Somebody came to Carl Barks,
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the great 20th
century theologian.
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He said, all right
you've spent your life studying
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what's the greatest
truth you discovered
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and he replied Jesus
loves me this I know.
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There is no greater
truth which you and I are about
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to plunge into will have
to bottom line on that shining
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and resplendent affirmation
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Jesus loves me this I know
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for the Bible tells me.
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And because it does we go.
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Pray with me as we
plunge into today's teaching.
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Holy Father, that
is a greatest true
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what truth could supersede
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that simple
childhood confession,
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Jesus loves me this I know
for the Bible has told me so.
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May the love of Christ
even in this teaching today
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may it shine with all its glory.
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We pray in Christ's name, amen.
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Only in America because
a story like this happened
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I'm grateful to my
friend for Freddie Webber
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who spotted this
story and shared with me.
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True story dateline
Charlotte, North Carolina
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this is a big
weekend for the Webber tribe
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with Kim getting married.
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I want to read this to
you, its just a short piece.
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By the way, this story
won first place in last year's
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Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
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All right just a short piece.
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Charlotte, North Carolina,
a lawyer purchased a box
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a very rare and
expensive cigars,
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big mistake number one,
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then insured them
against among other things fire.
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Within a month having smoked
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his entire stockpile
of these great cigars
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the lawyer filed a claim
against the insurance company.
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In his claim the lawyer stated
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that the cigars were lost
in a series a "small fires."
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The insurance
company refused to pay
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sighting the obvious reason
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that the man had
consumed the cigars
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in the normal fashion.
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The lawyer sue,
the lawyer sue and won.
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Now there's more hold on.
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Delivering the
ruling the judge agreed
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with the insurance company
that the claim was frivolous.
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The judge stated nevertheless
that the lawyer had a policy
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from the company in
which it had warranted
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that the cigars were
insurable and also guarantee
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that it would ensure them
against fire without defining
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what is considered
to be unacceptable fire
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and was therefore
obligated to pay the claim.
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Hold on, rather
than endure a lengthy
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and costly appeal process
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the insurance
company accepted the ruling
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and paid $15,000 to the lawyer
for his loss of the cigars
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that perished in the "fires."
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All right now,
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now after the
lawyer cashed the check
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the insurance company had him
arrested on 24 counts of arson
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with his own insurance claim
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and testimony from the previous
case being used against him.
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The lawyer was convicted
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of intentionally
burning his insurer property
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and was sentenced
to 24 months in jail
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and a $24,000 fine.
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Do you--
question, do you suppose
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it's as messed up as
this in heavens courtroom?
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Heaven has a
courtroom? Oh, yes, it does.
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I want to take
you to the very heart
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of that courtroom right now.
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Last week as we began
this new series entitled
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"The Temple" we looked
at three only three them
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the script or
passages of that temple.
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It's actually the throne
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we're gonna go
back to one of them
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and spend our time
all our time in that one.
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Open your Bible with me
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please to the Book at
Daniel in the Old Testament.
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A breathtaking
dramatic portrayal,
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you got to see for yourself.
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If you didn't
bring your own Bible
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grab the pew
Bible in front of you.
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You will want to follow along.
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It will be page
602 in your pew Bible.
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I'm gonna be in the
New International Version
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right here Daniel Chapter 7.
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You're finding
the Book at Daniel,
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Daniel Chapter 7,
stunning portrayal watch this.
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Daniel Chapter 7 let's
pick it up please in verse 9.
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"As I looked," Daniel's envision
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"As I looked,
thrones were set in place,
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and the Ancient of
Days took his seat.
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His clothing
was as white as snow
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and the hair of his
head was white like wool."
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That's the Almighty Himself.
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"His throne was flaming a fire,
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and its wheels were all ablaze."
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Verse 10 "A
river fire was flowing,
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coming out from before him.
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Thousands upon
thousands attended him,
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ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before him.
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The court was seated,
and the books were opened."
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Ladies and gentlemen,
if you read nothing else
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but those two verses
there are three obviously
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that I wish to draw to
your attention right now.
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If nothing else you would know
obviously these three are true.
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Take a study guide
out at this very moment
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and let's put
those-- let's jot those
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when I'm calling the
obviously, the three obviously,
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let's jot them down right now.
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Thank you
ushers, for making sure
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that everybody here
gets that study guide.
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Hold your hand
up if you didn't get
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a study guide when you came in.
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It's in your worship bulletin
but if you can't find it
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hold your hand
up even in balcony,
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overflow ask
for the study guide.
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And those of you who
are watching on television
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we're delighted to have you.
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You can have the
same study guide,
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we are just embarking on
a brand new series called
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"The Temple" this is part two.
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I'll put it on
the screen for you
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because you need our website
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this is part two
entitled "God on the Docket."
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Now you see the
website on the screen
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www.pmchurch.tv go
to that website please.
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The banner will introduce you
to the a new series The Temple.
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You're looking for part
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you click on you'll
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We're ready to go.
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Everybody have a study guide?
Three obviously, that's all.
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If you just read
the few sentences
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we've read you know
obviously number one,
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this is a court
scene jot it down.
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Obviously number one,
this is a court scene.
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The language is unmistakable,
the court is convened,
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evidentiary books and
records are being examined.
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You don't have
to be a Perry Mason
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rerun enthusiast to
know this is a court scene.
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Obviously number
two, write it down please,
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the court is
convened in God's temple.
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All right, He is clearly
shown seated on His throne.
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And as we noted last week
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God's throne always
appears in His temple or palace
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what we ended up calling
it last week mission control.
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We know it's in His temple.
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And obviously number
three, the court is convened
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before, keyword,
before the end of the world.
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If we're taking the time to read
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the entire chapter of Daniel
7 we would have noted that
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Daniel is tracing
the prophetic history,
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he starts with a
mighty Babylonian empire,
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boom, boom, boom
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and he ends up
with a superpower,
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a religion political
superpower at the end of time
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and then the world ends.
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In fact, let me just show this
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to you drop down
here in chapter 7,
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drop down the verse 26
"But the court will sit,"
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all right so there's
this court at the end of time.
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"The court will
sit, and his power"
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the superpowers
"power will be taken away
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and completely
destroyed forever."
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Now notice what follows verse 27
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"Then the
sovereignty, power and greatness
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of the kingdoms
under the whole heaven
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will be handed over the saints,
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to the saints the
people in the Most High.
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His kingdom is
to be everlasting"
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and so on and so on
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the end of earth's
history as we know it.
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So we know as
you just jot it down
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obviously the court is convened
before the end of the world.
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And as we will
examine in another teaching
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in this series strong
biblical evidence indicates
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that the court is
already in session
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as you and I are talking.
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I'm talking and you're listening
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right here right now, i.e.,
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what we just read in
Daniel 7 is taking place,
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can't see it but its happening.
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We're gonna
consider that evidence
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that will lead
us to the conclusion
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there is no
period in human history
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as heavily fraught with
quiet urgency as this one.
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Whatever is going on up there
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has eternal consequences
for your life and mine.
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It can no longer be on
this planet business as usual
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all right, three
obviously uncontestable.
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Now let me read that
saying again with you
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just to have it
fresh in our minds.
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Go back to verse 9, Daniel 7:9
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"As I looked,
thrones were set in place,
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and the Ancient of
Days took his seat.
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His clothing was white as snow
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and the hair of his
head was white like wool.
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His throne was
flaming with fire,
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and its wheels were all ablaze."
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Verse 10 "A river
of fire was flowing,
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coming out from before him.
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Thousands upon
thousands attended him,
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ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before him.
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The court was seated,
and the books were opened."
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Who are the key players in
this celestial courtroom drama?
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Jot them down now when
we're through a number five.
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I'm out of here.
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Five key players in this
celestial courtroom drama.
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Number one, jot it down please,
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the Ancient of Days/
God the Father/Judge.
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I'll give you just an
extra moment to write that down.
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That is key player number one.
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This is His temple,
this is His throne room
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and clearly He takes His seat.
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When He takes His
seat court is in session,
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it's been convened all right.
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Key player number
one, the Ancient of Days.
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Key player number
two, jot it down please,
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the celestial observers
will call them the jury.
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Would you write
that down please?
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The celestial
observers the jury.
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As we noted last week
both Daniel and John are shown
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this massive number in
vision, the numbers not literal.
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They are trying to communicate
that it is so huge this temple
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that hundreds of
millions of angels
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can encircle the
throne and there's still room.
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That's the point,
the jury is there.
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Key player number three
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in the
celestial courtroom drama,
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jot it down
please, the protagonist.
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Now you gonna have
to get the spellings
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so look at the screen.
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The protagonist.
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So where we
don't use much at all
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so I'm gonna put a slash
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and go ahead and
write and Son of Man.
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You know, you know,
who a protagonist is?
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He's the hero, the main man,
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the number one
player in the story.
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We've got a
protagonist right here,
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you want to see
him in the chapter
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drop down to verse 13.
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You got your Bible
open there in Daniel 7:13,
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"In my vision at night I looked,
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and there before me
was one like a son of man,
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coming with the
clouds of heaven.
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He approached
the Ancient of Days
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and was led into his presence."
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Verse 14 "He
was given authority,
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glory and sovereign power,
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all peoples,
nations and men and women
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of every language worshiped him.
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His dominion is an
everlasting dominion
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that will not pass away,
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and his kingdom is one
that will never be destroyed."
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Son of man, would
you jot this now please,
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of all the titles
Jesus could have chosen
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to be a self
descriptor in the gospels
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this is the title He
uses more than any other.
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Write it down, Son a Man
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is His number one
preferred self-title.
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And guess what, guess
where He got the title.
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In fact, I want to show this
to you at His own romp court,
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kangaroo trial all
right, so that they can come up
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with legal
precedent to execute Him.
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At His own trial as
He's being cross-examined.
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Look at this Matthew 26:63
"But Jesus remained silent."
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Under cross-examination.
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"So the high priest" the
judge there "said to him,
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'I charge you under
oath by the living God.
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You tell us '" you tell us"
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'if you are the
Christ, the Son of God.'
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Yes," here He comes now
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"'Yes, it is as you
say,' Jesus replied.
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'But I say to all of
you'" in this courtroom
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"in the future you
will see the Son of Man
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sitting at the right
hand in the Mighty One
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and" coming on the clouds
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"coming on the
clouds of heaven."
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Ladies and gentlemen,
that is a direct verbatim slip
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and stuck in His testimony
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He got it straight
out of Daniel Chapter 7,
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I'm an absolute man,
you'll see me one day.
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Oh, my I'll tell you what,
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there is no question
that the protagonist,
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the hero of the heavenly
courtroom is the son of man.
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In fact, I just love this.
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Let me just
give-- let me show you
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how central Jesus is
to the court judgment
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going on right now by the way.
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How central is He watch as,
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would you just
jot these now please.
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How central is
the heavenly hero?
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Number one, He
is the protagonist.
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Now you already have that
but you need to put it again
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so that you can run
this list by somebody else.
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Number one, He
is the protagonist.
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Number two, He is a
protagonist for all.
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Number two, He is the defense
attorney for the condemned.
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He's the defense
attorney for the condemned.
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Let's look at that verse
at the end of that sentence.
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That's 1 John 2:1,
"My dear children,"
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this aged pastor
writing to his congregations
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"My dear children,
I write this to you
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so that you are not sin.
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But if anybody does sin,"
I have some good news for you
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"we have one who speaks
to the Father in our defense
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Jesus Christ,
the Righteous One."
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The New King
James says the Advocate.
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What's an advocate?
He's the defense attorney.
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Now you didn't follow day
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the hearings for
Supreme Court justice
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so do my ear, this summer
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because you're busy working
but I follow a few of them.
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When she was being
grilled by the senate
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where she had the
hearings they asked her,
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tell us a little
bit about yourself.
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And so she told them
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when I was a girl
growing up in New York City
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I watched Perry Mason
and watching Perry Mason
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put a love in my heart
to become the prosecutor
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I became.
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And one of the new,
new senators Al Franken
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who just got voted in he said,
hey, wait, wait a minute judge,
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don't you know that Perry Mason
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is a defense attorney
and you became a prosecutor?
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Well, everybody out there
little chuckle out of that
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and by the way Franken
said I'm a Perry Mason fan
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and do you know
that of all the cases
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the great defense attorney
Perry Mason tried on television
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he only lost one.
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Well isn't that
some? Only lost one.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
there's a defense attorney
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in the courtroom
of eternity right now,
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how many do you
suppose he is lost?
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Read my lips, zero.
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He's even better
than Perry Mason.
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All right who is a hero,
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whose is this hero of
the heavenly sanctuary
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He is number one,
He is a protagonist.
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Number two, He
his defense attorney.
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Jot this down number three,
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He's a Savior for the condemned.
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The prisoner sit in the dark
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this in the dark
this is the Savior.
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In fact, let's just read
the next verse 1 John 2:2
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"He" Jesus "is the
atoning sacrifice for our sins,
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and not only for ours
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but also for the
sins up the whole world."
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You know, the stories
came out the Civil War
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we've had about
every practically
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every era of earth's history.
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You know, somebody
fell asleep on sentry duty.
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He's been condemned to be shot
and somebody else steps for.
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We have it out
of-- we have a priest
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in not in
Auschwitz in World War II
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who did the same step
for and said kill me instead.
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That's the picture
of this hero of heaven
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who steps in and
says, I'll pay the penalty,
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I'll take it, let him go.
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I'm telling you what
He is the protagonist
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because He's the main man.
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He's the
heavenly hero to the max.
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All right, what is He?
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He is a protagonist, He
is the defense attorney,
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He is the Savior,
He is the mediator.
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Would you write
this one down to please?
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He is a Mediator/ High Priest.
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Because you'll read
Old Testament language
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in the both Testaments,
high priest is a mediator.
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Its one who goes between to God.
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So He's Mediator/ High Priest.
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A friend of mine got
in trouble with the law
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I took him down to
the courthouse here
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in Berrien County.
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He was behind in
his child support
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and then I learned about
another person in the courtroom
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that I had never known about.
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The judge summoned
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when my friend was call forward.
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The judge summoned,
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I want the friend
of the court to come.
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I want to tell you something,
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they have a person who
serves as a friend on the court,
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she is never the friend.
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If you're
behind in child support
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she's not your friend
she's a friend to your wife.
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Could the friend of the
court please come forward?
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What's been happening here?
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Jesus is the court appointed
friend for the human race.
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He's the High
Priest, He's mediator.
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Oh, by the way, let's
look at these two texts.
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Hebrews 4:14 let's
put it on the screen.
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"Therefore, since we
have a great high priest
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who has gone
through the heavens,
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Jesus the Son of God,
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let us hold firmly to
the faith we profess."
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Okay, so he's-- and this is
my favorite of the favorites.
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In Hebrews 7:25 you got to mark
this in your Bible sometime.
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"Therefore Jesus is
able to save completely
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those who come
to God through him,
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because he always
lives to intercede for them."
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For you and for me, hallelujah.
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You got a friend in court,
He's the friend of the court,
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He is the protagonist,
He's a defense attorney,
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He's the
Savior, He's a mediator,
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He is the high priest
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and finally you're
not gonna believe this
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He is also the judge.
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He's the judge.
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Watch this Jesus is
speaking one day in John 5
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and He makes this
astounding statement.
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John 5:22 Jesus speaking,
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"Moreover, the
Father judges no one,
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but has entrusted
all judgment to the Son."
00:20:17.07\00:20:22.91
Now wait a
minute, wait a minute,
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Dwight, you just
said the ancient of days
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is the judge,
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we got another
judge now, by the way
00:20:26.95\00:20:29.25
that's not such
a great conundrum
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we have multiple judges in
many courtrooms across the land
00:20:30.60\00:20:33.48
so don't be all twitterpated.
00:20:33.51\00:20:36.38
But jot this down please.
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Here's how it
make the distinction.
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Even though the
Ancient of Days is shown
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as the Presiding Judge
of the heavenly judgment,
00:20:41.58\00:20:44.61
Christ is declared
to be the ruling judge.
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Many courts have
more than one judge.
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Jesus is a
judge, can you see why?
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Look at this, look it,
tell me how this works.
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If your-- let's say
you had to go to court
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and you have a defense attorney.
00:21:01.12\00:21:02.81
If your defense
attorney is also your judge
00:21:02.84\00:21:09.43
how do you think the
case is going to turn out?
00:21:09.46\00:21:12.70
That's a no
brainer, you win every time.
00:21:12.73\00:21:15.48
If the defense
attorney is your judge
00:21:15.51\00:21:17.59
you win hands down.
00:21:17.62\00:21:21.08
I'm telling you what,
no wonder He's the hero.
00:21:21.11\00:21:25.33
No wonder every song
they write has Him in it.
00:21:25.36\00:21:28.21
He's the great
protagonist, the heavenly hero.
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And by the way in
case you're thinking,
00:21:32.86\00:21:35.66
yeah, boy, it's a good
thing we got Jesus up there
00:21:35.69\00:21:37.56
because I know how
mad the father is at me.
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May I disabuse you of that?
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Would you jot this verse down?
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Jot it right in the
margin of your study guide.
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I put it on the screen for you.
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John 16: 26
00:21:47.71\00:21:49.40
Jesus just before He was
executed spoke these words.
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"In that day you
will ask in my name.
00:21:52.09\00:21:54.47
And I am not saying
that I will ask the Father"
00:21:54.50\00:21:56.53
I'm not gonna go to the
Father "on your behalf."
00:21:56.56\00:21:58.29
Why not Lord?
00:21:58.32\00:21:59.43
"No, the father
himself loves you
00:21:59.46\00:22:02.92
because you have loved me
00:22:02.95\00:22:04.66
have believed
that I came from God."
00:22:04.69\00:22:08.88
I'm telling you what,
00:22:08.91\00:22:10.16
whether it's the presiding judge
00:22:10.19\00:22:11.83
or the ruling judge I
got very good news for you,
00:22:11.86\00:22:14.53
you don't have to
be afraid of the judge.
00:22:14.56\00:22:16.77
He's already on your side.
00:22:16.80\00:22:19.74
Five key players
in the celestial drama
00:22:19.77\00:22:22.53
of heavens courtroom
that is going on right now.
00:22:22.56\00:22:25.76
well, we're sitting here
00:22:25.79\00:22:26.82
scribbling down little
fill in the blank stuff,
00:22:26.85\00:22:29.96
it's going on,
it's going on right now.
00:22:29.99\00:22:35.07
Okay, what do we have?
Who are the key players?
00:22:35.10\00:22:36.72
We have the ancient of day's,
00:22:36.75\00:22:38.19
we have celestial
observes of the jury,
00:22:38.22\00:22:39.69
we have the
protagonist, guess what,
00:22:39.72\00:22:41.31
we have number
four the antagonist.
00:22:41.34\00:22:43.60
Write it down
please, the antagonist.
00:22:43.63\00:22:45.71
That would be Satan,
Satan, the antagonist.
00:22:45.74\00:22:50.79
What's an antagonist?
00:22:50.82\00:22:51.85
An antagonist is an
opponent plain and simple.
00:22:51.88\00:22:54.32
For defending in
court by the way,
00:22:54.35\00:22:55.66
if you're in court I
want you to just know
00:22:55.69\00:22:57.60
that in case you
ever go to court.
00:22:57.63\00:22:59.74
The prosecuting
attorney is never your friend.
00:22:59.77\00:23:05.43
He's the guy, she's
the woman boom, boom, boom,
00:23:05.46\00:23:09.03
trying to find every piece
of evidence to take you down.
00:23:09.06\00:23:13.66
That's why the
prosecuting attorney
00:23:13.69\00:23:16.32
in the Daniel 7
is the antagonist.
00:23:16.35\00:23:18.35
You say is he really
there? Oh, he is here.
00:23:18.38\00:23:20.59
Take a look at
verse 25, Daniel 7:25.
00:23:20.62\00:23:25.74
Here's antagonist.
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.44
"He" this antagonist
00:23:27.47\00:23:29.11
"will speak
against the Most High
00:23:29.14\00:23:31.44
and oppress his saints
00:23:31.47\00:23:33.46
and try to change the
set times in the laws.
00:23:33.49\00:23:35.40
And the saints will
be handed over to him
00:23:35.43\00:23:37.10
for a bunch of time
he is their antagonist."
00:23:37.13\00:23:42.53
Who is an antagonist?
00:23:42.56\00:23:44.03
Well, this obviously
this evil power in Daniel 7
00:23:44.06\00:23:46.57
is a little puppet.
00:23:46.60\00:23:48.18
There's an antagonist
behind the superpower.
00:23:48.21\00:23:50.17
There's an antagonistic
pulling the strings.
00:23:50.20\00:23:52.37
Who's this antagonist?
00:23:52.40\00:23:53.74
I'll take you one
other dramatic court scene.
00:23:53.77\00:23:57.31
It's maybe one of
the most dramatic.
00:23:57.34\00:24:00.00
Keep your finger right here
because we're coming right back
00:24:00.03\00:24:02.04
but I'll go to the
Bible the Old Testament
00:24:02.07\00:24:04.75
next to the last
book Zachariah, all right.
00:24:04.78\00:24:07.62
So Malachi ends
the Old Testament
00:24:07.65\00:24:08.92
but go to
Zachariah just before Malachi
00:24:08.95\00:24:11.38
and if you have the pew
Bible that would be page 637.
00:24:11.41\00:24:15.95
This is high drama in
the courtroom, watch this.
00:24:15.98\00:24:19.48
Zachariah Chapter 3,
we'll start right at the top,
00:24:19.51\00:24:23.48
just read a few lines here
00:24:23.51\00:24:25.09
but you get the
picture very quickly.
00:24:25.12\00:24:27.09
You'll know who
the antagonist is
00:24:27.12\00:24:28.88
without being on
the shadow of a doubt.
00:24:28.91\00:24:30.36
Zachariah 3:1
"Then he" God "showed me"
00:24:30.39\00:24:33.43
so Zachariah is
envisioned as well.
00:24:33.46\00:24:35.64
Nobody goes to
God's throne room.
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.16
There is no human
being that has ever been
00:24:37.19\00:24:38.88
to God's throne room
that's here on earth.
00:24:38.91\00:24:43.10
It has to go through
vision, they're shown.
00:24:43.13\00:24:45.93
Okay, so he showed me.
00:24:45.96\00:24:47.15
"He showed me
Joshua the high priest"
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.17
now that's a
religious leader in Zachariah's
00:24:49.20\00:24:51.02
own community at the time.
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.48
So forget about Joshua,
00:24:52.51\00:24:53.54
he's a
representative of all of us
00:24:53.57\00:24:55.49
messed up human
sinners speaking of you and me.
00:24:55.52\00:24:58.59
All right, so he represents us.
00:24:58.62\00:24:59.84
Watch this, "So he showed me
00:24:59.87\00:25:01.44
Joshua the high priest standing
before the angel of the Lord,"
00:25:01.47\00:25:05.55
now somebody else
is there "and Satan"
00:25:05.58\00:25:10.23
now wait a minute, hold
on that's not a proper name.
00:25:10.26\00:25:14.78
That's Hebrew, in the Hebrew
00:25:14.81\00:25:16.57
is little "s" satan
it means the accuser.
00:25:16.60\00:25:19.40
Back if you have a
modern translations its footnote
00:25:19.43\00:25:21.11
and you at the
bottom the accuser
00:25:21.14\00:25:22.98
we turned it into a name.
00:25:23.01\00:25:24.26
We took-- we transliterated
00:25:24.29\00:25:26.28
the Hebrew directly into English
00:25:26.31\00:25:27.69
and now we've called
him Satan for millennia.
00:25:27.72\00:25:32.18
But he's the
satan, he's the accuser.
00:25:32.21\00:25:36.87
"So I see this Joshua
stand beside angel of Lord,
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.03
and on the other side him
00:25:39.06\00:25:40.09
Satan standing at his
right side to accuse him."
00:25:40.12\00:25:44.04
Verse 2 "And the
Lord said to Satan,
00:25:44.07\00:25:46.96
'The Lord rebuke you, Satan!
00:25:46.99\00:25:49.05
The Lord who has
chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you!
00:25:49.08\00:25:51.05
Is not this man a burning stick
snack snacks from the fire?'
00:25:51.08\00:25:55.07
" Now verse 3, "Joshua
was dressed in filthy clothes"
00:25:55.10\00:25:59.06
which by the way is
how you and I dressed.
00:25:59.09\00:26:02.19
If we're depending on ourselves
00:26:02.22\00:26:04.57
and God with X-ray vision
sees the condition of our hearts
00:26:04.60\00:26:07.70
and we are
depending on ourselves
00:26:07.73\00:26:08.89
that's exactly
what it looks like
00:26:08.92\00:26:10.17
to the whole courtroom.
00:26:10.20\00:26:11.89
You're showing
up in filthy rags.
00:26:11.92\00:26:16.93
The Lord rebuke you, Satan.
00:26:16.96\00:26:18.57
Verse 3 "Now Joshua was dressed
in filthy cloths as a sinner
00:26:18.60\00:26:21.95
standing there
before the angel."
00:26:21.98\00:26:23.10
Verse 4 "And the
angel said" I love this
00:26:23.13\00:26:24.90
"The angel said in
the courtroom to those
00:26:24.93\00:26:26.52
who were standing before him,
00:26:26.55\00:26:27.71
'Take off his filthy clothes.'
00:26:27.74\00:26:29.85
Then he said to Joshua, 'See,
I have taken away your sin,
00:26:29.88\00:26:33.06
and I will put
rich garments on you.'
00:26:33.09\00:26:36.18
" Isn't that great?
00:26:36.21\00:26:37.32
I'll take off those
rags and I'll cover you.
00:26:37.35\00:26:41.70
Spotless.
00:26:41.73\00:26:45.65
Who's the antagonist?
No question in our book.
00:26:45.68\00:26:50.03
The fallen Lucifer
for who he truly is
00:26:50.06\00:26:53.09
has just been
exposed Zachariah 3,
00:26:53.12\00:26:55.02
in fact, would you
jot it down please.
00:26:55.05\00:26:56.33
He's a little
"s" satan the Hebrew
00:26:56.36\00:27:00.17
or capital "A"
Accuser of the human race.
00:27:00.20\00:27:04.45
Write that down.
He is your accuser.
00:27:04.48\00:27:06.96
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.02
please do not mistake
this, he is not your friend.
00:27:08.05\00:27:14.05
He is not-- if you ever get
into a little tussle with him
00:27:14.08\00:27:17.23
and little bit of
debate and he's kind of saying
00:27:17.26\00:27:19.61
hey, come on boy, come on boy,
get into conversation with me.
00:27:19.64\00:27:22.03
He is never ever,
ever on your side.
00:27:22.06\00:27:26.03
He longs for nothing more than
you're immediate destruction.
00:27:26.06\00:27:29.87
The fact that you
and I are still alive
00:27:29.90\00:27:32.42
is because there's
somebody in this universe
00:27:32.45\00:27:33.92
who is keeping us alive.
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.68
We would have
been dead long ago.
00:27:35.71\00:27:39.58
He is not your friend.
00:27:39.61\00:27:40.64
You can never okay, what
he tells you never trust him.
00:27:40.67\00:27:46.13
With that offer never
trust him for that offer.
00:27:46.16\00:27:52.73
May I share
something very intriguing?
00:27:52.76\00:27:55.91
This is amazing to me.
00:27:55.94\00:27:57.62
From this courtroom scene
with key player number four,
00:27:57.65\00:27:59.98
the antagonist now introduced.
00:28:00.01\00:28:04.04
You think about this. In
fact, jot it down please.
00:28:04.07\00:28:05.92
The Antagonist
began his civil war
00:28:05.95\00:28:09.02
against God's kingdom
in God's Temple/Sanctuary.
00:28:09.05\00:28:15.68
It all started right
next to the throne of God.
00:28:15.71\00:28:22.33
It was the highest
creative being in the universe
00:28:22.36\00:28:24.53
that's where the
civil war started,
00:28:24.56\00:28:25.99
it started in the sanctuary,
it started in God's temple
00:28:26.02\00:28:29.94
and when the
accuser-- and by the way,
00:28:29.97\00:28:32.20
he began as
diabolical career accusing.
00:28:32.23\00:28:34.84
Who is he
accusing, humans? No, God.
00:28:34.87\00:28:38.94
He started his
career accusing God.
00:28:38.97\00:28:41.00
When the accuser
and his sympathizers
00:28:41.03\00:28:43.34
were tossed out to
heaven, out of the temple,
00:28:43.37\00:28:45.27
you're out of the sanctuary,
00:28:45.30\00:28:46.33
in fact you are out
of this whole kingdom
00:28:46.36\00:28:49.11
and they came down here.
00:28:49.14\00:28:51.34
They ended up on this planet
00:28:51.37\00:28:52.43
and got voted into this
planet by our first parents.
00:28:52.46\00:28:56.28
When that
happened you can be certain
00:28:56.31\00:28:58.63
that ever since
his defeat in heaven
00:28:58.66\00:29:00.97
Satan has turned his
withering fire on the truth
00:29:01.00\00:29:03.85
about God's temple on the truth
about God sanctuary in heaven.
00:29:03.88\00:29:06.92
Do you know why?
00:29:06.95\00:29:08.09
I'll tell you why. Jot it down.
00:29:08.12\00:29:09.51
Because if Satan can destroy
the truth about God's Temple,
00:29:09.54\00:29:12.82
he can defeat the
influence of God's Throne.
00:29:12.85\00:29:15.74
That's why destroy,
00:29:15.77\00:29:18.59
destroy the truth
about a temple in heaven.
00:29:18.62\00:29:21.96
Destroy the truth
about a sanctuary above.
00:29:21.99\00:29:25.17
Get it out. Demolish it.
00:29:25.20\00:29:29.66
You think I'm
making this up, watch this.
00:29:29.69\00:29:32.16
See those little verses
00:29:32.19\00:29:33.23
that are tagged down
at the end of that line.
00:29:33.26\00:29:34.80
I'll put the
verses on the screen
00:29:34.83\00:29:36.11
Daniel 8:11,
00:29:36.14\00:29:37.76
speaking up the antagonist
capital, a antagonist.
00:29:37.79\00:29:40.40
"He even exalted himself as high
00:29:40.43\00:29:42.18
as the Prince to the host,
00:29:42.21\00:29:43.68
and by him the daily
sacrifices were taken away,
00:29:43.71\00:29:47.08
and a place out His sanctuary"
00:29:47.11\00:29:50.19
he's going for the
sanctuary "cast down."
00:29:50.22\00:29:53.75
that's all he
wants, destroy the temple.
00:29:53.78\00:29:56.08
Let me give another one
00:29:56.11\00:29:57.34
showing that is in
the New Testament as well.
00:29:57.37\00:29:58.74
"Then he" the antagonist
00:29:58.77\00:30:02.05
"opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God,
00:30:02.08\00:30:04.91
to blaspheme His
name, his tabernacle,"
00:30:04.94\00:30:08.52
trust me that's
the temple sanctuary,
00:30:08.55\00:30:11.40
the courtroom in heaven.
00:30:11.43\00:30:12.94
He blasphemed
even his tabernacle,
00:30:12.97\00:30:16.23
blasphemed it.
00:30:16.26\00:30:18.64
Oh, mercy.
00:30:18.67\00:30:20.68
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:30:20.71\00:30:21.85
it ought to be
clear to you and me
00:30:21.88\00:30:24.53
that Satan will ever
turn his venomous fury
00:30:24.56\00:30:28.88
against the temple.
00:30:28.91\00:30:30.15
Now, listen very
carefully, any Bible teaching,
00:30:30.18\00:30:35.30
any Bible teaching that
takes the reader on the Bible,
00:30:35.33\00:30:37.84
the student of the Bible
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.38
and sweeps that seeker
up to God's throne room
00:30:39.41\00:30:43.11
any Bible teaching
about the heavenly sanctuary
00:30:43.14\00:30:47.11
will immediately
receive his un abated wrath,
00:30:47.14\00:30:53.40
destroy it, destroy it.
00:30:53.43\00:30:59.41
Oh, well, that's
helpful to find out.
00:30:59.44\00:31:04.24
I'm glad, I'm glad for that,
for that little observation.
00:31:04.27\00:31:07.47
Now I can
understand what's going on.
00:31:07.50\00:31:10.56
You ought to
make sense to me now.
00:31:10.59\00:31:12.85
I see it.
00:31:12.88\00:31:15.39
I learned that an antagonist
00:31:15.42\00:31:17.70
against the Bible
teaching of God's sanctuary
00:31:17.73\00:31:20.11
showed up this summer not far
00:31:20.14\00:31:23.13
from this
campus in a town nearby
00:31:23.16\00:31:26.14
and attempted to draw
a crowd to his lectures.
00:31:26.17\00:31:31.24
Not very many came.
00:31:31.27\00:31:34.43
I was on sabbatical
but one who did go told me
00:31:34.46\00:31:41.16
and described the ridicule
and laughter that was heaped
00:31:41.19\00:31:48.12
on the Bible teaching
of the temple in heaven.
00:31:48.15\00:31:53.29
How utterly sad to
play into the hands
00:31:58.04\00:32:03.64
of the capital "A" accuser
00:32:03.67\00:32:10.48
to become unwittingly
00:32:10.51\00:32:12.10
and antagonist
of the very truth.
00:32:12.13\00:32:16.91
Now listen
carefully of the very truth
00:32:16.94\00:32:20.23
that has the son of
man embedded in its soul.
00:32:20.26\00:32:27.68
If I were
Lucifer, if I were Satan
00:32:27.71\00:32:32.57
I would go after
that true with hook,
00:32:32.60\00:32:36.88
claw and fang and
crash it, I would.
00:32:36.91\00:32:42.31
So anybody comes
to you say, hey, boy,
00:32:45.77\00:32:48.79
you probably haven't heard this.
00:32:48.82\00:32:50.39
Girl, let me tell
you this, it's not there.
00:32:50.42\00:32:55.14
There is no big thing
happening in up there.
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.70
No big deal, forget
it, forget it, forget it.
00:32:57.73\00:33:00.78
Anybody who comes
and tells you that
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.28
just remember,
00:33:02.31\00:33:03.36
just remember the
capital "A" Antagonist
00:33:03.39\00:33:08.29
who is calling the
shots to destroy sanctuary.
00:33:08.32\00:33:14.81
No one-- what is this Revelation
00:33:14.84\00:33:16.17
was this Revelation 12:12,
00:33:16.20\00:33:18.10
"Therefore rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell on them!
00:33:18.13\00:33:20.77
But" look out earth
"woe the earth and the sea,
00:33:20.80\00:33:22.99
because the devil
has gone down the you!"
00:33:23.02\00:33:24.41
Watch it, we will be
afraid "He is filled with fury,
00:33:24.44\00:33:27.34
because he knows
that his time is short."
00:33:27.37\00:33:29.40
Raise him up, raise
up little "a" antagonist.
00:33:29.43\00:33:33.56
Raise him up,
destroy, destroy that truth.
00:33:33.59\00:33:39.07
Five key players, we are
in there with number five.
00:33:39.10\00:33:42.17
Ancient of days,
celestial observers,
00:33:42.20\00:33:43.76
the jury,
protagonist, son of man,
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.67
antagonist, Satan,
finally number five
00:33:45.70\00:33:47.80
I'll sit down
at the end of this.
00:33:47.83\00:33:49.03
Number five, would
you write it down please.
00:33:49.06\00:33:50.63
"The Defendants/Accused/
"Holy People."
00:33:50.66\00:33:56.05
And I put that
in quotation marks
00:33:56.08\00:33:57.22
because that today's
New International Version
00:33:57.25\00:33:59.32
actually calls them
that in this chapter 7.
00:33:59.35\00:34:01.54
Go back we will end in Daniel 7.
00:34:01.57\00:34:04.91
Go back to chapter 7.
00:34:04.94\00:34:06.31
Who are these people?
00:34:06.34\00:34:08.48
Take a look.
00:34:08.51\00:34:09.56
You are back to chapter 7,
00:34:09.59\00:34:11.00
your finger found the
place drop down to verse 21.
00:34:11.03\00:34:14.41
"As I watched," in this vision
00:34:14.44\00:34:16.44
"this horn" I
like the antagonist
00:34:16.47\00:34:18.17
"was waging war
against the saints"
00:34:18.20\00:34:20.22
and the TNIV
renders it "the holy people"
00:34:20.25\00:34:23.32
all right, the
people that are Holy God's.
00:34:23.35\00:34:25.38
"As I watched,
this horn was waging war
00:34:25.41\00:34:27.06
against this the holy
people and defeating them,
00:34:27.09\00:34:29.94
until the Ancient of Days
came and pronounced judgment
00:34:29.97\00:34:32.67
in favor of the
saints to the Most High,
00:34:32.70\00:34:34.53
and the time came when
they possessed the kingdom."
00:34:34.56\00:34:37.57
Obviously the secondary object
00:34:37.60\00:34:39.07
of the antagonist or the accuser
00:34:39.10\00:34:41.53
because-- question
can Satan physically
00:34:41.56\00:34:45.40
tear God off His
throne, yes or no?
00:34:45.43\00:34:48.14
He can't go. He is gone adios.
00:34:48.17\00:34:51.28
He can never go back.
00:34:51.31\00:34:53.36
So what is a weak
desperate always do
00:34:53.39\00:34:55.23
if you can't get at
that source of power
00:34:55.26\00:34:58.44
anywhere on earth
you kill the children.
00:34:58.47\00:35:01.83
It's happening today
you kill the children.
00:35:01.86\00:35:05.63
If you are a weak
00:35:05.66\00:35:06.74
and you can't get to
the power kill the children.
00:35:06.77\00:35:11.08
Obviously his secondary
object is the friends of God.
00:35:11.11\00:35:18.85
And there in lies a
very intriguing truth
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.09
and I need you to
write it down please.
00:35:21.12\00:35:22.64
Notice this, destruct
me, I said wait a minute,
00:35:22.67\00:35:24.85
wait a minute its true isn't it?
00:35:24.88\00:35:26.16
There is no mention of
the wicked/unrighteous.
00:35:26.19\00:35:30.03
I'll give you a second
to write both those down.
00:35:30.06\00:35:32.04
Whatever you want to
call, there is no record,
00:35:32.07\00:35:37.49
no mention of the
wicked/unrighteous
00:35:37.52\00:35:40.46
in the divine courtroom,
00:35:40.49\00:35:41.84
because no one disputes
00:35:41.87\00:35:44.26
their choice of Satan as Lord.
00:35:44.29\00:35:50.01
It's not up for debate.
00:35:50.04\00:35:51.07
Okay so just say I am getting
a PhD in Andrews University
00:35:51.10\00:35:53.30
and I'm getting
the PhD in sports.
00:35:53.33\00:35:55.72
Do they have a-- do they
have any PhD in sport here?
00:35:55.75\00:35:58.03
Probably not.
00:35:58.06\00:35:59.55
Are we into sports at all here?
00:35:59.58\00:36:01.61
Okay, we don't do too bad do we.
00:36:01.64\00:36:03.92
We only play ourselves.
00:36:03.95\00:36:05.46
Okay, guys, let's say
I'm getting a PhD in sports,
00:36:05.49\00:36:11.36
and I want to study
Boston Red Sox fans.
00:36:11.39\00:36:14.24
You know its baseball season.
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.31
So I want to study
in my PhD research,
00:36:15.34\00:36:17.92
Boston Red Sox fans.
00:36:17.95\00:36:19.79
Whom I am gonna interview?
00:36:19.82\00:36:21.94
If I come along just
going through the crowd,
00:36:21.97\00:36:23.37
and I come
along to a Yankee fan.
00:36:23.40\00:36:26.37
What I am gonna
do that Yankee fan?
00:36:26.40\00:36:27.75
Get out of here. I
don't even talk to you.
00:36:27.78\00:36:30.71
We already know
you are a Yankee fan,
00:36:30.74\00:36:32.04
we're not concerned of
what you think about anything
00:36:32.07\00:36:33.92
'cause you are a Yankee fan.
00:36:33.95\00:36:35.15
I only want to get a
hold of Boston Red Sox fans,
00:36:35.18\00:36:38.66
and interview them.
00:36:38.69\00:36:40.44
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:36:40.47\00:36:41.50
that's what's happening
in the courtroom above.
00:36:41.53\00:36:43.68
There's no point--
why do we need to in--
00:36:43.71\00:36:45.26
why do we need to
interview these people,
00:36:45.29\00:36:46.64
they've already
chosen Satan as Lord.
00:36:46.67\00:36:49.11
What's not to know?
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.55
That's why
they're not mentioned,
00:36:51.58\00:36:53.03
they are no where
in that courtroom.
00:36:53.06\00:36:56.80
Back would you
write this down please,
00:36:56.83\00:36:57.94
the heavenly judgment focuses
00:36:57.97\00:36:59.20
instead on all
throughout history
00:36:59.23\00:37:02.13
who have declared
their loyalty to God.
00:37:02.16\00:37:06.70
I want Boston Red Sox
fans to talk to, please,
00:37:06.73\00:37:10.56
Yankees out.
00:37:10.59\00:37:13.70
That's what's
happening by the way
00:37:13.73\00:37:16.86
with the story of Job.
00:37:16.89\00:37:18.75
Remember the story Job?
The accuser comes along.
00:37:18.78\00:37:23.12
He does this with you and me.
00:37:23.15\00:37:24.21
He say hey God, You
think this guy is Yours?
00:37:24.24\00:37:28.10
Do you-- do You really
think this guy is Your friend?
00:37:28.13\00:37:31.51
I mean, what did he do
in the night of Gethsemane?
00:37:31.54\00:37:33.13
What did he do on
the night of Gethsemane?
00:37:33.16\00:37:34.37
He says, hey listen,
Jesus, these are supposed to be
00:37:34.40\00:37:37.33
the eleven costliest
human beings on earth to You?
00:37:37.36\00:37:39.57
Tell me what's going on now?
00:37:39.60\00:37:40.71
They're not praying
with You, they are sleeping.
00:37:40.74\00:37:42.80
How many times has that line
got him play in the universe?
00:37:42.83\00:37:45.96
They are not friends
with You they are sleeping
00:37:45.99\00:37:48.21
when they are
supposed to be praying.
00:37:48.24\00:37:49.53
Nobody cares about You,
they are not Your friends.
00:37:49.56\00:37:51.49
In fact, one of them
already betrayed You,
00:37:51.52\00:37:53.03
the other guys gonna deny
You in just a few moments.
00:37:53.06\00:37:56.85
That's what Satan
does. He did with God in Job.
00:37:56.88\00:38:00.21
He thinks this guy likes you.
00:38:00.24\00:38:02.68
I tell you why
Job is Your friend?
00:38:02.71\00:38:04.63
Because you put this
little circle around him
00:38:04.66\00:38:06.49
and You keep blessing him,
00:38:06.52\00:38:07.55
and blessing
him, and blessing him.
00:38:07.58\00:38:08.61
I'm telling you what
God, you take away that circle
00:38:08.64\00:38:10.70
remove Your divine protection
00:38:10.73\00:38:12.17
He will spit in Your
face and curse You in the end.
00:38:12.20\00:38:15.45
That's what's happening
and he does it with everyone
00:38:15.48\00:38:18.88
who claims to be
a friend of God's?
00:38:18.91\00:38:21.53
You think he is?
00:38:21.56\00:38:24.92
And God says all right,
listen I heard enough of this.
00:38:24.95\00:38:31.04
You want to see? Let's find out.
00:38:31.07\00:38:33.99
Bring all the-- bring
all the records of those
00:38:34.02\00:38:36.52
who said they are my friends.
00:38:36.55\00:38:37.58
Bring them all out.
00:38:37.61\00:38:39.19
Let's find out if
the accuser is right.
00:38:39.22\00:38:41.00
I have no friends on this earth.
00:38:41.03\00:38:42.70
You are telling me I
have nobody on this earth
00:38:42.73\00:38:44.99
that loyal to me bring them out
00:38:45.02\00:38:47.76
let's take a look.
00:38:47.79\00:38:49.47
Ladies and gentlemen,
that, that's the reality.
00:38:49.50\00:38:55.83
And that's why
you read Daniel 7:10
00:38:55.86\00:38:57.81
"The court was seated,
and the books were opened."
00:38:57.84\00:39:04.15
Oh, good God has
to open the books
00:39:04.18\00:39:05.35
because He need jog his memory.
00:39:05.38\00:39:06.51
Let's see what was she like?
00:39:06.54\00:39:08.07
Oh, I can't-- I
can't put the face,
00:39:08.10\00:39:10.14
but I remember the name.
00:39:10.17\00:39:11.93
Is that what's
going on? Are you kidding?
00:39:11.96\00:39:14.53
Never forget this text
for the rest of your life.
00:39:14.56\00:39:16.49
2 Timothy 2:19 jot
it down, the lord knows,
00:39:16.52\00:39:22.34
"The lord knows
those who are his."
00:39:22.37\00:39:26.73
You can inscribe that in stone.
00:39:26.76\00:39:28.59
God-- God needs no judgment
to satisfy His own curiosity,
00:39:28.62\00:39:33.04
the records are not for Him
00:39:33.07\00:39:34.98
they are for
everyone else who wonders.
00:39:35.01\00:39:36.77
You know, what maybe
this accuser has a point.
00:39:36.80\00:39:38.72
I have been
watching that guy down there,
00:39:38.75\00:39:40.37
I'm not sure I want to let him
00:39:40.40\00:39:41.65
into this
kingdom forever and ever,
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.52
let we better check it out.
00:39:43.55\00:39:45.49
The records are not
for God, He already knows.
00:39:45.52\00:39:49.43
Instead God
orders our divine audit,
00:39:49.46\00:39:51.97
a heavenly
audit of every record.
00:39:52.00\00:39:54.92
Human being who has
professed loyalty to God,
00:39:54.95\00:39:57.50
He says pull all the books out,
00:39:57.53\00:39:59.76
go over them carefully tell me
00:39:59.79\00:40:03.38
do I have any
friends on this planet?
00:40:03.41\00:40:07.51
Same do I, but
please is there nothing
00:40:12.79\00:40:18.09
for the Hitler's
and the Pol Pot's,
00:40:18.12\00:40:21.07
the evil and
wicked of this life.
00:40:21.10\00:40:24.47
The serial killers,
no judgment for them?
00:40:24.50\00:40:28.37
Nobody said out my friend,
00:40:28.40\00:40:29.43
get it down in
your-- get it in your heart.
00:40:29.46\00:40:31.55
There will be a
day of accounting
00:40:31.58\00:40:32.85
for every human being
who was walked this planet.
00:40:32.88\00:40:34.83
Don't you worry God will
settle the accounts one day.
00:40:34.86\00:40:39.06
But in this dramatic
celestial courtroom right now,
00:40:39.09\00:40:42.82
none of them is there.
00:40:42.85\00:40:44.94
Because the accuser
has said you got nobody,
00:40:44.97\00:40:47.78
that's loyal to You,
00:40:47.81\00:40:48.85
really loyal to
You on this planet.
00:40:48.88\00:40:55.37
So God says,
"Okay, open the records
00:40:55.40\00:40:58.05
investigate the evidence."
00:40:58.08\00:41:00.10
You know, some
somewhere along the way,
00:41:00.13\00:41:02.86
somebody said, you
know, I heard people's,
00:41:02.89\00:41:04.97
this word
investigate get it out.
00:41:05.00\00:41:07.60
No, keep it in.
00:41:07.63\00:41:09.92
What's wrong with investigating?
00:41:09.95\00:41:12.01
Somebody is
bringing charges against you
00:41:12.04\00:41:13.07
they investigate the records.
00:41:13.10\00:41:14.13
What's the problem?
00:41:14.16\00:41:15.19
The devil bringing charges,
let's investigate the record.
00:41:15.22\00:41:17.97
Would you jot this down please,
so the investigator judgment,
00:41:18.00\00:41:20.42
we'll just call that
what's happening right now.
00:41:20.45\00:41:22.59
So the investigative
judgment isn't about a God
00:41:22.62\00:41:24.87
trying to make up
his mind in court,
00:41:24.90\00:41:27.04
but about a God seeking to
defend his friends in court
00:41:27.07\00:41:29.94
and there's a
world of difference.
00:41:29.97\00:41:32.84
You know just
well, I got to decide,
00:41:32.87\00:41:34.45
do I save him or not.
00:41:34.48\00:41:35.70
No, none of that's taking place.
00:41:35.73\00:41:38.92
The Pol-- that Pol
Pot's and the Hitler's,
00:41:38.95\00:41:41.05
they will have their day
00:41:41.08\00:41:42.11
but judgment has
to start somewhere.
00:41:42.14\00:41:45.18
In fact, how can you argue
with what you are about to read?
00:41:45.21\00:41:48.38
This is about as clear as it is,
00:41:48.41\00:41:50.63
in my humble little estimation
may I run three texts by you,
00:41:50.66\00:41:53.52
and there are score
more where this came from.
00:41:53.55\00:41:55.32
Let me run these by you.
00:41:55.35\00:41:56.80
1 Peter 4:17 the Word
of God is absolutely clear.
00:41:56.83\00:42:00.88
"It is time for judgment
00:42:00.91\00:42:02.02
to begin with
the family of God."
00:42:02.05\00:42:06.25
Let's begin with
those Yankee fans,
00:42:06.28\00:42:08.35
we know where they stand.
We begin with our fans here.
00:42:08.38\00:42:11.81
It begins with
the family of God.
00:42:11.84\00:42:14.13
Write that down number
two, 2 Corinthians 5:10
00:42:14.16\00:42:17.46
"For we" Paul is
writing to a Christian Church,
00:42:17.49\00:42:19.67
"we must all as
Christian's appear
00:42:19.70\00:42:22.56
before the
judgment seat of Christ."
00:42:22.59\00:42:24.44
Did I make that up was that
somehow a typographical error?
00:42:24.47\00:42:27.70
It is there and
text number three,
00:42:27.73\00:42:29.66
Hebrews 10:30 "The
Lord will judge his people."
00:42:29.69\00:42:33.57
New Testament,
and there's a handful
00:42:33.60\00:42:35.60
out of the Old
Testament as well.
00:42:35.63\00:42:38.62
What's going on here
ladies and gentlemen,
00:42:38.65\00:42:40.46
is God hoping
somehow, I got to lose these?
00:42:40.49\00:42:42.66
Are you kidding?
00:42:42.69\00:42:43.76
God is proving that He can
save them forever and ever.
00:42:43.79\00:42:46.84
These are mine, these are mine.
00:42:46.87\00:42:49.17
I told you, I had
friends. That's what it's about.
00:42:49.20\00:42:55.25
Yeah, but I thought Jesus
says, come on didn't Jesus say
00:42:55.28\00:42:57.77
somewhere you know, if
you accept me as Savior,
00:42:57.80\00:43:00.86
you don't-- you'll
never come into judgment.
00:43:00.89\00:43:03.17
Oh, yes, He said
something like that
00:43:03.20\00:43:04.71
but that's a
mistranslation of the Greek
00:43:04.74\00:43:06.81
and that's what's caused
that little bit consternation.
00:43:06.84\00:43:09.14
Let me show you, and
the NIV caught the mistake
00:43:09.17\00:43:11.70
and carefully corrected it,
00:43:11.73\00:43:13.23
and we'll put it on
the screen for John 5:24
00:43:13.26\00:43:15.91
Jesus speaking "I
tell you the truth,"
00:43:15.94\00:43:17.57
and by the way in the
Greek that's amen, amen
00:43:17.60\00:43:19.92
double amen always means
sit up boy, listen to this.
00:43:19.95\00:43:23.01
"I tell you the
truth, whoever hears my word
00:43:23.04\00:43:25.43
and believes him who
sent me has eternal life
00:43:25.46\00:43:28.52
and will not be condemned."
00:43:28.55\00:43:30.86
You see the Greek
word can be translated
00:43:30.89\00:43:32.35
condemnation or judgment,
the NIV have the choice.
00:43:32.38\00:43:35.28
They say which way
shall we go, but they say
00:43:35.31\00:43:36.99
how could it be
the God's friends
00:43:37.02\00:43:38.13
will not come into judgment,
00:43:38.16\00:43:39.19
because we just read the texts?
00:43:39.22\00:43:40.44
Or it says, they
will come into judgment.
00:43:40.47\00:43:42.00
So they made the choice,
no, it has to be condemned here.
00:43:42.03\00:43:45.51
That's the point.
00:43:45.54\00:43:47.17
See, it isn't the God's
friends lies won't be examined
00:43:47.20\00:43:51.60
in the divine
judgment, they will be.
00:43:51.63\00:43:53.70
Thanks to the,
thanks to the accuser.
00:43:53.73\00:43:57.00
He is a guy just doing this.
00:43:57.03\00:44:00.36
It's that their
lies won't be condemned
00:44:00.39\00:44:02.76
in the divine
judgment, thanks to the Savior.
00:44:02.79\00:44:06.80
Romans 8:1 can you say with me
00:44:06.83\00:44:09.09
"Therefore, there is
now no condemnation to those
00:44:09.12\00:44:13.97
who are in Christ Jesus."
00:44:14.00\00:44:15.25
Did you hear
that no condemnation
00:44:15.28\00:44:17.98
when you are in
Christ, no condemnation.
00:44:18.01\00:44:21.19
Anybody comes
along and tells you
00:44:21.22\00:44:22.44
hey boy, hey girl,
this is really bad news,
00:44:22.47\00:44:25.13
this Bible teaching is
bad news better drop it,
00:44:25.16\00:44:27.02
better just forget it.
00:44:27.05\00:44:28.11
You just repeat after,
00:44:28.14\00:44:29.51
you just repeat after scripture.
00:44:29.54\00:44:31.62
No, it's not bad news at
all. There's no condemnation.
00:44:31.65\00:44:36.90
No condemnation in Christ Jesus.
00:44:36.93\00:44:40.78
And by the way that's why
Daniel 7 ends away it does.
00:44:40.81\00:44:43.39
So I'm gonna go there
and we will wrap it up.
00:44:43.42\00:44:46.15
You still have Daniel 7 open,
00:44:46.18\00:44:47.49
drop down to read
it again verse 21.
00:44:47.52\00:44:51.45
Daniel 7:21 "As I watched,
this horn the antagonist
00:44:51.48\00:44:55.67
was waging war
against the Holy people
00:44:55.70\00:44:57.82
and defeating
them, until" watch this,
00:44:57.85\00:45:00.34
until verse 22 "The
Ancient of Days came
00:45:00.37\00:45:02.99
and pronounced judgment
in favor of the saints."
00:45:03.02\00:45:09.15
Do you catch that?
00:45:09.18\00:45:10.21
He pronounced judgment in favor
of the saints of the Most High.
00:45:10.24\00:45:16.40
The divine
judgment in the heavenly
00:45:16.43\00:45:17.65
sanctuary
courtroom reaches a verdict,
00:45:17.68\00:45:19.38
and guess what the verdict did?
00:45:19.41\00:45:20.68
In favor, in favor.
00:45:20.71\00:45:23.54
You see when
Hebrew goes to court,
00:45:23.57\00:45:24.86
'cause this Bible
was written for Hebrews.
00:45:24.89\00:45:27.33
When a Hebrew
mind goes to court,
00:45:27.36\00:45:29.50
he is not concerned with
issues of guilt or innocence.
00:45:29.53\00:45:32.74
The Hebrew mind is not
thinking guilt or innocence.
00:45:32.77\00:45:34.93
You know, what she's thinking?
00:45:34.96\00:45:36.13
She's thinking vindication
00:45:36.16\00:45:37.91
and exoneration
writes that down.
00:45:37.94\00:45:39.84
Vindication and exoneration,
00:45:39.87\00:45:42.21
that's what the
Hebrew mind thinks of,
00:45:42.24\00:45:44.19
when it thinks of
court and judgments.
00:45:44.22\00:45:46.61
It's not about
guilt and innocence,
00:45:46.64\00:45:48.18
it's about vindication.
00:45:48.21\00:45:49.70
In fact, you remember this,
00:45:49.73\00:45:51.15
Jesus told a parable
once about a little old lady.
00:45:51.18\00:45:53.66
She was a widow and an adversary
00:45:53.69\00:45:55.48
was coming against her
trying to search-- search tips.
00:45:55.51\00:45:58.58
Well, he was trying
to take her property.
00:45:58.61\00:46:02.30
I was trying to
say that word sir,
00:46:02.33\00:46:03.86
what is the word certipist?
00:46:03.89\00:46:06.88
Well forget it.
00:46:06.91\00:46:09.22
He was trying-- he was
trying to sneak there it is,
00:46:09.25\00:46:12.11
he was trying to sneak
her property away illegally.
00:46:12.14\00:46:17.23
Illegally, so what she do?
00:46:17.26\00:46:19.71
She doesn't go to the
judge and say oh judge,
00:46:19.74\00:46:21.19
he guilty or innocent no, no, no
00:46:21.22\00:46:22.56
she runs into the
judge and she turns up.
00:46:22.59\00:46:24.55
I'm sorry to tell you this,
00:46:24.58\00:46:25.61
the judge was on
the take all right.
00:46:25.64\00:46:27.91
She says oh, judge,
I got this adversary,
00:46:27.94\00:46:29.69
he's trying to sneak
my property away from me.
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.91
You got to help me oh, judge.
00:46:31.94\00:46:33.21
And judge said, I just let
this women continue for a while
00:46:33.24\00:46:35.24
because one of this issue get
00:46:35.27\00:46:36.63
that the little
bit of baksheesh here,
00:46:36.66\00:46:38.60
a little bit of pay
over and I will deliver her.
00:46:38.63\00:46:41.15
But she knows-- she's
too poor, she never paid him.
00:46:41.18\00:46:42.92
She just kept coming after him.
00:46:42.95\00:46:44.37
She was bugging him so bad
then finally he said himself
00:46:44.40\00:46:47.48
you know what this woman
is driving me to distraction.
00:46:47.51\00:46:49.78
If I don't get rid
of her, I'm gonna die.
00:46:49.81\00:46:52.90
And that's what he
did, he took the adversary,
00:46:52.93\00:46:55.83
he says get out of here,
the law is on this woman side.
00:46:55.86\00:46:59.29
See for a Hebrew
that's all I want in court.
00:46:59.32\00:47:02.31
Get rid of my adversary,
get rid of him for me.
00:47:02.34\00:47:08.35
That's what's going on.
00:47:08.38\00:47:09.43
The judgment is given in favor,
in favor of God's friends.
00:47:09.46\00:47:15.87
Can you understand
ladies and gentlemen, why?
00:47:15.90\00:47:17.67
Now you know, I'm
so excited about this.
00:47:17.70\00:47:19.33
Can you
understand why this teaching,
00:47:19.36\00:47:22.08
that the antagonist has
put all of his withering guns
00:47:22.11\00:47:26.15
to blow out of the water?
00:47:26.18\00:47:27.22
Can you
understand why this teaching
00:47:27.25\00:47:29.21
is such good news
to the friend's of God?
00:47:29.24\00:47:32.58
Because it's not
about guilt and innocence,
00:47:32.61\00:47:34.24
it's about get him off of
my back forever and ever, amen.
00:47:34.27\00:47:39.43
God says okay, okay.
00:47:39.46\00:47:42.09
I knew I had friends down here,
00:47:42.12\00:47:43.76
that didn't want him
and wanted Me instead.
00:47:43.79\00:47:46.92
I told you, I told you
they would be down here.
00:47:46.95\00:47:50.38
Look at the books,
00:47:50.41\00:47:51.97
when I'm through
it's over, it's over.
00:47:52.00\00:47:58.26
I tell you what?
00:47:58.29\00:48:00.61
The friends of God know
00:48:00.64\00:48:01.99
that the divine
court is on their side.
00:48:02.02\00:48:07.13
I want you jot that down
00:48:07.16\00:48:08.53
deep in your
little mind right now.
00:48:08.56\00:48:10.22
"The divine
court is on my side."
00:48:10.25\00:48:14.82
Just say it to yourself,
00:48:14.85\00:48:16.39
the divine
court is on your side,
00:48:16.42\00:48:20.49
it's on my side.
00:48:20.52\00:48:22.32
I mean, you think about it
00:48:22.35\00:48:23.38
everybody in the
celestial courtroom
00:48:23.41\00:48:26.13
do you get this,
00:48:26.16\00:48:27.35
everybody in the
celestial courtroom
00:48:27.38\00:48:28.41
was pulling for you.
00:48:28.44\00:48:30.48
Ancient of Days, he is for you.
00:48:30.51\00:48:32.24
Celestial,
observers they're all for you.
00:48:32.27\00:48:34.77
Protagonist is for you.
00:48:34.80\00:48:36.89
He is not only a judge,
He is your defense attorney,
00:48:36.92\00:48:39.05
He is your mediator, He
is a friend of the court,
00:48:39.08\00:48:41.39
He is everybody and
He is pulling for you.
00:48:41.42\00:48:43.60
In fact, I
understand that even one of them
00:48:43.63\00:48:45.36
in the courtroom today
has already died for you.
00:48:45.39\00:48:49.73
I'm telling you what, sister,
00:48:49.76\00:48:51.74
the good news doesn't
get any better than that
00:48:51.77\00:48:54.51
and that's why it's
called the everlasting gospel.
00:48:54.54\00:48:57.85
Don't you let them
take don't you let them
00:48:57.88\00:48:59.83
take the judgment away from you.
00:48:59.86\00:49:01.41
It's not bad news,
they got it all wrong.
00:49:01.44\00:49:04.50
The truth is,
00:49:04.53\00:49:05.72
its the greatest
news in the universe.
00:49:05.75\00:49:07.97
Because at the heart
is the heavenly hero,
00:49:08.00\00:49:12.98
my main man in heaven
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:49:13.01\00:49:19.01
All you have to do,
00:49:19.04\00:49:21.18
put your case in
His hands that's it.
00:49:21.21\00:49:26.03
Put your case in His hands.
00:49:26.06\00:49:28.45
I invite you to
bow you head right now,
00:49:28.48\00:49:30.69
and I want to pray with you.
00:49:30.72\00:49:32.01
I invite my singers to
come out right now as well.
00:49:32.04\00:49:35.98
While your head is
down and you're praying,
00:49:36.01\00:49:38.80
here's the deal.
00:49:38.83\00:49:40.41
I'm not gonna give
altar call you come forward.
00:49:40.44\00:49:42.22
No.
00:49:42.25\00:49:44.24
The Ancient of
Days, can read your heart
00:49:44.27\00:49:45.89
as if they were
no other human being
00:49:45.92\00:49:47.37
in the universe right now.
00:49:47.40\00:49:48.43
He is reading
your mind right now.
00:49:48.46\00:49:50.93
So here's the deal,
would you please bow your head
00:49:50.96\00:49:53.51
and close eyes and let's pray.
00:49:53.54\00:49:58.31
Dear Father, this
is about the best news,
00:49:58.34\00:50:03.95
we heard in a while.
00:50:03.98\00:50:06.87
It's no wonder the antagonist
is desperate to hide this truth
00:50:06.90\00:50:11.92
and to destroy this teaching.
00:50:11.95\00:50:14.60
But guys, you are a lot bigger,
00:50:14.63\00:50:15.99
the protagonist
has already beaten
00:50:16.02\00:50:18.54
the antagonist on his own ground
00:50:18.57\00:50:21.07
and is he is our
heavenly hero too.
00:50:21.10\00:50:23.77
And so Father, we want
to respond to this teaching,
00:50:23.80\00:50:26.18
just now while
your head is still bowed
00:50:26.21\00:50:29.49
and your eyes, and
heart lifted up to God.
00:50:29.52\00:50:32.52
Here's the deal, and I
even ask you to raise your hand.
00:50:32.55\00:50:35.92
I gonna give just
some seconds of quiet.
00:50:35.95\00:50:39.68
If you would like to tell God
00:50:39.71\00:50:42.07
that you wish a
new to place your case
00:50:42.10\00:50:46.63
in the nail
scared hands of your hero
00:50:46.66\00:50:51.64
and Savior tell Him right now
00:50:51.67\00:50:54.46
you may never have given
your life to Jesus before.
00:50:54.49\00:50:58.44
There have been times
and you thought about it,
00:50:58.47\00:50:59.83
you put it off.
00:50:59.86\00:51:00.98
Now, I'm not even gonna ask you
get up and identify yourself.
00:51:01.01\00:51:03.42
That's okay, in the quiet
of your heart right now tell,
00:51:03.45\00:51:08.74
tell the defense attorney,
00:51:08.77\00:51:11.13
who is the judge and
the friend of the court.
00:51:11.16\00:51:13.38
Tell Him, I'm putting
my case in your hands.
00:51:13.41\00:51:17.03
You say, Dwight, I
don't know that means,
00:51:17.06\00:51:18.77
I want to do some thing more.
00:51:18.80\00:51:20.46
You get a hold of me.
00:51:20.49\00:51:22.43
We'll build this together,
but right now you tell Him
00:51:22.46\00:51:28.44
I'm putting my
case in your hands.
00:51:28.47\00:51:30.23
And by the way
don't just do it today,
00:51:30.26\00:51:31.37
tomorrow morning
when you are awaken
00:51:31.40\00:51:32.72
say it, oh by
the way protagonist,
00:51:32.75\00:51:36.29
my case is still in your
hands, I haven't pulled it out.
00:51:36.32\00:51:39.60
Today, and today, and
today keep telling Him,
00:51:39.63\00:51:47.37
He is your hero,
He is your Savior.
00:51:47.40\00:51:51.27
Back in 1841 born
there in Dublin, Ireland
00:51:51.30\00:51:56.47
and a little girl's
Charitie Lees Smith,
00:51:56.50\00:51:59.16
she became a poet.
00:51:59.19\00:52:01.30
My friend Janeem
Lyme found her words.
00:52:01.33\00:52:04.37
She composed this
poem at the age of 27,
00:52:04.40\00:52:08.02
your age some of you.
00:52:08.05\00:52:09.89
She composes poem,
00:52:09.92\00:52:10.95
it's on the cover of
your bulletin by the way.
00:52:10.98\00:52:12.62
So you can keep this
poem as long as you wish.
00:52:12.65\00:52:16.10
I have asked my friends,
00:52:16.13\00:52:18.05
our singers to
sing these words for you
00:52:18.08\00:52:21.65
and the words
will be on the screen
00:52:21.68\00:52:23.35
you can follow there,
00:52:23.38\00:52:24.41
you want to follow on the cover
your bulletin that's all right.
00:52:24.44\00:52:27.07
But keep while they are singing.
00:52:27.10\00:52:29.08
Would you do this,
keep affirming to God?
00:52:29.11\00:52:32.77
Your choice to leave
your case in His hands.
00:52:32.80\00:52:37.00
Ladies.
00:52:37.03\00:52:38.10
Before the throne of God above
00:52:45.11\00:52:51.02
I have a strong and perfect plea
00:52:51.05\00:52:57.08
A great High
Priest whose name is Love
00:52:57.11\00:53:02.71
Who ever lives and pleads for me
00:53:02.74\00:53:10.01
My name is graven on His hands
00:53:10.04\00:53:15.94
My name is written on His heart
00:53:15.97\00:53:22.16
I know that while
in Heaven He stands
00:53:22.19\00:53:27.69
No tongue can bid me
00:53:27.72\00:53:31.35
thence depart
00:53:31.38\00:53:37.28
When Satan tempts me to despair
00:53:40.65\00:53:46.29
And tells me of the guilt within
00:53:46.32\00:53:51.99
Upward I look and see Him there
00:53:52.02\00:53:57.46
Who made an end to all my sin
00:53:57.49\00:54:04.18
Because the sinless Savior died
00:54:04.21\00:54:09.96
My sinful soul is counted free
00:54:09.99\00:54:16.04
For God the just is satisfied
00:54:16.07\00:54:21.59
To look on Him
00:54:21.62\00:54:24.50
And pardon me
00:54:24.53\00:54:29.93
Behold Him there the risen Lamb
00:54:34.34\00:54:40.10
My perfect
spotless righteousness
00:54:40.13\00:54:46.07
The great unchangeable I Am
00:54:46.10\00:54:51.22
The King of glory and of grace
00:54:51.25\00:54:58.16
One in Himself I cannot die
00:54:58.19\00:55:03.80
My soul is
purchased by His blood
00:55:03.83\00:55:09.95
My life is hid
with Christ on high
00:55:09.98\00:55:15.31
With Christ my Savior
00:55:15.34\00:55:18.87
And my God
00:55:18.90\00:55:24.07
My life is hid
with Christ on high
00:55:27.75\00:55:33.63
With Christ my Savior
00:55:33.66\00:55:37.56
And my God
00:55:37.59\00:55:43.49
Amen.
00:55:45.98\00:55:47.47
Just stand on knees
we continue to pray.
00:55:49.64\00:55:52.05
And so Father,
we place our cases
00:56:01.42\00:56:04.48
in those nails scared hands.
00:56:04.51\00:56:06.37
We can't defend ourselves.
00:56:06.40\00:56:10.93
The accuser is too
strong but our hope is
00:56:10.96\00:56:14.38
in the hero of the
courtroom right now.
00:56:14.41\00:56:19.14
So hear our prayers,
00:56:19.17\00:56:21.28
call us to that choice
again and again and again
00:56:21.31\00:56:26.29
until You finally declare
the judgment is now rendered
00:56:26.32\00:56:30.51
in favor of my friends on earth.
00:56:30.54\00:56:36.75
And not to him who is
able to keep you from falling
00:56:36.78\00:56:40.29
and to present you
before His glorious throne
00:56:40.32\00:56:43.01
without fault and with great joy
00:56:43.04\00:56:46.21
to the only God our
Savior be glory and majesty,
00:56:46.24\00:56:51.23
power and authority
through Jesus Christ our Lord
00:56:51.26\00:56:55.61
before all ages now
and forever more, amen.
00:56:55.64\00:57:03.06
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00:57:03.09\00:57:04.13
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00:57:04.16\00:57:05.93
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