And Dona Klein at the organ is one of those people 00:00:14.81\00:00:18.61 that God has just given her a gift. 00:00:19.11\00:00:22.58 And over the last two years 00:00:28.12\00:00:32.29 Dona has written now about ten different songs. 00:00:33.09\00:00:37.67 Beautiful songs. And Maddy Couperus is going to 00:00:38.57\00:00:41.87 sing one of those tonight for you. It's entitled 00:00:42.07\00:00:44.87 It Doesn't Matter. 00:00:45.07\00:00:46.68 I had no hope for tomorrow; 00:00:59.29\00:01:05.29 yesterday was dead and gone. 00:01:06.09\00:01:11.43 All my life was filled with sorrow... 00:01:12.37\00:01:17.64 I had no reason to go on. 00:01:18.04\00:01:23.65 Then I found Jesus 00:01:24.18\00:01:29.95 and He changed my life completely. 00:01:30.45\00:01:36.36 Feely forgave me 00:01:37.73\00:01:43.53 and in my heart put a song. 00:01:43.83\00:01:49.54 And it doesn't matter 00:01:50.84\00:01:56.81 where I have been. 00:01:58.01\00:02:03.39 When I gave my heart to Jesus 00:02:03.79\00:02:09.79 then the good life began. 00:02:10.53\00:02:16.46 Has someone left you sad and lonely? 00:02:17.57\00:02:23.54 Alone to face life's raging storm? 00:02:24.54\00:02:30.48 Have you sometimes ever wondered 00:02:30.88\00:02:36.85 why you even were born? 00:02:37.35\00:02:43.26 Come meet my Jesus... 00:02:43.93\00:02:49.83 He will heal your every heartache. 00:02:50.33\00:02:56.30 Tenderly hold you 00:02:57.77\00:03:03.45 in His arms safe and warm. 00:03:03.85\00:03:09.65 And it doesn't matter 00:03:10.92\00:03:16.89 where you have been. 00:03:17.99\00:03:23.67 Come and give Him all your burdens; 00:03:24.07\00:03:29.97 let the good life begin. 00:03:30.67\00:03:36.58 No, it really doesn't matter 00:03:37.08\00:03:43.05 where we have been. 00:03:45.05\00:03:50.63 Casting all our cares upon Him: 00:03:51.49\00:03:57.40 now the good life 00:03:58.47\00:04:01.84 begins. 00:04:02.24\00:04:08.14 Heavenly Father, 00:04:24.03\00:04:25.56 tonight as we look at this great prophecy 00:04:27.53\00:04:32.07 we would like to invite the Holy Spirit 00:04:33.60\00:04:36.10 to be in our presence. 00:04:36.94\00:04:38.77 Lord, may it enlighten our minds. 00:04:39.67\00:04:43.85 We pray, Lord, that our hearts may be open. 00:04:45.08\00:04:49.22 That they may be soft. 00:04:51.02\00:04:54.66 That the Holy Spirit may be able to show us and lead us 00:04:55.06\00:04:58.93 and direct us that we might see 00:04:59.13\00:05:02.30 that Jesus Christ is everything that He claims to be. 00:05:03.50\00:05:09.14 And that each one of us here tonight 00:05:09.80\00:05:12.44 may reach out, 00:05:13.24\00:05:16.51 claim the things that He has done for us. 00:05:17.05\00:05:19.78 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 00:05:20.18\00:05:23.49 I was holding a meeting in the southern part of the US. 00:05:31.43\00:05:35.46 And to this meeting came a couple young ladies. 00:05:37.00\00:05:41.20 One 17 years old... the other 19 years old. 00:05:42.27\00:05:45.74 And after they had been coming to the meeting for about 00:05:46.31\00:05:49.48 two weeks they came up to me after the meeting 00:05:50.65\00:05:54.28 one night and said: "Would you consider 00:05:54.48\00:05:57.69 being a witness for us? " 00:05:57.89\00:06:00.79 And I said: "I don't know what you mean. 00:06:01.52\00:06:04.03 What are you talking about? " 00:06:04.23\00:06:05.56 And they said: "Well, we've got to appear 00:06:05.63\00:06:09.66 before a judge and we would like for you to be 00:06:09.86\00:06:13.20 a character witness for us. " 00:06:13.40\00:06:15.04 And I said: "I still don't understand what's going on. " 00:06:15.87\00:06:19.17 And they said: "Well, we were arrested 00:06:19.67\00:06:23.88 and we need a character witness. " 00:06:24.08\00:06:27.68 And I said: "What were you arrested for? " 00:06:27.88\00:06:29.52 And they said: "Oh, we were arrested 00:06:29.92\00:06:31.75 for dealing drugs. " 00:06:31.95\00:06:33.29 And said: "We would like for you to be a character witness 00:06:33.66\00:06:38.29 for us. " And I said: "Well, I'll tell you what: 00:06:38.49\00:06:40.63 I'll be happy to go to the court with you 00:06:40.83\00:06:43.43 and I'll be happy to tell the judge you've been coming 00:06:43.63\00:06:45.97 to the meetings each night. I'll be more than happy 00:06:46.17\00:06:47.84 to do that. " And they said: "OK...if you'll do that. " 00:06:48.04\00:06:50.87 I said: "I'll be happy to do that. " 00:06:51.07\00:06:52.54 So we went to court. 00:06:52.94\00:06:55.24 A little bit and the judge talked to the girls. 00:06:55.44\00:06:58.05 He said: "I understand you have a character witness. " 00:06:58.51\00:07:00.92 And so called me up 00:07:01.12\00:07:02.72 and I told him that these girls had been coming every night 00:07:02.92\00:07:05.42 to the meetings for about two weeks 00:07:05.62\00:07:07.06 and they have shown an interest in God's Word and all that. 00:07:07.26\00:07:11.36 And the judge said: "Thank you" and he turned to the girls 00:07:11.56\00:07:14.36 and he said: "I'll tell you what. " He said: 00:07:14.56\00:07:16.13 "I'll make it easy on you. " 00:07:16.97\00:07:18.80 He said: "I'll make it easy on you. " 00:07:19.80\00:07:21.64 "You tell me who's selling you the drugs 00:07:22.04\00:07:26.34 and I'll drop everything. " 00:07:26.64\00:07:29.88 And these girls said: "We're not going to tell you 00:07:31.81\00:07:34.68 who's selling us the drugs. " 00:07:34.88\00:07:36.22 And the judge said: "Let me tell you something: 00:07:36.82\00:07:40.32 "If you don't tell me who's selling you the drugs, 00:07:41.09\00:07:43.53 I'm going to throw the book at you. " 00:07:43.73\00:07:45.06 And the girls said: "Well we're not telling you 00:07:46.63\00:07:48.63 who sold... who we bought the drugs from. " 00:07:48.83\00:07:50.97 The judge said: "I'll tell you what: 00:07:52.17\00:07:53.50 I'm going to give you 3 days to think it over. " 00:07:53.64\00:07:55.44 And he said: "In three days I want you back here 00:07:56.37\00:07:58.51 in court and you can decide whether 00:07:58.71\00:08:00.71 you're going to tell me or whether you're not. " 00:08:00.91\00:08:02.28 So we left, and when the girls came to the meeting 00:08:03.28\00:08:05.85 that night I said: "Have you decided what you're going to do? 00:08:06.05\00:08:09.48 " And they said: "Oh, we're not going to tell him. " 00:08:09.72\00:08:11.19 And I said: "That judge is going to let you have it. " 00:08:11.49\00:08:15.02 And they said: "Nah, he's not going to do it. " 00:08:15.42\00:08:17.73 Said: "He's not going to do it. " 00:08:18.13\00:08:19.49 I said: "Let me tell you something: 00:08:19.69\00:08:21.13 that judge is not playing around with you. 00:08:21.53\00:08:23.50 He's going to throw the book at you. " 00:08:23.70\00:08:25.37 They said: "No, he's not going to do anything like that 00:08:26.27\00:08:28.97 and we're not going to tell who we've been buying the drugs 00:08:29.17\00:08:32.04 from. " So in three days we went back to court. 00:08:32.24\00:08:35.51 I went with the girls. 00:08:35.71\00:08:37.05 Judge called them up and said: 00:08:37.18\00:08:39.11 "Who... who have you been buying the drugs from? " 00:08:40.05\00:08:43.02 "Oh, " they said: "Judge, we're not going to tell you. " 00:08:43.42\00:08:45.42 And the judge said: "I'm asking you... 00:08:46.39\00:08:48.86 you tell me who you're buying the drugs from. " 00:08:49.06\00:08:51.79 And they said: "No judge, we're not going to tell you. " 00:08:52.19\00:08:54.33 And I watched... 00:08:54.53\00:08:56.16 I watched as that judge 00:08:56.77\00:08:59.20 sentenced one girl to 17 years in prison 00:08:59.60\00:09:03.14 and the other girl to 25 years. 00:09:03.74\00:09:06.37 I watched the blood drain out of their faces. 00:09:06.78\00:09:11.48 Sobbing, I watched the guards carry them off to prison. 00:09:12.18\00:09:16.75 And I turned to the judge and I said: "Judge, 00:09:18.92\00:09:21.09 do you understand what you've done? " 00:09:21.29\00:09:23.02 And he said: "What do you mean? " 00:09:23.96\00:09:25.29 And I said: "These girls were coming to my meetings! 00:09:25.33\00:09:28.06 There was some chance that maybe they might give 00:09:28.26\00:09:31.23 their heart to the Lord and He could change their life 00:09:31.43\00:09:33.84 and make them different. And now look what you've done! 00:09:34.04\00:09:36.20 You've put them in prison and I can't even get to them. " 00:09:36.40\00:09:38.84 He said: "Oh, I'll solve that. " 00:09:39.04\00:09:40.44 He just wrote out a note and he said: "All you've gotta do 00:09:40.84\00:09:42.44 is show this and they'll let you in any time. " 00:09:42.64\00:09:44.38 So I went in to see the girls. 00:09:47.65\00:09:51.39 To say that they were shook up is to put it mildly, folks. 00:09:51.59\00:09:56.52 And I said: "I told you he was going to do this. " 00:09:57.46\00:10:00.40 I said: "You wouldn't believe me; I told you he was 00:10:00.90\00:10:02.93 going to do this. " I said: "Why don't you tell him? " 00:10:03.13\00:10:06.67 And I don't know where I got the crazy idea, folks, 00:10:08.80\00:10:12.71 but I said: "If these people that are selling you the drugs - 00:10:13.11\00:10:16.98 selling the drugs to you - told you to tell him 00:10:17.18\00:10:19.48 would you tell him? " 00:10:19.88\00:10:21.22 They said: "Ah, they would never do that. " 00:10:21.78\00:10:24.35 And I said: "Let me talk to them. " 00:10:25.05\00:10:27.22 "Let me talk to them. " 00:10:28.12\00:10:29.46 So after this they said: "OK" 00:10:31.53\00:10:33.50 and they wrote out a note. 00:10:33.90\00:10:36.03 Told me where to take that note and who to contact 00:10:36.43\00:10:39.10 and arrangements would be made. 00:10:39.30\00:10:41.37 Well, I took the note and arrangements were made. 00:10:42.44\00:10:45.81 They sent me back a note and said: "We'll meet you 00:10:46.21\00:10:48.58 Tuesday night at Pier 11 at 11 o'clock. " 00:10:48.78\00:10:51.85 I've got to admit one of the scaredist I think I've ever been 00:10:54.38\00:10:58.09 in my life 'cause I waked down Pier 9 there. 00:10:58.29\00:11:03.83 There wasn't a light on... it was pitch dark. 00:11:04.03\00:11:07.66 11 o'clock at night standing there by myself 00:11:08.06\00:11:11.40 scared to death. 00:11:11.80\00:11:13.34 And finally down the pier came these two men 00:11:14.17\00:11:17.81 dressed in business suits. 00:11:18.01\00:11:20.28 I mean nice looking... neat, clean... 00:11:21.31\00:11:26.01 regular businessmen. 00:11:26.58\00:11:28.75 And we had quite a conversation. 00:11:30.45\00:11:33.36 And I finally said to them: "You know, how can you... 00:11:34.59\00:11:37.53 how can you let two girls: one go to prison for 17 years, 00:11:38.09\00:11:41.73 another one go to prison for 25 years. 00:11:41.93\00:11:43.53 How can you do that? " 00:11:43.73\00:11:45.07 So after we talked a while they said: "OK, " 00:11:45.93\00:11:48.10 they said, "You tell the girls they can tell them 00:11:49.34\00:11:52.27 but you can't take this note to the girls for 24 hours. " 00:11:53.38\00:11:57.41 And so I assured them I wouldn't. 00:11:58.55\00:12:00.65 They wrote the note telling the girls to tell them. 00:12:01.55\00:12:03.75 And 24 hours later I took it to the girls. 00:12:04.75\00:12:08.46 The girls told the judge. I'll never forget it. 00:12:08.66\00:12:11.13 Of course, I'm sure those men were gone long by then. 00:12:11.53\00:12:15.63 But what I'm trying to tell you, dear friends, 00:12:15.83\00:12:18.13 is every one of us here tonight - 00:12:18.33\00:12:20.40 I don't care who you are - 00:12:20.70\00:12:22.50 every last one of us here 00:12:22.70\00:12:25.41 are going to have to stand before the judgment bar of God 00:12:25.61\00:12:28.64 for the Scripture tells us that. 00:12:29.61\00:12:31.48 Ecclesiastes 12:14: 00:12:33.05\00:12:36.12 Going to bring it all into judgment. 00:12:48.16\00:12:50.33 It doesn't make any difference. 00:12:50.53\00:12:52.97 And dear friend, let me tell you something: 00:12:53.17\00:12:55.57 it's here! 00:12:55.97\00:12:57.57 It's here during this life. There's not such a thing 00:12:57.77\00:13:00.68 as a second chance. 00:13:00.88\00:13:03.14 That doesn't exist... it's now. 00:13:03.55\00:13:05.88 Take it or leave it... it's your last chance. 00:13:06.08\00:13:08.98 There's not another opportunity. 00:13:09.18\00:13:11.62 For the Scripture makes that clear in the book of Hebrews... 00:13:11.82\00:13:14.52 Hebrews 9:27: 00:13:14.72\00:13:16.22 Scripture is absolutely clear. It says: "It's appointed unto 00:13:25.53\00:13:28.50 men to die once. After that the judgment. " 00:13:28.70\00:13:31.67 What's going to happen then? 00:13:31.87\00:13:33.24 It says very clear man's going to die; 00:13:46.32\00:13:49.16 after that's going to be the judgment. 00:13:49.36\00:13:51.39 Jesus is going to come! 00:13:51.59\00:13:53.90 That's clear; that's what it says. 00:13:54.60\00:13:56.70 So you and I have this time now. 00:13:57.37\00:14:00.74 You don't have some future time... 00:14:01.14\00:14:04.64 you have today. And it says God is going to bring 00:14:04.84\00:14:08.78 EVERY work into judgment. 00:14:08.98\00:14:10.95 Now I've told you. We studied Bible prophecy. 00:14:11.71\00:14:16.15 I've tried to lay a foundation to help you. 00:14:17.39\00:14:19.89 Now you can begin to apply 00:14:20.39\00:14:23.09 some of the things that you have learned. 00:14:23.29\00:14:25.09 Notice what it says here in Daniel the 7th chapter 00:14:25.29\00:14:28.66 and verse 21, OK? 00:14:28.86\00:14:31.27 Did you put some things together? 00:15:06.37\00:15:08.40 It talked about the little horn. 00:15:09.27\00:15:11.54 We studied that little horn. OK? 00:15:11.94\00:15:14.28 And it says that when the little horn came down to an end 00:15:14.68\00:15:18.55 that the judgment would begin. 00:15:18.75\00:15:20.82 That's what it's saying here. 00:15:21.02\00:15:22.62 And in our study of Daniel the 7th chapter 00:15:22.82\00:15:25.69 we identified that little horn as? Papal Rome. 00:15:25.89\00:15:30.93 So it said that as Papal Rome would come to an end 00:15:31.79\00:15:37.17 the judgment would begin. 00:15:37.37\00:15:39.73 And when the judgment came to an end 00:15:39.93\00:15:42.77 the saints would possess the? Kingdom! 00:15:42.97\00:15:46.47 Are you putting it together? 00:15:46.68\00:15:48.01 Step by step that's what the Scripture is saying. 00:15:48.18\00:15:50.45 Well you remember in our study 00:15:50.65\00:15:52.45 Daniel 7:25... listen carefully: 00:15:52.65\00:15:55.28 So it says that little horn, the saints were going to be 00:16:01.82\00:16:05.16 given into his hand for a time, times, and a dividing of time. 00:16:05.36\00:16:10.10 Listen carefully: 00:16:10.30\00:16:11.63 Saints are going to be given into his hand 00:16:15.47\00:16:17.77 for a time, times, and a half a time 00:16:17.97\00:16:20.94 then the court is going to be seated. That means judgment. 00:16:21.14\00:16:25.01 All right? 00:16:25.21\00:16:26.75 When did they take away his dominion, folks? 00:16:30.72\00:16:34.09 Napoleon came in and overthrew it when? 00:16:36.12\00:16:39.89 February 15, 1798. 00:16:40.30\00:16:43.90 Are you putting it together? 00:16:44.10\00:16:45.43 All right... that's when his dominion ended. 00:16:45.63\00:16:48.10 "They shall take away his dominion to consume 00:16:48.30\00:16:51.37 and destroy it forever. " 00:16:51.57\00:16:53.34 Now as we have studied the Scriptures God said 00:16:53.74\00:16:56.64 that He gave us how much? A day for each year. 00:16:56.85\00:17:00.72 That's what He's told us it represents. 00:17:00.92\00:17:02.88 OK. 00:17:03.08\00:17:04.52 Said the saints would be given into his hand for a time, 00:17:04.72\00:17:09.56 times, and a half a time. 00:17:09.76\00:17:11.79 We found out that in Bible prophecy 00:17:11.99\00:17:14.10 a time represented one year. OK? 00:17:14.30\00:17:18.47 That would be 360 days. 00:17:18.67\00:17:21.10 Times would represent 2 years which would be 720. 00:17:21.30\00:17:25.27 And a half a time would be 180. 00:17:25.47\00:17:28.84 If you add those together it gives you 1,260 days... 00:17:29.04\00:17:35.02 each day representing a year. 00:17:35.22\00:17:37.19 We found out in our study that the papal power 00:17:37.39\00:17:40.39 came to power in the year of 538 AD. Right? 00:17:40.59\00:17:45.76 And it says that it was going to be given into his hand 00:17:45.96\00:17:48.96 for 1,260 years. 00:17:49.16\00:17:51.30 If I add 1,260 years to 538 AD 00:17:51.70\00:17:56.17 it takes me to 1798 AD. 00:17:56.37\00:17:59.81 OK... that is the period. 00:18:00.41\00:18:02.58 And it says when that period ended 00:18:02.78\00:18:05.05 the court would be seated. 00:18:05.25\00:18:07.88 Are you with me? 00:18:08.72\00:18:10.05 Now, folks, watch very carefully 00:18:10.29\00:18:12.92 'cause that's Daniel 7. 00:18:13.12\00:18:15.19 We're moving into Daniel 8. 00:18:15.39\00:18:17.66 Watch what begins to happen. 00:18:17.86\00:18:19.76 So it says that this power, this little horn, 00:18:39.91\00:18:42.45 it prospered during the 1,260 years. 00:18:42.65\00:18:46.12 That's what it's saying. 00:18:46.52\00:18:47.86 Now watch... we're Daniel 8. 00:18:47.89\00:18:49.62 He's saying: "How long is this going to go on? " 00:19:05.77\00:19:09.01 Because it said that little horn would prosper, 00:19:09.21\00:19:11.28 it would cast the truth to the ground, 00:19:11.48\00:19:13.08 it would do these things. He said: "How long 00:19:13.28\00:19:15.52 is this going to go on? " Watch: 00:19:15.72\00:19:17.79 All right... now let's put it together. 00:19:32.73\00:19:35.47 He's saying: "How long is this going to go on? " 00:19:36.77\00:19:38.87 It was going to go on for 1,260 years. 00:19:39.07\00:19:42.18 All right? Then he said when that's going to be over 00:19:42.38\00:19:46.21 and then he said there would be 2,300 days 00:19:46.41\00:19:51.02 or 2,300 years. 00:19:51.22\00:19:53.69 When Daniel had this vision in the 8th chapter, folks, 00:19:54.39\00:19:57.13 he didn't understand it. 00:19:57.53\00:19:59.03 Couldn't put it together. 00:20:00.60\00:20:02.00 And you come to the last verse 00:20:02.20\00:20:04.67 of the 8th chapter of Daniel 00:20:04.87\00:20:06.63 and it reads like this: 00:20:06.84\00:20:08.24 Couldn't put it together. 00:20:25.29\00:20:26.86 So in the 9th chapter of Daniel Daniel begins to pray 00:20:27.52\00:20:31.76 that God will help him understand this vision. 00:20:31.96\00:20:35.03 And as Daniel is praying 00:20:35.46\00:20:37.67 asking God to reveal this vision to him 00:20:37.87\00:20:40.44 all of a sudden God sends an angel 00:20:40.64\00:20:43.97 by the name of Gabriel. 00:20:44.17\00:20:46.27 So that angel Gabriel, folks, 00:21:17.91\00:21:20.04 is come to explain this vision to Daniel. 00:21:20.24\00:21:23.48 What vision is he explaining? 00:21:23.88\00:21:25.38 He's explaining this 2,300 days. 00:21:25.58\00:21:29.45 That's what he's explaining. 00:21:29.65\00:21:30.99 So watch, now, as Daniel takes it through. 00:21:31.15\00:21:34.09 And those of you that are here 00:21:34.29\00:21:36.29 who have some questions about Jesus Christ 00:21:36.49\00:21:39.19 being all that He claimed to be 00:21:39.39\00:21:41.20 then I'd like to invite you to follow me very very carefully. 00:21:41.60\00:21:47.00 Daniel 9:24... angel Gabriel speaking to Daniel. 00:21:49.60\00:21:53.58 He says: "Daniel... " 00:21:53.78\00:21:55.11 Who is Daniel's people? 00:22:00.02\00:22:02.08 The Jewish people... that's Daniel's people. 00:22:04.52\00:22:07.16 So he said: "Seventy weeks are determined for your people, 00:22:07.56\00:22:11.89 Daniel. " Now watch: 00:22:12.09\00:22:13.83 How can I know when the prophecy starts? 00:22:25.07\00:22:27.34 The angel Gabriel does not leave you in any doubt 00:22:27.54\00:22:30.88 whatsoever. Listen to these words: 00:22:31.08\00:22:33.05 Daniel 9:25: 00:22:33.25\00:22:35.48 Until what? Messiah. OK. 00:22:43.36\00:22:46.70 Here we go. 00:22:46.90\00:22:48.36 Those of you that are having questions 00:22:48.86\00:22:50.47 about Jesus Christ watch clearly: 00:22:50.67\00:22:52.73 The Jewish people are in captivity. 00:22:59.54\00:23:02.01 They've been in captivity in Babylon; 00:23:02.64\00:23:04.75 they're now in captivity to Medo-Persia. 00:23:04.95\00:23:07.32 And he's told him "When the decree goes forth" 00:23:07.52\00:23:11.25 OK? "for them to go back and rebuild Jerusalem 00:23:11.45\00:23:15.72 unto the Messiah... " 00:23:15.92\00:23:18.29 So he's told him here clearly. 00:23:28.34\00:23:30.11 Said: "Daniel, 70 weeks are determined on your people. 00:23:30.31\00:23:33.34 Understand, Daniel, from the going forth of the commandment 00:23:33.74\00:23:37.91 to restore and build Jerusalem 00:23:38.11\00:23:39.61 unto the Messiah, the Prince, 00:23:39.81\00:23:42.38 will be 69 weeks. " 00:23:42.58\00:23:45.52 That's what the angel Gabriel has just told him. 00:23:46.55\00:23:48.99 OK. When was the decree given 00:23:49.76\00:23:53.40 to restore and build Jerusalem? 00:23:53.60\00:23:55.13 Well, there were three decrees that were given. 00:23:55.33\00:23:57.10 Cyrus gave a decree 00:23:57.93\00:23:59.57 sending them back to re-build the temple. 00:23:59.77\00:24:01.80 Later Darius gave a decree 00:24:02.00\00:24:05.34 which helped them finish building the temple. 00:24:05.54\00:24:07.98 A little later than that a king by the name of Artaxerxes... 00:24:08.18\00:24:12.15 Artaxerxes sent Nehemiah back 00:24:12.45\00:24:15.42 and he re-built the walls and the gates. 00:24:15.62\00:24:18.55 But it wasn't until Artaxerxes made a decree 00:24:18.95\00:24:22.76 that gave to Ezra the right to go back 00:24:22.96\00:24:26.63 and to elect judges and magistrates 00:24:26.83\00:24:30.73 and set Israel back as a nation 00:24:30.93\00:24:35.37 that that decree really went into effect. 00:24:35.57\00:24:38.07 This decree is recorded in Ezra the 7th chapter 00:24:38.27\00:24:41.04 and verse 12. And it says: 00:24:41.24\00:24:43.91 That decree was given by King Artaxerxes, folks, 00:25:06.23\00:25:10.24 in the year 457 BC. 00:25:10.64\00:25:15.31 So you have a starting date. 00:25:15.81\00:25:18.38 That was a decree that was given for them to go back 00:25:18.88\00:25:22.08 and re-build Jerusalem: 457 BC. 00:25:22.28\00:25:26.69 He said from there it would be 69 weeks 00:25:26.89\00:25:30.69 unto the what? Messiah. 00:25:30.89\00:25:36.03 OK... we have a little key that we keep referring to. 00:25:38.07\00:25:41.40 I don't want you to forget it. 00:25:41.80\00:25:43.27 'Cause if we're dealing with 2,300 days 00:25:43.47\00:25:46.34 in Bible prophecy that would be? 2,300 years. 00:25:46.54\00:25:51.31 So that's a principle that's there in Scripture 00:26:02.32\00:26:04.53 telling you that a day represents a year. 00:26:04.73\00:26:06.53 Now let's watch as we see how the Bible puts it together. 00:26:06.73\00:26:10.67 In prophetic Bible prophecy, a prophetic day equals 00:26:11.07\00:26:14.80 one literal year. All right: 00:26:15.00\00:26:18.67 So if I've got 69 weeks 00:26:35.79\00:26:38.69 my starting date is 457 BC. 00:26:38.89\00:26:44.00 OK... here we go. 00:26:44.20\00:26:46.43 457 BC - starting date - so I'm going to put them down. 00:26:47.44\00:26:52.61 Now if I've got 69 weeks... 00:26:53.01\00:26:55.54 right? And how many days are there in a week? 00:26:55.74\00:26:59.78 Seven days in a week. 00:27:01.35\00:27:02.92 So I have to multiply 7 times 69... right? 00:27:03.12\00:27:09.12 If I multiply 7 times 69 00:27:09.96\00:27:14.33 that equals 483. 00:27:14.53\00:27:19.17 Now in BC dates, folks, 00:27:19.57\00:27:22.00 BC dates you subtract. 00:27:22.20\00:27:24.47 AD dates we add, we know, but BC dates you must subtract. 00:27:24.67\00:27:28.24 So I have to subtract 00:27:28.44\00:27:30.41 483 from 457. 00:27:30.61\00:27:34.98 Are you with me? 00:27:36.18\00:27:37.52 If I subtract 483 from 457 00:27:37.82\00:27:43.73 that will take me to the date 00:27:43.93\00:27:47.63 of 27 AD. 00:27:47.83\00:27:52.50 OK? There it is. 00:27:52.70\00:27:54.64 If I subtract 457 from 483 00:27:54.84\00:28:00.18 takes me to 27 AD. 00:28:00.38\00:28:02.48 Now folks, something has to happen. 00:28:02.68\00:28:06.15 Something has to take place. 00:28:06.35\00:28:08.35 Because Daniel has said back here... way back in 500 BC 00:28:08.55\00:28:12.95 he said it's 69 weeks or 483 years 00:28:13.15\00:28:17.56 unto the Messiah the Prince. 00:28:17.76\00:28:21.13 Watch what happens, folks. 00:28:21.53\00:28:24.83 Luke the third chapter verse 1: 00:28:27.14\00:28:30.41 OK... that's Luke the third chapter. 00:28:38.25\00:28:40.42 Watch the third chapter verse 21: 00:28:40.62\00:28:42.68 Are you getting the picture? 00:29:05.27\00:29:06.61 Right there Jesus was baptized; He began His ministry. 00:29:07.18\00:29:12.48 You want to see an interesting fact? 00:29:12.68\00:29:14.28 Dear friend, tonight if you don't believe this Book, 00:29:25.49\00:29:28.43 if you don't believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah, 00:29:28.63\00:29:31.27 answer that for me. 00:29:31.47\00:29:33.03 Answer it for me... tell me how that can be. 00:29:34.10\00:29:36.44 Tell me anybody else - 00:29:37.51\00:29:39.84 anybody else in the whole wide world - 00:29:40.04\00:29:42.81 that fits that time sequence. 00:29:43.01\00:29:45.41 Jesus Christ alone is the only one that fits that time sequence 00:29:46.41\00:29:51.35 and He was born exactly right on time 00:29:51.55\00:29:55.12 and He began His ministry exactly on time! 00:29:55.32\00:29:59.49 There's nobody else. Jesus Christ alone 00:30:01.73\00:30:06.30 is the One that fits that. 00:30:06.50\00:30:08.94 If you're intellectually honest, 00:30:10.14\00:30:12.24 if you're intellectually honest, 00:30:13.38\00:30:14.81 you've got to do something with that. 00:30:15.21\00:30:17.28 You can't see that 00:30:18.18\00:30:20.32 and look at that square in the face 00:30:20.52\00:30:22.12 and say: "Well, all these prophecies about Him being 00:30:23.12\00:30:26.99 the Messiah... " There's over 300 of them 00:30:27.19\00:30:28.62 in the Old Testament... "they don't have any meaning. " 00:30:28.82\00:30:31.73 Indeed they do have meaning, friends. 00:30:33.36\00:30:35.43 He is the Savior of mankind. But let's go on. 00:30:36.03\00:30:39.23 The angel Gabriel has said to Daniel 00:30:41.70\00:30:43.54 how many weeks was determined upon his people? 00:30:43.74\00:30:45.67 Seventy weeks. 00:30:46.07\00:30:47.51 Well, we have looked at 69. 00:30:49.48\00:30:53.85 That's how many we've looked at. 00:30:54.05\00:30:55.45 So if we've looked at 69 weeks 00:30:55.85\00:30:58.52 69 weeks brought us down to 27 AD. 00:30:58.72\00:31:02.49 So I still have one week left. 00:31:03.19\00:31:05.86 Right? You with me? 00:31:07.03\00:31:08.36 "Seventy weeks are determined on your people. " 00:31:08.66\00:31:10.77 We've looked at 69 so that leaves me one week. 00:31:10.97\00:31:14.90 This last week, folks, is extremely important. 00:31:15.30\00:31:19.07 Look at it very very carefully. 00:31:19.47\00:31:22.81 "And he... " Daniel 9:27... 00:31:23.21\00:31:25.81 Now he's speaking of the Messiah here. 00:31:39.39\00:31:41.53 And it says that He would confirm the covenant. 00:31:41.93\00:31:47.74 And by the way, I run onto some people that want to apply that 00:31:47.94\00:31:50.87 to the antichrist rather than Jesus Christ. 00:31:51.07\00:31:54.64 Let me tell you something: there is nowhere in this Book, 00:31:54.84\00:31:58.28 absolutely nowhere in this Book, 00:31:58.48\00:32:00.38 does it ever refer to the antichrist and the covenant. 00:32:00.58\00:32:03.75 The covenant always refers to Jesus Christ. 00:32:04.55\00:32:07.99 Never, never does it ever refer to an antichrist. 00:32:08.39\00:32:12.03 Just does not do that. 00:32:12.23\00:32:13.60 When it says He would confirm the covenant with many 00:32:13.80\00:32:16.16 for one week that can't be talking about anything other 00:32:16.36\00:32:19.50 than Jesus Christ. 00:32:19.70\00:32:21.14 "And He shall bring an end to sacrifices and offerings. " 00:32:21.34\00:32:25.97 Well, let's see what we're going to do. 00:32:26.27\00:32:28.48 We have this seventh week right here... 27 AD. 00:32:28.88\00:32:34.08 Said in the middle of the week 00:32:34.48\00:32:37.22 going to cause the sacrifices and oblations to cease. 00:32:37.42\00:32:40.32 Well, if I've got 7 and I go to half of it 00:32:40.72\00:32:44.26 that's how much? Three and a half. 00:32:44.46\00:32:47.06 So if I go 3-1/2... 00:32:47.26\00:32:49.50 if I go 3-1/2 from 27 AD 00:32:49.90\00:32:53.94 it says that Jesus would bring the sacrifices and oblations 00:32:54.14\00:32:59.21 to an end. Let's see what happens. 00:32:59.41\00:33:02.74 They've taken Christ... they've taken Him out to Golgotha 00:33:04.05\00:33:09.48 and they've hung Him on a cross. 00:33:10.69\00:33:12.39 While He's hanging there on the cross 00:33:13.96\00:33:16.02 down in Jerusalem the high priest - 00:33:16.22\00:33:20.70 or a priest I should say - is about ready to offer 00:33:20.90\00:33:24.33 a sacrificial lamb. Has his hand raised 00:33:24.53\00:33:30.04 to take the life of that lamb when all of a sudden 00:33:30.34\00:33:32.77 this veil, this huge veil that separated the Holy 00:33:32.97\00:33:36.75 and the Most Holy Place, began to tear at the top 00:33:36.95\00:33:40.02 and it tore all the way to the bottom. 00:33:40.42\00:33:42.78 It's recorded here in Mark the 15th chapter verse 38. 00:33:42.98\00:33:47.36 Now dear friends, the famous historian Josephus 00:33:54.43\00:33:58.77 describes that event. And he says when that veil 00:33:58.97\00:34:02.20 tore from top to bottom that that priest 00:34:02.60\00:34:05.97 dropped his knife. And he said he went running out 00:34:06.17\00:34:08.68 of the temple yelling "Ichabod! Ichabod! " 00:34:08.88\00:34:11.51 Which meant that the glory of God 00:34:11.91\00:34:14.32 had departed from the temple. 00:34:14.52\00:34:16.69 Why? Because the Lamb of God had died. 00:34:17.19\00:34:20.99 The sacrifices, oblations, offerings: 00:34:21.79\00:34:25.56 they came to an end. The sacrifice had been paid 00:34:25.76\00:34:29.46 for all mankind. 00:34:29.66\00:34:32.37 No longer... no longer, dear friend, 00:34:32.77\00:34:36.20 do we need to bring a sacrifice. 00:34:36.40\00:34:38.44 He was the sacrifice. 00:34:39.44\00:34:41.91 The whole sacrificial system 00:34:42.31\00:34:46.01 came to an end just exactly as the Scripture declared it would. 00:34:46.21\00:34:51.75 31 AD is when that took place. 00:34:52.49\00:34:56.56 31 AD. 00:34:56.76\00:34:59.16 OK... if I have three and a half 00:34:59.36\00:35:05.13 brought me to 31 AD, 00:35:05.33\00:35:07.60 I still have how much left? 00:35:07.80\00:35:09.54 Three and a half cause we divided seven. 00:35:10.74\00:35:12.84 So I've got 3-1/2. 00:35:13.04\00:35:14.38 So if I add 3-1/2 to 31 AD 00:35:14.51\00:35:18.11 that's going to take me to 34 AD. 00:35:18.31\00:35:22.95 34 AD. 00:35:23.75\00:35:25.32 Do you still have doubts about this Book? 00:35:29.56\00:35:31.46 Do you still have questions about it? 00:35:32.53\00:35:34.36 Are you not convinced yet that you can trust it? 00:35:35.23\00:35:39.77 Not far along enough to say: "Well, 00:35:41.40\00:35:45.74 God will do what He says? " 00:35:45.94\00:35:48.08 If you're that way, then listen. 00:35:49.38\00:35:52.88 He said: "Daniel, seventy weeks 00:35:53.08\00:35:56.25 are determined upon thy people. " 00:35:56.45\00:35:58.65 That seventy weeks, dear friend, came to an end 00:35:58.85\00:36:02.32 in 34 AD. 00:36:02.52\00:36:05.03 Daniel's people were the Jewish people. OK? 00:36:05.99\00:36:10.03 It's going to come to an end 34 AD. 00:36:10.23\00:36:13.97 Now let's watch... watch what happens. 00:36:15.80\00:36:19.07 There's a young man. 00:36:21.81\00:36:23.58 Very articulate. 00:36:24.71\00:36:26.41 Great powers of reasoning. 00:36:26.82\00:36:28.98 And he has gone throughout all of Israel preaching... 00:36:29.38\00:36:32.99 preaching that Jesus Christ IS the Messiah. 00:36:33.19\00:36:37.39 And not only just preaching, folks. He's taking this very 00:36:37.79\00:36:40.40 prophecy... this very prophecy we're talking about tonight... 00:36:40.60\00:36:43.83 and he has explained that with detail 00:36:44.03\00:36:46.80 and showed how that Jesus met every point exactly 00:36:47.00\00:36:50.81 as Scripture said. And his reasoning was so strong 00:36:51.01\00:36:55.08 that they couldn't find anything wrong with it. 00:36:55.28\00:36:57.48 And hundreds and hundreds - a multitude the Scripture says - 00:36:57.68\00:37:01.62 of priests even believed. 00:37:01.82\00:37:04.05 They were accepting Jesus Christ. 00:37:04.45\00:37:06.59 So many were giving their hearts to Christ 00:37:07.26\00:37:10.19 that the Sanhedrin had him arrested. 00:37:11.09\00:37:14.50 They brought this young man in before them 00:37:15.56\00:37:17.93 and they gave him an opportunity to defend himself. 00:37:18.33\00:37:23.41 And he picked up the Scripture 00:37:24.54\00:37:26.47 and he began to take these prophecies and he began to 00:37:26.78\00:37:30.61 explain how Christ fulfilled every one of them. 00:37:30.81\00:37:33.55 And his arguments were so sound, 00:37:34.52\00:37:37.02 his reasoning so right, 00:37:37.22\00:37:39.45 that they couldn't take it. 00:37:39.65\00:37:41.36 In fact, the Scripture says 00:37:41.86\00:37:43.36 that they got to the place that they couldn't stand it 00:37:43.56\00:37:45.73 and they stuck their fingers in their ears. 00:37:45.93\00:37:48.36 And he said to them: "Oh, you uncircumcised of heart! 00:37:49.23\00:37:52.97 How long will you cease to believe? " 00:37:53.17\00:37:55.54 And they grabbed him, and they drug him outside the city. 00:37:55.94\00:38:00.28 They took off their coats 00:38:01.78\00:38:03.51 and they laid them at the feet of a young man 00:38:04.65\00:38:07.12 by the name of Saul of Tarsus 00:38:07.32\00:38:10.52 and they stoned Stephen to death. 00:38:10.72\00:38:14.16 Saul of Tarsus a few days later 00:38:16.66\00:38:20.63 has been called by the high priest Ananias. 00:38:21.03\00:38:24.83 Asked to go down to Damascus 00:38:25.83\00:38:27.74 and to arrest the Christians there. 00:38:27.94\00:38:29.70 He's been given a group of soldiers 00:38:29.90\00:38:31.87 and they've headed for Damascus. 00:38:32.91\00:38:34.81 And as they get within sight of the city of Damascus 00:38:35.84\00:38:39.35 all of a sudden a bright light shines out of heaven 00:38:39.75\00:38:43.08 and it's so bright that it knocks Saul to the ground. 00:38:43.28\00:38:45.99 And a voice speaks and says: "Saul, Saul, 00:38:46.59\00:38:49.22 why persecutest thou Me? " 00:38:49.42\00:38:51.13 And he said: "Who are you, Lord? " 00:38:52.03\00:38:53.70 And He said: "I am Jesus whom you're persecuting. " 00:38:54.63\00:38:58.23 And he said: "What will You have me do? " 00:38:58.73\00:39:01.40 And He said: "Go on to Damascus and it will be shown you 00:39:02.54\00:39:05.57 what you shall do. " 00:39:05.77\00:39:07.11 And they led Saul by the hand - blind - to Damascus. 00:39:07.38\00:39:12.81 God spoke to a man by the name of Ananias 00:39:13.31\00:39:16.72 in Damascus and said: "Go pray for Saul 00:39:17.12\00:39:20.29 that he may receive his sight. " 00:39:20.49\00:39:22.09 He prayed with him and he was given his sight. 00:39:22.79\00:39:25.69 I want you to listen to what it says about Saul of Tarsus. 00:39:25.89\00:39:29.60 You want the date for that? 00:39:43.08\00:39:44.88 34 AD. 00:39:45.28\00:39:48.98 Just exactly as the Scripture said: 00:39:49.18\00:39:51.39 "Seventy weeks are determined upon your people. " 00:39:51.59\00:39:54.09 And when that 70 weeks came to an end in 34 AD 00:39:54.49\00:39:57.39 the gospel went to the Gentiles 00:39:57.59\00:39:59.89 just as God said it would. Dear friend, 00:40:00.40\00:40:03.60 I don't care who you are, 00:40:03.80\00:40:05.43 I don't care tonight if you're an atheist. 00:40:05.83\00:40:08.37 If you're an agnostic, if you're an infidel, 00:40:08.77\00:40:11.97 then all I ask... all I ask of you 00:40:14.01\00:40:17.68 is are you honest? 00:40:17.88\00:40:19.81 Are you intellectually honest? 00:40:20.02\00:40:22.22 If you are, answer those prophecies for me. 00:40:22.62\00:40:26.42 Show me where they don't hold up. 00:40:27.42\00:40:29.82 Tell me how anybody else 00:40:31.09\00:40:33.33 could be the Messiah except Jesus Christ. 00:40:33.73\00:40:36.36 He fulfilled it in every detail. 00:40:37.90\00:40:41.04 But the prophecy doesn't stop there, folks. 00:40:41.24\00:40:43.87 Gabriel's explaining how much? 00:40:46.27\00:40:48.41 You remember... that's what he's explaining. 00:40:52.55\00:40:54.55 So he's not just explaining the seventy weeks. 00:40:54.75\00:40:56.85 He's explaining the 2300. That seventy weeks 00:40:57.05\00:41:00.32 was just part of the 2300. 00:41:00.52\00:41:02.62 So he's explaining more than just seventy weeks. 00:41:10.20\00:41:14.70 OK, if we've got 70 weeks 00:41:16.67\00:41:19.64 and 70 weeks brought us to 34 AD 00:41:19.84\00:41:22.98 then if I subtract... if I subtract 00:41:23.38\00:41:28.72 457 from 2300 00:41:30.39\00:41:34.32 it takes me to 1844 AD. 00:41:34.52\00:41:39.26 That's what I've got left. 00:41:40.63\00:41:42.20 Takes me to the date 1844 AD. 00:41:43.10\00:41:46.94 The cleansing of the sanctuary was known to the Jewish people 00:41:53.68\00:41:58.48 as the day of judgment. 00:41:58.68\00:42:00.78 Also known as the cleansing of the sanctuary. 00:42:01.28\00:42:04.49 Also known as the Day of Atonement. 00:42:04.69\00:42:08.29 OK? 00:42:08.79\00:42:10.23 On this day the high priest 00:42:10.43\00:42:13.96 is going to go into the Most Holy Place. 00:42:14.36\00:42:17.17 He's going to appear into the presence of God... 00:42:17.57\00:42:20.57 before God and the mercy seat... 00:42:21.07\00:42:23.51 to plead and bear the sins of the children of Israel. 00:42:23.71\00:42:28.68 OK. That was known as the day of judgment. 00:42:29.64\00:42:34.88 OK? Known as the day of judgment. 00:42:35.45\00:42:38.39 Listen very carefully to what the book of Revelation says. 00:42:39.32\00:42:42.26 Now folks, it does not say 00:42:53.40\00:42:55.60 is coming. 00:42:55.80\00:42:57.47 It doesn't say that... it says the hour of God's judgment 00:42:58.47\00:43:02.08 "has come. " 00:43:02.28\00:43:04.08 OK? That's present tense. 00:43:04.28\00:43:06.72 HAS come. Let's look at another text. 00:43:06.92\00:43:10.25 Revelation 22 verse 10: 00:43:10.45\00:43:12.42 Follow very carefully now: 00:43:21.20\00:43:23.43 What do you think that's talking about? 00:43:45.72\00:43:47.42 That's judgment! 00:43:48.56\00:43:49.99 That's what it's talking about: judgment. 00:43:50.59\00:43:53.06 "He who is righteous let him be righteous still; 00:43:53.46\00:43:56.06 he who is holy let him be holy still. " 00:43:56.26\00:43:57.93 That's judgment. Listen... it doesn't stop here: 00:43:58.13\00:44:01.04 Now dear friend, let me ask you something: 00:44:13.21\00:44:15.55 If Jesus brings His reward with Him, 00:44:15.75\00:44:19.02 then doesn't man have to have been judged? 00:44:19.42\00:44:22.02 You see, you can't very well pass out reward 00:44:22.99\00:44:27.06 and have the judgment later. 00:44:27.26\00:44:29.23 That wouldn't work! 00:44:30.03\00:44:31.37 So judgment has to have taken place. 00:44:31.63\00:44:35.27 So what the Scripture is trying to tell you 00:44:35.77\00:44:38.74 is judgment began in 1844 AD. 00:44:38.94\00:44:42.84 Did you put it together? I hope so. 00:44:44.31\00:44:46.45 Speaking of the little horn. 00:44:48.15\00:44:50.02 It says his dominion would be taken away from him. 00:44:50.99\00:44:53.82 It was taken away from him when? 00:44:54.02\00:44:56.22 1798 AD. 00:44:56.62\00:44:58.63 And it says that after his dominion was taken away 00:44:58.83\00:45:01.60 from him the court would be seated. 00:45:01.80\00:45:05.00 That means judgment would begin. Judgment began in? 00:45:05.40\00:45:08.67 1844 AD. Are you putting it together? 00:45:09.07\00:45:11.27 See how those prophecies all fit? 00:45:11.47\00:45:13.21 They dovetail together, dear friends. 00:45:13.41\00:45:15.61 Now I don't know... I don't know where you are, 00:45:36.87\00:45:40.50 dear friend. I don't know spiritually 00:45:40.70\00:45:43.20 where you are, but let me tell you something: 00:45:43.41\00:45:45.87 the little horn, it's dominion was taken away from it. 00:45:47.38\00:45:51.25 That's past. 00:45:51.71\00:45:53.05 1844 AD the judgment started. 00:45:53.78\00:45:56.32 It's been going on all this time. 00:45:57.22\00:45:59.12 Do you know what's next? 00:45:59.32\00:46:00.66 The saints are going to possess the kingdom. 00:46:01.82\00:46:05.79 Are you beginning to see where you are? 00:46:06.26\00:46:08.06 Beginning to understand where we are in the stream of time? 00:46:08.26\00:46:10.90 That's what it's telling you. 00:46:11.70\00:46:14.07 That's the time you are living in: 00:46:23.21\00:46:26.61 God's judgment hour. When that judgment 00:46:26.82\00:46:29.72 in heaven ends Jesus Christ is coming back. 00:46:29.92\00:46:33.12 That's what's happening. 00:46:34.22\00:46:35.76 That's what's going on. 00:46:35.96\00:46:37.29 So you've got 2,300 years. 00:46:37.33\00:46:39.39 That 2,300 years is broken into different parts 00:46:40.30\00:46:44.17 that began in 457 BC... 00:46:44.33\00:46:48.10 457 BC is when Artaxerxes gave a decree 00:46:48.30\00:46:51.97 that the Jewish people should go back 00:46:52.17\00:46:53.84 and they became a nation. 457 BC. 00:46:54.04\00:46:56.18 And he said from that point 70 weeks were determined upon 00:46:56.38\00:47:00.28 Daniel's people which was the Jewish people. 00:47:00.48\00:47:02.42 If you went 70 weeks or 490 years 00:47:02.62\00:47:05.99 from 457 BC it'll take you to 34 AD. 00:47:06.19\00:47:09.52 But he said: "Know therefore and understand 00:47:11.33\00:47:13.96 that from the going forth of the command to restore 00:47:14.16\00:47:16.00 and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince 00:47:16.20\00:47:18.33 shall be seven weeks three score and two weeks. " 00:47:18.53\00:47:20.94 So he broke up that 70 weeks 00:47:21.14\00:47:23.07 and he gave the 69 weeks unto the Messiah the Prince. 00:47:23.47\00:47:26.71 So if you come 69 weeks or 483 years 00:47:26.91\00:47:31.21 from 457 BC it will take you to 27 AD 00:47:31.41\00:47:35.48 at which time Jesus was baptized, began His ministry. 00:47:35.68\00:47:39.75 Then it said He would "confirm the covenant with many 00:47:40.19\00:47:43.29 for one week and in the midst of the week 00:47:43.49\00:47:46.36 He would cause the sacrifice and oblations to cease. " 00:47:46.56\00:47:49.30 So that 70th week 00:47:49.80\00:47:51.60 is broken up into two parts. 00:47:52.10\00:47:54.34 Three and a half... that was the time of Christ's ministry 00:47:54.54\00:47:58.97 from 27 AD to 31 AD. 00:47:59.17\00:48:01.61 Christ dies in 31 AD. 00:48:02.01\00:48:04.25 The sacrifices and oblations came to an end. 00:48:04.45\00:48:07.55 The Lamb of God died. 00:48:07.75\00:48:09.35 The last 3-1/2 weeks was from 31 AD to 34 AD 00:48:09.55\00:48:14.22 at which time the gospel went to the Gentiles. 00:48:14.42\00:48:19.03 That brings us to 34 AD. 00:48:19.43\00:48:21.40 If I subtract 490 from 2300 00:48:21.70\00:48:27.64 that leaves me 1810. 00:48:27.84\00:48:30.61 If I add 1810 to 34AD 00:48:30.81\00:48:35.61 that takes me to 1844 AD... at which time the Scripture says 00:48:35.81\00:48:40.25 judgment would begin. 00:48:40.45\00:48:42.12 Now I want to share some good news with you tonight 00:48:43.05\00:48:45.62 about the judgment. 00:48:45.82\00:48:47.16 Dear friend, if you don't understand this, 00:48:48.59\00:48:51.23 if you can just get hold of this one fact... 00:48:52.36\00:48:54.76 if you can just believe this one fact 00:48:55.16\00:48:57.93 what a difference it'll make. Listen: 00:48:58.33\00:49:00.67 Marvelous! 00:49:14.62\00:49:16.65 What more can you ask? 00:49:16.85\00:49:18.22 I mean, Jesus is the Judge. 00:49:19.29\00:49:22.59 But dear friends, more than that 00:49:23.73\00:49:25.53 He's not just the Judge... 00:49:25.73\00:49:27.70 He is also your representative. 00:49:27.90\00:49:30.43 And He came and took upon Himself humanity. 00:49:31.30\00:49:34.97 He lived like you; He understands our weaknesses. 00:49:35.17\00:49:38.07 Marvelous! 00:49:38.74\00:49:40.08 Tonight do you want everlasting life? 00:49:52.65\00:49:55.66 Or maybe you're... maybe you're happy with this old world? 00:49:58.66\00:50:03.06 But if you'd like to have everlasting life, 00:50:05.17\00:50:08.94 all you have to do tonight is to believe... 00:50:10.14\00:50:14.31 believe in Jesus Christ. 00:50:14.71\00:50:17.35 Accept Him; give your heart to Him. 00:50:17.65\00:50:20.92 Surrender your life to Him. 00:50:21.32\00:50:23.25 He'll give you eternal life, and listen to this now, folks... 00:50:23.65\00:50:27.99 listen to this: 00:50:28.19\00:50:29.52 Marvelous! 00:50:36.56\00:50:37.90 You know what that's saying? 00:50:38.07\00:50:40.00 That's saying that judgment's going on up in heaven tonight. 00:50:40.80\00:50:44.47 That started in 1844 AD; it's been going on. 00:50:45.87\00:50:48.14 And it says that if you've given your heart to Jesus Christ 00:50:48.78\00:50:51.78 and your name comes up in the judgment 00:50:52.18\00:50:53.95 do you know what happens? 00:50:54.15\00:50:55.58 Jesus stands up and says: "Father, I will represent 00:50:56.15\00:51:00.26 this person. " Amen! 00:51:00.46\00:51:02.46 "You see, Father, this person has accepted Me... 00:51:02.66\00:51:05.99 therefore I will represent him. " 00:51:07.10\00:51:09.40 Now let me tell you something: 00:51:10.17\00:51:11.63 if Jesus Christ accepts your case, 00:51:12.97\00:51:17.07 you can't lose. Amen! 00:51:17.47\00:51:21.14 See? Marvelous! 00:51:21.34\00:51:23.45 Said: "I will plead My blood on behalf of this person, Father. " 00:51:24.05\00:51:28.52 "I died for that individual. " 00:51:29.82\00:51:32.32 "I lived a perfect life for him. " 00:51:32.52\00:51:34.62 "Father... accept him. " And you know what the Scripture says? 00:51:35.12\00:51:38.76 It says in Ephesians that God accepts you 00:51:39.89\00:51:43.57 because of His Son. Amen! 00:51:43.77\00:51:45.63 Now He doesn't accept you 'cause you're good looking. 00:51:45.83\00:51:47.87 Or He doesn't accept you because you're smart. 00:51:49.90\00:51:52.71 See? He accepts you because of His Son Jesus Christ. 00:51:53.64\00:51:58.15 Says: "Father, accept him. " And the Father says: 00:51:58.81\00:52:01.28 "Because You died for him I'll accept him. " 00:52:01.48\00:52:04.35 That's what He does for you and for me. 00:52:05.49\00:52:08.12 The Bible says there's several books that are used 00:52:09.32\00:52:11.39 in the judgment. 00:52:11.59\00:52:12.99 One of the books that's used in the judgment 00:52:13.63\00:52:15.36 is called the Book of Life. 00:52:15.56\00:52:16.90 Marvelous book: Book of Life. 00:52:17.83\00:52:20.54 Do you know what you've gotta do to get your name 00:52:22.00\00:52:23.61 in the Book of Life? 00:52:23.81\00:52:25.14 Huh? 00:52:25.97\00:52:27.31 Oh... just be good? 00:52:30.31\00:52:32.38 Will that get your name in the Book of Life? 00:52:32.78\00:52:34.78 No... you've gotta accept Jesus Christ. 00:52:35.18\00:52:38.55 This is what the Scripture says about it: 00:52:38.75\00:52:40.69 So when a person accepts Jesus Christ 00:52:52.93\00:52:56.54 as his personal Savior your name is entered 00:52:56.74\00:53:00.64 in the Book of Life. 00:53:00.84\00:53:02.18 That's what gives Jesus the right to represent you. 00:53:03.08\00:53:07.38 When your name comes up in the judgment 00:53:07.78\00:53:09.75 they look in the Book of Life and they say: "Oh, there's 00:53:09.95\00:53:11.49 a name right here. " And Christ can step up and say: 00:53:11.69\00:53:13.66 "Father, I plead My blood on behalf of this person. " 00:53:13.86\00:53:18.53 OK... there's two other books. 00:53:27.37\00:53:29.37 Another book called the Book of Remembrance. 00:53:29.77\00:53:32.24 You may not have known about that book. 00:53:33.17\00:53:34.81 You see, the Book of Remembrance 00:53:35.94\00:53:38.08 all the good things that you do 00:53:38.48\00:53:40.98 are recorded in the Book of Remembrance. 00:53:41.18\00:53:43.62 Listen: 00:53:43.82\00:53:45.15 So it says all the good things that you and I do 00:54:02.77\00:54:06.14 are written down in the Book of Remembrance. 00:54:06.64\00:54:09.38 That's nice to know, isn't it? 00:54:10.25\00:54:11.85 Every good deed you do. 00:54:12.78\00:54:15.08 Every good word you say. 00:54:15.48\00:54:17.22 Every person you help. 00:54:17.62\00:54:19.55 That's all recorded in the books of heaven. 00:54:19.95\00:54:22.39 I don't have time to get into it tonight 00:54:22.59\00:54:24.89 but do you know that every last one of you here - 00:54:25.09\00:54:28.60 I mean every last one of you - 00:54:28.80\00:54:31.00 whether you like it or whether you don't 00:54:31.20\00:54:33.23 do you know that every one of you have an angel? 00:54:33.64\00:54:35.90 And that angel keeps records. 00:54:37.04\00:54:39.47 That's what he does, OK? 00:54:39.77\00:54:42.68 There's another book that's used. 00:54:42.88\00:54:46.08 That book is called the Book of Iniquity. 00:54:46.28\00:54:48.48 That's where all the sins, all the bad things 00:54:49.95\00:54:54.82 that you and I do, are recorded. 00:54:55.02\00:54:57.36 This is what it says: 00:54:57.76\00:54:59.19 So all the bad... all the bad things that we do... 00:55:12.04\00:55:17.05 written down... recorded. 00:55:17.25\00:55:20.38 You see, I used to believe 00:55:21.65\00:55:23.89 that when you got to the judgment 00:55:24.39\00:55:26.55 they opened up the Book of Remembrance 00:55:26.96\00:55:29.49 and they opened up the Book of Iniquity 00:55:29.69\00:55:31.39 and if your good outweighed your bad you made it. 00:55:31.59\00:55:34.26 But that's not the way it is. 00:55:35.40\00:55:37.27 That's not the way it is. 00:55:37.67\00:55:39.00 You see, there's something in the Bible called 00:55:39.27\00:55:42.84 justification. 00:55:43.24\00:55:45.67 That when you accept Jesus Christ 00:55:46.07\00:55:48.54 it says that He "remembers your sins no more. " 00:55:48.94\00:55:53.98 See? And all the things that you and I have in the Book 00:55:55.05\00:55:59.29 of Iniquity... wiped out! 00:55:59.49\00:56:02.26 Remembered no more! 00:56:03.36\00:56:05.16 Now, if there's some of you here tonight 00:56:07.10\00:56:09.06 who like the fellow said to me, we were talking about 00:56:10.13\00:56:12.80 the judgment and he said: "Well... " he said, 00:56:13.00\00:56:15.20 when I get to heaven and to the judgment, " 00:56:15.40\00:56:17.54 he said, "I'm going to ask for justice. " 00:56:17.74\00:56:20.14 Not me. 00:56:21.51\00:56:23.04 I don't want justice... I want mercy. 00:56:23.24\00:56:25.98 Amen! See... I don't want justice. 00:56:26.18\00:56:28.62 I want mercy. 00:56:29.02\00:56:30.35 And so I want Jesus Christ's blood 00:56:30.72\00:56:34.59 to be in my place. 00:56:34.79\00:56:36.46 I want Him to cover all my sins. 00:56:36.66\00:56:38.89 I don't wanta have to face it 'cause I KNOW what I deserve. 00:56:39.09\00:56:42.46 Don't have any question about that. 00:56:42.86\00:56:45.13 This is what God will do for you: 00:56:45.53\00:56:48.44 So it says: "If you sin, you can come to Christ. " 00:57:06.42\00:57:09.96 He's your Advocate... He'll plead your case. 00:57:10.16\00:57:12.29 Let me tell you quickly 00:57:21.57\00:57:23.57 what your responsibility and my responsibility is. 00:57:23.77\00:57:27.94 Your responsibility, dear friend, 00:57:29.21\00:57:31.81 is to accept Jesus Christ. 00:57:32.11\00:57:34.22 That's your part is to accept Him. 00:57:35.18\00:57:37.95 And every morning when you get up 00:57:38.35\00:57:41.59 to commit your life to Jesus Christ. 00:57:41.79\00:57:44.73 Then He will do His work in your life. 00:57:45.36\00:57:48.20 See? But I must every day commit my life to Jesus Christ. 00:57:49.10\00:57:54.17 If I do that, He'll work in my life. 00:57:54.67\00:57:57.94 So tonight Jesus Christ is willing to confess your name 00:58:07.02\00:58:11.75 before His Father and the holy angels. 00:58:11.95\00:58:14.79