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James: All right,
we are back, right?
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We weren't gone
for very long were we?
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Laughter...
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So, we got to
Daniel chapter 2...
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we started in
Daniel 1 with an intro,
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we got into Daniel chapter 2,
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we're looking at the basic theme
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and so, now we're going to move
right into Daniel chapter 3.
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We're going to start, of
course, with a word of prayer,
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we want to
encourage our Viewers...
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this book is connected
to the book of Revelation,
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we're going to be
looking into the practical...
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the theme... and then
we're going to go back...
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and we're going to do a
verse-by-verse through the book,
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so, it's going to be...
it's going to be really full,
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we're going to have a lot...
it's going to be exciting,
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just to get this
picture of the book of Daniel
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is going to be beautiful.
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So, Jason, would you start
us out with a word of prayer?
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We'll jump right in.
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Jason: "Dear heavenly
Father, we thank You so much
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for the opportunity to
study Your precious Word.
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We just ask for Your Holy Spirit
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to lead and guide
us into all truth.
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Be with us as
we study the Bible.
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Help us to retain the
information that we learn today,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: Amen.
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James: So, Daniel chapter 1,
we talked about this theme...
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the theme of the cross...
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God humbled Himself
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and also the theme of being...
resisting the wine of Babylon,
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being ten times wiser.
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In Daniel chapter 2...
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Daniel chapter 2, of
course, God humbling Himself
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and wanting to exalt Himself...
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being exalted in
Daniel chapter 2,
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we looked at
Philippians chapter 2 and saw
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that this is the
way of the cross...
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the way of the gospel...
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and, of course, this way
helps us as we follow God
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to be prepared
for the end of time...
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resist the
influence of Babylon and be...
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have the wisdom of God
to be able to know how to...
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to... to navigate
these end-time events
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that we're going to be facing.
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And Daniel chapter 3 now,
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we're move in...
into Daniel chapter 3
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and what do we have here?
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We have, of
course, Nebuchadnezzar
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compromising the truth...
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making an image that
Daniel showed him in Daniel 2,
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but all of gold...
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I think that one of the things
that I want to bring out here
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and Ivor I'll hand it to
you too to supplement this,
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is the element of fear.
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So, in
Revelation... the gospel comes
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with a message to fear God
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and in the world, there is a
fear of God and a fear of man,
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and the fear of God and fear
of man are completely different.
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The love of God leads us to
fear Him and to be in awe of Him
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in a way that is completely
different from human fear...
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the natural fear that we have.
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It's something that we
see in Daniel chapter 3,
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in the fiery furnace
because Nebuchadnezzar...
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when he was
compromising the truth...
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he is calling all the
people to worship this image...
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all of gold... or to die.
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They're going to be
cast in the fiery furnace
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and, of course, they fear
the king and his commandments
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so they go ahead and
they bow down and worship
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and Nebuchadnezzar himself...
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the reason why he makes the
image all of gold is because...
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and we'll get into
this in more detail
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is because he doesn't want
his kingdom to come to an end.
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Yvonne: Ah... All: Hmmm...
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James: He's the head of gold
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and the head ends
right here, right?
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And so, he wants his...
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everyone is afraid
of coming to an end,
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God has put
eternity in our hearts
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we're told in Ecclesiastes.
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Everyone wants eternal
life in some form or another...
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we believe in that
and so, in this sense,
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everyone worships
because they're afraid...
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Nebuchadnezzar makes the
image because he's afraid
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and then he comes in
contact with three people
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who aren't afraid.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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"I don't care
what you said, King,
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you can make that
furnace as hot as you want...
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we're worshiping God. "
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And he's not so angry about the
fact that they're disobeying him
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as he is about the fact
that they've got something
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that he doesn't have
and that is... no fear.
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All: Hmmm. Yvonne: That's good.
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The everlasting
gospel says, "Fear God... "
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and when you fear
God, you fear nothing else.
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When you fear God,
you fear nothing else
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and so, as you... as we follow
this gospel theme through here,
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what we find is...
we find God's people
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being filled with the gospel...
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being filled
with the fear of God
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and that allows them to
face every other obstacle
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in this world.
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Anywhere with Jesus I
can safely go... anywhere?
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All: Anywhere.
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James: Fear I
cannot know. Yvonne: Yes.
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James: And so, this is
the same theme that you find
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in that beautiful
hymn, "Amazing grace. "
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'Twas grace that
led my heart to fear,
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And grace my fears relieved.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: So, the fear that we get
rid of.. that's the earthly fear
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and there's the fear
the gospel fills us with
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and that's the heavenly fear.
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Ivor: Hmmm... um...
so, let's add to that.
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In Daniel chapter 3,
basically what we have happening
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is, Babylon...
the king of Babylon
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has heard a message
from the previous chapter.
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The message he has
heard is: Babylon is fallen...
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Babylon is going to fall.
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James: Yeah.
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: He doesn't
like that message
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and as a result,
he sets up an image
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and commands all...
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rich and
poor... free and bond...
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
come on... come on...
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Ivor: Great and small... right
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and that connects
us with Revelation 13.
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Yvonne: Right... right.
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Ivor: Why? Because in
Revelation chapter 13,
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we see an image being set up
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and all commanded to
bow down before this image.
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So, if we put this together,
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Daniel chapter
1... at the end of time,
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there's going to be a people
who avoid the wine of Babylon.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: Because they
avoid the wine of Babylon,
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they're going to
be ten times wiser...
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they're going to preach a
message that Babylon is fallen.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: This message is
going to be so powerful
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that Babylon... in
response to that message...
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I'm going to start
throwing in some terms here
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that you guys are probably not
going to understand right now
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but I'm just kind
of vibing with James
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just for a
moment to set him up...
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All: Laughter...
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Ivor: The king of
Babylon hears tidings...
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James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Tidings that trouble him.
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All: Hmmm... hmm...
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Ivor: And in fact,
in Daniel chapter 2,
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it begins with...
"The king was troubled
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by this dream. "
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James: That's right.
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Ivor: So this message
is a troubling message.
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James: To Babylon.
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Ivor: To Babylon...
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and as a result of
this troubling message,
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the response to this great
message... this loud message...
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this loud cry...
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this... this gospel that,
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"Yes, your kingdom is not the
kingdom that's going to last"
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and his response is...
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James: The "sleep-awakening
message. " Ivor: That's right.
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James: Waking up those
virgins, waking them up.
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Ivor: He is like, "Okay,
yeah, we're not having this,
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so, we're going
to set up an image
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and command all to bow down. "
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: So, again, you
put the first three chapters
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of Daniel together,
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you have a message
for God's end-time people.
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There will be
a... at the end of time
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a people who will
avoid the wine of Babylon...
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they will be ten
times wiser... chapter 1.
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: Chapter 2, they
will be given the insight
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to preach a message
that no one else understands.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Chapter 3, As a
result of this message,
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Babylon will seek
to stop its own fall
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by enforcing...
by creating an image
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and commanding
all... rich and poor...
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great and
small... free and bond...
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to bow down before this image
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and whosoever does not bow down,
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should be killed.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... boom! Yvonne: Oh...
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Ivor: God is showing us...
now... now... check this out,
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we have not even
gotten into the prophecies
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of the book of Daniel yet,
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but in the first three chapters,
God has already told us,
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"Hey, I'm just letting you know
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from the stories
that I'm showing you
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what's going to
happen at the end of time. "
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James: "And I'm
reviewing Revelation for you,
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just a little
review of Revelation...
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remember Revelation?"
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Ivor: Absolutely.
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James: And by the
way, you mentioned this
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and I just wanted to
build on it a little bit,
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nobody else
knows that message...
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"They're ten times wiser... "
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except for God's
people in Babylon.
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Nebuchadnezzar...
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"now God's people...
come out of her my people... "
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you know what I'm
saying? Ivor: Yes.
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James: So,
Nebuchadnezzar gets it.
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He's struggling
with it... you know...
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but he gets it...
he finally gets it.
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So, so... while God's
people are ten times wiser
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and while none of the
Babylonians can understand it,
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there are people in
Babylon that will understand it.
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There are people out
there that will understand...
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that's Revelation 18.
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Ivor: Yeah, and,
you know, we... ah...
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this is just amazing because
remember what Daniel did in...
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maybe I should just say from
when we talk about Daniel 2,
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but who were the wise men
that didn't understand this?
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It was the Magi... right?
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And, do you remember,
like when Daniel goes in...
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because there is a decree...
"Kill all the wise men... "
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so when Daniel gets the
understanding of this...
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of this dream, he
doesn't go in and say,
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"All right, yup, kill
the bad guy and let me... "
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no, no, no... he actually
contended for their lives.
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James: He did, first
thing. Yvonne: That's right.
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Ivor: Now, what do you
think they must have felt
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towards Daniel
after they were like,
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"Whoa, we were about to die
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and this man,
like, saved our lives. "
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Do you think they
might have been like,
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"Daniel, we like you... "
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James: Should have
been... should have been...
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Yvonne: I would hope so.
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Ivor: Because, check
this out, who were the ones
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that understood the
prophecy of Jesus' coming?
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: The Magi...
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Ivor: The Magi...
they were the ones...
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and the question
is, how did they know?
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How did they
understand the 70-week prophecy
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that pointed to Christ?
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Where did they get
this information from?
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And I believe there
is... there is a good chance
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that because of
what Daniel did there...
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James: There was a "Remnant. "
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Ivor: That was
it... that was passed down
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and then, when it
came time for the prophecy,
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God's people
weren't even aware of it,
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the very ones that
the character of Christ
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was demonstrated to.
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James: Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: There was a
remnant in there...
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there was a remnant in Babylon
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and there was a
remnant in God's church
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because we know in Daniel
chapter 3, those... those Magi
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those wise men
accuse Daniel's friends.
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They accuse
them before the king,
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"Hey, they didn't bow down. "
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Because the king...
he's looking out there...
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he can't see
everyone, so they accuse...
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so, we know that some
were bad, in that sense.
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It's the same
principle that we see...
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God has His faithful
people all through Babylon
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and He's calling them out.
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Ivor: Yeah.
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James: All right,
look, Revelation...
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excuse me... "Revelation!"
Daniel chapter 4...
00:10:23.02\00:10:24.45
I'm going to do that a lot
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so, you guys just feel free...
00:10:26.59\00:10:28.26
just get it on
and... and bring it out.
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Daniel chapter 4,
then, we move now...
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seems like we move
completely away from...
00:10:34.56\00:10:36.90
no... no... Daniel chapter
4, Nebuchadnezzar... okay.
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Okay, here is the
theme in Daniel chapter 4...
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part of the theme
in Daniel chapter 4,
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so, Nebuchadnezzar is this
proud king that God knows...
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He knows his heart...
00:10:50.28\00:10:51.61
just like He knew
the heart of Paul, okay,
00:10:51.65\00:10:53.18
he's this proud
king but God says,
00:10:53.21\00:10:54.75
"I want him in my kingdom. "
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Ivor: Okay.
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James: So, there are people
out there... they are proud...
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they're hardy...
they're self-righteous...
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they're conquering...
they're all about themselves...
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they're all about
what they're going to do...
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but God says, "I
want them in my kingdom,
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I see their heart... I
want them in my kingdom. "
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And so, when Daniel
comes in to Babylon...
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when Daniel humbles himself
and shows the way of the cross
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and God humbles Himself,
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Nebuchadnezzar...
the contrast with that
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and then, finally Nebuchadnezzar
00:11:17.51\00:11:19.01
seeing that this
is a God of Gods,
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the contrast just awakens him
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and as it awakens him, he
is intellectually convicted
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that this is true.
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There are a lot of
people out there...
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a lot of people watching 3ABN...
00:11:30.55\00:11:31.89
lot of people watching
Salvation in Symbols and Signs,
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lot of people listening to...
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and they're
intellectually convicted
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those guys are right on track...
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those guys are there
in harmony with God...
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but their...
their... their hearts...
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their
commitment... their will...
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their surrender is not
there yet... it's just not there
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and that's where
Nebuchadnezzar is in chapter 3.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: He knows the
truth of this image,
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but he perverts it
just a little bit...
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Yvonne: In 4... chapter 4?
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James: In chapter 3...
he's perverting that truth
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but in chapter 4, now
you have a hard experience,
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now it gets to the heart.
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Nebuchadnezzar in chapter 2
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is still only
intellectually convicted,
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by chapter 3, that...
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that intellectual-only
conviction is manifest.
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What does he do? Ah,
he compromises the truth.
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If we only have an
intellectual conviction...
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a doctrinal conviction of truth,
we're going to compromise...
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we're going to compromise...
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in the end of time,
we're going to compromise...
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company after
company is going to go out,
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we're just going to get... we're
just going to compromise it...
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we're going to
give in to the world,
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but, if God can
reach our hearts...
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if He can get it down to the
00:12:29.91\00:12:31.68
heart level,
we're get to surrender.
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How does that happen?
Well, God wants to make it easy,
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but with Nebuchadnezzar,
that wasn't happening.
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: So, he went through
a major trial... major trial
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and so, we... we
got to remember...
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we have to
remember that... that...
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that God is in those trials...
God is in those trials.
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Nebuchadnezzar... chapter 4...
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Nebuchadnezzar comes out
of the seven-year trial...
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seven-year trial...
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like a crazy man,
right? Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: And he
says, "God is so good. "
00:13:01.34\00:13:04.01
Yvonne: Yes.
James: "God is good. "
00:13:04.05\00:13:06.55
So, I'm going to...
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I'm going to covet the trial...
00:13:08.32\00:13:10.15
I'm going to covet the
fire... I'm going to covet it
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because I know
that's where God is
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and I want to be where
God is. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: And that's what
Nebuchadnezzar has realized
00:13:15.89\00:13:17.23
so, as he comes out...
00:13:17.26\00:13:18.59
Nebuchadnezzar... really Daniel
chapter 4 is his testimony.
00:13:18.63\00:13:20.80
Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:13:20.86\00:13:22.20
James: And what
happens? When God...
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when God humbles Himself
and then He lifts Himself up
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and he reveals
Himself as He really is,
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it humbles us and we surrender.
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If God can
surrender, we can surrender.
00:13:29.80\00:13:31.21
So, God surrenders first
00:13:31.24\00:13:33.04
and then, Nebuchadnezzar
ends up surrendering to God.
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It's a beautiful
picture of how the gospel works
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in Daniel chapter 4.
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Ivor: And we'll...
going along the line of...
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of end-time events once again,
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what do you have
happening in Daniel chapter 4?
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In Daniel chapter 4, you have
Nebuchadnezzar having his dream
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of this tree, right,
which represents his kingdom,
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but where does the tree reach?
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All: To the heavens.
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Ivor: And what does
that tree represent?
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It represents His pride, right?
00:14:00.40\00:14:03.41
It represents his soul.
00:14:03.44\00:14:05.07
In Daniel
chapter 4, Babylon's sins
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have reached unto heaven.
00:14:09.78\00:14:17.52
So, let's put those
four chapters together.
00:14:17.55\00:14:20.29
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:14:20.32\00:14:21.66
Ivor: At the end of
time... Daniel chapter 1...
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at the end of time, there's
going to be a group of people
00:14:24.26\00:14:25.89
who avoid the wine of Babylon.
00:14:25.93\00:14:27.46
They will be 10 times wiser.
00:14:27.50\00:14:29.03
Chapter 2...
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God is going to
give them special insight
00:14:30.43\00:14:32.07
to preach a message
that no one else understands.
00:14:32.10\00:14:33.64
All: Hmmm...
00:14:33.67\00:14:35.00
Ivor: They will preach a
message that Babylon is fallen.
00:14:35.04\00:14:37.37
Chapter 3: Babylon, in
response to this message says,
00:14:37.41\00:14:39.81
"Now, we're going
to set up an image
00:14:39.84\00:14:41.51
and command all to bow down. "
00:14:41.54\00:14:43.55
Chapter 4: When
Babylon does this,
00:14:43.58\00:14:46.35
her sins have
reached unto heaven.
00:14:46.38\00:14:48.58
All: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm...
00:14:48.62\00:14:50.52
Ivor: When Babylon does this,
00:14:50.55\00:14:52.35
her sins have
reached unto heaven.
00:14:52.42\00:14:54.19
In these first
four chapters of Daniel,
00:14:54.26\00:14:56.22
God is showing us...
comes like this pattern of...
00:14:56.26\00:14:59.19
"Hey Guys, listen...
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it hasn't happened yet
but I'm just showing you
00:15:00.60\00:15:02.80
that this book has
been written, you know,
00:15:02.83\00:15:04.57
thousands of years earlier
than this event is going to...
00:15:04.60\00:15:06.43
but I'm just showing you... "
00:15:06.47\00:15:07.80
This is to
encourage God's people
00:15:07.84\00:15:09.64
that, "Don't fear
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because I've already
shown you what is coming.
00:15:11.64\00:15:14.38
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:15:14.41\00:15:15.74
Ivor: When you
see the image set up,
00:15:15.78\00:15:17.15
just know, when they do that
00:15:17.18\00:15:18.91
their sins will
have reached unto heaven.
00:15:18.98\00:15:20.32
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:15:20.35\00:15:21.68
Ivor: Just know
that these events...
00:15:21.72\00:15:23.05
check this out...
just know that these events
00:15:23.08\00:15:24.52
will lead to
Michael standing up.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:15:28.46\00:15:30.46
Ivor: Daniel
12. Yvonne: Come on.
00:15:30.49\00:15:31.83
Ivor: What are the odds,
right? James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:15:31.86\00:15:33.70
Ivor: I mean,
just think about that.
00:15:33.73\00:15:35.06
The last chapter is
Michael standing up,
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like, "All right... done deal. "
00:15:37.67\00:15:39.00
James: Yup. Yvonne: Yes.
00:15:39.03\00:15:40.37
Ivor: So, one...
two... three... four...
00:15:40.40\00:15:42.60
are beginning to show
us a pattern of events
00:15:42.64\00:15:45.14
that are going to unfold
00:15:45.17\00:15:46.51
culminating with
Michael standing up
00:15:46.54\00:15:50.38
and the dead coming to life.
00:15:50.41\00:15:54.02
Yvonne: Wow! James: Hmmm...
00:15:54.05\00:15:55.62
Ivor: Yeah. James: Hmmm...
00:15:55.65\00:15:56.99
Yvonne: Ooooh! that was so good.
00:15:57.02\00:15:59.75
James: All right,
Daniel chapter 5...
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can we move to Daniel chapter 5?
00:16:01.92\00:16:03.46
So, in the context now, of what
Ivor just said and I love this,
00:16:03.53\00:16:09.90
this thing that's
running through...
00:16:09.93\00:16:12.03
in Daniel chapter 5, you
have belligerent, disobedience,
00:16:12.10\00:16:17.47
neglect and turning away from
the light that God has given.
00:16:17.51\00:16:22.84
All: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:16:22.88\00:16:24.21
James: When
Nebuchadnezzar is alive,
00:16:24.25\00:16:26.98
he has been given
intellectual truth,
00:16:27.02\00:16:29.92
he's been completed convicted
that the God is the God of Gods
00:16:29.95\00:16:34.12
and Lord of Lords
in Daniel chapter 2,
00:16:34.16\00:16:36.32
and even as he fights with that,
00:16:36.36\00:16:38.59
God works in his heart through
this trial... this experience...
00:16:38.63\00:16:42.13
that brings him to
full surrender to God.
00:16:42.16\00:16:44.33
His grandson,
Belshazzar, on the other hand
00:16:44.37\00:16:46.33
has all this
light and all this truth
00:16:46.37\00:16:47.80
and he completely neglects it.
00:16:47.84\00:16:49.20
It's... it's... it's... it's
so neglected that in a sense
00:16:49.24\00:16:53.21
and I don't know
if this is true or not
00:16:53.24\00:16:54.58
but it appears to be true,
00:16:54.61\00:16:55.98
he doesn't even
know who Daniel is.
00:16:56.01\00:16:57.35
He doesn't even
know who Daniel...
00:16:57.38\00:16:58.71
the Queen Mother
comes in and says,
00:16:58.75\00:17:00.08
"Hey, you know, there's a
guy that your grandfather knew,
00:17:00.12\00:17:01.95
he's really wise
and really smart.
00:17:01.98\00:17:03.45
He's like,
"Ah... Daniel could...
00:17:03.49\00:17:04.89
"Hey, Daniel, are you the
guy that my grandfather... "
00:17:04.92\00:17:07.12
you know,
00:17:07.16\00:17:08.49
and Daniel
basically has none of that.
00:17:08.52\00:17:09.86
He says, "You knew...
you had all the light...
00:17:09.89\00:17:12.59
you had all the truth...
there's a God in heaven. "
00:17:12.63\00:17:14.73
And this is the part
that I love about this...
00:17:14.76\00:17:16.33
this is the gospel
again and this is again...
00:17:16.36\00:17:17.93
I'm bringing up
this gospel theme...
00:17:17.97\00:17:19.57
prophetic theme... gospel theme,
00:17:19.60\00:17:21.17
He comes in and he says,
and we're going to start here,
00:17:21.20\00:17:25.41
Jason, read for us, would you?
00:17:25.44\00:17:27.08
In Daniel chapter
5 and verse... um...
00:17:27.11\00:17:34.12
22... 22 and 23.
00:17:34.15\00:17:35.48
Jason: 22 and 23? James: Yeah.
00:17:35.52\00:17:37.42
Jason: "But you
his son, Belshazzar,
00:17:37.45\00:17:39.35
have not humbled your heart,
although you knew all this.
00:17:39.39\00:17:42.86
And you have lifted yourself
up against the Lord of heaven.
00:17:42.89\00:17:45.76
They have brought the
vessels of His house before you,
00:17:45.79\00:17:49.26
and you and your lords,
your wives and your concubines,
00:17:49.30\00:17:52.83
have drunk wine from them.
00:17:52.87\00:17:54.24
And you have praised
the gods of silver and gold,
00:17:54.27\00:17:57.04
bronze and iron, wood and stone,
00:17:57.07\00:17:59.21
which do not
see or hear or know;
00:17:59.24\00:18:01.74
and the God who holds
your breath in His hand
00:18:01.78\00:18:05.38
and owns all your ways,
you have not glorified. "
00:18:05.41\00:18:08.98
James: Oooh...
that's Acts 17 right there,
00:18:09.02\00:18:10.72
that's the gospel right there.
00:18:10.79\00:18:12.12
Jason: Amen.
Yvonne: That's powerful.
00:18:12.15\00:18:13.69
So, Daniel is having none
of this political maneuvering.
00:18:13.76\00:18:16.36
He's... he's
like, he comes in and...
00:18:16.39\00:18:18.79
and Belshazzar says to him,
"Are you... are you the guy...
00:18:18.83\00:18:22.40
the Jew... of the Jews that
my grandfather brought captive?"
00:18:22.43\00:18:25.93
And Daniel is like,
00:18:25.97\00:18:27.30
"I'm not even
going to go there...
00:18:27.34\00:18:29.17
I'm not even
going to go there...
00:18:29.20\00:18:31.21
you knew all of this,
Belshazzar you knew all of this
00:18:31.24\00:18:33.98
and besides that
there's a God of heaven
00:18:34.01\00:18:37.31
who gives you
breath every day. "
00:18:37.35\00:18:38.71
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:18:38.75\00:18:40.08
James: "He gives
you everything you have,
00:18:40.12\00:18:41.45
He loves you Belshazzar. "
00:18:41.48\00:18:42.82
Now, I think,
personally, at this point,
00:18:42.85\00:18:44.35
I think Belshazzar...
this is Revelation again...
00:18:44.42\00:18:48.06
he doesn't repent...
00:18:48.09\00:18:49.42
so the writings on the
wall... this is like...
00:18:49.46\00:18:51.79
this is like 7 last plagues...
00:18:51.83\00:18:53.16
he doesn't repent
but he could have...
00:18:53.19\00:18:55.16
he can't... he
won't... but he could have.
00:18:55.20\00:18:57.20
In other words, God is
still willing for him to repent
00:18:57.23\00:18:59.63
but he is so set in his ways
00:18:59.67\00:19:01.60
that even after Daniel
reveals all this to him
00:19:01.64\00:19:03.97
and Daniel tells him, "I
don't want any of your stuff"
00:19:04.01\00:19:06.17
Belshazzar still
gives him the stuff.
00:19:06.21\00:19:09.14
James: That's... it's just
proving he's set in his ways,
00:19:09.18\00:19:11.65
he can't be reached.
00:19:11.68\00:19:13.01
His grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar,
could be reached.
00:19:13.05\00:19:15.85
So, there comes a time
when the gospel is preached...
00:19:15.88\00:19:18.82
the everlasting
gospel is preached...
00:19:18.85\00:19:20.39
and people make a
decision and judgment comes.
00:19:20.42\00:19:22.02
Ivor: Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:19:22.06\00:19:23.39
James: And that's what
you see here taking place.
00:19:23.43\00:19:24.76
As God brings us through here,
00:19:24.79\00:19:26.13
He's got His
emissary in Babylon,
00:19:26.16\00:19:27.50
He humbles Himself
before the nations...
00:19:27.53\00:19:29.50
He's exalted
through the dream...
00:19:29.53\00:19:30.87
intellectual
conviction captures the world
00:19:30.90\00:19:33.97
but then, there's this
compromise taking place
00:19:34.04\00:19:36.77
and the true come
through the fiery furnace
00:19:36.81\00:19:39.51
and those who
aren't true, don't...
00:19:39.54\00:19:41.28
and in chapter 4, the
ones that are struggling
00:19:41.31\00:19:44.01
go through a fierce trial...
00:19:44.05\00:19:45.45
Nebuchadnezzar goes
through this fierce trial...
00:19:45.48\00:19:47.18
and the others
who don't listen...
00:19:47.22\00:19:49.58
who don't
respond... who don't accept...
00:19:49.62\00:19:51.22
who just want to go party...
00:19:51.25\00:19:52.89
just want to go
have a good time...
00:19:52.92\00:19:54.26
they don't care about
the truth of God's heart
00:19:54.29\00:19:56.46
and His love for them,
00:19:56.49\00:19:57.83
their destiny is sealed.
00:19:57.86\00:19:59.19
Ivor: Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm.
00:19:59.23\00:20:00.56
James: It's all
sealed up. Jason: Yeah.
00:20:00.60\00:20:02.20
Ivor: Along the
end-time scenario
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by picking up with
chapter 6, or chapter 5, rather,
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what we have in
Daniel chapter 5 is...
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you know, after
this whole scenario with
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you know, that
writing on the wall,
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and, "Your kingdom is
numbered and finished... "
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right, what happens?
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In Daniel chapter
5, Babylon is defeated
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okay, and how
was Babylon defeated?
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Well, there's a guy outside
the city walls of Babylon.
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His name is Cyrus.
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In Isaiah 45
verse 1 and Isaiah 44,
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he's called the "anointed one. "
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Cyrus... it
is very well understood
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and known and believed
that he is a type of Christ
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and so, he was the Leader
of the Medo-Persian Empire
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and according to Isaiah 45,
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what the Bible says is
that this Cyrus would dry up
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the deep...
speaking about the Euphrates.
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He would dry up
the River Euphrates
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and basically, that
would prepare the way
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for these kings who came from
the east and from the north...
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came from the east
and from the north...
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so, what you have
happening in Daniel chapter 5,
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is this figure who
is a type of Christ
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comes and destroys Babylon.
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So, let's put it all together,
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Daniel 1: at the time of the end
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there's going to
be an end-time people
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who will avoid
the wine of Babylon,
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they will be ten times wiser.
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As a result of that,
they will preach a message
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that no one else understands...
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they will preach this
message that Babylon is fallen.
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Babylon, in
response, will set up an image
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and command all to bow down,
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when they do this,
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their sins will
have reached heaven
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and when their sins
will have reached heaven,
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Cyrus...
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James:
Returns... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Cyrus returns...
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Cyrus dries up the
Euphrates and if you remember,
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in our Revelation
Study where we talked about
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what happens under
one of the plagues...
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James: Chapter 16. Yvonne: Hmmm.
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Ivor: The River
Euphrates is dried up
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in preparation for the
fall of spiritual Babylon.
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James: And the
Kings of the East.
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Ivor: And the Kings
of the East. Yvonne: Wow!
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Ivor: And so, basically now,
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we have just hit
five chapters of Daniel
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that all show us in
chronological order...
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it's... I mean...
that's just mind blowing.
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Yvonne: It is... it is.
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Ivor: In the way the
chapters have been put for us,
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you find there this pattern
of what is going to happen
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at the end of time
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and it's just...
it's just mind blowing.
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James: It's beautiful.
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Yvonne: It's amazing to me
how God has done this for us
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and the fact that He's
equipped you all to see this
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because this...
this helps us to see
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what He's saying
through His Word,
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it's not just happenstance.
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It's not just some
words that are written
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but this whole pattern
that we see in Revelation...
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we see it in
Daniel and it sets us up
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for the end
times... it's amazing.
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Ivor: And let me
add here that remember,
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we have not yet touched in
detail... Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
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Daniel 8, Daniel 9, Daniel 11,
we haven't touched any of these.
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James: We're
just in the stories.
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Ivor: We're just in the stories
and just from the stories...
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the stories are affirming
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the prophetic parts
of the book of Daniel.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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Ivor: And sometimes we
may that you know, like,
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"Oh well, these are the stories,
these are not really prophetic,
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and these are the prophecies.
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Yvonne: That's
true... that's very true.
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Ivor: Like, "Let's skip
Daniel, let's get to Daniel 2...
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guess what? If... if...
if right now you got rid of
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Daniel 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 12...
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James: You'll be good.
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Ivor: Just in 1 through
6, God has already shown us
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the whole end-time scenario.
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Yvonne: Wow!
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Ivor: He's just given us
the whole book of Daniel...
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I mean, the whole
book of Revelation
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in Daniel 1 through 6
just in these stories.
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James: And what I
love about this, Ivor,
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that's so beautiful to me
is that... how important it is
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to have the intellectual
and a spiritual experience.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: And so,
these stories remind us
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of the spiritual experience.
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They kind of show us how
to maneuver... how to navigate
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our relationship with
the kings of this earth...
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how to... how to
preach the message,
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what kind of
spirit we should have
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and we're going to
get into all that detail
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as we... as we move into this.
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Daniel chapter 6...
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Daniel chapter 6.
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So, now we've transitioned
now in Daniel chapter 6
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to the Medo-Persian Kingdom
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and what's really
powerful about Daniel chapter 6
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again, emphasizing the gospel
is the spirit that Daniel has.
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Now, Daniel was the
main man of Nebuchadnezzar,
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he was a big guy in Babylon
but all of a sudden, boom!
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immediately, he
set up in Medo-Persia.
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He is... he's one
of the top three...
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in fact, Darius is thinking,
00:24:43.11\00:24:44.68
"Man, I think I
want him to be Number 1."
00:24:44.71\00:24:46.88
Why? Because he has
such a good spirit...
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he has an excellent spirit.
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And, you know, when
you think about the trust,
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we think about the loyalty
that Darius wants to have
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for those who
rule this kingdom...
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for him to choose
someone from Babylon...
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someone who's in Babylon,
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to have that trust
and loyalty in this guy,
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that's amazing!
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So, what God is saying is,
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"If you comport
yourselves with My Spirit,
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if you're filled with My Spirit,
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there are going to
be people out there
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who, you may think
are your enemies...
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who you may think are completely
the opposite of what you believe
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but if you have my Spirit,
they're going to see that in you
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and they're going to
want you to be a part of...
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they're going to want you
to be a part of their team...
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they're going to
want to connect with you
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and have you be part... so
what you have to offer... "
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and that's what we
see in Daniel chapter 6...
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it's not just
this intellectual...
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it's also the spirit we carry,
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and this compels Darius
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to actually try to
defend and protect Daniel
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who he doesn't know that well,
00:25:44.04\00:25:45.47
he's known his
wise men for a long time
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and he says, "Your God is going
to be able to protect you...
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and I have
faith in your God... "
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and eventually it
brings him to a place
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where he exercises
complete faith in Daniel
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and that's what we need to see,
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that's what we're going to see
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when we talked about the
wise men in Daniel chapter 2,
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in Daniel chapter 3 and
some of them being the Magi
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and that takes us to Daniel
12 where it talks about those
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that are from Edom and
Moab and Ammon escaping...
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that word "escape" is the
same word in Daniel 12:1...
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I'm talking to Ivor
now, they escaped...
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that they are
delivered... it's the same word.
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Ivor: Yes. Yvonne: Hmmm.
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James: You've got
God's people delivered
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and you've got these other
people... Moab, Edom and Ammon,
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they're escaping also.
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So, this is what's
happening with Darius.
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He's escaping also.
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He's escaping from this...
this Babylonian captivity.
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Ivor: Yeah, Daniel chapter 6...
00:26:35.59\00:26:37.29
Daniel is thrown
into the Lion's Den,
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so, there's a death
decree that is given
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pertaining to the Law of God.
00:26:43.00\00:26:44.53
James: Hmmm...
00:26:44.57\00:26:45.90
Ivor: "We're not going to
find anything with this guy
00:26:45.93\00:26:47.34
unless we find it
against the Law of God... "
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.50
and what happens?
00:26:49.54\00:26:51.07
In this death
decree, Daniel is delivered.
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Right, Daniel is delivered.
00:26:53.68\00:26:55.28
James: From the lion.
Ivor: From the lion...
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and those that initiated the
decree are themselves punished.
00:26:56.75\00:27:00.28
So, at the end of time,
God's going to have a people
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who avoid the wine of Babylon...
00:27:03.62\00:27:04.99
they're going to
be 10 times wiser...
00:27:05.05\00:27:06.55
they're going to preach the
message that Babylon is fallen..
00:27:06.59\00:27:08.49
as a result,
Babylon sets up an image
00:27:08.52\00:27:10.43
and commands all to bow down.
00:27:10.46\00:27:12.29
When they do this, their
sins will have reached heaven
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.33
and if that
happens, Cyrus... or Jesus
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prepares the way by
drying up the River Euphrates
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and those that were
under the death decree
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die as a result of being
faithful to the Law of God
00:27:22.17\00:27:24.71
will be delivered
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while those who
initiated the decree
00:27:26.11\00:27:28.11
will themselves be
punished, Daniel 1 through 6.
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James: Ooooh! Boom... boom.
00:27:31.31\00:27:32.65
That's
beautiful... that's powerful.
00:27:32.68\00:27:34.32
God... God has wrapped
it up for us right there
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and we've also
wrapped up our time.
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Ivor: Absolutely. Yvonne: Wow!
00:27:39.12\00:27:40.46
James: We are out of
time for this second session.
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Yvonne: That's incredible.
00:27:42.16\00:27:43.66
James: So... it's... it's a
good start... it's a good start
00:27:43.73\00:27:47.03
and we'll try to get
through the rest of this
00:27:47.06\00:27:49.16
in our next session...
00:27:49.20\00:27:51.10
maybe... next two
sessions... we'll see...
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All: Laughter.
00:27:53.47\00:27:54.80
James: All right,
praise God... praise God...
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beautiful... love it.
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