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00:01 The Bible tells us, "In the beginning was the Word,
00:03 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 00:15 to present yourself 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 and welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:34 I'm Jill Morikone, and we're so glad that 00:36 you've taken time from your day 00:38 to join us as we journey through the Book of Daniel. 00:41 I can't believe we are at Daniel Chapter 9 today. 00:45 What an incredible study it has been 00:48 and thank you for journeying with us. 00:50 And if you are just joining us, 00:52 we wanna encourage you to go to the following website. 00:54 You can download the quarterly 00:56 for yourself and follow along with us. 00:59 That website is ABSG.Adventist.org. 01:04 That stands for Adult Bible Study Guide.Adventist.org. 01:09 Oh, we always encourage you to visit your local 01:12 Seventh-day Adventist church and join a study class there. 01:16 I wanna introduce our panel at this time. 01:19 To my left, Pastor Ryan Day, privileged to have you here. 01:22 I'm excited for this lesson. Good to be here. 01:24 Amen. 01:25 And to your left is Shelley Quinn, 01:26 we've had a wonderful journey together. 01:28 We have, it's always fun. 01:30 And to your left Pastor Kenny Shelton, 01:33 and thank you for your insight 01:34 in studying into the Word of God. 01:36 It's been a real blessing for me, 01:38 I pray it's been blessing for others. 01:39 Amen. 01:41 And, Pastor John Lomacang, 01:42 my pastor, thank you so much for your study as well. 01:44 You're welcome. 01:46 You know this study in particular 01:47 is more than just an understanding of prophecy 01:49 but of planting and affirmation of the Advent Movement. 01:53 Amen. That's right. 01:55 The Seventh-day Adventist church 01:56 you can say literally was birth from Daniel 8:14 01:59 which we studied last week under 2300 days, 02:03 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 02:06 Before we go any further, 02:07 we want to go to the Lord in prayer. 02:10 And... 02:11 Ryan, you wanna pray? Absolutely. Let's pray. 02:14 Father in heaven, 02:15 we have gathered here again for You, Lord, 02:17 and for Your glory and as this program goes out, 02:20 Lord, we wanted to bless so many people 02:22 and in order for it to do that,Lord, 02:24 we need Your Holy Spirit right now. 02:26 We're asking for You to lead us 02:27 and guide us through this study once more 02:29 as you have so far through every single chapter. 02:32 May we pull Jesus out of this chapter, 02:34 may we amplify Jesus through this chapter 02:36 because we know, 02:38 He's in the entire Book of Daniel 02:39 and throughout all the Bible. 02:41 And so give us Your Holy Spirit, Lord, 02:42 and bless us with the Spirit of Christ 02:44 and may we all be drawn closer together 02:46 as brothers and sisters in Christ 02:48 and closer to our Savior Jesus Christ 02:51 and it's in His name we pray, amen. 02:53 Amen. 02:54 We are in lesson number 10, 02:56 even though it's Daniel Chapter 9, 02:57 it is lesson number 10. 02:59 The title is "Confirm Confession 03:02 to Consolation", 03:04 which is I love the title. 03:06 It's for all of this lesson 'cause they're all from 03:08 something to something from confession to consolation. 03:11 You know, we have studied Daniel Chapter 2 03:13 with the image 03:15 and what the other kingdoms represented. 03:17 We studied Daniel Chapter 7 with the beast 03:19 and the kingdoms represented there. 03:21 And Daniel Chapter 8 was last week, 03:24 some more beast, 03:25 but instead of beginning with Babylon, 03:27 it began with Medo-Persia, and continued forward. 03:30 Daniel 7 specifically concerned 03:32 with the judgment scene talking place. 03:35 In Daniel 8, of course, 03:37 with the sanctuary and we ended it last week 03:39 with Pastor John I think, 03:41 talking about the 2,300 days being literal years 03:45 and then this week, we discover 03:47 when that time period actually began. 03:50 But we also see in this chapter a beautiful prayer of Daniel. 03:55 I think that's one of my favorite things 03:57 about this particular chapter. 03:59 Along with Ezra 9 and Nehemiah 9, 04:03 Daniel 9 stands as one of the great prayers 04:07 in the Word of God. 04:08 It's interesting they're all Chapter 9, 04:10 but all three of these men of God 04:12 and these wonderful prayers of confession and intercession. 04:16 We know Daniel was a man of prayer. 04:17 Think of the image with Daniel Chapter 2 04:19 and Daniel prayed that God would reveal the dream. 04:23 We know Daniel 6, 04:24 he faced death in the lions' den 04:26 and he continued to pray three times a day 04:30 in fact with thanksgiving. 04:32 We end the Daniel Chapter 8, 04:34 I'm not sure we read it last week, 04:35 Daniel 8 the last verse says, verse 27, Daniel 8:27, 04:40 "And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days, 04:43 afterward I arose 04:44 and went about the king's business. 04:46 I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it." 04:50 Now that's how we ended Chapter 8. 04:52 We begin Chapter 9 and you think 04:53 just a couple of days past but no, 04:56 or probably almost 10 years 04:58 have passed by the time we begin Chapter 9 05:00 'cause remember Chapter 8 was in the third year 05:03 of the reign of King Belshazzar. 05:05 In Chapter 9 is with the Medo-Persian Empire, 05:08 so it's clearly after 539 when Babylonian Empire fell. 05:14 I wanna do a quick comparison 05:15 and then we'll jump into Sunday's lesson. 05:17 A quick comparison of Nehemiah 9, 05:19 Ezra 9 and Daniel 9. 05:23 They have some common themes, some common components. 05:26 Nehemiah 9, we won't read it but there was fasting 05:30 with sackcloth, 05:32 and putting of dust on their heads. 05:34 The people were repenting for the sins 05:37 that they discovered they had 05:39 when they read the book of the law. 05:41 There was prayer. 05:43 Confession of sin and repentance 05:45 and an identification with the sins of the people. 05:48 They didn't say, "These people sinned." 05:50 They said, "We have sinned." 05:52 And Ezra 9, after Ezra learned about 05:54 the Israelites intermarrying with the pagans, 05:58 he tore his garment 06:00 and pulled out his hair and beard, 06:02 and there's prayer and again confession of sin 06:06 and repentance, and an identification 06:09 with the sins of the people. 06:11 Now in Daniel 9, I won't read this 06:13 'cause this is Ryan and Shelley's portion. 06:16 But there is again fasting with sackcloth and ashes, 06:21 and prayer, and confession of sin 06:24 and repentance and again, 06:26 an identification with the sins of the people. 06:31 My lesson is Sunday's lesson which is, let's get the title, 06:35 "The Centrality of God's Word." 06:37 And we'll look at the first couple of verses. 06:40 Then the rest of Daniel 9 as we do a quick sketch of it. 06:43 There is Daniel's prayer of confession and intercession. 06:46 Daniel doe not minimize sin. 06:49 At least 20 times, he mentions 06:51 we have sinned or committed inequity 06:53 or rebelled or done wickedly. 06:56 He identifies with the sins of the people 06:58 'cause he understands that 06:59 the Babylonian captivity is a direct consequence 07:02 of the people's disobedience to God. 07:05 But Daniel also understands 07:07 the mercy and the goodness of God, 07:09 and there's many references to God's greatness 07:12 and awesomeness and that He keeps covenant 07:15 and that He is merciful. 07:17 And then Gabriel, the Angel Gabriel shows up 07:19 and responds to Daniel's prayer, 07:22 for understanding of the vision 07:24 from Daniel Chapter 8, which we'll look at later. 07:28 And he gives the time prophecy of the 2,300 days 07:32 and more details concerning that. 07:35 Our memory text is Daniel 9:19, "O Lord, hear! 07:40 O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act." 07:45 This is part of Daniel's prayer, 07:47 "Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, 07:50 for Your city and Your people 07:52 who are called by Your name." 07:56 So let's read verses 1 and 2, that's my portion. 07:59 Daniel 9:1and 2, 08:00 "In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, 08:04 of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king 08:07 over the realm of the Chaldeans, 08:09 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, 08:11 understood by the books 08:15 the number of the years specified 08:17 by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, 08:20 that He would accomplish seventy years 08:22 in the desolations of Jerusalem." 08:26 So that word understood 08:27 in Hebrew literally means to "discern". 08:29 So clearly Daniel had read this prophecy before. 08:32 We know Jeremiah, 08:34 he was studying the Book of Jeremiah. 08:35 Jeremiah was an older contemporary of Daniel 08:38 and Jeremiah was not taken captive, 08:41 when the rest of them were taken captive 70 years 08:43 before from the land of Judah. 08:46 But he had prophesized about the 70 years captivity 08:49 and Daniel is reading and studying and he discerns, 08:54 he understands this prophecy. 08:57 So what prophecy was he reading? 08:59 I can't be for sure, but we're gonna look at one 09:02 that Jeremiah talks about, that talks about the 70 years. 09:05 And that's Jeremiah 25:11-12, 09:09 "And this whole land shall be a desolation 09:11 and an astonishment, and these nations 09:14 shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 09:17 Then it will come to pass, when 70 years are completed, 09:21 that I will punish the king of Babylon 09:23 and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, 09:25 for their iniquity, says the Lord, 09:27 'and I will make it a perpetual desolation.'" 09:31 We know from history, at the end of the 70 years, 09:34 of course, Babylon has fallen, 09:36 and King Cyrus issues his decree of restoration. 09:41 We study that a quarter ago when we read Ezra. 09:44 Ezra Chapter 1 and they were, 09:46 they first returned under Zerubbabel. 09:49 If you calculate that time, going back from 09:52 when Daniel was taken captive to when this decree was given, 09:56 there is your 70 year time period, 09:58 they were in Babylon. 09:59 And then they were allowed, 10:02 God now is gonna punish the Babylonians, 10:05 and then the Jewish people 10:07 can go back to their homeland. 10:12 Let's look at Leviticus. Leviticus Chapter 26. 10:15 This is another, 10:17 you can say prophecy if you want. 10:19 In Leviticus 26, 27 and 28, 10:22 this is a heavy chapter just being honest with you. 10:25 when I read this, this is pretty heavy for me. 10:28 "After all this, if you do not obey Me, 10:31 but walk contrary to Me, 10:33 then I also will walk contrary to you in fury, 10:37 I, even I will chastise you seven times for your sins. 10:41 I will lay your cities waste 10:43 and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, 10:45 I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet aromas. 10:48 I will bring the land to desolation, 10:51 your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. 10:54 I will scatter you among the nations 10:56 and draw out a sword after you, 10:58 your land shall be desolate and your cities waste." 11:01 Now this is what happened 11:03 because the children of Israel repeatedly time and time 11:07 again turned their back on a loving and a merciful God. 11:12 But God did not forsake them and He promised 11:15 not just this carried away but restoration. 11:18 We see that in verses 40 to 42. 11:21 "If they confess their iniquity 11:23 and the iniquity of their fathers, 11:24 with their unfaithfulness 11:26 with which they were unfaithful to Me, 11:28 and that they have walked contrary to Me, 11:30 and that I also have walked contrary to them 11:32 and have brought them into the land of their enemies. 11:34 Then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, 11:39 and My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham 11:41 I will remember, I will remember the land." 11:44 So Daniel's prayer as it were of confession 11:47 and intercession in Daniel 9 11:50 is exactly what was required you could say, 11:52 that repentance for the people to be restored. 11:57 We're gonna look at three quick lessons 11:58 in my remaining time. 12:00 Number one, God always honors His covenant. 12:03 He honored His covenant promise to restore Israel. 12:06 And also, the Babylonians 12:09 were punished according to that promise. 12:11 Number two, God's Word is sure. 12:14 And all His promises are true. 12:18 Number three, God always hears, 12:22 God always forgives. 12:25 Daniel 9:9, "To the Lord our God 12:28 belong mercy and forgiveness, 12:31 though we have rebelled against Him." 12:34 Lamentations 3:22-23 12:36 is probably some of my favorite scriptures. 12:38 "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, 12:43 because His compassions fail not. 12:45 They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness." 12:48 Hallelujah. 12:50 So what are we to do in the midst of this? 12:52 We acknowledge our sin. Don't try to hide it. 12:56 We seek God's faith as we're gonna discover 12:59 Daniel sought God's faith. 13:02 And we study God's Word 13:03 because His Word reveals the future. 13:06 His Word reveals my sin. 13:08 And most importantly, His Word reveals My Savior. 13:12 Amen. 13:13 Thank you so much. That was a great setup. 13:16 You know, when you think of the structure of Daniel, 13:18 the Book of Daniel, 13:19 you know when you think of the individual chapter, 13:21 something comes to your mind. 13:23 For instance, when you think of Daniel 1, 13:24 you think of the test 13:25 that the young man had to go through. 13:27 When you think of Daniel 2, you think of the image. 13:28 And when you think of Daniel 3, 13:30 the fiery furnace, and Daniel 4, 13:32 the conversion of Nebuchadnezzar, 13:34 and Daniel 5, the handwriting on the wall, 13:38 and Daniel 6, the lion's den. 13:40 Daniel 7, usually think of that 13:42 those four beasts and that little horn. 13:44 Daniel 8, of course, most people, 13:46 especially in the Adventist faith, 13:48 they think of that Daniel 8:14, unto 2,300 years. 13:52 But when you get to Daniel 9, 13:53 most people's mind goes directly to the latter portion 13:57 of the verses of Daniel Chapter 9 13:59 which is talking about the 70 weeks of Israel, 14:02 the 70 weeks prophecy and, you know, 14:06 there's something I just wanted to bring out 14:08 and that is the fact that there, 14:10 the devil attacks this prophecy. 14:13 This is probably one of the most 14:14 profound prophecies in all the Bible. 14:16 Now my day is Monday which is entitled, 14:18 "An appeal to Grace". 14:20 I'm not covering the 70 weeks prophecy. 14:22 I'm gonna leave that for the two gentleman 14:23 at the end of the table there. 14:25 But I do wanna make a point in the sense that 14:28 there is an attack on this prophecy 14:29 to misunderstand it and apply it to an Antichrist 14:33 rather than Jesus Christ fulfillment. 14:35 And the reason why that is, 14:36 is because they don't see a connection between 14:40 Daniel Chapter 8 and Daniel Chapter 9. 14:42 And so here Daniel is, 14:44 there's been many years as Jill brought up, 14:45 there's been many years to pass, 14:47 the last thing he remembers is seeing this vision, 14:50 and there is an aspect of this vision 14:52 that he didn't understand, okay. 14:54 Now what's so powerful about this is 14:55 there's two different words in Daniel used for vision. 14:59 The first word for vision is the Hebrew word Chazown, 15:03 which is talking about the overall vision 15:05 and the content of the vision 15:06 from the very beginning to the very end. 15:09 But the part at the very end of Daniel, 15:10 and I just wanna make this point really quickly. 15:12 Verse 26, Daniel says, 15:14 "And the vision of the evenings and mornings," 15:16 that's referring to the time part of the 2,300 years, okay, 15:21 and it goes on to say, "which was told is true, 15:23 therefore seal up the vision, 15:24 for it refers to many days in the future." 15:26 And then, of course, in verse 27, Daniel says, 15:29 "I fainted, and in the latter part, 15:31 and I was astonished by the vision." 15:33 See those words are different. 15:34 When you get to Daniel 8:14 and down, 15:37 there's another word in Hebrew 15:38 that comes in for vision and that's the word Mareh. 15:41 And so what Daniel didn't understand about 15:43 that was that he did not understand 15:45 the time frame of that. 15:47 And so you can imagine coming into Daniel Chapter 9 15:50 now which they're gonna bring on in just a few moments. 15:54 Gabriel's gonna show up and say, 15:55 understand the vision and the word there is Mareh, 16:00 so he's come, there's the connection. 16:01 He's coming to show them 16:03 the time frame of the 2,300 years. 16:06 But, what I wanna focus on is the word comes before that, 16:10 because the reason why Gabriel had showed up 16:12 in the beginning to give this vision 16:14 is because of what Daniel's pleading here. 16:16 Daniel's in prayer, he's praying in agony for God 16:21 to show grace on him and the nation of Israel. 16:25 So I'd like to go through this prayer. 16:26 We may not be able to go through every verse, 16:28 but I know Shelley has a lot to say on this as well, 16:30 so I'm not gonna go through it all, 16:31 but I just wanna highlight a few things as 16:33 to why Daniel is praying what he's praying, 16:35 and why the Angel Gabriel shows up 16:37 so swiftly as to just be standing there 16:40 when he's finished praying, 16:41 I mean, he's there waiting on him to give an answer. 16:43 And so we see here in Daniel 9:3, 16:47 Daniel begins his plead with God. 16:49 It says, "Then I set my face toward the Lord God 16:51 to make request by prayer and supplications, 16:54 and with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes." 16:57 And as you brought out, Jill, beautifully, Daniel, 16:59 I mean this is almost in a state, 17:01 this is what the children of Israel 17:03 would be in on the Day of Atonement. 17:05 He's having an atoning moment right now. 17:08 He's having... 17:09 Because Daniel is living in the time of judgment. 17:12 This 70 year time period was a time 17:14 of judgment for Israel. 17:15 And so, you can almost say he's having a many antitypical 17:19 atonement at this moment, 17:20 even though it's not technically that. 17:22 We know that he's pleading for the Lord, 17:24 "Lord, hear my prayer." 17:26 He's willing to lower himself 17:27 as low as the dirt of the earth, 17:29 to show God that he is humbling himself that 17:32 He may hear his prayer. 17:33 And so notice verse 4. 17:34 He says, "I prayed to the Lord my God, 17:36 and made confession, and said, 'O Lord, great and awesome God, 17:40 who keeps His covenant and mercy 17:42 with those who love Him, 17:44 and with those who keep His commandments.'" 17:47 And I just wanna highlight here, 17:48 if you continue to read through this chapter 17:50 and through this prayer. 17:52 You will see the reoccurring words 17:54 like commandments, law, obey. 17:58 Daniel was highlighting the fact that 18:00 the children of Israel 18:02 as a nation are in this judgment, 18:04 they're in this bondage of Babylon. 18:07 And have been 18:08 because of their lack of discernment 18:10 towards the commandments of God, 18:12 their lack of being obedient to the Lord as a nation. 18:15 And so more than nine times, around nine times, 18:17 he mentions, Lord, 18:18 we did not keep Your commandments, Lord, 18:20 we did not obey Your law. 18:21 Lord, we were not obedient, 18:23 and so He's pouring his heart out to the Lord. 18:24 He goes on to say, 18:26 "We have sinned and committed iniquity, 18:28 we have done wickedly and rebelled, 18:30 even by departing from Your precepts 18:32 and Your judgments. 18:33 Neither have we heeded your servants the prophets, 18:36 who spoke Your name to our kings, 18:38 and our princes, to our fathers, 18:40 and all the people of the land." 18:43 Now I have to pause here and may mention. 18:45 He's referring to the covenant that 18:48 God made with the Israelites back n Exodus 19. 18:51 And you're gonna see this come up again 18:53 at the end of this chapter when it says that Jesus, 18:56 He confirmed the covenant with many for one week. 18:59 The covenant that's being confirmed here 19:01 is the covenant in Exodus 9:5-6, 19:03 I mean, excuse me 19:5-6 where the Lord says, 19:07 "Now therefore, if you will obey My voice indeed 19:09 and keep My covenant, 19:11 then you shall be a special treasure 19:13 to Me above all people, for all the earth is Mine. 19:16 And you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." 19:19 God wanted this nation to be His holy representatives. 19:22 The beacon of light to a dark world. 19:25 But, you know what followed. They said, yes, Lord, we will. 19:30 All that You've said, we will do. 19:31 But what follows is a history and, 19:33 Jill, you mentioned this, you know, kind of like a, 19:35 you know, breaking up with God and coming back to God, 19:38 and breaking up with God and coming back to God. 19:40 What happens is that history, 19:41 we can trace of 840 years of rebellion. 19:45 All the way up to, finally the Lord says, look, 19:48 I don't wanna forsake you, and I'm not gonna forsake you, 19:50 You have to forsaken me. 19:52 You have abandoned Me, 19:54 you have broken up with Me for the last time 19:56 and so I've got to let the consequences come. 19:58 And so, Daniel stood praying in verse 7, 20:01 "O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, 20:03 but to us shame of face, 20:09 as it is this day to the men of Judah, 20:12 to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, 20:14 those near and those far off in the countries 20:16 to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness 20:19 which they have committed against You." 20:21 So he's saying, Lord, you know you have been merciful. 20:25 We do deserve everything 20:26 that has come upon us but he still makes the appeal. 20:29 And verse 8, "O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, 20:34 to our kings, and our princes, and our fathers, 20:36 because we have sinned against You to the Lord our God 20:39 belong mercy and forgiveness, 20:41 though we have rebelled against Him." 20:42 And it's interesting that 20:44 when you look at those words there, 20:45 this is the same content that Jesus and Steven 20:49 preached before their death. 20:52 One week before Jesus dies, 20:55 He goes on to cross, Matthew 23, what is He doing? 20:58 He's sitting on top of Mount of Olives and He's crying out, 21:01 "O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem." 21:02 He's pleading. 21:03 He actually is pleading with the Pharisees. 21:05 He said this series of arguments with them, 21:07 not that he was being argument but he is rebuking them. 21:10 O Jerusalem, how long have I wanted to gather you 21:12 as a hen gather its chicks under wings 21:14 but you weren't willing, why? 21:15 Because you stoned the prophets that I sent to you. 21:18 You would not be obedient. 21:19 Steven, right before he's stoned 21:21 and taken out of the city and murdered. 21:23 We see that Steven 21:24 also is preaching the same message. 21:25 You, the Lord sent you prophets to wake you up 21:30 and to shake you from your foundation 21:32 to show you the way of the Lord, 21:33 but you rejected them. 21:35 And so, as you continue to read verse 11, 21:37 "Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law," 21:40 there it is reference verse 12, 21:42 "And He has confirmed His words, 21:43 which He spoke against us and against our judges 21:47 who judged us, 21:48 by bringing upon us a great disaster, 21:50 for under the whole heaven 21:52 such as never has been done, as has been done to Jerusalem." 21:56 You know he's referencing Deuteronomy 31 here 21:58 when he's referencing this law that was against us, 22:01 as mentioned in Deuteronomy Chapter 31. 22:04 And the curses in which he's talking about that 22:05 has been brought upon Jerusalem is the curses mentioned 22:09 in Deuteronomy Chapter 38, excuse me 28. 22:11 So if you go read the 28 Chapter of Deuteronomy, 22:13 you have all these beautiful blessing 22:15 and we have the curses 22:17 of not being obedient to the Lord, 22:18 the response that you will receive. 22:21 So I'm gonna skip down here to verse 16. 22:23 He says, "O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, 22:26 I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away 22:29 from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain, 22:32 because for our sins, 22:33 and for the iniquities of our fathers, 22:35 Jerusalem and Your people 22:37 are a reproach to all those around us. 22:39 Now therefore, our God, 22:41 hear the prayer of your servant, 22:42 and his supplications, and for the Lord's sake 22:45 cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary 22:49 which is desolate." 22:51 You know, Daniel was pleading for the Lord to bring blessings 22:54 back upon the sanctuary. 22:56 Because in Ezekiel Chapter 11, 22:58 we see that God had to evacuate His own sanctuary 23:02 because of the apostasies of Israel. 23:04 We see Daniel pouring his heart out 23:05 to the Lord in this chapter. 23:07 And it culminates in verse 19 23:09 which Jill read as our memory verse, 23:11 "O Lord, hear! 23:12 O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act!" 23:14 And you know what, 23:16 we can still say that prayer today. 23:17 God hears it. 23:18 Sometimes God heard Daniel's prayer, 23:20 and He answered his prayer and we're gonna see 23:22 what the answer to the prayer 23:23 in just a few moments but until now, 23:27 I'm gonna pass it back to you, Jill. 23:28 That's powerful, Ryan. Thank you so much. 23:31 I'm so grateful that our God hears 23:33 and our God answers, our God delivers. 23:35 We're gonna take a short break. We'll be right back. 23:37 Amen. 23:42 Ever wish you could watch 23:43 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 23:46 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 23:49 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 23:54 A clean design makes it easy 23:56 to find the program you're looking for. 23:58 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:02 so you can follow along. 24:04 Sharing is easy. 24:05 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 24:08 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 24:15 Welcome back to our study of Daniel Chapter 9. 24:17 We're gonna continue with Tuesday's lesson 24:19 with Shelley Quinn. 24:21 Yes and mine is on the same as scriptures as you covered, 24:25 but the title of this is "The Value of Intercession". 24:30 You know what I like about Daniel? 24:32 He didn't just pray when he felt like it, 24:34 he made appointments with God 24:36 and he always kept his appointments, didn't he? 24:39 And what we find in Daniel 9:1-19 24:43 is a remarkable prayer of a God's man 24:48 interceding for sinful people. 24:50 It's a corporate confession of sin if you were, 24:53 a model prayer for a rebellious nation 24:57 or even for community that's rebellious. 24:59 You know, if your church is in rebellion, not doing, 25:03 a community of faithless. 25:05 I mean this is a great prayer. 25:06 So what he does as he makes humble confession 25:11 but he has such great confidence 25:13 in God's faithfulness and God's righteousness. 25:17 You know, what I like about Daniel 25:20 is his character was marked by humility. 25:25 I mean Daniel's a very humble man. 25:28 He was totally dependent upon God always. 25:31 And this is what I'm going to say. 25:35 Prayer shows your dependence upon God. 25:39 Prayer opposes pride. 25:42 If you're not praying often, 25:44 then you're being rather prideful 25:46 because you're depending upon yourself. 25:48 So prayer opposes pride. 25:51 It expresses that attitude, the dependency upon God. 25:57 So what Daniel's doing? 25:59 He's praying with a spirit of unselfishness and care 26:04 for the community to which he belonged. 26:07 And true intercession is a sacrifice 26:11 that is pleasing to God. 26:12 Listen what Daniel 9:23 says. 26:15 This is after his prayer. 26:17 The Angel Gabriel comes to Daniel to say, 26:20 God heard your prayer 26:22 because Daniel you are greatly beloved. 26:27 In other words, you're precious to God. 26:30 You're highly esteemed, you're treasured by God. 26:33 And I think the reason he was treasured by God 26:35 is because God is looking for an intercessor. 26:38 He still is today. And that pleases Him. 26:42 I want to point out five principles very quickly 26:46 of why Daniel's prayer is such a rich example to us. 26:52 He demonstrates five principles. 26:54 Number one, he prays in response to God's Word. 26:59 Daniel 9:2 says, "Daniel learned 27:02 from reading the Word of the Lord, 27:04 as we looked to Jeremiah the prophet, 27:06 that Jerusalem must lie desolate for 70 years. 27:10 So scripture is God 27:14 speaking to us, if you will. 27:17 And when God speaks, it happens, right? 27:20 That's right. 27:21 So what we need to realize is that confidence 27:26 in God's Word 27:27 should it make us complacent to prayer 27:30 that ought to energize our prayer 27:32 because Daniel's prayer not only begins with the Bible, 27:36 but it is filled with scripture. 27:39 So if you're struggling to pray, get into the Word. 27:43 And I guarantee you, if you listen to God 27:46 as He speaks to you, you will pray. 27:48 So number one was, 27:51 he prayed in response to God's Word. 27:53 Number two, is he humbled himself 27:56 through self denial 27:58 and entered God's presence with a fervent plea. 28:02 Daniel 9:3 says, he turned his face 28:05 to the Lord and pleaded with him 28:08 in prayer and fasting, wearing sackcloth 28:11 and he sprinkled himself with ashes. 28:14 You know what fasting is? 28:16 It's simply prioritizing prayer above eating. 28:19 So Daniel is, he put top priority 28:22 on prayer, right? 28:25 Sackcloth was a rough burlap. 28:28 And it was an irritant to the skin. 28:30 It was, wearing sackcloth was a mark of repentance. 28:34 Ashes symbolized complete ruin. 28:37 So this is a... He's got a heavy heart. 28:41 He is overwhelmed with the burden for his people 28:45 and he's coming humbly independently 28:48 into God's presence, 28:49 just like Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane. 28:52 Okay, third point. 28:54 He recognized and praised God's character 28:59 and God's mighty acts of salvation. 29:02 When we understand God's character, 29:05 that will energize our prayers, you know? 29:08 Listen to what he says. 29:10 Daniel 9:4, "O Lord, you are great and awesome God, 29:15 you always fulfill your covenant. 29:18 You keep your promises of unfailing love 29:21 to those who love You and obey Your commandments." 29:24 Then if you look down at verse 7, "Lord, 29:27 righteousness belongs to You. 29:29 You are in the right, 29:31 but as you see our faces are covered with shame." 29:34 Verse 9, "But the Lord our God 29:37 is merciful and forgiving, 29:40 even though we have rebelled against Him." 29:42 Then verse 15, "O Lord our God, 29:46 You brought lasting honor to Your name 29:48 by rescuing Your people 29:49 from Egypt in a great display of power, 29:52 but we've sinned and are full of wickedness." 29:55 So you see, he is praising God. 29:58 He is recognizing God's greatness. 30:00 Fourth thing, fourth principle. 30:03 He made an honest and full confession of sin. 30:07 And you find that in Daniel 5-15. 30:09 He unselfishly identified with God's people. 30:13 He wasn't guilty of this, 30:15 you know but he's saying we have sinned, 30:17 we are full of wickedness. 30:19 He piles up the personal pronouns 30:22 we and us more than 20 times though he wasn't guilty. 30:25 And he knows that 30:29 he is called to carry this burden. 30:32 He felt responsible for the people under his care. 30:35 So actually what he's doing here 30:37 is intercessory prayer. 30:40 It's kind of like he's acting as mediator 30:43 between the people and to God, right? 30:45 Identifying with him 30:47 because they're in such desperate 30:49 spiritual condition. 30:51 So this reminds us 30:53 of what Christ does for us, right? 30:56 Verse 5, he says, "We have sinned, 30:58 rebelled, scorned your commandments 31:00 and your regulation." 31:01 Verse 6 says, "We refused to listen to your prophets." 31:04 Verse 8 says, "We're covered 31:06 with shame, sinned against you." 31:08 Verse 10 says, "We've not obeyed, 31:10 we've not followed 31:11 the instructions of your prophets." 31:13 And then verse 11 he says, "All Israel has disobeyed 31:16 your instruction and turned away, 31:18 refusing to listen to your voice 31:20 so now the solemn curses 31:21 and judgments written in the law of Moses, 31:24 the servant of God, 31:26 have been poured down on us because of our sin." 31:29 So as you said, God promised blessings 31:33 if they were faithful, and He said, 31:36 if you're not faithful, usually the curses 31:38 that are gonna come one you, but I believe, Jill, 31:40 you read Leviticus 26:42 that God promised 31:45 if Israel would humble their hearts, 31:48 confess their sin, He would forgive them 31:50 and remember His covenant. 31:52 So then Daniel says in verse 12, 31:54 "You have kept your word done to us 31:56 and our rulers exactly as you warned." 31:58 Every curse written against us in the law of Moses, 32:02 that's in the book Deuteronomy has come true, 32:05 yet we have refused to seek mercy 32:09 from the Lord our God by turning from our sins 32:11 and recognizing its truth. 32:13 Now number five, the fifth principle, 32:16 Daniel's goal is, 32:20 he is pleading for healing, forgiveness, 32:25 and the restoration of God's glory. 32:28 You know, he asked God restore Your city, 32:33 Your desolate sanctuary, Your people. 32:36 Daniel 9, let's look at verse 16, 32:40 "In view of all Your faithful mercies, 32:42 Lord, please turn Your furious anger away 32:44 from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain, 32:49 all the neighboring nations mocked Jerusalem, 32:52 and your people because of our sins. 32:54 Oh God, hear your servant's prayer. 32:57 Listen as I plead for your own sake, Lord. 33:02 Smile again on Your desolate sanctuary, 33:04 oh my God lean down and listen to me. 33:07 Open Your eyes, see Your despair, 33:09 see how Your city, 33:11 the city that bears Your name, lies in ruins." 33:15 We make this plea not because we deserve help, 33:18 but because of Your mercy. 33:20 O Lord, hear, O Lord, forgive, O Lord, listen and act. 33:26 Oh, this is a man who is filled with angst. 33:30 But here's what I wanted to point out. 33:33 Intercessory prayer is the greatest call 33:37 to ministry that there is. 33:38 Hebrews 7:25 says that it is the ministry of our risen 33:44 and exalted Savior. 33:46 It says that He is able to save completely 33:50 those who come to God though Him, 33:51 because He always lives to make intercession for us. 33:55 And you know what? 33:57 Here it is, the greatest call to ministry. 34:00 But all believers can participate in this ministry. 34:04 It requires no special spiritual gift. 34:08 What it requires is simply one who is dependent upon the Lord 34:14 and knows that prayer can bring down 34:18 the power of God from heaven. 34:21 Amen. Praise the Lord. 34:22 Yeah, I think it gives me encouragement and hope. 34:24 Amen. 34:25 On Wednesday's lesson, 34:27 I'm gonna look at the work of the Messiah. 34:28 So, Pastor, hope we work together good on this. 34:30 I'm not gonna try to read all these verses 34:32 because it gives Daniel Chapter 9 34:35 and then it gives verses 21-27. 34:38 So I just really my part of the lesson simply says, 34:41 there's a work to be done for the Jews 34:44 who talks about the 70 weeks. 34:46 And how this work is going to be 34:48 accomplished by God 34:50 and what He wants for the people 34:51 because it's so important 490 years, 34:54 don't have to go into the starting day, 34:56 the 490 years ends in 34AD 35:00 that the probation would end for the Jews as a nation. 35:03 That's part of the prophecy. 35:05 With that just in mind, 35:07 not trying to prove everything at this point. 35:08 This is why God says, look, 35:10 I've got six things I want to bring to the people 35:12 what they need to do 35:14 and I think brought beautifully here 35:16 is Daniel had in prayer two things. 35:18 He was really interested in the destruction of Jerusalem 35:21 and he was interested in the sins of the people. 35:24 These things were on his mind and so as through prayer 35:26 and so on so forth that we see that he was working. 35:29 The Messiah is, I think maybe the way 35:32 it worked out may have surprised 35:34 even Daniel because God has His ways 35:36 in which He does things you know 35:37 how He does, God has way. 35:38 We think we've got all reasoned out, 35:40 but God has a different way. 35:41 Daniel knew that God's people was in captivity, 35:44 again brought it beautifully is because they disobeyed God. 35:48 They transgressed His law, they did everything. 35:50 There's a long list of things that they did. 35:52 Daniel continued to study the prophecy we see, 35:55 but here's I think he gives six points 35:58 how God wants to get the attention of the people. 36:01 First of all in Daniel 9:24, just simply say, 36:04 there's list of six things there, you noticed? 36:06 It says, "Seventy weeks are determined upon what? 36:09 Thy people. 36:10 Yeah, upon the holy city to finish the transgression, 36:13 to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation 36:16 for the iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, 36:20 and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, 36:22 and to anoint the Most Holy." 36:25 So as we look at these sayings, 36:26 I want to just take Daniel 9:24 number one, 36:28 it says, to finish transgression 36:31 or to bring to completion. 36:33 It was, God had it planned. 36:35 He was trying to reach His people. 36:37 And he said, if we'll follow this plan, 36:39 I'll be able to reach him. 36:40 If they don't and rebel, time's going to run out. 36:43 So transgression here, a willful violation, 36:46 those I wrote down, a willful violation of an open 36:49 defiance of God by human beings. 36:52 So they openly defied God. 36:54 Ezekiel 2:3 says, 36:55 "I send thee to the children of Israel, 36:58 to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me. 37:03 So God is trying to reach His people all through 37:05 the Book of Daniel, we see that. 37:06 This refers to the fact that within the period 37:08 of the 70 weeks or the 490 years 37:11 we're talking about here, 37:13 the Jews would have their cup would be... 37:15 their cup would be filled up with the iniquity 37:18 God had suffered long with them. 37:20 Had been mentioned over and over in here, 37:22 but there comes a time that God has to, 37:24 there's no use anymore 37:26 because they won't hear anymore. 37:28 And so we'll talk about the time of they rebelled 37:31 and then probation had ended. 37:34 Number two... I'll get my paper here. 37:36 Number two, it says to make an end of sins. 37:40 So I'm skipping through here fast as I can, 37:42 to make an end of sin. 37:43 And here's God's plan once again 37:45 to make an end of sin. 37:47 Our sins will be forgiven, we understand that 37:49 He confesses sins, 37:50 He's faithful and just to forgive. 37:52 But God wants to make an end of sin. 37:54 Since man's sinned, we stand in need of what? 37:56 Of help. We need a Savior. 37:58 Amen. And so we need to come to Him. 38:00 How do we do that? 38:01 Oh, we know New Testament passage of scripture 38:04 we can read on and on. 38:05 Romans 3:23 says very, very clear that all have what? 38:09 All have sinned and come short. 38:11 God says here, I want to make an end of sin. 38:13 He's wanting all the Israel to, right, 38:15 to get together, get thing together 38:17 so that they could be forgiven 38:18 and this all wouldn't have to happen. 38:20 But, Bible said, 38:21 "All have sinned and come short." 38:23 Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death." 38:26 Here's God's plan as far as I'm concerned, 38:28 His plans for His people, Romans 6:12 brings this out, 38:33 "Let not sin therefore reign in their," what? 38:35 "In their mortal body." 38:37 God's plan for us, for Israel was does not let sin 38:39 reign in the mortal body. 38:41 Then we had to do 38:42 what was getting ready to take place. 38:43 Romans 6:14, we're using Romans Chapter 6, 38:46 now notice this, 38:47 "For sin shall not have dominion over you." 38:50 God is saying to My people, "I've got a plan. 38:52 Don't let sin have dominion over you." 38:54 Romans 6:18, "Being then made free from sin." 38:58 Again God's plan brought out here because He said, 39:01 "I want to make an end of sin, put an end to it." 39:05 Romans 6:22, "Now being made free from sin," 39:09 notice this, "we become servants to God." 39:12 Well, I think that's God's plan absolutely for this. 39:15 Number three, 39:17 to make reconciliation for our what? 39:19 Iniquity. 39:21 Kind of sounds like the same plan right there, 39:23 but who can do this? 39:25 Only Jesus can do this. 39:26 In Colossians 1:19-20, the Bible said, 39:29 "For it pleased the Father that in Him 39:31 all the fullness should dwell. 39:34 In him, notice it says, "reconcile all thing, 39:36 to Him reconcile all things to Himself, 39:38 in Him, whether things on earth 39:40 or things were in heaven, having made peace 39:44 through the blood of the cross." 39:46 Again God saying here, 39:48 I wanna make reconciliation for iniquity. 39:51 Only Jesus can do that we know. 39:54 The cross of Christ is the high point 39:57 we know in the plan of salvation. 39:59 Praise God for that. 40:00 Galatians 6:14, he said, Paul said this, he said, 40:03 "I glorified," I like, "I glorified in the cross, 40:07 and it's going to be the center, 40:08 it's going to be the song of the ages for the redeemed. 40:12 Through the ages, the great controversy, 40:13 6:51 talks about. 40:15 Jesus is the agent, notice, 40:18 the agent through 40:19 which the reconciliation comes about. 40:21 So what does he say? 40:23 I'm gonna make a reconciliation. 40:24 Who'd we need? 40:25 We need Jesus, we need the cross. 40:27 Praise God for that, number three. 40:28 Number four, he says he wants to bring 40:30 about an everlasting righteousness 40:32 through Jesus Christ. 40:34 It says, by faith we received the gift. 40:36 Notice this, I've been right with God and you know what? 40:39 He took our place. Praise the Lord for that. 40:42 But I like this, it says everlasting righteousness. 40:44 Romans 6:13, 40:46 it says we are instruments of righteousness. 40:51 This was God's plan for Israel and all of us, 40:53 we are to be instruments of righteousness, 40:55 instrument in His hands and so, He tell us in Romans 6:16, 40:59 "If we yield ourselves to obedience 41:02 and righteousness," 41:03 here's that word again, for obedient, 41:05 he wants us and certainly 41:07 the righteousness comes through Him. 41:08 Romans 6:18. 41:09 It says, "We become servant of righteousness." 41:13 I wanna be a servant of righteousness 41:15 like Daniel was and all these other 41:17 we've been reading about here. 41:19 Romans 6:19, it says, 41:20 "We now yield our members to righteousness and holiness." 41:26 What do we do? 41:27 We're to yield ourselves by the grace of God, 41:30 to His righteousness and His Holiness. 41:32 This is God's plan. This was His plan. 41:34 He laid it out one, two, three, four, five, six for Israel. 41:37 And all the stuff maybe wouldn't have followed through, 41:39 wouldn't it, if they had confessed 41:40 and forsaken and come back to Him. 41:42 Romans 6:11 says, "We are dead to sin, 41:45 alive in God, through Jesus Christ." 41:50 Isn't it about time that sin was dead in our life 41:52 and we're dead to the world 41:53 and dead to the things going on, 41:55 but alive in Jesus Christ and in His righteousness 41:58 is what He certainly wants for us. 42:00 He wants to bring about that righteousness. 42:02 Now, number five, He wants to seal up the vision. 42:07 Now what is that talking about the vision 42:08 and the prophecy to confirm, he wants to confirm it, 42:12 he wants to ratify which brought out 42:13 as we confirmed the first coming of the Messiah 42:16 at the time specified. 42:18 This gives us assurance once again that 42:20 the prophecies will be 42:22 exactly fulfilled to the letter, 42:24 to the 2,300 day prophecy. 42:26 That was going into, that Gabriel was coming to give 42:29 understanding to there in Chapter 9. 42:31 And number six, it says, "And to anoint the Most Holy." 42:37 Now notice, notice the Most Holy 42:39 or something Most Holy. 42:41 The example there the altar in Exodus 29:37. 42:45 Vessels, anointing, and the furniture offering, 42:48 showbread etc. 42:49 This place nowhere applies to a person, I had a issue, 42:52 had to really look at that. 42:53 Not place it applies to a person, 42:55 some say it applies to the Messiah, 42:57 the subject here is the sanctuary in heaven 43:00 and what is going on in the heavenly sanctuary 43:03 as Daniel is speaking of the anointing 43:05 of the heavenly sanctuary, prior to the time of Christ 43:10 inauguration as the high priest. 43:13 And I think that certainly has some merit there. 43:16 Seal the vision and prophesize, notice this... 43:19 2 Peter 1:19, we have also a more sure word of what? 43:25 Prophecy Of prophecy, 43:26 I love that hereunto ye do well that ye take heed. 43:31 It's like, can ye take heed. 43:32 This is we'd do well if we did that. 43:34 2 Peter 1:19 said, "For prophecy came not," 43:37 we know this what? 43:38 Of old time by the will of man," 43:41 but how did he come? 43:42 "By holy men of God as they were," what? 43:45 Yeah, "moved by the Holy Ghost." 43:48 Isn't it time that we were moved by the Holy Ghost? 43:50 Amen. 43:52 God's plan for us is just this, is to get rid of sin. 43:56 He's made the atonement for us. 43:57 We just need to be obedient and to follow in His footsteps, 44:01 you know, and that day is here. 44:03 We're in that judgment hour right now. 44:05 The sanctuary's being cleaned. 44:06 Names are coming up in the judgment. 44:08 Sentence is being pronounced. 44:10 You see right now whether the heavens 44:11 are gonna be our home or we're not going to make it. 44:13 This is a vital time that God's people need to be 44:17 awake like never before. 44:19 Let these studies we've been doing 44:21 sink into our heart and mind, 44:22 and make that decision for Jesus Christ. 44:24 Amen. Thank you, Pastor Kenny. 44:26 Thank all of you. 44:27 As we now wind this up on the 70 weeks. 44:32 And I just want to dovetail of what you talked about 44:34 because you know so difficult to cover this 44:37 and not step on each other's toes 44:40 because we've been doing that all, 44:42 this entire lesson has been one jog, 44:45 repeat, repeat, repeat enlarge. 44:47 And the writer has done his job to make sure that the iteration 44:50 is the number one key to this lesson. 44:53 What is it saying, reputation is the best teacher 44:56 for the writer's made sure that 44:58 the people have heard it many times. 45:00 But I wanna go ahead and point out a few things 45:01 because in Daniel 9:24-27 is where I'm gonna begin. 45:06 I want to just dovetail 45:07 of what you just said a moment ago. 45:09 First of all, the vision that Daniel is given, 45:14 he's told 70 weeks are determined for your people 45:18 and for your holy city. 45:21 And the six things, I wanna add something said a moment ago, 45:25 and I appreciate the point you made. 45:27 You're saying that 45:28 there's less support for the fact 45:30 that this is the Christ being anointed. 45:33 Well, in fact if you broaden the picture, 45:36 everything about the temple services points to Christ. 45:38 Amen. 45:40 You couldn't omit Him from any article 45:41 or furniture in the entire sanctuary service 45:45 from the outer court to the inner court, 45:48 to the Holy and the Most Holy, 45:49 every aspect of it points to Christ. 45:51 So when it says to anoint the Most Holy. 45:53 In fact, the whole portion of it 45:55 is the reiteration of Acts 10:38, 45:58 because Jesus was anointed. 46:01 And that anointing aspect if you notice everything 46:04 about the temple services was a confirmation that 46:07 from the sacrifice in the outer court 46:09 to the intercession of God 46:11 and the Most Holy Place to the Shekinah Glory, 46:14 everything about it was pointing 46:16 to an aspect of the ministry of Christ. 46:19 And you find these disparities between the King James 46:23 and the New King James version. 46:24 The New King James version capitalizes Most Holy, 46:28 because in fact 46:29 in rediscovering the reiteration there, 46:31 it's talking about the very one that 46:33 they were supposed to anoint, the very one that 46:35 the Jews were supposed to prepare the way 46:37 for was the Most Holy. 46:40 Because the temple was to serve only 46:42 for short period of time, I think it's Galatians 3:19, 46:46 it was added because of sin till the seed should come 46:50 of whom we pointed. 46:51 So the temple had a temporary expand. 46:55 When the Messiah came, 46:57 the Most Holy continued 47:00 and the temple passed off the scene. 47:03 And so we find here the decree was very important, 47:06 and I tell you in seven minutes, 47:07 hold on to your seat. 47:09 We find, "Know therefore and understand, 47:11 that from the going forth of the command to restore 47:12 and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince." 47:16 He once again is talked about, 47:18 first, He's called the Most Holy, 47:20 then He's called Messiah the Prince. 47:22 And when you talk about the timetable, 47:24 notice what the timetables are broken down as. 47:27 There shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks. 47:31 When you look at that, 47:32 I've noticed in many other charts 47:33 that talk about the decree in 457 BC, 47:37 there were two other decrees, one by Cyrus and one by Darius. 47:40 When you begin with those, 47:41 there was one pertaining to the temple, 47:43 the other one pertaining to the building 47:44 of the house of God and the wall. 47:47 If you follow the cadence, 47:49 the prophecy never gets completed. 47:52 But when you begin with the one that is to restore 47:55 and to rebuild Jerusalem every component of it 47:58 which was by Artaxerxes, 48:00 then every aspect of the prophecy 48:02 is fulfilled to the letter. 48:04 So the reason why 48:06 the secret rapture exists today, 48:08 and this gap exists is for two reasons. 48:10 One, the Jesuits, Francesco Ribera 48:14 and Louis de Alcazar were commissioned 48:16 by the Roman Catholic Church 48:17 to redirect the vision of the reformers. 48:20 So they came up with a gap theory, 48:22 also called dispensationalism, modern term, 48:26 the secret rapture and push that last week 48:29 all the way to the future. 48:30 Here's the problem. Here's the major problem. 48:34 Every one of us is lost, 48:36 if we accept the teaching of the Jesuits 48:41 that Rome commissioned, why? 48:43 Because they took the week that pertains to the Christ 48:47 and appointed it to the Antichrist. 48:50 So here's the question we have to ask ourselves, 48:53 was Jesus anointed? 48:55 Acts 10:38. Let's go there. 48:57 Acts 10:38, 48:59 because the anointing was supposed to take place. 49:01 And from the restoration, 49:05 from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem 49:07 is gonna be seven weeks, 49:09 and when you study the prophecy, 49:11 you find a seven weeks workout to 49 years. 49:16 At that first seven year period which is often missed, 49:19 the temple was finished in that first seven year period. 49:23 That's why Nehemiah was sent to finish it. 49:25 It was finished within 52 days. 49:27 So that first seven year period 49:29 is a 49 year period in the literal sense. 49:32 That seven week period is a 49 year period 49:37 'cause a day for a year principle, 49:39 and it was finished 49:40 at that interval of 49 years later. 49:43 So is in the year 408 B.C, that that temple was, 49:47 that the entire rebuilding of Jerusalem was done, 49:50 then you have 62 weeks. 49:52 What was supposed to happen after 62 weeks? 49:54 Verse 25, we're going to Daniel 9. 49:57 "Until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks 50:01 and sixty-two weeks," and it says, 50:03 "the street shall be built again, 50:04 and the wall, even in troublous times." 50:06 We know about Nehemiah, we studied Ezra and Nehemiah. 50:09 The wall was built in troublous times. 50:12 They had to watch with one sword and work, 50:15 you know, the rest of the story. 50:16 And then it says in verse 26, "And after the 62 weeks, 50:20 Messiah shall be cut off." 50:23 Well, of course, after the 62 weeks 50:25 because the 62 weeks leads right up to the Messiah. 50:28 When He's gonna be cut off? Let's go on further. 50:31 It says, "He shall be cut off not for Himself." 50:34 For whom was Christ cut off? For us. 50:38 He was wounded for our transgressions, 50:40 bruised for our iniquities. 50:43 We can't really blame the Jews alone. 50:46 He died for all humanity. 50:48 But they were the ones that as we know, 50:50 carried it out with the edict of Rome 50:52 and with the Jews coalescing together. 50:54 But it says, the Messiah shall be cut off, 50:58 but not for Himself. 51:00 And the people of the Prince 51:01 who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. 51:04 Well, one of the reasons why the city 51:05 and the sanctuary was destroyed 51:07 is because of the rejection of the Messiah, 51:09 and he made the statement in Luke 13, 51:13 I think it's verse 35, where he said to the Jews, 51:16 "Your house is left unto you desolate." 51:21 When their house was left desolate, 51:23 Acts13:44-46 was fulfilled again 51:27 when Paul and Barnabas were preaching in Antioch, 51:31 and they said to the Jews 51:32 who stirred up the entire city against them. 51:34 They said, it was God's purpose that the message should 51:38 first be given to you, 51:40 that you should be a light to the Gentiles 51:42 but seeing that you judge yourselves 51:44 unworthy of everlasting life, lo we turn to the Gentiles. 51:48 Then the stoning of Steven seal the deal, 51:51 and the gospel went to the Gentiles, 51:53 but the Messiah was cut off, and in that middle of the week, 51:57 the Bible says he shall confirm His covenant 51:59 with many for how long? 52:01 One week. 52:02 For one week, but now you have to ask yourself the question. 52:04 How could He confirm it for one week 52:06 when He was cut off in the middle of the week? 52:08 Let's go to Hebrews Chapter 3. 52:10 Okay, I know Shelley couldn't hold on. 52:12 That's... Praise it. 52:13 Say it again. Hebrews 2:3. 52:16 Okay, I'll give you the right to say it. 52:17 Let's go to Hebrews 2:3. 52:19 Because this confirmation did take place. 52:22 Hebrews 2:3. Are you there, Shelley? 52:23 I'm there. Go ahead and read it. 52:25 "How shall we escape 52:27 if we neglect so great a salvation, 52:29 which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, 52:32 and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him." 52:37 Amen. 52:39 So it began with him first three and a half 52:42 and it was confirmed because when Jesus ascended 52:44 he said go to first to the lost sheep 52:47 of the house of Israel. 52:49 We gotta finish this. 52:50 They got three and a half years left 52:52 in the whole 490 years span, 52:53 we've got to finish the appointment. 52:55 They have to be given all the time 52:57 they needed to accomplish the finishing, 52:59 to make an end of sin, 53:01 the reconciliation to bringing everlasting righteous, 53:03 seal the vision and anoint the Most Holy. 53:04 They need all this time to do that. 53:06 At 70 weeks that were determined for people. 53:08 That 70 week had to be completed before the gospel 53:11 went to the Gentiles. 53:13 And you know Paul is referred 53:14 to as the apostle to the Gentiles. 53:17 And then you find and I read that in Acts 13:46, 53:20 I just quoted that. 53:22 But in fact, when they finally rejected the Messiah, 53:26 when Steven was stoned, 53:28 when the probationary time for the Jews 53:31 closed which began in 457 B.C 53:36 and extended all the way to AD, the fall of AD 34. 53:41 When that was done, all the time 53:45 that Daniel was told was given for his people 53:48 to get their act together was done. 53:51 And the Lord said, 53:52 "My message is still vitally important. 53:54 If you don't wanna carry it, I'll send it to the Gentiles." 53:57 And that's why we're carrying it to this very day. 54:00 See we are all Abraham's seed 54:01 and heir according to that promise. 54:04 But the gospel is going forth, so therefore, 54:06 what's left now out of the 34 AD 54:09 we have how much is left? 54:12 We have 1810 years. 54:14 And after 1810 years later, 54:17 the cleansing work of the sanctuary 54:21 is to begin, 54:23 meaning we are living in the time of the judgment 54:28 when the sins of humanity will forever be atoned for 54:32 by the work of our intercessor 54:34 in the heavenly sanctuary. 54:35 Amen. Ten minutes. Praise the Lord. 54:38 Thank you, Pastor John, 54:39 that's a lot to fit for each one of you 54:41 really in a short amount of time 54:43 and that brings us down to 1844 54:46 and we are living in the Day of Atonement. 54:49 That day that was spoken of the cleansing 54:51 of the sanctuary of Christ, 54:52 even now it's interceding in our behalf 54:55 in the heavenly sanctuary. 54:56 Wanna give each one of you a moment 54:58 to share about your day. 54:59 Yeah, absolutely. 55:01 You know, as I am hearing everyone talk 55:02 and just reflecting on this overall study from Daniel 9. 55:06 You know, I'm thinking of our time 55:08 and trying to make it present day application 55:10 and I see that much like Daniel, 55:13 he saw that he was living in a judgment time 55:16 and that time was being cut 55:17 short really quick and you know, 55:19 we also are living in that judgment time. 55:21 Since 1844, Christ is doing the work of judgment right now 55:25 in the heavenly sanctuary, that's present truth. 55:28 And it is up to you and I like Daniel to pray 55:31 and too fast and to afflict our souls, 55:33 and look towards Jesus, 55:34 look towards heaven for our Savior 55:36 to cleanse us from all sin. 55:38 Amen. 55:39 I just want to read two scriptures 55:40 that have to do with intercession. 55:42 In Isaiah 59:16, it's talking about 55:46 the Lord saying that there was no justice 55:48 and it says this, "He saw that there was no man, 55:52 and wondered that there was no intercessor." 55:58 He wondered. What did God wonder? 56:02 I think two things. 56:03 I think He wondered why no one cared enough 56:06 to pray for others. 56:09 And why no one had enough faith in Him to believe that 56:12 their prayer would make a difference. 56:15 We need to be interceding 56:19 on behalf of others. 56:21 1 Samuel 12:23, the Prophet Samuel said, 56:25 "I will certainly not sin against the Lord 56:29 by failing to pray for you." 56:32 Please, be remember that intercessor prayer's 56:36 the highest calling to ministry that there is. 56:39 Amen. 56:40 There's some that I placed 56:42 entirely different interpretation 56:43 I know on Daniel 8 and Daniel 9. 56:45 But when these figures are applied to Christ, 56:49 they're applied to His ministry, 56:50 His death, His gospel going to the Jews 56:53 and to the Gentiles, it lines up perfectly. 56:56 And may we be like Daniel and set our face 56:59 towards the Lord in Daniel 9:3. 57:00 Amen. 57:02 That's right and Hebrews 9:11, "But Christ came as High Priest 57:06 of the good things to come, with the greater 57:10 and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, 57:14 that is, not of this creation." 57:16 That's why we can call on and receive redemption today 57:20 because we have a more perfect sacrifice, 57:23 a higher priest, His name is Christ. 57:26 Amen. I'm so thankful for that. 57:28 Thank you, Pastor Ryan, and Shelley, and Pastor Kenny, 57:31 and Pastor John. 57:33 Thank you for opening up the Word of God. 57:35 It's been an amazing study through Daniel Chapter 9. 57:39 And I'm so thankful that God gives us these truths 57:42 and unfold these or these prophecies to us 57:46 so that we understand the day in which we live. 57:49 We understand the urgency of His soon coming 57:52 and the need for us 57:53 to share this message with others. 57:56 Join us next week. 57:57 We continue our journey with Daniel Chapter 10 58:00 from "Battle to Victory". |
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