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00:16 Welcome back! For the afternoon session. 00:20 Good to see you all. Have you gotten your 00:22 oranges today? [Yes.] Popcorn? [laughter] 00:28 Don't forget about coming tomorrow; there might 00:30 be another surprise. You never know. 00:33 We are going to study lesson or chapter #8. 00:39 Chapter #8 - it's page 211. How many of you 00:46 read this chapter? [raises hand] 00:52 Ehh... 5 or 6. That's not a bad percentage 00:56 out of 40. [laughs with audience] But anyway, 01:00 let's have a word of prayer to begin the 01:02 session this afternoon, and then we'll get right 01:05 into this lesson. Father in heaven, thank You 01:08 for the good time of rest that we've been 01:11 able to have between the morning session and 01:14 the afternoon session. We thank You that we 01:16 are able to come back to open Your Word in 01:20 a time where the world is in turmoil over this 01:25 virus that can cause what even wars can't 01:29 cause. We are comforted by Your Word, that You're 01:33 sitting on the throne... Everything is under Your 01:36 control. And we know that we commit our 01:39 lives to You, You will be with us all the way 01:43 till the end. So we ask that as we continue to 01:45 study, that Your Holy Spirit will be present 01:48 with us to enlighten our minds and open 01:50 our hearts. We want to understand Your Word 01:54 so that we can share it with others. So be 01:57 with us, Lord; bless us and keep us in 02:00 Your care. We pray in Jesus' precious name. 02:04 Amen. All right. You say, "Why are we gonna 02:10 take a look at Matthew and Luke?" Well, because 02:15 Matthew and Luke are related to Revelation 02:17 chapter 11 and verse 2. So, we have to take a 02:20 look at that, as well. So let's go to page 211. 02:26 A study of the two witnesses of Revelation 02:29 11 would not be complete unless we take some time 02:35 to study parallel passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 02:41 chapter 21. These chapters bear directly on what we 02:46 have been studying in the last couple of sessions. 02:50 So, let's go to Matthew chapter 24. I want you 02:54 to notice that in this chapter, there are four 02:58 sequential signs. There are several signs, but 03:01 four that I want to focus on. The first 03:05 sign is the destruction of earthly Jerusalem. 03:11 We find that in verses 15-20. Now, you're 03:14 gonna have to read the verses at your leisure 03:18 to follow along. I can only give you the summary 03:20 now. The second sign that is mentioned in 03:23 Matthew chapter 24 is a period of tribulation. 03:28 The third sign that is mentioned is signs in 03:31 the sun and in the moon. By the way, the period 03:35 of tribulation is described in verses 21-28. The signs 03:40 in the sun and moon are described in verse 29. 03:44 And then the final sign is that the powers in 03:48 the heavens will be shaken when the Son of man appears. 03:53 So, those are the four central signs of Matthew 03:58 24. The destruction of earthly Jerusalem, 04:01 a period of tribulation, signs in the sun and moon, 04:06 and the powers in the heavens are shaken 04:09 when the Son of man appears. Now, when you 04:13 compare the parallel passage in Luke- because 04:16 Luke 21 describes the same basic ideas of 04:19 Matthew 24. When you go to Luke 21, there 04:22 appear to be only three signs and not four. What 04:28 are the three signs? The destruction of earthly 04:32 Jerusalem-that's verses 20-24-signs in the sun, 04:38 moon, and stars-that's verse 25-and the powers 04:42 of heaven will be shaken at the coming of the Son 04:45 of man-that's verses 25 and 26. So the 04:50 question is, which sign is missing in Luke that 04:54 is found in Matthew 24? It is the tribulation sign. 05:01 Luke does not mention any tribulation sign. 05:05 However, the question is, is the tribulation really 05:09 missing in Luke chapter 21? The answer is no. 05:15 Luke simply describes the tribulation sign 05:19 differently than Matthew does. Basically, the 05:25 tribulation sign is described in Luke 05:27 as the Gentiles trampling the Holy City. Now you 05:33 see the reason why this is related to Revelation 05:36 11:2, because you have a trampling of the Holy 05:40 City. Now, let's go to our next section. 05:44 This is page 212. One thing is clear: From the first 05:50 part of Luke 21 and verse 24- in fact, let's go 05:54 there now and read that verse, Luke 21:24, 06:00 and let's see what fact is clear there in this 06:05 particular verse. It says there, "And they," 06:10 this is the Jews... [reads text on-screen] 06:22 And you'll notice in the New King James 06:23 Version, there's a period there, right? Which 06:26 makes the separation. So...[repeats beginning of text] 06:36 And then I want you to notice the second part 06:38 of the verse. [continues latter half] 06:50 Does that have any relationship with Revelation 06:53 11:2? Very clearly. Instead of 42 months, 06:58 you have the expression, "the times of the Gentiles," 07:00 right? And you have a mention of Jerusalem, 07:03 also. So, you'll notice here in Luke chapter 07:08 21 and verse 24 that you have the literal 07:13 destruction of the literal city of Jerusalem 07:16 and its literal temple in the first half of 07:20 Matthew chapter 21 and verse 24. This is the 07:23 part where it says, "And they will fall 07:25 by the edge of the sword and be led away captive 07:29 into all nations." Period. On the other hand, the 07:34 second part of Luke 21:24 describes the trampling 07:41 of spiritual Jerusalem by spiritual Gentiles 07:46 during a symbolic period. In other words, Luke 21:24 07:53 is speaking about two trampling's of Jerusalem. 07:57 The first refers to literal Jerusalem. 08:00 The second half of the verse refers to spiritual 08:04 Jerusalem. Now, let's notice what principle 08:09 we are applying here. Louis Weir, -[whom] 08:14 has some really, really fantastic material. 08:17 We have many books of his here at Secrets 08:20 Unsealed in our store- expresses this principle 08:25 of how we can say that Matthew 21:24, the 08:29 first half of the verse, describes the literal 08:31 destruction of Jerusalem, whereas the second half 08:34 describes the period of the trampling of spiritual 08:38 Jerusalem by the Gentiles for 42 months. Here's 08:44 the principle: In his book, The King of the 08:47 North at Jerusalem, pg. 75, he wrote, "When 08:50 passing over into the Christian era, there is 08:55 an automatic transition from," what? "From literal 09:00 to spiritual Babylon." Is Revelation's Babylon 09:03 the literal city over in Iraq? No! Of course 09:07 not. It is a spiritual global system, right? 09:11 The harlot is seated on many waters. All 09:14 nations, tongues, and multitudes follow the 09:16 harlot. Babylon at the end of time is global. 09:20 In the Old Testament, when Israel is God's 09:23 literal people, Babylon is what? Literal. Very 09:27 important principle. The statement continues, 09:29 "When passing over into the Christian era, there 09:32 is an automatic transition from literal to spiritual 09:35 Babylon, from literal to spiritual," what? 09:39 "Jerusalem, from literal lands of Israel and 09:43 Babylon to their spiritual antitypes." What is a 09:48 spiritual antitype of Babylon? The papacy. 09:53 What is the spiritual antitype of Jerusalem? 09:57 Duh, the saints of the Most High. Aren't those the 10:01 two enemies in Daniel 7? In Revelation 13? Absolutely! 10:06 So, what is Jerusalem in the period of the 10:10 Christian church? It's the church! What is 10:14 Jerusalem when Jerusalem was destroyed by the 10:17 Romans? It is literal Jerusalem. So if we're 10:20 dealing with literal Jerusalem, Jerusalem 10:22 is literal; if we're dealing with spiritual 10:24 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, of course, is symbolic. 10:29 Are you understanding the principle? By the 10:33 way, when did probation close for the literal 10:35 Jewish nation? In the year 34 when Stephen 10:38 was stoned. There, you transition to what? To 10:42 the Christian church, which is now Jerusalem. 10:45 Not literal Jerusalem- symbolic, or spiritual, 10:49 Jerusalem. Now, let's go to the bottom of 10:51 page 212. "When the second part of Luke 21:24 10:56 describes the trampling of Jerusalem, it is not 11:00 referring to," what? "To the physical city 11:03 of brick and mortar. Jesus is," what? 11:07 "Personifying the city." He's treating the city 11:11 as a person, in other words. Notice the following 11:14 text that used the word 'Jerusalem' to refer to 11:17 the people in the city. 2 Kings 24:14-15. 11:25 Speaking about Nebuchadnezzar when he conquered Jerusalem, 11:29 it says, "And he carried into captivity all Jerusalem." 11:35 Wow, pretty difficult to transfer the whole 11:37 physical city to Babylon, right? What does it 11:40 mean when it says, "He carried into captivity 11:43 all Jerusalem"? It's the people of Jerusalem. 11:46 All the captains. You have the definition. 11:49 All the "mighty men of valor," 10,000 captives, 11:53 and all the craftsmen and smiths! None remained 11:56 except the poorest people of the land. So, Jerusalem 11:59 is defined as the what? As the people that lived 12:02 in the city. Jesus in Luke 19:41-44 said 12:08 something similar. Jesus is descending the Mount 12:11 of Olives to Jerusalem to enter the temple 12:13 for the final times of His ministry, and we're 12:18 told there, "Now as He drew near, He saw the 12:21 city and wept over it, saying, 'If you had 12:25 known, even you"... Who is He talking to? 12:30 The city! Can a city really hear what He's 12:35 saying? Once again, Jerusalem refers to 12:39 what? To the inhabitants. "Now as He drew near, 12:44 He saw the city and wept over it, saying, 12:46 'If you had known, even you, especially this in 12:48 your day, the things that make for your 12:51 peace. However, now they are hidden from your eyes, 12:54 for days will come upon you when your enemies 12:56 will build an embankment around you, surround 13:00 you, and close you in on every side and 13:03 level you and your children within you"... 13:06 So it's not only the physical city, but what? 13:10 The children that live there. "Your children within you 13:13 to the ground, and they will not leave in you 13:16 one stone upon another, because you did not know 13:20 the time of your visitation." So what is Jerusalem? 13:26 In the Old Testament, Jerusalem is the population 13:30 of Jerusalem. In the church age, what is 13:33 Jerusalem? It is the members of the Christian 13:37 church; it is globalized, if you please. Notice 13:41 also Matthew 23:37-39. Once again, Jesus 13:45 personifies Jerusalem. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem..." 13:49 [continues reading text on-screen] 14:00 So it's the children, right? That is the city. 14:02 [continues reading text] 14:10 -he's speaking about Jerusalem- 14:12 [continues text] 14:21 So far so good? Clear? Okay. Now, let's go to 14:26 the four key elements in Luke 21:24, the 14:32 second half of the verse, and Revelation 11:2. 14:35 What do these two verses have in common? Is there 14:39 a mention of Jerusalem in both? Yes. Is there 14:43 a mention of trampling in both? Yes. Is there 14:47 a mention of Gentiles in both? [Yes.] Is there 14:51 a mention of times in both? Yes. In Luke, 14:57 it is the times of the Gentiles, whereas in 15:00 the book of Revelation it is specified as what? 15:04 42 months. So what are the times of the Gentiles? 15:08 The times of the Gentiles are 42 months. Now let's 15:12 notice Revelation 11:2-3. This is what we already 15:17 studied earlier today. [reads text on-screen] 15:25 "For it has been given," is the usual way that 15:29 it was translated, but we notice that the 15:32 better translation is what? "For it was given 15:36 to the Gentiles." When was it given to the Gentiles? 15:39 In what year? In the year 538. "It was given 15:44 to the Gentiles," and what would the Gentiles 15:46 do after 538? "And they will tread the Holy City"- 15:51 what is the Holy City? [Jerusalem.] Yeah, 15:55 Jerusalem. What kind of Jerusalem? [Spiritual.] 15:58 Spiritual Jerusalem, because here, we're 16:00 in the Christian age. We're no longer dealing 16:03 with literal Israel; we're dealing with the 16:05 Christian age. Now let's read, once again, Revelation 16:08 11:2-3. "However, leave out the court which is 16:12 outside the temple and do not measure it, for 16:14 it was given to the Gentiles, and they 16:17 will tread the Holy City underfoot for 42 months, 16:21 and I will give power to my two witnesses, 16:24 and they will prophesy 1,260 days, clothed in 16:28 sackcloth." Are the 42 months and the 1,260 16:31 days the same period? [Yes.] Yes, they are 16:34 the same period. Now, here comes the key 16:37 point: When John wrote Revelation 11:2, at the 16:42 end of the first century, it is believed that John 16:46 wrote the book of Revelation around the year 95 A.D. 16:50 When was the city of Jerusalem destroyed? 16:53 In the year 70, so the city had already been 16:55 destroyed-for how long? At least for 25 years. 16:59 So when John wrote Revelation 11:2, at the end of the 17:02 first century, the Romans had destroyed the literal 17:05 city of Jerusalem and it had been in ruins 17:08 for 25 years. So can Revelation 11:2 apply 17:12 to literal Jerusalem? No! The Gentiles had 17:17 already taken the Jews captive, so this cannot 17:21 refer to the trampling of the literal city of 17:24 Jerusalem in the year 70 A.D. Even the literal 17:31 treading down of the outer sanctuary had 17:33 taken place more than 42 months before John's 17:37 time. So even if you take the 42 months 17:39 as being literal, that doesn't amount to 25 17:42 years, implying that the number was what? 17:47 It can't be a literal number, because Jerusalem 17:50 was destroyed 25 years before. So even if you 17:53 say "42 months before John wrote," that's 17:56 only three-and-a-half years...so it doesn't 17:58 square. So once again, even the literal treading 18:01 down of the outer sanctuary had taken place 18:04 more than 42 months before John's time, 18:07 implying-this is the proof of the year/day principle- 18:10 implying that the number was what? Symbolic for 18:13 the whole period from its devastation in some 18:17 sense until it's what? Until its restoration. 18:22 So, Revelation 11:2 contains the very same 18:26 four elements that Jesus mentioned in Luke 21:24- 18:31 the second half of the verse. Holy City-Jerusalem- 18:35 trampling, Gentiles, and 42 months (refers 18:40 to times of the Gentiles). Are we on a good track 18:43 here? Good. Now, who are the Gentiles that 18:47 are mentioned here? Remember we talked 18:49 about the Gentiles this morning? Remember we 18:51 read from Albert Barnes, the Bible commentator? 18:54 Who did he say the Gentiles were? The 18:57 Roman Catholic papacy, and he was right on 18:59 target, wasn't he? Who are the Gentiles, and 19:03 what does the word 'Jerusalem' mean? We 19:06 have already pointed out that Jerusalem during 19:08 the Christian dispensation refers to God's faithful 19:12 church. We did that this morning. And 'Gentiles' 19:16 refers to those who are enemies of Christ's 19:20 faithful church. And then you can read all of these 19:23 texts that we have here; we don't have time to 19:26 read all of these texts, but I hope that when 19:28 you get home, you'll sit down and read all 19:31 of these verses that I have in parentheses. 19:33 We just can't go through all of them. Next paragraph. 19:37 In Revelation 11:1, the angel told John to measure 19:42 what? The temple and those who worship in 19:45 it. Now we're going- Revelation 11:1, does 19:49 that belong with chapter 11? [No.] No. What does 19:52 it belong with? Revelation chapter 10. It's the 19:56 conclusion to Revelation 10. You say, "How do 19:59 you know that?" Well, let me just summarize; 20:01 we're gonna study Revelation 10 in detail. Revelation 20:04 10 ends by the angel telling John, "You must 20:10 prophesy again to nations, tongues, peoples, and 20:13 kings." Okay? And then, in the very next verse, 20:17 you have the measuring of the temple. Are you 20:21 following the sequence? So, the Great Disappointment 20:27 in 1844, the experience that was sweet and then 20:32 turned bitter, God says, "You must prophesy again," 20:37 of course with new understanding. So what 20:40 began immediately after the Great Disappointment? 20:43 What great insight did Hiram Edson have the 20:45 very next day as he was crossing a field with 20:50 one of his friends? He says, "I saw distinctly 20:54 and clearly that instead of Jesus coming to the 20:57 earth on October 22, 1844, he entered from the Holy 21:00 to the Most Holy Place. Is that measuring the 21:04 temple? So does Revelation 11:1 belong with chapter 21:10 10? Yeah! It speaks about what we are to prophesy 21:14 again about. We're supposed to prophesy 21:16 again about the measuring of the temple, which 21:19 is the judgment. The hour of His judgment 21:22 has come - the first angel's message. Are 21:25 we going okay? Now, in Revelation 11:1, the angel 21:31 told John to measure the temple and those who 21:33 worship in it, but not to measure the court 21:36 because it was given to the Gentiles for 42 21:40 months. When John wrote the book of Revelation, 21:44 Rome had already destroyed the literal temple, and 21:47 the literal Jews had been scattered among the 21:49 nations. This means that the temple referred to 21:52 here must be the one where? It must be the 21:57 one in heaven. And the worshipers must be those 22:01 who worship there what? Spiritually. Let me ask 22:05 you: Can we worship in heaven? Can we come 22:09 boldly to the throne of grace in heaven? [Yes.] 22:12 Can we enter the sanctuary in heaven? [Yes.] How? 22:15 By faith! Spiritually, we get into it. Spiritual 22:20 Jerusalem can worship in heaven, by faith. 22:25 So, basically, we are to understand that the 22:28 temple is the heavenly sanctuary literally, 22:32 and the church, what? Symbolically or spiritually. 22:39 Now, there's not only a link between Revelation 22:43 11:2-3 and Luke 21:24, the second half of the 22:51 verse. There's also a link between Revelation 22:54 11:2-3 and Daniel 7 and 8. This is where it's 22:59 gonna become even clearer. Let's pursue that. 23:03 According to Revelation 11:2, the trampling of 23:07 the city occurs for a period of how long? 23:10 42 months, also described in the next verse-that 23:14 is, verse 3-as what? 1,260 days. Don't forget 23:21 this. So, are the 1,260 days and the 42 months 23:26 the same period expressed with different terminology? 23:29 Yes. Now notice - this links the 42 months of 23:34 verse 2 with the 1,260 days of verse 3. I'm 23:39 gonna go slow, because this is critically important. 23:41 Furthermore-even more- it links Revelation 11:2-3 23:48 with the 1,260 days of Revelation what? 12:14. 23:54 Let's go there to Revelation chapter 12 and verse 14. 23:59 So is there a connection between Revelation 11:2-3, 24:03 Luke 21:24-the second half of the verse-and 24:08 Revelation 12:14? Yes. Let's notice Revelation 12 24:13 and verse 14. Here, the dragon is pursuing the 24:18 woman. For how long? Well, let's read. "But 24:24 the woman..." [text resumes on-screen] 24:37 Now, let's go back to verse 6. [reads text] 24:50 Is that the same period as Revelation 11:2-3? 24:54 [Yes.] Is it the times of the Gentiles? Absolutely! 24:59 Now, let's continue here. Does Revelation 25:03 13:5 also mention 42 months, which are 25:07 mentioned there in Revelation 11:2-3? 25:11 Let's go to Revelation chapter 13 - Revelation 25:14 chapter 13 and let's read verse 5. This is 25:17 speaking about the beast. What is the beast? The 25:22 papacy. What is the little horn? The papacy. 25:26 Now, notice Revelation 13:5. "And he," that is, 25:31 the beast... [resumes text on-screen] 25:43 So notice the verses here where we have 25:46 the bullet points. 42 months (Revelation 11:2), 25:50 1,260 days (Revelation 11:3), 1,260 days (Revelation 12:14), 25:58 42 months (Revelation 13:5)... and did you notice we 26:03 have "time, times, and the dividing of time," also 26:06 there in Revelation chapter 12? Where do we find that 26:09 also? In Daniel 7:25. So here's my question: 26:15 Is Revelation 11:2-3, Luke 21:24-the second 26:23 part of the verse-Revelation 12:6 & 14, Revelation 26:29 13:5, Daniel 7:25... Are those verses addressing 26:36 the very same powers? [Yes.] Yes! So now, 26:41 you have a very interesting issue, because once again, 26:45 the importance of the literary structure. 26:48 Revelation chapter 12, for example, mentions 26:50 that the dragon who persecutes the woman 26:53 for time, times, and the dividing of time - 26:55 that's 538 to 1798. But now, wait a minute- 26:59 didn't we, in chapter 11, study about the 27:01 French Revolution? Well, that's in the 1790s! 27:07 So is Revelation 11 and 12 in chronological order? 27:11 [No.] They're not in chronological order! 27:13 What is Revelation 12 doing? It is now going 27:16 to go back, and it's going to amplify some 27:18 details that we have in Revelation 11. Revelation 27:22 13 mentions the 42 months, so there's still something 27:24 to say in Revelation 13 that wasn't said in Revelation 27:28 12 that wasn't said in Revelation 11! Are you 27:31 following me? This is the importance of the literary 27:34 structure of the book of Revelation. Now, 27:37 let's continue. Middle of the page, pg. 215. 27:40 In order to understand Revelation 11:2-3, 27:43 we must go back to the Old Testament roots of 27:47 this prophecy, and we find those roots where? 27:50 In Daniel 7:21 and 25, Daniel 8:11-13, and 27:57 Daniel 11:31-35. In these verses, we find a power 28:03 that tramples underfoot what? It tramples underfoot 28:09 the temple of God its true worshipers not 28:14 by the Roman Empire, but by what? By a 28:19 rebellious little horn that introduced an 28:22 idolatrous Christian worship that caused 28:25 desolation. Let's go to Daniel chapter 8 for a 28:29 moment, where the little horn is described. Daniel 28:32 chapter 8. Is there an idea of trampling in Daniel 28:38 chapter 8? Yes! The little horn. Is that the 28:42 same little horn as Daniel 7? Yes. So notice Daniel 28:46 chapter 7, and let's read beginning with 28:49 verse 11. "He even exalted himself as high as the 28:53 Prince of the host." Who is the Prince of 28:55 the host? Jesus. "And by him"-by the little 28:59 horn-"the daily was taken away." What 29:03 is the daily? It's the continual ministration 29:06 of Jesus first in the court on earth, and 29:09 then in the Holy Place of the sanctuary. So, 29:13 is this work that the little horn is doing 29:15 having something to do with the sanctuary? 29:17 Absolutely! It continues, "And the place of his 29:20 sanctuary was cast down. Because of the transgression, 29:24 an army was given over to the horn to oppose 29:27 the daily, and he cast the truth to the ground. 29:31 He did this all and," what? "He did this all and 29:36 prospered." So, let's go down to verse 13. 29:42 "And I heard a holy one speaking, and another 29:44 one said to that certain one who was speaking, 29:48 'How long will the vision be concerning the daily 29:50 sacrifices, the giving of both sanctuary and 29:53 the host to be,'" what? "'To be trampled underfoot.'" 29:59 So does the little horn in Daniel 8 trample 30:01 underfoot the sanctuary and the Prince and the host? 30:05 Yes. In Revelation 11:2-3, is that what happens 30:09 also? Trampling of Jerusalem for the 30:12 times of the Gentiles? Absolutely! Are all of 30:16 these prophecies interrelated? They most certainly are. 30:20 Now, let's go to the next point. According to 30:24 Daniel 7:21 and 25, this little horn blasphemed 30:29 God and persecuted His people for time, times, 30:34 and the dividing of time. So, let's consider the 30:37 historical framework of the little horn's 30:40 work in Daniel 7. First of all, you have what 30:43 in Daniel 7? You have a lion, which represents 30:47 which kingdom? Babylon. Then you have a bear - 30:51 the Medes and Persians. Then you have a leopard - 30:54 Greece. Then you have a dragon beast - Rome. 30:58 Then the dragon beast sprouts ten horns. That 31:02 is what came as a result of the barbarian invasions, 31:06 the divisions of the Roman Empire. And then 31:09 once the divisions are there... This is well into 31:13 the Christian period, isn't it? Because Rome 31:16 by this point has fallen; the kingdom has been 31:20 divided into ten kingdoms. You have a little horn 31:23 that rises, and then how long does that little horn 31:26 rule? Time, times, and the dividing of time. 31:29 Let's read it: Daniel 7:25. "The little horn shall 31:33 speak pompous words against the Most High." 31:35 [text continues on-screen] 31:47 So let me ask you, is Daniel 7:25 connected 31:51 with Revelation 11:2-3? [Yes.] How about Revelation 31:56 12:6 and 14? [Yes.] How about Revelation 32:00 13:5? [Yes.] How about Luke 21:24, the second 32:05 part of the verse? They're all linked! They're all 32:08 describing the identical same period. Let's continue 32:12 here. Immediately after the nefarious work of 32:15 the little horn, what begins in Daniel 7? 32:24 The judgment sits, and the books are opened. 32:29 So immediately after the rule of the little 32:30 horn, what begins? The judgment. The Father 32:35 sits on His throne, and then the Son comes to 32:39 the Father to receive His what? To receive 32:42 His kingdom. What is His kingdom? The 32:45 people had belonged to the kingdom. How does 32:47 He determine which people belong to His 32:49 kingdom? He has to do a judgment. So notice, 32:53 immediately after the work of the little horn, 32:56 you have the judgment. So what would you expect 33:00 after the 1,260 days, or the 42 months, on 33:04 which the Gentiles trampled upon Jerusalem? 33:09 What would you expect next? Do you have to 33:14 be King Solomon to figure it out? [laughter] No! 33:17 You would expect the judgment, right? So, 33:20 does Revelation chapter 11 tell us that after the 33:24 period of the rule of the little horn, the temple 33:27 was gonna be measured? Absolutely! So the 33:30 sequence is the same. So, let's continue here. 33:34 Immediately after the nefarious work of the 33:36 little horn, the judgment in the heavenly temple 33:38 begins! This order of events is very similar 33:41 to Revelation 11:1-3, where the measuring of 33:45 the heavenly "naos"- that's the temple- 33:47 follows the trampling of Jerusalem for 42 33:50 months. So, the little horn rules time, times, 33:54 and the dividing of time... After that, the judgment. 33:57 In Revelation chapter 11, the Gentiles trampled 34:00 Jerusalem for 42 months. After that, the measuring 34:02 of the temple. You know, our idea of the investigative 34:06 judgment is not some invention by Ellen G. 34:09 White, like many of these magazines on 34:15 the fringes of Adventism say - not to mention them 34:19 because this is gonna be broadcast on television. 34:21 I don't want to give them any free advertisement. 34:23 [laughter] These verses prove that the measuring 34:29 of the temple follows the trampling of the 34:31 City, and not vice versa. Is my translation 34:34 correct? "Was given to the Gentiles" in the light 34:37 of everything we're studying? Absolutely. 34:40 Now, continuing. Daniel 8 further amplifies the 34:43 nefarious work of the little horn power by 34:45 specifically saying that it trampled what? 34:50 The sanctuary and the host, language very 34:54 similar to what? To Revelation 11:2-3. 34:59 Daniel 8 describes two distinct stages of the 35:02 little horn power. One stage is horizontal 35:06 and the other, vertical. You see, the little horn- 35:08 there's only one little horn in Daniel 8 that 35:10 illustrates both Rome's: pagan Rome and papal 35:13 Rome. At first, the little horn is conquering 35:17 geographically-horizontally. But then, at some point, 35:22 the little horn morphs. It morphs into a power 35:26 that attacks heaven. Let's read the verses. 35:29 Daniel 8:9. And out of one of them, out of 35:32 the four wins, into which the kingdom of Alexander 35:38 the Great was divided. [text on-screen] 35:46 Does this have anything to do with an attack 35:48 against heaven? No. Notice verses 10-13. 35:52 We just read that. [text on-screen] 36:02 Could this be, possibly, the reason why a third 36:05 of the stars were eclipsed? [reads text on-screen] 36:13 In other words, he even attacks Jesus and His 36:15 ministry in the sanctuary! "And by him"-that is, 36:17 by the little horn"- 36:19 the daily was taken away, which is the 36:21 ministration of Jesus in the Holy Place... 36:23 [finishes off text] 36:27 "...an army was given"- this is a state, by the way. 36:30 [resumes text on-screen] 36:39 How long did it prosper? 42 months; 1,260 days; 36:45 the times of the Gentiles; time, times, and the 36:48 dividing of time. Continues saying in verse 13... 36:52 [reads text on-screen] 37:07 What is the answer? Unto 2,300 days, then 37:10 the sanctuary would be cleansed. In other words, 37:12 the judgment will what? The judgment will begin. 37:17 Revelation 13 verses 1 and 2 and verses 37:19 5 through 7 also mention the 42 months. There, 37:23 the beast persecutes the saints, blasphemes 37:26 the heavenly tabernacle and those who dwell 37:29 in heaven. Is that parallel to Daniel 8? 37:34 Did the little horn of Daniel 8 persecute God's 37:37 people, the saints? Yes. Did it blaspheme 37:40 the heavenly tabernacle? Revelation 13 says that! 37:45 The sequence of powers is identical to the one 37:48 in Daniel 7-lion, bear, leopard, dragon, ten 37:52 horns, and beast-whereas in the Old Testament, it was 37:55 lion, bear, leopard, dragon, ten horns, and little horn. 38:00 Little horn was the same as the beast. 38:03 The inevitable conclusion is that this Jerusalem 38:06 that is described in Revelation 11:2-3 38:09 is the Christian era- it's taking place in the 38:13 Christian era-after the demise of what? Of the 38:17 Roman Empire. So, are we dealing with literal 38:19 Jerusalem in the second half of Luke 21:24? 38:24 No. It is another Jerusalem; it is spiritual 38:29 Jerusalem. So, you have here a link between Daniel 38:33 7 and 8 and Revelation 11 and 13. You have 38:37 a lion, a bear, a leopard, a dragon, ten horns, 38:40 and then a beast that rules for 42 months. 38:43 Let's read the verses. [text on-screen] 38:53 Does that connect with Revelation 11:2-3? 38:57 Absolutely! Is the beast the same as the Gentiles 39:03 in Revelation 11:2-3? Is the beast the same 39:05 as the Gentiles? [Yes.] Is the little horn the 39:08 same as the Gentiles? [Yes.] Absolutely! So 39:10 was Albert Barnes right in what he said? Oh, 39:14 you better believe it. 'Course, he didn't 39:16 realize the implications of what he was writing. 39:20 It says... [reads text on-screen] 39:25 Is that what the little horn did in Daniel 8? 39:28 Yes! And those who dwell in heaven. Did the little 39:32 horn in Daniel 8 cast the stars [from] heaven 39:34 to the earth? Yeah! Representing God's 39:37 people. [continues reading text] 39:48 Now what about Daniel 7 and Revelation 12? 39:51 Furthermore, Revelation 11:3 bears a relationship 39:55 with Revelation 12:14, because both refer- 39:58 actually, it should be Revelation chapter 12 40:00 verse 6-because both refer to what? To 1,260 40:07 days...or is it the other way around? 40:10 Let's see here. Revelation chapter 12 and verse 14. 40:14 ...It's verse 6 and verse 14, actually. Verse 6 40:17 says, "Then the woman fled to the wilderness 40:20 that she should be there 1,260 days." 40:23 So, this should be, Revelation 11:13 bears a close 40:27 relationship with Revelation 12:6, not Revelation 12:14, 40:32 so you need to make the correction there. Even 40:34 further, the terminology of Revelation 12:6 shares 40:39 a common language with Revelation 12:14-that 40:42 should be 12:14 there- and Revelation 12:6, 40:47 in turn, has a connection with Daniel what? 7:25 40:51 by the common reference to time, times, and the 40:55 dividing of time. Let's read those verses so 40:58 we can catch the nuance very clearly. Revelation 41:01 12:13-14. [reads text] 41:20 In verse- actually, verse 6. It says- 41:26 this would be Revelation 12:6 and the other one 41:28 should be Revelation 12... You need to make those 41:31 corrections there, and I'm sure Genie is 41:34 writing this down. But anyway, Revelation 41:36 chapter 12 says... [text on-screen] 41:48 So, in Revelation 12, you have 1,260 days 41:51 and you have time, times, and the dividing of time. 41:54 Where does that come from-time, times, and 41:56 dividing of time? It comes from Daniel 7:25. 42:00 Let's read it. "He shall speak pompous words 42:02 against the Most High, shall persecute the saints 42:04 of the Most High, shall intend to change times 42:07 and law, then the saints shall be given into his 42:09 hand for a time, times, and half a time. Are 42:14 you following me? [Yes.] So must we study Revelation 42:18 11- actually, verse 2 through verse 6, which 42:23 is describing the fourth trumpet, or the 1,260 42:25 years. Must we study that passage along with 42:30 Luke 21:24, the second half of the verse, along 42:34 with Daniel chapter 7, Daniel chapter 8, 42:38 Revelation chapter 12, and Revelation chapter 13? 42:42 They're all describing the same event - 42:45 the same power. Now, let's go to the middle 42:48 of page 218. Therefore, we can safely reach 42:53 the conclusion that the 3.5 times, the 1,260 42:58 days, and the 42 months are all parallel expressions. 43:02 A careful study of these prophecies indicates 43:05 clearly that their fulfillment took place 43:09 during a 1,260-year period after the 43:15 disintegration of the Roman Empire. This means 43:18 that the Jerusalem spoken of in Luke 21 is not literal 43:24 Jerusalem, but rather what? Spiritual Jerusalem, 43:29 because literal Jerusalem had already been devastated 43:33 by the year 70 A.D. Now, once again, Albert Barnes. 43:42 I wish that he had been here today. [laughter] 43:46 He didn't have all the light, you know? He 43:48 wrote more than a century ago, actually. So notice 43:54 what he wrote - right on target. "The 42 months 44:00 would embrace the whole period of the ascendancy 44:03 and prevalence of the papacy." So did Albert 44:06 Barnes believe in the year-day principle? 44:09 Of course he did! The Protestant reformers 44:11 believed in the year-day principle! But you know 44:14 what disappeared? You need to read my book, 44:17 Futurism's Incredible Journey. There, I 44:20 document why the Protestant world abandoned the year-day 44:24 principle: Because the Millerites used the 44:27 year-day principle to say that Jesus was 44:30 coming on October 22, 1844, and when Jesus 44:34 did not come, they said, "The method was wrong." 44:40 Sad. So, "The 42 months would embrace the whole 44:45 period of the ascendancy and prevalence of the 44:47 papacy." Would that be more than 42 literal months? 44:51 Of course. "Or the whole time of the continuance 44:54 of that corrupt domination in which Christendom was 44:59 to be trodden down and corrupted by it." So 45:03 according to him, who are the Gentiles? 45:07 The papacy. And what is Jerusalem? Christendom! 45:13 Right? And then it continues. "That's 45:16 regarded, this would properly express the 45:19 time of the ascendancy of the papal power and 45:21 the end of the 42 months, or 1,260 years would 45:27 denote the time when the influence of that 45:30 power would cease." In other words, it gives the 45:33 starting point, and it gives us what? The 45:36 ending point of the dominion of the papacy. 45:41 "Even the rocks will cry out." [laughs] If Adventists 45:45 don't see it, the Lord uses people in other 45:48 churches, also, that have gleams of light 45:51 to help people say, "Well, those Adventists 45:53 are not so crazy, after all." Now, let's go to our 45:57 final point in this segment. Thoughts on 46:00 Daniel 9:26-27. How many destructions of 46:05 Jerusalem do you have in Daniel 9:26-27? Two. 46:13 You say, "Now, wait a minute. Actually, there's 46:15 three." No, wait a minute. Let's read the 46:20 verses. Daniel chapter 9:26-27 - let's read 46:24 the paragraph, and then we'll go to those verses. 46:26 We have reached the conclusion that the two 46:28 halves of Luke 21:24 describe two distinct 46:32 trampling's of two different Jerusalem's. The first half 46:36 describes literal Jerusalem trampled by the literal 46:39 Romans. The second half of the verse describes 46:42 the trampling of spiritual Jerusalem-that is, the 46:45 church-by spiritual Rome- that is, the papacy. 46:49 Revelation 11:2 expands upon the second half 46:52 of Luke 21:24. Now, let's read Daniel 9:26-27. 46:59 You remember that God allotted to the Jews how 47:02 many weeks? 70 weeks. He says, "I'm gonna give 47:05 you 70 more weeks of grace. This is your 47:08 opportunity. And if you don't shape up, I'm gonna 47:13 ship you out." [laughs] ...is basically what He's 47:16 saying. Now, notice Daniel 9:26. "After the 47:21 62 weeks"...and that's understood that it's 47:23 the 62 plus the 7, which is 69. "Messiah shall be 47:29 cut off, but not for Himself." What is that 47:33 referring to? The death of Jesus. And the people 47:37 of the prince who is to come..." Who are 47:41 the people of the prince who is to come? The people 47:44 are the Jews. And who is the prince? [Jesus.] 47:48 Jesus! So did the people destroy their own city? 47:52 Yep. "And the people of the prince who is to 47:55 come shall," what? "Destroy the city and 47:59 the sanctuary." Which city and sanctuary? 48:02 So at the end of the 70 weeks, what was 48:04 gonna happen? Eventually, Jerusalem and its sanctuary 48:08 was gonna be what? Destroyed. When was 48:11 that fulfilled? In the year 70. And then it 48:15 describes what it's like. [finishes off the verse] 48:25 So you have the word, 'desolations', "are 48:27 determined." [continues reading] Goes back to 48:31 talk about the final week. [continues reading] 48:38 It refers, once again, to the destruction of 48:40 Jerusalem. [continues reading] 48:51 Does Matthew 24 refer to the Roman armies 48:54 as the abomination of 48:55 desolation? Absolutely. [reads back from second line] 49:15 Now, these verses describe the trampling of what? 49:19 Literal Jerusalem in the year 70. It is 49:22 significant that the words 'abomination' and 49:26 then 'desolation' appear in Matthew 24:15, and 49:31 they reappear here. It is probable that Daniel 49:34 9:26-27 not only refers to a future desolation 49:39 of literal Jerusalem in the year 70, but also 49:43 to the subsequent desolation at the end of time. This 49:48 seems to be the case, because the plural form, 49:51 'desolations', means more than one desolation; 49:56 thus, plural form implies more than one desolation. 50:02 If this is the case, then the first part of 50:04 Daniel 9:27 depicts the first desolation of literal 50:08 Jerusalem in A.D. 70 as does the first part 50:11 of Luke 21:24, while the second part of Daniel 9:27 50:17 describes the desolation of what? Of spiritual 50:20 Jerusalem that Jesus described in the second 50:23 part of Luke 21:24. Matthew and Mark-now 50:29 listen carefully-Matthew and Mark referred to this 50:31 period as the what? As the tribulation, a word 50:36 that Jesus used to refer to as what? As the 50:41 trampling of Jerusalem by the Gentiles. So in 50:44 other words, the tribulation is what? The trampling 50:48 of God's people by the Gentiles, by the papacy. 50:52 This interpretation fits very well with the fact 50:55 that Jesus blended the description of literal 50:58 Jerusalem and spiritual Jerusalem. You have 51:03 two statements here. The prophecy which he 51:07 uttered was what? Twofold in its meaning while 51:12 foreshadowing the destruction of Jerusalem-the literal 51:16 Jerusalem, that is-it what? Prefigured also 51:20 the terrors of the last great day. And incidentally, 51:24 there's something more here: How many stages 51:27 does the papacy have? ...Two. What is the 51:34 first stage? The 1,260 years. What will be the 51:38 second stage? When its deadly wound is healed. 51:43 Did the papacy trample upon Jerusalem during 51:46 the first period of its dominion? [Yes.] Is it 51:49 gonna trample upon Jerusalem, spiritually 51:52 speaking, in the second stage? [Yes.] So we're to 51:55 understand that, really, the second stage of the 51:59 papacy is actually a continuation of the 52:02 first with the period of the deadly wound 52:05 in between-but it's the same system persecuting 52:08 the saints of the Most High. So when Ellen White 52:11 says that this prophecy is twofold in its meaning, 52:14 she's not only referring to the destruction of literal 52:16 Jerusalem and then the attack on God's people 52:19 at the very end of time. Included also is the 52:23 idea of the tribulation during the 1,260 years. 52:26 That's what she says in Desire of Ages. 52:29 Here's another statement: Great Controversy, pg. 36. 52:32 "The Saviour' s prophecy concerning the visitation 52:34 of judgments upon Jerusalem is to have another," what? 52:38 "Another fulfillment of which that terrible 52:40 desolation was but a faint shadow. In the 52:44 fate of the chosen city, we may behold the doom 52:46 of a world that has rejected God's mercy 52:49 and trampled upon His love." By the way, do 52:53 you remember in Daniel chapter 9:26-27, you 52:57 have the two words, 'abominations,' 'desolation'... 53:00 Does the book of Revelation refer at all to abomination of 53:03 desolation regarding the end-time? Notice our 53:07 last text: Revelation 17:4-6 and verses 15 53:12 and 16. Who does the harlot represent? 53:21 Well, the harlot is Babylon-but who's 53:22 Babylon? The Roman Catholic papacy. Right? 53:28 So, let's notice the end-time application 53:31 of this. Revelation 17:4-6. Speaking about the harlot... 53:36 [reads text on-screen] 53:43 "...a golden cup full of..." [Abominations.] 53:46 Ah, there's one of the key words. [continues reading] 54:02 "...of the martyrs of Jesus..." Is that what happened 54:04 during the 1,260 years, the trampling upon God's 54:07 people? Yes. Was it the same harlot? Yes. Was 54:11 she filled with the same abominations? 54:13 Yeah, only this is the end-time dimension; 54:16 there was one during the 1,260 years. This 54:19 is the last one. It continues. "When I 54:21 saw her, I marveled with great amazement." 54:24 And then notice verse 15. What's gonna happen 54:26 to the harlot? Because of her abominations, 54:30 what's gonna happen? She will be left what? 54:34 Desolate. Incidentally, do you know what the 54:37 abomination of desolation means? It means because 54:39 of the abominations, desolation is coming. 54:45 That applies, by the way, to the United 54:46 States. We won't get into that now. Verse 15: 54:50 "Then he said to me, 'The waters which you 54:52 saw..." [text resumed on-screen] 55:02 Did France hate the harlot at the end of 55:04 the 1,260 years? Are the political rulers gonna 55:09 come up with hate again? Yes! So it says... 55:12 [reads from beginning of text] 55:16 "...and make her..." There's another key 55:18 word: "Desolate"! [finishes off verse] 55:23 By the way, that's a way of saying that 55:24 they're gonna really be mad. [laughter] Even 55:29 further, the last paragraph, 2 Thessalonians 2 explains 55:35 that there would be a long period of apostasy 55:40 before Jesus comes. True or false? Well, 55:46 let's go to 2 Thessalonians 2. We only have a very, 55:48 very short couple of minutes here, but let's 55:51 go to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. Were the 55:55 Thessalonians expecting Jesus to come in their 55:57 day? Yeah! In 1 Thessalonians, the apostle Paul said, 56:01 "We who are alive and remain shall be caught 56:04 up," so they said, "Oh, we're gonna be alive, 56:05 because 'Those who are alive and remain'!" So 56:09 Paul writes a second epistle; he says, "No, 56:10 no, no, no, no. See, you misunderstood me. 56:14 Jesus is not gonna come until a long period of 56:16 apostasy in between." Notice 2 Thessalonians 56:21 chapter 2 and verse 3. "Let no one deceive you 56:24 by any means, for that Day"-that is, the day 56:27 of Christ coming-"will not come unless the 56:29 falling away comes first." The word in Greek is, 56:34 "Unless the 'apostasÃa' comes first, and the 56:39 man of sin is revealed." Who is the man of sin? 56:44 The little horn, the beast, the harlot, the king of 56:47 the north, the abomination of desolation, the anti-Christ... 56:50 Doesn't matter which name you choose. [laughter] 56:54 And what is he gonna do? Is he gonna attack 56:57 God? Yes! "Who opposes and exalts himself above all 57:02 that is called 'God' or that is worshiped 57:05 so that he sits as God," where? Did the little 57:11 horn attack the sanctuary? Did he usurp the position 57:15 of Christ? Yes! So it says, "The man of sin 57:18 sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself 57:24 that he is God." So were you able to follow what 57:29 we studied? We did it quickly. But the good 57:34 thing is, it is written, so you can go back 57:38 and you can look at it; you can study it, you 57:40 can read all of the verses that we've 57:42 included here. So, we have discussed the first, 57:48 second, third, fourth, and fifth trumpets... 57:52 ...and we're still not ready to go to the 57:54 sixth trumpet, because we still have to study 57:57 Revelation 10. But before that, Daniel 12:4. |
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