Let us pray.
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Father in heaven,
as we open Your Word,
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we ask for the
presence of Your Spirit.
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This is a very
complex subject, 70 weeks.
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But I ask that You
will make things clear,
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so that we can
understand all of the details
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that we are gonna study.
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We claim Your
promise of Your presence
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in the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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We have found
more material to cover
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than I can actually do
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in the two
presentations on the 70 weeks.
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If you would like a full study,
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you can go to our
website secretsunsealed.org
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and go to our archives
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and there is a 26 page document
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on Daniel 9.
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And so I would
encourage you to go there
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for all of the details.
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Daniel 9 is the
greatest messianic prophecy
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of the Old Testament
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for two reasons.
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Number one,
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because it not
only predicts the events
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of Messiah's mission on earth,
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but it predicts
the specific dates
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for those events.
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You see, there
are many prophecies
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in the Old
Testament that tell us
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what the Messiah was gonna do.
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But this passage
not only tells us
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what He was gonna do,
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but also when He
was going to do it.
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Now I wanna review as we began
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the four stages
of Israel's history.
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And I'll do this
briefly and quickly.
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The first stage
is Sinai to Babylon,
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a period of 800 years,
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then Babylon to John
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483 years,
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then the ministry of
Christ that last 3.5 years.
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And after Christ's ascension
till end of the 70 weeks
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you have 3.5 years.
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Now I want to begin
by reading Daniel 1:1,2
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where we find the beginning
of the Babylonian captivity.
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Daniel 1: 1, 2,
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and what I want you notice here,
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this is
happening in the year 605,
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is that before the
city was destroyed,
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the city also
lost its governance
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because the nobility
were taken to Babylon.
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So it lost its
civil power to rule
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before the city was
physically destroyed.
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And so it says in Daniel 1:1, 2,
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"In the third
year, this is 605 BC,
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of the reign of
Jehoiakim king of Judah
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came Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon unto Jerusalem,
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and besieged it.
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And the Lord gave Jehoiakim
king of Judah into his hand."
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So now Jerusalem is
left without a ruler.
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So governance is removed first.
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So it says,
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"And the Lord gave Jehoiakim
king of Judah into his hand,
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with part of the
vessels of the house of God,
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which he carried
into the land of Shinar
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to the house of his god,
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and he brought the vessels
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into the treasure
house of his god."
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And by the way he also
took away the nobility.
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Daniel and his friends
were of the noble house,
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so that they would be no ruler.
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So before the city is destroyed,
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governance is
removed but then, of course,
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the city, the temple
and the walls are destroyed
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in the year 586.
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Let's read about
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the destruction of
Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles,
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36:15-20,
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"And the Lord
God of their fathers
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sent warnings to them
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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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until there was no remedy.
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Therefore He
brought against them
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the king of the Chaldeans,
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who killed their
young men with the sword
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in the house of their sanctuary,
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had no compassion on young man
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or virgin, 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,
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great and small,
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the treasures of
the house of the Lord,
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and the treasures of
the king and of his leaders,
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all these he took to Babylon.
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Then they burned
the house of God,
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broke down the
wall of Jerusalem,
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and burned all
its palaces with fire,
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and destroyed all
its precious possessions.
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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 and his sons
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until the rule of
the kingdom of Persia,
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to fulfill the word of the
Lord 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 she kept Sabbath,
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to fulfill seventy years."
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So two points I
want us to notice.
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Number one, the
city loses its governance
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before the city is
physically destroyed.
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And so if
Israel's gonna be restored,
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governance has to be restored
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and the city has to be rebuild.
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Now, Daniel just two years
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before the 70
year captivity ended
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fears that
perhaps the sinfulness
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of Israel is so great
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that God is going to
extent the period of 70 years.
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So in Daniel 9:1, 2,
we find Daniel studying
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the prophecy of the 70
years that Jeremiah wrote about.
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It says in Daniel 9:1, 2,
"In the first year of Darius
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the son of Ahasuerus, of
the lineage of the Medes,
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who was made king
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over the realm of the Chaldeans.
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In the first year of his reign
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I, Daniel,
understood by the books
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the number of
the years specified
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by the word of the Lord
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through Jeremiah the prophet,
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that He would
accomplish seventy years
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in the
desolations of Jerusalem."
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So Daniel is saying, it's 938,
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I know that we were
taken captive in 605,
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so the captivity
should end in the year 536,
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two years from now.
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But then Daniel starts thinking
he says, "Now wait a minute,
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may be the sinfulness
of Israel was so great
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that God is not
gonna fulfill His promise
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and it's gonna be a
longer period of captivity."
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And so Daniel now
raises a prayer to God,
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and he confesses the
sinfulness of Israel.
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And he begs the
Lord not to delay
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in fulfilling His
promise of letting his people go
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after 70 years.
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I only wanna read the
last part of Daniel's prayer,
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it goes all way from verse 3-19,
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but I wanna read
only verses 18 and 19.
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"O my God,
incline your ear and hear,
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open your eyes and
see our desolations,
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and the city which
is called by Your name,
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for we do not present
our supplications before You
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because of our righteous deeds,
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but because of
Your great mercies.
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O Lord, hear!
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O Lord, forgive!
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O Lord, listen and act!"
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And then notice.
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"Do not," what?
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"Do not delay for Your own sake,
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my God, for Your city
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and Your people are
called by Your name."
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Don't delay to
fulfill that after 70 years
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You're gonna let Your people go.
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So then
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Gabriel comes to Daniel
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and he tells Daniel,
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"Daniel, the 70 years will end
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and your people
will return to the land
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and God is going to give them
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a 70 week probation."
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Notice Daniel
9:24, what it says about
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this period of 70 weeks.
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Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
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and for your holy
city, and then six things
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are gonna happen
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during the
period of the 70 weeks
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particularly at the end,
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during the last week, to
finish the transgression,
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to make an end of sins,
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to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
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to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
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to seal up vision and prophecy
and to anoint the Most Holy.
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So Gabriel tells him, "Daniel,
God will fulfill His promise,
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your people will
return to their land,
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will return to their city,
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governance will
be reestablished,
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the city and the
walls will be rebuild,
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the sanctuary, the
religious system will begin
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to function again,
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and 70 weeks are given
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as a grace
period for your nation.
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Now, of course,
the big question is
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when do the 70 weeks begin?
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Well, in Daniel 9:25,
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we have the secret of
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when the 70 weeks
we're going to begin.
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It says there in Daniel 9:25,
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"Know therefore and understand
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that from the going
forth of the command
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to restore and build Jerusalem."
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By the way those two words,
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I don't have the
time to get into it,
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but restore is
not the same as build.
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Restore means to
establish governance again
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and the religious system.
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Build means to
build the physical city.
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See both things were removed,
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both things need to be restored.
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So it says, "Know
therefore and understand
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that from the going
forth of the command
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to restore and build
Jerusalem until Messiah,"
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which means the
anointed one, "The prince,
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there shall be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks."
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In other words
there's gonna be 69 weeks
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between the
decree and the appearance
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of the anointed
one or the Messiah.
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Now once again I
want to underline
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that there are two things
that need to be reestablished,
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governance, and
the physical city.
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Now there are
four possible dates
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for the beginning of
the command to restore
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and build Jerusalem.
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One of them was given
by Cyrus in the year 536,
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the year when they were
released from captivity.
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That cannot be the decree
to restore and build Jerusalem,
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because the decree of
Cyrus only gave them permission
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to rebuild the temple.
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You can find that
in the Book of Ezra.
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Then in the year
520, 16 years later,
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Darius the
Persian gave a decree,
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restoring the decree
that was given in 536,
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because it had been suspended.
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Once again the
decree by Darius the Persian
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was only to rebuild the temple,
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that was in the year 520.
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Then you have a decree
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by Artaxerxes in 457 BC,
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that is the decree
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that restores
and builds Jerusalem.
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By the way, there
was one more decree
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by Artaxerxes
in the year 444 BC,
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that one won't work either
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because that was
only permission to go
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and rebuild the wall.
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So there's only
one decree that fits.
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The first two had to do
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with the building of the temple,
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the last one had to do
with building of the walls.
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There's only one in Ezra
7 that fulfills the command
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to restore and
to build Jerusalem.
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Ezra 7:13 refers to that decree,
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here king Artaxerxes states,
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"I issue a decree
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that all those of
the people of Israel
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and the priests and
the Levities in my realm,
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who volunteer to
go up to Jerusalem,
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may go with you."
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And then it speaks about
the rebuilding of the temple
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and the city and
restoring their civil order,
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you can read in
the following verses.
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Now the question is,
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when did
Artaxerxes gave this decree
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to restore and build Jerusalem?
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To restore that
civil and religious order
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and to rebuild the
city and the walls.
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Ezra 7:7 gives us the date.
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it says, "Some of
the children of Israel,
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the priests, the Levites,
the singers, the gatekeepers,
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and the Nethinim
came up to Jerusalem
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in the seventh year
of King Artaxerxes."
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So we know, when
the decree is given,
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it is given the
seventh year of Artaxerxes.
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And you ask the question,
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what was the seventh
year of King Artaxerxes?
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Well, two great scholars
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several years ago
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wrote a book called
"The Chronology of Ezra 7,"
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their names Siegfried Horn,
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who was is the dean
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of Seventh-day
Adventist Archaeologist.
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He passed away a few years ago.
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And Kenneth Wood who
was editor of the Review
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and Herald for quite
a long period of time.
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They showed in their
book by examining archeology,
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history, and
astronomy that there's no doubt
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that the decree of
Artaxerxes was given
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in the fall of the year 457 BC.
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So in other words,
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the 70 weeks began in 457 BC,
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we know what the
starting date is.
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Now we need to understand
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that the 70 weeks
are not weeks of days,
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they are weeks of years.
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In prophecy days
are equivalent to years.
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So 70 weeks times 7 days,
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each week comes
out to 490 years.
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In other words,
from 457 BC forward,
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the 70 weeks were
going to last 490 years.
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Are we on the same page?
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Now, the 70 weeks
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are divided into three segments.
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They're divided into 7 weeks,
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after the 7 weeks, 62 weeks,
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and then the final week.
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Let's read Daniel 9:25,
and then we'll go to verse 27.
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It says, "Know
therefore and understand,
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that from the going
forth of the command to restore
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and build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince,
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there shall be," what?
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"Seven weeks,"
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that's the first
segment and then what?
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"And sixty-two weeks."
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So the first two segments
are 7 weeks, and then 62 weeks.
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And then in verse 27, it says,
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"Then he shall
confirm a covenant with many,"
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for what?
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"For one week."
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That's the last week.
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"For one week, but in
the middle of the week
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He shall bring an end
to sacrifice and offering."
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So there's three
segments to the 70 weeks,
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three divisions.
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7 weeks, 62 weeks
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and one final week.
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Now why do you have 7 weeks,
7 weeks is equal to 49 years.
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At least I knew 7 times 7 is 49.
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So the first 7 weeks
have to do with the rebuilding
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and restoring of Jerusalem.
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You can read
this in Daniel 9:25.
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It speaks about these 7 weeks,
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these 49 years
after the decree is given.
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It says, "The street
shall be rebuild again
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and the wall even
in troublous times."
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So the 7 years, 49 years,
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after 457 deals with a
rebuilding of the city,
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and the
reestablishment of their civil
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and religious order.
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But then you have 62
weeks that go beyond that.
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The 7 plus the 62,
take us to the Messiah
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to the anointed one.
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In other words,
69 weeks from 457 BC
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will take you to the moment
when the Messiah is anointed,
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when the Messiah appears.
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How many years is that?
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Seven weeks plus
62 weeks is 69 weeks
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times 7 days each week
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is 483 years.
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This is simple math.
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It's not geometry, or algebra,
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or trigonometry, or calculus.
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We should be able to
grasp this quiet easily.
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Now let's go once
again to Daniel 9:25,
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"Know therefore and understand,
00:18:18.69\00:18:20.20
that from the going
forth of the command
00:18:20.23\00:18:22.10
to restore and
to build Jerusalem
00:18:22.13\00:18:24.13
until Messiah the Prince,
00:18:24.17\00:18:26.43
there shall be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks."
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I want to repeat once
again that the word Messiah,
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the word Messiah
means the anointed one.
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The equivalent
Greek word is Christ,
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the word Christ means anointed.
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By the way, that's where we
get the word christened from.
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A christening is
an anointing, right?
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And the first part of
christening is Christ.
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So the word Messiah
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or Christ means
the anointed one.
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So from the time
that the decree is given
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until the anointed one
there would be 69 weeks.
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Now the question is,
when did Messiah appear
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and when was the
Messiah anointed?
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Let's go to Luke 3:1-3.
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Luke 3:1-3,
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this passage gives us
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several historical
events to let us know
00:19:24.43\00:19:27.86
when the Messiah was anointed.
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It says, "Now in
the fifteenth year
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of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
00:19:33.70\00:19:36.60
Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judea,
00:19:36.64\00:19:40.11
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee,
00:19:40.14\00:19:43.24
his brother
Philip tetrarch of Iturea
00:19:43.28\00:19:46.98
and the region of Traconitis,
00:19:47.02\00:19:49.52
and Lysanias
tetrarch of Abilene,
00:19:49.55\00:19:52.95
while Annas and
Caiaphas were high priests."
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I would say that
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we have a lot of
historical markers
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here, wouldn't you?
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Now the question
is, what is the date?
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We'll come back to that.
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It says here, "The word of God
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came to John the
son of Zechariah,"
00:20:07.30\00:20:09.47
that John the
Baptist, "in the wilderness.
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And he went into all the
region around the Jordan,
00:20:11.67\00:20:14.54
preaching a
baptism of repentance
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for the remission of sins."
00:20:17.38\00:20:20.18
Now the question is,
when did this take place?
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Well, we know
that Tiberius Caesar
00:20:24.95\00:20:29.12
began his reign
in the year 12 AD,
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12 AD,
00:20:34.26\00:20:35.90
but this happened in
the 15th year of his reign.
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So you add 12 plus 15
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and it takes us to what date?
00:20:43.30\00:20:45.57
It takes us to the year 27 AD.
00:20:45.61\00:20:49.94
In other words, the
year 27 AD was going to be
00:20:49.98\00:20:53.85
the year in which
Messiah would appear,
00:20:53.88\00:20:57.55
the anointed one
00:20:57.59\00:20:59.05
or the Christ
was going to appear.
00:20:59.09\00:21:03.56
Now let's go to Mark 1:9-11.
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Mark 1:9-11.
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We just noticed that John
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is going out preaching
00:21:14.34\00:21:18.17
in the year 27,
00:21:18.21\00:21:20.54
and while he's
preaching somebody shows up
00:21:20.58\00:21:24.31
to where he is preaching, Jesus.
00:21:24.35\00:21:28.62
It says here in Mark 1:9-11,
00:21:28.65\00:21:32.39
"It came to pass in those days
00:21:32.42\00:21:34.39
that Jesus came
from Nazareth of Galilee,
00:21:34.42\00:21:38.29
and was baptized
by John in the Jordan.
00:21:38.33\00:21:42.96
And immediately,
coming up from the water,
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He saw the seven heavens parting
00:21:45.57\00:21:47.80
and the Spirit
descending upon Him
00:21:47.84\00:21:50.27
like a dove.
00:21:50.31\00:21:51.91
Then a voice came from heaven,
00:21:51.94\00:21:53.27
'You are My beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased.'
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" What date was Jesus baptized?
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He was baptized by John
00:21:59.65\00:22:01.25
the Baptist in the year 27 AD.
00:22:01.28\00:22:06.72
Now let's go to Luke 4:18, 19,
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this is right after
the baptism of Jesus.
00:22:10.69\00:22:14.46
Luke 4:18, 19, Jesus goes
to the synagogue in Nazareth
00:22:14.50\00:22:19.47
and He opens the
book, He's asked to give
00:22:19.50\00:22:23.57
the scripture reading
for the worship service.
00:22:23.61\00:22:26.41
And He opens up the scriptures
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.61
to a passage in Isaiah 61.
00:22:28.64\00:22:32.58
It says there in verses
18 and 19, Jesus is speaking,
00:22:32.61\00:22:36.28
"The Spirit of the
Lord is upon Me..."
00:22:36.32\00:22:39.05
When did the
Spirit come upon Jesus?
00:22:39.09\00:22:42.06
When He was baptized, right?
00:22:42.09\00:22:44.06
"The Spirit of
the Lord is upon Me,
00:22:44.09\00:22:47.03
because He has
anointed," what, He's what?
00:22:47.06\00:22:50.20
Oh, so when was Jesus anointed?
00:22:50.23\00:22:53.74
When He was
baptized in the year 27.
00:22:53.77\00:22:56.37
"And because He has anointed Me
00:22:56.40\00:22:58.34
to preach the
gospel to the poor,
00:22:58.37\00:23:00.38
He has sent Me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.74
to proclaim
liberty to the captives
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.61
and recovery of
sight to the blind,
00:23:04.65\00:23:06.48
to set at liberty
those who are oppressed,
00:23:06.51\00:23:08.58
to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord."
00:23:08.62\00:23:12.65
So when Jesus was baptized,
00:23:12.69\00:23:14.22
He was anointed for His mission.
00:23:14.26\00:23:18.63
Now lest you doubt,
00:23:18.66\00:23:20.60
let's go to over Acts 10:36-38.
00:23:20.63\00:23:24.83
Acts 10:36-38,
00:23:24.87\00:23:27.60
scripture interpret scripture.
00:23:27.64\00:23:31.11
The Bible explains
itself everything that
00:23:31.14\00:23:34.18
we need to understand the Bible,
00:23:34.21\00:23:35.78
is in the Bible.
00:23:35.81\00:23:37.95
Acts 10:36,
00:23:37.98\00:23:40.75
"The word which God
00:23:40.78\00:23:42.12
sent to the children of Israel,
00:23:42.15\00:23:43.52
preaching peace
through Jesus Christ,
00:23:43.55\00:23:45.95
He is Lord of all
that word you know,
00:23:45.99\00:23:49.36
which was proclaimed
throughout all Judea,
00:23:49.39\00:23:51.79
and began from
Galilee after the baptism
00:23:51.83\00:23:54.66
which John preached."
00:23:54.70\00:23:56.36
Now notice, here
comes the key portion,
00:23:56.40\00:23:58.73
"How God anointed
00:23:58.77\00:24:02.17
Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit."
00:24:02.20\00:24:06.74
When did Jesus
received the Holy Spirit?
00:24:06.78\00:24:09.24
At His baptism.
00:24:09.28\00:24:10.61
And this speaks of His baptism
00:24:10.65\00:24:12.21
as His anointing.
00:24:12.25\00:24:16.72
So to Messiah to the time
of the anointed one, 69 weeks.
00:24:16.75\00:24:22.46
And Jesus was
anointed in the year 27 AD.
00:24:22.49\00:24:27.46
By the way,
shortly after His baptism,
00:24:27.50\00:24:29.46
Jesus spoke some
very interesting words.
00:24:29.50\00:24:32.23
Mark 1:13, 14.
00:24:32.27\00:24:35.70
Mark 1:13, 14,
00:24:35.74\00:24:38.54
this is right after His baptism,
00:24:38.57\00:24:39.91
now He's beginning His ministry.
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.44
"Now after John
was put in prison,
00:24:42.48\00:24:45.31
Jesus came to Galilee,
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.42
preaching the gospel
of the kingdom of God,
00:24:47.45\00:24:49.78
and saying,
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.75
'The time is fulfilled.'
00:24:51.79\00:24:55.82
" What did Jesus
mean when He said,
00:24:55.86\00:24:57.66
"He begins His ministry
says, the time is fulfilled."
00:24:57.69\00:25:00.56
What time is He referring to?
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.16
The time of the
prophecy of the 70 weeks,
00:25:03.20\00:25:06.74
He has just been baptized.
00:25:06.77\00:25:08.24
"The time is
fulfilled and the kingdom of God
00:25:08.27\00:25:11.07
is at hand.
00:25:11.11\00:25:12.44
Repent and believe the gospel."
00:25:12.47\00:25:15.98
Now let's go one last text
00:25:16.01\00:25:17.68
about the
anointing of the Messiah.
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.88
John 1, we'll read verse 32
00:25:19.91\00:25:23.49
and then we'll
go down to verse 41.
00:25:23.52\00:25:26.86
Jesus is baptized
and then something
00:25:26.89\00:25:29.99
very interesting happens.
00:25:30.03\00:25:31.79
It says that in verse 32,
"And John bore witness, saying,
00:25:31.83\00:25:36.53
'I saw the Spirit descending
from heaven like a dove,
00:25:36.56\00:25:40.27
and He remained upon Him."'
00:25:40.30\00:25:43.10
Then immediately after
His baptism in verse 41,
00:25:43.14\00:25:47.34
Andrew finds his brother Simon
00:25:47.38\00:25:51.78
and he says something
very interesting to Simon,
00:25:51.81\00:25:54.68
right after the
baptism of Jesus.
00:25:54.72\00:25:57.59
He says,
00:25:57.62\00:25:58.95
"We have found the Messiah."
00:25:58.99\00:26:03.73
Are you
catching all these texts?
00:26:03.76\00:26:05.19
The significance.
00:26:05.23\00:26:06.90
We have found the anointed
one, right after His baptism,
00:26:06.93\00:26:11.13
which is translated into Greek,
00:26:11.17\00:26:13.87
"The Christ."
00:26:13.90\00:26:17.24
So when was Jesus anointed?
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.67
At His baptism.
00:26:19.71\00:26:21.24
In what year?
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.21
27 AD, 483 years
after the command was given
00:26:23.24\00:26:28.98
to restore and build Jerusalem.
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.15
Now what season of the
year was Jesus baptized?
00:26:31.19\00:26:36.93
He was baptized in
the fall of the year 27.
00:26:36.96\00:26:40.86
You say, how do you know that?
00:26:40.90\00:26:43.63
It's very simple.
00:26:43.67\00:26:45.87
What season of the
year, was Jesus crucified?
00:26:45.90\00:26:51.54
In the spring.
00:26:51.57\00:26:54.08
Because He was
crucified at Passover,
00:26:54.11\00:26:56.98
and Passover was in
March-April, in the spring.
00:26:57.01\00:27:01.88
How long did the
ministry of Jesus last?
00:27:01.92\00:27:05.02
Three and half years.
00:27:05.05\00:27:07.02
So you go from the fall
of 27, to the fall of 28,
00:27:07.06\00:27:11.96
to the fall of
29, to the fall of 30,
00:27:11.99\00:27:16.16
to the spring of 31.
00:27:16.20\00:27:19.13
How many years?
00:27:19.17\00:27:20.70
Three and half years.
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.30
He was baptized in
the fall of the year 27
00:27:23.34\00:27:27.48
and He was crucified in
the spring of the year 31.
00:27:27.51\00:27:33.42
Now something was gonna happen
in the middle of the last week.
00:27:33.45\00:27:36.72
Well, you notice
that, Messiah would come
00:27:36.75\00:27:38.79
at the beginning
of the last week.
00:27:38.82\00:27:40.16
Now let's notice
what was gonna happen
00:27:40.19\00:27:41.56
in the middle of the last week.
00:27:41.59\00:27:43.22
Daniel 9:26 and I
don't have time to deal
00:27:43.26\00:27:46.56
with structural
matters of Daniel 9.
00:27:46.59\00:27:49.03
In the material if
you go to our website,
00:27:49.06\00:27:51.30
there's a whole structural study
00:27:51.33\00:27:52.67
because things
seems to go back and forth
00:27:52.70\00:27:55.64
here in the
prophecy of the 70 weeks.
00:27:55.67\00:27:57.47
It appears to not be in
order, but it is in order,
00:27:57.51\00:28:00.51
if you know how it's structured.
00:28:00.54\00:28:02.11
But anyway, Daniel 9:26, says,
00:28:02.14\00:28:04.98
"And after the sixty-two weeks."
00:28:05.01\00:28:08.88
Sometime after the 62
weeks and the 7 weeks,
00:28:08.92\00:28:12.15
because the 7
weeks are the first part,
00:28:12.19\00:28:14.19
the 62 weeks are the next part.
00:28:14.22\00:28:16.22
So at some point
during the last 62 weeks,
00:28:16.26\00:28:20.06
"Messiah will be cut off,"
00:28:20.10\00:28:23.73
the anointed one be cut,
00:28:23.77\00:28:25.40
"but nor for Himself."
00:28:25.43\00:28:27.74
You know, what does that mean?
00:28:27.77\00:28:29.20
Messiah would be cut
off, not for Himself.
00:28:29.24\00:28:32.07
Well, we have to go to
other places in the Bible
00:28:32.11\00:28:34.04
to find out what it means.
00:28:34.08\00:28:35.44
Isaiah 53:5.
00:28:35.48\00:28:37.11
Isaiah 53:5.
00:28:37.15\00:28:40.82
Who did Jesus die for?
Did He die for Himself?
00:28:40.85\00:28:43.89
No.
00:28:43.92\00:28:45.25
Isaiah 53:5 says,
00:28:45.29\00:28:46.76
"But He was wounded
for our transgressions,
00:28:46.79\00:28:49.62
He was bruised
for our iniquities,
00:28:49.66\00:28:51.79
the chastisement of
our peace was upon him,
00:28:51.83\00:28:54.83
and with His
stripes we are healed."
00:28:54.86\00:28:59.40
So He was cut
off not for Himself.
00:28:59.43\00:29:03.34
What does cut off mean?
00:29:03.37\00:29:05.61
Isaiah 53:8, it says,
00:29:05.64\00:29:08.44
"He was taken,"
00:29:08.48\00:29:09.81
speaking about
Jesus the Messiah.
00:29:09.84\00:29:11.21
"He was taken from
prison and from judgment,
00:29:11.25\00:29:13.58
and who shall
declare His generation?
00:29:13.62\00:29:15.82
For he was cut off out
of the land of the living,
00:29:15.85\00:29:20.46
for the transgression of
my people was he stricken."
00:29:20.49\00:29:24.73
What does the
cutting off, of Messiah mean?
00:29:24.76\00:29:27.70
It means that He
was going to be killed.
00:29:27.73\00:29:31.13
But He would
die not for Himself.
00:29:31.17\00:29:33.90
Is that true of Jesus?
00:29:33.94\00:29:36.00
Absolutely.
00:29:36.04\00:29:38.01
Now there's
something very interesting.
00:29:38.04\00:29:40.98
There is a link
00:29:41.01\00:29:42.34
between the death of the Messiah
00:29:42.38\00:29:46.41
and another
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:29:46.45\00:29:49.48
You see, this prophecy tells us
00:29:49.52\00:29:51.29
that at end of the 70
weeks, Jerusalem is gonna be
00:29:51.32\00:29:55.12
destroyed again
like it was destroyed
00:29:55.16\00:29:57.76
by Nebuchadnezzar,
00:29:57.79\00:29:59.13
and it will be destroyed
00:29:59.16\00:30:00.50
because they
rejected the Messiah.
00:30:00.53\00:30:03.40
You say, is
there in the prophecy
00:30:03.43\00:30:04.77
of the 70 weeks?
00:30:04.80\00:30:06.13
Yes it is.
00:30:06.17\00:30:07.50
Let's go back to Daniel 9:26
00:30:07.54\00:30:10.01
and we'll read the
last part of the verse.
00:30:10.04\00:30:13.01
After saying we just read,
00:30:13.04\00:30:15.44
"That Messiah would be
cut off, but nor himself."
00:30:15.48\00:30:19.45
Then it speaks
about the destruction
00:30:19.48\00:30:20.98
of the Jerusalem.
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.35
It says, "And the
people of the prince
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.12
that shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary."
00:30:24.15\00:30:28.49
Was Jerusalem
gonna be destroyed again?
00:30:28.52\00:30:30.43
And the sanctuary
gonna be destroyed again?
00:30:30.46\00:30:32.73
Yes.
00:30:32.76\00:30:34.10
Does it have anything to do
00:30:34.13\00:30:35.46
with the cutting
off of the Messiah?
00:30:35.50\00:30:37.07
Yes.
00:30:37.10\00:30:38.43
So it says, "And
the people of the prince
00:30:38.47\00:30:39.80
that shall come
shall destroy the city
00:30:39.83\00:30:42.04
and the sanctuary,
00:30:42.07\00:30:43.41
and the end thereof
shall be with a flood,
00:30:43.44\00:30:46.61
and unto the end of the war
desolations are determined."
00:30:46.64\00:30:51.25
Matthew 24 speaks about,
00:30:51.28\00:30:52.91
"When you see the
abomination of desolation..."
00:30:52.95\00:30:58.05
We'll come back to that.
00:30:58.09\00:30:59.82
Now there were further
events during the last week,
00:30:59.85\00:31:03.02
not only was the
Messiah gonna be cut off,
00:31:03.06\00:31:05.16
but Daniel Chapter 9
gives us the specific point
00:31:05.19\00:31:09.66
in the last week when
He was gonna be cut off.
00:31:09.70\00:31:12.33
Daniel 9:27 says,
00:31:12.37\00:31:18.01
"And He,"
00:31:18.04\00:31:19.37
that is the
prince who shall come,
00:31:19.41\00:31:20.74
that we read about
in the previous verse,
00:31:20.78\00:31:22.38
we'll come back to that,
"shall confirm the covenant
00:31:22.41\00:31:25.71
with many for one week."
00:31:25.75\00:31:28.35
Which week is that?
00:31:28.38\00:31:29.98
It's a last week, right?
00:31:30.02\00:31:31.35
We're dealing
with the last week.
00:31:31.39\00:31:32.89
So what is the prince that
who is to come, going to do?
00:31:32.92\00:31:36.32
He is going to confirm
the covenant, during what?
00:31:36.36\00:31:40.16
During the last week.
00:31:40.20\00:31:41.70
And He's gonna
confirm it with what?
00:31:41.73\00:31:44.50
Many for the last week.
00:31:44.53\00:31:47.47
Now there's
something very interesting
00:31:47.50\00:31:50.07
and that is in
the Book of Daniel,
00:31:50.11\00:31:51.77
when the word Prince is used.
00:31:51.81\00:31:55.08
It always refers to Jesus,
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.48
unless it's dealing
with a secular prince.
00:31:57.51\00:32:01.65
The word Prince
refers here to Jesus,
00:32:01.68\00:32:04.85
He will confirm
the covenant with many.
00:32:04.89\00:32:07.82
Now let's notice
in the New Testament,
00:32:07.86\00:32:10.13
the fulfillment of this,
00:32:10.16\00:32:12.33
Daniel or Matthew 26:27, 28.
00:32:12.36\00:32:16.83
Matthew 26:27, 28
00:32:16.87\00:32:20.47
this is when Jesus
instituted the Lord Supper.
00:32:20.50\00:32:23.51
Remember the key
words are covenant and many.
00:32:23.54\00:32:26.41
Right? Those are the key words.
00:32:26.44\00:32:28.34
The last week He will
confirm the covenant with many.
00:32:28.38\00:32:33.62
In Matthew 26:27, 28,
it says, "He took the cup,
00:32:33.65\00:32:37.72
and He gave thanks,
and gave it to them,
00:32:37.75\00:32:40.06
saying, 'Drink
from it, all of you.
00:32:40.09\00:32:43.36
For this is My
blood of the new covenant,
00:32:43.39\00:32:47.30
which is shed for many
for the remission of sins,"
00:32:47.33\00:32:52.37
the two key words.
00:32:52.40\00:32:54.34
Notice, Mark 10:45.
00:32:54.37\00:32:56.91
Mark 10:45,
00:32:56.94\00:32:59.11
"For even the Son of Man
did not come not to be served,
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.51
but to serve,
and to give His life
00:33:01.54\00:33:03.68
a ransom for many."
00:33:03.71\00:33:06.51
Once again,
Isaiah 53:1, you know,
00:33:06.55\00:33:10.49
you would have to be awful fast
00:33:10.52\00:33:11.85
with your fingers
to find these texts
00:33:11.89\00:33:13.89
but you know,
00:33:13.92\00:33:15.26
I just want you
to catch the picture.
00:33:15.29\00:33:17.03
If you're writing down the text,
00:33:17.06\00:33:18.39
you'll be able to
look at them later.
00:33:18.43\00:33:20.26
Isaiah 53:11,
00:33:20.30\00:33:22.00
this remarkable
Messianic prophecy says,
00:33:22.03\00:33:24.73
"Therefore I will divide
Him a portion with the great,
00:33:24.77\00:33:30.01
and He shall divide
the spoil with the strong,
00:33:30.04\00:33:32.74
because He poured out His soul."
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.94
The word soul means life.
00:33:34.98\00:33:36.31
"He poured out
His soul unto death,
00:33:36.34\00:33:38.21
and He was numbered
with the transgressors,
00:33:38.25\00:33:40.28
and He bore the sin of many,
00:33:40.32\00:33:44.09
and made intercession
for the transgressors."
00:33:44.12\00:33:47.46
Now here's
something interesting.
00:33:47.49\00:33:49.22
The word covenant
00:33:49.26\00:33:51.36
when it is used in
the Book of Daniel,
00:33:51.39\00:33:54.16
it always refers
to God's covenant,
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.93
it never refers to
a secular covenant.
00:33:56.97\00:34:01.04
And the reason I
say this is important
00:34:01.07\00:34:03.17
is because futurists believe
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.67
that the prince
that who is to come
00:34:05.71\00:34:07.81
is a roman prince
00:34:07.84\00:34:09.18
that will establish
a 10 nation generation,
00:34:09.21\00:34:12.85
10 nation
federation at the end of time.
00:34:12.88\00:34:17.12
And he will be the
prince that will come
00:34:17.15\00:34:19.65
and he will
fulfill this prophecy.
00:34:19.69\00:34:22.72
But I'm gonna show you
that the prince who is to come,
00:34:22.76\00:34:25.73
is not some
prince who will arise
00:34:25.76\00:34:27.96
after the rapture of the church
00:34:28.00\00:34:29.83
and then reestablish a
10 nation Roman federation
00:34:29.86\00:34:33.84
and persecute the Jews.
00:34:33.87\00:34:35.77
The prince who is to come here
is none other than Jesus Christ
00:34:35.80\00:34:39.84
and the covenant is
not some secular covenant
00:34:39.87\00:34:42.81
of this individual in the future
00:34:42.84\00:34:44.61
with a literal Jewish nation.
00:34:44.65\00:34:46.28
The covenant
here is God's covenant
00:34:46.31\00:34:49.38
that He ratifies with His people
00:34:49.42\00:34:51.25
when He comes to
this earth the first time.
00:34:51.29\00:34:54.92
Now there's another
thing that's gonna happen
00:34:54.96\00:34:56.76
during the last week.
00:34:56.79\00:34:59.39
Now we're gonna see
when the Messiah is cut off.
00:34:59.43\00:35:02.46
Daniel 9:27,
00:35:02.50\00:35:07.00
"Then he shall
confirm a covenant
00:35:07.04\00:35:09.87
with many for one week."
00:35:09.90\00:35:12.17
That's the last
week, week number seven.
00:35:12.21\00:35:14.58
By the way would He
confirm the covenant
00:35:14.61\00:35:16.61
with literal
Israel during that week?
00:35:16.64\00:35:19.08
Of course, He would have to,
00:35:19.11\00:35:21.08
because the 70 weeks
were determined for whom?
00:35:21.12\00:35:24.42
The 70 weeks were for Israel.
00:35:24.45\00:35:27.42
So that last
week, what He's doing,
00:35:27.46\00:35:29.59
He's doing
specifically in Israel,
00:35:29.62\00:35:32.06
He's doing for Israel.
00:35:32.09\00:35:33.43
He sent to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel
00:35:33.46\00:35:36.46
until the year 34
00:35:36.50\00:35:38.37
when the 70
weeks come to an end.
00:35:38.40\00:35:39.93
So it says,
00:35:39.97\00:35:41.30
"Then he shall
confirm a covenant
00:35:41.34\00:35:42.67
with many for one week,
but in the middle of the week,"
00:35:42.70\00:35:45.97
the middle of the last week,
00:35:46.01\00:35:48.18
"He shall bring an end
to sacrifice and offering."
00:35:48.21\00:35:51.55
So when was
Messiah gonna be cut off?
00:35:54.68\00:35:57.75
In the middle of the last week.
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.65
Now here's
something very interesting,
00:35:59.69\00:36:01.36
Notice Mark 15:38, 39.
00:36:01.39\00:36:04.76
Mark 15:38, 39,
00:36:04.79\00:36:07.46
Jesus is on the cross
and He's about to die.
00:36:07.50\00:36:11.07
In fact, He's
gonna breathe His last.
00:36:11.10\00:36:12.53
And when He breathed
His last, something happens.
00:36:12.57\00:36:15.34
"And Jesus cried
out with a loud voice,
00:36:15.37\00:36:17.27
and breathed His last.
00:36:17.31\00:36:18.87
Then the veil of the
temple was torn in two
00:36:18.91\00:36:21.24
from top to bottom."
00:36:21.28\00:36:22.78
It was a massive
veil in the temple.
00:36:22.81\00:36:26.88
And something very
interesting happened
00:36:26.92\00:36:29.15
at that very moment.
00:36:29.18\00:36:31.49
Ellen White wrote
in Desire of Ages,
00:36:31.52\00:36:34.82
page 757, a very
remarkable statement.
00:36:34.86\00:36:38.79
You see, the prophecy says,
00:36:38.83\00:36:40.33
"That in the middle of the week,
00:36:40.36\00:36:41.76
he would cause the sacrifice
and the offering to cease."
00:36:41.80\00:36:46.43
The sacrifice and offering
would cease at that moment.
00:36:46.47\00:36:50.17
That was literally fulfilled.
00:36:50.21\00:36:53.51
Desire of Ages, 757,
00:36:53.54\00:36:55.24
listen to this
remarkable statement.
00:36:55.28\00:36:57.75
This is when the veil is
ripped from top to bottom.
00:36:57.78\00:37:01.48
"All is terror and confusion.
00:37:01.52\00:37:05.12
The priest is about
to slay the victim,"
00:37:05.15\00:37:07.99
because at 3
o'clock in the afternoon,
00:37:08.02\00:37:09.99
the hour of the
evening sacrifice,
00:37:10.03\00:37:12.93
"but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand,
00:37:12.96\00:37:16.67
and the lamb escapes."
00:37:16.70\00:37:20.84
No lamb died that day,
00:37:20.87\00:37:24.47
the lamb escapes.
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.51
"Type has met antitype."
00:37:26.54\00:37:29.74
In other words, the
fulfillment is here,
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.75
that day the lamb did not die
00:37:32.78\00:37:34.68
because the love of
God who takes the sin
00:37:34.72\00:37:37.75
away from the world
is the one who died.
00:37:37.79\00:37:40.52
Literally the
sacrifice and oblation ceased.
00:37:40.56\00:37:43.59
She continues writing,
00:37:43.63\00:37:44.96
"The great
sacrifice had been made.
00:37:44.99\00:37:47.30
The way into the
holiest is laid open.
00:37:47.33\00:37:50.37
A new and living way
is prepared for all...
00:37:50.40\00:37:52.63
No longer need sinful,
sorrowing humanity await
00:37:52.67\00:37:56.00
for the coming
of the high priest.
00:37:56.04\00:37:57.74
Henceforth the Savior
was to officiate as a priest
00:37:57.77\00:38:01.78
and advocate in
the heaven of heavens."
00:38:01.81\00:38:04.81
It was, now
notice our terminology.
00:38:04.85\00:38:07.15
"It was as if a living voice
had spoken to the worshipers,
00:38:07.18\00:38:11.95
There is now an
end to all scarifies
00:38:11.99\00:38:15.39
and offerings."
00:38:15.42\00:38:17.79
Wow!
00:38:17.83\00:38:19.33
Literally fulfilled,
00:38:19.36\00:38:20.96
the sacrifice and
the offering ceased.
00:38:21.00\00:38:23.87
Of course, the very next
day they started all over again,
00:38:23.90\00:38:27.84
but with no
significance whatsoever.
00:38:27.87\00:38:31.51
Hebrews 7:26, 27 tells us,
00:38:31.54\00:38:34.98
"For such a High
Priest was fitting for us,
00:38:35.01\00:38:39.21
who is holy, harmless,
00:38:39.25\00:38:40.58
undefiled,
separate from sinners,
00:38:40.62\00:38:42.28
and has become
higher than the heavens,
00:38:42.32\00:38:44.75
who does not need
daily, as those high priests,
00:38:44.79\00:38:48.59
to offer up sacrifices,
first for His own sins
00:38:48.62\00:38:51.73
and then for the people's,
for this He did once for all
00:38:51.76\00:38:55.76
when He offered up Himself."
00:38:55.80\00:38:59.80
Are you
understanding this prophecy?
00:38:59.83\00:39:01.90
It's a remarkable prophecy.
00:39:01.94\00:39:04.41
Not only does it
describe the events,
00:39:04.44\00:39:07.64
but it describes
the specific timing
00:39:07.68\00:39:10.58
for those events.
00:39:10.61\00:39:12.81
Now you say, no,
wait a minute, Pastor,
00:39:12.85\00:39:14.18
you said,
00:39:14.22\00:39:15.55
"That the people of
the prince shall come
00:39:15.58\00:39:17.59
and shall destroy the city
00:39:17.62\00:39:20.16
and the sanctuary."
00:39:20.19\00:39:24.13
Who is the prince?
00:39:24.16\00:39:25.99
Who are the
people of the prince?
00:39:26.03\00:39:28.56
Well, I'll tell you upfront,
00:39:28.60\00:39:29.93
the people of the
prince are the Jews.
00:39:29.96\00:39:32.87
And the prince is Jesus.
00:39:32.90\00:39:35.67
You say, now wait a
minute, that can't be true
00:39:35.70\00:39:39.97
because the Jews did
not destroy Jerusalem.
00:39:40.01\00:39:43.98
It says the people of the prince
00:39:44.01\00:39:45.38
that shall come
shall destroy the city.
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.22
It says here that people
are gonna destroy the city.
00:39:47.25\00:39:49.38
The people of the prince
are gonna destroy the city,
00:39:49.42\00:39:53.02
and the sanctuary.
00:39:53.05\00:39:56.46
So the question is, did
the Jews destroy the city?
00:39:56.49\00:40:01.73
Well, let me first of all
deal with the word prince.
00:40:01.76\00:40:06.50
As I mentioned before
the word prince in Daniel,
00:40:06.53\00:40:10.61
when it's used in
the religious context,
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.81
always means Jesus.
00:40:12.84\00:40:16.11
He's called in Daniel
9:25, Messiah the Prince.
00:40:16.14\00:40:20.32
In Daniel 8:11, 12,
00:40:20.35\00:40:21.82
He's called the
Prince of the host.
00:40:21.85\00:40:25.09
In Daniel 11:22,
00:40:25.12\00:40:26.59
He's called the
Prince of the covenant.
00:40:26.62\00:40:29.42
And in Daniel 12:1,
00:40:29.46\00:40:31.03
He's called
Michael the Great Prince.
00:40:31.06\00:40:34.16
The word prince
always applies to Jesus,
00:40:34.20\00:40:36.46
so it must apply to
Jesus in this verse as well.
00:40:36.50\00:40:41.57
I want to read
00:40:41.60\00:40:42.94
from Joshua 5:13-15.
00:40:42.97\00:40:48.11
This is right when
Jericho is gonna be destroyed,
00:40:48.14\00:40:52.28
and Joshua is on the
outskirts of the city
00:40:52.31\00:40:55.18
and a majestic
beam appears to him.
00:40:55.22\00:40:58.99
And Joshua sees this warrior
00:40:59.02\00:41:02.69
with his sword in his hand
00:41:02.72\00:41:04.93
and asks him who he is?
00:41:04.96\00:41:06.29
Let's read Joshua
5:13-15, "And it came to pass,
00:41:06.33\00:41:10.33
when Joshua was by Jericho,
00:41:10.37\00:41:12.00
that he lifted his
eyes and looked, and behold,
00:41:12.03\00:41:14.70
a Man stood opposite him
00:41:14.74\00:41:16.14
with His sword drawn in His hand
00:41:16.17\00:41:17.91
and Joshua went to
Him and said to Him,
00:41:17.94\00:41:19.87
'Are You for us or
for our adversaries?'
00:41:19.91\00:41:24.41
So He said, 'No,
but as Commander..."
00:41:24.45\00:41:27.88
And actually the
King James says Prince.
00:41:27.92\00:41:31.02
Same word as in Daniel.
00:41:31.05\00:41:32.39
"The Prince of the army of
the Lord, I have now come."
00:41:32.42\00:41:37.03
Who was this Prince
of the army of the Lord?
00:41:37.06\00:41:40.90
Oh, there's no doubt who
it is because it says here.
00:41:40.93\00:41:44.73
"And Joshua fell on his face
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.87
to the earth and worshiped,
00:41:46.90\00:41:50.27
and said to Him,
00:41:50.31\00:41:51.64
'What does my Lord
say to His servant?'
00:41:51.67\00:41:53.24
Then the
Commander of the Lord's army
00:41:53.27\00:41:55.64
or the Lord's
host said to Joshua,
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.88
'Take your sandal off your foot,
00:41:57.91\00:42:00.75
for the place where
you are stand is holy.'
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.39
And Joshua did so.'
00:42:03.42\00:42:05.22
" Who is the Prince of the host?
00:42:05.25\00:42:07.29
He is God.
00:42:07.32\00:42:10.96
Because Joshua calls Him Lord,
00:42:10.99\00:42:14.26
because Joshua bows and worships
00:42:14.30\00:42:17.47
and because this Prince
of the host commands him
00:42:17.50\00:42:21.54
to take his shoes off his feet
00:42:21.57\00:42:24.81
because where he stands is holy.
00:42:24.84\00:42:28.64
So who is this prince
that is going to come?
00:42:28.68\00:42:32.51
It's Jesus.
00:42:32.55\00:42:34.05
The people are the Jews.
00:42:34.08\00:42:35.92
Now let's look
at the expression,
00:42:35.95\00:42:38.29
the Prince who is to come.
00:42:38.32\00:42:40.09
That expression
00:42:40.12\00:42:41.46
who is to come
is very important.
00:42:41.49\00:42:43.86
Let's go to Psalm 118,
00:42:43.89\00:42:46.29
we'll read verse 22 and 23
and then we'll go to verse 26.
00:42:46.33\00:42:50.90
Psalm 118:22 and then verse 26,
00:42:50.93\00:42:56.10
Jesus here is prophetically
speaking about Himself.
00:42:56.14\00:43:01.71
"The stone which
the builders rejected
00:43:01.74\00:43:06.18
has become the
chief cornerstone."
00:43:06.21\00:43:08.95
He's speaking
about Himself, isn't He?
00:43:08.98\00:43:10.32
He's the stone.
00:43:10.35\00:43:12.05
"This was the Lord's doing,
it is marvelous in our eyes.
00:43:12.09\00:43:17.33
Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord!"
00:43:17.36\00:43:22.83
Daniel says, "The
Prince who is to come."
00:43:22.86\00:43:25.80
Here it says,
00:43:25.83\00:43:27.17
"That Jesus was the stone
that the builders rejected."
00:43:27.20\00:43:29.87
He said,
"Blessed is he who comes
00:43:29.90\00:43:32.91
in the name of the Lord!"
00:43:32.94\00:43:35.44
Jesus quoted this verse.
00:43:35.48\00:43:37.88
In Matthew
21:42, at the conclusion
00:43:37.91\00:43:42.32
of the triumphal entry
of Jesus into Jerusalem.
00:43:42.35\00:43:46.15
Matthew 21:42 says,
"Jesus said to them,
00:43:46.19\00:43:50.23
"Have you never
read in the Scriptures,
00:43:50.26\00:43:51.79
'The stone which
the builders rejected
00:43:51.83\00:43:53.83
has become the
chief cornerstone.
00:43:53.86\00:43:55.56
This was the Lord's doing,
00:43:55.60\00:43:57.17
and it is
marvelous in our eyes'?"
00:43:57.20\00:44:00.14
He's quoting this
verse from the Psalms.
00:44:00.17\00:44:03.77
And when Jesus was
00:44:03.81\00:44:05.14
entering
triumphantly into Jerusalem
00:44:05.17\00:44:07.61
on what
Christians call Palm Sunday,
00:44:07.64\00:44:10.98
I want you to notice
what the people sang,
00:44:11.01\00:44:13.72
they sang Psalm 118.
00:44:13.75\00:44:16.82
Matthew 21:9 says,
00:44:16.85\00:44:19.02
"Then the
multitudes who went before
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.69
and those who
followed cried out, saying,
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.83
'Hosanna to the Son of David!
00:44:23.86\00:44:26.26
'Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord!'
00:44:26.29\00:44:30.13
Hosanna in the highest!"
00:44:30.17\00:44:32.57
' Who is the
Prince who is to come?
00:44:32.60\00:44:35.67
Jesus is the
Prince who is to come,
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.94
when you look at the phrases.
00:44:37.97\00:44:40.64
And then Jesus goes on to say
00:44:40.68\00:44:44.35
that the kingdom will
be taken from the Jews
00:44:44.38\00:44:48.38
and given to a nation
00:44:48.42\00:44:49.88
that produces
the fruits thereof.
00:44:49.92\00:44:52.25
In Matthew 21:43 he
says, "Therefore I say to you,
00:44:52.29\00:44:57.29
the kingdom of God
will be taken from you
00:44:57.33\00:44:59.49
and given to a nation
bearing the fruits of it."
00:44:59.53\00:45:02.06
And in Luke 19,
00:45:02.10\00:45:03.43
in the parallel
passage after the people sing,
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.33
"Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord!"
00:45:06.37\00:45:09.80
And after Jesus says,
00:45:09.84\00:45:11.44
"I'm the stone that
the builders rejected."
00:45:11.47\00:45:13.84
Then Jesus goes on to
speak about the kingdom
00:45:13.88\00:45:17.18
being given to the Gentiles
00:45:17.21\00:45:18.58
and He refers to the destruction
00:45:18.61\00:45:19.95
of Jerusalem.
00:45:19.98\00:45:21.32
Notice Luke 19:37-44.
00:45:21.35\00:45:23.59
Does the killing of the
Messiah have anything to do
00:45:23.62\00:45:26.22
with the
destruction of Jerusalem?
00:45:26.25\00:45:28.22
It does.
00:45:28.26\00:45:29.59
Twice we find in this
prophecy that there is a link
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.53
between the Jewish
nation slaying the Messiah
00:45:32.56\00:45:36.03
and the result of
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:45:36.06\00:45:38.00
Notice Luke 19,
00:45:38.03\00:45:40.34
"Then, as He
was now drawing near
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.27
the descent of
the Mount of Olives,
00:45:42.30\00:45:44.21
the whole
multitude of the disciples
00:45:44.24\00:45:46.47
began to rejoice and praise God
00:45:46.51\00:45:48.44
with a loud voice
for all the mighty works
00:45:48.48\00:45:51.11
they had seen, saying,
00:45:51.15\00:45:52.48
'Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord!'
00:45:52.51\00:45:55.72
Peace in heaven and
glory in the highest!'
00:45:55.75\00:45:58.82
And some of the Pharisees
called to Him from the crowd,
00:45:58.85\00:46:01.49
'Teacher,
rebuke Your disciples.'
00:46:01.52\00:46:03.66
But He answered
and said to them,
00:46:03.69\00:46:05.16
'I tell you that if
these should keep silent,
00:46:05.19\00:46:07.96
the stones would
immediately cry out.'
00:46:08.00\00:46:10.60
Now as He drew near,
00:46:10.63\00:46:11.97
He saw the city
and wept over it,
00:46:12.00\00:46:13.57
saying, 'If you
had known even you,
00:46:13.60\00:46:15.50
especially in this your day,
00:46:15.54\00:46:17.64
the things that
make for your peace!
00:46:17.67\00:46:19.41
But now they are
hidden from your eyes.
00:46:19.44\00:46:21.54
For the days will come,"
00:46:21.58\00:46:22.91
notice He's
speaking about His rejection,
00:46:22.94\00:46:24.48
the stone that
the builders rejected,
00:46:24.51\00:46:26.78
they sing blessed is He
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.78
who comes in the
name of the Lord!
00:46:28.82\00:46:30.15
Jesus says the kingdom
is gonna be taken from you
00:46:30.19\00:46:32.55
and it's gonna be
given to the Gentiles
00:46:32.59\00:46:33.99
and then Jesus speaks
00:46:34.02\00:46:35.36
about the
destruction of Jerusalem
00:46:35.39\00:46:36.73
because of His rejection,
of their rejection of Him.
00:46:36.76\00:46:40.50
So it says in verse 43,
"For days will come upon you
00:46:40.53\00:46:43.97
when your enemies will
build an embankment around you,
00:46:44.00\00:46:47.34
surround you and
close you in on every side,
00:46:47.37\00:46:51.11
and level you, and
your children within you,
00:46:51.14\00:46:53.91
to the ground, and
they will not leave in you
00:46:53.94\00:46:57.18
one stone upon another."
00:46:57.21\00:46:58.71
Is this speaking about
00:46:58.75\00:47:00.08
the destruction
of the Jerusalem?
00:47:00.12\00:47:01.48
Yes or no?
00:47:01.52\00:47:02.85
Absolutely.
00:47:02.88\00:47:04.22
Why was Jerusalem destroyed?
00:47:04.25\00:47:05.95
Daniel says, "He will be cut off
00:47:05.99\00:47:08.22
and then the city is destroyed."
00:47:08.26\00:47:10.63
Here it says, Jesus says,
00:47:10.66\00:47:12.53
"The city is
gonna be destroyed."
00:47:12.56\00:47:14.06
And then at the end
of the verse He says,
00:47:14.10\00:47:16.56
"Because you did not know
00:47:16.60\00:47:20.27
the time of your visitation."
00:47:20.30\00:47:25.34
Are you with me?
00:47:25.37\00:47:27.21
Now we still have to
resolve the issue of,
00:47:27.24\00:47:30.41
how it is that the
people of the Prince
00:47:30.45\00:47:33.21
who is to come
destroyed Jerusalem?
00:47:33.25\00:47:37.69
How is that
possible that the Prince,
00:47:37.72\00:47:39.65
the people of the
Prince destroyed Jerusalem?
00:47:39.69\00:47:42.99
Well, who destroyed Jerusalem
00:47:43.02\00:47:46.06
in the year 70?
00:47:46.09\00:47:49.03
It depends how you look at it.
00:47:49.06\00:47:52.50
Did the Jews
destroy their own city?
00:47:52.53\00:47:56.14
Did they bring
destruction on their own city?
00:47:56.17\00:47:59.37
Ha, by rejecting the Messiah.
00:47:59.41\00:48:03.85
Did God destroy the city?
00:48:03.88\00:48:06.95
Yes, He did,
00:48:06.98\00:48:08.38
because in the parable
of Matthew 22:7, 8 it says,
00:48:08.42\00:48:11.59
"That after they
rejected the message
00:48:11.62\00:48:14.56
after Christ was sacrificed,
it said that the king got mad
00:48:14.59\00:48:18.63
and he burned their city
and destroyed those mirrors."
00:48:18.66\00:48:23.00
So God did it.
00:48:23.03\00:48:26.03
Did the Romans do it?
00:48:26.07\00:48:30.37
Did the Romans do it?
00:48:30.41\00:48:32.67
So who did it?
00:48:32.71\00:48:37.11
The people, by their apostasy
00:48:37.15\00:48:40.42
led God to use the
Romans to destroy the city.
00:48:40.45\00:48:44.69
But technically the people
00:48:44.72\00:48:46.69
of the Prince
destroyed the city.
00:48:46.72\00:48:48.92
Are you with me or not?
00:48:48.96\00:48:50.76
Let me read you a
statement from Ellen White.
00:48:50.79\00:48:53.40
I never cease to marvel
00:48:53.43\00:48:54.86
at the
simplicity of Ellen White.
00:48:54.90\00:48:58.43
She always gets it right.
00:48:58.47\00:49:01.10
These days she's used
very little in the church.
00:49:01.14\00:49:04.41
You see we go by the Bible.
00:49:04.44\00:49:07.74
Untrue.
00:49:07.78\00:49:10.11
Not even by the Bible.
00:49:10.15\00:49:13.78
I marvel every time
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.38
I read the
writings of Ellen White.
00:49:15.42\00:49:16.75
I'll tell you my mouth is open
00:49:16.79\00:49:20.79
when I read her
writings with the depth,
00:49:20.82\00:49:23.02
the profound theological depth.
00:49:23.06\00:49:25.09
Great Controversy, 35 and 36,
00:49:25.13\00:49:27.80
she's speaking about the
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:49:27.83\00:49:29.90
"The Jews had
forged their own fetters,
00:49:29.93\00:49:34.10
they had filled for
themselves the cup of vengeance.
00:49:34.14\00:49:38.07
In the utter destruction
that befell them as a nation,
00:49:38.11\00:49:42.48
and in all the
woes that followed them
00:49:42.51\00:49:44.58
in their dispersion,
00:49:44.61\00:49:46.15
they were but
reaping the harvest
00:49:46.18\00:49:48.28
which their own hands had sown.
00:49:48.32\00:49:51.59
Says the prophet,
00:49:51.62\00:49:52.99
'O Israel, thou
hast destroyed thyself,'"
00:49:53.02\00:49:57.53
she's quoting from scripture.
00:49:57.56\00:49:59.46
"'For thou hast
fallen by thine iniquity.'
00:49:59.49\00:50:02.76
Their sufferings
are often represented
00:50:02.80\00:50:05.30
as a punishment
visited upon them
00:50:05.33\00:50:07.47
by the direct decree of God.
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.80
It is thus that
the great deceiver
00:50:09.84\00:50:11.47
seeks to conceal his own work.
00:50:11.51\00:50:14.18
By stubborn rejection
of divine love and mercy,
00:50:14.21\00:50:17.28
the Jews had caused
the protection of God to be
00:50:17.31\00:50:20.95
withdrawn from them,
00:50:20.98\00:50:22.38
and Satan was
permitted to rule them
00:50:22.42\00:50:25.15
according to his will.
00:50:25.19\00:50:28.79
By the way, the
same thing happened
00:50:28.82\00:50:31.93
with Jerusalem
00:50:31.96\00:50:33.96
when it was
destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar
00:50:34.00\00:50:35.56
in the Old Testament.
00:50:35.60\00:50:38.03
Who destroyed
Jerusalem in the Old Testament?
00:50:38.07\00:50:42.84
Was it Nebuchadnezzar?
00:50:42.87\00:50:45.87
Yes.
00:50:45.91\00:50:48.34
Was it God?
00:50:48.38\00:50:51.05
Yes.
00:50:51.08\00:50:53.01
Was it the Jews?
00:50:53.05\00:50:55.18
Yes.
00:50:55.22\00:50:58.69
You see, they
had filled the cup,
00:50:58.72\00:51:00.29
it says in the prophecy it says,
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.36
"Until there was no remedy."
00:51:02.39\00:51:06.66
That cannot be healed.
00:51:06.70\00:51:09.56
And so because
there was no remedy
00:51:09.60\00:51:11.03
the cup was full.
00:51:11.07\00:51:13.77
God says, "I
will use My servant."
00:51:13.80\00:51:15.50
By the way,
00:51:15.54\00:51:16.87
God calls
Nebuchadnezzar His servant.
00:51:16.91\00:51:20.14
"I will use My
servant Nebuchadnezzar
00:51:20.18\00:51:23.58
to destroy Jerusalem
and take away governance
00:51:23.61\00:51:27.22
because of the
sin of the people."
00:51:27.25\00:51:31.69
So what does that mean,
00:51:31.72\00:51:33.05
when it says the
people of the Prince
00:51:33.09\00:51:34.42
that shall come
will destroy the city?
00:51:34.46\00:51:37.63
Is that prince, a Roman prince,
00:51:37.66\00:51:39.43
that's going to rise
after the rapture of the church
00:51:39.46\00:51:41.96
in the Middle East
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.73
and he's gonna
sign a peace treaty,
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.57
a covenant with Israel.
00:51:45.60\00:51:48.70
And he's gonna
establish a 10 nation federation
00:51:48.74\00:51:51.97
and there in the
first three and half years
00:51:52.01\00:51:53.78
he's gonna keep his
covenant with the Jews.
00:51:53.81\00:51:55.94
And then after the
first three and half years,
00:51:55.98\00:51:57.91
he's gonna break his
covenant with the Jews
00:51:57.95\00:52:00.12
and he's gonna bring
00:52:00.15\00:52:01.48
a terrible
tribulation upon them.
00:52:01.52\00:52:02.88
He's gonna persecute them,
00:52:02.92\00:52:04.72
and that's the time
of trouble for the Jews,
00:52:04.75\00:52:06.86
but the church is
enjoying the bliss of heaven.
00:52:06.89\00:52:12.69
False prophecy!
00:52:12.73\00:52:15.46
It's a very serious
thing to take a prophecy
00:52:15.50\00:52:19.50
that centers in Messiah
00:52:19.53\00:52:21.67
and attributed
to the Antichrist.
00:52:21.70\00:52:25.84
It's blasphemy to say that
this Prince is the Antichrist,
00:52:25.87\00:52:31.75
instead of
realizing that it is a Christ,
00:52:31.78\00:52:35.65
and the reason why
the city was destroyed
00:52:35.68\00:52:37.89
is because they did not know
the hour of their visitation.
00:52:37.92\00:52:43.69
The center of this
prophecy is not Antichrist,
00:52:43.73\00:52:47.56
the center of the last
week is not Antichrist,
00:52:47.60\00:52:49.83
the center of this prophecy
00:52:49.86\00:52:51.83
from beginning to end
00:52:51.87\00:52:53.47
is Jesus Christ.
00:52:53.50\00:52:55.24
Did you
understand this prophecy?
00:52:58.27\00:53:00.08
I'm amazed,
00:53:00.11\00:53:01.84
I was able to
cover as much as I did.
00:53:01.88\00:53:04.28
I tried to explain
at the best I could,
00:53:04.31\00:53:06.55
it's a complex
prophecy with many elements.
00:53:06.58\00:53:09.75
Now we still have to
speak about the last three
00:53:09.78\00:53:13.82
and half years.
00:53:13.86\00:53:15.92
See, that's our
next subject tomorrow.
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.93
Don't miss the
next exciting episode.
00:53:18.96\00:53:22.06
Tomorrow in our
first presentation,
00:53:22.10\00:53:23.77
we are gonna
show, listen carefully.
00:53:23.80\00:53:26.50
When you read Daniel
9, it appears to give us
00:53:26.53\00:53:30.71
no concluding
event for the 70 weeks.
00:53:30.74\00:53:35.01
We assume that
after Messiah's cut off
00:53:35.04\00:53:38.08
in the middle of the week,
00:53:38.11\00:53:39.45
there has to be
three and half more weeks,
00:53:39.48\00:53:41.65
because there's 70 weeks.
00:53:41.68\00:53:44.32
But Daniel 9
doesn't appear to give us
00:53:44.35\00:53:46.79
an event that
concludes the 70 weeks.
00:53:46.82\00:53:50.46
So you say, how do we know
00:53:50.49\00:53:52.96
that the stoning of Stephen
00:53:52.99\00:53:55.60
closed the
prophecy of the 70 weeks?
00:53:55.63\00:53:57.73
How do we know that?
00:53:57.77\00:53:59.53
Is it just an
assumption by Adventist?
00:53:59.57\00:54:01.44
Well, you know,
they stoned Stephen
00:54:01.47\00:54:04.21
and that closed the theocracy.
00:54:04.24\00:54:06.14
Listen, folks,
00:54:06.17\00:54:07.51
tomorrow I'm gonna
show you ironclad evidence
00:54:07.54\00:54:11.18
from scripture that
the stoning of Stephen
00:54:11.21\00:54:14.08
was the event that closed
the prophecy of the 70 weeks,
00:54:14.12\00:54:19.29
in the year 34 AD,
00:54:19.32\00:54:22.22
specifically in the fall
00:54:22.26\00:54:24.33
of the year 34 AD.
00:54:24.36\00:54:28.63
So this is a
magnificent prophecy.
00:54:28.66\00:54:32.03
It gives us the
starting point, 457 BC.
00:54:32.07\00:54:36.10
The first seven weeks,
00:54:36.14\00:54:38.21
Jerusalem is
rebuild and restored.
00:54:38.24\00:54:41.94
Then 62 weeks later,
after the first seven weeks
00:54:41.98\00:54:47.72
the Messiah is
anointed, Jesus is baptized.
00:54:47.75\00:54:52.05
Then He confirms the
covenant with the Jews
00:54:52.09\00:54:55.92
'cause He was sent to them
00:54:55.96\00:54:57.46
'cause the 70 weeks
were given for them.
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He confirms the covenant
with many for that last week.
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And in the middle of the
week He causes the sacrifice
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and the offering to cease
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because there was no
sacrifice or offering that day
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because the true
Lamb of God died.
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And then, you
have the concluding
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part of this prophecy
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which is the
close of the 70 weeks,
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the stoning of Stephen.
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A watershed event
we're gonna notice.
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Because listen carefully,
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the door to the Hebrew theocracy
00:55:38.37\00:55:41.00
closed in the year 34.
00:55:41.04\00:55:43.61
The Jewish nation would
no longer be God's nation
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to take the gospel to the world
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or for the
world to come to them.
00:55:49.18\00:55:51.41
That nation of Israel failed.
00:55:51.45\00:55:54.58
There were faithful
people that belong to Israel,
00:55:54.62\00:55:57.59
but the nation
as a theocracy fell.
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So God says, now I'm
gonna have the Gentiles
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going to all of the world
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and share the gospel
with all of the world.
00:56:05.86\00:56:08.63
And here's the interesting point
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and will cover this a
little more closely tomorrow.
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Who was present at
the stoning of Stephen?
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Saul of Tarsus.
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Interesting, Saul of Tarsus.
00:56:23.81\00:56:26.75
Was Saul of
Tarsus converted really
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at the stoning of Stephen?
00:56:33.82\00:56:35.26
Did he feel the
pangs of conscience
00:56:35.29\00:56:36.96
at the stoning of Stephen?
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Oh, yeah, he knew
that Stephen was right.
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In fact the Bible says that
the face of Stephen looked like
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the face of an angel.
00:56:44.00\00:56:47.00
Saul knew that he was wrong
and that Stephen was right,
00:56:47.04\00:56:51.21
but he kicked
against the pricks.
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So on the road to Damascus,
00:56:54.58\00:56:57.68
he is knocked to the ground
00:56:57.71\00:57:02.28
and Jesus speaks to him,
00:57:02.32\00:57:04.42
"Saul, Saul, why
do you prosecute Me?"
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He says, "Who are you,
00:57:07.56\00:57:09.02
so that I know
who I'm persecuting?"
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"I'm Jesus of Nazareth
whom you are persecuting."
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And here comes the key point.
00:57:13.66\00:57:16.56
At the stoning of the Stephen,
00:57:16.60\00:57:19.20
the plan of God
closed for the Jewish nation
00:57:19.23\00:57:22.17
but present
there was the apostle
00:57:22.20\00:57:25.31
that would take the
gospel to the Gentiles.
00:57:25.34\00:57:30.08
So the door
closes for the theocracy
00:57:30.11\00:57:33.58
but the person who
is gonna take the gospel
00:57:33.62\00:57:35.92
to the Gentiles
and plant the gospel
00:57:35.95\00:57:38.12
all over the
world is present there.
00:57:38.15\00:57:42.19
And he's converted to the Lord,
00:57:42.22\00:57:44.39
and thus the gospel
will go to every nation,
00:57:44.43\00:57:49.13
kindred, tongue
and people planted
00:57:49.16\00:57:52.40
initially by the Apostle Paul
00:57:52.43\00:57:55.40
and then it's spreading
00:57:55.44\00:57:58.74
throughout the
entire geographical region
00:57:58.77\00:58:03.58
of the world.
00:58:03.61\00:58:05.31
What a remarkable prophecy.
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