1 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,840 Daniel Chapter 9. We're going to look in depth at 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,280 the last four verses, but we'll start off. 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,480 Let's read from Daniel 9, verse 20. 4 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,000 Now this is Daniel's prayer. So now while I was speaking, 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:30,480 praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,280 Israel, presenting my supplication before the Lord my 7 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,320 God for the holy mountain of my God. 8 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:43,120 Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,200 had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly, 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,520 swiftly reached me about the time of the evening offering, 11 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,600 3:00 PM. And he informed me and talked 12 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,280 with me and said, Oh Daniel, here's the reason why he came. 13 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:05,680 I have now come forth why to give you what skill to 14 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:11,320 understand at the beginning of your supplications of your 15 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:13,920 prayers. The command went out. 16 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,000 God told Gabriel go. And I have come to tell you 17 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,680 firstly, God loves you. You're greatly beloved. 18 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:27,760 Daniel means beloved of God. Therefore, consider the matter 19 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:33,720 and understand what I'm about to tell you. 70 weeks are 20 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,480 determined for your people. That's Israel, for your holy 21 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,240 city, Jerusalem, to finish the transgression, to make an end of 22 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:48,160 sins, to bring reconciliation, for iniquity, to bring an 23 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:53,840 everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and 24 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,960 to anoint the most holy. And it should be to anoint the 25 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:05,480 most holy place, Jerusalem, the temple know therefore and 26 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,320 understand so he's told again, this is what you need to know 27 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,240 and understand. This is what I'm about to tell 28 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,960 you that from the going forth of the command to restore and build 29 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,960 Jerusalem until Messiah, the Prince, that's Jesus. 30 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,920 There shall be 7 weeks or and actually some of your Bibles 31 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:28,760 will have seven lots of seven years. 32 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:37,240 That's so that's 49 years and 62 weeks or 62 * 7 four, 134 years. 33 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,480 The streets shall be built. That's the streets of Jerusalem 34 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,440 and the wall, the walls of Jerusalem, even in troublesome 35 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:52,360 times. And after the 62 weeks, Messiah 36 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,600 and Jesus shall be cut off, but not for himself. 37 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,760 And the people of the Prince who is to come shall destroy the 38 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,920 city. This is Speaking of the Romans, 39 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,320 General Titus, and the sanctuary. 40 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,400 That's the temple. The end of it shall be with a 41 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,080 flood till the end of the war. Desolations are determined. 42 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,240 We're going to stop there because I will do the rest 43 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,920 Wednesday night. The title of this morning's 44 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,280 message is understand and know. People often think, oh, when you 45 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,200 go to church, what you do is is you come into the foyer, you 46 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,160 take out your brains and you put them over there and then you go 47 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,520 and sit down and just believe everything is told. 48 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:42,640 No, you and I need to know that as believers, we are to use the 49 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,680 intellect that's God has given us to understand and know and 50 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,760 give. We are given wisdom by the Holy 51 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,880 Spirit on what the Bible actually teaches us. 52 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:00,720 We didn't know it to which understand and know verse 22. 53 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,680 There's something about time that I'm learning so much more 54 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,960 as I get older. For all of us, it's very 55 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,120 precious. Isn't it time? 56 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,880 You know, you miss a birthday. You can't go back to that 57 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,760 birthday. If you miss a child's birthday 58 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,320 and you're working, you can't go back, can't have it again. 59 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,360 You miss an important meeting, you miss go. 60 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,880 Well, I was going to visit my dad and then he passed away. 61 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,600 I missed. You can't go back and re gauge 62 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,040 it. We can't. 63 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:35,040 Or just if I could just go back. Time is precious. 64 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,680 Here's the deal, you manage your time. 65 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,520 If you're saying you're too busy, don't blame anyone else. 66 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,920 It's not your, it's not your boss, it's not the environment. 67 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:52,840 If you're too busy for the things that are necessary, 68 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,560 there's only one person you need to look to. 69 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,840 You need to go and look at yourself in the mirror and go, 70 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,000 OK, you're too busy. You got to change some things. 71 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:10,480 You got to reorder some things. And don't wait until it's a 72 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,560 doctor's message that comes to you. 73 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,200 You've got three months or two weeks to live before you make 74 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,920 that change. Time for us is precious. 75 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,000 The older you get, the more valuable valuable it becomes. 76 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,480 Why? Because of the less of it that 77 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,120 you have. I've lived most of my life now. 78 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,760 I have a little bit at the end. Yet time is something we each 79 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,960 have been given. As I said before, we've been 80 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,040 given the same amount. When I talk to people, I say I'm 81 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,840 sitting in church for a while. Yeah, I've been too busy. 82 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,600 Well, actually, please don't say that. 83 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,400 I'm so thankful. God's never too busy for us. 84 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:01,760 For the first time in Scripture we find mention the first formal 85 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:08,080 mentioning of the term Messiah. It's referred to from Genesis 86 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:13,360 315 on seat of the woman. Yes, the Messiah, but for the 87 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,480 first time in Scripture, the formal mention of the term 88 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:26,120 Messiah is found in verse 25. God has given us this word, the 89 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:34,200 Bible, to know His plan for the world, and he has a plan. 90 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:39,480 And there are end dates for certain things to happen in 91 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,120 God's plan at certain times. We'll see that. 92 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,040 So this morning we're going to examine a period of time set 93 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,200 aside by God, a period of what's called 70 weeks. 94 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:58,480 It's literally 70 lots of seven years or 490 years. 95 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,880 Many of your Bibles will have that. 96 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,240 You and I in Australia and English world, we speak in terms 97 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,360 of 10s. You know, it's been so many 98 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,720 decades of this century. We took we we talked in in 10s, 99 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:17,240 but the Jews don't talk in 10s. They speak in periods of sevens. 100 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:25,080 It's actually the word heptad. The number 7 has long been 101 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,440 stamped on Israel from the beginning. 102 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,720 Seven days for the week. The Lord created everything in 103 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,600 seven days. Seven days for for the week. 104 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:39,560 On the 7th day, it's set apart the Sabbath for honouring God. 105 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:48,920 Also they had Sabbath of years in Leviticus 25 verse 2, give 106 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,520 the following instructions. The Lord said to the people of 107 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,560 Israel, when you've entered the land, I'm giving you the 108 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,720 promised land. The land itself must observe a 109 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:03,120 Sabbath rest before the Lord every 7th year. 110 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:09,640 So they were to farm and then in the 7th year, not farm, not do 111 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,840 anything, just leave it, rest, rejuvenate and rest. 112 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:15,560 There's a couple of reasons for them. 113 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,640 We'll look at that later. Daniel and verse 1 of Chapter 9, 114 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:25,240 remember has been reading the scriptures, particularly the 115 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,120 prophet Jeremiah, particularly at this time of that that he 116 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:36,000 goes to prayer from Jeremiah chapter 25 and Jeremiah 29. 117 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:41,120 In Jeremiah 25 verse 12, Daniel is reading. 118 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,040 Then it will come to pass when 70 years are completed. 119 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,160 That's the period of captivity in Babylon that I will punish 120 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,680 the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the 121 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:58,040 Chaldeans for their iniquity, says the Lord and I'll make it a 122 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,800 perpetual desolation. The Medes and the Persians came 123 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,600 and conquered after after that period. 124 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:14,000 In Jeremiah 29 verse 10, it says for thus says the Lord after 70 125 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:19,160 years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform my 126 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,440 good word toward you and cause you to return. 127 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,560 That is the people of Israel held in captive 70 years back 128 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:30,360 home back to Israel to Jerusalem. 129 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,960 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, 130 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:38,280 thoughts of peace and not of evil. 131 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,360 I want to give you a future and a hope. 132 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:48,920 It's the year 538 BC that Daniel is praying here in Chapter 9. 133 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,280 Daniel at this stage of age is in his mid 80s. 134 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:02,360 He's been in Babylon now for 67 years, since he was a teen taken 135 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,200 captive. And he's reading the Scriptures. 136 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,120 And as he's reading Jeremiah 25 and 29, he's gone. 137 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,840 We've been here 67 years. It's just three years and we'll 138 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,000 be going home. He took the Bible literally. 139 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,800 He didn't take it spiritually. Or what could this mean, man? 140 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,160 What does that actually mean? 70 years. 141 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,200 So he's got, we got three years and then we're, we're going 142 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:34,040 home. As Daniel reads this, he doesn't 143 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,320 just sit back and go, oh, I'll just wait for three years. 144 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:41,320 No, he's driven to pray. Here's what happens. 145 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,600 Daniel is a man of the word of God. 146 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,000 Daniel is a person who prayed. He prayed 3 times a day. 147 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,760 We found out about that. A praying person is a Bible 148 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:58,720 reading person. A Bible reading person is a 149 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,080 praying person. It's like a bicycle, the 2GO, 150 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:07,360 hand in hand. What happens is as you read, you 151 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,840 read things and you are driven to pray. 152 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:15,560 Oh, if they don't receive Christ as the Lord and Saviour, then 153 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:18,640 judgement awaits them. Actually, the judgement of God 154 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:24,280 sits upon them already. John 317 And so when I read 155 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:27,640 about people who don't know Christ, members of my family, I 156 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,600 am driven to prayer. It drives me to pray. 157 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:37,480 If I don't read it in the Bible and I don't care, then I don't 158 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,520 pray. Men don't say to another man, 159 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,040 I'm too busy or it's too hard to read the Bible. 160 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,200 Because I can guarantee if I go into your workshop, into your 161 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,600 tool chest, into your hobby or whatever else you have are into, 162 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,720 there's a manual, there's a set of instructions. 163 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,360 You'll be able to tell me in detail how this works, where 164 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:07,160 this part goes, it's an excuse. And if God can get a hold of the 165 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,160 man not to read the Bible and not to pray in the family, he's 166 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,160 got hold of the family. He's shaken the family. 167 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,440 I mean, Satan has got hold of the family and Satan is able to 168 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,600 shake that family. You say, well, my husband isn't 169 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,160 saved. God has a part for you ladies, 170 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,480 your job. One Peter chapter 3 tells you 171 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,800 you are to intercede. You're to love your husband, 172 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:39,880 treat him as Sarah did to Abraham and God's blessing will 173 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,600 flow through you and down through to your children. 174 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,840 Leave your husband to God. But men, I say it to you, man to 175 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:53,720 man, don't say you're too busy. Don't say I can't understand it. 176 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,800 Don't say those things because they're actually just excuses. 177 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,400 They don't. They don't work and God doesn't 178 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:08,040 take them on board. So 70 years, Daniel has driven 179 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,240 to prayer at 67 years, assisted, few years to go. 180 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,040 Why had Israel been captive in Babylon for 70 years? 181 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:22,040 Why that period of time? In Two Chronicles chapter 36, 182 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:27,440 verse 21, it's written so the message of the Lord spoken 183 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:32,400 through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its 184 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:37,000 Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the 70 years were 185 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,400 fulfilled, just as the prophet had said. 186 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:46,440 Leviticus 25, verse 3. Here's the commandment for six 187 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,200 years. He may plant your fields, prune 188 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:54,280 your vineyards, harvest your crops, but during the 7th year, 189 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:59,520 the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. 190 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:05,720 It is the Lord's Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or 191 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,640 prune your vineyards during that year. 192 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,160 You see, we sang and if you sang, we trust you. 193 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,320 We trust you. This morning I'm going to lay it 194 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,160 on you. If you said those words, I'm 195 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,520 going to lay it on to you. Now. 196 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,840 Do you trust God? Really? 197 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,520 Because if you sang those words, people, it's going to get 198 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,440 difficult. We see, you know, the RBA, the 199 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,960 Reserve Bank of Australia, rates aren't going to come down. 200 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,400 People saying it's getting more and more difficult. 201 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,000 You know who should stand out in the most difficult place? 202 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:43,640 Believers because as we continue to offer and give our first 203 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:52,280 fruits unto the Lord, as we continue to do that Malachi and 204 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,920 the Bible all through the Bible, Genesis to Revelation says I 205 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,920 will fulfil your needs. I will meet your needs. 206 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,360 It's not with things a bit tough, things are a bit tight. 207 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:10,960 It's that time that God says test me, try me. 208 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,280 Trust the Lord to meet your needs. 209 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:15,880 The bank's not going to meet your needs. 210 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:17,720 You're not going to meet your needs. 211 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:26,360 If you struggle in giving, remember giving is a sacrifice. 212 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:32,160 If you struggle in giving, then you struggle and trusting in 213 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,880 God. The children of Israel were not 214 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,880 to do their agrarian culture. This is it, a whole year, no 215 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,360 planting, no pruning. So they've got to rely upon what 216 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,160 they have to get them through the 7th year. 217 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,600 They didn't do it. God said you don't trust me, 218 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,080 I've given you. I mean look at all the things 219 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:01,440 that he's done. Put him in Egypt, looked after 220 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,360 him, got him out of Egypt. They got 400 years of back pay 221 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,960 into the promised land. They've got a land that's 222 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,960 already set up for them. All the crops and farms have 223 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:15,560 been done, sealed land flowing with milk and honey. 224 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,480 And they go, oh, yeah, I know what he says. 225 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,760 But, you know, I mean, things are tight. 226 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,960 If we don't farm this year, we're going to have nothing to 227 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:30,880 eat next year. You've missed the whole point if 228 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,440 you struggle in trusting God. How disappointed. 229 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,200 Well, well, I'll take, I'll take Jesus dying on the cross. 230 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,640 Yeah, I got that beer, so I don't want to go to hell. 231 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,320 But other areas I don't know if he comes up to scratch. 232 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,840 For 490 years, the nation Israel didn't trust God. 233 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,840 They disobeyed God and they ploughed and they cropped and 234 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,120 they ploughed and they cropped. And God said, you know what, I'm 235 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,440 going to intercede. I told you what to do. 236 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,240 You don't trust me. The land needs rest. 237 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,920 As the land gets rest, you get better crops, you get richer 238 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,760 soil. He says I'm taking back my 70 239 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,319 years of Sabbath for my land. I'll give it rest. 240 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,400 And so you, all of you are going to Babylon. 241 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,720 You can't farm. You can't put a crop in. 242 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:27,200 And for 70 years that's where you'll be until the land, my 243 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:32,080 land has had its Sabbath rest. But as Daniel is praying, his 244 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:36,840 prayer is interrupted as the Archangel Gabriel flew, it says 245 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:43,520 in verse 20, flew swiftly to speak to Daniel at the time of 246 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:49,400 the evening sacrifice, verse 21. Now we're aware of at least 247 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,720 three archangels in the Bible named Michael. 248 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,800 He seems to be the ones in charge of battles. 249 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,040 He's the soldier one. Lucifer was an Archangel. 250 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,600 He was at one time the worship leader in Heaven. 251 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:11,640 And Gabriel, he is the messenger of all things to do with 252 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,240 Messiah. It was Gabriel who spoke to John 253 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,400 the Baptist, Father Zacharias of the coming Messiah, whose 254 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,040 ministry his son John the Baptist would prepare the way 255 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,920 for. It was Gabriel who spoke to 256 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,880 Mary, a young teenage girl that you she said he's. 257 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,440 She was told by him that she would bring forth the child, 258 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:39,320 though a virgin, the Messiah. Now the timing of Gabriel's 259 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:44,200 visitation to Daniel is notable. It's the time of the evening 260 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,880 sacrifice, 3:00 PM. Now, even though there is no 261 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,320 temple, there's been no sacrifices since it was 262 00:18:52,320 --> 00:19:05,360 destroyed some 67 years ago. Daniel, though in Babylon, still 263 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:10,480 keeps his clock, his world clock, by Jewish reckoning. 264 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:15,000 And that's where you and I need to swing our clocks. 265 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,600 Not by Greenwich, meantime by Daniel. 266 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:26,760 Meantime Jesus Christ, by the way, was crucified. 267 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,520 At what time? 12 noon. 268 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,800 He was placed upon the cross. And when did he breathe his last 269 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:40,440 breath? 3:00 PM, the time of the evening 270 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:46,600 sacrifice in Daniel 922. Gabriel informed me and talked 271 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,880 with me and said, Oh Daniel, I've now come forth to give you 272 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,240 skill and to understand. This is why Gabriel had come. 273 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:57,960 Gabriel said he had been sent to Daniel specifically to give 274 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,200 Daniel skill, to understand this prophecy. 275 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,600 Verse 23, at the beginning of your supplications, at the 276 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,720 beginning, as soon as you started praying Daniel, the 277 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,160 command went out. I was sent to come to you to 278 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,360 tell you I you're greatly beloved. 279 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,040 And therefore consider the matter, the word consider me, 280 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,840 discern, give heed, be attentive to the things that I'm about to 281 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,360 tell you and understand them. You got to know what what I'm 282 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,800 telling you. You see God's time, his world 283 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:36,040 clock, we shall see in this passage is linked to the nation 284 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:40,320 of Israel. In the Living Bible, new Living 285 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:45,160 Bible, it says a period of 7070 sets of seven has been decreed 286 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,480 for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion. 287 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:54,240 Verse 2470 weeks are determined for your people and your holy 288 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,520 city. It's Jewish. 289 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,200 Now it's interesting, the previous prophecies that Daniel 290 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,960 had in chapter 2 and Chapter 7, because Daniel is written in 2 291 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:10,520 languages, Aramaic and Hebrew. In Daniel chapter 2 and Daniel 292 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,920 Chapter 7, the visions that Daniel had dealt with four 293 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,880 specific Gentile world powers. What are they? 294 00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:22,560 You know them by now, Babylon, the Medes and the Persians, the 295 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:29,160 Greeks and the Romans. Those chapters are each written 296 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,160 in Aramaic. You want to know what Aramaic 297 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,960 is. If you've ever seen The Passion 298 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:38,160 of the Christ, Mel Gibson, they spoke Aramaic. 299 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:45,680 Jesus spoke Aramaic as well. And so those chapters deal with 300 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,360 the Gentile world. It was common language of the 301 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:53,360 Gentile nations. But in Chapter 9, the 302 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:56,920 translation goes back to Hebrew. Why? 303 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,880 Because the focus is back on the Jewish people. 304 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,800 Why is such a focus on the Jewish people? 305 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,240 Why? Why? 306 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,600 I mean, why is it that they cause so much mayhem? 307 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,520 Actually, they don't cause anything, do they? 308 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:11,920 They're just trying to live. Actually, they're trying to 309 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:16,440 survive. Literally, there are only 310 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,520 15,000,000 Jews in the world's population. 311 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:26,840 The entire world. That's less than 2/3 of 1%. 312 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:34,400 But this little country, this small group of people have the 313 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,320 attention of the world's focus upon them. 314 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:42,000 Which president hasn't want to bring peace to the Middle East? 315 00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:48,840 Daniel verse 2470. Weeks are determined for your 316 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,000 people and your holy city, Jerusalem. 317 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,320 We read to finish the transgression, to make an 318 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:59,000 endless sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to 319 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,400 bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision 320 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:10,640 and prophecy, to anoint the most holy Bible prophecy as we read 321 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:16,560 it is through Jewish lenses 70 weeks are determined. 322 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:22,120 This is 70 weeks of seven years or 490 years. 323 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:26,800 God has laid out this plan to accomplish His purpose. 324 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:33,000 Our world's history is marching to the clock that the Lord has 325 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,240 set in place in Daniel Chapter 9. 326 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,040 We'll deal with the last seven year period on Wednesday. 327 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,800 The timepiece is not on a meagre or a Rolex. 328 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,480 It's Israel. 70 weeks are determined. 329 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:56,440 It's literally in the Hebrew, 70 weeks of seven years equals 490 330 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,280 years. Gabriel tells Daniel there are 331 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,400 490 years to accomplish these things that I'm going to tell 332 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,640 you about that you need to understand God's plan at the 333 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,520 moment in our current world, as we look at those things 334 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,720 mentioned in verse 24, there is no everlasting righteousness, is 335 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,240 there? We went through the Book of 336 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,840 Revelation. When is that going to happen? 337 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,920 At the second coming of Jesus, when he sets up the millennial 338 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:25,600 reign, and then when Jesus rules and reigns from Jerusalem, 339 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:30,480 everlasting righteousness, there is still no end of sin. 340 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,120 As I read the paper today, I just noticed Cambodia and 341 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:37,480 Thailand, now our war. That's a new war, didn't have 342 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,040 that one. We see events around the world. 343 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,840 We see Israel now trying to move into the most difficult part of 344 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,160 managing what's going to happen to Gaza. 345 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,440 Hamas still haven't laid down their their guns. 346 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:56,640 They weren't. As we read this, we see in verse 347 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,920 24, the holy city hasn't been set up. 348 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,120 There is no holy temple, there's no temple on the Temple Mount in 349 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:10,440 Israel at this moment. But there has one thing occurred 350 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,000 in verse 24. There has been a reconciliation 351 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,120 for iniquity and this happened at the cross of Calvary. 352 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,760 By Christ once and for all sacrifice to end all sacrifices. 353 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:33,600 God sent his Son into the world to be our politician, to be our 354 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:42,160 educator, to be our soldier. No, we needed what saviour? 355 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,040 Imagine being out in the ocean caught in a RIP and our bloke 356 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,920 comes a bloke and says I'm a mechanic, what do you need? 357 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:56,400 I need a mechanic. I need a lifesaver. 358 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,760 God sent his Son into the world to be our saviour. 359 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,080 The problem is Israel didn't accept him. 360 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,840 What did they do then? Kill him, Crucify him? 361 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,160 Crucify him. He came unto his own, and his 362 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,800 own received him not There will be another will come in his own 363 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:18,320 name. And who? 364 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,320 What? What will they do? 365 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,840 They'll receive him at the next last seven years. 366 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:30,160 Daniel verse 25 know therefore, which means now listen and 367 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,640 understand that from the going forth of the command to restore 368 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,840 and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince. 369 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,760 Notice Messiah and Princess in capitals there shall be 7 weeks. 370 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,080 That's 49 years and 62 weeks. That's 434 years. 371 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,800 Notice what is to be built. It's not talking about the 372 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,680 temple. The street shall be built again. 373 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,600 And the wall last Sunday night. If you missed it, you need to 374 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,960 watch it. Plus, Israel dealt in detail in 375 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,680 Nehemiah. Families went back and they 376 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:07,360 rebuilt the walls and they rebuilt the streets they rebuilt 377 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:11,280 in front of their homes. This is from exactly this 378 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,680 prophecy. Even troublesome times. 379 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,360 So 7 * 7 weeks of years is 49 years. 380 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,600 Those held in captivity, once the command has been given, will 381 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,360 return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city walls and the streets. 382 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:34,840 Add on to that 49 years. There are 62 lots of seven weeks 383 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:40,600 of years, which is 434 years. And that is when Messiah will 384 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:48,360 come. Verse 26 And after the 62 weeks, 385 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:54,520 Messiah shall be cut off, but not for itself, and the people 386 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:59,200 of the Princess to come shall destroy the city. 70 AD The 387 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,040 sanctuary, the temple destroyed, the end of it shall be with a 388 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,400 flood till the end of the war. Desolations are determined. 389 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,280 As I said, we'll get to verse 27 on Wednesday, the final week or 390 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:17,080 seven year period. For God's timing, all these 391 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:22,240 prophecies to kick off, there needs to be a starting point on 392 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:23,600 the wall. So where, where does this all 393 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:28,080 start? It took 49 years to repair the 394 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,200 walls and streets of Jerusalem, Nehemiah chapter 2. 395 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:40,560 So we must add the 49 years with the 434 years and add those two 396 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:45,240 together we get 483 years in total when Messiah will come. 397 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:52,840 So the starting point for these prophecies in verse 25 is 398 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:57,120 written down from the going forth of the command to restore 399 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,240 and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince. 400 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:07,400 It shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks St shall be built again the 401 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,520 wall, even in troublesome times. So you should be able to 402 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,360 calculate the date of the appearance of the coming of the 403 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:21,280 Messiah to Jerusalem from the time the commandment was given 404 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,280 to restore and build Jerusalem. And remember, it's still three 405 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,120 years to go. Daniel was just reading about 406 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,800 this. This hasn't happened yet. 407 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,720 Not the Temple, but the streets shall be built again. 408 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:39,520 And the wall. So in Nehemiah, Pastor Israel 409 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,000 dealt with this. In Nehemiah. 410 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,480 Nehemiah. He's the cup bearer for King 411 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,680 Arxyxes. He comes in, he's a bit upset 412 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,720 and I exist. Hey, what's wrong with you, man? 413 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,400 No, no. What's up? 414 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,160 And he talks about he's heard about the ruins of the walls and 415 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:07,680 the streets of Jerusalem and Arxyxes on March 14th, 445 BC 416 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:16,960 gave Nehemiah the command to go back, restore, rebuild and start 417 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,400 the construction. That's the start date. 418 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,920 Fellow who calculated all this was an investigator with the 419 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,000 Scotland Yard. His name was Sir Robert 420 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,680 Anderson. He was an astronomer and a 421 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:41,080 brilliant mathematician. Now it says in verse 26, after 422 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:45,000 the 62 weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself. 423 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:51,960 So Jesus comes and it says he'll come from that period, that 424 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,600 period of time, but he's going to be, he's going to be killed. 425 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,760 The word cut off in the Hebrew is the word carath or carath 426 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:08,200 KARATH, and it means to kill, to execute, to be given capital 427 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:13,000 punishment, and it means to Pierce one flesh. 428 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:19,000 So Messiah would come, Jesus, and when he would come he would 429 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,520 receive the death penalty. Jews couldn't give the death 430 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:29,080 penalty under Roman law. Only Pilot could give the death 431 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:35,400 penalty and be pierced and it was the Romans who carried out 432 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:40,200 the crucifixion and he would die, but it says notice, but not 433 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:44,160 for himself. The two thieves says we know 434 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,600 we're we're we can just judgement. 435 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,440 This man, he's done nothing wrong. 436 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:55,720 And Isaiah 53, verse 5, Isaiah wrote hundreds of years before 437 00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:01,480 this was to occur. He was wounded for our 438 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:07,440 transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities. 439 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:14,200 The chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by His stripes 440 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,520 we're healed. And remember, He was cut off 441 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:23,120 when at the time of the evening sacrifice. 442 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,640 But who would do this to the Messiah? 443 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,280 The prophecy tells us it says. And the people of the Prince who 444 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:37,320 is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. 445 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:44,280 The Romans. General Titus. 70 AD So if we 446 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:54,040 count 483 years from March 14th, 445 BC AG Xerxes. 447 00:32:54,040 --> 00:33:02,080 Long Germanus says go Nehemiah and add that you arrive exact 448 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,920 exactly at the time of the Messiah to come. 449 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,280 Actually you can. You can even calculate to the 450 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:13,160 days 173,880 days. It's based on the Jewish 451 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:21,520 calendar, 360 days, not 365, a lunar calendar, which brings us 452 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:29,040 to a certain date, 483 years, 183,880 days from March 14th, 453 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:35,840 445 PC. It brings us to April 6, 32 AD, 454 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,360 something else in the Jewish calendar. 455 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:45,720 It's the 10th of Nissan, not Nissan Datsun, but Nissan period 456 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:51,440 of month, a month. Now on the 10th of Nissan, as a 457 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,440 Jewish family you would gather together, you would go down to a 458 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:00,800 place and you would select all from all the lambs that have 459 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,360 been passed by the priests. You would pick the lamb that was 460 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,560 to be killed would be your Passover lamb. 461 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:14,000 On that date the families gathered specific day select the 462 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,920 lamb which will be killed a few days later. 463 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:23,560 On that day of selection, the 10th of Nissan, April 6th 32AD 464 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:28,480 Jesus was with his disciples. He was on the Mount of Olives 465 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,960 according to Matthew chapter 21 and he said to them, hey guys, 466 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:39,920 go into the village OPS you and immediately you'll find a donkey 467 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,760 tied up on a cult with her. Loose them, untie them, bring 468 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,880 them to me. If anyone says anything to you, 469 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:52,280 you shall say the Lord has need of them and immediately He will 470 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,679 send them All this was done, then it might be fulfilled, 471 00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:58,840 which was spoken by the prophet saying tell the daughter of 472 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:03,280 Zion, behold, the king is coming to you lowly sitting on a 473 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,000 donkey. A cult, the foal of a donkey. 474 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,760 How specific is that? Matthew 21 verses 1 to 5. 475 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,840 Now what followed that day we call Palm Sunday. 476 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:24,160 Jesus is on a donkey, a cult never been ridden for the first 477 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,480 time, he allows himself to go into Jerusalem. 478 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:33,680 He's not stayed there one night at all to be exalted and praised 479 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:38,000 by the crowds of people gathered throwing palm leaves, and 480 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,480 they're closed down upon the street as he rides in. 481 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:45,600 And what did the crowd cried out as he rode into Jerusalem? 482 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:55,280 Luke 1938 saying Blessed is the king, capital K who comes in the 483 00:35:55,280 --> 00:36:04,360 name of the Lord, peace in heaven, glory in the highest. 484 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:09,040 Jesus on that day made a deliberate claim publicly. 485 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,160 He declared He was the Lamb of God. 486 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,240 As John said, behold, the Lamb of God has come to take away the 487 00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:19,040 sins of the world. As he wrote in, he was declaring 488 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:26,240 I am the Lamb of God, the sacrifice to end all sacrifices. 489 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:40,120 I am the Messiah. 483 years 173,880 days April 6th, 32 AD. 490 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,880 The religious leader said, hey, you got to shush the crowd. 491 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,760 No, Jesus said that the crowd was to be silent. 492 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:58,000 The very stones that I write on and cry, why God's plan will be 493 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,280 fulfilled. Man cannot stop God's plan. 494 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:13,120 But in Luke 19, we read on that day, verse 41, as Jesus drew 495 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:24,880 near Jerusalem, he saw the city and he wept over saying what if 496 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:33,960 you had known even you, especially in this your day, the 497 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,080 day, the things that make for your peace. 498 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:41,160 We used to sing a song chorus when I was first saved. 499 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,880 This is the day, this is the day, this is the day that Lord 500 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,000 has made. We will rejoice. 501 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,240 We were glad in it. That line is only actually 502 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:55,200 theologically correct for the day that Jesus wrote in to 503 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,360 Jerusalem, the day that was created, that was made. 504 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:06,920 It was that day that Jesus came riding into Jerusalem, but they 505 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,000 didn't recognise him. And Jesus went on to say and 506 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,800 that's why I was weeping. But now they are hidden from 507 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:22,480 your eyes, for days will come upon you just 30 plus years. 508 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:28,880 Enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you, close 509 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:34,040 you in on every side, level you and your children within you. 510 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:39,840 And they will not leave in you one stone upon another. 511 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,640 That's what he said. Remember on the Mount of Olives, 512 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:48,880 because, because, why? Because you did not know the 513 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,320 time of your visitation. You didn't know. 514 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:58,840 You should have known. So Jesus holds Israel 515 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,480 accountable. He had given them Daniel the 516 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:09,200 prophet the very day Daniel had said this is the day the Messiah 517 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,400 will come. They should have known. 518 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:23,480 They should have been ready this Christmas, 220 five, 2025, we 519 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,800 remember the coming and seeking of the wise men. 520 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,800 Remember. And they came across the first 521 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,160 person to reject Jesus Christ. You know who that was? 522 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,480 Harry. He's the first one in the Bible 523 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:39,640 who rejected Jesus. They came seeking the wise men. 524 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,040 We've come looking for the King born. 525 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,320 He is born king. The magic, They came from the 526 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:52,520 east and they travelled 1600 plus kilometres. 527 00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:02,040 It was Daniel who had told them when this king would come and 528 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,320 why he would come. How can you say that? 529 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:09,600 For you remember back in Daniel chapter 2, who was in charge of 530 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:14,480 the magic? Daniel he was over all the wise 531 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:19,760 men and so they would have learnt all about Daniel 9's 532 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,640 prophecy. They knew when the king was 533 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,760 coming. It took a while to get there. 534 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,840 1600 kilometres. No Uber in those days. 535 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:38,480 The day Jesus came. I want to ask how many Jews were 536 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:43,360 ready reading the book of Daniel, knowing just before 537 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:49,760 Jesus came. I can name only two disciples. 538 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,520 They weren't sure a fellow called Simeon, all blood. 539 00:40:56,360 --> 00:41:01,680 Luke chapter 2 verse 25 Joseph and Mary take take 2 turtle 540 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,480 doves because they're poor, they're carpenters, they're 541 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:05,960 taking Jesus. He's going to have his 542 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:10,120 circumcision, plus Mary's going to have the offering, the 543 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:14,640 sacrifice for her purification. After giving birth, they go to 544 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,640 the temple, and who greets them? A fellow called Simeon. 545 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:21,200 Simeon seized them. He's been waiting. 546 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,400 It says this man was just devout, waiting for the 547 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,320 consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 548 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:32,200 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would 549 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,760 not die before he'd seen the Lord's Christ. 550 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:40,080 He sees Joseph and Mary, he sees the baby Jesus and he grabs 551 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,640 Jesus, takes him in his arms, and he looks at the face of God 552 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:52,920 and he says these words. My eyes have seen your 553 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,880 salvation. I'm ready to go. 554 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:04,560 I'm ready to die. Instead of Simeon, he was 555 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,120 constantly expecting the Messiah to come. 556 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:16,760 There's another lady, Anna. She did Luke chapter 2, verse 557 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:21,160 36. There was 1 Anna prophetess, the 558 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,160 daughter of Faniel of the tribe of Asha. 559 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,800 She was of great age and had lived with her husband seven 560 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,520 years that he had died. And then this woman was a widow 561 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,760 of about 84 years who did not depart from the temple. 562 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,920 She served God with fastings and prayers, night and day coming. 563 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:44,320 In that instant, she spots Joseph and Mary and Jesus. 564 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:51,120 And she gave thanks to the Lord and spoke of him to all those 565 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:52,800 who look for redemption in Jerusalem. 566 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:58,480 Here's the Messiah, you see, you and I aren't just here to be. 567 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:00,600 Oh, I'm into, are you in the Bible prophecy? 568 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,120 I'm not really. Don't get into that sort of 569 00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,520 stuff, sorry. That's not how it works. 570 00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,640 You and I are called to understand this prophecy. 571 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:21,880 How much more should we today now with all the knowledge that 572 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:29,240 we know that we can look back that Jesus very soon is going to 573 00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:33,320 call his church out called the rapture out of this world. 574 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:41,720 Paul says I don't want you to be ignorant of this concerning 575 00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:46,640 those who've died as you sorrow as have those who have no hope 576 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,840 if you believe that Jesus died and rose again. 577 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:56,400 Even so Paul said God will bring with him those who sleep in 578 00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,880 Jesus, those who've died and gone before us. 579 00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:03,280 We're still alive for this. We say to you by the word of the 580 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:08,000 Lord, this is God's word, that we who are alive and so 581 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:13,840 believers are going to be taken out of this world, living at the 582 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,680 time of the rapture. We who are alive and remain 583 00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:22,800 until the coming of the Lord will by no means go before those 584 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,720 who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will 585 00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:30,600 descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an 586 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:35,120 Archangel, with the trumpet of God, which we believers will 587 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,880 hear. The dead in Christ will rise 588 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,480 first. Verse 17. 589 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:49,440 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with 590 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:53,800 them, where? In the clouds to meet the Lord? 591 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:59,880 Where in the air. Thus we shall always be with the 592 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:05,960 Lord, uncomfort one another with these words, Paul goes on to say 593 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:12,160 in chapter 5 of that passage. But you, brethren, you're not in 594 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:17,240 darkness, so that this day coming of the Lord, the rapture 595 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,400 of the church should overtake you as a thief. 596 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:26,360 You get caught out. You are sons of light, sons of 597 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:29,000 the day. We are not of the night nor of 598 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:30,880 darkness. In other words, we're not living 599 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,320 of and in in the way of the world anymore. 600 00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:42,440 Therefore, let us not sleep that as others do, but let us watch 601 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:47,000 and be sober. That means live right before 602 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:50,360 God. For God did not appoint us to 603 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:55,760 wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 604 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,280 So I wrapped this up to you all, Keith. 605 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,280 What's Daniel Nine got to do with me? 606 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:06,960 It's got everything to do with you because we've done 69 of 607 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:11,480 those weeks of seven years. The clock has stopped. 608 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:19,320 The sire has come cut off, rose from the dead, ascended into 609 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:20,760 heaven. The clock stopped. 610 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:25,640 There's still one week or one seven year period yet to happen. 611 00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:30,280 When will that happen? At the moment the church is 612 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:34,720 taken out, raptured, the clock clicks on again. 613 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,440 Why? Because the focus from 614 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:43,760 Revelation 6 right through the 19 is upon the nation Israel. 615 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:49,080 It's all about Israel. It's just going to hot up even 616 00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:54,120 more about Israel now. God has not sent you an Angel 617 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,600 today man. I'm far from that. 618 00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:03,280 He hasn't interrupted your prayer, but he has spoken to you 619 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,920 the same way because today the Bible says in Hebrews chapter 1, 620 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:10,200 how does God speak to us through his word? 621 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,280 So God has spoken to you today through his word. 622 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:25,440 He has said you need to understand and know what what 623 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,520 soon is about to happen. Peter says because I understand 624 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,720 and know this. How then should we Live Today? 625 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,800 That's a great time of the year because the world goes in chaos 626 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:41,840 at Christmas and Christians need to hold the line. 627 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:51,680 Glorify God, remember Christ, live as salt and light. 628 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:56,120 When you're mixing now in your work jobs, your work situations, 629 00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,240 the the office parties and all those sorts of things, the end 630 00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:03,880 of years when you're gathering with your family, they need you. 631 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:08,480 They don't know it, but they need you to be salt and light. 632 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,920 They don't need you to be a holy Bible bashing idiot. 633 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:18,440 They need to see in you. I want what you have. 634 00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:22,320 I want the peace that you have. I want the calm that you have. 635 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,840 I want to know the God that you have. 636 00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:30,480 The Romans used to have the gains, and they would throw all 637 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:35,920 the Christians in, let loose the hungry lions and the beasts, and 638 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,440 they would tear them apart as the Romans. 639 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,800 Yeah. And what would the Christians 640 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,840 do? As they'll do in the Colosseum, 641 00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,760 They would stand together, families together, and they 642 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,280 would raise their hands. I would praise God, pray to God, 643 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,800 and glorify God. And the Romans couldn't fathom 644 00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,840 that. And in the end, the Romans began 645 00:48:56,840 --> 00:49:01,160 to climb over and jump in and join up with the Christians 646 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:05,720 being taken. Because if the God these 647 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:09,920 believers serve can do that under the greatest extreme 648 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,840 conditions, that must be the true and living God. 649 00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,440 We're living in the most exciting time. 650 00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,160 Is this going to be our last Christmas? 651 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:28,320 I hope so, but I don't know. We had a question on Friday 652 00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:33,920 night from the Calvary kids. Why doesn't God given us the 653 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,640 date of the rapture? By the way, if anyone give you a 654 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:42,600 date of the rapture, move on. No man knows the day of the year 655 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:48,880 because God wants you to live godly, Yeah.