 further towards the front and from the sides simply because it takes a long time to clean this entire sanctuary and with a limited amount of staff there's no sense in us cleaning areas that only one or two people are sitting in. Your seats have been cleaned, every service vacuumed and and then sanitized so to not sit in sections even all of those sections in the back if you could come to the front all of that helps us to not have to double clean on things that we don't need to. Got plenty of seating up here with the lonely man on the right. Got plenty of seating here with the four over on this side so if you would please come forward and do that right now. While you're doing that let's all stand together shall we? Glad to have all of you that are joining us online tonight. Don't know if we're live or not but if we are welcome to Pace Assembly. I want all of you to take time please to take a look at your prayer sheet that's in front of you. There are a number of folks I told my wife today I think they may be they might be running a special on shoulder surgeries this at this particular time for whatever reason and because we've had a number of folks over the past few weeks that have been undergoing shoulder surgery so you remember them in your prayers please. Also want you to remember the family the Holly family Shelby Holly passed away and that service will be upcoming you can look for that information on Lewis funeral home but that happens to also be such a Renee Taylor's uncle and such a Romy Busby's brother so I want you to remember all of them in your prayers believe God to touch you may not even know who these folks are that I'm calling out in prayer but here's the point can you touch God on their behalf not even knowing who they are furthermore when you do that for someone else the Bible says you're so in seed for your own self there's going to come a time when I'm going to call your name out on this prayer sheet at some point and you're going to know that there are people that are praying for you that don't even know who you are could care less what the situation is they just believe the Lord is able to heal save and deliver amen so let's go to the Lord in prayer tonight over this room all of you that are joining us online as well father in heaven we thank you for the privilege we have to be in your house tonight Lord it is a privilege there are some that are not able to be here some Lord Jesus that couldn't make it because of sickness or whatever it may be but Lord it is a privilege to be in your house this evening and we thank you we don't take it for granted so we're asking you now Lord to invade this premises with the power of the Holy Spirit Lord we pray that your anointing would make it easy to teach tonight and for those that may be tired in their body in this building those that are watching online pray that you would heal them strengthen them give them the encouragement and the touch of God they need and for all of these that are listed and so many many more Lord that are needing the touch of God in their body physically mentally spiritually Lord for the comfort of the Holy Spirit around those families that are needing your presence we ask you to sin and dispatch the angels of heaven and let the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit be the comforter that you are we give you glory tonight Lord for what you're going to do we expect miracle signs and wonders as we've been hearing about them and we ask you Lord Jesus to have your way in this service tonight bless your people we pray in the mighty name of Jesus and everybody believes it shout a great big amen I want you to find about 10 people that looks like they're not quite as happy as you are and shake their arm right off their shoulder let them know how glad you are to see them in the house of the Lord tonight while I shake your hands virtually here this evening thank you for joining us from around the world we'd love to hear from you as a matter of fact someone is chatting online with you right now and you can just right there as you're going through this service tonight add your comments your prayer requests that are on there as well and in a moment you get a chance to give as well thank you so much for being a part of pace assembly on Wednesday night Bible class get your Bibles ready in Daniel 9 and the handout that's going to come that's available for you to download as well or right there on the app and God bless you for being a part of pace assembly live on Wednesday night we'd love to hear from you let us know where you're watching from as well may God bless you praise God it's a blessing to be in the house of the Lord and it's a blessing to be able to be a giver hey man thank God for those three people that are giving they're sustaining the entirety of this assembly things were so wonderful getting a little ring back up here you pull these monitors down a bit yeah things were so wonderful on Sunday I don't know what happened but I can tell you this it is dangerous it is dangerous I'm gonna try it one more time if it doesn't work this time Rita if it doesn't work this time I don't know I may just I may just have to totally walk out it is dangerous I'll tell you one thing for all of you that didn't get that message I got some Nerf balls somewhere around here I'm gonna chunk them at you so this service tonight let your neighbor and tell them it's dangerous to fall asleep in church mean it mean it I mean it man praise God I want you to get ready to be a giver this evening pull this down the monitors a little bit more please I want you to be ready to give those of you that are watching online may the Lord bless you for the opportunity that you have to be able to give as well and I pray that you are blessed and you see the blessings of the Lord upon your life I can tell you one thing for sure God is blessing this church because there are blessed people in this church look at your neighbor and tell them I'm blessed and so are you if you're a giver I'm just saying what the Bible says if you're not a giver you can't see the blessings of the Lord you'll consume them are you hearing what I'm saying there are people that that claim the blessings of the Lord I see them all the time their Facebook posters all the time they claim the blessings of the Lord they never come to church they don't serve the Lord they don't give in their tithe and offering and all of that kind of thing going on but they claim that God is just blessing them well God said that in the way it works he said you robbed me they said how we rob you he said you robbed me with the tithe and offering you're acting like you're getting these things from my from me but you're not getting them from me now my goodness is showing to you and I will help you and I will bless your life but you got to realize that at some point you got to kick in and say wait a minute this isn't me this must be the Lord's hand upon my life amen how many of you see the Lord's hand upon your life I'm just gonna tell you right now there's not a day that goes by that I don't see the hand of the Lord upon my life and I just want to encourage you to be a giver both here and online I will tell you that every time that we gather together we are streaming live and so that costs finances to be able to do that but if you will help us we can continue to reach out further and if you believe this ministry is meeting a need and the word is coming then I just want to encourage you to be a giver here tonight father we thank you now for the privilege we have to give ask that you would bless the gift the giver and do what only you can do we take what we Lord you given to us in our hands and we put it back into your hands and we asked you to do what you do you bless it you multiply it to exceed the need and we give you glory for it tonight in Jesus mighty name and everybody shout a great big amen amen thank you pastor Mike God bless you for I'm still getting some kind of a roar ring up here so maybe it's the subs I'm not sure I'll just I know you can't know back there sometimes what you're what I'm hearing up here let me just get you to open up your Bibles to Daniel chapter number nine Daniel chapter number nine is where we're going to be tonight and and while you're doing that let me just mention to you a few things you need to be aware of tonight all of the students ignite student ministries they're having their great end of school celebration out on the ball field and they're having a great time out there enjoying fellowship together and some folks may want to discount that I've had folks that have written pastor T letters and said you know what you just y'all just fellowshiping and all that and where's all that that's supposed to be well I tell you he preaches the word and gives altar calls and and the spirit of the Lord is truly in ignite student ministries but I'm gonna tell you one of the great things that's been missing this past year for students has been their time to get together and just be kids and there are those times that he plans on the calendar and this is one of those times where they're able to get together and just be together and enjoy it they'll have a devotion and prayer time out there and then just have a great time in fellowshiping and when they find out there are other students that serve the Lord and they can be in an environment where it is they're not having to worry about what's coming in there what kind of music is playing all those kind of things and they can be together I promise you that's what it took that's one of the two one of the three elements out of the book of acts church that helped increase the church it was the fellowship of the saints together to encourage one another that's what's going on out there tonight and I just want to say to all of you parents the word came to me pick up your kids as soon as this service is over with you're right on this card and highlighted in yellow right there so when you are picking up though be really mindful of the location they're asking you if you're picking up your kids that you can pull through the driveway of the day care don't attempt to go beyond the fence all of that and be really cognizant of what's taking place because kids and people will be moving all over the parking lot and we ask you please to just do that as soon as the service is over this coming Saturday night the doors will be open at five o'clock Rita would you like to speak to that sure sure you would I think you do I was going to tell I'm bringing it to you hang out a piece of candy away to go would you like me to hold that for you because I know I have candy you open it you open it up to everybody in here now everybody in here but this Saturday night we're gonna have an awesome time and I would for the VW a conference we're hosting the stronger and you do not want to miss it and if you don't know about it you're looking your bulletin it's on our website it's gonna be all tonight it starts at six o'clock on Saturday we do not have childcare available in some people are saying well why don't you have childcare why want all the ladies to be in here and we have ladies that work in the back all the time with your children and they need to be in service so just bring your kids bring your babies you know if you need to sit off to the sides you can get in and out get to the we have changing tables in the bathroom we have everything that you would need come and be a part of this exciting time I want each and every lady and also the gentlemen that come and they want to help we have a special t-shirt just for you to wear we call it our VW a t-shirt for men and you can come early and help us and then you can stay late because we have to turn the church over for Sunday morning and have it ready so we can use some men here we can't do it without the man I honestly have to say we can't do it without the man and we appreciate y'all as he flakes in his muscles behind you know that ain't happening and ladies for you that had signed up that wanted to help me in the morning at 9 30 we're gonna go ahead and blitz the four-year we have a product table come ladies bring your swipe cards and everything we've got a bunch of things that we've got for sale and also the stronger will have their products for sale so come on be a part of it's gonna be a great time six o'clock doors open at five there you go don't miss it it's gonna be a great time I promise you they've been having revival in these stronger conferences around the country and this coming Saturday night is not gonna be anything less than that there's a great anticipation and I will tell you now can you keep a secret okay good three of you the rest of you shut your ears they have different pop-in guests as they call it and those pop-in guests from different areas and times that they're able to get into the conference and so I called to find out if this particular pop-in guest was gonna be able to make it and he is and he's gonna stay over on Sunday morning to be with us and sing a little and preach a little this coming Sunday morning you won't want to miss Jason Crabbe on Sunday morning and Saturday night in the in this VW conference strong conference so don't miss that don't be a great time alright you got your Bibles open to the book of Daniel chapter number nine Daniel chapter number nine I'm excited about this lesson tonight I believe that God is gonna speak to our heart it is one of the most comprehensive passages of Scripture one of the most important passages of Scripture that you can know in order to understand Bible prophecy remember Bible prophecy is is not just the predicting of the future but it is the accuracy of the past and what is it that gives me confidence to believe that God is going to bring his word to pass in the future it is what he has done to bring it to pass in the past and we're gonna look at that tonight and in the future based upon Daniel chapter number nine so Lord we ask you right now let your words God be strong in our heart and in our mind and our spirit let us conceive it tonight what you have to say and I pray mighty God that when we leave this place not only we will have a greater understanding and I know how to live know how to walk in light of the times that are but Lord the the illumination by the Spirit of God of the Scripture tonight for some that are watching some that are in this building they may have seen this for the very first time I pray Holy Spirit that you would now take hold of the words and take hold of the atmosphere and cause us to be able to comprehend and understand what your word says and we give you glory for it in Jesus mighty name everybody said a good amen this is the ninth part and this is part two of part nine which would I guess be classified as ten in Daniel chapter number nine we're going through the entirety for those of you that have just popped in here we're going through the entirety of the book of Daniel I am amazed at the absolute on point every time that we come to this pulpit on Wednesday nights to study the book of Daniel written thousands of years ago and yet more accurate than the breaking news on the Internet before it even hits and just to drop this in for your understanding here this is a little caveat for Bible prophecy and I don't know if you saw this or not there's much that's going on I told you last week that somehow this great big ship of the Iranians blew up all the people were saved on it last week and an oil refinery location blew up in the middle of Iran they're still trying to figure that out and they're also trying to figure out the fact that night before last the largest steel factory in Iran went boom and so that what's the big deal about that it's definitely let's say it like this it's definitely going to slow down their production of killer bombs that they want to wipe Israel off the map with thanks be to God thanks be to God and so with that in mind Bible prophecy is happening all around us and I was sharing a little bit in fact Jason crab and I were talking for probably about an hour on the phone the other night just sharing and preaching back and forth at one another what God is doing and what's happening in our world and I was sharing of the three particular things that are found in 2nd Chronicles 713 that are happening right now we quote 2nd Chronicles 714 if my people which are called by my name will humble themselves etc etc but verse 13 gives us insight to Bible prophecy there are three things that are found in that passage of Scripture that God said to Solomon that if I God sin these upon the land as judgment then if my people which are called by my name will humble themselves seek my face turn from their wicked ways those three things deal with drought locus and plagues or pestilence disease pandemic we're experiencing drought across our globe that is unprecedented California more than a hundred year drought that's taking place out there drying up the lakes and the reservoirs out there such a degree that the boats are just finding themselves out of water because it's drying it up that fast and not only there but Africa and multiple other locations it is by the definition of the news media as they say biblical then there is the pandemic that is still in operation though there's been a lot that has put that down thanks be to God for those that have been doing what they could to be able to help people to stay well and to get well but that is that would be classified in the Scripture as a plague there are over a hundred different locations in the Bible that deal with pestilence or plagues that are specific to the very things that we're talking about right now but one of the things that he says that seems to be unusual in that passage of Scripture is locusts when you see these locusts and the plague of locusts so they're calling it brewed X brewed X of locusts coming out of the ground they've been waiting on them for 17 years to come in this mass quantity so Egypt is experiencing multiple other locations where there's devastation of crops that's going to take place and is taking place but one of the ironies and the strange things that I that I read just within the past 24 hours is that when the press when the United States media was getting ready to board the plane that would take them with President Biden over to meet with President Putin and go into Europe and so forth they were delayed by several hours in the middle of the night because out of nowhere the plane that was carrying the press had an invasion of locusts to the degree that they could not take off it fill the engines and every part of that plane with the exception of those members of the press that are doing a great job and would honor God in country couldn't happen to a nicer group of people Bible prophecy in motion ladies and gentlemen take it or leave it it's still God moving I think I truly believe that God has an incredible sense of humor it's just my thought I don't know you wear that lightly I just think like taking a rib out making a woman out of that is just amazing and leave funny and now to Daniel Daniel chapter 9 verse 17 are y'all with me here tonight hey man because if you're not I'm gonna preach like Paul he preached till midnight ladies and gentlemen verse 17 some of y'all wouldn't laugh for nothing but I tell you there's some funny stuff going on and serious stuff just like Daniel writes in verse 17 now therefore oh our God hear the prayer of thy servant and his supplication and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate for the Lord's sake oh my God incline my ear and hear open thine eyes and behold our desolation and the city which is called by thy name for we do not present our supplication before thee for our righteousness but for thy great mercies what a powerful prayer this is that Daniel's praying verse 19 oh Lord hear oh Lord forgive oh Lord harken and do defer not for thine own sake oh my God for thy city and thy people are called by thy name so he concludes his prayer verse 20 something happens and whilst I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sins of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God yeah whilst I was speaking in prayer even the man Gabriel whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly like this bug up here but I can tell you right now the devil is dead the Elza bug is gone I haven't lost my place just waiting on his brother to show up I have seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly touch me about he touched me about the time of the evening opulation or the evening sacrifice and he informed me and talked with me and said oh Daniel this is Gabriel speaking I am now come forth to give the skill an understanding I want you to get that tonight because what I'm about to teach you this is not just for Daniel to get skill and understanding this is for you and I to get understanding he said I'm coming to tell you this so you can have skill and understanding you can understand what is happening what will happen and what is going to happen into the future verse 23 at the beginning of my supplications the commandment came forth and I am come to show thee for thou art greatly beloved therefore understand the matter and consider the vision 70 weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and three score and two weeks the street shall be built again prophesying about Jerusalem and the wall even in trouble is times and after three score in two years shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself and the people of the Prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a flood and unto the end of the war desolations are determined and he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week shall he cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease and for the over spreading of abominations he shall make it desolate even until the consummation and that determined shall be poured out upon the desolate Lord what does that mean I'm about to tell you Sir Isaac Newton said that about the time of the end there would be many there would be a body of men that would turn their attention to the prophecies of the word of God he goes on to say quote and would insist on the literal interpretation in the midst of much clamor and resistance he's not the only one that spoke about the times of the end I don't need Sir Isaac Newton or anyone else to have to tell me what the Bible is already saying to us written by the finger of God he has given us such a vivid portrait that in this one chapter and the few verses that I have read are the are the absolute collective conciliation of Bible prophecy even beyond where we are here tonight you'll have to listen carefully to some things because some of this in fact this could be for many people very difficult to wrap their mind around this reason why you got to have some understanding of what some of these terms mean and then it will unfold for you even with 100% accuracy that I'm going to show you in just a few moments it's amazing in this one prophecy right here it literally by the time that the scholars got through calculating the times of what this particular few verses lets us know about they literally predicted the day that Jesus Christ would ride in to Jerusalem on a donkey proclaiming that he is by the mouth of those that were there the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords so of the 70 weeks this is what we're talking about here tonight of Daniel's prophecy listen carefully 69 of those have already been fulfilled you have to go back in history actually to trace the 69 and we're going to do a little bit of that in the grand scheme here tonight these prophecies that we've just read about things that were and are to come from our perspective some of it 69 weeks of it has already happened and we're waiting on that 70th week to come are the fulfillment of the prophecies and the prayer even of Daniel in Daniel chapter 9 verse 21 and he has a specific messenger that comes to him the messenger angel of the Bible is Gabriel okay the warring angel is the archangel Michael and the and the worshiping angel was the archangel Lucifer who was kicked out with one third of the angels Lucifer is no longer in heaven there are two archangels that are in heaven the spot for worship has to be fulfilled that's where you come in heaven does not have a worship leader anymore the worshipers must arise in this hour if God gets any glory the angels are crying holy holy but they don't know it like you know it of how you've been redeemed and bought by the blood of Jesus Christ have I got a witness in the house tonight so Gabriel is the messenger angel anywhere you see these messages coming it is coming through the voice and the means of the archangel Gabriel Gabriel being the one who brought the message to Mary Mary Hail Mary they are highly favored about women blessed art thou blesses with the fruit of thy womb he also comes to bring the message and that message of course was about Jesus and her carrying the Messiah he also brings the message to Zachariah about what would be John the Baptist and actually gives him the name and then these two ladies cousins come together and all of a sudden the the forerunner John the Baptist comes and then Jesus comes and all of that was brought about by the mouth of Gabriel the message of the Lord and in Daniel chapter 9 verse 23 I want you to underline in verse 23 this powerful phrase right here it says Daniel you are greatly beloved in the King James it it says in other translations you are highly esteemed greatly beloved greatly beloved what's that all about well it's important for you to realize he is only one of two where that particular phrase is used the other one the other greatly beloved is John the revelator the writer of the book of revelation so these incredible prophecies that came to Daniel and to John are intertwined they are parallel and they're intertwined you cannot understand the book of revelation without understanding Daniel and these two individuals apparently had a tremendous blessing to rest upon them that was so incredible for them that it literally look at the response that both of them have Daniel falls on his face and faints at the prophecy and the amazement of it and he's sick for several days John when he sees the manifestation of Jesus Christ falls on his face like the dead man the Bible said I wonder you know the arrogance of some people that think they're gonna stand before the throne of God I want you to know that you and I will be bowing and getting as low as we possibly can I'm gonna try not to preach that right there so John the revelator is a great is greatly beloved why because in Daniel and in John God rests the secret of God's incredible plan for the ages in both of these two men but they thank God they wrote it down for our understanding why in the world preachers won't preach on the book of revelation when the Bible says there's a blessing just for you reading it do I understand everything about the Bible absolutely not neither does the Oxford scholar they're still debating it today but I'm gonna get I'm gonna find out and know what I need to know come on somebody when I know what I need to know and by revelation of the Holy Spirit as he illuminates the word of God to me I can be able to know more if I'll simply take the opportunity to study it and not be afraid of not being able to comprehend it I can't pronounce all of the names anybody got that one covered have you been able to read through it don't you just sit down for your daily devotion in the book of numbers and just start reading the names out loud to yourself oh there is jocobat right okay so you can't be afraid to approach it and you can't be afraid to approach Bible prophecy what you want to be careful of is that you try some people try to be sensationalists so to speak by saying that they have the revelation to such a degree that it is absolutely this well the only thing that's absolute is the word of God and sometimes all the time in Bible prophecy it is revealed as time moves marching forward Daniel didn't see and understand everything that was going on even though God gave it to him to write it down because some of it had happened and some of it was yet to happen he couldn't see satellites in the in the sky he couldn't see some of the things that he was predicting and yet thank God he wrote it down because as we're looking at it right now we are that generation that is seeing this manifested right before our very eyes are you hear me so Gabriel starts with the important numbers to understand in Daniel chapter 9 verse 24 he says 70 weeks you should underline that are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city the holy city is obviously Jerusalem now I'm going to tell you critics of the Bible and especially critics of Bible prophecy hate Daniel chapter 9 why because it is pre-written history that's what Bible prophecy is and whenever someone reads this and says this is what's happened and this is what's going to happen based upon what God said not what man said but upon what God said then that makes a lot of people nervous as a matter of fact that's where the term higher criticism actually came from because those that would study the word of God would look into it especially Daniel chapter number nine and say well this obviously could not be anything about the future it's all about the past and then all the smart guys get around and debate what they think it is well the Bible interprets the Bible ladies and gentlemen and you don't have to go far to be able to find that out and so the Bible lets us know here that the 70 years and let me take you on just a little bit of a journey here's Daniel that is getting this word of prophecy this incredible word of prophecy that spans the ages and he's getting it while he is in Babylonian captivity during the time that Darius was actually as we read last week was actually the king over that particular time of the Meads and and so forth so you're seeing this Babylonian Meads and Persian mix that's going on as this transition is happening and he's receiving this download from God in Daniel chapter number nine so as we read a little bit last week Daniel is reading the prophecies of the book of Jeremiah and comes up on the fact that God speaks and says at the end of 70 years I'm going to come into Babylon I'm gonna get you from where you've been spread out all over the place 70 years is going to be fulfilled and I'm gonna bring you out and when Daniel reads that he has calculated the time since they left Judah to discover that it's now year 67 and that there's three years left before God is going to break that captivity and bring them back to Judah so this is where we are so the 70 years of captivity was just about fulfilled and Daniel began to seek God in prayer as we studied last week and into this week and here comes Gabriel giving this prophecy of what the Bible calls the 70 weeks when did he give it last week we found out that Daniel is praying and we get this incredible picture of Daniel praying at the third time of prayer during the day the third sacrifice and it is in during that time that Gabriel shows up in his evening prayers and starts giving him a picture of the Messiah that is to come and things that are into the future so one of the greatest this is one of the greatest prophecies that you could ever study and have a comprehension and understanding of out of the Word of God because there are three important things that the Scripture tells us in the totality of these few verses that I've just read first of all and this is not on your paper but first of all the Jews will rebuild Jerusalem he Gabriel brings this information to Daniel and he says the Jews are going to go back and rebuild Jerusalem he said Messiah is going to be cut off and killed and then he says there's going to be a ruler that's going to come and the Antichrist he's going to come what we know as the Antichrist is going to come and rule through a peace covenant as he enters into the world all right so that kind of gives you the overview of what that is now on your paper everything in Daniel has its roots in the first five books of the Bible I'm just going to tell you that if you study the book of Genesis you're going to be able to see God's plan for the ages through the entirety of the Word of God it's all contained in the book of Genesis so there are special times that are found this is a reason why this is important for you to understand in the first five books of the Bible because contained in there is laws some some things that God gave to the Jewish people for them to observe and it helps us understand the prophecy of Daniel and here they are these special holy times in Israel are number one the weekly Sabbath the weekly Sabbath found in Exodus 20 and 10 secondly he speaks in the Word of God concerning the sabbatical year now these are a series of sevens and then there is the year of Jubilee the year of deliverance the year when all property is returned and slaves are turned loose etc etc it's a it's a time when God restores everything back to its original position so with that in mind and I there is a lot that is contained in this but I have I've broken some things down I will not cover everything in here in its depth I just want to give you an understanding of these few verses so you can understand about Bible prophecy and what's happening with Daniel right here and what's going to happen in the future okay so I know that you may go well you know pastor you missed this and you missed that well I'm skipping over a few things that I feel like that you probably could study on your own in the Old Testament the week in the book of Leviticus and this is important for you to understand because when Daniel speaks of 70 weeks he's speaking to us concerning what has already been defied remember the Bible interprets the Bible so in Leviticus 25 he's telling us what this week is in Daniel chapter number 9 Daniel's 70th week or 70 weeks so the week refers to seven years not seven days so that's an important factor in the calculation and the understanding of Daniel's 70th week or 70 weeks and what does it say in Dan in Leviticus it tells us seven six years thou shall sow thy field six years thou shall prune thy vineyard and gather in the fruit there of but in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest under the land a Sabbath for the Lord thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard now let me just tell you I know I've already punched that up there but let me tell you right now that if we were to follow in the world you know they're so concerned about climate change and all that's going on if we were to follow that simple pattern that God laid down in the book of Leviticus chapter 25 we would have no problem feeding the entirety of the world taking care of all of the issues that are going on and allowing the land to rest instead we keep doing and pushing and cultivating and overextending and God said I'm going to correct all that I'm going to burn it all up all the stuff you poured into the ground okay the past 14 years there was a man several years ago who owned a dry cleaning place just across the fence over here and he went out back and poured dry cleaning solvent onto the ground it went down into the water table and we have 25 wells that are out here and for 14 15 years that I've been passionate this church they've been testing the wells out here and supposedly reclaiming the water and recycling it and the whole process and it cost this church about $12,000 to be able to get a study to find out could we even do anything on our own property we did that several years ago because there was limited action what's the point the point is there's still stuff in that water table and it actually stretches all the way over there goes over towards the firehouse in front of the sanctuary flows all the way down in front of the sign and all the way down and meets the contamination that the gas station several years ago poured into the ground and they've been reclaiming that it cost us $3,000 to put down a brand new well out here because they would not allow us to be able to drill and put down a water well within a thousand feet of where we are right here which actually incorporates the entirety of the pace assembly property incidentally it also covers the pace water system well that's right across the street you'll be glad to know what's the point pastor they've been reclaiming this thing for 15 years they've been studying it they've been testing it periodically the guy will call us and say I'm gonna be on the property just last week he called I'm gonna be on the property out there I need to take some samples from the well you know what God's gonna do he's gonna come down here and smoke this place and all the contents it's underneath the earth and all that kind of stuff he's gonna burn it all up and purified once again so don't worry about climate change or the planet getting warmer God's gonna do all of that in the tribulation period and a perfectly logical explanation believe me experts are gonna get on television during that time and say look it's global warming the reason why these hailstones are falling out of the sky and a third of the grass is burned up etc etc Daniel saw all that stuff right here all right so the prophecy of the 70 weeks has to do with 490 years these are this is the simplicity of this particular deal okay then pastor why didn't God just say 490 years instead of 70 weeks well Jesus are rather the Jews understood weeks or a week or a or a Shabbat means seven so seven years equals one week or one seven are you with me you're tracking with me here watch it again Genesis chapter 29 verse 18 you might want to write this down this this will break it down even a little bit more for you Genesis chapter 29 verse number 18 Jacob comes along and starts working for his daddy or his uncle he goes over there and he wants Rachel for a wife what does he do the Bible said he works for seven years to get Rachel but the con has been con and he got Leah and he said wait a minute I didn't work seven years I'm going to tell you that's a man right there now by the way because I just went out to the back shed where John Taylor kept all of his tools and saw all of his sickles and stuff hanging around in the ceiling and it said can I marry your daughter while he was working on a chainsaw Jacob worked seven years and he got Leah and he said wait a minute I didn't I didn't get this I didn't bargain for this and Laban says listen you work seven more and I'll give you Rachel so what does he do he works for one more week now if you don't understand what I'm talking about that is not seven days it's seven years so he works another whole seven years and then he gets to marry Rachel this ladies and gentlemen is what the Jewish people call the time of Jacob's trouble you got it I heard somebody yeah two wives first of all that would be sure surely Jacob's trouble second of all having to work 14 years to get the one that you really wanted to start with how many you know that's some serious Jacob's trouble going on right there so it's it's two periods of seven years that he goes right here for that particular time so rabbis say that Jacob's trouble was during the Holocaust of the seven years of 1938 1945 but Jacob worked another seven years to get the wife he really wanted y'all miss that it went right over your head I worked I came to the Jews but they rejected me but I'm gonna open the door for the second half of this and bring in the total bride that I really want now for everybody in here and those of you watching that are not Jewish this is a good time for you to thank God because if you and I had been had been alienated as the Bible says we were alienated from the common wealth of Israel we are not Jewish people we are not the chosen people and yet Jesus said because the Jews have rejected Jesus as Messiah I'm gonna open the door up Peter and don't you call what I call clean unclean you go preach to those Gentiles and we're gonna graft them into the vine that's I don't think you understand what I'm saying that's a good place for you to say amen because if the vine had not been opened up you and I would be wasting our time here tonight but because Jesus let himself be opened up to the Jew into the Gentile to the come on to the Greek and everybody else so away with all this nonsense of social class and racial class Jesus said who so ever will let him come and the Lord as I speak tonight is making up the bride from every tribe every nation every tongue every kindred so write this down this is another way to look at it and in a simplistic view and you'll you'll understand this and I'm not saying that because you're ignorant I'm saying that because this is quite a quite a mind-numbing kind of study here's an important thing for you to understand it's broken down this 70 years or 70 weeks as it's described is divided into three parts number one seven weeks which is a 49 year period of the restoration of Jerusalem and I'll show you what that is in just a moment but the restoration of Jerusalem took place when whenever and there were three sets of people that went back Zerubbabel Ezra and then finally Nehemiah when Nehemiah goes back they're working on the temple they're working on the walls and they restored Jerusalem okay and then in this 62 weeks next it's broken down in this the second part of this 70 weeks is the 62 weeks or a period of 434 years to rebuild the temple and then the Bible says the Messiah is cut off so there is this entire period of time of these 434 years and then Messiah comes on the same which would be Jesus Christ and he is revealed and then he is cut off or crucified he is killed there is then in this in the three stages or three divisions of this 70 weeks is the last week or one week seven years which we would know as the seven-year tribulation period so what's the point the point is this is that 69 weeks have already been completed there is one week left to go and I will show you because there is this gap that is here that is an undetermined amount of time by Daniel and we call it a particular name I will show that in a moment so note this right here this prophecy concerning this is a prophecy concerning the Jewish people and the holy city of Jerusalem so whenever he speaks here he says please note this get this in verse 24 he says 70 weeks are determined upon thy people that would be the Jewish people and upon the holy city that would be Jerusalem to do what to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness it goes on to do what to seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy so what's he doing right here in verse number 24 here's what it is it is a summary in verse 24 and in 25 24 is a summary of the prophecy and then verse 25 gives us the information about the first 69 weeks of this Daniel 70 week prophecy hope you're tracking with me right here so in Daniel chapter number 25 the Bible says no one understand this from the from the issuing of the decree to restore the rebuilding of Jerusalem he said this is when that's going to start follow this verse 26 he says no one understand this this is verse 25 from the from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed one the ruler comes there will be seven sevens and sixty two sevens it will be rebuilt with streets and a trench he's talking about Jerusalem here but in times of trouble so Jerusalem has been the burdensome stone for all these years when Daniel begins to speak about this prophecy he is he's speaking from the time that is that is going to shortly come to pass for him to start the clock so to speak and then it would be 434 years until then Christ the Messiah would come so this prophecy is foretelling the time of Messiah and then beyond that time I'm going to show you that in a moment stay with me verse 26 26 gives us the timeframe that we are actually in right now so look at verse 26 he says this is from the NIV after the sixty two sevens the anointed one that would be Jesus will be cut off and will have nothing the people of the ruler which is this from this point forward the people of the ruler will be a a prophetic statement concerning the antichrist that is to come and we'll talk to you about that in just a moment but I'm going to read it to you now the people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary the end will come like a flood war will continue until the end so stop right here there is no reason for us to expect that between now and the coming of the Lord that there is not going to be a continuum of troubling of nations that are that are in trouble that are in war because Jesus said by confirmation in Matthew 24 that one of the signs of the last days would be that there will be wars and rumors of wars are we there right now you're seeing it come to pass just like Jesus said and just like Daniel is writing this prophecy down from Gabriel so war will continue to the end and desolations have been decreed so there are things that are going to come as a result and you see the detail of that come in in John's writing in the book of Revelation and he sees it starts to outline what is that that last seven years called the tribulation period and he details then what's going to take place so the decree of the desolation is is already been stated John is already written down for us what's going to take place he is telling him there are there is tribulation that is to come there's wars that are going to be coming and the Messiah is going to return all right so get this right here in verse 25 and we're focusing on these few verses right here because it contains the meat of the entirety of this prophecy in verse 25 it is the issue of a command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem that actually begins this clock of the 70 year prophecy of Daniel all right and we'll show you that in a minute I'm trying to build this thing for you so from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed one comes the Bible says there will be seven sevens sixty two sevens okay stay with me right there now how can you understand all of that how can you put that all together and see that 69 weeks have been completed okay so 70 years they're in captivity in Babylon and then there is the decree to go back and rebuild Jerusalem the walls the temple and so forth and that comes from Cyrus and it happens by decree in the book of Nehemiah chapter number two so in order to understand what Daniel saying right here and in order to understand what will be you got to go back to the book of Nehemiah and be able to understand what what was happening with Nehemiah because it is there that it begins the process of the calculation of these 70 weeks that Daniel is speaking about now follow this carefully because this this particular time period where where Cyrus makes this decree is when the clock starts that Daniel is prophesying are you with me so he issues this decree or desert seas as he's named there in Nehemiah 2 if you want to flip over there you can do it or you can just write it down Nehemiah 2 because because here's the deal the incredible exact fulfillment of Bible prophecy can only be understood really by what happens by the decree that our desert seas or Cyrus makes in order to send Nehemiah with a group of people back to rebuild Jerusalem watch this Nehemiah chapter 2 verse 1 it says this it's the reason why you don't just read over numbers and things like that because it actually is telling us right here in Nehemiah 2 1 in the month of Nisan in the 20th year of King Artaxerxes now this was the date that particular date that Nehemiah made his request to go back and rebuild Jerusalem it is on that date that King Artaxerxes actually makes a decree that allows him to go ahead and go back and rebuild or start rebuilding Jerusalem now that's a significant date because Daniel says it is when the decree is issued that's when this clock of 70 weeks begins to start so stay with me right here some numbers to come so Artaxerxes begins his rule in Nehemiah chapter 2 he begins his reign in 465 BC so 20 the 20th year of his reign would be year 445 BC okay you know that you count backwards in BC years so the first day of Nisan watch this is March 14th in this particular year Nehemiah chapter 2 verses 1 through 8 the first 69 weeks began at this specific time of 445 BC in the year of the reign of King Artaxerxes and it ends with a certain time and a certain event that would be the 62 weeks to follow with Messiah coming so the 69 weeks of Daniel actually begins on March 14th 445 BC when Artaxerxes decrees and makes this makes this declaration for him to go back and rebuild Jerusalem so now I won't have time to do this twice so just follow this because first of all you need to know whenever we say what how many days are in a year we would say well there's 365 but on the Jewish calendar is 360 so that's important for you to understand because if you're calculating on our our particular westernized culture calendar then you would be off but because the years in Jewish calculation is 360 follow this 69 weeks of years times the seven days of the week would calculate the 483 483 you times that times the 360 days on a Jewish calendar and you come out with a 173,800 days okay so if you take if you take March the 14th 445 BC which is when Artaxerxes made this declaration in the 20th year of his reign in the month of Nisan he literally gives us all this timing then you come to April the 6th AD 32 and according to the scholar Sir Robert Anderson in his chronological study of this particular thing this is the very day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of the donkey going in to be crucified when Messiah is cut off I want you to hear what I just said it wasn't around the time it is exactly the time because God doesn't do things around the time it's exactly the time are you hearing what I'm saying so Gabriel told Daniel that from the moment the decree went forth out of Artaxerxes mouth to rebuild the city until the anointed one comes the ruler that is the the Messiah to come would be the exact number of years that would come to pass now follow this this is important we are we are now well let me give you this and then I'll make that statement write this down we are now living in what we call the church age or the densification of grace or what the Bible calls the gap I should say the Bible calls it or what what we would refer to as a gap in Daniel's prophecy of the 70 weeks right now okay so now I want you to take that chart out and if they will please put that chart up for me on the back wall and mr. producer if you will just stay with me camera people and all that kind of thing you got it right there okay you've got it up close and personal I'm just going to go to the to the deal here okay so here is here is Daniel in the Persian captivity okay and the seven weeks or that 49 years period of time right here when this when the temple and the including this next set which is the second set of the of the 70 weeks that I spoke to you a few minutes ago which is the in 62 weeks until Jesus comes Messiah is cut off he is crucified the second temple has been built first temple of Solomon's temple all you see that on that chart right there that is a total of 69 weeks from the time that Artis Erkseys makes his deck his decree until Messiah is cut off until he is crucified that's significant Daniel prophesied this happening ladies and gentlemen back here I don't think you understood you can't remember what you ate for breakfast yesterday but 434 years before Messiah came Daniel prophesied it to the exact date when Jesus would ride into Jerusalem on a donkey you're missing what I'm saying let me make it plain if God and through the mouth of Gabriel the Archangel gave the exact time of Messiah coming to this earth and being cut off how much more can we try this holy book right here with everything that God said how can we question what God said I'm not talking about man saying I'm not talking about somebody's opinion I'm not talking about well I think God said this no no I'm talking about what God's word says with 100% accuracy how do I know because I'm looking at it right here fulfilled 434 years before Jesus came and was cut off crucified Daniel the prophet received the download wrote it down for our understanding and we can look in time pass and see 69 weeks have passed by how do we know that because Jesus was cut off at that particular time he is the Messiah now what took place Jesus is crucified he goes in the tomb for three days he ascends now we're in a time period called the church age otherwise known as the dispensation of grace it's important for you to understand this is an undetermined time grace meaning all the people that are watching right now or anybody else on this people planet God has the door of grace wide open as sure as Noah's door on the Ark was laid down and wide open for a hundred and twenty years well I'm about to shout now seven days prior you better get you why is it so important that we find this out and get that understanding and then be able man the hairs on my arm are standing straight up right now why do we need this understanding because ladies and gentlemen we are that generation that is that is closer to the end of that gap being closed but hear the Word of the Lord God said to Noah and remember Jesus said as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be the coming of Son of Man you tell me what's left that was going on in Noah's day that didn't happen and right now and I will tell you this hear me believers in this room and those of you watching only believers if you're not a believer you won't get this you won't understand it it's over your head you'll call me a conspiratorial whatever I don't really care I got the Bible to back me up I'm only speaking what the Bible said seven days before that flood came God spoke from heaven Jesus of Nazareth he spoke from heaven and he said Noah in seven days I'm gonna flood this place seven days warning get your family today oh God y'all didn't hear me when do I get safe today is the day of salvation tomorrow is too late you get your family today and you get them in the art seven days from this day I'm on flood display ladies and gentlemen right now God is saying to the church he's saying to this world I'm about to flood this but I'm gonna flood it again I'm gonna take my church over this earth but I'm about to let destruction come upon this earth and he gave them seven days warning ahead of time now Noah had to be in tune with God for a hundred come on somebody a hundred and and 20 years that he preached the gospel back up just a little bit and he says seven days I'm about to destroy it with a flood get your family now he could have stood out by the door and said you know what I've never seen no rain ain't heard no rain don't know nothing about no thunder I'm just gonna keep on standing out here preaching but he said you preach long enough he said you preach long enough you told them long enough I've given them long enough a hundred and twenty years is enough for anybody get in that arc because in a few days from now my God is gonna shut the door how do I know that right here now here's the danger the danger is the blessing is we're living in the densification of grace otherwise known as the church age how many this is not a trick question how many of you know that's a blessing how many of you're saved let me see your hand can't tell from your faces okay so here it is you guys say in the densification of grace you're in vending man being Christ he's a new creature old things pass away behold all things become brand new Christ in you the hope of glory you're in Christ he's in you I've chosen you Jesus said John 14 I've chosen you you haven't chosen yourself I've chosen you I've ordained you I have ordered you I have you grafted into the vine nothing can rip you from my hand come on somebody I got you right there but hear me ladies and gentlemen there's a blessing in the dispensation of grace and there's a curse to it because people can waste away their days of grace until God shuts the door and there is no more to be found how dangerous it is right now to act like all things continue as they were Daniel is screening from the Old Testament to this generation right now he said I saw Messiah cut off in the prophecy I saw the vision and then he said I saw a ruler coming upon the earth let's go a little deeper right here tonight are you with me anybody with me here tonight the last week we're in this we're in this gap it is an undetermined amount of time the dispensation of grace the church age it started in the book of Acts chapter number two when the church started that church started the church age the Jewish people have rejected Jesus and Messiah so he opened the door but before you want to play revisionist and write them off please understand the church has not replaced Israel never will and God is going to turn his attention back to the nation of Israel and the prophecy says that all of Israel shall be saved now I don't know how all that God is going to do that but if the book says all of Israel is going to be saved then all of Israel is going to be saved but watch this we're living in the church age we're living in the dispensation of grace we don't know when judgment is going to fall you don't know when the rapture is going to happen I don't know when the rapture is going to happen I don't care how much calculation years ago they got the little book together 88 reasons why Jesus could come back in 88 and everybody was on their face preachers were preaching it from the pulpit even though God's Word said no man knows the day nor the hour and the Son of man will come now anybody can get it wrong believe me I'm not always right about everything you tell me now read your emails and crayon letters what do you say it I'm saying to you ladies and gentlemen follow the book because the book is always accurate but here's the key this period is an undetermined time now from he's left us signs to be able to know how close we are to the end of the church age not just to the to the coming of Jesus Christ but to the end of the church age so if Jesus I'll get there in a minute I'm getting a little hit of myself somebody say slow down pastor you got it you got it all right the last week the last seven year period of time is reserved for a time period called you left my chart I'm a chart I'm a chart man you my chart back can have a chart thank you very much you're so wonderful the last the last seven years starts when the church age closed now I don't care what anybody says because the book is right what's that y'all thought I was shouting look at you the Bible says in Revelation chapter number four after this after what after the rapture takes place and from Revelation 4 to Revelation 19 the church has not spoken about whatsoever that ends the church age when the church is off of this earth in the rapture of the church that is pre-tribulation rapture it's in the book you better hear me pastor what happens if it's mid-tribulation I've heard them talking about mid-tribulation you listen to me I love you too much not to tell you the truth you go ahead and believe pre-tribulation I believe the book says that I believe it verifies it there's enough scripture to handle that but just in case I don't believe it mid-trip I don't believe the Bible teaches but just in case the pre-tribbers will go in the mid-trip but the mid-trip won't go in the pre-trip come on somebody it's some of your it's kicking in right now for you yeah that's exactly right so you be better be ready because in a moment in the twinkling of an eye first Corinthians chapter 15 in a moment in the twinkling of an eye we shall be changed this mortal shall put on immortality this corruption shall put on incorruption then shall be brought to pass the saying death is swallowed up in victory old death where is thy sting oh grave where is thy victory the sting of sin is from coming from the law but the strength of the power of God is coming into our life through our Lord Jesus Christ what's the point the point is when the rapture happens it closes the church age now that is reserved in the mind of God I don't know it no preachers know it the devil don't know it come on somebody it is held in the mind of the father but whenever he says go get my children he said it's over I've done all I can do I'm gonna turn my attention back to Israel I'm going to get the body of Christ which is the last seven years that you'll work so hard for come on somebody that's gonna bring you a Jew Gentile come on everybody from around the globe will make up the body of Christ when does that happen at the end of the church age so what's happening right now well I can tell you there was not satellite to be able to reveal two witnesses laying in the streets dead for everybody to see but there is now there isn't there isn't the knowledge that the the increase of knowledge exponentially through computers and everything else back here but there is now so ladies and gentlemen as far as I'm concerned based upon the signs of the times and based upon what the Word of God has to say we're right here on the time clock of God and the next great event on the calendar of God the next great event on the calendar of God will be the rapture of the church mark it down there's nothing left to be full fulfilled and remember this the rapture is a sinless event don't confuse what I'm preaching concerning the second coming in Jesus coming in Revelation 19 with what happens at the rapture because the rapture is a sinless event it could happen right now and it's done kind of sobering isn't it Daniel prophesied and told the exact moment when Messiah would be proclaimed how did that all come about he says in John he said I came to my own and my own didn't receive me write this down six things must happen in order to complete prophecy of the 70 weeks now remember this is all the way to the end of the tribulation period okay so whenever the rapture takes place the tribulation will will begin now I've read this and studied this for years it doesn't make me an expert it makes me a student and that's all I'll ever be but I will tell you this just like today because there is a significance and this is another whole teaching but I'm just going to drop this on you real quick there is a significance found in the Bible with the number 10 and I have time to go through it but obviously the tithe is the 10th but he says to one particular church I think it's Thyatira he says that I'm going to keep you from your hour of tribulation which is that calculated 10 there there's multiple times so I don't want to confuse you but I'm just going to drop this on you seven years is what Daniel said would be that last seven years of tribulation it's actually broken in half we'll see this but just like we see today when something takes place a catastrophic event whatever that it may be it takes time to mobilize it takes time to get things together now wear this loosely the tribulation period is seven years but I am not so sure that the Antichrist is going to immediately step on the scene and then behold it could be some years before a mobilization takes place that the Antichrist comes into it now this is me comes in to be and I believe I could back it up with Scripture because of the pattern that's found in the Word of God but I'm just going to say to you that there may be this period of time whatever that period of time is after the rapture takes place while there is a getting together of the nations I mean just in a logical think here seven years is a tribulation period let's say the rapture takes place and to say that seven years is going to kick right in he would have to immediately come on the scene and formulate 10 nations together in a 10 nation kingdom that's what the Bible says we've already studied in the book of Daniel for someone to step on the scene after the rapture takes place and then suddenly be able to put together 10 nations we can't get two nations to get we can't get two states together right now but now this man is going to be as you'll see in the next couple of chapters you're going to see I'm going to outline a profile of the Antichrist he is going to be the best silver-tongued order that has ever been in this world are you hear me Daniel has determined according to the Scripture that the future and last week of his prophecy will be the tribulation period he identifies that in Scripture by saying to us that there's going to come a ruler that is going to come okay so let's get this right here there's six things that must happen to complete the prophecy of 70 weeks and Gabriel list them in the Word of God but I'm going to simplify it for you right here to say this first of all the finishing of the transgression 70 years that Israel has been in captivity when they were in Babylonian captivity he said that transgression is going to have to finish it finished in the end of that 70 years and they were rolled into Jerusalem first next he's going to put it into sin that is putting an end to the idolatry of Israel remember he was speaking to the holy people when he was prophesying this he wasn't speaking to the Gentiles at this moment primarily thirdly there would be an atonement for wickedness what was that atonement that atonement would eventually be in the prophecy of Daniel the Messiah that would come and be killed crucify next he would bring in everlasting righteousness terminology is important right here not just righteousness but everlasting righteousness up to that point they've been sacrificing goats and bulls and and doves and everything else but when Jesus came he put into all of those sacrifices because in Christ is the fulfillment of all of those sacrifices completely are you hearing what I'm saying Jesus came and brought the everlasting righteousness number five to seal up the vision and prophecy God tells Daniel seal this until the time of the end now here's what's amazing and you're a prophetic witness to this sitting in this building right now you are a fulfillment of Bible prophecy as we are sitting here studying this and we look back over these 434 years plus the 7 in Babylon we can see actually in history how that Daniel's prophecy has come to pass just like Gabriel said just like Daniel wrote it down you have an understanding of that back then they didn't know about Alexander the Great being that you know the leper coming on to the scene and four heads being his four generals and all that but you my dear friends are the ones who now have an understanding of what that scripture has to say I don't think you understand what I just said you are the generation that has the understanding what does that mean that means the vision is no longer sealed the vision he says to Daniel seal it you'll see it in a few weeks seal up this vision until the time of the end when it will be opened up for the understanding of the people guess what you are now getting the understanding of what Daniel wrote down you are that generation that is hearing and understanding this number six the holy anoint the holy one that is the Messiah Jesus to come alright so write this down real quick I'm almost done Daniel chapter 9 verse 27 says this he will confirm now he goes he goes from the church age and Daniel skips now by the word of prophecy from Gabriel he skips now into the future when the man of sin the antichrist comes on the scene and he gives us insight into what that antichrist is going to be in other words this is what he says he will confirm a covenant with many for one seven that is that seven year tribulation period in the middle of the seven three and a half years in he will put an end to the sacrifice and offering and on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation until the end that is decreed is poured out upon him out on him okay what's that all about that's all about the antichrist that is going to come during the tribulation period of that seven years and so to summarize that for you there is the first half of the tribulation period that John the revelator understand helps us to have understanding on three and a half years at the three and a half year mark see the Jewish people are going to embrace this guy they're gonna say this is Messiah he's put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict forever presidents kings everybody else has tried to solve the problem in the Middle East to this very night and they cannot solve it you know why cuz antichrist is reserved for the antichrist he's gonna make a covenant for seven years now let me just tell you something if you're on this earth and you see that covenant you missed the rapture I'm looking for the Christ not the anti-Christ how many you're gonna go in the first load let me see your hand right now all right all right all right so watch this three and a half years in he he he does what the Bible calls in first Thessalonians the abomination of desolation remember when we studied Antichrist epiphanies just a couple of weeks ago he was a type and shadow of the Antichrist what did he do Antichrist epiphanies went into the temple of the Jewish people pulled a pig in which is a desecration to the Jewish people laid that pig on the altar inside of the temple and slaughtered that thing spread the blood all over the place and desecrated that temple for Jewish worship with a pig's blood the antichrist is going to do the same thing he's going to desecrate the temple and he is going to make a mockery of that and the three and a half year mark is when he's gonna do it in the tribulation period now what's gonna happen the Jewish people's eyes are gonna be open and they're gonna see this guy as the imposter the last three and a half years is what's identified as the great tribulation period it is also identified as God's wrath so the first is the wrath of the lamb the last is God's wrath upon all mankind for the sins and the rejection of their son Jesus Christ it gets exponentially worse when the covenant is broken and the Antichrist is revealed for who he is I won't be here three and a half years in I will just be eating the hors d'oeuvres off the merit supper of the land is anybody with me right there come on those little finger sandwiches you think you eat some good down here God has got some serious food are you ready for that so watch this the ruler that he speaks of here quickly is the little horn of Daniel chapter 7 we've already studied it that little horn that pops up and starts speaking like a man that is the Antichrist last for you here tonight this is the Antichrist that is to come during the tribulation period and the Bible tells us in Matthew chapter 24 Matthew chapter 24 Jesus starts speaking please understand this because out of all the prophets that Jesus could have referenced guess who he referenced listen to verse 15 when you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place then let them that are in Judea flee into the mountains oh man I'm sorry I thought I was finished with all that but I'm not I'll pick that up next week I know I'm right out of time right here and we'll roll that into the next study is that all right all right all right I don't want to keep you too long because Jesus might come and I don't want to be teaching when he comes I'm gonna be like sitting ready come on y'all all right in here y'all so nervous y'all up tight and all that kind of stuff come on you think that vaccine something I've just given you a vaccine right here tonight amen so Jesus gonna come back and while we were in Israel we didn't get the chance to cross over into Jordan to go into Petra but Matthew chapter 24 verse 16 Jesus is speaking he said let him flee to the mountains that's where they're gonna go now if you want to know what that looks like watch Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark because in that movie they ride their horses ride into Petra no no it's a it's the second one it's the second one what's the other one I forget anyway I had Sean Connery in it great movie yeah is it number one yeah okay so they ride their horses in and you'll see it card in the mountain it's Petra do you know that people have been stocking food there for the Jews do you know that they've been preparing that place now for years because the prophecy of the Word of God out of Jesus own mouth is that they are going to flee across my God and they're gonna get up in those caves up in there and hide in there from the Antichrist and God's gonna put his protective hand upon them while the saints of all the ages will go up in the first rapture the body of Christ but that body is gonna be made up of other little raptures that are gonna come two witnesses we'll talk about them next week two witnesses are gonna go up 144,000 Jewish evangelists they're gonna go up at the end of that seven-year period of time while hell on earth is going on we're gonna be preparing for the marriage supper the lamb come on somebody Milton Bakery is gonna make the best pedophores and synonymous heaven come on somebody we're gonna be eating cake and ice cream come on somebody we're gonna be sitting around a marriage supper the lamb waiting for all of the bride to be resurrected throughout that seven-year period of time and when they all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing that will be is anybody want to go tonight that's what I want to ask are you ready tonight come on let's stand to your feet all over this building father in heaven I thank you for your word thank you for the awesomeness of the power of prophecy that lets us know how close we are and how we need to live I pray that this word was sink into the hearts of your people and I pray mighty God that when they are preparing and praying and seeking the scripture that you'll open it up to their understanding thank you for this opportunity we've had tonight bless your people we pray keep them safe on the road in Jesus mighty name and everybody shout a great big amen turn around shake hands with somebody and don't forget your kids on the ball field God bless you