Ecclesiastes 12:13
"Now all has been heard
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and here is the
conclusion of the matter."
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This is it,
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this is the bottom
line of everything, watch.
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"Fear God and
keep his commandments,
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for this is the
whole duty of man.
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For God will bring
every deed into judgment,
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including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil."
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You know the most
intense part of any trial
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comes when the jury
return, the foreman hands
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the envelop to the
judge and the verdict is read.
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In those moments
before the verdict is read
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you can hear a pin
drop in the courthouse,
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not a sound,
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everyone is waiting to
hear the outcome of the judgment
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and once the verdict is read,
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half of the
courthouse is going to rejoice
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because justice has been served
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and the other half
will sit in disbelief,
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believing that an
innocent man is going free.
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And the only
person in the courthouse
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who really knows the truth
is the one who is on trial.
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I don't know if you
ever thought about this way
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but what would it be like
to face a written transcript
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of everything
you have ever done.
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Of every word
you've ever spoken,
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of every thought
that's ever entered your head,
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what would it be like?
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You say, well, I'm glad
I don't have to do that,
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bad news you do.
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May be I should
say, good news you do.
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You say, why is
that good news pastor.
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Hold on since we look
at the great judgment day.
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The bottom line, "Fear
God and keep his commandments,
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for this is the
whole duty of man.
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God will bring
every deed into judgment,
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every little thing
whether it's good or evil,
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every hidden thing."
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God knows every
word, every thought
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that you have ever thought,
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God knows he
brings it into judgment
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and that's good news?
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That's good news.
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So Christians are
going to be judged
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all said in 2 Corinthians
5:10 we must all appear
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before the
judgment seat of Christ,
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that's all of us.
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In fact in a
remarkable verse James 2:10,
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"Whoever keeps the whole law
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yet stumbles at just one point
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is guilty of
breaking all of it."
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Now he is speaking
of the Ten Commandments,
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the law that says
you shall not murder
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and you shall
not commit adultery.
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He is speaking of
the Ten Commandments
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if you break one,
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then you are guilty of
breaking the whole thing
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and then he makes
this remarkable statement
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in verse 12, "Speak and act
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as those who are going
to be judged by the law."
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So James follow me,
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James writing to the church
is looking ahead into the future
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and he says I want
you to speak and act
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as those who are
going to be judged
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at sometime in the future,
you are going to be judged
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and the standard of that
judgment is the law of God.
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Now that's a remarkable verse.
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It's not as though God is
standing up there in heaven
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with those Ten Commandments
waiting to judge you
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and if you just get
one thing wrong smash.
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He smashes you
between the tables of stone
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and rubs you up.
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That isn't what it's about.
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God created us to
live a certain way
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that will bring
peace and joy and happiness
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to ourselves and others.
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Who trust Him
enough to live their lives
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according to the way He made us,
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because those are the only ones
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He would dare to bring in
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to the new heaven
and the new earth.
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He is not going to
let sin rise up again,
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that's the
purpose of the judgment.
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So James is looking
forward, don't miss this,
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James is looking
forward to the time
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when the church will
be judged by the law.
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But in Revelation 14,
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in Revelation the 14th
Chapter look Revelation 14:6,
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"I saw another angel
flying in the midair,
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he had the eternal gospel
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to proclaim to those
who live on the earth
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to every nation,
tribe, language and people."
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And he said in a loud voice,
"Fear God and give him glory,
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there it is, fear
God and give him glory,
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because the hour of
his judgment has come."
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Now follow me closely.
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James was looking
forward to the time
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when the church would be judged
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and the
standard of that judgment
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would be the law of God.
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He was looking
ahead into the future,
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and now John sees the time
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when the gospel is being
preached to the whole word
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but he says the hour of
God's judgment has come,
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it's already come.
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It's already begun,
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so something had to have
happened between the time
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when James wrote
his letter to the church
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and the point in the
future that John saw would come
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just before the
end of the world,
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before Jesus comes
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when the hour of God's
judgment has already come.
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Somewhere in between
God's judgment must have begun
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and I'm going to show you
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that judgment is
going on right now.
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In order for any one to save,
"Fear God and give him glory,
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because the hour of
his judgment has come."
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He would have to know
when the judgment begins.
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And God has made
that crystal clear for us.
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I want you to go back
in your Bibles to Daniel,
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Daniel 7, we are going
to cover a lot of Bible.
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This is a huge thing
we are going to go deep,
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so no room for
sleeping not even five minutes.
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We are going to go
deep into the scripture
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in Daniel 7. This is review.
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Daniel saw a vision
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and remember he saw four beast
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coming up out of the
sea, the first one a lion,
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the second one a
bear, third one a leopard,
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the fourth one
terrifying and frightening,
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he had ten horns,
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among the ten
came a little horn,
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the little horn uprooted three.
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Now we have
already identified this,
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we have already learned
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that the first one the
lion was Babylon 605 BC
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and then the bear Medo-Persia,
538 overthrew Babylon
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and then in 331
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the leopard overthrew
the Medes and the Persians
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that's the kingdom of Greece
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and then we saw
already that Rome in 169
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the Roman Empire
overthrew the Greek empire,
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that's the fourth beast
terrifying and frightening.
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By the year 476
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Rome was divided into
the ten horns on that beast
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and then by 538
that little horn appeared
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and he was given power to
persecute the saints of God
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for time times and half a time,
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1260 years until 1798.
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I want you to
see what's happening.
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We saw that 605 and we are
building a historical platform,
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so that we can know
that our interpretation
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is based solidly
in the word of God
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and solidly been unfolding
as we look back in history,
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exactly the way
the Bible said it was.
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Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
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Rome was divided just the
way the Bible said it would be.
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The little horn did
appear, he did uproot the three.
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He did try to change
God's set times and laws.
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He did the things the
Bible said he would do,
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and he endured for 1260 years
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till the deadly
wound came in 1798.
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There's where we
are in the flow of time.
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It's not that long ago.
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Now watch, what happens next.
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As I looked while this
little horn is doing his thing.
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"As I looked,
"thrones were set in place,
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and the Ancient of
Days took his seat."
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That's God the Father.
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And verse 10, the
last half of the verse,
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"The court was seated,
and the books were opened."
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The next thing
after little horn,
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Daniel describes the Father
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the Ancient of
Days takes his seat,
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he sits on the
throne the court is seated,
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and the books are
opened, that's the judgment day.
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Something else
happens, verse 13,
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"In my vision at night I looked,
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and there before me
was one like a son of man
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coming with the
clouds of heaven.
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Who is that? That's Jesus.
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He is coming in the clouds.
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We learned last night
that when Jesus comes for us,
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He is going to come
in the clouds of glory.
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Now, we see Him
coming in the clouds
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but don't get
caught here, be careful.
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He is coming in
the clouds of heaven
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and He approached
the Ancient of Days
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and was led into his presence."
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So this isn't describing
the second coming of Jesus
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when He comes for us,
this describes the time
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when Jesus comes into
the presence of the Father.
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The Ancient of Days who
was sitting on the throne
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during the great judgment day.
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What's Jesus doing there?
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Wow, that's what
we're coming to look for.
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And then comes the
interpretation of the dream.
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An angel says, the four
great beasts are four kingdoms,
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we already know
that in verse 17.
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In verse 20, "Daniel said,
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I want to know
about the ten horns
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and that other horn,
the little one that came up,
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and then he
sees that little horn
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persecuting God's people."
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Verse 21 "As I watched,
this little horn was waging war
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against the saints of
God and defeating them."
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So you see where
we are in the flow,
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we are looking
forward to the time up,
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up until 1798, the
deadly wound was inflicted,
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the little horn making
war against God's people
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and defeating them
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until, verse 22, "Until
the Ancient of Days came
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and pronounced
judgment in favor of the saints,
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that's good news, should
get a few more amens on that.
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He pronounces judgments
in favor of the saints,
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so it is the
court seated in judgment
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that finally condemns
and dooms the little horn
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and pronounces
judgment in favor of the saints
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and against the little horn.
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Don't miss this.
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He pronounced His
judgment in favor of the saint.
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That means that the
saints and the little horn
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must have both
been being judged.
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You don't pronounce judgment
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in favor of someone
that's not being judged.
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Today there are lot of
cases all over the country.
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Jury trials and
verdicts announced
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and not one of
those judges said,
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Jac Colon not guilty.
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Why not?
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Because I wasn't on trial,
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the only time a
judgment is pronounced
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in favor of someone
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is if that
person is being judged,
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if that person is on trail.
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Well the fact that--
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that God pronounced His judgment
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in favor of the saints means
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that the saints
are being judged,
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but praise God the
verdict is good not guilty,
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that's the good
news about the judgment,
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that's why I said the
judgment is good news for us.
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Why is it good news?
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Because Jesus Christ
is standing right there
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in front of the Ancient of Days,
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He is your attorney and
He has never lost the case.
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You don't have to be
afraid of the judgment,
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but the little horn does.
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"The Ancient of Days
came and pronounced judgment
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in favor of the
saints of the Most High,
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and the time came when
they possessed the kingdom."
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What happened
to the little horn?
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Verse 26, "The court will sit,
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and his power will be taken away
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and completely
destroyed forever."
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You know, like I said before
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when you cut
the head of a snake,
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his tail flopped around
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because the tail
doesn't know he is dead yet
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and our sinful
nature is put to death
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but every once in a while
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he keeps trying
to stick his head up
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and we got to keep putting it.
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That's why Paul
said I died daily.
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But the time is
coming in the judgment
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when the little
horn will be taken away
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and completely
destroyed for ever.
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No more tail flopping around.
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He is done, he
is finished forever.
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"And then the sovereignty, power
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and greatness of the
kingdoms under the whole heaven
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will be handed
over to the saints,
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the people of the Most High.
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And His kingdom will
be an everlasting kingdom,
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and all rulers will
worship and obey him."
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That's the good
news about the judgment.
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Saints are being tried,
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the little
horn's being tried, why?
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Because they both claim
to be the people of God.
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And it's the
judgment that finally reveals
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the little horn for what he is,
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and the saints for what they are
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and it's the law,
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it's the
standard of the judgment.
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Remember the old,
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some of you can remember
the old television game show
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"To tell the
truth." You remember that?
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But for those of
you who don't remember
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there was a panel of celebrities
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and then there were three people
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all claiming to be John Smith
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and the celebrities would ask
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John Smiths all kinds
of different questions
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and once they
finished asking that questions,
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they had to guess who
the real John Smith was.
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And so they
would go through there
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and ask their question
and do all these checking
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and
investigating and who is who.
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And finally at the end,
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the high point came
when the narrator said,
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now will the real
John Smith stand up
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and John Smith stands up
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and everybody knows
who the real John Smith is.
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You see in the end time
we have the saints of God
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and they're wanting
to be obedient to God
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because they trust Him.
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They want to live their
lives the way He made us.
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But then there is a little
horn, they don't trust God,
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they put traditions
of man in place of God
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and they start
beating up on the saints
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claiming to be the saints of God
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and wanting to get
them out of the way
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and the judgment is
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now will the real
saints of God stand up.
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And this is the law
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that reveals the
true saints of God.
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That's the
purpose of the judgment.
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Now notice that
the judgment comes
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sometime after this
little horn 538 till 1798.
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Now that's getting pretty
close to our time, isn't it?
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But it still doesn't
tell us when the judgment is,
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when does the
judgment take place.
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In order for anyone
to be able to preach
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the message of the three angels
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in Revelation 14,
they have to be able to see
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not only the everlasting
gospel, not only that,
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but they also
have to be able to see
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the hour of God's
judgment has come.
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How can they know
exactly when it began,
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because it's the
only way they can say
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the hour of His
judgment has come,
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but we are close.
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We are getting close
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but the Bible
makes it even closer
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and that's why God gave
us the 8 chapter of Daniel.
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In Daniel 8 this time
he sees a ram in verse 3
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and a goat in verse 5.
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And the goat comes
charging towards that ram
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and he tramples that
ram down into the dirt.
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Then the goat has a big horn,
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the first king
Alexander the great,
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remember snapped off
at the peak of his power,
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four little horns
went up in his place
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and the goat
himself out of the--
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out of the four winds
of heaven the Bible says,
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the four horns went out
to the four winds of heaven,
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and out of one of them,
out of one of the hour winds
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comes the fourth
beast that Roman beast,
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then the little horn.
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And he is talking
about the little horn.
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In verse 9, he says,
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"Out of one of
them came another horn,
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started small
but it grew in power
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and it grew until it
reached the host of heaven."
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Verse 11, "He set himself up
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to be as great as
the Prince of the host,
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he put himself in Jesus' place."
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We've already talked
about this, haven't we?
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And he took away the
daily sacrifice from him
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and the place of his
sanctuary was brought low
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and because of the rebellion,
the host of the saints
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and the daily
sacrifice were given over to it.
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He prospered in all that he did,
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and truth was
thrown down to the ground.
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That's the little horn.
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The little horn was
condemned in the judgment
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because he did three things.
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The Bible tells
us in Chapter 7:25,
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He blasphemed God.
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He tried to change
the set times and the laws
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and he persecuted
the saints of God,
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He was condemned.
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Now in Chapter 8
we see the same thing,
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he puts himself up
equal to the prince of host,
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that's blaspheming God.
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He took away
the daily sacrifice.
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What does that mean?
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And the place of his
sanctuary was brought low
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and truth was
trampled down to the ground.
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He tried to change
God set times and laws,
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therefore truth is
trampled down to the ground.
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But how does he bring the
place of God sanctuary down.
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That's an interesting question,
and hang on to that one.
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File it away because we
are going to be coming back.
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Now watch.
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The little horn is doing
his dirty work truth cast down,
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trampling on the saints
of God, persecuting them
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and the question
is asked in verse 13,
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how long will it take for
the vision to be fulfilled,
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the vision
concerning the sacrifice,
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the rebellion, the
surrender of the sanctuary
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and the host that
will be trampled underfoot?
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Think about it.
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That question is almost asking
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how long will it take
until the end of the world?
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How long you are
going to let this guy
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trample God's people.
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And here is the answer.
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Verse 14, "After
2300 evenings and mornings
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then the sanctuary will be
reconsecrated or restored."
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Or as the King James
says, it would be cleansed.
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Now we have a time element,
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but before we get to
the time element 2300 days,
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there is some other
things we need to see.
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In Daniel 7 there was Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
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Rome divided, the little
horn ascended to put himself--
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try to put himself equal to God,
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and he is persecuting the saints
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and it was the judgment
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that brought the little
horn to his end in Daniel 7.
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Keep that in mind
because in Daniel 8
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we discover
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
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the little horn again
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and this time the little horn
persecuting the saints of God
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but it is the
restoring of the sanctuary
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that brings the
little horn to his end.
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Are you following me?
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In Daniel 7 what brings
the little horn to his end?
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The judgment.
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In Daniel 8, what brings
the little horn to his end?
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The restoring of the sanctuary,
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so that tells us
that the judgment
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and the
restoring of the sanctuary
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are two different ways of
looking at the same event.
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The judgment clarifies for us
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what it is that brings
the little horn to the end,
00:22:11.39\00:22:14.79
the judgment
according to the law,
00:22:14.82\00:22:16.93
that's what
brings him to his end,
00:22:16.96\00:22:20.83
but it's the restoring of
the sanctuary after 2300 days
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that tells us more about
the timing of that event.
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And that's what
we want to look at.
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After 2300
evenings and mornings,
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then the sanctuary would
be reconsecrated or restored
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and the restoring of the
sanctuary re-consecrating
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or cleansing of the sanctuary
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is the same
event as the judgment.
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So we are going to take
a look at the relationship
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between the
sanctuary and the judgment.
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But first of all
watch what Daniel did?
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He was puzzled.
00:23:01.14\00:23:02.42
He said he didn't
understand this vision,
00:23:02.45\00:23:04.95
so the angel came
to explain it to him.
00:23:04.98\00:23:07.38
And in verse 17 it
says that he was terrified,
00:23:07.41\00:23:10.62
he fell to the ground,
00:23:10.65\00:23:12.08
but the angel said understand
00:23:12.11\00:23:14.04
that the vision
concerns the time of the end.
00:23:14.07\00:23:17.04
Now, we know that
the time of the end,
00:23:17.07\00:23:19.43
the last days
began when Jesus came.
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We are living in
the time of the end.
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We are living and have
been living in the last days.
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That's why the Book of Hebrews
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begins with the
words in these last days
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God has spoken to
us through His Son.
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So the last days,
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the time of the end
is New Testament time,
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so that vision
concerns the New Testament time.
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Verse 19, "I am
going to tell you
00:23:42.18\00:23:43.97
what will happen later he
said at the time of wrath,
00:23:44.00\00:23:47.17
because the vision concerns
the appointed time of the end."
00:23:47.20\00:23:50.61
So the angel is saying Daniel
listen don't be so concerned,
00:23:50.64\00:23:54.24
this vision concerns a special
appointed time of the end
00:23:54.27\00:23:59.92
that God, only God
has in mind and knows.
00:23:59.95\00:24:03.96
And then he tells
us again in verse 26
00:24:03.99\00:24:08.52
"Seal up the vision, it
concerns the distant future."
00:24:08.55\00:24:12.51
It doesn't apply
to you right now,
00:24:12.54\00:24:14.57
this restoring of the sanctuary
00:24:14.60\00:24:16.87
because Daniel was looking
from Babylon to Jerusalem
00:24:16.90\00:24:20.98
and he knew the
sanctuary is in ruins
00:24:21.01\00:24:23.02
and that's what
he was worried about,
00:24:23.05\00:24:25.07
but the angel says look Daniel,
00:24:25.10\00:24:26.65
seal it up, it
doesn't apply to you,
00:24:26.68\00:24:28.25
it doesn't apply to your people,
00:24:28.28\00:24:29.78
it's the distant future,
00:24:29.81\00:24:31.35
it doesn't even
apply to that sanctuary
00:24:31.38\00:24:33.20
that's in ruins right now.
00:24:33.23\00:24:37.88
But what does it apply to?
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.76
It applies to the
New Testament sanctuary,
00:24:40.79\00:24:44.75
to the New Testament Mount Zion,
00:24:44.78\00:24:48.05
to the New Testament
sanctuary that is in heaven.
00:24:48.08\00:24:54.02
You may say,
well, I've never heard
00:24:54.05\00:24:55.08
about a sanctuary in heaven,
00:24:55.11\00:24:58.55
that's why we
need to take a minute
00:24:58.58\00:25:00.58
to go back to Hebrews,
00:25:00.61\00:25:02.54
the New
Testament now in Hebrews 8.
00:25:02.57\00:25:06.94
In Hebrews 8 because remember,
00:25:06.97\00:25:09.90
it's the
restoring of the sanctuary
00:25:09.93\00:25:12.53
that is the same as the judgment
00:25:12.56\00:25:15.37
and it's only when we see
the relationship of the two
00:25:15.40\00:25:17.29
that we can
understand the judgment,
00:25:17.32\00:25:19.01
the restoring of the sanctuary
00:25:19.04\00:25:20.69
and the timing of
this whole prophecy,
00:25:20.72\00:25:23.33
so hold down and
let's go to Hebrews 8:1.
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The point of what
we are saying is this,
00:25:27.62\00:25:30.09
this is powerful stuff.
00:25:30.12\00:25:31.88
And I know it's
a little bit deep,
00:25:31.91\00:25:34.23
but when you get it,
you are going to go wow.
00:25:34.26\00:25:36.46
You may even say
amen. Already you're seeing.
00:25:36.49\00:25:41.27
Look verse 1 "We do
have such a high priest,
00:25:41.30\00:25:45.36
who sat down at the right hand
00:25:45.39\00:25:47.69
of the throne of
the Majesty in heaven.
00:25:47.72\00:25:51.74
And who serves in the sanctuary,
00:25:51.77\00:25:54.36
the true sanctuary set up
by the Lord and not by man."
00:25:54.39\00:25:58.49
Now man built the
sanctuary on earth,
00:25:58.52\00:26:01.91
but we have a high priest
who serves in the sanctuary
00:26:01.94\00:26:05.59
in heaven built by
God, not man. Watch this.
00:26:05.62\00:26:08.94
Verse 5, he is
speaking about the priest
00:26:08.97\00:26:11.19
who offer their sacrifices
in that sanctuary on earth.
00:26:11.22\00:26:15.06
He says, "They serve at
a sanctuary that is a copy
00:26:15.09\00:26:18.06
and a shadow of
what is in heaven."
00:26:18.09\00:26:21.80
So there is something in heaven
00:26:21.83\00:26:24.22
that the sanctuary on
earth with all of its sacrifices
00:26:24.25\00:26:27.81
was a copy and a shadow of.
00:26:27.84\00:26:30.57
That's why Moses was warned
00:26:30.60\00:26:33.99
when he was about
to build a tabernacle,
00:26:34.02\00:26:36.10
see to it that
you make everything
00:26:36.13\00:26:37.95
according to the pattern
shown you on the mountain.
00:26:37.98\00:26:42.01
So when Moses went
up on top of Mount Sinai
00:26:42.04\00:26:45.23
with the two tables of
stone and handed them up to God
00:26:45.26\00:26:49.30
and God wrote His
law with His own fingers
00:26:49.33\00:26:51.41
and handed them
back down to Moses,
00:26:51.44\00:26:53.63
God showed Moses something else.
00:26:53.66\00:26:57.41
God showed Moses a
sanctuary in heaven
00:26:57.44\00:27:01.24
which was to be the pattern
00:27:01.27\00:27:03.23
for the one that
he built on earth.
00:27:03.26\00:27:06.35
Did you hear this?
Let me read it again.
00:27:06.38\00:27:08.98
That's why Moses
was warned see to it
00:27:09.01\00:27:11.60
you make everything
according to the pattern
00:27:11.63\00:27:13.84
shown you on the mountain.
00:27:13.87\00:27:15.57
So Moses saw a
sanctuary in heaven
00:27:15.60\00:27:19.15
and patterned the one on earth
after what he saw in heaven.
00:27:19.18\00:27:23.22
Are you with me on this?
00:27:23.25\00:27:25.39
That means that there
must be a sanctuary in heaven
00:27:25.42\00:27:29.89
and that's the one that Daniel
was talking about in his vision
00:27:29.92\00:27:34.72
when he said the
vision is for the last days,
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.67
it's for the end time.
00:27:36.70\00:27:38.00
It's for the time of the
end, it doesn't pertain to you
00:27:38.03\00:27:40.38
but the appointed time,
it's the sanctuary in heaven,
00:27:40.41\00:27:43.61
could not be a
sanctuary on earth,
00:27:43.64\00:27:46.31
because the sanctuary on
earth was destroyed in AD 70.
00:27:46.34\00:27:51.76
So it must be talking
about the sanctuary in heaven,
00:27:51.79\00:27:54.60
but what could be in the heaven
00:27:54.63\00:27:56.45
that would need to
be restored, a cleansed.
00:27:56.48\00:28:00.75
Hold on, we are coming,
00:28:00.78\00:28:03.04
we are just not quite there yet.
00:28:03.07\00:28:05.00
We need to understand
00:28:05.03\00:28:06.06
a little more
about the sanctuary.
00:28:06.09\00:28:08.32
In fact in Hebrews 4:16,
00:28:08.35\00:28:13.13
"Let us then approach the
throne of grace with confidence,
00:28:13.16\00:28:16.67
so that we can receive mercy
00:28:16.70\00:28:19.08
and find grace to help
us in the time of need."
00:28:19.11\00:28:22.25
Jesus is our high priest
in the sanctuary in heaven.
00:28:22.28\00:28:26.75
You do not need to go to any man
00:28:26.78\00:28:29.53
to confess your sins,
you go directly to Jesus,
00:28:29.56\00:28:33.07
He is on the throne of grace,
you confess your sins to Him,
00:28:33.10\00:28:36.79
you go boldly to
the throne of grace
00:28:36.82\00:28:39.23
confessing to Jesus Christ.
00:28:39.26\00:28:40.92
No man on earth, we
confess directly to Jesus.
00:28:40.95\00:28:44.41
So any system of worship
that puts a man in the temple
00:28:44.44\00:28:49.13
claiming to have the
authority to forgive sins
00:28:49.16\00:28:51.89
is a counterfeit
to our high priest
00:28:51.92\00:28:54.52
Jesus Christ in
the temple in heaven.
00:28:54.55\00:28:57.05
He has the
authority to forgive sins.
00:28:57.08\00:29:00.95
And salvation comes
when we approach Jesus
00:29:00.98\00:29:04.79
who is in His
sanctuary ministering to us
00:29:04.82\00:29:09.98
by virtue of the blood
00:29:10.01\00:29:11.85
He shed on the
cross for our sins.
00:29:11.88\00:29:15.05
Not with the blood of
goats and animals and sheep,
00:29:15.08\00:29:18.43
but with His own blood.
00:29:18.46\00:29:20.53
He is our high priest
00:29:20.56\00:29:23.09
and He is in heaven
in the sanctuary up there
00:29:23.12\00:29:27.09
ministering for you down
here, that's good news for us.
00:29:27.12\00:29:31.61
Chapter 9:1, it says,
00:29:31.64\00:29:34.77
"Now the first covenant
00:29:34.80\00:29:36.18
that's the Old Testament
had regulations for worship
00:29:36.21\00:29:40.41
and an earthly sanctuary."
00:29:40.44\00:29:43.42
We already know about that.
00:29:43.45\00:29:45.78
First covenant had an earthly
sanctuary and regulations.
00:29:45.81\00:29:49.24
He describes that sanctuary.
00:29:49.27\00:29:51.76
In it he says was
the Ark of the Covenant
00:29:51.79\00:29:55.17
and the stone
tablets of the covenant.
00:29:55.20\00:29:57.58
The Ten
Commandment law was inside
00:29:57.61\00:29:59.71
the Ark of the Covenant.
00:29:59.74\00:30:02.53
You say, but we don't have time
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.07
to discuss these
things in detail now,
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.76
its just a lot there
and may be that would be
00:30:06.79\00:30:08.78
a good subject for
another Revelation Now
00:30:08.81\00:30:11.10
part two seminar...
00:30:11.13\00:30:12.34
someday.
00:30:15.46\00:30:16.49
The first covenant had priests,
00:30:19.86\00:30:23.54
earthly priests
offering sacrifices
00:30:23.57\00:30:27.66
and everyday
they offer sacrifices
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.97
for the sins of the people
00:30:30.00\00:30:31.23
and every day people receive
forgiveness for their sins.
00:30:31.26\00:30:34.22
Not because of the
lamb that they sacrifice,
00:30:34.25\00:30:36.93
but because of the Lamb of God
00:30:36.96\00:30:38.44
do not sacrifice
pointed forward to.
00:30:38.47\00:30:41.73
And this happen day after day
00:30:41.76\00:30:43.40
and the priest would sprinkle
that blood in the sanctuary
00:30:43.43\00:30:46.18
and in fact into the
actual presence of God.
00:30:46.21\00:30:48.67
It's just enough
to see the priest
00:30:48.70\00:30:50.35
sprinkle that blood everyday,
they receive forgiveness,
00:30:50.38\00:30:53.28
they go to the saints
they received forgiveness.
00:30:53.31\00:30:55.53
They were
forgiven for their sins.
00:30:55.56\00:30:57.65
It was done then, what?
00:30:57.68\00:31:01.28
Once a year on
the Day of Atonement
00:31:01.31\00:31:03.78
came a day of reckoning
and that was a serious time.
00:31:03.81\00:31:08.63
It was a time when
the priest would cleanse
00:31:08.66\00:31:10.47
the holiest
place in the sanctuary.
00:31:10.50\00:31:13.75
And they would
fast and they would pray
00:31:13.78\00:31:15.73
and put away every
sin from their hearts
00:31:15.76\00:31:19.20
asking God to
search their hearts
00:31:19.23\00:31:22.42
and those who didn't
were separated from the camp.
00:31:22.45\00:31:27.36
They were done.
00:31:27.39\00:31:30.00
It's a day of
judgment, day of reckoning,
00:31:30.03\00:31:34.49
once a year, every
day they were forgiven.
00:31:34.52\00:31:38.12
Once a year came
a day of reckoning.
00:31:38.15\00:31:40.41
Who was it that
really trusted God?
00:31:40.44\00:31:44.05
Now, an interesting
thing in verse 8 of chapter 9,
00:31:49.32\00:31:54.66
it said "As long as this
00:31:54.69\00:31:57.16
earthly sanctuary
was still standing."
00:31:57.19\00:32:00.51
Verse 9 " It is an illustration
for the present time,
00:32:00.54\00:32:05.90
so the earthly sanctuary
00:32:05.93\00:32:08.20
is an illustration
for the present time.
00:32:08.23\00:32:10.81
We cannot see Jesus,
our high priest in heaven.
00:32:10.84\00:32:14.88
You can't see Him.
00:32:14.91\00:32:17.00
what's He doing up there?
00:32:17.03\00:32:19.05
We study the earthly sanctuary
00:32:19.08\00:32:21.38
and it illustrates for us
what he is doing up there now.
00:32:21.41\00:32:27.76
Oh, this is powerful stuff.
00:32:27.79\00:32:30.36
It's an illustration
for the present time,
00:32:30.39\00:32:33.47
because he went through
00:32:33.50\00:32:35.20
a greater more
perfect tabernacle
00:32:35.23\00:32:37.43
in verse 11 and
the heavenly one.
00:32:37.46\00:32:38.91
Look at verse 12,
00:32:38.94\00:32:40.24
"He did not enter by the means
00:32:40.27\00:32:41.64
of the blood of goats and calves
00:32:41.67\00:32:42.94
but he entered
the Most Holy Place
00:32:42.97\00:32:45.10
once for all with His own blood.
00:32:45.13\00:32:48.39
So He didn't have to
offer sacrifices every day.
00:32:48.42\00:32:51.40
Look, verse 23,
00:32:51.43\00:32:52.97
"It was necessary for the
copy of the heavenly things
00:32:53.00\00:32:56.12
that earthly sanctuary to be
purified with these sacrifices,
00:32:56.15\00:33:00.15
that's the blood of
goats and cows and animals,
00:33:00.18\00:33:03.10
but the heavenly
things themselves
00:33:03.13\00:33:04.81
with something better.
00:33:04.84\00:33:08.32
I want you to notice something,
00:33:08.35\00:33:09.60
I think it's often
overlooked by most people.
00:33:09.63\00:33:12.81
Verse 23 says, "It was necessary
00:33:12.84\00:33:15.21
for the copy of
the heavenly things
00:33:15.24\00:33:16.89
that's the earthly sanctuary
00:33:16.92\00:33:18.63
to be purified
with these sacrifices,
00:33:18.66\00:33:20.99
the animal sacrifices,
00:33:21.02\00:33:23.41
the earthly
sanctuary to be purified
00:33:23.44\00:33:25.07
with the animal sacrifices.
00:33:25.10\00:33:26.62
Are you with me? Okay, watch.
00:33:26.65\00:33:30.00
But the heavenly
things themselves
00:33:30.03\00:33:32.85
with better
sacrifices than these.
00:33:32.88\00:33:37.02
So there must be something
in the heavenly sanctuary
00:33:37.05\00:33:41.19
that has to be purified
00:33:41.22\00:33:44.08
because it has to be
purified by the blood of Jesus
00:33:44.11\00:33:48.07
and this is what
has puzzled scholars
00:33:48.10\00:33:49.93
ever since it was written.
00:33:49.96\00:33:51.37
What could possibly be in heaven
that needs to be purified?
00:33:51.40\00:33:57.99
And now we're beginning to see
00:33:58.02\00:33:59.72
the intimate relationship
between the judgment
00:33:59.75\00:34:03.78
and restoring or
purifying of the sanctuary.
00:34:03.81\00:34:08.56
I want you to follow me.
00:34:08.59\00:34:10.69
He entered heaven itself
Jesus now to appear for us.
00:34:10.72\00:34:17.06
One question, how
does the little horn
00:34:17.09\00:34:20.33
trample God sanctuary
00:34:20.36\00:34:22.95
and take away
the daily sacrifice?
00:34:22.98\00:34:27.36
How did the church do that?
00:34:27.39\00:34:32.17
In the mass, now you understand
00:34:32.20\00:34:34.11
the mass is not
just the worship service,
00:34:34.14\00:34:38.12
it's more than that.
00:34:38.15\00:34:39.83
In the mass the church believes
00:34:39.86\00:34:41.22
that when the priest
prays a special prayer,
00:34:41.25\00:34:43.51
he actually changes the bread
into the real body of Christ
00:34:43.54\00:34:49.34
and the priest
actually changes the wine
00:34:49.37\00:34:52.23
into the real blood of Christ.
00:34:52.26\00:34:54.38
So that in the mass,
00:34:54.41\00:34:55.80
the priest is
actually offering Christ
00:34:55.83\00:34:58.98
as an offering as a
sacrifice over and over again.
00:34:59.01\00:35:04.40
Now, let me read this to you.
00:35:04.43\00:35:06.42
The power of the priest
00:35:06.45\00:35:07.63
and this is from 'The
Faith of Millions' by Rev.
00:35:07.66\00:35:10.40
John O'Brien a book written
00:35:10.43\00:35:12.47
to try to persuade Protestants
00:35:12.50\00:35:14.85
to become a part
of the Catholic faith.
00:35:14.88\00:35:17.03
He says the power of the priest
is not surpassed by anyone
00:35:17.06\00:35:22.12
because it is equal
to that of Jesus Christ,
00:35:22.15\00:35:26.46
because in this role the mass,
00:35:26.49\00:35:28.66
the priest speaks with the voice
00:35:28.69\00:35:30.72
and the
authority of God Himself.
00:35:30.75\00:35:33.38
He reaches up into heaven
00:35:33.41\00:35:34.90
and brings Christ
down from His throne
00:35:34.93\00:35:38.47
and places Him upon our altar
00:35:38.50\00:35:40.65
to be offered
again for sins of man,
00:35:40.68\00:35:43.83
not once but a thousand times,
00:35:43.86\00:35:46.81
The priest speaks and lo Christ,
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.88
the eternal and omnipotent God,
00:35:48.91\00:35:50.28
bows His head
in humble obedience
00:35:50.31\00:35:52.23
to the priest's command.
00:35:52.26\00:35:55.29
No wonder the name
which spiritual writers
00:35:55.32\00:35:57.92
are especially fond
of applying to the priest
00:35:57.95\00:36:00.45
is that of
Latin, alter Christus,
00:36:00.48\00:36:03.96
because the priest is
and should be another Christ.
00:36:03.99\00:36:09.03
So you see the mass is
the re-sacrificing of Jesus
00:36:09.06\00:36:12.89
over and over and over again.
00:36:12.92\00:36:16.22
In fact one said that the priest
00:36:16.25\00:36:18.46
even becomes the
creator of his creator
00:36:18.49\00:36:21.49
when he changes the bread
00:36:21.52\00:36:22.96
and the wine into the
blood and the body of Christ
00:36:22.99\00:36:25.68
and sacrifices Him again.
00:36:25.71\00:36:28.39
No wonder he thinks
he has the authority
00:36:28.42\00:36:31.12
to change God's set times,
00:36:31.15\00:36:34.07
the Sabbath as a reminder
00:36:34.10\00:36:35.91
that God is the Creator
of the heavens and the earth.
00:36:35.94\00:36:39.25
But the Bible says
00:36:45.60\00:36:48.83
in Hebrews 9:26,
00:36:48.86\00:36:53.54
"But now he has appeared once
00:36:53.57\00:36:56.74
at the end of the
ages to do away with sin
00:36:56.77\00:36:59.97
by the sacrifice of himself."
00:37:00.00\00:37:03.35
One time is enough, amen.
00:37:03.38\00:37:11.09
But how-- that's
how he takes away
00:37:11.12\00:37:13.74
the effectiveness of the daily.
00:37:13.77\00:37:16.18
It's not enough by faith to
pray for God to forgive you,
00:37:16.21\00:37:18.98
you have to sacrifice Him
again over and over at the mass.
00:37:19.01\00:37:24.47
But how does he trample
God's sanctuary in heaven?
00:37:24.50\00:37:29.13
Watch, verse 26 of Hebrews 10,
00:37:29.16\00:37:35.31
"If we
deliberately keep on sinning
00:37:35.34\00:37:37.71
after we have received
the knowledge of the truth,
00:37:37.74\00:37:40.63
there is no
sacrifice for sins left,
00:37:40.66\00:37:44.41
only a fearful
expectation of judgment."
00:37:44.44\00:37:49.53
So if we
deliberately reject God's truth
00:37:49.56\00:37:54.42
and God's commands,
there is no sacrifice,
00:37:54.45\00:37:58.38
no sacrifice for a
willful presumptuous sin.
00:37:58.41\00:38:03.31
Now he is not
talking about weakness,
00:38:03.34\00:38:06.25
he is not talking about
striving to do your best
00:38:06.28\00:38:09.03
and falling short and asking God
00:38:09.06\00:38:11.61
to forgive you and
help you to do better.
00:38:11.64\00:38:13.68
No, that's not what
he is talking about.
00:38:13.71\00:38:16.89
He is talking about
willful presumptuous God,
00:38:16.92\00:38:19.64
I know what you want,
but I think I know better,
00:38:19.67\00:38:22.91
this is what I am going to do.
00:38:22.94\00:38:26.53
I will show you how
it works in a minute.
00:38:26.56\00:38:29.45
So watch, no sacrifice for sin,
00:38:29.48\00:38:31.83
willful presumptuous sin.
00:38:31.86\00:38:33.93
"How much more severely
00:38:33.96\00:38:34.99
do you think a man
deserves to be punished
00:38:35.02\00:38:37.00
who has trampled the
Son of God underfoot,
00:38:37.03\00:38:41.39
the Lord will judge his people."
00:38:41.42\00:38:44.23
So willful presumptuous sin
00:38:44.26\00:38:47.11
is trampling
Jesus Christ underfoot.
00:38:47.14\00:38:52.82
And He is our high
priest ministering the sacrifice
00:38:52.85\00:38:57.23
that He gave for us once for all
00:38:57.26\00:38:59.37
from the sanctuary in heaven.
00:38:59.40\00:39:01.76
Willful presumptuous sin
00:39:01.79\00:39:04.03
is to trample the
sanctuary underfoot
00:39:04.06\00:39:08.83
because that's where Jesus is.
00:39:08.86\00:39:11.61
Are you following me?
00:39:11.64\00:39:15.04
Now watch.
00:39:15.07\00:39:18.63
What does all of this
have to do with the judgment?
00:39:18.66\00:39:22.50
In verse 23, it was
necessary on chapter 9
00:39:22.53\00:39:25.81
Hebrews 9:23 again,
00:39:25.84\00:39:28.11
"It was necessary for the
copies of the heavenly things
00:39:28.14\00:39:30.89
the earthly to be
purified with these sacrifices,
00:39:30.92\00:39:33.45
animal sacrifices,
00:39:33.48\00:39:35.00
but the heavenly
things themselves
00:39:35.03\00:39:36.62
with better
sacrifices than these."
00:39:36.65\00:39:39.97
Jesus entered heaven itself
00:39:40.00\00:39:41.57
now to appear for
us in God's presence.
00:39:41.60\00:39:44.78
So Jesus remember
on the clouds of glory
00:39:44.81\00:39:47.83
appeared in the
presence of the Ancient of Days
00:39:47.86\00:39:51.16
as the court sat
00:39:51.19\00:39:52.43
and the books were
opened for judgment,
00:39:52.46\00:39:54.55
Jesus is your
attorney in the judgment.
00:39:54.58\00:39:57.35
He was going
there to stand for you.
00:39:57.38\00:40:01.94
That's why you have nothing
to fear about the judgment.
00:40:01.97\00:40:06.05
It's the judgment that cleanses
00:40:06.08\00:40:08.40
and purifies God's
sanctuary in heaven.
00:40:08.43\00:40:11.32
If you don't see
it yet, watch this.
00:40:11.35\00:40:13.37
This is the best
part in Hebrews 12,
00:40:13.40\00:40:15.70
I'm gonna have to go fast,
because its kind of review,
00:40:15.73\00:40:18.51
"You have not come to a
mountain that can be touched
00:40:18.54\00:40:20.97
that was the
mountain Moses went up on, no.
00:40:21.00\00:40:23.90
You haven't come to
that kind of a mountain
00:40:23.93\00:40:25.49
that can be touched.
00:40:25.52\00:40:26.89
Watch this, verse 22
"You have come to Mount Zion,
00:40:26.92\00:40:30.37
to the heavenly Jerusalem
to the city of the living God,
00:40:30.40\00:40:33.84
so you have come to
the heavenly Mount Zion,
00:40:33.87\00:40:35.99
to the city of the
living God, the New Jerusalem.
00:40:36.02\00:40:39.09
You have come to
thousands of angels
00:40:39.12\00:40:41.75
in joyful assembly to
the church of the firstborn,
00:40:41.78\00:40:45.85
whose names are
written in heaven.
00:40:45.88\00:40:47.55
You have come to
the Judge of all man,
00:40:47.58\00:40:49.95
to Jesus the mediator."
00:40:49.98\00:40:51.64
So you don't have to be afraid,
00:40:51.67\00:40:53.06
because you haven't
come to an earthly sanctuary,
00:40:53.09\00:40:55.76
you have come to
the sanctuary in heaven.
00:40:55.79\00:40:59.10
You have come to Jesus.
You have come to the judge.
00:40:59.13\00:41:04.48
You have come to the
mediator of the new covenant.
00:41:04.51\00:41:09.61
So we are on
Mount Zion right now.
00:41:09.64\00:41:12.35
We are in the
heavenly sanctuary right now,
00:41:12.38\00:41:16.20
not in the flesh but
our names are written there.
00:41:16.23\00:41:22.12
Our names are
written in the book.
00:41:22.15\00:41:26.21
And so in verse
25 he goes on to say,
00:41:26.24\00:41:30.16
"See to it that you do
not refuse him who speaks.
00:41:30.19\00:41:33.28
If they did not escape
when they refused him long ago,
00:41:33.31\00:41:38.84
who warned them on earth,
00:41:38.87\00:41:40.78
how much more will we
if we turn away from Him
00:41:40.81\00:41:43.54
who warns us from heaven?
00:41:43.57\00:41:46.18
Once more he said I will shake
00:41:46.21\00:41:49.25
not only the
earth but the heavens.
00:41:49.28\00:41:52.54
The words once more indicating
00:41:52.57\00:41:54.23
the removing of
what can be shaken
00:41:54.26\00:41:56.36
that is created thing,
00:41:56.39\00:41:57.55
so that what cannot
be shaken may remain.
00:41:57.58\00:42:00.26
Therefore, since we
are receiving a kingdom
00:42:00.29\00:42:03.05
that cannot be shaken,
00:42:03.08\00:42:05.61
let us be thankful
and worship God acceptably
00:42:05.64\00:42:08.60
with reverence and awe."
00:42:08.63\00:42:11.31
The judgment is the
purifying of God's church,
00:42:11.34\00:42:15.69
the removing of
things that cannot be shaken,
00:42:15.72\00:42:18.98
their names are
written in the books,
00:42:19.01\00:42:21.22
but the judgment shows that
00:42:21.25\00:42:23.09
the little horn also
claims to be written in the book
00:42:23.12\00:42:26.86
and they are
persecuting God's people
00:42:26.89\00:42:28.85
in the name of carrying out
the righteous judgments of God.
00:42:28.88\00:42:33.09
Revelation 3:5 to the
church Jesus said to him
00:42:33.12\00:42:36.12
who overcomes, I
will never blot his name
00:42:36.15\00:42:38.47
out of the books of life.
00:42:38.50\00:42:39.80
But whose names
does he blot out?
00:42:39.83\00:42:41.53
The little horn,
00:42:41.56\00:42:42.59
because they are
persecuting God's people
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.74
in the righteous name of God,
00:42:44.77\00:42:46.30
claiming to carry out the
righteous judgments of God.
00:42:46.33\00:42:48.97
It's the judgment by the law
00:42:49.00\00:42:51.36
that shows who the true
saints of God really are.
00:42:51.39\00:42:58.16
Did you keep my law God says.
00:42:58.19\00:43:00.43
Oh yes, I kept
Your law perfectly.
00:43:00.46\00:43:04.02
I never made
mistakes and when I did,
00:43:04.05\00:43:05.80
I went to
confession and preached,
00:43:05.83\00:43:09.04
then I got forgiveness.
00:43:09.07\00:43:11.07
Did you confess to me?
00:43:11.10\00:43:14.02
Oh, I didn't need to do
that, I could go to the priest.
00:43:14.05\00:43:18.33
Oh, all my laws. Yes.
00:43:18.36\00:43:21.10
What about the
fourth commandment?
00:43:21.13\00:43:23.45
Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:43:23.48\00:43:26.66
Oh, I did that one. You did?
00:43:26.69\00:43:28.82
Yes, yes Lord I did.
00:43:28.85\00:43:31.34
You kept the seventh day holy?
00:43:31.37\00:43:32.85
Well, you know, we
did on the first day.
00:43:32.88\00:43:36.29
But the law says I
blessed the seventh day
00:43:36.32\00:43:40.93
and I made it holy.
00:43:40.96\00:43:42.75
I know but our church
told that it wasn't important,
00:43:42.78\00:43:45.23
it said it didn't matter.
00:43:45.26\00:43:48.02
Didn't I send you
to Revelation Now?
00:43:48.05\00:43:50.13
So when is the
sanctuary gonna be restored?
00:43:56.62\00:44:00.48
When we answer that question
00:44:00.51\00:44:01.59
we will know when
the judgment began.
00:44:01.62\00:44:03.78
Back to Daniel 8:14,
00:44:03.81\00:44:07.68
He said "After a 2300
evenings and mornings or days,
00:44:07.71\00:44:13.05
then the sanctuary
will be reconsecrated."
00:44:13.08\00:44:15.83
Now we know what
the reconsecration
00:44:15.86\00:44:17.61
or restoring or purifying means.
00:44:17.64\00:44:20.01
We are going to look at a
lot more in the advance seminar,
00:44:20.04\00:44:22.88
so you don't want
to miss that lesson,
00:44:22.91\00:44:25.29
but in order to
understand the timing,
00:44:25.32\00:44:30.43
it takes place at
the end of 2300 days,
00:44:30.46\00:44:33.85
but that doesn't help us
00:44:33.88\00:44:35.77
because he didn't say
when the 2300 days begin.
00:44:35.80\00:44:40.25
And Daniel really
was puzzled over that
00:44:40.28\00:44:44.00
and that really bothered him
00:44:44.03\00:44:46.17
and he prayed
and prayed and prayed
00:44:46.20\00:44:47.77
and finally the angel Gabriel
came to interpret it for him
00:44:47.80\00:44:50.87
and he said in chapter 9:23,
00:44:50.90\00:44:52.96
"Therefore consider the message
and understand the vision."
00:44:52.99\00:44:56.04
That's the one he
was worrying about.
00:44:56.07\00:44:58.22
In verse 24, "Seventy weeks
are decreed for your people
00:44:58.25\00:45:01.87
and your holy city
to finish transgression,
00:45:01.90\00:45:04.47
put an end to sin,
atone for wickedness,
00:45:04.50\00:45:06.89
bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:45:06.92\00:45:08.33
seal up the vision and prophecy
and anoint the Most Holy.
00:45:08.36\00:45:11.68
You have seventy weeks
to do all these things.
00:45:11.71\00:45:13.81
Now you tell me, seventy weeks
00:45:13.84\00:45:15.84
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:45:15.87\00:45:18.22
atone for wickedness,
00:45:18.25\00:45:19.87
seal up the
vision, anoint the most.
00:45:19.90\00:45:22.00
Who alone can do these things?
00:45:22.03\00:45:25.46
Only Jesus. Only Jesus.
00:45:25.49\00:45:31.09
So you have seventy weeks
00:45:31.12\00:45:32.66
to get ready for
Jesus you see it.
00:45:32.69\00:45:36.97
He is saying you
have seventy weeks
00:45:37.00\00:45:38.17
to get ready for the Messiah.
00:45:38.20\00:45:39.70
Now we have seventy weeks
00:45:39.73\00:45:41.63
unto getting ready
for the Messiah to come
00:45:41.66\00:45:43.89
and 2300 days and
then the judgment begins,
00:45:43.92\00:45:48.24
but we still don't know
00:45:48.27\00:45:49.30
when either one of
these time period start
00:45:49.33\00:45:51.96
until we get to the next verse.
00:45:51.99\00:45:53.90
Now comes the fun, in verse 25,
00:45:53.93\00:45:57.71
"No one understand this
from the issuing of the decree
00:45:57.74\00:46:00.86
to restore and
rebuild Jerusalem,
00:46:00.89\00:46:03.36
and remember
Jerusalem was in ruin.
00:46:03.39\00:46:04.78
So when the decree is
given to rebuilt Jerusalem
00:46:04.81\00:46:07.82
until the Anointed
one the ruler comes,
00:46:07.85\00:46:10.48
there will be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks.
00:46:10.51\00:46:14.15
So that's sixty nine weeks
00:46:14.18\00:46:15.76
from the decree to
restore and to build Jerusalem
00:46:15.79\00:46:18.30
until the Anointed
one that's the Messiah
00:46:18.33\00:46:21.43
Jesus until He
comes sixty nine weeks.
00:46:21.46\00:46:24.10
Now that decree was
given in the year 457 BC.
00:46:24.13\00:46:27.75
One of my
professors in the seminary,
00:46:27.78\00:46:29.48
Old Testament professor
00:46:29.51\00:46:31.21
was world renowned
was-- he passed away
00:46:31.24\00:46:33.59
but he was world
renowned as an archeologist
00:46:33.62\00:46:36.54
and he focused a
whole book on that date,
00:46:36.57\00:46:40.82
when did that decree,
when was that decree given.
00:46:40.85\00:46:44.33
And he discovered it
was given by King Artaxerxes
00:46:44.36\00:46:47.00
in the year 457 BC
00:46:47.03\00:46:49.36
and he said there is
no Old Testament date
00:46:49.39\00:46:52.53
any more firmly
established than that one.
00:46:52.56\00:46:57.03
No wonder,
because at the end of that
00:46:57.06\00:46:59.73
sixty nine week
starting in 457 BC
00:46:59.76\00:47:03.06
at the end of that 69 weeks
would be the Messiah coming.
00:47:03.09\00:47:11.01
We have a prophecy
beginning in 457 BC
00:47:11.04\00:47:15.36
and after 69 weeks
the Messiah would come,
00:47:15.39\00:47:18.12
there are seven days in a week.
00:47:18.15\00:47:20.37
Seven times sixty nine means
that there will be 483 days
00:47:20.40\00:47:25.15
or a day being a
symbol for a year,
00:47:25.18\00:47:27.38
483 years until
Messiah comes from the decree.
00:47:27.41\00:47:32.15
When you do the math
00:47:32.18\00:47:33.32
it comes out to
the year 27 AD, 27 AD.
00:47:33.35\00:47:40.24
What happened in 27 AD?
00:47:40.27\00:47:42.83
Jesus, let me tell.
00:47:42.86\00:47:48.56
Jesus was baptized
in the Jordan River
00:47:48.59\00:47:53.54
in the year 27 AD.
00:47:53.57\00:47:56.59
Now, the word
Messiah mean anointed one.
00:47:56.62\00:48:02.35
When Jesus was baptized,
the Holy Spirit came down
00:48:02.38\00:48:07.08
and anointed Him saying
God said you are my son,
00:48:07.11\00:48:11.24
I am well pleased,
00:48:11.27\00:48:12.43
He was anointed as the
Son of God by the Holy Spirit
00:48:12.46\00:48:16.15
in 27 AD to be
the Messiah. Amen.
00:48:16.18\00:48:22.92
That's awesome.
00:48:22.95\00:48:24.95
Right on time Jesus
came as the Messiah.
00:48:24.98\00:48:28.48
No wonder he said in Mark 115,
00:48:28.51\00:48:30.77
he said "The time is fulfilled
00:48:30.80\00:48:33.03
right after His
baptism. What time?
00:48:33.06\00:48:35.94
The prophecy of 69 weeks
00:48:35.97\00:48:37.86
until Messiah
comes would be fulfilled,
00:48:37.89\00:48:40.27
so Jesus fulfilled
that prophecy right on time,
00:48:40.30\00:48:43.31
when He was baptized in 27 AD.
00:48:43.34\00:48:45.90
Then it says after
that time verse 26,
00:48:45.93\00:48:49.83
"The anointed one or
the Messiah would be cut off
00:48:49.86\00:48:52.95
and have nothing
00:48:52.98\00:48:54.11
but the people of
the prince who would come
00:48:54.14\00:48:55.70
would destroy the
city and the sanctuary.
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.90
So he would be cut
off after that time.
00:48:57.93\00:49:02.13
We know He was
after He was baptized,
00:49:02.16\00:49:04.39
He was cut off, wasn't He?
00:49:04.42\00:49:06.27
But it doesn't say when
yet. Watch this, verse 27.
00:49:06.30\00:49:12.86
We have one week left remember,
00:49:12.89\00:49:14.39
69 weeks Messiah would come
00:49:14.42\00:49:16.24
seventy weeks to
prepare for everything,
00:49:16.27\00:49:19.52
put an end to sin,
atone for sacrifice,
00:49:19.55\00:49:21.68
we still have another week left,
00:49:21.71\00:49:22.77
the seventieth
week, that's seven years.
00:49:22.80\00:49:24.90
Watch this, He
will confirm a covenant
00:49:24.93\00:49:27.41
with many for one
week that's seven years
00:49:27.44\00:49:30.78
and in the middle of the week,
00:49:30.81\00:49:32.15
He will put an end to
sacrifice and offering.
00:49:32.18\00:49:34.54
So 27 AD He had
seven more years to go,
00:49:34.57\00:49:37.85
middle of the week would be
00:49:37.88\00:49:38.91
three and half
years later that's 31 AD.
00:49:38.94\00:49:42.98
What happened in 31 AD?
00:49:43.01\00:49:45.83
Let me tell,
00:49:45.86\00:49:47.13
Jesus died on the cross
00:49:51.30\00:49:54.92
and when He died the
veil in the temple was torn
00:49:54.95\00:49:58.36
from top to bottom
by the unseen hands
00:49:58.39\00:50:00.95
and now you can talk.
00:50:00.98\00:50:03.57
Angels tore the veil,
meaning that Jesus put an end
00:50:03.60\00:50:08.38
to the
sacrifices and the offerings
00:50:08.41\00:50:11.10
because the
Lamb of God had died,
00:50:11.13\00:50:14.66
right on time in the year 31 AD.
00:50:14.69\00:50:17.24
He came in 27, He
was crucified in 31 AD.
00:50:17.27\00:50:20.72
What a prophecy?
00:50:20.75\00:50:22.01
It tells us exactly when
He would come and He did.
00:50:22.04\00:50:24.84
It tells us exactly when
He would die and He does.
00:50:24.87\00:50:27.57
Now we know the
starting point of that vision,
00:50:27.60\00:50:29.95
it starts in 457, the
starting point is true.
00:50:29.98\00:50:33.17
A year is a
symbol for a day is true,
00:50:33.20\00:50:35.19
we proved it with the prophecy.
00:50:35.22\00:50:36.97
Now we can know 2300 days
00:50:37.00\00:50:39.63
then shall the
sanctuary be restored.
00:50:39.66\00:50:41.72
A year is a symbol for a day.
00:50:41.75\00:50:43.45
2300 years the
sanctuary would be restored,
00:50:43.48\00:50:46.62
the judgment would
begin and it equals 1844.
00:50:46.65\00:50:51.80
Now, that's
getting closer to our time.
00:50:51.83\00:50:54.48
What happened in 1844?
00:50:54.51\00:50:56.37
The judgment began.
How do we know that?
00:50:56.40\00:50:59.07
Because Jesus
came right on time.
00:50:59.10\00:51:01.34
Because a day is
a symbol for a year,
00:51:01.37\00:51:03.87
because Jesus died on time,
00:51:03.90\00:51:05.70
because our starting
point is absolutely correct.
00:51:05.73\00:51:08.57
Therefore the
judgment had to begin in 1844
00:51:08.60\00:51:12.19
and anyone after that can say,
00:51:12.22\00:51:13.65
now the hour of
God's judgment has come.
00:51:13.68\00:51:16.22
We can know God
made sure we can know.
00:51:16.25\00:51:19.68
But some other things
happened about that time,
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.76
all around the world equally
independent of each other,
00:51:21.79\00:51:25.17
Bible scholars
came to the conclusion
00:51:25.20\00:51:27.70
that this
prophecy ended in 1844.
00:51:27.73\00:51:32.91
Now they thought that the
restoring of the sanctuary
00:51:32.94\00:51:35.98
would be that the
sanctuary is the earth
00:51:36.01\00:51:38.29
and the
restoring of the sanctuary
00:51:38.32\00:51:39.38
would be Jesus
coming to the earth.
00:51:39.41\00:51:42.20
So they started preaching
Jesus is coming in 1844.
00:51:42.23\00:51:46.37
And this happened
all over the world,
00:51:46.40\00:51:47.99
but especially in our country
the Untied States of America,
00:51:48.02\00:51:51.14
it was led by a young Baptist
minister named William Miller.
00:51:51.17\00:51:56.63
And William
Miller began to preach
00:51:56.66\00:51:58.04
Jesus is coming in
all the Baptist churches
00:51:58.07\00:52:00.02
and then the other churches,
00:52:00.05\00:52:01.16
the Methodists,
the Presbyterians,
00:52:01.19\00:52:02.46
the other churches
started inviting him to come
00:52:02.49\00:52:03.97
and preach in their churches
that Jesus is coming in 1844.
00:52:04.00\00:52:07.85
Now if you believe that you knew
00:52:07.88\00:52:09.57
when Jesus was coming
00:52:09.60\00:52:10.83
and it was just
a month or two away
00:52:10.86\00:52:12.51
or a week or two away,
would it change your life.
00:52:12.54\00:52:16.22
Shouldn't, right. It shouldn't.
00:52:16.25\00:52:21.24
We have no
guarantees pass the moment,
00:52:21.27\00:52:24.96
but I know human
nature so does God.
00:52:24.99\00:52:29.04
And it did, there was revival
00:52:29.07\00:52:31.02
like none that had ever
taken place since Pentecost.
00:52:31.05\00:52:34.19
People turning to God
searching their hearts for sin,
00:52:34.22\00:52:37.11
trying to get
ready for Jesus to come.
00:52:37.14\00:52:39.81
They even set the
date October 22, 1844
00:52:39.84\00:52:43.64
that they came and passed
and obviously Jesus didn't come.
00:52:43.67\00:52:50.51
When He didn't come,
00:52:50.54\00:52:53.51
there was a great
bitter, bitter disappointment.
00:52:53.54\00:52:59.30
You see when they were
preaching that Jesus was coming,
00:52:59.33\00:53:02.92
all of those who believe
that were called Adventists,
00:53:02.95\00:53:07.28
because an
Adventist is one who believes
00:53:07.31\00:53:09.08
that Jesus is coming soon.
00:53:09.11\00:53:11.69
In that sense every Christian
should be an Adventist,
00:53:11.72\00:53:15.16
if you believe
Jesus is coming soon,
00:53:15.19\00:53:17.48
so they are all Adventists,
Methodist, Presbyterian,
00:53:17.51\00:53:19.94
Episcopal, Pentecostal
whatever, they are Adventists
00:53:19.97\00:53:23.38
because they
believed Jesus was coming.
00:53:23.41\00:53:26.16
But the
disappointment was so bitter,
00:53:26.19\00:53:28.48
that most of them
gave up their faith.
00:53:28.51\00:53:30.98
But a few said no,
00:53:31.01\00:53:32.18
the prophecy is
right, the prophecy is true
00:53:32.21\00:53:34.99
and they dug into
the word of God for more.
00:53:35.02\00:53:38.17
And they found a
picture of themselves.
00:53:38.20\00:53:39.97
Did you ever say
God, please help me
00:53:40.00\00:53:41.74
and open the Bible and there is
exactly what you need to hear,
00:53:41.77\00:53:45.85
I don't recommend doing that
00:53:45.88\00:53:47.77
but that's what
happened to them.
00:53:47.80\00:53:50.06
They found the
picture of experience
00:53:50.09\00:53:52.01
they have just been
through. You want to see it.
00:53:52.04\00:53:55.17
I will show you anyway
00:53:55.20\00:53:58.08
Revelation 10,
"I saw in verse 1,
00:53:58.11\00:54:02.65
a mighty angel
coming down from heaven.
00:54:02.68\00:54:04.65
He was holding a
little scroll, or a book
00:54:04.68\00:54:06.81
which lay open in his hand."
00:54:06.84\00:54:08.21
Daniel was sealed remember,
00:54:08.24\00:54:09.78
seal it up until
the time of the end.
00:54:09.81\00:54:11.72
Now they see this book open,
00:54:11.75\00:54:13.33
they are convinced that
has to be the book of Daniel,
00:54:13.36\00:54:15.63
only one that was sealed.
00:54:15.66\00:54:17.90
"And then he said there would
be no more delay" in verse 6.
00:54:17.93\00:54:21.04
Does that sound like the
hour of God's judgment has come?
00:54:21.07\00:54:24.77
Sounds like it to me.
00:54:24.80\00:54:26.42
No more delay verse 8,
00:54:26.45\00:54:28.11
"Then the voice
that I heard from heaven
00:54:28.14\00:54:29.83
spoke to me once more.
00:54:29.86\00:54:30.89
"Go and take that book that lies
00:54:30.92\00:54:32.09
open in the hand of the angel,
00:54:32.12\00:54:33.81
so I went to the angel,
00:54:33.84\00:54:34.94
I asked him give
me the little scroll
00:54:34.97\00:54:36.90
and he said take it and eat it,
00:54:36.93\00:54:38.18
It will turn your stomach sour,
00:54:38.21\00:54:39.56
but in your mouth it
will be as sweet as honey.
00:54:39.59\00:54:41.40
I took the little
book from the angel's hand
00:54:41.43\00:54:43.18
I ate it, it tasted as
sweet as honey in my mouth
00:54:43.21\00:54:45.76
but I eaten it turns sour.
00:54:45.79\00:54:47.56
Sweet as honey, the
Book of Daniel open,
00:54:47.59\00:54:49.69
Jesus is coming
1844, October 22.
00:54:49.72\00:54:52.88
How sweet it
was in their mouths,
00:54:52.91\00:54:54.81
but how bitter it
was in the stomach
00:54:54.84\00:54:58.02
when Jesus didn't come.
00:54:58.05\00:55:00.02
And they were
convinced without a doubt
00:55:00.05\00:55:02.28
that prophecy was
written there just for them.
00:55:02.31\00:55:06.40
And so he said God that's
us, what do you want us to do?
00:55:06.43\00:55:08.70
And God said, well,
read the next verse.
00:55:08.73\00:55:11.18
Oh, okay, so they
read the next verse,
00:55:11.21\00:55:14.50
the last verse in the chapter
00:55:14.53\00:55:15.73
"You must prophesy
again about many peoples,
00:55:15.76\00:55:18.23
nations, languages and kings."
00:55:18.26\00:55:19.93
How can we prophesy
again, God we got it wrong,
00:55:19.96\00:55:23.33
God said read the next verse?
00:55:23.36\00:55:26.62
So they read the next verse,
00:55:26.65\00:55:27.86
we got to compare
scripture with scripture.
00:55:27.89\00:55:30.52
"I was given a reed
like a measuring rod,
00:55:30.55\00:55:32.03
"Go and measure
the temple of God
00:55:32.06\00:55:34.09
and the worshippers there."'
00:55:34.12\00:55:36.94
The temple, that's
where we made our mistake,
00:55:36.97\00:55:41.10
the temple of God.
00:55:41.13\00:55:43.03
And so they began
to study the temple
00:55:43.06\00:55:44.46
and they discovered
the sanctuary in heaven
00:55:44.49\00:55:47.31
that he was talking about,
not the sanctuary on earth.
00:55:47.34\00:55:50.90
Now they are excited
00:55:50.93\00:55:52.06
and they didn't need God
to tell them to read more
00:55:52.09\00:55:53.94
because they are
back into the spirit again
00:55:53.97\00:55:56.00
and they are studying
and discovered in verse 18,
00:55:56.03\00:55:58.37
"The time has come
for judging the dead."
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Oh, surely the temple in heaven,
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the judgment is the
judgment that began in 1844.
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Now it's all
getting in clear focused
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and then verse 19,
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God's temple in
heaven was opened,
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and in the temple was
seen the ark of His covenant.
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What is the
standard of the judgment?
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If the judgment
began, what's the standard?
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There was the
Ark of the Covenant,
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the Ten Commandments
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and that little group
of disappointed Adventists
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from all the different
churches discovered the Sabbath
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and became
Seventh-day Adventists
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just in time for
God to raise up a people
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who wouldn't be
afraid to stand up and say,
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fear God, give Him glory
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because the hour of
His judgment has come.
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You see God has
crafted a message.
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He said here is My message,
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the Three Angels'
Message, who wants it?
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No one picked it up
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except that little group
of discouraged Adventists
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who discovered the last
great sign of Jesus to come,
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the hour of God's
judgment has come.
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You see the Book of Revelation
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is not for often
a distant future,
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the future is here,
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the prophecy is
now, Revelation is now.
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You are hearing the
Three Angels' Messages now.
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If there was ever a
time to worship the Creator,
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that time is now.
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