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 Well, good morning. We're continuing our series in Daniel's world.

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 We've kind of crossed somewhat of a divide in the book.

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 One to six are fairly straightforward. Seven to twelve, all bets are off.

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 So we're in seven to eight this morning, and we've called it a coming king.

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 So let me pray, and then we'll get to work this.

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 This will be in two parts.

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 So we've got a short part trying to get us up to speed with where we are in the book.

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 Then we're going to sing again, and then we're going to dig into Daniel seven and eight.

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 Okay, so your sleep may be interrupted about halfway through.

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 Let me have, let's have a word of prayer.

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 Father, we come. Lord, we're desperate and needy.

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 Father, we come to this portion of scripture, Lord, and realize that it's deep and difficult.

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 And so our greatest need now is that you would send your spirit to speak to us, to bring clarity.

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 Father, to help us fix our eyes on your son.

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 Father, speak to us in a way we can understand.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 I guess we're all fairly familiar with this commonly used phrase, this idiom.

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 Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better.

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 It sums up so much of life.

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 So you get a new job.

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 You didn't like your last job, but you know going to a new job until you're up to speed with the processes,

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 and you know a few colleagues and wherever place to have your lunches, things may get worse before they get better.

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 I think you could argue that marriage gets worse before it gets better,

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 as you have two individuals who are used to being alone,

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 who have developed certain habits that may not be quite as congenial to the other person as you'd think.

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 And that first bit's a bit of a struggle.

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 I think Aileen is waiting for the better part and some of the habits that I brought to the party to somewhat disappear.

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 I guess it's true for things like medical treatments.

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 So people here have undergone or are undergoing chemotherapy,

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 and such is the brutality of the treatment that it often gets worse before it gets any better.

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 I'm no expert, but pregnancy seems to go that way as well,

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 that things certainly get harder before they get better.

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 Many experiences in life get worse before they get better.

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 And Daniel 7 and 8 could certainly be a passage that's going to illustrate to us

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 that things are going to get worse before they're going to get better.

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 It's going to actually be the big theme of the rest of the book,

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 that it's not going to be plain sailing even after the exile.

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 So far in the book, we've learned two enormous truths that Andy and Emma hinted at in their prayer.

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 The first thing we've been learning is that God is the boss.

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 He is the boss of the entire universe.

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 He is sovereign over it all.

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 He owns it and rules it and governs it and sustains it.

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 So a summary verse might be 425.

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 The most high is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.

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 God is the boss.

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 Daniel has been teaching us.

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 The second thing he's been teaching us is what he will do as the boss.

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 That he will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.

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 An unshakable, eternal, universal kingdom.

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 244.

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 The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.

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 Nor will it be left to another people.

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 It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end.

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 But it will itself endure forever.

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 God is the boss.

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 And as the boss, this is what he'll do.

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 He'll set up an eternal kingdom.

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 And we've learned that through six successive narrative chronologically ordered chapters.

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 So in chapter 1, we learned that Daniel and his friends are exiled.

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 But even in exile, they excel.

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 They honor God and God honors them.

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 That a difficult situation turns out pretty well as they're seen as people of high distinction.

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 And given real prowess in Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom.

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 And then we get chapter 2 where Daniel is the hero.

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 That Nebuchadnezzar has a dream.

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 He has this picture of a statue made of lots of different metals.

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 No one can interpret it.

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 But Daniel, after an urgent prayer meeting with his friends,

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 saves the day.

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 And again, is greatly rewarded.

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 Chapter 3, Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego honor God,

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 a throne into the furnace, but God miraculously intervenes,

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 is present with them, and they're saved.

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 Not even singed by the flames.

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 Chapter 4, Nebuchadnezzar is humbled.

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 To eat grass like an ox, his mind goes.

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 Because he arrogantly stands before God.

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 And then he acknowledges God and is restored,

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 just as Daniel said would happen.

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 Chapter 5, we did the egomaniac Belshazzar,

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 who stands in defiance of God,

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 sets himself up against God.

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 And the hand writes on the wall,

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 and Daniel interprets it, and he gets it right.

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 And that night, Belshazzar is slain,

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 as the Medes and the Persians take over the kingdom.

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 And then last week, with Graham,

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 we saw how Daniel's faithfulness

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 led him into trouble with Darius,

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 because Darius was tricked by the satraps

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 and all the officials,

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 and was thrown as lion food to the lions.

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 But God miraculously intervenes,

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 and he's saved.

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 And the thing is,

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 is if we left Daniel there at chapter 6,

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 as many people do,

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 we get the impression that Daniel

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 is a very optimistic book.

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 There's a problem,

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 God intervenes,

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 and everything's alright.

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 That's going to change as we go 7 to 12.

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 We're going to learn that things

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 are going to get worse

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 before they get better.

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 Things are going to get worse

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 before they get better.

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 In chapter 7,

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 the mood changes.

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 We've had successive chronological narratives.

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 We're now moving into

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 apocalyptic literature.

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 We also break the chronology of the book,

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 as we'll see in chapter 7.

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 We're actually going back in time.

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 But Daniel chapter 7

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 takes place

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 10 years before Belshazzar's feast,

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 in the first year

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 of Belshazzar king

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 of Babylon.

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 It's a time of transition

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 and uncertainty for Daniel

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 that actually when a new

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 dynasty comes in,

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 everybody else who was involved

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 with the last regime

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 doesn't tend to do so well.

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 Daniel's also been in Babylon

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 for many decades.

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 He's given up

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 all of his adult life

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 and is now

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 about 75

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 when this takes place.

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 He knows

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 that God has ordained

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 that Judah

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 will be in exile

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 in Babylon

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 for 70 years

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 so the end is in sight.

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 He thinks we're on

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 the home straight.

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 If we can just see it out,

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 the next few years

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 we'll be back

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 in Jerusalem.

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 I might see that city

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 again.

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 However,

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 with these chapters,

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 with these dreams,

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 with these visions

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 and their interpretations,

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 Daniel's going to learn

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 that the journey home

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 is going to be

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 much longer

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 and much more

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 filled with pain

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 than he ever

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 could imagine.

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 Just a brief word

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 on apocalyptic literature.

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 The word apocalypsis

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 literally means

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 to unveil,

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 to reveal,

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 to draw back

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 the curtain.

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 Martin Luther said

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 of apocalyptic literature,

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 it is a queer way

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 of talking

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 like people

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 who instead

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 of proceeding

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 in an orderly manner

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 ramble off

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 one thing to the next

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 so that you cannot

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 make head or tail

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 of them

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 or see what

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 they are getting at.

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 It's a real encouragement

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 as we take four weeks

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 to finish off Daniel

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 properly.

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 What happens is

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 we're getting a vision.

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 God is drawing back

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 the curtain

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 and showing us

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 what is happening,

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 what is going to happen,

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 what's going on

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 behind the scenes.

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 Apocalyptic literature

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 is full of vivid symbolism

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 and traumatic imagery.

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 It's full of dragons

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 and horns

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 and sword

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 and fire

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 and thrones

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 and seas.

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 As we're going to see

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 it's full of monsters

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 and outlandish beasts.

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 Most apocalyptic literature

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 contains two great themes.

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 God's ultimate victory

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 over evil in the end.

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 And secondly,

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 a real call

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 for God's people

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 to persevere

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 knowing that God

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 will ultimately

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 defeat evil

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 in the end.

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 It's written to

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 suffering people

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 to encourage them

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 to persevere,

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 to keep on going.

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 And I think

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 a great rule

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 when we come to

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 these difficult bits

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 is this.

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 That the main things

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 are the plain things

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 and the plain things

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 are the main things.

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 So not getting

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 totally tied up

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 in detail

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 and what is what

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 and who is who

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 and when is when.

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 But trying to see

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 what is the big picture.

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 What is going on?

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 The main things

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 are the plain things

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 and the plain things

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 are the main things.

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 Just to make it

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 slightly more difficult,

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 quite a lot of these visions

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 are what they call

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 trans-temporal.

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 is that they move

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 across time.

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 That they can

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 have in view

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 more than one horizon.

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 It can be kind of

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 like a cyclical thing.

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 That the kingdoms

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 that we're going to see today

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 are both imminent

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 in the near future

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 but also cast

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 a long shadow

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 into the far future

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 and in fact

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 the end of things.

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 This is why

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 interpreting them

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 is so difficult

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 because you have

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 these different horizons

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 so often in view.

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 I think it's helpful

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 to think of

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 apocalyptic literature

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 like surrealist painting.

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 I love

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 surrealist painting.

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 I think the greatest

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 surrealist painter

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 would be

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 Salvador Dali.

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 In this painting

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 the persistence

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 of memory

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 is more than

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 just a photograph.

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 There's more going on here.

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 There's meaning

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 behind it.

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 We have a series

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 of melting

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 watch faces

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 all over the picture.

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 showing that time

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 is slipping away.

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 It's eking away.

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 You'll see

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 that on the back

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 of the watch face

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 in brown

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 that it's ants

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 that are also

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 pulling it apart

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 as we look at

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 decay

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 as an organic process.

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 We see this

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 weird thing

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 in the middle

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 of the picture

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 is kind of like

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 a caricature

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 of Salvador Dali himself.

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 So we're not talking

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 just merely about

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 time slipping away.

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 We're talking about

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 Dali's own mortality

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 and how he sees

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 everything going

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 to decay.

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 And so we see

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 that though it is

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 a picture

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 it's more than a picture

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 there's meaning

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 behind the picture.

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 This is another

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 Dali painting

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 called

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 The Self-Construction

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 of Boiled Beans.

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 And what it is

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 is it's a body

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 that is quite literally

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 pulling itself apart

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 and arranging itself

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 in a really

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 unhelpful way.

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 and he painted it

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 to depict

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 the Spanish Civil War

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 because he saw

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 that Spain

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 as a body of people

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 was literally

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 pulling itself apart

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 and was going

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 to arrange itself

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 in a most

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 unhelpful way.

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 He actually did it

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 before General Franco's

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 invasion

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 so it is somewhat

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 of a premonition

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 as well

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 as a painting.

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 Two things

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 and then we'll sing.

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 There's much

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 we can discuss

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 about these

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 visions.

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 It's good to have

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 convictions

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 and opinions

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 about them

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 but I think

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 we should hold them

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 loosely

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 because they're

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 complicated

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 and therefore

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 we can discuss

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 graciously

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 and generously

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 but there is room

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 for disagreement

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 about who is who

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 and what is what

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 and when

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 is when.

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 Many great theologians

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 over the centuries

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 have interpreted

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 the details

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 of these visions

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 differently

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 and so if we hold

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 absolutely dogmatically

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 and insist on

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 a specific interpretation

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 I think we're in

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 real danger.

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 We can have

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 convictions

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 but I would suggest

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 we should hold

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 them loosely

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 and discuss

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 them graciously.

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 Just see what

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 happens to Daniel

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 when he has

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 these visions.

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 Look with me

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 at chapter 7

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 verse 15.

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 I Daniel

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 was troubled

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 in spirit

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 and the visions

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 that passed

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 through my mind

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 disturbed me.

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 Look at chapter 7

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 verse 28.

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 This is the end

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 of the matter.

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 I Daniel

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 was deeply

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 troubled

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 by my thoughts

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 and my face

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 turned pale

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 but I kept

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 the matter

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 to myself.

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 Look at 827.

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 I Daniel

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 was worn out.

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 I lay exhausted

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 for several days

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 then I got up

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 and went

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 about the king's

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 business.

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 I was appalled

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 by the vision.

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 It was beyond

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 understanding.

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 So I think

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 if that was

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 Daniel's experience

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 I think we should

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.299
 be hesitant

00:14:30.299 --> 00:14:31.100
 about being

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 overly glib

00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:33.939
 about this

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 and making it

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 clear and obvious.

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 Let's stand

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 shall we

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 and sing

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 Behold our God

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 and then we'll

00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:39.039
 look at the first

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 14 verses

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.200
 of Daniel

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 chapter 7.

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 Let's stand

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 together.

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 Please take a seat

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 and let's read

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 Daniel 7

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 together.

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 In the first

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:49.440
 year of Belshazzar

00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:50.300
 king of Babylon

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 Daniel had a dream

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.040
 and visions

00:14:52.040 --> 00:14:52.620
 passed through

00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.180
 his mind

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 as he was

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 lying in bed.

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 He wrote down

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 the substance

00:14:56.020 --> 00:14:56.880
 of his dream.

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 Daniel said

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 in my vision

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 at night

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 I looked

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 and there

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 before me

00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:01.620
 were the

00:15:01.620 --> 00:15:02.160
 four winds

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 of heaven

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.240
 churning up

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:04.160
 the great sea.

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 Four great

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 beasts

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 each different

00:15:06.640 --> 00:15:07.380
 from the others

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 came out

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.840
 of the sea.

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 The first

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 was like a lion

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 and it had

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.280
 the wings

00:15:12.280 --> 00:15:13.000
 of an eagle.

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 I watched

00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.940
 until its wings

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 were turned off

00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.039
 and it was

00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:17.100
 torn off

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 and it was

00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:18.219
 lifted from

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 the ground

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 so that it

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.319
 stood on two

00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:20.959
 feet like a

00:15:20.959 --> 00:15:21.500
 human being

00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:22.100
 and the mind

00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.779
 of a human

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.679
 was given

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.379
 to it.

00:15:24.959 --> 00:15:25.259
 And there

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.719
 before me

00:15:25.719 --> 00:15:26.379
 was a second

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.939
 beast which

00:15:26.939 --> 00:15:27.360
 looked like

00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:27.860
 a bear.

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 It was raised

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.120
 up on one

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.000
 of its sides

00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.699
 and it had

00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:32.319
 three ribs

00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:32.899
 in its mouth

00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.459
 between its

00:15:33.459 --> 00:15:33.779
 teeth.

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 It was told

00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:35.620
 get up

00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.459
 and eat

00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.000
 your fail

00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:37.879
 of flesh.

00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.059
 After that

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:39.620
 I looked

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.019
 and there

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.480
 before me

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.100
 was another

00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:41.559
 beast

00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.360
 one that

00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:42.779
 looked like

00:15:42.779 --> 00:15:43.279
 a leopard

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.240
 and on its

00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.699
 back it

00:15:44.699 --> 00:15:45.220
 had four

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.800
 wings like

00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:46.220
 those of

00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:46.740
 a bird.

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.860
 This beast

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.500
 had four

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.440
 heads and

00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:49.920
 it was given

00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:50.860
 authority to

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.180
 rule.

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.460
 After that

00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.120
 in my vision

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.540
 at night

00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:54.180
 I looked

00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:54.580
 and there

00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.019
 before me

00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.379
 was a

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.660
 fourth

00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:56.080
 beast

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.980
 terrifying

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.800
 and frightening

00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.519
 and very

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.080
 powerful.

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.160
 It had

00:16:00.160 --> 00:16:00.720
 large

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.600
 iron teeth

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.519
 it crushed

00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.160
 and devoured

00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:03.800
 its victims

00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.480
 and trampled

00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:04.960
 underfoot

00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.800
 whatever was

00:16:05.800 --> 00:16:06.240
 left.

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.000
 It was

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.560
 different

00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.160
 from all

00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.279
 the former

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:09.820
 beasts

00:16:09.820 --> 00:16:10.740
 and it

00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.399
 had ten

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.220
 horns.

00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:13.139
 While I

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.600
 was thinking

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.100
 about the

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.420
 horns

00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:14.740
 there

00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.519
 before me

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.620
 was another

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.080
 horn

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.040
 a little

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.440
 one

00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:19.300
 which came

00:16:19.300 --> 00:16:19.920
 up among

00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:20.180
 them

00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:20.720
 and three

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.040
 of the

00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:21.379
 first

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:21.620
 horns

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.340
 were uprooted

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.240
 before it.

00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.379
 This horn

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:25.120
 had eyes

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.820
 like the eyes

00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:26.379
 of a human

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.820
 being

00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:27.980
 and a mouth

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.500
 that spoke

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.180
 boastfully.

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.720
 As I

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.019
 looked

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.399
 thrones

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.820
 were set

00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.460
 in place

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:32.740
 and the

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.019
 Ancient

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.420
 of Days

00:16:33.420 --> 00:16:34.040
 took his

00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:34.399
 seat.

00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:34.960
 His

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.540
 clothing

00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:35.980
 was as

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.379
 white as

00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:36.600
 snow.

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.320
 The hair

00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:37.960
 of his

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.400
 head

00:16:38.400 --> 00:16:39.000
 was white

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.700
 like wool.

00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.820
 His throne

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.560
 was flaming

00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:42.160
 with fire

00:16:42.160 --> 00:16:42.520
 and its

00:16:42.520 --> 00:16:43.060
 wheels

00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:43.600
 were all

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.300
 ablaze.

00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.360
 A river

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.960
 of fire

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:46.640
 was flowing

00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:47.400
 coming out

00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.020
 from before

00:16:48.020 --> 00:16:48.360
 him.

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.580
 Thousands

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.740
 upon thousands

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:52.420
 attended him.

00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.500
 Ten thousand

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.260
 times ten

00:16:54.260 --> 00:16:54.700
 thousand

00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:55.460
 stood before

00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:55.780
 him.

00:16:56.400 --> 00:16:56.980
 The court

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.500
 was seated

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.580
 and the

00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:59.060
 books were

00:16:59.060 --> 00:16:59.560
 opened.

00:17:00.680 --> 00:17:01.040
 Then I

00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:01.660
 continued to

00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:02.240
 watch because

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.580
 of the

00:17:02.580 --> 00:17:02.980
 boastful

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.520
 words the

00:17:03.520 --> 00:17:03.960
 horn was

00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:04.380
 speaking.

00:17:04.820 --> 00:17:05.220
 I kept

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.840
 looking until

00:17:05.840 --> 00:17:06.420
 the beast

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.220
 was slain.

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.879
 and its

00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:08.200
 body

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.759
 destroyed

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.240
 and thrown

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.779
 into the

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.159
 blazing

00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:10.599
 fire.

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.799
 The other

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.240
 beasts had

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.679
 been stripped

00:17:12.679 --> 00:17:13.059
 of their

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.879
 authority but

00:17:13.879 --> 00:17:14.339
 were allowed

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.039
 to live

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 for a period

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 of time.

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 In my

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 vision at

00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:18.919
 night I

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 looked and

00:17:19.439 --> 00:17:19.980
 there before

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 me was

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 one like

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 a son

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 of man

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:23.039
 coming with

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 the clouds

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.039
 of heaven.

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 He approached

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 the Ancient

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 of Days and

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 was led

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 into his

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 presence.

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 He was

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 given

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:29.819
 authority,

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 glory and

00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:31.399
 sovereign power.

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 All nations

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 and peoples

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.939
 of every

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 language

00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:34.980
 worshipped

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 him.

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:35.819
 His

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.639
 dominion

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.160
 is an

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 everlasting

00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.460
 dominion

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 that will

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 not pass

00:17:40.020 --> 00:17:41.160
 away and

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:41.720
 his kingdom

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.920
 is one

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.300
 that will

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 never be

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 destroyed.

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.920
 Well there's

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.259
 no getting

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.840
 away from it,

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 it's weird.

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 It's like the

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 most outlandish

00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:52.240
 zoo you've

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.980
 ever been to

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 with lion

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.420
 eagles and

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 leopard

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.780
 birds.

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 As previously

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 mentioned it

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 takes place

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 ten years

00:18:00.820 --> 00:18:01.380
 before

00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:02.700
 Belshazzar's

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 feast.

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 And for

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 the first

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 time in

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 the book

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 it is

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 Daniel

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 who has

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 a vision

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:09.540
 who then

00:18:09.540 --> 00:18:10.080
 needs an

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.900
 interpretation.

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 All the

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 other times

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 the three

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 other visions

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 it has

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 been the

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 king

00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:14.920
 that's

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.260
 had the

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 vision

00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:17.000
 and Daniel

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.600
 who's

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:17.920
 had the

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.560
 interpretation.

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 The literary

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 form seems

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 to suggest

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.720
 that this

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 is a

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.440
 vision for

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.860
 all of

00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:24.360
 the people

00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.260
 reading this

00:18:25.260 --> 00:18:26.220
 book.

00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.540
 So in

00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:27.820
 Daniel

00:18:27.820 --> 00:18:28.580
 chapter 7

00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.480
 verse 16

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 Daniel

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 approaches

00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.299
 one of

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.680
 the people

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.220
 standing

00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:32.779
 before the

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 Ancient of

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 Days and

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 says what

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 does it

00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:35.480
 mean?

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 In

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 chapter 8

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.779
 verse 16

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.220
 it's the

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.500
 angel Gabriel

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:41.240
 himself who

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 gives the

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.200
 interpretation

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.960
 of the

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.660
 vision.

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.059
 There is a

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.799
 strong parallel

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.579
 between Daniel

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:47.400
 chapter 7

00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.500
 and Daniel

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.420
 chapter 2

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:50.599
 that it

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.980
 seems that

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.460
 those two

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.099
 visions are

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.960
 kind of

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 paralleled in

00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.960
 many ways.

00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:55.380
 They both

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:56.720
 end in the

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.240
 same place.

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.740
 There is this

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.620
 succession of

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.579
 four things

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.359
 that are

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.779
 happening

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:02.039
 and particularly

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.539
 in beast

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.119
 number 4

00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.659
 the idea

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.359
 of iron

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:06.139
 is repeated.

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.179
 So what

00:19:08.179 --> 00:19:08.719
 on earth

00:19:08.719 --> 00:19:09.119
 are we

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:10.439
 to make

00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:12.159
 of Daniel's

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:13.279
 Babylonian

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.939
 zoo dream?

00:19:15.459 --> 00:19:15.859
 Well I think

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.419
 the first thing

00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:17.119
 is this.

00:19:17.979 --> 00:19:18.599
 The kingdom

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.199
 of beasts

00:19:19.199 --> 00:19:19.659
 in verses

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.619
 1 to 6.

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.379
 Rising out

00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:22.959
 of the great

00:19:22.959 --> 00:19:23.459
 sea,

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:24.379
 churned up

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:24.959
 at God's

00:19:24.959 --> 00:19:25.799
 behest by

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.299
 the four

00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.799
 winds from

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.279
 heaven,

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.460
 heaven,

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.859
 we get

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.559
 three

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.579
 terrifying

00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.599
 beasts

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:33.480
 rising up

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.920
 out of

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.379
 this

00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:35.119
 tumultuous

00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.460
 sea,

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.259
 this symbol

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.599
 of everything

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.460
 that's chaotic

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:40.440
 and decreated

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.220
 from Genesis

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.279
 2.

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.839
 We learn

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.180
 that they're

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.660
 kings and

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:44.980
 kingdoms

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.539
 from chapter

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.220
 7 verse

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.799
 17.

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:47.759
 The four

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.359
 great beasts

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.859
 of four

00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.200
 kings

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.579
 that will

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.319
 rise

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.339
 from the

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.940
 earth.

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.359
 The first

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.920
 one we get

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.359
 is a

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.559
 lion eagle.

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.319
 I like

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.659
 to think

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:56.899
 of it

00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.639
 as illegal

00:19:57.639 --> 00:19:58.559
 in the

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.879
 way we

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.200
 get a

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.480
 zebra

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.839
 and a

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.059
 horse

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.539
 being a

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:00.980
 zorse.

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.339
 This

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:07.000
 is a

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.759
 real symbol

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.559
 of Babylon.

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.220
 Along the

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.799
 high street

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.399
 in Babylon

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.379
 there were

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.940
 loads of

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.579
 statues of

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.240
 these lion

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.819
 eagles.

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.659
 If you go

00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:14.960
 to the

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.619
 British Museum

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.039
 in London

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.539
 they've got

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.059
 two of

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.399
 them and

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:17.819
 they are

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.899
 terrifying.

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.579
 It would

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.119
 make for a

00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:22.579
 terrifying

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.159
 safari

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.639
 wouldn't it

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.139
 if lions

00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:24.740
 could fly.

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.119
 You

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.419
 wouldn't be

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:26.799
 going in

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.179
 an open

00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:27.899
 top jeep

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:29.079
 ever again.

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.179
 After the

00:20:31.179 --> 00:20:31.879
 lion eagle

00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:32.240
 or the

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.200
 legal we

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.700
 get just

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:34.220
 a bear

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.599
 but a

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:34.839
 pretty

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.500
 ferocious

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.039
 bear.

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:39.359
 A bear

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.079
 that is

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.839
 raised up

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.299
 on one

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.559
 side.

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:41.799
 This

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.200
 seems to

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.799
 fit in

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.019
 the

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.419
 imminent

00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:44.079
 sense

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.779
 with the

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.579
 Medo-Persian

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.279
 empire because

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.799
 it's not an

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:48.139
 equal kingdom.

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:49.359
 The Persians

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.839
 are a lot

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.440
 bigger deal

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.299
 than the

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.119
 Medes

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.879
 and therefore

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:53.339
 that would

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.819
 create this

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.639
 disparity.

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.200
 It has

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:58.179
 three ribs

00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:58.480
 in its

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:58.700
 mouth.

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.119
 We know

00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.679
 from history

00:20:59.679 --> 00:21:00.079
 that when

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.359
 Medo-Persia

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.859
 rules the

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.279
 world they

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.139
 overtake three

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.720
 kingdoms.

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.059
 The kingdom

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.720
 of Babylon

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.240
 which we'll

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.720
 see in

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.259
 Daniel chapter

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.799
 5.

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:08.799
 The kingdom

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.740
 of Egypt

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.740
 and the

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.039
 kingdom

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.359
 of Lydia.

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.480
 So that

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.299
 seems to

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.859
 fit but as

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.279
 said these

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.679
 can be

00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:16.859
 trans-temporal

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.359
 they can be

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.460
 both immediate

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.220
 future but

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.179
 also casting a

00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:21.000
 shadow long

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.839
 into the

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.639
 distance.

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:25.300
 the third

00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:26.300
 animal.

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.420
 The leopard

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.100
 bird.

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.640
 Kind of a

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.380
 real weird

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.000
 animal because

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.840
 it's got four

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.700
 heads.

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.960
 And again

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.420
 this would

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.420
 sort of fit

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.160
 with Greece

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.160
 because we

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.560
 know that

00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:40.400
 after Alexander

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.980
 the Great

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.040
 in terrifying

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:42.840
 speed has

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.320
 conquered

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:44.800
 everything from

00:21:44.800 --> 00:21:45.500
 Spain to

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.000
 India

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.700
 dies

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.940
 and his

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.500
 kingdom is

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.240
 divided into

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.759
 four.

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.900
 His four

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.800
 generals.

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.580
 So what I'm

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.420
 saying loosely

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.240
 is that it

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.820
 seems to fit

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.680
 with what's

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:57.900
 going to

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.320
 happen in

00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:58.980
 the media

00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:00.200
 but can

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.019
 also cast a

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.900
 shadow long

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.900
 into the

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.620
 distance.

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.680
 This transition

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.100
 between

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:06.940
 Medeo-Persia

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.540
 the bear

00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:09.440
 and Greece

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.380
 the leopard

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.540
 is also the

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:12.240
 subject of

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.360
 Daniel chapter

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.980
 8 where we

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:16.300
 get another

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:17.280
 really strange

00:22:17.280 --> 00:22:17.820
 vision but

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.360
 this time not

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.640
 a zoo but

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.060
 kind of

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:20.960
 farmyard

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.880
 animals.

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.900
 We learn

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.240
 about

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.059
 Medeo-Persia

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.779
 being a

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.539
 two-horned

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.900
 ram.

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.680
 We're very

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.420
 confident of

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.860
 that because

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:30.039
 it says that

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.799
 the two-horned

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.019
 ram is the

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.579
 king of

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.640
 Medo-Persia

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.319
 so we're on

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.920
 pretty safe

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.600
 ground there.

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.620
 And again

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.360
 its horns are

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.819
 not the same

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.440
 length because

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.079
 it's not an

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.279
 equal kingdom.

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.920
 And it

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:43.480
 rushes to the

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.160
 west and the

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.819
 north and the

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.640
 south as it

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.640
 conquers and the

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.220
 kingdom is

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.860
 expanded.

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:49.979
 But then

00:22:49.979 --> 00:22:50.559
 when it's at

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.679
 its power

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:53.679
 there rises

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:55.019
 a shaggy

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.539
 goat, a

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.439
 hairy goat

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:57.559
 which is more

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:57.919
 like a

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.699
 unicorn goat

00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.039
 because it's

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.679
 got one big

00:22:59.679 --> 00:23:00.199
 horn out the

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:00.379
 front.

00:23:00.479 --> 00:23:01.259
 Think of a

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.319
 rhino goat.

00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:03.779
 And it

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.879
 rushes against

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:06.279
 the long

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.559
 horned ram

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.259
 and completely

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.339
 destroys it.

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.839
 Then in its

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.479
 prime the

00:23:11.479 --> 00:23:12.159
 horn is

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.859
 broken off

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:14.019
 and four

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.659
 horns grow

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.559
 in its place.

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.960
 similarly

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:18.119
 illustrating

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.259
 that Alexander

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.720
 would be

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.819
 broken off

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.159
 in his

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:22.859
 prime in

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.319
 his early

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.059
 thirties and

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.159
 his kingdom

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.559
 will be

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.419
 divided between

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:27.179
 his four

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:28.159
 generals.

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.480
 I think

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.099
 looking at it

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.899
 historically that

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:33.599
 fits but I

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.319
 hold it loosely

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.119
 thinking that it

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.980
 can be

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.240
 trans-temporal

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.159
 as well.

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.639
 So what are

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.179
 we to make

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:41.079
 of this?

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.899
 Well I would

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.559
 suggest that we

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.139
 move from

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:45.259
 human to

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.140
 beastly in

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.799
 these three

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.859
 progressions.

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.200
 If you look

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.539
 at the

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.740
 lion eagle

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.420
 the legal

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.700
 it has its

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.519
 wings torn

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.019
 off

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.980
 it stands

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.299
 on its

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.980
 two feet

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.440
 like a

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.799
 man and

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.200
 is given

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.740
 the mind

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.039
 of a

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.440
 man.

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.379
 Kind of

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.799
 human-ish.

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.119
 Then we

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.460
 move to

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.859
 the bear

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.759
 which stands

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.099
 on its

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.700
 two hind

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.279
 legs but

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.160
 has nothing

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.460
 like the

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.640
 mind of

00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.180
 a man.

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.460
 And then

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.839
 we have

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.839
 the leopard

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.319
 bird.

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.539
 leopard and

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:14.960
 the leopard

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.599
 bird is

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.980
 all beast.

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.000
 I think this

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.439
 makes an

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.099
 important point

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.899
 for us.

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.579
 That when

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.519
 God wants

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.379
 people to

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.039
 rule his

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.919
 creation under

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:28.659
 his care

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.399
 who does he

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:29.720
 appoint?

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.500
 He appoints

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:32.259
 humans to

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.179
 be good stewards

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:34.220
 of the earth

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.000
 to have

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.019
 dominion over

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.700
 everything.

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.500
 But after the

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:40.179
 four so much

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.680
 of that

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.700
 rule will

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.279
 not be

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.060
 human.

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.519
 It will

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.779
 be beastly.

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.640
 It will

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.380
 be not

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.360
 doing out

00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:48.660
 of honour

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.100
 and respect

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.560
 for God

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:49.840
 but it

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.420
 will be

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.200
 to get

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.720
 to the

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.519
 very top.

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.000
 So we

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.420
 see that

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.940
 there's this

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.740
 downward

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.840
 spiral that's

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.279
 going to

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.660
 happen.

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.759
 A cyclical

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.620
 decline where

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.759
 some kingdoms

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.180
 will be

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.779
 ruled by

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.259
 men

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.720
 in a

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:06.019
 good fashion.

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:08.039
 But other

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.720
 kingdoms will

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.339
 come and

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.799
 resemble

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.480
 beastly

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.819
 rule.

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.599
 Looking over

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.220
 history you

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.960
 can see that

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.019
 these features

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:17.519
 are prevalent.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.960
 Some kingdoms

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.200
 rule with

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.740
 righteousness

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.920
 and justice,

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.139
 treat their

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:26.160
 citizens with

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.039
 dignity and

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.859
 respect,

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.319
 with their

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.319
 tolerance.

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.839
 Others

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.339
 though are

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:35.139
 beastly in

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.759
 their treatment

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.519
 and oppression

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:38.460
 and despotic

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.480
 dictatorship

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:41.240
 and cruel

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.740
 stamping down

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.160
 of their

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.500
 own people.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.200
 For Daniel

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.779
 this would be

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.440
 a troubling

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.420
 vision.

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.099
 A troubling

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.859
 vision because

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.379
 in his

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.879
 hopes and

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.539
 his dreams

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.099
 he thinks

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.619
 if we could

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.140
 just get out

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.640
 of Babylon

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.180
 we'll be

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.059
 safely home.

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.759
 And a real

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.720
 expectation that

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.299
 when they're

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.140
 safely home

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.920
 God's kingdom

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.339
 will be

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.920
 established.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.400
 And this

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.960
 vision seems

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.500
 to suggest

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.000
 oh no.

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.580
 That actually

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.140
 when you get

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:10.380
 home there'll

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.740
 be this

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:12.259
 succession of

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.880
 kingdoms that

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.360
 are still to

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:13.780
 come.

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.240
 And some

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.620
 will be

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.180
 reasonable

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:19.100
 and some

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.420
 will be

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.040
 beastly.

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.100
 That it's

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.480
 not the

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.140
 end.

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.580
 It seems

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.100
 that things

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.620
 really are

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.019
 going to get

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.680
 worse before

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.040
 they get

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.360
 better.

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:29.899
 then we

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.519
 move.

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:33.159
 Verse 7

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:34.000
 we move

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.259
 to the

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.779
 kingdom of

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.399
 monsters.

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.079
 Because the

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.779
 fourth beast

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.339
 is very

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.000
 different to

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.619
 the other

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.879
 beasts.

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.459
 There seems

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.919
 to be a

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:47.459
 new phenomenon.

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.519
 Terrifying,

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.559
 frightening,

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.859
 and very

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.759
 powerful with

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.500
 large iron

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.059
 teeth and

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:55.339
 ten horns.

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:57.279
 this kingdom

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.039
 is altogether

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.779
 more

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.859
 destructive.

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:02.199
 It crushes

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.959
 and devours

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.559
 its victims

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.339
 and tramples

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.879
 underfoot

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.720
 whatever was

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.159
 left.

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.859
 This is

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.459
 total annihilation

00:27:08.459 --> 00:27:09.899
 and utter

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:11.159
 domination.

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:14.720
 this would

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.540
 certainly fit,

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.060
 I think,

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.380
 with Rome.

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.740
 Certainly

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.340
 fit with this

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.800
 kingdom,

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:22.700
 this city

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.480
 state that

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.640
 would rule

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.279
 and spread

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.759
 out and

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.259
 absolutely

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.180
 dominate with

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.720
 ruthless

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:29.200
 efficiency and

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.120
 terrifying

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.320
 mercilessness.

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.460
 beast.

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.379
 A monstrous

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.099
 beast.

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.619
 A boastful

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:42.779
 kingdom.

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.419
 And then we

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:45.000
 get this weird

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.639
 thing in verse

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.139
 nine about

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.740
 this little

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.179
 horn.

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.500
 This little

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.899
 horn that

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.379
 rises,

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.339
 three of the

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.919
 other horns

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.759
 are uprooted.

00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:52.919
 And this

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.419
 horn has

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:54.099
 eyes and a

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.939
 mouth and

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.439
 it uses

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.019
 these eyes

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.279
 and a

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.639
 mouth to

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:56.899
 speak

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:58.059
 blasphemously

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:59.519
 against God.

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:04.359
 a figure

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.519
 orientated

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.259
 against

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.099
 God.

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.339
 There's

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.559
 much

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.000
 speculation

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.559
 over the

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.200
 history about

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.799
 the identity

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.279
 of this

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.799
 little horn.

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.779
 Everyone's

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.180
 got their

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.859
 ideas.

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.160
 I think

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.700
 the figure

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:18.779
 of General

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.599
 Titus who

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.259
 invades Rome

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.700
 in AD

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.819
 70 fits,

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.920
 who mocks

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.859
 God on the

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.879
 holy site of

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.480
 the temple,

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.680
 who worship

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.519
 Roman gods

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.660
 and sacrifices

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.160
 to them

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.300
 right in

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:30.800
 the temple

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.620
 place before

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.180
 eventually

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.940
 destroying the

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.420
 temple himself.

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.000
 However,

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.540
 I think this

00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:37.180
 idea of the

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.759
 little horn

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.560
 also superimposes

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.980
 itself on any

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.720
 ruler who

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:43.380
 rises up and

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.140
 sets themselves

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.860
 up against

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.860
 God, whose

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:47.259
 ambitions are

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.240
 so aligned with

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.880
 the chaos,

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.519
 blasphemy,

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.300
 and agenda of

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:50.580
 Satan.

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.560
 I think the

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:52.440
 little horn is

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.740
 not one person,

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.420
 but it is a

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.440
 series of people.

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.779
 Even in verse

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.500
 eight we get a

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.160
 little horn,

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.420
 but rising out

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.599
 of the Greek

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.099
 kingdom.

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.420
 So it seems

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.160
 that little

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.900
 horns tend to

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.559
 be kind of

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.980
 everywhere.

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.140
 This guy as

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.200
 well would seem

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.779
 to fit with

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.880
 another historical

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:13.380
 character, the

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:15.019
 guy of Antiochus

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.660
 Epiphanes, one

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:18.119
 of the later

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.960
 rulers after

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.740
 Alexander the

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.140
 Great who

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.920
 takes over in

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.559
 the Seleucid

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.000
 Empire.

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.839
 He gives

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:24.259
 himself Antiochus

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.099
 Epiphanes, that

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.319
 word epiphanes,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.000
 meaning a vision

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.420
 of God

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.980
 himself.

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.359
 And in

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:33.660
 AD 175, he

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.220
 invades

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.559
 Jerusalem, he

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.799
 takes over the

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.460
 temple, he

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.640
 puts a statue

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.500
 of Zeus

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:41.380
 right in front

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.339
 of the altar, he

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.000
 puts a statue

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.759
 of himself.

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.299
 Right next to

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.660
 it he sacrifices

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.640
 a pig on the

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.420
 very altar of

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.640
 God.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.920
 So we see

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.019
 these little

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.940
 horns come

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:54.779
 thick and fast,

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.519
 they come from

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 everywhere.

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.980
 It seems clear

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.680
 that the Roman

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.420
 Empire, the

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.359
 Seleucid Empire

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.279
 and regimes like

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.639
 that will be

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.500
 coming down the

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.740
 line, that it

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.500
 will not be

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.420
 plain sailing for

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.119
 God's people,

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.980
 even when they're

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.319
 back in God's

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.079
 place.

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.819
 And all of them

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:12.319
 cast this shadow

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.240
 that the spirit of

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.539
 lawlessness is alive

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.720
 in the world, that

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.759
 there will be many

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:18.400
 Antichrists, people

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.980
 who will set

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.940
 themselves up against

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.839
 the very God of the

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.379
 universe, all

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:24.839
 finding fulfillment in

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:26.599
 one character, he

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.119
 will be the

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.259
 ultimate personification

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.199
 of all that a

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:30.500
 little horn will

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.879
 be.

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.699
 And again I

00:30:32.699 --> 00:30:33.299
 think we can see

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.279
 why Daniel is so

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.799
 depressed, exhausted

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.619
 and troubled by

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.699
 what he sees.

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.240
 That the end of

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.959
 the exile isn't

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.699
 going to be the

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.399
 end of suffering

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:43.159
 and turmoil.

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.500
 In fact compared

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.259
 to what seems to

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.939
 be coming down the

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.839
 line, Babylon has

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.519
 been a stroll in

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.859
 the park, somewhat

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:51.539
 of a holiday for

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.259
 God's people.

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:55.220
 It is very clear

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.019
 in the vision that

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.079
 there will arise

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.900
 kingdoms and

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:59.779
 empires, rulers and

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.720
 authorities who will

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.519
 hate God and hate

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.180
 God's people.

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.500
 We get some detail

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:06.059
 in chapter 7 that

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.799
 these little horns

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.900
 are ones that wage

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.779
 war against God's

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.559
 people and exhaust

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.940
 them.

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.539
 And that's what

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.700
 Daniel sees.

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.160
 So far in this

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.140
 vision we're utterly

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:20.160
 depressed just as

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.019
 Daniel was.

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.120
 But I think we

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.900
 finish on a really

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.880
 positive note with

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.920
 the kingdom of God.

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:30.500
 There is a glorious

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.840
 character who arises

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:33.120
 in chapter 7 verse

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.519
 9.

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:36.200
 We see the ancient

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.200
 of days.

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.880
 It's not this kind

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.920
 of old man image

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:42.000
 we have but somebody

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.160
 who is the founder

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.340
 of time itself.

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:46.080
 Who was there

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.980
 before the beginning

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.759
 ancient.

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.400
 He was there

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.420
 before the beginning.

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.619
 He has white

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.759
 clothes and white

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.879
 hair because he is

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:56.779
 spotlessly pure and

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.660
 resplendently holy.

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:01.339
 He's sitting on what

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.379
 at first reading

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:03.279
 seems like a

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.940
 wheelchair but it

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.279
 is not.

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.400
 It is a blazing

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.259
 throne because he

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:10.220
 is holy and he is

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.000
 the one who will

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.519
 judge.

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.700
 And this throne is

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.940
 on wheels because his

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.319
 rule is not fixed.

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.980
 It is everywhere.

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.619
 It is the

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:20.480
 everywhereness rule

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.679
 of God.

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.960
 There is a river

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.659
 of fire that goes

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.359
 out before him

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.119
 showing that he is

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.059
 the source.

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.859
 He is from where

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:32.079
 everything else finds

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:33.460
 its place.

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.919
 And we see that he

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:37.399
 has thousands and

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:38.319
 thousands attending

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.879
 to him and standing

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:41.919
 before him ten times

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:43.419
 ten times times a

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:44.339
 thousand as many.

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:46.379
 And it's a

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.379
 courtroom scene.

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.819
 And the court is

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.519
 in session.

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.220
 God is the judge

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:54.299
 and the books are

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.799
 opened.

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.459
 This is a depiction

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.339
 of judgment

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.379
 falling.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.779
 And in verse 11

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:03.220
 we see that this

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.579
 little horn is

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.220
 still speaking

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.439
 boastfully against

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.619
 God in God's

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.879
 very presence.

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.100
 repentance.

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.220
 And in the

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.940
 course of one

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:14.040
 verse these

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:15.260
 boastful words

00:33:15.260 --> 00:33:18.020
 this horn that

00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:18.980
 has set itself up

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.760
 against God is

00:33:19.760 --> 00:33:20.780
 utterly destroyed.

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.520
 Judgment

00:33:26.520 --> 00:33:27.300
 falls.

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.860
 The little horn

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.940
 spewing blasphemy

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.920
 and boasting from

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.620
 its mouth is

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.100
 judged.

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.440
 Justice is done.

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:36.680
 The ancient of

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.759
 days dispenses

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.920
 with this

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:40.220
 little horn as

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.600
 easily as we

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.340
 would stamp on

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:42.920
 an ant.

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.080
 The other beasts

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.660
 are stripped of

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.320
 their authority

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:47.660
 but their empire

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.680
 continues in some

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.380
 kind of remnant

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.860
 form.

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.660
 It's a stunning

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.580
 depiction of what

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.559
 absolute sovereignty

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.380
 looks like.

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.320
 That God's

00:33:55.320 --> 00:33:56.600
 greatest enemy

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:59.519
 speaking boastful

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.360
 and blasphemous

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.100
 words against God

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:02.140
 is simply snuffed

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.600
 out.

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:04.279
 Just like that.

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.919
 In the course of

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.599
 a verse it is

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.279
 not a fight.

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.799
 It is perfect

00:34:09.799 --> 00:34:10.759
 justice falling

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:12.440
 from an almighty

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.980
 God.

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.980
 Then in verse

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.259
 13 we get the

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:17.159
 ancient of days

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.960
 described.

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:22.619
 A character

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.559
 approaches the

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.799
 throne.

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.960
 One like a

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.460
 son of man.

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.259
 One with a

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:27.440
 human form.

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.579
 Whereas we

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.039
 looked at the

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.920
 rules of beasts

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.519
 and monsters

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.980
 before.

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.920
 This is the

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.980
 perfect human

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:35.340
 and yet more

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.619
 than a human

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.980
 coming on the

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.860
 clouds of heaven.

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:40.039
 One who stands

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.579
 before the

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.320
 ancient of days

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.780
 and is given

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:43.280
 authority, glory

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.940
 and sovereign

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.059
 power over

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.400
 absolutely everyone,

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.740
 absolutely everywhere

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.699
 for absolutely

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.159
 ever.

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.119
 This is the

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.500
 personification of

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:54.119
 the stone that

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.980
 annihilates the

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.579
 statue and

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.619
 becomes a

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.460
 mountain that

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.099
 dominates the

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.599
 whole earth

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.559
 from chapter 2.

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:01.139
 this is the

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.739
 end of the

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.779
 matter, the

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.759
 final destiny

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.619
 of the world.

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.279
 Once all the

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.920
 kingdoms have

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.480
 risen and

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.000
 fallen and

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.599
 all the rulers

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.299
 are spent,

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.420
 all that will

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.239
 remain is the

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.059
 kingdom of this

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.679
 son of man.

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.239
 It is a

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:16.539
 terrifying and

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.619
 tumultuous future

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.739
 that Daniel sees

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:20.259
 but it ends at a

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:21.239
 glorious climax

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.900
 with God's

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.139
 king ruling

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.119
 absolutely

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.059
 everywhere,

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.360
 absolutely

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.460
 everyone for

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.199
 absolutely

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:30.320
 ever.

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.840
 It is a

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.940
 terrifying future

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.920
 but an eternal

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.679
 and glorious

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.639
 end.

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.840
 And so

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.400
 Mark chapter

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.480
 14 when

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.699
 Jesus stands

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.639
 trial before the

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.380
 Sanhedrin

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.960
 and they try to

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.460
 ask him,

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.880
 are you the

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.360
 character,

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.460
 are you God's

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.139
 king from

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.659
 Psalm 2,

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.259
 are you the

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.860
 son of the

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.699
 blessed one?

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:54.919
 And Jesus

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:55.579
 says this,

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.419
 I am,

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.460
 and you will

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.239
 see the son

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.059
 of man sitting

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.659
 at the right

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:02.019
 hand of the

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.819
 mighty one and

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:03.519
 coming on the

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.319
 clouds of heaven.

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.939
 That Jesus

00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:07.139
 identifies himself

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.699
 with this

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.199
 character,

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.579
 one with

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.659
 absolute dominion,

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.859
 absolute glory,

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.379
 power,

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.000
 to be worshipped

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.819
 by absolutely

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.739
 everyone for

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.639
 absolutely ever.

00:36:18.879 --> 00:36:19.239
 Well the

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:19.919
 Sanhedrin hear

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:20.519
 enough, they

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.359
 tear their

00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.859
 clothes, they

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.480
 slap him,

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.099
 they spit on

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:24.099
 him, and

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.659
 they continue

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.420
 their plot to

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.420
 execute him,

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.880
 failing to

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.579
 realize that it

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.300
 is in Jesus'

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:31.099
 death that

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.780
 this ultimate

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.460
 plan of

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.380
 ultimate dominion

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.139
 will be set

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.400
 into course.

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.240
 That this

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:38.519
 Jesus now has

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.079
 all of these

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:40.260
 things by faith.

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.179
 As he sits

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.639
 at the right

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.219
 hand of God,

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.500
 one day soon

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.059
 he will have

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.639
 all of these

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.920
 things by

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:48.679
 sight as he

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.980
 rules forever.

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.240
 Things will

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.419
 certainly get

00:36:53.419 --> 00:36:54.000
 worse before

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.339
 they get

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:54.659
 better.

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.859
 Things will

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:58.099
 get worse

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.919
 before they

00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.779
 get best.

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.519
 If it was an

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.099
 orange advert,

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.919
 the future is

00:37:02.919 --> 00:37:03.599
 bleak, the

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.419
 future is

00:37:04.419 --> 00:37:05.319
 glorious.

00:37:07.399 --> 00:37:08.359
 Three things in

00:37:08.359 --> 00:37:08.959
 closing and they're

00:37:08.959 --> 00:37:09.579
 very quick.

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.419
 The way home is

00:37:11.419 --> 00:37:12.099
 long and filled

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.839
 with pain, that's

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.539
 what Daniel's

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.919
 learning.

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.319
 It's true for

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.379
 Israel as they

00:37:17.379 --> 00:37:17.939
 go on from

00:37:17.939 --> 00:37:19.439
 here, it's true

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.960
 for God's

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.619
 people over

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.200
 all of history

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.599
 and it'll be

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.460
 true for us

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.519
 as the air

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.500
 turns increasingly

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:26.019
 toxic and

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.820
 hostile to

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:28.139
 Jesus and

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.980
 faith in him.

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.700
 Daniel 7 and

00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:31.740
 8 forewarns us

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.360
 so we can be

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.019
 ready and not

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.860
 surprised by the

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.280
 trouble and

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.980
 tribulation that

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.579
 comes.

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.179
 That it's not

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.900
 plain sailing,

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:40.079
 it never was,

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.500
 it never will

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.019
 be, but it

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.619
 will be great

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.420
 in the end.

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.980
 That God warns

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.500
 us through his

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.200
 word this will be

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.839
 the case.

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.480
 Secondly, the

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.199
 only way we'll

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.739
 get home is to

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.599
 trust in God's

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.099
 sovereignty.

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:54.419
 Unless we have

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:55.319
 pictures like

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:56.299
 Daniel 7 that

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:56.980
 show us the end

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.699
 of the story,

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:59.059
 we'll be completely

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.219
 lost and crushed

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.919
 in the middle of

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:01.439
 the story.

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.960
 So when these

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.139
 beasts arise, we

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.980
 will think, God,

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.839
 have you gone

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:06.399
 AWOL?

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:08.079
 Is your out of

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.960
 office on and

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:10.559
 we're left to our

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.319
 own devices?

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.739
 But if we

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.779
 understand that in

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:15.079
 the wisdom and

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.799
 sovereignty of God,

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.660
 he lets these

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:19.000
 things rise and

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.880
 in the end will

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:21.120
 bring about the

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:21.840
 kingdom of his

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:23.580
 perfect son forever.

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.320
 And the last

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.900
 point is this,

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.780
 the only hope of

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.960
 finally being home

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.220
 is to believe in

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:30.039
 the Son of Man.

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.360
 If this is the

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.360
 destiny of all

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.700
 things, that they

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.260
 will be brought

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:35.180
 together under the

00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:36.060
 feet of the Lord

00:38:36.060 --> 00:38:38.300
 Jesus, then the

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.980
 most important

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.720
 thing we can ever

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.600
 do is to love

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.800
 him and trust

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:43.180
 him now, to

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.920
 have him as our

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.920
 king by faith

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.760
 now, so that

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.539
 he will be our

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.619
 king by sight

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.400
 then.

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:50.860
 That if this

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.599
 truly is the

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.260
 destiny of

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.500
 everything, then

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.659
 to know this

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:56.740
 Jesus is the

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.420
 most important

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.740
 thing, because

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.500
 when he comes

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.039
 there will be no

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.860
 chance to change

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:03.059
 allegiances, to

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.880
 lay down arms and

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.639
 accept the peace

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.240
 terms of the

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:08.159
 gospel now, before

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:09.000
 it's too late when

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.579
 these things fully

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.240
 and finally happen.

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:14.459
 this is what we're

00:39:14.459 --> 00:39:15.119
 supposed to take

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.739
 from the chapter,

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.339
 I think.

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.639
 It's repeated

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.599
 three times.

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:20.599
 Chapter 7, verse

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:22.279
 18, but the

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:23.299
 holy people of the

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.519
 Most High will

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.439
 receive the kingdom

00:39:25.439 --> 00:39:26.319
 and will possess it

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.979
 forever, yes,

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.839
 forever and ever.

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.719
 Chapter 7, verse

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:31.599
 21, as I watched

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.279
 this horn was

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.259
 waging war against

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:34.299
 the holy people and

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:35.099
 defeating them,

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.379
 until the Ancient

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:37.399
 of Days came and

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:38.159
 pronounced judgment

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:39.039
 in favor of the

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.919
 holy people of the

00:39:39.919 --> 00:39:40.679
 Most High God.

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.899
 God, and the

00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:42.619
 time came when

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.500
 they possessed the

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.839
 kingdom.

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:46.980
 Verse 26 and 27,

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:48.359
 but the court will

00:39:48.359 --> 00:39:49.299
 sit and his power

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:50.359
 will be taken away

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:50.980
 and completely

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.899
 destroyed forever.

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.440
 Then the sovereignty,

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.399
 power and greatness

00:39:54.399 --> 00:39:55.219
 of all the kingdoms

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:56.139
 under heaven will be

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:57.619
 handed over to the

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.539
 holy people of the

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.399
 Most High God.

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:01.460
 His kingdom will be

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.619
 an everlasting kingdom

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:04.480
 and his rulers will

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.460
 worship and obey

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.799
 him.

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.619
 And even in

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.419
 chapter 8, verse

00:40:08.419 --> 00:40:09.019
 14,

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:11.380
 He said to me,

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.840
 it will take 2,300

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:14.159
 evenings and mornings,

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.619
 then the sanctuary

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:17.759
 will be re-consecrated.

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:19.380
 There will be an end

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:21.239
 and Jesus will win.

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.679
 Let me pray.

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.440
 Father God, we thank

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.440
 you that you are in

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.900
 control.

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:30.400
 Father, that history

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.380
 is not going off

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.340
 plot, that chaos

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:33.759
 will not reign.

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:36.420
 But one day soon,

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:39.039
 Jesus Christ will reign

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:40.420
 in absolute sovereignty

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:42.639
 in a kingdom of

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.780
 perfect justice and

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.260
 righteousness.

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.579
 A kingdom that will

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.880
 not be beastly in

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:49.659
 nature, but a

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.700
 kingdom that will be

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:52.039
 perfect where sin is

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:54.639
 no more, where death

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.539
 is no more, where

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.659
 mourning and oppression

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:58.139
 are banished.

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.380
 And so, Lord, we pray

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.940
 you would give us

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:02.159
 faith in the meantime,

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.880
 to trust that you know

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.579
 what you're doing,

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:06.400
 to keep on going,

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.420
 to keep on loving

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.360
 and trusting your

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.700
 Son.

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.680
 And Father, that we

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.519
 would do it in such

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:13.460
 a way that ourselves

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.519
 and many people in

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.340
 our lives would

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:17.740
 change allegiances,

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.380
 would lay down arms

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.780
 and hostility towards

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:23.180
 this King Jesus

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:25.340
 and trust him so that

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:26.079
 they can be in his

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.800
 kingdom forever.

00:41:27.640 --> 00:41:28.619
 Father, bless these

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.480
 things to us.

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.660
 Sear them on our

00:41:30.660 --> 00:41:31.340
 hearts, we pray,

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.059
 those that are from

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:33.420
 you and useful.

00:41:34.120 --> 00:41:35.160
 And build us up and

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:36.100
 transform us according

00:41:36.100 --> 00:41:37.140
 to your word, we pray.

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:38.039
 Amen.