WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.540 Thanks very much, Dave. So keep your Bibles open there at Daniel 9. We're actually going to be looking at all of it. We didn't read all of it, but we will be looking at it all. 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:21.080 Daniel prayed, and let us pray. 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:38.060 Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. Give ear, O God, and hear. 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:47.759 We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:58.719 O Lord, listen. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, hear and act. 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:24.840 Father, please, would you give to us your Holy Spirit? Would he act in our lives and within our church to restore us as people and to restore us in the way you call us to live? 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:35.520 May your transforming work be done amongst us today. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:48.780 Well, Daniel is longing to go home. He's been in captivity now for about 67 years. 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:56.439 When he was a young teenager, the Babylonians had come in, attacked his city, defeated and destroyed Jerusalem. 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:02.219 His people were carried away as slaves into exile. 00:02:03.700 --> 00:02:14.079 And since that time as a young teenager, he has lived under foreign rule, facing constant opposition and persecution. 00:02:16.180 --> 00:02:21.900 For Daniel, being away from home was a little bit like being separated from God. 00:02:21.900 --> 00:02:25.819 He had no freedom to pray. He had no freedom to pray. That had been denied. 00:02:26.580 --> 00:02:29.900 He had no temple to worship. That had been destroyed. 00:02:30.819 --> 00:02:42.759 Everything around him that he saw and witnessed intensified his deep longing and desire to go back home. 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:51.259 Now that longing to go home is what all Christians should feel. 00:02:52.399 --> 00:02:58.899 We live life in this world, but we know that this is not our true home. 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:06.879 As Peter in the New Testament tells us, it's like we ourselves are living in exile. 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:11.780 That we're strangers in a foreign land. 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.180 We're longing for something better. 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:18.500 Our true home. Our eternal home. 00:03:18.799 --> 00:03:22.759 We're longing for this place of peace and security. 00:03:23.579 --> 00:03:25.319 Joy and happiness. 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:30.939 We're longing that God would come again and restore everything. 00:03:30.939 --> 00:03:32.840 And put things right. 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.560 And bring us home. 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:44.579 Well, Daniel chapter 9 is all about this prayer for going home. 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:47.219 A prayer for restoration. 00:03:48.859 --> 00:03:55.219 And we're going to see how we can not only pray this prayer, but how we can also have it. 00:03:56.139 --> 00:03:57.859 We're going to look at three things. 00:03:57.859 --> 00:03:59.060 The promise of God. 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:01.680 The prayer to God. 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:04.680 And the answer from God. 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.980 So first, the promise of God. 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:10.620 Restoration. 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:18.840 The promise of God is found in the word of God, which is where we find Daniel. 00:04:19.460 --> 00:04:20.480 Look at verse 2. 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.020 In the first year of his reign. 00:04:25.020 --> 00:04:27.879 This is during the time of the Persians. 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:36.560 I, Daniel, understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, 00:04:37.180 --> 00:04:40.720 that the desolation of Jerusalem would last 70 years. 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:48.400 Isn't it interesting that as Daniel feels the pain and pressure of being away from home, 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:51.220 Daniel doesn't despair. 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:55.700 Instead, he is driven towards God's word. 00:04:55.699 --> 00:05:01.199 And in his reading, he turns, we are told, to the prophet Jeremiah. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.800 He had a copy of the prophecy of Jeremiah. 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:09.180 And here's what I think he was reading. 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:11.420 You might like to turn to it. 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:13.860 In Jeremiah chapter 29. 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.079 It's just back a few pages. 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:20.819 If somebody's got a page number, they could call it out and I'll help you along. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:22.139 Jeremiah 29. 00:05:31.899 --> 00:05:34.079 It's on page 789. 00:05:34.799 --> 00:05:38.019 So Jeremiah 29 on page 789. 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:42.139 So Daniel has been reading Jeremiah, what we're going to read now. 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:44.519 And here's what I think he was reading. 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:47.500 Jeremiah 29 verse 10. 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:54.359 So this is written 70 years before Daniel read it. 00:05:55.099 --> 00:05:56.779 This is what the Lord says. 00:05:57.439 --> 00:06:00.500 When 70 years are completed for Babylon, 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:06.180 I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:09.639 to bring you back to this place. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:13.579 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, 00:06:13.579 --> 00:06:16.639 plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 00:06:17.039 --> 00:06:20.300 plans to give you hope and a future. 00:06:21.099 --> 00:06:23.859 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, 00:06:24.039 --> 00:06:25.599 and I will listen to you. 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:30.419 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 00:06:30.420 --> 00:06:33.900 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, 00:06:33.900 --> 00:06:37.160 and will bring you back from captivity. 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:42.740 I will gather you from the nations and places where I have banished you, declares the Lord, 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:48.939 and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile. 00:06:48.939 --> 00:06:52.339 Back to Daniel 9. 00:06:53.399 --> 00:07:00.160 What an amazing promise to read in the midst of facing the struggles of life 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.300 in a world that you know is not your true home. 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.439 And Daniel has picked up the book of Jeremiah and he started reading it, 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:14.759 and we can imagine him being so excited because now it's almost 70 years 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:19.120 since Daniel and God's people have been taken into exile. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:23.500 His longing to go home is about to become a reality. 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:28.819 God had made this promise all those years ago to restore his people, 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:33.939 and Daniel has been reminded of it as he has read God's word. 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:37.740 So what does he do with the promise? 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:41.839 Well, look at chapter 9, verse 3. 00:07:43.860 --> 00:07:45.279 Daniel 9, verse 3. 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:50.560 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:54.159 in fasting, in sackcloth and ashes. 00:07:55.439 --> 00:08:01.339 The promise of God has motivated Daniel to ask God 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:04.819 to fulfil the promise that he has made. 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:08.819 God's word causes Daniel to start praying 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:13.979 for the very thing that God has planned and purposed to do. 00:08:16.299 --> 00:08:19.000 So this promise is found in God's word, 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:24.579 but it is also found, or also rests, in the character of God. 00:08:24.659 --> 00:08:25.500 Look at verse 4. 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:29.319 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, 00:08:29.660 --> 00:08:32.340 O Lord, the great and awesome God, 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:36.580 who keeps his covenant of love with all those who love him 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:38.220 and obey his commands. 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.879 Through this prayer, Daniel is reminding himself 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:46.059 of the God that he has, the God who loves him. 00:08:46.340 --> 00:08:50.559 He tells us in verse 4, he's great and he's awesome. 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:54.759 And God shows his greatness and his awesomeness, 00:08:55.119 --> 00:08:56.339 again look at verse 4, 00:08:56.619 --> 00:08:59.939 by keeping his covenant of love. 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:02.959 God doesn't forget his people. 00:09:03.459 --> 00:09:05.519 He doesn't give up on his people. 00:09:05.859 --> 00:09:08.000 He doesn't abandon his people. 00:09:08.619 --> 00:09:13.639 God's character demands that he keeps his promise. 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:17.100 I have promised to restore you 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:19.799 and I will restore you. 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:22.699 So Daniel turns to prayer, 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:25.500 knowing that this God, his God, 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:27.259 is faithful and loyal 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:30.299 and will do what he says he will do. 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:34.240 That's the trust, the confidence that he has. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:37.840 And we know from history, 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:41.240 about three years after Daniel read this 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:42.480 and prayed this prayer, 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:45.120 when the 70 years were up, 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:49.139 God's people were allowed to return home, 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:50.980 back to Jerusalem, 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:53.180 to settle in their own land. 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:56.840 God did keep his promise. 00:09:59.220 --> 00:10:01.779 And what I want us to grasp is this, 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:05.100 that this is the same promise keeping God 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:08.720 that we know and that we have access to. 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:13.379 God has plans to prosper us. 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:17.820 God has plans not to harm us. 00:10:18.420 --> 00:10:21.980 God has plans to give us a hope and a future. 00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:24.759 So what are those plans? 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:30.160 Are we somehow to return to the land like Daniel did? 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.860 Well, no, in the full story of Scripture, 00:10:33.860 --> 00:10:37.279 we know that this plan for a future and a hope 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:40.039 is so much more and so much greater. 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:42.299 Turn with me. 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.199 Keep your finger in Daniel 9 00:10:44.199 --> 00:10:46.819 and go forward to 1 Peter. 00:10:46.819 --> 00:10:49.600 It's on page 1217. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:54.779 It's on page 1217. 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.840 1 Peter, chapter 1. 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:07.180 Verse 1. 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:09.960 It's on page 1217. 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:14.080 And here we read these words. 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.280 Peter actually picks up this theme of exile. 00:11:19.180 --> 00:11:20.200 And he says, 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:22.139 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, 00:11:22.540 --> 00:11:23.620 to God's elect, 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:24.940 this is God's people, 00:11:25.660 --> 00:11:29.120 strangers in the world 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.460 who've been scattered. 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:34.400 So God's people have been scattered 00:11:34.400 --> 00:11:35.460 throughout the world 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:37.580 and they feel like strangers. 00:11:37.860 --> 00:11:38.820 They're in exile. 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:41.379 And then look what he goes on to tell them. 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:42.120 Verse 3. 00:11:43.260 --> 00:11:45.020 Praise be to the God and Father 00:11:45.020 --> 00:11:46.340 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:47.720 In his great mercy, 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.020 he has given us new birth 00:11:49.020 --> 00:11:49.940 into a living hope 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:51.120 through the resurrection 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.760 of Jesus Christ from the dead 00:11:52.760 --> 00:11:54.860 and into an inheritance 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:56.860 that can never perish, 00:11:57.260 --> 00:11:58.300 spoil or fade, 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.400 kept in heaven for you. 00:12:02.280 --> 00:12:03.420 Who through faith 00:12:03.420 --> 00:12:05.500 are shielded by God's power 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:08.180 until the coming of salvation 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:10.179 that is ready to be revealed 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:12.359 in the last time. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.839 This is God's plan for you. 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:19.459 This is God's promise for you. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.500 He will come and gather up those 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.739 who have been scattered, 00:12:24.239 --> 00:12:25.779 who do not feel at home 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:28.819 and are longing for their eternal home. 00:12:29.859 --> 00:12:31.019 God has promised 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:32.019 promised 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:33.379 and God will deliver 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:34.860 on his promise. 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.840 So first we have 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.220 the promise of God, 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:39.799 restoration. 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.199 Second, 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.659 the prayer to God 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:45.399 which is all about 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.019 confession 00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:47.720 and reputation. 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.899 God has made the promise 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:51.299 to restore his people. 00:12:51.699 --> 00:12:53.319 He is going to bring them home. 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:55.700 But to experience 00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:57.600 this, 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:59.620 we've got to listen carefully 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.780 to Daniel's prayer. 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:02.000 It starts, 00:13:02.140 --> 00:13:02.740 first of all, 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:05.200 with confession of sin. 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:07.460 Daniel 9 verse 5. 00:13:08.760 --> 00:13:09.960 Listen to his prayer. 00:13:10.520 --> 00:13:11.740 We have sinned 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:13.140 and done wrong. 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.600 We have been wicked 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:15.720 and have rebelled. 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:16.700 We have turned away 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:17.660 from your commands 00:13:17.660 --> 00:13:18.380 and laws. 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:20.419 We have not listened 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:22.120 to your servants, 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:22.740 the prophets, 00:13:23.559 --> 00:13:25.580 who spoke in your name 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.580 to our kings, 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:28.519 our princes and our fathers 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:30.559 and to all the people 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.740 of the land. 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:34.659 Do you see what's going on here? 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:36.659 Before there can be 00:13:36.659 --> 00:13:37.639 restoration, 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.820 there must be 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:41.559 confession. 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:44.419 Before restoration, 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:46.240 there must be 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.820 confession. 00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:48.240 You see, 00:13:48.300 --> 00:13:49.240 the reason why 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:50.320 they were in captivity 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:51.640 in the first place 00:13:51.640 --> 00:13:53.620 is because of their sin. 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.820 Look at verse 7. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:55.540 Lord, 00:13:55.780 --> 00:13:57.080 you are righteous, 00:13:57.560 --> 00:13:58.560 but this day 00:13:58.560 --> 00:13:59.280 we are covered 00:13:59.280 --> 00:13:59.980 with shame. 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.100 The men of Judah, 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:02.200 the people of Jerusalem 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:03.100 and all Israel, 00:14:03.400 --> 00:14:04.480 both near and far, 00:14:04.760 --> 00:14:05.900 in all the countries 00:14:05.900 --> 00:14:07.300 where you have scattered us, 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.460 because of 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:10.360 our 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:11.740 unfaithfulness 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:12.900 to you. 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:14.560 Yes, 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.140 it's true, 00:14:15.280 --> 00:14:16.040 Nebuchadnezzar, 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.360 the king of the Babylonians, 00:14:17.579 --> 00:14:18.719 had come and defeated 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.539 God's people 00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:20.559 and destroyed 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.419 God's temple. 00:14:21.819 --> 00:14:22.919 But the reason 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:24.379 why this happened 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:26.299 was because of their sin. 00:14:26.939 --> 00:14:28.099 The reason why 00:14:28.099 --> 00:14:29.219 they are not at home 00:14:29.219 --> 00:14:30.059 presently 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:31.279 is because they had 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.659 turned away from God 00:14:32.659 --> 00:14:33.879 and did not 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:35.019 listen to God. 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:39.879 So before you 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.740 and I can experience 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:43.120 restoration, 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.240 we must take 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.120 responsibility 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.600 for our action. 00:14:50.699 --> 00:14:51.079 Daniel, 00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:51.939 through the prayer, 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:52.600 is pleading 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.960 that we take ownership 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:55.740 for what we have done. 00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:58.360 Regret 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:59.860 is not enough. 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:02.279 This is not a prayer 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.079 of regret. 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.280 Regret simply means 00:15:05.280 --> 00:15:06.980 feeling sorry for yourself. 00:15:07.300 --> 00:15:08.900 There's no heart change. 00:15:09.660 --> 00:15:10.500 Repentance 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:11.800 is what is required. 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:13.300 Repentance 00:15:13.300 --> 00:15:14.020 owns 00:15:14.020 --> 00:15:15.240 our behaviour 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:16.800 and longs 00:15:16.800 --> 00:15:17.900 for God's mercy 00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:19.360 and looks to him 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:20.160 to change 00:15:20.160 --> 00:15:21.160 our heart. 00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.759 Verse 15. 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.139 Now, 00:15:25.580 --> 00:15:26.259 O Lord, 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.399 our God, 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.419 who brought 00:15:28.419 --> 00:15:29.059 your people 00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:30.000 out of Egypt 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.419 with a mighty hand 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:33.279 and who made 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:33.899 for yourself 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.399 a name 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.120 that endures 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.879 to this day, 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.319 we have sinned. 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.620 We 00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:42.240 have done wrong. 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.439 O Lord, 00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:44.980 in keeping 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.779 with all 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.620 your righteous 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.399 acts, 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.500 turn away 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.220 your anger 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:51.840 and your wrath 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:53.120 from Jerusalem, 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.420 your city, 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.420 your holy hill. 00:15:58.540 --> 00:15:59.620 There must be 00:15:59.620 --> 00:16:00.139 confession 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:02.620 and it's no 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.560 different for you 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.259 or I. 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.019 If we are to 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.800 experience 00:16:06.800 --> 00:16:07.940 God's restoration 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:09.740 in our lives, 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:11.639 we've got to 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.639 face up to 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.500 our sin. 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.700 Sin is too 00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:16.420 serious. 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:18.159 It can't 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:19.120 be ignored. 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.279 We can't 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.059 pretend it's 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.779 not there. 00:16:23.479 --> 00:16:24.019 And Daniel 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.599 was saying 00:16:24.599 --> 00:16:25.339 to the people 00:16:25.339 --> 00:16:25.899 and he's 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.819 saying to us 00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:27.579 and God 00:16:27.579 --> 00:16:28.000 is saying 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.439 to us, 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.199 there is 00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:30.399 no moving 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.039 on. 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.899 There is 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.699 no going 00:16:33.699 --> 00:16:34.500 home. 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:35.839 There is 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:37.019 no restoration 00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:38.740 until it 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.240 is dealt 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.620 with. 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.379 But not 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.860 only must 00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.580 we confess 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:46.360 our own 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.700 sin. 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.340 Part of 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:48.899 this also 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:49.480 means that 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.039 we go on 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.480 to seek 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.360 the reputation 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.680 of God. 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.039 Look at 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.820 verse 17. 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.000 Now, 00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.340 our God, 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.379 hear the 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.899 prayers and 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.620 petitions of 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.240 your servant. 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.779 For your 00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.220 sake, 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:04.839 O Lord, 00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:05.660 look with 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.380 favour on 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:07.200 your desolate 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.980 sanctuary. 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.839 Give ear, 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.740 O God, 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.660 and hear. 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:12.880 Open your 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.539 eyes and 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.059 see the 00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:14.779 desolation 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.279 of the 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.539 city that 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:18.399 bears your 00:17:18.399 --> 00:17:19.279 name. 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.960 This is 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.879 your city, 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.159 your people. 00:17:25.179 --> 00:17:25.779 God was 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:26.980 so involved 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.399 with his 00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:27.859 people, 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.879 he loved 00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.700 and treasured 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.240 his people 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.919 so much, 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.599 he had 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.419 given them 00:17:32.419 --> 00:17:33.259 his own 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.079 name. 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.299 His 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.299 reputation 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.539 was wrapped 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.299 up in the 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:39.339 lives of 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.119 these people. 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:41.500 God 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.519 and the 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:41.839 God 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.939 was 00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:43.539 involved 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:45.459 in the 00:17:45.459 --> 00:17:45.899 God 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.459 whom 00:17:46.459 --> 00:17:46.619 they 00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:46.839 said 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.000 they 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.379 followed. 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.459 God 00:17:48.459 --> 00:17:48.699 was 00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.559 involved 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.259 intimately 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.919 with them. 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.639 But the 00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:52.539 problem is 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.339 they had 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.139 dragged the 00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.539 name, 00:17:54.679 --> 00:17:55.439 the reputation 00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.119 of God 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.219 through the 00:17:57.219 --> 00:17:57.559 mud. 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.959 Just back 00:17:58.959 --> 00:17:59.399 up a little 00:17:59.399 --> 00:18:00.019 bit to the 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.559 end of 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.439 verse 16, 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.939 the second 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.479 half of 00:18:03.479 --> 00:18:04.259 verse 16. 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.359 He says 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.319 our sins 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.059 and the 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.779 iniquities 00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.440 of our 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.099 fathers 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:10.079 have made 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.720 Jerusalem 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.680 and your 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.319 people 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.519 an object 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.119 of scorn 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:14.680 to all 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.460 those around 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:15.960 us. 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.259 God 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.720 had become 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.440 a joke. 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.579 No one 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.119 was taking 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.559 God 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.400 seriously 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.279 because they 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:22.940 didn't care 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.299 for the 00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.879 reputation 00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.500 of God. 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.059 They were 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.559 living as 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.460 they pleased. 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:31.240 If God's 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:31.839 people were 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.279 going to 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.039 experience 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.779 anything 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.559 of God's 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.240 restoration, 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.559 that had 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.440 to change. 00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.879 Verse 19, 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.519 O Lord, 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.059 listen, 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.059 O Lord, 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.639 forgive, 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:43.940 O Lord, 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.920 hear and 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.799 act for 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.599 your sake. 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.399 O my 00:18:47.399 --> 00:18:47.720 God, 00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.440 do not 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:48.920 delay 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.339 because 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:51.539 your city 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.859 and your 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.440 people 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.259 bear 00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.500 your name. 00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:59.079 This is 00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.379 about 00:18:59.379 --> 00:19:00.399 transformation. 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.460 And what 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.220 about us? 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:08.039 What about 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.220 this reputation 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.799 of God 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.680 being restored 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.120 in our 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.620 lives? 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.600 Well, 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:15.180 when Jesus 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:16.480 died on 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.140 the cross, 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:19.620 he exchanged 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.840 names 00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.980 with us. 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.680 He took 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.880 my name 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.539 and in 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.200 its place 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.740 he gave 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.620 us his 00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:28.980 name. 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:31.339 and because 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.259 we now 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.079 bear his 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.559 name, 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.240 we can 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.259 enter in. 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.259 That name, 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.980 the name 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.759 of Jesus 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.640 on our 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.079 lives, 00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.960 guarantees 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.900 our future 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.380 hope. 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.339 It gives 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:45.039 us access 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.599 to our 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.019 eternal 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.420 home. 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.039 It gives 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.680 us access 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.200 to our 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.559 heavenly 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.099 father. 00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.819 It gives 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.220 us the 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:50.759 confidence 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.220 and the 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.680 assurance 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.339 to come 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:52.799 to him. 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.000 Christ 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.079 took our 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.660 sinful 00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.579 reputation 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.599 so that 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.240 we might 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.879 gain his 00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.659 perfect 00:19:59.659 --> 00:20:00.480 reputation. 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.779 He gave 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.179 us his 00:20:03.179 --> 00:20:03.879 name so 00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.220 that we 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.699 would live 00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.279 for God 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.679 in this 00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.079 world, 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.819 so that 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.460 people who 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.859 look at 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.220 us and 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.799 see us 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.419 would be 00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.500 drawn towards 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.919 the love 00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.199 and the 00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:11.740 beauty of 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.539 God and 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.240 experience 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.079 his 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.679 restoration 00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:16.179 in their 00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:16.819 lives. 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.799 Before 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.899 there is 00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.619 restoration, 00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.799 there must 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.639 be confession 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:27.240 and a 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.560 seeking 00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.180 after the 00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.800 reputation 00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:29.440 of God. 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.140 So God 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.560 has given 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.320 his promise, 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.240 Daniel has 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.080 responded in 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:37.480 prayer, 00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.540 and third, 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.360 God gives 00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.220 his answer. 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.600 Look at 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.640 verse 23. 00:20:48.780 --> 00:20:49.740 As soon 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.040 as you 00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:50.759 began to 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.140 pray, 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.420 an answer 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.020 was given 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:55.680 which I 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.019 have come 00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.500 to tell 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.660 you, 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.119 for you 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.779 are highly 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.339 esteemed, 00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.799 which means 00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.400 you are 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.099 treasured, 00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:00.420 you are 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:00.879 loved, 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.660 my child. 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.619 I will 00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.460 answer you. 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.220 Therefore, 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.200 consider the 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.700 message and 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:09.079 understand the 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.420 vision. 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.579 So here's 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.460 God's answer 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.299 to Daniel's 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.639 prayer, 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.059 and it's not 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.599 straightforward, 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.819 it comes by 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.319 way of a 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.559 vision, 00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.139 and as we've 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.619 been seeing 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:18.980 over the 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.420 last few 00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.680 weeks, 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.519 when Daniel 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.940 has a 00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.200 vision, 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.279 it's really 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.559 not 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.059 straightforward, 00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.599 it's a 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.399 bit complicated, 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:24.779 and we're 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:24.980 going to 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.319 get into 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.579 a whole 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.879 lot of 00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.619 numbers here, 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.480 but we'll 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.180 explain that 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.759 in just a 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.039 minute. 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.639 But what I 00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.160 want us to 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.799 focus on 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.359 here is, 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.079 God's 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.879 answer is 00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.660 full of 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.680 expectation, 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.799 of hope, 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.539 of a 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.980 future. 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.559 Look at 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.399 verse 24, 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.139 here's how 00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.700 the answer 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.379 starts. 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:46.000 77s are 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.779 decreed for 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.579 your people. 00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.000 77s. 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.920 I thought 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.440 we were in 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.779 church, 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.259 not in 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.720 school. 00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.640 What are 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:54.940 we to 00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.360 make of 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.620 77s? 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.500 Well, 00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.980 here's my 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.420 take and 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.299 my understanding 00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.740 of it, 00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.600 and I 00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.240 think this 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.740 is how 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.360 most of 00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:04.660 the 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:06.019 commentators 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.799 go on 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.120 this. 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.620 We're not 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.059 to take 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.820 it literally. 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.600 We're not 00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:10.920 to take 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.519 these numbers 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.120 literally, 00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:14.019 but symbolically. 00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.660 First, 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.100 remember, 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.779 Daniel was 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.380 told that 00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.740 they would 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.820 return after 00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.939 70 years. 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.000 That 70 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.539 years was 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.079 a set 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.200 period of 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.619 time. 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.619 But here 00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.200 he's talking 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:31.039 about 77s, 00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.399 or if you 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.619 like, 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.799 70 times 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.339 7. 00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:35.059 So you 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.359 can do 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.799 the maths 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.200 on that 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.419 one. 00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.079 In other 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.319 words, 00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:37.899 this is a 00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.439 time that 00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:38.779 is going 00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.359 to last 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.460 much longer 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.179 than 70 00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:41.559 years. 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.179 It's going 00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:42.480 to go 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.279 on and 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.079 on and 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.079 on and 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.559 on. 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.759 second, 00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.039 the number 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.700 7 in 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.240 the Bible 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:54.240 represents 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:56.019 perfection 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.379 and 00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.940 completion. 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.200 So you 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.659 read some 00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:58.919 of these 00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.639 visions here 00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:01.099 and in 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.079 Revelation as 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.259 well. 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.599 Whenever 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.480 7 comes 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.679 up, 00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.960 it tends 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.440 to refer 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.599 to perfection 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.480 and completion. 00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.419 So 70 00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:10.299 times 7 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.960 means a 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.460 multiplication. 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:12.579 That means 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.259 perfection 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.539 times perfection. 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:17.000 Now we 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.500 put all 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.180 that together 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.619 and we've 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.059 got this 00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:20.079 timescale 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.899 that is 00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.740 going on 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.420 and on 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.980 and on 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.359 to which 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.859 there seems 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.559 no end. 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.359 And it 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.059 is marked 00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.299 by absolute 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.159 perfection 00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.299 and completion. 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.659 So God's 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.299 answer to 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.000 Daniel is 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.519 he's giving 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.940 him a 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.039 picture of 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.200 full and 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.920 final 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.099 restoration. 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.819 And he 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.420 begins to 00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.879 give us an 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.539 insight of 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.980 what it's 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.480 going to be 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.819 like. 00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.400 Look at 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.160 verse 24 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.680 we'll read 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.019 it all. 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.120 Seventy 00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.099 sevens are 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.819 decreed for 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.400 your people 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.240 this long 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.920 time that 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.299 goes on 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.599 and on 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.380 of perfection. 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.440 A time 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.079 decreed for 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.740 your people 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.559 and your 00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.339 holy city 00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.940 to finish 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.099 transgression, 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.539 to put an 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.660 end to 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.059 sin, 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.519 to atone 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.200 for wickedness, 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.880 to cover it 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.519 up once and 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.079 for all, 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.380 to bring in 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.079 everlasting 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.900 righteousness, 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:11.980 righteousness, 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:14.100 to seal up 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.660 vision and 00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.019 prophecy, 00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.680 that is to 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.180 bring in 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.060 fulfilment of 00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.500 all that's 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.100 been said, 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.420 and to 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.460 anoint the 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.180 most holy, 00:24:22.280 --> 00:24:22.660 God's 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.019 king. 00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.500 God's 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.259 answer to 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:31.140 Daniel is 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.920 so much 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.600 more than 00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.600 Daniel expected. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:36.639 Daniel just 00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.159 wanted to 00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:38.459 go home to 00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:39.179 his earthly 00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.899 city in 00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.359 Jerusalem, 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.419 just down 00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:42.019 the road. 00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.500 That was 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.059 what he was 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.779 praying for. 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.879 God's 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.439 answer to 00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:48.459 Daniel is 00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:49.000 a promise 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.419 that is 00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:49.980 bigger and 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.519 greater than 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.799 he could 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.539 ever imagine. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.719 This was 00:24:52.719 --> 00:24:53.240 full and 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.339 final restoration 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.459 in not an 00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.759 earthly city, 00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.219 but an 00:24:57.219 --> 00:24:58.399 eternal city. 00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.639 Sin and 00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.679 suffering free, 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.500 where there 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.099 would be the 00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.179 end of sin, 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.819 where there 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.240 would be 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.059 everlasting 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.919 righteousness. 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.019 This is the 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.619 answer that 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.399 God gives. 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.419 And what we 00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:12.879 see in the 00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.319 rest of 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.319 chapter 9 is 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.779 that this 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.859 answer is 00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.659 expanded in 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.579 three ways. 00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.059 So he fills 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.579 out this 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.599 answer in 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.319 three ways. 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:24.099 First, he 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.899 shows us 00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:26.099 what it's 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.579 going to be 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.099 like, what 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.460 this home is 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.039 going to be 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.439 like. 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.960 Look at 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.879 verse 25. 00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:33.700 No one 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.720 understand this. 00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.280 From the 00:25:36.280 --> 00:25:36.980 issuing of 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.620 the decree 00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:39.420 to restore 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.280 and rebuild 00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:40.940 Jerusalem 00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:42.200 until the 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.000 anointed one, 00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.020 the ruler, 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.820 comes, 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.920 there will be 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.060 seven sevens 00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:48.340 and sixty-two 00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.200 sevens. 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.420 Now again, I 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.940 don't want us to 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.040 get caught up in 00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.900 numbers here, 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.340 but simply to 00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.000 see this as 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.960 periods of 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.480 time. 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:58.920 seven sevens 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.720 refers to the 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.140 time when 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.039 Daniel and 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.940 God's people 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.579 return home to 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.400 build the 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.779 temple. 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.299 They're going 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.140 to be brought 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.680 back from 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.680 exile to their 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.200 homeland. 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.000 And that 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.099 initial time is 00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.599 going to be a 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.380 time of peace 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.200 and security, 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.339 joy and 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.799 happiness. 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.599 The people 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.200 will settle 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.559 and they'll 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.140 begin to 00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.620 rebuild, 00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.539 but it will 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.160 be a limited 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.740 time. 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.799 Because God 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.559 wants them to 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.360 understand that 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.259 while God is 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.939 bringing them 00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.699 restoration, 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.919 it is only 00:26:28.919 --> 00:26:29.679 partial 00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.519 restoration. 00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.459 It's only a 00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.299 taste of what 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.019 is to come. 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.299 In other words, 00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.240 the return from 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.119 exile to their 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:38.359 homeland is just 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.259 a picture of 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.979 the final 00:26:39.979 --> 00:26:41.019 restoration that 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.699 is to come. 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.519 It's like the 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:45.000 starter before 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.579 the main 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.099 course. 00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.419 It's the 00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.359 crumbs before 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.959 the big 00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:49.459 meal. 00:26:51.219 --> 00:26:51.819 And it's 00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.599 exactly the 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.399 same for us. 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.439 God is giving 00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:55.219 us an insight 00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.620 to say, 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.180 when you 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.779 turn to 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.360 Christ, 00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.779 that is 00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.220 only the 00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.920 beginnings. 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.019 It is only 00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.819 the taste 00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.660 of what is 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.140 to come. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.860 The new 00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.380 life that 00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.759 you have 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:06.579 now is 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.120 nothing 00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.180 compared to 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.960 the eternal 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.880 life and 00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.640 the blessings 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.279 that are to 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.360 come in the 00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.799 future. 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.500 So he 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.100 begins to 00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.559 give us a 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.480 picture of 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.960 what it will 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.480 be like. 00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:19.880 And it will 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.799 be just like 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.720 Daniel returning 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:24.160 home to his 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.840 land for 00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.400 peace and 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.980 security, 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.680 joy and 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.140 happiness. 00:27:29.060 --> 00:27:29.640 But he 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.320 also tells 00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:30.759 us what 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.660 to expect 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:33.740 while we're 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.519 waiting for 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.000 the home. 00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.460 So look at 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.320 verse 25 00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.660 again. 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.120 The end of 00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.519 it he says 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.880 there will be 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.840 seven sevens 00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:41.540 and sixty-two 00:27:41.540 --> 00:27:42.460 sevens. 00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.300 So this 00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:44.880 sixty-two 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.560 sevens is 00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.200 talking about 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.960 to another 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.680 period of 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.160 time which 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.580 is a bit 00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.000 longer. 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.720 He says it 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.039 will be 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.720 rebuilt with 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.640 streets and 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:55.880 a trench but 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:58.160 in times of 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.779 trouble. 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.259 Look at the 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.660 end of 00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.600 verse 26. 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.100 He says the 00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.819 end will come 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.640 like a flood. 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.740 War will 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.759 continue until 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.900 the end and 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.920 desolations, 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.140 trouble, have 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.860 been decreed. 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.799 So this 00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:15.079 sixty-two 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.799 sevens is 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.700 referring to a 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:18.000 time which 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.660 follows the 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.279 return to 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.599 exile right 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.180 into the 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.619 future. 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.039 And he's 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.799 telling us that 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.500 it's not going 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.079 to be an 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.059 easy time. 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.619 Look at 00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.720 verse 26. 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.759 After the 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.379 sixty-two 00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.059 sevens the 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.139 anointed one 00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.259 will be cut 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.480 off. 00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.180 The anointed 00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.759 one was 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.799 Jesus Christ, 00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.740 the one to 00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.099 come. 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.180 He will be 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.240 rejected and 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.759 ignored. 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.379 He will be 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.960 crucified. 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.559 But that's 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.119 not just going 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.680 to happen to 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.059 Jesus. 00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.420 God's people 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.240 will continue 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.920 to live in 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.500 times of 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.879 trouble. 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.820 war. 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.420 There will 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.240 be continued 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.520 opposition in 00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:54.180 persecution. 00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.560 In other 00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:56.160 words, he's 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.080 telling Daniel 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.560 and us 00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.900 that we are 00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.580 to have a 00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.040 measured 00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:02.580 expectation. 00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.560 A measured 00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.240 expectation. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.600 Don't get 00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.040 ahead of 00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.780 ourselves too 00:29:07.780 --> 00:29:08.140 quickly. 00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.080 Don't think 00:29:09.080 --> 00:29:09.580 that just 00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.280 because we've 00:29:10.280 --> 00:29:11.160 become Christians 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.140 that all of a 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.520 sudden we're 00:29:12.520 --> 00:29:12.860 going to get 00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.600 all the future 00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.560 blessings right 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.360 here, right 00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:15.740 now. 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.680 That is not 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.280 the case. 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.940 He's saying 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.480 we are to 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.220 prepare for 00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.220 suffering now 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:24.500 and glory 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.399 later. 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.339 We are to 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.019 prepare for 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.960 suffering now 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:31.440 and glory 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.339 later. 00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.819 So he shows 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.399 us what to 00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.980 expect. 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.279 And third, 00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.920 he shows us 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.680 what's going 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.759 to happen 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.920 at the very 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.559 end. 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.579 let's read 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.940 verse 27 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.379 and again 00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.759 we'll just 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.339 pick out the 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.899 main things 00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.179 here and 00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:47.619 not get 00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.519 too caught 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.960 up in the 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.240 minute detail. 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.500 He, 00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.759 verse 27, 00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.539 so here it's 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.359 talking about 00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:55.460 an enemy 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.159 of God. 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.919 He will 00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.700 confirm a 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.359 covenant with 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.240 many people. 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.200 So he's going 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.859 to bring many 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:03.039 people to 00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.700 himself. 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.819 For one 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.619 seven, this 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.240 period of 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.579 time. 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.819 In the middle 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.339 of the seven 00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.879 he will put 00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.379 an end to 00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.759 sacrifice and 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.179 offering. 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.740 So he's going 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.779 to be opposed 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.759 to all that 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.460 God does. 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.779 And on the 00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.259 wing of the 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.759 temple he 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.380 will set up 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.680 an abomination 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.420 that causes 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.339 desolation 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:22.420 until the 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.420 end that 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.440 is decreed 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.500 is poured 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.220 out on 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.519 him. 00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.880 Now I 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.319 think this 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.980 one seven 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.720 refers to 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.259 the time 00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.579 at the 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.339 very end 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.700 just before 00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:35.059 Christ returns. 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.200 And up 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.940 until that 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.380 time, 00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.160 until Christ 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.720 returns, 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.500 there's going 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.839 to be 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.359 hatred 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:42.000 towards 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.519 God. 00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.339 There 00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.740 will be 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.399 an enemy 00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.819 and there 00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.339 is an 00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.679 enemy 00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.519 that is 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.039 against 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.419 God 00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.979 and against 00:30:47.979 --> 00:30:48.659 his people. 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.299 But look 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.579 what it 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.039 tells us 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.259 at the 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.740 very end 00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.039 of verse 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.759 27. 00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.259 Until 00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.459 the end 00:30:54.459 --> 00:30:55.279 that is 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.059 decreed 00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.059 is poured 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.099 out on 00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.479 him. 00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.219 So God 00:31:01.219 --> 00:31:01.699 is telling 00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.159 us that 00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.659 there is a 00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.219 specified 00:31:03.219 --> 00:31:04.939 time that 00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.279 has been 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.059 set in 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.779 God's 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.279 calendar 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.920 time that 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.660 will 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.660 God's 00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.200 ultimate 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.819 enemy, 00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.420 Satan 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.220 himself, 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.980 will be 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.700 destroyed 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.019 once and 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.740 for all. 00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:17.099 That time 00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.599 has been 00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.519 decreed. 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.059 That end 00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:20.899 will come. 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:21.960 The enemy 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.420 will be 00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.920 destroyed 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.700 once and 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.259 for all 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.500 and God's 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.160 people will 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.220 enjoy full 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.960 and final 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.700 restoration 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.680 at that 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.079 time. 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:33.199 God 00:31:33.199 --> 00:31:33.679 gives us 00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.199 a picture, 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.879 a glimpse 00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.519 of you 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.819 into what 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.179 is to 00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.539 come. 00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.939 So all 00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.500 the troubles 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.919 that we 00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.559 see around 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.199 us today, 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.019 all the 00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.579 troubles that 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.179 we may be 00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.079 in today 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.439 and that 00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:45.319 we experience 00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.000 today, 00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.079 God says 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.439 you will 00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:48.099 walk through 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.399 them. 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.039 But I 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.359 will be 00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.859 with you 00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.939 and I 00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.379 am bringing 00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:54.099 you towards 00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.740 a final 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.259 end 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.199 when the 00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:57.740 enemy and 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.240 all his 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.819 opposition 00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.259 will be 00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.099 destroyed 00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.779 and his 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.220 end will 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.579 come. 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.639 Do you 00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.960 see what 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.679 Daniel prayed 00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:09.119 for in 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.439 all of 00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.740 this? 00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.539 He was 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.119 praying for 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.519 something 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.419 really small. 00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:15.099 I just 00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.539 want to go 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.980 home, 00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:16.980 home to 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.559 my land. 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.819 And God 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.519 answered his 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.279 prayer by 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.079 giving him 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.179 something so 00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:25.279 much greater 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.379 and superior, 00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.819 an eternal 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.279 home. 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.960 our true 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.359 home. 00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.679 And we 00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.079 are to 00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.759 pray this 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.259 big 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.819 prayer, 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.539 these 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.119 eternal 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.779 things in 00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.379 mind, 00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.079 that God 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.559 would come 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.439 and restore 00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.799 people today 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.259 and restore 00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.539 people for 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.259 an eternal 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.500 future to 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.819 come. 00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:49.159 God 00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:50.359 as we 00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.899 finish, 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.759 go with 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.259 me please 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.720 to 1 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.059 Peter 00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.500 again. 00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.839 It's on 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.159 page 00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:59.039 1217. 00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.259 1 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.659 Peter. 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.039 And let's 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.599 just read 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.200 these few 00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.619 verses 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:09.339 by way of 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.960 reflection, 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.779 by way of 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.539 meditation. 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:11.619 salvation. 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.759 This is 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.420 what is 00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.779 ours in 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.299 Christ. 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.539 Let me 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.019 read from 00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.740 verse 3 00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:24.879 and just 00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.619 follow along 00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.940 and be 00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:28.119 amazed at 00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.500 what we 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.000 have, 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.619 what we 00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.019 have to 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.539 face, 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.159 and what 00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.500 is to 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.799 come. 00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.339 praise be 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.720 to the 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.159 God and 00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.720 Father of 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.099 our Lord 00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.419 Jesus 00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:37.980 Christ. 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.379 In his 00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.059 great mercy 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.440 he has 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:40.879 given us 00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.559 new birth 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:43.019 into a 00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.579 living hope 00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.000 through the 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.480 resurrection 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.119 of Jesus 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.839 Christ from 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.279 the dead 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.839 and into 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.579 an inheritance 00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:50.319 that can 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.079 never perish, 00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.759 spoil or 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.139 fade, 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.500 kept in 00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:56.599 heaven for 00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.000 you. 00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.119 Who 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.139 through faith 00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:01.919 are shielded 00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.619 by God's 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.599 power until 00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.980 the coming 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.399 of that 00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.019 salvation 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.139 that is 00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.719 ready to 00:34:07.719 --> 00:34:08.360 be revealed 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.019 in the 00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.699 last time. 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.579 In 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.059 this 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.579 you 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.199 greatly 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.940 rejoice, 00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.319 though now 00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.839 for a little 00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:18.440 while you 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.000 have had to 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.659 suffer grief 00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.079 in all 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.619 kinds of 00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.000 trials. 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.679 These have 00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.219 come so 00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.559 that your 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.500 faith of 00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.199 greater worth 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.659 than gold, 00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.519 which perishes 00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.420 even though 00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.199 refined by 00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.679 fire, 00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.980 may be 00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.319 proved 00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.860 genuine 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:32.119 and may 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.799 result in 00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.380 praise, 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.980 glory and 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.559 honour when 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.519 Jesus Christ 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.460 is revealed. 00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:40.079 Though you 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.559 have not 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.179 seen him, 00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.500 you love 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.819 him, 00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.739 and though 00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.380 you do not 00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.880 see him 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.239 now, 00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.659 you believe 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.199 in him 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.480 and are 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.400 filled with 00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.759 an inexpressible 00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.860 and glorious 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.460 joy, 00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.460 for you 00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.719 are receiving 00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.219 the goal 00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.579 of your 00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:58.980 faith, 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.339 the salvation 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.440 salvation 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.980 of your 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.440 souls. 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.720 Let's 00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.000 pray. 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.320 Let's 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.500 pray. 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.180 Our 00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.780 Father God, 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.660 we pray that 00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:21.240 you would 00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:23.400 expand 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.440 our vision, 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:28.039 not to 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.579 be so 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.840 confined to 00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.599 our little 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.480 lives in 00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.059 this little 00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.960 space and 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.720 time right 00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.000 here, 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.679 right now, 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.700 but you 00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.360 would expand 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.920 our vision 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.720 to see the 00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.519 grand and 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.980 great 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.840 restoration 00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:45.079 that you 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.860 are bringing 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.300 about 00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:48.760 and that you 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.320 will one day 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:50.240 bring to its 00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.119 full and final 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.760 conclusion. 00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:54.440 until that 00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.800 day, 00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:57.080 Father, 00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.660 would you do 00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.320 your work in 00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.960 our lives? 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.540 Would you 00:36:00.540 --> 00:36:01.520 cause people, 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.240 our community 00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:05.340 and ourselves 00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:06.180 as well to be 00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:06.720 people of 00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.300 confession, 00:36:08.520 --> 00:36:09.200 seeking your 00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.920 reputation? 00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.680 And we 00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.160 pray that 00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.740 people will 00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.320 know the 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:16.260 restoration that 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.020 you alone can 00:36:17.020 --> 00:36:18.700 bring of 00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.440 new life, 00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:21.320 forgiveness of 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.840 all of our 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.320 sins, 00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:24.140 the promise 00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:24.480 of your 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.120 spirit, 00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:27.420 of life to 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:29.019 come in 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.380 the new 00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.900 heaven and 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.240 the new 00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.559 earth. 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.740 We thank 00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.420 you for all 00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.720 that you 00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.160 have given 00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.780 to us. 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.059 We thank 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.320 you for 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.980 this wonderful 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.500 plan, 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.000 a plan not 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.519 to harm 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.960 us, 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.160 a plan not 00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:42.860 to do us 00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:44.680 any difficulty, 00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.480 a plan to 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.240 prosper us 00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.680 and give us 00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.740 hope and a 00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.100 future. 00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:51.000 thank you 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.360 Lord. 00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.860 Amen.