1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 up to the book of Daniel chapter nine. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,240 We'll be there for just a second. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,240 Daniel chapter nine. 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,240 And you'll remember where we were last week. 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,640 If you missed last week, you're gonna need to go 6 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,440 on our website and watch that because 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,360 we had a very complicated chart up here 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:20,400 but I've already erased it. 9 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,160 So you can find that chart online. 10 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,560 But we were basically talking about how the next thing 11 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,000 in the eschatological timeline, 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,320 according to dispensationalism, was the tribulation. 13 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,200 And we said that there's this idea 14 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,440 of the seven year tribulation and that came 15 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,000 from the book of, church? 16 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,120 Daniel, right? 17 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,520 Daniel chapter nine. 18 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,520 And we learned about these 70 weeks 19 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,400 that aren't really weeks, it's just seven periods of time. 20 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:50,680 And so we went through that entire complicated timeline 21 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,400 of what they said is gonna happen 22 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,400 and then we offered some critiques about maybe 23 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,120 why that doesn't line up the best. 24 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,960 But it is at least one interpretation. 25 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,320 So at the end of last week though, 26 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,400 you'll remember I was saying maybe there's a better approach 27 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,640 or at least an alternative approach, right? 28 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,560 We were saying, well, what if rather than 29 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,840 interpreting these 70 weeks chronologically, 30 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,320 they're meant to be interpreted theologically. 31 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:18,040 And what did we talk about the theological significance 32 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,680 of the 70 and the seven and this time of renewal 33 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,120 and fulfillment, anybody remember what it was? 34 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,480 The jubilee, right? 35 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,160 And we were saying that there's this time of the jubilee 36 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,840 where slaves were freed and people's properties 37 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,480 was restored and it became this symbol 38 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,040 of the Lord's ultimate redemption that was to come 39 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:39,040 in the Messiah. 40 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,840 And then we saw when the Messiah did come 41 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,000 and he starts reading in the temple, 42 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,640 he just happened, just happened to open up to Isaiah 43 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,040 and read the passage about pronouncing the year 44 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,120 the Lord's favor, which we said was actually 45 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,560 a reference to what? 46 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:55,760 The jubilee. 47 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,840 And so Jesus was saying that the year 48 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,880 the Lord's jubilee or the time of the Lord's jubilee 49 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,800 has come with him. 50 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,560 He's going to free the captives. 51 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,160 He's going to deliver us from sin. 52 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,320 He's going to bring in the abundance of blessing 53 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,360 and that this timeline was actually 54 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,560 pointing to that fulfillment. 55 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,320 And so I said, OK, well, let's just chart this out 56 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:17,480 in an easier way. 57 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,840 So if you have your chart, your timeline, here's what we'll do. 58 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,680 We'll plot some points on it real quick 59 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,360 and then we're going to say, OK, does this mesh with scripture? 60 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,000 And then we're going to go to another fun book of the Bible 61 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,080 and a very easy passage to look at there. 62 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,440 So if we're looking at this timeline 63 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,400 and we say this whole thing represents the 70 weeks, 64 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,560 it would start with the decree of Cyrus. 65 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,600 You remember we talked about that last week. 66 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:47,720 So the decree of Cyrus and that took place in 538. 67 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,440 He was the one who issued this decree that 68 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,000 was said that the Jews could leave and they could go rebuild 69 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,040 the city of Jerusalem and the temple specifically 70 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,720 and how the two go together. 71 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,760 So decree of Cyrus and then you've got the 69 weeks that 72 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,680 passed according to Daniel chapter 9. 73 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:10,920 And then you come to this very interesting point here. 74 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:16,440 69 weeks end with the baptism of Jesus. 75 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:17,720 We'll get into that in a second. 76 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,320 We're just plotting points right now, OK? 77 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:20,920 So stick with me. 78 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,040 All right, next up, you've got, what do you think 79 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,200 the cross represents? 80 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,560 Yeah, yeah, death of Jesus. 81 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,160 OK, that was the give me, folks. 82 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,720 We're going to have a rough night. 83 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,040 So death of Jesus we have here. 84 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:40,880 And then this whole, you've got this little section here. 85 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:47,200 This is going to represent the first half of the 70th week. 86 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,080 Because you remember it talks about after 69 weeks, 87 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,880 there's one week left, the 70th week. 88 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,320 But that week was split in half. 89 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,120 So you have that. 90 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:01,440 This whole thing here represents the 70th week. 91 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,440 And then right here, this midpoint kind of, 92 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,080 it's not really a midpoint, but I just plotted it there, 93 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,640 is the year AD 70. 94 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:09,880 Come back to that. 95 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:15,200 Then you've got the second half of the 70th week. 96 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:23,720 And then what do you think happens here at the very end? 97 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:24,480 Jesus, come back. 98 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,520 That's right, yeah. 99 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,880 Come Lord Jesus, come quickly. 100 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:32,040 Jesus comes back, running out of room. 101 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,240 OK, so it looks like we plotted a lot of stuff there. 102 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,400 But honestly, that's far less complicated than last week. 103 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,720 Can we all agree on that? 104 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,920 It's pretty easy, pretty straightforward. 105 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,560 You've got this basic timeline of events 106 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,400 that are going to happen. 107 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,800 So this comes to the question. 108 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,640 Our first question we should be asking tonight. 109 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,840 And I guess I shouldn't have closed my marker, but I did. 110 00:04:56,840 --> 00:05:03,520 Why, if we're thinking 69 weeks, 70th week begins somewhere, 111 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,960 why would it begin with the baptism of Jesus? 112 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,520 Anybody have any ideas? 113 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:16,680 Do you remember, I put them on there just in case you forgot, 114 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,200 do you remember what one of the purposes of the 70 weeks was? 115 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,360 There's something there that should pop out at you. 116 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,040 To anoint a most holy place. 117 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,360 Now, do you remember we saw that in Daniel chapter 9? 118 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,520 It was one of the first things it said at the very end 119 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,600 of verse 24. 120 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:41,920 It said, into anoint a most holy place. 121 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,640 Now, we said last week that dispensationalists would look at 122 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,600 that and they'd say, well, that could either refer to the future 123 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,320 anointing of a future temple or possibly the city of Jerusalem 124 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,160 itself. 125 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,720 People vary within that scheme. 126 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,600 So give or take. 127 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,160 But here's the question. 128 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,040 Did anyone ever anoint a temple throughout the entire Old 129 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:05,540 Testament? 130 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,880 There's not a single place in scripture where the temple was 131 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,480 ever anointed. 132 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,480 Could still be Jerusalem. 133 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,040 And most of your Bibles, if you open up to Daniel chapter 9, 134 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,880 look at the very end of verse 24, does almost everybody have 135 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,400 to anoint a most holy place? 136 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:24,960 What do you have? 137 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,520 You got something? 138 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,240 It just says a most holy. 139 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,400 Anybody else have a most holy? 140 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,160 OK, who else has a most holy place? 141 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,960 Anybody have a most holy place? 142 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,560 Yeah, we've got a couple here. 143 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:37,440 All right, perfect. 144 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,880 So it doesn't refer to a place at all. 145 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,960 It's actually in the Hebrew, which I mean, I don't even need 146 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,720 to say it because you can just read it. 147 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:53,080 But this is Kodeshim Kodesh, which Joseph means of? 148 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:57,520 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 149 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:58,680 Holies of holy. 150 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,560 But Alex did it backwards so we could fit it here. 151 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,320 So a holy of holies. 152 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,480 What it actually says, if you're looking on your sheet there, 153 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:13,000 you can put holy of holies to anoint a most holy of holies. 154 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,280 Now, this is very significant throughout the Bible, right? 155 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,000 Do you remember what the purpose of the holy of holies was? 156 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,040 Yeah, most sacred place in the temple. 157 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,200 It was the place where only the high priests could go, 158 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,200 even only one time a year. 159 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,400 And it was the place where God was said to meet with man. 160 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,520 It was the one place where God met with man was in the holy of 161 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,800 holies, right? 162 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:45,480 Well, I want to submit to you that Jesus is the true holy of 163 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:46,200 holies. 164 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,480 Now, why would I say that? 165 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,480 Well, do you remember what happened when Jesus died on the 166 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,760 cross and he breathed his last? 167 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,520 Something interesting happened in the temple. 168 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,120 Anybody remember? 169 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,000 The veil tore. 170 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,360 What that veil, what did it cover? 171 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,200 Holy of holies. 172 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,680 Block the entrance. 173 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,520 There's a whole theological significance there, right? 174 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,560 Saying that the way that was previously blocked to God has 175 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,960 been removed and a way has been made where there wasn't a way 176 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,200 and the way had been made through Jesus. 177 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,160 And actually, if you go and read Hebrews chapter 9, verses 11 178 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,120 through 28, which we won't read, it talks about how Jesus 179 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,800 through his flesh becomes the new holy of holies for us, 180 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,240 where we meet with God through Jesus. 181 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,400 And Jesus was anointed. 182 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,440 Where was he anointed? 183 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:39,200 As baptism. 184 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,520 What happened to his baptism? 185 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:43,600 He said it. 186 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,800 The Holy Spirit descended as a dove. 187 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,880 The book of Acts in Acts chapter 10, verse 38 says that 188 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:55,080 Jesus was anointed by God with the holy spirit and with power. 189 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,800 This happened that as baptism, when the holy spirit of God 190 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,240 ascended as a dove on Jesus anointing him. 191 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:05,360 So Jesus is the true holy of holies. 192 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,320 He is the anointed one who accomplishes all the six 193 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,440 purposes of the 70 weeks. 194 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,440 And I want to show you that as well, because if you just look 195 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,800 through Daniel 9, Jesus is going to fulfill all of these. 196 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,560 I mean, even in verse 26, it says that this person was cut 197 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:23,640 off from his people through his death. 198 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,120 Who does that sound like? 199 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,000 Jesus. 200 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:32,160 But think about all these purposes of the 70 weeks. 201 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,520 It says to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, 202 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,720 to atone for iniquity. 203 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,760 Did Jesus do that? 204 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:41,120 Of course he did. 205 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:41,840 His death on the cross. 206 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,080 I hope he did. 207 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,320 Otherwise, we're all believing in vain. 208 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,360 We have no hope at all. 209 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,680 Of course he did. 210 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,080 He finished transgression. 211 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,800 He put an end to sin. 212 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,200 He atoned for our iniquities through his sacrificial death 213 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:54,680 on the cross. 214 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:55,960 Well, what about number four? 215 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,680 Did he bring in everlasting righteousness? 216 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:02,760 Yeah, the Bible says, through his perfect obedience 217 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,760 and his life of obedience, he is righteous. 218 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,280 And his righteousness is reckoned to us forever 219 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,920 through faith. 220 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,440 So do you, Christian, have an everlasting righteousness? 221 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,040 Of course you do. 222 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:16,680 Did you earn it? 223 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:17,680 No. 224 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,360 It comes through Christ, through faith in Christ. 225 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,440 So there's everlasting righteousness. 226 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,160 He was anointed. 227 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,760 But that leaves number five. 228 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,320 Right? 229 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,160 What about number five? 230 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,120 To seal vision and prophet. 231 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:31,880 What does that mean? 232 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,560 Yes, the final revelation. 233 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:43,920 It means to bring revelation from God to completion. 234 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,720 You know what we read in Hebrews chapter one, verses one 235 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,120 through three? 236 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,600 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, 237 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,440 God spoke to our fathers by the prophets. 238 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,480 But, and that's very significant, 239 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:03,480 but in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son. 240 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,120 Finally, fully, complete, period, stop. 241 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:08,200 That's it. 242 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,520 There is no more revelation to come. 243 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,400 Jesus is the final and full revelation from God. 244 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,600 So in other words, we don't need to be looking and waiting 245 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,280 for more revelation to come. 246 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,360 We don't need to be waiting for some prophet to arise 247 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:22,920 to start telling us things from God. 248 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,120 We have the Bible, which is the story of the Son of God. 249 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,400 Jesus said, the entire scriptures speak of me. 250 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,040 So you don't need visions. 251 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,960 You don't need new revelation. 252 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,160 Jesus is sufficient. 253 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,920 He put an end to the revelation and it is sealed. 254 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,160 And so he's the full and final revelation from God. 255 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,760 So I want you to see that Jesus fulfills all six 256 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:50,640 of these purposes of the 70 weeks in his life and ministry. 257 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,400 And it began, this 70th week began in his baptism 258 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,640 when he was anointed by the Spirit of God. 259 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,200 And so we would say then, potentially, 260 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,600 this alternative interpretation would say that this 70th week 261 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:08,120 lasts from the entire time between Jesus' baptism 262 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,320 to Jesus' second coming. 263 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,840 And then that gets into a couple other things 264 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,400 because there's some interesting things here in Daniel, right? 265 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,720 Like, I mean, do you remember the part about where it says 266 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,680 there's a prince who was to come? 267 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:23,120 We haven't talked about that yet. 268 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,640 Who's this prince that is to come? 269 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,240 Who's going to destroy the city and the sanctuary? 270 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,440 Who brings war and desolations? 271 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,200 Because if you remember last week, 272 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,720 the dispensationalist explanation was that the prince 273 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,160 to come was the anti-Christ. 274 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,200 And he was going to make a covenant with the Jewish people. 275 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,760 And then after a time, he's going to break that covenant. 276 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,600 And then there's going to be a war and desolation. 277 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,680 Here's my question. 278 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:55,920 Is that how Jesus interpreted Daniel's vision? 279 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,160 That should be significant for us, right? 280 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,560 It matters what Jesus thinks of the scriptures 281 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:03,800 because he inspired the scriptures. 282 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,080 They're about him. 283 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,520 So my question is, is that interpretation 284 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,080 how Jesus understood Daniel to be referring to here? 285 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:20,280 And for that, we need to go to chapter. 286 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:21,960 My man, Matthew 24. 287 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,720 How to mouth that last little bit for him, but he got it. 288 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,720 So turn to Matthew 24. 289 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,200 If you have your Bibles there, we're 290 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:33,160 jumping into some very interesting things. 291 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,400 Matthew 24. 292 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,640 And there's a lot to read here and consider. 293 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,800 But I think it's good that we hear it all together. 294 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,280 I'm not going to read the whole chapter, 295 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,160 but I just want to read starting in verse 1. 296 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:52,080 So Matthew chapter 24, if you have your Bibles there, 297 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,320 we're going to need to go through some of this together. 298 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,680 It says, Jesus left the temple and was going away. 299 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,120 When his disciples came to point out to him 300 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,960 the buildings of the temple, but he answered them, 301 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:06,880 you see all these? 302 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,000 Do you not? 303 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,600 Truly I say to you, there will not be left here one stone 304 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,360 upon another that will not be thrown down. 305 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,680 What's he referring to there? 306 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:18,280 The temple. 307 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,080 They're looking at the temple, talking about the temple. 308 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,480 He says, temple's going. 309 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,280 It's going away. 310 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,320 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives, 311 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,200 the disciples came to him privately saying, 312 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,840 tell us when these things will be. 313 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:30,520 What things? 314 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,520 What did we just talk about? 315 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,960 This is immediately falling. 316 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,440 What were they just talking about? 317 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,560 The destruction of the temple. 318 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,840 And the question is, when will these things 319 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,480 be, the destruction of the temple? 320 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,400 OK, got it. 321 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,560 And what will be the sign of your coming 322 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:48,480 and of the end of the age? 323 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,160 So these are their questions they have for Jesus. 324 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,920 And Jesus answered them, see that no one leads you astray. 325 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,680 He's going to clarify some stuff. 326 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,400 For many will come in my name saying, I'm the Christ. 327 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,240 And they will lead many astray. 328 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,440 And you'll hear of wars and rumors of wars. 329 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,200 See that you are not alarmed. 330 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,320 For this must take place, but the end is not yet. 331 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,880 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom 332 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:12,840 against kingdom. 333 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,080 And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 334 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:20,560 All these things are but the beginning of the birth pains. 335 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,640 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation 336 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:23,640 and put you to death. 337 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:27,760 And you'll be hated by all nations for my namesake. 338 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,080 And then many will fall away and betray one another 339 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,720 and hate one another. 340 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,040 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 341 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,080 And because lawlessness will be increased, 342 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,520 the love of many will grow cold. 343 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,920 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 344 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,600 And this gospel of the kingdom will 345 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,440 be proclaimed throughout the whole world 346 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,920 as a testimony to all nations. 347 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,800 And then the end will come. 348 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,160 So when you see the abomination of desolation 349 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:59,440 spoken of by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place, 350 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:01,440 let the reader understand. 351 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,640 OK, so Paul's, let the reader understand. 352 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,200 Do we understand? 353 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:07,720 Are we tracking? 354 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,600 OK, he's starting here in verse 15. 355 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,040 When you see the abomination of desolation, 356 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,080 Daniel was talking about desolation 357 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,280 that was going to come to the temple 358 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,120 and to the city of Jerusalem. 359 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,840 Remember, he's praying that these things would be restored. 360 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,880 And God was saying, yeah, all this kind of stuff 361 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,080 is going to happen in time. 362 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:29,240 But understand that after a while, during this 70th week, 363 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,480 there's going to be a time that's not going to be so fun 364 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,200 for the temple and for the people of Israel and for Jerusalem, 365 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,280 that there's going to be wars and desolations 366 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,960 and apprentices coming who's going to lead the charge on them 367 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,480 all. 368 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,000 That's what Daniel prophesied. 369 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,280 And Jesus is saying now, when you see that taking place 370 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,720 that Daniel talked about, so something happening in Jerusalem 371 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,920 and to the temple, and to the Jewish people, 372 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,880 and believers in Yahweh, he says, when you see that, 373 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,320 understand what's about to go down. 374 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,720 Then those who are left in Judea will flee to the mountains. 375 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,080 Let the one who is on the housetop not go down 376 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,800 to take what is in his house. 377 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,080 And let the one who is in the field not turn back to take 378 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,160 his cloak. 379 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,000 And alas, for women who are pregnant 380 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,080 and for those who are nursing infants in those days, 381 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,680 pray that your flight might not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 382 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,280 For then there will be a great tribulation, 383 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:25,280 such as has not been seen from the beginning of the world 384 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,200 until now. 385 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,840 No, it never will be again. 386 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,560 And if those days had not been cut short, 387 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,560 no human being would be saved. 388 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,320 But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. 389 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,600 Then if anyone says, you look, here's the Christ, 390 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,080 or there he is, do not believe it. 391 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,080 For false Christ and false prophets will arise 392 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,320 and perform great signs and wonders, 393 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:51,400 so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 394 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,240 See, I have told you beforehand. 395 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,440 So if they say to you, look, he's in the wilderness, 396 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:57,640 do not go out. 397 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,440 If they say, look, he's in the inner rooms, do not believe it. 398 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,840 For as the lightning comes from the east 399 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,640 and shines as far as the west, so will 400 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,080 be the coming of the Son of Man. 401 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:13,920 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. 402 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,360 Now, many people will read these verses, 403 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:22,120 and they will say this either has to be all in the future. 404 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:23,720 This is talking about the end times. 405 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,760 This is something that's going to come in the future, 406 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,320 a great tribulation, all that kind of stuff. 407 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,960 It's the far-off future, right? 408 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,520 That's one extreme. 409 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,720 The other extreme is every single bit of what we just read 410 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,440 has taken place in the past, right? 411 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,080 We talked about that. 412 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,120 There's probably some sort of middle ground there, right? 413 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,280 Like, if you've got two extremes, 414 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,160 there's probably some sort of middle ground 415 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,040 and say you both probably got some points. 416 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,040 Because I think what Jesus is talking about here 417 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,600 is not some far-off event that's going to take place 418 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:53,920 towards the end of time. 419 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,560 It sounds exactly like what happened in 8070, right? 420 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,160 Like, that's the marker we have here. 421 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,040 Almost everything that He just said 422 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,520 sounds exactly like what took place 423 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,800 during the fall of Jerusalem in 8070, 424 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,440 when Jerusalem was under siege and the temple fell. 425 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,160 And this would only happen 40 years 426 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,120 after Jesus spoke these words to His disciples. 427 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:18,920 So, understand here, remember, 428 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,200 His explanation was prompted by questions 429 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,760 concerning the temple and how the temple 430 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,840 was going to be overturned. 431 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,760 I want you to notice, this is what Luke says 432 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,400 in Luke 21 verses 20 to 21. 433 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,520 He says, this is Jesus doing the same speech 434 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,080 to His disciples, okay? 435 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,080 This is just Luke's account. 436 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,520 Jesus says, but when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, 437 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,040 that's pretty clear, is it not? 438 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,880 Jerusalem surrounded by armies, 439 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:49,240 then know that its desolation has come near. 440 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,040 That's that same word that Daniel used, 441 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,040 that Matthew used, same word here. 442 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,720 Its desolation has come near. 443 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,000 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains 444 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,360 and let those who are inside the city depart 445 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:02,880 and let not those who are outside come in. 446 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,560 So again, it sounds like the siege on Jerusalem 447 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,760 when the nation of Israel would be in a state of desolation 448 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,680 and the temple would be destroyed 449 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,800 by the armies of a prince. 450 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,760 Now, who's the prince? 451 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:20,160 Anybody know? 452 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,440 Yes, look at our historian of the night. 453 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,240 Did I put it on your paper? 454 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,080 No, that's my man, all right. 455 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,240 All right, so it's a man named Titus 456 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,440 is a great explanation for who this prince is. 457 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,040 Titus was a general in the Roman army 458 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,240 who actually led the siege of Jerusalem 459 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,880 and was responsible for the war on the Jewish people 460 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,600 and the destruction of Jerusalem. 461 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,720 Now, here is the main objection. 462 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,240 What do you think the main objection to that interpretation is? 463 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,080 About Titus. 464 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,040 Daniel says there's a prince to come 465 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,360 who's gonna do all this 466 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:56,480 and one interpretation says Titus, 467 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,480 the main objection of course would be? 468 00:20:58,480 --> 00:20:59,320 No. 469 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,960 Titus was not a prince. 470 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,600 Yeah, there you go Tommy. 471 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,920 Titus was not a prince. 472 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:09,760 He was a general. 473 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,360 We got a problem, don't we? 474 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:14,200 Except, 475 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,200 in Daniel chapter nine, 476 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,800 the Hebrew word for prince, 477 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,720 and the guide right here, 478 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,880 it doesn't actually refer to a prince. 479 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,880 It refers to a commander. 480 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,920 Almost every instance of this word in the Bible 481 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,320 refers to a commander of an army 482 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:37,280 like a general, like Titus. 483 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,440 And so it doesn't actually refer to a prince here, 484 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,440 it refers to a commander of a general. 485 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,280 Just here it refers to a commander, 486 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,560 a military leader of an army, 487 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,480 like the man Titus. 488 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,600 And so he fits the description of this prince 489 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,280 who would wage war against the city of Jerusalem, 490 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:54,640 against the people of Israel 491 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,920 and the destruction of the temple. 492 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:58,880 And Jesus was saying, 493 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,600 hey, when you see that happening, 494 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,080 you need to flee because you know 495 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,080 that the time of the desolation has come. 496 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:06,200 And it's interesting, 497 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,000 he even says the people are gonna flee into the mountains. 498 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,000 And the historians of the first century 499 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,840 talk about the fact that when the siege on Jerusalem happened, 500 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,120 the people ran to the mountains. 501 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,920 The same place that the Jews hid 502 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,520 during the Maccabean wars, 503 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,040 the Christians ran there, 504 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:25,680 the Jewish people ran there, 505 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,800 they were going to the mountains 506 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,000 just as Jesus predicted. 507 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,040 And so if you go straight through his speech here, 508 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,800 his whatever he, it's not a sermon, 509 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,880 but his warning, his prophecy, 510 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,880 it matches very closely to what happened in AD 70 511 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,520 with the destruction of the temple. 512 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,640 And it says that there's gonna be a great tribulation 513 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:49,880 during that time. 514 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,040 And all this stuff has taken place. 515 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,200 And it says this interesting phrase here, 516 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,120 which leads to an objection. 517 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:01,400 Because Jesus says that when this is gonna happen, 518 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,280 nothing will ever equal it again, 519 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,800 past, present, future, right? 520 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,320 He says this is gonna be the worst thing 521 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,360 that Jerusalem has ever seen before. 522 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,080 And people will go, well, hold on, 523 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:16,000 this can't be referring to AD 70 524 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,400 because surely something bad is gonna happen, 525 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,640 something worse will happen in the future. 526 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,920 The type of tribulation that's being talked about here, 527 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,000 surely there's gotta be something worse, 528 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,840 or we haven't even seen it yet, right? 529 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,040 Like we haven't seen something that bad. 530 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,960 But what's interesting is this was from a historian, 531 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,360 I wanted to read this, it said, 532 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,600 first and foremost, you have to remember 533 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,760 that Jesus is speaking to people who lived in Jerusalem 534 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:40,760 during the first century. 535 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,520 So he was saying this is gonna be the worst thing 536 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,160 that you have ever seen 537 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,760 and that this city has ever seen. 538 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,080 It's very specific to that generation. 539 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,520 But this historian said the horrors 540 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,520 which came upon Jerusalem in AD 70 541 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,920 were the worst events that Jerusalem has ever 542 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,040 or will ever experience. 543 00:23:58,040 --> 00:23:59,720 Jesus says it will be far greater 544 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,080 than the destruction of the temple in 587 BC. 545 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:08,080 It will be greater than the desolation of 163 BC 546 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,040 at the hands of Antiochus Epiphanes. 547 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,720 Desolation will fall upon the temple and the people. 548 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,760 As a result, they will be dispersed to the ends of the earth. 549 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,360 And anyone who has read Josephus's description 550 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,280 of the Roman siege of Jerusalem, 551 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,800 including the terrible famine and infant cannibalism folks, 552 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,160 you wanna talk about how bad that time was? 553 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,960 They were eating babies. 554 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,960 It was infant cannibalism was how terrible this time was. 555 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,280 He says if you read about that, 556 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,520 you cannot help but be moved by the unspeakable horrors 557 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,280 that the Jewish people endured 558 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,440 while the Roman army crushed the revolt 559 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,800 and then burned the temple to the ground. 560 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,600 And once the temple burned, accidentally, by the way, 561 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,640 Titus gave a very specific order 562 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:52,960 not to burn the temple down. 563 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,080 His men went ahead and did it anyways. 564 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,160 What happened is the soldiers were eager to retrieve the gold 565 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,720 which melted and flowed down 566 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,600 into the drainage system before the stones of the temple. 567 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,400 The soldiers went to great effort to overturn 568 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,800 the huge stones of the burned out building 569 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,440 to retrieve the gold. 570 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,680 And as Jesus predicted, not one stone 571 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,800 was left unturned during that time. 572 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,360 And so you read history, you read what happened 573 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:23,360 and it just matches with what Jesus is saying here. 574 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:27,000 And so this is, I think, a good interpretation 575 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,920 of what we're reading about here. 576 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:31,880 This desolation that Daniel predicted, 577 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,880 that Jesus predicted is referring to the fall of Jerusalem 578 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,920 and the destruction of the temple that happened in 8070. 579 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,280 But then there's this other issue real quick 580 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,400 because we said that the prince 581 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,280 was gonna make a covenant with the people. 582 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:48,720 And what did we say was the problem 583 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,560 with that phrase make a covenant last week? 584 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,400 Anybody remember? 585 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,360 My man, okay, he said it in Hebrew. 586 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:56,920 Okay, no one can top that. 587 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,160 But what did it mean? 588 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,000 To renew a covenant or to affirm a covenant. 589 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,440 It doesn't actually refer to making a new type of covenant. 590 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:11,200 So if we're saying that Jesus is the one who comes, 591 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,720 who's going to make a covenant with the people of Israel 592 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,120 or renew a covenant, how does that play out 593 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:18,040 in this interpretation? 594 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,440 What does that look like? 595 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,600 In what way would Jesus have reaffirmed 596 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,280 or committed himself to a covenant with Israel? 597 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:44,480 There you go. 598 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:50,440 Yes, yes, so exactly what Michael just said. 599 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,640 When Jesus came, he was the long-awaited Messiah 600 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,360 of the Jewish people. 601 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:00,800 And even though the Bible says he came unto his own 602 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,960 and his own did not receive him, 603 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,920 did that keep Jesus from going to the cross? 604 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:06,760 Why? 605 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,420 Because they needed him to go to the cross, 606 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:11,720 just as we needed him to go to the cross. 607 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,360 He demonstrated his faithfulness to the Jewish people 608 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:17,320 as well as to the Gentiles 609 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:21,440 by willingly laying down his life, going to the cross, 610 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,160 defeating sin, paying for their sins, 611 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,040 even though they were the ones who crucified him, 612 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,720 still did not keep Jesus from going to the cross. 613 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,600 Hey, Jude, hey, bud. 614 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:35,520 So one of the ways that Jesus reaffirms this 615 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,560 is that he is saying that God has not forsaken 616 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,360 the Jewish people and he has not turned his back 617 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:42,960 on the Jewish people, right? 618 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,400 I mean, think about what Paul says in Romans 11 too. 619 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,680 He says, God has not rejected his people, 620 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,280 whom he foreknew. 621 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,160 On the contrary, God is still not forgetting his people 622 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,760 because the Bible tells us in Romans 11 623 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,520 that God is using the Gentiles. 624 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,400 Who's the Gentiles? 625 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,960 That's us. 626 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,920 God is using the Gentiles to reach the Jewish people, 627 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,960 that we were the ones, the wild olive shoot 628 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,560 who were grafted in, but God gave us the gospel. 629 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:11,940 And what do we do with the gospel? 630 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:13,560 We take it to the Jewish people 631 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,400 and we say, God has not abandoned you. 632 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:16,960 God has not forsaken you. 633 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,520 God has not said you can't be part of this covenant. 634 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,680 He says, repent of your sins. 635 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,260 Trust in Jesus, receive him as the Messiah. 636 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:26,520 You're gonna be saved, just as every Gentile 637 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:27,760 who believes will be saved. 638 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,960 It's Jesus' demonstration. 639 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,360 He has not forsaken the Jewish people. 640 00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:35,840 That they are welcomed to be part of his new kingdom 641 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,040 and his new covenant community 642 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,480 through repentance and faith in him. 643 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,080 That's a good word, is it not? 644 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,440 I mean, that's encouraging because it means 645 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,960 that during this time, this 70th week, 646 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,880 it means that countless Jewish people 647 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,600 are going to come to faith in Christ, right? 648 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,080 I mean, we read about that in the Bible. 649 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,040 That the more the Jews are exposed to the gospel, 650 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,640 the more likely they are to repent of their sins, 651 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,280 trust in Christ and recognize him as the Messiah. 652 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,640 Which again, we'll probably close with this 653 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,240 in just a second, but this isn't even in my notes. 654 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:10,600 This one's for free, okay? 655 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,880 We do the Jewish people a great disservice 656 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,480 when we treat them as brothers and sisters in Christ. 657 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,080 I know that's an unpopular opinion these days, 658 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,440 but the Bible makes it very clear 659 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,680 that if you reject the Son, 660 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,120 you are not part of the people of God. 661 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,660 The Bible makes it very clear. 662 00:29:30,660 --> 00:29:33,580 The children of God are not the children of the flesh, 663 00:29:33,580 --> 00:29:35,040 but the children of promise. 664 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,840 Those who receive Christ as their savior. 665 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,440 The Bible is very clear. 666 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,320 The book of John says if you do not know the Son, 667 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,480 you don't know God, okay? 668 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,560 So when we treat Jewish people as brothers and sisters 669 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,640 and say, well, they don't believe in Jesus, 670 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,480 but they are the Old Testament people of God 671 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,640 and surely they're going to heaven, 672 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,320 we do them a great disservice. 673 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,320 We're basically signing a piece of paper 674 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,520 that says I don't care if you go to heaven. 675 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,480 The Jewish people were the Old Covenant people of God, 676 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,060 the Old Testament people of God, 677 00:30:04,060 --> 00:30:05,880 but they reject the Son of God. 678 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,920 And if you reject the Son of God, you reject salvation. 679 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,760 You do not know the Father. 680 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,080 The greatest thing that Christians can do 681 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,840 for the Jewish people is call them to repentance 682 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,000 and faith in Jesus. 683 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,280 We do them a disservice when we do otherwise. 684 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,580 That's all I'm gonna say about that. 685 00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:25,520 But just very quickly, I'm gonna say two more things 686 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,400 and then we'll continue next week. 687 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:31,520 But I want to say this thing about the sacrifices ending 688 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,720 for half a week, because you remember in Daniel nine, 689 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,840 it talked about for half a week, 690 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,560 the sacrifices would be ended, okay? 691 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,440 So here we have a half a week. 692 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,880 Well, what happened in 8070, as we've already said? 693 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,480 Temple destroyed. 694 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,120 What happened to the sacrificial system out there? 695 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:49,320 Anybody know? 696 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,400 Done away with it, no more. 697 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:56,400 So for half a week, sacrifices are done away with entirely. 698 00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:59,640 And so this interpretation would claim 699 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:04,640 that the entire 70th week is actually the time of the, 700 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:09,640 yes, what is the main topic we're talking about tonight? 701 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,240 Let's start this whole thing. 702 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:19,640 I mean, you just, you like, you softball it to me. 703 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,800 The tribulation, they would say, 704 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:26,480 this interpretation would say that the entire 70th week, 705 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,080 the entire church period, the entire church age 706 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,120 is the time of the tribulation. 707 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,440 Now, we're gonna end there, but I'm gonna end 708 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,480 with this question for you to consider for your homework. 709 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,560 This is where we'll pick up next week is, 710 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,440 and it's the all important question, 711 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,800 is this claim supported by scripture? 712 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,240 Because it's one thing to claim something, right? 713 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,880 One thing to believe something, 714 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,200 but it doesn't matter if it's not supported by scripture. 715 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,640 Like God be true, every man alive. 716 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,640 So your homework is to investigate that claim. 717 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:04,160 Is it biblical to say we are living in the time 718 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,440 of the tribulation now? 719 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,720 I'll even give you a hint, okay? 720 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:08,840 I'll give you a hint. 721 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:13,480 Go to blueletterbible.com, I don't know if it's org or com 722 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,280 or something, try a couple different combinations, okay? 723 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:21,280 Blueletterbible.com, org, I don't remember, probably com. 724 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,960 And you can, it's a great site, 725 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,520 especially if you're gonna search for words 726 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:27,840 and stuff like that. 727 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:31,520 In the search bar, type in the word tribulation, okay? 728 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,200 And you can see a couple times in the Old Testament, 729 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,480 but I want you to focus on the occurrences 730 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,440 in the New Testament, okay? 731 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,240 Look at the gospels and what they say, 732 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:44,480 because it doesn't occur that many times. 733 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,440 It'll take you 10 minutes to do this homework assignment. 734 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,840 Look at how many times it occurs in the gospels 735 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,960 as well as the letters and into Revelation. 736 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,680 And then, all right, when you see it in the gospels, 737 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,240 it's primarily gonna be in this discourse of Jesus 738 00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:59,920 that we talked about here tonight, 739 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,720 which we said was referring to the time of 8070. 740 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,440 So even if we discount that and say, okay, 741 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,240 all those times in the gospels is referring to 8070, 742 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,360 here's my question for you. 743 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,280 As you look at all those other times, ask yourself, 744 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:16,040 is this a, look at the tense and say, 745 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:17,040 are they talking about something 746 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,000 that's happening in the future, 747 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,720 or do they seem to think this is happening right now? 748 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,480 That's all I'm gonna do, I'm just pointing you to scripture. 749 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,240 You search the word, you read the verses for yourself, 750 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,920 and you just ask yourself, is this a future tense thing, 751 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,480 or are they saying this is happening ongoing right now? 752 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,320 And your final hint, I swear, 753 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,760 this is your final hint for tonight, 754 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,520 we're in the book of Revelation. 755 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:43,200 I just want you to read Revelation chapter one, verse nine. 756 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,920 I mean, in addition to all these other things, but yeah. 757 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,560 But that's the one I really want, 758 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,720 you can even start there, Revelation chapter one, verse nine. 759 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,400 And just ask yourself, 760 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:56,920 does the Bible seem to indicate 761 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,400 that we're living in the time of the tribulation now? 762 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,960 And we'll talk about that next week 763 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,680 as we conclude this view, and we move further, 764 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,160 getting closer and closer 765 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,040 to actually beginning Revelation verse by verse. 766 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,320 Now, that will conclude this time, 767 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:11,960 but Ms. Vicki, I think you raised your hand, 768 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,520 you had a question, you came in late, 769 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,120 so you probably missed a whole lot of context. 770 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:16,960 Okay. 771 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,960 So, I think you're just not, 772 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,160 you're just not. 773 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:22,000 Yes. 774 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,240 Very, very good question. 775 00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:34,600 So, we've been talking about the tribulation 776 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,760 and all that, basically it goes back to Daniel chapter nine, 777 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,920 when he talks about the 70 weeks, 778 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,920 but that word weeks, it's not actually a week, 779 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,800 it just said 77s, which is a period of time. 780 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,560 Most Bibles would translate that as a week, 781 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:51,280 although dispensationalists interpret it as literal years, 782 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,840 except when you get to like here, 783 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,200 and then it's just an indefinite period of time. 784 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,400 This view never really interprets it as, 785 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,280 this is different than dispensationalism. 786 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,760 This view never interprets it as literal years per se, 787 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,680 but just distinct periods of time. 788 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,480 So, you have the 69 weeks, 789 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,680 and that's a period of time from the decree 790 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,400 to Jesus's baptism. 791 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,280 And, but Daniel chapter nine talks about how that last week, 792 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,600 the 70th week is cut in half. 793 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,880 And so, the first period of time is from the baptism 794 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,880 of Jesus to 8070, and the second period of time 795 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,440 is from 8070 until Jesus returns. 796 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,880 Well, it's not technically a halfway mark, 797 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,040 but it's not literal years either. 798 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,720 So, the first period half of time is that, 799 00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:44,440 and the second period half of time is until Jesus returns. 800 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,840 So, come Lord Jesus, come quickly. 801 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,520 All right, any other questions? 802 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,680 You wanna, we haven't done that in a while. 803 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,360 Anybody have any questions? 804 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:53,800 Clarify some stuff for you. 805 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,800 It's fun to dig into scripture, isn't it? 806 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,120 Yeah, challenge our views. 807 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,640 You hear this stuff, you grow up with it, 808 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,760 you watch a movie about it, 809 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,240 but then you just ask yourself, 810 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:09,320 well, what does the Bible say? 811 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,400 And you start looking at stuff, 812 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,800 and it's just fun to actually see what scripture says. 813 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,680 I enjoy studying scripture. 814 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:15,760 Hope you do too. 815 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:16,720 I'm Michael Stevenson. 816 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:46,480 Close us in prayer.