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Series Code: SISS
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00:31 James: Okay, this is meeting number 4 on Daniel chapter 9... 00:36 meeting number 4 00:37 and hopefully it will be our last meeting... 00:38 not hopefully in the sense that we want to be done with this... 00:40 but hopefully in the sense that we can wrap this up 00:42 and really nail down the timeline, 00:44 that's what we're leaving off with 00:46 or we left of with... in our last session was the timeline, 00:49 we looked at Isaiah chapter 1 00:51 and connected that to Ezra chapter 7 00:55 and noted the significance of the timeline 01:00 starting in 457 B.C. 01:01 which I think is really... really powerful... good stuff 01:03 and I think what God is doing right now 01:06 because this prophecy is so pivotal and important is... 01:08 He is firming it up... 01:10 not just in the Old Testament as we've looked at 01:12 but I think in this session, in the New Testament, 01:14 we're going to look at New Testament evidence 01:16 for the fulfillment of this prophecy in Christ 01:19 specifically A.D. 27. 01:21 So, before we do that, 01:22 Jason, would you like to have a word of prayer for us? 01:24 Jason: Sure... absolutely, 01:25 "Dear heavenly Father, 01:26 we thank You so much for loving us enough 01:28 to give us these prophecies 01:30 and for helping us to understand them. 01:32 Lord, we just ask that You would please guide this study today, 01:36 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 01:37 All: Amen. 01:38 James: Now, we spent a lot of time talking about the fact 01:41 that this is pointing to Jesus who is going to come in... 01:44 after 483 years... day-for-a-year principle. 01:48 So, they have 490 years to accomplish these tasks... 01:52 Jesus... Messiah... was going to come in 483 years... 01:55 that the word "Messiah" means: the anointed One. 01:58 So, I'd like us to look at some New Testament verses 02:01 that kind of give us evidence or a foundation 02:04 for the timeline of Jesus Christ's birth 02:06 and for His baptism. 02:09 The first one is in Luke chapter 2... 02:10 Jason, if you could look at those for us... 02:12 Luke chapter 2 and I'll give you the verses 02:14 and then, Yvonne, if you could look at Luke chapter 3. 02:17 So, Luke chapter 2... we're going to start here 02:21 with verses 1 through 02:27 4. 02:29 Jason: Okay... 02:30 "And it came to pass in those days 02:33 that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus 02:35 that all the world should be registered. 02:38 This census first took place 02:42 while Quirinius was governing Syria. 02:49 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. 02:52 Joseph also went up from Galilee, 02:55 out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, 02:58 to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, 03:01 because he was of the house and lineage of David... " 03:04 James: All right, so, this is talking specifically 03:08 about the reign of Augustus Caesar 03:10 and who is born during the reign of Augustus Caesar? 03:13 Yvonne: Christ. James: Christ is. 03:16 Christ was born during the reign of Augustus Caesar 03:18 so, Luke is the historian 03:20 that puts dates and names together for us. 03:23 He is the one that is connecting Christ to dates in history. 03:28 So, when we go back in history 03:30 and we look at the rule of Augustus Caesar 03:32 and we look at the time that he lived 03:34 and the time that he ruled, 03:35 we can know the dates of when Christ was born. 03:37 Is that important? 03:38 Yes... because this time prophecy is going to direct us 03:42 to a time when Christ is anointed... 03:44 that's what the word "Christ" means in the New Testament... 03:46 the anointed One... 03:47 the "Messiah" in the Old Testament. 03:48 Now, let's just fast forward in Christ's life 03:51 to Luke chapter 3 and let's look at... 03:53 in Luke chapter 3, 03:55 let's look at verses 1 through 3. 04:03 Yvonne: Okay, "Now in the fifteenth year 04:06 of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, 04:08 Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, 04:11 Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, 04:13 his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea 04:16 and the region of Trachonites, 04:19 and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 04:22 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, 04:26 the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias 04:28 in the wilderness. 04:30 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, 04:33 preaching a baptism of repentance 04:35 for the remission of sins... " 04:36 James: Now, isn't it amazing 04:38 that Luke is specifying who all these governors are... 04:42 who all these people are 04:44 and here he even specifies the year. 04:47 The fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar. 04:49 Do you know, we can go back in history 04:52 and we can point the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar? 04:53 Yvonne: Wow! 04:55 James: You can actually go online... 04:56 now, there's a little bit of controversy here... 04:58 I have written a little book on this 05:00 and in that book, 05:01 I have five references to the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar 05:04 but you can find others that say the date is a year before... 05:08 or a year later, you can... 05:09 there's a little bit of wiggle room here 05:10 but the references I have all pinpoint 05:14 A.D. 27 as the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. 05:18 Yvonne: Wow! 05:19 James: A.D. 27... so, what I'd like to say at this point 05:22 is... you can actually go to the Bible... 05:24 look at a couple of historical references 05:27 and you can pinpoint the date 05:29 that John the Baptist is preaching 05:32 and baptizing for the remission of sins. 05:34 Now, just fast forward a little bit, Yvonne, 05:36 to verses 21 to 23. 05:39 Yvonne: "When all the people were baptized, 05:42 it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; 05:45 and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. 05:47 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form 05:50 like a dove upon Him, 05:52 and a voice came from heaven which said, 05:54 'You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased. '" 05:59 James: Okay, so we know now that in the 15th year 06:02 of Tiberius Caesar, 06:04 John the Baptist was baptizing for remission of sins 06:08 and Jesus came... being about 30 years of age 06:11 it says in the very next verse, 06:12 Jesus came and He was baptized 06:13 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. 06:15 That's the information we have so far. 06:17 He was born under Augustus Caesar... 06:19 He was baptized in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar 06:23 which we are from historical references 06:25 pinpointing as A.D. 27. 06:27 Now, one more reference for us. 06:29 Let's look at Luke chapter 10 and verses 36 to 38, 06:34 Luke chapter 10 verses 36 to 38... 06:36 and by the way, guess who the author of Luke is? 06:39 I'm sorry... Acts chapter 10... I'm sorry... Acts chapter 10 06:43 I gave that away, didn't I? Okay... 06:45 All: Laughter. 06:47 James: Okay, pop quiz... 06:48 Ivor: Is the author of Luke Acts? 06:50 All: Laughter. 06:53 James: Close... really close. 06:55 All right, Acts chapter 10, verses... 06:59 Yvonne: Was that Acts 10 or Luke 10? 07:02 James: Acts chapter 10, sorry, verses 36 through 38 07:04 and the author of Acts is: Luke 07:07 and the author of Luke is: Luke. 07:09 All right, we can have a little bit of fun here. 07:12 Jason: "The word which God sent to the children of Israel, 07:16 preaching peace through Jesus Christ... 07:19 He is Lord of all... 07:21 that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, 07:25 and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: 07:29 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 07:32 with the Holy Spirit and with power, 07:34 who went about doing good 07:37 and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, 07:40 for God was with Him. " 07:41 James: All right, notice this... the name that's used 07:46 for Christ here is: Jesus. 07:48 Jesus is anointed... 07:50 and that word "anointed" is the Greek word "Christ" 07:53 Jesus Christ... Jesus the anointed. 07:55 So, you have Messiah the Prince in the Old Testament, 07:58 Daniel chapter 9... 07:59 you have Jesus Christ, the anointed One 08:01 in the New Testament 08:02 and here, He was anointed at the baptism with the Holy Spirit. 08:06 When was that? 08:08 That was in A.D. 27 or in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar. 08:13 So, right here from the Bible, 08:15 you're talking about Luke chapter 2... He's born... 08:18 Luke chapter 3... He's anointed with the Holy Spirit 08:20 and Acts chapter 10 confirms that. 08:23 Right from the Bible you have the... 08:26 the evidence that you need to pinpoint the date A.D. 27... 08:30 the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar 08:31 by looking at a couple of historical references. 08:33 Now, if you go backwards from A.D. 27, 08:36 483 years... you come to 457 B.C. 08:41 Yvonne: Hmmm... 08:43 James: Or you just take out the zero here and you have 457 B.C. 08:45 Ivor: I've got a question. James: Yes. 08:46 Ivor: Why 483 years... I don't understand... 08:49 where is that coming from? 08:50 James: Okay, well, 483 years... 08:52 good question from our audience... 08:55 All: Laughter. 08:59 James: Daniel chapter 9 and verse 25, it says, 09:04 "Know therefore and understand, 09:05 that from the going forth of the commandment 09:07 to restore and build Jerusalem 09:08 unto the anointing of the Prince... Messiah the Prince... 09:11 anointing the Prince... 09:12 shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks" 09:14 that's 69 weeks or 483 years... 09:18 that's where we get the 483 years... so... 09:21 Ivor: Okay, so 69 weeks is 483 days 09:24 but because we know it's years... 09:27 we're talking about 483 years 09:29 from the decree that went forth to restore and rebuild the City 09:35 which we know was not Cyrus' decree... 09:38 was not Darius' decree... 09:40 but was Artaxerxes' decree given in 457. 09:44 James: Yes... yes... and you said... earlier... 09:46 you said there were four decrees but there's three, right, 09:48 or is there four? 09:49 Ivor: So, Artaxerxes gave a second decree to Nehemiah 09:54 but that decree was really just a follow up to his first decree. 09:59 James: Okay, so that will be the fourth one. 10:01 Ivor: Yeah, but technically it was by three people: 10:04 Cyrus... then Darius... and the last being Artaxerxes... 10:09 Artaxerxes gave two. 10:10 James: Okay, because you've got to hold up three fingers 10:12 when you say, "three people. " 10:13 All: Laughter... 10:17 Ivor: Whatever I just did... whatever I just did. 10:19 James: You know, this is powerful 10:20 because Messiah the Prince... the anointed... the Prince 10:22 is going to be 483 years 10:24 so, we understand that to be a day for a year... 10:27 so these are prophetic days... literal years... 10:31 take us from 457 to 27 A.D. 10:33 and 27 A.D., that's the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar 10:36 and Luke confirms that. 10:38 So, it's so powerful to see from every angle... 10:42 Old Testament: Isaiah... Ezra... 10:44 New Testament: Luke... Acts... 10:47 to see everything come together and focus on Jesus 10:49 and why is that important? 10:51 Because some people have tried to apply this prophecy 10:53 to the Antichrist. 10:54 Some people have tried to apply this prophecy 10:56 to Antiochus Epiphanes. 10:58 Some people have tried to apply this prophecy 10:59 outside of Jesus Christ 11:01 but when you think about it... 11:03 when you look at what has to be fulfilled there, 11:04 there's nobody but Jesus that can fulfill this prophecy. 11:07 Yvonne: Right. 11:08 James: Only Jesus can finish transgression... 11:10 make an end of sins... 11:11 make reconciliation for iniquity... 11:12 bring in everlasting righteousness... 11:14 seal up the vision and the prophecy... 11:16 that is... the vision belonging to Christ, 11:17 the prophecy being the timeline 11:19 and then... anoint the Most Holy 11:21 which is what He did when He went to heaven. 11:22 Yvonne: Hmmm... 11:24 James: He began His work in the heavenly sanctuary. 11:25 So, all seven tasks are completed in Jesus 11:28 before the 70 weeks are completed 11:31 because He went into the sanctuary in heaven 11:34 at his resurrection 11:35 and He began His ministry there in earnest for us. 11:40 Yvonne: Isn't there a belief that... 11:44 that the 69 weeks... that there is one break of week 11:50 and it's Dispensationalism or something? 11:53 James: Yes. 11:54 Yvonne: And it's really a confusing kind of thing 11:57 because there's no reference in here for that break 12:00 and yet... that's taught. 12:03 James: Yeah, so let's look at that. 12:05 Ivor and I need to go through this with you Guys 12:08 and just show the parallelism here of this prophecy 12:12 and I want us to look at it going back to verse 24. 12:15 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 12:16 James: A lot of people get confused about this prophecy 12:18 and the reason they get confused about this prophecy is 12:20 they're not seeing the parallelism 12:22 between the Messiah and the temple, 12:24 so, if we go back to verse 24, 12:26 it's... what we're going to see here is that 12:29 these verses offer prophetic picture 12:32 of a series of events that relate to Messiah 12:34 and to the temple in Jerusalem. 12:36 Messiah... Temple... Messiah Temple, 12:38 Messiah Temple... 12:40 each of these verses predicts an event concerning the Messiah 12:43 and the Temple... okay. 12:45 Yvonne: Okay. 12:46 James: So... and that's why you know, 12:47 the angel says to him, you know, 12:49 "I've come to show you what's going to happen to your people 12:53 and to your city. 12:54 Yvonne: Hmmm... James: Okay... 12:56 "Seventy weeks are determined upon your people 12:58 and upon the holy city... " 13:00 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... James: You see that? 13:02 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... James: The people and the city, 13:03 the people and the city 13:05 and so, the first part here in verse 24 is 13:06 that they need to finish transgression... 13:08 and make an end of sins... 13:09 make reconciliation for iniquity... 13:11 bring in everlasting righteousness... 13:12 seal up the vision and the prophecy... 13:14 and this is also for the city itself. 13:17 Then in verse 25, notice what it says, 13:19 "Know therefore and understand, 13:21 that from the going forth of the commandment 13:23 to restore and build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince 13:26 there shall be seven weeks and 62 weeks... " 13:30 okay, so that's in relation to the restoration of Jerusalem 13:35 and then, excuse me, to Messiah the Prince... 13:38 the anointed one and then in the latter part, 13:40 the street shall be built again, 13:42 and the wall, even in troublous times. 13:44 Jason: Hmmm. 13:45 James: So, you see how part of it applies to the Messiah... 13:47 He's going to be anointed in 69 weeks 13:49 and the other part applies to the city itself... 13:50 it's going to be rebuilt. 13:52 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 13:53 James: The temple... and the Messiah... 13:55 the city and the Messiah... 13:56 you go to the next verse... verse 26... 13:58 "Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: 14:01 and the people of the prince who shall come... 14:04 shall destroy the city and the sanctuary 14:05 and the end thereof shall be with a flood, 14:06 unto the end of the war desolations are determined. " 14:08 So, again, you have Messiah and then you have the city. 14:12 In verse 25, we have Messiah coming after 69 weeks 14:18 and the city being restored. 14:19 In verse 26, you have Messiah being cut off 14:22 and the city being destroyed. 14:24 Yvonne: Hmmm... 14:26 James: In verse 27, He... Messiah... 14:28 shall confirm the covenant for many for one week: 14:30 and in the middle of the week 14:31 He shall bring an end of sacrifice and offering. 14:33 And on the wing of abominations 14:35 shall be one who shall make desolate, 14:37 even until the consummation, which is determined, 14:39 is poured out on the desolate. " 14:41 So, if you follow this Messiah... city... 14:44 Messiah... city, Messiah... city... 14:46 verse 27 is the key verse where people take the week 14:49 and apply it to the end of time 14:51 because they say, 14:52 "Oh, the prince that's going to come... 14:54 that is the antichrist. " 14:55 Yvonne: Hmmm... 14:57 James: "And when he comes, 14:58 he's going to do an end with sacrifices... 15:01 that's going to be the temple that's rebuilt in Jerusalem. 15:04 It's going to be reestablished 15:06 and he's going to do an end with sacrifice 15:08 well, of course, God's church is going to be raptured up 15:10 at that time, 15:12 but a lot of people are going to be involved 15:13 in a tribulation that's going to take place... " 15:15 and all of this is built up upon this idea... 15:18 it's hypothesis of separating this last week 15:21 from the rest of the 69 weeks, based on nothing really 15:24 except for an interpretation of this last verse 15:26 that doesn't really make sense 15:28 but could make sense if you wanted to see it that way. 15:30 Yvonne: Right. 15:31 James: But if you follow the pattern of verses 24, 25 and 26, 15:35 verse 27 fits perfectly 15:37 because the prince that's coming is talking specifically 15:40 about the Power of Rome. 15:43 Yvonne: Hmmm... 15:45 James: That he is going to come 15:46 on the wing of abominations so, remember, 15:48 Jesus talked about the abomination that makes desolate, 15:52 the Romans come to destroy the city 15:55 and that city is going to be made desolate 15:59 even unto the consummation at the very end of time. 16:02 So, Messiah is going to confirm the covenant 16:05 with many for one week... 16:06 in the middle of the week, He's going to be cut off... 16:07 His disciples... according to Hebrews 1 16:09 and verse nine I believe it is... 16:11 they continue to confirm that covenant 16:13 for the rest of that week 16:15 and then in A.D. 70, the city is completely destroyed 16:19 it's made desolate by the prince who comes... 16:22 of course, the Romans... Titus... 16:24 and when that city is made desolate, it's... 16:28 we're told in the prophecy, it's going to stay desolate 16:30 until the consummation... 16:31 that means, the very end of time. 16:33 Yvonne: Hmmm... 16:34 James: Okay, now, people are thinking that... 16:36 that city is going to be rebuilt or, excuse me, 16:38 and they say that that temple is going to be rebuilt 16:40 at some point 16:42 but that's not what God is saying here. 16:43 He's saying... it's staying leveled... 16:45 it's staying destroyed until the consummation... 16:48 till all things end and Jesus returns. 16:49 There's not going to be a temple built on the Temple Mount 16:53 and just so that that can be really clear in the Bible, 16:56 God allowed Islam to build a mosque 17:01 on the temple site. 17:03 If there was no mosque there right now... 17:04 if... if Islam didn't basically own that temple site right now, 17:08 you can believe there would be another temple there. 17:10 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 17:11 James: But God is made it... in fact, you can... you've... 17:13 we've heard that the temple is ready to be put up there, 17:15 the bricks are... everything... the stones are in place, 17:17 they're ready to be put in place, 17:18 but there's a mosque there 17:20 and there are a billion Muslims 17:22 who are going to descend on that spot 17:24 if you touch that mosque. 17:26 Yvonne: Hmmm... 17:27 James: And so in a sense, God has made it very clear 17:29 that this prophecy applies to Jesus and the original temple 17:34 and not a future temple. 17:35 We need to get our eyes focused 17:37 on the Lamb who fulfilled all of these prophecies 17:40 in the heavenly temple... 17:42 the heavenly sanctuary and not an earthly sanctuary 17:43 and that's where people get distracted... 17:45 they really feel that all these prophecies 17:47 are still going to be fulfilled in the Jewish Nation 17:50 when we see clearly that this prophecy limited 17:53 the time of the Jewish Nation... to 70 weeks 17:55 and that came to an end in A.D. 34. 17:58 Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... 17:59 Ivor: Yeah, James, I think it's important 18:02 to really emphasize the point 18:06 that when people look at Bible prophecy 18:09 and put those prophecies in the wrong time period, 18:14 the result is this kind of false prophecy, right, 18:19 so, we know the book of Daniel is the primary source 18:24 for end-time events. 18:25 God told Daniel to seal the book. 18:28 That's speaking about the Old Testament... 18:31 in the book... 18:32 in the New Testament, we have the book of Revelation 18:35 that is specifically geared towards the time of the end 18:38 but the primary focus of 18:40 the other prophets of the Old Testament 18:43 is 18:48 things related directly to Israel 18:51 during the Old Testament times, right? 18:55 Up to the coming of Jesus 18:56 so, the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel... 18:59 they are for the most part dealing with the fall of Babylon 19:04 right, and then the re-gathering of the people into Jerusalem 19:09 to rebuild the temple, right, 19:12 and then the coming of Jesus. 19:14 When we get to the book of Daniel, 19:16 we talk about this a little bit in one of our prior programs, 19:19 remember in the... in the... 19:21 in the prophecy given in the book of Leviticus 26, 19:24 there was a "forgiveness clause" for the nation. 19:28 James: Yes. 19:29 Ivor: There was no forgiveness clause in Daniel chapter 9. 19:32 James: Right. Yvonne: Hmmm... 19:33 Ivor: After God says, 19:35 "Okay, I'm going to give you 70 more weeks... " 19:36 there's no... "but if you... " 19:39 you know, "after this happens and if... " 19:41 no, it's just... "The city is going to be destroyed... 19:44 the temple is going to be destroyed 19:45 until the consummation... until the end of time. " 19:48 There is no... "Okay, we're going to do this again... " 19:52 no, "As a nation, the... the... the... the gospel has been taken 19:57 or the kingdom has been taken from you 19:59 and given to a nation that are bringing forth the fruits. " 20:02 James: Right. 20:04 Ivor: Those were Jesus' own words... 20:06 so, the result of not taking those words 20:09 and not understanding how these prophetic books work 20:12 is... people take prophecies in the time of Isaiah, Jeremiah... 20:16 about the rebuilding of the temple 20:18 and they're applying them to end-time events... 20:23 James: Right. 20:24 Ivor: That's how you come up with these false prophecies 20:27 that are not going to happen. 20:29 James: Yeah... so basically what you have in Daniel 20:32 is... you have Daniel beginning with Babylon, 20:35 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome and in that prophetic timeline, 20:41 you have a transition taking place when Christ comes 20:43 because Christ comes in that fourth kingdom. 20:46 Christ was born under Augustus Caesar 20:49 and then He was baptized under Tiberius Caesar 20:51 and then you have Jerusalem being destroyed... 20:54 the temple left desolate... 20:56 the rejection of Jesus... Messiah... 20:58 that is... in a sense... the closing up 21:00 of that 70-Week period. 21:02 When... when Stephen was stoned in A.D. 34, 21:04 they are full-on rejecting Christ 21:06 and they are no longer under Theocracy. 21:09 Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... 21:10 James: Individuals can always be saved... 21:12 whether they're Jew or Gentile 21:14 but God had the Jewish Nation under a Theocracy 21:17 until the end of the 70 weeks. 21:19 So, when you transition past the 70 weeks, 21:22 the latter part of Daniel... 21:24 even the latter part of Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 21:26 and Daniel 8... 21:27 the latter part of those prophecies 21:29 are all speaking about not Babylon... Medo-Persia... 21:32 Greece and Pagan Rome but primarily Papal Rome. 21:35 As you're moving toward the end of time, 21:37 Revelation picks up there 21:39 because Revelation begins in John's day. 21:41 Revelation doesn't go all the way back to Babylon, 21:44 Revelation starts with Pagan Rome 21:46 and Revelation takes us from John's time... 21:49 connects with Daniel... 21:50 especially in Revelation 13, we see that connection. 21:53 We also see it in Revelation 10. 21:54 The beast out of the sea has teeth like a lion 21:57 and a body like a leopard 21:59 and feet like a bear... 22:00 that's the connection to the book of Daniel 22:02 but it doesn't talk about those powers... 22:03 it talks about the latter powers 22:05 so it... it picks up in John's day 22:07 and it takes us all the way forward to the very end of time. 22:09 Daniel's portion that was sealed up 22:11 is unsealed in the book of Revelation. 22:14 Revelation, in a sense, is a supplement to the book of Daniel 22:17 so you have Revelation unsealing 22:19 and helping us to understand more clearly 22:22 for example, the seven thunders in Revelation 10 22:25 really help us to understand Daniel chapter 9 22:28 and that's why in Revelation chapter 10, 22:30 he sees an angel standing on the sea and on the earth 22:33 having a little book opened. 22:35 Well, the little book that is opened 22:37 is the only book that was ever sealed 22:39 and that's the book of Daniel. 22:41 In Revelation 10, a lot of people struggle with this 22:44 but Revelation 10 is actually a prophetic picture 22:47 of the Millerite Movement, Ivor... 22:49 Ivor: Yeah... which I was going to... 22:51 I'm glad you brought it there because 22:54 we want to go back to the question, 22:56 "Why are we talking about the 70-Week prophecy 22:59 when we're trying to understand the 2300-Day prophecy? 23:02 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Ivor: Right? 23:04 Why has God connected the 70 weeks 23:05 as the first part of this larger prophecy 23:09 which is 2300 days? 23:11 If we take that 457 and go all the way 23:14 to the end of the 70 weeks, which brings us to 34 A.D., 23:17 the remaining time of that 2300 years 23:21 is 1810 years which would bring you to 1844. 23:25 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 23:27 Ivor: I want you to notice this, 23:29 what happened on a smaller scale, 23:31 at the end of the 70-Week prophecy 23:34 is what happens on a global scale 23:38 towards the end of the 2300-Day prophecy. 23:41 James: Yes. 23:44 Ivor: God is using the 70-week prophecy 23:46 as a... as a smaller picture... 23:49 James: A type... 23:50 Ivor: A type, if you will, 23:52 of what will happen revolving around the 2300 days, right? 23:56 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 23:57 Ivor: So, just as there was a judgment 23:58 upon the professed people of God... 24:01 something similar is coming at the end of the 2300 days. 24:06 James: A judgment is coming at the end of time. 24:07 Ivor: Absolutely. James: Yeah. 24:09 Ivor: And what's interesting is 24:11 during this final week of the... of the 70 weeks, 24:13 remember that, you know, the people... 24:15 Genuine people of God 24:17 believed that Jesus was coming to cleanse the earth... 24:20 that's what they thought. 24:22 James: Yeah. 24:24 Ivor: But He ascends into the heavenly sanctuary. 24:27 James: Right. 24:29 Ivor: And they were totally embarrassed 24:31 about their miscalculation of the prophecy. 24:34 James: Yes. 24:35 Ivor: They have the timing right but the event wrong. 24:38 James: Yeah. Yvonne: Hmmm... 24:39 Ivor: And it was not until after their great disappointment... 24:43 Yvonne: Come on... come on... All: Laughter. 24:47 Ivor: It was not until after their great disappointment, 24:50 that you've got two disciples on the road to Emmaus... 24:52 you know, trying to avoid people... 24:56 when suddenly the Lord appears to them, 24:59 they don't know it's the Lord 25:01 but He begins to unfold to them 25:03 things that they did not understand 25:04 and the very thing that was supposed to be the death knell 25:08 of the Christian movement 25:10 became the chief cornerstone of it. 25:12 James: Yes. Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... 25:14 James: Ivor... this is so important. 25:16 Ivor: Powerful parallel. 25:18 James: Yes, and so many people 25:19 are critical of the Adventist Church 25:21 because of the Millerite disappointment 25:22 and they don't realize that the disciples 25:25 and the young Christian church 25:26 went through the very same thing. 25:27 Two people... embarrassed... out of Jerusalem... 25:29 on the road to Emmaus... "Let's get out of here... 25:31 don't want to meet anyone... don't want to see anyone... " 25:33 same thing happens 25:35 in the disappointment of the Millerite Movement. 25:37 In fact, these are... these two disappointments 25:40 are on the same prophetic timeline. 25:42 One is at the end of the 70-week part of the 2300 days 25:45 and the other one is at the end of the 2300-day part 25:47 of the 2300 days... they're all on the same prophetic timeline. 25:50 Not only so but if you go all through Biblical history, 25:54 you're going to find that many times 25:57 disappointments were the way that God led His people. 26:00 Abraham was disappointed when he got together with Hagar 26:03 and finally Isaac comes out of that 26:06 but they go through disappointment first. 26:08 Jacob is disappointed when he tries to steal the birthright 26:11 and finally he gets the birthright through God's means. 26:13 Moses is disappointed when he tries 26:16 killing the Egyptian to free his people 26:18 and finally, you know, God leads him out 26:20 and tells him, "This is the way we're going to do it. " 26:22 Jonah is disappointed when Nineveh isn't destroyed... 26:24 you can just go through over and over and over again 26:26 to criticize the Adventist church 26:29 for the Millerite disappointment which is in Bible prophecy 26:32 is to miss the whole picture that God paints from... 26:35 from the beginning, all the way to the end of time. 26:37 Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... 26:38 James: It is through disappointment 26:40 that we find a firmer grip on God and on His Word 26:43 and put all of our dependence on Him 26:45 and no dependence on us 26:46 and we see that story over and over again 26:48 through... through the Biblical record. 26:50 So, that's powerful, Ivor, 26:52 I really love that... that connection... 26:53 that disappointment... 26:55 those two men walking away in... in the parallelism... 26:59 we got... and there's more parallels than that 27:01 but we don't have enough time you know, to go through them all 27:04 but that was really powerful. 27:06 We're going to close out Daniel chapter 9... 27:08 hopefully, we've given enough information here 27:10 to help our Viewers 27:12 to be able to go back and see this timeline 27:14 as it ought to be 27:16 and the parallelism between 27:17 the destruction of Jerusalem and the Messiah... 27:19 the Jerusalem... Messiah... Jerusalem... the Messiah 27:21 and to really nail it down 27:23 so that we don't push all of this into the future 27:25 and allow it to have its proper points. 27:27 Ivor: And James, we... we... we should point out 27:30 in maybe the next program 27:31 that in 34 A.D., we have the gospel now going 27:36 to the whole... James: To the world. 27:38 Ivor: to outside of... 27:39 yes, outside of the Jewish Movement, yeah. 27:42 James: Just like Revelation 10 verse 11, 27:45 "You must prophesy again before many peoples, 27:47 nations, kindreds and tongues. " 27:48 Ivor: Multitudes. Yvonne: Hmmm... 27:50 James: Same thing is taking place there 27:51 as we see taking place here. 27:53 God is about saving people and I love the fact 27:54 that that's the bottom line of prophecy, don't you? 27:56 Yvonne: Amen... Ivor: Amen... James: Amen... Jason: Amen... |
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