Let us pray.
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Our Father and our God,
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we come before
Your awesome throne,
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recognizing our insufficiency,
our lack of wisdom,
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that's the reason
why we come boldly
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to the throne of
grace to ask for wisdom
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as we study this topic.
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Very important topic,
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the role of
Israel in Bible prophecy.
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We ask Father that You
will give us clear minds
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that we might be
able to understand
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what we are going to study.
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Not only us,
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but those who will
watch these programs worldwide
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on television
broadcast and on social media.
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We thank You, Father,
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for the promise of Your presence
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and we claim that promise
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in the precious
name of Jesus, amen.
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In our next
three studies together,
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we are going to deal
with Israel in Bible Prophecy.
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And the reason why
we're taking three sessions
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to talk about Israel in prophecy
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is because futurists believe
that God has a special plan
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for literal
Israel in the end time.
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In fact, they believe that
at the end of the 69th week
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of the 70 weeks of prophecy,
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God suspended
His plan for the Jews
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because they rejected Jesus.
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So for the last 2,000 years,
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God's plan for the
Jews has been on hold.
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And the plan for the
Jews will begin again
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when the church
is rapture to heaven,
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and then everything
that takes place after that
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is with reference
to literal Israel.
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So we need to study carefully
who is Israel in the end time?
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Is it literal Israel,
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those who still
reject the Messiah
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or is Israel spiritual Israel?
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Well, let's study a
review of Israel's history.
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Turn with me to Exodus 19:1-6.
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Exodus 19:1-6.
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Here God descends to Mount Sinai
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and He speaks to
Moses about a covenant
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that He wants to
make with His people.
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It begins by saying in verse 1,
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"In the third month
after the children of Israel
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had gone out from
the land of Egypt,
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on the same day, they came
to the wilderness of Sinai.
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For they had
departed from Raphidim,
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had come to the
wilderness of Sinai,
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and camped in the wilderness.
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So Israel camped
therefore before the mountain.
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And Moses went up to God
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and the Lord called
to him from the mountain,
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saying, Thus you shall
say to the house of Israel,
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and tell the
children of Israel."
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The house of Jacob
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and tell the children of Israel.
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"You have seen what
I did to the Egyptians,
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and how I bore
you on eagles' wings
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and brought you to Myself."
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So God says, you saw My glorious
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and powerful acts of redemption
of delivering you from Egypt.
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So now God
continues saying, in verse 5,
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"Now therefore, if,"
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very important
word, two letters.
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Why they are important?
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"If you will indeed obey
My voice and keep My covenant,
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then you shall be a
special treasure to Me
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above all people; for
all the earth is Mine.
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And you shall be to
me a kingdom of priests
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and a holy nations.
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These are the words
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that you shall speak to
the children of Israel."
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So God says,
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"I wanna make a
covenant with Israel, Moses."
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I want you to tell Israel
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that I desire
to make a covenant,
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because I redeem
them, I delivered them,
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I want them to be my people.
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So you go and ask them,
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if they want to
form a covenant with Me?
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In Chapter 19:7-8, "We are told,
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so Moses came and called
for the elders of the people,
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and laid before
them all these words
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which the Lord commanded him."
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So now Moses takes the words
to the elders of the people,
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the
representatives of the people.
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Then all the people
answered together and said,
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"All that the Lord
has spoken, we will do."
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That's the covenant.
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God says, "I
wanna make a covenant.
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If you will hear My
voice, if you obey My covenant,
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you'll be My special people.
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Do you accept?"
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Israel says, "We do."
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This is actually God's marriage
with Israel at Mount Sinai.
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And then it says
at the end of verse 8,
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"So Moses brought back the words
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of the people to the Lord."
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So Moses says to the Lord,
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"Israel said, yes."
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And so now there is a
covenant between God and Israel,
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but it's based on whether
Israel will obey God's voice
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and keep His covenant.
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It's a conditional
covenant, very clearly.
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Now, the Bible tells us
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that God revealed to Israel
a pattern of the sanctuary.
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And the purpose
for the sanctuary
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was so that God
could dwell among them.
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He said, "And you
shall build Me a sanctuary
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and I shall dwell among you."
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Now that we formed a covenant,
I wanna dwell with you.
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And so the sanctuary was built.
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And when the
sanctuary had been finished,
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when the tent had been finished,
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the Bible tells us
that the presence of God
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entered the sanctuary.
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It's known as the Shekhinah.
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In Exodus 40:34,
we find these words.
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"Then the cloud covered
the tabernacle of meeting,
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and the glory of the
Lord filled the tabernacle."
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So now God has formed a
covenant with His people.
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God has said, "I
want you to be My people,
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My special people.
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If you obey My voice
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and keep My
covenant, you will be so.
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Do you accept?
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Israel says, "Yes, we accept."
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So then the sanctuary is built,
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the Shekhinah
comes into the sanctuary,
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and God now
dwells among His people
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as their God and
they are His people.
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Later on, God had Israel
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through Solomon build a
more permanent structure.
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You see the sanctuary and
the wilderness was a tent.
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But later on when they
settled in the Promised Land,
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God told Solomon to
build a solid structure,
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a solid temple.
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This temple was
finished in the year 960 BC,
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in other words Before Christ.
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And once again, once
the sanctuary was finished,
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we're told in 1 Kings 8:10-11,
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that the
Shekhinah entered the temple
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that was built by Solomon.
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This is found
in 1 Kings 8:10-11.
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"And it came to pass,
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when the priests came
out of the holy place,
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that the cloud filled
the house of the Lord,
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so that the priests
could not continue ministering
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because of the cloud;
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for the glory of the Lord
filled the house of the Lord."
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So once again,
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when the permanent
structure is built,
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God comes to
dwell among His people
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as the Shekhinah.
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Sadly, after Mount Sinai,
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the history of Israel was
a history of one rebellion
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after another.
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They failed to live up
to their end of the covenant
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for close to 800 years,
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between Sinai and
the Babylonia captivity.
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In fact, 2 Chronicles 36:14-16.
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2 Chronicles 36:14-16,
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describes this period
of rebellion in Israel.
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This is,
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so speaking about God
sending messengers to Israel
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to try and get them
to come back to Him.
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It says, they're
beginning in verse 14,
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"Moreover all the
leaders of the priests
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and the people
transgressed more and more,
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according to
all the abominations
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of the nations."
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Remember, that's the key word.
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Israel is
committing the abominations
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of the nations.
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When we deal with the 70 weeks,
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we'll come back to that.
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"And defile the
house of the Lord
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which He had
consecrated in Jerusalem.
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And the Lord God of
their fathers sent warnings
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to them by His messengers,
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rising up early
and sending them,
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because He had
compassion on His people
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and on His dwelling place.
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But they mocked
the messengers of God,
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despised His words, and
scoffed at His prophets,
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until the wrath of the
Lord arose against His people,
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till there was no remedy."
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That's the history of
Israel for a period of 800 years
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after they made a covenant
with the Lord at Mount Sinai.
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Ezekiel 16:15, also
describes very vividly
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this apostasy of Israel.
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It says, there in Ezekiel 16:15,
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God is speaking to His people,
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that instead of they
keeping themselves only for Him
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in the marriage relationship,
they had many different lovers.
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It says there,
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"But you trusted
in your own beauty,
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played the harlot
because of your fame,
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and poured out your
harlotry on everyone passing by
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who would have it."
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And so, towards the close
of the 800 years of Apostasy,
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God comes from
heaven to Jerusalem
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to perform a work of judgment.
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In Ezekiel 1:4,
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we find the description
of the coming of God's
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chariot to the sanctuary
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to separate the righteous
from the unrighteous in Israel.
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It says there in Ezekiel 1:4,
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"Then I looked, and behold,
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a whirlwind was
coming out of the north,
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a great cloud with
raging fire engulfing itself;
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and brightness was all around it
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and radiating out of its
midst like the color of amber,
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out of the midst of the fire."
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So now God is coming in fire.
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And what He is going to do
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is He's going to do
a work of separation
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between those who are
faithful in Jerusalem,
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the faithful remnant
and those who are not.
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The faithful will be spared
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when Nebuchadnezzar
comes to destroy the city,
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whereas the
unfaithful will be destroyed.
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That judgment by
the way of separation
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of the righteous
from the unrighteous
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in Jerusalem is
described in Ezekiel 9:1-6.
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Ezekiel 9:1-6.
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"Then He called
out in my hearing
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with a loud voice, saying,
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'Let those who have
charge over the city draw near,
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each with a deadly
weapon in his hand.'
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And suddenly six men
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came from the
direction of the upper gate,
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which faces north,
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each with his
battle-ax in his hand.
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One man among them
was clothed with linen
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and had a writer's
inkhorn at his side."
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By the way this is Jesus.
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"They went in and stood
beside the bronze altar."
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This is in the
court of the sanctuary.
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"Now the glory of the
God of Israel had gone up
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from the cherub,
where it had been,
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to the threshold of the temple.
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And He called to the
man clothed with linen,
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who had the
writer's inkhorn at his side;
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and the Lord said to him,
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'Go through the
midst of the city,
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through the midst of Jerusalem,
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and put a mark on
the foreheads of the men
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who sigh and cry over
all the abominations..."
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Remember that word
abominations once again.
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"All the abominations
that are done in within it."
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So is God gonna
put a mark upon those
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who sigh and cry
because of the abominations
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that are being committed
among God's professed people?
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Absolutely.
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Now what happens
when the ceiling is ended?
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When the faithful are
all marked in Jerusalem,
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mark for salvation,
what happens with the rest?
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Verse 5,
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"To the others He
said in my hearing,
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'Go after him
through the city and kill;
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do not let your eye
spare, nor have any pity.'
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" Utterly... Now
remember this terminology.
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"Utterly slay old and young men,
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maidens and little
children and women;
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but do not come near
anyone on whom is the mark;
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and begin at My sanctuary.
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So they began with the elders
who were before the temple."
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So what we find is 800
years of Apostasy of Israel,
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totally disobeying the covenant
and disobeying God's voice.
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So God says,
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I am going to destroy Jerusalem,
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I'm going to
remove the theocracy
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for a period of 70 years.
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But before He can
destroy Jerusalem,
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and take away their political
and their religious system
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for 70 years,
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it's necessary to mark
those who are faithful,
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who sign and cry
because of the abominations
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that are being
committed in the city.
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Now before the
city was destroyed,
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after the
separation had been made,
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the glorious Shekhinah
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that had come into the sanctuary
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when God made a
covenant with Israel
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and Israel said, yes, I do,
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now departs the sanctuary.
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It says in Ezekiel 10:19,
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when the work of separation,
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when the judgment of
separation is finished,
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it says, "And the
cherubim lifted their wings
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and mounted up from
the earth in my sight.
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When they went out, the
wheels were beside them;
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and they stood at the door
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of the east gate
of the Lord's house."
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In other words,
the Shekhinah now
00:14:39.71\00:14:41.68
has left the most holy place.
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It has also left the holy place,
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and it is at the East
Gate of the sanctuary.
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That's the entrance to
the court of the sanctuary,
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because the Shekhinah is
now leaving the sanctuary.
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So it says once again,
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"And they stood at the door
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of the east gate
of the Lord's house,
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and the glory of the God
of Israel was above them."
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And then in
Chapter 11 verses 22-23.
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Remember all these details.
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We're gonna come back to
them a little bit later on.
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In Ezekiel 11:22-23.
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The Shekhinah left the temple
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and rested upon the Eastern
Mountain, the Mount of Olives.
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And before it
leaves the Mount of Olives,
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it lingers there
for a little while.
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Notice Ezekiel 11:22-23.
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"So the cherubim...
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These are the ones that
are bearing God's chariot
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that came for the
judgment to the sanctuary.
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"So the cherubim
lifted up their wings,
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with the wheels beside them,
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and the glory of the God
of Israel was high above them.
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And the glory
of the Lord went up
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from the midst of the
city and stood on the mountain,
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which is on the
east side of the city."
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What is the mountain there is,
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on the east side of
the city of Jerusalem?
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The Mount of Olives.
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And so the glorious Shekhinah
now abandons the temple
00:16:04.36\00:16:08.16
and it rests upon
the Mount of Olives
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and lingers there for a moment.
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But then the Shekhinah
leaves the Mount of Olives.
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And the city has been forsaken.
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It no longer has any protection.
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And now Nebuchadnezzar
comes and he destroys the city.
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He destroys the
religious system,
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their political system,
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and he destroys the city,
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he destroys the walls and
he destroys the sanctuary.
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This is described in
2 Chronicles 36:17-21.
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2 Chronicles 36:17-21.
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You see, their abominations
00:16:50.24\00:16:52.81
have led to the
desolation of the city.
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Remember that.
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Have you ever read in the Bible,
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the abomination of desolation?
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You have that here.
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Because of the
abominations of Israel,
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God is gonna cause
them to be desolated.
00:17:06.12\00:17:09.42
He's gonna
withdraw their governance,
00:17:09.46\00:17:12.09
He is going to
withdraw the religious system
00:17:12.13\00:17:14.90
and He's going to
use Nebuchadnezzar
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to destroy the city,
00:17:17.30\00:17:18.67
the walls and the sanctuary
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and they're gonna be
taken captive for 70 years.
00:17:20.64\00:17:22.94
It says in 2 Chronicles 36:17.
00:17:22.97\00:17:26.68
"Therefore He brought against
them the king of the Chaldeans,
00:17:26.71\00:17:30.31
who killed their young men..."
00:17:30.35\00:17:32.35
Remember these
words that were used,
00:17:32.38\00:17:34.35
that we read just
a little while ago.
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"Therefore He brought against
them the king of the Chaldeans,
00:17:36.48\00:17:38.95
who killed their young men
00:17:38.99\00:17:40.52
with the sword in the
house of their sanctuary,
00:17:40.56\00:17:42.66
and had no
compassion on... whom?"
00:17:42.69\00:17:44.76
"On young man or virgin,
00:17:44.79\00:17:47.56
on the aged or the weak;
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He gave them all into his hand.
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And all the articles
from the house of God,
00:17:53.34\00:17:55.67
great and small,
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the treasures of
the house of the Lord,
00:17:57.07\00:17:58.57
and the treasures of
the king and of his leaders,
00:17:58.61\00:18:00.98
all these he took to Babylon.
00:18:01.01\00:18:03.28
Then they burned
the house of God,
00:18:03.31\00:18:05.18
broke down the
wall of Jerusalem,
00:18:05.21\00:18:07.42
burned all its
palaces with fire,
00:18:07.45\00:18:09.52
and destroyed all
its precious possessions.
00:18:09.55\00:18:12.39
And those who
escaped from the sword
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he carried away to Babylon,
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where they
became servants to him
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and his sons..."
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Now, was this a
permanent arrangement
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or was God going to restore
the covenant with Israel?
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Let's finish reading here.
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Once again, it says,
beginning of verse 20.
00:18:32.24\00:18:35.91
"And those who
escaped from the sword
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he carried away to Babylon,
00:18:37.88\00:18:39.45
where they became
servants to him and his sons
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until the rule of
the kingdom of Persia."
00:18:42.65\00:18:48.69
Was there a limit
to their desolation?
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Yes.
00:18:51.76\00:18:53.09
"To fulfill the word of the Lord
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by the mouth of Jeremiah,
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until the land had
enjoyed her Sabbaths.
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As long as she lay desolate
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she kept Sabbath,
to fulfill..." what?
00:19:02.00\00:19:05.77
"To fulfill 70 years."
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This is the first
stage of Israel's history.
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The first stage is the stage
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where God makes the
covenant with Israel.
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They say to the Lord, we do,
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800 years of Apostasy.
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The Shekhinah that
came into the sanctuary,
00:19:27.66\00:19:30.30
when the covenant was ratified,
now departs from the sanctuary,
00:19:30.33\00:19:36.20
lingers on the Mount of
Olives, then goes off to heaven.
00:19:36.24\00:19:40.81
The city now
will be made desolate
00:19:40.84\00:19:43.78
because the presence of God
is no longer in the sanctuary,
00:19:43.81\00:19:48.02
the presence of God is
no longer in the temple.
00:19:48.05\00:19:51.02
But God has said,
after the 70 years,
00:19:51.05\00:19:54.86
I will give
Israel another chance,
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which will be the second
stage of Israel's history.
00:19:59.39\00:20:03.53
Notice 2 Chronicles 36:22-23,
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where you find the second
stage of Israel's history.
00:20:07.60\00:20:11.44
It says there in 2
Chronicles 36:22-23.
00:20:11.47\00:20:15.78
"Now in the first year
of Cyrus king of Persia,
00:20:15.81\00:20:20.12
that the word of the
Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah
00:20:20.15\00:20:22.75
might be fulfilled,
00:20:22.78\00:20:24.65
the Lord stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,
00:20:24.69\00:20:28.76
so that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom,
00:20:28.79\00:20:32.36
and also put it
in writing, saying,
00:20:32.39\00:20:35.00
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
00:20:35.03\00:20:37.73
All the kingdoms of the earth
00:20:37.77\00:20:39.47
the Lord God of
heaven has given me."
00:20:39.50\00:20:42.30
In addition,
"He has commanded me
00:20:42.34\00:20:44.81
to build Him a
house at Jerusalem
00:20:44.84\00:20:47.88
which is in Judah.
00:20:47.91\00:20:49.41
Who will among you...
00:20:49.44\00:20:50.85
who is among you
of all His people?
00:20:50.88\00:20:54.22
May the Lord
his God be with him,
00:20:54.25\00:20:56.62
and let him go up!"
00:20:56.65\00:21:00.46
Now the sanctuary
is gonna be revealed.
00:21:00.49\00:21:03.59
And God is going once
again to come to dwell
00:21:03.63\00:21:07.33
with his people
00:21:07.36\00:21:08.70
after the 70 years of captivity.
00:21:08.73\00:21:12.47
So they build a temple.
00:21:12.50\00:21:16.77
And when the temple is built,
00:21:16.81\00:21:19.71
the people see the
temple and they cry,
00:21:19.74\00:21:22.18
especially the old
guys who had seen the temple
00:21:22.21\00:21:25.71
that Nebuchadnezzar destroyed,
00:21:25.75\00:21:27.08
the temple that
was built by Solomon.
00:21:27.12\00:21:29.72
Haggai 2:2-3,
00:21:29.75\00:21:32.35
tells us what the
reaction of the people was.
00:21:32.39\00:21:35.16
It says there, "'Speak now
00:21:35.19\00:21:37.16
to Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel,
00:21:37.19\00:21:40.50
governor of Judah,
00:21:40.53\00:21:41.86
and to Joshua
the son of Jehozadak,
00:21:41.90\00:21:44.47
the high priest,
00:21:44.50\00:21:45.83
and to the remnant
of the people, saying:
00:21:45.87\00:21:48.74
'Who is left among
you who saw this temple
00:21:48.77\00:21:52.07
in its former glory?'
00:21:52.11\00:21:55.21
"Who is still alive
that saw this temple
00:21:55.24\00:21:58.01
as it was built by Solomon.
00:21:58.05\00:22:01.45
And then it says,
"And how do you see it now?
00:22:01.48\00:22:05.42
In comparison with it,
00:22:05.45\00:22:07.29
is this not in
your eyes as nothing?"
00:22:07.32\00:22:11.99
In other words,
this temple is nothing
00:22:12.03\00:22:14.20
compared to the
temple that Solomon built.
00:22:14.23\00:22:17.47
And it says
that the elders cried
00:22:17.50\00:22:19.33
when they saw this temple,
00:22:19.37\00:22:20.80
the individuals
who were old enough
00:22:20.84\00:22:22.70
to have seen the first temple.
00:22:22.74\00:22:25.07
And yet God made a prediction,
00:22:25.11\00:22:28.14
a prediction that
the Jews are still today
00:22:28.18\00:22:30.58
trying to understand.
00:22:30.61\00:22:32.95
Haggai 2:6-9.
00:22:32.98\00:22:37.09
Haggai 2:6-9,
00:22:37.12\00:22:40.29
after saying that the people
saw the temple and they cried,
00:22:40.32\00:22:43.63
those who had
seen the first temple,
00:22:43.66\00:22:45.89
oh, now we find in Haggai 2:6,
00:22:45.93\00:22:50.80
a promise that God makes.
00:22:50.83\00:22:52.73
"Thus...
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.37
For thus says the Lord of hosts:
00:22:54.40\00:22:56.84
'Once more, it
is a little while,
00:22:56.87\00:23:00.28
I will shake heaven and earth,
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.68
the sea and dry land;
and I will shake all nations,
00:23:02.71\00:23:07.62
and they shall come to...'
00:23:07.65\00:23:12.25
" whom?
00:23:12.29\00:23:13.76
"The Desire of All Nations,"
00:23:13.79\00:23:17.13
or the Desire of
Ages if you please.
00:23:17.16\00:23:20.10
And then he says,
00:23:20.13\00:23:21.76
"And I will fill
this temple with glory,
00:23:21.80\00:23:25.37
says the Lord of hosts.
00:23:25.40\00:23:27.20
The silver is Mine,
and the gold is Mine,
00:23:27.24\00:23:29.70
says the Lord of hosts.
00:23:29.74\00:23:31.07
The glory of this latter temple
00:23:31.11\00:23:32.81
shall be
greater than the former,
00:23:32.84\00:23:35.08
says the Lord of hosts.
00:23:35.11\00:23:36.44
And in this place
I will give peace,
00:23:36.48\00:23:38.38
says the Lord of hosts."
00:23:38.41\00:23:39.75
The fact is the
temple that was built
00:23:42.45\00:23:44.05
after the captivity never
reached the level of glory
00:23:44.09\00:23:48.32
of the temple that
was built by Solomon.
00:23:48.36\00:23:51.06
And that second temple
was destroyed by the Romans.
00:23:51.09\00:23:55.33
So what does this promise mean?
00:23:55.36\00:23:57.70
That this temple that
was built after the captivity
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.40
would be more
glorious than Solomon's temple.
00:24:00.44\00:24:04.64
Probably not, should
call it Solomon's temple.
00:24:04.67\00:24:06.74
It's the temple built by Solomon
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.21
because it's the Lord's temple.
00:24:08.24\00:24:11.48
Now we come to the third
stage of Israel's history.
00:24:11.51\00:24:16.82
You see, the second
stage of Israel's history
00:24:16.85\00:24:19.85
is the stage that takes
place after the captivity.
00:24:19.89\00:24:24.93
By the way, did God sent
many messengers to Israel
00:24:24.96\00:24:27.96
to help them in the
rebuilding of the city,
00:24:28.00\00:24:30.20
the walls of the
sanctuary and so on?
00:24:30.23\00:24:32.47
Let me just mention
some of those messengers.
00:24:32.50\00:24:35.10
During the 70 weeks,
00:24:35.14\00:24:36.47
the second period
is 70 weeks, okay?
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.47
God says, 70
weeks are determined
00:24:39.51\00:24:41.74
upon My people and their city.
00:24:41.78\00:24:44.61
So now God is saying,
00:24:44.65\00:24:45.98
the first 800
years were a failure,
00:24:46.01\00:24:49.38
but now they brought...
00:24:49.42\00:24:51.02
I brought them
back from the captivity,
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.52
they're gonna
rebuild the temple,
00:24:52.55\00:24:53.89
the city and the walls,
00:24:53.92\00:24:55.26
and I'm gonna give
them another chance.
00:24:55.29\00:24:56.62
I'm going to give them 70 weeks.
00:24:56.66\00:24:59.23
And during that
period God sends them
00:24:59.26\00:25:01.16
all kinds of messengers.
00:25:01.20\00:25:03.33
He sends them Haggai, Zechariah,
00:25:03.37\00:25:06.70
Joshua, Zorababel, Ezra,
00:25:06.74\00:25:10.31
Nehemiah, Malachi,
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.91
and finally, John the Baptist.
00:25:12.94\00:25:18.55
How did the people
respond during this period?
00:25:18.58\00:25:21.95
Were they faithful?
00:25:21.98\00:25:23.99
No, they were not faithful.
00:25:24.02\00:25:27.06
The Bible tells us
00:25:27.09\00:25:28.52
that they
behaved in a similar way
00:25:28.56\00:25:31.96
that they had behaved before,
they were cured of idolatry.
00:25:31.99\00:25:35.80
But that separated
themselves from the nations,
00:25:35.83\00:25:38.70
they became legalistic.
00:25:38.73\00:25:40.70
They expected a glorious Messiah
00:25:40.74\00:25:43.44
that would destroy the Romans
00:25:43.47\00:25:45.47
and put the Jews at
the apex of civilization.
00:25:45.51\00:25:49.14
That's what they expected.
00:25:49.18\00:25:51.08
During the second period,
they totally missed the point.
00:25:51.11\00:25:55.52
So now we go to the third stage.
00:25:55.55\00:25:59.95
During the third stage
is when the Messiah comes,
00:25:59.99\00:26:03.06
when Jesus comes to this earth.
00:26:03.09\00:26:06.46
Now we're going to understand
00:26:06.49\00:26:08.40
how this second temple
00:26:08.43\00:26:10.97
was more glorious
than the first temple.
00:26:11.00\00:26:13.60
Not in its physical structure,
00:26:13.64\00:26:17.17
not in the gold and silver
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.04
and precious wood
and precious stones
00:26:19.07\00:26:21.28
that it contain.
00:26:21.31\00:26:22.94
But the fact that the
temple after the captivity
00:26:22.98\00:26:26.88
did not have the Shekhinah glory
00:26:26.92\00:26:31.62
that is right
after it was built.
00:26:31.65\00:26:34.26
But the Shekhinah
glory came into that temple
00:26:34.29\00:26:37.19
when Jesus came to this earth.
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.43
That's what made
it more glorious.
00:26:39.46\00:26:41.80
Notice John 1:14,
00:26:41.83\00:26:45.30
"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us,
00:26:45.33\00:26:51.11
and we beheld His
glory, the glory as of the only
00:26:51.14\00:26:55.71
begotten of the Father,
full of grace and truth."
00:26:55.74\00:26:59.38
We beheld what?
00:26:59.41\00:27:00.92
His glory.
00:27:00.95\00:27:02.48
Jesus is the Shekhinah.
00:27:02.52\00:27:06.05
Now we can
understand the reason why,
00:27:06.09\00:27:08.66
in Luke 12:27-28.
00:27:08.69\00:27:12.76
You know, the Jews,
they bragged about the temple
00:27:12.79\00:27:17.83
that was built by Solomon,
00:27:17.87\00:27:19.23
how wonderful
and beautiful it was.
00:27:19.27\00:27:21.90
But Jesus said this,
00:27:21.94\00:27:23.54
"Consider the
lilies, how they grow:
00:27:23.57\00:27:26.64
they neither toil nor
spin; and yet I say to you,
00:27:26.68\00:27:30.55
even Solomon in all his glory
00:27:30.58\00:27:33.35
was not arrayed
like one of these."
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.58
In fact, in the parallel passage
00:27:35.62\00:27:38.05
that we find in Matthew 12:42,
00:27:38.09\00:27:40.96
something is added in
the Gospel of Matthew.
00:27:40.99\00:27:43.22
Jesus says...
00:27:43.26\00:27:44.59
After He says that,
00:27:44.63\00:27:45.96
"Even Solomon and all his glory
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.33
was not arrayed
like one of these."
00:27:47.36\00:27:49.00
Jesus then says,
00:27:49.03\00:27:50.37
"And one greater
than Solomon is here."
00:27:50.40\00:27:54.57
Jesus is the greater
glory that filled that temple.
00:27:54.60\00:27:58.31
Did Jesus teach in that temple?
00:27:58.34\00:28:01.24
Did Jesus teach
in the temple courts
00:28:01.28\00:28:03.48
that was built
after the captivity?
00:28:03.51\00:28:05.11
Absolutely, He taught there.
00:28:05.15\00:28:08.88
Now, during His ministry,
00:28:08.92\00:28:10.25
Jesus taught in
those temple courts,
00:28:10.29\00:28:12.15
He was the Shekhinah
00:28:12.19\00:28:13.86
that came into
the courts and taught.
00:28:13.89\00:28:16.59
And what did the
religious leaders do?
00:28:16.62\00:28:18.99
They did what they
did at every other stage.
00:28:19.03\00:28:21.70
They were
rebellious to the Lord.
00:28:21.73\00:28:24.47
They fought
Jesus tooth and nail.
00:28:24.50\00:28:27.90
And this was the
last opportunity.
00:28:27.94\00:28:30.04
This was the third
stage of Israel's history.
00:28:30.07\00:28:33.17
First stage, 800
years of rebellion.
00:28:33.21\00:28:36.31
God says, I'm gonna
give you a second chance.
00:28:36.34\00:28:39.31
And so He says, 70
weeks are determined
00:28:39.35\00:28:42.05
for the city and for the people.
00:28:42.08\00:28:44.92
And during that time,
00:28:44.95\00:28:46.65
they totally
misunderstand Bible prophecy,
00:28:46.69\00:28:49.22
they become legalistic,
00:28:49.26\00:28:50.69
they separate from the nations,
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.56
so God says at last of
all, I'm gonna send My Son.
00:28:52.59\00:28:56.06
I'm gonna send the Shekhinah
into the temple to teach.
00:28:56.10\00:29:00.57
And they opposed
Jesus just like they did
00:29:00.60\00:29:03.14
in the previous two stages.
00:29:03.17\00:29:06.04
Now it's interesting
00:29:06.07\00:29:07.41
at the end of Christ's ministry,
00:29:07.44\00:29:11.21
Jesus descended the
slope of the Mount of Olives
00:29:11.25\00:29:14.28
to enter the
temple for the last time.
00:29:14.32\00:29:18.09
The Shekhinah will now enter
the temple for the last time,
00:29:18.12\00:29:21.22
just like in
the story of Ezekiel
00:29:21.26\00:29:24.29
that we studied.
00:29:24.33\00:29:26.06
Luke 19:37-38, tells us this.
00:29:26.09\00:29:29.86
"Then,
00:29:29.90\00:29:31.60
as He was now drawing
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.60
near the descent of
the Mount of Olives,
00:29:33.64\00:29:36.60
the whole multitude
of the disciples began
00:29:36.64\00:29:38.94
to rejoice and
praise God with a loud voice
00:29:38.97\00:29:42.11
for all the mighty
works they had seen,
00:29:42.14\00:29:44.71
saying: Blessed is the King
00:29:44.75\00:29:48.62
who comes in the
name of the Lord!
00:29:48.65\00:29:51.79
Peace in heaven and
glory in the highest!"
00:29:51.82\00:29:54.82
Do you remember that
00:29:54.86\00:29:56.22
when the second house was built,
00:29:56.26\00:29:57.73
it says I will
bring peace to this place?
00:29:57.76\00:30:00.70
So now Jesus is descending
00:30:00.73\00:30:02.53
the slope of the Mount of Olives
00:30:02.56\00:30:03.90
to enter the
temple for the last time.
00:30:03.93\00:30:07.00
And the people are
saying, "Blessed is the king
00:30:07.04\00:30:09.77
who comes in the
name of the Lord!
00:30:09.80\00:30:11.74
Peace in heaven and
glory in the highest!"
00:30:11.77\00:30:15.04
And then Jesus
enters the temple,
00:30:15.08\00:30:18.68
and begins to teach.
00:30:18.71\00:30:22.08
Now, the interesting thing
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.45
is that immediately
after Jesus enter the temple,
00:30:23.49\00:30:26.22
notice the reaction
of the religious leaders,
00:30:26.25\00:30:28.92
versus 47 and 48.
00:30:28.96\00:30:31.49
"And He was
teaching daily in the temple.
00:30:31.53\00:30:34.10
But the chief
priests, the scribes,
00:30:34.13\00:30:36.97
and the leaders of the
people sought to destroy Him,
00:30:37.00\00:30:41.74
and were unable to do anything;
00:30:41.77\00:30:43.54
for all the people
were very attentive
00:30:43.57\00:30:45.81
to hear Him."
00:30:45.84\00:30:47.98
So how is the leadership
of Israel dealing with Jesus,
00:30:48.01\00:30:51.95
with this last opportunity?
00:30:51.98\00:30:53.85
And last of all,
God sends his Son.
00:30:53.88\00:30:56.48
Are they accepting the message?
00:30:56.52\00:30:58.59
They're rejecting the message.
00:30:58.62\00:31:01.49
And so now Jesus,
00:31:01.52\00:31:03.89
after He descends the
slope of the Mount of Olives,
00:31:03.93\00:31:08.03
He enters the temple.
00:31:08.06\00:31:10.03
Let's read about it
in Matthew 21:12-13.
00:31:10.07\00:31:13.03
Remember, He's the Shekhinah now
00:31:13.07\00:31:14.57
that's entering the temple.
00:31:14.60\00:31:16.37
Matthew 21:12-13.
00:31:16.40\00:31:20.24
"Then Jesus went
into the temple of God."
00:31:20.28\00:31:22.94
I want you to notice
what the temple is called
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.71
when Jesus goes in, at
the end of His ministry.
00:31:24.75\00:31:28.32
"He goes into the temple of God
00:31:28.35\00:31:31.05
and drove out
all those who bought
00:31:31.09\00:31:33.66
and sold in the temple,
00:31:33.69\00:31:35.82
and overturned the
tables of the money changers
00:31:35.86\00:31:38.33
and the seats of
those who sold doves.
00:31:38.36\00:31:41.13
And He said to
them, It is written..."
00:31:41.16\00:31:42.60
Now notice how He
refers to the temple.
00:31:42.63\00:31:44.87
"'My house shall be
called a house of prayer,
00:31:44.90\00:31:48.47
but you have made
it a den of thieves.'
00:31:48.50\00:31:53.58
" So Jesus goes into the temple.
00:31:53.61\00:31:56.28
It's called the temple of God
00:31:56.31\00:31:58.91
and Jesus refers to
the temple at that moment
00:31:58.95\00:32:01.28
when He goes
into it as "My house."
00:32:01.32\00:32:06.25
And then in Chapter 21: 22-23,
00:32:06.29\00:32:09.72
Jesus is in the temple teaching.
00:32:09.76\00:32:12.99
And the religious leaders,
00:32:13.03\00:32:14.36
the different
religious sects come
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.43
and they're questioning
Jesus and they're opposing Jesus
00:32:16.46\00:32:19.17
tooth and nail, in every point.
00:32:19.20\00:32:22.90
And Jesus tells
several parables to them.
00:32:22.94\00:32:26.44
One of those parables is
the parable of the fig tree.
00:32:26.47\00:32:31.15
Very interesting.
00:32:31.18\00:32:33.31
You know, Jesus sees
this fig tree in the distance.
00:32:33.35\00:32:37.55
And He says, "Now let's go
00:32:37.59\00:32:38.95
and see if we can
get something to eat."
00:32:38.99\00:32:41.82
This is act of parable.
00:32:41.86\00:32:44.53
And so He goes
and He finds nothing
00:32:44.56\00:32:46.29
on the fig tree
except for leaves.
00:32:46.33\00:32:48.96
And He curses the fig tree.
00:32:49.00\00:32:51.30
And He says, never
00:32:51.33\00:32:53.34
may you produce
fruit ever again.
00:32:53.37\00:32:56.34
And the Jews knew
00:32:56.37\00:32:57.71
that the fig tree
represented Israel.
00:32:57.74\00:33:00.51
The next day it
says that they pass by,
00:33:00.54\00:33:03.68
and they saw that the fig
tree had dried up by its roots.
00:33:03.71\00:33:09.92
And it represents Israel.
00:33:09.95\00:33:12.85
That was an act of parable.
00:33:12.89\00:33:16.42
Jesus also told the
parable of the vineyard workers.
00:33:16.46\00:33:20.73
Let's go to Matthew 21:33-43.
00:33:20.76\00:33:25.37
And we'll interpret
this parable as we go along.
00:33:25.40\00:33:29.20
You'll find the three
stages here of Israel's history
00:33:29.24\00:33:32.31
that we studied so far.
00:33:32.34\00:33:35.28
Matthew 21:33,
"Hear another parable:
00:33:35.31\00:33:39.88
There was a
certain landowner..."
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.45
that's called the Father,
"who planted a vineyard..."
00:33:41.48\00:33:45.45
that's a city of Jerusalem,
00:33:45.49\00:33:47.69
"and set a hedge around it,"
00:33:47.72\00:33:50.49
that's the law,
00:33:50.53\00:33:52.33
"dug a winepress in
it and built a tower."
00:33:52.36\00:33:55.40
That's the temple.
00:33:55.43\00:33:57.27
"And he leased it
to the vinedressers..."
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.07
that's Israel, "and
went into a far country."
00:33:59.10\00:34:03.61
"Now when
vintage-time drew near,
00:34:03.64\00:34:06.14
He sent his servants..."
00:34:06.17\00:34:09.01
this is their first chance,
"He sent His servants..."
00:34:09.04\00:34:13.78
What for?
00:34:13.82\00:34:15.35
"To the vinedressers,
00:34:15.38\00:34:16.72
that they might
receive its fruit.
00:34:16.75\00:34:19.15
And the
vinedressers took his servants,
00:34:19.19\00:34:20.96
beat one, killed
one, and stoned another."
00:34:20.99\00:34:24.63
So what do they do
with the first call?
00:34:24.66\00:34:27.36
They rejected.
00:34:27.40\00:34:29.70
Verse 36.
00:34:29.73\00:34:31.43
"Again He sent other servants,"
this is the second chance.
00:34:31.47\00:34:35.20
Who were the other servants?
00:34:35.24\00:34:37.51
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi,
John the Baptist, etcetera.
00:34:37.54\00:34:41.34
God is giving
them another chance.
00:34:41.38\00:34:43.91
And it says, "He
sents more than the first
00:34:43.95\00:34:45.85
and they did likewise to them."
00:34:45.88\00:34:48.38
That's the second opportunity.
00:34:48.42\00:34:52.65
And last of all,
00:34:52.69\00:34:55.46
they being, stage number three.
00:34:55.49\00:34:57.03
"And last of all
00:34:57.06\00:34:59.53
He sent His Son
to them, saying,"
00:34:59.56\00:35:02.23
who is the Son?
00:35:02.26\00:35:04.23
Jesus.
00:35:04.27\00:35:06.23
"He sent His son to them saying,
00:35:06.27\00:35:07.87
"They will respect my Son."
00:35:07.90\00:35:10.11
"But when the
vinedressers saw the Son,
00:35:10.14\00:35:11.97
they said among
themselves, 'This is the heir.
00:35:12.01\00:35:14.31
Come, let us kill him
and seize his inheritance.'
00:35:14.34\00:35:18.18
So they took him and cast
him out of the vineyard..."
00:35:18.21\00:35:21.25
Did Jesus die outside Jerusalem?
00:35:21.28\00:35:23.62
Yes, "they cast him outside
the vineyard and killed Him."
00:35:23.65\00:35:26.82
How did they
respond to the third call?
00:35:30.26\00:35:32.19
The last one, the last of all?
00:35:32.23\00:35:35.16
They rejected the Son.
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.63
Now let's continue.
00:35:37.67\00:35:40.30
They still haven't...
00:35:40.34\00:35:41.67
they still haven't understood
who Jesus is referring to.
00:35:41.70\00:35:45.07
In verse 40, "Therefore...
00:35:45.11\00:35:48.14
Jesus asked the question,
00:35:48.18\00:35:49.51
"When the owner of
the vineyard comes,
00:35:49.54\00:35:51.01
what will he do to
those vinedressers?
00:35:51.05\00:35:55.12
They said to Him,
00:35:55.15\00:35:56.48
'He will destroy
those wicked men miserably,
00:35:56.52\00:35:59.79
and lease his
vineyard to other vinedressers
00:35:59.82\00:36:03.26
who will render to him
the fruits in their seasons."
00:36:03.29\00:36:07.90
Are you getting the picture?
00:36:07.93\00:36:10.37
Verse 42,
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.30
"Jesus said to them,
00:36:12.33\00:36:13.67
have you never
read in the Scriptures.
00:36:13.70\00:36:15.30
The stone which the stone
00:36:15.34\00:36:17.54
which the builders rejected
00:36:17.57\00:36:19.11
has become the
chief cornerstone.
00:36:19.14\00:36:20.84
This was the Lord's doing,
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.34
and it is
marvelous in our eyes?"
00:36:22.38\00:36:24.85
And then he says,
"Therefore I say to you,
00:36:24.88\00:36:28.42
the kingdom of God
will be taken from you
00:36:28.45\00:36:32.35
and given to a nation
bearing the fruits of it."
00:36:32.39\00:36:36.42
Who is that nation that
the kingdom was given to?
00:36:36.46\00:36:40.06
It was given to the Gentiles.
00:36:40.10\00:36:45.07
Now, Jesus also
told another parable,
00:36:45.10\00:36:48.80
which we're not gonna
have time to take a look at.
00:36:48.84\00:36:51.91
It's a parable that's
found in Matthew 22: 1-14.
00:36:51.94\00:36:54.64
And remember, these are parables
00:36:54.68\00:36:56.11
that Jesus is
telling in the temple.
00:36:56.14\00:36:57.71
He's making this last
call to Israel, in the temple.
00:36:57.75\00:37:01.82
He's the Shekhinah.
00:37:01.85\00:37:03.18
He's saying, live up
to the covenant folks.
00:37:03.22\00:37:05.65
I am the one who was promised
to come and redeem Israel.
00:37:05.69\00:37:10.76
He's doing His
best in the sanctuary
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.96
as the Shekhinah to
get Israel to follow Him.
00:37:12.99\00:37:18.13
Matthew Chapter 22
has the same three stages.
00:37:18.17\00:37:23.67
Only it goes
beyond the three stages.
00:37:23.71\00:37:26.01
Matthew 22 is the
parable of the great banquet.
00:37:26.04\00:37:29.18
And I'll just
synthesize so you'll understand.
00:37:29.21\00:37:33.62
Messengers are sent to Israel,
to invite them to the wedding.
00:37:33.65\00:37:40.22
By the way, the
wedding is the covenant, right?
00:37:40.26\00:37:43.46
So which speak about
the wedding covenant?
00:37:43.49\00:37:46.03
Incidentally, in Jeremiah 31:32.
00:37:46.06\00:37:51.53
It says, that at
Sinai, God married Israel.
00:37:51.57\00:37:55.90
It was a marriage covenant.
00:37:55.94\00:37:57.71
God said, "I wanna marry
you and Israel said, we do."
00:37:57.74\00:38:02.54
That's what it was.
00:38:02.58\00:38:04.51
And so in Matthew 22,
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.61
there's this
call for the invitees
00:38:06.65\00:38:10.89
to come to the wedding.
00:38:10.92\00:38:13.32
And you can read there,
00:38:13.36\00:38:14.99
they killed the
messengers that invites them.
00:38:15.02\00:38:18.03
So more messengers are sent
00:38:18.06\00:38:21.70
after the bulls are killed,
00:38:21.73\00:38:25.17
which represents
the death of Christ.
00:38:25.20\00:38:27.77
And they do likewise to them.
00:38:27.80\00:38:30.94
And so then in this
parable, Jesus says,
00:38:30.97\00:38:35.38
"So now what's gonna happen?
00:38:35.41\00:38:37.35
Go to the
highways and the byways
00:38:37.38\00:38:40.02
and invite them to come in."
00:38:40.05\00:38:42.52
You see the
first two invitations
00:38:42.55\00:38:43.89
are given to the Jews.
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.79
They rejected both.
00:38:45.82\00:38:47.62
So the third invitation
00:38:47.66\00:38:49.36
after the death of
Christ is go to the highways
00:38:49.39\00:38:51.56
and the byways and
invite them to come in.
00:38:51.59\00:38:53.86
That's the whole period of
the Christian dispensation.
00:38:53.90\00:38:56.50
That's the whole period
where we've been preaching
00:38:56.53\00:38:59.27
during the last 2,000 years.
00:38:59.30\00:39:03.44
And then of course,
00:39:03.47\00:39:04.81
the place is filled with guests.
00:39:04.84\00:39:06.91
And then you have the
examination of the guests
00:39:06.94\00:39:08.61
which I won't go into.
00:39:08.64\00:39:09.98
But in this parable,
you have the three stages.
00:39:10.01\00:39:12.95
The interesting thing is
that after the first messengers
00:39:12.98\00:39:16.05
are sent to call
Israel to the wedding,
00:39:16.08\00:39:19.49
and they kill those messengers,
00:39:19.52\00:39:21.36
then after the
death of the animals,
00:39:21.39\00:39:23.09
the sacrificial animals,
that's the death of Christ,
00:39:23.12\00:39:25.89
more messengers are sent,
00:39:25.93\00:39:27.50
because after that
Peter and John and others
00:39:27.53\00:39:29.66
are sent to the Jews,
00:39:29.70\00:39:31.03
because the 70 weeks
haven't come to an end.
00:39:31.07\00:39:33.34
They do the same to them,
including stoning Stephen.
00:39:33.37\00:39:38.87
And so it says in the parable
00:39:38.91\00:39:41.64
that the king was
enraged with the people
00:39:41.68\00:39:45.91
and he sent his armies,
00:39:45.95\00:39:47.95
and they destroyed those people,
00:39:47.98\00:39:49.48
and they burnt their city.
00:39:49.52\00:39:51.45
That's the
destruction of Jerusalem folks
00:39:51.49\00:39:53.86
in the year 70.
00:39:53.89\00:39:55.49
And then, of course,
00:39:55.52\00:39:56.86
the message goes to the highways
00:39:56.89\00:39:58.23
and the byways.
00:39:58.26\00:39:59.59
Jesus is telling this
parable to them there.
00:39:59.63\00:40:01.46
He's saying, this is
what's gonna happen to you
00:40:01.50\00:40:04.27
if you reject
your marriage covenant.
00:40:04.30\00:40:07.80
And then when you
get to Chapter 23,
00:40:07.84\00:40:11.41
Jesus pronounces His woes
upon the scribes and Pharisees.
00:40:11.44\00:40:14.88
Let's read verse
29 and following,
00:40:14.91\00:40:17.71
"Woe to you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
00:40:17.75\00:40:21.28
Because you build
the tombs of the prophets
00:40:21.32\00:40:23.32
and adorn the
monuments of the righteous,
00:40:23.35\00:40:25.79
and say, if we had lived
in the days of our fathers,
00:40:25.82\00:40:29.12
we would not have
been partakers with them
00:40:29.16\00:40:30.96
in the blood of the prophets."
00:40:30.99\00:40:32.33
We wouldn't have
killed the messengers,
00:40:32.36\00:40:33.80
is what they're saying.
00:40:33.83\00:40:37.33
"Therefore you are
witnesses against yourselves
00:40:37.37\00:40:41.10
that you are sons of those
who murdered the prophets."
00:40:41.14\00:40:43.84
You're doing the same
as what the messengers did.
00:40:43.87\00:40:46.44
What those who
killed the messengers did?
00:40:49.14\00:40:52.71
And then He says this.
00:40:52.75\00:40:55.48
"You, yourselves
that you are sons of those
00:40:55.52\00:40:57.62
who murdered the prophets.
00:40:57.65\00:40:59.09
Fill up, then, the
measure of your fathers' guilt."
00:40:59.12\00:41:02.76
In other words the
cup is filled, full.
00:41:02.79\00:41:06.76
And then He says,
"Serpents, brood of vipers!
00:41:06.80\00:41:11.47
How can you escape
the condemnation of hell?"
00:41:11.50\00:41:15.04
Wow.
00:41:15.07\00:41:16.47
But listen carefully.
00:41:16.50\00:41:18.57
Even after Jesus died,
00:41:18.61\00:41:21.68
mercy was still
gonna linger for Israel
00:41:21.71\00:41:24.11
for three and a half more years,
00:41:24.15\00:41:25.85
because the
theocracy did not close
00:41:25.88\00:41:28.05
until the stoning of Stephen.
00:41:28.08\00:41:30.79
So Jesus is gonna say,
00:41:30.82\00:41:32.22
I'm gonna send
you more messengers
00:41:32.25\00:41:33.89
after you kill Me, for
three and a half years.
00:41:33.92\00:41:37.19
We're gonna study the 70 weeks.
00:41:37.23\00:41:39.86
A couple of
sermons on the 70 weeks.
00:41:39.89\00:41:42.56
Matthew 23:34-36.
00:41:42.60\00:41:45.60
Jesus says, "Therefore,
indeed, I send you..."
00:41:45.63\00:41:49.10
it's in future tense.
00:41:49.14\00:41:50.47
"I'll send you
prophets, wise men, and scribes:
00:41:50.51\00:41:54.14
some of them you
will kill and crucify."
00:41:54.18\00:41:56.88
See, this is future.
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.25
"Some of them you
will kill and crucify.
00:41:58.28\00:42:00.35
And some of them
00:42:00.38\00:42:01.72
you will scourge
in your synagogues
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.69
and persecute
from city to city."
00:42:04.72\00:42:06.65
Let me ask you,
00:42:06.69\00:42:08.02
who was that they
persecuted from city to city?
00:42:08.06\00:42:10.99
Saul of Tarsus.
00:42:11.03\00:42:13.43
Who was scourged
in the synagogues?
00:42:13.46\00:42:16.97
Peter and John.
00:42:17.00\00:42:18.43
You can read in
Acts Chapter 4 and 5.
00:42:18.47\00:42:21.17
Who was crucified?
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.81
Peter, among others.
00:42:23.84\00:42:26.14
Jesus say, this is
what you're gonna do.
00:42:26.17\00:42:29.78
And then He says in
verse 35, "That on you..."
00:42:29.81\00:42:34.45
After He sends more messengers,
00:42:34.48\00:42:36.08
after His death, He says,
00:42:36.12\00:42:37.49
"That on you may come
all the righteous blood
00:42:37.52\00:42:41.02
shed on the earth,
00:42:41.06\00:42:42.39
from the blood of righteous
Abel to the blood of Zechariah,
00:42:42.42\00:42:44.89
son of
Berechiah, whom you murdered
00:42:44.93\00:42:46.76
between the
temple and the altar.
00:42:46.80\00:42:48.36
Assuredly, I say to you,
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.27
all these things will come upon
00:42:50.30\00:42:53.30
this generation."
00:42:53.34\00:42:57.37
Are you with me or not?
00:42:57.41\00:42:59.97
So you find here
actually a fourth stage
00:43:00.01\00:43:02.51
in the history of Israel.
00:43:02.54\00:43:04.25
And that is three and
a half additional years
00:43:04.28\00:43:06.41
after the death of Christ,
00:43:06.45\00:43:09.02
where He's sending
them more messengers,
00:43:09.05\00:43:11.05
Peter, John, etcetera,
00:43:11.09\00:43:14.02
to try to get them
to receive the Messiah.
00:43:14.06\00:43:17.56
And our Peter and John
00:43:17.59\00:43:18.93
and the messengers
treated in the same way
00:43:18.96\00:43:21.13
that Jesus was treated
00:43:21.16\00:43:22.50
and the other
messengers were treated?
00:43:22.53\00:43:24.00
Yes. So you have four stages.
00:43:24.03\00:43:26.67
The first 800 years,
00:43:26.70\00:43:29.50
Israel rejects the messengers.
00:43:29.54\00:43:32.67
After the captivity, 70
weeks, they do the same thing.
00:43:32.71\00:43:37.91
Jesus comes, the Son comes,
00:43:37.95\00:43:40.85
they reject Him.
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.18
And it's at last,
it's the last resort.
00:43:43.22\00:43:46.82
And then for three
and a half more years,
00:43:46.86\00:43:49.39
additional messengers are sent
00:43:49.42\00:43:53.70
and they do the same with them.
00:43:53.73\00:43:57.60
And when Stephen is
stoned in the year 34,
00:43:57.63\00:44:01.37
the Jewish
theocracy comes to an end.
00:44:01.40\00:44:04.94
Jesus predicted it.
00:44:04.97\00:44:06.31
Now notice Matthew 23:37-38.
00:44:06.34\00:44:09.94
Matthew 23:37-38.
00:44:09.98\00:44:13.11
Jesus has done all
this in the temple.
00:44:13.15\00:44:16.22
He's the last resort.
00:44:16.25\00:44:18.25
At last He sent His Son.
00:44:18.29\00:44:20.76
He's tried to woo
them into accepting Him.
00:44:20.79\00:44:24.39
When He entered the temple,
00:44:24.43\00:44:26.80
it's called the temple of God
00:44:26.83\00:44:28.26
and He said, "This is My house."
00:44:28.30\00:44:31.57
But now the tone is gonna change
00:44:31.60\00:44:33.87
in Matthew 23:37-38.
00:44:33.90\00:44:39.44
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
00:44:39.47\00:44:42.08
the one who kills the prophets
00:44:42.11\00:44:43.85
and stones those
who are sent to her!
00:44:43.88\00:44:46.98
How often..." Now He
speaks about Himself.
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.12
"How often I wanted to
gather your children together,
00:44:49.15\00:44:52.32
as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings,
00:44:52.35\00:44:54.99
but you were not willing!
00:44:55.02\00:44:56.99
See!
00:44:57.03\00:44:58.36
Your house is
left to you desolate."
00:44:58.39\00:45:02.53
Is there a change?
00:45:02.56\00:45:05.37
It's no longer My
house but your house.
00:45:05.40\00:45:11.44
And then, do you
know what happens?
00:45:11.47\00:45:13.04
Just like in the Old Testament.
00:45:13.07\00:45:14.84
Now Jesus leaves the temple
00:45:14.88\00:45:17.45
and He goes and sits
on the Mount of Olives
00:45:17.48\00:45:20.48
and speaks about the
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:45:20.52\00:45:25.09
Matthew 24:1,
00:45:25.12\00:45:28.86
"Then Jesus went out and
departed from the temple,"
00:45:28.89\00:45:34.26
now He's gonna talk about
00:45:34.30\00:45:35.63
because you did not know
the hour of your visitation.
00:45:35.66\00:45:40.04
He now says,
00:45:40.07\00:45:42.47
it actually says,
00:45:42.50\00:45:43.84
"His disciples
came up to show Him
00:45:43.87\00:45:45.87
the buildings of the temple.
00:45:45.91\00:45:47.84
And now Jesus
says the following,
00:45:47.88\00:45:51.11
"Do you not see
all these things?
00:45:51.15\00:45:53.68
Assuredly, I say to you,
00:45:53.72\00:45:55.88
not one stone shall be left here
00:45:55.92\00:45:58.45
upon another,
00:45:58.49\00:45:59.82
that shall not be thrown down.
00:45:59.85\00:46:01.79
Now as He sat on
the Mount of Olives,
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.53
the disciples
came to Him, saying,
00:46:03.56\00:46:07.20
tell us,
00:46:07.23\00:46:08.56
when will these things be?
00:46:08.60\00:46:10.27
And what will be
the sign of Your coming,
00:46:10.30\00:46:12.33
and of the end of the age?"
00:46:12.37\00:46:15.47
Now Jesus is going to describe
the destruction of Jerusalem,
00:46:15.50\00:46:19.94
which pre figures the
destruction of the world.
00:46:19.97\00:46:23.85
You see, Matthew 24
has a two fold application.
00:46:23.88\00:46:27.58
It describes the
destruction of literal Jerusalem
00:46:27.62\00:46:29.72
in the year 70,
00:46:29.75\00:46:31.09
but it also
foreshadows on a small scale,
00:46:31.12\00:46:34.69
a larger destruction,
the destruction of the world.
00:46:34.72\00:46:37.29
You say, how do we know that?
00:46:37.33\00:46:38.86
Because the disciples
asked Jesus two questions,
00:46:38.89\00:46:41.53
is when will these things be
00:46:41.56\00:46:43.37
that there won't be one
stone left upon another?
00:46:43.40\00:46:45.43
And what will be the
sign of the end of the world?
00:46:45.47\00:46:47.90
They asked two questions.
So Jesus blends His response.
00:46:47.94\00:46:51.24
He blends the two.
00:46:51.27\00:46:53.27
In other words the
destruction of Jerusalem
00:46:53.31\00:46:54.71
because symbolic a small
scale model of the destruction
00:46:54.74\00:46:59.61
that is gonna take
place on a global scale.
00:46:59.65\00:47:03.99
Now notice Matthew 24:15.
00:47:04.02\00:47:06.52
Remember the first application
is literal Jerusalem.
00:47:06.55\00:47:10.49
You remember
the word abomination
00:47:10.53\00:47:12.53
in the Old Testament?
00:47:12.56\00:47:15.66
Remember the word desolation?
00:47:15.70\00:47:18.07
Now notice Matthew 24:15.
00:47:18.10\00:47:20.94
"Therefore,
00:47:20.97\00:47:22.94
when you see the
abomination of desolation,
00:47:22.97\00:47:26.88
spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
00:47:26.91\00:47:29.84
standing in the holy place,
00:47:29.88\00:47:32.15
whoever reads,
let him understand..."
00:47:32.18\00:47:34.18
What is gonna stand in
the holy place, the what?
00:47:34.22\00:47:36.92
The abomination of desolation.
00:47:36.95\00:47:38.89
What is the
abomination of desolation
00:47:38.92\00:47:40.79
that was gonna
stand in the holy place?
00:47:40.82\00:47:43.43
We have to go to the parallel
account in the Gospel root.
00:47:43.46\00:47:46.56
Do you remember
who destroyed Jerusalem
00:47:46.59\00:47:49.06
because the Shekhinah left
00:47:49.10\00:47:51.47
and they rejected the Shekhinah?
00:47:51.50\00:47:53.10
Who destroyed Jerusalem?
00:47:53.13\00:47:55.50
Nebuchadnezzar.
00:47:55.54\00:47:57.51
But after Jesus the
part of the temple and said,
00:47:57.54\00:47:59.74
you're house has
left on to desolate,
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.51
He spoke about the
destruction of the temple.
00:48:01.54\00:48:03.71
And who actually
came to destroy it?
00:48:03.75\00:48:06.05
The Romans.
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.38
So what is the abomination
of desolation in Matthew?
00:48:08.42\00:48:11.55
Luke 21:20 explains it.
00:48:11.59\00:48:14.92
But when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
00:48:14.96\00:48:20.20
they know that its
desolation is near.
00:48:20.23\00:48:25.33
So what is the
abomination of desolation
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.47
as it applies to
literal Jerusalem?
00:48:27.50\00:48:30.27
It is, when the
Roman armies come
00:48:30.31\00:48:33.04
and surround the city
00:48:33.07\00:48:34.88
and they are going
to destroy the city.
00:48:34.91\00:48:39.08
Notice Luke 19:41-44,
00:48:39.11\00:48:43.79
where Jesus describes
00:48:43.82\00:48:45.42
what is gonna
happen to the city.
00:48:45.45\00:48:47.66
Luke 19:41-44.
00:48:47.69\00:48:52.06
"Now as He drew near,
00:48:52.09\00:48:54.56
He saw the city
and wept over it,
00:48:54.60\00:48:57.87
saying, if you had known,
00:48:57.90\00:49:00.67
even you,
especially in this your day,
00:49:00.70\00:49:04.07
the things that
make for your peace!
00:49:04.11\00:49:06.64
But now they are
hidden from your eyes.
00:49:06.68\00:49:09.58
For the days will come upon you
00:49:09.61\00:49:12.31
when your enemies will
build an embankment around you,
00:49:12.35\00:49:16.15
surround you and
close you in on every side,
00:49:16.18\00:49:20.39
and level you, and
your children within you,
00:49:20.42\00:49:24.23
to the ground;
00:49:24.26\00:49:25.96
and they will not leave in
you one stone upon another,"
00:49:25.99\00:49:31.83
why?
00:49:31.87\00:49:33.67
The last part of the verse,
00:49:33.70\00:49:35.64
"because you did not know
00:49:35.67\00:49:39.27
the time of your visitation."
00:49:39.31\00:49:44.45
Are you with me?
00:49:44.48\00:49:47.52
So let's review the four
stages of Israel's history.
00:49:47.55\00:49:52.79
What is the first stage?
00:49:52.82\00:49:54.82
God comes to
Israel, and He says,
00:49:54.86\00:49:56.49
I wanna make a
covenant with you.
00:49:56.52\00:49:58.73
If you obey My voice
and Keep My covenant,
00:49:58.76\00:50:01.86
you will be My God...
00:50:01.90\00:50:03.23
and I will be your God
and you will be My people.
00:50:03.26\00:50:06.97
Do you wanna marry me, God says?
00:50:07.00\00:50:09.37
Israel said, yeah,
00:50:09.40\00:50:10.74
all that the
Lord says, we will do.
00:50:10.77\00:50:12.67
But during the next 800 years,
00:50:12.71\00:50:15.68
Israel becomes a harlot
and she has other lovers.
00:50:15.71\00:50:21.38
So God says, okay, I'm
gonna put an end to this.
00:50:21.42\00:50:24.42
So the first stage
of Israel's history ends
00:50:24.45\00:50:27.52
with the Babylonia captivity.
00:50:27.56\00:50:31.13
But God loved His people.
00:50:31.16\00:50:33.53
So after the
Babylonian captivity,
00:50:33.56\00:50:35.13
God says, I'm gonna
give them 70 weeks more,
00:50:35.16\00:50:38.10
490 years,
00:50:38.13\00:50:40.57
and I'm gonna send
messengers to them,
00:50:40.60\00:50:42.37
and He sent them
Haggai and Zechariah,
00:50:42.40\00:50:44.31
Zorababel,
Malachi, John the Baptist,
00:50:44.34\00:50:47.98
among others, during those...
00:50:48.01\00:50:50.18
that period of 70 weeks.
00:50:50.21\00:50:54.02
The Bible says, that they
did the same with the messengers
00:50:54.05\00:50:56.32
that were sent to
them at that second stage.
00:50:56.35\00:51:01.06
So now God says, I
will send them My Son,
00:51:01.09\00:51:03.73
stage number three.
00:51:03.76\00:51:05.36
I'll send Jesus in person.
00:51:05.39\00:51:07.93
And Jesus now as the Shekhinah
00:51:07.96\00:51:09.66
that comes into the temple
00:51:09.70\00:51:11.20
that was built
after the captivity.
00:51:11.23\00:51:13.30
He is the Shekhinah glory.
00:51:13.34\00:51:15.40
That's why the Second Temple
00:51:15.44\00:51:16.77
is more glorious than the first.
00:51:16.81\00:51:19.41
Because Jesus, the
Shekhinah taught in there.
00:51:19.44\00:51:24.61
And what did they do with Him?
00:51:24.65\00:51:27.28
What they did with Him
00:51:27.32\00:51:29.55
is that they threw
Him out of the vineyard
00:51:29.58\00:51:32.35
and they killed Him.
00:51:32.39\00:51:35.42
And it's pretty
final because it says,
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.16
and last of all,
00:51:37.19\00:51:40.76
the Father sent His son
00:51:40.80\00:51:42.93
and they said, let us kill Him
00:51:42.96\00:51:45.30
and take His inheritance.
00:51:45.33\00:51:47.57
But how great is
the mercy of God?
00:51:47.60\00:51:51.44
Then He says, you know,
00:51:51.47\00:51:52.81
even though
Jesus said your house
00:51:52.84\00:51:56.18
is left on to your desolate,
00:51:56.21\00:51:59.08
even though I spoke about
the destruction of Jerusalem,
00:51:59.11\00:52:01.85
I'm gonna give
them a fourth stage,
00:52:01.88\00:52:03.55
I'm gonna give them
three and a half more years.
00:52:03.59\00:52:07.49
And the apostles are gonna go
00:52:07.52\00:52:08.89
and they're
gonna preach to them.
00:52:08.92\00:52:10.26
I'm gonna send all
kinds of messengers to them,
00:52:10.29\00:52:13.23
to try and get them
to accept the Messiah.
00:52:13.26\00:52:18.13
What they did with them?
00:52:18.17\00:52:21.04
They beat Peter and
John in the synagogue.
00:52:21.07\00:52:24.81
The leadership
opposed the messengers.
00:52:24.84\00:52:28.41
They stoned Stephen.
00:52:28.44\00:52:33.31
That was the last opportunity
that the Jewish theocracy had.
00:52:33.35\00:52:38.12
Now, let me explain
00:52:38.15\00:52:39.85
that the door of
mercy did not close
00:52:39.89\00:52:42.12
for individual Jews.
00:52:42.16\00:52:44.93
God loves the Jews,
00:52:44.96\00:52:47.60
like He loves every ethnic group
00:52:47.63\00:52:50.23
and nationality in the world.
00:52:50.27\00:52:53.10
What came to an end
was the Jewish theocracy.
00:52:53.13\00:52:57.87
In other words,
God rejected them
00:52:57.91\00:53:00.24
as the instrument to
reach the world for the Messiah.
00:53:00.28\00:53:05.98
He gave them four chances.
00:53:06.01\00:53:09.85
Let me tell you this, if
they would not accept Jesus,
00:53:09.88\00:53:13.02
it's rather doubtful
00:53:13.05\00:53:14.39
they would accept the
message of anyone else.
00:53:14.42\00:53:17.93
And so now God says,
00:53:17.96\00:53:19.79
and we're gonna find this
when we study the 70 weeks,
00:53:19.83\00:53:22.20
this is actually the structure,
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.80
the historical
structure of the 70 weeks,
00:53:23.83\00:53:26.77
where we said,
this is foundation.
00:53:26.80\00:53:29.64
And so,
00:53:29.67\00:53:32.14
when the first group
00:53:32.17\00:53:34.74
that God chose did
not fulfill its mission,
00:53:34.78\00:53:38.11
God says,
00:53:38.15\00:53:39.95
I will take the
kingdom from them.
00:53:39.98\00:53:42.62
And I will give it to the ethne.
00:53:42.65\00:53:47.52
That's a word for Gentiles.
00:53:47.56\00:53:50.33
And I will give the
kingdom to the Gentiles
00:53:50.36\00:53:52.96
and now they will
go to the highways
00:53:52.99\00:53:54.76
to the byways, they
will go into all the world
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and call people to
come to the Messiah.
00:53:59.03\00:54:02.14
That is the role of
the Christian church.
00:54:02.17\00:54:05.21
Is that Christian church today
fulfills the role of Israel?
00:54:05.24\00:54:11.25
The purpose of the
church is to call the world
00:54:11.28\00:54:14.18
to receive the Messiah,
00:54:14.22\00:54:15.95
where the Jewish
theocracy failed.
00:54:15.98\00:54:19.45
You see, if God had
simply dependent upon Israel
00:54:19.49\00:54:23.99
during these 2,000 years,
00:54:24.03\00:54:25.66
nobody would
have been evangelized.
00:54:25.69\00:54:28.80
Now some people say,
00:54:28.83\00:54:30.17
well, then you believe
in replacement theology,
00:54:30.20\00:54:31.73
you believe that the
church replaces Israel.
00:54:31.77\00:54:33.70
No.
00:54:33.74\00:54:35.07
The church
continues faithful Israel.
00:54:35.10\00:54:38.61
The church is true Israel.
00:54:38.64\00:54:42.14
We're gonna find in
our next couple of studies.
00:54:42.18\00:54:45.21
It is not another people
00:54:45.25\00:54:47.08
that God chooses
in place of Israel.
00:54:47.12\00:54:48.92
No, it is a
continuation of the mission
00:54:48.95\00:54:52.69
and the message of Israel.
00:54:52.72\00:54:55.42
It is spiritual Israel
00:54:55.46\00:54:56.79
because people might not have
the literal blood of Abraham
00:54:56.83\00:54:59.49
running through their veins,
00:54:59.53\00:55:01.40
but they're
fulfilling the mission
00:55:01.43\00:55:03.10
for which God
called literal Israel.
00:55:03.13\00:55:06.30
Are you with me or not?
00:55:06.33\00:55:08.54
And so God has
called the Christian church
00:55:08.57\00:55:11.47
to fulfill the mission.
00:55:11.51\00:55:12.84
And by the way,
I'll end with this.
00:55:12.87\00:55:14.21
And we have, I have a lecture
00:55:14.24\00:55:15.88
that's coming up in the
next couple of presentations
00:55:15.91\00:55:19.41
that I'm gonna make
that make this very clear,
00:55:19.45\00:55:22.25
and that is that
God does not have
00:55:22.28\00:55:23.99
too mutually exclusive peoples,
00:55:24.02\00:55:26.86
one plan for literally Israel,
00:55:26.89\00:55:28.82
and another for the
plan for the church,
00:55:28.86\00:55:30.33
like dispensationalists,
like futurist teach.
00:55:30.36\00:55:32.76
They say, well, you know,
God has a plan for the church,
00:55:32.79\00:55:35.10
that's the last 2,000 years,
00:55:35.13\00:55:36.87
the rapture will mark the
end of His plan for the church,
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.97
and then He will kick
start the plan for Israel,
00:55:40.00\00:55:41.84
His other people.
00:55:41.87\00:55:43.71
That's not biblical.
00:55:43.74\00:55:45.67
Because when you read
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:55:45.71\00:55:47.71
and I'm gonna come
back to this later on.
00:55:47.74\00:55:49.88
When you read
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:55:49.91\00:55:52.01
there's one
woman that represents
00:55:52.05\00:55:54.45
both Old Testament
and New Testament Israel.
00:55:54.48\00:55:59.25
The woman is with child.
00:55:59.29\00:56:02.69
So she must
exist before the child.
00:56:02.72\00:56:06.73
In other words,
00:56:06.76\00:56:08.10
that represents
the Jewish nation,
00:56:08.13\00:56:10.90
that was gonna bring
the Messiah into the world.
00:56:10.93\00:56:13.77
But after the child is born,
00:56:13.80\00:56:17.34
the same woman
flees to the wilderness
00:56:17.37\00:56:20.24
for 1,260 years, the same woman.
00:56:20.28\00:56:24.75
So in other words, the
woman in the New Testament
00:56:24.78\00:56:26.82
continues the woman
of the Old Testament.
00:56:26.85\00:56:30.69
Not two peoples
with two different plans,
00:56:30.72\00:56:34.66
rupturing one
00:56:34.69\00:56:36.02
and leaving the
other one behind,
00:56:36.06\00:56:39.06
as if they
haven't suffered enough
00:56:39.09\00:56:42.06
already, the Jews.
00:56:42.10\00:56:46.13
Did you understand
what we study this evening?
00:56:46.17\00:56:50.27
Foundation for
what we're gonna study
00:56:50.31\00:56:54.08
in the next two lectures.
00:56:54.11\00:56:56.64
The next two lectures
we are going to study,
00:56:56.68\00:56:59.55
first of all,
00:56:59.58\00:57:00.92
extensively about the
cursing of the fig tree.
00:57:00.95\00:57:05.02
And then we are gonna
study about the Apostle Paul's
00:57:05.05\00:57:08.16
perspective of who Israel is.
00:57:08.19\00:57:11.33
And incidentally, folks,
00:57:11.36\00:57:13.53
if the final battle is
battling against Israel
00:57:13.56\00:57:18.93
and battling is
a spiritual system,
00:57:18.97\00:57:21.17
it must mean that Israel
is also a spiritual system.
00:57:21.20\00:57:26.24
Because you can't
say like Dave Hunt,
00:57:26.27\00:57:28.91
that Babylon is a
worldwide spiritual system,
00:57:28.94\00:57:32.15
but Israel is the literal Israel
00:57:32.18\00:57:34.08
in the Middle East
00:57:34.12\00:57:36.02
because Babylon was
the enemy of Israel.
00:57:36.05\00:57:38.49
The final battle will be
00:57:38.52\00:57:40.29
the righteous
against the unrighteous,
00:57:40.32\00:57:43.46
spiritual Israel
against spiritual Babylon.
00:57:43.49\00:57:47.13
And like has happened
00:57:47.16\00:57:48.50
all throughout
the course of history,
00:57:48.53\00:57:50.90
spiritual Israel
will be victorious.
00:57:50.93\00:57:56.04
Like Jacob was victorious
00:57:56.07\00:57:58.51
when he
struggled with the angel,
00:57:58.54\00:57:59.87
you have struggled
with God and with man
00:57:59.91\00:58:02.91
and you have overcome.
00:58:02.94\00:58:04.28