The Time of the End Message 23-8: "The Desolater" Episode 8

Pastor Joel Laswell

In episode 7 of our study of Daniel chapter 8 we found that the Prince has his host and that the little horn is also given a host to war against the daily of the Prince. So, the battle is between the Prince and His host and the little horn and his host. In this episode we will compare Daniel 8:11 with Daniel 11:31 to see the parallel concerning the host given to the little horn? Who and what is this host that helps the little horn in his war against the Prince and His sanctuary? Let's find out!

Transcript

00:00:00All right. Hello friends, I'm Pastor Joe Lasswell. Welcome you to our study here at this time.

00:00:15I'm thankful you're joining us. I praise the Lord that you're joining us. I hope that you've been

00:00:20learning quite a lot. I've been learning some new things. You always learn something when you open

00:00:27God's Word. God has promised that to lead us into all truth. And so we trust Him that He's doing that.

00:00:36And so we want to ask and thank the Lord for the Holy Spirit who helps us to discern these things.

00:00:45And so we want to ask for His help to continue as we get back into Daniel chapter 8, the desolator.

00:00:53We're looking at this desolator in Daniel 8, this little horn who desolates the sanctuary of the prince

00:01:01and his host. And so we want to learn exactly what that means. And God has promised to share

00:01:08what that means with us. But before we dig back into it, let's ask our Father in Heaven to bless us

00:01:15as we open His Word this morning. Let's kneel, if possible, or bow our heads together in our hearts,

00:01:21which is probably more important. And so let's pray. Father in Heaven, we do thank Thee for this time that we have

00:01:29together here. And open Your Word. We thank You that You provided it and protected it all through time

00:01:36so that we can study it, read it, learn from it, and hopefully with Your grace and strength in the Holy Spirit,

00:01:48change us more and more into the image of our dear Savior Jesus. And we may have His character,

00:01:57which is what He came here to show us was possible. Showing that the devil's claims about Your character

00:02:05are completely false. And so Father, we pray for the Holy Spirit to be poured out upon all of us

00:02:11who are opening Your Word here on this most holy Sabbath day, and those who are seeking truth.

00:02:17We pray that the Holy Spirit will help them and guide them, and us, help us to discern these things

00:02:24and to grow in grace. We thank You so much for Jesus, who came to this earth, became one of us for eternity.

00:02:34What an incredible thought to contemplate. And then He showed us not only what sin is and what

00:02:42your true character of love is, but how to live a righteous life. He didn't just die for our sins,

00:02:53but He lived a righteous life as an example to each and every one of us. That we don't have to live a

00:02:58life stuck in the gutter of sin, but we can have victory over it through Him. We praise You for that.

00:03:05We praise You for protecting us from the evil one, and from evil angels, and for being very near to

00:03:13those who are suffering, and helping them to have peace of heart. Father, we pray this morning that

00:03:21You'll be with those, continue to be with those who are suffering through these tragedies that are

00:03:26happening throughout our country and around the world. And please be very near our brethren in

00:03:31other countries who are suffering severe persecution. We pray that hearts may see this evil and come to

00:03:38know Thee and be saved. Please forgive us our sins. We claim the blood of Jesus that was shed there at

00:03:46Calvary for us. And help us to know these things that we read and study here in Daniel chapter 8.

00:03:53Please give me the words to speak this morning, Lord. May they touch hearts, prepare hearts for

00:03:58these things. Some of these things are new to people. Help them to have a right understanding. I ask

00:04:05these favors in the name of Jesus, who's so worthy. Amen and amen.

00:04:15Well, we are in a series that I have entitled The Desolator. It's a study of Daniel chapter

00:04:228. And our study of Daniel chapter 7, you recall, I called that the great pretender. I think that

00:04:33was what I called it. The bold pretender. That was it. The bold pretender. And we're talking about

00:04:38the little horn. He was the bold pretender in Daniel chapter 7. When we come into Daniel chapter 8,

00:04:44we find this same little horn. And now he becomes not just a bold pretender. He is the desolator.

00:04:50The desolator. And so, as we begin looking at Daniel chapter 8 and verses 11 and 12 here,

00:05:02I want to cover again what we learned in episode number 7, our last study together. Let's refresh

00:05:09our minds because it's a continual, we talk about the continual, the daily, right? Or it's a continual

00:05:17study into God's word. Amen. And so, let's refresh our minds. What did we learn the last time we were

00:05:25together? Well, we learned that the prince's sanctuary is in the literal heavenly temple and in his

00:05:30spiritual church on earth, isn't we? Which consists of those who keep the Ten Commandments of God, who

00:05:36exercise the faith of Jesus, and they have the spirit of prophecy. We learn that Jesus ministers in

00:05:45two places at the same time, physically in heaven and spiritually on earth through the ministry of

00:05:52the Holy Spirit. His heavenly hosts are the angels, we learned, haven't we? And his earthly hosts are his

00:05:59faithful followers. Again, those who have faith in Jesus, the faith of Jesus, and keep his commandments.

00:06:07We learned that the place of the sanctuary is removed from heaven in a spiritual sense.

00:06:12You know, the little horn and Satan didn't go up to heaven and tear down the actual sanctuary that's in

00:06:19heaven. We're talking here about a spiritual battle. And so, this place of the sanctuary is removed from

00:06:26heaven in a spiritual sense. It's set up on earth by papal Rome, who we have abundant evidence and have

00:06:34laid out that is papal Rome. The little horn is papal Rome. We've learned that morning and evening,

00:06:40a lamb was offered upon the altar of sacrifice for the sins of Israel. We were looking at the

00:06:44sanctuary and the implements in the courtyard in the first room called the Holy Place.

00:06:57And so, we were starting to look at that, and we saw a morning and evening lamb was offered upon the

00:07:01altar of sacrifice in the courtyard for the sins of Israel. As long as the Hebrew sanctuary and temple

00:07:08stood, there was never a time when the fire of the altar was not burning. It was continual. This

00:07:14was the daily or continual burnt offering. We covered a bit of that. We learned that the sacrifice

00:07:20of the lamb represented the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. An atonement that is valid for God's

00:07:27people continually. We know that when we read the Gospels, you look at John chapter 1 verse 29,

00:07:341 Peter 1.19, Revelation 13.8 tells us this. We learned that the sacrifice was offered daily,

00:07:43continually, morning and evening, and it indicates that Jesus died once and for all and never needs

00:07:48to die again. His death was sufficient one time to forgive sins. Praise his name. Praise his name.

00:08:02He never needs to die again, friends. And we learned that the teaching of the once for all death of

00:08:09Jesus is counterfeited in the Roman Catholic sacrifice of the Mass. In the Mass, the once for

00:08:15all sacrifice, the death of Jesus, is repeated over and over and over and over and over again.

00:08:22And so, you see, instead of looking to the Lamb of God in heaven, Roman Catholic believers are taught

00:08:28to look at the wafer host or the body of Jesus in its totality. And they call, it's called ubiquity or

00:08:35the omnipresence. But that's where it's supposedly found. So instead of coming boldly to Jesus at the

00:08:42throne of grace in heaven, believers are taught that they must be nourished by feeding on the literal

00:08:47body of Jesus on earth every time they partake of the Catholic Mass to receive forgiveness.

00:08:53We learned that the table of the showbread contained two stacks of unleavened bread, each with six

00:09:03loaves, twelve loaves of bread in total. And by this, God wanted to teach that there was sufficient

00:09:09bread to feed each and every one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This bread was called the continual

00:09:18bread, Tamed, that Hebrew word Tamed, because it was available continually to satisfy the spiritual

00:09:29needs as well of Israel. And so we learned also that the showbread first represents Jesus as he's

00:09:37contained in the written word of God. We learned also that the showbread is continually available to

00:09:44all the word of God, is continually available to all Jesus, all of God's people, all people. We learned

00:09:51that if you assimilate the word of God, it will nourish the life spiritually, leading to character

00:09:58growth and victory over sin. But what about Roman Catholicism, the counterfeit to the showbread?

00:10:06Well, we learned that they substituted tradition, the traditions of men for the word of God. In other

00:10:12words, they put the traditions of men over Jesus. And not just the traditions of men. The example of

00:10:20traditions of men is the Pope. So they placed the Pope over Jesus, essentially. The tradition over the

00:10:26word of God. We learned that last time. We learned that they removed the Bible. They essentially have

00:10:31removed Jesus from all the people. And this kind of, in a way, touches on the daily being a substitute

00:10:38and removing the continual instead of paganism. But, ah, I don't want to get into that.

00:10:44But they removed the Bible, Jesus from all the people. It was no longer accessible, see? And Jesus,

00:10:50then, is no longer accessible for forgiveness of sin. A little bit more about that in just a moment.

00:10:56We also learned that they taught by these traditions that we're born sinners.

00:11:02sinners. And that no conversion is necessary. It's not even possible, really. As sinners can't

00:11:09overcome sin. But Jesus showed us we can, you see. But they say that and teach that you just

00:11:18need to confess sins continually, see? Continually to a priest. And again, with the showbread, we

00:11:27learned that the number, there were a number of unbiblical traditions in the Catholic Church.

00:11:32And that it's just hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these traditions, many of them

00:11:40pulled from paganism, such as, and I shared some, purgatory, limbo, celibacy, confession,

00:11:46and eternally burning hell. That's not biblical. Lent, the mass, canonization of saints,

00:11:54the rosary, bowing before images, the immaculate conception, the assumption of Mary, baptism of infants,

00:12:01for they've even got their mind developed enough to make a decision, praying to saints, the observance

00:12:11of the Sunday, and on, and on, and on, and on. That's what we learned from looking at the table

00:12:20of showbread and the showbread specifically. We learned that one of the tasks of the high

00:12:25priest was to trim the wicks and replenish the oil in the seven-branched candlestick of

00:12:29the holy place. And in this way, he would make sure that the light of the candlestick burned

00:12:34how long? Tamed. Continually. The seven-branched candlestick represented all seven stages in the

00:12:45history of the Christian church, from the days of the apostles to the end of time. That's what

00:12:51we learned in our study in episode seven. We learned that papal Rome claims to be the mother

00:12:56church and actually persecuted the true candlestick. Remember, we found out who the host and the stars

00:13:05of the prince were. It's the people and the leaders of the church. And the mother church of papal Rome

00:13:10persecuted God's candlestick and usurped Christ with a pope to stand in the midst of God's people

00:13:19as Savior. We looked at Revelation 1 for that. We learned that the incense upon the altar

00:13:26represent, that that incense that was offered upon the altar was called the perpetual

00:13:33Talmud, I'm sorry, because it was burned on the altar morning and evening continually. And that that

00:13:43incense upon the altar represented the prayers of God's people, which are mingled with the precious

00:13:49merits of Christ's blood. And then we learned, as we closed up the episode, that Roman Catholicism

00:13:59had established, and we learned this too as we went through our study of Daniel chapter seven,

00:14:04that they, in great detail actually, established a counterfeit priesthood to whom the faithful

00:14:10confessed their sins. That's to say, instead of people directing their prayers to Jesus in heaven

00:14:18for forgiveness, they utter them to a human priest on earth, who actually cannot forgive sins.

00:14:25And in this way, the intercessory ministry of Jesus is cast down from heaven and placed on earth.

00:14:33We learned quite a lot last time. And we're going to continue to learn more and more and more.

00:14:39Let's now dig into Daniel 8 and verse 12. We'll start by reading it. Daniel 8 and verse 12. And

00:14:49it says, and then host was given him against the daily sacrifice. Again, that word sacrifice is added

00:14:56by reason of transgression. We'll find out what that means. And it cast down the truth to the ground.

00:15:03We'll find out what that means. And it practiced and prospered amazingly. That's Daniel 8 and verse 12.

00:15:11Imagine Daniel seeing all this in vision. Imagine if you were seeing it. Wouldn't you be astonished

00:15:17at what you're seeing? And so we previously found that the prince has his host. And now we discover

00:15:26here in verse 12 that the little horn is also given a host to war against the daily. So the battle is

00:15:33between the prince and his host and the little horn and his host. And a comparison, and I'm going to get

00:15:42to this in just a moment, but if you see a comparison of verse 12 here with Daniel chapter 11 and verse 31,

00:15:51you'll find that it clearly indicates that the little horn's host is composed of his armies,

00:15:57which is the secular power, the civil sword, you remember, who are also members of his church,

00:16:03by the way. The papacy is a church state power, isn't it? You do know that during the Reformation and

00:16:11papal Rome has not changed. No matter what Protestants say today, papacy, all they need to do is get back

00:16:19into power and they're right back to that same character and persecuting the truth in God's

00:16:25people. But during the Reformation, kings that were Protestants were removed from membership of the

00:16:33Roman Catholic Church. They were considered anathema. That means they were cursed by the church and then

00:16:40they were excommunicated. I remember even sharing about King Henry about that in our study of Daniel

00:16:49chapter 7. Now, some scholars in Adventism teach that the host of the little horn is the Roman

00:16:56Catholic clergy. But friends, that doesn't line up with scripture. For one thing, the clergy is not

00:17:03really a host that is given to him. And second, it limits the papacy to just having one sword and not

00:17:11two swords, the church state. If it were speaking about the clergy, it would limit this battle to just a

00:17:17theological one. And Sunday worship would remain a church law with no civil enforcement at all.

00:17:23Kind of like it is right now. So we've got to put our thinking caps on. Come let us reason together,

00:17:31we see in Isaiah chapter 1. God is saying, I've given you a brain. I want to communicate with you.

00:17:39Let's reason these things together. Let me help you understand. Right? Now, the Bible tells us in

00:17:48Revelation 13 and verse 15 that the two-horned beast, which is the United States of America,

00:17:54would enforce the Sunday law. Let's read that. Revelation 13 verse 15. And he had power to give life

00:18:02unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should, listen to this, both speak, that means

00:18:10enact laws, and cause, and that means enforce these laws, that as many as would not worship the image of the

00:18:22beast should be killed. This is actually, this is the end time scenario that we studied in Daniel

00:18:32chapter 3. What happened there on the plains of Dora, if you'll recall. Now, I said we're going to

00:18:41compare this, Daniel 8.12 with Daniel 11 verse 31. And let's look at Daniel 11.31, which helps clear up

00:18:49any possible confusion about Daniel 8.12. Let's read this, Daniel 11 verse 31. Bible says,

00:18:58And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take

00:19:06away the daily, again, sacrifices added, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

00:19:16Very interesting. And when you get into Daniel 11, I'm talking about the king of the north.

00:19:21Well, who's this king of the north? Some people think it's some, well, there's all kinds of theories

00:19:28about that, but what does the Bible lay out? Remember, when we're looking through Daniel,

00:19:32each chapter kind of builds on the other. We get more and more information, don't we?

00:19:38And so, let's first identify the king of the north, which is a must. And I'll get more in depth

00:19:47about this, of course, when we get into our study of Daniel chapter 11. But the Bible clearly teaches

00:19:54that the true king of the north is God, who dwells on Mount Zion in the heavenly Jerusalem.

00:20:01You can read that in Isaiah 14, Psalm 48, Matthew 5. You even find out, read verses 35-36.

00:20:08We know that thousands of years ago, Satan attempted to overthrow God and usurp his throne

00:20:17in heaven, but he failed, and he was cast out to the earth. Consequently, Satan succeeded

00:20:26in causing Adam to sin, and then he set up a rival kingdom on the earth. And we know that.

00:20:32We've read that in the Bible. And in this way, Satan became the counterfeit king of the north.

00:20:41And he was wanting to usurp the legitimate position of God, you see. As God sits in the heavenly

00:20:48Jerusalem temple in the sides of the north, Satan sits in the earthly temple in the sides

00:20:53of the symbolic north, planting a counterfeit religion in the church.

00:20:59Now, the north is not a denial of God and religion, but rather the establishment of a false

00:21:05God and a false religion. According to Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2, verse 3 and 4, God's kingdom

00:21:15is called Israel. And what is Satan's kingdom called? Well, it's called Babylon, right? But there's

00:21:25more. We know that God, the Father, has his vicar. That's Jesus. Satan also has his vicar,

00:21:34right? That's the Pope. Thus, the two invisible champions, you could say, of good and evil, God

00:21:41and Satan, have their respective earthly representatives. Jesus not only, friends, represents his Father

00:21:51in heaven, but he also represents his people as well. Now, and we can praise his name for

00:22:01that. Territorially speaking, Jerusalem in the sides of the north was God's holy sea in the

00:22:12Old Testament, right? I mean, there, David and all his successors sat as types of Jesus, the

00:22:20king of kings and the Lord of lords. You can read that in Revelation 17, 14. Now, on the

00:22:25other hand, Satan's sea in the Old Testament was Babylon, the archenemy of Israel. And there

00:22:34sat Nebuchadnezzar, the counterfeit king of kings, according to Ezekiel 26, 38, 39. You read about it

00:22:45in there, about Nebuchadnezzar in this. As we found in our study of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, as he grew

00:22:53older, repented and came to be a follower of the true God. Praise God for that. You know, one day we get

00:23:00to heaven. Jesus redeems us. We can meet Nebuchadnezzar. We can talk to him if we want. Won't that be

00:23:07exciting? Now, biblically, the kingdom of the north was Assyria-Babylon because it was geographically

00:23:16north of Israel. And Jeremiah warned Judah that an evil would come upon them from the north. That was a

00:23:23clear reference to Babylon. And that's what happened, wasn't it? Significantly, the invasion

00:23:30of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar is described by Jeremiah as an all-encompassing flood. The flood of Babylon

00:23:40is identified as the river Euphrates, according to Jeremiah. You can read it also in Joshua 24.

00:23:47When the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, invaded Judah in the year 701 BC, his military campaign was also

00:23:58described as an overwhelming flood. Right? This is literally an overwhelming flood. Isaiah tells us that.

00:24:05In Daniel 3, we find a clear description of Babylon's counterfeit religion. It seeks to impose by force its

00:24:12religion upon God's faithful people. Again, they're in the plains of Dura.

00:24:19Now, literally speaking, and I'm talking about Daniel 11, the king of the north here in Daniel 11 is

00:24:25Babylon. And his invasion of the glorious land is compared to an overwhelming flood, according to

00:24:31Daniel 11 40. Symbolically, however, the king of the north represents the papacy.

00:24:42You know, think about this. It represents the papacy, which will employ a flood of

00:24:49multitudes, nations, tongues, and people. And you read about it in Revelation 17, right?

00:24:58So the papacy does this to attempt to overwhelm the end-time remnant church.

00:25:04Now, for several reasons, the king of the north represents the same power as the little horn here

00:25:09in Daniel 8. And we're looking at comparing here, Daniel 8 12, here with Daniel 11, verse 31.

00:25:17Now, besides the fact that both the little horn and the king of the north follow Media and Persia in the

00:25:23prophetic chain, there are four other close parallels between the king of the north in this verse, verse 31,

00:25:30and the little horn in Daniel 8.

00:25:32And as we've learned, the little horn of Daniel 8 represents the Roman Catholic papacy. It's the same

00:25:38little horn power in Daniel 7. Now, this being the case, the king of the north in Daniel 11 must

00:25:46represent the same power. So let's take a look at the four parallels from Daniel 11 and verse 31.

00:25:52Let's read here this part. Daniel 11, verse 31. It says,

00:25:57And arms shall stand on his part. That's what it says. And arms shall stand on his part.

00:26:05Regarding the words arms, Walter C. Kaiser makes this remark in his Theological Word Book of the Old

00:26:11Testament, volume 1, pages 253 to 254. Notice what Kaiser says. He says, quote,

00:26:18In the plural, arms is equivalent to military or political forces or armies.

00:26:27It says, and arms shall stand on his part. This means that the king of the north would be helped by the

00:26:33forces of a political power. And this actually reminds me of the union of iron and clay that we saw in the

00:26:41feet of the image there in Daniel 2. Right? Church state? Civil? Religious?

00:26:50I'm also reminded that the little horn would arise, but not by his own power, which you read in Daniel 8,

00:26:56verse 24. Which again removes the theory that the arms represent just the papal clergy. I just can't

00:27:04see how they can come to that conclusion. Well, I can, but we don't need to get down that tangent.

00:27:09Revelation chapter 13 and 10 presents the same scenario. The beast used the sword to slay the

00:27:17saints, and the same sword would slay him. And significant is the fact that the king of the

00:27:25north existed before this point, but without the aid of arms. Paul tells us that in 2 Thessalonians 2.

00:27:32He underlines that the man of sin existed before the restrainer was removed, and we know that the

00:27:38restrainer was the pagan Roman Empire. We looked at that a couple times in detail.

00:27:45This is the same idea that we find in Daniel 8, 12, where the little horn was given a host to execute his

00:27:52nefarious work against the sanctuary, against the prince, and the daily.

00:27:59And as we've previously seen, the word host in this context means army, political power.

00:28:07So what is pictured here is the union of the religious and political powers, or the union

00:28:13of church and state, the two swords, you recall. Here's a second thing. Let's read on.

00:28:19Daniel 11, verse 31. It says,

00:28:21And they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength. I think it's significant here, this change of

00:28:29pronoun from the singular to the plural. The pronoun they can be a reference to the armies,

00:28:36or to the armies in union with the king of the north. I believe the proper context is the armies

00:28:43in union with the king of the north. In other words, the political power stands on behalf of the king

00:28:48of the north, and then they together pollute the sanctuary. In what sense does this union of church

00:28:57and state pollute the sanctuary? What's really interesting that the Hebrew word kalal means

00:29:03to pollute, to defile, to profane. So the king of the north does this. And we cannot miss that the

00:29:11little horn of Daniel 8 also tramples upon the sanctuary, the prince and the host of the prince,

00:29:18for which reason the sanctuary must be cleansed, right? And so we see the parallel between these two.

00:29:26The third parallel, back to Daniel 11, verse 31.

00:29:30And shall take away the daily. In Daniel 8, the little horn, with the help of a host that was given to him,

00:29:43remember not by his own strength, it takes away the daily. Daniel 8. In Daniel 11, the king of the north

00:29:50takes away the daily with the help of arms. And so it's clear that these two prophecies

00:29:55are definitely parallel. And let's go back to Daniel 11, verse 31. Here's a fourth parallel.

00:30:04They, that's the king of the north and the forces that aid him, shall place the abomination

00:30:09that maketh desolate. Now this phrase is actually parallel to Daniel 8, where we're told that the

00:30:17little horn, with the aid of his host, set up the transgression of desolation. That's actually

00:30:24in Daniel 8, 13, which we're going to get to, I think, in our next episode. Now the word

00:30:31desolation there, Hebrew, is common in the Old Testament. It frequently refers to the trampling

00:30:41of Jerusalem by the pagan idolatrous nations, mainly because of Israel's unfaithfulness. You see,

00:30:53God's mercy was withdrawn because of the unfaithfulness of Israel. And so Satan gets a little bit more

00:31:02power and brings in idolatry. And we see it over and over and over and over again through

00:31:06the Old Testament. And so we see, though, that the equivalent Greek word is used in Matthew

00:31:1523, in verse 38, where Jesus told the Jewish leaders, I touched on this last time, that your

00:31:20house is left unto you desolate. And also in Matthew 24, verse 15, if you recall, where

00:31:27Jesus spoke about the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet. That's the

00:31:33Greek use of that word.

00:31:34Now when you look at Daniel, excuse me, Matthew 24, it's well understood that it's a twofold

00:31:45fulfillment. The first of which was the destruction of the literal city of Jerusalem because of its

00:31:51rejection of the Messiah. I mean, look at Matthew 24, look at Daniel 9, just read them and you

00:31:58can see it. But the second fulfillment, which carries us well into the Christian era, it's

00:32:05referred to in Luke 21, verse 24, in Revelation 11, 2. And there we're told the holy city, the

00:32:12true church, shall they, the papacy, tread underfoot for 42 months, the same as 1260 years.

00:32:18And we're told in Revelation 13, verse 5, if we go back to there, we see that there are

00:32:30these two beasts. And we read in Revelation 13, verse 5, that the first beast, that sea

00:32:36beast, the Roman Catholic papacy, did this trampling when it allied itself with the political

00:32:43states of Europe, from 538 AD to 1798 AD. We looked at those times in Daniel 7, 1260 literal

00:32:51years. And this is the period, friends, which is described right here in Daniel 11, verse 31.

00:32:59The word abomination is consistently used in the Old Testament in conjunction with idolatry.

00:33:06And a notable example is found in Ezekiel chapter 8, which links the word abomination

00:33:13with idolatry in general, and with son worship in particular. And that's very important to put

00:33:19in the back of your mind. Let's look at Ezekiel. Let's go to Ezekiel 8, and let's begin with

00:33:26verse 16. I brought this up before. Quote, this is what the Bible says,

00:33:33And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and behold, at the door of the

00:33:38temple of the Lord, between the porch and altar, were about five and twenty men, with their

00:33:43backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, and they worship the

00:33:49sun toward the east. Do any Christians worship the sun today? Hmm. I'll let you think about

00:34:02that. Maybe Easter? Sunrise services? Something to think about. Verse 17.

00:34:15Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house

00:34:21of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the

00:34:28land with violence and have returned to provoke me to anger. And lo, they put the branch to

00:34:34their nose. That means they mock God, is what he's saying. They mock me. In verse 18.

00:34:43Therefore will I also deal in fury. Mine eyes shall not spare, neither will I have pity. And

00:34:49though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, they pray to God. Right? If you're committing

00:34:58abominations in open rebellion and know it, God's not going to hear your prayers. Notice

00:35:08what he says. I'm going to deal in fury against them. I'm not going to spare. I'm not going to

00:35:16have pity. They may cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. That's

00:35:25Ezekiel chapter 8 verses 16 to 18. And in the succeeding context, God predicted that these

00:35:34abominations would bring desolation as a result. And so the abomination of desolation already

00:35:41existed, friends, in the days of Israel immediately before the Babylonian captivity. And it foreshadows

00:35:48the abomination of desolation in the days of Christ. So this comparison of Daniel 8 verse

00:35:5912 with Daniel 11 and verse 31 clearly indicates that the little horn's host is composed of his

00:36:05armies, the secular power, the imperial sword of the state. Now I want to touch on something

00:36:14here, mainly to Adventists, because there are some that have stated that because William

00:36:22Miller believed that the daily was paganism and the sanctuary was the sanctuary of paganism,

00:36:27we should believe the same today because he was our Adventist pioneer. And I want to give

00:36:31caution to everyone. How should I put this? We need to recognize, I guess, that what William

00:36:55Miller taught was by no means perfect. And maybe you know that and understand that, but I'm just

00:37:01going to say it. I mean, for example, and this is not to drag down William Miller, a lot of

00:37:06truth this man shared. And many Adventists don't know this, in my experience. It's because we

00:37:16haven't been taught correct principles of study. That's a whole other series that I have preached

00:37:24upon. But Miller taught that the first beast here that we read about in Revelation 13 was pagan

00:37:29in Rome. And then he went on and taught that the second beast was an image of the Roman beast or

00:37:35papal realm. So we've got to be careful, friends. Now he correctly taught that the 1260 years of papal

00:37:46dominion began in 530 AD and ended in 1798 AD. But then he takes, it's just kind of interesting, he takes the

00:37:56number 666, which has nothing to do with years. It's really the number of the beast's name. But he applies it to the

00:38:04period of pagan Rome's dominion from 158 BC to 508 AD. And that's an error in understanding. Now, Ellen White had a lot of

00:38:14positive things to say about William Miller. But I ask you, does this mean that she endorsed every detail of

00:38:21Miller's interpretations? Of course not, as we shouldn't. In 1843, one of those who preached the

00:38:30judgment, our message, made this statement. It's from the Midnight Cry, October 4th, 1843. Notice this statement.

00:38:39It says, quote, the very heart of the gospel was removed when the little horn took away the daily

00:38:45or continual mediation of Jesus Christ and cast down the place of his gospel sanctuary and made it a den

00:38:53of thieves, end quote. Now that was in 1843, friends. That's not new. And this statement most likely was

00:39:06written by O. R. L. Crozier, whose article on the sanctuary was actually glowingly approved by Ellen

00:39:15White. I'll share that with you here. Let's just share that. It's from A Word to the Little Flock

00:39:19Scattered Abroad, page 12. Notice what she says. This is really an important endorsement, actually.

00:39:27She said, quote, I believe the sanctuary, to be cleansed at the end of the 2300 days,

00:39:32is the New Jerusalem Temple of which Christ is minister. The Lord showed me in vision more than

00:39:41one year ago that Brother Crozier had the true light on the cleansing of the sanctuary, etc.,

00:39:47and that it was his will that Brother C. should write out the view which he gave us in the Day

00:39:54Star Extra, February 7th, 1846. I feel fully authorized by the Lord to recommend that extra to

00:40:02every saint, end quote. This is actually a very important endorsement because it helps to keep

00:40:08the truth on track against many fanatical ideas concerning the work of cleansing the sanctuary,

00:40:14Daniel 8, 14. A lot of these fanatical ideas are coming out again with some new ones, one of which

00:40:23actually involves the fit man who takes the scapegoat, you know, in the sanctuary service on the Day of

00:40:30Atonement. He takes the scapegoat out into the wilderness and leaves him out in the wilderness.

00:40:36That's the fit man. Now, Crozier, in his articles there, makes it very clear that the fit man is a

00:40:46symbol of Jesus Christ. But there are some preachers in Adventism that have errant ideas that they're

00:40:52peddling about the fit man. And it's actually pulling many innocent Adventists away from the

00:40:57truth. Now, we may get into all that sometime later on, but I encourage you to test all things

00:41:03before accepting it. You've heard me for years if you've been listening. I encourage you,

00:41:09like always, to check me out, as Pastor Brooks would say. Go to your Bible. Study it out. Adventists,

00:41:18go to the spirit of prophecy. Study it. Read. Depend upon the Holy Spirit to lead you into

00:41:26the truth. We read in the Bereans in Acts 17 and 11 that these were more noble than those

00:41:33in Thessalonica and that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched

00:41:38the scriptures daily whether those things were so. So, Paul would come in and preach these

00:41:43things and they just didn't take his word for it because here is an apostle of the Lord.

00:41:50Let's be like the Bereans. Amen?

00:41:54In the Present Truth article of December 1849, Ellen White used language that reveals actually

00:42:04her understanding of the daily. And I think it helps us out quite a lot. Present Truth, December

00:42:098th, 1849. She says, quote, Christ did close his daily or continual ministration or mediation

00:42:16in the first apartment of the heavenly sanctuary. She talked about what happened in 1844. And

00:42:22shut the door, which no man can open. And opened a door in the second apartment, or holiest

00:42:28of all, which no man can shut. And passed within the second veil, bearing before the Father on

00:42:35the breastplate of judgment, all for whom he is now acting as intercessor. Notice what

00:42:40she says. She says, if this is the position that Christ now occupies, then there is no

00:42:44intercessor in the first apartment. And in vain do misguided souls knock at that door, saying,

00:42:50Lord, Lord, open unto us. Just, she lays out here her understanding of it. It's a very well

00:43:00statement for us to take into account. Now, David Arnold, he actually owned the barn that

00:43:09was used by Ellen White and the pioneers to hammer out all the beliefs, the summary beliefs

00:43:15of the emerging Seventh-day Adventist church. Notice what he stated. It was in a Present Truth

00:43:22article as well, in December of 1849. Notice what he said. He says, quote, therefore we are

00:43:28brought by the force of circumstances and the fulfillment of events to the irresistible

00:43:33conclusion that on the tenth day of the seventh month, Jewish time, in the autumn of 1844,

00:43:40Christ did close his daily or continual ministration or mediation in the first apartment of the

00:43:47heavenly sanctuary and shut the door, which no man can open, and open the door in the second

00:43:52apartment or holiest hall, which no man can shut. Sounds kind of like what Ellen White said,

00:43:56right? Now, let me share this with you. And I'm just kind of talking on what William Miller

00:44:03was thinking and this, what is the daily? Just throwing some information out there for

00:44:10all of us to consider. From the Spirit of Prophecy, Volume 4, page 263. Quote,

00:44:21the ministration of the earthly sanctuary consisted of two divisions. The priest ministered daily in a

00:44:29holy place. I've shared this before, actually. While once a year, the high priest performed a

00:44:33special work of atonement in the Most Holy for the cleansing of the sanctuary. Day by day, the

00:44:39repentant sinner brought his offering to the door of the tabernacle and placing his hand upon the

00:44:44victim's head, confessed his sins, thus in figure, transferring them to the innocent sacrifice.

00:44:51The animal was then slain, and the blood or the flesh was carried by the priest into the holy place.

00:44:58Thus the sin was, in figure, transferred to the sanctuary. Such was the work that went forward

00:45:07throughout the year. The continual transfer of sins to the sanctuary. Notice it was continual

00:45:13transfer of sins. Those who are talking about paganism and the paganism of the sanctuary,

00:45:21they lean on Anticus Epiphanes, who sacrificed a pig one time in the sanctuary. But that's not

00:45:28what we're reading here. The process. The continual transfer of sins to the sanctuary rendered a

00:45:40further work of ministration necessary in order for their removal. On the tenth day of the seventh

00:45:46month, the high priest entered the inner apartment, or Most Holy Place, which he was forbidden on pain

00:45:53of death to enter at any time. The cleansing of the sanctuary then performed, completed the yearly

00:46:00round of service, end quote. Yeah, they tied a rope to his ankle as he went into the Most Holy Place

00:46:07in case he went in there with a sin in his record that he hadn't repented of. He would be struck down

00:46:15dead, and they couldn't just walk in there and take him out. They'd have to pull him out.

00:46:23Now, Uriah Smith, an Adventist pioneer, he agreed that the sanctuary that was trampled underfoot

00:46:29was the heavenly sanctuary, and that the papacy was the power that trampled upon it.

00:46:34Notice this. This is a track, track number five, Advent and Sabbath track that he had to pin,

00:46:44the sanctuary in the 2300 days. Notice what he says. He said, quote, and I'm using old references here

00:46:50because I'm trying to show this isn't new. It's been claimed that there are these new theories,

00:46:57and it's not new. That's what I'm just trying to show. Notice what Uriah Smith says. Quote,

00:47:03again, we read in Daniel 8.13 about treading the sanctuary underfoot, and it may be asked how a

00:47:10sanctuary in heaven can be trodden underfoot. These expressions are figurative, as will be seen by

00:47:17Hebrews 10.29, which speaks of treading underfoot the Son of God. The sanctuary can be trodden

00:47:25underfoot in the same sense that the Son of God. Its minister can. Thus, the Pope has trodden underfoot

00:47:31the sanctuary by calling his own sanctuary, or temple, the temple of God, and turning away the

00:47:37worship of men from the temple of God in heaven to his own sanctuary at Rome. And he has trodden underfoot

00:47:44the Son of God, the minister of that sanctuary by exalting himself above all that is called God,

00:47:50and assuming to be the head of the church in the place of Jesus Christ. End quote.

00:47:55So you see, they had this understanding. What about James White? James White concurred, actually.

00:48:04In an Advent Review and Sabbath Herald article, January of 1851, notice what James White penned.

00:48:14Quote,

00:48:14It may be said that the heavenly sanctuary is not capable of being trodden underfoot, but we ask,

00:48:21is it not as capable of being trodden underfoot as the Son of God, who is the minister of the same

00:48:26sanctuary? Says Paul, and then he quotes Paul,

00:48:30Of how much sore punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot

00:48:35the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified

00:48:41an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? He quoted Hebrews 10.29.

00:48:49James White says,

00:48:50We say then that the sanctuary in heaven has been trodden underfoot in the same sense

00:48:55that the Son of God has been trodden underfoot. Was the Son of God trodden underfoot by sacrificing

00:49:02a pig on the altar by Antiochus Epiphanes? Think it through.

00:49:11In a similar manner, he goes on, has the host, the true church, also been trodden down? Those

00:49:18who have rejected the Son of God have trodden him underfoot, and of course have trodden underfoot

00:49:23his sanctuary. The Catholic Church has trodden underfoot not only the Holy City, but the

00:49:28sanctuary and its minister or priest, the Son of God. Rome has been called the Holy City

00:49:33and the Eternal City, which can only be said of the city of the living God, the New Jerusalem.

00:49:38End quote.

00:49:40And that's James White saying this in January of 1851.

00:49:45Now, no, that's after 1844, but these are things that they understood.

00:49:52It's not new. They debated this back and forth, friends. Don't get me wrong.

00:49:58And this is what you see.

00:50:01I mean, later on, Alonzo T. Jones, professor of history at the university there, the college

00:50:08in Battle Creek, he explained what the taking away of the daily was. This is in his book,

00:50:16The Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection, pages 102 and 103. This is rather long, but

00:50:22listen to what he says. He explains it.

00:50:25Quote,

00:50:25In the place of Christ, the true and divine high priest of God's own appointment in heaven,

00:50:31she, and he's speaking of the Roman papacy, the Catholic Church, she has substituted a human,

00:50:36sinful, and sinning priesthood on earth. In the place of the continual heavenly ministry of Christ

00:50:43in his true priesthood upon his true sacrifice, she has substituted only an enderful ministry

00:50:49of a human, earthly, sinful, and sinning priesthood in the once a day daily sacrifice of the Mass.

00:50:59And in the place of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man,

00:51:04she has substituted her own meeting places of wood and stone, to which she applies the term

00:51:10sanctuary. Thus, instead of the one continual high priest, the one continual ministry, and

00:51:19the one continual sanctuary in heaven, which God has ordained and which is the only true,

00:51:25she has devised out of her own heart and substituted for the only true.

00:51:30Many high priests, many ministries, many sacrifices, and many sanctuaries on earth,

00:51:37which in every possible relation are only human and utterly false.

00:51:43And it can never take away sin, Brother Jones says.

00:51:48He says, no earthly priesthood, no earthly ministry, no earthly sacrifice or service in any

00:51:55earthly sanctuary can ever take away sin. This is what Paul, this is what we learn in Hebrews,

00:52:03the book of Hebrews, in which he says here. He says, in the book of Hebrews, we have seen

00:52:09that even the priesthood, the ministry, the sacrifice, and the service in the earthly sanctuary,

00:52:14the very service which the Lord himself ordained on earth, never took away sin.

00:52:19The inspired record is that they never did take away sin, and that they never could take away sin.

00:52:28He says, it is only the priesthood and ministry of Christ that can ever take away sin. Praise God.

00:52:36And this is a priesthood and a ministry in heaven, and of a sanctuary that is in heaven.

00:52:41For when Christ was on earth, he was not a priest, and if he had remained on earth until this hour,

00:52:48he would not yet be a priest. As it stands written, and he quotes Hebrews 8, 4,

00:52:53if he were on earth, he should not be a priest.

00:52:58Thus, by plain word and abundant illustration, God has demonstrated that no earthly priesthood,

00:53:04sacrifice, or ministry can ever take away sin, end quote.

00:53:07Just a powerful, it's actually a very good book,

00:53:10The Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection, that Jones has laid out.

00:53:15It's a good one to read.

00:53:18But, I guess what I'm saying, it's from these and many more statements

00:53:26that have been researched, that have swayed me,

00:53:34it proved to me that it's not possible to maintain any longer

00:53:38that the daily of Daniel 8 refers to paganism,

00:53:41and that it was taken away in 508 A.D.

00:53:45I think the history of that period,

00:53:48actually, it just doesn't line up with that interpretation.

00:53:52There's nothing, actually, that I can find in the spirit of prophecy which requires it.

00:53:56It's just another misunderstanding, you see, I believe, by William Miller,

00:53:59and doesn't take anything away from the truths that he discovered

00:54:03and that he shared in the Great Advent Awakening.

00:54:07And I'll be addressing that in a separate message, I hope, here very soon.

00:54:11I'll just lay it out there.

00:54:12We're not to argue over this.

00:54:14It really is a kind of a minor thing that I touched on with others.

00:54:20It's kind of a minor thing we can get sucked up in.

00:54:22Satan would love, you know, who was it?

00:54:24H.M.S. Richards would always say,

00:54:28the devil's rabbits.

00:54:29We've got to quit chasing the devil's rabbits.

00:54:32That's not our mission for today.

00:54:34Our mission is Revelation 14.

00:54:37This is to argue over the daily by some, you know.

00:54:44But I think we should see both sides and just lay it out

00:54:47and just let it fall where it may.

00:54:51I think we can agree to that, right?

00:54:52Let's get back to Daniel 8, verse 12.

00:54:56Daniel 8, verse 12.

00:54:57Remember it said,

00:54:57And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice,

00:55:01the Lord's added, by reason of transgression.

00:55:04It was cast down the truth to the ground,

00:55:07and it practiced and prospered.

00:55:09Now I want you to notice

00:55:11that the little horn's host helps fight against the daily

00:55:16by reason of transgression.

00:55:19The word transgression there,

00:55:24Pesa,

00:55:25it's the strongest in the Old Testament

00:55:27for this type of sin.

00:55:28It really means rebellion or revolt.

00:55:32The little horn and his host are not simply sinning.

00:55:36They're revolting,

00:55:38or they're openly rebelling against the prince.

00:55:42They're openly rebelling against the daily

00:55:44in the place of the sanctuary.

00:55:45You know, we recall in Daniel 7, verse 21,

00:55:50the king of the north,

00:55:51in Daniel 11, verse 36,

00:55:53the man of sin in 2 Thessalonians 2,

00:55:55and the beast of Revelation 13,

00:55:56they all manifest this same attitude.

00:55:59It's an open and willful rebellion

00:56:02against the prince,

00:56:03against the daily,

00:56:04and the place of the sanctuary.

00:56:05And amazingly,

00:56:13in all these passages,

00:56:15we're told that the little horn and his host

00:56:17prosper in their endeavor,

00:56:20at least for a while.

00:56:26At least for a while.

00:56:27I meant to say Daniel 7, 25 there.

00:56:29I think I said Daniel 7, 21.

00:56:31Daniel 7, 25,

00:56:33Daniel 11, 36,

00:56:352 Thessalonians 2,

00:56:36verses 3 and 4,

00:56:37Revelation 13,

00:56:38verse 5 to 7.

00:56:40There we go.

00:56:42Look those up.

00:56:43Read them.

00:56:44Now, Daniel 7, 21 tells us

00:56:46that the little horn made war with the saints,

00:56:48prevailed against them.

00:56:50Right?

00:56:51Daniel 11, 36 informs us

00:56:52that the king of the north

00:56:53shall do according to his will.

00:56:56Paul tells us there in 2 Thessalonians,

00:56:59that, well, when you read that,

00:57:05it's followed by a description

00:57:06of an extended period.

00:57:09Right?

00:57:10When the man of sin

00:57:11and the mystery of iniquity

00:57:12do their woeful work,

00:57:14Paul's talking about.

00:57:16And the same idea, again,

00:57:18is found in the book of Revelation,

00:57:19where Babylon mows down the saints.

00:57:22Revelation 6, right?

00:57:23They cry out for justice.

00:57:25Look at verses 9 through 11

00:57:27of Revelation 6.

00:57:30And eventually,

00:57:30their pleas will be answered,

00:57:31but there is a period

00:57:32during which Babylon prevails over them.

00:57:36In other words,

00:57:37for a period,

00:57:38the little horn and his host

00:57:39gain the ascendancy

00:57:41over the prince and his host.

00:57:44And this is actually

00:57:45what necessitates the judgment.

00:57:49See, the purpose of the judgment

00:57:51in this specific context

00:57:53is to reverse the little horn's work.

00:57:57This is really the culmination

00:57:58of what began

00:58:00when Cain killed Abel.

00:58:03I talked about that before,

00:58:04if you recall.

00:58:06The blood of Abel,

00:58:07there in Genesis 4.10,

00:58:08cried out for justice.

00:58:10The judgment will vindicate

00:58:13God's faithful martyrs

00:58:15who've been mowed down

00:58:16in the course of history

00:58:17by those who claim

00:58:18to be followers of God.

00:58:22See, we'll see a repeat of that.

00:58:24They'll be seeking out

00:58:26to destroy the remnant

00:58:27of God's people

00:58:28here at the end of time,

00:58:30thinking they're doing God's will.

00:58:31Let me share this.

00:58:36Again, go back to

00:58:37The Consecrated Way

00:58:38to Christian Perfection,

00:58:39the book by A.T. Jones,

00:58:42pages 99 to 101.

00:58:44Notice what he says here.

00:58:47Tell me about the reason

00:58:47of transgression.

00:58:50He says, quote,

00:58:50It was by reason of transgression,

00:58:53that is, by reason of sin,

00:58:55that this power gained the host

00:58:57that was used to cast down

00:58:59the truth to the ground,

00:59:00to shut away from the church

00:59:02and the world Christ's priesthood,

00:59:04his ministry, and his sanctuary,

00:59:06and to cast it all down

00:59:07to the ground

00:59:08and tread it underfoot.

00:59:10It was by reason of transgression

00:59:12that this is the consideration

00:59:13and the revelation

00:59:15upon which the apostle

00:59:16in 2 Thessalonians

00:59:17defines this power

00:59:19as the man of sin

00:59:21and the mystery of iniquity.

00:59:25And in the order of God,

00:59:28it was Christ in his ministry

00:59:30and sanctuary in heaven.

00:59:31And this alone,

00:59:32that in truth was the object

00:59:35of the Levitical system.

00:59:37That's another point.

00:59:38Think about that.

00:59:39And that is truly

00:59:41the Christian succession

00:59:42to that system.

00:59:44Remember when we started

00:59:45this whole series of prophecies,

00:59:46I said,

00:59:46we've got to learn some things

00:59:47about the sanctuary

00:59:48in order to rightly understand

00:59:51biblical prophecies.

00:59:52Because the Christian system

01:00:01is the succession

01:00:03to the Levitical system,

01:00:05you see.

01:00:07Literal, spiritual.

01:00:09Right?

01:00:10He goes on, he says,

01:00:12therefore went in

01:00:12and by the apostasy

01:00:13the system of bishops

01:00:15as high priests,

01:00:16presbyters as priests,

01:00:18deacons as Levites,

01:00:19and the supper as a sacrifice

01:00:21was insinuated

01:00:23as the Christian succession

01:00:24to the Levitical system.

01:00:26This, of course,

01:00:27was,

01:00:27this of itself

01:00:31was nothing else

01:00:33than to put this false system

01:00:35of the apostasy

01:00:36in the place of the true,

01:00:38completely to shut out the true,

01:00:40and finally to cast it down

01:00:41to the ground

01:00:42and stamp upon it.

01:00:43Sorry, my notes started blinking.

01:00:47I'm like,

01:00:48what's it doing?

01:00:49He goes on, he says,

01:00:51and this is how it is

01:00:52that this great Christian truth

01:00:54of the true priesthood,

01:00:55ministry,

01:00:56and sanctuary of Christ

01:00:57is not known

01:00:58to the Christian world today.

01:01:00He says,

01:01:01the man of sin

01:01:02has taken it away.

01:01:05He's cast it down

01:01:06to the ground

01:01:07and stamped upon it.

01:01:08The mystery of iniquity

01:01:10has hid this great truth

01:01:11from the church

01:01:12and the world

01:01:13during all these ages

01:01:15in which the man of sin

01:01:16has held place in the world

01:01:17and has passed itself off

01:01:19as God

01:01:19and its iniquitous host

01:01:21as the church of God.

01:01:22End quote.

01:01:23What a statement.

01:01:29What a statement.

01:01:32And notice this statement.

01:01:34This is from

01:01:35Manuscript Releases,

01:01:36Volume 5, page 45.

01:01:38It's referring to Daniel 8, verse 12.

01:01:41Quote,

01:01:42Here comes a power

01:01:43under the control of Satan

01:01:45that puts up the first day

01:01:48to be observed.

01:01:49God calls him

01:01:50the man of sin

01:01:51because he has,

01:01:52notice the terminology she uses,

01:01:55perpetuated transgression.

01:02:00What is the truth

01:02:02that the papacy cast down?

01:02:04Certainly it was the truth

01:02:06concerning the daily ministry of Christ

01:02:08and the place of his sanctuary

01:02:09where Christ hears prayers

01:02:11and forgives sin

01:02:13that papal Rome cast down

01:02:14or obscured.

01:02:15Surely it's that.

01:02:15But the Bible has a much wider

01:02:18and all-encompassing application

01:02:20in mind for what this means.

01:02:24I mean, notice what it tells us

01:02:25in Psalm 119 and verse 142.

01:02:27It says,

01:02:29Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness.

01:02:31Notice,

01:02:32And thy law is the truth.

01:02:34The Bible says,

01:02:37God's law is the truth.

01:02:40So,

01:02:41why and by whose authority

01:02:43is the law of God

01:02:44introduced in Daniel 8, verse 12?

01:02:47Let's think about this.

01:02:50After the papacy

01:02:51cast down the truth to the ground

01:02:53or cast down the law of God,

01:02:56Daniel 8, verse 12,

01:02:58thus proceeding

01:02:58in transgression

01:03:00in the full sense,

01:03:01the Bible says,

01:03:02it practiced and prospered.

01:03:04That is,

01:03:05for a time

01:03:06and times

01:03:07and the dividing of time

01:03:08or for 1260 years.

01:03:09It did this without obstruction.

01:03:11It practiced

01:03:12and it prospered.

01:03:13I'll talk to that

01:03:14about that again

01:03:15in a moment.

01:03:17Daniel 7, verse 25

01:03:18confirms this

01:03:19when the little horn

01:03:20thinks to have changed

01:03:21the law of God.

01:03:24And he shall speak great words

01:03:25against the Most High

01:03:26and shall wear out the saints

01:03:29to the Most High

01:03:30and think to change times

01:03:31and laws

01:03:32and they shall be given

01:03:33into his hand

01:03:34until a time

01:03:34times in the dividing of time.

01:03:39Now,

01:03:40let's remember

01:03:41that when we see

01:03:43the term speaking

01:03:44in prophecy

01:03:45in the context

01:03:46of a nation,

01:03:47it actually depicts

01:03:48an action

01:03:48in the process

01:03:50that represents

01:03:51the act of legislation

01:03:52and courts

01:03:52and enforcement.

01:03:55Notice what we read

01:03:56from the book

01:03:57The Great Controversy,

01:03:58page 442.

01:03:58Two, quote,

01:03:59The speaking of the nation

01:04:01is the action

01:04:02of its legislative

01:04:03and judicial authorities,

01:04:04end quote.

01:04:06And so,

01:04:08it was

01:04:08after the man of sin

01:04:10had thought

01:04:11to change times

01:04:12and laws,

01:04:12the law of God,

01:04:13that the Bible says

01:04:14he was to begin

01:04:15his reign

01:04:16and practice

01:04:16and prosper

01:04:17for a time

01:04:18and times

01:04:19in the dividing of time.

01:04:20And as we've seen

01:04:21in our studies,

01:04:23this was for

01:04:231,200 long years.

01:04:27Now,

01:04:27during the 1,260 years,

01:04:29the government of Satan

01:04:30was to be displayed,

01:04:31you see,

01:04:31before the entire universe.

01:04:34Satan was represented

01:04:35by his earthly representative,

01:04:36the Bishop of Rome,

01:04:38who was led on

01:04:40to destroy the mighty

01:04:42and the holy people

01:04:43of God.

01:04:44We read in Daniel 8,

01:04:44verse 24.

01:04:45I think this statement

01:04:50from page 64,

01:04:52the Great Controversy,

01:04:54shows that the laws of God,

01:04:55that the law of God

01:04:56was to be cast down,

01:04:58trampled in the dust,

01:05:00unimpeded throughout

01:05:01all of Christendom

01:05:03at a specific time

01:05:04in earth's history.

01:05:05Great Controversy,

01:05:06page 64.

01:05:07Notice this.

01:05:09Quote,

01:05:09Among the leading causes

01:05:11that had led

01:05:11to the separation

01:05:12of the true church

01:05:13from Rome

01:05:14was the hatred

01:05:15of the latter

01:05:15toward the Bible Sabbath.

01:05:18As foretold by prophecy,

01:05:20the papal power

01:05:20cast down the truth

01:05:21to the ground.

01:05:22Direct reference.

01:05:25The law of God

01:05:25was trampled in the dust

01:05:27while the traditions

01:05:27and customs of men

01:05:28were exalted.

01:05:30Haven't we seen this?

01:05:31I've laid out

01:05:31enough evidence of this.

01:05:33The churches

01:05:34that were under

01:05:34the rule of the papacy

01:05:35were early compelled

01:05:37to honor the Sunday

01:05:38as a holy day.

01:05:40Amid the prevailing error

01:05:41and superstition,

01:05:42many,

01:05:43even of the true

01:05:44people of God

01:05:44became so bewildered

01:05:46that while they

01:05:47observed the Sabbath

01:05:48they refrained

01:05:48from labor

01:05:49also on the Sunday.

01:05:50But this did not

01:05:51satisfy the papal leaders.

01:05:54This will be repeated

01:05:55by the way.

01:05:57They demanded

01:05:59not only that Sunday

01:06:00be hallowed

01:06:01but that the Sabbath

01:06:02be profaned.

01:06:03Like I said,

01:06:03this will be repeated.

01:06:05And they denounced

01:06:06in the strongest language

01:06:07those who dared

01:06:08to show it honor.

01:06:09It was only by fleeing

01:06:10from the power of Rome

01:06:12that any could

01:06:12obey God's law

01:06:13and peace.

01:06:14Let me read that again.

01:06:17Please,

01:06:18think this through.

01:06:20Consider this.

01:06:21She says,

01:06:22it was only by fleeing

01:06:24from the power of Rome

01:06:25that any could

01:06:26obey God's law

01:06:28in peace.

01:06:29Here's a statement

01:06:34from the Bible

01:06:34Research Institute.

01:06:36Symposium on Daniel

01:06:37Volume 2,

01:06:37page 517.

01:06:39Quote,

01:06:39the next phrase

01:06:40in verse 12,

01:06:41that's Daniel 8

01:06:41in verse 12,

01:06:42states that the truth

01:06:44was to be cast down

01:06:45to the earth.

01:06:47The third scene

01:06:48dealing with the little horn

01:06:49began with the view

01:06:50of its reaching up

01:06:51to heaven

01:06:52to do battle

01:06:53with the prince.

01:06:54So it ends now

01:06:55with the truth

01:06:56falling upon the earth

01:06:57as a result

01:06:57of the horn's activity.

01:06:59The action

01:07:00on the vertical dimension

01:07:01travels in both directions

01:07:03in this scene,

01:07:03just as it did

01:07:04in the previous one

01:07:05in verse 10.

01:07:06The verb,

01:07:07to cast down,

01:07:08is the same

01:07:09as that used

01:07:10for the casting down

01:07:11of the place

01:07:11of the sanctuary

01:07:12in verse 11.

01:07:13It's a lack.

01:07:14This linguistic correlation,

01:07:17the position

01:07:17of this statement

01:07:18as a summary

01:07:19to the final scene

01:07:20in the vision,

01:07:21and the position

01:07:22of this statement

01:07:23in the literary structure

01:07:24of its description,

01:07:25combine

01:07:26to indicate

01:07:27that the truth

01:07:28effected here

01:07:29is not just

01:07:30truth in general,

01:07:31but the truth

01:07:33about the prince's

01:07:34Tamed

01:07:34ministration

01:07:35in his sanctuary.

01:07:38It is a specific

01:07:40truth that is

01:07:40attacked here,

01:07:41not just truth

01:07:41in general.

01:07:44Here's a great

01:07:45statement

01:07:45from Pharaoh.

01:07:48It's in his

01:07:48particular publication,

01:07:50the book of Daniel,

01:07:50page 97.

01:07:52Consider this.

01:07:53He says,

01:07:53It was the papacy

01:07:55which cast down

01:07:55the truth to the ground

01:07:56by changing

01:07:57the law of God,

01:08:00declaring that men

01:08:00burn forever

01:08:01in hellfire,

01:08:03and commanding

01:08:04the worship

01:08:04of men and women.

01:08:05Only the anti-typical

01:08:07day of atonement,

01:08:08the investigative judgment,

01:08:09could prepare

01:08:10the way for Christ

01:08:11to rid the world

01:08:12of this ongoing error.

01:08:13That is something

01:08:14to contemplate.

01:08:17That's a very

01:08:18interesting statement.

01:08:19So, I mean,

01:08:21not only has the papacy

01:08:22placed tradition

01:08:23above the word of God,

01:08:24but they specifically

01:08:25deny the ministerial

01:08:27work of our

01:08:27true high priest

01:08:29in heaven

01:08:29in cleansing

01:08:30the sanctuary.

01:08:32His church

01:08:33of sin.

01:08:36Now let me ask you,

01:08:38check this out.

01:08:40Is there any other

01:08:40Christian church

01:08:41on earth

01:08:42that teaches

01:08:42the sanctuary doctrine

01:08:43and the investigative

01:08:44judgment?

01:08:47Think that through

01:08:48very carefully.

01:08:49Do your own research.

01:08:52It's these truths

01:08:53about Christ's ministry

01:08:54that are cast down

01:08:55to the ground

01:08:55by the papacy,

01:08:56and you'll find

01:08:57that only the people

01:08:58of the advent

01:08:59of the seventh

01:08:59and of his faith

01:09:00teach these precious

01:09:02truths to the world.

01:09:03Same with the

01:09:03three angels' messages.

01:09:06And friends,

01:09:07it'll be these truths

01:09:07that'll save you

01:09:08from being deceived

01:09:09by the man of sin

01:09:10and the great lie

01:09:11when Satan

01:09:13impersonates Christ.

01:09:15Back to the

01:09:16Bible Research Institute,

01:09:17same volume,

01:09:18in page 219.

01:09:19Quote,

01:09:19The vision

01:09:20in chapter 8

01:09:21places more stress

01:09:22upon his work

01:09:23as a priest

01:09:24than it does

01:09:25upon his role

01:09:26as a ruler.

01:09:27It is the prince's

01:09:28tamid ministration

01:09:29that Little Horn

01:09:30attempts to take away

01:09:31and counterfeit.

01:09:32It is the foundation

01:09:33of his sanctuary

01:09:35that the Little Horn

01:09:35symbolically

01:09:36casts down

01:09:37to the earth.

01:09:38It is the truth

01:09:39about him

01:09:40and his ministration

01:09:41and his sanctuary

01:09:42that the Little Horn

01:09:43casts down

01:09:44to the earth

01:09:44and tramples upon.

01:09:46Well, part of the struggle

01:09:47between the Little Horn

01:09:48and the prince

01:09:49in chapter 8

01:09:50involves the host

01:09:50of his stars,

01:09:52the saints.

01:09:54More of it focuses

01:09:55upon the work

01:09:56of the prince

01:09:56and the sanctuary

01:09:57for his people.

01:09:58And then they say,

01:09:59Why is the sanctuary

01:10:00so important?

01:10:01The evident reason

01:10:04for its importance

01:10:05has to do with

01:10:06what goes on in it.

01:10:08That's a common sense

01:10:09statement.

01:10:10And then they say,

01:10:11It is in the sanctuary

01:10:12through its ministration

01:10:14that the prince

01:10:16is working out

01:10:17the salvation

01:10:18of people.

01:10:21This is what

01:10:22the Little Horn

01:10:22attempts to take away

01:10:23and control.

01:10:24In this way,

01:10:25diverting the attention

01:10:26of the people

01:10:27from the true plan

01:10:28of salvation.

01:10:30But the true plan

01:10:30of salvation

01:10:31as executed

01:10:32by the prince

01:10:33will eventually prevail.

01:10:35The salvation

01:10:35of the people

01:10:36will be accomplished.

01:10:37End quote.

01:10:39You see,

01:10:39the Little Horn

01:10:40is just doing

01:10:40what Satan did

01:10:41at the very beginning

01:10:42in the garden.

01:10:43You shall not surely die.

01:10:47You don't need God.

01:10:54Can you imagine

01:10:55what Daniel thought

01:11:00when he saw

01:11:02and envisioned

01:11:03this little horn

01:11:03trampling upon

01:11:05God's law

01:11:06and sanctuary

01:11:08and people

01:11:09and that it practiced

01:11:12and prospered

01:11:14while doing it?

01:11:15the ongoing nature

01:11:23of these two

01:11:24overhanging verbs

01:11:26acted or practiced

01:11:28and prospered.

01:11:29They indicate

01:11:31that the little horn

01:11:31was to be allotted

01:11:32a period of time

01:11:33to exercise its powers.

01:11:35It would practice

01:11:36and prosper

01:11:37for 1260 days

01:11:39or actually literal years.

01:11:40and this was just

01:11:41the

01:11:42excuse me

01:11:43this was just

01:11:44the beginning

01:11:45of Daniel's

01:11:46astonishment

01:11:47because

01:11:49we have yet

01:11:50to get to the

01:11:512300 years.

01:11:55I'm going to close up here

01:11:57but I want to share this

01:11:58from Uriah Smith's book

01:12:00Daniel and Revelation

01:12:01pages 160 to 162.

01:12:03He says quote

01:12:04of this ecclesiastical power

01:12:07it is declared

01:12:07that it has practiced

01:12:09practiced its deceptions

01:12:11on the people

01:12:12practiced in schemes

01:12:14of cunning

01:12:14to carry out

01:12:15its own ends

01:12:16and aggrandize

01:12:17its own power.

01:12:19Likewise

01:12:20it has prospered

01:12:22it has made war

01:12:23upon the saints

01:12:24and prevailed

01:12:24against them

01:12:25it has well

01:12:26nigh run

01:12:27its allotted career

01:12:28and is soon

01:12:29to be broken

01:12:29without hand

01:12:30to be given

01:12:31to the burning flame

01:12:32and to perish

01:12:33in the consuming glory

01:12:34of the second appearing

01:12:36of our Lord

01:12:37end quote.

01:12:38Praise

01:12:39his holy name.

01:12:41Jesus is coming soon

01:12:42and all

01:12:44this would be

01:12:45destroyed

01:12:45friends.

01:12:47But as I close up here

01:12:48I want to

01:12:49consider

01:12:51just what the little horn

01:12:52did to the sanctuary.

01:12:54I have six things

01:12:55to share.

01:12:58First

01:12:58it acted

01:13:01toward the sanctuary

01:13:02somewhat in the manner

01:13:03of a foreign

01:13:04invader.

01:13:05The main symbols

01:13:06of the beasts

01:13:07and horns

01:13:08in chapter 8

01:13:08represent political powers

01:13:09don't they?

01:13:11And so

01:13:11when the little horn

01:13:12intrudes into the realm

01:13:14of the sanctuary

01:13:14it does so

01:13:15somewhat in the same vein

01:13:16as those powers

01:13:18would have done.

01:13:20Second

01:13:20it stood up

01:13:22or exalted itself

01:13:23against the prince

01:13:24to whom the sanctuary

01:13:25and its ministry

01:13:27belong.

01:13:28Though he carries

01:13:29a political title

01:13:30here

01:13:31the prince

01:13:31exercises

01:13:32a priestly

01:13:32function

01:13:33as well

01:13:33which I just

01:13:35read about

01:13:36some quotes

01:13:36about that

01:13:37and you can see

01:13:38that.

01:13:38That's what the

01:13:39sanctuary

01:13:39it's a ministry

01:13:41right?

01:13:43So in diverting

01:13:44that function

01:13:44the little horn

01:13:45takes on a priestly

01:13:46character too.

01:13:48Church and state

01:13:49right?

01:13:50Third thing

01:13:51it disrupts

01:13:52or attempts

01:13:52to disrupt

01:13:53the services

01:13:53of the sanctuary.

01:13:56According to

01:13:56the description

01:13:57of the vision

01:13:58the little horn

01:13:58was to take

01:13:59away the

01:13:59timid

01:14:00the continual

01:14:01ministration

01:14:02in the sanctuary

01:14:02from the prince

01:14:03who governs

01:14:04the sanctuary.

01:14:06And so

01:14:06doing

01:14:07it also

01:14:08endeavored

01:14:08to place

01:14:09these functions

01:14:09under the

01:14:10control

01:14:10of its host.

01:14:12In one way

01:14:13or another

01:14:13therefore

01:14:13the true

01:14:14services

01:14:14of the

01:14:14sanctuary

01:14:15were to

01:14:15be deflected

01:14:16out of

01:14:16their course.

01:14:17Fourth thing

01:14:18it was to

01:14:19cast the

01:14:20foundation

01:14:20place

01:14:21of the

01:14:21sanctuary

01:14:22down to

01:14:22the earth.

01:14:24So since

01:14:25we're dealing

01:14:25with a symbolic

01:14:26rather than

01:14:27literal movement

01:14:28from heaven

01:14:28to earth

01:14:29one might

01:14:29think of

01:14:30the transfer

01:14:30of some

01:14:30of the

01:14:31functions

01:14:31of that

01:14:31sanctuary

01:14:32from the

01:14:33sacred realm

01:14:34of heaven

01:14:34to the

01:14:35secular realm

01:14:35of earth.

01:14:37From the

01:14:37holy to the

01:14:38unholy.

01:14:39Right?

01:14:41A fifth thing

01:14:42it was to

01:14:44introduce

01:14:44transgression

01:14:45into the

01:14:47services

01:14:47or function

01:14:48of the

01:14:48sanctuary.

01:14:49It was to

01:14:49introduce

01:14:50sin

01:14:51into the

01:14:54church.

01:14:54In other

01:14:55words

01:14:55they're not

01:14:55going to

01:14:55cleanse the

01:14:56sanctuary

01:14:57they're

01:14:57defiling

01:14:58the

01:14:59sanctuary.

01:14:59It's not

01:15:00just a

01:15:00pig

01:15:01one time.

01:15:03Are you

01:15:03starting to

01:15:04see it?

01:15:07Meaning in

01:15:08the statement

01:15:08which refers

01:15:09to the

01:15:09little horn

01:15:10being given

01:15:10a host

01:15:11over the

01:15:11timid

01:15:12verse 12

01:15:12the idea

01:15:13is added

01:15:14that it

01:15:14would do

01:15:14so

01:15:15by

01:15:15in

01:15:16through

01:15:17with

01:15:18transgression

01:15:19in one

01:15:23way or

01:15:23another

01:15:24therefore

01:15:24transgression

01:15:25has been

01:15:25introduced

01:15:26into

01:15:26services

01:15:27or

01:15:27functions

01:15:28that

01:15:28were

01:15:28intended

01:15:29to

01:15:29treat

01:15:30transgression

01:15:30their

01:15:34purpose

01:15:34has been

01:15:34subverted.

01:15:37I mean

01:15:38it's easy

01:15:38for us

01:15:39to read

01:15:40the Bible

01:15:40and we

01:15:40look at

01:15:41Christian

01:15:41church

01:15:42today

01:15:43and we

01:15:43say

01:15:43there's

01:15:43a lot

01:15:44of

01:15:44paganism

01:15:44in the

01:15:45church.

01:15:46How did

01:15:46it get

01:15:47there?

01:15:49Think it

01:15:49through.

01:15:50A

01:15:52sixth

01:15:52thing

01:15:53the

01:15:54little

01:15:54horn

01:15:55was

01:15:55also

01:15:55to

01:15:55cast

01:15:56the

01:15:56truth

01:15:56to

01:15:56the

01:15:56ground

01:15:57and

01:15:57trample

01:15:57upon

01:15:58it.

01:15:59And in

01:15:59context

01:16:00this does

01:16:00not refer

01:16:01to truth

01:16:01in

01:16:02general

01:16:02as

01:16:03found

01:16:04in the

01:16:04Torah

01:16:04for

01:16:04example

01:16:05in the

01:16:05Ten

01:16:05Commandments

01:16:06it

01:16:07refers

01:16:08more

01:16:08specifically

01:16:09to the

01:16:09truth

01:16:09about

01:16:10the

01:16:10sanctuary

01:16:10and

01:16:11about

01:16:11the

01:16:11prince

01:16:12and

01:16:12his

01:16:12ministry

01:16:13and

01:16:15its

01:16:15relation

01:16:16to

01:16:17God's

01:16:18law.

01:16:18Thus the

01:16:21climax of

01:16:22this

01:16:22prophecy

01:16:22depicts

01:16:23in

01:16:24essence

01:16:24a

01:16:24struggle

01:16:25over

01:16:25the

01:16:25sanctuary

01:16:26between

01:16:26the

01:16:27little

01:16:27horn

01:16:27and

01:16:28the

01:16:28prince

01:16:28of

01:16:28the

01:16:28host.

01:16:30Given

01:16:31the

01:16:31extent

01:16:31of

01:16:31this

01:16:32attack

01:16:32upon

01:16:32the

01:16:32prince

01:16:33of

01:16:33sanctuary

01:16:33the

01:16:33question

01:16:34I

01:16:34think

01:16:34that

01:16:35naturally

01:16:35arises

01:16:36as to

01:16:36why

01:16:37the

01:16:37sanctuary

01:16:38assumes

01:16:38so

01:16:39much

01:16:40importance

01:16:40in

01:16:40this

01:16:41prophecy

01:16:41we

01:16:42need

01:16:42to

01:16:42think

01:16:42about

01:16:42that.

01:16:43Clearly

01:16:43this

01:16:44is not

01:16:44a

01:16:44dispute

01:16:45over

01:16:46real

01:16:46estate

01:16:47right?

01:16:48or

01:16:50a

01:16:50building

01:16:51like

01:16:53we do

01:16:53here on

01:16:53earth

01:16:54oh

01:16:55you

01:16:55can't

01:16:55use

01:16:56our

01:16:56name

01:16:56you

01:16:56can't

01:16:57do

01:16:57that

01:16:57I

01:17:02mean

01:17:02whatever

01:17:03the

01:17:03physical

01:17:03makeup

01:17:03may be

01:17:04it's

01:17:04not

01:17:04over

01:17:04that

01:17:05what

01:17:07is

01:17:07of

01:17:08the

01:17:08utmost

01:17:09importance

01:17:09here

01:17:09is

01:17:10what

01:17:10goes

01:17:10on

01:17:10in

01:17:10that

01:17:11sanctuary

01:17:11whether

01:17:14the

01:17:14tabernacle

01:17:17in the

01:17:17wilderness

01:17:17solemn

01:17:19that temple

01:17:21there

01:17:21the

01:17:22second

01:17:22temple

01:17:23or the

01:17:24heavenly

01:17:24sanctuary

01:17:25these

01:17:26sanctuaries

01:17:27all of

01:17:28them

01:17:28have been

01:17:28the

01:17:28center

01:17:29for

01:17:29activities

01:17:29connected

01:17:30with

01:17:30God's

01:17:30plan

01:17:31for

01:17:32the

01:17:32salvation

01:17:32of

01:17:32mankind

01:17:33and

01:17:34all of

01:17:34it

01:17:35revolves

01:17:35around

01:17:35the

01:17:35ten

01:17:36commandment

01:17:36law

01:17:37of

01:17:37God

01:17:37for

01:17:38you

01:17:39see

01:17:39that

01:17:39is

01:17:39what

01:17:40defines

01:17:40sin

01:17:41and

01:17:42the

01:17:42sanctuary

01:17:42is

01:17:43to

01:17:43be

01:17:43cleansed

01:17:44of

01:17:44sin

01:17:45if

01:17:46you

01:17:46do

01:17:47not

01:17:47know

01:17:47what

01:17:47sin

01:17:48is

01:17:48then

01:17:52there

01:17:52is

01:17:52no

01:17:52law

01:17:53right

01:17:53Paul

01:17:53is

01:17:53telling

01:17:54us

01:17:54all

01:17:54about

01:17:54that

01:17:55but

01:17:56the

01:17:56commandments

01:17:56define

01:17:58what

01:17:58sin

01:17:59is

01:17:59for

01:17:59us

01:17:59and

01:18:01why

01:18:01does

01:18:02God

01:18:02lay

01:18:02that

01:18:02out

01:18:02so

01:18:03we

01:18:04know

01:18:04that

01:18:04we're

01:18:05sending

01:18:05sin

01:18:06into

01:18:07the

01:18:07sanctuary

01:18:08we

01:18:08have

01:18:08defiled

01:18:10the

01:18:10sanctuary

01:18:10of

01:18:10God

01:18:11God's

01:18:12government

01:18:12our

01:18:14planet

01:18:15has

01:18:16done

01:18:16this

01:18:17humanity

01:18:18has

01:18:19done

01:18:19this

01:18:20to

01:18:24obtain

01:18:25salvation

01:18:25in

01:18:26Old

01:18:26Testament

01:18:26times

01:18:26the

01:18:27believer

01:18:27went

01:18:28to

01:18:28the

01:18:28temple

01:18:28and

01:18:29practiced

01:18:29in

01:18:29its

01:18:29services

01:18:30and

01:18:32what

01:18:32many

01:18:32Christians

01:18:33most

01:18:33Christians

01:18:33today

01:18:34don't

01:18:34realize

01:18:34is

01:18:35that

01:18:35the

01:18:35same

01:18:36procedure

01:18:36applies

01:18:37to

01:18:37us

01:18:37today

01:18:37the

01:18:39exception

01:18:39is

01:18:40that

01:18:40the

01:18:40temple

01:18:40to

01:18:41which

01:18:41the

01:18:41New

01:18:42Testament

01:18:42believer

01:18:43applies

01:18:44is

01:18:44in

01:18:45heaven

01:18:45and

01:18:48they

01:18:48must

01:18:48go

01:18:48there

01:18:49by

01:18:49faith

01:18:49not

01:18:49by

01:18:50physical

01:18:50act

01:18:50in

01:18:52that

01:18:52sanctuary

01:18:53we

01:18:53have

01:18:53a

01:18:53heavenly

01:18:54high

01:18:54priest

01:18:54ministering

01:18:55for

01:18:55us

01:18:56and

01:18:57the

01:18:57book

01:18:57of

01:18:57Hebrews

01:18:57identifies

01:18:58him

01:18:58as

01:18:58Jesus

01:18:59the

01:18:59Christ

01:19:00our

01:19:00Lord

01:19:00and

01:19:01Savior

01:19:01Daniel

01:19:048

01:19:04refers

01:19:04to

01:19:05that

01:19:05same

01:19:05heavenly

01:19:05high

01:19:06priest

01:19:06as

01:19:06the

01:19:06prince

01:19:06of

01:19:06the

01:19:07host

01:19:07this

01:19:08prince

01:19:08is

01:19:08not

01:19:08only

01:19:09ruler

01:19:10over

01:19:10his

01:19:11host

01:19:11or

01:19:11people

01:19:12but

01:19:12he

01:19:12is

01:19:12also

01:19:13a

01:19:13heavenly

01:19:13priest

01:19:13ministering

01:19:14in

01:19:15his

01:19:16sanctuary

01:19:16for

01:19:17them

01:19:18for

01:19:18us

01:19:19and so

01:19:21it's

01:19:21this

01:19:22particular

01:19:23aspect

01:19:23of

01:19:23his

01:19:24work

01:19:24that

01:19:24is

01:19:24attacked

01:19:25by

01:19:25the

01:19:25little

01:19:25horn

01:19:25and

01:19:27the

01:19:27focus

01:19:28of

01:19:28the

01:19:28prophecy

01:19:29underscores

01:19:30I

01:19:31believe

01:19:31the

01:19:31seriousness

01:19:32of

01:19:33the

01:19:33attack

01:19:33the

01:19:36evident

01:19:36reason

01:19:37for

01:19:37this

01:19:37is

01:19:37that

01:19:37the

01:19:38prince's

01:19:38administration

01:19:38in

01:19:39his

01:19:39sanctuary

01:19:39deals

01:19:40with

01:19:40the

01:19:40salvation

01:19:40of

01:19:42all

01:19:42of

01:19:42us

01:19:42of

01:19:42all

01:19:42mankind

01:19:43and

01:19:44so

01:19:45a

01:19:45struggle

01:19:45over

01:19:46the

01:19:46plan

01:19:46of

01:19:46salvation

01:19:47is

01:19:47depicted

01:19:47as

01:19:48going

01:19:48on

01:19:48here

01:19:49in

01:19:51Daniel

01:19:518

01:19:51in

01:19:53the

01:19:54daily

01:19:54now

01:19:58when we

01:19:58get to

01:19:59Daniel

01:19:598

01:19:59verses

01:20:0013

01:20:00and

01:20:0014

01:20:00we

01:20:01find

01:20:01Daniel

01:20:01hearing

01:20:02a

01:20:02conversation

01:20:03between

01:20:03two

01:20:04beings

01:20:04speaking

01:20:04to each

01:20:05other

01:20:05about

01:20:06the

01:20:06vision

01:20:06and

01:20:08we'll

01:20:08dig

01:20:08into

01:20:08that

01:20:09the

01:20:09next

01:20:10time

01:20:10that

01:20:10we

01:20:10get

01:20:11together

01:20:11I've

01:20:13gone

01:20:13over

01:20:13quite

01:20:13a bit

01:20:14I

01:20:14apologize

01:20:14for

01:20:15that

01:20:15this

01:20:16is

01:20:16important

01:20:16stuff

01:20:16friends

01:20:17and

01:20:18I

01:20:19hope

01:20:19I

01:20:19helped

01:20:20you

01:20:20to

01:20:20understand

01:20:20it

01:20:21in

01:20:21some

01:20:21small

01:20:22way

01:20:22at

01:20:22least

01:20:22let's

01:20:23bow

01:20:23our

01:20:23heads

01:20:23father

01:20:24in

01:20:24heaven

01:20:24I

01:20:24thank

01:20:24you

01:20:24for

01:20:25the

01:20:25opportunity

01:20:26to

01:20:26get

01:20:27into

01:20:27your

01:20:27word

01:20:28here

01:20:28in

01:20:28Daniel

01:20:288

01:20:28to

01:20:30look

01:20:30at

01:20:30documented

01:20:31history

01:20:31some

01:20:32to

01:20:32consider

01:20:33these

01:20:33things

01:20:33reason

01:20:34things

01:20:35out

01:20:35with

01:20:36you

01:20:36and

01:20:36Holy

01:20:36Spirit

01:20:37I

01:20:38trust

01:20:39you

01:20:40with

01:20:40my

01:20:40whole

01:20:40heart

01:20:40I

01:20:41pray

01:20:41that

01:20:41those

01:20:42seeing

01:20:42this

01:20:42and

01:20:43listening

01:20:43trust

01:20:43you

01:20:44as

01:20:44well

01:20:44that

01:20:45you

01:20:45will

01:20:46lead

01:20:46all

01:20:46of

01:20:46us

01:20:46into

01:20:47the

01:20:47truth

01:20:47please

01:20:49protect

01:20:50us

01:20:50from

01:20:50the

01:20:50evil

01:20:50one

01:20:50help

01:20:51us

01:20:51Lord

01:20:51to

01:20:52share

01:20:52these

01:20:52things

01:20:52with

01:20:53those

01:20:53around

01:20:53us

01:20:53and

01:20:55to

01:20:55share

01:20:56the

01:20:56love

01:20:57of

01:20:57Jesus

01:20:57that

01:20:58we

01:20:58have

01:20:58with

01:20:58all

01:20:59may

01:20:59they

01:20:59every

01:21:00person

01:21:00who

01:21:01sees

01:21:03Jesus

01:21:04alive

01:21:04in

01:21:04us

01:21:05continue

01:21:07to be

01:21:07with

01:21:07those

01:21:07who

01:21:08are

01:21:08suffering

01:21:08around

01:21:08the

01:21:08world

01:21:09Lord

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01:21:10they

01:21:10come

01:21:10to

01:21:10know

01:21:10thee

01:21:10the

01:21:11true

01:21:11God

01:21:11I

01:21:12pray

01:21:12in

01:21:12the

01:21:12name

01:21:12of

01:21:12Jesus

01:21:13who

01:21:13is

01:21:13so

01:21:13worthy

01:21:13amen

01:21:14and

01:21:15amen

01:21:15well

01:21:16friends

01:21:16I

01:21:17appreciate

01:21:18that

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01:21:18joined

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01:21:19I

01:21:20encourage

01:21:21you

01:21:21to

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01:21:32it

01:21:32out

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01:21:33church

01:21:33name

01:21:33ministry

01:21:34name

01:21:35you'll

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01:21:35across

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01:21:36all

01:21:36over

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01:21:36place

01:21:36pod

01:21:38bean

01:21:38we're

01:21:39on

01:21:39there

01:21:39sound

01:21:40cloud

01:21:41if you

01:21:41want

01:21:41to

01:21:41listen

01:21:42to

01:21:43these

01:21:43things

01:21:43while

01:21:44you're

01:21:44going

01:21:44about

01:21:45your

01:21:45business

01:21:45that's

01:21:46a

01:21:46good

01:21:46way

01:21:46to

01:21:46go

01:21:46about

01:21:47the

01:21:47day

01:21:47and

01:21:48follow

01:21:48up

01:21:49these

01:21:49things

01:21:49do

01:21:49your

01:21:49own

01:21:50study

01:21:50and

01:21:50research

01:21:50check

01:21:51me

01:21:51out

01:21:52pastor

01:21:53Brooks

01:21:54always

01:21:54encouraged

01:21:55everyone

01:21:55and I

01:21:56do

01:21:56it

01:21:56to

01:21:56check

01:21:57me

01:21:57out

01:21:57on

01:21:57these

01:21:58things

01:21:58and

01:21:59trust

01:21:59Jesus

01:22:00with

01:22:00your

01:22:00whole

01:22:00heart

01:22:00never

01:22:01doubt

01:22:01the

01:22:02love

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01:22:02for

01:22:02you

01:22:03never

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