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00:01 The Bible tells us, "In the beginning was the Word,
00:03 and the Word was with God, 00:05 and the Word was God." 00:07 It says, "To receive with meekness 00:09 the implanted Word, 00:11 which is able to save your souls. 00:13 And to be diligent to present yourself 00:16 approved to God, 00:17 rightly dividing the Word of truth." 00:20 Join us now for the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:24 Our study today is the Book of Daniel. 00:31 Hello, and welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel 00:34 for another week of powerful studies 00:37 on the Book of Daniel. 00:38 And we're just trucking along this. 00:40 We have, this is week 12, we have one more after this. 00:45 We're actually coming to the end but, 00:47 it's not too late for you to join us in this study. 00:50 If you do not have a study guide, 00:52 I want to just get that out of the way upfront, 00:54 you need to go to ABSG.Adventist.org. 00:59 That's ABSG.Adventist.org, 01:02 and you can get, 01:04 still get a free copy of this lesson 01:05 so that you can study with us. 01:06 And, of course, we always encourage you 01:08 to go to your local Seventh-day Adventist Church 01:10 where, of course, you can study with a small group 01:13 and learn even more. 01:14 And so, we're so excited. 01:16 This study on the Book of Daniel 01:17 has just been a powerful revival 01:19 in my own heart and mind 01:20 as I'm studying through the powerful life of Daniel 01:23 and seeing all of the mighty works of God 01:25 through this particular prophet, 01:27 and all the things that we've been studying. 01:28 It's just marvelous to behold, 01:30 but I want to introduce 01:31 my powerful panel with me today. 01:34 We have Miss Shelley Quinn to my left. 01:36 Look at you, I almost said Jill, 01:38 but you're not Jill. 01:39 Jill's over there. Miss Shelley, how are you? 01:41 Just, it's joy to be here. Praise the Lord. 01:44 It's good to see you. And Pastor Lomacang. 01:46 How are you, Brother? I'm doing good. 01:47 I have all my scuba gear. 01:49 This is one of those deep sea diving chapters of Daniel, 01:53 do you all agree? 01:54 Yes. 01:56 So if we need an extra oxygen tank, send me one. 01:59 Praise the Lord. Jill Morikone, how are you? 02:02 I'm doing well. 02:03 Excited to hear from each one of you 02:05 and to get into the Word of God. 02:06 Amen, praise the Lord. 02:07 And Brother Kenny down there on the end. 02:09 Amen. I'm excited about it. 02:11 I may not have scuba gear, 02:12 but I've got a pair of long boots on. 02:14 So it's gonna be good 'cause it's gonna be deep. 02:17 That's right, we are going very deep 'cause... 02:18 Word of God is absolutely good. 02:20 We're talking about Daniel Chapter 11 this week. 02:22 And, of course, this is probably 02:24 one of the most complex chapters in Bible prophecy. 02:26 But before we can even attempt to dive deep into this chapter, 02:30 we want to go to the Lord in prayer. 02:32 And I'm going to ask Pastor Lomacang, 02:33 if you don't mind to pray for us. 02:35 Sure. 02:36 Loving Father in heaven, 02:38 you are the God of all knowledge and wisdom. 02:40 We are simply the vessels 02:41 that we are now lifting up to you today, 02:43 Lord, to fill with Your Holy Spirit. 02:46 Father, it's critical that our hearts and minds 02:49 are in tune with Yours and we pray that 02:51 You'll give us wisdom now to take Your Word 02:54 which You inspired and to communicate it 02:58 in a way that the message is clear, undiluted, 03:02 but that it always gives glory and honor to the Lord. 03:04 So come now through Your Holy Spirit, 03:07 and exalt Your Word above your name. 03:10 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 03:12 Amen. 03:13 Praise the Lord. 03:15 Lesson 12. That's where we're at. 03:17 And the title of this lesson is "From north and south, 03:21 to the beautiful land." 03:23 So we're going to be talking a lot about 03:25 the king of the north, king of the south. 03:27 But you know, as you're considering 03:28 the structure of Daniel Chapter 11, 03:30 from start to finish, 03:32 and you really consider the content 03:33 of this particular chapter. 03:35 I can't help but realize that if you are, 03:38 if you have not first studied in a responsible clear way, 03:42 Daniel Chapter 2, Daniel Chapter 7, 03:46 Daniel Chapter 8, 03:47 and as well as Daniel Chapter 9, 03:49 and in parts of 10, obviously, 03:51 you're not going to be able to understand 03:53 diving headfirst into this chapter, 03:55 what it means because it really does build 03:58 upon all of those powerful chapters before it, 04:02 because much of the content, of course, 04:04 is dealing with much of the content 04:05 from those chapters. 04:07 And so I love the little structure 04:08 that is given on Sabbath afternoons, 04:10 lesson that we see there in the study guide. 04:12 And the points that they make here, 04:14 first, Daniel 11 stands in parallel, as I just said, 04:17 overall with the previous prophetic outlines of Daniel, 04:21 and that is as in Chapters 2, 7, 8 and 9, 04:23 the prophetic message extends 04:25 from the days of the prophet on to the end time. 04:28 So we've kind of seen that theme all the way through. 04:30 Daniel goes all the way from Daniel's time 04:32 all the way to the end, 04:34 probably through 7, 8, 9 as well 04:36 and now we're in Daniel 11, 04:37 we're going to see that same theme carry through. 04:40 Number two, we see a succession of world powers that emerge, 04:44 powers that often oppress God's people. 04:46 And so we're going to see 04:48 a little bit of that in this as well. 04:49 And then number three, I love this. 04:50 This is the good news. 04:52 Third, each prophetic outline climaxes 04:54 with a happy ending. 04:56 We like a good story with a happy ending, 04:57 and well this is not just a story, 05:00 this is real stuff. 05:01 And it has a real happy ending. 05:03 And, of course, in Daniel 2 05:04 the stone obliterates the statue, and Daniel 7, 05:07 the Son of Man receives the kingdom, 05:09 and Daniel 8 and 9, 05:10 the heavenly sanctuary is cleansed 05:12 through the works of the Messiah. 05:14 And we're going to see that in this case, 05:16 Daniel 11 and 12, 05:17 as it bleeds over into chapter 12. 05:19 We're going to see Jesus comes back 05:21 with the redemptive power to deliver His people. 05:23 That's right. 05:24 And so I'm excited to get into this. 05:26 Actually, my lesson for Sunday is entitled 05:29 "Prophecies about Persia and Greece." 05:32 And, of course, from last week's lesson, 05:34 we see that while the scholars and the translators 05:38 who broke up the Bible into chapters 05:40 and verses did the best that they could. 05:42 You really don't get the full understanding 05:44 of what's happening 05:46 in the beginning verses of Chapter 11. 05:47 You got to kind of go back to the last couple of verses 05:49 of Daniel Chapter 10. 05:50 So I wanna read those again. 05:52 Just as a reminder, we're in Daniel 10:20 and 21, 05:55 of course, we're told that Daniel is speaking with 05:59 or the Angel Gabriel is speaking to Daniel. 06:02 And he says to him, verses 20 and 21 of Daniel Chapter 10. 06:05 "Then he said, 'Do you know why I have come to you? 06:08 And now, I must return to fight with the Prince of Persia. 06:13 And when I have gone forth, 06:16 indeed the prince of Greece will come. 06:19 But I will tell you 06:20 what is the noted in the Scripture of Truth.'" 06:25 And then notice this right here, 06:26 this is what I really wanted to get to 06:28 because it sets us up for Daniel, 06:29 the opening portions of Daniel Chapter 11. 06:31 There is a opening parenthetical statement 06:33 there at the end of verse 21, 06:36 which is at the very end of Chapter 10. 06:38 Notice, open parentheses and it says, 06:41 "(No one upholds me 06:42 against these except Michael, your prince." 06:45 And then now notice the beginning portion 06:47 of Daniel Chapter 11. 06:50 It says, "Also, in the first year 06:52 of Darius the Mede, 06:53 I, even I stood up to confirm the strength in him.") 06:58 And then there's the closed parentheses. 06:59 Now we believe that 07:01 this parenthetical statement is placed here, 07:03 because of the timing that is mentioned. 07:05 Notice how he mentions during the time of Darius 07:07 the Mede, but it's interesting that 07:10 the content of Daniel 11, from verse 2 onward 07:13 is during the time of Cyrus. 07:15 And so I made a note here and I actually found this note, 07:18 it's very, very good one, 07:19 Daniel 11:1 would seem to indicate that 07:22 the entire chapter should be dated 07:24 in the same year as Daniel 9, 07:26 which when Daniel received his vision in Daniel 9, 07:28 of course, that was in the year 538 AD. 07:31 This would mean that 07:32 the events of Daniel 11 transpired 07:34 before Chapter 10, right? 07:36 If you placed in that timeframe, 07:37 but we know that that's not the case. 07:39 A careful analysis of Daniel 11:1, 07:42 however, reveals that this verse contains, 07:44 obviously the parenthetical statement 07:45 I just mentioned, inserted by 07:47 Daniel between chapters 10:21 and11 and 2. 07:52 In other words, Daniel 11:1 07:54 is out of the chronological order 07:56 with what comes before and after. 07:58 And, of course, in Daniel 11:1, 08:00 Daniel is simply explaining what he also confirms, 08:03 also is confirming that he is strengthened 08:06 and strengthened derives the Mede 08:07 in the first year of his rule. 08:09 And, of course, we see that in Daniel Chapters 9 and 1. 08:12 So that parenthetical statement 08:13 there was added kind of out of chronological order, 08:17 but we know that everything that comes past 08:19 this is actually during the time of Cyrus. 08:21 So it's after the reign of King Darius. 08:24 I want to read the first opening 08:25 four verses here, 08:26 because there's not too much you have to really decipher 08:29 in these first four verses, 08:31 just because it's simply a repeat of things 08:33 that we already have studied. 08:35 But notice verses 1 through 4, Daniel Chapter 11. 08:39 He says, Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, 08:42 I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)" 08:45 So there's the parenthetical statement. 08:47 Now here comes the new content 08:48 during the days that Cyrus reigned. 08:51 He says, "And now I will tell you the truth: 08:53 Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, 08:58 and the fourth shall be far richer than them all, 09:01 by his strength, through his riches, 09:03 he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 09:08 Then a mighty king shall arise, 09:10 who shall rule with great dominion, 09:12 and do according to his will. 09:14 And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up 09:18 and divided toward the four winds of heaven, 09:20 but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion 09:25 with which he ruled, 09:26 for his kingdom shall be uprooted, 09:29 even for others besides these." 09:32 Okay. 09:33 And so we're talking about 09:34 the time during Daniel's day starting in Daniel's day, 09:38 the time after Cyrus's reign through to the time 09:42 of the reign of Greece. 09:43 And so we know that after Cyrus, 09:46 three legitimate, 09:47 successive kings exert dominion over Persia. 09:51 I'm going to list four here, 09:52 but I think I've made sense out of this 09:54 just because in the lesson it lists four, 09:58 but it mentions that there was three 09:59 and I think because the second one, 10:01 which is called False Smerdis, 10:02 he actually didn't reign for very long, 10:05 and Darius I had to take his place. 10:07 And so we see that these three kings was Cambyses, 10:11 of course, False Smerdis for a short time. 10:13 But then Darius I comes in would technically be 10:15 the second legitimate King after Cyrus. 10:18 And then, of course, the inline, the fourth king, 10:20 which would be technically the third legitimate king 10:22 would be Xerxes, 10:24 which is mentioned in the Book of Esther 10:26 as Ahasuerus. 10:28 And so, the Medo-Persian army, 10:31 this is fascinating history here. 10:32 We're told in these verses, 10:34 that there's going to be a strong king 10:37 that's going to come and he's going to 10:38 overpower the Persian armies, overpower Persia. 10:41 And we know historically, we've already studied Daniel 2, 10:44 we've already studied Daniel 7 and Daniel 8. 10:46 And those powerful books teach us 10:48 which kingdom came after the Medes and the Persians. 10:51 Greece. 10:52 Obviously, it was Greece and so the king 10:53 that he's speaking of here is none other than 10:56 Alexander the Great. 10:58 And what's powerful is if you read in history, 11:00 we know that God's hand was on at least 11:03 the fulfillment of this. 11:06 Even though we know that Satan was working 11:08 behind the destructive powers of these nations, 11:11 we know that God 11:12 sought to be fit to allow this to happen. 11:14 And it happened so powerfully that if you do your history, 11:17 you will find that when Ahasuerus met 11:22 Alexander the Great 11:23 and his armies on the battlefield, 11:25 he came with 1 million men. 11:28 But Alexander the Great only brought 40,000. 11:31 You'll do the math in your head on that 11:34 and tell me what king or what military genius 11:37 would go into a battlefield with 40,000 men 11:40 against a million, the odds are just overwhelming. 11:43 But we know that it happened 11:44 because that's exactly how God said that it would happen. 11:47 And so we're talking about Alexander the Great, 11:49 he was the great king that, 11:51 of course, would overcome the Medes and the Persians. 11:53 And we know that at age 32, 11:55 he died without leaving an heir to rule to the Empire. 11:59 And so the kingdom was divided among his four generals, 12:02 which is why you see there in Daniel Chapter 7, 12:05 this four-headed leopard. 12:06 But you know, what's interesting, 12:07 it wasn't always just four... 12:09 It didn't start with the four heads. 12:10 If you go over to Daniel Chapter 8, 12:12 what do you see in Daniel Chapter 8? 12:13 You see that this goat starts out 12:15 with one horn and then, 12:16 of course, it is plucked off in the process of battle, 12:19 and four come up in its place, 12:21 which, of course, is made mentioned here that, 12:24 of course, his four generals, 12:26 Seleucus over the kingdoms of the area of Syria 12:29 and Mesopotamia, Ptolemy over Egypt, 12:32 Lysimachus over Thrace and portions of Asia Minor, 12:35 and, of course, Cassander over Macedonia and Greece. 12:39 What these opening four verses 12:41 are setting us up for is 12:43 God is taking Daniel through this progressive 12:47 prophetic timing to further reveal to him 12:50 that what is coming. 12:52 He's trying to put us in our proper place 12:54 and revealing to us the succession of time 12:57 and exactly how things are going to play out. 12:59 So that by the time 13:00 we get to this king of the north, 13:02 and this king of the south, 13:03 we have been, we know exactly where we are, know exactly 13:06 who we're talking about. 13:08 And I love how He sets the foundation 13:10 with something that if you have studied properly, 13:12 as the Bible says, 13:13 to study to show yourself approved, 13:14 then there should be no confusion 13:16 because we don't serve a God of confusion, right? 13:18 And that's exactly what we see. 13:19 So I'm going to pass it on to Shelley at this time, 13:21 because she's going to take us a little further in the study. 13:24 And I just want to confess that 13:26 Daniel 11 is probably the chapter in the Bible 13:30 at which I am the least authoritative. 13:33 Is that okay to say? 13:36 There are differing views, interpretation, 13:39 but what I am going to do today, 13:41 because this lesson has been written by 13:44 Dr. Elias Brasil de Souza, 13:46 who is the director of the BRI, 13:49 the Biblical Research Institute. 13:52 I'm going to stick with his notes. 13:55 All right, so let's look at, I have Daniel 11:5-14. 14:00 "Also the king of the South shall become strong, 14:03 as well as one of his princes, 14:06 he shall gain power over him and have dominion. 14:09 His dominion shall be a great dominion. 14:11 And at the end of some years they shall join forces, 14:14 for the daughter of the king of the South 14:18 shall go to the king of the North 14:20 to make an agreement." 14:22 So it sounds like 14:23 there's going to be a marriage here. 14:25 "But she shall not retain the power of her authority, 14:28 and neither he nor his authority shall stand, 14:32 but she shall be given up, with those who brought her, 14:35 and with him who begot her, 14:37 and with him who strengthened her 14:38 in those times. 14:40 But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, 14:45 who shall come with an army, 14:46 enter the fortress of the king of the North, 14:49 and deal with them and prevail. 14:51 And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, 14:55 with their princes 14:57 and their precious articles of silver and gold, 15:00 and he shall continue more years 15:03 than the king of the North. 15:05 Also the king of the North shall come to the kingdom 15:07 of the king of the South, 15:09 but shall return to his own land. 15:11 However his sons shall stir up strife, 15:13 and assemble a multitude of great forces, 15:15 and one shall certainly come and overwhelm 15:18 and pass through, then he shall return 15:22 to his fortress and stir up strife. 15:23 And the king of the South shall be moved with rage, 15:27 and go out and fight with him, with the king of the North, 15:30 who shall muster a great multitude, 15:33 but the multitude shall be given into the hand 15:35 of his enemy. 15:37 When he has taken away the multitude, 15:39 his heart will be lifted up, 15:40 and he will cast down tens of thousands, 15:43 but he will not prevail. 15:44 For the king of the North will return 15:46 and muster a multitude greater than the former, 15:50 and shall certainly come at the end of some years 15:53 with a great army and much equipment. 15:55 Now in those times many shall rise 15:58 against the king of the South. 16:01 Also, violent men of your people 16:04 shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, 16:08 but they shall fall." 16:10 All right, as I said, we're going to see 16:15 what our good doctor has to say here. 16:17 He's basically saying that when Alexander the Great died, 16:22 his vast Greek Empire, which was greater, 16:26 it covered much greater territory than did Babylon, 16:31 but it was divided among his four generals. 16:35 Two of them, Seleucus in Syria, 16:41 the king of the North, 16:44 and Ptolemy in Egypt, the king of the South. 16:48 They established Hellenistic dynasties that 16:52 fought each other for control of the land. 16:55 And most Bible students understand the wars 16:58 between the king of the North 17:00 and the king of the South as prophesied 17:02 here as referring to the battles 17:05 of these two dynasties. 17:07 So according to this prophecy, 17:10 these dynasties attempt to be united by marriage, 17:16 but it's a short lived as we looked at verse 6, 17:19 it's a short lived arrangement. 17:21 And historical sources tell us that 17:26 Antiochus II Theos, 17:30 who was the grandson of Seleucus, 17:34 the king of the North, married Berenice, 17:37 a daughter of the Egyptian King Ptolemy II Philadelphus 17:42 who is the king of the South. 17:45 However, that didn't last. 17:47 So the conflict that directly 17:50 involved the people of God would soon be resume. 17:54 Here's the bottom line. 17:57 Daniel 11 deals with some important events 18:00 that will touch the lives of God's people. 18:02 During the centuries after the Prophet Daniel 18:06 passes from the scene, 18:08 and the Lord reveals ahead of time 18:12 all these details about the wars, 18:15 involving these kingdoms fighting each other 18:17 for supremacy in that part of the world. 18:19 These wars affect God's people. 18:22 When you look at this, sometimes I remember 18:24 I used to read Daniel Chapter 11, 18:26 and just go shoo, who can figure this out? 18:30 But why didn't God tell us He announces it beforehand? 18:34 Because He wants His people to know the challenges 18:38 that they're going to face. 18:39 Our God is the God of history. 18:42 And as we compare the prophetic record 18:46 with the historical record, 18:48 we see that His prophetic word is fulfilled as predicted. 18:53 That's the important part. 18:56 God predicts the back and forth 18:58 of these two Hellenistic kingdoms 19:00 that are fighting each other. 19:02 And He's the God who knows the future. 19:05 He's our Creator God. 19:06 He's not some idol 19:07 that's manufactured by human hands. 19:10 He's not a wood or stone. 19:12 He's a big God. 19:14 And He directs the historical events. 19:17 And you know what? 19:18 That means He can also direct our lives 19:20 if we will give Him permission. 19:22 So what I want to take a moment to expound on 19:27 is something outside of this chapter. 19:31 In Isaiah Chapter 46, let's turn there. 19:34 I love this scripture. 19:37 Isaiah Chapter 46. 19:41 And we're going to look at verse 9 and 10. 19:45 God is speaking. 19:47 And He says, 19:48 "Remember the former things of old, 19:51 for I am God, there is no other, 19:56 I am God, and there is none like Me." 20:00 God is a God of love. 20:04 Other centered, unselfish love. 20:07 And the cross prove that, God coming down to take on 20:12 our human flesh, 20:14 what He sacrificed to become a human shows us that 20:18 there's plenty of evidence 20:20 that He alone is God and what God is saying is, 20:23 "Hey, remember what I've done for you in the past. 20:28 Remember all the providential blessings. 20:32 Remember the covenant blessings in my covenant, faithfulness, 20:38 my miraculous deliverance of you from Egypt." 20:42 Just recall His acts of the past, 20:46 the acts of great power, 20:49 and contemplate how past history 20:53 has fulfilled prophecies. 20:55 You know, we don't understand prophecies 20:58 really fully until they have been fulfilled. 21:02 Jesus said, "Hey, I'm telling you these things 21:04 so that when they happen, you will recognize. 21:09 So, then He goes on in verse 10, 21:12 after He says, "I'm God, there's none like Me. 21:15 Don't forget what I did for you in the past." 21:17 And then here's what I love. 21:20 In verse 10, Isaiah 46:10, 21:23 "Declaring the end from the beginning, 21:27 and from ancient times things 21:30 that are not yet done, saying, 21:34 'Surely, My counsel shall stand, 21:38 and I will do all of My pleasure.'" 21:43 God's knowledge is unique. 21:48 He can foretell, because He foresees, 21:52 He is omniscient, He knows all things, 21:56 but you know what I love? 21:59 Paul wrote to Timothy and he said, 22:02 "This is God's heart. 22:04 He wants all men to be saved." That's right. 22:08 Yes, yes. All men. 22:10 So when you think of God trying to fulfill His purpose, 22:16 His power, He's going to carry out His purposes 22:20 and He comes before you today, 22:22 this God who knows the end from the beginning. 22:26 Everything that He does for you is for your eternal benefit. 22:31 That's right. 22:32 Anything that He allows to happen in your life 22:35 is for your eternal benefit, 22:37 because God wants to conform you 22:40 to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. 22:44 And so, what He foretells when God speaks, it happens. 22:50 Amen. Thank you, Shelley. 22:52 Amen. Amen. 22:53 Thank you so much, Shelley, 22:54 for your thoughts on that lesson. 22:56 That was powerful. 22:57 We're going to take a short break 22:58 and we'll be right back. 23:04 Ever wish you could watch 23:05 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 23:07 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 23:10 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 23:15 A clean design makes it easy 23:18 to find the program you're looking for. 23:20 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 23:23 so you can follow along. 23:25 Sharing is easy. 23:27 Just click share and choose your favorite social media. 23:30 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 23:36 Amen. Welcome back. 23:38 It's good to have you back 23:39 here at 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 23:40 We're going to pass it on to Pastor John Lomacang 23:42 on Tuesday's lesson. 23:43 Amen. 23:45 And Tuesday is entitled 23:46 "Rome and the Prince of the Covenant." 23:47 You know I really deeply appreciate 23:49 the approach that the writer of this lesson took, 23:52 Dr. De Souza? 23:55 And it's an amazing. 23:58 The way he used Daniel 11:16-28, 24:02 to help us see that Rome had a significant role 24:06 to play in the life of Christ and His ministry, 24:11 in the covenant that Jill is going to talk about that, 24:14 in the plan of salvation. 24:15 And when you read Daniel 11:16-28, 24:18 which I'm going to do in your hearing, 24:20 then we're going to break it down incrementally. 24:23 Now, what I like to also say is Daniel 11 24:25 has an expanded view, because the fulfillment 24:30 here is what we're going to be talking about. 24:33 But its application is amazing when you look at the parallel 24:36 because Rome was not just a kingdom contemporary 24:39 to Christ's day, but was a kingdom 24:41 that came into play before Christ's day 24:44 and a kingdom that's still in play today. 24:46 And so as it affected the prince of the covenant, 24:49 it still affects the covenant of God today, 24:52 as it is drawn up as one of the key players 24:58 in the coalition of symbolic Babylon. 25:02 So all these pictures 25:03 we've been putting together Babylon, 25:05 Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, 25:06 you find in Revelation Chapter 13. 25:08 When the beast of Revelation Chapter 13 25:12 comes up out of the water, 25:13 it has the description of all of the kingdoms 25:16 that came before it. 25:18 Lion, bear, leopard, it has all the descriptions 25:21 because Rome is the kingdom 25:23 that consumed all of the powers prior to it, 25:26 but retained various components. 25:29 Let me give you an example. 25:31 Crucifixion was not something 25:32 that was brought into existence by Rome. 25:35 Crucifixion was started by the Medes and the Persians. 25:37 But the Romans studied it scientifically to extract 25:41 the most excruciating pain from its victims. 25:44 They called it the torture stake. 25:46 But let's look very briefly, 25:48 and I'm going to go through this as quickly 25:49 as I can in reading the verses, 25:50 and then we'll see them as we break them down. 25:53 And then I'll transition over to Jill. 25:55 Verse 16, and it starts by... 25:58 Shelley, I appreciate you said the king of the North, 26:00 king of the South. 26:01 We find that these nations 26:02 that surrounded the glorious land, 26:04 Israel had to contend with a lot of its neighbors, 26:07 a lot of its powers. 26:08 When Israel came out of Egypt, though they were nations 26:10 that the Lord told Egypt, 26:11 told Israel not to attack like Edom and Moab. 26:15 He said, "Don't attack those nations. 26:17 They're not significant 26:18 when it relates to the advancement 26:19 of My cause in your favor. 26:21 I will hold them back. 26:23 And that's why you don't find them 26:24 dealing with them very much. 26:26 You find them dealing with the Amalekites, 26:27 the Hittites, the Jebusites, 26:28 the Perizzites, but not Edom and Moab. 26:30 The Lord kept them back. 26:31 But look at the picture here that's drawn in verse 16 to 28. 26:35 "But he who comes against him shall do according 26:39 to his own will, 26:40 and no one shall stand against him. 26:42 And he shall stand in the Glorious Land 26:44 with destruction in his power. 26:46 He shall also set his face 26:48 to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, 26:52 and upright ones with him, thus shall he do. 26:56 And he shall give him 26:59 the daughter of women to destroy it, 27:01 but she shall stand with him, or be for him." 27:06 Quite symbolic and we'll see it in a moment. 27:08 "After this he shall turn his face 27:10 to the coastlands, and shall take many. 27:12 But a ruler shall bring the reproach 27:14 against them to an end, and with the reproach removed, 27:19 he shall turn back on him. 27:21 Then he shall turn his face 27:22 toward the fortress of his own land, 27:24 but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. 27:28 There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes 27:31 on the glorious kingdom, 27:33 but within a few days he shall be destroyed, 27:37 but not in anger or in battle. 27:39 And in his place shall arise a vile person, 27:42 to whom they will not give the honor of royalty, 27:45 but he shall come in peaceably, 27:47 and seize the kingdom by intrigue. 27:49 With the force of a flood they shall be swept away 27:53 from before him and be broken, 27:55 and also the prince of the covenant. 27:58 And after the league is made with him 28:01 he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up 28:04 and become strong with a small number of people." 28:06 That means he's not going to be 28:08 supported by a large multitude, 28:10 but I'll break it down here. 28:11 "He shall enter peaceably, 28:13 even into the richest places of the province, 28:18 and he shall do what his fathers have not done, 28:22 nor his forefathers: 28:23 he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches, 28:27 and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, 28:30 but only for a time. 28:32 He shall stir up his power 28:34 and his courage against the king of the South 28:36 with a great army. 28:38 And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle 28:40 with a very great and mighty army, 28:43 but he shall not stand, 28:44 for they shall devise plans against him. 28:46 Yes, those who eat of the portion 28:49 of his delicacies shall destroy him, 28:51 his army shall be swept away, 28:53 and many shall fall down slain. 28:55 Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, 28:59 and they shall speak lies at the same table, 29:02 but it shall not prosper, 29:04 for the end will still be at the appointed time. 29:07 While returning to his land with great riches, 29:09 his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant, 29:13 so he shall do damage and return to his own land." 29:19 You can take a breath. 29:21 The focal point of this is the glorious land 29:24 and the covenant, and the prince of the covenant. 29:28 You'll find that 29:29 what is being talked about here, 29:31 the clues of the biblical text reinforces, 29:33 for example, one who imposes taxes. 29:36 When you read the New Testament script, 29:39 you find that the one who imposes taxes 29:41 was Caesar Augustus. 29:44 He imposed taxes, 29:45 and he did that during the reign, 29:47 during the time that Jesus was to be born. 29:50 Mary and Joseph are traveling to Jerusalem for census 29:53 and this imposing of taxes made it sure that 29:56 everybody was in their place, 29:58 so that a census could be taken. 30:00 But you also find that when it says after him, 30:03 somebody that's vile shall rise, 30:06 while the one that rose after Augustus, 30:09 he was succeeded by Tiberius Caesar, 30:12 the adoptive son of Augustus. 30:14 He's known to be one of the most eccentric 30:17 and vile persons of the Roman Empire. 30:20 Matter of fact, you find it here in verse 21 of Daniel 11. 30:25 "And in his place shall arise a vile person, 30:27 in Augustus's place, 30:29 this vile person shall arise 30:30 to whom they will not give the honor of royalty, 30:33 but he shall come in peaceably, 30:35 and seize the kingdom by intrigue." 30:37 Not only was he a vile person, 30:38 but he was a corrupt individual. 30:40 The kind of honor that Augustus had, he did not have. 30:44 He took it to the next level, because it was under his reign 30:47 that something very significant happened. 30:49 And it talked about the prince of the covenant. 30:52 It was during this time, according to Daniel 9, 30:55 that the prince of the covenant who is Christ. 30:59 The anointing of Christ took place 31:01 during the reign of Tiberius Caesar. 31:03 That's right. 31:04 And then Jesus' ministry began 31:05 during the reign of Tiberius Caesar. 31:07 And to prevent the ministry of Christ, 31:10 somebody had to be in place 31:11 under this ruthless king of the South. 31:14 Somebody had to be in place. 31:16 So Tiberius Caesar was in place. 31:19 And he was the one through the Roman government, 31:21 in league with the Jews that rejected Christ 31:24 that led to His crucifixion. 31:26 Let's look at this very carefully. 31:28 In Daniel 11: 22. 31:31 And I'll go ahead, I'm going to just digress 31:33 for a brief moment in Daniel 9:25, 31:37 because they talked about that, 31:39 in the middle of that time frame 31:41 of the three and a half years, 31:43 something's going to happen, Jesus, 31:45 the Messiah will be cut off but not for Himself, 31:47 and the people of the prince 31:49 that come will destroy the city. 31:50 So you find under the reign of Tiberius Caesar, 31:53 a lot of ruthless behavior took place. 31:56 But here's the point I want to make, 31:57 because what's amazing about this whole passage, 32:00 it brings the focus right back to Christ. 32:02 Right. 32:03 So while the king of the South and the king of the North 32:06 are doing their exploits, 32:09 the king or the prince of the covenant, 32:11 which is in fact the true king is only wounded temporarily. 32:16 And, but the covenant that he made, 32:19 although it seemed to be attacked, 32:21 and the covenant of salvation was in fact attacked, 32:24 but that wounding was just temporary. 32:27 On the other side of that, 32:28 the covenant that the prince made, 32:30 which is in fact Christ continued to prevail. 32:34 Let's look at this very quickly. 32:35 In Daniel 11:22, it says, With the force of a flood 32:40 they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, 32:44 and also the prince of the covenant." 32:46 So two things happen here, which is very significant. 32:49 Tiberius Caesar, who was in rulership 32:53 when Christ was crucified. 32:56 While his enactments led to the crucifixion of Christ, 33:01 the only one that came back to the surface, 33:04 came back to the forefront after the reign of Tiberius 33:09 was the prince of the covenant. 33:11 Jesus survived the attacks of Tiberius. 33:14 He survived the attacks of the Jews that rejected Him. 33:18 He survived the ruthless behavior 33:20 of the Roman Empire, 33:21 because anything that the Lord does shall stand forever. 33:26 So what we're going to do is we're going to transition 33:28 to this particular point, the covenant, 33:30 the prince of the covenant is still enforced today. 33:33 He is the one that's still interceding in our behalf. 33:36 Now, I wish I had about 10 more minutes 33:38 to tell you the parallel of end-time events, 33:40 how the king of the South and king of the North 33:42 plays a role with Rome at the center. 33:44 But right now I have to give the time to Jill. 33:47 Thank you so much, Pastor. 33:49 What an incredible study as we look at pagan Rome there 33:54 and especially Christ, 33:55 the prince of the covenant there. 33:57 Thank you for that. 33:58 I have Wednesday which is the next power. 34:01 And as everyone has said, 34:03 I think all of us would be in agreement, 34:05 we prayed special before this lesson. 34:08 And Daniel 11, as Ryan mentioned 34:10 at the beginning is one of the most 34:12 difficult prophetic chapters to interpret. 34:15 And there are many different interpretations 34:18 even within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 34:20 And if I'm being honest with you, 34:22 I feel a bit unqualified for this section 34:26 of the Word of God. 34:27 But we're grateful for the lesson. 34:29 And we're going to follow along with that. 34:32 We see, I want to read verse 29. 34:35 We're in Daniel 11. 34:36 We're going to read verses 29 through 39 but first, 34:38 we just need to set the stage as Pastor John said, 34:41 we're transitioning in the phase 34:43 of power right now. 34:45 Verse 29, "At the appointed time 34:48 he shall return and go toward the south, 34:50 but it shall not be like the former or the latter." 34:54 Remember when we discussed in Daniel Chapter 8, 34:56 we talked about the little horn power. 34:59 He had a horizontal phase 35:01 where he spread south and east, west, he spread outward. 35:05 That's the pagan form, pagan Rome. 35:08 Then the little horn power started to go vertical, 35:11 Pastor Kenny, and it went against God and His sanctuary. 35:16 And when we saw that, that was the transition 35:18 from pagan Rome to papal Rome. 35:20 So here in my section, we're transitioning, 35:23 this power inherits obviously characteristics 35:26 from pagan Rome, 35:28 but it is different in some aspects. 35:30 It acts as a religious power, 35:32 and it will attack God and His people. 35:36 You know, you see many similarities 35:38 between Daniel 7, 35:40 the little horn power, Daniel 8, 35:42 the little horn power again, 35:44 and then this king of the North in Daniel Chapter 11, 35:47 in this section that we're going to study. 35:50 Daniel 8 and Daniel 11, 35:52 they both have the daily and we'll discuss that. 35:55 We see persecution in Daniel 7, 35:57 the little horn power persecutes the saints. 36:00 We see the same persecution in Daniel Chapter 8. 36:03 We see the same persecution in Daniel Chapter 11. 36:07 We see an exaltation against God 36:09 or a self exaltation. 36:11 We see speaking blasphemy in Daniel 7 and 8 36:15 and again in Chapter 11. 36:17 So the lesson asks a great question, 36:19 who or what does this power attack? 36:23 And we're going to look in our time together 36:24 at four attacks that this papal system makes. 36:29 First attack is the attack against God's plan of salvation 36:32 and Pastor John set this up so beautifully, 36:35 with the Christ being the prince of the covenant. 36:39 Daniel 11:30, "For ships from Cyprus 36:41 shall come against him, therefore he shall be grieved, 36:45 and return in rage against the holy covenant, 36:47 and do damage. 36:49 So he shall return and show regard for those 36:51 who forsake the holy covenant." 36:53 And we see the Roman church 36:56 attacked God's plan of salvation. 37:00 And they substituted, we're saved, Ephesians 2:8, 37:04 by grace through faith and not of ourselves. 37:08 It is the gift of God, not of works 37:11 lest anyone should boast, 37:12 but they substituted and put human works in place 37:17 of that grace and justification by faith. 37:21 The second attack we see is the attack on the ministry 37:24 in the heavenly sanctuary. 37:26 Let's read verse 31. 37:29 "And forces shall be mustered by him 37:31 and they should defile the sanctuary fortress, 37:34 then they should take away the daily sacrifices, 37:37 and place there the abomination of desolation." 37:41 So what is taken away? The daily sacrifices. 37:44 We studied this a few weeks ago in Daniel Chapter 11. 37:47 We know the word sacrifices is not in the original Hebrew. 37:51 It literally says, he shall take away the daily. 37:56 In Daniel 8:11, it said, 37:57 "He, the little horn exalted himself 37:59 as high as the prince of the host." 38:02 And we know that Jesus Christ is the prince of the host, 38:05 and by Him the daily was taken away. 38:08 The word daily means continual. 38:11 It refers to the sacrifices that took place 38:14 in the earthly sanctuary by those sacrifices. 38:17 Sinners were forgiven and sins were dealt 38:19 within the tabernacle. 38:21 The earthly sanctuary system we know represents 38:25 the symbol it's made after what is in the heavenlies, 38:29 the heavenly sanctuary, this little horn power, 38:32 this power here in Daniel Chapter 11 38:34 exchanges the intercession of Christ 38:38 for the intercession of priests. 38:41 So not only does this power take away 38:44 the right understanding of salvation, next, 38:48 it puts in place a fault system that we need to go through 38:53 priest instead of going directly to God 38:56 because we have an advocate right now 38:59 Christ Jesus in Hebrews Chapter 7 39:02 is our heavenly high priest and we can go directly to Him. 39:07 Verse 22, Hebrews 7:22. 39:10 "By so much more, 39:11 Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant. 39:14 There were many priests because they were prevented 39:16 by death from continuing, 39:18 but He because He continues forever 39:20 has an unchangeable priesthood." 39:23 Let's go on, Daniel 11:31, 39:26 "And forces shall be mustered by him 39:27 and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress." 39:31 This refers to the 1,260 years of papal dominion. 39:35 We know that is from 538 to 1798. 39:39 When the mediation of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary 39:42 was obscured by this human system 39:45 of mediation. 39:46 Only Christ can forgive sins. Only Christ died for us. 39:50 Only Christ is the mediator between us and God. 39:54 Only Christ allows us direct access to the Father, 39:57 Only Christ and His Word is to be obeyed. 40:00 Not any human requirement or tradition. 40:03 Let's look at the third attack, 40:04 the attack against the people of God. 40:06 And this is where we're going to see 40:07 persecution come in. 40:09 Verses 32-35. Those who do wickedly... 40:12 We're in Daniel 11:32-35. 40:15 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant, 40:17 he shall corrupt with flattery, 40:19 but the people who know their God should be strong, 40:22 and carry out great exploits. 40:24 And those of the people who understand 40:26 shall instruct many, yet for many days 40:29 they shall fall by sword and flame 40:31 by captivity and plundering." 40:32 This is the persecution taking place 40:34 during the Dark Ages. 40:36 "When they fall, they should be aided with a little help, 40:38 but many should join with them by intrigue, 40:41 and some of those of understanding 40:42 shall fall to refine them, 40:45 purify them and make them white 40:48 until the time of the end 40:49 because it is still for the appointed time." 40:52 Now we see this persecution, we saw in Daniel 7 40:55 where the hosts of heaven, 40:56 God saints were cast down and trampled. 40:59 We saw it, where Daniel 7:25, 41:02 the persecution of the saints of the Most High. 41:05 We see this again in Revelation 13, 41:07 sea beast power with the persecution 41:10 of God's people. 41:12 But there's something new here to me in this section. 41:14 In verse 35, we know there's 41:16 the persecution against God's people. 41:18 But do you notice 41:19 this persecution does something. 41:20 It refines them, it purifies them, 41:24 and it makes them white. 41:26 1 Peter 1:7, "The genuineness of your faith, 41:30 being much more precious than gold that perishes, 41:33 though it is tested by fire 41:35 maybe found a praise, honor and glory 41:36 at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 41:39 Isaiah 48:10, God says, "I have refined you, 41:43 but not with silver, 41:44 I have tested you in the furnace of affliction." 41:49 Of course, we know God did not cause the persecution, 41:51 that was from the Satan. 41:54 Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. 41:56 But in the midst of that persecution, 41:59 God was refining and purifying His people. 42:03 The fourth attack is against God, 42:05 involving blasphemy against God 42:08 and we see this self exaltation taking place. 42:12 Verses 36-39, "Then the king should do 42:15 according to his own will, 42:16 he shall exalt and magnify himself against above 42:19 every God shall speak blasphemies 42:23 against the God of gods, 42:25 and shall prosper till the wrath 42:26 has been accomplished, 42:28 for what has been determined shall be done. 42:29 He shall regard neither the God of his fathers 42:32 nor the desire of woman, nor regard any god, 42:34 for he shall exalt himself above them all." 42:37 It reminds me of Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14, 42:40 Satan trying to exalt himself above God. 42:45 39, "Thus he shall act against the strongest fortress 42:50 with a foreign God which he shall acknowledge 42:52 and advance its glory and he shall cause them 42:54 to rule over many and divide the land for gain." 42:57 We see the same power and the little horn power 43:00 and in the sea beast power speaking blasphemy against God 43:04 and seeking to put itself even against 43:07 the authority of God and the Word of God. 43:11 Now I want to close with how we see Jesus 43:15 throughout the entire Book of Daniel. 43:18 Daniel 2, we see him 43:19 as the stone cut out without hands. 43:21 Daniel 3, He's the Son of God in the burning fiery furnace. 43:25 Daniel 7, He's the Son of man in the judgment scene. 43:28 Daniel 8, He is the Prince of the host 43:31 and the Prince of princes in the heavenly sanctuary. 43:34 Daniel 9, He is Messiah the Prince. 43:37 Daniel 10, He's the Man who comes to Daniel, 43:39 the Man with the linen clothes. 43:42 Daniel 11, He is the Prince of the covenant. 43:45 And Daniel 12, we see Him as Michael who stands up 43:48 and delivers His people. 43:49 Amen. Amen. 43:51 Praise the Lord. 43:52 Oh, that's beautiful when you think about it, right? 43:54 He's in charge. He's all powerful. 43:56 And I like it because the whole Book of Daniel 43:58 we've seen here that He's always on time. 44:01 We're going to be looking at Thursday's lesson. 44:03 And each one of you contributed beautifully to it. 44:05 But it says final events. 44:08 So to me, final events, may I just throw this out, 44:11 end-time events, some people say end-times, 44:14 I think maybe there's a difference. 44:16 End-time things happening and then final events. 44:20 So we're coming down to the end of Chapter 11 44:23 in the Book of Daniel. 44:24 We're getting down to the nitty-gritty. 44:27 There's not very many places for us to go, 44:29 that this power, this great controversy, 44:31 the work has been going on 44:32 that the enemy started in the beginning, 44:34 all the way down to the end of time, 44:35 is coming to an end here 44:37 in these verses that I'm going to read. 44:39 And that does give me a little encouragement 44:41 and hope to see the final results in the end. 44:44 And let's read those verses shall we, 44:46 you're there, I'm sure in Daniel 11. 44:48 And then we'll go back and talk about it 44:50 for the time that we have. 44:51 Starting with verse 40. 44:53 Says, "At that time of the end, notice that, 44:56 shall the king of the South push at him, 44:58 the king of the North shall come against him 45:01 like a whirlwind, chariots, 45:03 and with horsemen, and with many ships, 45:06 and he shall enter into the countries 45:08 and shall overflow and pass over. 45:10 41, "He shall enter also into the Glorious Land, 45:14 many countries shall he overthrow, 45:17 but these shall," notice this, 45:18 "but these shall escape out of his hand, 45:21 even Edom and Moab 45:22 and this chief of the children of Ammon." 45:25 Verse 42, "He shall stretch forth his hand 45:29 also upon the countries 45:30 and the land of Egypt shall not escape." 45:34 43, "But he shall have his power 45:37 over the treasures of gold and silver 45:39 and over all the precious things of Egypt, 45:42 and the Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps." 45:44 44, "The tidings out of the East 45:46 and out of the North shall trouble him, 45:48 therefore he shall go forth with great fury 45:51 and destroy and utterly make a way." 45:54 Notice this, "Oh, what's this? "Utterly to make a way many." 45:58 45, "And he shall plant 46:01 the tabernacle of his palace upon the seas 46:03 in the glorious holy mountain 46:05 yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him." 46:10 We call that the bottom line. 46:12 And he shall come to his end, 46:14 because we're looking at the final events here. 46:18 I would venture to say here till verses 40. 46:21 All of Daniel 11, especially verses 40 to 45, 46:26 is there's so much wind of doctrine 46:28 that goes around with these teachings here, 46:30 that we don't want to become confused. 46:32 We need to follow what we have learned 46:34 through the Book of Daniel that we have studied. 46:36 And we have learned throughout 46:37 because it always follows through, 46:40 you know, 'cause God starts and He follows it through, 46:42 then He goes back and He repeats it 46:43 and He goes back and He repeats it again, 46:44 because He wants us to know. 46:46 We read these verses, we want to understand them, 46:49 because again, the winds of doctrine 46:51 blowing every which way? 46:52 There's many people who actually throw up 46:55 their hands and they just walk off 46:56 and say, "We can't understand this 46:58 and so they maybe leave the church or whatever. 47:00 But you know, we need to look here. 47:02 And I'm just going to say this on these verses 47:04 that you've read and I've read, counsel is good. 47:08 And so if counsel is given to us, 47:09 we must wait till the scroll unrolls 47:13 in some of these things. 47:15 Not to be so dogmatic about our position 47:18 and our stance that we... 47:20 I'll say at night, that we have to eat crow. 47:24 We have to back up as many have done 47:26 because they've made predictions 47:27 and then we come back as the scroll unrolls. 47:29 There's nothing wrong with that because 47:31 God unrolls it when it needs to be unrolled. 47:34 We need to understand 47:35 that God gives it to us, you know, 47:37 as He did with Daniel, ain't right? 47:39 These things are for the time of the end. 47:41 And I think probably to look at the verses you read there, 47:44 Sister Jill, in verses 36 through 39, 47:47 would almost have to be brought 47:48 into what I'm talking about here, 47:50 but I don't want to go back 47:51 and read them because of time, 47:52 because I really believe they fit in to the verses 47:55 from 40 to 45. 47:57 And might I add, so I don't get carried away 47:59 and don't bring, I know I won't bring it up 48:00 a little later on the time, I want to do it now. 48:02 Verse 45, we need to look at very, very closely 48:07 because to me, it's still future prophecy. 48:11 It's not all been fulfilled yet. 48:13 Do you agree with that? 48:14 There's still that 45 we need to be very careful 48:16 how we approach this, 48:18 but we're thankful that God is saying here, 48:20 He's going to take control of things. 48:22 Now I understand Daniel, we realized the expression 48:24 he uses time of the end. 48:26 When I see final events, end-time events, 48:30 I get excited about them 48:31 because I first automatically been thinking about 48:33 if there are not signs and times 48:35 and events that are going on in the world today 48:37 that would help us to understand where we're at, 48:40 praise God, there are, 48:41 but here we're studying in the Book of Daniel 48:43 and Daniel is certainly giving us 48:45 through the power of the Holy Spirit, 48:47 these things that we can incorporate 48:49 and that we can certainly understand. 48:50 In fact, he uses what is five times, 48:53 time of the end. 48:54 There's some urgency about the time of the end here 48:58 and we have, had we not figured out. 49:00 By the grace of God through the Book of Daniel here 49:02 that the time of end was to be after 1798. 49:06 It would be after the deadly wound, 49:08 it would be after the 42 months, 49:10 it would be after the time, 49:12 the times and dividing of times. 49:13 It would be after that 1,260 years, would it not be? 49:17 This is what God is saying it, 49:18 this is going to be the end of time here. 49:20 Daniel says, it's going to be the end 49:22 and we're talking about the very end of time. 49:25 This is where to me the Book of Daniel really comes alive. 49:29 Is that where? 49:30 At the time of the end because what? 49:32 What did God say to Daniel? 49:34 Do you remember he said, you know, Daniel, 49:35 you're not gonna be able to understand this. 49:37 You're going to have to what? You're gonna have to rest. 49:39 You're gonna have to stand in your lot, ain't that right? 49:41 But he said, you will speak, come on somebody help me. 49:45 You will speak and what? 49:47 You will speak in the last days. 49:49 Tell me that the Book of Daniel 49:51 is not speaking here in these last days to us 49:53 as God's people. 49:55 Speaking louder than it did to him 49:57 or the people that were alive in his day. 49:59 Last day people it speaks, it says last day people, 50:02 the end-time people. 50:03 Daniel 12:3 on there. 50:05 So the expression, I'm going to end in the case, 50:08 Daniel's prophecies are going to come alive for us. 50:11 And it says there 1798, 50:13 we said, it goes right on to the end, 50:15 that the resurrection of the dead 50:17 to the second coming of Jesus Christ. 50:20 Daniel 12:2, someone read 1 Thessalonians 4:16 50:24 sometime was it Sister Shelley? 50:26 My favorite passage, you know, you know, 50:28 it's talking about the dead you know, 50:30 in Christ rise first, we which alive remains, 50:32 it talks about there's gonna be in His time, 50:34 all the way to the end till Jesus shall come. 50:37 Notice we have the king of the North. 50:40 Now this where it gets in pretty heavy duty, 50:42 and you have the king of the South. 50:43 There's battles that are going on. 50:46 If you read verses 40 and 45 of Daniel Chapter 11. 50:51 You look in there, 50:52 some people will point their finger 50:53 and say this was what? 50:55 This is Turkey. 50:56 They'll go and say, well, this is time of Turkey. 50:58 Others will say, if you read verses 36 and 39, 51:01 you're looking at it, you're gonna say, 51:03 "Well, my, this has to do with the French Revolution." 51:06 These are things that happen there. 51:07 And others who read verses 36 to 39, 51:10 they will say "My, my, that is the papacy." 51:13 And notice and the coming of the end of the papacy, 51:17 till we see the power that's in control, 51:19 what's going on here is going to come to what? 51:22 It's going to come to the end. 51:23 Let me just that I wanna make something 51:25 at least clear in my mind here. 51:27 We think about locations. 51:29 We're always saying, "We're coming from the North, 51:30 coming from the South." 51:31 Well, that's all good within itself. 51:33 But it would include a lot of things here 51:35 because he's talked about it. 51:36 It's got to include pagan Rome, it's got to include papal Rome, 51:39 it's got to include the enemies of God, 51:42 there's no doubt about it as everyone's read part 51:44 in Chapter 11 here. 51:46 It's got to do with the counterfeits, 51:48 with Egypt, with Turkey, with atheism. 51:51 I mean, it just goes on that these are the things that 51:53 the enemy has used as he not to try to destroy you. 51:56 You were talking about the truths 51:58 that God has given us in the sanctuary 52:00 and trying to destroy the Messiah 52:01 and the credibility of our Lord and our Savior. 52:04 King of the North, we understand graphically 52:06 would point to this time in period as Seleucid Dynasty. 52:09 That's going along with our lesson, 52:11 we understand that, 52:12 which refers to pagan Rome and then to what? 52:15 Papal Rome, it goes right on. 52:17 And remember, this is not so much about location. 52:21 Many time we put a lot of information, you know, 52:23 and thought on this location as it is in exposing 52:28 the enemies of God. 52:31 This to me, this is what it's all about, is not? 52:33 This was here, this here. 52:34 It doesn't do us maybe a lot of good today to say, 52:36 "Well, this is where it was way back then 52:38 and some names have changed." 52:39 But identifying the enemies of God's people right now. 52:42 It's identifying the man of sin, right? 52:46 At the end of time, 52:47 which we're supposed to do in 1 Thessalonians 2, isn't it? 52:50 What the Bible says, verses 3 and 4, 52:53 it says, he's going to be revealed. 52:56 And I'm praying that God will raise men and women, 52:58 children, whoever it might be, 53:00 that will have the courage and the faith 53:02 and the love of Jesus in their heart, 53:04 they will do what God has called them to do 53:07 is really to expose the man of sin. 53:10 Just exactly I believe what's been going through 53:12 the studies of Daniel, in the whole book of Daniel, 53:16 because we try to expose what's been going on, 53:19 how the enemy has tried to use things of this world, 53:22 how he's tried to use the false doctrines 53:23 and so on to destroy the real pure truth. 53:26 And the last day message 53:28 called the three angels' message 53:29 to give to the world. 53:30 May God help us not just to give the first, 53:33 not just to give the second, 53:34 but to give the third angels' message, 53:36 be warned about the mark of the beast, 53:38 and the papacy and the false church, 53:40 and present the true church as it is in Jesus Christ. 53:43 This to me is what Daniel just boils down to. 53:46 It starts with it, and it ends with it. 53:48 And I want to end with that to say, 53:50 "I believe that it's going to happen just like God 53:52 said in His Word." 53:54 Oh, absolutely. Praise the Lord. 53:55 Thank you, Pastor Kenny. 53:57 That was a powerful unpacking of those last five verses 54:00 which, you know, again, there's so many different 54:02 interpretations of this passage. 54:05 It's just so deepened, but just one thing I, 54:08 you know, as I'm hearing 54:09 everyone talk about this passage 54:10 and I'm unpacking all the symbolism 54:12 and one thing that comes to my mind is the fact 54:16 that you know the enemy, he's working both sides. 54:19 He's working the side of the North, 54:21 he's working the side of the South. 54:23 He wants to create this division, 54:25 and we see it even in the history of Israel 54:27 with the division he worked on Israel, 54:30 so much brought them 54:32 into apostasy that the kingdom divided. 54:34 And we see this spirit of the North and the South 54:37 in the history of Israel. 54:38 And I'll tell you, we can see very clearly that 54:40 the Devil is attacking God's people, 54:41 His spiritual Israel in the last days. 54:43 There is nothing else that he would probably 54:45 want to see than the spirit of division 54:48 brought in right here into God's Church, God's people, 54:52 but we know that we have Michael to stand for us, right? 54:55 I'm gonna go back through the panel. 54:57 Let everyone give some final thoughts. 54:59 I guess my final thought would be this. 55:00 If that God is the God 55:02 who knows the end from the beginning. 55:04 And what He has declared is that you are a new creation 55:08 in Christ Jesus. 55:10 You can get into the Word of God, 55:13 even, you know, I can't wait to do more study 55:16 on this than I have done in the past, 55:18 but you can get into the Word of God. 55:20 Find out who you are in Christ, and know that when God speaks, 55:25 just like in prophecy, it's gonna happen. 55:28 Well, all of God's promises are yes 55:30 and amen in Christ Jesus. 55:32 So you can count on that as well. 55:34 Amen. Thank you. 55:35 The pictures of the king of the North 55:36 and the king of the South, as Daniel has given to us, 55:40 parallels a lot of the activity of the... 55:42 As it relates to Revelation 55:44 because the king of the North denotes 55:47 where Babylon existed and the head of spiritual 55:51 Babylon in the last days 55:52 is that coalition of the papacy, 55:54 which tries to exert and take the place of God on earth. 55:59 The king of the South as Daniel described, 56:01 it is Egypt. 56:02 And Egypt doesn't really care about taking the place of God, 56:05 but as you... 56:06 It's amazing how in Revelation 11, 56:08 Egypt is referred to as the place 56:10 where our Lord was crucified. 56:12 Egypt and Sodom are brought out there 56:14 very carefully in the Bible. 56:17 But we find regardless of the king of the North, 56:20 or the king of the South, 56:22 the King of kings ultimately prevails. 56:25 So that's where I placed my hope and my trust. 56:29 North and South, it's wonderful, 56:31 but the King of kings, who is the King of the East 56:34 is where our victory comes from. 56:36 Amen. Thank you, Pastor John. 56:37 I love the next verse. 56:39 We finished with Daniel 11, 56:40 but the first verse of Daniel Chapter 12. 56:42 "At that time, Michael shall stand up. 56:46 And then God's people," if you go down, 56:49 "will be delivered." 56:51 I love that because we know the back of the book says, 56:54 God wins. 56:55 Amen. That's right. 56:57 What comes to my mind quickly, Psalms 53:4 says, 56:58 "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent, 57:01 a fire devour before him, 57:04 and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him. 57:07 He shall call to the heavens and from above into the earth, 57:11 that He may judge His people." 57:14 Amen. Praise the Lord. 57:16 You know, as I'm going through the Book of Daniel, 57:19 through these lessons, you know, we're in lesson 12. 57:22 And next week is the last lesson. 57:23 I find my own heart, 57:25 just yearning within me as Christ is, 57:27 is calling me to revival 57:29 because you see what Daniel goes through. 57:31 And you see how God used Daniel 57:33 to preach and teach the gospel 57:35 so that we all can be prepared for the soon coming of Jesus. 57:38 And, you know, I just want to invite you 57:40 to continue to stick it out with us. 57:41 We have one more week left, so don't go anywhere. 57:44 But come back again next week and join us 57:46 because next week's lesson, 57:47 we're going to jump into the last chapter 57:49 of the Book of Daniel, Chapter 12. 57:51 And it is entitled, "From Dust to Stars." 57:55 And as Jill brought out, 57:56 we're going to be seeing how Jesus, 57:57 Michael is going to stand for His people. 58:00 Thank you so much again for joining us this week. 58:02 We shall see you next week right here 58:04 on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 58:06 God bless. 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