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00:03 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:08 DOUG BATCHELOR: ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS 00:10 IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 00:12 IS THE ICONIC GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. 00:15 DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION, THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE 00:18 HAD ONE OF THE BEST SAFETY CONSTRUCTION RECORDS 00:20 OF ANY PROJECT DURING THAT TIME. 00:23 BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME RISKS, 00:25 THE CHIEF ENGINEER WAS ABSOLUTELY ADAMANT 00:27 ABOUT THEIR USING THE MOST RIGOROUS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 00:30 THAT HAD EVER BEEN USED IN BRIDGE BUILDING. 00:33 BUT THE MOST CONSPICUOUS SAFETY MEASURE 00:35 WAS A GIGANTIC NET SUSPENDED FROM END-TO-END 00:39 UNDER THE BRIDGE ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE BAY. 00:42 DURING CONSTRUCTION, 00:43 THIS NET SAVED THE LIVES OF 19 MEN 00:46 WHO WERE LATER KNOWN AS THE HALF WAY TO HELL CLUB. 00:49 WITH THE NET IN PLACE, 00:51 THESE MEN WERE MUCH MORE COURAGEOUS 00:52 AND BRAVE DURING CONSTRUCTION 00:54 BECAUSE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A MECHANISM TO PROTECT THEM 00:56 IF THEY SHOULD FALL. 00:58 FRIENDS, AS CHRISTIANS WE GET TO PARTICIPATE WITH JESUS 01:02 IN BUILDING A BRIDGE 01:04 THAT WILL CONNECT HEAVEN AND EARTH. 01:05 THERE ARE DANGERS ALONG THE WAY, 01:07 BUT JESUS HAS PROMISED TO PROTECT US, 01:10 AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID. 01:12 SO JOIN ME NOW AS WE DISCOVER THE FASCINATING BIBLE FACTS 01:16 ABOUT THE HERO OF REVELATION. 01:22 DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THERE WAS THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL 01:25 THAT REALLY SURPRISED EVERYBODY. 01:27 HIS NAME WAS JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN. 01:30 HE WAS ACTUALLY FROM MAINE. 01:32 HE WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER, ENGLISH MAJOR, 01:34 ACTUALLY MAJORED IN RHETORIC AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, 01:37 SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING OF A BOOKWORM. 01:39 BUT HE HAD VERY STRONG CONVICTIONS ABOUT SLAVERY. 01:43 AND WHEN, FINALLY, THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT, 01:47 EVEN THOUGH HIS FAMILY WAS VERY RELIGIOUS 01:49 AND HE, MAYBE, WAS A PACIFIST BY NATURE, 01:51 HE THOUGHT THE CAUSE DESERVES 01:54 THAT WE LAY OUR LIVES DOWN FOR THIS, 01:56 AND HE JOINED THE FORCES. 01:58 BECAUSE OF HIS EDUCATION THEY QUICKLY PROMOTED HIM. 02:01 AND THE NEXT THING HE KNEW, 02:02 HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 02:05 SOME OF THE SOLDIERS UNDER HIM WERE A LITTLE WORRIED. 02:08 THEY SAID, "THIS GUY IS ALWAYS READING. 02:09 HE'S A BOOKWORM, HE'S A LAMB." 02:12 AND HE SEEMS SO POLITE AND HE SEEMS SO ARTICULATE, 02:14 THEY THOUGHT, "WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO ON THE BATTLEFIELD?" 02:17 WELL, IT TURNED OUT, IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST 02:19 AND THE BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR, 02:21 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, 02:24 50,000 PEOPLE DIED IN ONE DAY. 02:28 IT'S BEEN THE BLOODIEST BATTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, 02:30 IN ANY OF OUR WARS. 02:33 THE SOUTH WAS TRYING TO TAKE THIS HILL, 02:36 AND THEY WERE TRYING TO FLANK AROUND THE TROOPS OF THE NORTH, 02:39 AND CHAMBERLAIN KNEW 02:41 THAT HE NEEDED TO HOLD THAT HILL AT ALL COST 02:44 AND THEY-- 02:45 FOR THREE DAYS, THE BATTLE RAGED, 02:47 AND THE SOUTH CONTINUED TO THROW SOLDIERS AT THAT HILL 02:50 TRYING TO GET BEHIND THE TROOPS AND TO DEFEAT THEM. 02:55 AND THEY FOUGHT THE GROUP FROM MAINE THAT HE WAS OVER, 02:58 THEY FOUGHT UNTIL THEY RAN OUT OF AMMUNITION. 03:00 AND FINALLY, HE TOLD THEM, "FIX YOUR BAYONETS AND CHARGE." 03:04 WHEN THEY WERE COMING UP THE HILL AFTER THEM, 03:07 HE TOLD HIS MEN TO CHARGE BACK AT THEM 03:09 WITH JUST BAYONETS. 03:11 AND IT SO TERRIFIED THE SOUTHERNERS 03:14 THAT THEY TURNED AND THEY RAN. 03:16 THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY HAD RUN OUT OF BULLETS. 03:19 THEY LATER CALLED HIM, INSTEAD OF THE LAMB, 03:21 THEY CALLED HIM THE LION OF LITTLE ROUND TOP. 03:24 LITTLE ROUND TOP WAS THE HILL THAT THEY WERE DEFENDING. 03:27 WELL, YOU KNOW, JESUS, WHEN HE COMES AGAIN, 03:29 HE'S COMING LIKE A LION. 03:30 WHEN HE CAME THE FIRST TIME, HE CAME LIKE A LAMB. 03:33 BUT HE IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE ENTIRE BIBLE. 03:37 AND OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, 03:39 DEALING WITH THE HERO OF REVELATION, 03:42 IS PART OF OUR PROPHECY ENCOUNTER SERIES. 03:45 I'VE GOT A LOT OF MATERIAL TO COVER. 03:47 YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE A PEN OR PENCIL HANDY 03:49 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME NOTES. 03:50 WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PROPHECIES IN REVELATION, 03:54 IN DANIEL, AND ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, 03:57 THAT SHOW US WHO JESUS IS, 04:00 SO WE CAN KNOW THAT HE IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS. 04:03 IF YOU LOOK IN DANIEL CHAPTER 9. 04:06 DANIEL IS PRAYING. 04:08 GOD'S PEOPLE ARE CAPTIVES IN BABYLON. 04:11 HE'S SAYING, "WE'VE BEEN HERE 70 YEARS." 04:14 DANIEL IS READING THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH 04:16 THAT SAID AFTER 70 YEARS THEY WOULD GO HOME. 04:18 SO EVEN DANIEL READ THE PROPHETS. 04:20 AND HE'S PRAYING SAYING, 04:21 "LORD, WE'VE BEEN HERE 70 YEARS. 04:23 HOW LONG? 04:24 HOW LONG WILL YOU TOLERATE YOUR PEOPLE? 04:25 HOW LONG TILL THE SAVIOR THE MESSIAH COMES?" 04:27 WHILE DANIEL IS PRAYING, THE ANGEL GABRIEL COMES, 04:31 SAME ONE THAT APPEARS TO MARY, 04:33 AND HE HASN'T AGED A BIT WHEN HE APPEARS TO MARY 04:34 AT 500 YEARS LATER. 04:37 AND HE GIVES THIS PROPHECY, 04:40 "70 WEEKS ARE DETERMINED FOR YOUR PEOPLE..." 04:43 I'M IN DANIEL 9:24, 04:46 "FOR THEIR HOLY CITY, TO FINISH TRANSGRESSION, 04:50 TO MAKE AN END OF SINS, 04:52 TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR INIQUITY, 04:54 TO BRING IN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS, 04:56 TO SEAL UP THE VISION AND THE PROPHECY..." 05:00 TALKING ABOUT THE VISIONS 05:01 ABOUT THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. 05:02 "AND ANOINT THE MOST HOLY." 05:05 VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS A PROPHECY 05:07 THAT TALKED ABOUT THE MOST HOLY BEING ANOINTED, 05:10 70 WEEKS. 05:12 SO WHAT DOES THE 70 WEEKS REPRESENT? 05:17 NOW, IN THE BIBLE, A DAY EQUALS A YEAR. 05:20 FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STARTING POINT HERE. 05:23 IT TELLS US THAT IT SAYS, 05:24 "FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT..." 05:26 IF YOU READ IN DANIEL 9:25, 05:28 WHAT'S THE STARTING POINT FOR THIS PROPHECY? 05:30 "FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMANDMENT 05:32 TO RESTORE AND BUILD JERUSALEM." 05:35 JERUSALEM HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR. 05:38 THE PERSIAN KING, ARTAXERXES, ISSUED A DECREE. 05:42 YOU CAN FIND THAT IN YOUR BIBLE IN EZRA CHAPTER 7. 05:46 THAT THEY COULD GO BACK 05:47 AND HE ALSO HELPED SUBSIDIZE THEIR MISSION 05:49 TO REBUILD THE CITY, TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE. 05:52 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WOULD BE 05:54 THE STARTING POINT OF THIS 70 WEEK PROPHECY. 05:57 "FROM THE GOING FORTH OF THE COMMAND 05:59 TO RESTORE AND BUILD JERUSALEM 06:00 UNTO THE MESSIAH THE PRINCE, THERE'LL BE SEVEN WEEKS..." 06:03 NOW HE BREAKS UP THAT 70 WEEKS INTO THREE PARTS: 06:06 THERE'LL BE SEVEN WEEKS, AND 62 WEEKS, 06:08 THEN YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL WEEK. 06:10 OKAY? 06:11 AND SO SEVEN WEEKS WAS THE TIME IT TOOK THEM 06:13 TO REBUILD THE WALLS AND THE STREETS 06:15 AND TROUBLOUS TIMES IN THE TEMPLE. 06:17 THEN THERE WERE 62 MORE WEEKS, 06:20 THE MOST HOLY WOULD BE ANOINTED. 06:21 THEN DURING THAT LAST WEEK, 06:23 HE WOULD CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH THE PEOPLE, 06:26 BUT IN THE MIDST OF THAT LAST WEEK 06:28 HE'D MAKE THE SACRIFICE CEASE. 06:29 NOW I'VE SAID IT, I'M GOING TO SAY IT SEVERAL TIMES 06:31 BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, 06:34 AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS CLEAR IN YOUR MIND. 06:36 FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING 06:37 WITH A LARGE BIBLE TIME PROPHECY LIKE THIS, 06:41 THERE'S A PRETTY SAFE PRINCIPLE 06:43 THAT YOU APPLY A DAY FOR A YEAR. 06:46 AND THERE'S THREE REFERENCES THERE, 06:48 YOU CAN SEE THAT SUPPORT THAT PRINCIPLE. 06:50 NOW I'M GOING TO PUT A CHART UP ON THE SCREEN 06:52 AND EXPLAIN THIS TIME PROPHECY. 06:55 YOU SEE THE DECREE IS GIVEN 457 B.C. 06:58 ARTAXERXES YOU CAN FIND IT IN EZRA 7. 07:00 IT'S A PRETTY WELL ACCEPTED DATE 07:03 IN ANCIENT HISTORY. 07:04 AND SO, 483 YEARS AFTER THE COMMAND 07:09 IS WHEN YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THE MESSIAH ANOINTED. 07:11 HE BEGINS HIS MINISTRY. 07:12 HE THEN CONFIRMS THE COVENANT WITH GOD'S PEOPLE 07:15 FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 07:17 IN THE MIDST OF THAT LAST SEVEN YEARS 07:18 HE MAKES THE SACRIFICE CEASE. 07:20 STAY WITH ME. 07:22 ALL RIGHT, JESUS WAS BAPTIZED WHEN? 07:25 YOU CAN READ IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 1:29. 07:27 HE CAME TO JOHN THE BAPTIST, AND IT SAYS, 07:31 "JOHN SAW JESUS COMING TO HIM AND SAID, 07:33 'BEHOLD! THE LAMB OF GOD 07:35 THAT TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!'" 07:37 YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ IN LUKE, 07:38 IT TELLS US THAT THE YEAR 07:40 THAT JOHN WAS PREACHING WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, 07:42 IT TALKS ABOUT PONTIUS PILATE BEING IN POWER. 07:44 YOU'VE GOT TIBERIUS CAESAR, YOU'VE GOT HEROD. 07:48 THERE IS ONLY ONE YEAR IN HISTORY 07:49 WHEN THESE THREE CHARACTERS, THEIR REIGNS OVERLAPPED 07:53 AND IT WAS 27 A.D. 07:55 27 A.D. IS EXACTLY 483 YEARS AFTER 08:00 KING ARTAXERXES' DECREE IN 457. 08:03 THAT'S WHEN THE MESSIAH WAS BAPTIZED. 08:05 WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BAPTISM OF JESUS? 08:07 YOU CAN READ IN ACTS 10:38 WHERE PETER SAID, 08:11 "GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH 08:13 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT..." 08:15 HE WAS THE ANOINTED, THE CHRIST. 08:17 "AND WITH POWER, WHO WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD 08:20 AND HEALING ALL WHO WERE OPPRESSED BY THE DEVIL, 08:23 FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM." 08:25 AND SO JESUS WAS ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 08:29 EXACTLY 483 YEARS, 08:31 BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT ONE WEEK LEFT 08:33 STILL TO GET TO 490, RIGHT? 08:35 NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED 08:37 DURING THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. 08:38 WE'RE PARKING THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL. 08:40 SO YOU ALL WITH ME? WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO IT. 08:43 IT SAID THAT HE WOULD CONFIRM THE COVENANT DURING THIS WEEK. 08:46 WHAT DID JESUS DO DURING THAT TIME? 08:49 LET'S LOOK AT THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST 08:51 AND ARE THERE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST? 08:54 SO I'M PUTTING LAYERS IN HERE. PROPHECIES IN PROPHECIES. 08:58 ISAIAH 61:1, FIRST SERMON JESUS PREACHED 09:01 HE QUOTES FROM THIS IN NAZARETH, 09:02 HIS HOME CHURCH. 09:03 HE SAID, "THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS UPON ME 09:06 BECAUSE THE LORD HAS ANOINTED ME 09:09 TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR." 09:11 CHRIST IS THE ANOINTED. 09:13 HE'S TELLING PEOPLE, "I AM THE ANOINTED." 09:15 "HE HAS SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED..." 09:17 DID JESUS DO THAT? 09:20 "TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES", 09:22 PEOPLE CAPTIVE BY THE DEVIL AND SIN. 09:24 "AND THE OPENING OF PRISON TO THOSE WHO ARE BOUND." 09:26 HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVE FREE 09:29 AND TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES 09:31 AND THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD. 09:33 AND PEOPLE THAT CAME TO HEAR JESUS PREACH, 09:36 YOU KNOW, SPIES WERE SENT TO ARREST HIM 09:37 AND THEY CAME BACK 09:39 AND THE LEADER SAID, "WHERE IS HE? 09:40 WE TOLD YOU TO ARREST HIM." YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR ANSWER WAS? 09:42 "NEVER MAN SPOKE LIKE THIS MAN." 09:47 AND I CAN TESTIFY TO YOU, THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION 09:50 BECAUSE I GREW UP BELIEVING THAT JESUS WAS... 09:54 IN OUR HOME, MY MOM DIDN'T SAY VERY NICE THINGS ABOUT JESUS. 09:58 CAME, LIKE I SAID, FROM A JEWISH BACKGROUND, 10:00 AND WE THOUGHT CHRISTIANS WERE THE PROBLEM. 10:03 MY JEWISH RELATIVES, 10:04 THEY'D TELL ME "OH, YEAH, JESUS WAS... 10:05 HE WAS A GOOD MAN. HE WAS A TEACHER." 10:08 AND I WOULD ASK MY GRANDFATHER, 10:09 I'D SAY, "NOW YOU REALIZE 10:10 THAT HE SAID HE WAS THE MESSIAH. 10:12 DO YOU THINK HE TOLD THE TRUTH?" 10:15 THEY SAID, "OH, YEAH, HE WAS A GOOD MAN. 10:17 HE WAS A TEACHER. HE'S A PROPHET." 10:18 "WELL, HE SAID HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. 10:21 HE SAID HE WAS THE ONLY ONE. HE'S THE ONLY DOOR." 10:24 AND SO THEY USED TO KIND OF STUMBLE OVER THAT. 10:26 SO I WAS VERY ANTAGONISTIC ABOUT JESUS. 10:28 WHEN I FINALLY STARTED READING THE BIBLE, 10:31 SO I COULD ARGUE WITH CHRISTIANS. 10:33 AND I'D READ WHERE IT SAYS, 10:35 "HE THAT IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE." 10:36 I HAD HEARD THAT EXPRESSION ALL MY LIFE. 10:38 I SAID, "OH, JESUS SAID THAT." 10:41 "TURN THE OTHER CHEEK." OH, JESUS SAID THAT. 10:45 "GO THE SECOND MILE." 10:47 AND ALL OF THESE THINGS 10:48 I WAS READING IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 10:50 I'M GOING, "I'VE BEEN HEARING THESE THINGS ALL MY LIFE. 10:51 I HAD NO IDEA THAT JESUS SAID THEM." 10:54 I SAID, "WOW, HE WAS REALLY SMART." 10:57 I MEAN, HE JUST SAID, 10:58 HE'S THE MOST QUOTED PERSON IN HISTORY. 11:00 NOBODY EVER SPOKE LIKE THIS MAN SPOKE. 11:03 NOW YOU LOOK AT THE PROPHECIES 11:05 AND THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE CROSS. 11:08 ARE THERE SOME OF THOSE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? 11:10 FOR ONE THING, JUST THE WEEK BEFORE HE WAS CRUCIFIED, 11:13 THEY CALL IT THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. 11:15 "REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER..." 11:16 BY THE WAY, THIS IS ZECHARIAH 9:9, 11:19 "REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER OF ZION! 11:21 SHOUT, DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM! 11:22 BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU. 11:25 HE IS JUST AND HAVING SALVATION, LOWLY 11:28 AND RIDING ON A DONKEY, A COLT, THE FOAL OF A DONKEY." 11:32 AND THEN YOU GO TO THE NEW TESTAMENT 11:33 AND THEN YOU SEE THE STORY WHERE JESUS RODE INTO JERUSALEM 11:36 THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE ON A DONKEY. 11:39 JUSTICE HAD BEEN FORETOLD WITH ALL THE PEOPLE REJOICING. 11:42 BY THE WAY, A LITTLE AMAZING FACT I'LL THROW IN. 11:44 IF YOU GO TO JERUSALEM TODAY, YOU'LL SEE THIS PICTURE OF WHAT 11:46 THEY CALL THE GOLDEN GATE. 11:48 THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THAT--IT'S ALL BRICKED UP. 11:52 THAT IS THE GATE THAT JESUS RODE THROUGH. 11:54 YOU KNOW WHY IT'S BRICKED UP? 11:56 BECAUSE WHEN THE MUSLIMS TOOK JERUSALEM, THEY KNEW 12:01 THE JEWISH PROPHECY SAID IN ZACCAHRIAH 12:03 THE MESSIAH WOULD RIDE THROUGH THIS GATE. 12:05 THEY WANTED TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, 12:07 SO I THINK IT WAS SOLOMON THE MAGNIFICENT, HE HAD IT 12:09 ALL BLOCKED OFF, AND THEY PUT A CEMETERY IN FRONT OF IT TO 12:13 DESECRATE THE GROUND TO PREVENT THE JEWISH MESSIAH FROM COMING 12:16 BUT THEY WERE ABOUT 700 YEARS TOO LATE. 12:20 Doug: Don't go anywhere, friends. 12:22 We will be back in just a moment 12:23 to complete today's presentation. 12:26 Can you imagine what it would be like to be out in the middle of 12:29 a dark ocean by yourself, floating around, and then 12:32 discovering you're surrounded by hungry sharks. 12:35 You would be so thankful if a helicopter 12:37 came by to rescue you. 12:38 Well, you know, we have a study guide that talks about 12:41 salvation, and it's called, "Saved from Certain Death." 12:44 In this beautifully illustrated, scripture filled resource, we 12:48 will answer the big questions about salvation. 12:51 What must I do to be saved? 12:52 How can I have peace in my heart? 12:54 How do I live a victorious life and share my faith with others? 12:58 To get your free copy, call the phone number on your screen or 13:01 visit amazingfacts.org and ask for offer number 109. 13:06 And after you read this incredible resource, make sure 13:09 and share it with a friend. 13:10 Well, let's get back now to today's presentation and learn 13:13 some more amazing facts from the Word of God. 13:17 DOUG: ARE THERE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE BETRAYAL OF JESUS? 13:20 YES, QUITE A FEW. 13:22 MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN READ IN PSALMS, 13:23 A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN, 13:26 KING DAVID WROTE, "EVEN MY OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND 13:29 IN WHOM I TRUSTED, WHO ATE MY BREAD, 13:32 HE HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME." 13:35 AFTER THEY ATE BREAD TOGETHER, 13:36 JUDAS WENT OUT AND HE BETRAYED HIM. 13:40 AND THEN, AGAIN, YOU READ IN ZECHARIAH, 13:41 IT SAYS, AND THIS IS 11, VERSE 12, 13:43 "THEN I SAID TO THEM, 'IF IT IS AGREEABLE TO YOU, 13:46 GIVE ME MY WAGES, AND, IF NOT, REFRAIN.' 13:50 SO THEY WEIGHED OUT FOR MY WAGES 13:52 THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER.'" 13:54 HOW MUCH WAS JESUS SOLD FOR? 13:57 THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, EXACTLY. 13:59 AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, "AND THE LORD SAID TO ME, 14:02 'THROW IT TO THE POTTER,' 14:03 THAT PRINCELY PRICE THAT THEY SET UPON ME. 14:06 SO THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER 14:08 AND THEY THREW THEM INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, 14:10 TO THE POTTER." 14:11 YOU KNOW WHAT JUDAS DID WITH THE MONEY 14:13 WHEN HE WAS OVERCOME WITH GUILT? 14:14 HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, 14:15 HE THREW THE SILVER DOWN. 14:17 THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY 14:18 BECAUSE IT WAS BLOOD MONEY. 14:20 THEY USED IT TO BUY A POTTER'S FIELD 14:21 TO BURY STRANGERS IN. 14:24 WHAT PRECISE DETAILS WERE FORETOLD 14:26 HUNDREDS OF YEARS EARLIER, THOUSAND YEARS EARLIER. 14:30 NO, THIS ONE HUNDREDS OF YEARS EARLIER 14:32 REGARDING THE BETRAYAL OF CHRIST. 14:35 WHAT ABOUT THE MANNER OF HIS DEATH? 14:36 WAS THAT FORETOLD? 14:39 YOU REALIZE WHEN SOME OF THESE PROPHECIES WERE WRITTEN, 14:41 THEY DIDN'T PRACTICE CRUCIFIXION. 14:42 BUT YOU LOOK IN PSALM 22. 14:45 NOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FIRST WORDS ARE 14:46 IN PSALM 22? 14:48 "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 14:51 DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? 14:53 THAT'S WHAT JESUS UTTERED FROM THE CROSS. 14:54 PEOPLE THINK, "DID HE SAY THAT BECAUSE HE WAS DISCOURAGED?" 14:57 NO, JESUS SAID THAT BECAUSE LATER IN THAT PSALM 15:00 YOU FIND THESE OTHER PREDICTIONS. 15:02 READ IN PSALM 22:16, 15:05 "FOR DOGS HAVE SURROUNDED ME, 15:06 THE CONGREGATION OF THE WICKED HAS ENCLOSED ME. 15:09 THEY PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET..." 15:12 DESCRIBING CRUCIFIXION. 15:14 IT'S IN THAT SAME PSALM, THAT MESSIANIC PASSOVER PSALM 15:18 WHERE HE SAYS, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" 15:22 CHRIST HAD NOT LOST COURAGE, 15:23 HE WAS DIRECTING THEM TO THE PSALM 15:25 THAT SHOWED THE VERY THING THAT WAS HAPPENING THAT DAY 15:27 AS HE HUNG UP ON THE CROSS. 15:29 IT SAYS, "THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, 15:31 AND THEY CAST LOTS FOR MY CLOTHING." 15:33 WHAT A PRECISE DETAIL. 15:36 AND THEN YOU READ, OF COURSE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 15:37 THERE, MARK 15:24 AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS, 15:41 "WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED HIM, THEY DIVIDED HIS GARMENTS, 15:44 CASTING LOTS FOR THEM 15:46 TO DETERMINE WHAT EVERY MAN SHOULD TAKE." 15:49 GAMBLING THERE AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. 15:52 BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO JESUS, 15:54 IT ALSO SAYS NONE OF HIS BONES WOULD BE BROKEN 15:56 IN THAT PROPHECY IN PSALM 22. 15:58 IT SAYS, "WHEN THEY CAME TO JESUS 15:59 AFTER BREAKING THE BONES OF THE THIEF 16:01 ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT, 16:02 THEY SAW HE WAS ALREADY DEAD 16:04 AND THEY DID NOT BREAK HIS LEGS." 16:05 NOTICE JOHN GOES ON. 16:07 JOHN QUOTES FROM THE PROPHECY, 16:09 "BUT ONE OF THE SOLDIERS PIERCED HIS SIDE WITH A SPEAR, 16:12 AND IMMEDIATELY BLOOD AND WATER CAME OUT." 16:14 TALKS ABOUT CHRIST, THE MESSIAH BEING PIERCED. 16:16 BLOOD AND WATER CAME OUT 16:18 BUT THEY DID NOT BREAK HIS BONES. 16:20 IT SAYS, "FOR THESE THINGS WERE DONE 16:21 THAT THE SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE FULFILLED, 16:23 'NOT ONE OF HIS BONES WOULD BE BROKEN.'" 16:26 AND AGAIN ANOTHER SCRIPTURE SAYS, 16:27 "THEY LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY HAD PIERCED." 16:30 QUOTING AGAIN THAT SCRIPTURE, JESUS WAS PIERCED, 16:32 HIS BONES WERE NOT BROKEN, HE WAS CRUCIFIED, 16:34 THEY GAMBLED FOR HIS CLOTHING. 16:36 WAS HE THE ONE? 16:38 DO THE PROPHECIES ALL TALK ABOUT JESUS? 16:40 NOW I TOLD YOU, DON'T FORGET ABOUT DANIEL. 16:43 WE'RE GOING BACK NOW TO DANIEL CHAPTER 9. 16:45 WE GOT ONE WEEK TO GO. 16:47 AND IT SAYS, "AFTER THE SIXTY-TWO WEEKS 16:50 MESSIAH WILL BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF." 16:54 WAS JESUS CUT OFF? YES. 16:56 AND WHEN A PERSON DIES OF OLD AGE, 16:59 THAT'S NOT BEING CUT OFF. 17:00 BUT WHEN THEY'RE 30 YEARS OLD, 17:03 33 AND A HALF, HE DIED IN HIS PRIME. 17:08 HE WAS CUT OFF FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING. 17:09 BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF, FOR WHO? 17:12 FOR US. FOR ME, FOR YOU. 17:14 HE DIED FOR YOU AS THOUGH YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE 17:16 WHO HAD EVER SINNED. 17:17 HE LOVES YOU THAT MUCH. 17:19 AND THEN IT SAID, "HE WOULD CONFIRM THE COVENANT 17:21 WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK." 17:22 SO THAT LAST SEVEN YEARS, FROM HIS BAPTISM 17:25 UNTIL SEVEN YEARS LATER, 17:28 HE IS CONFIRMING THE COVENANT WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE. 17:31 THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN PERSON, 17:35 THREE AND A HALF YEARS THROUGH THE APOSTLES, 17:37 UNTIL, FINALLY THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR, 17:40 WHICH IS STEPHEN, 17:42 HE IS TRIED BY THE JEWISH SUPREME COURT 17:44 FOR HIS FAITH. 17:45 THEY DO THE SAME THING TO HIM THEY DID TO JESUS. 17:47 THEY BRING HIM OUT OF THE CITY. 17:49 HE'S FALSELY ACCUSED AND THEN HE IS EXECUTED 17:53 AND HE PRAYS FOR THE FORGIVENESS 17:54 OF THOSE WHO KILL HIM, THE SAME THING JESUS DID. 17:57 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK HE CAUSES, 17:59 HE MAKES THE OFFERING AND THE SACRIFICE TO CEASE. 18:02 THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, 18:05 WHEN HE DIES ON THE CROSS, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TEMPLE? 18:08 YOU READ IN MATTHEW 27:51, 18:10 "BEHOLD, THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO 18:13 FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, AND THE EARTH QUAKED, 18:16 AND THE ROCKS WERE SPLIT..." 18:18 AND THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE IS TORN, 18:21 SHOWING THAT THE PURPOSE 18:22 FOR THAT SANCTUARY WAS COMPLETE. 18:26 JESUS SAID, "DESTROY THIS TEMPLE MADE WITH HANDS 18:28 AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL MAKE ONE WITHOUT HANDS." 18:30 HE SPOKE OF HIS BODY, THE CHURCH. 18:33 TWO THINGS WERE TORN, THE TEMPLE WAS TORN 18:35 AND THE HIGH PRIEST TORE HIS GARMENTS. 18:37 WE NOW HAVE A NEW PRIESTHOOD. 18:39 IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER IN CHRIST, 18:41 THEN YOU ARE PART OF THAT ROYAL PRIESTHOOD. AMEN? 18:43 AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW TEMPLE. 18:45 IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER IN CHRIST, 18:46 YOU ARE A LIVING STONE IN THAT BUILDING. 18:48 THAT'S WHAT PAUL AND PETER SAY. WE ARE THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD. 18:51 CHURCH IS NOT A BUILDING, CHURCH IS THE PEOPLE. 18:54 NOW, GO BACK, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE CHART AGAIN. 18:57 AND YOU NOTICE HERE, WE GOT FROM THE DECREE 19:00 UNTIL THE 69 WEEKS ARE COMPLETE, 19:04 YOU'VE GOT 483 YEARS AND 69 WEEKS. 19:07 FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE DAYS 19:09 AND A DAY IS A YEAR. 19:10 CHRIST IS BAPTIZED 27 A.D. 19:13 HE CONFIRMS A COVENANT WITH GOD'S PEOPLE 19:15 FOR ANOTHER WEEK 19:16 BEFORE THE GOSPEL GOES TO THE GENTILES. 19:19 THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN PERSON, 19:21 THEN HE DIES AND HE CAUSES THE SACRIFICE TO CEASE. 19:24 THEN HE DOES ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF YEARS 19:26 THROUGH THOSE THAT HEARD HIM. 19:27 AND YOU'LL FIND THIS IS IN HEBREWS 2:3 19:32 WHERE IT SAYS THAT, 19:34 "HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE..." NOTICE THIS. 19:36 "HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE 19:37 IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION, 19:39 WHICH AT THE FIRST BEGAN TO BE SPOKEN BY THE LORD..." 19:43 27 A.D. 19:45 FROM HIS BAPTISM BEGAN TO PREACH 19:46 FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS UNTIL HE WAS EXECUTED. 19:50 "AND WAS CONFIRMED TO US BY THOSE THAT HEARD HIM," 19:53 FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 19:55 DO YOU KNOW THE JEWS DID NOT GO WHEN CHRIST ROSE? 19:57 THEY DID NOT GO TO THE WORLD YET. 19:59 HE SAID, "FIRST BEGIN IN JERUSALEM AND JUDEA." 20:04 HE SAYS, "DO NOT GO, 20:05 BUT FIRST TO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL." 20:07 THE APOSTLES' MINISTRY 20:09 FOR THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS 20:10 WAS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE JEWISH NATION. 20:13 AT PENTECOST, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED OUT, 20:15 IT SAYS THERE WERE DEVOUT JEWS 20:17 DWELLING IN JERUSALEM FROM EVERY NATION. 20:19 THEY PREACHED TO JEWS. 20:21 IN ACTS CHAPTER 3, ACTS CHAPTER 5, 20:22 THEY'RE ALL JEWS BEING BAPTIZED. 20:24 IT WASN'T UNTIL STEPHEN WAS STONED, 20:26 IT SAYS, "A GREAT PERSECUTION AROSE 20:28 AND THE GOSPEL WENT EVERYWHERE." 20:30 THEN PAUL IS CONVERTED, FOLLOWING THAT, 20:33 IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. 20:35 PETER THEN GOES TO CORNELIUS 20:36 AND STARTS TO PREACH TO THE GENTILES 20:39 WHO HE HAD BEEN CALLING UNCLEAN. 20:40 FINALLY THE GOSPEL BEGAN TO GO TO EVERYONE. 20:43 THAT WAS EXACTLY 490 YEARS 20:46 AFTER, AS DANIEL HAD SAID THAT PROPHECY. 20:50 YOU'VE GOT THE DECREE, 457, 20:52 THE BAPTISM OF JESUS MARKS THE LAST WEEK 20:54 OF THAT PROPHECY, 20:56 FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS HE CONFIRMS THE COVENANT. 20:59 HE THEN CAUSES THE SACRIFICE 21:00 TO CEASE BY HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS. 21:02 THEN HE SAYS TO THE DISCIPLES, "AS THE FATHER SENT ME, 21:05 NOW YOU GO CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH THE LOST SHEEP 21:08 FOR ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 21:10 STEPHEN IS STONED. 21:11 AND HE SAYS, "NOW THE GOSPEL GOES 21:13 TO THE GENTILES AND EVERYBODY, WHOSOEVER WILL. 21:15 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD SAID WOULD HAPPEN. 21:18 THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH 21:20 THAT DANIEL FORETOLD. 21:22 AND I'VE EVEN GOT A QUOTE HERE FROM JOSEPHUS, 21:24 THE JEWISH HISTORIAN, 21:26 THAT TO ME IT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY. 21:28 JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS 21:29 WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF THE APOSTLES 21:33 AND HE WROTE THIS FROM THE TIME OF CHRIST. 21:37 "NOW THERE WAS ABOUT THIS TIME, A WISE MAN, 21:40 IF IT BE LAWFUL TO CALL HIM A MAN, 21:42 FOR HE WAS A DOER OF WONDERFUL WORKS, 21:45 AND A TEACHER OF SUCH MEN 21:47 AS RECEIVE THE TRUTH WITH PLEASURE. 21:49 HE DREW OVER TO HIM BOTH MANY OF THE JEWS 21:51 AND MANY OF THE GENTILES, HE WAS THE CHRIST." 21:54 THIS IS COMING FROM A JEWISH SCHOLAR 21:56 WHO IS NOT WRITING IN THE BIBLE. 21:59 IT SAYS, "AND WHEN PILATE, 22:02 AT THE SUGGESTION OF PRINCIPAL PEOPLE AMONG US, 22:05 HAD CONDEMNED HIM TO THE CROSS, 22:07 THOSE THAT LOVED HIM 22:08 AT THE FIRST DID NOT FORSAKE HIM, 22:11 FOR HE APPEARED TO THEM ALIVE AGAIN 22:13 AFTER THE THIRD DAY." 22:15 SO THIS IS NOT JUST THE BIBLE, FRIENDS, THIS IS HISTORY. 22:18 AND EVEN THIS JEWISH HISTORIAN SAYS, 22:20 "YEAH, HE WAS THE MESSIAH, 22:22 HE APPEARED, HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD." 22:25 "AS THE DIVINE PROPHETS HAD FORETOLD THESE THINGS 22:28 AND TEN THOUSAND OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS 22:30 CONCERNING HIM. 22:31 AND THE TRIBE OF CHRISTIAN CONTINUES WITH US 22:34 AND THEY ARE NOT EXTINCT EVEN TO THIS DAY." 22:36 SO I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE. 22:39 THERE ARE PROPHECIES THAT TELL ABOUT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, 22:42 THAT HE'D BE BORN OF A VIRGIN, THE TIME OF HIS BAPTISM, 22:46 THE TYPE OF MINISTRY, THE EVENTS OF HIS BETRAYAL, 22:49 THE MANNER OF HIS EXECUTION, 22:50 HIS RESURRECTION, HIS ASCENSION. 22:52 THIS IS ALL FORETOLD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 22:55 AND THEN PEOPLE SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, WE HAD A QUESTION 22:57 I DIDN'T READ TONIGHT. 22:59 HOW DO YOU KNOW THE BIBLE IS TRUE?" 23:00 I'M GOING, PFF! 23:01 WHAT EVIDENCE WILL YOU ACCEPT? 23:04 WHAT EVIDENCE WILL YOU ACCEPT? 23:06 THE BOOK HAS BEEN SUPERNATURALLY PRESERVED. 23:08 EVERYTHING IT SAYS HAS COME TRUE. 23:10 AND JESUS IS THE BEST EVIDENCE OF ALL. 23:13 YOU START TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER, FRIENDS, 23:15 AND YOU CAN SEE JESUS 23:17 IS WHAT THE WHOLE BIBLE IS TALKING ABOUT. 23:19 AMEN? 23:20 CONGREGATION: AMEN. 23:22 DOUG: SO WHY DID HE COME? 23:24 THREE QUICK REASONS WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW. 23:26 ONE HE CAME AS OUR EXAMPLE. 23:29 JESUS, HE SAID, 23:30 "I'VE GIVEN YOU AN EXAMPLE 23:32 THAT YOU SHOULD WALK AS I'VE WALKED." 23:34 JESUS CHRIST CAME AND THAT, BY THE WAY, IS JOHN 13:15. 23:39 "I WANT YOU TO LIVE AS I HAVE LIVED." 23:41 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 23:43 HE CAME TO SHOW US THE FATHER, IS THE SECOND REASON HE CAME. 23:47 HE SAID, "HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN THE FATHER." 23:51 AND THEN, FINALLY, HE SAID, 23:53 "I'VE COME BECAUSE I WANT TO TAKE YOUR PLACE." 23:56 HE IS OUR SUBSTITUTE. 23:58 HE DIED AS A SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS 24:00 BECAUSE HE LOVES US. 24:02 BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. 24:04 WE NEED TO ACCEPT THAT SACRIFICE IN OUR BEHALF. 24:09 YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS WAS BEING TRIED, 24:12 PILATE SAID TO HIM, 24:13 "WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH JESUS 24:15 WHO IS CALLED THE CHRIST?" 24:17 EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 24:19 HE IS THE CENTRAL FIGURE OF HUMAN HISTORY. 24:22 ALL OF HISTORY DATED FROM HIS BIRTH. 24:24 YOU CANNOT JUST IGNORE JESUS. 24:27 GOD HAS GIVEN AN INCREDIBLE GIFT 24:29 THAT WE MIGHT BE FORGIVEN. 24:32 I REMEMBER READING A STORY YEARS AGO ABOUT THIS, 24:35 A RAILWAY SWITCH KEEPER IN PRUSSIA OVER IN EUROPE 24:40 WHERE THEY HAD THIS SPAN THAT CROSSED THE BRIDGE, 24:43 A RAILROAD TRACK CROSSED THE RIVER 24:44 AND THERE WAS A DRAWBRIDGE. 24:46 AND WHENEVER THE TRAIN WAS APPROACHING 24:48 IT WOULD TOOT ITS WHISTLE 24:50 AND HE WOULD RAISE THIS FLAG AND SAID, 24:52 "ALL CLEAR, KEEP GOING." 24:54 AND ONE DAY, WHILE HE WAS AT HIS STATION 24:56 WAITING FOR THE TRAIN, IT TOOTED THE WHISTLE 24:58 AND HE GAVE THE ALL CLEAR SIGN. 25:01 BUT THAT WAS ALSO A DAY THAT HE HAD BROUGHT 25:02 HIS 4-YEAR-OLD SON WITH HIM TO WORK 25:04 AND HE HAD TAKEN HIS EYES OFF HIS SON 25:06 WHO HAD WANDERED OUT ON THE TRESTLE 25:08 AND HE SAW THE TRAIN COMING. 25:11 KNOWING THE SPEED OF THE TRAIN, 25:12 SEEING HOW FAR OUT ON THE TRACK HIS SON WAS, 25:16 HE THOUGHT, "WHAT DO I DO? 25:17 IF I LEAVE THE BRIDGE UP, 25:19 THE TRAIN WILL GO OFF AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE 25:20 WILL PERISH IN THE RIVER. 25:23 IF I DON'T SWITCH THE TRAIN OFF THE TRACK, 25:26 MY SON IS GOING TO PERISH." 25:28 AND SO HE SHOUTED OUT TO HIS SON, 25:31 "LAY DOWN NOW. 25:32 LAY DOWN AND DO NOT MOVE." 25:34 AND HE KNEW THE BOY COULDN'T OUTRUN THE TRAIN 25:37 AND THE BOY JUST LAY DOWN. 25:39 THE BRIDGE WENT DOWN, 25:41 THE TRAIN WENT ACROSS THE RIVER 25:44 AND THE MAN NEVER KNEW, AND THE PEOPLE WENT BY, 25:46 THEY ARE WAVING AT THE MAN IN THE BOOTH. 25:48 THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT 25:50 WHAT THE DECISION HE HAD JUST MADE. 25:52 AFTER THE TRAIN PASSED, HE RAN OUT THERE EXPECTING 25:55 MAYBE TO FIND THE MANGLED REMAINS OF HIS CHILDREN. 25:57 HIS BOY HAD OBEYED AND HE WAS ALIVE. 26:00 THE WHOLE TRAIN WENT OVER HIM. 26:02 NEXT DAY THE KING OF PRUSSIA GAVE THAT MAN A REWARD 26:05 FOR BEING WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIS SON 26:08 TO SAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE. 26:11 HIS SON DID NOT DIE. 26:14 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD VARIATIONS OF THAT STORY. 26:17 BUT IT IS TRUE THAT OUR FATHER GAVE HIS SON 26:19 AND HE DID DIE. 26:21 AND A LOT OF THE WORLD DOESN'T EVEN KNOW, 26:23 AS THEY GO ON THEIR MERRY WAY, 26:24 THEY'RE ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD, 26:26 BECAUSE THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 26:28 AND WHY AREN'T THESE PEOPLE ALL DEAD? 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