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Jean Ross: Good
morning, friends, and welcome to
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"Sabbath School Study Hour"
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And again, a very
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We've been studying
through the lesson dealing
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with the book of
Daniel in the Old Testament.
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We have a very important study
today, an important chapter.
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It's lesson number 10 is
our study for today and it's
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entitled, "From
Confusion to Consolation."
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"From Confusion to Consolation."
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We'll be looking
at Daniel chapter 9.
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Oh, it's called "The
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along with our study for today.
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Well, before we get to
our Sabbath School lesson, I'd
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like to invite our song leaders
to come forward and they'll lead
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us in our Sabbath School song.
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female: Good morning.
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Happy Sabbath.
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Please join us in singing
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Jean Ross: Let's bow
our heads for prayer.
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Dear Father in heaven, we thank
you that we have this wonderful
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opportunity on such a beautiful
Sabbath that you have given us
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to gather together, to
open up your Word, study a very
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important passage, a
passage that was written long
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before the coming of Jesus
and yet gives us the very time
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of the
beginning of his ministry.
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Thank you, Lord, for this very
important, fascinating chapter
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in the Bible, Daniel 9.
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Bless us, Lord.
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Give us understanding and
impress upon us those things
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you want us to know.
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For we ask this in
Jesus's name, amen.
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Our lesson today is going
to be brought to us by Pastor
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Shawn Brummund, our
family life here at Granite Bay.
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And as you can tell, all of us
enjoy the book of Daniel and we
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almost had to flip a coin
to figure out who's gonna teach
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what chapter.
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But no, we're excited that
he's going to be able to share
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with us Daniel chapter 9.
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Thank you Pastor Brummund.
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Shawn Brummund: Good
morning to everybody.
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It's good to be back
here in the Granite Bay Church
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and to be able to study with you
on this very important topic.
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One of my favorite chapters that
we can find in all of Scripture
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is found in Daniel chapter 9
and the prophecy timeline that
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is found there.
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And so I found it a
privilege to be able to be here.
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And as we looked at last week's
subject, as we looked at that
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powerful vision and experience
that Daniel had in Daniel
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chapter 8, as we came to
the conclusion of that, we
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came to a very powerful and
really packed statement that
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was made at the conclusion
of the vision, and we find it
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on the screen here.
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Daniel 8, verse 14,
"And he said unto me."
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And we can turn there if you
want to, and I invite you to do
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that.
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He said, "And he said unto me,
'For two thousand three hundred
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days, and then the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.'"
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And so, Pastor Jean had done
such a great job in unpacking
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a little bit about
the what and the where.
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And so where do we
find the sanctuary?
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For those of us who are in
review, where do we find that
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sanctuary?
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We find it in heaven, don't we?
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Okay, so we find a
sanctuary in heaven.
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And so really, the Bible talks
about two key sanctuaries, one
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reflecting the other.
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The first one is the Old
Testament sanctuary, and that is
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the one which Moses had
established with the old
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covenant and which he had
established--God established
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a covenant with Israel.
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They had developed a tabernacle,
a sanctuary, that eventually
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became a temple, and
it was a two room temple.
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And then we also have the
earthly priesthood that was
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permanently set
there, a human priesthood.
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And then we also have the altar
of sacrifices that took place
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there every day and
throughout the year as they
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continued to worship the Lord
in that--in that way, respect.
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But as we looked at last week,
and this is in review, there is
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a heavenly, even grander, much
better, more important sanctuary
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than that of the one in
Jerusalem on earth and that
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is the New Testament sanctuary.
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So we have the Old Testament
sanctuary in earthly Jerusalem,
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but we have a heavenly New
Testament sanctuary that is
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found in heaven.
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And the new--the Old
Testament priesthood is replaced
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with a much better and perfect
priesthood, which is found
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in the person of the Son
of God, Jesus Christ Himself.
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And the earthly sacrificial
system that surrounded
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the earthly temple and sanctuary
was replaced with the perfect,
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once-for-all sacrifice, which is
found on a hill called Calvary
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in which Jesus Christ Himself
died for the sins of the world,
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and so we have a much better
priesthood that is in heaven.
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And I don't know about
you, but I'm just glad to live
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in the New Testament era,
because we can come to God, we
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can come through Jesus and
to Jesus as our High Priest
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24/7, and He is there to
mediate for your sins and mine.
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And He'd be able to give us a
continuing walk with Him as we
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grow into His holiness
as He works in our hearts.
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And so that's a little bit
of review of what we looked
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at last week in
regards to Daniel chapter 8,
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and the reason I'm doing that is
because we are going to discover
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now the when of this
cleansing of the sanctuary.
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Because again, last
week we looked at the what
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and the where, but today we want
to also unpack and look at where
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the when is.
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When does this 2,300
day, and of course, a day
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in prophetic prophecy always
represents a literal year.
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And we find that principle,
if you haven't studied it
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in the past, in
Ezekiel chapter 4, and verse 6.
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God had very clearly
started to establish in symbolic
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prophecy only that a prophetic
symbolic day represents
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a literal year.
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And so is this a
long prophecy, friends?
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It's a very long prophecy.
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In fact, it is the
longest-reaching time
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prophecy in all of Scripture,
and it is also one of the most
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important, and for
our day and age also one
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of the most relevant.
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And so as, again, a review,
when we come to the conclusion
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of the 2,300 year prophecy,
when the sanctuary begins to be
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cleansed in the heavenly
sanctuary, indeed it marks
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the final work that Jesus would
do in earth's history and in His
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plan of salvation, which He
would move from the first room
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at the sanctuary into the second
room, the most holy place,
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in which He would
do that final work.
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And we'll talk about that more
in detail as we come to this
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study a little bit later on.
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But not only that, but as we
come back to verses 16 and 17
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in chapter 8, we discover there
that indeed, the conclusion
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of this particular time prophecy
also points us to the time
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of the end.
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Let's read it quickly.
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"And I heard a man's voice
between the banks of the Ulai,
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who called and said, 'Gabriel,
make this man understand
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the vision.'
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So he came near where I stood,
and when he came I was afraid
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and fell on my face, but he said
to me, 'Understand, son of man,
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that the vision
refers to the time of the--
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to the time of the end.'"
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And so this prophecy even
becomes more important relevant
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because not only does it point
to the cleansing of the heavenly
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sanctuary, Christ's final work
in the plan of salvation, but it
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also points us to the
beginning of what we can say--
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the beginning of the
end, the last phase of earth's
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history when God is wrapping
things up in heaven that he
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might send His Son back to Earth
as God and Jesus had promised
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to be able to take His
people home and live eternally
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with Him.
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So let's fast forward now to
the last two verses of Daniel
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chapter 8, verses 26 and 27.
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And as we fast forward to that,
of course this is review, Daniel
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has had this experience,
not only in a prophetic vision,
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but also with the great Angel
Gabriel, as Gabriel has been
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faithfully doing that
which we had just read he was
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commissioned to do, and
that is to unpack or to give
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the interpretation of
the symbolic vision that
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Daniel had received.
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Did Gabriel do a
good job at that?
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Sure he did, didn't he?
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He did a very good
job at unpacking it.
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In fact, he gives us
some of the most detailed
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interpretations and
understandings in regard
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to the symbolic vision
that Daniel had received.
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But then as we come to verse
26, as he is continuing his job,
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Gabriel that is, it says,
"In the visions of the evenings
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and the mornings, which we're
told is true, therefore seal
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up the vision for it refers
to many days in the future."
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Indeed, very many days,
2,300 years into the future.
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Well, poor Gabriel, he probably
was intending to continue
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to unpack that a little
bit more and allow a little bit
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of interaction between him
and Daniel in understanding that
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further, but his
student passes out.
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Not only did he pass out, he had
to take sick leave for several
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days, and we read
that in the next verse.
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It says, "And I, Daniel,
fainted and was sick for days.
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And afterward, I arose and went
about the king's business and I
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was astonished by the vision,
but no one understood it."
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And so here's Daniel.
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Gabriel has done a very good
job in giving him understanding
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of the entire vision until
he gets to the very last verse,
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where it is stated
for under 2,300 days, then
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the sanctuary shall be cleansed.
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Well, Daniel so overwhelmed
by this that he passes
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out and has to take
sick leave for a time.
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And so was Gabriel
able to finish his job?
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No, it's very hard to teach
a student that's passed out,
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isn't it?
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And that's what we find in this
particular case, and so Gabriel
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returns back to
his Father in heaven.
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And as it turns out, when we
come into chapter 9 we find that
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about ten years has
passed since that experience.
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And so God lets Daniel sit
on that for about ten years.
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Now, friends, I want to ask
you for us to be able to put
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ourselves in Daniel's shoes.
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Why was Daniel so overwhelmed?
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Well, we have to remember that
Daniel had been in captivity
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in Babylon for about 60 years
at this point in history when he
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received this vision, okay?
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Many of his fellow
countrymen had been killed when
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the Babylonians came in
and destroyed Jerusalem,
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level-led the temple,
brought many of the--most
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of the Israelites back
to Babylon, the ones that
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weren't killed, and they became
slaves for many years to come.
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And Daniel was a slave
for the rest of his life.
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And so Daniel's totally blown
away by this 2,300 year prophecy
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because his mind is
on the earthly sanctuary.
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His mind is on reestablishing
not only Jerusalem, but most
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importantly in his heart
is to reestablish God's holy
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temple, that they
begin the sacrificial system
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and to worship God
through the plan of salvation
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that is spelled out
there and played out there.
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And the most important, or one
of the most important ceremonies
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that took place was Yom Kippur,
as our Jewish friends call it
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today, which is the Day
of Atonement, and that was
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the annual
cleansing of the earthly
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Old Testament sanctuary.
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So in Daniel's mind, almost
for certain, he's thinking,
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"Now, wait a minute.
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I've got a major tension in
my mind because we're 60 years
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into captivity.
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I've read Jeremiah's writings,
and in Jeremiah chapter 29,
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in verse 10, it tells me very
clearly amongst other places
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in that book that God says
that our punishment in captivity
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in Babylon will
last seven years."
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And so in Daniel's mind,
he's thinking when he received
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the vision in Daniel 8 it
should only be ten more years
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before the sanctuary starts
to be cleansed again in the Day
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of Atonement.
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But now God throws a curve ball
and he says, Listen, actually it
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sounds like now that the
sanctuary won't be cleansed
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for another 2,300 years
and there'll be multiple world
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empires that will rise and
fall in that part of the world
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and all these things will take
place before the sanctuary will
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be cleansed.
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And so for ten years now, Daniel
is sitting on this, until he
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comes to the conclusion of
the 70-year period, and now
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he's really distressed because
he's still wondering, "When is
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God going to fulfill the
cleansing of the sanctuary?"
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And so we find as we come
to Daniel chapter 9 that he's
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on his knees, praying fervently.
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He's traded his
clothes for sackcloth.
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He puts his food
aside and begins fasting.
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And he starts to pray
in intercession for Israel,
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claiming that promise that
God had given in Jeremiah, that
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indeed the time had come
in which His promise was to be
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fulfilled and the Jews were
to be able to be free to go back
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to Jerusalem and
rebuild the temple.
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And he claims that promise
and he pleads with God, "Please
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help your earthly
temple to be built once again
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in the Holy Jerusalem."
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Well, we don't have time
to look at that actual prayer.
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If you've read your quarterly,
that particular quarterly does
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just a wonderful job in
being able to unpack that for us
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and give us some good insights,
but because of limited time, I
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just want us to be able to fast
forward to verse 21 as we come
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to the conclusion of
that particular prayer.
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Because as Daniel is in
the midst of this prayer
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for whatever hours that was, we
find here in verse 21 that he's
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interrupted by no one else
but the Angel Gabriel, who had
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an encounter with him
in just the previous vision
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in chapter 8 itself.
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So let's go to verse 21.
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Verse 21, it says, "Yes, while I
was speaking in prayer, the man
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Gabriel whom I had seen
in vision at the beginning,
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being caused to fly swiftly,
reached me about the time
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of the evening offering."
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Now, isn't it wonderful to know
that angels can be sent in just
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a moment's notice and arrive
here all the way from heaven?
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Now, we know, just
knowing the size of the universe
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and that our telescopes can't
even come close to reaching
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where heaven, that it's
multiple light-years away
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from this planet.
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And so for angels, the thought
of traveling at the speed
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of light is very primitive,
and they're thinking, "Man
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alive, that's really
slow because I can go way
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faster than that.
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I can go millions of light-years
or thousands of light-years,
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whatever it is, in
just a moment's notice."
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And Gabriel shows up
on the scene with Daniel.
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Verse 22, "And he informed me
and talked with me and said, 'Oh
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Daniel, I have now
come forth to give you skill
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to understand.'"
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Well, that's what he was
doing before Daniel passed
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out in the previous chapter.
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Verse 22, he says, "And
at the beginning of your
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supplications, the command went
out and I have come to tell you,
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for you are greatly
beloved, and therefore consider
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the matter and
understand the vision."
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Now, friends, I want to ask
you a very important question
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in regards to this, because some
people have a hard time seeing
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the connection, the inseparable
connection, between what Gabriel
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is now about to start to unpack
and give to Daniel in the last
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part of this chapter 9, and
how it is inseparably connected
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to the last verse of the vision
that he received in Daniel
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chapter 8, and this is
the question that you need
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to ask yourselves now
and in the future to be able
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to see this clearly.
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How many visions did Daniel
receive in the 9th chapter
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of the book of Daniel?
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How many visions
did Daniel receive?
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Somebody said none.
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That's right, zero, okay?
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He received zero
visions, alright?
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So if Daniel--Gabriel shows
up and he says, "Listen, I have
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come to give you understanding
of the vision," and there is no
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vision in Daniel chapter
9, we have to back up further
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before Daniel chapter 9,
and that is Daniel chapter 8.
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The very last vision that Daniel
received and the only vision
00:19:02.84\00:19:06.07
that he received since he was
with Gabriel previous to this,
00:19:06.11\00:19:10.15
and now with his experience
with Gabriel, is the vision
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that's recorded
in Daniel chapter 8.
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And so there's no other vision
that Gabriel can be referring
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to 'cause there is no
other vision recorded in Daniel
00:19:18.69\00:19:20.72
chapter 9.
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And so he has to, inevitably, be
referring to the vision before.
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Now, did Gabriel do a good
job at unpacking and giving
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understanding to Daniel to every
different symbol in that vision
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until he got to the last verse?
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He did, didn't he?
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Alright, so Gabriel did a very
good job and that's why we enjoy
00:19:36.30\00:19:38.77
studying it, because God
just unpacks it so wonderfully
00:19:38.81\00:19:41.18
through his angel.
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But then when we come to this
particular verse, when we come
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to this particular statement,
there is still more that God
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wants both Daniel, and
you, and I to understand.
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And so now, Daniel of
course has received his health,
00:19:51.82\00:19:54.29
his strength.
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He's in a good state of mind.
00:19:55.99\00:19:57.33
He's in deep prayer,
claiming the promises of God.
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And now, Gabriel
gives us more information.
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So then we come to verse 24.
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In verse 24, it says, "Seventy
weeks are determined for your
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people and for your Holy City."
00:20:09.24\00:20:11.64
Now, who would
Daniel's people and city be?
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Okay, Daniel's a Jewish
person, so his people would be
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the Jewish Israelites, alright?
00:20:18.38\00:20:19.95
And his city would be none other
than the Holy City and capital
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of Israel, which
is Jerusalem itself.
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And so, "Seventy weeks
are determined for your people
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and for your Holy City to finish
the transgression, to make
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an end of sins, to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:20:33.03\00:20:36.53
to bring in everlasting
righteousness, to seal
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up the vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy."
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And so here, we have Gabriel
and he says, "Listen, I'm givin'
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you an additional timeline.
00:20:47.71\00:20:49.31
I'm giving you more information
that is directly related
00:20:49.34\00:20:52.98
to the last vision which I gave
you," which is found in Daniel
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chapter 8, and verse 14.
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Now, there's a couple of things
that we need to understand.
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We already concluded very simply
and easily that Daniel's people
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would be the Jewish people,
but the term that is found
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in many translations
"determined," some translations
00:21:06.03\00:21:09.10
may say separated or cut off,
and that's because they're all
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accurate and right.
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And so the original Jewish
word is talking about being cut
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off or separated from something
else other than itself.
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Now, because it's directly
related to Daniel 8, verse 14
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in the 2,300-year prophecy,
we know that what Gabriel's now
00:21:25.65\00:21:29.72
giving is also part
of the same timeline.
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And so God essentially here is
saying, "Listen, that 2,300-year
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prophecy that I gave you, I'm
giving you a sub-timeline that
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is also directly related
included in that time space."
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And this particular timeline is
directly related to the Jewish
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people, and the Jewish
nation, and the capital city
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of Jerusalem, and of course
its temple that is included.
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Alright, so there we
have it, and so let's go back.
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In fact, I want to look at
a bit of a time chart here.
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When we look at a time chart
here, we find here that this is
00:22:02.78\00:22:05.75
the start of the 2,300-year
prophecy and this will be
00:22:05.79\00:22:10.56
the conclusion of it
when the sanctuary is cleansed
00:22:10.59\00:22:12.96
at the end of the 2,300 years.
00:22:12.99\00:22:15.66
Then we come to the 70-week
period, and so God now is giving
00:22:15.70\00:22:18.53
us a sub-timeline.
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The first 490 years, because
of course 70 weeks, if you have
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70 weeks times 7,
that is how many days?
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Four hundred and ninety days.
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And in symbolic prophecy, a
day represents a literal year,
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and so now we know that
the first 490 years of this
00:22:33.25\00:22:36.58
particular prophecy is
determined, is cut off, is given
00:22:36.62\00:22:40.62
to that of the purposes
of the Jews, the Holy City
00:22:40.66\00:22:43.49
of Jerusalem, and of
course the nation of Israel.
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And then of course,
there's 1,810 remaining days.
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That brings us to the conclusion
of the 2,300-year prophecy.
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And are you with me so far?
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All right, okay, so
let's go to verse 25.
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Now, verse 25 is no small verse
because how much is all these
00:22:58.27\00:23:02.18
timelines and prophecies that
God gave to us if he doesn't
00:23:02.21\00:23:05.41
give us some indication and
help in understanding when those
00:23:05.45\00:23:08.88
particular timelines begin?
00:23:08.92\00:23:11.25
It's not worth anything, is it?
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And so we need to be able
to know what historical event
00:23:13.12\00:23:16.83
or what year in earth's
history is the beginning of this
00:23:16.86\00:23:20.80
greatest and longest reaching
and one of the most important
00:23:20.83\00:23:24.33
timelines that we can
find in all of Scripture?
00:23:24.37\00:23:27.40
Indeed, we have verse 25,
and that's what makes verse 25
00:23:27.44\00:23:31.01
absolutely priceless in
concern to these two visions
00:23:31.04\00:23:35.01
or in concern to these
two chapters of Daniel.
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So verse 25, it says, "Know
therefore and understand that
00:23:38.71\00:23:41.22
from the going forth
of the command to restore
00:23:41.25\00:23:44.19
and build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince--" who
00:23:44.22\00:23:48.46
do you suppose that is?
00:23:48.49\00:23:50.03
None other than
Jesus himself, okay?
00:23:50.06\00:23:52.46
That's why many translations
have it with a capital M.
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"There shall be 7
weeks and 62 weeks."
00:23:54.96\00:23:57.93
Now, let's do some quick math.
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What 7 weeks and 62 weeks later?
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That's 69 weeks, isn't it?
00:24:02.40\00:24:03.74
Okay, so after 69 weeks, "The
Messiah the Prince shall come 69
00:24:03.77\00:24:09.71
weeks after the command to go
and restore and build Jerusalem.
00:24:09.74\00:24:13.68
The street shall be
built again and the wall, even
00:24:13.72\00:24:16.42
in troublesome times."
00:24:16.45\00:24:17.69
And indeed, as you read the book
of Ezra and Nehemiah, as we have
00:24:17.72\00:24:20.42
in just recent history here
in Sabbath School, it was very
00:24:20.46\00:24:23.76
troublesome times in which
the Israelites that went back
00:24:23.79\00:24:26.23
to Jerusalem found
themselves rebuilding the wall,
00:24:26.26\00:24:28.73
and the city, and
the temple once again.
00:24:28.76\00:24:31.63
And so verse 25 is absolutely
critical and essential, why?
00:24:31.67\00:24:35.24
Because it points us to
the historical event that
00:24:35.27\00:24:38.54
will mark the beginning of
these particular timelines.
00:24:38.57\00:24:42.48
And indeed, God even in
verse 25 began to divide up this
00:24:42.51\00:24:46.51
particular timeline of 490
years, and we're gonna look
00:24:46.55\00:24:49.65
at some of those details
in a powerful way just shortly
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.79
here in the future.
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.16
And so as it turns out, as
we look at our history books,
00:24:54.19\00:24:56.19
but not only our history books,
but the most reliable history
00:24:56.22\00:24:58.86
book in all of the world, which
is the Holy Bible itself, we
00:24:58.89\00:25:02.30
find in Ezra in the 7th
chapter that God knew that this
00:25:02.33\00:25:05.37
particular decree,
and historically that was
00:25:05.40\00:25:07.37
so important, understanding his
prophecies in Daniel, that He
00:25:07.40\00:25:10.64
saw to it that the very decree,
word by word from the very hand
00:25:10.67\00:25:15.78
of King Artaxerxes himself,
was preserved for us to be able
00:25:15.81\00:25:20.18
to read.
00:25:20.22\00:25:21.52
Now of course, we don't
have time to read that here this
00:25:21.55\00:25:22.88
morning, but in Ezra chapter 7,
verse 7, he also tells us that
00:25:22.92\00:25:26.02
that decree of Artaxerxes
was given in the 50th year
00:25:26.05\00:25:30.36
of the reign of
King Artaxerxes himself.
00:25:30.39\00:25:33.40
Now, if we look in the history
books, the history books tells
00:25:33.43\00:25:36.10
us that King Artaxerxes in
the 7th--sorry, in the 15th
00:25:36.13\00:25:39.93
year of his reign,
that was the year 457 BC.
00:25:39.97\00:25:44.41
Is that an
important date, friends?
00:25:44.44\00:25:46.47
It's a vital date.
00:25:46.51\00:25:47.84
It's a priceless date.
00:25:47.88\00:25:49.18
It's an essential date because
it gives us the beginning point
00:25:49.21\00:25:52.75
and year to be able to start
to count down these particular
00:25:52.78\00:25:56.02
timelines that God
has given to you and me.
00:25:56.05\00:25:59.79
And so let's go
ahead and do some math.
00:25:59.82\00:26:02.52
If we start at the starting
point now, because the command
00:26:02.56\00:26:05.56
to go and rebuild Jerusalem
takes place in 457 BC, and we
00:26:05.59\00:26:09.43
want to find out when does
the 490-year prophecy and time
00:26:09.46\00:26:13.30
period that applies to the Jews
in the city of Jerusalem take
00:26:13.34\00:26:15.97
place, and conclude, friends,
we have to go from 457 BC 483--
00:26:16.00\00:26:22.01
sorry, 490 years into
the future, and where does
00:26:22.31\00:26:25.21
that bring us?
00:26:25.25\00:26:28.72
We have some
mathematicians out there?
00:26:28.75\00:26:31.99
34 BC.
00:26:32.02\00:26:34.29
Okay, so it
brings us to the year 34.
00:26:34.32\00:26:36.79
Sorry, 34 AD.
00:26:36.83\00:26:38.53
And so as we come to the year
34 AD, we come to the conclusion
00:26:38.56\00:26:42.63
of God's timeline and period
in history that would bring us
00:26:42.66\00:26:47.57
to the conclusion of
God's purposes for the Jews
00:26:47.60\00:26:50.54
and for the Holy City
of Jerusalem here on earth.
00:26:50.57\00:26:54.08
Now, there's something very
critical that's recorded in Acts
00:26:54.11\00:26:56.54
chapter 7 that took place,
and that is that the very--one
00:26:56.58\00:26:59.85
of the first deacons by the
way, his name was Stephen, was
00:26:59.88\00:27:03.12
the first Christian
martyr in Christian history.
00:27:03.15\00:27:06.32
Now, Stephen was
no small individual.
00:27:06.35\00:27:08.49
He was a key individual in
which God had called to be able
00:27:08.52\00:27:11.66
to bring his last
appeal to the nation of Israel.
00:27:11.69\00:27:15.00
The Israelites in general
as a nation, and its religious
00:27:15.03\00:27:17.90
leaders, and political
leaders had rejected Jesus.
00:27:17.93\00:27:20.40
They had led Jesus to the cross.
00:27:20.44\00:27:22.34
They had killed him and they
had been denying him ever since.
00:27:22.37\00:27:25.91
And they've been persecuting
his people and his apostles.
00:27:25.94\00:27:29.14
Well, 3 1/2 years
after Jesus resurrected,
00:27:29.18\00:27:31.95
ascended back to His Father,
the Christian church was going
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.48
into its--into its evangelistic
stage and was expanding
00:27:34.52\00:27:39.29
and baptizing people on a daily
basis, we find that God sends
00:27:39.32\00:27:43.66
Stephen.
00:27:43.69\00:27:44.99
Now, not only as a
deacon, but also as a prophet
00:27:45.03\00:27:46.93
before the Sanhedrin, which
was the highest ruling body both
00:27:46.96\00:27:51.87
religiously and politically
in the nation of Israel
00:27:51.90\00:27:55.20
in concern to the Jews.
00:27:55.24\00:27:56.57
And so Stephen begins to give
a speech as God inspired him
00:27:56.60\00:27:59.67
to give this last appeal
and speech that they might see
00:27:59.71\00:28:02.84
and accept Jesus as the promised
Messiah that they had rejected.
00:28:02.88\00:28:06.88
Sadly, he doesn't even
get to the end of his speech.
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.48
They are so enraged by this
attempt of God and Stephen to be
00:28:09.52\00:28:13.46
able to appeal to them that they
drive him out of the Sanhedrin
00:28:13.49\00:28:16.99
building, and they bring him
over outside somewhere, and they
00:28:17.03\00:28:20.66
pick up stones, and they throw
rocks at him until he is dead.
00:28:20.70\00:28:26.27
And so friends, this
is the final conclusion
00:28:26.30\00:28:28.80
of the 490-year prophecy
and period that brings us
00:28:28.84\00:28:33.78
to the conclusion of God's
use and purposes for the city
00:28:33.81\00:28:38.38
of Jerusalem and
the nation of Israel.
00:28:38.41\00:28:41.05
You see, friends, one of
the most tragic and hardest
00:28:41.08\00:28:43.59
decisions that God the Father
and His Son Jesus Christ had
00:28:43.62\00:28:46.39
to make in concern to the
nation that God had loved,
00:28:46.42\00:28:50.39
and nurtured, and patiently had
guided as best as he possibly
00:28:50.43\00:28:54.03
could for centuries, God and His
Son Jesus Christ had determined
00:28:54.10\00:28:59.27
at the end of the 490
years, when they completely
00:28:59.30\00:29:03.07
and persistently rejected Jesus
as the Messiah, God is going
00:29:03.10\00:29:07.14
to have to look for another
nation to be able to fulfill his
00:29:07.18\00:29:10.55
purposes in bringing
the gospel to the world.
00:29:10.58\00:29:13.18
And that's why when we come
to Matthew chapter 21, and verse
00:29:13.21\00:29:15.62
43, when again He's in a tense
conversation with the religious
00:29:15.65\00:29:19.12
leaders of the Jewish nation
and He says, "Listen, there is
00:29:19.15\00:29:22.29
a time in which the nation
and the kingdom will be taken
00:29:22.32\00:29:25.39
from you, and given
to another nation bearing
00:29:25.43\00:29:29.06
the fruits thereof."
00:29:29.10\00:29:31.93
This is why the Apostle Paul
later on in Galatians chapter 3,
00:29:31.97\00:29:34.77
and verse 29 made this
statement in his letter.
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.44
He says, "And if you are
Christ's, then you are Abraham's
00:29:37.47\00:29:40.21
seed and heirs
according to the promise."
00:29:40.24\00:29:44.28
In other words, all of us
here as believers are Jews.
00:29:44.31\00:29:47.28
Did you know that?
00:29:47.32\00:29:48.78
Okay, so in God's eyes according
to the New Testament theology
00:29:48.82\00:29:52.05
and revelation that God has,
God's purposes for the Christian
00:29:52.09\00:29:54.69
church, now there is a
nation without borders.
00:29:54.72\00:29:57.73
There is a nation without
a civil body that rules it.
00:29:57.76\00:30:02.46
It is the body
of God's believers,
00:30:02.50\00:30:03.80
the holy church of God.
00:30:03.83\00:30:05.47
And so each of us, when we
accept Jesus Christ as our Lord
00:30:05.50\00:30:08.47
and Savior, become a
spiritual descendant of Abraham,
00:30:08.50\00:30:12.61
a spiritual Jew.
00:30:12.64\00:30:14.08
That's why Peter wrote in 1
Peter chapter 2, and verse 9, as
00:30:14.11\00:30:17.91
he spoke to the church, he
says, "But you are a chosen
00:30:17.95\00:30:20.25
generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, His own special
00:30:20.28\00:30:26.29
people."
00:30:27.16\00:30:28.46
And so Peter understood very
clearly that the time prophecy
00:30:28.49\00:30:31.69
of Daniel chapter
9, the 490-year period
00:30:31.73\00:30:34.83
and probation for the
Israelite nation to come to its
00:30:34.83\00:30:37.47
conclusion, and indeed
God now was giving and working
00:30:37.50\00:30:40.80
through a different
nation, the New Testament nation
00:30:40.84\00:30:43.77
of the holy Christian church.
00:30:43.81\00:30:47.74
Alright, so that being said,
let's return back to verse 25,
00:30:47.78\00:30:50.65
because verse 25 reveals
something for us in addition
00:30:50.68\00:30:56.35
to the beginning
point and the beginning year
00:30:56.38\00:30:58.85
and historical event that
begins this great timeline
00:30:58.89\00:31:01.06
that we're looking at.
00:31:01.09\00:31:02.52
It actually pinpoints when Jesus
would arrive on the earth scene
00:31:02.56\00:31:05.56
and Israel's scene
as the true Messiah,
00:31:05.59\00:31:07.96
the deliverer of sinful mankind.
00:31:08.00\00:31:11.23
Let's read it again.
00:31:11.27\00:31:12.70
It says, "Know
therefore and understand that
00:31:12.73\00:31:14.27
from the going forth
of the command to restore
00:31:14.30\00:31:16.14
and build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince, there
00:31:16.17\00:31:19.61
shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks."
00:31:19.64\00:31:23.91
Friends, how many
weeks is that again?
00:31:23.95\00:31:25.85
Sixty-nine weeks.
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.22
Now I'm going to
really test your math.
00:31:27.25\00:31:28.55
What 69 times 7, if we
want to convert this to days?
00:31:28.58\00:31:33.39
It's 483 I heard.
00:31:33.42\00:31:34.89
Okay, so somebody said 483
days, and in prophecy, symbolic
00:31:34.92\00:31:39.19
prophecy only, a day represents
a literal year, and so we're
00:31:39.23\00:31:42.26
looking at 483 years.
00:31:42.30\00:31:46.53
And so let's do some math.
00:31:46.57\00:31:48.67
If we go at 457 BC, God is
saying, "If you start at 457 BC
00:31:48.70\00:31:53.48
and you make your way 483
years into the future, you will
00:31:53.51\00:31:57.95
pinpoint the exact year in which
My Son Jesus Christ will arrive
00:31:57.98\00:32:01.48
on the earth
scene as the Messiah."
00:32:01.52\00:32:05.49
And so let's do some math.
00:32:05.52\00:32:06.86
If we start in 457 BC and we
go 483 years into the future, we
00:32:06.89\00:32:10.73
come to the year 27 AD.
00:32:10.76\00:32:15.23
Now, there's something
instrumental that took place
00:32:15.26\00:32:17.43
in the year 27 AD.
00:32:17.47\00:32:19.17
Jesus was baptized.
00:32:19.20\00:32:21.27
He was approximately
30 years of age, okay?
00:32:21.30\00:32:24.21
By the way, I'm
not--some of you may be looking
00:32:24.24\00:32:26.17
at the math and going 457
BC, 483 years into the future,
00:32:26.21\00:32:30.21
and you're saying, "Wait a
minute, I think Pastor Shawn
00:32:30.25\00:32:31.88
has to go back and take grade
three math again, because it
00:32:31.91\00:32:35.25
really should be 26 AD."
00:32:35.28\00:32:38.35
And trust me, I know my math
and, you know, I still would
00:32:38.39\00:32:42.89
pass math in grade three,
but the fact of the matter is
00:32:42.92\00:32:46.13
that there's a bit of a
complication when you take
00:32:46.16\00:32:48.33
a timeline that starts in
BC and goes into an AD date,
00:32:48.36\00:32:51.77
and that is the fact that there
is no such thing as a 0 AD.
00:32:51.80\00:32:54.54
You can't find 0 AD or
BC in any history book.
00:32:54.57\00:32:57.91
Why?
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.24
Because as you come up to 1 BC,
the very next year in history
00:32:59.27\00:33:02.61
books is 1 AD.
00:33:02.64\00:33:04.58
And so, but if you just kind
of go from Old Testament times
00:33:04.61\00:33:08.75
or pre-BC times to AD and you
just do the math directly, you
00:33:08.78\00:33:13.82
actually--when you do that,
you actually lose a year because
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.42
it's--your math is assuming
there's a 0 year, a year 0,
00:33:16.46\00:33:19.93
which there isn't.
00:33:19.96\00:33:21.26
So if you don't get
that, still trust me.
00:33:21.30\00:33:23.50
I know what I'm doing when
I say the date is 27 AD, okay?
00:33:23.53\00:33:29.54
So Jesus is
baptized in 27 AD, okay?
00:33:29.84\00:33:33.24
The Bible tells us some
very powerful things in concern
00:33:33.27\00:33:36.41
to his baptism.
00:33:36.44\00:33:37.78
The Holy Spirit descended
in bodily form like a dove
00:33:37.81\00:33:39.31
upon him, okay, and a voice came
down from the heavens, saying,
00:33:39.35\00:33:42.65
"This is my Son in
whom I'm well pleased."
00:33:42.68\00:33:45.09
Now, as it turns out, the word
"Messiah" means anointed one.
00:33:45.12\00:33:48.79
This is a Hebrew title in
terms that literally means
00:33:48.82\00:33:51.73
the anointed one and it's
equivalent to that of Christ.
00:33:51.76\00:33:54.86
The Greek equivalent to
the Hebrew term "Messiah" is
00:33:54.93\00:33:57.83
"Christ," and both of
them mean the anointed one.
00:33:57.87\00:34:00.50
And as it turns out, at
approximately 30 years of age
00:34:00.54\00:34:02.60
when Jesus went into the River
Jordan to be baptized by John
00:34:02.64\00:34:05.31
the Baptist,
indeed He was anointed.
00:34:05.34\00:34:08.08
Now, He wasn't anointed with oil
as the other kings and prophets
00:34:08.11\00:34:11.45
of the past and priests
were anointed when they were
00:34:11.48\00:34:13.82
receiving their particular
ministry, but Jesus was anointed
00:34:13.85\00:34:16.79
with a greater anointing
and that is the anointing
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.85
of the Holy Spirit.
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.22
And indeed, Acts chapter
10, and verses 37 and 38 say,
00:34:21.26\00:34:25.63
"That word, I say, you know.
00:34:25.66\00:34:27.00
After the baptism which John
preached, how God anointed Jesus
00:34:27.03\00:34:30.97
of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and with power."
00:34:31.00\00:34:35.14
You see, up until 30 years
of age, Jesus was the Son of God
00:34:35.17\00:34:38.41
from conception on, amen?
00:34:38.44\00:34:40.41
But He didn't become the Messiah
until He was about 30 years
00:34:40.44\00:34:43.55
of age because Messiah literally
means the anointed one, and He
00:34:43.58\00:34:47.45
wasn't anointed until
He was 30 years of age.
00:34:47.48\00:34:49.55
Once He left the carpentry
shop, once He left his hometown
00:34:49.58\00:34:52.25
of Nazareth, walked into
the River Jordan, baptized,
00:34:52.29\00:34:54.76
afterward He was anointed
with the Holy Spirit, from that
00:34:54.79\00:34:57.46
point on He is now the Messiah.
00:34:57.49\00:35:00.53
And so the fascinating thing
about verse 25 is not only does
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.20
it give us the historical event
that tells us the beginning date
00:35:03.23\00:35:05.93
of this great time prophecy,
but it also tells us the exact
00:35:05.97\00:35:10.07
date 500 plus years before it
actually took place in which His
00:35:10.11\00:35:14.71
Son would be baptized
and anointed as the Messiah
00:35:14.74\00:35:18.21
of the entire planet.
00:35:18.25\00:35:20.22
Powerful, powerful
prophecies that we find here
00:35:20.25\00:35:23.08
as we continue on.
00:35:23.12\00:35:25.65
All right, so let's continue
on and do that as we go to verse
00:35:25.69\00:35:28.79
26 now, 'cause God isn't
finished pinpointing some
00:35:28.82\00:35:31.29
of the key events surrounding
the earthly ministry of Jesus
00:35:31.33\00:35:34.73
Christ Himself.
00:35:34.76\00:35:36.06
Verse 26, it says, "And
after the 62 weeks, Messiah
00:35:36.10\00:35:39.33
shall be cut off."
00:35:39.37\00:35:41.44
Now, some of your margins
may actually put there, as mine
00:35:41.47\00:35:43.87
does, the translators tell
me that particular "cut off"
00:35:43.91\00:35:46.17
in the original Hebrew literally
means to suffer the death
00:35:46.21\00:35:49.44
penalty, to be
killed, to be executed, okay?
00:35:49.48\00:35:53.52
And after the 62 weeks--now,
remember the 62 weeks comes
00:35:53.55\00:35:56.58
after the first 6 weeks,
and so we're really 69 weeks
00:35:56.62\00:36:00.36
or 483 years into the 490-year
prophecy period that God is
00:36:00.39\00:36:05.39
revealing through
his Angel Gabriel.
00:36:05.43\00:36:08.00
So he says, "After the 62 weeks,
sometime after Jesus of course
00:36:08.03\00:36:12.07
is anointed as the Messiah,
the Messiah shall be cut off.
00:36:12.10\00:36:15.60
He shall suffer the death
penalty, but not for Himself."
00:36:15.64\00:36:20.14
And so here we find that
the Messiah is cut off, but not
00:36:20.18\00:36:22.38
for Himself.
00:36:22.41\00:36:23.71
Did Jesus deserve to die?
00:36:23.75\00:36:25.18
No, okay?
00:36:25.21\00:36:27.62
Why did Jesus die?
00:36:27.65\00:36:30.35
He died for sinners, didn't he?
00:36:30.39\00:36:31.85
That's why it says in Romans
chapter 6 and verse 23, "The
00:36:31.89\00:36:35.22
wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal
00:36:35.26\00:36:38.66
life through
Jesus Christ our Lord."
00:36:38.69\00:36:40.66
That's why it says in Romans
chapter 3 and verse 23 that all
00:36:40.70\00:36:43.67
have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God.
00:36:43.70\00:36:45.77
Do we all need
Messiah to die for us?
00:36:45.80\00:36:48.34
There isn't a single human being
that has ever lived that does
00:36:48.37\00:36:50.87
not need the messiah to die
for them, and that's why Jesus
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.38
went to the cross of
Calvary and died for the sins
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.18
of the world, that you
and I might have cleansing,
00:36:56.21\00:36:57.95
and forgiveness,
and hope of eternal life
00:36:57.98\00:37:00.45
with our eternal Savior.
00:37:00.48\00:37:02.45
That's the good
news that we find here
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.45
in this particular chapter.
00:37:04.49\00:37:06.49
And so, "After the 62
weeks, Messiah shall be cut off.
00:37:06.52\00:37:08.49
He shall suffer the death
penalty, but not for Himself,
00:37:08.52\00:37:11.83
but for sinful humanity.
00:37:11.86\00:37:13.83
And the people of the prince
who is to come shall destroy
00:37:13.86\00:37:17.17
the city and the sanctuary.
00:37:17.20\00:37:20.47
And indeed, the
people of the prince--"
00:37:20.50\00:37:22.17
What prince was ruling
when Jesus was on earth?
00:37:22.20\00:37:25.71
Who is the prince of
that part of the world, okay?
00:37:25.74\00:37:29.98
Alright, somebody said Titus.
00:37:30.01\00:37:31.35
Well, he was a
general for Caesar, okay?
00:37:31.38\00:37:35.08
So the king of the empire
in which Jesus actually lived
00:37:35.12\00:37:38.35
when he actually was cut
off and died for the sins
00:37:38.39\00:37:40.39
of the world was
the people of the prince
00:37:40.42\00:37:42.06
none other than Caesar.
00:37:42.09\00:37:44.09
So here when he says the people
of the prince, God is referring
00:37:44.13\00:37:46.23
to none other than the Romans,
friends, the Roman Caesar as
00:37:46.26\00:37:49.40
well as the Romans that
made up the Roman Empire.
00:37:49.43\00:37:52.17
"And indeed," it says,
"shall destroy the city
00:37:52.20\00:37:54.04
and the sanctuary."
00:37:54.07\00:37:55.40
Yes, the sanctuary was
eventually rebuilt just shortly
00:37:55.44\00:37:58.31
after Daniel's time in the city
of Jerusalem and then existed
00:37:58.34\00:38:02.11
all the way until past
Jesus's time, until 70 AD.
00:38:02.14\00:38:05.95
And so here, God is looking
into the future and recognizing
00:38:05.98\00:38:10.45
that, indeed, the final
and complete destruction, not
00:38:10.49\00:38:13.56
only of Jerusalem but also
of the holy sanctuary on earth,
00:38:13.59\00:38:17.19
would take place by the
Romans and its prince in 70 AD.
00:38:17.23\00:38:21.20
"And the end of it shall
be with a flood until the end
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.20
of the War of
Desolations are determined."
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.93
Horrible times
when that took place.
00:38:24.97\00:38:29.14
And so let's continue on, okay?
00:38:29.17\00:38:31.01
So we know that sometime
after the first 69 weeks,
00:38:31.04\00:38:34.48
after 27 AD, the Messiah would
be cut off, but God now is going
00:38:34.51\00:38:38.58
to pinpoint it for us
in the very next verse.
00:38:38.61\00:38:41.75
In verse 27, it says, "Then
He shall confirm a covenant
00:38:41.78\00:38:44.59
with many for one week."
00:38:44.62\00:38:47.52
Okay, so He shall
confirm a covenant.
00:38:47.56\00:38:49.39
Now, when Jesus died on
the cross, did He confirm
00:38:49.42\00:38:52.09
a covenant?
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.46
Sure he did, okay?
00:38:53.50\00:38:54.83
Now, "covenant" is
synonymous with "testament."
00:38:54.83\00:38:57.07
Now, most of the time we refer
to the era before Jesus and his
00:38:57.10\00:39:00.40
death as the Old Testament,
and rightly so, and we refer
00:39:00.44\00:39:03.61
to the new era after Jesus
died on the cross as the New
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.91
Testament era, because
Jesus sealed and confirmed that
00:39:06.94\00:39:10.05
testament on the cross.
00:39:10.08\00:39:12.25
Also, you'll refer--sometimes
hear us refer to it as the old
00:39:12.28\00:39:15.95
covenant and as
the new covenant, okay?
00:39:15.98\00:39:19.59
"Covenant" and
"testament" are synonymous.
00:39:19.62\00:39:21.62
It's important
for us to understand.
00:39:21.66\00:39:22.99
"Then He shall confirm a
covenant," Jesus did that
00:39:23.02\00:39:25.09
on the cross with His own
blood, "with many for one week."
00:39:25.13\00:39:28.93
Well, what week is that?
00:39:28.96\00:39:30.27
Well, there's only one week
remaining in the timeline that
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.20
is relating to the Jews.
00:39:32.23\00:39:33.54
And now the ultimate Jew
and the most important person
00:39:33.57\00:39:36.44
in all of history, Jesus
Christ Himself, has arrived as
00:39:36.47\00:39:39.41
the Messiah.
00:39:39.44\00:39:41.18
And indeed, as we come to verse
27, it's saying that He confirms
00:39:41.21\00:39:43.98
it with His own blood in
that final week of this great
00:39:44.01\00:39:47.92
and powerful time prophecy
that is relating to the Jewish
00:39:47.95\00:39:50.72
nation, to the Israelite nation.
00:39:50.75\00:39:54.66
It goes on and says, "But
in the middle of the week, He
00:39:54.69\00:39:57.33
shall bring an end to
sacrifice and to offering."
00:39:57.36\00:40:01.20
And so in the middle of
the week, He brings an end
00:40:01.23\00:40:02.96
to sacrifice and to offering.
00:40:03.00\00:40:05.47
Friends, exactly as God had
prophesied it, in the middle
00:40:05.50\00:40:09.54
of the week, we find that
Jesus brings an end to sacrifice
00:40:09.57\00:40:13.48
and to offerings.
00:40:13.51\00:40:14.84
Why is that?
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.18
Because when Jesus died on
the cross, is the sacrifices
00:40:16.21\00:40:19.11
that were offered on the
earthly altar relevant anymore
00:40:19.15\00:40:22.45
from that point on?
00:40:22.48\00:40:24.12
No, why is that?
00:40:24.15\00:40:26.22
"Because Jesus is
the ultimate sacrifice,"
00:40:26.25\00:40:28.49
I hear some of you saying.
00:40:28.52\00:40:30.53
That's right.
00:40:30.56\00:40:31.86
And so when Jesus died on
the cross, every other single
00:40:31.89\00:40:33.76
sacrifice of an animal that
was related to the--or brought
00:40:33.80\00:40:37.13
to the altar became completely
irrelevant, because now the copy
00:40:37.17\00:40:41.50
and the shadow which the
sacrificial system on earth
00:40:41.54\00:40:43.67
was at the temple now was
fulfilled in the sacrifice which
00:40:43.71\00:40:47.88
is Jesus Christ Himself.
00:40:47.91\00:40:49.31
And so when Jesus died on
the cross, it confirmed that
00:40:49.34\00:40:51.81
new covenant,
that New Testament.
00:40:51.85\00:40:53.55
In that final week of earth's--
of this great timeline prophecy
00:40:53.58\00:40:56.72
related to Israel, Jesus indeed
brought an end to sacrifice
00:40:56.75\00:41:00.79
and to offerings on the altar.
00:41:00.82\00:41:03.99
And so in verse 27, God
here is revealing the exact time
00:41:04.03\00:41:08.56
of God's crucifixion.
00:41:08.60\00:41:10.57
That's why John the Baptist,
when he saw Jesus coming
00:41:10.60\00:41:13.03
into the Jordan to be baptized
and to receive the anointing as
00:41:13.07\00:41:15.87
the Messiah of the planet
and of the nation of Israel,
00:41:15.90\00:41:19.07
indeed he said, "Behold the Lamb
of God that takes away the sin
00:41:19.11\00:41:23.95
of the world.
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.28
Behold, the Lamb of
God that takes away the sin
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.52
of the world."
00:41:27.55\00:41:28.88
Why?
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.22
Because John was starting
to comprehend and starting
00:41:30.25\00:41:31.59
to understand that indeed
Jesus was the Lamb of God.
00:41:31.62\00:41:34.99
All the lambs that had been
sacrificed pointed up to this
00:41:35.02\00:41:37.43
time was now to be fulfilled
in the perfect Lamb of God,
00:41:37.46\00:41:40.90
the final and last Lamb of God,
which is the Son of God Himself.
00:41:40.93\00:41:46.87
And so if we go--if we
come to the end of the 69 weeks
00:41:49.80\00:41:52.84
and we come to that final
one week in which versus 26
00:41:52.87\00:41:56.08
and verse 27 are referring
to, we find that in the middle
00:41:56.11\00:41:59.48
of the week, Jesus
confirms that covenant,
00:41:59.51\00:42:02.25
that new covenant
with His own blood.
00:42:02.28\00:42:04.52
He brings an end to
sacrifice and offerings.
00:42:04.55\00:42:06.69
Indeed, if we cut
seven years in half, we have
00:42:06.72\00:42:10.39
3 1/2 years, don't we?
00:42:10.43\00:42:11.73
And so if we go from 27 AD,
and most scholars agree that
00:42:11.76\00:42:14.86
Jesus actually was born in
the fall, and so as we come
00:42:14.93\00:42:20.87
to the middle of the final week
of His life and also of this
00:42:24.11\00:42:29.64
great timeline, we
find that exactly on time
00:42:29.68\00:42:33.05
during the Passover feast
itself, the Passover Lamb dies
00:42:33.08\00:42:37.85
in the middle of that
week, which is the year 31 AD,
00:42:37.89\00:42:40.86
the spring of 31 AD.
00:42:40.89\00:42:44.33
And so indeed, we have a very,
very powerful prophecy that God
00:42:44.36\00:42:47.76
gives to us.
00:42:47.76\00:42:49.10
It is the only time prophecy
in all of Scripture that was
00:42:49.13\00:42:51.90
given over 500 years
before Jesus ever came onto
00:42:51.93\00:42:55.37
the scene, before these
prophecies were ever fulfilled,
00:42:55.40\00:42:58.04
and Jesus
fulfilled them perfectly.
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.68
Now, if you've read your
quarterly, it was pointing
00:43:00.71\00:43:02.31
out very accurately that that is
the reason why Jesus, as soon as
00:43:02.34\00:43:05.88
He came out of the water
of the River Jordan at His
00:43:05.91\00:43:10.59
baptism, He's anointed
with the Spirit, He spends 40
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.95
days fasting and praying
with His Father in the desert,
00:43:12.99\00:43:15.42
and when He comes out of
that desert to begin His public
00:43:15.46\00:43:17.76
ministry, the very first words
that come out of His mouth is,
00:43:17.79\00:43:20.96
"Repent, for the
kingdom of God is at hand
00:43:20.96\00:43:25.23
and the time is fulfilled," why?
00:43:25.27\00:43:28.34
Because Jesus understood that
He was fulfilling this powerful
00:43:28.37\00:43:30.51
prophecy that He and
His Father had determined
00:43:30.54\00:43:33.11
over 500 years before.
00:43:33.14\00:43:35.48
In fact, the Apostle Peter told
us that He and His Father had
00:43:35.51\00:43:37.58
determined this
before the foundation
00:43:37.61\00:43:39.18
of the world, but He chose
not to reveal it to us in detail
00:43:39.21\00:43:42.92
until He came to Daniel's
time, approximately 500 BC.
00:43:42.95\00:43:47.36
Friends, this is powerful,
powerful stuff that we're
00:43:47.39\00:43:50.16
looking at here that God has
given to us to build our faith,
00:43:50.19\00:43:53.13
to understand that God is
sovereign, He has a plan, and He
00:43:53.16\00:43:55.93
is right on time.
00:43:55.96\00:43:58.03
And some of us may say as
Seventh-day Adventists, "Well,
00:43:58.07\00:44:00.04
you know, Jesus is
taking too long to come."
00:44:00.07\00:44:02.27
It says that we
are in the end time.
00:44:02.30\00:44:03.61
We've looked at that again
tonight, today, and He still
00:44:03.64\00:44:06.61
hasn't come.
00:44:06.64\00:44:08.38
And so some people get
discouraged, but friends,
00:44:08.41\00:44:11.21
God is on track
and He is on time.
00:44:11.25\00:44:13.68
He is not caught by surprise
by any event that's taking place
00:44:13.72\00:44:16.52
on this planet.
00:44:16.55\00:44:17.85
He knows the exact day and
hour in which He will return.
00:44:17.89\00:44:20.46
And friends, He knows
exactly what needs to take place
00:44:20.49\00:44:22.66
before that comes.
00:44:22.69\00:44:24.83
And I pray, Father, I pray,
friends, that you will continue
00:44:24.86\00:44:28.73
to have that faith in
Jesus and have that faith
00:44:28.76\00:44:32.43
in the promise that
Jesus is coming soon.
00:44:32.47\00:44:38.21
And so we come to
the very last date.
00:44:38.24\00:44:39.77
Now, we've looked at some
of the sub-dates that God had
00:44:39.81\00:44:41.78
revealed through His
Angel Gabriel in the 9th chapter
00:44:41.81\00:44:45.15
of Daniel chapter 9,
but of course this is all
00:44:45.18\00:44:47.95
within the big picture that God
had first revealed in the first
00:44:47.98\00:44:51.22
vision or--well, the only
vision in which Gabriel is
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.96
referring to, which is
Daniel chapter 8, and that is
00:44:53.99\00:44:56.79
the 2,300-year prophecy.
00:44:56.83\00:44:58.83
And of course, we have the same
start date, and so we can do
00:44:58.86\00:45:01.90
some quick math.
00:45:01.93\00:45:03.16
And if we start at 457 BC and we
go 2,300 years into the future,
00:45:03.20\00:45:07.34
where does that bring us to?
00:45:07.37\00:45:11.61
It brings us to the year 1844.
00:45:11.64\00:45:14.81
Now, friends, I'm going to ask
you a very easy, easy question.
00:45:14.84\00:45:17.51
Of course you're
all going to get it.
00:45:17.55\00:45:19.21
Has 1844
already come and passed?
00:45:19.25\00:45:23.15
Okay, it already has, hasn't it?
00:45:23.18\00:45:24.89
Okay, told you it
was gonna be easy.
00:45:24.92\00:45:26.96
And so 1844 has come and passed.
00:45:26.99\00:45:29.02
What does that tell us, friends?
00:45:29.06\00:45:31.29
It tells us that the time
of the end has already begun.
00:45:31.33\00:45:34.76
God has already wrapped--
started wrapping things
00:45:34.83\00:45:37.47
up in heaven.
00:45:37.50\00:45:38.80
As He stepped into that
second stage of His ministry
00:45:38.83\00:45:41.54
in the heavenly sanctuary,
He stepped into the most holy
00:45:41.57\00:45:44.37
place, and He began
to cleanse the sanctuary.
00:45:44.41\00:45:48.01
It started in 1844.
00:45:48.04\00:45:49.44
The 2,300 year
prophecy, the last, and final,
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.51
and longest-reaching
prophecy in all of Scripture
00:45:52.55\00:45:56.05
has now been fulfilled.
00:45:56.08\00:45:58.09
Friends, we are that close
to the second coming of Jesus.
00:45:58.12\00:46:00.42
We are literally in the final
stage of the plan of salvation
00:46:00.46\00:46:05.29
here upon this planet.
00:46:05.33\00:46:06.63
The final stage that's leading
up to Jesus coming in glory
00:46:06.66\00:46:09.86
and in judgment to deliver
his people for all of eternity.
00:46:09.90\00:46:15.00
And so, friends, Daniel is
telling us very clearly and very
00:46:15.04\00:46:18.24
powerfully that ever
since the year 1844, we have
00:46:18.27\00:46:21.24
been living in what the Bible
calls God's judgement hour.
00:46:21.28\00:46:24.48
Now, there's a parallel prophecy
that's found in Revelation
00:46:24.51\00:46:26.92
chapter 14, in verse 6 and 7.
00:46:26.95\00:46:28.75
It's the first angel's message.
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.12
Many of us are familiar with it.
00:46:30.15\00:46:32.12
And that particular message
is not relevant until the year
00:46:32.15\00:46:36.12
1844, the conclusion
of the 2,300 prophecy--
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.99
2,300-year prophecy in 1844.
00:46:39.03\00:46:41.56
Why is that?
00:46:41.60\00:46:43.60
Why is that?
00:46:44.40\00:46:45.73
Because it tells us that there
is a judgment hour that will
00:46:45.77\00:46:48.07
finally come upon the planet.
00:46:48.10\00:46:49.97
"I saw another angel flying
in the midst of heaven, having
00:46:50.01\00:46:52.87
the everlasting gospel to
preach to all those who dwell
00:46:52.91\00:46:56.75
on the earth, to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people,
00:46:56.78\00:46:59.01
saying with a loud voice,
'Fear God and give glory to Him,
00:46:59.05\00:47:02.98
for the hour of His
judgment has come.'"
00:47:03.02\00:47:07.49
Now, friends, you cannot
claim that His judgment has come
00:47:07.52\00:47:10.29
until it has come, right?
00:47:10.33\00:47:12.96
Okay, so in 1843, has
His judgment come yet?
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.90
In 1600, had His
judgment come yet?
00:47:15.93\00:47:17.90
No, His judgement hour doesn't
arrive until the conclusion
00:47:17.93\00:47:20.90
of the 2,300-year prophecy,
which has already taken place.
00:47:20.94\00:47:24.71
Friends, we can
clearly and confidently know
00:47:24.74\00:47:27.81
and proclaim before the
world and to ourselves that
00:47:27.84\00:47:31.18
the judgment hour has come.
00:47:31.21\00:47:32.78
There is a judgment process
that is taking place that is
00:47:32.81\00:47:35.98
intricately involved in that
of the judgment hour--I mean,
00:47:36.02\00:47:39.79
that of the cleansing
of the heavenly sanctuary.
00:47:39.82\00:47:43.73
This is the
grand day of atonement.
00:47:43.76\00:47:45.99
Now, we have to remember the
day of atonement that took place
00:47:46.03\00:47:48.00
in the Old Testament earthly
sanctuary was none but a copy
00:47:48.03\00:47:52.27
and a shadow of a greater
day of atonement that would take
00:47:52.30\00:47:54.90
place in heaven.
00:47:54.94\00:47:56.37
And that great day of
atonement is taking place now.
00:47:56.40\00:47:58.87
Now, the Jews understood very
clearly in ancient times that
00:47:58.91\00:48:01.74
the day of atonement was
the great day of judgment
00:48:01.78\00:48:03.98
and reckoning.
00:48:04.01\00:48:05.25
It was the one day in which they
were to search their souls more
00:48:05.28\00:48:07.75
clearly and deeply
than they ever have before.
00:48:07.78\00:48:10.35
It was the one day in which
all the records of the sins
00:48:10.39\00:48:12.95
in the previous ceremonial
year was to be washed away
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.96
and cleansed.
00:48:15.99\00:48:17.29
And they needed to make sure
that every sin was confessed.
00:48:17.33\00:48:19.53
They needed to make sure
that all their heart was given
00:48:19.56\00:48:21.76
before their Lord so that when
the high priest that one day,
00:48:21.80\00:48:25.07
one day a year, walked
into the most holy place,
00:48:25.10\00:48:27.64
the only person that was allowed
to come before the Shekinah
00:48:27.67\00:48:30.14
glory and throne of God Himself,
he was to take all the sins
00:48:30.17\00:48:34.41
of Israel out of the sanctuary
and to cleanse that sanctuary
00:48:34.44\00:48:37.98
from all of the
previous year's sins.
00:48:38.01\00:48:40.45
And friends, now on a grander
scale, Jesus Christ Himself is
00:48:40.48\00:48:44.29
the High Priest
that is working for us.
00:48:44.32\00:48:45.82
He is the Priest now that goes
and has walked into the Holy
00:48:45.85\00:48:48.79
place, and He is asking us
and telling us that we need
00:48:48.82\00:48:53.83
to confess every sin that we
have ever committed that we are
00:48:53.86\00:48:56.90
conscious of and pray that God
will not only forgive us, but He
00:48:56.93\00:49:00.74
will continue to give us more
and more victory over that sin
00:49:00.77\00:49:04.54
that we might be ready
when Jesus comes back again.
00:49:04.57\00:49:07.71
Daniel chapter
7, verse 9 and 10.
00:49:07.74\00:49:11.21
We're coming to the conclusion
of our study here, but let's go
00:49:11.25\00:49:13.42
to Daniel chapter 7
verse 9 and 10, because in that
00:49:13.45\00:49:15.92
particular vision, Daniel
was actually given a heavenly
00:49:15.95\00:49:18.62
glimpse of what is taking
place in the cleansing of this
00:49:18.65\00:49:22.12
particular sanctuary.
00:49:22.16\00:49:23.99
And by the way, Daniel
chapter 7 is parallel with that
00:49:24.03\00:49:26.93
of the vision of Daniel chapter
2, as well as the vision that we
00:49:26.96\00:49:30.83
studied last week
in Daniel chapter 8.
00:49:30.87\00:49:32.97
These are all parallel visions
that are looking at the same
00:49:33.00\00:49:36.44
rise and fall of
the different empires.
00:49:36.47\00:49:39.14
And as we come to the conclusion
of Daniel chapter 7, we find
00:49:39.17\00:49:42.44
indeed that there is a judgment
process that takes place at its
00:49:42.48\00:49:46.58
conclusion just
before Jesus comes.
00:49:46.61\00:49:49.35
In Daniel chapter 8 and 9, that
particular judgment process is
00:49:49.38\00:49:53.36
symbolized by the
cleansing of the sanctuary.
00:49:53.39\00:49:58.09
Verses 9 and 10, he says, "I
watched while thrones were put
00:49:58.13\00:50:00.76
in place and the Ancient of Days
was seated, and His garment was
00:50:00.80\00:50:03.87
white as snow, and the hair
of His head was like pure wool.
00:50:03.90\00:50:07.14
His throne was a fiery flame
and its wheels a burning fire."
00:50:07.17\00:50:11.21
This is none other than
God the Father Himself on His
00:50:11.24\00:50:13.81
judgment throne.
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.14
"A fiery stream issued and came
forth before Him and thousands
00:50:15.18\00:50:19.38
thousands ministered to him.
00:50:19.41\00:50:21.32
Ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before Him."
00:50:21.35\00:50:25.02
These are millions and billions
of angels that are making
00:50:25.05\00:50:28.12
up the jury.
00:50:28.16\00:50:29.46
"And the court was seated
and the books were opened."
00:50:29.49\00:50:32.59
Does that sound like a
judgment scene, friends?
00:50:32.63\00:50:34.66
Sure it is.
00:50:34.73\00:50:36.03
This is the literal judgment
process that began its place
00:50:36.06\00:50:39.50
and its work in 1844.
00:50:39.53\00:50:42.27
In 1844, the entire population
of heaven began to be involved
00:50:42.30\00:50:46.27
not only in working in our
salvation as they're coming back
00:50:46.31\00:50:49.08
and forth between heaven
and the earth, but they're also
00:50:49.11\00:50:51.61
very busy looking at the records
of every single human being
00:50:51.65\00:50:54.85
that's ever lived and to
see if their faith was sincere.
00:50:54.88\00:51:00.52
Was their faith sincere?
00:51:00.56\00:51:02.12
Did they truly confess all
of their sin before the feet
00:51:02.16\00:51:05.29
of Jesus?
00:51:05.33\00:51:06.66
Have they truly found
themselves cleansed by the blood
00:51:06.70\00:51:09.93
of the Lamb?
00:51:09.96\00:51:12.10
And for those who had a sincere
faith and the records prove it
00:51:12.13\00:51:14.97
beyond a doubt to every person
in that jury, every angel, Jesus
00:51:15.00\00:51:18.94
rises up with His nail-pierced
hands and says, "I stand
00:51:18.97\00:51:22.38
in place of this particular
believer, of this human being,
00:51:22.41\00:51:27.32
and his name continues to be
written in the book of life."
00:51:27.35\00:51:30.99
Friends, this is the great news
that this powerful prophecy is
00:51:31.02\00:51:35.12
giving to you and I.
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.89
This prophecy and process
is taking place right now.
00:51:36.93\00:51:40.63
And the Bible says there's
only two sides that we can find
00:51:40.66\00:51:43.20
ourselves in.
00:51:43.23\00:51:44.53
We can be in the camp of Jesus.
00:51:44.57\00:51:46.03
Jesus says, "Either you're
with Me or you're against Me."
00:51:46.07\00:51:49.74
Jesus made it very clear,
there is no fence in between.
00:51:49.77\00:51:52.27
Sometimes the devil convinces us
that we can find a fence and we
00:51:52.31\00:51:55.08
can kinda straddle
between the two and sit
00:51:55.11\00:51:56.85
on the top.
00:51:56.88\00:51:58.21
No, there is no fence.
00:51:58.25\00:51:59.55
Jesus says, "Either with
Me or you're against Me."
00:51:59.58\00:52:02.15
There are only two camps Jesus
says when he comes back in glory
00:52:02.18\00:52:06.29
and in judgment.
00:52:06.32\00:52:07.62
Because at the end of
this process when Jesus comes,
00:52:07.66\00:52:09.76
everybody's eternal fate
has already been decided.
00:52:09.79\00:52:13.43
When Jesus comes, there's
no more opportunity to be able
00:52:13.46\00:52:15.96
to confess our sins and
find salvation in Jesus Christ.
00:52:16.00\00:52:19.90
And that's why the Bible says,
00:52:19.93\00:52:21.47
"Behold, now is
the acceptable time.
00:52:21.50\00:52:23.81
Behold, today is the day
of salvation," because Jesus
00:52:23.84\00:52:26.61
wants us to be able to
be ready when He comes.
00:52:26.64\00:52:29.01
He wants our name to be written
in the Lamb's book of life
00:52:29.04\00:52:31.91
before He comes
because He knows when it comes
00:52:31.95\00:52:33.85
it will be too late.
00:52:33.88\00:52:36.79
"When Jesus comes, He will not
come as a babe, but He will lay
00:52:36.82\00:52:39.75
aside his priestly robe
and He will put on the robes
00:52:39.79\00:52:42.62
of the King of
kings and Lord of lords.
00:52:42.66\00:52:46.06
And he who is filthy, let him be
filthy still," the last chapter
00:52:46.09\00:52:49.30
of Revelation tells us.
00:52:49.33\00:52:52.33
"But he who is just,
let him be just still.
00:52:52.37\00:52:54.40
He who is righteous,
let him be righteous still."
00:52:54.44\00:52:58.31
And when Jesus comes, He
has a reward to give to everyone
00:52:58.34\00:53:01.11
according to his work.
00:53:01.14\00:53:03.71
Is your heart with Jesus today?
00:53:03.75\00:53:05.58
Before your case is decided,
friends, I want to encourage you
00:53:05.61\00:53:08.68
to make that decision for Him.
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So that concludes a very
powerful truth and prophesy that
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God has given to us.
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I pray, God, that--to God that
not only will you come to see
00:53:17.69\00:53:21.86
it, but if you have not
responded and accept Jesus
00:53:21.90\00:53:24.13
Christ as your Savior, that you
will accept Him even right now
00:53:24.17\00:53:28.54
and that you'll say,
"Lord, I want You to be my Lord
00:53:28.57\00:53:31.71
and my Savior.
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.07
I want You in my heart.
00:53:33.11\00:53:34.41
I want to confess all my sins
before You, knowing that You are
00:53:34.44\00:53:35.78
the only mediator between God
and between man, and that it is
00:53:35.81\00:53:40.75
only through the blood of Jesus
Christ that we can be cleansed
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of all our sin."
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1 John chapter 1,
and verse 7 tells us
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that powerful gospel truth.
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Have you accepted
the blood of Jesus?
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Is Jesus your
Lord and your Savior?
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That's the important conclusion.
00:53:55.13\00:53:57.17
That's the most important
message that comes from this
00:53:57.20\00:53:59.73
powerful truth and prophecy
line that we have looked at
00:53:59.77\00:54:02.44
here today.
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven, I want to
thank You for the opportunity
00:54:05.17\00:54:06.61
to be able to look
at Your Scriptures.
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And I want to pray for each
and every person that is either
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watching or is here in the room
here today, that if they haven't
00:54:11.21\00:54:14.68
made a decision for You that
they will make it for You even
00:54:14.72\00:54:17.29
right now, that they will accept
You as their Lord and as their
00:54:17.32\00:54:21.32
Savior, the great High Priest
in heaven that they can--You,
00:54:21.36\00:54:24.59
Jesus, can stand up
before the great angelic jury
00:54:24.63\00:54:27.76
and before the Father and say,
"My sacrifice is sufficient.
00:54:27.83\00:54:32.17
This is My child, My son, My
daughter," and that their name
00:54:32.20\00:54:36.77
will be written in
the Lamb's book of life.
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In Jesus's name do we
pray these things, God, amen.
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Doug Batchelor: Have you
ever worried that you don't have
00:56:12.53\00:56:13.87
enough time in
your days or you can add
00:56:13.90\00:56:15.97
another day to your life?
00:56:16.00\00:56:18.01
Well, perhaps there is a way
for you to add a whole 'nother
00:56:18.04\00:56:20.18
day to your existence.
00:56:20.21\00:56:21.88
Watch how easy it is.
00:56:21.91\00:56:24.58
I just stepped into yesterday.
00:56:24.61\00:56:26.68
No, I'm not talking about
going back to the future or back
00:56:26.72\00:56:29.38
in history.
00:56:29.42\00:56:30.75
I happen to be standing
here in Taveuni, Fiji, one
00:56:30.79\00:56:33.46
of the only places in the world
where the international Meridian
00:56:33.49\00:56:36.86
Dateline runs
through a piece of land.
00:56:36.89\00:56:39.83
People have not always been
able to play with time this way.
00:56:39.86\00:56:42.96
Back in 1878, Sir
Sanford Fleming, a Canadian, he
00:56:43.00\00:56:46.94
recommended to the science
community of the world that
00:56:46.97\00:56:49.77
the globe be divided in 24
even segments, each separated by
00:56:49.80\00:56:54.58
15 degrees of
longitude, that would establish
00:56:54.61\00:56:57.48
the international time system.
00:56:57.51\00:56:59.85
In 1884, there was a
Prime Meridian conference held
00:56:59.88\00:57:02.58
in Washington DC to standardize
time and select the point
00:57:02.62\00:57:06.59
for the Prime Meridian, which
would be 0 degrees on the globe.
00:57:06.62\00:57:10.66
It ended up being
Greenwich, England, but that's
00:57:10.69\00:57:12.93
not where we are.
00:57:12.96\00:57:14.56
We are on the polar opposite
side of the planet right now,
00:57:14.60\00:57:16.80
but we're gonna
step into the future.
00:57:16.83\00:57:18.40
Want to come?
00:57:18.43\00:57:20.87
And look at that, the Lord
is still with us even here.
00:57:20.90\00:57:23.84
He'll continue to
take care of you, friends,
00:57:23.87\00:57:25.47
wherever you go.
00:57:25.51\00:57:27.48
Friends, do you sometimes
worry about the future?
00:57:27.51\00:57:28.94
What will you eat?
00:57:28.98\00:57:30.31
Will you have a home?
00:57:30.35\00:57:31.65
Are you going to
still have your job?
00:57:31.68\00:57:33.38
What will you wear?
00:57:33.42\00:57:34.72
Jesus tells us in Matthew
chapter 6, verse 25 to 34,
00:57:34.75\00:57:38.95
"Don't take thought for
tomorrow, for tomorrow will
00:57:38.99\00:57:41.36
take thought for
the things of itself."
00:57:41.39\00:57:43.29
He tells us that He
feeds the birds and He clothes
00:57:43.32\00:57:46.19
the flowers,
He'll take care of us.
00:57:46.23\00:57:48.43
We know that God
will watch over us.
00:57:48.46\00:57:50.37
He forgives the past,
He promises to be with us
00:57:50.40\00:57:53.77
in the present, and He
will continue to lead us
00:57:53.80\00:57:56.30
in the future.
00:57:56.34\00:57:57.67
But you've just got
to give yourself to Him.
00:57:57.71\00:57:59.51
I invite you to
do that right now.
00:57:59.54\00:58:02.48
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