Hello, friends. Grab your Bible
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and a friend and sit
back, as we explore God's
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word together on this
edition of House Calls.
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Welcome to another
House Calls program,
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as you know it's a
wonderful opportunity
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to be able to have you join us,
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so that we can get into
the word of God together.
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As you know also my
name is John Lomacang
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and I have with
me today my very good
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friend John Stanton.
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It's good to be
here John, as always.
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It's good to
have you here stretch.
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And we're looking forward to,
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we got some
great questions today.
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First of all, oh we
sure do, and we are looking
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forward to getting back into the
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prophecies of
Christ. That's right,
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especially since we're
coming up on the holiday
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season as
politically correctness tells us
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that we're
supposed to use it, yeah.
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Not that you and
I are politically
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correct in anything,
but still it's a good
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time to recall
those prophecies of
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the coming Messiah. That's right
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and it's good to
have you here today
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with the Bible questions.
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And those joining
us want to remind you
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But press the
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with someone and we
are going to go the Lord
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in prayer as John leads us
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before at the Lord's throne.
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Okay, let's do that.
Father in heaven again,
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we come before you seeking first
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your Holy Spirit,
the spirit of truth.
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And we pray
that you will fill us
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with your presence and guide us
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through the scriptures today.
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In Jesus name, amen, amen.
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Why don't you also
give us our first question
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for today John? Let's do that.
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First one is from
Lynn and she's got a real
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good question here.
And the question that
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maybe some of you
have asked yourselves
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over time with
regard to creation.
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Oh! It says, why
did God create light on
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the first day and
then on the fourth day
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create the sun, moon and stars?
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What is the
difference between the light on
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the first day and the
light on the fourth day?
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So let's take a look at that.
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Let's go to Genesis Chapter 1,
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the very beginning
John. Genesis chapter 1
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and we will read
here verses 1 and 2.
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Actually 1 through
3. Genesis, is that the
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first book? I think so. I know,
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I'm just saying it for
those who may be cracking
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the Bible for the
first time, that's right.
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Genesis Chapter 1
and we're going to start
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with verse 1, 1 to 3,
okay. In the beginning
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God created the
heavens and the earth.
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The earth was
without form and void;
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and darkness was on
the face of the deep.
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And the Spirit of
God was hovering over
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the face of the
waters. Then God said,
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"Let there be
light;" and there was light.
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Breaking this verse
down as we need to do
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with the scriptures just
to kind a pull everything
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into context
leading up to that first day
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where he said
let there be light.
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It says that in the
very beginning God created
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the heaves and the
earth. Well the heavens
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we know are not heaven itself.
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The physical place of
heaven where God dwells,
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the paradise of
God. But the heavens are
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the stars and the
galaxies and the things
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that are around
us that we look out
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and see each
night. But beyond that,
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it says that the
earth was created.
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But notice in verse
2 it tells us how the
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earth looked when
it was first created,
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that's right. The
earth was without form
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and void and
darkness was on the face
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of the deep. The deep that were
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there is a
parallel word to the word
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in the Greek abussos,
where we get abyss from.
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So the deep was
there and it says
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and the spirit of
God was hovering over
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the face of the waters preparing
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to do something. Notice creation
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at this point
hasn't started day one
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through six John. It just says
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that the earth was there
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and it was
without form and void.
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And so God here has the picture,
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gives us a good picture
of the earth being there,
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the heavens had been created.
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The earth as a
ball without form,
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void was there and then he says,
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let there by light.
Now John, I know you
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and I were talking
about this a little bit before
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and you made a
good comment that,
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you know wherever
God is there is light,
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that's right. You can't
have a place that's dark
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if God is dwelling there.
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And so upon God
showing up on the earth,
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and we don't know
exactly how he does this.
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It doesn't give us
anymore information
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then what we have here.
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But when he
decides to make light,
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he shows up to make
light on the face of the earth,
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because darkness dwelt there.
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It was without form.
In fact this could answer
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and I am just
throwing this out there not
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as some deep
theological issue that we need
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to debate or discuss.
But to throw out there
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and people wonder, well how come
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the earth
scientifically looked so old.
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Well we don't
know how much time has
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elapsed here first
of all, that's true.
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Between how, you know
the earth just sitting
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there as a ball
without form, void.
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And when God created
the light on the first day.
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But it goes on and says verse 4,
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God saw the
light, and it was good.
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And God divided the
light from the darkness.
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God called the
light day and the darkness
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he called night. So the evening
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and the morning
were the first day.
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So actually on
the first day darkness
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was already there
before the light was
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came into the picture.
But he divided the light
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from the darkness and
that was the first day.
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And so I hope that
gives a little bit of an
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explanation is to you
know, what the differences
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between the light
created that day John
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and then of
course the light, the sun
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and the moon and the stars
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that we see that
was created later on,
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on the fourth day, that's right.
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And so, now in fact
the sun, and the moon
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and the stars do a little
bit more than give us light.
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In fact the moon
doesn't give us light at all.
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Right it just reflects,
it just reflects the light
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from the sun. The moon affects
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our system of tides
and various other things
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that in fact, this is
kind of a funny thing.
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Rochelle, my wife is a teacher.
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She says
sometimes, John, she says,
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I'm in class. And I
am wondering why are kids
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just acting up
today. Why are they just
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so crazy and she
says, there's got to be
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something to the moon's
gravitational kind of pull
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or strength affecting behavior.
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Because sure enough
that evening she's outside,
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she's walking the dog or
taking the dog for a walk
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and looking up full
moon. And so you know even
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we just see the
small evidences around
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that the moon does affect us,
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not only our tides
but other things and so.
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The Lord knew exactly
how to set up our creation
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what the earth,
needed to survive,
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what we needed to
survive on the earth
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and that's what
the sun, the moon
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and the stars
around us were created for.
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So, I hope that
gives a little picture,
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better picture to
some of our viewers,
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our listeners as
to what happened,
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difference of what
happened on the first day
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and on the fourth
day. And you know John also
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for those watching
the program obviously;
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the earth as it
was created then has
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something missing now.
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There was a canopy as it were,
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one of the reasons
why there was a firmament.
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One of the reasons
why it never rained unto
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the day of Noah is
because the earth was
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in such a like a
bubble if I could use a phrase
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that God had put
around the earth.
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A firmament around the earth
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that kept it into a constant,
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a consistent temperature
provided the moisture
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that was needed for
all plant life to grow.
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Can you imagine
what would happen now
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if I wouldn't
rain for a 1000 years
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or even for one
whole year, that's right.
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And so God had created
the world in such a way
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that it was kept, it
had all it's sustenance.
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It was like a
divine green house,
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if I could use that phrase.
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But after the flood
the earth lost that canopy
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when the great
deluge, when the great flood,
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that canopy
broken, and water came down
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from the heavens
and then also came up
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from the earth
and flooded the earth.
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We don't have
the same thing today
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so we can't
even understand that.
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As a matter of fact
scientists also point out
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John, and I am not,
we're not scientists.
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And by the way we're not
challenging any theories,
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so don't send us any relative
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theories of explanation.
But, they also point out
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that one of the
reasons why dinosaurs also are
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extinct is
because there was a double
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atmosphere then. The pressure
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and the compact
atmosphere we have was,
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which could sustain a
smaller lung which could
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not sustain a
smaller lung today.
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And actually we mimic
that with the hyperbaric
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chambers of today.
We find that it got
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healing properties and
it allows life to regenerate
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and to grow
much more in healing.
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And I am sure they lived
in that condition back then
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with that canopy
pressing down inward.
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And I am sure also the
canopy itself protected
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the earth from UV
rays, excessive rays.
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Protecting people
who lived on the earth
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from those so
some wonderful things
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he created. I'm looking forward
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to the recreation
of the earth John,
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where we'll be able to look out
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and see that the
earth is recreated
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before our eyes.
If you ever wanted
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to know what
happened, I believe we're going
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to see another picture
of that, at the end of time.
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The earth will be
without form and void again
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and when we come
down in the New Jerusalem
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with saints,
with God in the city,
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he will recreate that earth.
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That's going to be
an amazing sight to see.
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You know and I
would think of this canopy
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that surrounded
the earth as somewhat
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of a thing that
captured the existing light.
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You know if you shined
a flashlight in the dark,
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I may not even
know that you're doing.
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That if I put a mirror
up, or put a glass to eclipse
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the beam, right away I
see that there is a light,
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that's being
shined in the darkness
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but outside of that,
there will be no obstruction
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between the source of
the light and the point
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where the light
stops like a wall. Right.
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Unless I put
something between it.
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And so this
light that God existed,
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this light that God
created that existed,
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the canopy captured that.
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And so there was light
around the earth, right,
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but there was no sun,
no moon, no stars to govern
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and say this is the morning,
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this is the evening.
That's the constellation
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that God has
created, that's right.
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How God did
that, I guess we're yet
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to see that but
that's a very good question,
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thank you so much for that.
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You know it kind
of makes you go back
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and research and look at some
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of the things that existed.
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Here's another good
question from a lady
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name Phyllis in
Longview, Washington.
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Thank you for
your question Phyllis.
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She says sorry I
don't have access
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to a computer but she did have
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access to the mail
and she sent this to us.
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I listen to your
broadcast and you gave a great
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explanation of
the state of the dead.
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But I don't think
you answered the question
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as I understood
it. My understanding
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of the question was
not about the people
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who refused Christ, the wicked,
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or those who received
Christ, the righteous,
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or those who
never heard of Christ.
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Will some be saved,
John listen to this,
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still by the blood of
Christ who lived the best
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they could with the
knowledge they have?
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Will some be
saved who live the best
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they could with
the knowledge they had?
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Now a couple of
verses I want to bring out.
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First John, if you
could start with Deuteronomy,
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lets start there.
Deuteronomy 29 and verse 29.
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Very significant
passage, we're going to actually
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look at about
five scriptures here
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to try to come up with
some kind of an answer.
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Because, you know,
ultimately the answer
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really comes from
the judgment of God.
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That is the decision God makes
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in essence case by case.
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Because we really
never know how much a person
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does know or how
much they don't know.
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John, read that for
us Deuteronomy 29:29.
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Says the secret things
belong to the Lord our God,
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but those things which
are revealed belong to us
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and to our children
forever, that we may do all
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the words of his
law In other words
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there are secret
things, but I remember
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in the story of Daniel,
Daniel says there is a God
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in heaven who
reveals the secrets.
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So things that are
secret God never intends
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to keep them secret to our laws.
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As a matter of
fact I would suggest you
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that even questions
that we get that are not
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necessarily answered
directly in the Bible
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wouldn't really
determine whether
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or not we are saved or
whether not we are lost.
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But what is revealed to us John,
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is the source of
our understanding
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which will lead
us to a knowledge
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of who God is,
right. But the Bible also
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points out something
else, you turn somewhere
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I don't know if
you going to turn.
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Well no I want to
mention that the Bible also
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speaks of the
mystery of God at the end
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of time being
finished. So there are things
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that are a mystery,
that's right, that God holds,
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but he will finish
that. He is going to get
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that work done. And so we can
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praise the Lord for
that. In fact you can apply
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that to some who
don't know Christ now,
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don't know God. God
knows and loves them
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just as much as he loves
us. He know that they need
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to understand
the mysteries of God
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and he is going to
reach them with that.
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But I like what Acts
says in the book written
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by Dr. Luke here. Acts
chapter 17 verse 30 says,
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truly these times of
ignorance God overlooked,
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but now commands all
men everywhere to repent.
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So by saying all men
everywhere God is in essence
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saying at least
according to the time
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that Dr. Luke wrote
this. The time of ignorance
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no longer exists
now. Because he is calling
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all men everywhere, right.
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So is in essence
saying that the ignorance
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that existed prior to
this no longer exists.
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Because when Jesus
came, and I'm going back
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to the very phrase
we talked about earlier,
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the very word light.
He said the light has come
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but men rather
darkness then light.
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So there are many who may
say I don't have the light,
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I mean I don't understand that.
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And I could say in a day and age
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in which we live
there is no ignorance today,
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accept and we're going to look
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at the remote situation,
except there is a person
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hidden in some jungle somewhere
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in the remotest
part of the earth
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and they have
nothing but water and leaves.
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And that's minimal.
You know it just go.
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Not in a society like ours,
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go back a few hundred years.
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I mean a few hundred
years ago we had lots
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of people in
remote parts of the earth,
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that weren't received or didn't,
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weren't in contact
with the civilized world.
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And look how that's
broken down over time.
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Over the years that
the uncivilized world
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not as a degrading
kind of a comment, right,
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but just the fact that
they're not a part of that,
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undeveloped, yeah.
But anyway, just the fact
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that that has
shrunk to the point where
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now there are very
few that you can go to.
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Very few places you can go to
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where people
haven't met outsiders,
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almost nonexistent.
And I think as time goes
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by still today it
will become nonexistent.
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There would be no
place where it hasn't been
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touched by
outsiders. Oh! It's amazing,
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that's why Luke 12:48 says,
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To whom much is
given, to him shall much be
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required, right. There are those
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who have more and there
are those who have less.
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But I want to show
you a few more passages
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in the Bible.
John 1 if we go there,
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John chapter 1
friends verse 10 to 13.
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John chapter 1, I'll go
ahead and read this one.
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It says He was in the
world, and the world was made
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by him and through
him. And the world did not
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know him. Verse
11, He came to his own,
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and his own did not receive him.
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But here is the key verse
to the issue of salvation.
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Verse 12, But as
many as received him,
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to them he gave
the right or the power
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to become children of God,
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to those who
believe on his name.
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Who are born not of blood,
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nor of the will of the flesh,
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nor of the will
of man, but of God.
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And so what we are saying
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that's since here
is being born again
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in fact is the key to salvation.
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And the Bible says
as many as received Him.
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Now there is a lot of
speculation in this area
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and I don't want to
add too much more to it.
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But I would in essence
say, if you don't know something
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I couldn't give you a
failing or passing grade.
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I can't give you either grade.
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I can't just say
because you don't know it,
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I am going to pass you anyway,
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or that you never
studied it, right.
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But even if you
never studied exactly,
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if you don't even
know of the subject
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and you came to my
school and I was a teacher
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or an instructor
and I said well because
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you've been here for a
year and you don't know it,
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I am not going to
hold that against you.
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I'm going to go ahead
and give you a passing
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grade to go on
to the next level.
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So I almost am
saying that I think that
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there are those who
are going to be as though
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they never had been.
Because they haven't had
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the knowledge of salvation
or the knowledge of God
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or the knowledge against God.
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And so if the blood
of Christ is the reason
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for me to be
saved somewhere along
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the way I've got to
plea the blood of Christ
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in my behalf. And doesn't Romans
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talk about. Romans 1 verse 21
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matter of fact,
yeah. Look at that one,
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it talked about
that in Romans 1,
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let's start with
verse 20, alright.
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For since the
creation of the world
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His invisible
attributes are clearly seen.
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How are they seen?
Invisible attributes
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are clearly seen,
right. Being understood
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by the things that are made,
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even his eternal
power and God head;
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so that they are without excuse:
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okay, so no one
will be able to say well
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I didn't know
God, I didn't know.
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And it says because
although they knew God,
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they did not glorify
him as God nor were thankful
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but became futile
and their foolish hearts
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were darkened.
Professing to be wise,
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they became fools.
And I believe to this day
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there are many who
profess to be wise,
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who have become
fools. Right, and that's
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the issue today
friends. I want to,
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rejecting the light
that comes, there it is.
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There are people
that would rather
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worship a soda can
because it has an image on it.
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I am not being
ridiculous because people have
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honored pizza,
people have worshiped images
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on a wall under
a bridge overpass.
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People have looked
at steam in a window
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and said that's
got to be the face of
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some divine
entity. People have come up
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and worshiped
the cross reflecting
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because they see
no source of the cross
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and so the cross in on a window.
00:18:14.27\00:18:15.59
So they're
gathering around a building
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and holding prayer vigils.
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And I'm by no
means hopefully mimicking
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anyone's beliefs.
I'm trying to show you
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that instead of
opening the word of God
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to find the source
of God, we are turning
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to alternatives,
images, things that are just
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ancillary and
temporary in every respect,
00:18:33.65\00:18:37.77
and saying well because
it's not really clear to me.
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And then the other danger John
00:18:40.42\00:18:41.66
that I see is a lot of
people say, well I know
00:18:41.67\00:18:43.19
what the Bible says but,
so they're without excuse.
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Yeah, and the other
part of that usually
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as why just
haven't had the feeling
00:18:48.58\00:18:50.04
in my bosom yet, if that's true.
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Yeah, they can
read the word of God
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and they can see it's
not but yet the feeling
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isn't there yet. And
that's just it's hard
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to make sense or I
would say you know what,
00:18:57.77\00:18:59.86
it's hard to reason
with that argument, right.
00:18:59.87\00:19:02.75
Because you know
what, if you can't go to
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the word of God
the source of truth,
00:19:04.37\00:19:06.56
why even debate a
subject. I mean I think you
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and I have,
obviously you've been a Pastor
00:19:09.23\00:19:12.34
for many more
years, but you and I have
00:19:12.35\00:19:14.95
become wise enough
not to argue with someone
00:19:14.96\00:19:17.00
who doesn't
believe the word of God.
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What source do they
have? I am not going to sit
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across the table
from anyone to argue
00:19:20.69\00:19:22.40
or debate a subject
if there is no trust
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and confidence from both sides
00:19:25.85\00:19:27.36
in the word of God,
right. Because there is no
00:19:27.37\00:19:29.41
arbiter of truth,
there is no clear cut
00:19:29.42\00:19:32.23
dividing of truth.
Because, and you and I know
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we rely on the Bible.
I said this many times
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I would hate to
come, had to had Jesus come
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at the end of time
and be standing before him
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and he as he is
pronouncing well done,
00:19:43.11\00:19:46.71
thou good and
faithful serving on many.
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For me to be able to
say but, but you know
00:19:49.11\00:19:52.05
I know what you
said but I, what someone
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was telling me or what I felt
00:19:54.63\00:19:57.18
the answer would be simple.
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The answer from him
would be but I gave it
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to you, right. You
had it all the time.
00:20:01.50\00:20:04.65
Are you following the truth?
00:20:05.68\00:20:07.04
Are you committed
to the word of God?
00:20:07.05\00:20:08.77
Are you trust
worthy enough that God has
00:20:08.78\00:20:11.55
brought His word down through
00:20:11.56\00:20:13.92
how many
thousands of years accurate.
00:20:13.93\00:20:17.12
Accurate enough
so we can be saved
00:20:18.14\00:20:20.60
by the truths that are
in it? Yes he has, yes,
00:20:20.61\00:20:23.52
I believe it, I trust
Him and if that question
00:20:23.53\00:20:25.76
comes to me at the
end of time, you know
00:20:25.77\00:20:26.96
what I can say,
Father I have followed
00:20:26.97\00:20:29.59
your word to the tee,
because you've asked me to.
00:20:29.60\00:20:32.45
There was no other
source that I could go to
00:20:32.46\00:20:34.37
but I followed your
word. And I believe that's what
00:20:34.38\00:20:37.54
he is looking for.
That's all he wants.
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And there is
enough knowledge friends
00:20:39.65\00:20:41.93
and this is what
we are saying clearly,
00:20:41.94\00:20:43.55
there is enough knowledge
revealed in God's written
00:20:43.56\00:20:46.99
and sustained
word for us to be saved
00:20:47.00\00:20:49.66
and for us to be
without an excuse,
00:20:49.67\00:20:51.68
that's what you are saying.
00:20:51.69\00:20:52.66
You left one little
piece out when you quoted
00:20:52.67\00:20:54.28
this text earlier,
okay. Men rather darkness
00:20:54.29\00:20:57.49
then light,
actually it says men loved
00:20:57.50\00:21:00.25
darkness rather than
light, they loved it.
00:21:00.26\00:21:03.25
They wanted to
follow after darkness,
00:21:03.26\00:21:05.16
you know why? Because
it was natural to them,
00:21:05.17\00:21:07.40
they persuade it
because they enjoyed it,
00:21:07.41\00:21:09.38
they liked it. In fact
at the end of time it says
00:21:09.39\00:21:11.51
that men and women
will heap up teachers
00:21:11.52\00:21:14.43
having itching
ears that preach to them
00:21:14.44\00:21:17.54
smooth things, dark things.
00:21:17.55\00:21:20.55
Things of deception,
things from the enemy,
00:21:20.56\00:21:22.50
because you know
what? It doesn't force me
00:21:22.51\00:21:24.64
to come out of my
comfort zone to follow
00:21:24.65\00:21:26.52
something that I
don't want to follow.
00:21:26.53\00:21:28.41
So I'll stay here
in darkness, thank you.
00:21:28.42\00:21:30.55
Because they don't love
the truth, that's right.
00:21:30.56\00:21:32.37
So they have
been rather give you
00:21:32.38\00:21:34.41
and that's the key nowadays.
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I think to have great danger,
00:21:36.26\00:21:38.34
we have looked
at spiritual things
00:21:38.35\00:21:40.52
as almost like we
look at restaurants.
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Or the choice of
clothing we wear.
00:21:42.81\00:21:45.12
We have so many
options here in America
00:21:45.13\00:21:47.58
that we're one of
the most willingly
00:21:47.59\00:21:49.59
ignorant nations, I
would say in the world,
00:21:49.60\00:21:51.86
because we want
to worship something
00:21:51.87\00:21:53.69
that makes me feel
hysteric and high minded
00:21:53.70\00:21:55.92
and different and unique.
So you know, we'd start a
00:21:55.93\00:21:59.80
movement to worship
plants that lean to the left,
00:21:59.81\00:22:02.29
or worship little insects
that have a certain sound.
00:22:02.30\00:22:06.02
And we'll give it a
name. Some kind of name
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I don't know what
we will call it but..
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And people will follow
it. I had one Pastor once say,
00:22:10.89\00:22:13.52
in New York city
people will gather around
00:22:13.53\00:22:16.84
in masses and
watch a guy beat sticks
00:22:16.85\00:22:19.10
on the ground
and yes, they would.
00:22:19.11\00:22:22.26
But they would, very
few would gather around
00:22:22.27\00:22:24.97
and listen to the
word of God being preached.
00:22:24.98\00:22:26.65
Because to man
to the natural heart
00:22:26.66\00:22:29.68
the things of God
are foolishness, right.
00:22:29.69\00:22:32.59
But to the natural man
the things of the world
00:22:32.60\00:22:35.09
are desirable. You
know one more comment
00:22:35.10\00:22:37.89
before I know we need
to get on to our subject
00:22:37.90\00:22:39.86
here today but you
know I just finished doing a
00:22:39.87\00:22:42.91
Revelation series and
that was over ten nights
00:22:42.92\00:22:45.52
and we really kind
of laid the foundation
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.88
of the theme of
the enemy's strategy,
00:22:48.89\00:22:51.53
okay, against the world
here in these last days.
00:22:51.54\00:22:54.45
You know it's been
a growing strategy,
00:22:54.46\00:22:56.76
it's coming to us in
phases and there is one verse
00:22:56.77\00:23:00.10
that we really kind
of honed in on here,
00:23:00.11\00:23:01.87
to kind of leave
that ground work because
00:23:01.88\00:23:03.55
the enemy is really
seeking to do one thing
00:23:03.56\00:23:06.39
and I want to read this text.
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It's just a brief text from
00:23:07.47\00:23:08.93
Second Thessalonians
chapter 2, verses 9 and 10.
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It says the coming of
the lawless one is according
00:23:13.49\00:23:16.60
to the working of who? Satan.
00:23:16.61\00:23:19.00
With all power,
signs and lying wonders.
00:23:19.01\00:23:22.66
I would call
those the big three.
00:23:22.67\00:23:24.56
He's using
power, he's using force,
00:23:24.57\00:23:27.65
he's compelling.
He is using signs,
00:23:27.66\00:23:31.60
in other words
miracles, things that causes
00:23:31.61\00:23:34.19
to go oh we
naturally be attracted those.
00:23:34.20\00:23:36.13
You mention some,
images on pizza, on walls,
00:23:36.14\00:23:39.90
on in fog or in
clouds and all those things.
00:23:39.91\00:23:43.86
But then in also lying wonders.
00:23:43.87\00:23:46.40
You see Jesus
said that he's a liar,
00:23:46.41\00:23:48.71
a murderer and a
liar from the beginning.
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In him is no truth. So
anything he does is a lie.
00:23:50.96\00:23:56.15
And then so going off
of that, knowing that,
00:23:56.16\00:23:58.68
we understand how
important the truth is.
00:23:58.69\00:24:00.87
If the enemy works by
lies, we know the truth.
00:24:00.88\00:24:03.14
Read verse 10
though, well that's where
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I am going. Okay, go ahead.
00:24:04.59\00:24:05.56
Verse 10 and with
all unrighteousness
00:24:05.57\00:24:07.39
deception among those who parish
00:24:07.40\00:24:10.03
because they did not receive
00:24:10.04\00:24:11.72
the love of the truth,
that they might be saved.
00:24:11.73\00:24:15.04
And notice what the truth does,
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.54
that they might be
saved. The truth saves,
00:24:16.55\00:24:20.23
if you don't know
what the truth does,
00:24:20.24\00:24:21.78
the truth can save us.
That's right, from the lies,
00:24:21.79\00:24:26.01
signs and power that
the enemy brings against us.
00:24:26.02\00:24:31.20
And so we unmask
that in this series
00:24:31.21\00:24:33.68
and we stuck very much
to the book of Revelation.
00:24:33.69\00:24:36.69
And in the book of Daniels.
00:24:36.70\00:24:38.57
Well in the
prophecies of these end times
00:24:38.58\00:24:40.24
and what the
enemy is trying to do
00:24:40.25\00:24:42.50
and in fact if anybody
is interested I can direct
00:24:42.51\00:24:44.28
them to that at some
point if you want to write into
00:24:44.29\00:24:46.18
House Calls and ask me for that,
00:24:46.19\00:24:47.44
I'm happy to do
that. To direct you where
00:24:47.45\00:24:49.37
to get that but note
this, enemy is working to lie,
00:24:49.38\00:24:53.11
to deceive, that's his goal.
00:24:53.12\00:24:55.16
So don't just go along
with what everybody says,
00:24:55.17\00:24:57.81
follow the word of
God, because it is able
00:24:57.82\00:25:00.34
to save your soul.
You know John the world
00:25:00.35\00:25:02.81
is becoming a lot, a
lot of the world is not
00:25:02.82\00:25:06.85
creeping in but
walking into the church.
00:25:06.86\00:25:09.03
And the sad reality
is the church is somehow,
00:25:09.04\00:25:12.15
many churches are
just opening their doors
00:25:12.16\00:25:14.35
to the philosophies and
ideologies of the world.
00:25:14.36\00:25:16.81
I don't want to take
too long on this topic
00:25:16.82\00:25:19.47
because we have
to transition here.
00:25:19.48\00:25:21.02
But I was watching on
the news there is a church
00:25:21.03\00:25:23.92
that's making an
attempt to reach out to people
00:25:23.93\00:25:26.42
between a particular age group.
00:25:26.43\00:25:28.27
And I am not going to
mention the denomination
00:25:28.28\00:25:30.28
but in that outreach
they are coining their ads
00:25:30.29\00:25:34.80
and their
phrases, to be appealing
00:25:34.81\00:25:37.48
to that particular
class, 30 to 45 years old.
00:25:37.49\00:25:40.77
And they are
breaching subjects such as,
00:25:40.78\00:25:43.46
subjects that are not
supported by scripture
00:25:43.47\00:25:45.52
and they're giving
their stamp of approval to it.
00:25:45.53\00:25:48.88
Such as men marry
men and the topic of gay
00:25:48.89\00:25:53.53
and lesbian and they're saying,
00:25:53.54\00:25:55.05
well we know what
the official position is.
00:25:55.06\00:25:58.06
And I believe that
the news reporter said
00:25:58.07\00:26:01.96
it very well, don't
you feel that you have
00:26:01.97\00:26:03.68
crossed the line
and gone too far now
00:26:03.69\00:26:06.12
that these
tactics and the church,
00:26:06.13\00:26:10.08
one of the church
representative said,
00:26:10.09\00:26:11.53
well at least
we'll open some dialogue.
00:26:11.54\00:26:13.98
It will at least
open some dialogue
00:26:13.99\00:26:15.96
so that we could be a
part of the conversation.
00:26:15.97\00:26:17.90
And hopefully the
end result will not be
00:26:17.91\00:26:20.35
the compromise of
biblical, scriptural principles,
00:26:20.36\00:26:24.20
we just maybe
opening somebody's ear
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.98
to hear something that
they haven't heard before.
00:26:25.99\00:26:27.95
But, in short, we
all have to be saved by
00:26:27.96\00:26:32.94
the blood of Jesus
Christ, past, present
00:26:32.95\00:26:35.91
and the future. That's right.
00:26:35.92\00:26:36.96
The cross was
something they looked forward to
00:26:36.97\00:26:39.48
and now the cross is
something we look back to.
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.50
Christ is the central
focus of our salvation.
00:26:41.51\00:26:43.92
No one will be saved by
their own understanding,
00:26:43.93\00:26:47.59
they will all be saved
by faith in Jesus Christ,
00:26:47.60\00:26:50.15
that's right, amen.
I have this one great
00:26:50.16\00:26:53.72
question here that
won't take but 20 minutes
00:26:53.73\00:26:55.64
to answer, so I
won't answer today maybe
00:26:55.65\00:26:58.79
on the next program,
next time that sounds good.
00:26:58.80\00:27:00.77
We have been
talking about Christ,
00:27:00.78\00:27:02.43
the Christ to be
specific and John,
00:27:02.44\00:27:06.22
we have been talking
about some of the prophecies.
00:27:06.23\00:27:08.45
Reason why this topic
is so widely important
00:27:08.46\00:27:10.28
friends is, there is
a big battle going on
00:27:10.29\00:27:14.04
in our world
today and sadly enough,
00:27:14.05\00:27:16.94
there is a
religious undertone to it.
00:27:16.95\00:27:19.82
I would say a
religious overtone.
00:27:19.83\00:27:22.29
There are political battles,
00:27:22.30\00:27:23.82
there are religious
wars, there are uprisings,
00:27:23.83\00:27:27.68
one religious persuasion against
00:27:27.69\00:27:30.01
another religious conviction.
00:27:30.02\00:27:31.47
You know, I'm not
going to mention anybody's
00:27:31.48\00:27:33.86
beliefs because I don't
want to polarize anyone.
00:27:33.87\00:27:36.65
But I think that when
we come to the central
00:27:36.66\00:27:38.81
focus of this
all, if we understand
00:27:38.82\00:27:41.09
who Jesus is and
the essential reason
00:27:41.10\00:27:44.41
for his continued existence,
00:27:44.42\00:27:46.44
then a lot of the
answers to the controversies
00:27:46.45\00:27:48.64
will dissipate and go
away into the category
00:27:48.65\00:27:52.45
of just foolishness and
idle talk, that's right.
00:27:52.46\00:27:54.70
So we have to focus it
on who is Jesus Christ.
00:27:54.71\00:27:57.48
Is He just a nice
guy, is He just a prophet,
00:27:57.49\00:28:01.30
is He just the
brother as somebody once said,
00:28:01.31\00:28:04.39
was He and Satan brothers
00:28:04.40\00:28:05.93
and they broke
away on disagreements.
00:28:05.94\00:28:07.74
There's all kinds of
foolishness mentioned
00:28:07.75\00:28:09.71
out there. Or is
he who he says he is.
00:28:09.72\00:28:11.68
Or is he who he says he is.
00:28:11.69\00:28:13.26
You know one of
the things that I have
00:28:13.27\00:28:14.31
found here recently,
you know you mentioned
00:28:14.32\00:28:15.91
today the days that
we are living in, yeah.
00:28:15.92\00:28:17.79
There is some
significant movements here,
00:28:17.80\00:28:20.60
people who are
professing to be Christ.
00:28:20.61\00:28:22.43
And initially you know
you show a lot of movements
00:28:22.44\00:28:25.75
throughout the years
where, you know these
00:28:25.76\00:28:27.88
cult leaders have
called themselves the Christ
00:28:27.89\00:28:31.27
or the Messiah reincarnate.
00:28:31.28\00:28:34.06
And people have given
themselves over to him
00:28:34.07\00:28:36.38
and then all of a sudden
you see this mass suicide.
00:28:36.39\00:28:39.08
And people pretty much can know,
00:28:39.09\00:28:41.10
discern for the most
part that this isn't Christ.
00:28:41.11\00:28:44.80
And so you see that some,
I think probably the worst
00:28:44.81\00:28:46.56
one was what Jonestown massacre
00:28:46.57\00:28:48.95
that was the worst by
far. A deception of someone
00:28:48.96\00:28:51.85
who professed to be
Christ of our modern day.
00:28:51.86\00:28:54.05
But recently
there was some stuff
00:28:54.06\00:28:56.22
that was out that, I
know NBC did a story on
00:28:56.23\00:28:58.95
and some other major
networks did a story on.
00:28:58.96\00:29:00.95
It was amazing how this person,
00:29:00.96\00:29:02.96
who was proclaiming
to be Christ himself
00:29:02.97\00:29:05.69
and he said I didn't go for it,
00:29:05.70\00:29:07.18
but Christ entered
me. He came into me
00:29:07.19\00:29:10.32
and he is now part of
me. I am the Christ of
00:29:10.33\00:29:12.79
the modern day. And he has many
00:29:12.80\00:29:15.12
who are giving their
entire life savings to him,
00:29:15.13\00:29:17.75
millions of dollars, oh
yeah, and flocking to him
00:29:17.76\00:29:20.51
and following after
him. And this movement
00:29:20.52\00:29:22.20
isn't one calling for
people to commit suicide.
00:29:22.21\00:29:25.87
This movement is
calling for people to follow him
00:29:25.88\00:29:28.40
and we are finding
thousands, upon thousands
00:29:28.41\00:29:31.23
who are coming
after this leader.
00:29:31.24\00:29:33.23
And it's just
amazing to me in this day
00:29:33.24\00:29:36.02
the only way that
someone would follow
00:29:36.03\00:29:38.29
after a man like
that. And we know that
00:29:38.30\00:29:39.98
he's not the
first, he's not the last,
00:29:39.99\00:29:41.69
but the only way
that will happen is
00:29:41.70\00:29:43.94
if you don't know the
truth of God's word about
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.51
the Christ the real
Christ. And that's why
00:29:46.52\00:29:49.81
we're doing this
program, we want to identify
00:29:49.82\00:29:51.49
the real Christ
who he was when he came
00:29:51.50\00:29:53.18
the first time and
who that Christ is Jesus,
00:29:53.19\00:29:57.01
who will come
again a second time.
00:29:57.02\00:29:59.22
Because that's what
we are all waiting for,
00:29:59.23\00:30:00.63
you know the
enemy we know is lying.
00:30:00.64\00:30:02.23
He is doing his
best to lie and deceive
00:30:02.24\00:30:04.05
with all power
signs and lying wonder.
00:30:04.06\00:30:06.87
And one of those
deceptions John we know is lying
00:30:06.88\00:30:09.68
about the manner in
which he comes again.
00:30:09.69\00:30:12.11
And of course,
what we're talking
00:30:12.12\00:30:14.04
about his first
advent here in this program,
00:30:14.05\00:30:16.50
but we also know
it's important to carry
00:30:16.51\00:30:18.95
that through to find
out how he will come again.
00:30:18.96\00:30:21.35
Because, one of the
things John, that they missed
00:30:21.36\00:30:24.07
the first time where the
prophecies of His coming.
00:30:24.08\00:30:27.50
The prophecies of His coming,
00:30:27.51\00:30:29.66
and so as we
look at the prophecies
00:30:29.67\00:30:31.31
of Christ coming,
the first time I have a
00:30:31.32\00:30:33.69
question for you, do
you think it's important
00:30:33.70\00:30:36.18
to know the
prophecies of His second coming?
00:30:36.19\00:30:39.37
And if you don't
know the prophecies
00:30:39.38\00:30:41.91
of His second
coming, how He will come,
00:30:41.92\00:30:44.03
what He will do? What
will happen to the earth
00:30:44.04\00:30:46.11
when He comes? What He
plans to do when He comes?
00:30:46.12\00:30:50.18
Then you can be taken
by all manner of deception
00:30:50.19\00:30:53.14
and I believe there are
plenty of them out there,
00:30:53.15\00:30:55.30
chose your
smorgasbord of deceptions,
00:30:55.31\00:30:57.43
the enemy has lots of them.
00:30:57.44\00:30:59.00
But I believe that many
of us are deceived about
00:30:59.01\00:31:01.41
His second coming, and
how that's gonna happen
00:31:01.42\00:31:04.04
because we haven't
focused on the prophecies
00:31:04.05\00:31:06.60
of His soon return.
As people didn't focus
00:31:06.61\00:31:10.94
on the prophecies
of His first appearing.
00:31:10.95\00:31:13.60
And so, John now I know
that we're gonna continue
00:31:13.61\00:31:15.59
on with our study
about those prophecies
00:31:15.60\00:31:18.52
of His first appearing,
the time He first came.
00:31:18.53\00:31:21.62
And we've already
seen some exciting ones,
00:31:21.63\00:31:23.67
you know, about that
He is the prince of peace,
00:31:23.68\00:31:26.67
you know that He
is the mighty one,
00:31:26.68\00:31:28.17
He is the one who
will come as a babe,
00:31:28.18\00:31:30.21
He comes as a lion
through the tribe of Judah.
00:31:30.22\00:31:34.51
So, we know His
ancestry, that He, in fact was a
00:31:34.52\00:31:39.64
descendant of exactly who?
00:31:39.65\00:31:41.53
They said, His
ancestors would be...
00:31:41.54\00:31:43.03
Like Abraham
and Isaac and Jacob.
00:31:43.04\00:31:45.28
Absolutely, and so now
we're gonna continue on
00:31:45.29\00:31:47.12
and see more of
those things here today.
00:31:47.13\00:31:49.28
And John, I think
you've got starting
00:31:49.29\00:31:51.46
one to kind of
launch us into this program
00:31:51.47\00:31:53.13
of where we're
starting here today.
00:31:53.14\00:31:54.51
What I like to also
do, just to help someone
00:31:54.52\00:31:57.49
who may get caught
up in some kind of,
00:31:57.50\00:31:59.51
and I have to clearly
define it as occult movement.
00:31:59.52\00:32:03.36
Whenever anybody
rises up and say,
00:32:03.37\00:32:05.90
I am Christ, or I am
the Christ, same thing.
00:32:05.91\00:32:10.14
The one thing that
totally will cause them
00:32:10.15\00:32:13.74
to be seen as a farce as,
let me say plainly a liar,
00:32:13.75\00:32:19.55
it's found in the
scripture where the Bible
00:32:19.56\00:32:21.54
talks about
Jesus in Revelation 1.
00:32:21.55\00:32:24.03
Listen to this passage,
Revelation 1 and verse 8.
00:32:24.04\00:32:26.83
And then we're going
to look at Revelation 4,
00:32:26.84\00:32:30.21
but it says in
Revelation 1 speaking of Jesus.
00:32:30.22\00:32:34.26
And I'll start with the verse 7
00:32:34.27\00:32:36.42
just to make it clear
because we talked about
00:32:36.43\00:32:38.01
the second coming of Christ.
00:32:38.02\00:32:39.69
But it says,
Behold, this is Revelation 1
00:32:39.70\00:32:42.84
beginning with the verse 7.
00:32:42.85\00:32:43.82
"Behold He is
coming with the clouds."
00:32:43.83\00:32:46.60
Anytime, anybody
comes and they say
00:32:46.61\00:32:49.53
they're Jesus
Christ and they don't come
00:32:49.54\00:32:51.00
with clouds. You
need to tell them,
00:32:51.01\00:32:52.98
go take a hike,
give them a quarter,
00:32:52.99\00:32:54.54
if they're one 25
cents short of bus ticket,
00:32:54.55\00:32:57.12
give them a quarter.
And tell me take a bus
00:32:57.13\00:32:59.22
and go somewhere.
And the next one also
00:32:59.23\00:33:00.85
tells gives you the other
qualification for His prayer.
00:33:00.86\00:33:03.35
And then every eye
will see him. That's right.
00:33:03.36\00:33:04.80
Every eye will see
him. And if you have any
00:33:04.81\00:33:07.12
questions about that,
send that to the email
00:33:07.13\00:33:09.20
that we will have for
you, because I know this is
00:33:09.21\00:33:10.80
gonna open a lot of
doors. Send that questions
00:33:10.81\00:33:13.06
to housecalls@3abn.org,
00:33:13.07\00:33:15.17
that's housecalls@3abn.org.
00:33:15.18\00:33:18.19
Very important
topic, "Behold, he is coming
00:33:18.20\00:33:21.00
with clouds, and
every eye will see him,
00:33:21.01\00:33:24.52
even those who pierced him."
00:33:24.53\00:33:26.36
And so, when
Christ comes there's gonna
00:33:26.37\00:33:28.19
be a special resurrection.
00:33:28.20\00:33:29.33
Yeah, those who pierced him.
00:33:29.34\00:33:30.40
Those who pierced
him. Those who were there
00:33:30.41\00:33:31.77
when he was
crucified the first time.
00:33:31.78\00:33:33.20
"And all tribes of
the earth will mourn
00:33:33.21\00:33:35.73
because of him even so, amen."
00:33:35.74\00:33:38.93
But here's verse 8, "I
am the Alpha and the Omega,
00:33:38.94\00:33:42.68
the Beginning and
the End," says the Lord.
00:33:42.69\00:33:46.06
And here's the
key, "Who is and who
00:33:46.07\00:33:49.51
was and who is to
come." That's right.
00:33:49.52\00:33:53.24
Who is and who was?
Now, let's look at the way
00:33:53.25\00:33:55.66
the Bible says in Revelation 4.
00:33:55.67\00:33:57.63
I want you to see this
now, Revelation 4 verse 8.
00:33:57.64\00:34:01.00
Now, I want you to
notice, who is and who was
00:34:01.01\00:34:04.54
and who is to
come, presently and was
00:34:04.55\00:34:08.90
in the past and
will be in the future.
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.85
But now look at
Revelation 4 verse 8,
00:34:10.86\00:34:13.38
who was, notice how
it's changing around
00:34:13.39\00:34:17.79
just a little bit. "Who
was and is and is to come."
00:34:17.80\00:34:21.99
John says, "Who is and
was, and who is to come."
00:34:22.00\00:34:26.03
And he says now here
in Revelation 4 verse 8.
00:34:26.04\00:34:28.72
"Who was and is and is to come."
00:34:28.73\00:34:31.26
And who is he talking about?
00:34:31.27\00:34:32.50
The Lord God
Almighty, Holy, Holy, Holy
00:34:32.51\00:34:35.03
Revelation 4
beginning of the verse, okay.
00:34:35.04\00:34:38.33
Revelation 4 the
ending of the verse. Yep.
00:34:38.34\00:34:41.31
"Holy, Holy,
Holy, Lord God Almighty,
00:34:41.32\00:34:43.47
who was and is and is to come."
00:34:43.48\00:34:46.47
And we know Satan is
also trying to mimic this
00:34:46.48\00:34:48.36
because it says at
the end in Revelation 17
00:34:48.37\00:34:50.91
that he is the
king who was and who is
00:34:50.92\00:34:53.15
and who is to come.
Oh! No, no, no it's a...
00:34:53.16\00:34:55.12
Oh! Something opposed to that.
00:34:55.13\00:34:56.17
And who is not?
Right, but I mean
00:34:56.18\00:34:57.80
it's the reference
still is unmistakable.
00:34:57.81\00:34:59.96
Oh! He is trying
to, he is trying to...
00:34:59.97\00:35:01.15
Christ, who was and
who is and who is to come.
00:35:02.49\00:35:04.81
Because He can't be
identical, but He does
00:35:04.82\00:35:06.92
try to mimic that and the
reference is unmistakable.
00:35:06.93\00:35:10.16
Yeah, Revelation 17
verse 8 it says at the end,
00:35:10.17\00:35:13.35
"And those who dwell
on the earth will marvel,
00:35:15.03\00:35:17.23
whose names are not
written in the Book of Life
00:35:17.24\00:35:19.51
from the
foundation of the world,
00:35:20.03\00:35:21.62
when they see the
beast that was, and is not.
00:35:21.63\00:35:25.42
And yet, Himself is also
be. And try to mimic it. Yeah.
00:35:25.43\00:35:29.50
So, friends, if this person
00:35:29.51\00:35:30.67
doesn't have a
pre-existence, this is the key.
00:35:30.68\00:35:33.77
If they don't
have a pre-existence
00:35:33.78\00:35:36.65
they are a counterfeit.
00:35:36.66\00:35:39.35
I don't care how
eloquent, how well dressed,
00:35:39.36\00:35:42.60
how many people follow them,
00:35:42.61\00:35:44.32
you know you
could be in a stadium
00:35:44.33\00:35:46.45
and the stadium could be packed.
00:35:46.46\00:35:48.01
If no football team
comes out on the field
00:35:48.02\00:35:51.70
everybody is going to leave.
00:35:51.71\00:35:52.85
If the wrong
football team comes out,
00:35:52.86\00:35:54.92
let me give you an example,
if you're in St. Louis, John,
00:35:54.93\00:35:56.97
you will be there to
see the St. Louis Rams.
00:35:56.98\00:35:58.76
And all of a sudden people say,
00:35:59.39\00:36:00.77
well today's game
is gonna be against
00:36:00.78\00:36:02.85
Smith's Junior High School
and Marks Junior High School.
00:36:03.61\00:36:07.46
People are gonna say,
I didn't pay money to see
00:36:07.47\00:36:09.26
a High School game, I came
to see a professional game,
00:36:09.27\00:36:11.98
and that stadium is gonna
00:36:11.99\00:36:13.00
empty out faster
than you can say boo.
00:36:13.01\00:36:14.72
There are people that
are entering a field that
00:36:15.57\00:36:17.64
God never gave to
them, and they're saying,
00:36:17.65\00:36:19.86
they're the Christ, believe
me, don't run, I'm the one.
00:36:19.87\00:36:23.09
And people are fooled
and you said it earlier, why?
00:36:23.10\00:36:25.93
Because they receive not,
the love of the truth. Right.
00:36:25.94\00:36:29.81
That's what happening
today, but now let's look
00:36:29.91\00:36:32.23
at what the
Bible says about Jesus.
00:36:32.24\00:36:33.89
Let's talk about Psalms
45. I think we may recap a few,
00:36:33.90\00:36:37.52
but John, why don't
you begin with Psalms 145
00:36:38.29\00:36:40.52
talking about
how eternal Jesus is?
00:36:40.53\00:36:43.45
That's right. Verses 6
and 7, Psalms 45 it says,
00:36:43.46\00:36:46.89
"Your throne, O
God, is forever and ever:
00:36:46.90\00:36:49.44
a scepter of righteousness
is a scepter of your kingdom.
00:36:49.45\00:36:53.03
You love righteousness
and hate wickedness.
00:36:53.04\00:36:55.55
Therefore God, Your
God, has anointed You
00:36:55.56\00:36:58.83
with the oil of gladness
more than Your companions.
00:36:58.84\00:37:01.78
It's right. I
think that was a repeat
00:37:01.79\00:37:03.46
from last time, but that's okay.
00:37:03.47\00:37:05.31
A good reminder
again, that the Lord,
00:37:06.13\00:37:09.56
He is God and He
has been anointed.
00:37:09.57\00:37:12.79
and that's kind of
the key, anointed, because
00:37:12.80\00:37:15.59
one of the big
prophecies that we know
00:37:15.60\00:37:17.19
the seven day week prophecy,
called the Messianic Prophecy,
00:37:17.20\00:37:20.14
points to the
Messiah, the anointed one,
00:37:20.62\00:37:23.07
that's right, Messiah means,
00:37:23.08\00:37:24.22
Who would come and gave a date
00:37:24.23\00:37:26.47
for His appearing, being 27 A.D.
00:37:26.48\00:37:29.84
And so we know
that in fact He did,
00:37:29.98\00:37:31.79
He was anointed in that year,
00:37:31.80\00:37:33.79
the 15th year
of Tiberius Caesar.
00:37:33.80\00:37:35.78
And so, this is a significant
one because pointing to fact
00:37:35.79\00:37:40.31
that Christ was anointed
for a ministry, for a work,
00:37:40.32\00:37:42.75
and that work was in
behalf of us, it was for us.
00:37:43.46\00:37:46.46
When you mentioned that
John, the texts came to my mind,
00:37:46.47\00:37:48.58
Acts 10 verse
38, which I think was
00:37:48.59\00:37:50.99
a fulfillment of
that very prophecy,
00:37:51.00\00:37:52.94
talking about
that He was anointed,
00:37:53.09\00:37:55.14
let me just see
if that was correct.
00:37:55.15\00:37:56.81
Oh! Yeah, here it is. It
says, Acts 10 and verse 38,
00:37:56.82\00:38:02.89
how God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth
00:38:02.90\00:38:07.53
with the Holy
Spirit and with power
00:38:07.84\00:38:10.46
who went about doing good and
healing all who were oppressed
00:38:10.47\00:38:14.90
by the devil,
for God was with Him.
00:38:14.91\00:38:18.84
And so, when you talk
about that particular prophecy,
00:38:18.98\00:38:21.76
yes John, viewer,
listener, Jesus was anointed.
00:38:22.34\00:38:26.86
You have people
coming up nowadays,
00:38:26.96\00:38:28.46
and I've been
around more than 30 years,
00:38:28.67\00:38:31.45
won't give you
anymore information than that.
00:38:31.83\00:38:33.87
And, I was
raised in New York City,
00:38:35.17\00:38:41.04
I was raised and I
heard a lot of people say that
00:38:41.05\00:38:43.19
they were a leader, you
know, you've talked about Jones,
00:38:43.20\00:38:47.43
Jim Jones, sadly
enough now we have the day
00:38:47.44\00:38:50.98
we crush behind us,
we've the heaven's gate cult,
00:38:50.99\00:38:55.30
remember that? Yeah!
00:38:55.31\00:38:56.67
We have a number of
others, we had this one that was
00:38:56.68\00:39:00.29
over in Asia, I forgot
what that one was called,
00:39:00.30\00:39:02.45
where there were a whole lot
of people that took their lives.
00:39:02.46\00:39:04.95
Yeah, I don't remember his
name at this point, but yeah.
00:39:04.96\00:39:08.96
And then now, we
have this Latino guy.
00:39:08.98\00:39:11.15
Let's just make a
point, we have this Latino guy,
00:39:11.97\00:39:14.13
that is establishing
Churches all around the nation
00:39:14.14\00:39:17.37
and some around the
world, and people are saying
00:39:17.38\00:39:19.69
He is Christ and
this is the one you made
00:39:19.70\00:39:21.31
a reference to.
Basically in Florida,
00:39:21.32\00:39:22.29
yeah, basically in Florida
and people are giving him money
00:39:22.30\00:39:24.92
and you know the one
thing that he is doing
00:39:24.93\00:39:27.79
that is definitely Satanic,
he is saying there is no sin.
00:39:27.80\00:39:31.83
Yeah, I saw that.
00:39:31.84\00:39:33.54
When we say there is no
sin, we deceive ourselves.
00:39:34.78\00:39:38.50
That's right. We
don't deceive God,
00:39:38.51\00:39:39.73
but what we're gonna do John,
since we talked about that,
00:39:39.74\00:39:42.68
we want to go to Daniel,
actually Daniel chapter 9,
00:39:43.51\00:39:49.54
we were I think along the
lines of almost up to number 20.
00:39:49.55\00:39:53.09
So let's go ahead and do
that, let's go to Daniel 9.
00:39:53.79\00:39:55.76
Yeah, Daniel 9!
00:39:55.77\00:39:57.18
Matter of fact you know
what? Let's go to number 18,
00:39:59.10\00:40:02.30
the prophecy of where
Jesus was going to be born.
00:40:02.34\00:40:04.58
The Book of Micah,
00:40:05.32\00:40:06.50
it's not an easy book
to find, it's in the Bible,
00:40:06.51\00:40:08.75
so go with us to
the Book of Micah.
00:40:08.76\00:40:10.90
Micah 5 and verse 2,
let's make the transition
00:40:10.91\00:40:14.19
there because
Daniel 9 adds the next
00:40:14.20\00:40:16.20
component to that,
is that right, John?
00:40:16.21\00:40:17.98
Yes. Let's go to
Micah. Micah is a good book,
00:40:17.99\00:40:21.01
it's referred to
as one of the minor
00:40:21.30\00:40:23.27
prophets in scripture.
And when you look at Micah,
00:40:23.28\00:40:26.37
you began to see that the reason
00:40:26.38\00:40:28.98
why we know that
Christ is in fact
00:40:28.99\00:40:30.63
who the Bible
proclaimed him to be
00:40:30.64\00:40:32.72
is because these
prophecies happened before Jesus
00:40:32.73\00:40:38.55
came into the world
and was born through Mary.
00:40:38.56\00:40:41.77
This happened
before His earthly birth.
00:40:41.78\00:40:45.16
And let's look at this prophecy,
00:40:45.85\00:40:47.82
and now it would
be really classic
00:40:48.36\00:40:51.84
John if somebody
said, John Lomacang is going
00:40:51.85\00:40:55.96
to be born in, in
the city of New York,
00:40:55.97\00:41:00.22
He is going to be
left at a babysitter.
00:41:01.36\00:41:04.89
The babysitter's
name is going to be,
00:41:06.39\00:41:07.56
and that
babysitter is not gonna have
00:41:09.12\00:41:10.77
any children of
her own. And the people
00:41:10.78\00:41:13.68
on the street
where he's going to live
00:41:13.69\00:41:15.34
hear their
names. For me to put all
00:41:15.35\00:41:18.40
that together it
will unequivocal,
00:41:18.41\00:41:20.49
if you just put those
statistics right there
00:41:20.50\00:41:22.55
it will point to
just me, no one else,
00:41:22.56\00:41:25.26
but friends there are thousands
00:41:25.84\00:41:27.54
of references that
spin hundreds of years,
00:41:27.55\00:41:31.65
in some cases thousands of
years that points to Jesus.
00:41:31.66\00:41:34.71
And it's just unmistakable,
look at one of those
00:41:34.72\00:41:37.92
that talks about where he was,
00:41:37.93\00:41:39.20
where He was gonna be born?
00:41:39.21\00:41:40.31
Micah 5 verse 2 John
00:41:40.32\00:41:41.92
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah.
00:41:41.93\00:41:45.09
Ephrathah, yeah,
it's a very unusual word.
00:41:45.10\00:41:48.87
It is, "Though
you are little among
00:41:48.88\00:41:51.83
the thousands of
Judah, Yet out of you shall
00:41:51.84\00:41:54.65
come forth to Me The
One to be Ruler in Israel,
00:41:54.66\00:41:58.13
whose goings
forth are from of old,
00:41:58.52\00:42:01.11
From everlasting."
00:42:01.12\00:42:02.09
Notice, the one
that's going to be born
00:42:02.10\00:42:04.20
in Bethlehem Ephrathah
is not just starting out,
00:42:04.21\00:42:08.06
but he is going off from
old from where from everlasting,
00:42:08.98\00:42:13.98
that's the end of the verse.
He has always been around,
00:42:14.57\00:42:17.06
He just now always
going to make His entrance
00:42:17.07\00:42:19.16
into the world, He
is now coming down,
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.41
if Jesus came
down in the same form
00:42:21.42\00:42:25.08
that He was in
heaven without being clothed
00:42:25.09\00:42:28.61
in humanity, all of us on earth
00:42:28.62\00:42:31.27
would cease to
exist. You're talking
00:42:31.28\00:42:32.88
about an atomic
explosion. How could a God
00:42:32.89\00:42:36.69
who is a consuming fire,
how could this divine being
00:42:36.70\00:42:39.51
of perfection come
and exist among people
00:42:39.52\00:42:43.03
of imperfection
and we not be consumed.
00:42:43.04\00:42:45.56
So, something had to
happen in order for Jesus
00:42:45.57\00:42:48.68
to come and not consume
us at His second coming.
00:42:48.69\00:42:52.22
Right. And so,
look at the prophecy
00:42:52.23\00:42:54.32
being fulfilled, go
to Luke chapter 2 friends
00:42:54.33\00:42:56.58
and John is going to
read verse 4, 5 and 7
00:42:56.59\00:42:59.85
to see this fulfillment
00:42:59.86\00:43:01.52
It say, "Joseph also
went up from Galilee,
00:43:02.15\00:43:04.23
out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judea,
00:43:04.24\00:43:06.96
to the City of David,
which is called Bethlehem;
00:43:07.29\00:43:09.94
because he was of the
house and lineage of David,
00:43:10.87\00:43:13.58
to be register with
Mary his betrothed wife,
00:43:14.30\00:43:16.75
who was with child.
And she brought forth
00:43:16.76\00:43:20.33
her first born
son and wrapped him
00:43:20.34\00:43:22.73
in swaddling cloths
and laid him in a manger,
00:43:22.74\00:43:25.63
because there was no
room for them in the inn."
00:43:25.64\00:43:28.73
Now, look at how
this was fulfilled,
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.30
this is just phenomenal.
I've read this prophecy
00:43:30.31\00:43:33.10
matter of fact I preached
a sermon on this called,
00:43:33.11\00:43:34.77
I preached a sermon on
this called Mary had a baby
00:43:34.78\00:43:37.27
In order for Jesus
to be born where He was,
00:43:37.28\00:43:40.74
a number of
things that to happen,
00:43:41.19\00:43:42.67
first of all Joseph
have to come up from Galilee
00:43:42.68\00:43:47.33
out of the City of
Nazareth into Judea,
00:43:47.34\00:43:51.69
to the City of David,
which is called Bethlehem.
00:43:52.16\00:43:54.44
Now, friends let
me ask you a question,
00:43:54.45\00:43:55.88
David was not
driving a four seater car
00:43:56.29\00:43:59.34
with a
comfortable plush back seat
00:43:59.35\00:44:02.55
for his pregnant wife to be
carrying his delicate child.
00:44:02.56\00:44:05.89
He made his journey on a
donkey or at most a cart,
00:44:06.62\00:44:11.53
but I would suggest a donkey,
00:44:11.54\00:44:13.25
scripturally supporting that.
00:44:13.26\00:44:14.77
For him to put his
wife's health at such risk
00:44:16.34\00:44:22.03
and to risk this
baby being harmed
00:44:22.47\00:44:25.45
which he could have
been in such menial travel,
00:44:25.46\00:44:30.39
Galilee, Nazareth,
Judea, the City of David
00:44:32.11\00:44:34.80
which is called
Bethlehem. But He did it
00:44:34.81\00:44:37.17
because of decree
given by Caesar. Right.
00:44:37.18\00:44:41.51
Got to go to the city
where you are identified with,
00:44:42.10\00:44:46.59
where is your
place of residence,
00:44:47.36\00:44:49.22
and you've got
to register there.
00:44:49.23\00:44:51.42
What are the chances
John of that happening
00:44:51.85\00:44:54.51
around the time
that Mary was supposed
00:44:54.52\00:44:56.10
to have this baby?
Yeah, it was definitely God
00:44:56.11\00:45:00.65
leading him then.
And the Prophet Micah
00:45:00.66\00:45:03.32
for told this
is going to happen,
00:45:03.33\00:45:04.65
Isaiah the prophet
gave a prophecy 700 years
00:45:04.66\00:45:08.56
before the birth of
Jesus that happened,
00:45:08.57\00:45:12.34
that Isaiah wasn't
alive when it happen,
00:45:13.02\00:45:14.81
so he couldn't
manipulated and he didn't have
00:45:14.82\00:45:16.82
some decedents to
say make sure this happen
00:45:16.83\00:45:18.68
so that people
will look back and say,
00:45:18.69\00:45:20.08
I was a true
prophet. Everything he said
00:45:20.09\00:45:22.65
had to come to
pass. This great king
00:45:22.66\00:45:24.51
who was established forever
and that's what Isaiah said,
00:45:24.52\00:45:28.42
His throne is
forever and that's what Micah
00:45:28.43\00:45:31.35
the prophet says, and notice
00:45:31.36\00:45:32.76
what is also
being said about him.
00:45:32.77\00:45:34.33
When you finish that,
He was born in an inn,
00:45:34.88\00:45:39.56
where the Bible says
there was no room for Him.
00:45:39.57\00:45:41.85
It's an amazing
prophecy, but now John,
00:45:43.52\00:45:45.20
you eluted a moment ago,
why don't we go to Daniel 9
00:45:45.21\00:45:47.36
and I'd like you to read
that as we walk through it?
00:45:47.37\00:45:49.77
Friends, we're gonna go to
00:45:50.25\00:45:51.22
one of the most amazing
prophecies in scripture.
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Kind of piggy
backing off of my good friend
00:45:53.01\00:45:56.06
Doug Batchelor there,
Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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One of the most amazing
prophecies and scripture.
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Daniel 9, or so I
must say and John I think
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you agree with this one
of the most misinterpreted
00:46:04.81\00:46:07.26
because this prophecy
it's lack of understanding
00:46:08.48\00:46:11.12
and misinterpretation
has caused many people
00:46:11.13\00:46:14.29
to believe in
theory such as the rapture,
00:46:14.30\00:46:16.29
if these prophecy
is properly understood
00:46:16.94\00:46:19.97
we will see that
Jesus is the Christ,
00:46:19.98\00:46:22.02
if this prophecy proves
that Jesus is the Christ
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you also, it also proves
that there is no such things
00:46:25.13\00:46:27.60
as a secret rapture
and a 7 year tribulation,
00:46:27.61\00:46:30.18
three and a
half year Antichrist.
00:46:30.19\00:46:31.85
Many have turned this
prophecy into instead of being
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a messianic prophecy
into a antichristal prophecy.
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There you go. You know
and I hate to even say that,
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I mean it's
become a substitution
00:46:40.65\00:46:42.75
of Christ himself who
it was meant to point to,
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to point to the
Antichrist at the end of time.
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And understand
this prophecy correctly
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you cannot interpret it the way
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that many interpret it
today, which is very sad.
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Start with verse 24
John. It says in Daniel 9:24,
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"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
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and for your holy city,
to finish the transgression,
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and to make an end of
sins, and to make reconciliation
00:47:05.13\00:47:07.86
for iniquity, to bring an
everlasting righteousness,
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to seal up vision and prophecy,
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and to anoint the Most Holy."
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Notice, who is
gonna be anointed?
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The Most Holy.
Okay, right away friends
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this prophecy begins by saying.
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Look at the unfolding
of what God has brought
00:47:21.65\00:47:26.05
to Daniel's view. Seventy weeks
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are determined,
the word determined
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there in the Aramaic is
seventy weeks are cut off.
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We're severing
these seventy weeks
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from a larger time prophecy
and if you're gonna find
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that time prophecy
you go to Daniel 8:14,
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2300 years,
seventy weeks in scripture,
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in prophecy how many
days in a week, John?
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Seven day. Seventy
times seven is 490 years.
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So, God was given
Daniel in this vision,
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in the understanding of
this prophecy you're saying,
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I'm gonna give
you and your people
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and your Holy City 490
years to do these things.
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And if you do these things
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you'll have the
blessing of being the ones.
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To continue in my covenant.
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Anointing the most
Holy, there it is to continue
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the covenant. But now,
he's gonna now tell them
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when this is going to
begin. Verse 25, John.
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It says, "Know
therefore and understand,
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that from the going
forth of the command
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to restore and build Jerusalem
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until Messiah the Prince.
There shall be seven weeks
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and sixty-two weeks,
that's a total of 69 weeks.
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That's right. The
streets shall be built
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again, and the wall,
even in troublous times."
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Okay, and if you
look at the story
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of this whole
rebuilding process,
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it is not coincidental
friends that the Bible breaks it
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down 7 weeks and 62,
because 7 times 7 is 49,
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from the time that the
decree was given by Artaxerxes
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for the
rebuilding and restoration
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of Jerusalem, not
the one by Darius,
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nor Cyrus. One was for
the building of the temple,
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one was for the
temple of the wall.
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The only way that was given
for the complete restoration
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of the building of
Jerusalem was by Artaxerxes
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and you read that in
the Book of Nehemiah,
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you also read that
in the Old Testament
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where this
prophet was called of God
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and he went to
continue the building,
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he went to start the
process, and the people
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were in disarray,
they were in disappear
00:49:19.85\00:49:22.52
their walls were
broken down, it was troublous
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times for them. And
Nehemiah was commissioned,
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he was given all that
was needed to go ahead
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and build this process
to get the building started
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and he went and
it took 49 years,
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7 times 7 is 49, but
in the 49th year, John,
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trouble came
upon the people of God
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that they were in
disarray. And Nehemiah
00:49:44.89\00:49:47.26
was sent to finish the
process that only took 52 days
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and when it was
done, it was clear
00:49:51.76\00:49:53.97
that the building of
this, and restoration
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of Jerusalem was
completed by the Lord.
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In fact you know, when speaking
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of those decrees as it talks
about here in the Book of Ezra
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it says, according to
the commandment of God.
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That's right! Now, I
find it very interesting
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as you look at
Ezra I believe at 6:14
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it says according to the
decree of these three kings,
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but also says to
the commandment of God.
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So God is the one
that gave the command
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through the
decrees of those kings.
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That's right. And
notice that's the only time
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God is mentioned as
giving that commandment
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and it names all three
kings, someone to pick Cyrus,
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someone to pick Darius,
someone to pick Artaxerxes,
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but it's got to
include Artaxerxes,
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because he is the
one that gave the command
00:50:36.30\00:50:38.18
to finish the wall.
And this prophecy says,
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"The street shall be
built again, and the wall."
00:50:42.01\00:50:45.07
So it's got to be the wall
too, and the first two kings
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didn't give any decree to finish
the wall, but Artaxerxes did.
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So, that's how we can
come back to that knowing
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that Artaxerxes is the
decree that you must go off of.
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And then of course,
John, we know that the time
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that is given there
takes us right down to what,
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the anointing of the Messiah.
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And it happened,
this is the beauty of it.
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Jesus was
baptized in the 15th year
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of the reign of Tiberius Caesar.
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.16
Tiberius Caesar, began to reign,
co-reign in the year 12 A.D.
00:51:14.17\00:51:20.99
But even though
he began to co-reign,
00:51:22.53\00:51:24.78
his reign began in
12 A.D. That's right.
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It's got to be inclusive
of all that. That's right.
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Fifteen years later we
take you to the year 27 A.D,
00:51:28.89\00:51:31.80
in the year that Jesus
was baptized and anointed.
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Right. Co-incidental?
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No. Not
coincidental based on the Bible.
00:51:36.27\00:51:38.59
Matter of fact the
reference you talked about
00:51:38.60\00:51:40.02
in Ezra 6:14 was
actually Ezra 7:11,
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the letter that was
given by Artaxerxes.
00:51:43.36\00:51:47.26
Now 6:14 was the according
00:51:47.27\00:51:49.10
to the commandment
of the God of Israel.
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Okay. It's the reference that
I was talking about 6:14 so.
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Okay, I got you.
And so now we look
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at this beautiful of
this prophecy being unfolded
00:51:56.23\00:51:59.02
and then after the
60, after the 49 weeks,
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or the 49 years
of Daniel 9 verse 25,
00:52:05.82\00:52:09.63
then you have 62 weeks
left or what do you have there?
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Sixty two weeks that
will take you down, if you,
00:52:15.02\00:52:17.48
The 69th week. It will
take you to the 69th week,
00:52:17.49\00:52:20.11
which was the 483rd year
after the prophecy started,
00:52:20.12\00:52:25.74
which only gives
you seven years left
00:52:26.27\00:52:27.88
if you've taken looking at 490.
00:52:28.35\00:52:29.96
How long did Jesus
earthly ministry last?
00:52:30.63\00:52:33.29
Three and a
half years, how long?
00:52:34.44\00:52:36.41
Because in the middle of
it, if you want to continue on,
00:52:36.42\00:52:38.64
what happens in
the middle of the week?
00:52:38.65\00:52:40.45
Jesus is cutoff. And
it says that in Daniel 9.
00:52:40.46\00:52:43.21
Look verse 26. I
don't have that right here.
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Daniel 9:26 it says,
"And after 62 weeks Messiah."
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And what I want you to
know is friends in the verse,
00:52:49.12\00:52:51.23
the three verses we read
so far, and the verse 24,
00:52:51.24\00:52:54.83
anoint the most holy,
clearly, Jesus Christ.
00:52:55.56\00:52:58.23
Verse 25, until
Messiah, the prince.
00:52:58.24\00:53:00.73
Clearly not
talking about antichrist.
00:53:01.19\00:53:02.98
Verse 26, "And after 62 weeks,
Messiah shall be cut off".
00:53:03.45\00:53:07.68
Clearly talking about
the Christ once again.
00:53:07.69\00:53:09.66
Not the Antichrist.
00:53:10.18\00:53:12.00
"The Messiah shall be
cut off, but not for himself.
00:53:12.01\00:53:14.87
And the people of the prince,
who is to come, notice small p,
00:53:14.88\00:53:18.93
shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary.
00:53:18.94\00:53:21.53
The end of it
shall be with a flood,
00:53:21.54\00:53:23.93
and till the end of the war
desolations are determined".
00:53:23.94\00:53:28.40
What happened, you notice it
says, till the end of the war.
00:53:28.60\00:53:31.26
Titus came and
destroyed the city of Jerusalem
00:53:31.27\00:53:34.30
in the year A.D. 70,
but notice what it says,
00:53:34.31\00:53:36.63
till the end of the war
desolations are determined.
00:53:36.64\00:53:39.71
In other words, up to the time
00:53:39.72\00:53:42.51
that Titus came and
destroyed Jerusalem,
00:53:42.52\00:53:44.62
that temple was
already desolate.
00:53:44.63\00:53:46.84
Desolation was
determined by Jesus already.
00:53:47.04\00:53:49.91
Because when they
rejected Jesus, He said to them,
00:53:49.92\00:53:52.67
"Behold, your house is
left unto you desolate".
00:53:52.68\00:53:56.10
So, desolations
were determined already,
00:53:56.11\00:53:58.13
it just came to the
point where that temple
00:53:58.14\00:54:00.14
where they were continuing,
these meaningless sacrifices.
00:54:00.15\00:54:04.14
The temple had not
yet been destroyed.
00:54:04.15\00:54:06.58
Although, the curtain had been
torn when Jesus was crucified,
00:54:06.59\00:54:09.72
those who had
rejected Jesus Christ
00:54:09.73\00:54:11.95
continued worshiping and
sacrificing in the temple.
00:54:11.96\00:54:15.83
In A.D. 70, Titus came and
00:54:15.84\00:54:18.74
destroyed the
city and when he came
00:54:18.75\00:54:21.75
to destroy the city,
this prophecy was fulfilled.
00:54:21.76\00:54:25.65
But up to that point desolations
were already determined,
00:54:26.01\00:54:29.01
Jesus had pronounced
their house to be desolate,
00:54:29.02\00:54:31.60
because of their
rejection of Him.
00:54:31.61\00:54:33.20
And then verse 27, talks about
00:54:33.21\00:54:35.14
confirming the
covenant for that one week,
00:54:35.15\00:54:37.22
that last week, the 70th week.
00:54:37.23\00:54:39.12
Now here is where many go
wrong in their interpretation.
00:54:39.13\00:54:41.87
They take a 70 week
prophecy that's meant to go from
00:54:41.88\00:54:45.91
week one to the end of week 70,
complete itself. There you go.
00:54:45.92\00:54:49.19
They take the end, the
last week and they stick it
00:54:49.20\00:54:52.05
all the way down
to the end of time,
00:54:52.06\00:54:54.17
beyond even the time
in which we live in today
00:54:54.18\00:54:56.43
and say, that's 7
years of tribulation.
00:54:56.44\00:54:59.08
And they put the Antichrist
00:54:59.09\00:55:01.10
in there as being the
one to confirm the covenant.
00:55:01.11\00:55:03.17
They substitute
Christ who was confirming
00:55:03.74\00:55:06.48
his covenant with
his people. That's right.
00:55:06.49\00:55:08.49
During that week and
they put the Antichrist in
00:55:08.50\00:55:12.27
there. And they do it
because they get confused
00:55:12.73\00:55:14.70
in the transition from
verse 26 to 27 of Chapter 9,
00:55:14.71\00:55:18.16
they get confused
because it talks about
00:55:18.17\00:55:20.93
the Titus making of
course the desolation,
00:55:20.94\00:55:25.67
not the
desolation, but the destruction
00:55:25.68\00:55:28.02
that is determined
upon the people in A.D. 70.
00:55:28.03\00:55:30.55
The transition
right from there into 27,
00:55:30.73\00:55:33.68
thinking that same
prince is who it's talking about
00:55:33.69\00:55:36.98
confirming a covenant, it's not.
00:55:36.99\00:55:38.37
Not the same thing. It's simply
00:55:38.38\00:55:39.35
going back to the main
subject of the 70 weeks
00:55:39.36\00:55:42.09
being the Messiah,
talking about the Messiah
00:55:42.10\00:55:45.07
confirming the
covenant in his last week,
00:55:45.08\00:55:47.14
which isn't broken
off from the 69 weeks
00:55:47.15\00:55:49.94
and put at the end
of time, it is part
00:55:49.95\00:55:52.02
of the entire 70 weeks
from beginning to end unbroken.
00:55:52.03\00:55:55.02
It is theologically,
improper and unconscionable
00:55:55.97\00:56:01.29
to take that last week out and
put it the end of time, John.
00:56:01.30\00:56:05.59
Any theologian that
does that is taking,
00:56:05.60\00:56:08.85
is doing a
complete error or mistake
00:56:08.86\00:56:11.29
in his interpretation of what
the structure of prophecy is.
00:56:11.30\00:56:15.94
And he is taking what belongs
00:56:15.95\00:56:16.92
to Christ and applying it
to Antichrist. That's right.
00:56:16.93\00:56:20.07
If you take out
that 7 year period
00:56:20.08\00:56:22.40
the last 7 years,
Jesus never existed.
00:56:22.41\00:56:24.92
And here's a
reason, He will confirm
00:56:24.93\00:56:27.26
His covenant with
many for one week.
00:56:27.27\00:56:29.43
And we're gonna end
the program with this text;
00:56:29.44\00:56:31.45
Hebrews Chapter 2 and
verse 3, "How shall we escape,
00:56:31.86\00:56:36.97
if we neglect so
great a salvation;
00:56:36.98\00:56:39.08
which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord,
00:56:39.09\00:56:42.55
and friends listen to
this, and was confirmed
00:56:42.56\00:56:45.96
to us by those who heard him?"
00:56:45.97\00:56:47.89
The disciples conformed it
as they ministered continually
00:56:47.90\00:56:51.12
for three and half more
years after the death of Jesus.
00:56:51.13\00:56:53.73
They went first to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel.
00:56:53.74\00:56:56.61
On that note we're
gonna have to end the program.
00:56:56.62\00:56:59.03
We're gonna continue
this program though by the way
00:56:59.04\00:57:01.17
the next time through
and tie up any loose ends
00:57:01.18\00:57:04.92
that maybe still
lingering in your mind.
00:57:04.93\00:57:07.18
What a wonderful
program, John, amazing?
00:57:07.19\00:57:09.38
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:57:09.39\00:57:10.44
Well, friends, continue
studying the word of God,
00:57:10.45\00:57:13.11
remember the email
housecalls@3abn.org.
00:57:13.12\00:57:16.30
We're going to
continue studying on the Christ,
00:57:16.31\00:57:18.69
but friends here is our
first recommendation to you.
00:57:18.70\00:57:22.79
Don't wonder whether
or not He can save you,
00:57:22.80\00:57:25.24
but give your
life to Jesus Christ
00:57:25.25\00:57:26.73
and you'll find
salvation in Him.
00:57:26.74\00:57:29.16
Now, I encourage
you to begin your day,
00:57:29.17\00:57:31.25
today in Jesus Christ.
00:57:31.26\00:57:32.25