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"Is the city of Jerusalem the
centre of attention for the
unfolding of events in the final
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crisis here on this earth?"
Today let's take a journey to
the city of Jerusalem. We will
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stand overlooking the city of
Jerusalem. We will see some
magnificent places, some ancient
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places - but the centrepiece and
most recognizable structure of
modern Jerusalem is the Temple
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Mount. There on the temple mount
stands the Dome of the Rock,
which was built at the end of
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the seventh century. Now many of
the conflicts that have occurred
in Jerusalem over the
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years have occurred because the
Dome of the Rock. It is one of
the most holy places for Islam,
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and is actually built on the
site of Mount Moriah, which is
where the ancient Jewish temple
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was. This mixture of two
religions has created
considerable issues in the
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Middle East. In fact at the
bottom of Mount Moriah there is
the Wailing Wall, and up at the
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top you have the Dome of the
Rock. Two religions in continual
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tension. It has led to the
question that many Christians
are asking, that many people
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around the world are asking, is,
"Will the Jewish temple - which
was burned down and destroyed in
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70 A.D. - at Jerusalem be
rebuilt?" And the question we
must ask is, "Is this temple, a
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rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, the
focus of our attention in the
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last days?" In order to answer
these questions, along with the
question of the mysterious 2300
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days, we must step back further
in time. We must understand a
little bit of the history of the
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temple in order to answer these
questions. We must go to those
ancient ruins of Egypt. If
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you're familiar with Biblical
history.God's people, the Hebrew
people, were taken captive into
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Egypt. Initially, they actually
were living there by free
choice. The Egyptians provided a
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shelter in a time of famine.
Joseph, one of the sons of
Jacob, became the chief of the
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commanders in Egypt. And then
his brothers and father came to
the land of Goshen in Egypt to
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live and find refuge. Now if you
go to Egypt today, you will see
these magnificent structures -
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some of these structures were
likely built by the Hebrew
people, not the pyramids, but
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many of them. The Hebrew people,
over time, begin to grow and
multiply in population and
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became a threat to the
Egyptians. The Egyptians then
enslaved the Hebrew people to
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control them.. The Hebrew people
were enslaved for over 400 years
and sometime around the 16th or
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15th century B.C., God's people
are reconnected to Him. A
leader, Moses, rises up. Moses
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was a Hebrew; however, he was
brought up in an Egyptian home.
He was trained in the royal
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courts of Egypt and Egyptian
schools. He was being groomed to
be a leader in that land. Later
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in life, he became reconnected
with his Hebrew roots, he became
reconnected with God, and God
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called Moses to lead the
children of Israel out of Egypt.
That event is called the exodus,
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and it is recorded
in the book Exodus.
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Through the Hebrew people's 400
years enslavement, they had
become disconnected with their
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God. As they made their way out
of Egypt, God wanted to
reconnect with them. And God
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instructed them, in the Sinai
peninsula, in Exodus 25, for
them to build a sanctuary. The
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purpose of that
sanctuary is stated plainly:
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The sanctuary was to be a
reminder to God's people of the
relationship he desired with
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them. This is why the sanctuary,
when it was set up amongst the
Israelites, among those twelve
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tribes, that the sanctuary was
right at the centre of the camp.
It was symbolic and the physical
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location was indicative of what
God wanted for His people. It
was to be at the very centre of
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their life. And so that is what
they did. Additionally the Bible
says that God would lead
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them by a pillar of fire at
night and protected by a cloud
during the day. The Hebrew
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people became reconnected with
God. The sanctuary system set up
a system of sacrifice that
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pointed forward to Jesus as the
Messiah, the Lamb of God that
taketh away the sins of the
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world. Within the sanctuary,
there was a courtyard, in that
courtyard, the altar, and laver.
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Within the very structure,
called the tent of meeting,
wasthe holy place, and the most
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holy place. Every day,
sacrifices were made in the
sanctuary. Every day, people
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would bring their sin offerings.
Every day, sacrifices would be
made. Lambs would sacrificed.
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Then the priest would take the
blood into the sanctuary. He
would take the blood into the
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sanctuary, into the holy place.
And that was a daily activity.
The sinner's guilt was
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symbolically transferred to the
perfect lamb, then - don't miss
this - that sin that had been
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transferred to the lamb was
symbolically transferred to the
sanctuary. Understanding the
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symbolism of the sanctuary, the
sanctuary is a demonstration, is
a physical manifestation of
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where God wants to dwell. And so
sin was actually transferred
from the people into God's
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dwelling place. So the perfect
lamb was slain and its blood
caught in a basin, that basin
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taken into the sanctuary. All of
that is symbolic of the
sacrifice of Jesus and remember
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that happened daily. Then once a
year, on a special festival or a
special feast, something
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different occurred. It was
called the Day of Atonement. The
definition of atonement is
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contained in the very word. If
you break the word "atonement"
up into separate parts, it is
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"at-one-ment." That's all
atonement is. Atonement is
bringing us back into one with
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God.
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The day of atonement brought
abouta unique happening. The
sacrifice would be made, the
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blood would be collected into
the basin, but there would no
sprinkling on the way into the
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sanctuary. The priest would go
all the way - only once a year,
into the most holy place. And
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there, he would place blood upon
the altar, and then he would
place blood going out of the
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sanctuary. Don't miss the
direction. Daily, the blood goes
in; once a year, it comes out.
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The Day of Atonement was a day
of cleansing where the sanctuary
would be figuratively,
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symbolically cleansed of all the
sin that had been placed there
throughout the year. The
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wildernesses sanctuary was a
temporary structure. It was a
structure that was set up, and
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then would be taken down. As the
Israelites eventually settled in
Jerusalem, they built a
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permanent structure, and that
permanent structure was
Solomon's temple. The Day of
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Atonement was at the end of the
Jewish year when the high priest
entered the most holy place of
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the sanctuary. It was a day of
repentance and confession. It
was the most solemn day of the
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year because it was a day of
judgement. The Day of Atonement
was a day of judgement and it
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was the cleansing of the
sanctuary. After Israel entered
the promised land, the
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wilderness sanctuary was
replaced by Solomon's
magnificent temple. And at
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Solomon's temple, the same
activities continued throughout.
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There have been volumes written
on this topic and what I have
presented is a simplified
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version of a lot of history and
theology. The sanctuary system
continued in Solomon's time.
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However, Solomon's temple didn't
last forever. In 586 B.C.
Nebuchadnezzar destroyed that
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temple. Jerusalem was destroyed
and the people were taken into
exile into Babylon. Years
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later, they were allowed to come
out of Babylon, under the
Persians and commissioned to
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rebuild, and they being
rebuilding. The temple was
rebuilt and existed in Jerusalem
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during Jesus' time. Eventually
that temple was destroyed in 70
A.D. This is the temple that
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Jesus was referring to when He
was looking over the city and He
was weeping and He said,
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The sanctuary was left desolate.
It was fulfilment of the
prophecy of Matthew chapter 24,
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that the Roman empire would come
in 70 A.D. and destroyed the
temple. This event is recorded
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in one of the reliefs of the
Arch of Titus. Will the temple
at Jerusalem be rebuilt, and is
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this the temple that is the
focus of last-day events? And
here's what we find as we look
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at the Scriptures. Although the
earthly temple played a vital
role, the earthly temple has
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been destroyed, and God directs
our eyes to another temple. The
Apostle Paul says in writing the
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book of Hebrews:
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This word "main point" literally
means, this is the chief point.
This is the capstone of
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everything we've been
saying to you. It goes on
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This is remarkable. There is an
original sanctuary, because God
asked the Israelites to make a
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copy. What was it a copy of? It
was a copy of the temple in
heaven. And the Apostle Paul
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writes in Hebrews
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Paul says this is the chief
point. That's the capstone.
That's the capstone of
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everything I've been teaching
you, that we have a high priest,
and He serves in the true
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tabernacle made by God and not
man. While much of Christianity
has been almost duped into
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believing we need to look to
literal Jerusalem, God is saying
however, "Listen, Jerusalem is
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an important place, but I need
you to stop looking to the east,
and I need you to look to the
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north and look to the heavens,
because what I want to show you
is up in heaven." This is why in
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Hebrews 4:16 says,
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You see, when Paul is writing
Hebrews, he doesn't write
Hebrews in a way in which he's
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speaking symbolically. He's
writing in a way that is literal
of things that are happening and
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literal places that are in
heaven. So to help us understand
this, we need to go back to the
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book of Daniel, Daniel chapter 7
specifically. Daniel sawfour
beasts. Then Daniel sees in
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vision a judgment
scene, and it says:
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Daniel uses throne room imagery
that has language that is very
similar to the sanctuary. And
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Daniel says that judgement
commences in a courtroom that
has a lot of language that looks
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like the sanctuary, where books
are opened. In last book of the
Bible, in Revelation 14 is
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recorded God's counterattack to
Satan's deceptive assault on the
church. Revelation chapter 14,
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God sends three angels with
three messages. The first
message is a clear one:
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What is God's counterattack to
Satan's counter-attack? The
everlasting gospel. But it's not
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just any gospel. The everlasting
gospel that says something, to
preach to those who dwell on the
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earth, to every nation, tribe,
tongue, and people. So the
everlasting gospel has no one
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that is left out. It goes to any
and all people, and this is the
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message: The hour of His
judgement has come. Is that
future tense? No, no, it doesn't
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say "The hour of His judgement
will come." It says, "The hour
of His judgement has come." We
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have a sanctuary, Day of
Atonement, judgement; Daniel 7,
judgement; Revelation 14,
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judgement. What's going on here?
You see, Revelation 22:12
records that at His coming
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that... Friend, if Jesus is
coming to give His reward at the
second coming, what must happen
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before He comes? Judgement.
Jesus Himself, said Matthew
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16:27: Too often in Christianity
we talk about judgement and it
makes us very nervous,
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frightening. But Jesus wants us
to understand something. Before
Jesus comes, something needs to
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happen.
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Jesus is coming again to make
all things that are wrong right.
Jesus is coming to take His
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people home with Him to heaven.
And in order to take people home
with Him to heaven, He needs to
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know who has fitted themselves
for citizenship in heaven. And
in order to do that, the Bible
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is quite clear, that judgement
must happen before He comes.
While Revelation describes the
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details about the judgement, the
book of Daniel predicts when and
where the judgement will occur.
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The book of Daniel, we left off
in Daniel chapter 8. Daniel
chapter 8 ends with these words:
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What didn't he understand? And
what was he astonished by?
Daniel chapter 8 and verse 14.
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2300 days. It's a time prophecy.
What's this all about? It would
seem to be very important,
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because we just talked about
this. The Bible talks about how
critical the sanctuary is. The
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Bible talks about a sanctuary in
heaven. Daniel was given a
vision of 2300 days, and the
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sanctuary will be cleansed. Now,
the angel visitor Gabriel gave
him some key pieces that will
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help us understand this.
Gabriel, make this man
understand the vision.
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Daniel didn't understand the
vision, but here are the
elements he does understand:
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number one: the vision is for
the end of time. Number two: it
speaks of the sanctuary being
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cleansed. Now, how did Daniel
know that it was referring to
the heavenly sanctuary? Was
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there any sanctuary existent
when Daniel was given the
vision? There was no sanctuary.
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So Daniel's mind would not have
been drawn to the sanctuary in
Jerusalem because there was
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none. His mind would've been
drawn to the heavenly sanctuary
And number three: it is a
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symbolic time period because the
Bible says 2300 days, but then
it says it's at the time of the
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end. Did Daniel live in the time
of the end? No, because we're
all here. And unless some of us
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are about 2,500 years old, it
wasn't the time of the end when
Daniel was alive. So there must
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be something
symbolic about this 2300 days.
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Daniel longed for an answer and
while it only takes mere seconds
for you or me to turn the pages
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from chapter 8 to chapter 9, for
Daniel, that time span was 13
years. Daniel chapter 9 records
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his continued prayers:
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Daniel studied his Bible, and he
prayed. He didn't give up on
God, even though during that
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13-year timespan, God did not
tell him what this vision meant.
It is a lesson for us in our
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practical, spiritual walk with
God. Don't give up on God. Don't
stop praying. Don't stop reading
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the Bible, because as soon as we
do that, we turn off the
communication. Stay in
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communication with God.
Specifically Daniel was studying
the prophet Jeremiah, the
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message of the prophet Jeremiah
was very simple for 70 years,
you will be in captivity in
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Babylon. In Daniel's later years
that 70 years was coming to an
end. And so as he was reading
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this, he prayed. He asked for
the sins of his people to be
forgiven and not to forget the
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Hebrews. Something notable
happens. In Daniel chapter 9
verse 23, the Bible says that an
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angel visitor comes and begins
speaking to Daniel and says,
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Friends, Daniel chapter 8 leaves
off with Daniel not
understanding a vision. The 2300
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day vision. Now in Daniel
chapter 9, the angel says, "I
have come to help you understand
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the vision." What vision was he
coming to help him understand?
Without a doubt, The 2300
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days.The angel Gabriel comes to
Daniel and says, "Listen, I've
come to help you understand the
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vision of the 2300 days. It is
in that vision, that we can
answer all the questions
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surrounding the Jerusalem
factor. But we've run out of
time today. Next week, the
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answer will thrill you,
you won't want to miss it.
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Heavenly Father, we are so
grateful that You are in control
of all things. And dear Lord,
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You want us to be ready. You've
told us about the judgement.
You've not kept it secret from
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us. But we know in that
judgement, You're not looking to
keep us out of heaven; we know
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in that judgement, you are
looking for every opportunity to
get us to heaven. And so today,
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as we pray, we place our faith
and trust in You, knowing that
You will give us the strength,
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you'll give us the courage, and
that we would be ready when Your
Son Jesus comes again soon. We
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pray this in Jesus' name, amen.
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Dear friends, the sanctuary
message, the 2300-day message
can be a very confusing message.
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Hopefully this program has
helped make it simple. But I
want to give an offer to you
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today for further reading to
help it be even more simple. I
want to offer to you the little
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booklet Blood Behind the Veil.
This book was written by Joe
Crews, and it will help you dig
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deeper and understand more
completely this prophecy of the
2300 days, this prophecy of the
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sanctuary message and the hope
that it brings that Jesus is
coming soon to take us home.
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Here's the information you
need to receive today's offer.
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Friends, the greatest assurance
in a time of judgement is to be
on the side of Jesus, to be in a
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relationship with Him, to have
security in Him. I want to
invite you to go to our web
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page, www.itiswrittencanada.ca,
and there you'll find resources
on how to dive more deeply into
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relationship with Jesus. You'll
find some of our programs there
along with an ability to sign up
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for Bible studies and other
resources to develop your
spiritual library. You can also
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go to our YouTube channel,
youtube.com/iiwcanada, and there
you can find all of our archived
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programs. You can follow us on
Twitter. You can like us on
Facebook. You can follow me on
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Twitter @PastorHolland. My dear
friends, Jesus desires to take
us all to heaven. I hope you
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enjoyed today's program. I
invite you to join us again next
week. Until then, remember, it
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is written: "Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds from the
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mouth of God."
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