Crown him the Lord of years
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The Potentate of time
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Creator of the rolling spheres
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Ineffably sublime!
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All hail! Redeemer, hail!
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For thou hast died for me
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Thy praise shall
never, never fail
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Throughout eternity
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Be seated.
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Psalm 118:14 starting,
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"The Lord is my
strength and my song,
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He has become my salvation.
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Shouts of joy
and victory resound
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in the tents of the righteous.
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'The Lord's right hand
has done mighty things!
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The Lord's right
hand is lifted high,
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the Lord's right hand
has done mighty things!
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Open for me the
gates of righteousness.
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I will enter and
give thanks to the Lord.
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This is the gate of the Lord
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through which the
righteous may enter.
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I will give You
thanks, for You answered me,
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You have become my salvation."
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"Give thanks to the Lord,
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for He is good and
His love endures forever."
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Over all the
earth You reign on high
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Every mountain
stream, every sunset sky
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But my one
request Lord, my only aim
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Is that You'd reign in me again
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Lord reign in me,
reign in Your pow'r
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Over all my
dreams, in my darkest hour
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You are the Lord of all I am
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So won't You reign in me again
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Over every
thought, over every word
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May my life reflect
the beauty of my Lord
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'Cause You mean more to me
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Than any earthly thing
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So won't You reign in me again
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Lord reign in me,
reign in Your pow'r
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Over all my
dreams, in my darkest hour
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You are the Lord of all I am
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So won't You reign in me again
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Lord reign in me,
reign in Your pow'r
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Over all my
dreams, in my darkest hour
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You are the Lord, of all I am
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So won't You reign in me again
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Lord, let Your light
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Light of Your face
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Shine on us
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Lord, let Your light
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Light of Your face
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Shine on us
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That we may be saved
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That we may have life
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To find our way
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In the darkest night
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Let your light shine on us
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Lord, let Your grace
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Grace from Your hand
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Fall on us
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Lord, let Your grace
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Grace from Your hand
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Fall on us
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That we may be saved
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That we may have life
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To find our way
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In the darkest night
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Let Your grace fall on us
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Lord, let Your love
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Love with no end
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Come over us
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Lord, let Your love
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Love with no end
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Come over us
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That we may be saved
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That we may have life
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To find our way
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In the darkest night
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Let Your love
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Come over us
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Let Your light shine on us
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That we may be saved,
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that we may have life to find
our way in the darkest night.
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Lord let Your
light shine on us today.
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Isaiah 9 says that
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"The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light,
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on those living in the
land of the shadow of death
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a light has dawned.
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In the words of Jesus,
"I'm the light of the world.
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Whoever follows Me
will never walk in darkness,
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but will have the light of life.
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Father in heaven, we
would have never guessed
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that we would have ever seen
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the light of life
hanging on a Cross.
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But it's because of this gift
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that we can have
this light of life
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that You can shine on us.
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We thank You, here we are
Lord Your people this morning.
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We are here to worship You.
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We ask that You shine on us,
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and that You be glorified
in the name of Jesus, amen.
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Light of the world
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You stepped down into darkness
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Opened my eyes, let me see
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Beauty that made
this heart adore You
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Hope of a life spent with You
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So here I am to
worship, here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that You're my God
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You're altogether
lovely, altogether worthy
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Altogether wonderful to me
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King of all days,
Oh, so highly exalted
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Glorious in heaven above
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Humbly You came to
the earth You created
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All for love's sake became poor
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So here I am to
worship, here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that you're my God
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You're altogether
lovely, altogether worthy
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Altogether wonderful to me
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And I'll never
know how much it cost
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To see my sin upon that cross
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I'll never know how much it cost
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To see my sin Upon that cross
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I'll never know how much it cost
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To see my sin upon that cross
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I'll never know how much it cost
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To see my sin upon that cross
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So here I am to
worship here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that You're my God
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You're altogether
lovely, altogether worthy
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Altogether wonderful to me
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Hello, yes, I'm almost ready,
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I'm putting on
my coat right now.
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Yes. No.
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I know that I always say
that I'm ready but this time
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I really am gonna be ready.
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You are not here.
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I'm looking outside
right now and I don't see you.
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I'm ready.
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Just knock at the
door when you get here.
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Boy, gonna be
late. He is here already?
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Told you I was gonna be ready.
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Jesus, what are You doing here?
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I mean, come in.
Hi, come in, come in.
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Sit, make Yourself at home.
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What a pleasant surprise?
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Haven't seen You
for a while, yeah.
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It's-- it's nice
to have you here.
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Oh, wait, someone's
knocking at the door,
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just wait a second.
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Hi. You look amazing. Hi.
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Let's go, let's go. We are late.
00:14:06.08\00:14:07.31
I have a
visitor. A visitor? What?
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An unexpected visitor.
00:14:08.87\00:14:10.08
No, no, no, Jesus
is here, at my house.
00:14:10.11\00:14:12.59
You say, Jesus? Yes.
00:14:12.62\00:14:13.82
He just stopped by unexpectedly.
00:14:13.85\00:14:19.06
Well, we have plans.
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No, no, no, we need to
stay a little time with Him.
00:14:20.71\00:14:23.66
Okay, okay. Okay.
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Hey, you, what's up?
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It's been a while.
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You're good? I'm good.
00:14:37.97\00:14:42.73
Oh, would you like some water?
00:14:42.76\00:14:44.73
Or a wine? Or could
you know how you or not.
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Okay, okay, okay.
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How about some food?
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I haven't gone to the grocery,
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so all I have are
loafs of bread and fish,
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it's-- never mind, maybe not.
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Okay. So--
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Oh, I got an idea, just
read the Bible. Come on.
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That's I don't really
read that much, but I guess--
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There's some great story right,
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this guy named Daniel
and these lions they just--
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Okay, you were there.
00:15:15.94\00:15:17.28
You wrote it.
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Okay. TV, TV?
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Why don't we
watch some television?
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Yeah. The remote is here.
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Some music videos that
gets my mind off things.
00:15:35.65\00:15:38.02
Okay. Oh, I
love that song. Okay.
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They can show that on cable?
00:15:41.32\00:15:42.73
I don't know? But-- Oh--
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Oh, that's not the
channel, what's wrong with this.
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Switch.
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The Bachelor, my favorite.
Oh, let's change this, no.
00:15:51.66\00:15:53.86
No, no, no, let's watch
this. Have you seen this?
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It's about this guy, he
gets to date all these women
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and then at the end
he leaves the audience
00:16:00.90\00:16:02.90
to suspense trying to figure out
00:16:02.93\00:16:04.54
who is the lucky woman.
00:16:04.57\00:16:06.39
None of us know
until the last episode,
00:16:06.42\00:16:08.83
you know, he picks
the rose, you know.
00:16:08.86\00:16:12.52
You know
everything, so-- yup, yup.
00:16:12.55\00:16:15.76
Ah, next channel, saving lives,
00:16:15.79\00:16:18.18
this is about saving
lives, so this is good.
00:16:18.21\00:16:20.63
Yup, this is great except look
at her scandalous bathing suit.
00:16:20.66\00:16:24.48
How can she save anyone's life
wearing something like that?
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Sure, I would drown too
if my lifeguard is that good.
00:16:26.85\00:16:29.13
I mean, no, I wouldn't do that.
00:16:29.16\00:16:34.00
Let's just turn off
the TV. Turn off the TV.
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Gina, it's late, we
got to get to that party
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and we're gonna be
late for vespers and--
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That's right,
Friday night vespers,
00:16:43.14\00:16:45.02
those are the best.
00:16:45.05\00:16:46.08
We wouldn't want to do that,
00:16:46.11\00:16:47.33
so we should go
and Gina, let's go.
00:16:47.36\00:16:51.64
We're gonna do that
and cool. So here we go.
00:16:51.67\00:16:55.68
You can stay here,
make yourself at home,
00:16:55.71\00:16:58.39
fill the place
with your presence.
00:16:58.42\00:17:00.13
It was good
seeing you again though.
00:17:00.16\00:17:02.44
We'll be right
back, just stay. My bag.
00:17:02.47\00:17:06.64
Let's go. Stay there,
we'll see you, let's go.
00:17:06.67\00:17:11.00
Uh, He is-- He is following us.
00:17:11.03\00:17:12.78
Oh, I don't know if you
misunderstood but we gonna go,
00:17:12.81\00:17:15.82
you have to come
with us, so just,
00:17:15.85\00:17:18.13
if you can just stay there
and we'll be right back though.
00:17:18.16\00:17:21.78
Make yourself at home. Cool.
00:17:21.81\00:17:23.50
Okay, let's go.
00:17:23.53\00:17:24.73
Come on, we are late. Okay.
00:17:24.76\00:17:29.36
He is following us.
00:17:29.39\00:17:31.59
Okay, I don't think you get it.
00:17:31.62\00:17:33.62
It's okay, you can
stay really, you can stay.
00:17:33.65\00:17:36.88
I want the house to be
filled with your presence.
00:17:36.91\00:17:38.63
It's okay, you stay.
00:17:38.67\00:17:39.71
Let me, don't you understand,
00:17:39.74\00:17:41.68
we don't want
you to come with us,
00:17:41.71\00:17:43.33
just stay here,
don't follow us anymore.
00:17:43.36\00:17:45.50
Okay. Stay. All right.
00:17:45.53\00:17:46.98
No offense, no
offense but we have to do
00:17:47.01\00:17:49.27
what we got to do and--
00:17:49.30\00:17:50.44
We'll be right back. Yes.
00:17:50.47\00:17:51.70
Let's go.
00:17:51.73\00:17:52.76
He's still there. Okay.
00:17:57.09\00:18:00.68
Let me put it this
way. Why don't you--
00:18:00.71\00:18:05.06
Just stay. Where we put You.
00:18:05.09\00:18:07.91
Father, forgive them, for
they know not what they do.
00:18:11.69\00:18:19.12
Holy Father,
00:18:40.44\00:18:44.51
by the time we're
through this last teaching
00:18:44.54\00:18:49.22
in this series,
00:18:49.25\00:18:51.42
please...
00:18:51.45\00:18:54.91
may we decide all of us,
00:18:54.94\00:18:59.82
what to do with Jesus.
00:18:59.85\00:19:04.93
Speak to us now
of all the teachings,
00:19:04.96\00:19:09.19
this must be
clear for Your glory,
00:19:09.22\00:19:13.12
we pray in Christ name, amen.
00:19:13.15\00:19:16.79
Did you know that
the Book of Daniel
00:19:20.10\00:19:21.52
ends just like
The Da Vinci Code?
00:19:21.55\00:19:26.92
With a heart pounding...
00:19:26.95\00:19:28.21
page turning, nail
biting surprise ending.
00:19:31.29\00:19:37.07
Everybody loves the mystery
00:19:37.10\00:19:39.98
and Daniel when
he wrote his book
00:19:40.01\00:19:42.23
made certain that he
penned into its final plot,
00:19:42.26\00:19:46.55
a dramatic mystery.
00:19:46.58\00:19:47.80
Open your Bible please with me
00:19:47.83\00:19:49.97
to the question we've been
ducking now for two months,
00:19:50.00\00:19:52.22
we have been reading
about The King of the North,
00:19:52.25\00:19:54.29
we've skirted around
it, can't run any longer,
00:19:54.32\00:19:58.66
this is the last of the
series "Rumors From the East."
00:19:58.69\00:20:03.23
Open your Bibles
please to Daniel Chapter 11.
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.72
One of the great prophetic
00:20:05.75\00:20:08.01
mysteries of ancient literature.
00:20:08.04\00:20:11.80
Daniel Chapter 11.
00:20:11.83\00:20:13.03
Only this piece of
literature is no fiction at all
00:20:18.81\00:20:23.28
as you're gonna
discover in just a moment.
00:20:23.31\00:20:25.14
This is the gospel truth
00:20:25.17\00:20:26.81
that hasn't quite
fully come true yet,
00:20:26.84\00:20:30.77
it just you watch.
00:20:30.80\00:20:32.72
You wait, you'll see.
00:20:32.75\00:20:34.05
Daniel Chapter 11,
drop down to verse 40,
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I'm in the New
King James Version,
00:20:36.83\00:20:38.39
by the way if you
didn't bring a Bible,
00:20:38.42\00:20:39.66
I need you, this
teaching is very serious
00:20:39.69\00:20:42.62
and so I invite
you to take the Bible
00:20:42.65\00:20:44.80
that's in the pew
rack in front of you,
00:20:44.83\00:20:46.62
same translation
as the New King James,
00:20:46.65\00:20:48.79
page 606 in your pew Bible.
00:20:48.82\00:20:51.53
Strap yourself in.
00:20:51.56\00:20:53.89
We're going Daniel 11:40
00:20:53.92\00:20:57.22
"At the time of the end...
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the king of the
South shall attack him"
00:21:03.70\00:21:06.28
The King of the North.
00:21:06.31\00:21:08.58
"And the king of
the North shall come
00:21:08.61\00:21:10.01
against him like a whirlwind,
00:21:10.04\00:21:12.17
with chariots,
horsemen, and with many ships,
00:21:12.20\00:21:15.51
and he shall
enter the countries,
00:21:15.54\00:21:17.33
overwhelm them,
and pass through."
00:21:17.36\00:21:21.28
So who is the king of the North?
00:21:21.31\00:21:24.51
Is it Russia? As
some are teaching?
00:21:24.54\00:21:28.59
Is it Iran? Is it Iraq?
00:21:28.62\00:21:32.96
Is it China? Is it America?
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Just a cursory
reading as we've just done
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enables us to
identify certain vital clues.
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For example what we just read,
00:21:46.67\00:21:47.71
clue number one, whatever it is,
00:21:47.74\00:21:49.42
whatever is happening,
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here clue number one is
clear the king of the North
00:21:50.67\00:21:52.64
and the king of the
south are antagonist.
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They are enemies, all right?
00:21:55.55\00:21:56.98
Clue number two,
the king of the South
00:21:57.01\00:21:59.22
mortally wounds
the king of the North.
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Now you don't
get that in English,
00:22:02.21\00:22:03.43
you have to read it
in Daniel's language
00:22:03.46\00:22:05.57
which is Hebrew and
the Hebrew word for attack,
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what it says attack
the Hebrew word here
00:22:07.83\00:22:09.80
is Nakah which
means to gore like a bull
00:22:09.83\00:22:14.02
with the thrusting horn.
00:22:14.05\00:22:16.58
For the life of
me I tell you what,
00:22:16.61\00:22:17.77
I cannot understand why
any matador in the world
00:22:17.80\00:22:20.54
would stand in front
of a bull maniac bull
00:22:20.57\00:22:23.56
and egg him on to gore him.
00:22:23.59\00:22:27.35
But the word is
actually translated that way
00:22:27.38\00:22:29.70
in Deuteronomy 33:17,
00:22:29.73\00:22:32.18
look at this same Hebrew word,
00:22:32.21\00:22:33.55
"In majesty He is
like a firstborn bull,
00:22:33.58\00:22:36.35
his horns are the
horns of a wild ox.
00:22:36.38\00:22:38.71
With them he
will gore the nations,
00:22:38.74\00:22:42.17
even those at the
ends of the earth."
00:22:42.20\00:22:44.49
All right, the point,
the king of the North,
00:22:44.52\00:22:47.40
whoever or whatever he is,
00:22:47.43\00:22:50.87
is gored by the
king of the South
00:22:50.90\00:22:52.67
whoever, whatever it is.
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Clue three, clearly
time is being compressed
00:22:55.96\00:22:58.64
in this prophetic mystery
00:22:58.67\00:22:59.76
because no sooner as
we just read it here,
00:22:59.79\00:23:01.76
"No sooner is
the king of the North
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mortally wounded
then he turns around
00:23:03.06\00:23:05.00
and attacks the
king of the south
00:23:05.03\00:23:06.43
and conquers the
king of the south."
00:23:06.46\00:23:08.26
Impossible, I mean, how long?
00:23:08.29\00:23:09.88
How many here
been gored by a bull?
00:23:09.91\00:23:11.24
Let's just see your hands.
00:23:11.27\00:23:12.50
How long does
it take for a wound
00:23:12.53\00:23:14.82
in your side to heal?
00:23:14.85\00:23:16.70
Can't happen instantaneously
00:23:16.73\00:23:18.43
and so these short six
verses obviously within them
00:23:18.46\00:23:21.96
time has been compressed.
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What else do we know?
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What we know from
this would be clue for--
00:23:26.61\00:23:28.65
we know that the king of
the North is a militant power.
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He commands armies and
navies, whether he owns those
00:23:31.43\00:23:34.23
armies and navies is
immaterial to this presentation.
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He is simply able to
mobilize armed forces.
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Clue number five.
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The king of the
North after conquering
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the king of the
South becomes a global
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rather than a
local or national power.
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Read on here verse 41
"He, the king of the North
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shall also enter
the Glorious Land,
00:23:53.98\00:23:56.40
and many countries
shall be overthrown,
00:23:56.43\00:23:58.44
but these shall escape
from his hand, Edom, Moab,
00:23:58.47\00:24:01.14
and the
prominent people of Ammon."
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.49
Verse 42 "He,
the king of the North
00:24:02.52\00:24:04.38
shall stretch out his
hand against the countries,
00:24:04.41\00:24:06.42
and the land of
Egypt shall not escape."
00:24:06.45\00:24:08.42
Verse 43, "He shall have power
00:24:08.45\00:24:11.36
over the treasures
of gold and silver,
00:24:11.39\00:24:13.59
and over all the
precious things of Egypt,
00:24:13.62\00:24:15.93
also the Libyans and Ethiopians
shall follow at his heels."
00:24:15.96\00:24:20.50
Clue number 6.
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The king of the
North not only becomes
00:24:22.18\00:24:23.74
a global power, it is
a wealthy power as well.
00:24:23.77\00:24:28.34
And it's right here
that this prophetic plot
00:24:28.37\00:24:31.79
takes a
mysterious twist, watch this.
00:24:31.82\00:24:34.47
Verse 44, "But
news from the east"
00:24:34.50\00:24:37.31
the New
American Standard Version
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.35
renders this you remember.
00:24:39.38\00:24:40.49
"Rumors from the
east and the north
00:24:40.52\00:24:44.72
shall trouble him..."
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.36
Now, the Hebrew
word for trouble is Bahal
00:24:46.39\00:24:49.37
and it means to
terrify or to panic.
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I ye, the king of the
North hears for boding rumors
00:24:52.16\00:24:55.82
coming from the east
00:24:55.85\00:24:57.75
and he panics in
a dither of fury.
00:24:57.78\00:25:00.40
Now for the last two
months in this teaching series,
00:25:00.43\00:25:02.43
you and I have been examining
00:25:02.46\00:25:04.14
the content of these
rumors from the east.
00:25:04.17\00:25:06.93
Whatever, obviously
the king of the North
00:25:06.96\00:25:11.09
fears for his own
kingdom and survival,
00:25:11.12\00:25:13.82
and in fury he rushes out
once he gets those rumors.
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All right, verse 44, "But
news, rumors from the east
00:25:18.33\00:25:23.23
and the north shall trouble him,
00:25:23.26\00:25:24.33
and therefore he shall go out
00:25:24.36\00:25:25.93
with great fury to
destroy and annihilate many."
00:25:25.96\00:25:29.67
Clue number seven.
00:25:29.70\00:25:30.88
The king of the
North becomes a destroying,
00:25:30.91\00:25:33.23
persecuting power in the end.
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Whatever it is,
that's how he ends up.
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Final verse, verse 45,
"And he, king of the North,
00:25:38.35\00:25:41.30
shall plant the
tents of his palace
00:25:41.33\00:25:42.89
between the seas and
the glorious holy mountain,
00:25:42.92\00:25:45.45
yet he shall come to his
end, and no one will help him."
00:25:45.48\00:25:48.94
Final clue.
00:25:48.97\00:25:50.04
The King of the
North mysteriously
00:25:50.07\00:25:51.52
comes to a
dreadful end and nobody--
00:25:51.55\00:25:54.94
and who would blame them,
00:25:54.97\00:25:56.28
dark and evil king that he
is, nobody stepped forward.
00:25:56.31\00:25:59.06
And I mean, nobody to intervene,
00:25:59.09\00:26:00.62
they just let him go boom,
00:26:00.65\00:26:02.64
and we know it's
the end by the way
00:26:02.67\00:26:03.92
because the very next
verses speak of the resurrection
00:26:03.95\00:26:06.58
and the return of Christ,
the end, the world's over.
00:26:06.61\00:26:11.47
All right, so who is
this king of the North?
00:26:11.50\00:26:16.90
Just a few more lines
00:26:16.93\00:26:18.70
and you won't have to
read between the lines anymore.
00:26:18.73\00:26:20.48
In fact this
point is so critical,
00:26:20.51\00:26:22.50
I would like to humbly
invite you to jot it down,
00:26:22.53\00:26:25.03
so would you take out
your study guide please.
00:26:25.06\00:26:26.62
You have a study guide
in your worship bulletin,
00:26:26.65\00:26:28.40
bunch of you came
in with one bulletin,
00:26:28.43\00:26:29.83
you're gonna need
some extra study guides
00:26:29.86\00:26:31.47
and so for ushers right
now would pass your way.
00:26:31.50\00:26:34.28
Hold your hand up, if
you'd like an extra study guide,
00:26:34.31\00:26:36.90
want to give to a friend of
yours, just, we have enough,
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.05
hold your hand up
in the balcony as well.
00:26:39.08\00:26:41.47
And while they're doing that,
00:26:41.50\00:26:42.53
those of you
watching on television,
00:26:42.56\00:26:43.72
let me give our website,
put it on the screen for you.
00:26:43.75\00:26:46.28
There it is www.pm.church.tv.
00:26:46.31\00:26:50.44
Go to our website and you will
come to this teaching series,
00:26:50.47\00:26:53.59
it's entitled
Rumors from the East.
00:26:53.62\00:26:55.75
We have come to the final part,
00:26:55.78\00:26:57.07
it's part 9, final part
in this teaching series.
00:26:57.10\00:27:00.20
The title is king of the North.
00:27:00.23\00:27:01.63
Drop down to you
see king of the North,
00:27:01.66\00:27:03.79
it will say study
guide right there.
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.24
Click study guide
00:27:05.27\00:27:07.40
and you'll have the
identical piece of paper
00:27:07.43\00:27:10.14
that we're gonna
examine right now.
00:27:10.17\00:27:12.58
Key point, right
here right at the start.
00:27:12.61\00:27:14.82
Your pen is
gonna be moving today.
00:27:14.85\00:27:16.47
Nobody is gonna have rusty wrist
00:27:16.50\00:27:18.50
by the time we're through.
00:27:18.53\00:27:19.56
Jot it down please. A
careful reading, there it is.
00:27:19.59\00:27:23.72
"A careful reading
of Daniel 11 reveals
00:27:23.75\00:27:26.59
that the "king of the
north" is a metaphor to describe
00:27:26.62\00:27:29.99
a succession of earth
powers that have subjugated
00:27:30.02\00:27:33.17
the people of God throughout
the rest of sacred history."
00:27:33.20\00:27:35.41
Jot them down.
00:27:35.44\00:27:36.48
Here are the earth powers
00:27:36.51\00:27:37.64
that are mentioned in Daniel 11.
00:27:37.67\00:27:39.91
Power number one, Persia.
00:27:39.94\00:27:41.78
Write it down please, Persia.
00:27:41.81\00:27:43.76
Power number two, Greece.
00:27:43.79\00:27:46.49
Greece, that would
include the Seleucids,
00:27:46.52\00:27:48.40
who were a key part of
that moment of history.
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.13
And power number three, Rome.
00:27:51.16\00:27:53.43
Jot it down, that
third blank is Rome.
00:27:53.46\00:27:56.21
You say wait a minute,
pastor, come on Dwight,
00:27:56.24\00:27:58.01
where is Babylon?
00:27:58.04\00:27:59.07
Babylon the-- come on,
00:27:59.10\00:28:00.71
you know where Babylon is?
00:28:00.74\00:28:01.84
Babylon doesn't even exist.
00:28:01.87\00:28:03.93
By the time Daniel writes
the Bible's longest prophecy,
00:28:03.96\00:28:06.93
Daniel 10, 11 and
12 Babylon is over,
00:28:06.96\00:28:09.73
it has fallen and
that's why you find
00:28:09.76\00:28:12.05
at the very
beginning of Chapter 11,
00:28:12.08\00:28:13.11
it says Darius the Mede
is sitting on the throne.
00:28:13.14\00:28:15.73
Daniel is now
writing at the age of 88
00:28:15.76\00:28:18.19
during the time of
Persia, so there's no Babylon.
00:28:18.22\00:28:21.36
All right, keep your pen moving.
00:28:21.39\00:28:22.49
From Daniel's
perspective fascinating now.
00:28:22.52\00:28:24.74
"From Daniel's perspective
as a faithful Israelite,
00:28:24.77\00:28:28.09
all these powers are north..."
00:28:28.12\00:28:30.54
Write it in.
00:28:30.57\00:28:31.62
Are north of the
homeland of his people."
00:28:31.65\00:28:34.48
That's true. Keep writing.
00:28:34.51\00:28:36.90
So when the prophets
described impending crisis,
00:28:36.93\00:28:40.11
it was from the north
that calamity would come.
00:28:40.14\00:28:44.08
It comes from the
north. Take a look at this.
00:28:44.11\00:28:46.48
Let's put Jeremiah 1:14.
00:28:46.51\00:28:48.80
You have that verse
in your study guide,
00:28:48.83\00:28:50.05
just the reference.
00:28:50.08\00:28:51.11
Let's read it now.
00:28:51.14\00:28:52.17
"Then the Lord said to me..."
00:28:52.20\00:28:53.89
Speaking to Jeremiah.
00:28:53.92\00:28:55.56
"Out of the north
calamity shall break forth
00:28:55.59\00:28:58.26
on all the
inhabitants of the land."
00:28:58.29\00:29:02.31
So ladies and gentlemen,
what do we know so far?
00:29:02.34\00:29:04.21
We know that the
king of the North
00:29:04.24\00:29:05.74
is a prophetic symbol of a power
00:29:05.77\00:29:08.74
that would
persecute the people of God.
00:29:08.77\00:29:13.65
I ye, the king of the
North is not good news
00:29:13.68\00:29:19.16
for the people of God.
00:29:19.19\00:29:20.51
He is bad, bad news.
He's not good, he's bad news.
00:29:20.54\00:29:26.53
How bad is the
bad news? Get ready.
00:29:26.56\00:29:30.52
Commentators suggest
that the Roman Empire...
00:29:30.55\00:29:34.38
You just jot it that down.
Phase of the scene in verse 30.
00:29:34.41\00:29:37.96
So there goes the Roman
Empire fading of the scene.
00:29:37.99\00:29:40.56
Verse 31 now marks
00:29:40.59\00:29:44.02
the appearance of
the final manifestation
00:29:44.05\00:29:46.62
of the king of the
North, 31 and forward.
00:29:46.65\00:29:48.72
Get ready.
00:29:48.75\00:29:49.79
Now is when your
pen is going to move,
00:29:49.82\00:29:52.16
but I need you to see this.
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.46
Put these lines down.
00:29:54.49\00:29:56.90
I think you will
see it. Verse 31.
00:29:56.93\00:29:58.59
Jot this down first before
we read the verse, verse 31.
00:29:58.62\00:30:01.34
This is a-- these are
the defining characteristics
00:30:01.37\00:30:03.39
of the king of the North, okay?
00:30:03.42\00:30:04.65
Here we go. Hey,
folks, what are we doing?
00:30:04.68\00:30:07.24
We are letting Daniel
interpret itself, okay?
00:30:07.27\00:30:09.80
We are letting the
Bible interpret itself.
00:30:09.83\00:30:11.94
I could tell you,
hey, that's Russia.
00:30:11.97\00:30:13.47
There're some people
out there, that's Russia.
00:30:13.50\00:30:15.86
I had proved it.
00:30:15.89\00:30:17.34
I could tell you it's
Iran, Iraq, China, America,
00:30:17.37\00:30:19.56
forget it.
00:30:19.59\00:30:20.62
Let's let the
Bible interpret itself.
00:30:20.65\00:30:22.52
Jot down these
characteristics of this
00:30:22.55\00:30:25.21
kingly power.
00:30:25.24\00:30:26.30
Verse 31, "He
defiles the sanctuary
00:30:26.33\00:30:29.24
and takes away the daily..."
00:30:29.27\00:30:31.51
Write that word in,
"The daily sacrifices
00:30:31.54\00:30:34.28
and replaces them with the
abomination of desolation."
00:30:34.31\00:30:39.55
Let's read verse 31.
Is that really there?
00:30:39.58\00:30:42.06
Yep, they're here goes verse 31.
00:30:42.09\00:30:43.76
"And forces shall
be mustered by him,
00:30:43.79\00:30:45.87
king of the North
and they shall defile
00:30:45.90\00:30:48.00
the sanctuary fortress,
then they shall take away
00:30:48.03\00:30:51.59
the daily
sacrifices, and place their
00:30:51.62\00:30:54.33
the abomination of desolation."
00:30:54.36\00:30:58.36
Daily sacrifices, what's
that? That's the Bible symbol.
00:30:58.39\00:31:01.90
Whenever you run into
that, it is a symbol of Christ,
00:31:01.93\00:31:06.33
our heavenly high priest,
his 24/7 intercessory ministry
00:31:06.36\00:31:10.75
in the sanctuary above.
00:31:10.78\00:31:12.16
That's what daily.
00:31:12.19\00:31:13.32
It's the ongoing
continuous intercession,
00:31:13.35\00:31:16.09
and the
abomination of desolation.
00:31:16.12\00:31:17.90
That's when false
worship is inserted
00:31:17.93\00:31:20.35
into the place of
true worship to replace it.
00:31:20.38\00:31:24.05
It's called abomination
of desolation, all right?
00:31:24.08\00:31:27.43
So we know that about
the king of the North.
00:31:27.46\00:31:29.45
Here comes next--
whoever he is, whoever it is,
00:31:29.48\00:31:33.25
it's substitutes
Christ intercessory ministry
00:31:33.28\00:31:36.36
and true worship
with that which is false.
00:31:36.39\00:31:38.30
Keep your pen moving.
Okay, here's number two.
00:31:38.33\00:31:42.01
Verses 32 to
35, write this down.
00:31:42.04\00:31:44.01
"He persecutes, He
persecutes the people of God."
00:31:44.04\00:31:50.58
Is that really there?
Okay, read it verse 32.
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.43
Those-- read verse
32, "Those who do wickedly
00:31:53.46\00:31:56.19
against the covenant he,
the king of the North shall
00:31:56.22\00:31:58.47
corrupt with flattery, but..."
00:31:58.50\00:32:00.06
Oh, I love this, I
just love this line.
00:32:00.09\00:32:02.22
"But the people who know
their God shall be strong,
00:32:02.25\00:32:06.63
and carry out exploits."
00:32:06.66\00:32:07.79
Throughout the history of time
00:32:07.82\00:32:09.07
there have been
people who have stood up
00:32:09.10\00:32:11.24
to whatever manifestation
of the king of the North
00:32:11.27\00:32:13.23
has been there, in their era.
00:32:13.26\00:32:15.04
And those who have stood
up have done, hallelujah,
00:32:15.07\00:32:18.16
great exploits.
00:32:18.19\00:32:21.25
Ah, look at verse 33.
00:32:21.28\00:32:23.06
"And those are the
people who understand
00:32:23.09\00:32:24.96
shall instruct many,
yet for many days, look out,
00:32:24.99\00:32:27.69
they shall fall by the
sword and flame by captivity
00:32:27.72\00:32:31.68
and plundering."
00:32:31.71\00:32:34.26
Okay, third characteristic,
they were getting
00:32:34.29\00:32:35.86
by picking up these
verses just before verse 40.
00:32:35.89\00:32:38.62
Jot it down please, verse 36,
00:32:38.65\00:32:40.19
"He exalts and magnifies
himself above every god."
00:32:40.22\00:32:44.16
Write it, that's
little god by the way.
00:32:44.19\00:32:45.94
Write that in. "And
speaks blasphemies."
00:32:45.97\00:32:49.22
You'll have to look at
the screen to spell that one.
00:32:49.25\00:32:50.97
What's blasphemy?
00:32:51.00\00:32:52.03
That which hurls
in the face of God.
00:32:52.06\00:32:57.82
The heart longing to
replace itself with God Himself.
00:32:57.85\00:33:02.16
Blasphemy taken the prerogatives
00:33:02.19\00:33:03.99
of God to yourself.
00:33:04.02\00:33:05.05
"He exalts and magnifies
himself above every God
00:33:05.08\00:33:06.96
and speaks blasphemies
against the God of gods."
00:33:06.99\00:33:09.51
Is that here?
Well, look at verse 36.
00:33:09.54\00:33:11.70
"Then the King,
that's the king of the North,
00:33:11.73\00:33:13.72
shall do
according to his own will.
00:33:13.75\00:33:16.37
He shall exalt and
magnify himself above every God,
00:33:16.40\00:33:20.13
shall speak blasphemies
against the God of gods
00:33:20.16\00:33:22.94
and shall prosper till the wrath
00:33:22.97\00:33:24.95
has been accomplished
00:33:24.98\00:33:26.14
for what has been
determined shall be done."
00:33:26.17\00:33:29.68
Jot it down, verse 37.
00:33:33.36\00:33:37.02
"He will not regard
the God of his fathers
00:33:37.05\00:33:40.86
nor the desire of
women or any god."
00:33:40.89\00:33:46.16
Fascinating, watch
this, read verse 37.
00:33:46.19\00:33:48.36
Is that there he
shall regard, yeah,
00:33:48.39\00:33:49.84
almost rebate him.
00:33:49.87\00:33:50.90
"He shall regard
neither the God of his fathers
00:33:50.93\00:33:52.59
nor the desire of
women, nor regard any God,
00:33:52.62\00:33:54.92
for he shall exalt
himself above them all."
00:33:54.95\00:33:59.53
Look at this,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:33:59.56\00:34:00.93
whoever this power,
whatever this power is,
00:34:00.96\00:34:03.00
he rejects all of
the faith of his father.
00:34:03.03\00:34:05.82
I don't want that.
00:34:05.85\00:34:07.29
And he also does not
regard the desire of women.
00:34:07.32\00:34:12.39
Do you suppose this could be
00:34:12.42\00:34:14.53
what the Apostle
Paul warned about?
00:34:14.56\00:34:15.81
Jot this verse down,
00:34:15.84\00:34:16.88
I didn't put it
in the study guide.
00:34:16.91\00:34:17.94
Jot it down, if you're serious.
00:34:17.97\00:34:19.00
1 Timothy
4:1-3, where Paul says,
00:34:19.03\00:34:24.30
"In the latter time some would
arise forbidding marriage."
00:34:24.33\00:34:29.37
Keep your pen moving here
is description number five,
00:34:32.92\00:34:35.47
verses 38, 39.
00:34:35.50\00:34:36.95
"He shall honor a god
00:34:36.98\00:34:38.01
which his fathers did not know."
00:34:38.04\00:34:39.68
Write that in, did not know.
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.18
"A ''foreign god"
00:34:41.21\00:34:42.48
whose ''glory''
he will advance."
00:34:42.51\00:34:45.00
Watch this
fascinating, verse 38.
00:34:45.03\00:34:47.58
"But in their place he
shall honor a god of fortresses,
00:34:47.61\00:34:51.28
and a god which his fathers
did not know he shall honor
00:34:51.31\00:34:54.44
with gold and silver
and with precious stones
00:34:54.48\00:34:56.08
and pleasant things."
00:34:56.11\00:34:57.15
And notice verse 39.
00:34:57.18\00:34:58.39
"Thus he shall act
against the strong fortresses
00:34:58.42\00:35:01.68
with a foreign god,
which he shall acknowledge,
00:35:01.71\00:35:04.85
and advanced its glory,
and he shall cause them to rule
00:35:04.88\00:35:08.12
over many, and
divide the land for gain."
00:35:08.15\00:35:11.81
The king of the North introduces
00:35:11.84\00:35:13.78
a foreign god and
says, you worship this now.
00:35:13.81\00:35:17.62
I don't-- I no longer
embrace what my fathers did,
00:35:17.65\00:35:20.73
I have another god
and he advances the glory
00:35:20.76\00:35:23.69
of that foreign god.
00:35:23.72\00:35:27.35
And finally would
you jot this down?
00:35:27.38\00:35:29.85
He will-- we just read it.
00:35:29.88\00:35:30.97
"He will rule over many
and profit from his sales."
00:35:31.00\00:35:36.09
The king of the North
will actually sell to people
00:35:36.12\00:35:39.99
what they long for.
00:35:40.02\00:35:41.90
He says, for a
price you can have it,
00:35:41.93\00:35:44.66
you can have it, what I control,
00:35:44.69\00:35:47.25
you can have for
money, for a price,
00:35:47.28\00:35:50.92
I'll let you have it.
00:35:50.95\00:35:53.56
So who is this
king of the North, huh?
00:35:53.59\00:35:55.18
Who is it?
00:35:55.21\00:35:57.16
Let's add the clues that
we noted in our beginning.
00:35:57.19\00:36:01.03
We will look at verses
up now because we've already
00:36:01.06\00:36:02.55
read them together.
00:36:02.58\00:36:03.66
But would you jot
these down, keep going.
00:36:03.69\00:36:05.25
We already know from
what we read in verse 40.
00:36:05.28\00:36:06.82
"He is mortally wounded
but eventually recovers."
00:36:06.85\00:36:10.18
Write in the word
recovers, key point.
00:36:10.21\00:36:12.32
Gored but he'll
recover. Also in verse 40.
00:36:12.35\00:36:16.25
"He conquers the King
of the South or Egypt,
00:36:16.28\00:36:20.70
identified by some commentators
00:36:20.73\00:36:22.51
as a symbol of
atheism or godlessness."
00:36:22.54\00:36:27.54
Egypt appears in apocalyptic
prophecy as the proud
00:36:27.57\00:36:30.40
revolting symbol of atheism.
00:36:30.43\00:36:34.14
God, don't need You.
Where'd you get that?
00:36:34.17\00:36:36.66
Look at Pharaoh,
Pharaoh's explanation to Moses,
00:36:36.69\00:36:39.31
Exodus 5:2.
00:36:39.34\00:36:41.14
"And Pharaoh
said, 'Who is the Lord,
00:36:41.17\00:36:44.23
Yahweh that I should
00:36:44.26\00:36:45.62
obey His voice to let Israel go?
00:36:45.65\00:36:46.98
I do not know the Lord,
nor will I let Israel go."
00:36:47.01\00:36:50.18
I don't give a rip for your God,
00:36:50.21\00:36:54.13
king of the south.
00:36:54.16\00:36:57.33
The king of the North
with his own brand of religion
00:36:57.36\00:37:00.40
shuts down the
godless opposition
00:37:00.43\00:37:04.49
of the king of the South.
00:37:04.52\00:37:06.67
Verses 41 to 43.
00:37:06.70\00:37:07.82
You already
read it, jot it down.
00:37:07.85\00:37:09.44
"He is a global power."
00:37:09.47\00:37:11.85
Global now,
verse 44 keep writing.
00:37:11.88\00:37:14.55
"He is threatened
by the spiritual rumors
00:37:14.58\00:37:16.45
from the east."
00:37:16.48\00:37:18.31
Our whole teaching
series from the east.
00:37:18.34\00:37:20.62
Remember, east is
a spiritual direction
00:37:20.65\00:37:23.91
from which the greatest
truths about Christ come.
00:37:23.95\00:37:26.86
They come from the east.
00:37:26.89\00:37:28.22
This power will not have
the faith as it is in Jesus.
00:37:28.25\00:37:31.54
This power will not
allow Jesus Christ to assume
00:37:31.57\00:37:36.18
His rightful
lordship. He is held at bay.
00:37:36.21\00:37:38.59
He is troubled by
what comes from the east.
00:37:38.62\00:37:41.93
Verse 45, keep your pen moving.
00:37:41.96\00:37:43.32
Just a couple more.
00:37:43.35\00:37:44.47
"He panics and
sets out to possess
00:37:44.50\00:37:46.43
'the glorious holy mountain.'
00:37:46.46\00:37:48.03
' What in the world is that?
00:37:48.06\00:37:49.38
"A prophetic
symbol for Mt. Zion."
00:37:49.41\00:37:51.84
Fills this in. "The
loyal remnant of God."
00:37:51.87\00:37:55.53
Take a look at Joel 2:32,
Revelation 14:1, Psalm 48:2.
00:37:55.56\00:37:59.28
Let's just put
Joel 2:32 on the screen.
00:37:59.31\00:38:02.49
Zion is the symbol of
the remnant. Watch this.
00:38:02.52\00:38:04.51
"And it shall come to
pass that whoever calls
00:38:04.54\00:38:06.68
on the name of the Lord..."
00:38:06.71\00:38:07.74
This is at the end of time.
00:38:07.77\00:38:08.80
"Shall be saved
for in Mount Zion
00:38:08.83\00:38:11.77
and in Jerusalem
there shall be deliverance
00:38:11.80\00:38:14.83
as the Lord has said,
00:38:14.86\00:38:15.90
among the remnant
whom the Lord calls."
00:38:15.93\00:38:21.58
Ladies and gentlemen, Mount Zion
00:38:21.61\00:38:22.86
is a symbol of the remnant.
00:38:22.89\00:38:23.92
God has always had a remnant
throughout the history of time.
00:38:23.95\00:38:26.16
At the end of time,
00:38:26.19\00:38:27.50
the remnant are
shown to cluster,
00:38:27.53\00:38:29.27
to hide in the
citadel of Mount Zion.
00:38:29.30\00:38:33.24
They angry and
furious, king of the North
00:38:33.27\00:38:36.30
goes against that
glorious holy mountain.
00:38:36.33\00:38:39.26
He will take that. He
will take them in the end.
00:38:39.29\00:38:42.96
He has to... or his
rule is jeopardized.
00:38:42.99\00:38:47.17
Hallelujah.
00:38:52.69\00:38:56.09
The scripture is clear
that at that very moment
00:38:56.12\00:38:58.36
and we just read it a moment
ago, right after verse 45,
00:38:58.39\00:39:01.04
the last verse of Daniel 11.
00:39:01.07\00:39:02.38
Michael stands up and
when Michael stands up
00:39:02.41\00:39:06.34
with the thunder
of the approaching
00:39:06.37\00:39:08.47
King of the East,
00:39:08.50\00:39:09.99
Michael returns to this
planet, boom, it's over,
00:39:10.02\00:39:13.06
everything ends at that moment.
00:39:13.09\00:39:14.67
There you have it.
00:39:17.68\00:39:20.32
A few extra lines of Daniel 11.
00:39:20.35\00:39:22.80
So who is this power?
Who is the king of the North?
00:39:22.83\00:39:26.20
Keep your pen moving.
00:39:26.23\00:39:27.30
Clearly he is not--
This is a key point because--
00:39:27.33\00:39:30.48
some people comes and say,
well, there be an evil king,
00:39:30.51\00:39:32.17
there be an evil
President or a Prime Minister,
00:39:32.20\00:39:34.14
an awful Prime Minister one day.
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.85
Watch this, "Clearly he
is not a single individual."
00:39:35.88\00:39:38.94
Write that down. How
can he be an individual?
00:39:38.97\00:39:41.07
"Daniel 11 prophetic history
spans too long a time period
00:39:41.10\00:39:44.52
for any human being to occupy."
00:39:44.55\00:39:47.02
He cannot be a
single human being.
00:39:47.05\00:39:49.88
Therefore what
does he have to be?
00:39:49.91\00:39:51.30
Just keep your pen moving.
00:39:51.33\00:39:52.36
"If he's not a person
then he must be a power."
00:39:52.39\00:39:54.96
Some kind a nation,
some sort a government,
00:39:54.99\00:39:57.01
some sort of
institution, whatever he is,
00:39:57.04\00:39:59.73
we still haven't
identified him yet.
00:39:59.76\00:40:01.07
You just have a whole
lot of descriptors now.
00:40:01.10\00:40:04.50
So what do we know
about this kingly power?
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.12
Keep your pen moving.
00:40:06.15\00:40:07.49
"It is a religious
not a secular power."
00:40:07.52\00:40:11.69
Write in the word religious.
00:40:11.72\00:40:12.79
"Since it receives worship,
exalts itself above God,
00:40:12.82\00:40:15.68
and speaks
blasphemies against God."
00:40:15.71\00:40:17.91
It can't be Russia, it
can't be Iran, it can't be Iraq,
00:40:17.94\00:40:20.21
China or
America, it can't be any.
00:40:20.24\00:40:22.98
It's a religious
power, its worshiped.
00:40:23.01\00:40:26.79
Number two, jot it down.
00:40:26.82\00:40:27.86
"It is a militant
if not military power,
00:40:27.89\00:40:32.33
for it commands armies
and attacks fortresses."
00:40:32.36\00:40:36.40
Ah, we're gonna get it now.
00:40:36.43\00:40:38.14
Write it down please,
"It is a ruling, global..."
00:40:38.17\00:40:41.64
You have to put both in.
00:40:41.67\00:40:42.75
"It is a ruling, global
power for it possesses a palace,
00:40:42.78\00:40:46.89
conquers nations, and
seeks to control a people."
00:40:46.93\00:40:50.05
Summary statement,
thus, keeping your pen going,
00:40:50.08\00:40:54.11
"Thus, the King at
the North symbolizes..."
00:40:54.14\00:40:55.91
three words in a row now.
00:40:55.94\00:40:57.07
A geo that means
global, religio that's Latin
00:40:57.10\00:41:01.69
for religious,
geo religio political.
00:41:01.72\00:41:05.12
Write in the word political.
00:41:05.15\00:41:07.51
"It is geo
religio political power
00:41:07.54\00:41:12.32
that succeeds
the Empire of Rome."
00:41:12.35\00:41:15.34
Write that in please.
00:41:15.37\00:41:17.05
"And has
effectively dominated religious
00:41:17.08\00:41:18.98
and political history
since, except for the time
00:41:19.01\00:41:21.34
of its mortal wounding
after which it would be
00:41:21.37\00:41:23.84
healed and exert..."
00:41:23.87\00:41:24.91
Write it down. "And even
greater global dominance."
00:41:24.94\00:41:28.46
Even greater in the end.
00:41:28.49\00:41:30.84
So who is this
king of the North?
00:41:30.87\00:41:35.82
You have enough
information on your study guide
00:41:35.86\00:41:38.04
right now to identify.
00:41:38.07\00:41:39.63
You don't need anybody
coming along and saying,
00:41:39.66\00:41:43.13
I think it out to be this.
00:41:43.16\00:41:44.59
You have enough right now.
00:41:44.62\00:41:46.70
Now, I need to tell
you that one of the great,
00:41:46.73\00:41:49.91
the great political philosophers
00:41:49.94\00:41:52.69
in English
history Thomas Hobbes,
00:41:52.72\00:41:55.71
17th century wrote
the book Leviathan.
00:41:55.74\00:41:57.44
Thomas Hobbes raises
his hand and said, I know.
00:41:57.47\00:42:00.90
By the way, that book Leviathan
00:42:00.93\00:42:02.36
became the precursor for
all political philosophy.
00:42:02.39\00:42:05.09
The study of the politics,
philosophy of politics.
00:42:05.12\00:42:08.20
He said, I know, I know
who that is and these are--
00:42:08.23\00:42:11.10
you have it in your study guide.
00:42:11.13\00:42:12.76
These are the
words of Thomas Hobbes.
00:42:12.79\00:42:13.92
Watch this, back in the
1600s. And if a man, he writes.
00:42:13.95\00:42:18.19
"And if a man
consider the original
00:42:18.22\00:42:20.66
of this great
ecclesiastical dominion,
00:42:20.69\00:42:24.14
the origin he will
easily perceive that the blank,
00:42:24.17\00:42:28.55
the blank is no other than
00:42:28.58\00:42:31.18
the ghost of the
deceased Roman Empire,
00:42:31.21\00:42:34.11
sitting crowned
upon the grave thereof."
00:42:34.14\00:42:40.02
Who is this ghost of
the deceased Roman Empire
00:42:40.05\00:42:43.08
that sits on the
grave of that empire?
00:42:43.11\00:42:45.63
Who is this ghost?
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.51
You say, hey come on, pastor,
you forgot to fill it in.
00:42:47.54\00:42:50.22
Put the blank, put the word in.
00:42:50.25\00:42:51.44
No, no, no, no, no,
no, you're not gonna get me
00:42:51.47\00:42:53.45
to do that.
00:42:53.48\00:42:55.73
We're not gonna put the word in.
00:42:55.76\00:42:57.70
You have enough
evidence in that study guide now
00:42:57.73\00:42:59.58
to put the single word
that I purposely left out
00:42:59.61\00:43:03.17
of Hobbs quotation.
00:43:03.20\00:43:05.74
You know this is
not rocket science,
00:43:05.77\00:43:07.33
ladies and gentlemen, you know.
00:43:07.36\00:43:09.79
if you're still
not sure afterwards,
00:43:09.82\00:43:11.01
come up and ask me,
I'll tell you, all right?
00:43:11.04\00:43:16.94
I was reading an
essay this week...
00:43:16.97\00:43:18.52
by Ron Fraser in the
November-December issue,
00:43:21.52\00:43:24.22
a Philadelphia trumpet.
00:43:24.25\00:43:26.51
And he suggested a hypothesis
00:43:26.54\00:43:28.11
that was new to me but
the more I brooded over it,
00:43:28.14\00:43:30.57
the more plausible it seems.
00:43:30.60\00:43:31.84
Let me just share with
you, namely here you go.
00:43:31.87\00:43:35.43
"That the recent
brouhaha over a carefully placed
00:43:35.46\00:43:41.04
public comment by a well known
00:43:41.07\00:43:42.93
Christian leader regarding Islam
00:43:42.96\00:43:46.68
was all about
the public reaction
00:43:46.71\00:43:49.54
it elicited rather than
being an ill advised quotation."
00:43:49.57\00:43:55.49
For would it not be
advantageous for Europe
00:43:55.52\00:43:58.25
to be united
against the common threat
00:43:58.28\00:44:00.90
that Islam poses to
Europe's historic religious
00:44:00.93\00:44:05.10
and cultural base.
00:44:05.13\00:44:08.76
Draw them all
together, hence a very public
00:44:08.79\00:44:12.50
hardly veil
condemnation of Islam's
00:44:12.53\00:44:15.02
supposed
proclivity to violence."
00:44:15.05\00:44:19.49
You must unite your base,
00:44:19.52\00:44:22.22
if you would
strengthen your hand.
00:44:22.25\00:44:24.52
Daniel is clear
that at the end of the--
00:44:30.40\00:44:31.82
at the end of time
the king of the North
00:44:31.85\00:44:34.69
strengthens his base.
00:44:34.72\00:44:38.14
But I know what you're saying,
say, hey, so what, pastor?
00:44:38.17\00:44:40.21
So what, Dwight?
00:44:40.24\00:44:41.77
Let me so that
the king of the North
00:44:41.80\00:44:43.75
is who you are suggesting
00:44:43.78\00:44:45.27
that the king of
the North is, big deal.
00:44:45.30\00:44:47.85
You know what, my
friend, you are right,
00:44:47.88\00:44:49.26
it is a big deal.
00:44:49.29\00:44:50.72
Because Daniel 11 teaches
that the king of the North
00:44:56.24\00:44:59.56
hits his stride just
before the end of time.
00:44:59.59\00:45:06.35
Are you ready?
00:45:06.38\00:45:09.45
Are you ready?
00:45:09.48\00:45:11.15
Are you?
00:45:11.18\00:45:14.23
The King of the
North has already
00:45:14.26\00:45:15.30
taken down the
King of the south.
00:45:15.33\00:45:17.20
Political atheism in
the West is gone forever.
00:45:17.23\00:45:22.39
And now he builds his historic
base out of an ancient empire.
00:45:22.42\00:45:27.80
Daniel is clear.
00:45:27.83\00:45:29.52
The base gets
established just before the end.
00:45:29.55\00:45:31.85
But you know what,
Daniel was just as clear
00:45:31.88\00:45:33.39
that there'll be three rumors,
three rumors that will send
00:45:33.42\00:45:36.05
this power into a panic.
00:45:36.09\00:45:39.13
And in this teaching
series, we have examined
00:45:39.16\00:45:40.62
those three rumors
for the past two months,
00:45:40.65\00:45:42.83
three rumors by
the way that bring down
00:45:42.86\00:45:45.07
the final curtain.
00:45:45.10\00:45:46.13
When these
rumors become reality,
00:45:46.16\00:45:48.10
the final curtain comes down
00:45:48.13\00:45:49.51
not only on the
king of the North
00:45:49.54\00:45:51.28
but on this life
of heartache and pain,
00:45:51.31\00:45:53.70
those prayer request
we heard a moment ago
00:45:53.73\00:45:55.33
they're forever over.
00:45:55.36\00:45:59.48
What are the three
rumors? Oh, you remember these.
00:45:59.51\00:46:01.29
Before I sit down,
let me just refresh them
00:46:01.32\00:46:02.66
and we write them down.
00:46:02.69\00:46:03.74
Rumor number one, please.
00:46:03.78\00:46:05.19
Rumor number one,
00:46:05.22\00:46:06.71
the global
revival of God's glory.
00:46:06.74\00:46:10.11
Oh, we had several
teaching on that, didn't we?
00:46:10.15\00:46:12.07
"The global revival of God's
00:46:12.10\00:46:13.31
glory shining in
the face of Jesus
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.42
and shining out from
the followers of Christ."
00:46:15.45\00:46:18.80
Revelation 18, Ezekiel
43. I love this quotation.
00:46:18.83\00:46:22.11
You have to fill it in.
00:46:22.14\00:46:23.18
You have it
there, it's from that
00:46:23.21\00:46:24.24
classic Christ Object Lessons.
00:46:24.27\00:46:25.81
Jot it down, would you?
00:46:25.84\00:46:26.87
"The last rays, the
last rays of merciful light,
00:46:26.90\00:46:30.48
the last message of
mercy to be given to the world,
00:46:30.51\00:46:33.99
is a revelation of
God's character of love.
00:46:34.02\00:46:38.06
The children of God
are to manifest His glory."
00:46:38.09\00:46:40.92
Now here's
where you jot it down.
00:46:40.95\00:46:42.66
In their-- "In their own life
00:46:42.69\00:46:46.01
and character they are to
reveal what the grace of God
00:46:46.04\00:46:49.24
has done for them.
00:46:49.27\00:46:51.46
The light of the
Sun of Righteousness
00:46:51.49\00:46:53.08
is to shine forth in good works,
00:46:53.11\00:46:54.40
in words of truth
and deeds of holiness."
00:46:54.43\00:46:57.41
Point being,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:46:57.44\00:46:58.68
the king of the North hears
00:46:58.71\00:47:00.11
rumors of a
last sunrise in East.
00:47:00.14\00:47:03.33
There is a spiritual revival
00:47:03.36\00:47:05.21
taking possession of this planet
00:47:05.24\00:47:06.74
and in desperation
because you remember
00:47:06.77\00:47:08.65
the truth as it is in Jesus
is gonna threaten its dominion
00:47:08.68\00:47:11.80
in desperation, and in theory
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.25
it sets out to snuff out.
00:47:14.28\00:47:17.59
That revival, three
rumors that was number one,
00:47:17.62\00:47:21.17
here comes number two.
00:47:21.20\00:47:24.92
Rumor number two, "The
global revival of God's
00:47:24.95\00:47:28.13
seventh-day Sabbath,
"the seal of the living God
00:47:28.16\00:47:31.65
placed upon a
final generation's choice
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.63
to remain loyal
to their Creator."
00:47:33.66\00:47:35.86
You see, the king of the
North has already declared
00:47:35.89\00:47:39.40
that it is a
sign of his authority
00:47:39.43\00:47:40.87
and prerogative, that he in fact
00:47:40.90\00:47:42.22
has already
changed the day of worship.
00:47:42.25\00:47:46.16
And so when this angel
arises out of the sunrise
00:47:46.19\00:47:49.00
and raises the seal of
the seventh-day Sabbath
00:47:49.03\00:47:50.82
to global
prominence, it will infuriate
00:47:50.85\00:47:53.92
that king of the
North and he will set out
00:47:53.95\00:47:55.87
to crush that truth.
00:47:55.90\00:48:00.04
Great controversy,
the apocalyptic classic,
00:48:00.07\00:48:02.22
you have to fill this in too.
00:48:02.25\00:48:03.80
"The Sabbath will be
the great test of loyalty,
00:48:03.83\00:48:07.12
loyalty, for it
is the point of truth
00:48:07.15\00:48:09.85
especially controverted.
00:48:09.88\00:48:12.80
And when the final test
shall be brought to bear upon
00:48:12.83\00:48:14.95
men and women, then
the line of distinction
00:48:14.98\00:48:17.07
will be drawn
between those who serve God
00:48:17.10\00:48:19.10
and those who serve Him not...
00:48:19.13\00:48:20.37
while one class,
by accepting the sign
00:48:20.40\00:48:22.64
a submission to earthly powers,
00:48:22.67\00:48:24.53
receive the mark of the beast,
00:48:24.56\00:48:26.00
the other choosing
the token of allegiance
00:48:26.03\00:48:27.96
to divine authority,
receive the seal of God."
00:48:27.99\00:48:33.11
Three rumors that will
drive that dark king furious.
00:48:33.14\00:48:36.74
Rumor number three, jot it down.
00:48:36.77\00:48:38.80
"The global
withdrawal of support,
00:48:38.83\00:48:43.01
the global withdrawal of support
00:48:43.04\00:48:44.58
for the King of the
North, suddenly preparing
00:48:44.61\00:48:46.86
the way for the coming
of the King of the East."
00:48:46.89\00:48:50.81
Jot that in.
00:48:50.84\00:48:52.66
This is the one rumor
that doesn't involve us at all.
00:48:52.69\00:48:54.64
Revelation 17 which is
a twin chapter by the way
00:48:57.28\00:49:00.02
to Daniel 11.
00:49:00.05\00:49:02.05
It talks about the same powers.
00:49:02.08\00:49:03.60
In Daniel 11, the power
is called King of the North.
00:49:03.63\00:49:05.67
In Revelation 17,
the power is the woman
00:49:05.70\00:49:07.69
sitting on a beast, okay?
00:49:07.72\00:49:08.75
But they are the same power.
00:49:08.78\00:49:09.81
You put the two side by
side, identical descriptives.
00:49:09.84\00:49:14.31
Revelation 17 describes
and declares that this power,
00:49:14.34\00:49:18.84
King of the North sits
upon the waters and it defines
00:49:18.87\00:49:22.26
what the waters are.
00:49:22.29\00:49:23.32
The waters are a
symbol of peoples and nations,
00:49:23.35\00:49:25.76
but that in the end 17
goes on the popular support
00:49:25.79\00:49:28.98
will suddenly dry out.
00:49:29.01\00:49:30.53
Euphrates, you
remember that teaching.
00:49:30.56\00:49:31.87
Euphrates dries up.
00:49:31.90\00:49:34.18
No support now. It's gone.
00:49:34.21\00:49:38.65
And the king of the North
according to Revelation 17,
00:49:38.68\00:49:40.31
the king of the
North will be destroyed
00:49:40.34\00:49:41.74
by the very global coalition
it tried so hard to built,
00:49:41.77\00:49:46.19
they will turn on
it and wipe it out.
00:49:46.22\00:49:50.02
People will come to
these religious leaders
00:49:50.05\00:49:53.82
and they will
say, you are the one
00:49:53.85\00:49:56.13
that told me this was true.
00:49:56.16\00:49:58.43
Great Controversy same
book, "We are lost! they cry..."
00:49:58.46\00:50:03.18
The masses of earth turn
on the very religious leaders
00:50:03.21\00:50:05.56
that led them in their apostasy.
00:50:05.60\00:50:06.84
"We are lost!' they cry,
00:50:06.87\00:50:08.30
'and you are the
causes of our ruin,
00:50:08.33\00:50:10.44
'and they turn upon
the false shepherds.
00:50:10.47\00:50:14.38
The very ones that
once admired these shepherds
00:50:14.41\00:50:16.78
most were pronounce
00:50:16.81\00:50:18.05
the most
dreadful curses on them.
00:50:18.08\00:50:19.52
The very hands
that once crowned these
00:50:19.55\00:50:21.01
shepherds with
laurels will be raised
00:50:21.04\00:50:22.71
for their destruction."
00:50:22.74\00:50:23.77
And Daniel 11 ends
with a solitary line,
00:50:23.80\00:50:26.18
he will come to
his end and nobody,
00:50:26.21\00:50:28.51
nobody would be
there to help him.
00:50:28.54\00:50:30.26
You know why?
00:50:30.29\00:50:31.33
Because nobody,
nobody now is fooled,
00:50:31.36\00:50:37.67
it's over and it's too late.
00:50:37.70\00:50:43.92
I'm a shepherd.
00:50:43.95\00:50:46.67
I would not
want to be a shepherd
00:50:46.70\00:50:50.73
that leads my people...
00:50:50.76\00:50:53.27
other than the pathway of truth.
00:50:57.04\00:51:00.78
And if you ever,
if you ever believe
00:51:00.81\00:51:05.36
that I'm leading
you, not to truth
00:51:05.39\00:51:07.81
but to error, you owe
it to me to come to me.
00:51:07.84\00:51:11.09
Dwight, you have to
lead us to truth, all right?
00:51:11.12\00:51:17.75
Nobody comes to him, nobody.
00:51:22.05\00:51:23.84
He is destroyed
by his own coalition,
00:51:23.87\00:51:26.21
and the very next
words Michael stands up
00:51:26.24\00:51:30.30
and thundering the
King of the East returns
00:51:30.33\00:51:33.50
and hallelujah, it
really will be over then.
00:51:33.53\00:51:39.89
So there they are,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:51:39.92\00:51:42.64
three rumors, two kings...
00:51:42.67\00:51:47.54
one choice, one choice.
00:51:47.57\00:51:50.87
I want to bear my
heart to you now in closing.
00:51:50.90\00:51:52.26
You know, why we went
into this teaching series?
00:51:55.73\00:51:57.86
Not just because so many of you,
00:51:57.89\00:51:59.49
when we did the
survey last spring said,
00:51:59.52\00:52:00.86
oh, please get us in a prophecy,
00:52:00.89\00:52:02.36
take us into red
meat Bible teaching.
00:52:02.39\00:52:06.37
Many of you said that.
00:52:06.40\00:52:07.88
But you know why we
went into this series?
00:52:07.91\00:52:10.28
To go deeper into
the prophetic word
00:52:10.31\00:52:11.78
because I'm concerned.
00:52:11.81\00:52:13.96
I really am
concerned that some of you,
00:52:13.99\00:52:15.80
that some of us, when
we hear about prophecy
00:52:15.83\00:52:19.35
there's this just little
gentle patronizing giggle...
00:52:19.38\00:52:25.46
a smile, oh, please, not that.
00:52:27.05\00:52:32.92
Not us, not me.
00:52:32.95\00:52:35.67
Ladies and
gentlemen, I don't know when,
00:52:38.79\00:52:41.52
I have no-- but
the book you have.
00:52:41.55\00:52:45.24
I just know that one day,
one day the king of the North,
00:52:45.27\00:52:49.34
the ultimate dark and evil
00:52:49.37\00:52:52.80
King of the North one day...
00:52:52.83\00:52:57.71
will himself stand
before the human race
00:52:57.74\00:53:00.49
and announce
00:53:00.52\00:53:01.71
that he is the
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:53:01.74\00:53:05.84
You see, there's always
been only one King of the North.
00:53:05.87\00:53:08.36
Oh, he's had his
surrogates all through history.
00:53:08.39\00:53:10.88
He's had fronts, fronts
that will get his agenda
00:53:10.91\00:53:14.17
delivered no matter
what, but when it comes down
00:53:14.20\00:53:16.53
to the end, he
need no surrogate now,
00:53:16.56\00:53:18.69
he will appear himself
and Satan the demonic majesty
00:53:18.72\00:53:22.74
himself one day will
stand in front of the human race
00:53:22.77\00:53:25.52
and every television,
camera of every cable outlet
00:53:25.55\00:53:29.94
will be aimed at
his shining visage
00:53:29.97\00:53:35.06
as he stands
before the human race
00:53:35.09\00:53:37.16
and every eye will see
him, every eye will see it,
00:53:37.19\00:53:39.85
every internet
site will carry it.
00:53:39.89\00:53:42.83
And he will stand
before the human race
00:53:42.86\00:53:45.76
and he will say, I
am Jesus, I have come
00:53:45.79\00:53:49.84
and he'll quote from the gospels
00:53:49.87\00:53:52.07
and he'll reach out,
and he will heal the sick,
00:53:52.10\00:53:55.80
and once the whole world
is deceived into believing
00:53:55.83\00:54:00.24
who he is not, he'll say,
00:54:00.27\00:54:03.09
and by the way this earth
00:54:03.12\00:54:07.20
is in a huge cauldron
of crisis and trouble.
00:54:07.23\00:54:13.59
You know, why?
00:54:13.62\00:54:15.61
You are not following me.
00:54:15.64\00:54:17.86
I know my law
but today I announce,
00:54:17.89\00:54:22.86
I am adapting
that law. I have a day.
00:54:22.89\00:54:28.57
If you trust me as
a savior of the world,
00:54:28.60\00:54:31.79
you will worship me on that day.
00:54:31.82\00:54:35.66
I changed it and it is blaspheme
00:54:35.69\00:54:39.47
for you not to follow me.
00:54:39.50\00:54:43.81
Great Controversy
describes that moment
00:54:43.84\00:54:47.83
as the strong almost
over mastering delusion.
00:54:47.86\00:54:54.65
Okay, friend of Jesus,
so how will it be then, huh?
00:54:54.68\00:54:59.26
Who makes it through that?
00:54:59.29\00:55:00.97
Jot this down final quotation.
00:55:01.00\00:55:04.02
After the strong almost
over mastering delusion only,
00:55:04.05\00:55:07.01
write it in please.
00:55:07.04\00:55:08.17
"Only those who have
been diligent students
00:55:08.20\00:55:11.30
of the Scriptures and who
have received the love of truth
00:55:11.33\00:55:14.45
will be shielded
from the powerful delusion
00:55:14.48\00:55:16.72
that makes the world
takes the world captive.
00:55:16.75\00:55:18.84
Are the people of God
now so firmly established
00:55:18.87\00:55:21.20
upon His word that
they would not yield
00:55:21.23\00:55:22.82
to the evidence of their senses?
00:55:22.85\00:55:25.13
Would they, in such a crisis,
00:55:25.16\00:55:26.52
cling to the Bible and the Bible
00:55:26.55\00:55:28.38
only for two months?"
00:55:28.41\00:55:30.97
For two months, we have been
in his major teaching series
00:55:31.00\00:55:35.70
for one reason.
00:55:35.73\00:55:38.94
That's you and I
might be rooted deeply
00:55:38.97\00:55:42.23
in the prophetic word
00:55:42.26\00:55:44.77
and that has a default now here,
00:55:44.80\00:55:50.15
here is where we go.
00:55:50.18\00:55:53.64
You remember that verse
I read just a moment ago,
00:55:53.67\00:55:55.63
verse 32 here in Daniel 11?
00:55:55.66\00:55:57.66
I love that last half.
00:55:57.69\00:55:58.75
But the people who know
their God shall be strong
00:55:58.78\00:56:01.56
and carry out great exploits.
00:56:01.59\00:56:03.46
They're not
gonna get taken down,
00:56:03.49\00:56:04.59
the people who know.
00:56:04.62\00:56:05.65
And by the way the
Hebrew word for know is ya-da.
00:56:05.68\00:56:08.24
When the Bible says,
and Adam knew Eve his wife,
00:56:08.27\00:56:11.30
it's describing sexual intimacy
00:56:11.33\00:56:13.19
within the
protective borders of marriage.
00:56:13.22\00:56:17.16
So that Daniel comes
along and says there will be
00:56:17.19\00:56:19.26
a people at the end of
time who ya-da, who know,
00:56:19.29\00:56:22.54
who intimately know
their God and because of that
00:56:22.57\00:56:26.70
spiritual intimacy,
they will not be brought down
00:56:26.73\00:56:31.66
by the king of the North.
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.73
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:56:33.76\00:56:34.79
I want that intimacy with Jesus,
00:56:34.82\00:56:36.25
don't you?
00:56:36.28\00:56:37.33
I want, I want that passion
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:56:37.36\00:56:43.20
I don't know what's
your passion right now,
00:56:43.23\00:56:46.82
but this much I
know, given this breather,
00:56:46.85\00:56:51.79
it would be the right
time to make a passion for Him.
00:56:51.82\00:56:58.11
The ruling, thirst
and hunger in our lives.
00:56:58.14\00:57:03.05
Before you go, I
wanted to take one more moment
00:57:05.22\00:57:07.20
to let you know,
how glad I am you shared
00:57:07.23\00:57:08.98
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00:57:09.01\00:57:12.10
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00:57:12.13\00:57:13.35
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00:57:13.38\00:57:16.29
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change, I'm grateful
00:57:16.32\00:57:18.41
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00:57:18.44\00:57:21.37
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