The 70th week from verse 26 we pick it up and after the 62
weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself and the
people of the Prince who is to come.
Notice that the people of the Prince, the Prince here is a
small P, not a capital P as it referred previously to.
The Messiah shall destroy the city, that's Jerusalem, and the
sanctuary, the temple. The end of it shall be with the
flood until the end of the war. Desolations are determined.
Then he, an individual shall confirm a covenant and
agreement, a contract with many. This is the with the nation of
Israel for one week. Remember, every time we see that
week, it's a period of seven years.
But in the middle of the week, in the middle of the seven
years, 3 1/2 years in, he who made the agreement shall bring
an end to sacrifice and offering.
That means to bring an end to it, he must have started.
For it to start, there had to be a temple, and on the wing of
abomination shall be one who makes it desolate, even until
the consummation which is determined, the end of these
things, is poured out on the desolate.
Paul warned us, he exhorted us more than three times actually,
to not be ignorant. So as Christians said on Sunday,
we don't come to church, check out our brains in the foyer,
come in and just take everything we we are to.
Gabriel came to Daniel. Remember to give him skill and
understanding. So you have your Bibles, you
should have your Bible, you should follow it.
And you are to know your Bible, you know, to know the word of
God. This is how God speaks to you.
He doesn't speak to you in the trees or in the oceans or
anything like that. He speaks to you through his
word. Paul said don't be ignorant,
Romans 11/25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you
should be ignorant of this mystery.
And he's Speaking of Israel because we're looking at the
nation Israel here in these last verses, lest you should be wise
in your own opinion. That blindness in part has
happened to Israel. Israel is not a godly nation.
There is a God of Israel, but the majority of Israelis don't
believe in God. They don't follow God until the
fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
And tonight we look at the last seven years, the final week of
Daniel's prophecy, this period of 70 years, the seventy 70th
week which is 490 years, Jesus said on the Mount of Olives in
Matthew 2415. He said, therefore, when you see
the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
referring to what Daniel has been told by Gabriel, what he
writes and what we're reading, what we've been reading over the
last three Sundays, spoken of by Daniel the prophet.
So Daniel is a prophet. Jesus says he is standing in the
holy place. The holy place is the temple,
the holy of holies. Whoever reads, let him
understand you got to know this, for then shall be great
tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the
world until this time, Jesus speaking future no nor ever
shall be what happened again. And unless those days were
shortened, no flesh would be saved.
But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.
The teaching of the period, the last 70th week, the period often
called the tribulation is called other names in the Bible.
The day of Jacob's trouble, it's called the day of the Lord.
It's called the day of wrath. It's called the wrath of the
lamb. Think about that.
You ever seen a an angry lamb? It's called the wrath of the
lamb and a time of trouble. It's the third most dealt with
doctrine in the Bible. People are well who can
understand that you and I are to understand that.
That's why we have the word of God.
That's a cop out. And so we're dealing with 70
sets of sevens, 490 years, a period, a chunk of period that
starts at a certain place is going to end at a certain place.
The 1st 49 years was the repair of the walls and streets of
Jerusalem. Pastor Israel's teaching that
Nehemiah the next 430 years, 34 years add to the 49 give us the
coming of the Messiah, the Prince Palm Sunday.
Tonight we get the final seven year period, the 70th week.
In verse 24 we are given a summary of the events to occur.
Messiah shall be cut off. The people of the Prince who is
to come shall destroy the city. So on we'll go over it.
Verse 25, we have the 1st 69 weeks and then there's a pause.
There's a stop, there's a gap clock stop.
There's a prophetic clock. Verse 26 We have this gap
between the 69th and the 70th week.
Now the events of this prophecy, remember we have to have a
starting point. What was the starting point?
Daniel is told from the going forth of the commandment to
restore and build Jerusalem. Verse 25, That's when you start
the clock, the prophetic clock for the 70 years of Daniel,
470th week, 490 years. March 14th, 445 BC, Artaxerxes
Longemata said to Nehemiah, Nehemiah go back to Jerusalem,
rebuild, they went back. It's not about the temple, They
rebuilt the walls, streets. We went through that in detail.
Now after 69 weeks of seven year periods, that is we learnt is
483 years on that day Jesus said go down to the city, get a colt,
tie it up, tell the Master the Lord has need of it, bring the
donkey to me, the colt and he rides into the city.
He never stayed in Jerusalem that past other week.
He slept outside the city. He rides in on Palm Sunday.
The crowd erupts. Blessed is he, The King is
coming. The King is coming.
The religious leaders, they know what the scriptures mean.
They tell everyone, yeah, he's got to tell them to be quiet,
something for the Messiah. He says, hey, the crowd's going
to cry out or the stones will. And he says on this thigh day in
Luke chapter 19, Jesus said you should have known.
They should have known. Jesus rides in on Palm Sunday.
On the Thursday he's killed. Same time all the Passover lambs
are killed because on the Sunday 10th of Nissan was the day I
remember that all the families selected the lamb to be killed
for their Passover. He's crucified on Thursday on
Calvary Daniel is told verse 2470 weeks are determined.
This is the period. What is that 70 weeks of seven
year period, 490 years for your people, it's Israeli, it's about
Israel. And for your holy city, the
events in Bondi, I'll touch on them again on on Sunday.
Open your eyes everybody. It's Israel.
Israel has got the world's attention even more so.
First thing is to happen, it says, to finish the
transgression. Notice it's not transgressions,
it's singular transgression. To finish the transgression, the
dominant sin of Israel is apostasy.
They have turned their back on God.
Jesus came on Palm Sunday. What did they do?
They rejected him, came unto his own, and his own received him
not. But Daniel tells us that the
future of Israel, and this is what I so love because you and I
know Israel's got so much to go through.
The Jewish people, they have anguished.
Now there's so much more yet to come, but Daniel tells us that
the future of Israel is that they are as a nation will turn
to Jesus as their Messiah, but that is yet future Zechariah
chapter 12 verse 10 Zechariah read it.
It's like many revelations. It's a wonderful book.
God says our poor on the House of David and on the inhabitants
of Jerusalem. The spirit of grace
supplications. Then they will look upon me, a
capital M. This is Jesus speaking whom they
pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as
one mourns for his only Son, and grief for Him as one grieves for
a first born. Jesus is all of those.
Israel is a nation. When Jesus returns the second
coming, they will mourn as a nation because of the years of
the rejection of the Messiah Jesus.
Can you imagine how that will affect them as a people?
Oh my goodness, what we did, what we went through, and then
it says to make an end of sins, that is Israel's sin, bringing
about the spiritual restoration of Israel.
Zechariah chapter 13, verse one. In that day a fountain shall be
opened for the House of David and for the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. For sin and for uncleanness
shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that all cut off
the names of the idols from the land.
They shall no longer be remembered.
I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart
from the land. God's going to cleanse the
promised land. Then it says to make
reconciliation for iniquity. This is the third thing that
still occur yet hasn't happened yet.
It has happened in a sense, Yes, that occurred on Calvary's
cross. But as far as Israel is a nation
to bring the Jewish nation back to God, the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob in Romans Chapter 11.
Read it and know it. Paul says a rhetorical question.
Is God finished with Israel? Is he cast them aside.
Many churches today call themselves spiritual Israel.
That's Garbage's blasphemy. God always will have His
covenant with the nation and people of Abraham.
It says to bring in everlasting righteousness.
Has that happened yet? As you and I look at the world,
not too much righteousness around now.
Messiah will bring in this everlasting righteousness on His
return. Revelation chapter 19.
Behold, the days are coming. Jeremiah prophecies, says the
Lord, that I will raise to David a branch of righteousness.
A king shall reign and prosper. He'll execute judgement,
righteousness in the earth. Jesus is not doing that yet in
His days Judas shall be saved and Israel will dwell safely.
Remember Israel cut in 210 tribes, Israel to the north,
Judah to the South, Benjamin and Judah.
Now this is His name, by which he will be called the Lord of
righteousness. Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 5 to
6. Then it says to seal up vision
and prophecy. God is going to complete.
It's coming to pass all of what he says he's going to do and
then it says and to anoint the most holy place it should be
during the Millennium. So Jesus returns.
Revelation 19, we come back with him.
You should know that. I hope you like horse riding.
Revelation 19, we return with him.
He establishes 1000 year reign and where will He rule and reign
from? Ezekiel tells us there will be a
new temple built where Christ will rule and reign during the
thousand year millennial reign. The 70th week comes to an end at
Christ's return and He begins His thousand year reign here on
earth and He will dwell in the new temple built for that time.
Ezekiel chapter 40 to 48 gives you the measurements, the size
of that actual temple, exact detail, yet future.
Now Paul's words found in Romans 11 I referred to earlier on will
come to pass. It's called replacement
theology. This thing today where the
church is now spiritual Israel. We're not spiritual Israel.
We're Gentiles. We're the unnatural branch.
They're always the natural branch.
It says in Romans 11/26. And so all Israel will be saved,
as it is written. The deliverer will come out of
Zion. He will turn away ungodliness
from Jacob. For this is my covenant.
This is God's agreement. It's going to happen with them
when I take away their sins. That's the only thing that gives
me heart with all the trials and tribulation that Israel is still
yet to face. So 80 year old Daniel, he's,
he's reading this as he's hearing Gabriel tell him about
this, the coming of the Messiah. And as he's reading this, all
the things that are going to happen to him and to his people
and to his land, he knows it's about 67 years now.
He's been in captivity. There's about three years left
to go before they can return. But Jeremiah says three years.
We're going to go back to. We aren't going to be able to go
back home. Jeremiah says that, but Daniel's
heart, as he hears this, he has questions.
Because what? Israel has no temple.
It's in ruins. This is rubbish.
There's hardly anyone there. They're all dead or captive.
They've been dispersed who who's home and Daniel says, does
Israel still have a hope in the future?
That's what he's worried about. So God tells Daniel all this
detail about what's going to happen to Israel, son of David's
going to come the rule and reign and Israel were restored.
So Daniel has this hope yet it's way future.
He's still living in the time of Babylon.
But we had this gap 62 weeks plus seven weeks, 69 weeks.
And because it says Messiah comes and he's cut off.
He was cut off on the first day He's crucified.
That's it. Remember the the two disciples
on the road to Emmaus? I said it's all over.
Jesus gave him the Bible study. Oh fools.
You need to know the word. And he gave him a Bible study.
Messiah was killed 70 AD. Just a few years later the
temple is destroyed and General Titus the prophetic clock stops
69 sevens. There's still a seven year
period. There are still many things in
verse 24 not yet fulfilled. We've read those.
You know. Prophecy has partial filling in
Isaiah Chapter 9, verse 6. We all know that Scripture.
For unto us a child is born. That's happened, hasn't it,
Where Bethlehem, we're about to celebrate Christmas.
Unto us the Son has given. That's happened for God's to
love the world that He gave His only begotten Son.
But then there's a gap, because what hasn't happened?
The government will be on His shoulder.
He's not ruling and reigning of the world yet his name will be
called wonderful counsellor, mighty God, everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace, because only when he returns will peace
finally come in that thousand year reign.
Remember when Jesus went into the synagogue and he undo did
the scroll in Isaiah and he read out today this prophecy is
fulfilled, but he didn't read on the day of vengeance.
There's a gap, things yet to occur and this gap in this gap,
you and I are now living in the gap between the 69th year, 69th
week and the 70th week. We're in that gap.
What's that gap called? It's called the church age.
It's been going for some 2000 years but but the clock is soon
to click on. Paul called this church age
period, this gap a mystery because it's not found in the
Old Testament. They couldn't see the church
Ephesians 35, which in other ages was not made known to the
sons of men as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his
holy apostles and prophets. They didn't know, you know, when
the Gentiles got the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10 and Caesarea,
Peter went what's going on here? I can't come in here and God had
told him down at at the House of Simon the tenant.
Hey, what I tell you is clean you you eat.
Then he knock on the door. He's got to go up and he speaks
to Cornelius in the Italian band Romans and the Holy Spirit fell
and filled Gentiles. They didn't know about that.
And the Gentiles should be fellow heirs.
It says Ephesians 36 of the same body partakers of his promising
Christ through the gospel in verse 27.
We're ready. It's not yet, but when the clock
starts again for the last 70th week, the last seven year period
for all these things to be termined fulfilled.
Click verse 27. It says then he shall confirm a
covenant with many for one week. How does that period, that one
week is a period of seven years, but in the middle of the week 3
1/2 years into this? Seven year period he breaks the
covenant, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
Who is this? How does he stop this?
And on the wing of abomination shall be one who makes desolate
even until the consummation which is determined is poured
out on the desolate. Who in the future is this He
spoken of? Pause the gap.
Then clock starts again. Verse 25 we're told Messiah the
Prince. There are two Princess mentioned
in Daniel's prophecy. In Daniel 9 verse 25 we have
Messiah the Prince capital P. Verse 26 we have another Prince
and the people of the Prince Small pre P who is to come.
It is this Prince who will make a covenant with Israel.
He's connected to the Romans because it was under Titus that
in 70 AD they laid siege to Jerusalem, bowled down the
temple, dispersed and slaughtered everyone.
So Daniel sees this future world rule, this ruler, he has a
connection with the Roman Empire.
How does he, how does he know this?
How is it going to be be a connection?
Now we know the Roman Empire ended in 476 AD.
It actually split in two. It was not conquered by another
empire. So it just kind of fell within.
You remember back in Daniel chapter 2, Daniel had a vision.
What of an image? Nebuchadnezzar said it was all
gold. God said ain't anal gold.
Head of gold, chest and arms of silver, stomach of bronze,
Greeks thighs iron. But then the feet 2 feet, toes,
clay and iron mixed it's legs of iron.
Daniel 2, the 1st 33, it's feet, partly of iron and partly of
clay, 10 toes. Ten nations we learnt, Remember
they're going to be an emergence.
We have the the heart of it at the moment with the European
Union. Well, there's more than 10
nations. Yes, there is, but it will come
back to 10 nations and what will come out of this will be a
leader, the re emergence of the future related Roman confederacy
with a ruler that Daniel was told previously.
There's this little horn that comes out of this thing.
This little horn's got a big mouth and he speaks great
things, but the great things are are blasphemous things.
We thought that Barack Obama was quite eloquent in speech.
This guy is going to make Barack Obama sound like he had a speech
impediment. He is going to be smooth.
This man, the first horse rider of the Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse, comes bringing peace.
He will woo the people of Israel.
Now think about it. At the moment, 23 minutes to go,
I'll move on. The Prince of the people is the
Antichrist. It says then he shall confirm a
covenant for many for one week. How would Israel make an
agreement like this? Think about what they're going
through, being through, and what they're continuing to go
through. You know when you want peace,
when you're just trying to live. And when someone comes along and
says, you know what, Hey, I got a deal.
I'll placate Islam. I'll bring in a situation, you
can rebuild the temple. And you know what?
I'll make sure you live in peace.
And the people in Israel will go finally.
Oh yes, is he the Messiah? Is he the Messiah?
Think about it, you you think if you're living in a war torn zone
and someone offers you peace, someone says you know, not only
going to give bring you peace, protect you.
I'm going to allow your roots, your religion.
We're going to build the temple. This is a golden.
Oh wow, where do we sign? Where do we sign?
So the temple will be rebuilt, the sacrifices and the temple
worship will begin once again. Because that has to happen
because he's going to do something to stop it.
In Daniel Chapter 11, verse 31, it says, and forces shall be
mustered by him, the Antichrist. Remember, he's going to have the
largest, most powerful army in the world, weapons.
He's going to have them and they shall defile the sanctuary
fortress. Then they shall take away the
daily sacrifices to take them away.
They've got to be there in the in the beginning and place there
the abomination of desolation. You'll set up an image so in
Daniel chapter 12 verse 11, and from the time that the daily
sacrifice is taken away and the abomination of desolation is set
up, there shall be 1290 days. Three times in Daniel is this
reference to the future of the abomination of desolation.
In Matthew 2415, Jesus said, hey, I want to tell you about
that end times and it's all Jewish.
Remember, because when it happens, run to the hills of
Judea, pray that it's not on the Sabbath because the Sabbath will
be reinstituted in that time. You can only travel 2/3 of a
mile on the Sabbath. It's 1280 steps.
All the all the old laws will be back down on the you know, you
go there now and they have the washings now, man, that's all
going to be regurgitated stronger still.
Jesus says, therefore, when you see the abomination of
desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy
place, whoever reads, let him understand.
He says run, don't go back and get your your jumper.
Don't just take off flee. Pray that you're not pregnant.
Pray that it's not winter. Jesus says Daniel is a prophet
of God. Believe Him, Jesus is telling
you, and I today believe what Daniel says.
It's going to happen. This man of sin is coming.
Paul tells us in Second Thessalonians chapter 2, verse
one. Now brethren, concerning the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together unto
him, don't be soon shaken in mind or trouble, either by
spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day
of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any
means. This one who was coming, He is
the man of sin. He is the Son of perdition.
He opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or
that is worship, and he sits as God in the temple of God,
showing himself that He is God. Isn't that what he said to
Jesus? Jesus, if you'll just bow down
and worship me, If you just bow down, I'll give you the world.
So the first horse rider. Revelation 6 of the Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He comes and he sells so much to
the world that the world accepts him.
Israel accepts him. The Antichrist rule ends when
battle Armageddon Jesus returns. Where with him, You know, you
say, well, I'd like to go to the to, to Megiddo to say you will.
You'll see it. Jesus speaks and it's all over.
The Antichrist rule ends when the real Christ comes because
Antichrist means member in place of everything he does is in
place of what does the rider of the White Horse in Revelation 19
have on his thigh? Faithful and true, this
Antichrist, and this is where we're at at the moment in our
world, particularly in Australia.
This Antichrist will be everything this sinful world
wants. He will bring the money, the
peace, the security to this world when Jesus the Saviour is
everything that this world needs.
Finally, Israel, the Jews will have peace.
It'll come from the Prince of Peace.
You tonight and we're in our nation.
We're at a crossroad. Everyone living now.
The time of the rapture is imminent.
You will worship one of the two Princess.
There's no was it Switzerland that had the neutrality during
World War Two? You're either with me, Jesus
said, or you're against me. You will follow one of the two
Princess. You will either worship of the
Christ, the Real, or if you reject Him, you will worship of
the Antichrist. Because it says that those who
go full hard in rejection of Christ in Second Thessalonians
it says God. God says so.
I've tried, I've tried, I've tried, but you really don't want
me. I'll make you believe the lie.
That's it, It's done. Romans chapter 1.
God says those who reject, reject, reject, reject, push
down the truth. They know the truth.
They don't want it. It says God gave them over to
the reprobate mind. God will give the world what it
wants. We have a government that
Australia voted for. We've got what we voted for.
The real Christ or the Antichrist.
I tell you, it was this message that saved my soul because I
wanted to know, how do I tell the difference between the real
Christ and the false Christ? This is the only way you'll be
able to tell because Israel's going to be duped and a lot of
people in the world, a lot of churches are going to be duped.
They'll say this man, White Horse rider, he's bringing
peace.