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00:30 James: So we've made it half way through the book of Daniel. 00:32 We got the introduction and we've got our overview 00:35 and that's where we pick up in Daniel chapter 7 00:38 with the rest of the book hopefully... 00:40 just going through the rest of this book... 00:41 giving a quick overview of what we're going to expect 00:44 as we move into these prophetic chapters, 00:46 I mean, we started on one prophetic chapter 00:48 when we kind of went over Daniel 2 00:50 but Daniel 7... Daniel 8... even Daniel 9... 00:54 yeah... and then 11 and 12... 00:57 all prophetic and it just gets deeper 01:00 and deeper and deeper, 01:01 I mean, 7... yeah... you can navigate through that, 01:04 8... ooooh... ooooh... 01:06 9... that's good... 01:08 10... introduction to 11... 01:10 oooh Man! 01:12 can always... can work this out... can... 01:13 by the time you get done with that you're just... 01:16 all just backwards... you don't know where you are 01:19 but we want to allow what we've learned so far 01:21 in the first six chapters 01:23 and what we'll be learning as we pick up in 7, 8, 9, 10 01:27 to help us with 11 and I think they will. 01:30 Ivor: Yeah. James: I think they will 01:31 because as we look at some of these themes, 01:32 it's not going to change... it's not going to be like, 01:34 "Oh, all of that was one story 01:36 and now, chapter 11 is a completely different story... " 01:38 no, it's just the rest of the story... 01:40 it's just in more detail just the rest of the story. 01:42 Ivor: Yeah, I would even say that Daniel... 01:43 Daniel 1 through 9, 01:46 is really given to us to help us understand Daniel 11. 01:50 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 01:51 Ivor: Understanding 1 through 9 sets the foundation 01:55 for really understanding what 11 is speaking about 01:59 because 11... we're going to see is really a re-cap 02:03 of what happens from 1 through 9. 02:05 James: And 11... when you say, "11" 02:07 11 is 10, 11 and 12. 02:08 It's one vision, really. 02:10 Ivor: That's right, yeah, yeah, yeah. 02:11 James: It goes in at 10... gets revealed in 11... 02:14 and then, it comes out in 12, so, it's all one thing. 02:17 Ivor: 10, 11 and 12 is a... is a unit it itself 02:19 so, you'll hear us often just kind of skip chapter 10... 02:23 well, chapter 10 is really just the introduction of chapter 11 02:26 but it's all one... one component, so... 02:29 James: Yvonne, you want to pray for us? 02:31 Yvonne: Sure, sure. 02:33 "Father God, what a privilege it is 02:35 for us to get into Your Word and to learn these truths 02:40 and to... and to see 02:42 just how You've just put everything together 02:44 so, we just pray Lord that Your Spirit will be in our midst 02:47 and that You will guide and teach and direct. 02:50 We thank You so much again, Lord, 02:52 in Jesus' name, amen. " 02:53 All: Amen. 02:54 James: So, Ivor, lead us in to Daniel 7 now 02:56 as we move into the second part of this book. 02:58 Ivor: So, Daniel chapter 7, is really an amplification of 03:07 what we see in Daniel chapter 2 03:09 and again, we're not going to take a whole lot of time... 03:12 we're not even go into the... 03:14 the details of what happens in Daniel 7 03:17 simply to say that Daniel 7 is about Daniel having a dream 03:23 and in this dream, he sees four different beasts, 03:26 a lion... a bear... a leopard 03:29 and then a fourth non-descript beast 03:31 and we will... we will see that what Daniel sees in Daniel 7, 03:35 parallels what Nebuchadnezzar dreamt in Daniel chapter 2. 03:39 Yvonne: Hmmm... 03:41 Ivor: Okay... but Daniel 7 ultimately brings 03:43 to... to focus... this little horn power. 03:46 James: Hmmm... 03:47 Ivor: This little horn power thinks to change times and laws 03:51 and ultimately, Daniel 7 tells us 03:54 that this little horn power will have his dominion taken away. 03:58 He's not going to succeed in what he's trying to do. 04:01 So, Daniel 7 is basically letting us know 04:05 that though this power of... of this anti-God power 04:10 is seeking to do these things, 04:11 do not fear because the judgment will sit 04:15 and his power will be taken away. 04:17 All: Hmmm... 04:19 Ivor: All right, so, if we are to re-cap then 04:21 everything that we have been looking at in terms of 04:24 what is happening from Daniel 1 through now... 7, 04:27 what we have... and I'm just going to keep doing this 04:30 until you'll be able to do this yourself 04:32 by the end of the program. 04:33 Yvonne: This is great, I love it... I love it. 04:34 Ivor: At the end of time, there will be a people 04:36 who avoid the wine of Babylon... 04:38 as a result, they'll be ten times wiser... 04:40 they're going to preach a message 04:42 that no one else was able to understand... 04:45 that message will include Babylon falling... 04:48 as a result of this message being preached, 04:50 Babylon will seek to set up an image... 04:53 in turn, commanding everyone to bow down 04:56 and worship this image. 04:58 When they do this, their sins will have reached to... 05:01 James: The heaven. Yvonne: Heaven. 05:03 Ivor: To heaven and when that happens, 05:06 Jesus... the "Divine Cyrus" if you will 05:09 will prepare the... the... the River Euphrates will dry up... 05:13 that will prepare the way for the kings of the east... 05:15 Babylon will fall. 05:16 Daniel chapter 6... 05:18 those who have the death decree upon them 05:21 because of the law of their God will be delivered 05:23 just as Daniel was delivered from the Lions' Den, 05:26 and then, when you add Daniel chapter 7, 05:29 it's God reassuring us, "Listen, the judgment will sit 05:32 and this power will have his dominion taken away. 05:38 It will be given to the saints. " 05:40 That's what Daniel 7 is telling us. 05:42 So, so far from Daniel 1, all the way through 7, 05:45 we have God basically reassuring His people, 05:47 "Listen, all these things are going to happen, 05:50 but fear not, the judgment will sit 05:52 and this little horn power 05:54 will have his authority taken away. 05:57 The kingdom will be given to the saints... " 06:00 and I'm kind of... 06:01 again just kind of summarizing 06:03 what Daniel chapter 7 is speaking about. 06:05 So, that's Daniel chapter 7. 06:06 James: And just picking up with another theme here 06:08 as we move through this, 06:10 just to supplement what you're saying, 06:11 so, another theme in Daniel is the Covenant Theme. 06:13 Covenant is basically identified in Hebrews 8... in Hebrews 10 06:20 and Covenant Theme is about what God does... 06:23 what God does... what God does, 06:24 what God does... 06:26 a lot of times when we think about Christianity 06:30 or religion, we think about... 06:31 "What God doesn't... we do... 06:32 What God doesn't... we do. " 06:34 But Covenant theme is about what God accomplishes 06:36 and we trust Him to accomplish 06:38 and we agree with Him to accomplish 06:40 what He's promised to accomplish 06:41 and so, all through the book of Daniel, 06:43 this is going to... this is highlighted 06:45 and it summarizes a Messiah Who comes 06:48 and ultimately completes and fulfills 06:50 all the prophecies of the Old Testament given to the Jews 06:53 are all fulfilled in Jesus... the Covenant Keeper... 06:55 the only Covenant Keeper... 06:57 and part of this covenant that you read about 06:59 in the book of Hebrews, 07:01 is God putting His Laws in our hearts and in our minds. 07:03 Yvonne: Hmmm... 07:04 James: Part of this covenant is God forgiving our sins 07:06 and our iniquities 07:08 and then, another part of this covenant 07:09 is that He'll be our God and we'll be His people 07:12 and so, you have three things there, 07:14 you have God's law written in our hearts and minds, 07:17 you have God's forgiving our sins and our iniquities... 07:19 and you have relationship with God 07:20 and all of that is done through His power 07:23 and so, in Daniel chapter 7, 07:26 you come into this prophetic picture 07:28 of how... and this is a comment on Daniel 11, 07:32 how this little horn power 07:34 is trying to undermine the covenant of God 07:36 and one of the ways he tries to undermine the covenant of God 07:39 by changing God's times and laws, 07:41 Revelation... I mean... Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25. 07:43 Yvonne: And for those who don't know what "Covenant" is, 07:46 what is that? 07:47 James: So, covenant is... 07:49 the best that I would describe it is, covenant is agreement. 07:51 Yvonne: Okay. 07:52 James: It's... when you make a covenant with someone, 07:54 you make an agreement with someone. 07:56 Yvonne: Is it kind of a contract? 07:57 James: It's kind of a contract, you can say... it's a contract 08:00 and the way that we look at covenant is, we think, 08:03 "Okay, covenant means, when I'm in a covenant with God, 08:06 that means that... that God agrees to do something for us 08:10 and we agree to do something for Him. 08:11 We're going to agree to, you know, be His people, 08:13 we're going to agree to do this, 08:14 we're going to keep His Commandments, 08:16 and He's going to agree to forgive us and love us and... " 08:17 and that's the way the old covenant was kind of set up, 08:19 you know, "All that the Lord has said, we will do. " 08:21 But that's not the new covenant, 08:23 that's not the everlasting covenant. 08:25 Yvonne: Hmmm... 08:26 James: The everlasting covenant is about 08:28 what God says He's going to do 08:30 and our part of that covenant is to agree to let Him do it. 08:34 All: Ahhh... Hmmm... hmmm... 08:35 James: That's the basically it... 08:37 that's the summary... that's basically it. 08:38 Yvonne: Is that righteousness by faith? 08:39 James: That's righteousness by faith... that's basically... 08:41 so, for example, the earliest picture of this covenant 08:44 would be Abraham. 08:46 So, God said, "Hey, Abraham, I just want to let you know 08:48 that you and Sarah are going to have a child. " 08:50 He's like, "Are you sure about that?" 08:53 Sarah's like, "Huh... huh... that's not happening... " 08:57 "I heard you laugh... I'm going to do this. " 09:00 And so, Old Covenant says, 09:01 "Okay, Abraham, this isn't working, 09:04 you know, it's been ten years, usually takes nine months, 09:06 you need to get together with Hagar... 09:08 you need to do your part of the Old Covenant, 09:10 you need to do your part to... 09:11 to make this covenant happen, you need to do your part... " 09:12 and so, he does 09:14 and Hagar has a child 09:15 and he's like, "Yeah... this covenant thing is fulfilled. " 09:19 God says, "Nah ah... " 09:20 and so, God waits until Abraham is 99... 09:22 when Abraham is 99, he can't have children anymore. 09:24 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 09:25 James: When he can't have children anymore, Romans 4 says 09:27 and she can't have children anymore, 09:29 then God can fulfill His covenant 09:31 and His covenant is what He promised He is going to do 09:34 and our part is to agree. 09:35 Yvonne: Hmmm... 09:37 James: We agree... 09:38 we trust Him to do what He says He's going to do. 09:39 So, in the book of Daniel, it's all about that 09:44 and so, Daniel trusts God to do what He said He's going to do. 09:48 All through the book of Daniel, 09:49 you have this relational experience where God... 09:51 Daniel is trusting God to do what He says He's going to do, 09:53 and so, in Daniel chapter 7... 09:54 I'm going to lead into Daniel 8 now, 09:56 then you can pick it up. 09:57 In Daniel 7, you have this power seeking to undermine 10:00 a part of the covenant 10:01 which is putting God's law in our hearts and minds. 10:02 He's going to change the law 10:04 so that, we're confused about what that looks 10:06 and so, the whole Christian world today is confused 10:09 about what it looks like 10:10 to have God's law written in our hearts and minds. 10:12 God's Ten Commandment Law has been changed... 10:15 it's been altered according to Daniel 7:25. 10:18 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 10:19 James: And when I realized this is a... 10:21 I was raised a Christian... I was raised believing in God. 10:24 As I realize God's Law had been changed, 10:25 I realized, "Wow! 10:27 so, part of God's law has to be able to worship... 10:29 Revelation 13, 10:30 and there's this contention... 10:32 there's this conflict about worship 10:33 and there are a lot of people that think worship to God 10:36 takes place in a certain way... on a certain day 10:39 and that's because this little horn power in Daniel 7:25 10:42 has changed the day of worship. 10:44 So, what the Bible actually teaches 10:46 is the day we worship God is the Sabbath... Saturday... 10:50 the 7th day... that's what the Bible teaches 10:53 and it's part of covenant. 10:54 It's not something that we do to get saved, 10:56 it's something God does in us, He puts that in us. 10:58 Yvonne: Hmmm... 10:59 James: In Daniel 8, same thing, covenant theme is there again, 11:02 but this time, it's about forgiveness of sins. 11:05 It's about our Mediator... it's about our High Priest 11:07 and it's about casting down His Sanctuary... 11:10 taking it down to this earth... 11:11 casting the truth to the ground, 11:12 so in Daniel chapter 8, you have this little horn attacking 11:15 the part of the covenant 11:16 that has to do with forgiveness of sins. 11:18 So, I was raised believing that I get forgiveness from sins 11:21 by going to a man... a priest... a literal priest 11:24 and that man in this little booth... I confess my sins 11:28 and he absolves those sins 11:29 and then, I go and say so many prayers 11:31 for absolute... complete absolution 11:33 and now I'm worthy again 11:34 to be accepted of God and that's Daniel chapter 8. 11:37 The sanctuary and the mediation of Christ 11:40 is being attacked in Daniel 8... 11:41 the Law is being attacked in Daniel 7... 11:44 those are two major components of the covenant of God 11:47 where He says, "I'm going to forgive your sins and iniquity 11:50 through Jesus, your only Mediator 11:51 through the heavenly sanctuary and I'm going to put my Law 11:54 including the 4th Commandment... including the 2nd Commandment... 11:57 "Don't worship idols" into your hearts and minds. 11:59 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm. 12:00 Ivor: Just picking up on that theme of rest, you know, 12:03 or of not working... not your works... 12:06 that's what the Sabbath is all about. 12:08 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 12:10 The Sabbath is all about rest... it's not about works... 12:14 and the devil just flips that. 12:15 James: Yes... with us... 12:17 Ivor: With us, right, and so, even people say, 12:20 "Oh you keep the Sabbath, you're into works. " 12:23 No, the Sabbath is a sign... 12:25 is the exact opposite of works, 12:27 and in fact, when God gave the Sabbath to man, 12:31 He said, "It will be a sign between you and I 12:35 that you may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you 12:37 and the emphasis is "I." James: Hmmm... Hmmm... 12:40 Ivor: "So you may know that I sanctify you... 12:43 James: New Covenant. 12:44 Ivor: You don't sanctify yourself, I sanctify... " 12:47 because what did Lucifer want to do in heaven? 12:49 He tried to sanctify himself. 12:50 James: Yup. 12:52 Ivor: "Hey, I can... I can be holy on my own" 12:55 and so the Sabbath is a sign to remind us... 12:58 in other words, the Sabbath is... 13:00 "Don't make the same mistake Lucifer made in heaven 13:02 to think that you can sanctify yourself. " 13:04 The Sabbath is the sign of rest... 13:07 it's not a sign of works. 13:09 And so, this is what the little horn attacks 13:11 in Daniel chapter... in Daniel chapter 7 13:13 which we'll get into in more detail... 13:15 we're kind of throwing that out there... 13:16 you know, if you've gone through the Revelation course before... 13:19 the study before... we've talked about it 13:21 but for the Daniel, we will go into more detail 13:23 but going into Daniel chapter 8, 13:25 what you have happening in Daniel chapter 8 13:27 is what the Bible calls, 13:31 "the cleansing of the sanctuary... " 13:33 "Unto 2,300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. " 13:36 And again, we're not going to go into detail 13:39 about what that means, but let me share it this way. 13:43 Let me just share this particular aspect of it. 13:46 Ultimately the cleansing of the sanctuary 13:49 is a very personal experience 13:52 right, because the Bible says, 13:54 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of the Holy Ghost. " 13:58 Yvonne: Right. 13:59 Ivor: And so, what's happening in Daniel chapter 8... 14:01 even though we understand it to mean 14:04 something that is occurring on a grand scale, 14:06 it has to do with God and the heavenly temple. 14:09 Really the temple that God is trying to cleanse 14:12 is... Ivor points to each person and himself 14:14 right, because in the Old Testament process... 14:17 God's purpose for the sanctuary... 14:20 God's demonstration... God's lesson was... 14:24 this is how you remove sin from the temple. 14:26 Remember, the temple will be defiled... 14:28 the sanctuary defiled... defiled... 14:30 and then on the Day of Atonement, 14:32 the sin was removed from the temple, 14:35 right, God ultimately wants to remove sin from the temple. 14:39 God ultimately wants to remove sin... 14:41 James: From the Temple. Ivor: From the Temple. 14:43 Yvonne: Hmmm... 14:44 Ivor: He ultimately wants to remove sin from the temple, 14:48 so, the cleansing of the sanctuary 14:50 us really a... a... a... a... an object lesson, if you will, 14:56 on how God is ultimately going to remove sin from the temple. 15:01 So, put it all together, at the end of time... 15:05 there's going to be a people who avoid the wine of Babylon. 15:08 Yvonne: Right. 15:09 Ivor: They're going to be ten times wiser 15:10 they're going to preach a message that Babylon is fallen. 15:13 Babylon is going to set up an image as a result and say, 15:16 "No, we're not falling... bow down and worship. " 15:18 When they do this, their sins will have reached unto heaven, 15:21 when their sins reach unto heaven... Babylon falls... 15:23 the Euphrates is dried up 15:25 to prepare the way for the kings of the east. 15:27 Those who are under the death decree... God will deliver them. 15:32 Daniel chapter 6... the judgment will set 15:34 and the little horn will have his power taken away... 15:36 Daniel chapter 7. 15:38 Daniel chapter 8... the sanctuary... 15:40 Ivor points to all and himself... 15:41 James: Will be cleansed. Ivor: Will be cleansed. 15:43 Yvonne: Hmmm... 15:44 Ivor: God is going to have a glorified people when He returns 15:47 so, so far, without touching 15:50 the meaning of the 2,300-day prophecy, 15:52 without touching Daniel 9... Daniel 11, Daniel 7, Daniel 2, 15:56 we are seeing just from the outline of the book of Daniel, 16:00 God is giving us the very message that is already... 16:03 that we have already believed in Daniel 7 and 8 and 9 16:07 and Revelation 13 and 12 and all... 16:10 He's given it to us in story format... in chronological order 16:14 in the book of Daniel. 16:15 James: Yeah, the easy-reader format is right there, 16:18 you just read through these chapters... 16:20 you read through these chapters and it's all right there. 16:23 Yvonne: Wow! 16:24 James: Yvonne, can you read for us Hebrews chapter 8 16:26 verses 10 through 12? 16:28 And as you go there to Hebrews 10 through 12, 16:30 it's just going to be a summary 16:32 of what we've talked about here a little bit... 16:33 as you go there, just want to focus on this whole idea 16:38 of covenant and covenant relationship 16:40 and the idea that this is something that God is doing, 16:43 it's something that we're not in charge of. 16:46 Yvonne: "For this is the covenant 16:48 that I will make with the house of Israel 16:50 after those days, says the Lord... " 16:52 James: I want you to emphasize every time you get to an "I" 16:55 I want you to emphasize that. 16:56 Yvonne: Okay, "For this is the covenant 16:58 that I will make with the house of Israel 17:00 after those days, says the Lord: 17:01 I will put My laws in their mind 17:04 and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, 17:07 and they shall be My people. 17:09 None of them shall teach his neighbor, 17:12 and none his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' 17:14 for all shall know Me, 17:16 from the least of them to the greatest of them. 17:19 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, 17:21 and their sins and their lawless deeds 17:24 I will remember no more. " 17:26 James: I... I... I... I... I... I... I... 17:28 you see that? 17:29 Yvonne: Right. 17:31 James: The book of Hebrews which we need to do next... 17:34 Yvonne: Yes. 17:35 All: Laughter... 17:36 James: The book of Hebrews is all about the sanctuary 17:39 and the cleansing of the sanctuary 17:40 and the new covenant... it's all about the new covenant. 17:43 So, Hebrews 8... Hebrews 10 talk about the New Covenant 17:45 and there are two factors here that we've touched on... 17:48 three... one is... New Covenant means 17:50 God putting His Law... 17:52 God putting His Law in our hearts and minds. 17:53 The little horn doesn't like that... doesn't want that... 17:56 the little horn wants to change the Law... 17:57 so it's... it's confusing. 17:59 Then, the other part of the New Covenant... in verse 12... 18:01 "I'm going to be merciful to their unrighteousness, 18:04 and their sins and iniquities I will remember no more. " 18:06 That's the cleansing of the sanctuary... 18:07 that's forgiveness of sin that takes place in heaven 18:10 so, another part of the new covenant... that's Daniel 8, 18:12 and then, I... I... I... I... I, I... I... is trusting God... 18:16 trusting God... trusting God... trusting God... trusting God. 18:19 He is going to be in the fire with us... 18:20 He's going to deliver us from the Lion's Den... 18:22 He's going to be with us when we go into Babylonian captivity... 18:24 He is the One that's going to be able to work His will 18:27 through all of this... 18:29 we trust... we've trusted in ourselves long enough... 18:30 Yvonne: Hmmm... 18:31 James: We've trusted in ourselves long enough... 18:33 it's time to let God work... 18:35 it's time to let God work 18:37 and so, this New-Covenant theme... 18:38 when you get to Daniel chapter 11, 18:40 we're just going to... we're just going to jump in there... 18:42 here just real quick 18:44 because we're doing an overview and I just want to do it... 18:46 when we get to Daniel chapter 11, 18:47 I want you to look at this... 18:49 I want you to look at just some key verses... 18:53 Jason, can you read for us verse 22 of Daniel 11? 18:57 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 18:58 James: And then, Yvonne, can you read for us verse 30 19:01 of Daniel 11? 19:03 Yvonne: Sure. 19:04 Jason: "With the force of a flood 19:05 they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, 19:08 and also the prince of the covenant. " 19:10 Yvonne: "For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; 19:15 therefore he shall be grieved, 19:16 and return in rage against the holy covenant, 19:19 and do damage. 19:21 So he shall return and show regard 19:23 for those who forsake the holy covenant. " 19:25 James: Okay, and then in verse 32. 19:27 Yvonne: "Those who do wickedly against the covenant 19:31 he shall corrupt with flattery; 19:32 but the people who know their God shall be strong, 19:35 and carry out great exploits. " 19:38 James: The Prince of the Covenant... the holy covenant... 19:40 indignation against the holy covenant... 19:41 forsaking the holy covenant... 19:42 Daniel 11 is summarizing... as Ivor said earlier... 19:45 it's summarizing Daniel 1 through 9 19:47 and the summary is Covenant... Covenant relationship. 19:51 Yvonne: Hmmm... 19:52 James: And the whole idea of covenant relationship 19:54 is to have this relationship with God 19:55 where we completely trust in Him 19:57 that He is going to deliver on His promises. 20:00 The Jews lost that and, I think as Christians, 20:03 we're in danger of following that history and losing that 20:05 and so, God is bringing us to a place in the book of Daniel 20:08 where we put our complete trust in Him... 20:09 Nebuchadnezzar got that... 20:11 He got that full trust in God 20:12 and God has people everywhere 20:14 that... that this is what He wants to hand to them... 20:16 this New-Covenant experience. Yvonne: Hmmm... 20:17 James: And the book of Daniel prepares us for that... 20:19 prepares us to understand that. 20:21 Ivor: Yeah, I think it's good, James, that we think of Daniel 20:25 who had this information beforehand. 20:29 James: Hmmm... 20:30 Ivor: He understood what was coming. 20:32 James: Yes. Yvonne: Hmmm... 20:33 Ivor: Right, so, you know, 20:34 when they end up in this situation... 20:36 the reason they have this relationship with God is because 20:39 they knew what was coming because God told them. 20:41 So, why is God laying out the book of Daniel like this for us? 20:44 He's trying to tell us, 20:46 "Listen, I reveal this to you because I love you. " 20:49 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 20:50 Ivor: And so I want you... 20:52 when you're going through this remember... 20:53 before it came to pass, I told you 20:55 and that is what strengthens our relationship with Him 20:58 in the time of conflict 21:00 because we're like, "Man! God showed me this... " 21:02 and you get this special feeling of, 21:05 "Wow! like God actually took the time... 21:07 so He must know me. " 21:09 Yvonne: Yes. 21:10 Ivor: "I think He must care about me... " 21:11 you know, and that's what strengthens that covenant... 21:14 that relationship. 21:15 James: All right, here's one... one phrase to summarize that 21:17 and I'm going to give it back to you. 21:18 So, prophecy is not sensational, it's relational. 21:21 Ivor: Yes. Yvonne: Oh... nice... 21:23 James: Prophecy is not sensational... it's relational. 21:25 In other words, the reason why God is revealing prophecy to you 21:28 Jason, right, is because He wants you to be ready... 21:30 He cares about you... 21:32 He wants a relationship with you... 21:33 He wanted a relationship with Daniel... 21:34 He wanted a relationship with Nebuchadnezzar... 21:36 He wants a relationship with Yvonne... 21:37 with Ivor... with me... with all of our Viewers... 21:39 God wants a relationship with us 21:41 to prepare us for what is coming. 21:42 Ivor: Yeah, so, Daniel 9, okay. 21:46 Daniel 9 is what we know as the 70-Week Prophecy 21:49 and I should jump back a little bit 21:51 because in Daniel chapter 7, we have a prophecy called, 21:54 1,260-Year Prophecy. 21:55 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 21:57 Ivor: In Daniel chapter 8, we have the 2,300-Year Prophecy, 22:00 and then, in Daniel chapter 9, 22:02 we're introduced to the 70-Week Prophecy. 22:03 We're not going to get into that right now 22:06 but just kind of put that on a shelf for a moment 22:10 and so, when I say in Daniel 9 22:12 we have the 70-Week Prophecy, 22:13 that prophecy... 22:15 again we're not going to go into too much detail... 22:16 was basically about a probationary time 22:19 that was given to a certain group of people 22:21 that when that time came, 22:24 if they did not do certain things 22:27 or they did not respond in certain ways, 22:29 then, their probation would be cut off. 22:32 All: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:33 Ivor: So, Daniel 9 is really about the close of probation. 22:35 All: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:37 Ivor: On a... it's a small scale James: Yeah... yeah. 22:39 Ivor: But it's about the close of probation, 22:40 okay, and... and... and it ends with that being... 22:44 I think it's verse 27 or so where it says, 22:47 "... that determined shall be poured out upon the desolate. " 22:51 So, what happens to those 22:52 who experience the close of probation? 22:54 Something is going to be poured out upon them. 22:56 All: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:57 Ivor: Now, this happened in a literal historical context... 23:00 Matthew 24... the destruction of Jerusalem. 23:04 James: Which is a "Type. " Ivor: Which is a "Type. " 23:06 but when we step back and look at the big picture 23:08 that Daniel 9 is speaking about the close of probation 23:11 and stuff being poured out on people 23:13 upon whom probation closes, 23:15 all of a sudden, you begin to see, 23:17 "Oh, at the time of the end 23:19 there's going to be a group of people 23:20 who will avoid the wine of Babylon... 23:22 who'll be ten times wiser... 23:23 who will preach a message that Babylon is fallen... 23:25 Babylon will set up an image as a result 23:28 commanding all to bow down... 23:29 when they do this, their sins will have reached unto heaven 23:32 and when their sins reach unto heaven, 23:33 Babylon will fall... 23:35 the River Euphrates will dry up 23:37 preparing the way for kings of the east. 23:39 Those under the death decree... 23:41 because of their loyalty to the law of God will be delivered. 23:43 All: Hmmm... hmmm... 23:45 Ivor: The judgment will set 23:46 and the dominion of the wicked will be taken away. 23:48 The sanctuary will be cleansed 23:51 and the plagues will be poured out upon the desolate 23:56 upon whom probation has closed. 23:58 All: Hmmm... Hmmm... 23:59 James: Yup, that's where we are so far. 24:01 Ivor: Daniel 1 through 9. 24:02 Yvonne: Wow! it's beautiful. 24:04 Ivor: Without touching this. 24:05 James: Now Daniel 10 is what I'm having for lunch... salad... 24:08 it's the nutrients. 24:10 All: Laughter... 24:12 James: We skip over Daniel chapter 10 24:13 but Daniel chapter 10 is this beautiful summary, if you will, 24:17 of Daniel's covenant relationship with the Father 24:20 and Jesus Christ. 24:22 In Daniel chapter 10, we have an introduction to Daniel 11 24:25 and the introduction 24:26 is very similar to the book of Revelation 24:28 because Daniel sees Jesus very similarly 24:31 to the way he sees Him in the book of Revelation 24:34 and as he sees Jesus, he falls down at his feet 24:37 as though he were dead 24:38 and what it reminds us of is the fact 24:40 that that doesn't matter how good... how blameless... 24:44 how righteous we are as Christians... 24:46 as believers... as followers... 24:48 whatever you want to call us believing in God 24:52 that there's no way we can do this, 24:54 Abraham couldn't do it... 24:56 Daniel couldn't do it... 24:58 we need a Savior... we need a Redeemer... 25:00 we need Jesus... that's again... covenant theme. 25:02 "I'm going to do this... " 25:04 "I'm going to do this," "I'm going to do this. " 25:05 So, it's a beautiful picture 25:07 that we see here in Daniel chapter 10. 25:08 Ivor: And I'll just... 25:09 because Daniel 10, 11 and 12 are a unit, 25:11 I'm looking at it as a unit here 25:14 and Daniel chapter 11... 25:15 Daniel 10 introduces us to Daniel 11. 25:18 Daniel 11 is basically about this war between these powers 25:21 called the king of the north and the king of the south. 25:24 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 25:26 Ivor: Ultimately, Daniel 11 ends 25:28 with this "king of the north" power 25:29 being the ultimate anti-God power, right, 25:34 and Daniel 11:45 tells us that this king of the north 25:38 will come to his end and none shall help him. 25:41 I'm going to throw Daniel 12 in here. 25:43 The reason he comes to his end in Daniel 11:45 25:46 is because "Michael stands up" in Daniel 12:1 25:49 and the dead are raised, all right... 25:51 so, we got two minutes... let me put this together: 25:54 At the end of time, 25:56 there's going to be an end-time people 25:57 who reject the wine of Babylon, 26:00 as a result they'll be ten times wiser. 26:02 They will have understanding and preach a message 26:05 that no one else understands. 26:06 That message will involve Babylon falling. 26:09 As a result of this world-wide message being preached, 26:12 Babylon will seek to counter it by setting up an image 26:15 commanding all to bow down and worship. 26:17 When they do this, their sins will have reached unto heaven 26:20 and when their sins reach unto heaven, 26:22 Babylon will fall... 26:24 "Cyrus" which is Jesus is going to prepare the way for the... 26:27 you know, prepare the way 26:29 by drying up the River Euphrates symbolically speaking... 26:33 those who were under the death decree 26:37 for observing the law of God will be delivered... 26:39 the judgment will set... 26:41 the little horn will have his power taken away... 26:43 the sanctuary will be cleansed... 26:45 "... that determined will be poured upon the desolate... " 26:49 that's where it leads... 26:50 probation closes... 26:51 Daniel 11... 26:53 the king of the north will come to his end 26:54 why? because Michael will stand up to deliver His people 26:58 and they that sleep in Christ will rise. 27:02 That's the whole book of Daniel... 27:04 that's Daniel 1... 27:05 without touching the prophecies, we already have the layout 27:10 so, all we know now that everything we look at 27:13 is going to be filling in the blanks in that scenario. 27:17 James: It's a beautiful picture 27:19 when you look at it from that angle... 27:21 I mean, from that perspective you've got this big picture... 27:23 you've got the theme of judgment coming through here... 27:25 you see it over and over again... 27:27 starts right with God Himself... 27:29 by the way, that's another point, 27:30 God is with us in judgment. 27:32 Ivor: Hmmm... Yvonne: Yes. 27:33 James: He doesn't bring judgment upon us separate from Himself... 27:35 His heart feels everything that we go through... 27:37 he feels the pain that we're experiencing 27:40 and we know that because of the cross 27:42 and we see that all through the Old Testament also, 27:44 so, it's a beautiful picture of the God that we serve. 27:46 It's not just prophecy... 27:47 it's the heart of God being revealed... 27:49 relationship with God is what He wants... 27:51 what He's calling each one of us too... 27:53 and each one of our Viewers too also, 27:55 so, praise God. 27:56 All: Amen. |
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