Introduction...
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Hello Friends, would you
like to hear an amazing fact?
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Experts believe that many of
the ancient temples in the world
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such as the
Great Pyramids of Giza,
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Stonehenge in England,
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Chichen Itza in Mexico...
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also served...
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they also served
as astronomical clocks
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or calendars
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where they
could use them to mark
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the winter or summer solstice
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and maybe even predict an
eclipse of the moon or the sun.
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You know, the Bible tells us
that there's an ancient temple
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that's also connected
with a great date in history.
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Stay with us, we're
going to talk about it
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on this
Presentation of Revelation Now.
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Good evening everyone,
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a Series dealing with some
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Tonight's topic is entitled,
"Cleansing the Sanctuary"
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"Cleansing the Sanctuary. "
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Well, at this time,
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I'd like to invite
Pastor Doug to come forward.
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Pastor Doug, we
have a very important
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Presentation this evening.
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Doug: Yes.
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Ross: We were just talking
before we went live on the air,
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there's a lot of information
that we want to try and cover
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a very important time prophecy
that we find in the Bible too
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so, we're going
to get right to that.
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Let's start with
a word of prayer,
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"Dear Father, we
thank You once again
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that we're able to take time
to open up Your Word and study,
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we do ask for Your
Spirit to be with us
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and be with those who are
listening across this Country
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and around the world,
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Amen.
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Doug: Thank you Pastor
Ross and once again Friends,
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don't go after
this Presentation,
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we're going to be
getting back together again
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and answering
your Bible questions
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so, I would encourage you,
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if you got any
questions on the Study
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that you're
going to hear tonight,
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I expect there will be some,
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you can just send
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and we'll be
looking at a number of those
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after the Presentation.
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As Pastor Ross mentioned,
tonight's study is called:
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Cleansing the Sanctuary.
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We're going to be talking
about the temple in the Bible...
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the temple that's
in the world today...
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talk a little bit about:
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Will the Jewish
Temple ever be rebuilt?
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and: Does God have
a temple in heaven?
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But before we go to the Study,
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I thought it
would be good once again
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to just go out on the
street and interact a little bit
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with some American citizens
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and find out
what their feedback is
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regarding some of these issues.
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Okay, I do believe that
the Hebrew temple will be built
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in Israel,
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I also believe
that God will be calling
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all of the Israelites
home... Jewish people home
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before the end of time.
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The Temple was
a very specific...
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it had to be built
in a very specific way
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and in some of the early
books of the Old Testament,
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it talked about, you know, the
exact dimensions of everything
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and that sort of thing
and wasn't there a veil?
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And you couldn't go behind
the veil or something like that
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and then, yeah, I guess the...
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the purpose of
the temple, I guess,
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again, I'm not a scholar on this
but was to house the Scriptures.
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The Old Testament
Sanctuary in the Bible...
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I think was used to
protect the Ten Commandments.
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Well, they've got some
interesting concepts here
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but some of them are
very close to the truth
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regarding what was the
purpose of the Jewish temple?
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Now, when we
talk about the temple,
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you might be thinking,
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"What in the world
does this subject have to do
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with the book of Revelation?"
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You can read in
Revelation, it tells us...
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"And in the midst of
the seven lampstands...
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One stood like the Son of Man,
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clothed with a
garment down to the feet
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and girded about the
chest with a golden band. "
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The book of
Revelation is set in the context
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of a temple,
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in particular, the temple
that you find in the Bible.
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It's so important to
understand this subject
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because as you go
through the Scriptures,
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you're going to find
that the Jewish temple appears
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over and over again in prophecy.
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I've got just a small list
here that I can share with you.
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If you look for
instance in Isaiah chapter 6,
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he has this vision...
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he sees God on His
throne in the temple of heaven
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with the two angels
on the right and the left
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called Cherubim
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and they're crying,
"Holy, Holy, Holy... "
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and then you go to Ezekiel
chapter 40... chapter 41...
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temple is mentioned
over and over again.
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Not only there, you
find it in Revelation,
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you can find
reference to the candlesticks
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that were in the temple,
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the Altar of
Sacrifice in the temple...
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that's Revelation 6 verse 9,
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the Altar of Incense...
that's Revelation 8 verse 3,
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it's mentioned
four times there...
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the Ark of the Covenant...
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that was the container
for the Ten Commandments,
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is in Revelation 11 verse 19.
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It's in Daniel, Hosea, Joel,
Amos, Jonah, Micah, Habakkuk,
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Haggai, Zechariah,
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and the last book of the
Old Testament... Malachi,
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and Jesus talks about
it during His ministry.
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This is probably one of
the most neglected subjects
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that Christians
are... are hearing about
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that is all the
way through the Bible
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and in the same way that
some of those ancient temples
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were designed for more...
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they were just to
keep the sun off of them
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or to, you know, just
house a place of worship,
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there was
something in their design
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that had a lot of
sophistication and meaning.
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Well, nothing could be
more true of the Hebrew temple
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and we're going to find
out a little more about that
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as we delve
into our study today.
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Now, you remember when the
Lord first brought the people
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out of Egypt and
they crossed the Red Sea,
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He did not lead them
right up to the Promised Land.
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He took them
down to Mount Sinai...
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took them south and
away from the Promised Land
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to Mount Horeb
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and there, of course,
Moses gets the Ten Commandments
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but he was on the mountain
forty days and forty nights
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and all that
time on the mountain
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was not just so God could
write the Ten Commandments.
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While he was up
there on the mountain,
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God gave Moses very
specific instructions
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on how to build a sanctuary.
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This was going to be
a very unique building
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and the Bible tells us,
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"Thy way, O God,
is in the sanctuary. "
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The way that God saves people
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is in this
ancient Hebrew structure.
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It also tells us about Christ.
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You remember when Jesus
was there at the Jewish temple
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and the religious
leaders were debating with Him,
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and He said,
"Destroy this temple
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and in three days
I'll raise it up. "
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And they said,
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"What! it's taken 46 years
for us to build this temple,
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how are you going to
raise it up in three days?"
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But He wasn't speaking
of the physical temple,
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He was talking about His body.
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The church is
called the temple of God.
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This ancient structure
teaches us about the church,
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it teaches us about
our physical bodies...
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teaches us about
the plan of salvation
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and it teaches us about prophecy
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as we'll find out more tonight.
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Now, just to give
you an introduction,
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we've got a picture
on the screen here...
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This is sort of an
aerial view of the first temple.
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Now, in the Bible,
in the Old Testament,
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there's really three temples.
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You got the temple
that Moses built...
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it was a portable tabernacle
like the one you see here
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that they carried with them
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as they wandered
through the wilderness.
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Then, when they
settled in the Promised Land,
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David amassed an enormous
amount of gold and silver
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and he helped his son
build this beautiful temple...
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sometimes
called: Solomon's temple
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and it lasted about 400 years.
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That was destroyed... as we
mentioned in an earlier study
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by King Nebuchadnezzar
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and then after they came back
from the Babylonian captivity,
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under the
leadership of Ezra, Nehemiah...
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they then built a third temple.
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That was later refurbished
by Herod the Great...
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he was a very passionate
builder... Hasmonean King
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but he was also a wicked man,
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he's the one that
killed the babies in Bethlehem
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but he loved building
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and he refurbished the temple
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so it was one of
the wonders of the world
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during the Roman
Era... the Jewish temple
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until it was
destroyed in 70 A.D.
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and many are wondering,
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is that temple
going to be rebuilt again?
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We're getting ahead of
ourselves I'll get to that
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so, just looking at this
picture of the first tabernacle
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going through the wilderness,
okay, take a breath...
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Friends, you got
to help me tonight.
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I need you to listen fast
because I'm going to talk fast
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so, after this Program is over,
hopefully you've got software
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so you can slow down the
sermon and listen to it again
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because I've got to
cover a lot of information,
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and I want it to be clear.
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The temple had one entrance...
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there's one way for salvation,
Jesus said, "I am the door...
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anyone else that
comes over the wall
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is a thief and a robber. "
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Jesus is the
door... there was one door.
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First thing you
saw when you came in
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was an altar for
sacrificing lambs.
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Jesus is the Lamb...
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the one who would offer the
sacrifice was the High Priest.
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Jesus is the High Priest
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and then you went
to the altar there...
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that's a symbol of the cross...
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the next thing is you
would come to the altar of water
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the laver of water...
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that represents Jesus
who is also our living water
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and after you accept Christ
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and then we go to... you
accept the blood of the lamb
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and then you go to the
water... children of Israel...
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they sacrificed
the Passover lamb
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then they went
through the Red Sea.
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You can read in 1st
Corinthians chapter 10,
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Paul said, "The
plan of salvation
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is like what the
children of Israel did.
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They were baptized in
the fire and the water. "
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Jesus said, "Unless you are born
of the water and the Spirit,
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you cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven. "
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You had to go by
the fire and the water
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before you went
towards the presence of God.
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We must be born of
the water and the fire.
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The water represents
our choice of baptism...
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the fire is God's
choice... His Spirit...
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and then we move into
the next area together.
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Once you got... and
here again, it's just a...
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an artist's rendering
of the altar and the laver
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and then once you
enter the... the main temple,
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the first apartment
was called: The Holy Place.
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In there, you had a
seven-lamp candlestick.
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You know in
Revelation chapter 1,
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Jesus first
appears in this room...
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in the sanctuary among
the seven candlesticks...
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not in an earthly
temple but in a heavenly temple
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and Jesus is the
light of the world
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but not only is Jesus
the light of the world,
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He said to the church,
"You are to reflect My light,
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you are the
light of the world...
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do not put your
light under a bush. "
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By the way, the walls
of the temple were golden
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and so, they
would reflect the light.
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Then on the opposite side,
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was a table called
the Table of Shewbread
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and there were
12 loaves of bread.
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Jesus is the bread of life
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and that
represents the Word of God
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and then, directly
in front of the veil...
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there's only three articles
of furniture in this room
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but they're all full of meaning
with the altar of incense,
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they would come in and
they had hot coals there...
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they took the coals off
the altar out in the courtyard,
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they brought them
in, they put them there,
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they put some beautiful
incense, some frankincense...
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some myrrh on there...
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that was representing...
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then the prayers of God's people
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would waft over this veil...
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this altar of incense
was in front of a veil
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that separated
the last compartment
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that represented
the presence of God
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and that was where the
Ark of the Covenant was
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but back to the three articles
of furniture in this room.
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They represent... and
they all represent Jesus,
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Jesus is our High Priest...
it intercedes with our prayers
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and you've got three
articles of furniture...
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of course there's three
persons in the godhead...
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there are three disciplines
in the Christian life,
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you have: Bible...
prayer... witnessing...
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letting your light shine...
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the lamp... let
your light shine,
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the altar of incense... prayer,
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the Table of
Shewbread... the Bible,
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"Man doesn't
live by bread alone,
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but by every word. "
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Those are the
three secret weapons
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to success in
the Christian life.
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You show me a
backslidden Christian,
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I will show you
somebody who is neglecting
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one of those three things.
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They're either not
spending time in the Word...
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they're not spending
time on their knees...
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and they're not letting
others know about their faith.
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If you don't do those things,
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you cannot
flourish as a Christian.
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Then, you go into
the inner sanctum...
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the Holy of Holies...
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it was called
one thing in there...
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this was the most sacred
place in the Jewish world
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and it was where the
Ark of the Covenant was
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and that's some of our...
on the street interview said,
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"Wasn't it something to
contain the Scriptures?"
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Well, yes it was the Scriptures
written by the finger of God.
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On the outside of the Ark
and you can see in this picture,
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there's a scroll
leaning against the outside...
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that was the ordinances
in the Ceremonial Laws...
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they were put in a pocket
on the outside of the Ark.
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On the inside of the Ark,
you have the Ten Commandments
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written by the finger of God...
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the Word of
God... the Law of God
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written on stone...
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everybody wishes they
could find the golden box
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but what was really important
was the rocks in the box
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and if you want to know
what is in the rocks in the box,
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you have it in your
Bible in Exodus chapter 20
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and Deuteronomy chapter 5...
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that's the Ten Commandments...
the holy Word of God.
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and so, the top of the
Ark where the two angels are
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the Shekinah glory would
appear to Moses and Aaron
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on the Day of Atonement...
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Moses... whenever he went
in, God would communicate...
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it represented
the presence of God.
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and so, this is
a miniature picture
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of a very real temple
that God has in heaven
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and we learn about the plan
of salvation from this temple.
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Now, we're going to go...
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and before we get
into our questions,
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we always like to
start with a Study
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and a story, I
should say, from the Bible,
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many of you remember when
Jesus... He did it twice...
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once at the beginning...
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once at the end
of this ministry...
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He was in Jerusalem
and He went into the temple
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and He was very
offended by what He saw
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because this place that
was to be a house of prayer...
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they were now selling sacrifices
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and the priests and
salesmen were arguing
00:17:07.46\00:17:09.99
with the
worshippers over the price
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and they had to
exchange their money
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for the temple
coin and they did this
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at much inflated prices
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and they were
arguing and debating
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and you could hear
the lowing of the oxen
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and the cooing of the doves
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and the bleating of the sheep
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and it was a bizarre...
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it was like a
cacophony of confusion
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and Jesus went in there
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and He heard the sights
and the smells and the sound
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and He walked over
and He took some cords
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that were probably used
to like... tie off the sheep
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and He said, "Take
these things hence... "
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He made a whip
out of the cords...
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"take these things hence...
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my Father's house is
to be a house of prayer
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but you have made it
a den of thieves... "
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and He chased them
all out of the temple.
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Now, it's interesting... He did
this twice during His ministry
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and when He said it, He said,
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"My Father's House...
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My Father's House... "
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but at the end of His ministry,
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the last time
He left the temple,
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He said, "Behold, your
house is left to you desolate. "
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His wording changed...
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somewhere along the way,
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He said it went
from "My Father's house"
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to your house
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because when they as
a nation rejected Jesus,
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the purpose of that temple
was going to meet its completion
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at that point.
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So, we're going to
get into our lesson now
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and I think this is
going to make more sense
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as we unpack it along the way.
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First question...
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we begin by studying
the longest time prophecy
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that tells us about when
the sanctuary is cleansed.
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We just saw Jesus cleansing the
sanctuary in the New Testament.
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There's a prophecy
in the Old Testament...
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go to Daniel chapter 8.
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Now, I'm going to
read a little bit...
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Daniel chapter 8
and in this prophecy
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here the prophet talks
about a great judgment day
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and the
sanctuary being cleansed.
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So, I'll begin
with verse 3 here...
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or we're at the
end of verse 2 I guess,
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"And I saw in the vision;
and I was by the river Ulai.
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And then I lifted up
mine eyes, and I saw,
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and there standing by
the river was a ram... "
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that's a male sheep...
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"with two horns: and
the two horns were high;
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but one was
higher than the other,
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and it came up last.
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And I saw the ram
pushing westward...
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northward, and southward;
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so that no animal
could withstand him
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nor was there any that
could deliver from his hand;
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but he did
according to his will,
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and became great.
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And as I was considering,
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suddenly, a male
goat came from the west
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across the surface
of the whole ground,
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without touching the ground:
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and the goat had a
notable horn between his eyes.
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And when he came to the
ram that had the two horns,
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which I had seen
standing by the river,
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he ran at him
with furious power.
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And I saw him
confronting the ram,
00:19:58.59\00:20:00.83
and he was moved
with rage against him,
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and attacked the ram,
and broke his two horns:
00:20:03.10\00:20:05.93
and there was no power
in the ram to withstand him,
00:20:05.97\00:20:09.17
but he cast him down to
the ground, and trampled him:
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and there was no one that could
deliver the ram from his hand.
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Therefore the male
goat grew very great:
00:20:15.34\00:20:17.95
but when he became strong,
the large horn was broken;
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and in its place four
notable horns came up... "
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that's interesting... you
got a goat with four horns,
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"towards the four winds.
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And out of one
of those four horns,
00:20:29.29\00:20:32.33
it sprouted off a
little branch... a little horn,
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which grew exceedingly
great, towards the south,
00:20:35.36\00:20:37.77
and the east, and
towards the Glorious Land.
00:20:37.80\00:20:40.20
And it grew up to
the host of heaven;
00:20:40.24\00:20:42.67
and it cast down
some of the host...
00:20:42.70\00:20:45.14
the stars to the ground,
00:20:45.17\00:20:46.94
and it trampled them.
00:20:46.98\00:20:48.64
He even exalted himself as
high as the prince of the host.
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And by him the daily
sacrifices were taken away,
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and the place of his
sanctuary was cast down.
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Because of transgression,
an army was given over to him
00:20:59.65\00:21:03.29
to oppose the
daily sacrifices... "
00:21:03.32\00:21:05.09
this is the plan of salvation...
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"and he cast the
truth down to the ground. "
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Right... so we talk about
this, these... goat and ram
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they represent kingdoms
00:21:14.04\00:21:15.77
and it tells us
the ram... he comes up
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and then the
goat destroys him...
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the main horn of
the goat broken off...
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four horns come up...
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a sprout comes off
one of those horns...
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it grows into a great kingdom
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and it begins to war against God
00:21:30.15\00:21:32.05
and it casts the
truth down to the ground.
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So, the issue
in this study is...
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what's going on when it casts
the truth down to the ground?
00:21:37.23\00:21:39.93
And it says, "Then I
heard one holy one... "
00:21:39.96\00:21:42.90
an angel...
"speaking; and another holy one
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said to that certain
one that was speaking;
00:21:45.20\00:21:47.40
'How long... '"
00:21:47.44\00:21:48.77
now the angels
are asking a question
00:21:48.80\00:21:50.34
about a time
prophecy regarding nations.
00:21:50.37\00:21:51.97
"How long will the vision be,
concerning the daily sacrifices
00:21:52.01\00:21:56.95
and transgression of desolation"
00:21:56.98\00:21:59.45
now, Jesus talks about
the abomination of desolation,
00:21:59.48\00:22:02.52
"the
transgression of desolation,
00:22:02.55\00:22:04.79
the giving of both
the sanctuary and the host
00:22:04.82\00:22:07.46
to be trampled underfoot?"
00:22:07.49\00:22:08.92
Now, here's the punch line of
what we're studying, right now,
00:22:08.96\00:22:11.13
"He said unto me, 'For two
thousand three hundred days;
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. '"
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Okay, I did a lot of reading
00:22:18.20\00:22:19.53
but now, I wanted you
to get the backdrop...
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if you didn't get
it all, don't worry,
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.37
we're going to back up
and we're going to explain it
00:22:23.41\00:22:25.74
as we proceed.
00:22:25.77\00:22:27.21
Daniel has an amazing vision
00:22:27.24\00:22:28.91
in which he sees a
ram with two horns.
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Who does this Ram represent?
00:22:31.55\00:22:33.65
Well, the angel
comes back and he explains.
00:22:33.68\00:22:36.72
The ram which you
saw having the two horns
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are the kings of
Media and Persia.
00:22:39.79\00:22:42.22
You've got two horns but
one ends up getting higher,
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it's because it started
out as a Medo-Persian kingdom,
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we're going to be
a dual confederacy
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but the Media sort of
got absorbed by the Persians
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.80
and history really
records it mostly now
00:22:51.83\00:22:53.94
as the Persian Empire.
00:22:54.00\00:22:55.34
So, this is the
Persian Empire...
00:22:55.37\00:22:57.67
that was the Medo-Persian Empire
00:22:57.71\00:23:00.18
that was to follow
the Babylonian Empire.
00:23:00.21\00:23:02.98
In this vision...
in Daniel chapter 8,
00:23:03.01\00:23:05.01
he doesn't talk
about Babylon anymore,
00:23:05.05\00:23:07.05
Babylon fell in chapter 6,
00:23:07.08\00:23:08.88
so, now he's talking
about the next kingdom
00:23:08.92\00:23:11.22
and the one after that...
00:23:11.25\00:23:12.72
and the one after that,
00:23:12.75\00:23:14.16
and we're going to
catch up with those.
00:23:14.19\00:23:16.12
Next Daniel saw a goat with
a great horn between his eyes,
00:23:16.16\00:23:20.70
What does this mean?
00:23:20.73\00:23:22.06
Well, let me just
pause here for a moment,
00:23:22.10\00:23:24.00
we're talking about these beasts
00:23:24.07\00:23:25.40
and these beasts
represent different kingdoms...
00:23:25.43\00:23:28.50
different powers.
00:23:28.54\00:23:30.27
If I were to ask our
Studio Audience here...
00:23:30.31\00:23:32.11
if I say... an eagle...
what country do you think of?
00:23:32.14\00:23:36.64
Of course here in
the United States...
00:23:36.68\00:23:39.45
if you think of a
lion... Great Britain, right?
00:23:39.48\00:23:44.49
Think of a bear?
The Rooskies... Russia.
00:23:44.52\00:23:48.62
If you think of
a dragon... China.
00:23:48.66\00:23:51.79
So, even today,
we've got animals
00:23:51.86\00:23:54.96
and even States have
their different animals
00:23:55.00\00:23:57.30
and so, today we
think about animals
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.50
associated with countries,
00:23:59.53\00:24:00.87
they sort of got
their animal logo...
00:24:00.90\00:24:02.24
well, in Bible
prophecy, these different beasts
00:24:02.27\00:24:05.57
represented different
powers and kingdoms...
00:24:05.61\00:24:07.64
and their horns...
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.18
Keep in mind...
the Jewish people...
00:24:09.24\00:24:10.78
they were a nation of shepherds
00:24:10.85\00:24:12.68
and so, they were very well
acquainted with sheep and goats.
00:24:12.71\00:24:15.58
Jesus tells parables
about the sheep and the goat
00:24:15.62\00:24:18.45
being separated, Matthew 25
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.66
and so, Daniel's
given this vision in a way
00:24:20.72\00:24:23.73
that his people could understand
these different powers.
00:24:23.76\00:24:26.33
It's given an apocalyptic
symbols to protect it
00:24:26.36\00:24:29.66
because he talks
about the destruction
00:24:29.70\00:24:31.03
of the Persian Empire
00:24:31.07\00:24:32.40
and then later the
destruction of the Greek Empire,
00:24:32.43\00:24:34.90
then he transitions into Rome
00:24:34.94\00:24:36.57
but I'm getting ahead again.
00:24:36.60\00:24:38.14
Next, Daniel saw a goat with
a great horn between his eyes...
00:24:38.17\00:24:42.11
what does this mean?
00:24:42.14\00:24:43.48
Well, it tells us that
this goat that demolishes the
00:24:43.51\00:24:47.48
kingdom of Medo-Persia...
history makes it pretty clear:
00:24:47.52\00:24:51.42
The rough goat is
the king of Grecia...
00:24:51.45\00:24:54.46
do we have to guess
or does the Bible tell us
00:24:54.49\00:24:56.52
what these things mean?
00:24:56.56\00:24:57.93
The rough goat is
the king of Greece
00:24:57.96\00:25:00.10
and the horn between
his eyes is the first king.
00:25:00.13\00:25:03.26
Who is that
Macedonian Greek king
00:25:03.30\00:25:06.53
that conquered with such speed?
00:25:06.57\00:25:09.74
He's known
through much of the world
00:25:09.77\00:25:12.87
as Alexander the Great
00:25:12.94\00:25:14.84
and a very young king...
00:25:14.88\00:25:16.75
he started like 18 years of age
00:25:16.78\00:25:18.68
and in just about 11
years, he marched his army
00:25:18.71\00:25:23.49
11,000 miles
00:25:23.52\00:25:25.45
and he conquered Persia and...
00:25:25.49\00:25:28.36
and Egypt and many of
the big kingdoms back then
00:25:28.39\00:25:31.83
and he did it quickly
00:25:31.86\00:25:33.63
and it says he
grew very great...
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.40
he... you know,
Alexander when he traveled,
00:25:35.43\00:25:38.03
he not only took a big army...
00:25:38.07\00:25:39.73
he took almost as big an
army of scientists and linguists
00:25:39.77\00:25:43.07
and philosophers
00:25:43.10\00:25:44.71
because he was
spreading the Greek culture
00:25:44.74\00:25:46.34
which they believe was superior
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.14
and you can even see it...
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.85
they can still find today
some of the ancient Greek coins
00:25:50.88\00:25:53.58
that have Alexander's image.
00:25:53.62\00:25:55.25
He was that first large horn
that was used to kill the ram.
00:25:55.28\00:25:59.99
Alexander came
against the Persians
00:26:00.02\00:26:01.99
and even though he
was a greatly outnumbered,
00:26:02.02\00:26:04.49
he was such a brilliant
General... so courageous...
00:26:04.56\00:26:06.36
that they had no
power to stand against him.
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.53
He just plowed ahead
and his army followed after.
00:26:08.56\00:26:10.67
But, it says,
that one being broken,
00:26:10.70\00:26:13.84
Alexander could
conquer the world
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.20
but he could not conquer himself
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.47
and they're not sure
whether it was poisoning
00:26:18.51\00:26:21.81
or Malaria
00:26:21.84\00:26:23.28
or alcohol that... that did it
00:26:23.31\00:26:26.58
but after a feast one night,
00:26:26.61\00:26:29.82
he got a fever and
died not long after,
00:26:29.85\00:26:32.15
and I think I
mentioned to you earlier
00:26:32.19\00:26:34.22
that when his Generals asked him
"Who will rule in your place?"
00:26:34.26\00:26:37.86
he said, "The strongest... "
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.23
because he didn't really
have a son old enough to rule.
00:26:39.26\00:26:42.00
Now, that being
broken, when he died,
00:26:42.03\00:26:45.03
it says, "Whereas
four stood up for it,
00:26:45.07\00:26:48.00
four kingdoms will
stand up out of this nation. "
00:26:48.04\00:26:50.97
History is very clear about
this that Alexander's Empire
00:26:51.01\00:26:54.31
it spread almost
from India to Macedonia
00:26:54.34\00:26:57.51
down into Egypt and...
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.35
but when he died, he had
sort of divided his Empire
00:26:59.38\00:27:03.42
among his main four
Generals, Cassander, Lysimachus,
00:27:03.45\00:27:07.46
Ptolemy and Seleucus
00:27:07.49\00:27:08.96
and that was the divisions...
it... just as the prophecy said,
00:27:09.02\00:27:14.10
in place of that one
horn... four horns came up.
00:27:14.13\00:27:17.23
It says, "Then a
little horn sprouts up
00:27:17.27\00:27:21.10
from one of the four horns.
00:27:21.14\00:27:24.01
So, from one division... I
got to back up a slide here,
00:27:24.04\00:27:27.68
you see, one division of
the kingdom, Cassander...
00:27:27.74\00:27:30.85
he ended up taking over some
of the territory over by Rome
00:27:30.88\00:27:35.52
and from that sprout, another
kingdom begins to come up.
00:27:35.55\00:27:40.16
Well, you read in the Bible,
who was ruling after the Greeks?
00:27:40.19\00:27:44.53
It says, Claudius Caesar
00:27:44.56\00:27:46.76
had commanded all the
Jews to depart from Rome.
00:27:46.80\00:27:49.46
Rome was the
power that was ruling...
00:27:49.50\00:27:51.73
they're the ones who, of course,
00:27:51.77\00:27:53.87
they had to get approval...
00:27:53.90\00:27:55.57
they execute
Jesus... from the Romans.
00:27:55.60\00:27:57.24
So, you've got this great
goat of the Greek kingdom...
00:27:57.31\00:28:02.94
middle horn breaks
off... main horn breaks off...
00:28:02.98\00:28:05.88
four horns come up...
those are the four divisions
00:28:05.91\00:28:08.75
but out of one of them,
00:28:08.78\00:28:10.25
the Roman
Empire begins to emerge
00:28:10.29\00:28:13.25
and it ends up growing
bigger than the other three
00:28:13.29\00:28:16.73
and it overpowers all the others
00:28:16.79\00:28:19.19
and that's exactly
what happened in history.
00:28:19.26\00:28:21.43
Even today, in architecture,
we call it Greco-Roman
00:28:21.46\00:28:24.53
because the Romans kind
of grew up out of the Greeks,
00:28:24.57\00:28:27.57
they adopted and
absorbed a number of their gods
00:28:27.60\00:28:30.47
and they adopted some of
their culture and their...
00:28:30.51\00:28:33.34
their... even their government
00:28:33.38\00:28:34.71
and it says, "In this
horn... this little horn...
00:28:34.74\00:28:39.08
were eyes like
the eyes of a man... "
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.55
now, this is in Daniel 7
00:28:41.58\00:28:42.92
but it's talking
about the same Little Horn.
00:28:42.95\00:28:44.29
His eyes were like
the eyes of a man...
00:28:44.32\00:28:46.59
his mouth speaking great
or pompous blasphemous things
00:28:46.65\00:28:49.69
and he will be
diverse from the first...
00:28:49.72\00:28:52.86
and it's from this horn
the anti-Christ power comes.
00:28:52.89\00:28:56.73
Now, I want to pause here...
00:28:56.77\00:28:58.77
when we're talking about
the beasts here in Daniel,
00:28:58.80\00:29:02.60
we haven't read chapter 7 yet,
00:29:02.64\00:29:04.81
but chapter 7's got a
lion... a bear... a leopard...
00:29:04.84\00:29:07.84
a strange beast...
00:29:07.88\00:29:09.24
and then we just read
about... ram... a goat...
00:29:09.28\00:29:11.81
then we get to Revelation
00:29:11.88\00:29:13.68
and it talks
about the beastie beast
00:29:13.72\00:29:16.72
that is a
conglomeration of these beasts
00:29:16.75\00:29:19.69
and it tells us that
he's the one who enforces
00:29:19.72\00:29:22.56
the Mark of the Beast.
00:29:22.62\00:29:24.46
We're not talking about
00:29:24.49\00:29:26.26
some monster
coming out of the ground,
00:29:26.29\00:29:27.73
what we're talking about
00:29:27.76\00:29:29.23
is this is going to be a power
00:29:29.26\00:29:31.07
that is going to have an
influence over the world.
00:29:31.13\00:29:32.77
It now grows out
of Rome and spreads...
00:29:32.80\00:29:37.01
we're going to get to that...
as a matter of fact, this week
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.37
Saturday morning
we have a Program...
00:29:39.41\00:29:41.81
Friday night we have a Program
00:29:41.84\00:29:43.51
and we also have a
program Saturday night,
00:29:43.55\00:29:45.95
talking about the Beast
and the Mark of the Beast.
00:29:45.98\00:29:48.65
So, please tune in
for those Programs.
00:29:48.68\00:29:51.75
So, Daniel was told
that this little horn
00:29:51.79\00:29:54.79
would defile the sanctuary.
00:29:54.82\00:29:57.43
How long till it
would be cleansed?
00:29:57.46\00:30:00.16
So, we read this... he said,
00:30:00.20\00:30:03.00
Two thousand
three hundred days...
00:30:03.03\00:30:05.43
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
00:30:05.47\00:30:07.87
Cleansed from what?
00:30:07.90\00:30:09.27
Well, it said the Beast
Power would cast the truth
00:30:09.30\00:30:11.84
to the ground
00:30:11.87\00:30:13.27
and it would interfere
with the daily sacrifice...
00:30:13.31\00:30:15.41
meaning, the
sacrifice of the lambs
00:30:15.44\00:30:17.41
represented the work
and ministry of Jesus...
00:30:17.45\00:30:20.82
the gospel of salvation
00:30:20.88\00:30:22.88
and it would try to
corrupt that and defile it
00:30:22.92\00:30:25.65
with lies and cast
the truth to the ground,
00:30:25.69\00:30:28.42
so, it's a
religious political power.
00:30:28.46\00:30:31.23
How did Daniel respond when
he saw the little-horn power
00:30:31.26\00:30:36.06
persecuting God's
people and obscure the truth?
00:30:36.10\00:30:38.63
Now, Daniel is
getting older at this point...
00:30:38.67\00:30:41.20
he's in his 80s...
00:30:41.24\00:30:42.70
and he's so disappointed
to see the persecution
00:30:42.74\00:30:46.01
God's people are going through,
00:30:46.04\00:30:47.38
he says, "And I Daniel fainted,
and I was sick certain days;
00:30:47.41\00:30:52.55
and I was
astonished at the vision,
00:30:52.61\00:30:55.08
but none understood it... "
00:30:55.12\00:30:56.72
and that's Daniel 8:27.
00:30:56.75\00:30:58.32
So, the angel tries to
help him understand these things
00:30:58.35\00:31:01.09
but Daniel is... he's
overwhelmed by it all,
00:31:01.12\00:31:04.83
so the angel realizes
Daniel's getting up there...
00:31:04.86\00:31:08.56
he needs some time to rest and
recover... ponder these things,
00:31:08.63\00:31:11.57
and the angel then
comes back in the next chapter
00:31:11.60\00:31:15.17
and picks up where he left off
00:31:15.20\00:31:16.54
to not only explain the starting
point for this 2,300 days
00:31:16.57\00:31:20.74
but he also adds the
most important prophecy
00:31:20.78\00:31:24.35
that Daniel was praying about,
00:31:24.38\00:31:26.61
when will the Messiah come?
00:31:26.65\00:31:28.78
This was the yearning in the
heart of every Jewish believer.
00:31:28.82\00:31:32.85
So, you go to Daniel chapter 9
00:31:32.89\00:31:36.66
and Daniel... we read
all of Daniel chapter 9
00:31:36.69\00:31:38.89
and we're going to
turn there real quick...
00:31:38.93\00:31:40.80
Daniel is praying
00:31:40.83\00:31:43.33
and in his prayer he's wondering
00:31:43.37\00:31:45.47
how long God is going
to deal with His people
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.30
because they've got this
roller coaster relationship.
00:31:47.34\00:31:49.97
One of the main
purposes for the Jewish nation
00:31:50.01\00:31:53.14
was to
demonstrate how God saves.
00:31:53.17\00:31:54.64
The way that He
saved them from Egypt...
00:31:54.68\00:31:57.38
in spite of them being stubborn,
00:31:57.41\00:31:59.35
tells us how God can save us
00:31:59.41\00:32:01.28
in spite of our hard
heartedness sometimes
00:32:01.32\00:32:03.69
and he converts us and
gives us those soft hearts
00:32:03.72\00:32:06.76
and the New Covenant experience.
00:32:06.79\00:32:08.16
He's leading them
through the plagues...
00:32:08.19\00:32:10.33
the devil doesn't
want to let go of them...
00:32:10.39\00:32:12.89
Jesus saves us from
the devil's resistance...
00:32:12.93\00:32:15.30
Red Sea...
baptized in the water,
00:32:15.36\00:32:18.13
pillar of fire...
baptized in the fire,
00:32:18.17\00:32:20.80
they get
hungry... bread from heaven,
00:32:20.84\00:32:23.47
man lives by the Word of God...
00:32:23.51\00:32:25.11
they get thirsty...
living water from a rock,
00:32:25.14\00:32:27.28
Paul says,
"Jesus is the rock... "
00:32:27.34\00:32:29.14
the whole experience
of the children of Israel
00:32:29.18\00:32:31.65
is really telling us
about the plan of salvation
00:32:31.68\00:32:34.12
and when they
build that tabernacle
00:32:34.15\00:32:36.69
out in the wilderness,
00:32:36.75\00:32:38.09
it illustrates how we're saved
00:32:38.12\00:32:41.29
and the defiling
of that tabernacle
00:32:41.32\00:32:43.93
is representing a
defiling of the gospel.
00:32:43.96\00:32:46.59
Now, I think everyone knows
00:32:46.66\00:32:48.00
there's a lot of hypocrisy
and a lot of corruption
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.87
that is constantly
trying to find its way
00:32:50.90\00:32:52.77
into Christianity.
00:32:52.80\00:32:54.14
It's the most
divided religion in the world
00:32:54.17\00:32:56.71
and that's because the
devil is always attacking it.
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.47
So, Daniel begins his prayer...
Daniel chapter 9 verse 23,
00:32:59.51\00:33:03.55
and the angel comes to him
00:33:03.61\00:33:06.08
and the angel says,
00:33:06.11\00:33:07.78
"At the beginning
of your supplication
00:33:07.82\00:33:09.62
the command went out,
and I've come to tell you. "
00:33:09.68\00:33:11.92
That's good to know
that speed of light...
00:33:11.95\00:33:15.26
186,000 miles a second...
00:33:15.29\00:33:18.26
speed of sound... depending
on air pressure and altitude
00:33:18.29\00:33:22.06
about 700 miles an hour.
00:33:22.10\00:33:23.70
Angels travel a speed
where the highway patrol
00:33:23.73\00:33:26.77
will never catch you
00:33:26.80\00:33:28.14
because he leaves heaven at
the beginning of Daniel's prayer
00:33:28.17\00:33:31.47
out in the cosmos somewhere
00:33:31.51\00:33:33.78
and he streaks through
space the speed of thought
00:33:33.81\00:33:35.98
and gets through earth by
the time Daniel's done praying
00:33:36.04\00:33:39.41
and he says, why he has come?
00:33:39.45\00:33:41.95
In the next chapter,
00:33:41.98\00:33:43.42
the angel explains the
prophecy in greater detail.
00:33:43.45\00:33:47.46
How long was the time
period not previously mentioned
00:33:47.49\00:33:51.06
in the vision?
00:33:51.09\00:33:52.43
So, now the angel says,
00:33:52.46\00:33:53.83
"Look, I want to
give you one more thing,
00:33:53.86\00:33:55.20
you couldn't
handle before you fainted,
00:33:55.23\00:33:56.56
I'm going to finish up
my message and my mission. "
00:33:56.60\00:34:00.54
If you look in Daniel
chapter 9 and it tells us
00:34:00.57\00:34:04.57
the angel says...
I'll start with verse 22,
00:34:04.61\00:34:08.18
"And he informed me... "
00:34:08.21\00:34:10.45
and by the way, this is Gabriel
00:34:10.51\00:34:11.85
who later, we know
because he comes to Mary
00:34:11.88\00:34:14.55
100s of years later
and he hasn't aged a bit,
00:34:14.58\00:34:17.25
it's nice to know
we'll have glorified bodies
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.75
like that some day
00:34:19.79\00:34:21.72
and so, Gabriel who I'd seen
at the vision at the beginning
00:34:21.76\00:34:25.16
being caused to fly swiftly,
00:34:25.19\00:34:27.66
he reached me about the time
of the evening offering... "
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.96
and if you go to
Daniel 9 verse 23,
00:34:30.00\00:34:33.00
he says, "At the
beginning of your supplications
00:34:33.03\00:34:35.90
the command went
out... " from God
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.61
"and I've come to tell you,
for you are greatly beloved;
00:34:37.64\00:34:40.98
therefore consider the matter,
and understand the vision:
00:34:41.01\00:34:44.11
'Seventy weeks
are determined... '"
00:34:44.15\00:34:46.18
that word
"determined" means cut off...
00:34:46.21\00:34:48.18
"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people... "
00:34:48.22\00:34:51.15
who are his people?
00:34:51.19\00:34:52.65
Jewish nation, right?
00:34:52.69\00:34:54.06
"To finish transgression,
to make an end of sins,
00:34:54.09\00:34:59.49
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:34:59.53\00:35:02.03
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.50
to seal up the vision...
" to finish off this vision,
00:35:04.53\00:35:07.37
"And to anoint the Most Holy. "
00:35:07.40\00:35:10.31
Who is the Most Holy?
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.61
It's got to be Jesus, right?
00:35:12.64\00:35:14.54
Then he gives it time...
00:35:14.58\00:35:16.68
he says, "know
therefore and understand,
00:35:16.71\00:35:18.28
that from the going
forth of the command... "
00:35:18.31\00:35:20.48
okay, here it is,
you can underscore this,
00:35:20.52\00:35:22.65
this is verse 25,
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.15
it's the starting
point for the visions
00:35:24.19\00:35:25.99
for both the 2,300-Day vision
00:35:26.05\00:35:28.96
and for the 490-Year vision.
00:35:28.99\00:35:31.89
So, he said,
00:35:31.93\00:35:33.26
"Seventy weeks are
determined upon your people. "
00:35:33.29\00:35:35.06
A week has got how many days?
00:35:35.13\00:35:37.50
Seven...
00:35:37.53\00:35:39.23
seventy weeks is how many days?
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.20
Seven times seven
timetable... 49...
00:35:41.24\00:35:44.64
right, so you got
seven times seven...
00:35:44.67\00:35:48.04
you got 49 or 490 days...
00:35:48.08\00:35:51.51
70 weeks...
00:35:51.55\00:35:52.88
now, a day in prophecy is a year
00:35:52.91\00:35:57.95
so, he says, there's
seventy weeks in this vision
00:35:57.99\00:36:01.92
"To anoint the Most Holy.
00:36:01.99\00:36:03.39
Know therefore and understand,
00:36:03.43\00:36:05.89
from the going
forth of the command... "
00:36:05.93\00:36:07.26
here's the starting point...
00:36:07.30\00:36:08.63
"To restore and
build Jerusalem... "
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.80
after they went home
from the Babylonian captivity,
00:36:10.87\00:36:13.34
king of Persia gave a command
00:36:13.37\00:36:15.37
that they can restore
and build Jerusalem...
00:36:15.40\00:36:17.51
from that date "Until
the Messiah the Prince,
00:36:17.54\00:36:19.57
there will be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks... "
00:36:19.61\00:36:22.78
so, that's telling
us 7 and 62 is 69...
00:36:22.81\00:36:26.58
"The street will be built again,
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.78
and the wall in
troublous times. "
00:36:28.82\00:36:30.92
That's what happened
in the book of Nehemiah...
00:36:30.95\00:36:32.59
they rebuilt the
wall in troublous times.
00:36:32.65\00:36:34.32
"And after the sixty two weeks;
00:36:34.36\00:36:36.73
Messiah will be cut off,
00:36:36.76\00:36:38.36
but not for Himself... "
00:36:38.39\00:36:39.96
Messiah was cut off for us.
00:36:40.00\00:36:41.96
"And the people of the
prince that shall come... "
00:36:42.00\00:36:44.73
that's the persecuting power,
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.57
"Shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary. "
00:36:46.60\00:36:48.84
It was foretold that
the city and the sanctuary
00:36:48.87\00:36:50.51
would be destroyed.
00:36:50.54\00:36:51.87
This is so clear
because when this prophecy came,
00:36:51.91\00:36:54.01
the old temple
had been destroyed
00:36:54.04\00:36:55.61
and it wasn't even rebuilt.
00:36:55.64\00:36:57.45
So, Daniel is saying,
it's going to be rebuilt
00:36:57.48\00:36:58.91
and destroyed again.
00:36:58.95\00:37:01.32
"And the end
shall be with a flood,
00:37:01.35\00:37:02.85
and the end of the war
desolations are determined. "
00:37:02.88\00:37:05.59
The abomination of desolation...
00:37:05.62\00:37:06.96
"and He... " going
back to the subject
00:37:06.99\00:37:09.49
of the Messiah...
00:37:09.52\00:37:11.09
"He'll confirm the
covenant with many for one week;
00:37:11.13\00:37:12.99
but in the middle of the week
00:37:13.03\00:37:14.96
He'll bring an end to
sacrifice and offering.
00:37:15.00\00:37:17.50
And on the wing of abominations
00:37:17.53\00:37:19.70
shall one be who makes desolate,
00:37:19.73\00:37:21.87
even until the consummation,
which is determined,
00:37:21.90\00:37:24.64
is poured on the desolate. "
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.01
That finishes out chapter 9.
00:37:26.04\00:37:27.38
All right, back to our
questions and we'll expound
00:37:27.41\00:37:30.11
as we go here.
00:37:30.15\00:37:31.48
What was the
starting point given
00:37:31.51\00:37:34.52
for the 2,300-days and
70-week time prophecies?
00:37:34.55\00:37:38.62
Both prophecies...
one starting point.
00:37:38.65\00:37:40.79
One's given in chapter 8...
00:37:40.86\00:37:42.42
one prophecy is
given in chapter 9...
00:37:42.46\00:37:45.19
but only starting
point is in chapter 9.
00:37:45.23\00:37:47.93
It tells us,
"Therefore, understand
00:37:47.96\00:37:51.23
that from the going
forth of the command
00:37:51.27\00:37:53.27
to restore and build Jerusalem
00:37:53.30\00:37:55.20
unto the Messiah the
Prince shall be seven weeks,
00:37:55.24\00:37:58.94
and threescore and two weeks. "
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.61
Now, that means... it says,
"To anoint the Most Holy...
00:38:00.64\00:38:04.05
the Messiah the Prince. "
00:38:04.11\00:38:06.11
When was Jesus anointed?
00:38:06.15\00:38:08.08
At His baptism
00:38:08.12\00:38:11.45
but we'll get to
that in just a second.
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.56
The decree of Artaxerxes...
the starting point...
00:38:13.62\00:38:16.06
was given in 457 B.C.
00:38:16.09\00:38:18.86
and, you know, the Lord is good,
00:38:18.89\00:38:20.23
He actually gives us the decree
00:38:20.26\00:38:21.60
it's in the Bible in
Ezra chapter 7 verse 7.
00:38:21.63\00:38:24.70
The very decree is reproduced
00:38:24.73\00:38:26.84
so we know what
the starting point is
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.70
and it's a very clearly
established date in history,
00:38:28.94\00:38:32.24
we have a lot of
records in cuneiform
00:38:32.27\00:38:34.48
and some of the
Mesopotamian history
00:38:34.51\00:38:36.64
that tell us when
this decree went forth...
00:38:36.68\00:38:38.91
also, the Hebrew history.
00:38:38.98\00:38:40.32
Now, in prophecy,
when it talks about a day
00:38:40.35\00:38:44.52
it represents a year.
00:38:44.55\00:38:46.05
You can see here in Ezekiel 4:6,
00:38:46.09\00:38:49.76
"I have appointed
thee each day for a year. "
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.73
If you look at Numbers 14:34,
00:38:51.79\00:38:54.73
"each day for a year. "
00:38:54.76\00:38:56.26
Some of you remember
when in Luke chapter 13
00:38:56.30\00:38:59.80
when the religious leaders
came and they warned Jesus
00:38:59.83\00:39:05.11
King Herod has
killed John the Baptist...
00:39:05.14\00:39:07.48
Jesus responded... He
said, "Go tell that fox
00:39:07.51\00:39:10.61
I teach... do
cures... perform miracles...
00:39:10.65\00:39:13.72
cast out devils today, tomorrow
00:39:13.75\00:39:17.09
and the third day
I'll be perfected. "
00:39:17.12\00:39:19.12
Well, this was like six
months into Jesus' ministry.
00:39:19.15\00:39:22.29
He doesn't preach
three more days...
00:39:22.32\00:39:24.69
he preaches three more years.
00:39:24.76\00:39:26.09
So, even Jesus used the
day for the year principle.
00:39:26.13\00:39:29.50
So, using that...
00:39:29.53\00:39:31.83
if each prophetic day
really equals a year...
00:39:31.87\00:39:34.30
and you start at 457,
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.21
let's see what happens here.
00:39:37.27\00:39:39.07
The angel said... Question 8...
00:39:39.14\00:39:40.91
If you were to count
69 weeks from 457 B.C.,
00:39:40.94\00:39:44.05
you would come to
the Messiah the Prince.
00:39:44.08\00:39:47.12
Did this happen?
00:39:47.18\00:39:48.52
Now, all this was fulfilled...
00:39:48.55\00:39:50.85
all this was done,
that it might be fulfilled
00:39:50.89\00:39:53.39
which was spoken of by the Lord
00:39:53.42\00:39:55.66
by the prophet, saying,
00:39:55.69\00:39:57.29
Behold, a virgin shall
conceive and be with child,
00:39:57.33\00:40:00.33
and bring forth a son,
00:40:00.36\00:40:01.90
and His name will
be called Emmanuel,
00:40:01.93\00:40:04.47
which being
interpreted is, God with us.
00:40:04.53\00:40:07.04
Jesus came right on time
00:40:07.07\00:40:09.47
and it said that... it
would anoint the Most Holy.
00:40:09.50\00:40:13.48
So, keep in mind,
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.88
you've got 490 years
in this 70-Week prophecy
00:40:15.91\00:40:19.41
but it breaks it up.
00:40:19.45\00:40:20.92
So, first we're going
to look at 483 years of it
00:40:20.95\00:40:24.35
and that reaches unto 27 A.D.
00:40:24.39\00:40:29.76
if you start at 457 B.C.
00:40:29.79\00:40:32.33
When Jesus began preaching,
you know what He said?
00:40:32.39\00:40:35.46
"the time is fulfilled. "
00:40:35.50\00:40:37.77
What's He talking about?
00:40:37.80\00:40:39.13
He's pointing back to
this prophecy that talks about
00:40:39.17\00:40:42.60
his being anointed
with the Holy Spirit.
00:40:42.67\00:40:44.37
So, if you look at
483... 483 years from 457 B.C.,
00:40:44.41\00:40:51.18
that reaches to 27 A.D.
00:40:51.21\00:40:55.28
Now, in the
gospel of Luke chapter 3,
00:40:55.32\00:40:59.99
this is one of the most firmly
established dates in history
00:41:00.02\00:41:02.26
because there Dr.
Luke is very kind...
00:41:02.29\00:41:06.06
he tells us,
"You've got Tiberius Caesar,
00:41:06.09\00:41:09.80
you've got Pontius Pilate,
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.67
you've got Herod
Philip and Herod Agrippa...
00:41:11.70\00:41:14.90
we know that there's
only one time in history
00:41:14.94\00:41:18.07
when all these kings overlap
00:41:18.11\00:41:20.41
and so, here it is in 27 A.D.
00:41:20.48\00:41:22.68
Jesus comes to John the
Baptist at the Jordan...
00:41:22.74\00:41:25.21
He's baptized
00:41:25.28\00:41:27.15
and the Holy
Spirit comes down on Him
00:41:27.18\00:41:29.52
and He begins His ministry
to anoint the Most Holy.
00:41:29.58\00:41:32.72
You know, Jesus
never did a miracle
00:41:32.75\00:41:34.62
up until He was baptized.
00:41:34.66\00:41:36.52
It happened right on time
00:41:36.56\00:41:38.39
and, you know, the Jews
should have been able to
00:41:38.43\00:41:40.90
pin point pretty close
what His birth would be
00:41:40.93\00:41:43.43
because they knew that
He couldn't begin serving
00:41:43.47\00:41:45.97
as a Priest until He was 30...
00:41:46.00\00:41:48.40
you just count back
30 years from A.D. 27...
00:41:48.44\00:41:51.71
Jesus was born about 4 B.C.
00:41:51.74\00:41:53.94
so, they could have been...
even used to calculate that.
00:41:53.98\00:41:57.11
All right, let's keep going,
00:41:57.15\00:41:58.48
it says, in the
middle of that last week,
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.22
He will confirm the covenant.
00:42:00.25\00:42:01.58
So, if you go three and
a half years after 27 A.D.,
00:42:01.62\00:42:06.02
what happens?
00:42:06.05\00:42:07.39
What was to take
place next in the prophecy?
00:42:07.42\00:42:10.03
After
threescore and two weeks...
00:42:10.06\00:42:12.89
so, you've got
first the seven weeks...
00:42:12.93\00:42:15.56
that's when they're
building the wall and the street
00:42:15.60\00:42:17.80
in troublous times.
00:42:17.83\00:42:19.17
It's at 49-years
during Ezra... Nehemiah...
00:42:19.20\00:42:21.70
they're trying to rebuild
the city... the temple...
00:42:21.74\00:42:23.74
and it said, "After
that period of time,
00:42:23.77\00:42:27.24
Messiah will be cut
off but not for himself. "
00:42:27.28\00:42:29.88
So, you've got a lot of
cutting off happening here,
00:42:29.91\00:42:33.08
it tells us that 70 weeks
are cut off from my people.
00:42:33.11\00:42:36.18
Here the Messiah is cut off in
the middle of this last 7 years,
00:42:36.25\00:42:40.59
Jesus teaches for
three and a half years
00:42:40.62\00:42:44.13
and then He dies on the Cross...
00:42:44.19\00:42:45.99
it says, "He will make
the sacrifice cease... "
00:42:46.03\00:42:48.33
He will confirm the
covenant with many for one week.
00:42:48.36\00:42:51.63
Now, with all due respect,
I've got some friends out there
00:42:51.67\00:42:54.74
and they think, "Oh, the
one confirming the covenant...
00:42:54.77\00:42:57.31
that's the Antichrist. "
00:42:57.37\00:42:59.37
Really? What
covenant does the Bible say
00:42:59.44\00:43:01.61
the Antichrist
makes with anybody?
00:43:01.64\00:43:03.08
There's no record...
00:43:03.11\00:43:04.45
the subject of this
prophecy is the Messiah coming.
00:43:04.48\00:43:07.18
It's not talking
about the Antichrist
00:43:07.22\00:43:09.05
confirming a covenant.
00:43:09.08\00:43:10.52
Jesus came to
confirm the covenant
00:43:10.55\00:43:12.95
the He made with His people
00:43:12.99\00:43:14.32
that He would be
the one, the Messiah,
00:43:14.36\00:43:15.82
to save them from their sins.
00:43:15.86\00:43:17.19
It says in the
midst of the week,
00:43:17.23\00:43:18.56
Jesus teaches exactly
three and a half years...
00:43:18.59\00:43:21.36
that's half of seven.
00:43:21.40\00:43:22.73
He dies on the
cross and what happens?
00:43:22.76\00:43:25.30
He makes the sacrifice cease.
00:43:25.33\00:43:27.37
The veil in the temple
rips from top to bottom.
00:43:27.40\00:43:30.24
Not only was the veil ripped,
00:43:30.31\00:43:32.31
showing that we no
longer use that temple,
00:43:32.34\00:43:34.68
but the High Priest
tore his garments...
00:43:34.71\00:43:36.54
which they were
never supposed to do...
00:43:36.58\00:43:38.55
meaning that we now
have a new priesthood.
00:43:38.58\00:43:40.95
We are a royal
priesthood, a holy nation
00:43:40.98\00:43:44.29
because the veil...
2nd Corinthians 3:14,
00:43:44.32\00:43:47.59
the veil is
taken away in Christ.
00:43:47.62\00:43:50.33
When Jesus died on the Cross,
00:43:50.36\00:43:52.63
do we need to
sacrifice lambs anymore?
00:43:52.66\00:43:54.40
No...
00:43:54.43\00:43:56.56
so, He caused the
sacrifice to cease
00:43:56.63\00:44:00.04
and it's interesting that
when the temple was destroyed,
00:44:00.07\00:44:03.64
the Jews have not
had a sacrificial system
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.67
from that time
to the present day.
00:44:05.71\00:44:07.51
That was because of
Jesus... not the Romans.
00:44:07.54\00:44:10.05
So, it says that exactly
three and a half years later,
00:44:10.08\00:44:15.58
He dies on the cross in 31 A.D.
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.65
but we got three
and a half more years
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.92
before something significant
and Biblical happens.
00:44:19.95\00:44:22.69
It says, He confirms
the covenant in person...
00:44:22.72\00:44:25.36
well, how does He
confirm the covenant again
00:44:25.39\00:44:28.00
now that He's gone to heaven?
00:44:28.03\00:44:29.53
To whom did Jesus tell
His disciples to first preach?
00:44:29.56\00:44:33.57
It says, "Go not in the
way of the Gentiles... "
00:44:33.60\00:44:37.64
Wait a second, I thought Jesus
wanted them to go everywhere.
00:44:37.67\00:44:39.71
Not at first...
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.34
when He was on
earth, He even told this...
00:44:41.38\00:44:44.81
this Phoenician woman,
00:44:44.88\00:44:46.48
He said, "I'm not
sent but to the lost sheep
00:44:46.51\00:44:47.85
of the house of Israel.
00:44:47.88\00:44:49.22
He told the woman at the well,
"Salvation is of the Jews... "
00:44:49.25\00:44:52.75
She wanted to argue with Him,
00:44:52.79\00:44:54.12
"Do we sacrifice in
Jerusalem or Mount Gerizm?"
00:44:54.16\00:44:56.83
He said,
"Salvation is of the Jews...
00:44:56.89\00:44:58.23
I am sent to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel... "
00:44:58.26\00:45:00.86
Jesus ministry was
to confirm the covenant
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.50
with the children of
Abraham for one week.
00:45:03.53\00:45:06.10
Three and a half years in person
00:45:06.13\00:45:08.80
and then Jesus
said to the apostles,
00:45:08.84\00:45:11.24
"As the Father sent
me, so send I you. "
00:45:11.27\00:45:13.68
Three and a half years,
00:45:13.71\00:45:15.41
He specifically had
them preaching to the Jews.
00:45:15.44\00:45:17.95
"Do not go in the
way of the Gentiles...
00:45:17.98\00:45:20.68
go rather to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel. "
00:45:20.72\00:45:23.65
The first audience
for the apostles was Jews.
00:45:23.69\00:45:27.02
On the Day of Pentecost,
there were devout Jews gathered
00:45:27.06\00:45:30.59
and the Holy
Spirit was poured out...
00:45:30.63\00:45:32.03
2,000 Jews were baptized,
00:45:32.09\00:45:33.90
few days later, 5,000 Jews...
00:45:33.93\00:45:36.40
I said 2,000... was it 2,000?
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.40
2,000 yeah... and then 5,000...
00:45:38.43\00:45:40.24
a few days later were baptized.
00:45:40.27\00:45:42.00
Their first ministry for
the first three and a half years
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.84
after Christ... was
only to the Jewish nations.
00:45:44.87\00:45:47.64
Notice now,
00:45:47.68\00:45:50.48
how does Jesus continue
to confirm the covenant?
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.71
Read in Hebrews 2 verse 3,
00:45:52.75\00:45:55.18
"How shall we escape if we
neglect so great a salvation,
00:45:55.22\00:45:59.09
which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord... "
00:45:59.12\00:46:02.96
began to be
confirmed by the Lord...
00:46:02.99\00:46:05.06
"but was later confirmed... "
00:46:05.09\00:46:07.66
what's that word?
00:46:07.70\00:46:09.20
"confirmed to us by
those who heard Him. "
00:46:09.23\00:46:13.54
He confirms the
covenant with the Jewish nation
00:46:13.57\00:46:15.67
three and a half years in person
00:46:15.70\00:46:17.54
then He says,
"Now I'm sending you...
00:46:17.57\00:46:19.61
don't go to the
lost Gentiles here,
00:46:19.64\00:46:21.64
go first to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel. "
00:46:21.68\00:46:23.18
So, what happens...
00:46:23.21\00:46:24.55
and after they do that
for three and a half years?
00:46:24.58\00:46:26.05
A lot... believe...
00:46:26.08\00:46:27.42
there's also a
lot of persecution.
00:46:27.45\00:46:29.08
What warning did Jesus
give His chosen people?
00:46:29.12\00:46:32.82
The kingdom of God
will be taken from you
00:46:32.85\00:46:36.46
and given to a nation
bringing forth the fruits.
00:46:36.49\00:46:39.73
If they did not
embrace the truth,
00:46:39.76\00:46:42.43
a terrible
judgment was going to come.
00:46:42.46\00:46:44.23
I probably in the
interest of full disclosure
00:46:44.27\00:46:46.37
should let everyone
know that I'm Jewish...
00:46:46.40\00:46:48.47
and my mother was Jewish
00:46:48.50\00:46:50.11
and I say that that
makes you Jewish and I...
00:46:50.17\00:46:51.54
I kind of embrace that
00:46:51.57\00:46:52.91
and so, I'm saying these
things with a 100% buy-in
00:46:52.94\00:46:58.35
to what I'm telling you.
00:46:58.38\00:46:59.81
He says, "The kingdom of
God will be taken from you
00:46:59.85\00:47:03.18
and given to a
nation bringing forth... "
00:47:03.22\00:47:05.05
What does He want?
00:47:05.09\00:47:06.49
Fruits... He went to a
fig tree with no fruits,
00:47:06.52\00:47:08.22
what did He do?
00:47:08.26\00:47:10.03
He cursed it and it withered
00:47:10.06\00:47:11.76
and what's going to happen
if we don't bring forth fruit?
00:47:11.79\00:47:15.80
Read in John 15...
00:47:15.86\00:47:18.03
"If we don't abide in the vine,
00:47:18.07\00:47:20.17
cut off... burn... "
00:47:20.20\00:47:22.14
we've got to
bring forth fruit...
00:47:22.20\00:47:23.87
the fruits of the Spirit.
00:47:23.91\00:47:25.24
If it bears fruit...
00:47:25.27\00:47:27.34
remember the parable of Luke 13,
00:47:27.38\00:47:28.91
if it bears fruit...
00:47:28.94\00:47:30.28
this man's got a fig
tree in his vineyard...
00:47:30.31\00:47:31.65
he says, "Don't cut it down,
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.01
he digs around it
and he cultivates it,
00:47:33.05\00:47:34.55
he does everything he can,
00:47:34.58\00:47:35.92
He says, "If it
bears fruit... well,
00:47:35.95\00:47:37.65
if not you shall do... " what?
00:47:37.69\00:47:39.02
"Cut it down. "
00:47:39.05\00:47:40.56
So who is the other
"nation" spoken of by Jesus
00:47:40.62\00:47:44.89
which would
become His chosen people?
00:47:44.93\00:47:47.03
Now, you got to
listen very carefully.
00:47:47.06\00:47:49.50
"If you... " now,
this is the Scripture...
00:47:49.53\00:47:51.90
did I write this or did
Paul write this... Galatians?
00:47:51.93\00:47:55.30
This is the Bible, Friends,
00:47:55.34\00:47:57.41
Galatians 3:29,
00:47:57.44\00:47:59.27
"If you be Christ's,
then you are Abraham's seed,
00:47:59.31\00:48:02.08
and heirs
according to the promise. "
00:48:02.11\00:48:03.68
Again, Romans... this
is Paul... 2:28 and 29,
00:48:03.71\00:48:07.72
written by a Jew...
00:48:07.75\00:48:09.28
"He is not a Jew,
which is one outwardly;
00:48:09.32\00:48:11.72
but he is a Jew,
which is one inwardly. "
00:48:11.75\00:48:14.72
Now, does this mean
00:48:14.76\00:48:16.22
that the Jewish nation
has been forsaken as a people?
00:48:16.26\00:48:19.23
Not as a people... no...
00:48:19.26\00:48:21.23
as a matter of fact,
Paul says that Gentiles
00:48:21.26\00:48:23.90
are grafted into
the stock of Israel
00:48:23.97\00:48:26.97
and we partake of the fruit and
the fatness of all the promises
00:48:27.00\00:48:30.27
that God gave
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
00:48:30.31\00:48:32.61
We... New Testament
Christians are saved
00:48:32.64\00:48:34.88
by the promises God
made to the house of Israel.
00:48:34.91\00:48:37.65
What is the Old Covenant?
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.21
"I will make... "
00:48:39.25\00:48:40.92
what's the New Covenant, rather?
00:48:40.95\00:48:42.28
"I will make a New Covenant
with the house of Israel. "
00:48:42.32\00:48:45.29
So, every Gentile really
has to embrace the covenant
00:48:45.32\00:48:48.29
God made with the Jews.
00:48:48.32\00:48:50.73
So, now what happened
00:48:50.76\00:48:53.09
three and a half
years after Christ died?
00:48:53.13\00:48:55.03
It's in your Bible,
00:48:55.06\00:48:56.40
Stephen... one of those deacons
00:48:56.43\00:48:59.23
who was filled
with the Holy Spirit...
00:48:59.27\00:49:01.40
he was preaching
and converting many
00:49:01.44\00:49:05.77
and some of the religious
leaders became very threatened
00:49:05.81\00:49:08.68
and they brought
him into the same court
00:49:08.71\00:49:10.75
where Jesus was tried...
00:49:10.78\00:49:12.11
he tries to defend himself
and they plug their ears...
00:49:12.15\00:49:17.25
what does it mean if
judges plug their ears?
00:49:17.29\00:49:19.65
That's not good...
00:49:19.69\00:49:21.96
they plugged their ears...
they grind their teeth...
00:49:21.99\00:49:24.79
they take him out of
the city and they stone him
00:49:24.83\00:49:27.86
three and a half years after
Jesus was taken out of Jerusalem
00:49:27.90\00:49:32.57
through a Kangaroo Court...
00:49:32.60\00:49:35.20
and falsely condemned,
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.24
the Bible says, they
took off Christ's clothes...
00:49:37.27\00:49:39.97
they gambled...
00:49:40.01\00:49:41.34
before Stephen is executed,
00:49:41.38\00:49:42.78
they take their clothes
00:49:42.81\00:49:44.15
and they lay them
at the feet of Saul.
00:49:44.18\00:49:45.75
Jesus dies on the cross, He
says, "Father, forgive them,
00:49:45.78\00:49:49.78
they don't know what they do. "
00:49:49.82\00:49:51.15
Three and a half
years later, Stephen says,
00:49:51.19\00:49:52.52
"Father, lay not this
sin to their charge. "
00:49:52.55\00:49:54.59
It's an echo of
everything that Jesus did,
00:49:54.62\00:49:58.26
they now took it
out on His apostles.
00:49:58.29\00:50:00.20
Jesus said, "If they hate me,
they're going to hate you... "
00:50:00.23\00:50:01.96
and so, a great
persecution arose,
00:50:02.00\00:50:04.97
guess who gets converted
right after this experience?
00:50:05.00\00:50:07.57
Saul... he gets
converted, he becomes Paul.
00:50:07.60\00:50:11.27
One of the greatest... he writes
about half the New Testament,
00:50:11.31\00:50:15.11
one of the greatest converts...
a Jew... who accepts Jesus
00:50:15.14\00:50:18.48
and where does the gospel go?
00:50:18.51\00:50:20.35
It goes to the Gentiles
and then you go to chapter 10,
00:50:20.38\00:50:23.08
Peter then... he takes the
gospel to the home of Cornelius.
00:50:23.12\00:50:27.69
God tells Peter, "Do not call
unclean what I've cleansed... "
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.16
speaking of the Jewish
nation, God hasten on here.
00:50:30.19\00:50:32.26
Question 13...
00:50:32.29\00:50:34.73
you thought I was kidding when
I said I was going to talk fast.
00:50:34.76\00:50:37.07
I was serious.
00:50:37.10\00:50:38.97
According to the
angel who spoke with Daniel,
00:50:39.00\00:50:42.14
what would happen at
the end of the 2,300 years?
00:50:42.20\00:50:45.31
Now, we're going
to Daniel chapter 8,
00:50:45.34\00:50:47.08
that longest of the
time prophecies in the Bible.
00:50:47.11\00:50:49.81
"And he said unto me,
00:50:49.84\00:50:51.41
'Unto two thousand
three hundred days;
00:50:51.45\00:50:53.92
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. '"
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.35
All right, let me talk
to you for just a minute
00:50:56.38\00:50:59.32
about what the sanctuary is.
00:50:59.35\00:51:01.12
They had three
temples in the Old Testament:
00:51:01.16\00:51:04.36
they had the tabernacle...
00:51:04.39\00:51:06.33
they had the
temple of Solomon...
00:51:06.36\00:51:08.00
the temple of
Ezra... Nehemiah...
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.60
also was the same temple that
was there when Jesus was there
00:51:09.63\00:51:13.80
that was later
destroyed by the Romans.
00:51:13.84\00:51:15.17
many are wondering...
00:51:15.20\00:51:16.57
when it talks
about the temple now,
00:51:16.60\00:51:18.57
will the Jewish
temple be rebuilt?
00:51:18.61\00:51:20.34
You got to turn in your Bibles
00:51:20.38\00:51:22.21
to 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2,
00:51:22.24\00:51:24.01
he's talking about
the days of the end...
00:51:24.05\00:51:27.52
and you go to
verse one, "Now brethren,
00:51:27.55\00:51:30.12
concerning the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ... "
00:51:30.15\00:51:33.36
Friends, it's not far off...
00:51:33.42\00:51:34.82
"and are gathering to Him... "
00:51:34.86\00:51:36.32
being caught up to meet Him.
00:51:36.36\00:51:37.73
"we ask that you not be
soon shaken in mind or troubled,
00:51:37.79\00:51:41.26
either by spirit or
word or letter from us,
00:51:41.33\00:51:43.26
as though the day
of Christ had come.
00:51:43.33\00:51:46.03
Let no one
deceive you by any means;
00:51:46.10\00:51:48.77
that Day will not come
00:51:48.80\00:51:50.31
unless there come a
falling away first... "
00:51:50.34\00:51:52.01
falling away... where?
00:51:52.04\00:51:53.58
Not in the world...
it's already fallen...
00:51:53.61\00:51:55.84
falling away in the church.
00:51:55.88\00:51:57.31
"The truth would be
cast to the ground... "
00:51:57.35\00:51:59.91
in a big way... even
among professed believers
00:51:59.95\00:52:02.52
and it tell us...
00:52:02.55\00:52:04.72
then it says...
00:52:04.75\00:52:06.86
"that man of sin is revealed,
the son of perdition... "
00:52:06.89\00:52:11.33
this is the beast power...
00:52:11.36\00:52:12.69
"who opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God
00:52:12.73\00:52:16.10
or worship, so
that he sits as God
00:52:16.13\00:52:18.23
in the temple of God,
00:52:18.27\00:52:19.70
showing himself
that he is God. "
00:52:19.73\00:52:21.64
Okay, people read that and say,
00:52:21.67\00:52:23.54
"Well, the Jewish
temple is got to be built...
00:52:23.57\00:52:25.37
the Antichrist
is going to sit... "
00:52:25.41\00:52:26.78
and I agree this
is the Antichrist,
00:52:26.81\00:52:28.28
he's going to sit
in the temple of God
00:52:28.31\00:52:29.78
showing himself
that he is God...
00:52:29.81\00:52:31.18
we got to rebuild the temple. "
00:52:31.21\00:52:32.55
Unless you
understand what the temple is,
00:52:32.58\00:52:35.58
Jesus said, "Destroy
this temple made with hands,
00:52:35.62\00:52:38.69
I will make one without hands. "
00:52:38.72\00:52:40.52
Paul said, "What? don't you know
00:52:40.56\00:52:42.29
your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit. "
00:52:42.32\00:52:44.83
He tells us in Ephesians
that you are spiritual stones,
00:52:44.89\00:52:48.83
and Peter says, "We
are being built up...
00:52:48.86\00:52:50.70
a spiritual house
under the Lord... "
00:52:50.73\00:52:52.73
and so, is there
still a temple on earth?
00:52:52.80\00:52:54.77
yes, it's the church
00:52:54.80\00:52:56.40
and the Antichrist
power is going to claim to sit
00:52:56.44\00:53:00.31
with authority over the church
00:53:00.34\00:53:01.98
claiming
prerogatives that belong to God.
00:53:02.01\00:53:04.11
You don't want to
miss Saturday morning
00:53:04.15\00:53:06.25
and Saturday
night's presentations.
00:53:06.28\00:53:08.18
We're going to be talking
about who that beast power is
00:53:08.22\00:53:11.29
but everybody in
the Christian world
00:53:11.32\00:53:14.39
is waiting for them
to rebuild the temple.
00:53:14.42\00:53:16.73
I've been to
Israel several times and,
00:53:16.76\00:53:19.69
you know, I can't
imagine a scenario
00:53:19.73\00:53:22.53
where Islam is
going to allow the Jews
00:53:22.56\00:53:25.53
to bulldoze their
third holiest site
00:53:25.57\00:53:28.24
and erect a Jewish
temple on that spot.
00:53:28.27\00:53:30.87
I don't think it's talking
about the Antichrist sitting
00:53:30.91\00:53:34.81
in a physical Jewish temple,
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.31
Jews do not
sacrifice lambs anymore.
00:53:36.34\00:53:38.35
I think it's talking
about the Antichrist sitting
00:53:38.38\00:53:40.85
over the church of God...
00:53:40.88\00:53:42.25
showing himself that he is God.
00:53:42.28\00:53:43.95
See, we've also
got a temple in heaven.
00:53:43.99\00:53:46.09
Christ is our High
Priest in that heavenly temple
00:53:46.12\00:53:49.79
where He intercedes for us.
00:53:49.82\00:53:51.96
It says, "Then the
sanctuary will be cleansed. "
00:53:51.99\00:53:54.86
Now, let's go to the
next last time prophecy.
00:53:54.90\00:53:57.73
So, Jesus... you
read in Hebrews...
00:53:57.77\00:53:59.17
it says, "We have a High Priest
00:53:59.20\00:54:00.54
that's ascended into heaven
and He intercedes for us. "
00:54:00.57\00:54:04.14
The temple on
earth... the Bible tells us
00:54:04.17\00:54:06.84
is a miniature
picture of a very real temple
00:54:06.88\00:54:09.51
that you have in heaven.
00:54:09.54\00:54:10.88
All right, back to
our time prophecy...
00:54:10.91\00:54:13.25
this is the one in Daniel 8
about the 2,300 days or years,
00:54:13.28\00:54:17.59
we start 457... that
reaches all the way to 1844
00:54:17.62\00:54:21.49
and you might be
thinking, "What happened there?"
00:54:21.52\00:54:24.93
Well, here are some big
turning events in history.
00:54:24.96\00:54:28.33
Back in the, oh, 1830s or so,
00:54:28.36\00:54:33.00
a number of
Christians around the world...
00:54:33.03\00:54:35.24
most prominent being a Baptist
Minister named William Miller
00:54:35.30\00:54:38.44
studied the
prophecies of Daniel...
00:54:38.47\00:54:40.74
discovered these
time periods that
00:54:40.78\00:54:42.98
the prophecies are pointing to
something significant happening
00:54:43.01\00:54:46.25
around 1844...
00:54:46.28\00:54:47.98
and they called it the
Great Advent Movement...
00:54:48.02\00:54:50.62
not to be confused
with Seventh-day Adventists
00:54:50.65\00:54:53.22
because they
didn't exist until 1863.
00:54:53.25\00:54:56.42
This is the 1830s
and '40s... early 1840s
00:54:56.46\00:54:59.59
and it was sweeping the world.
00:54:59.63\00:55:02.06
There were Catholic priests that
were teaching the prophecies
00:55:02.13\00:55:05.20
of Daniel...
00:55:05.23\00:55:06.60
and the Jewish Christian who
was traveling... Joseph Wolff...
00:55:06.63\00:55:09.17
and others around
00:55:09.20\00:55:10.54
and there was a great
revival of interest...
00:55:10.57\00:55:12.04
they said,
"Something is going to happen
00:55:12.07\00:55:13.58
because it says the
sanctuary will be cleansed. "
00:55:13.61\00:55:16.24
Two very
significant things happened.
00:55:16.28\00:55:19.21
You see, in the
earthly sanctuary
00:55:19.28\00:55:22.52
on an annual basis, once a year
00:55:22.55\00:55:25.72
the High Priest would
enter into the holy of holies
00:55:25.75\00:55:28.69
on the Day of Atonement
00:55:28.72\00:55:30.06
and make
atonement for the people
00:55:30.09\00:55:31.83
and the people will be judged
00:55:31.89\00:55:34.33
and they went through a service
where they were symbolically
00:55:34.36\00:55:37.57
separated from their sins.
00:55:37.60\00:55:39.47
It was cleansed from the sins
00:55:39.50\00:55:41.30
that had been spiritually
stored there through the years.
00:55:41.34\00:55:43.57
Well, Jesus all through
history has been serving
00:55:43.61\00:55:46.78
as our High Priest in
like the daily capacity
00:55:46.81\00:55:49.94
but before His second coming,
He entered the final phase.
00:55:49.98\00:55:53.98
you know there are seven ages
of the church in Revelation.
00:55:54.02\00:55:57.99
Revelation... you
get the seven churches...
00:55:58.02\00:56:00.32
chapters 2 and 3...
00:56:00.36\00:56:01.69
the last age of the church is
called the Church of Laodicea.
00:56:01.72\00:56:05.39
The word Laodicea
means, judging of the people.
00:56:05.46\00:56:09.36
In 1844, Christ entered
the last phase in His work
00:56:09.40\00:56:13.23
as our High
Priest in the judgment.
00:56:13.27\00:56:15.57
See, when Christ comes,
He's giving out rewards, right?
00:56:15.60\00:56:19.27
"Behold, I come, my
reward is with Me. "
00:56:19.34\00:56:21.84
For Him to give out
rewards when He comes,
00:56:21.88\00:56:24.31
there must be some
investigation before He comes.
00:56:24.35\00:56:27.22
It's not enough to
say, "Lord... Lord... "
00:56:27.25\00:56:29.65
He's going to go
through the books...
00:56:29.68\00:56:31.55
the Bible tells us
that the books are opened.
00:56:31.59\00:56:34.16
All right, let me see here,
00:56:34.19\00:56:35.96
and so you've got 490 years
00:56:35.99\00:56:37.69
and during that 490
years, it reaches...
00:56:37.73\00:56:41.26
1810 years go by and this is...
00:56:41.33\00:56:43.87
the age of
judgment begins in 1844
00:56:43.90\00:56:46.37
but not only is
Jesus completing His work
00:56:46.40\00:56:50.11
as our High Priest in heaven,
00:56:50.17\00:56:51.51
what did the angels say?
00:56:51.54\00:56:52.87
"2300 years... the
sanctuary shall be cleansed"
00:56:52.91\00:56:54.81
not just cleansed from
the sins that had been stored,
00:56:54.84\00:56:57.71
and Jesus is not done
with that work or He'd be here
00:56:57.78\00:57:00.62
but it's a
cleansing also from the sins
00:57:00.65\00:57:03.95
that had
infiltrated the church on earth.
00:57:03.99\00:57:07.19
The truth was cast to the
ground during the Dark Ages.
00:57:07.26\00:57:11.36
The church began
to teach that you...
00:57:11.39\00:57:14.30
you burn forever and
ever in hell if you're lost...
00:57:14.33\00:57:16.43
everlasting burning...
00:57:16.46\00:57:17.87
they taught that you die
and go right to heaven and hell
00:57:17.90\00:57:20.77
before a judgment
or a resurrection.
00:57:20.80\00:57:22.30
They're saying you could
pay for forgiveness of sins...
00:57:22.34\00:57:25.04
that you can pray to idols...
00:57:25.07\00:57:26.54
even though the
Bible forbade that
00:57:26.57\00:57:28.81
and that you would
confess your sins to a priest...
00:57:28.84\00:57:31.31
all these... that
baptism is by sprinkling
00:57:31.35\00:57:34.82
instead of by immersion.
00:57:34.85\00:57:36.22
You've got all of these
strange unbiblical teachings
00:57:36.25\00:57:39.49
came into the truth
00:57:39.55\00:57:40.89
and the sanctuary was defiled.
00:57:40.92\00:57:42.86
We've got more coming on that
00:57:42.89\00:57:45.69
but God began a movement in 1844
00:57:45.73\00:57:48.40
where He started to
cleanse the sanctuary in heaven
00:57:48.46\00:57:51.83
and the sanctuary on
earth namely His people.
00:57:51.87\00:57:54.50
Now, in 1844... it was a
very... I just laugh right now,
00:57:54.54\00:57:58.94
because I realize... someone's
trying to keep up with me
00:57:58.97\00:58:00.84
translating all
this in Spanish...
00:58:00.88\00:58:02.24
dear Carlos...
00:58:02.28\00:58:04.78
he probably is
able to do it though.
00:58:04.81\00:58:06.18
You know, the first electronic
message ever given... 1844...
00:58:06.21\00:58:11.39
Samuel Morse...
he sent the message,
00:58:11.42\00:58:13.56
"What hath God wrought. "
00:58:13.59\00:58:15.29
Something else
happened in 1844...
00:58:15.32\00:58:17.63
it tells us that Charles Darwin
formed his theory for Evolution
00:58:17.66\00:58:25.53
during his voyage on the Beagle.
00:58:25.57\00:58:28.47
Karl Marx developed
his communist manifesto.
00:58:28.50\00:58:32.64
The birth of evolution...
00:58:32.67\00:58:34.18
the birth of
Atheism happened then.
00:58:34.21\00:58:36.85
It was a... the Edict
of Toleration was passed
00:58:36.88\00:58:39.81
allowing Jews to
resettle in the Holy Land.
00:58:39.85\00:58:42.65
The oldest version of the
Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus
00:58:42.68\00:58:45.92
was discovered... reaffirming
the truth of God's Word.
00:58:45.95\00:58:49.12
Railroads began to
explode around the world.
00:58:49.19\00:58:52.36
The industrial
revolution all happened...
00:58:52.39\00:58:55.53
it was all
during this time period
00:58:55.56\00:58:57.47
and several great
religious movements
00:58:57.50\00:58:59.67
also happened
during the same time.
00:58:59.70\00:59:01.84
One true and some false...
00:59:01.87\00:59:04.47
when Jesus did not come in 1844
00:59:04.51\00:59:08.21
as many of the
Millerites had predicted,
00:59:08.24\00:59:10.11
a lot of Christians got together
from all different backgrounds
00:59:10.15\00:59:13.15
and they said,
00:59:13.18\00:59:14.95
"You know, God never intended
for the church to be so divided
00:59:14.98\00:59:18.79
let's study the Bible and
put away our differences...
00:59:18.82\00:59:21.49
find out what does
the Bible teach... "
00:59:21.52\00:59:22.86
and there were Methodists
and Baptists and Catholics
00:59:22.89\00:59:25.99
and Congregationalists
and Presbyterians and...
00:59:26.03\00:59:28.20
and they said, "What
does the Bible teach?"
00:59:28.23\00:59:30.47
and they studied
and out of that revival,
00:59:30.50\00:59:33.74
God began to
cleanse the Sanctuary...
00:59:33.77\00:59:35.60
a new Movement was born
00:59:35.64\00:59:37.24
and that Movement
now of which I'm a part,
00:59:37.27\00:59:40.91
it's called the
Seventh-day Adventist Church...
00:59:40.94\00:59:42.38
has spread to over 20 million
people around the globe...
00:59:42.41\00:59:45.61
it's a Movement calling
people back to the Bible
00:59:45.65\00:59:48.18
and God is
cleansing the Sanctuary
00:59:48.22\00:59:50.42
from the counterfeit
teachings of the Dark Ages.
00:59:50.45\00:59:53.82
I know you're going to
have questions on that,
00:59:53.86\00:59:55.62
I hope you send them in.
00:59:55.66\00:59:57.86
So, in this final
phase of judgment,
00:59:57.89\00:59:59.33
where Christ is in
heaven as our High Priest,
00:59:59.36\01:00:01.66
what will be the standard
and who will be the judge?
01:00:01.70\01:00:06.23
What will be judged?
01:00:06.27\01:00:07.60
The dead are
judged out of those things
01:00:07.64\01:00:10.57
that are written in the
books. Revelation 20 verse 12,
01:00:10.61\01:00:13.31
For God will bring
every work into judgment,
01:00:13.34\01:00:17.11
with every secret thing.
01:00:17.15\01:00:18.48
It's all in the books, Friends,
01:00:18.51\01:00:20.25
and it says they're
judged by the law of liberty
01:00:20.28\01:00:23.59
and in James chapter 2,
01:00:23.62\01:00:24.95
he mentions two of
the Ten Commandments.
01:00:24.99\01:00:26.55
Ten Commandments are
called the Law of Liberty...
01:00:26.59\01:00:29.76
it's not a law of bondage.
01:00:29.79\01:00:31.13
Is God my
accuser in the judgment?
01:00:31.16\01:00:34.33
No... this final
phase of judgment...
01:00:34.36\01:00:37.60
see, judgment takes
place before Jesus comes.
01:00:37.63\01:00:39.50
Who is it?
Revelation 12:9 and 10,
01:00:39.53\01:00:42.94
That old serpent,
called the devil, and Satan...
01:00:42.97\01:00:46.01
he was cast out into the earth.
01:00:46.04\01:00:47.84
He is called the accuser of
our brethren... is cast down...
01:00:47.88\01:00:51.98
that accused them
before our God day and night.
01:00:52.01\01:00:54.65
So, as this judgment
is taking place in heaven,
01:00:54.68\01:00:57.75
Satan is the accuser...
just like he was accusing Job
01:00:57.79\01:01:00.36
before the Lord
01:01:00.39\01:01:01.72
and he was accusing
Zechariah the High Priest,
01:01:01.76\01:01:03.63
before the Lord...
01:01:03.66\01:01:05.03
he accuses us and when we pray,
01:01:05.06\01:01:07.96
Jesus points to
our prayers and says,
01:01:08.00\01:01:09.86
"Their sins are
under the blood. "
01:01:09.90\01:01:11.70
Will, I have to face the
pre-advent judgment alone?
01:01:11.73\01:01:16.30
What's the promise?
01:01:16.34\01:01:18.11
If any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father,
01:01:18.17\01:01:22.08
Jesus Christ
the righteous, amen.
01:01:22.11\01:01:24.81
Now, I know this has
been a whirlwind study
01:01:24.85\01:01:27.02
and I knew we'd run
out of time, which we did.
01:01:27.05\01:01:29.15
We're going to be
taking your Bible questions
01:01:29.18\01:01:31.29
in just a moment...
but the last question,
01:01:31.35\01:01:34.06
If Jesus is your
attorney in the judgment,
01:01:34.09\01:01:36.79
He promises to win your case.
01:01:36.83\01:01:38.89
He's never lost a case.
01:01:38.93\01:01:40.36
If you turn your
life over to Him today,
01:01:40.40\01:01:42.80
He will put your
sins under the blood...
01:01:42.83\01:01:45.13
we are living in the last
phase of the world's history.
01:01:45.17\01:01:48.17
We're even going to be talking
about America in prophecy
01:01:48.20\01:01:50.97
during this Seminar,
01:01:51.01\01:01:52.34
so, you don't want
to miss this last week
01:01:52.37\01:01:54.24
of Presentations, Friend,
01:01:54.28\01:01:55.74
but I'd like to pray
for you before we close
01:01:55.78\01:01:57.81
so you will invite Jesus
to be your Defense Attorney.
01:01:57.88\01:02:01.62
"Father in heaven,
01:02:01.65\01:02:03.25
it's so amazing as
we see how accurately
01:02:03.28\01:02:06.45
the prophecies in the
Bible have been fulfilled.
01:02:06.49\01:02:08.42
Regarding Christ's first
coming, He came right on time,
01:02:08.46\01:02:11.99
and You promised...
'I will come again... '
01:02:12.03\01:02:14.20
Lord, we believe we're
living in that generation
01:02:14.23\01:02:16.50
that will witness that.
01:02:16.53\01:02:17.87
Help us to be ready by
surrendering fully to Thee
01:02:17.90\01:02:21.30
and I pray that
all those watching
01:02:21.34\01:02:23.61
will help others
get ready as well,
01:02:23.64\01:02:25.84
that we can make this
decision to come to Jesus
01:02:25.87\01:02:28.68
and then go for Jesus
01:02:28.74\01:02:30.35
because time is short.
01:02:30.38\01:02:31.91
Please bless us now and we
thank You for Your presence
01:02:31.95\01:02:35.82
in Jesus' name, amen. "
01:02:35.85\01:02:37.52
All right,
don't go away Friends,
01:02:37.55\01:02:39.55
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01:02:39.59\01:02:41.56
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01:02:41.59\01:02:44.73
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Ross: Hello Friends, we
want to welcome you back
01:04:52.15\01:04:54.02
to our Bible
Question and Answer time
01:04:54.06\01:04:56.32
and again, we want to thank you
01:04:56.36\01:04:57.99
for being a part
of Revelation Now.
01:04:58.03\01:04:59.66
Our Presentation this evening
01:04:59.69\01:05:01.53
dealt with the
cleansing of the Sanctuary,
01:05:01.56\01:05:04.10
very important time prophecy
01:05:04.17\01:05:05.50
and Pastor Doug, we
have quite a few questions
01:05:05.53\01:05:07.47
relating to Daniel
and relating to Revelation
01:05:07.50\01:05:09.64
that's come in... so...
01:05:09.67\01:05:11.01
I'm excited to
get to those questions
01:05:11.04\01:05:12.41
but before we take the questions
that Folks have sent in,
01:05:12.44\01:05:15.41
we do have some other questions
we'd like to put on the screen.
01:05:15.44\01:05:17.78
These are common
questions that people have
01:05:17.81\01:05:19.75
when studying
these different subjects.
01:05:19.78\01:05:21.68
So, this first question is,
01:05:21.72\01:05:23.49
What is the difference between
accepting Jesus as Savior
01:05:23.52\01:05:26.79
and accepting Him as Lord?
01:05:26.82\01:05:29.12
Doug: That's good, you know I
think this question may spring
01:05:29.16\01:05:32.16
from the experience
where Jesus is on the cross
01:05:32.19\01:05:35.06
and the thief that is
dying turns to Christ,
01:05:35.10\01:05:37.90
he says, "Lord, remember me
01:05:37.93\01:05:39.37
when you come
into Your kingdom. "
01:05:39.40\01:05:40.74
So, he's looking to
Jesus to save him from his sins
01:05:40.77\01:05:43.74
but he's also
saying, He's a King.
01:05:43.77\01:05:45.27
Now, a Savior... some
people can have a Savior
01:05:45.31\01:05:48.21
but they don't
follow Jesus as King.
01:05:48.24\01:05:50.08
Some want the
Lord... they want to say,
01:05:50.11\01:05:51.91
"Forgive my sins... "
01:05:51.95\01:05:53.28
but they really don't
want Him to rule their lives
01:05:53.31\01:05:56.08
and so, accepting Him as Savior
01:05:56.15\01:05:58.59
means, we accept Him as
our sacrifice for our sins...
01:05:58.62\01:06:00.66
our substitute...
01:06:00.69\01:06:02.36
accepting Him as Lord means,
01:06:02.39\01:06:03.73
"I'm willing to take orders
from Him... He's my King... "
01:06:03.76\01:06:06.53
and obey Him.
01:06:06.56\01:06:07.96
Ross: If you're
looking for a Theological term,
01:06:08.00\01:06:10.57
maybe Justification... is
accepting Jesus as your Savior
01:06:10.60\01:06:13.64
but then you
have Sanctification...
01:06:13.70\01:06:15.47
that's where you
make Him Lord of your life
01:06:15.50\01:06:17.54
and you follow
Him... allow Him to guide.
01:06:17.57\01:06:19.87
All right, next
question that we have,
01:06:19.91\01:06:22.34
"Since the record
of sins of God's people
01:06:22.38\01:06:24.78
was transferred to the scapegoat
01:06:24.81\01:06:26.82
on the Day of Atonement,
01:06:26.85\01:06:28.18
does that also
make him our sin-bearer?
01:06:28.22\01:06:30.89
Doug: You know, I...
I didn't have time...
01:06:30.92\01:06:33.76
probably don't even have time
now to read all of Leviticus 16,
01:06:33.79\01:06:36.79
where it talks about
the Day of Atonement...
01:06:36.83\01:06:38.46
but in that Service,
01:06:38.49\01:06:40.30
once a year when the High Priest
went into the Holy of Holies...
01:06:40.33\01:06:43.23
and he went through a
ritual where they would take
01:06:43.26\01:06:46.20
two goats and one was
offered as a sacrifice
01:06:46.23\01:06:50.44
and it was
called: The Lord's goat...
01:06:50.47\01:06:52.77
so, we know which goat is
the one symbolizing the Lord,
01:06:52.81\01:06:56.54
it's the one
called: The Lord's goat.
01:06:56.58\01:06:57.91
The other goat...
01:06:57.95\01:06:59.28
sins were then... of the people
were transferred to this goat
01:06:59.31\01:07:02.45
and it was carried by a fit
man out into the wilderness,
01:07:02.48\01:07:05.89
it was not sacrificed
01:07:05.92\01:07:07.36
and many believe that this
is representing the ultimate
01:07:07.39\01:07:12.59
separation... see all
sin has been caused by Satan
01:07:12.63\01:07:15.66
and so, while
Jesus died for our sins
01:07:15.70\01:07:18.30
and suffered for our sins,
01:07:18.33\01:07:20.00
in the end, Satan is going
to bear the penalty for his sins
01:07:20.04\01:07:23.57
and the sins he instigated
by tempting everybody to disobey
01:07:23.61\01:07:27.71
and so, when he's
cast into the Lake of Fire,
01:07:27.74\01:07:31.21
it represents:
Forever separation.
01:07:31.25\01:07:34.05
I think that goat was
called: The Azazel goat.
01:07:34.12\01:07:36.75
Ross: Hmmm... hmmm... Scapegoat.
01:07:36.79\01:07:38.15
Doug: And even in many
of the occultic religions,
01:07:38.22\01:07:40.59
they associate that
goat with the devil...
01:07:40.66\01:07:42.52
that goat with the
devil, I should say,
01:07:42.56\01:07:44.39
so, the goat that shed its
blood is a type of the Lord...
01:07:44.43\01:07:48.50
but the scapegoat
is the one that is...
01:07:48.56\01:07:53.13
rumor has it that some guy would
take it off in the wilderness
01:07:53.17\01:07:57.11
it says a "fit man"
someone dependable...
01:07:57.14\01:07:59.27
because if that
goat wandered back...
01:07:59.31\01:08:01.31
goats will follow you...
01:08:01.34\01:08:02.91
if that goat wandered back...
it was a very bad omen...
01:08:02.94\01:08:06.25
all their sins had
come back on the nation
01:08:06.28\01:08:07.95
so, he'd take it
up in some ravine
01:08:07.98\01:08:10.32
and kick it off
a cliff, I think,
01:08:10.35\01:08:12.59
I don't know...
that's not in the Bible,
01:08:12.65\01:08:13.99
that's what I've heard though.
01:08:14.02\01:08:15.39
Ross: Okay, we have
another question, it says:
01:08:15.42\01:08:17.49
Some say the judgment
took place at the cross...
01:08:17.53\01:08:19.56
others say that it
takes place at death.
01:08:19.59\01:08:21.70
Which is correct?
01:08:21.73\01:08:23.06
Doug: Well, the... the
judgment of God for sin
01:08:23.10\01:08:29.20
was placed upon
Jesus in a general sense
01:08:29.24\01:08:32.01
when He died on the Cross
01:08:32.07\01:08:33.88
but then the Bible
tells us... Paul wrote...
01:08:33.91\01:08:36.48
since Jesus died, he says,
01:08:36.51\01:08:37.98
"We'll still all stand before
the judgment seat of God. "
01:08:38.01\01:08:40.52
So, there is a future judgment
01:08:40.55\01:08:42.62
where all of us
will bow before God...
01:08:42.65\01:08:45.32
the sins of
those who are not saved
01:08:45.35\01:08:47.96
will rise up
before them from the books
01:08:48.19\01:08:50.36
and it says, we will
all give an account...
01:08:50.39\01:08:52.89
Christ even said
in Matthew chapter 12,
01:08:52.93\01:08:55.36
we will give an account for
every idle word that we spoke
01:08:55.40\01:08:58.47
and I have to pray
often that God will forgive me
01:08:58.53\01:09:00.30
because I've got quite a record
01:09:00.34\01:09:01.67
and if it wasn't for His
mercy, we'd be in big trouble.
01:09:01.70\01:09:05.27
Ross: Hmmm... hmmm...
01:09:05.31\01:09:06.64
Doug: But that's separate from
when Jesus died on the cross,
01:09:06.68\01:09:08.91
those sins, of course...
01:09:08.94\01:09:10.28
He was dying for the
sins of the whole world
01:09:10.31\01:09:12.51
in a general sense here
01:09:12.55\01:09:14.02
but there is an
individual judgment.
01:09:14.05\01:09:15.38
Ross: Okay, all right,
01:09:15.42\01:09:17.02
we're going to go to
some of the questions
01:09:17.05\01:09:18.39
that have been sent in
01:09:18.42\01:09:19.75
and the first one is:
01:09:19.79\01:09:21.12
What sanctuary
does Jesus describe...
01:09:21.16\01:09:23.73
oh, sorry... what sanctuary
does Revelation describe
01:09:23.76\01:09:26.59
when it talks about Jesus
in the book of Revelation?
01:09:26.63\01:09:29.86
Doug: Yeah, we believe
this is the sanctuary in heaven
01:09:29.90\01:09:33.13
that is often spoken of
01:09:33.17\01:09:34.60
where Isaiah had the
vision of God on His throne,
01:09:34.67\01:09:37.77
and you have, again, Ezekiel...
01:09:37.81\01:09:40.84
if we read
in... and Pastor Ross,
01:09:40.88\01:09:43.01
you know Hebrews
better than I do...
01:09:43.04\01:09:45.48
where it says that
the earthly sanctuary
01:09:45.51\01:09:47.98
was patterned
after the one in heaven.
01:09:48.02\01:09:50.39
So, I remember as a
kid, I had matchbox cars
01:09:50.42\01:09:54.02
and I was really
interested to find out
01:09:54.06\01:09:55.56
that every
matchbox car that you buy...
01:09:55.62\01:09:57.06
that the Mattel... or whoever
it is that makes them now,
01:09:57.09\01:10:00.40
they actually take a
full-size Jaguar or Corvette
01:10:00.43\01:10:05.23
or whatever it is
and they use lasers
01:10:05.27\01:10:07.37
and they scale it
down to a 100 to 1
01:10:07.40\01:10:09.47
and they are actually
scaled to size but very small.
01:10:09.50\01:10:13.01
The sanctuary on earth
01:10:13.07\01:10:15.18
was to reflect something
about the sanctuary in heaven,
01:10:15.21\01:10:18.28
not an exact model
01:10:18.31\01:10:20.08
but instead of having
golden wallpaper up in heaven,
01:10:20.12\01:10:23.25
God's probably
got real angels...
01:10:23.28\01:10:24.95
instead of golden
angels on the Ark,
01:10:25.02\01:10:26.62
there are real angels
by the throne of God...
01:10:26.65\01:10:28.62
they're Seraphim Isaiah saw.
01:10:28.66\01:10:30.46
So, you found that verse?
01:10:30.49\01:10:32.23
Ross: Yeah,
Hebrews chapter 8 verse 5
01:10:32.26\01:10:34.30
talks about a...
talks about Moses...
01:10:34.33\01:10:36.33
he was divinely instructed
01:10:36.36\01:10:37.87
when he was about to
make the tabernacle...
01:10:37.90\01:10:39.33
"See that you make all
things according to the pattern
01:10:39.37\01:10:41.94
shown you in the mount. "
01:10:41.97\01:10:43.30
So, it says, the earthly
was a shadow of the heavenly.
01:10:43.34\01:10:46.01
Doug: It's a pattern
after some... the original.
01:10:46.04\01:10:48.28
Ross: Right.
01:10:48.34\01:10:49.74
Doug: So, yeah, God has
the original in heaven...
01:10:49.78\01:10:51.15
probably not exactly the same
01:10:51.18\01:10:52.61
but it's to help us
learn the plan of salvation.
01:10:52.65\01:10:55.52
Ross: Okay,
we've another question,
01:10:55.55\01:10:57.35
this is a good one,
01:10:57.39\01:10:58.75
Why did Jesus curse the fig
tree that was full of leaves
01:10:58.79\01:11:02.32
knowing that was
not the season for figs?
01:11:02.36\01:11:05.36
Doug: Yeah, good question,
it seems so out of character
01:11:05.39\01:11:08.20
for Jesus to curse anything,
01:11:08.23\01:11:09.60
He spent all His time blessing
and healing and giving life
01:11:09.63\01:11:12.13
but this was, I think
a very important warning
01:11:12.17\01:11:14.94
and let's just be
thankful He did it to a tree.
01:11:14.97\01:11:17.71
That tree, He said, "Behold,
the fig tree and all the trees"
01:11:17.77\01:11:22.28
that fig tree was a
symbol of both the Jewish nation
01:11:22.31\01:11:27.22
that had all the pretense
of fruit... but no fruit.
01:11:27.25\01:11:30.92
Now, Mrs. Batchelor and
I in our former house...
01:11:30.95\01:11:34.62
our neighbor had a fig tree
01:11:34.66\01:11:35.99
and we were lucky enough
that it grew over the walls...
01:11:36.02\01:11:37.89
over the fence... so we
could eat some of the figs,
01:11:37.93\01:11:39.79
and something about fig trees
01:11:39.83\01:11:41.90
is usually when the
leaves are in full bloom,
01:11:41.93\01:11:44.27
there is ripe fruit.
01:11:44.30\01:11:45.63
So, Jesus at a distance...
He saw that fig tree...
01:11:45.67\01:11:48.24
outwardly, it looked
like, oh, it would have fruit
01:11:48.30\01:11:51.04
but He came and
there was no fruit.
01:11:51.07\01:11:52.41
It had all the outward display.
01:11:52.44\01:11:54.48
When Christ came
to the Jewish nation,
01:11:54.51\01:11:56.48
they had all the religion...
01:11:56.51\01:11:57.85
they had the ceremony...
01:11:57.88\01:11:59.21
they had the temple...
01:11:59.25\01:12:00.58
they had the
outward trappings...
01:12:00.62\01:12:02.28
but He said, "You
don't have the fruits... "
01:12:02.32\01:12:04.32
and if we don't have the fruits,
there's a judgment that comes.
01:12:04.35\01:12:07.66
It's not only true
of the Jewish nation...
01:12:07.69\01:12:10.36
it's true of every believer
01:12:10.39\01:12:11.73
that He wants us to
have the fruits of the Spirit
01:12:11.76\01:12:14.23
or we'll be under a curse...
01:12:14.26\01:12:16.10
that He cursed the fig tree
01:12:16.16\01:12:17.93
to really illustrate
that important truth.
01:12:17.97\01:12:20.67
Ross: It's also interesting
to note that fig leaves,
01:12:20.70\01:12:23.27
in the Bible, is
used in different forms.
01:12:23.30\01:12:25.14
Adam and Eve...
when they first sinned,
01:12:25.17\01:12:26.91
they covered their
shame of their nakedness...
01:12:26.94\01:12:28.91
it's a symbol of
sin with fig leaves.
01:12:28.94\01:12:30.91
God said, "It won't work.
" Doug: Self-righteousness.
01:12:30.95\01:12:32.28
Ross: You need the robes...
01:12:32.31\01:12:33.65
you need the... the skins... "
01:12:33.68\01:12:35.02
and then, of course,
here you have a fig tree
01:12:35.05\01:12:36.58
covered with leaves
but it's lacking the fruit,
01:12:36.62\01:12:39.22
so, you have Israel
that's lacking the fruits of...
01:12:39.25\01:12:41.59
of the spirit of righteousness.
01:12:41.62\01:12:42.99
All right, we
have another question,
01:12:43.02\01:12:44.69
it says, "When will Jesus
stop interceding on our behalf?
01:12:44.73\01:12:48.46
Will that be at the very end?"
01:12:48.50\01:12:52.87
Doug: There is a period
of time just before He comes
01:12:52.90\01:12:56.50
where probation closes,
01:12:56.54\01:12:58.57
life continues
under it for a short span
01:12:58.61\01:13:02.44
when you read in
Daniel chapter 12 verse 1,
01:13:02.48\01:13:05.68
"And at that time
Michael will stand up,
01:13:05.71\01:13:08.85
the great Prince
01:13:08.88\01:13:10.22
which stands for the
children of thy people:
01:13:10.25\01:13:11.85
and there will be
a time of trouble,
01:13:11.89\01:13:13.96
such as never has been
ever since there was a nation
01:13:13.99\01:13:16.42
even unto that same time:
01:13:16.46\01:13:17.79
and at that time thy
people will be delivered. "
01:13:17.83\01:13:19.79
So, when Michael stands up,
01:13:19.83\01:13:22.33
it's a symbol that there's no
more intercession taking place
01:13:22.36\01:13:25.97
and in Revelation, I
think there's a place...
01:13:26.00\01:13:28.27
it says there's
silence in heaven
01:13:28.30\01:13:29.94
for the space of
about half an hour...
01:13:29.97\01:13:32.31
meaning heaven has been vacated
01:13:32.34\01:13:35.24
because the angels are coming to
01:13:35.28\01:13:38.05
rapture up the
believers down here
01:13:38.08\01:13:40.82
and so, there's a period
of time we're not sure...
01:13:40.85\01:13:44.15
less than a year
01:13:44.19\01:13:45.52
we've talked about the time
when the last plagues fall...
01:13:45.55\01:13:47.62
the saved are
saved... they're sealed...
01:13:47.66\01:13:49.56
the lost are lost...
01:13:49.59\01:13:50.93
and where is
that... Revelation 22?
01:13:50.96\01:13:52.69
Ross: Yes, "He that is
holy, let him be holy still,
01:13:52.73\01:13:54.73
he that is filthy, let
him be filthy still... "
01:13:54.76\01:13:56.70
and then Revelation chapter 7
talks about an angel of the seal
01:13:56.73\01:14:00.57
and we're going to
talk about the seal later on
01:14:00.60\01:14:02.17
and He says to the other angels,
01:14:02.20\01:14:03.84
"Hold back the winds of strife
01:14:03.87\01:14:05.44
till we've sealed the servants
of God in their forehead... "
01:14:05.47\01:14:08.41
so, the sealing must occur then
just before probation closes
01:14:08.44\01:14:11.35
and then the seven last plagues.
01:14:11.38\01:14:12.71
Doug: There will be a
little frightening time
01:14:12.75\01:14:15.48
just before Jesus comes
where all Hades will break lose.
01:14:15.52\01:14:20.36
Ross: That's right.
01:14:20.39\01:14:21.86
Doug: We want to make
sure that we're sealed.
01:14:21.89\01:14:23.22
Ross: All right, the
next question that we have is,
01:14:23.26\01:14:25.33
"I have a
question, I'm not baptized
01:14:25.36\01:14:27.26
but I do the will of God.
01:14:27.30\01:14:28.63
Will I be able to be in heaven
01:14:28.66\01:14:30.73
or do I have to be
baptized to be in heaven. "
01:14:30.77\01:14:33.47
Doug: Well, you know, we
have a lesson coming on that
01:14:33.50\01:14:36.97
but we'll also be talking
about baptism, Friday night,
01:14:37.01\01:14:40.41
I really hope you'll tune in...
01:14:40.44\01:14:41.78
anyone with a
question on baptism...
01:14:41.81\01:14:43.14
we'll talk about that in the
context of a verse in Revelation
01:14:43.18\01:14:46.82
but, I do want to
answer your question
01:14:46.85\01:14:49.65
in case we don't meet again.
01:14:49.68\01:14:51.19
There will be
some people in heaven
01:14:51.25\01:14:53.36
that were not baptized,
01:14:53.39\01:14:54.92
you got many of the
Old Testament patriarchs
01:14:54.96\01:14:56.46
and prophets and we don't know
that they practiced baptism,
01:14:56.49\01:14:59.09
but the last
words of Christ are,
01:14:59.13\01:15:01.76
"Go therefore
teach... baptize... "
01:15:01.80\01:15:04.33
Jesus said, "He that believes
and is baptized will be saved. "
01:15:04.37\01:15:07.97
Why someone would
say, "I believe... "
01:15:08.00\01:15:11.54
and not want to be baptized
would make me question...
01:15:11.57\01:15:14.74
it's kind of like a
man telling a woman,
01:15:14.78\01:15:16.31
"I love you and
want to marry you
01:15:16.34\01:15:17.68
but I don't want
to live with you... "
01:15:17.71\01:15:19.05
or... "I don't want to
go through the ceremony... "
01:15:19.08\01:15:21.42
or, you know, it just...
01:15:21.45\01:15:22.95
I always wonder why
wouldn't you want to?
01:15:22.98\01:15:26.15
So, that I think,
points to a deeper problem,
01:15:26.22\01:15:29.26
if God commands it
01:15:29.29\01:15:30.63
and we deliberately
disobey that command...
01:15:30.66\01:15:32.33
though someone... if they're in
the hospital on their death bed
01:15:32.39\01:15:34.80
and they come to Christ
and they can't be baptized,
01:15:34.83\01:15:36.67
they'll be in heaven
01:15:36.70\01:15:38.03
but if a person can be and
they're living in disobedience,
01:15:38.07\01:15:41.50
that's a real concern.
01:15:41.54\01:15:43.34
Ross: That's
right... and, of course,
01:15:43.37\01:15:44.71
there's a
blessing in being baptized.
01:15:44.74\01:15:46.07
Doug: Yeah.
01:15:46.11\01:15:47.54
Ross: God wants to give us the
special anointing of His Spirit
01:15:47.58\01:15:50.08
and when Jesus was baptized,
there was a voice from heaven,
01:15:50.11\01:15:52.41
"This is my beloved Son... "
01:15:52.45\01:15:53.78
and, I think, we might
not hear a voice from heaven,
01:15:53.82\01:15:56.35
when we're baptize,
01:15:56.38\01:15:57.72
but we know we're
doing those things
01:15:57.75\01:15:59.09
that are pleasing to God
01:15:59.12\01:16:00.46
and there's a blessing in that.
01:16:00.49\01:16:02.06
All right, next
question we have,
01:16:02.09\01:16:03.66
"Why does the
Bible use prophetic days
01:16:03.69\01:16:06.03
and so many symbols?"
01:16:06.06\01:16:08.03
Doug: Well, just two
questions really there,
01:16:08.06\01:16:12.13
one reason God used symbols
in the apocalyptic prophecies,
01:16:12.17\01:16:16.54
a lot of
prophecies are very clear
01:16:16.57\01:16:18.37
but some of the Old Testament
prophets in... in Revelation,
01:16:18.41\01:16:21.44
they were all
given while God's people
01:16:21.48\01:16:23.98
were being
occupied by alien powers
01:16:24.01\01:16:26.51
and in the prophecies,
01:16:26.55\01:16:29.32
they often talk about the
fall of those alien powers.
01:16:29.35\01:16:32.75
That would have been
seen as treason if they had...
01:16:32.79\01:16:36.12
if John had plainly written that
Rome is going to be destroyed,
01:16:36.16\01:16:42.56
they would have seen that
as a treacherous threat...
01:16:42.60\01:16:46.03
the books would
have been destroyed,
01:16:46.07\01:16:48.30
so, God put it
in symbolic language
01:16:48.34\01:16:50.14
that Jews
typically understood...
01:16:50.21\01:16:52.47
the keys for
these are in the Bible.
01:16:52.51\01:16:54.18
Ezekiel, Zechariah... I
think Haggai has a little bit
01:16:54.21\01:16:57.98
Revelation... they are
kind of some of these...
01:16:58.01\01:16:59.65
Daniel, of
course, written in symbols
01:16:59.68\01:17:03.35
and then a day for a year...
01:17:03.39\01:17:04.72
you know, the Bible
says, right in the beginning,
01:17:04.75\01:17:07.99
"A day with the Lord is
like a thousand years... "
01:17:08.02\01:17:11.29
well, that's
actually 2nd Peter chapter 3
01:17:11.33\01:17:14.53
but God told Adam...
"In the day you eat thereof,
01:17:14.56\01:17:16.83
you will surely die. "
01:17:16.87\01:17:18.20
Well, he lived a
1,000 years or 900...
01:17:18.23\01:17:19.73
and so, God tries to give
us the eternal perspective
01:17:19.77\01:17:24.11
that for Him...
a day is nothing...
01:17:24.14\01:17:27.44
it's like a year... a day
for us is a year for God...
01:17:27.48\01:17:29.54
no... a year for us
is like a day for Him
01:17:29.58\01:17:31.38
and so, I think He just helps us
01:17:31.41\01:17:33.65
try to keep the
eternal perspective.
01:17:33.68\01:17:35.68
Ross: Okay, another
question's coming...
01:17:35.75\01:17:37.85
"When did Jesus
turn water into wine
01:17:37.92\01:17:40.22
and what is the
prophetic significance?"
01:17:40.26\01:17:42.52
Doug: Yeah,
that's a good question,
01:17:42.56\01:17:44.36
that's John chapter 2... the
first miracle of Christ at Cana
01:17:44.39\01:17:48.03
and He was at a wedding
01:17:48.06\01:17:49.63
and they ran out of grape juice,
01:17:49.66\01:17:53.34
keep in mind the
word... the word "wine"
01:17:53.37\01:17:55.44
is often interchangeable
01:17:55.47\01:17:57.47
with the word
"grape juice" in the Bible,
01:17:57.51\01:17:58.84
the juice of the grape
wasn't always fermented.
01:17:58.87\01:18:01.38
I just want to make
sure people don't think that
01:18:01.41\01:18:03.88
the party started to drag down
because they've run out of booze
01:18:03.91\01:18:07.42
and Jesus said, "I'm going to
help you really spice things up,
01:18:07.45\01:18:10.89
I'm going to make
a whole bunch... "
01:18:10.92\01:18:12.39
I think He made like 120
gallons of it or something
01:18:12.42\01:18:15.39
but He really made grape juice
01:18:15.42\01:18:18.56
and that is a symbol
of the blood of Christ.
01:18:18.59\01:18:22.93
The first miracle of
Jesus... they ran out of wine...
01:18:22.96\01:18:27.50
He gave them pure
grape juice at a wedding
01:18:27.54\01:18:30.21
and it's like a
marriage proposal.
01:18:30.24\01:18:31.97
The last thing that
happens before Jesus dies...
01:18:32.01\01:18:35.24
humans offered Him
sour wine, He tasted it...
01:18:35.28\01:18:38.51
said, it was finished and died.
01:18:38.55\01:18:39.88
It's almost like a
blood transfusion...
01:18:39.91\01:18:41.82
He took our sour... our sins...
01:18:41.85\01:18:44.39
He gave us His pure grape juice,
01:18:44.42\01:18:46.86
they said, "You've
saved... " at the wedding...
01:18:46.92\01:18:48.29
when he turned
the water to wine,
01:18:48.32\01:18:49.69
it was really pure grape juice.
01:18:49.72\01:18:51.06
They said, "Where did you get
this, it's not even the harvest,
01:18:51.09\01:18:52.86
you saved the best for last. "
01:18:52.89\01:18:54.33
Some people in
America, they think,
01:18:54.36\01:18:56.40
"Oh best... that's the good
stuff... that's hard liquor. "
01:18:56.43\01:18:58.43
It didn't mean that for them,
01:18:58.47\01:19:00.00
they can get
fermented... all year long...
01:19:00.04\01:19:01.74
you could not get fresh grape
juice except at the harvest.
01:19:01.77\01:19:04.87
It's usually
concentrated and re-hydrated...
01:19:04.91\01:19:08.08
it never tasted as good
01:19:08.11\01:19:09.44
and He gives us
His pure grape juice...
01:19:09.48\01:19:12.48
it's His blood for our sins
01:19:12.51\01:19:14.68
but He took our sour wine...
01:19:14.72\01:19:16.58
He took our sin at the cross,
01:19:16.62\01:19:18.42
so, it's like a
transfusion so to speak.
01:19:18.45\01:19:19.99
Ross: Yeah,
that's a great point,
01:19:20.02\01:19:21.56
and then, of course,
marriage in the Bible
01:19:21.59\01:19:23.89
sometimes symbolizes Christ's
union with His church...
01:19:23.93\01:19:26.96
the church is
described as the bride...
01:19:27.00\01:19:29.10
the marriage supper
of the Lamb takes place
01:19:29.13\01:19:31.20
because of the
sacrifice of Jesus on the cross,
01:19:31.23\01:19:33.47
so, a number of
interesting symbols you can...
01:19:33.50\01:19:35.37
you can go from that.
01:19:35.40\01:19:36.74
All right, here
it is Pastor Doug,
01:19:36.77\01:19:38.37
"Is smoking Cannabis a sin?"
01:19:38.44\01:19:40.24
Doug: Laughing...
01:19:40.28\01:19:44.08
Ross: You knew it was coming.
01:19:44.11\01:19:45.85
Doug: No, I didn't
know it was coming...
01:19:45.88\01:19:47.65
we don't preview these
live questions, Friends.
01:19:47.68\01:19:51.09
Well, Friends,
let me just say that
01:19:51.12\01:19:53.49
first of all, I don't think...
01:19:53.52\01:19:55.79
if there is a
beneficial medicine in Cannabis
01:19:55.82\01:19:58.93
and I'm not a Pharmacist
01:19:58.99\01:20:01.90
and I'm not going
to weigh in on that.
01:20:01.93\01:20:04.07
There... you know,
the Bible does tell us
01:20:04.10\01:20:06.13
that there are certain medicines
that come from various herbs
01:20:06.17\01:20:10.14
that may have
some beneficial value.
01:20:10.17\01:20:12.51
I think often those
things are abused...
01:20:12.54\01:20:14.84
do you know you can
put tobacco on an ant bite
01:20:14.88\01:20:17.18
and... or a bee
sting and it really helps.
01:20:17.21\01:20:19.45
I mean there's good things
that some of these things do,
01:20:19.48\01:20:22.18
do you want to keep
ants away from your house?
01:20:22.22\01:20:24.82
You put coffee
grounds around your house,
01:20:24.85\01:20:27.26
they won't cross it
01:20:27.29\01:20:28.79
and so, there are some
wonderful things you can do
01:20:28.82\01:20:30.89
with these things
and that are abused.
01:20:30.93\01:20:33.19
Most of the people I know
that are smoking Cannabis...
01:20:33.23\01:20:37.03
smoking is not the best
way to use the medicinal value
01:20:37.07\01:20:40.80
of something
01:20:40.84\01:20:42.20
because there's
damage that's done,
01:20:42.24\01:20:44.47
so, you know, a
lot of people I know...
01:20:44.51\01:20:46.68
they are getting
medical Marijuana...
01:20:46.71\01:20:48.88
Friends, yes, I
inhaled... I used to grow pot...
01:20:48.91\01:20:52.01
before I was a Christian,
I... I smoked it with my mother
01:20:52.05\01:20:54.72
when I was 13... so
I know all about it,
01:20:54.75\01:20:56.48
I gave it up before
it was even cool to start
01:20:56.52\01:20:59.55
and so, I knew all
about it and... but...
01:20:59.59\01:21:02.56
it just made you stupid.
01:21:02.62\01:21:04.09
I'm sorry, when you have
to stare at your tennis shoes
01:21:04.13\01:21:07.10
for ten minutes... to try
to figure out how to tie them,
01:21:07.13\01:21:10.07
it just... it's not
helping to get to heaven.
01:21:10.10\01:21:13.37
Now, if there's
a medicinal value
01:21:13.40\01:21:15.24
and a doctor prescribes it
01:21:15.27\01:21:16.67
and, you know,
that's a different issue
01:21:16.71\01:21:18.21
but a lot of people are getting
medical Marijuana Licenses
01:21:18.24\01:21:23.35
and it's really
recreational and so...
01:21:23.38\01:21:26.45
Ross: So, maybe we can put
that in the same category then
01:21:26.48\01:21:28.65
as just smoking tobacco.
01:21:28.68\01:21:30.29
Doug: Yeah.
01:21:30.35\01:21:31.69
Ross: And, of course, you
don't want to pollute the body.
01:21:31.72\01:21:33.05
Doug: The body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
01:21:33.09\01:21:34.56
Ross: That's right,
we want to keep it clean.
01:21:34.59\01:21:35.99
Doug: And it's
defiling, the Bible says...
01:21:36.02\01:21:37.69
that we should not
defile our temples.
01:21:37.73\01:21:39.39
Ross: Hmmm... hmmm...
01:21:39.43\01:21:40.76
okay, here's an
interesting question,
01:21:40.80\01:21:42.13
"If God appoints kings,
01:21:42.16\01:21:43.50
does that apply to
modern-day Presidents?"
01:21:43.53\01:21:46.53
Doug: Well, the Lord tells us...
01:21:46.60\01:21:50.11
you might have to help me
find the verse, Pastor Ross,
01:21:50.14\01:21:53.68
where in Daniel God says,
"The Lord takes kings down... "
01:21:53.71\01:21:57.25
it might be Daniel
chapter 2, He takes kings down
01:21:57.28\01:21:59.31
and He raises kings up...
01:21:59.35\01:22:00.68
and He will set over an
empire even the basest of men.
01:22:00.72\01:22:04.25
You know,
Nebuchadnezzar thought that
01:22:04.29\01:22:06.09
everybody was so
lucky to have him,
01:22:06.12\01:22:07.86
he said, "Is not this
great Babylon that I built?"
01:22:07.89\01:22:10.03
God said, "I can blink my eyes
01:22:10.06\01:22:11.86
and turn you into
a raving animal... "
01:22:11.89\01:22:13.53
which is what happened
01:22:13.60\01:22:14.93
and so, you know,
sometimes the Lord will set up
01:22:14.96\01:22:19.27
great leaders if the...
01:22:19.30\01:22:21.10
the Bible talks
about good leadership...
01:22:21.14\01:22:23.51
God can bless a
nation with that and it's...
01:22:23.57\01:22:25.91
a good leader can
be a real blessing...
01:22:25.97\01:22:27.71
the wrong leader
can be a real curse
01:22:27.74\01:22:29.28
and it can also
even be a judgment,
01:22:29.31\01:22:30.78
so, God can allow these
things to happen in both cases.
01:22:30.81\01:22:36.38
Ross: Yes, the story
you were referring to there
01:22:36.42\01:22:38.85
is Daniel chapter 2
01:22:38.89\01:22:40.22
then we also find that
when Nebuchadnezzar went mad
01:22:40.26\01:22:42.79
and he... he came
back to his senses.
01:22:42.82\01:22:44.99
Doug: Daniel
chapter 4. Ross: Yeah.
01:22:45.03\01:22:47.66
Ross: Okay, next
question that we have,
01:22:47.70\01:22:50.27
"What does it mean to
anoint the Most Holy?"
01:22:50.30\01:22:52.37
and I think you
touched on that a little bit
01:22:52.40\01:22:54.40
in your Presentation.
01:22:54.44\01:22:55.77
Doug: You know, I'm
glad they asked again
01:22:55.80\01:22:57.64
because the word...
when you say "Christ"
01:22:57.67\01:22:59.67
if someone christens a ship,
01:22:59.71\01:23:02.04
they often take a
champagne bottle and...
01:23:02.08\01:23:04.21
and whack it over
the bow and they...
01:23:04.25\01:23:06.31
they call it "Christening. "
01:23:06.35\01:23:07.88
When a baby's christened,
they sprinkle water on it.
01:23:07.92\01:23:10.32
The word "Christos" means anoint
01:23:10.39\01:23:12.45
and so, Christ is
called: Jesus Christ
01:23:12.49\01:23:14.79
I used to think
that was His last name
01:23:14.82\01:23:17.09
like Miller, you
know, or something and...
01:23:17.13\01:23:19.36
and it's really
"Jesus" was His name
01:23:19.39\01:23:22.06
"Christ" was His
office... who He was...
01:23:22.10\01:23:24.70
He's the Messiah...
01:23:24.73\01:23:26.07
Messiah is the
Hebrew word for anointed
01:23:26.10\01:23:29.74
so, they're both the same word.
01:23:29.77\01:23:32.44
When God chose
a king or a priest
01:23:32.47\01:23:35.08
like when David
was anointed by Samuel,
01:23:35.11\01:23:36.78
they put oil on him...
01:23:36.81\01:23:38.15
it's a symbol of...
it means "Spirit filled"
01:23:38.18\01:23:39.81
when the priests
were often anointed...
01:23:39.85\01:23:42.48
sacrifice might be anointed.
01:23:42.52\01:23:44.05
Mary poured some
oil before Jesus died
01:23:44.09\01:23:46.86
on His feet and on His head
01:23:46.92\01:23:48.26
and so He was
anointed in a sense at His...
01:23:48.29\01:23:53.16
just before His death
01:23:53.19\01:23:54.53
and He was anointed at
the beginning of His ministry
01:23:54.56\01:23:56.46
with the Holy Spirit.
01:23:56.50\01:23:57.90
So, He was
anointed as our Savior...
01:23:57.93\01:24:01.07
our teacher and our sacrifice
01:24:01.10\01:24:03.24
so, Christ is the anointed
01:24:03.27\01:24:05.34
and He was anointed though
in A.D. 27 at His baptism,
01:24:05.37\01:24:08.38
He began His ministry,
01:24:08.44\01:24:09.78
no record of Christ performing
a miracle before that.
01:24:09.81\01:24:12.35
Ross: Okay, "Do you
have to be on your knees
01:24:12.38\01:24:15.22
when praying to God
to be accepted by Him. "
01:24:15.25\01:24:18.02
Doug: No, you know, God...
01:24:18.05\01:24:21.99
posture does say
something about prayer
01:24:22.02\01:24:23.93
and typically, People, if you're
healthy and you're able to,
01:24:23.96\01:24:26.19
it's a good...
01:24:26.23\01:24:27.56
if you're going
to come to Christ
01:24:27.60\01:24:28.93
and kneel and accept Jesus,
01:24:28.96\01:24:30.60
it represents submission
and humbling of yourself.
01:24:30.67\01:24:33.23
You know, if a person
has got a health problem
01:24:33.30\01:24:35.87
or knee problem,
they can't do that
01:24:35.90\01:24:37.27
or they might accept
Christ and they're...
01:24:37.31\01:24:38.71
Peter was drowning and he
prayed while he was swimming,
01:24:38.74\01:24:41.81
you can't kneel at all times,
01:24:41.84\01:24:43.35
I've had people come to Christ,
01:24:43.41\01:24:44.85
they said, "I was driving
my car and I couldn't pull over
01:24:44.88\01:24:47.82
and I wept and I
drove down the road
01:24:47.85\01:24:49.18
and prayed with
you on the radio... "
01:24:49.22\01:24:51.45
and... so... you
know, God wouldn't say,
01:24:51.49\01:24:53.25
"You've got to
pull over and kneel... "
01:24:53.29\01:24:55.02
but it's appropriate I
think for those that are healthy
01:24:55.06\01:24:59.06
at some point in our
worship to kneel in the morning
01:24:59.09\01:25:03.06
before this
Program, I go upstairs
01:25:03.10\01:25:04.83
and I kneel down and I pray.
01:25:04.90\01:25:06.67
In the morning, I
always kneel and pray
01:25:06.70\01:25:08.64
but in our church,
we kneel at some point,
01:25:08.67\01:25:11.24
we stand...
01:25:11.27\01:25:12.61
the Bible says, "Solomon knelt
and he stood when he prayed... "
01:25:12.64\01:25:14.68
so, you can pray...
01:25:14.71\01:25:16.11
Nehemiah prayed while
he was pouring grape juice
01:25:16.14\01:25:18.38
for the king.
01:25:18.41\01:25:21.18
Ross: Okay,
here's a good question,
01:25:21.22\01:25:22.62
it says, "If Jesus said
that not one stone shall be left
01:25:22.65\01:25:26.02
upon another, why is the
Wailing Wall still built?
01:25:26.05\01:25:29.32
Doug: Good... good
question and Pastor Ross and I
01:25:29.36\01:25:32.59
and Mrs.
Batchelor... Mrs. Ross...
01:25:32.63\01:25:34.40
we were all together in
Israel a couple of years ago
01:25:34.43\01:25:36.53
and we got up close
and personal with that wall
01:25:36.56\01:25:39.50
and I'll tell you,
there are some massive stones.
01:25:39.53\01:25:42.40
There's two parts of the
wall that's talking about...
01:25:42.44\01:25:45.31
you've got the foundation walls
01:25:45.34\01:25:46.84
that supported a platform
01:25:46.88\01:25:48.34
and so, there's this
wall outside of Jerusalem
01:25:48.38\01:25:50.48
that goes up and it
supported a platform...
01:25:50.51\01:25:53.01
the temple was
built on that platform.
01:25:53.05\01:25:54.48
Then there was a wall
on top of the platform
01:25:54.52\01:25:57.02
the temple was
within its confines.
01:25:57.05\01:25:59.15
Not one stone was left
upon another on that wall.
01:25:59.19\01:26:02.62
They were all thrown
down, you can see the rubble...
01:26:02.66\01:26:06.06
they'll even show you...
01:26:06.09\01:26:07.43
you walk by and see
these massive stones,
01:26:07.46\01:26:09.90
they haven't even moved them
from the days of the Romans.
01:26:09.93\01:26:11.87
Some of them are still
sitting where they threw them...
01:26:11.93\01:26:13.84
70 A.D... 1930 years ago...
01:26:13.87\01:26:17.64
so, when you see
the Wailing Wall,
01:26:17.67\01:26:21.04
you're often seeing...
01:26:21.08\01:26:22.41
some that had
been repaired later
01:26:22.44\01:26:25.58
by some of the Ottoman Leaders
01:26:25.61\01:26:28.82
but you're seeing
a piece of the wall
01:26:28.85\01:26:31.09
that was part of
a foundation wall.
01:26:31.12\01:26:33.32
Ross: Kind of retaining wall.
01:26:33.36\01:26:34.69
Doug: Yeah, for the temple.
01:26:34.72\01:26:36.06
Ross: So, all the walls that
actually built the temple itself
01:26:36.09\01:26:38.09
they were knocked down
01:26:38.13\01:26:39.53
but there were the retaining
walls that have been built
01:26:39.56\01:26:41.96
and that even probably pre-dates
01:26:42.00\01:26:44.43
till after the Babylonian
captivity... maybe even before,
01:26:44.47\01:26:47.40
some of those
retaining walls date back...
01:26:47.44\01:26:49.27
Doug: Goes back
to Solomon, yeah,
01:26:49.30\01:26:51.07
but even when we were there,
01:26:51.11\01:26:52.44
we didn't get to go
into the Mosque of Omar
01:26:52.47\01:26:56.31
because it was...
01:26:56.34\01:26:57.68
we were there during
Ramadan and Passover...
01:26:57.71\01:27:00.08
there's a bunch of
holidays all at once
01:27:00.12\01:27:01.75
but years ago when I was there,
01:27:01.78\01:27:04.02
you could go up
on the platform...
01:27:04.05\01:27:06.22
you could then see, "Oh,
this is where the temple was"
01:27:06.25\01:27:09.22
the wailing wall is
actually below that.
01:27:09.26\01:27:10.96
Ross: Hmmm...
hmmm... hmmm... hmmm.
01:27:10.99\01:27:12.39
Doug: I think we're out of
time. Ross: All right, yes.
01:27:12.43\01:27:14.30
Doug: Can we tell them
about the next meetings?
01:27:14.33\01:27:15.66
Ross: Absolutely, we don't
have a meeting tomorrow evening,
01:27:15.70\01:27:17.43
that's Thursday night
01:27:17.47\01:27:18.80
but we will have
another live program...
01:27:18.83\01:27:21.04
very important
program on Friday evening
01:27:21.10\01:27:23.44
and that's 7 p. m. Pacific time.
01:27:23.47\01:27:25.37
Again, it's not too
late to tell your friends.
01:27:25.41\01:27:27.48
If you've missed any
of the previous Programs,
01:27:27.51\01:27:29.54
take a look at the
Revelation Now Website
01:27:29.58\01:27:32.31
and you can view the Archive
01:27:32.35\01:27:33.78
and you can see all
of the other Programs.
01:27:33.82\01:27:35.15
Doug: Yes, please do...
01:27:35.18\01:27:36.52
tune in for
Friday night's Program
01:27:36.58\01:27:39.29
is going to be a
life and death issue
01:27:39.32\01:27:41.99
that I think people
are going to be blessed by
01:27:42.02\01:27:44.29
and then, we will have a
Saturday morning Program,
01:27:44.33\01:27:46.56
of course, you've
learned the Sabbath truth,
01:27:46.59\01:27:47.93
we call it: Sabbath Morning.
01:27:47.96\01:27:49.53
That will be 11
o'clock California time.
01:27:49.56\01:27:51.83
We're going to be talking
about the Beast of Revelation
01:27:51.87\01:27:55.67
and then, that
evening, the Mark of the Beast
01:27:55.70\01:27:58.91
and so, we got a double header,
01:27:58.97\01:28:00.31
make sure and tell
your friends to tune in
01:28:00.34\01:28:02.14
and you will be blessed
01:28:02.18\01:28:03.85
and you want to see
the materials as well.
01:28:03.91\01:28:06.01
Ross: Absolutely, so we
look forward to seeing you again
01:28:06.05\01:28:08.55
on Friday evening
01:28:08.58\01:28:09.92
and again... pass the word,
01:28:09.95\01:28:11.29
look forward to seeing you then.
01:28:11.32\01:28:12.65