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James: So we have...
this is Program Number 6
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and we're still in Daniel 1
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but we're going
to finish Daniel 1.
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We've laid a good
foundation, we've gone...
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we've looked at the
history which sets us up
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for understanding
the rest of the book,
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especially Daniel 11, right?
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Jason: Technically,
this is Program Number 78.
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James: Ooooh.
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Jason: Program number
78... I'm just saying.
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James: Because this is
continuing from Revelation...
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isn't that something!
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Jason: That way,
they don't get confused
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when they're looking for it.
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James: Right, okay. Wooo...
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we've looked at parallels...
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the prophetic parallels
with Daniel and Revelation,
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the end-time parallels...
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the book of
Daniel illustrates for us
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as it's taken into
the book of Revelation...
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so, this is real life
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and then we've got
the symbolic down there,
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and then we've
looked at the Covenant...
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and the
personal... and the purpose...
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and how God has a
purpose for each one of us
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and He wants us
to find that purpose
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and we find that purpose
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sometimes... I
know from my life,
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I was at a low point and...
when I gave my heart to Jesus
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and it was the
trials... that low point
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that caused me to
give my heart to Jesus
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to find my... and
I found my purpose...
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that's why I'm here today.
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Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And so, sometimes
it's through those trials
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that Daniel is going
through a major trial here
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but that's where
he finds his purpose
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and because he found
his purpose, here we are.
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Ivor: I tell you, it's amazing
as you're talking about this
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and I'm just
thinking, I found my purpose
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reading Daniel chapter
2 and Daniel chapter 7.
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James: Wow! Yvonne: Really?
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Ivor: That was the
study that was given
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to me and my group of friends...
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you know... one night
2 o'clock in the morning,
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in the Den...
Marijuana-filled place...
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and someone's
giving us this Bible Study
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on Daniel 2 and Daniel
7 and it was just like...
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like purpose hit me in the face.
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James: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Ivor: Whoooosh!
it was just like,
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"What is this?"
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and it just
revolutionized everything.
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So, when you're talking
about purpose, I mean, it's...
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and it's amazing because
I think the book of Daniel
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really contains the
purpose of all humanity.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm.
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Ivor: You're like, this
is not God's ideal for you
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or just me or
just... you know...
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the entire
history of the human race
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is... is in the book of Daniel
and God trying to intervene
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to save as many as possible
and to let those people know,
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"Hey, you have a
mission to go tell other people
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about what you have seen
and what you have heard... "
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and it brings real purpose.
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I remember being
in New York City,
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one of these
nights I'd just heard this
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and I'm standing up outside
and I'm looking around...
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in my mind, I'm like,
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"I am the only one in New
York City that knows this... "
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this was before I knew
there was an Adventist church...
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I was like, "The
Lord has called me... "
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I felt like the one
person on the planet...
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and it was like, "All this
burden falls on my shoulders!"
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Then I found out
there was a Movement...
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I was like, then I
understood, okay...
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Yvonne: Like Elijah.
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Ivor: Yeah, like
Elijah... then, I was like...
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what should I do... what...
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James: We need to pray,
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we need to pray and
get into Daniel chapter 1,
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Yvonne, would you
like to pray for us?
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Yvonne: Sure,
"Father, thank You so very much
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for bringing us together
again to study Your Word,
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we just praise You
Lord, for the insights
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that You continue to give
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and we just pray
for continued blessings,
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guidance and direction,
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thank You so much again
Father God for what You've done
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in the plan of salvation
for us and Your love for us,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: Amen.
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James: So, Daniel
chapter 1, let's pick it up here
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with verse 5,
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Jason, you got this on verse 5.
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Jason: Yes Sir, "And
the king appointed for them
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a daily provision of
the king's delicacies
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and of the wine which he drank,
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and three years
of training for them,
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so that at the end of that time
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they might serve
before the king. "
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James: Okay, so verse 5
is basically talking about
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the practical relationship that
these guys were going to have.
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They weren't going
to be taken in there
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and put on some farm somewhere
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or made a slave
in someone's house...
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these guys were
coming into the palace...
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these guys were eating the
food of the king's table...
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these guys were going
to be specially educated...
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these guys were going to
serve a specific purpose.
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They went in to train...
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they had free college education
in Babylon for three years
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but that
education meant a re-train
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or reframing of the mind
and Daniel had to be thinking
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"I can't completely
acquiesce to this...
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I've got to cooperate...
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but I can't
completely acquiesce to this. "
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And so, what does he do?
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What's the first thing he does?
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Let's read verse... why
don't we read a few verses,
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let's read verses 6... all
the way down through verse 16...
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6 to 16...
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Yvonne: "Now from among
those of the sons of Judah
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were Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
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To them the chief of
the eunuchs gave names:
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he gave Daniel
the name Belteshazzar;
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to Hananiah, Shadrach;
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to Mishael, Meshach;
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and to Azariah, Abednego.
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But Daniel purposed in his heart
that he would not defile himself
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with the portion of
the king's delicacies,
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nor with the
wine which he drank;
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therefore he requested
of the chief of the eunuchs
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that he might
not defile himself.
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Now God had brought Daniel
into the favor and goodwill
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of the chief of the eunuchs.
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And the chief of the
eunuchs said to Daniel,
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'I fear my lord the king,
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who has appointed
your food and drink.
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For why should he see
your faces looking worse
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than the young
men who are your age?
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Then you would endanger
my head before the king. '
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So Daniel said to the steward
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whom the chief of the
eunuchs had set over Daniel,
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Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
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'Please test your
servants for ten days,
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and let them give us vegetables
to eat and water to drink.
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Then let our appearance
be examined before you,
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and the
appearance of the young men
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who eat the portion
of the king's delicacies;
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and as you see fit, so
deal with your servants. '
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So he consented
with them in this matter,
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and tested them ten days.
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And at the end of ten days
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their features appeared
better and fatter in flesh
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than all the young men
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who ate the portion
of the king's delicacies.
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Thus the steward took away
their portion of delicacies
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and the wine that
they were to drink,
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and gave them vegetables. "
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James: Hmmm...
vegetables... ooooh...
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Yvonne: Yummy... I
love vegetables... so...
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James: So... so
we're starting here
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and in verse 6, we're
told that there's a bunch of...
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of young kids... of... of...
of... of standout princes...
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and, you know, the
kings seed et cetera,
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and among them is Daniel
and his three companions.
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So, they're among
a bunch of others.
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: So, here's where we
get this idea of remnant...
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we get this
idea of a small group
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that are
remaining faithful to God
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because as it goes down here
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and it says that
their names are changed
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and Daniel is feeling
the pressure of the world...
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it's coming against them...
his name is being changed...
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he's a eunuch...
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he's coming into
the king's palace...
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he's being
educated by the king...
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and Daniel is saying,
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"There's got to be
something I can do here...
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something where I can stand.
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I know what I'm going to do,
I'm not going to eat that food,
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I'm going to take
a stand somewhere. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And so, when we
take a stand somewhere,
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that can completely
change our entire life.
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Just one little stand
can change our entire life.
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Just take a stand for Jesus.
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Ivor: Yeah, and it just...
you know... as you're speaking,
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my mind is
thinking in terms of Christ.
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James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And He came to this world
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and took on our
human nature, right?
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and, you know, a
nature that was...
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you know, that
could get hungry...
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that... you know, just...
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He had to deal
with sins just like us,
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right? He never sinned
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but He had to deal with the same
things that we all deal with,
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be tempted with the same
things we're all tempted with
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and I think about His
experience in the wilderness
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right, we're talking
about that first temptation
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and this is Satan
trying to train Him...
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trying to re-train Him, right?
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"Hey, you're in
my kingdom right now,
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so, why don't you go ahead
and turn that stone into bread?"
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All: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Right? "Why don't
you go ahead and learn the...
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the... the skill
of self-dependence
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of doing your own thing...
providing for your own needs?"
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And this is what,
you know, what Daniel did
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was a foreshadow
of what Jesus would do
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which, then in
turn, is for us to say,
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"Okay, all right...
so if I want to learn how
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to stay strong... how to stand
strong because in a sense...
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in a literal
sense, we are in Babylon.
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Right, I mean, we're in a world
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that is not friendly to
the principles of God...
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to the
principles of righteousness
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how do we live in a
world but be not of that world?
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Right, and this
is what Daniel did.
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He lived in Babylon
but he was not of Babylon
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right? and that's
what we need to understand.
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That's what I want
to be like, you know,
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dare to be a Daniel...
that's what that means.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: I love the idea
that he purposed in his heart
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because religion
in... in many cases
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and especially in the last days
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is going to become a form...
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it's going to
become an outward form...
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it's going to become
outward conformity...
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it's actually popular in
some places to be a Christian...
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to be religious,
but how deep is it?
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And Daniel started with heart,
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and when you start with heart,
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then it comes to the
surface in your actions.
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Some people see the actions
and that's what they mimic...
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that's what they follow
but it's not a heart experience
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and when you look at
the book of Revelation
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and you see the parallels
again with this prophecy,
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you realize that
the Mark of the Beast
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which is conformity to the
world in the ultimate sense
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is still religious
conformity... it's still worship
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and there's still
this outward manifestation
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of belief in God
but it's not deep...
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it's in one place can
be received in the hand
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whereas, you know, the...
the Seal of God is something
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that can only be
received in the forehead...
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in the mind... in the heart...
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and so there's...
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there's depth that Daniel
is experiencing right here
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when he purposes in his heart
that he's not going to do this,
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it's a heart experience with him
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and I think he's had
this experience before,
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what I'd like to
suggest here is that Daniel
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has already purposed
in his heart to follow God
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as a young man.
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He's already
purposed in his heart
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to receive the prophecies of
Isaiah and Jeremiah and Ezekiel
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and to believe what
his parents have taught him
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and/or what he's
learned in... in the church...
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in the synagogue
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and this is just another...
so now he's just saying,
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"Okay, now, I've
got... I can't do this...
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I know what I got to do,
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I got to do the same
thing now that I've been doing,
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I've got to purpose in
my heart not to do this.
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I can't just have
this outward thing...
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I got to purpose in my heart. "
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So, he makes a decision,
he surrenders it to God
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and that is how we
are being developed.
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We have something
that we surrender to God.
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When I first came to the
Lord, I surrendered alcohol...
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that's what I
surrendered to God...
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just surrendered alcohol to Him
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and since that time,
there's a lot of things
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that I've had to surrender...
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God leads us step by
step and there's one thing
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and there's another thing...
and there's another thing
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and some of the stuff
isn't on the level of alcohol...
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you know what I'm saying?
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It's food... let's say...
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or drink of different
kinds that aren't healthy for me
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or whatever...
you got to understand,
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I'm married to a
Registered Dietician.
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All: Laughter.
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James: Stuff that my wife says
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I shouldn't be
eating very much of,
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like, you know, I
won't start naming names...
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so... but Daniel's
approach here is not...
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"I'm going to purpose in
my heart this one time...
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I've never done that
before, I'll see what happens. "
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No, I think it's
a habit with him.
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Ivor: And, I
mean, think about...
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think about how the
book of Daniel starts, right?
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Daniel 1 is like, "Hey,
go ahead and eat this. "
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Doesn't seem like a big deal.
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Ivor: You know, it's not
like, "Eat this or die. "
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No, it's just, "Eat this. "
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Yvonne: Right.
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Ivor: And it's an
easy concession to make.
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You know, yeah, it's appetite...
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it's unclean food
but you know what?
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"Ahhh... set whatever is
placed before you, right?
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I mean, Eat whatever
is set before you... "
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"Okay... yeah... "
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Daniel was faithful
in the little things,
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so, when you get to Daniel 2,
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and now, you know,
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"Oh, there's a death decree
to kill all the wise men... "
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it's not directed toward
Daniel but he's prepared to say,
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"Hey, hold on, wait
a minute" and step up.
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When we get to Daniel 3,
and you've got the fiery furnace
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and, of course, Daniel
is not involved in that
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but Daniel chapter 6
and the Lions' Den...
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these... the smaller
temptations that he overcame
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and he was faithful in, I
believe helped prepare him
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for the big trials
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and that is another
object lesson that we see
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as the book progresses.
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Right? That's what we need.
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We need to experience victory
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in those
seemingly "little things"
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that will prepare the
way for us to be victorious
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in the bigger things.
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James: And I think,
even though Daniel's not...
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you were going to
say something, Yvonne?
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Yvonne: I was... I
was going to say...
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it took courage to
say, "You know what?
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I'm not going to eat this... "
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first of all, this
is the king's food.
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Right? so, you go... you
go to the President's house
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let's say, go
to the White House,
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and they put food before you
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and you're a guest
there for an extended period,
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and you... you
say, "You know what?
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I... I can't eat this. "
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Well, now you're
insulting the king
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and so that...
that takes real courage
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so, again, God was
preparing Daniel to...
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to be in that
Lions' Den just from...
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this is... this is a first
time that we are introduced
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to what he does,
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and we see that he says,
"Okay, I can't eat that. "
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Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Yvonne: He stood up for
what he knew to be right
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in this situation
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so that, in the next
one he could do it...
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and in the next
one he could do it.
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But that's really deep.
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Jason: It's kind
of like working out...
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I guess we're going
to ask Pastor Myers...
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when you lift the
weights, man, the resistance...
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each time, when you start
adding more and more weight...
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you start getting
bigger and bigger.
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James: You can
talk to me about that.
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Jason: Well, we're going to...
we're going to exclude you...
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James: Feeling sad
that they don't consider him
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a weight lifter.
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All: Laughter.
00:15:06.80\00:15:10.94
James: Nah, you're
right, you nailed it...
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you nailed it
Jason, and it's so true...
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and I think his friends also...
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I think that Daniel
and his friends purposed...
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so you see that in
those little trials,
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here's another
thing I'd like to suggest,
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it's influence... there
are four of us right here,
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there's four of them
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and there are things that
we do that influence each other
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you know, and that's what I
think we have here with Daniel
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because it's interesting
as he goes through here
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and he... and he goes...
and interprets the king's dream,
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before he does it, he
prays with his friends.
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There are prayer
groups that support him
00:15:40.74\00:15:42.87
and then, when he gets promoted,
he wants them promoted too
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because he knows that
they're... they're together.
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: And I love that
because what it's telling me is,
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we need community...
you know what I mean?
00:15:50.75\00:15:53.52
We need community,
00:15:53.55\00:15:54.88
we need each other,
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we think we can make this alone
but the book of Daniel tells us,
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"It would be good to have
some people with you on this,
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even if it's just
three or four of you. "
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Yvonne: Very true.
00:16:03.89\00:16:05.23
James: It would be good
to have some folks there.
00:16:05.26\00:16:06.59
Ivor: So, when the
king of the north...
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with the king of the south...
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attacks the king of the north...
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we talked about
Egypt, king of the south,
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how they attacked Babylon
first... king of the north...
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and then, Babylon retaliates
or goes back after Egypt
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and defeats them,
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and then turns their
attention on Jerusalem,
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right? the holy
city, the Holy Land...
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it is...
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and tries to
enforce the wine of Babylon,
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so, those who
stick together, right?
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The remnant...
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and you talked about
the concept of the remnant,
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those who have been
influencing each other for good,
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that are able to stand
together under the pressures
00:16:50.44\00:16:54.21
of this king of
the north saying,
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"You need to eat... or
drink the wine of Babylon
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and eat the meat of Babylon.
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Right? eat the food of Babylon.
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Because we've
talked about this before
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that ultimately, that wine
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is just symbolic
of false doctrines...
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false beliefs... and
in fact, wine in the Bible
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is a symbol of what?
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James: Doctrine... teaching.
00:17:19.87\00:17:21.50
Ivor: Doctrine...
but also, think about it,
00:17:21.57\00:17:24.31
when we partake of
the Lord's Supper...
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James: It's the
gospel, yeah, it's the gospel.
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Ivor: It's the blood...
right? James: Hmmm... hmmm..
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Ivor: And Jesus said, "This
is the covenant in my blood... "
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so, Babylon is basically
offering a counterfeit gospel.
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James: Yeah. Yvonne:
Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: And they're
saying, "Look, you need...
00:17:40.99\00:17:42.66
you need to drink this. "
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Now, counterfeit gospel
is going to affect the way
00:17:45.46\00:17:47.16
that we think
because that gospel
00:17:47.20\00:17:49.60
is fermented, right?
00:17:49.63\00:17:52.03
it's alcoholic in content,
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and, this is what the
enemy is seeking to do.
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Right? so, those...
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the "remnant" are those who
refuse the wine of Babylon...
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who have the
commandments of God...
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the testimony of Jesus...
00:18:04.71\00:18:06.15
and it all comes back to
that communion with one another,
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"Come Union"
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Right? Come Union...
00:18:12.89\00:18:16.26
that's what God is after, right?
00:18:16.29\00:18:18.46
The true blood is
about "Come... let's unify"
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and that's what
the four Hebrews did.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Yeah.
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Yvonne: It's good.
00:18:24.77\00:18:26.10
James: I don't think we
can spend too much time on this
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so, I wanted to share something
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that I think is
really important here,
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Jason, could you look up Malachi
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which is the last
book of the New Testament
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right next to Matthew.
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Yvonne: The Old Testament.
James: I mean, the Old Testament
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Matthew is the first
book of the New Testament...
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Malachi chapter 3
verse 16... 16 and 17...
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and I'm just going
to read this verse...
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or maybe Yvonne,
could you read this verse,
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it's Daniel 12 verse 1.
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Yvonne: Sure.
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James: And I want you to think
about "Community" right now
00:18:52.49\00:18:54.86
and what we've been talking...
Ivor's just been talking about.
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Jason: Okay...
Malachi chapter...
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James: Let's have
Yvonne read first.
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Yvonne: Okay, "At that
time Michael shall stand up,
00:19:01.77\00:19:04.11
The great
prince who stands watch
00:19:04.14\00:19:06.34
over the sons of your people;
00:19:06.37\00:19:07.81
and there shall
be a time of trouble,
00:19:07.84\00:19:09.98
such as never was
since there was a nation,
00:19:10.01\00:19:12.41
even to that time.
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And at that time, your
people shall be delivered,
00:19:13.82\00:19:16.72
everyone who is
found written in the book.
00:19:16.75\00:19:19.35
and many of those... "
00:19:19.39\00:19:20.76
Yvonne: Oh, that's enough? Okay.
00:19:20.79\00:19:22.32
James: That's it, now
what's interesting is,
00:19:22.36\00:19:23.86
this is
obviously talking about...
00:19:23.89\00:19:25.76
because the next verse is
talking about the resurrection,
00:19:25.79\00:19:27.90
it's obvious he's talking
about Daniel's people... us...
00:19:27.93\00:19:29.96
in the end of
time... Daniel's people...
00:19:30.00\00:19:32.40
and it says,
"When Michael stands up,
00:19:32.43\00:19:33.77
we're going to be delivered
if we're written in the book. "
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So, the question
I want to ask is,
00:19:35.40\00:19:36.87
"How can we get our
names written in the book?"
00:19:36.91\00:19:38.24
And the answer to that question
is going to be in Malachi.
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Jason: Okay, Malachi
chapter 3 verses 16 and 17,
00:19:41.14\00:19:44.38
"Then those who feared
the Lord spoke to one another,
00:19:44.41\00:19:47.42
and the Lord
listened and heard them;
00:19:47.45\00:19:49.45
so a book of remembrance
was written before Him
00:19:49.48\00:19:52.92
for those who fear the Lord
and who meditate on His name.
00:19:52.95\00:19:55.99
'They shall be Mine,'
says the Lord of hosts,
00:19:56.02\00:19:58.86
'On the day that I
make them My jewels.
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And I will spare them
00:20:01.56\00:20:02.90
as a man spares his
own son who serves him. '"
00:20:02.93\00:20:05.13
James: Okay, so,
what are they doing?
00:20:05.20\00:20:08.10
These are the...
00:20:08.17\00:20:09.50
these are the people who are
going to be written in the book
00:20:09.54\00:20:11.04
they're going to be delivered
according to Daniel 12:1...
00:20:11.07\00:20:13.21
what are they doing to get
their names written in the book?
00:20:13.24\00:20:15.34
Ivor: They spake
often one to another.
00:20:15.38\00:20:18.71
James: Yes... speaking...
00:20:18.75\00:20:20.28
they're in
communion with each other,
00:20:20.32\00:20:21.88
and they're thinking upon the
name and the character of God.
00:20:21.95\00:20:24.52
So, it's not just
that they're talking...
00:20:24.55\00:20:27.62
we can have community and
be doing all kinds of stuff...
00:20:27.66\00:20:30.16
talking about all kinds of
stuff... all the politics...
00:20:30.23\00:20:32.69
all the... "Can you
believe all the... "
00:20:32.73\00:20:34.06
but they're
talking about Jesus...
00:20:34.10\00:20:35.83
they're talking
about the Lord...
00:20:35.86\00:20:37.87
and they're thinking about it.
00:20:37.90\00:20:39.87
So, sometimes, you know,
00:20:39.90\00:20:41.24
Ivor and I will
talk about something
00:20:41.27\00:20:42.64
or all four of us will
talk about something...
00:20:42.67\00:20:44.41
we got to go back
and think about it
00:20:44.47\00:20:45.81
because we're not sure about...
you know what I'm saying?
00:20:45.84\00:20:47.61
We're thinking about
it... meditating on it,
00:20:47.64\00:20:49.38
"Wow yeah...
that was a really... "
00:20:49.41\00:20:50.75
"Aww yeah, that was... "
00:20:50.78\00:20:52.11
"That was challenging,
I wonder what that means?"
00:20:52.15\00:20:53.78
You know, this is
what these guys are doing.
00:20:53.82\00:20:57.45
We get to fulfill that
Malachi 3:16-17 prophecy.
00:20:57.49\00:21:00.66
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:21:00.72\00:21:02.06
James: We get to
fulfil that in community...
00:21:02.09\00:21:03.76
and that's what Daniel
had... he had this community,
00:21:03.79\00:21:06.06
you know, we really need that
00:21:06.09\00:21:07.43
in the context
of end-time events
00:21:07.46\00:21:10.50
because that's exactly what
God says we're going to be doing
00:21:10.53\00:21:12.33
in the end-time events.
00:21:12.37\00:21:13.70
Jason: Yeah. Ivor: Yeah.
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.07
Yvonne: I think the
other thing too is that
00:21:15.10\00:21:18.14
these guys were not
going to eat the bad food,
00:21:18.17\00:21:21.41
they ate the good food
00:21:21.44\00:21:22.78
and in so doing,
it showed... it was...
00:21:22.81\00:21:27.32
it showed in them.
00:21:27.38\00:21:29.05
Ivor: I was thinking about that.
00:21:29.08\00:21:30.59
Yvonne: So, it's not just...
the point is not to just eat...
00:21:30.62\00:21:35.49
just because...
it has a purpose.
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.99
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:21:39.03\00:21:40.40
Yvonne: It's going
to make us wiser...
00:21:40.43\00:21:43.10
it's going to
uncloud the brain you know,
00:21:43.13\00:21:45.83
and you're not going
to look, you know, if...
00:21:45.87\00:21:49.30
there are some people
who are supposedly healthy
00:21:49.34\00:21:52.71
and they don't look
it, but these... these guys
00:21:52.74\00:21:56.95
ate vegetables and
probably the original diet...
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fruits,
vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains
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and they didn't
look emaciated...
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the steward was
probably expecting them
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to look really bad.
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That's why he
gave them ten days...
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he wasn't crazy, he was like,
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"I'm going to give you
ten days... that's it. "
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He did that and they
looked better than anybody else.
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Ivor: So, that's
a powerful thought
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that what they ate actually
reflected how they appeared
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because, I think there's a...
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there's a literal
application to that...
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you eat the right food,
you're going to look better
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but I think there's also
a spiritual application here
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that is so powerful
because their countenance
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reflected what they were eating.
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Yvonne: Oh, come on... come on.
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Ivor: You see what I'm
saying? All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: And you look at
Daniel chapter 12 verse 3,
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I'll read it, it says,
"And they that be wise... "
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these guys are
wiser and fairer...
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they that be wise
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shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Their appearance...
their countenance is different
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because of what they're eating.
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All: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Right? and
what are they eating?
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They're eating the
unadulterated Word of God.
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Right, they're eating...
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they're drinking the true blood
of Christ... the true gospel
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and what they eat and what
they put into their body...
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"Man shall not
live by bread alone
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God,
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that reflects in
their countenance.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And so, when the
end-time people go forth
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with the message,
their faces are lighted up.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Right?
they've got the countenance
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of... of their reflecting
the image and the character
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of Jesus Christ, so I
think it really ties in
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really nicely with
that thought you know,
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what we put into our
bodies in a physical sense,
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but also in a spiritual sense
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is going to affect the
way that the world sees us.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... that's good.
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James: I love
that, it's so practical,
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the way that you read
these verses is so relational
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and there's a lot of
need for relational integrity
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in Christianity.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: And I think
that's what we see here,
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like, for example, let's just
move on just a little bit more
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as we review here, verse 9,
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"Now, God had brought Daniel
into favour and tender love
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with the prince
of the eunuchs. "
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Now, Jason, the
way yours read it...
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can you read yours
again in that first
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because there were a
couple of other words
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that were used in there.
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Jason: I mean, which chapter?
James: Daniel 1 verse 9.
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Jason: Oh,
Daniel 1 verse 9? Okay.
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"Now God had brought Daniel
into the favor and goodwill
00:24:32.63\00:24:36.37
of the chief of the eunuchs. "
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James: "Favor and
goodwill... " God did that.
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It's interesting,
Daniel purposed in his heart
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that he will not defile...
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God did something, He
brought him into favor
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and there's a
verse in Jeremiah 15:11
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that talks about that, it says,
00:24:51.62\00:24:53.32
something
along... it's a prophecy...
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it says something along the
lines of how this would happen.
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Do you remember reading that?
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I think we
read... we might have...
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I don't know if we read
it just as we were talking
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or we read it on the
program, let's read it again.
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Jeremiah 15:11.
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Jason: "The Lord said:
00:25:08.00\00:25:09.50
'Surely it will be
well with your remnant;
00:25:09.54\00:25:11.47
surely I will cause the
enemy to intercede with you
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in the time of adversity
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and in the time
of affliction. '"
00:25:16.34\00:25:17.81
James: Okay, so,
the King James reads,
00:25:17.85\00:25:20.68
"The Lord said, 'Verily it
shall be well with thy remnant;
00:25:20.72\00:25:24.72
verily I will cause the
enemy to entreat thee well... '"
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or "to treat thee well in
the time of evil and in the time
00:25:28.76\00:25:31.59
of affliction... " the
time of evil and affliction
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is when they're
taken into captivity.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
James: And it says... "I... "
00:25:34.40\00:25:36.03
God says, "I'm going to entreat
the enemy to treat you well. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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that's a
fulfillment right here...
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Daniel chapter 1 and verse 9
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is the
fulfillment of Jeremiah 15:11.
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Yvonne: Wow...
00:25:46.88\00:25:48.21
James: You see that?
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And so, God is
bringing them into favor
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but that happens as we...
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it's going to be
hard for me to say this
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without it coming across...
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I don't know how
it's going to come across,
00:25:58.19\00:25:59.52
but... when you don't feel good,
it's hard to be a nice person.
00:25:59.55\00:26:06.26
Jason: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:26:06.29\00:26:07.63
you know what I mean?
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:26:07.66\00:26:09.00
James: When you don't feel...
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.37
there are times
when I tell my wife,
00:26:10.40\00:26:11.73
"I think I just want to
stay home right now... "
00:26:11.77\00:26:13.44
All: Laughter.
00:26:13.47\00:26:17.87
James: At times I just want
to go crawl through the hole
00:26:17.91\00:26:21.24
and get better...
and feel better...
00:26:21.31\00:26:23.45
so I can be better,
you know what I mean?
00:26:23.48\00:26:26.01
Yvonne: Right... right... yes.
00:26:26.05\00:26:27.75
James: And... and
this is the thing about,
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.12
I think, diet and health
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actually makes you feel better.
00:26:31.25\00:26:33.15
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.52
James: You actually
feel better about yourself...
00:26:34.56\00:26:36.06
you feel healthier...
00:26:36.09\00:26:37.43
and as you do that...
you have this impact...
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you have this ability
to have impact with people
00:26:41.33\00:26:43.57
on different ways,
00:26:43.60\00:26:44.93
so when it says,
"God did this... "
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I don't think it's just that
Daniel isn't doing anything,
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you know what I'm saying?
00:26:49.40\00:26:50.74
Yvonne: Right.
00:26:50.77\00:26:52.11
James: Daniel is
following God's purposes...
00:26:52.14\00:26:53.48
he's following God's principles
00:26:53.51\00:26:54.84
and God is working with
him to fulfill His promises
00:26:54.88\00:26:57.31
in working with the enemies
and bringing him into favor.
00:26:57.35\00:27:01.15
Yvonne: It's good.
00:27:01.18\00:27:02.52
James: It's
beautiful when you look at this
00:27:02.55\00:27:03.89
because that's what is
going to happen, I think,
00:27:03.92\00:27:05.25
for us in the end of time.
00:27:05.29\00:27:06.62
So, the Prince of the
Eunuchs though was afraid...
00:27:06.65\00:27:10.59
he was afraid of...
00:27:10.63\00:27:12.26
well, we're running
out of time so far...
00:27:12.29\00:27:14.06
we shouldn't go
into that right now,
00:27:14.10\00:27:16.63
yeah, but so, we'll
summarize just to close it up...
00:27:16.67\00:27:19.97
so, basically, the
Prince of the Eunuchs is afraid
00:27:20.04\00:27:23.30
but because of God's
working in his heart...
00:27:23.34\00:27:25.74
and because of the way
he interacts with Daniel,
00:27:25.77\00:27:27.84
he's willing to take a chance.
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.21
Jason: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Right.
00:27:29.24\00:27:30.58
James: People are
willing to take a chance...
00:27:30.61\00:27:31.95
people that we're
not connected with
00:27:31.98\00:27:33.31
are willing to
take a chance on us.
00:27:33.35\00:27:34.68
You know what I mean?
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.05
We need to be willing to
take a chance on each other
00:27:36.08\00:27:37.49
and they're going to be others
00:27:37.55\00:27:39.05
that are going to
take a chance on us
00:27:39.09\00:27:40.42
and together, God's going
to work through all of that
00:27:40.46\00:27:42.09
to glorify His
name. Yvonne: Amen.
00:27:42.12\00:27:44.13
James: That's going
to be a beautiful picture
00:27:44.16\00:27:45.49
for us to fill out to.
00:27:45.53\00:27:46.86
I think we need
to fill this out.
00:27:46.90\00:27:48.23
All of this is going
to be filled out for us.
00:27:48.26\00:27:49.60
Yvonne: That's right.
00:27:49.63\00:27:50.97
James: But we did it,
we basically got through...
00:27:51.00\00:27:52.33
I was just going to mention
that the last few verses here,
00:27:52.37\00:27:54.00
we're going to
connect those to Daniel 2
00:27:54.04\00:27:55.40
so that will fit perfectly.
00:27:55.44\00:27:56.77
So, we're done with Daniel 1.
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