The Midnight Cry

It’S Your Last Chance Take It Or Leave It

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00:14 And Dona Klein at the organ is one of those people
00:19 that God has just given her a gift.
00:28 And over the last two years
00:33 Dona has written now about ten different songs.
00:38 Beautiful songs. And Maddy Couperus is going to
00:42 sing one of those tonight for you. It's entitled
00:45 It Doesn't Matter.
00:59 I had no hope for tomorrow;
01:06 yesterday was dead and gone.
01:12 All my life was filled with sorrow...
01:18 I had no reason to go on.
01:24 Then I found Jesus
01:30 and He changed my life completely.
01:37 Feely forgave me
01:43 and in my heart put a song.
01:50 And it doesn't matter
01:58 where I have been.
02:03 When I gave my heart to Jesus
02:10 then the good life began.
02:17 Has someone left you sad and lonely?
02:24 Alone to face life's raging storm?
02:30 Have you sometimes ever wondered
02:37 why you even were born?
02:43 Come meet my Jesus...
02:50 He will heal your every heartache.
02:57 Tenderly hold you
03:03 in His arms safe and warm.
03:10 And it doesn't matter
03:17 where you have been.
03:24 Come and give Him all your burdens;
03:30 let the good life begin.
03:37 No, it really doesn't matter
03:45 where we have been.
03:51 Casting all our cares upon Him:
03:58 now the good life
04:02 begins.
04:24 Heavenly Father,
04:27 tonight as we look at this great prophecy
04:33 we would like to invite the Holy Spirit
04:36 to be in our presence.
04:39 Lord, may it enlighten our minds.
04:45 We pray, Lord, that our hearts may be open.
04:51 That they may be soft.
04:55 That the Holy Spirit may be able to show us and lead us
04:59 and direct us that we might see
05:03 that Jesus Christ is everything that He claims to be.
05:09 And that each one of us here tonight
05:13 may reach out,
05:17 claim the things that He has done for us.
05:20 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen.
05:31 I was holding a meeting in the southern part of the US.
05:37 And to this meeting came a couple young ladies.
05:42 One 17 years old... the other 19 years old.
05:46 And after they had been coming to the meeting for about
05:50 two weeks they came up to me after the meeting
05:54 one night and said: "Would you consider
05:57 being a witness for us? "
06:01 And I said: "I don't know what you mean.
06:04 What are you talking about? "
06:05 And they said: "Well, we've got to appear
06:09 before a judge and we would like for you to be
06:13 a character witness for us. "
06:15 And I said: "I still don't understand what's going on. "
06:19 And they said: "Well, we were arrested
06:24 and we need a character witness. "
06:27 And I said: "What were you arrested for? "
06:29 And they said: "Oh, we were arrested
06:31 for dealing drugs. "
06:33 And said: "We would like for you to be a character witness
06:38 for us. " And I said: "Well, I'll tell you what:
06:40 I'll be happy to go to the court with you
06:43 and I'll be happy to tell the judge you've been coming
06:46 to the meetings each night. I'll be more than happy
06:48 to do that. " And they said: "OK...if you'll do that. "
06:51 I said: "I'll be happy to do that. "
06:52 So we went to court.
06:55 A little bit and the judge talked to the girls.
06:58 He said: "I understand you have a character witness. "
07:01 And so called me up
07:02 and I told him that these girls had been coming every night
07:05 to the meetings for about two weeks
07:07 and they have shown an interest in God's Word and all that.
07:11 And the judge said: "Thank you" and he turned to the girls
07:14 and he said: "I'll tell you what. " He said:
07:16 "I'll make it easy on you. "
07:19 He said: "I'll make it easy on you. "
07:22 "You tell me who's selling you the drugs
07:26 and I'll drop everything. "
07:31 And these girls said: "We're not going to tell you
07:34 who's selling us the drugs. "
07:36 And the judge said: "Let me tell you something:
07:41 "If you don't tell me who's selling you the drugs,
07:43 I'm going to throw the book at you. "
07:46 And the girls said: "Well we're not telling you
07:48 who sold... who we bought the drugs from. "
07:52 The judge said: "I'll tell you what:
07:53 I'm going to give you 3 days to think it over. "
07:56 And he said: "In three days I want you back here
07:58 in court and you can decide whether
08:00 you're going to tell me or whether you're not. "
08:03 So we left, and when the girls came to the meeting
08:06 that night I said: "Have you decided what you're going to do? "
08:09 And they said: "Oh, we're not going to tell him. "
08:11 And I said: "That judge is going to let you have it. "
08:15 And they said: "Nah, he's not going to do it. "
08:18 Said: "He's not going to do it. "
08:19 I said: "Let me tell you something:
08:21 that judge is not playing around with you.
08:23 He's going to throw the book at you. "
08:26 They said: "No, he's not going to do anything like that
08:29 and we're not going to tell who we've been buying the drugs
08:32 from. " So in three days we went back to court.
08:35 I went with the girls.
08:37 Judge called them up and said:
08:40 "Who... who have you been buying the drugs from? "
08:43 "Oh, " they said: "Judge, we're not going to tell you. "
08:46 And the judge said: "I'm asking you...
08:49 you tell me who you're buying the drugs from. "
08:52 And they said: "No judge, we're not going to tell you. "
08:54 And I watched...
08:56 I watched as that judge
08:59 sentenced one girl to 17 years in prison
09:03 and the other girl to 25 years.
09:06 I watched the blood drain out of their faces.
09:12 Sobbing, I watched the guards carry them off to prison.
09:18 And I turned to the judge and I said: "Judge,
09:21 do you understand what you've done? "
09:23 And he said: "What do you mean? "
09:25 And I said: "These girls were coming to my meetings!
09:28 There was some chance that maybe they might give
09:31 their heart to the Lord and He could change their life
09:34 and make them different. And now look what you've done!
09:36 You've put them in prison and I can't even get to them. "
09:39 He said: "Oh, I'll solve that. "
09:40 He just wrote out a note and he said: "All you've gotta do
09:42 is show this and they'll let you in any time. "
09:47 So I went in to see the girls.
09:51 To say that they were shook up is to put it mildly, folks.
09:57 And I said: "I told you he was going to do this. "
10:00 I said: "You wouldn't believe me; I told you he was
10:03 going to do this. " I said: "Why don't you tell him? "
10:08 And I don't know where I got the crazy idea, folks,
10:13 but I said: "If these people that are selling you the drugs -
10:17 selling the drugs to you - told you to tell him
10:19 would you tell him? "
10:21 They said: "Ah, they would never do that. "
10:25 And I said: "Let me talk to them. "
10:28 "Let me talk to them. "
10:31 So after this they said: "OK"
10:33 and they wrote out a note.
10:36 Told me where to take that note and who to contact
10:39 and arrangements would be made.
10:42 Well, I took the note and arrangements were made.
10:46 They sent me back a note and said: "We'll meet you
10:48 Tuesday night at Pier 11 at 11 o'clock. "
10:54 I've got to admit one of the scaredist I think I've ever been
10:58 in my life 'cause I waked down Pier 9 there.
11:04 There wasn't a light on... it was pitch dark.
11:08 11 o'clock at night standing there by myself
11:11 scared to death.
11:14 And finally down the pier came these two men
11:18 dressed in business suits.
11:21 I mean nice looking... neat, clean...
11:26 regular businessmen.
11:30 And we had quite a conversation.
11:34 And I finally said to them: "You know, how can you...
11:38 how can you let two girls: one go to prison for 17 years,
11:41 another one go to prison for 25 years.
11:43 How can you do that? "
11:45 So after we talked a while they said: "OK, "
11:49 they said, "You tell the girls they can tell them
11:53 but you can't take this note to the girls for 24 hours. "
11:58 And so I assured them I wouldn't.
12:01 They wrote the note telling the girls to tell them.
12:04 And 24 hours later I took it to the girls.
12:08 The girls told the judge. I'll never forget it.
12:11 Of course, I'm sure those men were gone long by then.
12:15 But what I'm trying to tell you, dear friends,
12:18 is every one of us here tonight -
12:20 I don't care who you are -
12:22 every last one of us here
12:25 are going to have to stand before the judgment bar of God
12:29 for the Scripture tells us that.
12:33 Ecclesiastes 12:14:
12:48 Going to bring it all into judgment.
12:50 It doesn't make any difference.
12:53 And dear friend, let me tell you something:
12:55 it's here!
12:57 It's here during this life. There's not such a thing
13:00 as a second chance.
13:03 That doesn't exist... it's now.
13:06 Take it or leave it... it's your last chance.
13:09 There's not another opportunity.
13:11 For the Scripture makes that clear in the book of Hebrews...
13:14 Hebrews 9:27:
13:25 Scripture is absolutely clear. It says: "It's appointed unto
13:28 men to die once. After that the judgment. "
13:31 What's going to happen then?
13:46 It says very clear man's going to die;
13:49 after that's going to be the judgment.
13:51 Jesus is going to come!
13:54 That's clear; that's what it says.
13:57 So you and I have this time now.
14:01 You don't have some future time...
14:04 you have today. And it says God is going to bring
14:08 EVERY work into judgment.
14:11 Now I've told you. We studied Bible prophecy.
14:17 I've tried to lay a foundation to help you.
14:20 Now you can begin to apply
14:23 some of the things that you have learned.
14:25 Notice what it says here in Daniel the 7th chapter
14:28 and verse 21, OK?
15:06 Did you put some things together?
15:09 It talked about the little horn.
15:11 We studied that little horn. OK?
15:14 And it says that when the little horn came down to an end
15:18 that the judgment would begin.
15:21 That's what it's saying here.
15:22 And in our study of Daniel the 7th chapter
15:25 we identified that little horn as? Papal Rome.
15:31 So it said that as Papal Rome would come to an end
15:37 the judgment would begin.
15:39 And when the judgment came to an end
15:42 the saints would possess the? Kingdom!
15:46 Are you putting it together?
15:48 Step by step that's what the Scripture is saying.
15:50 Well you remember in our study
15:52 Daniel 7:25... listen carefully:
16:01 So it says that little horn, the saints were going to be
16:05 given into his hand for a time, times, and a dividing of time.
16:10 Listen carefully:
16:15 Saints are going to be given into his hand
16:17 for a time, times, and a half a time
16:21 then the court is going to be seated. That means judgment.
16:25 All right?
16:30 When did they take away his dominion, folks?
16:36 Napoleon came in and overthrew it when?
16:40 February 15, 1798.
16:44 Are you putting it together?
16:45 All right... that's when his dominion ended.
16:48 "They shall take away his dominion to consume
16:51 and destroy it forever. "
16:53 Now as we have studied the Scriptures God said
16:56 that He gave us how much? A day for each year.
17:00 That's what He's told us it represents.
17:03 OK.
17:04 Said the saints would be given into his hand for a time,
17:09 times, and a half a time.
17:11 We found out that in Bible prophecy
17:14 a time represented one year. OK?
17:18 That would be 360 days.
17:21 Times would represent 2 years which would be 720.
17:25 And a half a time would be 180.
17:29 If you add those together it gives you 1,260 days...
17:35 each day representing a year.
17:37 We found out in our study that the papal power
17:40 came to power in the year of 538 AD. Right?
17:45 And it says that it was going to be given into his hand
17:49 for 1,260 years.
17:51 If I add 1,260 years to 538 AD
17:56 it takes me to 1798 AD.
18:00 OK... that is the period.
18:02 And it says when that period ended
18:05 the court would be seated.
18:08 Are you with me?
18:10 Now, folks, watch very carefully
18:13 'cause that's Daniel 7.
18:15 We're moving into Daniel 8.
18:17 Watch what begins to happen.
18:39 So it says that this power, this little horn,
18:42 it prospered during the 1,260 years.
18:46 That's what it's saying.
18:47 Now watch... we're Daniel 8.
19:05 He's saying: "How long is this going to go on? "
19:09 Because it said that little horn would prosper,
19:11 it would cast the truth to the ground,
19:13 it would do these things. He said: "How long
19:15 is this going to go on? " Watch:
19:32 All right... now let's put it together.
19:36 He's saying: "How long is this going to go on? "
19:39 It was going to go on for 1,260 years.
19:42 All right? Then he said when that's going to be over
19:46 and then he said there would be 2,300 days
19:51 or 2,300 years.
19:54 When Daniel had this vision in the 8th chapter, folks,
19:57 he didn't understand it.
20:00 Couldn't put it together.
20:02 And you come to the last verse
20:04 of the 8th chapter of Daniel
20:06 and it reads like this:
20:25 Couldn't put it together.
20:27 So in the 9th chapter of Daniel Daniel begins to pray
20:31 that God will help him understand this vision.
20:35 And as Daniel is praying
20:37 asking God to reveal this vision to him
20:40 all of a sudden God sends an angel
20:44 by the name of Gabriel.
21:17 So that angel Gabriel, folks,
21:20 is come to explain this vision to Daniel.
21:23 What vision is he explaining?
21:25 He's explaining this 2,300 days.
21:29 That's what he's explaining.
21:31 So watch, now, as Daniel takes it through.
21:34 And those of you that are here
21:36 who have some questions about Jesus Christ
21:39 being all that He claimed to be
21:41 then I'd like to invite you to follow me very very carefully.
21:49 Daniel 9:24... angel Gabriel speaking to Daniel.
21:53 He says: "Daniel... "
22:00 Who is Daniel's people?
22:04 The Jewish people... that's Daniel's people.
22:07 So he said: "Seventy weeks are determined for your people,
22:12 Daniel. " Now watch:
22:25 How can I know when the prophecy starts?
22:27 The angel Gabriel does not leave you in any doubt
22:31 whatsoever. Listen to these words:
22:33 Daniel 9:25:
22:43 Until what? Messiah. OK.
22:46 Here we go.
22:48 Those of you that are having questions
22:50 about Jesus Christ watch clearly:
22:59 The Jewish people are in captivity.
23:02 They've been in captivity in Babylon;
23:04 they're now in captivity to Medo-Persia.
23:07 And he's told him "When the decree goes forth"
23:11 OK? "for them to go back and rebuild Jerusalem
23:15 unto the Messiah... "
23:28 So he's told him here clearly.
23:30 Said: "Daniel, 70 weeks are determined on your people.
23:33 Understand, Daniel, from the going forth of the commandment
23:38 to restore and build Jerusalem
23:39 unto the Messiah, the Prince,
23:42 will be 69 weeks. "
23:46 That's what the angel Gabriel has just told him.
23:49 OK. When was the decree given
23:53 to restore and build Jerusalem?
23:55 Well, there were three decrees that were given.
23:57 Cyrus gave a decree
23:59 sending them back to re-build the temple.
24:02 Later Darius gave a decree
24:05 which helped them finish building the temple.
24:08 A little later than that a king by the name of Artaxerxes...
24:12 Artaxerxes sent Nehemiah back
24:15 and he re-built the walls and the gates.
24:18 But it wasn't until Artaxerxes made a decree
24:22 that gave to Ezra the right to go back
24:26 and to elect judges and magistrates
24:30 and set Israel back as a nation
24:35 that that decree really went into effect.
24:38 This decree is recorded in Ezra the 7th chapter
24:41 and verse 12. And it says:
25:06 That decree was given by King Artaxerxes, folks,
25:10 in the year 457 BC.
25:15 So you have a starting date.
25:18 That was a decree that was given for them to go back
25:22 and re-build Jerusalem: 457 BC.
25:26 He said from there it would be 69 weeks
25:30 unto the what? Messiah.
25:38 OK... we have a little key that we keep referring to.
25:41 I don't want you to forget it.
25:43 'Cause if we're dealing with 2,300 days
25:46 in Bible prophecy that would be? 2,300 years.
26:02 So that's a principle that's there in Scripture
26:04 telling you that a day represents a year.
26:06 Now let's watch as we see how the Bible puts it together.
26:11 In prophetic Bible prophecy, a prophetic day equals
26:15 one literal year. All right:
26:35 So if I've got 69 weeks
26:38 my starting date is 457 BC.
26:44 OK... here we go.
26:47 457 BC - starting date - so I'm going to put them down.
26:53 Now if I've got 69 weeks...
26:55 right? And how many days are there in a week?
27:01 Seven days in a week.
27:03 So I have to multiply 7 times 69... right?
27:09 If I multiply 7 times 69
27:14 that equals 483.
27:19 Now in BC dates, folks,
27:22 BC dates you subtract.
27:24 AD dates we add, we know, but BC dates you must subtract.
27:28 So I have to subtract
27:30 483 from 457.
27:36 Are you with me?
27:37 If I subtract 483 from 457
27:43 that will take me to the date
27:47 of 27 AD.
27:52 OK? There it is.
27:54 If I subtract 457 from 483
28:00 takes me to 27 AD.
28:02 Now folks, something has to happen.
28:06 Something has to take place.
28:08 Because Daniel has said back here... way back in 500 BC
28:13 he said it's 69 weeks or 483 years
28:17 unto the Messiah the Prince.
28:21 Watch what happens, folks.
28:27 Luke the third chapter verse 1:
28:38 OK... that's Luke the third chapter.
28:40 Watch the third chapter verse 21:
29:05 Are you getting the picture?
29:07 Right there Jesus was baptized; He began His ministry.
29:12 You want to see an interesting fact?
29:25 Dear friend, tonight if you don't believe this Book,
29:28 if you don't believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah,
29:31 answer that for me.
29:34 Answer it for me... tell me how that can be.
29:37 Tell me anybody else -
29:40 anybody else in the whole wide world -
29:43 that fits that time sequence.
29:46 Jesus Christ alone is the only one that fits that time sequence
29:51 and He was born exactly right on time
29:55 and He began His ministry exactly on time!
30:01 There's nobody else. Jesus Christ alone
30:06 is the One that fits that.
30:10 If you're intellectually honest,
30:13 if you're intellectually honest,
30:15 you've got to do something with that.
30:18 You can't see that
30:20 and look at that square in the face
30:23 and say: "Well, all these prophecies about Him being
30:27 the Messiah... " There's over 300 of them
30:28 in the Old Testament... "they don't have any meaning. "
30:33 Indeed they do have meaning, friends.
30:36 He is the Savior of mankind. But let's go on.
30:41 The angel Gabriel has said to Daniel
30:43 how many weeks was determined upon his people?
30:46 Seventy weeks.
30:49 Well, we have looked at 69.
30:54 That's how many we've looked at.
30:55 So if we've looked at 69 weeks
30:58 69 weeks brought us down to 27 AD.
31:03 So I still have one week left.
31:07 Right? You with me?
31:08 "Seventy weeks are determined on your people. "
31:10 We've looked at 69 so that leaves me one week.
31:15 This last week, folks, is extremely important.
31:19 Look at it very very carefully.
31:23 "And he... " Daniel 9:27...
31:39 Now he's speaking of the Messiah here.
31:41 And it says that He would confirm the covenant.
31:47 And by the way, I run onto some people that want to apply that
31:51 to the antichrist rather than Jesus Christ.
31:54 Let me tell you something: there is nowhere in this Book,
31:58 absolutely nowhere in this Book,
32:00 does it ever refer to the antichrist and the covenant.
32:04 The covenant always refers to Jesus Christ.
32:08 Never, never does it ever refer to an antichrist.
32:12 Just does not do that.
32:13 When it says He would confirm the covenant with many
32:16 for one week that can't be talking about anything other
32:19 than Jesus Christ.
32:21 "And He shall bring an end to sacrifices and offerings. "
32:26 Well, let's see what we're going to do.
32:28 We have this seventh week right here... 27 AD.
32:34 Said in the middle of the week
32:37 going to cause the sacrifices and oblations to cease.
32:40 Well, if I've got 7 and I go to half of it
32:44 that's how much? Three and a half.
32:47 So if I go 3-1/2...
32:49 if I go 3-1/2 from 27 AD
32:54 it says that Jesus would bring the sacrifices and oblations
32:59 to an end. Let's see what happens.
33:04 They've taken Christ... they've taken Him out to Golgotha
33:10 and they've hung Him on a cross.
33:13 While He's hanging there on the cross
33:16 down in Jerusalem the high priest -
33:20 or a priest I should say - is about ready to offer
33:24 a sacrificial lamb. Has his hand raised
33:30 to take the life of that lamb when all of a sudden
33:32 this veil, this huge veil that separated the Holy
33:36 and the Most Holy Place, began to tear at the top
33:40 and it tore all the way to the bottom.
33:42 It's recorded here in Mark the 15th chapter verse 38.
33:54 Now dear friends, the famous historian Josephus
33:58 describes that event. And he says when that veil
34:02 tore from top to bottom that that priest
34:06 dropped his knife. And he said he went running out
34:08 of the temple yelling "Ichabod! Ichabod! "
34:11 Which meant that the glory of God
34:14 had departed from the temple.
34:17 Why? Because the Lamb of God had died.
34:21 The sacrifices, oblations, offerings:
34:25 they came to an end. The sacrifice had been paid
34:29 for all mankind.
34:32 No longer... no longer, dear friend,
34:36 do we need to bring a sacrifice.
34:39 He was the sacrifice.
34:42 The whole sacrificial system
34:46 came to an end just exactly as the Scripture declared it would.
34:52 31 AD is when that took place.
34:56 31 AD.
34:59 OK... if I have three and a half
35:05 brought me to 31 AD,
35:07 I still have how much left?
35:10 Three and a half cause we divided seven.
35:13 So I've got 3-1/2.
35:14 So if I add 3-1/2 to 31 AD
35:18 that's going to take me to 34 AD.
35:23 34 AD.
35:29 Do you still have doubts about this Book?
35:32 Do you still have questions about it?
35:35 Are you not convinced yet that you can trust it?
35:41 Not far along enough to say: "Well,
35:45 God will do what He says? "
35:49 If you're that way, then listen.
35:53 He said: "Daniel, seventy weeks
35:56 are determined upon thy people. "
35:58 That seventy weeks, dear friend, came to an end
36:02 in 34 AD.
36:05 Daniel's people were the Jewish people. OK?
36:10 It's going to come to an end 34 AD.
36:15 Now let's watch... watch what happens.
36:21 There's a young man.
36:24 Very articulate.
36:26 Great powers of reasoning.
36:29 And he has gone throughout all of Israel preaching...
36:33 preaching that Jesus Christ IS the Messiah.
36:37 And not only just preaching, folks. He's taking this very
36:40 prophecy... this very prophecy we're talking about tonight...
36:44 and he has explained that with detail
36:47 and showed how that Jesus met every point exactly
36:51 as Scripture said. And his reasoning was so strong
36:55 that they couldn't find anything wrong with it.
36:57 And hundreds and hundreds - a multitude the Scripture says -
37:01 of priests even believed.
37:04 They were accepting Jesus Christ.
37:07 So many were giving their hearts to Christ
37:11 that the Sanhedrin had him arrested.
37:15 They brought this young man in before them
37:18 and they gave him an opportunity to defend himself.
37:24 And he picked up the Scripture
37:26 and he began to take these prophecies and he began to
37:30 explain how Christ fulfilled every one of them.
37:34 And his arguments were so sound,
37:37 his reasoning so right,
37:39 that they couldn't take it.
37:41 In fact, the Scripture says
37:43 that they got to the place that they couldn't stand it
37:45 and they stuck their fingers in their ears.
37:49 And he said to them: "Oh, you uncircumcised of heart!
37:53 How long will you cease to believe? "
37:55 And they grabbed him, and they drug him outside the city.
38:01 They took off their coats
38:04 and they laid them at the feet of a young man
38:07 by the name of Saul of Tarsus
38:10 and they stoned Stephen to death.
38:16 Saul of Tarsus a few days later
38:21 has been called by the high priest Ananias.
38:25 Asked to go down to Damascus
38:27 and to arrest the Christians there.
38:29 He's been given a group of soldiers
38:32 and they've headed for Damascus.
38:35 And as they get within sight of the city of Damascus
38:39 all of a sudden a bright light shines out of heaven
38:43 and it's so bright that it knocks Saul to the ground.
38:46 And a voice speaks and says: "Saul, Saul,
38:49 why persecutest thou Me? "
38:52 And he said: "Who are you, Lord? "
38:54 And He said: "I am Jesus whom you're persecuting. "
38:58 And he said: "What will You have me do? "
39:02 And He said: "Go on to Damascus and it will be shown you
39:05 what you shall do. "
39:07 And they led Saul by the hand - blind - to Damascus.
39:13 God spoke to a man by the name of Ananias
39:17 in Damascus and said: "Go pray for Saul
39:20 that he may receive his sight. "
39:22 He prayed with him and he was given his sight.
39:25 I want you to listen to what it says about Saul of Tarsus.
39:43 You want the date for that?
39:45 34 AD.
39:49 Just exactly as the Scripture said:
39:51 "Seventy weeks are determined upon your people. "
39:54 And when that 70 weeks came to an end in 34 AD
39:57 the gospel went to the Gentiles
40:00 just as God said it would. Dear friend,
40:03 I don't care who you are,
40:05 I don't care tonight if you're an atheist.
40:08 If you're an agnostic, if you're an infidel,
40:14 then all I ask... all I ask of you
40:17 is are you honest?
40:20 Are you intellectually honest?
40:22 If you are, answer those prophecies for me.
40:27 Show me where they don't hold up.
40:31 Tell me how anybody else
40:33 could be the Messiah except Jesus Christ.
40:37 He fulfilled it in every detail.
40:41 But the prophecy doesn't stop there, folks.
40:46 Gabriel's explaining how much?
40:52 You remember... that's what he's explaining.
40:54 So he's not just explaining the seventy weeks.
40:57 He's explaining the 2300. That seventy weeks
41:00 was just part of the 2300.
41:10 So he's explaining more than just seventy weeks.
41:16 OK, if we've got 70 weeks
41:19 and 70 weeks brought us to 34 AD
41:23 then if I subtract... if I subtract
41:30 457 from 2300
41:34 it takes me to 1844 AD.
41:40 That's what I've got left.
41:43 Takes me to the date 1844 AD.
41:53 The cleansing of the sanctuary was known to the Jewish people
41:58 as the day of judgment.
42:01 Also known as the cleansing of the sanctuary.
42:04 Also known as the Day of Atonement.
42:08 OK?
42:10 On this day the high priest
42:14 is going to go into the Most Holy Place.
42:17 He's going to appear into the presence of God...
42:21 before God and the mercy seat...
42:23 to plead and bear the sins of the children of Israel.
42:29 OK. That was known as the day of judgment.
42:35 OK? Known as the day of judgment.
42:39 Listen very carefully to what the book of Revelation says.
42:53 Now folks, it does not say
42:55 is coming.
42:58 It doesn't say that... it says the hour of God's judgment
43:02 "has come. "
43:04 OK? That's present tense.
43:06 HAS come. Let's look at another text.
43:10 Revelation 22 verse 10:
43:21 Follow very carefully now:
43:45 What do you think that's talking about?
43:48 That's judgment!
43:50 That's what it's talking about: judgment.
43:53 "He who is righteous let him be righteous still;
43:56 he who is holy let him be holy still. "
43:58 That's judgment. Listen... it doesn't stop here:
44:13 Now dear friend, let me ask you something:
44:15 If Jesus brings His reward with Him,
44:19 then doesn't man have to have been judged?
44:22 You see, you can't very well pass out reward
44:27 and have the judgment later.
44:30 That wouldn't work!
44:31 So judgment has to have taken place.
44:35 So what the Scripture is trying to tell you
44:38 is judgment began in 1844 AD.
44:44 Did you put it together? I hope so.
44:48 Speaking of the little horn.
44:50 It says his dominion would be taken away from him.
44:54 It was taken away from him when?
44:56 1798 AD.
44:58 And it says that after his dominion was taken away
45:01 from him the court would be seated.
45:05 That means judgment would begin. Judgment began in?
45:09 1844 AD. Are you putting it together?
45:11 See how those prophecies all fit?
45:13 They dovetail together, dear friends.
45:36 Now I don't know... I don't know where you are,
45:40 dear friend. I don't know spiritually
45:43 where you are, but let me tell you something:
45:47 the little horn, it's dominion was taken away from it.
45:51 That's past.
45:53 1844 AD the judgment started.
45:57 It's been going on all this time.
45:59 Do you know what's next?
46:01 The saints are going to possess the kingdom.
46:06 Are you beginning to see where you are?
46:08 Beginning to understand where we are in the stream of time?
46:11 That's what it's telling you.
46:23 That's the time you are living in:
46:26 God's judgment hour. When that judgment
46:29 in heaven ends Jesus Christ is coming back.
46:34 That's what's happening.
46:35 That's what's going on.
46:37 So you've got 2,300 years.
46:40 That 2,300 years is broken into different parts
46:44 that began in 457 BC...
46:48 457 BC is when Artaxerxes gave a decree
46:52 that the Jewish people should go back
46:54 and they became a nation. 457 BC.
46:56 And he said from that point 70 weeks were determined upon
47:00 Daniel's people which was the Jewish people.
47:02 If you went 70 weeks or 490 years
47:06 from 457 BC it'll take you to 34 AD.
47:11 But he said: "Know therefore and understand
47:14 that from the going forth of the command to restore
47:16 and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince
47:18 shall be seven weeks three score and two weeks. "
47:21 So he broke up that 70 weeks
47:23 and he gave the 69 weeks unto the Messiah the Prince.
47:26 So if you come 69 weeks or 483 years
47:31 from 457 BC it will take you to 27 AD
47:35 at which time Jesus was baptized, began His ministry.
47:40 Then it said He would "confirm the covenant with many
47:43 for one week and in the midst of the week
47:46 He would cause the sacrifice and oblations to cease. "
47:49 So that 70th week
47:52 is broken up into two parts.
47:54 Three and a half... that was the time of Christ's ministry
47:59 from 27 AD to 31 AD.
48:02 Christ dies in 31 AD.
48:04 The sacrifices and oblations came to an end.
48:07 The Lamb of God died.
48:09 The last 3-1/2 weeks was from 31 AD to 34 AD
48:14 at which time the gospel went to the Gentiles.
48:19 That brings us to 34 AD.
48:21 If I subtract 490 from 2300
48:27 that leaves me 1810.
48:30 If I add 1810 to 34AD
48:35 that takes me to 1844 AD... at which time the Scripture says
48:40 judgment would begin.
48:43 Now I want to share some good news with you tonight
48:45 about the judgment.
48:48 Dear friend, if you don't understand this,
48:52 if you can just get hold of this one fact...
48:55 if you can just believe this one fact
48:58 what a difference it'll make. Listen:
49:14 Marvelous!
49:16 What more can you ask?
49:19 I mean, Jesus is the Judge.
49:23 But dear friends, more than that
49:25 He's not just the Judge...
49:27 He is also your representative.
49:31 And He came and took upon Himself humanity.
49:35 He lived like you; He understands our weaknesses.
49:38 Marvelous!
49:52 Tonight do you want everlasting life?
49:58 Or maybe you're... maybe you're happy with this old world?
50:05 But if you'd like to have everlasting life,
50:10 all you have to do tonight is to believe...
50:14 believe in Jesus Christ.
50:17 Accept Him; give your heart to Him.
50:21 Surrender your life to Him.
50:23 He'll give you eternal life, and listen to this now, folks...
50:28 listen to this:
50:36 Marvelous!
50:38 You know what that's saying?
50:40 That's saying that judgment's going on up in heaven tonight.
50:45 That started in 1844 AD; it's been going on.
50:48 And it says that if you've given your heart to Jesus Christ
50:52 and your name comes up in the judgment
50:54 do you know what happens?
50:56 Jesus stands up and says: "Father, I will represent
51:00 this person. " Amen!
51:02 "You see, Father, this person has accepted Me...
51:07 therefore I will represent him. "
51:10 Now let me tell you something:
51:12 if Jesus Christ accepts your case,
51:17 you can't lose. Amen!
51:21 See? Marvelous!
51:24 Said: "I will plead My blood on behalf of this person, Father. "
51:29 "I died for that individual. "
51:32 "I lived a perfect life for him. "
51:35 "Father... accept him. " And you know what the Scripture says?
51:39 It says in Ephesians that God accepts you
51:43 because of His Son. Amen!
51:45 Now He doesn't accept you 'cause you're good looking.
51:49 Or He doesn't accept you because you're smart.
51:53 See? He accepts you because of His Son Jesus Christ.
51:58 Says: "Father, accept him. " And the Father says:
52:01 "Because You died for him I'll accept him. "
52:05 That's what He does for you and for me.
52:09 The Bible says there's several books that are used
52:11 in the judgment.
52:13 One of the books that's used in the judgment
52:15 is called the Book of Life.
52:17 Marvelous book: Book of Life.
52:22 Do you know what you've gotta do to get your name
52:23 in the Book of Life?
52:25 Huh?
52:30 Oh... just be good?
52:32 Will that get your name in the Book of Life?
52:35 No... you've gotta accept Jesus Christ.
52:38 This is what the Scripture says about it:
52:52 So when a person accepts Jesus Christ
52:56 as his personal Savior your name is entered
53:00 in the Book of Life.
53:03 That's what gives Jesus the right to represent you.
53:07 When your name comes up in the judgment
53:09 they look in the Book of Life and they say: "Oh, there's
53:11 a name right here. " And Christ can step up and say:
53:13 "Father, I plead My blood on behalf of this person. "
53:27 OK... there's two other books.
53:29 Another book called the Book of Remembrance.
53:33 You may not have known about that book.
53:35 You see, the Book of Remembrance
53:38 all the good things that you do
53:41 are recorded in the Book of Remembrance.
53:43 Listen:
54:02 So it says all the good things that you and I do
54:06 are written down in the Book of Remembrance.
54:10 That's nice to know, isn't it?
54:12 Every good deed you do.
54:15 Every good word you say.
54:17 Every person you help.
54:19 That's all recorded in the books of heaven.
54:22 I don't have time to get into it tonight
54:25 but do you know that every last one of you here -
54:28 I mean every last one of you -
54:31 whether you like it or whether you don't
54:33 do you know that every one of you have an angel?
54:37 And that angel keeps records.
54:39 That's what he does, OK?
54:42 There's another book that's used.
54:46 That book is called the Book of Iniquity.
54:49 That's where all the sins, all the bad things
54:55 that you and I do, are recorded.
54:57 This is what it says:
55:12 So all the bad... all the bad things that we do...
55:17 written down... recorded.
55:21 You see, I used to believe
55:24 that when you got to the judgment
55:26 they opened up the Book of Remembrance
55:29 and they opened up the Book of Iniquity
55:31 and if your good outweighed your bad you made it.
55:35 But that's not the way it is.
55:37 That's not the way it is.
55:39 You see, there's something in the Bible called
55:43 justification.
55:46 That when you accept Jesus Christ
55:48 it says that He "remembers your sins no more. "
55:55 See? And all the things that you and I have in the Book
55:59 of Iniquity... wiped out!
56:03 Remembered no more!
56:07 Now, if there's some of you here tonight
56:10 who like the fellow said to me, we were talking about
56:13 the judgment and he said: "Well... " he said,
56:15 when I get to heaven and to the judgment, "
56:17 he said, "I'm going to ask for justice. "
56:21 Not me.
56:23 I don't want justice... I want mercy.
56:26 Amen! See... I don't want justice.
56:29 I want mercy.
56:30 And so I want Jesus Christ's blood
56:34 to be in my place.
56:36 I want Him to cover all my sins.
56:39 I don't wanta have to face it 'cause I KNOW what I deserve.
56:42 Don't have any question about that.
56:45 This is what God will do for you:
57:06 So it says: "If you sin, you can come to Christ. "
57:10 He's your Advocate... He'll plead your case.
57:21 Let me tell you quickly
57:23 what your responsibility and my responsibility is.
57:29 Your responsibility, dear friend,
57:32 is to accept Jesus Christ.
57:35 That's your part is to accept Him.
57:38 And every morning when you get up
57:41 to commit your life to Jesus Christ.
57:45 Then He will do His work in your life.
57:49 See? But I must every day commit my life to Jesus Christ.
57:54 If I do that, He'll work in my life.
58:07 So tonight Jesus Christ is willing to confess your name
58:11 before His Father and the holy angels.


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