The Time of the End Message 23-9: "The Desolater" Episode 9

Pastor Joel Laswell

A study of the book of Daniel chapter 8. Daniel’s attention is now drawn away from the vision to a conversation he hears between two saints that happen to be present. This is the first time they are mentioned, and it seems clear by the question asked that they have witnessed the vision along with Daniel. Who are these saints? How many are present here altogether? What is the answer to the question from the Saint? Join me as we begin looking deeply at verses 13-14.

Transcript

00:00:00Hello friends, I'm Pastor Joel Aswell. I welcome you to our study here at this time.

00:00:20We're getting back in to Daniel chapter 8. We're going to be looking at verses 13 and 14.

00:00:30As a matter of fact, some incredible things here. Not just the vision Daniel saw, but we've come across a couple of beings here that are with Daniel.

00:00:39We're going to talk about that a little bit and get into the Word of God.

00:00:43But before we begin, we want to ask the Holy Spirit to bless us. We always want to do that.

00:00:48And so I invite you to kneel. If possible, if not, let's bow our hearts and our heads together here in reverence to our Holy Father in Heaven.

00:01:01Dear Father, we thank you so much for this opportunity that we have to be alive.

00:01:06To see your blessings played out in our life. Give us discernment to see these things. If we don't, we are so very thankful that you sustain us.

00:01:21That you send us the Holy Spirit, which we ask for this morning.

00:01:24To give us discernment and wisdom as we open your Holy Word that you've protected through the ages.

00:01:31That we can still learn things from that are available to us in this day.

00:01:34The time of the end that we're in.

00:01:37We thank you for Jesus, your Son, who came to this earth, became like one of us.

00:01:46A mystery to us.

00:01:47But He will retain His humanity for eternity.

00:01:51Being one with us.

00:01:53So when we read that God so loved the world that He gave.

00:01:57He gave His Son to be like us for all eternity.

00:02:01It is an awesome thing to consider.

00:02:05And He shed His blood for our sins.

00:02:07Giving us the opportunity to live in your family again.

00:02:11Through the forgiveness of sins.

00:02:17And the covering of our sins by His blood.

00:02:19But He didn't just do that.

00:02:20He lived a righteous life showing us that we too can.

00:02:24Through His strength.

00:02:26And the decisions that we make.

00:02:29Becoming holy decisions.

00:02:31Through love to You.

00:02:34Father, we pray forgiveness for our sins.

00:02:35We pray for those who can be with us here.

00:02:37We ask that You be very near those who are suffering with health issues.

00:02:43Whether they're mental, emotional, physical.

00:02:47We pray that You protect Your people around the world.

00:02:51There are many brethren being persecuted.

00:02:53We know that will increase.

00:02:55As forces are coming together to enforce the mark of the beast.

00:03:02I pray that people can hear these words.

00:03:05Give me the words to speak.

00:03:07And study to show themselves approved of Thee.

00:03:11And come to know the truth.

00:03:13That what's coming.

00:03:14And they can prepare for it.

00:03:15Prepare others as well.

00:03:17And we all will be found worthy when Jesus returns.

00:03:19I pray this in the name of Jesus.

00:03:22Because worthy is the Lamb that was slain.

00:03:26Amen.

00:03:27And Amen.

00:03:28Amen.

00:03:29Well friends.

00:03:30In our last study.

00:03:33We looked at Daniel chapter 8.

00:03:37And in particular verse 12.

00:03:39In this series on Daniel 8 that I've entitled The Desolator.

00:03:43I hope you're seeing that this little horn who evolves here.

00:03:49He's gone from the bold pretender into a desolator now.

00:03:54Trying to desolate God's law and God's times and God's people.

00:04:00And so we get in here into Daniel 8.

00:04:04And we're discovering through this vision.

00:04:06Daniel's being shown all these things from Daniel 7 into Daniel chapter 8.

00:04:11And we find a question being asked by Daniel.

00:04:15We're going to get to this in verse 13.

00:04:19Here in just a moment.

00:04:20But we're finding here Daniel having astonishment at what he's seeing.

00:04:28And so in his mind he's got these questions.

00:04:32And so first as we begin I want to go over some of the things.

00:04:36There's about 15, I don't know, 15 or so things that we learned from our last study.

00:04:43Mainly from Daniel chapter 8 verse 12.

00:04:46Let's cover those here quickly.

00:04:49To kind of refresh our memory as we get moving along here again.

00:04:55And so from our last study we learned that a host is given the little horn.

00:05:03But it wasn't by his own strength.

00:05:05He didn't develop it himself.

00:05:07It comes from outside the church.

00:05:10And we discovered that this host is not the Catholic clergy as some teach that it is.

00:05:17Because it comes from outside of himself.

00:05:21It's not by his own strength.

00:05:23We learned that this host is defined as an army supplied by civil authorities to do the bidding of the papacy

00:05:29against the daily of the prince or of Christ.

00:05:34We learned that the true king of the north.

00:05:38We talked about the king of the north.

00:05:40And we learned that the true king of the north is God who dwells on Mount Zion in the heavenly Jerusalem.

00:05:46We also learned in our study of Daniel 11 31 there about the king of the north.

00:05:51That Satan set up a rival kingdom on earth.

00:05:54And he became the counterfeit king of the north wanting to usurp the legitimate position of God.

00:06:04We also learned that Satan sits in the earthly temple in the sides of the heavenly temple of course.

00:06:12But we learned that he sits in the earthly temple in the sides of the symbolic north.

00:06:17Planting a counterfeit religion in the church which we know to be papal Rome.

00:06:24We learned that God's kingdom is called Israel.

00:06:27Satan's kingdom is called Babylon.

00:06:30That's why you read a lot in the prophecies about Babylon.

00:06:32Especially in Daniel there was literal Babylon.

00:06:36There was spiritual Babylon.

00:06:38And we'll get more and more into that.

00:06:41We've already covered some of it already.

00:06:45We learned that God the Father has his vicar or vice regent.

00:06:51And that's Jesus.

00:06:52And Satan also has his vicar or vice regent.

00:06:56And that's the Pope.

00:06:57We learned in our comparison of Daniel 8 verse 12 with Daniel 11 31 that clearly it indicates that the little horn's host is composed of his armies, the secular power, the imperial sword of the state.

00:07:17That was one of the characteristics of the little horn was that it was a church state entity, you see.

00:07:23The state enforces the dogmas of the church.

00:07:27It's that second sword in the doctrine of the two swords that we find within the Catholic church, Catholic faith.

00:07:42Now literally speaking, we learned that the king of the north in Daniel 11 is Babylon.

00:07:47It's literal Babylon.

00:07:48But symbolically, the king of the north represents the papacy which employs multitudes and nations and tongues and people.

00:07:55We read there in Revelation 17 that these waters of the sea and these waters were multitudes, nations, tongues and people.

00:08:05And we read about this flood that was put out to destroy God's people.

00:08:11It's talking about multitudes, nations, tongues and people.

00:08:14And that's what they do to attempt to overwhelm the end time church.

00:08:18We learned that the king of the north in Daniel 11 represents the same power as the little horn here in Daniel 8.

00:08:31We learned that the armies, the political power, stand on behalf of the papacy and then they together pollute the sanctuary.

00:08:42We learned that the word abomination is consistently used in the Old Testament in conjunction with idolatry.

00:08:53We also learned in our last study that the abomination of desolation already existed in the days of Israel,

00:08:59immediately before the Babylonian captivity and foreshadows the abomination of desolation in Christ's day.

00:09:08Another thing that we learned is that the little horn, with the aid of his host, set up the transgression of desolation.

00:09:23Spoken of in Daniel 8.13, which we will get to in just a moment.

00:09:27A few other things we learned was that the little horn's host helps fight against the daily by reason of transgression.

00:09:34And we studied that out a bit, and we found that the word transgression there is the Hebrew pesah.

00:09:41And it's the strongest Hebrew word in the Old Testament for this type of sin.

00:09:48It's a sin that means rebellion or revolt, outright rebellion against God.

00:09:53And so this little horn and his host are not simply sinning.

00:09:56They are revolting or openly rebelling against the prince, the daily, and the place of the sanctuary.

00:10:04Another thing that we learned was that the little horn and his host prosper in their endeavor to transgress,

00:10:11pesah, for 1260 years.

00:10:15And we know that that was during what is referred to by Protestants,

00:10:21maybe not so much anymore, as the Dark Ages.

00:10:25And in fact, this is what necessitates the judgment.

00:10:30You see, the purpose of the judgment, we learned in Daniel 7, in this specific context,

00:10:35is to reverse the little horn's work.

00:10:39And then we learned that it was the law of God that was cast down and trampled in the dust,

00:10:46unimpeded throughout all of Christendom during this 1260-year reign of the Catholic Church,

00:10:55with an emphasis of changing the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment, that seventh day,

00:11:01to the worship of the Sunday, which is the first day of the week.

00:11:06And of course, that was accomplished as we studied out by Constantine's Sunday law.

00:11:11And so those are some of the things that we studied out in our last study in episode 8.

00:11:20We're now in episode 9, and we're going to get into Daniel chapter 8,

00:11:26and verses 13, and touch on 14, and a few other things as well.

00:11:31But let's read it together here as we get started.

00:11:36We'll go to Daniel 8, and we'll begin with verse 13.

00:11:39And here's what we find here.

00:11:42Daniel says,

00:11:43Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint, which spake,

00:11:48How long shall be the vision concerning the daily,

00:11:51and of course, sacrifice was added,

00:11:53the daily sacrifice and the transgression of desolation,

00:11:57to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden underfoot.

00:12:02What is he talking about here?

00:12:04Well, we're going to get into it.

00:12:05And so the answer comes in verse 14.

00:12:10And notice he says, he begins, he says,

00:12:13One saint speaking to another, and then in verse 14 he says,

00:12:16And he said unto me,

00:12:17Unto 2,300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

00:12:26And so Daniel's attention is now drawn away from the vision to a conversation he hears between two saints

00:12:39that just happen to be present there.

00:12:43And this is the first time that they're mentioned.

00:12:45And it seems clear by the question asked that they've witnessed the vision along with Daniel.

00:12:51And so, if you're like me, the question that pops up is,

00:12:56Who are these saints?

00:12:58How many are actually present here, all together?

00:13:03Well, we know that there's Daniel, right?

00:13:06And we're being told that there are two others, right?

00:13:10And so, first we say, well, okay, there's three that are present.

00:13:14As to who these three were, the literal translation of the text makes it more clear who is present.

00:13:22It says,

00:13:23And I heard a holy one speaking, and a holy one said to Palmani,

00:13:26Who was the speaker?

00:13:29How long shall be the vision?

00:13:31Isn't that interesting?

00:13:32That's the literal translation of the text.

00:13:38And I heard a holy one speaking, and a holy one said to Palmani.

00:13:45Daniel says, one saint was speaking to another saint.

00:13:49So the idea is, these are a couple angels, right?

00:13:53But one says to Palmani, that gives us a hint.

00:13:56We look at the original, that gives us a hint.

00:13:58Who is this one angel speaking to?

00:14:03He says to the speaker, how long shall be the vision?

00:14:05And if you look in the margin of the text, where the words, that certain saint which spake are found,

00:14:13these words are written, in the margin.

00:14:18That certain saint which spake are found, right?

00:14:22And it says, in the margin, the numberer of secrets, or the wonderful numberer.

00:14:27It's the Hebrew word, Palmani.

00:14:30What does that mean?

00:14:32What is Palmani?

00:14:33So an angel is speaking to another holy one, and he addresses him as Palmani.

00:14:41So we find in verse 13, the speaker, called the wonderful numberer.

00:14:47We have a holy one, and then we have Daniel.

00:14:51These were the three persons present.

00:14:53Now the more literal translation of the text makes plain the speaker was the one called Palmani.

00:14:58The actual Hebrew reads, Laupalmani, Hamdabar unto Palmani, the speaker.

00:15:06Now the Hebrew word Palmani is, it's actually, it's a contracted word.

00:15:10It contains the elements of two Hebrew words.

00:15:13One is Pele, the other is Mana.

00:15:17The Hebrew word Pele means wonderful.

00:15:19And we know that from Isaiah 9 and verse 6, right?

00:15:24Wonderful counselor, right?

00:15:26And speaking of who?

00:15:28Speaking of Jesus.

00:15:30Now the word Mana means numbered.

00:15:33And you can look at, in Daniel chapter 5, and you see it used there.

00:15:37Remember there were handwriting on the wall, and Daniel interprets it and says,

00:15:41your days are numbered.

00:15:42Mana, numbered.

00:15:44So, this contracted Hebrew word, Palmani, literally means wonderful numberer.

00:15:51This wonderful numberer is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:15:57So one person present, recorded here in Daniel 8, verse 13, was the Lord Jesus.

00:16:03The two holy ones, one of them is Jesus.

00:16:05The second person, represented by the holy one, was actually the angel Gabriel.

00:16:10Now how do you know that, Pastor Joel?

00:16:12Well, it doesn't say Gabriel there anywhere, does it?

00:16:15How do we know that?

00:16:17Well, if you skip a couple of verses ahead, to verse 16, Daniel 8, verse 16, notice what it says.

00:16:26It says,

00:16:27And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Uli, which called and said,

00:16:31Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

00:16:35And so, Jesus is telling Gabriel to make Daniel understand the vision.

00:16:41That's what's being said there in verse 16.

00:16:45And you may recall, in Luke chapter 1, that it was the angel Gabriel that came to Zacharias,

00:16:52you remember, to tell him that his wife was pregnant, would give birth to John the Baptist.

00:16:58You recall that?

00:16:58Luke 1, verse 19, it says,

00:17:03And the angel answering said unto him,

00:17:05I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God,

00:17:09and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show thee these glad tidings.

00:17:14And so, the three that were present here,

00:17:17in Daniel 8, verse 13,

00:17:20were Jesus,

00:17:22was the angel Gabriel,

00:17:24and of course Daniel,

00:17:26the prophet.

00:17:27And so, what we find is,

00:17:30that there was something about this vision,

00:17:32which Daniel,

00:17:33well, there are many things,

00:17:34Daniel had questions about in this vision,

00:17:38he couldn't understand it,

00:17:41but there was something in his mind at that particular time,

00:17:45that he couldn't understand,

00:17:46and so the angel Gabriel asked the Lord Jesus,

00:17:49a question,

00:17:51for the benefit of Daniel.

00:17:52He perceived that Daniel had this question,

00:17:57you see.

00:17:59The angels,

00:18:00they know the thoughts that are in our minds,

00:18:04by our reactions and things,

00:18:06they can read us.

00:18:07And if angels can do that,

00:18:08don't you think Satan can do that as well?

00:18:12Don't you think he knows us,

00:18:14personally,

00:18:15very well?

00:18:16He tailors temptations specifically to each one of us.

00:18:25So here,

00:18:26Gabriel asks Jesus a question for the benefit of Daniel,

00:18:30so that it might be made clear to him.

00:18:33And so what's interesting is,

00:18:34instead of the Lord Jesus turning to the angel Gabriel,

00:18:37and giving Gabriel the answer,

00:18:40the prophet Daniel says that the speaker turned to him,

00:18:44to Daniel,

00:18:46and gave the answer direct to him.

00:18:49That's what we read there in verse 13, right?

00:18:53He says,

00:18:54Then I heard one saint speaking,

00:18:57and another saint said,

00:18:58Unto that certain saint which spake,

00:19:00How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice,

00:19:02and the transgression and desolation,

00:19:04etc.?

00:19:05Verse 14,

00:19:05And he said unto me,

00:19:08Daniel said.

00:19:08So Gabriel asks Jesus a question.

00:19:12Jesus turns and gives the answer to Daniel.

00:19:15Isn't that remarkable?

00:19:20He said,

00:19:22Unto me.

00:19:25I don't know how many people pick that up.

00:19:28But it's just kind of astounding.

00:19:31The angel perceives Daniel has this question.

00:19:34So Gabriel asks Jesus a question.

00:19:37Jesus turns,

00:19:37gives Daniel the answer.

00:19:40Notice this.

00:19:41This quote is from Farrell's book of Daniel,

00:19:44pages 90 to 92.

00:19:45Notice what Farrell says.

00:19:47He says,

00:19:48Christ is here called by the unique name,

00:19:52the Wonderful Numberer.

00:19:54Why this strange name?

00:19:57Obviously,

00:19:59to call attention to the fact

00:20:01that the 2300 day prophecy

00:20:03was of the highest importance.

00:20:05Only Christ himself could present it.

00:20:09He alone,

00:20:11the master of all numbers,

00:20:13able to count the stars,

00:20:16was able to provide Daniel with a time span that was greater

00:20:20than a third of the total time that mankind has been in this world of sin.

00:20:25End quote.

00:20:30So Jesus is there personally

00:20:32to introduce

00:20:33the prophecy of the 2300 years.

00:20:37That's how important this prophecy is.

00:20:44And so one of them asks the other,

00:20:47how long shall be the vision?

00:20:49But you know,

00:20:51a better translation would actually be

00:20:54until when shall be the vision.

00:20:58You see,

00:20:58the question of Daniel 8 verse 13

00:21:00opens with the Hebrew words,

00:21:02Admetay.

00:21:03And they're usually translated as,

00:21:05how long?

00:21:07But the meaning is rather different here.

00:21:09So what do these two words really mean?

00:21:14Well,

00:21:14the first word,

00:21:16Ad,

00:21:17it's actually a temporal preposition

00:21:20which should be rendered until.

00:21:23It's connected to the temporal

00:21:24interrogative adverb,

00:21:27Mate,

00:21:27which means when,

00:21:29until when.

00:21:32And so the question in Daniel 8 verse 13

00:21:34opens with an inquiry about time.

00:21:36Until when?

00:21:37Which is answered in the next verse,

00:21:41verse 14,

00:21:42until,

00:21:42that's the Hebrew word Ad,

00:21:4423 evenings and mornings.

00:21:47Then,

00:21:48the Hebrew word We,

00:21:49at that time,

00:21:50shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

00:21:53And that's the Hebrew word Nizdak.

00:21:55And we're going to talk about that in a minute.

00:21:58But to paraphrase the question more accurately,

00:22:01in accordance with the Hebrew,

00:22:04it would say,

00:22:05until what point in time

00:22:06shall be the vision about the daily

00:22:08and the desolating transgression

00:22:10to give both the sanctuary

00:22:11and God's people

00:22:12to be trodden underfoot.

00:22:16You see,

00:22:17the main point of the question

00:22:18is changed from

00:22:20how long will the time span be

00:22:22to when will the time span end.

00:22:26That's more accurate.

00:22:29The emphasis is not on its beginning.

00:22:32It's not on its duration,

00:22:35but on its termination.

00:22:37The stress of the question

00:22:39is about the end point,

00:22:40you see.

00:22:41And what happens from then on?

00:22:44And the answers speak about

00:22:46the termination point.

00:22:47You see,

00:22:49the focus is on

00:22:49the end time.

00:22:52This point about

00:22:54the termination

00:22:54of the time span

00:22:55is actually repeated

00:22:56to Daniel

00:22:57three more times

00:22:58in chapter 8.

00:23:00And you can read it.

00:23:02Verse 17 says,

00:23:04For at the time of the end

00:23:05shall be the vision.

00:23:08And when you look at verse 26,

00:23:10it says,

00:23:11The vision of the evening

00:23:12and morning

00:23:12which was told is true

00:23:13for it shall be

00:23:14for many days.

00:23:18Look at verse 19.

00:23:20At the time appointed,

00:23:21the end shall be.

00:23:23You see,

00:23:23the emphasis is

00:23:24on the end

00:23:25of the 2300 days.

00:23:26Not the time span itself.

00:23:30It is the end time

00:23:33which is being emphasized

00:23:35by Gabriel

00:23:36in his question

00:23:37and several replies.

00:23:41And so the question

00:23:42is not asking

00:23:43for the length of time

00:23:44that the papacy

00:23:45will have supremacy.

00:23:46How long?

00:23:48Why, pastor?

00:23:50Well, because that time

00:23:51was given to us

00:23:51in Daniel 7

00:23:52and verse 25.

00:23:54So 1260 years

00:23:56the little horn

00:23:57would reign.

00:23:57We already know that.

00:23:59This question

00:24:00is asking

00:24:01when an end

00:24:02will begin

00:24:02to be worked out

00:24:03to stop

00:24:04the ongoing deception

00:24:05and destruction

00:24:06of the people of God.

00:24:08That's the question

00:24:09that Daniel had

00:24:10in his head,

00:24:11in his mind.

00:24:11and that's what

00:24:13Gabriel was asking

00:24:14Jesus.

00:24:15And Jesus gave

00:24:16Daniel the answer.

00:24:18The question asks,

00:24:19what will happen

00:24:20at the termination

00:24:21of the terrible time

00:24:21of desolating transgression?

00:24:24And the answer

00:24:25tells what begins

00:24:26to happen

00:24:26at that terminal point.

00:24:29Let's go back

00:24:30to Pharaoh

00:24:30in his book

00:24:31of Daniel.

00:24:33Pages 93

00:24:34to 95.

00:24:35All the way up

00:24:36to page 102.

00:24:37I would say

00:24:38it's an interesting

00:24:40book by Pharaoh.

00:24:43Worth to have

00:24:43in your library,

00:24:45I would say.

00:24:46But notice

00:24:47what he says,

00:24:47quote,

00:24:48to paraphrase

00:24:49the question

00:24:50more accurately

00:24:51in accordance

00:24:51with the Hebrew,

00:24:53until what point

00:24:54in time

00:24:54shall be the vision

00:24:55about the continual

00:24:56first apartment

00:24:57ministry

00:24:58and the desolating

00:25:00transgression

00:25:01to give both

00:25:02the sanctuary

00:25:02and God's people

00:25:03to be trodden

00:25:04underfoot?

00:25:05This is what

00:25:06Pharaoh says.

00:25:07And that's from

00:25:08according to

00:25:10the Hebrew.

00:25:13It's more accurate.

00:25:15And it lines up

00:25:16very well.

00:25:17Lines up very well.

00:25:19Notice this too.

00:25:20This is from

00:25:21the Biblical

00:25:21Research Institute.

00:25:22Remember that

00:25:23symposium that

00:25:24they had on Daniel,

00:25:25volume 2,

00:25:25page 429.

00:25:27They say,

00:25:28quote,

00:25:28it is common

00:25:29but mistaken notion

00:25:30that the emphasis

00:25:31is on the entire

00:25:32time span

00:25:33of 2300

00:25:34evening morning.

00:25:35However,

00:25:36the stress

00:25:37in the question

00:25:38of verse 13

00:25:39actually falls

00:25:40upon the end

00:25:41point of the

00:25:4223 evening mornings

00:25:43and what is to

00:25:44take place

00:25:45from that point

00:25:46of time onward.

00:25:48The emphasis

00:25:49is not duration,

00:25:51how long,

00:25:52but termination,

00:25:54until when

00:25:55and what

00:25:56follows.

00:25:58And that

00:26:00lines up,

00:26:00like I said,

00:26:01that lines up

00:26:01perfectly in

00:26:03Daniel 8.

00:26:04When you compare

00:26:05Daniel 7 and 8,

00:26:07lines up perfectly.

00:26:09In fact,

00:26:10this goes right

00:26:10along with what

00:26:11we learn in Daniel 7

00:26:12and what happened

00:26:13after the little

00:26:14horns ring.

00:26:16Right?

00:26:16Which the Bible

00:26:17says,

00:26:18God's judgment

00:26:19process was to

00:26:20begin.

00:26:20And so,

00:26:22the answer

00:26:22given to Daniel

00:26:23here in verse 14

00:26:24is the end

00:26:25point of the

00:26:25prophecy

00:26:26and when

00:26:27the judgment

00:26:28would begin.

00:26:29it's most

00:26:33important to

00:26:33realize that

00:26:34up to this

00:26:35point in

00:26:35Daniel 8,

00:26:36the word for

00:26:37vision,

00:26:38you recall,

00:26:40has uniformly

00:26:41been the

00:26:41Hebrew word

00:26:42kazan.

00:26:43Remember I

00:26:44said that from

00:26:44the beginning

00:26:45when we started

00:26:46studying Daniel 8.

00:26:47I said we

00:26:47need to keep

00:26:48our eye on

00:26:49this word

00:26:50kazan.

00:26:51It's very

00:26:52important.

00:26:53But we see

00:26:53change coming

00:26:54here.

00:26:57In fact,

00:26:58everything

00:26:59Daniel has

00:27:00seen up

00:27:00to this

00:27:01point is

00:27:01part of

00:27:02the

00:27:02kazan

00:27:02vision.

00:27:03The word's

00:27:04used three

00:27:04times in

00:27:04verses 1

00:27:05and 2.

00:27:07Thus,

00:27:07the vision

00:27:08kazan

00:27:09includes

00:27:09Medo-Persia,

00:27:11Greece,

00:27:11pagan Rome,

00:27:12and Papal

00:27:13Rome.

00:27:15Now,

00:27:16I primarily

00:27:17use the

00:27:18King James

00:27:18Version Bible

00:27:20when I do

00:27:21my studies.

00:27:21It's the

00:27:22most accurate

00:27:22I've found.

00:27:23But it has

00:27:23some issues

00:27:25like all

00:27:26translations do.

00:27:27The King

00:27:30James Version

00:27:31of Daniel 8

00:27:32verse 13

00:27:33reads,

00:27:35and here's

00:27:36one of them.

00:27:37Pay attention

00:27:38to this.

00:27:41King James

00:27:41Version,

00:27:42verse 13.

00:27:43How long

00:27:43shall be

00:27:44the vision

00:27:45concerning the

00:27:46daily sacrifice

00:27:47and the

00:27:47transgression

00:27:48and desolation

00:27:49to give both

00:27:50the sanctuary

00:27:50and the host

00:27:51to be trodden

00:27:51underfoot?

00:27:52You see,

00:27:54this translation,

00:27:55this reading,

00:27:56leaves you

00:27:57with the

00:27:57impression

00:27:58that the

00:27:58vision includes

00:27:59only the

00:28:01portion that

00:28:01has to do

00:28:02with the

00:28:02removal of

00:28:03the daily,

00:28:03the transgression

00:28:04and desolation

00:28:05and the

00:28:05trampling

00:28:06of the

00:28:07sanctuary

00:28:07and the

00:28:08host.

00:28:11However,

00:28:13the King

00:28:13James

00:28:14translation

00:28:15is actually

00:28:17incorrect here

00:28:17on two

00:28:18points.

00:28:19the original

00:28:21Hebrew text

00:28:22does not

00:28:22contain the

00:28:23word

00:28:24sacrifice.

00:28:25We've seen

00:28:26that.

00:28:27Even the

00:28:28prophet,

00:28:29Ellen White,

00:28:29says that.

00:28:30Sacrifice was

00:28:30added.

00:28:31But it

00:28:32doesn't contain

00:28:33the word

00:28:33concerning

00:28:34either.

00:28:37So it

00:28:38doesn't

00:28:38contain

00:28:39either of

00:28:40those words.

00:28:42Concerning

00:28:43or sacrifice.

00:28:44So when

00:28:45Gabriel asks

00:28:46the question,

00:28:47until when

00:28:48shall be

00:28:49the vision,

00:28:49Kazan,

00:28:50he's not

00:28:51merely referring

00:28:52to the

00:28:52portion of

00:28:53the vision

00:28:53that describes

00:28:54the work

00:28:55of the

00:28:55little horn,

00:28:56but rather

00:28:57to the

00:28:57total vision

00:28:58which began

00:28:59in Daniel

00:29:008 and

00:29:00verse 1.

00:29:03Now why

00:29:03is that

00:29:03important,

00:29:04Pastor?

00:29:06Let me

00:29:07tell you

00:29:07why that's

00:29:08important.

00:29:09You see,

00:29:11knowing that,

00:29:12seeing that,

00:29:14proves that

00:29:14we must

00:29:15apply the

00:29:16year-day

00:29:16principle to

00:29:17the 2300

00:29:18days.

00:29:202,300

00:29:21literal

00:29:22days,

00:29:24if you

00:29:25used it

00:29:25literally,

00:29:25would cover

00:29:26a period

00:29:26of about

00:29:27six and

00:29:27a half

00:29:27years.

00:29:29That's a

00:29:29time span

00:29:30far too

00:29:31short to

00:29:32include the

00:29:32kingdoms of

00:29:33Medo-Persia,

00:29:34Greece,

00:29:35pagan,

00:29:36and papal

00:29:36Rome.

00:29:37Wouldn't

00:29:37you agree

00:29:37with that?

00:29:38Well,

00:29:39yeah,

00:29:39documented

00:29:40history lays

00:29:40that out

00:29:41pretty well.

00:29:42So the

00:29:42use of the

00:29:43word Kazan

00:29:43in the

00:29:44angelic

00:29:44question also

00:29:45requires that

00:29:46the 2300

00:29:46days be

00:29:47understood

00:29:48as years.

00:29:53The use

00:29:53of the

00:29:54word Kazan

00:29:54in Gabriel's

00:29:55question also

00:29:56helps us

00:29:56understand why

00:29:57the vision

00:29:57of Daniel

00:29:588,

00:29:59contrary to

00:30:00Daniel 7,

00:30:01and I

00:30:01mentioned this

00:30:02before,

00:30:04the vision

00:30:05begins with

00:30:05the kingdom

00:30:05of Medo-Persia

00:30:06and not with

00:30:07the kingdom

00:30:07of Babylon.

00:30:10And so the

00:30:10reason is the

00:30:11prophecy of the

00:30:122300 days begins

00:30:13during the period

00:30:14of the Medo-Persian

00:30:15empire,

00:30:16457 B.C.,

00:30:18right?

00:30:19It doesn't

00:30:19begin during

00:30:20the reign

00:30:20of Babylon.

00:30:22If Daniel

00:30:23had started

00:30:24the Kazan

00:30:24with Babylon,

00:30:25he would

00:30:26have given

00:30:26the distinct

00:30:27impression

00:30:27that the

00:30:28prophecy

00:30:28of the

00:30:292300 days

00:30:30was to

00:30:30begin

00:30:31during the

00:30:31reign of

00:30:31Babylon.

00:30:33So the

00:30:34vision begins

00:30:35with Medo-Persia.

00:30:37Why?

00:30:37Because the

00:30:382300 day

00:30:39prophecy,

00:30:412300 years,

00:30:43begin during

00:30:43the reign

00:30:44of Medo-Persia.

00:30:47Let's see

00:30:48what Shea

00:30:48says in

00:30:49his Daniel,

00:30:50a reader's

00:30:50guide,

00:30:51pages 183

00:30:52and 184.

00:30:53Notice what

00:30:53Shea says

00:30:54about this.

00:30:55He says,

00:30:56quote,

00:30:56it is important

00:30:57to note that

00:30:58the question

00:30:58is about the

00:30:59length of

00:31:00the vision,

00:31:01not about

00:31:02the length

00:31:02of the

00:31:03activities of

00:31:03the little

00:31:04horn.

00:31:05Exactly.

00:31:06He's exactly

00:31:07right.

00:31:09He said it's

00:31:10about the

00:31:10entire vision

00:31:11here,

00:31:12not just

00:31:12about the

00:31:13little horn.

00:31:14The activities

00:31:15of the

00:31:15little horn

00:31:16are included

00:31:17within the

00:31:17vision.

00:31:19Indeed,

00:31:19they mark

00:31:20its climax,

00:31:21but they are

00:31:22not all that

00:31:22there is in

00:31:23the vision.

00:31:25How do we

00:31:25know that?

00:31:26Because we've

00:31:27read the

00:31:28entire chapter.

00:31:32He says the

00:31:33vision also

00:31:33includes the

00:31:35Persian ram,

00:31:36the Greek

00:31:37goat,

00:31:39and the four

00:31:39horns that

00:31:40precede the

00:31:41little horn

00:31:41of Rome's

00:31:42two phases.

00:31:44He goes

00:31:44on, he

00:31:45says,

00:31:45so when the

00:31:45angel asks

00:31:46how long

00:31:47is the

00:31:47vision,

00:31:49the word

00:31:49vision,

00:31:50remember

00:31:50Kazan

00:31:51there,

00:31:52includes the

00:31:53whole of

00:31:54what Daniel

00:31:54saw in

00:31:56chapter 8,

00:31:58from the

00:32:00Persian ram

00:32:01to the

00:32:02little horn.

00:32:03This fact

00:32:04gives us an

00:32:05approximate

00:32:05starting point

00:32:06for the

00:32:072300 day

00:32:08time period

00:32:09mentioned in

00:32:10verse 14.

00:32:12End quote.

00:32:13So it's

00:32:14very important.

00:32:17That word

00:32:17Kazan.

00:32:18We'll get a

00:32:19little bit more

00:32:19into it here

00:32:19in just a

00:32:20moment.

00:32:20Let's go

00:32:21back to

00:32:21Daniel 8,

00:32:21verse 13.

00:32:23We read

00:32:24there, it

00:32:24says,

00:32:25the daily

00:32:26sacrifice and

00:32:27the transgression

00:32:28of desolation

00:32:29to get both

00:32:29the sanctuary

00:32:30and the host

00:32:31to be trodden

00:32:32underfoot.

00:32:34Well, we

00:32:35know that the

00:32:36earthly sanctuary

00:32:37was cast

00:32:37down, destroyed

00:32:38by pagan

00:32:39Rome in

00:32:3970 AD,

00:32:41at which

00:32:42time it

00:32:42was no

00:32:42longer holy,

00:32:43right?

00:32:44Nor did it

00:32:44retain any

00:32:45real significance.

00:32:48Now, during

00:32:49the Middle

00:32:49Ages, the

00:32:51heavenly sanctuary

00:32:51with its

00:32:52divine priesthood

00:32:53and services

00:32:54were polluted

00:32:55and cast

00:32:56down by

00:32:56the papal

00:32:57apostasy.

00:33:00In

00:33:011854,

00:33:02Elder Uriah

00:33:03Smith wrote

00:33:03a tract

00:33:04entitled

00:33:04The 2300

00:33:06Days and

00:33:07the Sanctuary

00:33:08in which

00:33:09he answered

00:33:09the question

00:33:10as to how

00:33:11the place

00:33:12of Christ's

00:33:12sanctuary

00:33:13in the

00:33:13heaven

00:33:13could be

00:33:13cast down

00:33:14by an

00:33:15earthly power.

00:33:16And I

00:33:17actually shared

00:33:17this earlier,

00:33:18but let's

00:33:18read it again.

00:33:20What does

00:33:20Smith say

00:33:21about this?

00:33:22This is in

00:33:23Bible Doctrines

00:33:23for Seventh-day

00:33:25Adventist Colleges,

00:33:26page 285.

00:33:26It's in many

00:33:27other places,

00:33:28but I picked

00:33:28this one

00:33:29at this time.

00:33:31Notice what

00:33:31Smith says

00:33:32here about it.

00:33:34He says,

00:33:35We read

00:33:38in Daniel 8,

00:33:39verse 13,

00:33:41about treading

00:33:41the sanctuary

00:33:42underfoot,

00:33:43and it may

00:33:44be asked,

00:33:44how a

00:33:45sanctuary in

00:33:46heaven can

00:33:47be trodden

00:33:48underfoot.

00:33:50These

00:33:51expressions are

00:33:52figurative,

00:33:53as will be

00:33:53seen from

00:33:54Hebrews 10,

00:33:54verse 29,

00:33:55which speaks

00:33:56of treading

00:33:57underfoot the

00:33:57Son of God.

00:33:59In the same

00:34:00sense that the

00:34:01Son of God is

00:34:01trodden underfoot,

00:34:02Smith says,

00:34:03the Pope has

00:34:04trodden underfoot

00:34:05the heavenly

00:34:06sanctuary by

00:34:07calling his

00:34:08own sanctuary

00:34:09or temple

00:34:10the temple

00:34:11of God,

00:34:12and by

00:34:14turning away

00:34:14the worship

00:34:15of man from

00:34:16the temple

00:34:16of God

00:34:17in heaven

00:34:17to his

00:34:18own sanctuary,

00:34:20by elevating

00:34:21himself above

00:34:22all that is

00:34:23called God,

00:34:24and by

00:34:25assuming to

00:34:26be the head

00:34:27of the church

00:34:28instead of

00:34:29Christ,

00:34:30end quote.

00:34:31Now,

00:34:35it's impossible

00:34:35to tread

00:34:37underfoot the

00:34:38Son of God

00:34:39by counting

00:34:41the blood of

00:34:42the covenant

00:34:42an unholy

00:34:44thing,

00:34:44and by doing

00:34:45despite unto

00:34:45the Spirit

00:34:46of grace,

00:34:48than it is

00:34:49just as possible

00:34:50to trample

00:34:50underfoot the

00:34:51sanctuary which

00:34:52Christ ministers

00:34:52by the

00:34:53institution of

00:34:54a counterfeit

00:34:54administration.

00:34:56In the same

00:34:57way, we can

00:34:58crucify the

00:34:58Son of God

00:34:59afresh,

00:34:59can't we?

00:35:00Aren't we

00:35:00told that?

00:35:01Didn't the

00:35:01Bible tell

00:35:01us that?

00:35:02We can

00:35:03put him

00:35:03to an

00:35:03open shame,

00:35:05as we read

00:35:06there in

00:35:06Hebrews chapter

00:35:076, in

00:35:08particular verse

00:35:096.

00:35:12Any

00:35:13difficulty

00:35:14regarding the

00:35:15capability of

00:35:16the papacy to

00:35:16occupy the

00:35:18temple or

00:35:19sanctuary of

00:35:19God and

00:35:20pollute it

00:35:20with a

00:35:21false system

00:35:22disappear when

00:35:24we realize

00:35:25that part of

00:35:25the heavenly

00:35:26sanctuary,

00:35:27the court,

00:35:28is on

00:35:29earth.

00:35:29Do you

00:35:30realize that?

00:35:33Notice what

00:35:34we are told in

00:35:34Revelation chapter

00:35:3511.

00:35:37Chapter 11, and

00:35:38I've referred back

00:35:39to that a few

00:35:40times in our

00:35:40study here.

00:35:41Revelation 11.

00:35:42Let's read the

00:35:43first three verses

00:35:44of Revelation 11,

00:35:46verses 1 through

00:35:473.

00:35:48It says,

00:35:49And there was

00:35:49given me a

00:35:50reed like unto

00:35:51a rod, and the

00:35:52angel stood,

00:35:53saying,

00:35:53Rise, and

00:35:54measure the

00:35:54temple of God

00:35:55and the altar

00:35:56and them that

00:35:57worship therein.

00:35:58Notice verse

00:35:592.

00:36:00But the

00:36:01court, which

00:36:02is without the

00:36:03temple, leave

00:36:04out and measure

00:36:05it not.

00:36:07For it is given

00:36:08unto the

00:36:09Gentiles, and

00:36:11the holy city

00:36:12shall they tread

00:36:13underfoot, how

00:36:14long?

00:36:16Forty and two

00:36:17months.

00:36:20And so, here

00:36:22we're told that

00:36:23the court of

00:36:23God's sanctuary is

00:36:24given unto the

00:36:25Gentiles, and for

00:36:27forty and two

00:36:28months they'll

00:36:28trample the

00:36:29holy city

00:36:29underfoot.

00:36:32And I'll tell

00:36:33you, nobody

00:36:34can read this in

00:36:35connection with

00:36:36Daniel 7 and

00:36:37verse 25, and

00:36:39read in chapter

00:36:418 of Daniel

00:36:42verse 10 to

00:36:4214, without

00:36:45knowing that they

00:36:46represent the

00:36:47same experience.

00:36:50The court of

00:36:51God's sanctuary

00:36:52and the holy

00:36:53city are

00:36:54identified as

00:36:55one and the

00:36:56same thing.

00:36:56holy city is

00:36:59the church, or

00:37:00the saints of

00:37:01the most high, or

00:37:01the host of

00:37:02heaven.

00:37:03Do you see

00:37:03that?

00:37:06The earth

00:37:07cannot be the

00:37:07court of the

00:37:08heavenly sanctuary

00:37:08because it's not

00:37:09a holy place.

00:37:11Also, it's been

00:37:13under the dominion

00:37:13of the Gentiles,

00:37:15well really,

00:37:16wicked and the

00:37:18righteous are

00:37:18together for

00:37:19six thousand

00:37:19years.

00:37:20so, you

00:37:23know, think

00:37:24it through.

00:37:26Put our

00:37:27thinking caps on.

00:37:27Let's think

00:37:28these things

00:37:28through.

00:37:30But John the

00:37:31revelator declares

00:37:32that the court,

00:37:33right, we just

00:37:34read, or holy

00:37:36city would be

00:37:37under the dominion

00:37:38of the Gentiles

00:37:38for only 42

00:37:39months, or

00:37:401260 years, and

00:37:42this is the exact

00:37:43time that the

00:37:44papacy was to

00:37:45trample underfoot

00:37:46the sanctuary of

00:37:47God and the

00:37:48saints of God.

00:37:49the truth is

00:37:54that the church

00:37:54of God is the

00:37:56only sacred place

00:37:57on earth and

00:37:58is therefore the

00:37:59court of the

00:38:00sanctuary.

00:38:01Sinners come out

00:38:02of the wicked

00:38:02world into the

00:38:04sacred enclosure

00:38:05of the church or

00:38:06court of God to

00:38:07find salvation at

00:38:08the altar of

00:38:09Calvary.

00:38:10And there the

00:38:11priest of the

00:38:11heavenly sanctuary

00:38:12meets the

00:38:13repentant sinner

00:38:15and then ministers

00:38:17his own blood

00:38:18in their behalf.

00:38:20Amen and

00:38:22amen.

00:38:24Now, there are

00:38:27many texts of

00:38:28scripture where

00:38:29the church is

00:38:30called the

00:38:31courts of the

00:38:32Lord and the

00:38:33courts of our

00:38:34God.

00:38:34You can see it

00:38:36in Psalms 65,

00:38:37Psalms 84,

00:38:38Psalms 92,

00:38:39Psalms 96,

00:38:42Psalms 100 even,

00:38:44Psalms 116,

00:38:45Psalm 135.

00:38:45Go to Isaiah

00:38:46chapter 1,

00:38:47you can find it

00:38:48there.

00:38:49Zechariah 3

00:38:49and verse 7

00:38:50talks about it.

00:38:54The plural is

00:38:56used in all

00:38:56these texts

00:38:57because Solomon's

00:38:58temple had

00:38:59several courts

00:39:00which represented

00:39:00the church as a

00:39:01whole.

00:39:03And you've

00:39:04done a whole

00:39:05series on who

00:39:06and what the

00:39:06church is.

00:39:08We know that

00:39:08there are many

00:39:09groups and

00:39:09organizations that

00:39:10make up the one

00:39:11true church on

00:39:12earth and in

00:39:12heaven.

00:39:13Remember,

00:39:15there are only

00:39:15two churches in

00:39:16this world.

00:39:18The church of

00:39:18Christ and the

00:39:19church of

00:39:19Antichrist.

00:39:22Why?

00:39:23Because there

00:39:24are only two

00:39:24spirits in this

00:39:25world.

00:39:26The spirit of

00:39:26Christ and the

00:39:27spirit of

00:39:27Antichrist.

00:39:31Remember,

00:39:31and never forget

00:39:32this,

00:39:32wherever Jesus

00:39:33is, there is

00:39:34his church.

00:39:36We talked about

00:39:36this a bit the

00:39:37last time we

00:39:38were together in

00:39:39our last study.

00:39:40Who's the

00:39:42church of

00:39:43Antichrist,

00:39:44by the way?

00:39:46You should be

00:39:46settled on that

00:39:47by now.

00:39:49You've been

00:39:49with us from

00:39:50the beginning

00:39:50of this series,

00:39:52the time of the

00:39:53end series.

00:39:55Notice this,

00:39:56this is from

00:39:56the book

00:39:57Acts of the

00:39:57Apostles,

00:39:59page 586.

00:40:06Acts of the

00:40:07Apostles,

00:40:07give me a

00:40:08second here.

00:40:10page 586.

00:40:19Quote,

00:40:19Christ is

00:40:20spoken of as

00:40:21walking in the

00:40:22midst of the

00:40:22golden candlesticks.

00:40:25Thus is

00:40:25symbolized his

00:40:26relation to the

00:40:27churches.

00:40:28He is in

00:40:28constant communication

00:40:30with his

00:40:30people.

00:40:31He knows

00:40:32their true

00:40:32state.

00:40:33He observes

00:40:34their order,

00:40:35their piety,

00:40:36their devotion.

00:40:38Although he

00:40:38is high priest

00:40:39and mediator

00:40:40in the

00:40:40sanctuary above,

00:40:42yet he is

00:40:42represented as

00:40:44walking up and

00:40:45down in the

00:40:45midst of his

00:40:46churches on

00:40:47the earth.

00:40:49With

00:40:49untiring

00:40:50wakefulness and

00:40:51unremitting

00:40:52vigilance,

00:40:53he watches to

00:40:54see whether the

00:40:55light of any of

00:40:56his sentinels is

00:40:57burning dim or

00:40:58going out.

00:40:59If the

00:41:00candlesticks were

00:41:01left to

00:41:01mere human

00:41:01care,

00:41:02the flickering

00:41:03flame would

00:41:04languish and

00:41:04die.

00:41:05But he is

00:41:07the true

00:41:07watchman in

00:41:08the Lord's

00:41:08house,

00:41:09the true

00:41:10warden of

00:41:10the temple

00:41:11courts.

00:41:13You see

00:41:13that?

00:41:16His

00:41:16continued care

00:41:17and sustaining

00:41:18grace are the

00:41:18source of life

00:41:20and light.

00:41:24So friends,

00:41:26I hope I'm

00:41:28presenting this

00:41:30in such a way

00:41:31that you're

00:41:31getting the

00:41:32puzzle pieces

00:41:33put together.

00:41:34You see,

00:41:35God's people

00:41:35cannot be

00:41:36separated from

00:41:37the sanctuary.

00:41:38What affects

00:41:41the sanctuary

00:41:42affects us,

00:41:44God's people.

00:41:47I want you

00:41:47to notice what

00:41:48our good friend

00:41:49John Skeet

00:41:50shared in his

00:41:52syllabus on the

00:41:53sanctuary.

00:41:54It's a very

00:41:55interesting thing

00:41:55that John said,

00:41:58Brother Skeet

00:41:58said.

00:42:01Notice this.

00:42:02He said,

00:42:03quote,

00:42:03Since the

00:42:04treading down

00:42:05of the sanctuary

00:42:06in verses 11

00:42:07and 12,

00:42:08that's Daniel 8,

00:42:09brought about

00:42:10a treading down

00:42:10of the host,

00:42:12which is defined

00:42:13as the people

00:42:13of God,

00:42:15it must be

00:42:16evident

00:42:17that the

00:42:19restoration

00:42:19and cleansing

00:42:20of the sanctuary

00:42:21would include

00:42:23the restoration

00:42:24and cleansing

00:42:25of the host,

00:42:26God's people

00:42:27who worship

00:42:28in that

00:42:29sanctuary,

00:42:30end quote.

00:42:33It's a

00:42:34wonderful statement

00:42:34by our

00:42:35brother

00:42:36Skeet.

00:42:36John.

00:42:39Such a good

00:42:40guy,

00:42:40him and

00:42:40Wendy.

00:42:42So let's

00:42:42use our

00:42:43thinking caps

00:42:44about what

00:42:44Daniel's

00:42:45telling us

00:42:45in chapter

00:42:468.

00:42:49Daniel had

00:42:50declared

00:42:51the daily

00:42:52was to be

00:42:53taken away

00:42:53and history

00:42:55confirms it

00:42:55was largely

00:42:56removed from

00:42:56the mindfulness

00:42:57of God's

00:42:58people for

00:42:59hundreds of

00:42:59years.

00:43:01So by the

00:43:02time in the

00:43:021840s,

00:43:04nearly all

00:43:05Protestant

00:43:05denominations

00:43:06and people

00:43:06believed that

00:43:07the sanctuary

00:43:08was actually

00:43:09talking about

00:43:10the earth

00:43:10and not a

00:43:11place in

00:43:12heaven.

00:43:14And it

00:43:15was their

00:43:15faulty

00:43:16interpretation

00:43:16about this

00:43:17that produced

00:43:18the bitter

00:43:19experience of

00:43:20the Adventists

00:43:21so vividly

00:43:22portrayed in

00:43:23Revelation

00:43:23chapter 10.

00:43:27And Revelation

00:43:2711 verse 1

00:43:28has revealed

00:43:29to us that

00:43:30the restoration

00:43:31of knowledge

00:43:32of the

00:43:33sanctuary

00:43:33and its

00:43:34services

00:43:35would not

00:43:36come until

00:43:37the passing

00:43:37of October

00:43:3822nd,

00:43:381844.

00:43:40And friends,

00:43:42this is

00:43:43exactly

00:43:44what happened

00:43:46in history.

00:43:48Thus proving

00:43:501844 A.D.

00:43:53is the

00:43:53correct

00:43:54interpretation

00:43:55of the

00:43:562300 days

00:43:57prophecy

00:43:57and that

00:43:58the

00:43:58Tamed

00:43:59is the

00:44:00knowledge

00:44:00of Christ's

00:44:01ministry

00:44:01in the

00:44:02holy place

00:44:02of the

00:44:02heavenly

00:44:03sanctuary

00:44:03and not

00:44:04paganism

00:44:05as Miller

00:44:06believed.

00:44:07Now I'm

00:44:08not putting

00:44:08down

00:44:08Miller.

00:44:10We follow

00:44:10the light

00:44:11that we

00:44:11have.

00:44:15Remember,

00:44:16William Miller

00:44:16also thought

00:44:17that the

00:44:17earth was

00:44:18the sanctuary

00:44:19that was

00:44:19spoken of

00:44:20in Daniel

00:44:208 verse

00:44:2014.

00:44:21He was

00:44:22incorrect,

00:44:23was he not?

00:44:23That's why

00:44:23there was

00:44:24a great

00:44:25disappointment.

00:44:28And what

00:44:29was shown

00:44:30just after

00:44:31the great

00:44:31disappointment

00:44:32to those

00:44:34faithful

00:44:34who had

00:44:35followed

00:44:35this same

00:44:36line of

00:44:36thought about

00:44:37the sanctuary,

00:44:38the sanctuary

00:44:38being earth,

00:44:39something followed

00:44:40immediately after

00:44:41the disappointment.

00:44:43And I'm

00:44:43talking the

00:44:44very next

00:44:45day.

00:44:47Well,

00:44:48they were

00:44:48shown the

00:44:48truth by

00:44:49another

00:44:49farmer.

00:44:51He was a

00:44:51Methodist from

00:44:52Port Gibson,

00:44:53New York.

00:44:54His name

00:44:56was Hiram

00:44:56Edson.

00:44:58He gathered

00:44:59a small

00:44:59group of

00:45:00fellow Adventists

00:45:01together for

00:45:01a prayer

00:45:01meeting in

00:45:02his barn on

00:45:03the morning

00:45:03of October

00:45:0423rd,

00:45:051844.

00:45:07And he

00:45:07came out

00:45:08of this

00:45:08meeting

00:45:08convicted

00:45:09that God

00:45:09would send

00:45:09them light

00:45:10regarding what

00:45:11had happened

00:45:11on October

00:45:1222nd,

00:45:131844.

00:45:13That great

00:45:14disappointment.

00:45:15They thought

00:45:15that Jesus

00:45:16was to come

00:45:16back again

00:45:17and cleanse

00:45:18the sanctuary

00:45:19they thought

00:45:19was the

00:45:19earth.

00:45:23And so,

00:45:23him together

00:45:25with his

00:45:25friend,

00:45:25O.R.L.

00:45:26Crozier,

00:45:27they leave

00:45:28this meeting.

00:45:29They set out

00:45:30across the

00:45:30cornfield on

00:45:31a mission to

00:45:32encourage other

00:45:32Adventist friends

00:45:34who were being

00:45:35ridiculed,

00:45:38who didn't want

00:45:39to show their

00:45:40faces,

00:45:41frankly.

00:45:41They were

00:45:41greatly

00:45:43disappointed.

00:45:46So,

00:45:46here they are.

00:45:47They're not

00:45:47using the road.

00:45:49They're out

00:45:50walking across

00:45:50the cornfield.

00:45:52And as they

00:45:53walked,

00:45:53Edson abruptly

00:45:54halted in

00:45:54front of

00:45:55Crozier and

00:45:55he stood

00:45:55frozen still

00:45:56while he

00:45:56had a

00:45:57special

00:45:58revelation

00:45:58from God.

00:46:01He later

00:46:01described it

00:46:02as having

00:46:03heaven opened

00:46:03before him

00:46:05and distinctly

00:46:06seen Jesus

00:46:06moving into

00:46:08the most

00:46:08holy place

00:46:09of the

00:46:10heavenly

00:46:10sanctuary

00:46:10at the

00:46:11end of

00:46:12the 2300

00:46:12days.

00:46:14And he

00:46:15was also

00:46:16reminded of

00:46:16the experience

00:46:17of John

00:46:18the Revelator

00:46:19there in

00:46:20Revelation

00:46:20chapter 10

00:46:21with regard

00:46:22to the

00:46:22little book

00:46:23and of

00:46:24the angels

00:46:24charge that

00:46:25they should

00:46:26prophesy

00:46:26again.

00:46:32Do you

00:46:32see it all

00:46:33lining up?

00:46:40So,

00:46:41what do we

00:46:42find?

00:46:43What do we

00:46:43find?

00:46:47We find

00:46:48that the

00:46:49prophecy

00:46:49of the

00:46:492300

00:46:52days

00:46:52has at

00:46:53the heart

00:46:53of it

00:46:54the

00:46:54sanctuary

00:46:55message.

00:46:57Which,

00:46:57friends,

00:46:57is the

00:46:58gospel

00:46:58message

00:46:59in

00:46:59symbols.

00:47:01So,

00:47:01Daniel is

00:47:01revealing

00:47:02to us

00:47:02information

00:47:03on how

00:47:03the

00:47:04little

00:47:04horn

00:47:04counterfeited

00:47:06the

00:47:06gospel

00:47:07ministry

00:47:08of

00:47:08Jesus.

00:47:10There

00:47:11are a

00:47:11number

00:47:11of

00:47:12elements

00:47:12in

00:47:13Daniel

00:47:13chapter 8

00:47:14which

00:47:14contribute

00:47:14to its

00:47:15orientation

00:47:16around

00:47:16the

00:47:17sanctuary.

00:47:17And we

00:47:18need to

00:47:19take

00:47:19serious

00:47:20note

00:47:20of

00:47:20these.

00:47:22It's

00:47:23right out

00:47:23in front

00:47:24of our

00:47:24eyes

00:47:25when you

00:47:25read

00:47:25Daniel

00:47:26chapter 8.

00:47:27That's why

00:47:28so many

00:47:28other

00:47:29Christians

00:47:29who don't

00:47:30know a

00:47:30thing

00:47:30about

00:47:30the

00:47:31sanctuary

00:47:31have

00:47:33so

00:47:33many

00:47:33terrible

00:47:37interpretations

00:47:38of what

00:47:38Daniel is

00:47:39trying to

00:47:39tell us.

00:47:41They

00:47:41don't

00:47:42understand

00:47:42the

00:47:42sanctuary.

00:47:44See,

00:47:44that was

00:47:44all part

00:47:45of the

00:47:45Jewish

00:47:45dispensation,

00:47:47right?

00:47:47the

00:47:47Old

00:47:48Testament.

00:47:49We're

00:47:49reading

00:47:50prophecy

00:47:50here,

00:47:51but what

00:47:51does it

00:47:51really

00:47:52mean?

00:47:54Well,

00:47:55we need

00:47:55to take

00:47:55note of

00:47:56it.

00:47:56And I've

00:47:56mentioned

00:47:57it from

00:47:58the beginning

00:47:58of our

00:47:58study in

00:47:59Daniel

00:47:59chapter 8.

00:48:01First,

00:48:02the use

00:48:03of sacrificial

00:48:04animals,

00:48:05the ram

00:48:05and the

00:48:05goat,

00:48:06to symbolize

00:48:07the nations,

00:48:07right,

00:48:08immediately,

00:48:09gives a

00:48:09sanctuary flavor

00:48:10to the vision

00:48:10here in

00:48:11chapter 8.

00:48:12This

00:48:13usage is

00:48:14in contrast

00:48:14with that

00:48:15of the

00:48:15wild beast

00:48:16present in

00:48:17the preceding

00:48:18vision that

00:48:18we find in

00:48:19chapter 7.

00:48:20Second,

00:48:21the reference

00:48:22to the

00:48:22four horns

00:48:23pointing out

00:48:24to the

00:48:24four winds

00:48:25to symbolize

00:48:25the breakup

00:48:26of the

00:48:27second world

00:48:27empire mentioned,

00:48:29that alludes

00:48:29to altar

00:48:31imagery.

00:48:32This

00:48:32reference to

00:48:33four horns

00:48:34would naturally

00:48:34have recalled

00:48:35to the mind

00:48:36of an ancient

00:48:37Israelite

00:48:38imagery drawn

00:48:39from the

00:48:40four horns

00:48:40of the

00:48:40sanctuary

00:48:41altars.

00:48:43Third,

00:48:45the sanctuary

00:48:45is explicitly

00:48:47referred to

00:48:47three times

00:48:48in this

00:48:48prophecy,

00:48:49in verses

00:48:5011,

00:48:50verses 13

00:48:51and 14.

00:48:53Fourth,

00:48:56references

00:48:56to the

00:48:57timid,

00:48:59right,

00:49:00and its

00:49:01use in

00:49:01the context

00:49:01of the

00:49:02sanctuary,

00:49:03that's

00:49:03another

00:49:03indication.

00:49:05Timid,

00:49:05which we

00:49:06know means

00:49:06daily or

00:49:07continual,

00:49:08is a word

00:49:08commonly used

00:49:09in connection

00:49:10with the

00:49:10sanctuary,

00:49:10approximately

00:49:1130 times.

00:49:13In addition

00:49:14to that

00:49:14common

00:49:15connection,

00:49:15the first

00:49:16two references

00:49:16here,

00:49:17verses 11

00:49:17and 12,

00:49:19immediately

00:49:19precede and

00:49:20follow the

00:49:20word for

00:49:21sanctuary.

00:49:23So that

00:49:24juxtaposition

00:49:25emphasizes even

00:49:26more strongly

00:49:26its function

00:49:27here as a

00:49:28sanctuary

00:49:28word.

00:49:30Fifth thing,

00:49:33and I

00:49:34haven't talked

00:49:34about this

00:49:34too much,

00:49:35but the

00:49:36evening

00:49:36morning

00:49:37being used

00:49:39as

00:49:39sanctuary

00:49:39days.

00:49:42The phrase

00:49:43evening

00:49:43morning

00:49:44was not

00:49:45the common

00:49:45way of

00:49:46expressing

00:49:46time in

00:49:47the Old

00:49:47Testament

00:49:47era.

00:49:48It just

00:49:48wasn't.

00:49:50Yet the

00:49:50prophetic

00:49:51time period

00:49:51mentioned

00:49:52here was

00:49:52measured off

00:49:53in evening

00:49:54mornings,

00:49:552,300

00:49:56of them.

00:49:58Since

00:49:58such a

00:49:58time unit

00:49:59is rather

00:50:00unique,

00:50:01it must

00:50:01have been

00:50:02chosen for

00:50:02a special

00:50:03reason,

00:50:04aside from

00:50:04the

00:50:05specifically

00:50:06chronological

00:50:06use of

00:50:07the evening

00:50:08and morning

00:50:08to demarcate

00:50:11the days of

00:50:13creation week

00:50:13in Genesis.

00:50:14The evening

00:50:15and the

00:50:16morning had

00:50:16a special

00:50:17connection

00:50:18with the

00:50:18sanctuary.

00:50:20One might

00:50:21think of

00:50:21the sacrifices

00:50:22of the

00:50:22burnt offering

00:50:23on the

00:50:24altar in

00:50:24the court.

00:50:26However,

00:50:28the connection

00:50:29of these

00:50:29rites with

00:50:30Daniel's

00:50:31evenings and

00:50:31mornings is

00:50:32not so

00:50:33direct.

00:50:35The

00:50:36biblical

00:50:36references

00:50:37to that

00:50:38practice

00:50:38always refer

00:50:39to it as

00:50:40taking place

00:50:40in the

00:50:41morning and

00:50:42the evening.

00:50:43Never the

00:50:44evening and

00:50:45the morning.

00:50:46Did anybody

00:50:47ever catch

00:50:47that in

00:50:48our studies

00:50:49here?

00:50:49I didn't

00:50:50point it

00:50:50out.

00:50:51So did

00:50:51you catch

00:50:52it though?

00:50:54A more

00:50:55direct

00:50:56connection

00:50:56of the

00:50:57evening and

00:50:59the morning

00:51:00with the

00:51:01sanctuary comes

00:51:01from God's

00:51:02instruction

00:51:02given in

00:51:03the wilderness

00:51:04for the

00:51:04lighting of

00:51:05the lamps.

00:51:06For example,

00:51:06in the

00:51:07holy place

00:51:08at the

00:51:08evening,

00:51:09you lit

00:51:10the lamps

00:51:11and in

00:51:11the morning

00:51:11was the

00:51:12trimming

00:51:13of the

00:51:13lamps.

00:51:15And these

00:51:16functions were

00:51:17to take

00:51:17place

00:51:17continually

00:51:18from

00:51:19evening to

00:51:20morning.

00:51:21Read about

00:51:21Exodus 27,

00:51:22Leviticus 24.

00:51:24At the same

00:51:25time, the

00:51:26priest was to

00:51:26burn incense on

00:51:27the golden

00:51:28altar in the

00:51:29holy place.

00:51:29this was

00:51:31also to

00:51:31be a

00:51:32continual

00:51:32or perpetual

00:51:33there's that

00:51:34word,

00:51:35timid.

00:51:37That was a

00:51:37practice that

00:51:38they were

00:51:38doing,

00:51:38Exodus 30.

00:51:40And during

00:51:41the wilderness

00:51:41wanderings,

00:51:42the time to

00:51:42carry out

00:51:43these activities

00:51:43in the

00:51:44sanctuary

00:51:44were marked

00:51:45off precisely

00:51:45by God

00:51:46himself.

00:51:48At

00:51:49evening,

00:51:50remember,

00:51:50the pillar of

00:51:51cloud turned

00:51:52into a

00:51:52pillar of

00:51:53fire.

00:51:53In the

00:51:54morning,

00:51:55the pillar of

00:51:55fire turned

00:51:56into a

00:51:56pillar of

00:51:57cloud.

00:51:57that's

00:51:58numbers 9.

00:52:01This kind

00:52:02of language

00:52:03in the

00:52:04Pentateuch,

00:52:05you know,

00:52:05the first

00:52:05five books

00:52:06of the

00:52:06Bible,

00:52:07sounds very

00:52:07much like

00:52:08the background

00:52:08for these

00:52:09sanctuary days

00:52:11in Daniel 8

00:52:12and verse

00:52:1314.

00:52:17And the

00:52:17sixth thing,

00:52:20the

00:52:20characterization

00:52:20of the

00:52:21two conversing

00:52:23holy ones

00:52:24in Daniel 8

00:52:24and verse

00:52:2513,

00:52:26these angels,

00:52:27this is an

00:52:28uncommon way

00:52:29to refer to

00:52:30angels or

00:52:30heavenly beings

00:52:31in the

00:52:31Old Testament.

00:52:33The rarity

00:52:34of such

00:52:35occurrences,

00:52:36again,

00:52:36emphasizes the

00:52:37probability that

00:52:38the terminology

00:52:39has been

00:52:40selected for

00:52:41special reasons.

00:52:44This is what

00:52:44we find,

00:52:45and we have

00:52:46found this to

00:52:46be true in

00:52:47almost every

00:52:49chapter in

00:52:50the book of

00:52:50Daniel.

00:52:51We find some

00:52:52of these,

00:52:52you can almost

00:52:53say,

00:52:54the use of

00:52:54these languages

00:52:55is almost like

00:52:56an anomaly.

00:52:57Why did he

00:52:58change from

00:52:59what is

00:52:59common?

00:53:00Because he's

00:53:01describing something

00:53:02that is

00:53:03uncommon.

00:53:03It's special,

00:53:04you see.

00:53:08These holy

00:53:09ones discuss

00:53:09the end of

00:53:10a prophecy

00:53:11that deals

00:53:12with the

00:53:12holy place,

00:53:13the sanctuary.

00:53:15In fact,

00:53:17the same

00:53:17Hebrew root

00:53:19has been

00:53:19used here

00:53:19to refer to

00:53:20both the

00:53:20sanctuary

00:53:21and these

00:53:22holy ones.

00:53:24And one

00:53:25thinks about

00:53:26angels in

00:53:27relation to

00:53:28the sanctuary,

00:53:29what do you

00:53:29think of?

00:53:32Specifically,

00:53:33two.

00:53:33There were

00:53:34two holy

00:53:34ones.

00:53:35When you

00:53:35think of

00:53:35the sanctuary,

00:53:36where do you

00:53:36find two

00:53:37angels?

00:53:39There are

00:53:39two in

00:53:40particular who

00:53:41stand out,

00:53:41aren't they?

00:53:43They are the

00:53:43two cherubim

00:53:44who were

00:53:44standing on

00:53:45the Ark of

00:53:46the Covenant

00:53:46and looking

00:53:47down upon

00:53:47its mercy

00:53:48seat,

00:53:48right?

00:53:48And where

00:53:52do you

00:53:52find the

00:53:52law of

00:53:53God?

00:53:54You find

00:53:55it within

00:53:56that,

00:53:57you find

00:54:00the tables

00:54:00of stone

00:54:01within that

00:54:01Ark of

00:54:02the Covenant

00:54:02that has

00:54:03the lid

00:54:03on it

00:54:03with the

00:54:04two angels

00:54:04looking down

00:54:05at it.

00:54:06And here

00:54:06in Daniel

00:54:068,

00:54:08the two

00:54:08angels are

00:54:09talking about

00:54:09what?

00:54:11When the

00:54:12judgment

00:54:12process

00:54:13begins.

00:54:15Where is

00:54:15the judgment

00:54:15taking place

00:54:17in the

00:54:17sanctuary?

00:54:18the most

00:54:19holy place?

00:54:22Are you

00:54:22starting to

00:54:23put it

00:54:23together,

00:54:24friends?

00:54:27But this

00:54:28is the

00:54:28kind of

00:54:29imagery that

00:54:30is brought

00:54:30to mind

00:54:31by the

00:54:31reference to

00:54:32the two

00:54:32holy ones

00:54:32there in

00:54:33Daniel 8,

00:54:34verse 13.

00:54:36It's

00:54:36remarkable.

00:54:38So these

00:54:38two holy

00:54:39ones,

00:54:40they're

00:54:40talking about

00:54:41when does

00:54:42the judgment

00:54:42begin?

00:54:44After

00:54:452,300

00:54:46days,

00:54:47then shall

00:54:47this

00:54:48sanctuary

00:54:48be

00:54:49cleansed?

00:54:56In

00:54:57summary,

00:54:58those six

00:54:59points,

00:55:00the use

00:55:01of sacrificial

00:55:02animals for

00:55:04symbols here,

00:55:05the reference

00:55:07to four

00:55:07horns,

00:55:08the mention

00:55:09of Tamed

00:55:10and sanctuary,

00:55:11the use

00:55:11of evening

00:55:12mornings as

00:55:13a time

00:55:13unit,

00:55:14the references

00:55:15to the

00:55:15two holy

00:55:16ones,

00:55:16all stress

00:55:17the connection

00:55:17of this

00:55:18prophecy with

00:55:18the heavenly

00:55:19sanctuary.

00:55:23I've got

00:55:24another quote

00:55:24from Farrell

00:55:25in his book

00:55:25of Daniel,

00:55:26page 101.

00:55:28Notice what

00:55:29Farrell says.

00:55:32He says,

00:55:32quote,

00:55:33We have

00:55:33earlier found

00:55:35that several

00:55:35key words

00:55:36in Daniel 8,

00:55:38verses 10

00:55:39through 13,

00:55:40are Hebrew

00:55:40words repeatedly

00:55:41used elsewhere

00:55:42in connection

00:55:43with the

00:55:44earthly

00:55:44sanctuary.

00:55:45Place,

00:55:46Hebrew word

00:55:47makan,

00:55:48sanctuary,

00:55:49two different

00:55:49words,

00:55:50mikdos and

00:55:51kodes,

00:55:51and we'll get

00:55:52to that in a

00:55:52moment,

00:55:53host,

00:55:53sabah,

00:55:55taken away,

00:55:56hurain,

00:55:57and daily,

00:55:58Tamed.

00:55:59All five

00:56:00verses,

00:56:01Daniel 8,

00:56:0110 through 14,

00:56:02are not only

00:56:03about the

00:56:03little horn,

00:56:04but also the

00:56:06sanctuary.

00:56:08End quote.

00:56:08Now,

00:56:12there is an

00:56:15enigma

00:56:15between these

00:56:17two verses

00:56:17that has

00:56:18perplexed

00:56:19many a

00:56:20Protestant

00:56:20scholar.

00:56:22In Daniel 8

00:56:23and verse 13,

00:56:24we have three

00:56:25noun phrases.

00:56:28We have

00:56:28the daily,

00:56:30the transgression

00:56:31of desolation,

00:56:32and both the

00:56:33sanctuary and

00:56:33the host.

00:56:36Notice that

00:56:37the last two

00:56:37are linked

00:56:38together,

00:56:38verse 1,

00:56:39to get both

00:56:39the sanctuary

00:56:40and the host

00:56:41to be trodden

00:56:41underfoot.

00:56:43We have,

00:56:44then,

00:56:44three elements

00:56:45that are to

00:56:45be understood

00:56:46at the end

00:56:47of the vision,

00:56:48which we know

00:56:49to be October

00:56:5022,

00:56:501844,

00:56:51right?

00:56:52However,

00:56:54and here is

00:56:54the supposed

00:56:55enigma.

00:57:00Daniel 8,

00:57:01verse 14,

00:57:02being the

00:57:03response to

00:57:03the question

00:57:04in verse 13,

00:57:06involving

00:57:06those three

00:57:08elements to

00:57:08be understood

00:57:09when the

00:57:09vision ends,

00:57:11supplies only

00:57:12one answer,

00:57:14which is not

00:57:15specific to

00:57:16those three

00:57:17terms,

00:57:18but more

00:57:19comprehensive.

00:57:23Notice that

00:57:24the answer

00:57:24is in context

00:57:27of the

00:57:27sanctuary.

00:57:28and this

00:57:29is why,

00:57:30and this

00:57:30is my

00:57:31opinion,

00:57:32but this

00:57:33is why

00:57:33these scholars

00:57:33have such

00:57:34a hard time

00:57:35as most

00:57:35believe that

00:57:35the actual

00:57:36sanctuary

00:57:36doesn't apply

00:57:37to any

00:57:38of these

00:57:38prophecies.

00:57:41Verse 14,

00:57:42what's it say?

00:57:43And he

00:57:45said unto me

00:57:45unto 2,300

00:57:47days,

00:57:47then shall

00:57:48the sanctuary

00:57:49be cleansed,

00:57:50the Hebrew

00:57:50word mitzak,

00:57:51which I

00:57:52mentioned a

00:57:52moment ago.

00:57:54How does

00:57:56this answer

00:57:57in verse 14

00:57:58help us

00:58:01understand those

00:58:02three terms?

00:58:04You grab

00:58:05the average

00:58:06Christian,

00:58:07you read

00:58:07Daniel 8,

00:58:0813 and 14,

00:58:10and ask them,

00:58:11what does that

00:58:11mean?

00:58:12And they'll

00:58:12say,

00:58:12I have no

00:58:13idea.

00:58:15How does

00:58:16verse 14

00:58:17answer verse

00:58:1713?

00:58:19I don't

00:58:20know.

00:58:22Now,

00:58:24Protestant

00:58:24ministers and

00:58:25scholars come

00:58:25up with all

00:58:26kinds of

00:58:26theories because

00:58:27they don't

00:58:27believe the

00:58:28Old Testament

00:58:29has any

00:58:29relevance for

00:58:30us today.

00:58:31Not really.

00:58:33So they

00:58:34don't study it

00:58:35much at all,

00:58:35you see.

00:58:37You tell

00:58:38me,

00:58:38what Protestant

00:58:39denomination on

00:58:40this earth

00:58:40teaches anything

00:58:41about the

00:58:42Old Testament

00:58:42sanctuary and

00:58:43its services.

00:58:46How many?

00:58:49I only

00:58:49find one.

00:58:52In fact,

00:58:52there's only

00:58:53one body of

00:58:53faith that

00:58:54does so,

00:58:54and it is

00:58:54the Seventh-day

00:58:55Adventist.

00:58:58Why is

00:58:59that?

00:59:00Go clear

00:59:01back.

00:59:02Remember

00:59:03a guy I

00:59:03just mentioned?

00:59:04Iron

00:59:04Edson?

00:59:06O.R.L.

00:59:07Crozier?

00:59:07The three

00:59:12terms or

00:59:13elements are

00:59:14to be

00:59:14comprehended in

00:59:15and through

00:59:16an understanding

00:59:17of the

00:59:18sanctuary.

00:59:20And I

00:59:21think here

00:59:21is where

00:59:21the beauty

00:59:22of the

00:59:22Hebrew

00:59:22language

00:59:23comes into

00:59:23play.

00:59:25We'll

00:59:25start with

00:59:26the action

00:59:27promised in

00:59:28the answer

00:59:28of verse

00:59:2914.

00:59:29Then

00:59:32shall the

00:59:32sanctuary

00:59:33be

00:59:34cleansed.

00:59:37Now,

00:59:38I hope

00:59:39I don't

00:59:40get too

00:59:40far in

00:59:40the weeds

00:59:41here.

00:59:43But the

00:59:43Hebrew word

00:59:44for cleansed,

00:59:45nitsadach,

00:59:46it contains

00:59:47three basic

00:59:48English meanings,

00:59:50all related

00:59:50to the root

00:59:51word

00:59:51sadach.

00:59:53That's the

00:59:53root word

00:59:54sadach.

00:59:55The various

00:59:55stem and

00:59:57verb forms

00:59:58of sadach

00:59:59have three

00:59:59basic

01:00:00meanings.

01:00:01So it

01:00:01could be

01:00:02mean as

01:00:02in translation,

01:00:03see,

01:00:04that's why

01:00:04the English

01:00:05can be

01:00:06terrible and

01:00:07it can cause

01:00:08a lot of

01:00:08confusion.

01:00:10It can

01:00:10mean,

01:00:11first of

01:00:11all,

01:00:11to put

01:00:12right or

01:00:12to restore.

01:00:14It can

01:00:15mean to

01:00:16cleanse.

01:00:18Or it

01:00:18can mean

01:00:19to vindicate.

01:00:23And so

01:00:23the daily,

01:00:25the first

01:00:26of those

01:00:26noun phrases

01:00:27included in

01:00:28the question

01:00:28of Daniel 8,

01:00:29verse 12,

01:00:30it has to

01:00:30be either

01:00:31one,

01:00:31restored or

01:00:32put right

01:00:33since 1844,

01:00:35it has to

01:00:36mean cleansed

01:00:37since 1844,

01:00:39or it has

01:00:39to mean

01:00:40vindicated

01:00:41since 1844.

01:00:44Was

01:00:45the sanctuary

01:00:47and the work

01:00:47of Christ's

01:00:48priestly ministry

01:00:49restored or

01:00:51set right

01:00:51before the

01:00:52inhabitants of

01:00:53the earth

01:00:53after the

01:00:54passing of

01:00:55October 22,

01:00:56second 1844?

01:00:59Yes.

01:01:00Knowledge and

01:01:01understanding of

01:01:02Christ's

01:01:03continual heavenly

01:01:04mediation was

01:01:05reestablished or

01:01:07restored to

01:01:09believers after

01:01:09that time with

01:01:10the message about

01:01:11the day of

01:01:12atonement,

01:01:13the judgment.

01:01:14Remember,

01:01:15Hiram Edson,

01:01:16the vision in

01:01:17the cornfield.

01:01:18That led

01:01:19Adventists to

01:01:20study deeply

01:01:21what?

01:01:23The sanctuary

01:01:24and its

01:01:24services.

01:01:26Why did they

01:01:27need to do

01:01:27that?

01:01:28Because

01:01:29Christendom

01:01:29hadn't been

01:01:30taught it.

01:01:32Why?

01:01:33Because the

01:01:34little horn

01:01:35had trampled

01:01:35it down.

01:01:37Are you

01:01:37starting to

01:01:38see it?

01:01:41The second

01:01:42noun phrase

01:01:43in the

01:01:44question to

01:01:45be understood

01:01:46of Daniel

01:01:468 and

01:01:47verse 13

01:01:48is

01:01:49transgression

01:01:50of

01:01:50desolation.

01:01:52Like I

01:01:53said before,

01:01:54transgression

01:01:54is from the

01:01:55Hebrew word

01:01:55Pesah.

01:01:57The

01:01:57transgression

01:01:58Pesah is

01:01:59directly connected

01:02:00with God's

01:02:00people as we

01:02:01read in

01:02:01Daniel 9

01:02:02and verse

01:02:0324.

01:02:04Look at

01:02:04it.

01:02:05Daniel 9

01:02:06verse 24.

01:02:06Let's read

01:02:07it.

01:02:08It says,

01:02:09Seventy

01:02:09weeks are

01:02:10determined

01:02:10upon thy

01:02:11people and

01:02:11upon thy

01:02:12holy city

01:02:13to finish

01:02:14the

01:02:14transgression

01:02:15Pesah

01:02:16rebellion.

01:02:18Right?

01:02:19Revolt.

01:02:20To finish

01:02:21the

01:02:21transgression

01:02:22to make

01:02:22an end

01:02:23of sins

01:02:24and to

01:02:25make

01:02:26reconciliation

01:02:26for iniquity

01:02:27and to

01:02:28bring in

01:02:28everlasting

01:02:29righteousness

01:02:29and to

01:02:31seal up

01:02:31the vision

01:02:32and prophecy

01:02:32and to

01:02:33anoint

01:02:33the most

01:02:34holy.

01:02:37The

01:02:38connection

01:02:40between

01:02:42transgression

01:02:43and God's

01:02:44faithful will

01:02:45be confirmed

01:02:45again in

01:02:46Leviticus 16.

01:02:47We're talking

01:02:47about the

01:02:47day of

01:02:48atonement.

01:02:48Right?

01:02:49Leviticus 16.

01:02:51But this

01:02:51side of the

01:02:52second coming,

01:02:53the only

01:02:54thing that

01:02:54needs to

01:02:54be cleansed

01:02:55in the

01:02:55heavenly

01:02:55sanctuary

01:02:56on the

01:02:57day of

01:02:57atonement

01:02:58is the

01:02:59confessed

01:02:59sins

01:03:00and

01:03:00transgression

01:03:00of God's

01:03:02people that

01:03:02have gone

01:03:03beforehand

01:03:03to the

01:03:04judgment.

01:03:06As we

01:03:06read in

01:03:071 Timothy 5

01:03:07and verse

01:03:0824,

01:03:09some men's

01:03:10sins are

01:03:10open

01:03:11beforehand,

01:03:12going

01:03:12before to

01:03:12judgment,

01:03:13and some

01:03:13men they

01:03:14follow

01:03:14after.

01:03:18And so,

01:03:19let's now

01:03:20apply the

01:03:21same three

01:03:22verbs to

01:03:23the sin

01:03:23interpretation

01:03:24of

01:03:25transgression

01:03:26and desolation

01:03:27to see if it will

01:03:27stand the test

01:03:28of investigation

01:03:29here.

01:03:29was the

01:03:34transgression

01:03:35of desolation

01:03:36to be

01:03:37restored,

01:03:38cleansed,

01:03:38or vindicated?

01:03:41Indeed,

01:03:42transgression

01:03:43or sin will

01:03:44be cleansed

01:03:44forever from

01:03:45the heavenly

01:03:45sanctuary and

01:03:46from heaven's

01:03:47books of

01:03:48record of

01:03:49God's people.

01:03:51Let's look

01:03:52at the

01:03:52noun phrase,

01:03:54both the

01:03:55sanctuary and

01:03:56the host.

01:03:59Were God's

01:04:00people and

01:04:01the heavenly

01:04:02sanctuary to

01:04:03be restored,

01:04:04cleansed,

01:04:04or vindicated

01:04:05since 1844?

01:04:08Absolutely,

01:04:08there's no

01:04:09enigma for

01:04:10those who

01:04:10understand the

01:04:11role of the

01:04:12sanctuary services

01:04:13in the

01:04:13prophecies.

01:04:14Chapter 8

01:04:16is,

01:04:17above all,

01:04:18a prophecy

01:04:19about the

01:04:19sanctuary and

01:04:20the relationship

01:04:21to it of

01:04:23two powers,

01:04:24the prince

01:04:24and the

01:04:25little horn.

01:04:26I mean,

01:04:27we are in a

01:04:27great controversy

01:04:28between two.

01:04:29Aren't we?

01:04:30Between Christ

01:04:31and Satan,

01:04:32right?

01:04:33Are we not?

01:04:34Isn't that what

01:04:34the great controversy

01:04:35is about?

01:04:38That's why

01:04:38there's only

01:04:39two churches.

01:04:40That's why

01:04:40there's only

01:04:41two spirits

01:04:41in the world.

01:04:45Speaking about

01:04:46the prince,

01:04:48Daniel's prophecy

01:04:49indicates that

01:04:51the prince of

01:04:51the host is

01:04:55not only a

01:04:55royal, but

01:04:57also a

01:04:57priestly figure.

01:04:58It draws

01:04:59attention to

01:05:00the prince's

01:05:00intercession

01:05:01in behalf

01:05:01of his

01:05:01people in

01:05:02the holy

01:05:02place of

01:05:03the heavenly

01:05:03sanctuary.

01:05:05And as

01:05:05we have

01:05:05seen,

01:05:07the

01:05:07tamed,

01:05:08the daily,

01:05:09was used

01:05:09with reference

01:05:10to the

01:05:10priestly

01:05:11activities

01:05:11performed in

01:05:12the court

01:05:13and in the

01:05:14holy place

01:05:14of the

01:05:15sanctuary.

01:05:16We learned

01:05:16earlier in

01:05:17previous studies

01:05:17that tamed

01:05:18is never

01:05:19used,

01:05:19the daily is

01:05:20never used

01:05:20with reference

01:05:21to an

01:05:21activity

01:05:21performed in

01:05:23the most

01:05:23holy place.

01:05:24it is this

01:05:26tamed

01:05:26ministry that

01:05:27the horn

01:05:27attempts to

01:05:28and succeeds

01:05:29in interrupting.

01:05:32And since

01:05:32the tamed

01:05:32refers only to

01:05:33the prince's

01:05:34first apartment

01:05:35ministry,

01:05:36the question

01:05:38that comes up

01:05:38is,

01:05:40I'm sure it's

01:05:41come up to

01:05:41you,

01:05:42especially after

01:05:42you read

01:05:43verse 14,

01:05:43what about

01:05:46the priestly

01:05:47work of the

01:05:47most holy

01:05:48place?

01:05:50Does the

01:05:51little horn

01:05:51affect the

01:05:52annual purification

01:05:54of the

01:05:54sanctuary as

01:05:55well?

01:05:58Daniel 8,

01:05:5914 answers

01:06:00the question.

01:06:02The expression,

01:06:04the tamed,

01:06:05the daily,

01:06:06used in

01:06:06prophecy points

01:06:07to the

01:06:08priestly

01:06:08activity of

01:06:09the prince

01:06:10in the

01:06:11holy place

01:06:11of the

01:06:12heavenly

01:06:12sanctuary.

01:06:13Since the

01:06:14sanctuary is

01:06:15the conceptual

01:06:17framework of

01:06:20the prophecy,

01:06:22it would be

01:06:23logical to

01:06:24have a

01:06:24reference also

01:06:25to his

01:06:26priestly

01:06:26activity in

01:06:28the most

01:06:28holy place,

01:06:29wouldn't it?

01:06:31Now,

01:06:33the Hebrew

01:06:36word

01:06:37nizdach,

01:06:38verse 14,

01:06:39which we

01:06:40touched on

01:06:40a moment

01:06:41ago,

01:06:41actually

01:06:43provides

01:06:43that

01:06:44reference.

01:06:46The

01:06:47day of

01:06:47atonement

01:06:47activity

01:06:48was the

01:06:50only day

01:06:51when the

01:06:51sanctuary

01:06:52was purified,

01:06:53was vindicated,

01:06:55was cleansed.

01:06:56let me share

01:07:00this as we

01:07:02kind of wrap

01:07:02this up

01:07:03here.

01:07:04This is

01:07:04from,

01:07:05again,

01:07:05Farrell's

01:07:06book,

01:07:07the book

01:07:07of Daniel,

01:07:08pages 88,

01:07:08page 103.

01:07:11Quote,

01:07:12it is also

01:07:12significant,

01:07:13pay attention

01:07:13to this,

01:07:14this is

01:07:14remarkable and

01:07:15just wonderful,

01:07:17instead of

01:07:17using the

01:07:18word

01:07:18mikdos,

01:07:19which means

01:07:19sanctuary,

01:07:20which is found

01:07:22in Daniel 8,

01:07:22verse 11,

01:07:23a different

01:07:24word,

01:07:26kodes,

01:07:27also translated

01:07:28as sanctuary,

01:07:30is used

01:07:30in Daniel 8,

01:07:31verses 13

01:07:32and 14.

01:07:33This was

01:07:34purposely done

01:07:35to direct

01:07:36our attention

01:07:37to Leviticus 16,

01:07:39the day of

01:07:40atonement,

01:07:41which is the

01:07:41magnificent

01:07:42heart of

01:07:44the Daniel 8,

01:07:46verse 14

01:07:47message.

01:07:48Notice what

01:07:49Farrell says

01:07:50here.

01:07:52He says,

01:07:53kodes,

01:07:54that word

01:07:55for sanctuary,

01:07:57kodes is

01:07:58the only

01:07:59word

01:08:00used for

01:08:01sanctuary

01:08:01in the

01:08:03day of

01:08:03atonement

01:08:04service.

01:08:06Could it

01:08:07be more

01:08:07obvious to

01:08:08us?

01:08:11He says,

01:08:12the emphasis

01:08:12in Daniel 8,

01:08:13verse 14,

01:08:14is on the

01:08:14second apartment

01:08:15cleansing.

01:08:17The kodes,

01:08:18sanctuary,

01:08:18in the question,

01:08:19Daniel 8,

01:08:2013,

01:08:20helps connect

01:08:22the question

01:08:22to the

01:08:23reply.

01:08:25The question

01:08:25is asked,

01:08:26how long

01:08:27shall the

01:08:28sanctuary and

01:08:29the host be

01:08:30trodden underfoot?

01:08:32Throughout the

01:08:32dark ages,

01:08:33the papacy had

01:08:34systematically used

01:08:37every possible

01:08:38device and

01:08:39threat to

01:08:39blot Christ's

01:08:40mediation from

01:08:41the minds of

01:08:42men.

01:08:43The place of the

01:08:44sanctuary was

01:08:44cast down,

01:08:45Daniel 8,

01:08:46verse 11.

01:08:46The pope's

01:08:47throne and

01:08:48the confessional

01:08:49and masses

01:08:50of his

01:08:50priests were

01:08:51substituted for

01:08:53the sanctuary

01:08:53in heaven.

01:08:55The sanctuary

01:08:55was trodden

01:08:56underfoot,

01:08:57Daniel 8,

01:08:5713.

01:08:58The intercession

01:09:00of Christ for

01:09:00mankind was

01:09:01despised and

01:09:02made a thing

01:09:03of naught.

01:09:04You had to go

01:09:05to a priest

01:09:05for confession,

01:09:06right?

01:09:08Daniel well

01:09:10understood the

01:09:11sanctuary service.

01:09:12The question

01:09:13was not how

01:09:13long will the

01:09:14first department

01:09:15ministry continue,

01:09:17but add to

01:09:18Matei,

01:09:19Hebrew,

01:09:20what happens

01:09:21when that

01:09:21ministry ends?

01:09:23The answer

01:09:24was that the

01:09:25anti-typical

01:09:26Nisdak,

01:09:27translated cleansing,

01:09:29in the King

01:09:30James Version,

01:09:31would begin,

01:09:32end quote.

01:09:36So we've got

01:09:37to pay attention

01:09:37to why words

01:09:38have been changed,

01:09:40why one word

01:09:40is used very

01:09:41frequently and

01:09:43all of a sudden

01:09:43another word is

01:09:44used.

01:09:44when we get

01:09:45down to

01:09:45certain elements

01:09:46in the

01:09:47prophecy.

01:09:48And here we

01:09:48find one.

01:09:50Daniel was

01:09:51tying verse

01:09:5313 and 14

01:09:54together.

01:09:56How would

01:09:57you know that

01:09:58if you didn't

01:09:58study the

01:09:59sanctuary and

01:09:59its services,

01:10:01like the vast

01:10:02majority of

01:10:02millions of

01:10:03Christians today?

01:10:07You ask

01:10:07them the

01:10:08question in

01:10:09verse 13,

01:10:10you tell them

01:10:11what the answer

01:10:11is in verse

01:10:1214,

01:10:12you say,

01:10:12what does that

01:10:13mean?

01:10:13They don't

01:10:13have a clue.

01:10:14But God

01:10:16has revealed

01:10:16it to us.

01:10:17And He's

01:10:18revealed it

01:10:18to us

01:10:19to reveal

01:10:19to the

01:10:20world.

01:10:27Here's a

01:10:28quote I'll

01:10:28end with

01:10:29from Hikes

01:10:30in the

01:10:31Daily

01:10:32Sourcebook,

01:10:38page 139.

01:10:39He says,

01:10:41quote,

01:10:41in regard to

01:10:43the word

01:10:43sanctuary in

01:10:44Daniel 8,

01:10:45the shift

01:10:46from

01:10:46mikdos in

01:10:47verses 11

01:10:48and 12

01:10:48to kodes in

01:10:49verses 13

01:10:50and 14

01:10:50of Daniel 8

01:10:51comes about

01:10:52because kodes

01:10:53is the key

01:10:54term used

01:10:55in Leviticus

01:10:5516,

01:10:56verses 16,

01:10:5719,

01:10:57and 30

01:10:58relative to

01:10:59the cleansing

01:11:00of the

01:11:01sanctuary on

01:11:01the day of

01:11:02atonement.

01:11:03In other

01:11:04words,

01:11:04notice what

01:11:05he says

01:11:05here.

01:11:06When the

01:11:07context

01:11:08regarding

01:11:08the

01:11:08sanctuary

01:11:09deals

01:11:10with

01:11:11cleansing,

01:11:14kodes

01:11:14is

01:11:15always

01:11:16used.

01:11:18The

01:11:19reader

01:11:19will also

01:11:20find that

01:11:21kodes is

01:11:21another

01:11:22terminological

01:11:23link between

01:11:24itself and

01:11:25Leviticus

01:11:2516,

01:11:26as kodes

01:11:27is used

01:11:28no less

01:11:28than seven

01:11:29times in

01:11:30Leviticus

01:11:3016 to

01:11:31designate

01:11:32the most

01:11:33holy

01:11:34place.

01:11:36End

01:11:37Quote.

01:11:41Daniel 8

01:11:42and verse

01:11:4514

01:11:46constitutes

01:11:47the

01:11:48climax

01:11:49of the

01:11:50vision

01:11:50and

01:11:52immediately

01:11:53precedes

01:11:53explanation.

01:11:56And there

01:11:57are several

01:11:57key

01:11:58considerations

01:11:59which must

01:12:00be taken

01:12:01into account

01:12:01as we

01:12:02analyze

01:12:02this

01:12:04very

01:12:05important

01:12:05all

01:12:05important

01:12:06verse,

01:12:07verse 14.

01:12:08And we're

01:12:08going to

01:12:08begin that

01:12:09in our

01:12:09next study.

01:12:10Let's bow

01:12:10our heads

01:12:11and have

01:12:11a word of

01:12:11prayer.

01:12:11Father,

01:12:12we thank

01:12:12you so

01:12:12much

01:12:13for your

01:12:15guidance

01:12:17through your

01:12:18word.

01:12:19We praise

01:12:20your holy

01:12:20name

01:12:21that you

01:12:23are making

01:12:24it clearer

01:12:25and clearer

01:12:25to each

01:12:27and every

01:12:27one of us

01:12:28as we

01:12:29delve

01:12:30into these

01:12:31prophecies

01:12:32for our

01:12:34day,

01:12:35the time

01:12:35of the

01:12:35end.

01:12:37And I

01:12:37pray that

01:12:37you continue

01:12:38to be with

01:12:39each and

01:12:39every one

01:12:39of us

01:12:40as we

01:12:41continue to

01:12:41open your

01:12:42word and

01:12:43read and

01:12:44study.

01:12:46Draw us

01:12:47closer to

01:12:47thee,

01:12:48to the

01:12:48truth.

01:12:49Help us

01:12:49to share

01:12:51it in

01:12:51some way.

01:12:53Share

01:12:53Jesus

01:12:54in some

01:12:54way with

01:12:55all those

01:12:55around us.

01:12:57Protect us

01:12:58from the

01:12:58evil one

01:12:59so we

01:13:00may be

01:13:00found

01:13:01faithful

01:13:01when Jesus

01:13:02comes.

01:13:02I pray

01:13:02in his

01:13:03blessed

01:13:03name

01:13:04for you

01:13:04so

01:13:04well.

01:13:05Amen

01:13:06and

01:13:07amen.

01:13:08Well,

01:13:08friends,

01:13:08I want to

01:13:09thank you

01:13:09for joining

01:13:10me.

01:13:10I encourage

01:13:11you to

01:13:11keep

01:13:11looking up.

01:13:12Never

01:13:13doubt

01:13:14the love

01:13:14of Jesus

01:13:15for you.

01:13:16Just don't

01:13:16do it.

01:13:17Just,

01:13:18here's what

01:13:18you do.

01:13:19You just

01:13:19don't go

01:13:20there.

01:13:22Just don't

01:13:22go there.

01:13:23Somebody

01:13:24brings up

01:13:24a doubt

01:13:25about the

01:13:25Bible,

01:13:25you just

01:13:26don't

01:13:26go there.

01:13:28Trust

01:13:28it.

01:13:29Trust

01:13:30him.

01:13:30You'll

01:13:30find that

01:13:31he is

01:13:32the only

01:13:33thing you

01:13:33can trust

01:13:34100%

01:13:34for all

01:13:35time.

01:13:36You can

01:13:37test that

01:13:37out,

01:13:38by the

01:13:38way.

01:13:40Keep

01:13:40looking up.

01:13:41We'll see

01:13:41you next

01:13:42time we

01:13:42get together.

01:13:43God bless

01:13:43each and

01:13:43every one

01:13:44of you.

01:13:44Take

01:13:44care now.

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