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Series Code: SISS
Program Code: SISS000098S
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00:31 James: Okay, we are back 00:33 and I think it will be good for us 00:35 as we move into Daniel chapter 9 00:38 to summarize a little bit 00:39 about what we studied in Daniel chapter 8, 00:41 because we have moved through Daniel 8 00:45 probably pretty fast... I don't know... 00:47 we... we did two programs on it 00:48 but I think there are still some things we need to flesh out 00:51 and also, we left verses 13 and 14 on the table 00:53 because we want to connect the 2300-day prophecy 00:57 in those verses to Daniel chapter 9 01:00 where God gives Daniel special instruction 01:03 on what... that timeline actually means 01:06 but before we jump in even with our summary, 01:09 we should start with a word of prayer. 01:10 Yvonne, would you like to pray for us? 01:12 Yvonne: Sure... sure, 01:14 "Dear Lord, we just thank you so very much 01:16 for the privilege of studying Your Word 01:19 and learning all of these amazing truths that are in it 01:22 and so, we just thank you and we ask you to send your Holy Spirit 01:26 to lead and guide us and direct us into all truth 01:29 and we thank you so much for all that you do 01:32 and for who you are, in Jesus' name, amen. " 01:34 All: Amen. 01:35 James: All right, Daniel chapter 8 began 01:38 with a vision that was after 01:40 or similar to the one in Daniel 7. 01:43 So, Daniel is having a second dream 01:45 because his first one was Daniel 7... 01:48 the one in Daniel 2 is actually Nebuchadnezzar's dream 01:51 that Daniel was given the interpretation of... 01:53 the understanding of... 01:54 so, his second dream is in the third year of Belshazzar. 01:57 So, it's before Babylon falls 02:00 but in this dream, Babylon is missing. 02:02 So, it's predictive of Babylon's fall. 02:05 It follows the same basic outline... 02:07 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome with Babylon missing. 02:10 Medo-Persia is there... Greece is there... 02:12 they're different now in symbols... 02:15 they're not a bear or a... a leopard... 02:18 they are a ram and a he-goat 02:20 and they're identified in that way in verses 20 to 22, 02:25 so, the angel wants to make it very clear... 02:26 this is the same basic outline that I've given you 02:30 in Daniel 2 and in Daniel 7. 02:32 We have a little bit of detail about Medo-Persia and Greece 02:35 and then we explode into the fourth beast of Rome. 02:39 One verse, I think, is focusing on this "King of the North" 02:42 because remember, he's pushing toward the south and the east 02:46 and the Pleasant Land so he's coming from the north, 02:48 so, there's King of the North in its pagan form 02:51 and then the rest of the verses focus on 02:53 his assault vertically toward heaven, 02:56 that is the Papal form of Rome. 02:59 A... a... a focus on the sanctuary 03:03 and its attack against the mediation of Christ 03:05 and I shared with you my own experience 03:07 being raised a Catholic and how I was taught 03:08 and millions of people are... 03:10 actually more than a billion people are... 03:12 that our forgiveness comes from a priest... 03:14 an earthly man and not directly from God. 03:16 That is what this prophetic prophecy 03:20 is outlining here for us... this specific attack 03:22 where the sanctuary of truth is cast down to the ground 03:24 and the mediation of Christ is obscured by an earthly mediation 03:29 and then the question is asked, "How long... 03:32 how long is this going to continue? 03:33 How long is this going to go on?" 03:35 And the answer is given in verses 13 and 14 03:39 and we kind of left that on the table, didn't we, Ivor? 03:41 We left those two verses on the table. 03:43 Ivor: Yeah, I think it's important that we understand 03:48 the... the context of these 2300 days 03:51 and one of the things, James, and we should point out 03:56 is the type of beast being used in Daniel chapter 8. 04:00 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 04:02 Ivor: There is a ram and a he-goat 04:06 and for the mind of the... you know... 04:09 James: Hebrews. 04:11 Ivor: Jewish reader... right... you are thinking... 04:14 ram and he-goat reminds you of something very specific 04:17 in the Old Testament sanctuary service 04:20 and that would have been the Day of Atonement. 04:23 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 04:25 Ivor: And on the Day of Atonement, 04:27 this is when the sanctuary was... was cleansed 04:31 and so, when we see this ram and this he-goat... 04:34 the interaction between this ram and this he-goat 04:37 and then you have this vision towards... 04:40 or this prophecy towards the end of this vision 04:44 about the sanctuary being cleansed, 04:46 we're having illusions here to the Day of Atonement 04:50 which is something that we're going to need to understand... 04:52 what is the Day of Atonement about 04:54 and what does the cleansing of the sanctuary mean? 04:57 So, that's something that... that we will... 05:00 we will need to address 05:02 but speaking more specifically about this time period. 05:06 When Daniel sees in... in... or hears this angel speaking, 05:13 verse 13, it reads there, 05:18 "Then I heard one saint speaking, 05:20 and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, 05:22 'How long shall be the vision concerning the daily... '" 05:27 the word "sacrifice" is supplied there... 05:30 "and the transgression of desolation, 05:33 to give both the sanctuary and the host 05:36 to be trodden under foot?" 05:37 So, the angel is asking, 05:41 "How long is going to be 05:44 the events surrounding this vision?" 05:48 He's asking about the vision as a whole. 05:53 James: Hmmm... hmmm... okay. 05:57 Ivor: So, if we were to take these 2300 days, 06:00 right? and... and ask the question, 06:03 "Are these literal days?" 06:04 The answer would have to be, "No... " 06:07 why? 06:09 Because the vision starts with a ram 06:13 and then it proceeds to a he-goat 06:17 and then it proceeds to these four horns out of the he-goat 06:21 and then it proceeds to this Little Horn 06:23 and then this Little Horn doing all these things 06:25 against the sanctuary... 06:27 in other words, the vision covers the span... 06:30 I'm sorry... the time span... 06:32 the time covers the span of the entire vision. 06:36 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 06:38 Ivor: It must include Medo-Persia... 06:40 it must include Greece... 06:42 we've seen in previous studies 06:44 that the Little Horn represents Rome in two phases... 06:47 pagan... and then Papal... 06:50 so, this vision must span 06:52 Medo-Persia... Greece... Rome... Papal Rome. 06:58 James: Yeah. 06:59 Ivor: And what we're going to see 07:01 is that in Daniel 9... 07:03 in Daniel 8... we're not given a starting point here, 07:06 we're just told this is what's going to happen, right? 07:09 We're given the time but we're not given a starting point. 07:12 When we get to Daniel 9, 07:15 we're going to see that the starting point 07:18 is in the kingdom of the Ram with the two horns. 07:23 James: Yes. Yvonne: Hmmm. 07:24 Ivor: Right? James: Yeah... Medo-Persia. 07:26 Ivor: So, if Daniel... yeah, 07:28 if Daniel tells us that the starting point 07:29 is in the Medo-Persian Empire, right? 07:31 James: Yeah. 07:33 Ivor: When this decree goes forth to restore 07:35 and rebuild Jerusalem 07:36 and that did not happen in Babylon... 07:39 it happened in the Medo-Persian Empire, 07:41 then we go back to Daniel 8... 07:43 we can begin to see, "Hmmm... " 07:45 so, if the Little Horn is the one 07:47 doing the desecrating of the temple 07:49 and he comes after Rome... Pagan Rome... 07:54 then this vision begins in the Ram period 07:57 and extends all the way to the Little Horn 08:01 which means, if we're using 2300 literal days 08:03 that wouldn't take us past the first kingdom. 08:06 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 08:07 Ivor: If we use 2300 years, 08:10 we will find that every part of the prophecy 08:14 falls in place to the very year. 08:18 James: That is such a good point and it... 08:20 it... it put a light bulb on in my brain... 08:24 the light bulb was that that's one reason why 08:27 the kingdom of Babylon is left out. 08:29 Ivor: Yes. 08:31 James: The kingdom of Babylon is still in existence 08:34 when Daniel's given this vision but it's left out 08:36 and it's specifically left out because this vision encompasses 08:41 Medo-Persia... Greece and Rome, right? 08:44 The 2300 days encompasses Medo-Persia... Greece and Rome, 08:47 not Babylon so that's added confirmation 08:50 that the 2300-day time length is years, you know, 08:55 2300 prophetic days equals 2300 literal years 08:59 and because the question's being asked... 09:03 "How long the vision concerning all of this...?" 09:06 The answer is, "Well, 2300 years... " 09:09 prophetic days... years... 09:12 and that will start with Medo-Persia... 09:13 now, if Rome was still in... 09:15 I mean, Babylon was still in existence 09:17 and Babylon was the first power, 09:18 then it would have to go all the way back to Babylon 09:20 because it's concerning the vision, right? 09:22 That's what Ivor's bringing out here. 09:23 Ivor: Absolutely. 09:24 James: So, that's another indication 09:26 as to why God left Babylon out of the picture 09:29 because that helps to confirm the 2300-day time frame 09:34 as prophetic days or literal years. 09:36 Ivor: Now... now, to add to this you know, 09:42 when we understand that the 70 weeks 09:46 in Daniel 9... we're going to see this... 09:49 maybe in this study... maybe in the next study 09:51 that the 70 weeks is connected with this 2300 days... 09:56 then we have to utilize the same time principle. 09:59 James: Right... yeah. 10:01 Ivor: Those 70 weeks have to be weeks of years 10:05 and we're going to see that borne out... why? 10:08 Because the 70 weeks and the 2300 days 10:11 is part of the same... 10:12 the 70 weeks is a smaller part 10:16 of the larger time prophecy which is 2300 days. 10:19 James: Yeah. Ivor: Right? 10:21 James: Right. 10:22 Ivor: If it's the same prophecy, it's got a plot... 10:24 the same rule must apply. 10:26 James: Right. Yvonne: Hmmm... 10:27 Ivor: Which was... then helps us to understand 10:30 why in Daniel 7... when we talked about time... 10:34 times and half a time, 10:36 that we said... it was not 1260 days 10:39 but 1260 years... why? 10:42 Because it's part of the same prophecy, right? 10:47 James: Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm... 10:48 Ivor: The Little Horn is connected with this time... 10:50 times and a half... 10:51 which is connected with the 2300 days... 10:53 which is connected with the 70 weeks as a starting point 10:56 so... all... this... this basically is telling us 11:00 this is one time prophecy. 11:02 James: Yeah. 11:03 Ivor: Even when we get to Daniel chapter 12 11:06 and we're looking at this time period of the 1290 11:10 and the 1335, we're going to see 11:13 it's all a part of the same prophecy. 11:17 James: Yes... good. Yvonne: Wow! 11:19 Ivor: Therefore, if one part of it is a day for a year, 11:23 then the whole thing must be a day for a year. 11:27 Yvonne: Good. James: Yes... absolutely. 11:28 Ivor: And I know we typically will go 11:30 to Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 6 11:31 or Numbers 14:34, to...to... you know... 11:35 demonstrate the day-for-a-year principle, 11:37 but even without that... 11:39 James: Even without that... 11:41 Ivor: Even without that, 11:42 just looking at the 70-week prophecy, 11:46 and seeing its connection to all the other prophecies... 11:50 time prophecies in Daniel, 11:52 we have to come to the conclusion 11:54 that it's a day for a year because 11:56 all the time prophecies fit perfectly... when you do that. 12:01 When you go to the book of Revelation, 12:02 you're seeing the same time prophecies... 12:04 it's the 42 months... right? 12:07 It's the... it's the... the 1260 days... 12:11 yet it's all part... so... 12:13 we're not picking and choosing, 12:16 we're simply saying, this time prophecy... 12:20 the 2300 days which throughout Daniel and Revelation 12:23 is broken up into smaller sub sections... 12:26 is all one prophecy. 12:28 James: Yeah. 12:30 Ivor: And it's a day for a year. James: Yeah... 12:32 James: So we see that... that's clearly indicated here, 12:35 I like the way that... that verse 13 reads in the King James 12:39 "Then I heard one saint speak to another saint... " 12:42 and I'm going to leave out all the italicized words 12:45 because all of those are added by the translators. 12:48 "I heard one saint speak with another saint, 12:51 and the other saint said unto that certain saint 12:54 that certain which spake, 12:56 'How long the vision... 12:59 the daily... the transgression of desolation, 13:02 to give both the sanctuary and the host 13:04 to be trodden under foot?'" 13:05 How long the vision... the daily... the sanctuary... 13:08 the transgression of desolation... 13:09 how long are all these... 13:10 how long is it going to be for all these things 13:12 to happen... to be fulfilled... 13:13 and then he says, "2300 days... 13:14 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. " 13:16 we're going to come to the end of this whole vision 13:20 after 2300 days. 13:21 Jason: Hmmm... 13:23 Yvonne: You know, to me... this is... 13:24 it's so amazing that, you know, 13:26 we talk about letting the Bible interpret itself 13:31 and... and the verses in Ezekiel... Ezekiel 4:6 13:36 and Numbers 14:34... say, a day for a year 13:39 so, just in case people want to say, 13:41 "Well, you just applied that on your own... " 13:43 no... no... no... 13:45 the Bible tells us that in prophecy, a day equals a year, 13:49 so, you can use that and I know 13:52 Pastor Ivor, you had said, 13:53 even without that which is true... 13:55 but the fact that God gave that to us... 13:57 it... it lets people know this is not just supposition, 14:01 it's in the Word 14:02 and you can, you know, use the Word to interpret itself 14:07 so, to me... it just shows you how amazing God is that... 14:11 that you know, from the beginning... 14:13 He lets you know just what's going to happen 14:15 and then you look back and you can see 14:17 how everything just fits... it fits. 14:21 James: Now, I want to... I want to pick up on this point, Yvonne 14:24 because you've brought up something 14:26 I think is really significant 14:28 and that is... is that God has actually given us Bible verses 14:32 to back up the application that we're making to this prophecy, 14:36 we're just getting started... 14:37 what Ivor said and what you're saying is just the beginning... 14:40 when we get into Daniel chapter 9, 14:42 we are going to nail this prophecy 14:44 because what you just said is so important... it's got to fit. 14:47 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 14:48 James: You just can't say, 14:49 "Oh, in Bible prophecy, a day equals a year... " 14:51 and leave it at that... it's got to fit. 14:53 There are times in the Bible when it says something like 14:57 the day of the Lord... in Bible prophecy... 14:58 "the day of the Lord" or "for an hour" 15:00 or "in that hour" 15:01 or "He'll rule for... " 15:03 that doesn't necessarily mean 15:04 we're talking about prophetic time... 15:05 it's got to fit 15:08 so, what we do is, we first of all look and see 15:11 if indeed that principle can apply to this prophecy. 15:14 Then, once we see that it is possible for it to fit, 15:17 we go back and we say, 15:18 "Okay, now, how does that interpret the prophecy? 15:21 Where does the prophecy lay out 15:22 if we apply the principle of day for a year?" 15:24 And if we lay out the prophecy and it fits... 15:26 in other words, 15:28 if that interpretation fits into that timeline of day for a year 15:31 then, we've got a perfect interpretation. 15:34 Does that make sense? Yvonne: Yes... yes... yes. 15:35 James: So, we're just getting started here, 15:36 we're saying, "Hey, this has got to be day for a year 15:38 but now, we got to see if it fits. " 15:40 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 15:42 Ivor: Yeah, just to highlight that point James, 15:45 remember, in our previous program, I had mentioned this 15:49 that in the Old Testament, there are... 15:52 or with the Old Covenant, I should say, 15:55 there are two time prophecies related to Israel. 16:01 The first was the 70 years... Babylon... 16:08 the next is the 70 weeks that starts with Medo-Persia, 16:15 right, so, in the 70 years, they're in captivity in Babylon 16:22 and... and by the way, I re... 16:28 I... I... I'm going to try not to jump ahead here 16:31 but this is... this is so significant. 16:34 James: We don't mind if you jump ahead. 16:37 All: Laughter. 16:40 Ivor: This is key to understand end-time events, right? 16:45 The... the... the 70 years occurred because... what? 16:49 and I'm going to throw this as a test question out, 16:53 why did the children of Israel go into Babylonian captivity 16:56 for 70 years? 16:58 Yvonne: You mean that specific number or... 17:01 or they... idolatry? 17:03 Ivor: Yeah, why? Yvonne: Idolatry. 17:05 Ivor: So, it was something very specific... 17:08 they spent 70 years... 17:10 it was exactly 70 years so that their land... 17:14 James: The Sabbath... rest... Ivor: Exactly. 17:17 James: Right. Yvonne: Ohhhh... 17:18 Ivor: They... they... they neglected the law of God... 17:24 the commandments of God... 17:25 the 70 years had to do with the law of God. 17:29 James: Yeah. 17:30 Ivor: The 70 weeks has to do with the testimony of Jesus. 17:36 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 17:37 Ivor: Don't... don't... Yvonne: Come on... come on. 17:41 Ivor: The 70 years... the law of God... 17:46 specifically the Sabbath. 17:48 The 70 weeks... we're going to see is a prophecy 17:53 regarding the testimony of Jesus. 17:56 James: Amen. 17:57 Ivor: And what ends up happening is... 17:59 at the end of that 70 weeks, 18:01 something is going to happen to Israel 18:04 signifying their rejection of the law and the testimony. 18:10 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Wow! 18:12 Ivor: Their rejection of the commandments of God 18:14 and the testimony of Jesus. 18:16 James: All right, we're in Revelation 12 now. 18:18 Ivor: Yes... yes... that is super... 18:22 in other words, it's almost as if God is showing us 18:25 the things that happened in the Old Testament 18:28 are written for our admonition 18:31 upon whom the ends of the world are come. 18:33 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 18:35 Ivor: Right, this is why Revelation chapter 12 18:38 and Revelation chapter 14 talks about this end-time movement 18:43 that do two things. 18:45 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 18:46 Ivor: They keep the commandments of God 18:49 specifically highlighting which commandment? 18:54 The Sabbath 18:56 and they have the testimony of Jesus. 19:00 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 19:01 Ivor: So, the 70 weeks and the... 19:05 I'm sorry... the 70 years and the 70 weeks perform... 19:11 I mean, provide a blueprint 19:14 for what will happen under the New Covenant time prophecies. 19:21 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 19:22 Ivor: Does that make sense? James: It makes sense... 19:24 it makes sense because in Revelation 12, 19:27 the woman is... the woman gives birth to the man-child 19:32 which is Jesus Christ so, Jesus Christ is born... 19:34 that woman represents the Jewish church first and foremost, 19:38 in other words, 19:39 so, you got the Jewish church being represented there... 19:41 the woman comes forth from the Jewish church... 19:43 Jesus is a Jew... born a Jew 19:45 and then the woman flees into the wilderness 19:47 and as she comes out of the wilderness, 19:49 she's then pictured as keeping the commandments of God 19:52 and having the testimony of Jesus. 19:53 So, the connection then in Revelation 12 19:55 with the Old and the New Testament... 19:58 were all connected together in this. 20:00 We can't discard the Old Testament 20:02 and Daniel is... in a sense... is that thread 20:07 that weaves through the Old and the New Testament. 20:10 It keeps God's people all connected together 20:12 because when we get into Daniel 9 20:14 and then Daniel 10, 11 and 12, 20:16 Daniel is told about his people... his people... 20:20 "Seal up the book... " your people... 20:21 your people... your people... 20:23 well, his people are us... his people are us. 20:26 When you connect Daniel and Revelation together, 20:29 the... the church goes through this wilderness transition 20:32 and comes out on the other side 20:33 as the Remnant who keep the commandments of God 20:36 and the testimony of Jesus Christ, 20:37 so, it makes perfect sense. 20:39 Ivor: Absolutely... we... we, in our previous studies, 20:43 including in our Revelation Series... 20:46 we talked about the 1260 and the 2300 20:49 and... and I just want to... 20:51 you know, hone in on this a little more. 20:54 The 70 weeks, we're going to see, 20:58 takes us up to the ministry of Jesus, okay, 21:02 so, that... that's practically still an Old-Covenant prophecy. 21:10 It begins in the Medo-Persian empire 21:13 and it goes all the way up to the ministry of Jesus 21:16 and like I said, we'll get into more detail with that... 21:19 the new covenant comes about as a result of that ministry. 21:23 Then we move into New-Covenant time, right... 21:27 and in New-Covenant time, you have two prophecies. 21:31 You have the 1260 and you have the 2300... 21:37 so, what I'm saying is 21:40 the 70 years and 70 weeks of the Old Covenant 21:44 parallels the 1260 and the 2300 of the New Covenant. 21:51 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 21:52 Ivor: Right? Let me break that down a little bit further. 21:56 During the 70 weeks, where are the children of Israel? 21:59 James: In captivity in Babylon. 22:01 Ivor: They're in Babylon... James: During the 70 years. 22:04 Ivor: I'm sorry... during the 70 years, 22:08 they are in Babylon, right? 22:11 Babylon has... has attacked the law of God... 22:15 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:17 the saints of God... James: And the sanctuary. 22:19 Ivor: The... the sanctuary has been cast down. 22:21 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:23 Ivor: The saints of God have been persecuted. 22:24 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:25 Ivor: If you remember our previous study on... 22:27 on the 1260 years which is the Dark Ages, 22:31 this is exactly what's going on. 22:33 James: Yeah. 22:34 Ivor: Mystery Babylon has scattered the people of God... 22:37 the sanctuary is cast down. James: Right. 22:40 Ivor: Times and laws have changed, right. 22:43 Now you parallel the 70 weeks 22:47 in which the sanctuary is to be restored. 22:51 James: Right. 22:52 Ivor: Right? 22:54 Then they've got this decree to go back and rebuild the temple 22:57 and rebuild the city. 22:59 The sanctuary is to be restored and it's going to culminate 23:02 with this judgment for Israel. 23:08 If... if you don't do X... Y... and Z... 23:12 probation is going to close on you as a nation. 23:16 What's happening in the 2300-day prophecy? 23:21 We're going to see that it... it... it parallels it 23:25 in an amazing way. 23:27 There is a sanctuary that is being restored... 23:30 there is a judgment that is going to come... 23:33 and those who refuse to submit to... to... to the process, 23:38 are going to find themselves in the same situation 23:42 that occurred at the end of the 70 weeks 23:44 which was the destruction of Jerusalem by this power 23:50 that we just identified as the King of the North in 70 AD. 23:58 James: Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 24:00 Yvonne: Laughing. 24:02 James: And can we define X... Y... and Z... 24:04 if you don't do X... Y... and Z... 24:05 can we just define that real quick? 24:07 So, in the days 24:09 of the fulfillment of the 70-week prophecy, 24:12 X... Y... and Z... was: 24:14 accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Messiah. 24:16 He's your Messiah... He's your deliverer... 24:19 He's the One that comes for you... 24:20 He's the One that's going to deliver you 24:22 from sins... transgressions and iniquities 24:25 and in the end of time, X... Y... and Z... is: 24:27 accepting Jesus Christ as your Messiah. 24:29 Yvonne: Hmmm... 24:30 James: He's your deliverer... He's your salvation... 24:32 He's going to deliver you 24:33 from your sins... transgressions and iniquities, 24:35 does that make sense? 24:36 X... Y... and Z... isn't complicated, 24:39 it all points to Jesus every single time. 24:41 Yvonne: Wow! 24:42 James: Jesus is all through the book of Daniel. 24:45 Jesus is the One who is the Rock 24:47 that hits the image at the feet. 24:49 Jesus is in the furnace with the... 24:51 with the three worthies, right? 24:53 He... He is the One that is present in that assembly 24:56 when Daniel says, 24:58 "Hey, in Him you live and move and have your being... 25:00 He gives you breath and all things... " Daniel chapter 5. 25:02 He is... He is the Son of Man in Daniel chapter 7... 25:05 hold on there, Ivor... 25:07 Jesus Christ is the Prince... 25:10 the Mediator in Daniel chapter 8, right? 25:13 Yvonne: Yeah. 25:14 James: Jesus Christ is in the Lion's Den with Daniel 25:16 in chapter 6. 25:18 Jesus Christ is the Messiah that does away with sin, 25:21 transgression and iniquity in Daniel chapter 9. 25:22 He's Michael that helps Gabriel in Daniel chapter 10. 25:27 He is the Prince of the covenant that is... 25:30 that is cut off in Daniel chapter 11... 25:32 Jesus is the... is the Prince who delivers His people 25:35 in Daniel chapter 12 in that time of trouble. 25:37 Jason: Wow! Yvonne: Ooooh! 25:38 James: Jesus is all through the book of Daniel 25:40 and so, X... Y... and Z... is always Jesus Christ, amen. 25:43 Jason: Yeah. 25:45 Yvonne: Wow! I want to shout right now. 25:47 Jason: We could end this season right now. 25:49 Yvonne: Oh Man! that is so rich. 25:52 Ivor: Let me share this very quickly, okay 25:54 that there's a difference between the X... Y... and Z... 25:59 of the 70 weeks 26:00 and the X... Y... and Z... of the 2300 years. 26:02 If you look in the book of Acts, 26:04 Man! I'm not going to be able to do this, 26:06 Peter says, "Repent for the remission of sins. " 26:09 That is what Jesus came to do. 26:11 He came to put us in remission 26:14 but when you're in remission, 26:16 it doesn't mean that you have been... 26:18 it doesn't mean you've been cured from sin... 26:21 it can always come back. 26:23 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... James: Hmmm... 26:25 Ivor: On the Day of Atonement, 26:28 it represented the blotting out of sin. 26:32 James: That's right. 26:33 Ivor: Watch this... James: Hmmm... hmmm... 26:34 Ivor: We're all in remission right now. 26:36 Sin can come back at any moment for us 26:39 but the final closing work of Jesus 26:42 is to bring us into total... 26:46 is to cure us from sin. 26:50 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 26:51 Ivor: The 70 weeks points to the remission of sins... 26:54 the 2300 days points to the blotting out of sins 26:58 and that is what we're going to see unfolded 27:03 in a beautiful way 27:04 when we get to really unpacking this 2300 days. 27:08 James: Amen... amen. 27:09 So, just as we close now 27:11 because we've only got a few seconds left, 27:13 we just want to summarize... 27:14 it's very clear as we look at these prophecies 27:16 and as we look at the book of Daniel as a whole... 27:19 that this is all about Jesus... 27:20 that Jesus is the X... Y... and Z... 27:22 whether He's coming the first time 27:25 to move us into that remission stage 27:27 or whether He's coming the last time... 27:28 or closing up His work the last time 27:30 to move us into that blotting-out stage... 27:32 it's all about Jesus 27:33 and that's what we want our focus to be 27:35 as we move into these prophecies. 27:37 We haven't gotten into Daniel chapter 9 but we're going to... 27:39 we're going to move in there in our next session together 27:41 but as we leave Daniel 8, we're still putting... 27:45 we're still leaving verses 13 and 14 on the table. 27:48 We want to talk and focus on this 27:50 2300-Day Prophecy in more detail 27:53 and we will when we get to Daniel chapter 9. 27:55 Yvonne: Yes. James: Praise God. 27:56 Yvonne: Amen. James: Praise God. 27:58 Ivor: Amen. |
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