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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

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of the Word of God.

I'm glad you joined us today

as we're continuing our series

on How to Interpret the Bible,

today, The Bible [and] Prophecy.

This is so important!

This has turned unbelievers
into preachers,

people who see the Word of God,

not just as human words about God,

but the Word of God to the human family

and preserved for us today.

So, welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

and welcome to the team.

Can you remember when you
first started studying prophecy,

and sometimes it was probably

a little confusing?

You wanted to believe

that what people said

that you'll go crazy

if you try to study prophecy?

And yet, we've discovered from our study

that blessings come,

"Blessed is the one who reads,

and blessed are those who hear."

So, today on Hope Sabbath School,

we're going to study

about the Bible as prophecy.

We're glad you're here to join us.

Just a few emails, one from Rwanda,

we're getting more emails from Rwanda,

did you notice that?

We must be broadcasting more in Rwanda,

and Leonard writes and says,

"Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus."

(Team) Greetings.

(Derek) "I really love

and appreciate Hope Sabbath School

because it sharpens my spiritual life

and my understanding of the Word of God.

I don't always have

an internet connection,

but I download the lesson

and follow it offline.

I've been doing that for two years;

I can't miss a lesson.

I really desire to be with you in Heaven

and to be taught by Jesus

our Lord and King."

(Team) Amen!

(Derek) Well, I'm looking forward

to that study, too.

"Thank you, and be blessed forever."

And, Leonard, we're glad you're part

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Thank you very much,

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Well, Mauritz, we try

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Thanks for reminding us

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(Derek) And I want to thank

this couple in Florida personally

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We're a donor-supported ministry,

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Well, Vesimira writes from Bulgaria.

Did we have an email from Bulgaria before?

We did, okay, "I enjoy watching

Hope Sabbath School.

I'm glad I can enrich my knowledge

of the Word of God

and our great God and Savior.

I've been doing this for a long time,
and thank you.

I just want to suggest something

I've noticed from some of your programs.

It would be nice to try to include

every participant in reading Scripture

and sharing their views.

I don't like it if some remain silent

and unseen for the whole time.

Thank you for your contribution."

Well, I can say we try, right, Tricia Lee?

We try, but it's important, isn't it?

We don't want just one person; in fact,

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from Gregory in Texas

in the United States of America,

"Dear Hope Sabbath School team,

greetings in the precious name of Jesus.

My name is Greg; I'm writing to you

from Dallas, Texas.

Because of Hope Sabbath School, I was led

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Keep up the good work.

And to the team, I would say,

'Hallelujah! Praise the Lord.'"

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(Derek) Let's pray; Father in Heaven,

what an important topic today

in our series on How to Interpret
the Bible,

The Bible [and] Prophecy,

that You're a great and Awesome God

who wants to reveal

the end from the beginning,

not just to impress us,

but to guide us in the way of life.

I pray that the Holy Spirit

would guide each one

of our Hope Sabbath School members,

wherever we are around the world,

to hear a word that will bless
our lives today,

and through us bless the lives

of those around us.

We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

(Team) Amen.

(Derek) Now, there are

many books of the Bible

that contain prophecy,

and there are many prophecies.

And most of the prophecies...

Do you know what most of the prophecies

in the Bible are about?

(Team) Jesus.

(Derek) They're about Jesus;

that's a good answer,

but they're about something specific

about Jesus, did you know?

They're not about His birth,

though there are many prophecies

that speak about His birth
and His ministry.

Did you know that most

of the prophecies in the Bible

point to the glorious return of Jesus,

and Jesus gave one of those

when He said, "If I go

and prepare a place for you..."?

(Team) "I will come again."

(Derek) "I will," "I will come again

and receive you to Myself."

So prophecy is an important part

of the Scriptures.

We're not here just talking

about telling forth, like preaching,

but speaking about things to come.

And key books that include prophecy,

which one would come

to your mind, maybe two?

(Team) Daniel and Revelation.

(Derek) And I just want to speak

to our Hope Sabbath School family

for just a moment.

We have a special Bible study series

called Focus on Prophecy.

If you go to HopeBibleStudy.org,

you can sign up for that free series,

HopeBibleStudy.org.

We also just finished

a whole series on...?

(Team) Daniel.

(Derek) The book of Daniel.

And if you missed that,

go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.

You can watch the whole series,

amazing series on the book of Daniel.

But we want to go to Daniel to illustrate

that the Bible contains

a significant amount of prophecy.

And we'll start in Daniel, chapter 2,

which is all about a revelation of a dream

given to a Babylonian king named...?

(Team) Nebuchadnezzar.

(Derek) Nebuchadnezzar,
who forgot the dream,

and God reveals it

to the young man Daniel, right?

Maybe by that time he could have been

in his early 20s, yeah,

maybe about Adison's age or Aicha's age,

a young man who had purposed

in his heart to honor God,

and he's now being given

a spiritual gift of prophecy.

And in this revelation,

we're going to pick up in verse 27.

And, Laurel, would you read this for us?

It's part of this great prophecy.

By the way, I met a young man

named Robert who grew up

in kind of a nominal Christian home.

He said this chapter changed his life.

If there is a God in Heaven

who can tell things

that will happen in the future,

I need to get to know Him.

So, let's read from your account there

in Daniel 2, verses 27 to 45.

(Laurel) Alright, I'll be reading

from the New American Standard Bible:

(Derek) Hold it right there.

We're going to go on

to the next verse in just a moment.

What do you think is happening

in King Nebuchadnezzar's mind

as he hears this account?

(John) He's on the edge of his throne...

(Derek) He's on the edge of his throne,
John says; what else?

(Kim) "That was my dream."

(Derek) "That's it!" Kim says,
"That's it! That's the dream!"

He turns to his useless soothsayers

and magicians and says, "That's it!

What you couldn't tell me. That's it."

Now, does he yet understand what it means?

(Derek, Team) No.

(Derek) So, Laurel's going

to keep reading for us,

but we see a sequence in the statue,

head of gold, chest and arms of silver,

belly of brass, legs of iron, and feet...?

(Team) Iron and clay.

(Derek) Alright, but what does this mean?

Let's keep reading now, thank you,

with verse 36 through 45, Laurel.

(Derek) So, they had, the Chaldeans had...

They've, in fact, found

this book of dreams

that can interpret, you know,

and so, "Oh, I had a dream

I was walking in the forest,

and a lion chased me,

and I ran for a long while.

And finally I ran into a hole,
and I was safe,"

And so, they look up and go,

"Okay, King, you're concerned

about your safety," you know.

They could try to make up
an interpretation.

Why is Daniel so confident

he's got the correct interpretation?

(Travis) Because of the source.

(Derek) The same God

who revealed the dream to him

revealed the interpretation to him,

and so he shares with confidence.

Now, important point here,

you may remember from a previous series
on Daniel,

some people would like

to put all of that in the past.

Some people want to put

all the prophecies in the future.

Some want to say it's just

kind of teaching general ideas

but shouldn't be taken literally.

But others follow what we
call historicism,

that is that the dream

begins at the present time,
and it unfolds.

Remember it said, "unto the latter days"?

That it's starting at the time
of the prophet,

and it's unfolding the events

of future generations.

And what were those metals

representing, according to Daniel?

(Team) Kingdoms.

(Derek) Kingdoms, right?

"One kingdom, your kingdom,

then another kingdom, which is..."?

(Team) Inferior.

(Derek) Inferior, and then another,
and so on.

Now, the question that comes to mind

to the person who doesn't know

about the Bible

is, "Come on, I mean, I know people

want to know who's going

to win the horse race or the Super Bowl,"

which is a sports game,

"but you can't really know the future."

How is it possible for someone to predict,

or is it possible for someone to predict

what's going to happen in the future?

Well, let's listen to what the prophet
Isaiah says.

I think he would say no,

that a person cannot.

A person could guess.

Aicha, what does the Lord say,

recorded by Isaiah the prophet

in Isaiah 46, verses 9 and 10?

(Aicha) I'll be reading

from the New International Version:

(Derek) And what does it say
in the next verse?

(Derek) So, what's the Lord saying?

By the way, that's not Isaiah
speaking, is it?

He's recording a word from the Lord.

Put that in your own words.

What's the Lord saying?

(Glenn) "I'm supreme."

(Derek) "I'm supreme," and...?

(Glenn) "I can see the end
from the beginning."

(Derek) "I can see

the end from the beginning,

and from ancient times

things that have not yet come to pass."

Now, can a person predict
the future? Answer?

(Team) No.

(Derek) No, but who can tell the future?

(Team) God.

(Derek) So, here is a key verse,

Amos, chapter 3 and verse 7,

a prophet records.

Kim, do you have that little book of Amos?

He was a shepherd,

but he was also a prophet.

What does he tell us in Amos 3, verse 7?

(Kim) I'll be reading

from the English Standard Version:

(Derek) So, what are some ways

God can reveal His secrets to the prophets

about things that have not
yet come to pass?

(Team) Visions.

(Derek) Visions.

(Derek, Team) Dreams.

(Derek) Could He come in person

and just tell them, is that possible?

(Team) Yes.

(Derek) Alright, could He guide them

from careful study?

Is that possible? Shaina?

(Shaina) Also using His angels, too.

(Derek) He could send angels, right.

Certainly He told Mary;

Gabriel told Mary something

yet to come to pass, which was...?

That she would conceive,

though she was a virgin, and bear a son,

and that He would be called...?

Jesus, right, Immanuel,

"Save His people from their sins."

So, God is able to predict the future,

and if He chooses, He can reveal that

to a prophet for our blessing

so that we can know.

Now, let's go to Daniel, chapter 7,

because there's another illustration here

of what we call historicism,

or the historical revelation.

But here, instead of different elements,

metals on a metal man,

we see something different.

And, Tricia Lee, would you

read in Daniel 7:1-14.

Now, I just want to say,

we've got a whole series

on the book of Daniel, right?

So, we're not going

to interpret all of this,

but we're illustrating that God

can reveal to a prophet

things that have not yet come to pass.

(Tricia Lee) I'm reading

from the New King James Version:

(Derek) So, we see a parallel

between Daniel 2 with the metal man

and with these four beasts in Daniel 7.

What's the parallel?

What do these beasts represent?

(Team) Kingdoms.

(Derek) Kingdoms, too.

It says later in that same chapter,

the fourth beast is the fourth kingdom.

So, these beasts are not literal;

they represent kingdoms.

Interesting, as we were reading

about the winged lion,

and you look at Babylon excavations

and see that winged lion,

it's interesting how these

different kingdoms are portrayed,

but it takes us also

from the time of the prophet

to the end, right, the setting up

of the eternal Kingdom.

So, we see some parallels there
in the prophecies.

Now, Jesus says - and again,

you can study a lot more about prophecy,

but just to recognize

that there is a significant amount

of prophecy in the Bible -

Jesus says that prophecy

does more than just tell us

what's going to happen.

It has another purpose; what is it?

Let's see what Jesus says,

John, chapter 14 and verse 29.

What does prophecy do, Adison,

besides tell us what is yet to come?

And the most important thing

is that God is going to set up

His eternal Kingdom,

and He wants us to be a part of it.

John 14 and verse 29.

(Adison) And I'm reading

from the King James Version:

(Derek) Believe what?

(Team Member) The prophecy.

(Derek) Believe what? The prophecy?
Believe what?

(Kenneth) What He told you.

(Derek) What He told you.

(Glenn) In Him who...

(Derek) In Him who told you!

It's not just that you would know it,

but know that the One who told you
was reliable.

John 16 gives us another word of Jesus,

John 16, verses 1 to 4.

Kenneth, if you could read

those first four verses

in John 16, listen carefully.

(Kenneth) I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Derek) So, "I'm telling you this,"

and He's speaking here

about the fact that, while they

had no intention of leaving,

they wanted all of the Jews

to accept the Messiah, right?

But they are cast out of the synagogue

because they believe in the Messiah.

But He says, "When that happens,
remember," what?

(Team) "That I told you."

(Derek) "Remember that I told you

that this was going to happen."

So, it's not just that you'll know

it's going to happen,

"Remember that My Word is trustworthy,

that My Word is sure."

Now, one of the keys

for understanding Bible prophecy

when it deals with time

is what we call the year-day principle,

where, in Bible prophecy

when it speaks of so many days,

that that reference is so many years.

Let's look at a couple of verses,

and we've studied this in the series

on the book of Daniel,

Numbers 14, verse 34,

and Ezekiel 4, verse 6.

Someone have Numbers, chapter 14?

Jason, would you read that for us?

(Jason) I'll be reading here

from the New King James Version,

Numbers, chapter 14, verse 34:

(Derek) All right, a day
symbolizing a year.

What about Ezekiel 4 and verse 6?

Adison, would you read that for us
from your Bible?

(Adison) Reading from the King James
Version:

(Derek) I don't know

if you've ever found a key,

and you wonder what it fits.

You stick it in, and you turn it,

and nothing happens, right?

So, you try it in the suitcase,
nothing happens.

When you find the right lock,

and you turn the key, it works, right?

So, you find a principle, and you say,

"Okay, let's see if it works."

Let's take a time prophecy.

Go to Daniel again.

We know there are many

time prophecies there.

Daniel, chapter 9, Travis,

could you read for us verses 24 to 27?

Now, again, I want to just preface

for our viewers here,

we have a whole series

on the book of Daniel.

Go to hopetv.org/hopess,

and you'll find that series.

But we've studied

about this specific prophecy

which tells us exactly

when Messiah will come and how,

after three and a half more years,

He'll be cut off; read that for us.

(Travis) And I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Derek) Now, I imagine
when these revelations

were given to Daniel,

he was like, "Oh-oh, this is complicated.

I'm going to need some help,"

and, of course, the angel will come

and help him understand these things.

But it says 70 weeks.

How many days in a week?

Sorry, pretty basic, seven days,

so seventy weeks is how many days?

(Derek, Team) 490 days, okay?

(Derek) Now, it says 490 days, literally,

are cut off for your people.

Now, we've learned

from interpreting the Bible

that we need to look at the...?

(Team) Context.

(Derek) Context, and so we say

cut off from what?

Well, in the previous chapter,

of course, there were no chapters

in the original text,

but a little earlier in the text

it speaks about a longer prophecy

of how many days?

(Team) 2300.

(Derek) 2,300 days.

And 490 are cut off for...? Your people.

What it doesn't tell us in Daniel 8

is when that prophecy begins.

But in Daniel 9, it does, in verse,

what was that, verse 25,

"from the going forth of the command

to restore and rebuild Jerusalem,"

which happened in the year...?

(Kim) 457?

(Derek) 457 B.C., and we've got 69 weeks,

which takes us to 27,

what we call, A.D. now.

It's jumped over the B.C. - A.D. line,

and what happens in 27 A.D.?

If this is more than just talking

about a few weeks?

By the way, 490 literal days,

how long is that?

A year and a half or so, right?

No, this is talking

about vast amounts of time,

not a year and a half.

But if the year-day principle is at work,

what happens in 27 A.D.?

Something about Messiah, right?

Was Messiah born in 27?

(Team Members) No. Baptized...
His ministry began.

(Derek) Ah, He began His ministry.

He was baptized; He began

His ministry as Messiah.

You say, "He was Messiah before," right?

But He began His ministry as Messiah.

And how long did His ministry last?

(Team) Three and a half years.

(Derek) You say, "Well,

you read the Gospels,

you can't tell for sure,

but several years."

But Daniel prophesied that it would be

for three and a half years,

which would take us

to the spring of 31 A.D.

when Messiah would be "cut off."

What's that talking about? The cross.

So, you say, "Wow, is it possible

that hundreds of years before it happened

that God could reveal to the prophet

everything that was going

to happen about Jesus?

What would Jesus say? What did He say?

"These are they that..."?

(Team) "...testify of Me."

(Derek) "They testify about Me,"

that all of these prophecies

were indeed pointing

to the Messiah who was to come.

Now, we talked about a longer prophecy

that it was cut off from, right?

Go back to Daniel 8.

And again, we've got

a whole series on the book of Daniel.

Go to our website, hopetv.org/hopess.

But we're illustrating the fact

there's a lot of prophecy in the Bible,

and, John, could you read

Daniel 8, verse 14, for us?

(John) Sure, from the NASB, it says:

(Derek) And how did

Daniel respond to that?

Look at verses 26 and 27.

Tricia Lee, could you read it for us?

He's just been told,

if he understands the prophecy,

this is going to extend

more than two millennia, right?

If it's not just about six
and a half years

but actually two thousand
three hundred years,

how does he respond, Tricia Lee?

(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New
King James Version:

(Derek) How did he react to the vision?

(Team Member) He was troubled.

(Derek) Troubled? Astonished,
shocked, fainted,

but he said it's something

about many days in the future, right?

He didn't yet understand it,

but it was revealing something

far beyond his lifetime.

Now, in that same vision,

it talks about this little horn power.

Well, we [don't have] a lot of time;

we're just painting a broad picture here,

a little horn power

that consistently the Protestant Reformers

identified as the Christian Church

centered in Rome, that had gone away

from the clear teaching of Scripture.

Now, they were members of that church.

It was the Christian Church.

They wanted to call

their church to be reformed, right?

Unfortunately, if you look at history,

that didn't happen.

But let's see what identifying marks

there were about this little horn power

that caused the Reformers,

whether they were in Switzerland

or in Germany or in France or in England,

to say, "That's pointing

to the Christian Church."

Clearly one kingdom after another,

and after the collapse

of the Roman Empire,

a religious-political power arises,

and let's see some things

that are described

about this little horn power.

We're in chapter 7;

Alex, could you read verse 8 for us?

Daniel 7 and verse 8.

(Alex) I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Derek) So, there's something different
about this horn.

It's a power; it's going to pluck up

three of the ten horns.

This is after the collapse

of the Roman Empire.

And it's got this mouth

speaking what kind of words?

(Derek, Team) Pompous words.

(Derek) Verse 21, someone

would read that for us,

7, verse 21? Glenn?

(Glenn) Reading from the New
King James Version:

(Derek) So, what else is this power doing?

(Team) Making war.

(Derek) Which means it's
not just religious,

it's got military power, right?

It's a political-religious power,

but who is it making war against?

(Team) Saints. God's people.

(Derek) So, why would a religious power

make war against God's people?

That's a good question, isn't it?

That might start a reformation, right?

Verse 25, we're putting pieces together.

By the way, I'm sure

that just as Daniel was astonished,

so are early Reformers

who were monks and priests

and faithful followers of Jesus.

They were astonished when they

began to study the Bible and see

the things that were being revealed.

We're in verse 25, Kim,

of chapter 7 of Daniel.

What does it say there about this power?

(Kim) I'll be reading

from the English Standard Version:

(Derek) Time, times, and half a time,

that's another prophetic cryptic clue,

shown in other places as 1260 days.

You say, "That's not very long,"

but what if it's stretched
over a millennium

that this power dominated
with military help

and persecuted the saints?

But it says here that it sought

to change times and laws.

What could that be referring to, anybody?
Times and laws.

(Travis) God's Law?

(Derek) Certainly an attempt

to change God's Law.

(Glenn) Maybe the day of worship.

(Derek) Maybe the day of worship.

Maybe whether or not

we could have idols or statues

that we would bow down to?

Because the commandment had said what?

"Don't make any graven images," right?

So, the Reformers looked at these things,

and they said, "Wow, this power

was prophesied long, long before

it ever came into existence,

of the things that it would seek to do,

to change times and laws."

Well, that's a topic...

I remember sharing this one time,

and a man said to me,

"I feel like I need to vomit."

We need to be sensitive.

I think some of the Reformers,

before they became Protestants protesting,

I think they probably felt like,

maybe they felt like they

were going to vomit, too.

Do you understand?

This is our church,

and yet prophecy had predicted

that it would turn away

from the truths of God's Word.

Let's see what else was prophesied

in Daniel, chapter 7, verses 9 through 14,

Daniel 7:9-14, and, Shaina,

would you read that for us?

It's about a judgment scene.

(Shaina) And I'll be reading

from the King James Version:

(Derek) So, here you've got

this judgment scene; thrones are set.

Daniel, chapter 8, verse 14, says,

"Unto 2,300 days,"

and then what's going to happen?

(Team) The sanctuary shall be cleansed.

(Derek) Some kind of setting things right
in the sanctuary.

Now, if that prophecy began in 457 B.C.,

490 days, cut off, remember, in Daniel 9,

that would take us to 1844.

That's, like, not that long ago.

If it's true that a work of judgment

was to begin at that time,

how would that affect the way

you would think about your life today?

That a final judgment is going on?

Would that make any difference?

(Team) Yes.

(Derek) Would it be bad news or good news?

(Team) Good news....It depends.

(Derek) You say it depends.

It depends on what, Adison?

(Adison) It depends on where you're at
with God, right?

If you have a relationship
with Jesus or no,

it just depends on what side

of the fence you're on, really.

(Derek) If you have

a living connection with Jesus
as your Savior,

it's good news because?

You know the Judge and...?
It's almost over.

The prophecy is almost over, right?

It's bad news if...?

(Kenneth) You don't know Him...

(Derek) You don't know Him,

you've rejected Him, or you're thinking,

"Well, maybe someday," right?

But I want you to notice

right in the end of the Bible

another book of prophecy,

Revelation 22, verses 11 and 12.

I know someone's saying,

"Oh, we need to study this

in greater depth,"

and we've got a series,

Focus on Prophecy, where you can do that.

But we're just illustrating

that God is able to show things

that will happen in the latter days.

Revelation, chapter 22, verses 11 and 12,

Laurel, how does that read in your Bible?

(Laurel) I'll be reading

from the New American Standard Bible:

(Derek) So, the Lord Jesus is speaking.

He says, "I'm coming," what?

(Team) Quickly.

(Derek) "And I'm bringing My..."?

(Team) Reward.

(Derek) So, if He's bringing His reward

when He comes in glory, that means what?

(Team Members) It's been determined.

(Derek) The case has
already been settled, right.

Now someone, a careful student

of Bible prophecy,

"But isn't there a millennium

when the books are opened again?"

There is, but that's to show the justice

and the mercy of God.

But the decisions about who have
accepted Jesus

and who have rejected Him,

that's settled before, because He's

bringing His rewards with Him.

So, you say, "Well, understanding

Bible prophecy helps me

to know that I need to prepare," right,

"for the days that are to come."

Well, there's so much more

we could study about that.

I want to move to our last section,

which is typology as prophecy.

In other words, there are types

in the Scripture which help us to know

about things that are to come.

Let's illustrate that with Exodus 17.

Glenn, could you read

verses 15 and 16 for us?

It's a story of the children of Israel

being led by God out of Egypt

on their way to the Promised Land,
and what happens?

(Glenn) Reading from the New
King James Version:

(Derek) Thank you so much.

So, what's the context?

The people are out in the desert, and...?

(Team) Thirsty.

(Derek) They're dying of thirst,

and God is going to provide for them.

How is it going to happen?

(Team Member) A miracle.

(Derek) A miracle, what's the miracle?

(Derek, Team) Water coming from a rock.

(Derek) What has Moses
got to do to the rock?

(Team) Strike it.

(Derek) Now, later he will
strike the rock again,

and God says, "You said something

about Me that wasn't true

because I just told you then to," do what?

"Just speak to the rock."

But he strikes the rock again.

So, there must be something symbolic.

There must be a symbolism

here in this rock,

and the striking of the rock,

and life-giving water comes forward.

It's a type, all right?

We know certain people are types,

like Joseph would be a type of the Messiah

who is to come, right?

What does this rock represent?

Well, I think we don't have to guess;

the Bible will give us an answer.

What does this rock represent?

First Corinthians 10, verse 4,

and then we could look at Jesus
in John 7:37.

First Corinthians 10, Adison, verse 4,

what does the Apostle Paul say?

(Adison) And reading

from the King James Version:

(Derek) What did the striking

of the rock represent?

(Team Member) His death.

(Derek) The death of Jesus.

That's why He dies once for all.

When they come to need that water again,

don't strike the rock again, just what?

Just speak to the rock.

Now let's see what Jesus says about that

in John 7 and verse 37.

Jason, John 7, verse 37.

(Jason) I'll be reading

from the New King James Version,

John, chapter 7, verse 37:

(Derek) So, we find the symbolism

of the rock in the Old Testament,

and the water that comes forth

is the life-saving work of Jesus, right?

He's the Rock.

Now there are other symbolisms

in the Bible besides the rock.

What about the lamb?

Now, the lamb in Exodus,

they took the lamb.

Who did the lamb represent?

Or what did it represent?

(Team) Jesus' sacrifice.

(Derek) Someone had said,

"If you're not sure when it says,

'Who does it represent,' say 'Jesus.'"

There's a fairly good chance, right,

because what did Jesus say
about the Scriptures?

"They testify about Me."

So, if we're right,

that that perfect lamb,

that spotless lamb that was sacrificed,

even back from the Garden of Eden
after sin,

even on Mount Moriah

when the ram was sacrificed,

the Lord provided for Abram, remember,

then called Abraham,

even during the sacrificial system,

what confirmation do we have

that Jesus was the fulfillment of that?

Well, there are several places.

Can you think of one?

(Travis) Revelation 5.

(Derek) Alright, before you

go to Revelation 5,

John the Baptist - Jesus comes
to be baptized?

(Kenneth) "Behold the Lamb of God..."

(Derek) "Behold the Lamb of God,"

typology, the symbolism

of the lamb, fulfilled in Jesus.

But, Travis, takes us to Revelation,

chapter 5, if you will,

because Revelation confirms that the lamb,

in the sacrificial system,

was a symbol or a type

pointing forward to God's saving work

through the Lamb of God.

But look in Revelation, chapter 5,

amazing picture, 6 through 13.

(Travis) I'll be reading

from the New King James Version:

(Derek) I want to be part

of that group, don't you?

I've been practicing, you know,

"Worthy is the Lamb...

Blessing and honor and glory and power

be to Him who sits on the throne,

and to the Lamb..."?

(Derek, Team) "Forever and ever."

(Derek) So, we've got symbolism.

Just quickly: Rock, lamb, what else?

(Adison) The bronze serpent.

(Derek) The bronze serpent

which symbolized Jesus

being lifted up on the cross.

What other symbols do you see?

(Team Member) Water of life.

(Glenn) Ladder.

(Derek) The ladder?

Jacob's ladder vision,

which Jesus basically said, "That's Me;

I'm connecting Heaven and Earth."
What else?

(Team Member) The sanctuary.

(Derek) The whole sanctuary,

which portrayed the plan of salvation,

is another type, pointing forward.

If you're studying the sanctuary,

you say, "What does the bread,

unleavened bread, represent?"
Say, "Jesus."

What does the light of the lamp represent?

Say...? Say, "Jesus," right?

The Holy Spirit brings the light of Jesus.

It all points to Jesus, but in the Bible,

what have you learned?

From all of the prophecy,

they say about 30 percent

of the Bible is prophecy.

What have you learned

that's important for you today?

(Travis) You can trust God.

(Derek) We can trust God?

How about, we need to study.

There's a lot we could learn, right? Alex?

(Alex) Prophecy is proven to come true,

and we know that the end

of the world is coming shortly,

and we need to be ready.

(Derek) So, the portions of prophecy

that have been fulfilled

give us confidence,

just like the destruction

of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.,

that the other parts of the prophecy

yet to be fulfilled, will be fulfilled.

Bible prophecy is important, most of all,

to help us to do what?

Find Jesus, who is the Savior,

not only of the world,

but He's your Savior and my Savior.

I hope you'll keep studying with us,

How to Interpret the Bible.

Recognize when you meet prophecy,

pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you.

Use the principles

of Bible interpretation we've learned

and draw closer to Jesus.

Let's pray together.

Father in Heaven, thank You so much.

This Bible is so much more profound

than many of us ever realized.

But You promised that when He,

the Spirit of truth is come,
the Holy Spirit,

He will guide us into all truth.

So, Holy Spirit, guide us as we continue

to study Your Word,

that we may find that living,

saving relationship with Jesus.

in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

(Team) Amen.

(Derek) Thanks for joining us
for Hope Sabbath School.

Don't forget that series we have.

Go to HopeBibleStudy.org;

we have a series, Focus on Prophecy,

much more you can learn.

The Daniel series on the website.

We've got more in this series.

We're learning how to interpret the Bible.

It's an exciting journey.

What you've learned today,

don't keep it to yourself.

Go out and be a blessing

to those around you.

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