Shall we pray.
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Our loving heavenly
Father, as we look at the world
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everything appears to
be spinning out of control.
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But we know that You're
seated on Your throne in heaven
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beyond the noise and the
hustle and bustle of earth.
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Nothing escapes Your attention.
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You have everything
under perfect control.
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We thank You that we can trust
You as such a wonderful God.
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And as we study the second part
of the prophecy of Daniel 8,
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we plead for the
help of Your Holy Spirit.
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Help us, Lord, to understand
not only intellectually,
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but also experientially.
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And we thank You for
hearing our prayer for we ask it
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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The first thing that we want to
do in our study today is review
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what we studied last time.
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Last time, we were
discussing Daniel chapter 8.
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And I'm going to go through
this rather quickly because
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we have a lot of material
to cover in our lecture today.
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You remember that in Daniel
chapter 8, the vision begins
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with a ram.
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And then after the
ram, we find that...
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Well in connection with the
ram, rather, we have two what?
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Two horns.
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And one of them is
higher than the other.
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When does the higher
one come out, first or last?
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The higher one comes out last.
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Now what is
represented by the ram?
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The kingdom of Medo-Persia.
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What do the two horns represent?
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They represent the fact
that it's a dual kingdom.
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And Persia was the predominate
kingdom that rose to power
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last, as we studied.
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And then we have
a flying he goat.
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What does the he goat represent?
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It represents the
kingdom of Greece.
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And the he goat has a
notable horn between its eyes.
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What does the
notable horn represent?
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The notable horn
represents the first king.
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And the first king was whom?
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Alexander the Great.
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And then when the
kingdom was strong,
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the great horn was broken.
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And how many horns
came out in its place?
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Four horns came
out in its place.
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And those four horns represent
the four divisions of what?
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Of Greece.
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Of Alexander's empire.
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And then from one of
the horns at the four winds,
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a little horn rises.
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And we noticed that it rises
from Pergamum in Asia Minor.
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And then this little horn,
first of all, conquers how?
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Horizontally.
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His conquests are earthly.
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But then this little
horn has a second stage.
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Now it's fight is not
against any kingdom on earth.
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Its fight is against whom?
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It's against the God of heaven.
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And we noticed that this
little horn attacked the host,
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which represents God's people.
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And we noticed that he also
attacked the Prince of the host.
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And who is the
Prince of the host?
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The Prince of the
host is Jesus Christ.
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And he took away what?
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The daily from Christ.
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Which means, the work of
Jesus in the court and in the
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Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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And then we noticed in Daniel
8 that the video goes blank
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and there's a conversation
between two heavenly beings.
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And one heavenly
being asked the other,
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"Until when will
this vision last?"
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It's the vision of the ram,
the goat, and the two stages
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of the little horn.
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Until when, or how
long, will this vision last?
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And the other one says to
this being, "Unto two-thousand
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three-hundred days and the
Sanctuary shall be..." What?
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"...shall be cleansed."
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And then we noticed that
Gabriel went on to explain
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the meaning of the
"chazon," of the vision.
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Did he explain
what the ram represents?
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Yes he did.
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Did he explain what
the two horns represent?
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Absolutely.
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Did he explain what the
flying he goat represents?
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Yes.
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Did he explain what
the notable horn is?
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Absolutely.
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Did he explain what
the four horns are in the
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second half of the chapter?
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Absolutely.
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Did he explain the horizontal
conquest of the little horn?
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Yes.
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Did he explain the
vertical attack of the
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little horn upon God?
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Absolutely.
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But the interesting thing
is that when Gabriel got to the
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part that had to do with
the 2300 days, or the appearance
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of the two beings that
were talking in heaven,
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he had to suspend the
explanation of the vision.
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He did not finish the
explanation of the vision.
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And so we noticed
that God tells Gabriel,
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"Gabriel, explain the mareh..."
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Which is the
other word for "vision."
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The first word is the
one that is used at the
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beginning of the chapter.
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"...explain the
mareh," which is the appearance
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of the two beings.
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And Gabriel could
not do it because Daniel,
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according to
Scripture, got sick.
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Let's read that in
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 27.
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Daniel chapter 8 and verse
27 tells us that Daniel did not
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understand the mareh.
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Now he understood the chazon,
which is the total vision.
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Because Gabriel explained it.
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But the portion that
he did not understand
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was the other word
for "vision" that is used
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in the middle of chapter 8.
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Notice what is says
in Daniel 8 verse 27.
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The word, "vision,"
there is not the "chazon."
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It's not what
Gabriel had explained.
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It's the word, "mareh."
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In other words, Daniel could
not understand the conversation
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of these two beings concerning
the time period, the 2300 days.
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And so it says, "I was
astonished by the vision,"
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by the mareh,
"but no one..." What?
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"...understood it."
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So which portion of the vision
did Daniel not understand?
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He understood the
chazon, the whole vision
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that includes the ram,
the he goat, the horns,
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the little horn and
its two stages, etc.
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But he did not
understand the mareh.
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Now let's give a little
bit of historical background.
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If you remember, Daniel
chapter 8 is taking place
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in the year 550 BC.
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And we're told there in Daniel
chapter 8 that after 2300 days,
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the Sanctuary would be cleansed.
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But we have a
problem in Daniel chapter 8.
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Is there any beginning
date for the 2300 days?
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Is there anything in Daniel
8 that says when the 2300 days
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were going to begin?
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Absolutely not.
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So would it be important
to know when the 2300 days
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are going to begin
so that we could know
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when the 2300
days are going to end?
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Absolutely.
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But in Daniel 8, you don't have
an explanation of the 2300 days.
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They're brought to view, but
you don't have an explanation.
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And you have
absolutely no beginning date.
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Now the question is,
where would you expect to find
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the explanation of the
beginning date of the prophecy
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of the 2300 days.
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The next chapter would be
a very good place to look.
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Now, let's go
forward to the year 538.
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This is the date
for Daniel 9. Okay?
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Daniel 8 is 550 BC.
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Remember that before
Christ we go down, right?
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Daniel chapter 9 is
taking place in 538 BC.
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Babylon has just
fallen the year before.
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Now Daniel knew that there was
a prophecy that God had given
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that the captivity
of Israel in Babylon
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was going to last 70 years.
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He knew that.
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In fact, let's read
that prophecy as we find it
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in 2 Chronicles 36
and verses 15 through 21.
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And I'm going to read
also the events that led up to
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the captivity of Israel.
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And this is a long passage,
but I'm going to read it
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because it's important.
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It says here...
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That is, of Israel.
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The king of the
Chaldeans was Nebuchadnezzar.
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So how long was Israel going to
remain in captivity in Babylon?
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According to Jeremiah, they
were going to be there 70 years.
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But now listen.
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Daniel chapter 9 is
taking place in 538 BC.
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Now Daniel knew when
the 70 year captivity began.
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It actually began
in the year 605 BC.
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And Daniel knew
from personal experience
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because Nebuchadnezzar
took him and his three friends
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to Babylon in the year 605 BC.
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And so if you go
from 605 BC forward
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for a period of 70 years,
you come to the year 536 BC.
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And Daniel 9 is
taking place in 538.
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And Daniel doesn't
see anything happening.
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He's saying, you know,
"God promised that in 70 years
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a decree was going to be given
for us to go back to our land
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to rebuild the city, rebuild
the temple, rebuild the walls.
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Here we are in 538; two more
years and the 70 years are over,
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and I don't see
anything happening."
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And so he's
very, very concerned.
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And so Daniel decides to take
another look at the prophecy
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of the 70 years of Jeremiah.
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Notice Daniel
chapter 9 verses 1 and 2.
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Daniel 9:1-2
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"In the first year of
Darius the son of Ahasuerus,
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of the lineage of the
Medes, who was made king
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over the realm
of the Chaldeans..."
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So what was Daniel studying
as Daniel chapter 9 begins?
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He was studying the prophecy
of the 70 year captivity.
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Because the 70 year
captivity is about to end.
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Now it appears that Daniel
was not able to reconcile the
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70 year prophecy of
Jeremiah with the prophecy
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of the 2300 days.
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Which, by the way, are years.
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Apply the year/day principle.
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In other words, Daniel says,
"God has said that our Sanctuary
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and our city will be
desolate and trampled upon
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for 70 years.
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"But now I remember
that 11 years ago God said
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that the Sanctuary
would be trampled and the
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city would be
trampled for 2300 years."
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So Daniel is trying to
figure out how to reconcile
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the 70 year prophecy with
the 2300 day, or year, prophecy.
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And suddenly a thought
comes to the mind of Daniel.
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Daniel says to
himself, "Is it perhaps possible
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that God has decided because
of the rebellion of His people,
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because they've been
so disobedient to Him
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that God has decided not to
fulfill His word and end the
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captivity after 70
years, but He has decided
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to extend it for 2300 years?"
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Are you understanding
the problem that Daniel has?
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"Is it just possible?"
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And so Daniel now raises to
God one of the most beautiful
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intercessory prayers that
we find in all of the Bible.
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Daniel chapter 9
and verse 4 through 11A.
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And I'm going to read
these verses, because we need to
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catch the context of
what we're looking at.
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Daniel chapter 9 verse 4.
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And we're going to
go through verse 11,
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the first part of the verse.
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This is where
Daniel confesses his sin
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and the sin of his people.
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Because he says, "God has
said 70 years the city and the
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Sanctuary are going
to be trampled upon,
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but then he said 2300
years and then the Sanctuary is
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going to be cleansed and
it's going to be trampled upon.
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How do I understand
the relationship between
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these two time periods?"
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And so he confesses his
sin and that of his people.
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Notice Daniel 9 verse 4.
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Notice he's confessing.
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What is Daniel doing?
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He's confessing his sin
and the sin of his people
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with no excuses, no
ifs, buts, or maybes.
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He's saying, "We
have sinned against You,
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and we confess our sin."
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And then in Daniel 9 verse
11, the last half of the verse,
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through verse 14,
Daniel describes the results
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of the disobedience of Israel.
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What is the fruit
of their disobedience?
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Notice what he continues saying.
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"Therefore..."
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That is, "Because we
have rebelled, because we have
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not obeyed the
voice of the Lord."
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"Therefore, the curse and the
oath written in the law of Moses
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the servant of God..."
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This is Deuteronomy 28
you need to write there,
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because that's where the
covenant curses are described.
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So notice, now he's talking
about the results, or fruits,
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of the disobedience of Israel.
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Disaster has come upon Israel.
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The curse has fallen upon them.
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And then in chapter 9
and verses 15 through 19,
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Daniel now
intercedes for his people.
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So you have first
of all, confession.
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Secondly, you have what?
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The results of the rebellion.
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And in the third
place, now Daniel
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intercedes before the Lord.
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He's going to say,
"Lord, please have mercy."
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Let's read Daniel 9
beginning with verse 15.
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Do you notice that
he's praying for the city,
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and he's praying
for the Sanctuary,
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and he's praying for the people?
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Are those the same
issues that were addressed
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in Daniel chapter 8?
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Absolutely.
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During the 2300 days,
the Sanctuary would be
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trampled upon, God's
people would be trampled upon,
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and the Prince of the
host would be trampled upon.
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So now, he's bring to
view all of these issues of
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Daniel chapter 8 because
he doesn't understand how the
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70 years relate
to the 2300 days.
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Verse 18.
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So he has confessed his
sin and the sin of Israel.
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He's spoken about
the results of the sin.
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And now he's
interceding before the Lord
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to pour out His
mercy upon His people.
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And then we come to verse 19.
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This is a very important
verse because it tells us
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what Daniel was worried about.
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Verse 19.
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There's a very important
little word that's used here.
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This is the
climax of his prayer.
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It's the last verse that
has to do with his prayer.
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Notice...
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And now notice,
"Do not..." What?
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What is Daniel's concern?
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That God is going to what?
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Delay his fulfillment of
the prophecy of the 70 years.
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He says...
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That word, "delay,"
is translated in the
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Old Testament, "defer,
to tarry, or to delay."
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Daniel is saying, "Lord, do
not delay the fulfillment of the
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prophecy of the 70 years.
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I know that Your
people have been sinners.
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But Lord, please
forgive and please don't extend
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this period to 2300 years."
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That is Daniel's concern.
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So then Daniel ends his prayer.
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And when Daniel ends his prayer,
Gabriel is sent to Daniel
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with the answer to his prayer.
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Now before we study the
answer to Daniel's prayer,
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I'd like to ask this question.
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Is there any vision so
far in Daniel chapter 9?
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Is there any vision?
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Is there any
appearance of heavenly beings
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speaking in Daniel
chapter 9 verses 1 through 19?
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None whatsoever.
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There is no vision, there
is no heavenly beings speaking.
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What do we have in the
first part of Daniel 9?
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We have only a what?
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Only a prayer.
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That's an important detail.
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Now go with me to
Daniel chapter 9 and verse 20
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where Daniel's prayer
is going to be answered.
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Here it says, "Now
while I was speaking..."
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Daniel is still
talking here, praying.
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Now notice what
he's praying for.
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For what?
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For the holy mountain.
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What was on the holy mountain?
00:23:09.25\00:23:11.01
On Mount Zion was
the temple of Jerusalem.
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Okay?
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And so he says...
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Who was the one that
appeared to Daniel in chapter 8?
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Gabriel.
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Is that the same angel?
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Absolutely. It says...
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That word, "vision,"
is the word "chazon."
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The very word that is
used in Daniel chapter 9
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to refer to the vision
of the ram, the he goat,
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the notable horn, the four
horns, the little horn, etc.
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So he says..
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Which vision at the beginning?
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Any vision in Daniel 9?
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No, so what vision must it be?
00:24:17.94\00:24:20.00
It must be that he's
coming back to explain the
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vision from what?
00:24:23.14\00:24:24.42
Daniel 8.
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Because the same word
is used, the word "chazon."
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So it's the same angel.
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And it says that, "I
had seen him in the vision
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at the beginning."
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A direct reference
to the previous chapter.
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It continues saying, verse 21...
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To understand what?
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Is there anything that
needed to be understood
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in verses 1 through 19?
00:25:10.19\00:25:12.17
No, there's no new vision.
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There's no new dream.
00:25:14.75\00:25:15.95
What does Daniel
need to understand?
00:25:16.39\00:25:18.26
Does he need to
understand the ram?
00:25:19.38\00:25:21.17
No. Does he need to
understand the goat?
00:25:21.60\00:25:23.90
No. Does he need to
understand the notable horn?
00:25:24.07\00:25:26.85
No. Does he need to
understand the four horns?
00:25:26.88\00:25:29.37
No. Does he need to
understand the little horn
00:25:29.62\00:25:32.25
and its geographical
and religious extension?
00:25:32.28\00:25:35.13
Absolutely not.
00:25:35.20\00:25:36.23
That has already been what?
00:25:36.26\00:25:37.82
Explained in chapter 8.
00:25:37.85\00:25:40.27
What is the part that
he did not understand?
00:25:40.30\00:25:42.58
The 2300 day prophecy.
00:25:43.10\00:25:45.36
Notice what it
continues saying in verse 22.
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Interesting.
00:25:58.03\00:25:59.17
And it continues
saying in verse 23...
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In other words, God
gave Gabriel a command.
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"Therefore..."
Now listen carefully.
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"Therefore, consider the matter
and understand the mareh."
00:26:21.36\00:26:26.94
What is the part that
Daniel had not understood?
00:26:30.46\00:26:32.63
Did he understand the chazon?
00:26:33.92\00:26:35.79
Yes.
00:26:36.03\00:26:37.06
What is the part
he did not understand?
00:26:37.09\00:26:38.80
The mareh.
00:26:39.26\00:26:40.30
And so it says here,
"Therefore, consider the matter
00:26:40.47\00:26:45.39
and understand the vision."
00:26:45.62\00:26:48.02
Understand the mareh.
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Now what I want you to
do is take out that sheet
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that we distributed, and
I'm going to go through a
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summary of the whole
thing, chapter 8 and chapter 9,
00:26:55.52\00:26:58.23
so you have this
crystal clear in your minds.
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We'll go first of all to
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 15.
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After Gabriel has
given this vision to Daniel,
00:27:06.20\00:27:12.05
I want you to
notice how Daniel reacts.
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Daniel 8 verse 15.
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"Then it happened when I,
Daniel, had seen the vision,"
00:27:16.88\00:27:20.55
that is the word chazon,
"and was seeking the..." What?
00:27:20.58\00:27:24.72
Did Daniel
understand the chazon?
00:27:25.38\00:27:27.49
Not before the interpretation.
00:27:27.83\00:27:29.48
Because the interpretation, in
verse 15, hadn't been given yet.
00:27:29.59\00:27:32.43
And so it says, "...then
suddenly there stood before me
00:27:32.65\00:27:35.64
one having the
appearance of a..." What?
00:27:35.67\00:27:38.67
"...of a man."
00:27:38.90\00:27:39.93
By the way, that's Gabriel.
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Now let's go on
to verses 16 and 17.
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Gabriel is commanded
to explain this to Daniel.
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Notice verse 16.
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"And I heard a man's voice
between the banks of the Ulai,
00:27:51.67\00:27:55.40
who called and said,
'Gabriel, make this man
00:27:55.70\00:28:00.02
understand the vision.'"
00:28:00.05\00:28:02.89
Now that word,
"vision," is the word, "mareh."
00:28:03.13\00:28:05.36
Why would it say, "Make
this man understand the mareh?"
00:28:06.07\00:28:09.62
Well that's the focus
that needs to be explained.
00:28:09.93\00:28:12.49
But what does Gabriel have
to do in order to be able to
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.19
explain the mareh?
00:28:15.22\00:28:16.46
He has to explain what?
00:28:17.70\00:28:19.41
He has to explain the chazon.
00:28:20.28\00:28:22.12
Everything that comes before
that leads up to the mareh.
00:28:22.22\00:28:25.35
Are you understanding me or not?
00:28:25.38\00:28:26.71
And so, what is the
part that God commands
00:28:27.25\00:28:29.78
Gabriel to explain to Daniel?
00:28:29.81\00:28:31.49
He says, "Explain the mareh."
00:28:31.52\00:28:32.89
But in order to explain
the mareh, he first of all
00:28:32.92\00:28:35.68
has to explain what?
00:28:35.71\00:28:36.74
The chazon, because the
mareh is the culmination
00:28:36.77\00:28:39.81
of the chazon.
00:28:39.84\00:28:41.20
And so it says, "And I
heard a man's voice between
00:28:41.23\00:28:44.22
the banks of the
Ulai, who called and said,
00:28:44.25\00:28:46.74
'Gabriel, make this
man understand the mareh.'
00:28:46.77\00:28:49.66
So he came near where
I stood, and when he came
00:28:50.61\00:28:54.16
I was afraid
and fell on my face.
00:28:54.19\00:28:55.96
But he said to me,
'Understand, son of man,
00:28:55.99\00:28:59.37
that the vision refers
to the time of the end.'"
00:28:59.40\00:29:02.79
And then what does Gabriel do?
00:29:03.19\00:29:04.92
Gabriel begins explaining what?
00:29:05.60\00:29:08.38
The chazon.
00:29:08.42\00:29:11.28
He explains the ram, the
he goat, the notable horn,
00:29:11.31\00:29:15.04
the four horns, the little horn
and its political extension,
00:29:15.24\00:29:18.97
the little horn and
its religious extension,
00:29:19.00\00:29:21.09
how he tramples on the
host, and how he also attacks
00:29:21.12\00:29:26.08
the ministry of
the Prince of the host.
00:29:26.11\00:29:28.76
And then what does
he want to explain?
00:29:30.85\00:29:32.60
He wants to explain the mareh.
00:29:34.03\00:29:35.62
But what happens with Daniel?
00:29:35.92\00:29:37.56
Daniel got sick.
00:29:39.43\00:29:40.63
Let's read Daniel
chapter 8 verses 26 and 27.
00:29:41.35\00:29:44.46
It says, "And the vision..."
00:29:45.24\00:29:46.27
By the way,
that's the word "mareh."
00:29:46.30\00:29:47.75
"...of the
evenings and mornings..."
00:29:48.56\00:29:49.76
Now we know that
the mareh refers to the
00:29:49.79\00:29:51.40
evenings and mornings, right?
00:29:51.43\00:29:52.76
The 2300 day prophecy.
00:29:52.79\00:29:54.52
"And the mareh of
the evenings and mornings
00:29:54.87\00:29:57.10
which was told is true.
00:29:57.13\00:29:58.23
Therefore seal up the
vision, for it refers to many
00:29:58.26\00:30:01.30
days in the future.
00:30:01.33\00:30:02.54
And I Daniel..."
00:30:02.57\00:30:03.60
What happened to him?
00:30:03.63\00:30:04.73
You can
understand the confusion.
00:30:05.99\00:30:08.02
70 years; now
God say 2300 years.
00:30:08.32\00:30:11.64
Daniel is puzzled.
00:30:11.84\00:30:12.92
He says, "I don't get this."
00:30:12.95\00:30:14.86
And so it says...
00:30:14.89\00:30:15.92
"By the vision;"
that is, by the mareh.
00:30:22.29\00:30:23.69
"But no one..." What?
00:30:24.97\00:30:26.43
"...understood."
00:30:27.20\00:30:28.31
Interesting.
00:30:28.34\00:30:29.40
Had the chazon
already been explained?
00:30:29.43\00:30:32.10
Yes, so what is the part
that he doesn't understand?
00:30:32.64\00:30:35.35
The part concerning
the evenings and mornings.
00:30:35.90\00:30:38.35
It says so here, "And
the vision," or the mareh,
00:30:38.38\00:30:40.95
"of the evenings and
mornings which was told is true.
00:30:40.98\00:30:43.32
Therefore seal up the
vision, for it refers to
00:30:43.35\00:30:45.42
many days in the future.
00:30:45.45\00:30:46.67
And I, Daniel,
fainted and was sick for days.
00:30:46.70\00:30:48.96
Afterward, I arose and
went about the kings business.
00:30:48.99\00:30:51.10
I was astonished by the mareh,
but no one understood it."
00:30:51.13\00:30:55.23
Let me ask you, had
Gabriel completed his mission?
00:30:56.34\00:30:59.02
No, because God
had told Gabriel,
00:30:59.97\00:31:01.62
"Explain to Daniel..." What?
00:31:01.65\00:31:03.23
The mareh.
00:31:03.98\00:31:05.01
What is the only thing
that Gabriel had explained?
00:31:05.36\00:31:07.78
The chazon.
00:31:07.82\00:31:10.48
So did he need to
complete his mission?
00:31:10.51\00:31:12.84
He absolutely needed
to complete his mission.
00:31:13.27\00:31:16.05
And so in Daniel 9:20-23,
as we've studied, Gabriel what?
00:31:16.08\00:31:20.44
He comes back.
00:31:20.67\00:31:21.95
And he says, "Now, I'm
going to explain..." What?
00:31:22.42\00:31:25.80
"I'm going to
explain the mareh."
00:31:26.09\00:31:27.68
And he gives the
prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:31:28.15\00:31:31.10
And after he gives the
prophecy of the 70 weeks,
00:31:31.94\00:31:34.95
notice Daniel 10 verse 1.
00:31:34.98\00:31:36.98
The first verse after
the prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:31:37.18\00:31:40.32
It says...
00:31:40.35\00:31:41.38
Which is around the year 536.
00:31:44.50\00:31:46.52
And notice, "And he
understood the message,
00:31:54.99\00:31:59.29
and had
understanding of the mareh."
00:31:59.33\00:32:03.16
Did Daniel now
understand the mareh?
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.09
Is there something in
the prophecy of the 70 weeks
00:32:06.73\00:32:10.18
that is useful in
explaining the 2300 days?
00:32:10.39\00:32:14.79
Do you see the
connection or not?
00:32:15.94\00:32:17.58
Did the 70 week
prophecy help Daniel understand
00:32:18.89\00:32:26.16
the mareh that has to
do with the 2300 days?
00:32:26.19\00:32:29.67
Absolutely.
00:32:29.70\00:32:30.73
Because you notice that before
the prophecy of the 70 weeks
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.70
Daniel says, "I
don't understand."
00:32:34.73\00:32:36.17
Gabriel says, "I have come
to give you understanding."
00:32:36.37\00:32:39.17
Gabriel gives the
prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:32:39.44\00:32:41.77
And after he gives the
prophecy of the 70 weeks,
00:32:41.80\00:32:43.81
Daniel says, "I understand."
00:32:43.84\00:32:45.39
So the 70 weeks
explain the 2300 day prophecy.
00:32:46.08\00:32:50.72
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:32:50.75\00:32:52.18
Very, very important.
00:32:53.16\00:32:54.44
Now, let's notice Daniel
chapter 9 verses 23 and 24.
00:32:56.70\00:33:03.19
"At the beginning
of your supplications
00:33:04.27\00:33:06.16
the command went out,
and I have come to tell you,
00:33:06.19\00:33:08.33
for you are greatly beloved.
00:33:08.36\00:33:09.48
Therefore, consider the matter
and understand the vision."
00:33:09.51\00:33:12.21
Understand the mareh.
00:33:14.37\00:33:15.61
And then what does
Gabriel explain to Daniel?
00:33:15.91\00:33:19.97
The 70 weeks.
00:33:20.63\00:33:21.96
So are the 70 weeks
instrumental in explaining
00:33:22.88\00:33:25.85
the 2300 days?
00:33:25.88\00:33:27.21
There's no way
you can get around it.
00:33:27.24\00:33:28.82
Now notice what verse 24 says.
00:33:29.39\00:33:31.56
"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
00:33:31.59\00:33:34.73
and your holy city..."
00:33:35.32\00:33:36.84
And then there are six things.
00:33:37.81\00:33:39.76
"...to finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
00:33:40.42\00:33:44.33
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:33:44.63\00:33:46.80
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:33:47.20\00:33:49.30
to seal up..."
00:33:49.65\00:33:50.75
A better translation
would be, "to bring to an end."
00:33:50.85\00:33:53.47
"...vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the Most Holy."
00:33:53.50\00:33:57.96
Six things that were going
to happen during the period of
00:33:58.62\00:34:01.27
the 70 week prophecy.
00:34:01.30\00:34:02.83
Once again, I need to underline
this because it's so important.
00:34:03.10\00:34:06.78
Does the prophecy of the
70 weeks have anything to do
00:34:07.11\00:34:09.96
with understanding the
prophecy of the 2300 days?
00:34:09.99\00:34:12.20
Is there a connection
and a link, yes or no?
00:34:12.23\00:34:14.32
Absolutely.
00:34:14.61\00:34:15.64
You can't get out of it.
00:34:15.67\00:34:17.12
Because very, very clearly
Daniel does not understand,
00:34:18.22\00:34:22.62
Gabriel explains
the 70 week prophecy,
00:34:22.65\00:34:25.50
then Daniel says,
"Now I understand."
00:34:25.53\00:34:28.00
Now let me tell you something
about that word, "determined,"
00:34:28.83\00:34:31.97
that is used here.
00:34:32.00\00:34:33.16
"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
00:34:33.19\00:34:36.31
and for your holy city."
00:34:36.34\00:34:38.42
Now that word, "determined,"
this is the only time
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.47
that it appears
in the Old Testament.
00:34:41.50\00:34:44.35
It's what theologians
call a hapax legomenon.
00:34:44.80\00:34:49.14
In other words, it appears only
once in the Hebrew Scriptures.
00:34:49.17\00:34:52.76
Now it's
translated in different ways;
00:34:53.16\00:34:55.13
determined, marked out, etc.
00:34:55.16\00:34:57.93
But the basic meaning
of the word, "chathak,"
00:34:58.26\00:35:01.40
is actually to cut off, to cut.
00:35:01.68\00:35:06.86
Even though it's not
used in other places of
00:35:07.95\00:35:10.31
the Old Testament, it
is used in the mishnah.
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.74
Do you know what the mishnah is?
00:35:12.77\00:35:14.04
It's a collection
of Jewish traditions.
00:35:14.07\00:35:16.11
And it's very ancient.
00:35:16.46\00:35:18.19
And the word, "chathak,"
is used in the mishnah.
00:35:18.22\00:35:21.58
Let me explain
how it's used there.
00:35:21.61\00:35:23.49
Because it does help
to understand how the
00:35:24.06\00:35:25.89
Jews used terms.
00:35:25.92\00:35:27.21
Even thought it doesn't
appear in the Bible, we know
00:35:27.31\00:35:30.54
how they used
these particular words.
00:35:30.57\00:35:33.75
The word, "chathak," is used
for cutting parts off of animals
00:35:34.07\00:35:39.26
in the sacrificial service.
00:35:39.96\00:35:41.69
It's used for cutting off
the foreskin in circumcision.
00:35:42.28\00:35:47.11
It's used to cut
the wick of a lamp.
00:35:47.84\00:35:52.25
It's used to cut
ore out of a mountain.
00:35:53.07\00:35:57.16
And it's also used cut or
divide the Bible into two parts,
00:35:57.80\00:36:03.20
a verse that you're
studying divided into two parts.
00:36:03.23\00:36:06.03
In other words, the basic
meaning of the word, "chathak,"
00:36:06.13\00:36:09.24
is, "to cut off."
00:36:09.27\00:36:11.34
Now, of course,
the big question is,
00:36:13.36\00:36:15.13
when it says in
Daniel 9 and verse 24,
00:36:15.47\00:36:18.23
"70 weeks are cut off for
your people and your city,"
00:36:18.81\00:36:23.12
the question is,
cut off from where?
00:36:23.15\00:36:26.53
Let me ask you this.
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.12
When something is cut off, must
it be cut off from something?
00:36:30.88\00:36:36.07
Absolutely.
00:36:36.71\00:36:37.82
For example, if you're going
to cut a branch off of a tree,
00:36:37.85\00:36:40.29
do you have to have a
tree to cut the branch off of?
00:36:40.95\00:36:43.08
Of course.
00:36:43.11\00:36:44.14
So the 70 weeks are cut off.
00:36:44.17\00:36:45.88
Where do you suppose the
70 weeks will be cut off from?
00:36:45.91\00:36:48.81
They must be cut off from where?
00:36:49.60\00:36:51.95
From the
prophecy of the 2300 days.
00:36:52.22\00:36:54.30
You see, the prophecy of the
2300 days is the longer portion
00:36:54.33\00:36:57.84
of the prophecy.
00:36:57.87\00:36:58.90
The 70 weeks, as we're going to
study in our next two lectures,
00:36:58.93\00:37:02.36
is the first portion that
is cut off from the longer
00:37:02.39\00:37:06.27
2300 day period.
00:37:06.30\00:37:07.80
Raise your hand if you're
understanding what I'm saying.
00:37:07.83\00:37:09.89
That's what the
basic word means.
00:37:11.23\00:37:12.60
It means to cut off.
00:37:12.63\00:37:14.86
In other words, the 70 weeks are
cut off from the longer prophecy
00:37:15.56\00:37:20.25
of the 2300 days.
00:37:20.28\00:37:22.53
Now basically what
I'm saying is that in
00:37:22.73\00:37:24.52
Daniel chapter 9 and verse
2, Daniel is motivated to pray
00:37:24.55\00:37:30.37
because of the
desolation of Jerusalem.
00:37:30.40\00:37:33.21
Whereas later on in
Daniel chapter 9 and verse 25,
00:37:33.52\00:37:38.03
Gabriel comes back and he
says, "Listen, your prayer
00:37:39.53\00:37:42.70
has been answered.
00:37:42.73\00:37:43.87
Jerusalem will be
restored after the 70 years.
00:37:44.22\00:37:48.44
There will be a command to
restore and to build Jerusalem
00:37:48.47\00:37:52.44
at the end of the 70 weeks."
00:37:52.47\00:37:55.72
But the 70 weeks
are the first portion
00:37:55.92\00:37:58.81
of the 2300 day prophecy.
00:37:58.84\00:38:00.74
Now listen to what
I'm going to say because
00:38:00.94\00:38:02.48
it's very, very important.
00:38:02.51\00:38:03.89
70 weeks is
symbolic language, isn't it.
00:38:05.11\00:38:10.07
Because we're not talking
about literal weeks, are we.
00:38:10.75\00:38:13.27
We're talking
about symbolic weeks.
00:38:13.75\00:38:15.85
In other words, 70 weeks;
and each week has how many days?
00:38:16.58\00:38:20.30
Each week has 7 days.
00:38:20.56\00:38:22.41
Are we talking about
literal days, or are we
00:38:22.44\00:38:25.49
talking about symbolic days?
00:38:25.52\00:38:27.89
We're talking
about symbolic days.
00:38:28.35\00:38:29.98
You have to apply
the year/day principle.
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.88
And by the way, I
know very few scholars
00:38:31.91\00:38:35.35
who would say that the 70
weeks are to be taken literally.
00:38:35.53\00:38:40.52
Because they know that
the 70 weeks are really
00:38:41.24\00:38:44.43
weeks of years.
00:38:44.63\00:38:47.20
Even though the text does
not say, "weeks of years,"
00:38:47.23\00:38:50.02
some translations
translate "weeks of years."
00:38:50.05\00:38:52.82
Because they know that
the 70 week prophecy is really
00:38:52.85\00:38:57.24
a prophecy
concerning 70 weeks of years.
00:38:58.46\00:39:01.59
Now if you multiply 70
times 7, 70 weeks times 7 days,
00:39:01.62\00:39:06.34
how much do you come up with?
00:39:06.66\00:39:08.20
You come up with 490.
00:39:08.66\00:39:11.20
490 days, right?
00:39:12.54\00:39:14.90
Because there's 70 weeks.
00:39:14.93\00:39:16.29
But those days represent what?
00:39:16.64\00:39:18.62
Those days represent 490 years.
00:39:19.12\00:39:22.03
Now listen carefully.
00:39:22.06\00:39:23.16
The real reason why
Bible expositors don't want to
00:39:24.07\00:39:27.30
connect Daniel 8 with
Daniel 9, do you know?
00:39:27.33\00:39:30.55
Most scholars refuse to
see any connection between
00:39:30.58\00:39:33.70
Daniel 8 and Daniel
9 even though we saw
00:39:33.73\00:39:35.99
a clear connection.
00:39:36.02\00:39:37.78
Point after point after point
shows that there's a connection
00:39:38.63\00:39:41.99
between Daniel 8 and Daniel 9.
00:39:42.02\00:39:43.52
But most scholars don't
want to connect Daniel 8 and 9,
00:39:43.84\00:39:47.14
including many
Adventist scholars.
00:39:47.17\00:39:49.72
Do you know the reason why?
00:39:50.17\00:39:51.55
It's very simple.
00:39:51.78\00:39:52.83
If you apply the year/day
principle to the 70 weeks,
00:39:53.49\00:39:57.09
which is the first
part of the 2300 days,
00:39:57.73\00:40:00.31
you have to apply the
year/day principle to the
00:40:00.51\00:40:02.70
2300 days as well.
00:40:02.73\00:40:04.39
Are you following me or not?
00:40:05.74\00:40:07.03
And if you do that,
if you take the 70 weeks
00:40:07.81\00:40:11.51
as applying the year/day
principle; they're actually
00:40:11.54\00:40:14.42
weeks, but they represent years,
the 2300 days are the longer
00:40:14.45\00:40:18.82
portion of which the
70 weeks are cut off,
00:40:18.85\00:40:22.15
you would have to apply the
year/day principle also to what?
00:40:22.18\00:40:25.43
To the 2300 days.
00:40:25.70\00:40:27.26
And have mercy, if you
did that you'd have to become
00:40:27.49\00:40:30.08
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:40:30.11\00:40:31.44
According to what we're going to
study in the next two lectures.
00:40:33.48\00:40:35.86
There's no way around it.
00:40:35.89\00:40:37.11
And that's the
reason, the real reason, why
00:40:38.21\00:40:40.67
scholars don't really want to
connect Daniel 8 with Daniel 9.
00:40:41.14\00:40:45.90
They say that they're dealing
with two different topics.
00:40:45.93\00:40:48.57
It's impossible
that they're dealing with
00:40:49.30\00:40:50.83
two different topics.
00:40:50.87\00:40:51.93
We've already noticed abundant
evidence that these two chapters
00:40:51.96\00:40:55.52
are actually very
closely connected.
00:40:55.55\00:40:57.96
Are you understanding my point?
00:40:57.99\00:40:59.39
Now let's examine the six
things that were going to be
00:41:00.42\00:41:04.49
accomplished during the
prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:41:04.52\00:41:07.88
Do you remember what they are?
00:41:07.91\00:41:09.55
Finish the transgression,
00:41:10.34\00:41:12.01
make an end of sins,
00:41:12.63\00:41:14.52
make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.85
bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:41:18.19\00:41:20.75
seal up vision and prophecy,
00:41:21.04\00:41:25.49
and anoint the Most Holy.
00:41:25.73\00:41:28.06
Now let's take these one at
a time and show how they are
00:41:28.84\00:41:33.13
fulfilled during this 70 week
period, particularly during the
00:41:33.16\00:41:36.96
last week of the 70 weeks.
00:41:36.99\00:41:39.72
Let's deal first of all with,
"finish the transgression."
00:41:40.04\00:41:43.23
This word, "transgression,"
is the strongest word
00:41:43.98\00:41:47.66
in the Old Testament for sin.
00:41:47.98\00:41:50.10
There are many words for
sin in the Old Testament.
00:41:50.13\00:41:53.70
But this particular Hebrew
word is the strongest word.
00:41:53.90\00:41:57.19
Really, it should be
translated, rebellion or revolt.
00:41:58.24\00:42:03.89
In other words, it is a high
handed rebellion against God.
00:42:04.61\00:42:08.65
And by the way, this is
not some indefinite rebellion.
00:42:09.32\00:42:12.21
Because in the
Hebrew, the word, "rebellion,"
00:42:12.65\00:42:16.46
or the word, "transgression,"
has the definite article.
00:42:16.49\00:42:20.22
It is, "the" transgression.
00:42:20.25\00:42:22.73
This is a
specific transgression,
00:42:22.76\00:42:24.99
a specific
rebellion, or a specific revolt,
00:42:25.02\00:42:28.32
that will finish during
the period of the 70 weeks.
00:42:28.74\00:42:34.75
Now we're going to find in
our study that this really is
00:42:35.38\00:42:38.68
referring to the
constant rebellion of Israel
00:42:38.71\00:42:42.29
against God, the constant
revolt of Israel against God.
00:42:42.32\00:42:46.63
And Israel could
choose to end this rebellion
00:42:47.10\00:42:51.39
in one of two ways.
00:42:51.42\00:42:52.70
The first way would be
to receive the Messiah,
00:42:53.12\00:42:55.99
and in this way end their
constant rebellion against God.
00:42:56.56\00:42:59.82
The second way that
they could do it would be to
00:43:00.43\00:43:03.24
irrevocably revolt against the
Messiah, and this would bring
00:43:03.27\00:43:08.08
the Hebrew theocracy to an end.
00:43:08.11\00:43:10.57
In other words, everything
was determined by an acceptance
00:43:10.87\00:43:14.08
or rejection of the Messiah.
00:43:14.11\00:43:16.05
They could choose to
continue their revolt
00:43:16.08\00:43:19.28
and rebellion against God or
they could accept the Messiah
00:43:19.31\00:43:22.62
and bring their constant
revolt and rebellion to an end.
00:43:22.65\00:43:26.21
Prophecy, as well as the
gospels, tell us that they
00:43:26.62\00:43:29.67
chose the second option.
00:43:29.70\00:43:31.05
And we're going to study
this when we deal with the
00:43:31.26\00:43:33.16
prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:43:33.19\00:43:35.44
Now let's go to our
second accomplishment.
00:43:35.47\00:43:37.69
"To make an end of sins."
00:43:37.72\00:43:40.63
Notice it doesn't say,
"To make an end of sinning."
00:43:41.06\00:43:43.71
It says, "To
make an end of sins."
00:43:44.32\00:43:47.29
How did Jesus
make an end of sins?
00:43:47.61\00:43:50.52
By bearing them where?
00:43:51.71\00:43:53.41
By bearing them upon
Himself on the cross.
00:43:53.84\00:43:56.59
In fact, let's
notice several texts.
00:43:56.62\00:43:58.34
Hebrews chapter 1 and
verse 3 tells us that when Jesus
00:43:58.37\00:44:04.02
"had by Himself purged our
sins, sat down at the right hand
00:44:04.05\00:44:09.81
of the Majesty on high."
00:44:09.84\00:44:11.50
He purged our sins.
00:44:11.53\00:44:13.46
Hebrews 9 and verse 28 says...
00:44:13.69\00:44:17.04
Hebrews 9 and verse 26 tells
us that Jesus appeared once
00:44:23.10\00:44:28.91
at the end of the
ages to put away sin
00:44:28.94\00:44:35.23
by the sacrifice of Himself.
00:44:35.26\00:44:37.58
And finally, Hebrews
chapter 10 and verse 12
00:44:38.01\00:44:40.66
tells us about Jesus.
00:44:40.69\00:44:43.02
"This Man, after He had offered
one sacrifice for sins forever,
00:44:43.12\00:44:48.80
sat down at the
right hand of God."
00:44:49.10\00:44:52.43
Did Jesus take upon Himself
the sins of the whole world?
00:44:52.97\00:44:56.94
He most certainly did.
00:44:56.97\00:44:58.46
Did He make an end of
sin not sinning, but of sin,
00:44:58.66\00:45:03.14
by bearing it upon Himself?
00:45:03.17\00:45:04.69
Absolutely.
00:45:04.72\00:45:05.75
This phrase is also Messianic.
00:45:05.78\00:45:08.62
All of the accomplishments
of the 70 weeks were
00:45:09.12\00:45:12.14
going to be
accomplished by the Messiah.
00:45:12.17\00:45:13.97
You cannot separate the
70 weeks from the Messiah.
00:45:14.00\00:45:17.35
Because it's the
story of the Messiah.
00:45:18.08\00:45:20.46
It's not the story of
some antichrist that's going to
00:45:20.49\00:45:23.31
appear in the future.
00:45:23.34\00:45:24.82
It's speaking
about Jesus Christ.
00:45:25.44\00:45:26.98
Do you think it would
be a very serious thing
00:45:27.18\00:45:29.31
to take a prophecy
that applies to Christ
00:45:29.34\00:45:31.41
and apply it to the antichrist?
00:45:31.44\00:45:33.65
A very, very serious matter.
00:45:34.40\00:45:36.35
Now in the prophecy of the 70
weeks we're going to see this.
00:45:36.38\00:45:39.26
You are going to be
amazed at the next two lectures.
00:45:39.29\00:45:43.19
I can assure you.
00:45:43.22\00:45:44.25
As I prepared, I
was amazed myself.
00:45:44.28\00:45:46.98
Because Scripture is so
powerful, it's not because
00:45:47.39\00:45:50.94
I have some supernatural wisdom.
00:45:50.97\00:45:53.12
The wisdom is in Scripture.
00:45:53.22\00:45:54.79
I was amazed at how
everything fits together.
00:45:54.82\00:45:57.59
Now let's take the third phrase,
00:45:58.37\00:45:59.85
"To make
reconciliation for iniquity."
00:45:59.88\00:46:02.54
Let me ask you, who
reconciled man to God?
00:46:03.45\00:46:05.81
Jesus did.
00:46:06.39\00:46:07.58
Notice Isaiah chapter 53.
00:46:07.61\00:46:09.49
It says, "But He was wounded
for our transgressions..."
00:46:09.79\00:46:13.79
In Romans
chapter 5 and verse 10,
00:46:23.74\00:46:26.10
the word, "reconciliation,"
is used with regards to Christ.
00:46:26.13\00:46:29.61
It says there...
00:46:29.64\00:46:30.67
What is it that
reconciled us to God?
00:46:46.18\00:46:48.38
The sacrifice of
Jesus Christ on the cross.
00:46:49.36\00:46:52.04
This phrase is also Messianic.
00:46:52.07\00:46:54.27
Notice 2 Corinthians
chapter 5 and verses 18 and 19.
00:46:54.72\00:46:57.64
Once again, the idea of
reconciliation is connected
00:46:57.74\00:47:00.76
with the Messiah.
00:47:00.79\00:47:01.88
It says there, "Now all things
are of God, who has..." What?
00:47:01.91\00:47:07.15
Now let's go to
our fourth phrase.
00:47:29.18\00:47:32.29
"To bring in
everlasting righteousness."
00:47:32.90\00:47:36.65
A better translation
would be, "To introduce
00:47:36.68\00:47:39.43
everlasting righteousness."
00:47:39.64\00:47:41.64
Do you know what name is given
prophetically to Jesus Christ?
00:47:42.00\00:47:45.16
He is called in
Jeremiah 23 verse 6,
00:47:45.46\00:47:49.13
"The Lord our righteousness."
00:47:49.16\00:47:54.13
Are you acquainted with 1
John chapter 2 and verse 1
00:47:55.28\00:47:58.73
where it says that
John writes these things
00:47:58.76\00:48:01.34
so that we do not sin.
00:48:01.37\00:48:02.74
But if we sin, we have
an advocate with the Father.
00:48:02.77\00:48:05.65
Jesus Christ the what?
00:48:05.68\00:48:07.31
The righteous.
00:48:07.45\00:48:08.48
Did Jesus introduce
everlasting righteousness
00:48:08.51\00:48:11.37
by His life on this earth?
00:48:11.40\00:48:12.82
He most certainly did.
00:48:12.85\00:48:14.40
Notice Isaiah
chapter 53 and verse 11.
00:48:15.61\00:48:18.63
We're told there
about the Messiah.
00:48:19.06\00:48:21.69
"By His knowledge shall My
righteous Servant justify many."
00:48:21.72\00:48:28.66
So what is He
called? The what Servant?
00:48:29.78\00:48:31.74
The righteous
Servant shall justify many,
00:48:32.10\00:48:34.81
"for He shall
bear their iniquities."
00:48:34.84\00:48:37.79
This thought is
developed repeated times
00:48:37.82\00:48:40.59
in the New Testament.
00:48:40.62\00:48:41.65
For example, in Romans
3 and 4, the whole subject
00:48:41.68\00:48:44.50
is righteousness
through Jesus Christ.
00:48:44.53\00:48:47.64
1 Corinthians
chapter 1 and verse 30,
00:48:48.24\00:48:50.37
Jesus Christ is
called our righteousness.
00:48:50.77\00:48:54.79
Did Jesus Christ introduce
everlasting righteousness
00:48:55.09\00:48:58.31
by His coming to this world?
00:48:58.34\00:48:59.94
He most certainly did.
00:48:59.97\00:49:01.40
He brought in
everlasting righteousness.
00:49:01.64\00:49:05.13
Now let's go to
our fifth phrase.
00:49:05.53\00:49:07.56
"To seal up..."
00:49:07.59\00:49:08.94
A better translation
is, "To bring to an end..."
00:49:09.37\00:49:11.94
We will take a look at
this phrase in our topic,
00:49:11.97\00:49:15.25
not the next one,
but the one after.
00:49:15.28\00:49:17.22
"To seal up," or to bring to
an end, "vision and prophecy."
00:49:17.25\00:49:22.63
Now you say, "What could
this mean, to bring to an end
00:49:23.02\00:49:25.89
vision and prophecy?"
00:49:25.92\00:49:27.28
Does this have
anything to do with the Messiah?
00:49:27.31\00:49:29.98
The fact is that we're going to
deal with this more extensively
00:49:30.63\00:49:34.27
when we deal with the 70 weeks.
00:49:34.30\00:49:36.24
But allow me just to
make a couple of comments.
00:49:36.27\00:49:38.92
The 70 weeks actually
end in the year 34 AD.
00:49:39.54\00:49:46.22
And what great event marked
the ending of the 70 weeks?
00:49:46.57\00:49:50.82
We're going to study this.
00:49:50.85\00:49:51.96
You have to
accept it by faith now.
00:49:52.02\00:49:54.09
What is the great event that
brought the 70 weeks to an end?
00:49:55.22\00:49:58.86
It was the stoning of Stephen.
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You see, the 70
weeks, we're going to see,
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they present the
baptism of Jesus, His death
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in the middle of the
week, and then at the end
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you have the stoning of Stephen.
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And I'm going to
prove to you from the Bible
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that the stoning of Stephen is
the ending date of the 70 weeks.
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And I'm going to prove it with
abundance biblical evidence.
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Even Adventists who,
you know, have studied this
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and wondered about why we
end with the stoning of Stephen,
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you're going to
see it very clearly.
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Do you know that the last
prophet who received a vision
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for literal Israel was whom?
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Stephen.
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I'm going to prove to you that
Stephen was the last prophet
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that God sent to
the Jewish Sanhedrin.
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Did Stephen see a
vision of Christ in the
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heavenly Sanctuary?
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He says, "I see heaven
open and the Son of Man
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at the right hand of God."
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He's seeing this how?
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In vision.
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Is this the last vision
that God is going to give
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to the literal Hebrew theocracy?
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Yes it is.
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Stephen is the last
prophet who gets the last vision
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for the Jewish nation.
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When they decide to
stone him, vision and prophecy
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come to an end.
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Are you understanding me?
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Now the important thing
is you understand the concept
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because we're going
to go through this with a
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fine tooth comb, scripturally,
in our next couple of lectures.
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Now let's go to
our final phrase.
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"To anoint the Most Holy."
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Literally, it says, "To
anoint the Holy of Holies."
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Now this expression
can be understood in
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two different ways.
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First of all, the
expression, "Holy of Holies,"
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can be understood of a person.
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It can be
understood of Jesus Christ.
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He is the Holy of
all of the holy ones.
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Or it can be understood
also as the Most Holy Place
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of the heavenly Sanctuary.
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Now the question is,
which of these two translations
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is the correct one?
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The fact is, I
believe that both of these
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translations are correct.
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Both of these
concepts are correct.
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You say, "How do you know that?"
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Because when the Hebrew
Sanctuary was inaugurated,
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the entire
Sanctuary was anointed.
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Including the Most Holy Place.
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And also Aaron the High
Priest was anointed as well.
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In other words, the
entire Sanctuary including the
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Most Holy Place was anointed.
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And also the High Priest,
Aaron, was anointed as well.
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I want you to read Leviticus
chapter 8 verses 1 through 12
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where you have this original
ceremony where the Sanctuary
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and the High Priest are anointed
as they begin their service
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in the Sanctuary.
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Let me ask you, when
Jesus went to heaven,
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was He anointed High
Priest over His people?
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He most certainly was.
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Notice Acts chapter
2 and verses 32 to 36.
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We're not going to read it
because we don't have the time.
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But there very clearly,
Peter, on the day of Pentecost,
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explains that Jesus Christ
was anointed Priest and King
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over His people.
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I want to read a statement
from Acts Of The Apostles,
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page 38, this is a
book written by Ellen White,
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where she speaks about
when Jesus was inaugurated
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as our High Priest in the
Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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She says this.
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"The Pentecostal outpouring
was heaven's communication that
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the Redeemer's
inauguration was accomplished."
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In other words, the tongues of
fire and the mighty rushing wind
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was an earthly announcement
that Jesus had been inaugurated
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as the High Priest.
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She continues saying,
"According to His promise,
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He had sent the Holy Spirit
from heaven to His followers
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as a token that He
had, as Priest and King,
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received all authority
in heaven and on earth,"
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and now notice, "and was the
anointed One over His people."
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So was Jesus anointed
to be the High Priest?
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Absolutely.
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You want to read an
interesting little psalm?
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Psalm 133.
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It speaks about
the anointing of Aaron.
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I wish we had time to
talk about this psalm.
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It's a real short one.
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It begins by saying
how wonderful it is for
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brothers and sisters to
live together in harmony
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or in unity.
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Are we in one accord?
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And then it speaks
about Aaron and the oil being
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poured over the head of Aaron.
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And it's dripping down
his beard and it's dripping
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down his garments.
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And the oil is so
abundant that it's dripping
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down on Mount Zion.
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You know, that's
describing the day of Pentecost.
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When Jesus Christ was anointed
High Priest over His people,
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He received the gift of
the Holy Spirit from His Father
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before He gave it.
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His Father gave Him
the gift of the Spirit.
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And then Jesus poured it
out upon His followers on earth.
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And the Holy Spirit was
so abundant that Jesus was
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anointed with that
it actually dripped down
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into the upper
room on Mount Zion
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where the disciples
were gathered together.
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Now let me ask you, as
soon as Daniel chapter 9
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comes to an end, does
Daniel now understand the mareh?
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Let's finish by reading
Daniel chapter 10 and verse 1.
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Daniel chapter 10 and verse 1.
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It says, "In the third
year of Cyrus king of Persia
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a message was
revealed to Daniel,
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whose name was
called Belteshazzar.
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The message was true, but
the appointed time was long..."
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What is that referring to,
"the appointed time was long?"
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Ah, the prophecy
of the 2300 days.
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Absolutely.
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"And he..." What?
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"...understood the message..."
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And in case you
didn't understand that part,
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it says, "...and had
understanding of the..."
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Mareh. "...of the vision."
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Does Daniel now understand?
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What led him to understand?
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How did he
understand the mareh now?
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Because Gabriel had
explained the prophecy of what?
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Of the 70 weeks.
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Thus, the 70 weeks are
the first portion of what?
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Of the 2300 day prophecy.
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If we can know
when the 70 weeks begin,
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we can know when the
cleansing of the Sanctuary
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begins 2300 years later.
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And I can assure you that
the date is the year 1844.
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More specifically, by examining
the Hebrew feasts we can
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specify the day
and the month as well.
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It is October 22, 1844
when the 2300 days, or years,
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come to an end and
the process of cleansing
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the Sanctuary begins.
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We will have a whole
lecture on what it means
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to cleanse the Hebrew Sanctuary.
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