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James: So we've made it half
way through the book of Daniel.
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We got the introduction
and we've got our overview
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and that's where we
pick up in Daniel chapter 7
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with the rest of
the book hopefully...
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just going through
the rest of this book...
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giving a quick overview
of what we're going to expect
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as we move into
these prophetic chapters,
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I mean, we started
on one prophetic chapter
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when we kind of
went over Daniel 2
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but Daniel 7...
Daniel 8... even Daniel 9...
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yeah... and then 11 and 12...
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all prophetic and
it just gets deeper
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and deeper and deeper,
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I mean, 7... yeah... you
can navigate through that,
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8... ooooh... ooooh...
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9... that's good...
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10... introduction to 11...
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oooh Man!
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can always... can
work this out... can...
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by the time you get
done with that you're just...
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all just backwards...
you don't know where you are
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but we want to allow
what we've learned so far
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in the first six chapters
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and what we'll be learning
as we pick up in 7, 8, 9, 10
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to help us with 11
and I think they will.
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Ivor: Yeah.
James: I think they will
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because as we look
at some of these themes,
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it's not going to change...
it's not going to be like,
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"Oh, all of that was one story
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and now, chapter 11 is a
completely different story... "
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no, it's just the
rest of the story...
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it's just in more detail
just the rest of the story.
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Ivor: Yeah, I would
even say that Daniel...
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Daniel 1 through 9,
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is really given to us to
help us understand Daniel 11.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Understanding 1
through 9 sets the foundation
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for really understanding
what 11 is speaking about
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because 11... we're
going to see is really a re-cap
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of what happens
from 1 through 9.
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James: And 11...
when you say, "11"
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11 is 10, 11 and 12.
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It's one vision, really.
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Ivor: That's
right, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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James: It goes in at
10... gets revealed in 11...
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and then, it comes out in
12, so, it's all one thing.
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Ivor: 10, 11 and 12 is
a... is a unit it itself
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so, you'll hear us often
just kind of skip chapter 10...
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well, chapter 10 is really just
the introduction of chapter 11
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but it's all one...
one component, so...
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James: Yvonne, you
want to pray for us?
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Yvonne: Sure, sure.
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"Father God,
what a privilege it is
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for us to get into Your
Word and to learn these truths
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and to... and to see
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just how You've just
put everything together
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so, we just pray Lord that
Your Spirit will be in our midst
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and that You will
guide and teach and direct.
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We thank You so
much again, Lord,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: Amen.
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James: So, Ivor,
lead us in to Daniel 7 now
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as we move into the
second part of this book.
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Ivor: So, Daniel chapter 7,
is really an amplification of
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what we see in Daniel chapter 2
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and again, we're not going
to take a whole lot of time...
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we're not even go into the...
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the details of
what happens in Daniel 7
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simply to say that Daniel 7
is about Daniel having a dream
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and in this dream, he
sees four different beasts,
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a lion... a bear... a leopard
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and then a fourth
non-descript beast
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and we will... we will see that
what Daniel sees in Daniel 7,
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parallels what Nebuchadnezzar
dreamt in Daniel chapter 2.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Okay... but
Daniel 7 ultimately brings
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to... to focus...
this little horn power.
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James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: This little horn power
thinks to change times and laws
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and ultimately,
Daniel 7 tells us
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that this little horn power will
have his dominion taken away.
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He's not going to succeed
in what he's trying to do.
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So, Daniel 7 is
basically letting us know
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that though this power
of... of this anti-God power
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is seeking to do these things,
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do not fear because
the judgment will sit
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and his power
will be taken away.
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All: Hmmm...
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Ivor: All right, so,
if we are to re-cap then
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everything that we have
been looking at in terms of
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what is happening from
Daniel 1 through now... 7,
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what we have... and I'm
just going to keep doing this
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until you'll be
able to do this yourself
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by the end of the program.
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Yvonne: This is great,
I love it... I love it.
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Ivor: At the end of
time, there will be a people
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who avoid the wine of Babylon...
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as a result, they'll
be ten times wiser...
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they're going
to preach a message
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that no one else was
able to understand...
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that message will
include Babylon falling...
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as a result of this
message being preached,
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Babylon will seek
to set up an image...
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in turn, commanding
everyone to bow down
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and worship this image.
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When they do this, their
sins will have reached to...
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James: The
heaven. Yvonne: Heaven.
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Ivor: To heaven
and when that happens,
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Jesus... the
"Divine Cyrus" if you will
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will prepare the... the... the
River Euphrates will dry up...
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that will prepare the way
for the kings of the east...
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Babylon will fall.
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Daniel chapter 6...
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those who have the
death decree upon them
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because of the law of
their God will be delivered
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just as Daniel was
delivered from the Lions' Den,
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and then, when you
add Daniel chapter 7,
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it's God reassuring us,
"Listen, the judgment will sit
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and this power will
have his dominion taken away.
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It will be
given to the saints. "
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That's what
Daniel 7 is telling us.
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So, so far from Daniel
1, all the way through 7,
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we have God basically
reassuring His people,
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"Listen, all these
things are going to happen,
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but fear not,
the judgment will sit
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and this little horn power
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will have his
authority taken away.
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The kingdom will be
given to the saints... "
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and I'm kind of...
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again just kind of summarizing
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what Daniel chapter
7 is speaking about.
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So, that's Daniel chapter 7.
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James: And just picking
up with another theme here
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as we move through this,
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just to supplement
what you're saying,
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so, another theme in
Daniel is the Covenant Theme.
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Covenant is basically identified
in Hebrews 8... in Hebrews 10
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and Covenant Theme is
about what God does...
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what God does... what God does,
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what God does...
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a lot of times when we
think about Christianity
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or religion, we think about...
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"What God doesn't... we do...
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What God doesn't... we do. "
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But Covenant theme is
about what God accomplishes
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and we trust Him to accomplish
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and we agree
with Him to accomplish
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what He's promised to accomplish
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and so, all
through the book of Daniel,
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this is going
to... this is highlighted
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and it summarizes
a Messiah Who comes
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and ultimately
completes and fulfills
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all the prophecies of the
Old Testament given to the Jews
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are all fulfilled in
Jesus... the Covenant Keeper...
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the only Covenant Keeper...
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and part of this
covenant that you read about
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in the book of Hebrews,
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is God putting His Laws in
our hearts and in our minds.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: Part of this covenant
is God forgiving our sins
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and our iniquities
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and then, another
part of this covenant
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is that He'll be our
God and we'll be His people
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and so, you have
three things there,
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you have God's law
written in our hearts and minds,
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you have God's forgiving
our sins and our iniquities...
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and you have
relationship with God
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and all of that is
done through His power
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and so, in Daniel chapter 7,
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you come into
this prophetic picture
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of how... and this is
a comment on Daniel 11,
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how this little horn power
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is trying to
undermine the covenant of God
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and one of the ways he tries
to undermine the covenant of God
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by changing
God's times and laws,
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Revelation... I mean...
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25.
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Yvonne: And for those who
don't know what "Covenant" is,
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what is that?
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James: So, covenant is...
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the best that I would describe
it is, covenant is agreement.
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Yvonne: Okay.
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James: It's... when you
make a covenant with someone,
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you make an
agreement with someone.
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Yvonne: Is it
kind of a contract?
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James: It's kind of a contract,
you can say... it's a contract
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and the way that we look
at covenant is, we think,
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"Okay, covenant means,
when I'm in a covenant with God,
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that means that... that God
agrees to do something for us
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and we agree to
do something for Him.
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We're going to agree
to, you know, be His people,
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we're going to agree to do this,
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we're going to
keep His Commandments,
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and He's going to agree to
forgive us and love us and... "
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and that's the way the old
covenant was kind of set up,
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you know, "All that the
Lord has said, we will do. "
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But that's not the new covenant,
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that's not the
everlasting covenant.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: The
everlasting covenant is about
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what God says He's going to do
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and our part of that covenant
is to agree to let Him do it.
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All: Ahhh... Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: That's
the basically it...
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that's the
summary... that's basically it.
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Yvonne: Is that
righteousness by faith?
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James: That's righteousness
by faith... that's basically...
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so, for example, the earliest
picture of this covenant
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would be Abraham.
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So, God said, "Hey, Abraham,
I just want to let you know
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that you and Sarah are
going to have a child. "
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He's like, "Are
you sure about that?"
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Sarah's like, "Huh...
huh... that's not happening... "
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"I heard you laugh...
I'm going to do this. "
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And so, Old Covenant says,
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"Okay, Abraham,
this isn't working,
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you know, it's been ten years,
usually takes nine months,
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you need to get
together with Hagar...
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you need to do your
part of the Old Covenant,
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you need to do your part to...
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to make this covenant happen,
you need to do your part... "
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and so, he does
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and Hagar has a child
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and he's like, "Yeah... this
covenant thing is fulfilled. "
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God says, "Nah ah... "
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and so, God waits
until Abraham is 99...
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when Abraham is 99, he
can't have children anymore.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: When he can't have
children anymore, Romans 4 says
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and she can't
have children anymore,
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then God can
fulfill His covenant
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and His covenant is what
He promised He is going to do
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and our part is to agree.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: We agree...
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we trust Him to do what
He says He's going to do.
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So, in the book of
Daniel, it's all about that
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and so, Daniel trusts God to do
what He said He's going to do.
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All through the book of Daniel,
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you have this relational
experience where God...
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Daniel is trusting God to do
what He says He's going to do,
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and so, in Daniel chapter 7...
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I'm going to lead
into Daniel 8 now,
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then you can pick it up.
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In Daniel 7, you have
this power seeking to undermine
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a part of the covenant
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which is putting God's
law in our hearts and minds.
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He's going to change the law
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so that, we're
confused about what that looks
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and so, the whole Christian
world today is confused
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about what it looks like
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to have God's law
written in our hearts and minds.
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God's Ten Commandment
Law has been changed...
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it's been altered
according to Daniel 7:25.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And when I
realized this is a...
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I was raised a Christian...
I was raised believing in God.
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As I realize God's
Law had been changed,
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I realized, "Wow!
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so, part of God's law
has to be able to worship...
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Revelation 13,
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and there's this contention...
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there's this
conflict about worship
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and there are a lot of
people that think worship to God
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takes place in a
certain way... on a certain day
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and that's because this
little horn power in Daniel 7:25
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has changed the day of worship.
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So, what the
Bible actually teaches
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is the day we worship God
is the Sabbath... Saturday...
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the 7th day... that's
what the Bible teaches
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and it's part of covenant.
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It's not something
that we do to get saved,
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it's something God does
in us, He puts that in us.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: In Daniel 8, same thing,
covenant theme is there again,
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but this time, it's
about forgiveness of sins.
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It's about our Mediator...
it's about our High Priest
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and it's about
casting down His Sanctuary...
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taking it down to this earth...
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casting the truth to the ground,
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so in Daniel chapter 8, you
have this little horn attacking
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the part of the covenant
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that has to do with
forgiveness of sins.
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So, I was raised believing
that I get forgiveness from sins
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by going to a man... a
priest... a literal priest
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and that man in this little
booth... I confess my sins
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and he absolves those sins
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and then, I go and
say so many prayers
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for absolute...
complete absolution
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and now I'm worthy again
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to be accepted of God
and that's Daniel chapter 8.
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The sanctuary and
the mediation of Christ
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is being attacked in Daniel 8...
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the Law is being
attacked in Daniel 7...
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those are two major components
of the covenant of God
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where He says, "I'm going to
forgive your sins and iniquity
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through Jesus,
your only Mediator
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through the heavenly sanctuary
and I'm going to put my Law
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including the 4th Commandment...
including the 2nd Commandment...
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"Don't worship idols"
into your hearts and minds.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm.
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Ivor: Just picking up on
that theme of rest, you know,
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or of not
working... not your works...
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that's what the
Sabbath is all about.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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The Sabbath is all about
rest... it's not about works...
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and the devil just flips that.
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James: Yes... with us...
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Ivor: With us, right,
and so, even people say,
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"Oh you keep the
Sabbath, you're into works. "
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No, the Sabbath is a sign...
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is the exact opposite of works,
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and in fact, when God
gave the Sabbath to man,
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He said, "It will be
a sign between you and I
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that you may know that I am
the Lord that sanctifies you
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and the emphasis is
"I." James: Hmmm... Hmmm...
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Ivor: "So you may
know that I sanctify you...
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James: New Covenant.
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Ivor: You don't sanctify
yourself, I sanctify... "
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because what did
Lucifer want to do in heaven?
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He tried to sanctify himself.
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James: Yup.
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Ivor: "Hey, I can...
I can be holy on my own"
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and so the Sabbath is
a sign to remind us...
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in other words,
the Sabbath is...
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"Don't make the same
mistake Lucifer made in heaven
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to think that you
can sanctify yourself. "
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The Sabbath is
the sign of rest...
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it's not a sign of works.
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And so, this is what
the little horn attacks
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in Daniel
chapter... in Daniel chapter 7
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which we'll get
into in more detail...
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we're kind of
throwing that out there...
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you know, if you've gone through
the Revelation course before...
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the study before...
we've talked about it
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but for the Daniel, we
will go into more detail
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but going into Daniel chapter 8,
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what you have
happening in Daniel chapter 8
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is what the Bible calls,
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"the cleansing of
the sanctuary... "
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"Unto 2,300 days, then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed. "
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And again, we're not
going to go into detail
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about what that means,
but let me share it this way.
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Let me just share this
particular aspect of it.
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Ultimately the
cleansing of the sanctuary
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is a very personal experience
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right, because the Bible says,
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"Know ye not that ye are
the temple of the Holy Ghost. "
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Yvonne: Right.
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Ivor: And so, what's
happening in Daniel chapter 8...
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even though we
understand it to mean
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something that is
occurring on a grand scale,
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it has to do with God
and the heavenly temple.
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Really the temple that
God is trying to cleanse
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is... Ivor points to
each person and himself
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right, because in the
Old Testament process...
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God's purpose
for the sanctuary...
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God's demonstration...
God's lesson was...
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this is how you
remove sin from the temple.
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Remember, the
temple will be defiled...
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the sanctuary
defiled... defiled...
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and then on the
Day of Atonement,
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the sin was
removed from the temple,
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right, God ultimately wants
to remove sin from the temple.
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God ultimately
wants to remove sin...
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James: From the
Temple. Ivor: From the Temple.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: He ultimately wants
to remove sin from the temple,
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so, the
cleansing of the sanctuary
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us really a... a... a... a...
an object lesson, if you will,
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on how God is ultimately going
to remove sin from the temple.
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So, put it all
together, 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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Yvonne: Right.
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Ivor: 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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Babylon is going to set up
an image as a result and say,
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"No, we're not falling...
bow down and worship. "
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When they do this, their sins
will have reached unto heaven,
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when their sins reach
unto heaven... Babylon falls...
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the Euphrates is dried up
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to prepare the way
for the kings of the east.
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Those who are under the death
decree... God will deliver them.
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Daniel chapter 6...
the judgment will set
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and the little horn will
have his power taken away...
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Daniel chapter 7.
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Daniel chapter
8... the sanctuary...
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Ivor points to
all and himself...
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James: Will be cleansed.
Ivor: Will be cleansed.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: God is going to have a
glorified people when He returns
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so, so far, without touching
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the meaning of the
2,300-day prophecy,
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without touching Daniel 9...
Daniel 11, Daniel 7, Daniel 2,
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we are seeing just from the
outline of the book of Daniel,
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God is giving us the very
message that is already...
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that we have already
believed in Daniel 7 and 8 and 9
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and Revelation
13 and 12 and all...
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He's given it to us in story
format... in chronological order
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in the book of Daniel.
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James: Yeah, the easy-reader
format is right there,
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you just read
through these chapters...
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you read through these chapters
and it's all right there.
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Yvonne: Wow!
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James: Yvonne, can you
read for us Hebrews chapter 8
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verses 10 through 12?
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And as you go there
to Hebrews 10 through 12,
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it's just going to be a summary
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of what we've talked
about here a little bit...
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as you go there, just want
to focus on this whole idea
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of covenant and
covenant relationship
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and the idea that this is
something that God is doing,
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it's something that
we're not in charge of.
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Yvonne: "For
this is the covenant
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that I will make
with the house of Israel
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after those days,
says the Lord... "
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James: I want you to emphasize
every time you get to an "I"
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I want you to emphasize that.
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Yvonne: Okay, "For
this is the covenant
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that I will make
with the house of Israel
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after those days, says the Lord:
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I will put My laws in their mind
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and write them on their
hearts; and I will be their God,
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and they shall be My people.
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None of them shall
teach his neighbor,
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and none his brother,
saying, 'Know the Lord,'
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for all shall know Me,
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from the least of them
to the greatest of them.
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For I will be merciful
to their unrighteousness,
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and their sins and
their lawless deeds
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I will remember no more. "
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James: I... I...
I... I... I... I... I...
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you see that?
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: The book of Hebrews
which we need to do next...
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Yvonne: Yes.
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All: Laughter...
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James: The book of Hebrews
is all about the sanctuary
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and the
cleansing of the sanctuary
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and the new covenant...
it's all about the new covenant.
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So, Hebrews 8... Hebrews
10 talk about the New Covenant
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and there are two factors
here that we've touched on...
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three... one
is... New Covenant means
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God putting His Law...
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God putting His Law
in our hearts and minds.
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The little horn doesn't like
that... doesn't want that...
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the little horn
wants to change the Law...
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so it's... it's confusing.
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Then, the other part of the
New Covenant... in verse 12...
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"I'm going to be merciful
to their unrighteousness,
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and their sins and iniquities
I will remember no more. "
00:18:04.25\00:18:06.41
That's the
cleansing of the sanctuary...
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that's forgiveness of sin
that takes place in heaven
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so, another part of the new
covenant... that's Daniel 8,
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and then, I... I... I... I...
I, I... I... is trusting God...
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trusting God... trusting God...
trusting God... trusting God.
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He is going to be
in the fire with us...
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He's going to deliver
us from the Lion's Den...
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He's going to be with us when we
go into Babylonian captivity...
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He is the One that's going
to be able to work His will
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through all of this...
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we trust... we've trusted
in ourselves long enough...
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: We've trusted in
ourselves long enough...
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it's time to let God work...
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it's time to let God work
00:18:35.04\00:18:37.01
and so, this
New-Covenant theme...
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when you get to
Daniel chapter 11,
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we're just going to... we're
just going to jump in there...
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here just real quick
00:18:42.52\00:18:44.45
because we're doing an overview
and I just want to do it...
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when we get to
Daniel chapter 11,
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I want you to look at this...
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I want you to look at
just some key verses...
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Jason, can you read for
us verse 22 of Daniel 11?
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Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And then, Yvonne,
can you read for us verse 30
00:18:58.63\00:19:01.74
of Daniel 11?
00:19:01.77\00:19:03.10
Yvonne: Sure.
00:19:03.14\00:19:04.47
Jason: "With
the force of a flood
00:19:04.51\00:19:05.84
they shall be swept away
from before him and be broken,
00:19:05.87\00:19:08.71
and also the
prince of the covenant. "
00:19:08.74\00:19:10.91
Yvonne: "For ships from
Cyprus shall come against him;
00:19:10.95\00:19:15.05
therefore he shall be grieved,
00:19:15.08\00:19:16.92
and return in rage
against the holy covenant,
00:19:16.95\00:19:19.75
and do damage.
00:19:19.79\00:19:21.12
So he shall
return and show regard
00:19:21.16\00:19:23.63
for those who
forsake the holy covenant. "
00:19:23.66\00:19:25.89
James: Okay, and
then in verse 32.
00:19:25.93\00:19:27.76
Yvonne: "Those who do
wickedly against the covenant
00:19:27.80\00:19:31.03
he shall corrupt with flattery;
00:19:31.07\00:19:32.70
but the people who know
their God shall be strong,
00:19:32.73\00:19:35.87
and carry out great exploits. "
00:19:35.90\00:19:37.97
James: The Prince of the
Covenant... the holy covenant...
00:19:38.01\00:19:40.01
indignation against
the holy covenant...
00:19:40.04\00:19:41.48
forsaking the holy covenant...
00:19:41.51\00:19:42.84
Daniel 11 is summarizing...
as Ivor said earlier...
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it's summarizing
Daniel 1 through 9
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and the summary is Covenant...
Covenant relationship.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:19:51.39\00:19:52.72
James: And the whole
idea of covenant relationship
00:19:52.75\00:19:54.09
is to have this
relationship with God
00:19:54.12\00:19:55.96
where we completely trust in Him
00:19:55.99\00:19:57.33
that He is going to
deliver on His promises.
00:19:57.36\00:20:00.20
The Jews lost that
and, I think as Christians,
00:20:00.23\00:20:03.20
we're in danger of following
that history and losing that
00:20:03.23\00:20:05.63
and so, God is bringing us
to a place in the book of Daniel
00:20:05.67\00:20:08.00
where we put our
complete trust in Him...
00:20:08.07\00:20:09.50
Nebuchadnezzar got that...
00:20:09.54\00:20:11.04
He got that full trust in God
00:20:11.07\00:20:12.54
and God has people everywhere
00:20:12.57\00:20:14.34
that... that this is what
He wants to hand to them...
00:20:14.41\00:20:16.41
this New-Covenant
experience. Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:20:16.44\00:20:17.81
James: And the book of
Daniel prepares us for that...
00:20:17.85\00:20:19.51
prepares us to understand that.
00:20:19.55\00:20:21.22
Ivor: Yeah, I think it's good,
James, that we think of Daniel
00:20:21.25\00:20:25.85
who had this
information beforehand.
00:20:25.89\00:20:29.22
James: Hmmm...
00:20:29.26\00:20:30.59
Ivor: He
understood what was coming.
00:20:30.63\00:20:32.13
James: Yes. Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:20:32.16\00:20:33.50
Ivor: Right, so, you know,
00:20:33.53\00:20:34.86
when they end up
in this situation...
00:20:34.90\00:20:36.43
the reason they have this
relationship with God is because
00:20:36.46\00:20:39.33
they knew what was
coming because God told them.
00:20:39.37\00:20:41.30
So, why is God laying out the
book of Daniel like this for us?
00:20:41.34\00:20:44.71
He's trying to tell us,
00:20:44.77\00:20:46.37
"Listen, I reveal this
to you because I love you. "
00:20:46.41\00:20:49.31
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:20:49.34\00:20:50.68
Ivor: And so I want you...
00:20:50.71\00:20:52.05
when you're going
through this remember...
00:20:52.08\00:20:53.42
before it came
to pass, I told you
00:20:53.45\00:20:55.25
and that is what strengthens
our relationship with Him
00:20:55.28\00:20:58.85
in the time of conflict
00:20:58.92\00:21:00.56
because we're like,
"Man! God showed me this... "
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and you get this
special feeling of,
00:21:02.92\00:21:05.29
"Wow! like God
actually took the time...
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so He must know me. "
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Yvonne: Yes.
00:21:09.03\00:21:10.37
Ivor: "I think He
must care about me... "
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you know, and that's what
strengthens that covenant...
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that relationship.
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James: All right, here's one...
one phrase to summarize that
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and I'm going to
give it back to you.
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So, prophecy is not
sensational, it's relational.
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Ivor: Yes. Yvonne: Oh... nice...
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James: Prophecy is not
sensational... it's relational.
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In other words, the reason why
God is revealing prophecy to you
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Jason, right, is because
He wants you to be ready...
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He cares about you...
00:21:30.72\00:21:32.05
He wants a
relationship with you...
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He wanted a
relationship with Daniel...
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He wanted a relationship
with Nebuchadnezzar...
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He wants a
relationship with Yvonne...
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with Ivor... with me...
with all of our Viewers...
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God wants a relationship with us
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to prepare us
for what is coming.
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Ivor: Yeah, so, Daniel 9, okay.
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Daniel 9 is what we
know as the 70-Week Prophecy
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and I should
jump back a little bit
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because in Daniel chapter
7, we have a prophecy called,
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1,260-Year Prophecy.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: In Daniel chapter 8,
we have the 2,300-Year Prophecy,
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and then, in Daniel chapter 9,
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we're introduced to
the 70-Week Prophecy.
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We're not going to
get into that right now
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but just kind of put
that on a shelf for a moment
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and so, when I say in Daniel 9
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we have the 70-Week Prophecy,
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that prophecy...
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again we're not going to
go into too much detail...
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was basically
about a probationary time
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that was given to a
certain group of people
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that when that time came,
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if they did not
do certain things
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or they did not
respond in certain ways,
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then, their
probation would be cut off.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: So, Daniel 9 is really
about the close of probation.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: On a... it's a
small scale James: Yeah... yeah.
00:22:37.12\00:22:38.95
Ivor: But it's about
the close of probation,
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okay, and... and... and
it ends with that being...
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I think it's verse
27 or so where it says,
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"... that determined shall be
poured out upon the desolate. "
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So, what happens to those
00:22:51.53\00:22:52.93
who experience the
close of probation?
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Something is going to
be poured out upon them.
00:22:54.37\00:22:56.20
All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: Now, this happened in
a literal historical context...
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Matthew 24... the
destruction of Jerusalem.
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James: Which is a "Type.
" Ivor: Which is a "Type. "
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but when we step back
and look at the big picture
00:23:06.51\00:23:08.75
that Daniel 9 is speaking
about the close of probation
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and stuff being
poured out on people
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upon whom probation closes,
00:23:13.52\00:23:14.99
all of a sudden,
you begin to see,
00:23:15.02\00:23:17.06
"Oh, at the time of the end
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there's going to
be a group of people
00:23:19.29\00:23:20.70
who will avoid
the wine of Babylon...
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who'll be ten times wiser...
00:23:22.10\00:23:23.67
who will preach a message
that Babylon is fallen...
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Babylon will set up
an image as a result
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.24
commanding all to bow down...
00:23:28.30\00:23:29.67
when they do this, their sins
will have reached unto heaven
00:23:29.70\00:23:32.04
and when their
sins reach unto heaven,
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.88
Babylon will fall...
00:23:33.91\00:23:35.74
the River Euphrates will dry up
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preparing the way
for kings of the east.
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Those under the death decree...
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because of their loyalty to the
law of God will be delivered.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:23:43.82\00:23:45.15
Ivor: The judgment will set
00:23:45.19\00:23:46.52
and the dominion of the
wicked will be taken away.
00:23:46.55\00:23:48.72
The sanctuary will be cleansed
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.06
and the plagues will be
poured out upon the desolate
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upon whom probation has closed.
00:23:56.56\00:23:58.27
All: Hmmm... Hmmm...
00:23:58.30\00:23:59.63
James: Yup, that's
where we are so far.
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Ivor: Daniel 1 through 9.
00:24:01.44\00:24:02.77
Yvonne: Wow! it's beautiful.
00:24:02.80\00:24:04.14
Ivor: Without touching this.
00:24:04.17\00:24:05.51
James: Now Daniel 10 is what
I'm having for lunch... salad...
00:24:05.54\00:24:08.51
it's the nutrients.
00:24:08.54\00:24:10.28
All: Laughter...
00:24:10.35\00:24:12.01
James: We skip
over Daniel chapter 10
00:24:12.05\00:24:13.65
but Daniel chapter 10 is this
beautiful summary, if you will,
00:24:13.68\00:24:17.35
of Daniel's covenant
relationship with the Father
00:24:17.39\00:24:20.76
and Jesus Christ.
00:24:20.79\00:24:22.12
In Daniel chapter 10, we have
an introduction to Daniel 11
00:24:22.16\00:24:25.16
and the introduction
00:24:25.19\00:24:26.53
is very similar to
the book of Revelation
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.80
because Daniel sees
Jesus very similarly
00:24:28.83\00:24:31.23
to the way he sees Him
in the book of Revelation
00:24:31.27\00:24:34.20
and as he sees Jesus,
he falls down at his feet
00:24:34.24\00:24:37.14
as though he were dead
00:24:37.17\00:24:38.51
and what it
reminds us of is the fact
00:24:38.54\00:24:40.84
that that doesn't matter
how good... how blameless...
00:24:40.88\00:24:44.25
how righteous we
are as Christians...
00:24:44.28\00:24:46.51
as believers... as followers...
00:24:46.55\00:24:48.38
whatever you want to
call us believing in God
00:24:48.42\00:24:52.05
that there's no
way we can do this,
00:24:52.09\00:24:54.62
Abraham couldn't do it...
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.76
Daniel couldn't do it...
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.83
we need a Savior...
we need a Redeemer...
00:24:58.86\00:25:00.93
we need Jesus... that's
again... covenant theme.
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.90
"I'm going to do this... "
00:25:02.93\00:25:04.27
"I'm going to do this,"
"I'm going to do this. "
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.63
So, it's a beautiful picture
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.00
that we see here
in Daniel chapter 10.
00:25:07.04\00:25:08.37
Ivor: And I'll just...
00:25:08.40\00:25:09.74
because Daniel 10,
11 and 12 are a unit,
00:25:09.77\00:25:11.67
I'm looking at it as a unit here
00:25:11.71\00:25:14.21
and Daniel chapter 11...
00:25:14.24\00:25:15.58
Daniel 10
introduces us to Daniel 11.
00:25:15.61\00:25:18.35
Daniel 11 is basically about
this war between these powers
00:25:18.38\00:25:21.85
called the king of the
north and the king of the south.
00:25:21.88\00:25:24.95
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:25:24.99\00:25:26.32
Ivor: Ultimately, Daniel 11 ends
00:25:26.35\00:25:28.06
with this "king
of the north" power
00:25:28.09\00:25:29.82
being the ultimate
anti-God power, right,
00:25:29.89\00:25:34.20
and Daniel 11:45 tells us
that this king of the north
00:25:34.23\00:25:38.13
will come to his end
and none shall help him.
00:25:38.20\00:25:41.24
I'm going to
throw Daniel 12 in here.
00:25:41.27\00:25:43.10
The reason he comes to
his end in Daniel 11:45
00:25:43.14\00:25:46.47
is because "Michael
stands up" in Daniel 12:1
00:25:46.51\00:25:49.78
and the dead are
raised, all right...
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.88
so, we got two minutes...
let me put this together:
00:25:51.91\00:25:54.52
At the end of time,
00:25:54.55\00:25:56.18
there's going to
be an end-time people
00:25:56.22\00:25:57.82
who reject the wine of Babylon,
00:25:57.85\00:26:00.89
as a result
they'll be ten times wiser.
00:26:00.92\00:26:02.62
They will have understanding
and preach a message
00:26:02.66\00:26:05.46
that no one else understands.
00:26:05.49\00:26:06.83
That message will
involve Babylon falling.
00:26:06.86\00:26:09.00
As a result of this world-wide
message being preached,
00:26:09.03\00:26:12.13
Babylon will seek to counter
it by setting up an image
00:26:12.17\00:26:15.24
commanding all to
bow down and worship.
00:26:15.27\00:26:17.54
When they do this, their sins
will have reached unto heaven
00:26:17.57\00:26:20.84
and when their
sins reach unto heaven,
00:26:20.88\00:26:22.74
Babylon will fall...
00:26:22.81\00:26:24.65
"Cyrus" which is Jesus is going
to prepare the way for the...
00:26:24.68\00:26:27.78
you know, prepare the way
00:26:27.82\00:26:29.15
by drying up the River Euphrates
symbolically speaking...
00:26:29.18\00:26:33.09
those who were
under the death decree
00:26:33.12\00:26:37.06
for observing the law
of God will be delivered...
00:26:37.09\00:26:39.36
the judgment will set...
00:26:39.39\00:26:40.96
the little horn will
have his power taken away...
00:26:41.00\00:26:43.57
the sanctuary
will be cleansed...
00:26:43.60\00:26:45.90
"... that determined will be
poured upon the desolate... "
00:26:45.93\00:26:49.07
that's where it leads...
00:26:49.10\00:26:50.44
probation closes...
00:26:50.47\00:26:51.81
Daniel 11...
00:26:51.84\00:26:53.17
the king of the
north will come to his end
00:26:53.21\00:26:54.54
why? because Michael will
stand up to deliver His people
00:26:54.58\00:26:58.48
and they that sleep
in Christ will rise.
00:26:58.51\00:27:02.88
That's the whole
book of Daniel...
00:27:02.92\00:27:04.52
that's Daniel 1...
00:27:04.55\00:27:05.89
without touching the prophecies,
we already have the layout
00:27:05.92\00:27:10.06
so, all we know now
that everything we look at
00:27:10.13\00:27:13.26
is going to be filling in
the blanks in that scenario.
00:27:13.29\00:27:17.83
James: It's a beautiful picture
00:27:17.87\00:27:19.83
when you look at
it from that angle...
00:27:19.87\00:27:21.67
I mean, from that perspective
you've got this big picture...
00:27:21.70\00:27:23.74
you've got the theme of
judgment coming through here...
00:27:23.77\00:27:25.94
you see it over
and over again...
00:27:25.97\00:27:27.68
starts right with God Himself...
00:27:27.71\00:27:29.28
by the way,
that's another point,
00:27:29.31\00:27:30.85
God is with us in judgment.
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.21
Ivor: Hmmm... Yvonne: Yes.
00:27:32.25\00:27:33.58
James: He doesn't bring judgment
upon us separate from Himself...
00:27:33.62\00:27:35.58
His heart feels
everything that we go through...
00:27:35.65\00:27:37.92
he feels the pain
that we're experiencing
00:27:37.95\00:27:40.06
and we know that
because of the cross
00:27:40.09\00:27:42.12
and we see that all
through the Old Testament also,
00:27:42.19\00:27:44.36
so, it's a beautiful picture
of the God that we serve.
00:27:44.39\00:27:46.56
It's not just prophecy...
00:27:46.59\00:27:47.93
it's the heart of
God being revealed...
00:27:47.96\00:27:49.86
relationship with
God is what He wants...
00:27:49.90\00:27:51.87
what He's calling
each one of us too...
00:27:51.90\00:27:53.84
and each one of
our Viewers too also,
00:27:53.87\00:27:55.20
so, praise God.
00:27:55.24\00:27:56.57
All: Amen.
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