On this edition of
3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
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we continue our study of
How to Interpret Scripture.
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This week is lesson number
11, "The Bible and Prophecy."
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Hello and welcome to
Sabbath School Panel.
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I'm Jill Morikone.
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And we're so glad
that you have joined us
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for a study of the Word of God.
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I can't believe
we're winding down
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in this quarter how
to interpret scripture
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and we're all the
way to lesson number 11,
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The Bible and Prophecy.
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Before we go any further,
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I want to introduce to
you our panel, our family
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that we've been walking
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through this
quarter together with.
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To my left, Pastor Ryan
Day. Good to have you here.
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Well, it's good
to be here as always.
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Amen.
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To your left,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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Thank you for being
here. You're welcome.
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And I like the fact
that we're gonna be talking
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about prophecy in this lesson,
How to Interpret Prophecy.
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Amen.
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To your left,
Pastor John Dinzey.
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Thank you for being here.
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It's a blessing to be here
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and I'm looking
forward to this study.
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It's powerful. Amen.
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Last but not least,
Pastor Kenny Shelton
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anchoring at the other end.
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Thank you for being
here. It's just a blessing.
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Praise the Lord
for the opportunity.
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Amen.
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And we're so glad
that you have joined us
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as well for this
study of the Word of God.
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Before we go any further,
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we want to go to
the Lord in prayer.
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And Pastor Kenny,
would you pray for us?
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Absolutely.
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Our kind,
gracious, Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the
privilege of prayer today,
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we come before Thee
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because we sense
our need of a Savior.
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We sense our need of
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Lord, we have
nothing within ourself
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in which to give.
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We rely totally upon Thee.
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So we invite the
Holy Spirit to consume
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each and every one of us here,
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those who are in front
and those who are behind
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every piece of equipment,
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everything would be to
Your honor and glory today.
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May we pray to help our
minds to be clear, sharp,
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focused upon heaven.
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And may the things of
earth grow strangely dim
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as we sit at Your feet today.
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Thank You for this lesson.
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Thank You for
all the individuals
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that are watching or
listen, may it be a blessing.
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We thank you again, Lord,
take control in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's been a wonderful
study this entire quarter.
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This quarter we have established
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the inspiration
of the Word of God.
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Would you say that's accurate?
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We've
established the inspiration
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of the prophetic Word,
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the authority of the Bible
over tradition, or experience,
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or culture, or reason.
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Sola Scriptura,
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the Bible and the Bible
alone as our authority of faith,
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the doctrine and practice.
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We've talked
about the inherent power
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in the Word of God,
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and how the Word of God
is living and life changing,
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and the authority of the
Bible over even other sources.
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This week, we talk
about the Bible and prophecy.
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I want to start with
the purpose of prophecy.
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Bible prophecy is
crucial to our identity.
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And our mission is Seventh-day
Adventist Christians.
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Prophecy builds faith.
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We've talked about this before.
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Prophecy builds faith
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in the authority
of the Word of God.
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Prophecy provides an
internal and external mechanism
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to confirm the
accuracy of the Word of God.
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Let's look at John 14.
This is Jesus speaking.
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This passage here
shortly before His death.
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John 14:29,
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"Jesus says, 'And
now I have told you
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before it comes, that
when it does come to pass,
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you may believe."
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Prophecy provides us
internal and external mechanism
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to confirm the
accuracy of the Word of God.
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When it happens,
when it comes to pass,
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we may believe.
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Now there's different methods
for interpreting prophecy.
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There's the preterist method
focusing more on the past.
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There is a futurist
method focusing on the future
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or future
fulfillment of prophecies.
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The idealist method
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which focuses on the
ideas conveyed within that.
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The historicist's method
talks about events and prophecy
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as being progressive.
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We see a continuous
fulfillment of history
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starting in the past
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and ending with
God's eternal kingdom.
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In other words,
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many of the
prophecies in the Bible
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follow an unbroken
linear flow of history
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from past to present to future.
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This was the method
that the reformers followed.
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And this is the
method that we believe
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as Seventh-day
Adventist Christians.
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Our memory text is Romans 8,
Romans, why did I say Romans?
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Daniel 8:14.
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Daniel 8:14, which is,
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you could say one of
the backbone scriptures
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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"And he said unto me,
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'Unto two thousand
and three hundred days,
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.'"
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On Sunday we look at
historicism and prophecy.
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We look at the historical method
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of interpreting prophecy
as seen in the Book of Daniel.
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We look at this
principle of repeat and enlarge.
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We're gonna look specifically
at three different prophecies
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of world kingdoms,
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world empires that took place
from Daniel's time in Babylon
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all the way down to
the Second Coming of Jesus.
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This is Daniel 2,
Daniel 7 and Daniel 8.
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So turn with me to Daniel 2,
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we're going to spend
our time there in Daniel 2,
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Daniel 7 and Daniel 8.
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We'll look at this
comparison as it were,
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and this repeat and enlarge
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principle of the
kingdoms conveyed there.
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Last quarter we discussed in,
so if you watch last quarter,
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this will be a
bit of a reminder,
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review and repeat and
enlarge for you as well.
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So Daniel 2, of
course, remember,
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Nebuchadnezzar had this dream,
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and he couldn't
remember his dream.
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He called his magicians,
and astrologers, and wise men,
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and they couldn't
tell him the dream
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and they could not
interpret the dream.
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Then Daniel prayed to God
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and God revealed the
dream in a night vision.
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And then Daniel
went before the king.
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And Daniel said,
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"This is the dream
and its interpretation."
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So let's look at Daniel 2,
we're in verses 36 through 38.
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He is interpreting the dream.
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He says, "This is the dream."
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Now we would tell
the interpretation of it
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before the king.
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This is Daniel 2:37 now.
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"You, O king,
are a king of kings.
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For the God of heaven has
given you a kingdom, power,
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strength, and glory,
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and wherever the
children of men dwell,
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or the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heaven,
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He has given
them into your hand,
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and has made you
ruler over them all,
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you are this head of gold."
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The head of gold in the image
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represented by the
kingdom of Babylon.
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Of course, at that time
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Nebuchadnezzar was
the king of Babylon.
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Next we have the
chest and arms of silver,
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represented by Medo-Persia.
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Now the text
doesn't specifically say
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Medo-Persia here,
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but we can tell
that through study,
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through
prophecy, through history,
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and clearly it talks about it
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in subsequent
chapters of Daniel.
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Daniel 2:39,
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"After you shall arise
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another kingdom
inferior to you."
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And we know that
in Daniel Chapter 5,
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that Babylon fell to the Medes
and the Persians in one night.
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The next half of
that verse, this is,
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"Then another, a
third kingdom of bronze,
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which shall rule
over all the earth."
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This is, we call it the
belly and thighs of bronze
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representing the
kingdom of Greece.
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Then the legs of iron, verse 40,
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" And the fourth kingdom
shall be as strong as iron,
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inasmuch as
iron breaks in pieces
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and shatters everything,
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and like iron that crushes,
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that kingdom
will break in pieces
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and crush all the others."
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This is the kingdom of Rome,
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pagan Rome that
came on the scene
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next as the fourth kingdom.
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Then we have the feet
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partly of iron
and partly of clay.
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The Roman Emperor Constantine
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divided the empire into
western and eastern parts,
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that's probably about AD 326.
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The western part
fell to the barbarians
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and was divided into a
number of European countries
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which varied in strength.
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The eastern part
of the Roman Empire
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continued as
the Byzantine Empire
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which was conquered by
the Muslims in AD 1453.
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We see this kingdom
of iron and of clay,
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we see some
continuation of the iron
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into this kingdom of the feet,
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which we'll discuss
further as a little horn power
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coming later in Daniel
7 and Daniel Chapter 8.
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Then we see this great stone
that is cut out without hands,
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representing the
Second Coming of Jesus
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and that eternal
kingdom that will come
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and that will set up
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and no other
kingdom will destroy that.
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Turn to me to Daniel 7,
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we look at this
image again of the beasts,
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instead of the image,
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now we see four beasts come up.
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We'll go through this quickly.
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The first beast is synonymous
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with the head of gold
in Nebuchadnezzar's vision
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in Daniel Chapter 2.
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We're in Daniel 7:2-4.
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"Daniel spoke, saying, 'I
saw in my vision by night,
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and behold, the
four winds of heaven
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were stirring up the Great Sea.
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And four great
beasts came up from the sea,
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each different from the other.
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The first was like a
lion, and had eagle's wings.
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I watched till its
wings were plucked off,
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and it was
lifted up from the earth
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and made to stand
on two feet like a man,
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and a man's
heart was given to it.
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Babylon, of course,
is represented by gold,
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which is the finest metal.
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Here the kingdom of Babylon
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is represented by
the most noble animal
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and bird,
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the lion and the eagle.
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Let's read verse 5,
we see the next kingdom.
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And suddenly another
beast, a second, like a bear.
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It was raised up on one side,
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and had three ribs in
its mouth between its teeth.
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And they said thus to it:
'Arise, devour much flesh!'
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" It's raised up on one side
reflecting the unequal power
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between the older Median Empire
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and the younger but
stronger Persian side
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of the Medo-Persian Empire.
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The three ribs
represents the bear's victims,
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you could say,
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the countries that Medo-Persia
had attacked and conquered,
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Lydia, Babylon and Egypt.
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Then we see the next
beast which is the leopard.
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Verse 6, "After this I
looked, and there was another,
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like a leopard,
which had on its back
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four wings of a bird.
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The beast also had four heads,
and dominion was given to it."
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The wings show the swiftness
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with which Alexander the
Great conquered the world.
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This is none other
than the kingdom of Greece.
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The four wings of
the bird in the forehead
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symbolize the four ways
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that after
Alexander's untimely death,
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he was just about 33
or almost 33 when he died.
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It was divided
between his four generals.
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Then we look at the
great and terrible beast
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having iron teeth and 10 horns.
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That's in verse 7.
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"After this I saw
in the night visions,
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and behold, a fourth beast,
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dreadful and
terrible, exceedingly strong.
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It had huge iron teeth,
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it was devouring,
breaking in pieces,
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trampling the
residue with its feet.
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It was different
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from all the beasts
that were before it,
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and it had ten horns."
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Iron teeth,
signifying the iron legs
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of the image of
Daniel Chapter 4.
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This is pagan Rome,
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10 horn similar to the
beast of Revelation 13,
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and the beast in
Daniel Chapter 8.
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Then we see the
little horn power
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come up in the
next verse, verse 8,
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"I was considering the horns,
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and there was another horn,
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a little one,
coming up among them,
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before whom three
of the first horns
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were plucked out by the roots.
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And there, in this horn,
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were eyes like
the eyes of a man,
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and a mouth
speaking pompous words."
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This is the next
power papal Rome,
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that we see come on the scene
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that speaks pompous
words against the Most High
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that persecutes the
saints of the Most High
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that intends to
change times and law.
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Now we don't have time to
read all of Daniel Chapter 8,
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but it does not begin
with the kingdom of Babylon.
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We see that instead
the first beast that comes
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would be the
kingdom of Medo-Persia.
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This is toward the end
of the kingdom of Babylon.
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So Daniel omits that
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or the vision that God
gave Daniel omitted that
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and started with Medo-Persia.
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That is the ram with two horns,
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once again
representing that unequal power
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that with Media and Persia.
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Then we see, of course,
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the he-goat who
comes with a notable horn,
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which is Alexander the Great.
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And we see later
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that that is divided
into the four kingdoms,
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again, like the four generals.
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Then we see in Daniel 8:9,
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the little horn coming again
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and it grows
this time horizontally
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representing pagan Rome.
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Then in verse 10, it
begins to grow vertically,
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representing papal Rome,
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casting down the
hosts and stars of heaven,
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attacking and
persecuting God's people,
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wanting to be as
like the Most High
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and attacking the
heavenly sanctuary.
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The image of Daniel 2
and the visions of Daniel 7
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and Daniel 8
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provide the basis
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for the Protestant historicist
interpretation of prophecy,
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which Seventh-day
Adventist Christians
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still uphold today.
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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That was a lot of
material to cover.
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You tend to get those lessons
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is all this
material all packed in one,
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but that was a great,
great way of explaining it.
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I have Monday's
lesson which is entitled
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"The Year-Day Principle."
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And, you know,
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as I was studying
through this lesson,
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you know, I love Bible prophecy,
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and people don't realize
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just how important this
particular principle really is.
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And you touched
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on the multiple
different schools of thought
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or interpretation
of Bible prophecy.
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And I find it
amazing that, you know,
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you have the major
three, you mentioned four,
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but there's really
three major schools of thought
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which is the preterist
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interpretation
of Bible prophecy,
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of course, the
historicist interpretation,
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of course, the futurism
or futurist interpretation,
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but it's interesting
that in all of those but one,
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there's no need for
a year-day principle
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or the application
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of the year-day
prophetic timing.
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And so we're going to talk
about this year-day principle
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and we're going to
talk about the validity.
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First we're going to show some,
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we're going to
verify it in Scripture
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and show exactly some examples
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throughout the scriptures
of this principle being used.
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And then we're gonna
talk about, you know,
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how and in what situation
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do we justify using
this particular principle?
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So I'm actually going to ask
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you guys to help
me out with this.
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I need someone to
take Numbers 14:34.
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Brother Kenny,
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why don't you
take Numbers 14:34?
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Brother John Dinzey, why
don't you take Ezekiel 4:6?
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Pastor, why don't
you take Genesis 29:27?
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And then Jill, we're
gonna go into Luke 13:31 and 32.
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So we're gonna
start with Numbers 14:34,
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probably the two primary text
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that we often use to prove
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or establish this
year-day principle
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for prophetic timing
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and Ezekiel 4:6.
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So we're gonna
start with those first.
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Brother Kenny, what
does that say there?
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It says here, verse 34,
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"After the number of the days
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in which he searched
the land, even 40 days,
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each day for a year
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shall you bear your iniquities."
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Okay, so basically this,
in this particular instance,
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the children of Israel out
in the middle of the desert
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in the wilderness,
and they've been whining,
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they've been complaining,
they've been disobeying God.
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And so, God declares a
judgment up on everyone
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from 20 years old,
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up with the
exception of a couple people.
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Basically, God says,
look, everyone, you know,
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younger than 20 years old,
they'll see the Promised Land,
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but for every day
that this has happened,
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I'm gonna give you a year.
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In other words,
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40 years they
wandered in the wilderness,
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and anyone 20 years old or up
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did not get to go
into the Promised Land.
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This year-day principle,
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this is the prophetic
timing established here
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in this particular instance.
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Let's go to Ezekiel 4:6,
continue on that same note.
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"And when you
have completed them,
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lie again on your right side,
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then you shall bear
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the iniquity of the
house of Judah 40 days.
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I have laid on you
a day for each year."
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So there you go again.
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So right here in
this particular instance,
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God is speaking to Ezekiel
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and He's basically condemning
the children of Israel
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because of all of the apostasy.
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They were in this
incredible state of apostasy
00:17:29.68\00:17:32.65
when the Lord had drawn
the line and said that's it.
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And he makes Ezekiel
lay on his right side.
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And, of course, he establishes
this 40 day time period,
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but he says it's
not going to be 40 days,
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it's going to be 40 years.
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And so, this day
for a year principle
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is established right
here, you see that in Scripture.
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Also, there are other ways
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that we see this
in the Scripture,
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and I want to give a
couple of examples of that.
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Pastor, Genesis 29:27.
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"Speaking of
Laban and his request.
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Right.
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" Fulfill her week,
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and we will give
you this one also
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for the service
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which you will serve with
me still another seven years."
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Okay, so put this in
context, Genesis 29, Jacob,
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obviously came to get,
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you know, to be
with his bride, Rachel.
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And so, for seven years,
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he thinks he's
working for Uncle Laban,
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so that he can
have Rachel as a bride.
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And on his wedding day,
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he finds out that
he didn't marry Rachel.
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He actually married
the older sister, Leah.
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And, of course, he goes back mad
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at Uncle Laban and says,
"Hey, what's going on here?
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I wanted Rachel."
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He says, "Look, I can't give you
00:18:38.51\00:18:39.85
the younger
daughter before the older,
00:18:39.88\00:18:41.22
so I tell you what?
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We'll work
something out, work for me,
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notice, he says,
fulfill her week."
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How many days
are in a week? Seven.
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There are seven days in a week.
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So he says, "Fulfill her week
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and then you can
have Rachel also."
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And so, it says there
at the end of that verse.
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He served me and
still another seven years,
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that year-day principle
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is applied also in
this particular text.
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Again, we're just
trying to establish
00:19:02.40\00:19:03.74
the validity of this
00:19:03.77\00:19:05.11
because I doing
evangelistic series
00:19:05.14\00:19:07.04
and in talking and conversing
00:19:07.08\00:19:08.41
and doing Bible
studies with people,
00:19:08.44\00:19:09.81
I run into all kinds
of people to say, Oh,
00:19:09.84\00:19:11.38
this year-day
principle is not really,
00:19:11.41\00:19:13.38
it's not really
that big of a deal.
00:19:13.42\00:19:14.75
We don't need it, you know,
00:19:14.78\00:19:16.12
and because this
year-day principle
00:19:16.15\00:19:17.85
is not applied
appropriately and responsibly.
00:19:17.89\00:19:20.76
When we get to
these prophetic books
00:19:20.79\00:19:22.82
like Daniel and Revelation,
00:19:22.86\00:19:24.29
we deal with a lot
of time prophecies.
00:19:24.33\00:19:26.26
So what do you do
with those time prophecies?
00:19:26.29\00:19:28.20
In misrepresenting
00:19:28.23\00:19:29.56
or misunderstanding
these time prophecies
00:19:29.60\00:19:31.53
and not applying
the year-day principle,
00:19:31.57\00:19:33.44
you have a completely
different interpretation
00:19:33.47\00:19:36.40
of Bible prophecy.
00:19:36.44\00:19:37.77
In fact, you have
00:19:37.81\00:19:39.14
quite a large misinterpretation
of Bible prophecy
00:19:39.17\00:19:42.31
when you do that.
00:19:42.34\00:19:43.68
And, of course,
Jill, we also want to show
00:19:43.71\00:19:45.05
a New Testament example of this.
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Jesus Himself used
the year-day principle
00:19:47.68\00:19:51.32
in describing His own ministry.
00:19:51.35\00:19:52.69
So what does that say
there, Luke 13:31 and 32?
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"On that very day
some Pharisees came,
00:19:57.29\00:19:58.89
saying to Him,
00:19:58.93\00:20:00.26
'Get out and depart from here,
for Herod wants to kill You.'
00:20:00.30\00:20:03.10
And He said to
them, 'Go, tell that fox,
00:20:03.13\00:20:05.60
behold, I cast out demons
00:20:05.63\00:20:07.34
and perform cures
today and tomorrow,
00:20:07.37\00:20:09.54
and the third day I
shall be perfected.'"
00:20:09.57\00:20:12.17
So this is quite interesting.
00:20:12.21\00:20:13.78
Jesus responds to the critics,
you know, they've told him,
00:20:13.81\00:20:15.94
You better get out of
here up to this point.
00:20:15.98\00:20:17.81
And it's just
what probably have been
00:20:17.85\00:20:19.95
within the first six
months of Jesus' ministry.
00:20:19.98\00:20:23.55
This is early
on in His ministry,
00:20:23.59\00:20:25.02
and He's been out there,
00:20:25.05\00:20:26.39
you know, healing people
00:20:26.42\00:20:27.76
and performing
all of these miracles
00:20:27.79\00:20:29.56
and the signs and these wonders,
00:20:29.59\00:20:30.93
and He's stirred
up the community,
00:20:30.96\00:20:32.59
and it's gotten back to Herod.
00:20:32.63\00:20:33.96
And Herod doesn't
like what's happening.
00:20:34.00\00:20:35.60
So again, a threat is
made, you better get out of here
00:20:35.63\00:20:37.97
because Herod's
coming after You.
00:20:38.00\00:20:39.50
He said, "You tell that fox,
00:20:39.53\00:20:41.27
that I cast out
demons and perform cures,"
00:20:41.30\00:20:43.20
notice six months
relatively into His ministry,
00:20:43.24\00:20:46.31
"today, tomorrow,
00:20:46.34\00:20:47.68
and the third day I
should be perfected."
00:20:47.71\00:20:49.14
Did Jesus continue His
ministry three more days
00:20:49.18\00:20:51.58
or three more years?
00:20:51.61\00:20:53.58
So we see that Jesus
applies the year-day principle
00:20:53.62\00:20:56.48
even to His own ministry.
00:20:56.52\00:20:58.62
So I believe that
very clearly in Scripture
00:20:58.65\00:21:00.96
we see this verified.
00:21:00.99\00:21:02.32
Now the question I want to ask
00:21:02.36\00:21:03.69
is how and in what situation
00:21:03.73\00:21:05.09
do we justify using
this year-day principle.
00:21:05.13\00:21:08.56
And I want to read
some text here very quickly.
00:21:08.60\00:21:10.37
I'm not going to go in depth,
00:21:10.40\00:21:11.73
but I just want to mention them.
00:21:11.77\00:21:13.57
We're speaking of
text using prophetic timing
00:21:13.60\00:21:15.80
such as Daniel 7:25,
00:21:15.84\00:21:18.01
which toward the end
of that particular verse,
00:21:18.04\00:21:19.97
it says, "Then the saints
shall be given to his hand
00:21:20.01\00:21:22.38
for a time and
times and a half a time."
00:21:22.41\00:21:25.35
What do we do with that?
00:21:25.38\00:21:26.72
Is that, that's
clearly prophetic timing.
00:21:26.75\00:21:28.62
Also Daniel 8:14,
which we mentioned earlier.
00:21:28.65\00:21:31.15
"And he said to
me, for 2300 days,
00:21:31.19\00:21:33.76
then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed."
00:21:33.79\00:21:35.49
Is that literal days
00:21:35.52\00:21:36.86
or are we talking
about this year-day principle
00:21:36.89\00:21:39.23
being applied years.
00:21:39.26\00:21:40.80
We'll come back to
that in just a moment.
00:21:40.83\00:21:42.63
Also Revelation
12:6, where it says,
00:21:42.66\00:21:45.50
"Then the woman
fled into the wilderness,
00:21:45.53\00:21:46.90
where she had a
place prepared by God,
00:21:46.94\00:21:49.20
that they should feed
her there 1,260 days."
00:21:49.24\00:21:53.27
So was this the literal days
or are we talking about years?
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Okay.
00:21:56.54\00:21:57.88
And then, of
course, another example,
00:21:57.91\00:21:59.25
Revelation 13:5,
00:21:59.28\00:22:00.88
speaking of that
Antichrist power,
00:22:00.92\00:22:02.88
it says, "And he
was given a mouth
00:22:02.92\00:22:04.25
speaking great
things and blasphemies,
00:22:04.29\00:22:06.19
and he was given authority
to continue 42 months."
00:22:06.22\00:22:10.73
So what we want
to establish here
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is there are three elements
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to support a year-day principle
00:22:15.40\00:22:17.37
in these prophecies of Daniel
00:22:17.40\00:22:18.73
and Revelation
that we mentioned.
00:22:18.77\00:22:20.10
Now, I just gave
reference to four.
00:22:20.14\00:22:21.47
There's many others
00:22:21.50\00:22:22.84
that we don't
have time to mention,
00:22:22.87\00:22:24.21
but I want to
establish these elements.
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Here it is.
00:22:25.61\00:22:26.94
The first one is
the use of symbols.
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Okay?
00:22:28.48\00:22:29.81
Because the majority of
these passages are symbolic,
00:22:29.84\00:22:33.31
it would only make sense
00:22:33.35\00:22:34.72
that the numbers are
also symbolic as well.
00:22:34.75\00:22:37.05
So we can't read these chapters
and see all of the symbolism
00:22:37.09\00:22:39.45
come to the numbers and say,
00:22:39.49\00:22:40.82
Oh, those are literal numbers.
00:22:40.86\00:22:42.39
It fits the
theme that symbolism,
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symbolism,
symbolism all the way through,
00:22:44.33\00:22:46.19
symbolic beasts,
symbolic numbers,
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symbolic timeframes as well.
00:22:48.60\00:22:50.90
The second point that
solidifies or verifies
00:22:50.93\00:22:54.07
the use of this principle is,
00:22:54.10\00:22:57.11
of course, the
long time periods.
00:22:57.14\00:22:59.64
These are
extensive long time periods.
00:22:59.67\00:23:01.28
So many of the
events and kingdoms
00:23:01.31\00:23:03.24
depicted in the prophecies
cover a span of many centuries.
00:23:03.28\00:23:07.02
If the numbers
were taken literal,
00:23:07.05\00:23:09.25
then the time
prophecies would not harmonize
00:23:09.28\00:23:11.25
with the span of time
00:23:11.29\00:23:12.62
in which the kingdoms represent.
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Okay? So that's number two.
00:23:14.59\00:23:16.36
And the number
three very quickly,
00:23:16.39\00:23:18.09
is the peculiar expressions
and how they're said.
00:23:18.13\00:23:21.06
The peculiar
expressions used to designate
00:23:21.10\00:23:22.90
these time periods suggests
a symbolic interpretation.
00:23:22.93\00:23:25.73
And we're
talking about, you know,
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.10
these are not common ways
to express time, you know,
00:23:27.14\00:23:29.50
I'm not going to come
to you and say, you know,
00:23:29.54\00:23:31.07
Brother Kenny, I wanna
you to come to my house
00:23:31.11\00:23:33.81
and spend 13
evenings and mornings with me,
00:23:33.84\00:23:36.68
you know, it's
just not a common time
00:23:36.71\00:23:38.28
or time times and a
half of time, right?
00:23:38.31\00:23:40.62
And, of course, the 42 months,
00:23:40.65\00:23:41.98
how many people do you know say,
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.35
you know, how old is that kid?
00:23:43.39\00:23:44.72
Oh, he's 42 months.
00:23:44.75\00:23:46.29
You know, we
don't talk like this.
00:23:46.32\00:23:47.69
So these are definitely
symbolic language expressions
00:23:47.72\00:23:50.99
to communicate
00:23:51.03\00:23:52.36
that we're not talking
about literal time periods,
00:23:52.39\00:23:54.80
we're not talking
about literal days.
00:23:54.83\00:23:56.60
But if you apply
this prophetic principle,
00:23:56.63\00:23:59.17
a year-day principle,
00:23:59.20\00:24:00.54
then you are establishing
a healthy interpretation
00:24:00.57\00:24:04.14
that makes sense.
00:24:04.17\00:24:05.57
And then in just
really closing here
00:24:05.61\00:24:06.94
when we consider
Daniel 8:14, 2,300 years.
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I mean, if that was literal days
00:24:10.11\00:24:11.51
that would have put Daniel
00:24:11.55\00:24:12.98
about six years into the future.
00:24:13.01\00:24:15.22
But we know that if
you read Daniel Chapter 8,
00:24:15.25\00:24:17.32
it's talking about
the time of the end,
00:24:17.35\00:24:19.95
not 2,300 days but 2,300 years.
00:24:19.99\00:24:23.46
Year-day
principle, use it responsibly.
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And it's awesome,
00:24:27.16\00:24:28.86
it really helps us to understand
00:24:28.90\00:24:30.47
Bible prophecy better.
00:24:30.50\00:24:31.83
Amen. Thank you so much, Ryan.
00:24:31.87\00:24:33.57
You know I've
studied and understood
00:24:33.60\00:24:35.30
the year-day principle,
00:24:35.34\00:24:36.67
but you shared some things
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.04
that were new for
me in interpreting it.
00:24:38.07\00:24:40.14
That was great. Thank you.
00:24:40.18\00:24:41.88
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Welcome back to our study
of the Bible and prophecy.
00:25:23.89\00:25:26.25
We'll continue
with Tuesday's lesson,
00:25:26.29\00:25:27.96
Pastor John Lomacang.
00:25:27.99\00:25:29.42
Well, I'm going to build
on what you started, Jill,
00:25:29.46\00:25:31.16
because mine is, in fact,
00:25:31.19\00:25:32.59
identifying the little horn
00:25:32.63\00:25:36.10
of Daniel 7 and Daniel 8.
00:25:36.13\00:25:40.00
I want to begin with a
couple of things though,
00:25:40.04\00:25:42.07
because we talked about
different schools of thought,
00:25:42.10\00:25:46.68
futurism,
preterism and historicism.
00:25:46.71\00:25:51.31
Strangely enough,
00:25:51.35\00:25:52.88
because
historicism is a confluence,
00:25:52.91\00:25:55.65
it's a linear
understanding of Bible prophecy.
00:25:55.68\00:25:58.45
You find that
historicism then, it has a past,
00:25:58.49\00:26:01.79
it has a present
and it has a future.
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While it's not futurism,
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.66
all of the prophecies
outlined in historicism
00:26:06.70\00:26:10.13
have not been fulfilled.
00:26:10.17\00:26:12.07
So there is a future
aspect of historicism
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.64
not known as futurism,
00:26:14.67\00:26:16.97
because futurism pushes
00:26:17.01\00:26:18.67
all of a prophecy to the future.
00:26:18.71\00:26:21.41
But historicism has a
continual linear unfolding.
00:26:21.44\00:26:24.85
As you find the four kingdoms,
00:26:24.88\00:26:27.05
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
00:26:27.08\00:26:29.02
In Babylon's
day, then Medo-Persia,
00:26:29.05\00:26:31.09
Greece and Rome were futurists,
00:26:31.12\00:26:32.85
were of future understanding.
00:26:32.89\00:26:35.09
In John's day, he was
living at the time when Babylon,
00:26:35.12\00:26:39.16
Medo-Persia and
Greece had already fallen.
00:26:39.19\00:26:40.53
That's right.
00:26:40.56\00:26:41.90
He was living in the
time of political Rome,
00:26:41.93\00:26:46.43
or the secular aspects of Rome.
00:26:46.47\00:26:49.37
But then the papal
part of it was yet to come.
00:26:49.40\00:26:52.17
So when you look at historicism,
00:26:52.21\00:26:54.24
there's a continual unfolding
00:26:54.28\00:26:55.98
and we know as we look
at the books of Revelation,
00:26:56.01\00:26:59.18
at the book of
Revelation and Daniel together,
00:26:59.21\00:27:01.98
there are some aspects
that are yet to be fulfilled,
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.75
which we don't call futurism,
00:27:04.79\00:27:06.72
but simply
00:27:06.76\00:27:08.09
the latter
components of historicism.
00:27:08.12\00:27:10.93
I want to add one more thing.
00:27:10.96\00:27:12.29
There's also three
other schools of thought,
00:27:12.33\00:27:16.50
pre-tribulation,
pre-millennialism,
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.33
then this post-tribulation,
pre-millennialism.
00:27:19.37\00:27:22.80
And then
there's a millennialism.
00:27:22.84\00:27:25.37
Let me go ahead and
identify those very quickly
00:27:25.41\00:27:27.41
because we're going to get
00:27:27.44\00:27:28.78
to the little horn
here in just a moment
00:27:28.81\00:27:30.15
and show you how that fits
00:27:30.18\00:27:31.51
into the categorical description
00:27:31.55\00:27:33.01
of each of those aspects
of understanding prophecy.
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Post-tribulation,
00:27:36.02\00:27:37.35
pre-millennialism
fits into the category,
00:27:37.39\00:27:39.32
you may have
heard about the rapture
00:27:39.35\00:27:41.02
or the secret rapture,
00:27:41.06\00:27:42.99
meaning people believe
that before the tribulation,
00:27:43.02\00:27:45.89
sorry, pre-tribulation,
00:27:45.93\00:27:48.26
pre-millennialism is
what fits into the rapture.
00:27:48.30\00:27:51.40
People believe that
before the tribulation
00:27:51.43\00:27:54.37
and before the thousand years
is when Jesus is going to come.
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But the Bible speaks
of the return of Christ
00:27:58.21\00:28:00.68
as post-tribulation,
meaning after the tribulation,
00:28:00.71\00:28:05.25
before the thousand years
00:28:05.28\00:28:06.88
is when the return of
Jesus is going to come.
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.45
We are post-tribulation,
pre-millennialists.
00:28:09.48\00:28:13.96
Try to remember
that on tomorrow.
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Then there's a third category
00:28:16.36\00:28:17.79
which came along later on
that's called a millennialism,
00:28:17.83\00:28:21.46
which a millennialist believe
00:28:21.50\00:28:22.83
that we are living in
the thousand year period.
00:28:22.86\00:28:26.84
And they believe that
00:28:26.87\00:28:28.20
at the end of the
thousand year period,
00:28:28.24\00:28:29.70
Jesus will come,
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.14
destroy sin and make
the earth, renew the earth.
00:28:31.17\00:28:35.14
We are not a millennialist.
00:28:35.18\00:28:36.78
That's a smaller
school of thought.
00:28:36.81\00:28:39.01
So primarily all of Christendom
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.75
is broken down
into post-tribulation
00:28:40.78\00:28:42.98
or pre-tribulation, we are post,
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.49
meaning Jesus is going to
come after the tribulation.
00:28:45.52\00:28:48.32
That's why Psalms
91 is so significant.
00:28:48.36\00:28:51.06
He talked about in
the time of trouble,
00:28:51.09\00:28:53.19
1000 will fall at your side
00:28:53.23\00:28:54.66
and 10,000 now
at your right hand,
00:28:54.70\00:28:56.80
but will not come near
you only with your eyes,
00:28:56.83\00:28:59.87
will you behold and see
the reward of the wicked.
00:28:59.90\00:29:02.67
And then in Revelation,
00:29:02.70\00:29:04.04
the prayer of
Christ was not that,
00:29:04.07\00:29:07.18
not that the church will
be taken out of the world,
00:29:07.21\00:29:10.11
but that they'll be kept
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.48
from the trouble
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.85
that will be
coming upon the world.
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.32
Then also you go back
to the parallel of that,
00:29:14.35\00:29:16.95
in the land of Egypt,
00:29:16.99\00:29:18.52
during the
falling of the plagues,
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.16
the Israelites were in Egypt.
00:29:21.19\00:29:23.73
They were not
taken out of Egypt yet.
00:29:23.76\00:29:27.20
So seven of those ten
plagues affected Egypt.
00:29:27.23\00:29:30.07
The last three affected Israel.
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.20
The last few were primarily
for the Egyptians alone.
00:29:32.23\00:29:36.00
And so you see
that the whole inference
00:29:36.04\00:29:38.74
of the time of trouble
00:29:38.77\00:29:40.11
or the understanding
of prophecy is this fact,
00:29:40.14\00:29:42.94
that people of God
are going to be protected
00:29:42.98\00:29:44.98
during that time.
00:29:45.01\00:29:46.35
They're not going to be
taken away from that time.
00:29:46.38\00:29:49.02
They'll see the impact,
00:29:49.05\00:29:50.62
but there'll be
dwelling in the secret place
00:29:50.65\00:29:52.45
of the Most High, Psalm 91.
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.72
Now the little horn,
Jill, you did a very good job,
00:29:54.76\00:29:57.33
but what I want to add
to that is 2 Peter 1:20.
00:29:57.36\00:30:00.00
The Bible says,
00:30:00.03\00:30:01.36
one of the
reasons why we understand
00:30:01.40\00:30:03.26
Bible prophecy
00:30:03.30\00:30:05.20
the way we do is we don't allow
00:30:05.23\00:30:07.87
Scripture to be a
private interpretations,
00:30:07.90\00:30:10.91
knowing this first that
no prophecy of Scripture
00:30:10.94\00:30:14.48
is of any
private interpretation.
00:30:14.51\00:30:16.64
I think in one of
our prior lessons,
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.01
we pointed out
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.38
that the Bible
identifies its own symbols.
00:30:19.41\00:30:21.92
And this is really important
00:30:21.95\00:30:23.28
because if you go
outside of the Bible
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.72
to begin to identify symbols,
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.59
there are people that identify
what's happening in the Bible
00:30:27.62\00:30:30.03
based on news reports,
00:30:30.06\00:30:32.83
or based on some war
00:30:32.86\00:30:34.20
that's taking
place in the Middle East.
00:30:34.23\00:30:35.56
I remember when
the Gulf War happened
00:30:35.60\00:30:37.47
in 1991,
00:30:37.50\00:30:39.53
a whole host of pastors
and evangelical leaders said,
00:30:39.57\00:30:44.17
"Oh, this is the
battle of Armageddon."
00:30:44.21\00:30:47.34
And I remember very
well, newspaper editor
00:30:47.38\00:30:50.28
in the Vallejo Times
in Vallejo, California,
00:30:50.31\00:30:52.81
wrote in the article.
00:30:52.85\00:30:54.18
He says, "If you are so sure
00:30:54.22\00:30:55.88
that this is the
battle of Armageddon,
00:30:55.92\00:30:59.55
why didn't you tell
us before it happened."
00:30:59.59\00:31:02.66
And we found out
00:31:02.69\00:31:04.03
that the Gulf War
was just the Gulf War,
00:31:04.06\00:31:06.06
it was not the
battle of Armageddon.
00:31:06.09\00:31:09.20
So what's pointed out in this
00:31:09.23\00:31:10.57
as far as the
little horn's power
00:31:10.60\00:31:12.13
is concerned, remember,
as Jill pointed out Daniel 2,
00:31:12.17\00:31:16.47
the gold, the
silver, the bronze, the iron,
00:31:16.50\00:31:19.54
and you didn't get
to the iron and clay,
00:31:19.57\00:31:21.51
which is in the
feet and the ten toes
00:31:21.54\00:31:23.08
where the iron and
clay are still mixed,
00:31:23.11\00:31:24.85
showing that in the
course of human history,
00:31:24.88\00:31:27.08
down at the very end,
00:31:27.12\00:31:28.45
the iron and clay
are going to be involved
00:31:28.48\00:31:30.45
in the closing scenes.
00:31:30.49\00:31:31.82
Then you have in
Daniel Chapter 7,
00:31:31.85\00:31:33.92
you have the lion,
you have what else?
00:31:33.96\00:31:36.09
The bear, you have the leopard
with four heads and four wings.
00:31:36.12\00:31:39.13
Then you have
the nondescript beast
00:31:39.16\00:31:40.96
which has iron teeth,
00:31:41.00\00:31:42.96
that tramples and
breaks the residue of the earth
00:31:43.00\00:31:46.40
with its feet.
00:31:46.43\00:31:47.77
Then the iron in that
beast is parallel to the iron
00:31:47.80\00:31:52.34
in the image of Daniel 2,
00:31:52.37\00:31:54.31
which is in the
toes of that image,
00:31:54.34\00:31:56.61
meaning that we all
know now historically,
00:31:56.64\00:31:59.25
that the only four kingdoms
that we had in antiquity
00:31:59.28\00:32:02.05
that still exist today
is the kingdom of Rome.
00:32:02.08\00:32:05.49
That's right.
00:32:05.52\00:32:06.86
And so when we think about Rome
00:32:06.89\00:32:08.22
and its part in
Latter Day Events,
00:32:08.26\00:32:12.16
it is not...
00:32:12.19\00:32:14.30
It's not pagan any longer,
00:32:14.33\00:32:16.36
gets pagan and
politically religious.
00:32:16.40\00:32:20.64
So it maintains
its pagan aspects
00:32:20.67\00:32:23.51
from where
00:32:23.54\00:32:24.87
its worship
principles have come from,
00:32:24.91\00:32:27.31
but it's very political.
00:32:27.34\00:32:28.91
So we can say, it's a
religio-political power.
00:32:28.94\00:32:32.08
But when you
think of Daniel 7 and 8,
00:32:32.11\00:32:34.42
and that's what
00:32:34.45\00:32:35.78
this particular
day was pointing out,
00:32:35.82\00:32:37.15
so what you did,
Jill, was wonderful.
00:32:37.19\00:32:38.85
You took the broader
view, but in Daniel 7 and 8,
00:32:38.89\00:32:42.49
it identifies seven
particular principles
00:32:42.52\00:32:45.76
to show that Rome is involved
in both of these chapters.
00:32:45.79\00:32:49.46
So let's bring out one of those.
00:32:49.50\00:32:50.87
First of all,
00:32:50.90\00:32:52.23
both are described in
Daniel 7 and 8 as a horn.
00:32:52.27\00:32:57.34
You find clearly in Daniel 7.
00:32:57.37\00:32:59.57
The Bible says in
Daniel 7:8, 20 and 25.
00:32:59.61\00:33:03.04
I'll just read verse 8,
00:33:03.08\00:33:04.81
"I was considering the horns,
00:33:04.85\00:33:06.78
and there was
another horn, a little one."
00:33:06.82\00:33:11.15
Verse 20, "And the ten
horns that were on its head,
00:33:11.19\00:33:14.82
and the other horn."
00:33:14.86\00:33:17.03
And then verse 25,
00:33:17.06\00:33:18.66
speaking about that horn,
00:33:18.69\00:33:20.03
"He shall speak
pompous or great words
00:33:20.06\00:33:22.13
against the Most High,"
00:33:22.16\00:33:23.53
describing what
it's going to do.
00:33:23.57\00:33:25.03
So Rome, you'll
find clearly in history,
00:33:25.07\00:33:28.90
one of the most
outspoken powers against God
00:33:28.94\00:33:32.41
was the bishops
and the popes of Rome,
00:33:32.44\00:33:36.64
as it were to almost to try
to confiscate God's authority
00:33:36.68\00:33:42.08
and in His Holiness
00:33:42.12\00:33:43.45
by calling
themselves God on earth,
00:33:43.49\00:33:46.32
saying that even
angels are subject
00:33:46.35\00:33:48.32
to their
dictates and their laws.
00:33:48.36\00:33:50.56
So they did describe
themselves as the Bible does.
00:33:50.59\00:33:53.63
So both are described
as horns, the other one,
00:33:53.66\00:33:56.20
both are described
as persecuting powers.
00:33:56.23\00:34:00.04
Very carefully,
00:34:00.07\00:34:01.60
both are self
exalting and blasphemous.
00:34:01.64\00:34:05.37
What does blasphemous mean?
00:34:05.41\00:34:06.74
That means when you
try to usurp a position
00:34:06.78\00:34:09.84
and an authority
that belongs only to God.
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.61
Prime example,
00:34:12.65\00:34:13.98
who can forgive
sin but God alone.
00:34:14.02\00:34:17.02
And Rome claims to be able,
00:34:17.05\00:34:18.39
the leaders of Rome claimed
to be able to forgive sin.
00:34:18.42\00:34:20.92
But there's only one
mediator between God and man,
00:34:20.96\00:34:23.16
that's the man Christ Jesus.
00:34:23.19\00:34:24.73
But Rome, its leadership
in the religious sense
00:34:24.76\00:34:27.40
tend to be in a mediatorial role
00:34:27.43\00:34:29.96
between God and man.
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.53
And you find Mary continually,
00:34:31.57\00:34:32.97
I was just reading
an article recently.
00:34:33.00\00:34:34.84
He says, Mary,
00:34:34.87\00:34:36.67
and we had a
terrible tragedy recently,
00:34:36.71\00:34:38.91
some somebody famous
passed away, but they said,
00:34:38.94\00:34:42.21
"May Mary be your intermediary
00:34:42.24\00:34:44.88
between your
family and you now."
00:34:44.91\00:34:47.58
Well, you know, we love Mary
00:34:47.62\00:34:48.95
but Mary's
sleeping in her grave.
00:34:48.98\00:34:51.09
So very quickly, both
are self exalting powers.
00:34:51.12\00:34:53.46
The fourth thing, both
target the people of God.
00:34:53.49\00:34:57.53
The fifth point,
00:34:57.56\00:34:59.09
both had aspects
of their activity
00:34:59.13\00:35:02.70
delineated by a prophetic time.
00:35:02.73\00:35:05.03
In other words,
they're both locked
00:35:05.07\00:35:06.43
to a particular time
when they came into existence
00:35:06.47\00:35:09.00
and when they
will receive a wound.
00:35:09.04\00:35:11.07
The sixth point,
00:35:11.11\00:35:12.44
both of them extend
until the end of time
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.38
clearly pointing
out that fourth kingdom,
00:35:15.41\00:35:18.35
the power of Rome,
00:35:18.38\00:35:19.71
and both are to be
supernaturally destroyed.
00:35:19.75\00:35:25.35
God in essence is
going to have the final say.
00:35:25.39\00:35:28.02
No power whether great or small
00:35:28.06\00:35:30.33
will survive the kingdom of God.
00:35:30.36\00:35:32.73
That's right. Amen.
00:35:32.76\00:35:34.10
Amen. Amen.
00:35:34.13\00:35:35.53
Well, by now, I think
00:35:35.56\00:35:37.47
our viewers and
listeners have realized
00:35:37.50\00:35:40.74
that you have to
pay close attention
00:35:40.77\00:35:43.04
to each and every part of this
00:35:43.07\00:35:44.41
because we're
dealing with Bible prophecy.
00:35:44.44\00:35:46.27
A lot of information
is being thrown at you
00:35:46.31\00:35:49.24
that is very
important, very vital.
00:35:49.28\00:35:52.35
The part that I have to do,
00:35:52.38\00:35:53.72
I have the list to
follow just to cover a portion
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.62
that the first time
I explained to somebody
00:35:55.65\00:35:57.62
took me 45 minutes.
00:35:57.65\00:36:00.36
Let's see what,
how far we can get.
00:36:00.39\00:36:03.93
Let's go to the lesson entitled
00:36:03.96\00:36:08.00
"The Investigative Judgment."
00:36:08.03\00:36:11.57
I would like to read
from Matthew 16:27 to 28.
00:36:11.60\00:36:15.77
After I read this,
00:36:15.80\00:36:18.14
maybe Pastor Ryan can
read Revelation 22:12, for me.
00:36:18.17\00:36:22.38
So Matthew 16:27 and 28.
00:36:22.41\00:36:25.01
The Bible says,
00:36:25.05\00:36:26.38
"For what profit is it to a
man if he gains the whole world,
00:36:26.41\00:36:31.49
and loses his own soul?
00:36:31.52\00:36:33.52
Or what will a man give
in exchange for his soul?
00:36:33.56\00:36:36.76
For the Son of Man will
come in the glory of His Father
00:36:36.79\00:36:40.26
with His angels,
00:36:40.30\00:36:41.63
and then He will reward
each according to his works.
00:36:41.66\00:36:46.90
Now, Revelation 22:12.
00:36:46.94\00:36:49.04
Revelation 22:12, says,
00:36:49.07\00:36:51.64
"And behold, I
am coming quickly,
00:36:51.67\00:36:53.07
and My reward is with Me,
00:36:53.11\00:36:54.44
to give to every one
according to his work."
00:36:54.48\00:36:57.58
Thank you very much.
00:36:57.61\00:36:58.95
So we see these two scriptures
00:36:58.98\00:37:01.22
tell us that when
Jesus comes in His glory,
00:37:01.25\00:37:04.29
He is coming to give
people according to their works.
00:37:04.32\00:37:08.16
This helps us to
understand that before this
00:37:08.19\00:37:10.63
there is an
investigative judgment
00:37:10.66\00:37:12.69
that takes place.
00:37:12.73\00:37:14.06
And this is what
we're going to go into
00:37:14.10\00:37:16.03
as we go
00:37:16.06\00:37:17.40
into Revelation
Chapter 7 and 8, and even 9.
00:37:17.43\00:37:21.00
So the prophetic outline
00:37:21.04\00:37:22.90
that we have been
studying this week
00:37:22.94\00:37:25.07
really has found
00:37:25.11\00:37:27.21
what the lesson
calls overwhelming support
00:37:27.24\00:37:29.24
among Protestant
historicists since the era,
00:37:29.28\00:37:32.58
the Reformation.
00:37:32.61\00:37:34.08
But the part about the
investigative judgment,
00:37:34.12\00:37:37.72
it was not until the 1800s
00:37:37.75\00:37:39.95
that this began
to be understood.
00:37:39.99\00:37:43.16
Because, like it says
in the Book of Daniel,
00:37:43.19\00:37:46.09
the angel told them
to seal up those things.
00:37:46.13\00:37:49.10
It is for the time of the end.
00:37:49.13\00:37:51.37
So as we arrive at
the time of the end,
00:37:51.40\00:37:53.23
these things became
clearer for God's people.
00:37:53.27\00:37:56.07
And this is why we can tell you
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.14
that there is an
investigative judgment
00:37:58.17\00:38:00.24
going on right now,
00:38:00.28\00:38:02.24
and you must pay
close attention to this.
00:38:02.28\00:38:05.55
We encourage you
to read Daniel 7,
00:38:05.58\00:38:08.08
8 and 9 carefully to
understand this better.
00:38:08.12\00:38:11.35
But we're going to
give you like a brief,
00:38:11.39\00:38:13.56
very brief outline
of what's going on.
00:38:13.59\00:38:16.32
Let's go to Daniel 7:9-14.
00:38:16.36\00:38:18.86
Daniel 7:9-14,
00:38:18.89\00:38:22.26
"I watched till
thrones were put in place,
00:38:22.30\00:38:25.00
and the Ancient
of Days was seated,
00:38:25.03\00:38:27.90
His garment was white as snow,
00:38:27.94\00:38:29.87
and the hair of His
head was like pure wool.
00:38:29.90\00:38:32.47
His throne was a fiery flame,
its wheels a burning fire.
00:38:32.51\00:38:37.25
A fiery stream
issued and came forth
00:38:37.28\00:38:40.25
from before Him.
00:38:40.28\00:38:41.62
A thousand
thousands ministered to Him,
00:38:41.65\00:38:44.45
ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before Him."
00:38:44.49\00:38:47.96
A very important
thing is taking place.
00:38:47.99\00:38:49.86
Notice, "The court was seated,
and the books were opened."
00:38:49.89\00:38:55.23
This is a court scene
that is taking place here
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.53
in Daniel Chapter 7
00:38:57.57\00:38:59.43
in the midst of
what's going on the earth,
00:38:59.47\00:39:01.57
this is happening in heaven.
00:39:01.60\00:39:04.54
Notice now as we
move on to verse 11.
00:39:04.57\00:39:07.08
"I watched then
00:39:07.11\00:39:08.44
because of the
sound of the pompous words
00:39:08.48\00:39:10.65
which the horn was speaking,"
00:39:10.68\00:39:12.35
which we have
already talked about.
00:39:12.38\00:39:14.72
While this is going on,
00:39:14.75\00:39:16.69
on earth that is
going on in heaven
00:39:16.72\00:39:18.05
that we're talking about.
00:39:18.09\00:39:19.42
"I watched till
the beast was slain,
00:39:19.45\00:39:21.39
and its body destroyed and
given to the burning flame.
00:39:21.42\00:39:25.29
As for the rest of the beasts,
00:39:25.33\00:39:26.73
they had their
dominion taken away,
00:39:26.76\00:39:29.50
yet their lives were prolonged
for a season and a time.
00:39:29.53\00:39:33.20
I was watching," notice this,
00:39:33.23\00:39:35.24
"in the night
visions, and behold,
00:39:35.27\00:39:37.17
One like the Son of Man,
00:39:37.21\00:39:38.64
coming with the
clouds of heaven!"
00:39:38.67\00:39:41.28
Now people think,
oh, wait a minute,
00:39:41.31\00:39:42.64
Jesus Christ is coming to
earth to rescue His children.
00:39:42.68\00:39:45.08
No, pay close attention.
00:39:45.11\00:39:47.05
Where does He go?
00:39:47.08\00:39:48.82
The verse continues by saying,
00:39:48.85\00:39:50.19
"He came to the Ancient of Days,
00:39:50.22\00:39:52.79
and they brought
Him near before Him."
00:39:52.82\00:39:56.79
So in verse 13,
00:39:56.83\00:39:58.19
it establishes that
Jesus the Son of man
00:39:58.23\00:40:01.70
goes before the Ancient of Days,
00:40:01.73\00:40:04.13
where the scene of
judgment is taking place.
00:40:04.17\00:40:07.30
Remember that
the books are open,
00:40:07.34\00:40:09.57
the court was seated
and the books were open.
00:40:09.60\00:40:11.47
This is where Jesus is
brought. This is a court scene.
00:40:11.51\00:40:14.04
This is the
investigative judgment
00:40:14.08\00:40:16.14
that is
described here in Daniel.
00:40:16.18\00:40:20.32
This is a parallel passage.
00:40:20.35\00:40:22.05
I'm trying to
say parallel passage
00:40:22.08\00:40:23.55
in Daniel Chapter 7
to Daniel Chapter 8.
00:40:23.59\00:40:26.09
Now let's finish verse 14.
00:40:26.12\00:40:28.99
"Then to Him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
00:40:29.02\00:40:33.73
that all peoples, nations,
and languages should serve Him.
00:40:33.76\00:40:36.90
His dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
00:40:36.93\00:40:39.37
which shall not pass away,
00:40:39.40\00:40:40.80
and His kingdom
00:40:40.84\00:40:42.17
the one which
shall not be destroyed."
00:40:42.20\00:40:44.77
This is a parallel passage
00:40:44.81\00:40:46.14
to what's going on
in Daniel Chapter 8.
00:40:46.17\00:40:48.84
And we'll have to move
quickly to Daniel 8:14.
00:40:48.88\00:40:52.81
You have already
heard this 2,300 days,
00:40:52.85\00:40:56.92
day for a year prophecy.
00:40:56.95\00:40:59.39
This is what
we're talking about,
00:40:59.42\00:41:00.76
so it's 2,300 years.
00:41:00.79\00:41:02.49
Let's read Daniel 8:14.
00:41:02.52\00:41:05.09
"And he said to
me, for 2,300 days,
00:41:05.13\00:41:09.60
then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed."
00:41:09.63\00:41:12.23
Yes, some Bible version say
00:41:12.27\00:41:15.20
unto 2,000
evenings and mornings,
00:41:15.24\00:41:19.04
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.61
The question is, what sanctuary?
00:41:20.64\00:41:22.81
Is it the sanctuary on earth,
or is it a sanctuary in heaven?
00:41:22.84\00:41:26.25
This is a parallel
passage to Daniel Chapter 7,
00:41:26.28\00:41:29.65
where the court is
seated and the books are open.
00:41:29.68\00:41:32.89
This is an
investigative judgment
00:41:32.92\00:41:34.46
prior to Jesus
Christ coming to this earth.
00:41:34.49\00:41:37.39
Every case must be
decided, because when He comes,
00:41:37.43\00:41:41.60
He is coming with His
reward to get to every person
00:41:41.63\00:41:44.43
according to his works.
00:41:44.47\00:41:46.40
So let's move quickly now.
00:41:46.43\00:41:48.80
Let's read Daniel 8:26 and 27.
00:41:48.84\00:41:52.71
"And the vision of
the evenings and mornings
00:41:52.74\00:41:55.08
which was told is true,
therefore seal up the vision,
00:41:55.11\00:41:59.35
for it refers to
many days in the future."
00:41:59.38\00:42:03.99
And Daniel's
like, he was shocked.
00:42:04.02\00:42:06.76
"And I, Daniel,
fainted and was sick for days,
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.09
afterward I arose and
went about the king's business.
00:42:09.12\00:42:12.29
I was astonished by the vision,
but no one understood it."
00:42:12.33\00:42:15.36
Daniel wanted to understand
00:42:15.40\00:42:17.13
what was going to
happen to his people.
00:42:17.17\00:42:19.03
And he continued
and prayed and prayed,
00:42:19.07\00:42:21.57
asking for understanding,
00:42:21.60\00:42:23.10
but it was to be sealed
till the time of the end,
00:42:23.14\00:42:25.91
the early 1800s,
like I mentioned.
00:42:25.94\00:42:28.24
Let's go to Daniel 9:24.
00:42:28.28\00:42:30.01
We have to find
the starting point
00:42:30.05\00:42:31.48
of these 2,300 years.
00:42:31.51\00:42:34.22
In Daniel 9:24,
00:42:34.25\00:42:36.69
we pick up the prophecy
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.05
because here is
something powerful
00:42:38.09\00:42:40.52
that we must
understand 70 weeks prophecy,
00:42:40.56\00:42:43.96
weeks of prophecy.
00:42:43.99\00:42:45.33
"Seventy weeks are determined
00:42:45.36\00:42:46.93
for your people
and for your holy city,
00:42:46.96\00:42:50.17
to finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
00:42:50.20\00:42:53.50
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:42:53.54\00:42:56.20
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:42:56.24\00:42:58.27
to seal up vision and prophecy,
00:42:58.31\00:43:00.28
and to anoint the Most Holy."
00:43:00.31\00:43:04.11
A lot is going on here
00:43:04.15\00:43:05.65
that we
unfortunately did not have time
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.42
to talk about.
00:43:07.45\00:43:08.95
But this part here where it says
00:43:08.98\00:43:11.85
70 weeks are determined,
00:43:11.89\00:43:13.96
this is cut off,
cut off from what?
00:43:13.99\00:43:17.19
Cut off from what?
00:43:17.23\00:43:18.56
From the 2,300
years, the 70 weeks.
00:43:18.59\00:43:23.90
What 70 times 7?
Four hundred and ninety.
00:43:23.93\00:43:26.74
So 490 years were to
be cut off or separated
00:43:26.77\00:43:29.70
because something
was going to happen
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.34
during those 490 years.
00:43:31.37\00:43:33.44
Opportunity for
the people of Israel,
00:43:33.48\00:43:35.84
like we read here
to, to finish the city,
00:43:35.88\00:43:40.15
to finish transgression,
00:43:40.18\00:43:41.52
to make an end of sins
00:43:41.55\00:43:42.88
and to make
reconciliation for iniquity.
00:43:42.92\00:43:44.55
Jesus Christ
during these 400 years
00:43:44.59\00:43:46.69
was going to come
to make reconciliation
00:43:46.72\00:43:50.06
for His people, for you and I.
00:43:50.09\00:43:51.89
Praise the Lord for that.
00:43:51.93\00:43:53.40
Unfortunately,
we do not have time
00:43:53.43\00:43:54.93
to go too much into this.
00:43:54.96\00:43:56.40
Let's go to verse 25.
00:43:56.43\00:43:57.77
"Know therefore and understand,
00:43:57.80\00:43:59.67
that from the going
forth of the command to restore
00:43:59.70\00:44:05.44
and build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince,
00:44:05.47\00:44:08.84
there shall be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks,
00:44:08.88\00:44:12.91
the street shall be built again,
00:44:12.95\00:44:14.32
and the wall, even
in troublesome times."
00:44:14.35\00:44:18.05
So we have here a
mention of a decree,
00:44:18.09\00:44:22.32
a command
00:44:22.36\00:44:23.69
that was
supposed to be put forth.
00:44:23.73\00:44:25.09
And that's the starting point
00:44:25.13\00:44:26.76
of the prophecy
of the 2,300 years.
00:44:26.80\00:44:30.27
When you go Ezra Chapter 7,
00:44:30.30\00:44:31.90
you'll find a
decree by Artaxerxes.
00:44:31.93\00:44:35.10
And this decree is been
found, it's been researched.
00:44:35.14\00:44:40.18
It is a day
00:44:40.21\00:44:41.68
that is set in stone, let's say,
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.55
"In the fall of 457
BC, the decree was issued."
00:44:44.58\00:44:48.25
Read Ezra Chapter 7
00:44:48.28\00:44:50.22
to see that it
fulfills the details
00:44:50.25\00:44:52.25
specified in Daniel Chapter 9.
00:44:52.29\00:44:55.59
So from that point,
00:44:55.62\00:44:56.96
if you look at your image there
00:44:56.99\00:44:58.96
and those that are listening
will just have to imagine this,
00:44:58.99\00:45:01.53
457 counting 2,300 years
00:45:01.56\00:45:06.20
takes you to the year 1844.
00:45:06.23\00:45:10.31
In the fall of
1844, something happened,
00:45:10.34\00:45:14.21
described in Daniel
Chapter 7, the Ancient of Days,
00:45:14.24\00:45:18.75
the court is there,
and the books are open,
00:45:18.78\00:45:21.98
and Jesus Christ
comes before Him.
00:45:22.02\00:45:24.19
Jesus goes from the Holy Place
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.69
to the Most Holy Place
00:45:26.72\00:45:28.32
to decide the case
of every individual,
00:45:28.36\00:45:31.69
and starts with the dead,
00:45:31.73\00:45:34.16
then eventually
moves to the living.
00:45:34.20\00:45:36.33
And after this,
00:45:36.36\00:45:37.70
Jesus Christ comes
shortly after that.
00:45:37.73\00:45:40.94
That's all we have time for.
00:45:40.97\00:45:42.64
I wish we had time
for more. Oh, my goodness.
00:45:42.67\00:45:44.61
I like that, you know,
it really is encouraging.
00:45:44.64\00:45:46.71
We are living in
the time of judgment,
00:45:46.74\00:45:48.88
and it encouraged
us to be ready, right,
00:45:48.91\00:45:51.38
for the coming of Jesus.
00:45:51.41\00:45:52.75
So, you know, very good job,
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.12
a lot of material
each one of you covered
00:45:54.15\00:45:55.48
is awesome.
00:45:55.52\00:45:56.85
I'm going to do
Thursday's lesson
00:45:56.89\00:45:58.22
by the grace of God.
00:45:58.25\00:45:59.59
We're going to
talk about typology,
00:45:59.62\00:46:00.96
yeah, in prophecy, you
know, what does that mean?
00:46:00.99\00:46:02.76
What is it all about here?
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.16
And then we'll go into
some passage of Scripture
00:46:04.19\00:46:05.89
that will maybe
help us to understand it.
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.46
Definition, if you're like me,
I like definitions of things.
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.60
I can make up my own,
but that's not good enough.
00:46:10.63\00:46:12.43
So I'm gonna go
what it says here,
00:46:12.47\00:46:14.54
"Typology is a study
00:46:14.57\00:46:15.90
or an analysis of classification
00:46:15.94\00:46:18.07
based on types and categories."
00:46:18.11\00:46:21.51
Notice, or you too, you can say
00:46:21.54\00:46:22.88
it's a doctrine
of theological types.
00:46:22.91\00:46:26.18
So here we can see here
00:46:26.21\00:46:27.55
that through these
things that Christian belief,
00:46:27.58\00:46:30.09
we're talking about
prefigures and symbolize
00:46:30.12\00:46:33.19
by things in the Old
Testament and the New Testament,
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.66
I think we can see
that pretty clearly.
00:46:35.69\00:46:37.33
So understanding
typology is very important
00:46:37.36\00:46:40.73
in study of Scripture.
00:46:40.76\00:46:42.10
And I'll just give
you two quick reasons.
00:46:42.13\00:46:44.63
If you wish to conduct research,
00:46:44.67\00:46:47.87
this is one thing
that you would want to use
00:46:47.90\00:46:50.31
if you're trying to use
00:46:50.34\00:46:51.94
a different
system of classification
00:46:51.97\00:46:53.78
of materials and stuff
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.14
in order to understand
how to relate to each other,
00:46:55.18\00:46:57.61
this would be good.
00:46:57.65\00:46:58.98
So how this fits in with all
that we're talking about here,
00:46:59.01\00:47:02.58
I think it's very important,
00:47:02.62\00:47:03.95
because we're
digging in prophecy.
00:47:03.99\00:47:06.19
We need to
understand these things.
00:47:06.22\00:47:07.56
So typology
focuses on actual persons,
00:47:07.59\00:47:11.39
and also events,
and institutions,
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.23
and things that are
founded historically,
00:47:14.26\00:47:17.37
historical reality
00:47:17.40\00:47:18.87
that points forward
to a greater reality.
00:47:18.90\00:47:21.00
So it talks about one thing,
00:47:21.04\00:47:22.54
and then also refers
to something on later on
00:47:22.57\00:47:25.41
that will be
magnified as we go in.
00:47:25.44\00:47:27.34
This method of interpretation
00:47:27.38\00:47:29.14
goes back to Jesus, goes back
00:47:29.18\00:47:30.68
to the New
Testament time's writers.
00:47:30.71\00:47:33.31
Of course, it's
found in the Old Testament,
00:47:33.35\00:47:34.68
we're gonna look at
some of those things
00:47:34.72\00:47:36.05
in a moment.
00:47:36.08\00:47:37.42
All right, our
lesson ask us to read these.
00:47:37.45\00:47:38.95
So I'm going to try
just to go ahead and read
00:47:38.99\00:47:41.42
these verses if you don't mind.
00:47:41.46\00:47:42.92
Get through them, 1
Corinthians Chapter 10.
00:47:42.96\00:47:45.06
There's a lot of verses
here but I think very important
00:47:45.09\00:47:46.96
that we go through them.
00:47:47.00\00:47:48.56
In 1 Corinthians Chapter
10, we read verses 1 through 13
00:47:48.60\00:47:51.40
because this sets the stage here
00:47:51.43\00:47:53.90
for what we want to get
across by the grace of God.
00:47:53.94\00:47:56.47
Bible says, "
Moreover, brethren,
00:47:56.50\00:47:58.07
I would not that
ye should be ignorant,
00:47:58.11\00:48:00.58
how all of our
fathers were under the cloud,
00:48:00.61\00:48:03.28
and all passed unto the sea.
00:48:03.31\00:48:06.35
And we're all baptized
into Moses in the cloud
00:48:06.38\00:48:09.08
and in the sea.
00:48:09.12\00:48:10.45
And did all eat the
same spiritual meat,
00:48:10.49\00:48:12.95
and did all drink the
same spiritual drink."
00:48:12.99\00:48:15.72
Notice what it says, it says,
00:48:15.76\00:48:17.09
"For they drink of
that spiritual rock
00:48:17.13\00:48:19.53
that followed them"
00:48:19.56\00:48:20.90
and that rock was who?
00:48:20.93\00:48:22.26
Christ, yes.
00:48:22.30\00:48:23.70
"But with many of them,
God was not well pleased,
00:48:23.73\00:48:26.97
for they were
overthrown in the wilderness.
00:48:27.00\00:48:30.07
Now these
things were for," what?
00:48:30.11\00:48:32.77
"For our examples,
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.18
and to the intent
we should not lust
00:48:34.21\00:48:35.91
after evil things
as they also lusted.
00:48:35.94\00:48:39.05
Neither be
idolaters, as were some of them,
00:48:39.08\00:48:41.78
as it is written that
people sat down to eat,
00:48:41.82\00:48:44.15
drink, and then
they rose up to play."
00:48:44.19\00:48:46.32
It sounds like
today almost, isn't it?
00:48:46.35\00:48:47.72
Sure.
00:48:47.76\00:48:49.09
"Neither let us
commit fornication
00:48:49.12\00:48:50.49
as some of them
committed and fell in the day,
00:48:50.53\00:48:53.80
day three and 20,000, 23, 000."
00:48:53.83\00:48:56.16
It's hard for me
to kind of relate
00:48:56.20\00:48:57.53
to such a lot of
bodies, a lot of people,
00:48:57.57\00:48:59.40
a lot of things were going on.
00:48:59.43\00:49:00.77
God was displeased.
00:49:00.80\00:49:02.47
"Neither let us tempt
Christ as some them also tempted
00:49:02.50\00:49:05.94
and were
destroyed by of serpents,
00:49:05.97\00:49:08.38
neither murmur
ye, " notice this,
00:49:08.41\00:49:10.75
"as some of them also murmured
00:49:10.78\00:49:12.48
and were
destroyed by the destroyer.
00:49:12.51\00:49:15.02
Now all these
things happen to them for,
00:49:15.05\00:49:17.32
once again here it is examples,
00:49:17.35\00:49:19.52
"that they were
written for our admonition
00:49:19.55\00:49:21.56
upon whom the ends
of the world are come."
00:49:21.59\00:49:25.06
Verse 12, "Wherefore let
him that thinketh he standeth
00:49:25.09\00:49:27.90
take heed lest he fall."
00:49:27.93\00:49:29.26
I've used that several times.
00:49:29.30\00:49:30.63
It's been used
on me a few times.
00:49:30.67\00:49:32.13
Verse 13, I like this,
00:49:32.17\00:49:33.50
probably most
familiar in all the verses.
00:49:33.54\00:49:36.17
It says, "There hath
no temptation taken you,
00:49:36.20\00:49:38.84
but such as common to
man that God is," I love it,
00:49:38.87\00:49:41.84
"He's faithful,
00:49:41.88\00:49:43.21
who will not suffer
you to be tempted above all
00:49:43.24\00:49:45.51
that you're able but
will with the temptation,"
00:49:45.55\00:49:47.68
do what?
00:49:47.72\00:49:49.15
"Make a way of escape,
00:49:49.18\00:49:51.02
that you may be
able to bear it."
00:49:51.05\00:49:53.46
Again, it's been mentioned here,
00:49:53.49\00:49:54.82
He's not going to
take us out of it,
00:49:54.86\00:49:57.16
but He's going to provide a
way that we can go through it.
00:49:57.19\00:50:00.33
I like that, I think
that really adds to that.
00:50:00.36\00:50:02.00
So as we look at this thing,
00:50:02.03\00:50:03.43
let's go back in 1
Corinthians 1:10-13.
00:50:03.47\00:50:06.60
And let's kind of dissect it
00:50:06.63\00:50:07.97
just a little bit in
the moments that we have.
00:50:08.00\00:50:09.84
Paul reminds
the Corinthians here
00:50:09.87\00:50:11.57
and I think it's reminder
to us who are living today.
00:50:11.61\00:50:13.98
It may hit harder to us today.
00:50:14.01\00:50:16.44
He said, not to be
basically, don't be puffed up
00:50:16.48\00:50:19.41
with this thing
called spiritual pride
00:50:19.45\00:50:21.48
or pride in any form here,
00:50:21.52\00:50:23.82
because you remember
Peter there in the Mark 14:31,
00:50:23.85\00:50:28.52
you know, when he said,
00:50:28.56\00:50:29.89
when Jesus was
talking to him about...
00:50:29.92\00:50:31.26
Jesus talking to him
00:50:31.29\00:50:32.63
about what he would
go through and so on,
00:50:32.66\00:50:34.90
and Peter was telling,
00:50:34.93\00:50:36.26
but I'm going to
be right with you.
00:50:36.30\00:50:37.63
And he says, simply
right then, he said,
00:50:37.67\00:50:39.37
"If I have to" what?
00:50:39.40\00:50:40.74
"If I have to die, he
said, I'm going to do that."
00:50:40.77\00:50:44.67
So we see that there was,
can be some spiritual pride.
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.71
There was pride there,
00:50:46.74\00:50:48.08
no matter what I
have to go through,
00:50:48.11\00:50:49.44
I'll be able to,
I'm gonna follow you
00:50:49.48\00:50:50.81
all the way Lord,
and we know what he did.
00:50:50.85\00:50:52.48
So the warning here and
Paul has given the warning
00:50:52.51\00:50:54.55
to the Corinthian Church here.
00:50:54.58\00:50:56.38
He said, "Be careful
about spiritual pride."
00:50:56.42\00:50:58.32
And we realize even the church
and in our own individual life.
00:50:58.35\00:51:01.49
Now notice, the
Israelites we know
00:51:01.52\00:51:03.49
were highly favored of God,
00:51:03.53\00:51:05.79
but they fail to
enter into the Promised Land
00:51:05.83\00:51:08.86
because they would not
follow God's instructions.
00:51:08.90\00:51:11.50
We have to question,
00:51:11.53\00:51:12.87
are we following
God's instructions today
00:51:12.90\00:51:15.04
the way that he
has them pinned down?
00:51:15.07\00:51:17.07
Not the way we like to see them,
00:51:17.11\00:51:18.47
not the way that we
think they ought to be.
00:51:18.51\00:51:20.51
But are we following the
way that God had them inspired
00:51:20.54\00:51:23.28
and pin down today.
00:51:23.31\00:51:25.41
That just simply
we've to ask ourselves,
00:51:25.45\00:51:28.22
and he's telling the
Corinthian believers,
00:51:28.25\00:51:29.95
the church, he's saying, "Look,
00:51:29.98\00:51:31.32
if we do the way they did,
00:51:31.35\00:51:32.69
you're not going
to go in either."
00:51:32.72\00:51:34.29
I think sometime
even we need to hear that,
00:51:34.32\00:51:36.12
even in the church pews,
00:51:36.16\00:51:37.49
we need to realize
'cause we come to church,
00:51:37.53\00:51:38.96
we pay our tithe,
we're here every week,
00:51:38.99\00:51:40.33
doesn't mean
we're going to make it
00:51:40.36\00:51:41.70
to the kingdom of God.
00:51:41.73\00:51:43.06
It's him that doeth
the will of the Father.
00:51:43.10\00:51:44.93
So, you know,
00:51:44.97\00:51:46.30
we need to be
obeying Jesus Christ.
00:51:46.33\00:51:48.20
We realize what?
00:51:48.24\00:51:49.57
They didn't obey
out in the wilderness,
00:51:49.60\00:51:51.21
has been meandering,
40 years wandering around.
00:51:51.24\00:51:52.67
Why?
00:51:52.71\00:51:54.04
Because they disobeyed
God, it went farther than that,
00:51:54.08\00:51:56.44
because they still
didn't learn their lesson.
00:51:56.48\00:51:58.31
And then they went
into Babylonian captivity,
00:51:58.35\00:52:00.82
didn't they in
Jeremiah Chapter 17?
00:52:00.85\00:52:03.69
Read about that
and also Chapter 25.
00:52:03.72\00:52:07.02
They went into captivity.
00:52:07.06\00:52:08.46
There's a warning for us today.
00:52:08.49\00:52:10.46
Many.
00:52:10.49\00:52:11.83
Here's maybe one
of the sad things
00:52:11.86\00:52:14.53
is that many did not go
00:52:14.56\00:52:16.97
into the land of milk and honey,
00:52:17.00\00:52:19.73
but they came close.
00:52:19.77\00:52:22.27
Think about it. They came close.
00:52:22.30\00:52:24.61
They almost
completed their journey
00:52:24.64\00:52:28.24
and they didn't
finish the course.
00:52:28.28\00:52:31.31
And one of the passage I...
00:52:31.35\00:52:32.88
I mean, I really
love in Scripture.
00:52:32.91\00:52:34.45
I think it's in 2 Timothy 4:7.
00:52:34.48\00:52:38.49
Paul speaking.
00:52:38.52\00:52:39.85
I've read it a few times,
00:52:39.89\00:52:41.22
and I've cried
over it a few times.
00:52:41.26\00:52:42.59
I think that's all right,
00:52:42.62\00:52:43.96
because sometimes it hits home.
00:52:43.99\00:52:45.33
Paul said at
the end of his life,
00:52:45.36\00:52:46.73
and that's what I want to
say at the end of my life.
00:52:46.76\00:52:49.10
You want to say at
the end of your life,
00:52:49.13\00:52:50.47
I know you do.
00:52:50.50\00:52:51.83
He said, "I have run," what?
00:52:51.87\00:52:53.20
"I fought a good fight.
00:52:53.23\00:52:55.84
I have finished the course.
00:52:55.87\00:52:58.97
I have kept the faith." Amen.
00:52:59.01\00:53:01.08
So he finished it,
so these Israelites,
00:53:01.11\00:53:03.71
they just about made
it to the land of milk,
00:53:03.75\00:53:06.01
but the enemy came in, hit them,
00:53:06.05\00:53:08.05
and they didn't make it into.
00:53:08.08\00:53:09.42
Could happen to us today?
00:53:09.45\00:53:10.79
Though you're
saying, we want Jesus come,
00:53:10.82\00:53:12.15
we need to be sure
00:53:12.19\00:53:13.52
that we're ready
for Jesus to come.
00:53:13.56\00:53:14.89
We need to be
loyal to know to Jesus.
00:53:14.92\00:53:16.39
Take heed,
00:53:16.42\00:53:17.89
it's what it says
writer, take heed.
00:53:17.93\00:53:19.26
We're not gonna have time
00:53:19.29\00:53:20.63
to get in all
the talks about here.
00:53:20.66\00:53:22.00
Paul takes us
back to the Exodus,
00:53:22.03\00:53:23.80
you know, into here.
00:53:23.83\00:53:25.63
Here he's developing a typology.
00:53:25.67\00:53:27.90
This is what we're getting into,
00:53:27.94\00:53:29.27
based on the experience
of the ancient Hebrews
00:53:29.30\00:53:32.14
in the wilderness.
00:53:32.17\00:53:33.51
Remember, God inspired
Moses to record the events,
00:53:33.54\00:53:37.25
once again it's
mentioned at least twice
00:53:37.28\00:53:38.78
what we read for our example.
00:53:38.81\00:53:41.52
The Bible is for our example.
We'll read a few of those.
00:53:41.55\00:53:44.49
Maybe we'll have time to
go over at least one of them,
00:53:44.52\00:53:46.12
Matthew 12:40.
00:53:46.15\00:53:48.72
Typology, notice how this comes.
00:53:48.76\00:53:50.59
Matthew 12:40, the Bible says,
00:53:50.63\00:53:53.60
"For as Jonas was three days
00:53:53.63\00:53:56.16
and three nights
in the whale's belly,
00:53:56.20\00:53:58.67
so shall the Son
of man be three days,
00:53:58.70\00:54:00.97
three nights in the
heart of the earth."
00:54:01.00\00:54:03.04
So how does it work here?
00:54:03.07\00:54:04.81
For as Jonas or Jonah
would be, would he'd be a type?
00:54:04.84\00:54:08.08
Yeah.
00:54:08.11\00:54:09.44
And then for
three days three nights
00:54:09.48\00:54:10.81
in the whale's belly,
00:54:10.85\00:54:12.18
so shall the Son of Man,
antitype, ain't that right?
00:54:12.21\00:54:15.22
Right for three days,
00:54:15.25\00:54:16.58
three nights in
the heart of the earth.
00:54:16.62\00:54:18.02
So each of these,
notice, text, Jesus,
00:54:18.05\00:54:21.52
and the New
Testament writers apply type
00:54:21.56\00:54:24.69
and antitype interpretation
00:54:24.73\00:54:27.36
and then they allow
the prophetic significance
00:54:27.40\00:54:31.77
to just stand out,
00:54:31.80\00:54:33.13
so you can understand it
in a greater fulfillment.
00:54:33.17\00:54:36.00
In John 19:36, we have
time for one more, John 19:36,
00:54:36.04\00:54:41.28
says, "For these things
were," notice this, "were done,
00:54:41.31\00:54:44.31
that the scriptures
might be fulfilled of him,
00:54:44.35\00:54:46.78
a bone of him shall not be..."
00:54:46.82\00:54:48.98
Broken.
00:54:49.02\00:54:50.35
"A bone of him
shall not be broken."
00:54:50.39\00:54:51.72
You go to Psalms,
I think it's 34:20.
00:54:51.75\00:54:55.02
It says, "There
he keepeth his bones
00:54:55.06\00:54:57.33
and not one of
them would be broken."
00:54:57.36\00:55:00.80
You know, praise God,
that there's, you know,
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.86
we can get into the Word of God
00:55:02.90\00:55:04.23
and there's things here
we can look at and we'd say,
00:55:04.27\00:55:05.60
praise God.
00:55:05.63\00:55:06.97
To me, it's like he's
wanting to take a photo,
00:55:07.00\00:55:08.90
so that we can look it over,
00:55:08.94\00:55:10.27
we can see
something developing here.
00:55:10.31\00:55:11.81
And later on, it
even develops, you know,
00:55:11.84\00:55:14.14
fuller for us to help us
00:55:14.18\00:55:16.14
of those who are
living in these last days.
00:55:16.18\00:55:18.51
Paul's word to
the Corinthian Church,
00:55:18.55\00:55:21.02
our words should
be to each other today
00:55:21.05\00:55:22.85
to the church,
00:55:22.88\00:55:24.29
this movement,
the last day movement,
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is we need to be careful.
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Those things were
written for examples on, right?
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And so we need to follow those
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so that we don't come up short.
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You've begun
this race, my friend,
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and you have to go
to the finish line,
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and only by the grace
of God, can you do that.
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Keep your eyes
focused upon Jesus,
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and you'll be there.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you all so much.
00:55:43.47\00:55:44.81
What an incredible
study, The Bible and Prophecy.
00:55:44.84\00:55:47.14
I just think we can
have six weeks on this
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and then we could
begin to do it justice.
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We want to give each one of you
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a moment to
share about your day.
00:55:52.95\00:55:54.28
Yeah, you know,
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I'm not necessarily
particularly about my day
00:55:55.68\00:55:58.82
being that I talked
about the day-year principle.
00:55:58.85\00:56:01.46
But again, we've
talked about prophecy
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and, Brother Kenny,
you mentioned something
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just a few minutes
ago that take us home.
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And that's the
fact that, you know,
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the children of
Israel came close.
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I mean, they came right
up to the Promised Land,
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but they didn't enter,
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you know, I don't want that
to be the reality in my life.
00:56:15.50\00:56:18.27
I don't want to
get close and miss it.
00:56:18.31\00:56:20.01
I want to go into
the Promised Land.
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So my prayer is that we
all surrender to Jesus now
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that we can go over
into the Promised Land.
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That's right.
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And talking about
all the little horns
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and the big
horns and the kingdoms.
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The beautiful
message about the Bible
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.25
is the kingdoms of this world
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will become the kingdom of
our Lord and of our Christ,
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and only He shall
reign forever and ever.
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Amen. Amen.
00:56:42.63\00:56:44.53
Well, it is through
the blood of Jesus Christ
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that any one of us
can be saved right now.
00:56:46.84\00:56:49.90
Since 1844,
00:56:49.94\00:56:51.31
there is a
judgment taking place.
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.07
Jesus is in the Most
Holy Place interceding for us,
00:56:53.11\00:56:56.48
and we should be living
according to that knowledge.
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Amen.
00:56:59.21\00:57:00.55
You know, we're living in
the time that time's events,
00:57:00.58\00:57:02.92
there's good, there's bad,
00:57:02.95\00:57:04.29
there's
victories, there's defeat.
00:57:04.32\00:57:06.45
There's a way to gain heaven,
there's a way to lose heaven.
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Remember, God had them inspired
00:57:09.39\00:57:10.79
written in the Word
00:57:10.83\00:57:12.16
so that we might read them
00:57:12.19\00:57:13.53
and they might
be an example for us
00:57:13.56\00:57:15.23
who are living in
these very last hours
00:57:15.26\00:57:18.10
if I might say
of earth's history.
00:57:18.13\00:57:19.83
Just be ready, Jesus is coming.
00:57:19.87\00:57:21.60
Amen.
00:57:21.64\00:57:22.97
Thank you so much,
Pastor Kenny, Pastor Johnny,
00:57:23.00\00:57:25.64
Pastor John, and Pastor Ryan,
00:57:25.67\00:57:27.78
what an incredible blessing
00:57:27.81\00:57:29.64
to open up God's Word and study.
00:57:29.68\00:57:32.01
And there's a
blessing promised on you
00:57:32.05\00:57:33.92
as you open up
God's Word and study.
00:57:33.95\00:57:35.95
I think of Revelation 1:3,
00:57:35.98\00:57:37.92
I want to leave you
with this scripture.
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"Blessed is he who reads
00:57:39.49\00:57:42.42
and those who hear the
words of this prophecy,
00:57:42.46\00:57:45.89
and keep those things
which are written in it,
00:57:45.93\00:57:49.33
for the time is near."
00:57:49.36\00:57:51.17
We believe we are living
00:57:51.20\00:57:53.10
in the
investigative judgment hour,
00:57:53.13\00:57:55.64
that Jesus is soon to come
00:57:55.67\00:57:57.64
and now is the day of salvation.
00:57:57.67\00:58:00.71
If you hear God's
speaking to your heart,
00:58:00.74\00:58:03.45
do not harden your heart,
but open it up and say yes,
00:58:03.48\00:58:06.41
come in, change me,
00:58:06.45\00:58:08.18
and I want to learn the
prophecies in Your Word.
00:58:08.22\00:58:10.95
Join us next
week for our lesson 12
00:58:10.99\00:58:13.72
dealing with difficult passages.
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