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00:01 Hello Friends and welcome to our 3ABN Sabbath School Study.
00:05 We are so glad that you've joined us. 00:06 We are in Quarter Number 2, 2023 00:09 and we're studying the Three Cosmic Messages 00:12 or the three angels' messages. 00:14 We're in Lesson Number 6 which is entitled: 00:16 The Hour of His Judgment. 00:19 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 00:21 is where you can get a copy of the lesson, 00:23 if you'd like to download it there 00:25 and we'd love you to get a copy of that lesson 00:27 and join us here... myself, James Rafferty, 00:30 and our Sabbath School Panel to dig in to the word of God 00:33 and these three cosmic messages. 00:35 So, don't go away, we'll be right back. 00:37 Music... 01:08 Rafferty: Hello Friends 01:09 and welcome to our Sabbath School Lesson, 01:11 we are in Lesson Number 6 which is: 01:14 The Hour of His Judgment. 01:16 We're studying the three cosmic messages Quarter Number 2, 2023 01:21 and we're so glad that you have joined us. 01:23 This is an important message... 01:24 it's a vital message... 01:26 it's a solemn message... 01:27 it is a message of good news 01:29 and we're going to be breaking down that message 01:31 in the context of the judgment hour 01:33 revealed in Revelation chapter 14 verses 6 and 7. 01:37 Before we do that, I'd like to introduce our illustrious Panel 01:41 that are going to be studying the Bible with us today. 01:44 On my left... my immediate left is Pastor John Lomacang. 01:47 Pastor... 01:48 Lomacang: Good to be here and I'm covering the 2300 days 01:51 and the time of the end. 01:53 James: Sounds good and to your left we have Pastor John Dinzey. 01:59 Pastor, good to have you here. 02:00 Dinzey: It's a blessing to be here 02:02 and another interesting lesson, 02:03 Tuesday: The Angel's Instruction to Daniel. 02:06 Rafferty: Ah, the angel's instruction to Daniel, okay, 02:08 and to your immediate left 02:09 is Bible expositor... Shelley Quinn. 02:12 Shelley: I just like being part of the illustrious Panel. 02:15 I have Wednesday's Lesson: The Messiah "Cut off. " 02:18 Rafferty: Amen, and then to your immediate left is 02:22 Pastor Ryan Day... 02:23 Pastor, good to have you here with us. 02:25 What do you have? 02:26 Ryan: Blessing always and we're going to be covering 02:27 Thursday's Lesson: The Year 1844. 02:30 Rafferty: 1844... so we're covering everything here 02:33 in our lesson today, 02:34 but before we get started... before we jump in, 02:35 we're going to have a word of prayer 02:37 and I'd like to ask Pastor John to pray for us 02:38 as we get started. 02:40 Lomacang: "Loving Father in heaven, 02:41 as we continue in the study on the three cosmic messages. 02:46 We do pray that you'll attend our minds today 02:49 for the clear proliferation 02:52 of the truths that are contained in it 02:53 that our hearts would be led by your Spirit. 02:56 Lord, come now and fill us that what we speak may be truth 03:00 and hearts may be changed. 03:01 We pray in Jesus' name, amen. " 03:05 Rafferty: Amen... amen. 03:06 It's been such a powerful study so far... 03:10 these three cosmic messages 03:11 and, of course, the Sabbath Quarter author, Mark Finley 03:15 is really helping us to dig into these lessons... 03:17 lots of good insights here from that man of God. 03:20 So, Sabbath afternoon we have the hour of his judgment 03:24 based on these texts from the Bible, 03:26 Daniel chapter 8... 03:28 Daniel chapter 9... 03:29 Ezra 7... 03:31 Matthew 3:13 to 17... 03:33 Romans 5:6 through 9... 03:36 very key verses right there in Romans chapter 5, 03:39 Mark 15:38 03:40 and Leviticus 16:16. 03:42 Our Memory Text is found in Romans 13 verses 11 and 12, 03:46 so let's take a look at those verses shall we? 03:48 "And do this, knowing the time, 03:52 that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; 03:56 for now, is our salvation 03:58 nearer than when we first believed. 04:00 The night is far spent, 04:02 the day is at hand. " 04:04 So, Paul here is urging believers 04:06 to get ready... to prepare... 04:09 to put on the armor of God... 04:10 to do this because we know that the time is near 04:13 and indeed as we study the judgment hour, 04:16 we're going to know that the time is at hand. 04:18 The time of Christ's second coming is at hand 04:20 because his coming is going to come 04:22 following the finalization 04:24 finishing up of the judgment hour. 04:27 So, when we look at the Lesson, beginning in... 04:29 in Sunday's Lesson, we have a basic overview 04:32 of what God is wanting to do for us. 04:35 In an story... illustration that's given of this hen 04:39 that covers her chicks during a fire. 04:42 She is completely destroyed by the fire 04:45 but as these people come through the burned area 04:49 and they... they find this... 04:50 this pile of feathers as they kick the feathers aside. 04:53 All these chicks... 04:54 these live chicks come out from under that pile of feathers 04:57 and this is exactly what God wants to do for us 05:00 in the time of judgment. 05:01 He wants to cover us with the righteousness... 05:04 that is the right doing... the right living... 05:06 the perfect holy life of Jesus 05:10 and, of course, His death in our behalf... 05:12 His substitutionary death. 05:14 Psalm 91 talks about being covered by His feathers 05:19 and dwelling under His wings. 05:21 Psalm 91 is a great Psalm to memorize 05:23 to help us to remember the... the work of God 05:26 in our behalf in the heavenly sanctuary 05:28 as our Mediator. 05:30 And so, the fires of God's judgment 05:33 burn themselves out on Jesus Christ... 05:35 the Quarterly goes on to say at Calvary. 05:37 And all who are in Christ are safe forever beneath His wings. 05:41 At the cross, Christ was judged as a condemned sinner 05:44 so that we could be judged as righteous citizens 05:48 of the heavenly kingdom. 05:49 He became "sin" for us. 05:51 He didn't sin... 05:52 He didn't deserve the wages of sin, 05:54 He didn't deserve to be treated as a sinner 05:56 but he became sin for us 05:58 so that we could become the righteousness of God in Him. 06:01 We don't deserve the righteousness of God. 06:03 We didn't earn the righteousness of God, 06:05 just like He didn't deserve sin and the consequences, 06:08 we don't deserve His righteousness but it's a gift 06:11 and God has given that gift to us in Jesus Christ. 06:14 This is what we need to stand in the judgment. 06:18 He was judged as a criminal so that we could be set free 06:20 from the destructive fires of eternal loss 06:24 both figurately and yes... literally as well. 06:27 So, let's go into Sunday's Lesson, 06:29 that was actually Sabbath's Lesson... 06:30 I mentioned it was Sunday... it was Sabbath's Lesson. 06:31 Let's go to Sunday's Lesson, 06:33 it's called: The Cleansing of the Sanctuary. 06:35 We're going to read Daniel chapter 8 06:37 and verse 14, 06:39 so, if you would like to open your Bibles there 06:40 to Daniel chapter 8 and verse 14. 06:43 This verse is a key verse... 06:45 a foundational verse for the Seventh-day Adventist Church 06:48 and the Movement of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 06:51 Daniel 8 and verse 14... here's what it says, 06:54 "And he said unto me, 06:56 'Unto two thousand three hundred days; 06:59 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. ' " 07:03 So, this is the longest prophecy in Bible history. 07:07 We don't see any prophecy that is longer than this one. 07:11 In fact, it takes in all of the time prophecies of the Bible. 07:15 We understand those days to be prophetic days. 07:18 So, when we look at prophetic days, 07:20 we interpret them as literal years. 07:23 So, we could say, this is the 2300-prophetic day 07:26 or 2300 literal-year prophecy in the book of Daniel. 07:30 It stretches all the way from 457 B.C. to A.D. 1844 07:35 and encapsulated in that prophecy 07:37 is this beautiful picture of the anointing of the Messiah 07:40 who'd come to deal with our sins... 07:42 our transgressions and our iniquities 07:44 and we're going to break it open as we study more here 07:46 in our Sabbath School Lesson. 07:47 So, each of the Jewish believers, 07:51 each of the Hebrews 07:52 understood the meaning of the cleansing of the sanctuary. 07:54 Sometimes we can read that, you know, the... 07:56 the history of our church goes back to the Millerite Movement 07:59 and they understood the cleansing of the sanctuary to mean 08:02 the cleansing of the earth by fire 08:04 when Jesus returns. 08:05 But, if they would have asked a Hebrew, he would have said, 08:07 "No, no, no, no, no... 08:09 the cleaning of the sanctuary has to do with 08:10 the Day of Atonement... the Day of Judgment. 08:13 It has to do with the final blotting out of sins... 08:15 the record of sin that's there 08:17 between the Holy and the Most Holy Place 08:19 on the curtain 08:20 recorded there by the blood of all the sacrifices... 08:22 those daily sacrifices 08:24 that was going to have a final atonement. 08:26 It's kind of like, you know, 08:27 every day you take out your garbage, 08:30 you know, your garbage gets full in your house 08:32 and your... the sack gets full and if you're like me, 08:35 you go around to the offices and the bathrooms, 08:37 and throw everything in there... 08:38 and you take it out to the garbage can. 08:39 But once a week, the garbage collector comes 08:42 and the garbage collector takes that garbage to the dump. 08:46 Now, as long as that garbage is out of your house, 08:49 you're good. 08:50 But it still needs to be taken into the dump. 08:52 It's still on your premises, right? 08:54 So, these sins were recorded in the sanctuary 08:56 but finally, there was going to be this 08:59 "garbage day of atonement" so to speak... 09:00 the day when these sins were going to be taken to the dump, 09:03 they were going to be placed on the scapegoat... 09:05 they were to go out into the wilderness 09:06 to be returned no more. 09:08 But Daniel didn't understand this, 09:10 Daniel was struggling with this. 09:11 When you look in Daniel chapter 8, 09:13 as he gets to the end of this vision, 09:15 Daniel chapter 8 verse 27, he says, 09:17 "Then I, Daniel, fainted and was sick certain days; 09:21 and afterward, I rose up, 09:22 and did the kings' business; 09:23 and I was astonished at the vision, 09:25 but none understood it. " 09:26 Now, I love this about Daniel 09:27 because Daniel here is revealing a humility of knowledge. 09:30 He doesn't understand the vision 09:32 and he's willing to admit that. 09:34 You know, sometimes we don't understand something biblically 09:36 especially we've been in for a few decades, 09:38 we're like, "Yeah, I know what that is. " 09:40 But Daniel says, "I don't know what this is. " 09:42 And Daniel is an old man at this time. 09:44 He's willing to recognize that he's not sure 09:47 what this 2300-day Prophecy is really all about. 09:50 Now, he understands, as we said, the terminology 09:53 of the cleansing of the sanctuary 09:54 but when Daniel is here in Medo-Persia, 09:56 there is no sanctuary to be cleansed. 09:58 The sanctuary has been destroyed 10:00 and it hasn't been restored yet. 10:02 So, he can't figure this out. 10:03 "I thought there were going to be seven years 10:05 and we were going to be restored to our land 10:06 and the sanctuary was going to be rebuilt. 10:08 What is this 2300-day prophecy?" 10:10 Daniel seemingly understands that it's a long time. 10:13 In fact, it's probably in his mind easily a-day-for-a-year. 10:17 And so, Daniel begins to pray 10:18 and we read Daniel chapter 9 verses specifically 21 and 22, 10:23 it's an answer to his prayers. 10:24 "While speaking in prayer, 10:26 even the man Gabriel, 10:27 whom he had seen in the vision at the beginning, 10:29 being caused to fly swiftly, 10:30 touched me about the time of the evening oblation. 10:33 And he informed me, and he talked with me, 10:34 and he said, 'O Daniel, 10:36 I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. ' " 10:38 Verse 23, "At the beginning of thy supplications 10:40 the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; 10:43 for thou art greatly beloved: 10:44 therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. " 10:47 Now, it's really important that we recognize 10:49 the connection here between Daniel 8 and Daniel 9. 10:52 What vision? 10:54 There's no vision that's been given him in Daniel chapter 9 10:56 so, what vision is Gabriel talking about? 10:58 Well, he's talking about the vision 10:59 that Daniel didn't understand in Daniel chapter 8... 11:02 the vision that he prayed for understanding 11:03 for Daniel chapter 9, 11:05 and the only vision that is connected to Daniel's prayer. 11:08 That is the 2300-day prophecy. 11:11 And so, Gabriel comes to give him an understanding 11:13 of this prophecy and expound upon it 11:16 as... as Daniel was struggling to understand it, 11:18 Gabriel tells him the significance 11:21 between the death of Jesus Christ 11:23 revealed in Daniel chapters 24... 11:26 9:24 to 27 and the judgment. 11:28 Now, the significance is found in one verse... 11:31 at least the part I'd like to share with you 11:34 is found in one verse... 11:35 we're all going to expound a little bit more upon this 11:38 but I want you to look at verse 24 of Daniel chapter 9. 11:41 "Seventy weeks are determined upon my people 11:44 and upon my holy city, 11:45 to finish transgressions, to make an end of sins, 11:48 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 11:50 and to bring in everlasting righteousness... " 11:52 There are four tasks outlined here, 11:54 there are actually seven in the text 11:57 but there are four tasks outlined here 11:58 that are connected directly with Jesus Christ. 12:02 You see, finishing transgression... 12:04 making an end of sins 12:06 and making reconciliation for iniquity is... 12:08 are tasks that only Jesus Christ could do, 12:10 if you have your new-covenant glasses on. 12:13 Now, if you're thinking old covenant... 12:15 you're thinking, "Oh, we've got to do all of this stuff 12:17 before, you know, this Messiah comes... " 12:19 but if you're thinking New Covenant, 12:20 you read verse 25 12:22 and you recognize only Jesus could do this. 12:24 "Know therefore and understand... " 12:26 verse 25 says, 12:27 "that from the going forth of the commandment 12:29 to restore and build Jerusalem 12:30 unto the Messiah the Prince 12:32 shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks. " 12:34 That's 69 weeks. 12:35 In other words, these tasks have to be accomplished 12:39 that can only be accomplished by Jesus 12:41 and, therefore, He must come before the 70 weeks are done. 12:45 I'm going to give you 69 weeks to figure out 12:47 you can't do it on your own. 12:49 I think Abraham needed about 25 years 12:51 to figure that out, right? 12:53 And once you figure that out, when Messiah comes, 12:55 you're going to embrace Him, 12:56 you're going to rejoice over Him... 12:58 you're going to be happy for Him 12:59 but you've got to remember that He's going to come 13:01 Isaiah 53... to bear your sins and your transgressions 13:05 and your iniquities 13:06 because He is going to be the One 13:07 that's going to get you through the judgment 13:09 and the only way you can get through the judgment, 13:11 is to have your sins... your transgressions... 13:14 and your iniquities atoned for. 13:16 If you atone for them, you're lost... 13:18 you're dead... you're done... 13:19 you're out 13:21 but if Jesus atones for them in your place, 13:23 you have the gift of salvation. 13:25 And that's the connection between this 2300-day prophecy 13:28 and the judgment. 13:29 In the judgment, we have a Mediator. 13:31 In the judgment, probation is open. 13:33 In the judgment, we have someone who propitiates for our sin... 13:37 someone who stands in our behalf 13:39 and pleads His righteousness... His right living 13:42 and His righteous death... 13:44 substitutionary death in our behalf. 13:45 And you know what 1st John chapter 2 verses 1 and 2 say? 13:48 He's not just the propitiation for our sins, 13:51 He's the propitiation... He's the sacrifice for the sins 13:54 of the entire world 13:55 and that's why the judgment is good news for every nation, 13:59 kindred, tongue, people... you... whoever you are... 14:02 the ends of the earth... 14:03 you have a Mediator... 14:04 you have an Intercessor... 14:06 you have a Savior in Jesus Christ. 14:08 Panel: Amen. 14:09 Lomacang: Thank you, James, I appreciate that. 14:11 Laid the foundation... 14:12 we're going to go over some of the similar things 14:13 because mine is the 2300 days 14:15 and the time of the end or the end time 14:17 and we're in Daniel 8... let's look at that again, 14:20 in Daniel chapter 8 14:21 and I want to look at verses 17 14:24 to verses 19 14:28 because a part of the vision is the timing of it. 14:31 You know, some expositors or some theologians 14:35 argue that this is a literal 2300-year period 14:38 which will be about nine years 14:40 after Daniel was given the vision. 14:42 But that's not possible because it was clear... 14:45 yeah... I said 2300 days... 14:48 a lot of people think it's literally a 2300-day period 14:52 but it could not be because this is not the timeframe 14:55 that the prophecy is said in because verse 19 says, 14:59 "time of the end... " 15:00 and "time of the end" is the most significant part 15:03 because it has a beginning point in the prophecy 15:05 and then it has an ending point 15:07 and each of the components of the prophecy is to outline 15:11 a certain aspect of the ministry of Christ 15:14 as James pointed out 15:16 there are certain aspects of this 15:18 and I'll just go over that very quickly. 15:20 The seven things are: 15:22 The purpose of the seven weeks in verse 24 is 15:25 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people 15:28 and for your holy city... " 15:29 so right away, Daniel knows 15:31 that it's specifically pointing to the Jewish people... 15:34 "to finish the transgression... " 15:36 which was a... a journey that they were on... 15:39 they continually struggle with transgression. 15:42 "To make an end of sins, 15:44 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 15:46 to bring an everlasting righteousness, 15:49 to seal up the vision and prophecy, 15:51 and to anoint the Most Holy. " 15:53 So, when you look at the cadence of this, 15:55 Daniel even outlines the aspects of it that make it clear 16:00 that also, the time that Daniel is given this vision 16:04 is brought out in verses 9, verses 23 and verses 24. 16:08 Let's look at verse 9 of Daniel 8. 16:11 We turn there... I have it in my lesson 16:14 but I want to go ahead and look at it in the Bible. 16:15 Okay, Daniel chapter 8 and verse 9, 16:20 pause... 16:24 "And out of one of them came a little horn 16:27 which grew exceedingly toward the south, 16:30 toward the east, 16:31 and toward the Glorious Land. " 16:34 Now, this little horn that's referred to 16:36 is the power of Rome growing in its ascendancy. 16:41 But now you'll notice in verse 23 16:43 the pulling together of this. 16:45 "And in the latter time of their kingdom, 16:50 when the transgressors have reached their fullness, 16:55 a king shall arise, 16:58 having fierce features, 17:00 who understands sinister schemes. 17:04 His power shall be mighty, 17:06 but not by his own power; 17:09 he shall destroy fearfully, 17:11 and shall prosper and thrive; 17:14 he shall destroy the mighty, 17:16 and also the holy people. " 17:19 Now, it's interesting that the Bible points out that 17:22 this power is not from him. 17:23 When you look at the rise of Rome again 17:26 in Revelation chapter 13, 17:28 it makes it clear where the power is coming from. 17:30 The dragon gave him his power... his seat of great authority. 17:32 So, the persecuting power behind the people of God 17:36 is not just Rome as a government... 17:38 or Rome as a System or Rome as a political movement 17:40 or Rome even as a religio-political system, 17:43 but the motivating power behind that 17:45 is the very one who resists truth... 17:48 who resists light 17:49 and that is Satan himself giving rise to that power. 17:54 The Bible also points out some other aspects. 17:58 Look at verse 10 and 12 of Daniel chapter 8 18:02 speaking about the Little Horn. 18:04 "And it grew up to the hosts of heaven; 18:07 and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars 18:12 to the ground, 18:13 and trampled them. 18:15 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; 18:18 and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, 18:22 and the daily sacrifices were taken away, 18:24 and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. " 18:27 And verse 12, 18:29 "Because of transgression, 18:30 an army was given over the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; 18:36 and he cast truth down to the ground. 18:39 He did all this and prospered. " 18:42 Let me add there... "prospered temporarily" 18:45 because God really has the final say. 18:47 The powers of Rome 18:49 as well as the powers of Medo-Persia, 18:50 the powers of Babylon 18:52 and the powers of Greece... 18:53 each one of those has a temporary time to reign. 18:57 Only of the kingdom of God does the Bible say, 19:00 "His kingdom has no end. " 19:02 Pastor Finley points out in the lesson, 19:04 "The cleansing of the sanctuary... 19:06 the cleansing of the sanctuary in Daniel 8:14, 19:09 the climax of the chapter is: 19:11 God's answer to the challenge of earthly and religious powers 19:16 that have attained... 19:17 or attempted to usurp the authority of God. 19:21 It is part of God's divine solution 19:23 to the sin problem. 19:25 So, let's look at the prophecy it its full scope. 19:27 You have... the going forth of the command to restore 19:30 and to build Jerusalem 19:31 and then, aspects of their timelines throughout it 19:35 and even though there are events 19:37 that are opposing the people of God through it, 19:40 eventually, the Messiah shows up 69 weeks later 19:43 to bring the answer... 19:44 to bring the answer to the sin problem 19:47 not just the powers that reign, 19:49 to bring the answer to the sin problem. 19:51 Why is he called "Messiah?" 19:52 Acts 10:38, 19:53 because He was baptized... He was anointed 19:55 and the Messiah is the only One 19:57 that can bring an end to any of the problems of sin... 20:00 not another earthly kingdom. 20:01 His kingdom shall not be left to other people... 20:04 the Bible says in Daniel 7. 20:05 This is a kingdom that has no end. 20:07 So, the Messiah comes and He is anointed in baptism. 20:12 We find there in Matthew chapter 3, 20:16 the baptism. 20:17 But then in Matthew chapter 4, this is very interesting... 20:20 go there with me. 20:21 Let me show you how head on Jesus comes to confront 20:25 the issues of sin 20:27 and I've often told people that are baptized... 20:31 "Rejoice on our baptismal day 20:35 humbly and cautiously... " 20:39 because what is true of Jesus is very true of many of us. 20:43 Matthew chapter 4, 20:45 "Then... " this is following the baptism, 20:49 this is following the declaration, 20:50 "This is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased. " 20:53 Then verse 4, "Then Jesus was led up... " 20:57 notice, "by the Spirit into the wilderness 21:01 to be tempted by the devil. " 21:03 Is it ironic... we talked about the church in the wilderness. 21:06 Jesus was in the wilderness. 21:08 The church was tempted in the wilderness... 21:10 Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. 21:12 The church faltered in the wilderness. 21:15 Jesus was victorious in the wilderness. 21:17 Look at verse 2, 21:19 "And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, 21:22 afterward He was hungry. 21:24 Now when the tempter came to Him, 21:26 he said, 'If you are the Son of God, 21:27 command that these stones become bread. '" 21:30 I want you to notice here... 21:31 the focal point of Daniel... 21:33 we might get caught up in the days and the hours 21:36 and the literality... 21:38 the literality of the 2300-year period, 21:42 but the 2300-year period is the parent... is the parent. 21:47 The 70 weeks is the child. 21:49 Now, I use that terminology in Web design 21:52 because you have the overall page which is the parent 21:55 and components of the page are considered the child. 21:58 So, the 2300-year period 22:00 is the parent. 22:02 It encompasses the whole timeline... 22:04 from the decree all the way to 1844 22:07 as James pointed out 22:08 but in the middle of that is the child of the parent 22:12 which outlines the ministry of Christ 22:14 included in that last week where Jesus is anointed... 22:20 where Jesus is cut off in the middle of the week 22:24 not for Himself but for us 22:27 and then the gospel goes to the Gentiles 22:29 and the part of the prophecy of the Daniel... 22:32 the 70 weeks of Daniel that's so significant, 22:34 in that last week, it says, 22:36 "He shall confirm His covenant with many for one week. " 22:39 Who is that referring to? 22:41 Christ 22:42 and here is the dichotomy 22:44 or the irony of this prophecy. 22:45 You see that last year... that last seven-year period 22:49 is what Rapturists and Dispensationalists take 22:53 out of the prophecy. 22:55 The Bible refers to it as: the Anointed... the Messiah... 22:58 Messiah... Messiah repetitively mentioned 23:01 in Daniel 9 verses 24 to 27... 23:03 it's referred to... to the Christ 23:06 but Rapturists and Dispensationalists 23:09 take that one-week period 23:11 and they push it far into the future 23:13 and they apply it to the Antichrist. 23:15 And so, people are looking for something 23:17 that's not going to occur. 23:19 Today, there are many people waiting 23:20 for the sacrificial system to be reinstated 23:23 But it was ended at the crucifixion of Christ. 23:26 because the real sacrifice... 23:28 the real Messiah had already come, 23:31 But today we have a whole nation of Jews 23:33 waiting for the coming of the Mashiach. 23:34 We have people on earth that are Evangelicals 23:37 waiting for the temple sacrificial system 23:40 to be re-established... the red heifer as it were 23:43 for the Jews to be converted 23:45 and take the gospel to the world. 23:46 Let me just make a statement that's very clear 23:49 and very concise according to Scripture. 23:51 The Jews will no more be converted today 23:53 than they were in the time of Christ... as a Nation. 23:57 Is salvation available for everyone... 24:00 for everyone... the Jew and the Gentile 24:03 and every other nationality. 24:04 But as a people, the gospel has gone to the Gentiles 24:08 and that's why the gospel that we're talking about... 24:11 the everlasting gospel... Revelation chapter 14, 24:14 the hour of God's judgment, 24:15 is not just for a specific nation 24:17 but for everyone 24:19 and the focal point of the prophecy 24:20 is: Salvation in Christ. 24:22 Panel: Amen... amen. 24:24 Rafferty: Every nation, kindred, tongue and people... 24:26 well, there you have it, we've gotten a good start 24:28 on the message on the hour of God's judgment. 24:30 Don't go away, we'll be right back. 24:32 Music... 24:37 Ever wish you could watch a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again 24:41 or share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter? 24:44 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel. com 24:49 A clean design makes it easy 24:51 to find the Program you are looking for. 24:53 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 24:57 so you can follow along. 24:58 Sharing is easy. 25:00 Just click share 25:01 and choose your favorite Social Media. 25:04 Share a Link... Save a Life for Eternity. 25:07 Rafferty: Welcome back Friends, 25:09 we're continuing our study on the cleansing of the sanctuary 25:11 and we are in Tuesday's Lesson: 25:13 The Angel's Instruction to Daniel. 25:16 Pastor John Dinzey. 25:17 Dinzey: Thank you, yes, 25:18 the... the Angel's instruction to Daniel 25:20 brings us into Daniel chapter 9 25:22 and I'm going to back up the Lesson to verse 23 25:26 because this is very important because the angel is coming 25:28 to give instruction to Daniel 25:30 but before this, Daniel had some kind of preparation 25:33 he was making. 25:34 Daniel chapter 9 verse 20, 25:36 "Now while I was speaking, 25:37 praying, and confessing my sin 25:40 and the sin of my people Israel, 25:43 and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God 25:46 for the holy mountain of my God, 25:49 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, 25:51 the man Gabriel, 25:53 whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 25:55 being caused to fly swiftly, 25:58 reached me about the time of the evening offering. " 26:02 Verse 22, 26:03 "And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, 26:05 'O Daniel, 26:06 I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. " 26:10 And so, this is something vital in my understanding 26:14 because God wants us to do the same thing Daniel was doing. 26:18 What was he doing? 26:20 He was confessing his sins 26:21 and confessing the sins of his people. 26:23 But he was praying to the Lord, 26:25 he was in communion with the Lord... 26:27 his heart was prepared to... 26:29 to receive the message from this angel 26:32 and the same thing... God will also talk to us, 26:35 He may not send an angel, 26:37 but if you're asking the Lord 26:38 for help to understand something, 26:40 He will send someone 26:42 or He will lead you to the Scriptures 26:43 that will help you understand 26:45 the things you need to understand. 26:46 We'll look at a verse in a moment about that 26:48 but notice now verse 23, 26:50 "At the beginning of your supplications 26:52 the command went out, and I have come to tell you, 26:57 for you are greatly beloved; 26:59 therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision. " 27:02 God loved Daniel... he was a man after His own heart 27:06 I can say, he was a dedicated person to the Lord 27:10 and for many, many years. 27:12 Now... now he says, 27:14 "Consider the matter and understand the vision. " 27:18 He came to help him understand. 27:19 The Lesson brings this out and I'd like to read it directly, 27:23 "The angel plainly instructed Daniel to 'consider the matter, 27:26 and understand the vision. '" 27:28 What matter? 27:29 What vision? 27:31 You see, there is no vision recorded in Daniel chapter 9. 27:35 And you must remember 27:36 that the Scriptures were not organized according to chapter. 27:40 This was brought in by people. 27:42 So, the vision has to be 27:44 before this Daniel chapter 9 verse 23. 27:48 So, as you go before Daniel chapter 9 verse 23, 27:52 you have to find a vision. 27:53 Where is this vision found? 27:55 It is in Daniel chapter 8. 27:57 So, this is within the context of the vision 28:01 that was presented to him before. 28:03 What vision is that? 28:04 Now, it has been mentioned before 28:06 but I need to do it again. 28:08 Daniel chapter 8 verse 14, "And he said to me, 28:10 'For two thousand three hundred days; 28:12 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed. " 28:14 And this is a day for a year, 28:17 we're going to look at that in a moment. 28:18 So, the lesson says, Gabriel must be speaking 28:21 of the portion of the vision in Daniel chapter 8 28:24 that... that the prophet did not understand 28:27 the vision of the 2300 days. 28:30 This is what the angel came to help him understand. 28:34 And so, here... let's go to Daniel chapter 8 verse 27, 28:37 notice Daniel... "And I, Daniel, 28:40 fainted and was sick for days; 28:44 afterward I arose and went about the king's business. 28:47 I was astonished by the vision, 28:50 but no one understood it. " 28:53 And perhaps, he even talked to his brethren of... of... 28:57 of confidence, "Hey, I had this vision 28:59 but I can't understand this thing. " 29:01 And he was sick, I mean, 29:03 this is somebody that wants to understand the vision 29:06 and the Lord answered his prayer. 29:10 I like to bring this out to you from Jeremiah 33 verses 2 and 3, 29:15 it says, "Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, 29:18 the LORD that formed it, to establish it; 29:20 the LORD is His name; 29:21 call unto me, and I will answer thee, 29:24 and show three great and mighty things, 29:27 which thou knowest not. " 29:29 God is willing to do this for us as well. 29:31 What should we do? 29:32 We need to prepare our hearts. 29:34 We need to be studying the Scriptures. 29:35 Studying the Scriptures... seeking to understand 29:38 and asking the Lord for the blessing... 29:40 asking the Lord for the Holy Spirit 29:42 so that we may be blessed to understand the Scriptures. 29:46 And sometimes, you may find a portion of the Scriptures... 29:49 "I really don't understand that... " 29:51 keep digging... keep asking the Lord for answers. 29:54 And you can ask people of confidence... 29:56 people that you know are close to the Lord, 29:58 "Hey, I don't understand... I don't understand this. 30:00 Has the Lord given you insight into this area?" 30:02 And blessed be the name of the Lord... 30:04 the Lord will bless you 30:05 and they may take some time... 30:07 days... as Daniel 30:09 and sometimes weeks... 30:11 I had a case for months for myself... 30:13 months... I didn't understand, 30:14 I was praying to the Lord, "Lord, help me to understand" 30:16 and, you know, the time came when the Lord says, 30:19 "You're ready now, here it is... " 30:21 praise be to His name. 30:23 So, let's go ahead and go now to Daniel chapter 9 and verse 24, 30:27 it has already been mentioned... 30:28 this is a... a message that continues to build 30:32 and build upon one another. 30:33 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people... " 30:37 Daniel 9:24, 30:38 "and for your holy city, 30:40 to finish the transgression, 30:42 to make an end of sins, 30:44 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 30:47 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 30:50 to seal up vision and prophecy, 30:52 and to anoint the Most Holy. " 30:54 This is a Scripture 30:57 that is vital for God's people to understand. 31:02 Daniel 9... beginning in verse 24, 31:04 all the way to the end of the chapter, 31:07 We need to understand this prophecy 31:10 and this is what we're trying to bring to your attention here. 31:14 This is a message for the time of the end 31:17 and we need to understand this 31:19 and in a moment, you're going to hear 31:20 the... the how this was fulfilled... the 70 weeks... 31:26 now, we're talking about 70 weeks. 31:28 So, a week is composed of how many days? 31:31 Seven days... 31:32 seven days or 70 times 70 equals 490. 31:35 Now, the lesson brings something out 31:39 that is very important. 31:40 The... the verse in Daniel 9:24, 31:43 the New King James Version says, 31:46 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people. " 31:48 "Determined" is the word we're going to look at 31:50 and this is the word that is: chathak 31:55 and the word chathak in Hebrew means: determined... 31:59 another word is: cut off. 32:00 Well, "cut off" from what? 32:01 You have to have something 32:03 in order to cut something out of it. 32:06 And this again, takes us back to 32:08 the vision in Daniel chapter 8 verse 14. 32:13 So, the Lesson says: 32:15 The first portion of this prophecy relates 32:17 to God's people... the Jews. 32:19 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people" 32:23 that is... the Jewish nation. 32:24 In Bible prophecy, one prophetic day equals one literal year. 32:28 So, where do we get that from? 32:30 One of the places is Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 6 32:34 and Numbers 14:34. 32:35 We only have time to read one. 32:37 Let's go to Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 6. 32:39 "And when you have completed them, 32:41 lie again on your right side; 32:44 then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 32:47 forty days. 32:49 I have laid on you a day for each year. " 32:53 So, this is the... 32:55 well, one of the Scriptures that helps us to understand 32:57 that in Bible prophecy, one day equals one year. 33:01 One literal day equals one literal year. 33:04 So, seventy weeks... 33:06 seventy times seven is 490 days 33:10 but in Bible prophecy one day equals one year. 33:13 We're talking about 490 33:15 and it's beautiful how the Bible gives us the answer 33:18 because it even gives us the starting point. 33:21 So, when we begin to count... 33:23 is prophecy good with... 33:25 when you mention amount of days or years 33:27 and you don't have a starting point... 33:29 you're left in the dark still. 33:30 There's 490 years... well, where do you begin? 33:35 And so, this is a marvelous way to study the Bible... 33:40 look for answers 33:41 and so, let's go ahead and go here to the lesson again. 33:46 It says, "Gabriel tells Daniel that 400 years are 'cut off'. 33:51 The literal meaning of the Hebrew word chathak, 33:53 sometimes called "determined" means "cut off". 33:56 And cut off from the prophecy... 33:58 the vision in Daniel chapter 8 verse 14. 34:00 Let's continue the message that the angel gave to him. 34:05 We now move to Daniel chapter 9 verse 25, 34:08 "Know therefore and understand, 34:12 that from the going forth of the command 34:15 to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, 34:20 there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks... " 34:24 this is equal to 69, of course... 34:26 "the street shall be built again... " 34:28 notice the details 34:29 and you're going to hear about that in a moment. 34:31 "The street shall be built again, 34:32 and the wall, even in troublesome times. 34:36 And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, 34:41 but not for Himself; 34:42 and the people of the prince who is to come 34:44 shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. 34:47 The end of it shall be with a flood, 34:49 and till the end of the war desolations are determined. 34:53 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week... " 34:57 and you've heard... this is talking about Christ, 34:59 "but in the middle of the week... " 35:01 in the middle of that seven-year period, 35:03 He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. 35:07 And on the wing of abominations 35:10 shall be one who makes desolate, 35:12 even until the consummation, which is determined, 35:15 is poured out on the desolate. " 35:17 This is really a set up for the rest of the Lesson 35:20 that you will hear starting with Sister Shelley Quinn. 35:22 Shelley: I love this. 35:24 We were saying during our break that 35:26 how we wished we had some graphics 35:28 but there's enough repetition here 35:30 perhaps our words... our feeble words can help you understand. 35:35 I'm Shelley Quinn. 35:36 Wednesday's Lesson is: The Messiah "Cut Off". 35:40 Well, I want to explain for some people who may not realize this. 35:46 There are different methods 35:49 of prophetic interpretation. 35:52 We follow the Historicist Method 35:56 which follows the flow of history 35:59 from antiquity to the end of the world. 36:04 And it's important to know 36:09 that futurists... 36:11 when you were talking about those who are... are cutting off 36:15 the final week and putting it down at the end, 36:19 this was born during the counter reformation 36:24 to try to offset 36:26 the clear finger-pointing 36:30 at the religio-political power. 36:35 So, let's go back here. 36:38 That was probably... 36:40 In Daniel 8:14, 36:42 we've got the 2300-day prophecy 36:46 till the cleansing of the sanctuary... 36:49 2300 years... that's a day for a year. 36:52 Let's read Daniel 9:24, 36:55 "Seventy weeks are determined... " 36:59 they're decreed for whom? 37:02 "For your people... Daniel... " that would be the Jews 37:05 "and your holy city... " Jerusalem... 37:07 "To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, 37:10 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 37:13 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 37:17 to seal up the vision and prophecy, 37:20 and to anoint the Most Holy. " 37:24 So, seventy weeks... seven days in a week... 37:28 that's a 490-day prophecy. 37:32 The literal day for a year... 37:36 it's a 490-year prophecy 37:40 is determined for God's purposes 37:46 to finish the work with the Jewish nation. 37:48 The first 490 years 37:52 of these 2300... if we take it out, 37:57 it's divided into 7 weeks... 62 weeks... 38:02 and a final week. 38:04 Seventy weeks are cut off 38:06 right from the beginning of this 2300-day prophecy 38:12 and set aside for the Jewish nation 38:15 to come into compliance with God's requirements. 38:19 The remaining 1810 years 38:22 are for all nations. 38:24 But I want to make this point. 38:27 These are 70 consecutive weeks. 38:31 There is 7 weeks plus 62 weeks plus the final week. 38:35 You cannot look at a 70-week prophecy 38:39 and as Futurists interpret... 38:42 lock that final week off... 38:45 put it way down here at the end of time... 38:49 then it would be a 69-week prophecy. 38:52 Now, it's a 70-week prophecy. 38:54 Daniel 9:25, "Know therefore and understand, 38:57 that from the going forth of the command 39:00 to restore and rebuild Jerusalem 39:04 until Messiah the Prince, 39:06 there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks... " 39:10 that's 69 of those 70 weeks. 39:12 What's he saying? 39:14 In 69 weeks... 39:17 483 years the Messiah is coming. 39:21 The Jews shouldn't have missed it. 39:25 I'm... this is the most exciting time prophecy in the whole Bible 39:29 that he's saying, from the time that this command goes forth 39:34 to rebuild and establish Jerusalem 39:37 and when you think about that, how do we know when this began? 39:43 There were various decrees that were passed regarding Jerusalem. 39:48 But it was King Artaxerxes' decree 39:53 that's recorded in Ezra 7:13 and 27 39:58 that was issued in the autumn of 457 B.C. 40:03 that fulfills this prophecy 40:06 because not only were they going to be able to return 40:09 to their homeland, 40:11 but they could establish themselves once again 40:13 as a religious community. 40:15 So, from the time of this decree... 40:17 from 457... 40:19 you go forward 7 weeks plus 62 weeks... 40:24 69 weeks times 7... that's 483 years. 40:29 From 457 B.C. 40:33 add 483 and what do you get? 40:38 27 A.D. 40:40 So, what happened in 27 A.D.? 40:44 Jesus was baptized. 40:47 The Messiah was anointed. 40:50 The Holy Spirit came down on Him 40:54 and lit on Him like a dove. 40:56 So, now, what happens to the 70th week? 41:00 It's all part of that... 41:02 7 weeks... 62 weeks plus the final week... 41:05 that's the 70-week prophecy. 41:07 Listen to this, Daniel 9:26, 41:09 "After the sixty-two weeks... " that followed the first 7 weeks, 41:15 so, that would really be at the end of 69 weeks, 41:18 "Messiah shall be cut off, 41:22 but not for Himself... " 41:25 The word there is "karath" it is a covenant word 41:30 and here's what's Strong's Dictionary has defined it, 41:34 to cut off, cut down, fell, 41:36 cut or make a covenant or agreement. 41:40 Messiah... Isaiah 53:8, 41:44 says that He was cut off from the land of the living 41:48 for the transgressions of My people. 41:52 God says, He was stricken. 41:53 Isaiah 53:5 says, "He was wounded for our transgressions, 41:58 He was bruised for our iniquities; 42:01 the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, 42:05 by His stripes we are healed. " 42:08 He was cut off but not for Himself. 42:11 Romans 5:8 says that God demonstrated His love toward us 42:17 in that, while we were yet sinners, 42:19 Jesus died for us. 42:22 The Messiah began His ministry 42:25 in A.D. 27... 42:30 thank you, I'm looking down the reference and I lost it. 42:33 1st Peter 2:24 backs this up. 42:37 He says... he's talking about Jesus, 42:41 he said, "He bore our sins in His own body on the tree, 42:44 that we, having died to sins, 42:47 might live for righteousness... " 42:50 remember, righteousness by faith is not some mythical 42:54 impartment to us... 42:57 it changes us that we live for righteousness 43:00 and then he says, "By whose stripes you were healed. " 43:04 So, Daniel 9:27 says, 43:06 "He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week... " 43:11 so, He arrives... 43:12 A.D. 27 begins His ministry 43:17 but it says... in the middle of the week 43:19 He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. 43:22 How much is the middle of the week? 43:25 If you divide seven into two, it's three and a half years. 43:29 And Jesus was crucified 43:33 three and a half years after He began His ministry. 43:37 So, He was cut off in the middle of the week... 43:42 the old covenant 43:45 sacrificial system ended 43:48 because He was the perfect sacrifice. 43:51 Mark 15:38 says that when He was crucified, 43:54 that the veil in the temple... that thick veil... 43:57 was torn asunder... ripped in two 44:01 from the bottom... 44:02 or excuse me, from the top to the bottom. 44:05 No human hand did that. 44:07 He was cut off at Passover 44:09 exactly when the Jewish High Priest 44:11 was offering the Passover Lamb 44:14 because he is our... 1st Corinthians 5:7, 44:17 Paul calls Christ our Passover Lamb 44:21 who was sacrificed for us. 44:23 Hebrews 13:20 says, 44:25 His blood is the blood of the everlasting covenant. 44:27 But if it was cut off in the middle of the week, 44:30 how could He as Daniel 9:27 say that 44:36 he would confirm a covenant... 44:38 this is the last week of that 70-week prophecy. 44:42 How was he going to confirm it with the Jews... 44:46 the whole 70 weeks... 44:47 if He's cut off in the middle of the week? 44:49 Hebrews 2:3 says, 44:53 "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, 44:57 which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, 45:00 and was confirmed 45:04 to us by those who heard Him. " 45:09 Jesus ministered the first three and a half years for the Jews, 45:13 He was cut off in the middle of the week 45:15 and His apostles and disciples ministered to the Jews 45:20 for the remainder of that week and you know what happened? 45:23 There was the stoning of Stephen, 45:26 Acts 7:59 through 60, 45:30 that happened in A.D. 34. 45:33 Jesus began His ministry... A.D. 27, 45:36 seven years later, 45:38 A.D. 34... Stephen was stoned 45:40 and I think that was probably 45:43 the end of that 70-week prophecy. 45:46 Ryan: I don't "think"... I know. 45:49 Shelley: I know... yeah... yes. 45:51 Ryan: My name is Ryan Day, I have Thursday's Lesson 45:53 entitled: The Year 1844. 45:56 And, you know, I just have to say everything 45:58 that I've heard so far just from the Panel... 46:00 you guys have done an incredible job, 46:01 this is... to break this subject down in less than an hour 46:04 is just incredible 46:06 but, I just have to say this, you know, 46:07 you will never hear this message preached by any other Movement 46:11 other than the Seventh-day Adventist Movement. 46:13 In fact, it was this very message 46:15 that we're studying today 46:16 that ultimately convinced me years and years ago 46:18 that this is God's remnant people, 46:20 this is God's Movement and there's something to this, 46:22 there's some truth to this. 46:24 Just how accurate it was 46:25 and how clear the Word of God was. 46:27 You know, it's... 46:28 it's amazing because when you get into Daniel chapter 8, 46:30 we've talked about this vision... this 2300-year time prophecy. 46:34 But it's interesting 46:35 that while Daniel received much of the meaning of that vision, 46:38 as brought out very clearly from Pastor Dinzey, 46:41 there was a portion of that vision that... 46:43 that Daniel didn't understand. 46:44 Why? Because the later verse of Daniel chapter 8 says, 46:47 "And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; 46:49 afterward, I arose and went about the king's business. 46:52 I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it. " 46:54 Now, understand, 46:56 it wasn't the whole vision that he didn't understand, 46:57 it was only a portion of the vision 46:59 and it's interesting that in Daniel 8, 47:00 you have two different words 47:02 that is written in the original language for the word "vision," 47:05 you have "Chazon" 47:06 which is talking about the overall vision in itself 47:08 and the portion that Daniel received understanding for 47:11 but then when you get down here to this latter verse here 47:13 and it's used a few times here in the previous verses 47:15 in the latter portion of Daniel chapter 8, 47:17 but it says here, talking about, 47:18 "I was astonished by the vision and no one understood it... " 47:21 it's the word "Mar'ah" in the original Hebrew 47:24 and it's interesting that when you get into chapter 9, 47:27 and Gabriel shows up... 47:28 Gabriel shows up and notice what it says in verse 23, 47:31 it says, "At the beginning of your supplications 47:33 the command went out, 47:35 and I have come to you... 47:36 for you are greatly beloved; 47:38 therefore... " speaking to Daniel he says, 47:39 'consider the matter, and understand the mar'ah. ' " 47:43 It was the portion of the vision before. 47:45 I only brought that out because 47:47 so many of my brothers and sisters in Christ 47:49 from other Denominations have said for years 47:52 trying to combat this Adventist interpretation 47:54 or Adventist Movement's understanding of this and say, 47:57 "Ah, you know, Daniel chapter 8 and Daniel chapter 9 47:59 have nothing to do with each other, 48:00 there's no connection... " 48:02 and that's how it leads them to take the 70 weeks... 48:03 that last week... chop it off... 48:05 send it down at the end of time 48:07 and apply all the glory to some false backward Antichrist... 48:10 a System which, again, eclipses and robs Jesus Christ 48:14 of His glory 48:15 which only... it belongs to... 48:17 according to this particular vision. 48:18 I only said all of that because we just learned 48:21 all the way through here that the 490 years 48:23 obviously, the 70-weeks' time prophecy 48:25 was a probationary time period 48:27 given to the children of Israel to kind of clean up their act, 48:30 to get it together 48:31 as God's last effort to win them over 48:33 and to use them as His champions... 48:35 His beacon of light to the rest of the world 48:37 to... to... to take the gospel to the world 48:40 and let them be His special peculiar people. 48:42 But, of course, as a nation, they failed 48:44 and we just learned that they murdered their last prophet 48:47 in 34 A.D. when they stoned Stephen. 48:50 Therefore, sealing up that probationary time period... 48:53 even Jesus Christ called it before Him 48:55 when He told the leaders of Israel... the Sanhedrin... 48:57 He said, "Look... O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 48:59 how often I wanted to gather you 49:00 as a hen has gathered her chicks under her wings 49:03 but you were not willing. " 49:04 He says, "Therefore your house is left to you desolate. " 49:07 And Daniel chapter 9 in the 70 weeks... 49:10 it clearly tells of that desolate time period 49:13 that comes as a result of the Nation of Israel 49:15 rejecting Jesus Christ as Messiah. 49:18 But all of that said, we're talking about the year 1844, 49:22 how do we get there? 49:23 Well, we just learned that in 457 B.C., 49:26 according to the command to restore and build Jerusalem, 49:28 we're talking about a complete restoration of Jerusalem, 49:31 we're not talking about just a... a decree... 49:32 there were two or three decrees given by Cyrus and Artaxerxes 49:35 to go... or Nehemiah to go finish building the city 49:38 or to go finish or start the rebuilding of the temple, 49:41 but there's only one decree 49:42 as we saw there in Ezra chapter 7, 49:44 that clearly brings about a... 49:46 a decree to bring out a restoration 49:49 of the Statehood of Jerusalem. 49:51 In other words, to establish government... 49:52 to establish magistrates 49:54 and to bring back that independent statehood 49:57 that was taken away from them by Nebuchadnezzar 49:59 seven years before. 50:01 And so, what we're seeing here from 457 onward, 50:04 he's got to do some simple Math. 50:05 If we count from 457 and you just add 2300 years to that, 50:10 considering that period of the year between 1 B.C. and 1 A.D., 50:13 you clearly get to the year 1844 50:17 and that's what we're kind of picking up here. 50:18 I don't want to so much focus in on the Math of that 50:22 because the Math is simple... the Math is incredible... 50:24 the Math is clear. 50:25 Something happened in 457... 50:27 something has to happen in 1844 50:30 because God is not the author of confusion. 50:32 He isn't going to give us 2300 years prophetically, 50:35 of course, bringing out a literal 2300-year time period 50:38 and then something not occur in the year 1844 50:41 as specified in Scripture. 50:43 So, when we study this in-depth, we find 50:46 that this is all within the context 50:48 of the cleansing of the sanctuary. 50:50 Remember, Daniel chapter 8 verse 14, 50:52 what did it say? 50:54 "Unto 2300 days... " or in this case, years... 50:57 "then... then the sanctuary shall be cleansed. " 51:01 In other words, at the end of this 2300-year time period, 51:05 will be the beginning of judgment. 51:07 Daniel understood... 51:08 Daniel the Prophet... 51:10 he understood what that cleansing of the sanctuary meant. 51:11 If you were within the Jewish culture, 51:13 you understood that the cleansing of the sanctuary 51:15 meant a time of judgment 51:17 and so, simply by understanding that, 51:19 they knew that judgment began 51:21 but the only thing Daniel didn't understand 51:22 by the end of Daniel 8 was: When does this thing begin 51:25 so that we can learn when the judgment begins 51:27 which is at the end of this 2300 years. 51:31 It's no doubt 1844... the year 1844. 51:34 But what I want to spend the rest of my time on 51:36 is talking about the significance 51:37 of what actually is happening 51:39 and the significance of what began in 1844 51:43 and what does it mean for us today? 51:44 When you go to Leviticus chapter 16, 51:47 of course, we know this is within the context 51:49 of the Day of Atonement. 51:51 The judgment day for Israel was the Day of Atonement. 51:54 It was the holiest day out of the year. 51:56 359 days out of the 360-year biblical time period, 52:01 or biblical year, 52:02 359 days... the blood... 52:04 that sinful blood... or the blood of the animal 52:07 or the blood of the lamb is coming in... in... in 52:09 and it is just flooding that sanctuary 52:11 because the people are coming in... 52:13 they're confessing their sins... 52:14 they're doing the requirements of the sacrificial system. 52:17 But then there came that holy day... 52:19 the Day of Atonement... 52:20 Yom Kippur which meant 52:22 it's... to be at-one-with-God 52:24 in which God is going to deal with the sin record. 52:26 He's going to bring atonement 52:28 and He's going to bring a time of judgment 52:30 for those, of course, everyone 52:32 either passing from judgment into life 52:34 as we find there in Luke chapter ah... ah... John chapter 5 52:37 in which, if you brought your sins into the sanctuary, 52:40 you have nothing to worry about. 52:41 You simply just humble yourself before the Lord 52:44 and guess what? 52:45 You know that the blood for the Lamb has covered you. 52:48 But if you did not send your sins into the sanctuary, 52:51 if you did not humble yourself, 52:52 any of those other days to confess your sins, 52:55 and to go through the sacrificial requirements 52:57 in order for your sins to be forgiven, 52:59 then you had a fearful looking for judgment on this day. 53:02 Now, I'm not going to read all of the Leviticus 16 53:05 because there's a lot to consider there, 53:06 but what ultimately happened on this day 53:08 is the High Priest only would take bull for himself 53:11 and for his household 53:13 he would offer it as a sin offering 53:14 and only by that could he appear into... 53:17 pass the bull into the Most Holy Place of the... 53:19 of the... of the sanctuary. 53:20 He would sprinkle some of that blood 53:22 upon the Mercy Seat, 53:23 therefore cleansing himself and his household. 53:26 But now he has to take a goat and there were two goats 53:29 and he would cast lots 53:30 and whichever the lot fell for the Lord, 53:33 he would take that particular goat and he would... 53:35 the goat would be slain on behalf of all of Israel's sins 53:39 that have been brought into the sanctuary during that year 53:42 and the blood of that goat would be again 53:44 taken by the High Priest only... past the veil... 53:47 into the Most Holy Place 53:49 and sprinkled upon the Mercy Seat 53:51 thus signifying 53:52 that all of the sins that have been brought to the Lord 53:55 and had been humbled and brought to appear before the Lord, 53:57 in the Sanctuary all that year... 53:59 all of those people who had done that... 54:01 that record now is being placed before the Lord 54:04 and God is going to do His cleansing atoning work 54:06 in dealing with that record of sin, 54:08 and... and cleansing it once and for all 54:10 for all the sins that hadn't been brought in, 54:13 and, of course, we can talk about the scapegoat another time. 54:15 But the point we're getting at is, 54:16 this was the day of judgment. 54:18 Once that work had been begun 54:20 and once the... the Holy Place had been cleansed, 54:24 this was an atoning work for them. 54:26 In fact, Leviticus 16 verse 16 says, 54:29 "So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place... " 54:31 which we mentioned... 54:33 because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, 54:35 and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; 54:38 so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting 54:40 which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. " 54:44 But when you get down to Leviticus 16 verses 29 and 30, 54:47 also, notice what it says, 54:48 "This shall be a statute forever for you: 54:51 In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, 54:52 you shall afflict your souls... " 54:54 everyone was supposed to humble themselves... 54:56 they would pray toward the sanctuary, 54:58 recognizing that they were sinners 55:00 and Lord, only you can deal with this sin... 55:02 only you can search me... 55:03 the affliction of the soul... 55:04 a deep, deep, deep spiritual inventory 55:07 in which a person would humble themselves to God 55:09 and say, "Lord, show me my sin 55:11 so that I may give it to you. " 55:12 And then he goes on to say, 55:14 "and do no work at all, 55:15 whether a native of your own country or a stranger. 55:18 For on this day the priest shall make atonement for you, 55:21 to cleanse you, 55:22 that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD." 55:26 Now, how does this equate to the year 1844? 55:29 In 1844, while many of the Millerites had missed the point 55:32 in thinking the sanctuary was the cleansing of the earth by fire 55:36 and the return of Jesus, 55:37 Jesus was indeed moving not to come to this earth 55:40 but He went from the Holy Place just like the High Priest did 55:44 from the... on the Day of Atonement 55:45 from the Holy Place into the Most Holy Place, 55:47 and Jesus Christ began the work of judgment 55:50 in the Father's presence 55:51 taking him and his sins and the blood that He had shed for us 55:54 and He had pleaded... 55:56 He had laid it down before the Lord 55:57 as the full atoning sacrifice for everyone, 56:00 and thus, since the year 1844 all the way to now 56:04 according to Revelation 14 verse 6, 56:06 we have been living in what the Bible calls 56:08 God's judgment hour. 56:10 Panel: Amen, amen. 56:11 Rafferty: Thank you, Ryan, Shelley, John, John... 56:14 we've got a couple of minutes for some closing thoughts. 56:16 Lomacang: The focal point of the entire topic 56:19 we've been covering today, the cleansing of the sanctuary, 56:21 to me boils down to John 1:29. 56:25 If you miss... you can miss all the days 56:27 but behold the Lamb of God 56:30 that takes away the sin of the world. 56:32 When you find Christ, 56:33 that prophecy finds significance. 56:35 Don't apply it to the Antichrist. 56:38 It belongs to the Christ. 56:39 Dinzey: Amen, amen 56:41 and I encourage you to consider what Jesus has done for you 56:45 and continues to do in the holy sanctuary place... 56:48 in the Most Holy Sanctuary in heaven. 56:51 He is ministering in our behalf. 56:53 Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... 56:55 Shelley: In the middle of the week... 56:56 Messiah was cut off in the middle of the 70th week, 56:59 not for Himself... for this purpose... 57:02 1st Peter 1:18, 57:05 "to redeem us not by corruptible things, 57:09 like silver or gold, 57:11 but with the blood... 57:13 the precious blood of Jesus 57:17 as a Lamb without spot or blemish. " 57:19 Ryan: Amen, as we learned in a previous lesson, 57:22 we don't have anything to worry about. 57:24 This judgment is not bad news, it's great news 57:26 because Jesus is both... 57:28 He's both our Advocate and Judge. 57:30 And the Bible says if you believe on the Father 57:32 and believe on Him, 57:33 then you will pass from judgment into life. 57:36 Rafferty: Amen and that's why the cleansing of the sanctuary 57:40 is the everlasting gospel. 57:42 It is good news 57:43 and we're so glad that you have joined us 57:45 as we study this good news 57:47 in Revelation's three cosmic messages. 57:50 We're going to continue to study this theme. 57:52 Our next Lesson is Lesson Number 7 57:54 and it's entitled: 57:55 Worshipping the Creator. 57:57 That's part of the three angels' messages: 57:59 the three cosmic messages. 58:00 So, be sure and tune in next time 58:02 as we continue to study this important message. |
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