 Good evening. Good afternoon everybody. I hope you all are ready for this one this is this particular study or Covering this particular prophecy by Daniel for me. I believe demonstrates One how incredibly I and it's gonna sound funny to say it but how incredibly accurate God is but really what I'm saying is How incredibly accurate his word is how precise it is God doesn't have to Speak in codes. He doesn't have to speak in sort of hidden Languages or words anything like that. What he says is what he means what he means is what he says We we speak about how God is Omniscient we speak about how he's omnipotent We even speak about how he's omnipresent and when we say God is omnipresent We say that he is everywhere at the same time in other words. He's here in America He's in Canada He's in the UK. He's in South Africa. He's in the Congo All at the same time But also what that means is he's also in the past the present the future at the same time He is everywhere that you could possibly think of or could be at the same time and so he didn't have to kind of mess his words up or kind of twist them or Find some put it in a way to where we have to find some sort of hidden meaning He says exactly what he means and again means what he says and we see that in Daniel's prophecy This 70 week prophecy now before we get to it. I Want to cover a couple things about me and how I view the scriptures and how I think that you all ought to view the scriptures I did not invent this style of hermeneutic I believe that the best way the most consistent way the only consistent way as a matter of fact reading the scripture the only consistent hermeneutic is a Dispensational hermeneutic not to mean that you have to become dispensational But what I'm saying by using a dispensational hermeneutic is that is you take this? literal grammatical historical hermeneutic in other words you read the scriptures literally until it tells you not to and so when it speaks of anything Until that gives you a reason not to believe what it says then I'm gonna believe what it says how it says it Are you with me? And so I believe that in God's plan That we see two people that converge at the cross and become one and that God has a distinct plan or how he brings them about and and I'm speaking of Israel and The church I do not believe that the church is the new Israel. I think that goes against the scriptures I think that God has a specific plan for Israel and I and that's going to be covered obviously in in this 70-week prophecy because of who Daniel is Concerned about who he's praying for but also because we say that Daniel that God has a specific plan for Israel That does not negate or notify the fact that God also has a specific plan for Non-Israel for the Gentiles are you with me? And so that being stated Let's go ahead and jump into before we do. I want to kind of give a little background as to what's happening here Remember what's happening all along with Daniel Daniel is praying Because the the children of Israel have been put out of the land There they have been in this 70-year exile and in this exile the time is up Daniel Daniel can count and so it's been 70 years and Daniel who's an older older fellow now Is praying when are we going to be restored? And so there's his prayer and then we find that there is this Heavenly battle that takes place As Gabriel is on his way to bring the message to Daniel and when he gets to Daniel Daniel was praying about his people and he brings about a prophecy What's been decreed for his people now? Recall though we have to back up a little bit as a matter of fact I don't even think I put it up here, but I will recall when When God has promised the children of Israel What he's going to do with them remember God tells them that if they do certain things and God would bless them They are in what's called at the time. They're in what's called the Underweights there are under two covenants. There's two covenants that will be in play here the mosaic covenant and then Ultimately the Davidic Covenants, but in speaking specifically here the mosaic Covenants Which was a conditional covenant meaning there was an if then if you do this Israel, then I'll do that God There were blessings for Israel if they obeyed But then there's also some severe negative consequences if Israel disobeyed the Lord such as adopting other gods such as One just sinning against the Lord in his commandments one in particular that God Israel in trouble was this Sabbath that Israel was supposed to observe not just for itself individuals people, but for the land and God tells them of course even in even in Inaugurating the covenant God also tells them that he's gonna put them out of the land, but he's also gonna bring them back and so They are supposed to every seventh year Give the land its own Sabbath are you with me? So six years you plow you plant and so forth as a harvest But in the seventh year you allow the land to rest there is a resting for the land Israel Decided to be disobedient now God also prophesied I won't go into that right now Just for a second time we've covered this before in the Bible studies And if you want me to let you know give you more about it Go ahead and send me an email or a comment and we can discuss it further or if I think just have to cover this Individually I will but just for a second time. I won't cover that. I'll just mention it in passing but Israel had actually disobeyed these Sabbaths Guess how many times 70 Yeah, so 70 of the set they they missed 70 Sabbaths And so that means that's a and so because of that for every year that they missed that God is going to punish them. So he decides to punish them for 490 years There's a 490 year period of this punishment and then there's a 70 year There's a 70 year exile right now. They are in Babylon and so they are praying the 70 years is almost up and Daniel understands this and so he prays So that being stated, let's go ahead and jump into this prayer that we find in Daniel 9 this the 70 week prayer Daniel 9 24. Let's go to it and it reads as follows 70 weeks are Decreate about your people and your holy city to finish the transgression To put an end to sin and to atone for niquity to bring in everlasting righteousness To seal both vision and profit and to anoint a most holy place I'll cover this issue about this anointing a most holy place, but I want you guys to pay attention to something Thank you. By the way, Michael. I want you to notice who The decree is to and for Now the way that I see this I'm gonna take this literally because Daniel His concern is for his people for Israel Israel has been in exile We talked about it before especially in the Bible study classes how Excuse me how we see there these the prophets who they prophesy to and at the time of the prophesy You've got prophets that are prophesying To the northern kingdom some to the southern kingdom You've got some that are prophesying to the nation such as over die and they whom Jonah you Say that correctly yet Jonah prophesying for example to to the Ninevites You also have those that are prophesied prophesying during the exile Daniel is one such prophet who is prophesying during the exile and so his concern is for Israel Because of that he is praying Lord when are you gonna when you gonna fix this in other words? I'm putting them out of an act of my own terminology. God. We're gonna fix this We're gonna make this better and so here comes Gabriel and he says 70 weeks and look who he says it to He says 70 weeks are decreed about your people So first off we know who the decree is for who who is it for for his people? Well, who is Daniel's people? It's not Gentiles. Okay Daniel is not even contemplating Gentiles, although He's had some discussions about Gentiles earlier in Daniel and so at this point anything Dealing with the Gentiles has been covered. His focus though is for Israel And so or for his people which are the Jews and he says 70 weeks The angels says 70 weeks have been decreed for who if we're gonna take this literally and I think literally works out I think literally works out better as a matter of fact If you take what God says literally when he fulfills it literally you'll understand that God really does mean what he says and The importance of that is that you can trust his scriptures Meaning that if God says that he's died for you that his son has died on the cross for you You can take that literally if he says that you shall be with him forever You can take that literally there's no turning your head sideways squinting your eyes and trying to figure out I wonder did he really mean what he said about the cross and its relevance and importance to us? No, we can assume exactly what it says as a matter of fact It's why John says these things are written that you may know what there's some sort of hidden code behind it Well, then we got a problem and there are always people that are looking for some sort of hidden code something that that is pretty I don't know out there memory You've got a lot of people out there that are saying whatever and they're not sticking to the scriptures They're not staying true to it. And so the fact of the matter is there people that want to be relevant People want to be relevant and they'll say any and everything and so they don't have to stick to the scriptures There's no there's something that governs them Whatever their agenda is Being biblically based is not their focus is that they're concerned? Well, we are we are and so anybody can attempt to be relevant anybody on the planet any Preacher anyone on YouTube anyone with the church can be relevant If they're not gonna be biblical you don't have to be biblical to be relevant Okay, and so we see that nowadays, but we're gonna be biblical and so whether we're relevant or not doesn't matter We are trying to lift up the word of God And so if the word of God is accurate and it's extremely accurate then that gives us a reason to rejoice We've seen other prophecies that were clearly accurate matter of fact even prophets They don't have anything to do with Jesus Prophecies don't have anything to do with his people Daniel as a matter of fact prophesies about Alexander the Great before he's even born before the nation rises up about Greece and How even his how his kingdom is going to be torn into four pieces and none of it will go to his posterity or to his descendants and then how one king's daughter will marry another king and There will be this truce. I'll let you guys go back and read Daniel Before we get to chapter 9 you'll hear all about it But how accurate is it these prophecies that that would even cause scholars not scholars of skeptics to say well This must have been written after the fact. Well, we know for it wasn't but we know for a fact that this wasn't written after the fact But there's some problems in some of these prophecies That what and not with the prophets or the prophecies themselves, but with us and our understanding because Recall that for the longest time Israel was out of the land Israel ceased to be a nation and Then obviously 1948 comes around and we realized well Maybe God really did mean what he said about bringing Israel back because and we may even get to this point where he says that Israel will always or will never Israel will never cease to be a nation before the Lord and so God has a plan for Israel He's using Israel and we're gonna talk a little bit more about that these specific plans about Israel But also in this prophecy Even though this prophecy is about Israel You're gonna see us Also when I say us us who are not Jews now who knows we might be Jew There might be some of you out there who might be Jewish not know it But we're gonna assume for the most part that we're not And so there's also something inside this that also benefits the Gentiles Okay, it's not like God is only dealing with one one of the people. He's only he's only has a focus for one group No, he's always had we're gonna find out that God has always had a plan for not just Israel But also for the Gentiles as a matter of fact, do you all remember? The the the book chapter in verse that I said if you're gonna tattoo anything on your body tattoo that I Told you repeatedly that one of the most important verses in the Bible is Genesis chapter 12 verse Verses 2 and 3 and he's speaking about what he's gonna do with Abraham and how through Abraham He's gonna make him a father of what a father of nations or we might say many nations Father of plural nations. Well, Israel is just one nation and so even in the name that's given from Abram to Abraham It implies that they're going to be multiple nations in him Well, since it's not just Israel, but they don't think about that honestly And it's just one of those things that God would sometimes put before the people and they don't quite understand They don't quite see it remember Jesus even gets on Nicodemus in John chapter 3 when he's speaking about this Regeneration this being born from above by the Spirit. He says you a teacher of Israel. You don't know this Well, these are things that has been brought up There's nothing happening in why I wouldn't say nothing but for the most part Most of what we see that happens when Jesus shows up and even after his death bear on resurrection These things were spoken about though There was a mysteriousness to a lot of these things and one specifically having to do with us Gentiles and so He's always kind of laid some things out But through progressive revelation we find a little bit more than what the people may have known at the time Though at the time they had enough to work with they had enough truth They had a truth to go off of the truth are you with me and that over time? God will reveal even more of his truth and so in this case He is he has said in Genesis 12 2 and 3. He says that you will be speaking about Abraham being this father of many nations He said that in you Verse 3 he goes on to say that in you all the nations or all the people of the world shall be blessed well Abram does not understand he clearly understand how that how that's gonna be God hadn't given him a lot But it's written down by by Moses and so we have the benefit to look back. So wow, this is what God was talking about Through him Abraham or we should say through Israel through his people the rest of the world shall be blessed now Obviously, we know principally through Jesus Now we'll get more on that in just a second and we'll see that in this prophecy But it's clear he's saying that these 70 weeks are decreed One to who to his people to Israel to the Jews then we also see And for who else a specific locale is also in view here. That is your holy city So what's the holy city that is Jerusalem? Okay, and we're gonna talk about the city of Jerusalem in a little bit But all and also Israel but also before we move forward we need to talk about this issue of weeks 70 weeks. This is not talking about weeks In the term in the sense of weeks because matter of fact the word that's used here Let's pull up on the screen this word for weeks here Excuse me is the word Shabbouim, which is weeks. It also means sevens Are you with me? And so he's speaking of and but and there are there's there are other biblical examples to prove that He's talked about 70 or talked about sevens before in the past. And so this is not a new phenomenon There's not someone that's saying hey Why are you now calling this sevens? There are other there are other times where he speaks of Sevens another time in Daniel. I believe Daniel 10 Don't want to go through those scripts. I want I want to I want to go You know what Daniel 10 13 Genesis 29 27 Leviticus 25 8 we see that the same word that's used is the word for sevens And so I won't stick with I won't go to those just for a second time. I want to move through this as quickly as possible Just so that we can I can give attention to areas that need more attention. And so in this case, he is speaking of 77s Now there's going to be a something that in this prophecy that might be a little difficult for some people to get but I'll show you how We could understand this just even just by the wording here, but he's speaking of 77s Well, you all get your calculators out or maybe you can got enough fingers. You can do it real fast or in your head 7 times 70 or 70 times 7 7 times 7 is 49 plus a 0. That's 490 if we're talking about years 490 years. Well, what's going to happen in this 490 year period? Well, let's look and see he says In regards to his people in regards to the holy city these 70 weeks or these 490 years are Decreed to do what to finish the transgression to put an end to sin and To atone for iniquity to bring in everlasting righteousness To seal both vision and profit and to anoint a most holy place Now I'm gonna deal with this holy place in just a little bit because for some people that might mean either a holy place Or it could also refer to a holy one. I may go into that if truth be told It's not really gonna matter a whole lot, but I believe it's a holy place Which is the reason why the overwhelming majority of Translations will have it written that way or translated that way. But anyway, let's go back and look at it for the first one it says to to Let's put it on the screen To finish transgression. So at the end of these 1770s at the end of the last seven at the end of the last seven there will be this finish of Transgression, well, what does that mean? Well, that means the Jewish people again because it's concerning the Jews These people will begin to have faith and a conversion So in other words the transgressions of them will be nullified. They won't have these transgressions again Why well, there's going to be this conversion in him And so God won't hold these transgressions against him going to the next portion He says and to put an end to sin Well speaking of the daily sins or the or the overall sins of Israel that means to put it in the sin That means that they will be punished All the years of Israel's repeated I mean sin and so forth is finally going to be dealt with Once and for all and you would think though that all they've gone through that that would be enough No, no, no, it's gonna put he's gonna put an end to sin by the way by the way. It's not he's not Quincidentally enough not or shouldn't say coincidentally, but interestingly enough. He's not just putting an end to Israel's in as well He's gonna deal with everybody's sin at a certain point, but specifically about his people He is going to put an end to sin Also in regards to me says and to atone for iniquity Well, that's this ending or fulfilling of the law Which started and I'm sorry which started but will be complete. It's not totally complete Their sins will be expiated remember Under the old covenant the way this works is their sins has to be atoned for now Obviously ours does to all people who want to be in right standing with the Lord They have to have their sins atone for and he says he's at the end this at the end of this 490 at the end of these 770s he will atone for or this will result in an atone for atonement for iniquity now We're gonna find out that he does not mean every single Jewish person all of Israel Okay, we're gonna cover that right there's no such thing as every single ethnic Jew Going to have their sins atone for That's not what he's meaning, but overall as a nation as a nation They will have their sins atone for and he's dealing with them specifically because remember now he's bringing in he's also gonna bring in introduced this new covenant and What does a new covenant who is a new covenant? We've said is for he's if we're gonna read it literally It is literally for Israel and in it He's he goes on to say we know it specifically for Israel because he goes on to say in Jeremiah After he says who the covenant the new covenant is for and we know the new covenant is not for Gentiles I know this might be a shock for some people, but it's not for Gentiles We're gonna find out what Gentiles How we are blessed But he goes on to say that as long as there is these seasons and there's there's The seas and the waves and so forth the stars as long as we have that Israel will not cease to be a nation in other words He's reiterating the whole point of this new covenant in Jeremiah 31 that it is for Israel Who will never cease to be a nation before him are you with me? The problem is though Israel has not especially by and large has not accepted Jesus as their Messiah So you could not say especially if you want to say that this has already happened You could not say that especially the first three so far Have been fulfilled Israel has not had their sins atone for Israel has not their sin has not been put to an end. Okay. Let's keep reading Also regarding their people in this holy place. It says To bring in everlasting rights is why obviously that hadn't happened either with Israel also and let me just just camp on that for a second It is going to cause Israel to be in right standing Not all of Israel pause on we're gonna cover that part Obviously not all of Israel But those who God is going to save the nation of Israel will be in right standing with the Lord that Clearly has not happened Then he says also to seal up both vision and profit now this issue of sealing up vision and profit at the end of 490 at the end of these 77s all of the covenants and all of the prophecies Will have been in fulfillment. Are you with me? So Think about the different covenants that are going to be in place that we will have gone through especially for them We will see the Abrahamic covenant the mosaic covenant and the Davidic covenant as well as the inauguration and fulfillment of the new covenant all these things gonna happen and the last thing that he brings up is For his people in this holy city and to anoint a most holy place Which is going to be Jerusalem? Okay, are you with me? So that's the point that we see so far. This is in regards to Israel again We're gonna see how this also affects us and so even in the the little poll 70 weeks are specifically for Israel But there's going to be some benefit in that inside of this the seventh the decree is not for us But inside of that Alongside that there's going to be some sort of benefit for us as well. Are you with me? So now Let's keep reading verse 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going out I got my notes and wait from from the going out of The word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one a prince there shall be seven weeks then For 62 weeks it shall be built again with squares and motes, but in troubled time. So the question is in Verse 25, who's he talking about? Who's he talking about? What's he talking about? Let me move this over Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem Well, that's the tricky part. Let's put it back on the screen. There's going out to restore It is real. I'm sorry. There's gonna be there's gonna be a declaration Now there are actually guys for different declarations that we can point to to Restore Israel and the restores walls and so forth But look at what it says specifically. It says know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word To restore and build Jerusalem So that means that might be something that we can look at and we can pinpoint when was there a word that was sent out That allowed the people the Jews to go back and to build their city Let's put back on the screen because this is where this prophecy these 490 or the 77s. This is when it it takes place. This is when it's gonna start know therefore and understand that from So from what from the going out of the word To restore and build so whatever the word came about to restore and build that's where it was now you've got one decree Matter of fact, I don't want to go ahead and go into the different decrees, but the main decree we're gonna we're gonna camp on was from Artexese Which was and some folks who believes around march And different days march 14th march 5th. I've heard different dates I won't go into that because I don't want a confusion there. Well, how do we know it's a fifth? How do we know it's a 14th? But we know it's probably in the month of march and the year was either 445 bc or 444 We're gonna go with 445 Even though if it was 444, we're still fine The reason is because there's also a debate a question as to when was jesus actually crucified was it? 33 ad or 32 ad Which is important but the prophecy still works both ways and it's still completely and extremely accurate So let's go back to it. So from this point and we believe we believe though I think I think more scholars believe it was 445 bc And so at that moment that artexese gives the declaration allows the jews to Um go back the decree not when they started guys not when they started but when the decree went out 445 years, I mean 445 bc and oh by the way, we're going to talk about how long it took But keep in mind though guys that we're speaking of not necessarily Days the 365 days that we have in the gregorian calendar. We are speaking of 400. I'm sorry 360 days of a jewish lunar calendar. I won't go into that as well Well, if you guys want to cover that at some point in time the jewish counters We can look at doing that But for the sake of this and we'll see how incredibly accurate this lines up but So we're speaking of 77s And each seven is a 300 was the years are 360 day jewish lunar years are with me Okay, I know this might be a lot for some folks, but uh, this is what we're talking about All right, let's keep going And so therefore and understand know therefore to understand that from the going out of the word to restore and to build to the coming of an anointed one A prince there shall be seven weeks Then for 62 weeks it shall be built again With squares and motes, but in a troubled time all right now so um It's commonly understood that the building of jerusalem Lasted and this is why we have these little separations. Someone's gonna ask Why do we have the separation of of these years these sevens? There's a seven There's 62 Which leaves what seven and 62 is 69 And then there's one more week left one more year and i'm going to use the term week just because um It's just so commonly understood that way we say it that way, but even though we know that we're talking about years so The first seven weeks Is the seven years of the building of the city? And it's happened is happening during all this distress is tumble all these folks coming against and so forth But the city is finally built then we have 62 weeks or 62 sevens, which is what 400 and 34 years So 434 times seven No, i'm sorry. I said it wrong I'm saying wrong so 62 times 60 and 7 so we got 483 total. I want you to notice something about what he's saying Look at verse 26 And after the 62 weeks an anointed one shall be cut off And shall have nothing Now notice what it did not say It did not say it's not speaking of in the middle Or at the end of the 62 It says and after The 62 notice that again notice he didn't say 490 years But 70 sets of seven meaning it's not successive Okay, so he's speaking of After something's going to have to after so what happens after these 483 years because that's the time frame now. There's still seven 70s I mean, I'm sorry. There's still a seven left. There's still one week left There's still seven years in this prophecy left But the first 483 are what we speak or what we're speaking of and so it says and after 62 weeks an anointed one shall be cut off Well, this word here for anointed one is guess what guess who guess who the anointed one Well, it's the Hebrew word for machiach And so the machiach and anointed one is only one Shall come And shall be cut off And shall have nothing now This is not saying that in this 483. I mean for yeah this 493 year period that this happens after The 483 years is when he's going to be cut off But he's going to come in Before the 483 is over. Let's go back up again because notice what it says in verse 25 And I'm sorry Know therefore understand that from the beginning from I'm sorry from the going out Of the word restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one So the coming of an anointed one the machiach this anointed one He is going to come within this period now guys If we were to take this and I won't put it on the screen, but if we were to take this from march of 485 bc And count forward 400 i'm sorry 45 445 bc And count forward 483 years Do you know what it leads to? It leads up to And including the week that jesus comes in for what we call his Triumple entry when they when he's coming in and they're saying hosanna. They're cheering you on He is being ushered in and so we see that matches up with what he's saying and says the coming of anointed one that happens Inside this 483 year period At actually the 69th week is a matter of fact at in this case the very end Of the 69th week, but it has to happen inside it at some point in time, right? And so if someone had a calendar and some pencil and paper and they were sitting there writing it down Wait a second if i'm following this if I am following this Prophecy Then we don't have very much time for this messiah to come in We when is he coming in now remember at this time? We had this heightened awareness from the jews Of this anointed one of this messiah coming in of course They thought it was going to be more political than anything else But there this there's this heightened awareness of it And so when he comes in at the last think about this guys at the very last not A yearly week the last week possible the last of the seven days not weeks or years But the last of the seven weeks He comes in and they're praising and so the anointed one is ushered in Then after that's over with at some point in time after that Then this anointed one this messiah has to be cut off. Well We know after reading that it happens A week later But it's after according to the scriptures verse 26 and after 62 weeks and anointed one or the anointed one Shall be cut off and shall have nothing And the people of the prince who is to come now they're speaking of a different prince This we're going to find this is the antichrist The people of this particular prince They are going to come and they shall destroy the city and the sanctuary It's in shall come with the flood and to and the in there shall be war so Inside after the 69th week What's going to happen is there is going to be now what we're going to find out is that the 70th week has not started But we're going to find out that that what it's doing now is explaining These other things are going to happen after the 69th week We're going to find out that there's a pause put on between the 69th and the 70th week We're going to see that jesus is going to speak about it Paul is going to speak about it. Are you with me? So I don't want you to think that we're just throwing this out there just to make things line up. No There's a reason why he did not say there's a reason why he did not say 490 weeks period or 490 um Seven i'm 490 years He could have easily stated 490 years that would have been easy Because when god tells abraham how long the people are going to be enslaved in egypt He doesn't say he didn't use sevens. He says they will be enslaved for 400 years So he could have easily used years 490 years which would have meant In 490 years which meant successively year one two three four five. He didn't do that He just simply said sevens 77s and he breaks them down the first seven Is the is the decree and to the time that that that jewish that jewslam the city is built And then the next set this happens to be This happens to be successive although although there are some That say that there that that what it may not have been successive There may have been a few weeks a few months or a year after the the first seven and the 62nd I don't think so because again with this with this uh 483 years that we see both the seven and sixty two put together We see the messiah coming in And we know he has to those weeks have to be over with before he's cut off They have it has to happen before the crucifixion Okay, his coming in has to be before the end of the 483 And his crucifixion has been cut off has to happen After according to verse 26. Are you with me? Let's go back on the screen And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary Well, who are the people who are the prince? Well, we know From prophecy and even daniel talks about rome Being the issue here and we know through history that who destroys the temple This by the way, he's prophesying and the second temple hadn't even been built But he's prophesying not about a second temple, but about another temple that's going to come about And so who destroys the temple? Well, rome does and a person of rome that being nero And jesus even tells jesus even validates this because he says when he comes out He says he says y'all see these these these nice this nice temple I tell you the truth that not one stone shall remain from it now. They don't know what he's talking about They're kind of probably dumbfounded We know now in hindsight that he's speaking about the temple that temple was destroyed when in 70 ad 70 ad happens after after The the uh, uh the 483 years after the 69th week. So that's where we are right now because he says after 62 weeks. So this happened which in our case 62 weeks plus seven in 69. So after the 69th week This is what has to happen. Are you with me? So now let's go back to it And the prince of the people who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary it shall Uh, it's in shall come with the flood and the end shall be war Desolations are decreed Now jesus speaks about these desolations. He speaks about in matthew 24 We won't go over but jesus speaks about this this desolation is going to come about his people There's this time of trouble that's going to come as a matter of fact We know this time of trouble to be called jacob's trouble This is what we call now. Obviously, you know, I I adhere to uh a pre tribulation Uh a pre tribulation of view in other words, there's going to be the seven-year tribulation I believe that we are going to be raptured before the church will be raptured before The seven-year tribulation And in this seven-year tribulation According to the scriptures two things are going to happen the first three and a half years are going to be relative relative peace for israel But then this lawless one this end of crisis is going to come And he's actually going to set up even an image. I think of himself And demand for people to worship him and that's this heightened A portion of this the tribulation is three and a half years We know that this three and a half years are going to come matter of fact. Let's let's go to the screen the screen Jeremiah 30 and seven brings this up. He says alas That day is so great. There is none like it. It is a time of distress for jacob. That's israel guys Yet he shall be saved out of meaning that israel Shall be saved out of it Okay, and he says and it shall come to pass in that day declares a lord of hopes that I will break his yoke from off your neck and I will and I will burst your bonds and the foreigners shall No more make a servant of him But they shall serve the lord their god and they were their king whom I will raise and so he's speaking of What he's going to do after this time this time of jacob, which is going to be these three and a half years As a matter of fact, let's pull this up. Let's go to daniel 12 This is after Obviously after daniel nine after he's after he's been given this he's going to speak about this time of tribulation as well Let's go to it real quick In daniel 12 when he says at that time shall arise michael the great prince Meaning the angel who has charge of your people and there shall be a time of trouble Such as never has been since there was a nation till that time By the way for those folks that think that we might either be in the tribulation or we might be in the millennium If it is again, this is the greatest tribulation ever known to man. We've got again. We've got wi-fi I've got coffee That I can drink out of my colts cup. I can watch the colts game. I don't have to be in any napples I can watch the game. Why because we got wi-fi. We've got the ability to watch Something that's happening in other parts of the world. We've got again air conditioning. We've got ice cream. We've got Whatever you name. We've got drive through me down. We got instacart though. They're charged forever We've got high prices of gas. We got tesla. We got everything right The tribulation ain't so bad But he's saying we've never seen anything like it. There's nothing ever been like it Nor will there ever be anything like it and so we're clear that this tribulation is not a joyous occasion And please do not come back and say well There are places on the planet that are far worse. Well, first of all, some of these places have always had these issues someone will say well, maybe China parts of china Indonesia, africa Well, these places you're talking about when was the last time that it was fun and sunshine there And oh by the way in order to get away from that if that's the tribulation All they have to do is get on the plane and come to america That no america cannot be the antidote to the tribulation Right. So anyway, that being said let's go back to what he's saying He says but at that time your people shall be delivered. So is who's he speaking of his people? Again, israel Daniel's people are jews and at that time during the tribulation His people the jews shall be delivered. Let's continue Everyone whose name shall be found written in the book now I won't cover that because I'm going to have folks that's going to want to bash folks to talk about election and so forth or whatever But he's talking about the book of the book of life whose names that are found in the book Those are going to be the ones who are going to be saved out of that. Which ones the jews Now are there some gentiles whose names are written in that book? They're sure are They're absolutely are which means god has not forgotten about us god We're not an afterthought we're not plan b anything like that But he's speaking about his people specifically and so for his people whose name shall be found in the book He says and many of those who Who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake from to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt So they're going to be some jews are going to be they're going to get everlasting life Some jews they're going to as he says everlasting contempt again Side note for those folks who believe that hell Or punish this this punishment is temporal. No, he says everlasting contempt back to it. He says And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above and those who turn To righteousness like the stars forever, but you daniel shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase Here is verse five. Then I daniel looked and behold two others stood one on this bank of the stream and one on the bank of the stream And someone said to the man clothing linen who was above the waters of the stream Uh, he says how long shall it be till the end of these wonders? Again speaking about this time of jacob this this this tribulation period He says how long shall it be while they're while israel is going through this portion This harsh part that they've never seen how long will it be? Look what he says he says and I heard the man clothing linen who was above the waters of the stream He raised his right hand and his left Toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever That that it should be for a time Times and half a time and that when the shattering of the people of the holy people I'm sorry. I'm sorry shattering of the power of the holy people comes when in all these things Would be finished now time times and half the time guys that is three and a half year Three and a half years and so during this let's let's put it back on the screen How long will it be that they'll go through this for three and a half years a time times and half a time? And that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end All these things will be finished and so that will be the end of that for israel Let's go back over to the 70 weeks and let's pick back up So understand this is where we where we depart for the 69th week There's going to be a 70th week this 70th week is going to be seven years Divided in two The first half relatively peaceful It looks like the antichrist is is you the man everything is good, but then we're going to see that Who he is and what he came for We're going to see this abomination desolation We're going to see all the things that jesus spoke about that the prophet spoke about we're going to say take place By the way guys, that's going to be the time where Um, you're not three and a half year period of time. You're going to have this mark of the beast We do not know what it is If it's an actual chip the number what have you we can talk about it at the 666 or 616 or what it's going to be But that is going to be that time that time has not happened yet again, which is another um Issue a point of contention with those who might think that we are still that we're in the millennium Or that we're going that we've been through the tribulation that we're in the tribulation No, we haven't seen that happen yet either And we cannot keep saying that Because I don't see it that way or hadn't happened or what have you that it must be taken metaphorically again As long as we can take it literal Let's take it literally until it tells us not to the reason again why a lot of folks Stop taking this this thing literally is because when israel Seeks to be a nation for a time or it looked like it. They thought that That it must be that the church would represent the new israel the church becomes a new israel because God if your prophecies are true and we believe they're true Then it must be that we as a church must be the new israel But that in the case and so when when israel became a nation again We see that and again this was something that was a thought about in the early church This this view is not a new belief. This is an original an early view. Remember We've got people like papayas who wrote papayas was a direct apostle or disciple of A direct disciple of john the apostle who writes about these different dispensations There's a reason why I use that term because we're going to see this term pop up In regards to the 70 weeks and the Gentiles. Okay Understand God deals with has has dealt with man in these different dispensations You don't have to be a dispensationalist to believe that Everybody to some degree is a dispensations because you we all believe that god has dealt with mankind in different economies Stuart chips, which is where the word comes from Remember he dealt with mankind differently in the garden Then after the fall he dealt with mankind differently before the giving of a law that he did once the law was given And he's dealt differently. He's dealing differently with man After the cross are you with me and so We understand that and so he talks about these different economies or stewardship or dispensations We're going to see that again and so going back to the passage verse Let's finish verse 26 and the people of the prince who was to come that is uh these these romans Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary its end shall come with a flood And to the end there shall be war desolations or decree Let's let's look at verse 27 and he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week. So after After the 69th week Some point after that Not immediately after Because the word after was used of these events are going to happen after 69th week But sometime after He says he that is this person this prince this evil prince from those people They're going to come now. We don't know if he's speaking of someone of roman descent Uh, or if he's speaking of just someone who's gentile. We don't we don't know But this prince who we find out later is is the antichrist who was antichrist He's going to come and look and this how we also know. This is not jesus, which also has a has a A bit of a problem for people who believe that Mainly for our millennialists could not be jesus because look what he says He shall make a strong covenant with many for one week Jesus is not making a covenant for anybody for just seven years And then he's going to break the covenant he says and for a half of the week He shall put an end to sacrifice and offerings Jesus does not put an end to sacrifice matter of fact at his death He didn't put an end to sacrifice as an offering the jews still gave sacrifice not they still to this day do so Okay, and for half of the week that's that three and a half year period guys for half of the week Put an end to sacrifice an offering and on the wing of abominations. Look what he says shall come one That's the same prince who makes desolate until the decreed end is poured out on this later So until his end is final, which will be at the very end of that last Seven are you with me? So now Here we have we have three sets of seven that have been decreed The first seven sevens, which is 49 years I'm sorry Which is the the building of a temple Then we have the next which is the 62 years So seven and 62 69 so 60 years that happens after that immediately after that It goes through the inter test of testimonial in inter test of monial period There's no profit during this time the 40 years of silence. Then we have uh, jesus coming in on a cult by the way Just I just thought I put that out there guys. He he comes right in Isn't that interesting guys that at the very end Jesus comes riding in on a cult Amen So He comes riding on the cold. He's being inaugurated. This the messiah is brought in Then after that how long after that it doesn't say how long but we do know Immediately after that that's when he's crucified. So messiah is cut off And then these other things happen begin to happen. So I had to throw it in there had to throw it in there Uh, then We see the temple the second temple destroyed We also see we're going to hear about the the third temple Being desolated. We're gonna we're gonna have this this abomination He's going to actually set up an image of himself and demand to be worshiped himself in the third temple now There is a belief that there's going to be a fourth temple I won't go into it, but if you guys just go and read from ezekiel chapter 40 on I think from 4 to 48 You see this distinct carefully worded Description of with great detail of this temple And so it seems to indicate that there's going to be a fourth temple rather than just Making this third temple better, right? So I won't go into that just yet. So now we've got these the first 69 Those are easy to deal with and for the first 483 years from the time of The decree to build to rebuild israel to the very end Jesus is ushered in he's not crucified yet, but that's what happens The question is though this last week why didn't this last week happen immediately after we talked about that? And he used the terms after What's going to happen in this last week and guys this is the good part this is where we come in now Israel has a problem Israel has a huge problem Israel's having an issue That is they are full of sin like us But their problem is they have not accepted their messiah, which means yes, they don't have Since they have not accepted their messiah Then they're not saved which means they don't have the Holy Spirit in them The difference between us and the unsaved is that we have Holy Spirit in us who grows us and guides us, right? Well, they don't have that and Jesus speaks about this now What's interesting is Jesus actually talks about us So to speak Turn your attention to Matthew 21 and he's dealing with israel and their problem at this time This is leading up to what he's going to talk about in Matthew 24 But in Matthew 21 verse 42 look what Jesus says he says he said to them have you never read in the scriptures The stone that the builders rejected that being uh, Jesus has become the chief I have become the cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing and it's marvelous in our eyes now Look at this next passage verse 43. Therefore. I tell you the kingdom of god Will be taken away from you And given to a people producing its fruit Well, who's he speaking of And let's go ahead and read and the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces And when it falls on anyone it will crush him But now who are the people that he's speaking of when he says therefore I tell you the kingdom of god will be taken away from you Well, who's the you that it will be taken away from from israel he he just said That you guys have rejected the uh, uh the cornerstone Israel has rejected the cornerstone And therefore because of that he used the word therefore Because you have rejected the kingdom of god will be taken from you israel And will be given to who to a people producing his fruit. Who's that going to be us? us Remember in john 9 jesus says that I have sheep of another fold Not like not not you israel not not you jews. I've got sheep of another fold He's always let them know that all of you guys aren't really who you say you are Some of you jews think that you're just that that you're great. That's because you're jewish And jesus remember he's playing with dozen. He's going back and forth with him in john 8 and john 9 and 10 he's dealing with him He says well if you were of abraham you would know me you'd follow me and abraham rejoices to see my day In john 10 he says that uh, he's speaking that you guys don't hear me don't follow me because you're not mine But these true sheep who he include I'm sorry who I actually include jews But also there's some other sheep who aren't jewish of another fold Are you with me? And so there's always been this little drippings these little spots here and there where he's told them guys They're saying just you and don't think that you're just special You guys have this self righteousness about yourself that because you are jewish that makes you something special That your righteousness is in you being jewish and he says unless your righteousness He's speaking to us gentiles unless our righteousness surpasses that of the jews these scribes and Pharisees who theirs was Selfishness and in them who they are in their lineage then neither can we also be safe So he's always talked about how just because you're jewish didn't mean anything There's a little bit more to it and you have to have this faith the same way that it was If you wanted to have your sins atone for if you wanted to have your sins atone for He made it open for all of israel to have their sins atone for However, you could just have your sins atone for just by being jewish You had to have some faith in the offering that was made and that got accepted And if you did so with this trusting heart as trusting and believing in jesus In the atonement and got accepted the bible says that you were atone for and you stood in right standing In other words, they were right just before the lord It was only temporal but what jesus is going to do is make it permanent rather than temporal Are you guys with me so far? And so all of this is in play and he's going to also offer the same thing for gentiles just like back then In the day of atonement Not only could jews take part as but also gentiles could too and there are some famous gentiles who become part Of the jewish nation though, they're not jew themselves, but they adhere to it We know of two ladies who've done who've done so that being rehab and then also being rude Okay, so now But jesus said because you guys have rejected the chief cornerstone the cornerstone, which is him He says let's put one again He says therefore because of that i tell you the kingdom of god will be taken away from you and given to a people Up producing his fruits now If you're not careful, you could think that that means that the god is going to do away with dealing with the jews And give it to the gentiles only Now also the samaritans as well who the jewish half cousins, but If you you could come away with that But we're gonna find out that it's not just that are you with me? But here's the good news for us He's not just dealing with israel with just the jews He's also dealing with us and so because they Now listen to this part guys Because they rejected by and large the nation of israel We know not all jews rejected it. It couldn't be that all jews Rejected jesus as the cornerstone as a messiah. We know that's not the fact because Peter is a jew Paul's a jew John's a jew james These are jews So the first people to accept their messiah were jews the jesus messiah were the jews So it's not that all jews that accept have have rejected jesus But by and large who did the nation of israel has rejected and so because of that Your people you people you jews as a nation The kingdom of god has been taken away from you and been given to The gentiles or gentiles Now it's not permanent and and the reason why this is happening is because God has set aside and i'm gonna show you in a second, but god has set aside israel Temporarily we see that he set him aside We're going to find out that it's not just permanent. It's temporary Because now he's going to start dealing with those people in verse 43 that he's speaking of He's going to start dealing with those people who will be producing fruits It's going to be these other people who will have the holy spirit in them Who as the bible says i am going to make a people who are not my i'm going to call a people Who are not my people and he says i'll be their god now and and they will they will be I'm sorry. I will be their god and they will be my people He's going to make a people who are not he is the jews into his that means the gentiles. Are you with me? so We know what's going to happen is because Paul brings this up as well. Let's go to Ephesians chapter 3 verse 1 He says for this reason i paul and remember paul is an apostle now Who is paul an apostle to? paul is an apostle to the gentiles which is the way he's going to say he's going to say what paul is going to bring out Why he is an apostle to the gentiles? He says on behalf of you gentiles always speaking as gentiles Assuming that you have heard the stewardship of god's grace that was given to me for you now Let me camp on a word here for a second We have just been introduced to the term dispensation here The term dispensation is a term. It's actually based off of the lat latin word Dispensadio, which is translated from this word here for stewardship this heat this greek word was oik oikameon Which means the house rules or house laws? Okay, there's two words Oikas in greek is the word for house or home and the nomia which is for law So we have so house laws or house rules or stewardship or economy or Dispensations and so look what he says assuming that you have heard of the dispensation Of god's grace that was given to me for you. So we're in this dispensation of grace That have been given to me for you How the liquidy says how the mystery was made known to me by revelation as I have written briefly When you read this you can perceive my insight into the mystery of christ Which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations As it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit this mystery here it is This mystery is that the gentiles are fellow heirs members Of the same body and partakers of the promise of christ through the gospel So follow along with me Here we have The holy spirit being poured out Just like jesus says to the jews first to the jews then the dismeritants and the gentiles So we've got like jesus says you'll witness be my witnesses and testify of me in jerusalem and judea Then samaria and then to the rest of the world to the gentiles jews first and then gentiles happens just like that now Most the other apostles are apostles to jews They end up over time Also becoming apostles and planting churches with gentiles, but primarily their their initial apostleship is toward other jews But paul his apostleship is towards gentiles There was this mystery that they didn't quite get though that god had been making just dripping little Prophecies here and there that he's going to bring these other people into the fold now The mystery was that it's always been the case that god had had a plan for gentiles So what has happened? god has Set aside israel like jesus said he would and he's now primary Primarily focusing on the church or the gentiles paul brings this up again. Let me finish this thought let me finish reading till i think the birth 13 The gospel i was made a minister according to the gift of god's grace Which was given to me by the working of the of his power to me Though i am very least of the saints this grace was given to me to preach the gentiles The insurchable riches of riches of christ and to bring light to everyone What is plain of the mystery hidden for ages who created all things So that through the church the manifold wisdom of god might be made known To the rulers and the authorities in heavenly places This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in christ jesus our lord In whom we have now let me just say this so the point that that just makes up is that or that he says is that This was realized according to eternal purposes that he realized in christ jesus in other words This was always the case And through him through jesus We see this unfolding the salvation that's not just for the jews but also for the gentiles Jesus being a jew what did what did god say about abraham? That through you through this nation through these people The rest of the world shall be blessed. That's us the us gentiles will be blessed through him right with me now paul brings this issue up about this setting aside of the jews And he's bothered He's a little bothered because the jews Don't seem to be on board with the program. And so because of that god is not dealing with him God has given them a spirit of stupor Their eyes are blinded a lot to be blinded by the god of this world which is satan But god has given them delivered them up to a spirit of stupor But only for a short time Now let's go back. Let's go to romans and see what paul is talking about romans chapter 11 verse Do i want to start let me see do i want to start in one? It's a lot of reading i may just want to go with um, you know, yeah Yeah, let's let's start in verse one I asked then has god rejected his people now remember the question on on the floor is Since jesus said he's going to set aside his people Is that permanently? Well, no paul asked the question and well has god rejected his people He says by no means for i myself am in israeli I myself am a jew a descendant of abraham Which why is that important because he stated that through abraham all of the world all the people of the world The gentiles will be blessed But also he also don't forget this fact That abraham's people will also be blessed all of them everybody that calls himself a jew No, obviously not every jew is going to be blessed. Okay, let's go back to it A member of the travesty benjamin god has not rejected his people who he foreknew Do you not know the scriptures? Says of elijah how he appeals to god against israel Lord they have killed your prophets and they have demolished your altars And i alone am left and they seek my life. But what is god's reply to him? I have kept for myself Seven thousand men who have not bowed the need to bail so too at this present time There's a remnant chosen by grace, but if it is by grace it is no longer on the basis of work Otherwise grace would no longer be grace and so his point is that there are these jews that are still trying to make it in by works Right, let's continue verse seven. What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking The the elect obtained it meaning the the elect jews obtained it, but the rest jews were hardened. Wait a second You mean to tell me god hardened these jews? Yeah, he said but the rest were hardened. Look what he says as it is written verse eight God gave them a spirit of stupor gave who a spirit of stupor These jews gave them a spirit of stupor eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear Down to this very day. So at the time that paul is writing this god has given the jews a spirit of stupor Okay, are y'all with me now verse nine and david says Let their table become a snare and a trap a stumbling block and a retribution for them Let their eyes be darker so that they cannot see and bend their backs forever Now paul asks a question So I asked Did they stumble meaning the jews israel in order that they might fall? So his question is israel's faltering right now. Is that so that that they can no longer be a part of the kingdom? That their fall would be complete. He says by no means rather. Look what he says rather Or instead through their trespass Salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make israel jealous so This setting aside is not permanent. It's temporary and the purpose is to make israel jealous Well, if you're going to make them jealous that means you must have in mind to bring them back And he will when will he bring them back? Ah, we'll cover that just a second, but Now if their trespass means riches for the world, which is what Uh, revelation revelation what genesis 12 2 and 2 I mean 2 and 3 says Uh, now if their trespasses means riches for the world and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles How much more will there will their full inclusion mean? Well, how much better would it be for the jews to be part of this? Well, so as y'all see where it's going So his point is they will not all of them though. Look what he says now I am speaking to you Gentiles in as much as I am apostles of the Gentiles I magnify my ministry in order that somehow to make my fellow jews jealous and thus save some of them So as so he so there is a looking forward to some of them being saved For if their rejection means a reconciliation of the world again Genesis 12 2 and 3 what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead If the dough offered as first fruit is holy So is the whole lump and if the root is holy so are the branches But now I'm gonna skip this. No, you don't want no one I'll say here But if some of the branches were broken off and you although a while out of shoot were grafted in among the others And now sharing the nourishing root of olive tree Do not be arrogant toward the branches if you are if you are remember It is not you who support the root but the root supports you Then you will say branches were cut off so that I might be grafted in that is true They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast for your faith So do not become proud but fear and again, he's not saying that they once believed and stop believing So it's not that they Had something and lost it unbelief does not mean that they once believed it said that they don't have belief Because how would you describe somebody who was never believed? You would use exact same words. They're unbelief. They're unbelief. Let's continue verse 21 for if God did not spare the natural Brings neither will he spare you note then the kindness and severity of God's severity towards those who have fallen But God's kindness towards you you Gentiles provided you continue in his faith or in his kindness Otherwise you too will be cut off and even if they do not continue their unbelief So they don't stay unbelievers will be grafted in for God Has the power to graft them in again Which means which means he's speaking overall of all of israel god has the power to bring israel back in again If god has the power to bring israel back in again and paul's concerns for israel to be saved again And he's speaking kind of looking forward guess what he is going to bring israel as a nation back in again because he's speaking Holistically as the of the nation of israel. Okay. Now. Let's go back to it He says uh the natural branches uh, no, i'm sorry So if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted contrary to your nature to nature Into a cultivated olive tree. How much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree? Here it is I read all of that to get to verse 25 We are in this age It's the time of the gentiles How do I know that why would I call this the time of the gentiles? Here it is Paul says lest you be wise on your own side I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery brothers So he keeps bringing up this mystery. Well, the mystery has to do with two things one israel is going to be set aside Hey, now he's spoken about this. They didn't catch it and he's also spoken about gentiles being brought in He spoke about this but they didn't catch it. So it's a mystery to them But he's revealing making it real clear. So in this mystery. Look what he says I do not want you to become unaware of this mystery brothers a partial Hardening has come upon israel when Until the fullness of the gentiles has come in And in all this way all israel will be saved as this is written The deliverer will come from zion. Uh, he will banish ungodliness from jacob And this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins Why did I read all of that and what does that have to do with the 70 70 weeks? Because remember he says a couple of things in this 70 matter of fact, let's look at this to remind us of the 70 weeks He says and in this way All israel will be saved Well, isn't that part of what he said in daniel 9 that israel will be saved That he's going to do away with their sin bringing everlasting righteousness and So these are things that's going to happen for israel hadn't happened yet, but they will will win in the last week Let's continue. He says the deliverer will come from zion. He will banish ungodliness from jacob. We read that in Uh in jeremiah 30 and also in daniel chapter 12 verses one through seven We read all of that So this was put out said what israel is going to go through and when they go through this This is how he's going to bring them back He says and this will be my covenant with them when I take their sins away He also he already stated that he's going to take away their sins. So Notice he said this is my covenant. This is my covenant that I made with them. I take where this is What cover you talking about the new covenant? So he's speaking of israel and so yeah, we're not part of the new covenant, but He doesn't mean that he didn't love us. I mean that he hadn't saved us. I mean that he hadn't uh, uh Paid for our sins with his blood We had not violated the old covenant. So there's no need for the new covenant. Are you all with me? And so it's not like there's this big disappointment. Hey, uh, I don't know if you know this but You you got in because of this no when you find that you got it because of that As long as I got in I'm in because of what he's done And oh by the way, god has always had a plan to bring me and you and other Gentiles in God has always had this plan to bring us in It's just these hard-headed people and I'm saying already because we've been hard headed too But these hard-headed Jews who he's been dealing with as he said in chapter 10 I have stretched my hands out all day long all year long All millennial long to these unrighteous this unrighteous and adult generation who turned over gods And so what I'm going to do is I'm going to demonstrate my power my righteousness being a just god and my love So my love towards who towards those that I that I have chosen Toward these Gentiles even to some of these Jews, but also my righteousness that I'm a just god I'm not going to let Israel just get away with this. So I'm going to punish them But I'm still I still have a concern for Israel and I'm going to bring Israel back All of Israel. No Paul addressed that already that not all of Israel will be safe okay, so Uh, let's go back to So let's go ahead and recap What this uh prophecy was again, let's go back to verse 24 and read it and see if this makes sense now 70 weeks so 490 years or I'm sorry 70 weeks 70 sets of sevens Have been decreed for your people and your holy city to who has been decreed to it's been decreed to Israel And it's holy city, which is Jerusalem to finish the transgression So now again, we've we've covered it like the guy used to say I forgot his name now My mind is went blank. Uh, but now we know the rest of the story So now when we read this now, we see the point of these 70 sets of sevens are to For Israel to finish transgression of Israel to put it into their sin and so forth to put it into Israel sin To atone for the iniquity of Israel Israel is going to finally accept their messiah To bring in everlasting righteousness to seal up all the prophecies All the visions and so forth all the covenants for Israel and to anoint a most holy place Which is going to be Which is going to be Jerusalem and a temple And so he says no therefore to understand that from going out of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem To the coming of an anointed one. So now we see we get we get a timeline Why would god give us this timeline god gives us timelines so we can see god you say it's gonna start from here So we can measure from here that you said that sucre went out in march of 445 bc we can start measuring and it happens exactly like he said it would happen to at Think about that guys now. This is why this is important as we get ready to close This is why this is so important It's so important because we can take god's word literally If he said x then y then z you know how we take it x Then y then z God has determined what he is going to do how he's going to do it and he laid it out and Israel uh was to be a part of this plan but not all of Israel because they rebelled But because as a matter of fact, let me pull this passage up to because I keep I keep referencing it And I want to make sure that I that I cover this Uh Talk on it. There it is I didn't I didn't intend to cover this part, but I want to I want to bring it up This is what he's speaking of I said behold the days are coming declares the lord when I will make a new covenant with the house of israel and the house of juda Now he's speaking of israel and juda. He's speaking of jews. Now. I want to pull down to verse 35 36 This is why we can take god's word for what it is. This is why we can understand Um, that we can that what whatever god says I can bank on it If god were to I'm not saying he's doing so But if god wrote in the passages Corey minor is going to be x y and z. You know what? x y and z I can I can take that to the bank Because if I can't trust one of your promises lord, let's say let's say you got all these promises thousands of promises literally in the bible And I see this one promise that you have for this group who who's not me because what we do sometimes is We have a selfish way of looking at scriptures. We make scriptures to be about us and our lifestyle here in america We think that the scriptures revolve around the united states of america. They do not As a matter of fact, let's be honest guys. We can sometimes be some of the worst christians on the planet We were by and large. I would probably say the christians in the persecuted church Beat us every day with their love the devotion. We're not tiptoeing tipping around dipping around line landmines and going around People that want to kill us still trying to bring the gospel smuggling in bibles Smuggling in bibles. We don't want to carry a bible. If we don't have a bible lab. We're not watching. Yeah, I need a bible lab I think I'm not I'm not caring. This bible is too heavy. I'm not carrying around. So rather I'd rather get me a bible lab These folks are carrying in tearing out pages Smuggling in scriptures giving it a soul and soul having them to memorize it Then get into the next person because if I can memorize it then guess what you can't do You can't take it out of my brain and if you killed me for it. Amen To suffer for him There's no better glory now. Tell us that if I want to put a gun to your head and say, uh, you really you you ready to die for your Your lord and savior are you ready to die for him? We'll say yeah, but not right now I got stuff to do The game's about to come on. Can you can you kill me next week? I really want to see what's going to happen at the end of this series. I've been watching Yeah, I'll die for you lord. Just not right now Whereas other folks would do so and so we have this view this inflated view I know there's folks in other parts of the world that are watching Uh, thank you ought to thank god that yeah, there's some benefits to being here in america. There really are Uh, but being the best christian you can be is not a byproduct of being here in america Excuse me And so people in other places Now I'm not poo-pooing on christians in america I'm not I'm saying though that we can learn a thing or two from other people. Amen. So now if I'm thinking that Whatever god has said and he's missed the promise about someone else Even just one promise Then how can I be confident and assured that the promises that that he has me contemplated in are to be For me to be even bank on to have confidence in those verse 35 Of jeremiah 31 says this Thus says the lord who gives the sun now. Look what he says though. I want you guys to think about this for a second paid it to What he's saying Thus says the lord Who gives the sun for light by day? And and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light who stirs up the sea So as it's waves roar the lord of host is his name If this fixed order departs now, we pull back up If this fixed order departs He says now what fixed order that is the sun for light by day Do we do we guys still have a sun for light by day? I think we do as a matter of fact in some places. We got a whole lot of sun for light Which caused a whole lot of heat We also have in this fixed order. We have the moon and the stars for light by night In just a few hours Some places some people depend on what part of the world you're in you can look out right now and see the moon And the stars for light at night That's still happening. So that's still going on We see the god who stirs the sea we see these waves that roar We still see that he says if this fixed order departs which it has not which it will not So in other words as long as we've got that look what he says If this fixed order departs from before me declares the lord then shall the off stream isreal Seize from being a nation before me forever. So in other words as long as we see that Israel will be a nation before me forever. Have we ceased to see that? No And so even though Israel by and large Has forgotten about her Messiah The lord has not forgotten about them. They will always be a nation though. They have set them aside for the time being And so now Excuse me And I even see the chest where someone put uh that they believe that 70 weeks were fulfilled in 70 ad the problem is You've got a whole lot of you have a whole lot of things that we're missing This is why we covered all of this stuff guys. I want you to go back and look at things As little as you possibly can I really want you all to do so because again The result of the let's let's look guys the results of the 70 weeks the result of that If it was fulfilled in let's say 70 ad or any other time The result is that that means that for israel transgressions finished sin there's been a end to sin in israel There's been an atonement for an equity for israel to bring everlasting righteousness to seal up both vision and prophecies Well, we know that all the prophecies have not been fulfilled not even in 70 ad so that can't be it You could allegorize a tax and say well if you think this way Look at it that way if you kind of cross your legs a little bit and lean back and tilt that way You can see how this problem. No. No. God didn't got again. I want I want you all to think about this I want you don't think about this. I want you all to get this if there's You might disagree with me You might be you might disagree with me if you if you disagree with me on this you are dead wrong I don't care who you are Now that's some Some happy as a hefty thing to say to someone that's that takes some gumption to say this But listen what i'm about to tell you If you disagree with what i'm about to say You are wrong If you disagree with what i'm about to say you sir madam are wrong. That is this God does not think that highly of your intellect. He does not think that highly of your ability to understand He does not he does not think that highly of your ability to be faithful He does not he thinks that you are not the brightest That's what i said. There's a reason why he calls us sheep There's a reason why sheep are not known for their intelligence Sheep are not known for being uh crafty or shrewd or wise. No Other animals might get that label but not sheep sheep are done Incredibly dumb and that's what he calls us So god is not wanting you to tout your intellect your ability to reason things Or why do i say that because if you think that you can look through these passages and see the hitting mean the hitting meaning If you can look through these passages and see, hmm. God is deep right here. There's some stuff below the surface I gotta go see You sir madam are sadly mistaken God doesn't think that highly and so when he's speaking of his people A jewish person is prophets are or speaking and receiving a word from an angel about his people It would have been just as easy for god to say for the angel to say Or anyone to say That This has been decreed for everybody. Remember what's happening. They're in the they're in an exile for disobeying It's been a 70. Now think about this. It's been a 70 year exile And so because there's a 70 year exile and you're waiting to get back in let me give you a 70 week prophecy or 77 you see what how god is playing on this and Because this this is this is as a result of 490 or 77s worth of sabbath's miss you have missed 77s you have missed 70 sabbaths And so you know what i'm gonna do i'm gonna give you 77s worth of prophecy Are you with me now? Guess what all of those 77s in in missing I might i think i'm correct on this. We're not all successive Meaning they miss this seven But not the next seven. So all of these weren't necessarily successive All of the the 77s going forward are not successive And so this one last seven This one last seven, which we literally have even the numbers spelled out for us in genus not genus in revelation and also in Daniel as well It's literally going to be fulfilled For the benefit of israel that doesn't mean that that gentiles at that time also won't break it in But that being stated, this is exactly what god is trying to do It is a prophecy that it can be misunderstood if you want it to be misunderstood It can be misunderstood if you are trying to find a deeper meaning If you have bought into somebody else's s eschatology It can be and now you're going to try to make it fit But if if me see my literal hermeneutic fits You may disagree with it But a literal hermeneutic fits this And this literal hermeneutic Calls us to see how god can say exactly what he said you can put his work to the test and his word shall not fail And so because of that, I think this is one of the best prophecies out there I think that next I wouldn't say it's the best prophecy. There's other prophecies also that I would put right in line God didn't rank his prophecies Jug in genesis 12 is a pretty good prophecy So the prophecies relating to jesus pretty good prophecies prophecies relating to our Salvation being eternal pretty good prophecy. There's a prophecy. It's telling us what it's going to be And so I think those are all so pretty good But the point is though if I can trust this word over here Then I can trust them all But if I can't trust even one word If I can't trust one word of this scripture I can't trust any of it if there's one word if there's one thing in here that's causing me to doubt it Then Then I I've got a problem with the rest of scriptures And so guys, I understand that there'll be some folks that might disagree That's fine. I look forward to hearing your and I'm gonna get them I won't be able to respond to all of them, but I look forward to hearing your comments How you see these 70 these 77s Uh, how you see them being broken down. I love I would love to hear though when you say you disagree This is also part and parcel of you guys being smart christians Do not say I disagree. Do not say I think you're wrong. Do not say you're dumb Do not say I think you're an idiot. Do I think say that I think you're this or that don't know Tell me why I'm wrong using scriptures. Tell me what the truth is using scriptures I'm not going to take your opinion without scriptures. Just like I don't think you should take mine Without scriptures. We have spent an hour a little over an hour and a half Going over scriptures. And so I expect the same. I hold you guys I expect a high standard. I'm gonna hold you to a high standard I want you to do the same for me and other believers and if for some reason we can't Achieve that high standard. Well, then obviously there's going to be some some some grace afforded to us some mercy And how I deal with how we deal with each other because we didn't reach that level But some grace and saying eventually We'll get to that point now. We won't get to that level of full understanding here on earth won't happen But at some point in time in the future, we absolutely will so guys. I want to thank you so by the way I saw some amounts in the exact passage. I mean the exact statement because it's moving too quickly But I also neglected I don't think I I think I may have neglected to state that the the conversion from The 365 year calendar. I think I did Converting to this 360 day lunar calendar is what we're looking at So if you start measuring with the Gregorian calendar or this 365 Day year then things will be off But if you go by the jewish calendar, which by the way, these are jews talking about a jewish prophecy concerning jewish people But but affects and implicates Gentiles such as us That might be a mistake. So guys, I want to thank you for your time. Again. I'd love to hear Your responses see what you all think about this Where I were you agree? Hopefully I would love to know that you all agree But where you disagree, I'd love to know also where you'll disagree But until that the next time we see each other you all be blessed. Amen