Participants: John Carter
Series Code: CR
Program Code: CR001718A
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00:01 The Carter Report presents Living Victoriously,
00:05 Secrets of Success from Prime Minister Daniel 00:08 of Babylon city 00:10 with your host John Carter. 00:25 Welcome back. 00:26 This is part nine. 00:28 This is really part B of part nine, 00:32 Living Victoriously. 00:34 We're talking about the fate of Jerusalem, 00:36 what is going to happen to the Middle East. 00:38 Who is the true Messiah? 00:42 Is Jesus Christ the true Messiah? 00:45 Or is He simply an imposter? 00:50 I love atheists to hear this program 00:52 because it's overwhelming in its proof. 00:56 I want you to come now to Daniel 9, 00:58 this is a pick up, Daniel 9:20 and 21. 01:03 "Now while I was speaking, 01:05 praying, and confessing my sin 01:07 and the sin of my people Israel, 01:10 and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God 01:13 for the holy mountain of my God..." 01:15 That's Jerusalem. 01:16 "Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, 01:19 man Gabriel, 01:21 whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 01:23 being caused to fly swiftly, 01:26 reached me about the time of the evening offering." 01:29 That's 3:00 in the afternoon. 01:31 Daniel starts to pray, 01:33 his prayer takes a couple of minutes. 01:36 From the other side of the universe, 01:37 I think from the outside the universe, 01:40 this mighty angelic being travels trillions of miles, 01:47 He comes down 01:49 and He's got an answer for him. 01:52 This tells me something. 01:54 It tells me that God sees, He sees us, God hears us, 01:59 God acts, Daniel is praying. 02:02 God sees him. 02:04 The prayer of faith moves the hand of almighty God. 02:09 You may just feel all alone that nobody cares about you, 02:13 but the Bible tells me 02:14 that the prayer of faith 02:16 moves the hand of the almighty God. 02:21 Sort of amazing, isn't it? 02:23 You're never, never, never alone. 02:26 Now look at Daniel 9:22-23, Daniel 9:22-23. 02:32 "He informed me, and talked with me, 02:34 and said, 'O, Daniel...'" 02:36 He knows his name. 02:37 He doesn't say, "Hey, you there?" 02:39 "O, Daniel, I have now come forth 02:41 to give you skill to understand. 02:44 At the beginning of your supplications 02:47 the command went out, 02:48 and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved, 02:53 therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision." 02:56 What's the vision about? 02:58 It's about Jerusalem. 03:00 Yeah. 03:01 About the desolation of Jerusalem. 03:03 It's also about the prophecy of the 2300 days. 03:09 Now look at verse 24, Daniel 9:24, 03:14 dear hearts and gentle people. 03:16 Here is the explanation, you got to listen hard. 03:20 This is amazing. 03:22 "Seventy weeks," 490 days," 03:24 are determined for your people," the Jews. 03:29 "For your people and your holy city," Jerusalem. 03:35 And notice these mighty acts. 03:37 "To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, 03:41 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 03:44 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 03:47 to seal up vision and prophecy, 03:50 and to anoint the Most Holy," 03:52 or the Most Holy place. 03:57 Now you got to concentrate here 03:59 because God gives a period 04:02 of 490 years 04:08 for the Jewish people. 04:11 I want you to think about this. 04:14 He says 70 x 7, these are years, 04:20 490 years are set aside 04:23 for your people. 04:28 And when it says 70 weeks of years, 04:32 490 years are appointed, 04:35 the word is the Hebrew word that means cut off 04:40 and cut off from the 2300 years. 04:43 Not going to go into that today, 04:45 we just don't have time. 04:47 I wanna talk about God's mighty acts in history. 04:52 Number one, there is a line in the sand 04:56 that God draws, 04:58 490 years. 05:02 In the Book of Genesis, 05:03 it said, "The sin of the Amorites 05:06 has not yet reached its full measure." 05:10 This tells me 05:12 that God is keeping an account 05:16 of the sins 05:19 of the nation. 05:24 God keeps an account with the nations. 05:26 He gives to the Jewish people a period 490 years. 05:32 And then it talks about something 05:34 which is quite incredible 05:36 because this is talking here 05:39 about salvation through the Jewish Messiah 05:43 and certain great acts are going to happen. 05:46 You got to try to get this into your mind. 05:49 Within the 490 years, 05:53 I'm going to finish transgression, God says. 05:55 I'm going to put an end to sin, 05:58 I'm going to make reconciliation for iniquity. 06:02 I'm going to bring in everlasting righteousness, 06:07 I'm going to seal up the prophecy, 06:09 and I'm going to anoint the Most Holy place. 06:14 This is the most astounding prophecy 06:19 in the Old Testament 06:22 because here you have the presentation of the gospel. 06:29 Because the New Testament which was written by Jews 06:32 tells me this 06:33 that when Christ died on the cross 06:38 and became the bearer of the sin of the world, 06:43 He brought an end to sin, 06:46 He put an end to iniquity, 06:49 and He brought in everlasting righteousness, 06:53 and He made an atoning sacrifice. 06:58 Now this is what we call the gospel 07:02 because it's about the good news. 07:06 I want you to try to think about this, 07:08 how does this actually work? 07:10 People say, I don't want any, you know, difficult theology, 07:16 I just wanna make it as simple as I can. 07:20 You know about the dying thief. 07:24 He turned to Jesus and he said, "Lord, remember me 07:28 when you come into Your kingdom." 07:30 He repented of his sin and he put his trust in Christ. 07:34 And Christ said to him, "I'm telling you today, 07:37 you're going to be with me in paradise." 07:41 And so this dying thief, dying next to Christ 07:45 received everlasting righteousness. 07:49 God put an end 07:51 to the power of sin in his life. 07:55 Can you believe this, if I come to Christ, 07:59 if I believe in Christ, 08:02 God will give me not because I've earned it 08:07 but simply by His merit, by His grace, 08:11 He will give me everlasting righteousness. 08:14 Amen. 08:15 He puts an end to the power of sin in my life 08:20 and I'm ready to go to paradise. 08:23 I don't need purgatory, any of those things. 08:26 You see, I'm saved, I'm right with God right now. 08:33 Now look at Daniel 9:25, 08:35 there is only one person who could do this 08:37 and that was the Jewish Messiah. 08:38 Daniel 9:25. 08:41 Now you got to really concentrate. 08:44 "Know therefore and understand, 08:46 that from the going forth of the command 08:48 to restore and build Jerusalem. 08:51 Until the Messiah the Prince, 08:54 there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks," 08:58 69 weeks, 483 years. 09:01 "The streets shall be built again, 09:03 and the wall, even in troublesome times." 09:06 This prophecy is given about 2500 years ago. 09:11 Now please listen carefully. 09:15 Start the molecules of your minds, 09:19 the prophet writing 550 BC said, 09:22 there would be a decree to restore and build Jerusalem. 09:28 That decree went forth under Artaxerxes Longimanus 09:33 in the year 457 BC. 09:37 In our last program, we told you 09:38 how Jerusalem had been destroyed by the Babylonians. 09:42 This Persian king said, 09:43 "Build it, build it again," 457. 09:46 Then it says, you add on 483 years, 09:50 the 49, the 434 years, 09:54 you add that on to the 457 BC 09:58 and it brings you through to the year 27 AD, 10:02 please look at it. 10:06 500 BC, a Jewish prophet in Babylon 10:11 predicted that the true Messiah 10:13 would appear in 27 AD. 10:18 And the question is, 10:20 did the Messiah appear in the 27 AD? 10:24 We turn to Luke 3:1, Luke 3:1 it says, 10:29 "Now in the fifth..." This is the New Testament. 10:30 "In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, 10:33 Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, 10:36 Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, 10:38 his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 10:40 and of the region of Trachonitis, 10:42 and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene. 10:45 When all the people were baptized, 10:46 it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized. 10:50 And while He prayed, the heaven was opened, 10:53 and the Holy Spirit descended 10:55 in a bodily form like a dove upon him, 10:57 and a voice came from heaven which said, 10:59 'You are my beloved Son, in whom I'm well pleased.' 11:01 Now Jesus himself began His ministry 11:06 at about 30 years of age 11:08 being as was supposed, the son of Joseph, 11:10 the son of Heli." 11:12 Now listen, this is a terrible old stuff, 11:16 but if you're an unbeliever, I beseech you. 11:19 Just listen for a moment. 11:20 Lay aside your preconceived ideas. 11:24 Then Prophet Daniel said, 11:27 "The Messiah, 11:28 the true Messiah would appear in 27 AD. 11:34 And the Bible says, 11:35 the Messiah appeared in Israel 11:39 in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. 11:44 And according to Jewish reckoning, 11:48 the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar is 27 AD. 11:54 What are you gonna say about that? 11:57 What are you gonna say about this? 11:59 The atheist says that Jesus is just a carpenter 12:03 but if He is just a carpenter, 12:05 every atheist is defeated by this carpenter's baptism. 12:11 See, He came on time, lived on time, 12:14 and as prophecy says, He would die on time. 12:20 Look at verse 26, Daniel 9:26, 12:24 "And after the 62 weeks Messiah shall be cut off," 12:29 he would be murdered, 12:31 "not for himself." 12:32 He would not die for Himself, but for sins of the world. 12:35 "And the people of the prince who is to come 12:38 shall destroy the city and the sanctuary." 12:40 Don't forget it. 12:41 "The end of it shall be with a flood 12:44 until the end of the war desolations are determined." 12:49 Now listen carefully to me, 12:53 most people thought when Messiah came, 12:56 he would be the conquering hero 12:59 and would drive out the hated Romans. 13:03 The Bible says, he would come to establish righteousness, 13:09 to do away with sin in the hearts of men, 13:14 and He would be cut off. 13:18 Now the Hebrew word means 13:20 he would be murdered not for Himself. 13:25 Many years ago I heard of... 13:29 a wonderful thing that people saw in Washington, 13:32 walking down the beautiful streets. 13:34 There was a man terribly deformed 13:37 walking arm in arm with a beautiful young woman, 13:39 she was somewhat younger than he. 13:42 And people would say, 13:43 "Why is this beautiful woman 13:46 walking with this man who is so defiled? 13:50 He was so hideous. 13:53 She was a little girl, her house got on fire. 13:58 And her brother ran in, picked her up, 14:02 and held her to his chest, 14:04 covered her with a blanket, 14:06 and plunged out through the heaving flames, 14:12 saved her life, 14:15 blind and disfigured for life. 14:19 You think she's ashamed of him? 14:24 There was a Jewish man who was cut off 14:28 but for not for Himself, 14:32 He is cut off for us. 14:33 Are we ashamed of Him? 14:35 I say, never, never, never, 14:39 this Christ, the son of God, 14:43 the hope of the world. 14:46 Daniel 9:27 goes on to say... 14:53 "Then he shall confirm a covenant 14:56 with many for one week..." 14:57 This is the Messiah. 15:00 "But in the middle of the week 15:01 He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. 15:05 And on the wing of abominations 15:08 shall be one who makes desolate, 15:11 even until the consummation, which is determined, 15:15 is poured out on the desolate." 15:17 Now if you will remember 15:19 when we put up that graph or that chart on the screen, 15:24 we used up 483 years 15:28 of the 490 years 15:31 which means that we had 15:33 right at the very end of that time period, 15:36 one week of years or seven years. 15:40 This time period commenced when the Messiah was baptized, 15:45 27 AD, that is a fact. 15:51 What are you going to do, my friend? 15:54 Who is a skeptic, you're an unbeliever 15:57 and you say, I do not believe. 15:59 It is one thing to say this, 16:01 how are you going to answer these arguments, I ask you. 16:05 The prophecy written 550 years 16:09 before Christ was born. 16:13 From the going forth 16:15 of the decree to restore and to build Jerusalem, 16:19 and we started at 457 16:21 and it brought us through to 27. 16:23 And the Bible says, in the midst of this week 16:29 and that would be the year 31 AD. 16:33 And the Bible says in 31 AD, 16:38 the person who was cut off 16:41 would bring an end to the Jewish sacrifices. 16:47 And only he could do this, my friend, 16:50 because he was the Lamb of God. 16:53 You see, when Christ died on the cross, 16:58 He brought an end 17:00 to all the sacrifices of the Jewish sanctuary. 17:05 And at the very moment 17:07 when our Christ was dying on the cross, 17:11 the high priest was about to offer up the sacrifice. 17:17 And the Bible says that as he died, 17:20 the veil in the temple was torn from the top to the bottom 17:26 by an unseen hand 17:28 to show that this whole system of sacrifices 17:34 had been fulfilled. 17:38 And all those sacrifices were fulfilled 17:42 in Jesus Christ, the Jew, 17:46 the Jewish Messiah. 17:48 This is great evidence for an earnest seek of a truth, 17:52 I tell you. 17:53 Now please notice verse 26, which is astounding. 17:59 "Now after the 62 weeks..." 18:01 Don't worry about that, we don't have time. 18:03 "Messiah shall be cut off." 18:06 All the priests thought He was going to come 18:08 as the conquering lion of the tribe of Judah. 18:14 But now the Bible says, 18:16 He would be cut off and He was crucified 18:19 by the religious people of His own day, 18:22 the politicians. 18:24 "Not for himself," He was cut off for us. 18:26 Now look at this. 18:28 "And the people of the prince who is to come 18:32 shall destroy the city and the sanctuary." 18:36 Look at those words written 550 BC, 18:41 the people of the prince who shall come, 18:44 it doesn't say the prince will do it, 18:47 but the people of the prince 18:51 shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. 18:53 "The end of it shall be with a flood 18:55 and till the end of the war desolations are determined." 19:00 A few years later in 70 AD, 19:03 the Romans came against Jerusalem. 19:07 They came firstly under Vespasian, 19:10 he became the emperor but Vespasian came in 60 AD. 19:16 And the world went on around Judea. 19:20 But then Titus came in 70 AD. 19:24 This is the very arch of Titus 19:26 that I took pictures of in Rome. 19:28 There are the seven golden candlesticks 19:31 being carried away 19:33 according to Bible prophecy. 19:36 Now I meet some people and they say, 19:37 this Christianity junk is all about faith. 19:43 Now I don't believe because of blind faith, 19:46 I believe because of overwhelming evidence. 19:50 My faith rests upon the evidence of history 19:55 and Bible prophecy. 19:56 And Bible prophecy predicted the overthrow of Jerusalem 20:00 and it says the people of the prince would do it. 20:05 When the Romans broke into Jerusalem in 70 AD, 20:10 Titus said to the soldiers, 20:13 "I command you in the name of Caesar, 20:16 spare the temple, it is the temple of Yahweh." 20:22 Titus said, "Spare the temple." 20:25 The Roman soldiers got down there into the temple 20:28 and filled with rage 20:30 at the ferocious ferocity 20:35 of the Jewish soldiers. 20:38 They waded into the mob 20:41 and the blood ran down the steps of the Jewish temple, 20:45 the blood and the gold together. 20:48 According to the Bible prophecy, 20:52 the people of the prince, the prince didn't do it, 20:56 the soldiers pushed him aside. 20:59 That's astounding. 21:03 That they should treat Caesar like this, 21:05 he held up the staff of Caesar. 21:07 He said in the name of Caesar, they pushed him aside, 21:11 and the people of the prince, 21:14 the Roman soldiers burned the city to the ground 21:18 and the surviving Jews cried out, 21:21 "Ichabod, Ichabod the glory is to pardon." 21:25 Every word of the prophecy came to pass. 21:31 Christ came on time, He lived on time, 21:34 He died on time, 21:37 and He will come back on time. 21:40 Now listen to this carefully. 21:45 People say, "Will there be peace 21:47 in the Middle East, peace in the world?" 21:49 My friend, Jesus Christ is called 21:52 in the Hebrew scriptures, the Prince of Peace. 21:55 There is no peace until He is accepted. 22:00 But there is peace, forgiveness, 22:02 salvation to everyone 22:03 who comes in repentance 22:06 to this Jewish Jesus, you see. 22:12 Look at verse 24 again, Daniel 9:24, 22:18 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people 22:20 and for your holy city..." 22:21 Look at these words. 22:23 "To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, 22:26 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 22:28 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 22:31 to seal up the vision and prophecy, 22:32 and to anoint the Most Holy." 22:37 That was fulfilled in 31 AD 22:41 when Christ died on the cross. 22:46 It will be filled full 22:51 when He comes again. 22:53 Then we will have 22:56 our reign of everlasting righteousness. 23:00 That will be the end of sin. 23:05 God will seal up the vision 23:07 and anoint the most holy, the New Jerusalem. 23:12 There are good times ahead for the people of God 23:16 who will be promoted to glory. 23:20 But the Bible says, listen to this, 23:23 there will be no peace in the streets of America, 23:29 no peace in the Middle East 23:32 until Jesus Christ is accepted 23:36 as the Prince of Peace. 23:40 Now I wanna tell you folk something else. 23:42 Look at this great picture, my team put together. 23:49 God today has got a new nation. 23:52 People say, "That's us." 23:54 Wait on. 23:56 God has got a new nation, a new Israel. 24:02 In the Old Testament it's all based upon race. 24:06 You had to be of this race, 24:10 but in the New Testament 24:12 God has got a new nation, 24:14 it isn't based on racism, 24:16 it is composed of true believers 24:20 who worship Jesus Christ 24:22 whether they are Jews, whether they are gentiles, 24:26 whether they are Arabs, whether they are Americans, 24:30 whether they are Australians, whether they are Russians, 24:35 that's Gods nation, you see, 24:39 because those people 24:43 constitute spiritual Israel. 24:47 And the Bible says, "You're not a Jew 24:49 if you are won outwardly, 24:51 you're a Jew if you are won inwardly. 24:56 And those people who believe in Christ 25:00 and who repent of their sins 25:03 are grafted into the tree of Israel. 25:09 They become the true Israelite 25:12 and whether they are black or they are brown, 25:16 whether they are yellow, whether they are Chinese, 25:19 whether they come from Mongolia, 25:22 whether they are English or Australian like me, 25:26 if they trust in Christ, 25:29 the Jewish Messiah and repent of their sins, 25:34 God gives to them everlasting righteousness. 25:38 He does away with sin in their lives, hallelujah! 25:44 And they are promoted to glory, 25:50 and they will live 25:52 for millions, and millions, and billions of years. 25:58 And all the people say... 26:00 Amen. 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