1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,480
We open our Bibles once again this morning to the book of Daniel and the 12th chapter.

2
00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:19,320
With this message we conclude the series in the book of Daniel began back in January.

3
00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:27,820
Chapters 11 and 12 comprise the culminating revelation given to Daniel in this book.

4
00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:35,320
In his vision Daniel speaks with an angel who unveils the future of Daniel's people.

5
00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,720
The message that he gives concludes with the fourth verse of chapter 12.

6
00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,400
I begin reading with verse 1.

7
00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:49,120
Now at that time Michael the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people

8
00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,740
will arise.

9
00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:57,060
There will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that

10
00:00:57,060 --> 00:00:58,060
time.

11
00:00:58,060 --> 00:01:05,320
And at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.

12
00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:10,720
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting

13
00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,840
life but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

14
00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:23,000
And those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven.

15
00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,240
And those who lead the many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

16
00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:35,080
But as for you Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time.

17
00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:40,760
Many will go back and forth and knowledge will increase.

18
00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,440
At that point the angel stopped, his revelation was finished.

19
00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,760
But the chapter goes on because two questions were posed.

20
00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:57,320
One by an angel, another angel who appeared and a second by Daniel himself.

21
00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:02,880
The response to these two questions then brings to a close this prophetic book of the Old

22
00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,600
Testament.

23
00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:14,100
As chapter 12 opens keep in mind that the same period is in view as in the last part

24
00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:16,760
of chapter 11.

25
00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:26,200
You'll recall in verse 36 of chapter 11 it describes this period of time as the indignation.

26
00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:32,840
And again in verse 40 it speaks of it as the end time.

27
00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:41,400
Now in chapter 12 the words go on, now at that time Michael the great prince, and again

28
00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:48,360
in the verse that time until that time and at that time your people.

29
00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:53,760
So the same period is in view, it is the period that we call the tribulation.

30
00:02:53,760 --> 00:03:01,640
That 70th week of Daniel, that period of seven years of trial that is yet to come upon the

31
00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:04,000
earth.

32
00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,160
Also keep in mind that revelation of the Bible is progressive.

33
00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:14,000
That is it unfolds to our understanding.

34
00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:22,920
No doctrine is found isolated in one text or is fully revealed in a single place.

35
00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:29,980
Doctrine unfolds to our understanding throughout the flow of scripture.

36
00:03:29,980 --> 00:03:36,480
And so the pieces of information that are given to Daniel are fitted into place as one

37
00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:45,360
studies later disclosures of God, especially those in the book of the revelation which

38
00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,680
concludes the New Testament.

39
00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:54,440
And so this morning we're going to turn back and forth from Daniel to revelation to attempt

40
00:03:54,440 --> 00:04:01,400
to fit into place the pieces of information that are given to us here in the book of Daniel.

41
00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:07,680
It is to fit them into place in the total spectrum of future events.

42
00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:15,560
Our text tells us what the end time holds in store.

43
00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:20,920
We notice in the first place that the end of time holds in store distress.

44
00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:27,700
You will notice in verse one it speaks of a time of distress such as never occurred

45
00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:32,280
since there was a nation until that time.

46
00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:38,320
Now let that sink down for just a moment when you realize the despots that have ruled in

47
00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,880
our century alone.

48
00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:47,820
You think of an Idi Amin in Uganda or Hitler in Europe or Mussolini in the southern part

49
00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:51,160
of Europe down into Africa.

50
00:04:51,160 --> 00:05:00,640
You consider a Stalin in Russia and how ruthlessly they ruled and what times of terror and suffering

51
00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,640
they brought upon mankind.

52
00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:09,080
But the Bible says there is a time of distress coming that cannot even be compared to those

53
00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,080
people.

54
00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:17,100
It will be a time of distress not limited to one nation or one continent but a time

55
00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:20,200
of distress for the whole earth.

56
00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:27,880
Jesus Christ spoke of this time in similar words in Matthew 24-21 when he said, then

57
00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:35,280
there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world

58
00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:40,920
until now nor ever shall.

59
00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,680
This will be distress for the whole world.

60
00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:50,120
It will be a time of unprecedented suffering due to the judgment that God will pour out

61
00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,320
upon a Christ-rejecting humanity.

62
00:05:54,320 --> 00:06:02,040
But it will be especially a time of suffering for the dear Jewish people.

63
00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,220
For as a nation they will be persecuted.

64
00:06:06,220 --> 00:06:14,640
There will come in this time of the tribulation a supernaturally induced attempt to exterminate

65
00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,640
them.

66
00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,200
I believe we saw one in World War II.

67
00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:30,360
I believe that Hitler was motivated and stimulated in his hatred of the Jews by demons, by Satan

68
00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,620
himself.

69
00:06:32,620 --> 00:06:34,260
But he did not get very far.

70
00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:39,040
He killed many millions of them but he did not exterminate the nation.

71
00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:45,880
He went insane and mad in his hatred for them and in his obedience to the devil.

72
00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:51,920
As a result, he ended his own life as far as we know in a bunker.

73
00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:57,560
But there is one who is coming in the footsteps of Hitler in the end of time who will bring

74
00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:03,840
terrible suffering to the Jewish people as he seeks to literally exterminate them from

75
00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,840
the face of the earth.

76
00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:11,560
This is a fact that is revealed also in the New Testament in the book of Revelation.

77
00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:19,820
I invite you to turn to that last book of the New Testament in the twelfth chapter.

78
00:07:19,820 --> 00:07:28,240
This is a chapter that is highly symbolic but it is not difficult to understand.

79
00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:35,080
It says, And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman, clothed with the sun and the moon

80
00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:41,520
under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars, and she was with child.

81
00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,120
And she cried out, being in labor and in pain, to give birth.

82
00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,000
The Roman Catholic Church interprets this to be the Virgin Mary.

83
00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:56,280
However, that is an erroneous interpretation as we shall see as the chapter unfolds.

84
00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:02,840
And another sign appeared in heaven, behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and

85
00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,840
ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.

86
00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,360
Quite a fierce looking creature.

87
00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:13,500
His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.

88
00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:17,520
And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she

89
00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,980
gave birth he might devour her child.

90
00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:28,320
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod

91
00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:34,280
of iron, and her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

92
00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,600
And so we understand clearly who the child is.

93
00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,200
The child is Jesus Christ.

94
00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:45,080
Here a picture is being born, and then quickly in the vision that John sees, he ascends to

95
00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:50,040
heaven and is at the right hand of God.

96
00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:54,960
Mary is the one who will eventually rule over the whole earth.

97
00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,160
Who is it that gives birth to Jesus Christ?

98
00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:02,520
Well, of course it is true that Mary did, but the woman here pictures the whole nation

99
00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,400
of Israel.

100
00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:10,760
It is the nation as a whole that is symbolized by this woman, and the twelve stars in the

101
00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:15,680
crown of her head represent the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel.

102
00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:22,280
And it says the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God so that

103
00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:28,560
she might be nourished for 1,260 days.

104
00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:33,960
The next verses tell us that there is war in the heavenlies, and Michael and his angels

105
00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:41,320
cast out Satan and his demons to the earth, so that no longer do they have access to the

106
00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,620
heavenly realm.

107
00:09:43,620 --> 00:09:49,960
This stirs up tremendous anger in Satan, and he directs the anger toward the woman.

108
00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:56,440
It says in verse 13 that when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted

109
00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:02,800
the woman, that is Israel, who gave birth to the male child.

110
00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,600
And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman in order that she might

111
00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:14,560
fly into the wilderness to her place where she was nourished for a time and times and

112
00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:17,680
half a time from the presence of the serpent.

113
00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:24,000
And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that

114
00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,560
he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

115
00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:32,240
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which

116
00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:38,680
the dragon poured out of his mouth, and the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went

117
00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:44,520
off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold

118
00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,280
the testimony of Jesus.

119
00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:55,980
And so we see here in this symbolic language of John's vision that Satan will induce tremendous

120
00:10:55,980 --> 00:10:58,220
persecution like a flood.

121
00:10:58,220 --> 00:11:05,760
He will come after the Jewish people, and his desire is to exterminate them.

122
00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,840
But why?

123
00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,320
After all, she has already brought forth Christ.

124
00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:17,000
Why does he yet hate the Jew with such venom?

125
00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:21,180
And why does he seek to destroy the Jewish people?

126
00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:26,880
The best answer that I know to that question is that he thinks by destroying the Jew, he

127
00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,680
will prevent the second coming of Jesus Christ.

128
00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:37,680
For he knows that when Christ comes, he will rule over the nation of Israel.

129
00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:44,920
And since he cannot strike out against Christ directly, he desires to prevent Christ from

130
00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,760
coming back to the earth by destroying the Jewish people, so that Christ will have no

131
00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,160
nation to rule over.

132
00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,600
That seems to be his thought process.

133
00:11:55,600 --> 00:12:01,040
And so you see this will be a time of tremendous distress in the world.

134
00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:09,240
A satanic-produced distress will occur in the midst of a heavenly-produced woe that

135
00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:14,560
will be poured out upon a Christ-rejecting world.

136
00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:20,560
But we notice that along with distress, the end of time will bring deliverance.

137
00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:27,040
Deliverance for the people of God as a whole, not for each individual.

138
00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:31,500
Deliverance in the sense that they will all be saved, but not deliverance in the sense

139
00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:37,080
that they will escape the persecution of Antichrist.

140
00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:42,840
For there will be many people martyred during the tribulation period.

141
00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:49,360
In his vision, John sees in heaven a whole multitude that he could not number of those

142
00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:57,160
who had come out of the tribulation and who had apparently been killed for their faith.

143
00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:03,520
The deliverance that will take place in the tribulation period seems to be mediated by

144
00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:10,200
the actions of this mighty angel by the name of Michael.

145
00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:15,600
Verse 12 says, at that time Michael the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your

146
00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:22,360
people will arise, going back to Daniel 12.

147
00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:31,640
And so in some sense Michael, who casts Satan down to the earth, will then intervene and

148
00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:37,720
hinder Satan from exterminating the Jewish people.

149
00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:45,140
And at least a remnant of them, it is said in Revelation 12, will flee into the wilderness

150
00:13:45,140 --> 00:13:53,640
and there be nourished by God for 1,260 days or for three and a half Jewish years.

151
00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:58,120
Those are lunar, not solar years.

152
00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,600
Where are they going to be protected?

153
00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:05,920
There is a question that is often asked, and we don't have that information precisely,

154
00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:13,240
but a good conjecture is that they will be protected around the area of ancient Petra,

155
00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:19,520
the rose-red city that can still be visited today in the nation of Jordan.

156
00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:25,880
It is in ruins, but it is a magnificent city, and it was in its day a well-fortified city

157
00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,840
because of its location.

158
00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:34,000
There are those who believe that the Jewish people will flee, at least a remnant of them,

159
00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:40,900
to this area of Jordan and that God will there supernaturally protect them so that Antichrist

160
00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:44,120
cannot reach them.

161
00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:49,560
And they say that is the reason, as we saw last week in chapter 11, that Jordan is said

162
00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:56,080
specifically to be excluded from Antichrist's maneuverings when he comes into Palestine.

163
00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:01,500
He will go on down into Egypt in his battle, but it says he will not get into Jordan.

164
00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:06,400
And this may well be the reason for it, that God prohibits him in some manner we don't

165
00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:12,800
know, because God is in that nation protecting a remnant of the Jews in the area that is

166
00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,960
called Petra.

167
00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:22,080
And so this will be a time of deliverance for at least a remnant of the Jewish people,

168
00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:27,240
but also there will be believing Gentiles who will be included with these believing

169
00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:28,240
Jews.

170
00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:34,120
Indeed, in some sense, everyone who is found written in the book, it says in verse 1, will

171
00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,120
be rescued.

172
00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:43,160
Now some will be rescued from the suffering by this supernatural protection.

173
00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:49,300
It would seem that others will be rescued from it by death, that God will allow them

174
00:15:49,300 --> 00:15:55,280
to die and in that sense deliver them from the hands of Antichrist and take them home

175
00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,760
to heaven.

176
00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:06,000
But the point I want to make this morning is that some people, believers, will be protected

177
00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:15,360
and will survive through the tribulation period and will enter into the kingdom of Christ

178
00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,760
in their natural bodies.

179
00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:24,480
This is essential because the earth will need to be repopulated.

180
00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:32,600
Most of the population of the world will die in the tribulation.

181
00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:38,960
And so the earth will need to be repopulated and it is only people in their natural bodies

182
00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,080
who will be able to do that.

183
00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:45,880
Now that ties together with something I want to talk about in tonight's message, so I

184
00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:50,920
invite you to tuck that away in some corner of your mind where you can retrieve it and

185
00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:56,120
we'll pick it back out tonight and tie it into tonight's message as to why Jesus Christ

186
00:16:56,120 --> 00:17:03,560
must come back before the tribulation.

187
00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:11,280
There is also found in our text something else that will take place in the end of time.

188
00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,320
We have seen distress, great distress.

189
00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,620
We have seen deliverance.

190
00:17:16,620 --> 00:17:20,960
And now we notice that it will also be a time of destiny.

191
00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:26,600
And that is described in verses 2 and 3 in a couple of ways.

192
00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:32,120
It's described as physical resurrection and it's described as reward for those who are

193
00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:34,120
faithful.

194
00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:39,540
Notice in verse 2 that there are those who sleep in the dust who will awake.

195
00:17:39,540 --> 00:17:45,160
This is a future resurrection and it is an Old Testament reference to the fact that someday

196
00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:50,040
there will be a resurrection from the dead.

197
00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:55,280
But notice that Daniel speaks about two distinct groups.

198
00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:06,000
He speaks about these to everlasting life and others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

199
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,580
He sees one group raised that they might share in the life of God.

200
00:18:09,580 --> 00:18:16,120
This by the way is the first time the phrase everlasting life is found in the Old Testament.

201
00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:22,240
And it seems to have the same meaning as the term does in the New Testament.

202
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:28,260
On the other hand there are those who are raised, he says, to shame and disgrace and

203
00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:32,480
everlasting contempt.

204
00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,680
These are strong and frightful words.

205
00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:41,800
For John sees a group of people who are raised to judgment.

206
00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:48,600
Gleason Archer as he writes in the, the name slips my mind.

207
00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,800
It's a Bible commentary, so it's a very good one.

208
00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,720
If you'd like to know it I can give you the name of it someday.

209
00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,800
Maybe I'll think of it before I quit here.

210
00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,480
Gleason Archer writes these words in that commentary.

211
00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:10,640
Term to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt shows that resurrection

212
00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,960
will come universally to all men.

213
00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,800
Expositors Bible commentary, thank you.

214
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:21,560
Will come universally to all men, whether believers or unbelievers, whether saved or

215
00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,560
lost.

216
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:28,320
But the resurrection of the unsaved will be neither a blessing nor a deliverance as it

217
00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,320
will be for the saved.

218
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:36,520
Rather as Jesus said in John 5, 28 and 29, it will bring them public judgment and condemnation

219
00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,840
before Almighty God.

220
00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:46,480
They will be exposed to shame and contempt before the whole tribunal of angels and men,

221
00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:52,160
when all their sins will be exposed to view and they will be covered with utter confusion

222
00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:59,160
and disgrace as they are led off to their everlasting place of torment in the lake of

223
00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,520
fire.

224
00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:06,240
Is there any more terrifying thought than this?

225
00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:13,940
To be raised from the dead only to experience what the New Testament calls the second death?

226
00:20:13,940 --> 00:20:20,560
Only to be brought back into a body of some sort from one's judgment in hell?

227
00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:28,120
To stand before the Almighty God and to have one's sins exposed before the angels of God

228
00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:31,720
and the saints of God?

229
00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:40,720
To be filled with shame and utter and everlasting contempt and then to be led away to the lake

230
00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:47,640
of fire and to be thrown into that place everlastingly?

231
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,600
Is there anything more terrifying than that thought?

232
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,400
I think not.

233
00:20:54,400 --> 00:21:00,480
You see, Daniel looks ahead and he sees through this revelation given by the angel that there

234
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,400
is a resurrection coming for everyone.

235
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,400
For those who are saved, it will be to everlasting life.

236
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:15,600
But to those who are lost, it will be to everlasting judgment.

237
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:20,240
It goes on in verse 3 to say that regarding those who are saved, there's a reward that

238
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,640
awaits them that's part of their destiny.

239
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,840
He says those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse

240
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,400
of heaven.

241
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:36,820
And those who lead the many to righteousness like the stars forever.

242
00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:44,640
Those who have insight or who are wise are, according to Leon Wood in his commentary,

243
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,960
the knowledge of God and His will.

244
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:53,640
Charles Ryrie says, they are those who see through antichrist's deception.

245
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,400
The point is that these are the saved.

246
00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:02,240
Those who have insight are those who are the saved of God.

247
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:06,900
And these saved of God, it says in verse 3, go out and lead many to righteousness.

248
00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:13,280
That is, they are interested in persuading others to come to faith in the living God.

249
00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:20,360
Now that is, ladies and gentlemen, our call in this age.

250
00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:26,400
But it will likewise be the responsibility of those living in the tribulation time.

251
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:33,040
Not only to be saved themselves, but to go out and seek others that they also might come

252
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:38,080
to faith in Christ, be brought to righteousness.

253
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:43,200
Now he says those who are saved will shine like the brightness of the heavens.

254
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:49,120
Just as the stars shine out against the black expanse of space.

255
00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:55,700
So those who are the saved will shine, be illumined in some way.

256
00:22:55,700 --> 00:23:03,440
There will be some illustrious designation for them because of their faithfulness to

257
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,400
Jesus Christ.

258
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,720
So we see the end of time will bring distress, it will bring deliverance, and it will bring

259
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,720
destiny.

260
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,280
But notice in verse 4 that it will also bring discernment.

261
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:23,640
The angel concludes his words by saying, as for you Daniel, conceal these words and seal

262
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,920
up the book until the end of time.

263
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,920
Many will go back and forth and knowledge will increase.

264
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:36,280
He says preserve and seal up this book.

265
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:44,240
The idea isn't to keep it away or to keep it from people who might read it, but the

266
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:52,800
idea is to safeguard it, preserve it as a revelation for future generations.

267
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:57,660
The idea behind concealing, which I don't think is the best term for it, is to close

268
00:23:57,660 --> 00:23:58,660
it up.

269
00:23:58,660 --> 00:24:02,020
In other words, Daniel, it's done.

270
00:24:02,020 --> 00:24:05,260
Close it up.

271
00:24:05,260 --> 00:24:11,960
This commentator I mentioned earlier, Gleason Archer, has pointed to the ancient Near East

272
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,400
and its traditions to explain what this verb means.

273
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,580
He says in those days legal documents were written out in duplicates and the original

274
00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:30,720
was kept in a secure place, a repository, to preserve it for all time to come.

275
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:37,560
The reason was so that the terms of the contract or the rights of the interested parties might

276
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,680
be preserved.

277
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:46,900
Copies could be made at any time, but that original document was to be closed up.

278
00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:48,960
It was to be concealed.

279
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,880
It was to be preserved.

280
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,880
That's the point here.

281
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:58,440
He says close up the book in the sense of preserving the rights of all of those who

282
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,000
are mentioned in these pages.

283
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,920
Then he says seal it up.

284
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:06,920
What does that mean?

285
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:17,600
Well, it means to put your notary public seal on it, Daniel, if you were to say it in our

286
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,920
own language today.

287
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:26,360
You see, in those days a scribe would take down a legal document or a contract and after

288
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:34,600
doing that and writing it in the soft clay of a tablet, he would take a cylinder seal

289
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:43,760
that was uniquely his with his distinct name or symbols on it and he would roll it across

290
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,000
the clay right at the bottom of his writing.

291
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:53,460
That would indicate who he was, that what he had written was finished, and that what

292
00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:56,760
he had written was accurate.

293
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,800
So Daniel is told to do the same thing in essence.

294
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:00,800
Seal it up.

295
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:06,720
Put your name, your attestation on it, Daniel, that it's finished, what I've given you,

296
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:12,080
and that what you have written has been accurate.

297
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:16,080
Then he says many will go back and forth and knowledge will increase.

298
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,680
I've heard some preachers say that this refers to airplanes.

299
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:26,280
Going back and forth and transportation in the end times and the people are going to

300
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,760
be smarter and more knowledge in the end times.

301
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:34,560
I don't think that's what Daniel was told.

302
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:39,840
Many will go back and forth, an interesting verb that pictures the arms of a swimmer going

303
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:45,860
back and forth as he swims across a river or a channel.

304
00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:52,360
Before it was a word used of gleaners in the field as they would take in hand some of their

305
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:57,240
grain and then they would use their other hand with a sharp scythe and they would cut

306
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,240
it off.

307
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:06,160
And so it refers to the movement of arms in the original use of the verb.

308
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:14,280
But it came to mean something that was done with eagerness or with intensity.

309
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,520
Now putting that together with the idea of knowledge increasing, here seems to be the

310
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,000
thought.

311
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:29,200
Daniel is told to preserve these words and to keep them safe for a future generation

312
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:36,520
which would one day intensely study these words and as a result of that, that generation's

313
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,560
knowledge of what was going to take place would increase.

314
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,720
You understand what he's saying now?

315
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:49,520
We today have greater understanding of the book of Daniel than some who lived in past

316
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:55,800
centuries because of the times in which we live.

317
00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:02,520
But that generation that lives in the tribulation will be able to go to the book of Daniel with

318
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:09,840
scrutiny and intense study and by doing so will have greater knowledge than we have of

319
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,480
what Daniel wrote in these pages.

320
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:20,600
In other words, there will be greater discernment in the end of time than we have today as to

321
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,240
what some of these things mean in the book of Daniel.

322
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:30,920
And so the end of time will bring discernment into what God meant in the revelation that

323
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,680
Daniel recorded.

324
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:39,080
Fifthly, as we think about what the end of time will bring, let's notice that it will

325
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,880
bring discipline.

326
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,040
Verses 5 through 11 talk about this.

327
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,480
There are two questions that are posed in these verses.

328
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:53,760
One is from an angel who appears and he addresses another superior angel, the one who had brought

329
00:28:53,760 --> 00:29:00,660
this revelation, and basically he asks, how long will all of this take?

330
00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:02,240
Notice verse 6.

331
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:07,720
How long will it be until the end of these wonders, he asks.

332
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,880
And the response is interesting.

333
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:18,080
This angel swears before the living God that it would be for a time, times, and half a

334
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:19,080
time.

335
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,080
Verse 7.

336
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:25,320
Now if you've been with us before, that's not a new phrase in Daniel, and it means for

337
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:32,480
a year, multiple years, and a half a year.

338
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:37,480
And we know from other texts that it refers to one year plus two years and a half a year

339
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,720
or a total of three and one half years.

340
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:49,720
How long will it take, angel, for all of these things that you've spoken about to be fulfilled?

341
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:55,560
And the angel responds by swearing before God that it will take three and one half years

342
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,560
for these things to be completed.

343
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:05,000
And he says specifically, for the finishing of the shattering of the power of the holy

344
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,960
people.

345
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,040
What does that mean?

346
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:19,640
It seems to be a phrase that refers to a shattering of the pride and the self-sufficiency, the

347
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:28,040
unbelief and the rebellion that has characterized the Jewish nation since the time of Jesus

348
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,400
Christ.

349
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:38,720
How long will it take for that nation of people to be brought to its knees and to recognize

350
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:43,120
that Jesus is their Christ, the Messiah of God?

351
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,980
How long will it take?

352
00:30:44,980 --> 00:30:50,080
How much discipline must be poured upon them from God to bring them to the end of their

353
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,920
self-sufficiency and their unbelief?

354
00:30:54,920 --> 00:31:01,320
The angel swears before God it will take three and one half years and then they will be shattered.

355
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:06,160
They will be broken.

356
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,280
Daniel hears all of this, but he couldn't understand it.

357
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:15,400
He says in verse 8, by way of a question, my Lord, what will be the outcome of these

358
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,560
events?

359
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:23,240
And then the angel again responds and gives Daniel several bits of information that are

360
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:24,240
interesting.

361
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:29,280
In the first place he says, go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up

362
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,760
until the end time.

363
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,480
In verse 13 he also says, go your way to the end.

364
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:42,160
In other words, Daniel, number one, you're going to die.

365
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:46,220
What's been revealed in this book is not going to take place in your lifetime.

366
00:31:46,220 --> 00:31:49,160
Go your way.

367
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:54,200
But he says, many will be purged, purified and refined.

368
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,200
What does he mean?

369
00:31:55,200 --> 00:32:01,240
Well, he's talking about particularly those Jews who will be saved in the tribulation

370
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:02,240
period.

371
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:06,040
Remember, he's dealing primarily with Daniel's people.

372
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:11,880
And he's talking about those who, because of the discipline of God, will eventually

373
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:19,280
be brought to faith in the Christ that has been promised to them.

374
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:23,040
But he says, the wicked will act wickedly.

375
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:29,720
In other words, there will be many who will not be refined and purified and purged.

376
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:36,280
They will go on in their sin and they will not understand none of them.

377
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,660
They will understand the times they're living in.

378
00:32:38,660 --> 00:32:41,120
They will understand the prophecies of God.

379
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,920
They will understand who Jesus Christ is.

380
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,720
They will not understand because of their wickedness.

381
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:55,040
But he says, those who have insight, that is the saved, will understand.

382
00:32:55,040 --> 00:33:01,000
And then in verse 11, another very interesting passage, he says, and from the time that the

383
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:10,040
regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290

384
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:11,040
days.

385
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:22,360
In other words, he is saying that when the sacrifice ceases and the abomination of desolation

386
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:29,200
occurs, there will be 1,290 days until all of this has been finished, that Daniel's

387
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:30,840
heard about.

388
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:35,080
Now the question is, when does that occur?

389
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,800
What starts this period of time?

390
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:46,200
Go back to chapter 9 just quickly and look at verse 27 and you'll see.

391
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:51,440
And he, Antichrist, will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, that is seven

392
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:57,920
years remember, but in the middle of the week, after three and a half years, he will put

393
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,760
a stop to sacrifice and grain offering.

394
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:08,440
And on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolates.

395
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:13,840
In other words, at the middle point of the seven year period, after three and one half

396
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:20,360
years, what is said in Daniel 12, 11 will take place.

397
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:26,920
The sacrifices will be forced to stop in the Jerusalem temple by Antichrist.

398
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:31,000
And he will present himself as their messiah.

399
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,880
He will demand that they worship him.

400
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:39,880
He will establish an image that will be able to do miraculous things.

401
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:46,120
And he will insist that they now worship him as their God.

402
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:53,360
And Daniel is given the information that when you begin to calculate from that day, you

403
00:34:53,360 --> 00:35:03,240
can count off 1290 days until all of these things will be fulfilled.

404
00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:11,640
Now if you count those out, you find that it is 30 days longer than the remaining three

405
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:16,080
and a half years out of the seven.

406
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:20,320
Remember we're talking about lunar years, months of 30 days.

407
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,280
These are not solar years.

408
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:32,200
So of the seven, three and a half years pass, this abomination of desolation takes place.

409
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,760
Then Daniel is told 1290 days.

410
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:43,020
Well, we understand that 1260 of them bring us to the second coming of Christ.

411
00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:50,760
The end of Antichrist's reign, the destruction of his armies.

412
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,120
But what about the next 30 days?

413
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:59,280
Well Bible scholars debate that back and forth, but I think the best answer is that the next

414
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:07,260
30 days after the return of Jesus Christ are days when the judgments will take place.

415
00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:12,440
For example, the judgment of the nations, which we're going to look at as part of tonight's

416
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,240
message.

417
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:19,400
Those judgments will take place in that 30 day period.

418
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:25,400
This will be a time of tremendous discipline.

419
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,840
Discipline upon the whole world.

420
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:34,840
Discipline especially upon the Jewish people to bring them as a nation to faith in their

421
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:36,520
Christ.

422
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:43,040
But notice finally that the end of time will be a time of delight, verses 12 and 13.

423
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:49,080
It says, how blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days.

424
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:55,280
Oh no, not another day, period of time, of days, yes.

425
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,280
Another one.

426
00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:02,160
How does this play together with the 1,290 in the previous verse?

427
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:10,480
Well, it includes those days and goes beyond them by another 45.

428
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,960
You notice that?

429
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:22,920
Beyond the 1,290 it says that something very blessed is going to take place 45 days after

430
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,280
that.

431
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,100
The question is what?

432
00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:33,560
He says blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to that time.

433
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:42,120
Well, he is talking about the inauguration of the kingdom of Jesus Christ.

434
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:48,680
When Jesus Christ will be officially coronated and his government will be established over

435
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,760
the whole earth.

436
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:59,680
So we ask the question why another 45 days beyond the 30 days of judgment?

437
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,560
Perhaps the best answer for that, at least that I have seen and those in the tribulation

438
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:07,880
will understand this more clearly perhaps than we today, but I think the best answer

439
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:17,800
I have seen is that these final 45 days will be used to organize the monarchy of Christ.

440
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,560
Officials will need to be appointed.

441
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:28,800
Officials will be given to the saints for ruling over Christ's kingdom and it will

442
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:35,200
take that long for everything in the government to be put into place and then Jesus Christ

443
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:42,680
will be inaugurated and the 1,000 year reign of Christ will officially begin.

444
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:49,480
The angel says how blessed is the one who attains to that day.

445
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:54,640
He says in verse 13, as for you, go your way to the end.

446
00:38:54,640 --> 00:39:02,320
In other words, Daniel, you are going to die, but then you will enter into rest and rise

447
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:07,600
again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.

448
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:15,020
Daniel would die and enter into rest, but he himself would be resurrected to share in

449
00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:20,080
his allotment in that kingdom that is to come.

450
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:28,260
And so the end of time, while it is going to bring distress and deliverance, while it

451
00:39:28,260 --> 00:39:36,780
is going to bring discernment and discipline, is also going to bring delight.

452
00:39:36,780 --> 00:39:44,380
Delight for the people of God who will share in the reign of Jesus Christ.

453
00:39:44,380 --> 00:39:52,400
In this book we have studied the biographical and the prophetical portions.

454
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:59,000
Our hearts have to stand amazed at the scope of the revelation that was given to this faithful

455
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:09,160
servant of God, this honored man of faith, one of God's chosen, 2,500 years ago.

456
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:18,000
You and I in 1990, following the footsteps of people like Daniel, people who have stood

457
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:24,920
tall for the truth of God and who have served God with integrity and righteousness in their

458
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,240
generation.

459
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:35,160
I tell you as a noble procession, this line of godly men and women in which we walk, oh

460
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:41,720
may God grant to us that we be faithful in our generation.

461
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:47,480
We upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

462
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:55,440
We who may very well be living in the terminal generation, that very generation foreseen

463
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,680
by Daniel and other prophets of old.

464
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:07,320
That time predicted by the angels, by the Holy Spirit as he spoke through New Testament

465
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:08,960
prophets.

466
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:15,440
That time is quickly coming, we believe, upon the earth.

467
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:22,000
As they were faithful in their day, let us not fail God in ours.

468
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:28,400
But let's serve him with faithfulness and integrity, whether it be on our campuses,

469
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:33,160
in our homes, in our neighborhoods, in our workplaces, our mission fields, our church

470
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:37,360
ministry, in whatever we do.

471
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:41,960
Let's do it for God and do it with all of our might.

472
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:48,720
But I cannot close without saying that for those whose names are not written in the book

473
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:56,920
of life, the future is not one of delight and blessedness.

474
00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:03,080
Because of the things coming upon the earth, the tribulation, the suffering, the death,

475
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:09,880
the antichrist, the judgment from God.

476
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:18,320
Because of those things coming upon the earth, the future is one of fear and dread.

477
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:25,000
Because of the final judgment with its disgrace, its resurrection to everlasting contempt and

478
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:35,280
to darkness and to the lake of fire, the future of the unsaved is one of dread.

479
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:42,000
If you are one today who has never trusted in the Savior, the only one who can deliver

480
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:51,480
you from this judgment that is to come, then will you trust him today?

481
00:42:51,480 --> 00:43:00,080
Will you bow the knee before him and receive him into your life as Lord and Savior?

482
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:07,240
Will you make him your own personal Savior?

483
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:15,820
May God help you to do that so that the angels in heaven may then take that quill and inscribe

484
00:43:15,820 --> 00:43:24,520
your name too in the Lamb's book of life so that you may share with the rest of the

485
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:31,400
saved in the glory and the delight and the blessing that God is going to bring upon the

486
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,200
earth one day when Jesus comes.

487
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,660
Let's pray.

488
00:43:37,660 --> 00:43:41,680
Our heads bowed, our eyes closed.

489
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:48,160
I wonder if there is just one or two people who would today say, this is the day for me.

490
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:52,600
Today I would trust in the Savior.

491
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:56,660
I've heard about Jesus, I've known about him, but I've never trusted in him as my

492
00:43:56,660 --> 00:43:59,320
own Lord and Savior.

493
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:04,800
And I recognize my need for deliverance from judgment.

494
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:09,120
And I place my faith alone in him today.

495
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:16,400
Would you indicate that to be your decision by lifting your hand so that I can see it?

496
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:21,600
God bless you.

497
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,340
Is there another?

498
00:44:24,340 --> 00:44:31,680
I would trust in Christ today for my deliverance, not only from the tribulation, but from the

499
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:35,480
judgment for my sin.

500
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:38,900
I believe in him who died for me and rose again.

501
00:44:38,900 --> 00:44:41,520
Is there another?

502
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:52,520
Oh Father, we thank you that this is still the day of salvation and that the long suffering

503
00:44:52,520 --> 00:45:04,720
of the Lord means that the door is still open for people to come in faith and to be delivered.

504
00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:10,240
But may all of us be motivated today for those who are lost, who know not the Savior and

505
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:17,160
who are headed toward this period of time of unparalleled grief and distress upon the

506
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:25,600
earth, who are headed ultimately toward judgment without Christ and to the lake of fire.

507
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:34,680
May we in our day be among those who would win others to Christ and turn them to right

508
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:38,600
righteousness and away from their sin.

509
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:46,400
May we be faithful, serving you as Daniel and others have been before us in their day.

510
00:45:46,400 --> 00:46:05,960
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.