Bible Prophecy & The Last Days: Knowing the Times | Pastor Harley Doneburg | December 28, 2025

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Hey there! Is today your first time here? Or

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maybe your first time in a while? If so, maybe

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you're wondering exactly who we are and what

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this church is all about. Well, we'd like you

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to know that we're a group of ordinary people

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who are on an amazing journey together following

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Christ. Our guide is the Bible because it's the

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divinely inspired Word of God and it will never

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take us in the wrong direction. Along the way,

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we hope you'll see that we are welcoming and

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spiritually passionate. and that getting to know

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you is a big deal to us. We know that the road

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is rough sometimes, but we'll work really hard

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to bring you practical and relevant messages

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to equip and encourage you through life's ups

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and downs. We want you to know that we care about

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this community, and we believe that it's our

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job to make it a better place. So no matter who

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you are or where you've been, we're glad you're

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here with us today, and we hope that you'll join

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us on our journey, following Christ and living

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out His plan for us. So welcome to church. We're

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currently taking a break in the book of Acts.

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Obviously, last week was Christmas. This week

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and next week, we're going to actually take the

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next couple weeks to talk a little bit about

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Bible prophecy. We're going to detour from the

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book of Acts and just do a little refresher,

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a little reminder what the Bible says, talks

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about the future, and the future matters because

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it's how we live in the present. Knowing the

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future, that's why we have the future. That's

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why all the way from the Old Testament, And even

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in the New Testament, it points to future events.

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Bible prophecy. I'm not going to do it because

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I got little bookmarks in my Bible. But if you

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mark your Bible and take about a third of it

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and hold it up, that's how much of the Bible

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is prophetic. About a third of your Bible is

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prophetic. Some people say if you take your Bible

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and put your finger in Acts chapter 2, And then

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go to Revelation chapter 19. Hold that little

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thin portion up. That's the church. And everything

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else you see, especially before Acts, that's

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Israel. How important Israel is in the prophetic

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scheme and what God's doing with Israel. The

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sons of Issachar, it says, and I am going to

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pray. Hopefully I remember to pray. Not that

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I haven't prayed. But the sons of Issachar. In

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1 Chronicles, it talks about this group of men,

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small group of men, that were there when David

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took the throne. And it says that these men,

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these sons of Issachar, they knew the signs of

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the times. And it said for this very reason that

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Israel would know what to do. Why should we know

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the days we're living in? I think it's very important.

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Jesus pointed to these days. And why? Because

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we need to know what to do, how to live in these

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days, how to act, how to behave. What should

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we be doing? How should we live as a church and

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as a people of God? So we'll pray really quick

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here. Lord, we're thankful for your word. We're

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thankful, God, that we have it. We have instruction.

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We know the future. We know what's coming. We

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have a lot of the detail of it. And so I pray

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for this morning, Lord, that distractions, confusion,

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God, that this would be clear, Lord, and that

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it would cause us and motivate our hearts, Lord,

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to action, to know what we should do in these

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last days that we're living, Lord, in your name.

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Amen. When you talk about the last days, if you

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would, and you don't have to turn to every scripture.

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If you want to, if you want to keep your fingers

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moving, you can. I'm going to reference a bunch

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of scriptures. I'll read them. to keep us moving,

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because I want to get us finally to Matthew chapter

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24. We're going to be in Daniel. We're actually

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going to be in Matthew 24 just for a second.

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But if you would, turn to Acts chapter 2 with

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me for a second. I want to clarify what the last

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days are, that we should know that the last days

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began at a certain point in history. The day

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of Pentecost. As people are there celebrating

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Pentecost, they hear what's taking place. The

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church speaking in other tongues, in another

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tongue. And Peter in verse 17 defends what's

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happening and explains to them what's taking

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place. In these latter days. And this marks the

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beginning of the last days. It's a prophecy of

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Joel. Just so you have this in your mind. Hopefully

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this isn't confusing. I might jump back into

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the book of Acts if this gets too confusing for

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next week. But I want to take a couple weeks

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and to explain some things. A reminder to some

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of us. It says this in verse 16. Peter explains,

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this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel.

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And then he says this, it shall come to pass

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in the last days. That's important. In the last

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days, says God, I will pour out my spirit on

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all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall

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prophesy. Your young men shall see visions. Your

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old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants

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and on my maidservants, I'll pour out my spirit

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in those days and they shall prophesy. So that's

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what's taking place in the last days. And then

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he continues in verse 19. This is important in

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terms of the gifts of the Spirit. Because that's

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a controversy in the church. He says this. And

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then he jumped fast forwards from these days,

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the days of Pentecost, where the church is birthed

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there. And then he begins to speak of the tribulation.

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So this is going to happen right up until the

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tribulation. He says, and I will show wonders

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in heaven above and signs in earth beneath. Blood,

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fire, vapor of smoke, the sun shall be turned

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into darkness, the moon into blood, before the

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coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

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That's the second coming, Revelation chapter

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19. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls

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upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So

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when you look at the book of Revelation, chapter

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1, those are the things, you know, Jesus gives

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John an outline. He says, write down the things

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that you see, the things that are, and the things

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that are gonna be, that will come to pass, right?

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And the things that he saw was chapter one of

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Revelation, this vision and view of heaven and

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Jesus Christ. Chapters two and three are the

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things that are. That's the church age. That's

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the seven letters to the churches. And the things

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that shall be, and then, Chapters 4 and 5, it

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says that John was caught up in the heaven. And

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the church isn't mentioned anymore from chapters

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6 to chapter 19. Why? John's in heaven with the

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church, and he has this vision of the throne

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room where the saints are. And he sees the lamb

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slain from before the foundations of the world.

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So chapters 2 and 3, it's the church age. The

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last church age is Laodicea, this church that's

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lukewarm. Like they come to church, they don't

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care. Church gets raptured. Chapter 4, John is

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caught up into heaven. And then chapters 6 through

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19, the church is not mentioned. That's the tribulation

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period. It's the tribulation and the great tribulation.

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That seven -year period, it's... Daniel's 70th

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week. It's the time of Jacob's trouble. We're

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going to actually look at the book of Daniel

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today, explain some of that. And then, you know,

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chapters 20, the millennial reign, judgment comes,

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Revelation 20, new heaven and new earth, 21.

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And so the book of Revelation, very important.

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And why do we need to know this? Why do we know

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the end days? Because it says in the last days,

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in the end, the final days, those last days that

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I believe we're living in, and because something

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very special happened, Israel becomes a nation

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again, and that's God's super sign. That's the

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super sign to the world, that God's still on

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the throne. He's not done with this nation. It's

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something that... that many, many scholars thought

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it can't happen. And they replaced, you hear

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of it, replacement theology, that the church

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has replaced Israel because what they didn't

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believe and couldn't believe is that Israel would

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become a nation again. So for a long time, part

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of the church, some of the church, respected

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men in the church and teachers, some of the forefathers

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thought, There's no way Israel can become a nation

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again, but it's the super sign of the last days

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of the end times. And we have that on us. Matthew

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chapter 24 says this as a warning. Jesus inserts

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this as a warning as he tells the disciples.

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He answers a question, what will be the sign

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of your coming and the end of the age? What's

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it going to be? And Jesus, he doesn't say, don't

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worry about it. You don't need to know that.

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It's unimportant. You just got to learn how to

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behave well and have faith. And he says, no,

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you need to know this. And then he begins to

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tell them what these signs will be of his coming,

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the end of the age, the age of man, the destruction

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specifically of the temple. But he says this

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in verse 45 of Matthew 24. Who then is a faithful

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and wise servant whom his master made ruler over

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his household to give them food in due season?

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And blessed is that servant whom his master,

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when he comes back, will find doing so. What?

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Taking care of his master's good. Assuredly,

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I say to you that he will make him ruler over

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all his goods. But if that evil servant says

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in his heart, My master's delaying his coming

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and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat

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and drink with the drunkards. The master of that

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servant will come on a day when he's not looking

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for him. And at an hour when he's not aware of,

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and he will cut him in two and appoint his portion

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with the hypocrites. And there shall be weeping

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and gnashing of teeth. Kind of important to be

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watchful. Why? Because our hearts slip away from

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God. We drift. Peter says this. You can write

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this down. You don't have to turn there. 2 Peter

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chapter 3. He says, Beloved, I now write to you

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this second epistle, in both of which I stir

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up your minds by way of a reminder. that you

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might be mindful of the words which were spoken

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by the holy prophets and of the commandment of

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us and the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing

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this first, that scoffers will come in the last

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days, walking according to their own lusts. And

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this is what they're going to say, because it's

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being said for 2 ,000 years. And this will be

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an earmark of something going on that infiltrates

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the church and infiltrates people. They're going

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to say, where is the promise of his coming? They

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heard of it. They knew it. They were taught it.

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But they couldn't hold on. Where is the promise

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of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep,

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all things continue as they were from the beginning

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of creation. And for this, they're willingly

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forget that by the word of God, the heavens were

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of old and the earth standing out of the water

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and in the water by which the world then existed,

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perished, being flooded with water. And he talks

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about a global flood, which was God's judgment

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on the world. Because of what? Because their

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hearts grew cold. And we're going to look at

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those days. That's one of the signs of the end

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that Jesus gives. In Matthew 24, Luke 21, or

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Luke 19, I think. The days of Noah and the days

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of Lot. A time when God judged globally the earth.

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What did it look like? Why did he come and judge

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the earth? Well, Jesus said, you need to know

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the days of Noah. And we're going to look at

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that next week. But you need to know the days

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of Noah so you know the time of the end, the

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last days, the last of the last days, the end,

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as Jesus says he's going to return. And the days

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of Lot, why did Sodom and Gomorrah get judged?

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You need to know those times and know those days.

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It's important, right? So the Bible says this.

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Ignorance, we use that word, we throw the word

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around, they're ignorant, they're ignorant, they're

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ignorant. And it can be used in place of other

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words. But ignorance just means a lack of information.

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You guys understand that, right? Ignorance means

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to not know, to not have the full knowledge.

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People are ignorant. It's not... The worst thing

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in the world to not know you don't know what

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you don't know, right? Until you get that information.

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In the Bible, the New Testament is clear specifically

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about four things that the church is most ignorant

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of, that it is most controversial in the church.

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The Bible, the New Testament is clear on four

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things I'm going to talk about, two things we're

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going to discuss here today and next week. The

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first thing is Paul says, I don't want you to

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be ignorant. This is 2 Corinthians chapter 12

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concerning spiritual gifts. And one of the most

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controversial things in the church today and

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for years is spiritual gifts. And the Corinthian

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church was misusing gifts, spiritual gifts in

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church service and at different times. So Paul

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comes and corrects them. He doesn't say they're

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not important. What he says is, I don't want

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you to be ignorant of spiritual gifts. And then

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Paul gives this dissertation, chapters 12, 13,

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14 of 1 Corinthians, Romans chapter 12. He expounds

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on gifts of the Spirit, Ephesians chapter 4.

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Paul talks about gifts of the Spirit, why they're

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important. But we're called not to be ignorant.

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You need the information. You need the information.

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The second thing is, and I'll turn there and

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read it to you. You don't have to. It's Romans

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10, which rolls into another area that the church

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is ignorant and controversial in. But Romans

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chapter 10 says this in verse 1. Brethren, my

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heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is

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that they might be saved. They rejected their

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Messiah. For I bear them witness that they have

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a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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They're zealous. And it says this, for they being

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ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to

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establish their own righteousness have not submitted

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to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the

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end of the law. for righteousness to everyone

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who believes. And if you follow that pattern,

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you see that it talks about the righteousness

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that is by faith, by believing, by confessing,

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believing in your heart, confessing with your

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mouth. It's different than the law that Moses

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gave. You obey these commands or else. And Paul

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says that they were ignorant. They're ignorant

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concerning what God was going to do. This new

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testament, this new covenant that we have in

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the New Testament that's in the blood of Jesus

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Christ. It's different, right? The third thing

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is Romans chapter 11, verse 25. And these two

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things are so important. The spiritual gifts,

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the law versus grace. In number three, Romans

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chapter 11, it says, verse 25, For I do not desire,

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brethren, that you should be ignorant of this

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mystery, lest you should be wise in your own

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opinion, that blindness in part has happened

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to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles

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has come in. Fullness of the Gentiles comes in.

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Jesus will say that Jerusalem, Will be trodden

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underfoot of the Gentiles. That they're going

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to be scattered. But once the regathering takes

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place. Once Israel becomes a nation again. That's

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the super sign. Of the last days. Then the church

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age. This age of grace is coming to a close.

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When Israel becomes a nation again. It's crazy.

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They were out of their land. For almost 2 ,000

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years. So Israel, there's ignorance there. Doesn't

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mean you're dumb or I'm dumb. It means you don't

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know. And the last thing is 1 Thessalonians chapter

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4. And these are the greatest controversies in

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the church. Some of the greatest controversies

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in the church. It specifically says, don't be

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ignorant of this. Don't be unknowing. Paul says

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this in chapter 4, and this is concerning the

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rapture of the church. This is an event that

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takes place, I believe. And before the tribulation,

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God takes, because the Bible says that Paul teaches

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that we're not appointed to wrath. We're not

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appointed to God's wrath. And the tribulation

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is God's judgment. That's one part of it. The

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second part is God is going to deal with the

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nation and their unbelief. So he says, I don't

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want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning

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those who have fallen asleep. They've died. Lest

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you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if

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we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even

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so God will bring with him those who sleep in

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Jesus. For this we say to you, that by the word

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of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain

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until the coming of the Lord will by no means

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precede those who are asleep. For the Lord himself

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will descend from heaven with a shout, with the

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voice of an archangel. and with the trumpet of

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God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

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And then we who are alive and remain shall be

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caught up. That word is harpazo in the Latin

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Vulgate. That's where you get the word rapture.

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And he says, and that's a violent snatching away.

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We who are alive and remain shall be caught up

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together with them in the clouds to meet the

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Lord in the air. Thus shall we always be with

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the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with

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these words. 1 Corinthians 15 says it's going

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to take place in the twinkling of an eye. But

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Revelation 19 says that every eye shall see him.

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It's two different events. Two different events.

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The same way Israel was looking for this conquering

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king in the Old Testament. They're waiting for

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Messiah, this conquering king. They didn't know

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they were going to get a suffering servant first.

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They were unaware of that. They were blind to

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that fact. And so they missed it. And we're going

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to look at that in a minute. The same way there

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was two comings in a way, for Israel, it's the

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same way for the church. There's a rapture of

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the church that precedes the tribulation period.

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And then we, if you read Revelation 19, we come

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back to earth. With Jesus Christ. Okay? That's

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the second coming where every eye is going to

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see him. Every knee is going to bow. Right? It's

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the final part of the battle of Armageddon. Okay?

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Everyone looks confused. Hopefully I'm not confusing

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everyone. Too bad. This is a refresher. Listen,

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this, you know. We need to not be ignorant of

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these things. So we're going to talk a little

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bit about Israel. If you turn with me to Daniel

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chapter 9, important, the book of Daniel, very

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important in terms of Bible prophecy, the future.

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Israel. Daniel chapter 9. And if you remember,

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we don't have to start, begin there, but Daniel

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starts out by saying that he understood by reading

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the book of Jeremiah that the 70 year captivity

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of Babylon is over. It's coming to an end. And

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he began to pray, confess the sins of the nation,

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his own sins. As he's praying, Gabriel shows

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up to give him a message, to give him. Not only

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what's taking place in the days they're living

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in, but future events. Gabriel shows up and says

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this. In verse 24 of Daniel chapter 9, it says

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70 weeks, 70 heptads, 70 sevens. They're weeks

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of years. Not to confuse you. Hopefully that's

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not confusing. The 70 weeks are 77s. They're

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weeks of years. They're determined for your people

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and for your holy city. That's Israel. It's very

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Jewish. To do what? To finish the transgression,

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to make an end of sin, and to make a reconciliation

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for iniquity. That's what happened when Jesus

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came. Then he says this. To bring in, this hasn't

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happened yet. This happens at the end of the

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tribulation. To bring in everlasting righteousness,

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actually the end of the millennial reign, to

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bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up

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the vision and the prophecy, like you don't need

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the Bible anymore. And to anoint the most holy,

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that's where Jesus Messiah is going to sit on

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the throne of his father David. To anoint the

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most holy. It's important to know that, that

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you are aware of that, to know what's going to

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happen in the future. And then he says this,

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know therefore and understand. I'll just read

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25 through 27, then we'll go back and go over

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it a little bit. He says, know therefore and

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understand. Don't be ignorant. Know therefore

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and understand that from the going forth, Of

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the command to restore and build Jerusalem. Unto

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the Messiah the Prince. There shall be seven

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weeks and 62 weeks. Of years. And the street

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shall be built again. Even the wall. Even in

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troublous times. And after 62 weeks Messiah shall

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be cut off. Not for himself. Cut off for us.

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That's his death. And the people. of the prince

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who is to come, that's important, shall destroy

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the city and the sanctuary and the end of it

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shall be with a flood to the end of the war of

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desolations are determined. Then he shall confirm

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a covenant with the many for one week. That's

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the final week. That's the 70th week of Daniel.

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There's one week left. We're living in a pause

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right now. Then he, ooh, that's the prince that

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shall come from this people. That people are

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the people that destroy the temple, and it's

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Rome. And we'll look at that in just a minute.

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A covenant with the many for one week, and the

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many, that's Israel. But in the middle of the

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week, he shall bring an end to the sacrifice

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and offering. And on the wing of abomination

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shall be one who makes desolate, even until the

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consummation, which is determined, is poured

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out on the desolate. So that can be confusing,

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right? You look at that like, what the heck is

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:31.019
happening there? Are you for real? How do you

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:35.259
sort that out? It's not terrible to sort out.

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It's not terrible. It says this, know therefore

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and understand. And then he marks a time. He

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says from the command to restore and build Jerusalem

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unto the Messiah, the Prince, there'll be 69

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weeks, 483 years. There are weeks of years, 483

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years. And there's a beginning and an end. There's

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something that marks the beginning of this time.

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He says, the street shall be built again and

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the wall. Well, when did the street and the wall

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in Israel begin to be rebuilt? Artaxerxes, the

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Persian king, comes on the throne in 465 BC.

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And if you read Nehemiah, that's where the command,

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he gives the command to Nehemiah, and that marks

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this time. In Nehemiah chapter 2, in the 20th

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year of his reign, that's 445. That's March 14th,

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445 BC. It marks this time. It's not hard to

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:48.599
understand this if you just know a couple things.

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But that's the beginning of this period. That

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starts the clock of this 483 years. Nehemiah

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does. Because what does Nehemiah do? He gets

00:29:01.670 --> 00:29:04.890
the command from Artaxerxes to go back to Israel,

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go to Jerusalem, and rebuild the walls. That

00:29:08.650 --> 00:29:11.410
was his job. That was his position. You remember?

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And if you read Nehemiah, he goes to all the

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gates, and different people were appointed. But

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he got the command from Artaxerxes. March 14th,

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445 BC. So until Messiah the Prince, there'll

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be 69 weeks. The Babylonian calendar is not what

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we have. It's not 365. It was 360 days. Multiply

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that by 483 years. I'm already losing you guys,

00:29:52.609 --> 00:29:55.730
but don't let me lose you. This is important.

00:29:57.130 --> 00:30:03.450
Nehemiah marks it off. 483 years, 69 weeks of

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years, 483. You do the multiplication, it's 173

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,880 days to the Messiah, the Prince. And Jesus

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rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, April 6th,

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32 AD. That very day, that Gabriel told Daniel

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:38.259
he would come. That very day, he comes lowly,

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:43.599
riding on a donkey, right? Humble. He rides into

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:47.000
Jerusalem that very day that Daniel predicted,

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:52.099
right? It says this, if you turn to Luke 19 with

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me for a second. says this, as Jesus rides into

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:16.940
Jerusalem, they're saying, Hosanna, blessed is

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:19.140
he who comes in the name of the Lord, right?

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:25.460
And he rides in, verse 41 says this, now as he

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:28.000
drew near, he saw the city and he wept over it.

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And he says this, if you had known, even you,

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:37.039
especially in this your day, what day was it?

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.099
It was the day that Daniel predicted that Gabriel

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:42.809
gave Daniel that. One of the most amazing prophecies

00:31:42.809 --> 00:31:47.309
in the Bible. It's important. You can research

00:31:47.309 --> 00:31:50.130
this. You can probably look it up online. I'm

00:31:50.130 --> 00:31:54.089
sure you can get it. The days, the year, Artaxerxes.

00:31:54.890 --> 00:32:00.289
He came on the throne. 20 years later, he gives

00:32:00.289 --> 00:32:07.190
Nehemiah this command. 173 ,880 days later, Jesus

00:32:07.190 --> 00:32:11.059
rides in the exact day. If you had known, even

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:13.299
you, especially in your day, the things that

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:16.079
make for your peace, but now they're hidden from

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:19.500
your eyes. For the days will come upon you when

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:21.680
your enemies will build an embankment around

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:24.740
you, surround you and close you in on every side

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:27.779
and level you and your children within you to

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:30.819
the ground. And they will not leave in you one

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:33.940
stone upon another because you did not know the

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:38.930
time of your visitation. They didn't know. They

00:32:38.930 --> 00:32:41.970
lost sight of the fact that Messiah was coming.

00:32:43.289 --> 00:32:46.609
A prophecy that was given to Daniel. They lost

00:32:46.609 --> 00:32:49.109
sight of it. And what did they do? You lose heart.

00:32:49.269 --> 00:32:51.910
You lose direction. You lose purpose. What am

00:32:51.910 --> 00:32:54.190
I living for? What are we here for? How do I

00:32:54.190 --> 00:32:57.970
move forward? How do we live this life? What

00:32:57.970 --> 00:33:01.970
is my goal? What's my aim? Right? They lost direction.

00:33:02.309 --> 00:33:07.819
They lost purpose. And they lost sight. of Messiah.

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And so, briefly, listen, I feel like I am losing

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:25.579
you guys. And after 62 weeks, Messiah will be

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:27.839
cut off, not for himself, that's Messiah, Jesus

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:30.960
dies. And it says, the people of the prince who

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:33.180
is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:37.500
That's what Jesus says. In Matthew 24, when the

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:43.400
disciples said, you know, they leave the temple

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:46.480
area and they look back at the temple and they

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:50.319
show Jesus the buildings of the temple, how amazing

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:52.680
this is. And Jesus says, listen, there won't

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:58.390
be one stone left upon another here. And they're

00:33:58.390 --> 00:34:00.769
blown away by that. Like, the temple's going

00:34:00.769 --> 00:34:06.349
to get destroyed? That's crazy. And we know Titus

00:34:06.349 --> 00:34:09.690
Vespasian, 70 AD, he does that. Destroys the

00:34:09.690 --> 00:34:18.070
temple, throws down every stone. It says, the

00:34:18.070 --> 00:34:20.949
people of the prince who is to come shall destroy

00:34:20.949 --> 00:34:25.989
the sanctuary. That's Titus, 70 AD. It gets destroyed.

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:29.420
The end of it shall be in a flood to the end

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:31.500
of the war of desolations. It's important to

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:35.780
know who that is because it was Rome. It was

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:40.639
a Roman general, Titus, destroyed that. It's

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important to know that for the fact that verse

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27 says, then he, who? He's the prince that's

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going to come. Where's he going to come from?

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It's Antichrist. Verse 27 is speaking of Antichrist.

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He's coming. From who? From a people? From Rome,

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right? We don't have time to look at it. But

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Daniel chapter 2, Daniel chapter 7, Nebuchadnezzar's

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dream, this head of gold, arms and chest of silver,

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the waist and thighs of brass, legs of iron.

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That was Nebuchadnezzar, Medo -Persia. Greece,

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Alexander the Great, and then Rome and all the

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Caesars. And then he describes the last final

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kingdom of the last days where Jesus comes as

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this rock cut without hands and he comes down

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and he smashes the image in its feet of this

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new kingdom that has 10 toes and it's iron mixed

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with clay. It's the revived Roman Empire. that

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is revived in the last days, led by Antichrist.

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It says that he shall confirm a covenant with

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the many for a week. You read Revelation chapter

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6, the first rider on the white horse brings

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the covenant. That kicks off the tribulation

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period. That starts the clock for seven years.

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The seven -year period, led by Antichrist, it

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says he comes with a bow. That's the covenant.

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Right? He'll confirm a covenant with the many

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for one week. That's the final week, Daniel's

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70th week, the days of Jacob's trouble. I lost

00:36:33.849 --> 00:36:40.230
you guys, didn't I? It's important because Israel

00:36:40.230 --> 00:36:43.610
becomes a nation again. So anyways, it says this,

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but in the middle of the week, he shall bring

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an end to sacrifice and an offering. And on the

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wings of abomination shall be one who makes desolate.

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Daniel chapter 12 talks about the abomination

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of desolation that takes place right in the middle

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of the tribulation period. Antiochus Epiphanes,

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the Seleucid king, was a dress rehearsal. That

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happens in between the 400 -year span between

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the Old Testament and the New Testament. This

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Seleucid king comes after Alexander the Great.

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This guy from Greece, he has four generals. One

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of those generals becomes a ruler from Seleucia.

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The Seleucian king, he goes in, kills 100 ,000

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Jews, desecrates the temple. He brings this idol

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into the temple of Zeus, kills a pig on the altar,

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and it makes Judas Maccabeus. You know, this

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:49.079
Maccabean revolt that happens that 400 year period

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between the Old Testament and New Testament.

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That's why they celebrate Hanukkah. The Jews

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:59.300
have a holiday that they created because of this.

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Judas Maccabeus comes and, you know, wipes or

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pushes them out, wins this battle. But it was

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a picture of what was going to take place. It

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was the desecration of the temple. It's coming

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again. In the tribulation period, halfway through,

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if you read Revelation 12, 11, 12, and 13. Okay?

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It's way too much information, probably. For

00:38:24.510 --> 00:38:28.849
you guys, I was not intending. Why did I think

00:38:28.849 --> 00:38:31.929
this was going to come out so simply? I thought,

00:38:31.929 --> 00:38:34.250
this is just going to be information that they'll

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have. It's future. Antiochus Epiphanes, that

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:42.960
was a dress rehearsal for what was going to take

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place during the tribulation. That was not because

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Jesus speaks of it as a future event when he

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warns them in Matthew 24 that the temple is going

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to be desecrated. And it's not. It's not. Some

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:59.340
people confuse what Titus did in 70 AD. They

00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:04.679
think that all this happened in 70 AD. Everything

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:07.280
Jesus predicted has already taken place. Well,

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listen. The revelation from John hadn't even

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been written yet. Not for another 25 years after

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:17.559
the temple was destroyed. So this stuff is all

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:22.920
future. Titus, he burned the temple, took the

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:25.960
gold, never desecrated it. It wasn't the abomination

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of desolation. If you want to know more about

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:31.780
that, Daniel chapter 12, it gives you numbers

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and dates. You can follow that along. It actually

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:39.599
gives you... 30 days more than the midway point

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of the tribulation. And then 75 days more. Interesting.

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If you know what that means, someone can tell

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:51.380
me. I don't know. Why? It goes over that three

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and a half year period. Where there's tribulation

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:59.900
and then great tribulation. Right? And if you

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.920
look up Daniel chapter 7, it talks about the

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beast. They correlate with the image of Daniel.

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The first beast is a lion, and then a bear, and

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then a leopard. They correlate with exactly the

00:40:12.389 --> 00:40:17.630
same kingdoms, Babylon, Medo -Persia, and Greece.

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And then this final king, he describes as this

00:40:20.250 --> 00:40:25.289
dragon that comes back to life. And he has heads

00:40:25.289 --> 00:40:28.510
and horns. And it's the revived Roman Empire.

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So that's Daniel chapter 7. Read it. It maybe

00:40:32.789 --> 00:40:35.570
will make a little more sense to you. It maybe

00:40:35.570 --> 00:40:38.050
will make no sense to you. That could happen

00:40:38.050 --> 00:40:44.409
too. So listen, it's 11 -12. Next week is going

00:40:44.409 --> 00:40:46.929
to be much simpler. Next week we're just going

00:40:46.929 --> 00:40:48.949
to go through Matthew, what Jesus said. I'm not

00:40:48.949 --> 00:40:51.329
going to go through all these prophecies. I'm

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going to go through Matthew 24 and remind you

00:40:54.929 --> 00:40:56.670
of some things. You won't have to remember any

00:40:56.670 --> 00:41:00.860
numbers or dates or things like that. that are

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:03.920
confusing. Next week will be fun. More fun, hopefully.

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So, Lord, we're thankful, God. We want to know

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:11.039
these things. We want to walk in these things,

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:13.699
Lord, and understand them, Lord. We don't want

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to be ignorant of the things that are coming,

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.500
Lord, knowing that your word tells us in the

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.340
last days there's going to be a falling away,

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:24.559
a departure from the faith. The people will be

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.559
lovers of themselves. You've called us to be

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watching and waiting, Lord, praying always that

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:36.679
we might escape these things, Lord. Luke's gospel

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tells us to be careful that we're not overtaken,

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that we lose sight and lose track.