Participants: Stephen Bohr
Series Code: ASTPP
Program Code: ASTPP000022
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00:15 Welcome back, everybody.
00:18 I hope that you had a good lunch. 00:21 I know I did. 00:23 I had the chance of going home and eating lunch, 00:25 and changing my suit. 00:28 The production crew said that light suit is not good, 00:32 because it's hard to color balance. 00:34 So I have to obey the production crew. 00:38 They know best. 00:39 They are the ones that do the technology. 00:42 This afternoon we are going to conclude our remarks about 00:47 the importance of the Sanctuary in the study of Bible prophecy. 00:51 You know, I could have spoken about Daniel. 00:55 Daniel also has many Sanctuary scenes. 00:58 You know, Daniel 7 has Jesus coming on the clouds 01:01 to the Ancient of Days for the judgment. 01:03 That's the Day of Atonement. 01:05 In Daniel chapter 8, the Sanctuary shall be cleansed. 01:09 In Daniel chapter 11, the king of the north 01:11 tramples on the Sanctuary. 01:12 So the book of Daniel is saturated 01:15 with the Sanctuary as well. 01:16 But we just don't have enough time to refer to all of the 01:20 Sanctuary scenes in Daniel and Revelation. 01:23 So let's go to the document that is titled, 01:28 "The Sanctuary Sequence in the Book of Revelation." 01:30 That will be our study. 01:31 But before we do, we want to have a word of prayer 01:34 to ask the Lord's blessing for our session this afternoon. 01:37 So let's bow our heads. 01:39 Father in heaven, we thank You for the privilege of 01:41 being here once again, and we plead for the Holy Spirit 01:46 to be present with us. 01:48 Bless us as we study, give us understanding, 01:50 open our minds, open our hearts, that we might be able to 01:54 receive the seed of truth. 01:55 And we thank You, Father, for the promise of Your presence, 01:58 because we ask it in Jesus' name, amen. 02:03 Okay, "The Sanctuary Sequence in the Book of Revelation." 02:07 This basically is a review and amplification of the chart 02:12 that we looked at this morning. 02:14 Now as you see at the top of the page, there are five places 02:20 of the Sanctuary ministration. 02:22 Five places. 02:23 The first place is in the camp. 02:25 What did Jesus do in the camp? 02:28 In the camp, Jesus lived His perfect life. 02:32 He came and camped in our midst. 02:34 He tabernacled among us. 02:37 And the purpose of His life was to live the life 02:40 that the law requires from us. 02:42 You see, we can't offer the law perfection. 02:44 And so because we can't offer the law perfection, 02:47 the law says you have to die. 02:49 But of course, we don't want to die. 02:51 And so how can we offer the law what the law requires? 02:55 The only way is if the Creator, Jesus Christ, takes the place 03:00 of His creatures and lives the life in human flesh 03:03 that we should live. 03:05 And then Jesus bore our sins upon Himself, 03:08 and He went to the cross. 03:10 In other words, He died the death that we should die. 03:13 So basically, the first step in the Sanctuary service 03:17 is the perfect life of Jesus in the camp with us. 03:23 That is symbolized by the lamb without blemish. 03:25 You know, when they brought a lamb to the Sanctuary, 03:28 it had to be without blemish even before it was killed. 03:32 And so Jesus Christ had to have a life without blemish, 03:35 or else His sacrifice would not have been accepted. 03:38 Now the second step, of course, is in the outer court. 03:41 And in the outer court, you have the altar of sacrifice. 03:44 And that is where Jesus died. 03:47 The altar of sacrifice represents the cross of Calvary. 03:51 And there He bore our sins. 03:53 Now, there's one piece of furniture that I don't 03:56 mention here, it's part of the court, 03:58 which is the laver. 04:01 And after the priest offered the sacrifice, he would go 04:05 and he would cleanse himself before he went 04:07 into the Holy Place. 04:08 And basically, this represents the fact that Jesus totally 04:11 cleansed Himself from death. 04:13 He came forth from the tomb. 04:15 Death defiles. 04:16 You couldn't touch even the body of a dead person 04:19 because you'd become defiled. 04:21 So Jesus left death behind. 04:22 He cleansed Himself from death at the laver. 04:25 And then the next function in the Sanctuary 04:28 is in the Holy Place. 04:30 And that's where Jesus intercedes for individuals 04:33 and applies His life and His death to those who come to Him 04:38 in repentance confessing their sins. 04:41 Then He takes the benefits of His life and death 04:44 and He places them to their personal account. 04:47 Then the fourth place in the Sanctuary 04:50 is the Most Holy Place. 04:52 And that is where Jesus goes into the Most Holy Place 04:55 to perform a work of judgment beginning in the year 1844, 05:00 October 22, 1844. 05:03 And then the last place, which is very important, 05:05 is the outer court again. 05:08 In the outer court, once the Sanctuary was cleansed, 05:11 the sins that had been forgiven by the blood 05:14 now were brought out and they were placed 05:17 on the head of the scapegoat. 05:19 And if you read Leviticus 16 verse 7, it says that the 05:22 scapegoat was at the entrance to the tabernacle of meeting. 05:26 And that's, the devil is going to be on earth, isn't he. 05:28 He's going to be in the court on earth. 05:30 And Jesus is going to come out and He's going to place 05:33 the ultimate responsibility as the originator and instigator 05:37 of sin upon Azazel, upon the scapegoat. 05:41 And then of course Jesus goes back into the Most Holy Place. 05:44 He changes His garments from His priestly garments, 05:48 because His priestly functions have already come to an end, 05:51 His high priestly functions. 05:52 And then Jesus places His kingly garments upon Himself. 05:58 And that is where Jesus returns to the earth 06:00 as King of kings and Lord of lords. 06:03 So those are the five key places of the Sanctuary. 06:06 Those are the functions of Jesus in the Sanctuary. 06:10 Now we all know that the Sanctuary service 06:12 had two parts, two main parts. 06:15 I'm not talking about geographically. 06:17 I'm talking in terms of ministration. 06:20 The first was the daily service. 06:22 And the daily service was performed in the camp, 06:26 in the court, and in the Holy Place. 06:29 And then there was the yearly service. 06:32 And the yearly service was performed 06:34 in the Most Holy Place. 06:37 And then at the conclusion of the Day of Atonement, 06:40 the high priest would come out and place the responsibility 06:44 for sin upon the head of the scapegoat 06:47 there at the entrance in the court of the Sanctuary. 06:51 Now, the ministration in the court was very, very important. 06:55 You have there the altar of sacrifice. 06:58 And according to Revelation chapter 1 and verse 5, 07:02 Jesus loved us and washed us in His blood. 07:06 Notice that the verbs are past. 07:08 So Revelation begins with the past work of Jesus, 07:11 in Revelation 1 verse 5. 07:13 He loved us and He washed us in His blood. 07:18 Past tense. 07:19 So Revelation begins by describing the work of Jesus 07:23 while He was on the earth. 07:25 By the way, Revelation 1:17-18 also amplifies that. 07:30 Because it says that Jesus was the one who was dead 07:33 and yet is alive. 07:35 So see, you have there the death and resurrection of Christ. 07:38 So in chapter 1, you have an allusion to the work of Jesus 07:43 in the court; His death and His resurrection. 07:47 And then of course, we have the ministration of Jesus 07:51 in the Holy Place of the Sanctuary. 07:54 And in Revelation, this takes place during the period 07:58 of the churches, the seals, and the trumpets. 08:03 Now in the church series, we find Jesus walking among 08:08 the seven candlesticks. 08:10 And in heaven, the candlesticks are literal. 08:13 But on earth, the candlesticks have a symbolic value. 08:17 What do the candlesticks represent on earth? 08:20 On earth, they represent the history of the church. 08:25 Not only the literal seven churches in Asia Minor, 08:28 but seven stages in the history of the church universal. 08:31 Isn't that right? 08:33 And you notice that Jesus walks in the midst 08:38 of the seven candlesticks. 08:39 He does that literally in the heavenly Sanctuary, 08:42 but spiritually He walks among the churches here on earth. 08:47 In other words, He walks in the church throughout the 08:52 different stages of church history. 08:54 Now, what is it that the high priest did with the 08:57 candlestick in the Sanctuary? 08:59 Well, you have to go... 09:01 And we're not going to go there because we don't really 09:03 have a lot of time. 09:04 I'll just summarize what we have in our document here. 09:07 The purpose of the high priest, with regards to the 09:12 seven branch candlestick, was to make sure 09:15 that the wicks were long enough to burn, 09:19 and also that the candlestick had a constant supply of oil. 09:25 And of course the high priest, he would walk, so to speak, 09:29 among the candlesticks to make sure that the candlestick 09:32 never ceased giving its light. 09:37 Now, Jesus walks among the candlesticks in heaven. 09:40 He keeps them lighted. 09:42 But what does that represent on earth? 09:45 On earth, it represents the fact that Jesus 09:47 walks throughout the course of church history. 09:50 The seven churches represent all of church history. 09:52 And Jesus walks in the midst of the history of the church 09:56 to make sure that the light of the church never goes out; 10:01 to make sure that there's always a supply of the Holy Spirit, 10:04 to keep the light of the church shining. 10:07 Even in the Dark Ages, the light did not totally go out. 10:12 Because Jesus was walking in the midst of church history 10:15 keeping the lamps lighted. 10:19 The number seven, of course, indicates the totality 10:23 of church history. 10:24 Jesus is in the midst of His church on earth 10:27 during the total period of church history 10:31 from the first century till the end of time. 10:34 So you'll notice here, the key text is 10:36 Leviticus 24 verses 1 through 4 where we are told that the 10:42 high priest was to trim the lamps. 10:44 And he was suppose to do it morning and evening. 10:47 In other words, the lights could never go out. 10:51 The oil represents the Holy Spirit. 10:54 And the light represents the witness that the church 10:57 presents to the world through the agency of the Holy Spirit. 11:01 Jesus makes sure that the oil never runs out 11:04 so that His church can be the light of the world. 11:08 What was the purpose of the giving of the Holy Spirit 11:10 on the day of Pentecost? 11:11 We studied this. 11:13 Was it for personal edification to make you feel good? 11:16 Is that why God gave the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost? 11:19 No. "Ye shall receive power, and you shall be My..." What? 11:23 "...witnesses." 11:24 "You are the light of the world," is what Jesus said. 11:28 And so the purpose of the oil in the lamp is for the 11:31 church to give light. 11:32 And Jesus makes sure that there is always a supply 11:35 of the Holy Spirit to keep the light of the church burning. 11:40 During the Dark Ages, the light of the church 11:42 was on the brink of going out. 11:44 Why do you suppose they're called, the Dark Ages? 11:46 But Jesus did not leave Himself without witness. 11:51 Even in the darkest period of the history of the church, 11:55 the light still shone. 11:56 Notice this statement from Ellen White. 11:58 It's found in, Acts of the Apostles, page 586. 12:02 Beautiful statement about the seven candlesticks. 12:05 She says, "Christ is spoken of as walking in the midst 12:10 of the golden candlesticks. 12:13 Thus is symbolized His relation to the churches. 12:18 He is in constant communication with His people. 12:22 He knows their true state. 12:24 He observes their order, their piety, and their devotion. 12:29 Although He is high priest and mediator in the sanctuary above, 12:36 yet He is represented as walking up and down in the 12:38 midst of His churches on earth." 12:41 You see the principle? 12:43 Jesus is walking in heaven among the literal candlesticks. 12:47 On earth, He walks among the spiritual candlesticks; 12:51 the church in different periods of history. 12:55 She continues saying, "With untiring wakefulness 12:58 and unremitting vigilance, He watches to see 13:03 whether the light of any of His sentinels 13:05 is burning dim or going out. 13:08 If the candlesticks were left to mere human care, 13:12 the flickering flame would languish and die; 13:15 but He is the watchman in the Lord's house, 13:18 and true warden of the temple courts. 13:21 His continued care and sustaining grace 13:26 are the source of life and light." 13:29 Isn't that a beautiful description of what the 13:31 function of Jesus is in the midst of the spiritual 13:35 candlesticks on earth and also as He walks among the 13:38 literal candlesticks in the heavenly Sanctuary? 13:42 So Ellen White wrote about seven candlesticks 13:45 as proof that Jesus is in the Holy Place. 13:49 But she also speaks of the candlesticks 13:52 to prove that Jesus is with His church on earth. 13:55 Is Ellen White speaking out of both sides of her mouth? 13:59 No. 14:00 Not any more than Jesus who said that He was going 14:03 to heaven, to the literal temple, but also promised 14:06 that He would be with His church, the spiritual temple, 14:10 until the end of the world. 14:11 Jesus is literally in heaven, but spiritually on earth 14:15 through the Holy Spirit. 14:16 You understand the principle? 14:18 This is a very important principle in the study 14:20 of Bible prophecy. 14:22 The literal things are in heaven, 14:24 and the spiritual things are on earth. 14:26 In heaven, there's a literal tree of life, literal water, 14:29 there's literal manna, there's... 14:32 Literal. 14:33 The city has literal walls. 14:35 Do you know what the wall is spiritually these days on earth? 14:39 The spiritual wall represents the law of God. 14:42 And a breach has been made in the wall. 14:46 What is the breach in the wall? 14:48 The Sabbath commandment has been removed. 14:51 And so we have to be repairers of the breach. 14:55 In other words, the wall on earth has to reflect 14:57 the wall in heaven. 15:00 And so once again, what is literal in heaven, 15:03 the literal Ten Commandments, represents the wall on earth, 15:08 spiritually speaking. 15:10 Now we move to the next section, which is the seals. 15:12 We've spoken about Jesus among the candlesticks 15:15 in Revelation 1 through 3 with regards to the churches. 15:18 Now we need to move on to the seals. 15:21 And of course, Jesus, during the period of the seals, 15:25 is at the table of the showbread. 15:28 Now what does bread represent? 15:31 You know this. 15:32 Bread represents the Word of God. 15:34 "Man shall not live by bread alone, 15:37 but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." 15:40 "The words that I speak, they are spirit 15:43 and they are life," Jesus said. 15:46 And so, the bread represents the Word of God. 15:51 Now the bread is called, the bread of the Presence. 15:53 It was always on the table. 15:56 In other words, it was continually there. 15:59 There was never a time when the table did not have 16:02 the twelve loaves of bread; representing the fact 16:05 that God provides for all of Israel's needs. 16:09 Twelve loaves of bread representing the twelve tribes, 16:12 the twelve apostles, and everybody that descends 16:15 from them or comes into the church as a result 16:18 of their work. 16:19 Now during the period of papal dominion, 16:22 the Word of God was scarce. 16:25 But it never totally disappeared because Jesus made sure 16:30 that there was bread on the table. 16:33 The table of showbread represents the throne of God 16:37 in the Holy Place for the following reasons... 16:40 Some people think that the throne of God was always 16:43 only in the Most Holy Place. 16:45 Not so. 16:46 God has a throne in the Holy Place too. 16:49 If you don't believe that, you know, just read Revelation 3:21 16:54 where Jesus says, "He who overcomes, I will grant to 16:56 sit with Me on My throne, as I overcame and sat 16:59 with My Father on His throne." 17:02 And then you go to Daniel chapter 7. 17:04 And you find in Daniel chapter 7 that the Father moves. 17:09 And then the chariot that took the Father to where He went, 17:13 it comes back and it picks up Jesus, the Son of Man. 17:17 And then the chariot moves Jesus to where the Father was. 17:21 And of course, where were they moved to? 17:25 They were moved to the Most Holy Place because that's 17:27 where the judgment is going to take place. 17:29 It says, the judgment sat and the books were opened. 17:32 So let me ask you, do you have to be a rocket scientist 17:34 to figure out that if they went into the Most Holy Place 17:37 for the judgment, before that they must have been in the Holy? 17:43 Did God have a throne in the Holy Place? 17:45 Absolutely. 17:47 That's where God the Father and His Son Jesus were until 1844. 17:51 And then in 1844, the Father moved into the Most Holy first, 17:56 and then Jesus moved into the Most Holy Place afterwards 17:59 to begin the work of judgment. 18:00 Daniel 7 makes that absolutely clear. 18:04 Are you with me? 18:05 Now, how do we know that the table of the showbread 18:10 represents the throne of God? 18:13 Well, I have several reasons here that I'm going to read. 18:17 Number one, the throne of God is in the sides of the north. 18:22 Where was the table of showbread in the Sanctuary 18:24 in the Holy Place? 18:26 It was on the north side. 18:29 The Hebrew expression, "lechem panim," 18:32 is better translated, the bread of the Presence. 18:36 We call it, the showbread. 18:37 But a better translation is, the bread of the Presence. 18:41 The word, "panim," means, person, face, or presence. 18:47 So in other words, the name of the bread itself 18:51 reflects the fact that in the bread you have reflected 18:55 the face or the countenance or persons involved. 18:59 In other words, the bread represents persons. 19:02 And of course, through the persons it also represents 19:06 the Word of God, the written Word of God. 19:09 Now the table of showbread was the only item of furniture, 19:13 that was surrounded by two crowns. 19:16 Interesting. 19:17 Exodus 37:10-12, you can read that. 19:20 The altar of incense and the ark of the covenant 19:23 had only one crown. 19:26 Now why would the table of showbread have two crowns? 19:29 Why would it have two stacks of bread? 19:32 Because you're dealing with two people. 19:35 You're dealing with two individuals. 19:37 There were two stacks of bread on the table. 19:40 This reflects the fact that when Jesus ascended to His Father, 19:43 He sat with His Father on His throne. 19:46 See, there are two on the throne. 19:47 And both of them provide for the material needs of their people. 19:54 The next point is that during the third seal, 19:56 this is a very important point, during the third seal 20:00 there is a scarcity, or a famine, for what? 20:07 There is a famine for Sanctuary bread, 20:10 which leads to the death under the fourth seal. 20:13 So why would the seals talk about a scarcity of bread? 20:17 In other words, grain is extremely expensive 20:20 during the period of the third seal, 20:22 and it brings death in the fourth seal. 20:24 It's because there's a scarcity of what? 20:27 There's a scarcity of showbread. 20:29 It's not totally gone, but it's very expensive. 20:33 During the Dark Ages, was the Word of God pretty expensive 20:35 and hard to find? 20:37 Oh yes it was. 20:39 Ellen White, furthermore, makes it very clear 20:43 that the Father and the Son were both seated on a throne 20:47 in the Holy Place until 1844. 20:51 The only piece of furniture in the Holy Place 20:53 that can be interpreted as the throne is the 20:56 table of the showbread, for the reasons that I mentioned. 20:59 So during the period of the seals, Jesus is where? 21:03 Jesus is at the table of the showbread. 21:07 And what is He doing with the bread? 21:08 He's making sure that there is always a supply of fresh bread 21:13 for His church. 21:14 Now, were there times during the seals when 21:17 bread was quite scarce? 21:18 Oh yes, very scarce. Very expensive. 21:22 And yet, it never totally disappeared. 21:25 Jesus always sustained His church. 21:28 He, for example, used the Waldenses 21:32 who copied little pieces of Scripture on parchment. 21:36 And they were, you know, they traveled 21:40 and they were sales people. 21:41 And they would give these little parchments of Scripture 21:44 to their clients. 21:45 In other words, the Word of God was preserved. 21:48 There was always bread, even though it was quite expensive 21:51 and scarce. 21:53 And then during the series of the trumpets 21:56 Jesus moves to the altar of incense. 21:58 That's the introductory Sanctuary scene. 22:02 Now, at the altar of incense, Jesus receives 22:05 the prayer of His saints. 22:07 We've already studied that. 22:09 Let me ask you, during the period of papal dominion, 22:15 did the papacy take over the function of Jesus 22:18 at the altar of incense? 22:22 Who were people taught to pray to? 22:25 Mary. 22:27 To pray to the saints. 22:29 And the ministration of Jesus was cast to the ground. 22:34 So are you seeing that all of this also relates 22:36 to the Dark Ages? 22:38 During the Dark Ages the light flickered, 22:41 but it did not go totally out. 22:43 The bread was very expensive, 22:45 but it did not totally disappear. 22:48 Jesus interceded at the altar of incense on earth. 22:52 This was blurred by the papacy. 22:54 Because they said, "Oh no, the priest has to intercede for you. 22:57 Mary has to intercede for you. 22:59 The saints have to intercede for you." 23:01 But the intercession of Jesus never totally disappeared. 23:05 He was still there to intercede for His people. 23:10 To a great degree, the people lost sight of Jesus 23:13 as the intercessor. 23:14 Incidentally, this is the taking away of the daily. 23:18 The daily means the continual function 23:22 of Jesus in the Holy Place. 23:23 And do you know something interesting? 23:25 The word, "daily," or, "tamid," in the Hebrew, 23:30 is used for the table of showbread, 23:33 it is used for the lamps, and it is used also 23:37 for the altar of incense. 23:39 In other words, the altar of incense is called, 23:42 the tamid incense. 23:44 The bread is called, the tamid bread. 23:47 And the candlestick is called, the tamid candlestick. 23:51 So the papacy messed with all three of these. 23:55 Instead of the Word of God, it substituted tradition. 23:59 Instead of being the light, it brought darkness. 24:01 And instead of point at Jesus as the intercessor, 24:04 it established human intercessors. 24:07 That's what it means, they took away the daily. 24:09 They took away the ministration. 24:11 The word, "daily," means, the continual 24:13 ministration of Christ. 24:14 In fact, the Spanish version says, 24:16 instead of saying, "daily," it says, "continuo." 24:20 The continual ministration of Christ in the Sanctuary 24:23 was taken and placed on the earth instead of pointing people 24:27 to the ministration of Christ in heaven. 24:31 And then Jesus moves into the Most Holy Place. 24:33 Following along here in our document. 24:35 Revelation 11:19 to 14:20. 24:39 And the Most Holy Place opens in 11:19 for the 24:43 beginning of the judgment. 24:44 The ark of the covenant is seen. 24:47 And the ark of the covenant contained what? 24:50 The law of God. 24:51 Where did the Day of Atonement transpire? 24:54 In the Most Holy Place. 24:56 So you know this is taking place in the Most Holy Place. 24:59 Now isn't it interesting that when the temple opens in heaven, 25:03 when the Most Holy Place opens, is there suppose to be 25:06 an announcement on earth that the temple in heaven has begun 25:11 the service of the Day of Atonement? Of course. 25:13 Where's that announcement found where the book of Revelation 25:17 says that the judgment has begun? 25:20 The first angel's message. 25:21 Was that proclaimed by the Millerites leading up to 1844? 25:25 Yes, besides Daniel 8:14, the other most famous text 25:29 that the Millerites quoted was Revelation 14 verse 7. 25:34 "Fear God and give glory to Him, 25:36 for the hour of His judgment is come." 25:39 So in other words, 25:42 speaks about the opening of the temple in heaven, 25:44 of the Most Holy Place, and the first angel 25:47 proclaims on earth, "Hey, the judgment has begun 25:50 in the heavenly Sanctuary." 25:52 So in Revelation 11:19, you have the heavenly event; 25:56 the opening of the Sanctuary. 25:58 And on earth, in Revelation 14:6-7, 26:00 you have the earthly announcement 26:02 of the heavenly event. 26:04 And then you move on. 26:05 Revelation 15 verses 5 through 8. 26:09 This is what we mentioned in our previous study. 26:12 And that is, that the ministration 26:14 in the Sanctuary ceases. 26:17 The door to the Most Holy Place opens. 26:19 Yes, it opens. 26:21 But it doesn't open to let people in. 26:24 It opens to let the plague angels out. 26:27 And no one can enter the temple anymore until 26:30 the seven last plagues have been poured out, 26:32 because intercession has ceased. 26:36 When the Day of Atonement was over, 26:38 was intercession over for Israel? 26:41 It most certainly was. 26:42 During this period, God's people will have to live 26:45 in the sight of a holy God without a mediator. 26:49 The temple is opened so that the angels can come out, 26:52 not so people can go in. 26:54 The parallel with Noah's day is impressive. 26:58 Preaching with the power of the Holy Spirit, 27:00 the closing of the door, the time of trouble and testing, 27:04 destruction, Satan bound on desolate planet, 27:08 and the world cleansed from sin and sinners; 27:10 all of those are parallels from the days of Noah 27:13 that point forward to the time when probation closes, 27:17 when the door closes. 27:19 And then next, in Revelation 16 verse 1 through 18:24, 27:25 we have plagues. 27:28 Who pours out the plagues? 27:31 The angels. 27:32 See, in Revelation 15 the temple closes. 27:35 It's filled with smoke. 27:36 No one can enter. 27:37 In other words, you don't have an intercessor anymore. 27:40 And then beginning in chapter 16 through the end of chapter 18, 27:44 the plagues are poured out. 27:46 Because this is the time of tribulation. 27:48 This is the time of trouble. 27:51 And as I mentioned this morning, the plagues 27:53 come from the Most Holy Place. 27:55 Because the angels come out of the Most Holy Place. 27:58 They come out of the temple, out of the naos. 28:00 In other words, they come out of the Most Holy Place 28:02 of the Sanctuary to pour out the plagues. 28:06 And as in the Old Testament, the plagues came from 28:09 the ark of the covenant because the Philistines 28:11 were trampling on God's law. 28:13 They were the uncircumcised Philistines. 28:15 In the same way, the sinful world will receive 28:20 the retribution for their sins, and it will come from 28:22 the Most Holy Place directly from the ark of the covenant. 28:27 And then in chapter 19 verses 1 through 10, 28:30 you have God's people victorious in heaven. 28:33 God's people are there after the plagues. 28:36 They're singing, they're praising the Lord. 28:38 The people are clothed in white garments 28:40 because they have been cleansed on the Day of Atonement. 28:43 So in Revelation 19, you have the victory celebration 28:46 after God's people have come forth victorious. 28:50 And then you have in Revelation chapter 20:1-3 28:54 the scapegoat ceremony. 28:55 Let me ask you, is Revelation following the exact order 28:58 of the Hebrew Sanctuary? 29:01 I mean, how can you understand Revelation without understanding 29:03 the Sanctuary? 29:04 It follows the identical sequence of the Sanctuary. 29:08 So in Revelation 20:1-3, you have the scapegoat ceremony. 29:12 Satan is bound by a mighty angel in a desolate 29:17 and uninhabited earth. 29:19 For how long? 29:20 For one thousand years. 29:23 And what will God's people be doing during 29:26 those thousand years? 29:27 God's people will be in heaven. 29:32 And what will they be doing in heaven? 29:35 In heaven, they will be opening the books 29:39 to see the records of those who were left behind. 29:43 Satan, his angels, as well as the wicked. 29:47 Now are you aware that the judgment has three phases, 29:51 the judgment has three different stages? 29:55 There is a pre-advent investigative stage. 29:58 And that is for those who profess the name of Christ. 30:02 Then you have the millennial stage, 30:05 which is a stage that takes place with God's people 30:09 in heaven examining the records of those who were left behind; 30:13 the reason why they were left behind. 30:14 God wants to reveal to the universe why these people 30:17 were not brought to heaven. 30:19 And then amazingly, after the thousand years, 30:22 those same books are opened all over again. 30:26 You find that in Revelation chapter 20. 30:27 We'll take a look at that when we study the literary structure 30:31 of Revelation 12 through 22 later on. 30:34 But in Revelation chapter 20, particularly verses 11 and 12, 30:39 you find that those books that were looked at during 30:42 the thousand years will be opened and they will be 30:45 shown to Satan, his angels, and the wicked 30:48 after the thousand years. 30:51 So when God finishes His three stages of judgment; 30:54 the pre-advent judgment, the millennial judgment, 30:57 and the post millennial judgment, 30:58 the whole universe will be on the same page. 31:02 You see, the pre-advent judgment, the purpose is 31:05 to reveal to the heavenly intelligences that Jesus 31:08 has the right to take a certain group of people 31:10 with Him to heaven. 31:12 That's why He deals only with the righteous 31:14 before the second coming. 31:17 He doesn't have to judge the wicked, because 31:19 they're going to be left behind. 31:20 But He has to reveal before His second coming 31:24 who is worthy of being taken there. 31:27 That's why it's only the righteous 31:28 before the second coming. 31:30 Because at the second coming, He's going to reward them. 31:32 But before He rewards them, He has to reveal 31:36 what their reward is. 31:38 During the millennium, who is going to be convinced that 31:41 God acted correctly in every single case of those 31:44 who were left behind? 31:46 Not only the intelligences of the universe, but God's people. 31:50 Because there's going to be some people there that we 31:52 thought we could take it to the bank 31:53 that they would be there, and they're not going to be there. 31:56 And there are other people that are there that we 31:58 would have never believed would make it. 32:00 And so God is going to open up the books, 32:02 He's going to say, "Here, folks, let Me show you why 32:06 those people who are here are here. 32:09 And let me show you why those who are down there 32:13 who were left behind are not here." 32:16 And when we examine the records, we're going to find that God 32:19 did everything absolutely just right. 32:24 Don't think that when we're examining the records, 32:26 you know, we're going to say, "Uh-ho, Lord, You missed one. 32:30 You've got to bring him up here." 32:31 No, no, no, no. 32:33 God, in the pre-advent judgment, reveals who 32:36 He is going to take with Him. 32:37 When probation closes, His kingdom is made up. 32:40 Because His kingdom is made up of people. 32:44 We think of the kingdom in terms of geographical territory. 32:47 No. The kingdom is His people. 32:50 And so He has to reveal who His people are 32:53 before the second coming, because He's going to come 32:55 to take them with Him. 32:56 He's going to take His kingdom with Him to heaven. 32:59 And then during the millennium, you know, He's going to show 33:02 His people, and the inhabitants of the worlds, and the angels, 33:06 and everybody in heaven, He's going to show that 33:08 He was right in leaving all those people behind. 33:12 Who still remains to be convinced? 33:16 The wicked. 33:18 The wicked need to be convinced why they were left behind. 33:21 And the devil and his angels need to admit 33:25 that God acted right. 33:27 So what is God going to do? 33:28 After the thousand years, He's going to open the books again. 33:31 The same books that we examined during the millennium. 33:34 And Ellen White says that in panoramic view 33:38 God is going to re-enact the entire history of the world. 33:43 Beginning with Adam in the Garden of Eden, she says, 33:47 and ending at the very end of time. 33:49 We're going to see exactly the way it happened. 33:52 Now that is really something, when you really think about it. 33:56 You know, how God retrieves the entire history of the world. 34:00 Every single little detail. 34:03 I mean, that's the type of technology 34:04 that we don't understand. 34:07 I mean, God has a record of everything. 34:09 And the wicked are going to see it, 34:12 and the devil and his angels are going to see it. 34:15 And God's people are going to see it. 34:17 It's going to be seen above the city. 34:20 And every person is going to see a record of their lives, 34:23 and the opportunities that they received, 34:25 and how they rejected the opportunities of salvation. 34:30 And the climax of the great controversy is, 34:32 after everybody has seen their case... 34:35 Up till this point Satan has rallied all of the wicked 34:38 because he wants the wicked to attack the holy city. 34:41 And in fact, Ellen White says that powerful weapons 34:45 of warfare are created. 34:47 She also strongly hints that there's going to be 34:51 military training. 34:53 Because when they're ready to attack the city, 34:55 she says that they march across the surface of the earth 34:58 with military precision. 35:01 They're not going to storm the city, 35:04 they are going to be organized militarily. 35:07 And she says that the number of the troops is greater 35:11 than all of the military personnel that has served 35:14 in every war in the history of planet earth. 35:18 And that's why Revelation says, 35:19 they will be like the sand of the sea. 35:22 And they will advance toward the city, 35:23 they will surround the city. 35:25 God will show them that they had the opportunity 35:28 to be saved, and they rejected the opportunity. 35:31 And then their rage will shift. 35:37 See, the same thing that happened in the days of Esther. 35:41 The same thing that happened to Daniel 35:44 when he was thrown in the lion's den; 35:46 the enemies were thrown in. 35:48 The same thing that happened during the French Revolution. 35:51 Those who supported the papacy turned against her. 35:55 The same thing that happened with the Jewish nation. 35:59 The Romans that they asked to crucify Christ 36:03 then turned against them. 36:06 The same thing will happen as the multitudes 36:09 turning against their ministers during the sixth plague; 36:12 the drying up of the waters. 36:14 But this time it's going to happen with 36:16 the devil and his angels. 36:18 You know, usually we have this myth that the city is going to, 36:20 that the wicked are going to be destroyed 36:22 when they're attacking the city. 36:23 The wicked never attack the city. 36:27 The wicked, and the devil and his angels, 36:29 they are totally prepared to attack the city, 36:31 and then they see that panoramic view above the city. 36:34 And they realize that they're lost because of the ole devil 36:38 and because of their own choices. 36:40 And she says that at that point... 36:42 And this is found in Ezekiel chapter 28 verses 1 through 10. 36:45 That's the biblical foundation. 36:46 She says that they now turn towards the devil, they say, 36:50 "You are a liar. 36:53 And you are to blame." 36:56 Of course, they're to blame because they made the choices. 36:59 But they're going to blame the devil, they're going to say, 37:00 "You are to blame. God isn't to blame. 37:02 God acted right." 37:05 Every knee will bow. 37:07 And every tongue will confess that God acted right. 37:11 The devil himself will have to kneel and admit that 37:14 God is love and that God is perfectly just. 37:19 And then the wicked will avalanche themselves 37:21 against the devil and his angels. 37:24 And fire will descend from heaven and then will consume 37:27 the devil, his angels, and the wicked. 37:30 Does God convince the devil, and his angels, and the wicked 37:33 that He acted right? 37:35 Listen, only when all the universe agrees that God 37:39 was right is God able to destroy sin and sinners 37:44 without any loose ends. 37:47 When sin is eradicated from the universe, 37:50 there will be no loose ends. 37:53 The whole universe, loyal and disloyal, 37:57 will openly and audibly confess that God is love, God is just, 38:04 and that they're lost because of their own choices. 38:09 You know, there's no church in the world that has this view 38:11 except the Adventist church. 38:13 And do you know why? 38:15 Because people don't understand the Sanctuary. 38:18 You ask Christians, you say, "Why did Jesus 38:19 come to this world?" 38:21 They say, "Oh, so that He could save me." 38:24 Yeah, that too. 38:26 That too. 38:27 But the primary reason for Jesus coming to this world 38:30 was not to save us. 38:35 And you say, "What do you mean? 38:36 His primary reason wasn't to save us?" 38:38 No, His primary reason was that in saving us, 38:42 He would vindicate the character of God before the universe. 38:45 In other words, there's a greater purpose. 38:47 The security of the universe is at stake. 38:51 Not only the salvation of people on this earth. 38:53 But the security, the eternal security, 38:56 of the universe depends on everybody seeing the issues 39:00 and everybody seeing that God acted correctly 39:03 in every single case. 39:05 I can respect a God like that. 39:11 And then we have the consummation here. 39:14 The tabernacle of God will then be with men. 39:18 And He will dwell with them. 39:21 Revelation 21 and 22 presents God's people 39:24 in the New Jerusalem in the earth made new. 39:29 So Revelation, folks, presents in their proper chronological 39:34 order the functions of the ministration of Jesus 39:37 in the Sanctuary. 39:39 And if we include the camp, of course, there's five. 39:42 But it presents Jesus as the Lamb, as the High Priest 39:46 or Intercessor, as the Judge, and as the King. 39:51 And of course, it must be remembered, however, 39:53 that, The Desire Of Ages, pages 19 to 697, 39:57 portrays the work of Jesus in the Sanctuary camp. 40:00 On pages 698 to 828, we have His work in the court. 40:05 And then on pages 829 to 836, you have the ascension of Jesus 40:09 to the Holy Place. 40:10 So that's how you need to look at the book, Desire Of Ages. 40:14 It is important to link John 14:1-3, 40:19 and also actually all of chapter 14 through 17, 40:23 with the book of Revelation. 40:25 In Revelation, and also the book of Hebrews, 40:28 the emphasis falls upon the heavenly work which 40:32 Jesus performs in order to prepare a place for His people. 40:36 In John 14 through 17, the emphasis falls upon the 40:40 work that the Holy Spirit performs in the spiritual 40:43 earthly temple, while Hebrews and Revelation focus on 40:46 Christ's heavenly work in the literal heavenly temple. 40:49 While Jesus prepares the place for us, we should prepare 40:54 to enter the place. 40:56 So in short, do we need to study the Sanctuary 41:02 in order to understand what Revelation is talking about? 41:05 Absolutely. 41:06 There's no way that you can understand Revelation. 41:09 And that's the reason why you have futurism and preterism. 41:13 They are oblivious to the Sanctuary service. 41:16 And so they're looking, you know, they don't conceive of 41:19 the idea that, "Well, Jesus now is in a literal 41:22 heavenly Sanctuary. 41:24 And on earth, the Sanctuary is His church, 41:27 the spiritual Sanctuary is His church." 41:29 No, they don't see that relationship. 41:32 And so they say, "Oh, you know, the Sanctuary, 41:34 the temple, that's going to be rebuilt. 41:35 That's the third temple that's going to be 41:37 rebuilt in the Middle East." 41:39 And they totally lose the spiritual significance 41:42 of the Sanctuary for God's people on earth. 41:45 Because they don't understand the Sanctuary. 41:48 And as I mentioned in a previous lecture, 41:50 the Sanctuary is not a doctrine of the Adventist church. 41:54 It is the world view of the Adventist church. 41:57 It is that which explains and interrelates all of 42:03 the doctrines of the church. 42:06 You see, the Sabbath is a doctrine. 42:10 And it's portrayed in the Sanctuary. 42:12 Health reform is a doctrine. 42:14 It's portrayed in the Sanctuary. 42:17 The state of the dead is a doctrine. 42:19 It's portrayed in the Sanctuary. 42:21 The judgment is a doctrine. 42:23 It's portrayed in the Sanctuary. 42:25 All of our doctrines are portrayed in the Sanctuary. 42:28 But the collection of all of the doctrines 42:31 make the Sanctuary service. 42:33 The Sanctuary service is the world view 42:36 of the Adventist church. 42:38 That's why Ellen White says that the Sanctuary is 42:40 the foundation of our faith. 42:41 The proper understanding, or the correct understanding, 42:44 of the ministration of Christ in the heavenly Sanctuary 42:47 is the foundation of our faith. 42:50 Does the foundation only hold up one little part of a building? 42:54 No, the foundation holds up the entire building. 42:58 In other words, the Sanctuary holds up the entire structure 43:02 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 43:04 And that's the reason why the devil has hated 43:06 the Sanctuary doctrine. 43:08 And those great theologians that have left the Adventist church, 43:11 one of the first things that they question 43:14 is the Sanctuary doctrine. 43:15 Particularly the ministration of Christ in the Most Holy Place 43:19 of the heavenly Sanctuary. 43:21 That is the object of attack constantly by those 43:25 so called great scholars that have left 43:27 the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 43:30 They have gone from the Most Holy Place 43:32 back to the Holy Place. 43:35 And they're kneeling there at the altar in the Holy Place. 43:39 And of course, Ellen White says that there the devil, 43:43 Satan, has taken the place that was left vacant. 43:46 Not in the heavenly Sanctuary, because he can't go up there, 43:49 but in the earthly reflection of the Sanctuary. 43:52 He's there. 43:53 And the Christian world, they're oblivious to Jesus 43:55 being in the Most Holy Place. 43:57 No, they don't understand the Sabbath, 43:58 they don't understand the law, 43:59 they don't understand health reform, 44:01 they don't understand the state of the dead. 44:02 They don't understand any of these doctrines that are 44:05 centered in the Most Holy Place because they're all caught up 44:07 in the court and in the Holy Place. 44:10 And that's why they think that they're serving the Lord. 44:14 And many of them do service the Lord to the 44:16 best of their knowledge. 44:17 And if they're sincere, they will accept 44:19 the fullness of truth. 44:21 So, that's all we're going to say about the importance 44:25 of the Sanctuary in the study of Bible prophecy. 44:29 Now I want to invite you to turn in your materials 44:33 to the one that it titled, Daniel's Little Sealed Book. 44:40 This is going to be an exciting study. 44:45 Are you excited about this? 44:48 Praise the Lord. Amen. 44:50 Now you're going to really get excited. 44:52 Daniel's Little Sealed Book. 44:56 Now in the materials that you received, 45:00 there is a packet that has this chart on the front. 45:07 I want you to take that out. 45:11 And on the fourth page of the packet, you have this 45:18 little chart. 45:22 The Structure of Daniel 1 through 7. 45:25 The Structure of Daniel 1 through 7. 45:28 Do you have it? 45:32 I see that you're searching for it. 45:33 That's good. 45:35 Seek, and ye shall find. 45:40 Alright. 45:45 Yeah, it's in that packet, Michelle. 45:48 It's in that packet. 45:50 The fourth page. 45:51 You count one, two, three, four, and you're there. 46:01 Now this chart, this chart illustrates the structure 46:08 of the first book in the book of Daniel. 46:12 Because Daniel is composed of two books in one book. 46:16 Daniel 1 through 7 is the first book within the book. 46:22 And I want you to notice how Daniel 1 through 7 46:26 is structured. 46:29 And by the way, there should have been a line drawn 46:32 right down the middle here. 46:34 Because this is suppose to be a candelabrum. 46:38 This is suppose to be a candlestick. 46:41 Okay? 46:44 Daniel chapter 1 would be the top light. 46:47 It's the introduction to the book. 46:49 Okay, so you should have up here, and it is, chapter 1, 46:54 but it doesn't have a circle. 46:55 It should have a circle right up here. 46:58 Now let me ask you, are Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 47:03 on the same branch of the candlestick? 47:06 Yes they are. 47:07 Why? 47:09 Are they parallel chapters? 47:11 Of course they are. 47:12 Daniel 2 has four metals and Daniel 7 has four beasts. 47:18 Do they deal with the same theme, Daniel 2 and Daniel 7? 47:22 Absolutely. 47:23 So they're on the same branch of the candlestick. 47:26 Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. 47:29 Now Daniel 3 and Daniel 6 are on the next branch 47:33 of the candlestick. 47:34 Are those two chapters related? 47:37 Of course they are. 47:38 What does Daniel 3 describe? 47:40 It describes the three young men that were thrown 47:43 into the fiery furnace. 47:45 What does Daniel 6 describe? 47:48 Daniel thrown into the lion's den. 47:51 Do they have a same central theme? 47:54 Absolutely. 47:55 Daniel 4 and 5 are on the same branch of the candlestick, 48:00 and they are related in their theme. 48:03 In Daniel chapter 4, you have the fall of the king of Babylon 48:08 for his pride and arrogance. 48:10 In Daniel 5, you have the fall of the kingdom of Babylon 48:15 for its pride and arrogance. 48:18 And so both of those chapters are related. 48:21 So what you have here in Daniel 1 through 7 48:24 is, you have a book that is complete in itself. 48:29 And you can use the illustration of the candlestick. 48:32 Daniel 1 being the introduction to the entire book, 48:36 and then Daniel 2 and 7 related, Daniel 3 and 6 related, 48:41 and Daniel 4 and 5 related on the same branch. 48:44 So the first seven chapters of Daniel are 48:47 a complete book in itself. 48:50 But Daniel 8 through 12 is another book. 48:56 Now let's take a look at the first book here in our handout. 49:01 And you're going to where the title is, The First Book. 49:06 Daniel 7 gives us a sequence of historical powers 49:12 that rule in the earth. 49:13 The lion represents Babylon. 49:17 The bear; the Medes and Persians. 49:20 The leopard; Greece. 49:23 The dragon beast; Rome. 49:25 The ten horns; Rome divided. 49:29 The little horn; papal Rome. 49:33 And then after papal Rome; 1260 years, 49:37 times, time, and the dividing of time, 49:39 then you have a judgment scene. 49:41 In other words, after the fall of the papacy 49:44 you have the judgment in 1844. 49:48 And then, at the end of Daniel 7 you have the consequence 49:52 of the judgment. 49:53 And that is, that Christ takes over the kingdoms of the world. 49:59 Now where does Jesus receive the kingdom? 50:01 When He takes it over or in the judgment when 50:05 He already has determined who are the subjects of His kingdom? 50:10 Folks, His kingdom is made up at the end of the 50:14 investigative judgment. 50:16 Because it's already been revealed who are His. 50:20 But then Jesus, after the time of trouble, comes 50:23 and He empirically takes His people to the kingdom, 50:26 physically takes His people to the kingdom. 50:28 But the kingdom is made up when the judgment comes to an end. 50:32 It is revealed who are subjects of His kingdom. 50:35 That is what Jesus went in to do. 50:38 He went into the Father to get the kingdom. 50:40 It doesn't mean that He went into the Father 50:42 to get a geographical territory. 50:44 Because this geographical territory is His anyway. 50:48 He went in there to determine who are the subjects 50:51 of His kingdom, who belongs to His kingdom. 50:53 And for that, He has to do a work of separation. 50:57 Because in the church there are wheat and tares. 51:02 In the church there are wise and foolish virgins. 51:05 In the church there are good and bad fish. 51:09 In the church there are people who have true godliness 51:12 and there are people who have only the form of godliness. 51:16 In the church there are people who truly have the name of 51:18 Jesus, whereas there are others who say, "Lord, Lord," 51:24 but they don't have a proper relationship with Jesus. 51:27 And so in the church, the church is a mixed bag, 51:30 so to speak. 51:32 In the church you have faithful and unfaithful. 51:34 Now how is it going to be determined who is faithful 51:37 and who isn't? 51:39 There has to be what? 51:41 A judgment. 51:42 The purpose of the judgment is simply to test the sincerity 51:48 of the repentance and the confession of people who 51:52 claim the name of Jesus Christ. 51:55 Let me ask you, can forgiveness be revoked? 51:59 Once a person is forgiven, can forgiveness be revoked? 52:04 Yes it can. 52:06 You say, "Is that biblical that once a person is forgiven, 52:09 the forgiveness can be revoked?" 52:11 Absolutely. 52:13 Do you remember the story of the two debtors? 52:16 Hmmm. 52:17 Interesting story. 52:19 A parable of Jesus. 52:21 There's this debtor that had a huge debt. 52:24 And this individual, you know, his master, he probably 52:27 embezzled what belonged to his master. 52:29 His master calls him. 52:30 That's the judgment, by the way. 52:32 And the master says, "Hey, I want you to 52:33 render me an account." 52:35 And he examines the accounts, he says, "You're an embezzler. 52:38 I'm going to throw you in prison, 52:39 and all your family with you." 52:41 And this man, you know, he says to his master, 52:45 "Oh please, please, give me time. 52:48 Give me time and I'll pay." 52:50 And the master says, "Be real." 52:52 He owed ten thousand talents. 52:54 He wouldn't have been able to pay in several lifetimes. 52:57 It was too big of a debt. 52:59 And so the master says, "You'll never be able to 53:02 pay me for this." 53:03 But he says, "I'll do something better. 53:05 Debt forgiven. 53:06 Because you cried out to me and you pled with me 53:10 for forgiveness." 53:12 Oh, this individual is so overjoyed. 53:14 Was he forgiven, yes or no? 53:16 Of course he was forgiven. 53:18 The story says that his debt was forgiven. 53:21 And so this individual, he's jumping for joy. 53:24 He's really happy. 53:25 He wasn't really sorry that he embezzled the money. 53:27 He was sorry he was going to jail. 53:30 But you would never know that unless there was a judgment. 53:33 Unless his works were examined. 53:36 And so this individual goes out into the street 53:39 and he finds someone that owns him a hundred denarii. 53:43 It was a considerable sum, about 100 days of work. 53:46 Because the common minimum wage was one denarius a day. 53:51 So, you know, he could have paid this debt in installments. 53:56 And yet, this individual who had been forgiven this huge debt 53:59 that he couldn't pay, he goes out and he tells this person, 54:04 "Pay me what you owe me." 54:06 And this person says the same thing. 54:07 He cries to him for mercy. 54:09 He says, "Please, please, give me time and I'll pay you." 54:13 And the Bible says that he grabbed him by the neck 54:15 and he started strangling him and saying, 54:17 "You give me my money right now. I want it right now." 54:22 Was this guy really repentant? 54:24 Listen, if he had understood the great debt that he had 54:29 been forgiven, he would have forgiven the little debt. 54:32 His works showed that his repentance was not genuine. 54:37 And so word comes to the king, to his master, 54:42 that this has happened. 54:44 And so he calls this individual. 54:45 He says, "Hey, come here. 54:47 Didn't I forgive your large debt?" 54:50 "Oh yes, thank you. Thank you, master." 54:52 "What is this I hear that I forgave you such a big debt 54:56 that you couldn't pay and you were not willing to let that 55:00 forgiveness flow through you to someone who could pay?" 55:05 And he was silent. 55:07 And what did the master do? 55:10 The master threw him into prison until he paid all of his debt. 55:15 Was his forgiveness revoked? 55:18 Yes, because it was discovered that his repentance 55:21 and his confession were crocodile tears. 55:25 It was not genuine. 55:26 The purpose of the judgment is to determine 55:29 if your repentance was true or not. 55:32 And the only way that it can be shown is by the way 55:36 that you live. 55:41 By works. 55:44 We're not saved by works, but we are judged by works. 55:48 Because the works show if our faith is real. 55:52 Faith without works is dead. 55:55 You know some people say, 55:56 "Okay, I'm saved by grace through faith." 55:58 And my answer is, "Yes, and you're judged by works." 56:02 Is there a contradiction there, that you're saved by grace 56:04 through faith, but you're judged by works? 56:06 Absolutely not. 56:08 Because your works show if your faith was real or not. 56:12 If you say, "Oh, I'm so sorry for sinning. 56:15 Lord, I'm so sorry I beat up my wife," 56:17 and then you're beating her up an hour from now, 56:21 there's something wrong with your repentance. 56:25 You see, repentance is shown by a changed life. 56:28 And the changed life reveals in a tangible way 56:32 whether your repentance is genuine. 56:34 That's why when the books are opened, 56:35 the works are going to be looked at. 56:39 And then Jesus is going to show who is really His 56:43 and who is a hypocrite. 56:45 Jesus, many times, spoke about the hypocrites 56:48 who will be thrown where there is wailing 56:50 and gnashing of teeth. 56:53 So, folks, the first half of the book of Daniel, 56:58 the first seven chapters, are dealing with a central theme. 57:06 And Daniel 8 through 12, as we're going to see, 57:10 deals with a separate theme. 57:13 They're related, but it is a separate theme. 57:16 Now, we only have a few seconds left, 57:21 so what we'll do is we'll bring this to a close now. 57:25 And then in our next session, we are going to take a look 57:28 at the second book that we find in Daniel chapters 8 through 12. 57:34 There are five reasons why Daniel 8 through 12 57:38 is a second book in Daniel. 57:40 And we're going to take a look at that. |
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