The prophecy that we are talking about 00:00:34.43\00:00:36.33 is here in Daniel 8:14, where that reads, 00:00:36.36\00:00:40.12 "For two thousand three hundred days, 00:00:40.15\00:00:42.75 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." 00:00:42.78\00:00:45.78 And there its two basic elements that we see here, 00:00:45.81\00:00:48.55 we see the time element the 2,300 days 00:00:48.58\00:00:50.79 and we see the event the cleansing of the sanctuary. 00:00:50.82\00:00:54.34 But take your Bibles and let's look at Daniel 8. 00:00:54.37\00:00:58.04 It's the Old Testament page 636 or thereabouts. 00:00:58.07\00:01:02.45 We're gonna look at the context. 00:01:02.48\00:01:03.75 Whenever we look at a Bible text 00:01:03.78\00:01:05.29 we always ought to give some consideration to the context. 00:01:05.32\00:01:08.90 And the context tells us something very important 00:01:08.93\00:01:10.99 about the 2,300 day prophecy. 00:01:11.02\00:01:13.06 We are looking at verses 15-17, 15-17. 00:01:13.09\00:01:18.97 And so, very next verse "When I, Daniel, 00:01:19.00\00:01:21.25 had seen the vision and I sought to understood 00:01:21.28\00:01:24.19 to behold standing before me was one who looked like a man" 00:01:24.22\00:01:28.70 actually, an angel " and I hear the voice of a man's 00:01:28.73\00:01:31.54 between the banks of the Ulai, 00:01:31.57\00:01:33.26 and he called out, and said, 'Gabriel.' 00:01:33.29\00:01:35.85 " We know this is the angel Gabriel, don't we? 00:01:35.88\00:01:38.60 "Give this man an understanding" 00:01:38.63\00:01:41.03 an understanding of "the vision. 00:01:41.06\00:01:43.06 And so he came near to where I was standing, 00:01:43.09\00:01:45.32 and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face, 00:01:45.35\00:01:48.35 but he said to me, 'Son of man, 00:01:48.38\00:01:51.27 understand that the vision pertains 00:01:51.30\00:01:53.36 to the time of the end.' 00:01:53.39\00:01:55.24 "That is a clue in the context. 00:01:55.27\00:01:58.86 And we would might, we might suspect 00:01:58.89\00:02:01.42 that this is long is all over the time prophecies would reach 00:02:01.45\00:02:04.88 right on down to the end times, to the last days. 00:02:04.91\00:02:08.96 And that's exactly, what Gabriel said, 00:02:08.99\00:02:10.84 it pertains to the time of the end. 00:02:10.87\00:02:13.60 And you can go on. 00:02:13.63\00:02:15.17 Gabriel has more to say about the vision and by the way 00:02:15.20\00:02:18.27 as it talks about the 2,300 day prophecy it is the end part 00:02:18.30\00:02:22.05 of a larger vision that was given to Daniel. 00:02:22.08\00:02:25.18 We're not taking time to look at the verses previous 00:02:25.21\00:02:29.24 to what we read in verse 14. 00:02:29.27\00:02:31.56 But you will find that he goes on to give a very precise 00:02:31.59\00:02:34.76 and a very exact interpretation of the vision as a whole. 00:02:34.79\00:02:41.25 But there is only a passing reference 00:02:41.28\00:02:43.96 to the 2, 300 day prophecy. 00:02:43.99\00:02:47.06 And we see that as we come down to verse 26 00:02:47.09\00:02:49.81 and verse 26 this is what we find, 00:02:49.84\00:02:52.51 the angel says that "The vision of the evenings and mornings 00:02:52.54\00:02:55.48 which has been told its true but keep the vision secret 00:02:55.51\00:02:58.43 for it pertains the many days and future." 00:02:58.46\00:03:01.71 Now notice here in the American Standards 00:03:01.74\00:03:03.71 is the vision of the evenings and mornings. 00:03:03.74\00:03:06.41 And if you go back in this translation verse 14 00:03:06.44\00:03:09.32 it talks about 2,300 evenings and mornings. 00:03:09.35\00:03:12.10 For some strange unknown reason to me, 00:03:12.13\00:03:15.55 the translators translated the word days, the word day 00:03:15.58\00:03:20.28 in the Hebrew means every morning. 00:03:20.31\00:03:23.52 So they just made a very little translation of it. 00:03:23.55\00:03:26.20 And so in verse 26, when it talks about the vision 00:03:26.23\00:03:28.84 of the evenings and mornings it is the only reference 00:03:28.87\00:03:31.64 to the 2,300 day prophecy. 00:03:31.67\00:03:33.83 And what we gain from it is to be kept secret 00:03:33.86\00:03:37.54 for it may pertain to many days into the future. 00:03:37.57\00:03:41.35 Yes, right on down to the end times. 00:03:41.38\00:03:45.52 And then we come to verse 27, "Then I, Daniel, 00:03:45.55\00:03:48.65 was exhausted and sick for days then I got up again 00:03:48.68\00:03:52.50 and carried on the kings business. 00:03:52.53\00:03:54.46 But I was astounded at the vision, 00:03:54.49\00:03:56.77 and there was none to explain it." 00:03:56.80\00:03:58.90 Its clear when he talks about he was astounded 00:03:58.93\00:04:02.58 and nobody could explain it. 00:04:02.61\00:04:04.48 It is Daniel 8:14 00:04:04.51\00:04:07.23 that he is talking about 2,300 day prophecy 00:04:07.26\00:04:09.39 because as I said every other element 00:04:09.42\00:04:11.52 was given a fairly precise interpretation. 00:04:11.55\00:04:14.74 And this furthermore was of great importance to Daniel 00:04:14.77\00:04:18.26 because, immediately in the vision 00:04:18.29\00:04:20.03 when he saw this reference to the sanctuary 00:04:20.06\00:04:22.48 the sanctuary was laid in ruins. 00:04:22.51\00:04:25.48 The sanctuary, the temple that Solomon had built 00:04:25.51\00:04:28.45 it was in ruins because of the Nebuchadnezzar 00:04:28.48\00:04:31.85 and the evasion by the Babylonian hordes 00:04:31.88\00:04:35.21 that resulted in its destruction 00:04:35.24\00:04:37.90 and its clear the chapter ends, he was seeking, 00:04:37.93\00:04:41.77 we know he was praying about it. 00:04:41.80\00:04:43.83 Obviously, he was praying about 00:04:43.86\00:04:45.11 because he was looking to other godly men and women 00:04:45.14\00:04:48.81 to see if any body had an interpretation. 00:04:48.84\00:04:51.54 If anybody could explain it. 00:04:51.57\00:04:53.97 That's how the chapter ends. 00:04:54.00\00:04:56.08 We're going to find the keys to understanding the prophecy 00:04:56.11\00:05:00.26 in Daniel 8:14, the keys to interpreting it in Daniel 9. 00:05:00.29\00:05:05.49 The keys to interpreting the time elements of it 00:05:05.52\00:05:08.18 we're also gonna find in context as we go other direction 00:05:08.21\00:05:11.27 that is the Daniel 7 we will find an interpretation 00:05:11.30\00:05:14.85 that relates to the event that is referenced here, 00:05:14.88\00:05:19.78 that is the cleansing of the sanctuary. 00:05:19.81\00:05:22.07 So we are to going to go first of all into Daniel 9. 00:05:22.10\00:05:25.01 We were here last Sunday night. 00:05:25.04\00:05:26.67 So I am not going to go through the detail 00:05:26.70\00:05:28.59 that we did that. 00:05:28.62\00:05:29.92 But we do find that Daniel is in intercessory prayer 00:05:29.95\00:05:33.33 for his people. 00:05:33.36\00:05:35.16 He is making confession of the sins. 00:05:35.19\00:05:36.74 He is confessing among other things, 00:05:36.77\00:05:38.44 you know, that they had forsaken the Lord, they had, 00:05:38.47\00:05:42.18 you know, they were in a state of disobedience 00:05:42.21\00:05:44.74 against the commandments. 00:05:44.77\00:05:46.48 He further walking fast that they were guilty 00:05:46.51\00:05:48.57 of not listening to the service of prophets. 00:05:48.60\00:05:51.03 They were ignoring the prophets and their messages. 00:05:51.06\00:05:53.91 And then in verse 6 and verse 16 he is asking 00:05:53.94\00:05:56.99 for a restoration and effect for the city of Jerusalem. 00:05:57.02\00:06:00.92 And verse 17 he is asking for the restoration 00:06:00.95\00:06:03.51 of the temple that was in ruins. 00:06:03.54\00:06:06.32 Because in Jeremiah it predicted that they would return 00:06:06.35\00:06:11.10 and that the city and the temple would be rebuilt. 00:06:11.13\00:06:14.06 There would be restoration. 00:06:14.09\00:06:16.07 And so that's what he is praying about. 00:06:16.10\00:06:18.58 And again, the angel Gabriel shows up 00:06:18.61\00:06:21.44 to give them an interpretation 00:06:21.47\00:06:22.65 notice it as we come to verse 21. 00:06:22.68\00:06:26.29 He says "While I was still speaking in prayer, 00:06:26.32\00:06:29.33 then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen 00:06:29.36\00:06:32.58 in the vision previously" what vision previously? 00:06:32.61\00:06:36.54 Well, there's no vision recorded in chapter 9 00:06:36.57\00:06:39.70 and the previous vision 00:06:39.73\00:06:41.09 would therefore take us back to Daniel 8. 00:06:41.12\00:06:43.71 And remember as Gabriel that came to give them 00:06:43.74\00:06:45.62 interpretation of the vision of Daniel 8 00:06:45.65\00:06:48.73 and immediately when he sees this angel Gabriel 00:06:48.76\00:06:50.99 he is taking back on the vision 00:06:51.02\00:06:53.95 that he was given there in Daniel 8, right. 00:06:53.98\00:06:57.13 Gabriel whom I have seen the vision previously he says, 00:06:57.16\00:07:01.49 "Came to me in my extreme weariness 00:07:01.52\00:07:03.35 about the time of the evening offering." 00:07:03.38\00:07:05.85 What does the evening offering have to deal with? 00:07:05.88\00:07:09.77 Well, if the temple was still in existence 00:07:09.80\00:07:11.75 there were offerings that took place at evening. 00:07:11.78\00:07:16.62 Verse 22 speaking of Gabriel "He gave me instruction 00:07:16.65\00:07:20.99 and talked with me and said, 'O Daniel, 00:07:21.02\00:07:23.37 I have now come forth to give you 00:07:23.40\00:07:25.43 insight with understanding.' 00:07:25.46\00:07:28.23 " Now, remember how chapter 8 ended. 00:07:28.26\00:07:31.18 He was looking for an explanation. 00:07:31.21\00:07:33.79 He is trying to have a deeper understanding 00:07:33.82\00:07:37.19 and certainly he was praying about it. 00:07:37.22\00:07:39.44 And now Gabriel says "I have come for to give you insight 00:07:39.47\00:07:42.97 and understanding about the matter." 00:07:43.00\00:07:45.06 And verse 23 makes it clear 00:07:45.09\00:07:47.19 that he is talking about Daniel 8. 00:07:47.22\00:07:49.62 Daniel 8, he says "At the beginning 00:07:49.65\00:07:52.13 of your supplications the command was issued 00:07:52.16\00:07:54.56 and I have come for tell you, though you are highly esteemed, 00:07:54.59\00:07:58.78 so give he to the message 00:07:58.81\00:08:00.64 and gain understanding of the vision." 00:08:00.67\00:08:06.77 Now that is clear that he has come to give 00:08:06.80\00:08:11.99 an understand the vision there in Daniel 8:14. 00:08:12.02\00:08:15.74 So, what follows is vital to our understanding 00:08:15.77\00:08:19.87 of the 2,300 day prophecy as I already indicated 00:08:19.90\00:08:22.94 to the time elements of it. 00:08:22.97\00:08:24.82 And again, because, we have been through this before 00:08:24.85\00:08:28.39 in the meetings I am just gong to do a review. 00:08:28.42\00:08:30.90 I am not necessarily gonna read each of these verses 00:08:30.93\00:08:33.64 that now follow. 00:08:33.67\00:08:35.73 As the angel Gabriel come to give them 00:08:35.76\00:08:37.51 an understanding of the vision. 00:08:37.54\00:08:40.04 But as we look at verse 24, we have a reference to 70 weeks 00:08:40.07\00:08:43.40 of prophetic time in reference to the people of God. 00:08:43.43\00:08:47.33 Some many weeks happened to create for your people 00:08:47.36\00:08:49.20 to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, 00:08:49.23\00:08:52.71 sin to make a torment for iniquity. 00:08:52.74\00:08:57.00 And if you are with us remember, I asked the question 00:08:57.03\00:08:59.91 what is this about or who is this really about? 00:08:59.94\00:09:02.89 Who is it that would make an end of sin? 00:09:02.92\00:09:05.15 Who is that would finish the transgression? 00:09:05.18\00:09:06.82 Who will make a torment for iniquity? 00:09:06.85\00:09:08.68 And the answer clearly is messianic, 00:09:08.71\00:09:11.15 it is Jesus Christ who alone. 00:09:11.18\00:09:14.05 And so the future prosperity of the people of God the Jews 00:09:14.08\00:09:20.41 are all wrapped up in the coming of Messiah, 00:09:20.44\00:09:23.27 the Savior of the world. 00:09:23.30\00:09:25.80 And 70 weeks of prophetic time had been given to them 00:09:25.83\00:09:29.45 is what we, we find is, 00:09:29.48\00:09:31.35 is an implied probationary period of time 00:09:31.38\00:09:35.36 and speaks of the tremendous patience of God. 00:09:35.39\00:09:39.20 I am gonna come back to that in a moment 00:09:39.23\00:09:41.04 but we here in Ezekiel 4:6 00:09:41.07\00:09:43.22 where we find the principle in interpreting time prophecy. 00:09:43.25\00:09:47.19 It's very simple. 00:09:47.22\00:09:48.60 It says "I have appointed the each day for a year." 00:09:48.63\00:09:52.07 That is in time prophecy. 00:09:52.10\00:09:54.79 One day represents a literal year. 00:09:54.82\00:09:57.32 It really is that simple. 00:09:57.35\00:09:59.65 And so we are looking at the 70 weeks 00:09:59.68\00:10:01.37 we are just gonna break us down. 00:10:01.40\00:10:02.70 This is not advanced math. 00:10:02.73\00:10:04.10 I don't think any of you need your calculators out 00:10:04.13\00:10:06.83 to follow along what we are going to do. 00:10:06.86\00:10:09.30 We are gonna break the week down the 70 weeks into days 00:10:09.33\00:10:12.07 and so 7 days in a week, that's 70 times 7 00:10:12.10\00:10:16.56 which is 490 prophetic days or 790 literal years. 00:10:16.59\00:10:23.91 Given to the people of God 00:10:23.94\00:10:25.24 I come back to this issue of patience. 00:10:25.27\00:10:27.23 How patience was God with his people in the Old Testament. 00:10:27.26\00:10:32.05 I mean to give them 490 years. 00:10:32.08\00:10:38.21 And it compels the coming of Jesus. 00:10:38.24\00:10:40.75 My friend tells me, it tells you, 00:10:40.78\00:10:43.19 how we serve a God that only on tremendous love. 00:10:43.22\00:10:46.40 The God who declares I loved you with an everlasting love. 00:10:46.43\00:10:49.78 But we serve a God a tremendous patience 00:10:49.81\00:10:53.21 and kindness towards us, towards you and towards me. 00:10:53.24\00:11:00.31 Now, we need a starting point for this time prophecy 00:11:00.34\00:11:03.26 and it's given us in the next verse that is a verse 25. 00:11:03.29\00:11:06.58 Where it says "From the issuing of a decree to restore 00:11:06.61\00:11:09.78 and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince 00:11:09.81\00:11:12.04 there will be a total 69 weeks." 00:11:12.07\00:11:14.61 It's a part of the 70 week prophecy. 00:11:14.64\00:11:17.02 So it predicts 69 weeks of prophetic time 00:11:17.05\00:11:21.32 would take us to the coming of the messiah the prince 00:11:21.35\00:11:27.30 from the issuing of a decree and that decree was made 00:11:27.33\00:11:31.16 by King Artaxerxes, he is a Persian. 00:11:31.19\00:11:34.30 King Artaxerxes in 457 BC it is a well established date 00:11:34.33\00:11:39.10 and in fact we have this decree in the Bible 00:11:39.13\00:11:41.47 its recorded in Ezra Chapter 7. 00:11:41.50\00:11:43.59 If you would like to take a look at the provisions 00:11:43.62\00:11:46.02 made by this decree by Artaxerxes. 00:11:46.05\00:11:49.64 457 BC therefore is our starting point 00:11:49.67\00:11:53.15 for the time prophecies that are recorded here. 00:11:53.18\00:11:55.92 And so we worked out to 70 weeks 457, 00:11:55.95\00:11:59.74 490 years takes us down to 34 AD 00:11:59.77\00:12:03.71 and as I mentioned last Sunday night 00:12:03.74\00:12:05.21 as we were looking at this in part 00:12:05.24\00:12:07.98 because our calculation takes us from BC to AD time. 00:12:08.01\00:12:13.26 And because there are two ones 00:12:13.29\00:12:15.33 that is one BC is followed by one AD 00:12:15.36\00:12:17.87 because we have two ones. 00:12:17.90\00:12:19.59 When ever you do your calculation 00:12:19.62\00:12:21.47 you must always add that extra one in. 00:12:21.50\00:12:24.13 Because if we do this per math of it 00:12:24.16\00:12:25.79 you will come up with 26 AD 00:12:25.82\00:12:28.16 but remember you got to add that extra one in 00:12:28.19\00:12:30.80 from one BC to one AD back in to get the correct date 00:12:30.83\00:12:33.58 which is 27 AD. 00:12:33.61\00:12:35.91 It leads down to 34 AD 00:12:35.94\00:12:37.51 the period of time given to God's people. 00:12:37.54\00:12:40.27 But again in verse 25 we have 69 weeks of prophetic time 00:12:40.30\00:12:43.47 that related to the coming of the Messiah. 00:12:43.50\00:12:46.94 And we got all of these wonderful prophecies 00:12:46.97\00:12:49.12 about the coming of Jesus embedded in the Old Testament 00:12:49.15\00:12:52.09 and we're looking at one of those key passages. 00:12:52.12\00:12:55.21 And we are gonna break it down again into days 00:12:55.24\00:12:57.85 and we multiply by 7. 00:12:57.88\00:12:59.69 69 times 7 its 483 days prophetic days or years 00:12:59.72\00:13:05.53 until the Messiah, the prince would come. 00:13:05.56\00:13:08.86 And so as we calculate that out that means from 457 00:13:08.89\00:13:12.55 it takes us down to 27 AD. 00:13:12.58\00:13:15.34 And in fact we know that was in 27 AD 00:13:15.37\00:13:19.11 that Jesus was baptized 00:13:19.14\00:13:20.93 and then began His earthly ministry 00:13:20.96\00:13:24.73 right on time, right in the accordance with prophecy. 00:13:24.76\00:13:30.33 And then as we are looking at this passage 00:13:30.36\00:13:32.49 in Daniel 9 the next verse. 00:13:32.52\00:13:36.44 And the next verse says then, "Then" it says "After 62 weeks 00:13:36.47\00:13:42.36 the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing." 00:13:42.39\00:13:45.69 A reference to the death of Jesus, right here. 00:13:45.72\00:13:49.00 And further more, notice the word the next word 00:13:49.03\00:13:51.80 that follows the word is and. 00:13:51.83\00:13:53.64 That a-n-d that three letter word is a word of connection. 00:13:53.67\00:13:57.53 It connects what preceded 00:13:57.56\00:13:59.30 the death of Jesus to what follows. 00:13:59.33\00:14:01.84 And it goes on say " and the people of the prince 00:14:01.87\00:14:03.59 who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. 00:14:03.62\00:14:08.08 War is determined, desolations 00:14:08.11\00:14:10.48 that would be time of distress" 00:14:10.51\00:14:12.27 is what it tells us here in verse 26. 00:14:12.30\00:14:16.90 And I can well imagine that Daniel just 00:14:16.93\00:14:19.60 you know he could just hardly believe it. 00:14:19.63\00:14:22.04 He had been praying for the restoration of the city 00:14:22.07\00:14:24.50 and the sanctuary and here it's revealed to him 00:14:24.53\00:14:28.56 it was gonna be destroyed again, 00:14:28.59\00:14:31.25 for much the same reasons that it happened the first time. 00:14:31.28\00:14:35.25 And it would be as a result of the crucifixion, 00:14:35.28\00:14:39.93 the death of Jesus these events would unfold 00:14:39.96\00:14:42.68 and the people, the prince who is to come. 00:14:42.71\00:14:45.21 And we know historically that Jerusalem was destroyed 00:14:45.24\00:14:49.68 in accordance with this prophecy 00:14:49.71\00:14:51.60 either, on August 29 or August 30, 70 AD. 00:14:51.63\00:14:56.66 And we know the historical background of this 00:14:56.69\00:14:58.47 I am gonna review it again we went in detail 00:14:58.50\00:15:01.57 when we looked at this before. 00:15:01.60\00:15:03.09 But it was during the time of the emperor Nero 00:15:03.12\00:15:06.13 that the Jews rouse up in a national revolt. 00:15:06.16\00:15:10.19 The Jewish Revolt of 66 AD lasted to 70 AD, 00:15:10.22\00:15:14.79 ended with the destruction of Jerusalem. 00:15:14.82\00:15:17.06 The Jews hated the Romans they were determined 00:15:17.09\00:15:19.89 to throw off the Roman yolk. 00:15:19.92\00:15:23.17 Nero when he received word of the Jewish revolt 00:15:23.20\00:15:26.46 appointed this man right here, Vespasian to put it down. 00:15:26.49\00:15:31.65 And he went to Syria and he picked up 00:15:31.68\00:15:33.31 a bunch of legions that were stationed there. 00:15:33.34\00:15:36.34 They were been prepared for an expedition 00:15:36.37\00:15:38.31 into Persia actually as you look at the secular history here. 00:15:38.34\00:15:42.67 And so, you know, just by coincidence 00:15:42.70\00:15:45.27 they that the forces there 60,000 Roman soldiers 00:15:45.30\00:15:48.83 were entrusted Vespasian to put down the revolt. 00:15:48.86\00:15:52.00 His son Titus have a picture of him 00:15:52.03\00:15:54.86 it's from the museum of Roman Civilization. 00:15:54.89\00:15:58.39 He was a Roman general and he was on the general staff 00:15:58.42\00:16:01.87 of his father Vespasian. 00:16:01.90\00:16:03.39 He was entrusted with a 15th Apollinaris legion 00:16:03.42\00:16:07.20 that came out of the Alexandria. 00:16:07.23\00:16:09.33 A legion has some 5,000 to 6,000 Roman soldiers. 00:16:09.36\00:16:12.01 And Josephus, Josephus we usually think 00:16:12.04\00:16:14.69 of the Jewish historian and he was that 00:16:14.72\00:16:17.49 but in this revolt Josephus was actually a Jewish general 00:16:17.52\00:16:22.83 who was defeated as Vespasian came down from Syria. 00:16:22.86\00:16:27.84 He was defeated and taken prisoner. 00:16:27.87\00:16:30.32 He actually had pro-Roman lenience 00:16:30.35\00:16:33.81 and observed the following campaigns 00:16:33.84\00:16:36.91 ending with the destructor of Jerusalem 00:16:36.94\00:16:38.79 and in great detail describes what happened 00:16:38.82\00:16:41.97 at the destruction of Jerusalem. 00:16:42.00\00:16:44.28 And the city was finally destroyed you can look at it, 00:16:44.31\00:16:47.82 Titus really didn't wanted to destroy the temple. 00:16:47.85\00:16:51.30 But once the Romans broke through the outer breaches 00:16:51.33\00:16:54.61 of the fences of the city 00:16:54.64\00:16:58.33 and what he did was the Romans built an encompassing wall. 00:16:58.36\00:17:03.58 Took them sometime around the exterior 00:17:03.61\00:17:06.63 of the city of Jerusalem 00:17:06.66\00:17:07.82 and when they finished it they shut out off 00:17:07.85\00:17:10.86 all communication with the outside world. 00:17:10.89\00:17:13.00 They could not leave the city, nobody could get in, 00:17:13.03\00:17:15.76 they sealed it. 00:17:15.79\00:17:17.99 And then these, the battles you know Josephus was sent 00:17:18.02\00:17:21.65 by Titus to plea with his countrymen to give up the fight. 00:17:21.68\00:17:26.58 But there were extreme elements under John particularly 00:17:26.61\00:17:29.80 in the city who were I mean they were extremist 00:17:29.83\00:17:33.14 and they were not ready to get them into the Romans 00:17:33.17\00:17:35.83 under any circumstances but the outer breaches 00:17:35.86\00:17:38.36 of the defenses were finally broken through by the Romans. 00:17:38.39\00:17:42.26 And the defendants made their way to the Temple of Mount 00:17:42.29\00:17:44.95 up to the temple which itself was like a fortress. 00:17:44.98\00:17:47.66 It had walls around it. 00:17:47.69\00:17:49.11 And in fact, Herod had built his palace there 00:17:49.14\00:17:51.17 which was also a fortress 00:17:51.20\00:17:53.11 that better right up against the Temple of Mount. 00:17:53.14\00:17:55.61 And as you look at the record of this, 00:17:55.64\00:17:57.97 you know, Titus is called to gather his general staff. 00:17:58.00\00:18:01.12 They are talking about the finishing up of the campaign 00:18:01.15\00:18:03.63 knowing that they had a fight ahead of them. 00:18:03.66\00:18:05.97 And he gave instructions 00:18:06.00\00:18:08.19 that the temple was to remain intact. 00:18:08.22\00:18:11.80 When the Jews came out 00:18:11.83\00:18:15.55 they were not going to just wait on the Romans 00:18:15.58\00:18:18.77 they were going to take the battle to the Romans. 00:18:18.80\00:18:21.75 So they disrupted this general council of war of Titus. 00:18:21.78\00:18:27.25 And Romans found themselves in the heat of battle. 00:18:27.28\00:18:30.85 And in the heat battle somebody threw 00:18:30.88\00:18:33.25 a firebrand into the interior of the temple 00:18:33.28\00:18:36.07 that was lying with those beautiful sieges 00:18:36.10\00:18:37.99 from Lebanon overlay with gold, remember that? 00:18:38.02\00:18:41.19 You know how that burns? 00:18:41.22\00:18:42.77 And Titus tried to give his soldiers to put it out 00:18:42.80\00:18:45.44 but again in the heat of the battle 00:18:45.47\00:18:46.92 nobody listened to him and it is recorded historically 00:18:46.95\00:18:50.51 that Titus and some of his general staff 00:18:50.54\00:18:53.61 went into the interior of the temple 00:18:53.64\00:18:55.39 and they got a number of key things. 00:18:55.42\00:18:57.41 They got all the gold furniture out. 00:18:57.44\00:18:59.83 That's what they did. 00:18:59.86\00:19:00.90 They got the silver trumpets out. 00:19:00.93\00:19:03.53 Like the piece of trumpets, remember that. 00:19:03.56\00:19:05.49 They got the all the seven-branched candlestick. 00:19:05.52\00:19:08.89 They got the Table of Showbread. 00:19:08.92\00:19:11.41 A number of other items they were able to get out 00:19:11.44\00:19:14.33 before the temple fell. 00:19:14.36\00:19:17.40 And at the end of this great victory 00:19:17.43\00:19:19.53 when he returned and triumph 00:19:19.56\00:19:22.64 he erected this Ark of Triumph at the southern repost 00:19:22.67\00:19:24.96 at the city of Rome. 00:19:24.99\00:19:26.02 It still stands today in honor of their great victory 00:19:26.05\00:19:30.21 over the Jews. 00:19:30.24\00:19:31.62 This was a significant event in Roman history. 00:19:31.65\00:19:36.85 And you can see them bringing back some of the booty 00:19:36.88\00:19:38.82 including the seven-branched candlestick 00:19:38.85\00:19:41.06 which bears testimony to the reliability 00:19:41.09\00:19:44.55 of the prophecy that we are looking at. 00:19:44.58\00:19:46.42 Doesn't it? Amen. 00:19:46.45\00:19:48.72 The seven-branched candlestick, 00:19:48.75\00:19:50.19 been pictured been brought back here. 00:19:50.22\00:19:52.81 And by the way Nero died in 69 AD, 00:19:52.84\00:19:55.89 Vespasian left the issue of the city of Jerusalem 00:19:55.92\00:19:59.78 with his son Titus as he went back to secure the emperorship 00:19:59.81\00:20:02.98 for himself and then he appointed Titus 00:20:03.01\00:20:05.43 to reign as co-emperor with himself. 00:20:05.46\00:20:08.43 Just to give you again the historically background 00:20:08.46\00:20:10.84 to the prophecy that we are looking at 00:20:10.87\00:20:12.77 and how this all carried out. 00:20:12.80\00:20:14.47 But there is one other verse that we are looking 00:20:14.50\00:20:16.54 at here in context. 00:20:16.57\00:20:19.01 And the last verse is its speaking of the Messiah. 00:20:19.04\00:20:22.80 He will make it firm coming with a many firm one week 00:20:22.83\00:20:26.15 a prophetic time. 00:20:26.18\00:20:27.58 That's seven days, of course or seven years. 00:20:27.61\00:20:31.39 And someone applied this to the antichrist 00:20:31.42\00:20:33.46 but its not talking about the antichrist 00:20:33.49\00:20:35.07 its talking about Jesus who came to confirm 00:20:35.10\00:20:37.85 the covenant promise is given to God's people 00:20:37.88\00:20:40.60 and to ratify the covenant by His death 00:20:40.63\00:20:42.51 on the cross of cavalry. 00:20:42.54\00:20:44.40 He will make a firm coming with a many for one week. 00:20:44.43\00:20:47.15 And that week fits innately between the 69th and 70th week. 00:20:47.18\00:20:53.11 That's where that week belongs contextually and historically. 00:20:53.14\00:20:58.02 And it says in the middle of that week, 00:20:58.83\00:21:00.21 he will bring a stop to sacrifice and grain offering. 00:21:00.24\00:21:03.66 And my friend, as we studied last night 00:21:03.69\00:21:05.17 when Jesus died on the cross of Cavalry 00:21:05.20\00:21:07.45 the whole Old Testament sacrificial system, 00:21:07.48\00:21:11.04 the sacrifices of those animals 00:21:11.07\00:21:12.88 that prophetically symbolized the death of Jesus 00:21:12.91\00:21:15.16 at the cross of Cavalry came to a sudden end 00:21:15.19\00:21:18.68 and soon after the temple the earthly temple was destroyed 00:21:18.71\00:21:22.32 as predicted right here. 00:21:22.35\00:21:24.47 There was no need of it anymore. 00:21:24.50\00:21:26.39 And so he brought 00:21:26.42\00:21:27.45 in the sacrifices and grain offering 00:21:27.48\00:21:30.80 when he sacrificed Himself on the cross of Cavalry. 00:21:30.83\00:21:35.01 You see that, don't you? 00:21:35.04\00:21:37.06 And it says, He would do this in middle of the week 00:21:37.09\00:21:41.19 and my friend, right in the middle 00:21:41.22\00:21:43.23 of the seven year period of time in 31 AD 00:21:43.26\00:21:45.55 to be the exact Jesus died as our Lord and Savior. 00:21:45.58\00:21:50.59 Prophecy exactly clearly was fulfilled as we have it here. 00:21:50.62\00:21:56.27 Now, we went through quite a little bit 00:21:56.30\00:21:58.94 to establish the time elements as we have it here. 00:21:58.97\00:22:01.54 But the key to understand the 2,300 day prophecy 00:22:01.57\00:22:05.29 is made clear here in Daniel 9, 00:22:05.32\00:22:08.22 for we are given not only the starting point 00:22:08.25\00:22:11.13 for the 70 week prophecy but for the 2,300 day prophecy 00:22:11.16\00:22:15.14 and as you probably already taking through 00:22:15.17\00:22:19.09 those 2,300 prophetic days represent 2,300 literal years. 00:22:19.12\00:22:26.15 That's why it's the longest. 00:22:26.18\00:22:27.61 And the starting point is 457 BC 00:22:27.64\00:22:32.35 which takes us down to 1844. 00:22:32.38\00:22:39.04 Yes, it's true. 00:22:39.07\00:22:40.92 Not cowardly put together it's what is Biblical. 00:22:40.95\00:22:45.29 1844, so we've got the time element 00:22:45.32\00:22:48.72 now we have to get down the event. 00:22:48.75\00:22:51.90 And still deal with the nuts and bolts. 00:22:51.93\00:22:54.21 So let's get into this cleansing of the sanctuary, 00:22:54.24\00:22:57.82 that's where we want to come to next. 00:22:57.85\00:22:59.64 But I do want to make this observation 00:22:59.67\00:23:02.11 because the two time prophecies 00:23:02.14\00:23:04.10 the one we just read of it Daniel 9 00:23:04.13\00:23:05.99 and then the 2,300 day prophecy are linked 00:23:06.02\00:23:08.88 more than just contextually for the time prophecies 00:23:08.91\00:23:12.87 of Daniel focusing on Jesus 00:23:12.90\00:23:15.24 coming to this earth and His earthly ministry 00:23:15.27\00:23:19.59 that ended with His death on the cross of Cavalry. 00:23:19.62\00:23:22.17 So it focuses in on His earthly ministry in contrast 00:23:22.20\00:23:26.12 the cleansing of the sanctuary the 2,300 day prophecy focus 00:23:26.15\00:23:30.01 is in on Jesus high priestly ministry 00:23:30.04\00:23:34.09 in the heavenly sanctuary. 00:23:34.12\00:23:37.48 And since a sanctuary is been destroyed 00:23:37.51\00:23:39.37 and they did away was sacrificing grain offerings 00:23:39.40\00:23:41.51 and we are talking about 00:23:41.54\00:23:42.58 cleansing of the sanctuary in 1844 00:23:42.61\00:23:44.82 there is only one sanctuary that it could be talking about. 00:23:44.85\00:23:49.74 And it is not an earthly system 00:23:49.77\00:23:51.49 it is the heavenly sanctuary or a temple right. 00:23:51.52\00:23:55.44 And again I am connecting with what we studied 00:23:55.47\00:23:57.64 last night in Hebrews 9:11. 00:23:57.67\00:24:01.23 Notice, it says of Jesus, it says 00:24:01.26\00:24:03.58 "But Christ being come an high priest 00:24:03.61\00:24:06.48 by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, 00:24:06.51\00:24:10.19 having obtained eternal redemption for us." 00:24:10.22\00:24:14.59 So when Jesus died and then roused victorious over the grave 00:24:14.62\00:24:20.24 and ascended into heaven He entered into the heaven 00:24:20.27\00:24:24.61 into the heavenly sanctuary as we will see 00:24:24.64\00:24:27.75 to function now as our priest. 00:24:27.78\00:24:29.96 He is both sacrifice and He is both an intercessor. 00:24:29.99\00:24:34.76 That's what the priest is intercessor. 00:24:34.79\00:24:37.35 There He ascended having obtained 00:24:37.38\00:24:39.68 eternal redemption for us." 00:24:39.71\00:24:40.78 It goes on to say "For Christ has not entered the holy places 00:24:40.81\00:24:44.03 made with hands, which are copies" 00:24:44.06\00:24:47.67 symbols would be another word 00:24:47.70\00:24:49.62 "of the true, but into heaven itself, 00:24:49.65\00:24:51.87 now to appear in the presence of God for us." 00:24:51.90\00:24:56.85 Is what it tells us to. 00:24:56.88\00:24:58.35 Appear in the presence of God for us. 00:24:58.38\00:25:01.07 I take you back to the earthly system. 00:25:01.10\00:25:04.10 Oops, if I push the wrong button it goes again. 00:25:04.13\00:25:07.25 I got a little trigger here in the bottom 00:25:07.28\00:25:08.63 not just on the top. 00:25:08.66\00:25:11.38 And I am gonna use this the second time. 00:25:11.41\00:25:12.78 But any way so remember in the earthly system 00:25:12.81\00:25:16.55 when the sacrifice had taken place 00:25:16.58\00:25:19.74 that animal had died. 00:25:19.77\00:25:22.49 The priest then will take the blood 00:25:22.52\00:25:24.63 and it will go into the sanctuary, the temple 00:25:24.66\00:25:28.01 and he will sprinkle the blood before the Lord, okay. 00:25:28.04\00:25:32.96 And in that process and again this ritual is quite foreign 00:25:32.99\00:25:36.90 to our thinking in the western world. 00:25:36.93\00:25:39.13 But you will find it very clearly 00:25:39.16\00:25:40.70 indicating the Mosaic Law it is in the Levitical quote 00:25:40.73\00:25:44.21 as we find it for instance in the Book of Leviticus. 00:25:44.24\00:25:47.48 He became He bore the sin 00:25:47.51\00:25:51.73 and the guilt of the transgressor 00:25:51.76\00:25:55.10 for which the sacrifice of the animal was required. 00:25:55.13\00:25:57.98 He bore the guilt of that sin 00:25:58.01\00:26:00.02 of that individual into the temple. 00:26:00.05\00:26:02.57 This is ritualistic now. 00:26:02.60\00:26:05.37 By taking back in the Hebrews 8:1-2 then further 00:26:05.40\00:26:08.33 as we are talking about Jesus high priestly ministry, 00:26:08.36\00:26:12.35 it says "Now the main point in what has been said is this 00:26:12.38\00:26:15.41 we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat 00:26:15.44\00:26:18.36 at the right hand of the throne 00:26:18.39\00:26:19.96 of the Majesty in the heavens, 00:26:19.99\00:26:22.85 a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, 00:26:22.88\00:26:26.38 which the Lord pitched, not man." 00:26:26.41\00:26:29.01 Oh, my friend, we had been given 00:26:29.04\00:26:30.40 this wonderful Book of Hebrews 00:26:30.43\00:26:33.09 in the New Testament to give us insight 00:26:33.12\00:26:36.86 into what the whole earthly system represented 00:26:36.89\00:26:40.22 and specifically you know the two significant things 00:26:40.25\00:26:43.27 is Jesus is the sacrifice and Jesus is our priest. 00:26:43.30\00:26:49.65 He is our intercessor in heaven. 00:26:49.68\00:26:52.22 It gives us a deeper understanding and comprehension 00:26:52.25\00:26:55.88 of what Jesus means to us now, 00:26:55.91\00:26:58.61 and what He is doing for us now in heaven. 00:26:58.64\00:27:02.57 We have a personal representative there 00:27:02.60\00:27:04.99 in the presence of the God. 00:27:05.02\00:27:06.43 He is our divine ambassador representing our interest 00:27:06.46\00:27:12.54 there in the presence of God. 00:27:12.57\00:27:14.36 And I have got some interest, how about you in all of this? 00:27:14.39\00:27:19.30 And so the priest would represented 00:27:19.33\00:27:21.41 the priesthood of Jesus 00:27:21.44\00:27:22.73 but the temple the earthly temple 00:27:22.76\00:27:25.13 represented the heavenly temple. 00:27:25.16\00:27:26.94 Because we find in Revelation 11:19 it says, 00:27:26.97\00:27:30.59 "And the temple of God which is" where? 00:27:30.62\00:27:33.76 "Which is in heaven was opened 00:27:33.79\00:27:36.01 and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple." 00:27:36.04\00:27:39.02 Last night we discovered that the Ark of the Covenant 00:27:39.05\00:27:41.61 in the earthly system represented the throne of God. 00:27:41.64\00:27:45.55 Because God's presence was right there 00:27:45.58\00:27:47.73 between those golden angels- remember those golden angels 00:27:47.76\00:27:50.48 that were part of the lid of the Ark. 00:27:50.51\00:27:52.87 And His presence was revealed between these angles 00:27:52.90\00:27:54.99 that was called the Shekinah glory. 00:27:55.02\00:27:59.56 God's presence was revealed. 00:27:59.59\00:28:00.95 So here it is the temple of heaven is open and, 00:28:00.98\00:28:04.18 you know, John in vision is looking into the interior 00:28:04.21\00:28:07.23 of this temple and he sees the Ark, 00:28:07.26\00:28:09.74 he sees the throne room of God. 00:28:09.77\00:28:13.30 And it goes on to say "And there were flashes 00:28:13.33\00:28:15.27 of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder 00:28:15.30\00:28:18.56 and an earthquake and a great hailstorm." 00:28:18.59\00:28:22.38 Notice the corresponding things that happen in the earth 00:28:22.41\00:28:25.33 as the temple in heaven is opened. 00:28:25.36\00:28:27.82 In fact, as you study the Book of Revelation 00:28:27.85\00:28:30.99 my friend, every scene that you see pictured 00:28:31.02\00:28:34.52 in the Book of Revelation in heaven 00:28:34.55\00:28:36.61 is in the temple in heaven. 00:28:36.64\00:28:39.50 The opening scene of Revelation 1 00:28:39.53\00:28:41.72 is a picture of Jesus in His priestly garb 00:28:41.75\00:28:46.16 in the heavenly temple as He is standing there 00:28:46.19\00:28:49.85 among the seven-branched candlesticks 00:28:49.88\00:28:52.28 which in the symbolism of the Book of Revelation 00:28:52.31\00:28:55.46 represents the people of God the churches. 00:28:55.49\00:28:58.60 So the opening scene is in the temple and everything 00:28:58.63\00:29:01.89 that is embodied in the Book of Revelation that deals 00:29:01.92\00:29:04.96 with events and pictures and visions of what is happening 00:29:04.99\00:29:09.03 in heaven is right in the temple that is in heaven. 00:29:09.06\00:29:13.94 And then you have corresponding events 00:29:13.97\00:29:15.69 that happen on the earth. 00:29:15.72\00:29:16.75 And you have this ebb and flow between 00:29:16.78\00:29:18.92 what is happened in- happened in the heavenly temple 00:29:18.95\00:29:21.55 and that which is happening on the earth. 00:29:21.58\00:29:25.83 Honestly, tell you this just right came to me 00:29:25.86\00:29:29.00 and I am sure I am not the person one 00:29:29.03\00:29:30.26 who finally saw this but just came to me probably 00:29:30.29\00:29:33.72 about ten twelve years ago after studying years 00:29:33.75\00:29:37.07 of the Book of Revelation. 00:29:37.10\00:29:38.34 I mean, it was there all the time. 00:29:38.37\00:29:40.25 It's the temple and interplayed between 00:29:40.28\00:29:42.12 again what's happening in heaven in the temple 00:29:42.15\00:29:44.51 and what happens on the earth 00:29:44.54\00:29:46.44 and it gives us deeper understanding 00:29:46.47\00:29:48.61 of the Book of Revelation for understanding that. 00:29:48.64\00:29:50.28 But I must move on. 00:29:50.31\00:29:53.01 Of course, I must move on. 00:29:53.04\00:29:54.07 To Leviticus 16, 00:29:54.97\00:29:57.47 the Old Testament page 637. 00:29:57.50\00:30:03.25 Oh, would that be Old Testament page 87, 00:30:03.28\00:30:06.01 I think its more 87. 00:30:06.04\00:30:08.41 Leviticus 16, now, I am not gonna take you 00:30:08.44\00:30:11.26 through all of the deep involved, 00:30:11.29\00:30:14.71 you know, details of the rituals of the Levitical code 00:30:14.74\00:30:20.09 that related to the temple system 00:30:20.12\00:30:23.88 but we must look Leviticus 16:15, 16 00:30:23.91\00:30:29.62 because we want to really comprehend 00:30:29.65\00:30:31.20 what it means, this cleansing of the sanctuary and 1844, 00:30:31.23\00:30:34.97 and what's the connection 00:30:35.00\00:30:36.03 what is that happen or its happening. 00:30:36.06\00:30:39.17 And remember I shared with you 00:30:39.20\00:30:40.98 the priest in the role of a sin bearer 00:30:41.01\00:30:44.55 bore the sins of people into the temple 00:30:44.58\00:30:46.45 where He interceded on their behalf before God. 00:30:46.48\00:30:49.42 Once a year it was called the Day of Atonement 00:30:49.45\00:30:51.53 the sanctuary had to be cleansed ritualistically. 00:30:51.56\00:30:55.99 And that's where we find pictured here 00:30:56.02\00:30:58.01 and the high priest function was central to all of it. 00:30:58.04\00:31:01.80 So Leviticus 16:15, speaking of the high priest 00:31:01.83\00:31:05.55 "Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering 00:31:05.58\00:31:08.55 which is for the people." 00:31:08.58\00:31:11.15 Not individuals, not the ungodly, 00:31:11.18\00:31:13.81 not for the philistines, not for the Amorites, 00:31:13.84\00:31:16.47 this is for the people of God sacrifices that are be- 00:31:16.50\00:31:20.35 who was symbolized in the sacrifices. 00:31:20.38\00:31:24.08 Okay, Jesus you got it, 00:31:24.11\00:31:25.57 the shedding of the blood of Jesus. 00:31:25.60\00:31:26.74 We want to always keep that in mind. 00:31:26.77\00:31:28.57 "So he slaughtered the goat of the sin offering 00:31:28.60\00:31:31.33 which is for the people for the people of God 00:31:31.36\00:31:33.82 and brings his blood inside the veil and do with his blood 00:31:33.85\00:31:36.43 as he did with the blood of the blow 00:31:36.46\00:31:38.64 and sprinkle it on the mercy seat 00:31:38.67\00:31:40.59 and in front of the mercy seat." 00:31:40.62\00:31:42.18 That's what he did. 00:31:42.21\00:31:44.18 That is he went into the most holy place. 00:31:44.21\00:31:47.50 And remember as we studied last night 00:31:47.53\00:31:49.08 the lid of the Ark of the Covenant 00:31:49.11\00:31:51.29 was called the mercy seat. 00:31:51.32\00:31:54.89 The seat of whom? 00:31:54.92\00:31:56.55 Why do you think it was called a mercy seat? 00:31:56.58\00:31:58.70 Representing that seat of the throne of God? 00:31:58.73\00:32:00.14 And who sat on that throne? 00:32:00.17\00:32:02.20 God. 00:32:02.23\00:32:04.03 And in the, in the Ark was what? 00:32:04.06\00:32:08.56 What was placed in it? 00:32:08.59\00:32:09.63 I know there about there main things but 00:32:09.66\00:32:12.84 the commandments that God had written 00:32:12.87\00:32:15.74 on tablets of stone with His own finger 00:32:15.77\00:32:17.48 which represented the righteous principles 00:32:17.51\00:32:20.00 which are the foundation of the divine government. 00:32:20.03\00:32:23.44 And it is the transgression of those divine principles 00:32:23.47\00:32:27.99 that led to the awful mess of sin that we are in 00:32:28.02\00:32:32.05 that required the death of Jesus Christ 00:32:32.08\00:32:34.14 to atone for its transgression 00:32:34.17\00:32:37.56 and so we see pictured here 00:32:37.59\00:32:38.84 the two primary aspects of the character of God. 00:32:38.87\00:32:41.64 He is a righteous God, He is a God of justice 00:32:41.67\00:32:44.65 and living into world of such unrighteousness 00:32:44.68\00:32:47.06 and so much injustice. 00:32:47.09\00:32:49.75 As the people of God we say, hallelujah, 00:32:49.78\00:32:53.62 there is a righteous God. 00:32:53.65\00:32:56.85 But the other chief attribute of God must not be overlooked 00:32:56.88\00:33:00.37 it is pictured by the mercy seat because 00:33:00.40\00:33:02.33 he is a God of incredible mercy and love and compassion. 00:33:02.36\00:33:06.93 Amen. Amen. 00:33:06.96\00:33:10.05 And this is the dilemma that God that had, 00:33:10.08\00:33:12.70 His righteousness because He is just 00:33:12.73\00:33:14.84 He has to deal with the problem of sin 00:33:14.87\00:33:16.99 and the wages of sin is death. 00:33:17.02\00:33:21.25 But He loved us. 00:33:21.28\00:33:23.23 As we have talked about He just can't let us go. 00:33:23.26\00:33:25.57 So what could love do? 00:33:25.60\00:33:28.02 Sacrifice His justice it's all right, 00:33:28.05\00:33:30.11 its just all right. 00:33:30.14\00:33:31.17 We'll just forget about it, couldn't be forgotten. 00:33:31.20\00:33:34.92 What kind of universe where we end up with anyway? 00:33:34.95\00:33:37.19 If God says, all right its not all right, right. 00:33:37.22\00:33:44.07 It's not all right. 00:33:44.10\00:33:46.78 So God couldn't just pass over, it's all right, 00:33:46.81\00:33:48.67 we'll just forget it, you know. 00:33:48.70\00:33:50.68 No, you can't forget this because this is a cancer 00:33:50.71\00:33:54.04 and it is malignant and it is vicious, 00:33:54.07\00:33:58.20 it is fast growing, it has, 00:33:58.23\00:34:00.88 it is engulf the whole of this planet. 00:34:00.91\00:34:03.49 So in love God stepped in and provided 00:34:06.05\00:34:09.91 the means by which he can be just and by which He can be, 00:34:09.94\00:34:17.20 and by which He can save us from the malignancy of sin. 00:34:17.23\00:34:22.95 And He provided a substitution a divine substitution. 00:34:22.98\00:34:27.39 Jesus stepped into the gap 00:34:27.42\00:34:28.98 as we studied last night in Isaiah 53:8. 00:34:29.01\00:34:32.54 And He interceded between us and that death stroke 00:34:32.57\00:34:37.84 that was due to us. 00:34:37.87\00:34:40.13 Took it upon Himself so that now justice is fully 00:34:40.16\00:34:44.59 and completely satisfied at the cross of Jesus, right. 00:34:44.62\00:34:49.79 God did not forfeiture his justice in saving us. 00:34:49.82\00:34:57.38 But in love He reached down to us and by faith in Him 00:34:57.41\00:35:01.46 we can have life eternal. 00:35:01.49\00:35:03.64 That's the beauty of the plan of salvation. 00:35:03.67\00:35:07.75 And so it's a compo sphere the priest, 00:35:07.78\00:35:10.06 you know the goat representing the death, 00:35:10.09\00:35:11.80 it took the blood went into the most holy place 00:35:11.83\00:35:14.17 and he sprinkled it on the mercy seat. 00:35:14.20\00:35:16.73 It was the blood that allowed God to be merciful 00:35:16.76\00:35:22.12 and yet just in dealing with sin. 00:35:22.15\00:35:26.74 Do you see that? 00:35:26.77\00:35:28.71 And then verse 16, he goes on to say, 00:35:28.74\00:35:30.55 "And he shall make a torment for the holy place." 00:35:30.58\00:35:33.54 We don't usually think of the atonement being made 00:35:33.57\00:35:35.39 for a place we think atonement been made for people. 00:35:35.42\00:35:40.28 But well let's read on. 00:35:40.31\00:35:42.14 "For the holy place 00:35:42.17\00:35:43.26 because of the impurities of the sons of Israel 00:35:43.29\00:35:46.42 because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins 00:35:46.45\00:35:50.17 and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting 00:35:50.20\00:35:52.35 which abides with them in the midst of their impurities." 00:35:52.38\00:35:54.77 The sanctuary had to be cleansed 00:35:54.80\00:35:56.79 because of the sins and the guilt of God's people. 00:35:56.82\00:36:00.67 And my friend, though I would assume that most of us today 00:36:00.70\00:36:03.97 are under the love and grace of Jesus Christ, 00:36:04.00\00:36:07.00 nevertheless we would have to confess we have sinned. 00:36:07.03\00:36:11.17 We have come short of the glory of God. 00:36:11.20\00:36:14.10 We are sinners and we need cleansing. 00:36:14.13\00:36:18.53 And of course, if you are under the love and grace of Jesus 00:36:18.56\00:36:20.91 you will experience that cleansing 00:36:20.94\00:36:23.41 that flows from the cross of Cavalry. 00:36:23.44\00:36:27.92 It flows. 00:36:27.95\00:36:29.63 So this is what was being in the earthly system 00:36:29.66\00:36:32.68 this is what was cleansed. 00:36:32.71\00:36:34.27 But again Daniel 8:14, 2,300 years, 00:36:34.30\00:36:38.83 1844 cleansing of the sanctuary. 00:36:38.86\00:36:41.77 What would be its counterpart? 00:36:41.80\00:36:44.34 We know what happened in earthly system 00:36:44.37\00:36:45.94 how does that apply to the heavenly system. 00:36:45.97\00:36:48.12 It's not good a valid question? 00:36:48.15\00:36:50.60 Since obviously the earthly system was prophetic, 00:36:50.63\00:36:53.01 symbolic of Jesus His ministry etcetera, etcetera. 00:36:53.04\00:36:56.29 Well, let's look Hebrews 9 in the New Testament page 173. 00:36:56.32\00:37:01.39 And we want to look at verse 22 and 23 00:37:01.42\00:37:05.05 again the question has to be, 00:37:05.08\00:37:06.72 well how could there be anything in the heaven 00:37:06.75\00:37:08.79 that needs to be cleansed. 00:37:08.82\00:37:12.77 Ah, does it involve the sins of God's people 00:37:12.80\00:37:15.44 that's Leviticus 16, that certainly indicates that, 00:37:15.47\00:37:19.91 the let's pick it up here Hebrews 9 00:37:19.94\00:37:23.14 and again we are looking at verse 22 to begin with. 00:37:23.17\00:37:27.57 And it says "According to the law, 00:37:27.60\00:37:29.06 "according to the Levitical code" 00:37:29.09\00:37:30.91 one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood 00:37:30.94\00:37:35.21 and without shedding the blood there is no forgiveness. 00:37:35.24\00:37:39.94 Therefore, it was necessary 00:37:39.97\00:37:41.43 for the copies of the things in the heavens" 00:37:41.46\00:37:44.09 as form of the earthly system "to be cleansed with these." 00:37:44.12\00:37:48.10 What's the these? 00:37:48.13\00:37:50.23 They were cleansed with the sacrifices, 00:37:50.26\00:37:53.12 the blood of the sacrifices. 00:37:53.15\00:37:54.84 So it was necessary, it says 00:37:54.87\00:37:57.47 for the earthly the copies the earthly 00:37:57.50\00:38:00.64 to be cleansed with the sacrifices. 00:38:00.67\00:38:03.85 "But the heavenly things" by implication 00:38:03.88\00:38:07.14 "cleansed themselves with better sacrifices." 00:38:07.17\00:38:12.69 What better sacrifice? 00:38:12.72\00:38:16.36 You got it the sacrifice of Jesus. 00:38:16.39\00:38:20.90 The sacrifice, the blood of Jesus is what cleanses 00:38:20.93\00:38:26.61 in regards to this prophecy that we are looking at, right. 00:38:26.64\00:38:31.05 So let's, let's get bit specific about this 00:38:31.08\00:38:33.10 let me take you to Philippians 4, 00:38:33.13\00:38:34.93 the New Testament page 156, 156, Philippians 4:3. 00:38:34.96\00:38:39.55 So how does that related to me 00:38:39.58\00:38:41.99 as a prophesying Christian? 00:38:42.02\00:38:44.75 I mean is this some kind of, you know, 00:38:44.78\00:38:47.20 drama that's been played out but really has not any direct, 00:38:47.23\00:38:52.13 you know, implications for me? 00:38:52.16\00:38:55.72 Well, Philippians 4:3 let me put it together. 00:38:55.75\00:38:58.28 It's a lot of part we want to look at 00:38:58.31\00:38:59.68 but let's read the whole of it. 00:38:59.71\00:39:01.34 "Indeed, true companion," Paul writes 00:39:01.37\00:39:04.31 "I ask you also to help these women 00:39:04.34\00:39:07.35 who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, 00:39:07.38\00:39:09.86 together with Clement and also the rest of my fellow workers," 00:39:09.89\00:39:13.57 here it is "whose names are in the book of life." 00:39:13.60\00:39:19.34 We will find out this is in the heavenly temple. 00:39:19.37\00:39:21.72 We will put those texts together. 00:39:21.75\00:39:23.66 In this heavenly temple where Jesus interceding for us 00:39:23.69\00:39:27.34 having spilt His blood on the cross of Cavalry 00:39:27.37\00:39:30.37 there are these records, it's the book of Life. 00:39:30.40\00:39:34.87 In fact, Jesus said in Luke 10:20, "Rejoice" He said, 00:39:34.90\00:39:39.86 "Rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven." 00:39:39.89\00:39:43.90 What's in the name? 00:39:43.93\00:39:46.16 A name stands for who you are. 00:39:46.19\00:39:49.33 Your personality, your character. 00:39:49.36\00:39:51.45 The good and bad of it is in the name, okay. 00:39:51.48\00:39:55.72 And it's a perfect record of each one of us. 00:39:55.75\00:39:58.60 Let to us some good things are written in the book of Life too 00:39:58.63\00:40:01.62 for instances when you came to Jesus, 00:40:01.65\00:40:06.82 when you repented when you accepted Him as your Savior 00:40:06.85\00:40:12.14 and He cleansed you of your sins, 00:40:12.17\00:40:15.23 don't you forget that's there in the book of Life as well. 00:40:15.26\00:40:19.74 And by the way, how does one get one's name 00:40:19.77\00:40:21.83 written in the book of Life? 00:40:21.86\00:40:23.79 When one enters into a personal committed relationship with God 00:40:23.82\00:40:26.73 through Jesus Christ by the act of Baptism 00:40:26.76\00:40:32.19 because, Galatians 3:27 says it's by Baptism, 00:40:32.22\00:40:35.46 Baptism that we put on the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:40:35.49\00:40:38.79 And we have an old Advent hymn. 00:40:38.82\00:40:41.35 We should not forget those old Adventist hymns, 00:40:41.38\00:40:43.70 we should keep it a part of the music vocabulary 00:40:43.73\00:40:45.80 in the church and my mind. 00:40:45.83\00:40:47.25 Now we have this old advent hymn based on this it says 00:40:47.28\00:40:50.02 "Is my name written there, On the page white and fair? 00:40:50.05\00:40:53.79 In the book of The kingdom, Is my name written there?" 00:40:53.82\00:40:58.03 So let me ask you how many of you have your name 00:40:58.06\00:41:00.64 written in the book of Life? 00:41:00.67\00:41:03.27 Every one of you that have accepted 00:41:03.30\00:41:04.65 Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior 00:41:04.68\00:41:08.22 and through the act of baptism, your name is there. 00:41:08.25\00:41:11.32 That's a precious thing. 00:41:11.35\00:41:13.21 It's a beautiful thing that we consider 00:41:13.24\00:41:16.07 that our name is written there. 00:41:16.10\00:41:17.94 Now, I am gonna take you Daniel 7, 00:41:17.97\00:41:20.18 the event where in context but we are going for Daniel 8:14 00:41:20.21\00:41:23.97 to previous chapter and it all ties into this 00:41:24.00\00:41:27.06 cleansing of the sanctuary Daniel 7:9. 00:41:27.09\00:41:30.67 Daniel's is vision and he says, 00:41:30.70\00:41:32.41 "I kept looking Until thrones were set up, 00:41:32.44\00:41:35.39 and the Ancient of Days took His seat, 00:41:35.42\00:41:38.65 His vesture was like white snow, 00:41:38.68\00:41:41.29 and the hair of His head like pure wool. 00:41:41.32\00:41:44.07 His throne was ablaze with flames." 00:41:44.10\00:41:49.06 It's a description of His glory. 00:41:49.09\00:41:51.62 "Its wheels were a burning fire." 00:41:51.65\00:41:53.72 It is a mobile throne by the way it's got wheels on it. 00:41:53.75\00:41:57.06 "A river of fire was" can you get consider in your minds " 00:41:57.09\00:41:59.80 a river of fire was flowing and coming out from before Him." 00:41:59.83\00:42:05.45 Again this is His glory. 00:42:05.48\00:42:07.24 It's a river of glory that is proceeding 00:42:07.27\00:42:10.21 from the presence of God. 00:42:10.24\00:42:12.48 It's powerful. 00:42:12.51\00:42:14.46 "Thousands, upon thousands were attending Him, and myriads." 00:42:14.49\00:42:17.75 That's the word for ten thousand. 00:42:17.78\00:42:20.16 "Ten thousands upon ten thousands 00:42:20.19\00:42:23.14 were standing before him," in the throne room. 00:42:23.17\00:42:27.38 And who are they? 00:42:27.41\00:42:29.19 The angelical of heaven who had an interest 00:42:29.22\00:42:32.38 in what is happening in that heavenly temple 00:42:32.41\00:42:34.96 and correspondingly it was happening upon this earth. 00:42:34.99\00:42:38.88 They're standing before God by the millions 00:42:38.91\00:42:42.43 and hundreds of millions within the temple in heaven. 00:42:42.46\00:42:46.82 This is a structure on like any think 00:42:46.85\00:42:49.61 that we could ever possibly imagine here on earth. 00:42:49.64\00:42:55.22 As we are looking again by vision 00:42:55.25\00:42:57.24 into the inner recesses of this temple. 00:42:57.27\00:42:59.74 And it says "The court sat and the books were opened." 00:42:59.77\00:43:04.39 Now this is speaking of judgment. 00:43:04.42\00:43:07.27 And in fact, the Daniel 7 it says 00:43:07.30\00:43:09.10 "Judgment is given in favor of the people of God." 00:43:09.13\00:43:13.39 Amen. 00:43:13.42\00:43:15.59 And so we need not fear the judgment. 00:43:15.62\00:43:19.34 In Revelation 3:5 also place into this. 00:43:19.37\00:43:22.78 Jesus is speaking "He who overcomes 00:43:22.81\00:43:24.93 shall be thus clothed in white garments 00:43:24.96\00:43:27.16 and I will not erase his name from the book of life, 00:43:27.19\00:43:30.46 and I will confess his name before My Father 00:43:30.49\00:43:33.07 and before His angels." 00:43:33.10\00:43:35.16 The one who overcomes. 00:43:35.19\00:43:38.05 Well, what is that about? 00:43:38.08\00:43:41.38 Well, who is it that overcame in the first place? 00:43:41.41\00:43:45.41 You got it. I am glad you got that. 00:43:45.44\00:43:47.16 Number one, Jesus is the great over comer, 00:43:47.19\00:43:52.48 evil is defeated. 00:43:52.51\00:43:54.94 His enemies are gonna be made his footstool in the end. 00:43:54.97\00:43:58.59 That is guaranteed in all of this. 00:43:58.62\00:44:01.47 And because He is victorious guess what, 00:44:01.50\00:44:05.16 by His grace we too will be victorious. 00:44:05.19\00:44:10.79 That's the news. 00:44:10.82\00:44:12.42 It's a part of the gospel but do you see 00:44:12.45\00:44:15.06 we are always free to turn back, right. 00:44:15.09\00:44:18.28 But you see not everybody that confesses Jesus 00:44:18.31\00:44:20.13 we will be true to Him to the end 00:44:20.16\00:44:22.77 until those are finding are final counting 00:44:22.80\00:44:24.68 as our book of records are open, okay. 00:44:24.71\00:44:28.70 And those who have turned back, 00:44:28.73\00:44:31.75 who have rejected the grace which once was there's 00:44:31.78\00:44:36.06 my friend, they removed from the book. 00:44:36.09\00:44:37.81 It is not arbitrary, it just recognizing 00:44:37.84\00:44:40.17 what they themselves have done. 00:44:40.20\00:44:42.91 They're no arbitrariness in this. 00:44:42.94\00:44:44.60 And those who remain written in the book of life 00:44:44.63\00:44:46.14 what the Jesus do in His capacity 00:44:46.17\00:44:48.21 as our intercessor in heaven 00:44:48.24\00:44:50.87 He says I will confess their names before the Father. 00:44:50.90\00:44:55.50 Oh, yes, they have had battles, 00:44:55.53\00:44:57.37 yes they have had their failures 00:44:57.40\00:45:01.25 but by My grace I claim them as My very own. 00:45:01.28\00:45:05.59 And that we are. 00:45:05.62\00:45:07.19 Amen. 00:45:07.22\00:45:08.28 We are His, and that confidence and assurance 00:45:08.31\00:45:11.92 should ring sound in the heart of and mind of every one of us. 00:45:11.95\00:45:15.86 We are His. 00:45:15.89\00:45:18.79 And nothing can touch us. 00:45:18.82\00:45:22.47 Daniel 7 and going on into verse 13. 00:45:22.50\00:45:25.45 We got this throne room scene it says in verse 13. 00:45:25.48\00:45:28.66 Daniel said, "I kept looking in the night visions, 00:45:28.69\00:45:31.04 and behold, with the clouds of heaven 00:45:31.07\00:45:33.28 One like a Son of Man was coming, 00:45:33.31\00:45:37.24 and He came up to the Ancient of Days." 00:45:37.27\00:45:39.57 The son of man makes his entrance 00:45:39.60\00:45:41.23 in this heavenly scene before the Father. 00:45:41.26\00:45:43.15 The books are all open there and it is at this point that 00:45:43.18\00:45:47.25 he makes confession of his, okay. 00:45:47.28\00:45:51.01 As for Revelation 3:5 fits in and it says 00:45:51.04\00:45:55.09 "And was presented before Him. 00:45:55.12\00:45:57.49 And to Him was given dominion." 00:45:57.52\00:45:59.66 Dominion over what? 00:45:59.69\00:46:01.32 This planet. 00:46:01.35\00:46:02.93 You serve by the evil one. 00:46:02.96\00:46:04.49 "He was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, 00:46:04.52\00:46:10.06 " So at the end of this scene 00:46:10.09\00:46:11.71 Jesus receives dominion rights over this planet. 00:46:11.74\00:46:14.73 He recede His kingdom. 00:46:14.76\00:46:16.74 And who is gonna be the king? 00:46:16.77\00:46:19.76 The sacrificed, he who has sacrificed for us 00:46:19.79\00:46:22.83 who is now priest an intercede in intercession for us 00:46:22.86\00:46:27.45 then becomes king over us. 00:46:27.48\00:46:30.87 But what is the king and what is a kingdom 00:46:30.90\00:46:32.66 without a citizenry 00:46:32.69\00:46:36.63 and who will comprise this citizenship of this kingdom 00:46:36.66\00:46:40.05 over which Jesus will rule? 00:46:40.08\00:46:41.70 You tell me who are the citizens? 00:46:41.73\00:46:44.32 We are. 00:46:44.35\00:46:45.38 My friend, those whose names are in the book of Life, 00:46:45.41\00:46:49.54 that's you and me who are faith in Jesus. 00:46:49.57\00:46:53.65 We will comprise as citizens of this kingdom. 00:46:53.68\00:46:57.08 And it goes on to say "That all people's, nations, 00:46:57.11\00:46:59.36 and men of every language might serve Him 00:46:59.39\00:47:01.91 His dominion is everlasting dominion 00:47:01.94\00:47:04.07 which will not pass away 00:47:04.10\00:47:06.11 and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed. 00:47:06.14\00:47:08.99 But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom 00:47:09.02\00:47:12.87 and possess the kingdom for all ages to come." 00:47:12.90\00:47:18.31 And my friend, in my minds eye I see feverish activity 00:47:18.34\00:47:21.49 taking place in heaven for 00:47:21.52\00:47:23.92 Jesus intercession is coming to an end. 00:47:23.95\00:47:27.22 They removed those robes of His 00:47:27.25\00:47:30.21 intercessory work from Him, His priestly robes. 00:47:30.24\00:47:33.75 The angels- I think they are in incitement. 00:47:33.78\00:47:38.07 They bring that kingly robe and the scepter 00:47:38.10\00:47:40.95 in they place of His hand and then they crown him, King. 00:47:40.98\00:47:47.34 And then and Revelation gives us insights into this 00:47:47.37\00:47:50.91 there's silence in heaven for a period of time. 00:47:50.94\00:47:53.93 For heaven is empty at this point. 00:47:53.96\00:47:56.15 As the King of Kings and Lord of Lords 00:47:56.18\00:47:58.86 with all the angelicals of heaven 00:47:58.89\00:48:02.33 come to this planet to claim the people of God 00:48:02.36\00:48:08.07 as their very own. 00:48:08.10\00:48:10.76 Now isn't that good news, isn't that not exciting? 00:48:10.79\00:48:13.39 Amen. 00:48:13.42\00:48:14.52 Absolutely, this is all of part of it. 00:48:14.55\00:48:16.68 This is- this is the high point of it 00:48:16.71\00:48:18.91 that we are getting we are getting. 00:48:18.94\00:48:20.40 And I'm on tie into this Revelation 11 00:48:20.43\00:48:23.62 and we are gonna be looking at verses 15-19. 00:48:23.65\00:48:28.41 Because we are given we are given insights 00:48:28.44\00:48:31.11 envisioned by John into this very scene 00:48:31.14\00:48:34.80 as it coming to an end in the temple of heaven. 00:48:34.83\00:48:36.70 Here it is verse 15 "Then the seventh angel" 00:48:36.73\00:48:39.90 seventh means the end this hand. 00:48:39.93\00:48:42.17 "Sounded, and there were loud voices" 00:48:42.20\00:48:45.09 picture this, loud voices in heaven. 00:48:45.12\00:48:48.13 And they were saying, notice what they are saying, 00:48:48.16\00:48:49.90 "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord 00:48:49.93\00:48:53.65 and of His Christ and He will reign forever and ever. 00:48:53.68\00:48:58.52 And the twenty-four elders, 00:48:58.55\00:48:59.65 who sit on their thrones before God, 00:48:59.68\00:49:01.67 fell on their faces and worshiped God, 00:49:01.70\00:49:04.26 " it's a powerful scene. 00:49:04.29\00:49:05.64 "Saying, 'We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, 00:49:05.67\00:49:09.31 who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power 00:49:09.34\00:49:13.30 and have begun to reign.' 00:49:13.33\00:49:15.70 " I wonder they are so excited 00:49:15.73\00:49:17.13 and you and I will be excited too. 00:49:17.16\00:49:18.62 Won't we? 00:49:18.65\00:49:19.92 And notice what's happening on earth 00:49:19.95\00:49:21.16 "And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, 00:49:21.19\00:49:24.51 and the time came for the dead to be judged, 00:49:24.54\00:49:26.78 and the time to reward." 00:49:26.81\00:49:28.46 The time of rewards has come. 00:49:28.49\00:49:30.23 To reward "Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints 00:49:30.26\00:49:33.84 and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, 00:49:33.87\00:49:36.71 and to destroy those who destroy the earth." 00:49:36.74\00:49:39.77 Time there is a time of judgment. 00:49:39.80\00:49:42.10 And then it says "And the temple of God 00:49:42.13\00:49:44.05 which is in heaven was opened 00:49:44.08\00:49:45.50 and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, 00:49:45.53\00:49:48.03 and there were flashes of lightning 00:49:48.06\00:49:49.65 and sounds and peals of thunder 00:49:49.68\00:49:51.77 and an earthquake and a great hailstorm." 00:49:51.80\00:49:54.53 Remember, that universal earthquake 00:49:54.56\00:49:56.72 that takes place at the coming of Jesus on the earth? 00:49:56.75\00:50:00.76 That's what's pictured here. 00:50:00.79\00:50:03.55 Wow, powerful. 00:50:03.58\00:50:05.99 But those words back in verse 15 where it says, 00:50:06.02\00:50:08.93 there's loud voices in heaven and they're declaring, 00:50:08.96\00:50:12.10 those words are to be familiar to us. 00:50:12.13\00:50:13.93 I am gonna take you there in song in just a moment. 00:50:13.96\00:50:16.47 That decoration, in heaven the kingdoms of this world 00:50:16.50\00:50:20.12 have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of this Christ 00:50:20.15\00:50:22.91 and He will reign forever and ever. 00:50:22.94\00:50:28.15 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:50:37.00\00:50:43.49 Hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah 00:50:43.52\00:50:50.35 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:50:50.38\00:50:55.10 For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth 00:50:55.13\00:51:01.61 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:51:01.64\00:51:06.30 For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth 00:51:06.33\00:51:13.00 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:51:13.03\00:51:18.11 For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth 00:51:18.14\00:51:23.35 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:51:23.38\00:51:25.43 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:51:32.20\00:51:39.33 The kingdom of this world 00:51:43.78\00:51:47.29 Is become 00:51:50.55\00:51:53.51 The kingdom of our lord 00:51:53.54\00:51:56.99 And of his Christ, and of his Christ 00:51:57.02\00:52:01.79 And he shall reign for ever and ever 00:52:01.82\00:52:06.63 And he shall reign for ever and ever 00:52:06.66\00:52:12.39 And he shall reign for ever and ever 00:52:12.42\00:52:17.72 King of Kings 00:52:23.74\00:52:29.75 And lord of lords 00:52:29.78\00:52:36.97 King of Kings For ever and ever 00:52:37.00\00:52:41.24 Hallelujah, hallelujah 00:52:41.27\00:52:43.20 And lord of lords For ever and ever 00:52:43.23\00:52:47.86 Hallelujah, hallelujah 00:52:47.89\00:52:50.45 King of Kings For ever and ever 00:52:50.48\00:52:54.62 hallelujah, hallelujah. 00:52:54.65\00:52:57.07 And lord of lords For ever and ever 00:52:57.10\00:53:03.61 Hallelujah, hallelujah. 00:53:20.96\00:53:23.12 And he shall reign for ever for ever and ever 00:53:23.15\00:53:29.90 King of Kings, and Lord of Lords 00:53:29.93\00:53:34.21 King of Kings and Lord of Lords 00:53:34.24\00:53:38.12 And he shall reign for ever for ever and ever 00:53:38.15\00:53:44.29 Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 00:53:48.91\00:53:54.42 Hallelujah 00:53:54.45\00:54:00.42 Well, they sounded something like that. 00:54:07.54\00:54:09.96 Didn't they? 00:54:09.99\00:54:12.25 But so much better 00:54:12.28\00:54:15.67 and we too when Jesus comes. 00:54:15.70\00:54:19.29 We too will sing as from the earth we are caught up 00:54:19.32\00:54:24.42 to meet the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 00:54:24.45\00:54:29.56 And we too will blend our voices 00:54:29.59\00:54:32.30 with those of their heavenly hosts. 00:54:32.33\00:54:35.43 As we see His praises 00:54:35.46\00:54:38.11 as we enter into that eternity 00:54:38.14\00:54:42.03 that He purchase at such an awful price for us. 00:54:42.06\00:54:46.81 Now we enjoy unspeakable 00:54:46.84\00:54:50.65 to know the darkness is behind us, 00:54:50.68\00:54:54.27 the victory is one 00:54:54.30\00:54:57.96 and at last we will be at rest in peace. 00:54:57.99\00:55:01.44