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Jean Ross: Good
morning, friends,
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welcome again to "Sabbath School
Study Hour" here at the Granite
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Bay Seventh Adventist Church
in Sacramento, California.
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I'd like to welcome our online
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first time this morning.
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A very warm
welcome to all of you.
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Over the past few weeks, we have
been studying through the book
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of Daniel.
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Today, we find
ourselves on lesson number nine.
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And it's actually--the title of
the study is "From Contamination
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to Purification."
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And we're looking at
Daniel chapter 9 for our study.
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¤ May Jesus Christ be praised ¤
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¤ May Jesus Christ be praised ¤
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Jean: Amen, thank you for that
beautiful song, Weimar Choir.
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Again, we'd like to welcome all
of you to our "Sabbath School
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Study Hour" here at
the Granite Bay Church.
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And as we mentioned
in our introduction,
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we're looking at Daniel chapter
8 is going to be the main focus
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of our study this morning.
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It's actually lesson number
9 in your lesson quarterly,
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but it actually
focuses on Daniel chapter 8,
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very important study today.
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But before we get to our study,
let's just begin with a word
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of prayer.
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Dear Father, once again we
are grateful that we have this
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opportunity to gather together
in your house and open your Word
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and study a very
important prophecy,
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something that is in particular
relevant for us and for the time
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in which we are living.
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We do ask that the Holy Spirit
would come and guide our hearts
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and our minds.
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Help us to understand these
very important prophetic truths,
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for we ask this in
Jesus's name, amen.
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Well, we're
looking at lesson number 9,
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and it's entitled "From
Contamination to Purification."
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And we have a memory verse.
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And if you have your lesson
quarterlies or your Bibles,
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you can turn to our memory
text, it is Daniel chapter 8 and
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verse 14.
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It's a famous,
well-known verse in Scripture,
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especially to Adventists.
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Daniel the 8th
chapter and verse 14, it says,
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"And he said unto
me for 2,300 days,
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'Then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed.'"
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Daniel 8, verse 14.
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Now, we'll be getting to this
cleansing of the sanctuary here
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in just a few moments, but
by way of an introduction as we
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lead into to our study, we're
going to be looking at Daniel
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chapter 8.
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Now, Daniel chapter 8 reveals
the fact that there is an
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attempt to undermine the work
that Jesus does for us in the
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heavenly sanctuary.
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Now, the Bible makes it clear
that Jesus is our high priest
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ministering in the heavenly
sanctuary, Hebrews chapter 8,
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verse 1 and 2.
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The Bible tells us that Jesus is
the new and living way into the
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presence of the Father,
that's Hebrews chapter 10.
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The Bible tells us that Jesus is
the one mediator between God and
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man, that's 1
Timothy 2, verse 5.
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He's also the author and
the finisher of our faith,
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and you read about
that in Hebrews 12.
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And John 14:6, He's the
only means of salvation.
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So, the Bible makes it clear
that Jesus is our High Priest.
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He's our mediator, He's the
one that represents us before
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the Father.
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Salvation comes in
and through Christ.
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But in Daniel chapter 8, we
are introduced to an entity that
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tries to usurp the
position of Jesus as high priest
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and mediator.
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And that's really the focus of
our study in Daniel chapter 8.
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Now, Daniel chapter 8 is
divided up into four parts.
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The first, which is from
verse 1 through to verse 12,
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describes what
Daniel saw in vision.
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And then you've got verse 12
and 13 that tell you what Daniel
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heard, and that's where
our memory text came from in
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verse 14.
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Then in verse 15
through to verse 25,
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you have the interpretation of
the vision that Daniel had seen,
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that's the angel Gabriel that
comes to explain the meaning of
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the symbols.
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And then in verse 26 and 27,
you've got the explanation or
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the interpretation
given by Gabriel interrupted.
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And then, of course, you read
about the last part of that in
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Daniel chapter 9, when Gabriel
comes back to give a clear
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understanding of the 2,300 days.
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So, we're not going to
be getting into Daniel 9,
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but we are going to be
looking at Daniel chapter 8
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this morning.
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So, with that as the background,
we're going to begin.
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And if you have your
Bibles, you can turn to it,
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it's Daniel chapter 8, and we're
going to start reading here in
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verse 2.
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Daniel chapter 8, verse
2, and this is what it says.
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Daniel is describing
what he sees in vision,
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"I saw in vision, and it so
happened while I was looking
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that I was in Shushan."
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Now, as you'll
remember, Daniel was in Babylon,
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but here it's nearing the
end of the Babylonian reign,
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and Medo-Persia is
soon to conquer Babylon.
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Shushan was about 230 miles
east of the city of Babylon.
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It served as the summer palace
for some of the Babylonian kings
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as well as the Persian
kings that came later on.
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So he says, "I was in
Shushan, the citadel."
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The word "citadel" is
just fortified palace,
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and that's where it was located.
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"Which is in the
province of Elam,
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and I saw in the night visions
that I was by the river Ulai."
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Now, Ulai was an artificial
canal that was connecting two
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rivers, and it was used
primarily for irrigation.
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Now, where did the four
living creatures that we studied
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previously in Daniel chapter
7, where did they come from?
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The four living creatures came
from the--the four beasts came
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from the sea, right?
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And what does water
represent in Bible prophecy?
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People, multitudes, and nations.
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It's interesting to note that
what we read in Daniel chapter 8
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also takes place close to water.
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Daniel sees these
visions and he's by the river.
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In Daniel 7, these
creatures come out of the sea.
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So again, it represents
multitudes and nations.
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All right, looking
then at verse 3, it says,
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"Then I lifted up my eyes and
I saw there standing beside the
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river, there was a
ram that had two horns."
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Now, the ram with the two
horns represents Medo-Persia,
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as we'll find out
in just a few moments.
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Of course, animals in Bible
prophecy represents kingdoms
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or nations.
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We have this ram,
it's got two horns,
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the two horns represent
the two parts of the kingdom,
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the Medes and the Persians.
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It's also interesting to
note that in Daniel chapter 7,
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the animals that's described
coming up from the sea are what
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we would refer to as wild
animals or unclean animals.
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But the animals described
in Daniel chapter 8 would be
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considered clean animals.
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You've got a ram,
you've got a goat.
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Now, rams and goats were very
important to the sanctuary and
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to the sacrificial system.
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In Daniel chapter 7, you have a
lion, an unclean animal, a bear,
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a leopard, and then
a dragon-like beast.
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So, in Daniel chapter 8, the
focus is on the sanctuary and on
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something relating to the
plan of redemption or the plan
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of salvation.
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You'll see that unfold as we go.
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So, the imagery that we find in
chapter 8 is sanctuary imagery,
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sanctuary language.
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Now, of course, our memory text
in verse 14 of Daniel 8 talks
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about the
cleansing of the sanctuary.
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So, you can see that,
that, all of the images here are
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connected together.
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Okay, then it says that this
ram had two horns and the larger
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horn came up last.
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This is the
last part of verse 3.
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Even though the Medes
came before the Persians,
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the Persians, which came
up later, grew to dominance.
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And so, that's the horn
that is larger and comes up.
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Then we look at
verse 4, it says,
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"I saw the ram pushing westward
and northward and southward so
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that no animal
could stand before him."
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This is a
description of Medo-Persia.
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It expanded from the
east, it expanded to the west.
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Cyrus, who was the general that
led the conquest of Medo-Persia,
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he conquered Babylon, he
conquered Syria, in Asia Minor.
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He pressed up towards the north
to conquer Armenia all the way
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up to the Caspian Sea region,
and south all the way down to
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Egypt and Ethiopia.
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So, Medo-Persia
comes from the east,
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and it's moving
towards the west,
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and it's conquering this land.
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And the middle of verse 4 says,
"Nor was there any that could
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deliver from his hand, but
he did according to his will,
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and he became great."
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The Medo-Persian empire
conquered and occupied more land
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than Babylon.
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So, notice you have
Babylon followed by Medo-Persia,
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Medo-Persia controls
more land than Babylon,
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but then
Medo-Persia falls to Greece,
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and Greece controls
more land than Persia did.
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And then Rome controls even more
land and territory than Greece.
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So, each time these
kingdoms that arise,
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they have more power and
they control more territory,
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and that's the pattern
that we can see established.
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Now, of course, we don't have
to guess as to who this power is
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because the angel Gabriel comes
and explains the meaning of
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the symbol.
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And if you look in verse
20, Daniel chapter 8, verse 20,
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the angel Gabriel comes and it's
very clear as to who the ram is.
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Verse 20 says, "The ram which
you saw having the two horns are
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the kings of Medo-Persia."
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No question about that.
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So, here we see a parallel
beginning to develop between
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what we looked at in Daniel
7 and what we've read in Daniel
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chapter 2.
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It's important for us to
remember the context of these
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visions in the book of Daniel.
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Daniel chapter 2 is, you know,
Nebuchadnezzar has a dream.
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And in the dream, he sees
this giant image made of these
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different metals.
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And each of these metals
represent a different kingdom.
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The head of gold in Daniel
chapter 2 represents the kingdom
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of Babylon.
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The chest and arms of
silver represent what kingdom?
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Medo-Persia.
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And then, of course, you've
got the belly and the thighs of
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brass, representing Greece; the
legs of iron, representing Rome;
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the feet of iron and clay
representing Western Europe even
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as we know it today.
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And then the stone that
comes and strikes the image upon
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its feet.
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Now, if you can just picture
this giant image in Daniel
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chapter 2, and then you parallel
that to Daniel chapter 7,
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you'll notice the
kingdoms are described,
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but using different symbols.
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Instead of the head of gold that
you find in Daniel chapter 2,
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Babylon in Daniel 7 is
represented as a lion that has
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eagle's wings.
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And we studied this last week.
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Medo-Persia in Daniel 2 is the
chest and the arms of silver.
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In Daniel 7, it's represented as
a bear that is raised up on one
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side and he has
three ribs in his mouth.
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Now, we
mentioned this last week,
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the arms of the image of
Daniel 2, there are two arms,
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and there's two parts.
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Medo-Persia
consists of two parts,
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the Medes and the Persians.
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And just like the right arm
is typically stronger than the
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left, so the Persians
were stronger than the Medes.
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Thus the bear was
raised up on the one side.
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And then you've got the kingdom
of Greece represented by the
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belly and the thighs of
brass in Daniel chapter 2.
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And now, we find in Daniel
chapter 7 that's the leopard
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with four heads and four wings.
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Rome are the legs
of iron in Daniel 2.
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In Daniel 7, it is a nondescript
beast that has ten horns,
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and a little horn that
comes up, and he has iron teeth.
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So, you can see
the parallel here.
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Now, Daniel chapter 8, nothing
is said about Babylon because
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Babylon was at the point of
being conquered by Medo-Persia
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when the vision was given
to Daniel in Daniel chapter 8.
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So, the vision begins in
Daniel 8, not with Babylon,
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but with Medo-Persia.
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So, this ram with two horns the
angel tells us is Medo-Persia.
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Well, what power
conquered Medo-Persia?
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Well, we know it
was the power of Greece.
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The Greeks conquered the Medes.
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And so, we find here in verse
5, it introduces us to another
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symbol, and it is the he goat.
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Daniel chapter 8 beginning
then in verse 5, it says,
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"And as I was considering,
suddenly a male goat,"
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that would be the kingdom of
Greece, "came from the west."
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So, if you think of the
map of the Mediterranean,
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Medo-Persia came from the east
conquering towards the west,
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but Greece would be to the
west conquering to the east.
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So, this power came from
the west, this is Greece.
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And it says, "It came across
from the west across the surface
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of the whole earth
without touching the ground,"
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representing the speed
with which Alexander the
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Great conquered.
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It says, "The goat had a
notable horn between its eyes."
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Now, the Bible tells us
what this notable horn is,
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it says it's the first king,
and we know that from history as
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being Alexander the Great,
he was a great military prodigy.
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He was able to understand
and come up with some great
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military strategies.
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So, this notable horn
is Alexander the Great.
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He launched his first
attack against Persia in 334 BC.
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And in essence, by
330, just four years later,
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he had pretty much fully
conquered the Persian Empire.
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Verse 6 says, "Then he came to
the ram that had the two horns,
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which I'd seen
standing before the river,
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and ran at him
with fury and power."
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So, here he's referencing
the power and the conquest of
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the Greeks.
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Verse 7 says, "And I
saw him confronting the ram,
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and he was moved
with rage against him,
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and attacked the ram
and broke his two horns.
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And there was no power
in the ram to withstand him,
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but he cast him down to the
ground and trampled upon him,
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and there was no one that
could deliver out of his hand."
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So again, this is a reference
to the Greeks and Alexander
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the Great.
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Probably one of the more
decisive battles that occurred
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took place in 331,
October the 1st, 331,
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known as the Battle of Arbela.
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The Persians had gathered
together sort of their last
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stand against
Alexander and his forces.
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They had about 200,000
soldiers in the Persian army.
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In addition to the
footmen, they had their horses,
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and they had chariots, they even
had elephants that were prepared
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for battle.
00:20:01.20\00:20:02.60
And they would take
these elephants into war.
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So, 200,000 soldiers is what
was on the side of the Persians,
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Alexander the Great
had, well, about, let me see,
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he had a total of 47,000 men.
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So, 200,000
Persians and 47,000 Greeks.
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Well, in the battle,
these were all footmen,
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Alexander didn't
have horses or chariots.
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But based on his military
ability to figure out battles
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and his strategy and the speed
with which his men could move,
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at the end of the battle,
which of course the Greeks won,
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the Persians had lost
50,000 men in the battle
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and the Greeks had lost 500.
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And that was
the deciding battle,
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which really gave the upper
hand to Alexander the Great.
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And of course, the
Greeks conquered Medo-Persia.
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Now, as to the
identity of this he goat,
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the Bible tells us clearly
in verse 21, Daniel chapter 8,
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verse 21, it says, "And the male
goat is the kingdom of Greece,
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and the large horn that
is between his eyes is the
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first king."
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So, no question as to
who this goat represents,
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it represents Greece, and
the big horn between its eyes is
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Alexander the Great.
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Now, we come to the
next symbol that we find,
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and that's these four
horns that we read about,
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starting in verse 8.
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If you have your
Bibles and following along,
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we're looking in Daniel
chapter 8, beginning in verse 8.
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And it says, "Therefore,
the male goat grew very great.
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But when he had become strong,
the large horn was broken."
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This prophecy indicates
that Alexander the Great,
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that he would fall while
his empire was at the height of
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its power.
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And this is, of
course, exactly what happened.
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At the age of 32
while back at Babylon,
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Alexander the Great fell ill,
some think it's the result of a
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drinking spree
that he had gone on,
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a fever that he had picked up,
and he died at the age of 32.
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His kingdom then was divided
up amongst his four generals.
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And you notice the rest
of the verse there, it says,
00:22:04.02\00:22:06.32
"And in the place of it,
that is this notable horn,"
00:22:06.35\00:22:09.02
Alexander the Great, "four
notable ones came up towards the
00:22:09.06\00:22:12.86
four winds of heaven."
00:22:12.89\00:22:15.56
So, when
Alexander the Great died,
00:22:15.60\00:22:17.13
his kingdom was divided
up amongst his four generals.
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And you have
Ptolemy, one of the generals,
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who took control of
Egypt and Palestine.
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Cassander took
control of Macedonia,
00:22:26.44\00:22:29.21
Lysimachus took over Turkey
and a large part of Asia Minor,
00:22:29.24\00:22:33.58
and Seleucus had
the northern Syria,
00:22:33.62\00:22:36.32
Mesopotamian
eastern part of the empire.
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Thus the kingdom of
Greece was divided into four,
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just as the prophecy says.
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Now, as to the
meaning of these symbols,
00:22:45.33\00:22:47.40
again we don't have to
guess, the angel Gabriel gives
00:22:47.46\00:22:50.07
the explanation.
00:22:50.10\00:22:51.43
And you'll find in verse
22, Daniel chapter 8, verse 22,
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the angel says, "As for the
broken horn and the four that
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stood up in its place, four
kingdoms shall arise out of this
00:22:58.37\00:23:01.88
nation, but not in its power."
00:23:01.91\00:23:05.31
And so, when Alexander the Great
died, his kingdom is divided up.
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Now, we get to a
very interesting symbol,
00:23:08.78\00:23:11.82
it's the little horn power
that we read about now in Daniel
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chapter 8.
00:23:14.99\00:23:16.79
And this starts in verse 9.
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So, what does it say
about this little horn power?
00:23:18.36\00:23:20.50
And most of what this chapter
talks about is the little
00:23:20.53\00:23:24.03
horn power.
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So, we begin in verse 9, it
says, "And out of one of them."
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Now, I want to just
spend a few moments on this,
00:23:29.34\00:23:31.34
there is some confusion as to
who the them is in this verse.
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Is it referring
to the four winds,
00:23:36.81\00:23:39.58
or is it
referring to the four horns?
00:23:39.61\00:23:42.15
Now remember, the kingdom
was divided up into four parts,
00:23:42.18\00:23:45.62
but it says,
"Out of one of them,"
00:23:45.65\00:23:47.89
talking about the four points
of the compass, the four winds.
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Let me back up just to
make sure you understand.
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If you notice over here
where it says in verse 8,
00:23:53.53\00:23:58.50
it says four notable,
this is the end of verse 8,
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"And in its place, there were
four notable horns that came up
00:24:02.14\00:24:05.27
towards the four
winds of heaven."
00:24:05.31\00:24:08.81
So, you have four horns
and you have four winds.
00:24:08.84\00:24:12.01
Then it says, "And out of one
of them arose a little horn."
00:24:12.05\00:24:16.42
So, the question is, is it
referring to the four horns or
00:24:16.45\00:24:19.22
is it referring
to the four winds?
00:24:19.25\00:24:20.66
Why is that important?
00:24:20.69\00:24:22.16
Well, because the next power
that we're going to be looking
00:24:22.19\00:24:23.93
at, the little horn power,
represents the kingdom of Rome.
00:24:23.96\00:24:26.73
Rome did not really grow out of
one of the four divisions of the
00:24:26.76\00:24:31.30
Grecian empire.
00:24:31.33\00:24:32.67
Rome, of course, came way over
from the west and it conquered
00:24:32.70\00:24:36.04
towards the east.
00:24:36.07\00:24:37.44
So, it's brought some confusion.
00:24:37.47\00:24:39.31
Actually, some people have come
up with some interesting views
00:24:39.34\00:24:41.61
as to try and identify
who this little horn power is.
00:24:41.64\00:24:44.85
But if you look at the actual
Hebrew in which this passage was
00:24:44.88\00:24:48.12
written, the different Hebrew
words are either masculine or
00:24:48.15\00:24:52.52
feminine, or in a neuter form.
00:24:52.55\00:24:55.42
And when it's talking about
these four them that we find in
00:24:55.46\00:24:59.09
verse 9, it's actually
given in the masculine form.
00:24:59.13\00:25:03.80
Now, horns are always
given in the feminine form,
00:25:03.83\00:25:07.77
winds are always
given in the masculine form.
00:25:07.80\00:25:10.77
Horns can also sometimes
be used in the feminine form,
00:25:10.81\00:25:13.07
but--or winds can be either,
but horns are always in the
00:25:13.11\00:25:16.64
feminine form.
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.21
So, when it says them,
it's in the masculine form,
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.58
it's relating to the winds
and not the horns just from the
00:25:21.62\00:25:25.69
grammatical study
of the text itself.
00:25:25.72\00:25:28.22
So, when he says, "From one
of them arose a little horn,"
00:25:28.26\00:25:31.49
the them there is
not the four horns,
00:25:31.53\00:25:33.76
but from one of the
four points of the compass,
00:25:33.80\00:25:36.10
one of the four winds.
00:25:36.13\00:25:38.13
Now, with that, it makes perfect
sense when we talk about Rome
00:25:38.17\00:25:42.10
coming up because Rome didn't
really arise from one of the
00:25:42.14\00:25:45.44
four horns, but it did arise
from one of the four points of
00:25:45.47\00:25:47.61
the compass.
00:25:47.64\00:25:49.18
It actually came from the
west and then moved to the east.
00:25:49.21\00:25:51.88
And you'll see why
that's important here in just a
00:25:51.91\00:25:54.02
few minutes.
00:25:54.05\00:25:55.52
We're going to be talking about
Antiochus Epiphanes and some of
00:25:55.55\00:25:57.55
the misunderstanding about that.
00:25:57.59\00:26:00.12
So it says, "From one of them,"
that would be one of the four
00:26:00.16\00:26:02.26
points of the
compass, "came a little horn,
00:26:02.29\00:26:05.26
which grew exceedingly
great towards the south,
00:26:05.29\00:26:08.03
towards the east, and
towards the glorious land."
00:26:08.06\00:26:12.07
So, if you're picturing in your
mind the Mediterranean and Rome,
00:26:12.10\00:26:16.40
which came up in Italy,
it did grow towards the west,
00:26:16.44\00:26:21.41
or it came from the west, but
it expanded towards the east,
00:26:21.44\00:26:24.28
towards the south,
that would be Egypt,
00:26:24.31\00:26:26.61
and towards the pleasant
land, that would be Palestine
00:26:26.65\00:26:30.05
or Israel.
00:26:30.09\00:26:31.75
And that's
exactly what happened,
00:26:31.79\00:26:33.36
Rome did expand
in that direction.
00:26:33.39\00:26:35.52
And then verse 10 says, "And it
grew up to the host of heaven."
00:26:35.56\00:26:39.23
And verse 24 calls it the
mighty and the holy people.
00:26:39.26\00:26:42.13
"And it cast down some of the
hosts and some of the stars to
00:26:42.16\00:26:45.87
the ground, and
trampled upon them."
00:26:45.90\00:26:48.30
This, of course, is a reference
to the persecution that came
00:26:48.34\00:26:50.71
against the Jews by the Romans,
and even to some degree speaks
00:26:50.74\00:26:54.94
of the persecution
that came against Christ.
00:26:54.98\00:26:57.65
Remember Jesus was
crucified on a Roman cross,
00:26:57.68\00:27:00.55
and that's what's brought
to view here a little later
00:27:00.58\00:27:02.55
as well.
00:27:02.58\00:27:04.22
Verse 11 says, "He even
exalted himself to the Prince of
00:27:04.25\00:27:06.69
the Host."
00:27:06.72\00:27:08.52
Now, who do you suppose the
Prince of the Host would be?
00:27:08.56\00:27:11.43
That would be Jesus.
00:27:11.46\00:27:12.99
And it says, "By him the daily
sacrifice was taken away and the
00:27:13.03\00:27:16.80
place of his
sanctuary was cast down."
00:27:16.83\00:27:20.44
Now, when we're
talking about Rome,
00:27:20.47\00:27:22.04
we're talking about
this little horn power,
00:27:22.07\00:27:23.44
we're describing Rome both in
its pagan phase and also in its
00:27:23.47\00:27:27.48
papal phase.
00:27:27.51\00:27:29.14
Remember Medo-Persia, it had
two arms in Daniel chapter 2,
00:27:29.18\00:27:32.91
representing the
Medes and the Persians?
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.85
And the legs in Daniel 2, there
were two legs representing pagan
00:27:34.88\00:27:39.15
Rome and papal Rome.
00:27:39.19\00:27:41.12
The little horn power in Daniel
chapter 8 describes both pagan
00:27:41.16\00:27:45.16
Rome and what
pagan Rome would do,
00:27:45.19\00:27:47.60
as well as what papal Rome would
do because papal Rome is really
00:27:47.60\00:27:50.87
an extension of pagan Rome.
00:27:50.90\00:27:53.07
So, when it talks about raising
himself against the Prince of
00:27:53.10\00:27:55.74
the Hosts, it's talking not only
about pagan Rome persecuting and
00:27:55.77\00:27:59.61
crucifying Christ, but it's also
talking about something that
00:27:59.64\00:28:02.38
papal Rome would
do as time goes on.
00:28:02.41\00:28:05.31
And we'll see how that
comes together in just a minute.
00:28:05.35\00:28:08.08
Okay, verse 12, Daniel
chapter 8, verse 12, it says,
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.72
"Because of transgression, an
army was given over to the horn
00:28:10.75\00:28:13.86
to oppose the daily sacrifices.
00:28:13.89\00:28:16.16
And he cast the
truth to the ground,
00:28:16.19\00:28:18.49
and he did all of
this and prospered."
00:28:18.53\00:28:21.16
Now, verse 12 is referring
to the papal power more than the
00:28:21.20\00:28:24.73
pagan power.
00:28:24.77\00:28:26.33
And we'll explain what the daily
sacrifices is and how it was
00:28:26.37\00:28:29.00
cast down to the
ground here in just a minute.
00:28:29.04\00:28:31.24
Now, as an explanation
of this little horn power,
00:28:31.27\00:28:34.18
if we go to verse 23 of the
same chapter, Daniel chapter 8,
00:28:34.21\00:28:38.01
verse 23, this is
what the angel says.
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He says, "In the
latter time of their kingdom,"
00:28:41.02\00:28:43.15
that is the division of
the four parts of the Grecian
00:28:43.18\00:28:46.25
empire, "when transgression
has reached their fullness,
00:28:46.29\00:28:49.92
a king shall arise
having fierce features,
00:28:49.96\00:28:52.53
who's
understanding sinister schemes."
00:28:52.56\00:28:55.70
Verse 24, "His
power shall be mighty,
00:28:55.73\00:28:57.93
but not by his own power.
00:28:57.97\00:28:59.73
He shall destroy fearfully,
and shall prosper and thrive.
00:28:59.77\00:29:04.11
He shall destroy the mighty
and also the holy people."
00:29:04.14\00:29:08.08
Verse 25 says,
"Through his cunning,
00:29:08.11\00:29:10.28
he shall cause the seed
to prosper under his rule,
00:29:10.31\00:29:13.11
and he shall exalt
himself in his heart.
00:29:13.15\00:29:16.22
He shall destroy
many in their prosperity.
00:29:16.25\00:29:19.22
He shall even rise
against the Prince of Princes,
00:29:19.25\00:29:21.99
but he shall be
broken without human means."
00:29:22.02\00:29:26.33
So, who then is
this little horn power?
00:29:26.36\00:29:28.76
I've mentioned it, it's
referring to Rome both in its
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pagan form as
well as its papal form.
00:29:31.60\00:29:34.64
Now, I'd like to look at some
characteristics that we find of
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.77
this little horn power, and
maybe they could put this on the
00:29:37.81\00:29:40.01
screen for us, identifying marks
of the little horn power of
00:29:40.04\00:29:43.24
Daniel chapter 8.
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First of all, in
verse 9, it says,
00:29:45.08\00:29:46.75
"It grew exceedingly great."
00:29:46.78\00:29:49.55
So this power, Rome,
would be greater than Greece,
00:29:49.58\00:29:52.12
greater than Medo-Persia,
and greater than Babylon.
00:29:52.15\00:29:54.72
And of course,
that refers to Rome.
00:29:54.76\00:29:56.56
Point number two, it would rise
towards the south, the east,
00:29:56.59\00:29:59.76
and the glorious land.
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.66
Rome arose in the west
and conquered south and east.
00:30:01.70\00:30:05.20
It had fierce features.
00:30:05.23\00:30:07.74
Rome was fierce and war-like.
00:30:07.77\00:30:11.27
It exalted himself in his heart.
00:30:11.31\00:30:14.08
Rome was proud and arrogant.
00:30:14.11\00:30:15.78
Now, this is not only
referring to the Roman emperors,
00:30:15.81\00:30:17.71
but as we see, it also refers
to the papal power and the popes
00:30:17.75\00:30:21.02
during the 1260
years of papal supremacy.
00:30:21.05\00:30:25.39
Verse 5 says, "He shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people,"
00:30:25.42\00:30:28.59
that's verse 24.
00:30:28.62\00:30:30.79
Rome is a persecuting
power of God's true people.
00:30:30.83\00:30:34.36
Again, that's referring
to pagan Rome and the papacy.
00:30:34.40\00:30:37.30
Verse 11 says, "He shall exalt
himself as high as the Prince of
00:30:37.33\00:30:40.94
the Host."
00:30:40.97\00:30:42.74
This is clearly a
reference to the papal power.
00:30:42.77\00:30:45.41
"And it will cast down Christ's
truth and the sanctuary,"
00:30:45.44\00:30:49.11
that's verse 11 and 12.
00:30:49.14\00:30:51.01
That would pervert the truth
of the sanctuary and the high
00:30:51.05\00:30:54.02
priestly ministry of Jesus,
and that's what we find happened
00:30:54.05\00:30:57.09
during the time
of papal supremacy.
00:30:57.12\00:30:59.85
Point number 8, "By him the
daily sacrifice was taken away,"
00:30:59.89\00:31:03.22
and that's verse 11.
00:31:03.26\00:31:04.93
Took away the original gospel
provisions that we find in
00:31:04.96\00:31:09.43
Scripture, and that
again is the papal power.
00:31:09.46\00:31:11.93
"Practiced and prospered
till the time of the end."
00:31:11.97\00:31:14.64
This power would continue
right up till the last days,
00:31:14.67\00:31:18.11
longer than any
other power in history.
00:31:18.14\00:31:21.28
We know that the papacy
ruled from 538 till 1798,
00:31:21.31\00:31:25.05
1260 years of supremacy, which
is much longer than any of the
00:31:25.08\00:31:29.58
other kingdoms or powers that
we have described in Daniel 2,
00:31:29.62\00:31:33.46
Daniel 7, and Daniel chapter 8.
00:31:33.49\00:31:36.42
Now, one of the questions that
people have when talking about
00:31:36.46\00:31:39.13
this little horn
power, they ask, "Well,
00:31:39.16\00:31:42.63
could this little horn
represent Antiochus Epiphanes?"
00:31:42.66\00:31:46.37
Let me explain a
little bit about who Antiochus
00:31:46.40\00:31:48.97
Epiphanes is.
00:31:49.00\00:31:50.91
If you look at
the verse, it says,
00:31:50.94\00:31:53.24
"Out of one of them
arise a little power, a king,"
00:31:53.27\00:31:57.08
and the them is the horns.
00:31:57.11\00:31:59.68
People began to look around the
divisions of the Grecian empire
00:31:59.71\00:32:02.65
after Alexander the Great died,
and they looked for a king or a
00:32:02.68\00:32:05.99
power that would arise from
one of those four divisions.
00:32:06.02\00:32:09.19
And they tried to identify
that power as the little horn,
00:32:09.22\00:32:12.83
thus moving the focus away from
pagan Rome and even moving away
00:32:12.86\00:32:17.30
from the papal power.
00:32:17.33\00:32:19.27
And one of the suggestions
that has been made is, well,
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.50
this little horn power,
could it be Antiochus Epiphanes?
00:32:21.54\00:32:24.87
Now, he was a king that
did arise from one of the four
00:32:24.91\00:32:27.61
divisions of the Grecian
empire, but he does not fit into
00:32:27.64\00:32:32.21
the prophecy.
00:32:32.25\00:32:34.38
And we'll see here a
few points on the screen.
00:32:34.42\00:32:36.05
First of all, Antiochus
Epiphanes did not become
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.92
exceedingly great as the
prophecy says he would have
00:32:38.95\00:32:42.36
to be.
00:32:42.39\00:32:43.83
Matter of fact, there's not much
said about Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:32:43.86\00:32:47.00
Alexander the Great
is far greater than he.
00:32:47.03\00:32:50.23
And of course, you have
the various other powers like
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.34
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,
much greater than Antiochus
00:32:53.37\00:32:56.24
Epiphanes.
00:32:56.27\00:32:57.64
So no, he did not
become exceedingly great.
00:32:57.67\00:32:59.54
Number two says he did
not rule in the latter time,
00:32:59.57\00:33:02.74
nor the end of the
Seleucid kingdom as the
00:33:02.78\00:33:05.58
prophecy requires.
00:33:05.61\00:33:07.58
Verse 23 says, "He shall
rule till the latter time."
00:33:07.62\00:33:11.05
This king obviously did not rule
even to the end of the Grecian
00:33:11.09\00:33:15.19
empire, nor does he
have any reference to today.
00:33:15.22\00:33:19.03
Number three, those who teach
that Antiochus Epiphanes is the
00:33:19.06\00:33:22.10
little horn power take
the 2,300 days literal instead
00:33:22.13\00:33:26.00
of prophetic.
00:33:26.03\00:33:28.00
It says of 2,300
days in verse 14,
00:33:28.04\00:33:31.01
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
00:33:31.04\00:33:33.17
So, if they're going to apply
this to this king, they say,
00:33:33.21\00:33:35.58
"Well, you've got to
take this time period literal,
00:33:35.61\00:33:38.28
not prophetic."
00:33:38.31\00:33:39.75
But even in taking it
literal, it doesn't fit
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.85
with Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:33:41.88\00:33:43.85
If taken literally, it
would be about six years.
00:33:43.89\00:33:46.82
Antiochus Epiphanes
was not born until 215 BC,
00:33:46.86\00:33:50.29
some 242 years later, so he
doesn't even fit with the 2300
00:33:50.33\00:33:56.10
year time period.
00:33:56.13\00:33:58.47
Verse 4 or point number
four says the little horns still
00:33:58.50\00:34:01.60
exists at the time of the end.
00:34:01.64\00:34:03.77
And of course,
Antiochus died in 164 BC.
00:34:03.81\00:34:08.34
It does not exist
till the end of time.
00:34:08.38\00:34:10.08
The little horn was to
become exceedingly great in the
00:34:10.11\00:34:12.51
southeast and in
Palestine, according to verse 9.
00:34:12.55\00:34:16.08
Although Antiochus Epiphanes
did rule Palestine for a while,
00:34:16.12\00:34:19.42
he did not rule in
Egypt, which is to the south,
00:34:19.45\00:34:22.46
nor in Macedonia,
which is to the east.
00:34:22.49\00:34:26.93
The next point says, "The little
horn throws down the place of
00:34:26.96\00:34:30.03
God's sanctuary,"
according to verse 11.
00:34:30.07\00:34:33.57
Antiochus Epiphanes did not
destroy the temple in Jerusalem,
00:34:33.60\00:34:36.67
he did profane it.
00:34:36.71\00:34:38.74
Apparently, there was a
rebellion amongst the Jews,
00:34:38.77\00:34:41.11
and he marched into the temple
in Jerusalem and he offered a
00:34:41.14\00:34:43.85
pig on the altar, so he
definitely profaned the temple
00:34:43.88\00:34:49.18
and made many of the Jews upset.
00:34:49.22\00:34:51.19
But he did not
destroy Jerusalem,
00:34:51.22\00:34:53.15
nor did he cast down
the sanctuary, the temple.
00:34:53.19\00:34:56.12
That, of course, did not happen
until 70 AD by the Romans,
00:34:56.16\00:35:00.10
who finally destroyed the
temple as well as the city
00:35:00.13\00:35:03.16
of Jerusalem.
00:35:03.20\00:35:06.20
Point number seven, Christ
applies the abominations of
00:35:06.23\00:35:09.57
desolation, which we
read about in Daniel 9,
00:35:09.60\00:35:13.01
to the destruction
of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
00:35:13.04\00:35:17.01
This is a
rather important point.
00:35:17.05\00:35:19.55
And maybe if you have your
Bibles, you can just turn to it.
00:35:19.58\00:35:22.72
Matthew chapter 24, this is this
famous passage where Jesus is
00:35:22.75\00:35:26.72
talking to the disciples, and
he refers to the abomination of
00:35:26.76\00:35:30.46
desolation spoken of
by Daniel the prophet.
00:35:30.49\00:35:33.23
And it's important for us to
understand this because there
00:35:33.26\00:35:34.93
are a number of modern
interpretations of Daniel
00:35:34.93\00:35:38.17
chapter 8, and they apply the
abominations of desolation to
00:35:38.20\00:35:41.44
Antiochus Epiphanes, who
sacrificed the pig on the altar.
00:35:41.47\00:35:45.37
But this is not what Jesus did.
00:35:45.41\00:35:47.31
Jesus applies the abomination of
desolation not to a historical
00:35:47.34\00:35:52.21
occurrence, but rather to
something that was to be in the
00:35:52.25\00:35:54.95
future from his time.
00:35:54.98\00:35:57.19
And here you find
in Matthew chapter 24,
00:35:57.22\00:36:00.46
this is when the
disciples came and asked Jesus,
00:36:00.49\00:36:02.36
"When shall these things
be, when will Jerusalem be
00:36:02.39\00:36:04.33
destroyed, and what are the
signs of Your second coming?"
00:36:04.36\00:36:08.03
And Jesus responds in verse
15, and He says, "Therefore,
00:36:08.06\00:36:11.17
when you see,"
this is Matthew 24:15,
00:36:11.20\00:36:13.87
"when you see the abomination
of desolation," there it is,
00:36:13.90\00:36:17.41
"spoken of by
Daniel the prophet,
00:36:17.44\00:36:20.41
'Stand in the holy place.
00:36:20.44\00:36:22.64
Whoever reads,
let him understand.
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.45
Then let those who are in
Judea flee into the mountains.'"
00:36:24.48\00:36:29.28
So, is Jesus talking about the
abomination of desolation as a
00:36:29.32\00:36:32.19
historical event that already
occurred before His time?
00:36:32.22\00:36:36.29
Or does Jesus still
put it in the future?
00:36:36.32\00:36:39.33
He puts it in the future.
00:36:39.36\00:36:41.33
He says, "When you see the
abomination of desolation stand
00:36:41.36\00:36:43.37
in the holy place."
00:36:43.40\00:36:45.23
Jesus can't be referring
to Antiochus Epiphanes,
00:36:45.27\00:36:47.00
who died 100
years before Christ.
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.34
He must be
referring to a future event.
00:36:50.37\00:36:52.71
Now, verse 16 says, "Let them
that--let them or those that be
00:36:52.74\00:36:56.71
in Judea flee to the mountains."
00:36:56.75\00:36:59.61
Now, you want to keep that in
mind and take a look at another
00:36:59.65\00:37:02.65
verse where Jesus is talking
about the same event in Luke
00:37:02.68\00:37:06.49
chapter 21.
00:37:06.52\00:37:08.09
So, turn in your Bibles to Luke
chapter 21 and we're going to
00:37:08.12\00:37:10.13
look here at verse 20.
00:37:10.16\00:37:12.96
Jesus says when you see
the abomination of desolation
00:37:12.99\00:37:15.93
stand in the holy place,
then flee to the mountains.
00:37:15.96\00:37:19.23
Now, he words it differently
in Luke chapter 21, verse 20.
00:37:19.27\00:37:24.97
Starting in verse 20,
we'll read through to verse 22.
00:37:25.01\00:37:28.61
Luke chapter 21, starting
in verse 20, Jesus says,
00:37:28.64\00:37:31.88
"But when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
00:37:31.91\00:37:35.98
then know that its
desolation is near."
00:37:36.02\00:37:38.92
Notice the word
there desolation,
00:37:38.95\00:37:40.99
paralleling with Matthew 24,
the abomination of desolation?
00:37:41.02\00:37:44.23
Verse 21, "Then let those who be
in Judea flee to the mountains,
00:37:44.26\00:37:47.50
let those who are in
the midst of her depart,
00:37:47.50\00:37:49.86
and let those who are in
the country enter her--or not
00:37:49.90\00:37:53.94
enter her."
00:37:53.97\00:37:55.84
Verse 22, "For these
are the days of vengeance,
00:37:55.87\00:37:58.44
that all things which are
written may be fulfilled."
00:37:58.47\00:38:02.81
Now, in Matthew 24,
Jesus says it's something
00:38:02.84\00:38:05.15
that Daniel wrote.
00:38:05.18\00:38:07.25
And when he says, "When you see
this abomination of desolation,
00:38:07.28\00:38:09.75
flee to the mountains," clearly
here Jesus is not talking about
00:38:09.78\00:38:12.29
a historical event, he's talking
about a future event from
00:38:12.32\00:38:14.62
his time.
00:38:14.66\00:38:16.02
When you see armies
surrounding Jerusalem,
00:38:16.06\00:38:17.73
that occurred in 70 AD,
it brought the destruction
00:38:17.76\00:38:20.73
of Jerusalem.
00:38:20.76\00:38:22.13
So, from Christ's own words, you
can't apply this abomination of
00:38:22.16\00:38:25.53
desolation or this little horn
power to Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:38:25.57\00:38:29.54
It has to be the Roman power,
pagan Rome followed then by
00:38:29.57\00:38:33.94
papal Rome.
00:38:33.98\00:38:35.81
So, hopefully you understand
that because, as mentioned,
00:38:35.84\00:38:37.38
it is a popular teaching today
that the little horn is not Rome
00:38:37.41\00:38:41.55
or the papacy, but
it's Antiochus Epiphanes.
00:38:41.58\00:38:45.32
All right, the next question
we want to consider then is,
00:38:45.35\00:38:48.19
what is meant by
the daily sacrifice?
00:38:48.22\00:38:52.03
It says, "The little horn
power would remove the daily
00:38:52.06\00:38:53.96
sacrifice."
00:38:54.00\00:38:55.76
If you have your
Bibles, look now at verse 11.
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.77
Talking about this little
horn power and it says this,
00:38:57.80\00:39:03.30
"He even exalted himself as
high as the Prince of the Host."
00:39:03.34\00:39:07.14
Who's the Prince of the Host?
00:39:07.18\00:39:09.14
Jesus.
00:39:09.18\00:39:10.88
"And by him," that is
the little horn power,
00:39:10.91\00:39:13.15
"the daily sacrifices were
taken away and the place of his
00:39:13.18\00:39:17.39
sanctuary was cast down."
00:39:17.42\00:39:19.75
Now, one of the things
that the Roman power would do,
00:39:19.79\00:39:22.66
the papacy in particular, would
cast down the sanctuary and the
00:39:22.69\00:39:28.96
daily sacrifices.
00:39:29.00\00:39:30.77
Verse 12,
"Because transgression, an
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.93
army was given over to
the horn to oppose the daily
00:39:32.97\00:39:35.47
sacrifices, and he cast
the truth down to the ground,
00:39:35.50\00:39:39.37
and he did all of
this and he prospered."
00:39:39.41\00:39:42.04
Again, we're talking
about the papal power.
00:39:42.08\00:39:44.05
Verse 13, "Then I heard
one speaking to the other,
00:39:44.08\00:39:49.32
of one of the
holy ones who said,
00:39:49.35\00:39:51.92
'How long will be the vision
concerning the daily sacrifices
00:39:51.95\00:39:55.66
and the transgression of
desolation to be given both the
00:39:55.69\00:39:59.19
sanctuary and the host
to be trampled underfoot?'"
00:39:59.23\00:40:03.03
So, what then are
the daily sacrifices?
00:40:03.06\00:40:05.47
Got to understand that remember
the context of Daniel chapter 8
00:40:05.50\00:40:08.14
is in sanctuary
language or imagery.
00:40:08.17\00:40:11.04
In the Old Testament sanctuary,
a daily sacrifice is offered,
00:40:11.07\00:40:14.64
a lamb was brought in the
morning and in the evening,
00:40:14.68\00:40:17.11
and it represented the
atonement or forgiveness
00:40:17.15\00:40:20.78
through a substitute.
00:40:20.82\00:40:22.92
It pointed to Jesus, the Lamb
of God that would take away the
00:40:22.95\00:40:25.35
sins of the world.
00:40:25.39\00:40:26.92
So, when it says the little
horn power would try and do away
00:40:26.96\00:40:30.63
with the daily sacrifice,
it's referring to what this horn
00:40:30.66\00:40:34.30
power would do to try and remove
an understanding of the ministry
00:40:34.30\00:40:39.40
of Jesus of his
sacrifice for us on Calvary.
00:40:39.43\00:40:43.67
He's talking
about the papal power.
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.54
It would misrepresent the gospel
and the work that Jesus is doing
00:40:45.57\00:40:49.21
for us.
00:40:49.24\00:40:51.05
Hebrews chapter 8 makes it very
clear as to where the sanctuary
00:40:51.08\00:40:54.45
is today and what Jesus
is doing as our high priest.
00:40:54.48\00:40:58.15
Hebrews chapter 8, verse 1 says,
"Now this is the main point of
00:40:58.19\00:41:01.59
the things that we are saying.
00:41:01.62\00:41:03.53
We have such a high priest who
is seated at the right hand of
00:41:03.56\00:41:06.23
the throne of the
majesty of the heavens,
00:41:06.26\00:41:09.73
a minister of the sanctuary
and of the true tabernacle,
00:41:09.76\00:41:12.50
which the Lord
erected, not man."
00:41:12.53\00:41:15.30
So, in Hebrews, it tells us
that Jesus is in heaven and He's
00:41:15.34\00:41:18.87
ministering in the heavenly
sanctuary, not the earthly.
00:41:18.91\00:41:22.28
Number 3, verse 3
of Hebrews 8 says,
00:41:22.31\00:41:25.01
"For every high priest is
appointed to offer both gifts
00:41:25.05\00:41:27.85
and sacrifices, therefore it was
necessary that this one also has
00:41:27.88\00:41:31.89
something to offer.
00:41:31.92\00:41:34.32
For if He was on the
earth, He would not be a priest,
00:41:34.36\00:41:36.73
since there are priests who
offer gifts according to the
00:41:36.76\00:41:38.69
law, who serve as a copy and
a shadow of the heavenly things,
00:41:38.73\00:41:42.63
as Moses was divinely instructed
when he was about to make
00:41:42.66\00:41:45.67
the tabernacle.
00:41:45.70\00:41:47.44
For he said, 'See that thou
make all things according to the
00:41:47.47\00:41:50.47
pattern that was
showed you in the mount.'"
00:41:50.51\00:41:53.21
Verse 6 says, "But now He
has obtained a more excellent
00:41:53.24\00:41:56.34
ministry in as much as He is
also the mediator of a better
00:41:56.38\00:42:00.25
covenant, which was
established on better promises."
00:42:00.28\00:42:04.22
So, Hebrews chapter 8 makes
it very clear that there is a
00:42:04.25\00:42:06.96
heavenly sanctuary.
00:42:06.99\00:42:08.79
Jesus is a high
priest who ministers for us,
00:42:08.82\00:42:11.43
and it's his
sacrifice that brings salvation.
00:42:11.46\00:42:14.60
The little horn power would try
to misrepresent what Jesus is
00:42:14.63\00:42:20.47
doing in heaven, would take the
truth of his sacrifice and his
00:42:20.50\00:42:25.51
atonement and cast
it down to the ground.
00:42:25.54\00:42:29.48
Misrepresented, that's
what's being described here.
00:42:29.51\00:42:32.71
So, how did this daily
sacrifice get taken away?
00:42:32.75\00:42:37.49
How did the papacy
remove this daily sacrifice?
00:42:37.52\00:42:40.89
First of all, we
noticed that there
00:42:40.92\00:42:42.66
was a counterfeit sanctuary.
00:42:42.69\00:42:44.96
The Roman Catholic church on
earth has usurped the place of
00:42:44.99\00:42:48.70
Christ's true
tabernacle in heaven.
00:42:48.73\00:42:51.40
In other words, the Roman church
says that salvation is found in
00:42:51.43\00:42:54.67
the church.
00:42:54.70\00:42:56.64
And if you're
outside the church,
00:42:56.67\00:42:59.04
you don't have
access to salvation,
00:42:59.07\00:43:01.41
thus you have excommunication.
00:43:01.44\00:43:03.68
When the church would
banish someone from the church,
00:43:03.71\00:43:07.05
in essence they were saying,
"You don't have salvation."
00:43:07.08\00:43:10.39
Well, where is our sanctuary,
where we find salvation today?
00:43:10.42\00:43:14.46
It's not on the earth, it's not
the church, but it's in heaven,
00:43:14.49\00:43:17.79
where Jesus
ministers as the high priest.
00:43:17.83\00:43:20.13
Point number two, a
counterfeit sacrifice.
00:43:20.16\00:43:22.70
The sacrifice of the mass has
been given to usurp the place of
00:43:22.73\00:43:26.30
Christ's true,
once for all sacrifice,
00:43:26.33\00:43:29.84
His atoning
sacrifice on Calvary.
00:43:29.87\00:43:31.71
There is a counterfeit
priesthood, where you
00:43:31.74\00:43:33.91
have human priests
who can't forgive sins.
00:43:33.94\00:43:37.71
Who only can forgive sins?
00:43:37.75\00:43:39.28
That's Jesus.
00:43:39.31\00:43:40.82
So, we go directly to
Jesus to obtain forgiveness,
00:43:40.85\00:43:43.02
we don't go to a human priest.
00:43:43.05\00:43:45.22
There is a counterfeit mediator.
00:43:45.25\00:43:47.46
Not only is Christ our mediator,
but according to the papal
00:43:47.49\00:43:51.16
power, Mary is
declared to, in some cases,
00:43:51.19\00:43:54.10
even be more compassionate
and accessible as a mediator.
00:43:54.10\00:43:59.40
She is a
co-mediator with Christ.
00:43:59.43\00:44:02.44
Point number five, there is a
counterfeit vicar of Christ or
00:44:02.47\00:44:05.64
representative of Christ.
00:44:05.67\00:44:08.34
The pope has usurped the
place of the Holy Spirit as the
00:44:08.38\00:44:12.05
infallible teacher of divine
truth and the true successor of
00:44:12.08\00:44:16.05
Christ on the earth.
00:44:16.08\00:44:18.19
Jesus said to His disciples,
"I'm going to leave you,
00:44:18.22\00:44:21.06
but I will not
leave you orphans,
00:44:21.09\00:44:22.96
but I will send the Holy Spirit.
00:44:22.99\00:44:25.43
He will represent
Me, He will speak of Me."
00:44:25.46\00:44:28.50
But in the papal power,
the pope takes the place of the
00:44:28.53\00:44:32.63
Holy Spirit, he is the one
that speaks for God or at least
00:44:32.67\00:44:35.67
claims to speak for God.
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.64
There is also a
counterfeit way of salvation.
00:44:37.67\00:44:40.31
Salvation by works
through prayers and penances,
00:44:40.34\00:44:43.55
this has usurped the place of
salvation by God's free grace.
00:44:43.58\00:44:47.62
And of course, that was the
point in particular that sparked
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.85
the Protestant Reformation.
00:44:49.88\00:44:51.89
Well, the Bible makes clear that
we are saved by grace through
00:44:51.92\00:44:54.56
faith in Jesus, not through
a church or not by asking
00:44:54.59\00:44:59.29
forgiveness from a priest,
but we go directly to Jesus,
00:44:59.33\00:45:03.63
our high priest, who
ministers for us in the
00:45:03.67\00:45:05.57
heavenly sanctuary.
00:45:05.60\00:45:07.27
So, what Daniel
chapter 8 is doing,
00:45:07.30\00:45:09.17
it's identifying a power that
would rule right till the very
00:45:09.20\00:45:12.31
end of time that would try
to misrepresent the truth of
00:45:12.34\00:45:16.75
Christ's sacrifice and
His high priestly ministry.
00:45:16.78\00:45:20.78
And that's what's
been highlighted here.
00:45:20.82\00:45:23.25
But then the verse says in
verse 14, "Until 2,300 days,
00:45:23.28\00:45:27.29
then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed."
00:45:27.32\00:45:31.09
So, what is this
cleansing of the sanctuary mean?
00:45:31.13\00:45:34.30
Well, when we talk about
the cleansing of the sanctuary,
00:45:34.30\00:45:36.90
there are two parts
to this cleansing work.
00:45:36.93\00:45:39.90
There is a cleansing
that takes place in heaven,
00:45:39.93\00:45:43.00
as well as a cleansing
that takes place on the earth.
00:45:43.04\00:45:46.68
When it talks about
a cleansing in heaven,
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.41
this will be accomplished by
the commencement of the great
00:45:48.44\00:45:50.91
heavenly day of atonement,
when the confessed sins of God's
00:45:50.95\00:45:54.55
children are blotted
out of the heavenly record.
00:45:54.58\00:45:58.42
Now, verse 14 of Daniel
8 says, "Until 2,300 days,
00:45:58.45\00:46:01.62
then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed,"
00:46:01.66\00:46:03.39
that announced the beginning
of this heavenly ministry,
00:46:03.43\00:46:06.96
where Jesus is cleansing the
record of the sins of those who
00:46:07.00\00:46:10.70
have confessed, those who
have exercised faith in Jesus.
00:46:10.73\00:46:14.27
And that work is
going on right now.
00:46:14.30\00:46:17.44
But in addition to the work
of cleansing that takes place in
00:46:17.47\00:46:19.94
heaven in the
heavenly sanctuary,
00:46:19.97\00:46:21.88
there is also a work of
cleansing that takes place on
00:46:21.91\00:46:25.45
the earth.
00:46:25.48\00:46:26.82
Now, I've asked you this before,
how many different types of
00:46:26.85\00:46:29.95
sanctuaries are
described in the Bible?
00:46:29.98\00:46:33.89
Well, we got the obvious
ones, we've got the sanctuary in
00:46:33.92\00:46:36.42
heaven, and that is the work
of cleansing that Jesus is doing
00:46:36.46\00:46:39.29
for us in heaven.
00:46:39.33\00:46:41.10
But the Bible also speaks of
a sanctuary on the earth during
00:46:41.13\00:46:44.07
the days of Moses.
00:46:44.10\00:46:45.90
God told Moses to
build a sanctuary,
00:46:45.93\00:46:47.57
so we have the
heavenly sanctuary,
00:46:47.60\00:46:49.24
we have the earthly sanctuary.
00:46:49.27\00:46:51.47
But then the Bible also speaks
of Jesus being the temple of
00:46:51.51\00:46:55.38
the sanctuary.
00:46:55.41\00:46:57.25
Jesus said, "Destroy
this temple and in three days,
00:46:57.28\00:46:59.31
I will raise it up again."
00:46:59.35\00:47:01.55
And He was speaking of Himself,
so that would be the third.
00:47:01.58\00:47:04.19
And then the Bible also speaks
of the believer as being the
00:47:04.22\00:47:07.89
temple or the sanctuary.
00:47:07.92\00:47:09.59
"Know you not that your
body is the temple of the
00:47:09.62\00:47:11.39
Holy Spirit," right?
00:47:11.43\00:47:12.96
That dwells in you.
00:47:12.99\00:47:14.83
And so there's four, and then
the fifth would be the church.
00:47:14.83\00:47:18.50
The Bible speaks of the church
as being the sanctuary or the
00:47:18.53\00:47:21.94
temple, and we're
living stones built upon Jesus,
00:47:21.97\00:47:25.37
the chief cornerstone.
00:47:25.41\00:47:27.58
So, when it talks
about a work of cleansing,
00:47:27.61\00:47:29.88
not only is he referring to a
cleansing of the record of sin
00:47:29.91\00:47:32.65
in heaven, but it's
also referring to a work of
00:47:32.68\00:47:36.38
cleansing, a reestablishment of
truth on the earth through the
00:47:36.42\00:47:40.69
church, through the believer,
a cleansing in the heart and in
00:47:40.72\00:47:44.79
the life, a reflecting of the
character of Jesus to the world.
00:47:44.83\00:47:50.47
So, this work of cleansing in
heaven is paralleled by a work
00:47:50.50\00:47:53.77
of cleansing that
takes place on the earth.
00:47:53.80\00:47:56.40
And when the work of
cleansing is complete in heaven,
00:47:56.44\00:47:59.57
there will be a work of
cleansing that'll be complete on
00:47:59.61\00:48:02.68
the earth.
00:48:02.71\00:48:04.28
And when Jesus is finished,
this high priestly ministry,
00:48:04.31\00:48:07.22
this work of cleansing,
then he says, "He that is holy,
00:48:07.25\00:48:11.09
let him be holy still.
00:48:11.12\00:48:13.29
He that is filthy,
let him be filthy still."
00:48:13.32\00:48:16.06
Probation closes, and then
Jesus removes his priestly robe,
00:48:16.09\00:48:20.50
puts on his kingly robe,
and Jesus comes back as King of
00:48:20.53\00:48:23.43
kings and Lord of lords.
00:48:23.47\00:48:26.00
His work of high
priest is finished,
00:48:26.03\00:48:28.77
and now He's coming as
a king to take us home.
00:48:28.80\00:48:32.47
So, what's brought to view then
in Daniel chapter 8 is not only
00:48:32.51\00:48:36.34
Medo-Persia and Greece and Rome,
but it's also identifying a
00:48:36.38\00:48:41.48
power that would rule or be
around all the way to the time
00:48:41.52\00:48:44.89
of the end that would try
to misrepresent the sacrifice
00:48:44.92\00:48:48.32
of Jesus.
00:48:48.36\00:48:50.19
But at the same time, it
says at the time of the end,
00:48:50.23\00:48:52.56
the truth of what Jesus is
doing as our high priest will be
00:48:52.59\00:48:55.93
revealed, and the work of
cleansing that Jesus is doing in
00:48:55.96\00:48:59.40
heaven through the antitypical
day of atonement will be
00:48:59.43\00:49:02.54
experienced amongst
His people on the earth,
00:49:02.57\00:49:05.77
a special work of cleansing or
revival that takes place in the
00:49:05.81\00:49:10.35
hearts and the
lives of believers.
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.72
So, from Medo-Persia through
Greece, Rome, the papal power,
00:49:13.75\00:49:20.22
the cleansing of the sanctuary,
we come to where we are today.
00:49:20.26\00:49:25.46
We are living in this final
phase of Christ's high priestly
00:49:25.49\00:49:28.83
ministry, an entire panorama
of history to show us where we
00:49:28.86\00:49:33.90
are today.
00:49:33.94\00:49:35.67
That's what we find
in Daniel 2, Daniel 7,
00:49:35.70\00:49:38.44
and in particularly
here in Daniel chapter 8.
00:49:38.47\00:49:41.01
Now, Daniel chapter 8 doesn't
talk about this 2300 days as to
00:49:41.04\00:49:44.11
when it begins.
00:49:44.15\00:49:45.78
The answer to when the 2300
days begins you find in Daniel
00:49:45.81\00:49:48.68
chapter 9, and that'll
be our study next week.
00:49:48.72\00:49:52.02
But just at this point, we
understand what this cleansing
00:49:52.05\00:49:54.29
is all about, the
cleansing of the sanctuary.
00:49:54.32\00:49:56.66
And next time, we'll find
out when exactly this begins.
00:49:56.69\00:50:00.63
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Kip Johnston: I was
raised very spoiled, very lucky,
00:51:27.22\00:51:29.95
very blessed.
00:51:29.98\00:51:31.89
I was raised in
the church, actually.
00:51:31.92\00:51:33.62
As a child, God was
presented to me as vindictive,
00:51:33.66\00:51:37.13
so it didn't
interest me very much.
00:51:37.16\00:51:39.56
When I got much older, I was
told by a friend of mine that I
00:51:39.59\00:51:42.73
wasn't even a Christian.
00:51:42.76\00:51:44.30
I said, "I'm a good person,
I don't steal, I don't cheat,
00:51:44.33\00:51:46.77
I don't kill."
00:51:46.80\00:51:48.54
And it was told to me that,
"No, in order to be a Christian,
00:51:48.57\00:51:51.51
you must be born again."
00:51:51.54\00:51:53.34
The next day, I went
and appropriated a Bible,
00:51:53.38\00:51:55.54
I read the New Testament.
00:51:55.58\00:51:57.28
I just set the Bible down
and said, "God, if you're real,
00:51:57.31\00:52:00.22
deal me in."
00:52:00.25\00:52:02.68
I went to a Christian college
to study theology and about God.
00:52:02.72\00:52:06.52
But when I left college, I
took a job selling Christian
00:52:06.55\00:52:09.56
literature and Bibles door
to door, and I went flat broke.
00:52:09.59\00:52:13.96
I stopped in to play
poker in a place in LA.
00:52:14.00\00:52:17.03
I was an instant success.
00:52:17.07\00:52:19.17
My life became poker, and I got
books, and I read poker books.
00:52:19.20\00:52:22.10
I had my Bible in one hand
and a poker book in the other.
00:52:22.14\00:52:24.31
I was a Christian poker player.
00:52:24.34\00:52:25.87
I thought that the
Lord was blessing me.
00:52:25.91\00:52:27.38
The amount of money that I
made playing poker was so big,
00:52:27.41\00:52:31.28
it would scare you.
00:52:31.31\00:52:32.78
I was very self-indulgent, I did
not deny myself anything that I
00:52:32.81\00:52:35.85
thought would make me
happy, but I was still empty.
00:52:35.88\00:52:39.79
I went to all the
Christian churches,
00:52:39.82\00:52:42.12
gave them all a fair shot.
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.66
Some of them three
months, some of them two years.
00:52:43.69\00:52:46.23
Unimpressed.
00:52:46.26\00:52:47.73
Saturday morning, I happened
to be traveling from one poker
00:52:47.76\00:52:50.47
place to another, I just
happened to have a little TV in
00:52:50.50\00:52:53.34
my truck, and Doug
Batchelor came up on there.
00:52:53.37\00:52:57.31
And I was like,
"This guy makes sense."
00:52:57.34\00:52:59.51
I knew Doug
Batchelor was in Sacramento,
00:52:59.54\00:53:01.08
so I came to meet him.
00:53:01.11\00:53:03.88
I told him, I said, "I am
a Christian doing God's work,
00:53:03.91\00:53:06.98
and I make a
living playing poker.
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.95
And I am giving away these
great converses to players,
00:53:08.98\00:53:11.99
I go to church and
help the community,
00:53:12.02\00:53:13.96
and don't tell me that
I'm not doing what's right."
00:53:13.99\00:53:16.46
And he said, "No, you got to
get out of that casino, period."
00:53:16.49\00:53:20.70
I said, "I'm making good money."
00:53:20.73\00:53:22.86
And he says, "I know that
you know what I'm telling you
00:53:22.90\00:53:24.87
is right."
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.50
And I did.
00:53:26.53\00:53:28.34
I recognized that
through it all, I wasn't happy.
00:53:28.37\00:53:32.91
I said, "Lord, my
life is a disaster.
00:53:32.94\00:53:35.31
I'm selfish, I'm empty.
00:53:35.34\00:53:37.78
I've tried to do what you
wanted me to do so many times,
00:53:37.81\00:53:41.08
and I've always failed.
00:53:41.12\00:53:43.79
Why do I always fail?
00:53:43.82\00:53:45.75
Why do I always lose my way?"
00:53:45.79\00:53:48.06
And the Lord spoke to me,
says, "You got to be involved.
00:53:51.23\00:53:57.23
You got to be
involved in my work."
00:53:57.27\00:54:00.20
And that's when I said, "I need
to dedicate my life fully to
00:54:00.24\00:54:02.87
God's work."
00:54:02.90\00:54:05.21
I, by the grace of God
and my wife, we went to India.
00:54:05.24\00:54:10.35
Until the Lord
tells me otherwise,
00:54:10.38\00:54:11.91
we're going to build orphanages
in India so that children can
00:54:11.95\00:54:14.82
grow up and hear about Jesus,
and they can go tell the 1.3
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billion people in their country.
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God had a plan for me, and now I
just want to be fully dedicated
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to the Lord's cause.
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I am Kip Johnston, and God used
Amazing Facts to change my life.
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Doug Batchelor: On
Christmas Eve, 1971,
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17-year-old Juliane Koepcke
boarded LANSA flight 508 with
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her mother in Lima, Peru.
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They intended to join her father
for Christmas at his research
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station in the
Amazon rainforest.
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After crossing the
Andes at about 21,000 feet,
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their aircraft was enveloped
by large, dark thunder clouds,
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and it
encountered severe turbulence.
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Lightning was flashing
everywhere and the plane was
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shaken violently,
which naturally terrified
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the passengers.
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Then a bolt of lightning struck
the plane's engine and tore off
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a wing.
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As the doomed airliner
hurdled towards the earth,
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the cabin came apart,
and the next thing she knew,
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Juliane found herself strapped
alone to a row of seats falling
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and spinning
silently from over 10,000 feet
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above the rainforest.
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She plummeted through the
jungle canopy and slammed on the
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forest floor.
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When she awoke the next day,
Juliane was amazed to realize
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she had survived the
two-mile fall with just a broken
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collarbone and a
bad gash in her arm.
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After failing to
find any other survivors,
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Juliane relied on what
her father had taught her,
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that walking downstream will
always lead to civilization.
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So, with a bag of candy that had
fallen from the plane and one
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sandal, she started walking.
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For ten days, Juliane hobbled,
swam, or floated downstream.
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Her wounds became infected and
she was plagued by maggots while
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having to dodge
crocodiles, piranhas,
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and relentless insects.
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Eventually, she came to
a shack, where she slept,
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and she was soon
discovered by Peruvian loggers.
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Eventually, Juliane was
united with her amazed father.
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It's hard to imagine a
17-year-old girl surviving such
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a fall, and then hiking
alone out of the world's
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largest rainforest.
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You know, the Bible talks
about some who survived an even
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greater fall than Juliane.
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In fact,
according to the Scriptures,
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when Adam and Eve
fell in the garden of Eden,
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it brought the
whole human race down.
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But Jesus came to
redeem the world from sin.
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Perhaps you're
thinking to yourself, "Well,
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that's okay for the
world, but I've fallen too far."
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Well, if the Lord can
save Juliane, God can save you.
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You've not gone farther than
Moses, who was guilty of murder,
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or David, who was
guilty of adultery, or Peter,
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who denied Jesus.
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And all of them were saved
and restored from their fall.
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Or maybe you're thinking,
"I've fallen too many times."
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Be of good courage.
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It says in Proverbs
chapter 24, verse 16,
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"A righteous man falls
seven times and rises again."
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And Jesus cast seven
devils out of Mary Magdalene.
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So, don't get discouraged,
friend, if you've fallen,
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get back up again.
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The same way that
He could save Juliane,
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lead her from that lost
condition in the rainforest,
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and restore her to her father,
Jesus can lead you from your
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lost condition and restore
you to your heavenly Father.
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