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James: All right, we're back
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Daniel chapter 6 part 2...
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the first half was
phenomenal for me personally
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and I love the
practical parts of this story,
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it just... it just makes sense
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but it really brings it
home to our own needs today...
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the things that we need
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in our own hearts...
in our own experience...
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so, I could just stay in
that for the rest of the program
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but we've got to move on...
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we've got to get
the rest of this covered
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and, of course, we
want to continue on
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into Daniel chapter 7...
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oh, Daniel chapter 7
is going to be amazing,
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so, let's just jump right in,
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we'll start with
a word of prayer,
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Yvonne, would you
like to pray for us?
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Yvonne: Sure... "Father
God, thank You so very much
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for this privilege of
opening and studying Your Word
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and just getting these
truths that You're sending
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through Your Holy Spirit,
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we thank You and praise You
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and ask You to
continue to lead and guide
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and be with us Lord, thank
you, in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: Amen.
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James: All right, Jason, let's
read here some of the verses,
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Revelation... excuse
me... Daniel chapter 6...
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oooh... too much
talking about Revelation
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before this Program, huh,
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all right, Daniel chapter
6 and let's go from verse 12
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and we'll go all the
way through to verse 15.
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Jason: Okay... "And
they went before the king,
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and spoke
concerning the king's decree:
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'Have you not signed a decree
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that every man who petitions any
god or man within thirty days,
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except you, O king, shall
be cast into the den of lions?'
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The king answered and
said, 'The thing is true,
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according to the law of
the Medes and the Persians,
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which does not alter. '
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So they answered and
said before the king,
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'That, Daniel, who is one
of the captives from Judah,
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does not show due
regard for you, O king,
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or for the decree
that you have signed,
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but makes his
petition three times a day. '
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And the king, when
he heard these words,
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was greatly
displeased with himself,
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and set his heart on
Daniel to deliver him;
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and he labored till the going
down of the sun to deliver him.
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Then these men
approached the king,
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and said to the
king, 'Know, O king,
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that it is the law of
the Medes and Persians
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that no decree or statute
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which the king
establishes may be changed. '"
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James: Wow, this is an amazing
little section right here
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and there are a few things
that really stand out to me
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and I just thought we
could touch on a little bit...
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one of the things that
really stands out to me here
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is... when it
says here in verse 14,
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"And when the
king heard these words,
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he was sore
displeased with himself... "
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like, the one of the things
that I think is really important
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about leadership is
that you take responsibility
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and one of the things we
don't see in politics today
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is that willingness
to take responsibility
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and the king
realized... I was duped.
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He doesn't cast blame...
he could blame those guys...
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he says, "Man, I
messed up here didn't I?
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Wow! they got me...
these guys just set me up... "
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and basically... this is
the thing he feared, I think,
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from the beginning and
basically what they did...
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done is... they've
turned this upside down
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they're now the President...
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they're now the King...
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and he is the one who
has to obey, you see that?
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Yvonne: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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James: And he didn't want that,
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that's the reason why
he liked Daniel so much
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because he saw
something in Daniel
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that wasn't
trying to get power...
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trying to take over...
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these guys are
trying to take over
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and they've taken him over.
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They've backed him into a corner
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even though he's the
king and they've used flattery
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and they've used deception to
get him to do things their way
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that he would have never
have done it if he had known
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and he's displeased with
himself because he's probably...
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he's a ruler... he's a king...
he's probably politically astute
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he's probably,
you know, maneuvers...
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he knows how to
navigate that stuff
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and he just couldn't do it
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and so, he's just been duped.
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and then he starts thinking,
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he says, "I've got to
do everything I can...
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because here's the
deal that I love about this,
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number one, he
takes responsibility...
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number two... his main concern
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is not for
himself it's for Daniel...
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: "I messed up and
it's going to cost him...
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I need to do everything I can
to get Daniel out of this... "
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and this is what I
love about this king...
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the principles that he's
revealing are Christ-like...
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taking responsibility...
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Christ took responsibility
for our sin, right?
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and thinking of others...
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he's thinking of Daniel...
he's not thinking of himself.
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"I got to do everything I can to
help Daniel get out of this... "
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and the point
that I love about this
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and we'll see this a
little bit more later is...
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he talks to Daniel about his God
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is that there are
good people in the world
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that aren't Christians.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: There are good
people in other churches
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that aren't
Adventists... you know,
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sometimes we think...
"We're the only good people. "
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Well, actually, we're
far outnumbered I think...
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the majority of good people
are out there somewhere...
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they're not
necessarily in this Denomination
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and we need to remember that.
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This is what the
story is telling us,
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"Yeah, you've got
Daniel... he's a good guy...
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you know,
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we can call him an
Adventist if we want to,
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he's a good guy, right?
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Right? but then
you've got Darius...
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and this guy's got
some good principles too. "
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: I mean, this
guy really likes Daniel
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and you know when someone likes
someone who's devoted to God,
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there's got to be something
that God is working in them too
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and we need to give
credit where credit is due.
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So, these are two principles
that I really love about this.
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Ivor: And I you even
look at the persecutions
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during the Dark Ages,
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you know, there were many
people who were responsible
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for the death of
different martyrs
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who... once they came
to a realization like,
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"Wait a
minute... what am I doing?"
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You know, some
of those very people
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through the death of
martyrs were actually converted
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as a result of their willingness
to go to the Lions' Den.
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So, I think we're going to find
that in the end of time too,
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there's going to
be... the Bible says,
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"time is coming
where they that kill you...
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will think they're
doing God a service... "
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and there are going to be
people who are really against...
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you know, the
dragon went to make war
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with the remnant of her seed
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which keep the
commandments of God...
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he's going to lead people
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to persecute those who
keep the commandments of God
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and many of those people are
going to come to a realization
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"Wait a minute...
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something is not
right about this... "
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James: Yes. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And there's going to
be an awakening, if you will,
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many of these people...
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and they'll come to
see truth as it is in Jesus
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so, I think Darius is
a good picture of this.
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Jason: Amen.
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James: Good point... so he...
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he works till the going down
of the sun to deliver Daniel
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because he's been
deceived by these guys,
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in fact, another thing they say
here that's really interesting
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another lie... verse 13...
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"They answered and
they said before the king,
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'That Daniel,
which is of the children
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of the captivity of Judah... '"
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which I think is
really interesting
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that they refer back to his...
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"Oh, the children
of the captives...
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you remember the
captives... he's... "
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like, these are
the lower end here
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and that happens a number
of times through this story.
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Yvonne: Yeah.
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James: And I think it's
really important for us because
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in politics... whether it's
in the world or in the church
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people refer back to
our past and they say,
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"Hey, look where
they came from... "
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they did that with
Jesus all the time,
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"You're not one of our...
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we know who our
dad is... " right?
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and so, they're
using everything they can
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and then they go on
to say this, they say,
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"He, O king,
regards thee not... "
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in other words, "He...
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he doesn't have
respect for you...
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he doesn't respect
you... " is that true or false?
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Yvonne: False.
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James: That's completely
false, you see that...
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but they've...
they've so set things up
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with this law that
it looks like it's true
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because he's not
following your law
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and at this
point, Darius is like,
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"You're not fooling me
anymore" like, he sees it
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and we've got to realize that
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it's important for us to
hold true to God's principles
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because even if
there's a consequence
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where we can be misrepresented,
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there'll be honest people who
will see through all of that...
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they'll see through it all.
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Look at our political system
today and they are people...
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they're just
going, "Hhhh... come on...
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come on... this
is just so obvious. "
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Ivor: Yeah, we
talked in the last program
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about Satan in heaven, right?
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And this being a
picture of Satan's...
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Lucifer's jealousy
of Christ in heaven.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: And... and the angels...
one-third of the angels
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that ended up
rebelling against Christ
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and you can imagine the
kind of pictures they painted
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about Jesus in heaven
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and James and I
were talking last night
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just about how Satan
has the ability to put...
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to... I'll say it this way...
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"Satan is a
master of perception... "
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: He's a
master of perception...
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we hear that term usually...
"He's a master of deception"
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no, he's also a
master of perception
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and he will cause us
to perceive things and so,
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you think about the children
of Israel in the wilderness,
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and, like, they literally...
actually... seriously...
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truly believed that
Moses was trying to kill them.
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James: Yeah...
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Ivor: Like
Moses... I joke about it...
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"I was walking by
Moses' tent while he was... "
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and someone comes by and,
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"Yo, I was
walking by Moses' tent
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and yo, I heard
him and God talking...
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and they were planning on
killing us in the wilderness. "
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Yvonne: Laughing...
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Ivor: And that rumor spreads
and now, the whole camp is like,
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"We know what you're
up to... you and God...
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you're trying to kill
us in the wilderness...
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not just us... and the
cattle and our children...
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tell the truth... "
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it's there in the Bible,
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"Moses why have you
brought us out here to kill us
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and our children
and the cattle...
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why the cattle, Moses?
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Why are you after us... "
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James: And the implication is,
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"What a terrible
person you are. "
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Ivor: And the implications,
you know, and no matter what...
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there was one time
where they swallowed up...
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Korah's rebellion...
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God opened up the earth
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and swallowed up
all those in rebellion
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and the people...
the next day came back
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and were like, "Why
did you kill God's people?"
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Wow!
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Ivor: So, when
Satan has your mind...
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it doesn't matter what a
person does or doesn't do,
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you see one thing and
one thing only... evil...
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and that's what
they saw in Daniel...
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"This guy is evil and
the ends justify the means,
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you know, he's
just not a good guy
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I mean... imagine that,
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this is exactly
what they did with Jesus.
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All: Hmmm... James: Yeah.
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Ivor: It's crazy. Yvonne: It is.
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James: All right,
let's keep going...
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good stuff so far... good stuff.
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All right, so, verses 16,
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Yvonne, can you
read for us verses 16...
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and let's go all
the way to verse 20.
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Yvonne: "So the
king gave the command,
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and they brought Daniel and
cast him into the den of lions.
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But the king
spoke, saying to Daniel,
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'Your God, whom
you serve continually,
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He will deliver you. '
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Then a stone was brought and
laid on the mouth of the den,
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and the king sealed it
with his own signet ring
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and with the
signets of his lords,
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that the purpose concerning
Daniel might not be changed.
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Now the king went to his palace
and spent the night fasting;
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and no musicians
were brought before him.
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Also, his sleep went from him.
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Then the king arose
very early in the morning
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and went in haste
to the den of lions.
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And when he came to the den,
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he cried out with a
lamenting voice to Daniel.
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The king spoke,
saying to Daniel,
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'Daniel, servant
of the living God,
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has your God, whom
you serve continually,
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been able to
deliver you from the lions?"
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James: Okay, there's a word in
here that I want us to look at,
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it's so powerful and beautiful,
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Darius... I don't know
how long he's known Daniel,
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right, but Darius is like,
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"Daniel, the God
you serve continually...
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has the God that you
serve continually... "
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that's the word... because
we're going to see this word
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in the prophetic
picture in Daniel chapter 8...
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we're going to see that
Satan wants to take that away...
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he wants to take away this
continual worshiping of God...
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this continual
dependence on God...
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this continually
looking to God...
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Daniel's like, "I'm
not going to stop... "
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like, "this is
going to continue... "
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windows opened...
"I'm sold out for God. "
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: Are we?
because what we see here
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is Satan working
through the highest authorities
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of this earth that he can...
that he can get on on his side
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outside of Darius...
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to pass laws to stop us
from worshiping God continually.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And other people
who are in the sidelines
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who may be in positions
of responsibility are going,
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"Whoa, I didn't
see that coming...
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man, I got sideswiped...
are you... are you...
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are you... Daniel... is the
God you worship continually...
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consistently... without end...
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you're just sold out for Him...
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you will not compromise...
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you'll worship with Him... "
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first four commandments, right?
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: "Is He
able to deliver you?"
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Of course, we haven't
answered that question yet,
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because this is the
question that we have to answer
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before Daniel answers it.
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Do we believe that
God is able to deliver us
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as we trust in Him
continually from the lions...
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what does the lion
represent in the Bible?
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There's a couple of
places where we find...
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or just one place where we
find 1st Timothy... or 1st Peter
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where a lion represents
Satan seeking to devour us, yes
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and when you think
about that, you think,
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"Do we believe
that God can deliver us
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as we continually trust in Him
from the devourer... from Satan,
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from his deceptions...
from his lies... from his posse?
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Ivor: Yeah, hold your place here
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and if one of you could
turn to Matthew 27 verse 43...
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Matthew 27 verse 43
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and... and then,
I'd like you to read
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verses 60 to 66.
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Jason: Okay, starting in
verse 43 of Matthew chapter 27,
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"He trusted in God;
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let Him deliver Him
now if He will have Him;
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for He said, 'I
am the Son of God. '"
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Ivor: Okay. Jason:
And you said 60 to 66?
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Ivor: Yes, so just
pause for a second.
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Jason: Okay.
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Ivor: So, here we
have Jesus on the cross
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and the question is
being asked, "You said... "
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you know, "He trusted in
God let Him deliver Him. "
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This is a parallel of what's
happening in Daniel chapter 6.
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Right? now, if
you guys remember,
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we're going to
do this real quick,
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one of our re-caps...
the following three lines...
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remember the
life of Christ, right?
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We saw that in Daniel chapter 1,
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we have the
temptation of appetite,
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Daniel crosses the
Euphrates and then he...
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his first temptation is
appetite... Daniel chapter one,
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Daniel chapter 2...
man falls because of pride
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he's destroyed by
stone to the foot...
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that is exactly what
Satan tries to do with Jesus...
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"Hey, throw Yourself down,
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You will not surely dash
Your foot against a stone... "
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that's the second temptation...
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third temptation...
"Bow down and worship"
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that's exactly what
happened in Daniel chapter 3,
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Daniel chapter 4, you
have the dream of the tree
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and the tree whose
branches lodge out into the air
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and all the birds...
and Jesus Himself quotes...
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not quotes but
borrows from that very image
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to describe the true tree
which is the tree of Calvary,
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that's Daniel chapter 4.
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Daniel chapter 5,
Cyrus goes into the deep
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to open the gates to
set the captives free.
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Christ, as the second Cyrus,
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descended into the
grave on our behalf
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to open the gates of
death to set the captive free
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and now you have
Daniel 6 where a stone...
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just go ahead and
read verses 60 to 66.
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Jason: And laid
it in his new tomb
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which he had
hewn out of the rock;
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and he rolled a large stone
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against the door of
the tomb, and departed.
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And Mary Magdalene was there,
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and the other Mary,
sitting opposite of the tomb.
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On the next day, which
followed the Day of Preparation,
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the chief priests and Pharisees
gathered together to Pilate,
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saying, "Sir, we remember,
while He was still alive,
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how that deceiver said,
'After three days I will rise. '
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Therefore command that the tomb
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be made secure
until the third day,
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lest His disciples come
by night and steal Him away,
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and say to the people,
'He has risen from the dead. '
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So the last deception
will be worse than the first.
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Pilate said to
them, 'You have a guard;
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go your way, make it as
secure as you know how. '
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So they went and
made the tomb secure,
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sealing the stone
and setting the guard. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: "Sealing the
stone and setting the guard. "
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They put a seal
upon the stone...
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you have here the
very same thing happening
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in Daniel chapter 6,
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in Daniel chapter 6,
Daniel comes up out of the tomb,
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out of the tomb... uninjured...
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unharmed by the
lion... by the lions...
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Jesus comes up out of the grave
unharmed by that roaring lion
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seeking whom he may devour.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: And so, you have
this beautiful picture of Christ
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with that very answer...
"Is God able to deliver you?"
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Look what happened at the cross.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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Ivor: When we see
what happened at the cross,
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we have the
answer to that question,
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"Yes, my God is able to
deliver me even from death... "
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right? that's hope for all who
die in the grave, guess what?
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If your name was
written in the book...
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Daniel 12:1... every one that
is found written in the Book
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shall be... what?
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delivered... same word.
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Ivor: Delivered.
James: Same word.
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Ivor: Same word. Yvonne: Wow!
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James: Praise God. Yvonne: Amen.
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James: I love the
picture also of Darius
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because it reminds
us... when we go to Calvary...
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of Joseph of...
others like Nicodemus
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and some of the other disciples
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who were struggling
to believe in Christ,
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but, who through this
experience believed...
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and Darius,
through this experience...
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we're going to see,
sends out a decree...
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he even says even
before Daniel's resurrected...
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I mean, Daniel is
brought out of the...
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mixing the two stories now...
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he says, "I can't eat right now,
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I don't even want to
listen to music right now... "
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like, "I just
can't sleep right now"
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and what's
really interesting is...
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of all people... I mean,
we know Daniel is blameless
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but Darius of all people...
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is in a sense as type of
Christ here... a type of God...
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God doesn't slumber or
sleep, you know what I mean?
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He's... He's...
He's watching over us...
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He's concerned for us...
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He's thinking
about us all the time...
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you know what I'm saying?
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Not in the same
anxious way that we are
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but in a watchful,
careful, loving way...
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and so, Darius in a sense
is a type of God right here,
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he's got these Godly principles
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where he's thinking
about the other person...
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he can't sleep... he can't
eat, he can't listen to music...
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he's just concerned about Daniel
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and I love that picture.
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Ivor: Christ did not consider
heaven a place to be desired
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while we were lost.
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All: Hmmm...
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James: And I love this
picture that God has people
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who aren't
necessarily "Christians"
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right? everywhere...
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and they exude these principles
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and who are we to
deny these principles?
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We can't do
that... we need to...
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we need to... to water
them and to nourish them
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and to say, "Yeah,
those are good principles
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you may not be
going to my church...
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you may not be
going to any church
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but those are
great principles. "
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I want to just
encourage you to... to... to...
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to develop those principles
in your walk in your life.
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Ivor: And those are
principles of Christ...
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principles of Christ's character
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and again, this is...
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you'll notice I'm jumping
ahead a lot into other chapters
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because I want
to set a foundation
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so that when we get
there, you're like, "Yeah... "
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but there's a
prophecy in the book of Daniel
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that we're going to get
to call the 70-Week Prophecy.
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: And that 70-Week Prophecy
basically, in a nutshell,
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points to the time that
Christ would come, right,
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beginning
specifically with His baptism
00:20:03.50\00:20:05.27
and that prophecy
takes us down to His death,
00:20:05.33\00:20:08.90
burial and resurrection.
00:20:08.97\00:20:10.57
That's the 70-Week Prophecy.
00:20:10.61\00:20:12.17
If you were to say,
00:20:12.21\00:20:13.54
"Hey, summarize the
70-Week Prophecy for me... "
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it points to Christ beginning
His ministry at the Jordan
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and go... takes us up to His
death, burial and resurrection,
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what you have in
Daniel chapter 1, 2, 3...
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Daniel crossing the Euphrates...
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first three chapters... the
beginning of His ministry...
00:20:29.19\00:20:31.99
right? Three
temptations of Christ,
00:20:32.03\00:20:36.46
the last three chapters...
death, burial and resurrection
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that is basically
the 70-Week Prophecy
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so, in Daniel 1 through 6,
you basically have a snapshot
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of the 70-Week
Prophecy in living color.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Wow!
00:20:51.71\00:20:53.05
Ivor: Right? You're seeing...
this is what the prophecy
00:20:53.08\00:20:54.45
was about... the
beginning of His ministry,
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his death,
burial and resurrection,
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1 through 6 is the 70 weeks
00:20:57.62\00:20:59.95
and then what's
so powerful is that
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the very next chapter, Daniel 7,
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is where we're introduced
to the 1,260-Year Prophecy.
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The very next chapter, Daniel 8
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is where we're introduced
to the 2,300-Day Prophecy...
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so, you literally
have from Daniel 1 to 8,
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the very order of the
three major time prophecies
00:21:14.44\00:21:17.84
in the book of Daniel...
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the 70 Weeks...
chapters 1 through 6...
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the 1,260... chapter 7...
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the 2,300... chapter 8.
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Yvonne: Wow. Jason: Hmmm...
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Ivor: So, that's something
you want to keep in mind
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again as we move
forward in the Study.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: All right,
let's get the answer now.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: The answer is going
to come beginning with verse 21
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and we'll read all
the way through the rest.
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Yvonne: "Then Daniel said to
the king, 'O king, live forever!
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my God sent His angel
and shut the lions' mouth,
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so that they have not hurt me,
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because I was found
innocent before Him;
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and also, O king, I have
done no wrong before you. '
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Now the king was
exceedingly glad for him,
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and commanded that they should
take Daniel up out of the den.
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So Daniel was
taken up out of the den,
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and no injury
whatever was found on him,
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because he
believed in his God. "
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James: Hmmm...
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Yvonne: "And the
king gave the command,
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and they brought those
men who had accused Daniel,
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and they cast them
into the den of lions...
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them, their
children, and their wives;
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and the lions overpowered them,
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and broke all
their bones in pieces
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before they ever came
to the bottom of the den.
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Then King Darius wrote:
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To all peoples,
nations, and languages
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that dwell in all the earth:
Pease be multiplied to you.
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I make a decree that in
every dominion of my kingdom
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men must tremble and
fear before the God of Daniel.
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For He is the living
God, and steadfast forever;
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His kingdom is the one
which shall not be destroyed,
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and His dominion
shall endure to the end.
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He delivers and rescues,
and he works signs and wonders
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in heaven and on earth,
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Who has delivered Daniel
from the power of the lions.
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So this Daniel
prospered in the reign of Darius
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and in the reign of
Cyrus the Persian. "
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James: Wowee... now
Daniel... this is...
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Daniel was...
Daniel was a witness...
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you know he was.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: Because what
Darius is saying here...
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basically he's saying...
"Yeah, that image is true... "
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pause...
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Daniel has already
told him about this...
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he must have because he
says right here... he says...
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"This is the living
God... " verse 26...
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"Who is steadfast forever,
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and his kingdom which
shall not be destroyed,
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and his dominion
shall be even to the end. "
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He's quoting from
Daniel 2 the vision...
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you know what I'm
saying? Yvonne: Right, right.
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James: He knows
this... he knows this.
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Jason: Another
things is where it says,
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"Peace be multiplied to you... "
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when you go to
Daniel chapter 4 verse 1,
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"Nebuchadnezzar the king,
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to all peoples,
nations, and languages
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that dwell on all the earth:
peace be multiplied to you... "
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and verse 2, "I thought it good
to declare the signs and wonders
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that the Most High
god has worked for me. "
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So, like, in
each... under each king,
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he was always
pointing people to God...
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always pointing people to God.
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Ivor: And what's
interesting is that,
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just along that line of thought,
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in each kingdom,
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God was pulling
people out of those kingdoms
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that are glorifying Him.
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We find this not
only in Babylon...
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not only in Medo-Persia...
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you're going to
find it in Greece,
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you'll also find it in Rome.
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Right, think about
that Roman soldier...
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"Hhhhh... truly
this was the Son of God"
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right, so have
these different...
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God is working
through His people
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to minister to other people
who do not know who He is.
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Another thing that's really
beautiful here is verse 23...
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"The king was
exceedingly glad for him... "
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and there are a lot of people
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that aren't
necessarily believers...
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they're going to be exceedingly
glad when truth is vindicated.
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They... they may
not know what we know
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but their... they
have in their heart
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a desire to see good
conquer and evil vanquished
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and they're exceedingly
glad when that happens
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and the first thing Daniel
says, basically when he's...
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when he's
responding here, he says,
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"Unto... and then said, Daniel"
verse 21, "unto the king,
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'O king, live forever. '"
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That completely flies
in the face of everything
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that the princes and
others said about Daniel...
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"O king, live forever...
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he doesn't regard
you king... he doesn't...
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he doesn't... O
king, live forever... "
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and then, "My God
has sent his angel,
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to shut the
lions' mouths, because...
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and they have not hurt me:
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forasmuch as in
me I was innocent
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and I haven't done any hurt
to you, O king... nothing... "
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and so, the whole
character of Daniel now...
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is vindicated... by
this whole experience
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and the king is
just happy about that...
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"Yes, I did trust in you,
I had the right... I had... "
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and there are
people out there like,
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"It's going to be hard for them
to discern between this... "
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a lot of political maneuvering
that's going to go on
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with the beast and deception
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but they're going to
be able to figure out
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and they're so happy that...
"I was right about you...
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I was right
about this truth... "
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Ivor: They're just
going to be vindicated...
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James: Yes.
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Ivor: I want to
do one last thing,
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we have a few minutes left,
we've got to do our re-cap.
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The king of the south pushes
against the king of the north,
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the king of the north comes back
against the king of the south
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with chariots and horses and
defeats the king of the south,
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okay, the king of the...
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the king of the north then
enforces the wine of Babylon
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that's chapter 1...
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he hears tidings from the east
and the north that trouble him,
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he sets up...
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James: An image...
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Ivor: I'm... I'm
testing you guys...
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Yvonne: Oh... All: Laughter.
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Ivor: You're
looking at me to answer.
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Yvonne: Keep
going... keep going.
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Ivor: No, not you...
you... just kidding...
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James: Image... an image...
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Ivor: He sets up an
image... plants his...
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or glorifies in his palace...
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his sins reach unto heaven
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and then, as a
result of all this,
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Cyrus or Michael stands
up and Daniel chapter 6...
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there's a death decree...
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there's a time of
trouble such as never was...
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but those that are
found written in the book
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will be delivered.
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Now, we've just
seen Daniel 1 through 6
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literally parallel the
events of Daniel 11:40 to 45
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in Daniel 12:1 and 2
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ending with, "They
shall be delivered. "
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James: Yeah, that's
Revelation chapter 13...
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Ivor: That's right.
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James; Yeah, so we've
got perfect parallels here...
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beautiful writing... I
mean... inspired writing
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so just all coalesce
together... all come together
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and give us the same
message over and over again,
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it's beautiful to
see how God's Word...
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how God's Word does that.
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What a powerful chapter!
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Yvonne: Yes.
00:27:38.19\00:27:39.65
James: It's
personal... it's practical...
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it's present
truth for us today...
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and it's history
that gives us courage for
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the trials and the...
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the events that
we're going to be facing
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in what we're
going through right now
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so, I praise God for that.
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Yvonne: Amen. All: Amen.
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