Let's pray.
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Our loving Father in
heaven, once again we thank You
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that we can gather in Your
presence to open Your holy Word
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and to understand the great
things that have taken place,
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are taking place, and
soon will occur in this world.
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As we study Daniel
chapter 8 today, we need the
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special guidance
of Your Holy Spirit.
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We ask, Father, that You
will give us understanding
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that we might be
able to comprehend this
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magnificent
chapter of Scripture.
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I ask, Lord, that You will
help us to see its importance
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for our own
personal walk with Jesus.
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And we thank You
for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in
Jesus' name, amen.
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I'd like to begin by
reviewing what we've studied
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in our last two lectures.
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Basically, I want to go
through the sequence of powers
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that are mentioned in Daniel
chapter 2 and Daniel chapter 7.
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The first power...
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And we'll go to
Daniel 7 as our example.
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The first power is a lion.
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It represents what kingdom?
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Babylon.
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The next kingdom is what?
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Medo-Persia.
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The third kingdom, the
leopard kingdom, is what?
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Greece.
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Then we have a terrible dragon
beast that has iron teeth.
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And what nation
does that represent?
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It represents the Roman Empire.
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Then from the head of that
dragon beast come forth what?
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Ten horns.
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And those represent the
divisions of the Roman Empire
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into which the Roman Empire
was divided when it broke up
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in the year 476.
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And then among
the ten rises what?
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A little horn, a
nasty little horn;
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and does all
kinds of wicked things.
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And it rules for how long?
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It rules for 1260 years.
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And that period begins when?
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In the year 538 when the
Ostrogoths were defeated.
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The third of the three horns
was ripped out by the roots.
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And it
continued until what date?
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The little horn? 1798.
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And then you notice that we
have the next scene is what?
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The judgment.
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So after what date does
the judgment take place?
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It has to be after 1798.
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But it also happens
before probation closes.
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Before Jesus comes.
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Because we noticed in
Revelation chapter 14, it says,
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"Fear God and give glory
to Him, for the hour of His
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judgment has come," while the
gospel is still being preached.
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Probation can't have
closed if the gospel is
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still being preached.
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And only after the
third angel's message
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do you have Jesus
sitting on a cloud with a sickle
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coming to harvest the earth.
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And so we noticed in our study
that the judgment takes place
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sometime between 1798
and the close of probation.
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Although we are not told exactly
what the precise date is.
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All we have is the parameters.
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But the prophecy
that we're going to study
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in this evening's lecture,
as well as our next one,
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regarding Daniel
chapter 8, we're going to notice
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that Scripture
pinpoints the exact date
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when that judgment
was going to begin.
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So let's turn in our
Bibles to Daniel chapter 8.
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And the first thing that we're
going to notice in this chapter
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is that it does not begin
with Babylon like chapter 7
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and like chapter 2.
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There is no symbol for Babylon.
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In fact, in Daniel chapter 8 the
vision begins with Medo-Persia.
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Now you might be wondering,
"Pastor Bohr, Why does the
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vision of Daniel 8
begin with Medo-Persia
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if Daniel 2 and
Daniel 7 began with Babylon?"
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Now the
traditional interpretation
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that has been given in
the Adventist church is that
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Babylon is about
to pass from history.
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But the fact is that
this vision is taking place
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in the year 550 BC.
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And Babylon was not going
to fall for another 11 years.
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There is another more
important reason why Babylon
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is not in this
vision of Daniel chapter 8.
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And let me explain
the reason succinctly.
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You see, the 2300 days that
are mentioned in this prophecy
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begin during the
period of the Persian Empire.
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And so the vision begins...
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Now listen carefully.
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The vision begins
where the 2300 days begin.
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You see, the 2300 days do not
begin in the kingdom of Babylon.
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They begin during the
period of the kingdom of Persia.
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And therefore, the 2300 day
prophecy begins with Persia.
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And that's the reason why
this vision begins with Persia
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and not with Babylon.
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Are you
understanding the reason?
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It's a very important reason.
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And we will have reason to come
back to this a little bit later.
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Now let's go to
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 1
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and move through
this magnificent prophecy.
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It says there in verse 1...
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I mentioned that
this is the year 550 BC.
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Which is the one that
appeared to him the first time?
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The one that is found
in the previous chapter.
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In Daniel chapter what?
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Chapter 7.
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Now listen carefully.
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The word for "vision"
here is a very important word.
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You see, in Daniel 8
there are two different
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words for "vision."
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And unless we understand that,
we're not going to reach correct
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conclusions as we
study this chapter.
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The word that is used here
for "vision," where it says,
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"The third year of the
reign of King Belshazzar
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a vision appears to me,"
is the Hebrews word, "chazon."
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Remember that because
it's very, very important.
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Now let's go to verse 2.
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"I saw in the vision..."
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Once again, the word "chazon."
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Now the emphasis
on eye sight here.
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Shusan is one of the capitals
of the Medo-Persian Empire.
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Once again, the third time
that the word "chazon" is used
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to describe the vision.
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So it says in verse 2...
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Now let's go to verse 3.
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Notice one again the
emphasis on vision, seeing.
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There's
tremendous emphasis on this.
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Just one beast.
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But now notice what
it continues saying.
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So this is one nation that
is composed of two kingdoms.
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Because horns
represent kingdoms.
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So it's one nation
composed of two kingdoms.
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In other words, dual
kingdoms in one nation.
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So it continues saying...
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So you have two horns.
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One is higher than the other.
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And the higher
one comes out how?
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Last.
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Now, you should have
received two sheets tonight.
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One of the sheets
has the dynasty of the
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Medes and Persians.
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Now if you look at that chart...
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We're not going to look
at it carefully right now
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because we don't have the time.
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From the year 539 when the
Medes and Persians began to rule
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until the year 522,
all of the kings were Medes
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except for Cyrus, who was
half Mede and half Persian.
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But from the year
522 until the year 331,
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almost 200 years, every
single king was Persian.
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So what was the nation
that became more powerful last?
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It was the Persians.
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And interestingly
enough, after Daniel chapter 8
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every time that this
kingdom appears in prophecy
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it's no longer
called Medo-Persia.
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It is called Persia.
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Because the Medes
have basically disappeared,
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and now Persia is ruling.
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Are you understanding my point?
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And you can see
it on that chart.
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Prophecy is specific
and exact on this point.
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Now, this battle that
we're going to see here
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at the beginning of
Daniel chapter 8 is taking place
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on a horizontal level on earth.
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There is no indication
that these nations are in
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controversy or in
conflict with God.
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This is a
geographical fight among nations
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on a horizontal level.
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There is no fight against God in
the early part of the chapter.
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Notice Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 4.
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Oh by the way, do you
remember that the bear
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was raise up on one
side in Daniel chapter 7?
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And here we have
one horn that's what?
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That's higher than the other.
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See, it's parallel.
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Now Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 4.
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"I saw the ram,"
which represents the
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Medes and Persians...
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How many ribs did the bear
have in its mouth in Daniel 7?
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Three.
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And here, the ram
conquers in three directions.
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Westward would be Babylon, 539.
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Northward would be Lydia, 546.
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And southward would be
Egypt, in the year 525.
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And it continues saying...
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Now remember that,
the ram became what?
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The ram became great.
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That's important.
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Now we have
another power that rises.
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Go with me to Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 5.
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It's interesting, a
male goat came from the west.
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Do you know that
Greece is west of Persia?
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And do you know
that Daniel was in Persia
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when he received this vision?
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And so he sees this
beast coming from the west.
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What nation does this
beast represent, this he goat?
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Greece.
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Interesting, even
the points of the compass
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are precise and exact.
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And so it says, "And
as I was considering,
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suddenly a male goat..."
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What beast represented
Greece in Daniel chapter 7?
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A leopard. Is a leopard swift?
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Yes, but the leopard had what?
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Four wings of a
bird, super swift.
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Here, the he goat, which
represents the same power,
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is so swift that it's flying.
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Have you ever
seen a flying goat?
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Oh my.
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He is really
conquering in a hurry.
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By the way, as I mentioned
yesterday, the prophecy
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tells us that Alexander
the Great was represented
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by a notable horn.
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In fact, let's read it.
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And then I'll tell you something
about Alexander the Great.
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It says that this he goat came
without touching the ground.
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"And the goat had a..." What?
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"...a notable
horn between his eyes."
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Which, later on in
chapter 8, says that it
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represents the
first king of this nation;
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which is Alexander the Great.
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Alexander the Great
ruled from Athens all the way
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to the Indus Valley.
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In three years he
conquered the known world.
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And he died when he
was only 33 years old
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of a drunken binge because he
didn't have anything more to do.
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He didn't have
anything more to conquer.
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Amazing.
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He was swift.
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Notice Daniel
chapter 8 and verses 6 and 7.
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Is this battle still taking
place horizontally on earth?
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Is this an earthly battle?
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Any indication that
the he goat has any bone
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to pick with the Lord?
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Absolutely not, this
is a geographical fight
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among nations on
a horizontal level.
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Now let's notice
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 8.
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Ah, the ram grew what?
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Great.
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Now we see that
the he goat grows what?
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Very great.
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Don't forget that because
we're going to come back to it.
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"Therefore, the male
goat," which represents Greece,
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grew very great; but
when he became strong..."
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In other words, at the climax
of his strength, what happened?
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"...the large horn was broken."
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Alexander the Great died
when Greece was at the apex
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of its power.
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In a drunken
binge, like I mentioned.
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And notice what happened.
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It continues saying...
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How many heads
did the leopard have?
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The leopard had four heads.
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Now how many horns come
when this great horn is broken?
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Four.
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So Daniel 7 and Daniel
8 are parallel prophecies.
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Now you need to
understand what happened
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after Alexander the Great died.
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After he died, there was a
struggle among his generals
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to gain power in the kingdom.
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And for a while sometimes
there were three kingdoms,
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sometimes there
were four kingdoms,
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sometimes there
were even two kingdoms.
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But finally, four kingdoms
emerged from what had been
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Alexander's empire.
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I want to read you a statement
that is found in the book
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by W. W. Tarn,
Hellenistic Civilization, page 6
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where he explains
these four kingdoms.
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He says this...
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"By 275, three
dynasties descended from
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three of his generals, and
they were well established."
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The Seleucids..."
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Which by the way ruled
from 312 to the year 63 BC.
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He says, "The Seleucids
ruled much of what had been
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the Persian Empire in Asia.
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The Ptolemies," who ruled
from 323 to 30 BC, "ruled Egypt.
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And the Antigonids,"
who ruled from 283 to 168,
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"ruled Macedonia."
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And then he says this.
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"A Fourth European dynasty
not connected with Alexander,
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the Attalids of Pergamum,"
263 to 133, "subsequently
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grew up in Asia
Minor at Seleucid's expense
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and became great
by the favor of Rome."
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So the four kingdoms that
arose, four stable kingdoms
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that lasted a
significant period of time,
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were the Seleucids, the
Ptolemies, the Antigonids,
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and the Attalids in Pergamum.
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Now I want to just
mention that many scholars,
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probably most Roman Catholic
scholars and Protestant scholars
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believe that the little
horn that is going to come from
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these four horns at the
four winds represents a nasty
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individual called
Antiochus Epiphanes.
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He was a Syrian
ruler that ruled from the
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year 171 to the year 163 BC.
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I want to tell you that I
do not share the idea that
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this little horn of
Daniel 8 that comes forth from
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the four horns
represents Antiochus Epiphanes.
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Because there are too
many parallels between the
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little horn of Daniel chapter 7
and the little horn of Daniel 8
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that indicate that this
represents the same power.
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Let me just mention
some of those parallels.
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First of all, both
are referred to as a horn.
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And even though
Daniel 7 and Daniel 8 are in
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two different languages,
Daniel 7 is in Aramaic
00:19:01.50\00:19:04.93
and Daniel chapter 8 is
in Hebrew, the same Hebrew
00:19:04.96\00:19:08.58
word, "qeren," is
used to describe the horn.
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The identical word for
the horn of Daniel 7 and the
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horn of Daniel 8.
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Secondly, both are
described as little.
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In the third place,
both of them become great
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after they had
a small beginning.
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In the fourth place, both are
described as persecuting powers.
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In the fifth place,
the persecution is against
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the same target group.
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That is, against the people
of the saints of the Most High.
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In the sixth place, both
of them are self-exalting
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and blasphemous powers.
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In the seventh place,
both are distinguished
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by crafty intelligence.
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One has the eyes of a
man, in Daniel chapter 7.
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And in Daniel chapter 8, the
little horn understands riddles
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and cunning and deceit.
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Number eight, both of
these represent the final power
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that will rule upon this earth.
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Number nine, both of these horns
have to do with prophetic time.
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Number ten, both of
these horns extend until
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the time of the end.
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And number eleven, both of
the horns are supernaturally
00:20:16.48\00:20:20.24
destroyed when Jesus comes.
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In other words, the little
horn of Daniel 8 represents
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the same power as the
little horn of Daniel chapter 7.
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I want to read a statement
by an individual who was
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my teacher at the seminary
in Michigan, Andrews University.
00:20:31.19\00:20:34.96
William Shea, a tremendous
Old Testament scholar.
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In the book,
Symposium on Daniel, page 187,
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this is what he says.
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"If the prophet," that
is, if Daniel, "had desired to
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represent different
powers in this final position
00:20:46.25\00:20:49.51
he could easily have used
different symbols to do so.
00:20:50.58\00:20:54.01
But instead, he used the
same symbol of a little horn
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at the end of the
vision in chapter 8
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as he did at the end of
the vision in chapter 7.
00:21:01.63\00:21:05.27
This commonality of
representation suggests
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that the same symbol has been
used to refer to the same power
00:21:09.92\00:21:15.20
in both cases."
00:21:15.23\00:21:17.55
So in other words, the
little horn of Daniel 7
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and the little horn of
Daniel 8 represents basically
00:21:20.32\00:21:23.23
the same power.
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Now, there's a problem.
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In Daniel chapter 7, the
little horn rises from the
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head of the fourth beast.
00:21:31.23\00:21:32.96
In Daniel chapter 8,
the little horn rises
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from one of the four
horns that were a part of
00:21:37.03\00:21:41.71
Alexander the
Great's broken up empire.
00:21:41.74\00:21:44.47
So you say it gives
the impression that in
00:21:44.75\00:21:47.61
Daniel chapter 7 this
little horn comes from Rome,
00:21:47.64\00:21:51.23
but in Daniel chapter 8
this little horn comes from
00:21:51.26\00:21:54.21
one of the four divisions
of the empire of Greece;
00:21:54.24\00:21:57.67
the empire of
Alexander the Great.
00:21:57.70\00:21:59.55
Well this problem is
not as difficult as some
00:21:59.82\00:22:03.81
people would believe.
00:22:03.84\00:22:05.36
Now let's go to
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 9.
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It says here, "And
out of one of them..."
00:22:08.52\00:22:11.60
That is, out of one of the
four horns at the four winds.
00:22:11.63\00:22:15.21
Is there a progression here?
00:22:26.51\00:22:28.14
The ram was what?
00:22:28.94\00:22:30.55
Great.
00:22:30.85\00:22:31.88
The he goat was what?
00:22:31.91\00:22:33.42
Very great.
00:22:33.72\00:22:35.14
And the little
horn is exceeding great.
00:22:35.17\00:22:39.08
That's why I don't
believe that this little horn
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can be Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:22:42.21\00:22:43.56
Antiochus Epiphanes was
a non-entity in history.
00:22:43.59\00:22:47.52
He wasn't greater than the Medes
and Persians and the Greeks.
00:22:48.04\00:22:51.69
There are other
reasons why this little horn
00:22:52.28\00:22:54.15
is not Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:22:54.18\00:22:56.54
And so notice what
it continues saying.
00:22:56.57\00:22:58.35
"And out of one of them,"
out of one of the four horns
00:22:58.38\00:23:01.44
to the four winds,
"came a little horn which grew
00:23:01.47\00:23:03.95
exceedingly great toward the
east," that is, towards Greece,
00:23:03.98\00:23:10.15
Asia Minor, and Syria,
"and toward the south,"
00:23:10.18\00:23:14.90
that's Egypt, "and
toward the Glorious Land,"
00:23:14.93\00:23:18.96
that is Israel.
00:23:18.99\00:23:21.10
Now listen carefully.
00:23:21.13\00:23:22.16
There's one kingdom
that conquered in those
00:23:22.54\00:23:25.41
three directions
to rise to power.
00:23:25.44\00:23:27.66
And that nation was what?
00:23:28.01\00:23:31.26
Rome.
00:23:31.59\00:23:32.82
If you look at history,
you'll find that Rome conquered
00:23:33.18\00:23:37.12
the south, Egypt; it conquered
towards the east, Greece,
00:23:37.15\00:23:41.82
Asia Minor, and Syria where
the previous power had ruled;
00:23:41.85\00:23:45.70
and the Glorious
Land, which is what?
00:23:45.73\00:23:49.12
The land of Israel.
00:23:49.15\00:23:51.48
Now listen carefully
to what I'm going to say.
00:23:51.51\00:23:53.35
In Daniel chapter 8, the
little horn represents both
00:23:54.12\00:23:58.25
pagan Rome and papal Rome.
00:23:58.28\00:24:01.64
And you'll notice as
we study this prophecy
00:24:02.45\00:24:04.95
that the little horn at
first conquers only horizontally
00:24:05.25\00:24:11.01
and geographically.
00:24:11.04\00:24:12.40
But suddenly that little
horn that is only conquering...
00:24:13.15\00:24:17.25
According to this, where?
00:24:17.28\00:24:19.65
The south, the east,
and the Glorious Land.
00:24:19.68\00:24:22.57
Suddenly he shifts.
00:24:22.60\00:24:24.75
And now he's
fighting against whom?
00:24:25.05\00:24:27.47
He's fighting
against the God of heaven.
00:24:27.84\00:24:29.71
Is this true of what
happened in Daniel 7 with Rome?
00:24:29.74\00:24:33.19
The iron monarchy
of Rome conquered how?
00:24:33.72\00:24:36.82
Horizontally.
00:24:36.85\00:24:38.01
But then suddenly the
little horn, which is also Rome,
00:24:38.04\00:24:41.02
now does what?
00:24:41.05\00:24:42.35
It speaks blasphemies
against the Most High,
00:24:42.71\00:24:45.24
and it persecuted the
saints of the Most High,
00:24:45.27\00:24:47.78
and it thinks it can
change the law of the Most High.
00:24:47.81\00:24:50.45
Now you say, "Why is this
little horn portrayed as coming
00:24:51.35\00:24:54.77
from one of the four kingdoms
that came from the kingdom
00:24:54.80\00:24:59.23
of Alexander the Great?"
00:24:59.26\00:25:01.14
Let me tell you why.
00:25:01.17\00:25:02.38
The reason why is because
historians, such as Virgil...
00:25:02.83\00:25:06.52
You ever heard of Virgil?
00:25:06.80\00:25:08.06
...Seneca, and other historians
of Rome, make it very clear
00:25:08.60\00:25:14.83
that Roman religion
and Roman civilization
00:25:15.03\00:25:19.55
and Roman culture had
their origins in Asia Minor,
00:25:19.58\00:25:25.24
specifically in Pergamum.
00:25:25.27\00:25:27.15
And that was one of
the kingdoms into which
00:25:27.50\00:25:30.85
the kingdom of
Alexander the Great was divided.
00:25:30.88\00:25:33.48
In other words, it is strictly
true that the Roman Empire
00:25:33.74\00:25:38.83
grew out of Asia Minor.
00:25:38.93\00:25:41.72
It grew out of the
kingdom of Pergamum, which was
00:25:41.75\00:25:44.43
one of the four kingdoms
that were formed after the fall
00:25:44.46\00:25:49.27
of Alexander the Great.
00:25:49.30\00:25:51.66
Now let's go to Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 10.
00:25:52.80\00:25:55.74
By the way, if you're
interested in studying this
00:25:56.10\00:25:58.10
more extensively, I
wrote a document, it's about
00:25:58.40\00:26:02.95
30 pages long, on the whole
message of Daniel chapter 8.
00:26:02.98\00:26:08.20
And it has a lot more
material than what I'm able to
00:26:08.23\00:26:10.98
present here tonight
and in our next lecture.
00:26:11.01\00:26:13.72
So if you really want to
get into an in-depth study of
00:26:13.75\00:26:17.04
these things, I have quotations
from historians and so on
00:26:17.07\00:26:19.49
showing that Roman
civilization, religion,
00:26:19.52\00:26:23.04
culture, arose from one
of those kingdoms of Greece.
00:26:23.07\00:26:27.61
Now let's go to Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 10.
00:26:27.64\00:26:29.91
Suddenly this little horn, who's
only concerned with conquering
00:26:29.94\00:26:34.50
geographically and horizontally,
suddenly, like the little horn
00:26:34.80\00:26:38.67
of Daniel chapter 7,
it starts fighting against
00:26:38.70\00:26:41.86
the God of heaven.
00:26:41.89\00:26:43.10
Now his fight becomes vertical.
00:26:43.13\00:26:45.23
Notice Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 10.
00:26:45.54\00:26:47.50
It says, "And it
grew up to the..." What?
00:26:47.80\00:26:51.02
Now the question is, what
is represented by the host
00:27:00.73\00:27:03.70
or by these stars?
00:27:03.73\00:27:05.33
You know, we might be tempted
to think that they were angels,
00:27:05.67\00:27:07.92
but somehow I don't
think that the little horn was
00:27:07.95\00:27:11.74
able to grab the angels
and thrown them to the ground
00:27:11.77\00:27:14.28
and trample on them.
00:27:14.31\00:27:15.44
In fact, the Bible uses
the word "host," not only to
00:27:15.96\00:27:18.88
describe the heavenly
host of God, but to describe
00:27:18.91\00:27:22.16
His earthly
people, His earthly army.
00:27:22.19\00:27:24.76
Because in Scripture, the
church is described as what?
00:27:24.79\00:27:29.23
As an army.
00:27:29.50\00:27:30.72
Let me prove that.
00:27:30.75\00:27:31.90
Go with me to 1 Samuel
chapter 17 and verse 45.
00:27:32.30\00:27:38.63
1 Samuel
chapter 17 and verse 45.
00:27:38.66\00:27:42.31
This is speaking about the
time that David met Goliath.
00:27:42.34\00:27:45.79
And it says there, "Then
David said to the Philistine,
00:27:45.82\00:27:49.60
'You come to me with sword, with
a spear, and with a javelin.
00:27:49.63\00:27:54.69
But I come to you in
the name of the...'" What?
00:27:54.99\00:27:58.80
"...of the Lord of hosts..."
00:27:58.83\00:28:01.15
And now notice
who the hosts are.
00:28:01.18\00:28:04.42
"...the Lord of hosts,
the God of the..." What?
00:28:04.45\00:28:07.68
"...of the armies of
Israel, whom you have defiled."
00:28:07.71\00:28:12.27
So what is the host?
00:28:12.30\00:28:13.45
The armies of what?
00:28:13.48\00:28:14.90
The armies of Israel.
00:28:15.20\00:28:16.50
So what is this
little horn doing?
00:28:16.70\00:28:18.59
Who is he casting down?
00:28:18.62\00:28:20.13
In Daniel 7, it says that
the little horn would persecute
00:28:20.16\00:28:23.27
the saints of the Most High.
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.78
So here, the stars or
God's host represents what?
00:28:25.22\00:28:30.17
It represents God's people.
00:28:30.47\00:28:32.49
Later on in the chapter
we're going to find this
00:28:32.52\00:28:34.51
very clearly expressed.
00:28:34.54\00:28:36.64
And so the first thing
that this little horn does is
00:28:36.84\00:28:39.97
the same thing as the
little horn of Daniel 7.
00:28:40.00\00:28:42.47
He persecutes the saints
and he throws them to the ground
00:28:42.50\00:28:46.05
and he tramples them.
00:28:46.08\00:28:47.81
But then you'll notice in
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 11
00:28:48.88\00:28:51.92
that he goes even further.
00:28:52.12\00:28:53.47
It says in Daniel 8:11...
00:28:53.73\00:28:55.43
The leader of the
host, in other words.
00:29:03.83\00:29:07.03
"...and by him," that
is, by the little horn,
00:29:08.22\00:29:10.97
"the daily sacrifices..."
00:29:11.37\00:29:13.29
You need to delete
that word "sacrifices,"
00:29:13.32\00:29:15.53
because it is not in the Hebrew.
00:29:15.56\00:29:17.97
It's only the word "daily."
00:29:18.00\00:29:19.84
And we'll come
to that in a minute.
00:29:20.27\00:29:22.20
Interesting.
00:29:37.05\00:29:38.20
Now the question is, who
is this Prince of the host?
00:29:38.63\00:29:41.71
Well, this identical expression
is used only in one other place
00:29:42.38\00:29:47.17
in the whole Bible,
"the Prince of the host."
00:29:47.20\00:29:50.08
It's not translated
the same, but it's the
00:29:50.11\00:29:51.96
identical expression.
00:29:51.99\00:29:53.31
Joshua chapter 5 and
verses 13 through 15.
00:29:53.34\00:29:56.82
Joshua chapter 5 and
verses 13 through 15.
00:29:57.28\00:29:59.91
Let's find out who
this Prince of the host is
00:29:59.94\00:30:02.13
from whom the
daily is taken away
00:30:02.16\00:30:04.70
and the Sanctuary is cast down.
00:30:04.73\00:30:07.50
Notice Joshua 5 verse 13.
00:30:07.53\00:30:09.55
This is outside of
the city of Jericho.
00:30:09.58\00:30:11.44
We read this once before.
00:30:11.47\00:30:12.94
And Joshua meets this
man with a sword in his hand.
00:30:13.46\00:30:16.95
It says, "And it came to
pass when Joshua was by Jericho
00:30:16.98\00:30:20.73
that he lifted
his eyes and looked.
00:30:20.76\00:30:22.82
And behold, a man stood
opposite him with his sword
00:30:22.85\00:30:26.75
drawn in his hand.
00:30:26.78\00:30:28.05
And Joshua went to
him and said to him,
00:30:28.23\00:30:30.44
'Are you for us or
for our adversaries?'
00:30:30.47\00:30:34.21
So He said, 'No, but
as Commander of the army
00:30:35.10\00:30:40.19
of the Lord I have now come.'"
00:30:40.22\00:30:42.91
That expression, "Commander
of the army of the Lord,"
00:30:43.54\00:30:46.22
is the identical expression,
"Prince of the host."
00:30:46.25\00:30:48.94
It's not translated the same,
but in Hebrew it's identical.
00:30:49.72\00:30:53.22
And so He says, "'No,
but as Commander of the army
00:30:53.42\00:30:57.10
of the Lord I have now come.'
00:30:57.13\00:30:58.37
And Joshua..."
What did Joshua do?
00:30:58.40\00:31:00.98
Oh, it says he, "fell on
his face to the earth..."
00:31:01.54\00:31:05.21
And what?
00:31:05.24\00:31:06.27
Was this a common ordinary man?
00:31:06.90\00:31:08.78
No, this was Jesus.
00:31:09.12\00:31:10.73
"...and said to Him, 'What does
my Lord say to His servant?'
00:31:10.76\00:31:15.53
Then the Commander of the
Lord's army said to Joshua,
00:31:15.81\00:31:19.19
'Take your sandal off
your foot, for the place
00:31:19.22\00:31:23.32
where you stand is holy.'"
00:31:23.35\00:31:25.68
Who was that Prince of the host?
00:31:26.64\00:31:28.44
It's none other
than Jesus Christ.
00:31:28.84\00:31:31.58
So what does the little horn do?
00:31:31.61\00:31:34.53
He even attacks the Prince
of the host, Jesus Christ.
00:31:34.56\00:31:38.17
And he takes
away from Jesus, what?
00:31:38.20\00:31:40.73
The daily.
00:31:41.18\00:31:42.42
And he casts the
Sanctuary to the ground.
00:31:42.65\00:31:45.37
Now you say, "What is
meant by that, the daily?"
00:31:45.40\00:31:48.60
As I mentioned, the word,
"sacrifice," is not there.
00:31:49.59\00:31:52.95
It's added by the translators,
but it is nowhere to be found
00:31:52.98\00:31:56.41
in the original Hebrew.
00:31:56.44\00:31:57.73
You see, the translators,
they felt that this little horn
00:31:58.92\00:32:01.84
represented Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:32:01.87\00:32:03.50
And Antiochus Epiphanes
eliminated the sacrifices
00:32:03.53\00:32:07.03
in the temple for three years.
00:32:07.06\00:32:08.36
So because they're
thinking Antiochus Epiphanes,
00:32:08.39\00:32:11.02
they're
translating, "daily sacrifices."
00:32:11.05\00:32:13.83
The fact is that the word
"daily" here is an adjective
00:32:13.86\00:32:17.39
that has no noun to qualify.
00:32:17.42\00:32:19.59
The word simply means, something
that goes on and on and on
00:32:20.25\00:32:24.93
without interruption.
00:32:24.96\00:32:26.17
In other words,
it's a technical term.
00:32:26.71\00:32:28.79
It should be
understood, not as an adjective,
00:32:28.82\00:32:31.08
although technically it is, it
should be understood as a noun.
00:32:31.11\00:32:35.75
And of course the question
is, he took away the daily what?
00:32:36.81\00:32:41.15
Well it must have something
to do with the Sanctuary, right?
00:32:42.25\00:32:44.98
Because the whole
theme of Daniel chapter 8
00:32:45.40\00:32:47.47
is the Sanctuary, correct?
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.01
Even the two animals that
you find in Daniel chapter 8
00:32:49.23\00:32:52.51
are the two most important
animals of the Sanctuary.
00:32:52.54\00:32:55.46
The daily service, morning and
evening, a ram was sacrificed.
00:32:55.70\00:33:00.13
And the yearly service,
a he goat was sacrificed.
00:33:00.33\00:33:04.18
So God is saying by
choosing these two beasts,
00:33:04.21\00:33:06.80
the central theme
of Daniel 8 is what?
00:33:06.83\00:33:10.00
The Sanctuary.
00:33:10.03\00:33:11.06
So the question is, the
little horn took away the daily.
00:33:11.09\00:33:14.15
The question is, the daily what?
00:33:14.18\00:33:16.14
Well, we need to look at
the answer in the Sanctuary.
00:33:17.42\00:33:20.37
Is that word used in
connection with the Sanctuary?
00:33:20.40\00:33:22.98
It most certainly is.
00:33:23.01\00:33:24.77
Now allow me to tell
you that this word is used
00:33:25.39\00:33:29.03
in connection with the ministry
of the priest in the court
00:33:29.74\00:33:34.13
and in the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary.
00:33:34.16\00:33:36.58
It's never used to refer to
anything that the priest does
00:33:37.09\00:33:40.66
in the Most Holy Place.
00:33:40.69\00:33:41.97
It's used to refer to what
he did in the court and in the
00:33:42.00\00:33:45.88
Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
00:33:45.91\00:33:47.34
Let me mention several
verses where this very word,
00:33:47.37\00:33:51.01
"tamid," is used.
00:33:51.04\00:33:53.01
Exodus 28 and verse 30.
00:33:53.04\00:33:55.34
And we're going to go quickly.
00:33:55.37\00:33:56.69
Exodus 28 and verse 30.
00:33:56.72\00:33:58.77
The high priest who
ministered in the Holy Place,
00:33:59.05\00:34:03.07
the Bible says that he
ministered continually.
00:34:03.10\00:34:05.83
Notice what it says there.
00:34:06.37\00:34:08.29
"Continually,"
that's the word "tamid."
00:34:25.27\00:34:27.05
Notice the similar
language in Hebrews 7:23-25
00:34:27.85\00:34:31.68
where it talks about Jesus.
00:34:31.71\00:34:33.22
Hebrews 7 verses 23 through 25.
00:34:33.25\00:34:36.19
Speaking about the
old system, it says...
00:34:36.82\00:34:38.70
See that word, "continuing?"
00:34:45.08\00:34:46.25
They couldn't
continue because they what?
00:34:47.14\00:34:48.97
Because they
died. And now notice...
00:34:49.00\00:34:50.89
Is the intercession of
Jesus Christ continual?
00:35:11.77\00:35:14.52
Is it tamid?
00:35:15.17\00:35:16.63
See, it really shouldn't
even be translated "daily."
00:35:16.66\00:35:19.72
It should be
translated, "continual."
00:35:19.75\00:35:22.01
Notice Exodus
chapter 29 and verse 42.
00:35:22.59\00:35:26.10
The sacrifices that were
offered morning and evening
00:35:26.13\00:35:28.83
are also referred to by
the word "tamid," continual.
00:35:28.86\00:35:33.08
It says...
00:35:33.11\00:35:34.14
Notice, the offering was what?
00:35:43.39\00:35:45.60
The continual burnt offering.
00:35:45.63\00:35:48.19
The fire that was
used to burn the sacrifices
00:35:48.22\00:35:51.29
was also a continual fire.
00:35:51.72\00:35:54.26
Notice Leviticus
chapter 6 and verse 13.
00:35:54.46\00:35:57.57
In other words, it was
to be burning continually.
00:36:04.70\00:36:07.90
The table of showbread,
the bread on the table,
00:36:08.17\00:36:11.79
it called the continual bread.
00:36:11.89\00:36:13.98
Notice Exodus
chapter 25 and verse 30.
00:36:14.41\00:36:17.24
Exodus chapter 25 and verse 30.
00:36:17.27\00:36:19.55
"And you shall set the showbread
on the table before Me always."
00:36:19.58\00:36:24.19
It's translated "always,"
but it's the word "tamid."
00:36:24.22\00:36:26.83
It could be translated,
"You shall set the showbread
00:36:26.86\00:36:29.81
on the table
before Me continually."
00:36:29.84\00:36:32.56
Notice also that the
seven lamps of the Holy Place
00:36:33.53\00:36:36.59
are called the continual lamps.
00:36:36.62\00:36:38.51
Leviticus chapter 24
and verses 1 through 4.
00:36:38.87\00:36:41.41
Leviticus chapter 24
and verses 1 through 4.
00:36:41.81\00:36:44.21
There's the word, "continually."
00:36:54.03\00:36:55.79
"Continually,"
there's the word again.
00:37:03.98\00:37:05.71
"Continually," once
again the same word.
00:37:13.97\00:37:16.35
So the continual refers to the
sacrifice, to the ministration
00:37:16.78\00:37:19.68
of the priest in the Holy
Place, to the fire that was
00:37:19.71\00:37:21.88
offered in the court.
00:37:21.91\00:37:23.01
It refers to the showbread,
it refers to the seven lamps.
00:37:23.04\00:37:26.06
It also refers to the
golden altar of incense
00:37:26.09\00:37:29.17
in the Holy Place.
00:37:29.20\00:37:30.40
Notice Exodus
chapter 30 and verse 8.
00:37:30.43\00:37:32.71
Exodus chapter 30 and verse 8.
00:37:32.74\00:37:34.52
Well the translation
says, "a perpetual incense."
00:37:42.50\00:37:46.37
It's the same identical word.
00:37:46.40\00:37:47.92
It could be, "a continual
incense before the Lord
00:37:47.95\00:37:51.33
throughout your generations."
00:37:51.36\00:37:53.47
Now let me ask you, what
did the altar and the lampstand
00:37:54.62\00:38:01.11
and the showbread
and the priest and the
00:38:01.67\00:38:05.74
altar of incense represent?
00:38:05.77\00:38:07.73
They represented
different aspects of the
00:38:08.14\00:38:10.99
saving ministry of whom?
00:38:11.02\00:38:12.57
Of the saving
ministry of Jesus Christ.
00:38:13.32\00:38:16.61
Now notice, the place of the
Sanctuary was going to be what?
00:38:17.22\00:38:20.55
Cast down to the earth.
00:38:20.58\00:38:22.87
Where does Jesus minister?
00:38:23.07\00:38:24.75
He ministers in
the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:38:25.69\00:38:27.73
What was the
little horn going to do?
00:38:27.76\00:38:29.56
The little horn was going
to take the heavenly ministry
00:38:29.91\00:38:32.76
of Christ and he was
going to cast it where?
00:38:32.79\00:38:35.54
To the earth.
00:38:35.57\00:38:36.62
He was going to establish
a rival earthly ministry
00:38:36.65\00:38:39.59
in place of the
ministry of Jesus Christ.
00:38:39.62\00:38:42.89
Let me ask you, how many
times does Jesus have to die?
00:38:43.80\00:38:46.44
The book of Hebrews
chapter 7 verse 27 says
00:38:48.00\00:38:50.52
that He dies once for all.
00:38:50.55\00:38:52.63
But in the Roman
Catholic Church, they teach that
00:38:54.16\00:38:56.50
at every mass Jesus
Christ is sacrificed once again.
00:38:56.53\00:39:00.39
Interesting.
00:39:01.32\00:39:02.46
But there's more.
00:39:02.93\00:39:04.04
They believe that in the little
wafer host, Jesus is contained
00:39:04.94\00:39:09.20
in each one of
those wafer hosts.
00:39:09.23\00:39:11.18
If there's ten million people
participating in the host,
00:39:11.21\00:39:14.26
Christ is fully and
completely in each one of them.
00:39:14.79\00:39:17.61
Furthermore, the interesting
thing is that this little host
00:39:18.89\00:39:24.46
is what shape?
00:39:24.49\00:39:25.84
Round.
00:39:26.45\00:39:27.48
And what color is it?
00:39:27.51\00:39:28.87
It's yellow.
00:39:29.90\00:39:31.42
What is round and yellow?
00:39:32.62\00:39:34.48
The sun.
00:39:35.31\00:39:36.36
Now listen carefully.
00:39:36.39\00:39:37.50
The host is kept in an artifact
that is called, the tabernacle.
00:39:38.31\00:39:42.86
It other words,
it's a little circle
00:39:44.16\00:39:45.58
and the host is placed inside.
00:39:45.61\00:39:46.99
And you know, outside the
place where you put the host,
00:39:47.02\00:39:50.05
there are the rays of
the sun sprouting out.
00:39:50.52\00:39:54.22
I don't know whether
you've ever seen that at the
00:39:54.71\00:39:56.37
Roman Catholic Church.
00:39:56.40\00:39:57.45
But it's very interesting.
00:39:57.48\00:39:58.76
And Catholics are told
that when the host is raised up,
00:39:59.48\00:40:03.54
they are to bow
and they are to what?
00:40:03.57\00:40:06.18
They are to worship the host,
because Jesus is in the host.
00:40:06.46\00:40:11.37
Furthermore...
00:40:11.86\00:40:13.01
Listen to what I'm going to say.
00:40:13.04\00:40:14.51
...the Roman Catholic Church
teaches that when the priests
00:40:14.54\00:40:17.56
pronounces those
words, "Hoc est corpus meum,"
00:40:17.59\00:40:21.06
"That is my body," he says it
in Latin in the traditional way,
00:40:21.09\00:40:25.00
what he does is he
creates Jesus Christ
00:40:25.40\00:40:30.22
really and truly in the host.
00:40:30.46\00:40:33.52
And the host is no
longer bread, even though
00:40:33.81\00:40:36.60
it appears like bread.
00:40:36.63\00:40:37.93
The appearance doesn't change.
00:40:37.96\00:40:39.30
But it is the real
body of Jesus Christ.
00:40:39.33\00:40:41.64
And the grape juice, or the
wine, that the priest drinks
00:40:41.67\00:40:45.40
is the real blood of
Jesus Christ, even though
00:40:45.43\00:40:48.62
it tastes like grape juice.
00:40:48.65\00:40:50.33
So where is the focus of
people in Roman Catholicism?
00:40:51.07\00:40:54.69
Is it upon the body
and blood of Jesus Christ
00:40:54.72\00:40:58.08
in heaven who died
once for all for us?
00:40:58.11\00:41:01.91
No, it is focused where?
00:41:02.11\00:41:04.11
It is focused on earth.
00:41:04.14\00:41:06.08
And an earthly
system cannot save.
00:41:07.49\00:41:10.31
This is very, very serious.
00:41:10.34\00:41:12.01
In fact, do you know that
one Roman Catholic theologian
00:41:12.04\00:41:14.80
said that the
priest could be called
00:41:14.83\00:41:17.53
the creator of his Creator?
00:41:17.56\00:41:20.24
Because he
creates Jesus in the host.
00:41:20.69\00:41:23.28
Amazing.
00:41:24.33\00:41:25.40
What does the
candlestick represent?
00:41:27.75\00:41:29.25
We already studied this.
00:41:29.28\00:41:30.31
What does the
candlestick represent?
00:41:30.34\00:41:31.98
It represents the
oil of the Holy Spirit
00:41:33.33\00:41:35.63
that is given to the church
so the church can give what?
00:41:35.92\00:41:40.47
So it can give light.
00:41:41.57\00:41:42.81
What happened
during the period of the
00:41:43.15\00:41:44.56
dominion of the little horn?
00:41:44.76\00:41:46.34
The light flickered.
00:41:47.69\00:41:48.83
That's why it's
called, what kind of ages?
00:41:48.86\00:41:51.24
It's called the Dark Ages.
00:41:51.52\00:41:53.31
Because the church no
longer preached the gospel
00:41:54.24\00:41:56.58
of Jesus Christ, which is
spoken of as light in Scripture.
00:41:56.61\00:41:59.64
In other words, it
affected the mission and the
00:42:00.25\00:42:04.91
message of the church.
00:42:04.94\00:42:06.83
What about the showbread?
00:42:07.21\00:42:08.64
What does the
showbread represent?
00:42:08.67\00:42:10.54
The showbread
represents the Word of God.
00:42:10.57\00:42:12.38
Twelve loaves because there's
enough to feed all of Israel,
00:42:12.41\00:42:15.53
all of God's people.
00:42:15.56\00:42:16.82
What did the Roman Catholic
Church establish in place of
00:42:17.39\00:42:21.42
the Word of God?
00:42:21.45\00:42:22.48
Tradition.
00:42:23.35\00:42:24.40
All kinds of
traditions came into the church.
00:42:24.83\00:42:27.37
Purgatory, limbo,
celibacy, auricular confession,
00:42:27.40\00:42:30.83
an eternally burning hell,
lent, processions, the mass,
00:42:30.86\00:42:34.13
relics, canonizations
of saints, the rosary,
00:42:34.16\00:42:36.77
bowing before images,
the immaculate conception,
00:42:36.80\00:42:39.46
the assumption of
Mary, the baptism of infants
00:42:39.49\00:42:42.58
by sprinkling, novenas,
the observance of Sunday.
00:42:42.61\00:42:45.65
I could continue the list.
00:42:45.68\00:42:47.15
None of which are
taught in Holy Scripture.
00:42:48.04\00:42:50.44
In other words,
instead of the Word of God
00:42:51.26\00:42:54.45
being the rule of the church,
the result was that the church
00:42:54.48\00:42:59.80
established tradition.
00:43:00.41\00:43:02.12
And therefore, people were
starving to death on earth.
00:43:02.15\00:43:05.63
By the way, at the Council
of Toulouse in the year 1229,
00:43:05.95\00:43:09.98
the Roman Catholic
Church officially forbade
00:43:10.37\00:43:13.74
lay people from
reading the Scriptures.
00:43:13.77\00:43:16.35
And there were other
decrees by other councils where
00:43:16.65\00:43:18.94
people were forbidden
from reading the Bible.
00:43:18.97\00:43:21.10
That's the reason why Martin
Luther, even when he was a monk
00:43:21.13\00:43:24.28
and he discovered a
Bible, he was surprised.
00:43:24.31\00:43:26.75
Because the Bible
was not accessible.
00:43:28.10\00:43:30.04
It was in Latin.
00:43:30.07\00:43:31.22
In fact, people like Wycliffe,
you know, when he translated
00:43:31.42\00:43:35.17
the Bible into English,
they burned him at the stake
00:43:35.20\00:43:38.54
for translating the
Bible into a language that
00:43:39.41\00:43:41.68
people could understand.
00:43:41.71\00:43:43.03
And so the Roman
Catholic Church substituted.
00:43:43.93\00:43:45.98
Instead of the bread,
it substituted tradition.
00:43:46.01\00:43:49.53
Let me ask you, what does
the altar of incense represent?
00:43:49.73\00:43:52.74
The altar of incense
represents that when we pray,
00:43:53.25\00:43:56.23
our prayers are blended
with the perfect merits of
00:43:56.26\00:43:59.34
Christ's righteousness
and we are accepted
00:43:59.37\00:44:02.14
in the sight of God.
00:44:02.17\00:44:03.62
Question, what did the
Roman Catholic Church establish
00:44:04.03\00:44:07.03
in place of the only
intercession of Christ?
00:44:07.06\00:44:10.14
We have one
mediator between God and man;
00:44:10.17\00:44:12.83
Jesus Christ the
Man, Scripture says.
00:44:12.86\00:44:15.13
What does the Roman
Catholic Church teach?
00:44:15.33\00:44:17.48
They say that we are
suppose to confess to whom?
00:44:17.51\00:44:20.43
We are suppose to
confess our sins to a priest,
00:44:20.92\00:44:23.38
an earthly priest.
00:44:23.41\00:44:25.06
And not only that, they
say that if we want access
00:44:26.23\00:44:29.15
to Jesus Christ, we have
to go through the virgin Mary.
00:44:29.18\00:44:32.41
And we have to go
through the saints.
00:44:33.26\00:44:35.82
You know why they teach that?
00:44:35.85\00:44:37.40
Even though they would
never admit it, because in their
00:44:38.04\00:44:40.74
theological formulations
they don't say this,
00:44:40.77\00:44:43.18
but in practical
reality it's this way.
00:44:43.21\00:44:46.33
You see, Jesus is seen by Roman
Catholics as a stern judge.
00:44:46.36\00:44:51.75
See, He was human but He really
wasn't exactly like one of us.
00:44:53.34\00:44:57.74
So we have to go through someone
who can really understand us.
00:44:57.77\00:45:01.61
Like Mary and like the saints.
00:45:01.64\00:45:05.65
And so what do we
have happening here?
00:45:06.82\00:45:08.80
All of the functions
that belong to Jesus Christ
00:45:09.31\00:45:12.94
in the heavenly Sanctuary,
what did the papacy do?
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.07
What did the little horn do?
00:45:16.10\00:45:17.58
It took all of those functions
and it placed them where?
00:45:17.61\00:45:21.12
And it placed them on earth.
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.72
Let me ask you, is
salvation at stake here?
00:45:22.75\00:45:25.89
It most certainly is.
00:45:26.41\00:45:28.12
Are you understanding what
the taking away of the daily is?
00:45:28.83\00:45:31.55
He took away the continual
ministration of Christ.
00:45:32.01\00:45:35.19
His feeding the
church with the bread,
00:45:35.68\00:45:37.94
His interceding for the church,
00:45:37.97\00:45:40.29
His giving the Holy
Spirit to the church
00:45:40.32\00:45:42.98
so that it could shed light,
00:45:43.01\00:45:44.15
the preaching that
Jesus died once for all
00:45:44.76\00:45:47.63
for the sins of the world.
00:45:47.66\00:45:49.06
And by the way, the Roman
Catholic Church also established
00:45:49.80\00:45:52.31
the idea that, you
know, you have to do penance
00:45:52.34\00:45:55.09
in order for your
sins to be forgiven.
00:45:55.12\00:45:57.37
So it wasn't enough for
Jesus to die on the cross.
00:45:57.40\00:46:00.46
You still have to do
part of the payment yourself.
00:46:01.16\00:46:04.14
Are you understanding
what Daniel 8 is talking about?
00:46:05.10\00:46:07.85
It's very serious.
00:46:08.26\00:46:09.53
It has to do with salvation.
00:46:09.56\00:46:11.07
Now let's go to Daniel
chapter 8 and verse 12.
00:46:11.76\00:46:14.09
It says, listen carefully...
00:46:15.59\00:46:18.61
The word, "sacrifices,"
shouldn't be there.
00:46:23.88\00:46:25.50
What does that mean,
an army was given to him?
00:46:25.53\00:46:28.08
What did we talk
about when we dealt
00:46:28.11\00:46:29.84
with the feet of the image?
00:46:29.87\00:46:30.90
What was joined together?
00:46:30.93\00:46:32.23
Church and what? State.
00:46:33.55\00:46:35.78
How did the church make
sure that people kept this
00:46:35.81\00:46:39.50
system going
that we talked about?
00:46:39.53\00:46:41.49
The church
couldn't do it as a church.
00:46:42.00\00:46:43.80
They had to have an army.
00:46:43.83\00:46:45.18
They had to have a
political power to back them up.
00:46:45.21\00:46:47.67
Is that exactly what
happened during the Dark Ages?
00:46:48.04\00:46:50.49
Did the church appeal
to the arm of the state to
00:46:50.90\00:46:53.38
punish anyone who was
not in favor of their beliefs
00:46:53.41\00:46:56.52
and their practices?
00:46:56.55\00:46:57.83
All you have to do is
read the history books.
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And so it says...
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Not the daily
"sacrifices." The "daily."
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Did the little horn prosper when
it was persecuting the saints?
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Absolutely, it prospered.
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Things went well.
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Was it necessary to
perform a judgment in heaven
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to rectify things?
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Do you think?
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Absolutely.
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And we're going to be
coming to that in a few moments.
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Now notice, it
continues saying...
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And by the way, the word
that is used here, "prosper,"
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is the same idea that
is used in Daniel chapter 7
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for the little horn.
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Now, when we get to
this point of the vision,
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the video goes blank.
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And now Daniel can
only hear the audio.
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Daniel chapter 8
verses 13 and 14.
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The video goes blank.
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Now he's not
seeing, he's only hearing.
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He's hearing a
conversation between two angels.
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The word, "vision,"
that is the word, "chazon."
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Now let me ask you, what
does the "chazon" include?
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It includes the
whole vision, right?
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Does it include Medo-Persia?
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Does it include Greece?
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Does it include the first
king of Greece, the four horns,
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the little horn in its
first and second stages?
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That's the vision,
that's the "chazon."
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And so the
question is, "How long..."
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A better translation would be,
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"Until when will
the chazon be..."
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Eliminate the
word, "sacrifices."
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Not there.
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You know, we have a
similar scene to this in
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Revelation chapter 6
and verses 9 through 11.
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There you have some
martyrs that are crying out
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from under the altar.
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This is the fifth seal.
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I wish we had time
to speak about this.
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This is the same
historical time period.
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And they're crying
out and they're saying...
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Because they've been
mowed down by the church
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that claims to be the
church of Jesus Christ.
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They're crying out, they're
saying, "Lord, until when?"
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Same question.
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"Will you not judge
and avenge our blood
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on those who have shed
our blood upon the earth?"
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Now notice verse 14.
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"And he said to me..."
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Literally, it says in Hebrew,
"For two-thousand three-hundred
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evening mornings."
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In other words, units that are
composed of evening and morning.
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In other words, days.
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The
translation, "days," is good.
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Now listen, there's a
very interesting nuance here.
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Before Daniel 8 verse
14, the word that is used for
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"Sanctuary" is
the word, "miqdash."
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But in Daniel chapter 8
and verse 14, the word for
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"Sanctuary" is changed.
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Instead of the word "miqdash,"
it uses the word, "qodesh."
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Interesting, "The
Sanctuary shall be cleansed."
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It's not the entire Sanctuary
that's been talked about.
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It must be
something different because
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a different word is used.
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Are you understanding me?
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So the Sanctuary to be
cleansed is not the "miqdash,"
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the whole Sanctuary structure.
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It is the "qodesh."
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Which must refer to the Most
Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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And we'll notice that
a little bit later on.
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Now notice Daniel
8 verses 15 to 19.
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"The vision;" the chazon.
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That word, "appearance,"
is the same word that's
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translated, "vision," we're
going to notice, in verse 16.
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Notice, so it says...
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"The vision;" the mareh.
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See, if you only
were reading in English,
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you wouldn't know
that a different word
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is used for "vision" here.
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It's not the word, "chazon."
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It's not referring
to the whole vision.
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A different word is
used. The word, "mareh."
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Which is the same word
that is used here where it says,
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"one appeared to me
having the appearance of a man."
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The word,
"appearance," is mareh.
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The word, "mareh," is used in
connection with the 2300 days.
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With that
particular conversation between
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the two heavenly beings.
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Verse 17.
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"The vision;"
this is the chazon.
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And then he goes on to explain
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the vision that
we just looked at.
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Let's go to Daniel chapter
8 and verse 20 very quickly.
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We have very little time.
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Now comes the explanation.
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Verse 21.
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Verse 22.
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In other words, they're
not going to be descendants
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of Alexander the Great.
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Is he explaining the vision?
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Absolutely, the whole vision.
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Verse 23.
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That is, of the four.
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"A king shall arise..."
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This is the
little horn, by the way.
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In other words,
he's a crafty politician.
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Verse 24.
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Why not by his own power?
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Where is he going
to get his power from?
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What was given to him?
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An army was given him.
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In Daniel 7, who
was it that helped him?
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The iron monarchy of Rome.
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The iron mixed with the clay.
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And so it says in verse
24, "His power shall be mighty,
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but not by his own power.
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He shall..." What?
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Ah, there's the host explained.
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He was going to destroy what?
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The holy people.
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That's the stars that
he was going to trample.
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Now comes the last
part which has to do with
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the Prince of the host.
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Verse 25.
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See, he's a shrewd politician.
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He's going to use deceit
to prosper under his rule.
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Is he going to be a haughty
power like the little horn
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who spoke blasphemies
against the Most High
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and tried to occupy
the place of the Most High?
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Absolutely.
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And notice...
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And now notice the last part.
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That's the same as the
"Prince of the host", right?
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Is he explaining every
element of this vision?
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Absolutely.
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And then he says...
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But there was one part
that he did not explain.
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The one part he did not
explain was the conversation
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between the two
angels; the time period.
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He ends with the
Prince of princes.
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Let's notice verse 26.
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"And the
vision..." This is the mareh.
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The conversation of
the two, the appearance.
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See, we know
what the "mareh" is.
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It has to do with the 2300 days,
with the evening and mornings.
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What was the only
thing that was not explained
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in Daniel chapter 8?
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The 2300 day aspect.
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Do you know why?
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Because Daniel got sick.
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Notice verse 27.
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"The vision;" that is
the mareh, not the chazon.
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Had the "chazon" been explained?
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Yes.
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"I was astonished at the mareh,
but no one understood it."
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What didn't he understand?
00:56:44.13\00:56:45.51
He understood the chazon because
God told him through Gabriel.
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Everything up to
the Prince of the host.
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But the only thing that
was left unexplained was what?
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The time period.
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The 2300 days.
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Now the big
question is, how can you know
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where the 2300 days end if
you don't know where they begin?
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Daniel 8 doesn't
tell us where they begin.
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Where would you expect to
find in the Bible the place
00:57:12.12\00:57:14.99
that would tell you
where the 2300 days begin?
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How about the next chapter?
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We're going to notice
in our next study that the
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next chapter tells us the
exact date for the beginning
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of the cleansing
of the Sanctuary.
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