1 00:00:29,859 --> 00:00:30,819 Chapter 9, verse 20. 2 00:00:34,899 --> 00:00:39,099 And while I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and 3 00:00:39,099 --> 00:00:43,779 the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before 4 00:00:43,779 --> 00:00:48,539 the Lord my God, for the holy mountain of my God, yea, whilst I 5 00:00:48,539 --> 00:00:52,179 was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen 6 00:00:52,179 --> 00:00:56,059 in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly, swiftly 7 00:00:56,059 --> 00:00:59,699 touched me about the time of the evening oblation, the evening 8 00:00:59,699 --> 00:01:00,339 sacrifice. 9 00:01:01,179 --> 00:01:05,459 And he informed me and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am 10 00:01:05,459 --> 00:01:08,139 now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. 11 00:01:08,539 --> 00:01:11,539 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came 12 00:01:11,539 --> 00:01:16,539 forth, and I am come to shew thee, for thou art greatly beloved. 13 00:01:17,019 --> 00:01:19,739 Therefore understand the matter and consider the vision. 14 00:01:20,459 --> 00:01:25,099 70 weeks are determined upon thy people and upon the holy city 15 00:01:25,579 --> 00:01:30,499 to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to 16 00:01:30,499 --> 00:01:34,939 make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in an everlasting 17 00:01:34,939 --> 00:01:40,859 righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophesy, and to anoint 18 00:01:40,939 --> 00:01:42,939 the Most High, the Most Holy. 19 00:01:43,099 --> 00:01:44,138 Verse 25. 20 00:01:44,779 --> 00:01:48,579 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the 21 00:01:48,579 --> 00:01:53,619 commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, 22 00:01:53,619 --> 00:01:58,229 the prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks 23 00:01:58,949 --> 00:02:02,829 the street shall be built again, and the wall, talking about 24 00:02:02,829 --> 00:02:05,109 the wall of Jerusalem, even in troublous times. 25 00:02:06,709 --> 00:02:11,269 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but 26 00:02:11,269 --> 00:02:12,308 not for himself. 27 00:02:13,029 --> 00:02:16,829 And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the 28 00:02:16,829 --> 00:02:22,589 city, and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a flood, 29 00:02:22,589 --> 00:02:25,829 and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 30 00:02:26,159 --> 00:02:26,959 Verse 27. 31 00:02:28,079 --> 00:02:31,119 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week. 32 00:02:32,399 --> 00:02:35,559 Speaking of the Antichrist here in the midst of the week, he 33 00:02:35,559 --> 00:02:38,719 shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. 34 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,359 And for the overspreading of the abominations he shall make it 35 00:02:43,359 --> 00:02:46,399 desolate even until the consummation. 36 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:51,359 And that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. 37 00:02:51,999 --> 00:02:52,439 Let's pray. 38 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:54,719 Heavenly Father again bless the reading of your word. 39 00:02:54,879 --> 00:02:57,439 We do pray tonight that you would make this very clear. 40 00:02:57,679 --> 00:03:01,999 And Lord, again I can teach, but your Holy Spirit gives understanding. 41 00:03:01,999 --> 00:03:05,239 And I pray God that you'd open our eyes, help us to understand marvelous 42 00:03:05,239 --> 00:03:06,239 things out of thy words. 43 00:03:06,479 --> 00:03:07,519 In Jesus name. 44 00:03:07,839 --> 00:03:08,479 Amen. 45 00:03:09,039 --> 00:03:12,879 The theme of Daniel is God rules in the affairs of man. 46 00:03:12,879 --> 00:03:17,399 And it's so appropriate right now to be reminded over and over 47 00:03:17,399 --> 00:03:18,329 and over again that. 48 00:03:18,399 --> 00:03:21,599 That it's God who puts kings in place, it's God who takes kings 49 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:24,719 down, it's God who puts presidents in place, It's God who 50 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:25,679 puts them down. 51 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,119 God's in control. 52 00:03:27,199 --> 00:03:29,679 He rules in the affairs of men. 53 00:03:30,239 --> 00:03:34,999 In chapter nine, the timeframe is one year into the rule of the 54 00:03:34,999 --> 00:03:35,999 Medo Persian empire. 55 00:03:35,999 --> 00:03:40,879 So now the Babylonian empire has passed Belshazzar, you know, 56 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:45,649 the Medo Persian empire enter Babylon, the city of Babylon under 57 00:03:45,729 --> 00:03:46,369 the wall. 58 00:03:47,169 --> 00:03:50,769 They diverted the Euphrates river, went under the wall and defeated 59 00:03:51,249 --> 00:03:51,889 Babylon. 60 00:03:51,889 --> 00:03:58,049 So now the Medo Persian empire is now is ruling. 61 00:03:58,609 --> 00:04:02,129 This chapter nine is a key chapter to understanding the big 62 00:04:02,129 --> 00:04:04,129 picture of God's prophetic calendar. 63 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:09,169 Again, it gives you the overview of God's prophetic calendar. 64 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:12,569 It gives us a time frame in which the Lord is going to prepare 65 00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:17,769 Israel as a nation to finally accept Jesus as the Messiah. 66 00:04:18,249 --> 00:04:18,609 Again. 67 00:04:18,609 --> 00:04:24,649 The first time Christ came and was born and lived and died, the 68 00:04:24,649 --> 00:04:29,049 Jews rejected as a nation, rejected Jesus as their Messiah. 69 00:04:29,689 --> 00:04:31,209 I was reminded this afternoon too. 70 00:04:31,448 --> 00:04:32,649 Remember the names now. 71 00:04:32,649 --> 00:04:40,009 Jesus means Savior, Lord means boss, Christ means Messiah. 72 00:04:40,249 --> 00:04:45,099 So when we say Jesus Christ, Jesus Savior, Christ, the Messiah. 73 00:04:45,499 --> 00:04:49,819 So one day they rejected him the first time the Jews did as a 74 00:04:49,819 --> 00:04:50,059 nation. 75 00:04:50,139 --> 00:04:52,379 But one day they will accept him as the Messiah. 76 00:04:52,619 --> 00:04:56,899 One day they will accept him as the Christ, the long awaited one, 77 00:04:56,899 --> 00:04:58,219 the one, the Messiah. 78 00:04:58,859 --> 00:05:02,619 And so that's what we see in this chapter, this time frame which 79 00:05:02,619 --> 00:05:03,579 will transpire. 80 00:05:04,699 --> 00:05:09,019 We preached last Sunday night about the first 19 verses and again 81 00:05:09,019 --> 00:05:10,019 the first two verses. 82 00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:12,979 Daniel is studying and he is pondering. 83 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,619 He's reading the book of Jeremiah. 84 00:05:14,619 --> 00:05:17,579 He's reading Jeremiah's prophecies concerning the seventy 85 00:05:17,579 --> 00:05:18,699 years of captivity. 86 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:23,139 We find that in Jeremiah chapter 29:4 through 10, where Jeremiah 87 00:05:23,139 --> 00:05:27,219 prophesies concerning the seventy years that the Jews would 88 00:05:27,219 --> 00:05:28,059 go into captivity. 89 00:05:28,059 --> 00:05:31,819 Remember the prophets in Jerusalem were saying and in Babylon 90 00:05:31,819 --> 00:05:34,659 were saying, oh no, the captivity is going to be for a short 91 00:05:34,659 --> 00:05:35,019 time. 92 00:05:36,059 --> 00:05:38,699 But they were false prophets. 93 00:05:39,419 --> 00:05:41,979 And Jeremiah comes along and says, no, you might as well go ahead 94 00:05:41,979 --> 00:05:45,579 and build houses, might as well go ahead and plant your vineyards 95 00:05:45,579 --> 00:05:48,139 and plant your crops because you're going to be there a while. 96 00:05:48,859 --> 00:05:50,939 You're going to be there 70 years. 97 00:05:52,699 --> 00:05:54,299 They didn't like Jeremiah for that. 98 00:05:55,339 --> 00:05:59,379 They persecuted him, threw him in a hole and so many other things 99 00:05:59,379 --> 00:06:00,539 they did to Jeremiah. 100 00:06:02,299 --> 00:06:06,459 But Daniel was reading that and he could see and because of his 101 00:06:06,459 --> 00:06:10,539 understanding as he was studying this particular prophecy, 102 00:06:10,539 --> 00:06:14,059 that that time was either it was either up here in our chapter 103 00:06:14,059 --> 00:06:15,419 or it was about to end. 104 00:06:15,419 --> 00:06:18,659 So that 70 years was about to end, or maybe it had already ended. 105 00:06:20,579 --> 00:06:21,659 He's also pondering. 106 00:06:21,659 --> 00:06:22,899 The Bible says other books. 107 00:06:22,899 --> 00:06:26,739 No doubt he would been pondering and studying Isaiah and 108 00:06:26,739 --> 00:06:31,059 over 100 years before the captivity, over 100 years before 109 00:06:31,379 --> 00:06:31,739 the. 110 00:06:31,739 --> 00:06:36,099 I'm sorry, before the return of the remnant back to Jerusalem, 111 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:40,069 Isaiah prophesied concerning the Medo Persian empire that Cyrus 112 00:06:40,069 --> 00:06:42,709 would be the one who would allow the children of Israel to return 113 00:06:43,109 --> 00:06:45,589 and rebuild Jerusalem. 114 00:06:45,749 --> 00:06:52,069 Cyrus gave his name over 100 years before he would make that proclamation. 115 00:06:52,069 --> 00:06:52,669 It's amazing. 116 00:06:52,669 --> 00:06:57,029 I have, in my opinion, and I'm, you know, hardly ever right, 117 00:06:57,029 --> 00:07:01,549 but now in this instance, I think Daniel went into Cyrus and 118 00:07:01,549 --> 00:07:05,139 said, hey, Daniel would have been in his 80s, went into Cyrus, 119 00:07:05,139 --> 00:07:06,299 said, hey, you're in our book. 120 00:07:08,699 --> 00:07:09,579 It's amazing. 121 00:07:13,259 --> 00:07:16,859 And then chapter three through 19, or chapter verses three through 122 00:07:16,859 --> 00:07:23,699 19, we see Daniel's model prayer as he prays for Israel, as 123 00:07:23,699 --> 00:07:27,779 he prays for his country, as he prays for his nation, as he prays 124 00:07:27,779 --> 00:07:30,179 for God's people, as he asks. 125 00:07:30,419 --> 00:07:35,139 Again, we see in this model prayer that he speaks about the attributes 126 00:07:35,139 --> 00:07:39,059 of God and how great and powerful God is, all knowing. 127 00:07:39,939 --> 00:07:41,539 And he mentions many things. 128 00:07:41,539 --> 00:07:42,939 He praises God for who he is. 129 00:07:42,939 --> 00:07:48,019 And I encourage you when you are praying that you start your prayer 130 00:07:48,099 --> 00:07:50,019 by thanking and praising the Lord. 131 00:07:50,339 --> 00:07:54,179 Take a little time to praise him and thank him for what he's done. 132 00:07:56,029 --> 00:07:59,789 The model prayer again of Daniel and then repent. 133 00:08:00,349 --> 00:08:03,469 He prayed for and repented of his sins. 134 00:08:03,949 --> 00:08:05,629 He included himself in there. 135 00:08:06,109 --> 00:08:08,189 And for the sins of the nation. 136 00:08:08,349 --> 00:08:11,549 And again, as we pray, we ought to repent of our sins. 137 00:08:12,589 --> 00:08:14,429 Notice sins, plural. 138 00:08:15,389 --> 00:08:19,149 So, yes, you know, you could pray that, lord, forgive me for my 139 00:08:19,149 --> 00:08:19,549 sin. 140 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:23,319 But the Bible, the model is that you should pray for your sins 141 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:25,319 and repent of your sins individually. 142 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:27,359 And you say, I can't remember all those. 143 00:08:27,359 --> 00:08:29,319 Well, ask the Holy Spirit to help you. 144 00:08:29,559 --> 00:08:33,159 When Daniel said, lord, you know, search me, try me, know my 145 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:38,239 heart and ask for his help in remembering those things in which 146 00:08:38,239 --> 00:08:38,679 you have done. 147 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:39,999 And he prayed for himself. 148 00:08:39,999 --> 00:08:40,879 He prayed for his nation. 149 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:42,679 Boy, we need to pray for our nation, don't we? 150 00:08:43,879 --> 00:08:44,519 What a mess. 151 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,559 Again, as we say, what a mess. 152 00:08:48,119 --> 00:08:51,439 But we also say, still the greatest nation on the face of the 153 00:08:51,439 --> 00:08:53,719 planet, still the greatest nation in the world. 154 00:08:54,599 --> 00:08:58,159 But pray for our nation, pray for our leaders, but repentant, and 155 00:08:58,159 --> 00:09:00,439 then ask again. 156 00:09:00,519 --> 00:09:03,479 When you are praying, pray means to ask. 157 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,439 So prayer should involve some asking. 158 00:09:06,919 --> 00:09:11,319 So pray for others, ask for others, and then pray for yourself. 159 00:09:11,319 --> 00:09:15,539 It's not wrong to ask for yourself as well and certainly encourage 160 00:09:15,539 --> 00:09:16,459 you to pray for others first. 161 00:09:16,459 --> 00:09:18,339 It'd kind of be kind of weird, you know, don't. 162 00:09:18,339 --> 00:09:23,259 Yeah, do it the other way and then yield Yield to the will of God. 163 00:09:23,339 --> 00:09:26,539 God, whatever you, this is in your hands. 164 00:09:27,579 --> 00:09:28,339 And yield. 165 00:09:28,339 --> 00:09:29,899 So that's the acrostic. 166 00:09:29,899 --> 00:09:31,499 Pray P R A Y. 167 00:09:31,499 --> 00:09:34,139 Praise, repent, ask and yield. 168 00:09:34,459 --> 00:09:36,219 Maybe you learned it as acts. 169 00:09:36,939 --> 00:09:41,829 So the acrostic acts, acknowledgement of Christ and his 170 00:09:41,829 --> 00:09:42,909 God and his attributes. 171 00:09:42,909 --> 00:09:45,389 Confess your sins and supplication. 172 00:09:45,389 --> 00:09:49,349 Supplication means to beseech or beg and then thanksgiving. 173 00:09:49,349 --> 00:09:51,469 So there's your model prayer. 174 00:09:51,469 --> 00:09:52,229 Encourage you. 175 00:09:52,469 --> 00:09:54,629 We ought to be people of prayer. 176 00:09:54,949 --> 00:09:57,029 And then tonight, Daniel 70 weeks. 177 00:09:58,309 --> 00:09:59,109 70 weeks. 178 00:09:59,109 --> 00:10:03,069 First thing I want to address is because I know you're asking the 179 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:06,149 question, why does it say weeks instead of years? 180 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:11,159 And is there anywhere else in the scriptures where it uses weeks 181 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:11,679 for years? 182 00:10:11,759 --> 00:10:15,839 And that is found in Genesis 29 also a couple other places, but 183 00:10:15,839 --> 00:10:18,639 Genesis 29, you're very familiar with this story. 184 00:10:19,039 --> 00:10:27,879 When Jacob left Isaac's house, fled, you know, Esau, his older brother, 185 00:10:27,879 --> 00:10:29,119 was threatening to kill him. 186 00:10:29,359 --> 00:10:32,159 He took off and he went to what, Uncle Laban's house. 187 00:10:32,649 --> 00:10:39,289 At Uncle Laban's house, he met a girl, by the way, he was 75 years 188 00:10:39,289 --> 00:10:40,969 old when he left his house. 189 00:10:41,769 --> 00:10:47,569 When he left his home, 75 year old, you know, shows up at Laban's 190 00:10:47,569 --> 00:10:47,849 house. 191 00:10:50,009 --> 00:10:53,689 So much more I could say he wants to marry Rachel. 192 00:10:54,649 --> 00:10:56,009 He ends up with Aaliyah. 193 00:10:57,209 --> 00:11:02,829 But the conversation between him and Uncle Laban after he was 194 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:08,589 tricked into marrying Leah, it says this in Genesis 29. 195 00:11:09,309 --> 00:11:12,589 And verse 27, he says Laban's. 196 00:11:12,589 --> 00:11:13,349 Look at verse 26. 197 00:11:13,349 --> 00:11:16,309 And Laban said, it must not be so done in our country to give the 198 00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:18,029 younger before the firstborn. 199 00:11:18,109 --> 00:11:21,389 He's saying, the reason why I gave you Leah is because the firstborn 200 00:11:21,389 --> 00:11:24,989 has to be married first before this, before the next one in line 201 00:11:27,499 --> 00:11:29,579 27 fulfill her. 202 00:11:29,899 --> 00:11:30,819 Notice what it says. 203 00:11:30,819 --> 00:11:31,259 Weak. 204 00:11:32,059 --> 00:11:36,219 And we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt 205 00:11:36,219 --> 00:11:37,539 serve with me. 206 00:11:37,539 --> 00:11:39,299 Yet seven other years. 207 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:42,659 So it actually gives you not only the seven weeks, but then it 208 00:11:42,659 --> 00:11:45,899 gives you the definition of that which is seven years, everybody. 209 00:11:46,219 --> 00:11:50,619 So if you're just listening, understand that when we talk about 210 00:11:50,619 --> 00:11:51,599 this being the. 211 00:11:51,749 --> 00:11:53,509 These weeks being years, it's not. 212 00:11:53,669 --> 00:11:55,749 It's found in other places in the Bible. 213 00:11:56,309 --> 00:12:02,309 And so we're not creating something that, you know, are contriving 214 00:12:02,469 --> 00:12:04,669 the numbers to make this work. 215 00:12:04,669 --> 00:12:05,189 It is. 216 00:12:05,509 --> 00:12:07,589 It's amazing how the numbers work. 217 00:12:08,309 --> 00:12:12,709 Again, this prophecy is proof that Daniel was not written. 218 00:12:13,189 --> 00:12:14,069 Not written. 219 00:12:14,149 --> 00:12:15,549 Not written in the 6th century. 220 00:12:15,549 --> 00:12:18,159 That's what liberals believe, but because they want to. 221 00:12:18,319 --> 00:12:21,999 I'm sorry that the book of Daniel was not written in the second 222 00:12:21,999 --> 00:12:22,399 century. 223 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:26,399 It was not written, you know, at the time in which the prophecies 224 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:26,839 happened. 225 00:12:26,839 --> 00:12:29,199 No, no, it was written in the 6th century. 226 00:12:29,599 --> 00:12:32,119 It was written, you know, when Daniel was alive. 227 00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:33,199 Daniel wrote the book. 228 00:12:34,079 --> 00:12:35,279 It's the book of Daniel. 229 00:12:37,199 --> 00:12:37,999 I'll move on. 230 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:41,919 Daniel 70 weeks. 231 00:12:43,529 --> 00:12:50,169 We see here in our verses that the prophecy was an answer to prayer. 232 00:12:50,649 --> 00:12:54,809 And Gabriel arrives on the scene in response to Daniel's prayer. 233 00:12:55,049 --> 00:12:56,369 I'm glad God answers prayer. 234 00:12:56,369 --> 00:12:56,889 Amen. 235 00:12:58,089 --> 00:13:02,489 And Gabriel gives Daniel an amazing revelation, a divine revelation. 236 00:13:04,249 --> 00:13:08,809 And then we see in verse 24, he gives the reasons for the 70 weeks. 237 00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:11,309 He gives the details of the seasons. 238 00:13:11,709 --> 00:13:14,749 That again, that this would be 490 years. 239 00:13:14,749 --> 00:13:16,509 It would be divided into three parts. 240 00:13:16,909 --> 00:13:19,309 Seven, 343 and seven. 241 00:13:19,469 --> 00:13:20,349 So seven years. 242 00:13:20,589 --> 00:13:21,789 343 years. 243 00:13:21,789 --> 00:13:22,589 And seven years. 244 00:13:22,589 --> 00:13:23,229 Seven weeks. 245 00:13:24,029 --> 00:13:26,989 And then he tells of the treason that have occurred by the 246 00:13:26,989 --> 00:13:31,069 Antichrist in the middle of the last seven years or the last 247 00:13:31,549 --> 00:13:32,269 seven weeks. 248 00:13:33,469 --> 00:13:36,349 The first of the 483 years have been fulfilled. 249 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:39,129 The seven are yet to be fulfilled. 250 00:13:39,689 --> 00:13:41,289 It begins shortly after. 251 00:13:41,369 --> 00:13:43,769 By the way, the seventh week begins shortly. 252 00:13:43,769 --> 00:13:47,289 Or with the Rapture taking place. 253 00:13:49,369 --> 00:13:50,449 Now look at your chart. 254 00:13:50,449 --> 00:13:51,689 We can put it up on the screen. 255 00:13:56,089 --> 00:13:57,689 It's in color up on the screen. 256 00:13:58,889 --> 00:14:00,049 70 weeks of Daniel. 257 00:14:00,049 --> 00:14:01,289 So there's your top of the chart. 258 00:14:01,369 --> 00:14:02,569 Notice the next line. 259 00:14:02,649 --> 00:14:07,999 70 weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city. 260 00:14:08,479 --> 00:14:12,159 This is a prophecy concerning the Jews. 261 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:14,559 Understand that? 262 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:18,479 Then we see the sixfold objective. 263 00:14:18,639 --> 00:14:20,319 We just read that in verse 24. 264 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:21,919 Why is it being written? 265 00:14:22,079 --> 00:14:26,319 In order that to finish the transgression, make an end of sins, 266 00:14:26,479 --> 00:14:28,639 make reconciliation of iniquity. 267 00:14:28,879 --> 00:14:30,559 That has already happened. 268 00:14:30,799 --> 00:14:31,999 Jesus Christ came. 269 00:14:32,239 --> 00:14:37,529 He lived, he died, he rose again and again to reconcile sin, 270 00:14:37,529 --> 00:14:38,689 to reconcile us. 271 00:14:39,569 --> 00:14:41,489 The last three have not happened yet. 272 00:14:41,489 --> 00:14:43,009 Bring in everlasting righteousness. 273 00:14:43,009 --> 00:14:44,129 Look forward to that, aren't you? 274 00:14:44,529 --> 00:14:46,449 When he reigns as King of kings and Lord of Lords. 275 00:14:46,449 --> 00:14:48,529 To seal up the vision and the prophecy. 276 00:14:49,249 --> 00:14:50,648 To stop the vision and prophecy. 277 00:14:50,648 --> 00:14:52,289 To anoint the Most Holy. 278 00:14:53,009 --> 00:14:54,449 To anoint the Most Holy. 279 00:14:54,609 --> 00:14:58,289 And these are the three reasons for the prophecy. 280 00:14:59,489 --> 00:15:03,019 Notice as you look down the next line. 281 00:15:03,339 --> 00:15:05,579 March 14th, 445 B.C. 282 00:15:05,579 --> 00:15:07,979 to April 6th A.D. 32. 283 00:15:08,459 --> 00:15:12,699 Again, the first section is the seven weeks or 49 years. 284 00:15:13,099 --> 00:15:14,539 So now go downward. 285 00:15:15,339 --> 00:15:16,059 Seven weeks. 286 00:15:16,139 --> 00:15:17,019 49 years. 287 00:15:17,178 --> 00:15:17,539 Right. 288 00:15:17,539 --> 00:15:19,499 Because seven weeks is 49 years. 289 00:15:20,059 --> 00:15:24,899 And he prophesies concerning the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. 290 00:15:24,899 --> 00:15:26,059 In troubleless times. 291 00:15:26,869 --> 00:15:27,669 In troublesome. 292 00:15:27,749 --> 00:15:28,669 That has happened. 293 00:15:28,669 --> 00:15:29,749 That's in verse 25. 294 00:15:30,869 --> 00:15:33,509 That prophecy has been fulfilled. 295 00:15:33,669 --> 00:15:36,549 And that happened with the decree of Artaxerxes to Nehemiah 296 00:15:36,549 --> 00:15:37,749 and Nehemiah, chapter two. 297 00:15:37,989 --> 00:15:40,629 It's also the beginning. 298 00:15:40,869 --> 00:15:45,469 Again we think about the Babylon, when Babylon came in in 299 00:15:45,469 --> 00:15:46,069 606. 300 00:15:46,069 --> 00:15:47,269 It gives you that down bottom. 301 00:15:47,589 --> 00:15:51,509 606 BC we have the times of the Gentiles begins. 302 00:15:52,479 --> 00:15:55,479 And then we have this fullness of the times of the Gentiles. 303 00:15:55,479 --> 00:15:58,679 We'll discuss that here in a moment as we come to the end. 304 00:15:58,679 --> 00:16:00,159 And when Messiah is cut off. 305 00:16:00,239 --> 00:16:03,439 So again, that first section. 306 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:06,999 The prophecy concerning troublous times in which Jerusalem 307 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:08,239 would be rebuilt. 308 00:16:08,239 --> 00:16:09,679 And was that not the case? 309 00:16:10,799 --> 00:16:13,599 I mentioned this morning about Sanballat and Tobiah. 310 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:16,719 I mentioned this morning about the priests and leaders. 311 00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:20,019 You know, as Nehemiah is trying to do this great work. 312 00:16:20,499 --> 00:16:26,619 There are priests, literally priests drilling holes in the bottom 313 00:16:26,619 --> 00:16:27,299 of the boat. 314 00:16:27,939 --> 00:16:31,779 So he had to contend with the enemy from without and the enemy 315 00:16:32,099 --> 00:16:32,659 from within. 316 00:16:32,739 --> 00:16:34,819 And this troubleous times. 317 00:16:36,979 --> 00:16:41,379 And then we have the 62 weeks, 434 years. 318 00:16:42,339 --> 00:16:48,619 So after the completion of the walls, we have this again, 62 weeks. 319 00:16:48,779 --> 00:16:52,939 Israel is under Medo, Persian empire, then Grecian, then Syria, 320 00:16:52,939 --> 00:16:54,939 and then roman authority. 321 00:16:55,259 --> 00:16:56,979 Verse 25 and 26. 322 00:16:56,979 --> 00:16:58,139 I'm going to go back and read those. 323 00:16:58,139 --> 00:16:58,859 You ready? 324 00:16:59,019 --> 00:16:59,819 Look with me. 325 00:17:01,579 --> 00:17:04,579 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the 326 00:17:04,579 --> 00:17:07,779 commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah, 327 00:17:07,779 --> 00:17:11,099 the Prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks. 328 00:17:11,579 --> 00:17:16,299 All right, so that's 434 years or the weeks, 62 weeks. 329 00:17:16,699 --> 00:17:19,459 A street shall be built again, the street shall be built again, 330 00:17:19,459 --> 00:17:21,259 and the wall even in troublesome times. 331 00:17:21,339 --> 00:17:24,339 Speaking of the walls of Jerusalem. 332 00:17:24,339 --> 00:17:27,499 And after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off. 333 00:17:27,819 --> 00:17:31,739 For not for himself, but for the prince shall come, shall destroy 334 00:17:31,739 --> 00:17:32,139 the city. 335 00:17:32,219 --> 00:17:33,019 I'll stop there. 336 00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:41,879 And so we see in verses 25 and 26 again we have the temple being 337 00:17:41,879 --> 00:17:42,559 destroyed. 338 00:17:42,799 --> 00:17:44,879 It speaks of Messiah being cut off. 339 00:17:45,279 --> 00:17:46,839 And we won't go through Daniel chapter 11. 340 00:17:46,839 --> 00:17:47,839 We're going to cover that later. 341 00:17:50,079 --> 00:17:56,159 All that to say the first seven weeks, 62 weeks. 342 00:17:56,879 --> 00:18:00,479 You have the prophecy concerning the rebuilding of Jerusalem. 343 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:06,529 You have the prophecy concerning the destruction of the 344 00:18:06,529 --> 00:18:07,049 temple. 345 00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:10,809 We know that happened in 70 A.D. right? 346 00:18:11,369 --> 00:18:12,809 That happened, destroyed. 347 00:18:14,089 --> 00:18:16,489 And we have Messiah being cut off. 348 00:18:17,849 --> 00:18:19,529 In other words, Jesus Christ dying. 349 00:18:21,529 --> 00:18:22,969 Look at your dates up there again. 350 00:18:22,969 --> 00:18:27,609 March 14, 445 BC to April 6 AD 32. 351 00:18:28,649 --> 00:18:31,209 You can literally mark it down. 352 00:18:32,379 --> 00:18:36,619 When the decree happened for the children of Israel to rebuild 353 00:18:36,619 --> 00:18:41,819 the walls to the time that Messiah was cut off to the day. 354 00:18:44,699 --> 00:18:51,819 Now you know why Zechariah Zechariah in the New Testament, there 355 00:18:51,819 --> 00:18:52,539 in the temple. 356 00:18:54,059 --> 00:18:57,739 Why there was a remnant in the New Testament looking for the Messiah. 357 00:18:59,009 --> 00:19:01,889 It was not just that they had always been looking for the Messiah. 358 00:19:02,929 --> 00:19:06,809 They had prophecies that showed them that the Messiah was 359 00:19:06,809 --> 00:19:07,409 soon to come. 360 00:19:10,209 --> 00:19:11,169 Very evident. 361 00:19:11,809 --> 00:19:13,009 Messiah was soon to come. 362 00:19:13,649 --> 00:19:17,849 Wonder why the Pharisees and Sadducees asked the question, are 363 00:19:17,849 --> 00:19:19,009 you to John the Baptist? 364 00:19:19,009 --> 00:19:19,969 Are you the Messiah? 365 00:19:22,609 --> 00:19:24,729 They had the dates. 366 00:19:25,689 --> 00:19:26,649 Isn't that amazing? 367 00:19:28,889 --> 00:19:30,249 Very precise dates. 368 00:19:32,569 --> 00:19:33,689 Only God could do that. 369 00:19:36,889 --> 00:19:38,169 Only the Lord could do that. 370 00:19:41,689 --> 00:19:43,529 Israel still being used of God. 371 00:19:43,529 --> 00:19:45,649 That next line down at the bottom. 372 00:19:45,649 --> 00:19:49,169 Israel still being used of God as God's instrument of communication 373 00:19:49,169 --> 00:19:51,529 to the world via miracles, Scripture and providence. 374 00:19:51,529 --> 00:19:56,109 So you still had Israel being used of God in those times until 375 00:19:56,349 --> 00:19:57,509 Messiah was cut off. 376 00:19:57,509 --> 00:20:02,909 Until Christ began and started the church and we began the church 377 00:20:02,909 --> 00:20:03,229 age. 378 00:20:03,309 --> 00:20:06,629 So let's think again about prophecy. 379 00:20:06,629 --> 00:20:10,469 When the prophets are prophesying, they do not see the 380 00:20:10,469 --> 00:20:11,149 church age. 381 00:20:11,309 --> 00:20:15,989 So when Isaiah's prophesying or Jeremiah is prophesying and they're 382 00:20:15,989 --> 00:20:18,449 prophesying concerning the end times, they. 383 00:20:18,679 --> 00:20:23,559 They see the cross, they see Messiah being born. 384 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:29,239 They see him coming the first time, but then what they see next, 385 00:20:29,319 --> 00:20:32,919 if you think of that, the cross being on a mountain and the 386 00:20:32,919 --> 00:20:37,799 church ages in a valley, the next mountain is Christ's second 387 00:20:37,879 --> 00:20:38,279 coming. 388 00:20:38,599 --> 00:20:40,599 And that's at the battle of Armageddon. 389 00:20:41,639 --> 00:20:43,959 That's what the prophets in the Old Testament saw. 390 00:20:44,929 --> 00:20:46,689 They did not see the church age. 391 00:20:47,969 --> 00:20:50,689 They did not see this age of grace that we're now living in. 392 00:20:51,169 --> 00:20:54,209 They did not see the fullness of the time of the Gentiles. 393 00:20:55,809 --> 00:20:57,649 They saw the mountaintop. 394 00:20:58,769 --> 00:21:02,329 So keep that in mind as you're reading prophecy, that they did not 395 00:21:02,329 --> 00:21:03,729 see the church age. 396 00:21:04,449 --> 00:21:06,489 They did not see this age of grace. 397 00:21:06,489 --> 00:21:10,529 So again, the church started by Christ during his public ministry. 398 00:21:11,019 --> 00:21:13,019 The church age began on Pentecost. 399 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:17,019 So again, Jesus began and started the church in his ministry. 400 00:21:17,499 --> 00:21:23,539 He's the one who chose out of them the twelve apostles in Luke 401 00:21:23,539 --> 00:21:24,299 chapter six. 402 00:21:24,539 --> 00:21:25,619 What is the out of them? 403 00:21:25,619 --> 00:21:27,499 That was the church already established. 404 00:21:28,299 --> 00:21:32,979 Corinthians tells us that he placed in the church first apostles. 405 00:21:32,979 --> 00:21:35,459 Well, how can you place something in something that doesn't 406 00:21:35,459 --> 00:21:35,819 exist? 407 00:21:36,299 --> 00:21:40,299 So the church was in existence before the day of Pentecost, before 408 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:41,219 Acts, chapter two. 409 00:21:41,219 --> 00:21:43,899 I know some of y' all because I just always hammer this. 410 00:21:45,419 --> 00:21:47,419 There is so many doctrines that hang on this. 411 00:21:47,419 --> 00:21:51,979 In fact, one of those big doctrines is Brother Huckabee is 412 00:21:51,979 --> 00:21:53,419 dealing with right now in Uganda. 413 00:21:57,019 --> 00:21:59,459 Everybody wants to put Birthday candles in Acts chapter 414 00:21:59,459 --> 00:21:59,619 two. 415 00:21:59,619 --> 00:22:00,619 That's when the church began. 416 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:03,939 And the speaking in tongues and the Holy Ghost coming down and 417 00:22:03,939 --> 00:22:04,499 all those things. 418 00:22:04,499 --> 00:22:06,619 Listen, that is not when the church started. 419 00:22:09,589 --> 00:22:15,029 The baptism of the Holy Spirit was God endorsing the church. 420 00:22:15,989 --> 00:22:19,309 So the church began in the Gospels, but it was empowered on 421 00:22:19,309 --> 00:22:20,229 the day of Pentecost. 422 00:22:21,749 --> 00:22:27,109 And thus we have the age, a church age beginning in Acts chapter 423 00:22:27,109 --> 00:22:27,429 two. 424 00:22:27,909 --> 00:22:32,349 And Israel is temporarily, temporarily, temporarily, temporarily. 425 00:22:32,349 --> 00:22:39,869 Set aside as a chief instrument the fullness of the times 426 00:22:39,869 --> 00:22:40,749 of the Gentiles. 427 00:22:42,349 --> 00:22:47,069 Just as a side Note, Romans chapter 9 teaches us Israel's past, 428 00:22:47,549 --> 00:22:49,309 or how God dealt with Israel in the past. 429 00:22:49,389 --> 00:22:54,589 Romans chapter 10 deals with how God is dealing with the nation 430 00:22:54,589 --> 00:22:55,469 of Israel now. 431 00:22:55,789 --> 00:22:59,349 And then Romans chapter 11 is how God's going to deal with them 432 00:22:59,349 --> 00:22:59,869 in the future. 433 00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:03,959 They're still God's chosen people. 434 00:23:03,959 --> 00:23:07,519 Or why would Paul write about them In Romans chapter 11 of God 435 00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:08,959 dealing with them anyway? 436 00:23:08,959 --> 00:23:10,919 Just trying to hammer that home. 437 00:23:14,439 --> 00:23:19,559 The church age, this gap that the prophets did not see. 438 00:23:21,719 --> 00:23:23,399 I'm thankful I live in the church age. 439 00:23:26,129 --> 00:23:27,649 I'm glad I live in the age of grace. 440 00:23:27,649 --> 00:23:29,729 As we've said, as we're studying the book of Joshua, how 441 00:23:29,729 --> 00:23:31,889 would you have liked to live under the Old Testament covenant 442 00:23:32,529 --> 00:23:33,729 and the Old Testament law? 443 00:23:36,609 --> 00:23:37,569 No, no, we have it. 444 00:23:37,569 --> 00:23:41,089 That's why Paul said in Corinthians, we have it far better. 445 00:23:41,249 --> 00:23:44,769 He said the Old Testament was glorious, but the New Testament is 446 00:23:44,849 --> 00:23:46,129 much more glorious. 447 00:23:46,129 --> 00:23:49,449 In fact, so glorious that the Old Testament had no glory. 448 00:23:49,449 --> 00:23:53,499 He kind of goes back and forth, man, I'm glad I live in the 449 00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:54,059 church age. 450 00:23:58,699 --> 00:23:59,899 God's been so good. 451 00:24:03,419 --> 00:24:04,939 Then we have one week to come. 452 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:11,739 We have the rapture of the church age. 453 00:24:11,899 --> 00:24:14,459 Saints again. 454 00:24:14,539 --> 00:24:18,059 All the saved will be raptured. 455 00:24:19,369 --> 00:24:21,129 We are not Baptist writers. 456 00:24:23,849 --> 00:24:28,249 Another one I don't get, all the saved will be raptured. 457 00:24:30,009 --> 00:24:31,969 I'm telling them Baptist writers are going to get to heaven 458 00:24:31,969 --> 00:24:32,329 and go. 459 00:24:33,129 --> 00:24:36,049 And they're going to be talking to some Methodist and go, 460 00:24:36,049 --> 00:24:36,809 how did you get here? 461 00:24:39,289 --> 00:24:40,969 You know, I accepted Christ as my savior. 462 00:24:40,969 --> 00:24:44,669 You know, there's a whole group of Methodist churches over 463 00:24:44,669 --> 00:24:46,869 in the Alabama region that believe like we do. 464 00:24:47,509 --> 00:24:50,869 When I first came to Haslip, the Methodist church downtown was 465 00:24:50,869 --> 00:24:51,509 downtown. 466 00:24:51,669 --> 00:24:54,949 And the pastor of that church graduated from Southwestern Theological 467 00:24:54,949 --> 00:24:55,509 Seminary. 468 00:24:55,669 --> 00:24:57,429 At the time, that was his pastor. 469 00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:59,749 He believed salvation by grace through faith. 470 00:24:59,749 --> 00:25:01,669 He was pastor of that church for 11 years. 471 00:25:02,309 --> 00:25:03,909 So I'm telling you, we're going to get to heaven one day and 472 00:25:03,909 --> 00:25:06,949 we're going to go, oh, there's other People here besides the Baptists, 473 00:25:07,029 --> 00:25:08,749 surprise, surprise, surprise. 474 00:25:08,749 --> 00:25:11,519 Okay, that was for Ms. Cindy, but she didn't get it. 475 00:25:14,309 --> 00:25:15,509 Gomer Powell, nobody. 476 00:25:17,589 --> 00:25:18,549 It was a good one. 477 00:25:19,829 --> 00:25:20,629 It's terrible. 478 00:25:21,589 --> 00:25:22,469 Let's go home. 479 00:25:24,069 --> 00:25:26,469 Seven years left on the prophetical calendar. 480 00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:29,749 This break of time, the church age is that break of time. 481 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:33,149 In that last week, the seven years that are left, the Antichrist 482 00:25:33,149 --> 00:25:34,229 confirms the covenant. 483 00:25:34,549 --> 00:25:38,909 And again this last week, he confirms the covenant with Israel. 484 00:25:38,989 --> 00:25:43,069 Now, that means, as he does this, that the temple has to be there. 485 00:25:44,029 --> 00:25:46,349 That's why there's many other places that refer to this, too. 486 00:25:46,349 --> 00:25:51,229 But in these times, either as the Tribulation begins or before 487 00:25:51,229 --> 00:25:55,109 it starts, there is going to be something that takes place on 488 00:25:55,109 --> 00:25:56,189 the Temple Mount. 489 00:25:56,989 --> 00:26:00,229 Either the temple's going to be in preparation of being rebuilt 490 00:26:00,229 --> 00:26:04,149 or in the process of being built, or maybe even they go back 491 00:26:04,149 --> 00:26:06,599 to the tabernacle type situation. 492 00:26:06,919 --> 00:26:10,919 But in order for the end time, in order for this last seven weeks 493 00:26:10,919 --> 00:26:12,999 to take place, the temple has to be in place. 494 00:26:13,959 --> 00:26:18,439 By the way, that proves that the tribulation hasn't happened yet. 495 00:26:19,719 --> 00:26:20,519 And those who. 496 00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:23,119 I was talking to somebody the other day who believes that the trouble 497 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,159 that the tribulation has already happened. 498 00:26:30,439 --> 00:26:31,679 When was that temple built? 499 00:26:31,679 --> 00:26:32,439 I'd like to know. 500 00:26:32,859 --> 00:26:36,059 And I hate to be flippant about it, because people really are 501 00:26:36,059 --> 00:26:37,819 sincere when they believe that stuff. 502 00:26:37,899 --> 00:26:40,059 But they're believing that stuff, believing a lie. 503 00:26:41,259 --> 00:26:42,619 There's no temple yet. 504 00:26:42,859 --> 00:26:46,659 The temple will need to either again, be in the process or whatever. 505 00:26:46,659 --> 00:26:49,699 And I've said it before, and I believe this, that maybe we'll see 506 00:26:49,699 --> 00:26:51,299 the foundation laid before the Rapture. 507 00:26:51,299 --> 00:26:54,819 But I'm telling you, when they began to put that temple up, or they 508 00:26:54,819 --> 00:26:56,779 began, maybe it is the tent. 509 00:26:56,779 --> 00:26:57,259 Look up. 510 00:26:57,259 --> 00:26:58,539 Your Redeemer draws nigh. 511 00:26:59,879 --> 00:27:01,239 Because some things are about to happen. 512 00:27:02,919 --> 00:27:07,079 Because in the middle of that week, so he confirms the Antichrist, 513 00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:09,079 confirms the covenant with Israel. 514 00:27:09,159 --> 00:27:11,999 But in the midst of that week, in the midst of those seven years, 515 00:27:11,999 --> 00:27:14,279 and we've already mentioned this, three and a half years into 516 00:27:14,279 --> 00:27:19,319 it, the Antichrist turns on the Jews, goes into the temple and 517 00:27:19,319 --> 00:27:27,129 makes himself God, blasphemes the temple, blasphemes God defiles 518 00:27:27,129 --> 00:27:31,489 the temple and begins a great persecution upon the Jews, by the 519 00:27:31,489 --> 00:27:35,929 way, and Christians, you have this three and a half years of peace 520 00:27:35,929 --> 00:27:36,809 at the first of the. 521 00:27:36,809 --> 00:27:39,289 Of the great Tribulation, and then the last three and a half years, 522 00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:46,969 it is something as God also is dealing with the Jews at the same 523 00:27:46,969 --> 00:27:50,489 time with all the plagues that take place during the tribulation 524 00:27:52,419 --> 00:27:53,299 getting their attention. 525 00:27:54,259 --> 00:27:56,259 By the way, all those plagues that take care of the tribulation, 526 00:27:56,419 --> 00:28:00,139 that take place in the Tribulation is the same message that 527 00:28:00,139 --> 00:28:02,259 was the plagues that were sent to Egypt. 528 00:28:02,739 --> 00:28:03,619 I am God. 529 00:28:04,339 --> 00:28:07,019 There is none else, man. 530 00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:08,419 He's going to shorten the day. 531 00:28:09,699 --> 00:28:10,939 You just can't do that. 532 00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:12,419 I mean, only God can do that. 533 00:28:13,219 --> 00:28:15,939 And he's going to shorten the day because it's going to be so hot 534 00:28:16,979 --> 00:28:21,049 that he's going to have mercy on those upon the earth and shorten 535 00:28:21,049 --> 00:28:21,649 the day. 536 00:28:24,929 --> 00:28:25,889 It's awesome. 537 00:28:26,849 --> 00:28:29,409 Our God is big again. 538 00:28:29,409 --> 00:28:31,689 That first three and a half years and you see the chart. 539 00:28:31,689 --> 00:28:35,489 False peace, allowing the Jews to resume temple worship, but then 540 00:28:35,489 --> 00:28:39,729 again the defilement of the temple, him setting himself up as 541 00:28:39,729 --> 00:28:40,129 God. 542 00:28:40,369 --> 00:28:42,849 And then there's multiple worldwide judgments. 543 00:28:42,849 --> 00:28:45,329 Jewish remnant is ultimately saved. 544 00:28:46,369 --> 00:28:47,729 There will be a Jewish remnant. 545 00:28:47,889 --> 00:28:53,649 There will be 144,000 Jewish evangelists during the tribulation, 546 00:28:53,729 --> 00:28:55,009 winning people to Jesus. 547 00:28:56,849 --> 00:28:59,609 There are going to be millions of people that get saved during the 548 00:28:59,609 --> 00:29:02,369 great Tribulation that will come through the tribulation. 549 00:29:03,329 --> 00:29:04,929 Who will make it out on the other side. 550 00:29:05,409 --> 00:29:08,809 When the Bible says that we as Christian saints, we as saints will 551 00:29:08,809 --> 00:29:10,049 rule and reign with Him. 552 00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:12,969 We're going to be ruling and reigning over those who come through 553 00:29:12,969 --> 00:29:13,569 the tribulation. 554 00:29:15,649 --> 00:29:16,649 I want Bowie, Texas. 555 00:29:16,649 --> 00:29:17,489 Can I have that one? 556 00:29:18,449 --> 00:29:19,129 I just do. 557 00:29:19,129 --> 00:29:22,929 I want to live about four or five miles out in the middle of a 558 00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:25,969 bunch of post oak trees with a pond in my backyard. 559 00:29:27,729 --> 00:29:31,329 You know, I won't be too selfish, you know, 45 acres, something 560 00:29:31,329 --> 00:29:32,129 like that maybe. 561 00:29:35,169 --> 00:29:37,809 Again, this last week is called the time of Jacob's trouble. 562 00:29:38,929 --> 00:29:40,769 You can go read some of these references later. 563 00:29:41,009 --> 00:29:43,249 Jeremiah, chapter 30, verses 4 through 17. 564 00:29:43,819 --> 00:29:45,099 Look at the very bottom of the chart. 565 00:29:45,659 --> 00:29:48,139 Speaks of the times of the Gentiles again. 566 00:29:48,379 --> 00:29:54,299 It began with the domination again, the capture and the captivity 567 00:29:54,299 --> 00:29:58,499 in 606 BC and continues through the great tribulation in 568 00:29:58,499 --> 00:29:59,259 Luke 21. 569 00:29:59,259 --> 00:30:01,219 So we are now in the times of the Gentiles. 570 00:30:01,219 --> 00:30:05,779 From the time that Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and came in and 571 00:30:05,779 --> 00:30:09,549 captured Jerusalem to the time that Jesus Christ will sell, set 572 00:30:09,549 --> 00:30:15,109 foot on Mount Olives and destroy the Antichrist and destroy 573 00:30:15,109 --> 00:30:17,749 all the armies that have gathered in the valley of Megiddo. 574 00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:22,069 We are in the times of the Gentiles. 575 00:30:25,749 --> 00:30:31,149 But one day the Jew will be put back in their perspective spot. 576 00:30:31,149 --> 00:30:37,679 God has not ceased his love for his, for his people. 577 00:30:38,479 --> 00:30:40,399 They are still the apple of his eye. 578 00:30:41,359 --> 00:30:44,479 And God will be using them again in a great way. 579 00:30:46,079 --> 00:30:46,879 If you Turn over. 580 00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:48,559 And we're not going to go through this chart. 581 00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:51,519 But if you turn that chart over, you have some more information. 582 00:30:51,679 --> 00:30:56,399 There's some math that needs to be done that maybe somebody has 583 00:30:56,399 --> 00:30:58,399 said, pointed out to you whether you know the math that's 584 00:30:58,399 --> 00:30:59,639 at work on Daniel 70 weeks. 585 00:30:59,639 --> 00:31:03,089 And brother Stewart gives you that math and it has to do with the 586 00:31:03,169 --> 00:31:05,369 number of days of the calendar, the Jewish calendar being 587 00:31:05,369 --> 00:31:08,769 360 days rather than our calendar and so forth. 588 00:31:10,209 --> 00:31:13,969 And again, it gives you more information as to the church, age 589 00:31:14,209 --> 00:31:16,009 and those things. 590 00:31:16,009 --> 00:31:20,529 So hope that chart will be a blessing to you and understanding 591 00:31:20,529 --> 00:31:21,209 and we'll cover. 592 00:31:21,209 --> 00:31:24,569 I've told you we're going to cover the Rapture again here before 593 00:31:24,569 --> 00:31:25,649 the end of the year. 594 00:31:26,929 --> 00:31:34,019 So in conclusion, there's seven years left and it's coming 595 00:31:34,019 --> 00:31:34,419 soon. 596 00:31:36,179 --> 00:31:40,899 In the times of Jesus, his disciples spoke of being in the last 597 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:41,299 days. 598 00:31:42,739 --> 00:31:44,179 You get that comment from time to time. 599 00:31:44,179 --> 00:31:46,579 Well, you know, where is the promise of his coming? 600 00:31:46,579 --> 00:31:50,099 The Bible even mentions that, you know, as doubters and those who 601 00:31:50,339 --> 00:31:52,739 don't believe that Jesus is coming again, listen, he's coming 602 00:31:52,739 --> 00:31:53,059 again. 603 00:31:55,149 --> 00:31:56,909 And we live in the last of the last days. 604 00:31:58,749 --> 00:32:01,629 All prophecy has been fulfilled that needs to be fulfilled 605 00:32:01,629 --> 00:32:02,749 in order for Jesus to return. 606 00:32:04,349 --> 00:32:06,549 There are some of these prophecies that maybe we'll get to 607 00:32:06,549 --> 00:32:07,389 see a glimpse of. 608 00:32:07,709 --> 00:32:10,149 Maybe we do get to see a little bit of the foundation of the 609 00:32:10,149 --> 00:32:11,469 temple or something like that done. 610 00:32:11,469 --> 00:32:15,949 Or maybe the battle of Gog and Magog happens before the great tribulation. 611 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:20,429 But one day the fullness of the Gentiles will be over. 612 00:32:21,759 --> 00:32:23,199 The Jews will come back into focus. 613 00:32:23,279 --> 00:32:27,279 God's distinct people, God's chosen people that have been temporarily 614 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:27,999 set aside. 615 00:32:29,199 --> 00:32:33,159 It's amazing again how the headlines always include that little 616 00:32:33,159 --> 00:32:35,039 bitty tiny nation of Israel. 617 00:32:35,919 --> 00:32:37,999 One of the proofs that the Bible is true. 618 00:32:41,199 --> 00:32:43,919 Why, why this little nation's always in the news. 619 00:32:47,529 --> 00:32:48,969 We need to be ready for his return. 620 00:32:49,769 --> 00:32:51,529 We need to live in light of eternity. 621 00:32:52,729 --> 00:32:55,289 And I love that the Bible calls it the blessed hope. 622 00:32:56,889 --> 00:33:01,369 And we can look at it and go, man, listen, it is the hope. 623 00:33:01,929 --> 00:33:03,049 It is our hope. 624 00:33:03,689 --> 00:33:05,049 It is our blessed hope. 625 00:33:06,249 --> 00:33:08,649 One day we'll no longer have to endure what's going on here. 626 00:33:09,449 --> 00:33:13,699 We'll be caught up, will be raptured up. 627 00:33:14,739 --> 00:33:16,739 And while we're being raptured up, we'll be changed. 628 00:33:16,739 --> 00:33:20,859 In the moment twinkling of nine, when we see Jesus, we will 629 00:33:20,859 --> 00:33:21,939 be as he is. 630 00:33:23,459 --> 00:33:25,459 That glorified body doesn't hurt. 631 00:33:26,179 --> 00:33:31,499 That glorified body doesn't have, doesn't die that glorified 632 00:33:31,499 --> 00:33:36,259 body can still eat I'm thankful for that the glorified body 633 00:33:39,229 --> 00:33:43,989 what an amazing, amazing, amazing time it'll be it could be 634 00:33:43,989 --> 00:33:49,309 today that's the hope, the blessed hope let's all stand, have 635 00:33:49,309 --> 00:33:50,429 verse invitation tonight.