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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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I'm glad you joined us today.
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In fact, I'm excited as we begin
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a brand new series of studies
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on the book of Daniel.
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This is going to be life-changing,
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and I hope you'll be able to join us
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for the entire series.
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We're always happy to hear
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from our Hope Sabbath School members
around the world.
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Now we're in 220 countries
around the world,
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so we're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family;
we welcome you.
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Welcome to the team, by the way,
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glad you're all here.
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And here's a note from Lucy.
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She says, "I'm from Kenya,
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but I'm living and working
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in the Ivory Coast."
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I love this comment; she says,
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"I'm recently married,
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and Hope Sabbath School
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has been a great teaching for me
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as a young wife and mother.
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Thank you so much to the entire team.
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It's important to note the Bible gives us
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guidance on every aspect of life,"
is that right?
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Well, she talks about some things
related to family,
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but she says, "My prayer is for God
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to give me grace to be a virtuous woman,
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even in this day and age
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where sin has dominated the world."
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What do you say?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) That's powerful, isn't it?
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"Hope Sabbath School teachings
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are a great blessing
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to many all around the world.
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God continue to use you."
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Well, Lucy, thanks for writing
to us from Kenya,
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actually from Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire,
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but a Kenyan living there,
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and we're glad that God is the center
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of your home; that's beautiful.
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Emmanuel writes to us
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from Zambia, a great place,
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lots of Hope Sabbath School members
in Zambia.
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Emmanuel says, "I'm really grateful
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to Hope Sabbath School
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for the good work you're doing.
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It helps me in my study,
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but I'm also a teacher.
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You're helping me to teach my class well."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Now, our prayer
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is that Hope Sabbath School
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would be multiplied 10,000 times over,
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so that's wonderful, Emmanuel.
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"The Good Lord always bless you
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as you continue blessing others."
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Well, thanks for writing to us, and greet
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all of our Hope Sabbath School members
there in Zambia.
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Here's a note from a donor in Georgia
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in the United States of America.
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We don't read names
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but a beautiful letter, "I'm so excited
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to be writing this letter."
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This is a real letter, not an email.
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"I've been watching Hope Sabbath School
for a few years.
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After each episode, I tell myself,
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'You need to become a donation disciple.'"
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Well, we call those "sustaining partners."
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We're part of the mission together.
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"A few weeks ago, the Lord blessed me
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with some extra money,
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and this is my gift
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for Hope Sabbath School.
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May God continue to bless this ministry.
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And please tell Jason hello from me,
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and I'm looking forward
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to seeing him lead out again."
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Well, that will happen later
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in the series, right?
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But thanks so much to that donor,
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and a gift of 1220 dollars!
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So, praise God; that's going
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to really help the ministry as we're
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sharing with Hope Sabbath School members
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in now 220 countries around the world,
like Ethiopia.
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Thank you, Thanyang, for writing
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to us from Ethiopia, "I thank Almighty God
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for what you're doing.
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Your message is reaching my heart."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) He says, "Don't give up.
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The Lord will strengthen you.
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I download Hope Sabbath School
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on YouTube and watch it.
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Thank you very much, from Ethiopia."
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Well, thanks so much
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for writing to us, Thanyang.
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It really is amazing to know
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so many countries are being impacted,
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even the United States of America.
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Here's one from Maryland
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in the United States,
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and Ester writes and says,
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"We," writing with her husband,
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"thank God for Hope Sabbath School.
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We watch you every week,
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and we learn so much!
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Your class members
are connected to God."
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We say?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Praise God.
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"My husband and I enjoy
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your practical applications,
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your personal testimonies,
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and the Scripture songs."
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Well, Ester, stay with us
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(and your husband).
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We have a Scripture song
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coming up right now.
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"Singing Scripture helps us
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remember more of the Bible."
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And that is just so true.
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You can go to our website,
hopetv.org/hopess.
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You can download the theme song
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for this series on the book of Daniel.
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It's taken from Daniel, chapter 2,
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verses 20 through 23;
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it's called, "Blessed be the Name of God."
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And I'm actually quite excited today
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because I've asked one
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of our Hope Sabbath School team,
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who is about the same age as Daniel
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at the time that Daniel 2 happened,
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if he'd come and lead the song for us.
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So, Adison, come up here and...
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Yeah, it's amazing to realize, Adison,
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Daniel was just a young man,
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in his early twenties.
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And Adison is going to sing
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the song through once
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so we can learn it
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and then invite us to all sing together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Amen. Let's pray together
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that the Holy Spirit of God would guide us
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in this sacred book, the book of Daniel,
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inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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Our Father in Heaven,
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You sealed up this book, You said,
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until the time of the end,
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but now is the time
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that we need to understand,
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more fully than ever before,
the revelation
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given to the prophet Daniel.
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And so we pray in the name of Jesus
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that You would guide
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our Hope Sabbath School family
around the world,
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and as we engage in this in-depth,
interactive study.
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And I pray as Daniel prayed
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that You, God of wisdom and might,
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would give us wisdom as we study
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and give us strength, not only physically
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but mentally and spiritually
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to be all that You've called us to be
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in these last days of Earth's history.
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We thank You and we praise You
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for hearing our prayer.
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In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) We're going to start
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in our first study,
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From Reading to Understanding.
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It's kind of a background
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to studying any Bible prophecy
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or any book of the Bible,
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moving from just reading the words
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to actually understanding.
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And I'd like to begin
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with a basic presupposition
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which Jesus gave us in Luke, chapter 24,
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and that is that Jesus Christ
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is the center of Scripture,
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which means He's the center
of the book of...?
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(Derek, Team) Daniel.
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(Derek) So let's begin.
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Jason, would you read for us
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in Luke 24, verses 25 to 27.
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Jesus is just kind of about to give
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a Bible study, actually, to two disciples
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on the Emmaus road,
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and let's hear what he says.
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(Jason) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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Luke, chapter 24, verses 25 through 27:
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(Derek) So we could conclude, Stephanie,
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from that, at least that Jesus Christ
is revealed...?
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(Stephanie) In Daniel.
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(Derek) Well, Moses, at least,
right, and the...?
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(Derek, Team) Prophets.
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(Derek) And Daniel, you're saying,
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is one of the prophets.
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So we're going to go there and look.
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But Jesus will actually go beyond that.
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Someone said He mentions
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the Psalms, which He does,
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when He says this again
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at the end of Luke 24.
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But look in John 5, Daisy, verse 39,
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John, chapter 5, verse 39.
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Not just saying, "I'm revealed in Moses,
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and I'm revealed in the prophets,"
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but He makes an even broader statement.
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What does Jesus say in John 5
and verse 39?
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(Daisy) I'll be reading
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from the New Living Translation:
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(Derek) Period. How much
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of the Scriptures point to Jesus?
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(Team) All.
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(Derek) So now, we would say
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that some of the Scriptures
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are more explicit, right, more direct.
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We're going to look at some prophecies
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that are very direct
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about where Messiah will be born,
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things that will happen to Him.
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Some are less direct,
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but He's the center of it all.
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So with that in mind,
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Travis, would you take us to Daniel 7?
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(Travis) Sure.
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(Derek) Verses 13 and 14,
it's one example,
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and then I'd like you all
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to just do a little computer search.
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We're just doing an introduction here.
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Where else from your study
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of the book of Daniel
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do you see Jesus clearly revealed?
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But let's look at Daniel 7:13-14.
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(Travis) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) "Son of Man," where else
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do you hear that term anywhere
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in the Bible, "Son of Man"?
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In the Gospels, right?
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It's referring to Messiah,
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also in the book of Revelation.
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So very clearly here in Daniel 7,
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it's speaking about the Son of God
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who will, what, 600 years later,
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come into humanity, in the Person
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of Jesus of Nazareth.
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We call Him Jesus Christ
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because His beginning
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is from eternity past, right?
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"In the beginning was that Word,
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and the Word was with God,
and the Word..."?
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(Derek, Team) Was God.
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(Derek) "And the Word became flesh
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and dwelt among us."
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Where else in Daniel, though, anybody?
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Tricia Lee, Gary, yeah, what do you think?
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We don't need to read the text,
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just give me a few ideas.
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(Gary) Okay, the 490-day prophecy?
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(Derek) Okay, yeah, you're
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in Daniel, chapter 9,
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where it actually talks
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about what's going to happen,
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the baptism of Jesus, or His anointing,
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and in the midst of the week,
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three-and-a-half years into His ministry,
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Messiah will be cut off?
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So that's a powerful reference.
Tricia Lee?
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(Tricia Lee) There's a reference
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with the famous story of the fiery furnace
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where the king looks in, and he says,
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"I see one like the Son of God,"
the Son of Man, "in the midst."
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(Derek) It's interesting, someone
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asked the translation.
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Someone translations say,
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"One like the son of the gods."
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One other says, "like the Son of God."
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The bottom line is Nebuchadnezzar
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looked in and said,
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"There's a divine Being
in there with them."
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Another place in the book of Daniel
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where you see a reference
to Jesus, Adison?
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(Adison) Throughout Daniel 8,
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I see Christ depicted as a high priest...
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(Derek) Okay.
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(Adison) ...in the sanctuary.
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(Derek) All right, anybody else? Travis?
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(Travis) In Daniel, chapter 12, Michael,
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when He stands up.
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(Derek) "One who is like God," right,
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"stands up," to deliver His people.
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Nobody mentioned Daniel 2.
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Where's Jesus in Daniel 2? Jason?
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(Jason) At the end of Daniel 2,
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when the statue is destroyed,
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there's a kingdom; God sets up a kingdom,
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and Jesus is the One
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who's given the Kingdom.
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(Derek) "And on this Rock," yeah,
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so Jesus is the Rock; He's the foundation,
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but He's also the rock cut out
without human hands.
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So, you say, "Wow, we just took
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kind of a fast flight
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through the whole book, but Jesus,
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this is a foundational principle,
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we want to see Jesus
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in the book of Daniel, because He's there.
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We want to see the Son of God
revealed there.
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So I have a question
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before we move on into the details.
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Why is that foundation important?
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Why is it important that we always say,
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"Where is Jesus here?"
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What do you think?
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Why is that important? Yes, Adison?
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(Adison) Just as Jesus is
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the center of Daniel and the whole Bible,
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He wants to be the center of our own life.
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(Derek) Ahh! So it's not just information,
but it's what?
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(Adison) Translated
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into a personal relationship.
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(Derek) A personal relationship
with God, right?
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It's very personal; Jesus says,
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"Come to Me; I will give you rest,"
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not just hear some information,
right? Travis?
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(Travis) I think it's important, too,
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because then we begin to develop
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an understanding of His character.
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And if it's just about ordinances
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and different things like that,
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and rules and laws and all that...
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(Derek) And even fulfillments
of prophecy, right?
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(Travis) But it's revealing His character.
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(Derek) Beautiful.
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So with that foundation,
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we're going to go into the structure
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of the book of Daniel.
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Now, here is where all kinds
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of Bible scholars come in,
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and they have things
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that they call chiasms;
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that's kind of like a triangle, you know?
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I'm not an expert in Old Testament
theology,
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but they have chiasms,
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and at the center is, like,
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what's really important, right?
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So, if you take a look at the big picture,
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the book of Daniel begins with a prophecy.
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of, well, it first starts
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with Daniel himself, right,
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but then the prophecy is about what?
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Four kingdoms, right?
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That's in chapter 2, right?
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If I had six hands, this would help me,
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but let's start with the four kingdoms.
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Daniel 3 is about...? A trial, right?
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And God's people are faithful, right?
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Daniel, chapter 4...?
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It's about a judgment of someone, who?
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Of King Nebuchadnezzar,
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who is filled with pride.
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Now, praise God, stay with us
in the series
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because he's going
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to give his heart to God,
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and we're going to see Nebuchadnezzar
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in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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That's amazing, because he did
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a lot of bad things in the past, right?
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I mean, he didn't have
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a great reputation, right?
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Then Daniel, chapter 5...
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Here's the judgment, by the way,
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four kingdoms, faithful people delivered,
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judgment on Nebuchadnezzar.
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Chapter 5 is judgment on...?
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(Derek, Team) Babylon.
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(Derek) So, judgment, and that's
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where, of course, Daniel 7
will come in, too.
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Judgment of God's people
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who are also going to be vindicated.
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And then what's in Daniel,
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chapters 7, 8 and 9?
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Excuse me, Daniel 6, first,
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is deliverance, just like the three
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in the furnace, right?
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And then 7, 8, and 9
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and on through the end of the book is...?
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The four kingdoms again, right?
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So there's like this triangle.
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Now, I want to give you one Bible text.
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You say, "Derek, that's, like,
really complicated,"
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but I want to suggest to you
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the Holy Spirit not only guided Daniel
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in what he wrote,
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but the Holy Spirit also guided him
how he wrote.
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Think about that - how he wrote.
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I added a verse here,
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and, Charity, if you'd read it for us.
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It's in 2 Peter; I added a verse
to our study.
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I was praying this morning,
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and I was just impressed
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we need to hear this verse again.
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Second Peter, if you're following
in your Bible,
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chapter 1, verses 19 through 21,
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because it reinforces something
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that's so important for all of us,
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especially as Hope Sabbath School members
around the world,
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and that is that this is not
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human words about God.
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This is the Word of God
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to the human family.
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So, Charity, 2 Peter, chapter 1,
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beginning with verse 19
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and down through verse 21,
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how does that read in your Bible?
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(Charity) All right, and I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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2 Peter, chapter 1, verses 19 to 21:
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(Derek) That's a powerful text , isn't it?
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By the way, did you see that Jesus
is the center even there?
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(Team) Yes.
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(Derek) Where? What did you hear?
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The morning star rising
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in your hearts, right?
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It's all about Him,
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but we see that the Holy Spirit
is guiding Daniel,
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not only giving him a message,
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but even guiding him
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in how to share that message.
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And the judgment is at the very heart.
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Now, typically when we think of judgment,
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do we have positive or negative thoughts,
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Michael, what do you think - judgment?
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(Michael) Usually negative.
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(Derek) Negative thoughts.
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So why would the judgment
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be a positive thought
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for the saints of the Most High God,
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as they called it in the book of Daniel?
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Why would that be a good thing?
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Elise, the judgment.
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(Elise) Because that's when God
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vindicates His people,
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especially in the context of in times
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when they were in captivity;
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they would look forward
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to something changing.
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(Derek) Liberation, freedom? A new day?
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So, the judgment is in favor
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of the saints, right?
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It's a vindication, so it actually
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becomes good news for us.
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Now, I have another question.
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We're just looking broad picture,
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then we're going to get into the text.
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If you've studied Daniel 2,
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it appears that in Daniel 7, in Daniel 8,
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in Daniel 9, it's kind of repeated,
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like, four kingdoms, four kingdoms.
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By the way, you'll find the reference
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in Revelation, too, to these kingdoms.
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Why do you think, Daisy,
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they're, like, repeated?
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Why don't they just have the one
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of the metal man, which shows...
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By the way, what does it show
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when it shows this sequence of kingdoms?
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What does that show?
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Really important, what does it show
about God?
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(Derek, Team) He knows the end
from the beginning.
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(Derek) By the way, these prophecies
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in the books of Daniel and Revelation
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have caused skeptics to become believers.
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Yeah, and, by the way,
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I will just pause for a second.
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I'm going to speak
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to our Hope Sabbath School family.
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We have a chapter-by-chapter Bible study
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on Daniel and Revelation.
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If you go to Hopebiblestudy.org
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because we're not going
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to learn it all in this series,
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but Hopebiblestudy.org.
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I'm praying hundreds of people
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would keep studying in depth
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because this is a crucial message
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for these last days, right?
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So, why is it repeated over
and over again?
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(Daisy) Because it's important.
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(Derek) It's important.
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(Travis) Clarification.
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(Derek) Clarification.
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(Travis) Make sure we get it right.
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(Derek) Make sure we get it right.
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Are new things added? More details?
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Okay, so you've got
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the broad picture. Stephanie?
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(Stephanie) I was thinking
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repetition deepens impression,
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but also what he does
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is he repeats and expands.
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(Derek) Okay, spoken as a teacher, right?
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Repetition deepens impression,
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but it's not just repetition,
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it's repetition and expansion,
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so, greater details.
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For example, when you talked
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about the 70 weeks
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and about Messiah coming,
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it's a lot more than in Daniel,
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chapter 2, right? Jason?
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(Jason) It also provides
more authority as well,
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because when you say something just once,
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okay, well it's easy to dismiss.
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But when you say it five or ten times,
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it has an authoritative kind of mark
or seal on it.
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(Derek) So, here we've laid a foundation.
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Already we're sensing this is important,
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and Jesus is at the center of it.
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And we're going to discover
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many amazing lessons as we study together.
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But now I want to talk
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about the type of prophecy
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that we find in the book of Daniel, okay?
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So, the difference
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between what we call apocalyptic
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(the apocalypse is the end
of things, right),
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the apocalyptic prophecy
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and regular or classical prophecy.
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Let's look at a few classical prophecies,
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and then we'll look at some
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of the apocalyptic prophecies,
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including one from Daniel,
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and then you tell me
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what's the big difference
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that you see, okay?
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So, let's start in Jonah, chapter 3.
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These are little books.
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Wave at me when you find it.
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Okay, Rod, would you read Jonah,
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chapter 3, and read verses 3 and 4 for us,
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verses 3 and 4 of Jonah, chapter 3.
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(Rod) I'll be reading
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from the King James Version:
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(Derek) Is there anything
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hard to understand about that?
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How many days have you got?
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(Team) Forty.
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(Derek) Forty days, and what's going
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to happen at the end (it's a prophecy)?
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(Stephanie, Derek) Destruction.
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(Derek) Now, one of the things we'll learn
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is that some prophecies are conditional.
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What did Nineveh do?
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The king led the way. Adison?
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(Adison) They repented.
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(Derek) They repented.
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(Adison) Turned from their wicked ways.
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(Derek) They were bad people, too, right?
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Of course, all of us were sinners,
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but they were known for their ferocity,
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and they repented in sackcloth and ashes,
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and God accepted their repentance.
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But that was a very clear prophecy.
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"You've got 40 days to decide,
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because after that, judgment is coming."
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Let's look at another one.
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Micah, it's right after the book of Jonah,
chapter 5.
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Let me know if you have it.
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Tricia Lee, Micah, chapter 5, and verse 2.
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(Tricia Lee) It reads:
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(Derek) That would be fulfilled
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hundreds of years later
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when what happened?
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(Derek, Team) When Jesus was born.
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(Derek) But He says He's
Jesus of Nazareth,
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but where was He born?
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(Team) Bethlehem.
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(Derek) Born in Bethlehem,
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just as the prophecy predicted.
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And it took, of course, the decree
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for the empire to be taxed
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to bring him back to Joseph's home city
00:26:09.631 --> 00:26:12.040
of Bethlehem, okay?
00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:13.269
Fairly clear, right?
00:26:13.269 --> 00:26:15.882
It is talking about something
in the future.
00:26:15.882 --> 00:26:17.508
It shows us that God knows
00:26:17.508 --> 00:26:18.817
the end from the beginning
00:26:18.817 --> 00:26:19.796
as Rod pointed out.
00:26:19.796 --> 00:26:21.582
By the way, that is in the Scripture,
00:26:21.582 --> 00:26:23.321
"I know the end from the beginning."
00:26:23.321 --> 00:26:25.720
That's in Isaiah's book.
00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.705
But it's fairly clear what it's saying.
00:26:27.705 --> 00:26:29.481
Let's look at one more,
00:26:29.481 --> 00:26:30.580
a little farther along
00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:32.787
in the minor prophets, Zechariah,
00:26:32.787 --> 00:26:35.353
chapter 9 and verse 9.
00:26:35.353 --> 00:26:37.013
Laurel, do you have Zechariah?
00:26:37.013 --> 00:26:38.705
Chapter 9 and verse 9,
00:26:38.705 --> 00:26:40.348
this is another prophecy,
00:26:40.348 --> 00:26:43.114
what we might call a classical prophecy.
00:26:43.114 --> 00:26:44.645
What does it say?
00:26:44.645 --> 00:26:45.793
(Laurel) I'll be reading
00:26:45.793 --> 00:26:47.727
from the New American Standard Bible:
00:27:07.046 --> 00:27:09.073
(Derek) Now, when they hear
about the king,
00:27:09.073 --> 00:27:11.040
they go, "Hallelujah" because they think
00:27:11.040 --> 00:27:13.022
Messiah is going to be a great Deliverer,
00:27:13.022 --> 00:27:15.432
right, overthrow all of the bondage,
00:27:15.432 --> 00:27:17.260
but we get a little clue
00:27:17.260 --> 00:27:20.001
that it's a different kind of conqueror
00:27:20.001 --> 00:27:21.643
because He's humble,
00:27:21.643 --> 00:27:23.390
and He's riding on a donkey,
00:27:23.390 --> 00:27:25.247
actually, not even a full-sized donkey,
00:27:25.247 --> 00:27:29.489
a little donkey, right, fulfilled when?
00:27:29.489 --> 00:27:31.925
(Team) Palm Sunday.
00:27:31.925 --> 00:27:33.947
(Derek) On what we call Palm Sunday
00:27:33.947 --> 00:27:36.979
or the triumphal entry of Jesus
00:27:36.979 --> 00:27:40.757
during the end of the ministry of Jesus.
00:27:40.757 --> 00:27:43.108
Prediction, by the Holy Spirit,
00:27:43.108 --> 00:27:45.910
God knows the end from the beginning,
fulfillment.
00:27:45.910 --> 00:27:47.421
Are you with me so far?
00:27:47.421 --> 00:27:48.329
(Team) Yes.
00:27:48.329 --> 00:27:49.487
(Derek) Now, let's go
00:27:49.487 --> 00:27:51.705
to what we call apocalyptic prophecy.
00:27:51.705 --> 00:27:55.103
Elise, could you read for us in Daniel,
00:27:55.103 --> 00:27:57.849
and let's go to Daniel, chapter 7,
00:27:57.849 --> 00:27:59.499
and read the first six verses.
00:27:59.499 --> 00:28:00.519
Now, we're not going
00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:03.515
to unpack all of this and draw diagrams.
00:28:03.515 --> 00:28:05.901
We're just using an illustration here
00:28:05.901 --> 00:28:09.217
to see, wow, this apocalyptic prophecy
00:28:09.217 --> 00:28:12.913
is different from the classical prophecies
we've been reading.
00:28:12.913 --> 00:28:15.033
Same Holy Spirit, same God
00:28:15.033 --> 00:28:16.840
who knows the end from the beginning,
00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:20.858
but let's take a look at Daniel 7,
verses 1 to 6.
00:28:20.858 --> 00:28:21.940
(Elise) I'm reading
00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.558
from English Standard Version:
00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.787
(Derek) So, what's the first thing
00:29:21.787 --> 00:29:22.924
you notice in verse 1?
00:29:22.924 --> 00:29:26.138
How is this revelation given to Daniel?
00:29:26.138 --> 00:29:27.555
In visions and a dream.
00:29:27.555 --> 00:29:29.472
Now, could classical prophecy
00:29:29.472 --> 00:29:31.544
be given in a vision and a dream, too?
00:29:31.544 --> 00:29:34.090
Absolutely, so that part
00:29:34.090 --> 00:29:36.875
is not necessarily different, right?
00:29:36.875 --> 00:29:39.315
But now we start seeing
00:29:39.315 --> 00:29:43.263
animals, right, coming up.
00:29:43.263 --> 00:29:45.025
What's the first clue that this isn't
00:29:45.025 --> 00:29:46.796
just like a regular prophecy?
00:29:46.796 --> 00:29:48.861
Are these real animals?
00:29:48.861 --> 00:29:49.940
(Adison) Symbols.
00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.081
(Derek) They're symbols.
00:29:51.081 --> 00:29:52.563
How do you know they're symbols
00:29:52.563 --> 00:29:53.639
and not a real lion
00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:56.777
just walking by the sea, or a real bear?
00:29:56.777 --> 00:29:58.394
(Charity) It reads, "like a lion."
00:29:58.394 --> 00:30:00.457
(Derek) Oh, it's like a lion because...?
00:30:00.457 --> 00:30:02.464
(Stephanie) They're trying to describe it.
00:30:02.464 --> 00:30:04.528
(Derek) Right. Rod, what do you see there?
00:30:04.528 --> 00:30:05.714
(Rod) It also had wings.
00:30:05.714 --> 00:30:06.957
(Derek) It's got wings!
00:30:06.957 --> 00:30:10.750
Lions don't have wings, right?
00:30:10.750 --> 00:30:14.990
You almost see Daniel, what...?
00:30:14.990 --> 00:30:16.372
He's kind of struggling
00:30:16.372 --> 00:30:18.710
to describe these beasts there,
00:30:18.710 --> 00:30:20.921
and the fourth one's the worst of all.
00:30:20.921 --> 00:30:25.392
It's like a nondescript beast, right,
00:30:25.392 --> 00:30:26.961
with iron teeth and iron claws
00:30:26.961 --> 00:30:28.745
he'll go on in the chapter.
00:30:28.745 --> 00:30:30.950
So, Adison, you mentioned,
00:30:30.950 --> 00:30:34.954
these are symbols that are
being used. Travis?
00:30:34.954 --> 00:30:36.974
(Travis) They're also rising out of a sea;
00:30:36.974 --> 00:30:38.422
it's obvious that land animals
00:30:38.422 --> 00:30:40.209
can't live in a sea, so, you know...
00:30:40.209 --> 00:30:42.064
(Derek) And we'll come to, in a minute,
00:30:42.064 --> 00:30:43.259
what the sea represents,
00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:45.994
but there's just a lot of symbolism here.
00:30:45.994 --> 00:30:50.360
But God is revealing just as He did
00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.626
in...what was Daniel 2?
00:30:51.626 --> 00:30:53.145
What was the vision there?
00:30:53.145 --> 00:30:53.884
(Team) Statue.
00:30:53.884 --> 00:30:55.013
(Derek) A metal statue,
00:30:55.013 --> 00:30:56.810
but it wasn't all one metal, was it?
00:30:56.810 --> 00:30:59.188
It was like a composite, all right?
00:30:59.188 --> 00:31:01.547
So, we're seeing symbolism.
00:31:01.547 --> 00:31:04.108
Let's hyperspace over to the book
of Revelation.
00:31:04.108 --> 00:31:06.083
You can keep your place in Daniel,
00:31:06.083 --> 00:31:09.444
but let's go to Revelation, chapter 13,
00:31:09.444 --> 00:31:12.396
because Daniel and Revelation...
00:31:12.396 --> 00:31:14.211
And, Tricia Lee, maybe you could read
00:31:14.211 --> 00:31:15.929
Revelation 13 for us.
00:31:15.929 --> 00:31:18.089
Again we're not going to unpack it all,
00:31:18.089 --> 00:31:19.408
the first nine verses,
00:31:19.408 --> 00:31:24.095
but they're kind of paired together,
aren't they.
00:31:24.095 --> 00:31:27.366
In fact, the series that I recommended
00:31:27.366 --> 00:31:29.686
from Hopebiblestudy.org
00:31:29.686 --> 00:31:31.321
is chapter by chapter
00:31:31.321 --> 00:31:33.193
on Daniel and Revelation
00:31:33.193 --> 00:31:34.360
because they're related,
00:31:34.360 --> 00:31:35.952
a great, great study.
00:31:35.952 --> 00:31:38.190
Tricia Lee, the first nine verses,
00:31:38.190 --> 00:31:40.143
we'd like to answer all of the questions,
00:31:40.143 --> 00:31:41.510
but I'd just like you to see
00:31:41.510 --> 00:31:43.178
the difference between the kind
00:31:43.178 --> 00:31:44.580
of prophecies we read,
00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:46.115
which were very straightforward,
00:31:46.115 --> 00:31:48.270
and these that have a lot of symbolism.
00:31:48.270 --> 00:31:49.501
(Tricia Lee) I'm reading
00:31:49.501 --> 00:31:51.070
from the New King James Version:
00:33:05.298 --> 00:33:06.815
(Derek) Sorry, go ahead.
00:33:18.789 --> 00:33:20.525
(Derek) Do you see some similarities
00:33:20.525 --> 00:33:24.040
between Daniel's prophecy we read
and Revelation?
00:33:24.040 --> 00:33:25.218
What do you see?
00:33:25.218 --> 00:33:27.423
They're not identical, right?
00:33:27.423 --> 00:33:29.401
Stephanie, you talked about expanding.
00:33:29.401 --> 00:33:30.454
What do you see there?
00:33:30.454 --> 00:33:33.698
(Stephanie) Right, I see the same beasts
00:33:33.698 --> 00:33:35.911
except they're in the reverse order.
00:33:35.911 --> 00:33:37.071
(Derek) And they're all
00:33:37.071 --> 00:33:38.572
kind of composite, aren't they?
00:33:38.572 --> 00:33:40.024
It's all kind of put together.
00:33:40.024 --> 00:33:41.479
It's like all of the kingdoms.
00:33:41.479 --> 00:33:42.759
What else do you see
00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.391
that's different here?
00:33:45.391 --> 00:33:47.359
(Jason) I see another similarity.
00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.561
(Derek) Okay, similarity.
00:33:48.561 --> 00:33:50.064
(Jason) The sea, so something's
00:33:50.064 --> 00:33:51.569
coming up out of the sea again.
00:33:51.569 --> 00:33:54.416
(Derek) Okay, so you've got that symbolism
of the sea again,
00:33:54.416 --> 00:33:56.162
and you've got animals again, right?
00:33:56.162 --> 00:33:57.124
What else, Travis?
00:33:57.124 --> 00:33:58.684
(Travis) It seems like they all
00:33:58.684 --> 00:33:59.755
make up one beast now.
00:33:59.755 --> 00:34:02.802
Instead of being separate beasts
in Daniel 7,
00:34:02.802 --> 00:34:04.299
now they all make up one beast.
00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.733
It's like the beast has taken
00:34:05.733 --> 00:34:07.189
the attributes of all of this.
00:34:07.189 --> 00:34:08.304
(Derek) And they're all
00:34:08.304 --> 00:34:09.403
worshiping the dragon,
00:34:09.403 --> 00:34:11.266
and people are like, "Wow, that sounds
00:34:11.266 --> 00:34:14.870
like something from some kind of movie,
you know?
00:34:14.870 --> 00:34:18.418
But the dragon is also a...?
00:34:18.418 --> 00:34:22.005
It's a symbol, right, which will bring us
00:34:22.005 --> 00:34:23.379
to the principle, which is,
00:34:23.379 --> 00:34:25.479
how do we know what the beast represents,
00:34:25.479 --> 00:34:26.675
what the sea represents,
00:34:26.675 --> 00:34:28.291
what the dragon represents?
00:34:28.291 --> 00:34:29.797
But do you see there's
00:34:29.797 --> 00:34:32.060
also another element in this prophecy,
00:34:32.060 --> 00:34:36.327
and that is the issue of time.
00:34:36.327 --> 00:34:37.781
You say, "Forty-two months?"
00:34:37.781 --> 00:34:40.263
That's what, three-and-a-half years?
00:34:40.263 --> 00:34:41.366
That's not very long
00:34:41.366 --> 00:34:44.145
for this power to dominate,
00:34:44.145 --> 00:34:45.655
unless, of course, it's longer
00:34:45.655 --> 00:34:47.711
than three-and-a-half years.
00:34:47.711 --> 00:34:49.904
if there's another key that we need
00:34:49.904 --> 00:34:51.838
to understand this power
00:34:51.838 --> 00:34:55.960
that will dominate for a vast amount
of time, okay?
00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.326
So we've got some idea here.
00:34:58.326 --> 00:35:01.529
The classical prophecies, pretty simple,
00:35:01.529 --> 00:35:02.801
"This is going to happen,
00:35:02.801 --> 00:35:04.623
or it won't happen if you repent."
00:35:04.623 --> 00:35:07.963
But now we get into symbols.
00:35:07.963 --> 00:35:10.081
How do we find the key?
00:35:10.081 --> 00:35:11.448
That's the next question
00:35:11.448 --> 00:35:14.272
to unlock these apocalyptic
00:35:14.272 --> 00:35:16.003
or End-Time prophecies.
00:35:16.003 --> 00:35:17.454
How do we find the key?
00:35:17.454 --> 00:35:19.494
Help me, someone. What do you think?
00:35:19.494 --> 00:35:21.109
(Tricia Lee) Well, the good thing
00:35:21.109 --> 00:35:23.347
is that we can use the Bible
to help understand
00:35:23.347 --> 00:35:24.541
and interpret the Bible.
00:35:24.541 --> 00:35:25.962
And specifically when Daniel,
00:35:25.962 --> 00:35:27.828
he has questions that he asks as well,
00:35:27.828 --> 00:35:29.202
and literally an angel comes
00:35:29.202 --> 00:35:31.187
and explains some of these things to him.
00:35:31.187 --> 00:35:33.064
So, in the book of Daniel specifically,
00:35:33.064 --> 00:35:34.112
we actually have some
00:35:34.112 --> 00:35:35.741
of his questions answered for us.
00:35:35.741 --> 00:35:36.888
And in other prophecies
00:35:36.888 --> 00:35:39.253
we're able to kind of search
the Scriptures,
00:35:39.253 --> 00:35:40.350
and we're actually told
00:35:40.350 --> 00:35:42.035
how to unlock some of these things.
00:35:42.035 --> 00:35:46.104
(Derek) So, we'll look in the Scripture
to find keys.
00:35:46.104 --> 00:35:48.068
Now, what if we get to the place
00:35:48.068 --> 00:35:49.537
we don't understand it all?
00:35:49.537 --> 00:35:50.667
Well, hold on a second;
00:35:50.667 --> 00:35:52.903
we'll get there in just a minute.
00:35:52.903 --> 00:35:54.563
There are various approaches
00:35:54.563 --> 00:35:57.898
to understanding apocalyptic prophecy.
00:35:57.898 --> 00:36:00.250
In our study, we outline them.
00:36:00.250 --> 00:36:01.932
The preterist approach,
00:36:01.932 --> 00:36:03.381
the futurist approach,
00:36:03.381 --> 00:36:05.295
the idealist approach
00:36:05.295 --> 00:36:06.996
and the historicist approach.
00:36:06.996 --> 00:36:09.847
It's interesting that the Reformers
00:36:09.847 --> 00:36:12.404
all followed the historicist approach.
00:36:12.404 --> 00:36:14.647
They saw history unfolding,
00:36:14.647 --> 00:36:18.656
and they actually saw the apostate church
00:36:18.656 --> 00:36:21.104
clearly identified in those prophecies.
00:36:21.104 --> 00:36:25.218
By the way, the apostate church
was us, right?
00:36:25.218 --> 00:36:26.672
We were the Christian Church,
00:36:26.672 --> 00:36:28.465
and the Church had gone away,
00:36:28.465 --> 00:36:29.924
and the Reformers were trying
00:36:29.924 --> 00:36:33.172
to call our Church, the Christian Church,
00:36:33.172 --> 00:36:35.385
back to faithfulness to God.
00:36:35.385 --> 00:36:38.167
But they saw clearly
00:36:38.167 --> 00:36:40.310
that historical unfolding.
00:36:40.310 --> 00:36:42.647
We call that the historicist approach.
00:36:42.647 --> 00:36:44.092
But there were some people,
00:36:44.092 --> 00:36:45.341
it's interesting, we don't
00:36:45.341 --> 00:36:46.644
have time to expand on it,
00:36:46.644 --> 00:36:49.647
who wanted to divert that interpretation,
00:36:49.647 --> 00:36:52.289
so they came up with other ideas.
00:36:52.289 --> 00:36:55.456
The preterist idea was what? Anybody know?
00:36:55.456 --> 00:36:57.010
(Elise) It's already happened.
00:36:57.010 --> 00:36:58.272
(Derek) Yeah, it was all
00:36:58.272 --> 00:36:59.636
something in the past.
00:36:59.636 --> 00:37:01.790
It's nothing to do with now.
00:37:01.790 --> 00:37:03.692
That takes the heat off,
00:37:03.692 --> 00:37:05.644
if prophecy is showing
00:37:05.644 --> 00:37:07.596
a power out of harmony,
00:37:07.596 --> 00:37:09.401
especially if it's a religious power,
00:37:09.401 --> 00:37:10.848
out of harmony with the Word
00:37:10.848 --> 00:37:12.173
and the will of God.
00:37:12.173 --> 00:37:13.620
Or another thing you could do
00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:15.966
to take the heat off of the prophecy
00:37:15.966 --> 00:37:18.148
pointing at a problem that's happening
00:37:18.148 --> 00:37:19.664
is to put it all...?
00:37:19.664 --> 00:37:21.010
(Team) In the future.
00:37:21.010 --> 00:37:22.599
(Derek) Right, it's all somewhere
00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.760
right at the end; it's nothing
to do with now.
00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:26.952
We call that the futurist.
00:37:26.952 --> 00:37:30.803
So, all in the past, all in the future,
00:37:30.803 --> 00:37:32.520
and what about this idealist?
00:37:32.520 --> 00:37:34.273
That's a new one. Gary?
00:37:34.273 --> 00:37:37.852
(Gary) Everything that is symbolic
is just symbolic.
00:37:37.852 --> 00:37:41.204
It doesn't mean anything literally.
00:37:41.204 --> 00:37:43.296
(Derek) Okay, so it's maybe...
00:37:43.296 --> 00:37:44.849
By the way, people do that
00:37:44.849 --> 00:37:46.221
with even the Gospels.
00:37:46.221 --> 00:37:47.986
They say, "Well, Jesus wasn't
00:37:47.986 --> 00:37:49.741
really tempted in the wilderness.
00:37:49.741 --> 00:37:51.632
He didn't talk to Satan.
00:37:51.632 --> 00:37:53.757
It's just like a parable
00:37:53.757 --> 00:37:56.443
of a struggle between good and evil."
00:37:56.443 --> 00:37:59.187
You read the text, and it's literal.
00:37:59.187 --> 00:38:00.806
There's a literal conflict.
00:38:00.806 --> 00:38:02.754
There's a literal battle,
00:38:02.754 --> 00:38:04.451
just as you read in Revelation 12,
00:38:04.451 --> 00:38:08.472
a literal war or conflict in Heaven.
00:38:08.472 --> 00:38:12.562
So, I think we're safe to say let's
00:38:12.562 --> 00:38:16.303
at least see what these great Reformers
through the ages,
00:38:16.303 --> 00:38:19.072
how they saw the unfolding of Scripture
00:38:19.072 --> 00:38:21.963
and see if it is accurate.
00:38:21.963 --> 00:38:25.761
Does it show...By the way, to suggest
00:38:25.761 --> 00:38:26.668
that these kingdoms
00:38:26.668 --> 00:38:28.145
are not really kingdoms,
00:38:28.145 --> 00:38:30.347
that it's just symbolic or...
00:38:30.347 --> 00:38:32.497
No, it's a clear revelation
00:38:32.497 --> 00:38:34.568
of what's going to happen, right?
00:38:34.568 --> 00:38:36.463
An unfolding of Scripture,
00:38:36.463 --> 00:38:38.540
one part to another.
00:38:38.540 --> 00:38:40.964
So let's go to some keys; are you ready?
00:38:40.964 --> 00:38:42.811
Let's look at a few keys together,
00:38:42.811 --> 00:38:45.260
and I think Tricia Lee said some of them,
00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.842
maybe the angel will tell us
00:38:46.842 --> 00:38:47.961
what it means, right;
00:38:47.961 --> 00:38:49.411
it will be right in the text.
00:38:49.411 --> 00:38:52.784
Daniel, chapter 7, and, Daisy,
00:38:52.784 --> 00:38:56.738
could you read for us Daniel 7:23-24?
00:38:56.738 --> 00:38:58.246
We're laying a foundation
00:38:58.246 --> 00:38:59.968
for an exciting series
00:38:59.968 --> 00:39:01.278
on the book of Daniel.
00:39:01.278 --> 00:39:05.393
We know at the very foundation is...?
00:39:05.393 --> 00:39:06.516
(Team) Jesus.
00:39:06.516 --> 00:39:08.184
(Derek) Jesus, right, Jesus Christ,
00:39:08.184 --> 00:39:11.126
Messiah, Son of God, soon-coming King;
00:39:11.126 --> 00:39:13.461
He's at the foundation, all right.
00:39:13.461 --> 00:39:14.429
We know that we're
00:39:14.429 --> 00:39:15.706
going to see some symbols,
00:39:15.706 --> 00:39:16.829
so let's see if we can
00:39:16.829 --> 00:39:18.327
unpack some of them.
00:39:18.327 --> 00:39:19.488
(Daisy) I'll be reading
00:39:19.488 --> 00:39:21.173
from the New Living Translation:
00:39:49.448 --> 00:39:51.989
(Derek) There's an overarching principle,
00:39:51.989 --> 00:39:55.200
and that is that these symbols...?
00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:56.405
(Jason) Mean something?
00:39:56.405 --> 00:39:58.506
(Derek) They mean something;
that's right.
00:39:58.506 --> 00:40:00.058
It's not just kind of, you know,
00:40:00.058 --> 00:40:01.261
"That's a strange story."
00:40:01.261 --> 00:40:03.433
These symbols mean something,
00:40:03.433 --> 00:40:05.671
and we might have guessed
00:40:05.671 --> 00:40:11.548
that the beast is a power or a kingdom.
00:40:11.548 --> 00:40:13.062
We might have guessed that,
00:40:13.062 --> 00:40:15.015
but the text actually tells us.
00:40:15.015 --> 00:40:18.034
We might have guessed that the horns
00:40:18.034 --> 00:40:21.456
were also a symbol of power in some way,
00:40:21.456 --> 00:40:22.806
but the text tells us
00:40:22.806 --> 00:40:25.271
that there are 10 kings, right?
00:40:25.271 --> 00:40:28.507
So, we'll find what we can
in the Scripture.
00:40:28.507 --> 00:40:29.939
Now, remember I said
00:40:29.939 --> 00:40:31.417
that Daniel and Revelation,
00:40:31.417 --> 00:40:33.138
they're kind of sister books, right?
00:40:33.138 --> 00:40:35.889
There's another key in Revelation,
00:40:35.889 --> 00:40:39.688
chapter 17 and verse 15.
00:40:39.688 --> 00:40:44.304
We've been talking about the sea.
00:40:44.304 --> 00:40:46.366
Revelation, Rod, do you have that?
00:40:46.366 --> 00:40:52.033
Chapter 17 of Revelation and verse 15.
00:40:52.033 --> 00:40:53.197
(Rod) I'll be reading
00:40:53.197 --> 00:40:54.574
from the King James Version:
00:41:05.887 --> 00:41:07.392
(Derek) It's right there
00:41:07.392 --> 00:41:08.959
because we've seen these animals
00:41:08.959 --> 00:41:10.778
coming up out of the sea.
00:41:10.778 --> 00:41:11.885
That would mean they're
00:41:11.885 --> 00:41:13.482
coming up out of...?
00:41:13.482 --> 00:41:14.980
(Team Member) Populated areas.
00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:16.994
(Derek) Populated areas.
00:41:16.994 --> 00:41:18.342
By the way, we're not doing
00:41:18.342 --> 00:41:19.930
a series on Revelation right now,
00:41:19.930 --> 00:41:22.013
but in Revelation, we'll see a beast
00:41:22.013 --> 00:41:24.202
that comes up out of the earth.
00:41:24.202 --> 00:41:25.465
So, what would that mean?
00:41:25.465 --> 00:41:26.767
(Team Member) Unpopulated.
00:41:26.767 --> 00:41:28.708
(Derek) That there weren't any people.
00:41:28.708 --> 00:41:30.154
Well, that doesn't make sense.
00:41:30.154 --> 00:41:31.330
How could a superpower
00:41:31.330 --> 00:41:32.404
come up out of a place
00:41:32.404 --> 00:41:33.700
where there are no people?
00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:35.024
Well, if you study history,
00:41:35.024 --> 00:41:36.388
you'll discover a superpower
00:41:36.388 --> 00:41:38.066
that comes up in a place
00:41:38.066 --> 00:41:40.084
where there were no people.
00:41:40.084 --> 00:41:42.907
But we know, we've got another key, right?
00:41:42.907 --> 00:41:44.782
Letting the Scripture interpret itself.
00:41:44.782 --> 00:41:46.134
Beasts are kingdoms;
00:41:46.134 --> 00:41:49.698
waters are peoples, nations.
00:41:49.698 --> 00:41:51.757
Let's look at one other key.
00:41:51.757 --> 00:41:53.632
And I've got two texts to look at here,
00:41:53.632 --> 00:41:55.066
Numbers, chapter 14.
00:41:55.066 --> 00:41:57.613
This one's important, especially when we
00:41:57.613 --> 00:42:02.269
look at 490 days, or we look
00:42:02.269 --> 00:42:07.022
at 1260 days, or 2,300 days.
00:42:07.022 --> 00:42:08.666
If I'm just looking literally,
00:42:08.666 --> 00:42:10.225
that's like somewhere
00:42:10.225 --> 00:42:14.130
between three years to six-and-a-half
or something.
00:42:14.130 --> 00:42:16.247
But let's look and see
00:42:16.247 --> 00:42:18.219
in the writings of the prophets.
00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:20.780
Numbers 14, Adison, would you
00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:23.964
read verse 34 for us?
00:42:23.964 --> 00:42:26.182
(Adison) Reading from the King James
Version:
00:42:39.997 --> 00:42:43.507
(Derek) So there's kind of a formula,
I guess, right?
00:42:43.507 --> 00:42:46.095
One day equals a year.
00:42:46.095 --> 00:42:47.570
Now, that's just one text,
00:42:47.570 --> 00:42:49.083
so let's look at another one
00:42:49.083 --> 00:42:51.527
in Ezekiel, chapter 4.
00:42:51.527 --> 00:42:52.766
Michael, maybe if you can
00:42:52.766 --> 00:42:54.285
find Ezekiel for us,
00:42:54.285 --> 00:42:58.121
chapter 4, verses 5 and 6.
00:42:58.121 --> 00:42:59.422
Again, these are prophets.
00:42:59.422 --> 00:43:00.399
I'm not reading this
00:43:00.399 --> 00:43:02.163
from some random writing
00:43:02.163 --> 00:43:03.541
in China or somewhere.
00:43:03.541 --> 00:43:05.164
This is in the Bible,
00:43:05.164 --> 00:43:08.400
and there's a principle here,
to interpret.
00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:10.802
Ezekiel 4, verses 5 and 6.
00:43:10.802 --> 00:43:13.075
(Michael) The New King James Version says:
00:43:32.611 --> 00:43:34.073
(Derek) You say, "I wish they
00:43:34.073 --> 00:43:35.558
weren't rebellious for so long;
00:43:35.558 --> 00:43:36.490
that's a long time
00:43:36.490 --> 00:43:38.260
to lie on one side," right?
00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:40.185
One day for a year is a principle.
00:43:40.185 --> 00:43:43.098
Now, if you apply that
00:43:43.098 --> 00:43:45.926
to some of these time prophecies,
00:43:45.926 --> 00:43:48.562
1260 days, or in Revelation
00:43:48.562 --> 00:43:52.681
it's called, what, 42 months,
00:43:52.681 --> 00:43:54.977
how does that affect - or 1200,
00:43:54.977 --> 00:43:58.749
or, excuse me, 2,300 days -
00:43:58.749 --> 00:44:00.364
how would that affect you
00:44:00.364 --> 00:44:02.075
if you were seeing revelations
00:44:02.075 --> 00:44:04.848
that involve that kind of time?
00:44:04.848 --> 00:44:07.639
Well, let's look in Daniel, chapter 8.
00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:09.279
Elise, maybe you could read for us
00:44:09.279 --> 00:44:13.259
in Daniel 8 and verse 27.
00:44:13.259 --> 00:44:14.772
By the way, did you know Daniel
00:44:14.772 --> 00:44:15.842
is one of the prophets
00:44:15.842 --> 00:44:17.595
that there's nothing recorded
00:44:17.595 --> 00:44:19.801
where he turned away from God?
00:44:19.801 --> 00:44:21.639
He always - I love this book -
00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:23.768
he always purposed in his heart
00:44:23.768 --> 00:44:25.102
that he would honor God.
00:44:25.102 --> 00:44:27.511
He was a young man of integrity,
00:44:27.511 --> 00:44:28.931
and that's a challenge to us,
00:44:28.931 --> 00:44:30.052
young women, young men,
00:44:30.052 --> 00:44:32.152
to be people of integrity.
00:44:32.152 --> 00:44:33.816
He'd probably be the first to say,
00:44:33.816 --> 00:44:36.398
"I wasn't perfect; only God is perfect,"
00:44:36.398 --> 00:44:38.152
but a great man of God.
00:44:38.152 --> 00:44:40.105
But when he had this revelation,
00:44:40.105 --> 00:44:43.127
this was one of the time prophecies,
00:44:43.127 --> 00:44:44.888
how did he react, Elise,
00:44:44.888 --> 00:44:47.886
in chapter 8, verse 27?
00:44:59.678 --> 00:45:01.230
(Derek) That's strong language.
00:45:01.230 --> 00:45:04.700
Why was he appalled?
00:45:04.700 --> 00:45:08.040
Was it because he saw bad things?
00:45:08.040 --> 00:45:08.981
Yes, partly, right?
00:45:08.981 --> 00:45:10.690
I mean, there's this power
00:45:10.690 --> 00:45:12.002
fighting against the saints
00:45:12.002 --> 00:45:14.208
of the Most High God. Gary?
00:45:14.208 --> 00:45:16.646
(Gary) Just to go along with that thought,
00:45:16.646 --> 00:45:21.521
if he understood, let's say,
these time keys,
00:45:21.521 --> 00:45:23.383
then that means that the saints of God
00:45:23.383 --> 00:45:27.750
would be under the power of this kingdom
00:45:27.750 --> 00:45:29.619
for such a long amount of time.
00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:33.925
And that probably made him feel appalled.
00:45:33.925 --> 00:45:35.641
(Derek) Yeah, you know, just to get
00:45:35.641 --> 00:45:38.433
my mind around that length of time, right,
00:45:38.433 --> 00:45:41.009
could make me feel sick.
00:45:41.009 --> 00:45:42.603
Now, Tricia Lee, you said earlier
00:45:42.603 --> 00:45:44.994
that sometimes angels come to help.
00:45:44.994 --> 00:45:47.246
And right after Daniel 8
00:45:47.246 --> 00:45:48.700
you've got Daniel 9,
00:45:48.700 --> 00:45:50.861
and who shows up to help him,
do you remember?
00:45:50.861 --> 00:45:51.813
(Stephanie) Gabriel.
00:45:51.813 --> 00:45:53.288
(Derek) The angel Gabriel says,
00:45:53.288 --> 00:45:54.856
"By the way, you've been praying,
00:45:54.856 --> 00:45:56.851
and I'm here to help," right?
00:45:56.851 --> 00:45:59.239
Doesn't change the prophecy,
00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:03.527
but at least gives him, what?
00:46:03.527 --> 00:46:05.483
What does it do for him?
00:46:05.483 --> 00:46:07.092
It doesn't change the prophecy.
00:46:07.092 --> 00:46:08.440
(Team Member) Understanding.
00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:10.362
(Derek) It gives him some understanding
00:46:10.362 --> 00:46:11.803
so that he's like, "Okay,
00:46:11.803 --> 00:46:15.583
that's what God wanted to reveal to me."
00:46:15.583 --> 00:46:17.786
So, I want to ask a broad question.
00:46:17.786 --> 00:46:19.943
Now, we're going to go through this book.
00:46:19.943 --> 00:46:22.188
I've studied this book several times,
00:46:22.188 --> 00:46:24.336
and I'm studying it again now.
00:46:24.336 --> 00:46:26.946
I don't understand everything
in this book,
00:46:26.946 --> 00:46:29.305
so this is a disclaimer, right?
00:46:29.305 --> 00:46:32.271
I don't understand everything
in this book,
00:46:32.271 --> 00:46:34.996
so what do we do when we're coming
00:46:34.996 --> 00:46:37.119
to study something with the recognition
00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:38.940
that we may not fully understand it?
00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:41.631
What are some things we could do?
00:46:41.631 --> 00:46:43.377
Maybe some promises in the Bible
00:46:43.377 --> 00:46:45.191
or something that comes to your mind,
00:46:45.191 --> 00:46:46.840
just a principle, Charity?
00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:48.782
Like, "I don't understand all of this!"
00:46:48.782 --> 00:46:50.074
(Charity) The Bible says
00:46:50.074 --> 00:46:52.202
you can pray and ask for wisdom from God.
00:46:52.202 --> 00:46:53.736
(Derek) Yes, that's found
00:46:53.736 --> 00:46:55.717
in the book of James, right,
00:46:55.717 --> 00:46:58.741
chapter 1, verse 5, "If anyone..."?
00:46:58.741 --> 00:47:00.402
(Derek, Team) "...lacks wisdom..."
00:47:00.402 --> 00:47:01.311
(Derek) Do what?
00:47:01.311 --> 00:47:02.719
(Team) "Let him ask of God."
00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:04.108
(Derek) That's prayer, right?
00:47:04.108 --> 00:47:05.418
I ask God, and do you know
00:47:05.418 --> 00:47:06.302
what it says next?
00:47:06.302 --> 00:47:08.855
Some of you apparently have been
reading your Bibles.
00:47:08.855 --> 00:47:10.021
"Who gives to all," how?
00:47:10.021 --> 00:47:10.841
(Team) Liberally.
00:47:10.841 --> 00:47:12.207
(Derek) What does that mean?
00:47:12.207 --> 00:47:14.804
Generously, right, "and without..."?
00:47:14.804 --> 00:47:15.907
(Team) Reproach.
00:47:15.907 --> 00:47:17.957
(Derek) What does that mean?
00:47:17.957 --> 00:47:21.944
Without condemnation, like,
00:47:21.944 --> 00:47:24.466
[deep voice] "Asking for wisdom again?"
00:47:24.466 --> 00:47:26.255
Why is He happy to give us wisdom?
00:47:26.255 --> 00:47:27.407
Why was Gabriel happy
00:47:27.407 --> 00:47:29.590
to come and give understanding to Daniel?
00:47:29.590 --> 00:47:31.833
(Daisy) Because he wants us
to understand.
00:47:31.833 --> 00:47:33.382
(Derek) That's why it was given,
00:47:33.382 --> 00:47:35.100
that we could understand it, right?
00:47:35.100 --> 00:47:36.629
His Word He desires to be a...?
00:47:36.629 --> 00:47:37.501
(Team) Lamp.
00:47:37.501 --> 00:47:39.223
(Derek) A lamp to our feet and a...?
00:47:39.223 --> 00:47:39.995
(Team) Light.
00:47:39.995 --> 00:47:41.268
(Derek) Light to our path.
00:47:41.268 --> 00:47:42.573
So it's not that He doesn't
00:47:42.573 --> 00:47:43.689
want us to understand.
00:47:43.689 --> 00:47:45.729
Thank you, Charity; one place we can start
00:47:45.729 --> 00:47:48.057
is to pray and ask for wisdom.
00:47:48.057 --> 00:47:49.332
Okay, anybody else?
00:47:49.332 --> 00:47:50.802
What can I do if I don't
00:47:50.802 --> 00:47:53.656
fully understand everything? Elise?
00:47:53.656 --> 00:47:56.597
(Elise) In Daniel 1, after Daniel
00:47:56.597 --> 00:47:59.580
and his friends had chosen to be healthy,
00:47:59.580 --> 00:48:02.057
it said that they were 10 times brighter.
00:48:02.057 --> 00:48:04.879
And so, that may be part of why God
00:48:04.879 --> 00:48:07.219
continued to teach and give him insight,
00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:09.085
was because he was following the light
00:48:09.085 --> 00:48:10.058
that he already had.
00:48:10.058 --> 00:48:11.661
(Derek) Ah, so you would say,
00:48:11.661 --> 00:48:15.172
"If I don't understand everything,
00:48:15.172 --> 00:48:21.766
remove any obstacle and follow
the truth that...?
00:48:21.766 --> 00:48:23.700
You know. Does that make sense?
00:48:23.700 --> 00:48:24.438
(Team) Yes.
00:48:24.438 --> 00:48:25.935
(Derek) People are like, "Well,
00:48:25.935 --> 00:48:27.759
when I finally know it all, maybe I'll
00:48:27.759 --> 00:48:29.290
give my heart to Jesus," no, no.
00:48:29.290 --> 00:48:30.569
Follow the light you know.
00:48:30.569 --> 00:48:31.791
Is that a good principle?
00:48:31.791 --> 00:48:32.546
(Team) Yes.
00:48:32.546 --> 00:48:34.510
(Derek) Thank you. And that actually has
00:48:34.510 --> 00:48:35.861
very practical implications
00:48:35.861 --> 00:48:39.487
for even how I care for my body, right?
00:48:39.487 --> 00:48:41.378
Another insight, Travis?
00:48:41.378 --> 00:48:43.977
(Travis) I think that when you
study the Bible,
00:48:43.977 --> 00:48:45.435
I think God doesn't give you
00:48:45.435 --> 00:48:46.502
everything right away.
00:48:46.502 --> 00:48:48.222
You just keep coming back for more,
00:48:48.222 --> 00:48:49.979
and I think the best thing we can do
00:48:49.979 --> 00:48:51.751
is just be patient and keep studying.
00:48:51.751 --> 00:48:54.865
And I know as I've been studying
over the years,
00:48:54.865 --> 00:48:57.166
every day new light bulbs keep going off,
00:48:57.166 --> 00:48:58.528
and God just keeps revealing
00:48:58.528 --> 00:49:00.173
more and more and more.
00:49:00.173 --> 00:49:01.570
(Derek) Isn't there somewhere
00:49:01.570 --> 00:49:03.200
Jesus says, "There are many things
00:49:03.200 --> 00:49:04.304
I would share with you,
00:49:04.304 --> 00:49:05.775
but you cannot bear them now"?
00:49:05.775 --> 00:49:06.989
I mean, what would happen
00:49:06.989 --> 00:49:08.533
if He shared everything with us?
00:49:08.533 --> 00:49:11.058
(Team Members) Overwhelming; I can faint.
00:49:11.058 --> 00:49:12.454
(Derek) You might faint.
00:49:12.454 --> 00:49:14.192
You might feel faint or sick, right,
00:49:14.192 --> 00:49:16.120
and that wasn't even everything, right?
00:49:16.120 --> 00:49:20.052
So be patient, keep studying.
00:49:20.052 --> 00:49:21.991
There's a text I'd like someone to read
00:49:21.991 --> 00:49:23.778
because it's one I really appreciate.
00:49:23.778 --> 00:49:24.759
Stephanie, maybe you
00:49:24.759 --> 00:49:26.269
could read from Jeremiah 33.
00:49:26.269 --> 00:49:27.344
You know my wife likes
00:49:27.344 --> 00:49:29.259
to write Scripture songs, right?
00:49:29.259 --> 00:49:31.205
And she does that to help
00:49:31.205 --> 00:49:33.205
her husband memorize the Bible
00:49:33.205 --> 00:49:34.468
as well as our little ones
00:49:34.468 --> 00:49:36.098
when they were growing up.
00:49:36.098 --> 00:49:38.201
But this is one of the songs
00:49:38.201 --> 00:49:41.480
that she has, in Jeremiah 33 and verse 3.
00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:42.813
Incredible promise,
00:49:42.813 --> 00:49:45.717
and if you're part of this journey
00:49:45.717 --> 00:49:47.231
in the book of Daniel, saying,
00:49:47.231 --> 00:49:48.890
"I don't get it all," well, we can
00:49:48.890 --> 00:49:50.408
ask for wisdom and we can pray.
00:49:50.408 --> 00:49:51.992
But we could claim this promise
00:49:51.992 --> 00:49:54.159
in Jeremiah 33 and verse 3.
00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:55.632
(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
00:49:55.632 --> 00:49:57.057
from the King James Version:
00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:06.598
(Derek) So, that's
00:50:06.598 --> 00:50:08.146
kind of the prayer thing, right?
00:50:08.146 --> 00:50:09.923
And, by the way, I had another text
00:50:09.923 --> 00:50:11.462
in 2 Timothy 2 which says,
00:50:11.462 --> 00:50:12.733
"Study," or be diligent,
00:50:12.733 --> 00:50:14.243
"to show yourself approved,"
00:50:14.243 --> 00:50:16.310
which is back to keep on studying, right,
00:50:16.310 --> 00:50:19.329
"a worker who doesn't need to be ashamed,
00:50:19.329 --> 00:50:24.267
rightly dividing," so keep on studying,
keep on praying.
00:50:24.267 --> 00:50:25.489
Realize that God is not
00:50:25.489 --> 00:50:27.094
hiding truth from us.
00:50:27.094 --> 00:50:28.335
He's wanting, actually,
00:50:28.335 --> 00:50:29.448
to reveal truth to us.
00:50:29.448 --> 00:50:30.636
Well, we need to move on
00:50:30.636 --> 00:50:31.601
to our last section,
00:50:31.601 --> 00:50:32.786
which is the relevance
00:50:32.786 --> 00:50:35.868
of the book of Daniel for our lives today.
00:50:35.868 --> 00:50:39.506
Why is it important, anyone,
00:50:39.506 --> 00:50:41.015
for us to study Daniel,
00:50:41.015 --> 00:50:42.978
and we might add Revelation because these
00:50:42.978 --> 00:50:45.625
are the two apocalyptic books, right,
00:50:45.625 --> 00:50:47.453
these apocalyptic prophecies
00:50:47.453 --> 00:50:49.167
pointing to the End Time.
00:50:49.167 --> 00:50:51.718
Why is it important to study them today?
00:50:51.718 --> 00:50:54.067
What do you think? Yes, Tricia Lee.
00:50:54.067 --> 00:50:56.170
(Tricia Lee) It wasn't
just a history lesson
00:50:56.170 --> 00:50:57.536
for a history lesson's sake.
00:50:57.536 --> 00:50:59.040
It was the history of the world
00:50:59.040 --> 00:51:00.433
from the lens and perspective
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of what's happening to God's people.
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And I think that was important
for Daniel then,
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but certainly for us now.
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We don't have national borders
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that define where God's people live;
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we're all over the world.
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And so, being able to look
at these prophecies
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and see where we fit in
00:51:15.134 --> 00:51:16.307
is very important for us
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to understand how things will unfold
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in these particular days
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when God's people are scattered all over
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all around the world.
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(Derek) So Paul said in 2 Timothy 3,
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I think it begins in verse 16,
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"All Scripture," that would include
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the apocalyptic prophecies,
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"All Scripture is given by..."?
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(Derek, Team) "...inspiration of God."
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(Derek) We read, holy men
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and women of God, right?
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"...by inspiration of God and is..."?
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(Derek, Team) "...profitable..."
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(Derek) For? A variety of things, right,
00:51:44.309 --> 00:51:45.419
"...profitable for...?"
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(Team) Doctrine.
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(Derek) "Doctrine," what does that mean?
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That means understanding the truth
that God wants to reveal.
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"For doctrine, for..."?
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Reproof, which means...?
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"You're out of line."
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So, rather than say,
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"Well, let's interpret this some other way
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and say it all happened...," no, no.
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If we're being reproved,
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well, what's the next thing, "for...?
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"Correction," right, which means
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how to change, "and for..."?
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(Derek, Team) "Instruction
in righteousness."
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(Derek) So, when I believe that...
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You say, "Well, this is relevant
for us today,"
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but you say, "Some of them
are just stories.
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Why are the stories...?
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Are they just stories?"
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Or do the stories even have,
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Gary, do they have relevance, too,
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for us in the End Time?
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(Gary) I strongly believe that they do.
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I mean, Daniel's name, "God is my Judge,"
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and we're living in the Laodicean portion
of Earth's history,
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a people under judgment...
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(Derek) You're using more prophecy
00:52:42.401 --> 00:52:43.538
here in Revelation...
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(Gary) In Revelation.
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(Derek) ...with the church of Laodicea.
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So, the End time?
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(Gary) Yeah, in the End Time,
which is now,
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we are going to have to face
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the same type of decisions
00:52:53.640 --> 00:52:55.168
Daniel and his friends faced.
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Do I worship God or do I
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worship something else?
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(Derek) So, in Romans,
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chapter 15 and verse 4, it says,
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"These things were written for our..."?
00:53:05.597 --> 00:53:07.055
"...admonition," right?
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You may want to write Romans 15:4 down.
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But I've got to go to Daniel, chapter 12,
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because there's one last thought
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in the few minutes left.
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Elise, could you read Daniel 12 for us,
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beginning with verse 1,
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because this is where Michael stands up,
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and it talks about a book.
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And I want to conclude
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our introductory study on this series
00:53:26.464 --> 00:53:29.640
to ask how do I get my name in the book,
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because that is a really
important question.
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So, how does your Bible read,
Daniel 12:1-4?
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(Derek) So this book, is it
an earthly book
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or is it a heavenly book?
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It's not a book in Babylon, right?
00:54:27.173 --> 00:54:29.146
It's not a book in Jerusalem.
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It's a heavenly book.
00:54:30.681 --> 00:54:32.236
Moses talks about that
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when he says, "God, if You
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can't save my people,
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blot my name out of Your book."
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It's not their book; it's Your book.
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In fact, in Revelation 13,
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it talks about a judgment of all of those
00:54:47.341 --> 00:54:49.371
whose names are not written,
00:54:49.371 --> 00:54:52.578
and it describes this book
as the Lamb's...?
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(Derek, Team) Book of Life.
00:54:54.105 --> 00:54:55.583
(Derek) Ah, so, see
00:54:55.583 --> 00:54:57.520
how Daniel and Revelation connect?
00:54:57.520 --> 00:54:59.996
So here's the most important question
00:54:59.996 --> 00:55:01.757
of our hour of study,
00:55:01.757 --> 00:55:03.107
because this is all
00:55:03.107 --> 00:55:05.217
about the history of the earth
00:55:05.217 --> 00:55:08.415
and the deliverance of God's people
and judgment, right,
00:55:08.415 --> 00:55:10.385
which is good news for the saints, right,
00:55:10.385 --> 00:55:12.782
because it's in favor of the saints.
00:55:12.782 --> 00:55:14.117
How do I make sure my name
00:55:14.117 --> 00:55:17.649
is in the book, the Lamb's Book of Life?
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How does my name get written there?
Yes, Travis?
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(Travis) Follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
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(Derek) Follow the Lamb,
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now that's kind of imagery,
00:55:26.027 --> 00:55:29.589
but be more specific for me, please;
help me, someone.
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Rod, how do I get my name
00:55:30.881 --> 00:55:31.893
written in the book?
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(Rod) I think we need to serve the Lord
00:55:33.912 --> 00:55:36.220
in the same way that Jesus
was on this earth.
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You know, ministering and taking care
00:55:37.989 --> 00:55:39.742
of sick people, widows.
00:55:39.742 --> 00:55:41.096
I think we need to do that.
00:55:41.096 --> 00:55:42.331
(Derek) Okay, and I think
00:55:42.331 --> 00:55:43.494
that that is an outcome
00:55:43.494 --> 00:55:45.194
of that living connection.
00:55:45.194 --> 00:55:48.126
But, Stephanie, how do I get
my name in the book?
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(Stephanie) Commit your life to Jesus,
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accept what He's done for you.
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(Derek) "Jesus, save me.
00:55:54.511 --> 00:55:56.544
Write my name in Your book."
00:55:56.544 --> 00:55:58.275
Do I still have work to do?
00:55:58.275 --> 00:55:59.058
(Team) Yes.
00:55:59.058 --> 00:56:00.581
(Derek) Do I still have growth
00:56:00.581 --> 00:56:01.786
to happen in my life?
00:56:01.786 --> 00:56:02.529
(Team) Yes.
00:56:02.529 --> 00:56:05.551
(Derek) Absolutely, but, "Write my name
in Your book; save me."
00:56:05.551 --> 00:56:07.521
"Everyone," Romans 10:13,
00:56:07.521 --> 00:56:09.972
"who calls on the name of the Lord..."
00:56:09.972 --> 00:56:11.265
(Team) "...will be saved."
00:56:11.265 --> 00:56:13.853
(Derek) Now, I don't want to get
into a big discussion,
00:56:13.853 --> 00:56:15.160
but could I at some point,
00:56:15.160 --> 00:56:17.132
after my name's been written in the book,
00:56:17.132 --> 00:56:19.365
say, "God, I don't want You
to save me anymore;
00:56:19.365 --> 00:56:21.579
take my name out of the book,"
could I do that?
00:56:21.579 --> 00:56:22.315
(Team) Yes.
00:56:22.315 --> 00:56:24.374
(Derek) I have a freedom of choice, right?
00:56:24.374 --> 00:56:25.901
But if I choose and say,
00:56:25.901 --> 00:56:28.552
"God, write my name; Jesus, save me,"
00:56:28.552 --> 00:56:30.000
and it's going to be affecting
00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:32.309
the way I live from now on, isn't it...
00:56:32.309 --> 00:56:34.014
I'll be praying for wisdom;
00:56:34.014 --> 00:56:36.953
I'm going to be praying for might,
00:56:36.953 --> 00:56:38.688
back to the song, wisdom and might
00:56:38.688 --> 00:56:41.538
to live a life that will honor God.
00:56:41.538 --> 00:56:43.420
But my name's been written in the book,
00:56:43.420 --> 00:56:45.756
and I don't know when that
happened for you,
00:56:45.756 --> 00:56:46.643
and I want to talk
00:56:46.643 --> 00:56:48.570
to our Hope Sabbath School family,
00:56:48.570 --> 00:56:50.219
I don't know when that happened.
00:56:50.219 --> 00:56:51.392
You say, "Pastor Derek,
00:56:51.392 --> 00:56:55.230
I don't think I've ever asked
Jesus to save me.
00:56:55.230 --> 00:56:57.869
I grew up in a Christian family, but..."
00:56:57.869 --> 00:56:59.173
But I want to challenge you
00:56:59.173 --> 00:57:01.092
as I challenge each of us,
00:57:01.092 --> 00:57:02.768
"Lord, write my name in the book."
00:57:02.768 --> 00:57:04.942
And if you said that, as many of us have,
00:57:04.942 --> 00:57:08.229
just every day say, "Thank You, God,"
get excited.
00:57:08.229 --> 00:57:10.127
"You wrote my name in Your book,
00:57:10.127 --> 00:57:11.310
the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:57:11.310 --> 00:57:13.023
and I want to live to honor You."
00:57:13.023 --> 00:57:14.967
And this book of Daniel wlll
00:57:14.967 --> 00:57:16.995
not only tell us what's going to happen
00:57:16.995 --> 00:57:20.394
but how to live as we prepare
00:57:20.394 --> 00:57:21.922
for the glorious return
00:57:21.922 --> 00:57:23.919
of the King of kings and Lord of lords.
00:57:23.919 --> 00:57:25.461
Let's pray; Father in Heaven,
00:57:25.461 --> 00:57:26.535
thank You so much
00:57:26.535 --> 00:57:27.797
as we begin this journey
00:57:27.797 --> 00:57:29.593
studying the book of Daniel.
00:57:29.593 --> 00:57:32.692
And I pray in the name of Jesus
00:57:32.692 --> 00:57:34.515
that You would accept us.
00:57:34.515 --> 00:57:37.677
Say, "Jesus, save us; let us be part
00:57:37.677 --> 00:57:39.861
of the redeemed of all ages."
00:57:39.861 --> 00:57:42.122
And guide us as we live and as we grow
00:57:42.122 --> 00:57:44.469
and as we learn how to walk
00:57:44.469 --> 00:57:46.332
in these last days of Earth's history.
00:57:46.332 --> 00:57:48.582
In the name of Jesus. Amen.
00:57:48.582 --> 00:57:49.713
(Team) Amen.
00:57:49.713 --> 00:57:51.172
(Derek) Thanks for joining us
00:57:51.172 --> 00:57:52.327
for Hope Sabbath School.
00:57:52.327 --> 00:57:53.680
This is an amazing journey,
00:57:53.680 --> 00:57:54.717
the book of Daniel.
00:57:54.717 --> 00:57:56.523
We are going to discover that God
00:57:56.523 --> 00:57:57.821
will show us how to live,
00:57:57.821 --> 00:58:00.915
that we can be lights to the world.
00:58:00.915 --> 00:58:02.991
Go out and point people to Jesus.
00:58:02.991 --> 00:58:29.091
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