Participants: Pr. David Klinedinst
Series Code: DPR
Program Code: DPR000006A
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00:07 Heavenly Father,
00:11 tonight we find ourselves coming together 00:15 to study the book of Daniel. Father 00:19 we come here just as we are we don't hide our mistakes, 00:23 we don't hide our weaknesses but we 00:27 need to see a picture of Jesus, as we open up your prophetic word, 00:31 we are asking for hope, we are asking for encouragement, 00:35 we are asking for the answeres that we know your word 00:39 gives us. So we pray for the Holy Spirit, we ask 00:43 the Holy Spirit to be our teacher and to give us ears to hear. 00:47 This is our prayer in Jesus name amen 00:51 Throughout the Bible there are literally 00:55 hundreds of prophecies foretold future 00:59 events and when youy compare the prophecies of the Bible 01:03 with history you discover very quickly that the prophecies of the Bible 01:07 have never ever failed in fact prophecy 01:11 is there in order to strengthen our faith in the word of God 01:15 and to show us that we can trust the Bible 01:19 that is why Peter has said that prophecy is like a light 01:23 that shines ina dark place. it helps us to understand 01:27 the past, it makes clear the present, and it helps 01:31 us to understand the future so tonight we are going to 01:35 take a look at a very specific prophecy in teh book of Daniel. 01:39 it is known as the 70 weeks prophecy 01:43 and it is really one of the most dramatic ones you will find in the old testament 01:47 and here is why. This prophecy pinpoints 01:51 the exact time period when Jesus would come 01:55 as the messiah the first time and it pinpoints 02:00 the very time when he would die on the cross of calvary for our sins 02:03 there is no other prophecy that i know of in the old testamnet 02:07 that uplifts Jesus Christ more and unmistakably 02:11 identifies him as the Son of God 02:15 so I want to invite you to take your Bibles and turn with me to Daniel 02:19 chapter nine becasue we are going to be there for quite a while 02:23 you want to go to Daniel chapter 9, so Danial 02:28 chapter 9 now before I start reading 02:32 I actually want to give you the background of what is happening during this 02:36 period of earth's history becasue if we wanna understand a prophecy 02:40 in the Bible it is always good to get its context can you say amen 02:44 here in chapter 9 it is somewhere around 02:48 500 BC. The Jewish Nation 02:52 and the prophet Daniel are living in captivity to the 02:56 Persian empire. What empire did I say? Persian empire 03:00 You see years before that God had spoken 03:04 through Jeremiah and many other prophets warning the 03:08 nation of Israel that if they continued to be unfaithful, if they continues 03:12 to worship other Gods and get involved in sexual 03:16 immorality with other nations that in order to wake them up, 03:20 God would allow a foreign power to conquer them 03:24 and to take them captive and unfortunately in 03:28 586 BC that is exactly what happened. King Nebuchadnezzar 03:32 and the kingdom of Babylon came down from the north 03:36 and conquered and besieged the city of Jerusalem 03:40 partially destroyed it and tore down the walls. and 03:44 thety took many of the people captive as you can see in the picture 03:48 on the screen above me and one of the men who was taken captive 03:52 was the prophet Daniel who was propbably just a teenager 03:56 at that time so now you fast forward a few years 04:00 probably 70 years and now Persia has conquered babylon 04:04 they are the dominant power in the world so the Jewish nation 04:08 are now living under the Persians 04:12 and chapter 9 opens up with 04:16 one of the most sincere prayers you will see or hear in the Bible 04:20 Daniel is praying for his people 04:24 Daniel is praying and asking the Lord 04:28 when will you deliver us when will He save us and allow us 04:32 go back to Jerusalem when can we rebuild our city 04:36 And rebuild our walls and be free again and 04:40 Daniel confesses the unfaithfulness of his people. I want you to pick it up now 04:44 I would like to read verse 4-6 to get you can get a picture of 04:48 the humility that that you see in Daniels charter 04:52 Daniel 9 verse 4 04:56 The Bible says, and I prayed to the Lord my God 05:00 and made confession and said oh 05:04 Lord. Great and awesome God 05:08 who keeps his covenant and mercy with those who love him and 05:12 with those who keep his commandments now notice verse 5. We 05:16 have what? sinned and commited iniquity 05:20 we have done wickedly and rebelled even by 05:24 departing from Your precepts and Your judgements 05:28 neither had we heeded your servatns the prophets who spoke in your name 05:32 to our kings and princes to fathers and all 05:36 the people of the land. Do you sense Daniel's 05:40 sincerity yes or no. Now I want you to notice something in this 05:44 prayer. Daniel does not have a judgemental 05:48 critical attitude towards his people. He does not come across 05:52 in a holier than though manner because the truth is Daniel 05:56 is not the unfauithful one. he is living in captivity 06:00 becasue of the unfaithfulness of other people in the Jewish nation but 06:04 Daniel doesn"t cop an attitude he doesn"t say oh Lord 06:08 these wicked people and unfaithful rulers of ours 06:12 caused all this to happen but Oh Lord I have been faithful he doesnt 06:16 do that you notice the pronoun that Daniel uses, 06:20 he says we have sinned. We 06:24 have rebelled. He puts himself right there with his 06:28 people the nation of Israel and you see the humility 06:32 of Daniel. That is why God could use him can you say amen 06:36 and it is really a lesson for us. Sometimes we see people who 06:40 are not acting properly in church or families 06:44 or neighborhoods and we are tempted to have that judgemental 06:48 attitude that holier than though attitude 06:52 like the pharisee you say oh Lord thank you that I'm not like this tax colelctor 06:56 but what God would want us to do is have 07:00 the attitude of gentleness and humility to remmeber 07:04 that yes that person amy be struggling but you know what 07:08 we have our own issues don't we? Why look for the log 07:12 in someone else's eye when there is a spec in my own 07:16 God can always use a humble and gentle 07:20 attitude can you say amen. That is what you see in Daniel. Daniel then 07:24 ends the prayer in verse 19 where he says with much emotion, 07:28 Oh Lord hear or Lord forgive 07:32 oh Lord listen and act do 07:36 not delay for your own sake my God 07:40 for your city and your people are called by Your name 07:44 that is the sincerity of Daniel's prayer and then 07:48 what you notice is right away in verse 20 and 21 07:52 God hears that prayer and he sends the 07:56 angel Gbriel to give Daniel a 08:00 prophecy of hope so let's pick it up now beginning in 08:04 verse 21 to 23 notice what Daniel writes 08:08 verse 21. The Bible says, yes 08:12 while I was speaking in prayer the man 08:16 Gabriel whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning 08:20 being caused to fly swiftly reached me 08:24 about the time of the evening offering and he informed me 08:28 and he talked with me and he said oh Daniel 08:32 I have now come forth to give you skill 08:36 to understand at the beginning of your suplication 08:40 the command went out and I have come to tell you for you 08:44 are (What is that next phrase?) greatly beloved 08:48 therefore consider the matter 08:52 and understand the vision now I have got to stop there 08:56 before we jump into the prophecy there 09:00 are some really neat lessons in that passage notice 09:04 at first it almost appears like wow Daniel prays one prayer 09:08 and boom the angel Gabriel is there to answer his prayer 09:12 and we might be tempted to think boy I wish it happened like that 09:16 for me because I can tell you when I pray about something 09:20 never has an agel just appeared on the spot to answer 09:24 my prayer has that ever happened to anyone here? It rarely happens that way 09:28 but you have to understand something 09:32 you must think is this the first time Daniel prayed that prayer for his people? 09:36 I highly doubt it he had been in captivity almost 70 years by then 09:40 Daniel prayed that prayer probably everyday 09:44 every week every month year after year he was 09:48 persistent and that is the lesson God wants to teach us 09:52 so often we may pray about something one time 09:56 and then forget about it of course God hears those prayers 10:00 but think about your children. You take a walk through Toys R Us 10:04 and for those who may watch this perhaps from another country, Toys R Us is a 10:08 very big toy store in the United States and your child sees 10:12 that special toy that Hasbro has made and 10:17 seen the commercial on TV they want that toy now if they only 10:21 bug you for three or four days and you never hear about it again 10:25 you know it just a passing fad but if they bring it up 10:29 over and over and over again over a period of weeks 10:33 and months, you know they're serious about it in a sense 10:37 that is how God wants our prayers to be, consistent and persistant 10:41 not that we have to convince God to hear and answer our prayers 10:45 but God knows the more persistent we are 10:49 the more we daily bow before Him the 10:53 more it will strengthen our personal relationship with Christ 10:57 so God wants us to be persistent just like Daniel was 11:01 in praying for his people the other thing you see here 11:05 notice the angel says Daniel your prayers have been heard 11:09 you are greatly beloved. What would that be like 11:13 to hear one of God's angels say you Perry 11:17 or Mark or Bob or Christine are 11:21 greatly beloved, your name is kown in Heavem 11:25 how many people think taht would be awesome can I see your hands well I got good news for you 11:29 God has already said that about you You say really what book of the Bible is it? in 11:33 It is on the cross of calvary because when' 11:37 God sent his son Jesus Christ to die on calvary 11:41 to give you his righteousness that was God saying to you 11:45 and me, you are greatly beloved in my sight amen? 11:49 now, the angel begins to give Daniela 11:53 prophecy that will answer his questions what is going to happen 11:57 to his Jewish people what does the future hold 12:01 so lets pick it up in verse 24 12:05 and right now I'm kinda gonna turn this into slow gear 12:09 because we are going go through this one verse at a time 12:13 Daniel 9, verse 24 the angel is speaking 12:17 The Bible says, 12:21 70 weeks are determined for your people 12:25 and for your holy city to finish the transgressions 12:29 to make an end of sins to make 12:33 reconciliation for iniquity to bring in 12:37 everlasting righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy and to 12:41 annoint the Most Holy now we have to stop there 12:45 obviously you see where they get the 70 weeks from it is the angels 12:49 says 12:53 Let's us answer a simple question If 12:57 Daniel is a Jew what people is the angel talking 13:01 about. The Jewish nation Israel 13:05 and what is the holy city? Jerusalem 13:09 so whatever these 70 weeks are about we know it has to do with 13:13 Jewish nation and Holy City 13:17 Of Jerusalem If that makes sense can you say amen. 13:21 The angel clearly outlines that but now the question is 13:25 what is supposed to happen during those 70 weeks 13:29 notice what verse 24 says we have outlined this on the screen 13:33 during the 70 weeks they are to finish their transgression, make an end 13:37 of sin, So God can bring in evelasting righteousness 13:41 to seal up vision and prohecy 13:45 You say great what does that mean you have to keep in mind 13:49 did God have a purpose for Israel yes or no 13:53 he did his purpose for them was to be a light to the world 13:57 God wanted to have a nation or a people that 14:01 would live according to his laws. His principles 14:05 and his commands so that they could be an example to the rest of the 14:09 pagan world what a blessing it is to serve the true 14:13 God of heaven and his purpose was that when the 14:17 messiah came, that Israel would accept christ as their 14:21 messiah and they would be the ones to take the gospel to the world 14:25 and introduce people to Jesus that was God's original plan 14:29 for Israel. But there is a problwem 14:33 becasue right now Israel is living in apostacy 14:37 they have been worshipping foreign gods, ignoring the ocmmandments 14:41 they have become like the other pagan nations that is 14:45 why they are in captivity and you see God 14:49 wants to bring the messiah Jesus but He cant do that 14:53 while Israel is living in unfaithfulness so 14:57 in a real sense, the rest of the pagan world is having to wait for the 15:01 Messiah to come. And so God is basically saying to the 15:05 Jewish nation and to Daniel I am giving your people 15:09 seventy weeks of probabtion. Seventy weeks to start 15:13 keeping your end of the covenant to be faithful 15:17 so that you will be a light to the world and I can bring the messiah 15:21 does that make sense that is what the 70 weeks are for 15:25 you say okay I can understand that but now lets go 15:29 a little farther. This is where I need to introduce you to that 15:33 prophetic principle of interpretation known as a 15:37 day for a year. In symbolic portions of Bible prophecy 15:41 there is a principle that almost all scholars of various 15:45 denominations agree upon is that is 15:49 one day symbolizes one year Iwant you to say that with me 15:53 one day, one year. That is only 15:57 in the symbolic portions of prophecy that's not referring to 16:01 narrative portions of scripture. you say a narrative that 16:05 means the storys in other words When it says King David rule for 33 years that 16:09 Literally means 33 years you know 24 hour day. 16:13 The seven days of creations. That literally means 7 24 hour days 16:17 it is only in prophecy when there is a 16:21 beginning date and ending date that you apply a day to a year 16:25 now real quick I just want to show you where scholars get 16:29 this from the Bible. not going to spend a whole lot of time but you 16:33 remember that story when Moses and the Israelites were on the border of the promised land? 16:37 they had been wandering in the wilderness and Moses sent 16:41 how many spies to go into the promised land and check it out? do you rember? 16:45 He sent 12 spies to check it out. And their job was to go 16:49 throughout the land, see what it looked like, and were the people like they were going 16:54 to have to Conquer and after 40 days in 16:58 the land they came back and presented a report 17:02 to the rest of the encampment Israel and 10 of them 17:06 What kind of report? a bad one, oh we will never 17:10 conques this land It is beautiful and glorious 17:14 but the people are tall there like giants and mighty warriors 17:18 and they started said Oh we should have never 17:22 listened to Moses. We should stayed in Egypt were we would been better off 17:26 And they forgot everything God had done for them 17:30 wandered through the wilderness. All those miracles and there were only 17:34 two who gave a faithful report and encouraged the people. Listen God 17:38 brought us this far by His power we can take this land 17:42 You remember who thos two were? Caleb and Joshua 17:46 but you know who the people listened to? The majority 17:50 see the majority is not always right and they listened to those 10 17:54 and were ready to stone Moses and God finally said you know what? 17:58 after all I have done and you still don't trust Me 18:02 God says in right here in Number 14:34 18:22 For every day they spent complaining against God as they spied out the land, 18:26 that was fority days they would spend a year in the wilderness 18:30 which ended up being 40 years. That is one of the verses that 18:34 present the day for a year principle and you see the same thing 18:38 in Ezekial 4:6 18:42 so now if we apply the day for a 18:46 year principle it to 70 weeks, guess what 18:50 we have to a little calculation, I bet you never new when you did you math calss 18:54 high school that this would ecome helpful when you study the propchey of the bible 18:58 so here is what we do. How many days 19:02 are in a week seven. So if I want to 19:06 know how many days are a seventy week period what must I do 19:14 so there is 490 days in a seventy 19:18 period but when I apply the day for a year 19:22 principle it is not really 490 days, 19:26 but 490 WHAT? years So God is saying 19:30 to Israel I'm giving you 490 years to 19:34 start be faithful to me, keep my law and commandments. 19:38 be a light to the the world But after the 490 years 19:42 if you have not kept your end of the covenant if you have 19:46 rejected the Messiah when he comes, God is saying I am going 19:50 have to go on a different path to take the gospel 19:54 to the world. So God is giving Israel 490 19:58 years now we understand that thus fair 20:02 seventy weeks or 490 years but here is the question 20:06 We're still missing something important and what is that 20:10 a starting date. When does this begin 20:14 when are we supposed to start this 490 years. Now 20:18 we have to go to verse 25 and it gives us a clue 20:22 verse 25 of chapter 9 20:26 in Daniel. The Bible says, 20:30 no therefore and understand that 20:34 from the going forth of the command to restore 20:38 and build Jerusalem until Messiah the 20:42 prince and Im gonna stop there 20:46 im gonna break that into 2 becasue there is a lot in it 20:50 notice the angel has said that the beginning date of this prophecy 20:55 is when a command goes froth 20:59 to restore and build Jerusalem did you catch that in other words 21:03 when the persian empire puts a decree that allows 21:07 the Jews to go bakc to Jerusalem, rebuild their 21:11 city etc when that decree is uttered 21:15 that is the beginning of this prophecy so the question is 21:19 did Persia do that and if so 21:23 what was the date. and when you go back in history you know hwa tyou find? 21:27 there are multiple dates 21:31 you say lovely which one 21:35 Cyrus in 537, Darius in 520, Artaxerxes in 457 21:39 No wi suppose we could 21:43 vote and do majority rule sbut that wont neccesarily mean we have the truth 21:47 we could I suppose flip a coin 21:51 but the best way to do it is by the Bible 21:55 so the ione we actuyally want 21:59 is Artaxerxes because is Cyrus decree was powerful enough 22:03 would you need a seocnd one by darius? 22:07 no if Darius was powerful enough would you have needed Artaxerxes 22:11 Artaxerxes decree is the one that allowed any jew 22:15 who wanted int he Persian realm to go back to Jerusalem 22:19 gave them permission to rebuild the city, the walls, 22:23 and the temple and begin their own 22:27 civil government again. It gave thema large measure of freedom 22:31 now they were still under persian rule but they were 22:35 given much of their ffeedoms back and Artaxerxes decree 22:39 is the one recorded almost word for word in the 22:43 Bible. if you were to read Ezra chapter 7, im not gonna do that right now 22:47 but in ezra 7 you can read his decree 22:51 in the word ofGod and what is amazing is do you think 22:55 it would cost money for all those people to go back and rebuild thier city wha tdo you think 22:59 yeah. You know who paid for it? Artaxerxes 23:03 you tell me if that is not a miracle from God 23:07 that the persian king gives them permission and he 23:11 finances tthe trip that is a fulfilment of 23:15 bible prophecy so Artaxerxes is 23:19 the decree we want. 457 BC. So now all we have to 23:23 is look at the cahrt on the screen here or the 23:27 handout. If 457 is the beginning 23:31 if I add 490 years 23:35 to 457 BC it is going to tell me 23:39 when the 70 weeks or 490 years 23:43 has ended when probation is done for the Jewish nation 23:47 and if you do the addition you know what year you come to? 23:51 I have it on the ssreen 23:55 34 AD. God is 23:59 saying, by 34 AD 24:03 if my Jewish people have not kept their end of the covenant 24:07 if they have not accepted their Messiah, God 24:11 is saying I am going to have to go on a different path to 24:15 take the gospel to the world so the Jewish nation has 24:19 until 34 AD. 24:23 do you know what what happen in 34 AD that sealed 24:27 the Jewish nattion's rejection of the gospel 24:31 of the covenant and of the messiah Jesus 24:35 in 34 AD the 24:39 first christian martyr was stoned 24:43 at Jerusalem or just outside the gates of Jerusalem it was 24:47 Stephen. I wanna read this to you from the scripture its comes 24:51 from Acts chapter 7 beging in verse 54 24:55 Now this is somewhat lengthy but I just want to read the Bible's description of what 24:59 happened at the end of this 70 weeks. The Bible says 25:52 He was equating Jesus with God 25:56 of course we know that to be true but the jewish leaders 26:00 and nations did not want to hear that. The Bible goes on to say then 26:48 See the bible is describing for us what happened at this time period 26:52 for years they had listened 26:56 about the preaching of Jesus, they had seen Jesus, they had watched His miracles 27:00 even after he died on the cross the Bible tells us 27:04 the apostles still mainly stayed in Jerusalem trying to 27:08 reach their own people but by 34 AD 27:12 unfortunately Israel was so tired of hearing the gospel message 27:16 about Jesus that now they started killing 27:20 and stoning the christians and when Stephen 27:24 was stoned, it said at that time a great persecuation 27:28 broke out in Jerusalem led by what man 27:32 Saul who later became Paul and Saul literally 27:36 went outside of Jerusalem to all the cities to drag 27:40 believers back tot heir death so at that point 27:44 it broke God's heart 27:48 but his own people had rejected Him 27:52 their messiah and savior and even though 27:56 it was not part of His origianl plan God knew 28:00 that if the rest of th epagan world was to be saved 28:04 he was going to have to go to a different plan to intorduce Jesus 28:08 to the world and that is where he started using the christian church 28:12 to take the gospel all over the then known world 28:16 in fact Jesus even aludes 28:20 to this as sad as it is if you read Matthew 21:4 28:24 43 during the last week of His life on earth 28:28 he spent a lot of time in and around the temple 28:32 at Jerusalem becasue of passover 28:36 and in a controversy and ocnflict with jewish leaders 28:40 and rulers he made this statement he said 28:52 Now Jesus didnt 28:56 say that with anger. Im sure he said that with tears in his eyes 29:00 he knew that Israel had rejected him 29:04 oh yes there were a few who believed in him 29:09 but overall the leaders, the pharisees the government rulers 29:13 had rejected their messiah. he knew they were gonna nail Him to the cross 29:17 he knew they were gonna persecute his disciples 29:21 afterwards. And he said the kingdom of God 29:25 the gospel is gonna be given to another people 29:29 that other people is the christian church 29:33 of all nations around the world because later on 29:37 Jesus said to them when he walked out of the temple courts that day remember the words he uttered 29:41 he said your house is left unto 29:45 you desolate and the spirit of God departed formt he temple 29:49 in Jeruslame and that is why Paul wrote what he 29:53 did after his conversion and he understood things better 29:57 in Galations 3:28, 30:09 And in verse 29 he says something 30:13 important we normally pass by he said 30:17 if you are Christ's then you are What? Abraham's 30:21 Seed, and heirs accoring to the promise 30:25 do you undersdant what that is saying? that saying to be a part of God's 30:29 chosen people. You don't have be literal ethnic Jews that born 30:33 born in Jerusalem if you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior 30:37 you are Abraham seed that is what Paul is saying 30:41 you are what is called a spiritual Jew, not a literal one born 30:45 ethnicly in Israel but anyone who accepts 30:49 Christ as savior can recieve all the promises 30:53 made to Israel in the old testament see 30:57 the covenant is not gone, He is still going to fulfill those promises 31:01 but it is not going be to literal Israel it is going to be to spiritual 31:05 Israel all those who have chosen to accept Jesus Christ as 31:09 as thier Sevior that means it can be Americans it can be Russians 31:13 it can be people from Finland it doesn't matter what language you speak 31:17 it doesn't matter the color of your skin it doesn't matter 31:21 what country you are from if you belong to Christ 31:25 you are Abraham's seed and all those promises made to 31:29 Abraham will be fulfilled to God's Christian people today 31:33 Can somebody say amen? Now just to make sure we don't 31:37 misunderstand sometimes we get an attitude with the Jewish nation 31:41 say well if I had lived back then I certainly wouldn't have crucified Jesus 31:45 we make sure that we don't have a holier than thou attitude 31:49 because that kind of attitude is also what started anti-semitism 31:53 Particularly during World War II yes the 31:57 Jewish nation made a mistake but can you and set here 32:01 say we have never made a mistake there are protestant 32:05 churches today that have made mistakes and wish they could do things differently 32:09 I'll will give you an one example I don't want to get to far off track 32:13 50 60 years ago was the civil rights era and there 32:21 person away from thier church becasue they were a different color of skin 32:25 or they would say sorry youve gotta sit in the floor because 32:29 we're the superior race or youve gotta go down the street 32:33 was that according to the Bible? no 32:37 is that believe that the Bible says all men are created equal 32:41 That was a mistake protestant churches made 32:45 many of us wish we could take that and do away with it and they ahve repented of it 32:49 so we have to understand no nation is perfect 32:53 no church is perfect. In fact in romans 11 32:57 it says God's Jewish people can be grafted back in again 33:01 that as they accept Jesus as their savior the promises are available 33:05 to them once again and you see that happening today 33:09 its in the messianic Jewish movement that many Jews today 33:13 are seeing that their fore fathers made a mistake and are choosing 33:17 to accept and follow Jesus Christ as their savior 33:21 because we're all one in His name so that what you see going on in 33:25 this prophecy but now we need to go a little farhter 33:29 beasuse in verse 25 33:33 it is gonna talk about a 69 week period now this whole prophecy covers 33:37 what time period? 70 weeks but in verse 25 33:41 the angel says something important will happen after 33:45 69 weeks. Let spick it up again in verse 25 33:49 The bible says, know therefore 33:53 and understand that from the going forth of the command 33:57 to restore and build Jerusalem 34:01 until messiah the prince there shall be 34:05 7 weeks and 62 weeks. The streets shal be 34:10 built again and the wall even in troublesome times 34:14 now I'm going to stop there because depending on what version of the bible you have 34:18 it is worded differetnly but it all calculates the same 34:22 notice it says in 69 weeks from the begining of this prophecy 34:26 who is going comes? Messiah the prince 34:30 will begin his minisrty on this earth His coming 34:34 the first itme. Now I am going to put something on the screen 34:38 if you are using KJV it says 34:42 7 weeks three score and 2 weeks if you add all that up 34:46 it is 69 weeks when the NKJV that I'm using is says 34:50 7 and 62 week,s well what is 62 plus 7 34:54 69 so it doesnt matter what version of the Bible you use 34:58 it all equals 69 week so now 35:02 we have got to apply the day for a year principle how many days are in one 35:06 week? 7 so if i wanna know how many days are in 35:10 69 weeks i must I do? 69 35:14 times 7 when you do that calculation there 35:18 is 483 days in a 69 week period 35:22 apply the year for day principle 483 years and what it is saying is 35:26 in 483 years 35:30 from the being of this prophecy Messiah 35:34 the prince will come and begin His ministry 35:38 wow was it fulfilled? 35:42 it was becasue if you add 35:46 483 years to 457 BC you know 35:50 what year you come to 35:54 27 AD you say what happen in 27 AD 35:58 according to the scriptures That is 36:02 when Jesus came to the river Jordan to be baptized 36:06 by John the baptist that is when He began His public 36:10 ministry on this earth because think about it 36:14 before he was baptized by John he never once preached a sermon 36:18 never proclaime dhimself the Son of God, never healed anybody, 36:22 never performed a miracle he waited until he was baptized 36:27 in 27 AD Why? because 36:31 Jesus knew this prophecy Jesus was a student 36:35 of Bible prophecy can you say amen and he knew the messiah 36:39 was not supposed to come until 27 AD 36:43 that doesn't mean when He was born, it means when he publicly begin his ministry 36:47 of proclaiming himself as the messiah. Some may ask the question 36:51 how do you know it was 27 AD let me show 36:55 you something awesome In Luke chater 3 verse 1 36:59 It says that Jesus was baptized 15th year of 37:03 year of Tibersias Cacsar he was the Roman emperor at the time 37:07 and if go back secular history books 37:11 just take a guess to when the 15 year of 37:15 Tibersias Cacsar was 37:19 27 AD Jesus came 37:23 right on time. 37:27 That is why Jesus always said things like my time has not yet come 37:31 my time has not yet come what time? He was referring to this prophecy 37:35 He knew when He was suppose to come 37:39 forth and to begin His ministry just like Daniel said 37:43 this was prophesied hundreds of years before Jesus 37:47 was ever born this gives us 37:51 the confidence that Jesus Christ this man of Nazareth 37:55 that history said died on a cross He is certainly 37:59 the prophesied messiah of the old testement 38:03 no doubt about it he came right on 38:07 time but now, 38:11 if this is a 70 week prophecy and 38:15 the first part talks about 69 weeks how many weeks do we have left 38:19 1 week. so lets talk about that for a second 38:23 let me read to you something in verse 26 in verse 26 38:27 it says And after sixty-two weeks 38:31 Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself and the people 38:35 of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary 38:39 you say what is that referring to it is saying sometime after the 62 weeks 38:43 messiah will be cut off. that is referring to His crucifiction 38:47 on the cross that Israel would reject Him and where 38:51 it talks about the people of the prince destroying the city and sanctuary 38:55 this is refering to the roman armies who would come into 38:59 Jerusalem years down the road in 70 AD and destroy the 39:03 city of Jerusalem and tear apart that holy temple 39:07 becasue remember that was part of the retribution 39:11 of rejecting thier savior. Jessus said 39:15 your house is left desolate infact he said there will not be stone left upon another 39:19 and you know when Rome destroyed that temple 39:23 they started a fire inside of it and it burned 39:27 that gold and melted it and it got in between the cracks of those huge 39:31 stones and those roman soldiers wanted that gold so they 39:35 did they tore that temple apart rock by rock 39:39 to get that gold until literally there 39:43 was not one stone left upon another 39:47 but now lets focus on verse 27 because 39:51 now we're going to come to the last week of this prophecy now let me ask you 39:55 a question how many days 39:59 are in a week 7 and if we apply the day for a year 40:03 principle this is talking about a 7 year period this last 40:07 week, this last week is a source of controversy in the 40:11 christian world becasue there are different doctrines that surropund it but lets go 40:15 back to the word of god and let the scriptures it give us 40:19 the answer lets read verse 27. 40:23 The Bible Says The He shall 40:27 confirm a covenant with many for HOW LONG? 40:31 one week but in the middle of the week He shall bring 40:35 and end to sacrifice and offering 40:39 we'll stop there the big question is this 40:43 who is the He 40:47 who is the He that confirms this coventant who is the he that 40:51 brings an end to sacrifice and offering 40:55 let me ask you something who is 40:59 this whole prophecy centered around you tell me 41:03 Jesus Christ. It prophecies when He would come and beginning of his ministry, 41:07 it talks about messiah the prince so the he 41:11 in verse 27 is clearly Jesus now sometimes 41:15 popular theology says its antichrist 41:19 but when you look at the context it clearly talks about Jesus 41:23 you what is amazing when Jesus was on 41:27 this earth he mainly worked for his Jewish people becasue he knew 41:31 it wasnt until 34 AD that the nation 41:35 would reject that covenant and in verse 27 41:39 when it says that the he whoever the he is 41:43 says in the middle of the week He brings an end to sacrifice and offering 41:47 do you know hwat happened in the middle of that seven year period 41:51 from 27 AD to 34 AD Jesus 41:55 was crucified on the cross of calvary around 41:59 31 AD. right in the middle 42:03 of that 7 year period that last week 42:07 when Jesus died he put an end to the entire sacrificial 42:11 and offering system beceacues remember God 42:15 had instituted sacrificing lambs, and goats and dove 42:19 all that was to point forward to what? Jesus Christ 42:23 the real lamb of God so now that Jesus has died 42:27 that system is no longer neccesary that is why is 42:31 Hebrews said we dont put our faith int he blood of lambs and goats but 42:35 in Jesus Christ himself and that is why Matthew 42:39 27:51 says that when he died the veil in the temple 42:43 that separated the holy from the most holy place it was 42:47 torn into from top to bottom signifying that 42:51 this system is now done away with because 42:55 the true Lamb of God has died for the sins 42:59 of the world, the He is Jesus 43:03 the prophecy tells us when messiah would come 43:07 it tells us when the messiah would be crucified on the cross 43:11 Jesus came and died right on 43:15 time. i mean think about it why did Jesus allow 43:19 himself to be taken to the cross in 31 AD did they 43:23 and kill Him before that Yes they wanted to stone him push him off a cliff 43:27 what did Jesus always say my time has not yet come my time has not yet come 43:31 What time? The time of this prophecy he knew 43:36 he was not to die on the vross until around 31 AD 43:40 Now I do have to address this. 43:44 but I don't want to spend alot of time on it but it may raise a question in your mind 43:48 because you may ask, I have always heard that last 43:52 week of that 7 year period represent something else 43:56 Because see one popular doctrine in the christian world today 44:00 is that that 7 year period is broken 44:04 off from the prophecy in Danial and thrown 2000 44:08 years into an ambiguous future at the end of time 44:12 and thatis a secret rapture of the saints, 44:16 that the he comes in the middle is antichrist 44:20 and at the end 7 years that is the coming kindom of God where 44:24 people will have a second chance. here is what alway important to do 44:28 if you forget anything remember this principle we never base 44:32 a doctrine on that which is popular we 44:36 never base it on how many books have written you always base 44:40 a teaching on what? what the word of God 44:44 says and clearly the word of God tell us 44:48 That last 7 years is not to be broken away from the prophecy 44:52 it is part of uplifting Jesus and it is amazing to me 44:56 that we can take a prophecy that completely glorifies 45:00 Jesus as Savior of the world twist and change it around 45:04 instead of uplifting Jesus we're uplifting antichrsit 45:08 any prophecy or doctrine throwing Jesus out the door 45:12 and starts uplifting antichrist ought to raise a red flag 45:16 in our minds you say 45:20 well lets look at this a little bit farther that is only fair its not fair 45:24 to look at one side and then ignore the other 45:28 the idea of a secret rapture theory basicly says this 45:49 The question we have to ask is that according to what 45:53 the Bible teaches im going give you a polite challenge 45:57 did you know there is absolutely 46:01 no place in the Bible that uses the phrase 7 year tribulation 46:05 get a concordance and try to look up 46:09 7 year tribulation you wont find it anywhere from Genesis to Revelation 46:13 Really? Where does it come from it comes from taking the 46:17 last 7 years this prophecy and it breaking off into the future 46:21 but you will never find that term used 46:25 in the Bible you say really? Where did it come from then! 46:29 i just want to briefly give you the history I don't want to go into too much detail 46:33 but if something is not based in the bible it might be important to understand 46:37 where is the source of it it actually comes all the way back 46:41 from around the 1500s when the reformation is going on 46:45 we are going to talk about that later the seminar becasue i believe it reformation symbolized 46:49 in parts of revelation martin luther and the reformers 46:53 were preaching that people can come to Jesus directly for salvation 46:57 that it is not neccesary to do indulgences and penances 47:01 and things like that and since Rome was the persecuting power 47:05 of those days the reformers were preaching 47:09 that Rome is the antichrist and beast of revelation 13 47:13 and see that made reformation gain steam at that time 47:17 becasue Rome was persecuting those who wanted to follow 47:21 or translate the bible so what Rome did at that time and 47:25 I'm saying this to be down on particular any group of people I don't believe that God 47:29 pleased when we speak of other in a denigrating way 47:33 this only to show what has happen in history and how Bible 47:37 prophecy has been fulfilled. What Roman they commissioned a 47:42 Jesuit scholar named Francisco Robero 47:46 we need you to come up with a different interruption about ani-christ 47:50 Luther and the reformers are says that we're the 47:54 beast Revaltion 13 are fellowing them and believe them 47:58 so come up with a different interruption and so Francisco Robero 48:02 wrote a commentary that said antichrist would be one person 48:06 who only rises at the end of time and that was the beginning 48:10 of what was known as futurism 48:14 as time passed another Jesuit named Manuel Lacunza 48:18 he wrote a manuscript called the coming of the messiah and 48:22 glory and majesty he started writing about antichrist being one person 48:26 at the end of time his manuscripts were published in different countries 48:30 and various parts of the world and what eventually happend is 48:34 a protestant preacher Edward Irving a very popular preacher 48:38 in the 1800s he translated Lacunzas work 48:42 into English in a book that has a rather long 48:46 title they them long titles back then is was called 48:50 The Coming of Massiah in Glory and Majesty with a Prefiminary Discourse 48:54 And so now Edward Irving started preaching this in the 1800s 48:58 then John Nelson Darby another popular preacher 49:02 puts together the secret rapture theory and start teach it 49:06 and eventually it made its way into the Scofield reference 49:10 Bible into the foot notes of that Bible and it has 49:14 been popular ever since but the truth is 49:18 before the 1800s the idea of a rapture 49:22 or snatching away was never taught by any 49:26 protestant church it is Actually a new 49:30 theory that has only developed in the last 200 years 49:34 it goes all back to roman in the reformation to take heat 49:38 off them at that time and when you realize 49:42 it comes man theory made and does not come from of the word of God 49:46 it should raise a little red flag in our minds 49:50 becasue if you were here when we studied the second coming of Jesus we did that 49:54 Last Sunday night remember what we learned 49:58 remmeber all the verses said we will see Jesus in the clouds 50:02 powery and great glory trumpets are blowing 50:07 the tribes of the earth are mourning the Lord descends with a shout the voice 50:11 of the acrchangelis heard the dead in Christ rise 50:15 The sky recedes as a scroll mountains and island are moved out of there plces. 50:19 does that sound like something that would be secrete not 50:23 according to the word of God you say where did that idea 50:27 come from then I just going to show two things in the Bible 50:31 That are sometimes taken out of context and I do wand to spend just a few 50:35 minutes on this because it illustrates an important principle 50:40 never take a verse out of its context and build a doctrine 50:44 on it let me give you an example 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 10 50:48 The Bible Says But the day 50:52 of the Lord will come as a What? thief in the night, now 50:56 if i took just that part of the verse honestly that almost does makes it sound like 51:00 kind of secret but if i read the rest vesrse 51:04 instead of just taking a half verse out of its context it 51:08 clarifies it because the rest of verse Says 51:25 you say ok What about Matthew 24:40? what about that phrase 51:37 If I just take 51:41 two verse i can see how a sincere person would think 51:45 wow that must be secret but remember you always have to read 51:49 the verses before and after to get the context 51:53 so lets do that and see what it really says 51:57 lets start in verse 36 52:51 See Jesus is comparing his coming to the time of Noah 52:55 think about that when Noah preached that a flood 53:00 as coming and built the ark how long did he peached 53:03 120 years. So when the 53:08 flood finally came did every body know the rains stared 53:12 coming sure that wasn't hidden and so what does it says 53:16 some were on the ark and they were saved 53:20 those how were left behind what happen 53:24 they perish there was no second change they perish 53:28 So when your realize the bible is using that 53:32 term two men will be in the field: one will be taken, there are meeting the Lord in the air the others 53:36 are left behind to perish it is comparing to the time 53:40 of Noah and that is why jesus says watch 53:44 therefore becasue you dont know the hour He is coming 53:48 not that it is secret He know world will no be 53:52 paying attention for some it will come 53:56 unexpectedly see 54:00 The reason rapture theory as wonderful as it may sound 54:04 the reason it could be dangerous is thsi beaude I have heard people say 54:08 you know what I'm just to wait until people are suddenly snatched away 54:12 and planes crash and cars diving through a ditch 54:16 then when I see that happen then i will get serious with God 54:20 see it can cause people to be lackadaisical about thier relationship with Christ 54:24 because if I live my life delaying my discussion 54:28 because I think a second change is coming 54:32 when Jesus comes I find out there is no second change what is going to happen to me 54:36 I will be lost my 54:40 second shange is now our scond change was the cross 54:44 that is why Jesus said or Hebrews said today 54:48 if you hear His voice do not harden 54:52 your heart you see folks this is the most glories prophecy 54:56 in the old testament it prophesied when Jesus would begin 55:00 begin His ministry and when the Messiah would come it prophesied when He would die 55:04 on the cross it tells us that Jesus came 55:08 come right on time 55:12 that is why John wrote 55:24 Frinds I don't know what your life 55:29 been like I don't want tragedies have come 55:33 your way I don't know what path life has taken 55:37 you on in your life right now struggling with gilt 55:41 gilt because of the past you may be struggling with a sense of 55:46 unworthiness because you can't change the chooses you have made 55:50 you may struggling and you may feel enslaved by addictions may be trapped 55:55 by habits and you begin to wonder can Jesus really love me 55:59 wonder can I truly be saved but this prophecy tells 56:03 there is a savior this prophecy tells me there is 56:08 substitute that there is someone that trod this earth 56:12 for 33 1/2 years that here is someone 56:17 loves me who died for me that there is 56:21 a redeemer who will take His righteousness and put in my record book 56:25 it says he was wounded for our transgressions 56:30 by His strip we are healed 56:34 and so whatever your struggles may be Jesus just invites you 56:39 to come, that why the book of Revelastion ends 56:43 with a invitation 56:56 whatever is going in your world and your life Jesus says come to me as you are 57:01 I will forgive you I cleanse you 57:05 I will change and transform you I will 57:10 I will make you free all we have to do is 57:14 simply come tonight if 57:18 you are willing to say in your heart Lord Jesus I believe you are the Son of God 57:23 and I want to spend eternity with you 57:27 I would like you invite you to stand with me as I pray in your heart 57:32 I believe that Jesus is the prophesied Son of God and I 57:36 desire to be in heaven with him I invite you to stand 57:41 as we close Heavenly Father 57:45 we are excited about the prophecy of Your Word 57:49 we are in awed that you would love us so much 57:54 that much you would predict when Jesus would come so we could identify him 57:58 but most of all you would invite us to come 58:03 as sinful as our life maybe thank you Lord for 58:07 sending Jesus and whatever decision we need to make 58:11 we pray give the power and the courage 58:15 to follow the Messiah with all of our hears and all of souls 58:19 and all of our might these thing we ask and pray 58:24 in Jesus Name Amen |
Revised 2015-10-14