Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father in heaven,
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what a joy it is to
come into Your presence
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and to know that
because You have given us
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Your word and
because of the Holy Spirit,
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we can understand Your
will for these last days.
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And, Father, we ask
that as we open Your word
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that Your Holy Spirit
will be with us and teach us.
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Help us to understand the
times that we're living in.
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Help us to understand
that Jesus will soon come
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and that we need to
prepare for that great event.
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We thank you, Father,
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for hearing and
answering our prayer,
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for we ask it in
Jesus' name. Amen.
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I'd like us to go back
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in our minds to
the year 1445 B.C.
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This is believed to be
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the date of the
exodus of Israel from Egypt.
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Now approximately three
months after they left Egypt,
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they arrived at Mount Sinai.
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Now God had
delivered them, freely,
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without any merit on their part.
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And when they
arrived at Mount Sinai,
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God wanted to make
a covenant with them.
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In other words, God
wanted to be their God
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and He wanted
Israel to be His people.
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And so at the
foot of Mount Sinai,
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we find God speaking to Moses
and telling him that He wanted
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to make a covenant with Israel.
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We find this offer of a
covenant in Exodus 19:4-6.
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Exodus 19:4-6.
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It says there, "You have seen
what I did to the Egyptians,
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and how I bore
you on eagles' wings
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and brought you to Myself.
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Now therefore,
if you will indeed
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obey My voice
and keep My covenant,
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then you shall be a special
treasure to me above all people,
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for all the earth is Mine.
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and you shall be to me a kingdom
of priests and a holy nation.
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These are the words
which you shall speak
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to the children of Israel."
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So God tells
Moses, "I want you to go
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and make an offer
to Israel from My part.
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That is that I want to
enter a covenant with them.
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But in order for
this covenant to be valid,
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they need to hear
My voice, obey My voice
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and they need to
keep My covenant."
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Well, if you read
verse 8, you'll notice that
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Israel sent Moses back to
God and asked him to tell God,
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"Everything that the
Lord has said, we will do."
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And so there you
have the covenant.
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God offers the
covenant and Israel responds,
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"Yes, everything that the
Lord has said, we will do."
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And so God makes His
decision that He's going to come
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and He's going to dwell
there in the presence of Israel.
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And so He tells Israel
to build Him a sanctuary
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that this covenant God
might now dwell with them.
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Notice Exodus 25:8
where God is speaking
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about the
building of this sanctuary.
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God says to Moses, "And
let them make Me a sanctuary
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that I may dwell among them."
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So God says, "They
made a covenant with Me,
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I'm their God,
they are my people,
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so now I'm going to come
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and I'm going to
dwell among them,
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they need to
build me a sanctuary."
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Now when the
sanctuary was finished,
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God came and made Himself
present in the sanctuary.
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Notice Exodus 40:34, 35.
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Exodus 40:34, 35.
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This is the
moment when the Shekinah
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entered the
sanctuary in the wilderness.
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It says there in verse 34,
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"Then the cloud covered
the tabernacle of meeting
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and the glory of the
Lord filled the tabernacle.
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And Moses was not able
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to enter the
tabernacle of meeting,
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because the
cloud rested above it,
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and the glory of the
Lord filled the tabernacle."
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So God says,
"Build Me a sanctuary"
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and then His glory
enters the sanctuary
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and now the covenant God is
dwelling in the midst of Israel.
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Later on, God asked Israel
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to build a more
permanent structure
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which came to be
known as Solomon's temple.
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A misnomer for sure, because
it was not Solomon's temple,
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it was the Lord's temple.
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And it's interesting to notice
that as soon as the temple
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that God asked Solomon to
build was finished, once again,
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the Shekinah glory of
God entered the temple.
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Notice 1 Kings 8:10, 11.
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1 Kings 8:10, 11.
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It says there,
"And it came to pass,
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when the priests came
out of the holy place,
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that the cloud filled
the house of the Lord,
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so that the priests could not
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continue ministering
because of the cloud,
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for the glory of the Lord
filled the house of the Lord."
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And so both in the
tabernacle in the wilderness
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and in Solomon's temple,
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the glory of God
entered the temple.
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But then, we notice
that the history of Israel,
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from the time that the
tabernacle was established
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till the time of the
Babylonian captivity,
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was the history of one
rebellion after another.
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They did not live up to
their end of the bargain.
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They did not obey God's voice.
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They did not
keep God's covenant.
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It is one
unfaithfulness after another
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in the history of Israel.
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Let's read about that
in 2 Chronicles 36:14-16.
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2 Chronicles 36:14-16.
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By the way, this
rebellion took place
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during a period of approximately
800 years from the time
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that they were established
as a theocracy at Mount Sinai
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and finally when
they went into captivity.
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It says there
in 2 Chronicles 36,
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"Moreover, all the
leaders of the priests
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and the people
transgressed more and more,
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according to all"
now I want you to notice
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this very important
word, "according to all
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the abominations of the nations,
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and defiled the
house of the Lord
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which He had
consecrated in Jerusalem.
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And the Lord
God of their fathers
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sent warnings to
them by His messengers,
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rising up early
and sending them,
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because He had compassion
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on His people and
on His dwelling place.
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But they mocked
the messengers of God,
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despised His words, and
scoffed at His prophets,
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until the wrath of the
Lord arose against His people,
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till there was no remedy."
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I want you to notice
that key word, "abominations,"
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which we're going to
read in a few moments,
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some other texts that use
that critically important word
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which later on is used
in the Gospel of Matthew.
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In fact, things got so
bad in Israel that we're told
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that God called His
own people a harlot.
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Notice Ezekiel 16 and
we're going to read 3 verses
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not in succession but
3 verses in Chapter 16.
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Verse 15, verse 22 and verse 30.
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I want you to notice here that
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God is addressing
His professed people.
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He's not speaking
to the Philistines,
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He's not speaking
to the Babylonians,
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He's not speaking to
the worldly, so to speak,
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He's speaking to His own people
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and He is calling them a harlot,
because of their abominations.
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Notice Ezekiel 16:15.
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God is speaking
about Israel and says,
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"But you trusted
in your own beauty,
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played the harlot
because of your fame,
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and poured out your
harlotry on everyone passing by
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who would have it.
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And in all your," now
here comes the key word again,
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"and in all your abominations
and acts of harlotry
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you did not remember
the days of your youth,"
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that is when she
formed the covenant.
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"When you were naked and
bare, struggling in your blood."
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In other words, when the
nation was about to be born,
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when they left Mount Sinai.
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Verse 30. "'How
degenerate is your heart!'
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says the Lord God,
'seeing you do all these things,
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the deeds of a brazen harlot.'"
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This is amazing language, God
calling His own people a harlot
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because of the abominations
that they were committing.
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Notice a little bit
earlier in the chapter,
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in Ezekiel Chapter
16:2, once again our key word.
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God is speaking to
the prophet Ezekiel
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and He says, "'Son of man, cause
Jerusalem to know," her what?
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"To know her abominations."
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Time and again, in
Ezekiel and in Jeremiah,
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we find this key
word abominations
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which Israel was committing
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against the Lord
as a brazen harlot.
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And so God decided
that He was going to come
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in judgment upon Israel.
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He was going to
take them into captivity.
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And so it was that
according to Ezekiel 1:4,
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God came from the
north in His chariot
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to the
sanctuary to judge Israel.
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In fact, let's read
about that in Ezekiel 1:4.
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Here Ezekiel sees God
coming to the Jerusalem temple
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because He is going to
judge His apostate people
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who are committing
these abominations.
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It says there, "Then
I looked, and behold,
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a whirlwind was
coming out of the north,
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and a great cloud with a
raging fire engulfing itself.
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And brightness
was all around it,
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radiating out of the
midst like the color of amber,
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out of the midst of the fire."
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If you continue reading,
you'll see that this chariot
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is coming from the
north, the place of God's throne
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and it's coming to
earth, to the Jerusalem temple
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to perform a work of
judgment among God's people
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for the abominations
that they are committing.
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Now let's read about
that great abomination
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that was being committed
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in the city of
God's professed people.
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Ezekiel 8:16,
17. Ezekiel 8:16, 17.
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And by the way, I
want to underline that
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this is happening among those
who profess to be God's people.
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This is not happening
among the secular people,
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the worldly
people, this is happening
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among those who claim to serve
the true God, remember that.
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When we come back to Matthew 24,
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we'll study it more extensively.
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It says there in
Ezekiel 8:16, "So He brought me
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into the inner
court of the Lord's house,
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and there, at the door
of the temple of the Lord,
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between the porch and the altar,
were about twenty-five men
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with their backs
toward the temple of the Lord
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and their faces toward the east,
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and they were worshiping
the sun toward the east."
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Notice that God's own people,
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instead of
worshiping the creator,
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were worshiping the
sun according to this.
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Notice verse 17,
"Then He said to me,
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'Have you seen
this, O son of man?
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Is it a trivial thing
for the house of Judah
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to commit the,'"
here it is again,
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"'the abominations
which they commit here?
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For they have filled
the land with violence,
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then they have
returned to provoke Me to anger.
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Indeed they put the
branch to their nose.
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Therefore I also
will act in fury.
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My eye will not
spare nor will I have pity,
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and though they cry in
My ears with a loud voice,
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I will not hear them.'"
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What was the great abomination
that was being committed
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in the city of Jerusalem?
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The worship of the sun.
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I want you to remember this
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because we're going
to come back to it later.
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They were not only
worshiping the sun,
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they were also trampling
upon God's holy Sabbath.
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And that led
them to the captivity
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that God is talking about here.
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Now I want to make a
couple of references only,
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I'm not going
to read the verses,
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but in Jeremiah 5:31,
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we're told that the
rulers ruled by their own will,
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the priests did as they wished
and God's people wanted it so.
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In other words, the priests
led them down the wrong road
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but that's what
the people wanted.
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And so God said,
"Because of these abominations
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that are being
committed in My own house,
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I am going to come from
the four angles of the earth
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to destroy this
city and this temple."
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And you can read
in Ezekiel 7:1, 2,
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where we're told that the end,
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the end is coming upon
the four corners of the earth.
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But before God could
destroy the Holy City,
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He needed to perform
a work of separation.
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Because, you see,
not everybody in the city
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was committing the abominations
that God was speaking about.
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There was a small remnant
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that was faithful
to God within the city
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and it was necessary
to mark those individuals
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so that when the
destruction would come,
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they would not be
destroyed with the impenitent.
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So I want you to notice that
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when Jerusalem is
about to be destroyed,
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there's a small remnant
that is going to receive a mark
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so that they are not destroyed
in the general ruin of the city.
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We find this in Ezekiel 9:1-6.
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It's a rather extensive passage
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but it has some
very important details.
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It says there,
"Then He called out
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in my hearing with
a loud voice, saying,
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'Let those who have
charge over the city draw near,
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each with a deadly
weapon in his hand.'
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And suddenly six men came from
the direction of the upper gate,
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which faces north, each
with his battle-ax in his hand.
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One man among them
was clothed with linen,"
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by the way,
this is Jesus Christ,
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"and had a writer's
inkhorn at his side.
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They went in and stood
beside the bronze altar.
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Now the glory of the
God of Israel had gone up
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from the cherub,
where it had been,
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to the threshold of the temple.
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And He called to the
man clothed with linen,
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who had the
writer's inkhorn at his side,
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and the Lord said to him, 'Go
through the midst of the city,
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through the midst of Jerusalem,"
this is among God's own people,
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the wicked are
not contemplated here.
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The secular, the worldly
are not coming into view.
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So He says, "Go
through the midst of the city,
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through the midst of Jerusalem,
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and put a mark
on the foreheads",
00:16:24.19\00:16:26.85
remember this, "put a mark
on the foreheads of the men
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who sigh and cry
over all the" what?
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"The abominations
that are done within it."
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What was the
problem with God's people?
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They were
committing what? Abominations.
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And God says, these abominations
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are going to lead to
the destruction of the city.
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And then notice
what was going to happen
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after the righteous were
separated from the unrighteous.
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Verse 5, "To the
others He said in my hearing,
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'Go after him through the city
and kill", this sounds terrible,
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"and kill, do not let your
eye spare, nor have any pity.
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Utterly slay old and young men,
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maidens and little
children and women,
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but do not come near
anyone on whom is the mark,
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and begin at My sanctuary."
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Notice, with the
religious leaders.
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"So they began with the elders
who were before the temple.
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Then He said to
them, 'Defile the temple,
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fill the courts
with the slain. Go out!'
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And they went out
and killed in the city."
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So the abominations
led God to come in judgment
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and to perform a
work of separation
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between those who
were worshiping the sun
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and those who
were sighing and crying
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because of the abominations
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that were being
committed in the city.
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When this work of
separation was finished,
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we find that the Shekinah
that had come into the temple
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in the days of
Solomon, now leaves the temple.
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Notice Ezekiel
10:19. Ezekiel 10:19.
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The moment of the departing
of the Shekinah from the temple.
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It says, by the way,
this is the same glory
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that came in Chapter 1 to judge.
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In Chapter 9, the
judgment takes place,
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now in Chapter 10, the
Shekinah is going to depart
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because the work of
separation is finished,
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probation has closed
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for the city of
Jerusalem and for the temple.
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So it says, "Then the
glory of the Lord departed
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from the threshold of the temple
and stood over the cherubim.
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And the cherubim
lifted their wings
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and mounted up from
the earth in my sight.
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When they went out, the
wheels were beside them,
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and they stood at
the door of the east gate
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of the Lord's
house", by the way,
00:18:57.71\00:18:59.23
this is the very entrance
of the sanctuary, to the east,
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"and the glory of the God
of Israel was above them."
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So you notice the Shekinah
is forsaking the temple,
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it goes to the entrance
of the temple, and then,
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in Chapter 11:22, 23
we find that the Shekinah,
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after it leaves the
temple, it goes and rests
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upon the Mount of Olives on
the eastern slope of Jerusalem.
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Notice, Ezekiel 11:22, 23.
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And the Shekinah
lingers there for a while
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as if not wanting to leave.
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Notice Ezekiel 11:22, 23.
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"Then the cherubim
lifted up their wings,
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with the wheels beside them,
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and the glory of the God
of Israel was high above them
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and the glory of the Lord went
up from the midst of the city",
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and now notice, "and
stood on the mountain,
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stood on the mountain."
00:20:01.13\00:20:02.50
Notice it didn't just
fly off all of a sudden.
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For a moment it
stood on the mountain
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"which is on the
east side of the city."
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In the book, The
Prophets and Kings
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were told that the Shekinah
stood on the Mount of Olives
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because it didn't want to leave.
00:20:16.84\00:20:18.21
It was saying, "I don't
want to leave you, my people.
00:20:18.24\00:20:20.90
I want to stay here
but your abominations
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have made it impossible."
00:20:23.65\00:20:25.06
The separation had been made
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between the
righteous and the unrighteous.
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And now the Shekinah was
going to forsake the temple
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and was going to
leave God's people desolate.
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And then, in
consequence to this,
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you have Nebuchadnezzar
coming and besieging the city,
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demolishing the
walls, destroying the city,
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and destroying the temple
of the Lord in the year 586.
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Now it's interesting to notice
that when Nebuchadnezzar comes,
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it's emphasized
that he is coming
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with his armies like eagles.
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I want you to remember that
because in Matthew Chapter 24,
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we have a reference
to eagles once again.
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Notice Jeremiah 4:13.
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Jeremiah 4:13.
Remember the eagles.
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It says there, "Behold",
speaking about Nebuchadnezzar,
00:21:20.36\00:21:25.55
"behold, he shall
come up like clouds
00:21:25.58\00:21:28.89
and his chariots
like a whirlwind.
00:21:28.92\00:21:31.70
His horses are swifter
than" what? "Than eagles.
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Woe to us, for
we are plundered!"
00:21:36.30\00:21:40.30
Notice Lamentations 4:19.
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"Our pursuers were swifter
than the eagles of the heavens.
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They pursued us on the mountains
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and lay in wait for
us in the wilderness."
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Once again, Nebuchadnezzar
spoken of as coming with eagles.
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Habakkuk 1:8 which is
describing this event says,
00:21:58.77\00:22:03.47
speaking about
Nebuchadnezzar and his armies,
00:22:03.50\00:22:05.76
"Their horses also
are swifter than leopards,
00:22:05.79\00:22:09.52
and more fierce
than evening wolves.
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Their chargers charge ahead,
their cavalry comes from afar,
00:22:12.98\00:22:17.94
they fly as the
eagle that hastens to eat."
00:22:17.97\00:22:22.33
And, of course, we all
know that in Daniel 7:4,
00:22:22.36\00:22:26.18
Babylon is represented as
a lion with eagle's wings.
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Notice Daniel 7:4.
00:22:31.66\00:22:34.07
It says, "The first was like
a lion, and had eagle's wings."
00:22:34.10\00:22:40.31
And so Nebuchadnezzar
comes like an eagle
00:22:40.34\00:22:44.04
with his armies
to destroy the city.
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And by the way, do you
know that Jeremiah composed
00:22:46.77\00:22:50.10
the Book of Lamentations
for the Jews to sing
00:22:50.13\00:22:54.12
as they were being
taken captive to Babylon?
00:22:54.15\00:22:57.23
In fact, the
Book of Lamentations,
00:22:57.26\00:22:58.84
you know what lamentation
is, it means to cry out.
00:22:58.87\00:23:02.92
This book
describes what the besieging
00:23:02.95\00:23:05.54
of the city was like.
00:23:05.57\00:23:06.94
It even says that
mothers ate their children.
00:23:06.97\00:23:09.93
In fact, the
Book of Lamentations
00:23:09.96\00:23:11.85
is written in what is
known as "kinah" meter.
00:23:11.88\00:23:15.09
It's a poetic style that
is used for funeral dirges.
00:23:15.12\00:23:19.46
In other words, it is a
funeral type of poetic language
00:23:19.49\00:23:24.31
that has been used in
the Book of Lamentations
00:23:24.34\00:23:26.99
because God's
people had been destroyed,
00:23:27.02\00:23:29.79
they had been left desolate.
00:23:29.82\00:23:33.45
I want you to notice that
when the city was besieged,
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.62
that there were
three punishments
00:23:36.65\00:23:38.18
that came upon the city.
00:23:38.21\00:23:39.58
Notice Jeremiah 32:24,
25. Jeremiah 32:24, 25.
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The three punishments are
famine, sword and pestilence.
00:23:47.25\00:23:51.37
By the way,
these are the very ones
00:23:51.40\00:23:52.77
that are mentioned
also in Matthew Chapter 24.
00:23:52.80\00:23:55.87
It says there,
"Look, the siege mounds!
00:23:55.90\00:23:59.74
They have come to
the city to take it,
00:23:59.77\00:24:02.25
and the city has been given
into the hand of the Chaldeans
00:24:02.28\00:24:06.01
who fight against it,
00:24:06.04\00:24:07.81
because of the sword
and famine and pestilence."
00:24:07.84\00:24:14.39
Are those things
mentioned in Matthew Chapter 24?
00:24:14.42\00:24:16.79
Absolutely.
00:24:16.82\00:24:18.24
"What You have spoken has
happened, there you see it!
00:24:18.27\00:24:22.02
And You have said
to me, O Lord God,
00:24:22.05\00:24:24.82
'Buy the field for
money and take witnesses!'
00:24:24.85\00:24:27.61
Yet the city has been given into
the hands of the Chaldeans."
00:24:27.64\00:24:34.41
And so God's people were
taken captive to Babylon.
00:24:34.44\00:24:40.18
The city was destroyed.
00:24:40.21\00:24:42.04
The temple was
destroyed, and God's people
00:24:42.07\00:24:46.14
were slain in the
courts of the temple itself
00:24:46.17\00:24:49.22
and in the courts of
the city as God had said.
00:24:49.25\00:24:53.91
I'd like to read from
2 Chronicles 36:17-21,
00:24:53.94\00:24:59.94
the description
of the destruction
00:24:59.97\00:25:01.83
of the city and the temple.
00:25:01.86\00:25:03.66
2 Chronicles 36:17-21.
00:25:03.69\00:25:08.06
Do you remember
that in Ezekiel we read
00:25:08.09\00:25:10.15
that God said don't spare
woman, child, don't spare man?
00:25:10.18\00:25:14.18
Now notice how this
was enforced by the Lord
00:25:14.21\00:25:17.85
when the city actually fell.
00:25:17.88\00:25:20.49
It says there, "Therefore
He brought against them
00:25:20.52\00:25:23.76
the king of the Chaldeans,
who killed their young men
00:25:23.79\00:25:27.46
with the sword in the
house of their sanctuary,
00:25:27.49\00:25:30.64
and had no compassion
on young man or virgin,
00:25:30.67\00:25:35.62
on the aged or the
weak" very similar terminology
00:25:35.65\00:25:39.78
to what we read in Ezekiel.
00:25:39.81\00:25:41.69
"He gave them all into his hand.
00:25:41.72\00:25:44.11
And all the articles
from the house of the Lord,
00:25:44.14\00:25:46.35
great and small, the treasures
of the house of the Lord,
00:25:46.38\00:25:49.32
and the treasures of the
king, and of his leaders,
00:25:49.35\00:25:52.05
all these he took to Babylon.
00:25:52.08\00:25:54.61
Then they burned
the house of God,
00:25:54.64\00:25:56.61
broke down the
wall of Jerusalem,
00:25:56.64\00:25:58.66
and burned all
its palaces with fire,
00:25:58.69\00:26:00.87
and destroyed all
its precious possessions.
00:26:00.90\00:26:03.51
And those who
escaped from the sword,
00:26:03.54\00:26:05.30
he carried away to Babylon where
they became servants to him
00:26:05.33\00:26:09.36
and his sons until the
rule of the kingdom of Persia,
00:26:09.39\00:26:12.75
to fulfill the word of the
Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,
00:26:12.78\00:26:16.02
until the land had
enjoyed her Sabbaths,
00:26:16.05\00:26:18.31
as long as she lay desolate
00:26:18.34\00:26:20.12
she kept Sabbath,
to fulfill" how long?
00:26:20.15\00:26:23.29
"To fulfill seventy years."
00:26:23.32\00:26:26.64
By the way, incidentally,
00:26:26.67\00:26:28.48
if you read the
Book of Jeremiah,
00:26:28.51\00:26:30.61
you're going to discover
something very interesting.
00:26:30.64\00:26:33.13
Jeremiah time
and again emphasizes
00:26:33.16\00:26:35.81
that when the city was being
besieged by Nebuchadnezzar,
00:26:35.84\00:26:39.17
false prophets arose saying,
00:26:39.20\00:26:42.06
"This city will never
fall. This is God's city.
00:26:42.09\00:26:45.32
Don't be concerned
with the words that Jeremiah
00:26:45.35\00:26:48.67
and the other
prophets are talking about.
00:26:48.70\00:26:50.56
God is with us."
00:26:50.59\00:26:52.34
In other words, time
and again in Jeremiah,
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.87
Jeremiah speaks
about the false prophets
00:26:54.90\00:26:57.67
trying to counteract the
word of God's true prophets.
00:26:57.70\00:27:03.18
And then, of course,
the city was destroyed.
00:27:03.21\00:27:06.99
It's interesting to notice then,
00:27:07.02\00:27:08.75
that the abominations of
Jerusalem led to its what?
00:27:08.78\00:27:13.84
Led to its desolation.
00:27:13.87\00:27:15.80
In other words, the abominations
led to the desolation.
00:27:15.83\00:27:19.79
In fact, notice
Jeremiah Chapter 25
00:27:19.82\00:27:22.88
and we'll read
three verses here.
00:27:22.91\00:27:24.35
Jeremiah 25,
verses 9, 11 and 18.
00:27:24.38\00:27:28.77
Jeremiah 25:9, 11, 18.
00:27:28.80\00:27:32.80
It says there, and I'm going
to begin actually, in verse 8,
00:27:32.83\00:27:36.79
"Therefore thus
says the Lord of hosts,
00:27:36.82\00:27:39.33
'Because you have
not heard My words,
00:27:39.36\00:27:42.32
behold, I will send and take
all the families of the north,'
00:27:42.35\00:27:46.46
says the Lord,
00:27:46.49\00:27:47.86
'and Nebuchadnezzar,
the king of Babylon,
00:27:47.89\00:27:50.58
My servant and will bring them
00:27:50.61\00:27:53.10
against this land,
against its inhabitants,
00:27:53.13\00:27:56.70
and against these
nations all around,
00:27:56.73\00:27:59.25
and will utterly destroy them,
and make them an astonishment,
00:27:59.28\00:28:03.37
a hissing and perpetual'", what?
00:28:03.40\00:28:06.67
There's the
word, "'desolations.'"
00:28:06.70\00:28:08.92
Verse 11, "And this
whole land shall be a" what?
00:28:08.95\00:28:13.96
"Desolation and an astonishment,
and these nations shall serve
00:28:13.99\00:28:18.53
the king of
Babylon seventy years."
00:28:18.56\00:28:21.13
Verse 18, "Jerusalem
and the cities of Judah,
00:28:21.16\00:28:24.46
its kings and its
princes, to make them a",
00:28:24.49\00:28:27.79
there's the key
word again, what?
00:28:27.82\00:28:29.26
"Desolation, an astonishment,
00:28:29.29\00:28:31.77
a hissing and a
curse, as it is this day."
00:28:31.80\00:28:35.80
Are you understanding what the
abomination of desolation is?
00:28:35.83\00:28:38.82
The abominations in Jerusalem,
00:28:38.85\00:28:41.74
the greatest of which
was worshiping the sun
00:28:41.77\00:28:44.63
is what eventually led to
the desolation of the city.
00:28:44.66\00:28:48.71
In other words, national
apostasy led to national what?
00:28:48.74\00:28:54.22
National ruin.
00:28:54.25\00:28:55.65
And what was the great
sin, the great abomination?
00:28:55.68\00:28:59.02
It was the fact that
they were worshiping the sun.
00:28:59.05\00:29:02.18
By the way, do
you know that God said
00:29:02.21\00:29:04.02
that the reason why
they went into captivity
00:29:04.05\00:29:05.77
is because they were
not keeping the Sabbath?
00:29:05.80\00:29:08.38
They were worshipping the sun
instead of keeping the Sabbath.
00:29:08.41\00:29:11.31
Notice Jeremiah 17:24, 25
and we'll read also verse 27.
00:29:11.34\00:29:17.42
Jeremiah 17:24, 25 and
we'll read also verse 27.
00:29:17.45\00:29:23.30
It says there in verse 24
00:29:23.33\00:29:26.40
"'And it shall be, if
you heed me carefully,
00:29:26.43\00:29:30.11
says the Lord,
to bring no burden
00:29:30.14\00:29:32.82
through the gates of
this city on the Sabbath day,
00:29:32.85\00:29:36.00
but hallow the Sabbath
day, to do no work in it.
00:29:36.03\00:29:40.70
Verse 25, "Then shall
enter the gates of this city
00:29:40.73\00:29:45.42
kings and princes
sitting on the throne of David,
00:29:45.45\00:29:50.06
riding in
chariots and on horses,
00:29:50.09\00:29:52.80
they and their princes,
accompanied by the men of Judah,
00:29:52.83\00:29:56.37
and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
00:29:56.40\00:29:58.23
and this city shall
remain," what? "Forever."
00:29:58.26\00:30:02.28
In other words, keep my Sabbath.
00:30:02.31\00:30:04.40
And the city
will remain forever.
00:30:04.43\00:30:06.30
What happens if they
don't keep the Sabbath?
00:30:06.33\00:30:08.55
Notice verse 27.
00:30:08.58\00:30:10.31
"But if you will not heed
Me to hallow the Sabbath day,
00:30:10.34\00:30:15.40
such as not carrying a burden,
00:30:15.43\00:30:18.32
when entering the gates of
Jerusalem on the Sabbath day,
00:30:18.35\00:30:22.09
then I will kindle
a fire in its gates,
00:30:22.12\00:30:25.74
and it shall devour
the palaces of Jerusalem,
00:30:25.77\00:30:28.73
and it shall not be quenched."
00:30:28.76\00:30:32.76
Let me ask you,
do you think that
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.16
those who were
sighing and crying
00:30:34.19\00:30:35.56
over the abominations
were keeping the Sabbath?
00:30:35.59\00:30:38.31
Of course.
00:30:38.34\00:30:39.71
How about those people who
were not sighing and crying?
00:30:39.74\00:30:42.70
What were they worshipping?
00:30:42.73\00:30:44.38
They were
worshipping what? The sun.
00:30:44.41\00:30:46.78
I want you to
remember the Sabbath issue,
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.22
because in Matthew Chapter 24,
00:30:49.25\00:30:51.66
Jesus says
something very interesting.
00:30:51.69\00:30:53.86
He says "Pray that your flight
might not be in winter or,"
00:30:53.89\00:30:59.01
what? "Or on the Sabbath."
00:30:59.04\00:31:01.04
In other words, those
who were going to flee
00:31:01.07\00:31:03.22
were going to be what?
00:31:03.25\00:31:04.68
Sabbath keepers just like
those who sighed and cried
00:31:04.71\00:31:09.31
over the
abominations in the city.
00:31:09.34\00:31:11.77
Now you're saying what does
this have to do with Matthew 24?
00:31:11.80\00:31:15.83
We have to have this background
00:31:15.86\00:31:17.23
or else we'll not
be able to understand
00:31:17.26\00:31:19.78
the second destruction
of Jerusalem in the year 70.
00:31:19.81\00:31:23.78
Now Israel went captive
to Babylon for 70 years.
00:31:23.81\00:31:27.80
But God promised
that after 70 years,
00:31:27.83\00:31:30.84
he was going to take
them to their land again
00:31:30.87\00:31:33.40
and they were going
to rebuild the city.
00:31:33.43\00:31:35.45
They were going
to rebuild the walls
00:31:35.48\00:31:37.45
and they were going
to rebuild the sanctuary.
00:31:37.48\00:31:39.69
And God was going to
give them another chance.
00:31:39.72\00:31:44.35
Notice what we find
in Daniel Chapter 9:1, 2.
00:31:44.38\00:31:47.41
Here Daniel is studying
the prophecy of the 70 years.
00:31:47.44\00:31:50.40
He wants to know whether
God is gonna fulfill His promise
00:31:50.43\00:31:53.17
of releasing Israel
to go back to their land
00:31:53.20\00:31:56.25
after the 70-year captivity.
00:31:56.28\00:31:58.30
It says there in Daniel 9:1,
2, "In the first year of Darius
00:31:58.33\00:32:03.22
the son of Ahasuerus, of
the lineage of the Medes,
00:32:03.25\00:32:07.03
who was made king over
the realm of the Chaldeans,
00:32:07.06\00:32:10.11
in the first year of his
reign, I Daniel understood
00:32:10.14\00:32:14.21
by the books the
number of the years specified
00:32:14.24\00:32:17.56
by the word of the Lord
through Jeremiah the prophet,
00:32:17.59\00:32:20.29
that He would accomplish
70 years in the desolations,
00:32:20.32\00:32:24.87
in the
desolations of Jerusalem."
00:32:24.90\00:32:27.86
So long was the desolation
of Jerusalem gonna last?
00:32:27.89\00:32:30.90
It was not gonna be permanent.
00:32:30.93\00:32:32.32
It was going to last
for a period of 70 years.
00:32:32.35\00:32:35.71
Then they would
return to the city.
00:32:35.74\00:32:37.56
They would rebuild it.
00:32:37.59\00:32:38.96
And they would reestablish
the sanctuary service.
00:32:38.99\00:32:43.63
By the way, this
is mentioned by Daniel
00:32:43.66\00:32:47.13
a little later on in
the same chapter, Chapter 9.
00:32:47.16\00:32:50.66
Go with me to Chapter
9:25-27. Daniel 9:25-27.
00:32:50.69\00:32:57.50
This is the famous
prophecy of the 70 weeks
00:32:57.53\00:33:00.12
and you know we
don't have a lot of time
00:33:00.15\00:33:02.01
to go into all of the details
of the prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:33:02.04\00:33:05.35
But basically, it speaks about
the going forth of the Lord
00:33:05.38\00:33:08.57
to restore and build
Jerusalem after it was destroyed
00:33:08.60\00:33:11.82
by Nebuchadnezzar
and the Babylonians
00:33:11.85\00:33:13.94
and then it
speaks about 70 weeks
00:33:13.97\00:33:15.76
being allotted
for the Hebrew nation.
00:33:15.79\00:33:18.26
In other words, God is
giving them another opportunity.
00:33:18.29\00:33:21.04
He is giving them
another chance to repent
00:33:21.07\00:33:23.86
and to obey the covenant
and to listen to His voice.
00:33:23.89\00:33:27.49
Notice Daniel 9:25,
"Know therefore and understand
00:33:27.52\00:33:32.97
that from the going
forth of the command to restore
00:33:33.00\00:33:35.39
and build Jerusalem," so
it must have been in ruins
00:33:35.42\00:33:38.39
if they needed to
restore and build it?
00:33:38.42\00:33:39.99
Of course.
Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed it.
00:33:40.02\00:33:42.63
"Until Messiah, the Prince,
00:33:42.66\00:33:44.53
there shall be seven
weeks, and sixty-two weeks."
00:33:44.56\00:33:47.17
That's by the way 69 weeks,
which is a period of how long?
00:33:47.20\00:33:51.16
483 years that
leads to the last week
00:33:51.19\00:33:55.70
of the prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:33:55.73\00:33:58.05
It says, "The street
shall be built again,
00:33:58.08\00:33:59.94
and the wall, even
in troublous times."
00:33:59.97\00:34:02.01
So was there some rebuilding
that had to take place
00:34:02.04\00:34:05.06
once the word was given to
restore and build Jerusalem?
00:34:05.09\00:34:07.87
Verse 26, After the 62 weeks,
Messiah shall be cut off."
00:34:07.90\00:34:13.73
What was gonna
happen to the Messiah?
00:34:13.76\00:34:15.25
He was gonna be cutoff.
00:34:15.28\00:34:16.65
By the way, the Messiah means
00:34:16.68\00:34:18.09
the anointed
one shall be cutoff.
00:34:18.12\00:34:20.52
"But not for
himself." And now notice.
00:34:20.55\00:34:22.90
Was Jerusalem going
00:34:22.93\00:34:24.30
to be destroyed
again in this prophecy?
00:34:24.33\00:34:27.58
Absolutely, because it
says, "And after the 62 weeks,
00:34:27.61\00:34:30.73
Messiah shall be cut
off, but not for Himself,
00:34:30.76\00:34:33.41
and the people of
the prince who is to come
00:34:33.44\00:34:36.55
shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary."
00:34:36.58\00:34:40.35
So after this
period of 70 weeks,
00:34:40.38\00:34:42.96
was there going to
be a second destruction
00:34:42.99\00:34:45.74
of Jerusalem by a
prince who was to come?
00:34:45.77\00:34:48.71
Absolutely. And then
notice the key terminology.
00:34:48.74\00:34:52.17
It says, "The end of it,"
that is the end of the city,
00:34:52.20\00:34:55.84
"shall be with a
flood, till the end of the"
00:34:55.87\00:34:59.66
what? "Of the war."
00:34:59.69\00:35:02.53
What's the key word there?
"Desolations are determined.
00:35:02.56\00:35:06.76
Then he shall confirm a
covenant with many for one week.
00:35:06.79\00:35:09.68
But in the middle of the week,
00:35:09.71\00:35:11.08
He shall bring an end
to sacrifice and offering."
00:35:11.11\00:35:14.40
And now notice,
"And on the wing of,"
00:35:14.43\00:35:17.56
What's the word there?
00:35:17.59\00:35:18.96
"Of abomination
shall be one who makes,
00:35:18.99\00:35:23.00
" there it is again," desolate,
even until the consummation,
00:35:23.03\00:35:26.76
which is determined
is poured out upon the,"
00:35:26.79\00:35:31.33
what? "Upon the desolate."
00:35:31.36\00:35:33.17
Question then, was
Jerusalem going to have
00:35:33.20\00:35:36.09
a second destruction
because of abominations?
00:35:36.12\00:35:39.35
Was there gonna
be another desolation
00:35:39.38\00:35:41.68
by the prince who was to come?
00:35:41.71\00:35:43.96
Absolutely.
00:35:43.99\00:35:45.36
The prophecy of the 70 weeks
00:35:45.39\00:35:46.76
contemplates two
destructions of Jerusalem
00:35:46.79\00:35:48.82
because Jerusalem has
to be rebuilt and restored.
00:35:48.85\00:35:52.07
That means that it was destroyed
00:35:52.10\00:35:54.66
and also at the
end of the prophecy
00:35:54.69\00:35:56.37
it says that when
the Messiah would come,
00:35:56.40\00:35:58.28
after He should
come, the city once again
00:35:58.31\00:36:01.03
would be desolate
because of its what?
00:36:01.06\00:36:03.52
Because of its abominations.
00:36:03.55\00:36:05.61
Now after the captivity,
00:36:05.64\00:36:08.65
the city and the
temple were rebuilt.
00:36:08.68\00:36:11.78
Notice what we find in
2 Chronicles 36:22, 23.
00:36:11.81\00:36:17.12
2 Chronicles 36:22, 23.
00:36:17.15\00:36:21.23
Here is the order to restore
00:36:21.26\00:36:24.30
the sanctuary
service in Jerusalem.
00:36:24.33\00:36:26.53
It says, "Now in the first
year of Cyrus king of Persia,
00:36:26.56\00:36:30.07
that the word of the Lord
00:36:30.10\00:36:31.47
by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be fulfilled,
00:36:31.50\00:36:34.00
the Lord stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
00:36:34.03\00:36:38.73
so that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom,
00:36:38.76\00:36:41.98
and also put it
in writing, saying,
00:36:42.01\00:36:44.25
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,
00:36:44.28\00:36:47.49
All the kingdoms of the earth
00:36:47.52\00:36:49.09
the Lord God of
heaven has given me.
00:36:49.12\00:36:51.17
And He has commanded me to
build Him a house at Jerusalem."
00:36:51.20\00:36:54.29
So must the house
have been destroyed
00:36:54.32\00:36:55.87
if God commanded
him to build a house?
00:36:55.90\00:36:57.53
Of course.
00:36:57.56\00:36:58.93
"And He has commanded
me to build Him a house
00:36:58.96\00:37:00.79
at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
00:37:00.82\00:37:03.21
Who is among you
of all His people?
00:37:03.24\00:37:06.25
May the Lord his God be
with him, and let him" what?
00:37:06.28\00:37:10.12
"And let him go up.
00:37:10.15\00:37:11.52
And so the work of
construction began.
00:37:11.55\00:37:13.72
And to make a long story short,
00:37:13.75\00:37:15.39
the temple was
finished in the year 515 BC.
00:37:15.42\00:37:20.84
They went back in the year 536,
00:37:20.87\00:37:23.03
but the temple was
finished in the year 515 BC.
00:37:23.06\00:37:27.44
And by the way,
some of the people
00:37:27.47\00:37:28.94
that saw this second temple
actually cried when they saw it.
00:37:28.97\00:37:33.62
Because there was
nothing like Solomon's Temple.
00:37:33.65\00:37:35.78
It was far inferior.
00:37:35.81\00:37:37.54
In fact, there was no evidence
00:37:37.57\00:37:38.94
that the Shekinah
even came into this temple.
00:37:38.97\00:37:41.51
Notice how this is described
in the Book of Haggai 2:6-9.
00:37:41.54\00:37:47.46
Haggai 2:6-9.
00:37:47.49\00:37:50.39
The temple here
has been finished
00:37:50.42\00:37:54.79
and God is promising something
00:37:54.82\00:37:57.87
which the Jews are still
trying to understand today.
00:37:57.90\00:38:00.46
It says there in Haggai 2:6,
00:38:00.49\00:38:03.07
"For thus says
the Lord of hosts.
00:38:03.10\00:38:05.98
Once more, it is a little while,
00:38:06.01\00:38:09.50
I will shake heaven and
earth, the sea and dry land,
00:38:09.53\00:38:13.03
and I will shake all
nations, and they shall come."
00:38:13.06\00:38:18.28
Notice and they
shall come to the what?
00:38:18.31\00:38:21.09
"To the desire of all nations."
00:38:21.12\00:38:22.86
It also could be
translated the desire of ages.
00:38:22.89\00:38:26.10
"And I will fill" notice
"I will fill this temple with"
00:38:26.13\00:38:30.41
what? "With glory."
00:38:30.44\00:38:32.17
This is that second temple
built after the captivity.
00:38:32.20\00:38:35.19
He says, "'I will fill
this temple with glory'
00:38:35.22\00:38:38.36
says the Lord of hosts.
00:38:38.39\00:38:39.78
'The silver is Mine,
and the gold is Mine,'
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.74
says the Lord of hosts.
00:38:41.77\00:38:43.16
'The glory of this
latter temple shall be greater
00:38:43.19\00:38:46.60
than the former,'
says the Lord of hosts.
00:38:46.63\00:38:48.77
'And in this place
I will give peace,'
00:38:48.80\00:38:51.36
says the Lord of hosts."
00:38:51.39\00:38:53.97
The Jews are still
trying to understand
00:38:54.00\00:38:56.50
when that was fulfilled
because the second temple
00:38:56.53\00:39:00.07
was destroyed
and it never reached
00:39:00.10\00:39:01.79
the glory of the first temple.
00:39:01.82\00:39:04.07
Solomon's Temple, so called,
00:39:04.10\00:39:05.96
was far surpassed
this temple in glory.
00:39:05.99\00:39:08.43
And yet, God was
saying that this temple
00:39:08.46\00:39:11.11
which was built
after the captivity
00:39:11.14\00:39:12.97
would far surpass
that first temple in glory
00:39:13.00\00:39:16.72
and that God would come into
the temple with power and glory.
00:39:16.75\00:39:21.92
How are we to understand this?
00:39:21.95\00:39:23.49
Was this prophecy
ever fulfilled? Absolutely.
00:39:23.52\00:39:28.20
Notice John 1:14. John 1:14.
00:39:28.23\00:39:34.33
Here the Shekinah
enters the temple.
00:39:34.36\00:39:38.84
It says there, and you've read
this verse many times before.
00:39:38.87\00:39:43.84
"And the Word became flesh."
00:39:43.87\00:39:48.11
Is this what the prophecy of
the 70 weeks was pointing to?
00:39:48.14\00:39:51.54
The coming of the
Messiah? Absolutely.
00:39:51.57\00:39:54.01
"The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
00:39:54.04\00:39:57.78
and we beheld His," what?
00:39:57.81\00:40:00.00
"We beheld His glory,
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.50
the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father,
00:40:02.53\00:40:06.00
full of grace and truth."
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.96
Is the presence of Jesus
spoken off as glory? Yes.
00:40:11.42\00:40:15.81
Did Jesus walk in the courts
of this second temple? Yes.
00:40:15.84\00:40:23.03
This is how this second
temple was more glorious
00:40:23.06\00:40:26.56
than the first
temple, which was destroyed.
00:40:26.59\00:40:29.62
And yet how did Israel
respond to the Shekinah
00:40:29.65\00:40:33.23
that was in their midst?
00:40:33.26\00:40:34.93
He came to His own and
His own received Him not.
00:40:34.96\00:40:40.46
They refused to hear His voice.
00:40:40.49\00:40:43.12
They refused to obey
His covenant and therefore,
00:40:43.15\00:40:47.46
at the very end of His ministry,
00:40:47.49\00:40:49.69
the Shekinah comes into
the temple for the last time.
00:40:49.72\00:40:54.15
Let's read about
it in Luke 19:37, 38.
00:40:54.18\00:40:59.97
Luke 19:37, 38.
00:41:00.00\00:41:05.98
By the way, did the
Shekinah enter the temple
00:41:06.01\00:41:09.78
in the days of Ezekiel right
before Jerusalem was destroyed?
00:41:09.81\00:41:14.30
Yes, it departed the
temple then, didn't it?
00:41:14.33\00:41:17.03
And where did it
linger? On the Mount of Olives.
00:41:17.06\00:41:20.86
You see, this is
gonna happen all over again
00:41:20.89\00:41:23.33
with Israel in its
second opportunity.
00:41:23.36\00:41:26.16
Notice Luke 19:37, 38.
00:41:26.19\00:41:28.61
It says then, "As He
was now drawing near,
00:41:28.64\00:41:31.78
the descent of
the Mount of Olives,
00:41:31.81\00:41:34.23
the whole multitude of
the disciples began to rejoice
00:41:34.26\00:41:37.85
and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works
00:41:37.88\00:41:41.55
they had seen, saying
00:41:41.58\00:41:43.41
'Blessed is the King who
comes in the name of the Lord.
00:41:43.44\00:41:47.16
Peace in heaven and
glory in the highest.'"
00:41:47.19\00:41:50.85
So He's coming
down the Mount of Olives
00:41:50.88\00:41:54.66
and then He
comes into the temple.
00:41:54.69\00:41:58.27
Notice Matthew 21:12, 13
00:41:58.30\00:42:01.33
which chronologically
is at this very time.
00:42:01.36\00:42:04.50
You see, Luke is
describing it in one way.
00:42:04.53\00:42:07.27
Here we find in Matthew 21
the description of Matthew.
00:42:07.30\00:42:12.20
Matthew 21:12, 13.
00:42:12.23\00:42:15.87
It says, "Then
Jesus went into the,"
00:42:15.90\00:42:20.37
what? That's important.
00:42:20.40\00:42:22.80
"Into the temple of God."
00:42:22.83\00:42:24.32
So when Jesus
went into the temple,
00:42:24.35\00:42:26.03
was it still the
temple of God? It was.
00:42:26.06\00:42:28.84
It says, "Then Jesus
went into the temple of God
00:42:28.87\00:42:32.19
and drove out all those who
bought and sold in the temple,
00:42:32.22\00:42:36.21
and overturned the
tables of the moneychangers,
00:42:36.24\00:42:40.49
and the seats of
those who sold doves.
00:42:40.52\00:42:43.38
And He said to them, "It
is written," notice this.
00:42:43.41\00:42:46.85
"'My house,'" did He still claim
00:42:46.88\00:42:49.54
that this was His
house? Absolutely.
00:42:49.57\00:42:51.69
"'My house shall be
called the house of prayer,'
00:42:51.72\00:42:54.39
but you have made
it a den of thieves."
00:42:54.42\00:42:56.36
So did the
Shekinah come to the temple?
00:42:56.39\00:42:58.38
He most certainly did.
00:42:58.41\00:42:59.78
Did He cleanse the
temple? He absolutely did?
00:42:59.81\00:43:03.52
And then, in the temple courts,
00:43:03.55\00:43:05.56
Jesus teaches several parables.
00:43:05.59\00:43:09.34
One of those parables is
the parable of the fig tree,
00:43:09.37\00:43:11.79
which we're gonna study
later on in this series.
00:43:11.82\00:43:14.65
You remember the
story of the fig tree
00:43:14.68\00:43:16.05
Jesus goes
looking for food on it?
00:43:16.08\00:43:19.04
And what was the
problem with the fig tree?
00:43:19.07\00:43:21.89
It had no fruit.
00:43:21.92\00:43:23.49
What did the fig tree represent?
00:43:23.52\00:43:26.00
It represented
the nation of Israel.
00:43:26.03\00:43:28.79
Everybody can tell you that
00:43:28.82\00:43:30.28
Israel is
symbolized by a fig tree.
00:43:30.31\00:43:33.90
And yet, Jesus
came looking for food
00:43:33.93\00:43:36.71
on that fig tree
and He found none.
00:43:36.74\00:43:39.46
So what did Jesus do?
00:43:39.49\00:43:41.06
Notice Matthew 21:18, 19.
00:43:41.09\00:43:46.38
It says, "Now in the morning
00:43:46.41\00:43:47.78
as He returned to
the city, He was hungry.
00:43:47.81\00:43:50.46
And seeing a fig
tree by the road,
00:43:50.49\00:43:52.44
He came to it and found
nothing on it but leaves,
00:43:52.47\00:43:55.37
and said to it,
'Let' notice this,
00:43:55.40\00:43:58.54
"'Let no fruit
grow on you ever again.'
00:43:58.57\00:44:03.12
And immediately the fig
tree," what? "Withered away."
00:44:03.15\00:44:07.12
Was He predicting what was gonna
happen to the Hebrew nation?
00:44:07.15\00:44:10.49
He most certainly was.
00:44:10.52\00:44:12.26
And He was teaching this
in the courts of the temple.
00:44:12.29\00:44:14.75
He was coming to
judge in the temple
00:44:14.78\00:44:17.45
just like in the Old Testament.
00:44:17.48\00:44:19.00
He came down from the east,
00:44:19.03\00:44:20.62
down the slope of the
Mount of Olives into the temple.
00:44:20.65\00:44:23.49
And now, He's gonna perform
00:44:23.52\00:44:24.94
a work of
separation in the temple.
00:44:24.97\00:44:28.03
And then, of
course, in the temple,
00:44:28.06\00:44:29.43
Jesus also tells
that famous parable.
00:44:29.46\00:44:32.31
Matthew 21:33-43.
00:44:32.34\00:44:35.58
It's the parable of
the vineyard workers.
00:44:35.61\00:44:38.35
It says there,
"Here another parable.
00:44:38.38\00:44:40.51
There was a certain landowner,
who planted a vineyard,
00:44:40.54\00:44:43.33
and set a hedge around it,
00:44:43.36\00:44:45.32
dug a winepress in
it and built a tower.
00:44:45.35\00:44:47.96
And he leased
it to vinedressers,
00:44:47.99\00:44:49.86
and went into a far country.
00:44:49.89\00:44:51.97
Now when vintage-time drew near,
00:44:52.00\00:44:54.14
he sent his
servants to the vinedressers,
00:44:54.17\00:44:57.84
that they might
receive its," what? "Its fruit.
00:44:57.87\00:45:01.18
And the
vinedressers took his servants,
00:45:01.21\00:45:02.72
beat one, killed
one, and stoned another."
00:45:02.75\00:45:05.04
Is this what they
did with the servants
00:45:05.07\00:45:06.79
between the times of Moses
and the Babylonian captivity?
00:45:06.82\00:45:10.05
What they did with their
prophets and their messengers?
00:45:10.08\00:45:12.31
Absolutely. Verse 36,
00:45:12.34\00:45:14.61
"Again, he sent other servants."
00:45:14.64\00:45:16.01
See after the captivity,
he sends more servants.
00:45:16.04\00:45:18.62
"More than the first, and
they did likewise to them."
00:45:18.65\00:45:22.22
Now notice verse 37.
00:45:22.25\00:45:23.67
"Then last of all,"
notice it has a finality to it.
00:45:23.70\00:45:26.81
"Last of all,
he sent his," what?
00:45:26.84\00:45:29.51
"His son to them, saying,
'They will respect my son.'
00:45:29.54\00:45:34.90
But when the
vinedressers saw the son,
00:45:34.93\00:45:36.67
they said among
themselves, 'This is the heir.
00:45:36.70\00:45:39.08
Come, let us kill him,
and seize his inheritance.'
00:45:39.11\00:45:42.28
So they took him and cast him
00:45:42.31\00:45:44.10
out of the
vineyard and killed him.
00:45:44.13\00:45:46.43
Therefore, when the
owner of the vineyard comes,
00:45:46.46\00:45:48.48
what will he do to
those vinedressers?
00:45:48.51\00:45:51.23
They said to
Him, 'He will destroy
00:45:51.26\00:45:53.55
those wicked men miserably.'
00:45:53.58\00:45:56.24
What was Jesus talking about?
00:45:56.27\00:45:58.38
He was talking about the nation
00:45:58.41\00:45:59.79
that had this second
chance, the Hebrew nation.
00:45:59.82\00:46:03.33
"They said to him,
00:46:03.36\00:46:04.73
'He will destroy
those wicked men miserably.'
00:46:04.76\00:46:07.21
And lease his
vineyard to other vinedressers
00:46:07.24\00:46:09.51
who will render to him
the fruits in their seasons.
00:46:09.54\00:46:12.01
Jesus said to them, 'Have you
never read in the scriptures,
00:46:12.04\00:46:15.27
'The stone which
the builders rejected
00:46:15.30\00:46:17.42
has become the
chief cornerstone.
00:46:17.45\00:46:19.12
This was the Lord's doing, and
it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
00:46:19.15\00:46:23.77
Now notice this.
00:46:23.80\00:46:25.17
"Therefore I say I to you,
the kingdom of God will be,"
00:46:25.20\00:46:29.49
what? "Will be taken from you,
00:46:29.52\00:46:32.02
and given to a nation
bearing the fruits thereof."
00:46:32.05\00:46:36.85
Was there going to be
00:46:36.88\00:46:38.25
another rejection of
the Hebrew theocracy?
00:46:38.28\00:46:41.00
Yes. Why?
00:46:41.03\00:46:42.51
Because they rejected whom?
00:46:42.54\00:46:44.76
Because they rejected
Jesus, the Messiah, the one
00:46:44.79\00:46:48.66
who originally made the
covenant with Him at Mount Sinai
00:46:48.69\00:46:52.10
who came down the eastern
slope of the Mount of Olives
00:46:52.13\00:46:54.93
like in the days of
Ezekiel, entered the temple
00:46:54.96\00:46:57.90
to give parables of
judgment, was rejected in there.
00:46:57.93\00:47:03.37
And then I want you to notice
00:47:03.40\00:47:04.77
what He says when
He leaves the temple.
00:47:04.80\00:47:06.95
Matthew 23:37, 38.
00:47:06.98\00:47:10.32
You see, he leaves the temple.
00:47:10.35\00:47:11.72
Just like the Shekinah
in the days of Ezekiel.
00:47:11.75\00:47:14.65
It says in Matthew
23:37, Jesus is speaking.
00:47:14.68\00:47:19.12
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
the one who kills the prophets
00:47:19.15\00:47:23.73
and stones those
who are sent to her.
00:47:23.76\00:47:26.86
How often I wanted to
gather your children together,
00:47:26.89\00:47:30.09
as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings,
00:47:30.12\00:47:34.54
but you were not willing.
00:47:34.57\00:47:36.58
See." Now notice this.
00:47:36.61\00:47:38.60
"Your house is left to
you," excuse me? "Desolate."
00:47:38.63\00:47:44.98
Is that a key word?
00:47:45.01\00:47:46.66
Was that found in relationship
00:47:46.69\00:47:48.39
to the first
destruction of Jerusalem? Yes.
00:47:48.42\00:47:51.99
Was Jerusalem left desolate
00:47:52.02\00:47:53.88
because they
rejected the Lord? Absolutely.
00:47:53.91\00:47:56.42
So Jesus--is the Shekinah
departing the temple now?
00:47:56.45\00:47:59.17
Absolutely. Verse 39.
00:47:59.20\00:48:01.62
"For I say to you, you shall
see Me no more till you say,
00:48:01.65\00:48:07.31
'Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord.'"
00:48:07.34\00:48:10.13
And then interestingly enough,
after Jesus leaves the temple,
00:48:10.16\00:48:13.36
He says, "Your
house is left desolate."
00:48:13.39\00:48:16.23
Just like in
the days of Ezekiel,
00:48:16.26\00:48:18.15
Jesus now goes and He
sits on the Mount of Olives.
00:48:18.18\00:48:22.46
And He is going to linger there
00:48:23.76\00:48:25.49
and do you know what
He's gonna talk about?
00:48:25.52\00:48:28.02
He's gonna talk about
the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:48:28.05\00:48:33.59
Is this parallel to what we
noticed in the Old Testament?
00:48:33.62\00:48:36.70
It is tremendously parallel
00:48:36.73\00:48:38.57
to what happened
in the Old Testament.
00:48:38.60\00:48:40.86
And so in Matthew
24:1, 2 we find these words.
00:48:40.89\00:48:47.78
"Then Jesus went out and
departed from the temple,
00:48:47.81\00:48:51.00
and His disciples
came up to show Him
00:48:51.03\00:48:53.08
the buildings of the temple.
00:48:53.11\00:48:54.69
And Jesus said to them,
00:48:54.72\00:48:56.16
'Do you not see
all these things?
00:48:56.19\00:48:58.74
Assuredly, I say to you,
00:48:58.77\00:49:00.63
not one stone shall be
left here upon another,
00:49:00.66\00:49:04.63
that shall not be thrown down.'"
00:49:04.66\00:49:09.22
Was Jerusalem gonna
be left desolate again?
00:49:09.25\00:49:12.46
Was the Shekinah going to
forsake them again? Absolutely.
00:49:12.49\00:49:16.73
Was it because of abominations?
Go with me to Matthew 24:15.
00:49:16.76\00:49:24.43
Matthew 24:15.
00:49:24.46\00:49:26.35
Here we reach the most
important point of our study.
00:49:26.38\00:49:30.07
It says there and we read
this in our first lecture,
00:49:30.10\00:49:34.61
"Therefore when you see the
'abomination of desolation.'"
00:49:34.64\00:49:40.79
Is that similar terminology
to what we read in Ezekiel?
00:49:40.82\00:49:44.95
It's identical terminology
to what we read in Ezekiel.
00:49:44.98\00:49:49.08
Did the
abominations lead to desolation?
00:49:49.11\00:49:51.45
They most certainly did.
00:49:51.48\00:49:52.85
"Therefore when you see the
'abomination of desolation,'
00:49:52.88\00:49:55.85
spoken of by" who?
00:49:55.88\00:49:58.67
Did we read that
in Daniel Chapter 9?
00:49:58.70\00:50:01.33
Yes, we did.
00:50:01.36\00:50:02.73
"Spoken of by
Daniel the prophet,
00:50:02.76\00:50:05.49
standing in the," what?
00:50:05.52\00:50:07.44
"In the holy place whoever
reads, let him understand."
00:50:07.47\00:50:12.27
What was Jesus
talking about when He said,
00:50:12.30\00:50:14.10
"When you see the
abomination of desolation?
00:50:14.13\00:50:17.15
He's saying that there
was a particular abomination
00:50:17.18\00:50:19.71
that ultimately marked
the desolation of Jerusalem.
00:50:19.74\00:50:23.50
And what was
that? Notice Luke 21:20.
00:50:23.53\00:50:29.40
Luke 21:20. This
is a parallel passage.
00:50:29.43\00:50:33.46
This is the reason
why it's so important
00:50:33.49\00:50:35.37
to study the gospels together.
00:50:35.40\00:50:37.49
We have to study
Matthew 24, Mark 13,
00:50:37.52\00:50:41.07
and Luke 21 together because
they complement one another.
00:50:41.10\00:50:45.11
They explain one
another. Now notice Luke 21:20.
00:50:45.14\00:50:51.68
"But when you
see Jerusalem," what?
00:50:51.71\00:50:56.83
"Surrounded by armies."
00:50:56.86\00:51:01.14
Is that the
abomination? Yes, it is.
00:51:01.17\00:51:04.35
We're gonna talk about
what was abominable about that?
00:51:04.38\00:51:07.77
I'll just give
you little inkling
00:51:07.80\00:51:09.17
of some of the things
that we're gonna study.
00:51:09.20\00:51:10.81
The Romans when they came
00:51:10.84\00:51:12.76
outside the city of Jerusalem,
they had these standards.
00:51:12.79\00:51:17.46
They had an eagle and a
sunburst on the standards.
00:51:17.49\00:51:22.43
And when these were put
00:51:22.46\00:51:23.83
outside the city of
Jerusalem in the ground
00:51:23.86\00:51:26.71
just a few
furlongs from the city wall,
00:51:26.74\00:51:30.28
the Romans as was
their custom knelt
00:51:30.31\00:51:33.68
and they
worshipped the standards
00:51:33.71\00:51:36.49
that had the eagle
and the sun. Interesting.
00:51:36.52\00:51:41.85
Were there two different
groups inside the holy city?
00:51:41.88\00:51:44.87
Were those who
were there in the city,
00:51:44.90\00:51:46.78
those who were
faithful to God, the Christians?
00:51:46.81\00:51:50.33
And were those who
were apostate? Absolutely.
00:51:50.36\00:51:53.87
Did God, so to speak,
00:51:53.90\00:51:55.86
place a mark
upon His faithful ones
00:51:55.89\00:51:59.03
so that they
would not be destroyed
00:51:59.06\00:52:00.74
when the city was destroyed
just like in the Old Testament?
00:52:00.77\00:52:04.18
So it says, "When you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies,"
00:52:04.21\00:52:07.65
that is the
abomination in other words.
00:52:07.68\00:52:10.57
"Then know that its," what?
"That its desolation is near."
00:52:10.60\00:52:17.34
Let me ask you,
is the abomination
00:52:17.37\00:52:19.59
and is the
desolation the same thing? No.
00:52:19.62\00:52:23.59
Are they
related? Most certainly.
00:52:23.62\00:52:25.96
The abomination
is the announcement
00:52:25.99\00:52:29.37
that what is coming?
00:52:29.40\00:52:30.77
That desolation is coming.
00:52:30.80\00:52:32.94
Because it says here,
"When you see Jerusalem
00:52:32.97\00:52:35.26
surrounded by armies know
that its desolation is near."
00:52:35.29\00:52:38.56
So when you see the abomination,
00:52:38.59\00:52:40.09
the desolation has
not taken place yet.
00:52:40.12\00:52:43.23
Because it says
you know that it's near
00:52:43.26\00:52:45.64
when you see the abomination.
00:52:45.67\00:52:47.68
Later on, we're gonna study
00:52:47.71\00:52:49.08
how this is
fulfilled in the end time.
00:52:49.11\00:52:51.31
It has to do with the Sabbath.
00:52:51.34\00:52:53.47
And it has to do with the sun.
00:52:53.50\00:52:55.57
And it has to do
with abominations
00:52:55.60\00:52:57.79
being committed
within the Christian world.
00:52:57.82\00:52:59.85
And it has to do
with Jesus abandoning
00:52:59.88\00:53:03.01
the service and the sanctuary
00:53:03.04\00:53:05.51
and Christendom
being left desolate.
00:53:05.54\00:53:08.62
You see, all of this is
typological of end time events.
00:53:08.65\00:53:13.60
That's why we had, you know,
00:53:13.63\00:53:15.59
this first study so that
we could study the principles
00:53:15.62\00:53:19.34
that this prophecy is
actually being fulfilled twice.
00:53:19.37\00:53:23.07
It's fulfilled with the
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:53:23.10\00:53:25.22
but it's also fulfilled
at the end of the world.
00:53:25.25\00:53:28.64
I want to conclude by
reading Luke 19:41-44.
00:53:28.67\00:53:34.28
Luke 19:41-44.
00:53:34.31\00:53:37.89
Here Jesus is speaking
and I want you to notice
00:53:37.92\00:53:41.76
how tragic the prophecy that
He is uttering at this point.
00:53:41.79\00:53:48.51
"Now as He drew
near, He saw the city
00:53:48.54\00:53:53.42
and," what? "And wept over it."
00:53:53.45\00:53:58.27
Jesus loved that city.
00:53:58.30\00:54:01.42
And He loved the
people in that city.
00:54:01.45\00:54:05.85
"Now as He drew
near, He saw the city
00:54:05.88\00:54:07.88
and wept over it, saying,
00:54:07.91\00:54:10.91
'If you had known, even you,
especially in this your day,
00:54:10.94\00:54:16.88
the things that
make for your peace.'"
00:54:16.91\00:54:19.18
If you only knew what
it is that brings peace,
00:54:19.21\00:54:21.86
Jesus is saying.
00:54:21.89\00:54:23.26
"If you just accepted
me, I'm the prince of peace,"
00:54:23.29\00:54:25.85
is what Jesus is uttering.
00:54:25.88\00:54:28.42
"He says, 'But now they
are hidden from your eyes.
00:54:28.45\00:54:33.37
For days will come upon
you, when your enemies,'"
00:54:33.40\00:54:38.88
who were the
enemies? The Romans.
00:54:38.91\00:54:41.90
"'When your enemies will
build an embankment around you,
00:54:41.93\00:54:46.87
surround you, and
close you in on every side.'"
00:54:46.90\00:54:51.66
Is that the same thing as
Jerusalem being surrounded
00:54:51.69\00:54:54.12
by armies? Absolutely.
00:54:54.15\00:54:56.05
By the way, we
still have to study
00:54:56.08\00:54:57.94
and this will be
in our next lecture
00:54:57.97\00:54:59.70
the interesting fact that
the city was besieged twice.
00:54:59.73\00:55:04.43
It was besieged once by Cestius
00:55:04.46\00:55:06.91
and then
without any explanation,
00:55:06.94\00:55:08.83
he suddenly retreated.
00:55:08.86\00:55:10.87
And the false
prophets in Jerusalem said,
00:55:10.90\00:55:12.76
"See we told you that God
was gonna protect this city."
00:55:12.79\00:55:16.46
And they went after the Romans.
00:55:16.49\00:55:18.26
And the Romans
suffered many losses.
00:55:18.29\00:55:20.28
But then the Romans came
back and they besieged the city.
00:55:20.31\00:55:23.64
And they left no more.
00:55:23.67\00:55:25.32
All of that is
symbolic of end time events.
00:55:25.35\00:55:29.08
So Jesus
continues saying verse 43,
00:55:29.11\00:55:31.82
"For days will come upon you,
00:55:31.85\00:55:33.22
when your enemies will
build an embankment around you,
00:55:33.25\00:55:35.78
surround you, and close you
in on every side and level you."
00:55:35.81\00:55:41.45
Second
destruction of Jerusalem? Yes.
00:55:41.48\00:55:44.06
"And your children
within you to the ground.
00:55:44.09\00:55:47.60
And they will not leave in
you one stone upon another."
00:55:47.63\00:55:53.26
Why?
00:55:53.29\00:55:54.66
"Because you did not know
the time of your visitation."
00:55:54.69\00:56:01.52
You did not know that the
Shekinah was in your midst.
00:56:01.55\00:56:05.13
You rejected the Shekinah.
00:56:05.16\00:56:07.26
And therefore the Shekinah
will abandon your temple
00:56:07.29\00:56:10.13
and your city to return no more.
00:56:10.16\00:56:15.55
And so it was in the
year 70 that Titus came,
00:56:15.58\00:56:19.76
by the way, a Pagan
king like Nebuchadnezzar.
00:56:19.79\00:56:23.42
In the city, there was
warfare and social unrest.
00:56:23.45\00:56:29.65
And there was
pestilence and there was famine,
00:56:29.68\00:56:33.05
everything that's
mentioned in Matthew 24.
00:56:33.08\00:56:35.73
And so he comes,
he besieges the city,
00:56:35.76\00:56:38.59
and he destroys
the city of Jerusalem.
00:56:38.62\00:56:41.49
He demolishes the temple.
00:56:41.52\00:56:43.17
He melts the gold
that existed in the temple.
00:56:43.20\00:56:47.83
And by the way,
Josephus tells us
00:56:47.86\00:56:50.23
that when Jerusalem was
destroyed for the second time,
00:56:50.26\00:56:55.57
once again, the
Book of Lamentations
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was a song that was sung
as people were being crucified
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and as people were
being let away captive
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to the four
corners of the earth.
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Were you able to follow
all the study this evening?
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Yes.
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You see, the first
destruction of Jerusalem reveals
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what was going to happen
with the second destruction.
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And the second
destruction reveals
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what will soon take place
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in this world as
unexpected by most.
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