Participants: Scott Moore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000020
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00:01 Harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
00:03 Pray ye therefore, the Lord of the harvest, 00:06 that he will, he will send forth laborers into his harvest. 00:10 Also, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 00:13 "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" 00:17 Then said I, "Here am I, send me, send me." 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you 00:25 to be an effective harvester for the Lord. 00:28 We now invite you into our classroom 00:30 to come, experience Life. 00:43 We would like to welcome you back 00:44 to the Lay Institute for Evangelism. 00:47 We're located here on the beautiful campus 00:49 of Pine Lake Retreat in Groveland, Florida. 00:53 We're glad those of you at home could be with us. 00:56 If you were here with us, you could go out 00:58 into the orange groves right now. 01:00 And you could see that on some of those trees, 01:02 there's these green balls that will eventually become orange, 01:05 that maybe many of you will be eating 01:07 in your own living room while you watch this later. 01:09 But we're certainly glad you can be here with us now. 01:11 The study that we are going 01:12 to go over today is Daniel chapter 9. 01:16 On your screen you will see that, 01:17 the title for this is Daniel 9. Daniel 9. 01:22 The code for Daniel chapter 9 is on our next slide. 01:26 And you will see there, 01:27 the study is Daniel 9 and the code is D9. 01:31 Would anybody care to guess why the code is D9? 01:34 Because we're in Daniel 9, that's absolutely right. 01:37 The purpose of this Bible study is to show 01:40 that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah. 01:46 The study that we're gonna go over today; 01:48 we're going to take two different 01:49 program periods to do that, 01:51 two different class periods to do that. 01:53 It's probably my most favorite study in all the scripture, 01:59 because it delineates not only when Christ was 02:03 going to be anointed with the Spirit of God. 02:05 But it also talks about 02:07 when Christ was going to be crucified. 02:09 And then Robert, the part I love the most about it is that 02:13 it talks about when the gospel is going to go 02:16 to the gentiles, and I'm a gentile. 02:18 And so, this is an exciting study for me. 02:21 I was giving the study to a lady 02:23 in Michigan, in Farmington, Michigan. 02:27 And when we went over this study, she said to me, 02:30 she said, when I told her that the Shekinah Glory 02:33 was Jesus, and he was hanging on the cross. 02:36 She said, oh, I just got shivers up and down my spine. 02:38 It's an exciting study. 02:40 And I pray that those of us here in this room, 02:43 and those of us that are at home, 02:44 that we are going to learn today 02:46 that Jesus is the promised Messiah. 02:50 We are gonna go back to our screen now. 02:52 Our center it: Jesus Christ is the Anointed One 02:58 prophesied about in Daniel chapter 9. 03:02 Now Our center it, what we have tried to do 03:05 in all of these studies to center those studies 03:08 on Christ, is to make sure that Christ 03:09 is presented in every doctrine, 03:12 or in every teaching that we are doing. 03:14 When we get finished with this study, 03:16 you will have to tell me whether or not this focused on Christ. 03:19 I think you're gonna be completely amazed that, 03:22 yes, this study does indeed focus on Jesus Christ. 03:26 Not only does it focus on Him, 03:27 but it's very much centered on Jesus. 03:32 Now just like we've had on all of other Bible studies, 03:35 you will notice on the screen here that 03:36 we have all of the texts listed 03:38 that we're going to use in this study. 03:40 All of the texts are listed there 03:42 from 1D9 all the way to 15D9. 03:45 So we have 15 texts in this study. 03:48 What you see there on that graphic 03:50 or what you just saw on that graphic was the texts, 03:52 were the texts that you are going to write 03:54 on either the front or the back of your Bible. 03:57 I'm wondering if there is a student in here 03:59 that has lots of those things marked 04:01 in the front or the back of their Bible. 04:04 Anita, do you have some marked there? 04:06 Maybe we can just get a camera over there, 04:07 or you could it hold it up, and just point it at this camera. 04:10 And you can see there how we are marking these 04:12 on the front of our Bibles or in the back of our Bibles. 04:16 Now, one of our students just asked me a moment ago, 04:18 can we get these presentations or these handouts 04:22 in a format that will work on a PC? 04:25 And you certainly can. 04:27 We'll make sure that too is available on our website 04:30 for those of you at home that do not have 04:31 the pages presentation or the keynotes presentation software. 04:35 You will be able to look at those on your PC as well. 04:39 So we're gonna right now into our study 04:42 and the first reference in our study 04:44 or 1D9 is Daniel chapter 9 verses 20 through 27. 04:50 Again, you'll note how we've marked it. 04:51 1D9 is in the circle, 04:53 the line represents the text that we're in, 04:56 and the text that we're in is what class? 04:58 What is the text that we are in? 04:59 Daniel 9:20-27. 05:02 And then the text we're gonna go to after that, 05:04 is still there in Daniel chapter 9. 05:06 What we're gonna do is we're going to read through 05:09 Daniel chapter 9 verses 20 through 27. 05:12 The reason that we're going to read through 05:15 that is so that we can get the overall picture 05:17 of what Daniel is trying to say here, 05:20 or rather what Gabriel, the angel 05:23 who came to help Daniel understand 05:24 a previous vision which was in Daniel 8. 05:29 We're gonna understand, we wanna get a big picture 05:31 of what Gabriel was explaining to Daniel. 05:35 So we're gonna start in Daniel chapter 9 05:37 and since it's such a long passage, if you don't mind, 05:39 I'd like to go ahead and read that one just to begin with. 05:42 So, those of you at home, 05:43 you're turning in your Bibles 05:45 to the Old Testament book of Daniel. 05:46 Daniel the 9th chapter 05:49 and we'll begin reading in verse 20. 05:52 Daniel chapter 9 and verse 20, are we all there? 05:55 The Bible says, Daniel was writing, 05:59 and while I was speaking, and praying, 06:01 and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, 06:06 and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God, 06:10 for the holy mountain of my God. 06:13 Verse 21, Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, 06:17 even the man Gabriel, 06:20 whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 06:23 being caused to fly swiftly, 06:27 touched me about the time of the evening oblation 06:30 or the evening sacrifice. 06:32 Now, it's very important for us to understand here. 06:34 When we're giving this Bible study on Daniel chapter 9, 06:37 we must understand and remember that 06:41 Daniel chapter 9, verses 20 through 27, 06:44 is Gabriel coming to explain something to Daniel 06:48 that Daniel had not understood? 06:50 Now this of course we're just giving a little bit 06:53 of the background, and this will be going over more 06:56 when Philip does the study two times from now. 06:59 But I want you to go back to Daniel chapter 8. 07:01 I want you to go back to Daniel chapter 8. 07:05 Daniel chapter 8 and verse 26 and 27, 07:09 Daniel chapter 8 verses 26 and 27. 07:14 And again what we're doing is, 07:15 we are just getting the background 07:17 before we get to Daniel 9. 07:20 So Daniel chapter 8 verse 26 says, 07:22 and the vision of the evening and the morning 07:25 which was told is true: 07:27 wherefore shut thou up the vision; 07:30 for it shall be for many days. 07:34 That's right. Verse 27, and I, Daniel fainted, 07:38 and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, 07:41 and did the king's business; 07:43 and I was astonished at the vision, but none, what? 07:49 Understood it. 07:51 Daniel says that he is astonished 07:53 at the vision but none understood it. 07:57 The angel Gabriel had explained to Daniel 08:01 the first part of Daniel chapter 8. 08:03 But then Daniel fainted and he was sick for certain days, 08:07 and he did not understand the last part 08:09 or the time aspect of that prophecy. 08:14 So we go back now to Daniel chapter 9, 08:16 go back to Daniel chapter 9 and verse 21. 08:20 Now verse 21 will make much more sense to us. 08:22 Daniel chapter 9 verse 21, 08:25 yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, 08:27 even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision 08:32 at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, 08:36 touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 08:40 Verse 22, and he informed me, and talked with me, 08:45 and said, O Daniel, 08:47 I am now come forth to give thee skill and what? 08:51 Understanding. The newer version says 08:53 I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 08:58 What was it that Daniel did not understand? 09:05 The last part of the vision or the time aspect 09:08 of the vision in Daniel chapter 8. 09:10 Now if we read Daniel chapter 9 09:12 beginning in verse 1 09:13 and went all the way through to verse 19 09:15 there is absolutely no mention of the vision 09:18 that Daniel had. It's a prayer. 09:20 It's probably one of the most beautiful prayers 09:22 apart from Jesus praying, 09:24 and I believe it's in John chapter 17. 09:26 Here Daniel is praying from verses 1 to verse 19. 09:29 And then the angel Gabriel while Daniel was praying, 09:34 the angel Gabriel comes to help him understand the vision. 09:37 It has to be referring to the vision in Daniel chapter 8. 09:42 So this is what happens in 22 or verse 23. 09:45 At the beginning of thy supplications 09:47 the commandment came forth, 09:49 and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved. 09:54 Thou art greatly, what was that? 09:55 Beloved. Wouldn't it be awesome if the angel Gabriel 09:59 appeared to you while you were praying, 10:01 and said, I have come to help you understand 10:04 something, because you are greatly beloved. 10:07 Who do you think he was greatly beloved by? 10:10 The one that sent him which of course 10:11 would be God, that's absolutely right. 10:14 It says therefore, the last part of 23. 10:16 Therefore understand the matter, and consider the, what? 10:21 The vision. What vision? 10:23 Did we have a vision in Daniel chapter 9. 10:25 No vision in Daniel chapter 9. 10:27 This is referring to the vision in Daniel chapter 8, verse 24. 10:33 And this is where we're going to study 10:36 the prophecy of the Messiah. 10:39 It says, Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people 10:43 and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, 10:48 to make an end of sins, 10:52 and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 10:55 and to bring in everlasting righteousness, 10:58 and to seal up the vision and prophecy, 11:00 and to anoint the most Holy. 11:04 So seventy weeks are determined 11:06 upon Daniel and Daniel's people. 11:09 Do you wanna know that word determined means? 11:11 We'll get there. 11:12 But we're gonna finish the overview of Daniel 9 first. 11:15 Verse 25 says know therefore and understand 11:18 that from the going forth of the commandment, 11:21 to restore and build Jerusalem, unto Messiah the Prince, 11:25 shall be seven weeks and threescore in two weeks. 11:31 The streets shall be built again and the wall, 11:33 even in troublesome times, or troublous times. 11:37 Does anybody know what a score is? Twenty. 11:41 That's right. So threescore would be what? Sixty. 11:45 Threescore and two would be 62. 11:49 That's right. So now we'll just continue reading. 11:51 And after threescore and two year, two weeks, 11:55 that's 62 weeks shall Messiah be what? Cut-off. 12:00 But not for himself, and that's gonna be very important 12:05 when we go through this Bible study because 12:07 the Messiah is cut off, but he's not cut off for who? 12:10 He's not cut off for himself, that's right. 12:13 It says, "But not for himself: and the people of the prince 12:17 that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; 12:21 and the end thereof shall be with a flood, 12:23 and unto the end of the war desolations are determined." 12:28 Verse 27, and I see a lot of people 12:30 crinkling their foreheads right now. 12:32 They are like what in the world is this talking about? 12:34 But we're gonna clear it up; it's gonna be crystal clear. 12:37 Verse 27 says, And he shall confirm the covenant 12:40 with many for, what? For one week. 12:42 Notice that we had seven weeks, then we had three score 12:46 and two weeks or how many weeks was that? 12:48 Sixty-two weeks, so seven weeks, 12:50 plus sixty-two weeks equals how many weeks? 12:53 Sixty-nine weeks and then in verse 27 it says, 12:56 and He, speaking to the Messiah, 12:58 shall confirm the covenant with many for how long? 13:00 For one week, so if we have sixty-nine weeks 13:03 plus one week, how many weeks do we have? Seventy. 13:05 Seventy, how many did we start off with in verse 24? 13:08 Seventy weeks. 13:10 I think it's very important for us to remember right here. 13:14 That, the Bible says there are seven weeks, 13:17 and then there, well let's see, the way you're gonna view 13:20 it's gonna be from this way, that way, right? 13:22 So, the Bible says there's gonna be seven weeks, 13:24 and then there will be what? 13:26 Sixty-two weeks and then there will be one week, 13:30 just like the sixty-two weeks follow the seven weeks, 13:34 the one week follows the sixty-two weeks. 13:37 And after the sixty-two weeks 13:40 Messiah will be cut off but not for Himself. 13:43 Verse 27, "And he shall confirm the covenant 13:46 with many for one week." 13:47 That's how much time we have left in this prophecy. 13:50 "And in the midst of the week he shall cause 13:52 the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. 13:55 And for the overspreading of abominations 13:57 he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, 14:01 and that determined shall be poured out upon the desolate." 14:07 Now, when Daniel was writing this, 14:09 Daniel was using a parallelism, if I can use that word. 14:12 If it's a real word, praise the Lord, 14:14 if it's not, I just made it up 14:15 and now I'm gonna explain what it means. 14:16 On our next graphic, on our next graphic you need to remember, 14:21 and notice that in Daniel chapter 9 verse 25, 14:24 the first part of that verse talks about the Messiah. 14:27 The second part of that verse talks about the city. 14:31 In Daniel 9:26, the first part of that verse 14:33 talks about the Messiah. 14:34 The second part of that verse 14:36 talks about the, what? The city. 14:38 In Daniel 9:27, 14:40 the first part of that verse talks about the Messiah, 14:44 and the second part of that verse talks about the? City. 14:47 So, let's do this, let's go back to Daniel chapter 9 verse 25, 14:51 and let's just read the parts that pertain to the Messiah, 14:55 just the first parts that pertain to the Messiah. 14:58 Daniel chapter 9 verse 25 says, 15:01 "Know therefore and understand." 15:03 That from the going forth of the command to restore 15:06 and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince 15:08 shall be seven weeks and three score and two weeks. 15:13 Then we cut it off right there. 15:15 Let's go to verse 26. 15:17 "And after threescore and two weeks 15:20 shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself." 15:24 Cut if off right there. 15:27 Then you go to 9:27, and He, speaking of Messiah. 15:30 "Shall confirm the covenant with many for one week 15:33 and in the midst of the week he shall cause 15:36 the sacrifice and the oblation to cease." 15:39 Cut it off right there. 15:41 So, as we go through this prophecy, 15:43 we are going to focus on the first part 15:46 of each one of these verses, 15:48 Daniel 9:25, Daniel 9:26 and Daniel 9:27. 15:52 We're gonna focus only on the parts 15:54 that pertain to the Messiah, 15:56 or to one that's coming, the anointed one, Jesus Christ. 16:01 We're gonna focus on those first parts during the study 16:05 After the study is over we're gonna go back 16:08 and we're going to look at what it's talking about 16:10 in the second half of each verse. 16:12 That will enable us to go through the study, 16:14 just a little bit more quick then we would have been 16:18 able to do it before or quicker, 16:20 that's probably the best word to use there. 16:22 That will unable us to go through this quicker. 16:24 So, let's go to our next slide, our next graphic, 16:29 and you'll notice there we're now in Daniel 9:24. 16:31 So, what we're going to do is 16:33 we're going to break down this prophecy. 16:36 Verses 20 through 23 tell us that Gabriel 16:40 is coming to help Daniel understand a vision. 16:43 There is no vision in 16:46 Daniel chapter 9 verses 1 through 20, or 19. 16:52 Then Gabriel shows up to help Daniel understand a vision. 16:56 We read Daniel chapter 8 and we understand that Daniel, 16:59 and we know now that Daniel didn't understand 17:01 the time aspect of the vision 17:05 that had been given to him in Daniel chapter 8. 17:08 And again when we get to Daniel chapter 8 and we study that, 17:10 we'll talking about how these two visions go hand in hand. 17:14 They fit just like a, a sock and a shoe. 17:17 So, we're now in Daniel 9:24 17:20 and we'll simply read that again. 17:22 Who would like to read that for me? 17:23 How about somebody over here in this section right here? 17:25 Who's going to read that for us? 17:26 Mike's got the mic, so, Mike can read, Daniel 9:24. 17:32 And I'm going to interrupt you, 17:34 so just be prepared for that, okay. 17:36 That happens a lot during this study. 17:37 Alright. "Seventy weeks are determined 17:40 upon thy people and upon thy holy city." 17:42 Alright, that's good right there. 17:44 Seventy weeks are what? 17:47 Determined. Determined. Seventy weeks are determined. 17:51 It's important now for us to go to the original language. 17:54 On your graphic you will see there 17:56 that the word determined is "Chathak." 17:58 That's how it's pronounced, "Chathak." 18:01 And Chathak means cut off, or amputate. 18:07 That means cut off, or amputate. 18:09 This word Chathak is only used once in scripture, 18:13 and since you're a thinking individual 18:16 you're saying to yourself what we just read it, 18:17 so I know exactly the one time it's mentioned. 18:20 And where is that? 18:22 Daniel 9:24, that's absolutely right. 18:24 The only time this is mentioned, 18:26 this word is used in scripture is here in Daniel 9, 18:31 excuse me and verse 24. 18:34 See, you and I have to go outside; 18:36 we have to go to extra-biblical literature 18:39 to understand what this word means. 18:42 And when we look at what this word means 18:44 in extra-biblical literature. In literature that was written 18:47 around the same time period as Daniel was. 18:50 The word Chathak means to cut off, or amputate, 18:55 to cut off or amputate. 18:58 So, it says, seventy weeks 19:01 that's what you read right, Mike? 19:03 Seventy weeks are determined; seventy weeks are cut off, 19:08 seventy weeks are amputated for you and your people, right? 19:15 Isn't that how it reads, why don't you finish reading 19:16 Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24 for us, 19:19 Daniel chapter 9 verse 24. 19:23 "To finish the transgression and to make an end of sins 19:26 and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 19:29 and to bring in everlasting righteousness, 19:32 and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, 19:34 and to anoint the most Holy." 19:36 So, seventy weeks. 19:39 In the original language it actually reads 19:41 seventy-sevens denoting a period of a week. 19:45 Seventy weeks are cut off for you and your people 19:50 to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, 19:53 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 19:55 to bring in everlasting righteousness." 19:57 There was another one that I skipped there, 19:59 to seal up the vision and prophecy 20:01 and to anoint the most Holy." 20:03 So let's just look at this time period now of Seventy weeks. 20:07 Daniel 9:24 in the graphic there, 20:09 seventy weeks are cut off. 20:11 We are going to do some simple math. 20:14 How many of do you like math. 20:15 Do you like math? I just love math. 20:18 If there was any subject 20:19 that I would like to study a lot more of, 20:21 it would be math other than the Bible of course. 20:24 So, we are gonna take seventy weeks, 20:26 how many days are there in a week Tom? Seven days. 20:29 Seven days in a week. 20:30 So if we have seventy weeks 20:32 and we have seven days per week, 20:35 how many prophetic days do we end up with here 20:39 in Daniel chapter 9 verse 24? 20:42 490, that's absolutely right Tim. 20:44 So we have 490 prophetic days. 20:48 So, seventy prophetic weeks 20:51 is the same as 490 prophetic days. 20:55 Is everybody following with me here? 20:57 Do we know where I got the 490 from? 21:00 Where did I get the 490 from? 21:02 Who would like to explain where I got the 490 from? 21:04 Oh, she is looking like don't look at me. 21:06 And okay why don't you go ahead and do that for us? 21:10 Okay. Where did I get the Seventy from? 21:15 From the Bible. 21:18 That's right, we got that from Daniel chapter 9 verse 24. 21:21 You know there will be people 21:23 that you study the Bible with them, 21:24 when you studying the Bible with them they will say 21:26 where did you come up with the seventy? 21:27 Where did you get the seventy weeks? 21:29 And even though you've read the overview and you've just 21:32 explained where you got the 70 weeks from, 21:34 there will be people that you need to just re-explain it to. 21:37 So we get the 70 weeks from Daniel chapter 9 verse 24. 21:42 There are how many days per week? Seven. 21:46 Do you realize that there's absolutely, 21:47 and those of you that have been in the classroom 21:50 and those of you that have been at home 21:51 watching all of these programs you realize 21:53 that there is only one place in all of the world's history 21:58 that denotes the period of seven days equaling a week, 22:02 and what was that? Creation. 22:04 That's absolutely right 22:05 There was a creation in Genesis chapter 1. 22:07 In the first day, the second day, 22:10 the third day, so on and so forth 22:12 until we got to the seventh day or the Sabbath. 22:15 So seven days per week, seventy weeks, 22:18 that gives us 490 prophetic days. 22:23 So I've got a question up here on the graphic, 22:25 why do we call them prophetic days? 22:28 Well there's basically two reasons 22:30 and the first one is just gonna knock your socks off. 22:31 We're studying a prophetic book. 22:34 That's quite easy to understand. 22:36 They're prophetic days because we are in a prophetic book. 22:38 And a prophetic day is symbolic of a longer period of time. 22:46 A prophetic day is symbolic of a longer period of time. 22:53 Our next reference on your screen 22:56 there is the third text in our Daniel 9 study. 22:58 It's Numbers 14:34 and we are going to pull 23:01 a principle out as Numbers 14:34, 23:05 what do we are gonna pull out of there. 23:06 A principle that's right. 23:08 We're gonna pull a principle out of Numbers 14:34. 23:11 So we're just go to our graphic those of you at home, 23:14 you can see that the 3rd text in the Daniel ninth study, 23:17 is Daniel 9, I'm sorry it's Numbers 14:34 23:21 and I also have a parenthesis there, Ezekiel 4:6, 23:24 because they have the exact same principle in them. 23:30 They have the exact same what? Principle. 23:34 Now the reason I keep saying principle is because 23:37 when you are giving this Bible study, people will say, 23:39 well how did the world do you really know 23:41 that a day in Bible prophecy equals a year? 23:45 We're gonna read that principle here in Numbers 14:34 23:48 and then if we wanted we can go to Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 6. 23:51 And then some people will still say, I still don't believe 23:56 that a prophetic day is equal to a literal year. 24:00 And so this is what I will tell them. 24:02 I'll say you just hang with me in this study. 24:05 If the principle works of a day 24:09 in Bible prophecy equal in a year, 24:11 if that principle works and we plug it in. 24:14 If we plug it into this prophecy and it works 24:17 then we know that it's true. 24:18 If we plug it into this prophecy 24:20 and it doesn't work you can throw out the whole study. 24:23 But I'm convinced because I've studied it 24:25 time and time again, 24:26 that a day in Bible prophecy equals a year. 24:29 And you're gonna be excited 24:30 when we get to the end of this study as well 24:33 that a day in Bible prophecy equals a year. 24:35 So we are in Numbers 14:34 and who had that, 24:38 that would like to read it. 24:39 Numbers chapter 14, let's go to somebody here 24:41 in the center of the room, 24:42 so we have three ladies to choose from. 24:45 We're gonna to numbers chapter 14 and verse 34 24:49 and let's see who is there and wants to read it 24:52 right out of the center of this room. 24:53 That means you're gonna have to look at me 24:55 and tell me whose gonna do that. 24:58 Ah, she said I will. Numbers 14, 25:01 that meal you just had sitting hard now, isn't that? 25:04 It sure is, alright. Numbers chapter 14 verse 34. 25:09 And the number of the days in which ye searched the land, 25:12 even forty days, each day for a year, 25:15 shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, 25:18 and ye shall know my breach of promise. 25:21 Okay. So in this text we are 25:24 pulling out the principle that in prophecy 25:29 a day is equal to a what, a year. 25:34 One prophetic day is equal to one literal year. 25:40 Fascine that in your mind because you will be 25:42 fascinated by what you have fascined there. 25:45 It said lot of Fs there, wasn't it? 25:48 So Numbers 14:34 is where we get the principle 25:50 that one day in Bible prophecy equals one literal year. 25:56 So let's go back to Daniel chapter 9 now. 26:00 Daniel chapter 9 now and we are going to read 26:04 verse 24 one more time, I'll read that, 26:07 Daniel chapter 9 verse 24. I want to make sure that 26:10 we understand where these numbers are coming from. 26:15 One thing that I like to do when we are finished 26:17 with some of these studies is to bring the students up here 26:21 and let them present it back to me. 26:25 So that I know that that student has understood it. 26:27 Because what's gonna happen, you are gonna get out of here 26:30 and you're gonna go to Bolivia and believe it or not 26:33 you're actually going to be studying the Bible 26:34 with people and they're going to say 26:35 where did you get that number from? 26:36 How do you know that a day in 26:37 Bible prophecy is equal to a year? 26:41 And you got it. So you have a deeper challenge 26:43 than we do, don't you? Now I mean it's one thing 26:46 to look at a word in Chathak and to tell people 26:49 what it means it's a completely different thing 26:50 to give a Bible study in Spanish. 26:52 But I bet Roberto could pull it off quite easily, 26:54 couldn't you brother? Roberto, maybe you just 26:56 need to go to Bolivia with them brother 26:58 and send it back to Atlanta. The Bible says, 27:00 seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, 27:04 Daniel 9:24, and upon thy Holy city. 27:07 How many weeks are determined or cut off? 27:10 70. And they are cut off of a longer time period 27:14 that has found in Daniel chapter 8. 27:16 And again Pastor Sizemore is gonna be over that for us. 27:20 Seventy weeks are cut off 27:23 or amputated from a longer time prophesy. 27:26 Now we are going to Daniel chapter 9 verse 25. 27:30 But before we read Daniel 9:25 I've got, 27:34 I've got something on the screen here. 27:36 You know I taught you the other day that if you have a 27:39 chart or if you write things out 27:42 then when you're giving the Bible study people 27:44 will be able to understand it easier, 27:46 do you remember that? I believe that Sebacic 2:2 27:49 write things in charts. So seventy weeks 27:53 is equal to 490 prophetic days. 490 prophetic days 27:59 is equal to 490 literal years. 490 literal years are 28:07 amputated or cut off from what? And this is what Pastor Sizemore 28:12 will be talking about, that longer time period 28:14 that 70 weeks came from two studies from now. 28:18 He'll be talking about that two studies for now so, 28:20 of course when we in the classroom we'll be here. 28:22 Those of you at home you'll want to make sure 28:23 that you're here as well so that you can join us for that study. 28:28 Our next graphic here, what I've done is I've simply 28:32 made a graph or a chart. 70 weeks is equal to 28:36 490 prophetic days. 490 days prophetic days 28:39 is equal to 490 literal years. So I've just drawn out that 28:43 long chart there showing a period of 490 literal years 28:49 or 490 prophetic days. When you are giving this 28:52 Bible study, you'll write down everything that you see 28:56 on the graph as this graph continues to grow. 28:59 By the end of this study this graph is going to be so full, 29:02 I actually had to hide some of the stuff 29:04 that was already there or make it almost not seeable 29:07 because this graph gets very, very full. 29:10 So we know from Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, 29:14 the principle that a day in Bible prophecy equals a year. 29:19 A day in Bible prophecy, Ryan, equals a what? 29:21 A year. A year, that's absolutely right. 29:24 So now, our next reference is Daniel chapter 9 verse 25. 29:30 The Bible said, "70 weeks are determined 29:35 upon your people and your holy city." 29:37 70 weeks are cut off for a particular purpose, 29:41 my question is when does that 70 weeks begin? 29:46 Because this 70 week time period is the 29:51 beginning of the 70 week prophecy 29:53 and it's also the beginning of the longer time prophecy 29:59 that the 70 weeks was cut off of, you follow that? 30:02 So my question is, when does this 70 week period begin? 30:08 And so here we are, Daniel chapter 9 and verse 25. 30:11 And we go ahead and take somebody from this side of 30:13 the room, Daniel chapter 9 and verse 25 and Anita 30:16 raised her hand there. And those of you at home, 30:19 who have been following with us, you remember that 30:21 Anita is very good at eye contact. 30:24 And the reason she's good is because when she gives 30:26 that Bible study, she wants to make sure that the 30:28 people she is giving the Bible study to are engaged with 30:31 her in that study. So you be the judge, 30:33 she's gonna look at you now on this camera and you see 30:35 if she's making that eye contact? 30:38 "Know therefore and understand, 30:41 that from the going forth of the commandment to restore 30:44 and build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be 30:48 seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks." 30:51 Okay, so that's where we'll stop, because remember 30:54 we're focusing in Daniel 9:25, Daniel 9:26 and Daniel 9:27 30:58 on the first parts. And the first parts of Daniel 9:25, 31:02 Daniel 9:26 and Daniel 9:27 focused on whom? 31:08 Say it louder. Messiah. Messiah, that's right. 31:11 When you know the answer, just blurt it out and 31:13 you can blurt it out loud enough for me to hear you. 31:15 Because you remember, I told you earlier that when 31:17 I was a young fellow I had these huge speakers in my 31:20 car and so I can't hear low tones very well. 31:23 You know, I was in store just yesterday and I was 31:26 picking up some sound equipment and I was trying to 31:29 get a better deal then what they were giving me. 31:31 And we did praise the Lord for that. 31:34 But the people that were working at the shop they 31:36 were behind me and they were whispering, 31:38 can you please this guys trying to get these 31:40 microphones for 87 dollars a piece? 31:44 And I could everything they were saying because my 31:46 whispering ear wasn't damaged when I had that big speaker 31:49 in my car. So I'm still searching on the Internet 31:52 their replace, and I say that's absolutely right, 31:54 I'm trying to get the best deal that I can because 31:56 you guys advertised that you would give me, 32:00 you would match an Internet price. 32:01 So, and then he was all apologetic because I've heard 32:03 what he said. So you don't have to whisper, 32:07 I can hear you but maybe some people had hearing 32:10 damage on the whispering end and, 32:11 they need you to talk louder. 32:13 So know therefore, verse 25 says, 32:15 know therefore and understand that from the going 32:18 forth of the commandment to restore and build 32:23 Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks 32:29 and threescore and two weeks. So I've another graphic, 32:34 look at this graphic, again I told you this is going 32:36 to get very full. Over here and I don't know if those 32:39 of you at home are looking at me, 32:40 if you're just looking at the graphic on the far left here, 32:42 it says, "command to restore and build Jerusalem. 32:45 And I've got it right there on that line. 32:48 Know therefore and understand that from the going 32:50 forth of the command and to restore and build 32:52 Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince shall be 7 weeks and 32:58 62 weeks. So from the command to restore and build 33:03 Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince are 69 prophetic weeks, 33:09 which is 483 prophetic days or 483 what? 33:17 Literal years, that's absolutely right. 33:21 So the beginning of this time prophecy is the commandment 33:26 to restore and build Jerusalem. 33:30 Now I'll just ask, let's see here whom am I going to 33:32 ask will bring the camera, that's going to get people 33:35 faces over to here, Tim, I'm gonna ask you. 33:37 Tim, what starts the 70 week time prophecy? 33:45 The commandment to restore and build Jerusalem. 33:47 What Bible verse do we find that in? We found it in, 33:52 Daniel chapter 9 verse 25. That's right. 33:55 So in Daniel 9:25, it says, know therefore, 33:58 because remember the angel Gabriel is just explaining 34:01 a vision to Daniel that Daniel had had previous to this. 34:04 And the angel Gabriel says to Daniel, 34:06 know therefore and understand Daniel. 34:09 That from the going forth of the command, 34:11 to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince 34:16 will be 7 weeks and 62 weeks. 34:20 So Daniel is thinking to himself, the command to 34:23 restore and build Jerusalem, the command to restore and 34:28 build Jerusalem. If I could only find out when the command 34:31 to restore and build Jerusalem is? 34:34 Were you and I are going to find out? 34:36 We're going to find that out today. 34:38 We'll go, just one more time, I want to review this graphic 34:41 because it is important that you lock all of this in 34:43 your mind. 70 weeks were cut off of the longer 34:47 time period. 70 prophetic weeks is the same as 34:50 490 prophetic days. 490 prophetic days is the 34:54 as 490 literal years. And you maybe asking yourself. 34:58 Why Scott, are you are going over this and over this 35:00 and over this and over this? And the reason I'm going 35:02 over and over and over this again, 35:04 is because I've taught this Bible study for the last 35:06 four and half years. And people always ask me when 35:09 I'm done, how did you get those figures? 35:13 How did we get those figures? You mean, 35:14 you really want me to give this Bible study to somebody else? 35:16 I'm not ready Pastor Scott, I'm not ready to give the 35:18 Bible study, what am I am I gonna do? 35:21 So I'm going over it and over it, and over and over that, 35:23 so that you don't come to me and say, 35:25 Pastor Scott, what am I going to do? 35:28 70 weeks is the same as 490 prophetic days. 35:31 490 prophetic days is as same as 490 literal years. 35:37 70 weeks are cut off the whole time period is 35:40 490 prophetic days are 490 literal years. 35:44 When does the 70 week time period begin? 35:47 This 70 week time period begins from the commandment 35:50 to restore and build Jerusalem. Not just to build it 35:56 but to restore it, and what does that mean to restore it? 36:01 That means, that Jerusalem, that the Israelite nation would 36:05 be given the right of full autonomy. 36:09 Do you know what the word autonomy means? 36:12 The word autonomy means to be able to govern yourself. 36:17 You're autonomous; you are able to govern yourself. 36:22 So know therefore and understand that from the 36:24 command to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah 36:27 the Prince, shall be seven weeks and threescore and 36:31 two weeks. Then it says and the streets shall be built 36:33 again and even the wall, even in troublous times, 36:35 but we're focusing on the last half, 36:37 after the study is over. So, we have 69 prophetic 36:41 weeks or 483 literal years from the beginning of the 36:45 70 week prophecy unto Messiah the Prince. 36:49 So, all we have to do is to figure out from scripture 36:53 when was the commandment given not only to rebuild 36:57 Jerusalem, but to restore it or to give the Israelite 37:01 nation the right to govern themselves. 37:04 And for this we go to our next reference, 37:08 our next reference which is Ezra chapter 7. 37:13 Ezra chapter 7. So we're simply... we're in Daniel, 37:18 so let's see Dosung, can you help me? 37:20 Let's just bring the camera around here; 37:21 can you help me get to Ezra from the book of Daniel, 37:25 which direction do I need to turn? 37:30 Those of you at home see just, those of you at home 37:32 see his lips moving that's probably because he's 37:34 singing the song, his mom taught him when he was a 37:36 baby, right? Ah, so, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, 37:41 Psalms. How many of us know where Psalms is? 37:44 We know where Psalms is, so we're going to back up 37:46 to what direction from Daniel? To the left. 37:48 To the left, that's right. So we're backing up to the left, 37:52 I see Psalms and you said it's before psalms, right? 37:55 All right, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, so remember 37:59 when you're giving this study, 38:01 you'll have to help people find these books. 38:03 Some of these smaller books are, 38:06 I don't want to say difficult to find but they are fun 38:08 to find, how about that? And Dosung right now, 38:11 is having lots of fun, he just keeps going back and 38:12 forth in Bible, he's having lots of fun, 38:14 he is smiling. All right, Ezra chapter 7 and verse 7. 38:19 And Dosung, if wouldn't mind going ahead and reading 38:21 this for us. And this microphone is different from 38:24 the last one we had. So, if you just put that almost 38:26 under your chin, not right in front of your mouth 38:28 because it will pop from the breath coming out of 38:29 your mouth. So put it down just a hair, 38:33 a little here more, there you go, 38:34 right there, perfect. "And there went up some of 38:38 the children of Israel, and of the priests, 38:41 and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, 38:45 and the Nethinims unto Jerusalem, 38:48 in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the King." 38:52 Artaxerxes, the King. You know it's interesting also 38:55 when you give this Bible study. Everybody messes up 38:59 the name Artaxerxes. So let's rehearse it. 39:02 Those of you that are watching at home you just go 39:03 and rehearse it with us. And we're gonna say, 39:05 Arta Xerxes, you ready we'll say down three. 39:07 Three or one, three, two, one. Arta Xerxes. 39:12 Okay, now let's see if you can say it? Put the microphone 39:14 and tell me, can you say it? 39:17 Artaxerxes. Artaxerxes, there you go, 39:19 there you have it. So, notice verse 7 Ezra chapter 7 39:22 verse 7. What we're trying to pull out of this text is, 39:26 what was the year that the command to restore 39:30 and build Jerusalem when into effect? 39:34 When did it happen? The Bible says here in verse 7, 39:37 that there went up some of the children of Israel, 39:40 and of the priests, and of the Levites, 39:42 and of the porters, and the Nethinims unto Jerusalem, 39:45 in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the King. 39:50 You remember, you know that when they were doing 39:52 time in the Bible they didn't say 3 B.C, or 486 B.C. 39:59 They reckoned the time period according to the reign 40:03 of Kings. And the Bible says here that it was in the 40:07 seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes the King. 40:10 Now Artaxerxes is going to write a letter, 40:13 he's going to give that letter to Ezra. 40:17 And we're gonna pick up here in verse 11. 40:19 You notice on our graphic there, 40:21 we're going to verse 11 and then if you read verses 12 40:25 through 26, you can read the entire letter that Artaxerxes 40:30 wrote and gave to Ezra. So, again we're just reading 40:35 the parts that we mean to read for this particular 40:38 Bible study. So that we can help out the person who 40:40 were studying the Bible with understand that it was 40:46 the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes the King, 40:48 when the command was given to restore and build 40:51 Jerusalem. And it's written right here in scripture. 40:53 So, now let's go to verse 11. And who'd like to read 40:57 verse 11 for us? Let's go back over to this section. 41:00 Who is gonna read verse 11 for us? 41:02 Ah, and she's got a microphone already in her hands, 41:04 so Darlene, can you read verse 11? 41:08 "This is the copy of the letter the King Artaxerxes 41:11 gave to Ezra the priest, describe, expert in the words 41:16 of the commands of the Lord, and of his statutes 41:19 to Israel." Okay, so if again, if we would to read 41:22 verses 12 all the way through to verse 26, 41:25 we would read the letter that is recorded here 41:28 by Ezra. We are not going to take the time during 41:32 this class or during this study to read that entire letter. 41:35 But we're going to go to the part where King Artaxerxes 41:41 tells Ezra that the Israelite nation can govern, 41:46 excuse me, can govern themselves and write their 41:49 own laws, and enforce their own laws. 41:52 Now, when I'm giving this Bible study one of the 41:54 things that I point out right now during the study is, 41:58 who was it that hung Jesus on the Cross? 42:03 The Romans did, that's absolutely right. 42:05 Why didn't the Jews do it? Why couldn't they, Anita? 42:12 They were under Roman rule. 42:13 They were under Roman rule, that's absolutely right. 42:14 So we're gonna see here that Artaxerxes tells Ezra 42:18 you guys can go back, you can write your own laws, 42:21 you can enforce your own laws, you can banish people, 42:24 you can do whatever you want to, go back home and 42:27 do this. So we're gonna read verses 24 through 26, 42:33 verse 24 through to 26. And maybe Tom, 42:37 Tom can you read this for us? We're in Ezra chapter 7 42:40 verse 24 through to 26. And just hold that mic a 42:44 little bit down under your chin, there you are. 42:48 "Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to 42:51 impose tax, tribute or custom on any of the priests, 42:57 Levites, singers, gate keepers, Nethinim, or servants 43:01 of this house of God. And you Ezra according to 43:06 your God given wisdom set magistrates and judges, 43:09 who may judge all the people who are in the region 43:13 beyond the river. All such as know the laws of your 43:16 God and teach them those who do not know them." 43:20 Okay, stop right there Tom, we're not finished with this 43:22 passage, 'cause you've got one more text to read 43:24 but what there in verse 25, does Artaxerxes tell Ezra, 43:30 what does he tell him? Set magistrates and judges 43:33 over the people. That's right, you can set magistrates 43:36 and judges over the people which may judge all the people, 43:40 all such as know the laws of thy God, 43:43 and teach ye them that know them not, right? 43:45 Now read the verse 26 for us. 43:48 "Whoever will not observe the law of your God and 43:50 the law of the King, let judgment be executed 43:54 speedily on him, whether it would be death, 43:57 or banishment, or confiscation of goods, 44:00 or imprisonment." So here we see that Ezra has 44:05 given a letter by King Artaxerxes. It's in the 44:08 seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, the King. 44:13 Artaxerxes, the King in the seventh year of his reign 44:16 tells Ezra that he can take people back to Jerusalem, 44:20 set up magistrates and judges. 44:23 And if people aren't willing to follow the laws of God 44:25 and the laws of the King, then those people, 44:29 the Jewish nation has the right to in verse 26 that let 44:33 judgment be executed speedily up on them, 44:35 whether it would be onto death, or unto banishment, 44:40 or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 44:44 So what we find here in Ezra chapter 7 verses 7:11, 44:48 24 through 26, is Artaxerxes telling Ezra you can go back 44:54 home and set all of this up so that the your nation 44:58 can govern itself. He gave them the full right of what 45:02 we call autonomy, and we have been already over that. 45:05 So, we're gonna go back to our graphic. 45:08 The graphic that I told you earlier is going to be filled 45:11 up so we are going back to our graphic that is going 45:15 to be filled up. So, the Bible says here 70 weeks are 45:20 determined. Now you tell me 70 weeks is the same as 45:24 what 490 prophetic days that's right Tom, 45:29 490 prophetic days is same as 490 literal years. 45:36 Then the Bible says "Know therefore and understand 45:39 that from the commandment to restore and build 45:42 Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, 45:47 and three score and two weeks, which is how many weeks. 45:51 69 weeks. Now let just do the Math, does anybody 45:54 have a calculator you all, most of you have Apple 45:56 computers in here. All you got do is hit that control, 45:59 and not the control, but the thing, the command 46:02 button and your spacebar type calc and then it will 46:06 open calculator. Somebody do the math for me. 46:08 Do the math for me. 69 weeks prophetic weeks times 46:14 7 days per week. How many years does that give us? 46:19 483. 483 you are absolutely right. 483, so 7 weeks 46:26 plus 62 weeks is 69 weeks from the command to 46:30 restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince, 46:33 or 483 prophetic days which is same as 483 literal years. 46:41 So, 483 literal years from the 7th year of the reign of 46:46 Artaxerxes the King. One of the must well established 46:50 dates in history is the 7th year of the reign of Artaxerxes 46:53 the King. And that was 457BC. Now this command 46:59 did not go into effect until the fall of 457 BC that will 47:05 become very important as we continue in this Bible 47:09 study to note that the command went into effect in the 47:13 fall of 457 BC. So let's just do some Math, 47:20 before we do, another review. Because you've got 47:23 to get this in your mind, this is probably one of the 47:26 most misunderstood Bible prophecies in scripture. 47:32 And when you get out there and you are giving 47:34 these Bible studies to people or maybe even you yourself 47:37 are thinking this means something other than what we're 47:39 going over here today. But I want you to note that 47:41 every time we do something in this study, 47:44 we have a Bible reference to back it up. 47:48 As long as you have a thus saith the Lord, 47:51 for what you're teaching, you can know that what you 47:53 are teaching is true. But we must be careful 47:58 because even Peter said about Paul's writings that 48:00 some of those could be rested to our own destruction. 48:04 So we have to not only understand what we are teaching, 48:08 but we have to rightly divide the word of truth as well. 48:11 I remember Bill was telling me that somebody kept telling 48:14 him he had... No, it was you Mike, that somebody had 48:16 kept telling you well that's not rightly divided in the word 48:19 the truth when their understanding didn't drive with 48:22 what scripture was saying. So, we're gonna do this back 48:26 on our graphic. You see they are in the middle we have 48:28 483 literal years, somebody tell me how I got that number, 48:32 how did I get 483 literal years pick the microphone up 48:36 and tell me? 483 literal years came from what? 48:40 Mike has a microphone. From taking the 7 weeks in the 48:43 62 weeks and coming up with 69 weeks and then just 48:46 multiplying that time 7 days in a week. 48:48 That's absolutely right, 43, absolutely right. 48:51 So we have 483 literal years and 457 BC you know 48:58 how could I explain that I will explain on the next couple of 49:00 graphics from now. But we are simply gonna take 483 49:03 literal years and we are going to subtract 457 BC. 49:08 That is going to give us the fall of 26 AD. 49:14 Does everybody understand how we did that? 49:16 We simply took the bigger number, 49:18 which was 483 and we subtracted the smaller number 49:24 which is 457 BC. Does everybody understand that? 49:30 Continue with me. I have a question real quick. 49:32 Okay, pick up the microphone and ask me that question. 49:35 And keep the microphone under your chin. 49:37 Okay, there you go. Alright. In case somebody asks, 49:40 can anybody look that up anytime to find out that the 49:44 7th year of the reign of King Artaxerxes was in fact 49:46 in the fall of 457 B.C? Absolutely brother. Okay. 49:50 How do you, what makes you think that I am so 49:52 confident to tell you that. Because I looked it up. 49:55 Its 457 BC. Good. 457 BC. Very good question, awesome. 50:00 Just in case somebody said that, yeah pick that 50:02 microphone up. I will just gonna say you can actually 50:06 punch in 457 BC in Google. Okay. 50:09 And it will bring up that happened in 457 BC. 50:13 Well there you go. Not that Google gets everything right, 50:16 but Praise the Lord for that, right. 50:18 So, we took the 483 literal years that we've got from 50:21 the 69 prophetic weeks and we simply subtracted 50:25 457 BC from that and that brings us to the fall of 26 AD. 50:30 But it really doesn't bring us to the fall of 26 AD, 50:33 and I will tell you why? And I will tell you why 50:35 right now. You will notice on the screen here that 50:37 there is no zero year on the calendar. 50:40 There is no zero year on the calendar. 50:42 The simple math that we did, thought that there was a 50:46 zero place holder when we got from negative one 50:50 negative two, zero, one, two, three you follow that. 50:56 Now our math our calculators thought that there was 50:59 a zero at that place holder. But since there is no zero year, 51:02 this doesn't take us through the fall of 26 AD it takes 51:05 us to the fall of 27 AD. And I've got another graphic 51:10 here that will illustrate that just a little bit better. 51:14 483 years from the Fall of 457 BC takes us to, 51:20 so we've got the Fall of 457 BC takes us to the 51:23 Fall of 26 no, no, no, it takes us to the Fall of 27 why? 51:26 Because there is no zero year on the calendar. 51:30 And this is the way you could illustrate this when 51:32 you're drawing out this graphic. Its amazing when 51:35 I give this Bible study always take three to five sheets 51:38 of paper with me. Because I know that I am gonna 51:41 have 70 weeks over here, 69 weeks over here I am 51:45 gonna have the math delineated for people to see. 51:47 And then I am actually gonna right this out, 51:49 there is no zero year. And a lot of times people are 51:53 like well I don't understand, I don't understand? 51:55 Why if simple math takes us to 26, are you now 51:58 saying its 27? I just don't understand. 52:01 So you actually have to write this out. 52:02 I usually start with 457 BC is followed by what year? 52:09 455 BC. 455 BC is followed by what year? 52:19 454 BC. 454 BC is followed by what? 453. 453. 52:25 And you can imagine how long that would take if we 52:27 went all the way down. But you got to start in 457 52:30 so the people you're giving the Bible study to, 52:32 can actually find the pattern and follow it. 52:34 And so then you just simple say, we're gonna fast 52:37 forward now to 3 BC. 3 BC is followed by what year? 52:43 2 BC. 2 BC. 2 BC is followed by what year? 52:47 1 BC. 1BC. 1 BC is followed by what year? 52:51 180. 180 that's right there is no zero AD or BC zero. 52:58 There was none of that. So, when we do our math, 53:01 it takes us short to the Fall of 26 AD, 53:04 but we have to take that place holder and this is key 53:07 to you Mrs. Gloria, because you're a Math teacher, right. 53:10 I mean you will understand the zero place holder stuff, 53:11 I was just told about it but you really understand on 53:14 this stuff. Zero AD we simply take that place holder 53:17 which should be one place, right. 53:19 That would be one place and we take this one place 53:22 and we add it to the Fall of 26 AD and it takes us to the 53:26 Fall of 27 AD. Takes us to the fall of what? 27. 27AD. 53:34 Now, I am just gonna review everything that we've 53:40 just reviewed. So that when you give this Bible study 53:45 you will be saying yourself I remember Pastor Scott 53:47 reviewing that so many times and it just got on my nerves, 53:51 but I am so glad he did it because I can explain it now. 53:55 70 weeks, where did we get the 70 weeks from? 53:59 From the Bible. Okay, where in the Bible? 54:00 Of course we got it from the Bible because we are studying 54:02 the Bible. Daniel 9:20, Daniel 9:20 what? 4. 4. 54:07 Daniel 9:24 says 70 weeks are determined what is 54:11 the word determined mean? Cut off. Cut off or amputate. 54:15 70 weeks are cut off or amputated from a larger time 54:20 prophecy. Where do we find that larger time prophecy? 54:24 In Daniel chapter 8, that's absolutely right Tom. 54:27 So, 70 weeks are cut off 70 weeks times 7 days 54:34 per week gives us 490 prophetic days. 54:41 490 prophetic days is the same as what Mrs. Gloria, 54:45 490 prophetic days is the same as? 490 literal years, 54:49 490 literal years. So, when did that 490 literal 54:55 years begin? Gabriel tells Daniel no therefore and 54:59 understand that from the going fourth of the command 55:03 to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah, 55:09 the Prince, know therefore and understand that from 55:12 the command to restore and build Jerusalem. 55:14 So that's where our time prophecy begins. 55:18 That's where our 70 weeks now prophetic time or 55:21 our 490 prophetic days or our 490 literal years begin. 55:26 Now therefore and understand from going forth of 55:28 the command to restore and build Jerusalem unto 55:31 Messiah the Prince shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks 55:36 for total of how many weeks. 69 weeks. 69 weeks. 55:39 Again we just do the simple math. 55:42 The simple math tells us it's 69 prophetic weeks is the 55:45 same as 483 literal years. So, we go 483 literal years 55:53 from the command to restore and build Jerusalem. 55:55 So when did the command to restore and build Jerusalem 55:57 go out. We found that in Ezra Chapter 7 verses 7, 56:01 11, 24 through 26 that Artaxerxes the King gives Ezra 56:06 a letter telling Ezra in his 7th, in Artaxerxes 7th year 56:10 of reign. Telling Ezra that he can take his people back 56:14 to Jerusalem, not only to live there, 56:16 but to restore it and to rebuild it, 56:19 and not just to restore, but so that they could govern 56:23 themselves. The 7th year of reign of the Artaxerxes 56:26 the King was in the fall of 457 BC. 56:30 So we just count forward 483 literal years from 457 BC, 56:37 simple math takes us to the fall of 26 AD. 56:39 But we say hey wait a minute there is no zero year. 56:43 So it doesn't take us to the 26, 56:45 it takes us to the what? To the 27th, 56:48 because there was no, what on the calendar? 56:50 Zero. There is no zero year on the calendar. 56:54 Now those of you that are here in the classroom 56:56 you have access to our server and you can just go 56:59 to the server you can download these graphics like 57:01 I said those of you that have PCs that will be available 57:04 on there as well. You just have to give me a moment 57:06 to make sure that happens and you are gonna be 57:09 able to look at these graphics, 57:11 we are gonna be able to understand them and then 57:13 you're gonna be able to explain them. 57:15 So, we wanna make sure that, 57:16 you here in the classroom download that from the server 57:19 we also wanna make sure that those of you that are 57:21 at home, that are watching this with us. 57:23 This is the conclusion of this program and we're gonna 57:26 pick up and we're gonna finish this Bible study in our 57:29 next program. So those of you that are tuning in maybe, 57:33 you are on one of the big networks we are just glad 57:34 you are here. We are looking forward to seeing you here 57:37 at Pine Lake Retreat with us again. 57:39 And we just wanna say God Bless you and we'll see you soon. |
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