1 00:00:01,690 --> 00:00:04,630 Now, he begins to reveal unto Daniel these 2 00:00:04,630 --> 00:00:07,330 things that are going to transpire as far 3 00:00:07,330 --> 00:00:08,910 as the future is concerned. 4 00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:13,230 And here, Daniel gets into such interesting details 5 00:00:13,230 --> 00:00:20,510 that many of the Bible's critics have a 6 00:00:20,510 --> 00:00:22,950 difficult time with the eleventh chapter of the 7 00:00:22,950 --> 00:00:24,870 book of Daniel and they say that it 8 00:00:24,870 --> 00:00:28,830 was actually written in the year 166 B 9 00:00:28,830 --> 00:00:31,450 .C. after all of these events took place 10 00:00:31,450 --> 00:00:33,810 because it was impossible that he could have 11 00:00:33,810 --> 00:00:36,210 written of these events until they had happened. 12 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:39,690 However, that's of course quite a miracle in 13 00:00:39,690 --> 00:00:44,910 itself because the Septuagint version, the Septuagint version 14 00:00:44,910 --> 00:00:50,150 was made in about 220 or so B 15 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:53,550 .C. and in the Septuagint, the book of 16 00:00:53,550 --> 00:00:54,610 Daniel is included. 17 00:00:55,090 --> 00:00:57,390 They accepted it as written by Daniel and 18 00:00:57,390 --> 00:01:02,970 as authentic at least 60 years before these 19 00:01:02,970 --> 00:01:05,030 critics say the book of Daniel was written. 20 00:01:05,670 --> 00:01:07,110 So, it's interesting that they could have had 21 00:01:07,110 --> 00:01:08,990 a copy 60 years before it was written 22 00:01:08,990 --> 00:01:11,130 and translated it into Greek. 23 00:01:13,950 --> 00:01:16,170 They say that figures don't lie, but liars 24 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:17,070 can sure figure. 25 00:01:23,030 --> 00:01:25,890 Also, I in the first year of Darius 26 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:28,210 the Mede, even I stood to confirm and 27 00:01:28,210 --> 00:01:29,110 to strengthen him. 28 00:01:30,250 --> 00:01:32,650 And now I will show thee the truth. 29 00:01:34,270 --> 00:01:37,030 Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings 30 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:37,770 in Persia. 31 00:01:38,790 --> 00:01:40,690 Darius was the king at this time. 32 00:01:40,890 --> 00:01:42,590 The three kings that would follow would be 33 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:47,470 Ahasuerus, Artaxerxes, and another Darius. 34 00:01:48,350 --> 00:01:54,090 These are in secular history known as Cambyses, 35 00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:59,370 Pseudo-Smyrdas, and Darius Hystapis. 36 00:02:01,420 --> 00:02:03,320 So, there will be three kings that will 37 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,580 rise up and the fourth will be richer. 38 00:02:05,740 --> 00:02:06,980 This is Xerxes. 39 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,740 Then they all, and by his strength and 40 00:02:10,740 --> 00:02:13,720 through his riches, he will stir up all 41 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,200 against the realm of Grisha. 42 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,340 Xerxes was very wealthy, very powerful, and he 43 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:26,280 made an expedition against Greece and was able 44 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,240 to defeat, but yet not conquered, Greece. 45 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,280 And so, that particular part was fulfilled. 46 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:39,720 There were the three kings Ahasuerus, Artaxerxes, Darius, 47 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,780 and then Xerxes, the fourth, richer than the 48 00:02:42,780 --> 00:02:45,240 others, made the expedition against Greece. 49 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,860 But then, Greece will arise and a mighty 50 00:02:50,860 --> 00:02:53,680 king, Alexander the Great, shall stand up that 51 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,340 shall rule with great dominion and do according 52 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:58,780 to his will. 53 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,620 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom 54 00:03:03,620 --> 00:03:07,240 will be broken and shall be divided toward 55 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,040 the four winds of heaven, but not to 56 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,480 his posterity, nor according to his dominion, which 57 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,960 he ruled for his kingdom, shall be plucked 58 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,200 up even for others beside those. 59 00:03:20,780 --> 00:03:22,840 So, Alexander the Great will rise up, but 60 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,150 when he falls, the kingdom will not go 61 00:03:28,150 --> 00:03:31,030 to his family, to his posterity, nor will 62 00:03:31,030 --> 00:03:35,710 they receive the full extent of his dominion, 63 00:03:39,060 --> 00:03:41,460 for the king of the south shall be 64 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:42,100 strong. 65 00:03:44,380 --> 00:03:46,840 And one of his princes, and he shall 66 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,600 be strong above and have dominion in his 67 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,720 dominion, shall be a great dominion. 68 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,560 The king of the south was, of course, 69 00:03:55,740 --> 00:04:01,900 the general Ptolemy, who took over in Egypt. 70 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:06,700 General Seleucid took over in Syria. 71 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:16,200 And there also was another general who took 72 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,980 over in Greece and another one who took 73 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:19,640 over in Thrace. 74 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:26,100 So, Greece was divided into the four dominions. 75 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,860 But he speaks now, and he doesn't bring 76 00:04:29,860 --> 00:04:35,460 up the Grecian or the Thracian kingdom, but 77 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:40,380 only the Syrian and Egyptian, because they are 78 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:42,980 the ones that relate to Israel. 79 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:48,120 For in their wars, Israel was the middle 80 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,020 ground between Syria and Egypt. 81 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,200 And so in their fighting each other, they 82 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,640 had to pass through the land of Israel. 83 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,360 Now he begins to give some interesting details 84 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,520 that were all fulfilled in history. 85 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,480 The king of the south will be strong, 86 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,340 have a dominion. 87 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:09,900 His dominion shall be a great dominion. 88 00:05:10,020 --> 00:05:12,100 And in the end of the years, they 89 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:14,300 shall join themselves together. 90 00:05:15,260 --> 00:05:17,300 For the king's daughter, the king of the 91 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:18,740 north, king of the south, were fighting, but 92 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:20,960 in the end, they'll join themselves together. 93 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,200 For the king's daughter of the south shall 94 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,640 come to the king of the north to 95 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:26,320 make an agreement. 96 00:05:26,940 --> 00:05:29,280 But she shall not retain the power of 97 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:31,940 the arm, neither shall he stand nor his 98 00:05:31,940 --> 00:05:34,540 arm, but she shall be given up, and 99 00:05:34,540 --> 00:05:36,500 they that brought her, and he that begat 100 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:38,880 her, and he that strengthened her in these 101 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:39,300 times. 102 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,340 Now, what happened is that the king of 103 00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:46,640 Egypt gave his daughter Berenice to the king 104 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:51,300 of the north, who divorced his wife in 105 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:53,600 order to marry Berenice. 106 00:05:53,880 --> 00:06:00,040 But when the Ptolemy died, then he got 107 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:04,840 rid of Berenice and took his wife back 108 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:07,560 again, who in turn poisoned him. 109 00:06:10,410 --> 00:06:14,710 And she killed also Berenice and her son. 110 00:06:15,350 --> 00:06:18,050 Now when Berenice had a son, the former 111 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:23,430 queen, her sons were exed out according to 112 00:06:23,430 --> 00:06:24,190 the agreement. 113 00:06:24,670 --> 00:06:27,230 But when she poisoned her husband and killed 114 00:06:27,230 --> 00:06:30,050 Berenice and her sons, then of course her 115 00:06:30,050 --> 00:06:33,570 sons were in line again for the throne. 116 00:06:34,510 --> 00:06:37,510 And here Daniel tells all of this intrigue 117 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:39,010 and everything else that's going to take place. 118 00:06:39,450 --> 00:06:43,970 And then the brother of Berenice gathered together 119 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:47,790 an army in Egypt and came up and 120 00:06:47,790 --> 00:06:55,090 destroyed this wife, who had poisoned her husband 121 00:06:55,090 --> 00:06:57,430 and had killed his sister. 122 00:06:58,870 --> 00:07:03,610 And he that is begotten of her, actually 123 00:07:03,610 --> 00:07:07,030 is referring to a family member, which was 124 00:07:07,030 --> 00:07:09,370 her brother, and he strengthened her in these 125 00:07:09,370 --> 00:07:11,050 times, and a branch of her roots, that 126 00:07:11,050 --> 00:07:14,790 is her brother, shall one stand up in 127 00:07:14,790 --> 00:07:17,330 his estate, which shall come with an army 128 00:07:17,330 --> 00:07:19,190 and shall enter the fortress of the king 129 00:07:19,190 --> 00:07:21,410 of the north and shall deal against them 130 00:07:21,410 --> 00:07:22,450 and prevail. 131 00:07:24,070 --> 00:07:27,950 It was Ptolemy or Getes, the brother of 132 00:07:27,950 --> 00:07:32,210 Berenice, who invaded Syria, just as it's described 133 00:07:32,210 --> 00:07:32,510 here. 134 00:07:32,650 --> 00:07:35,790 He shall also carry away captives into Egypt 135 00:07:35,790 --> 00:07:38,510 with their gods and their princes and with 136 00:07:38,510 --> 00:07:41,090 their precious vessels of silver and gold, and 137 00:07:41,090 --> 00:07:43,230 he shall continue more years in the king 138 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:43,690 of the north. 139 00:07:44,090 --> 00:07:46,070 So the king of the south shall come 140 00:07:46,070 --> 00:07:48,810 into his kingdom and shall return to his 141 00:07:48,810 --> 00:07:49,570 own land. 142 00:07:50,850 --> 00:07:56,200 But his sons shall be stirred up and 143 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,940 shall assemble a multitude of great forces and 144 00:07:59,940 --> 00:08:02,140 one shall certainly come and overflow and pass 145 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:02,420 through. 146 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:05,060 That is his sons, the king of the 147 00:08:05,060 --> 00:08:08,960 north, who was defeated by her Getes, and 148 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,580 they will assemble a multitude of great forces. 149 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,480 One shall certainly come and overflow and pass 150 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:14,720 through. 151 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:16,940 Then shall he return and be stirred up 152 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:18,280 even to his fortress. 153 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:21,480 And the king of the south shall be 154 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,140 moved with color and shall come forth and 155 00:08:25,140 --> 00:08:27,540 fight with him, even with the king of 156 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:29,440 the north, and he shall set forth a 157 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,100 great multitude, but the multitude shall be given 158 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:34,760 into his hand. 159 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,919 And when he hath taken away the multitude, 160 00:08:40,179 --> 00:08:42,320 his heart shall be lifted up, and he 161 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,360 shall cast down many ten thousands, but he 162 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,620 shall not be strengthened by it." 163 00:08:47,620 --> 00:08:58,360 This is Philopator, who is the Ptolemy 164 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,540 Philopator, who is the king of the south 165 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:02,280 at this time. 166 00:09:03,220 --> 00:09:06,200 He gathered together a great army, came against 167 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:07,260 the king of the north. 168 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:12,080 However, though he defeated him and took a 169 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,500 lot of loot, the guy did not take 170 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:17,480 full advantage and subjugate the people. 171 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,820 He was too interested in the licentious life 172 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:22,500 that he was living in Egypt. 173 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,320 And so where it says here, he will 174 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,940 cast down many ten thousands. 175 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,720 He did destroy a lot of the army, 176 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,780 but he will not be strengthened by it. 177 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:34,280 He didn't take advantage of it. 178 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,280 He just went back and lived a life 179 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,220 of luxury and licentiousness in Egypt. 180 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:41,500 For the king of the north then shall 181 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:46,480 return and shall set forth a multitude greater 182 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,780 than the former, and shall certainly come after 183 00:09:50,780 --> 00:09:53,940 certain years with a great army and with 184 00:09:53,940 --> 00:09:55,300 much riches. 185 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,680 And in those times there shall many stand 186 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,820 up against the king of the south. 187 00:10:01,380 --> 00:10:03,480 So the king of the north came back 188 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:08,580 again, which was Antiochus Magnus, known as Antiochus 189 00:10:08,580 --> 00:10:09,000 the Great. 190 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,560 But many shall stand up. 191 00:10:11,780 --> 00:10:14,520 Philip of Macedon joined with him against Egypt 192 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:15,360 at this point. 193 00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:19,640 Plus some rebels in Egypt, plus some of 194 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,780 the Jews who were called the robbers of 195 00:10:22,780 --> 00:10:25,780 thy people will exalt themselves to establish the 196 00:10:25,780 --> 00:10:27,420 vision and they shall fall. 197 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,720 So the king of the north, Antiochus the 198 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,860 Great, shall come and cast up a mount 199 00:10:33,860 --> 00:10:36,120 and take most of the fenced cities, and 200 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,600 the arms of the south shall not withstand, 201 00:10:39,020 --> 00:10:42,760 neither his chosen people, neither shall there be 202 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,360 any strength to withstand. 203 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,840 But he that comes against him shall do 204 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,900 according to his own will, and none shall 205 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:50,720 stand before him, and he shall stand in 206 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,720 the glorious land, and by his hand shall 207 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:01,780 be consumed, which by his face to enter 208 00:11:01,780 --> 00:11:04,980 with strength of his whole kingdom, and upright 209 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:06,000 ones with him. 210 00:11:06,140 --> 00:11:08,240 Thus shall he do, and he shall give 211 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,400 him the daughter of women, corrupting her, but 212 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,920 she shall not stand on his side, neither 213 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,640 before him. 214 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:21,050 Now, Ergetes is the king of the south 215 00:11:21,050 --> 00:11:21,890 in Egypt. 216 00:11:22,710 --> 00:11:24,890 When he took over, he was just seven 217 00:11:24,890 --> 00:11:25,510 years old. 218 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:28,930 So he was just at that point a 219 00:11:28,930 --> 00:11:29,590 figurehead. 220 00:11:29,590 --> 00:11:39,380 But Antiochus the Great took his daughter 221 00:11:39,380 --> 00:11:45,640 Cleopatra, and he made a deal that she 222 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:52,240 should marry Ergetes, figuring that when she got 223 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,300 there in the kingdom of Egypt, she would 224 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:56,600 be for her old man. 225 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:03,560 But when the marriage some years later was 226 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,900 made, and Cleopatra became the wife of Ergetes, 227 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:13,520 rather than siding with her father, Antiochus the 228 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,900 Great, she sided with her own husband against 229 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:20,440 her father, so his little plan backfired. 230 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,340 Now Daniel tells about the plan and how 231 00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:24,240 it will backfire. 232 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,280 If he had only read the Bible, he 233 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,220 would have known better than to send his 234 00:12:28,220 --> 00:12:29,040 daughter down there. 235 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,820 He shall give him the daughter of women, 236 00:12:32,940 --> 00:12:35,980 corrupting her, but she shall not stand on 237 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:38,620 his side, neither before him. 238 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:40,600 She won't be for him. 239 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:42,400 And if he had only read that, he 240 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:43,980 would have known better than to send her 241 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:44,220 down. 242 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,420 Now after this, shall he turn his face 243 00:12:49,420 --> 00:12:50,300 unto the isles? 244 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:58,800 So, not being able to conquer into Egypt, 245 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,760 he then turned and began, he gathered a 246 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,440 navy of three hundred ships and he began 247 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:08,020 to travel in the Mediterranean, beginning to fight 248 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:11,180 actually against Rome, which at this point was 249 00:13:11,180 --> 00:13:14,780 beginning to be a power in the ancient 250 00:13:14,780 --> 00:13:15,300 world. 251 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,480 So he turned his face unto the isles 252 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,200 and shall take away many, but the prince, 253 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:25,100 but a prince for his own behalf, shall 254 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:27,320 cause the reproach offered by him to cease. 255 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,540 Without his own reproach, he shall cause it 256 00:13:29,540 --> 00:13:30,600 to turn upon him. 257 00:13:32,180 --> 00:13:33,940 And then he shall turn his face toward 258 00:13:33,940 --> 00:13:35,640 the fort of his own land, but he 259 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,960 shall stumble and fall and not be found. 260 00:13:42,340 --> 00:13:44,800 Then, now what happened, of course, is he 261 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,940 was defeated by the Romans and they determined 262 00:13:48,940 --> 00:13:51,720 then that they would charge him for all 263 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:52,540 of these wars. 264 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,060 And so he was given a sum that 265 00:13:58,060 --> 00:13:59,920 he was to pay every year. 266 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,240 Well, he and his men went into a 267 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,460 temple to take away the treasures and the 268 00:14:06,460 --> 00:14:08,480 people of the city were so incensed, they 269 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,080 killed him. 270 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,500 And so he fell, he stumbled and fell, 271 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:15,060 was not, you know, he was lost in 272 00:14:15,060 --> 00:14:16,040 the place of history. 273 00:14:16,780 --> 00:14:18,340 And there shall stand up in his place 274 00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:22,680 his son, Seleucus Philopator, who would be a 275 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:23,840 raiser of taxes. 276 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,580 He tried to raise the taxes to pay 277 00:14:26,580 --> 00:14:30,880 this Roman tribute in the glory of the 278 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:32,740 kingdom, but within a few days he will 279 00:14:32,740 --> 00:14:33,500 be destroyed. 280 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:36,460 Neither in anger nor in battle, he was 281 00:14:36,460 --> 00:14:38,280 poisoned and killed. 282 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,080 And after just a very short reign, because 283 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,540 the people didn't like the taxes, he was 284 00:14:43,540 --> 00:14:44,580 trying to exact from them. 285 00:14:45,860 --> 00:14:50,880 And in his estate shall stand up a 286 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:56,160 vile person Antiochus Epiphanes, to whom they shall 287 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,900 not give the honor of the kingdom, and 288 00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:00,700 he shall come in peaceably and obtain the 289 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:02,740 kingdom by flatteries. 290 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:08,660 Now this Antiochus Epiphanes was a real treacherous 291 00:15:08,660 --> 00:15:12,420 person and with the arms of a flood, 292 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,540 shall they be overflown from before him and 293 00:15:14,540 --> 00:15:15,060 be broken. 294 00:15:15,220 --> 00:15:18,300 Yea, also the Prince of the covenant and 295 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:21,380 after the league made with him, he shall 296 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:24,040 work deceitfully for he shall come up and 297 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,520 shall become strong with a small people. 298 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,600 And he shall enter peaceably even on the 299 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,980 fattest places of the province. 300 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:33,740 And he shall do that which his fathers 301 00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:36,240 have not done, nor his father's fathers. 302 00:15:36,540 --> 00:15:38,560 He shall scatter among them the prey and 303 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,500 the spoil and the riches. 304 00:15:40,820 --> 00:15:43,620 He began to conquer and he did what 305 00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:45,540 his fathers did not do in that they 306 00:15:45,540 --> 00:15:47,080 amassed the wealth for themselves. 307 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:48,740 But he began to give away all of 308 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:51,880 the money to all of his generals and 309 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,140 those that were with him. 310 00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:57,860 So his practice of distributing the loot among 311 00:15:57,860 --> 00:16:00,140 the men is here predicted by Daniel. 312 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,700 He shall scatter among them the prey and 313 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:03,820 the spoil and the riches. 314 00:16:03,940 --> 00:16:06,880 Yes, and he shall forecast his devices against 315 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,820 the strongholds even for a time. 316 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,580 And he shall stir up his power and 317 00:16:11,580 --> 00:16:13,580 his courage against the king of the south 318 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:14,860 with a great army. 319 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:16,560 And the king of the south shall be 320 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,340 stirred up to battle with a very great 321 00:16:18,340 --> 00:16:21,960 and mighty army, but he shall not stand 322 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,120 for they shall forecast devices against him. 323 00:16:25,220 --> 00:16:27,700 So he came against Egypt with a tremendous 324 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:30,840 army and Egypt met him, but he began 325 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,580 to defeat the Egyptians. 326 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,460 Yea, they that feed of the portion of 327 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:37,060 his meat shall destroy him and his army 328 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:39,900 shall overflow and many shall fall down slain. 329 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,620 And both these king's hearts shall be to 330 00:16:42,620 --> 00:16:43,300 do mischief. 331 00:16:43,420 --> 00:16:47,840 Now they were stopped by the Roman government 332 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,240 and yet both of them sought to do 333 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:51,620 mischief. 334 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:52,960 And of course you read the history and 335 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:53,640 it's interesting. 336 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,280 The king of Egypt, his brother was in 337 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,920 Alexandria and both of them were doing a 338 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,700 lot of lying and cunning and and all. 339 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:08,160 And so the king's heart should be in 340 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,800 them to do mischief and they shall speak 341 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,280 lies at one table and shall not prosper. 342 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:13,900 They were just lying to each other, making 343 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:16,060 treaties and everything else, which neither of them 344 00:17:16,060 --> 00:17:18,440 intended to honor for yet at the end 345 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:19,560 shall be the time appointed. 346 00:17:19,780 --> 00:17:21,420 Then shall he return into his land with 347 00:17:21,420 --> 00:17:22,119 great riches. 348 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:24,500 His heart shall be against the holy covenant 349 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:26,579 and he shall do exploits and return to 350 00:17:26,579 --> 00:17:27,220 his own land. 351 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,900 And at the time appointed, he shall return 352 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:31,320 and come toward the south. 353 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,180 So he sought again to invade Antiochus Epiphany 354 00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:38,670 sought again to invade Egypt, but it shall 355 00:17:38,670 --> 00:17:40,190 not be as the former or the latter. 356 00:17:40,350 --> 00:17:43,690 For the ships of Chittim, actually when he 357 00:17:43,690 --> 00:17:48,510 came this time to Alexandria, the Roman ships 358 00:17:48,510 --> 00:17:50,550 were there in the port. 359 00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:59,150 And so the Roman general Pompilius Linus came 360 00:17:59,150 --> 00:18:02,790 to him and he said, the Roman Senate 361 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:06,890 has ordered you to go home with your 362 00:18:06,890 --> 00:18:07,450 troops. 363 00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:13,160 And he said, I will consult with my 364 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,580 men and we will send an answer to 365 00:18:15,580 --> 00:18:15,980 Rome. 366 00:18:18,460 --> 00:18:23,840 And Pompilius, the Roman general, took his cane 367 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,900 and he drew a circle in the sand 368 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:26,500 around him. 369 00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:29,720 And he said, make your decision before you 370 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:30,960 leave that circle. 371 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,500 And he was intimidated by the Roman general. 372 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:37,960 And so he said, I've decided to go 373 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:38,300 home. 374 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:39,800 Tell the Roman Senate. 375 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,120 And so here, this is all predicted here. 376 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:46,700 The Roman Navy met him. 377 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:49,760 They were waiting in port at Alexandria when 378 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,640 he came all predicted in advance. 379 00:18:52,900 --> 00:18:56,580 Amazing that God would speak in such detail 380 00:18:56,580 --> 00:18:59,300 of these things that had not yet transpired. 381 00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:03,920 Now he was angry because he was rebuffed 382 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:04,500 by Rome. 383 00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:06,500 And so he determined to take it out 384 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:07,700 upon the nation of Israel. 385 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:11,060 And on his way back to Syria, he 386 00:19:11,060 --> 00:19:14,840 came to Jerusalem and really sought to desecrate 387 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:15,540 the place. 388 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,640 He shall even return and have intelligence with 389 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,960 them that forsake the holy covenant and arms 390 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,400 shall stand on his part and they shall 391 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,660 pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take 392 00:19:32,660 --> 00:19:34,200 away the daily sacrifice. 393 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,260 And they shall place the abomination that maketh 394 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:38,820 desolate. 395 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:42,020 He came back to Jerusalem and polluted the 396 00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:42,440 temple. 397 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:45,720 He built an altar, a pagan altar above 398 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,160 the altar of God. 399 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:51,300 And he offered a pig upon this altar 400 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:54,000 to an idol that they had set up 401 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,940 there in the temple of God. 402 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,440 And such as do wickedly against the covenant, 403 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,340 shall he corrupt by flatteries. 404 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,840 But the people that do know their God 405 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,540 shall be strong and do exploits. 406 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:15,410 His desecration of the temple so incensed the 407 00:20:15,410 --> 00:20:22,870 people that Judas Maccabeus gathered together a group 408 00:20:22,870 --> 00:20:25,330 of zealots and they began to attack the 409 00:20:25,330 --> 00:20:30,090 Syrians in guerrilla type warfare. 410 00:20:31,050 --> 00:20:36,250 And they defeated every Syrian contingency that was 411 00:20:36,250 --> 00:20:37,430 sent against them. 412 00:20:38,390 --> 00:20:41,930 And they finally retook the temple and purified 413 00:20:41,930 --> 00:20:45,390 the temple, which period we've just gone through 414 00:20:45,390 --> 00:20:48,630 the feast of dedication or Hanukkah in the 415 00:20:48,630 --> 00:20:53,930 Jewish calendar to celebrate Judas Maccabeus retaking and 416 00:20:53,930 --> 00:20:58,610 rededicating the temple unto God. 417 00:20:59,470 --> 00:21:01,730 So the people that do know their God, 418 00:21:01,870 --> 00:21:05,590 Judas Maccabeus and those Maccabean brothers will be 419 00:21:05,590 --> 00:21:07,230 strong and do exploits. 420 00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:09,850 And they that understand among the people shall 421 00:21:09,850 --> 00:21:10,690 instruct many. 422 00:21:11,490 --> 00:21:13,130 Yet they shall fall by the sword and 423 00:21:13,130 --> 00:21:15,230 the flame and by captivity and by spoil. 424 00:21:15,310 --> 00:21:17,850 Many days, both Judas and his brothers were 425 00:21:17,850 --> 00:21:19,010 all slain by the sword. 426 00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:21,210 Now when they shall fall, they shall be 427 00:21:21,210 --> 00:21:23,110 helped with little help, but many shall cleave 428 00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:24,330 to them with flatteries. 429 00:21:24,830 --> 00:21:26,990 And some of them shall understand and shall 430 00:21:26,990 --> 00:21:29,290 fall and try to purge and to make 431 00:21:29,290 --> 00:21:30,850 them white, even to the time of the 432 00:21:30,850 --> 00:21:32,550 end, because it is yet for a time 433 00:21:32,550 --> 00:21:33,130 appointed. 434 00:21:34,010 --> 00:21:37,770 Now at this point, Daniel's prophecy goes out 435 00:21:37,770 --> 00:21:40,270 to the end and he sees now the 436 00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:43,930 man who is commonly called the Antichrist, but 437 00:21:43,930 --> 00:21:46,430 in scripture is called the son of perdition 438 00:21:46,430 --> 00:21:49,470 or is called the man of sin or 439 00:21:49,470 --> 00:21:50,850 is called the beast. 440 00:21:52,090 --> 00:21:55,650 And the king shall do according to his 441 00:21:55,650 --> 00:21:57,150 will, the Antichrist. 442 00:21:57,890 --> 00:22:02,030 He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above 443 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:06,670 every God and shall speak marvelous things against 444 00:22:06,670 --> 00:22:10,710 the God of God and shall prosper until 445 00:22:10,710 --> 00:22:13,850 the indignation, which is the Old Testament word 446 00:22:13,850 --> 00:22:16,510 for the great tribulation, shall be accomplished. 447 00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:19,970 He will prosper until the tribulation be accomplished. 448 00:22:20,450 --> 00:22:23,570 For that that is determined shall be done. 449 00:22:24,750 --> 00:22:26,710 Neither shall he regard the God of his 450 00:22:26,710 --> 00:22:29,050 fathers, and so he will obviously be a 451 00:22:29,050 --> 00:22:32,430 Jew, nor the desire of women. 452 00:22:33,590 --> 00:22:35,930 Now this not regarding the desire of women 453 00:22:35,930 --> 00:22:37,890 can have one of two meanings. 454 00:22:39,050 --> 00:22:42,050 It was the desire of every Jewish girl 455 00:22:42,050 --> 00:22:44,610 to be privileged to bear the Messiah. 456 00:22:46,130 --> 00:22:49,090 And Christ was called the desire of nations, 457 00:22:49,570 --> 00:22:52,150 but the desire really of every young girl 458 00:22:52,150 --> 00:22:54,390 to be chosen to be the mother of 459 00:22:54,390 --> 00:22:54,870 the Messiah. 460 00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:57,010 Mary was the one that God chose. 461 00:22:57,550 --> 00:23:01,030 But the desire of women, that is why 462 00:23:01,030 --> 00:23:03,010 so many of the Jewish mothers named their 463 00:23:03,010 --> 00:23:06,770 child Joshua, hoping that God would use him 464 00:23:06,770 --> 00:23:07,850 for the salvation of Israel. 465 00:23:07,850 --> 00:23:09,630 Now it is interesting today. 466 00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:14,410 There is an off branch of the Moslems 467 00:23:14,410 --> 00:23:15,990 known as the Druze. 468 00:23:16,870 --> 00:23:19,830 It's a very secretive kind of a religion. 469 00:23:20,790 --> 00:23:23,450 In fact, the people do not know what 470 00:23:23,450 --> 00:23:23,850 it's about. 471 00:23:24,030 --> 00:23:26,030 Only the priests know what they believe. 472 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:30,220 They don't teach the people. 473 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:32,700 It's a secret religion. 474 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:36,400 And the priests are the ones that do 475 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,800 all of the worship, and they're the ones 476 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,620 that know the secrets, and no one else 477 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,220 knows but them. 478 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:45,960 And of course, they're sworn not to reveal 479 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,180 the secrets to anybody. 480 00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:55,010 Now you go into the Druze villages, and 481 00:23:55,010 --> 00:23:57,710 you see the priest, and they have a 482 00:23:57,710 --> 00:24:00,990 special little headband by which you know that 483 00:24:00,990 --> 00:24:01,410 they are priests. 484 00:24:01,490 --> 00:24:05,650 But not only that, they have these baggy 485 00:24:05,650 --> 00:24:09,050 pants with a big sack, sort of a 486 00:24:09,050 --> 00:24:11,050 contraption here in the front. 487 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,520 And the reason why they have this big 488 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,640 sack contraption in the front is that among 489 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,860 the Druze religion, they believe that the Messiah 490 00:24:23,860 --> 00:24:25,240 will be born of a man. 491 00:24:27,630 --> 00:24:29,990 And thus they have this big sack in 492 00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:31,750 the front in case they get pregnant. 493 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:37,380 That's true. 494 00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:41,750 I've got pictures of them. 495 00:24:41,770 --> 00:24:43,530 And you can go to the Druze villages 496 00:24:43,530 --> 00:24:48,890 today, and it's very amusing and interesting to 497 00:24:48,890 --> 00:24:51,350 see these men walking with these big sacks 498 00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:53,750 hanging down the front of their pants there 499 00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:56,590 in the front, and all of them in 500 00:24:56,590 --> 00:25:00,470 hopes that they'll be chosen to bear the 501 00:25:00,470 --> 00:25:04,470 Messiah and to become pregnant with the Messiah. 502 00:25:05,390 --> 00:25:11,710 So the desire of women would in that 503 00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:15,430 sense be a reference to Jesus Christ. 504 00:25:16,090 --> 00:25:17,810 So he does not regard the God of 505 00:25:17,810 --> 00:25:21,150 his fathers, nor Jesus Christ. 506 00:25:22,650 --> 00:25:26,270 He is a man who speaks blasphemously, not 507 00:25:26,270 --> 00:25:29,330 regarding any God, for he will magnify himself 508 00:25:29,330 --> 00:25:29,910 above all. 509 00:25:31,170 --> 00:25:40,670 So that is no doubt the 510 00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:43,610 correct interpretation. 511 00:25:44,470 --> 00:25:46,150 There are some that says he'll be a 512 00:25:46,150 --> 00:25:48,910 homosexual, not regarding the desire of women. 513 00:25:49,650 --> 00:25:55,710 But more apt looking at the context of 514 00:25:55,710 --> 00:26:02,450 the Hebrew people, referring to a homosexual, it 515 00:26:02,450 --> 00:26:06,130 is probably referring to the fact that he 516 00:26:06,130 --> 00:26:08,610 does not regard Jesus Christ. 517 00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:15,360 But his God is the God of forces. 518 00:26:16,820 --> 00:26:19,020 A God whom his father knew not shall 519 00:26:19,020 --> 00:26:20,920 he honor with gold and silver and precious 520 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,020 stones and pleasant things. 521 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,000 Look how today men are honoring the God 522 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,380 of forces with gold and silver. 523 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,040 Do you realize that one trillion dollars was 524 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,240 spent this year for weapons? 525 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:37,960 One trillion dollars was spent this year in 526 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:42,260 order to build tanks and guns and equip 527 00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:43,560 the military and all. 528 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,620 One trillion dollars. 529 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:54,760 What a tragic misuse of the resources of 530 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:55,220 the world. 531 00:26:57,700 --> 00:27:01,300 But it's all preparing for this man who 532 00:27:01,300 --> 00:27:04,240 honors the God of force. 533 00:27:07,180 --> 00:27:09,520 Thus shall he do in the most strongholds 534 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,820 with a strange God whom he shall acknowledge 535 00:27:11,820 --> 00:27:13,200 and increase with glory. 536 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,340 And he shall cause them to rule over 537 00:27:15,340 --> 00:27:18,540 many and shall divide the land for gain. 538 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,500 So the land of Israel, he will divide 539 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:22,380 it for gain. 540 00:27:23,620 --> 00:27:27,240 And at the time of the end, shall 541 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,260 the King of the South push at him 542 00:27:29,260 --> 00:27:31,940 and the King of the North shall come 543 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:36,320 against him like a whirlwind with chariots and 544 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,940 horsemen, many ships. 545 00:27:39,620 --> 00:27:41,780 And he shall enter into the countries and 546 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:44,020 overflow and pass over. 547 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,560 And he shall enter also into the glorious 548 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,540 land and many countries shall be overthrown. 549 00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:52,480 But these will escape out of his hand. 550 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,860 Edom and Moab, which is Jordan and the 551 00:27:56,860 --> 00:27:58,020 chief of the children of Ammon. 552 00:27:58,100 --> 00:27:59,860 So Jordan will not be taken by the 553 00:27:59,860 --> 00:28:01,680 Antichrist, though Israel will. 554 00:28:02,220 --> 00:28:06,380 Interesting, because the Jews will actually flee for 555 00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:09,540 protection to Jordan at this point to the 556 00:28:09,540 --> 00:28:12,540 rock city of Petra, where they will be 557 00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:14,380 preserved by God for three and a half 558 00:28:14,380 --> 00:28:17,320 years during the time of the great indignation 559 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:18,500 or the wrath of God, which is to 560 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:19,560 be poured out upon the earth. 561 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,160 So Edom or Jordan escapes. 562 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,880 However, he moves towards Egypt. 563 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:31,760 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon 564 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,920 the countries and the land of Egypt shall 565 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:34,560 not escape. 566 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,360 He will take the land of Egypt and 567 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:38,420 he shall have power over the treasures of 568 00:28:38,420 --> 00:28:40,820 gold and silver and over the precious things 569 00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:43,780 of Egypt and the Libyans and the Ethiopians 570 00:28:43,780 --> 00:28:45,940 shall be at his doorsteps or at his 571 00:28:45,940 --> 00:28:46,320 steps. 572 00:28:47,020 --> 00:28:50,240 But tidings out of the East and out 573 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,760 of the North shall trouble him. 574 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,800 Therefore, he shall go forth with his great 575 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,360 fury to destroy and utterly make away many, 576 00:28:57,660 --> 00:29:00,060 and he shall plant the tabernacles of his 577 00:29:00,060 --> 00:29:02,680 palace between the seas and the glorious holy 578 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:03,020 mountain. 579 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,060 He shall come to his end and none 580 00:29:05,060 --> 00:29:05,920 shall help him. 581 00:29:06,420 --> 00:29:08,920 Now this is a reference to the Antichrist, 582 00:29:09,220 --> 00:29:11,380 who will be the leader of the United 583 00:29:11,380 --> 00:29:14,780 Nations of Europe. 584 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:21,980 He shall be moving towards Africa in the 585 00:29:21,980 --> 00:29:25,720 conquest of Africa, taking Egypt, passing through Israel, 586 00:29:26,220 --> 00:29:31,520 taking Egypt, moving towards Libya and Ethiopia, at 587 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,060 which time he will hear of the troops 588 00:29:35,060 --> 00:29:43,220 from China and Russia coming against him. 589 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,340 So he will turn from his proposed conquest 590 00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:52,220 of Africa and come back and they will 591 00:29:52,220 --> 00:29:55,080 meet in the valley of Megiddo. 592 00:29:55,870 --> 00:30:00,120 There in Israel, the tremendous force of the 593 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,620 Chinese, for whom the river Euphrates will be 594 00:30:03,620 --> 00:30:06,040 dried up in order that they might cross, 595 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,740 according to the book of Revelation. 596 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:14,200 Those forces that are remaining in Russia, gathering 597 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,920 against the combined forces of Europe and the 598 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,320 United States will no doubt be in league 599 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,140 with those forces of Europe at this point. 600 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:27,920 And this final great world war, the major 601 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,680 scene of battle will be the valley of 602 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,680 Megiddo there in Israel. 603 00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:37,180 This is what is commonly called the Battle 604 00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:40,120 of Armageddon, of which you have read and 605 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:41,400 heard so much about. 606 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:48,860 And this, of course, is what will perpetrate 607 00:30:48,860 --> 00:30:50,020 this battle. 608 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,160 As he is moving against Africa, getting news 609 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,780 that the Chinese and the Russians have confederated 610 00:30:56,780 --> 00:31:00,160 together to come against him, he turns in 611 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,940 great anger and the place of their meeting 612 00:31:02,940 --> 00:31:04,460 is the valley of Megiddo. 613 00:31:04,580 --> 00:31:06,780 And it is at that time where the 614 00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:09,800 blood will flow to the horse's bridle throughout 615 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,880 the whole valley of Megiddo as the slain 616 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:14,720 of the earth. 617 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:24,040 Millions destroyed in that great carnage and bloodshed. 618 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:28,620 Now it is during the time of this 619 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:32,780 great battle of Armageddon that Jesus will return. 620 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:39,320 And at that time shall Michael stand up, 621 00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:42,320 the great prince which stands for the children 622 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:43,220 of thy people. 623 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,120 And there shall be a time of trouble, 624 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,980 the great tribulation, such as never was since 625 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:52,400 there was a nation, even to the same 626 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:52,980 time. 627 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:55,420 And at that time, thy people shall be 628 00:31:55,420 --> 00:31:55,860 delivered. 629 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,740 Everyone that shall be found written in the 630 00:31:57,740 --> 00:31:58,020 book. 631 00:31:58,420 --> 00:31:59,860 So there's going to be a time of 632 00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:02,100 great tribulation, but Daniel's people are to be 633 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:02,520 delivered. 634 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,400 Now their deliverance will come in several ways. 635 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,200 Number one, there will be a hundred and 636 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,460 forty-four thousand of them who are sealed 637 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:14,980 by God and protected from the plagues of 638 00:32:14,980 --> 00:32:15,900 the great tribulation. 639 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,940 Number two, there will be those who will 640 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:24,060 make their flight to the rock city of 641 00:32:24,060 --> 00:32:25,940 Petra, where God will preserve them. 642 00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:32,300 Jesus was warning his disciples or the Jews 643 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:36,440 actually, that when you see this abomination of 644 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,440 desolation that was spoken of by Daniel the 645 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,140 prophet standing in the holy place, when you 646 00:32:40,140 --> 00:32:43,060 see the Antichrist standing in the temple of 647 00:32:43,060 --> 00:32:46,800 God, declaring that he is God, then flee 648 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,520 to the wilderness and don't stop to get 649 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:52,200 your jacket. 650 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,860 Just get out of there as fast as 651 00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:55,260 you can. 652 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,740 If you're out in the field, don't even 653 00:32:56,740 --> 00:32:57,440 go home. 654 00:32:58,340 --> 00:32:59,060 Just run. 655 00:33:00,660 --> 00:33:03,020 In the book of Revelation, we are told 656 00:33:03,020 --> 00:33:04,980 that God gives to them wings of an 657 00:33:04,980 --> 00:33:08,860 eagle, sounds like helicopters, that will bear them 658 00:33:08,860 --> 00:33:13,360 to this place in the wilderness where they 659 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,840 will be preserved for three and a half 660 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:16,540 years. 661 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:22,300 In the book of Isaiah chapter 16, the 662 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,480 Lord says to Jordan, open up and receive 663 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:26,680 my people. 664 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,960 Bear them safely to Petra until the great 665 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,200 tribulation is over. 666 00:33:33,260 --> 00:33:36,200 And so the Antichrist, when he finds the 667 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,060 Jews are fleeing, will send out an army 668 00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:41,380 against them, but the earth will open up 669 00:33:41,380 --> 00:33:42,880 and swallow the army. 670 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,480 And then of course, he'll be taken up 671 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,740 with the other issues of the invasion of 672 00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:49,360 China and Russia and will not pursue them 673 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,740 any further, but they will be preserved for 674 00:33:52,740 --> 00:33:53,500 three and a half years. 675 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,920 So thy people will be delivered. 676 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,760 Everyone that shall be found written in the 677 00:33:58,760 --> 00:33:59,060 book. 678 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,960 Now those that do not flee, the Antichrist 679 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,420 will then go and make war against the 680 00:34:05,420 --> 00:34:07,040 remnant of the people that stay in the 681 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:07,280 land. 682 00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:12,120 And there will be a horrible devastation of 683 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:12,820 those people. 684 00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:15,639 Once again, a time of trouble such as 685 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:19,159 never existed since they were a nation up 686 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:20,080 until that time. 687 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,139 Jesus said the time of great tribulation, such 688 00:34:23,139 --> 00:34:25,380 as the world has never seen before or 689 00:34:25,380 --> 00:34:26,440 will ever see again. 690 00:34:26,980 --> 00:34:30,400 Now Daniel here is told of the resurrection 691 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,520 and many of them that sleep in the 692 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,100 dust of the earth shall awake some to 693 00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:40,719 everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting 694 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:41,260 contempt. 695 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,960 There is to be a resurrection of the 696 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:43,260 dead. 697 00:34:43,980 --> 00:34:46,780 Now they will not take place simultaneously. 698 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,880 The righteous dead will rise a thousand years 699 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:55,120 before the unrighteous dead, but it's all lumped 700 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,280 together in one here in the book of 701 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:57,780 Revelation. 702 00:34:57,980 --> 00:35:01,400 We see the time differential between the two. 703 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:04,240 The resurrection of the righteous dead, they that 704 00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:05,400 sleep in the dust of the earth shall 705 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,180 awake some to everlasting life. 706 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:10,040 Of course, if the resurrection of Jesus Christ 707 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,120 there began the great resurrection, the body of 708 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,440 many of the, the, the graves of many 709 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:16,660 of the saints were open and they were 710 00:35:16,660 --> 00:35:19,240 seen walking through the streets of Jerusalem after 711 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:20,780 his resurrection from the dead. 712 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,320 The great resurrection of the unjust dead will 713 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:26,940 take place at the end of the Christ 714 00:35:26,940 --> 00:35:30,460 thousand year reign when they stand before the 715 00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:33,160 great white throne judgment of God and the 716 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,760 rise to everlasting shame and contempt. 717 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,140 And they that be wise shall shine as 718 00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:44,720 the brightness of the firmament and they that 719 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:49,340 turn many to righteousness as the stars forever 720 00:35:49,340 --> 00:35:49,820 and ever. 721 00:35:51,180 --> 00:35:55,500 They that be wise shall shine as the 722 00:35:55,500 --> 00:36:00,410 brightness of the sky and they that turn 723 00:36:00,410 --> 00:36:02,730 many to righteousness as the stars forever and 724 00:36:02,730 --> 00:36:02,850 ever. 725 00:36:02,910 --> 00:36:06,810 You know, there are some people whose life 726 00:36:06,810 --> 00:36:08,270 is like a skyrocket. 727 00:36:09,830 --> 00:36:12,750 They make a big flash, but they burn 728 00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:13,630 out very fast. 729 00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:16,850 You know, they, they hit the scene. 730 00:36:18,970 --> 00:36:23,730 Everybody says, Oh, you know, but just that 731 00:36:23,730 --> 00:36:24,830 fast they fade away. 732 00:36:24,950 --> 00:36:28,290 The glory of man is so transient. 733 00:36:29,730 --> 00:36:31,610 You know, the crowd may be cheering you 734 00:36:31,610 --> 00:36:35,350 today, but during you tomorrow, the glory of 735 00:36:35,350 --> 00:36:38,470 man is so transient, the big flash, Oh, 736 00:36:39,290 --> 00:36:46,580 but the burnout, but the place to really 737 00:36:46,580 --> 00:36:48,760 shine is in God's kingdom. 738 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:50,980 You know, on the 4th of July, I 739 00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:52,540 like to go out and see the big 740 00:36:52,540 --> 00:36:59,880 pyrotechnic display and I ooh and aw at 741 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,040 the beautiful skyrockets. 742 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:06,760 And you know, when it's all over for 743 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,060 a while, you lose sight of the stars. 744 00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:12,340 You know, there's so much flash in the 745 00:37:12,340 --> 00:37:14,480 atmosphere around you. 746 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,420 You don't see the stars up there, but 747 00:37:16,420 --> 00:37:21,670 when it's all over there, they are shining 748 00:37:21,670 --> 00:37:22,690 forever and ever. 749 00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:26,030 Maybe not with such a big flash, but 750 00:37:26,030 --> 00:37:27,350 they keep going. 751 00:37:29,610 --> 00:37:33,730 Some people make a big flash, but that's 752 00:37:33,730 --> 00:37:34,350 the end of it. 753 00:37:34,970 --> 00:37:37,090 They that be wise will shine as this, 754 00:37:37,350 --> 00:37:39,610 as the brightness of the firmament and they 755 00:37:39,610 --> 00:37:43,210 that turn many to righteousness as the stars 756 00:37:43,210 --> 00:37:44,070 forever and ever. 757 00:37:44,550 --> 00:37:46,150 Which sky do you want to shine in? 758 00:37:47,490 --> 00:37:51,430 But thou O Daniel, shut up the words 759 00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:55,490 and seal the book even to the time 760 00:37:55,490 --> 00:37:55,830 of the end. 761 00:37:55,890 --> 00:37:58,230 The book was to be sealed when and 762 00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:59,910 to the time of the end. 763 00:38:01,150 --> 00:38:02,950 In other words, Daniel, you're not going to 764 00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:04,090 understand this. 765 00:38:04,730 --> 00:38:06,810 It will be understood in the time of 766 00:38:06,810 --> 00:38:09,110 the end for many shall run to and 767 00:38:09,110 --> 00:38:11,910 fro and knowledge shall be increased. 768 00:38:12,430 --> 00:38:15,830 The knowledge increased in its immediate context would 769 00:38:15,830 --> 00:38:17,910 be the knowledge of the book of Daniel 770 00:38:17,910 --> 00:38:20,070 or the knowledge of these prophecies. 771 00:38:20,730 --> 00:38:23,350 And surely God has unfolded the book of 772 00:38:23,350 --> 00:38:26,210 Daniel in these last days as we can 773 00:38:26,210 --> 00:38:28,650 now see it with the advantage of hindsight 774 00:38:28,650 --> 00:38:31,310 and we can see how accurately he wrote 775 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:31,910 of the past. 776 00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:33,710 And now as we see the things of 777 00:38:33,710 --> 00:38:36,410 the past, we can also understand as they 778 00:38:36,410 --> 00:38:38,070 relate to the present and future. 779 00:38:38,510 --> 00:38:40,130 So the book of Daniel is no longer 780 00:38:40,130 --> 00:38:42,590 a sealed book, but an open book and 781 00:38:42,590 --> 00:38:46,410 easily understood by any diligent student of God's 782 00:38:46,410 --> 00:38:52,370 word for knowledge has been increased. 783 00:38:53,370 --> 00:38:57,050 Now that knowledge increased has also been interpreted 784 00:38:57,050 --> 00:39:01,430 to be just the general amassed knowledge of 785 00:39:01,430 --> 00:39:01,830 man. 786 00:39:01,990 --> 00:39:06,450 And surely this has happened in our generation. 787 00:39:08,190 --> 00:39:13,390 Between the years of 1950 and 1960, man's 788 00:39:13,390 --> 00:39:14,690 total knowledge doubled. 789 00:39:16,450 --> 00:39:20,390 In other words, everything that man had learned 790 00:39:20,390 --> 00:39:24,770 from Adam up until the year 1950 accumulated 791 00:39:24,770 --> 00:39:28,230 knowledge of man in the next decade was 792 00:39:28,230 --> 00:39:28,610 doubled. 793 00:39:30,250 --> 00:39:35,590 By the year 1970 men knew or 1960 794 00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:38,230 men knew twice as much as what they 795 00:39:38,230 --> 00:39:40,250 had learned in all of the years up 796 00:39:40,250 --> 00:39:40,950 to 1950. 797 00:39:42,110 --> 00:39:44,470 And of course now with the ability through 798 00:39:44,470 --> 00:39:50,390 micro data processing and computers and all, we 799 00:39:50,390 --> 00:39:53,930 are again in this decade doubling the amassed 800 00:39:53,930 --> 00:39:55,150 knowledge of man. 801 00:39:56,570 --> 00:40:00,450 Knowledge increased and interesting men going to and 802 00:40:00,450 --> 00:40:00,710 fro. 803 00:40:03,590 --> 00:40:05,890 Tomorrow morning I get on a jet and 804 00:40:05,890 --> 00:40:08,490 tomorrow I eat lunch in Spokane, you know, 805 00:40:08,610 --> 00:40:11,810 and it's amazing what you can do now 806 00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:13,570 in jet travel. 807 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:18,620 Many running to and fro. 808 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,160 Then I, Daniel, looked and I beheld and 809 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,620 there stood two others. 810 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:27,360 The one on this side of the bank 811 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,700 of the river and the other on the 812 00:40:28,700 --> 00:40:29,920 other side of the bank of the river. 813 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:31,760 And one said to the man that was 814 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,340 clothed in linen, you see, with, with this 815 00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:36,380 one in linen, there were other personages. 816 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,140 That's why I believe the one in linen 817 00:40:38,140 --> 00:40:39,120 was Jesus Christ. 818 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,070 And there were angels with him, which was 819 00:40:43,070 --> 00:40:44,570 upon the waters of the river. 820 00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:47,090 How long shall it be to the end 821 00:40:47,090 --> 00:40:48,250 of these wonders? 822 00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:50,830 How long before the end of these things, 823 00:40:51,070 --> 00:40:51,990 the tribulation and all. 824 00:40:52,290 --> 00:40:54,350 And I heard the man clothed in linen, 825 00:40:54,950 --> 00:40:56,730 which was upon the waters of the river 826 00:40:56,730 --> 00:40:59,390 when he held up his right hand and 827 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:01,070 his left hand unto heaven. 828 00:41:01,390 --> 00:41:04,070 And he swear by him that lives forever 829 00:41:04,070 --> 00:41:06,070 and ever that it shall be for a 830 00:41:06,070 --> 00:41:09,750 time, a year times half a year, or 831 00:41:09,750 --> 00:41:12,830 I mean two years and a half, which 832 00:41:12,830 --> 00:41:13,710 would be a half a year. 833 00:41:13,910 --> 00:41:16,390 And when he shall have accomplished to scatter 834 00:41:16,390 --> 00:41:18,510 the power of the holy people, all of 835 00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:20,050 these things shall be finished. 836 00:41:20,630 --> 00:41:22,990 And I heard, but I did not understand. 837 00:41:23,230 --> 00:41:26,670 Then I said, Oh my Lord, what shall 838 00:41:26,670 --> 00:41:28,890 be the end of these things? 839 00:41:29,430 --> 00:41:32,810 And he said, go your way, Daniel, for 840 00:41:32,810 --> 00:41:37,050 the words are closed up and sealed till 841 00:41:37,050 --> 00:41:38,170 the time of the end. 842 00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:41,390 So don't worry about it, Daniel, you just 843 00:41:41,390 --> 00:41:41,830 go your way. 844 00:41:41,910 --> 00:41:44,690 These words are sealed until the time of 845 00:41:44,690 --> 00:41:47,630 the end, until now, when the Lord has 846 00:41:47,630 --> 00:41:48,570 opened up understanding. 847 00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:54,950 Many shall be purified and made white and 848 00:41:54,950 --> 00:42:00,190 tried, but the wicked shall do wickedly and 849 00:42:00,190 --> 00:42:04,750 none of the wicked shall understand, but the 850 00:42:04,750 --> 00:42:06,810 wise shall understand. 851 00:42:07,930 --> 00:42:10,930 Now, even as Daniel predicted the very day 852 00:42:10,930 --> 00:42:15,130 that the Messiah would come 173,880 days 853 00:42:15,130 --> 00:42:17,510 from the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. 854 00:42:18,450 --> 00:42:21,150 So he has predicted the very day that 855 00:42:21,150 --> 00:42:22,330 Jesus will come again. 856 00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:25,030 Not the day that the Lord will take 857 00:42:25,030 --> 00:42:25,610 his church. 858 00:42:25,790 --> 00:42:27,170 No man knows that day or the hour. 859 00:42:29,790 --> 00:42:31,210 We don't know when the Lord's going to 860 00:42:31,210 --> 00:42:35,470 come for us, his church, but from the 861 00:42:35,470 --> 00:42:38,150 time that the daily sacrifices and prayers are 862 00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:41,990 caused to cease by the Antichrist in the 863 00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:45,050 middle of the last seven year cycle, it 864 00:42:45,050 --> 00:42:47,830 will then be 1,290 days. 865 00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:51,230 According to the testimony of the Lord. 866 00:42:57,340 --> 00:42:59,440 If you were still here upon the earth, 867 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:04,970 you can mark your calendar and you can 868 00:43:04,970 --> 00:43:08,170 count off the days and you'll be wanting 869 00:43:08,170 --> 00:43:10,110 to, because it's going to be a fierce, 870 00:43:10,110 --> 00:43:14,170 horrible time as God's wrath is poured out 871 00:43:14,170 --> 00:43:15,710 in judgment upon this earth. 872 00:43:17,410 --> 00:43:19,310 At this point, maybe you should this week, 873 00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:23,030 read revelation six through 18 to find out 874 00:43:23,030 --> 00:43:24,750 just what's going to be happening during this 875 00:43:24,750 --> 00:43:26,190 three and a half year period of time. 876 00:43:27,890 --> 00:43:34,780 Terrible blessed is he who waits and comes 877 00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:38,840 to the thousand 335th day or 45 days 878 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,600 after the coming of Christ. 879 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,180 Matthew 25 31, when Jesus returns, he's going 880 00:43:45,180 --> 00:43:47,100 to gather together the nations for judgment and 881 00:43:47,100 --> 00:43:49,040 separate them as the shepherd separates the sheep 882 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:49,760 from the goats. 883 00:43:49,940 --> 00:43:51,320 And to those on his right hand, come 884 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,120 you blessed of the father enter into the 885 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,960 kingdom that was prepared for you from the 886 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,620 foundations of the earth to those on his 887 00:43:58,620 --> 00:43:58,920 left. 888 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,800 Apart from me, he worked as of iniquity 889 00:44:04,490 --> 00:44:07,550 into the everlasting darkness, which was prepared for 890 00:44:07,550 --> 00:44:08,630 Satan and his angels. 891 00:44:09,790 --> 00:44:12,730 So if a person, and there will be 892 00:44:12,730 --> 00:44:15,050 many who will live through the great tribulation, 893 00:44:16,310 --> 00:44:18,210 they will be able to survive. 894 00:44:18,610 --> 00:44:23,030 Now, if they survive the great tribulation, providing 895 00:44:23,030 --> 00:44:27,210 they have not worshiped the antichrist, nor taken 896 00:44:27,210 --> 00:44:31,250 his mark upon them, nor worship the image 897 00:44:31,250 --> 00:44:35,450 for if any man worships the antichrist or 898 00:44:35,450 --> 00:44:37,810 takes the mark of the antichrist on him 899 00:44:37,810 --> 00:44:41,830 or worships the image, he will not have 900 00:44:41,830 --> 00:44:44,070 any chance for salvation at all. 901 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:48,800 In revelation, chapter 14, John saw the angel 902 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:50,720 flying through the midst of the heaven, declaring, 903 00:44:51,020 --> 00:44:53,040 Whoa, whoa, whoa to the neighbors of the 904 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:53,260 earth. 905 00:44:54,660 --> 00:44:56,280 And if any man shall take the mark 906 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,940 or worship the beast or his image, he 907 00:44:58,940 --> 00:45:00,880 shall be cast into the lake burning with 908 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:01,080 fire. 909 00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:02,640 And there's no hope for his salvation. 910 00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:04,500 The angel would be warning people not to 911 00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:05,460 take that mark. 912 00:45:07,350 --> 00:45:09,250 Of course, on the other hand, if you 913 00:45:09,250 --> 00:45:10,830 refuse to take the mark, they can put 914 00:45:10,830 --> 00:45:12,970 you to death for it, not taking the 915 00:45:12,970 --> 00:45:13,270 mark. 916 00:45:14,490 --> 00:45:17,050 So you're going to have to, you're going 917 00:45:17,050 --> 00:45:18,630 to have to join with McKeever and some 918 00:45:18,630 --> 00:45:20,010 of these guys and get you a little 919 00:45:20,010 --> 00:45:21,610 hideaway back up in the woods in Oregon 920 00:45:21,610 --> 00:45:24,010 and stock it with your food and your 921 00:45:24,010 --> 00:45:28,410 wheat and your guns and everything else in 922 00:45:28,410 --> 00:45:28,570 order. 923 00:45:28,690 --> 00:45:31,110 You'll be able to survive this three and 924 00:45:31,110 --> 00:45:32,370 a half year period of time, and then 925 00:45:32,370 --> 00:45:35,050 hopefully make it through the 45 days of 926 00:45:35,050 --> 00:45:35,530 judgment. 927 00:45:37,490 --> 00:45:39,870 Because having come through the great tribulation will 928 00:45:39,870 --> 00:45:42,550 not necessarily ensure your entrance into the kingdom. 929 00:45:43,030 --> 00:45:45,010 Then you have to pass this judgment. 930 00:45:45,350 --> 00:45:47,730 When Christ says, I was hungry and you 931 00:45:47,730 --> 00:45:49,350 fed me thirsty and you gave me to 932 00:45:49,350 --> 00:45:51,950 drink and naked and you clothed me, Lord, 933 00:45:52,010 --> 00:45:53,310 when did we see you this way? 934 00:45:53,450 --> 00:45:55,550 Not when you were, you know, shooting those 935 00:45:55,550 --> 00:45:56,590 that were trying to come and get your 936 00:45:56,590 --> 00:45:56,910 food. 937 00:45:59,020 --> 00:46:00,680 So you better put your guns away, I 938 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:02,380 guess, if you're going to survive the 45 939 00:46:02,380 --> 00:46:03,000 days. 940 00:46:05,290 --> 00:46:06,650 And as much as you did it under 941 00:46:06,650 --> 00:46:08,130 the least of these, my brethren, you've done 942 00:46:08,130 --> 00:46:08,710 it unto me. 943 00:46:08,730 --> 00:46:10,310 And they are allowed to enter into the 944 00:46:10,310 --> 00:46:10,630 kingdom. 945 00:46:12,650 --> 00:46:14,410 So there will be some who will live 946 00:46:14,410 --> 00:46:16,830 through the great tribulation and will enter into 947 00:46:16,830 --> 00:46:17,310 the kingdom. 948 00:46:18,010 --> 00:46:19,790 Most of those that enter into the kingdom 949 00:46:19,790 --> 00:46:21,990 though will be those who belong to the 950 00:46:21,990 --> 00:46:24,730 Lord and who return with Jesus. 951 00:46:24,910 --> 00:46:26,430 Then he will be coming with ten thousands 952 00:46:26,430 --> 00:46:29,090 of his saints to execute judgment upon the 953 00:46:29,090 --> 00:46:29,410 earth. 954 00:46:29,910 --> 00:46:31,890 And we shall live and reign with him 955 00:46:31,890 --> 00:46:33,670 upon the earth for a thousand years. 956 00:46:34,690 --> 00:46:37,190 But to Daniel, go thy way till the 957 00:46:37,190 --> 00:46:42,690 end is for thou shalt rest and stand 958 00:46:42,690 --> 00:46:43,850 in thy lot. 959 00:46:44,070 --> 00:46:45,190 In the end of the days, you'll stand 960 00:46:45,190 --> 00:46:47,170 with your group in the end of the 961 00:46:47,170 --> 00:46:49,350 days, Daniel, but in the meantime, just go 962 00:46:49,350 --> 00:46:52,690 and take your rest and you'll stand in 963 00:46:52,690 --> 00:46:53,290 the end time. 964 00:46:53,290 --> 00:47:00,490 So the fascinating prophecies of Daniel, marvelous man 965 00:47:00,490 --> 00:47:03,630 of God, high on my list of those 966 00:47:03,630 --> 00:47:04,910 I want to meet when I get to 967 00:47:04,910 --> 00:47:05,190 heaven. 968 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:12,440 I so respect this man of God, so 969 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:17,860 admire him that I'm looking forward to quite 970 00:47:17,860 --> 00:47:20,600 a bit of time just sitting and learning 971 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,520 from the depth of this man, of his 972 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,760 walk and love and relationship. 973 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:28,360 That's going to be one of the neat 974 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,240 things of heaven is just getting acquainted and 975 00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:33,520 knowing some of these glorious people of God 976 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,240 from history. 977 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,700 Next week we get into the book of 978 00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:42,220 Hosea. 979 00:47:42,740 --> 00:47:48,200 We'll take five chapters of Hosea for next 980 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:48,760 Sunday. 981 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:50,700 Moving through, it won't be long before we'll 982 00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:52,940 be through with the Old Testament now. 983 00:47:53,700 --> 00:47:56,000 For the rest of the books are very 984 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:57,000 short little books. 985 00:47:57,700 --> 00:47:59,640 Many of them we will be taking in 986 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:05,840 just one week and then moving on into 987 00:48:05,840 --> 00:48:06,720 the New Testament. 988 00:48:07,020 --> 00:48:09,640 So as the Lord carries and as the 989 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,440 Lord wills, it won't be long before we'll 990 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,560 be back in the New Testament and going 991 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:16,200 through it. 992 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:22,770 Peter asked a very pertinent question in the 993 00:48:22,770 --> 00:48:25,070 light of the fact that the material world 994 00:48:25,070 --> 00:48:28,650 is going to soon be dissolved. 995 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,000 The works are to be burned up. 996 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:37,240 The elements will melt with the ferment heat. 997 00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:41,760 What manner of persons ought we to be? 998 00:48:45,620 --> 00:48:47,640 If you are a materialist and your whole 999 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:52,460 values are set in material things, when this 1000 00:48:52,460 --> 00:48:57,240 material universe goes, everything that you have and 1001 00:48:57,240 --> 00:48:58,520 hope for is gone. 1002 00:49:02,130 --> 00:49:05,910 Therefore, it is not wise to be a 1003 00:49:05,910 --> 00:49:07,310 materialist or a humanist. 1004 00:49:09,330 --> 00:49:11,370 What manner of persons ought we to be? 1005 00:49:12,350 --> 00:49:18,190 Peter answers in all holiness, godliness, godly manner 1006 00:49:18,190 --> 00:49:18,690 of living. 1007 00:49:20,070 --> 00:49:21,410 We ought to be spiritual. 1008 00:49:22,870 --> 00:49:26,030 We need to have our things upon, our 1009 00:49:26,030 --> 00:49:28,110 eyes upon the things above, not upon the 1010 00:49:28,110 --> 00:49:28,750 things of the earth. 1011 00:49:29,850 --> 00:49:32,070 We need to have our hearts set upon 1012 00:49:32,070 --> 00:49:34,810 the eternal, not on the temporal. 1013 00:49:36,090 --> 00:49:37,690 May God help us to each one make 1014 00:49:37,690 --> 00:49:40,110 an evaluation of ourselves, our own priorities, our 1015 00:49:40,110 --> 00:49:42,670 own lives, to find out where our values 1016 00:49:42,670 --> 00:49:43,310 are. 1017 00:49:44,890 --> 00:49:47,330 Find out what we truly treasure. 1018 00:49:49,170 --> 00:49:53,230 For where a man's treasure is, there will 1019 00:49:53,230 --> 00:49:54,410 his heart be also. 1020 00:49:55,570 --> 00:49:59,290 So God help us to treasure heavenly things, 1021 00:49:59,670 --> 00:50:03,310 spiritual things, and mark them as the true 1022 00:50:03,310 --> 00:50:04,690 values of life. 1023 00:50:05,270 --> 00:50:07,590 And thus may God cause us to examine 1024 00:50:07,590 --> 00:50:11,350 our hearts, examine ourselves, our lives, our lifestyles. 1025 00:50:12,350 --> 00:50:16,930 And may we so live in anticipation of 1026 00:50:16,930 --> 00:50:22,410 our Lord's return in glory to establish God's 1027 00:50:22,410 --> 00:50:22,710 kingdom. 1028 00:50:23,010 --> 00:50:23,750 God bless you. 1029 00:50:24,810 --> 00:50:26,710 May he keep his hand upon your life. 1030 00:50:27,350 --> 00:50:29,150 May he fill you with his love and 1031 00:50:29,150 --> 00:50:29,990 with his spirit. 1032 00:50:30,970 --> 00:50:32,990 And may he guide you according to his 1033 00:50:32,990 --> 00:50:36,310 purpose through Jesus Christ our Lord.