1 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:15,650 Daniel 11 the prophet Isaiah tells us the Lord speaks in 2 00:00:15,690 --> 00:00:20,450 chapter 46 verse 9 and 10. There God says these things. 3 00:00:20,450 --> 00:00:23,810 He says, remember the things that I have done in the past, 4 00:00:26,570 --> 00:00:30,090 for I alone am God. I am God. 5 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,400 There is none like me. There's no other God, there's 6 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,840 only one God. There are not many roads, too 7 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,480 many gods, there's one God. Jesus said I am the way, the 8 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:47,000 truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,200 by me. There is no other God but the 10 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:56,360 God of Israel. There is no other way to God but 11 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,840 through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. 12 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:06,720 He goes on to say in verse 10 of chapter 46, Only I can tell you 13 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,720 the future. Don't believe anybody else. 14 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,680 You want to know what the future holds. 15 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,880 You don't have to go to a psych. What do you call them? 16 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,680 Psychic? Is that what they call something 17 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,040 like that? I make a lot of money out of 18 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:31,600 poor people anyway. I call them con men, women only. 19 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:37,520 I can tell you the future only and the future is laid out in 20 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,440 God's word. God's ringing me. 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:45,560 I'll, I'll be, I'll be calling back before it ever happens. 22 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,920 He says. Everything God says I plan will 23 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:58,400 come to pass everything for I do whatever I wish. 24 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,800 So we learn only God knows the future and he's made it known to 25 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,840 us in the Bible of the word of God. 26 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:11,920 He made it known to Abraham as he and an Angel came to Abraham 27 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:16,280 on the plains of memory. They're going on to judge Sodom 28 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,920 and Gomorrah and there before he went in and judge Sodom and 29 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:24,760 Gomorrah and they rescued Lot because judgement doesn't fall 30 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,040 on the righteous, only on the unrighteous. 31 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,080 So Lord had to be taken out of the city. 32 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:37,640 Genesis 1817 God said the Lord said should I hide my plan from 33 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,280 Abraham? In other words, I'm going to 34 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,960 tell him what I'm going to do. The Lord asked, but also the 35 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,040 Bible tells you and I revelation chapter one, verse one. 36 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,640 This is a revelation from Jesus Christ which God gave him to 37 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,800 show his servants. That's everyone who's received 38 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,320 Christ as their Lord and Saviour. 39 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,080 By the way, do you know that his servants, you can't, you don't 40 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:08,640 attend church, you don't attend or hang out at church. 41 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,120 When you become born again, Jesus says you must be born 42 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,760 again. You then change from serving 43 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,920 yourself to serving the Lord. And so I want you to really 44 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:28,760 think about that 2026 where, what, and how are you going to 45 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:35,880 be serving the Lord in 2026? This is a revelation from Jesus 46 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:41,160 Christ which God gave Him to show His servants and servants 47 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,480 do what their master asks or commands. 48 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:48,480 The events that must soon take place future. 49 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,680 We're living in a time where those who call themselves 50 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,240 Christians proclaim that they are followers of Christ, and 51 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,040 many people do. Every American president has 52 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:04,920 done for ages are coming to a pivotal junction in the world's 53 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,400 history, biblical history. That is a valley of decision. 54 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,560 Now it says in the prophet Joel verse chapter 3, verse 14, 55 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,279 thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of 56 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,720 decision. There the day of the Lord will 57 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,520 soon arrive. And that's specifically Speaking 58 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,160 of the valley of Jezreel when the Lord returns the battle, the 59 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,800 battle of Armageddon. But you and I today, as 60 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,960 believers, we're in a valley of decision. 61 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:46,520 And so as 2026 comes up and we sang about it this morning, we 62 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:51,280 are to make decisions that direct and guide our lives. 63 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,760 And the decision should be, what does the Lord want me to do in 64 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:02,080 this situation? In Chapter 11, the future is 65 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:07,560 detailed in Prophetic Information so much that we'll 66 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,600 have to summarise it. We couldn't go through it and 67 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:16,240 pick every verse. Chapter 10 through to chapter 12 68 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,640 are one prophetic vision that Daniel is receiving. 69 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:23,320 Remember, he's been praying three weeks, fasting and prayer 70 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:31,640 and it covers a period of time from King Darius the Maid to the 71 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:36,000 second coming of Jesus Christ, that period past future, even 72 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,320 our future. So first one also in the first 73 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,240 year of Darius the Mead I even I stood up to confirm and 74 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,680 strengthen him. This is the messenger sent from 75 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,880 God the first day, the first moment that Daniel prayed a 76 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,760 messenger was sent and remember, but it took three weeks to get 77 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,760 there. Why battle in heaven? 78 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,880 Spiritual warfare, The answer was sent. 79 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:04,720 But there was warfare before. Daniel received this messenger 80 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:10,360 from God, who now from 10:11 and 12:00 tells him this amazing 81 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:16,600 vision of future events. And he says this messenger and 82 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,760 now I will tell you the truth. I like that. 83 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:27,360 Behold, 3 more kings will arise in Persia, and the 4th shall be 84 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,640 far richer than them all by his strength. 85 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:35,960 Through his riches he shall stir up against the realm of Greece. 86 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,840 Remember we had the Babylonians and the Medes and the Persians 87 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,400 who followed them, the Grecians who followed the Grecians, the 88 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,080 Romans. So I want to ask you, do you 89 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,360 want the truth? You know dogs and cats? 90 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,920 I don't care about the truth. You know when you go and leave 91 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,560 your dog at home and you you come home to the dog and and 92 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,600 he's wagging his tail? He didn't. 93 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,320 He doesn't know. You've been gone for hours. 94 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,840 He's just, you wouldn't have a clue. 95 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,240 He doesn't wear a watch, can't tell the time. 96 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,200 You know you can tell him off because he's been digging holes. 97 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:09,560 Next minute, he's your best friend again. 98 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,760 You say come in here. He wags his tail. 99 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,320 Everything like cats. They're a little bit different. 100 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:24,050 Cats don't care. You can go away. 101 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:30,880 Don't come back. I don't care, but you know you 102 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:36,320 and I want the truth. When we go to the doctor, we 103 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:41,440 don't want him to kind of go, well, what's the problem? 104 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:43,880 What are you going to do about it? 105 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,400 God created us to demand to know the truth. 106 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,960 We need the truth. In Daniel chapter 10 verse 21, 107 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,040 the messenger said to Daniel, I will tell you what is noted in 108 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,840 the scripture of truth. God's Word is the truth. 109 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:10,200 And now in Daniel Chapter 11 he repeats verse 2 and now I will 110 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,200 tell you the truth. Remember, it was Jesus Christ 111 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:19,720 Himself who placed His seal on the authenticity of Daniel's 112 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:25,880 prophecies in Matthew 2415 on the Olivet Discourse when the 113 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,960 disciples said, Jesus, tell us what's going to be the things, 114 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,120 what's going to happen at the end, the end of the age, Matthew 115 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,400 2415, Jesus and part of that discussion said, therefore, when 116 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,360 you see the abomination of desolation spoken of. 117 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,680 And now Jesus says by Daniel the prophet, Jesus says Daniel the 118 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:50,760 prophet standing in the holy place. 119 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,960 Jesus adds this. Whoever reads Daniel the 120 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:59,200 prophet, let him understand. You need to know and understand 121 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,600 the prophecies of Daniel the word of God. 122 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,760 In other words, the events that are spoken of here, they're 123 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,240 coming and they're going to happen. 124 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:15,280 Guaranteed there will be 3 more kings that will rise up in the 125 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,440 Persian Empire. Ahasiris was the first, then 126 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,640 there was Arctic Xerxes, then there's Darius, then a fourth, 127 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,480 the most powerful of all will come his name, Xerxes. 128 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:32,080 Then another empire that follows is mentioned, The Grecian. 129 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,440 Why are there only two empires mentioned? 130 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,520 Have you ever wondered why he only deals with the the Medes 131 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:45,360 and the Persians here specifically for Persian and 132 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,960 then the Greeks? You know, why doesn't talk 133 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,480 about, you know, other empires that were going on throughout 134 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,200 the world and there were other empires at that time in the 135 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,520 world. Why, why does the Bible just 136 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,360 mention the Persians and the Grecians? 137 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:04,920 That's a good question. Because these two empires took 138 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,920 on the nation Israel. Because it's all about Israel 139 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:16,200 and attempted to annihilate the covenant people of God. 140 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,920 That's why they mentioned the first one. 141 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,840 The Persians attempted to do this initially through the 142 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,440 wicked plot of a fella called Haman. 143 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,240 It's a great story to read your kids. 144 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,120 It's found in the book of Esther. 145 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:36,160 Haman. Secondly, the Greeks tried to do 146 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,680 the same to the Jews during the reign of a fellow called 147 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:44,400 Antiochus the 4th. He was king of the Seleucid 148 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:50,640 Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. 149 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,800 And it's the period between the end of the Old Testament and the 150 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:01,160 beginning of the New Testament. And Antiochus tried to make the 151 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:08,440 Jewish people deny their Jewish character, their heritage during 152 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,520 that period. Verse 3 Then a mighty king. 153 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,960 So we've moved from the Persians, and now we're going to 154 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:19,160 go to the Grecians Shall arise, who shall rule with great 155 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,760 dominion, and do according to his will. 156 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,040 And when he has arisen, his Kingdom shall be broken up and 157 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,160 divided toward the four. Note that four winds of heaven, 158 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,640 but not among his posterity, not in other words, not his kids. 159 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,760 They're not going to his heirs, they're not going to take over 160 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:41,120 his Kingdom, nor according to his dominion with which he 161 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,760 ruled. For his Kingdom shall be 162 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,960 uprooted, even for others besides these. 163 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,680 Now, in the middle of the Persian and the Greek Empire, 164 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,800 there arose a mighty king, his name, Alexander the Great. 165 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:01,560 He defeated the Persians in 332 BC Alexander the Great, however, 166 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,800 died at the age of just 32 years. 167 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,560 He was drinking all night, been raining. 168 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:13,400 He had a fever, and he died. And as he's dying, they said, 169 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,520 well, who's going to, who's going to rule? 170 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,560 And he said to, to the strongest. 171 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:25,560 But here's a point. Why do we not hear any more 172 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:31,520 about Alexander the Great? I mean this mighty man well, and 173 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,280 I recommend you have one in your home. 174 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:38,400 There's a book called Josephus Jewish Historian, and the Jewish 175 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:44,160 historian in his book tells us that Alexander the Great arrived 176 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:49,200 at Jerusalem with his mighty army during his at the height of 177 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,640 his reign. And who met him? 178 00:12:52,880 --> 00:13:00,480 The high priest of Jerusalem met him and asked him to speak with 179 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,320 him. The high priest then showed 180 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:11,720 Alexander personally the scroll of the Daniel of of the prophet 181 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,040 Daniel that you and I are reading today. 182 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,120 And he told Alexander, this is you here. 183 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,440 This is who Daniel is writing there. 184 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,080 He wrote about you before you came. 185 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:29,680 This is you on the way, and it's in the antiquities of the Jews. 186 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:37,440 In the book of Josephus, Chapter 11, verses 8.5, on the way to 187 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,600 Jerusalem, Josephus says that Alexander said, you know, it's 188 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,840 funny you say you've done all this as I'm coming. 189 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:49,080 I had a dream and I saw you, you the high priest, coming to me. 190 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:55,280 And so he was so overwhelmed by him being found in Daniel's 191 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:00,080 prophecy written years before, he offered a sacrifice to the 192 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,920 God of Israel in Jerusalem along with the high priest, and then 193 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,080 he turned and left with his army. 194 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:16,280 Alexander left Jerusalem alone. In verse 4 it tells us of the 195 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,320 time of Alexander's death and the Grecian empire being divided 196 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,280 up. Remember it says four winds, 4 197 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:27,040 generals. Now the rest of Chapter 11 deals 198 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,400 greatly with just two of the four generals and their 199 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,880 kingdoms. 2 kingdoms, Syria to the north, Egypt to the South. 200 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,920 We have no dealings in Daniel here with the other two 201 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,640 generals. Again, question. 202 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,680 Well, why? Why aren't they mentioned here? 203 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,920 Because they had no dealings with the people of Israel. 204 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:55,120 It's all about Israel. Verse 5 Also the king of the 205 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:59,080 South shall become strong as well as one of his Princess, and 206 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,760 he shall gain power over him and have dominion. 207 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,640 His dominion shall be a great dominion. 208 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,760 The king of the South, who took over during the Grecian reign 209 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,800 after Alexander's death, was a fellow called General Ptolemy. 210 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,720 He was Ptolemy the First of Egypt, the king of the north, 211 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,280 one of the four generals of Alexander. 212 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,440 His name was Seleucis. He took over the dominion of the 213 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:28,040 region of Syria. So Egypt, Syria, sandwiched in 214 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:34,400 the middle, Israel, and they were at war with one another. 215 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:39,080 The rest of Chapter 11 goes into incredible detail. 216 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,720 It speaks of Cleopatra, it speaks of Mark Antony, and all 217 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,080 those things that occurred are found in Chapter 11. 218 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,360 Between the two rules, North and South. 219 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,440 They fought one another back and forth and often the battleground 220 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:00,040 unfortunately was the land of Israel that separated them both. 221 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,240 I remember our guide telling us when we were at the Jaffa Gate, 222 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,200 the Jaffa Gate in Israel still has all these bullet holes in 223 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,680 it. You know, he was pointing out 224 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,720 what calibre that one is, what calibre that one is, which war 225 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,920 and so forth. And he said, here's the thing, 226 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,960 every time there was a war in in Europe and Asia, everyone went 227 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,600 through Israel on the way to the war or back through Israel on 228 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:29,600 the way home from the war. The fighting between the two 229 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:35,440 lasted some 130 years. So between verses 6 and 21, we 230 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,840 have alliances, marriages. They try, you know, married one 231 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:41,200 another, you know, you marry Cleopatra. 232 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,960 And then there's Marc Anthony, you know, and all this so forth. 233 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,760 Then there's more wars. Then there's victories and 234 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,960 defeats on both sides, victory to the north. 235 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:55,320 They're occupying the Holy Land that is the Seleucid Empire or 236 00:16:55,320 --> 00:17:00,120 the dynasty of Syria, and then more alliances, more marriages. 237 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,240 So the prophecies are so detailed and written now between 238 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:09,200 6 and 21, that many Bible, I mean not Bible scholars, but 239 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,480 scholars around the world said it's impossible for this to be 240 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,920 written before the events. It is impossible because the the 241 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,160 events that Daniel has written down, told to him by the 242 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,839 messenger of God are too detailed. 243 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,800 But you know, that's God's word. God's the only one in you. 244 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,360 Which raises a question right now at this time for you and I, 245 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,880 are you troubled by the events of 2025? 246 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:49,120 I am Gaza, Israel. We're hoping now as we click 247 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:52,720 over, we'll be putting out our sign up sheet for our trip to 248 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:58,560 Israel in January 27, which will be months, only months away once 249 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:03,360 we click over for the first time in three years. 250 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:07,360 In Bethlehem, they celebrated Christmas safely. 251 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:14,880 But the events of 2025, Bondi massacre, I mean, it's wicked. 252 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:21,400 And now are you fearful of what may happen in 2026? 253 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,080 I mean, we have children growing up. 254 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:30,080 Grandchildren don't be. How can I say that? 255 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,800 Why? Because we serve the Lord who 256 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:40,360 knows and dictates the future. You see, fear is the opposite to 257 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:45,560 faith. And God has our lives in His 258 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,640 hand. God knows the future now you 259 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,720 know your past. Can you remember your past? 260 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,800 Oh yeah, I remember I did that. Oh no, I forgot that. 261 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:02,160 Well, God knows your future, our future, better than you even 262 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,600 know your past. So why is Bible prophecy so 263 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,800 important? Why are we even dealing with 264 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:15,640 Persians and Grecians now? First, Bible prophecy covers 1/3 265 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:20,520 of all scripture, so it's pretty much there's no getting around. 266 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:28,440 Secondly, God shows off through the word of God constantly that 267 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,920 he rules the future. Only he knows the future. 268 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:38,560 He says for I alone am God, there's no one like me, only I 269 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,160 can tell you the future before it even happens. 270 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,240 This tells you and I this morning and gives us great 271 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,440 evidence in the word of God that it is inspired. 272 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,720 This is not just the book. We gave a book to a kid. 273 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,680 We were living in Bibra Lake one time. 274 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,040 He's nine years old, won't mention his name, but man, he 275 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,120 was like Dennis the Menace. He just annoyed the daylights 276 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,800 out of us. We drive up the driveway and 277 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,480 he'd been on our kids band trampoline, bouncing up and down 278 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,840 and he disappeared as we drive up. 279 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:12,840 Gary, you even did trampoline. No, no, I haven't been there. 280 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,840 Anyway, we thought we'll try and win him to. 281 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,360 The Lord gave him a Bible. Obviously his mom and dad didn't 282 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:19,960 like it. So next day he came back and 283 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,400 said here's the Bible. I said, oh, you read it? 284 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,480 Yeah, you read it last night so you can have it back. 285 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:34,920 Gary, God's word is inspired. Thirdly, God's word is true. 286 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,320 You see, you don't want to waste your time coming here today. 287 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,240 I hate when, you know, as you get older, you really don't like 288 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,520 wasting time. You like to get in. 289 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:45,840 I mean, how long are we doing this? 290 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,000 You know, you know, you stand in the line at the grocery stores 291 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,960 where it says 12. What do you do? 292 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,960 Count how many they got in their basket. 293 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,200 They got they got 14 in that basket. 294 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:05,480 And then you go through fast food and they tell you to drive 295 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,320 around to wait till the you mean I got to drive around way out 296 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:13,960 the front. Now, by the way, don't go to 297 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:20,440 Hungry Jack's over here The other day I was 30 minutes and I 298 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,040 reversed out in the end, 30 minutes and I had not moved. 299 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,600 Some of the kids here work at Hungry Jack's. 300 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,160 That's really good, isn't it? Just remembered that that went 301 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:36,280 down. Well, the Bible is true. 302 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:42,280 It gives us the details, nations, the kings, it names 303 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,760 them, it tells you the years. And fourthly, if all this is 304 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,800 true, you know what then? The truth about our salvation is 305 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,160 real. It means you are saved. 306 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,400 God has saved you. You are saved by his grace. 307 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,960 You are safe in His arms. You were saved through his death 308 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,600 that was prophesied. You were saved by his 309 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,160 resurrection. Jesus said three days, I'll be 310 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,640 back. He did. 311 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,800 And you know what else the Bible says he said he's going to do? 312 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,120 He says I'm coming back. That's as concrete as you can 313 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:21,040 get. This is why Jesus said to his 314 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,560 disciples on that fateful night, the night of his betrayal and 315 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:30,160 arrest, He said let not your heart be troubled. 316 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,880 You believe in God, believe also in me. 317 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,560 Why in my Father's house, so many mansions? 318 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:44,600 If it were not so, I, I would tell you, I go to prepare a 319 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:52,160 place, a real, tangible, actual existing place for you. 320 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:59,080 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and I 321 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:04,440 will receive you to myself, that where I am, there you may be 322 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,840 also where I go, you know, and the way you know. 323 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:12,800 So God did not just have in Daniel 11 here, just a specific 324 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,200 plan for four generals. And Alexander, the Bible tells 325 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,280 us because of this, that this morning God has a specific 326 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,760 detailed plan for your life, your life. 327 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:32,040 You're created in his image. He saw you being formed in your 328 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,520 mother's womb. Psalm 139. 329 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:40,440 He made your heartbeat. He has a plan also. 330 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,080 Many of you are young, newly married. 331 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,360 He has a plan for your marriage. Some of you are been married for 332 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:49,280 a number of years. He has a plan for your marriage. 333 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:54,080 It's just not what shall we do now we're married, what shall we 334 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,280 do? No, it's what does God want us 335 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:00,160 to do? Where does God want us to go? 336 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,520 We can't be selfish. You can't be a believer in 337 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,640 Christ and run your own life. Can't do that. 338 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,960 God has a plan for you. Specific plan. 339 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:24,720 Here's a plan for your family. How is your family to minister 340 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,040 in the Kingdom of God? Your family. 341 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:36,960 Here's a plan for your son and your daughter, a specific godly 342 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,120 plan for them. Do you know what it is, Mom and 343 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:42,840 Dad? Do you pray about it? 344 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:49,240 Do you seek God about it? No matter who you are, God has a 345 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,360 plan for you. There's a little guy he wanted 346 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,920 to see Jesus, couldn't see Jesus. 347 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,080 He was just small, you know, every time he tried to see, he 348 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,400 couldn't see out of the crowd. So he rushed the head where 349 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,640 Jesus was going to walk, climbed up a tree, and as Jesus came 350 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:06,480 under the tree, he stopped Zacchaeus, tonight your place, 351 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,000 I'm coming, calling me out by name. 352 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,760 As he left Zacchaeus, Jesus said salvation has come to this 353 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,360 place. He knew Zacchaeus, he knew 354 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,240 Zacchaeus couldn't see, He knew Zacchaeus was up the tree. 355 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,840 And he said, Zacchaeus, I'm coming to your place. 356 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,760 Some insignificant guy, where's Zacchaeus come from, didn't do 357 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,080 any great mighty deeds. And then there was a woman. 358 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,120 She had tried, she'd had broken relationship, one after the 359 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,960 other after the other. And she was with another man, 360 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:43,320 now the 6th. And there she goes to get water. 361 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,240 All the other women are gone because they just talk about her 362 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,320 all the time. She turns up. 363 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,600 There's just this, there's this guy waiting, He's a Jew. 364 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,680 And he asks, could you get me a drink? 365 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,280 And then the discussion unveils. Jesus has sent his disciples off 366 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,480 Why? He had an appointment with a 367 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:08,320 woman at a well in Samaria. You see, I want you to realise 368 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,320 you're not just, you're not just somebody that no one knows 369 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,080 about. God has made you and he has a 370 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:23,840 plan in his Kingdom for you. The trouble is, so few of us are 371 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,040 walking in the footsteps that He's created. 372 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,880 So few of us are walking in the plan. 373 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,520 And you know what that means? That means we're not living in 374 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,320 the glory and the wonder and the joy that God has prepared for 375 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,640 us. We're doing our own thing and 376 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,160 it's miserable. Doesn't work. 377 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:49,080 Verse 21, We drop down to now, and in this place shall arise A 378 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,840 vile person to whom they will not give the honour of royalty, 379 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,520 but he shall come in notice peaceably. 380 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,880 He's a trickster, he'll seize the Kingdom by intrigue. 381 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,880 This vile person we mentioned again, we've covered him 382 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,880 previously, his name, Antiochus Epiphany in the Grecian Empire, 383 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,680 he gave himself the title of the Epiphanies, which means 384 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,800 illustrious, glorious, he is a God. 385 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:21,160 The Jews called him Antiochus Epimines, which means he's a 386 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:26,800 crazy man madman. In verse 22 to 25, Antiochus 387 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:31,160 tried to make a name for himself, so he sets out to 388 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,360 conquer the Ptolemy Empire of Egypt to the South. 389 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:42,360 But the Ptolemies do battle with Antiochus, and there's a new kid 390 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:46,000 on the block. They get some help from some 391 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:52,720 naval ships from the Romans, and the Romans find their place in 392 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:58,080 the Middle East for the first time and they defeat Antiochus. 393 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:02,320 And the Roman leader gets Antiochus on the beach and he 394 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,480 literally draws a ring around him on the beach. 395 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:10,440 And he says, before you put your foot out of that circle, you got 396 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:16,400 to promise to stop coming down to take over Egypt before you 397 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,600 put your foot out of that circle. 398 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:25,400 So Antiochus, he said, OK, Antiochus, at that time, it's 399 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:32,360 170 BC, he says on verse 28, while returning to his land on 400 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:36,000 the way back from this defeat with great riches, his heart 401 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,240 shall be moved against the holy covenant. 402 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,760 Who are they? There's only one group of people 403 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,320 who have the holy covenant, the people of Israel. 404 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:49,840 So he shall do damage and return to his own land on his way back 405 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,440 from fighting. He heads back through Jerusalem 406 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:59,240 on the way back to Syria in 170 BC. 407 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,880 It says in verse 34 ships from Cyprus shall come against him. 408 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:09,680 Therefore he shall be grieved and return in Rage Against the 409 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,480 Holy Covenant Israel and do damage. 410 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,680 So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the 411 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,080 Holy Covenant, and forces shall be mustered by Him. 412 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:26,240 They shall defile the sanctuary, the temple, they shall take away 413 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,920 the daily sacrifices, place there the abomination of 414 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,240 desolation. We've heard that mentioned by 415 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,200 Jesus. Those who do wickedly against 416 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,200 the covenant, He shall corrupt with flattery. 417 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,360 But then there's his verse. But the people who know their 418 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:48,680 God shall be strong and carry out great exploits. 419 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:55,640 Antiochus because he's defeated, being humiliated, rage. 420 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,000 He's a crazy man, comes back and does Jerusalem just savages it, 421 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,360 stops everything, stops the worship. 422 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:11,280 He then goes into the temple and there he erects the image of the 423 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:19,400 God Zeus in the holy of holies. He then also gets a pig, a sow 424 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:25,880 and slaughters it on the holy altar and sprinkles sprays pig's 425 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:32,080 blood all throughout the temple. At the time he slaughters 80,000 426 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,920 Jews, he takes prisoner another 40,000. 427 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,240 He steals from the temple in Jerusalem a billion dollars in 428 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:45,480 gold. But yeah, we have this. 429 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:51,160 Then it's also semi colon but the people of God who know their 430 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,520 God shall be strong and carry out great exploits. 431 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,880 It seems like this is a doesn't fit here. 432 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,000 It just pops up amongst this mayhem. 433 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,240 What happened is some Jews sided with Antiochus. 434 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:11,120 Yeah, he will go along with him during the time because he had 435 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,400 smooth sounding words. He was a conman. 436 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,280 But then there are others who resisted him, who are strong in 437 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,440 their God. In the worst of times, under 438 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,000 Antiochus, there were those in Jerusalem who knew their God and 439 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,480 stood strong in their faith. They didn't bow to him. 440 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,160 There are those who no matter the storm, you and I know some, 441 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,920 maybe you're one of them. No matter the doctor's words, 442 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:43,800 you have months to live. No matter the heartache that 443 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:48,120 you've had, the grief that you've lost, when someone has 444 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:53,040 passed or had, you still stand strong in their faith. 445 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:57,320 I remember Pastor Greg Laurie from Calvary Chapel of Harvest. 446 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,200 It's called Harvest now. It used to be Riverside. 447 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,640 His son Christopher, he gets a phone call. 448 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:07,880 His son Christopher, 32, killed on a car crash in California. 449 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,320 So they're wondering what's Greg going to do the Sunday following 450 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:14,920 the accident, the death of his son. 451 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,840 Greg is devastated. He says he's never wept and been 452 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,000 in pain like that in all his life. 453 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,560 So Greg got up and I remember we watched it and he stood at the 454 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,440 pulpit. He's devastated. 455 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:36,120 And he said these words I still believe when he sat down. 456 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:45,400 I still believe you, see you and I can look at this and this is a 457 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:50,280 message for us this morning. In your darkest hour, you can 458 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:55,720 serve God idly. We're heading into troubled 459 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,760 waters. With the New year approaching, 460 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:05,360 persecution to true followers of Christ in Australia is coming. 461 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,760 There will be no exception to those who are true followers who 462 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:16,200 live the Christian life, not persecution, I believe like we 463 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:22,600 see in Nigeria or such places as yet, but in your workplace, 464 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:29,520 you'll be exiled. You have a Bible, everyone which 465 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,880 they knock you, laugh you as you read it during your lunch break. 466 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,000 You don't swear and carry on. You don't tell dirty jokes, 467 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,960 you're ostracised. Better stop talking. 468 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,360 Here comes sunset. I had that, had that for years. 469 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,600 You'll be overlooked in promotion because you're that 470 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:54,520 weird church girl. You'll be forced into situations 471 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:59,240 where you either will fold or you'll stand out like a beacon 472 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:03,040 around the meeting room as discussions going on about 473 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,360 something and something comes up. 474 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,760 What's your opinion on the matter? 475 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:13,600 And it's something that's really bubbling over at the moment. 476 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,440 What do you say about the matter? 477 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:24,040 And you either go, oh, or you say, well, I'm a I'm a believer, 478 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,600 so I go along with what the Bible says on the matter. 479 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:33,239 Oh, you're an idiot. You'll be considered intolerant. 480 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:39,600 But you love people who Christ died for, but you'll be 481 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:44,199 considered intolerant. You'll be considered unloving. 482 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,239 Now that no, that's not unloving. 483 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,760 It's actually the one person who tells the truth. 484 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,639 It's actually loving, isn't it? You know what you're doing is 485 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:57,440 not good for you. Everyone auction just let you go 486 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,960 about and behave like an idiot. But the one person's hey, this 487 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:05,360 is not right. That's the enemy's plan for us 488 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:09,640 in 2026. Confusion, 3 CS Confusion, 489 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,520 compromise and casualness. He's bringing to those who are 490 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,400 lukewarm and Australia as churches full of lukewarm 491 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,840 people, casual in their walk with God. 492 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,520 They fit God in when they can and they're going to run into 493 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,160 great confusion because Jesus said on the Mount of Olives 494 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,080 there's going to be people coming up. 495 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,480 Christ. Christ is here, Christ is there. 496 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:38,720 All new things. Deceivers, you fads. 497 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,720 This is the latest church thing. This is the the new. 498 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,120 This is the new teacher. Oh, Manny, he is. 499 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,480 She's travelling around the world. 500 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:52,240 The new prophet and Satan will bring in compromise. 501 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,800 You'll have decisions to make serious decisions. 502 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,080 The way you choose, the direction you take that will 503 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:04,840 affect your walk. You know, adultery, fornication, 504 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:12,680 cowardly idolaters, unbelieving. Revelation 21 verse 8 says 505 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,920 people who do those things will not get into heaven. 506 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,160 That's not me saying that if people come and go to church, 507 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:28,360 living in sin, lying, rejecting God, cowardly, and they walk 508 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,600 with God, have idols, they think, well, it's not so we're 509 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,360 not so bad. God will help me through. 510 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:41,840 It's the great deception. The Bible says you're not going 511 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:47,400 to get into the Kingdom of God. It's compromise. 512 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:53,360 It's how you lead your marriage, how you lead your family. 513 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,480 If you're casual with God, Can you imagine being in a marriage 514 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:58,960 where the person is casual with you? 515 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:00,920 People have that. They call them open 516 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,880 relationships. You know, they're not, they're 517 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,480 not faithful to one another. They go with others. 518 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,440 They go with others in here and they in and out and I'm not this 519 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:10,720 and that. We're open. 520 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:16,320 No, it's sinful. God doesn't have a casual 521 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,400 relationship. He doesn't have an open 522 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,440 relationship. He's a jealous God. 523 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:25,960 The first commandment is what? Love the Lord your God with 524 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,800 what? All your heart, all your mind, 525 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,360 all your soul and all your strength. 526 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,120 God's not into. I couldn't see it pop in. 527 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,800 Yeah. High 5 See you in six weeks 528 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,720 time. He's not into that. 529 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:45,640 When Jesus died on the cross, it wasn't a casual thing. 530 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,320 I just bang a nail here and then he gave a whole lot. 531 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:57,680 This is my body. Communion will celebrate. 532 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:07,800 This is my body I give for you Broken 2026. 533 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,600 You see, if you're casual, what's going to happen to the 534 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,480 casual? They'll fall away. 535 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,480 In fact, many will fall away in the future. 536 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,320 But this need not be your future. 537 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:25,080 Today you and we can repent right where you are now. 538 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,440 You can fall before God, call upon him and say, God forgive 539 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,520 me. Let me get my heart right. 540 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,920 Let me live right before you right today. 541 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,680 Now, right now is the time for you to know your God. 542 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:44,120 Now, right now is not the time to back off, but to press in and 543 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,160 to serve parents with your children. 544 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,680 Don't back off. Don't don't mellow in your Oh 545 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:53,720 well, others I'll let them just can't do that. 546 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,800 That's child abuse. When you let your kids have 547 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:05,240 their way. Notice it says but but the 548 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:09,320 people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great 549 00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,600 exploits. In Ephesians chapter 3 verse 19 550 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:17,160 Paul wrote to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge 551 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,360 that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 552 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:26,400 The problem is 2 things one we don't realise how much we be we 553 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,960 have have been forgiven and two we don't realise how much God 554 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,160 loves us. The woman who wept over Jesus 555 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,240 feet loved him much. Why? 556 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,640 Because she had been forgiven much. 557 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:46,680 You know me, I have been forgiven much much so I love 558 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:51,560 him, he loves me. She'll keep my commandments. 559 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,520 It's not because I have to. I'm a Christian and I'm a 560 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,880 pastor. I got to do this I desire to. 561 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,360 So now the prophecy in Daniel shifts toward. 562 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:08,520 The last days Antiochus was a type of foreshadow of the coming 563 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:12,880 lawless one, the future world leader known as also the 564 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,560 Antichrist. Verse 36 Then the king shall do 565 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:21,160 according to his own will. He shall exalt and magnify 566 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,920 himself. Isn't that what Lucifer said? 567 00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:31,280 I will ascend, I will above every God, shall speak 568 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:36,480 blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the 569 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,640 wrath has been accomplished. For what has been determined 570 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,320 shall be done. It's specific. 571 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,640 He'll do according to his own will. 572 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:48,000 He'll be above every God. Only the Antichrist. 573 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,800 Not Antiochus. He was a shadow. 574 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,000 Only the Antichrist. Future fits this passage of 575 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,080 Scripture. Why? 576 00:40:55,400 --> 00:41:00,360 For Antiochus, remember he set up a statue of Zeus in the in 577 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,680 the temple. The Antichrist, he's not putting 578 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,880 up a statue of another God. What's he going to put up? 579 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,200 Second Thessalonians, chapter 2? He's going to put up an image of 580 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:17,640 himself, and you'll be forced to wear a mark of worship. 581 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:27,880 The number of a man for Antiochus was the shadow of the 582 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:31,880 coming Antichrist. It is the Antichrist also who 583 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:36,880 alone will speak openly, publicly blasphemous against the 584 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,560 one true God. He'll give speeches around the 585 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,400 world. He'll be a great orator. 586 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,960 Daniel has told us already he has a big mouth, and he rides on 587 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,680 a White Horse when he comes bringing peace, and he will woo 588 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,720 the world, but he'll blasphemy God. 589 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,400 I do not believe that, says verse 37. 590 00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,720 He shall regard neither the God of his father's, nor the desire 591 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:04,800 of women, nor regard any God, for he shall exalt himself above 592 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,440 them all notice. But in their place he shall 593 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,960 honour a God of fortresses, that's power, and a God which 594 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,160 his father's did not know, he shall honour with gold and 595 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,000 silver, with precious stones and pleasant things. 596 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,840 Now, there are a couple of ways people read this. 597 00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,080 I do not believe this text tells us that the Antichrist will be 598 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,280 one Jewish and two homosexual. Some do that. 599 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,960 I don't go along with that. The God of his father's. 600 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:36,760 I believe it's just simply saying this. 601 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,280 Whatever God his family served, he ain't serving that. 602 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,520 He's serving no God. He's God. 603 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,400 Secondly, it says about the desire of women. 604 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:46,920 That means he's going to be a homosexual. 605 00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:50,240 No, not so. That's a term. 606 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:55,000 It's Jewish. The desire of every young Jewish 607 00:42:55,000 --> 00:43:02,280 woman was what to have the Messiah to bring forth, to birth 608 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,840 the Messiah. It's a Jewish term to be the 609 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,800 chosen mother of the Messiah. Verse 39. 610 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:12,400 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a 611 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:16,200 foreign God which he shall acknowledge and advance its 612 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,360 glory, and he shall cause them to rule over many and divine the 613 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:25,360 divide the land for gain. The God or God of fortresses. 614 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:30,800 At the moment, and I said it the other week, our world is arming 615 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,640 up, isn't it? Except for Australia, we've got 616 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,560 the submarines. They'll be here in 2475. 617 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,800 Little bloke will come in, a little outboard motor on. 618 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:49,840 Here's the submarines. Little bloke will get out and, 619 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,920 you know, pull out an air rifle, right? 620 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:59,600 Who are we taking on? But everywhere else in the world 621 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:06,120 is loading up. Europe, Taiwan, China, 622 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,760 Auckland's just come back from Samoa. 623 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,840 China's bought after Samoa, by the way. 624 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,680 They're buying all the Polynesian islands. 625 00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,960 They're just up the road. Those of you in the Navy here 626 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:28,640 know that our biggest threat is who China and the world is 627 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:32,080 reloading and rearming. Trump's just introduced these 628 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,560 new vessels, these new battleships, the Trump class. 629 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,480 They're the most powerful battleships, largest battleships 630 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:46,840 ever to be built. And the Antichrist, when he 631 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:51,720 comes into power, will have a massive, powerful military 632 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:57,320 might. That's how you rule from verse 633 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,440 40 to 45. Notice the wording. 634 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,640 It says at the time of the end there will be wars and 635 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,280 ultimately all the world military might will gather in 636 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,800 one battle. Where's that battle? 637 00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,360 The final battle will be in where? 638 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,120 Israel. It's always about Israel. 639 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,560 Verse 45. He shall plant the tents of his 640 00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,600 palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountains. 641 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:29,200 Yet he shall come to his end, the Antichrist, and no one will 642 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,520 help him. The end will come to the 643 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:36,200 Antichrist is only a set number of days given to him by which 644 00:45:36,720 --> 00:45:41,400 he'll be allowed to rule. Christ will then return at that 645 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,120 very battle, the battle of Armageddon. 646 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:49,400 Revelation, chapter 19. Israel finally, after that, 647 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,560 we'll finally know the real peace. 648 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,440 But here's the sad part. And we love Israel. 649 00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:00,040 We love Yaniv and his family and the Israelis that we've met over 650 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:05,080 the years visiting. Anti semitism doesn't finish 651 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:10,480 until then. It's just going to grow and grow 652 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:15,080 and grow until all the world has turned its back upon Israel, 653 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,200 until the time of the end. Will the persecution of Israel 654 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,840 cease? In the end, the followers of 655 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:27,200 Christ, you and I, will bask with our Saviour and his great 656 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,760 victory. But the people who know their 657 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:34,240 gods shall be strong and carry out great exploits. 658 00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:40,040 I want to ask you today, do you know Jesus Christ as your as 659 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:44,280 your God? You might know him, you heard 660 00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:52,000 about him, but do you know him as your God, your God? 661 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:58,240 Do you say when you pray the Lord pray our Father that he is 662 00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:03,000 your Father? When you say Saviour in Jesus 663 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:07,040 name, you're saying he's your saviour. 664 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:10,560 Do you know him as your Redeemer? 665 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,520 Keith, what is a Redeemer? Someone who has paid the price 666 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,720 for you. Redeem you brought, brought you 667 00:47:15,720 --> 00:47:18,640 back. Do you know him as your 668 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,840 Redeemer? That's like the woman who wept 669 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,440 over Jesus feet. That's someone who's been 670 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,160 redeemed. Have you been redeemed? 671 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,760 Do you know how much you've been forgiven? 672 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:36,920 Do you know how much you've been redeemed from and to? 673 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:42,960 God has a world plan. It's coming to pass. 674 00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:48,920 It's laid out in absolute great detail. 675 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,560 But right now, this morning, you may be in the valley of decision 676 00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:57,080 yourself because you're living kind of cruising. 677 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:06,920 Which path will you take? Because the Bible says the 678 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:11,600 future is coming. All this, all these events, 679 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,440 those that were predicted, look back, they all happened. 680 00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:20,240 They all happened just as Jesus, as Daniel said, as God said, so 681 00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:23,040 the events in the future, they're all going to happen. 682 00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,960 The Bible tells us at the end of it all, God's plan, God's will 683 00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,560 will be done. Jesus said, pray this way. 684 00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:35,480 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy 685 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:41,000 Kingdom come, thy will be done. What on earth as it is in 686 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:47,800 heaven, it's cometh today for some of you could be the day of 687 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,120 salvation. You've been raised in a 688 00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,400 Christian family, you've even attended church, maybe here for 689 00:48:53,400 --> 00:49:00,600 some time, but you have never surrendered all your life to 690 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,280 God. Today's the day. 691 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,800 How hard is it to do that? A young fellow called Charles 692 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:13,120 Haddon Spurgeon walked into a cold little church, 20 odd 693 00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:17,440 people and the preacher looked at him and said these words, the 694 00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:24,480 scripture, Isaiah 4522. He said look to me young man and 695 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:28,880 be saved all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is 696 00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,560 no other young man. Look to me. 697 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,360 And all Spurgeon had to do was to look to God. 698 00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:37,600 All you have to do right now is look to God. 699 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,880 We're going to close our eyes. We're going to pray as the 700 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:45,520 worship team comes forward. If you're here today and you've 701 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:51,360 never surrendered, I mean surrendered your life to God, 702 00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:59,640 what do you have to do? Bible says in Romans chapter 10, 703 00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:04,280 verses 9 and 10. Let's bow our hands, close our 704 00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:14,240 eyes, if you confess Jesus Christ as your Lord with your 705 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:19,200 mouth, if you believe that in your heart that he is Lord. 706 00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,400 Romans chapter 10 verses 9 and 10 says you shall be saved if 707 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,960 you were here today and you've never surrendered your life to 708 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:29,760 Christ. OK, how? 709 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,960 How long you've been coming to church, how often you've read 710 00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:36,520 the Bible. If you've never surrendered, do 711 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:42,360 that now. Look to him, the future is 712 00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:48,880 coming. It's certain we're in the end 713 00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:55,800 times, the last days. Receive Christ today, right now, 714 00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:02,960 as your Lord and Saviour. Simply confess and believe in 715 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:07,800 your heart. Here's your Lord Father. 716 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:12,720 I pray for any who have prayed that prayer, I pray right now 717 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,560 for the Holy Spirit, Your Holy Spirit, to now take residence 718 00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:24,240 inside them, that they'll leave changed, born again, no longer 719 00:51:24,240 --> 00:51:28,280 in the valley of decision. I pray and ask your blessing 720 00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:31,920 upon them, Jesus name, Amen. Amen.