Can you believe it?
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Can you build your faith on it?
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The promises of
God's Word are sure.
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They do not fail.
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This book has
stood the test of time.
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Heavenly Father,
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tonight as we look
at this great prophecy
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we would like to
invite the Holy Spirit
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to be in our presence.
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Lord, may it
enlighten our minds.
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We pray, Lord, that
our hearts may be open.
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That they may be soft.
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That the Holy Spirit
may be able to show us
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and lead us and direct us.
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That we might
see that Jesus Christ
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is everything
that He claims to be
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and that each one
of us here tonight
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may reach out, claim the
things that He has done for us.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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I was holding a meeting
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in the southern part
of the United States,
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and to this meeting
came a couple young ladies.
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One 17 years old;
the other 19 years old.
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And after they had been
coming to the meeting for about
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two weeks they came up to
me after the meeting one night
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and said: "Would you consider
being a witness for us? "
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And I said: "I
don't know what you mean.
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What are you taking about? "
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And they said: "Well, we've
got to appear before a judge
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and we would like for you to
be a character witness for us. "
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And I said: "I still don't
understand what's going on. "
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And they said: "Well, uh,
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we were arrested and
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we need a character witness. "
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And I said: "What
were you arrested for? "
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And they said: "Oh, we were
arrested for dealing drugs. "
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And said: "We would like
to... for you to be a character
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witness for us. "
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And I said: "Well,
I'll tell you what...
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I'll be happy to go
to the court with you.
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And I'll be happy to tell
the judge you've been coming
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to the meetings each
night. I'll be more than happy
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to do that. "
And they said: "OK.
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If you'll do that. " And I said:
"I'll be happy to do that. "
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So we went to court.
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A little bit the
judge talked to the girls.
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He said: "I understand you
have a character witness. "
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So he called me up
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and I told him that these girls
had been coming every night
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to the meetings
for about two weeks
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and they have shown an interest
in God's Word and all that.
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And the judge said: "Thank
you" and he turned to the girls
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and he said: "I'll
you what... " He said:
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"I'll make it easy on you. "
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He said: "I'll
make it easy on you.
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You tell me who's
selling you the drugs
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and I'll drop everything. "
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And these girls said
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"We're not going to tell you
who's selling us the drugs. "
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And the judge said:
"Let me tell you something:
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if you don't tell me
who's selling you the drugs
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I'm going to
throw the book at you. "
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And the girls said: "Well we're
not telling you who sold...
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who we bought the drugs from. "
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The judge said: "I'll tell
you what. I'm going to give you
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three days to think it over. "
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And he said: "In three days I
want you back here in the court
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and you can decide
whether you're going to tell me
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or whether you're
not. " So we left.
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And when the girls came
to the meeting that night
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I said: "Have you decided
what you're going to do? "
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And they said: "Oh,
we're not going to tell him. "
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And I said: "That judge is
going to let you have it. "
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And they said: "Nah...
he's not going to do it. "
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Said: "He's not
going to do it. "
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I said: "Let me tell
you something. That judge
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is not playing around with you.
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He's going to
throw the book at you. "
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They said: "No, he's not
going to do anything like that.
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We're not going to tell who
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we've been
buying the drugs from. "
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So in three days
we went back to court.
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I went with the girls.
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Judge called
them up and said: "Uh,
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who... who have you
been buying the drugs from? "
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"Oh, " they said, "judge,
we're not going to tell you. "
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And the judge
said: "I'm asking you...
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you tell me who you're
buying the drugs from. "
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And they said: "No, judge,
we're not going to tell you. "
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And I watched... I
watched as that judge
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sentenced one girl
to 17 years in prison
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and the other girl to 25 years.
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I watched the blood
drain out of their faces.
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Sobbing... I watched the
guards carry them off to prison.
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And I turned to
the judge and I said:
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"Judge, do you
understand what you've done? "
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And he said:
"What do you mean? "
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And I said: "These girls
were coming to my meeting.
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There was some
chance that maybe they might
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give their heart to the Lord
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and that He could change their
life and make them different.
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And now look what you've
done. You've put them in prison
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and I can't even get to them. "
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He said: "Oh, I'll solve that. "
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He just wrote out
a note and he said:
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"All you've got to do is
show this and they'll let you in
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any time. "
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So I went in to see the girls.
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To say that they were shook up
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is to put it mildly, folks.
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And I said: "I told you
he was going to do this. "
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Said: "You wouldn't believe me.
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I told you he was
going to do this. "
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I said: "Why
don't you tell him? "
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And I don't know where I
got the crazy idea, folks,
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but I said: "If these people
that are selling you the drugs,
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selling the drugs to
you, told you to tell them,
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would you tell him? "
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They said: "Oh, they
would never do that. "
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And I said: "Let
me talk to them...
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Let me talk to them. "
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So after a bit they said: "OK. "
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And they wrote out a note.
Told me where to take that note
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and who to contact...
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and the
arrangements would be made.
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Well, I took the note
and arrangements were made.
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They sent me
back a note and said:
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"We'll meet you Tuesday
night at Pier 11 at 11 o'clock.
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I've got to admit one of the...
scaredest I think I've ever been
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in my life... because I
walked down Pier 9 there.
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There wasn't a light
on. It was pitch dark.
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11 o'clock at night
standing there by myself...
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scared to death.
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And finally down the
pier came these two men
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dressed in business suits.
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I mean, nice looking.
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Neat, clean...
regular businessmen.
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And we had quite a conversation.
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I finally said to them,
you know: "How can you...
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how can you let two girls -
one go to prison for 17 years
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and another one go
to prison for 25 years -
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how can you do that? "
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So after we talked a
while, they said: "OK,
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they said: "Uh, you tell
the girls they can tell them...
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but you can't take this note
to the girls for 24 hours. "
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And so I
assured them I wouldn't.
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They wrote the note
telling the girls to tell them,
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and 24 hours later I
took it to the girls.
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The girls told the
judge. I'll never forget it.
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Of course, I'm sure those
men were gone long by then.
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But what I'm trying to
tell you, dear friends,
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is every one of
us here tonight -
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I don't care who you are -
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every last one of us here
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are going to have to stand
before the judgment bar of God.
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For the scripture tells us that.
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Ecclesiastes the
12th chapter verse 14:
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Going to bring it
all into judgment.
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It doesn't make any difference.
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And dear friend, let
me tell you something:
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it's here... it's
here during this life.
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There's not such a
thing as a second chance.
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That doesn't exist... it's now!
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Take it or leave it.
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It's your last chance.
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There's not another opportunity,
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for the scripture makes that
clear in the book of Hebrews.
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Hebrews 9:27:
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Scripture is absolutely clear.
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Says: "It's
appointed unto man to die once,
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after that the judgment. "
What's going to happen then?
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It says very clear
man's going to die.
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After that's going
to be the judgment.
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Jesus is going to come!
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That's clear...
that's what it says.
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So you and I have this time now.
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You don't have some
future time, you have today.
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And it says God is going to
bring every work into judgment.
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Now I told you...
we've studied Bible prophecy.
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I've tried to lay a
foundation to help you.
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Now you can begin to apply
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some of the things
that you have learned.
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Notice what it says here
in Daniel the 7th chapter
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verse 21, OK?
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Did you put
some things together?
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It talked about the little horn.
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We studied that little horn, OK?
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And it says that when
little horn came down to an end
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that the judgment would begin.
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That's what it's saying here.
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And in our study of
Daniel the 7th chapter
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we identified
that little horn as...
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papal Rome.
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So it says that as papal
Rome would come to an end
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the judgment would begin.
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And when the
judgment came to an end
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the saints would
possess the kingdom.
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Are you putting it together?
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Step by step, that's
what the scripture is saying.
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Well you remember in our study -
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Daniel 7: 25- listen carefully:
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So it says that little horn
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the saints were going
to be given into his hand
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for a time, times,
and a dividing of time.
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Listen carefully:
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Saints are going to be
given into his hand for a time,
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times, and a half a time...
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then the court is
going to be seated.
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That means judgment, all right?
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"And they shall take
away his dominion... "
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When did they take
away his dominion, folks?
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Napoleon came in
and overthrew it when?
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February 15, 1798.
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Are you putting it together?
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All right, that's
when his dominion ended.
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"they shall take away
his dominion to consume and
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destroy it forever. "
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Now, as we have
studied the scripture, God said
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that He gave us
how much? A day for...
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each year. That's what
He's told us it represents.
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OK.
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Says its going to be given...
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saints will be given
into his hand for a time,
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times, and a half a time.
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We found out
that in Bible prophecy
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a time represented one year.
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OK. That would be 360 days.
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Times would represent 2
years which would be 720.
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And a half a time would be 180.
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If you add those
together, it gives you
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1,260 days...
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each day representing a year.
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We found out in our
study that the papal power
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came to power in the
year of 538 AD, right?
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And it says that it was
going to be given into his hand
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for 1,260 years.
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If I add 1,260 years to 538,
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it takes me to 1798 AD.
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OK, that is the period.
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And it says when
that period ended
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the court would be seated.
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Are you with me?
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Now, folks, watch very carefully
because that's Daniel 7.
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We're moving into Daniel 8.
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Watch what begins to happen.
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So it says that this
power - this little horn -
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it prospered
during the 1,260 years.
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That's what it's saying.
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Now watch... we're Daniel 8:
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He's saying: "How long
is this going to go on? "
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Because it said that
little horn would prosper.
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It could cast the
truth to the ground.
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It would do these
things. He said: "How long
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is this going to go on? "
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Watch:
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All right, now
let's put it together.
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He's saying: "How long
is this going to go on? "
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It was going to go
on for 1,260 years.
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All right? Then he said
When that's going to be over...
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and then he said
there would be 2,300 days
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or 2,300 years.
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When Daniel had this vision
in the 8th chapter, folks,
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he didn't understand it.
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Couldn't put it together.
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And you come to the last verse
of the 8th chapter of Daniel
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and it reads like this:
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Couldn't put it together.
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So in the 9th chapter of
Daniel, Daniel begins to pray
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that God will help him
understand this vision.
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And as Daniel is praying
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asking God to
reveal this vision to him
00:16:43.84\00:16:46.56
all of a sudden
God sends an angel
00:16:46.86\00:16:49.78
by the name of Gabriel.
00:16:50.08\00:16:52.60
All right?
00:17:16.83\00:17:18.69
So that angel
Gabriel, folks, is come
00:17:23.92\00:17:26.85
to explain this
vision to Daniel.
00:17:27.15\00:17:29.59
What vision is he explaining?
00:17:29.90\00:17:31.41
He's explaining this 2,300 days,
that's what he's explaining.
00:17:31.71\00:17:36.68
So watch now as
Daniel takes it through.
00:17:36.98\00:17:39.97
And those of you that are here
00:17:40.17\00:17:41.72
who have some
questions about Jesus Christ
00:17:42.02\00:17:45.20
being all that He claimed to be
00:17:45.40\00:17:47.36
then I'd like to invite
you to follow me very, very
00:17:47.66\00:17:51.85
carefully.
00:17:52.05\00:17:53.68
Daniel 9:24... angel
Gabriel speaking to Daniel...
00:17:55.39\00:17:59.39
He says: "Daniel... "
00:17:59.59\00:18:00.95
Who is Daniel's people?
00:18:06.09\00:18:08.09
The Jewish people:
that's Daniel's people.
00:18:08.40\00:18:13.15
So he said: "Seventy weeks
00:18:13.45\00:18:15.55
are determined for
your people, Daniel. "
00:18:15.75\00:18:18.46
Now watch:
00:18:18.76\00:18:20.27
How can I know when
the prophecy starts?
00:18:30.93\00:18:33.27
The angel Gabriel does
not leave you in any doubt
00:18:33.57\00:18:36.80
whatsoever.
Listen to these words:
00:18:37.00\00:18:38.84
Until what?
00:18:47.95\00:18:51.38
OK, here we go...
00:18:51.68\00:18:53.96
Those of you that are having
questions about Jesus Christ
00:18:54.26\00:18:57.58
watch clearly:
00:18:57.88\00:18:58.98
The Jewish
people are in captivity.
00:19:05.65\00:19:08.10
They've been in
captivity in Babylon.
00:19:08.40\00:19:10.55
They're now in
captivity to Medo-Persia.
00:19:10.85\00:19:13.33
And he's told him
when the decree goes forth,
00:19:13.64\00:19:17.02
OK, for them to go
back and rebuild Jerusalem
00:19:17.13\00:19:21.65
unto the Messiah, the Prince,
00:19:21.95\00:19:25.90
So he's told him here clearly.
00:19:34.06\00:19:36.01
Said: "Daniel, seventy weeks
are determined on your people. "
00:19:36.31\00:19:39.12
"Understand, Daniel... from the
going forth of the commandment
00:19:39.42\00:19:43.81
to restore and build Jerusalem
00:19:44.02\00:19:45.62
unto the Messiah, the Prince,
00:19:45.92\00:19:48.16
will be sixty-nine weeks.
00:19:48.46\00:19:51.60
That's what the angel
Gabriel has just told him.
00:19:52.00\00:19:55.02
OK. When was the decree given
00:19:55.32\00:19:59.28
to restore and
rebuild Jerusalem?
00:19:59.59\00:20:01.09
Well there were three
decrees that were given.
00:20:01.29\00:20:03.09
Cyrus gave a decree
00:20:03.39\00:20:05.56
sending them back
to rebuild the temple.
00:20:05.86\00:20:07.86
Later, Darius gave a decree
00:20:08.16\00:20:11.23
in which... helped them
finish building the temple.
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A little later than that, a king
by the name of Artaxerxes...
00:20:14.42\00:20:18.16
Artaxerxes sent Nehemiah back
00:20:18.46\00:20:21.39
and he rebuilt the
walls and the gates.
00:20:21.69\00:20:24.48
But it wasn't until
Artaxerxes made a decree
00:20:24.78\00:20:28.66
that gave to Ezra the
right to go back and to
00:20:28.96\00:20:33.29
elect judges and
magistrates and set Israel back
00:20:33.59\00:20:39.40
as a nation that that
decree really went into effect.
00:20:39.60\00:20:43.82
This decree is
recorded in Ezra the 7th chapter
00:20:44.02\00:20:46.89
and verse 12, and it says:
00:20:47.19\00:20:49.66
That decree was given
by King Artaxerxes, folks,
00:21:12.22\00:21:16.30
in the year 457 BC.
00:21:16.60\00:21:21.31
So you have a starting date.
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That was the decree that
was given for them to go back
00:21:24.78\00:21:28.02
and rebuild Jerusalem... 457 BC.
00:21:28.32\00:21:32.64
He said from there it
would be sixty-nine weeks
00:21:32.94\00:21:36.54
unto the... what?
00:21:36.75\00:21:39.80
Messiah.
00:21:40.10\00:21:42.38
OK. We have a little key
that we keep referring to.
00:21:43.85\00:21:47.33
I don't want you to forget it.
00:21:47.63\00:21:49.08
Because if we're dealing with
2,300 days in Bible prophecy
00:21:49.39\00:21:53.51
that would be... 2,300 years.
00:21:53.82\00:21:57.21
So that's a principle
that's there in scripture
00:22:08.17\00:22:10.41
telling you that a
day represents a year.
00:22:10.71\00:22:12.42
Now let's watch as we see
how the Bible puts it together.
00:22:12.72\00:22:16.58
A prophetic... in Bible
prophecy a prophetic day equals
00:22:16.88\00:22:20.44
one literal year.
00:22:20.74\00:22:23.55
All right.
00:22:23.85\00:22:24.88
So if I've got sixty-nine weeks,
00:22:41.55\00:22:44.42
my starting date is 457 BC.
00:22:44.72\00:22:49.91
OK... Here we go.
00:22:50.21\00:22:52.30
starting date.
00:22:52.70\00:22:57.19
So I'm going to put them down.
00:22:57.40\00:22:58.76
Now if I've got sixty-nine weeks
00:22:59.06\00:23:01.71
right? And how many
days are there in a week?
00:23:02.01\00:23:05.96
Seven days in a week.
00:23:06.26\00:23:08.78
So I have to
multiply 7 times 69, right?
00:23:09.08\00:23:14.98
If I multiply 7
times 69, that equals
00:23:15.28\00:23:21.21
483.
00:23:21.41\00:23:25.39
Now in BC dates, folks,
00:23:25.69\00:23:27.97
BC dates you subtract.
00:23:28.27\00:23:30.43
AD dates we add, you know...
but BC dates you must subtract.
00:23:30.73\00:23:34.14
So I have to subtract
00:23:34.45\00:23:36.40
483 from 457.
00:23:36.70\00:23:41.09
With me?
00:23:41.39\00:23:43.51
If I subtract 483 from 457,
00:23:43.81\00:23:49.76
that will take me to the date
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.67
of 27 AD.
00:23:53.97\00:23:58.42
OK? There it is.
00:23:58.72\00:24:00.86
If I subtract 457 from 483,
00:24:01.10\00:24:06.09
it takes me to 27 AD.
00:24:06.39\00:24:08.52
Now folks,
something has to happen!
00:24:08.82\00:24:11.96
Something has to take place.
00:24:12.26\00:24:14.27
Because Daniel has said
back here... way back in 500 BC
00:24:14.57\00:24:18.84
he said it's
sixty-nine weeks or 483 years
00:24:19.04\00:24:23.55
unto the Messiah the Prince.
00:24:23.75\00:24:27.35
Watch what happens, folks.
00:24:27.59\00:24:30.66
Luke the 3rd chapter verse 1...
00:24:32.50\00:24:36.27
OK, that's Luke the 3rd chapter.
00:24:43.88\00:24:46.44
Watch the 3rd chapter verse 21:
00:24:46.64\00:24:48.58
Are you getting the picture?
00:25:11.12\00:25:12.44
Right there Jesus was
baptized, He began His ministry.
00:25:12.75\00:25:18.42
You want to see
an interesting fact?
00:25:18.62\00:25:20.25
Jesus was baptized right on
time and began His ministry.
00:25:26.70\00:25:31.22
Dear friend tonight if
you don't believe this book,
00:25:31.47\00:25:34.43
if you don't believe that
Jesus Christ was the Messiah,
00:25:34.63\00:25:37.14
answer that for me.
00:25:37.34\00:25:38.85
Answer it for me.
Tell me how that can be!
00:25:39.15\00:25:42.24
Tell me anybody else
00:25:42.74\00:25:45.64
anybody else in
the whole wide world
00:25:45.94\00:25:48.57
that fits that time sequence.
00:25:48.87\00:25:51.27
Jesus Christ alone is the only
one that fits that time sequence
00:25:52.07\00:25:57.25
and He was born
exactly right on time
00:25:57.45\00:26:01.02
and He began His
ministry exactly on time.
00:26:01.33\00:26:05.30
There's nobody else.
00:26:07.79\00:26:09.09
Jesus Christ alone is
the one that fits that.
00:26:09.39\00:26:14.55
If you're intellectually honest,
00:26:15.05\00:26:18.25
if you're intellectually honest,
00:26:18.55\00:26:20.79
you've got to do something
00:26:21.09\00:26:22.38
with that.
00:26:22.58\00:26:23.77
You can't see that
00:26:24.07\00:26:26.31
and look at that
square in the face
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.07
and say: "Well, all these
prophesies about Him being
00:26:28.37\00:26:32.95
the Messiah - there's over 300
of them in the Old Testament -
00:26:33.16\00:26:35.36
They don't have any meaning? "
00:26:35.66\00:26:37.82
Indeed they do
have meaning, friends.
00:26:39.23\00:26:41.49
He is the Savior of
mankind. But let's go on.
00:26:41.80\00:26:45.18
Daniel... the angel
Gabriel has said to Daniel...
00:26:46.56\00:26:49.36
how many weeks was
determined upon his people?
00:26:49.56\00:26:51.58
Seventy weeks...
00:26:51.88\00:26:53.48
Well, we have looked at 69.
00:26:55.43\00:26:59.79
That's how many we've looked at.
00:27:00.09\00:27:01.41
So if we've looked
at sixty-nine weeks,
00:27:01.71\00:27:04.52
sixty-nine weeks
brought us down to 27 AD...
00:27:04.82\00:27:08.41
so I still have one week left.
00:27:08.71\00:27:11.80
All right. You with me?
00:27:12.11\00:27:14.31
"Seventy weeks are
determined on your people. "
00:27:14.61\00:27:16.75
We've looked at 69...
00:27:17.05\00:27:18.68
so that leaves me one week.
00:27:18.98\00:27:21.22
This last week, folks,
is extremely important.
00:27:21.52\00:27:25.00
Look at it very, very carefully.
00:27:25.30\00:27:28.66
Now it's speaking
of the Messiah here
00:27:44.80\00:27:47.37
and it says that He
would con... that He would
00:27:47.67\00:27:52.27
"confirm the
covenant. " And by the way,
00:27:52.47\00:27:54.69
I run onto some people
that want to apply that
00:27:54.89\00:27:56.62
to the antichrist
rather than Jesus Christ.
00:27:56.82\00:28:00.79
Let me tell you something.
00:28:01.09\00:28:02.14
There is nowhere in this book -
00:28:02.34\00:28:04.38
absolutely
nowhere in this book -
00:28:04.68\00:28:06.30
does it ever refer to the
antichrist and the covenant.
00:28:06.60\00:28:09.68
The covenant always
refers to Jesus Christ.
00:28:09.98\00:28:13.81
Never, never does it
ever refer to an antichrist.
00:28:14.12\00:28:17.83
Just does not do that.
00:28:18.13\00:28:19.59
When it says "He would
confirm the covenant with many
00:28:19.79\00:28:22.05
for one week, " that can't
be talking about anything other
00:28:22.25\00:28:25.37
than Jesus Christ.
00:28:25.57\00:28:26.96
"And He shall bring an end
to sacrifices and offerings. "
00:28:27.27\00:28:31.77
Well, let's see
what we're going to do.
00:28:32.07\00:28:34.36
We have this
seventh week right here.
00:28:34.66\00:28:37.46
27 AD.
00:28:37.76\00:28:40.10
Said in the MIDDLE of the
week He's going to cause the
00:28:40.30\00:28:44.30
sacrifices and
ablations to cease.
00:28:44.50\00:28:46.37
Well, if I've got 7
and I go to half of it,
00:28:46.67\00:28:50.11
that's how much?
00:28:50.41\00:28:51.44
Three and a half.
00:28:51.84\00:28:52.84
So if I go 3-1/2...
00:28:52.94\00:28:55.25
if I go 3-1/2 from 27 AD,
00:28:55.55\00:28:59.95
it says that Jesus would bring
the sacrifices and ablations
00:29:00.25\00:29:05.24
to an end.
00:29:05.44\00:29:06.46
Let's see what happened.
00:29:06.87\00:29:08.73
They've taken Christ.
00:29:09.23\00:29:11.72
They taken Him out to Golgotha
00:29:12.66\00:29:15.26
and they've hung Him on a cross.
00:29:15.56\00:29:18.41
While He's there
hanging there on the cross
00:29:19.99\00:29:21.79
in Jerusalem the high priest -
00:29:22.09\00:29:26.28
or a priest, I should say -
00:29:26.58\00:29:28.70
is about ready to
offer a sacrificial lamb.
00:29:29.00\00:29:31.58
Has his hand raised to
take the life of that lamb
00:29:31.88\00:29:37.79
when all of a sudden this veil -
00:29:37.99\00:29:39.90
this huge veil that separated
00:29:40.03\00:29:42.14
the holy and the and
the most holy place -
00:29:42.34\00:29:44.05
began to tear at the top
00:29:44.35\00:29:46.39
and it tore all
the way to the bottom.
00:29:46.69\00:29:48.77
It's recorded here in
Mark the 15th chapter verse 38:
00:29:49.07\00:29:53.43
Now dear friends, the
famous historian Josephus
00:29:59.21\00:30:04.68
describes that event.
00:30:04.98\00:30:06.56
And he says when that
veil tore from top to bottom
00:30:06.76\00:30:10.48
that that priest
dropped his knife and he said he
00:30:10.78\00:30:13.77
went running out
of the temple yelling:
00:30:13.87\00:30:15.63
"Ichabod, Ichabod! "
00:30:15.83\00:30:17.62
Which meant that the
glory of God had departed
00:30:17.92\00:30:21.47
from the temple.
00:30:21.67\00:30:22.71
Why? Because the
Lamb of God had died.
00:30:23.01\00:30:26.90
The sacrifices,
ablations, offerings...
00:30:27.20\00:30:31.30
they came to an end.
00:30:31.51\00:30:33.45
The sacrifice had
been paid for all mankind.
00:30:33.75\00:30:38.07
No longer... No
longer, dear friends,
00:30:38.37\00:30:42.21
do we need to bring a sacrifice.
00:30:42.41\00:30:44.41
He was the sacrifice.
00:30:45.37\00:30:47.82
The whole sacrificial
system came to an end
00:30:48.12\00:30:54.02
just exactly as the
scripture declared it would.
00:30:54.32\00:30:57.69
31 AD is when that took place.
00:30:57.99\00:31:02.49
31 AD.
00:31:02.79\00:31:05.16
OK. If I have three and a half,
00:31:05.46\00:31:11.13
brought me to 31 AD,
00:31:11.43\00:31:13.72
I still have how much left?
00:31:14.03\00:31:15.55
Three and a half...
because we divided seven.
00:31:16.05\00:31:18.71
So I've got three and a half.
00:31:19.02\00:31:20.21
So if I add 3-1/2 to 31 AD,
00:31:20.51\00:31:24.13
that's going to
take me to 34 AD.
00:31:24.33\00:31:28.78
34 AD.
00:31:29.08\00:31:31.14
You still have
doubts about this book?
00:31:31.44\00:31:33.53
Still have questions about it?
00:31:33.83\00:31:36.49
Are you not convinced
yet that you can trust it?
00:31:36.99\00:31:42.01
Not far along enough to say:
00:31:43.47\00:31:47.29
"Well, God will
do what He says? "
00:31:47.49\00:31:50.26
If you're that way, then listen:
00:31:51.33\00:31:54.50
He said: "Daniel seventy weeks
00:31:54.80\00:31:58.38
are determined
upon thy people. "
00:31:58.68\00:32:00.67
That seventy weeks,
dear friends, came to an end
00:32:00.97\00:32:04.40
in 34 AD.
00:32:04.70\00:32:06.97
Daniel's people
was the Jewish people.
00:32:08.16\00:32:10.34
OK. It's going to
come to an end 34 AD.
00:32:10.64\00:32:15.93
Now let's watch...
watch what happens:
00:32:17.43\00:32:21.17
There's a young
man... very articulate.
00:32:23.76\00:32:28.19
Great powers of reasoning.
00:32:28.49\00:32:31.11
And he has gone throughout
all of Israel preaching.
00:32:31.41\00:32:35.08
Preaching that Jesus
Christ IS the Messiah.
00:32:35.38\00:32:39.36
And not only
just preaching, folks,
00:32:39.66\00:32:41.40
he's taken this very prophecy -
00:32:41.60\00:32:43.62
this very prophecy
we're talking about tonight -
00:32:43.83\00:32:45.95
and he has
explained that with detail
00:32:46.05\00:32:48.85
and showed how that
Jesus met every point
00:32:49.15\00:32:52.17
exactly as the scripture said.
00:32:52.47\00:32:54.32
And his reasoning was so strong
00:32:54.62\00:32:57.22
that they couldn't
find anything wrong with it.
00:32:57.53\00:32:59.54
And hundreds and hundreds - a
multitude the scripture says -
00:32:59.74\00:33:03.82
of priests even believed.
00:33:04.02\00:33:06.11
They were
accepting Jesus Christ.
00:33:06.41\00:33:08.79
So many were giving
their hearts to Christ
00:33:09.09\00:33:12.27
that the
Sanhedrin had him arrested.
00:33:12.57\00:33:16.59
They brought this
young man in before them
00:33:17.98\00:33:20.05
and they gave him an
opportunity to defend himself.
00:33:20.35\00:33:25.35
And he picked up the scripture
00:33:25.66\00:33:28.67
and he began to
take these prophecies
00:33:28.97\00:33:31.05
and he began to explain
00:33:31.36\00:33:33.30
how Christ
fulfilled every one of them.
00:33:33.50\00:33:35.89
And his arguments were so sound,
00:33:36.19\00:33:38.82
his reasoning so right,
00:33:39.12\00:33:41.63
that they couldn't take it.
00:33:41.93\00:33:43.34
In fact, the scripture
says that got to the place
00:33:43.64\00:33:46.78
that they couldn't stand it
00:33:46.88\00:33:47.91
and they stuck their
fingers in their ears.
00:33:48.01\00:33:50.79
And he said to them: "Oh,
you uncircumcised of heart!
00:33:51.09\00:33:54.98
How long will you
cease to believe? "
00:33:55.29\00:33:57.59
And they grabbed him
00:33:57.89\00:33:59.79
and they drug
him outside the city.
00:34:00.09\00:34:02.43
They took off their coats.
00:34:02.73\00:34:05.70
They laid them at
the feet of a young man
00:34:06.00\00:34:09.17
by the name of Saul of Tarsus
00:34:09.48\00:34:12.64
and they stoned
Stephen to death.
00:34:12.94\00:34:16.25
Saul of Tarsus,
a few days later,
00:34:18.26\00:34:22.58
has been called by
the high priest Ananias.
00:34:22.89\00:34:26.87
Asked to go down to Damascus
00:34:27.27\00:34:29.97
and to arrest
the Christians there.
00:34:30.17\00:34:31.80
He's been given
a group of soldiers
00:34:32.10\00:34:33.87
and they've headed for Damascus.
00:34:33.97\00:34:37.32
And as they get within
sight of the city of Damascus
00:34:37.62\00:34:41.52
all of a sudden a bright
light shines out of heaven.
00:34:41.82\00:34:45.08
And it's so bright that
it knocks Saul to the ground.
00:34:45.38\00:34:48.05
And a voice speaks
and says: "Saul, Saul,
00:34:48.35\00:34:51.30
why persecutest thou Me? "
00:34:51.50\00:34:53.22
He said: "Who are you, Lord? "
00:34:53.53\00:34:55.81
And He said: "I am Jesus
whom you're persecuting. "
00:34:56.11\00:35:00.40
And he said: "What
will You have me do? "
00:35:00.70\00:35:03.55
And He said: "Go on to Damascus
and it will be shown you
00:35:03.86\00:35:07.62
what you shall do. "
00:35:07.82\00:35:08.88
And they led Saul by the
hand, blind, to Damascus.
00:35:09.18\00:35:14.56
God spoke to a man by the name
of Ananias in Damascus and said:
00:35:14.87\00:35:20.72
"Go pray for Saul that
he may receive his sight. "
00:35:21.03\00:35:23.80
He prayed for him, and
he was given his sight.
00:35:24.11\00:35:27.74
I want you to listen to what
it says about Saul of Tarsus.
00:35:28.04\00:35:31.66
You want the date for that?
00:35:45.15\00:35:47.05
34 AD.
00:35:47.35\00:35:50.95
Just exactly as
the scripture said
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.57
"seventy weeks are
determined upon your people. "
00:35:53.87\00:35:56.16
And when that 70 weeks
came to an end in 34 AD
00:35:56.46\00:35:59.50
the gospel went
to the Gentiles...
00:35:59.80\00:36:02.07
just as God said it would.
00:36:02.37\00:36:04.83
Dear friend, I
don't care who you are:
00:36:05.13\00:36:07.77
I don't care tonight
if you're an atheist.
00:36:08.07\00:36:10.38
If you're an agnostic...
if you're an infidel,
00:36:10.69\00:36:13.92
then all I
ask... all I ask of you
00:36:15.66\00:36:19.73
is are you honest?
00:36:20.03\00:36:22.09
Are you intellectually honest?
00:36:22.40\00:36:24.35
If you are, answer
those prophecies for me.
00:36:24.65\00:36:28.39
Show me where
they don't hold up.
00:36:28.89\00:36:31.87
Tell me how anybody else
00:36:33.17\00:36:35.21
could be the
Messiah except Jesus Christ.
00:36:35.31\00:36:38.26
He fulfilled it in every detail.
00:36:39.56\00:36:43.14
But the prophecy
doesn't stop there, folks.
00:36:43.44\00:36:46.01
Gabriel's explaining how much?
00:36:46.31\00:36:50.69
Well, he's explaining 2,300.
00:36:50.99\00:36:54.17
You remember? That's
what he's explaining.
00:36:54.47\00:36:56.69
So he's not just
explaining the seventy weeks,
00:36:56.89\00:36:58.90
he's explaining the 2,300.
00:36:59.10\00:37:01.30
That seventy weeks was
just part of the 2,300.
00:37:01.60\00:37:04.62
So he's explaining more
than just seventy weeks.
00:37:12.21\00:37:17.53
OK, if we've got seventy weeks
00:37:18.53\00:37:21.72
and seventy weeks
brought us to 34 AD,
00:37:21.92\00:37:25.05
then if I
subtract... if I subtract
00:37:25.35\00:37:30.59
457 from 2,300, it takes me to?
00:37:32.40\00:37:38.21
1844 AD.
00:37:39.60\00:37:41.58
That's what I've got left.
00:37:41.88\00:37:44.42
Takes me to the date 1844 AD.
00:37:44.72\00:37:49.11
Also known as the
cleansing of the sanctuary...
00:38:04.03\00:38:06.76
also known as
the Day of Atonement.
00:38:07.06\00:38:10.50
OK?
00:38:11.00\00:38:12.32
On this day the high
priest is going to go
00:38:12.62\00:38:17.55
into the most holy place.
00:38:17.75\00:38:19.60
He's going to appear
into the presence of God.
00:38:19.90\00:38:22.65
Before God and the mercy seat
00:38:22.95\00:38:25.68
to plead and bear the
sins of the children of Israel.
00:38:25.98\00:38:30.99
OK. That was known
as the Day of Judgment.
00:38:32.21\00:38:36.80
OK? Known as
the Day of Judgment.
00:38:37.10\00:38:40.53
Listen very carefully to what
the book of Revelation says.
00:38:40.83\00:38:44.58
Now folks, it
does not say is coming.
00:38:55.45\00:38:59.62
It doesn't say that. It
says the hour of God's judgment
00:39:00.97\00:39:04.16
HAS COME.
00:39:04.46\00:39:06.23
OK? That's present tense.
00:39:06.53\00:39:08.87
HAS COME.
00:39:09.17\00:39:10.53
Let's look at another text.
00:39:10.83\00:39:12.46
Revelation 22 verse 10:
00:39:12.56\00:39:14.64
Follow very carefully now.
00:39:23.45\00:39:25.58
What do you think
that's talking about?
00:39:47.94\00:39:49.60
That's judgment!
00:39:49.90\00:39:51.94
That's what it's
talking about: judgment.
00:39:52.24\00:39:55.68
"He who is righteous,
let him be righteous still;
00:39:55.98\00:39:58.11
he who is holy, let
him be holy still. "
00:39:58.41\00:40:00.10
That's judgment.
00:40:00.30\00:40:01.40
Listen. It doesn't stop here:
00:40:01.60\00:40:03.18
Now dear friend, let
me ask you something.
00:40:15.36\00:40:17.70
If Jesus brings
His reward with Him,
00:40:18.00\00:40:21.21
then doesn't man
have to have been judged?
00:40:21.51\00:40:24.23
You see, you can't very well
00:40:24.53\00:40:27.58
pass out reward and
have the judgment later!
00:40:27.88\00:40:30.98
That wouldn't work...
00:40:32.25\00:40:33.47
so judgment has
to have taken place.
00:40:33.77\00:40:37.43
So what the
scripture is trying to tell you
00:40:38.48\00:40:40.76
is judgment began in 1844 AD.
00:40:41.06\00:40:45.11
Did you put it
together? I hope so!
00:40:45.41\00:40:48.53
Speaking of the little horn.
00:40:50.27\00:40:51.98
Says his dominion
would be taken away from him.
00:40:52.28\00:40:55.84
It was taken away from him when?
00:40:56.14\00:40:58.35
1798 AD.
00:40:58.65\00:41:00.72
And it says after his
dominion was taken away from him
00:41:01.02\00:41:04.13
the court would be seated.
00:41:04.33\00:41:07.29
That means judgment would begin.
00:41:07.49\00:41:09.16
Judgment began in 1844 AD.
Are you putting it together?
00:41:09.37\00:41:13.40
See how those
prophesies all fit?
00:41:13.50\00:41:15.22
They dovetail
together, dear friends.
00:41:15.42\00:41:17.87
Now I don't know...
00:41:39.19\00:41:40.88
I don't know where
you are, dear friends.
00:41:41.18\00:41:43.44
I don't know
spiritually where you are,
00:41:43.74\00:41:46.03
but let me tell you something.
00:41:46.33\00:41:48.21
The little horn: its
dominion was taken away from it.
00:41:49.68\00:41:53.44
That's past.
00:41:53.74\00:41:55.03
1844 AD the judgment started.
00:41:55.33\00:41:58.50
It's been going
on all this time.
00:41:58.80\00:42:01.19
Do you know what's next?
00:42:01.29\00:42:02.72
The saints are going
to possess the kingdom.
00:42:04.21\00:42:07.72
Are you beginning
to see where you are?
00:42:08.02\00:42:10.20
Beginning to understand where
we are in the stream of time?
00:42:10.50\00:42:13.02
See, that's what
it's telling you.
00:42:14.16\00:42:16.13
That's the time
YOU are living in:
00:42:25.50\00:42:28.69
God's judgment hour.
00:42:28.99\00:42:30.67
When that
judgment in heaven ends,
00:42:30.87\00:42:33.39
Jesus Christ is coming back.
00:42:33.69\00:42:35.44
That's what's happening.
00:42:35.74\00:42:37.74
That's what's going on.
00:42:38.04\00:42:39.16
So you've got 2,300 years.
00:42:39.46\00:42:41.50
That 2,300 years is
broken into different parts
00:42:41.80\00:42:46.21
that began in 457 BC.
00:42:46.51\00:42:50.14
457 BC when
Artaxerxes gave a decree
00:42:50.44\00:42:54.03
that the Jewish
people should go back
00:42:54.33\00:42:55.95
and they became
the nation... 457 BC.
00:42:56.15\00:42:58.36
And he said from that point
seventy weeks were determined
00:42:58.66\00:43:01.62
upon Daniel's people...
which was the Jewish people.
00:43:01.82\00:43:04.41
If you went
seventy weeks or 490 years
00:43:04.71\00:43:08.12
from 457 BC will
take you to 34 AD.
00:43:08.43\00:43:11.57
But he said: "Know
therefore and understand
00:43:13.45\00:43:16.31
that from the going forth
of the commandment to restore
00:43:16.51\00:43:18.19
and build Jerusalem
unto Messiah the Prince
00:43:18.39\00:43:20.45
shall be seven weeks,
three score and two weeks. "
00:43:20.75\00:43:23.33
So he broke up that 70
weeks and he gave you 69 weeks
00:43:23.36\00:43:27.49
unto Messiah the Prince.
00:43:27.69\00:43:28.90
So if you come 69
weeks or 483 years
00:43:29.21\00:43:33.31
from 457 BC, it
will take you to 27 AD...
00:43:33.62\00:43:37.62
at which time Jesus was
baptized, began His ministry.
00:43:37.92\00:43:41.71
Then it said He would
confirm the covenant with many
00:43:42.01\00:43:45.38
for one week
00:43:45.58\00:43:46.90
and in the midst of the week
He would cause the sacrifices
00:43:47.20\00:43:50.05
and ablations to cease.
00:43:50.25\00:43:51.46
So that 70th week was
broken up into two parts.
00:43:51.76\00:43:56.42
Three and a half: that was
the time of Christ's ministry...
00:43:56.72\00:44:01.03
from 27 AD to 31 AD.
00:44:01.33\00:44:03.82
Christ dies in 31 AD.
00:44:03.92\00:44:06.42
The sacrifices and
ablations came to an end.
00:44:06.72\00:44:09.72
The Lamb of God died.
00:44:10.02\00:44:11.42
The last 3-1/2 weeks
was from 31 AD to 34 AD...
00:44:11.72\00:44:16.36
at which time the
gospel went to the Gentiles.
00:44:16.66\00:44:21.20
That brings us to 34 AD.
00:44:21.50\00:44:23.57
If I subtract 490
00:44:23.88\00:44:28.49
from 2,300, that leaves me 1810.
00:44:28.79\00:44:32.58
If I add 1810 to 34 AD,
00:44:32.88\00:44:37.78
that takes me to 1844 AD...
00:44:38.08\00:44:40.51
at which time the scripture
says judgment would begin.
00:44:40.81\00:44:44.04
Now I want to share some
good news with you tonight
00:44:44.54\00:44:47.68
about the judgment.
00:44:47.88\00:44:49.26
Dear friend, if you
don't understand this,
00:44:50.56\00:44:53.46
if you can just get
hold of this one fact...
00:44:53.76\00:44:56.90
if you can just
believe this one fact...
00:44:57.20\00:45:00.03
what a difference
it will make. Listen:
00:45:00.33\00:45:02.57
Oh, that's good news, isn't it?
00:45:06.49\00:45:07.96
God doesn't judge any of you.
00:45:08.27\00:45:10.33
He just doesn't do that.
00:45:10.63\00:45:12.36
Marvelous!
00:45:16.83\00:45:18.58
What more can you ask?
00:45:18.89\00:45:20.28
I mean, Jesus is the judge.
00:45:20.58\00:45:24.91
But dear
friends, more than that:
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.60
He's not just the judge...
He is also your representative.
00:45:27.90\00:45:32.56
And He came and took
upon Himself humanity.
00:45:32.86\00:45:37.13
He lived like you; He
understands our weaknesses.
00:45:37.43\00:45:40.10
Marvelous!
00:45:40.40\00:45:42.13
Tonight, do you
want everlasting life?
00:45:54.65\00:45:57.56
Or maybe you're... maybe you're
happy with this old world?
00:46:00.32\00:46:04.85
But if you'd like to
have everlasting life,
00:46:06.95\00:46:11.00
all you have to do
tonight is to believe...
00:46:12.44\00:46:16.34
believe in Jesus Christ.
00:46:16.64\00:46:19.80
Accept Him; give
your heart to Him.
00:46:20.10\00:46:22.96
Surrender your life to Him.
00:46:23.07\00:46:25.35
He'll give you eternal life.
00:46:25.75\00:46:28.32
And listen to this, now folks.
00:46:28.52\00:46:30.23
Listen to this:
00:46:30.44\00:46:31.45
Marvelous!
00:46:38.71\00:46:40.15
You know... you
know what that's saying?
00:46:40.45\00:46:42.17
That's saying that judgment's
going on up in heaven tonight.
00:46:42.47\00:46:46.78
That started in 1844
AD and has been going on.
00:46:47.08\00:46:50.30
And it says that if you've
given your heart to Jesus Christ
00:46:50.60\00:46:53.67
and your name
comes up in the judgment,
00:46:53.87\00:46:56.00
do you know what happens?
00:46:56.20\00:46:57.46
Jesus stands up
and says: "Father,
00:46:57.76\00:47:00.27
I will represent this person.
00:47:00.58\00:47:03.12
You see, Father, this
person has accepted Me;
00:47:03.42\00:47:08.08
therefore, I
will represent him. "
00:47:08.38\00:47:11.56
Now let me tell you something:
00:47:11.86\00:47:13.93
if Jesus Christ
accepts your case,
00:47:14.23\00:47:19.25
you can't lose.
00:47:19.55\00:47:21.20
Marvelous!
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.51
Said: "I will plead My
blood on behalf of this person,
00:47:25.81\00:47:30.12
Father. I died
for that individual.
00:47:30.42\00:47:34.28
I lived a perfect life for him.
00:47:34.58\00:47:35.55
Father, accept him. "
00:47:35.58\00:47:39.37
You know what
the scripture says?
00:47:39.67\00:47:41.18
It says in
Ephesians that God accepts you
00:47:41.48\00:47:45.54
because of His Son.
00:47:45.74\00:47:47.05
Now He doesn't accept you
'cause you're good looking. See?
00:47:47.35\00:47:51.55
Or He doesn't accept you
because you're smart. See?
00:47:51.79\00:47:56.17
He accepts you because
of His Son, Jesus Christ.
00:47:56.30\00:48:00.04
Says: "Father, accept them. "
00:48:00.34\00:48:02.59
And the Father says:
"Because You died for them,
00:48:02.79\00:48:05.11
I'll accept them. "
00:48:05.32\00:48:06.57
That's what He
does for you and for me.
00:48:08.10\00:48:10.27
The Bible says there's
several books that are used
00:48:10.57\00:48:13.64
in the judgment.
00:48:13.84\00:48:14.94
One of the books
that's used in the judgment is
00:48:15.04\00:48:17.64
called the Book of Life.
00:48:17.84\00:48:19.13
Marvelous
book... the Book of Life.
00:48:19.43\00:48:23.00
You know what you've got to do
00:48:23.30\00:48:25.16
to get your name
in the Book of Life?
00:48:25.36\00:48:27.05
Huh?
00:48:27.55\00:48:29.38
Oh... just be good.
00:48:29.68\00:48:34.26
Does that get your
name in the Book of Life?
00:48:34.56\00:48:36.84
No. You've got to
accept Jesus Christ.
00:48:37.14\00:48:40.68
This is what the
scripture says about it:
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.75
So when a person accepts
Christ as his personal Savior
00:48:55.07\00:49:00.01
you name is entered
in the Book of Life.
00:49:00.21\00:49:03.90
That's what gives Jesus
the right to represent you.
00:49:04.20\00:49:09.34
When you name
comes up in the judgment
00:49:09.64\00:49:11.81
they look in the
Book of Life and they say:
00:49:12.11\00:49:13.23
"Oh, his name's right here. "
And Christ can step up and say:
00:49:13.43\00:49:15.75
"Father, I plead My blood
on behalf of this person. "
00:49:15.95\00:49:19.68
OK, there's two other books.
00:49:29.23\00:49:31.50
Another book called
the Book of Remembrance.
00:49:31.80\00:49:34.61
You may not have
known about that book.
00:49:34.91\00:49:36.90
You see, the Book of Remembrance
00:49:37.20\00:49:40.19
all the good things that you do
00:49:40.49\00:49:43.24
are recorded in the
Book of Remembrance.
00:49:43.44\00:49:45.80
Listen. Malachi the
3rd chapter verse 16:
00:49:46.00\00:49:50.47
So it says all the good
things that you and I do
00:50:04.99\00:50:08.34
are written down in
the Book of Remembrance.
00:50:08.64\00:50:11.67
That's nice to know, isn't it.
00:50:11.97\00:50:13.93
Every good deed you do.
00:50:15.37\00:50:17.11
Every good word you say.
00:50:17.41\00:50:19.41
Every person you help.
00:50:19.71\00:50:21.76
That's all recorded
in the books of heaven.
00:50:22.06\00:50:24.33
I don't have time
to get into it tonight,
00:50:24.63\00:50:26.67
but do you know that
every last one of you here -
00:50:26.87\00:50:30.66
I mean every last one of you -
00:50:30.86\00:50:33.04
whether you like it
or whether you don't...
00:50:33.14\00:50:35.38
do you know that every
one of you have an angel?
00:50:35.59\00:50:37.96
That angel keeps
records... what he does.
00:50:39.31\00:50:43.41
OK. There's
another book that's used.
00:50:43.71\00:50:47.89
That book is called
the Book of Iniquity.
00:50:48.19\00:50:50.73
That's where all the sins...
00:50:51.94\00:50:55.00
all the bad things that
you and I do... are recorded.
00:50:55.30\00:50:59.54
This is what it says:
00:50:59.84\00:51:01.34
So all the bad... all
the bad things that we do
00:51:14.13\00:51:19.08
are written down, recorded.
00:51:19.28\00:51:22.58
You see, I used to believe that
when you got to the judgment
00:51:24.19\00:51:28.86
they opened up the
Book of Remembrance
00:51:29.16\00:51:31.47
and they opened up
the Book of Iniquity
00:51:31.77\00:51:33.38
and if your good outweighed
your bad, you made it.
00:51:33.68\00:51:36.26
But that's not the way it is.
00:51:36.56\00:51:39.56
That's not the way it is.
00:51:39.87\00:51:40.96
You see, there's something in
the Bible called justification.
00:51:41.26\00:51:47.14
That when you
accept Jesus Christ
00:51:47.44\00:51:50.72
it says that "He
remembers your sins no more. "
00:51:51.03\00:51:55.94
See? And all the things
that you and I have in the
00:51:57.10\00:52:01.12
Book of Iniquity... wiped out.
00:52:01.33\00:52:04.23
Remembered no more!
00:52:04.63\00:52:07.02
Now if there's
some of you here tonight
00:52:09.26\00:52:11.07
who like the fellow said to me,
00:52:11.37\00:52:14.09
we were talking about
the judgment and he said:
00:52:14.29\00:52:15.89
"Well, " he said,
"when I get to heaven
00:52:16.09\00:52:18.76
to the judgment, " he said,
00:52:18.96\00:52:20.53
"I'm going to ask for justice. "
00:52:20.73\00:52:22.54
Not me!
00:52:22.84\00:52:24.91
I don't want
justice... I want mercy.
00:52:25.21\00:52:27.87
See... I don't want justice.
00:52:29.28\00:52:30.94
I want mercy.
00:52:31.24\00:52:32.69
So, I want Jesus Christ's blood
00:52:32.79\00:52:36.81
to be in my place.
00:52:37.11\00:52:38.63
I want Him to
cover all of my sins.
00:52:38.83\00:52:40.90
I don't want to have to face it
00:52:41.20\00:52:42.58
because I KNOW what I deserve.
00:52:42.78\00:52:44.76
Don't have any
question about that.
00:52:45.06\00:52:47.06
This is what
God will do for you:
00:52:47.36\00:52:50.56
So it says if you sin,
you can come to Christ.
00:53:08.48\00:53:11.96
He's your Advocate;
He'll plead your case.
00:53:12.17\00:53:14.27
Let me tell you quickly
00:53:23.59\00:53:25.53
what your responsibility
and my responsibility is.
00:53:25.83\00:53:30.33
Your
responsibility, dear friend,
00:53:31.71\00:53:33.54
is to accept Jesus Christ.
00:53:33.74\00:53:36.80
That's your part
is to accept Him.
00:53:37.20\00:53:39.92
And every
morning when you get up
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to commit your
life to Jesus Christ.
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Then He will do
His work in your life.
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See? But I must every day
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commit my life to Jesus Christ.
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If I do that,
He'll work in my life.
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So tonight Jesus
Christ is willing
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to confess your name before
His Father and the holy angels.
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So the judgment is set.
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God is inviting you
and I to reach out in faith
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and accept His Son Jesus Christ.
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The judgment has set,
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the books have been opened.
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How shall we stand
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on that great day?
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When every word
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and thought and action
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God, the righteous judge,
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shall weigh.
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Three questions I want you
to look at with me tonight.
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First question says:
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If tonight you would
like to accept Christ's gift
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of eternal life...
You'd like to accept His
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righteousness in your place,
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then put a check by #1.
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Second question says:
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See, that's part of it.
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I've got to be willing to let
Jesus Christ give me a new life.
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Change my life;
make me different.
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My
responsibility is each morning
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to surrender my life to Him
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and let Him do
His work in my life.
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If you're willing to
accept that gift of a new life,
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then put a check by #2.
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Third question:
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Now let me
explain something, folks.
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I don't know of anything...
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I know of
absolutely nothing in this life
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that gives you the
opportunity to start over
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except baptism.
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Baptism is God's way in
which He just wipes the slate
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completely clean and
lets you start brand new.
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That's what He does for you.
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How shall we stand
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in that great day?
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How shall we stand
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in that great day?
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Shall we be found
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before Him
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wanting?
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Or with our sins
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all washed
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away?
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Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Father, we thank you
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for the marvelous
promises of Your Word.
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Thankful that by
accepting Jesus Christ
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that we don't have
to come into judgment.
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