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James: All right, we are
back in Daniel chapter 9.
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Again, we're going to be
here for a while potentially.
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This is Part 3
of Daniel chapter 9.
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We already covered the
first half of the chapter
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with Daniel's humility...
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his humility of
attitude... of spirit...
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his humility of action...
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his humility of motive...
God's glory... not my glory
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and that led us to understand
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how his prayer was
answered quickly...
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the King James
says, "Swiftly... "
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Gabriel came to him swiftly
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and then, we made a connection
between Daniel 9 and Daniel 8...
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very clear in those two
verses in verses 21, 22 and 23
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that there's a connection.
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"I've come to
give you understanding
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so, understand the vision. "
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Well, as Ivor said,
there's no vision in Daniel 9
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up to this point, so the vision
he must be referring to...
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that Gabriel's
referring to is in Daniel 8
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and it's the vision
of the 2300-Day Prophecy
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which Daniel didn't understand.
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It made him sick... he
just couldn't get it...
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he couldn't grasp it...
he went back to Jeremiah
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like we all should
do and study the Bible
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and he was trying to
understand the 70 years
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and how that relates
to the 2300-Day prophecy
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and now, we
started understanding
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more about this
vision in verses 24 and 25,
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we looked at the 70 weeks
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and how all these tasks that
were committed to God's people
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were committed
to "Israel" in Jesus
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and that's why Jesus...
Messiah comes in 69 weeks
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because they've only
got 70 weeks to finish
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and they're not
going to get it done.
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We're never... you
can give us 170 weeks...
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270 weeks...
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we're not going to
finish transgression of sins
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and iniquities.
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We're not going to bring
everlasting righteousness...
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seal up the vision... the
prophecy... the Most Holy...
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but Jesus is... and
that's kind of where we left off
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and so, we thought we would
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kind of expand on
that a little bit...
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see how these specifics
were fulfilled in Christ
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and then move into
the rest of the prophecy
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because there's a lot here
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and there can be
some misunderstandings...
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that can lead to a whole
different eschatological...
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isn't that a... a
deep theological word?
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"Eschatological... "
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Yvonne: Yeah...
yeah... Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: That's last-day events...
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a whole different eschatological
interpretation in relationship,
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especially the
seventh week which we...
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which we found all around us
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so... so we should
start with a word of prayer...
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Yvonne, would you
like to pray for us?
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Yvonne: Yes... yes,
"Oh Lord, we're so grateful
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for this privilege
of studying Your Word
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and just seeing
how much You love us
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and how You demonstrate that
love through Jesus in the Word
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and we thank You for that...
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so, we pray for Your
guidance and Your direction
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through Your Holy Spirit, Lord,
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we thank You again for
Your presence and Your power
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and Your anointing,
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: Amen.
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James: So, I don't
know if you remember,
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we compared Daniel 9
to Revelation chapter 10.
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In Revelation chapter 10,
you have a seven-thunder message
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that is in the book of Daniel
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because it's a
little book that's opened
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and I don't want
to go to Revelation 10
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and look at all that because
we've already covered that
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in our Revelation
Series which, by the way,
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just to put a little hook
in for our Revelation Series:
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Salvation, Symbols and Signs on
the book of Revelation... 72...
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Jason: 72 Episodes.
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James: 72 Episodes...
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and there's a whole section
there on the seven thunders.
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They connect with
Daniel chapter 9 verse 24
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because in Daniel 9:24,
you have the seven tasks
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to finish transgression...
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sin... end sin and iniquity...
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bring in
everlasting righteousness...
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seal up the
vision... seal up the prophecy
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and anoint the Most Holy
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and Jesus is the only
One that can accomplish this
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so, in Daniel...
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in Revelation, the
little book that's opened
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is the book of Daniel
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and the seven-thunder
message is the message
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right from Daniel chapter 9.
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Yvonne: Wow!
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James: So that... so that
John in Revelation is seeing now
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this prophecy as
he's never seen it before
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and he's
committing that to a church
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that will go through a
sweet-bitter disappointment
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and then take that
message to the entire world...
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"prophecy again before
many nations, tongues, kindreds,
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tongues and
peoples about the sanctuary
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and the measuring of
the altar and the temple
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and those who worship
therein" the judgment...
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and it's so beautiful because
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as we trust in Christ
and His righteousness...
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His doing and dying...
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we stand with Him as
our Mediator in the judgment
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and He covers everything...
all of our history is covered
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as we put our complete weight...
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our complete trust upon
Him and His righteousness
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and that leads
us to live for Him
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and when we live
for Jesus Christ,
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you obey His commandments...
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that's why we have the people
who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ...
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they testify of Jesus.
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Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: All right, so...
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you're going to
say something, Ivor?
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Ivor: No, you go ahead...
go ahead... I'm following up,
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yeah, go ahead... go ahead.
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I'm thinking we're
about to get into verse 24.
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James: Yes. Ivor:
Yeah, so let's go ahead.
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James: All right, so,
we'll start with verse 24
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and just touch
on this, this is...
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these tasks were
fulfilled in Christ,
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I want you to start
here with this phrase...
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"Seventy weeks are
determined upon thy people
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and upon thy holy city,
to finish transgression... "
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now, remember we talked about
transgression, sin and iniquity
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as being the summation
of everything fallen...
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everything
about us that's fallen
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and out of whack with God...
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so, transgression...
finishing transgression...
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this word "finish" is actually
found in the Old Testament
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prophecies of Christ
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and the prophecy I'd
like to look at right now
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to see how this was
fulfilled in Christ is Psalm 88.
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If we can open our
Bibles to Psalm 88...
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the word is "kala" ka lah
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and it means to
restrain or to shut up.
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He's going to restrain
or shut up transgressions
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and I want you
to look in Psalm 88
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and Jason, if you could
read for us verses 4 through 8
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of Psalm 88
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and I want you to
look for this word "finish"
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which means "to shut up"
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so that we can see how
it is fulfilled in Jesus.
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Jason: "I am counted with
those who go down to the pit;
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I am like a man
who has no strength,
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adrift among the dead,
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like the slain
who lie in the grave,
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whom you remember no more,
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and who are cut
off from your land...
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from your hand... " excuse me.
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"You have laid me
in the lowest pit,
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in darkness, in the depths.
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
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and You have afflicted
me with all Your waves.
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You have put away my
acquaintances far from me;
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You have made me an
abomination to them;
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I am shut up, and
I cannot get out... "
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James: Okay, "I am shut
up and I cannot get out... "
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come forth...
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this is a Messianic prophecy...
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this is a
prophecy of the Messiah...
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this is a prophecy of Jesus.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: Do you
see as you read this
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how this is the experience
He went through on the cross?
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: He felt like He
was not remembered by God...
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He felt like He
was cut off by God.
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He felt like God's wrath
was lying hard upon Him...
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that the waves of God's
wrath... all of God's wrath
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because He was
experiencing all of the wrath
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for all generations of
all people of all time.
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He felt like all of God's
wrath was coming over Him...
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wave after wave.
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His acquaintances
were put forth from Him.
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In other words, all
His disciples left Him...
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they forsook
Him... He... it says here,
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that He was made an
abomination unto them...
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hanging on the
cross... He was a curse.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm...
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James: He was shut up
and He couldn't come forth.
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Now, that shut the
word "shut up" is "Kala"
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it's the same word "finish" here
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in... in Daniel
chapter 9 and verse 24,
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so, He was going to finish...
He was going to shut up...
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He was going to
"kala" transgression...
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He was going to "kala" it.
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Now, that... that experience
is what Christ went through
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because in 2nd Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 21 it says,
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"He" God made
"Him" to be sin for us
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so He was treated as we
are and when Jesus was shut up,
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our transgressions were shut up.
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When Jesus was
forsaken... when he was cut off,
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our transgressions were
cut... they were finished...
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they were finished in Christ.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: So, this is how
this prophecy is fulfilled
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in Jesus Christ.
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That's one phrase...
that's one thought here
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in Daniel
chapter 9 and verse 24.
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The next phrase is that
He would make an end of sins.
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Ivor: James, if I could
just jump in real quick here
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and I'm going to
jump down to verse 26
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to build on that
same point you just made.
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James: Yes, please do.
Ivor: Verse 26... it says,
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"After threescore and two
weeks shall Messiah be cut off,
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but not for Himself... "
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James: Wow!
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Ivor: and the other
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way in which we should
see this being fulfilled
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is that in the Old Testament,
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the way that a
non-Jewish person got access
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to the Jewish rites and rituals
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is that they had
to be circumcised.
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James: Okay.
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Ivor: That's the
cutting off of the flesh.
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Ivor: When the Bible tells us
that Jesus is our circumcision,
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it's telling us that
because He was cut off for us.
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James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And so, in that covenant,
Christ becomes our circumcision
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which actually opens up the door
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for the Gentiles to come in
and be a part of this covenant.
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James: Wow!
Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: Praise the
Lord. Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And I love that
phrase... He was cut off...
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but not for Himself.
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Did you love that?
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Yvonne: Yes... yes.
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Ivor: Absolutely.
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James: See, if any
of us are cut off...
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we're cut off for ourselves
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because of our
sins and our iniquities.
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Yvonne: Right. Jason: Hmmm...
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James: Jesus was
sinless... He never sinned...
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He was perfect.
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So, for Him to be cut off...
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because that phrase
"cut off" is talking...
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in first... the second death...
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in first... being
completely separated from God.
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That's... that's
the implication of that.
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He was cut off... He
was separated from God
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but not for Himself...
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so, who was He
separated from God for?
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In whose behalf
was He separated?
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Yvonne: For us. Jason: For us.
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James: For us... "All we
like sheep have gone astray,
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we've turned,
every one, our own way,
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and the LORD has laid on
Him the iniquity of us all. "
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Jason: Hmmm... hmmm...
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: You know,
some people look at God
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in a negative sense, you know,
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they see Him as, you
know, a... a... a tyrant
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and as a... a bad
person... I don't...
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I can't even... it's hard
for me to even fathom that
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because when I see
this picture of God,
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I don't... I can't
even relate to that.
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You know, He was cut
off but not for Himself.
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He was cut off for us.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: I love that. Jason: Amen.
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James: I was... I was just
wanting to emphasize that point,
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Ivor, as you came up...
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as you brought
those thoughts together,
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great connection
between "cut off"
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and what we saw in "finish. "
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Yvonne: And also cutting
off of the flesh for us, like,
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changing us from
being in the flesh
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to being more spiritual.
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He... He was... and I think...
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James: That's good...
now, that's good, yeah.
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Yvonne: That really... to
me... that resonated with me.
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James: It does
because when we're in Christ,
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the flesh goes
away... the flesh is gone.
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Yvonne: Yes... yes.
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Ivor: Go
ahead... go ahead Jason.
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Jason: I was going to
say, how does that verse go
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where it was like,
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"I will remove that heart
of stone... " or something
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"and give you a
heart of flesh. "
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James: How does that
correlate with the two?
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Jason: Hmmm...
hmmm... like, I mean, like,
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how's the rest of that verse?
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Ivor: It's the
circumcision of the heart.
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Panel: Yes.
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Ivor: Right, yeah, it's
the circumcision of the heart
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and it's... it's
so interesting because
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in the book of
Esther chapter 8 verse 17,
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the whole story of Esther
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and, you know, how she was
used to deliver her people,
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at the very end of that
when everything goes their way,
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the Bible says that many
people in the land "feared"
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and became Jews.
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James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: They became Jews...
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how did they become...
how do you become a Jew?
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They had to be circumcised
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in order to
become a part of Israel.
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Yvonne: Right.
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Ivor: So, you
remember in our last Study,
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we talked about the fact
that Jesus became Israel for us.
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James: Hmmm... hmmm... yes.
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Ivor: Right, so
in the Old Testament
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in order to
become part of Israel,
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you had to be circumcised.
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In the New Testament,
He is our circumcision.
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James: Hmmm...
Yvonne: Wow! That's good.
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James: So you
accept... you accept Christ.
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Ivor: And that... absolutely.
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: When we accept Christ,
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we are heirs
according to the promise.
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: Amen. Yvonne: Amen.
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Ivor: We are Christ's...
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so this just is
another way of showing that
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part of the original
plan of God for Israel,
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was that it was to
become the Promised Land
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for the entire world.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Gentiles
were to flow into Israel
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and now these barriers
that would have kept them,
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you know,
circumcision... that's a pave...
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no... in Christ, the
whole world can have access
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to the promises.
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James: Amen. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: But again,
we're going to see that...
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that, you know, the
Nation failed in doing that
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and this prophecy will bear
out what happens as a result.
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: The next phrase
is "to make an end of sins"
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and this one is
found in Hebrews,
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Yvonne, if you could just
look there in Hebrews chapter 9
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and we're going to
look at verse 26...
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Hebrews 9 verse 26.
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Yvonne: 9:26...
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James: Again, we're looking
at how these seven points
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were fulfilled in Christ.
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Yvonne: Yes...
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"He then would
have had to suffer often
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since the
foundation of the world;
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but now, once at
the end of the ages,
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He has appeared to put away sin
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by the sacrifice of Himself. "
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James: So He made an end of sins
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by the sacrifice of
Himself. Yvonne: Yes.
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James: He has put away sin
by the sacrifice of Himself.
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Yvonne: Yes... yes.
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James: So, he
finished transgression
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by becoming sin for
us and being shut up.
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God's wrath was poured upon
Him... He was cut off from God,
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he felt like He was
remembered no more...
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He was shut up...
He couldn't come forth
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and He finished transgression...
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He made an end of sins by
basically sacrificing Himself
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so, all of these
verses we're looking at
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are showing how these points...
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there's... you
can't find a verse
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to show how this was fulfilled
in the Jewish nation...
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you're not going to find anyone
in the Jewish nation finishing
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not even Daniel
can... can stand before God
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without saying, you know,
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"My goodness is
turned into corruption... "
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but Christ could...
Christ could actually
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experience all of God's wrath
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and still come forth from the
grave because He was sinless.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm.
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James: The only human being
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who lived the
sinless, perfect life
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and, therefore, can make
a perfect atonement for us
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because He was the Lamb without
blemish and without spot.
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Yvonne: Yes.
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James: And then it says in
the... the next phrase here
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that He would make
reconciliation for iniquity.
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Jason, there are
a bunch of verses
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that I want you to
read in Romans chapter 5.
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Now, these verses
are really significant
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in the whole context
of the 70-Week prophecy...
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the timeline... I mean...
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so, if you want
to start with verse 6
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and read all the
way through verse 10
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we'll go back and just
touch on... on the points.
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Jason: Okay, "For when we
were still without strength,
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in due time Christ
died for the ungodly.
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For scarcely for a
righteous man will one die;
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yet perhaps for a good man
someone would even dare to die.
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But God demonstrates
His own love toward us,
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in that while we
were still sinners,
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Christ died for us.
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Much more than, having now
been justified by His blood,
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we shall be saved
from wrath through Him.
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For if when we were enemies
we were reconciled to God
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through the death of His Son,
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much more,
having been reconciled,
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we shall be saved by His life. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: Okay, so in
Daniel chapter 9 verse 24,
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the third phrase is that He
is going to make reconciliation
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for iniquity.
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Yvonne: Wow! Look
at that. Jason: Wow!
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James: Now, what's really
interesting about these verses
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is how they start out.
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"For when we were
without strength... "
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that's the point we've
been trying to make here
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that we don't have any strength
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to do away with sins and
iniquities and transgressions.
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We don't have any...
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"For when we were still without
strength, in due time... "
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now, that phrase right
there is used consistently
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in the New Testament
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and it's referring specifically
to the 70-Week prophecy
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because that word "time"
means: the set or appointed time
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it's referring back to
the prophecy that predicted
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the Messiah was going
to come and be anointed.
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James: He's going to be
anointed after 483 weeks
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or prophetic, you
know, weeks would be...
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a day for a year... 483 years.
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So, 483 years... Jesus
arrives on the scene...
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we're still going
to lay out that time...
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that time frame right there
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and He is going to... in
due time... do something for us
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that we can't do
because we have no strength.
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Yvonne: Wow!
James: Isn't that amazing?
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In due time...
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the right time,
Christ died for the ungodly
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and that's Paul's emphasis
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and then it goes
on to basically say,
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"We're reconciled to God...
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and much more
than being reconciled,
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we're going to be
saved by His life. "
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So, you have "finish"
"kala" that is "shut up"
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you have "to
make an end of sins"
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and then you have "to make
reconciliation for iniquity... "
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and then in the last phrase
that I want us to look at is
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"to bring in
everlasting righteousness... "
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and this is the gospel...
the righteousness of God.
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We can read about
this in Romans chapter 1,
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Yvonne, would you
like to read there...
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Romans chapter 1
verses 16 and 17?
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Yvonne: Sure... "For I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
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for it is the
power of God to salvation
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for everyone who believes,
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for the Jew first
and also for the Greek.
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For in it the
righteousness of God is revealed
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from faith to faith;
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as it is written,
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'The just shall
live by faith. '"
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James: So, Jesus Christ brings
in everlasting righteousness
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and Paul says,
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"I'm not ashamed of this gospel
that focusses on Christ...
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I'm not ashamed of that
00:19:02.84\00:19:04.17
because that's the
righteousness of God
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established in Jesus Christ... "
00:19:05.67\00:19:07.54
and we could look
at lot of verses...
00:19:07.58\00:19:09.14
one of the one that comes
to my brain is Revelation 14
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verse 6: "I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting gospel. "
00:19:14.62\00:19:16.79
Well, Paul just said that
in the gospel is righteousness,
00:19:16.82\00:19:20.72
right? So the
everlasting righteousness
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the everlasting gospel
is synonymous... synonymous
00:19:22.72\00:19:25.46
so... so... so here
we have Jesus Christ
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fulfilling the specifics
00:19:27.53\00:19:29.16
at least of these
first four points...
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I'm just going to
touch on the next two...
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I'm not going to give
you a Bible verse for them.
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"He is also going to seal up
the vision and the prophecy. "
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Now, the reason why I
think there's a distinction
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between those two
00:19:42.01\00:19:43.35
is because we're
dealing with two aspects here
00:19:43.38\00:19:45.85
of this prophetic declaration.
00:19:45.88\00:19:48.55
One aspect is...
who it applies to
00:19:48.58\00:19:51.05
and the other aspect
is... when it applies in time.
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So, the vision, I think,
deals with who it applies to...
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it applies to Jesus...
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it applies to Jesus Christ
00:19:59.23\00:20:00.56
and then the
prophecy is when it applies
00:20:00.60\00:20:02.90
and we still got
to break that open
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but we are believing that
this applies to Jesus Christ
00:20:05.40\00:20:08.60
and therefore, it would
be fulfilled in A.D. 27...
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He was anointed in A.D. 27
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and if you start in A.D. 27
00:20:13.58\00:20:16.34
and you go back 483 years,
00:20:16.38\00:20:19.11
you're going to
come to the date 457 B.C.
00:20:19.15\00:20:23.59
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:20:23.65\00:20:25.05
James: So all we need to do is
00:20:25.09\00:20:26.42
if we can... is show
that A.D. 27 was the day...
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the time... the
year... I should say
00:20:30.03\00:20:31.56
that Christ was "anointed"
00:20:31.59\00:20:33.60
because that's what
the word "Christ" means,
00:20:33.63\00:20:35.20
"the anointed One. "
00:20:35.23\00:20:36.56
If we can show He
was anointed in A.D. 27,
00:20:36.60\00:20:38.80
we go back 483 years
00:20:38.83\00:20:40.34
and we have our
beginning date 457 B.C.
00:20:40.40\00:20:41.90
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:20:41.94\00:20:43.41
James: And once we
have our beginning date
00:20:43.44\00:20:45.07
for that 70 weeks,
00:20:45.11\00:20:46.84
we can take it to
Christ being anointed...
00:20:46.88\00:20:48.84
we can take it
to Him being cut off
00:20:48.88\00:20:50.21
in the midst of
that final week...
00:20:50.25\00:20:51.58
we can take it to the
close of the 70-Week prophecy
00:20:51.61\00:20:55.18
for the Jews
00:20:55.22\00:20:56.55
and then we can
extend it all the way out
00:20:56.58\00:20:58.22
to the very end of 2300 days...
years... prophetic days...
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literal years to the year 1844.
00:21:01.46\00:21:03.56
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:21:03.59\00:21:05.19
James: When we see the
sanctuary being "cleansed"
00:21:05.23\00:21:07.56
and we see it made right...
00:21:07.60\00:21:08.96
and God's people actually
realizing it's not the earth...
00:21:09.00\00:21:12.60
it's heaven... I'm way
ahead of myself right now,
00:21:12.63\00:21:15.10
but hope we'll
nail all this stuff down
00:21:15.14\00:21:17.64
and we'll see this
picture just... just come out
00:21:17.67\00:21:21.34
and just show
this glorious harmony
00:21:21.38\00:21:23.18
between the Old
and the New Testament
00:21:23.21\00:21:24.95
and where we are now
and where we come from.
00:21:24.98\00:21:26.41
Yvonne: Yes.
00:21:26.45\00:21:27.78
James: It's going
to be really good.
00:21:27.82\00:21:29.15
Yvonne: Yes... amen.
00:21:29.18\00:21:30.52
James: Ivor, what
have you got for us?
00:21:30.55\00:21:31.89
Ivor: So, I would like to
point us to the beginning point,
00:21:31.92\00:21:36.99
you were just
talking about 457 B.C.
00:21:37.03\00:21:40.33
in Daniel 9, it says,
"Know therefore and understand,
00:21:40.36\00:21:44.07
that from the going
forth of the commandment
00:21:44.13\00:21:46.13
to restore and to
build Jerusalem... "
00:21:46.17\00:21:48.67
James: Hmmm...
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.04
Ivor: There were
four different decrees
00:21:50.07\00:21:52.81
revolving around the Jews
going back to Jerusalem...
00:21:52.87\00:21:57.51
the first was given by Cyrus
00:21:57.55\00:21:59.71
and it dealt with the
building of the temple.
00:21:59.75\00:22:03.28
James: Okay.
00:22:03.32\00:22:04.65
Ivor: The second
was given by Darius
00:22:04.69\00:22:06.79
which was basically a
re-affirmation of the first
00:22:06.82\00:22:10.39
again dealing
strictly with the temple.
00:22:10.43\00:22:12.29
James: Okay.
00:22:12.33\00:22:13.76
Ivor: The third decree
00:22:13.80\00:22:16.70
was the decree
given by Artaxerxes.
00:22:16.73\00:22:18.93
James: Hmmm...
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Ivor: And that
decree was given in 457 B.C.
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James: Okay.
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Ivor: And there's a reason why
we need to focus on that decree
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and why that is the
decree that begins...
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not only do we know
this from counting backwards,
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27 A.D. going
backwards to 457...
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but I want you to... to
notice this in Isaiah chapter 1.
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So, in our previous
programs, we were talking about
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how many places
Daniel's 70-Week prophecy is...
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I'm going to show to you
again in Isaiah chapter 1.
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James: All right.
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Ivor: So, if you go
to Isaiah chapter 1...
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if I could have someone
read for me just two verses...
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verses 7 and 8
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and then, there will be
two more verses after that
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but let's just go ahead
and read verses 7 and 8.
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Jason: "Your
country is desolate,
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your cities are
burned with fire;
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strangers devour your
land in your presence;
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and it is desolate, as
overthrown by strangers.
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So the daughter of Zion is
left as a booth in a vineyard,
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as a hut in a
garden of cucumbers,
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as a besieged city. "
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Ivor: Okay, now, Isaiah is
writing before the destruction
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of Jerusalem.
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He's prophesying...
that it's coming to pass...
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this is exactly what he's
talking about here, right,
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"You're going into captivity
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for 70 years... "
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right, he doesn't
call it seventy years here
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but he's saying, "Your country
is going to be desolate" right?
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Now, I want you to go
down to verse 26 and 27.
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Jason: Okay...
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"I will restore your
judges as at the first,
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and your counselors
as at the beginning.
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Afterward you shall be called
the city of righteousness,
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the faithful city. "
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Zion shall be
redeemed with justice,
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and her penitents
with righteousness. "
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Ivor: Okay, so now you
have in this same chapter
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Isaiah, speaking
on behalf of God,
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is saying, "I'm
going to restore Jerusalem
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with judges and counselors
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and then you will be called,
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'the city of righteousness...
the faithful city.'"
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James: Okay.
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Ivor: Could someone go to
Ezra chapter 7 and verse 25.
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James: Here we go... here we go.
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Ivor: Ezra 7 verse 25.
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This is the... this
is the verse in which...
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Yvonne: Ezra...
what? James: 7:25.
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Ivor: Chapter 7 verse 25.
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Now, what you're
about to read here
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is the decree that
was given by Artaxerxes.
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Yvonne: Okay.
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Ivor: And you'll see
why this decree is set apart
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because we just read
in Isaiah 1:26, God says,
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"I'm going to set
up your judges again
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and then you will be
called: the faithful city. "
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Judges judge the city, right?
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Without judges...
you don't have a city.
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So, remember the first
two decrees... the temple...
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but it's not until Artaxerxes
that we find something...
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read it right
now, look at verse 25.
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Yvonne: "And you, Ezra,
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according to
your God-given wisdom,
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set magistrates and judges
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who may judge all the
people who are in the region
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beyond the River,
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all such as know
the laws of your God;
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and teach those
who do not know them. "
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James: Hmmm... Ivor: All right.
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This is Artaxerxes' decree...
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this is the decree which
we should begin counting from
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because it's the decree that
not only addresses the temple
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but also sets up
judges and magistrates
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and counsellors in the city
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according to what
Isaiah chapter 1 verse 26 said.
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James: I love
it... I love it, Ivor.
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Ivor: So, now,
who would have thought
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that the 70 weeks is
found in Isaiah chapter 1?
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James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: What in the world?
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And then, right after
that "Zion shall be redeemed
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with judgment,
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and her converts
with righteousness. "
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That is pointing forward to
the redemptive work of Jesus
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that was just described by James
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in all those seven points.
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James: Yeah. Yvonne: Wow!
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James: You know, Ivor, I just
want to say something here...
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just a little
thought and I just...
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I'm so thankful for
what you just shared
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because I've never
heard this before...
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it's just brand new to me
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and so, just for
those who are listening,
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you know, we can study
the Bible for decades...
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I've been studying
the Bible for decades
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but it's always this...
there's always going to be new,
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new... new manna...
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you know, more stuff that
we've never seen before...
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that's the first point I wanted
to encourage people with...
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the second point is this,
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this prophecy is so vital
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that I believe God
is giving new light
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and new light and new light...
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you know, so many
people have left...
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people have left the
church because of this prophecy,
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Adventists...
because of this prophecy...
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it's been attacked in any
way and shape you can think of
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and I feel that God
is just building it up
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and strengthening it...
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when we look at
what Ivor just shared,
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it affirms the 457 date...
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we look at... we're going to
look at in the New Testament,
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Luke chapter 2
and Luke chapter 3,
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it affirms the 27 A.D. date
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and those two dates
just become solid pillars
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based in Jesus Christ
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and I think this is so
vital for us to understand.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: You know, God...
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our confidence will
be shaken a little bit
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and we'll meet with people
who are against the message
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but we need to stay in
the Bible and stay in the Word
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and God will show us more
and more truth as is needed
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to be a witness for
Him in these last days.
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Praise God.
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Yvonne: Amen. Jason: Amen.
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