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Jean Ross: Good morning,
friends, and welcome again to
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"Sabbath School Study Hour,"
here at the Granite Bay Seventh
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Day Adventist Church,
in Sacramento, California.
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We'd like to welcome all of
those who are joining us online.
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I know we have our online
members that tune in every week.
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Very special welcome to you
and also to our regular Sabbath
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School members who
are here in person.
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I know we have some visitors
who are joining us for Sabbath
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School today.
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A very warm
welcome to all of you.
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We're finishing up our study on
the book of Daniel this morning.
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Daniel chapter 12 is the actual
chapter we'll be studying, but
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in your lesson quarterly,
it's lesson number 13, and it's
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entitled "From Dust to Stars,"
and that's going to be our study
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for this morning.
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And then for those of you who
are here in person, we'd like to
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remind you that next Sabbath
we're going to be starting our
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new lesson quarterly, entitled
"How to Interpret Scripture,"
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and we do have our lesson
quarterly, so they're available
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for you in our church foyer,
so be sure to pick one up before
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you leave today.
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And next week, study lesson
number one, "How to Interpret
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Scripture," also for our friends
who are joining us online, you
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could go to the Amazing Facts
website, and you can actually
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download a copy of our new
lesson quarterly entitled "How
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to Interpret Scripture,"
and you can study along with us.
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We do have a free offer
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It is a book entitled
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And we'll be happy to send this
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the book.
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The number is 866-788-3966,
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107--or 170, I should say--170,
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you can download a copy of the
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book by texting the code
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And, again, the book is entitled
"Who is Michael the Archangel?"
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I think you'll find
that a rather fascinating and
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important study.
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Well, before we get to our study
this morning, I'd like to invite
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the ladies to come forward,
and they'll be leading us in our
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Sabbath School song today.
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female: Good
morning, happy Sabbath.
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Please join us in singing
"Near the Cross," number 312 in
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your hymnals.
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¤ Jesus, keep
me near the cross ¤
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¤ There's a precious fountain ¤
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¤ Free to all,
a healing stream ¤
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¤ Flows from
Calvary's mountain ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ Be my glory ever ¤
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¤ Till my
raptured soul shall find ¤
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¤ Rest beyond the river ¤
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¤ Near the cross ¤
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¤ A trembling soul ¤
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¤ Love and mercy found me ¤
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¤ There the
bright and morning star ¤
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¤ Sheds its beams around me ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ Be my glory ever ¤
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¤ Till my
raptured soul shall find ¤
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¤ Rest beyond the river ¤
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¤ Near the cross ¤
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¤ O Lamb of God ¤
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¤ Bring its scenes before me ¤
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¤ Help me walk from day to day ¤
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¤ With its shadows o'er me ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ Be my glory ever ¤
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¤ Till my
raptured soul shall find ¤
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¤ Rest beyond the river ¤
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¤ Near the cross ¤
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¤ I'll watch and wait ¤
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¤ Hoping, trusting ever ¤
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¤ Till I reach
the golden strand ¤
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¤ Just beyond the river ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ In the cross ¤
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¤ Be my glory ever ¤
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¤ Till my
raptured soul shall find ¤
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¤ Rest beyond the river ¤¤
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female: Thank you
for singing with us.
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Jean: Amen, what a beautiful
song, we can have rest in Jesus.
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Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Dear Father, we thank You that
we're able to gather together in
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Your house on this Sabbath that
You've given us to open up Your
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Word and study a very important
passage in the book of Daniel.
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Father, we ask for the Holy
Spirit as always to come and
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guard our hearts and our minds,
and, Father, it's good news as
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we read in Daniel about the
promise for those who love You,
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that You're going to come again,
and You're going to resurrect
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those who trust in You.
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So bless our study time
today, for we ask this in Jesus'
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name, amen.
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Our lesson today is going to
be brought to us by Pastor Doug.
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Doug Batchelor: Morning,
welcome, we're glad you're here
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this Sabbath.
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I want to welcome also
those who are studying with us.
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We have a lot of people around
the world who are some of our
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online members.
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They don't have a local church
they can attend, and I want to
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welcome you as well as those who
are just joining us on Facebook,
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or some of them watching on
satellite television, and we
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have a class that is all around
the world, and it's always just
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so thankful as we travel
and meet the people that are
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studying with us.
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Just a couple of weeks ago,
Karen and I were in Nashville
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and in Chattanooga, and
met a lot of our friends there,
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as well.
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Got out of Nashville just before
the hurricanes came through, or
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the tornado, I should say, came
through, and need to be praying
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for those folks.
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We have an exciting lesson
today, dealing with the subject
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of Daniel, and we're talking
about the last chapter in
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Daniel, Daniel chapter 12.
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It's lesson 13.
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Keep in mind, there's 12
chapters in Daniel all through
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this quarterly because we had
one chapter for an introduction.
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The lesson has always
been one ahead of the chapter.
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So we're on lesson 13, covering
Daniel chapter 12, a great,
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great chapter.
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And there's a memory
verse from Daniel 12, verse 3.
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We'd like to invite
you to say it with us.
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Daniel, chapter 12, verse 3,
and this is from the New King
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James Version.
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Are you ready?
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"Those who are wise shall
shine like the brightness of the
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firmament, and those who turn
many to righteousness like the
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stars forever and ever."
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That's one of
my favorite verses.
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You know, if you're an
evangelist, you like to
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encourage people to
turn others to righteousness.
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Now, you know what I'd like
to do, there's 13 verses in this
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chapter, I want
to read through it.
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And then we're going to back
up, and we're going to study it.
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This is a very
important chapter.
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It's sort of a culmination
of the book of Daniel, and it is
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somewhat of a controversial
chapter because there are more
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time prophecies in this chapter
than any other short passage of
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Scripture, and so there's been
a lot of discussion about that,
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and we'll get to that at the
end so--but there's so much good
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material ahead of time.
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So we're going to
read these verses.
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I'll just read through it for
you, and then we'll back up, and
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we'll study them point by point.
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Chapter 12, Daniel, verse
1: "'At that time Michael shall
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stand up, the great prince who
stands watch over the sons of
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your people, and there shall be
a time of trouble, such as never
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been since there was a
nation, even to that time.
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And at that time your people
shall be delivered, every one
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who is found
written in the book.
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And many of those who sleep
in the dust of the earth shall
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awake, some to everlasting
life, and some to shame and
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everlasting contempt, and those
who are wise will shine like the
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brightness of the firmament,
and those who turn many to
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righteousness like the
stars forever and ever.
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But you, Daniel, shut up the
words, and seal the book until
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the time of the end.
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Many will run to and fro,
and knowledge will increase.'
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Then I, Daniel, looked, and
there stood two others, one on
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this side of the riverbank and
the other on the other side of
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the riverbank.
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And one said to the man clothed
in linen, who was above the
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waters of the river, 'How
long shall be the fulfillment of
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these wonders?'
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Then I heard the man clothed in
linen, who was above the waters
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of the river, when he held up
his right hand and his left hand
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to heaven, and swore by Him who
lives forever, that it shall be
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for a time, times, and half a
time, when the power of the holy
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people has been completely
shattered, all these things
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shall be finished.'
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Although I heard,
I did not understand.
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Then I said, 'My lord,
what shall be the end of
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these things?'
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And he said, 'Go your way,
Daniel, for the words are closed
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up and sealed till
the time of the end.
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Many will be purified,
made white, and refined, but the
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wicked will do wickedly,
and none of the wicked will
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understand, but the
wise will understand.
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And from the time that the daily
sacrifice is taken away, and the
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abomination of desolation is set
up, there shall be 1,290 days.
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Blessed is he who waits,
and comes to the 1,335 days.
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But you, go your way till
the end, for you shall rest, and
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will arise to your inheritance
at the end of the days,'" or it
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says "arise in your lot,"
if you've got the King James
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Version, "At the
end of your days."
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Okay, there you have it.
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Now, we're going to go through
these verses one by one, and
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we'll get as far as we can, but
at least we can say we finished
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the book of Daniel, amen?
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I would like to read,
just read through it with you.
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First of all, "at
that time," at what time?
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To understand what he's talking
about when he says "at that
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time," you've got to go back,
and you go to chapter 11, and in
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verse 40 of chapter 11, you'll
notice it says, "And at the time
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of the end the king of the
South shall attack him," or push
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against him, "and the king of
the North shall come against him
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like a whirlwind, with chariots,
horsemen, and many ships, and he
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will enter the countries
and overwhelm and pass through.
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He'll also enter
the Glorious Land."
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So when it says, "at that time,"
is talking about at the time of
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the end.
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Now, the phrase, "the time
of the end" is mentioned five
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times, I think it's called "the
end of time" or "the time of
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the end" in the book of Daniel.
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So Daniel is a prophecy book
that deals with the time of the
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end, it's mentioned several
times in the book, and it
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takes--the prophecies in Daniel
typically go from the time of
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Daniel, when he has the
prophecy, up until the end of
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time, and God's
kingdom is restored.
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Keep in mind, the book of Daniel
is written in the context of one
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of the sons or grandsons
of Hezekiah of the royal seed.
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They have been displaced, the
temple's been destroyed, they've
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been conquered, they're carried
off into another kingdom, and
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the theme in the book
is "When will God's kingdom
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be restored?"
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And it goes beyond the kingdom
of Israel, after 70 years being
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restored, goes on to the
ultimate restoration under the
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Son of God.
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So he's also in
verse 1 of chapter 12.
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"The time of the end," speaking
about that time where you've got
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the battle between the king of
the North and South--I know that
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was covered last week, and most
Adventist scholars agree, and,
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actually, most of the Protestant
reformers agree the King of the
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North is talking about that
little horn power, and it's the
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confederacy of the apostate
Christianity, both Protestant,
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Catholic charismatic, that will
join together, and then there's
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this battle against
the King of the South.
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There's some disagreement about
who the King of the South is.
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I've heard everything from,
you know, the Ottoman Empire, to
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atheism, to Islam.
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Personally, I'm more
inclined to think it's Islam.
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I've got good friends that
believe it's atheism, but since
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the fall of Communism and since
things are even changing in
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China now, where Christianity
and religion is spreading once
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again, I think it may be
something else so--but we won't
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delve into that.
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So here we are, these final
events, the time of the end, and
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he said,
"Michael will stand up."
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All right, two
things here--Michael.
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Some of you heard when we talked
in chapter 10 about Michael, but
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some people are watching that
missed a lot, and I just want
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to review.
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"Michael" is one of
the pre-incarnation names
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for Christ.
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Christ is the
everlasting Son of God.
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He is not an angel.
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People hear me say, "Michael
the archangel is Jesus."
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They go, "You don't think Jesus
is the Son of God," or "You
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don't think Jesus is eternal."
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No, no, no.
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It's the other way around.
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The word "angel"
simply means "messenger."
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"Michael" means "who is as God."
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"Archangel" means
"highest messenger."
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So who is the highest
messenger that is as God?
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That's Jesus.
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And you look at the evidence in
the Bible, and you're going to
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see, well, it tells us
that Michael resurrects Moses.
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In Jude verse 9, who is
the resurrection of life?
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Christ.
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You read in 1 Thessalonians 4,
"The Lord Himself will descend
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from heaven with a shout
and the voice of the archangel."
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The Lord Himself,
voice of the archangel.
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So who is the one
descending from heaven?
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Christ.
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He's got the greatest messenger.
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You read where it tells us that
Joshua takes his shoes off his
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feet as he bows before the
commander of the Lord's armies,
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and many think that was
what they call a "Christophany,"
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where Jesus appears to humans,
but he says he's commander of
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the Lord's armies, another term
for Michael, but he's taking off
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his shoes because he's
worshiping, and you only
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worship God.
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You with me?
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And so when you look at
the evidence for Michael that
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appears through the Bible, and
it says, "The great prince that
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stands for the children of thy
people," intercedes, stands for
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the behalf.
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Who is that?
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That's Christ.
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Now, just so you--I've heard
people say, "Well, this is some
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weird Seventh Day
Adventist teaching."
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No, friend, sorry.
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It is a Protestant teaching.
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Melanchthon, Luther's partner,
insisted Michael is Christ.
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He called, in the New
Testament, and archangel.
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He is none other than Christ,
the Son of God, an uncreated
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angel who is one, and it says in
Daniel 10:13, that means who is
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"chief of all the princes."
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That's what that means.
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John Gill, he says in his
commentary, "Superior to angels,
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in nature, name, and office, he
came to 'help' Gabriel, not as a
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creature, but as
the Lord of hosts."
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"Michael is
commonly--" this is John Wesley.
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"Michael is commonly
supposed to mean Christ."
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One more evidence for that, when
you go to Revelation chapter 12,
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Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon and
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his angels.
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Well, who is the dragon?
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Dragon is a symbolic name for
the chief of evil, the devil.
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If that's true, then why
would we doubt that Michael is a
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symbolic name for the
chief of good, God the Son?
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And so I think there's
lots of evidence for that.
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Please request the free booklet
if you've got questions on that
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because there's a
lot more Scripture.
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The free booklet is on
"Who is Michael the Archangel?"
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"Michael will stand up."
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Now, what does "stand up" mean?
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Well, a couple things.
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There's a judgment that takes
place in the book of Daniel.
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When a judge sits down--you
know, when the judge first
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enters a court room, the bailiff
often says, "All rise," out
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of respect.
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And when he's seated,
then the people are seated.
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You can read in Daniel that
the thrones were set in place.
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The court was seated.
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There's a
judgment that takes place.
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When the judge stands up, is he
listening to evidence anymore?
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He issues his
verdict, then he stands up.
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Judgment is over.
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So there's one aspect.
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You can also say in the Bible
that, when a king was roused to
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stand, it meant he was getting
ready to go into battle, and he
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was going to defend his people.
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Some of you had fathers that,
you know, kids were goofing off
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in the house, and he was sitting
down, you know, enjoying dinner
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and watching the program,
and he'd say, "Don't make me
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get up."
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Anyone have a father like that?
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"If I get up, if I have to go
through the trouble of getting
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up, there's going
to be consequences."
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And so when God rises,
something's going to happen.
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That's what's happening here.
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And I'll give you a couple
of verses for that you can read
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where it says in Revelation,
chapter 1, verse 5, "And from
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Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, the first
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begotten of the dead, and
the prince of the kings of
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the earth."
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So it says,
"Michael, our prince."
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"And to him who loved us and
washed us from our sins in His
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own blood."
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Go to Isaiah 3:13, "The
Lord stands up to plead.
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"The Lord stands
to judge His people."
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And "judge" means
"execute judgment."
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Revelation 14:1, "Then I looked,
and behold, a Lamb standing on
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Mount Zion, and with Him
144,000, having their Father's
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name written in their forehead."
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So--and it tells us that He's a
great prince that stands for the
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sons of our people.
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He's the intercessor.
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Look in Romans 8:34,
"Who is he who condemns?
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It is Christ who died, and
furthermore is risen, who is
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even at the right hand of
God, who also makes intercession
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for us."
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So Jesus is that great prince
that stands for the sons of the
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people, something like a defense
attorney who represents and
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intercedes on our behalf.
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You've probably seen paintings
before where Jesus is portrayed.
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Harry Anderson has a
nice painting like this.
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Jesus is portrayed, and all
you see is the light from God.
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You don't see the throne of God.
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You see the light from the
throne of the Father, shining
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on Christ.
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There's some shadows in
the background, and Jesus is
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spreading out His
hands before the Father.
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You've probably
seen paintings like this.
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He's interceding.
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He is standing as our mediator,
our Paraclete, our intercessor
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with the Father.
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You look in Hebrews 7:25,
"Therefore He is also to save to
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the uttermost those who come to
God through Him, since He always
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lives to make
intercession for them."
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Now, right now, because of
Jesus, probation is not closed.
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The door of mercy is open, and
we can boldly come before the
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throne of God.
00:20:16.44\00:20:17.88
There's no more veil
that separates us from God.
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In Christ, the
veil is taken away.
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We go to the Father Himself.
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We pray directly to
the Father through Christ.
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We do not have to
go through a priest.
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We do not have to go
through an earthly mediator.
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We have a friend in heaven,
he's a heavenly mediator.
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This is one of the great
battles of the Reformation.
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You know, the church was saying,
"You got to go through the
00:20:39.73\00:20:41.70
priests to get to God."
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And Luther and others, says,
"No, we can now come boldly
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before the
throne through Christ."
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What a privilege that
we can go directly to God.
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And you can, again, read that
verse in Daniel 7, verse 10, "A
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fiery stream issued and
came forth from before Him.
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Thousands of
thousands ministered to Him.
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Ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before Him, and the court
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was seated, and
the books were opened."
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So you've got this judgment
taking place earlier in Daniel.
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When you get to the
last chapter, He stands up.
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Judgment's over.
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All through the book of Daniel,
the people of God are being
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oppressed by various kingdoms.
00:21:17.91\00:21:20.14
Michael stands up.
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He girds His armor
on, mounts His horse.
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You see Him in Revelation,
coming as the Word of God, going
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forth to conquer.
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And so--and to defend
and to deliver his people.
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So this is what's happening here
in the first verses, and notice
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what else it says.
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"And then shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since
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there was a
nation, even to that time.
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And at that time your people
will be delivered, every one who
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is found written in the book."
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Wow, there's a lot there.
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First of all, "time of trouble."
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There's times of trouble.
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How many of you have gone
through a time of trouble?
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Most of us, right?
00:22:01.05\00:22:02.95
Varying degrees, and you look at
the news--and, boy, we just came
00:22:02.98\00:22:07.52
back from Australia, and
they had fire and rain, just
00:22:07.56\00:22:11.23
everything burning up,
and then it was flooding.
00:22:11.26\00:22:14.10
You think about World War I and
the troubles in the trenches of
00:22:14.10\00:22:16.90
France and Germany.
00:22:16.93\00:22:18.53
It was terrible.
00:22:18.57\00:22:20.44
Think about the Civil War.
00:22:20.47\00:22:22.40
You know, America lost more
people during battles in the
00:22:22.44\00:22:24.81
Civil War than the
entire World War II.
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I mean, just the
bloodshed was--the carnage was
00:22:28.14\00:22:30.35
unbelievable, "time of trouble."
00:22:30.38\00:22:33.58
You think about the
Holocaust and World War II.
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Think about the tsunami in
2004, 260,000 people perish in
00:22:37.65\00:22:42.62
two days.
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I mean, there has been some time
of trouble, but when it talks
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about this "time of trouble,"
it's not isolated to this place
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or that place.
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It's talking about a universal
time of trouble, and it can't be
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compared to anything before.
00:22:57.64\00:22:59.64
It says, "unlike anything."
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.21
Now, keep in mind, when you talk
about the "time of trouble,"
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Jesus refers to this.
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Let me read what Jesus
says, and then I'll elaborate a
00:23:07.82\00:23:09.32
little bit.
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Matthew 24, verse 15, if you got
your Bibles, "Therefore when you
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see the 'abomination of
desolation,' spoken of by Daniel
00:23:14.96\00:23:17.59
the prophet, stand
in the holy place."
00:23:17.63\00:23:21.66
Now, when we get to the dates in
this study, I'll talk more about
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that, but Jesus--first of all,
does Jesus think that Daniel was
00:23:25.53\00:23:28.60
a prophet?
00:23:28.64\00:23:30.51
So we're real safe believing
that Daniel is inspired by God
00:23:30.54\00:23:33.41
because Jesus said he was.
00:23:33.44\00:23:35.61
Otherwise, you've got to
throw out the whole Bible.
00:23:35.64\00:23:37.88
In that case, what
are you doing here?
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So the whole purpose of studying
this is because we believe the
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Word of God is true.
00:23:42.68\00:23:44.22
Jesus said Daniel's a prophet,
and he says the "'abomination of
00:23:44.25\00:23:48.36
desolation,' whoever
reads, let him understand."
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Now, this is a
parenthetical statement.
00:23:51.79\00:23:53.50
People wonder,
"Did Jesus say this?"
00:23:53.53\00:23:56.33
Did Matthew,
writing it, say this?
00:23:56.36\00:23:59.23
Did a scribe insert it?
00:23:59.27\00:24:01.27
They're
saying--you're supposed to pray.
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Why does he say, "Let
him who reads, understand"?
00:24:03.34\00:24:05.31
Because we just read in
chapter 12, he says, "The wise
00:24:05.34\00:24:07.38
will understand."
00:24:07.41\00:24:08.78
He said not everyone will
understand, and they may not
00:24:08.81\00:24:10.45
understand till
the time of the end.
00:24:10.48\00:24:13.28
The time of the
end, it'll be opened up.
00:24:13.31\00:24:15.22
So there's a prayer inserted
in this statement, "Let the
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.62
wise understand."
00:24:17.65\00:24:20.02
"Then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains."
00:24:20.06\00:24:24.33
Of course, it
depends on where you are.
00:24:24.36\00:24:26.63
"Let those who are on their
housetop go not down to take
00:24:26.66\00:24:29.56
anything out of his house."
00:24:29.60\00:24:31.50
This is going to
be such a bad time.
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.10
You better head for the hills,
like Lot running from Sodom.
00:24:33.13\00:24:36.30
He said, "Don't even look back."
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.61
"Let him who is in the field
not go back to get his clothes."
00:24:38.64\00:24:41.91
There's an urgency.
00:24:41.94\00:24:44.11
"But woe to those who are
pregnant and to those who are
00:24:44.15\00:24:47.18
nursing babies in--" make a note
of this-- "those who are nursing
00:24:47.22\00:24:49.88
babies in those days, and pray
that your flight be not be in
00:24:49.92\00:24:52.45
winter--" he's
talking about fleeing.
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.46
Not a flight on an airplane.
00:24:55.49\00:24:58.19
"Not in winter
or on the Sabbath."
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He still knew God's people
would be keeping the Sabbath.
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Now listen to what Jesus said,
verse 21, Matthew 24, "For then
00:25:02.83\00:25:06.00
there will be great tribulation,
such as has not been since the
00:25:06.03\00:25:10.54
beginning of the world
until this time, no, nor ever
00:25:10.57\00:25:14.88
shall be.
00:25:14.91\00:25:16.31
And unless those days were
shortened, no flesh would be
00:25:16.34\00:25:20.42
saved," and the word "flesh"
there doesn't just mean human.
00:25:20.45\00:25:23.69
It means no life.
00:25:23.72\00:25:25.52
They used to call--same
word used for animal flesh would
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be saved.
00:25:28.12\00:25:29.52
"But for the elect's sake
those days will be shortened."
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So that's pretty powerful.
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Jesus is saying, "Yeah, Daniel
meant what he said when he said
00:25:34.63\00:25:36.53
there's going to be a time of
trouble such as there never has
00:25:36.56\00:25:38.60
been but--" and there's a time
period connected with the time
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of trouble.
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The time of times and the
dividing of time, three and a
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half, 42 months, 1,260 days,
the day and year is prophecy.
00:25:48.64\00:25:53.05
Typically that time
period is a time of persecution.
00:25:53.08\00:25:57.29
It was during a time of trouble
that it did not rain for 1,260
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days in Elijah's time, right?
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Jezebel was
killing the prophets.
00:26:05.56\00:26:08.00
They're hiding in caves.
00:26:08.03\00:26:10.73
They're fleeing for their lives.
00:26:10.77\00:26:13.20
There was another
three-and-a-half-year period of
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time during the time of Christ's
ministry, and during the time,
00:26:15.17\00:26:19.04
He had to hide.
00:26:19.07\00:26:20.64
They said, "You go to
Jerusalem, they'll kill you."
00:26:20.68\00:26:22.21
They took up stones.
00:26:22.24\00:26:23.61
They wanted to
throw Him off a cliff.
00:26:23.65\00:26:25.31
It was a time of
persecution and rejection.
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Then you've got that time at the
end of three and a half years
00:26:27.98\00:26:30.39
when the
disciples are in Jerusalem.
00:26:30.42\00:26:31.82
Stephen is killed--first martyr.
00:26:31.85\00:26:34.42
Another three-and-a-half-year
time period.
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Then you've got the three and
a half years of the Dark Age.
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Now, this is a time
of trouble historically.
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In Matthew 24, Jesus is
answering three questions: "What
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will be the
sign of your coming?"
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"The destruction of Jerusalem,
the end of the world?"
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He commingles his answer.
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What happened to the Jews--if
you've read the book, "Great
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Controversy," it begins
with a fall of Jerusalem.
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What happens to the Jews is
a preamble for the last days.
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The great time of trouble
that the Jews went through when
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Jerusalem was
destroyed was terrible.
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You read about that.
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That also prefigures a historic
time of trouble from 538 to 1798
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when the woman fled into the
wilderness, and the dragon tried
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to destroy her because he
couldn't get to the man-child.
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You still with me?
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One thousand two hundred
and sixty years where estimates
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between 30 and 50 million
Christians and Jews were killed
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because of their faith by the
political, religious government
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of that time.
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But then there's--it talks about
at the end of that time, the sun
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is darkened, the moon
turns to blood, the stars fall
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from heaven.
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Those things happened
historically, but those things
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happen again in quick
succession near the end of time.
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You still with me?
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Because it also says, "The
heavens depart as the scroll,
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and every island and mountain
has moved out of its place."
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That hasn't happened yet,
so quickly--clearly, it happens
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again in quick
succession near the end of time.
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But just before the end,
there is a time of trouble.
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Now, that time of
trouble is connected with the
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beast's power.
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You cannot buy or sell, and you
might divide it into two parts.
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The first part, there's
going to be a great persecution.
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Probation is not closed yet,
but during this time of great
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darkness and persecution,
when you can't buy or sell,
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Christians will be
sharing in great power.
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When they're being tried,
you'll be brought before kings
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and rulers.
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How long is that time?
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Not sure.
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Some thought, "Well,
maybe that'll be three and a
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half years," we
don't know for sure.
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But there's a small time of
trouble, but once there is a
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death decree, and once probation
closes, you've got the--and it's
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in the mother of all times of
trouble, which is the seven last
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plagues that you find in
Revelation chapter 15 and 16,
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and if you read through that,
I think you'll agree, "Yeah,
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that's got to be the worst."
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"Men are
scorched with great heat.
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The oceans have turned to blood.
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The fresh waters
have turned to blood."
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That's where most of the
people in the world live.
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You know, most of the people
in the world, as of about four
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years ago, are now in urban
areas, where, before, they used
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to be in the country.
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The cities--and soon 60% of the
world's population will be in
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the cities, and 90% of the
world's cities are by the oceans
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or rivers.
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Very few cities are not by
an ocean or a river, right?
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Including Sacramento and others.
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They turn to blood.
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Darkness on the
seat of the beast.
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"Noisome, grievous sores."
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People are in--I mean, they're
gnawing their tongues from pain,
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and it's unimaginable,
that great time of trouble.
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I'm not worried about that
part because the Bible promises,
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Psalm 91, during that great time
of trouble, "Only with your eyes
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will you see and behold
the punishment of the wicked."
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"No plague will
come near your dwelling.
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A thousand may fall in your
hand, ten thousand at your right
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side," I'm misquoting
this slightly, but you know,
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Psalm 91.
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So, you see, and
it's happening around you.
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You're seeing it
happen around you.
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I don't believe the secret
rapture that we leave before
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this time of trouble.
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"But no plague will
come nigh your dwelling."
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Did God protect the children of
Israel during that great time of
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trouble before the exodus?
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Is the Lord going to come
and get us out of this world?
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There'll be a mass exodus
when the Lord descends from
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heaven, right?
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We're here during those seven
last plagues, but He preserves
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us during that.
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There were ten
plagues that fell on Egypt.
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The first three plagues,
the Israelites experience the
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suffering along with the
Egyptians, but God protected
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them through the seven
last plagues that fell on Egypt.
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So there's a lesson there,
and he'll protect us through the
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seven last plagues.
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So there's a
great time of trouble.
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Says, "Every one who's delivered
is--who is written in the book."
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What book do you think that is?
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The Book of the Lamb, the
Book of Life, and is your name
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written there?
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The Bible says, "Those who think
often upon the Lord and talk
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about Him, they pray," says, "I
will not take their names out of
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My book that I've written."
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And so if you have a
relationship with the Lord,
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you're following the Lord to
the best of your ability, then
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you've committed
your life to Him.
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You're trusting
in His salvation.
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Your name is entered
into the Book of Life.
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All right, so that's verses
1, that we looked at there.
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I'm going to read something
to you from "Prophets and Kings"
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278, "We are standing on
the threshold of a crisis of
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the ages.
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In quick succession the
judgments of God will follow one
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another, fire,
flood, earthquake, with war
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and bloodshed."
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Once those angels release their
grip, the Bible says right now
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those four angels are holding
back the winds of strife.
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Why?
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Waiting for the servants of God
to be sealed in their forehead.
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Do you and I get to participate
in helping others learn the
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message so they
can receive the seal?
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Yeah, so by our ministry,
we can help hasten that day.
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All right, verse 2, "Many of
those who sleep in the dust of
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the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, some to shame
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and everlasting contempt."
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Now, Jesus tells us that
there's two resurrections.
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You've got the resurrection
of the just, you've got the
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resurrection of the lost, but
this is making it sound like, at
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the end of that time, both
resurrections are happening.
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Why?
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Is there a special group
resurrected when Jesus comes
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that is lost?
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We know the dead in Christ rise.
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All right, listen to what it
says here in Revelation chapter
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1, verse 7: "Behold, He's coming
in the clouds, and every eye
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will see Him--" talking about
when He comes next-- "even those
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who pierced Him."
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How can those who pierced
Him--when He was on the cross,
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He was pierced.
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His hands were pierced.
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His side was pierced.
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His brow was
pierced with thorns.
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The people that were responsible
for His execution, not just the
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soldiers themselves, but the
priests that put them up to it,
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Pilate will be
there and Caiaphas.
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They're going to be
raised to see Him come in glory.
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This is called a
special resurrection.
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Some people struggle
with these exceptions.
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You know, it's true that "It's
appointed unto men once to die,
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after that, the judgment," but
there's a couple of exceptions.
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Enoch did not die.
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Elijah did not die, right?
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I mean, God's allowed to make
exceptions because He's God.
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And so, yes, most of the people,
the righteous are raised,
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first resurrection.
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There'll be a few wicked raised.
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Let me give you another verse.
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Matthew 26, Jesus is talking to
the high priest when he said, "I
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adjure thee under an
oath, "'Are you the Christ?'
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Jesus responds,
'It is as you said.
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Nevertheless, I say to you,
hereafter you will see the Son
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of Man sitting at the right
hand of power, and coming in the
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clouds of heaven.'"
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Caiaphas would be raised to
see that Jesus is the Messiah.
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And so there are going to
be some who were especially
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involved in the trial and
execution of Christ that they're
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going to have that resurrection.
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But for the majority, the
wicked, their resurrection takes
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place at the end
of the 1,000 years.
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It says, "Blessed and holy
is he that has part in the first
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resurrection,"
Revelation chapter 20.
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The rest of the dead--if the
dead in Christ rise first, who
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are the rest of the dead?
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The wicked.
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They come forth after the
thousand years are finished.
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John 5:28 and 29, "Do not marvel
at this, for the hour is coming
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in which all that are in the
graves will hear His voice and
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come forth, those that have done
good, to the resurrection of
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life, those who have done
evil--" now, notice, aren't we
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saved by faith?
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But here, Jesus makes it sound
like we're judged by works.
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That's what the Bible
says: You are saved by faith.
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You are judged by works.
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Your works show if
you have a saving faith.
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That's not that hard.
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And a lot of people say, "Lord,
Lord," and they don't do what
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God calls them to do, and
He says, "Don't call me 'Lord,
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Lord.' You don't
really trust Me."
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All right, and, of course,
the wicked are raised to the
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resurrection of condemnation.
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Now we're going to Daniel
12, verse 3: "Those who are wise
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will shine like the brightness
of the firmament, and those who
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turn many to righteousness like
the stars forever and ever."
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And he's gone from dust, "Those
who sleep in the dust of the
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earth shall awake."
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So it tells us that, when
Michael stands up, not long
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after that, there's a
resurrection, so we are
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definitely talking
about the time of the end.
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We agreed?
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And then it's also telling us
that "Those who are wise--" what
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is "wisdom"?
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We're going to talk
about the Queen of Sheba in our
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message today.
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"The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom."
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So these are the God-fearing
people, "And those who turn many
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to righteousness like
the stars forever and ever."
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"He that wins souls is wise."
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You know, David prays in Psalm
51, "Take not Your Holy Spirit
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from me," "Then sinners
will be converted to You."
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We must be Spirit-filled,
and what's our goal when we are
00:36:16.67\00:36:19.44
Spirit-Filled?
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Jesus said, "Wait in Jerusalem.
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You'll receive the promise of
the Holy Spirit, and you will be
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My witnesses."
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We will be turning
others to righteousness.
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The mission of every Christian
should be you come to Christ,
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and then you go for Christ.
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You love the Lord with all your
heart, and because of that, you
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then love your neighbor, and
you share the Gospel, using your
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different gifts.
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Daniel 11:33, it says,
"And those of the people who
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understand shall instruct many,
yet for many days, they'll fall
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by the sword and by flame and
by captivity and plundering."
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Says there's going to be
a people who will be wise.
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They're understanding, but
they are a persecuted people.
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And Matthew chapter 13, verse
43, "Then the righteous will
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shine forth as the sun in
the kingdom of their Father.
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He who has ears, let him hear."
00:37:13.53\00:37:18.20
Jesus says, you know, He's
called us to be that light on
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the hill, to be witnesses.
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Go to verse 4, Daniel 12, verse
4: "But you, O Daniel, shut up
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the words, and seal the
book until the time of the end.
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Many will run to and fro,
and knowledge will increase."
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Well, as an evangelist, we
like to teach this literally.
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People are running to and fro
more now than they ever have,
00:37:35.22\00:37:37.55
and technology has increased
now more than ever before.
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Nobody argues that.
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That, to me, is, I
think, it just--it's
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certainly unprecedented.
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I don't think this is the
primary thing Daniel is talking
00:37:47.76\00:37:49.26
about here.
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No question, we are living in
the day when knowledge--I mean,
00:37:51.33\00:37:54.00
just think about the coalesce,
concentrated knowledge you've
00:37:54.04\00:37:59.34
got in your smartphone.
00:37:59.37\00:38:02.01
How dependent has the world
become on their smartphone?
00:38:02.04\00:38:06.15
I played racquetball with a
guy a few weeks ago and he's got
00:38:06.18\00:38:08.32
this big lump in his pocket, and
I said, "Don't you want to put
00:38:08.35\00:38:10.09
your wallet somewhere else?"
00:38:10.12\00:38:11.92
He's, "Oh, no, that's my phone."
00:38:11.95\00:38:13.32
I said, "You're playing
racquetball with your phone?"
00:38:13.36\00:38:14.72
He said, "Yeah, I'm counting
my heartbeats and my steps."
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.23
I mean, people use their phones
for everything now, and they got
00:38:17.26\00:38:20.53
an app for everything, and
if you had shown that to the
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.50
apostles, they would've
thought you were possessed by an
00:38:23.53\00:38:25.47
evil spirit.
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Just think about the
knowledge now that we have at
00:38:27.37\00:38:29.77
our fingertips.
00:38:29.80\00:38:32.24
But what is He
really talking about?
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What does it mean
to run to and fro?
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Zechariah 4:10, "They are the
eyes of the Lord, which run to
00:38:36.48\00:38:40.85
and fro throughout the whole
earth," running to and fro often
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.89
in searching.
00:38:43.92\00:38:46.52
Didn't just mean travel.
00:38:46.55\00:38:48.76
It is true, "National
Geographic" tells us we're
00:38:48.79\00:38:50.83
living in an age now where
people are traveling more and
00:38:50.86\00:38:53.70
farther from home than any other
time in history, but running to
00:38:53.73\00:38:57.87
and fro means searching.
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.83
Look in Amos 8, verse 12:
"They'll wander from sea to sea,
00:38:59.87\00:39:03.10
and from north to east, they'll
run to and fro, seeking, to and
00:39:03.14\00:39:06.11
fro, seeking the word of
the Lord, but not find it."
00:39:06.14\00:39:10.58
So what's going to
happen in the last days?
00:39:10.61\00:39:12.28
Well, what's the concern
of Daniel in the chapter?
00:39:12.31\00:39:14.68
He said, "People
don't understand."
00:39:14.72\00:39:17.35
Several times, Daniel has a
vision, then later, the angel
00:39:17.39\00:39:19.59
helps him understand, and now he
said, "I don't understand," he
00:39:19.62\00:39:22.52
said, "but the
wise will understand."
00:39:22.56\00:39:24.16
How are they
going to understand?
00:39:24.19\00:39:25.96
"They will run to and fro,
running to and fro--" where?
00:39:25.99\00:39:29.10
From Genesis to Revelation.
00:39:29.13\00:39:32.80
They're going
through the Word of God.
00:39:32.83\00:39:34.70
They're seeking, and
they're discovering what the
00:39:34.74\00:39:36.94
prophecies mean.
00:39:36.97\00:39:38.41
They're discovering
more about the truth.
00:39:38.44\00:39:40.94
This is the greatest knowledge
that God speaks of in His Word.
00:39:40.98\00:39:43.78
So, "Shut up the words.
00:39:43.81\00:39:46.98
Seal the book till
the time of the end."
00:39:47.02\00:39:48.72
It's going to be sealed.
00:39:48.75\00:39:50.35
God says, you know, "Well,
it won't be until the time of
00:39:50.39\00:39:51.85
the end."
00:39:51.89\00:39:53.32
They understand.
00:39:53.36\00:39:54.79
Why?
00:39:54.82\00:39:56.32
Was God trying to hide it?
00:39:56.36\00:39:57.83
Well, it was more relevant
at the end, for one thing.
00:39:57.86\00:39:59.33
Another reason, the Bibles
had been taken away from people
00:39:59.36\00:40:00.83
until Gutenberg, and
they just didn't have it.
00:40:00.86\00:40:02.76
The two witnesses were clothed
in sackcloth for how long?
00:40:02.80\00:40:07.30
One thousand two
hundred and sixty years.
00:40:07.34\00:40:10.41
So the Word of God was hidden,
but after that time period,
00:40:10.44\00:40:13.24
Bible societies were formed,
Bibles, the printing became a
00:40:13.27\00:40:17.28
lot easier, and it was
distributed widely, and people
00:40:17.31\00:40:20.68
began to run to and
fro through--I'll tell you
00:40:20.72\00:40:22.48
what, friends.
00:40:22.52\00:40:24.02
I can run to and fro through the
Word of God now in my lifetime.
00:40:24.05\00:40:28.19
Going from paper to digital,
it's amazing how quick I can
00:40:28.22\00:40:31.16
search things and find them now.
00:40:31.19\00:40:33.56
I can't imagine going back to
my "Strong's Concordance," I'm
00:40:33.60\00:40:35.03
sorry, thumbing through all that
microscopic print for one word,
00:40:35.06\00:40:39.37
and then say, "No, that's
not it," and then in, thumbing
00:40:39.40\00:40:41.10
through another one,
lines and lines of every word in
00:40:41.14\00:40:44.11
the Bible.
00:40:44.14\00:40:45.51
That's if you had "The
Exhaustive," there's a reason
00:40:45.54\00:40:47.58
they called it "The Exhaustive
Strong's Concordance."
00:40:47.61\00:40:52.35
Now "People are running
to and fro, and knowledge
00:40:52.38\00:40:54.12
is increased."
00:40:54.15\00:40:55.58
Go to verse 5 and 6: "Then I,
Daniel, looked, and there stood
00:40:55.62\00:40:59.45
two others, on the riverbank,
one on one side of the river,
00:40:59.49\00:41:03.09
and another on the other.
00:41:03.12\00:41:04.79
And he said to the man clothed
in linen," now, you notice,
00:41:04.83\00:41:07.23
this starts, you
go to chapter 10.
00:41:07.23\00:41:09.03
It says they're
by the Tigris River.
00:41:09.06\00:41:11.77
The whole vision, from chapter
10 through 12, is one vision.
00:41:11.80\00:41:14.24
So he's returning to this, the
riverbank vision, and one angel
00:41:14.27\00:41:18.94
says to the man clothed
in linen, who is above the
00:41:18.97\00:41:21.14
river--so you've got
this--either Gabriel or someone
00:41:21.18\00:41:24.75
who is a Christ above the river,
and they're saying, "How long
00:41:24.78\00:41:28.82
till the
fulfillment of these wonders?"
00:41:28.85\00:41:30.95
So the context of what you're
going to hear about the time
00:41:30.99\00:41:33.42
prophecies is in
response to a question.
00:41:33.46\00:41:35.96
These wonders is not just
talking about the prophecies of
00:41:35.99\00:41:39.09
chapter 10, 11, and 12.
00:41:39.13\00:41:42.60
These wonders is talking about
the battle between the kingdoms
00:41:42.63\00:41:45.77
that you see from
chapter 1 to chapter 12.
00:41:45.80\00:41:49.54
The whole book of Daniel and all
the prophecies are all revolving
00:41:49.57\00:41:51.77
around who is the real King.
00:41:51.81\00:41:55.74
Isn't that right?
00:41:55.78\00:41:57.55
Nebuchadnezzar ends up
saying, "Lord, you're King," and
00:41:57.58\00:42:00.45
Nebuchadnezzar bows after the
image is interpreted, saying,
00:42:00.48\00:42:05.29
"Your God is the God of gods."
00:42:05.32\00:42:07.26
Darius says, "Your God is King."
00:42:07.29\00:42:09.72
So through the whole book, it's
like, is Persia in charge, is
00:42:09.76\00:42:11.86
Babylon in charge,
or is God in charge?
00:42:11.89\00:42:14.56
Is it the Greeks, is it the
Romans, is it the little horn?
00:42:14.60\00:42:17.20
Who is the real King?
00:42:17.23\00:42:19.07
That's the whole theme through
the book of Daniel, and the
00:42:19.10\00:42:20.84
ultimate answer is, of course,
Jesus, Michael, stands up.
00:42:20.87\00:42:24.74
He is the King of kings.
00:42:24.77\00:42:27.24
And he said, "How long
shall be the fulfillment of
00:42:27.28\00:42:28.98
these wonders?"
00:42:29.01\00:42:31.11
Now, this is so important
to understand because God often
00:42:31.15\00:42:35.45
gives the final verses.
00:42:35.48\00:42:37.65
He says, "Time of trouble, every
one written in the book of life
00:42:37.69\00:42:40.66
be saved.
00:42:40.69\00:42:42.59
You'll shine forever."
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.33
Then God goes back
and gives more detail.
00:42:44.36\00:42:45.89
He's going back to these visions
that had been covered, many of
00:42:45.93\00:42:47.73
the visions about the kingdoms,
and you go to Daniel 12, verse
00:42:47.76\00:42:52.17
7, "I heard the man clothed in
linen, who was above the waters
00:42:52.20\00:42:55.10
of the river, when he held up
his right hand and his left hand
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.81
to the heavens, and he swore by
Him who lives forever, that it
00:42:57.84\00:43:01.01
shall be for a time, times, and
half a time, when the power of
00:43:01.04\00:43:05.81
the holy people has been
completely shattered, and all
00:43:05.85\00:43:09.52
these things shall be finished."
00:43:09.55\00:43:11.22
In other words, the finishing of
the shattering of the power of
00:43:11.25\00:43:14.59
God's people.
00:43:14.62\00:43:16.16
They were persecuted, scattered,
and shattered for 1,260 years,
00:43:16.19\00:43:19.23
then the beast
receives a deadly wound.
00:43:19.26\00:43:23.40
And then this is all happening
in the backdrop of a great
00:43:23.43\00:43:25.67
Reformation, and
Bibles being printed, and the
00:43:25.70\00:43:28.34
Great Awakening.
00:43:28.37\00:43:29.77
1798, God raises up a new
country that becomes--speaks
00:43:29.80\00:43:34.04
like a lamb.
00:43:34.08\00:43:35.71
It becomes the seat of
international missions and also
00:43:35.74\00:43:40.12
becomes the largest
military power in the world.
00:43:40.15\00:43:42.02
Starts out
protecting religious freedom.
00:43:42.05\00:43:45.99
And so it's reaching
down to our day here.
00:43:46.02\00:43:50.09
Notice also, this
angel raises his hands.
00:43:50.13\00:43:53.56
I'm watching my clock because
I want to get into the time.
00:43:53.60\00:43:56.26
In verse 5 and 6, "The angel who
I saw--" this is Revelation 10:5
00:43:56.30\00:44:00.10
and 6.
00:44:00.14\00:44:01.87
Notice, "Standing on the sea and
the dry land, raises up his hand
00:44:01.90\00:44:04.11
to heaven, swears by Him
who lives forever and ever, who
00:44:04.14\00:44:06.54
created the heaven and the earth
and the things that are in it,
00:44:06.57\00:44:09.54
and the sea and the things that
are in it, that there should be
00:44:09.58\00:44:13.01
delay time no longer," no
longer delay in these prophecies
00:44:13.05\00:44:16.72
being fulfilled.
00:44:16.75\00:44:18.32
This is a parallel of
Daniel chapter 12, verse 7,
00:44:18.35\00:44:20.99
Revelation 10.
00:44:21.02\00:44:23.02
Angel bowing, lifting
his hand there by the rivers.
00:44:23.06\00:44:25.03
A lot of comparisons.
00:44:25.06\00:44:27.40
All right, Chapter 12, verse 8
and 10, "Although--" Daniel 12:8
00:44:27.40\00:44:32.30
and 10, "Although I
heard, I did not understand."
00:44:32.33\00:44:35.34
Notice the big
struggle, "I don't understand."
00:44:35.37\00:44:38.77
"Then I said, 'My Lord,
what shall be the end of
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.24
these things?'
00:44:40.28\00:44:42.18
He said, 'Go your way, Daniel,
for the words are closed and
00:44:42.21\00:44:45.21
sealed till the
time of the end.'"
00:44:45.25\00:44:48.32
"Don't worry, don't fret,
Daniel, it's going to happen
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.29
after you're gone."
00:44:50.32\00:44:53.19
"Many shall be purified and
made white, and refined, but the
00:44:53.22\00:44:56.59
wicked will do wickedly,
and none of the wicked will
00:44:56.62\00:44:59.03
understand, but the
wise will understand."
00:44:59.06\00:45:01.60
I love this verse
because He says, "many."
00:45:01.63\00:45:03.93
You know, so often, Jesus says,
"It's the many who are on the
00:45:03.97\00:45:06.17
wide road.
00:45:06.20\00:45:07.87
Before it's over, many will
be purified and made white."
00:45:07.90\00:45:09.70
I want to be one of
those many, don't you?
00:45:09.74\00:45:11.64
And He says, "The many are
the ones who fear the Lord.
00:45:11.67\00:45:13.54
They're the wise.
00:45:13.58\00:45:15.54
They will understand."
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.11
Says there's going to be a group
of people in the end that will
00:45:17.15\00:45:19.08
be purified, made white,
and they will understand from
00:45:19.11\00:45:21.62
running to and fro and
searching the Word of God.
00:45:21.65\00:45:24.35
These prophecies
will come to light.
00:45:24.39\00:45:26.29
You know, this is The Great
Advent Awakening that happened
00:45:26.32\00:45:29.89
about 150 years ago,
a little more than that.
00:45:29.92\00:45:34.00
Now, they go through trials, and
it says in 1 Peter 1:7, "That
00:45:34.00\00:45:39.10
the genuineness of your faith,
being much more precious than
00:45:39.13\00:45:42.90
gold that perishes, though
it's tested by fire, be found to
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.71
praise, honor, and glory at
the revelation of Jesus Christ."
00:45:45.74\00:45:48.88
All right, now Daniel chapter
12, verse 11 and 12, and here's
00:45:48.91\00:45:53.55
the prophesy
numbers people wonder about.
00:45:53.58\00:45:57.49
"From the time that the daily
sacrifice is taken away, and the
00:45:57.52\00:46:01.36
abomination of desolation is
set up, there'll be 1,290 days."
00:46:01.39\00:46:06.53
Wait, wait, I
thought it always says 60.
00:46:06.56\00:46:08.56
Now we're jumping to 90.
00:46:08.60\00:46:10.77
That's adding 30 days.
00:46:10.80\00:46:12.93
"Blessed is he--" by the
way, that was one month in the
00:46:12.97\00:46:14.67
lunar calendar.
00:46:14.70\00:46:16.97
"Blessed is he who waits,
and comes to the 1,335 days."
00:46:17.01\00:46:20.54
Now we got three time periods.
00:46:20.58\00:46:22.74
Marsha, go ahead, put that chart
up on the screen for me for our
00:46:22.78\00:46:25.68
local audience, and you can
put the feed out to those that
00:46:25.71\00:46:29.02
are watching.
00:46:29.05\00:46:30.39
Three time periods given
in this one chapter: 1,260,
00:46:30.42\00:46:32.79
1,290, 1,335.
00:46:32.82\00:46:34.76
Traditionally, most Adventist
scholars believe you stay with a
00:46:34.79\00:46:39.96
historic view on this prophecy.
00:46:40.00\00:46:43.43
You've got the beginning,
really, of the little horn power
00:46:43.47\00:46:48.87
and the
abomination of desolation.
00:46:48.90\00:46:50.61
Now, for the Jews, an
abomination of desolation was
00:46:50.64\00:46:53.68
when you brought an idol and
idolatry into the house of God.
00:46:53.71\00:46:58.71
They called it the abomination
of the heathen whenever they
00:46:58.75\00:47:02.05
got--Solomon did it when his
wives got him to bring idols in.
00:47:02.08\00:47:04.72
Manasseh did it, they brought
idols, and they called it the
00:47:04.75\00:47:07.62
abomination, with the conversion
of Clovis, who was one of the
00:47:07.66\00:47:12.56
first barbarian kings, at 508.
00:47:12.59\00:47:16.30
He is the king that was also
instrumental in bringing down
00:47:16.33\00:47:19.67
these three other horns,
the Visigoths, the Heruli, the
00:47:19.70\00:47:22.84
Ostrogoths, that were Aryans.
00:47:22.87\00:47:25.64
They did not
believe in the Triune God.
00:47:25.67\00:47:28.58
They believed
that Jesus was created.
00:47:28.61\00:47:31.55
And Clovis, in his conversion,
he set up a combination of
00:47:31.58\00:47:35.42
church and state.
00:47:35.45\00:47:38.12
Thirty years later, Justinian,
the Roman emperor, he went the
00:47:38.15\00:47:42.22
next step in 538, and he said,
"I am going to issue an edict
00:47:42.26\00:47:48.26
making the bishop of Rome
the new ruler of the church."
00:47:48.30\00:47:52.70
No longer with a capital in
Jerusalem, now it's being moved
00:47:52.73\00:47:54.94
to Rome.
00:47:54.97\00:47:56.54
That's where the seat
of the little horn was.
00:47:56.57\00:47:58.04
Bible says that the
dragon gave him his power,
00:47:58.07\00:48:00.38
his seat and great
authority, his throne.
00:48:00.41\00:48:03.58
And both those dates, one
is 1290, one is 1260, they both
00:48:03.61\00:48:07.78
reached to 1798.
00:48:07.82\00:48:10.52
That's when the beast
receives a deadly wound.
00:48:10.55\00:48:13.32
That's when he makes an end
of shattering the power of the
00:48:13.36\00:48:17.13
people of God.
00:48:17.16\00:48:19.16
And then you've got the 1335.
00:48:19.19\00:48:21.23
It says, "Blessed is he
that comes to the 1335--"
00:48:21.26\00:48:24.97
Why is he blessed?
00:48:25.00\00:48:26.87
That's the year of The
Great Advent Awakening when the
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.70
prophecies of
Daniel were opened.
00:48:28.74\00:48:32.14
The message of Miller, where
he started to give the historic
00:48:32.17\00:48:34.81
interpretation of these
prophecies, incredible light
00:48:34.84\00:48:37.25
came on the people.
00:48:37.28\00:48:38.91
They didn't have everything
right, but, boy, they had a lot
00:48:38.95\00:48:40.98
of things right, and they
were blessed because they're all
00:48:41.02\00:48:43.39
excited the Second Coming
is taking place, and so that
00:48:43.42\00:48:45.85
happened in 1843.
00:48:45.89\00:48:48.86
Now, in fairness, I should
probably say I know there are
00:48:48.89\00:48:53.53
other views on this subject,
and even among our scholars.
00:48:53.56\00:48:58.57
I've been reading this
week--friends, pray for me.
00:48:58.60\00:49:01.54
I tell you, there's a
lot of stuff out there.
00:49:01.57\00:49:03.71
Great scholar in our church, he
was a vice president, Roy Allan
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.71
Anderson, good books on
prophecy, he said, "You know,
00:49:06.74\00:49:10.61
there is some mystery.
00:49:10.65\00:49:12.51
It could be the typical historic
interpretation, but," he said,
00:49:12.55\00:49:15.58
"it could be that it's talking
about Islam because it's 1,335
00:49:15.62\00:49:21.59
days from the call of the Hagia
of--" not the Hagia, the, yeah--
00:49:21.62\00:49:27.40
"of Muhammad until
the Ottoman Empire fell."
00:49:27.40\00:49:30.23
Now, I don't agree with him, but
that's one view that was put out
00:49:30.27\00:49:32.20
for years, Roy Allan Anderson.
00:49:32.23\00:49:34.84
You got a lot of
the Protestant people.
00:49:34.87\00:49:38.11
They say, "Oh,
this is all in the past.
00:49:38.14\00:49:39.91
It was Antiochus Epiphanes,"
so that doesn't work.
00:49:39.94\00:49:42.04
He was a Greek, Seleucid king
who attack Jerusalem, and he
00:49:42.08\00:49:44.78
brought an
abomination to the temple.
00:49:44.81\00:49:46.65
That doesn't work because
the prophecies of Daniel go way
00:49:46.68\00:49:49.12
beyond the Greek Empire.
00:49:49.15\00:49:51.39
They go beyond pagan
Rome, they go beyond papal Rome.
00:49:51.42\00:49:55.12
So why would it stop there,
way back, with the Greeks?
00:49:55.16\00:49:57.16
That doesn't make sense.
00:49:57.19\00:49:59.83
This is the one that I
think makes the most sense.
00:49:59.86\00:50:02.46
There are people who then
say, "Well, maybe this is a time
00:50:02.50\00:50:04.93
where you are to apply it.
00:50:04.97\00:50:07.64
They're not literal years, or
days don't represent years, but
00:50:07.67\00:50:10.64
they're literal days."
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.81
And then that means
that there's going to be
00:50:12.84\00:50:14.41
three-and-a-half-year time
of trouble, and there'll be a
00:50:14.44\00:50:16.64
Sunday law, and then 30 days
after the Sunday law, then the
00:50:16.68\00:50:19.25
plagues begin, and the plagues
last 45 days, and you know what?
00:50:19.28\00:50:23.99
You'll have to wait and see.
00:50:24.02\00:50:26.76
I don't teach that because what
good will a time prophecy be
00:50:26.79\00:50:31.03
once probation closes?
00:50:31.06\00:50:34.00
I mean, how's that
going to redeem anybody?
00:50:34.03\00:50:36.46
The purpose of
prophecy is redemptive.
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.90
It's to save people.
00:50:38.93\00:50:41.00
And so, you know, when the
time comes, if that happens, it
00:50:41.04\00:50:45.67
happens, but I think we need to
stick with the historic view of
00:50:45.71\00:50:48.84
these things.
00:50:48.88\00:50:50.85
The fact is the abomination
of desolation, Mary worship, the
00:50:50.88\00:50:54.55
Mass, confessing your sins
to a priest, believing that hell
00:50:54.58\00:51:00.66
burns forever, purgatory limbo,
all of these abominations, so
00:51:00.69\00:51:05.23
truth was cast to the ground.
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It all came in during this
time period with the support of
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church and state, and it
lasted for over a millennia.
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This is the stuff
that history looks at.
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History does not
look at a headline one day
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that disappears.
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The Bible prophecy, rather,
is looking at the big picture.
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These are big-picture events
that took place, and this is
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what I think he's talking about.
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Then we got to get to the
last verse here because I want
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to finish.
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I know I went a minute over.
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Daniel 12:13, "Go your way till
the end of the days," till the
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end, "for you will rest, and
will arise to your inheritance,"
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and the word there, "your lot,"
you remember when Joshua divided
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up the Promised Land?
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It says, "He cast lots for
them in Shiloh," Joshua 18:10,
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"before the Lord.
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He divided the land to
the children of Israel."
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That's the language that's used.
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God is telling Daniel, says,
"You are going to get your lot
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in the Promised
Land, you go rest."
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What does "rest" mean?
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"Many of them sleep in
the dust of the earth."
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"Daniel, you will sleep."
00:52:04.02\00:52:05.72
Now, not only does it mean
Daniel will be resurrected and
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he's going to get his eternal
inheritance, but it means that,
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in the end of these
days, Daniel, his writings come
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to life.
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In 1843 and during that time
period, there was great light
00:52:15.56\00:52:18.77
that was shed upon
the writings of Daniel.
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So there's a whole lot
more I could say about this.
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Doug: You probably heard
the expression before, "If you
00:54:10.68\00:54:12.51
don't like the
weather in Texas, just wait.
00:54:12.55\00:54:15.05
It'll change."
00:54:15.08\00:54:16.45
And you've also heard,
"Everything is bigger in Texas,
00:54:16.48\00:54:18.79
the ranches, the belt buckles,
the cowboy hats," but the most
00:54:18.82\00:54:23.06
famous slogan about
Texas is "Remember the Alamo."
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Doug: The violent battles
and bravery of iconic heroes
00:54:31.10\00:54:33.44
have been the stuff of legends
throughout which entire cultures
00:54:33.47\00:54:36.54
often draw their identity and
pride, even long after centuries
00:54:36.57\00:54:39.97
have passed.
00:54:40.01\00:54:41.41
And in Texas, the story of the
Alamo has been a rallying cry of
00:54:41.44\00:54:44.61
Texas
independence for 200 years.
00:54:44.65\00:54:48.22
Doug: One reason that Texans
love to brag that "Everything is
00:54:48.25\00:54:50.55
bigger in Texas," is, of course,
because Texas is the largest of
00:54:50.59\00:54:54.02
the lower 48 U.S. states.
00:54:54.06\00:54:57.03
It's hard to believe that this
massive state got its beginning
00:54:57.06\00:55:00.10
in a very small Christian
mission during the Battle of
00:55:00.13\00:55:03.23
the Alamo.
00:55:03.26\00:55:05.10
Every year, this famous mission
museum receives over two and a
00:55:05.13\00:55:08.34
half million visitors from all
parts of the planet, that are
00:55:08.37\00:55:11.34
eager to get a good
look at this legendary site.
00:55:11.37\00:55:14.94
The Alamo played a critical
role in the Texas revolution.
00:55:14.98\00:55:18.65
In December 1835, Texans
and Tejano volunteers battled
00:55:18.68\00:55:23.15
Mexican troops quartered in
the city, forcing General Martin
00:55:23.18\00:55:26.32
Perfecto de Cos to surrender.
00:55:26.35\00:55:28.32
The victorious volunteers
then occupied the Alamo and
00:55:28.36\00:55:31.33
strengthened its defenses.
00:55:31.36\00:55:33.63
Famous Americans like Davy
Crockett, Jim Bowie, and Colonel
00:55:33.66\00:55:37.10
William Travis, made this
location, this ancient mission,
00:55:37.13\00:55:40.77
the beachhead, the last
stand in an epic battle to win
00:55:40.80\00:55:44.74
independence of
Texas from Mexico.
00:55:44.77\00:55:48.18
On February 23, 1836, the
arrival of General Antonio Lopez
00:55:48.21\00:55:53.01
Santa Anna, nearly
caught them by surprise.
00:55:53.05\00:55:56.69
Undaunted, the Texans and
Tejanos prepared to defend
00:55:56.72\00:55:59.19
the Alamo.
00:55:59.22\00:56:00.66
For this small, ragtag group of
rebels, the youngest of who was
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.59
about 16, and the oldest 75,
was against a well-trained and
00:56:03.63\00:56:07.66
organized Mexican army
of 6,000-plus soldiers.
00:56:07.66\00:56:11.43
It was a fierce and lopsided
battle, yet the small force of
00:56:11.47\00:56:14.60
rebels was able to
repel the troops for 13 days.
00:56:14.64\00:56:19.74
Legend holds that with the
possibility of additional help
00:56:19.77\00:56:22.64
fading, Colonel Travis drew a
line in the ground with a sword
00:56:22.68\00:56:25.95
and asked any man willing
to stay and fight to step over
00:56:25.98\00:56:29.65
the line.
00:56:29.68\00:56:31.15
All except one crossed over.
00:56:31.19\00:56:33.92
The final assault
came before daybreak.
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.19
On the morning of March 6,
1836, the 13th day of the siege,
00:56:36.22\00:56:40.60
cannon and small-arms fire,
from inside the Alamo, beat back
00:56:40.63\00:56:45.13
several Mexican attacks.
00:56:45.17\00:56:46.97
Regrouping, Santa Anna's
soldiers scaled the walls and
00:56:47.00\00:56:49.90
rushed into the compound.
00:56:49.94\00:56:52.21
The desperate struggle
continued until the defenders
00:56:52.24\00:56:54.51
were overwhelmed.
00:56:54.54\00:56:56.44
By sunrise, the battle
had ended, and the garrison
00:56:56.48\00:56:58.81
were slain.
00:56:58.85\00:57:00.92
Doug: You know, historians
may debate some of the details
00:57:00.95\00:57:02.52
regarding the Battle of the
Alamo, but none of them question
00:57:02.55\00:57:05.19
the incredible sacrifice that
was made and the courage that
00:57:05.22\00:57:07.62
was displayed during
that intense conflict.
00:57:07.66\00:57:10.96
They made the ultimate
sacrifice, giving their lives,
00:57:10.99\00:57:14.03
and this is why the story of
the Alamo is so inspiring and
00:57:14.10\00:57:16.60
so encouraging.
00:57:16.63\00:57:19.47
You know, and that's why the
Bible is so inspiring, friends,
00:57:19.50\00:57:21.47
because someone was willing to
make the ultimate sacrifice and
00:57:21.50\00:57:24.24
give His life so that you can
have freedom and eternal life.
00:57:24.27\00:57:26.84
Don't you think you could trust
your life to a friend like that,
00:57:26.88\00:57:31.05
that would give everything?
00:57:31.08\00:57:33.08
The story of the Gospel is
a story of courage and hope.
00:57:33.11\00:57:35.85
It's a story of a God who will
never leave you without defense
00:57:35.88\00:57:38.15
and support.
00:57:38.19\00:57:39.95
Jesus is the good news,
and the Gospel is a story
00:57:39.99\00:57:43.12
worth remembering.
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