Good evening and we would
like to welcome each of you
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as we continue this series on
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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In this particular part
we are covering Revelation
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the 13th chapter
through the 16th chapter.
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And tonight we're
beginning with the first part
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of the 14th chapter.
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In that 14th
chapter are three angels.
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And so tonight we're taking
a look at the first angel.
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What does that
angel have to say?
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What does it
mean to you and to me?
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Very, very vital
subject, and so we hope you'll
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get your Bible and paper
and pencil and follow along.
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And those of you that
are watching by television
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thank you for tuning in again.
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Those of you that are
listening by the radio, welcome
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and also on the Internet.
We're glad that each of you
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are joining us and we hope that
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as we go through
this it will be clear.
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This is a subject
tonight where you really
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need to probably have a
pad and a pencil so you can
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put down some
things as we go through
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because we're going
to be doing... I guess
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you'd want to call it... quite
a bit of mathematics tonight.
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And so follow along
as we take a look at it.
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And we hope it'll... it'll
bless you in a special way.
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Our subject
tomorrow evening is entitled:
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And that angel is crying
out: "Babylon is fallen. "
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And I'd just like
to clarify something.
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This message it talks about here
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is about the fall of Babylon.
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That's what we'll be
talking about tomorrow evening.
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But the destruction of Babylon
doesn't take place, folks,
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until you hit the 18th chapter.
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And so... just so as
you're reading and studying
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you'll be able
to put that together
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because one
talks about its fall,
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the other talks about
the destruction of Babylon.
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So follow as we
go along with it.
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But tonight we're taking
a look at the first angel...
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and what the scripture
tells us about this angel
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and what he has to say.
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So we hope you'll
enjoy it as we go through
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Revelation the 14th chapter.
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We'd like to welcome
back the His Voice quartet.
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I hope you have
enjoyed them as much as I have.
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They've been a
real blessing to us here
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and we're just glad
that they're here tonight.
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They're going to be singing
a medley tonight of two songs.
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One: Oh, For a Thousand Tongues
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and To God Be The Glory.
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So I'm sure you're
going to enjoy that.
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But before they sing I'm
going to ask Chuck to come
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and to share the scripture
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that we're going to
be looking at tonight.
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Good evening.
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If you have your Bible
again, let's turn to the book of
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Revelation...
Revelation chapter 14,
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we're going to
read verses 6 and 7.
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Revelation
chapter 14 verses 6 and 7.
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Let's read together:
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May God add His
blessing to His Word tonight.
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O for a thousand tongues to sing
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My great Redeemer's praise,
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The glories of my God and King,
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The glories of my God
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and King,
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The triumphs of His grace!
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The triumphs of His grace!
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To God be the glory -
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great things He hath done!
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So loved He the world that He
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gave us His Son,
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Who yielded His
life an atonement for sin
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And opened the Lifegate
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that all may go in.
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Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord,
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Let the earth hear His voice!
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Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord,
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Let the people rejoice!
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O come to the
Father thru Jesus the Son,
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And give Him the glory -
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great things He hath done!
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Great things He hath taught us,
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great things He hath done,
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And great our rejoicing
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thru Jesus the Son;
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But purer and higher
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and greater will be
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Our wonder, our transport,
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when Jesus we see.
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Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord,
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Let the earth hear His voice!
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Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord,
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Let the people rejoice!
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O come to the Father
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thru Jesus the Son,
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And give Him the glory -
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great things He hath done!
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Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord,
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Let the whole world hear
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His voice!
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Our heavenly Father,
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tonight as we come before You
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we come Lord first to give
You honor and glory and praise.
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Thankful that You
are righteous and just
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in all that You do.
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Bless us tonight
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as we take a look at this
message that You have given
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that's to be
proclaimed to all the world
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to prepare us for
the coming of Jesus.
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We pray that our
hearts may be open
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and we might be
receptive to Your Word.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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There's two things in
this first angel's message
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that I want us
to look at tonight.
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And so we'll go back
and take a look at the text.
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And it says here:
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Two things in there that
we want to look at tonight,
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and one, we want to look at
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"the hour of God's
judgment has come... "
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that's what we want to
establish... and the other is
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"worship Him who
made heaven and earth. "
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Those are the two things that
we're going to look at tonight.
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So follow along now
as we take a look at what
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the scripture has to say about
the hour of God's judgment.
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You see, God's
judgment is based upon His law.
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In fact, all
judgment is based upon law.
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You have to... it
has to be that way.
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You wouldn't dare
have it any other way...
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so it has to be based on law.
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So what I'd like for us to
do is for us to take a look
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at what the scripture
has to say about God's law.
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What does it tell
us about God's law?
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So when you take
a look at God's law,
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scripture tells us that His law
is holy, it's just, it's good.
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Those are the
characteristics of God's law.
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It's holy, it's just, it's good.
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So if God is going
to base His judgment
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upon His law, then things must
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come up to that.
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If they don't come up to
that, then we're in trouble.
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It also says
this about God's law:
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So the Bible tells us
that God's law operates
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in the spiritual realm.
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God's law is spiritual...
it's holy, it's just, it's good.
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So there's nothing
wrong with God's law.
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I run onto people who attack
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God's law or they
try to do away with it
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and say that it
doesn't apply today.
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But dear friend, if you do
that, we're in serious trouble.
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See? So God's law...
very, very important.
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The problem is
not with God's law,
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the problem is with us
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because the law is
spiritual but I am carnal
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sold under sin. And therefore,
since that is the problem -
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and that "I am
carnal, sold under sin" -
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then it says:
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You see, law - I don't care
what law you're talking about,
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whether you're talking about
God's law or whether you're
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talking about man's law
does not make any difference -
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all law demands
that if you break it
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a penalty has to be paid.
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If there's no penalty on a law,
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nobody pays any attention to it.
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I've been some
places in the world
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where there wasn't a penalty
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or at least it was not enforced
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and nobody paid any
attention to it, see.
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But in order for the law to have
any strength, to have any say,
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to have any power, it
has to have a penalty.
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And God turns around and
places the supreme penalty
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on breaking His law
because it tells us:
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So it's very
clear that you and I...
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sorry, we're in trouble.
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Because we are carnal
- sold under sin - we are
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guilty, if you
please, of breaking God's law.
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That we are... all of us,
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and the penalty
for that is death.
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So this is the
basis of the judgment.
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Now it says:
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Those who are going to be
judged by the law of liberty?
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How is there liberty in the law?
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That's what it
says. So, you know...
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"be judged by the law of
liberty. " How does that?
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How does that happen?
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Well it only
happens as you understand
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what Christ has done.
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That's the only way
there is liberty. And it says:
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Marvelous text, folks.
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If you don't have that
one underlined in your Bible,
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you should underline it
because it makes it clear
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that God didn't
say: "Straighten up!
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Fly right. Do what is right
and then I will love you. "
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It says that God
demonstrated His love
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in that He came
and He died for us
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while we were still sinners.
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So God loves you
just exactly like you are.
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That's the way God loves you.
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His love does not change.
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I mean, it just doesn't
change because of your behavior.
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That does not change God's love.
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He died for you;
He loves each one,
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and therefore this is something
that He did for you and for me.
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He came and He
died... all right.
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Now I want you to follow
because what we're talking about
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tonight centers
around the sanctuary.
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In the sanctuary
was a compartment
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called the most holy place,
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and in that compartment
was a piece of furniture
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called the ark. See?
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And on that ark -
or beside that ark -
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were two angels.
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And in between those two angels
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was what was
called the mercy seat.
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That is where the
Shekinah glory of God dwelt.
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In the ark - down in
the chest in the ark -
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was the law...
the Ten Commandments.
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That is extremely important.
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If you don't understand
that, dear friend, grab hold
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because that is very, very vital
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because I'm going
to read a text to you
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that makes all the difference.
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The mercy seat
was there above...
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get it clear...
It was above the law.
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It did not have the
law above the mercy seat
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but the mercy
seat was above the law.
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OK, let's look:
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"Mercy triumphs over judgment. "
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Only as you and I understand
the mercy and the grace
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of Jesus Christ that's
given to each one of us
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only then and ONLY THEN
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can you find liberty in the law
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because I find
what Christ did for me
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has set me free.
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I am no
longer... When I accept Him
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I am no longer
under condemnation.
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The law and I are
no longer at odds.
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When I am away from
Christ - I don't know Christ,
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the law can only condemn.
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But when I come to
Christ and He who died for me
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and loves me and
gives to me if you please
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His righteousness...
only then can I stand
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before the law and are at peace
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with God's law. OK:
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If I hear God's
Word... I believe in Christ,
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I believe in what He did for me,
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I accept His death, I
accept His righteousness
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in my behalf... Watch:
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Wonderful that
if I come to Christ
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that I have passed
from death unto life.
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I do not come into judgment.
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How is that possible that
I don't come into judgment?
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Well, it's possible
in the sense that Christ
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stands in your place.
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You don't come into judgment.
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Christ stands in your
place in the judgment.
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Let me tell you a little secret:
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if Jesus Christ which
the scripture says is your
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Advocate, your Mediator, OK?
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If He is your
Advocate and your Mediator,
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He's never lost a case.
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You can't lose, see?
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But dear friend let me
tell you: the truth of it is
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if you don't have Christ,
you don't stand a chance.
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Just... just that true.
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So if you accept
Christ, He takes your place...
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stands in your
place in the judgment.
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OK, Jesus is coming back.
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When He comes back,
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every case will
have been decided.
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Every case will have
been decided because it says:
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Christ tonight is our Advocate,
He's our Representative.
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He represents us before God.
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But there's going to come
a day when He's going to stop
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and He's going to take
off His robes as Priest -
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ministering in
your behalf and mine -
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and He's going to put on
His robes as the King of Kings
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and the Lord of Lords, and
He's going to say those words.
00:21:55.48\00:21:59.52
Going to say: "He that is unjust
let him be unjust still. "
00:22:01.20\00:22:04.24
God in His mercy has
done everything He can do
00:22:05.98\00:22:10.20
for mankind.
00:22:10.40\00:22:12.83
Probation has closed.
00:22:15.02\00:22:18.03
The curtain of mercy
00:22:32.20\00:22:36.93
has fallen
00:22:37.13\00:22:39.48
and Jesus comes back.
00:22:39.68\00:22:42.80
So it tells us
here that when He comes
00:22:43.30\00:22:46.40
He's going to bring
what? His reward with Him.
00:22:46.60\00:22:50.10
It says that every
case has been decided.
00:22:50.20\00:22:53.65
He's bringing
His reward with Him.
00:22:53.84\00:22:55.31
You can't pass out rewards
and then have judgment later.
00:22:55.51\00:22:59.72
That doesn't work. Let's
look at another one about that:
00:23:00.02\00:23:03.41
So every case has been
decided when Jesus comes.
00:23:15.85\00:23:20.66
So let's take a look.
00:23:20.96\00:23:22.79
If every case is decided,
00:23:22.99\00:23:24.71
then judgment has to
have already taken place.
00:23:26.27\00:23:30.65
So when he says: "The hour
of God's judgment has come, "
00:23:30.85\00:23:35.02
let's take a look at that. It's
mentioned in the book of Daniel,
00:23:35.22\00:23:38.19
Daniel the 8th chapter.
00:23:39.24\00:23:41.38
And the 8th
chapter and verse 14 says:
00:23:41.58\00:23:44.20
OK, I told you
this centers pretty much
00:23:52.46\00:23:54.94
around the sanctuary.
00:23:55.04\00:23:56.65
Said: "Unto two
thousand three hundred days...
00:23:56.85\00:23:58.95
then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed. "
00:23:59.15\00:24:03.49
That was known as
the Day of Atonement
00:24:03.69\00:24:09.38
or if you please
the Day of Judgment.
00:24:09.58\00:24:13.58
That's what it was known as.
00:24:13.78\00:24:15.45
And on this particular day
00:24:15.65\00:24:18.37
all of Israel came
up to the sanctuary.
00:24:18.57\00:24:22.39
And on that day the
high priest was going to
00:24:22.49\00:24:28.04
go through the holy place
which you see on the screen
00:24:28.07\00:24:32.09
and he was going
to part that veil
00:24:32.29\00:24:34.87
and he was going to
walk in before the ark.
00:24:35.07\00:24:38.58
Going to walk in before the ark
00:24:39.93\00:24:42.16
where the
Shekinah glory of God was
00:24:42.26\00:24:46.68
but also where the mercy seat is
00:24:46.88\00:24:50.70
and underneath that was the law.
00:24:50.90\00:24:53.71
That's what he's
going to go in there...
00:24:53.91\00:24:56.24
And he's going to go in
and he's going to confess
00:24:56.44\00:24:59.62
the sins of Israel.
00:25:01.17\00:25:03.24
Cleansing of the
sanctuary was... took place.
00:25:04.62\00:25:08.84
Now this text says: "Unto two
thousand three hundred days...
00:25:08.94\00:25:14.22
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. "
00:25:14.42\00:25:17.47
Can't be referring
to the one on earth;
00:25:17.67\00:25:21.05
had to be referring
to the one up in heaven.
00:25:22.45\00:25:27.98
So watch now as he
begins to explain it.
00:25:28.18\00:25:33.38
So you must keep in
mind... if you've got your pad,
00:25:38.86\00:25:41.78
your notebook and stuff,
00:25:41.98\00:25:43.66
you must keep in mind
that we are talking about
00:25:43.86\00:25:47.87
2300 days.
00:25:48.07\00:25:51.78
Don't lose that fact
00:25:51.98\00:25:54.41
that we're explaining 2300 days.
00:25:54.61\00:25:59.43
OK? So it's 2300 days...
00:25:59.63\00:26:02.11
then the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.
00:26:02.31\00:26:04.37
When Daniel had that vision
00:26:04.57\00:26:08.86
he didn't understand it.
00:26:09.06\00:26:10.57
He couldn't put it together.
00:26:10.77\00:26:12.43
And so when you move
into the 9th chapter of Daniel
00:26:12.63\00:26:16.73
Daniel is praying that God
will help him understand...
00:26:16.93\00:26:19.71
that He'll give him some
understanding of this vision.
00:26:19.91\00:26:23.21
And while Daniel is
praying, this is what happens:
00:26:23.41\00:26:26.76
So he's praying
and while he's praying
00:26:40.05\00:26:42.42
God has sent this
angel Gabriel to Daniel,
00:26:42.62\00:26:46.82
and He sent him to
him for this purpose:
00:26:47.02\00:26:49.48
So he said: "I've come,
Daniel, in answer to your prayer
00:26:59.28\00:27:03.26
to help you
understand this vision. "
00:27:03.46\00:27:07.34
So I want you to watch this
evening as the angel Gabriel
00:27:07.54\00:27:11.25
tells Daniel what's involved
here and puts it all together
00:27:11.35\00:27:15.19
step by step so
that he can understand.
00:27:15.39\00:27:18.60
To begin with here in Daniel
00:27:18.80\00:27:21.76
he says... the angel
Gabriel is telling Daniel:
00:27:22.06\00:27:25.57
Now out of that 2300 years
00:27:32.89\00:27:36.19
seventy weeks of it
are determined. For what?
00:27:36.39\00:27:40.04
OK. "For your people
and your holy city. "
00:27:40.24\00:27:44.15
In other words he's saying:
"God is giving the Jewish people
00:27:44.35\00:27:48.59
seventy weeks. "
That's what he's telling him.
00:27:48.79\00:27:52.68
And in that seventy weeks,
00:27:52.88\00:27:54.43
He's asking that
they do these things.
00:27:54.63\00:27:58.13
OK. "To finish
the transgression. "
00:27:58.33\00:28:01.90
Stop... stop sinning. Stop doing
the things they were doing.
00:28:02.10\00:28:07.72
These were the things that
God said to the Jewish people:
00:28:25.20\00:28:28.82
"I'm going to give you 70 weeks
00:28:28.92\00:28:30.44
and in that 70 weeks, this is
what you need to accomplish. "
00:28:30.64\00:28:36.42
OK.
00:28:36.62\00:28:37.99
Well I can have 70 weeks, but it
really doesn't mean anything -
00:28:43.61\00:28:49.61
didn't mean anything to Daniel -
00:28:51.16\00:28:52.63
didn't mean
anything to you or me -
00:28:52.83\00:28:54.57
unless we can
find a starting point.
00:28:54.77\00:28:58.74
If you can't find a starting
point, nothing fits. OK?
00:28:58.94\00:29:04.31
So the angel Gabriel
doesn't leave him in doubt.
00:29:04.51\00:29:07.18
He gives him a starting point.
00:29:07.38\00:29:09.23
He says here in Daniel 9:25:
00:29:09.43\00:29:11.94
So he's giving him a starting
point. He's saying: "Daniel,
00:29:31.30\00:29:34.82
from the time
the decree is given -
00:29:35.02\00:29:38.75
decree goes forth to
restore and build Jerusalem -
00:29:38.95\00:29:43.69
it's going to be
69... " that's what you have
00:29:43.89\00:29:49.89
when you've got 7 weeks
and 62 weeks: that's 69...
00:29:50.09\00:29:53.58
"It's going to be 69 weeks
unto the Messiah the Prince. "
00:29:53.78\00:29:59.71
OK? That's what
he's telling him.
00:30:00.21\00:30:02.82
So can we find a starting date?
00:30:03.02\00:30:07.44
Yes we can. The
scripture gives you one.
00:30:07.74\00:30:10.52
It's found in the book of Ezra:
00:30:10.72\00:30:12.65
Ezra the 7th chapter
and verse 12. And it says:
00:30:12.85\00:30:15.46
That decree was given in 457 BC.
00:30:36.98\00:30:42.83
Now we have a starting
point. He said from 457 BC
00:30:43.33\00:30:49.23
unto the Messiah the Prince
00:30:49.43\00:30:52.60
will be 69 weeks.
00:30:52.80\00:30:56.65
OK... what we find.
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.54
Well if I've got 69 weeks,
let's put some things together
00:30:59.74\00:31:03.97
and see if we can
make this all work out.
00:31:04.07\00:31:06.74
Now if we get into a little math
here, and it won't confuse you
00:31:06.94\00:31:09.98
if you just follow
carefully, all right?
00:31:10.18\00:31:12.22
To begin with, the Bible
says that in Bible prophecy
00:31:12.42\00:31:17.18
a day represents one year.
00:31:17.38\00:31:21.00
OK, that's what it tells us.
00:31:21.20\00:31:22.57
So when you're
looking at Bible prophecy -
00:31:32.25\00:31:35.46
don't try to apply it
out of Bible prophecy -
00:31:35.56\00:31:37.96
but in Bible prophecy a
day will represent one year.
00:31:38.16\00:31:43.57
OK, so if I have 69 weeks
00:31:43.77\00:31:49.38
and I want to find out
well how much time that is,
00:31:50.85\00:31:55.18
how many days
are there in a week?
00:31:55.38\00:31:58.06
Seven. So I must simply multiply
00:31:58.26\00:32:03.14
7 times 69.
00:32:03.34\00:32:07.24
If I multiply 7 times 69,
00:32:07.44\00:32:11.49
that gives me 483
00:32:11.69\00:32:16.06
and each day represents a year.
00:32:16.26\00:32:20.63
So if each day represents a
year that gives me a total of
00:32:22.03\00:32:26.66
483 years.
00:32:26.96\00:32:30.82
Now he said: This is
the time that's determined
00:32:31.02\00:32:34.79
upon your people. "
So folks, these are years
00:32:34.99\00:32:40.31
that we're pulling
out of the 2300 years.
00:32:40.51\00:32:45.43
See? Because that 2300 days -
00:32:46.35\00:32:49.11
says a day represents a year,
00:32:49.32\00:32:51.15
so I've got 2300 years -
and I'm pulling this out.
00:32:51.35\00:32:55.31
Have to understand that
'cause we're still looking
00:32:55.51\00:32:57.74
at a total 2300. All right.
00:32:57.94\00:33:02.12
So he said: "69 weeks. "
00:33:02.32\00:33:05.12
Well, in BC dates
you simply subtract.
00:33:05.32\00:33:10.56
OK? So if I've got 483 years
00:33:10.76\00:33:15.03
and I subtract 457 from that,
00:33:15.13\00:33:19.96
that gives me 27.
00:33:20.16\00:33:24.41
You have to take
into consideration 0 here.
00:33:24.61\00:33:28.18
OK. So it gives me 27 years...
00:33:28.38\00:33:33.31
taking me to the date of 27 AD.
00:33:33.41\00:33:38.38
Well let's see if we
can establish what happened
00:33:38.58\00:33:40.84
because he said he
gave us 69 weeks unto what?
00:33:40.94\00:33:45.18
Unto Messiah the Prince.
00:33:46.55\00:33:48.79
Dear friend, if you're here...
if you're watching tonight
00:33:50.11\00:33:53.96
on television or
listening on the radio
00:33:54.16\00:33:57.37
or on the Internet
00:33:57.57\00:33:59.98
and you have some question
in your heart about Jesus Christ
00:34:00.18\00:34:04.66
being the Messiah
and being the Son of God,
00:34:04.86\00:34:08.66
then you need to take
into account this prophecy
00:34:08.86\00:34:11.86
because I'm sharing
with you a text here
00:34:13.17\00:34:15.73
where it has been foretold
hundreds and hundreds of years
00:34:15.93\00:34:20.29
exactly when Christ
would begin His ministry.
00:34:20.39\00:34:23.39
Let's see if
that's what happened.
00:34:25.37\00:34:27.48
Luke the 3rd chapter verse 1:
00:34:27.68\00:34:30.09
John the
Baptist went preaching -
00:35:04.94\00:35:07.86
preaching a baptism
for the remission of sin -
00:35:08.06\00:35:11.57
and among those that
came to John to be baptized
00:35:11.77\00:35:15.94
was none other
than Jesus Christ.
00:35:16.14\00:35:18.50
Because if you come
on down to the 21st verse
00:35:18.70\00:35:21.85
of this same chapter:
00:35:21.95\00:35:23.71
Now folks, this ties
down the date for you
00:35:32.25\00:35:35.75
because it says in the
15th year of Tiberius Caesar,
00:35:35.85\00:35:40.13
Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judea.
00:35:40.23\00:35:42.68
If you look up
in secular history
00:35:42.88\00:35:45.51
the 15th year of Tiberius
Caesar, the date is 27 AD.
00:35:45.71\00:35:51.47
So I mean it
ties it down solidly.
00:35:52.73\00:35:56.34
And by the way, one of those
things in that list about them
00:35:56.54\00:36:00.10
it says to "seal up the
vision and the prophecy. "
00:36:00.30\00:36:05.99
And this was part of what seals
up the vision and the prophecy.
00:36:06.19\00:36:09.19
It establishes the date
without any question of a doubt.
00:36:09.39\00:36:12.64
So Jesus came, was
baptized. Watch as it goes on:
00:36:12.94\00:36:16.95
So it tells us clearly that in
27 AD Jesus began His ministry
00:36:44.45\00:36:50.07
as the Messiah.
It would be "69 weeks
00:36:50.27\00:36:55.21
unto Messiah the Prince... "
00:36:55.41\00:36:58.92
right exactly as the
scripture had foretold.
00:36:59.12\00:37:03.32
OK. So we've looked at 69 weeks
00:37:03.52\00:37:08.62
but we started out
with how many weeks?
00:37:09.02\00:37:12.86
Seventy. "Seventy weeks are
determined on your people. "
00:37:13.06\00:37:17.22
We've looked at 69,
so that leaves us what?
00:37:17.42\00:37:21.26
Well that leaves
us one week, right?
00:37:21.46\00:37:24.83
Yeah, we have
one week left over...
00:37:25.03\00:37:27.20
and that is basically
what we call the 70th week.
00:37:27.23\00:37:32.63
All right? The 70th week.
00:37:32.83\00:37:35.31
He said to "seal up the
vision and the prophecy. "
00:37:35.51\00:37:38.83
So we need to take a
look at what took place
00:37:39.03\00:37:41.51
on this 70th week.
00:37:41.61\00:37:43.81
Most important
because it seals the prophecy
00:37:44.11\00:37:47.86
so there is no
question about it.
00:37:48.06\00:37:50.64
I run onto people
that try to change this.
00:37:50.84\00:37:53.69
And the reason they
change it is because it doesn't
00:37:55.03\00:37:58.70
fit quite the way they
want to interpret scripture.
00:37:58.90\00:38:03.37
But you have to take a
look at what the scripture says.
00:38:03.57\00:38:07.21
So let's look at this 70th
week and see what it tells us.
00:38:07.41\00:38:11.50
Now when it says "He
shall confirm the covenant, "
00:38:22.93\00:38:25.91
this is talking about
the covenant that God made
00:38:26.11\00:38:29.57
with the Jewish people.
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.40
That God made
with people period.
00:38:31.80\00:38:35.15
The covenant that He made.
And He said He was going to
00:38:35.55\00:38:38.64
"confirm the covenant
with them for one week
00:38:38.74\00:38:41.67
and in the very middle
of the week He would bring
00:38:41.97\00:38:45.65
the sacrifice and the
offerings to an end. "
00:38:45.85\00:38:49.68
Well, if I've got one week
00:38:49.88\00:38:52.93
and I'm going to
take a look at it,
00:38:54.48\00:38:57.28
so one week is how many years?
00:38:57.48\00:38:59.91
Seven years.
00:39:01.10\00:39:02.87
OK? One week... each
day represents a year.
00:39:03.07\00:39:06.90
So I've got seven years.
00:39:07.00\00:39:09.84
If I add 7 to 27
AD, it takes me to?
00:39:10.34\00:39:16.28
34 AD.
00:39:16.68\00:39:19.33
OK. So that's the week
we're going to look at.
00:39:19.49\00:39:22.00
And it said in
the middle of the week
00:39:22.20\00:39:25.09
He would cause the
sacrifices and oblations
00:39:25.29\00:39:28.41
or offerings to cease.
00:39:28.61\00:39:31.17
If I go to the
middle, that's how many years?
00:39:31.37\00:39:35.33
Well that's 3-1/2 years.
00:39:36.86\00:39:39.35
So if I go 3-1/2 years,
that takes me to the middle
00:39:39.65\00:39:43.05
of the week... at which
time he said the offering
00:39:43.25\00:39:47.89
and sacrifices were all
going to come to an end.
00:39:47.99\00:39:51.83
Well, Christ's ministry lasted?
00:39:52.03\00:39:56.34
3-1/2 years.
00:39:57.64\00:39:59.93
So if I come 3-1/2
years, does the scripture record
00:40:01.17\00:40:05.63
anything that took place?
00:40:05.83\00:40:09.01
Right in the middle of the week
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.03
He confirmed the covenant.
Do you understand that?
00:40:27.62\00:40:32.49
That He confirmed the covenant?
00:40:32.69\00:40:34.80
That means, dear friend,
that covenant that He made
00:40:36.16\00:40:39.64
where He would
forgive you of your sins
00:40:39.94\00:40:44.22
and do away with your iniquity
00:40:44.62\00:40:49.36
and make you His people.
00:40:49.56\00:40:52.19
He sealed that...
sealed that on Calvary.
00:40:52.49\00:40:57.52
He died... He shed His
blood on behalf of you and me
00:40:57.62\00:41:02.81
right in the middle of the week.
00:41:04.13\00:41:06.08
With His death the sacrifices,
00:41:07.21\00:41:11.85
the offerings came to an end
00:41:13.28\00:41:17.07
because the
Lamb of God had died.
00:41:17.27\00:41:21.85
The supreme sacrifice
in your behalf and mine
00:41:22.15\00:41:26.58
came to... happened.
00:41:26.78\00:41:29.32
Demonstrated His love towards us
00:41:29.62\00:41:31.94
that while we were
still sinners He died for us.
00:41:32.04\00:41:35.16
He died there on the
cross in your behalf and mine.
00:41:35.26\00:41:40.11
That was exactly in
the middle of the week
00:41:40.41\00:41:44.70
as He had prophesied.
00:41:45.10\00:41:48.07
At the same time, in the temple
00:41:48.27\00:41:52.01
the priest is about
ready to offer the sacrifice,
00:41:52.31\00:41:56.61
the offering, when
all of a sudden that veil
00:41:56.81\00:42:00.19
that we talked about
that separated the holy and
00:42:00.29\00:42:02.60
the most holy place...
that veil began to tear
00:42:02.70\00:42:05.54
at the top and it tore
all the way to the bottom.
00:42:05.74\00:42:10.25
And the way into the most
holy place was opened up...
00:42:17.77\00:42:23.21
showing that
that sanctuary service
00:42:23.41\00:42:26.90
had come to an end.
00:42:27.10\00:42:30.67
The Lamb of God had died.
00:42:30.87\00:42:34.36
As the Bible
prophesied, it took place.
00:42:36.63\00:42:41.01
But if I have 3-1/2 years
00:42:44.22\00:42:49.91
and I have left 3-1/2 years,
00:42:51.28\00:42:54.91
it takes me to 34 AD.
00:42:55.01\00:42:57.98
He said: "Seventy
weeks are... " What?
00:42:58.18\00:43:01.71
"Determined for your
people and your holy city. "
00:43:01.91\00:43:06.20
He said "I'm going
to give you 70 weeks -
00:43:06.30\00:43:09.27
490 years -
00:43:09.47\00:43:13.06
are determined upon
you and your people. "
00:43:13.26\00:43:17.66
Well, when we get to 34 AD
00:43:17.86\00:43:20.89
what happened?
00:43:23.91\00:43:25.60
Time came to an end
for the Jewish people.
00:43:25.90\00:43:29.73
And I want to
clarify something, folks.
00:43:29.83\00:43:31.81
When he said: "Seventy
weeks are determined upon you
00:43:33.47\00:43:35.95
and your people,
" it did not mean
00:43:36.05\00:43:39.86
that they could
not find salvation.
00:43:40.06\00:43:43.29
Didn't mean that at all.
00:43:44.34\00:43:45.87
It meant that God
was going to give them
00:43:46.07\00:43:50.72
490 years to accomplish
what He wanted them to do.
00:43:50.92\00:43:56.80
But if they did not do that
00:43:57.10\00:44:00.19
then He was going to
turn another direction.
00:44:00.39\00:44:03.37
The Jewish people
can find salvation
00:44:04.46\00:44:08.58
just the same
way as anyone else:
00:44:08.78\00:44:12.26
just simply by
opening their heart
00:44:13.53\00:44:15.89
and accepting Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Savior
00:44:16.09\00:44:20.69
gives them salvation.
00:44:20.89\00:44:24.66
They bring with
them a lot of things
00:44:24.86\00:44:29.38
that you and I didn't know.
00:44:29.68\00:44:34.11
They bring with them a
heritage and a background
00:44:35.44\00:44:38.56
that is absolutely wonderful.
00:44:38.76\00:44:40.87
All that... and they
find fulfillment in it
00:44:41.07\00:44:44.17
in Jesus Christ.
00:44:44.37\00:44:46.82
And those things that they
have believed and been taught
00:44:47.02\00:44:50.40
all those years, when
that person accepts Christ
00:44:50.60\00:44:53.71
into their heart as their
Savior, all of that opens up
00:44:53.81\00:44:56.96
and they become rich in their
understanding of God's Word.
00:44:57.16\00:45:02.30
So they're... they are
blessed in a special way.
00:45:02.50\00:45:06.62
But they can find
salvation just like you and I
00:45:07.68\00:45:10.71
can find salvation.
00:45:10.91\00:45:13.05
But what happened? In 34 AD
00:45:13.25\00:45:16.78
God called... called a man
00:45:16.98\00:45:22.91
by the name of Saul of Tarsus:
00:45:23.21\00:45:27.38
Saul of Tarsus... a
Pharisee of the Pharisees...
00:45:30.18\00:45:35.36
on the road to Damascus.
00:45:37.33\00:45:40.05
And Christ spoke to him, and
there in the city of Damascus
00:45:41.05\00:45:46.69
he found Christ as his Savior.
00:45:46.89\00:45:50.26
And He said "Go" -
speaking of Ananias -
00:45:50.46\00:45:53.61
So in 34 AD, the gospel
00:46:02.10\00:46:04.86
was to go to the Gentiles.
00:46:05.06\00:46:09.90
That's exactly what happened.
00:46:10.10\00:46:12.74
"Seventy weeks are
determined on your people. "
00:46:12.94\00:46:14.39
When that came to an end,
the gospel went to the Gentiles.
00:46:14.59\00:46:19.24
So as we look at this
2300 "Unto 2,300 days;
00:46:19.44\00:46:24.01
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed, "
00:46:24.21\00:46:26.79
that 2300 years,
we've looked at 490 of it.
00:46:26.99\00:46:31.98
So I have to subtract
00:46:33.66\00:46:36.26
490 years
00:46:37.55\00:46:40.30
off of 2300.
00:46:40.50\00:46:44.11
That's what I have to do.
00:46:44.31\00:46:45.72
And when I
subtract 490 off of 2300,
00:46:45.92\00:46:51.49
that leaves me 1810 years.
00:46:51.59\00:46:56.92
I have to add
that 1810 years to 34.
00:46:57.12\00:47:02.81
And when I add that to
it, it takes me to the date
00:47:03.86\00:47:07.29
of 1844 AD...
00:47:07.49\00:47:11.26
at which time the
scripture is telling you
00:47:11.46\00:47:14.24
that judgment began in heaven.
00:47:14.44\00:47:18.58
"For unto 2300 days
00:47:18.68\00:47:21.36
then the sanctuary... "
00:47:21.56\00:47:23.10
referring to the
sanctuary up in heaven...
00:47:23.20\00:47:25.60
"would be cleansed. "
00:47:25.80\00:47:27.82
And judgment - the cleansing
process that took place -
00:47:29.06\00:47:33.66
started in 1844 AD.
00:47:33.96\00:47:38.04
Christ came in before His Father
00:47:38.14\00:47:43.15
and judgment began.
00:47:45.67\00:47:48.16
And as it says, dear friends,
00:47:48.36\00:47:50.84
if you have Christ, then
He can stand in your place
00:47:51.04\00:47:56.75
in the judgment there.
00:47:57.67\00:48:01.23
And if Christ
stands in your place,
00:48:01.43\00:48:04.10
you have passed
from death unto life
00:48:04.30\00:48:10.00
because He is the One
that makes all the difference.
00:48:11.76\00:48:15.23
He can say: "I
died for this person.
00:48:15.33\00:48:18.46
I paid the price. I paid
the debt that that individual
00:48:20.12\00:48:24.66
rightfully owes
according to the law.
00:48:24.86\00:48:27.73
I paid that for him. "
00:48:27.93\00:48:29.33
"Not only did I pay that for him
00:48:31.33\00:48:34.17
but I am giving to him...
00:48:35.32\00:48:37.76
My righteousness. "
00:48:39.37\00:48:41.93
And His righteousness, folks,
00:48:43.65\00:48:46.19
is holy, it's just,
00:48:46.39\00:48:49.73
it's good, it's spiritual.
00:48:49.83\00:48:52.56
It meets all the
qualifications of the law.
00:48:52.89\00:48:57.19
And Christ grants
that to you and to me.
00:48:57.39\00:49:02.07
This is what He does for us.
00:49:02.27\00:49:03.73
So when it says that angel
is shouting with a loud voice
00:49:04.03\00:49:09.19
"Fear God and give glory to Him,
00:49:09.39\00:49:11.28
for the hour of His
judgment has come, "
00:49:11.38\00:49:14.95
you and I need to know
that judgment is going on
00:49:15.15\00:49:20.36
up in heaven now.
00:49:20.46\00:49:23.04
And when it ends - which
surely will not be very long -
00:49:24.11\00:49:29.36
Christ is going to
say "It's finished! "
00:49:30.59\00:49:32.98
Going to pronounce those words
and He's going to come back,
00:49:35.74\00:49:38.74
and you and I need to
be ready for His coming.
00:49:39.04\00:49:44.80
Says here: "And worship Him... "
00:49:46.09\00:49:48.33
Worship God who made that.
00:49:57.70\00:50:01.26
Oh it worries me, folks...
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.66
the devil is SO SMART.
00:50:04.92\00:50:08.67
We even get blind-sided
00:50:08.87\00:50:12.43
and we don't understand
really what's happening
00:50:13.64\00:50:16.03
and what's taking place.
00:50:16.13\00:50:17.97
You remember
Christ being on the mount?
00:50:18.17\00:50:22.00
The devil took Him to
this exceedingly-high mountain
00:50:24.40\00:50:28.79
and he said to Him - he
showed Him all the kingdoms
00:50:28.99\00:50:31.89
of this world, everything:
00:50:31.99\00:50:33.57
Said: "Just fall
down and worship me. "
00:50:42.82\00:50:45.66
That you're to
worship the Lord your God
00:51:00.42\00:51:03.11
and Him only shall you serve.
00:51:03.31\00:51:06.99
No one else.
00:51:07.19\00:51:08.76
Now as we have
studied the book of Revelation
00:51:09.06\00:51:11.68
we found out that
there's a great red dragon.
00:51:11.88\00:51:16.70
And you remember we identified
that according to Revelation 12
00:51:18.29\00:51:21.66
and verse 9 that that
great red dragon represents
00:51:21.76\00:51:25.94
the devil. Yeah.
00:51:26.04\00:51:29.85
Says it's the "old
serpent, the devil and Satan. "
00:51:30.15\00:51:33.11
Also we found out in
our study the other night
00:51:33.31\00:51:36.42
that in Revelation the
13th chapter there's a beast:
00:51:36.62\00:51:39.78
the beast from the sea.
00:51:41.92\00:51:44.31
Watch what it says about them:
00:51:44.61\00:51:47.24
So this question of worship
00:52:02.29\00:52:04.91
is very much
involved in this message
00:52:05.11\00:52:08.14
this first angel
has, saying: "Watch out!
00:52:08.24\00:52:10.81
Be careful. Worship the Lord;
don't worship anybody else. "
00:52:11.01\00:52:15.74
Worship... just
worship the Lord.
00:52:19.28\00:52:23.75
But like I said, the devil
00:52:24.30\00:52:27.36
comes in and... the back door,
00:52:27.56\00:52:31.92
and we don't even
know what he's done.
00:52:32.12\00:52:35.19
Because simply by coming
into the educational system
00:52:36.42\00:52:42.23
of our country,
00:52:43.62\00:52:45.28
he's been able to
introduce evolution.
00:52:45.48\00:52:50.44
Teaching our
young people saying that
00:52:51.65\00:52:56.85
you evolved. This
is how you came about.
00:52:57.05\00:53:01.72
Now it says clearly
"worship Him who... " what?
00:53:02.02\00:53:05.45
"Made heaven and earth. "
00:53:05.65\00:53:09.35
So the question here,
folks, is that of the Creator.
00:53:09.45\00:53:13.08
That Christ is the Creator:
00:53:14.38\00:53:18.59
the One that made the world.
00:53:18.79\00:53:21.43
If I can simply
reach in and take away
00:53:21.63\00:53:25.91
Him being the Creator,
00:53:27.32\00:53:29.32
then I lose a part of worship.
00:53:30.73\00:53:36.69
It denies that.
00:53:37.87\00:53:40.83
Not only does it do
away with Him as the Creator,
00:53:41.03\00:53:44.29
the moment you
move into evolution
00:53:44.39\00:53:46.55
it takes away the
creation. It also takes away
00:53:46.85\00:53:51.51
Christ as the Redeemer.
00:53:51.71\00:53:53.95
Don't need a
Savior if I evolved.
00:53:55.37\00:54:00.15
Does away with all those things,
00:54:00.81\00:54:03.20
and we have been
blind-sided in this.
00:54:03.30\00:54:05.98
And so it says that angel
is proclaiming particularly
00:54:06.08\00:54:09.04
to people today to "worship Him
00:54:09.14\00:54:12.92
who made heaven and earth. "
00:54:13.22\00:54:16.63
This is the message
that the first angel has.
00:54:16.83\00:54:20.67
Let us pray.
00:54:20.87\00:54:22.24
Father in heaven,
00:54:22.41\00:54:23.78
we ask that You will help us
00:54:24.45\00:54:27.94
that we in preparation
00:54:29.15\00:54:31.85
for the coming of Jesus Christ
00:54:32.05\00:54:35.38
keep our minds and
our hearts and our souls
00:54:35.68\00:54:39.46
set upon You and that we
we will worship only You.
00:54:39.66\00:54:45.54
May we, day by day, follow You.
00:54:46.24\00:54:51.03
For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:51.23\00:54:56.08
Remember that our
next presentation on the
00:54:57.20\00:55:00.70
Second Angel's Message
00:55:00.80\00:55:02.59
deals with the fall of Babylon,
00:55:02.79\00:55:06.46
and we're going to
see who is Babylon.
00:55:06.76\00:55:10.49
When we talk about
Babylon, who is Babylon?
00:55:10.69\00:55:13.73
And what's involved
in the fall of Babylon?
00:55:13.93\00:55:17.11
All that we'll
be taking a look at.
00:55:17.21\00:55:18.83
Good night; God bless you.
00:55:19.03\00:55:20.60
All around us we
see want and suffering.
00:55:28.28\00:55:30.89
In large cities,
millions of human beings
00:55:31.19\00:55:34.20
do not receive as
much care and consideration
00:55:34.30\00:55:36.85
as we give beasts of the field.
00:55:37.05\00:55:39.44
Families are herded
together in miserable projects.
00:55:39.64\00:55:42.86
Children are born
into these terrible places.
00:55:43.06\00:55:46.17
They see nothing of
the beauty God has created
00:55:46.37\00:55:49.38
to delight their senses.
00:55:49.48\00:55:51.15
They are left to grow
up molded and fashioned by
00:55:51.35\00:55:54.15
wretched and wicked
examples all around them.
00:55:54.25\00:55:57.58
They hear the name of
God only in profanity.
00:55:57.78\00:56:00.49
Impure words and
fumes of liquor and tobacco
00:56:00.69\00:56:04.12
and immoral
behavior of every kind
00:56:04.32\00:56:06.91
pervert their tender senses.
00:56:07.11\00:56:09.70
Wretched and pitiful cries
for food and clothing are heard
00:56:09.90\00:56:13.82
by parents who know nothing
about prayer or a loving Savior.
00:56:13.92\00:56:18.28
But these cries do
not go unheard in heaven.
00:56:18.58\00:56:21.72
God sees... God hears.
00:56:22.02\00:56:25.20
Friends, our loving
Father has entrusted us
00:56:26.26\00:56:29.08
with abundance to
supply the necessities of all.
00:56:29.18\00:56:32.17
But sadly, we're not
always faithful stewards.
00:56:32.37\00:56:36.29
Many who have taken
on the name of Christ
00:56:36.49\00:56:38.79
spend His money
for selfish pleasure,
00:56:38.82\00:56:41.55
extravagant homes and clothing.
00:56:41.75\00:56:43.91
They hardly give a
suffering human a look of pity
00:56:44.11\00:56:47.97
or a word of sympathy.
00:56:48.07\00:56:49.89
We are to show the
kindness of the Samaritan
00:56:50.09\00:56:52.87
in food, clothing,
and shelter for the poor.
00:56:53.07\00:56:56.32
As Christians, our work
is to reach the people who
00:56:56.52\00:56:59.62
are neglected and
win them to Christ.
00:56:59.72\00:57:02.13
That's the goal
of this ministry.
00:57:02.33\00:57:04.93
We want them to know that He
is able to save to the uttermost
00:57:05.13\00:57:08.58
and restore them to His image.
00:57:08.78\00:57:11.12
But in order to do
this, we need your help.
00:57:11.32\00:57:14.74
Please consider
what you can do for those
00:57:15.04\00:57:17.71
who still don't
know about Jesus.
00:57:17.81\00:57:19.85
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00:57:20.05\00:57:21.56
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00:57:36.92\00:57:39.79
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00:57:39.89\00:57:42.72
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