The great Judgment Day
it was the 3rd of October,
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October 1995, a
group of us had assembled
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around a little radio
set in Dina's office waiting
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for the announcement
of the verdict, later on
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we had the opportunity
to see it on television, it
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was amazing, in that
courtroom there was not
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a sound as a
little envelope was opened
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and the verdict was
read, everyone holding
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their breath in
anticipation, waiting to
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hear the answer and
finally we heard it.
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Orenthal J. Simpson
not guilty, instantly there
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was a celebration in
half of the courtroom,
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but the other half shook
their heads in disbelief.
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Half went out
believing that justice had been
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served, the other
half believing it had not.
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Both leaving
equally convinced. What was
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the truth? Did he
kill her or not? And the
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truth is that no
one knows the answer to
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that question for
sure except O. J. Simpson
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and God. How
would you like to face
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a written transcript
of everything you have
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ever done, every
word you've ever spoken in
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your whole life,
every thought that you have
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ever thought. You
say well I'm glad I don't
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have to do that, you
do. Ecclesiastes, chapter 12
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verse 13, now all has
been heard and here is
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the conclusion of
the matter, fear God and
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keep his commandments
for this is the whole duty of
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man, for God will
bring every deed into
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judgment
including every hidden thing
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whether it's good or
evil. The judgment and
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folks there are no
blank spaces on God's tapes.
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It's all there, everything
you've ever done, every
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word you have ever
spoken, every thought
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you've ever thought,
it's all there, nothing is
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missing, what would it
be like. If you have to
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face a transcript of
everything you've ever
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done in your life. Oh!
I'm glad I don't have to
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do that, you do,
every hidden thought. Oh!
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That isn't for
Christians, no that's not
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for believers, that's
just for the wicked people.
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Paul said in Second
Corinthians, chapter 5,
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verse 10, we, that's
us, we must all, that's us,
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we must all appear
before the judgment
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seat of Christ, so
that each one may receive
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what is due to him
for the things done in the
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body whether good
or bad. Everyone must
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appear before the
judgment seat of Christ,
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well then when is
this going to take place,
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when is this
judgment, the last Bible book,
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Revelation chapter 22,
the last chapter, verse
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12, Behold, Jesus
said, I'm coming soon and
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my reward is with
me and I will give to
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everyone, can you
see it, sometime before
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Jesus comes he has
to finish the judgment
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because every
decision is made when he comes
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he brings his
reward with him. So when is
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the judgment, sometime
before Jesus comes. But
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the Bible gets even
more specific than that.
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Revelation, chapter
14, in Revelation chapter
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14 verse 6, I saw
another angel flying in
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the midair, you know
this, this is the first of
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the three angels'
messages we have been
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looking at on night
after night each night of
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Revelation Now,
reviewing again the first angel,
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when do the three
angels messages take
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place. Revelation 14 shows
us the harvest, Jesus coming
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on the clouds with
his sickle to reap for the
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time to reap has
come. So just before Jesus
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comes, just before the
end time Verse 6, I saw
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another angel flying
in the midair, he had the
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eternal Gospel, to
proclaim to those who
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live on the earth. Who
does he proclaim it to,
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to every nation,
tribe, language and people,
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every living being on
this earth, every living
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soul is going to have
the opportunity to hear the
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Gospel of Jesus
Christ before he comes on the
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clouds and he said in
a loud voice, fear God
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and give him glory,
because the hour of his
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judgment has
come. Think about it,
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sometime before Jesus
comes, while the gospel
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is being preached to
the whole world, while men
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and women still
have the opportunity to
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accept Christ as their
savior, while the Gospel
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is being preached at
the same time the angel
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announces the hour
of God's judgment has
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already come. Now in
order for anyone to ever
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be able to say
that God's judgment has
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come they would have
to know when it began.
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When did it begin,
first of all, I'm going to
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show you tonight
that, that judgment is going
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on right now, at
this very moment, while
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you and I are sitting
here in this comfortable
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building, the
judgment has already begun. How
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can I be so sure?
Turn with me to the Book of
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Daniel, in Daniel
chapter 7, we are gonna
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to do some review
and some new things
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tonight and tonight
we are going to go very,
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very deep into
the prophecies when we
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look at the
great Judgment Day. So
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follow along, shake
the cobwebs out, get your
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minds alert, pray for
the Holy Spirit to open
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your mind for
understanding because
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you are going to see
the good news about the
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Judgment Day. So, let's
take a look, when is the
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judgment, I want you
to notice as we review the
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prophecies that we have
already studied, the flow
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of time through history.
Daniel, chapter 7 verse 4,
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the first beast came
up out of the sea looking
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like a lion that was
Babylon in 605 BC and
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then the second beast
looked like a bear that
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one symbolized Medo-Persia
in 538 BC, notice we're
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moving through time
and then the Greek Leopard
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arises out of the water
331 BC, then a terrifying
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frightening beast 169 BC
representing the Roman Empire
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notice we are
moving along in time now to
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169 BC and then it
says that he had 10 horns,
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the division of
Rome into the nations of
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Europe we saw that
happening by the year
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476 AD, so notice
again we're moving along, we
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are flowing in time,
this is a historical record
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giving us an anchor in
the prophecies, so that
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we can know where we
are now and see where
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we're headed that's
the importance of the flow
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of history. So we
finished the Roman
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beast and the Rome
divided into the 10 horns
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formulating the
nations of Europe by 476, but
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then notice he saw
another horn. In Verse
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8, a little horn that
came up among them and
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three of the first
horns were uprooted before it.
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We've identified this
little horn as a counterfeit
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system of worship,
developed in the church
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of the Dark Ages at Rome
and it had both political
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and religious authority
to enforce its doctrines
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by force and death
on those who refuse to
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accept the teachings
of the church. We have
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already studied this
nothing new here, but
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the little horn
reigned from 538, 1260 years
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until 1798 and I
promised you that I would show
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you in prophecy that
a year is a symbol for
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a day, we're gonna do
that tonight. But first of
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all notice the flow
in time to 1798 and then
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the very next thing we
see happening in verse 9,
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as I look thrones
were set in place and the
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ancient of days took his
seat on the throne that's
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God, the father,
sitting on the throne. Verse 10,
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thousands upon
thousands attended him
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10,000 times, 10,000
stood before him, the
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court was seated and
the books were opened
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and there is the judgment. When?
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Sometime between
1798 and the return of
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Christ. Notice we're
narrowing it down and
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it's getting very,
very close to our own time.
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And in verse 13 notice
the father is seated on
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the throne Verse 13,
in my vision at night
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I looked and there
before me was one like a son
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of man coming with the
clouds of heaven not to
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this earth, but he
approached the ancient
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of days and was led
into his presence so here is
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Jesus coming into the
presence of the father as
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he sits on the throne,
the court is seated, the
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books are opened and
Jesus is standing there
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what is he doing
there? That's the question we
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need the answer
tonight. How long do
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they stand there?
What's going on. Verse 21,
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I watched this
little horn was waging war
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against the saints
and defeating them, how
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long does the little
horn persecute God's people
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until the ancient of
days came and pronounced
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judgment in favor of
the saints. So now we don't
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have to be afraid of
the judgment if you are one
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of the saints, but
here's the point that's
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important for us to
recognize that if he
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pronounced judgment
in favor of the saints
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then the saints
were being judged. You
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don't pronounce
judgment in favor of
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someone who is not
being judged, I mean
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that would be like
you sitting in on the
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O. J. Simpson trial
and someone says you are
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not guilty. Oh! Hey,
I'm not even on trial.
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So the fact that he
pronounces judgment in
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favor of the saints
means the saints are
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being judged, don't
let anyone tell you that
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believers are never
judged, but why? Well,
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we'll have to answer
that question in a moment
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one of the things
the little horn does in
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chapter 5 verse 20,
in chapter 7 verse 25,
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remembers to try to
change the set times
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and the laws, and
we've already seen that he
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would try to change
the law of God. Verse 26,
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but the court will sit
and his power will be taken
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away and completely
destroyed forever. That
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hasn't happened yet,
hasn't been completely
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destroyed forever,
but it will come when the
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court sits in
judgment. Verse 27 and then the
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sovereignty, power,
and greatness of the
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kingdoms under
the, under the whole
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heavens will be handed
over to the saints, to the
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people of the most
high God and his kingdom
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will be an ever
lasting kingdom and the rulers
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will worship and
obey him. Good news about
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the judgment! Amen. "Amen."
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We don't have to be
afraid of the judgment.
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Why are the saints
judged? What is Jesus
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doing standing there?
When is this judgment?
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Anyway, these are the
questions that we need
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to answer tonight.
And this is an exciting
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message, so hold on,
in fact you may as well
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practice right now
saying Amen, because
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you're gonna want
to say it over and over
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tonight, right. So,
it's the good news, it's the
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good news about the
judgment for us to hear
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tonight, can you
say Amen. "Amen."
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A little better, Amen. "Amen."
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Oh, good, even if
you sitting at home,
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watching on the
broadcast, give a big
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loud Amen. I can
almost hear you from
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here. Okay, chapter
8, when is the judgment
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going to take place.
This time Daniel sees
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another vision, a
Ram and the Goat, and the
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Goat comes and tramples the Ram
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underfoot. Now remember
our principle of outline
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prophecies that repeat,
they're parallel prophecies
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the instant replay
principle. Remember,
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we've been talking
about that, he shows us
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the big picture in
a vision and then he
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comes back and he
shows us again and then
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he comes back and we
see it again each time
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from a little
different point of view getting
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a clearer and
clearer picture of what takes
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place in the end
time. So, now the cameras go
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back and now we're
looking at the same
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thing again, this
time the Ram and the Goat,
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the Goat tramples
the Ram, who is the Ram
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and who is the
Goat. Verse 20, the two
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horned Ram you saw
represents the Kings of
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Media and Persia and
the Goat is the King of
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Greece. There you
go, now he is showing us,
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where we are once
again in the flow,
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historical flow of
time. And then he shows after
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the Goat is defeated,
after the Goat, after the
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Ram tramples on the
Goat, I'm sorry, after
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the Goat tramples on
the Ram, the big horn,
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the Goat has a big
horn between his eyes,
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the big horn he says is
the first King of Greece
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that is the Alexander
the great, horns broken
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off remember he died
at the peak of his power,
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drunk at the age of
32 in despair because he
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had no more nations
to conquer. And then
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a little horn comes up
and the Bible describes
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that little horn, look at
it with me in verse 9, out
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of one of them came
another horn a little
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one, which thought
it's small, but grew in
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power. Verse 10, it
grew until it reached the
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host of the heavens and
it threw the starry hosts
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down to the earth and
it trampled on them, and
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he set himself up to be
as great as the prince of
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the host. Here we see
the little horn starts off
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little, but he magnifies
himself to be as great as
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the prince of those,
who is the prince of the
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hosts, that's
Jesus, that's God and Jesus
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and here, the little
horn is putting himself in
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God's place, remember
making himself as great
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as the prince of the
hosts. So we are just
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reviewing what we saw
in Daniel 7, but then he
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adds a new piece
watch, he set himself up in
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verse 11 to be as
great as the prince of the
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hosts and he took away
the daily sacrifice from
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him. Remember we
learned the other night
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when we are identifying
the little horn how that
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he take away the daily
sacrifice, because in the
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mass they claim
that they are sacrificing
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Christ for sins over
and over and over again,
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which would mean
that one time on the cross
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was not enough, but
you and I know that one
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time was enough! Amen. "Amen."
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And so, he would take
away the effectiveness
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of that sacrifice by
insisting that it had to
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be done over and over
again on the alter of the
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mass. And then the
place of his sanctuary
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was brought low, so the
little horn even tramples
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God's sanctuary and
brings it low, we'll look
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at that again in
a moment and because
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of the rebellion, the
host of the saints and the
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daily sacrifice
were given over to it, it
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prospered in everything
that it did and truth was
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cast down to the
ground. So what does the little
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horn do, the little
horn takes away the daily
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sacrifice, the little
horn tramples God's sanctuary
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underfoot and the little
horn cast the truth about
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God down to the
ground. And then in
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verse 13, I heard a
Holy One speaking and
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another Holy One said
to him, 'how long, Oh!
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Here's the question
folks, how long, how
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long will it take for
the vision to be fulfilled
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and he said to me
in verse 14 after 2300
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days then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed
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or as the new
international version
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puts it then
shall the sanctuary be
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reconsecrated or
restored. How long will
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this go on, 2300
days the sanctuary will be
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cleansed? Now I want
you to notice carefully
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in Daniel chapter 7,
we had Babylon and then
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Medo-Persia and then
Greece and then Rome,
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Rome divided into the
10 horns, the little horn
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came and then the next
thing that happened was
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the judgment. In Daniel
8, Babylon's almost history,
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we start with
Medo-Persia and then Greece and
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then the Roman
beast, Rome both Pagan and
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Papal symbolized by
that little horn, he is not
00:19:52.17\00:19:54.71
so interested in the
early stuff, he wants us
00:19:54.74\00:19:57.43
to focus on the end
time, the things that
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happened at the end,
the little horn magnifies
00:20:00.09\00:20:02.63
himself to God
trampling and persecuting the
00:20:02.66\00:20:05.35
saints and then the next
thing is the cleansing of
00:20:05.38\00:20:08.14
the sanctuary. So,
what does it tell us, if the
00:20:08.17\00:20:11.84
cleansing of, if in
Daniel 7 the judgment
00:20:11.87\00:20:14.98
comes after the
little horn is persecuting
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God's people and in chapter 8th,
00:20:17.00\00:20:19.31
the judgment,
the cleansing of the
00:20:19.34\00:20:21.00
sanctuary takes place
after the little horn is
00:20:21.03\00:20:23.51
persecuting God's
people. Then can't you
00:20:23.54\00:20:25.87
see the parallel
prophecy shows us that
00:20:25.90\00:20:29.56
the cleansing of the
sanctuary is just another
00:20:29.59\00:20:32.46
way of looking at
the judgment and the
00:20:32.49\00:20:36.20
judgment is just
another way of looking at the
00:20:36.23\00:20:38.73
cleansing of the
sanctuary both of these
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together give us a
clear picture of what really
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happens at the end time
just before Jesus comes.
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And now it gets
exciting, because he
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says after 2300 days
the sanctuary will be
00:20:52.35\00:20:56.93
cleansed. Now remember a
day is a symbol for a year,
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so after 2300 years
the sanctuary would be
00:21:00.08\00:21:03.88
cleansed. We are going
to prove that to you in
00:21:03.91\00:21:06.08
just a few moments,
but before we can do that
00:21:06.11\00:21:09.84
we have to ask ourselves another
00:21:09.87\00:21:11.82
question. What is
the cleansing of the
00:21:11.85\00:21:16.59
sanctuary, now we
have already seen that the
00:21:16.62\00:21:19.95
cleansing of the
sanctuary and the
00:21:19.98\00:21:21.75
judgment both are two
ways of looking at the
00:21:21.78\00:21:24.45
same event, so we can
identify the cleansing of
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the sanctuary with
the judgment, but why does
00:21:26.99\00:21:29.48
God say that after
2300 days he would restore
00:21:29.51\00:21:32.97
or cleanse his
sanctuary, because you have to
00:21:33.00\00:21:36.60
understand what
that means and then the
00:21:36.63\00:21:38.44
second thing you need
to know is when do the
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something happens at
the end of the 2300 days
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or 2300 years is
meaningless, unless you
00:21:48.60\00:21:51.72
know when the 2300
years begin. So two questions
00:21:51.75\00:21:56.07
that we need to
answer and we are gonna
00:21:56.10\00:21:57.70
answer tonight. First of
all what is the cleansing
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or the restoring of
the sanctuary maybe we
00:22:00.47\00:22:02.54
should start with
another question, a third
00:22:02.57\00:22:04.58
question, what is the
sanctuary? When Moses went
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on the mountain, as we
are gonna see in a moment
00:22:09.73\00:22:11.56
he received not only
the 10 commandments on
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the tables of
stones, but God also gave him
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.71
a pattern, a blue
print of a sanctuary and they
00:22:17.74\00:22:24.37
built the sanctuary,
they made it out of, made it
00:22:24.40\00:22:27.43
into a big tent
just exactly the way God
00:22:27.46\00:22:30.43
said and that
sanctuary was the focal point of
00:22:30.46\00:22:34.04
Israel's worship. The
sanctuary was the place
00:22:34.07\00:22:37.63
where God said he
would meet with his
00:22:37.66\00:22:40.53
people. And they
carried that sanctuary
00:22:40.56\00:22:46.97
around every place that
they went and they set it
00:22:47.00\00:22:50.68
up wherever they
stopped, but when God
00:22:50.71\00:22:53.45
said he would cleanse the
sanctuary after 2300 days,
00:22:53.48\00:22:56.99
he wasn't talking
about the one Moses built.
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Later on David established
plans, King David and
00:23:01.03\00:23:05.80
his son Solomon
executed the plans and
00:23:05.83\00:23:08.29
they built a permanent
building, a magnificent
00:23:08.32\00:23:11.58
temple, a sanctuary.
It's a place where God
00:23:11.61\00:23:16.10
would meet with his
people, the focus of
00:23:16.13\00:23:18.01
Israel's worship. But
he is not talking about
00:23:18.04\00:23:25.18
cleansing that sanctuary
either. In fact, in Daniel
00:23:25.21\00:23:30.52
8:14, when he says
after 2300 days the sanctuary
00:23:30.55\00:23:33.57
would be cleansed, he
is not talking about any
00:23:33.60\00:23:35.61
sanctuary on this
earth at all. He is talking
00:23:35.64\00:23:39.44
about a sanctuary
in heaven. Now, how do
00:23:39.47\00:23:46.60
I know this, watch.
After Daniel saw the
00:23:46.63\00:23:51.28
vision in verse 17, he
was terrified and fell to
00:23:51.31\00:23:55.73
the ground, an
angel came and said son of
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.93
man understand that the
vision concerns the time
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of the end. He goes on
to say in verse 19, the
00:24:02.62\00:24:08.61
vision concerns the
appointed time of the
00:24:08.64\00:24:12.72
end. In other words,
God has appointed a time
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.72
at the end and that's
what this vision is all
00:24:16.75\00:24:19.65
about and then we go
again down to verse 26,
00:24:19.68\00:24:23.12
seal up the
vision Daniel because it
00:24:23.39\00:24:26.31
concerns the distant
future, it does not apply
00:24:26.34\00:24:29.86
to you Daniel, it
doesn't even apply to your
00:24:29.89\00:24:32.77
people Daniel, it applies
to the distant future, so
00:24:32.80\00:24:36.03
seal it up. Only book
in the Bible that's ever
00:24:36.06\00:24:39.33
been sealed up. So,
if the vision of the
00:24:39.36\00:24:45.18
sanctuary applies to
the time of the end then
00:24:45.21\00:24:48.21
when is the time of
the end and what is the
00:24:49.12\00:24:53.02
sanctuary? We've
already answered that
00:24:53.05\00:24:55.02
first question, the
time of the end is the last
00:24:55.05\00:24:57.79
days, the time since
Jesus has come, we are
00:24:57.82\00:25:01.35
living in the time of
the end now, but what is
00:25:01.38\00:25:05.46
the sanctuary? Is
there really a sanctuary in
00:25:05.49\00:25:10.04
heaven and if so
what could possibly be up
00:25:10.07\00:25:13.49
there that would need
to be cleansed. See these
00:25:13.52\00:25:16.79
are all good
questions so turn to verse, to
00:25:16.82\00:25:20.79
Hebrews chapter 8, now
we are in the New Testament
00:25:20.82\00:25:23.21
in Hebrews chapter 8
verse 1, the point of
00:25:23.65\00:25:27.55
what we're saying is
this, we do have a high
00:25:27.58\00:25:31.41
priest who sat down
at the right hand of the
00:25:31.44\00:25:33.67
throne of the majesty
in heaven the Bible says,
00:25:33.70\00:25:38.19
and he serves in
the sanctuary, the true
00:25:38.86\00:25:42.59
tabernacle set up by
the Lord and not by man.
00:25:42.62\00:25:45.60
So, if Jesus is our
high priest and he serves in
00:25:47.20\00:25:50.71
the sanctuary in
heaven set up by God and not
00:25:50.74\00:25:53.86
man then there must
be a sanctuary in heaven!
00:25:53.89\00:25:56.54
Amen. "Amen." And
he is our priest and
00:25:56.57\00:26:00.99
he is our high priest
and you do not have to go to
00:26:01.02\00:26:04.59
any man to confess
your sins, you and I can
00:26:04.62\00:26:08.19
go directly to Christ
in the sanctuary in heaven
00:26:08.22\00:26:11.14
to confess our sins
and he forgives us directly
00:26:11.17\00:26:14.65
by grace through
faith in him! Amen.
00:26:14.68\00:26:17.17
You do not need a
man to intercede between
00:26:18.71\00:26:21.91
God and you.
That's what Jesus is
00:26:21.94\00:26:25.67
doing in the
sanctuary in heaven, he is there
00:26:25.70\00:26:28.76
for you. So, there
is a sanctuary in heaven
00:26:28.79\00:26:32.80
and he is up there as
our high priest. Verse 5,
00:26:34.45\00:26:45.23
talking about the
priests who served in the
00:26:45.26\00:26:48.05
sanctuary on earth,
in Moses tent, in David
00:26:48.08\00:26:51.97
and in Solomon's
permanent structure,
00:26:52.00\00:26:54.76
those priests who
served in the sanctuary
00:26:54.79\00:26:56.87
on earth. Verse 5 of
Hebrews 8, they serve
00:26:56.90\00:27:01.64
at a sanctuary that
is a copy and a shadow of
00:27:01.67\00:27:04.47
what is in heaven, you
see they built a sanctuary
00:27:04.50\00:27:08.02
on earth, that was a
copy and a shadow of the one
00:27:08.05\00:27:10.00
in heaven. So there
must be something in
00:27:10.03\00:27:11.69
heaven that he copied
and then he says this is
00:27:11.72\00:27:16.63
why Moses was
warned when he was about to
00:27:16.66\00:27:19.30
built the tabernacle.
See to it that you make
00:27:19.33\00:27:21.59
everything according
to the pattern shown you
00:27:21.62\00:27:24.67
on the mountain.
So, Moses saw a pattern
00:27:24.70\00:27:28.11
and he reproduced that
pattern in the sanctuary
00:27:28.50\00:27:31.77
on earth. It was a
reflection of what he
00:27:31.80\00:27:35.17
saw in heaven, now it's
there for reason and for
00:27:35.20\00:27:39.38
a purpose, but
watch this in Verse 6, the
00:27:39.41\00:27:42.64
ministry that Jesus
has received is as superior
00:27:42.67\00:27:46.83
to those earthly
priests as the covenant of
00:27:46.86\00:27:49.56
which he is a
mediator is superior to the old
00:27:49.59\00:27:52.16
one. The ministry of
Jesus as our high priest
00:27:52.19\00:27:56.15
is far superior to the
ministry of those priests
00:27:56.18\00:27:59.28
in the earthly sanctuary.
In fact, as superior as
00:27:59.31\00:28:06.24
the new covenant is
to the old covenant, now
00:28:06.27\00:28:10.17
what's the new
covenant, he tells us right here
00:28:10.20\00:28:13.15
in verse 10. This is
the covenant I'll make with
00:28:14.33\00:28:17.86
the house of Israel
after that time declares the
00:28:17.89\00:28:19.93
Lord, I'll put my laws
in their minds, I'll write
00:28:19.96\00:28:22.81
them on their hearts
and I will be their God and
00:28:22.84\00:28:25.42
they will be my
people. In other words the same
00:28:25.45\00:28:29.76
laws that were
written on the tables of stone
00:28:29.79\00:28:32.66
when Moses received
the Ten Commandments
00:28:32.69\00:28:35.32
and the blue print for
the sanctuary, the same
00:28:35.35\00:28:38.24
laws that God wrote
with his finger on stone
00:28:38.27\00:28:40.60
now in the new
covenant he writes in
00:28:40.63\00:28:43.25
our minds and in our hearts.
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.82
Don't let anybody tell
you that the Ten Commandments
00:28:46.89\00:28:50.24
for the old covenant
and the new covenant, we
00:28:50.27\00:28:52.66
can break the Ten Commandments.
00:28:52.69\00:28:54.81
I've had people
going doing all kinds of
00:28:54.84\00:28:57.00
mental gymnastics
trying to explain to me
00:28:57.03\00:28:59.41
why we don't have to
keep the Ten Commandments
00:28:59.44\00:29:01.42
anymore. But the same
law that was written on
00:29:01.45\00:29:06.20
stone is now written
in our hearts, the new
00:29:06.23\00:29:08.87
covenant does not
do away with the law in
00:29:08.90\00:29:11.84
fact Jesus showed us
that the spirit of the law
00:29:11.87\00:29:15.08
is much more intense
even then the letter of
00:29:15.11\00:29:18.20
the law. Amen.
That's why even every
00:29:18.23\00:29:23.15
thought is brought
into judgment. And now it
00:29:23.18\00:29:28.15
all begins to
make sense, back to our
00:29:28.18\00:29:31.32
opening text Ecclesiastes
12:13 now all has been heard
00:29:31.35\00:29:35.00
and here is the
conclusion of the matter.
00:29:35.03\00:29:37.43
Fear God and keep his
commandments, for this
00:29:37.55\00:29:40.71
is the whole duty
of man. But what about
00:29:40.74\00:29:45.68
love, oh! don't miss
it. We've done it over and
00:29:45.71\00:29:50.79
over again, what is
love? Love is keeping
00:29:50.82\00:29:55.80
God's commandments.
This is the whole duty
00:29:55.83\00:30:01.05
of man. Therefore
God will bring every deed
00:30:01.08\00:30:05.80
into judgment and it is
not an insignificant fact
00:30:05.83\00:30:09.28
that James said in
chapter 2 verse 12 to
00:30:09.31\00:30:12.54
the church, speak
and act as those who are
00:30:12.57\00:30:14.71
going to be judged by
the law. So Jesus is our
00:30:14.74\00:30:23.03
high priest in the
heavenly sanctuary, but
00:30:23.06\00:30:26.45
how does the little
horn trample God's sanctuary
00:30:26.48\00:30:31.17
underfoot. Now we
can understand in Roman
00:30:31.20\00:30:38.10
and Hebrews,
chapter 10 verse 26, if we
00:30:38.13\00:30:42.58
deliberately keep on
sinning after we have
00:30:42.61\00:30:45.27
received the knowledge
of the truth, there is no
00:30:45.30\00:30:48.63
sacrifice left for sin.
No sacrifice for deliberate
00:30:48.66\00:30:55.73
willful sin. What is
sin? Transgressing and
00:30:55.76\00:31:00.05
breaking the law of
God. To willfully break
00:31:00.08\00:31:03.70
the law of God. No
sacrifice for sin, now
00:31:03.73\00:31:06.63
watch this, only a
fearful expectation of
00:31:06.66\00:31:11.70
judgment and raging
fire that will consume
00:31:11.73\00:31:14.79
the enemies of
God. Anyone who rejected
00:31:14.82\00:31:18.16
the law of Moses
died without mercy on the
00:31:18.19\00:31:21.22
testimony of two or
three witnesses. How
00:31:21.25\00:31:24.40
much more
severely do you think a man
00:31:24.43\00:31:27.65
deserves to be
punished who has trampled the
00:31:27.68\00:31:30.53
son of God underfoot
and treated as an unholy
00:31:30.56\00:31:34.42
thing, the blood of the
covenant that sanctified
00:31:34.45\00:31:37.36
him and who has
insulted the Spirit of
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.94
grace. Willful, deliberate
sin is trampling the Son
00:31:39.97\00:31:47.20
of God and his
sanctuary underfoot and
00:31:47.23\00:31:51.84
insulting the
Spirit of grace. Don't let
00:31:51.87\00:31:54.44
anybody tell you, you
can break one of God's
00:31:54.47\00:31:57.86
commandments, because sin
is transgression of the law
00:31:57.89\00:32:02.65
and willful deliberate
sin is trampling Jesus Christ
00:32:02.68\00:32:06.44
and he is our high
priest in the sanctuary, it is
00:32:06.47\00:32:09.92
trampling God's
sanctuary underfoot and
00:32:09.95\00:32:12.43
there is no sacrifice
for willful sin. So Jesus is
00:32:12.46\00:32:18.92
our high priest in the
sanctuary, the little horn
00:32:18.95\00:32:21.78
trampling the
sanctuary how, by thinking to
00:32:21.81\00:32:24.59
change the set times in
the law saying that it's
00:32:24.62\00:32:27.91
okay to break God's
commandments especially
00:32:27.94\00:32:31.50
the Sabbath. Because
we changed it from the
00:32:31.53\00:32:34.58
seventh day to the
first and that is trampling
00:32:34.61\00:32:37.62
Jesus Christ underfoot.
You know what, what is
00:32:38.48\00:32:44.84
the purpose of the
sanctuary. In chapter 9,
00:32:44.87\00:32:49.34
Paul tells us
about the Old Testament
00:32:51.15\00:32:53.09
sanctuary and he talks
about how the furniture
00:32:53.12\00:32:55.84
was arranged
and how they had two
00:32:55.87\00:32:57.39
apartments, the holy
place and the most holy
00:32:57.42\00:32:59.08
place, and how
whenever a person sinned they
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.29
would bring their,
their offering a perfect lamb
00:33:01.32\00:33:04.01
without spot or
blemish, what did the lamb point
00:33:04.04\00:33:06.57
forward to, I should
say who did the lamb point
00:33:06.60\00:33:09.26
forward to, pointed
to Jesus. So he confessed
00:33:09.29\00:33:12.39
sin on the lamb's
slaughter, the lamb shed
00:33:12.42\00:33:14.02
his blood and then
the priest would sprinkled
00:33:14.05\00:33:16.12
that blood in the
holy place just before the
00:33:16.15\00:33:18.60
veil that separate
the most holy place in the
00:33:18.63\00:33:20.49
advanced seminar.
Tomorrow I'm gonna
00:33:20.52\00:33:21.96
have charts to show
you how will this work, but
00:33:21.99\00:33:23.77
just imagine there
was a inner apartment, the
00:33:23.80\00:33:26.05
holy place, a veil
separating from the
00:33:26.08\00:33:27.93
most holy place and
there was the Ark of the
00:33:27.96\00:33:29.55
Covenant, the
Ten Commandments and
00:33:29.58\00:33:31.16
on the top was a
mercy seat, the presence of
00:33:31.19\00:33:33.35
God and in the Ark
was the law, so there was
00:33:33.38\00:33:35.94
the law, and God, and
grace always together.
00:33:35.97\00:33:38.77
Even in the Old Testament
sanctuary, so the blood
00:33:38.80\00:33:41.44
was sprinkled before
the veil thus transferring
00:33:41.47\00:33:43.82
the guilt of those sins
into the most holy place
00:33:43.85\00:33:46.29
of the sanctuary. But
once a year on the day
00:33:46.32\00:33:48.28
of atonement, it was
the time to cleanse the
00:33:48.31\00:33:50.61
sanctuary. And why
did he do all of this.
00:33:50.64\00:33:54.47
Because in verse 8,
the way the Holy Spirit was
00:33:55.62\00:33:59.03
showing that the
way into the Most Holy
00:33:59.06\00:34:01.47
Place had not yet been
disclosed as long as the
00:34:01.50\00:34:05.34
first tabernacle was
still standing, it is an
00:34:05.37\00:34:08.69
illustration for the
present time, as long as
00:34:08.72\00:34:11.28
they were in the
sanctuary on earth, as
00:34:11.31\00:34:13.37
long as they were
offering sacrifices, as
00:34:13.40\00:34:15.25
long as they were
shedding the blood,
00:34:15.28\00:34:16.72
then the way into the
most holy place of the
00:34:16.75\00:34:19.24
heavenly sanctuary
had not yet been revealed,
00:34:19.27\00:34:21.69
because Jesus
hadn't died yet. But when
00:34:21.72\00:34:25.25
Jesus died that veil
was torn from top to bottom
00:34:25.28\00:34:28.04
and that put an end
to those sacrificial
00:34:28.07\00:34:30.17
offerings and now he
is our high priest in the
00:34:30.20\00:34:33.07
sanctuary in heaven,
the Bible says. Well then
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.67
what is the purpose, this
is an illustration for the
00:34:35.70\00:34:38.68
present time. The
things that happened on the
00:34:38.71\00:34:41.04
earthly sanctuary is
like a sandbox illustration to
00:34:41.07\00:34:45.16
show us what Jesus
is doing in the heavenly
00:34:45.19\00:34:47.69
sanctuary now when
we can't see him, so we
00:34:47.72\00:34:51.52
learned from the
pattern what's happening in the
00:34:51.55\00:34:54.50
reality. What is he
doing up there. Verse
00:34:54.53\00:34:59.86
11, when Christ came
as high priest of the
00:34:59.89\00:35:02.47
good things that are
already here, he went
00:35:02.50\00:35:04.39
through the greater,
more perfect tabernacle
00:35:04.42\00:35:06.38
that is not made man,
man made. Verse 12, he
00:35:06.41\00:35:09.12
did not enter by
means of blood of goats and
00:35:09.15\00:35:10.98
calves, but he
entered the Most Holy Place
00:35:11.01\00:35:13.62
once for all with
his own blood having
00:35:13.65\00:35:15.96
obtained eternal
redemption. So Jesus
00:35:15.99\00:35:19.26
didn't bring the blood
of goats and calves, he
00:35:19.29\00:35:21.54
went with his own
blood. Just as the priest
00:35:21.57\00:35:24.86
every year sprinkle
that blood before the veil,
00:35:24.89\00:35:27.01
transferring those
sins into the Most Holy
00:35:27.04\00:35:29.30
Place. Jesus uses
his own blood and he
00:35:29.33\00:35:32.10
ascends to heaven
with his own blood for our
00:35:32.13\00:35:35.56
sins. Verse 23, now
watch this, what could
00:35:35.59\00:35:40.64
possibly be in
heaven that needs to be
00:35:40.67\00:35:42.89
cleansed, here it
is. In verse 23, Hebrews
00:35:42.92\00:35:46.19
chapter 9, it was
necessary then for the
00:35:46.22\00:35:50.26
copies of the heavenly
things, that's the earthly
00:35:50.29\00:35:53.29
sanctuary, it was
necessary for them to
00:35:53.32\00:35:55.63
be purified with
these sacrifices that is the
00:35:55.66\00:35:57.76
blood of goats and
calves, but the heavenly
00:35:57.79\00:36:00.81
things themselves
with better sacrifices than
00:36:00.84\00:36:03.47
these. If the earthly
sanctuary was cleansed
00:36:03.50\00:36:06.53
with the blood of
goats and calves then the
00:36:06.56\00:36:08.39
heavenly needed to be
cleansed with something
00:36:08.42\00:36:10.68
better, the blood of
Jesus. But it needed to
00:36:10.71\00:36:15.90
be cleansed, it
needed to be cleansed. It was
00:36:15.93\00:36:22.83
necessary for the
heavenly to be cleansed
00:36:22.86\00:36:25.86
with better sacrifices
then these. For Christ,
00:36:25.89\00:36:29.18
did not enter a
man-made sanctuary, it was only
00:36:29.21\00:36:31.48
a copy of the true one,
he entered heaven itself
00:36:31.51\00:36:33.59
now to appear for us
in God's presence. So how
00:36:33.62\00:36:44.06
does the cleansing
of the sanctuary and the
00:36:44.09\00:36:47.23
judgment day fit
together. How does
00:36:47.26\00:36:50.01
God cleanse the
sanctuary through the
00:36:50.04\00:36:52.79
judgment. How
does the sanctuary get
00:36:52.82\00:36:55.78
trampled underfoot by
the little horn. Willful
00:36:55.81\00:37:00.93
transgression of the
law of God is trampling the
00:37:01.54\00:37:05.63
sanctuary
underfoot. The little horn is
00:37:05.66\00:37:10.15
persecuting the
saints, remember, but never
00:37:10.18\00:37:16.32
forget that he is
doing it in the name of God
00:37:16.35\00:37:19.19
claiming to be the
true followers, the true
00:37:19.60\00:37:22.87
saints of the true
God. And so before Jesus
00:37:22.90\00:37:28.30
comes, God has to show
to all of those thousands
00:37:28.33\00:37:33.32
up on thousands
00:37:33.35\00:37:35.76
times, 10,000 that
when he saves the saints and
00:37:35.79\00:37:40.02
condemns the little horn
that he is doing the right
00:37:40.05\00:37:43.59
thing, it's like that
old and I shouldn't even
00:37:43.62\00:37:48.46
started to say
this because I never can
00:37:48.49\00:37:50.52
remember the name of
the game, but some of
00:37:50.55\00:37:52.18
you can help me.
That old game quiz show
00:37:52.21\00:37:54.71
that used to be on
television, when they
00:37:54.74\00:37:56.81
would have three
people all claiming to
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.82
be the same person
and you know the panel
00:37:58.85\00:38:01.01
would ask them
different questions and
00:38:01.04\00:38:03.07
finally he would say
will the real John Smith
00:38:03.10\00:38:07.30
stand up. Remember that game.
00:38:07.33\00:38:09.18
"NO." No, sure, what
is it. To tell the truth.
00:38:09.65\00:38:14.29
To tell the truth.
That's it. Wow! Very good, to
00:38:14.32\00:38:16.82
tell the truth, that's
even better than I remembered
00:38:16.85\00:38:18.73
To tell the truth.
So, here are two people
00:38:18.76\00:38:20.66
pretending to be John
Smith and the other one
00:38:20.69\00:38:22.60
really is John Smith.
Who's telling the truth
00:38:22.63\00:38:24.67
and here we see in
God's judgment, a whole
00:38:24.70\00:38:27.12
bunch claiming to be
the saints of God and
00:38:27.15\00:38:29.48
others who are really
the saints of God, who
00:38:29.51\00:38:31.41
is telling the truth.
It's the judgment, what's the
00:38:31.44\00:38:35.85
standard of the
judgment, law of God.
00:38:35.88\00:38:38.38
You see the little
horn stands before the
00:38:38.41\00:38:40.52
judgment and I
stand before the judgment.
00:38:40.55\00:38:43.60
We all will. Colon,
my turn comes up, thou
00:38:44.24\00:38:53.53
shall not take the
name of the Lord thy God in
00:38:53.56\00:38:55.23
vain, thou shalt not
lie, thou shalt not kill, oh!
00:38:55.26\00:39:02.90
Vietnam, bombs, oh!
It just doesn't look very
00:39:02.93\00:39:07.44
good, down the list,
no hope for me, I'm about
00:39:07.47\00:39:12.44
to just give up and
walk away. But remember
00:39:12.47\00:39:14.61
there is somebody else
standing there, who was
00:39:14.64\00:39:17.03
it? Jesus. It
was Jesus. He stands
00:39:17.06\00:39:20.26
up and he says my
blood, my blood, sure
00:39:20.29\00:39:24.07
he's sinned, he's done
a lot of bad things, but
00:39:24.10\00:39:27.52
he confessed, look it's
in the books. He confessed,
00:39:27.55\00:39:30.14
he asked for forgiveness
and he has strived to
00:39:30.17\00:39:33.59
live his life to
honor and please me and
00:39:33.62\00:39:35.49
glorify the Father. My
blood has cleansed him.
00:39:35.52\00:39:40.55
"Amen." The judge says good
00:39:40.58\00:39:44.94
enough, Colon not
guilty. Little horn comes up,
00:39:44.97\00:39:54.75
not lie. Oh! I never
told a lie in my life, good,
00:39:54.78\00:39:59.47
not take God's name in
vain, never have done that,
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.95
not committed
adultery. Oh! I've been so good
00:40:02.98\00:40:05.06
and faithful. Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:40:06.14\00:40:09.69
Oh! I've done that too,
but God says wait a minute,
00:40:09.72\00:40:13.40
have you kept the seventh
day. No, no, no we kept the
00:40:15.04\00:40:17.59
first day. Why did you
keep the first day? Well we
00:40:17.62\00:40:20.63
changed it from the seventh
to the first. But what does
00:40:20.66\00:40:24.87
the Bible say. The Bible
says the seventh day. But my
00:40:24.90\00:40:30.39
Pastor said it didn't
matter 'cause I'm under grace,
00:40:30.42\00:40:32.75
but what does the
Bible say. No confession,
00:40:33.78\00:40:38.48
no forgiveness, willful
sin. But I didn't think it made
00:40:38.90\00:40:44.26
any difference because
everybody else keeps Sunday.
00:40:44.29\00:40:47.07
But what does the Bible
say. I guess I just didn't
00:40:50.21\00:40:53.54
understand it. Didn't I
send you to Revelation Now.
00:40:53.57\00:40:57.77
It's not as though the
saints never sin, we do, but the
00:41:08.82\00:41:12.62
good news about the judgment
is that Jesus never did.
00:41:12.65\00:41:15.52
"Amen." And he
stands in our place.
00:41:16.41\00:41:18.65
We don't have to be
afraid of what God thinks of us.
00:41:19.46\00:41:22.14
All we need to concern,
be concerned about us what
00:41:23.38\00:41:25.46
God thinks of him. But we
need to surrender to him, we
00:41:25.49\00:41:29.36
need to follow him, we
need to obey him and keep his
00:41:29.39\00:41:32.03
commands. Well then when
is the judgment, when does
00:41:32.06\00:41:36.56
the judgment begin. Back
to Daniel chapter 8 verse 14,
00:41:36.59\00:41:42.04
after 2300 days, wow!
We can't, that doesn't mean
00:41:42.07\00:41:45.97
a thing, unless we know when
the 2300 days begin. So let's
00:41:46.00\00:41:51.06
turn now to Daniel chapter
9 in verse 24, Daniel didn't
00:41:51.09\00:41:56.47
understand it either folks.
He was just weeping and pray,
00:41:56.50\00:41:59.55
even got physically
sick because he couldn't
00:41:59.58\00:42:02.09
understand it. So the Angel
Gabriel appears and he said
00:42:02.12\00:42:04.68
that he's come to give
him understanding therefore in
00:42:04.71\00:42:07.53
verse 23, understand,
consider the message,
00:42:07.56\00:42:10.25
understand the
vision. Verse 24, 70 weeks are
00:42:10.29\00:42:13.37
decreed on your people,
your Holy City to finish
00:42:13.40\00:42:16.10
transgression, put an end
to sin, atone for wickedness,
00:42:16.13\00:42:20.47
bring in everlasting
righteousness, seal up the
00:42:20.64\00:42:24.38
vision and the prophecy
and anoint the Most Holy.
00:42:24.41\00:42:27.57
Who alone can do that?
Who? Only Jesus. Who can
00:42:27.71\00:42:34.06
put an end to sin? Who
can bring an everlasting
00:42:34.09\00:42:36.95
righteousness? Only
Jesus. So what is he saying
00:42:36.98\00:42:40.26
70 weeks are decreed upon
the people of Israel to get
00:42:40.29\00:42:43.93
ready for the
Messiah? Because he is coming
00:42:44.40\00:42:49.18
within 70 weeks, kind
of a period of probation,
00:42:50.53\00:42:54.64
the time of probation for
Israel, but he still doesn't
00:42:54.84\00:42:57.89
say when do the 70
weeks begin. Well he
00:42:57.92\00:43:01.45
does in the next verse
25, know and understand this,
00:43:01.48\00:43:05.02
from the issuing of the
decree to restore and to
00:43:05.28\00:43:07.64
rebuild Jerusalem until
the anointed one, that means
00:43:07.67\00:43:13.94
Messiah, the ruler
comes, that will be 7 weeks and
00:43:13.97\00:43:17.19
62 weeks. So now we have a
starting point, what is it,
00:43:17.22\00:43:21.42
the decree to restore
and build Jerusalem. Because
00:43:21.59\00:43:23.30
remember Daniel was in
Babylon, Jerusalem was in
00:43:23.33\00:43:26.31
ruins, so the angel was
saying when you here the
00:43:26.34\00:43:28.53
decree to restore and to
build Jerusalem. Then you'll
00:43:28.56\00:43:31.18
know when the 70 weeks
begin. That decree was given.
00:43:31.21\00:43:36.15
In the year 457 BC by the
King Artaxerxes and that is
00:43:36.67\00:43:42.20
one of the clearest most
firmly established dates in
00:43:42.23\00:43:45.63
the Old Testament
times. God wants us to be sure,
00:43:45.66\00:43:48.96
so that we can know when
the starting point for this
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.85
prophesy is 457 BC, why
was that so important to God
00:43:51.88\00:43:56.09
to make sure we had
that date firmly established.
00:43:56.12\00:43:58.98
Because after 69
weeks then the anointed one,
00:43:59.27\00:44:05.39
the Messiah would
come. The Messiah is Jesus.
00:44:05.42\00:44:10.92
Here's a prophesy
predicting when Jesus would come
00:44:12.10\00:44:14.67
and it would be exactly
69 weeks from the decree
00:44:15.40\00:44:20.11
to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem, because that decree
00:44:20.14\00:44:22.47
was given in the year 457
BC, 69 weeks, let's see that
00:44:22.50\00:44:27.62
would be 7 days in a
week times 69 is 483,
00:44:27.65\00:44:33.45
my calculator tells me.
So that's 483 days until the
00:44:33.68\00:44:38.57
Messiah comes, but remember
a day is a symbol for a year.
00:44:38.60\00:44:41.76
So it will be 483
years, if it started at 457 BC
00:44:42.10\00:44:46.82
than that comes to
an end in the 27 AD.
00:44:46.85\00:44:51.75
What happened in 27 AD.
Jesus Christ was baptized
00:44:54.73\00:45:01.24
in the Jordan River. And
when he was baptized remember,
00:45:01.60\00:45:05.56
the Holy Spirit descended
on him like a dove anointing
00:45:05.80\00:45:09.32
him to begin his ministry
as the Messiah, 69 weeks until
00:45:09.35\00:45:15.48
the Messiah comes.
Now you have it, we know
00:45:15.51\00:45:20.02
that a day is a symbol
for a year. Who do we know?
00:45:20.05\00:45:22.71
Because Jesus was baptized
exactly on time according
00:45:22.99\00:45:27.48
to the prophesy, but he
even gives us another proof.
00:45:27.51\00:45:32.40
Look at the next
verse 26, after the 62 weeks
00:45:34.14\00:45:39.82
the anointed one, that's
actually 69, because there
00:45:40.94\00:45:43.94
was 7 weeks and 62 weeks.
So at the end of that period
00:45:43.97\00:45:47.90
it says after that he would
be cut off, have nothing for
00:45:48.50\00:45:53.61
himself. Verse 27, he
will confirm a covenant with
00:45:53.64\00:45:58.34
many for one week,
that's one week left, remember
00:45:58.37\00:46:01.80
70 weeks of decree to
your people, 69 weeks the
00:46:01.83\00:46:04.35
Messiah comes. One
week left that seven years,
00:46:04.38\00:46:06.84
he will confirm a covenant.
He will confirm a covenant
00:46:06.87\00:46:10.49
with many for seven years
one week, in the middle of
00:46:10.52\00:46:13.66
that week he will put an
end to sacrifice and offering.
00:46:13.69\00:46:16.19
So that's three-and-half
years pass the time he
00:46:16.22\00:46:18.47
began his ministry,
three-and-half years from
00:46:18.50\00:46:21.24
27 AD is the year 31
AD, what would have happened
00:46:21.27\00:46:25.29
in 31 AD. He would put an
end to sacrifice and offering.
00:46:25.38\00:46:29.62
What happened in 31
AD? In 31 AD, Jesus Christ
00:46:29.65\00:46:33.30
died on the cross. And
when he died, the veil in
00:46:33.33\00:46:36.63
the temple was torn
from the top to the bottom
00:46:36.66\00:46:38.94
by unseen hands of
angels and he put an end to the
00:46:38.97\00:46:42.92
sacrifices and the offerings.
What a prophecy pinpointing
00:46:42.95\00:46:47.59
precisely when Jesus
would appear as the Messiah
00:46:47.62\00:46:51.03
and precisely when he
would die on the cross. You can
00:46:51.06\00:46:54.59
be sure that a day is in
fact the symbol for a year
00:46:54.62\00:46:57.66
in Bible prophecy. Now
we have the starting point.
00:46:57.94\00:47:02.31
Because if he came on
time and died on time than a
00:47:03.54\00:47:06.40
starring point has to be
correct also. So now we know
00:47:06.43\00:47:10.20
that 457 BC is the starting
point for the prophecies
00:47:10.23\00:47:13.55
and if you add 2300 years
to that. It comes out to the
00:47:13.58\00:47:17.38
year 1844 remember sometime
between 1798 and return of
00:47:17.41\00:47:22.88
Christ the judgment
would begin, when after the
00:47:22.91\00:47:25.67
2300 years. The 2300
years ended in 1844, so that's
00:47:25.70\00:47:32.39
when the judgment
began. How do you know Pastor?
00:47:32.42\00:47:36.55
Because the prophesy
said. After 2300 years,
00:47:36.58\00:47:40.70
the starting point is
right. Jesus came on time.
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Jesus died on time and
he will come again on time.
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What else happened in 1844.
A number of things happened.
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First of all, Daniel is
the only prophesy that was ever
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sealed up, we read the verse,
he said seal it up till the
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time of the end. An
amazing thing, shortly
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before 1844 all around the
world in different locations
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scholars each independent
of the other not knowing
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what the others were
doing came to the understating
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that this prophesy was
pointing to the year 1844.
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The only problem was they
thought that the cleansing
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of the sanctuary, the
sanctuary being the earth,
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they thought that that
sanctuary was the earth and
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the cleansing of the
sanctuary would be the cleansing
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of the earth. Therefore,
that would mean that Jesus would
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be coming in 1844 to
this earth. And there was a
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global revival of
people wanting to be ready for
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Jesus to come, a revival
of Godliness. In this country,
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it was started by a
young Baptist lay minister
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his name was William
Miller. And this young Baptist
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Pastor began to preach
in the Baptist churches
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that Jesus was coming in 1844.
And it began to spread like
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wildfire and he was invited
to preach in other churches
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and so he was going to the
Methodist, the Presbyterian,
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the Episcopal, all the
different churches preaching
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that Jesus is coming in
1844 and those who believed him
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were called Adventists.
Why? Because Adventist is one
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who is waiting for
Jesus to come. They were
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Methodist
Adventists, Baptist Adventists,
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Presbyterian Adventists;
every Christian ought to be
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an Adventist because we are
all waiting for Jesus to come.
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Amen. "Amen." And
that's what it meant.
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Can you imagine what
it would have been like to
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been alive in those days
and really believe that Jesus
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was coming, they even figured
out a date October 22, 1844.
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We took a trip to
New England and went
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to some of the place, I
saw William Miller's little
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Baptist Chapel and we saw
some of the different places
00:50:01.18\00:50:05.62
where this revival really
took route, but the site that
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really impressed me
the most were two. One was
00:50:09.50\00:50:12.80
William Miller's
tombstone it said 2300 days then
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shall the sanctuary
be cleansed for all. Wow,
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you know, how neat it
would be to be known for your
00:50:20.39\00:50:23.97
love and your desire
for Jesus to come. Then the
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other thing behind that
little chapel was a huge
00:50:27.26\00:50:30.49
flat rock about the size
of this building. May be a
00:50:30.52\00:50:34.74
little smaller and they
call it today, they call it
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ascension rock because
that's where the story goes
00:50:37.46\00:50:41.32
that all of those
people on October 22 that were
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listening to William Miller,
this young Baptist pastor
00:50:44.39\00:50:47.45
they were all standing on
ascension rock waiting for
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Jesus to come. It was awesome
to stand there and realize
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that just a few years ago
they were people expecting
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at any moment the skies
were gonna open and Jesus
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was gonna come. But we
know the end of that story
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don't we. We're still here
today and he hasn't come yet,
00:51:05.18\00:51:09.20
what a bitter, bitter
disappointment. And many of
00:51:10.11\00:51:13.71
those people were so
disappointed they even
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gave up their faith in
God and the Bible completely.
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But they were a few,
they were a few who said we
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know the word of God is
true. And we know the prophecy
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is true. We just made a
mistake somewhere. So they
00:51:28.09\00:51:32.30
went back in the scripture,
they prayed and they wept
00:51:32.33\00:51:34.97
and they prayed and they
said God show us the truth.
00:51:35.00\00:51:37.66
God will answer a prayer
like that and they found it.
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Have you ever opened the
Bible when you desperately
00:51:43.50\00:51:45.56
needed help from God, if
you have opened the Bible and
00:51:45.59\00:51:47.73
there it was just
exactly what you needed to hear,
00:51:47.76\00:51:49.99
has that ever happened
to you? That's what happened
00:51:50.56\00:51:52.54
to them. They prayed God
show us, where did we make
00:51:52.57\00:51:56.18
our mistake, what do we
need to know and God opened
00:51:56.21\00:51:59.84
the text for them, you
want to know what it was. Yeah.
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I'll tell you anyway.
Revelation chapter 10,
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in Revelation of 10th chapter,
I saw another mighty angel
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coming down from
heaven. Verse 2, he was holding
00:52:12.44\00:52:15.58
a little book, which lay
open in their hand. Now think
00:52:15.61\00:52:18.25
through the minds of
the men who had just been so
00:52:18.28\00:52:20.59
disappointed thinking
Jesus was gonna come, they had
00:52:20.62\00:52:23.70
unsealed, they had open the
Book of Daniel and it showed
00:52:23.73\00:52:27.57
them that in 1844 Jesus
would be coming. So here
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it is the book is opened
and in their mind there was no
00:52:31.44\00:52:34.02
doubt that was the Book of
Daniel and then verse 8 the
00:52:34.05\00:52:37.21
loud voice that I had heard
from heaven spoke once again.
00:52:37.24\00:52:39.76
Go and take the book that
lies open in the hand of the
00:52:39.99\00:52:43.54
angel who is standing
on the sea and the land.
00:52:43.57\00:52:46.04
So I went to the angel
and I asked him to give me the
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little book and he said to
me take it and eat it, it will
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turn your stomach sour,
but in your mouth it will be as
00:52:53.43\00:52:56.97
sweet as honey. So I
took the little book from the
00:52:57.00\00:52:59.83
angel's hand and I ate
it. And it tasted as sweet
00:52:59.86\00:53:03.44
as honey in my mouth, but
in my stomach it turned sour.
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Oh! That's exactly what
they felt, that exactly what
00:53:10.06\00:53:13.49
they went through.
little book had to be Daniel,
00:53:13.52\00:53:16.32
now it was opened it had
been sealed and how sweet it was
00:53:16.35\00:53:20.17
in their mouth
because Jesus is coming,
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October 22, 1844, how
sour it turned the stomach
00:53:22.38\00:53:27.68
when he didn't come. Oh!
They're really pumped up now,
00:53:27.93\00:53:30.92
so saying God you are
speaking to us what else
00:53:30.95\00:53:33.02
do we need to know
you, you must prophesy again
00:53:33.05\00:53:35.63
about many peoples, nations,
languages and kings. Oh!
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God how can we do it, we
were so wrong and we still don't
00:53:38.48\00:53:42.03
know what we did
wrong. And then he told them,
00:53:42.06\00:53:44.93
they read the next
verse. God speaks through
00:53:45.46\00:53:47.79
the word, Amen. "Amen".
He told them I was given
00:53:47.82\00:53:50.99
a read like a measuring
ride and I was told, go and
00:53:51.02\00:53:54.25
measure the temple of
God and the alter and the
00:53:54.28\00:53:58.77
worshipers there. The
temple of God is the sanctuary
00:53:58.80\00:54:04.71
and they thought wait a
minute that's it, the sanctuary.
00:54:06.19\00:54:12.05
So they began to study the
sanctuary. And they realized
00:54:12.08\00:54:17.00
that the sanctuary is not
the earth at all. The sanctuary
00:54:17.04\00:54:20.86
is the sanctuary in
heaven. And that Jesus did come
00:54:21.21\00:54:24.82
on October 22, 1844, not to
this earth, but in the clouds
00:54:25.20\00:54:29.55
of glory to the ancient
of days seated on the throne
00:54:29.58\00:54:33.17
in the sanctuary in heaven,
so now what else. What's he
00:54:33.20\00:54:40.33
doing there? What else does
God have for us. In verse 18,
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the nations were angry and
the time for wrath has come.
00:54:44.46\00:54:46.94
The time for judging the
dead, rewarding your servants
00:54:47.29\00:54:50.84
the prophets has
come. The judgment, so they
00:54:50.87\00:54:55.51
understood now, the cleansing
of the sanctuary wasn't
00:54:55.54\00:54:58.54
Jesus coming to this
earth. It was the Judgment Day.
00:54:58.57\00:55:02.44
The judgment had begun,
but what is the standard
00:55:03.11\00:55:05.73
of that judgment. And
they went on to verse 19,
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then God's temple in
heaven was opened and
00:55:09.06\00:55:11.62
within the temple was
seen the Ark of his Covenant,
00:55:11.65\00:55:15.06
the Ten
Commandments. Of course the law,
00:55:15.59\00:55:18.55
James had said speak and
act as those who are going
00:55:18.88\00:55:22.06
to be judged by the
law, so now it was beginning
00:55:22.09\00:55:25.12
to fall into place that
the judgment began in 1844 and
00:55:25.15\00:55:29.59
that the standard of
the judgment is the law and
00:55:29.62\00:55:32.63
the fourth commandment
remember the Sabbath day and
00:55:32.66\00:55:35.66
they thought wait a
minute. We are not keeping the
00:55:35.69\00:55:38.57
law of God. We have gone
along with the traditions
00:55:38.60\00:55:41.52
of man. We have accepted
Sunday, but the law says
00:55:41.55\00:55:44.84
the seventh day, so that
little group of disillusioned,
00:55:44.87\00:55:48.79
disappointed Adventists
from all denominations
00:55:49.00\00:55:53.00
began to keep the
Sabbath and became Seventh Day
00:55:53.22\00:55:58.25
Adventists. Just in time
for God to raise up a people
00:55:58.82\00:56:06.97
who would go to the
whole world preaching the
00:56:08.50\00:56:11.51
everlasting Gospel of
Jesus Christ. To every tribe,
00:56:11.54\00:56:15.70
every nation, every language,
every people and saying
00:56:15.73\00:56:18.80
in a loud voice fear God
and give him glory because
00:56:18.83\00:56:23.23
the hour of his judgment
has come. And if there was
00:56:23.26\00:56:28.92
ever a time that we,
you and I need the Gospel
00:56:28.95\00:56:32.51
message that time is
during the judgment hour.
00:56:32.54\00:56:36.53
And so God has a people
on this earth, that were not
00:56:38.42\00:56:41.83
afraid to announce the
judgment, not afraid to
00:56:41.86\00:56:45.17
proclaim the Gospel,
not afraid to warn the world
00:56:45.20\00:56:48.45
of the errors of Babylon,
not afraid to warn the world
00:56:48.48\00:56:51.74
against the mark of the
beast and the traditions
00:56:51.77\00:56:54.13
of man, he raised
up a movement at just
00:56:54.16\00:56:57.44
the right time. To announce
the hour of God's judgment
00:56:57.47\00:57:03.48
has come. You see the
Book of Revelation is not
00:57:03.51\00:57:08.21
about the distant
future. The future is here.
00:57:08.24\00:57:14.74
The prophesy is
now, Revelation is now.
00:57:16.29\00:57:23.70
You are hearing the
three angels messages now.
00:57:25.28\00:57:30.23
If there was ever a time
to follow the lamb, it is now.
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