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James: Okay, we are
in Daniel chapter 9.
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This is going to be Part 2
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and we might stay
here for a while...
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we might settle
here for a while.
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We might have a Part
3 or Part 4 or Part 5...
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well, hopefully not
a Part 6... we'll see
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but we're not in a hurry.
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Yvonne: Right.
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James: Daniel
chapter 9 is the center
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not only of the book of
Daniel but of the entire Bible.
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This is the
cornerstone of all prophecy
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because the focus of
Daniel chapter 9 is Christ
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and that's what we've been
looking at in the whole book,
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we've seen how this whole
book centers around Jesus Christ
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and we're going to see that
in Daniel 9 now more than ever.
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It's going to be
powerful and beautiful
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to see Christ
in Daniel chapter 9
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especially in these prophecies
but before we jump in,
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Jason, would you have
a word of prayer for us?
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Jason: Absolutely...
"Dear heavenly Father,
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we just ask for the
Holy Spirit to lead, guide
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and direct us into all truth
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and help us to comprehend
what we're... we're looking at
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and be with the
Viewers as well...
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help them to comprehend it too.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: Amen... amen.
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James: All right, so
we left off in Daniel 9
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with this attitude
that Daniel had of humility.
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He had a humility of spirit...
a humility of action...
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he had this
humility of attitude...
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he humbled
himself... he prayed...
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he prayed a Corporate prayer
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including himself with his whole
nation that had apostatized
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and turned away from God
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and in relation to this, he
was focusing on God's glory.
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"God, hear our prayer...
not for our righteousness' sake
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but for Your righteousness'
sake... for Your glory...
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for Your city that's
called by Your Name...
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vindicate your character... "
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and this is really
informative for us,
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we're going to look
at prophecy right now
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as we move into the
Daniel chapter 9 further
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but we don't want
to leave out the...
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the vital part of this
message that is practical.
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Prophecy is very intellectual,
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you know, we look
at dates and days...
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its symbols and we
put it all together
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and say, "Whoa,
look at that" you know
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and our intellectual
minds are just expanded and...
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and we just get all excited.
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Well, Nebuchadnezzar
had that same experience
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in Daniel chapter 2
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and he was blown away, you
know, by Daniel the Evangelist
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and, you know, the first one to
attend a Daniel Seminar, right?
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Yvonne: Yeah.
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James: And there he
was taking it all in
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but by Daniel chapter 3,
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he was backsliding
out the door, he was gone
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and Daniel reminds us
that relationship with God...
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connection with God...
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covenant relationship is vital
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in connection
with Bible prophecy.
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We don't want to
leave out prophecy...
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we want to make sure we
emphasize that relationship
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and Daniel shows us how
that... what that looks like.
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It looks like a
humble man who's seeking God
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and including himself
with all the other sinners
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on Planet Earth... all
of his brothers and sisters
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and confessing their sins
so, he himself was part of that,
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guilty of that
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and then just asking the
Lord for His glory's sake
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to reveal this truth to him
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and what
happens next is amazing.
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Jason, pick up for us would
you in verses 21 through 23.
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Jason: Okay, "Yes, while
I was speaking in prayer,
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the man Gabriel,
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whom I had seen in the
vision at the beginning,
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being caused to fly swiftly,
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reached me about the
time of the evening offering.
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And he informed me, and
talked with me, and said,
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'O Daniel,
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I have now come forth to
give you skill to understand.
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At the beginning
of your supplications
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the command went out,
and I have come to tell you,
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for you are greatly beloved;
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therefore consider the matter,
and understand the vision... '"
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: There's so much
here in these few verses.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: That one phrase there,
"Thou art greatly beloved... "
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we should park on that
for just a few seconds.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: You are greatly beloved,
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Jason, you are
greatly beloved...
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All: Laughter.
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James: All of us
are greatly beloved.
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We don't need to be
"great" if we're greatly beloved
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and this is the message
that God wants to communicate...
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not just to
Daniel but to all of us
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because Daniel is
praying in a Corporate sense.
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He's acknowledging,
"We have sinned...
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we have departed
from Your commandments...
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we have not
listened to Your prophets...
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we have forsaken
Your truth... we... "
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and then, God says,
"You are greatly beloved. "
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Yvonne: Yes. Jason: Hmmm...
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Yvonne: You know, even... even
at the beginning of the verse
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where it says, "At the
beginning of your supplication
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when you first asked of Me... "
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I mean, that's so amazing
to me because He didn't even...
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God didn't even have to
wait until he finished...
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"While you are yet
speaking... I will answer. "
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So, while he was yet
beginning... God answered.
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James: You know,
there's a Bible promise on that,
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"It shall come to pass that
before they call, I will answer
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and while they are yet
speaking, I will hear... "
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and that's, I think,
Isaiah so, that's pre-Daniel
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and here it is
being fulfilled in Daniel.
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Yvonne: Yes.
James: It's beautiful...
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Jason: Amen. Yvonne: Beautiful.
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James: and you
notice here in this verse,
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there's two times
where God uses a word...
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or Daniel uses a
word where he says
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that Gabriel has come
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to give him
skill and understanding
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and that's in verse 22
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and then in verse 23 again,
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"therefore
understand the matter,
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and consider the vision. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: This is vital for us
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because this
connects Daniel chapter 9
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with Daniel chapter 8.
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Daniel chapter 8 is
partly understood by Daniel.
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I know he gets the goat and
the ram... because he's told,
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"This is, you know,
Medo-Persia and Greece... "
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but he's not clear on the rest
especially the 2300-day prophecy
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in relation to the
cleansing of the sanctuary.
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As we talked about earlier,
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Ivor was saying, you
know that 70 years' captivity
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and now the 70 weeks
and the 2300-Day prophecy
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with the cleansing of
the sanctuary at the end
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doesn't... it's
confusing to Daniel
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and he says that,
"I didn't understand...
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I started to look at the... "
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by the way, Daniel
goes back to the Bible,
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"I went back to Jeremiah and
I want to check this out... "
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you know, he goes
back to the Bible,
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he didn't say, "I
went to my local priest
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or my local pastor...
I went back to the Bible
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to see what was going on. "
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: And as he goes to
the Bible, he's led to pray
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and as he prays
and humbles himself,
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God says, "Gabriel go... go... "
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I love the way that phrase...
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I love that phrase there...
"I was caused to fly swiftly"
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what does that look like?
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What does that look like?
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Yvonne: Yes. Jason: Yeah.
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James: And he...
he is flying swiftly
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and so, Daniel is still praying,
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I don't know how
long this prayer is,
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two minutes... three
minutes... five minutes...
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but by the time he's done
praying, Gabriel is there.
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That's swift.
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I believe that's for us
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that God will send
angels to fly swiftly to our aid
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when we call out to Him
if you need Him for help.
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Yvonne: Yes. Jason: Amen.
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James: Vital connection
here, Ivor, you see it?
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Ivor: Yeah, so just
to reiterate that point,
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if you look in
Daniel chapter 9 verse 23...
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the verses you guys just read...
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I'm going to read
it again, it says,
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"At the beginning
of thy supplications
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the commandment came forth,
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and I am come to shew thee;
for thou art greatly beloved:
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therefore understand the matter,
and consider the vision. "
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James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: So, here's the
thing we need to understand,
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from verse 1 to verse
22... there is no vision...
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: So, when the angel...
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when Gabriel says,
"Consider the vision... "
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he... he... Daniel has to
be thinking only one thing.
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James: Yeah.
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Ivor: It is a
vision from chapter 8
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which he did not get
a full understanding of.
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James: Yeah, that's it.
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Ivor: Right, and
this is how we connect
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the... the... the time
element of Daniel chapter 8
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with the... with the beginning
of this 70-Week prophecy
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which gives us a time period...
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gives us a starting point,
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right, so that's
the lynchpin if you will
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between Daniel 8 and Daniel 9.
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There is no vision in Daniel 9
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so, he must be referring
back to Daniel 8, right?
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James: Hmmm... yeah.
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Ivor: And in
Daniel 9:24, he begins...
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the angel begins
with these words,
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"Seventy weeks are
determined upon thy people
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and upon thy holy city,
to finish the transgression,
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to make an end of sins...
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to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
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and to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
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and to seal up the
vision and prophecy,
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and to anoint the most Holy. "
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Now, I'm going to pause
right here for a moment because
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this sounds like if this
is accomplished, it's heaven.
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: that's
what it sounds like,
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reconciliation for iniquity...
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everlasting
righteousness... like, "What?
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Are you saying in 70 weeks,
heaven is going to be set up?"
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Well, remember in
our previous program,
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that we talked about his
idea of the Promised Land
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that was supposed to be the
center of the glory on earth,
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right? This place that
Gentiles were to flow to
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because of the... the glory
of God being revealed there,
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they go into
Babylonian captivity
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because they
have failed in this...
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they have rebelled against God
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and therefore, they've
not realized the promise.
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Daniel is
praying and he's saying,
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"Look, the curses that were
spoken of in the Law of Moses
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have been poured out upon us
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and that's why
we're here in Babylon... "
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and then the angel comes
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and it's basically giving
the 70-time-seven prophecy.
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James: Okay.
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Ivor: It's a second chance...
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"All right Guys,
remember the original plan
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for the Promised Land?
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You have seventy weeks,
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if you obey me... One is coming
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who is going to be
the center of the glory
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of the Promised Land. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
James: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm...
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Ivor: "If you receive this One
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the... the...
the... the prophecies
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that... that My prophets
have spoken to you, right,
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will begin to
come to fruition. "
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I just want you to
think for a moment.
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What happened when
Jesus came to His city?
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Just... just think about
that for a moment, right,
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the promises were,
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"I will heal
you from diseases. "
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Did Jesus do that?
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James: Amen.
Yvonne: Hmmm... He did.
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Ivor: Right, just
think about... they...
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Jesus was the...
the literal fulfillment
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of all the blessings.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Had they
received Christ, and you know,
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we all know, okay, what...
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you know, Christ
still would have died...
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right? He... He...
that was prophesied...
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He was to die for
the sins of the world
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but the result of
Jerusalem not rejecting Him
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would have changed the
whole history of Israel.
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: So, nonetheless,
this prophecy is given...
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it's a... it's a...
"What are you going to do?
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Right, 70 weeks are
determined upon you...
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you have 70 weeks to make
your final decision if you will
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as a Nation. "
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Right, Daniel
9:25, it goes on to say,
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"Know therefore and understand,
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that from the going
forth of the commandment
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to restore and
to build Jerusalem
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unto the Messiah the Prince... "
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and so, this is where
we get the understanding
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that this prophecy
is ultimately pointing
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to the coming of the Messiah.
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Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:12:36.42\00:12:37.75
right, as the
fulfillment of the promise.
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Now, this is super
important to understand...
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James, you said that
Daniel 9 is the center
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of the book of Daniel
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and the center of
the whole Bible, really.
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James: Yes.
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Ivor: You will be amazed to find
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how many places Daniel
9 is actually spoken about
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in the Old Testament.
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Right, so, let me
just give you a quick example.
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In Ezekiel 37, remember Ezekiel
is a contemporary of Daniel,
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right? He is prophesying just
before the fall of Babylon...
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I'm sorry, just
before the fall of Jerusalem
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and then, he is in the
captivity period of Jerusalem
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so, God is speaking to Ezekiel
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for the comfort of the people
00:13:26.50\00:13:29.17
that have been taken
captive in Jerusalem.
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James: Okay.
00:13:31.64\00:13:32.97
Ivor: Ezekiel 37 is a
vision of a valley of dry bones.
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James: Hmmm...
00:13:39.51\00:13:40.85
Ivor: All right, remember
God is speaking in parable here
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to His people.
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James: Very dry
bones. Yvonne: Smiling.
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Ivor: Very dry bones
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and if you're
familiar with this vision,
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you know, God says to
Ezekiel "Can these bones live?"
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Ezekiel is like,
"Lord, you know... "
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and He says, "Prophesy... "
and then the bones come together
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and they stand up on
their feet... a great army.
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Now, watch God's
explanation of this.
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Ezekiel 37:11 says this:
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Then He said
unto me, "Son of man,
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these bones are the
whole house of Israel.
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Behold they say,
'Our bones are dry,
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and our hope is lost,
00:14:16.99\00:14:18.79
we are cut off our parts!'"
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Why are they saying this?
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Because they are
in... Panel: Captivity.
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Ivor: Captivity...
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He says: Therefore
prophesy and say unto them,
00:14:27.23\00:14:29.53
"Thus saith the LORD
God; 'Behold, O My people,
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I will open your graves... '"
00:14:32.33\00:14:33.77
symbolically speaking
about their captivity...
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"and cause you to
come up out of the graves,
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and bring you into
the land of Israel. "
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:14:42.31\00:14:43.81
Ivor: Right, this is
basically Him prophesying
00:14:43.85\00:14:47.88
that you're going to
come back into your land.
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I'm going to let you out
of your place of captivity
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and I'm going to bring
you back into your land
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and now notice verse 14,
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"I shall put My Spirit
in you, and you shall live,
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and I shall place
you in your own land. "
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Let me keep reading...
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let's go down to verse 21,
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"Say unto them,
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'Thus says the Lord God:
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"Behold, I will take
the children of Israel
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from among the heathen,
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whither they be gone,
00:15:17.18\00:15:18.51
and will gather
them on every side,
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and bring them
into their own land.
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And I will make them one nation
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in the land upon
the mountains of Israel;
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and one king shall be
king to them all... "'"
00:15:26.52\00:15:30.13
James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: It gets more specific...
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verse 24, "And David my
servant shall be king over them;
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and they shall
have one shepherd. "
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What is Ezekiel doing here?
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James: Hmmm...
00:15:45.37\00:15:46.81
Ivor: He is talking about
both the restoration of Israel
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into their own land
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and then, he's pointing down to
a time where the king will come
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to that land.
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:16:03.43\00:16:04.76
Ivor: This is
exactly what Daniel chapter 9
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is talking about.
00:16:09.00\00:16:10.33
"I'm going to
restore you to your land...
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you're going to rebuild
your temple in your city
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and if you count a
certain period of time,
00:16:14.44\00:16:16.91
the Promised King...
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the Promised
Messiah will come. "
00:16:19.34\00:16:22.38
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:16:22.44\00:16:23.78
Ivor: This is
happening over and over again...
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the Isaiah...
Ezekiel... Jeremiah...
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you will find places where it
seems like they're talking about
00:16:31.19\00:16:34.29
you know, Israel
00:16:34.32\00:16:35.72
and then all of a sudden,
they shift to the Messiah.
00:16:35.76\00:16:37.46
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:16:37.49\00:16:38.83
Ivor: The Messiah
will come... Messiah...
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why is the Messiah,
like, found right here
00:16:41.03\00:16:43.26
in the middle of this chapter
that is originally talking about
00:16:43.30\00:16:46.70
Jerusalem or
Israel being restored
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or Jerusalem
coming out of captivity?
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The prophecy of Daniel 9
is being expounded upon, why?
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Because the coming of Christ
is the center of all Israel.
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It is the... it is
the central prophecy
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of the entire Old Testament.
00:17:04.09\00:17:06.09
James: Yeah, I think
that you've nailed it, Ivor,
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because, when you look
at this in Daniel chapter 9
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and you compare it with
the Old and the New Testament,
00:17:12.19\00:17:15.00
you see it all
centers in Christ.
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For example, you read
the verse in Ezekiel 37,
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it says here in verse 12,
00:17:20.54\00:17:24.11
"Therefore
prophecy and say unto them
00:17:24.14\00:17:26.11
'Thus saith the Lord
God; "Behold, O my people,
00:17:26.17\00:17:29.08
I will open your graves,
00:17:29.11\00:17:31.11
and cause you to come
out of your graves... "'"
00:17:31.15\00:17:35.32
Yvonne: Hmmm...
Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:17:35.38\00:17:36.85
James: Okay,
now, think about that.
00:17:36.89\00:17:38.32
"I will open your graves,
00:17:38.35\00:17:40.56
and cause you to come
out of your graves... "
00:17:40.59\00:17:43.69
think about it in
relation to Jesus.
00:17:43.73\00:17:45.69
Jason: Hmmm... Yvonne:
Right. Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:17:45.73\00:17:47.50
James: What happened
when Jesus died on the cross?
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Yvonne: It was the resurrection.
00:17:49.30\00:17:51.03
James: Yeah...
Ivor: Yeah. Jason: Yes.
00:17:51.10\00:17:53.07
James: Matthew chapter 27...
00:17:53.10\00:17:54.74
look at Matthew chapter 27
and read, if you would, Jason,
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would you read verses 50 to 53?
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Jason: Okay, 50 to 53...
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"And Jesus cried out
again with a loud voice,
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and yielded up His spirit.
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Then, behold, the veil of
the temple was torn in two
00:18:11.72\00:18:14.99
from top to bottom;
00:18:15.02\00:18:16.36
and the earth quaked,
and the rocks were split,
00:18:16.39\00:18:18.63
and the graves were opened;
00:18:18.66\00:18:20.56
and many bodies of the saints
00:18:20.60\00:18:22.43
who had fallen
asleep were raised;
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and coming out of the
graves after His resurrection,
00:18:24.50\00:18:27.77
they went into the holy
city and appeared to many. "
00:18:27.80\00:18:30.47
Yvonne: Hmmm... James:
Wow! Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: That's an
exact fulfillment
00:18:33.31\00:18:35.38
of the prophecy in Ezekiel 37.
00:18:35.41\00:18:37.05
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:18:37.08\00:18:38.41
Ivor: And... and wait... let...
let me add to that verse 26,
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"Moreover I will make a
covenant of peace with them;
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it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them:
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I will place
them, and multiply them,
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and will set my sanctuary in the
midst of them for evermore. "
00:18:50.96\00:18:54.36
When you look at the prophecy
of Daniel 9... the 70 weeks...
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it speaks about the
same everlasting covenant
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that would happen in
the midst of a certain week
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which again... we... we
promise we're getting to it
00:19:05.17\00:19:08.84
but, I think it is...
it is important for us
00:19:08.88\00:19:12.78
to establish just how central
the prophecy of Daniel 9 was
00:19:12.81\00:19:18.05
to all the prophets.
00:19:18.09\00:19:19.92
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
and how it focused on Christ.
00:19:19.95\00:19:22.66
Ivor: Yes.
00:19:22.69\00:19:24.03
James: So going
back to Daniel 9...
00:19:24.06\00:19:25.43
in verse 24, there are
seven tasks outlined here...
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James: Seventy weeks
are given to, first of all,
00:19:29.16\00:19:32.83
finish transgression...
00:19:32.87\00:19:34.40
make an end of sins, and
reconciliation for iniquity.
00:19:34.47\00:19:39.51
Does that sound redundant?
00:19:39.57\00:19:40.91
What is transgression...
sin... and iniquity?
00:19:40.94\00:19:45.85
You know what I'm saying?
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... Yeah.
00:19:45.88\00:19:47.35
James: In other words,
00:19:47.42\00:19:48.75
Jesus is going to
take care of all of this,
00:19:48.78\00:19:50.89
well, I've jumped ahead
of myself there haven't I
00:19:50.92\00:19:52.62
a little bit but let
me just say it this way,
00:19:52.65\00:19:55.62
we're... we're...
we're summarizing every issue
00:19:55.66\00:19:58.53
in human fallenness...
sin, transgression and iniquity.
00:19:58.56\00:20:01.90
There is nothing in us or of us
00:20:01.93\00:20:04.90
that we're made
out of... that we...
00:20:04.93\00:20:06.74
that doesn't fall
under one of those categories
00:20:06.77\00:20:09.10
and if you want to do a really
intent interesting study on this
00:20:09.17\00:20:12.37
you could study the
difference between sin,
00:20:12.41\00:20:14.34
transgression and iniquity.
00:20:14.38\00:20:15.71
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:20:15.74\00:20:17.08
James: But Jesus is going
to take care of the whole pa...
00:20:17.11\00:20:19.01
let me... let me
hold off right there,
00:20:19.05\00:20:20.85
God is... is talking
about the whole package there.
00:20:20.88\00:20:23.75
"Seventy weeks are determined
00:20:23.79\00:20:26.42
for you to finish sin,
transgression and iniquity... "
00:20:26.45\00:20:28.86
and then it goes on to bring
in or "to make reconciliation...
00:20:28.89\00:20:31.49
to bring in
everlasting righteousness... "
00:20:31.53\00:20:33.36
there is task number four...
00:20:33.40\00:20:35.43
"to seal up the vision... "
I'm going to say that's five...
00:20:35.46\00:20:38.00
"and the prophecy... "
I'm going to say that's six...
00:20:38.03\00:20:39.97
"and to anoint the Most Holy. "
00:20:40.00\00:20:41.44
That's seven... seven tasks...
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Jason: Hmmm...
00:20:42.84\00:20:44.17
James: Okay, now
the next sentence...
00:20:44.21\00:20:46.41
the next verse is
key in this prophecy...
00:20:46.47\00:20:49.21
the very next verse.
00:20:49.24\00:20:50.58
"Know therefore
and understand... "
00:20:50.61\00:20:53.01
"therefore" in other words,
00:20:53.05\00:20:54.58
based on what I've just
said that you have seventy weeks
00:20:54.62\00:20:57.49
to finish sin,
transgression and iniquity
00:20:57.52\00:20:59.85
to bring in
everlasting righteousness
00:20:59.89\00:21:01.22
and seal up the vision and
the prophecy and anoint the...
00:21:01.26\00:21:03.53
knowing that... knowing
that and understanding that...
00:21:03.56\00:21:05.93
notice this...
this is so beautiful...
00:21:05.96\00:21:07.96
just check this out.
00:21:08.00\00:21:09.33
"Know therefore and understand,
00:21:09.36\00:21:11.70
that from the time of the
going forth of the command
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.47
to restore and build Jerusalem
00:21:13.54\00:21:14.87
until Messiah the Prince,
00:21:14.90\00:21:16.71
shall be seven weeks and
threescore and two weeks. "
00:21:16.74\00:21:22.68
You have 70 weeks so
you need to finish all...
00:21:22.71\00:21:26.92
sin, transgression and
iniquity needs to be finished...
00:21:26.95\00:21:28.98
everlasting righteousness
needs to be brought in...
00:21:29.02\00:21:31.05
the prophecy
needs to be sealed up...
00:21:31.09\00:21:32.42
the vision needs to be
sealed up and the Most Holy...
00:21:32.45\00:21:34.99
the Holy Place
needs to be anointed...
00:21:35.02\00:21:36.36
you've got 70 weeks to do that
00:21:36.39\00:21:37.73
so, know and understand
since you failed year after year
00:21:37.76\00:21:41.33
generation after generation,
00:21:41.36\00:21:43.00
prophecy after prophecy...
since you've failed...
00:21:43.03\00:21:44.70
know therefore and understand
00:21:44.73\00:21:46.07
that Messiah
the Prince is coming
00:21:46.10\00:21:47.54
and when is He coming?
00:21:47.57\00:21:48.90
Is He coming in 70 weeks?
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.87
Yvonne: Seven and 62...
00:21:50.91\00:21:53.68
James: How much is that?
00:21:53.71\00:21:56.44
Yvonne: 69.
00:21:56.48\00:21:57.91
James: 69... He's coming...
00:21:57.95\00:21:59.85
that's one week
before time is up.
00:21:59.88\00:22:03.08
James: Exactly. Yvonne: Wow!
00:22:03.12\00:22:04.92
James: Do you see
what God is saying here?
00:22:04.95\00:22:06.29
Do you see the implication?
00:22:06.32\00:22:07.66
God is saying,
"You've got 70 weeks...
00:22:07.69\00:22:09.02
you failed miserably...
Messiah is coming in 69."
00:22:09.06\00:22:12.53
Panel: Hmmm...
00:22:12.56\00:22:13.96
James: "You've got 70 weeks...
Messiah is coming in 69...
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.63
you've got 70 weeks...
Messiah is coming in 69."
00:22:15.66\00:22:18.93
You've got 70
weeks but guess what?
00:22:18.97\00:22:20.97
Messiah is coming in 69 weeks.
00:22:21.00\00:22:24.07
He is the One that's
going to finish transgression...
00:22:24.11\00:22:26.84
He is the One that's going to
make reconciliation for iniquity
00:22:26.88\00:22:28.41
He is the One
that's going to bring in
00:22:28.44\00:22:29.78
everlasting righteousness...
00:22:29.81\00:22:31.15
He is the One that's
going to bring an end to sin...
00:22:31.18\00:22:33.31
He is the One that's
going to anoint the Most Holy...
00:22:33.35\00:22:35.68
He is the One that's
going to fulfill the vision
00:22:35.72\00:22:38.59
and fulfill the prophecy...
Messiah is going to do that.
00:22:38.62\00:22:41.46
Does that make sense?
00:22:41.49\00:22:42.99
Yvonne: Yeah... yeah.
00:22:43.02\00:22:44.46
James: It's... it's clearly
here directing the people
00:22:44.49\00:22:46.59
to... to Jesus Christ as
the One who will fulfill this.
00:22:46.63\00:22:50.43
It doesn't say,
"You've got 70 weeks
00:22:50.47\00:22:52.03
and if you don't
make it in 70 weeks,
00:22:52.07\00:22:54.04
I'll send Messiah in 71 weeks. "
00:22:54.07\00:22:55.90
Yvonne: Right. James:
See, it doesn't say that.
00:22:55.94\00:22:57.41
Yvonne: You have seventy
weeks to do it... period.
00:22:57.44\00:23:00.68
Jason: To get it done.
00:23:00.71\00:23:02.24
James: "So... so the
thing you have to get done then
00:23:02.28\00:23:03.71
if Messiah's the One
that's coming to do this...
00:23:03.75\00:23:05.55
the thing you have to get done
00:23:05.58\00:23:06.92
is you need to
accept the Messiah.
00:23:06.95\00:23:08.82
See, He's the One
coming to do this. "
00:23:08.85\00:23:10.69
So, the only
responsibility of the Jews
00:23:10.72\00:23:13.42
under New Covenant glasses...
00:23:13.46\00:23:15.59
when we put on these
New Covenant glasses...
00:23:15.62\00:23:17.43
"Oh, I can see
now... look at that...
00:23:17.46\00:23:20.23
it's Messiah... He is the
center of this prophecy. "
00:23:20.26\00:23:23.87
If this is all about us...
00:23:23.90\00:23:25.63
we've got to do
all of this stuff,
00:23:25.67\00:23:27.37
we're going to be way down again
00:23:27.40\00:23:29.70
with guilt,
condemnation and failure
00:23:29.74\00:23:32.17
but if God is directing
us to a... a... a vision...
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a prophecy that's
focusing on Jesus,
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now, we have some hope...
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now, we can have
some confidence...
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now, we've got a
future and an end.
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Yvonne: Right, so He
comes in the 69 weeks...
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Does that mean you
have one week basically
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to get it together
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or you have to... you
have to have by the 69th
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because that's when He comes...
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you have 70.
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James: You have 70
weeks and I'm just going to...
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let me reiterate
this... you have 70 weeks
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to fulfill... to
accomplish something
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that you wouldn't
be able to accomplish
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if you had a 170 weeks.
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You wouldn't be
able to accomplish it
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if you had 270 weeks.
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You will never be
able to accomplish it.
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So, I'm just
sending a sign in 69 weeks.
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I want to give you a 69
weeks just to remind you
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how hopeless you are...
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how dark Israel was...
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how dark the Jewish
nation was when Jesus came,
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you know, He came to His
own, His own received Him not.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: They were completely lost
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but the whole idea here
is to take our focus off
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this... this... this thought
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that we are going to...
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we need to accomplish something
in 69 weeks or even in 70 weeks.
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"I've given you 70 weeks
but Messiah is coming in 69
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because Jesus
Christ is the only One
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that can make...
finish transgression...
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make an end of sins...
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make a
reconciliation for iniquity...
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bring in
everlasting righteousness...
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finish the vision...
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seal up the prophecy
and anoint the Most Holy.
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He's the only
One that can do that.
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Does that make sense?
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Yvonne: Yeah.
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Ivor: And... so... we... we
can say this that in a sense
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Israel did accomplish this
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and what I mean by that is
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if you look in... in the
early part of Christ's life
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when He was a child,
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remember that He...
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decree went out
to have all the male,
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you know, children
killed under two years old,
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so, they're going to Egypt
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and the Bible says,
"that it might be fulfilled
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out of Egypt have
I called My Son. "
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James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: So, the Bible is
pointing to Jesus as Israel
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and what you'll see is...
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He basically lives
the history of Israel...
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He goes into the wilderness...
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He crosses the Jordan...
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just like Israel
crossed the Red Sea...
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He goes into the wilderness
for 40 days and 40 nights...
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He is basically
succeeding where Israel failed.
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So, in that 70
weeks, He's baptized...
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in that... in that 69th
week or that period of 69 weeks,
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Jesus fulfills
what Israel could not
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and He says, "Hey,
as Israel... I did it,
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now, if any man be
in Me... He is an Israel
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and has... and has
fulfilled this in Me. "
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James: Exactly. Yvonne: Wow!
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Ivor: So, when
Israel rejects it,
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when Israel rejected
Israel, guess what happened?
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James: They were
no longer Israel.
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Ivor: They were no longer
Israel... we have a problem
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because now you're
trusting in the flesh...
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"We have Abraham
as our Father... "
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when Jesus was the Promised Seed
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from all the way back
in the Garden of Eden.
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James: "And
Abraham testified of Me
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and if you believe
Abraham, you believe Me. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
hmmm... Ivor: Yeah.
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James: That's it right there
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so, the point now is
we're making a transition...
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this is a powerful transition.
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Daniel chapter 9 transitions
us from "us" to "Jesus. "
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From Old Covenant
to New Covenant...
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from what we are
supposed to do in a certain time
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to what God has promised to
do for us in a certain time.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: What's our job...
what's our responsibility?
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"As many has received Him,
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to them gave He power
to become the sons of God,
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even them that
believe on His name. "
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James: He came to His
own, His own received Him not
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but as many as received Him,
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to them gave He power
to become the sons of God.
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Jesus has accomplished
everything that was stipulated
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for Israel to accomplish
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and He accomplished it
as Israel... He is Israel...
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He is the fulfillment
of all of the promises...
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all of the
conditions are fulfilled
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and taken care in
Jesus... that's the point...
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that's the
message of the gospel...
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that's the message of
the everlasting gospel
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and it's right here
in Daniel chapter 9.
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Yvonne: Wow! Jason: Hmmm.
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James: Isn't that
beautiful? Yvonne: Beautiful.
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James: Praise God. Panel: Amen.
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