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00:01 The Bible tells us,
00:02 "In the beginning was the Word, 00:04 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." 00:08 It says, "To receive with meekness 00:10 the implanted Word," 00:12 which is able to save your souls. 00:14 And to be diligent to present yourself 00:16 approved to God, 00:18 rightly dividing the Word of truth." 00:21 Join us now for the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:25 Our study today is the Book of Daniel. 00:31 Hello, my name is Shelley Quinn, 00:34 and we welcome you to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:37 We are so glad you're taking timeout 00:40 to study with us. 00:41 We enjoy studying with each other 00:44 and we enjoy sharing this with you. 00:46 Our study today, 00:47 as we continue in lesson 9 as today 00:51 from the Book of Daniel, 00:53 from contamination to purification. 00:57 Now, if you don't have a quarterly, 01:00 we want to tell you 01:01 how you can obtain your own copy. 01:03 Just go to ABSG.Adventist.org, 01:09 and you can download a copy or better yet, 01:12 go to your local Seventh-day Adventist Church, 01:14 they'll give you a copy. 01:16 And I'm sure that they would love 01:17 to have you sit with them and study further together. 01:22 Let me introduce my brothers and sisters 01:25 sitting on this panel, 01:27 who we have so much fun as we work together 01:30 to do this, 01:31 but first I have Brother Kenny Shelton to my left. 01:35 It's good to be here. Praise the Lord. 01:36 Love to study the Word. 01:38 We know you do and you get good fired up. 01:42 We like that about you. 01:43 And then Sister Jill Morikone. 01:46 Privilege to be here and open up God's Word. 01:48 Well God has given you a gift of teaching, Jill. 01:51 It's really precious. 01:53 Then we have Pastor Ryan Day with us. 01:56 Oh, I'm always excited to be here. 01:58 And you know what? 01:59 Last study, 02:01 did I not give everybody the right assignments, 02:03 I think this study as well. 02:05 You're doing well. 02:06 And then Pastor John Lomacang, my pastor. 02:09 Praise the Lord. 02:10 We're looking at a prophecy that really helps us 02:13 see where we are, in the time table of eternity. 02:16 Amen and amen. 02:18 Well, let's open with prayer. 02:19 Jill, would you like to have our prayer? 02:20 Sure. 02:22 Holy Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus, 02:24 praising You for this study 02:25 in this time we have together to open up Your Word. 02:29 We thank You that Your Word is anointed, 02:31 but right now would You anoint our minds and our hearts 02:34 to receive what You have for us, 02:36 in Jesus' name, men. 02:38 Woo, amen. 02:40 Okay, our memory text for today is Daniel 8:14. 02:44 And if you've been in the Adventist Church. 02:48 very long, you'll know this one. 02:50 "He said to me, "For 2,300 days, 02:54 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." 02:58 The vision that was given to Daniel in Chapter 8 03:03 was given somewhere around 548 or 547 BC. 03:09 And Daniel 8 parallels the presentation 03:13 of the nations, the kingdoms 03:16 as Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. 03:19 So in 2 and 7 we see 03:22 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and... 03:26 Rome. Rome. 03:27 Thank you, my mind just went blank. 03:29 That's okay. That's an interesting one. 03:31 But what we see in Daniel 8 03:34 is that it begins with Medo-Persia 03:38 rather than Babylon 03:39 because Babylon was already in decline. 03:43 So, when we look at Daniel 7, 03:46 we see a judgment in heaven 03:49 and then the second coming. 03:51 When we look at Daniel 8, 03:53 we see the cleansing of the sanctuary 03:56 and the second coming. 03:58 Both occur after the 1260 year period of persecution 04:03 that was perpetrated by the little horn power 04:05 from 538 to 1798 BC. 04:11 Chapter 8 divides into two major sections. 04:15 Verses 1-14 is the vision, 04:19 and verses 15-27 is the interpretation 04:23 and it orbits around three main characters, 04:28 a ram, a goat, and a little horn. 04:32 The language changes 04:34 because we are now getting into sanctuary language, 04:39 let me just say it that. 04:41 Let's look at Sunday the ram and the goat, 04:44 because what we're gonna find 04:46 in Daniel Chapter 8 is 04:50 it is connected with heavenly Day of Atonement. 04:54 Daniel Chapter... 04:56 Or Sunday the ram and the goat. 05:00 As in Daniel 2 and 7, where Daniel 8 continues 05:04 with the rise and fall of the nations. 05:06 But the symbolism changes to that of the sanctuary. 05:11 There is an apocalyptic vision on this ram and this goat. 05:15 And it's interesting. 05:17 The ram and the goat were both used 05:20 as sacrifices in the temple services. 05:26 But the only time the ram and the goat 05:30 were mentioned together in the temple services 05:35 was on the Day of Atonement. 05:37 So what we're seeing here is this vision 05:41 has something to do with the sanctuary ritual 05:45 and the judgment of ancient Israel. 05:48 So let's look, we're gonna begin with verse 3 05:52 because this is a fast moving vision. 05:55 It's kind of like watching a sci-fi movie picture 05:59 and as the vision unfolds, 06:01 Daniel 8:3, he says, 06:03 "Then I lifted my eyes and saw, 06:05 and there, standing beside the river, 06:08 was a ram which had two horns, 06:10 and the two horns were high, 06:13 but one was higher than the other, 06:15 and the higher one came up last." 06:18 You know in verse 20 as we go on down, 06:22 the Angel Gabriel identifies this ram 06:26 as Medo-Persia. 06:28 Daniel 7, you remember that the bear 06:31 was raised up on one side, 06:33 the bear that had the three ribs in its mouth. 06:36 Well, here we're talking about the same power 06:38 and that's why one horn was higher than the other 06:42 because the Persians came along a little later, 06:45 but they were more powerful than Media was. 06:49 Verse 4, "I saw the ram pushing 06:51 westward, northward, and southward, 06:55 so that no animal could withstand him, 06:59 nor was there any that could deliver 07:02 from his hand, 07:03 but he did according to his will 07:05 and became great." 07:08 So this ram is who? 07:11 This ram is Greece. 07:13 This ram is... 07:14 Excuse me Medo-Persia. 07:16 Medo-Persia. That's right. 07:17 So, see, 07:18 Medo-Persia covered a lot more territory 07:21 than Babylon did. 07:23 They extended from India to Ethiopia, 07:26 and basically to the eastern and southern extremities 07:30 of the then known world. 07:33 So they had three major conquests, 07:35 their westward expansion 07:37 when Cyrus conquered Lydia, 07:40 the southward expansion, 07:42 Cambyses into Egypt in Nubia, 07:46 and the northward expansion of power was when Darius... 07:50 I'm so glad that y'all don't go 07:53 by my pronunciation of things. 07:55 Hystaspes, Darius Hystaspes. 07:58 Anyway, he came against the Scythians in 513. 08:02 But the point is that God who knows the future 08:06 predicted the rise of Medo-Persia, 08:10 and this symbolic ram seems to be indestructible, 08:15 nobody can stop him. 08:17 Until, God raises up a goat, 08:20 unlike anything anybody's ever seen before. 08:23 Daniel 8:5, "As I was considering, 08:28 suddenly a male goat came forward from the west, 08:32 across the surface of the whole earth, 08:34 without touching the ground, 08:37 and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes." 08:42 Now verse 21, we don't have to guess who this is. 08:45 The Angel Gabriel identifies this 08:47 as the Greek Empire 08:48 and it was under the command of Alexander the Great, 08:51 who was the horn, 08:53 the notable horn between the eyes. 08:55 But he came from the west so fast 08:58 that his feet didn't even touch the ground. 09:01 The whole earth felt his fury. 09:05 The swift conquest of Alexander. 09:09 We remember he was the winged leopard 09:12 in Daniel 7, right? 09:14 And God who knows the future 09:17 predicted the rise of Greece and Alexander the Great. 09:22 So verse 8, excuse me, Chapter 8 verse 7, 09:26 "I saw him confronting the ram, 09:27 he was moved with rage against him, 09:30 he attacked the ram, and broke his two horns. 09:33 There was no power in the ram to withstand him, 09:37 but he cast him down to the ground 09:40 and trampled him, 09:42 and there was no one that could deliver the ram 09:48 from his hand." 09:49 You know in verse 21, 09:50 the angel reveals that the goat is Alexander, the Greece, 09:55 the one with the great conspicuous horn 09:58 and Alexander and his armies when they came against Persia, 10:03 there was such savage fury 10:05 that they just decimated the Persian Empire. 10:09 Verse 8, 10:10 "Therefore the male goat grew very great, 10:14 but when he became strong, 10:16 the large horn was broken, 10:18 and in place of it four notable ones came up 10:22 toward the four winds of the earth." 10:25 The male goat grew great. 10:28 Greece became powerful overnight. 10:32 And even though Alexander's life was brief, 10:36 boy, I tell you what, 10:37 his influence in spreading the Greek culture 10:42 and it was so very strong. 10:44 It's still with us today, is it not? 10:47 So but at the pinnacle of his power, Alexander died. 10:51 He was just 33 years old. 10:54 And his kingdom was divided 10:57 between four notable ones, his four generals 11:01 which will come into or look at in just a moment. 11:04 And they continued in existence 11:06 until mighty Roman came into place. 11:09 So the point is, now Daniel's bewildered 11:13 and God is gonna send Gabriel with an interpretation 11:16 so I love how God delights at revealing Himself 11:23 and His plans to His people. 11:25 What a gift scripture is to us. 11:27 Daniel 8:15, 11:29 "Then it happened, 11:31 when I, Daniel, had seen the vision 11:32 and was seeking the meaning, 11:34 that suddenly there stood before me 11:36 one having the appearance of a man. 11:40 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, 11:42 who called, and said, 11:44 'Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.' 11:47 So he came near where I stood, 11:49 and when he came I was afraid and I fell on my face, 11:53 and he said, 'Understand, son of man, 11:57 that the vision refers to the time of the end.'" 12:02 So this is important 12:04 and it's also important to remember 12:05 that understanding God's Word requires divine assistance, 12:09 does it not? 12:11 So verse 18, "As he was speaking with me, 12:13 I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground, 12:15 but he touched me, and stood me upright. 12:17 And then he said, 'Look, I am making known 12:20 to you what shall happen 12:21 in the latter time of the indignation, 12:23 for at the appointed time the end shall be. 12:27 The ram which you saw, having the two horns, 12:30 they are the kings of Media and Persia. 12:32 The male goat is the kingdom of Greece. 12:35 The large horn that is 12:36 between its eyes is the first king.'" 12:40 That would be Alexander the Great. 12:42 "As for the broken horn 12:43 and the four that stood up in its place, 12:46 four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, 12:49 but not with its power." 12:51 So his four generals, Cassander, Lysimachus, 12:55 Seleucus, and Ptolemy arose 12:57 but they were minor powers. 13:01 They never became a major power. 13:03 So they rose from that nation but without its power. 13:07 Here's the main point. 13:08 Daniel 2:38, Daniel 8:20-21, 13:13 God identifies three of the four empires. 13:18 And you know when you think about the detail, the accuracy, 13:22 Daniel's writing this hundreds of years in advance. 13:26 Wow, we can trust the prophetic word. 13:29 That's right. Absolutely. 13:31 Boy, It didn't give you confidence 13:32 like when we're reading scripture, 13:33 when we go over these things 13:35 and really even in our lesson study, 13:37 we are building one right on the other 13:40 with these studies 13:41 and some of it is kind of a repeat, you know, 13:46 it's good because I know I need to have things repeated 13:48 so that I can retain it. 13:49 So we're gonna be looking at Monday's lesson, 13:52 the rise of the little horn. 13:53 So anytime you say 13:55 rise of the little horn at front, 13:56 most generally people's ears perk up 13:58 and there's lot of who said what is that? 14:00 So we pray that through this study today 14:02 and through the studies that we've been giving here 14:04 that people will be tuning in 14:05 and I'm really excited about it. 14:07 And they want to know what truth is 14:09 and I guarantee you this. 14:10 If you want to know what truth is, 14:12 God will make sure you get that truth, 14:14 if you're praying. 14:15 If you don't want it, you're not gonna get it. 14:16 If you want it, you shall receive it. 14:18 That's right. 14:19 We're gonna read here in Daniel 8:8-12. 14:22 Now this is, I think very exciting 14:25 that what's going on right here and get it... 14:28 It can be controversial 14:29 even in the religious circle here, 14:31 but we wanna try to follow scripture 14:33 and try to read line upon line and preset upon preset. 14:36 Verse 8 Daniel 8. 14:38 It says, "Therefore the he goat waxed very great, 14:41 and when he was strong, 14:42 the great horn was broken, 14:45 for it came up four notable ones," 14:47 which we've been hearing about, 14:48 "toward the four winds of heaven." 14:50 Now again that begins 14:52 to be controversial with some people 14:53 and some people studying the Word of God. 14:55 We want to look at that little closer. 14:56 "Out of one of them came forth a little horn 14:59 which waxed exceedingly great 15:00 toward the south, toward the east, 15:03 and toward the pleasant land. 15:05 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven, 15:08 and it cast down some of the host 15:10 of the stars of the ground, 15:11 and stamped upon them." 15:13 11, "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, 15:18 and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, 15:22 and the place of the sanctuary was cast down." 15:25 Last verse, number 12, "And a host was given to him 15:28 against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, 15:31 it cast down the truth to the ground, 15:34 and it practiced, and prospered." 15:39 All the sudden, we have issues here 15:40 where the truth is thrown down to the ground 15:44 just like the enemy would have it 15:46 and then it's covered up. 15:47 That's right. 15:48 So it sounds to me like this power here, 15:50 this coming up and all the powers 15:52 we've been talking about here plays a part in that 15:55 of hiding the truth of God's Word, 15:57 and the little horn especially is then all of this can do 16:00 is we see it rises to power 16:02 to hide the truths of God's Word 16:04 and then god's last day people 16:06 has a obligation by the grace of God 16:09 to uncover these truths 16:12 because they're cast down and covered up. 16:13 So we're looking at Daniel 8:8-12, 16:16 the vision, now in Chapter 8, 16:18 this is been said several times. 16:19 Chapter 8 parallels those of what? 16:22 Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. 16:25 Both of them tell us 16:26 that's about this next power that is to come. 16:30 After, notice this, after Greece is Rome, 16:33 we know that, 16:34 the Bible says in Daniel 2:14 and 7, verse 7. 16:37 The horn power of Daniel Chapeter 8 16:40 also we realize applies to whom? 16:42 To Rome, there's no doubt about it. 16:44 Why? 16:46 Because Rome fulfills various specifications. 16:50 So that's kind of what we look for 16:52 is when we study this. 16:53 If the powers talked about, 16:54 it has to fulfill certain specifications 16:56 that the Bible has laid out. 16:58 So that we know we have the right power. 16:59 That's right. 17:01 And God does that so beautifully. 17:02 We know that when Alexander died, 17:04 it was mentioned here 17:05 his kingdom was divided into, you mentioned. 17:07 Four. Four different kingdoms. 17:09 But may be a debate might come in 17:11 on Daniel 8:9, it says, 17:13 "Out of one of them came forth a little horn." 17:19 Now, did this little horn come out 17:21 from one of the four horns 17:23 or the four generals as it was broken down to, 17:26 represented by those four generals of Alexander 17:30 or of the four winds of heaven. 17:33 So it's something we have to look at 17:34 because it makes a... 17:35 I think it makes a difference of how we get truth 17:37 and what truth is here, you know. 17:39 Again, many people take this first thought 17:42 and they'll say, oh, well it was 17:44 the little horn came out of the four generals. 17:46 With that you get a whole different interpretation. 17:48 Okay. 17:49 But again, so let's look at it little closer. 17:51 Since the little horn power 17:52 came up after the reign of Alexander, 17:55 I think here's a point that came up what? 17:57 After the reign of Alexander and his four generals 18:01 and them refers to the winds, 18:04 it makes sense that the little horn power 18:07 came up from one of the four points 18:11 of the compass. 18:12 That makes more sense because they come up 18:14 after the other ones you notice that. 18:17 Now that accomplish the power, it represents Rome. 18:21 It represents Rome in two phases 18:23 as we well know, pagan and then papal. 18:26 We understand that. 18:28 Now what did Daniel see? 18:29 Daniel saw an awful lot. 18:31 But what did he really see here? 18:33 Saw at first he saw pagan Rome, 18:35 and he begin to identify 18:37 fighting against once again, as usual against God's people. 18:41 You know, if God's people, I feel like, you know, 18:43 I wanna say it in the right way, 18:44 we need to fight back. 18:46 We need to fight back 18:47 and we know we do it on our knees, 18:49 but also it's more than our knee, 18:50 we fight back through articles 18:52 and through programs like this and 3ABN, 18:54 and going out and speaking in different place. 18:56 You fight with the Word of God and you present it 18:58 because the enemies going to, 18:59 he's gonna out fight you, you see 19:02 and this is showing here all the things of the world 19:04 that took place and all things going. 19:05 The enemy has his hand in all of these things directing, 19:09 but praise God, 19:10 God's over it and He's letting it play out 19:12 the way He says it's going to happen. 19:14 But still yet there's fight and I believe this 19:16 that we as God's people need some fight! 19:19 Amen. 19:20 You know, we need to fight. Why? 19:22 Because listen, Pastor, 19:23 we've seen pastors and ladies and gentlemen, 19:25 whoever's listening, anybody listening 19:27 is that we're heading in this time 19:30 that we realize that we see 19:31 these events taking place 19:33 that you've been talking about here so beautifully. 19:36 And this is the time that we need not lay back. 19:39 This is time that we need to step out in faith, 19:42 and we need to move forward in a way 19:45 that maybe we've never done before 19:46 because what's going to happen. 19:48 You said, well, I've been given the three angels message 19:49 and so on and so forth. 19:51 But you think about the third angel's message 19:53 is not been given like the third angel's message 19:55 will be given with great power 19:57 when that fourth angel comes down, 19:59 or the latter rainfalls that third angel 20:02 is going to have such power, 20:03 that people are gonna hear the Word 20:04 for the very first time 20:06 and they're gonna join our ranks. 20:07 Praise the Lord. That's right. 20:08 They're not gonna join if they don't hear it. 20:10 They're not gonna join if they are not challenged. 20:12 I hear a lot times people say, well, you just challenge, 20:14 challenge, challenge, yes. 20:15 That's right. 20:16 Yes, challenge them with the Word of God, 20:18 I think it's a right thing to do 20:19 And then the people will be turned off by it. 20:21 That's my... 20:22 What's inside of me is 20:24 because that's the way that I am. 20:25 And someone does something 20:27 where it needs to be a point where it gets my attention. 20:29 And this message certainly gets my attention 20:31 when we talk about beasts and animals 20:33 and powers coming up 20:34 and then history verifies everyone of these moves 20:37 and identifies the players even in by their name. 20:41 How can you beat that? You really can't. 20:43 I mean you look at it. 20:45 This power though is fighting against the true church. 20:48 And I refuse by the grace of God. 20:50 I know I can't do it on my own 20:51 but by the grace of God, I refused to lay down 20:54 and to take a beating as it were. 20:56 When somebody's coming across 20:57 with false doctrine and teachings, 20:59 God has given us truth in His Word 21:01 and we need to come back with this truth right now. 21:04 Not be babying and coddling, pacifiering somebody 21:08 as it were, give him a pacifier and keep him quiet, 21:10 or just give them the truth of God's Word. 21:13 Agitate, agitate, agitate. 21:17 And that's in a good way, isn't that right? 21:19 You know what, 21:20 if you take that wrong, please don't. 21:22 I agitate or you won't agitate because I love you, 21:25 because I care where you spend eternity, 21:27 I care where I spend eternity. 21:29 I'm thankful, there's been people 21:30 who's cared enough about me in my life, 21:33 that's agitated me sometime on some things. 21:35 I'm glad that they did 21:37 because it's brought me 21:38 into different relationship with Christ 21:40 and I'm thankful for that. 21:42 Where was I at? 21:46 It's all good, praise God. 21:47 That's right, Brother. 21:48 Just a few words from Daniel 8:11. 21:51 I may get back on the other. 21:53 We're gonna talk about the daily sacrifice, 21:54 but again, we hesitate talk about few things 21:56 because others down the road is gonna be talking, 21:58 going into more depth 21:59 because of the time frame that we have right here. 22:02 Remember the daily sacrifice 22:04 translation to King James Versions 22:06 that the sacrifice 22:07 that's supplied isn't it the daily. 22:09 So I'm ready to sacrifice a supply. 22:11 So we look into word daily, 22:12 there's those who are looking at how it's paganism, 22:14 we're looking at it 22:16 because the sanctuary has been attacked. 22:18 So we're looking at this word in the last days 22:20 is it the truth of God's Word, 22:22 the things that we hold so dear 22:24 that this denomination, 22:26 this faith is going to be weighed 22:27 in the balances of the sanctuary, 22:30 of the truth of the sanctuary 22:31 so therefore we've gotta get it out. 22:33 If you wanna know what truth is, 22:34 all my brothers and sisters, study the sanctuary. 22:37 This is what we're doing right now! 22:38 This truth just pop out to you 22:41 and God would have us to be doing that 22:42 in this day and this time. 22:44 I know somebody's gonna talk more about it 22:46 as we go down the line. 22:48 And so I don't want to do any more 22:50 other than to say that as we look at the hour 22:53 that we're living, 22:55 I say every time 22:56 I feel a burning desire in my heart. 22:59 It doesn't make me good, it doesn't make me better, 23:01 but I just feel the burning desire in my heart. 23:03 And impression keeps getting back, Kenny, 23:06 do what needs to be done now. 23:08 Time is so short, the time will come 23:10 when this works is gonna be so difficult 23:12 to be able to get this message out 23:14 and while you're dilly dallying around with other things 23:17 maybe good within themselves. 23:18 My people need to hear a warning. 23:21 And through I think these studies, 23:23 the prophecy being fulfilled, 23:24 you mentioned giving us encouragement in scripture 23:26 to saying these things have come to past. 23:28 Why not this last little bit, why not? 23:31 It will because God says it will 23:33 and I invite you to just grab into this and go with it 23:36 because my Lord and Savior's coming soon, 23:39 He's coming back after you and me. 23:40 Amen. Agitate, agitate, agitate. 23:43 It's just like the sand inside of the oyster 23:48 that agitation that creates the pearl. 23:50 And that's what he's talking about. 23:52 We're gonna take a very quick break. 23:54 We'll be right back. Amen. 24:00 Ever wish you could watch 24:02 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 24:04 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 24:07 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 24:12 A clean design makes it easy 24:14 to find the program you're looking for. 24:16 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:20 so you can follow along. 24:22 Sharing is easy. 24:23 Just click share 24:24 and choose your favorite social media. 24:26 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 24:32 Now we will continue in our study of Daniel 8 24:34 and Jill Morikone has Tuesday's lesson, 24:36 "The Attack on the Sanctuary." 24:39 Thank you so much, Shelley, and Pastor Kenny. 24:41 What an incredible study Daniel Chapter 8 24:45 and sometimes you might read this 24:47 and you might say, 24:48 I'm not even sure how to understand this. 24:51 But God's Word interprets itself. 24:54 Amen. 24:56 And as we study 24:57 and His Holy Spirit is poured out, 24:59 you can see the truth contained in this 25:02 and there's precious truth in Daniel 8 25:04 regarding his Holy sanctuary. 25:06 I like where Shelley said Daniel 7 25:08 dealing with the judgment and Daniel 8 25:11 specifically with the sanctuary. 25:14 So I have the attack on the sanctuary, 25:15 the same verses 25:17 that Pastor Kenny just talked about. 25:18 Daniel 8:10-12. 25:22 But, specifically the lesson says, 25:24 what kind of activity is the little horn 25:26 depicted as doing here? 25:28 And I would submit to you 25:30 that there are five attacks in these verses. 25:35 I'm gonna list the attacks 25:36 and then we're gonna unpack each one. 25:37 The first attack is the attack against God. 25:40 We see that in the vertical grows 25:42 as it were of this little horn power. 25:44 We'll talk about that in a moment. 25:46 Second attack is the attack 25:48 against Christians or God's people, 25:52 the saints of the Most High. 25:54 We see that in the attack 25:55 against the heaven and the stars 25:56 who were cast down. 25:58 The third attack is the attack 25:59 against Christ's power, authority and position. 26:04 We see that with the little horn trying 26:06 to exalt himself up to the Prince himself, 26:10 who's none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, 26:12 we'll study that. 26:13 Attack number four, 26:14 attack against the high priestly ministry of Jesus. 26:19 That is contained in the daily 26:21 and we will discuss that in a moment. 26:22 And I know Ryan will probably talk about that some more. 26:25 That is where the earthly intersession 26:27 of this little horn, 26:29 the earthly intersession that the priest did 26:33 during this power 26:34 that the little horn power reigned 26:36 during the papal system, 26:38 that they tried to take the place 26:41 as it were of Christ heavenly intersession, 26:44 in the heavenly sanctuary. 26:46 Then attack number five is the attack 26:48 against the Word of God. 26:51 And we're gonna see all five of those attacks 26:53 just in this couple of verses. 26:55 So let's look at the first attack, 26:56 the attack against God. 26:58 Daniel 8:10, the first part of the verse, 27:00 "And it, that being a little horn, 27:03 grew up to the host of heaven." 27:06 Now we see in the previous verse, verse 9, 27:09 this is more of the pagan form of Rome. 27:12 In verse 9 27:14 where the little horn goes horizontal. 27:16 It goes to the south and to the east, 27:18 and towards the glorious land. 27:20 You could almost divide it sort of 27:21 and say this is the horizontal growth 27:23 of the little horn, more the pagan phase. 27:25 But now when we see this direct attack against God, 27:30 the vertical growth as it were of this little horn power. 27:34 Now how does the little horn attack God? 27:37 We see independence from God, 27:40 you know, Babylon originated in the tower of Babel. 27:44 They had this motivation 27:45 to separate themselves from God, 27:48 and be independent as it were. 27:51 Genesis 11:4, "They said 27:53 let us build ourselves a city, and a tower 27:55 whose top is in the heavens, 27:56 let us make a name for ourselves, 27:58 lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the earth." 28:01 We see this attack against God with a little horn 28:04 speaking pompous words and blasphemy against God. 28:10 He speaks pompous words several times in Daniel 7, 28:14 we'll just read one Daniel 7:8, 28:16 "I was considering the horns, 28:17 there was another horn, the little one, 28:19 coming up among them. 28:20 And in this horn, 28:22 were eyes like the eyes of a man, 28:23 and a mouth speaking pompous words." 28:26 We know those are great words, arrogant words. 28:29 And in Revelation 13, the sea beast power, 28:32 the first part of Revelation 13 28:34 is this same power as the little horn power. 28:38 And we know, in Revelation 13:1, 28:42 "I stood on the sand of the sea, 28:44 and a beast rose up out of the sea, 28:46 having seven heads and ten horns, 28:48 on his horns ten crowns, 28:49 and on his head's a blasphemous name." 28:53 Verse 5, "He was given a mouth 28:54 speaking great things and blasphemies, 28:57 he was given authority to continue for 42 months." 28:59 That's a1260 prophecy from 538 29:03 we talked about this before to 1798. 29:06 And he opened his mouth and blasphemy against God," 29:09 there it is, "to blaspheme his name, 29:11 his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven." 29:14 So the first attack is the attack against God. 29:17 The second attack of the little horn 29:18 is the attack against Christians. 29:21 We see this, the saints of the Most High in verse 10. 29:25 "The little horn grew up to the host of heaven, 29:27 and it cast down some of the host 29:29 and some of the stars to the ground, 29:31 and trampled them." 29:34 Now who in the world are the host 29:36 and the stars of heaven? 29:37 Now sometimes in scripture, 29:39 it literally refers to heavenly bodies. 29:41 But in this case, 29:44 it refers to God's people, 29:48 who are cast down. 29:49 We see that in Daniel 8:24, 29:51 if you jump over just a couple of scriptures, 29:53 Daniel 8:24, 29:55 this is still talking about the little horn power, 29:56 "His power shall be mighty, 29:58 but not by his own power, 29:59 he shall destroy fearfully, 30:00 and shall prosper and thrive, he shall destroy," 30:03 here comes, "the mighty, and also the holy people." 30:07 We also know this word for host in the original Hebrew. 30:12 Sometimes is translated 30:14 'cause we're back to Hebrew now in Daniel Chapter 8. 30:16 Sometimes host is translated host, 30:18 sometimes it's translated armies. 30:20 And in Exodus 12:41, it says, 30:23 "It came to pass at the end of the 430 years, 30:25 on that very same day, it came to pass 30:27 that all the armies of the Lord," 30:30 there is that word, armies, 30:32 "went out from the land of Egypt." 30:34 Now that's the same word translated here as hosts, 30:38 referring in this case to God's people, 30:40 the children of Israel. 30:42 We know the stars, 30:44 there are several references in scripture 30:45 where stars refer to God's people. 30:48 Think of Abraham, Genesis 15:5, 30:51 "God brought him outside and said, 30:53 "Look towards the stars if you're able to number them, 30:55 they shall be as your descendants." 30:58 We know in Daniel 12:3, 31:00 "Those who are wise shall shine 31:02 like the brightness of the firmament, 31:03 and those who turn many to righteousness 31:05 like the stars forever and ever." 31:09 So this power tries to attack God's people 31:12 by throwing down as it were the host 31:16 and the stars and trampling on them. 31:18 This is the persecuting power 31:20 of the little horn power of the papacy. 31:23 Attack number three, attack against Christ power, 31:27 His authority and His position. 31:30 Verse 11, 31:31 "He, meaning the little horn the papal system, 31:34 exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host." 31:38 The little horn power exalted himself 31:40 against the Prince or the Commander 31:43 of the armies of heaven. 31:46 Now this Prince of the host is the very same being 31:48 we discussed last week in Daniel 7:13 31:52 where Daniel watched in the night visions 31:54 and the Son of man was coming. 31:56 This is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. 32:00 That word in Hebrew saw is the same word used 32:04 when Joshua met another commander 32:07 of the armies of heaven that is in Joshua 5, 32:10 you can look it up later. 32:12 But Joshua encountered this man with a sword drawn 32:17 and Joshua went to him and said, 32:19 "Are you for us or you for our adversaries?" 32:22 And then in verse 14, he says, 32:24 "No, but as the commander 32:25 of the army of the Lord, I have come." 32:27 That word commander is the same word here 32:29 as used for Prince. 32:32 It's also the same word in Daniel 12:1, 32:34 "At that time Michael shall stand up, 32:36 the great prince who stands 32:38 watch over the sons of your people." 32:40 The very same word. 32:42 Who is exalting himself to be like the prince? 32:45 None other than the little horn power. 32:47 That reminds me of Isaiah 14 32:51 where Lucifer wanted to be like the Most High. 32:55 Lucifer wanted to exalt himself 32:58 even above or equal to God himself. 33:02 That's right. 33:04 The little horn power, 33:06 the Roman papal church system, 33:08 you can see is what's the word, 33:11 the power working behind that system 33:13 is none other than Satan himself 33:14 because he wants to exalt himself above Christ. 33:20 Moving very quickly, the attack against 33:22 the High Priestly ministry of Jesus. 33:25 Verse 11, "The little horn exalted himself 33:27 as high as the Prince of the host," 33:29 that's Jesus Christ, 33:30 "and by him the daily sacrifices 33:32 were taken away, 33:33 and the place of the sanctuary was cast down." 33:37 Now as Pastor Kenny just mentioned, 33:38 sacrifice is not in the original Hebrew. 33:41 But the word daily is, meaning daily, continuity, regular. 33:46 The daily refers to the earthly sanctuary, 33:49 the sacrifices and the intersession 33:52 that took place there, 33:54 through those sacrifices in intersession, 33:56 in the earthly sanctuary, sinners were forgiven. 34:00 The little horn power exchanges the intersession of Christ 34:04 for the intersession of priest 34:06 by this counterfeit system of worship. 34:09 The little horn takes away Christ's intercessory ministry 34:14 and symbolically cast down the place 34:16 of Christ's sanctuary. 34:18 Only Christ can forgive sins, 34:20 only Christ can die for us, 34:22 only Christ is the mediator between us and God. 34:26 Only Christ allows us direct access to the Father 34:29 and only Christ in His word are to be obeyed. 34:32 So finally attack number five, 34:33 the attack against the Word of God. 34:36 "Because of transgression," Daniel 8:12, 34:39 "an army was given over to the horn 34:40 to oppose the daily sacrifices, 34:42 and he, the little horn, 34:44 cast the truth down to the ground." 34:47 John 14:6, Jesus said, 34:49 "I am the way, the truth, and the life." 34:53 The little horn power 34:54 prohibited the translation of the Bible 34:56 and to the language of the people 34:57 and place the interpretation of the Bible 34:59 under the authority of the church. 35:02 Wow. Thank you so much Jill. 35:03 That was powerful and has helped me tremendously 35:06 in setting up what it is. 35:07 I'm talking about on Wednesday's lesson 35:09 which is the "Cleansing of the Sanctuary." 35:11 And I just wanna just briefly as I'm setting this up 35:14 just refer to the structure of Daniel Chapter 8 35:16 in the sense that we talked about this repeat 35:19 and enlarge method that God uses 35:21 to communicate the prophetic message. 35:24 And so, I just wanna mention 35:26 if we consider this passage in this chapter, 35:29 verses 1-10 is really nothing new 35:32 in the sense that God is simply expounding 35:35 or He's giving a little more information 35:38 of something that He's already given, 35:41 just with a little more historical detail. 35:43 But by the time you get to verse 11, 12, 13 and 14, 35:48 now we have some new information 35:50 about this little horn. 35:52 In other words what the Lord is doing, 35:53 He's saying, remember that little horn 35:55 from Daniel Chapter 7 35:56 just in case you didn't get the identity 35:58 right the first time, 36:00 let me give you a little bit more information 36:01 so that you can know clearly 36:02 who it is that I'm talking about. 36:04 And so I have Wednesday's lesson. 36:07 My verse that I'd been given is verse 14, 36:09 but I actually wanna backup and read verse 13 36:12 because verse 13 helps us set up verse 14. 36:14 And so, so far it is amazing what's happened 36:16 because Daniel's seeing all this very vividly 36:18 in his mind, 36:20 about the time he gets to verse 13, something happens. 36:23 I don't know about you guys, I grew up with a VCR, 36:26 you guys remember what those are? 36:28 A VCR back in the days when there was no DVD's. 36:31 I'm still a young guy 36:32 but I used a VCR most of my life. 36:34 We didn't have DVD players. 36:35 And so I remember when I used to hook that VCR 36:37 up to my computer, 36:39 it had three cords, it had a red, 36:40 it had a white and it had a yellow, okay. 36:43 And the yellow cord represented video 36:45 and the white cord, of course, audio 36:47 and so what we have here interestingly 36:49 is God pulls the plug on the yellow cord, 36:52 by the time you get to verse 13. 36:53 So Daniel's vividly seeing all this in his mind, 36:56 but then the video cuts out and all you hear is the audio. 36:59 So Daniel is just hearing what is happening 37:02 at verse 13 and14. 37:04 And so notice what it says here. 37:05 It says, "Then I heard a holy one speaking, 37:08 and another holy one said to that certain one 37:10 who was speaking, 37:11 'How long will the vision be, concerning the daily.'" 37:14 And I just wanna pause there that sacrifice, 37:16 you mention the word sacrifice as it is not there, 37:19 and I believe the reason why that the case it is there 37:21 even though it was added, 37:23 it's not in the original, is you know, 37:24 many of the translators of the Bible 37:26 had a preterist view of Bible prophecy 37:29 and they believed 37:30 that this Antichrist little horn power 37:31 was Antiochus Epiphanes who basically done away 37:35 with the sacrifices in the Jewish temple 37:36 for three and a half years. 37:38 So that's why that word was added there. 37:39 So I'm gonna read this without ado, it says, 37:41 "Concerning the daily 37:43 and the transgression of desolation, 37:45 and giving the both the sanctuary 37:47 and the host to be trampled underfoot?" 37:49 So they're putting the spotlight on, 37:51 look at what this little horn is doing. 37:53 Its casting truth to the ground, 37:55 its trashing God's sanctuary truth, 37:58 how long does this gonna continue 38:00 before it comes to an end? 38:02 And then verse 14, 38:03 "And he said to me, "For 2,300 days, 38:06 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." 38:10 And I'm not gonna go specifically 38:11 into the time frame of this, 38:13 just you gotta think that's probably 38:14 what Pastor Lomacang's gonna get into. 38:16 But what I wanna do is 38:18 identify what is this cleansing of the sanctuary? 38:20 What does that mean to us 38:22 when we're talking about the cleansing of the sanctuary? 38:24 Well first of all, I just wanna mention, 38:26 we know we're not talking about the earthly sanctuary, 38:29 because this is dealing with the time 38:30 of the little horn power 38:32 that's Roman papal church state power 38:34 which through the Dark Ages was one by one by one, 38:37 when it says casting down the daily, 38:40 and that's another thing. 38:41 To understand what the cleansing 38:42 of the sanctuary is, 38:44 you gotta know what the daily is? 38:45 If you don't have a proper understanding 38:47 of the daily, 38:48 then you're not gonna have a proper understanding 38:49 of what the cleansing of the sanctuary is. 38:51 And of course as beautifully done by Jill, 38:52 the daily, of course, 38:53 represents that of the ministry of Jesus Christ 38:56 on a daily basis in our lives 38:59 from the perspective of the courtyard 39:01 and the holy place 39:03 which is where the priesthood 39:04 done the daily ministering work 39:06 from day to day for 360 days out of the Jewish year. 39:10 And so, to be very, very clear on this, 39:12 the daily represents today as Christ is our mediator 39:16 in the heavenly sanctuary. 39:18 All that work that would've been done 39:19 in the courtyard 39:21 and in the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary, 39:23 Christ is carrying that out in our lives on a daily basis. 39:26 The devil can't have that 39:28 because if he's allowing the work of God 39:31 to be done in your life on a daily basis, 39:33 well then you're gonna end up having a cleansing 39:36 of the sanctuary experience. 39:37 You're gonna end up in the most holy place, 39:39 he can't have that. 39:40 That's why he has this little horn, 39:41 casting truth to the ground, 39:43 trashing God's sanctuary message 39:45 so that by the time you get 39:48 to verse 13 and 14, the question is, 39:50 how long this is gonna go on until it's put back together, 39:52 until it's cleansed and to be able to cleanse, 39:55 that which has been contaminated. 39:56 And so the daily, of course, 39:58 was the daily work in the holy place 40:00 and of course, the courtyard of the earthly sanctuary. 40:05 So what is the cleansing of the sanctuary then? 40:07 Well, of course, this is again sanctuary terminology 40:10 referring to the one day out of the Jewish year 40:13 and which was considered the holiest day of all. 40:16 We're talking about the Day of Atonement, 40:18 Yom Kippur in which all of the Jews would sit 40:23 and sat clocking ashes 40:24 and they would pray towards the sanctuary, 40:26 they would fast, 40:28 they would afflict their souls 40:30 before the Lord and pleading for God 40:32 to forgive their sins 40:34 that had been taken into the sanctuary 40:37 all the rest of that year. 40:39 So let's consider the sanctuary for a moment. 40:41 You have the courtyard, and you have the holy place. 40:44 Oh, how this would work is the sinner would come 40:46 and they would bring their sacrifice. 40:48 They would place their hands upon the head, 40:49 we're gonna use a lamb for example, 40:52 the hands upon the head of that lamb, 40:53 they would confess their sins to the head of that lamb, 40:56 when the lamb signifying that the record of sin 40:58 has passed from the sinner to now the lamb. 41:01 And who does that lamb represent? 41:03 Jesus Christ. 41:04 And so Jesus takes upon the sin of the world as the Bible says, 41:07 but Jesus was sacrificed just as they would take a knife 41:11 and they would take the life of that innocent little lamb. 41:13 The blood was shed. 41:14 So now, the record is transferred 41:16 from the sinner, to the lamb, now to the blood, 41:19 because the life of that animal is in the blood. 41:21 And the life of Christ, 41:23 the life that we have through Christ 41:24 is because of His shed blood. 41:26 And so now that blood is gonna be taken 41:28 into pass the holy place on the Day of Atonement 41:33 into the most holy place, 41:36 and of course throughout the year, 41:38 during this daily, 41:39 the record of sin is building up. 41:42 That holy place was a bloody scene 41:43 and when you can't get to that veil, 41:45 right where the altar of incense is, 41:47 you would just see a bloody scene there 41:49 because they would come in 359 days out of the year 41:52 and they're touching that blood 41:53 to the four corners of the altar of incense, 41:55 they're casting it before the veil, 41:57 and so there has to be a cleansing process, 41:59 the record of sin coming in, 42:01 coming in, coming in to that sanctuary 42:04 359 days out of the year 42:06 by the time you get to that most holy day, 42:08 the Day of Atonement. 42:09 Now God is gonna deal with the record of that sin. 42:12 If you have been humble enough 42:13 to bring your sins into the sanctuary. 42:15 Now on the Day of Atonement, 42:17 there's gonna be a cleansing of that sanctuary 42:19 where only the high priest is gonna walk in 42:22 and he's going to take some blood 42:24 from a sacrificed animal and he's gonna put it 42:26 upon the mercy seat of the Most Holy Place. 42:30 It was only done once a year, 42:32 it was only done by the high priest, 42:34 signifying that all the record of sin throughout the year 42:37 that had been brought in is now taken before God. 42:41 Only God can deal with sin. You and I can't deal with sin. 42:44 Even though those priests, 42:45 while they were intercessory figures, 42:47 they couldn't deal with sin. 42:48 Only God can deal with the record of sin. 42:51 And so here we are until 2,300 days, 42:55 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed. 42:57 And I can't emphasize that enough, until, in fact, 43:00 the better translation for that to be honest with you 43:04 would actually be... 43:07 I have made a note here. 43:08 I was doing some research on this, 43:09 it actually should be until when shall the vision be 43:12 'cause that's what the question should've been. 43:14 Until when shall the vision be? 43:16 The difference between these two translations 43:18 is the subtle importance of the until. 43:21 The proper emphasis is on when the vision ends, 43:24 not on how long it lasts. 43:25 And a lot of people do that. 43:27 They wanna place the emphasis on, ooh, 2,300 years, 43:30 look at all that time. 43:31 The emphasis is on the then and so otherwise, 43:34 if it's translated correctly, it's gonna say until 2300 days, 43:37 then, shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 43:41 And so what is being communicated here 43:42 in this particular verse of Daniel 8:14 43:45 is God is saying, just as on the Day of Judgment, 43:48 just as at Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement, 43:51 God is saying, look, in correspondence 43:53 with what we're seeing in Daniel 7, 43:55 Christ coming into the Most Holy Place 43:58 before the Ancient of Days, 44:00 we see those saints crying out of the altar in Revelation 44:02 that you mentioned in the previous lesson. 44:05 They're crying out, "Lord, how long 44:06 are you gonna avenge?" 44:08 They're pleading for judgment, they're pleading for justice. 44:12 And so what we see here is the same question. 44:14 How long is this mess gonna go on? 44:16 How long is this little horn gonna be able 44:18 to continue trashing the truth to the ground 44:21 and defiling God's sanctuary message. 44:23 And so God answers and said, 44:24 "Look, you know, it's gonna go on for a time." 44:26 This papal power, 44:27 they're gonna distort the message for the time, 44:30 but little bit by little bit, 44:32 it's gonna be brought back together 44:33 so that by the time you get to the end, 44:36 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed 44:38 at the end of these 2300 not days, 44:42 but years as we apply that year-day principle. 44:44 And so, you know what? 44:45 We're living in this holy judgment 44:47 time period right now, 44:48 and I know pastor is going to expound on the time frame 44:51 and the significance of this as... 44:53 I'm gonna go ahead and pass it onto you, Brother, 44:54 for you to take us to the Promised Land. 44:56 Thank you, thank you. 44:57 I mean you all have done a tremendous job 45:00 and I have just a couple of passages, 45:01 just Daniel 8:13 and 14 45:04 which I'll go ahead and read and you're hearing, 45:06 because the writer of this lesson 45:08 asks the question. 45:09 What is the question asked here 45:11 and how does it help us to understand the answer 45:14 in the next verse. 45:16 He starts in verse 13, 45:18 and then the answer is given in verse 14. 45:20 I'll read that for you. 45:22 Daniel 8:13, "Then I heard a holy one speaking; 45:26 and another holy one said 45:27 to that certain one who was speaking, 45:30 "How long will the vision be," 45:32 here's the three part breakdown, 45:34 "concerning the daily sacrifices, 45:36 which was covered already by both of you wonderfully, 45:39 "the transgression of desolation, 45:42 the giving of both the sanctuary 45:44 and the host to be trampled underfoot?" 45:46 Let me go ahead and make a point that Ryan, 45:48 I'm gonna just segue of where you pointed out 45:50 just to make the point very abundantly clear. 45:52 The cleansing wasn't happening for 2,300 days, 45:55 the cleansing happened on the 2300th day. 45:58 That's right. That was the key. 46:00 So it doesn't really matter how long an event occurs, Jill, 46:04 I think in one of our prior lessons 46:05 she pointed out, 46:07 when the saint says how long O Lord holy and true do you. 46:09 Will it's gonna be till you avenge our blood? 46:12 Well, avenging is not taking period, 46:15 not taking place all that time, 46:17 the duration of how long it's gonna take 46:18 is not the matter but that is going to happen. 46:21 Another inference is, 46:23 when will Jesus come is not the point, 46:25 the fact is He will come. 46:27 That's right. 46:28 And so many of us have become discouraged 46:29 because we have locked ourselves in on the when 46:33 rather than that He will. 46:35 So don't get caught up in, 46:37 and that's why scoffers will come 46:39 in the last day saying where is His promise? 46:41 That's right. 46:42 The whole inferences they put 46:44 is on how long is it going to take? 46:47 The fact of the matter is it's going to happen. 46:49 He that shall come, will come and will not tarry. 46:52 On that note, I wanna just go to the very important point 46:56 in Daniel 8:14, it says, 46:58 "And he said, "For, 2,300 days, then," 47:03 don't they miss the word then, 47:05 "the sanctuary will be cleansed." 47:07 Not the cleansed, the sanctuary is being cleansed for 2,300. 47:11 But then, the sanctuary will be cleansed. 47:15 So here we have to establish something 47:17 that was talked about periodically, 47:19 but I wanna give a little bit a more amplification 47:21 to the day-year principle, 47:24 because the day-year principle 47:25 and as I'm looking forward to the lesson studies we have, 47:28 you know, we prepared ourselves 47:30 and we're looking forward to it. 47:31 But we're gonna get to the lesson later on, 47:33 that's gonna break down the intervals 47:36 of the 2,300 year period 47:38 in which I have the blessing 47:40 to be able to cover that too, praise God. 47:41 But right now, 47:43 I just want to establish the day-year principle 47:44 because the importance of this is prophecy, 47:49 the certainty of the prophecy is the accuracy of its timing. 47:53 That's good. 47:55 The certainty of the prophecy is the accuracy of its timing. 47:58 You find in Galatians 4:4, 48:01 one of the reasons why we know that Jesus is the Messiah 48:03 the Bible says, 48:05 "But when the fullness of the time had come, 48:07 God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, 48:10 born under the law." 48:12 So many people, 48:13 throughout their course of human history 48:16 in Old Testament times, 48:17 from the times the prophecy was given to Eve 48:20 that the seed would come. 48:23 Satan had attempted 48:24 to prevent the seed from coming. 48:26 All throughout human history, he tried to prevent that seed 48:30 because he knew that seed, the seed of Christ 48:33 was the only seed 48:34 that he had to be concerned about. 48:37 You notice, here's the point. 48:39 Abraham was a wonderful gentleman. 48:42 Job was one that, you know, 48:45 he tried his best to prevent all evil in his life. 48:48 Daniel was an upright man, 48:50 but none of their seeds mattered 48:52 when it came to redemption. 48:54 So through the whole line of David, 48:55 he tried to corrupt David to the point 48:57 where his family line, 48:59 he tried to prevent that with that awful encounter 49:02 with David and Bathsheba. 49:04 He talked about Rehab the Harlot 49:05 and when you look at the 42 generations 49:07 that existed. 49:09 Satan's number one aim was, "I've got to stop one seed." 49:13 But, when the fullness of time had come, 49:16 God sent forth His Son. 49:18 Amen. 49:19 Which means that nothing the devil can do to stop it. 49:22 I'm so excited right now, I'm talking like a New Yorker. 49:25 Nothing the devil can do 49:27 could stop that seed from showing up. 49:29 That's right. 49:30 When he got wind that the seed showed up he said, 49:33 find out where he was born, 49:36 liar so I could go worship Him. 49:39 He didn't wanna worship Christ, 49:40 he wanted to obliterate Him. 49:42 And when the wise men were given wisdom, 49:44 to go another way, 49:46 he said you know it's been too long, 49:47 let's kill everybody over the last two years. 49:49 Oh boy! 49:50 Every male child and he still couldn't stop Him. 49:53 Then he met Him in the garden to try to deceive Him. 49:56 If you are the Son of God, if you are, 50:00 let's work this out, you fall down and worship me, 50:02 I'll give you everything. 50:03 How do you give something to someone who owns everything? 50:06 That's right. 50:07 He tried to get Jesus to defeat him in the garden, 50:11 he tried to defeat Him in the court of temptation 50:14 and the court of trial. 50:15 And the only thing that Jesus said was, 50:18 you wanna know if I am He, 50:19 I am He and you'll see me again, 50:21 but you're gonna be on the wrong side of the coin. 50:23 He tried to defeat him at the cross, He said, 50:25 "You will not defeat Me, 50:26 you'll not defile the purity of My sacrifice." 50:29 He was concerned about that seed, 50:31 but I say once again, 50:33 the certainty of prophecy is the accuracy of its timing. 50:37 Habakkuk 2:3, notice what the Bible says, 50:41 "Write the vision and make it plain," 50:44 That's what Daniel was told to do. 50:46 Make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it, 50:50 for the vision is yet for an appointed time. 50:54 But, at the end it will speak, 50:57 and it will not lie, 50:59 "though it tarries, wait for it, 51:02 because it will surely come, it will not tarry." 51:05 So we can be sure when we get into the specifics 51:08 of the 2,300 day, we can be sure 51:11 that the vision is gonna be clear. 51:13 It's gonna be concise 51:14 and the one who prognosticated it, 51:16 the one who ordained it will make every interval of it 51:19 very accurate and very clear. 51:22 But let's look at the day-year principle 51:23 because there's a particular part of the day-year principle. 51:25 We often go to Numbers14:34 which the Bible says, 51:30 "According to the number of the days 51:32 in which you spied out the land, 40 days, 51:35 for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, 51:39 namely 40 years, 51:40 and you shall know My rejection." 51:43 A Day for a year principle, Numbers 14:34. 51:46 Then we often go to Ezekiel 4:6, 51:49 I have laid on you a day for each year." 51:52 That's the ending of verse 6. 51:55 But here's one that you may not have considered, Genesis 29:27, 52:00 "Fulfill her week," Laban said to Jacob. 52:04 "Fulfill her week 52:06 and we will give you this one also 52:09 for the service which you shall serve me 52:12 still another seven years a week." 52:15 Seven years. 52:17 He said, you need to work for me for one more week, 52:20 seven more years and he was so in love. 52:23 He worked another seven years. 52:26 Now then you find another one, Revelation 11:9, 52:31 "Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations 52:34 will see their dead bodies 52:36 three and a half days, and not allow their dead bodies 52:39 to be put into the grave." 52:41 When you look at this prophecy of how the Word of God 52:44 seemed to have been killed, 52:46 it was a three and a half year period. 52:49 But when that period passed, 52:51 the Word of God grew and multiplied 52:54 into this very day, 52:55 the Word of God cannot be defeated. 52:57 So you find that Revelation 11:9, Genesis 29:27, 53:01 Ezekiel 4:5-6 and Numbers 14:34 are all partners, 53:06 not just a singular scripture 53:08 but there's a unity, there's a cohesion 53:10 showing us that you can be sure 53:12 that when prophecy speaks about a day, 53:14 it speaks about a year. 53:16 When we get 2,300 days, we get 2,300 years. 53:20 And when we go to the breakdown of the 2,300 year period, 53:24 you'll discover also at the end of Daniel 8, 53:26 there's no particular time frame given 53:28 to as to when this begins! 53:31 But Daniel 9 comes in and shows a larger picture, 53:35 and uses word. 53:37 Pay attention for this in the future lesson, 53:42 he uses the word 'Cutoff'. 53:44 When you cut something off, 53:45 that means it's the longer period. 53:47 That's why I'm not crazy about daylight savings time. 53:50 They do that to make us think we have more time. 53:53 Well one Indian proverb goes this way, 53:55 "They cut off the top of the blanket, 53:57 sews it to the bottom of the blanket 53:59 and says it's longer." 54:03 You get that on Tuesday. 54:06 The time frame that God gives us 54:08 is to establish the veracity of prophecy. 54:12 Ryan did a very good job and so did Jill 54:14 and all of our other panelists talking about 54:16 the Babylonian Empire coming to an end, 54:18 the Medo-Persian, the Grecian Empire, 54:20 all these empires were very significant 54:23 during the time of the development of the vision. 54:26 But Daniel knew that it was not for a 2,300 day period, 54:30 which was just about 6 years because the Lord said, 54:33 it's for the time of the end. 54:35 And he was told to seal up this vision 54:38 at the time of the end it will speak. 54:40 And in Revelation you'll find this later on, 54:42 there's a bitter sweet experience 54:44 that gives us the impetus 54:46 to unfold this very significant prophecy 54:49 helping us understand when the judgment will begin. 54:52 Amen, and amen. 54:54 I am just, you know, 54:56 I can't wait to watch this program over 54:58 just to hear it all again. 55:00 We have just a couple of minutes left. 55:02 Why don't you each take a few seconds 55:05 to have a closing thought? 55:07 It's something I found in the book called 55:08 the Mount of Blessing, page 119. 55:11 It said, "Could our spiritual vision be quickened 55:14 when needs to be. 55:15 The battle waging between the two armies 55:17 are as real as those fought by the armies of the world, 55:21 on the issues of the spiritual conflict, 55:24 eternal destinies are decided." 55:27 Wow, amen. 55:29 Daniel 8 really talks about the heavenly sanctuary 55:31 and I'm so thankful as it says in Hebrews 7 55:34 that Jesus has become the surety 55:36 of a better covenant. 55:38 Amen. 55:39 And He is able to save to the uttermost, 55:41 those who come to God through Him. 55:44 Because He always lives to make intersession for us. 55:48 Amen. 55:49 2,300 days in the sanctuary shall be cleansed 55:51 as it's speaking of a time of judgment, 55:54 and you know that correlates with what I mentioned earlier 55:57 Daniel 7 where Christ comes at the Ancient of Days, 56:01 and He receives His kingdom. 56:03 There's a passage of scripture that I'd love to read 56:05 because we think of Isaiah 9:6 which is a Messianic prophecy, 56:09 "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, 56:11 and the government shall be upon His shoulder 56:13 so forth and so on." 56:14 But many people don't read the next verse. 56:16 I love this next verse. 56:17 "Of the increase of His government and peace 56:20 there will be no end, upon the throne of David 56:23 and over His kingdom, to order it 56:25 and to establish it with judgment." 56:28 We serve a God of justice 56:30 and His kingdom is given at a time of judgment. 56:33 And so, I'm looking forward to studying rest of this 56:35 because we're gonna get into that time of judgment. 56:38 Amen. Amen. 56:39 And let me encourage you not to get too enamored 56:41 with the beast and kingdoms and the leaders 56:43 and the princes and all the governors, 56:45 the focal point of all prophecy is Jesus Christ. 56:48 Thank you. 56:49 John 14:29, 56:51 the orchestrator of all understanding, he says, 56:55 "And now I have told you before it comes, 56:58 that when it does come to pass, 57:00 you may believe." 57:02 John 13:19, 57:03 "That you may believe that I am He." 57:06 Jesus is the central focus of Daniel, 57:09 Revelation and all prophecy. 57:10 Amen and amen. That's right. Amen. 57:12 You know, the Lord changed my life 57:15 through a study of his sanctuary 57:17 and now that's what actually that studies 57:21 what brought me into the Adventist Church. 57:23 I just want to thank each one of you, 57:25 and thank you at home and let me say this, 57:28 when calamities come, 57:30 when darkness is oppressing you, 57:32 look up because He, the God who has the power 57:37 to raise nations and fill nations. 57:41 He can exercise that same power in your life 57:47 and judgment will be on your favor 57:52 when you are a child of God. 57:55 Join us next time for 57:57 "From Confession to Consolation." |
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