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Series Code: SISS
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00:31 James: This is it! 00:32 We are closing up the book of Daniel. 00:35 Yvonne: Wow! 00:36 James: We are in Daniel chapter 12... 00:38 we've really spent a lot of time on verse 1 00:41 because it's an important verse. 00:43 It... it gives us the escape route. 00:44 It shows us how we're going to be delivered 00:47 and I think we've really nailed that 00:48 at least from a Biblical perspective. 00:50 You know, there's always more in the Bible 00:52 and especially Bible prophecy 00:53 and we're going to just touch on verses 2 and 3 00:56 because that closes out the vision 00:57 and then we're going to look at verses 4 through 13 01:00 which is kind of a special instruction to Daniel 01:03 as he seeks to try to wrap his mind around everything he's seen 01:08 and doesn't quite comprehend all of it 01:11 and that's primarily because it was written... 01:13 at least the parts he's struggling with 01:15 were written for our time... for the end of time, 01:19 so, Ivor, would you like to pray for us as we get started? 01:22 Ivor: Yeah, let's pray, "Heavenly Father, 01:26 we have come to the last chapter of the book of Daniel. 01:31 We pray, Lord, that You would just guide us 01:34 as we address these final verses Lord, 01:39 help us to pull it all together 01:41 and we pray that our audience... 01:43 as they watch... they will be blessed 01:45 and that they will be encouraged 01:48 to go and seek these things out for themselves, 01:50 we pray this in Jesus' name, amen. " 01:52 All: Amen. 01:54 James: So, these two verses... 01:56 I just want to... to hold off on for a second, 01:59 put brackets around because I want to... 02:01 I want to actually close out with these two verses... 02:03 they're so powerful. 02:05 I want us to start with verse 4 of Daniel chapter 12 02:09 where it... it gives instruction to Daniel 02:14 and he's told that basically this book needs to be sealed up 02:19 so, if we can read from verse 4 through verse 8... 02:24 or 4 to 8 of Daniel 12. 02:27 Jason: Okay, "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, 02:31 and seal the book until the time of the end; 02:34 many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase. " 02:37 Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, 02:42 one on this riverbank 02:44 and the other on that riverbank. 02:45 And one said to the man clothed in linen, 02:48 who was above the waters of the river, 02:51 "How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?" 02:54 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, 02:57 who was above the waters of the river, 03:00 when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, 03:05 and swore by Him who lives forever, 03:07 that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; 03:12 and when the power of the holy people 03:15 has been completely shattered, 03:17 all these things shall be finished. 03:19 Although I heard, I did not understand. 03:22 Then I said, 03:24 "My lord, what shall be the end of these things?" 03:27 James: Okay, let's keep reading, 03:29 let's read all the way through verse... through the end. 03:31 Jason: Okay. "And he said, 'Go your way, Daniel, 03:34 for the words are closed up and sealed 03:37 till the time of the end. 03:38 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, 03:41 but the wicked shall do wickedly; 03:44 and none of the wicked shall understand, 03:46 but the wise shall understand. 03:48 And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, 03:51 and the abomination of desolation is set up, 03:54 there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 03:58 Blessed is he who waits, 04:00 and comes to the one thousand 04:02 three hundred and thirty-five days. 04:05 But you, go your way till the end; 04:08 for you shall rest, 04:09 and will arise to your inheritance 04:12 at the end of the days. '" 04:13 James: The King James says, 04:14 "stand in your lot at the end of the days. " 04:16 So, these verses close up the book of Daniel 04:18 with special instruction, "Daniel, seal up the words... 04:21 the book is sealed up. " 04:22 and then, Daniel's looking and he's sees a certain man. 04:26 Now, that phrase is lifted out of Daniel 10. 04:29 Do you remember the certain man that he saw there? 04:30 Yvonne: Yes. 04:32 James: Ah... ah... face like fire... 04:33 that was Jesus glorified, you remember that picture? 04:36 We went to Revelation chapter 1 and Revelation chapter 2 04:39 and we alluded that that picture was also found in Revelation 04:42 chapter 10. Yvonne: Hmmm... 04:44 James: Let's go to Revelation chapter 10 right now 04:46 and Yvonne, would you read for us in Revelation chapter 10 04:49 beginning with verse 1 04:51 and I want you to read verses 1... 2... 04:55 and then I want you to skip over verses 3 and 4 05:00 and then I want you to read verses 5 through 7. 05:05 One, two, five through seven. 05:08 Yvonne: "I saw still another mighty angel 05:12 coming down from heaven, 05:13 clothed with a cloud. 05:14 And a rainbow was on his head, 05:16 his face was like the sun, 05:18 and his feet like pillars of fire. 05:21 He had a little book open in his hand. 05:23 And he set his right foot on the sea 05:26 and his left foot on the land. 05:27 The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land 05:31 raised up his hand to heaven 05:33 and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, 05:36 who created heaven and the things that are in it, 05:39 the earth and the things that are in it, 05:42 and the sea and the things that are in it, 05:44 that there should be delay no longer... " 05:47 James: Okay, and the King James says, "time no longer. " 05:50 Yvonne: Ah... 05:51 James: So, I want you just to keep your hand there 05:54 keep your hand in Daniel 12 05:55 and notice the parallels that are taking place here 05:58 because there are two places that the book of Daniel connects 06:00 with the book of Revelation. 06:02 One of them we noted in Revelation 13 06:04 that has those beasts and those horns with crowns... 06:08 connects with the beasts in Daniel and the horns in Daniel. 06:11 The second place is Daniel 12 and Revelation 10. 06:15 Yvonne: Hmmm... 06:16 James: Because you remember this certain man 06:18 is Christ glorified. 06:19 In Revelation 10, we have this angel or messenger 06:23 that's glorified. 06:24 Remember his sun is like the... face is like the sun, etc... 06:27 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 06:28 James: And then in Daniel 12, the book of Daniel is sealed... 06:31 in Revelation 10, a little book is opened. 06:34 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 06:36 James: In Daniel 12, he stands on the waters of the river... 06:40 in Revelation 10, he stands on the land and the sea 06:44 which means a larger proclamation of this... 06:47 of this message that's in this little book of Daniel. 06:49 In Daniel 12, he lifts up his hands to heaven... 06:53 in Revelation 10, he lifts up his hand to heaven... 06:57 in Daniel 12, he swears by Him that lives forever and ever... 06:59 in Revelation 10, he swears by Him that lives forever... 07:02 in Daniel 12, he says, "there's going to be... 07:04 it's going to be sealed up for time, times and a half a time, 07:06 and for 1290 and 1335... 07:08 in Revelation chapter 10, he says, "time no longer. " 07:10 Yvonne: Hmmm... 07:11 James: It's not sealed up anymore... it's done. 07:14 Yvonne: Wow! 07:15 James: Now, what are we waiting for? 07:17 Now, we're waiting for the mystery of God to be finished. 07:20 We're not waiting for a time prophecy, 07:21 we're waiting for the mystery of God 07:23 which according to Colossians 1:26 07:25 is... "Christ in us the hope of glory. " 07:27 We're waiting for the character of Christ 07:29 to be revealed in His people, 07:31 we're waiting for the gospel to go to the world 07:33 as a witness to all nations 07:34 and then the end is going to come. 07:35 Yvonne: Hmmm... 07:37 James: We're not waiting for time. 07:38 The time prophecies of Daniel 11 or 12, 07:40 are like an envelope that contains a message. 07:44 That envelope has an address from where it came 07:48 and an address to where it's going, right, 07:50 and it's sealed up. 07:52 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 07:53 James: It's got a message inside. 07:54 When it gets to its destination, 07:56 you open the envelope... the time prophecies... 07:57 you put them to the side... 07:59 they tell you where these prophecies came from 08:00 and where they're going to 08:02 so, they came from Daniel's day 08:04 and they're going to the time of the end... 08:06 you open up and you read the prophecies themselves. 08:09 Right? Yvonne: Hmmm... 08:10 James: Those time prophecies were just an envelope 08:13 to carry the content... 08:14 the message to our time... 08:16 so, that time... that envelope is no longer... 08:19 that time prophecy is no longer, 08:20 now, what are we looking for? 08:22 we're looking for the mystery of God to be finished. 08:24 How does that take place? 08:25 Well, we just read about it in Daniel chapter 12 verse 1. 08:27 Yvonne: Ah... 08:29 James: Getting into the Word of God, right? 08:31 Meditating upon Jesus... 08:34 Daniel 12:1 in comparison with 08:37 Malachi chapter 3 verses 15 and 16, 08:41 you know, "those who fear me will think upon my name... 08:43 those who fear me will talk often one to another. " 08:45 Yvonne: Hmmm... 08:47 James: So, what we're seeing here is a connection between 08:49 Daniel chapter 12 and Revelation chapter 10. 08:52 Now, the reason this is significant is because 08:55 in Revelation chapter 10... we've studied this in our 08:59 Salvation in Symbols and Signs in Revelation, 09:00 in Revelation chapter 10, 09:03 we have the bitter disappointment of 1844. 09:07 Yvonne: Hmmm... 09:08 James: Okay, let's just read just a few more verses here 09:10 in Revelation chapter 10 09:11 because I know you guys kept your hands here 09:12 so we could easily do that... 09:14 I didn't... I failed to follow my instruction. 09:16 All: Laughter. 09:17 James: Let's read now, Revelation chapter 10 09:20 and verses 8 through 10. 09:23 Jason: "Then the voice which I heard from heaven 09:26 spoke to me again and said, 09:28 'Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel 09:31 who stands on the sea and on the earth. ' 09:33 So I went to the angel and said to him, 09:35 'Give me the little book. ' 09:37 And he said to me, 'Take and eat it; 09:39 and it will make your stomach bitter, 09:41 but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth. ' 09:43 Then I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, 09:47 and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. 09:49 But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. " 09:52 James: So, we see here 09:54 that Daniel 12 is connecting with Revelation chapter 10. 09:57 Yvonne: Hmmm... 09:58 James: The angel in Daniel 12, 10:00 the certain man in Daniel 12 goes through the same motions 10:02 when he seals up the book of Daniel 10:04 as he does... when the book of Daniel is opened 10:07 and that leads us to this movement... 10:10 we call it the Millerite Movement historically 10:12 that went through a bitter-sweet disappointment. 10:14 We've talked about this 10:16 in relationship to the 2300-day prophecy. 10:18 The disciples were bitterly disappointed 10:20 on the first end that prophecy 10:22 and the Millerites were disappointed 10:24 on the second end of that prophecy 10:25 but here's the key point, 10:27 the Millerite disappointment led them to realize 10:29 that the sanctuary that was going to be cleansed 10:32 in Daniel 8:14 was not the earth as they had thought 10:35 and Jesus coming to cleanse the earth with fire. 10:38 The sanctuary... as they went back to investigate 10:41 was in heaven. 10:43 They discovered the heavenly sanctuary 10:45 and what they discovered there in the heavenly sanctuary 10:48 was the mediation of Christ and the Law of God. 10:50 The things that had been attacked 10:52 by the Little Horn in Daniel 7 10:53 and the Little Horn in Daniel 8 10:55 and so, when it says there in Daniel chapter 12... 10:58 Unto 1260 days... and then 1290... 11:02 and 1335... 11:03 those extra dates are taking us past 1798 11:08 all the way to 1843 and 1844. 11:10 Let me explain how that works. 11:11 In Daniel we've learned 11:14 that the Papal Power is a Civil Power and a Religious Power. 11:19 The 1260 is a time-frame of the Civil Power... 538 to 1798. 11:24 That's where we see the Civil Power of the Papacy 11:27 rise and end. 11:29 The 508... or, excuse me... the 1290 and the 1335 11:33 are time prophecies relating to the 11:36 Religious Power of the Papacy. 11:38 They begin in 508... 11:40 with the decree that the Pope was judge of all men 11:42 who could be judged by no man. 11:44 That decree began the work of priestly mediation by men... 11:50 by the Pope and Priest 11:52 which obscured the administration of Christ 11:54 in the heavenly sanctuary. 11:55 Now, I was raised a Catholic. 11:57 I went to church every week, I went to Catholic school... 11:58 I went to Confession every week... 12:00 I confessed my sins to a priest 12:02 and I never got relief from my guilt... not through the gospel 12:06 because I didn't understand the gospel. 12:08 I was 18... I was 19... I was 20... 12:10 I was still going to a priest 12:12 but when I accepted Christ as my personal Savior, 12:15 I accepted that Christ was in the heavenly sanctuary. 12:18 What the Millerites went through 12:19 and how they discovered 12:21 or re-discovered the heavenly sanctuary 12:23 caused me to be liberated from my sins. 12:25 It's caused millions of people to be liberated from their sins, 12:28 you see, they went through this disappointment 12:31 but led them to the sanctuary 12:32 and that sanctuary truth became part of the Advent Movement 12:35 and that Advent Movement knocked on my door one day... 12:37 that Advent Movement 12:39 opened my heart to the mediation of Jesus Christ. 12:41 "Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed... " 12:43 became my reality. 12:44 The sanctuary was made right 12:46 and now that I see the sanctuary and I understand the sanctuary, 12:49 I understand that we are in the Day of Atonement. 12:51 I understand that in 1844, 12:53 Jesus went from the Holy Place to the Most Holy Place. 12:56 All of that fits together like a jigsaw puzzle in my brain 12:59 and I realize what it says here in Daniel chapter 12 13:03 that in the end of time, 13:05 this is what he's told in verse 9... verses 9 and 10 13:09 "And he said, 'Go thy way Daniel: 13:11 for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 13:13 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried... '" 13:17 When I accepted Christ, I got purified and made white 13:20 and tried... 13:21 it was a great trial to receive the Sabbath truth 13:24 and to follow the Lord 13:25 because I lost friends... I lost family... 13:26 and the wicked shall do wickedly 13:28 but none of the wicked shall understand 13:30 but the wise shall understand. Jason: Hmmm... 13:32 So, the prophetic time prophecy here is talking about 13:35 the time when the "Daily" 13:38 the focus of Christ was taken away... 508... 13:40 from 508 to 1798 is 1290 prophetic days or literal years 13:48 but notice it says, 13:49 "Blessed is he that comes to the 1335... " 13:52 because even though the Papacy received the deadly wound 13:55 in 1798, the sanctuary wasn't discovered yet. 13:59 it wasn't till 1843... the Millerite Movement 14:03 made their first prediction which led to the 1844 prediction 14:06 which led to the disappointment which led to the sanctuary. 14:08 You see that? Yvonne: Okay, yeah... okay. 14:10 James: So, the religious obscuring by the Papacy 14:14 of the sanctuary gives us two time prophecies. 14:17 One leads to the end of Papal dominance in 1798 14:20 but the other leads to the Millerite Disappointment 14:23 in 1843 and 1844. 14:25 "Blessed is he that comes to the 1335... " 14:27 that's why it says that. Yvonne: Wow... 14:30 James: Because it's not until 1843 and 1844 14:32 that we received the blessing of realizing 14:34 that the sanctuary is in heaven and we have a Mediator there. 14:36 Jason: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 14:37 James: Till the sanctuary truth is recovered 14:38 and the Day of Atonement is discovered 14:41 and the cleansing of the sanctuary can take place 14:44 in earnest... and Christ can go to the final phase 14:46 of closing out this earth's history. 14:48 Yvonne: Wow! James: Does that make sense? 14:49 Yvonne: It does... wow! 14:51 James: This is how the book of Daniel ends. 14:53 It directs us... and Daniel... 14:55 "Daniel, you're going to stand in your lot 14:56 at the end of the days. " 14:57 You're going to stand in your lot because 14:59 Daniel himself is going to be judged 15:01 in this Investigative Judgment. 15:02 It starts with the dead and then it goes to the living 15:04 and he's going to be found righteous 15:06 because he trusted in the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 15:08 Yvonne: Hmmm... 15:09 James: And every single person... 15:11 see, a lot of people are scared of the Investigative Judgment. 15:13 There's nothing to be scared of in the Investigative Judgment. 15:15 It takes place before Probation closes 15:18 because we need a Mediator in the Investigative Judgment 15:22 and we have one... Jesus Christ... 15:23 and everything that's brought up... 15:25 everything that's recorded there... 15:27 every accusation that Satan brings against us... 15:29 because he's the Accuser in Revelation 12:10... 15:31 the Accuser... 15:33 he accuses us before God day and night... 15:35 every... all of it is going to be vanquished 15:36 by our Mediator... as long as we put our trust in Him. 15:39 If we put our trust in ourselves... 15:41 if we put our trust in our works... 15:42 if we say, well, you know, "Lord, Lord, 15:44 I've done many wonderful works in Your name 15:45 and I've cast out devils in Your name 15:47 and I've done all... " then we're lost. 15:48 Yvonne: Right. James: We are lost 15:50 but if we put our trust in Jesus... 15:51 if we are accepting Christ as our righteousness, 15:54 then, our adversary... 15:56 our enemy will be vanquished by Jesus. 15:59 In Zechariah chapter 3 it has a picture where the Lord says, 16:03 "The Lord rebuke you Satan; even the Lord... 16:05 isn't this a firebrand plucked out of the fire?" 16:06 Yvonne: Hmmm... 16:07 James: That's our experience by faith 16:10 as we enter into the sanctuary, into this Day of Atonement... 16:14 this day of cleansing... 16:15 trusting in our Mediator, Jesus Christ. 16:17 Yvonne: Hmmm... 16:18 James: Beautiful picture, isn't it? 16:20 Ivor: Yeah, I think it's... yeah 16:21 and I think what... we're in the last chapter of Daniel 16:24 and there's... some of that I hope that everyone sees 16:28 as we have gone through these two books... 16:31 Revelation... Daniel... 16:32 the storyline in both books are consistent. 16:38 James: Amen. 16:39 Ivor: Right, there's a consistent storyline... 16:42 we've just seen Daniel... 16:44 from Daniel 1 all the way up to Daniel 12, 16:46 it's... it's not... 16:48 Daniel 1 is talking about this thing 16:50 and Daniel 5 will be talking about, 16:52 you know, this time period or that... 16:55 everything is following a... 16:57 a single theme of the great controversy, right, 17:01 I always like to say that truth is a beautiful system 17:06 and it makes sense 17:08 and I tell you, I've looked at, you know, 17:11 different interpretations of the book of Revelation 17:14 and of Daniel and it's all over the place. 17:17 James: Hmmm... Ivor: Right... 17:19 nothing is... this means this 17:20 and this is talking about that nation over there 17:22 and this is talking about that country 17:24 and this deal that happened in 1555... 17:26 and it's just kind of all over the place 17:27 with no theme through it, 17:29 what we have just done with the book of Daniel 17:31 is shown how consistent God is... 17:34 shown how consistent truth is 17:38 and as you follow that theme through the book of Daniel, 17:41 you know you're on the right track 17:43 because truth is not coincidence. 17:46 James: Hmmm... hmmm... 17:47 Ivor: Right, all of these numbers and all of these dates 17:49 you know, you might be like 1290 and 1335 and 17:53 I can't remember all those numbers 17:54 but if you can remember... 17:55 I mean, that's going to take study 17:57 you've got to go over this again and again and again 17:59 until it becomes like, you know, second nature to you 18:02 but... if you have seen like, 18:05 all right, it's not a coincidence 18:08 that we keep coming to these numbers, 18:10 you know, 1798 and 1844 and the Little Horn 18:15 and the changing of the Law of God, 18:17 we have been consistent in theme 18:19 throughout our entire Revelation Series 18:23 and now our entire Daniel Series and... 18:26 and this, again, I think... is the power of truth. 18:30 James: Amen. Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 18:31 Ivor: Right? That... that I hope our audience, 18:35 as you're viewing will see this consistent theme of truth 18:36 will see this consistent theme of truth 18:39 throughout these presentations. 18:41 James: Okay, now, remember there's two verses 18:43 that we left behind. 18:44 Ivor: No, no, no, no, no... 18:46 I know... that was just my... let's... let's get to it. 18:49 James: Let's get to it. 18:50 Ivor: But I just had to drop that in there. 18:52 James: Amen, there's two verses that we left behind 18:54 and we want to look at those two verses right now, 18:56 those are the last two verses of the vision of Daniel 11 and 12 19:00 and they are Daniel chapter 12 verses 2 and 3. 19:04 So, look at these verses 19:06 because we want to close out with these verses, 19:08 these verses are powerful. 19:09 There's two points here that are really important for us. 19:13 The first one in verse 2, Jason, can you read that for us, 19:17 Daniel 12 verse 2? 19:18 Jason: "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth 19:21 shall awake, some to everlasting life, 19:24 some to shame and everlasting contempt. " 19:27 James: Okay, this is talking about the resurrection. 19:29 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 19:31 James: It's talking about the resurrection of the just 19:32 and of the unjust and... 19:34 and even might imply the Special Resurrection 19:35 that we talked about in Revelation 1:7 19:37 but there's something here that's really significant 19:40 and that's the word "awake". 19:42 Yvonne: Hmmm... 19:44 James: When you awake, it implies that you are asleep. 19:48 See, God has turned death into a sleep for those who believe. 19:53 That's why Jesus says in John chapter 11, 19:55 "Whoever believes in Me shall never die... " 19:57 and then He asked the question, "Do you believe that?" 20:01 Jason: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 20:03 James: Do you believe that? Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 20:04 James: You may sleep but you won't die 20:06 and this is really important when we understand 20:09 where we're headed before Jesus comes. 20:11 We're headed to a time of trouble such as never was 20:14 and there's going to be a little time of trouble before that... 20:16 there's going to be persecution... 20:17 there's going to be martyrdom before that. 20:19 Even now, we're in a lot of trouble 20:21 and yet, death is a sleep. 20:25 Death is something we awaken from. 20:28 Death has been completely eradicated for the believer. 20:33 The sting has been removed. 20:34 Death is an enemy of God 20:36 and God has removed it from us by faith... 20:39 that's the first thing. 20:40 Paul says... if there's no resurrection, 20:42 we're... most men most miserable. 20:44 Yvonne: Right. 20:45 James: He said... our life... we live and breathe 20:47 because of the resurrection 20:48 because we have... we have boldness... 20:50 we have freedom... we have liberty... 20:52 we live the life that is completely different 20:54 because we look forward to that resurrection. 20:56 Then the second verse we want to look at... 20:58 we want to close out with, 21:00 I think we want to really emphasize something here. 21:01 Yvonne, could you read that verse for us... verse 3? 21:03 Yvonne: Sure, "Those who are wise shall shine 21:06 like the brightness of the firmament, 21:09 and those who turn many to righteousness 21:11 like the stars forever and ever. " 21:13 James: Hmmm... 21:14 James: "Those who turn many to righteousness... " 21:16 this is the last verse of the prophetic visions 21:19 in the book of Daniel. Yvonne: Hmmm... 21:21 James: Four through 13 is an explanation. 21:22 The very last verse reminds us of one thing... 21:25 God is calling us to shine for Him 21:27 and to turn many to righteousness. 21:30 Yvonne: Yes. 21:31 James: And you know what it means to turn people 21:32 to righteousness? 21:34 Jesus Christ is our righteousness. 21:36 Yvonne: Hmmm... 21:37 James: Righteousness is right doing 21:39 and Jesus Christ is the only One that lived 21:42 a perfect sinless life... He never sinned 21:44 and that's what you need to get through the judgment, 21:46 that's what you need to be in heaven... 21:48 you need a perfect, sinless life. 21:49 None of us have that to offer but Jesus has it 21:52 and He gives it to us as a gift 21:53 and then, He died... 21:56 our penalty satisfied substitutionary death... 21:59 He died in our place to satisfy the consequences... 22:03 the penalty of transgressing the law... which is death. 22:07 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 22:08 James: So, Jesus lived this perfect life... 22:09 then He died our death 22:11 and therefore he becomes our righteousness 22:15 and our job is to turn people to Him... 22:18 not to turn people to ourself... 22:20 not to turn people to other men... 22:21 to turn people to Jesus. Yvonne: Right. 22:23 James: Those that turn people to righteousness... 22:26 those that turn people to Jesus 22:28 will shine as the stars forever and ever. 22:31 Jason: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 22:33 James: So, Daniel closes out with this call... 22:35 this clarion call that is... 22:36 that is synonymous with the everlasting gospel 22:39 in Revelation chapter 14... 22:40 the three angels' message to all the world... 22:43 "Turn people to Jesus... turn people to righteousness, 22:45 don't turn to the mediators... 22:47 don't turn unto traditions... 22:48 don't turn to the human institutions... 22:50 turn people to Jesus... 22:51 don't turn unto the abomination of desolation... 22:53 turn people to Jesus... the Lord our righteousness. " 22:56 Isn't that a beautiful... 22:57 beautiful close of this gospel message? 23:00 All: Amen. 23:02 Ivor: Yeah, I mean, that time with Revelation 14 23:05 is... is powerful because that is what... 23:10 this gospel shall be preached in all the world... 23:16 and then the end shall come 23:19 and it's... it's crucial to understand 23:23 that what has been... 23:24 what had been being preached during the Dark Ages 23:26 was not this gospel. 23:28 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 23:29 Ivor: It was another gospel... 23:31 it was a counterfeit gospel 23:33 and, therefore, what was going into the world 23:38 was something that was getting people drunk, right, 23:42 something that was turning people away from God... 23:45 away from truth... 23:47 James: And making them desolate. 23:48 Ivor: And making them desolate 23:50 and so, this process of restoring the truth 23:53 of the sanctuary... 23:54 it restores the truth of the gospel and... 23:59 and since 1844... 24:01 since the beginning of the cleansing of the sanctuary... 24:03 the unadulterated message of truth 24:05 has been going into all the world. 24:08 This is what we're doing right now, right, 24:10 right, what we have been sharing is part of that unadulterated 24:13 message of truth... the pure gospel. 24:18 When this gospel goes into all the world, 24:22 then shall the end come 24:25 and so that's why we do this Program... 24:27 that's why we're out there preaching and teaching. 24:29 That's why millions of others are out there 24:32 sharing this same message 24:34 because this is the message that liberates people 24:38 and this is the message 24:39 that will usher in the second coming of Jesus. 24:42 James: Amen... this gospel going as a witness to all nations 24:45 and so, Daniel closes out with the same theme 24:48 that Revelation closes out with and it's the same theme 24:51 that we see in Matthew... in Matthew 24 and Mark 13... 24:54 Luke 21 which, by the way, are all end-time chapters 24:57 in the gospels. 24:59 John doesn't have an end-time chapter 25:01 because John was... 25:02 was able or gifted to write the whole book of Revelation 25:06 but all of it comes together and let's remember 25:09 the Bible is the interpreter of these prophetic books. 25:12 All we've been doing is, 25:14 we've been borrowing from the rest of the Bible 25:16 to understand these prophetic books... and there's more here, 25:18 we haven't covered it all... 25:20 we haven't gone through all the details. 25:21 I was eager to go through Daniel chapter 11 25:24 and parallel verses 40 to 12:3 25:26 with Revelation 13 and show how, yeah, 25:28 they both take place at the time of the end 25:30 and in they both... there's a deadly wound in both... 25:32 there's a healing of the deadly wound in both 25:34 and there's persecution preceding both 25:35 and there's a persecution following both 25:37 and there's economic control in both 25:39 and there's... you know, all of the... 25:41 the... the deliverance in both 25:42 and God's people are written in the book in both. 25:44 Revelation 13 says... everyone follows the beast 25:47 except those whose names are written in the Lamb... 25:49 in the book of the Lamb 25:50 slain from the foundation of the world. 25:52 Now, I'm getting excited but, you know... 25:55 All: Laughter. Yvonne: You covered it. 25:57 James: There's so much here... there's so much here 25:59 and God wants you... the Viewers every single person 26:03 to have that relationship with Him 26:05 to talk about Him 26:06 and find themselves meditating upon Him. 26:09 I wake up in the morning... I got to bed at night 26:11 and I'm just thinking about these things, you know, 26:12 and I don't want anything else obscuring those thoughts 26:15 and those opportunities of meditation 26:17 where we're thinking about spiritual truths 26:19 and God says, "I'm going to remember that... 26:21 I'm going to remember that, 26:23 I'm going to remember that 26:24 your name is going to be written and I'm going to deliver you" 26:26 because our deliverance is 100% in Christ... zero percent in us. 26:30 Christ is the One that empowers us... 26:32 Christ is the One that takes away 26:34 all of the faults and failures 26:35 and helps us when we fall upon our face to get back up... 26:39 remember Daniel, "I have no goodness in me, 26:41 my comeliness was turned into corruption... 26:43 I fell on my face 26:44 and He lifted me up on my hands and my knees. " 26:46 Yvonne: Hmmm... Jason: Hmmm... 26:47 James: "And he lifted me up on my feet 26:49 and I still felt overwhelmed, I said, 'I can't talk... ' 26:51 and He said, 'You are greatly beloved... 26:52 you are greatly beloved... 26:54 I'm going to give you a voice to talk. '" 26:55 You know, some of us think we can't speak for Jesus... 26:57 we can't... you can share your testimony... 26:59 you can share how God has worked in your life. 27:02 You don't have to know the 2300-day prophecy. 27:04 You don't have to be able to go from Daniel chapter 12 27:07 to Revelation chapter 10 and explain how it all fits together 27:09 well, they don't, you guys do... they don't... 27:11 All: Laughter. 27:13 James: But you can give a testimony... 27:15 you can share what God has done in your life 27:16 and how you've been blessed. 27:18 You may not have all the Scriptures that you can memorize 27:20 and throw out there 27:21 but you certainly have a testimony that God has given you 27:25 of His favor in your life... Yvonne: Yes. 27:26 James: Of the way He's worked 27:28 and brought you comfort and hope. 27:29 Yvonne: Yes. 27:30 James: And that's what we want all of our Viewers to... to have 27:32 and to share with anyone and everyone 27:35 in their sphere of influence so that... 27:37 so that indeed Jesus Christ can be lifted up... 27:40 that we can be witnesses for Him through all of the world 27:44 and that the end can come 27:46 and God can close up His work... 27:47 that we can find ourselves cleansed... 27:49 we can find ourselves in that Book 27:51 and we can find ourselves standing on that Sea of Glass 27:54 on Mount Zion with the Lamb following Him wherever He goes. 27:56 That's the experience that we want to have. 27:58 Yvonne: Amen. James: Amen. |
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