Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven,
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what a privilege
it is to be here today
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to study Your word.
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And, Father, we ask
that as we open Your book
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that it will not
return on to You, Lord.
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But that it might be planted
in our minds and in our hearts
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so that in the times ahead,
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we will be available to retrieve
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that which has been placed
in our minds and in our hearts.
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And Your words
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might be a
strengthening experience for us
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in the time of troubles
such as never has been seen
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in the history of the world.
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And so we ask for Your
guidance and Your presence
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and we thank you
for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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I want to begin our
study today by reading
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from the Gospel
of Matthew 24:15.
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Matthew 24:15.
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We've studied this verse before,
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but now we want to
take another look at it
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from a different perspective.
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It says there,
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"Therefore when you see the
'abomination of desolation,'
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spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place"
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whoever reads,
let him understand,
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"then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains."
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"When you see the
'abomination of desolation'
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spoken of by
Daniel the prophet."
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Now as we've noted
previously in our studies,
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the Gospel of Luke speaks about
the abomination of desolation
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with different terminology.
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It does not express it
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as the
abomination of desolation.
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It uses a different expression.
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Now I would like
to go to Luke 21:20.
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If you go with me
there to Luke 21:20,
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you're going to
find the same concept
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but in radically
different terminology.
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It says there,
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"But when you
see Jerusalem," what?
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"Surrounded by armies
know then that its" what?
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"That its desolation is near."
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So what is the
abomination of desolation
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which was spoken of
by Daniel the prophet?
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It has to do with
Jerusalem been what?
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Been surrounded with armies.
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So the abomination of desolation
is related to Jerusalem
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been surrounded by armies.
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Now we're gonna
notice in our study today
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that there are two Jerusalems
and there are two Romes.
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One is literal Jerusalem
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which has been
spoken of in Luke 21:20.
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The other Jerusalem
is spiritual Jerusalem
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also known as
the Christian Church.
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There are also two Romes.
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There is the
literal Empire of Rome
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which destroyed literal
Jerusalem in the year 70.
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But there is also, we're gonna
notice in our study of prophecy,
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a spiritual Rome,
which represents a church
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that trampled upon the saints
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and trampled upon
the sanctuary of God.
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So as we begin I
want us to notice
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that there are two Jerusalems.
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There are two Israels
and there are two Romes.
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Now I'd like to invite you
to turn in your Bibles with me
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to Luke 21 and we
want to read verse 24
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the first part of
the verse. Luke 21:24.
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We just read about Jerusalem
been surrounded by armies.
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Now this portion of
verse 24 is gonna describe
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the actual destruction
and desolation of Jerusalem.
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It says there,
speaking about the literal Jews
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"And they will fall
by the edge of the sword,
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and be led away
captive into all nations."
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So we find that Jerusalem
is surrounded by armies
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and then we're told that
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they will fall by
the edge of the sword,
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and they will be led
away captive into all nations.
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By the way, Jesus
described this event vividly
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in several
places in the gospels.
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And I would like to
read two of those references
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where Jesus speaks
about the destruction
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of literal
Jerusalem by literal Rome.
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Notice Luke 19:41-44.
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Luke 19:41-44.
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Here Jesus is
nearing the city of Jerusalem
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and notice the
words that He pronounces.
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It says "As He drew near,
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He saw the city
and wept over it."
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Was He really
weeping for the city
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or was He weeping for
the people in the city?
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He was weeping for the people.
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I want you to notice here
that Jerusalem is personified.
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Do you understand
what I mean by personified?
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Jerusalem is treated
as if it was a person.
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In other words, it's the
people that Jesus is focusing on
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when He speaks of Jerusalem.
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Notice verse 42 saying,
"If you" that is Jerusalem
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"had known even you,
especially in this your day,"
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notice He's still
speaking about the city
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"the things that
make for your peace."
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That is Jerusalem's peace.
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"But now they are
hidden from your eyes."
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He's still
speaking about Jerusalem.
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Verse 43 "For the
days will come upon you"
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still speaking about Jerusalem.
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"When your enemies will
build an embankment around you,"
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that is Jerusalem "surround you
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and close you in on
every side and level you
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and your children
within you to the ground,
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and they will not leave in
you one stone upon another,
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because you did not know
the time of your visitation."
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Now obviously the literal city
of Jerusalem is not conscious
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and therefore it would not know
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or not know the time of
the visitation of the Messiah.
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Clearly, Jerusalem is referring
to those who claim to serve God.
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It's referring to the people
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that live in the
city of Jerusalem.
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Notice also Matthew 23:37-39.
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Matthew 23:37-39.
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Here Jesus once again
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personifies the
city of Jerusalem.
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He's speaking about the city,
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yes, but it's primarily
the inhabitants of the city
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those who claim to
serve the true God.
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Jesus says there, "O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
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the one who kills the prophets."
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Let me ask you did the
city itself kill the prophets?
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Of course not.
It was the people.
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Are the people
called Jerusalem here?
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Yes, they are.
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"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
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the one who kills the prophets
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and stones those
who are sent to her.
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How often I wanted to
gather your children together,
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as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings.
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But you were not willing.
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See, your house is left
unto you" what? "Desolate."
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There is one of the keywords.
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Abomination of what? Desolation.
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"Your house is left unto
you desolate for I say unto you,
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you shall see me
no more till you say,
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'Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord.'"
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Now there is another
prophecy in the Old Testament
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that speaks about this
destruction of Jerusalem.
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It's found in Daniel Chapter 9
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and actually the quotation
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comes from Daniel Chapter 9.
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So what we're doing
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is we're looking for the source
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"When you see the
'abomination of desolation,'
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which was spoken of by" whom?
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"By Daniel the prophet,
then those who are in Judea,
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flee to the mountains."
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Now we're going back to
the source of the prophecy
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about the
abomination of desolation.
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Notice Daniel Chapter 9
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and we're gonna
read verses 26 and 27.
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This is speaking about
the destruction of Jerusalem
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in the year 70,
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the destruction of literal
Jerusalem in the year 70.
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Notice it says here
speaking about the 70 weeks
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"And after the 62 weeks
Messiah shall be cut off."
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Who is this Messiah? It's Jesus.
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"Messiah shall be cut
off, but not for Himself,
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and the people of the
prince who is to come"
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shall do what? "Shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary,
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the end of it
shall be with a flood,
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and till the end of the war
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desolations" are
what? "Determined."
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There is the
keyword, desolations.
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And you'll notice also
that here the Romans come
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and they destroy the
city and the sanctuary.
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Is this speaking
about literal Jerusalem?
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It most certainly is.
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What was the nation that
destroyed literal Jerusalem?
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It was literal Rome.
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It was the Roman Empire.
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Now notice verse 27,
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"Then He shall confirm a
covenant" this is the Messiah.
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"The Messiah
shall confirm a covenant
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with many for one week.
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This is week
number 70 of the 70 weeks.
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But in the middle of the week
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he shall bring an end
to sacrifice and offering."
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Referring to the
death of Jesus Christ.
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And now notice the
last part of the verse.
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"And on the wing" of
what? "Abominations."
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There is one of the
keywords in Matthew 24:15.
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It says "And on the wing
of abominations shall be one"
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who makes what?
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There is the other word
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"shall make desolate
even until the consummation,
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which is determined is
poured out upon" the what?
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"Upon the desolate."
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So let me ask you was the
prophecy of Daniel Chapter 9
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fulfilled with the
destruction of literal Jerusalem
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by the literal Empire of Rome?
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Absolutely, certainly, yes.
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And Luke underlines
the fact when he says
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when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies
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then you can know that
its desolation is near.
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And the surrounding of Jerusalem
by armies was the abomination
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if you compare
with Matthew 24:15.
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But now what I want to show you
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is that there is
a second Jerusalem,
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and there is a second Rome.
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The second Jerusalem
is not literal Jerusalem
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because literal Jerusalem
was destroyed in the year 70.
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This Jerusalem
is one that exists
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after the destruction
of literal Jerusalem.
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And there is also another Rome.
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It is not literal
Rome, it is symbolic Rome.
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And symbolic Rome
is also going to come
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and is going to decimate
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and is going to
desolate spiritual Jerusalem
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which represents the church.
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Now go with me to
Luke Chapter 21:24
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the last half of the
verse that we did read before.
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See we read the
first half of the verse,
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which speaks about "The literal
Jewish falling by the sword
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and being carried away
captive to all nations."
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But then that
ends with the period.
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And then notice
what the second half
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of the verse has to say
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and what I want you to notice
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is that there are four
keywords or expressions
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that we need to underline here.
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Four keywords or expressions.
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It says there, "And Jerusalem,"
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there is one,
one keyword Jerusalem
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"will be" second keyword what?
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"Trampled" don't forget that.
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"Jerusalem will
be trampled" by whom?
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Point number three by gentiles,
indefinitely forever? No.
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"It says by Gentiles until the"
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point number four
"the times of the gentiles
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are" what? "Fulfilled."
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By the way, that
word fulfilled means
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until the times of
the Gentiles are complete.
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In other words, until the times
of the Gentiles comes to an end,
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until this complete period is
fulfilled is what it's saying.
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So four key
elements that we find here
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in Luke 21:24 the last part.
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We have Jerusalem.
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We have a trampling underfoot.
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We have Gentiles who
are the ones who trample
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and we have the
times of the Gentiles
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been eventually
completed, four key elements.
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Now we want to go to
Revelation Chapter 11.
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Go with me to
Revelation Chapter 11
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and you're gonna see a
striking similarity here
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with what we just read
from the Gospel of Luke 21:24
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the second part of the verse.
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Revelation 11:1-4.
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By the way, this is taking place
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during the period
of the six trumpet
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which means that it
must be taking place
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very well advanced into
the history of Christianity.
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It says there in verse 1,
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"Then I was given a
reed like a measuring rod.
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And the angel stood, saying,
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'Rise and measure
the temple of God,
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the altar, and
those who worship there.'"
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And now notice
the keywords, verse 2,
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"But leave out of the court
which is outside the temple,
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and do not measure it."
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In other words don't
measure the court of the temple
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just the temple itself
and those who worship in it.
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Don't measure the court.
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Notice what he continues saying
"For it has been given to" whom?
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Is that one of the keywords
in Luke Chapter 21? Yes.
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"It has been
given to the Gentiles.
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And they will" what? "Tread."
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Is that trample? Yes, it is.
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It's a cinnamon-- synonym.
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"And they will tread" what?
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"All the holy city" and what
is the holy city? Jerusalem.
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Was that in
Luke Chapter 21? Yes.
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"They will tread
the holy city underfoot
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for 42 months."
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Let me ask you what is the
times of the Gentiles? Tell me.
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In the light of the comparison,
the parallel is precise,
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what are the
times of the Gentiles?
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It is a period
of what? 42 months.
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I see some of you a
little bit glassy eyed.
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So I'm gonna go
over this point again
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because it's
extremely important.
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It says once again,
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"For it has been
given to the Gentiles"
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there is one point.
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"And they will tread" that
is the Gentiles would tread.
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That's point number two."
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The holy city"
that's point number three.
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"Underfoot for 42 months."
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But in-- actually in Luke 21:24
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it said that "The Gentiles
would trample upon Jerusalem"
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for how long? For the
times of the Gentiles.
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So the times of the
Gentiles are how long?
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42 months. Exactly.
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Now not only do we
have a period of 42 months,
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but it is expressed
differently as well.
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In the very next
verse in Revelation 11:3,
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this period of 42 months
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is spoken of with
different terminology.
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Notice verse 3,
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"And I will give
power to my two witnesses."
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What are the two witnesses?
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The two witnesses are the
Old and the New Testaments.
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See, every time the
Bible is referred to,
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it has to do with twos.
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It is a two-edged sword.
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It has the Old
and the New Testament.
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Here it's spoken
of as two witnesses.
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The Bible says
it's two olive trees.
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There is two because there's
one Bible composed of two parts,
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the Old and the New Testament.
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And by the way, the Scriptures
give witness to Jesus.
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They are they
which testify of Jesus.
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And so it says "And I will
give power to my two witnesses,
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and they will
prophesy" how long?
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"One thousand two
hundred and sixty" what?
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"Sixty days."
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Now I want to read
you a statement here
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that actually I got from a book
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which is an excellent
commentary on Daniel Chapter 11,
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the author is Louis Were.
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And it's from his Book
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"The King of the
North at Jerusalem" page 75.
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This is the principle
that is gonna guide us
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in what we're gonna
study in the next few minutes.
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He says this, "When passing
over into the Christian era,"
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from the Jewish
to the Christian era
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"there is an
automatic transition
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from literal to
Spiritual Babylon,
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from literal to
Spiritual Jerusalem,
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from literal lands
of Israel and Babylon
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to their Spiritual anti-types."
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So in another words,
in the Old Testament,
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you're dealing
with literal Jerusalem.
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You're dealing
with literal Babylon.
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You're dealing with
the literal holy land.
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But in the
Christian era, you are dealing
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with Spiritual
Babylon worldwide.
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You are dealing
with Spiritual Jerusalem
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which is the church and you are
dealing with a Spiritual land
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which is the whole world where
God's people are to be found.
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Now I would like us
to go to another prophecy
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that is related to this prophecy
of Revelation Chapter 11.
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Is it clear in your mind
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that the 42 months are
the same as the 1,260 days?
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One verse right after the other?
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And during that period,
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the two
witnesses are gonna testify
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are gonna give their witness
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while the holy city is
being trampled by the gentiles,
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for how long? For 42 months.
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Now let me ask you,
how long is 42 months?
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Well, the
biblical month has 30 days.
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So what you have to do
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is you multiply 42
months times 30 days per month.
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So you multiply 30 times 42
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and what total
does that give you?
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It gives you 1,260 days.
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That shows that 42
months and 1,260 days
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represent the same period
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while the holy city
is being trampled upon--
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by the way the holy city at
this point is which Jerusalem?
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It is Spiritual Jerusalem,
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while it's being
trampled by the Gentiles,
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while it's being
trampled by spiritual Rome,
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if you please, the two witnesses
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are going to
give their testimony
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but they're not going
to be able to do it openly.
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They're going to do
it in what? Sackcloth.
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By the way, sackcloth is black.
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In other words,
they are going to,
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they are going to
present their testimony
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at half mask, if you please.
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They're not gonna be able to
openly do it during this period.
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And yet they are going
to present their testimony.
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Now we need to go
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to the Old Testament roots
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of the prophecy of
Revelation 11: 2, 3.
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We want to go
to Daniel Chapter 7
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and we're gonna
take a few moments
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to establish the
historical framework
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of where we are to
expect this period of 42 months
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or 1,260 days.
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Just reviewing
Daniel 7, we don't have time
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to get into all of the details
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but most of you
probably already know
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the meaning of the symbols
of Daniel 7. We have a lion.
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What kingdom does the
lion represent? Babylon.
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Then we have a bear.
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What kingdom does the
bear represent? Medo-Persia.
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Then we have a leopard.
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What period of history does
the leopard represent? Greece.
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Then we have a
terrible dragon like beast.
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It's the
nondescript terrible beast.
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And that fourth beast
represents what kingdom?
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It represents Rome. Which Rome?
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Is that the same Rome
that destroyed Jerusalem?
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Absolutely, it's Pagan Rome.
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It's the Empire of Rome.
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But then that dragon
beast sprouts what? Ten horns.
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And those 10 horns
represent the 10 divisions
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into which the
Roman Empire was divided
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when the Roman Empire fell.
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By the way, this
takes place in the year 476.
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And then we're told
that among those 10 horns,
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among the
divisions of Western Europe
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of what used to be the
Roman Empire, rises a what?
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A little horn
and this little horn
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does several very
interesting things.
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In fact, let's read Daniel 7:25.
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And I especially want to
underline the time period
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that is spoken of here.
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It says here speaking
about the little horn,
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by the way, is
this little horn rising
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after the fall
of the Roman Empire
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and the division of the
Roman Empire? Absolutely.
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So can this be
referring to literal Jerusalem?
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No, because literal Jerusalem
at this point was destroyed.
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It was destroyed in the year 70.
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So it can't be
referring to literal Jerusalem.
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Notice Daniel 7:25
speaking about the little horn.
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"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
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shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
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and shall intend to
change times and law."
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And now notice this,
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"Then the saints shall be given
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into his hand," for how long?
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"For a time and
times and half a time."
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Now you say that's
strange terminology.
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Time, times, and half a time.
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What can that possibly mean?
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Well, the word
time represents a year.
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Do you remember that
God said that seven times
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we're gonna pass
upon Nebuchadnezzar?
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So in Scripture, when
you have the word "time"
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in a prophetic context,
it's referring to a year.
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So you have time,
that's one year singular.
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By the way, in Hebrew,
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when you have a plural
without a qualifying number,
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it means two.
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In the Old Testament
you can check that out.
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When you have,
when you have a plural
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without a qualifying
number, it simply means two.
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So time is one.
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Times would mean how long? Two.
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And a half a time
obviously would be half a year.
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So how many
years do you have here?
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You have three and half times.
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Do you remember that Luke 21
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was speaking about
the times of the Gentiles?
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Here was have
three and a half what?
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We have three and a half times.
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Now how many days are
three and a half times?
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Well, it's actually very simple.
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It's not complicated math.
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All you have to do,
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if the biblical
month has 30 days,
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that would mean
that the biblical year
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has how many days? 360.
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You say, well, how is that?
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All you do is multiply 30 times
12 and the result is what? 360.
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So the biblical
year has 360 days.
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But it's 3½ years.
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So you multiply 3½
years 3.5 times how much?
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Times, no, not times 360.
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You have 3½ years
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and you're gonna
multiply 3½ years times 360.
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Yeah, that was right 360.
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Now how much is 3.5 times 360?
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It is 1,260 days.
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So let me ask you are the time,
times, and dividing of time
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the 42 months and the 1,260
days the same prophetic period?
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Absolutely,
there's no doubt about it.
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So let me ask you this.
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During this period,
when this little horn
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is persecuting the
saints of the Most High
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and he's trampling
upon the truth of God
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speaking
blasphemies against God,
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is that the same period that's
spoken of in Revelation 11:2, 3,
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where you have the 42 months
and the 1,260 days? Absolutely.
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Can this be referring to
the literal city of Jerusalem?
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No, because at this point
the literal city of Jerusalem
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was already, what? Destroyed.
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The temple in fact during this
period was already destroyed.
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Well, let me ask you,
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this little horn
was he a Roman power?
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Was this little
horn a Roman power?
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A literal Roman power?
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Literal Roman Empire?
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No, absolutely not.
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Let me ask you, where did
the 10 horns come up from?
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The head of the dragon.
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What did the dragon represent?
00:27:21.38\00:27:23.31
The Roman Empire.
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Where did the
literal horn come up from?
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From the head of the dragon.
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Which means that the
little horn must be what?
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Must be Roman.
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So you have a
second phase of Rome.
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You have the dragon phase
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and then you have
the little horn phase.
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The dragon phase tramples upon
the literal city of Jerusalem
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and destroys it in the year 70.
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But the little
horn for 1,260 years
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was going to trample
upon which Jerusalem?
00:27:51.50\00:27:54.33
He was gonna trample
upon spiritual Jerusalem.
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Are you following
me or are you not?
00:27:58.41\00:28:01.19
Now we need to go
to Daniel Chapter 8
00:28:01.22\00:28:03.71
because Daniel 8
amplifies Daniel 7.
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You see in Daniel Chapter 8
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you also have the same
little horn once again.
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But in Daniel 7 the
emphasis is upon the law of God
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and the times of
God, the saints of God.
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The context of the
little horn in Daniel Chapter 8
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is primarily the sanctuary
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and Jesus who
serves in that sanctuary.
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Now notice Daniel 8:13.
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This is speaking about
the work of the little horn,
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the same little
horn of Daniel 7,
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only this is an
amplification in Chapter 8.
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It says there in Daniel 8:13.
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See if you can
find some key terms here
00:28:45.86\00:28:47.97
that we read from Luke 21.
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"Then I heard a
holy one speaking,"
00:28:50.53\00:28:53.17
by the way this is
taking place in heaven
00:28:53.20\00:28:55.68
"and another holy one
said to that certain holy one
00:28:55.71\00:28:59.32
who was speaking, 'How
long will the vision be,
00:28:59.35\00:29:03.75
concerning the
daily sacrifices,'"
00:29:03.78\00:29:06.07
the word sacrifices
shouldn't really be there.
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It's the daily.
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There is no word
sacrifices there.
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That's added by the translators.
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By the way, the daily
refers to the work of the priest
00:29:14.28\00:29:18.27
in the court and
in the holy place.
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See the sacrifice was more
offered morning and evening,
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in other words,
daily, continually.
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The word daily
here means continual.
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The lamps needed to
be continually burning.
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The bread needed to
continually be there.
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The priest offered incense
morning and evening continually.
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In other words, the continual
00:29:40.37\00:29:42.25
that's being spoken of
here or the daily has to do
00:29:42.28\00:29:45.28
with the functions of the
priest where? In the sanctuary.
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Let me ask you, is this talking
about the earthly sanctuary?
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It can't be talking about
an earthly sanctuary. Why not?
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Because the earthly temple
or sanctuary was destroyed when?
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In the year 70.
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Sabbath doesn't refer to
the literal Jewish Temple
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where the daily
services took place.
00:30:04.39\00:30:06.79
The question is what
temple is this talking about?
00:30:06.82\00:30:10.63
It must be referring to what?
00:30:10.66\00:30:12.76
It must be referring to
the Heavenly Temple of God.
00:30:12.79\00:30:16.18
By the way, when Jesus died,
00:30:16.21\00:30:20.09
you remember that
the veil of the temple
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.09
was ripped from top to bottom.
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.60
What was God saying?
00:30:23.63\00:30:25.00
He was saying the services
of this temple are over.
00:30:25.03\00:30:28.47
And Jesus is saying
now I am going to serve
00:30:28.50\00:30:31.75
in what Hebrews
calls the true tabernacle,
00:30:31.78\00:30:35.26
the true temple which
the Lord built and not man.
00:30:35.29\00:30:39.08
In other words, this
work of the little horn
00:30:39.11\00:30:41.23
because Jerusalem
had been destroyed,
00:30:41.26\00:30:42.77
there was no temple,
must be referring to what?
00:30:42.80\00:30:45.53
It must be referring
to spiritual Jerusalem,
00:30:45.56\00:30:49.42
who worships by faith where?
00:30:49.45\00:30:51.43
In the Heavenly Temple as we
spoke about in our last lecture.
00:30:51.46\00:30:55.02
So notice what
it continues saying,
00:30:55.05\00:30:56.55
"How long will the
vision be, concerning the daily,
00:30:56.58\00:31:02.14
and the
transgression of desolation,
00:31:02.17\00:31:07.47
the giving of both the sanctuary
and the host to be," what?
00:31:07.50\00:31:12.00
"Trampled under foot?"
00:31:12.03\00:31:15.81
Is there a time
period referred to here?
00:31:15.84\00:31:18.04
How long? Yes.
00:31:18.07\00:31:21.55
Is there a sanctuary and a host
00:31:21.58\00:31:24.58
that has been
trampled upon here?
00:31:24.61\00:31:26.60
Yes.
00:31:26.63\00:31:28.00
Is there the word
"transgression of desolation"?
00:31:28.03\00:31:31.35
In Matthew it's called, the
"abomination of desolation."
00:31:31.38\00:31:34.80
Absolutely.
00:31:34.83\00:31:36.20
So is the period
of the little horn,
00:31:36.23\00:31:38.93
the same period
of Matthew 24:15.
00:31:38.96\00:31:42.84
Yes, it is.
00:31:42.87\00:31:44.24
But it is a
second stage of Rome.
00:31:44.27\00:31:48.50
And it is the
second stage of Jerusalem.
00:31:48.53\00:31:51.61
It is dealing with
spiritual Jerusalem.
00:31:51.64\00:31:53.84
Are you following me or
are you not following me?
00:31:53.87\00:31:56.61
Now you say, now wait a minute,
00:31:56.64\00:31:58.01
it says that the
Gentiles will trample upon
00:31:58.04\00:32:00.25
the holy city
and upon the temple.
00:32:00.28\00:32:03.61
But the papacy, they
claim to be Christians.
00:32:03.64\00:32:07.22
So they weren't Gentiles.
00:32:07.25\00:32:09.22
Well, let's think
about that for a minute.
00:32:10.55\00:32:13.42
You remember we studied
in our last sermon together,
00:32:13.45\00:32:18.53
that a centurion
came to Jesus and he says,
00:32:18.56\00:32:22.33
"My servant is very ill.
00:32:22.36\00:32:25.38
And I was wondering if You
might be able to heal him."
00:32:25.41\00:32:28.11
Jesus says, "Okay, let's go."
00:32:28.14\00:32:29.51
He said, "You
don't have to come.
00:32:29.54\00:32:30.91
Just speak the word
and he will be healed."
00:32:30.94\00:32:34.03
And Jesus says,
"Your faith is great.
00:32:35.24\00:32:37.01
It's done." And so he leaves.
00:32:37.04\00:32:40.97
And then Jesus
says, "You know what?
00:32:41.00\00:32:43.03
The day is
coming when individuals
00:32:44.74\00:32:47.35
like this Gentile
here, will come from
00:32:47.38\00:32:50.14
the East and from the West.
00:32:50.17\00:32:52.29
And they will sit
with Abraham, Isaac,
00:32:53.36\00:32:55.70
and Jacob at my
table in the kingdom,
00:32:55.73\00:32:58.69
whereas the sons of
kingdom will be cast out.
00:32:58.72\00:33:01.70
There is the wailing
and gnashing of teeth."
00:33:01.73\00:33:04.75
Remember the story of
the rich man and Lazarus.
00:33:04.78\00:33:07.17
The rich man
represents the Pharisees,
00:33:07.20\00:33:09.39
the Jewish leaders.
00:33:09.42\00:33:11.10
Lazarus represents the Gentiles.
00:33:11.13\00:33:12.84
Well, it just so
happens that the Gentiles end up
00:33:12.87\00:33:15.73
in Abraham's bosom
because they're purely Jews,
00:33:15.76\00:33:18.81
whereas those who rejected
the Messiah end up where?
00:33:18.84\00:33:22.27
They end up where they
expected the Gentiles to be.
00:33:22.30\00:33:24.90
So could the apostate
church be called the Gentiles?
00:33:24.93\00:33:29.53
Absolutely.
00:33:29.56\00:33:30.93
Because they are not
true followers of Jesus.
00:33:30.96\00:33:34.32
They are
counterfeit followers of Jesus.
00:33:34.35\00:33:37.59
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:33:37.62\00:33:38.99
Now we need to go to
another couple of prophecies.
00:33:40.24\00:33:44.40
Go with me to
Revelation Chapter 13.
00:33:44.43\00:33:47.30
Revelation Chapter 13
00:33:47.33\00:33:49.22
and we're going to
read verses 5 through 7.
00:33:49.25\00:33:51.82
We're gonna put
the icing on the cake
00:33:51.85\00:33:53.84
so that you see what period
this is all talking about.
00:33:53.87\00:33:56.59
Revelation Chapter 13.
00:33:56.62\00:33:58.61
By the way, to give
you a little bit of context
00:33:58.64\00:34:00.72
there Revelation
13, the chapter begins--
00:34:00.75\00:34:05.19
we're not gonna read from
the beginning of the chapter,
00:34:05.22\00:34:06.82
but the beginning of the
chapter describes four beasts.
00:34:06.85\00:34:11.71
It says that the beast has
00:34:13.00\00:34:16.68
characteristics of four beasts.
00:34:16.71\00:34:19.93
It says in a certain sense
00:34:19.96\00:34:22.89
it had
characteristics of a lion.
00:34:22.92\00:34:24.58
It had the feet of a bear.
00:34:26.05\00:34:28.11
It had a body of a leopard.
00:34:29.23\00:34:31.12
And it gave its power to whom?
00:34:32.31\00:34:38.51
The dragon.
00:34:38.54\00:34:40.36
And then the dragon
gave his power to the beast.
00:34:40.39\00:34:42.57
So how many beasts do
you have mentioned there?
00:34:42.60\00:34:45.77
You actually have the
lion, the bear, the leopard,
00:34:45.80\00:34:50.56
the dragon beast, that is,
00:34:50.59\00:34:52.06
Babylon, Mede,
Persia, Greece, and Rome.
00:34:52.09\00:34:54.39
And then the dragon beast
gives his seat, his power,
00:34:54.42\00:34:58.02
and his authority to the beast.
00:34:58.05\00:35:01.04
Are you seeing the same sequence
00:35:02.18\00:35:03.55
that we found in
Daniel Chapter 7?
00:35:03.58\00:35:05.46
Lion, bear, leopard,
then you have the dragon beast
00:35:05.49\00:35:09.04
and then after that you have
00:35:09.07\00:35:11.86
the ten horns
and the little horn.
00:35:11.89\00:35:14.17
In Revelation Chapter
13, you have the lion,
00:35:14.20\00:35:16.50
the bear, the
leopard, the dragon beast,
00:35:16.53\00:35:19.08
and then the dragon
beast that has ten horns
00:35:19.11\00:35:21.21
gives his power and his seat
and his authority to the beast.
00:35:21.24\00:35:25.55
So in other words, the
beast and the little horn
00:35:25.58\00:35:28.05
represent the same power.
00:35:28.08\00:35:31.36
Now with that
in mind, let's read
00:35:32.47\00:35:34.40
Revelation Chapter 13
and beginning with verse 5.
00:35:34.43\00:35:38.61
Revelation 13:5.
00:35:38.64\00:35:41.08
Speaking about this beast,
00:35:42.66\00:35:44.64
"And he was given a mouth
00:35:44.67\00:35:47.08
speaking great
things and blasphemies."
00:35:47.11\00:35:50.39
Is this what the
little horn did in Daniel 7?
00:35:50.42\00:35:52.67
Did we read about the
little horn doing this? Yes.
00:35:52.70\00:35:56.18
"And he was given authority
to continue," how long?
00:35:56.21\00:35:58.98
How long does
the beast continue?
00:36:01.69\00:36:03.44
"Forty-two months."
00:36:03.47\00:36:04.84
How long did the
little horn rule?
00:36:04.87\00:36:07.88
The little horn ruled
time times and half a time.
00:36:07.91\00:36:10.98
But the beast is the
same as the little horn,
00:36:12.15\00:36:14.57
but it says if the
beast rules, how long?
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.60
Forty-two months.
00:36:16.63\00:36:18.00
So question is,
are the 42 months
00:36:18.03\00:36:20.15
the same period as time
times and the dividing of time?
00:36:20.18\00:36:24.23
Very clearly.
00:36:24.26\00:36:25.63
Notice what he
continues saying, verse 6,
00:36:25.66\00:36:28.12
"Then he opened his
mouth in blasphemy against God,
00:36:28.15\00:36:32.86
to blaspheme His
name, His tabernacle,
00:36:32.89\00:36:36.00
and those who dwell in Heaven.
00:36:36.03\00:36:38.89
It was given to him to make war
00:36:38.92\00:36:41.74
with the saints
and to overcome them."
00:36:41.77\00:36:44.49
Is that also
something that the little horn
00:36:44.52\00:36:46.42
did in Daniel Chapter 7?
00:36:46.45\00:36:48.11
Absolutely.
00:36:48.14\00:36:49.51
It says that he wore out
the saints of the Most High.
00:36:49.54\00:36:51.92
It also says
that the little horn
00:36:51.95\00:36:53.52
spoke blasphemies against God,
00:36:53.55\00:36:55.12
and the sequence is the same.
00:36:55.15\00:36:57.29
In both passages, in
Daniel 7 and Revelation 13,
00:36:57.32\00:37:01.49
you have lion, bear,
leopard, dragon with ten horns
00:37:01.52\00:37:06.78
and then the
dragon with ten horns
00:37:06.81\00:37:08.70
gives its authority to
the little horn in Daniel 7,
00:37:08.73\00:37:11.65
but he gives his authority
to the beast in Revelation 13.
00:37:11.68\00:37:14.96
And then the little
horn rules time times
00:37:14.99\00:37:17.31
and half a time, and
the beast rules 42 months.
00:37:17.34\00:37:20.28
So is time times and half a time
00:37:20.31\00:37:22.86
the same period as 42 months?
00:37:22.89\00:37:25.21
Absolutely.
00:37:25.24\00:37:26.61
So we notice that all three
00:37:26.64\00:37:28.41
of these time
periods are parallel.
00:37:28.44\00:37:32.23
1,260 days, 42
months and time times
00:37:32.26\00:37:37.94
and half a time
are all the same period
00:37:37.97\00:37:41.37
described from
different perspectives.
00:37:41.40\00:37:45.78
Now we need to go
to one further passage.
00:37:45.81\00:37:49.51
We need to compare Daniel
Chapter 7 with Revelation 12.
00:37:49.54\00:37:54.26
Go with me to
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:37:54.29\00:37:57.43
and we'll read first
of all, verses 13 and 14.
00:37:57.46\00:38:03.04
Revelation 12:13, 14.
00:38:03.07\00:38:08.09
Notice what it
says, "Now when the dragon
00:38:09.35\00:38:13.69
saw that he had
been cast to the earth,
00:38:13.72\00:38:17.18
he persecuted the woman,"
what does the woman represent?
00:38:17.21\00:38:20.86
The church.
00:38:20.89\00:38:22.58
"He persecuted the woman
00:38:22.61\00:38:24.23
who gave birth
to the male Child.
00:38:24.26\00:38:27.40
But the woman,"
that is, the church.
00:38:27.43\00:38:30.03
The same as the
saints in Daniel 7.
00:38:30.06\00:38:32.38
"But the woman was given
two wings of a great eagle,
00:38:32.41\00:38:36.03
that she might fly into
the wilderness to her place,
00:38:36.06\00:38:40.33
where she is
nourished," for how long?
00:38:40.36\00:38:45.21
"For a time and
times and half a time,
00:38:45.24\00:38:50.61
from the
presence of the serpent."
00:38:50.64\00:38:52.56
Is that the same time period
00:38:53.63\00:38:55.00
as Daniel-- the
little horn in Daniel 7?
00:38:55.03\00:38:56.93
Is that the same
time period? Yes.
00:38:56.96\00:38:58.90
Are these
parallel prophecies? Yes.
00:38:58.93\00:39:01.42
But you'll notice in Daniel 7,
00:39:01.45\00:39:02.90
it says that the little
horn persecutes the saints.
00:39:02.93\00:39:05.28
Here it says that the
dragon persecutes the woman.
00:39:05.31\00:39:07.68
So what is the woman?
The woman are the saints.
00:39:07.71\00:39:10.39
Are you understanding the point?
00:39:11.45\00:39:13.27
So did this system trample
the saints of the Most High?
00:39:13.30\00:39:16.95
Did this system trample upon
the sanctuary of the Most High?
00:39:16.98\00:39:20.75
Yes, with sanctuary
that was not on earth.
00:39:20.78\00:39:23.68
It was the sanctuary in heaven.
00:39:23.71\00:39:25.38
Did this little
horn try to take away
00:39:25.41\00:39:27.46
the priestly functions
from the prince of the host,
00:39:27.49\00:39:29.92
according to
Daniel Chapter 8? Yes.
00:39:29.95\00:39:32.34
Did he try to
take away the daily
00:39:32.37\00:39:33.97
from the prince of
the host, who is Jesus?
00:39:34.00\00:39:35.92
Absolutely. For how
long did he do this?
00:39:35.95\00:39:38.49
1,260 days or years, 42 months
or time times and half a time.
00:39:38.52\00:39:46.14
Are we dealing here
with spiritual Jerusalem
00:39:47.55\00:39:51.01
or are we dealing
with literal Jews?
00:39:51.04\00:39:53.33
We're not dealing
with literal Jews.
00:39:53.36\00:39:56.03
We're dealing with
the Christian Church.
00:39:56.06\00:40:00.19
And what kind of
Rome are we dealing with?
00:40:00.22\00:40:02.70
Are we dealing with the
literal Roman Empire? No.
00:40:02.73\00:40:05.82
We're dealing with
the spiritual Roman Empire
00:40:05.85\00:40:09.40
that ruled and
governed in Europe
00:40:09.43\00:40:13.00
for a period of 1,260 years
00:40:13.03\00:40:16.79
from the year 538
till the year 1798.
00:40:16.82\00:40:22.14
Now let's go to Revelation
12:6, very interesting.
00:40:22.17\00:40:25.81
Revelation 12:6.
00:40:25.84\00:40:29.64
It says here, "Then the
woman fled into the wilderness,
00:40:29.67\00:40:37.09
where she has a
place prepared by God
00:40:37.12\00:40:41.34
that they
should feed her there."
00:40:41.37\00:40:44.21
Is this the same
as what we just read
00:40:44.24\00:40:45.83
in verses 13 and 14?
00:40:45.86\00:40:48.52
Let's notice the parallels.
00:40:48.55\00:40:51.38
Is there a woman
in both passages?
00:40:51.41\00:40:54.77
Yes.
00:40:54.80\00:40:56.26
Does the woman
flee in both passages?
00:40:56.29\00:40:58.93
Yes.
00:40:58.96\00:41:00.33
Does she flee to the
wilderness in both passages?
00:41:00.36\00:41:03.03
Yes.
00:41:03.06\00:41:04.43
Is she fed or sustained
by God in both passages?
00:41:04.46\00:41:08.40
Absolutely.
00:41:08.43\00:41:09.80
But notice that the time
period is expressed differently.
00:41:09.83\00:41:12.39
It says there, "Then the woman
00:41:12.42\00:41:14.68
fled into the wilderness,
where she has a place
00:41:14.71\00:41:17.76
prepared by God that they should
00:41:17.79\00:41:20.51
feed her there one
thousand two hundred" and what?
00:41:20.54\00:41:26.36
One thousand two
hundred and sixty days.
00:41:26.39\00:41:32.13
So is the time
times and half a time
00:41:32.16\00:41:36.17
referring to the same period
00:41:36.20\00:41:38.55
as the one thousand
two hundred and sixty days?
00:41:38.58\00:41:42.80
Absolutely.
00:41:42.83\00:41:44.69
So are you starting to catch
an interesting picture here?
00:41:44.72\00:41:48.38
By the way, how many stages
00:41:48.41\00:41:50.58
of existence was this
little horn going to have?
00:41:50.61\00:41:54.24
We've discussed this
in the previous lecture.
00:41:54.27\00:41:56.63
How many stages
was this little horn
00:41:56.66\00:41:59.11
gonna have in its dominion?
00:41:59.14\00:42:01.85
Well, its first stage was
during the 1,260 years, right?
00:42:01.88\00:42:05.53
1798, what
happened to the system?
00:42:05.56\00:42:08.61
It was wounded by the sword.
00:42:08.64\00:42:10.09
In other words, the civil power
00:42:10.12\00:42:11.59
as we've studied
was taken away from it
00:42:11.62\00:42:13.54
when the Pope was
taken captive to France.
00:42:13.57\00:42:17.10
And the civil
power of the papacy
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.04
came to an end at that point.
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.72
It could no longer use
the governments of the world
00:42:20.75\00:42:23.03
to accomplish its purposes.
00:42:23.06\00:42:25.79
And of course that was it.
00:42:25.82\00:42:27.19
The papacy was never
going to rise to power again.
00:42:27.22\00:42:29.26
Was it? Yes, absolutely.
00:42:30.37\00:42:34.00
Revelation Chapter
13 says that this beast
00:42:35.35\00:42:39.27
at the end of its
dominion and received what?
00:42:39.30\00:42:42.22
A deadly wound.
00:42:42.25\00:42:44.20
But then we're told that
its deadly wound would be, what?
00:42:44.23\00:42:48.02
Would be healed and then
it will recover its throne
00:42:48.05\00:42:51.31
and all of the
world, would what?
00:42:51.34\00:42:53.96
Would wonder after the beast.
00:42:53.99\00:42:56.79
So are we to expect another
00:42:58.51\00:43:00.13
abomination of
desolation by the same power?
00:43:00.16\00:43:03.69
Of course.
00:43:03.72\00:43:05.36
By the way, we've been studying
00:43:05.39\00:43:06.98
in our prayer
meeting, the seven seals.
00:43:07.01\00:43:10.26
And under the fifth seal,
00:43:10.29\00:43:11.66
the same two
stages are spoken of.
00:43:11.69\00:43:14.09
There's a group of
martyrs in the fifth seal.
00:43:14.12\00:43:16.92
They were killed
in the previous seal
00:43:16.95\00:43:18.97
during this period
of the Middle Ages.
00:43:19.00\00:43:21.15
And they're
crying out, "Until Lord--
00:43:21.18\00:43:22.96
until when Lord do you not judge
00:43:22.99\00:43:24.93
and avenge our
blood and on those whoever
00:43:24.96\00:43:26.79
shed our blood on the earth?"
00:43:26.82\00:43:28.19
And the answer comes and says,
00:43:29.58\00:43:31.39
"Don't worry, you
got your white robe."
00:43:31.42\00:43:34.31
In other words,
your case is secure.
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.44
Just rest a while until the
rest of the martyrs is complete,
00:43:36.47\00:43:41.60
until the rest of
the martyrs are killed.
00:43:41.63\00:43:43.88
So how many groups
of martyrs do you have?
00:43:43.91\00:43:46.28
You have two groups of martyrs.
00:43:46.31\00:43:47.94
You have the martyrs
previous to the fifth seal
00:43:47.97\00:43:50.85
and you have the martyrs,
future from the fifth seal.
00:43:50.88\00:43:54.28
In other words, the
two groups of martyrs
00:43:54.31\00:43:57.02
are represented as
those who were persecuted
00:43:57.05\00:44:00.48
by this system in the
past and those who will be
00:44:00.51\00:44:03.78
persecuted by this system, when?
00:44:03.81\00:44:06.04
In the future when this
system recovers its power.
00:44:06.07\00:44:09.87
So if during the 1,260 years,
00:44:09.90\00:44:12.41
it's set up the
abomination of desolation.
00:44:12.44\00:44:15.35
Are we to expect
that in the future
00:44:15.38\00:44:17.29
it's going to set
up in the United States
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.91
as we've studied, once again
the abomination of desolation?
00:44:19.94\00:44:23.72
Absolutely.
00:44:23.75\00:44:25.37
In fact, go with
me to another prophecy
00:44:25.40\00:44:28.23
in Revelation Chapter 17.
00:44:28.26\00:44:30.64
Revelation Chapter 17,
this is very, very interesting.
00:44:30.67\00:44:34.06
And by the way,
Revelation 17 is speaking about
00:44:34.09\00:44:37.62
the second stage of
dominion of this system.
00:44:37.65\00:44:42.34
Is it clear to
you that this system
00:44:42.37\00:44:43.95
has two stages of
dominion, two stages of power?
00:44:43.98\00:44:46.51
Is that clear in your mind?
00:44:46.54\00:44:48.15
So are we to expect two
abominations of desolation?
00:44:48.18\00:44:50.59
Actually we're to expect a
continuation of the other one
00:44:50.62\00:44:53.68
that was
interrupted by the deadly wound.
00:44:53.71\00:44:56.10
Now notice Revelation
17, we're not gonna read
00:44:56.13\00:44:59.14
everything here
because we don't have the time.
00:44:59.17\00:45:01.44
But the context is
that you have this harlot.
00:45:01.47\00:45:04.43
What is
represented by the harlot?
00:45:06.19\00:45:07.56
We studied this. The
harlot represents what?
00:45:07.59\00:45:10.42
It represents a
woman, represents a church.
00:45:11.92\00:45:14.50
And a harlot is
what kind of church.
00:45:14.53\00:45:17.49
It's an apostate church, right?
00:45:17.52\00:45:19.51
Is this a
world-wide church? Yeah.
00:45:19.54\00:45:22.94
Because all the
kings of the earth
00:45:22.97\00:45:24.70
have committed
fornication with her.
00:45:24.73\00:45:26.48
And it says, she
sits on many waters.
00:45:26.51\00:45:28.87
She's decked with gold and
silver and precious stones.
00:45:28.90\00:45:32.39
She has the
wine of her teachings
00:45:32.42\00:45:34.30
that she gives to
the nations of the world
00:45:34.33\00:45:35.98
and they drink it
and they become drunk.
00:45:36.01\00:45:38.08
That's why they can't
grasp or understand the truth.
00:45:38.11\00:45:41.83
I want you to
notice Revelation 17:4.
00:45:41.86\00:45:45.41
"The woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet."
00:45:46.61\00:45:51.34
In what colors?
00:45:53.89\00:45:55.26
Now isn't that
interesting, purple and scarlet?
00:45:56.75\00:46:00.35
Do you know,
there's only one color
00:46:00.38\00:46:02.44
that is not used by
the Roman Catholic Papacy
00:46:02.47\00:46:06.69
in the garments of its priests?
00:46:06.72\00:46:09.70
And that color is blue.
00:46:09.73\00:46:12.65
You'll never
see them using blue.
00:46:12.68\00:46:14.63
What does blue
represent in Scripture?
00:46:15.93\00:46:18.94
Blue in Scripture
represents Melvin.
00:46:18.97\00:46:22.93
No. Blue
represents the law of God.
00:46:22.96\00:46:27.17
So you wouldn't
expect them to use blue.
00:46:28.88\00:46:32.36
We get the expression true blue.
00:46:32.39\00:46:35.57
See because the law of
God and His word is what?
00:46:35.60\00:46:39.39
Truth.
00:46:39.42\00:46:40.79
So it's says the woman was
arrayed in purple and scarlet.
00:46:41.79\00:46:46.33
You saw the papal
funeral of John Paul II?
00:46:46.36\00:46:50.56
You could see this
in luxury of detail.
00:46:50.59\00:46:52.94
"And adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls."
00:46:54.42\00:46:58.24
Is that telling also?
That is very, very telling.
00:46:58.27\00:47:02.78
All you have to do is
go to the Vatican Museum
00:47:04.18\00:47:06.30
or Roman Catholic Cathedrals.
00:47:08.85\00:47:11.55
The amount of gold and
silver and precious stones
00:47:11.58\00:47:13.84
is beyond belief when
you go to the Vatican.
00:47:13.87\00:47:17.36
It's incredible.
00:47:17.39\00:47:19.79
I mean, there's
billions and billions of dollars
00:47:19.82\00:47:23.17
in the Vatican Museum
just in the works of art.
00:47:23.20\00:47:25.28
I mean, there's art
everywhere you look.
00:47:25.31\00:47:26.99
So it says, "The woman was
arrayed in purple and scarlet,
00:47:28.63\00:47:30.86
adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
00:47:30.89\00:47:34.07
having in her hand
a golden cup full of."
00:47:34.10\00:47:38.99
Is this the end time
application of abominations?
00:47:41.51\00:47:44.38
Yes.
00:47:44.41\00:47:46.25
"Full of abominations and the
filthiness of her fornication.
00:47:46.28\00:47:53.48
And on her head a
name was written, mystery,
00:47:53.51\00:47:58.81
Babylon the great,
the mother of Harlots."
00:47:58.84\00:48:02.62
So does she have daughters?
00:48:02.65\00:48:04.02
Do her daughters
do what she wants?
00:48:05.48\00:48:07.15
Yeah. Like
mother like daughters.
00:48:08.20\00:48:11.00
Absolutely.
00:48:11.03\00:48:12.40
We don't have
time to get into this
00:48:12.43\00:48:13.82
story of the death
of John the Baptist.
00:48:13.85\00:48:16.62
There you have an
illustration of this,
00:48:16.65\00:48:18.02
end time threefold alliance.
00:48:18.05\00:48:20.56
You have the King Herod,
00:48:20.59\00:48:24.67
you have this
apostate harlot woman Herodias.
00:48:24.70\00:48:30.24
And Herodias has a
daughter call Salome.
00:48:30.27\00:48:33.67
But you see,
Herodias cannot kill John.
00:48:33.70\00:48:35.37
She has no influence
over the king directly.
00:48:35.40\00:48:38.10
And so the Bible
says that she influences
00:48:38.13\00:48:41.32
her daughter to use
the king to kill John.
00:48:41.35\00:48:46.56
Do you know that, that's exactly
00:48:47.58\00:48:48.95
the scenario that the
book of Revelation portrays?
00:48:48.98\00:48:52.85
See, the papacy
is the wounded power.
00:48:52.88\00:48:54.89
It can't persecute
like it did in the past.
00:48:56.73\00:48:58.88
But it wants the
death of God's people
00:48:59.96\00:49:01.68
just like it did in the past.
00:49:01.71\00:49:03.75
But right now
has a deadly wound.
00:49:03.78\00:49:06.32
Who is going to help
its deadly wound heal?
00:49:06.35\00:49:10.05
It is going to be her
daughter or her daughters.
00:49:10.08\00:49:15.64
May I ask you,
who are the daughters?
00:49:15.67\00:49:18.75
The Protestant denominations.
00:49:18.78\00:49:20.85
Were they born from
her in the 16th century?
00:49:20.88\00:49:23.72
They most certainly were.
00:49:23.75\00:49:25.59
Do they share her
view of Bible prophecies?
00:49:25.62\00:49:29.14
We studied this.
00:49:29.17\00:49:30.54
There are futurists
and there are preterits.
00:49:30.57\00:49:32.82
We notice this in this series.
00:49:32.85\00:49:34.83
Do they keep the
same day she does?
00:49:34.86\00:49:37.25
Yes.
00:49:37.28\00:49:39.15
Do they believe that the dead
are not dead, like she does?
00:49:39.18\00:49:42.21
Yes.
00:49:42.24\00:49:43.61
Are they trying to
unite church and state
00:49:43.64\00:49:45.40
according what we
studied, as she did?
00:49:45.43\00:49:47.71
Absolutely.
00:49:47.74\00:49:49.11
They're just like the mother.
00:49:49.14\00:49:50.95
Now that's not to
say that there are not
00:49:50.98\00:49:52.35
very many sincere people
in the Roman Catholic Church
00:49:52.38\00:49:54.81
and in the Protestant churches.
00:49:54.84\00:49:56.71
Most of God's true
people are out there
00:49:56.74\00:49:59.62
but they don't
know these things.
00:49:59.65\00:50:01.93
And as Seventh-day
Adventist it behooves us
00:50:01.96\00:50:04.27
to present these things to them
00:50:04.30\00:50:06.61
so that they know
what the issues are
00:50:06.64\00:50:09.19
and they can come to a
right decision for the Lord.
00:50:09.22\00:50:12.15
Because we've noticed
that the issue of the Sabbath
00:50:12.18\00:50:14.28
is gonna be central, is it not?
00:50:14.31\00:50:16.43
In the Old Testament
the greatest abomination
00:50:16.46\00:50:18.74
that was being
committed in Jerusalem
00:50:18.77\00:50:20.92
among those who profess
to be God's people, was what?
00:50:20.95\00:50:24.44
Worshipping the sun to the East.
00:50:24.47\00:50:27.22
We notice that in
Matthew Chapter 24,
00:50:27.25\00:50:30.22
those who fled,
those who escaped,
00:50:30.25\00:50:32.36
what day will they be keeping?
00:50:32.39\00:50:34.11
Pray that your flight be
not in the winter, nor what?
00:50:34.14\00:50:37.43
On the Sabbath day.
00:50:37.46\00:50:38.83
They are in contrast to
the abomination of desolation.
00:50:38.86\00:50:43.00
By the way, did the little horn
00:50:43.03\00:50:44.40
think he could change God's
law during the 1,260 years?
00:50:44.43\00:50:47.79
It says so in Daniel 7:25.
00:50:47.82\00:50:50.30
As the Roman Catholic Papacy
00:50:50.33\00:50:52.13
who changed the day of
rest from Sabbath to Sunday.
00:50:52.16\00:50:55.44
They'll say, and I have
page after page of quotations.
00:50:55.47\00:50:59.27
They said, our church did,
00:50:59.30\00:51:02.83
by the authority that was
00:51:02.86\00:51:04.23
conferred upon
us by Jesus Christ,
00:51:04.26\00:51:06.90
we change the day
from Saturday to Sunday.
00:51:06.93\00:51:09.60
That's pretty
incriminating, if you ask me.
00:51:11.01\00:51:14.64
And then you find here that this
harlot is full of abominations.
00:51:14.67\00:51:18.12
The same word that we have
00:51:18.15\00:51:20.55
in relation to
Matthew Chapter 24
00:51:20.58\00:51:22.79
and the same word
that you find in relation
00:51:22.82\00:51:24.76
to worshipping the
sun in the Old Testament.
00:51:24.79\00:51:27.01
There's something
about the sun and the Sunday
00:51:27.04\00:51:29.54
which is
significant in the sight of God.
00:51:29.57\00:51:32.12
Says in verse 5,
"And on her forehead
00:51:33.93\00:51:36.21
a name was written
mystery, Babylon, the great,
00:51:36.24\00:51:39.03
the mother of harlots and of
the abominations of the earth."
00:51:39.06\00:51:42.82
Is she gonna persecute
the way she did in the past?
00:51:43.84\00:51:46.72
Verse 6, "And I saw the woman
00:51:46.75\00:51:49.05
drunk with the
blood of the saints
00:51:49.08\00:51:52.88
and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus.
00:51:52.91\00:51:56.12
And when I saw her I
marveled with great amazement."
00:51:57.35\00:52:01.89
Do you know what amazed him?
00:52:03.47\00:52:05.38
What amazed John was
that the kings of the earth,
00:52:05.41\00:52:08.60
after seeing what she
did in the Middles Ages
00:52:08.63\00:52:10.88
would allow her to
climb on them again.
00:52:10.91\00:52:13.21
One of the big
problems we have in this country
00:52:15.48\00:52:16.89
is people don't know history.
00:52:16.92\00:52:18.29
All people want
is leisure and fun.
00:52:20.15\00:52:22.56
Nothing that
challenges the intellect.
00:52:22.59\00:52:24.70
You know,
everything nice and digested.
00:52:24.73\00:52:27.17
Even in church.
00:52:27.20\00:52:28.92
Even in church, you
know, we want to have fun,
00:52:28.95\00:52:30.55
we want to be-- we
want to praise the Lord
00:52:30.58\00:52:32.43
and we want to sing and
we want to have good time.
00:52:32.46\00:52:34.48
But don't make me think.
00:52:34.51\00:52:35.98
I think all week.
00:52:37.57\00:52:38.94
Don't make me think in church.
00:52:38.97\00:52:40.61
That's what many people say.
00:52:40.64\00:52:42.01
They want to come
just to have fun in church.
00:52:42.04\00:52:43.59
Now notice I want to
jump down to verse 15.
00:52:45.59\00:52:48.30
I want you to notice.
00:52:50.32\00:52:51.69
We noticed the word
abominations, right?
00:52:51.72\00:52:54.63
Abominations, we noticed it.
00:52:54.66\00:52:56.28
Now let's notice the
other key word "desolate."
00:52:56.31\00:52:58.82
Verse 15, "Then he said to me,
00:52:58.85\00:53:02.04
'The waters which you
saw, where the harlot sits,
00:53:02.07\00:53:07.33
are peoples, multitudes,
nations, and tongues.'"
00:53:07.36\00:53:10.69
What's gonna
happen to this system?
00:53:13.29\00:53:14.76
What's gonna happen
to the United States?
00:53:16.32\00:53:18.45
Eventually as we've studied,
00:53:20.53\00:53:23.06
God is gonna write
in the ledger of heaven,
00:53:23.09\00:53:25.69
national apostasy.
00:53:25.72\00:53:28.42
By the way, that's abomination.
00:53:30.39\00:53:32.30
The abomination leads to that.
00:53:32.33\00:53:35.51
And national
apostasy will lead to what?
00:53:37.41\00:53:40.71
To national ruin, that
is the desolation part.
00:53:40.74\00:53:45.64
Abomination is the Sunday Law.
00:53:45.67\00:53:47.97
Desolation is what
comes as a result of that.
00:53:48.00\00:53:51.59
So it says, "Then he said to me,
00:53:53.00\00:53:54.57
'The waters which you
saw, where the harlot sits,
00:53:54.60\00:53:56.97
are peoples, multitudes,
nation and tongues.'"
00:53:57.00\00:53:59.75
But now notice something's
gonna happen to this system.
00:53:59.78\00:54:02.80
"And the ten horns
which you saw on the beast,
00:54:02.83\00:54:07.45
these will," what?
00:54:07.48\00:54:11.52
"Hate the harlot."
00:54:11.55\00:54:13.21
Is the same thing gonna happen
00:54:13.24\00:54:14.61
that's happened in
1798 to this system?
00:54:14.64\00:54:17.44
Was this system
hated by France? Oh, yes.
00:54:17.47\00:54:20.94
But you see it was
only over in Europe.
00:54:20.97\00:54:22.88
It was a local thing.
00:54:22.91\00:54:24.83
But here it says, "The
kings of the whole world."
00:54:24.86\00:54:27.87
Because when she recovers power,
00:54:27.90\00:54:29.56
she's not only gonna
recover it in Europe,
00:54:29.59\00:54:31.54
she's gonna recover it globally.
00:54:31.57\00:54:33.80
"The whole world
wondered after the beast,"
00:54:33.83\00:54:35.81
the Bible says.
00:54:35.84\00:54:37.21
And so it says, "The ten horns
00:54:37.24\00:54:39.33
which you saw on the beast,
these will hate the harlot."
00:54:39.36\00:54:42.99
Is church and
state gonna be separated?
00:54:45.86\00:54:48.25
Oh, yeah, just like
in the French Revolution.
00:54:48.28\00:54:50.32
Is the sword gonna be
taken away from this power?
00:54:50.35\00:54:52.76
Oh, absolutely.
00:54:52.79\00:54:54.28
She's gonna be
wounded with the sword again,
00:54:54.31\00:54:55.97
once and for all.
00:54:56.00\00:54:57.80
It says, "These
will hate the harlot"
00:54:57.83\00:54:59.35
and now notice this.
00:54:59.38\00:55:01.11
"And make her,"
what's the next word?
00:55:01.14\00:55:06.47
Is that one of our
key words? Absolutely.
00:55:06.50\00:55:09.30
"And will make her
desolate and naked,
00:55:09.33\00:55:15.26
and eat her flesh
and burn her with fire."
00:55:15.29\00:55:20.81
Let me ask you, was
Jerusalem burnt by fire?
00:55:22.38\00:55:24.68
When the Roman's
came. Absolutely.
00:55:25.94\00:55:29.27
And so as we
conclude this series
00:55:29.30\00:55:32.21
on Matthew
Chapter 24, it's amazing
00:55:32.24\00:55:34.80
how all of these prophecies
come together, isn't it?
00:55:34.83\00:55:38.41
Matthew 24, Luke 21,
the prophecy of Daniel 7,
00:55:38.44\00:55:44.58
the prophecy of Revelation 11,
00:55:44.61\00:55:46.97
the prophecy of Revelation 12,
00:55:47.00\00:55:48.60
the prophecy of Revelation 13,
00:55:48.63\00:55:50.28
the prophecy of Revelation 17,
00:55:50.31\00:55:52.20
all dovetailing
together to portray a time
00:55:52.23\00:55:56.90
when the whole world will
be in apostasy against God
00:55:56.93\00:56:00.81
with the
exception of a small remnant
00:56:00.84\00:56:05.91
whom the Bible says,
00:56:05.94\00:56:07.31
they keep the
commandments of God
00:56:07.34\00:56:09.52
and they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:56:09.55\00:56:13.23
They keep all
of the commandments
00:56:13.26\00:56:15.35
including the one that
was changed by this system.
00:56:15.38\00:56:18.91
And they have the
testimony of Jesus
00:56:18.94\00:56:20.48
which is the spirit of prophecy
00:56:20.51\00:56:21.88
because they have a
prophet in their midst
00:56:21.91\00:56:24.42
who gives a true
scenario of Bible prophecy.
00:56:24.45\00:56:28.89
For example in the
book, "The Great Controversy"
00:56:28.92\00:56:32.04
is the only book
in the world today
00:56:32.07\00:56:33.70
that I know that's
printed, that still presents
00:56:33.73\00:56:36.55
the correct view
of Bible prophecy
00:56:36.58\00:56:39.81
as contained in Holy Scripture.
00:56:39.84\00:56:42.14
All of the other
Protestant churches
00:56:42.17\00:56:44.97
have become
futurist and preterits.
00:56:45.00\00:56:48.26
They have followed
the lead of the mother
00:56:48.29\00:56:51.10
and adopted her way
of interpreted prophecy
00:56:51.13\00:56:53.84
and they have adopted
the day that she has declared
00:56:53.87\00:56:57.74
is the day of
worship, the Sunday.
00:56:57.77\00:57:00.50
And so in the end
time, the issues will be,
00:57:00.53\00:57:03.71
do you believe God's
scenario of Bible prophecy
00:57:03.74\00:57:06.10
or do you believe the beast
scenario of Bible prophecy?
00:57:06.13\00:57:09.66
Do you choose to
obey the authority of God
00:57:09.69\00:57:12.41
by keeping His holy Sabbath
or do you choose to accept
00:57:12.44\00:57:15.98
the authority of the
beast in keeping the day
00:57:16.01\00:57:18.78
that He claims to
be the day of worship?
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Ultimately the
decision is our hands
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whether to obey God or
whether we will obey the beast.
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