you sit in your easy chair, 24:59 you know, to watch the news and then you have a good supper 25:03 and you say, I think I'll go to bed early tonight, 25:05 so you go to bed and, you know, 25:08 you turn down the thermostat and you're under the cover 25:10 that's nice and warm, 25:12 and when you're under the cover you say, 25:14 oh, no I forgot to lock the door. 25:19 Ah, it's so nice and warm under these covers, 25:21 I hate to get up, I turn the thermostat down. 25:25 I lived in this house for 25 years 25:28 and the thief has never come. 25:31 He not gonna come tonight and so you go to sleep. 25:37 Lo and behold, at midnight the thief comes, 25:43 finds the door unlocked and goes into the house 25:48 and steals whatever he can find. 25:50 Are those inside the house aware that the thief has come? 25:54 No, because they're what? 25:56 They're not watching, they are sleeping. 25:58 Let me ask you, 26:00 when do they discover that the thief has come? 26:03 In the morning but then it's too late. 26:07 The same will happen at the end of time. 26:11 Probation will close, Jesus will come like a thief. 26:15 Coming like a thief is not the second coming. 26:18 Coming like a thief 26:19 is the closing of the door of probation. 26:22 What's gonna happen 26:23 with the majority of the people in the world, 26:25 even Christians, they're gonna be what? 26:27 They're gonna be sleeping because they were not watching. 26:31 When will they discover that they're lost, 26:34 it's only when Jesus comes in the clouds of heaven 26:37 and they realize that they're lost. 26:39 But probation close for them 26:41 before the second coming of Jesus. 26:44 Are you understanding what I'm saying? 26:46 And so we have these three points of time, 26:51 the closing of the door, the time of trouble, 26:54 and then the destruction of the wicked 26:57 and the salvation of the righteous. 27:01 So we have several common denominators 27:03 in the stories that we are going to study. 27:07 Let's review the common denominators in the story 27:10 that we just looked at, the story of Noah. 27:13 Was there a faithful remnant in the days of Noah? 27:17 Who was the remnant? 27:19 Noah, right? Did Noah have enemies? 27:25 Yes, the enemies who made fun of his preaching. 27:30 Let me ask you, did Noah and his family 27:32 have a severe time of anguish in the ark? 27:38 Was their faith severely tested during the time of trouble? 27:42 Absolutely. 27:45 Did God delivered them immediately 27:47 or was there a delay? 27:49 There was a delay, 27:50 but were they finally delivered by God? 27:53 Yes, so notice the common denominators 27:56 because we'll find these in all of the stories 27:58 that we're gonna study 28:00 that illustrate these points of time, 28:02 a faithful remnant, enemies of the remnant, 28:05 a time of trouble and anguish for the remnant, 28:07 the faith of the remnant tested, 28:10 the remnant not immediately delivered, 28:12 there is a delay and finally 28:14 the remnant is delivered by God after the delay. 28:19 Now, we need to go to that verse 28:22 which we have on the screen Michel shall stand up. 28:26 Go with me to Daniel 12:1. 28:30 I need to give you a little bit of the previous context. 28:34 The previous context speaks of a power 28:36 that is called the king of the north. 28:39 And the king of the north is coming 28:41 to destroy God's people, 28:44 to destroy God's faithful people. 28:46 That's the context. 28:48 Now this power is called the king of the north 28:49 in Daniel 11, but it's a same power 28:52 that is called the little horn in Daniel 7 and 8. 28:55 It's the same power 28:57 that is called the beast in Revelation 13. 28:59 It's same power that is called the man of sin 29:02 in 2 Thessalonians 2. 29:04 It's the same power that is called 29:06 the abomination of desolation in Matthew 24. 29:09 It's the same power that is called 29:10 the harlot in Revelation 17 29:12 and the same power that is called 29:14 the antichrist in 1 John 2. 29:16 It's just different names with different emphasis. 29:20 But the king of the north is the same as the little horn. 29:24 As the same as the beast, the papacy, 29:26 the power that we have been speaking about 29:28 here in the seminar. 29:31 So Daniel 11:44 and 45 speaks 29:35 about the little horn or the beast 29:36 called the king of the north 29:38 that is coming to destroy God's people. 29:42 And when he is at the point 29:44 of destroying God's faithful people, 29:47 something happens. 29:49 I want you to notice Daniel 12:1 29:53 and there are four points that we're gonna notice here. 29:56 Daniel 12:1, and the key word, folks, 30:01 is the word delivered. 30:03 I want you to remember that word, delivered, 30:05 that's a key word. 30:07 The word delivered is used 30:08 in only three chapters in Daniel. 30:11 It's used in Daniel 12:1, 30:15 it is used in Daniel 3, where the three... 30:20 where Daniel, where the three young man 30:22 actually are thrown into the fiery furnace, 30:25 and it is used in Daniel 6 30:28 where Daniel's thrown into the lions' den. 30:30 Those are the only three chapters in Daniel 30:33 where the word delivered is used. 30:35 Remember that 30:36 because we're gonna come back to it a little bit later on. 30:40 Now, let's read Daniel 12:1, 30:44 "At that time, that is when the king of the north, 30:46 the little horn, the beast, the man of sin, 30:48 the abomination and desolation, the harlot, 30:51 whatever you want to call it 30:52 comes to try and destroy God's people. 30:55 It says at that time, Michael shall what? 31:00 Shall stand up? The question is who is Michael. 31:05 Michael is a name for Jesus. 31:09 The name Michael means who is like God. 31:13 So Michael is symbolic of Christ. 31:17 So why would Michael have to stand up, 31:20 what is he gonna do? 31:22 It says, "Michael shall stand up, 31:24 the great prince 31:25 who stands watch over the sons of your people." 31:30 So why does Michael stand up? 31:32 He's gonna stand watch over his who? 31:35 Over his people. 31:37 At this point does he know who his people are? 31:40 He must because he's gonna protect them. 31:42 Now, the question is, 31:44 what does it mean for Michael to stand up. 31:48 Let's not read the rest of the verse 31:50 but let's go to the subtitle that says standing up 31:53 so that we can understand 31:54 what the Bible means when it says 31:56 that Michael shall stand up. 31:57 What point of time is that? 32:00 Daniel 11:2 and 3 32:02 and I'm reading from the King James Version 32:04 'cause the same Hebrew word 32:06 is translated the same in both instances. 32:09 Daniel 11:2 and 3 explains what the word stand up means, 32:14 It says, "Now I will show you the truth. 32:17 Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia." 32:22 What does that mean, 32:23 three kings will yet stand up in Persia? 32:26 It means that three kings are yet to what? 32:29 Are yet to rule in Persia. They're going to rise to what? 32:34 To rule in Persia. 32:36 And so it continue saying, "I will show you the truth. 32:38 Behold, there shall yet stand up three kings in Persia, 32:42 and the fourth shall be far richer than they all, 32:44 and by his strength through his riches 32:46 he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia." 32:49 And now notice, 32:50 "And a mighty king shall stand up..." 32:53 What does that mean a mighty king shall stand up? 32:55 It means that he's gonna begin to what? 32:58 He's gonna begin to rule. 32:59 We don't have to guess 33:00 because it continues saying here in Daniel 11:3, 33:04 "A mighty king shall stand up, that shall" what? 33:08 "That shall rule." 33:09 To stand means to begin to what? 33:12 To rule over your kingdom. 33:14 Now, notice also Daniel 8:22, Daniel 8:22, 33:20 speaking about the four heads 33:24 or the four horns actually that are the same 33:26 as the four heads on the leopard. 33:28 Notice what it says, "Now that being broken," 33:32 this is the notable horn, 33:34 "whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall what? 33:39 Shall stand up out of the nation, 33:42 but not in his own power." 33:44 So what does stand up mean in the Book of Daniel? 33:48 It means to begin to what? 33:52 To begin to rule over the kingdom. 33:56 So let me ask you, when it says that Michael shall stand up, 33:59 it means that Jesus is going to begin to what? 34:03 To rule. Why is He gonna begin to rule? 34:06 Because probation is closed and His kingdom is what? 34:10 Made up. Are you following me or not? 34:14 Now, let's continue, let's go back to Daniel 12:1, 34:17 "At that time Michael shall stand up, 34:20 the prince who stands 34:22 watch over the sons of your people..." 34:23 And now notice the second point, 34:25 "And there shall be a" what? 34:28 "A time of trouble," that's the great tribulation. 34:30 "There shall be a time of trouble 34:32 such as never was since there was a nation, 34:35 even to that time." 34:38 So is this the great tribulation? 34:40 Is this the time of trouble, 34:42 are God's people on earth during this period? 34:44 Yes, because Michael is standing up 34:46 to rule over them and to protect them. 34:49 So there is a time of trouble 34:50 and then notice what it continues saying, 34:53 and at that time, that is in the time of trouble, 34:57 your people shall be what? 34:59 Shall be delivered, everyone who is found what? 35:04 Written in the book. 35:05 Let me ask you, when were they written in the book 35:07 or when were they conformed in the book? 35:10 In the investigative judgment. Are you with me or not? 35:14 Now, let me read you the statement 35:16 from Ellen White again, 35:18 it's in the middle of this page. 35:21 "Every case had been decided for life or death. 35:26 While Jesus had been ministering in the sanctuary, 35:29 the judgment had been going on for the righteous dead, 35:31 and then for the righteous living." 35:33 See while the judgment is going on, 35:34 cases are still being decided, probation hasn't close, 35:37 but then she says Christ had received his what? 35:41 His kingdom having made the atonements for his people 35:44 and blotted out their sins. 35:46 The subjects of the kingdom were made up. 35:49 So when the cases are examined in the judgment, 35:52 it's decided whose name is retained in the book. 35:57 Let me read you the statement from Ellen White 36:01 regarding the conclusion of the judgment. 36:04 She states this, "Christ says to the overcomer, 36:07 "I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. 36:12 The names of all those 36:14 who have once given themselves to God 36:17 are written in the book of life 36:19 and their characters are now passing in review before him," 36:23 that's the judgment. 36:25 "Angels of God are weighing moral worth. 36:28 They are watching the development of character 36:31 in those now living, 36:32 to see if their names can be," what? 36:35 "Retained in the book of life." 36:38 Is that what happens in the investigative judgment? 36:42 Is it shown whose name is going to be retained 36:44 in the Book of life? 36:45 Now, when Jesus stands up, 36:48 are all of the names that have been retained in the book. 36:51 Of course, so that's why Daniel 12:1 says 36:56 that those will be delivered from the time of trouble 36:59 whose names are written in the book. 37:01 When were their names retained in the book? 37:04 During the what? 37:05 During the judgment. Is this clear in your mind? 37:09 So, four points in Daniel 12:1. 37:12 Point number one, standing up means 37:15 that Jesus begins to reign over His kingdom 37:17 because His kingdom is complete, 37:19 He's finished the judgment. 37:20 Secondly, now God's people will go for a severe time of trouble 37:24 such as never has been seen in the history of the world. 37:28 And then it says 37:29 that God's people at the end of the time of trouble 37:31 will be delivered 37:33 but only those who in the judgment 37:35 were written where? 37:37 Were written in the book. 37:40 Do you see all of the elements here 37:43 that we mentioned, 37:44 all of the common denominators here. 37:46 Is there a faithful remnant here? 37:48 Yes, the people. 37:50 Are there enemies of the remnant? 37:53 Yeah, the king of the north and his cohorts. 37:55 Are God's people gonna go through 37:57 a severe time of trouble? 37:59 Absolutely. 38:00 Is their faith going to be severely tested? 38:03 Yes. 38:04 Will they be delivered immediately 38:06 or will there be a delay? 38:08 They have to go through the time of trouble, 38:10 there will be a delay. 38:11 But will God's people finally be delivered? 38:14 Yes. 38:15 So we find all of the common denominators in Daniel 12:1. 38:21 Now, you say, where does the expression 38:25 time of Jacob's trouble come from? 38:29 Well, we have to go to the Book of Genesis 38:34 to understand what the time of Jacob's trouble 38:37 is because that's the specific name 38:39 that is given to it. 38:41 Now, the story is found in Genesis 32, 38:45 and I'm gonna tell you the story very quickly. 38:47 Jacob was returning home after a 20 year exile 38:51 because he had stolen the birthright from his brother 38:54 and he had deceived his father. 38:56 When he is nearing home, 38:58 he hears that his brother who is the enemy 39:01 is coming with 400 armed men to destroy him and his family. 39:08 The story tells us that Jacob and his family 39:10 were totally defenseless. 39:12 In other words, they could not stand 39:14 against Esau and the 400 armed men. 39:18 And so Jacob feared for his life 39:21 and for the life of his family. 39:25 And so the Bible tells us that he feared 39:27 that God would not protected him 39:29 because of the sin that he had committed 20 years earlier. 39:33 And so the Bible tells us 39:35 that Jacob went to the brook of Jabbok 39:38 and he poured out his heart in prayer to God 39:41 in tremendous anguish. 39:44 I want to read just a few verses 39:46 where this anguish is described in Genesis 32. 39:50 "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies 39:55 and of all the truth 39:57 which You have shown Your servant, 39:59 for I have crossed over this Jordan with my staff 40:02 and now I have become two companies." 40:04 And then he uses the keyword, remember Daniel 12:1, 40:08 God's people will be what? 40:10 Delivered, notice, he says, "Deliver me, I pray, from whom? 40:16 From the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, 40:19 for I fear him, lest he come and attack me 40:22 and the mother with the children." 40:24 So Jacob is crying out in anguish, 40:27 deliver me, deliver our family from the enemy, 40:31 from Esau and the 400 men that he is coming with. 40:36 The Bible tells us that while he is struggling 40:39 there in prayer with God, a mysterious person comes 40:43 and he begins wrestling with that mysterious person. 40:48 The mysterious person Jacob soon discovered 40:51 was not common human being. 40:54 It was the angel of the covenant. 40:56 And so as the sun was rising, 40:59 Jacob hangs on for dear life to this individual, 41:05 to this mysterious person and this person says, 41:08 let me go because it's dawning. 41:11 And Jacob hangs on to him, he says, 41:13 I will not let you go until you bless me. 41:16 In other words, until you give me the assurance 41:18 that I've been forgiven 41:20 and that you're gonna protect me 41:21 along with my family. 41:23 And once again, this being says, 41:25 let me go for the day is dawning 41:28 and Jacob says, I will not let you go until you bless me. 41:32 The Bible says that that mysterious person 41:36 then ask Jacob what his name was. 41:39 And he said Jacob which means supplanter, 41:42 and this mysterious being says 41:44 your name will no longer be called Jacob, 41:47 your name will be called Israel, 41:50 because you have struggled with God and with men 41:52 and you have prevailed. 41:55 In other words you have gained the victory 41:58 and the Bible says 41:59 that this mysterious being changed his name there 42:04 from Jacob to Israel which means prince of God. 42:08 Let's read about the struggle of Jacob in Genesis 32:24-29. 42:15 "Then Jacob was left alone, 42:17 and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. 42:21 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him..." 42:24 That is the angle did not prevail against him. 42:28 "He touched the socket of his hip, 42:30 and the socket of Jacob's hip 42:32 was out of joint as he wrestled with him. 42:35 And he said, 'Let Me go, for the day breaks. 42:38 But he said: 'I will not let You go 42:41 unless You bless me. 42:42 So he said to him, 'What is your name?' 42:45 He said, 'Jacob.' 42:47 And He said: 'Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, 42:49 but Israel, for you have struggled with God 42:52 and with men, and have prevailed. 42:55 Then Jacob asked, 'Tell me your name, I pray.' 42:59 And he said: 'Why is it that you ask about My name.' 43:02 and He blessed him there.'" 43:04 Now, the question is who was that mysterious being? 43:09 The Book of Hosea 12:4 tell us who that being was. 43:15 Do you remember Daniel 12:1, 43:19 Michael the ark angel, right? 43:23 Now notice was it an angel that Jacob was struggling with? 43:27 Yes, he was struggling with the angel of the covenant 43:30 which is non other than whom, Jesus Christ Himself. 43:33 By the way Jesus is not a created angel, 43:36 He is the angel of the covenant. 43:37 He is the Son of God. He is the messenger of God. 43:41 Now, notice what it says in Hosea 12:4, 43:43 remembering this event. 43:45 Yes, he struggled with the what? 43:49 Oh, he was struggling with the angel, 43:52 not un angel, with the angel. 43:54 And what? 43:56 And prevailed, he wept, sought favor from him. 43:59 This angel was nonetheless than God. 44:03 You say how do you know that? 44:04 Because of the name that Jacob gave that place. 44:08 Notice Genesis 32:30, 44:11 "So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 44:16 'For I have seen God face to face, 44:20 and my life is preserved." 44:22 Peniel means face of God and Jacob says, 44:25 I have seen God face to face and my life has been preserved. 44:30 So whom was Jacob struggling with? 44:32 He was struggling with Jesus Christ, 44:35 the angel of the covenant in the Old Testament. 44:39 Now let me ask you, 44:40 do we find all of the common denominators in this story. 44:44 We most certainly do. Do we have a faithful remnant? 44:47 Jacob. 44:49 Do we have enemies of the remnant? 44:51 Absolutely. Is a time of trouble for Jacob? 44:54 Absolutely. Is his faith severely tested? 44:58 Does he cry out in anguish for assurance? 45:01 Absolutely. Did God answer him immediately? 45:04 No. 45:06 But finally after all night struggle, 45:08 was he delivered? 45:09 He most certainly was. 45:11 This describes the final time of trouble of God's people. 45:14 Read in Great Controversy, 45:16 Ellen White's description of the struggle of Jacob 45:19 representing the struggle of God's people 45:22 at the end of time. 45:24 Now, the specific expression the time of Jacob's trouble 45:27 is found in Jeremiah 30 45:31 and we're only gonna briefly deal with this. 45:34 There is a faithful remnant here in Jeremiah 30. 45:39 The faithful remnant is, are the faithful ones in Israel 45:44 when Babylon came against them 45:47 in the person of Nebuchadnezzar. 45:49 The enemy is Nebuchadnezzar. 45:52 The time of trouble is the anguish of the faithful 45:55 when they were being taken captive to Babylon. 45:58 God delayed for 70 years to release them from bondage 46:03 and the faith of Israel was severely tested 46:07 but did God finally deliver His people 46:09 from bondage in Babylon. 46:11 Yes, when Cyrus came 46:13 and gave the decree of their liberation. 46:15 I'm gonna read the passage now. 46:18 This is Jeremiah 30 and we will begin at verse 5. 46:23 "For thus says the Lord: 46:25 'We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, 46:30 and not of peace. 46:32 Ask now, and see, 46:34 whether a man is ever in labor with child?" 46:37 His anguish is so intense 46:39 that it's like a woman in labor pains. 46:43 So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins 46:48 like a woman in labor and all faces turned pale? 46:52 Alas! 46:54 For that day is great, so that none is like it, 46:57 and it is the time of what? 47:00 Of Jacob's trouble but he shall be what? 47:04 Saved out of it. Was Israel saved out of it? 47:07 It most certainly was. 47:09 And then we find the punishment that falls upon Babylon. 47:13 It says in verse 8, 47:15 "For it shall come to pass in that day, 47:17 says the Lord of hosts, 47:18 that I will break his yoke from your neck, 47:21 and I will burst your bonds, 47:22 foreigners shall no more, no longer enslave them. 47:26 But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king 47:29 whom I will raise up for them." 47:32 By the way this could not be literal David 47:34 because David had been dead for a very long time. 47:36 When it says David, 47:38 it's talking about who would rule over them. 47:40 None other than Jesus Christ. 47:42 So we find all of the same common elements 47:45 in this time of Jacob's trouble 47:47 as it is called here in Jeremiah 30. 47:51 Now, let's go to Matthew 24, we have two more stories 47:54 that we need to go through here very quickly, 47:56 Matthew 24, 47:58 let's read verses 24, actually 21 and 22, 48:03 and let me give you a little bit of context. 48:05 If you look at the previous verses, 48:07 you're gonna find that the abomination of desolation 48:11 is set up and God's people have to flee 48:14 because they're being persecuted. 48:16 That is the context. 48:18 Now, notice what we find in verse 21, 48:21 "For then there will be, what? 48:24 Great tribulation, such as has not been 48:29 since the beginning of the world until this time, 48:32 no, ever shall be." 48:33 That sounds pretty much like Daniel 12:1, doesn't it? 48:36 And then it says, 48:37 "And unless those days were what, 48:40 shortened no flesh would be saved, 48:43 but for the elect's sake," remember the world elect, 48:46 "the elect's sake those days will be shortened. 48:50 Is God gonna have a remnant? What is the remnant called? 48:54 The elect. 48:56 Are they gonna be persecuted or they gonna have to flee? 48:58 Are the enemies gonna come after them? 49:01 Absolutely according to the context. 49:03 Is their faith gonna be severely tested? 49:06 Will they be immediately delivered? 49:09 Now the days will be shortened 49:11 but they will go through the tribulation. 49:13 Let me ask you, 49:15 will God's people finally be delivered from the tribulation. 49:18 Notice verses 29:31, it says, "Immediately 49:24 after the tribulation of those days..." 49:26 So God's people are gonna go through the tribulation, 49:28 "After the tribulation of those days 49:30 the sun will be darkened, 49:32 the moon will not give its light, 49:34 the stars will fall from heaven 49:36 and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 49:38 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven 49:41 and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, 49:43 and they will see the Son of Man 49:45 coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 49:49 And he will send his angels 49:50 with a great sound of a trumpet, 49:52 and they will gather together His," what? 49:56 Will the elect go through the time of trouble? 49:58 Will they suffer this anguish? 50:00 Will they be persecuted? Will their faith be tested? 50:02 Absolutely, so it says 50:04 he will gather together His elect from the four winds, 50:08 from one end of heaven to the other. 50:09 Are God's people gonna be delivered 50:11 when Jesus comes to take them home? 50:14 Absolutely. 50:15 So once again in the final tribulation, 50:17 we have the same elements 50:19 that we found in the other stories. 50:21 Now, we have one more story that we need to take a look at. 50:24 It's called the parable of the unjust judge. 50:29 Very badly named. 50:31 It's really the parable of the persistent widow. 50:36 That's a better way of calling this parable. 50:39 By the way, I want you to notice 50:42 that the word elect is used in the parable, 50:46 the same word that we noticed in Matthew 24. 50:51 Furthermore, I want you to notice that this parable 50:53 applies directly to the time of the end, 50:55 right before the second coming. 50:57 You say how do we know that. 50:58 Because right before the parable, 51:00 Jesus has been talking about the days of Noah 51:03 and the days of Lot 51:04 and comparing it with His coming. 51:05 And the parable ends with the words 51:08 when the Son of Man comes 51:10 will he find faith in the earth? 51:12 So the parable is between two second coming references, 51:15 which means it applies especially two events 51:19 surrounding the second coming. 51:22 Now, there are several protagonists in the story 51:25 or actors in the story. 51:27 There is a judge, there is a widow, 51:30 the widow is crying out for justice 51:32 over her adversary. 51:34 So there is an adversary as well. 51:36 There is a delay in justice being meted out for the widow, 51:40 but finally justice is meted out. 51:43 Are you seeing all of the elements 51:45 in this story? 51:46 Now, let's read the parable. 51:48 "Then He spoke a parable to them, 51:50 that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. 51:55 Other words be perseverant in prayer saying: 51:59 "There was in a certain city a judge..." 52:01 Now what I want you to understand 52:02 is that the judge represents God. 52:06 "Who did not fear God nor regard man." 52:08 You say well, how can a judge that doesn't fear God 52:12 or regard man be considered a parallel to God. 52:16 Well, it's by way of contrast. 52:17 We're gonna see that in the parable Jesus is saying 52:19 if an unjust judge is gonna do justice to a widow 52:23 to get her of his back, 52:25 how much more will God do justice for His people 52:27 because He loves them. 52:29 So it's by way of contrast 52:32 that the unjust judge is compared to God. 52:34 We'll see that in a moment. 52:36 So it says there was a certain... 52:37 in a certain city a judge who did not fear God 52:40 no regard man. 52:41 Now there was a widow, 52:43 this widow was totally destitute of human support. 52:47 She had nowhere to lie her head. 52:50 The adversary had wiped her out. 52:52 Most of those who have studied this parable say 52:54 that what happen was that her husband had creditors, 52:57 he owed huge sums of money to the creditors 53:00 and when the credit... 53:02 when he died the creditors came 53:04 and took everything away from the widow 53:06 to settle the accounts. 53:07 In other words, she did not have anything. 53:11 And so it continue saying, 53:12 Now there was a widow in that city, 53:15 and she came, actually she kept coming to him saying, 53:19 'Get justice for me from my' what, 53:21 see they're the one that took everything from her, 53:23 from my adversary. 53:26 Is there a delay? 53:28 And he would not for a what, for a while, 53:32 but afterward he said within himself, 53:33 though I do not fear God nor regard man, 53:36 yet because this widow troubles me 53:37 I will avenge her. 53:39 Now notice the judge said, didn't just come once, 53:41 it says less by her what, continual coming, 53:44 she weary me. 53:46 So she kept on coming and coming and coming 53:48 and coming to say, 53:50 do me justice over my adversary. 53:52 She didn't give up. 53:54 And now Jesus explains what the parable means. 53:57 Beginning at verse 6, "Then the Lord said, 54:00 'Hear what the unjust judge said and shall God..." 54:06 Who does a judge represent? 54:08 God, it says, "And shall God not avenge his own" what? 54:15 "Elect." What does the widow represent? 54:17 The elect. 54:19 By the way are God's people gonna lose everything? 54:22 You know, a woman symbolically represents a church. 54:26 A harlot woman represents a falling church. 54:29 A pure woman represents pure church. 54:31 What would a widow represent? 54:33 A woman destitute of every human support. 54:35 It would represent God's elect in the time of trouble 54:38 having nothing to lean on. 54:40 And so notice, "And shall God, the judge, 54:43 not avenge his own elect the widow, 54:47 who do what, who cry out day and night..." 54:52 Does God answer immediately? 54:55 No, who cry out day and night to Him, 55:00 do they continually come and come and come 55:02 like Jacob did. 55:04 Absolutely, though He bears long with them. 55:07 In other words the God doesn't answer their prayer immediately 55:12 and then it says, I tell you that He will what? 55:16 That he will avenge them speedily. 55:19 And then He ends by asking the question Nevertheless, 55:22 when the Son of Man comes, 55:25 will he really find faith on the earth? 55:28 Will he find a group of people that have this kind of faith? 55:32 So let's review what we looked at, 55:34 is there a faithful remnant in this parable? 55:37 Who is the faithful remnant? The widow. 55:40 Is she totally destitute of human support, 55:42 has she lost everything? 55:44 Is that true of God's people during the tribulation? 55:46 Yes. 55:48 Is there an enemy of the widow who wiped her out? 55:51 Yes, by the way who does that represent? 55:54 The devil. 55:55 You know that word adversary that she used in the parable. 55:58 It's not a very usual word in the New Testament. 56:00 It's the Greek word antidikos, 56:03 it is used in 1 Peter 5:8 where it says, 56:06 you adversary is the devil, 56:08 goes about like a roaring lion seeking who he may devour. 56:11 So the New Testament identifies the adversary 56:14 who wiped out the widow or the church 56:16 of her earthly support as the devil. 56:20 Does the widow go through a severe time of trouble? 56:23 Oh, she's crying out in anguish. 56:25 She has nothing to lean on. 56:27 Is the faith of the widow severely tested? 56:30 Yes. 56:31 Will the faith of God's people be severely tested 56:33 when they're in this word without anything to lean on? 56:36 Absolutely. 56:38 Did God answer the widow's pleas immediately? 56:40 No, there was a delay. 56:42 You know, sometimes we want God to answer yes or no, 56:45 but God also can answer wait, 56:49 we wouldn't like to hear that answer, see, wait. 56:52 And we're gonna find in our study tomorrow, 56:54 the reason why God says wait 56:58 to those who are going through the time of trouble. 57:01 But let me ask you after the delay, 57:03 was the widow delivered and did she received justice? 57:08 She most certainly did. 57:09 So are you seeing all of these stories 57:12 a common denominator? 57:14 The beautiful thing, folks, 57:15 in all of this is that even though 57:17 the faith of God's people will be severely tested. 57:21 God's people will cry out in anguish 57:23 in the midst of the time of trouble. 57:25 God's people will lose every human support. 57:28 God will delay in the trying times of head, 57:31 to answer the pleas of his people. 57:34 The good news is 57:36 that at the end of every single one of these stories 57:38 as well as the ones that we're gonna study tomorrow, 57:41 God intervenes to deliver His people 57:45 from their enemies and to give them the reward. 57:48 That is the wonderful news 57:50 that in the midst of the time of trouble, 57:52 God will deliver His people, 57:54 everyone who is found, written in the book. |
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