Music... 00:00:01.36\00:00:30.69 James: Well, we are nearing home, so to speak, 00:00:30.73\00:00:33.60 yeah, in a spiritual sense 00:00:33.63\00:00:35.26 as well as in a literal sense in the book of Daniel, 00:00:35.30\00:00:38.13 we are in Daniel chapter 11 and we are at about verse 43, 00:00:38.17\00:00:43.51 not that we're stuck there 00:00:43.54\00:00:45.71 and we can't go backwards if we need to, 00:00:45.77\00:00:47.31 right, review a little bit, 00:00:47.34\00:00:48.84 but 43, 44, 45 is going to take us to the end of the chapter 00:00:48.91\00:00:52.38 but not the end of the vision. 00:00:52.41\00:00:54.32 The vision doesn't end until Daniel chapter 12 verse 3, 00:00:54.35\00:00:58.09 so, we've got three verses in 11 and three verses in 12 00:00:58.12\00:01:01.86 that are all connected together 00:01:01.89\00:01:03.22 and then we'll be done with this little section 00:01:03.26\00:01:07.10 and we'll get into chapter 12... 4 through 13 00:01:07.13\00:01:09.83 which really is kind of like a "close" if you will, 00:01:09.86\00:01:13.67 you know, you've got your prologue and your epilogue 00:01:13.70\00:01:17.44 and this is going to be the epilogue. 00:01:17.47\00:01:19.04 It's kind of going give Daniel instruction 00:01:19.07\00:01:20.74 as to what's going to happen to the visions he's been shown 00:01:20.78\00:01:23.11 and that part that he didn't understand 00:01:23.14\00:01:24.61 and when they're going to be kind of opened up or unsealed, 00:01:24.65\00:01:27.75 they're going to be sealed and then unsealed 00:01:27.78\00:01:29.12 at a certain time in history, 00:01:29.15\00:01:30.49 so, that's what we've got left basically... 00:01:30.52\00:01:32.35 there's still a lot of information here 00:01:32.39\00:01:34.36 and the reason this is so important... well, two reasons, 00:01:34.42\00:01:36.86 one is, a lot of this is for our time and the future 00:01:36.93\00:01:40.66 but we also need to remember that we've got to be careful 00:01:40.70\00:01:44.83 because it's unfulfilled prophecy... 00:01:44.87\00:01:47.17 we're not necessarily going to be able to just say, 00:01:47.20\00:01:51.07 "This is what it is... " 00:01:51.14\00:01:52.47 like we've been doing in... in past meetings, 00:01:52.51\00:01:54.78 we've been able to... nailed it down 00:01:54.81\00:01:56.48 because we've been looking at history past 00:01:56.51\00:01:58.01 and lining up with Bible prophecy. 00:01:58.05\00:01:59.81 Here we're looking at a lot of history... future... 00:01:59.85\00:02:02.48 but if we can at least parallel this to the book of Revelation 00:02:02.52\00:02:06.35 and some of the future prophecies there 00:02:06.39\00:02:07.99 in Revelation 13 00:02:08.02\00:02:09.69 and they can give us a little bit of an idea 00:02:09.72\00:02:11.23 as we connect the two together of what's coming 00:02:11.26\00:02:13.23 as it's outlined here in Daniel 11. 00:02:13.26\00:02:15.26 So, without further ado, let's... let's start with prayer 00:02:15.30\00:02:19.77 Yvonne, would you like to pray for us? 00:02:19.80\00:02:21.14 Yvonne: Sure, sure... 00:02:21.17\00:02:22.50 "Dear Lord, we thank You so very much 00:02:22.54\00:02:23.97 once again for bringing us together 00:02:24.01\00:02:26.27 to study Your Word and to learn these amazing, 00:02:26.31\00:02:30.11 amazing truths that You've placed here, 00:02:30.15\00:02:32.21 so, we pray for the guidance and leadership of Your Holy Spirit. 00:02:32.28\00:02:36.42 We thank You once again for all that You're doing... 00:02:36.45\00:02:39.25 for who You are, in Jesus' name, amen. " 00:02:39.29\00:02:40.82 All: Amen. 00:02:40.86\00:02:42.19 James: All right, Daniel chapter 11... 00:02:42.22\00:02:44.76 can you take us up here Jason to verse 45... from 43 to 45? 00:02:44.79\00:02:48.26 Jason: Sure thing, 00:02:48.33\00:02:49.66 "He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, 00:02:49.70\00:02:53.60 and over all the precious things of Egypt; 00:02:53.64\00:02:55.74 also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. 00:02:55.77\00:02:59.77 But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; 00:02:59.81\00:03:03.78 therefore he shall go out with great fury 00:03:03.81\00:03:06.72 to destroy and annihilate many. 00:03:06.75\00:03:09.82 And he shall plant the tents of his palace 00:03:09.85\00:03:12.89 between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; 00:03:12.92\00:03:15.66 yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. " 00:03:15.69\00:03:19.63 James: Okay, in these verses, we're seeing the consummation 00:03:19.66\00:03:25.07 of a worldwide control... economic control of all people, 00:03:25.13\00:03:30.51 it's the same thing we see in Revelation 13, 00:03:30.54\00:03:33.04 it says there... the whole world is going to follow the beast 00:03:33.07\00:03:36.85 and it doesn't matter if you're high or low... rich or poor... 00:03:36.88\00:03:40.05 free or bond... you're going to receive a mark in the forehead 00:03:40.08\00:03:43.28 or in the hand... and no one is going to be able to buy or sell 00:03:43.32\00:03:46.49 unless they have this mark. 00:03:46.52\00:03:47.96 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:03:47.99\00:03:49.32 James: And so, we see a parallel there 00:03:49.36\00:03:50.69 between Revelation chapter 13 and Daniel chapter 11 00:03:50.73\00:03:54.46 because Daniel 11 is talking about 00:03:54.50\00:03:56.80 having control of the gold and silver 00:03:56.83\00:03:59.10 and precious things of Egypt... 00:03:59.13\00:04:01.24 it's talking about the Ethiopians 00:04:01.27\00:04:03.37 which... Ethiopia... we understand, 00:04:03.41\00:04:06.07 a country in the African Continent... 00:04:06.11\00:04:08.31 the Libyans... though that's in Africa... 00:04:08.34\00:04:10.48 we think of the Middle East when we think of Libya... 00:04:10.51\00:04:12.81 we've already talked about Egypt being a symbol... 00:04:12.85\00:04:15.08 representation of Atheism... 00:04:15.12\00:04:17.92 specifically here probably China 00:04:17.95\00:04:20.06 and other Atheistic countries that are still very strong... 00:04:20.09\00:04:22.12 Communist countries still very strong today... 00:04:22.16\00:04:23.83 we talked in verse 40 of the king of the south being USSR 00:04:23.86\00:04:27.36 the symbolism of the glorious land... 00:04:27.40\00:04:30.07 you know, this land flowing with milk and honey 00:04:30.10\00:04:31.73 in the Old Testament... 00:04:31.77\00:04:33.20 New Testament... we'd see that as the United States... 00:04:33.23\00:04:35.90 in Revelation chapter 13, we see a beast coming out of the earth 00:04:35.94\00:04:40.44 with two horns like a lamb... 00:04:40.48\00:04:41.91 we identify that as the United States, 00:04:41.94\00:04:43.98 so, we've got a correlation here between these two chapters. 00:04:44.01\00:04:48.05 In fact, you could even say 00:04:48.08\00:04:50.15 and just... just follow me with this if you will... 00:04:50.19\00:04:54.46 you could even say that Revelation 13 is Daniel 13. 00:04:54.49\00:04:58.69 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:04:58.73\00:05:00.23 James: Because, think about this, 00:05:00.30\00:05:01.63 Daniel chapter 2... Daniel chapter 7... 00:05:01.66\00:05:04.60 Daniel chapter 4... excuse me, chapter 7... 00:05:04.63\00:05:07.64 Daniel 8... and Daniel 11 00:05:07.67\00:05:09.14 all have the same basic outline, 00:05:09.17\00:05:11.77 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, God's Kingdom... 00:05:11.81\00:05:13.94 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, God's Kingdom, 00:05:13.98\00:05:16.11 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, God's Kingdom... 00:05:16.14\00:05:17.71 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, and God's Kingdom. 00:05:17.75\00:05:19.28 When you go to Revelation chapter 13, 00:05:19.31\00:05:21.22 let's look at this real quick, 00:05:21.28\00:05:22.62 Revelation chapter 13 and verse 1, 00:05:22.65\00:05:25.55 and, Yvonne, would you read that verse for us, 00:05:25.59\00:05:29.92 Revelation chapter 13 verse 1, 00:05:29.96\00:05:31.46 or, verses 1 and 2... 00:05:31.49\00:05:33.09 Yvonne: "Then I stood on the sand of the sea, 00:05:33.13\00:05:35.96 and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, 00:05:36.00\00:05:38.83 having seven heads and ten horns, 00:05:38.87\00:05:41.24 and on his horns ten crowns, 00:05:41.27\00:05:43.57 and on his heads a blasphemous name. 00:05:43.61\00:05:46.78 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, 00:05:46.81\00:05:49.64 his feet were like the feet of a bear, 00:05:49.68\00:05:51.71 and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. 00:05:51.75\00:05:54.32 The dragon gave him his power, his throne, 00:05:54.35\00:05:56.85 and great authority. " 00:05:56.89\00:05:58.22 James: Okay, do you recognize something here 00:05:58.25\00:06:00.19 in these two verses in relation to Daniel? 00:06:00.22\00:06:02.09 Yvonne: Yeah, like the... James: The leopard is there... 00:06:02.12\00:06:05.16 Jason: Yeah. James: Who else is there? 00:06:05.19\00:06:06.83 Jason: Ah... Yvonne: The lion... 00:06:06.86\00:06:09.30 James: The lion is there... 00:06:09.33\00:06:10.73 Yvonne: Is the dragon there? 00:06:10.77\00:06:12.13 James: The dragon... terrible beast is there... 00:06:12.17\00:06:13.94 the bear is there... 00:06:13.97\00:06:16.00 the ten horns are there with ten crowns... 00:06:16.04\00:06:19.27 where do you remember all of these animals... 00:06:19.34\00:06:21.78 all of these symbols in the book of Daniel? 00:06:21.81\00:06:24.25 If we go back to Daniel chapter 7, 00:06:24.28\00:06:28.12 we have the lion... the bear... 00:06:28.15\00:06:31.29 the leopard and the terrible beast. 00:06:31.32\00:06:34.42 Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... 00:06:34.46\00:06:35.79 if we go to Daniel 2, we have the ten toes... 00:06:35.82\00:06:37.83 Daniel 7 has the ten horns with crowns... 00:06:37.86\00:06:40.03 in other words, Revelation 13 is starting us back to... 00:06:40.06\00:06:45.37 taking us back to Daniel 00:06:45.40\00:06:46.97 and then it takes us further 00:06:47.04\00:06:48.50 and shows us stuff that Daniel never showed us. 00:06:48.57\00:06:49.90 Yvonne: Right. 00:06:49.94\00:06:51.27 James: Revelation 13 is rehearsing the 42 months... 00:06:51.31\00:06:54.21 the control of all the world... 00:06:54.24\00:06:56.31 the deadly wound... 00:06:56.34\00:06:57.68 in verse 3 it talks about how he... 00:06:57.71\00:06:59.75 let's just read that verse real quick, 00:06:59.78\00:07:01.92 "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; 00:07:01.95\00:07:04.42 and his deadly wound was healed: 00:07:04.45\00:07:05.79 and all the world wondered after the beast. " 00:07:05.82\00:07:08.06 So, if you need a Daniel 13, you've got it right here... 00:07:08.09\00:07:12.23 it's Revelation 13. 00:07:12.26\00:07:13.60 If you need to know what would happen... 00:07:13.63\00:07:16.33 let's just say... Daniel's vision ends in Revelation 12 00:07:16.36\00:07:18.67 and then he seals it up 00:07:18.73\00:07:20.40 but you'd like to know what's going to happen 00:07:20.44\00:07:22.00 if there was a Daniel 13... just open to Revelation 13. 00:07:22.04\00:07:25.01 What does God do? 00:07:25.04\00:07:26.37 He says... Oh, let me just re-cap Babylon, Medo-Persia, 00:07:26.41\00:07:28.81 Greece and Rome in this beast 00:07:28.84\00:07:30.18 and the ten horns and the ten crowns 00:07:30.21\00:07:32.11 and now let me show you 00:07:32.15\00:07:33.52 how the beast recovers from this deadly wound 00:07:33.55\00:07:35.82 by being aided by another power coming up out of the earth 00:07:35.85\00:07:39.39 and that power which happens to be a military power 00:07:39.45\00:07:42.76 with military might... 00:07:42.82\00:07:44.16 that power makes an image to the beast 00:07:44.19\00:07:46.36 and together they're able to control the economy of the world 00:07:46.39\00:07:50.37 so that no man can buy or sell 00:07:50.40\00:07:52.13 unless they receive the mark of that beast. 00:07:52.17\00:07:55.44 Does that make sense? 00:07:55.47\00:07:57.37 We know Revelation 13 really well... 00:07:57.41\00:07:59.71 Daniel 11... ah... not so well 00:07:59.77\00:08:02.94 but when you go to Revelation 13 00:08:02.98\00:08:04.61 and you let Revelation 13 interpret Daniel 11, 00:08:04.65\00:08:07.08 ah, now it's going to make sense. 00:08:07.12\00:08:09.78 We can look for the same things to happen in Daniel 11 00:08:09.82\00:08:13.49 that we see taking place in Revelation 13. 00:08:13.52\00:08:15.22 Does that make sense? 00:08:15.26\00:08:16.83 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:08:16.86\00:08:18.29 So, we come to the end here 00:08:18.33\00:08:19.73 and it's... it's very similar to Revelation. 00:08:19.76\00:08:22.80 He comes to his end and none helps him. 00:08:22.83\00:08:25.03 Now, before we get there, verse 44... we touched on this 00:08:25.07\00:08:28.04 but I think we should really spend a little bit of time here, 00:08:28.07\00:08:30.81 Ivor, what do you think as far as the tidings out of the east 00:08:30.87\00:08:33.58 and out of the north that trouble him? 00:08:33.61\00:08:34.94 Ivor: Yeah, let me do this... let... let's... 00:08:34.98\00:08:41.18 let's put verses 40 to 45 all together 00:08:41.22\00:08:45.79 and just recap what's happening there, right, 00:08:45.82\00:08:47.96 we see the king of the South which is symbolic of Egypt 00:08:47.99\00:08:52.43 pushing against the king of the north. 00:08:52.49\00:08:54.86 We then see the king of the north pushing back 00:08:54.90\00:08:58.27 against the king of the South... 00:08:58.30\00:08:59.63 the king of the North being spiritual Babylon 00:08:59.67\00:09:01.77 pushing back against the king of the South which is Egypt. 00:09:01.80\00:09:05.34 James: Well, the Egypt representing Atheism, right? 00:09:05.37\00:09:08.41 Ivor: Representing Atheism, right, 00:09:08.44\00:09:10.58 so, I'm just using the terms: king of the South 00:09:10.61\00:09:12.71 pushes at the king of the North first 00:09:12.75\00:09:14.58 then the king of the North pushes back 00:09:14.62\00:09:16.38 and overwhelms the king of the South. 00:09:16.42\00:09:17.89 James: Right. 00:09:17.92\00:09:19.29 Ivor: Then he moves... he turns his attention to God's people, 00:09:19.32\00:09:23.06 right, he enters into the glorious land 00:09:23.09\00:09:25.86 and there we're going to find that he... 00:09:25.89\00:09:28.60 he's going to set up, right, the... 00:09:28.63\00:09:33.37 whatever these tabernacles are 00:09:33.40\00:09:35.00 but the tidings... 00:09:35.04\00:09:37.31 yeah, in verse 44, it's tidings out of the North 00:09:37.34\00:09:41.14 and out of the East that trouble him 00:09:41.18\00:09:43.08 and leading him to go forth to set up these tabernacles etc. 00:09:43.11\00:09:48.78 and this is when he comes to his end. 00:09:48.82\00:09:50.15 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:09:50.19\00:09:51.52 Ivor: By Michael standing up 00:09:51.55\00:09:53.46 who is the true king of the North. 00:09:53.49\00:09:55.36 James: Amen. 00:09:55.39\00:09:56.73 Ivor: While Michael stands up, 00:09:56.76\00:09:58.09 He's going to deliver His people, 00:09:58.13\00:10:00.26 right, everyone that is found written in the book. 00:10:00.30\00:10:03.26 If we go back to Daniel chapters 1 through 5, 00:10:03.30\00:10:09.70 we find that exact history playing out 00:10:09.74\00:10:13.17 because before we get to Daniel 1, 00:10:13.21\00:10:16.58 Egypt was trying to help Jerusalem against Babylon 00:10:16.61\00:10:22.75 and so, in fact, if you read in Jeremiah 37 verse 5 00:10:22.78\00:10:28.89 and I'll just go ahead and read it, 00:10:28.92\00:10:30.39 Jeremiah 37 verse 5... 00:10:30.43\00:10:32.16 "Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: 00:10:32.19\00:10:35.36 and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem 00:10:35.40\00:10:38.47 heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. " 00:10:38.50\00:10:41.77 James: Hmmm... 00:10:41.80\00:10:43.14 Ivor: So, here you have the... 00:10:43.17\00:10:44.87 Egypt which is symbolic of the king of the South 00:10:44.91\00:10:48.84 coming against Babylon. 00:10:48.88\00:10:53.55 In the next verse, the Bible says: 00:10:53.58\00:10:56.35 Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, 00:10:56.38\00:10:58.99 saying, "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 00:10:59.02\00:11:01.19 'Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, 00:11:01.22\00:11:03.89 that sent you unto me to enquire of me; 00:11:03.93\00:11:06.53 "Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you 00:11:06.56\00:11:10.40 shall return to Egypt, into their own land 00:11:10.43\00:11:13.80 and the Chaldeans shall come again 00:11:13.84\00:11:16.47 and fight against this city, 00:11:16.50\00:11:18.84 and take it and burn it with fire. "'" 00:11:18.87\00:11:21.38 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:11:21.41\00:11:22.74 Ivor: Babylon turns to deal with Egypt... 00:11:22.78\00:11:28.45 defeats them... king of the North 00:11:28.48\00:11:31.55 defeating the king of the South 00:11:31.59\00:11:34.56 and then he turns his attention to Jerusalem. 00:11:34.59\00:11:38.33 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:11:38.36\00:11:39.69 Ivor: Okay, so, follow this history, 00:11:39.73\00:11:42.36 Daniel 1... this has already happened. 00:11:42.40\00:11:45.03 Babylon has now taken Jerusalem 00:11:45.07\00:11:48.34 and it's in Daniel chapter 1 that you see Nebuchadnezzar 00:11:48.40\00:11:55.48 offering the wine of Babylon 00:11:55.51\00:12:00.02 pause... 00:12:00.05\00:12:02.88 remember what happens in Daniel 1, right, 00:12:02.92\00:12:05.79 they're given the king's meat and his drink 00:12:05.82\00:12:08.29 and remember Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach... 00:12:08.32\00:12:10.76 they're like, "No, we're not drinking the wine of Babylon. " 00:12:10.79\00:12:12.13 James: Right. 00:12:12.16\00:12:13.50 Ivor: Okay, so look at the history that's unfolding, 00:12:13.53\00:12:16.77 Daniel... king of the North defeats the king of the South 00:12:16.80\00:12:22.97 then, turns his attention to Jerusalem, 00:12:23.00\00:12:27.21 then, enforces the wine of Babylon 00:12:27.24\00:12:30.88 and then we get to Daniel chapter 2. 00:12:30.91\00:12:34.48 In Daniel chapter 2... 00:12:34.52\00:12:36.32 that's when Nebuchadnezzar has this dream 00:12:36.35\00:12:38.62 and in this dream, I'm going to ask you, 00:12:38.65\00:12:40.89 does he receive troubling news? 00:12:40.92\00:12:42.72 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:12:42.76\00:12:44.46 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... Ivor: He gets troubling news. 00:12:44.49\00:12:48.00 The troubling news is that there is a kingdom after his 00:12:48.03\00:12:51.47 that is going to destroy him. 00:12:51.50\00:12:53.47 Now, remember how... how Nebuchadnezzar is described. 00:12:53.54\00:12:57.01 He's described in... in the Old Testament 00:12:57.07\00:13:03.95 as a king from the North. 00:13:03.98\00:13:07.55 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:13:07.58\00:13:09.02 Ivor: We read that in our previous... the program, right? 00:13:09.08\00:13:11.15 James: Ezekiel. 00:13:11.19\00:13:12.55 Ivor: That Babylon... that Nebuchadnezzar and Ezekiel, 00:13:12.59\00:13:14.02 Nebuchadnezzar was coming, he was the king of kings... 00:13:14.06\00:13:16.83 very interesting title to give Nebuchadnezzar, right? 00:13:16.86\00:13:19.56 King of kings... 00:13:19.59\00:13:20.93 that's the title that we know that belongs to Jesus 00:13:20.96\00:13:22.90 but king of kings... a king from the North. 00:13:22.96\00:13:25.57 So, what does this king from the North hear in Daniel 2? 00:13:25.60\00:13:31.97 He hears from Daniel who is interpreting his dream for him 00:13:32.01\00:13:38.31 that another kingdom will rise 00:13:38.35\00:13:41.88 that will overthrow his kingdom. 00:13:41.92\00:13:45.39 What kingdom is that? It's the Medes and the Persians. 00:13:45.42\00:13:50.09 Who was the leader of the Medes and the Persians? 00:13:50.13\00:13:53.03 It is Cyrus... 00:13:53.06\00:13:54.70 James: The anointed. 00:13:54.73\00:13:56.06 Ivor: The anointed one. James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:13:56.10\00:13:59.63 Ivor: Where are the Medes and the Persians from? 00:13:59.67\00:14:02.54 James: The East... 00:14:02.57\00:14:04.14 Ivor: And... 00:14:04.17\00:14:05.67 James: The North... 00:14:05.71\00:14:09.78 All: Laughter... 00:14:09.81\00:14:13.85 Ivor: Tidings out of the North and the East... 00:14:13.88\00:14:15.52 a kingdom is coming... 00:14:15.55\00:14:17.45 "An anointed one is coming Nebuchadnezzar... 00:14:17.49\00:14:20.56 who's going to overthrow your kingdom. " 00:14:20.59\00:14:23.59 So, Nebuchadnezzar goes into a rage... 00:14:23.63\00:14:26.63 not in Daniel 2... in Daniel 3. 00:14:26.66\00:14:31.00 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:14:31.03\00:14:32.37 Ivor: What does he do? 00:14:32.40\00:14:34.17 He plants or sets up an image that represents Babylon 00:14:34.20\00:14:41.28 and says, "Bow down before this image. " 00:14:41.31\00:14:44.48 You have three... Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego 00:14:44.51\00:14:50.45 who refuse to bow down 00:14:50.49\00:14:53.15 and in his rage, 00:14:53.19\00:14:54.66 he seeks to throw them into this fiery furnace. 00:14:54.69\00:14:57.33 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:14:57.36\00:14:59.29 Ivor: Like you are... you are watching the literal history 00:14:59.36\00:15:02.90 unfold... which Daniel 11 picks up 00:15:02.93\00:15:07.44 and... and puts in a symbolic and spiritual 00:15:07.47\00:15:11.54 worldwide application. 00:15:11.57\00:15:13.34 James: Yeah, what you're talking about is verse 45 where he says, 00:15:13.38\00:15:16.78 44... where he says, "The tidings out of the east 00:15:16.81\00:15:21.15 and the north shall trouble him: 00:15:21.18\00:15:22.62 therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy... 00:15:22.68\00:15:25.92 utterly make away many... " 00:15:25.95\00:15:27.32 so, when he threw those three worthies in the furnace, 00:15:27.36\00:15:30.16 he's trying to destroy them with great fury. 00:15:30.19\00:15:32.39 Ivor: He's... he's furious... 00:15:32.43\00:15:34.63 the Bible actually says he was furious, 00:15:34.66\00:15:37.47 "What? They're not bowing?" 00:15:37.50\00:15:38.83 James: Yeah. 00:15:38.87\00:15:40.40 Ivor: So, remember it's in Daniel chapter 5 00:15:40.44\00:15:43.81 that Babylon falls to the Medes and the Persians. 00:15:43.84\00:15:50.58 The River Euphrates is dried up. 00:15:50.65\00:15:54.32 James: Yeah. 00:15:54.35\00:15:56.02 Ivor: Preparing the way for the fall of Babylon. 00:15:56.05\00:15:59.99 James: For the kings of the East. 00:16:00.02\00:16:01.36 Ivor: And the coming of the kings of the East. 00:16:01.39\00:16:03.46 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:16:03.49\00:16:04.83 Ivor: All of this... Daniel 11:40 to 45... 00:16:04.86\00:16:08.10 when we... when we... 00:16:08.13\00:16:09.53 when we parallel it with the other events of Daniel... 00:16:09.56\00:16:13.47 the first half of the book of Daniel 00:16:13.50\00:16:15.80 and Revelation 13, 14, 17, 18, 00:16:15.84\00:16:19.14 we begin to see this beautiful picture emerge 00:16:19.17\00:16:23.31 where God is trying to show us, "Look, I'm telling you... 00:16:23.35\00:16:25.51 this is what's going to happen. " 00:16:25.55\00:16:26.88 James: Yeah. 00:16:26.92\00:16:28.25 Ivor: Trust Me... this is what's going to happen, 00:16:28.28\00:16:29.85 so, again, we are... 00:16:29.88\00:16:32.55 we are still seeing this conflict 00:16:32.59\00:16:36.49 between Egypt and Babylon unfold before our eyes, right? 00:16:36.52\00:16:41.16 We're watching this thing unfold right now. 00:16:41.20\00:16:43.20 James: Yeah. 00:16:43.23\00:16:44.57 Ivor: It's... people are... 00:16:44.60\00:16:45.93 people are saying, "No, man, Egypt is going to win. " 00:16:45.97\00:16:48.10 Look... just look at what's happening in America... 00:16:48.34\00:16:49.97 "Egypt is going to win... " 00:16:50.01\00:16:51.34 they don't know they're saying that 00:16:51.37\00:16:52.71 but that's what they're saying. James: Right. 00:16:52.74\00:16:54.08 Ivor: They're saying... Egypt is going to win, 00:16:54.11\00:16:55.44 "Look at the Secularism and all the... 00:16:55.48\00:16:56.81 it's going to win... " 00:16:56.85\00:16:58.18 and others are saying, "No... no, no... 00:16:58.21\00:16:59.88 Babylon is going to win... " 00:16:59.91\00:17:01.68 and... and right now you can't really tell. 00:17:01.72\00:17:05.22 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:17:05.25\00:17:07.22 Ivor: You see what I'm saying? James: Yeah. 00:17:07.26\00:17:08.59 Ivor: Right now, it's just like... 00:17:08.62\00:17:09.96 James: Just like when the USSR was around, 00:17:09.99\00:17:11.33 you couldn't really tell. 00:17:11.36\00:17:12.69 You have to go by the Bible and follow what the Bible says. 00:17:12.73\00:17:17.73 Ivor: You have to go by the Bible 00:17:17.77\00:17:19.13 and the Bible is telling us... Listen to me, trust me... 00:17:19.20\00:17:22.10 I don't care how powerful Egypt is looking right now, 00:17:22.14\00:17:25.01 Babylon is going to win. 00:17:25.04\00:17:28.64 Yvonne: Hmmm... James: Yeah. 00:17:28.68\00:17:30.01 Ivor: And the way it's going to win 00:17:30.05\00:17:31.38 is when the one who is the ultimate king of the North, 00:17:31.41\00:17:35.52 and when I say "Ultimate" 00:17:35.62\00:17:36.95 I'm talking about outside of Jesus. 00:17:36.99\00:17:38.32 When... when Satan himself steps on the field, 00:17:38.35\00:17:43.53 Egypt's going to bow. 00:17:43.59\00:17:45.49 "How can we fight against it, look at the miracles, 00:17:45.53\00:17:48.40 I was an unbeliever, 00:17:48.43\00:17:49.90 look at the miracles... I believe now. " 00:17:49.93\00:17:51.27 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:17:51.30\00:17:52.80 Ivor: Everybody is deceived 00:17:52.83\00:17:54.17 by this final move of the king of the North 00:17:54.20\00:17:58.77 and again, 00:17:58.81\00:18:00.14 looking at what happens in the first six chapters... 00:18:00.18\00:18:02.64 first five chapters... 00:18:02.68\00:18:04.01 gives us an excellent idea of what happens 00:18:04.05\00:18:08.55 from verse 40... all the way to Michael standing up 00:18:08.58\00:18:11.42 in Daniel 12:1 to 3. 00:18:11.45\00:18:13.99 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:18:14.02\00:18:16.52 James: So, we have this pretty clear outline 00:18:16.56\00:18:18.79 in Daniel 11... and I love the way you've applied it 00:18:18.83\00:18:23.10 also to the first part of the book 00:18:23.13\00:18:24.97 because the history of Babylon and its fall 00:18:25.00\00:18:27.80 is all typical... 00:18:27.87\00:18:30.11 it's all typifying what we're seeing here in Daniel 11. 00:18:30.14\00:18:33.07 It's like God is putting two bookends on this, 00:18:33.11\00:18:35.18 He's saying, "Okay, go to the types 00:18:35.21\00:18:37.75 and look at what happened with Babylon 00:18:37.78\00:18:40.32 and go to the book of Revelation 00:18:40.35\00:18:42.35 and look at what's happening there... 00:18:42.38\00:18:43.72 there's some clear stuff there... 00:18:43.75\00:18:45.09 put those two together and you've got a clear picture 00:18:45.12\00:18:46.89 of what's happening in Daniel 11:40 to 45. 00:18:46.92\00:18:48.72 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:18:48.76\00:18:50.09 Ivor: Yeah, in fact James, it's like... it's... 00:18:50.13\00:18:51.73 you know, when we deal with Bible prophecy 00:18:51.79\00:18:53.70 we typically are in the last half 00:18:53.73\00:18:56.33 of the book of Daniel, right, 00:18:56.36\00:18:58.93 except for Daniel 2, 00:18:58.97\00:19:00.64 we're in the last half of the book of Daniel, 00:19:00.67\00:19:02.87 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12... those are prophecy... 00:19:02.90\00:19:05.91 Daniel 2... yeah... but Daniel 1, Daniel 2, 00:19:05.94\00:19:08.91 3, 4, 5, 6... we're like, "Ahhhh... " 00:19:08.94\00:19:12.55 James: They're stories... Ivor: Yeah, they're stories... 00:19:12.58\00:19:15.78 God is saying, "No... " 00:19:15.82\00:19:17.15 even Daniel 6 where a death decree is issued 00:19:17.19\00:19:22.32 against anyone who prays to another God, 00:19:22.39\00:19:27.53 that is the culmination, right. 00:19:27.56\00:19:30.20 James: It is... 00:19:30.23\00:19:31.57 Ivor: Because, yeah, death decree... 00:19:31.60\00:19:33.77 Daniel's put in the Lions' Den, 00:19:33.80\00:19:35.84 he's in a time of trouble but guess what? 00:19:35.87\00:19:40.28 He comes up out of that Den unscathed 00:19:40.31\00:19:42.94 because he's been delivered by God. 00:19:42.98\00:19:45.55 James: And I really think this is important, Ivor, 00:19:45.58\00:19:48.38 we need to recognize that when Sunday Laws come, 00:19:48.42\00:19:50.89 when these religious laws are imposed upon us, 00:19:50.92\00:19:53.36 Daniel chapter 2 talks about 00:19:53.39\00:19:56.52 being persecuted for what we don't do 00:19:56.56\00:19:59.29 but Daniel... or Daniel 3... 00:19:59.33\00:20:01.16 Daniel chapter 6 talks about being persecuted 00:20:01.23\00:20:04.23 for what we do do, 00:20:04.27\00:20:05.80 we... we're praying... 00:20:05.83\00:20:07.30 and I think with... with Sabbath Sunday... 00:20:07.34\00:20:09.54 it's okay for us even as Adventists 00:20:09.60\00:20:12.87 to not work on Sunday. 00:20:12.91\00:20:15.24 We don't have to go out and mow the lawn 00:20:15.28\00:20:16.68 or, you know, be belligerent about Sunday Laws 00:20:16.71\00:20:19.11 and force ourselves... 00:20:19.15\00:20:20.48 we can do Bible Studies... we can do cottage meetings... 00:20:20.52\00:20:21.92 we can do... 00:20:21.95\00:20:23.28 but there's coming a time 00:20:23.32\00:20:24.65 when we're going to be persecuted for what we do do 00:20:24.69\00:20:26.12 and that is... keeping the Sabbath 00:20:26.15\00:20:27.99 and that's going to be the crux for us, 00:20:28.02\00:20:29.89 it's going to be the issue... 00:20:29.92\00:20:31.26 that's going to be where the rubber, you know, 00:20:31.29\00:20:32.99 hits the road for us 00:20:33.03\00:20:34.56 and we see that same principle in Daniel 3 and Daniel 6. 00:20:34.60\00:20:38.60 So, we... we know that Satan is working behind the scenes 00:20:38.63\00:20:42.60 through all these earthly powers 00:20:42.64\00:20:44.11 and he's going to do the same thing in the end of time. 00:20:44.14\00:20:45.77 What we want to understand right now... 00:20:45.81\00:20:47.61 what we want to discover right now for ourselves 00:20:47.64\00:20:49.41 and for our Viewers is, 00:20:49.44\00:20:50.95 how can we get delivered from all this? 00:20:50.98\00:20:53.75 You know, it says... 00:20:53.82\00:20:55.15 Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon 00:20:55.18\00:20:58.39 are delivered... 00:20:58.42\00:20:59.75 it says that God's people are delivered... 00:20:59.79\00:21:01.32 can you read for us, Yvonne, Daniel chapter 12 and verse 1? 00:21:01.36\00:21:05.03 Yvonne: "At that time Michael shall stand up, 00:21:05.06\00:21:08.20 the great prince 00:21:08.23\00:21:09.56 who stands watch over the sons of your people; 00:21:09.60\00:21:11.80 and there shall be a time of trouble, 00:21:11.83\00:21:14.10 such as never was since there was a nation, 00:21:14.14\00:21:17.24 even to that time. 00:21:17.31\00:21:18.64 And at that time your people shall be delivered, 00:21:18.67\00:21:21.54 everyone who is found written in the book. " 00:21:21.61\00:21:24.65 James: Okay, let's stop right there 00:21:24.68\00:21:27.55 and then, I just want to emphasize 00:21:27.58\00:21:30.59 a couple of points right here, 00:21:30.62\00:21:31.95 God's people are delivered in the time of trouble, 00:21:31.99\00:21:35.36 that's what it says, right? Yvonne: Yeah. 00:21:35.39\00:21:36.73 James: It says, "At that time thy people shall be delivered" 00:21:36.76\00:21:40.63 but notice the verse doesn't end right there. 00:21:40.66\00:21:42.93 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:21:42.96\00:21:44.30 James: The verse doesn't end with, 00:21:44.40\00:21:45.73 "at that time... thy people... " that would be... 00:21:45.77\00:21:47.10 that would be great just to hear that. 00:21:47.14\00:21:48.47 "At that time, thy people will be delivered... " 00:21:48.50\00:21:50.81 but it doesn't end right there, what does it say after that? 00:21:50.84\00:21:52.34 Yvonne: Everyone who's written in the book... 00:21:52.37\00:21:53.71 James: Everyone... everyone... 00:21:53.74\00:21:56.18 not just your people but everyone 00:21:56.21\00:21:58.08 that's found written in the book... 00:21:58.11\00:21:59.98 every single one of them. 00:22:00.02\00:22:01.48 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:22:01.52\00:22:02.88 James: I just want to really put an exclamation mark on that... 00:22:02.92\00:22:06.12 everyone... 00:22:06.15\00:22:07.49 in other words, not one of God's people dies 00:22:07.52\00:22:10.89 after Michael stands up... 00:22:10.93\00:22:13.50 every one of them is delivered. 00:22:13.53\00:22:15.80 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:22:15.83\00:22:17.17 James: Everyone... nobody dies... 00:22:17.20\00:22:18.53 not one single person dies, 00:22:18.57\00:22:20.07 they're all delivered in this time of trouble. 00:22:20.14\00:22:22.07 Sometimes we think about the time of trouble, 00:22:22.10\00:22:24.34 we think, "Well, you know, I might have to... 00:22:24.37\00:22:26.54 I might die, you know, I might... " 00:22:26.57\00:22:28.14 no, you're not... not according to the Bible, you're not. 00:22:28.18\00:22:30.45 Before that time, we know there's going to be persecution, 00:22:30.48\00:22:32.41 we know there are people who's going to be losing their lives, 00:22:32.45\00:22:34.12 because we... you know, that's... but after that... 00:22:34.15\00:22:37.15 see, the blood of martyrs is seed for the gospel 00:22:37.19\00:22:40.16 but when Michael stands up and probation closes, 00:22:40.19\00:22:44.06 there's no more need for that, 00:22:44.09\00:22:45.89 in fact, it would please Satan 00:22:45.93\00:22:47.66 if he could kill some of God's sealed people 00:22:47.70\00:22:49.96 after probation closes 00:22:50.00\00:22:51.33 and God's not going to let him do it. 00:22:51.37\00:22:52.70 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:22:52.73\00:22:54.07 James: It's just not going to happen. 00:22:54.10\00:22:55.44 So, everyone is going to be delivered... 00:22:55.47\00:22:57.34 who's found written in the Book 00:22:57.37\00:22:58.81 and that's the part we want to hone in on. 00:22:58.84\00:23:00.68 Yvonne: So the deliverance does not mean 00:23:00.74\00:23:02.54 ultimate deliverance, 00:23:02.58\00:23:04.15 it means, during that time of trouble. 00:23:04.18\00:23:06.85 James: Yes. 00:23:06.88\00:23:08.52 Yvonne: And the time of trouble, that's not referring to 00:23:08.58\00:23:11.75 something that's already happened in the past, 00:23:11.79\00:23:13.72 that's what's happening at the end. 00:23:13.76\00:23:15.56 James: Yes, when Michael stands up. 00:23:15.59\00:23:17.33 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:23:17.36\00:23:18.69 James: This is the time of trouble such as never has been, 00:23:18.73\00:23:20.06 this is going to be more intense than the Dark Ages 00:23:20.10\00:23:23.10 where 50 to a 100 million Christians lost their lives. 00:23:23.13\00:23:25.77 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:23:25.80\00:23:27.14 James: This is going to be more intense than the flood, 00:23:27.17\00:23:29.34 Noah's time... 00:23:29.37\00:23:30.74 this is going to be... the seven last plagues 00:23:30.77\00:23:34.74 give us a picture of what this is going to be like. 00:23:34.78\00:23:36.88 You know, when you go to Revelation, 00:23:36.91\00:23:38.91 you see these different pictures of islands fleeing away 00:23:38.95\00:23:41.58 islands... yeah... mountains, you know, falling 00:23:41.62\00:23:45.39 and the great earthquake and 00:23:45.42\00:23:46.76 hailstones about the weight of a talent, you know, 00:23:46.79\00:23:48.99 seventy pounds... 00:23:49.02\00:23:50.36 then you start to get a picture of the kind of desolation 00:23:50.39\00:23:54.73 that's going to take place on this earth, 00:23:54.76\00:23:56.10 you know, darkness on the... 00:23:56.13\00:23:57.90 the sun scorching man, etc., etc. 00:23:57.93\00:24:00.00 Then you get a picture 00:24:00.04\00:24:01.37 of what's going to be coming on this earth. 00:24:01.40\00:24:02.74 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:24:02.77\00:24:04.21 Jason: You look pretty excited over there, Ivor... 00:24:04.24\00:24:06.54 I'm... I'm waiting to hear from you. 00:24:06.57\00:24:08.01 All: Laughter. 00:24:08.04\00:24:10.75 Ivor: I wanted to add this in here 00:24:10.78\00:24:12.15 because it's going back to something James brought up 00:24:12.18\00:24:13.88 about the Sabbath 00:24:13.92\00:24:15.25 and it kind of sounds like we just threw that in there... 00:24:15.28\00:24:17.59 if you go back to our previous programs, 00:24:17.62\00:24:19.79 particularly the book of Revelation, 00:24:19.82\00:24:21.49 you'll see us discuss that 00:24:21.52\00:24:22.89 but verse 45 where the Bible says the king of the North 00:24:22.92\00:24:26.09 will plant his tabernacles... 00:24:26.13\00:24:28.36 James: between the seas... 00:24:28.40\00:24:30.60 and the glorious holy mountain... 00:24:30.63\00:24:32.53 Ivor: Yeah, I want you to notice this 00:24:32.57\00:24:34.44 because in Exodus 15 verse 17, 00:24:34.50\00:24:36.44 God's speaking of His own people. 00:24:36.47\00:24:38.37 The Bible says this, 00:24:38.41\00:24:39.74 "Thou shalt bring them in 00:24:39.77\00:24:41.31 and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance 00:24:41.34\00:24:44.45 in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for Thee to dwell 00:24:44.48\00:24:48.62 in the sanctuary, O Lord, 00:24:48.65\00:24:51.62 which thy hands have established. " 00:24:51.65\00:24:53.39 James: Hmmm... 00:24:53.42\00:24:54.76 Ivor: What the king of the North is doing in Daniel 11:45 00:24:54.79\00:24:57.66 is... he's counterfeiting God's sanctuary 00:24:57.69\00:25:00.76 and the reason that is significant is because 00:25:00.80\00:25:03.83 when you go to Revelation 15, 00:25:03.87\00:25:05.57 the seven last plagues are being poured out... 00:25:05.60\00:25:08.67 the angels come from out of the Most Holy Place 00:25:08.70\00:25:11.64 in the sanctuary. James: Hmmm... 00:25:11.67\00:25:13.01 Ivor: Why? In the Most Holy Place of the sanctuary 00:25:13.04\00:25:16.64 was the Ark of the Covenant and the Manna. 00:25:16.68\00:25:20.58 I want you to understand 00:25:20.62\00:25:22.58 the Ark of the Covenant points to the Law of God 00:25:22.62\00:25:24.75 but the Manna was put there as a reminder of what God did 00:25:24.79\00:25:29.89 every seven days. 00:25:29.92\00:25:31.26 It was a reminder of the Sabbath, 00:25:31.29\00:25:33.70 God rained bread down for them on six days 00:25:33.76\00:25:36.20 and on the seventh day, there was none. 00:25:36.23\00:25:38.63 This was a Sabbath test. 00:25:38.67\00:25:40.94 James: Hmmm... 00:25:40.97\00:25:42.30 Ivor: What's happening in Daniel 11:45 00:25:42.34\00:25:45.24 is Satan sitting on the sides of the North 00:25:45.27\00:25:48.74 which, by the way, is the Table of Shewbread 00:25:48.78\00:25:52.25 in the sanctuary. 00:25:52.28\00:25:53.62 That's where the Table of Shewbread was located, 00:25:53.65\00:25:56.08 on the sides of the North, 00:25:56.12\00:25:57.45 so, when you begin to understand 00:25:57.49\00:25:59.35 the significance of the sanctuary 00:25:59.39\00:26:01.42 in connection with what's happening in Daniel 11:40-45, 00:26:01.49\00:26:05.56 this whole thing of the Investigative Judgment 00:26:05.59\00:26:08.86 once again comes into play in a very powerful way, 00:26:08.90\00:26:11.80 it... it revolves around the commandments of God, 00:26:11.83\00:26:14.70 the testimony of Jesus 00:26:14.74\00:26:16.74 and specifically the Sabbath commandment. 00:26:16.77\00:26:19.24 James: That's powerful, you know, 00:26:19.27\00:26:21.21 because when we look at this, 00:26:21.24\00:26:22.64 we realize that, you know, between the seas... 00:26:22.68\00:26:25.95 in Revelation 17:15, the waters represent peoples, 00:26:25.98\00:26:29.18 nations, multitudes and tongues 00:26:29.25\00:26:30.79 and the glorious holy mountain... 00:26:30.82\00:26:32.29 there are two places in the New Testament 00:26:32.32\00:26:34.96 that identify this mountain as Mount Zion. 00:26:35.02\00:26:37.63 Hebrews chapter 12 and Revelation 14 00:26:37.66\00:26:41.70 that talks about the 144,000 on Mount Zion, 00:26:41.76\00:26:44.70 so, what we see here is the ultimate goal of Satan 00:26:44.73\00:26:47.97 is to plant his tabernacles... his royalty... his insignia... 00:26:48.00\00:26:51.57 Ivor: His sanctuary. 00:26:51.61\00:26:52.94 James: Yeah, his sanctuary between the seas... 00:26:52.97\00:26:54.71 peoples, nations, multitudes and tongues of this earth 00:26:54.74\00:26:57.35 and Mount Zion the glorious holy mountain 00:26:57.38\00:26:59.68 where God reigns and where his sanctuary is 00:26:59.71\00:27:01.98 and all lot of people get their vision on a literal 00:27:02.02\00:27:05.29 you know, between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea 00:27:05.32\00:27:08.39 in this little... 00:27:08.42\00:27:09.76 that's not what we're talking about here in this context. 00:27:09.79\00:27:12.03 We're talking about a worldwide movement, 00:27:12.06\00:27:14.20 it's entered into the... Egypt in the South 00:27:14.23\00:27:16.20 and the glorious land and the Ethiopians 00:27:16.23\00:27:18.17 and the Libyans are following him... it's worldwide 00:27:18.20\00:27:20.40 and it's all the people's of the world 00:27:20.44\00:27:22.84 and Satan trying to skewer their vision from heaven 00:27:22.87\00:27:25.77 and from God's sanctuary where His law is... 00:27:25.81\00:27:27.81 where the Manna is... where the Mercy Seat is... 00:27:27.84\00:27:29.54 where mediation is... 00:27:29.84\00:27:31.48 where we find the gospel of deliverance in Jesus Christ. 00:27:31.51\00:27:34.02 That's the focus. Ivor: It's repeat and enlarge... 00:27:34.05\00:27:36.05 it's repeat and enlarge. James: Yes. 00:27:36.08\00:27:37.99 You all are hearing nothing new, 00:27:38.02\00:27:39.85 we've been saying this from Daniel 7 onward, right? 00:27:39.89\00:27:42.22 James: Yeah. 00:27:42.26\00:27:43.59 Ivor: So, that's the power of this... 00:27:43.63\00:27:45.06 God is simply repeating and zooming in 00:27:45.09\00:27:46.56 and we're like, "Yeah, this is what the other chapters said, 00:27:46.59\00:27:48.53 we're on the right path. " 00:27:48.56\00:27:49.93 James: Yeah... just different symbols... 00:27:49.96\00:27:51.47 king of the North... king of the South... 00:27:51.50\00:27:52.83 different symbols... 00:27:52.87\00:27:54.20 but the same basic message each time, praise the Lord. 00:27:54.24\00:27:56.30 Yvonne: Amen. 00:27:56.34\00:27:57.91