The Time of the End Message 23-10: "The Desolater" Episode 10

Pastor Joel Laswell

A Bible study of the book of Daniel, chapter 8.

Transcript

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

00:00:16We're getting back into Daniel chapter 8, learning some wonderful, wonderful truths as

00:00:23we dig through the scriptures and it's just going to get better and better and better

00:00:26and we're going to see more and more and more the times that we're living in, not just

00:00:31what has happened in the past, but this is all leading up to something that's going to

00:00:37happen in our day, our time, our day, the time of the end.

00:00:41That's why I named this complete prophecy series, The Time of the End.

00:00:48And before we get into episode 10 here, in the study of Daniel 8, which I have entitled

00:00:56The Desolator, I hope you're seeing how the little horn, that bold pretender has evolved

00:01:03into the desolator, I hope you're seeing that, the desolator of the ministry of Jesus and

00:01:12so on.

00:01:14I hope you're seeing it.

00:01:14But before we get back into it, we want to ask the Lord to bless us here as we open His

00:01:20Holy Word.

00:01:21And so I invite you to kneel if possible, if not, let's bow our hearts and our heads together

00:01:27here as we seek the Lord in prayer.

00:01:31Father in heaven, we do thank Thee for this Holy Sabbath day that we can come apart and

00:01:36rest and gain a, not just a physical rest, but a spiritual rest with the battles against

00:01:43the darkness that we've had in the past week.

00:01:49Father, we thank You so much that You are our Father, that You love us so much that You

00:01:54sent Your Son here to save us from the evil one and from ourselves.

00:02:00A lot of times we are our own worst enemy.

00:02:04Father, we thank You for Jesus.

00:02:05We ask for the Holy Spirit, which we praise Your name for, to come into our hearts and minds

00:02:10and cleanse us from all our unrighteousness and develop within us a love for the truth,

00:02:17a love for You, deeper than we've ever had before, and a love for each other, other human

00:02:23beings, that we may see them as Jesus sees us.

00:02:29Father, forgive us our sins.

00:02:31Help us to overcome them.

00:02:33Bring glory to Thy name.

00:02:35Father, I pray for those who couldn't be with us.

00:02:37Please be very near to those suffering.

00:02:39You know our prayer lists.

00:02:42We pray that You bless each and every one of them.

00:02:45And those who are meeting on this day, a Sabbath day, that You created to be with us, that You

00:02:50will give us that special blessing in all those who are worshiping Thee on this day.

00:02:55Father, I pray especially for our families and our children, our grandchildren.

00:03:00You give us a way into their intellect in some way that they may open their eyes and come

00:03:06to know Thee, the true God, and not just our family, our neighbors, and our friends.

00:03:12Father, please be with me this morning as I open Your Word.

00:03:16Give me the words to speak.

00:03:18May they be the truth always and not opinion.

00:03:22May hearts be prepared for it.

00:03:25I ask these favors in the name of Jesus, who is so worthy.

00:03:28Amen and amen.

00:03:32We are in, as I said, episode 10 of the Desolator series, the study of Daniel 8.

00:03:41And in our last study, part 9, or episode 9, we learned some things from Daniel 8, verse 13.

00:03:51And I want to kind of, as quickly as I can, refresh your memories over that.

00:03:55Let's get into it, because it helps us roll right back into our study of new things here.

00:04:01And so, Daniel 8, 13.

00:04:03Here are some things that we learned.

00:04:04We learned that Daniel hears voices speaking, right, about the vision.

00:04:09And he sees, what does he see?

00:04:11He sees two holy ones, right?

00:04:17And they're conversing.

00:04:18He hears them, he sees them, sees them.

00:04:21We learned that there were three persons present.

00:04:24Who were those persons?

00:04:26Well, Jesus, who was called the Palmoni, addressed as Palmoni, meaning wonderful numberer.

00:04:35And that is a key here, right, as we learned.

00:04:40Jesus is there.

00:04:41The angel Gabriel, we learned, is there.

00:04:44And, of course, Daniel, the prophet.

00:04:46We learned that Gabriel was asking Jesus, Palmoni, the wonderful numberer, a question about the vision.

00:04:53And the question is one that Daniel wanted an answer to.

00:04:57He had questions.

00:04:58So, Gabriel, what he did was, he asked the question that Daniel wanted an answer to, to Jesus.

00:05:03And he was asking it for Daniel's benefit.

00:05:06And he asked, how long shall be the vision?

00:05:09But we learned that it's better rendered, until when shall be the vision?

00:05:15We learned that the question is actually asking for the termination point.

00:05:20The main point of the question is not how long will the time span be, but when will the time span end?

00:05:30That's the main thrust of the question.

00:05:32The emphasis is not on its beginning, nor its duration, really, but on its termination.

00:05:37We learned that Jesus turned and he addressed Daniel directly with the answer to the question that Gabriel asked.

00:05:43And the answer given to Daniel in verse 14 is the end point of the prophecy.

00:05:50We learned that when Gabriel asks the question, until when shall be the vision, that word there for vision was Kazan,

00:05:58he's not merely referring to the portion of the vision that describes the work of the little horn,

00:06:03but rather to the total vision, which began in Daniel 8, verse 1.

00:06:08And that's very important, you see, because that proves that we must apply the year-day principle to the 2300 days.

00:06:17That's one proof of that.

00:06:20Of course, there's more.

00:06:23We learned that evening morning, described there, is a sanctuary day of 24 hours.

00:06:30Again, very, very important.

00:06:32We learned that one part of the heavenly sanctuary, the court, is actually on earth.

00:06:41And the church of God is the only sacred place on earth and is, therefore, the court of the sanctuary.

00:06:47That sanctuary that's in heaven, the court is the earth.

00:06:51We learned also, and this is all from Daniel 8, verse 13.

00:06:55We also learned that John the Revelator declares that the court or holy city would be under the dominion of the Gentiles for 42 months,

00:07:05which comes to 1260 years, actually, in the day-year principle, in prophecy.

00:07:12And this is the exact time that the papacy was to trample underfoot the sanctuary of God and the saints of God.

00:07:23We call it the Dark Ages.

00:07:26Remarkable how God's prophecy lines right up perfectly with history, isn't it?

00:07:31Are you discovering that?

00:07:33I hope that you are.

00:07:36We learn that these expressions in Daniel 8, verse 13 are figurative, according to Hebrews 10, verse 29,

00:07:44which speaks of treading underfoot the Son of God.

00:07:48That's what Hebrews says.

00:07:49So, in the same sense that the Son of God is trodden underfoot,

00:07:54we learn that the Pope has trodden underfoot the heavenly sanctuary

00:07:59by calling his own sanctuary, or temple, you could say, the temple of God.

00:08:06And the Pope has, by turning away the worship of man from the temple of God in heaven to his own sanctuary,

00:08:12he's done this, he's trampled it underfoot,

00:08:14and by turning away the worship of man from the temple of God in heaven to his own sanctuary,

00:08:22by elevating himself above all that is called God,

00:08:25and by assuming to be the head of the church.

00:08:34But the Bible tells us that Jesus is the head of the church.

00:08:41And these are just the ways we've learned from our past study

00:08:45how the Pope has trodden underfoot the sanctuary in heaven and God and his people.

00:08:54We also learn that God's people cannot be separated from the sanctuary of God.

00:09:01So, what is done in and to the sanctuary affects God's people,

00:09:08and that's very important for us to understand.

00:09:13We also learn that Daniel had declared the daily of the sanctuary services

00:09:18was to be taken away,

00:09:20and history confirms it was largely removed from the mindfulness of God's people for 1260 years.

00:09:29So much so, friends, that by the 1840s,

00:09:34nearly all Protestant denominations and people believed

00:09:37that the sanctuary spoken of in Daniel 8, verse 14 was the earth,

00:09:43and it wasn't a place in heaven.

00:09:45And it was their faulty interpretation about this

00:09:49that produced that bitter experience during the great Advent awakening.

00:09:53That bitter experience that Adventists suffered,

00:09:58which is so vividly described in Revelation chapter 10.

00:10:02And I don't know when I'm going to get into it,

00:10:06but pretty soon we'll get into Revelation chapter 10.

00:10:09I might do it...

00:10:10Maybe during our study of Daniel 9.

00:10:18Because we'll get into the timeline more of the 2300 days in Daniel chapter 9,

00:10:24so I may get into the study and show you how it just fits perfectly.

00:10:30Revelation 10, representing the Advent people,

00:10:33and that bitter experience, that disappointment in 1844 A.D.

00:10:39But we learned that.

00:10:41We learned also, as we looked at Revelation chapter 11,

00:10:44and especially verse 1,

00:10:46it reveals that the restoration of knowledge of the sanctuary

00:10:49and its services would not come until the passing of the 2300 days,

00:10:56which ended on October 22, 1844 A.D.

00:11:00Don't worry about that date.

00:11:01We'll get into it specifically soon in our studies.

00:11:10But remember, and I spoke about this last time,

00:11:14restoration began after October 22, 1844,

00:11:18when what happened?

00:11:18Do you recall?

00:11:21Hiram Edson was shown heaven the next day.

00:11:24He witnessed Jesus moving from the holy place

00:11:27to the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary.

00:11:29And so they began to study.

00:11:32They knew the timeline was right.

00:11:33The deciphering was right.

00:11:35And they said something has to be wrong with our interpretation here somewhere.

00:11:39So they dug into it further and further studying.

00:11:41God blessed them.

00:11:42And the Adventists began preaching the sanctuary message.

00:11:46And I'll tell you, friends,

00:11:47they are the only denominated Christian people to do so.

00:11:50Again, fulfilling the prophecy of Revelation chapter 10.

00:11:56We learn that the use of sacrificial animals for symbols,

00:12:03the reference to four horns,

00:12:05the mention of Tamed and sanctuary together,

00:12:09the daily and sanctuary together,

00:12:10the use of evening mornings as a time unit,

00:12:13and the references to the two holy ones,

00:12:17all this in Daniel 8,

00:12:20all stress the connection of this prophecy with the heavenly sanctuary.

00:12:25Now remember, when we started this whole series,

00:12:27I said, we've got to understand

00:12:29probably more than the basics

00:12:34of what the sanctuary is

00:12:36and its services,

00:12:39which I hit on and elucidate,

00:12:46bring light to in this series.

00:12:51But I hope you're doing your own studies as well.

00:12:57Daniel 8, the theme in Daniel 8,

00:13:00very heavily sanctuary-oriented.

00:13:02We learned in Daniel 8, verse 13,

00:13:05there are three noun phrases, remember,

00:13:08that are to be understood at the end of the vision,

00:13:10which we know the end to be October 22, 1844, 18.

00:13:15We also know that Daniel 8, verse 14,

00:13:19being the response to the question in verse 13

00:13:22involving those three elements to be understood

00:13:24when the vision ends,

00:13:27that it supplies only one answer.

00:13:29And that answer is not specific to those three terms,

00:13:34but it's more comprehensive.

00:13:37It causes us to dig a little further.

00:13:39Jesus said, search the scriptures.

00:13:41He didn't just say, read them,

00:13:42and reading's fine.

00:13:43We've got to read them, of course.

00:13:46But he said, we've got to search them.

00:13:47We've got to dig.

00:13:48And the Holy Spirit blesses us when we do that.

00:13:51We learned about those phrases,

00:13:55that all three noun phrases in the question of Daniel 8,

00:13:58and verse 13,

00:14:00the daily, the transgression, desolation, that's one,

00:14:03and both the sanctuary and the host,

00:14:05that's two,

00:14:05and I pointed out that the last two are linked together as one,

00:14:10to get both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden underfoot,

00:14:13that they are answered by the stem and verb forms

00:14:18of the Hebrew word tzedak,

00:14:21which involves the sanctuary services.

00:14:25I'm going to get back into that here a little bit more.

00:14:28And then we learned that instead of using the word mechdos for sanctuary,

00:14:33which is found in Daniel 8 and verse 11,

00:14:35A different word, kodes, also translated as sanctuary,

00:14:40is used in Daniel 8, verses 13 and 14.

00:14:44And we found that this was purposely done

00:14:46to direct our attention to Leviticus 16,

00:14:50and specifically, the Day of Atonement.

00:14:52That's what Leviticus 16 talks about.

00:14:55It's the heart of Daniel 8 and verse 14, that message.

00:15:01Kodes is the only word used for sanctuary

00:15:04in the Day of Atonement service.

00:15:07You can look at Leviticus 16.

00:15:09It's used all throughout it.

00:15:12And when the context regarding the sanctuary

00:15:15deals with cleansing,

00:15:19Kodes is always used.

00:15:25It's always used.

00:15:27The emphasis in Daniel 8 and verse 14

00:15:28is on the second apartment cleansing.

00:15:32Those are the things we learned

00:15:34just from little old verse 13.

00:15:39Now let's get back to Daniel 8.

00:15:41We're going to continue to look at this

00:15:43because it's extremely important.

00:15:46But let's go back to Daniel 8.

00:15:47We're going to read verses 13 and 14 again

00:15:51as we get rolling here.

00:15:55Daniel 8, verse 13.

00:15:57Then I heard one saint speaking,

00:15:59and another saint said unto that certain saint

00:16:01which spake,

00:16:03How long shall be the vision

00:16:04concerning the daily sacrifice?

00:16:06Of course, that word sacrifice is added.

00:16:09We learn that the word concerning is as well.

00:16:12And the transgression of desolation,

00:16:14to give both the sanctuary and the host

00:16:16to be trodden underfoot.

00:16:17The answer comes in verse 14.

00:16:19And he said unto me,

00:16:21Unto two thousand and three hundred days,

00:16:23Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

00:16:28Now, not only did Daniel see the rise

00:16:33of this little horn

00:16:34and see it magnify itself,

00:16:37even to the prince of the host,

00:16:38we're told,

00:16:39and stand up against the prince of princes,

00:16:41cast down to the ground his truth

00:16:43and his sanctuary

00:16:44and stamp upon them,

00:16:45but he also,

00:16:48and in the same vision,

00:16:50saw the truth.

00:16:52And the sanctuary of Christ

00:16:53delivered from this little horn power,

00:16:57rescued from its blasphemous stamping,

00:17:00lifted up from the earth

00:17:01and exalted to heaven where it belongs.

00:17:04Daniel saw it all.

00:17:06And it was in this part in the vision

00:17:08that the heavenly ones

00:17:09seemed to be most interested.

00:17:12The sanctuary to be cleansed

00:17:17is the same sanctuary

00:17:19that was cast down

00:17:20and trodden underfoot

00:17:21and polluted by papal Rome.

00:17:24And friends,

00:17:24this really is self-evident,

00:17:26I think,

00:17:27to anyone who carefully reads these verses.

00:17:29In fact,

00:17:30no other conclusion seems possible.

00:17:33Since the destruction

00:17:34of the earthly sanctuary in 70 AD,

00:17:37the scriptures recognize

00:17:38no other sanctuary

00:17:40except the one in heaven.

00:17:42And this is the one polluted

00:17:44by the papal abomination.

00:17:46And this is the one

00:17:47to be cleansed or purified

00:17:49at the close of the 2300 years.

00:17:53Daniel is told.

00:17:56Right?

00:17:57Unto 2,300 days,

00:17:59then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

00:18:04The actual Hebrew,

00:18:07it says it this way.

00:18:09It says,

00:18:12And he said to me,

00:18:14until evening,

00:18:16that's the Hebrew word Arab,

00:18:18until evening morning,

00:18:20Arab Boker,

00:18:222,300,

00:18:24then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

00:18:26And that word for cleansed

00:18:27is in Nisdach.

00:18:28We'll get into that

00:18:28in just a few moments.

00:18:29And the facts show

00:18:34that verse 14

00:18:34should be read

00:18:35as a full 2300 days,

00:18:38not as 2300 sanctuary offerings,

00:18:43or as some try to teach

00:18:441150 days.

00:18:48In Leviticus,

00:18:50and elsewhere,

00:18:52there are passages

00:18:52in which the continual

00:18:54refers to the morning

00:18:55and evening sacrifice.

00:18:57But it always does so

00:18:58as a single unit.

00:19:02You see,

00:19:02it's a continual burnt offering.

00:19:05And that's singular,

00:19:06offering.

00:19:07It's not plural,

00:19:08offerings.

00:19:09Not even in the original.

00:19:12Continual is actually

00:19:15a technical term,

00:19:18which in the Hebrew

00:19:18applies to both sacrifices

00:19:20as a unit, you see.

00:19:21The double sacrifice

00:19:23is spoken of

00:19:24as a singular unit.

00:19:26Let's read it.

00:19:27Let's read it.

00:19:28Nah, Pastor Joel,

00:19:29I think you're mixed up on this.

00:19:30No, let's go to the Bible

00:19:32and read it ourselves.

00:19:35Numbers chapter 28.

00:19:37Let's go to Numbers chapter 28.

00:19:42And let's look at verse 3.

00:19:45And thou shalt say unto them,

00:19:47this is the offering,

00:19:48it's not plural,

00:19:53this is the offering

00:19:54made by fire

00:19:54which ye shall offer

00:19:55unto the Lord.

00:19:56Two lambs of the first year

00:19:57without spot,

00:19:58day by day,

00:20:00he says,

00:20:00for a continual burnt offering.

00:20:04Again, not plural.

00:20:06Verse 4.

00:20:07The one lamb

00:20:07shalt thou offer

00:20:08in the morning

00:20:09and the other lamb

00:20:10shalt thou offer

00:20:11at even.

00:20:13And a tenth part

00:20:14of an ephaph of flour

00:20:15for a meat offering

00:20:16mingled with the fourth part

00:20:17of a hen of beaten oil.

00:20:19Verse 6.

00:20:20It is a continual burnt offering

00:20:22which was ordained

00:20:24in Mount Sinai

00:20:25for a sweet savor,

00:20:27a sacrifice made by fire

00:20:28unto the Lord.

00:20:30Now,

00:20:31let me see

00:20:33if I can explain it better.

00:20:35The continual burnt offering

00:20:37consisted of two offerings.

00:20:40One in the morning

00:20:41and the other

00:20:42in the late afternoon.

00:20:43Because these symbolized

00:20:46a continual offering,

00:20:48they,

00:20:49the two of them,

00:20:50were spoken of

00:20:51as being a single offering

00:20:53each day.

00:20:54If the time span

00:20:55really did refer

00:20:56to the continual burnt offering,

00:20:58which it doesn't,

00:20:59then the time span

00:21:00would have to be

00:21:012300

00:21:02and not 1150.

00:21:04But as we've previously seen,

00:21:06Daniel 8.14

00:21:06is not referring

00:21:08to any offerings.

00:21:09that word sacrifice

00:21:11was added.

00:21:15It's an unproven assumption

00:21:16that the 2300

00:21:18evening morning expression

00:21:20refers to the

00:21:21tamed sacrifices.

00:21:23The word sacrifices,

00:21:25it's not in Daniel 8.14.

00:21:27And let me be clear about it.

00:21:29It isn't anywhere else

00:21:31in the Hebrew

00:21:31of the book of Daniel.

00:21:33It's not.

00:21:34Look for yourself.

00:21:37Sacrifices

00:21:38is found 79 times

00:21:40in the Old Testament,

00:21:42but not once

00:21:43in Daniel.

00:21:45Nor is the word

00:21:46sacrificed

00:21:47found in Daniel.

00:21:49Again,

00:21:49search the Hebrew

00:21:50for yourself,

00:21:51friends.

00:21:51You'll find it

00:21:51to be true.

00:21:53You can't find

00:21:54that word

00:21:55in Daniel.

00:21:57Remember this,

00:21:58quoted this before

00:22:00from early writings,

00:22:01page 74.

00:22:03And she's referring

00:22:04to Daniel 8

00:22:05and verse 12.

00:22:06She says,

00:22:07quote,

00:22:07Then I saw

00:22:08in relation

00:22:08to the daily

00:22:09tamed,

00:22:10that the word

00:22:11sacrifice

00:22:12was supplied

00:22:13by man's wisdom

00:22:14and does not

00:22:16belong to the text.

00:22:18And that the Lord

00:22:19gave the correct

00:22:20view of it

00:22:21to those

00:22:21who gave

00:22:22the judgment

00:22:23hour cry.

00:22:25End quote.

00:22:26the five

00:22:30tamed

00:22:31daily

00:22:33instances

00:22:33in the King

00:22:36James Version

00:22:37where translators

00:22:38have added

00:22:38the word

00:22:39sacrifices,

00:22:40you know,

00:22:40daily

00:22:41sacrifice

00:22:42in Daniel.

00:22:46Friends,

00:22:46they're just not

00:22:47in the original

00:22:47Hebrew.

00:22:49Because tamed,

00:22:50it's used here

00:22:51as an adjective,

00:22:52requires a noun

00:22:53to go with it,

00:22:54the translators

00:22:54include the word

00:22:55sacrifice.

00:22:57But the words

00:22:58sacrificed,

00:22:59sacrificeth,

00:23:01and sacrificing,

00:23:04they're not

00:23:04in Daniel either.

00:23:06And never forget

00:23:07this.

00:23:08The book of Daniel

00:23:09has nothing to say

00:23:10about daily

00:23:10sacrifices.

00:23:12As the word

00:23:13sacrifice

00:23:13was errantly

00:23:15added to the

00:23:17text.

00:23:19And so,

00:23:19you can put

00:23:19that to rest.

00:23:20But,

00:23:24from what

00:23:24we've learned,

00:23:26it's clear

00:23:26that most

00:23:26of the

00:23:27little horn

00:23:27activities

00:23:28in Daniel

00:23:298,

00:23:29verses 10

00:23:30through 12,

00:23:31paralleling

00:23:32the description

00:23:34in chapter 7,

00:23:36they were done

00:23:36during the

00:23:36dark ages.

00:23:38But friends,

00:23:39at that time

00:23:39there was no

00:23:40earthly sacrifice

00:23:41being offered

00:23:41in the temple,

00:23:43and none

00:23:43were being made

00:23:44in heaven.

00:23:46And this is

00:23:47one way that

00:23:47we can know

00:23:48that sacrifices

00:23:48is not the

00:23:50noun that

00:23:50should be

00:23:50added to

00:23:51timid.

00:23:53The one

00:23:54sacrifice on

00:23:54Calvary was

00:23:55sufficient for

00:23:56all time.

00:23:59No more

00:23:59were to be

00:24:00made thereafter.

00:24:01Let's look at

00:24:02Hebrews.

00:24:03Hebrews makes

00:24:03it clear.

00:24:05Hebrews chapter

00:24:059,

00:24:08verse 12

00:24:08says,

00:24:09Neither by the

00:24:09blood of goats

00:24:10and calves,

00:24:11but by my

00:24:13own blood he

00:24:14entered in once

00:24:15into the holy

00:24:16place,

00:24:17having obtained

00:24:17eternal

00:24:18redemption

00:24:19for us.

00:24:21Go down

00:24:22to verse 25.

00:24:23Hebrews 9,

00:24:24verse 25,

00:24:24Nor yet that

00:24:25he should offer

00:24:26himself often

00:24:27as the high

00:24:28priest entereth

00:24:29into the holy

00:24:29place every

00:24:30year with

00:24:31blood of

00:24:32others.

00:24:33For then

00:24:33must he

00:24:34often have

00:24:35suffered since

00:24:35the foundation

00:24:36of the world.

00:24:37But now

00:24:38once in the

00:24:39end of the

00:24:40world hath

00:24:40he appeared

00:24:41to put away

00:24:41sin by the

00:24:42sacrifice of

00:24:44himself.

00:24:46And we

00:24:46talked about

00:24:47that a bit

00:24:47when we

00:24:48were looking

00:24:48at the

00:24:49abomination

00:24:50called the

00:24:50mass that

00:24:51the papacy

00:24:52put into

00:24:54place,

00:24:54again trampling

00:24:55on the

00:24:57ministry of

00:24:59Jesus and

00:25:00what he

00:25:01shed for

00:25:02us.

00:25:03They do it

00:25:04every day.

00:25:06Remember I

00:25:06talked about

00:25:07how the

00:25:07symbol isn't

00:25:08a cross for

00:25:09the papacy,

00:25:10it's a

00:25:10crucifix.

00:25:11They keep

00:25:11Jesus on

00:25:12that cross,

00:25:14suffering day

00:25:16by day.

00:25:19Now as I

00:25:20mentioned

00:25:20previously,

00:25:22evening

00:25:22morning is

00:25:23not the

00:25:24same as

00:25:24morning

00:25:25evening.

00:25:26And friends

00:25:26this is a

00:25:27major point

00:25:28if you

00:25:28didn't get

00:25:28it.

00:25:30Evening

00:25:30morning cannot

00:25:31refer to the

00:25:31continual burnt

00:25:32offering for

00:25:33that offering

00:25:33is always

00:25:34called the

00:25:35morning evening

00:25:36continual burnt

00:25:37offering.

00:25:38You see in

00:25:39the Hebrew

00:25:40it is literally

00:25:41burnt offerings

00:25:42morning and

00:25:43evening.

00:25:43the continual

00:25:46burnt offering

00:25:47is never

00:25:47spoken of as

00:25:48the evening

00:25:49morning offering.

00:25:51And with

00:25:52one exception

00:25:53all other

00:25:55sanctuary

00:25:55procedures were

00:25:56spoken of as

00:25:57morning evening.

00:25:58That sole

00:25:59exception,

00:26:00and I touched

00:26:01on this before,

00:26:02was the

00:26:03lighting of the

00:26:04lampstands you

00:26:04remember,

00:26:05which were

00:26:06lit on a

00:26:07sunset to

00:26:08sunrise.

00:26:09right?

00:26:13Basis.

00:26:14Doing so

00:26:15would ensure

00:26:15that the

00:26:16oil would

00:26:16last throughout

00:26:17the dark

00:26:18hours.

00:26:20The term

00:26:21evening

00:26:21morning is

00:26:24written in

00:26:24the singular

00:26:25number,

00:26:25even though in

00:26:26the English

00:26:27it is written

00:26:272300 days.

00:26:31And so this

00:26:32fact shows that

00:26:32the Hebrew

00:26:33expression represents

00:26:34a unit of

00:26:34time, namely

00:26:36a 24 hour

00:26:36day.

00:26:37In the

00:26:38book of

00:26:39Daniel, the

00:26:39other Hebrew

00:26:40word for

00:26:41days, yamim,

00:26:43is plural.

00:26:44You see that in

00:26:45Daniel 1, and

00:26:46also in Daniel 12

00:26:48actually.

00:26:49So what is the

00:26:50real meaning of

00:26:51evening morning?

00:26:53Well, let's

00:26:54think about this.

00:26:55If I told you

00:26:56that it's a

00:27:03fine day.

00:27:05If I said to

00:27:05you, hey, it's

00:27:06a fine day.

00:27:06You'd know that

00:27:07I didn't mean

00:27:08the entire 24

00:27:09hours, but only

00:27:10the sunny

00:27:10daylight hours,

00:27:11wouldn't you?

00:27:12If I said, it's

00:27:13a beautiful

00:27:13evening, you'd

00:27:15know I wasn't

00:27:15talking about

00:27:16sunrise or

00:27:17noontime.

00:27:19And so Christ,

00:27:20the wonderful

00:27:21numberer, chose

00:27:23his words carefully,

00:27:24and he used the

00:27:24only phrase that

00:27:26would definitely,

00:27:28absolutely mean a

00:27:30full 24 hour

00:27:31day.

00:27:32Evening,

00:27:33morning.

00:27:35You see, in the

00:27:36first chapter of

00:27:37Genesis, we find

00:27:38the grand display

00:27:40of the power of

00:27:41God in creating

00:27:42our world in

00:27:43six days.

00:27:45In order to

00:27:45make it very

00:27:46clear that each

00:27:47day was a

00:27:47literal 24 hour

00:27:49day, the phrase

00:27:50chosen to represent

00:27:51each 24 hour

00:27:52day was evening,

00:27:54morning.

00:27:55It's the Hebrew

00:27:55Arab book,

00:27:57Kerr, which I

00:27:58said before.

00:27:59the very same

00:28:00phrasing that's

00:28:01used in Daniel

00:28:028 and verse

00:28:0314.

00:28:05Actually, Daniel

00:28:088 and verse

00:28:0814, plus one

00:28:10other passage, is

00:28:11the only place

00:28:12outside of

00:28:13Genesis chapter

00:28:131 where Arab

00:28:14booker is used.

00:28:16That's remarkable.

00:28:17That should grab

00:28:18our attention.

00:28:20This fact only

00:28:21adds to the

00:28:22weighty importance

00:28:23of the Daniel

00:28:248 and verse

00:28:2514 time

00:28:25prophecy.

00:28:26In Genesis

00:28:30chapter 1, you

00:28:32look at verses

00:28:335 and 8 and

00:28:3513 and 19 and

00:28:3723 and 31, you

00:28:39find that with

00:28:40his own mouth,

00:28:41God spoke Arab

00:28:43booker at the

00:28:45end of each

00:28:45day, each day of

00:28:47creation week.

00:28:49And in Daniel

00:28:508 and verse

00:28:5114, the same

00:28:52creator spoke

00:28:53Arab booker

00:28:54again.

00:28:54Arab booker

00:28:57as the meaning

00:28:58of a 24 hour

00:29:00day, not

00:29:01two half days,

00:29:03is as solid

00:29:04as is the

00:29:04days of creation

00:29:05week.

00:29:08And friends,

00:29:08to deny the

00:29:09one is to

00:29:10deny the

00:29:10other.

00:29:12Why is

00:29:13evening morning

00:29:13used to

00:29:14signify a

00:29:1524 hour day?

00:29:16And that's a

00:29:16good question.

00:29:18Why is it

00:29:19used?

00:29:20Well, in the

00:29:20Bible, the day

00:29:21starts at sunset.

00:29:22Most people

00:29:23don't know

00:29:23that.

00:29:24The pattern

00:29:25was given to

00:29:26us during

00:29:27creation week.

00:29:29And it is

00:29:30confirmed by

00:29:31the statement

00:29:31in Leviticus

00:29:3223, if you

00:29:33look at verse

00:29:3332, towards

00:29:34the end of

00:29:35the verse,

00:29:35it says,

00:29:36from even

00:29:36unto even

00:29:37shall ye

00:29:38celebrate your

00:29:39Sabbath.

00:29:42Let me

00:29:43share this

00:29:43with you.

00:29:44It's from

00:29:45the Bible

00:29:45Research Institute

00:29:46in their

00:29:47symposium on

00:29:49Daniel, volume

00:29:492, page

00:29:50463.

00:29:52Notice what

00:29:53they say

00:29:53about this.

00:29:59They say,

00:30:00quote,

00:30:00the expression

00:30:01evening morning

00:30:03is a time

00:30:04phrase which

00:30:05has its most

00:30:06natural roots in

00:30:07Genesis chapter

00:30:081, where the

00:30:09time unit on

00:30:10one day is

00:30:11expressed in

00:30:11the same

00:30:12terms and

00:30:13sequence as

00:30:14evening and

00:30:14morning.

00:30:16Thus, the

00:30:172300 evening

00:30:18morning phraseology

00:30:19is more

00:30:20naturally

00:30:20comprehended as

00:30:222300 full

00:30:23days.

00:30:25In symbolic

00:30:26prophecy, this

00:30:27time element

00:30:27would be

00:30:28understood as

00:30:282300 symbolic

00:30:30days.

00:30:31The expression

00:30:32evening morning

00:30:33is written in

00:30:34a singular

00:30:35number.

00:30:37This fact

00:30:38favors the

00:30:38view that the

00:30:39expression represents

00:30:40a unit of

00:30:41time, namely

00:30:42one full

00:30:43day, end

00:30:44quote.

00:30:45One full

00:30:46day.

00:30:46It's an

00:30:47expression.

00:30:47It's one

00:30:48unit.

00:30:50And so, the

00:30:51cleansing of

00:30:51the sanctuary

00:30:52is marked by

00:30:53the passing

00:30:53of 2300

00:30:54evenings and

00:30:55mornings.

00:30:58The cleansing

00:30:58of the sanctuary

00:30:59involves a

00:31:00work of

00:31:00judgment.

00:31:02It is on

00:31:02the day of

00:31:03atonement.

00:31:05Look at

00:31:06Leviticus

00:31:08chapter 23.

00:31:09Let's go

00:31:09there.

00:31:12We see that

00:31:13the cleansing

00:31:13of the sanctuary

00:31:14involves a

00:31:14work of

00:31:15judgment on

00:31:15the day of

00:31:16atonement.

00:31:17Leviticus

00:31:1823, verse

00:31:1826, and

00:31:21it says,

00:31:22And the

00:31:22Lord spake

00:31:23unto Moses,

00:31:23saying,

00:31:25Also, on

00:31:26the tenth

00:31:27day of

00:31:27this seventh

00:31:28month, there

00:31:28shall be a

00:31:29day of

00:31:29atonement.

00:31:30It shall

00:31:31be a

00:31:31holy

00:31:31convocation

00:31:32unto you,

00:31:33and ye

00:31:34shall afflict

00:31:35your souls,

00:31:36and offer

00:31:37an offering

00:31:37made by

00:31:38fire unto

00:31:38the Lord.

00:31:39Verse 28,

00:31:40And ye

00:31:40shall do

00:31:41no work

00:31:41in that

00:31:42same day,

00:31:43for it is

00:31:43a day of

00:31:44atonement,

00:31:44to make

00:31:45an atonement

00:31:46for you

00:31:46before the

00:31:47Lord your

00:31:47God.

00:31:48Verse 29,

00:31:49For whatsoever

00:31:50soul it

00:31:51be that

00:31:51shall not

00:31:52be afflicted

00:31:52in that

00:31:53same day,

00:31:54he shall

00:31:54be cut

00:31:54off from

00:31:55among his

00:31:55people.

00:31:57Verse 30,

00:31:57And whatsoever

00:31:58soul it

00:31:58be that

00:31:59doeth any

00:31:59work in

00:32:00that same

00:32:00day,

00:32:01the same

00:32:01soul will

00:32:01I destroy

00:32:02from among

00:32:04his people.

00:32:05This is

00:32:05very serious,

00:32:06isn't it?

00:32:07Verse 31,

00:32:08Ye shall

00:32:09do no

00:32:09manner of

00:32:10work,

00:32:11it shall

00:32:11be a

00:32:11statute

00:32:12forever

00:32:13throughout

00:32:13your

00:32:13generations,

00:32:14and all

00:32:14your

00:32:15dwellings.

00:32:16Verse 32,

00:32:17It shall

00:32:17be unto

00:32:17you a

00:32:18Sabbath

00:32:18of rest,

00:32:20and ye

00:32:20shall

00:32:20afflict

00:32:21your

00:32:21souls.

00:32:22In

00:32:22the

00:32:22ninth

00:32:23day

00:32:23of

00:32:23the

00:32:23month,

00:32:23at

00:32:24even,

00:32:24from

00:32:25even

00:32:25unto

00:32:26even,

00:32:27shall

00:32:27ye

00:32:28celebrate

00:32:28your

00:32:29Sabbath.

00:32:31And

00:32:31that,

00:32:32again,

00:32:33Leviticus

00:32:3423,

00:32:35verses

00:32:3626 to

00:32:3730.

00:32:39And so

00:32:39what do we

00:32:40see here?

00:32:41We see

00:32:42this day

00:32:42was the

00:32:43only

00:32:43commanded

00:32:44fast,

00:32:44don't we?

00:32:45It was a

00:32:46high day

00:32:46in Israel.

00:32:48It's called

00:32:48a Sabbath

00:32:49of rest.

00:32:50It was the

00:32:50only day

00:32:51aside from

00:32:51the weekly

00:32:52Sabbath on

00:32:53which all

00:32:53work was

00:32:54forbidden.

00:32:55The day

00:32:56of atonement

00:32:57was also a

00:32:57day of

00:32:58judgment,

00:32:58for whosoever

00:32:59did not

00:32:59afflict his

00:33:00soul that

00:33:01day,

00:33:02we read,

00:33:02was cut

00:33:03off.

00:33:05Furthermore,

00:33:05if a man

00:33:06worked on

00:33:06that day,

00:33:07the Bible

00:33:07says,

00:33:07God would

00:33:08destroy

00:33:09him.

00:33:12It's very,

00:33:12very serious

00:33:13here.

00:33:16I hope

00:33:17you notice

00:33:19a very

00:33:19important

00:33:20association

00:33:21in what

00:33:23we've just

00:33:23been talking

00:33:24about between

00:33:24the creation

00:33:25week and

00:33:26the judgment

00:33:26here in

00:33:26Daniel chapter

00:33:278.

00:33:28You see,

00:33:29the evening

00:33:30and mornings

00:33:30is a phrase

00:33:31found only in

00:33:32the creation

00:33:32story.

00:33:33And so,

00:33:35the judgment

00:33:35of the

00:33:36world is

00:33:37associated

00:33:37with the

00:33:38creation of

00:33:39the world.

00:33:41And this

00:33:41association of

00:33:42the judgment

00:33:42with creation,

00:33:44friends,

00:33:44it's also

00:33:45plainly seen

00:33:46in Revelation

00:33:46chapter 14

00:33:47and verse 7.

00:33:48What do we

00:33:49find there?

00:33:49We find the

00:33:50first angel's

00:33:50message.

00:33:51What is that

00:33:52message?

00:33:54Let's read it.

00:33:55Fear God,

00:33:56that is not

00:33:57to be afraid,

00:33:58although that

00:33:58plays a part

00:33:59of it,

00:34:00but have a

00:34:01reverent awe

00:34:02for God,

00:34:03fear God

00:34:05and give

00:34:06glory to

00:34:06Him.

00:34:07What are we

00:34:08told?

00:34:08For the

00:34:09hour of

00:34:10His judgment

00:34:11is come,

00:34:12and worship

00:34:13Him that

00:34:13did what?

00:34:14That made

00:34:16heaven and

00:34:17earth and

00:34:17the sea and

00:34:18the fountains

00:34:18of waters,

00:34:18creation.

00:34:23Indeed.

00:34:24You know,

00:34:25in Jewish

00:34:25tradition,

00:34:27the Day of

00:34:27Atonement

00:34:28marks the

00:34:28birthday of

00:34:30the world,

00:34:31the time

00:34:32when the

00:34:32first evening

00:34:33morning ever

00:34:34was.

00:34:39Now,

00:34:39let's think

00:34:40about this.

00:34:42Since the

00:34:43vision begins

00:34:45with the

00:34:45ram,

00:34:46which we

00:34:47know to be

00:34:47Media Persia,

00:34:49right,

00:34:50which held

00:34:51sway from

00:34:52539 to

00:34:53331 B.C.,

00:34:56the evening

00:34:56morning,

00:34:572,300

00:34:58vision,

00:34:59must begin

00:35:01during the

00:35:01time of the

00:35:02Medo-Persian

00:35:02Empire,

00:35:03sometime between

00:35:04539 and

00:35:05331 B.C.

00:35:07But the

00:35:082,300

00:35:08evening mornings,

00:35:10they do not

00:35:11end during the

00:35:12Medo-Persian

00:35:13period.

00:35:15We need to put

00:35:16our thinking

00:35:16caps on,

00:35:17right?

00:35:18God gave us a

00:35:18brain.

00:35:19He gave us

00:35:20intelligence.

00:35:22In Isaiah 1,

00:35:22He says,

00:35:23come, let us

00:35:23reason together.

00:35:25Let's do it.

00:35:26That's why it's

00:35:28so important for

00:35:29us to understand

00:35:29the health

00:35:30message to keep

00:35:31our brains in

00:35:33the best working

00:35:33order that they

00:35:34can be in.

00:35:38So it

00:35:39couldn't end

00:35:39during the

00:35:40Medo-Persian

00:35:40period,

00:35:41right?

00:35:42Because they

00:35:42continue until

00:35:43the time of

00:35:44the end.

00:35:44That's verse

00:35:4417.

00:35:45Or through

00:35:46the Grecian

00:35:48and the

00:35:48Little Horn

00:35:49periods.

00:35:50So again,

00:35:51the vision is

00:35:52not limited to

00:35:53Anticus

00:35:54Epiphanes or

00:35:55to the

00:35:56Little Horn

00:35:57period alone.

00:35:58It continues

00:35:58until the

00:36:01time of the

00:36:01end.

00:36:02That's what

00:36:02we're told.

00:36:05Since the

00:36:062300 evening

00:36:08mornings begin

00:36:09during the

00:36:09Medo-Persian

00:36:10period and

00:36:11continue through

00:36:12Greece and

00:36:12Rome in its

00:36:13two phases,

00:36:14and only in

00:36:15the time of

00:36:16the end,

00:36:17well, friends,

00:36:18it's clear

00:36:18in a shadow

00:36:19of a doubt

00:36:20that the

00:36:20year-day

00:36:20principle is

00:36:21functioning in

00:36:21Daniel chapter

00:36:228.

00:36:24After all,

00:36:24the rise

00:36:25and fall

00:36:25of just

00:36:26one of

00:36:26those

00:36:26empires

00:36:27depicted in

00:36:27this prophecy

00:36:28covered

00:36:29centuries,

00:36:31not merely

00:36:322300 literal

00:36:33days,

00:36:34much less

00:36:341150 literal

00:36:36days as

00:36:36some contend.

00:36:38A lot of

00:36:39that is

00:36:39preached from

00:36:40Christian

00:36:40pulpits

00:36:41today,

00:36:42errantly so.

00:36:44As Jesus

00:36:44said,

00:36:45how read

00:36:45us thou?

00:36:50Again,

00:36:51we see

00:36:51just the

00:36:52carrying on

00:36:54of the

00:36:55traditions

00:36:55of men

00:36:56and not

00:36:58the word

00:36:58of God.

00:37:01Most

00:37:01scholars of

00:37:02today,

00:37:04most Christian

00:37:05scholars,

00:37:06offer this

00:37:08convoluted

00:37:15interpretation.

00:37:16they see

00:37:18the little

00:37:19horn as

00:37:19the symbol

00:37:20for

00:37:20Antiochus

00:37:20Epiphanes,

00:37:21right?

00:37:21I've talked

00:37:21about it

00:37:22before.

00:37:23And this

00:37:23is their

00:37:24interpretation,

00:37:25that the

00:37:252300 evenings

00:37:27and mornings

00:37:28are really

00:37:28referring to

00:37:292300 evening

00:37:31and morning

00:37:31sacrifices.

00:37:33Remember,

00:37:33that word

00:37:34sacrifices has

00:37:34been added.

00:37:36But they

00:37:36say,

00:37:37oh,

00:37:37it's evening

00:37:38and morning

00:37:38sacrifices.

00:37:40How?

00:37:40How do they

00:37:41do that?

00:37:41You see,

00:37:42they take

00:37:421150 days

00:37:44times two

00:37:45sacrifices per

00:37:46day,

00:37:47evening and

00:37:47morning,

00:37:48to come up

00:37:48with 2300

00:37:49sacrifices.

00:37:52They're really

00:37:53wresting the

00:37:54scriptures out

00:37:55from what

00:37:55we're being

00:37:56told.

00:38:00And the

00:38:01reason why

00:38:01such scholars

00:38:02offer this

00:38:03novel

00:38:04interpretation

00:38:05is because

00:38:07they think

00:38:08they can make

00:38:091150 literal

00:38:11days fit much

00:38:13better with

00:38:15their theory

00:38:16that it was

00:38:18fulfilled by

00:38:18Anticus Epiphanes,

00:38:20that interpretation.

00:38:22But there

00:38:23are three,

00:38:25there are more

00:38:25than three,

00:38:27but there are

00:38:27three main

00:38:28considerations that

00:38:29make that

00:38:30interpretation

00:38:30unacceptable.

00:38:32I think I've

00:38:33shared up to

00:38:34seven reasons

00:38:36that are really

00:38:36clear.

00:38:37but I'll

00:38:39share three

00:38:39at this time.

00:38:40First,

00:38:40that the

00:38:42expression in

00:38:43Daniel 8 is

00:38:44not evening

00:38:44and morning

00:38:45sacrifices.

00:38:47The translation

00:38:48daily sacrifice

00:38:50for the word

00:38:50tamed is an

00:38:51improper reading.

00:38:52There is a

00:38:53Hebrew expression

00:38:54for daily

00:38:54sacrifice and

00:38:55it's olat

00:38:56tamed.

00:38:57But this is

00:38:58not the

00:38:58expression used

00:38:59in Daniel

00:38:59chapter 8.

00:39:01Second thing

00:39:01is that the

00:39:03daily sacrifices

00:39:03were not called

00:39:04evening and

00:39:05morning sacrifices,

00:39:06but rather

00:39:06morning and

00:39:07evening sacrifices.

00:39:09Go to

00:39:09Exodus 29

00:39:10verse 39.

00:39:12There's no

00:39:13exception to

00:39:14this order of

00:39:14the words.

00:39:16And the

00:39:17third thing

00:39:17is that the

00:39:19Hebrew of

00:39:19Daniel 8

00:39:20verse 14

00:39:21literally reads

00:39:22until evening

00:39:23morning 2300.

00:39:26This precise

00:39:27order and

00:39:28terminology are

00:39:29used in

00:39:30Genesis 1

00:39:30where after

00:39:32each of the

00:39:34first six days

00:39:34of creation we

00:39:35are told it

00:39:36was the

00:39:36evening and

00:39:37morning of

00:39:37the first

00:39:38day, second

00:39:38day, third

00:39:39day and on.

00:39:41And so here

00:39:42evening morning

00:39:42is in the

00:39:43singular, right?

00:39:45Which is a

00:39:45clear indication

00:39:46that we are

00:39:47dealing with

00:39:47single unit,

00:39:50a single

00:39:51unit composed

00:39:52of an evening

00:39:53and morning.

00:39:55Friends, you

00:39:56can't reduce the

00:39:57six days of

00:39:57creation to

00:39:58three days

00:39:59any more than

00:40:00you can reduce

00:40:01the 2300 days

00:40:02to the

00:40:031150 days.

00:40:06An extremely

00:40:08important

00:40:09nuance, I

00:40:13should say,

00:40:13which is glossed

00:40:14over in the

00:40:15English translation,

00:40:16is a change in

00:40:17the word vision.

00:40:20In verses 1

00:40:22through 15,

00:40:23Daniel 8,

00:40:26he's used

00:40:28uniformly the

00:40:29word kazan.

00:40:31And I touched

00:40:31on this from

00:40:32the very

00:40:32beginning of

00:40:33our study

00:40:33here in

00:40:35Daniel 8.

00:40:36When he's

00:40:37talking about

00:40:37vision, he

00:40:38uses the

00:40:39Hebrew word

00:40:39kazan for

00:40:40vision.

00:40:41Once in

00:40:41verse 1,

00:40:44twice in

00:40:45verse 2,

00:40:46once in

00:40:46verse 13,

00:40:48once in

00:40:48verse 15.

00:40:49But when

00:40:51Gabriel is

00:40:51commanded to

00:40:53explain the

00:40:54vision to

00:40:54Daniel, the

00:40:55word maré is

00:40:56used.

00:40:58Maré.

00:40:59And the

00:41:00impact of

00:41:00this change

00:41:01can be seen

00:41:01more clearly

00:41:02by placing

00:41:02the question

00:41:03about the

00:41:03vision and

00:41:05the command

00:41:06to explain

00:41:07it together.

00:41:09So you

00:41:10would have

00:41:11until when

00:41:12shall be

00:41:13the kazan.

00:41:15And then

00:41:15I, Daniel,

00:41:16had seen

00:41:17the kazan.

00:41:18And then

00:41:18Gabriel makes

00:41:19this man,

00:41:20and Jesus

00:41:21says,

00:41:21Gabriel,

00:41:21make this

00:41:21man understand

00:41:22the maré.

00:41:24You see

00:41:25it?

00:41:26Let me

00:41:26see if I

00:41:27can explain

00:41:31it in

00:41:32maybe terms

00:41:34we can

00:41:34better

00:41:34understand.

00:41:37Let's

00:41:37say Gabriel

00:41:38asks Jesus,

00:41:40when will

00:41:41the movie

00:41:41end?

00:41:43And then

00:41:43I say,

00:41:44hey, I've

00:41:45seen the

00:41:45movie.

00:41:47And then

00:41:47Jesus says,

00:41:48Gabriel,

00:41:49make

00:41:50Pastor

00:41:50Joel

00:41:51understand

00:41:51the

00:41:52ending

00:41:52of the

00:41:52movie.

00:41:55Does that

00:41:56make more

00:41:57sense?

00:41:59That's what's

00:42:00being said.

00:42:01There's a

00:42:02change, you

00:42:03see.

00:42:05Why is the

00:42:06Hebrew word

00:42:07vision suddenly

00:42:08changed in

00:42:08verse 16?

00:42:10I mean,

00:42:11surely there's

00:42:11got to be a

00:42:12good reason.

00:42:14Oh, and

00:42:14there is.

00:42:16You see,

00:42:16a careful

00:42:16examination of

00:42:17the occurrence

00:42:18of the

00:42:18words Kazan

00:42:19and maré

00:42:20in Daniel

00:42:21chapters 8

00:42:21through 12

00:42:22clearly reveals

00:42:23that while

00:42:24Kazan refers

00:42:25to the

00:42:26total vision

00:42:27from Medo-Persia

00:42:28to the

00:42:29cleansing of the

00:42:29sanctuary,

00:42:31maré refers in

00:42:32a narrower

00:42:32sense to the

00:42:33question the

00:42:34angel asked

00:42:34about when

00:42:35the vision

00:42:36would come

00:42:36to an end.

00:42:37The Kazan

00:42:39has to do

00:42:40with the

00:42:40totality of

00:42:41the vision

00:42:41of Daniel

00:42:428, while

00:42:42the maré

00:42:43has to do

00:42:44with the

00:42:44appearance of

00:42:45the two

00:42:45heavenly beings

00:42:46in the

00:42:46interview which

00:42:47follows.

00:42:48That's to

00:42:48say, the

00:42:49word maré

00:42:50has to do

00:42:50directly with

00:42:51the time

00:42:52element of

00:42:53the Kazan,

00:42:54the vision.

00:42:57And a

00:42:57special

00:42:58significance,

00:42:59and we

00:42:59haven't gotten

00:43:00to Daniel

00:43:008, verse

00:43:0026, but

00:43:01notice the

00:43:02reference to

00:43:03maré in

00:43:04Daniel 8,

00:43:04verse 26.

00:43:06It says,

00:43:07And the

00:43:07vision,

00:43:08maré, of

00:43:08the evening

00:43:09and the

00:43:09morning which

00:43:10was told is

00:43:11true, wherefore

00:43:12shut up the

00:43:13vision, Kazan,

00:43:14for it shall

00:43:15be for many

00:43:15days.

00:43:18And there,

00:43:20maré is

00:43:20clearly linked

00:43:21with the

00:43:21evening and

00:43:21morning aspect

00:43:22of the

00:43:222300 day

00:43:23prophecy.

00:43:24It's clear

00:43:25that the

00:43:25maré has

00:43:26to do

00:43:26with specifically

00:43:27with the

00:43:29time factor

00:43:29of the

00:43:29Kazan.

00:43:30And we'll

00:43:31find later

00:43:31in our

00:43:31study that

00:43:32while the

00:43:33Kazan was

00:43:34explained in

00:43:34Daniel 8,

00:43:35the maré

00:43:36was left

00:43:36unexplained.

00:43:39There was a

00:43:40reason why

00:43:41Gabriel had

00:43:42to go back.

00:43:44You see,

00:43:45it was left

00:43:46unexplained.

00:43:47So it made

00:43:48it necessary

00:43:48for Gabriel

00:43:49to return in

00:43:50Daniel 9 to

00:43:51clarify the

00:43:52time portion

00:43:52which was not

00:43:53clear to

00:43:54Daniel.

00:43:55Daniel.

00:43:57My wife and

00:43:58I were

00:43:58talking about

00:43:59this,

00:44:01well, I

00:44:01probably was

00:44:02talking about

00:44:02it, she

00:44:03was listening.

00:44:05You put

00:44:05yourself in

00:44:06Daniel's

00:44:06place.

00:44:08He sees

00:44:09these visions.

00:44:09He knows

00:44:10the dream of

00:44:11Nebuchadnezzar.

00:44:11He sees the

00:44:12visions of

00:44:12Daniel 7.

00:44:13He sees this

00:44:13vision.

00:44:15And Daniel

00:44:15was a

00:44:15prophet.

00:44:17Daniel

00:44:17understood the

00:44:18sanctuary fully.

00:44:20His services.

00:44:22He was

00:44:23shown things.

00:44:25And here

00:44:25he's seeing

00:44:26this vision

00:44:27of Daniel 8.

00:44:29And he's

00:44:30having trouble.

00:44:35He can't

00:44:35quite comprehend.

00:44:36He knows

00:44:37Jeremiah's

00:44:37prophecy of

00:44:38the 70

00:44:38years.

00:44:39He's an

00:44:39old man

00:44:40now.

00:44:40It's about

00:44:41to come to

00:44:41an end.

00:44:42He's looking

00:44:43forward to

00:44:43that.

00:44:44Going back

00:44:45to Jerusalem.

00:44:47Rebuilding

00:44:47the city

00:44:48and the

00:44:48temple.

00:44:49And here

00:44:50he has

00:44:50this vision.

00:44:51And he

00:44:52sees these

00:44:53abominations.

00:44:54then he

00:44:55sees this

00:44:56time span.

00:44:57And he's

00:44:58got to be

00:44:58like,

00:44:59what?

00:45:01He's

00:45:02not

00:45:02processing

00:45:03it.

00:45:06He just

00:45:07can't

00:45:08process it.

00:45:10And I

00:45:11think we

00:45:11can understand

00:45:12it because

00:45:13the vast

00:45:14majority of

00:45:14people can't

00:45:15process the

00:45:16simple parts

00:45:16of it.

00:45:18That's why

00:45:18we've got to

00:45:19search into

00:45:20the scriptures

00:45:20and dig

00:45:21into it.

00:45:21And we

00:45:23will find

00:45:23tremendous

00:45:23blessings.

00:45:27Now,

00:45:28I need to

00:45:29dedicate some

00:45:30more time to

00:45:30the translation

00:45:32issue in

00:45:33Daniel 8,

00:45:33verse 14.

00:45:34This is very

00:45:35important to

00:45:35get it right.

00:45:38The King

00:45:38James Version

00:45:39translates,

00:45:41the sanctuary

00:45:42shall be

00:45:42cleansed.

00:45:44And there

00:45:45are people

00:45:45like Desmond

00:45:45Ford,

00:45:46among others,

00:45:46who protested

00:45:47that the

00:45:48word cleansed

00:45:48is a

00:45:49mistranslation

00:45:50in the

00:45:50King

00:45:51James Version.

00:45:52In fact,

00:45:52most modern

00:45:53translations

00:45:54avoid the

00:45:54use of

00:45:54the word

00:45:55cleansed.

00:45:56I mean,

00:45:56even though

00:45:57most older

00:45:58translations of

00:45:59the Bible,

00:45:59like the

00:45:59Geneva Bible,

00:46:00the Bishop's

00:46:01Bible,

00:46:01the Great

00:46:02Bible,

00:46:03Tyndale's

00:46:03Bible,

00:46:04Wycliffe's

00:46:05Bible,

00:46:05the Coptic

00:46:06Version,

00:46:06the Syriac

00:46:07Version,

00:46:07the Latin

00:46:08Vulgate,

00:46:08they all

00:46:08have the

00:46:10translation as

00:46:11cleansed.

00:46:13But instead

00:46:14of using

00:46:15cleansed,

00:46:17they use

00:46:18translations

00:46:18such as

00:46:20shall be

00:46:20justified,

00:46:21or shall

00:46:22emerge

00:46:22victorious,

00:46:24or shall

00:46:25be vindicated,

00:46:26shall be

00:46:27restored to

00:46:27its rightful

00:46:28state.

00:46:29So,

00:46:30what's the

00:46:30proper

00:46:31translation?

00:46:33Well,

00:46:33on the

00:46:34surface,

00:46:34Desmond

00:46:35Ford appears

00:46:35to have a

00:46:36point.

00:46:37The word

00:46:38cleansed does

00:46:39not appear in

00:46:39the Hebrew,

00:46:40but is based

00:46:41rather on the

00:46:42Septuagint.

00:46:42That's the

00:46:43Greek translation

00:46:44of the Old

00:46:45Testament.

00:46:47And it

00:46:47uses the

00:46:48word

00:46:48katerizo,

00:46:51whose basic

00:46:51meaning is to

00:46:52cleanse or

00:46:53purge.

00:46:54Incidentally,

00:46:55this is where

00:46:55we get the

00:46:55word catharsis

00:46:57from.

00:46:58I don't know,

00:46:58these things

00:46:59pop into my

00:46:59mind.

00:47:02And so,

00:47:02the King

00:47:03James Version

00:47:03translation is

00:47:04based on

00:47:05another translation

00:47:06and not on

00:47:06the original

00:47:07Hebrew.

00:47:08Well,

00:47:09then the

00:47:09question is,

00:47:10what is the

00:47:11Hebrew word

00:47:11in Daniel 8

00:47:12verse 14?

00:47:14And I spoke

00:47:14about this in

00:47:15our last

00:47:15study.

00:47:16The original

00:47:19Hebrew verb

00:47:20is tzedak

00:47:20in its

00:47:21passive form.

00:47:22And what

00:47:23is the

00:47:23meaning of

00:47:23tzedak?

00:47:25Well,

00:47:25according to

00:47:26the Hebrew

00:47:26lexicons,

00:47:27the word

00:47:27tzedak

00:47:28means to

00:47:29put right

00:47:30or to

00:47:30restore.

00:47:31It means

00:47:32to cleanse

00:47:33or to

00:47:34vindicate.

00:47:35And a few

00:47:36actually say

00:47:37it means to

00:47:37be justified.

00:47:41Tzedak is

00:47:42not a word

00:47:43which is

00:47:43connected

00:47:44with the

00:47:45ritual of

00:47:46the sanctuary,

00:47:47but rather

00:47:47it's a

00:47:48legal term.

00:47:50It's used

00:47:50in the

00:47:50context of

00:47:51a court

00:47:51of law.

00:47:53Its basic

00:47:54emphasis is

00:47:55on the

00:47:55vindication

00:47:56of an

00:47:56innocent

00:47:57party who's

00:47:57been falsely

00:47:58accused.

00:48:00The vindication

00:48:01process is

00:48:02performed in

00:48:02a court of

00:48:03law where

00:48:03the judge

00:48:03employs all

00:48:05the powers

00:48:05at his

00:48:06disposal to

00:48:07make sure

00:48:07that the

00:48:08injured party

00:48:09is vindicated.

00:48:10And you'll

00:48:13see here how

00:48:14this makes

00:48:14sense.

00:48:17If Daniel

00:48:18chapter 8

00:48:19verse 14 is

00:48:20dealing with

00:48:21the cleansing

00:48:21of the

00:48:21sanctuary on

00:48:22the day of

00:48:23atonement,

00:48:24then why

00:48:24didn't Daniel

00:48:24use the

00:48:25Hebrew word

00:48:25tahir,

00:48:26which is the

00:48:27word for

00:48:27cleansing that

00:48:28you find in

00:48:29Leviticus 16?

00:48:31Why did he

00:48:32use the word

00:48:32tzedak instead?

00:48:34Well, it

00:48:35actually turns

00:48:36out to be

00:48:37very simple.

00:48:38When we put

00:48:39our thinking

00:48:39caps on and

00:48:40we look at

00:48:40it, the

00:48:41greater context

00:48:42of it, those

00:48:44messages for

00:48:45us in our

00:48:45day, we

00:48:46have a hard

00:48:46enough time

00:48:47to understand

00:48:47in English.

00:48:49So why was

00:48:50it changed

00:48:50up like

00:48:51this?

00:48:52Well, the

00:48:53Hebrew word

00:48:53tahir is a

00:48:54technical term

00:48:55with a very

00:48:56restricted and

00:48:58narrow meaning.

00:49:00It's used

00:49:00over 50 times

00:49:01in the book

00:49:02of Leviticus

00:49:02to describe

00:49:03the cultic

00:49:04ritual ceremonial

00:49:06cleansing in

00:49:06connection with

00:49:07the earthly

00:49:08sanctuary

00:49:09service.

00:49:12The use of

00:49:13this term in

00:49:14Daniel 8

00:49:14verse 14,

00:49:16it would have

00:49:17left us an

00:49:18impression, you

00:49:19see, that the

00:49:19sanctuary to be

00:49:20cleansed was the

00:49:21earthly,

00:49:22typological

00:49:23sanctuary.

00:49:25But Daniel 8

00:49:27verse 14 deals

00:49:28with the

00:49:28cleansing not

00:49:29of the Old

00:49:30Testament

00:49:30shadowy type,

00:49:32but of the

00:49:33heavenly reality

00:49:34original.

00:49:34And so,

00:49:37Daniel uses a

00:49:38broader term.

00:49:41Smartly so.

00:49:42Holy Spirit

00:49:43led him to do

00:49:43that.

00:49:45The Hebrew

00:49:46word tzedak

00:49:46has a broad

00:49:47range of

00:49:48meaning,

00:49:48which includes

00:49:49vindication,

00:49:51setting things

00:49:51right,

00:49:52restoring things

00:49:52to the way

00:49:53they originally

00:49:53were,

00:49:54to be justified

00:49:55as well as

00:49:56cleansing.

00:49:57And so,

00:49:58the word tzedak

00:49:58is kind of like

00:50:00a diamond.

00:50:02It's beautiful,

00:50:03but it has

00:50:04many edges,

00:50:05doesn't it?

00:50:06It's one word

00:50:07with many

00:50:08nuances.

00:50:11Maybe,

00:50:12maybe an

00:50:15analogy from

00:50:15the English

00:50:16language might

00:50:17help.

00:50:19When legal

00:50:20proceedings are

00:50:21undertaken against

00:50:22an innocent

00:50:22person in our

00:50:24system of law,

00:50:27it becomes

00:50:27necessary for

00:50:28this person to

00:50:29be vindicated.

00:50:31The record

00:50:32must be set

00:50:32right,

00:50:34set straight.

00:50:36The person

00:50:36must be justified

00:50:37from all

00:50:38charges.

00:50:39And when this

00:50:39is done,

00:50:40and the person

00:50:40is found

00:50:41innocent,

00:50:41the charges

00:50:42are expunged.

00:50:44And that's a

00:50:44legal word

00:50:45whose meaning

00:50:45is to remove

00:50:46completely,

00:50:47to blot out,

00:50:47to erase,

00:50:48to cancel,

00:50:49to delete.

00:50:50So the result

00:50:51of the judgment

00:50:52of that person

00:50:54includes

00:50:54justification,

00:50:56vindication,

00:50:57restoration,

00:50:58giving the

00:50:58person a clean

00:50:59slate because

00:50:59the charges

00:51:00have been erased.

00:51:01It would be

00:51:03absurd to say

00:51:05that vindication

00:51:06does not

00:51:07include blotting

00:51:08out or cleansing

00:51:09the charges.

00:51:11Does that

00:51:11make sense?

00:51:14The fact

00:51:15is that in

00:51:17Daniel 8,

00:51:18the reputation

00:51:18of God and

00:51:19his people has

00:51:19been smeared

00:51:20by the little

00:51:21horn.

00:51:22A judicial

00:51:23proceeding in

00:51:24the heavenly

00:51:24sanctuary must

00:51:25set the record

00:51:26straight.

00:51:26It must

00:51:27vindicate.

00:51:27It must

00:51:28justify.

00:51:29It must

00:51:29expunge the

00:51:31false

00:51:31accusations.

00:51:34In Daniel 7,

00:51:35we know that

00:51:36it presents a

00:51:37similar scenario.

00:51:39The little

00:51:40horn has

00:51:41killed the

00:51:41saints,

00:51:42changed God's

00:51:43times,

00:51:44changed God's

00:51:44law,

00:51:45blasphemed God.

00:51:46It has yet,

00:51:47and yet,

00:51:48things have

00:51:49gone very well

00:51:50for that little

00:51:51horn power.

00:51:51horn.

00:51:54And so,

00:51:54the record

00:51:54must be set

00:51:55straight.

00:51:57And this is

00:51:58done by opening

00:51:58the books and

00:51:59judging the

00:52:00brazen little

00:52:00horn.

00:52:01And at the

00:52:02end of the

00:52:03judgment,

00:52:03the kingdom

00:52:03is given

00:52:04once again

00:52:05to the

00:52:05Son of Man,

00:52:06who is the

00:52:07same person

00:52:07as the

00:52:07Prince of

00:52:08the Host,

00:52:10and to the

00:52:10saints of the

00:52:11Most High,

00:52:12to whom it

00:52:12belonged to

00:52:13in the

00:52:13first place.

00:52:17There is

00:52:17actually a

00:52:18remarkable

00:52:23parallel between

00:52:25the thematic

00:52:26sequence of

00:52:26Daniel 8 and

00:52:27Leviticus

00:52:28chapters 1

00:52:29through 16.

00:52:32Remarkable

00:52:32parallel.

00:52:34In Daniel

00:52:34chapter 8

00:52:35verses 1

00:52:38to 12,

00:52:38we find the

00:52:39little horn

00:52:40interfering with

00:52:40the daily

00:52:41ministration of

00:52:41the Prince of

00:52:42the Host.

00:52:43But then when

00:52:44we get to

00:52:44Daniel 8

00:52:45verses 13

00:52:45and 14,

00:52:46the focus

00:52:46shifts to

00:52:48the yearly

00:52:48ministration,

00:52:50the justification

00:52:51or the

00:52:51cleansing of

00:52:52the sanctuary.

00:52:53And this,

00:52:54remarkably so,

00:52:55is the same

00:52:55sequence we

00:52:56find in

00:52:57Leviticus

00:52:57chapters 1

00:52:58through 16.

00:52:59In chapters

00:52:591 through 15,

00:53:01we find the

00:53:01emphasis on

00:53:02the daily

00:53:02ministration

00:53:03in the

00:53:04court and

00:53:05in the

00:53:05holy place

00:53:06in favor of

00:53:07the individual

00:53:07Israelites.

00:53:09But when

00:53:10you get to

00:53:10chapter 16,

00:53:12the focus

00:53:13shifts.

00:53:15It shifts

00:53:16from the

00:53:16individual

00:53:17Israelite

00:53:18to the

00:53:19cleansing

00:53:19of the

00:53:21entire

00:53:21sanctuary.

00:53:25Now,

00:53:25some

00:53:25scholars,

00:53:28and if you

00:53:28do your

00:53:28research,

00:53:29you've come

00:53:29across these

00:53:30guys,

00:53:31they've argued

00:53:32that Daniel 8

00:53:34verse 14

00:53:35cannot be

00:53:36connected with

00:53:37Leviticus 16

00:53:37because in

00:53:38Daniel 8

00:53:39verse 14,

00:53:40it's an

00:53:41apostate power

00:53:42which defiles

00:53:43the sanctuary.

00:53:44well,

00:53:46in Leviticus 16

00:53:46is the

00:53:47confessed sins

00:53:48of God's

00:53:49people which

00:53:50have defiled

00:53:51it.

00:53:52And so

00:53:53they say

00:53:53there's a

00:53:54difference

00:53:54there.

00:53:57But my

00:53:58question is,

00:53:59are these

00:54:00two

00:54:00emphases

00:54:01mutually

00:54:02exclusive

00:54:02or are

00:54:03they

00:54:03complementary?

00:54:03is the

00:54:06sanctuary

00:54:06polluted

00:54:07only by

00:54:07the

00:54:08confessed

00:54:08sins

00:54:08of

00:54:08God's

00:54:09people

00:54:09or is

00:54:09it

00:54:10also

00:54:10defiled

00:54:10by the

00:54:11sins

00:54:11of those

00:54:11who

00:54:12profess

00:54:13to be

00:54:13God's

00:54:13people

00:54:14and yet

00:54:15are

00:54:15imposters?

00:54:17Or maybe

00:54:17change

00:54:18their minds?

00:54:19And so

00:54:22let's take a

00:54:22few moments

00:54:23to study

00:54:23just one

00:54:24passage.

00:54:25I could

00:54:26study lots

00:54:27of them.

00:54:28But let's

00:54:29look at one

00:54:29passage from

00:54:30the Old

00:54:30Testament to

00:54:30help answer

00:54:31these questions

00:54:32that I'm

00:54:34sure I'm

00:54:34not the

00:54:34only one

00:54:35that's had

00:54:35these

00:54:35questions.

00:54:38The book

00:54:39of Zephaniah.

00:54:40It's a very

00:54:41fascinating book.

00:54:43Though the

00:54:43book deals

00:54:44with God's

00:54:44judgment upon

00:54:45Israel at

00:54:46the Babylonian

00:54:47captivity,

00:54:48the language

00:54:49makes it

00:54:49very clear

00:54:49that this

00:54:50judgment

00:54:50prefigures

00:54:51God's

00:54:52great judgment

00:54:53at the

00:54:53end of

00:54:53time.

00:54:55And we

00:54:55are

00:54:55particularly

00:54:57concerned

00:54:58here with

00:54:59chapter 3

00:54:59here in

00:55:00Zephaniah

00:55:01and verses

00:55:031-7.

00:55:06And we're

00:55:06going to

00:55:07read them.

00:55:08Zephaniah 3,

00:55:10let's look at

00:55:11verse 1.

00:55:11Woe to

00:55:12her that is

00:55:12filthy and

00:55:13polluted.

00:55:14Right off

00:55:15the bat.

00:55:15Woe to

00:55:19her that

00:55:19is filthy

00:55:20and polluted

00:55:23to the

00:55:23oppressing

00:55:24city.

00:55:24She

00:55:25obeyed not

00:55:25the voice.

00:55:27She received

00:55:27not correction.

00:55:29She trusted

00:55:29not in the

00:55:30Lord.

00:55:31She drew

00:55:31not near

00:55:32to God.

00:55:33Her princes

00:55:34within her

00:55:34are roaring

00:55:35lions.

00:55:36Her judges

00:55:37are evening

00:55:38wolves.

00:55:39They gnaw not

00:55:40the bones

00:55:40till the

00:55:41morrow.

00:55:42Her prophets

00:55:42are light and

00:55:43treacherous

00:55:44persons.

00:55:45Her priests

00:55:46What's that?

00:55:49Who are

00:55:49priests?

00:55:50They belong

00:55:50to the

00:55:51church?

00:55:53Yeah?

00:55:54Her priests

00:55:55have polluted

00:55:55the sanctuary.

00:55:59Right?

00:56:00They have

00:56:00done violence

00:56:01to the

00:56:02law.

00:56:04The just

00:56:04Lord is in

00:56:05the midst

00:56:05thereof.

00:56:06He will

00:56:06not do

00:56:07iniquity.

00:56:08Every morning

00:56:08doth he bring

00:56:09his judgment

00:56:10to light.

00:56:10He faileth

00:56:11not.

00:56:11But the

00:56:12unjust

00:56:13knoweth

00:56:14no shame.

00:56:19I have

00:56:19cut off

00:56:20the nations.

00:56:21Their towers

00:56:21are desolate.

00:56:22I made

00:56:22their streets

00:56:23waste that

00:56:24none passeth

00:56:25by.

00:56:25Their cities

00:56:26are destroyed

00:56:27so that

00:56:28there is no

00:56:28man,

00:56:29that there

00:56:29is none

00:56:30inhabitant.

00:56:31I said

00:56:31surely

00:56:32thou

00:56:32will fear

00:56:33me.

00:56:34Thou

00:56:34will receive

00:56:35instruction

00:56:35so their

00:56:37dwellings

00:56:37should not

00:56:38be cut

00:56:38off.

00:56:39Howsoever

00:56:40I

00:56:40punished

00:56:41them.

00:56:42Notice

00:56:42he says

00:56:43but they

00:56:43rose

00:56:44early

00:56:44and

00:56:45corrupted

00:56:46all

00:56:47their

00:56:48doings.

00:56:52Well it's

00:56:53clear here

00:56:53that God

00:56:56is not just

00:56:57speaking about

00:56:58unbelievers,

00:57:00he's speaking

00:57:01about the

00:57:01church.

00:57:02did you

00:57:05pick up

00:57:05on that?

00:57:08I mean

00:57:08here God

00:57:09calls

00:57:09Jerusalem

00:57:09and that's

00:57:11the city

00:57:11where his

00:57:12people dwell,

00:57:14he calls

00:57:14them filthy

00:57:15and polluted.

00:57:18In

00:57:19verse 5,

00:57:19the filthy

00:57:20and polluted

00:57:20ones are

00:57:21called

00:57:21unjust.

00:57:24Once again

00:57:25we find a

00:57:26link between

00:57:26the idea

00:57:27of being

00:57:28filthy

00:57:29and being

00:57:29unjust

00:57:30or unrighteous.

00:57:33God's

00:57:34own people

00:57:34are accused

00:57:35of not

00:57:35obeying

00:57:36his

00:57:36voice.

00:57:37Verse 2.

00:57:39Then the

00:57:40religious leaders

00:57:41are singled

00:57:42out in this

00:57:42apostasy.

00:57:44The princes,

00:57:44the judges,

00:57:45the prophets

00:57:46and the

00:57:46priests.

00:57:47Verses 3

00:57:47and 4.

00:57:49And of

00:57:49particular

00:57:50significance

00:57:50is the

00:57:51declaration

00:57:51in verse 4

00:57:52that her

00:57:52priests have

00:57:53polluted

00:57:54the sanctuary.

00:57:55They have

00:57:56done

00:57:56violence

00:57:57to the

00:57:58law.

00:58:02What do

00:58:02we find

00:58:03out about

00:58:03this?

00:58:04What do

00:58:04we learn?

00:58:06It's

00:58:06possible for

00:58:07apostate

00:58:08priests who

00:58:08claim to

00:58:09serve God

00:58:10to pollute

00:58:11the sanctuary.

00:58:13And if

00:58:14that isn't

00:58:14clear,

00:58:15then I

00:58:15suggest you

00:58:16go to

00:58:17Ezekiel 8

00:58:17and read

00:58:18the entire

00:58:18chapter.

00:58:19It speaks

00:58:19of all the

00:58:20abominations

00:58:20that the

00:58:21priests were

00:58:21doing in

00:58:21the temple

00:58:22of God.

00:58:23And for

00:58:24this reason,

00:58:25God promises

00:58:25to come in

00:58:26judgment against

00:58:26those who

00:58:27profess to

00:58:27be his

00:58:28own

00:58:28people.

00:58:33Zephaniah

00:58:333 and

00:58:33verse 8

00:58:34makes it

00:58:34very clear

00:58:35that this

00:58:35judgment has

00:58:36much more

00:58:36than Israel

00:58:37in view

00:58:37too.

00:58:38Look what

00:58:39it says

00:58:39there.

00:58:40Quote,

00:58:41Therefore

00:58:41wait ye

00:58:42upon me,

00:58:42saith the

00:58:43Lord,

00:58:43until the

00:58:43day that

00:58:44I rise

00:58:44up to

00:58:44the

00:58:45prey.

00:58:45For

00:58:46my

00:58:46determination

00:58:46is to

00:58:47gather

00:58:48the

00:58:48nations,

00:58:49that I

00:58:49may

00:58:49assemble

00:58:50the

00:58:50kingdoms

00:58:50to

00:58:51pour

00:58:51upon

00:58:51them

00:58:52mine

00:58:52indignation,

00:58:53even

00:58:54all my

00:58:54fierce

00:58:54anger,

00:58:55for

00:58:56all the

00:58:57earth

00:58:57shall

00:58:57be

00:58:57devoured

00:58:58with

00:58:58the

00:58:58fire

00:58:59of

00:58:59my

00:59:00jealousy.

00:59:02That's

00:59:02Zephaniah

00:59:033 and

00:59:03verse 8.

00:59:04It's a

00:59:05judgment of

00:59:05the whole

00:59:06world at

00:59:06the end

00:59:06of time.

00:59:08The rest

00:59:09of the

00:59:09chapter is

00:59:10composed of

00:59:10promises of

00:59:11restoration for

00:59:12those who

00:59:12remain faithful

00:59:13to God.

00:59:13I suggest

00:59:14you study it.

00:59:15Read it

00:59:15yourself.

00:59:15So in

00:59:21a

00:59:21kind of

00:59:23summary

00:59:23here,

00:59:23a full

00:59:24understanding

00:59:25of

00:59:27Nisdak

00:59:27includes a

00:59:29rather broad

00:59:30collection of

00:59:30meanings.

00:59:33Right?

00:59:34Including

00:59:35cleansing,

00:59:36vindicating,

00:59:37justifying,

00:59:38setting right,

00:59:38restoring.

00:59:40And according

00:59:40to the words

00:59:41of the

00:59:41wonderful

00:59:42numberer,

00:59:43the actual

00:59:44work done

00:59:45in the

00:59:45heavenly

00:59:45sanctuary

00:59:46beginning in

00:59:471844 A.D.

00:59:48would include

00:59:49all those

00:59:49concepts.

00:59:50Not only

00:59:51cleansing,

00:59:51but also

00:59:52the

00:59:52investigative

00:59:53judgment.

00:59:56And let

00:59:56me say

00:59:57this.

00:59:59I start

01:00:00to kind

01:00:00of wrap

01:00:01it up.

01:00:03The

01:00:04correct

01:00:04interpretation

01:00:05of the

01:00:072300

01:00:08days

01:00:08also

01:00:10depends

01:00:10on

01:00:11several

01:00:12factors.

01:00:13And we'll

01:00:14get into

01:00:15the details

01:00:16of these

01:00:17when we

01:00:17get to

01:00:18Daniel

01:00:18chapter

01:00:189.

01:00:19But here's

01:00:20three factors

01:00:21I want to

01:00:21throw out

01:00:21there at

01:00:22you,

01:00:22at least

01:00:22to get

01:00:23you

01:00:23started

01:00:23on them.

01:00:24I briefly

01:00:24mentioned

01:00:25them throughout

01:00:25this series

01:00:26of the

01:00:28desolator,

01:00:29Daniel

01:00:29chapter

01:00:298.

01:00:30One is

01:00:31that 70

01:00:32weeks are

01:00:32the first

01:00:33part of

01:00:34the 2300

01:00:35day prophecy.

01:00:37And we'll

01:00:38learn that

01:00:38they began

01:00:39in 457

01:00:39B.C.

01:00:40Second

01:00:40thing is

01:00:41the 2300

01:00:41days are

01:00:42symbolic

01:00:43of years,

01:00:44which we

01:00:44study in

01:00:45depth in

01:00:45Daniel

01:00:45chapter 7.

01:00:46We'll

01:00:46get into

01:00:47it even

01:00:47more so

01:00:48in

01:00:49Daniel

01:00:509.

01:00:51As well

01:00:52as there's

01:00:52no gap

01:00:53between the

01:00:5469th and

01:00:5470th week

01:00:55that virtually

01:00:56all

01:00:57Christendom

01:00:58teaches.

01:01:00I don't

01:01:01want to

01:01:01get off

01:01:02on tangents

01:01:03on that,

01:01:05but we

01:01:05will touch

01:01:06on it.

01:01:06Remember

01:01:06we talked

01:01:07about

01:01:07the

01:01:11correct

01:01:13prophetical

01:01:15interpretation

01:01:16principles

01:01:18that must

01:01:19be used.

01:01:20We did

01:01:20that,

01:01:21I spent

01:01:21a couple

01:01:22of studies

01:01:22on that

01:01:23to lay

01:01:23that out,

01:01:24the biblical

01:01:24way to

01:01:25interpret

01:01:26prophecy.

01:01:28But there

01:01:29are scholars

01:01:29who have

01:01:29left the

01:01:307th Adventist

01:01:31faith that

01:01:31have always

01:01:31questioned

01:01:32the

01:01:33historicist

01:01:34interpretation

01:01:34of the

01:01:352300 days.

01:01:37Men like

01:01:38Canterite

01:01:38and Ballinger

01:01:39and Fletcher

01:01:39and I

01:01:39mentioned

01:01:40Ford,

01:01:40Rassliff

01:01:41and on

01:01:42and on.

01:01:43And we

01:01:43looked at

01:01:43this before,

01:01:44like I

01:01:44said,

01:01:45at the

01:01:45beginning

01:01:45of the

01:01:45prophecy

01:01:46series.

01:01:48The three

01:01:48main

01:01:49interpretations

01:01:50of prophecy,

01:01:51right,

01:01:51those

01:01:51principles,

01:01:52historicism,

01:01:53and then

01:01:53preterism

01:01:54and futurism

01:01:55with the

01:01:55last two

01:01:56being a

01:01:56response

01:01:57from the

01:01:58papacy

01:01:58to the

01:01:58correct

01:01:59principle

01:01:59of

01:02:00interpretation

01:02:01that laid

01:02:01bare who

01:02:02that

01:02:02little horn

01:02:02power truly

01:02:03was.

01:02:06But I'll

01:02:06tell you

01:02:07this,

01:02:10Satan does

01:02:10not like

01:02:11this prophecy

01:02:11in Daniel.

01:02:14I'll tell

01:02:15you that.

01:02:17A wrong

01:02:18beginning

01:02:20and ending

01:02:21date for

01:02:21the 70

01:02:22weeks

01:02:22destroys

01:02:24the 1844

01:02:25date and

01:02:27is an

01:02:27attack on

01:02:28the ministry

01:02:28of Christ.

01:02:30In fact,

01:02:31separating the

01:02:3170th week

01:02:32from the

01:02:33previous

01:02:3369

01:02:33totally

01:02:35obliterates

01:02:35the date

01:02:36of 1844

01:02:36when Jesus

01:02:37moved into

01:02:37the most

01:02:38holy place

01:02:38and the

01:02:39judgment

01:02:39began.

01:02:41You see,

01:02:41Satan wants

01:02:42to hide

01:02:42the fact

01:02:42that the

01:02:43world is

01:02:43now being

01:02:44judged.

01:02:46If there

01:02:46is a

01:02:462,000 year

01:02:47gap between

01:02:48the 69th

01:02:49and the

01:02:4970th week,

01:02:50then the

01:02:50cleansing of

01:02:51the sanctuary

01:02:51didn't begin

01:02:52in 1844

01:02:53AD.

01:02:53And this

01:02:56is why

01:02:56there are

01:02:56actually two

01:02:57diametrically

01:02:58opposed

01:02:59interpretive

01:03:00fallacies

01:03:00hailed by

01:03:01the same

01:03:02church,

01:03:02the Roman

01:03:03Catholic

01:03:03Church.

01:03:04Church is

01:03:05to be built

01:03:06and is based

01:03:06upon the

01:03:07foundation of

01:03:08truth and

01:03:08you have a

01:03:09church that

01:03:10has two

01:03:10opposing

01:03:11teachings that

01:03:13they say is

01:03:14the truth.

01:03:17There should

01:03:17be a heads

01:03:18up there

01:03:18somewhere.

01:03:18I mean,

01:03:21you don't

01:03:21have to be a

01:03:22scholar to

01:03:22see,

01:03:23well,

01:03:23they say

01:03:24this and

01:03:24then they

01:03:25say the

01:03:25exact opposite

01:03:26and they

01:03:26say both

01:03:27are the

01:03:27truth.

01:03:28Somebody's

01:03:29lying.

01:03:30Liars

01:03:31won't be

01:03:31in the

01:03:32kingdom and

01:03:33God's church

01:03:34does not

01:03:34lie.

01:03:36God's not

01:03:36a liar.

01:03:44But the

01:03:45judgment,

01:03:46friends,

01:03:47is not the

01:03:47only thing

01:03:48that's at

01:03:48stake.

01:03:49The

01:03:50pioneers of

01:03:51the Seventh-day

01:03:51Adventist

01:03:52Church discovered

01:03:53a whole cluster

01:03:53of truth

01:03:54shortly after

01:03:571844 A.D.

01:03:59Why did

01:04:00they discover

01:04:01that?

01:04:03There's one

01:04:04reason.

01:04:06Jesus moved

01:04:07from the

01:04:08holy place,

01:04:10that ministry

01:04:11he was

01:04:11doing,

01:04:13and continues

01:04:14to do,

01:04:15he moved

01:04:16into the

01:04:17most holy

01:04:17place.

01:04:18And what

01:04:18is in the

01:04:18most holy

01:04:19place?

01:04:22You have

01:04:22the Ark of

01:04:23the Covenant

01:04:23and there

01:04:25are things

01:04:25within that

01:04:26Ark that

01:04:28then came

01:04:28to light.

01:04:29and the

01:04:33mutability of

01:04:34the Ten

01:04:34commandment

01:04:34law.

01:04:36These are

01:04:37the things

01:04:37that were

01:04:38uncovered.

01:04:41The

01:04:41Sabbath being

01:04:41the seventh

01:04:42day,

01:04:42not the

01:04:42first day.

01:04:43The investigative

01:04:44judgment,

01:04:45the true

01:04:45state of the

01:04:46dead,

01:04:47the health

01:04:47message,

01:04:48the gift

01:04:49of prophecy,

01:04:50the three

01:04:50angels'

01:04:51messages that

01:04:51explain it

01:04:52all.

01:04:52these are

01:04:56the very

01:04:56truths that

01:04:57the Christian

01:04:57world rejects

01:04:58to this

01:04:58day.

01:05:00And you

01:05:01know what?

01:05:01Satan used

01:05:02the great

01:05:02disappointment

01:05:02in 1844

01:05:03to lead the

01:05:05Christian world

01:05:05to repudiate

01:05:06historicism as

01:05:08the only method

01:05:09that interprets

01:05:10Bible prophecy.

01:05:12So friends,

01:05:13we need to be

01:05:14very clear about

01:05:15the 2300 days

01:05:16of Daniel 8

01:05:17and verse 14

01:05:17and all that

01:05:18it encompasses.

01:05:23Here's a

01:05:23great quote

01:05:24I want to

01:05:25share with

01:05:25you from

01:05:27J.N.

01:05:28Andrews.

01:05:31He wrote

01:05:31something,

01:05:32it was entitled

01:05:33Order of

01:05:33Events in the

01:05:34Judgment,

01:05:34you find this

01:05:35on pages 83

01:05:36and 84.

01:05:38And he

01:05:39begins by

01:05:39quoting Daniel

01:05:40chapter 8

01:05:41verses 13

01:05:41and 14.

01:05:43And then he

01:05:44says,

01:05:45here is an

01:05:45event to

01:05:47transpire in

01:05:48the conclusion

01:05:49of this

01:05:49vision.

01:05:50In other

01:05:50words,

01:05:50it occurs in

01:05:51the end of

01:05:53the gospel

01:05:53dispensation.

01:05:55The sanctuary

01:05:56to be cleansed

01:05:57at the conclusion

01:05:58of the new

01:05:59covenant

01:05:59dispensation

01:06:00must be the

01:06:01sanctuary of

01:06:02the new

01:06:02covenant.

01:06:04So many

01:06:05teach that,

01:06:06oh, that's

01:06:06an Old

01:06:06Testament.

01:06:09We're in

01:06:10the new

01:06:10covenant,

01:06:10we're in

01:06:11the new

01:06:11testament.

01:06:12Love,

01:06:12love,

01:06:13love,

01:06:14love.

01:06:17One of my

01:06:18members always

01:06:19said,

01:06:19sloppy

01:06:19agape.

01:06:24Here,

01:06:26Andrew

01:06:27says,

01:06:29the sanctuary

01:06:29to be cleansed

01:06:30at the

01:06:30conclusion of

01:06:31the new

01:06:31covenant

01:06:31dispensation

01:06:32must be the

01:06:34sanctuary of

01:06:34the new

01:06:35covenant.

01:06:36He says,

01:06:36a sanctuary

01:06:37implies of

01:06:38necessity

01:06:39a priesthood.

01:06:41The cleansing

01:06:42of the

01:06:42sanctuary

01:06:43is that

01:06:44event

01:06:44which

01:06:44completes

01:06:45the work

01:06:45of the

01:06:46priest

01:06:46who

01:06:47ministers

01:06:47therein.

01:06:49When,

01:06:50therefore,

01:06:50we read

01:06:51of the

01:06:52cleansing

01:06:52of the

01:06:53sanctuary

01:06:53at the

01:06:54end of

01:06:54the 2300

01:06:55days,

01:06:56we understand

01:06:57that this

01:06:58is the

01:06:58closing

01:06:58event

01:06:59of the

01:07:00priesthood

01:07:01of the

01:07:01Son of

01:07:02God.

01:07:03It is

01:07:04of necessity

01:07:05a work

01:07:06which brings

01:07:06human

01:07:07probation

01:07:07to a

01:07:08close

01:07:08and marks

01:07:09the transition

01:07:10from the

01:07:12priesthood

01:07:12to the

01:07:13kingly

01:07:14office

01:07:14of the

01:07:16Savior.

01:07:17End quote.

01:07:21You know,

01:07:21the question

01:07:22that comes

01:07:22up the

01:07:24most from

01:07:24verse 14

01:07:25is,

01:07:26why would

01:07:26the sanctuary

01:07:27be cleansed

01:07:27at the

01:07:28end of

01:07:28the 2300

01:07:29years?

01:07:31What in

01:07:32it,

01:07:33the sanctuary,

01:07:33could need

01:07:34cleaning?

01:07:37We're

01:07:38speaking about

01:07:38a building,

01:07:40essentially,

01:07:40that's in

01:07:41heaven,

01:07:41right?

01:07:42Temple.

01:07:42The

01:07:43earthly

01:07:44type

01:07:44actually

01:07:45explains

01:07:45this.

01:07:47The

01:07:47tabernacle

01:07:48needed

01:07:48cleansing

01:07:49at the

01:07:49end of

01:07:49each

01:07:49year,

01:07:50right?

01:07:50Even

01:07:50though

01:07:51no

01:07:53physical

01:07:53dirt

01:07:54ever

01:07:55entered

01:07:55it,

01:07:57the

01:07:58day of

01:07:58atonement

01:07:59procedure

01:08:00is carefully

01:08:01explained,

01:08:02as I said,

01:08:02in Leviticus

01:08:0316.

01:08:03But I'm

01:08:04not going

01:08:04to go

01:08:04through

01:08:05the whole

01:08:06chapter.

01:08:08I encourage

01:08:09you to go

01:08:09back,

01:08:10study Leviticus

01:08:1016.

01:08:11But I'm

01:08:13going to

01:08:15lay out

01:08:15maybe some

01:08:16points here,

01:08:17something to

01:08:17think about.

01:08:20The

01:08:21key concern

01:08:22here is

01:08:23the transfer

01:08:24of sin.

01:08:26You see,

01:08:26in the daily

01:08:26service,

01:08:27the sin

01:08:28of the

01:08:28person

01:08:28was

01:08:29continually

01:08:30transferred,

01:08:31either to

01:08:32the sacrificial

01:08:32animal,

01:08:33or to

01:08:34the priest.

01:08:35And the

01:08:36blood of

01:08:36the animals

01:08:37was then

01:08:37taken into

01:08:38the first

01:08:38apartment,

01:08:39and it

01:08:39was sprinkled.

01:08:39That act

01:08:41ceremonially,

01:08:42get that

01:08:43word out,

01:08:44transferred the

01:08:45sin from

01:08:45the person

01:08:45to the

01:08:46tabernacle.

01:08:47Now,

01:08:48in the

01:08:48yearly

01:08:48service,

01:08:49on the

01:08:49day of

01:08:49atonement,

01:08:50the

01:08:50sprinkling

01:08:51cleanses

01:08:52the

01:08:52transferred

01:08:53sins

01:08:53out of

01:08:54the

01:08:54sanctuary.

01:08:57And we're

01:08:57repeatedly told

01:08:58this in

01:08:59Leviticus

01:08:59chapter 16.

01:09:00So,

01:09:01I'll tell you,

01:09:02let no one

01:09:02say to you

01:09:03that the

01:09:03concept,

01:09:04cleansing

01:09:04the

01:09:04sanctuary,

01:09:05is not

01:09:05biblical.

01:09:06It

01:09:07definitely

01:09:07is.

01:09:10In fact,

01:09:11without it,

01:09:12we're all

01:09:12doomed.

01:09:14Think that

01:09:15one through.

01:09:19Leviticus 17

01:09:20verse 11

01:09:20says to

01:09:22us that

01:09:22the life

01:09:23is in

01:09:23the blood.

01:09:25And that's

01:09:25true,

01:09:26isn't it?

01:09:27I mean,

01:09:27physiology

01:09:28establishes

01:09:29that it's

01:09:30true.

01:09:31It is the

01:09:32flowing blood

01:09:33within your

01:09:34body,

01:09:34continually

01:09:35nourishing

01:09:35your cells,

01:09:36which keeps

01:09:36you alive.

01:09:41Leviticus 17

01:09:42and verse 11

01:09:42says,

01:09:43For the

01:09:43life of

01:09:44the flesh

01:09:44is in

01:09:45the blood,

01:09:46and I

01:09:46have given

01:09:47it to

01:09:47you upon

01:09:48the altar,

01:09:48he says,

01:09:49to make

01:09:50an atonement

01:09:50for your

01:09:51souls.

01:09:52For it

01:09:52is the

01:09:53blood that

01:09:53maketh an

01:09:54atonement

01:09:54for your

01:09:55soul.

01:09:58You see,

01:09:59sin is

01:09:59transferred to

01:10:00the animal,

01:10:02and through

01:10:02the blood

01:10:02sprinkling

01:10:03transferred to

01:10:04the sanctuary.

01:10:04And on

01:10:07the day

01:10:07of atonement,

01:10:08blood is

01:10:09taken into

01:10:09the sanctuary

01:10:10to cleanse

01:10:10it.

01:10:12It is

01:10:13the shedding

01:10:13of the

01:10:14blood that

01:10:14cleanses

01:10:15from sin.

01:10:17And a

01:10:17great deal

01:10:18is involved

01:10:18in the

01:10:19cleansing

01:10:19of the

01:10:19heavenly

01:10:20sanctuary.

01:10:22It's got

01:10:22to include

01:10:23the cleansing

01:10:23of the

01:10:24individual,

01:10:25the sole

01:10:25temple of

01:10:26all sin,

01:10:26by which

01:10:27means the

01:10:27church is

01:10:29cleansed and

01:10:30sanctified.

01:10:31and not

01:10:34until this

01:10:35is accomplished

01:10:35on earth

01:10:36in the

01:10:36court can

01:10:36the Lord

01:10:37blot out

01:10:37the sins

01:10:38of his

01:10:38people that

01:10:39are on

01:10:40record there

01:10:41in the

01:10:42sanctuary in

01:10:42heaven,

01:10:43the books,

01:10:44the book

01:10:45of life.

01:10:46What takes

01:10:47place in the

01:10:48sanctuary above

01:10:48depends on

01:10:49what takes

01:10:49place in the

01:10:50hearts of

01:10:50God's people

01:10:51in the

01:10:51church,

01:10:52the court

01:10:52on earth.

01:10:55And let

01:10:56me emphasize

01:10:56again

01:10:57an important

01:11:01part of the

01:11:03cleansing of

01:11:04the heavenly

01:11:04sanctuary is

01:11:05the cleansing

01:11:06of the

01:11:06court,

01:11:07which according

01:11:07to Revelation

01:11:0811 is the

01:11:09holy city

01:11:10or the

01:11:11church,

01:11:12which was

01:11:13trod under

01:11:13foot by the

01:11:14papacy for

01:11:1442 prophetic

01:11:15months,

01:11:161260 years.

01:11:17The court

01:11:18of the

01:11:18heavenly

01:11:19temple,

01:11:19which is

01:11:20the temple

01:11:21of God

01:11:21on earth,

01:11:22is cleansed

01:11:22first of all

01:11:23by a world

01:11:23message exposing

01:11:25the false

01:11:26mediatorial

01:11:27system of

01:11:28the papacy.

01:11:29How?

01:11:30By restoring

01:11:30the knowledge

01:11:31of the true

01:11:32sanctuary and

01:11:33its services

01:11:33and priesthood

01:11:35of Jesus

01:11:36Christ to

01:11:37God's people.

01:11:39This message

01:11:40goes to the

01:11:41world at the

01:11:41same time as

01:11:42the investigative

01:11:43judgment is

01:11:44in session in

01:11:44heaven after

01:11:461844 A.D.

01:11:48The court is

01:11:49to be cleansed

01:11:50also by a

01:11:51great revival

01:11:52and reformation

01:11:53in the

01:11:54church that

01:11:55cleanses the

01:11:56earthly habitation

01:11:57of God

01:11:58from all

01:11:59sin so

01:12:01that it is

01:12:02a glorious

01:12:03church as

01:12:03we're told,

01:12:04not having

01:12:05spot or

01:12:05wrinkle or

01:12:06any such

01:12:06thing,

01:12:07but that it

01:12:08is holy

01:12:09and without

01:12:09blemish.

01:12:12The church

01:12:13holy sanctified

01:12:13will be

01:12:14preserved

01:12:14blameless

01:12:15unto the

01:12:15coming of

01:12:16our Lord

01:12:16Jesus Christ.

01:12:18That's what

01:12:18the Bible

01:12:18tells us.

01:12:19Friends,

01:12:20are you

01:12:20starting to

01:12:20see the

01:12:21truth come

01:12:21together here

01:12:22in Daniel

01:12:228?

01:12:25Patrick

01:12:26Jones explains

01:12:27this in

01:12:27layman's

01:12:28terms.

01:12:30Let me

01:12:30share what

01:12:30he says

01:12:31about this.

01:12:32It's from

01:12:33his book

01:12:33Gems from

01:12:34Daniel,

01:12:34page 297.

01:12:37Brother

01:12:37Jones says,

01:12:38quote,

01:12:38The sanctuary

01:12:40system,

01:12:41earthly and

01:12:42heavenly,

01:12:42is God's

01:12:43means for

01:12:44planet Earth

01:12:44to be healthy

01:12:45in a world

01:12:46of sin.

01:12:47The planet

01:12:48in a fallen

01:12:49condition is a

01:12:50closed system,

01:12:51like an

01:12:51aquarium.

01:12:52It needs

01:12:53an exhaust

01:12:53pipe,

01:12:54a way to

01:12:54eliminate

01:12:55waste.

01:12:56The sanctuary

01:12:57system is the

01:12:57way for

01:12:58planet Earth

01:12:58to eliminate

01:12:59its poisonous

01:13:00waste products,

01:13:01sin.

01:13:02Sin is toxic

01:13:03to the

01:13:04environment of

01:13:05Earth.

01:13:05Sin affects

01:13:06nature so

01:13:06profoundly.

01:13:08Isaiah saw

01:13:08this clearly.

01:13:10Quote,

01:13:11The earth

01:13:11mourneth

01:13:12and fadeth

01:13:12away.

01:13:13The world

01:13:13languisheth

01:13:14and fadeth

01:13:14away.

01:13:15The haughty

01:13:16people of

01:13:16the earth

01:13:16do languish.

01:13:17Notice,

01:13:18the earth

01:13:18also is

01:13:19defiled under

01:13:20the inhabitants

01:13:21thereof,

01:13:22because they

01:13:22have transgressed

01:13:23the laws,

01:13:24changed the

01:13:25ordinance,

01:13:26broken the

01:13:26everlasting

01:13:27covenant.

01:13:28Therefore

01:13:29hath the

01:13:29curse devoured

01:13:30the earth,

01:13:31and they

01:13:31that dwell

01:13:32therein

01:13:33are desolate.

01:13:34Therefore

01:13:34the inhabitants

01:13:35of the earth

01:13:35are burned,

01:13:37and few

01:13:37men left.

01:13:38He's quoting

01:13:39Isaiah 24,

01:13:40verses 4-6.

01:13:43Jones goes

01:13:43on, he says,

01:13:44When organs

01:13:44of waste

01:13:45elimination are

01:13:46clogged up

01:13:46or removed,

01:13:47the body

01:13:48quickly becomes

01:13:49toxic with

01:13:50poisons and

01:13:50gets sick.

01:13:52Death will

01:13:52result quickly

01:13:53if there's no

01:13:53means of

01:13:54cleansing the

01:13:54body of

01:13:55the waste.

01:13:56The sins

01:13:56of earth

01:13:57have a way

01:13:57of escape.

01:13:58Through the

01:13:59blood of the

01:13:59Lamb that

01:14:02take away the

01:14:03sin of the

01:14:03world,

01:14:03they are

01:14:04brought to

01:14:04the heavenly

01:14:04sanctuary,

01:14:06which becomes

01:14:06the temporary

01:14:07nuclear waste

01:14:08dump for

01:14:09planet earth's

01:14:10sins.

01:14:11This was

01:14:12done to keep

01:14:12planet earth

01:14:13alive temporarily.

01:14:15Without the

01:14:16heavenly sanctuary,

01:14:17sin would have

01:14:17crushed the

01:14:18planet into

01:14:18non-existence.

01:14:20It would have

01:14:20self-destructed.

01:14:22Thank God for

01:14:23Jesus, our

01:14:24sin-bearer, to

01:14:25save us from

01:14:26our sins.

01:14:26Thank God for

01:14:27Jesus, our

01:14:28great high priest

01:14:29in the heavenly

01:14:29sanctuary,

01:14:30interceding

01:14:31continually in

01:14:32our behalf.

01:14:33Thank God for

01:14:34Jesus, our way

01:14:35of escape from

01:14:36this sin-polluted

01:14:37earth."

01:14:39End quote.

01:14:42Wonderful

01:14:42brother Jones.

01:14:45Now as I

01:14:46close,

01:14:47friends, it's

01:14:48important to

01:14:48remember that

01:14:49on the day of

01:14:49atonement, the

01:14:50morning and

01:14:50evening sacrifices

01:14:51continued.

01:14:53I mentioned it

01:14:54just a second

01:14:54ago.

01:14:55Just as Christ

01:14:56continues his

01:14:57intercessory ministry

01:14:59since 1844.

01:15:00Otherwise, nobody's

01:15:01sins would today be

01:15:02forgiven.

01:15:04However, since

01:15:051844, Christ, in

01:15:06addition to the

01:15:07ministry of

01:15:08intercession, is

01:15:09performing a

01:15:09ministry of

01:15:10cleansing.

01:15:11And we call

01:15:11that the

01:15:11pre-advent

01:15:12judgment.

01:15:13It means there's

01:15:14got to be a

01:15:14judgment before he

01:15:15returns.

01:15:15right?

01:15:21What are we to

01:15:21do after

01:15:26learning such

01:15:27an incredible

01:15:27truth, you

01:15:29know, such as

01:15:29this?

01:15:31Well, I'm going

01:15:31to end on this

01:15:32quote.

01:15:35It's from

01:15:35Manuscript

01:15:36Releases,

01:15:37Volume 11,

01:15:37page 83.

01:15:40And I want you

01:15:41to pay attention

01:15:41to it.

01:15:44Meditate upon

01:15:44it.

01:15:44Think about

01:15:45it.

01:15:46Quote,

01:15:48Godliness,

01:15:49sobriety,

01:15:50and consistency

01:15:51will characterize

01:15:52the life and

01:15:54example of every

01:15:55true Christian.

01:15:57The work which

01:15:58Christ is doing

01:15:59in the sanctuary

01:15:59above will

01:16:00engage the

01:16:01thoughts and

01:16:02be the burden

01:16:03of the

01:16:04conversation because

01:16:05by faith he

01:16:06has entered

01:16:06into the

01:16:07sanctuary.

01:16:08He is on

01:16:09earth, but

01:16:10his sympathies

01:16:11are in harmony

01:16:11with the work

01:16:12that Christ is

01:16:13doing in

01:16:13heaven.

01:16:13Christ is

01:16:15cleansing the

01:16:16heavenly sanctuary

01:16:16from the sins

01:16:17of the people

01:16:18and it is the

01:16:19work of all

01:16:20who are laborers

01:16:22together with

01:16:22God to be

01:16:23cleansing the

01:16:24sanctuary of the

01:16:25soul from

01:16:26everything that

01:16:27is offensive

01:16:27to him.

01:16:30everything, like

01:16:33evil surmising,

01:16:34envy,

01:16:35jealousy,

01:16:36enmity, and

01:16:36hatred will be

01:16:37put away.

01:16:39For such things

01:16:40grieve the Holy

01:16:41Spirit of God

01:16:41and put Christ to

01:16:43an open shame.

01:16:45Love of self will

01:16:46not exist, nor will

01:16:48any engaged in this

01:16:49work be puffed up.

01:16:50the example of

01:16:53Christ's life, the

01:16:55consistency of his

01:16:56character, will make

01:16:58his influence far

01:17:00reaching.

01:17:02He will be a

01:17:03living epistle

01:17:04known and read

01:17:07of all men.

01:17:09End quote.

01:17:11Friends, let us

01:17:13always endeavor to

01:17:16be that living

01:17:17epistle that

01:17:18reflects the

01:17:18character of

01:17:20Jesus.

01:17:20Let's bow our

01:17:21heads.

01:17:21Father in

01:17:21heaven, we

01:17:22are so thankful

01:17:22for this Holy

01:17:24Sabbath day.

01:17:25We are so

01:17:25thankful that

01:17:26you explain to

01:17:28us, if we

01:17:29are willing,

01:17:31these truths

01:17:32that you

01:17:32protected through

01:17:33ages, found

01:17:36in your Holy

01:17:36Word, and

01:17:38protected for us

01:17:39who live here

01:17:40in the time of

01:17:40the end.

01:17:42Father, I

01:17:43thank you so

01:17:44much for Jesus

01:17:45that you made

01:17:46a way.

01:17:48You made a

01:17:49way.

01:17:50to cleanse

01:17:50us of our

01:17:52sins.

01:17:53Not only did

01:17:54Jesus shed

01:17:54his blood, he

01:17:55lived a

01:17:55righteous life.

01:17:56He is our

01:17:56example in

01:17:57all things.

01:17:59And I ask

01:18:00that you give

01:18:00each and

01:18:01every one a

01:18:03double portion

01:18:03of the Spirit

01:18:04that we may

01:18:07reflect his

01:18:08character perfectly

01:18:08to a world

01:18:09that is dying

01:18:10in sin, that

01:18:11we may share

01:18:14this truth to

01:18:17the world and

01:18:18that they may

01:18:18see that

01:18:20Jesus is not

01:18:21a God of

01:18:23the dead, but

01:18:23a God of

01:18:24the living.

01:18:25I will ask

01:18:26these favors in

01:18:26the blessed

01:18:27name of Jesus

01:18:28who is so

01:18:28worthy.

01:18:29Amen and

01:18:30amen.

01:18:32I want to thank

01:18:33you for joining

01:18:33me this time.

01:18:35Friends, I

01:18:36encourage you,

01:18:37study these

01:18:38things out.

01:18:39Go to

01:18:39Daniel.

01:18:40Go to

01:18:41Leviticus 16.

01:18:43Dig into the

01:18:44sanctuary.

01:18:45Start by just

01:18:45reading it.

01:18:47Read through

01:18:47Leviticus.

01:18:49You know, it

01:18:50can get dry

01:18:50sometimes, but

01:18:51it's in the

01:18:53Bible for a

01:18:53purpose, and

01:18:54that purpose is

01:18:55for us to know

01:18:56and understand.

01:18:57So I

01:18:58encourage you to

01:18:58do that.

01:19:00And check

01:19:02me out.

01:19:03Brother Brooks

01:19:04always would say

01:19:05that.

01:19:06Check me out if

01:19:07these things

01:19:08aren't so.

01:19:09Get into your

01:19:10Bible, dig

01:19:11through it as

01:19:12for hidden

01:19:12treasure, and

01:19:15have a love

01:19:16for the truth.

01:19:17Pray for it.

01:19:18Pray that you

01:19:19will have that

01:19:19love for the

01:19:20truth.

01:19:21We know that

01:19:22as your love

01:19:24for Jesus

01:19:24continues to

01:19:25grow,

01:19:26so will your

01:19:26love for the

01:19:27truth, because

01:19:27Jesus is the

01:19:28truth.

01:19:28He's the

01:19:28life, the

01:19:29way.

01:19:30Keep looking

01:19:30up.

01:19:31I hope you

01:19:31join us next

01:19:32time we're

01:19:32together.

01:19:33Never doubt

01:19:33the love of

01:19:35God.

01:19:35Never doubt

01:19:36that Jesus

01:19:37loves you.

01:19:38Don't even

01:19:38let it enter

01:19:38your mind.

01:19:39Never doubt

01:19:40it.

01:19:41Keep looking

01:19:41up.

01:19:41We'll see you

01:19:42next time.

01:19:42God bless each

01:19:43and every one

01:19:43of you.

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