316: Tim Badger – We Have Sinned (Dan. 9)

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this week’s talk.
Hello and welcome back.

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This is brother Chris back to
share with you another talk this

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week.
We’re listening to a class that

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was given back in 2001 by
Brother Tim Badger at the

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Suburban Young People’s Weekend
where he was looking at the

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subject along with some other
speakers at the topic of Daniel.

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And in this class he was looking
at some examples taken from

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Daniel Chapter 9, specifically
looking at Daniel and the 70

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week prophecy that Daniel
receives in Daniel Chapter 9.

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And I found both the second-half
of the classes where he really

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dives into the 70 week prophecy
and the detail and the little

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nuances in it.
Brother Tim does a great job of

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bringing all of that out and
really digging into it.

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It was awesome and really
encouraging.

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It’s a topic that I know I’ve
looked at before, but it’s

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always exciting to hear it
spelled out so eloquently as

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brother Tim does.
Just really makes it super

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engaging and amazing to witness.
And just how it must have felt

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to Daniel to get that 70 week
prophecy and then how it feels

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to us to be able to look back
and see that prophecy having

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been fulfilled over time.
He also makes a really powerful

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point at the beginning of the
class that I want you to pay

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attention to, and that’s talking
about making a confession like

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Daniel and just talking about
how powerful it is for someone

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like Daniel, who we look up to
as being one of these great men

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of faith, how powerful his
confession was to God.

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And he has all sorts of really
cool Nuggets about how it ties

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in what we’re reading about in
Daniel Chapter 9 and other parts

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of the story of Daniel that I
just found to be super, super

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encouraging.
This was one that was made as a

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recommendation.
It actually was recommended

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several years ago, shortly after
it was given in 2021.

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So it’s taking us a little bit
to get to this one, and I’m

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sorry it took us so long to get
to it because this is an awesome

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class.
I really, really enjoy it and I

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hope that you find it to be
encouraging that you take some

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comfort and some encouragement
from the court of revealing that

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brother Tim does of the 70 week
prophecy.

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And also just some really
actionable advice from looking

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at Daniel as a practical
application study that we can

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use in our walk.
So I hope that this encourages

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you and that you find it to be
uplifting in your walk.

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And with that, I’m going to turn
it over to our brother Tim

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Badger for his class based on
Daniel Chapter 9 entitled We

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Have Sinned.
Well, good evening.

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It’s exciting to be here.
The excitement for me lies

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obviously in the chapter that we
have in front of us, Daniel

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Chapter 9.
And if I’m honest, I’ve never

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really spent a lot of time with
this chapter until preparing for

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your theme on Daniel this year,
the young people.

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I believe that this has a
relevant and a timely message

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for us living in, as I think
Brad explained, as we are in the

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last days we’ve had, it showed
to us already tonight that God

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is in total.
Control.

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Of every historical event, and
he’s fulfilling his will and his

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purpose in everything that his
plans have been made to do from

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the beginning of time.
And the message from Daniel

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Chapter 9 is no different.
And yet what this chapter does,

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young people tonight is bring
into sharp relief our need for

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the Lord Jesus Christ.
And we do that through a man who

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didn’t really see the clear
picture of Christ.

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He saw him in shadow.
He saw a need in the future for

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his people.
But in Daniel Chapter 9,

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Gabriel, who’s the very same
Angel that announces to Mary so

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long later that she’s going to
give birth to the Messiah who

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will take care of the sins of
the nation, it’s that same Angel

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who shows up and interrupts
Daniel’s prayer, a prayer that’s

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a total confession of sin,
telling God he needs God’s

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forgiveness.
The people do.

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The land does, the sanctuary
does in Daniel Chapter 9.

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So what we want to do is just
look at the two parts of this

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amazing chapter in what’s
revealed to Daniel.

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The first part of the chapter is
obviously his prayer, and that

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prayer gets interrupted,
obviously in verse 20.

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So there’s two parts to this
whole story in Daniel Chapter 9,

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and you cannot separate them.
The first part is his prayer and

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then he’s interrupted verse 20.
Look what it says.

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And I was always speaking.
Praying and confessing my sin

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and the sins of my people,
Israel, and presenting my

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supplication before Yahweh, my
God, for the holy mountain of my

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God.
Yes, and he kind of makes this

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really emphatic, right?
He’s he’s telling this in

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retrospect, the story that
happened to him.

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He says, right when I was in the
middle of my prayer and pouring

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at my heart and my supplication,
not for me only, but for my

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people, yes, well, I was
speaking in my prayer or in

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prayer.
The man Gabriel, who had seen,

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whom I had seen in the vision at
the beginning being caused to

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fly, swiftly reached me about
the time of the evening

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offering.
And what happens from this point

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forward, young people, is the
answer to Daniel’s prayer.

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And you might think, well,
that’s weird because Daniel’s

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praying for forgiveness of the
sins of Israel and sins of the

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people and all of these kind of
hardships that they’ve been

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through.
He confesses that it’s because

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of their sin.
And Gabriel comes and says to

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Daniel, and this is the big
picture of the chapter.

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Daniel, you have no idea what
you’re asking for and how it

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will be fulfilled because what
Daniel is told in this chapter,

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young people as we begin to pick
it apart and.

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Feel the the the strength of the
message is this Daniel is told

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that the sins that he bears and
you might think of Daniel as a

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sort of a pretty godly man, but
he confesses his own sins in

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relation and with the sins of
his people.

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Daniel’s told the answer to your
sins, Daniel and the sins of

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Israel is still 490 years away,
over 490 years away.

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And that’s where the prophecy
comes in.

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We call it in verse 24, the 70
weeks.

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Prophecy now that’s what we want
to do tonight.

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We want to look at how is prayer
is related to this prophecy

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young people and it has all of
the.

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Power to convince us that the
Bible is amazingly true, but it

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goes well beyond that.
And tonight we’re going to see

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that God is not only in control
of world events like you’ve seen

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in the last study, He’s not only
control of the things going on

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in Afghanistan.
As hard as that is for our

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brothers and sisters to grapple
with at the moment there or who

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have fled there, not only is God
control in control of Russia and

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America, not only is he in
control of all the leaders of

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the world, the real message that
comes out of here for Daniel and

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for you tonight is that he is in
control of the sins that

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sometimes overwhelm your life.
And that’s what Daniel’s going

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to powerfully see.
And what I want you to do this

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evening, young people, is to go
home tonight not only thinking

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about fulfilled Bible prophecy
and prophecy sure to be

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fulfilled shortly, but I want
you to realize that God told

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Daniel so long ago that your
sins are totally in God’s

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control.
Let’s see how that works out in

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the life of Daniel.
Come to Chapter 9, verse one.

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I want to briefly tonight paint
a picture of the attitude that

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Daniel has in his prayer.
We’re not going to go through it

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verse by verse.
We’re not going to dissect it,

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but I want to show you some
principles that come out of his.

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Prayer and I want you to think
about your own prayer and your

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own sins and your attitude
towards sin.

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Daniel Chapter 9.
We find this in the first year

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of Darius, the son of the
Hajwares of the lineage of the

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Medes, who was made king of the
realm of the Chaldeans in the

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first year of his reign.
I Daniel understood by the books

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the number of the years
specified by the word of the

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Lord through Jeremiah the
Prophet that he would accomplish

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70 years of in the desolations
of Jerusalem.

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Now make sure you get the
context of Daniel Chapter 9.

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Daniel is a Bible student and by
that, as you will quickly see,

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that is not an academic term.
Daniel is a Bible student in the

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sense of wanting to know what
God says and what God wants of

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him and what God will do and to
align his life with that.

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Daniel was not studying the bit
the dates of Bible prophecy

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merely for clever academic
interest, is he the dates of

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Bible prophecy in the 70 years
described by Jeremiah the

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prophet and Daniel was going
back over those scrolls in the.

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Books looking and trying to
figure out how it aligned and

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where he sat and he suddenly
realized and he knew that he was

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right at the end of the 70 years
captivity that Jeremiah had

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spoken about.
And the. 1st.

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Thing Jeremiah does?
Sorry, the first thing Daniel

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does after studying Bible
prophecy is he throws himself on

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his face.
And spreads his hands out to his

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God in prayer because of what
the prophecy means for him and

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his people.
Why you be impressed by that

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young people that Daniel was a
serious Bible student?

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It’s true, isn’t it, when we
think about it, and we’re doing

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it through the course of Daniel,
off and on as the prophecies

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arise through the book.
It’s true that a huge part of

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the Bible is made-up of
prophecy.

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A.
Massive percentage of it.

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And you sort of think, well,
then there must be a sense in

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which God is intending us to
read that prophecy.

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He’s preserved it for us and to
study it carefully.

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But the study has to bring us to
our knees.

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In realizing that God is in
control, in realizing that God

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has got a purpose and a plan,
and in realizing that God wants

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us part of that purpose.
And plan.

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And that’s what happens when we
study the prophets, both Old and

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in New Testament, especially the
Book of Revelation.

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It has the power to convict you
and me.

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Of righteousness, of following
God, of realizing that this

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world is passing by, it’s
nothing, and God’s got a total

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plan according to Strict.
Guidelines and dates that he’s

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set down, especially told to us
in the book of Daniel and the

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Book of Revelation.
And it’s all happening.

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And that brings us to our knees,
realizing that we need God, and

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He’s the one that can also.
Can take control of our personal

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lives and sins.
And so Daniel starts off as

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prayer in verse four and it’s
beautiful.

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Look, look at this prayer and I
prayed to Yahweh my God.

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And the first thing we know
about this prayer is ultimately

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this is a prayer of confession.
And we want to talk about what

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that means for us in a moment,
but just get a little bit of a

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taste of his reverence and
attitude towards God.

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Oh Lord, great and awesome God
who keeps covenant and mercy

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with those who love him and with
those who keep his commandments.

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We have sinned.
You know, those words we won’t

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unpack tonight are full of rich
meaning of those who have gone

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before.
Moses speaks of words like that

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and Daniel’s drawing on those
words.

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Solomon in the dedication of the
Temple, significantly the

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dedication of the temple in
First Kings 8 uses those words.

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And here Daniel concerned about
the destruction of the temple

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and hopefully God’s soon renewal
of it as the 70.

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Years come to a close, Harkins
back to all those faithful

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prayers.
But young people, just reflect

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tonight on your own prayers as
you love the example of Daniel,

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as you love his passion and his
spirit.

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I want you to love his prayer
and his attitude in prayer.

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This is a careful, sincere
prayer.

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It’s highly reverent of God, and
not just in the wording, but the

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actual feeling and sentiment
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That’s the key.
And he appeals to what God has

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promised and said in the past.
This is Daniel’s example and we

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love it.
You know, as you go through this

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prayer, it’s pointed out the
most frequent thing that’s kind

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of pointed out in this prayer is
the word we in verse 5.

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And of course, if you don’t have
that highlighted or something to

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make it stand out, it’s crucial
to the sense of this entire

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prayer.
All the way through this prayer,

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Daniel associates himself with
the people, even though when we

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look at the life of Daniel,
there’s nothing to think that he

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should be aligned with the
people.

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So why is it we have sinned?
Why is it my sins and the sins

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of my people?
This is Daniel the prophet, the

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beloved of God that we’re
talking about.

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And so here’s what we find,
young people, when we look at

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the spirit of Daniel, which we
love and we want to follow.

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In Daniel’s prayer, he never,
although he could have, he never

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blames others for his situation.
Nowhere in this prayer does

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Daniel condemn Israel and stand
back apart from them as if he’s

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not part of Israel.
He.

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Never makes himself better than
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That’s not his attitude.
Do you know young people?

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That is a crucial attitude to
bring to suburban young peoples.

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Fundamental to all that we do
here is the fact that we are

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united as young people, some
struggling more than others,

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absolutely, some at different
stages in their life.

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Being able to provide leadership
and godly direction and others

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which might be you at another
stage in your life needing to

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follow and to be inspired by and
strengthened by those examples.

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But never, ever young people.
See yourself as something apart

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from the young people of the
Brotherhood, something different

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from suburban, something
slightly apart, maybe slightly

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better.
You are.

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All part.
And so this is obviously a

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lesson to the entire
brotherhood, right?

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But we’re young people and we’re
speaking in in young people’s

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sort of context.
This is true for me in ecclesial

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life.
It’s true for our ecclesias here

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in Adelaide.
It’s a true statement, attitude

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and feeling for the brotherhood
worldwide.

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We are in this together, we
suffer together.

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When part of the body suffers,
we feel it and we want to help,

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we want to empathize, we want to
care, we want to build up.

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We want to be a Daniel.
That’s so important, young

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people.
And this is the spirit of the

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man who God greatly loves.
Greatly.

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Loves.
And the Angel came and just told

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him that point blank.
You are greatly beloved, Daniel,

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and it’s because of these
attitudes in this prayer.

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Daniel never demands or expects
anything on the basis of who he

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was.
He’s an ordained prophet.

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Or so on the basis of who he was
in his personal situation in

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Babylon.
He is.

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He has a high status in Babylon.
He could have easily snubbed

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other Israelites from Babylon
from a distance, from his high

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elevated position.
He could have done that and he

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didn’t.
He puts him right himself, right

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on the ground level with the
rest of the young people in his

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CYC, and he’s there leading the
way by confessing.

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And seeing the need for reform
where there was need.

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You see, in this prayer, young
people, Daniel is acutely aware

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of sin.
Not the sins of others, the sins

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collectively.
And he hates sin.

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But all the way through this
prayer, you’ll find he is

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acutely aware of God’s mercy.
God is the one you come to

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through confession, through
acknowledging that he is

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righteous and right in
everything he does.

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He’s the one you come to to
appeal for mercy and forgiveness

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and help.
This is the beautiful

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willingness of Daniel to share
in the failings and the

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sufferings of others and not to
stand apart as better, different

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or in a in another circumstance.
You know, this is interesting

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young people as you go through
there’s there’s all these words

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for sin through this prayer.
It’s a pretty heavy going prayer

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right as you as you read through
as you go.

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Let let’s have a look at verse
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Lord righteousness.
Belongs to you.

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He’s constantly elevating God to
His holy and righteous position

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because when we respect that,
when Daniel knows and

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understands and feels the
righteousness of God, he’s in a

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right place to understand the
gravity of sin.

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And that’s what we need to
respect God, to Revere him and

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to see he’s holy and righteous,
helps us to highlight the

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gravity of sin in our own lives.
And that’s not a negative thing,

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Young.
People hold that hold that

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thought.
Where that leads is crucially

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important.
Oh Lord, righteousness belongs

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to you, but to us.
Shame, facedness, as it is this

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day to the men of Judah and
inhabitants of Jerusalem, all

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Israel, those near and those
those near and those far off in

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the countries to which you have
driven them, because of the

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unfaithfulness which which they
have committed.

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Against you unfaithfulness.
He talks about shame, he talks

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about rebellion in this prayer.
He talks about transgression,

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iniquity and sin.
All these are heavy words.

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You sort of think, well, where
is this going?

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How do how do we get out of
this?

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But here’s an important
principle, young people of

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Daniel’s prayer that has spoken
to me a lot.

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And that is this a crucial
aspect of being a young.

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Person, and a disciple for that
matter, is having an acute

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awareness of sin.
And you might think, well that’s

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a that’s a negative thing to
dwell on.

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And yet young people we find in
Scripture, it’s not those

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faithful who are acutely aware
of their own personal sins are

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those who are most acutely aware
of the greatness and the

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profound depth of God’s mercy.
And this is who you find in

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Daniel Chapter 9, the example of
Daniel himself.

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Do you know, I think it’s, it’s
worth thinking about just for a

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little bit.
And there’s a there’s some

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interesting things when we look
at the world around us when it

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comes to sin.
The interesting thing is there’s

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a.
Book this idea of being aware,

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our consciousness, our
consciousness of sin.

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In 1973, a book was written by a
psychiatrist called Karl

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Menninger, and the title of the
book is Whatever Became of Sin.

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And he says in that book, he’s
back in the 70s.

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Let’s just think about this and
think about the context of the

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world we live in.
Think about Daniel, how

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different he is from this.
He says in the book the very

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word sin, which seems to have
disappeared, was once a proud

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word.
It was once a strong word, an

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ominous and serious word, but
the word went away.

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He says it’s almost disappeared,
the word along with the notion,

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why don’t people sin anymore?
Doesn’t anyone believe in sin?

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And you think, well, what is
that talking about?

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But what’s super interesting
young people, there’s this thing

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in the United States which is
really, in a sense, really

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interesting to compare to Daniel
Chapter 9.

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There’s this thing in the United
States that’s run by the

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American presidents called the
National Day of Prayer.

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Donald Trump’s done it, Obama’s
done it, and almost all of the

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US presidents have done it,
where they get all of America,

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which is pretty substantial when
you think about it.

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And they get, they call
officially the whole nation, the

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whole nation to a day of prayer.
This first happened during the

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Civil War, and the Senate of the
United States asked Abraham

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Lincoln to call for a day of
prayer.

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Now you just listen to the
language of the Senate during

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the Civil War in America.
This is what they wrote to

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Abraham Lincoln.
Think of the difference today.

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This is what they wrote.
Whereas the Senate of the United

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States, devoutly recognizing the
supreme authority and just

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government of Almighty God in
all the affairs of men and of

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nations, has by a resolution
requested the president to

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designate and set apart a day
for national prayer and

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humiliation in America.
Look at what the Senate says.

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And whereas is the duty of
nations as well as men to own

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their dependence upon the over
ruling power of God?

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To confess their sins and
transgressions in humble sorrow,

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yet with assured hope that
genuine repentance will lead to

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mercy and pardon?
And to recognize the sublime

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truth announced in the Holy
Scriptures and proven by all

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history, that those nations only
are blessed whose God is the

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Lord.
So at the end of this petition

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to Abraham Lincoln, the Senate
of America says it behoves us

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then to humble ourselves before
the offended power God, to

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confess our national sins and to
pray for clemency and for

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forgiveness.
You know it’s.

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Really interesting young people.
The last time the word sin was

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used in America’s National Day
of Prayer was President

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Eisenhower in 1953.
Things have cooled off a little

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bit with sin, or America’s Got a
little bit sinless since Abraham

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Lincoln’s Day and their humble
plea for pardon.

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As a nation, it’s a pretty
amazing thing.

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Barack Obama never mentioned it.
He he refers to the fact that

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the others prayed for sin.
But Barack Obama and his

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National Days of Prayer never
actually prayed for sin.

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And you can guess that Donald
Trump didn’t either.

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Although Donald Trump writes
some pretty amazing prayers, but

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it’s always God be with us
through COVID or whatever he

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wrote.
And God be with the American

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military forces.
Never does he confess the sins

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of American people.
Now, what’s with that, young

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people?
This is the sense society, the

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world around us can lose a sense
of sin.

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But when you lose a sense of
sin.

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You gain a great sense of
immorality.

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You lose your orientation and
reckoning with God and your

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Maker that the sentiments of the
American Senate.

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During the Civil War are far
gone.

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They revered the God of Jacob
and they honored the Holy One.

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That’s how they referred to him.
And yet that’s all gone, young

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people.
And you know, it’s interesting

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that in religion itself, people
have noted the same thing in

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Protestant churches.
I just want you to think about

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this in relation to Daniel CS
Lewis wrote.

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The barrier I’ve met in his
preaching and evangelizing as a

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as a even as a preacher, the
barrier I’ve met is that almost

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the total absent from the minds
of my audience of any sense of

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sin.
Interestingly, a lady wrote a

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book in 1995 when she analyzed a
whole bunch of Protestant

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sermons on the parable of the
prodigal son, and she says we

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should not be surprised to find
that communicating notions of

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sin poses difficulties for many
of the pastors.

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As we’ve seen here, A closer
examination of the sermons

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suggest the many ways which the
concept of sin has been

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accommodated to fit secular
sensibilities.

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In other words, this young
people, the concept of sin has

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been eroded and almost lost in
society, and it’s happening in

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the churches too.
And yet when you come back to

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Daniel Chapter 9, it is the
major focus of his prayer.

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Why is that powerful?
Well, young people, if we begin

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to minimize sin or push it
aside, our awareness of it in

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our hatred of it in our life,
then we soon become far from

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God.
So the reason why God that

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Daniel is so greatly beloved
young people is because he was

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so aware of his sin and he
dumped it before God.

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Sometimes it’s easy if you’re
like me, to minimize sin in your

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life.
Daniel did not.

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He laid it flat out before God.
Sometimes, if you’re like me,

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it’s easy to just not think or
or mention.

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Our sins.
You know what it’s like if

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you’ve committed a sin.
And you feel bad about it, but

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you never really get around to
praying for it.

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And eventually the shock or the
disappointment with yourself

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wears off.
And in the end you move on and,

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and maybe fall into that trap
again.

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And what can happen is that sins
never really fully brought to

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light, never really fully
brought to God.

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We just kind of minimize it and
it kind of goes away.

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And the feeling of
uncomfortableness disappears

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with.
Time, Daniel says to us as young

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people, no, the way to reckon
with sin in your life is to be

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00:27:55,240 –> 00:27:58,280
so aware of it and to bring it
to God.

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The idea here is confession of
sin, young people, to confess

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our sins.
And I want you to think about

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it, how important this concept
is.

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Now I want you to think in the
light of the example of Daniel,

447
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how often you do this.
When was the last time you put

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all the distractions aside, got
down on your knees and put all

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your sins before God?
When did you last do that?

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I mean seriously in the in the
attitude, in the reverence and

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in the profound thinking that
Daniel does.

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00:28:43,000 –> 00:28:47,080
You see, if you’re like me and
you probably are, it’s so easy

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to deal with sin when we just
say a quick prayer and say, oh

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Lord, I’ve failed again, I’ve
stuffed up again, please forgive

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00:28:52,520 –> 00:28:56,640
me and and I was wrong.
That was bad and it’s over and

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00:28:56,640 –> 00:28:59,040
you move on to something else,
maybe praying for the Kingdom to

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come.
Great.

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But young people, when you stop
and you and take this the right

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way, when you dwell on your sins
and put them before God in the

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same sense and with urgency and
and prayer and petition and

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supplication as Daniel does,
that’s an essential first step.

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And maybe young people, maybe
you’re struggling with.

463
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Sin more than you need to.
And maybe that’s because you

464
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haven’t actually really
confessed it.

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Really confessed it.
This is what we might call.

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00:29:40,120 –> 00:29:43,880
A Daniel confession, not a quick
one, not as you’re dozing off to

467
00:29:43,880 –> 00:29:47,280
sleep as your head’s already on
your pillow, but on your knees

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00:29:47,360 –> 00:29:50,480
by your bed.
You’ve got problems with sin.

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00:29:50,760 –> 00:29:53,320
You’ve got problems with your
girlfriend or your boyfriend

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00:29:53,400 –> 00:29:54,920
going too far.
You got problems with your

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phone, your computer.
You got problems with all of

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those temptations.
Get down on your knees and pray

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00:30:02,080 –> 00:30:05,120
to God, young people, and
confess your sins.

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Bring them into your awareness,
not for the sake of leaving them

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there, but leaving them with
God.

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That’s what Daniel’s doing.
See, young people, the message

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00:30:15,640 –> 00:30:19,440
that’s coming out from Daniel’s
prayer is that you can never

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feel in control of sin if you’re
in control of them and you keep

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00:30:24,320 –> 00:30:27,440
your sins to yourself.
The whole message here of Israel

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is those sins had to be placed
before God so he could take

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control of them.
You will never do that if you

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00:30:34,960 –> 00:30:40,160
keep them to yourself.
You know the story of David,

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00:30:40,160 –> 00:30:43,120
don’t you?
And you know what Psalm 32 and

484
00:30:43,120 –> 00:30:47,040
Psalm 51 portray of a man who
kept his sins to himself?

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00:30:49,320 –> 00:30:55,360
That’s no way to deal with sin.
The The way to deal with sin,

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00:30:55,360 –> 00:30:58,280
young people, is to confess to
God.

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00:30:59,720 –> 00:31:01,240
And that’s all I’m going to say
about SIM tonight.

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00:31:01,280 –> 00:31:03,320
That’s all we’re going to take
from message of Daniel because

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that’s what he does.
Always see him as we peer

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through his window.
And you know, young people, if

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you look at the chronology of
Daniel, this could be the very

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prayer that put him in the
lion’s den.

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00:31:15,400 –> 00:31:17,840
This absolutely could have been
the prayer.

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00:31:17,840 –> 00:31:20,120
As you work through the
chronology of Daniel, this could

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have been the very prayer.
That he was caught for and

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00:31:23,720 –> 00:31:26,280
slapped in the lion’s den in
Daniel chapter 6.

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00:31:26,440 –> 00:31:29,560
Because we know in Daniel
chapter 6 this is 1 little line

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of evidence that he was
supplicating to God and pouring

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00:31:32,440 –> 00:31:34,480
out his prayer as he prayed.
Towards Jerusalem.

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That’s the very sense of this
prayer in Daniel Chapter 9 for

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00:31:38,320 –> 00:31:41,520
young people.
Let’s be honest about our sin.

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00:31:42,640 –> 00:31:46,680
Let’s not fake or even minimize
it in our mind.

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00:31:46,680 –> 00:31:49,800
And let it disappear.
And you know, if we have that

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00:31:49,800 –> 00:31:52,760
perspective, I can I feel like
this is true.

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00:31:54,400 –> 00:31:58,320
If you are a person that begins
that habit and opens up your

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00:31:58,320 –> 00:32:03,800
confessions to God and does it
sincerely, you are far less

507
00:32:04,080 –> 00:32:08,480
likely to judge other.
People, it’s true.

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00:32:09,520 –> 00:32:13,200
Because if you are aware of your
own sins and you’re giving them

509
00:32:13,200 –> 00:32:16,520
over to God to control, and he
might not take them away, young

510
00:32:16,520 –> 00:32:19,280
people, we know that he doesn’t
suddenly make temptations

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00:32:19,280 –> 00:32:22,120
disappear.
But if you give your sins to

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God.
You’re so much more aware of

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00:32:25,560 –> 00:32:31,280
your need and so less likely to
judge other people.

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00:32:32,200 –> 00:32:34,600
You need to believe that God is
in control of sin.

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00:32:34,760 –> 00:32:37,240
You know, just.
Check out Chapter 9 verse 7

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00:32:37,240 –> 00:32:42,440
again.
Just an interesting footnote on

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Daniel’s use of a word in
Chapter 9, verse 7 to see in

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00:32:48,000 –> 00:32:57,160
verse 7 it says we just find the
word, Oh Lord, righteousness

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00:32:57,160 –> 00:33:00,240
bunks to you, but just to our
shame of face as it is this day.

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00:33:00,240 –> 00:33:02,000
The man of Judah, the
inhabitants of Jerusalem and all

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00:33:02,000 –> 00:33:07,200
Israel, those near and those who
are and those far off in all the

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00:33:07,200 –> 00:33:09,360
countries to which you have
driven them because of the

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00:33:09,360 –> 00:33:11,520
unfaithfulness which they have
committed to you.

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00:33:11,520 –> 00:33:13,000
And I think I have the wrong
verse.

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00:33:13,800 –> 00:33:18,760
Where’s the word trespass?
The word trespass.

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00:33:18,760 –> 00:33:20,440
Just scan your eyes down and see
if you can help me out.

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00:33:23,400 –> 00:33:26,160
Oh, in the king J, That’s right.
I was going between King J.

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00:33:26,320 –> 00:33:30,640
The word trespass is the Hebrew
word to cover up or to act

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00:33:30,640 –> 00:33:33,280
covertly.
So the interesting thing is

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00:33:33,280 –> 00:33:34,560
Daniel’s doing the opposite of
that.

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00:33:34,680 –> 00:33:36,280
He’s like, let’s uncover those
sins.

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00:33:36,280 –> 00:33:39,560
Forget acting covertly, forget
hiding them, forget pretending

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00:33:39,560 –> 00:33:42,120
in your youth group that you’re
all good, but you’re not.

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00:33:42,920 –> 00:33:46,160
That’s the idea of trespass here
is to cover up your own sins.

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00:33:46,720 –> 00:33:49,600
The the great irony, young
people, for us, the great

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00:33:49,600 –> 00:33:55,160
profound truth is that when we
uncover our sins, God will cover

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00:33:55,160 –> 00:33:59,040
them.
You will never cover your own

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00:33:59,040 –> 00:34:03,520
sins.
So stop trespassing and open

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00:34:03,520 –> 00:34:06,280
them up to God.
Don’t hold on to it.

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00:34:06,720 –> 00:34:11,600
Don’t pretend there’s no need to
fake in our young people’s

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00:34:11,600 –> 00:34:14,800
group.
Do you know what Daniel shows us

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00:34:14,800 –> 00:34:17,600
is that we need to align, and we
can align our petition with

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00:34:17,600 –> 00:34:19,880
God’s purpose.
It’s not just what Daniel

544
00:34:19,880 –> 00:34:21,719
wanted, right?
He keeps coming back to this

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00:34:21,719 –> 00:34:24,760
idea that God’s holy.
He wants his name to be centered

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00:34:24,760 –> 00:34:27,080
back in Jerusalem and on his
people and on his land.

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00:34:27,560 –> 00:34:31,040
Daniel’s whole prayer is aligned
with wanting God’s purpose to

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00:34:31,040 –> 00:34:35,120
continue, and in that context,
he pours out his sin and he sins

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00:34:35,120 –> 00:34:38,440
the people.
It’s a deep desire to see God as

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00:34:38,440 –> 00:34:44,199
right, and he hates sin.
I wonder, young people.

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00:34:45,800 –> 00:34:49,280
Over the last couple weeks,
whether our life demonstrates

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00:34:49,280 –> 00:34:56,080
one who does truly hate sin or
whether we’ve become blindly

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00:34:56,360 –> 00:35:00,680
unaware of sin in our life,
let’s refocus on that because

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00:35:00,960 –> 00:35:04,600
what this brings us to young
people is the mercy of God.

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00:35:04,920 –> 00:35:09,000
Daniel keeps calling out for
God’s mercy, and here we are in

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00:35:09,000 –> 00:35:12,760
Daniel Chapter 9, verse 19.
Here’s the conclusion of his

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00:35:12,760 –> 00:35:14,960
prayer.
I don’t know if you’ve ever

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00:35:15,000 –> 00:35:18,120
yelled out to God before in your
own personal prayer, ever cried

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00:35:18,120 –> 00:35:22,360
out because things have been so
hard, but here’s verse 19.

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Oh Lord, here, oh Lord, forgive,
oh Lord, listen and act.

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Do not delay for your own.
Sakes, it’s not about Daniel.

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00:35:34,440 –> 00:35:37,160
It’s about God’s sake, God’s
glory.

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00:35:37,880 –> 00:35:41,400
Do not delay for your own sake,
my God, for your city and your

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00:35:41,400 –> 00:35:45,360
people are called by your name.
And that’s the attitude of

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00:35:45,360 –> 00:35:48,920
Daniel.
And so, young people, the

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00:35:48,920 –> 00:35:54,000
extraordinary thing happens that
the Angel comes to him at the

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00:35:54,000 –> 00:35:56,280
time of the evening offering in
verse 21.

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00:35:56,280 –> 00:35:57,160
Have you ever thought about
that?

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00:35:57,800 –> 00:36:01,160
That’s pretty odd.
The time of the evening offering

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00:36:01,560 –> 00:36:04,200
where, where is Daniel?
Obviously he’s in Babylon.

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00:36:04,200 –> 00:36:07,720
He’s nowhere near an altar or
the temple.

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00:36:08,200 –> 00:36:12,880
And yet Daniel can tell you that
the Angel came at the time of

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00:36:12,880 –> 00:36:16,640
the evening sacrifice, something
embedded in the Law of Moses,

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00:36:16,840 –> 00:36:19,600
something clearly part of what
the temple does.

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00:36:20,440 –> 00:36:22,840
And yet he’s in Babylon.
And what’s happening, young

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00:36:22,840 –> 00:36:26,640
people, is because Daniel can’t
offer sacrifices and offerings

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00:36:26,640 –> 00:36:29,240
anymore under the law of Moses
because the temple’s destroyed.

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00:36:29,600 –> 00:36:33,560
He’s taken that moment of the
evening sacrifice and used that

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00:36:33,600 –> 00:36:37,200
every day to offer his
confession to God for sin.

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00:36:37,440 –> 00:36:41,440
No altar, no ram, no he goat, no
Bullock, none of that.

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00:36:42,360 –> 00:36:47,000
But he uses that time to confess
his sin to God and Gabriel comes

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00:36:47,560 –> 00:36:53,720
and says, Daniel, I want you to
understand this verse 23 at the

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00:36:53,720 –> 00:36:55,960
beginning of your supplication,
the command went out and I’ve

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00:36:55,960 –> 00:36:57,920
come to tell you, for you are
greatly beloved.

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00:36:58,200 –> 00:37:00,560
Therefore, consider the matter
and understand.

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00:37:00,560 –> 00:37:04,240
This vision and here we go.
What I want you to be really

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00:37:04,240 –> 00:37:07,720
clear on young people is this
right?

588
00:37:08,520 –> 00:37:11,080
We are going to jump into and
it’s really warm in.

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00:37:11,080 –> 00:37:13,080
Here I don’t know if anyone else
is feeling that too, but I am

590
00:37:13,080 –> 00:37:17,720
sweating like a pig, OK?
So I hope it’s not too warm of

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00:37:17,720 –> 00:37:21,920
you in here for you to work out
what Daniel had to do at the

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00:37:21,920 –> 00:37:25,080
time of the evening sacrifice.
And that is the Angel said to

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00:37:25,080 –> 00:37:29,520
him, listen and understand now
what what Daniel is about to

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00:37:29,520 –> 00:37:32,120
get.
I’m honestly going to tell you

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00:37:32,120 –> 00:37:34,840
from my perspective is probably
one of the most exciting

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00:37:34,840 –> 00:37:39,400
prophecies in the Bible and one
of the most confirming of the

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00:37:39,400 –> 00:37:42,160
truth of the Bible.
And yet it’s far more than that,

598
00:37:42,480 –> 00:37:43,880
right?
It’s far more than that.

599
00:37:44,760 –> 00:37:46,760
What does this prophecy have to
do with his prayer?

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00:37:46,760 –> 00:37:49,440
Well, first of all, we sort of
want to look at the prophecy.

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00:37:49,800 –> 00:37:52,320
But before we do, I want you to
be impressed by this.

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00:37:52,640 –> 00:37:59,600
If you claim to follow Jesus and
you love Jesus, if you do, you

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00:37:59,600 –> 00:38:04,320
will be very interested in not
only Bible prophecy, but Bible

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00:38:04,320 –> 00:38:08,280
dates.
Jesus is all over dates in Bible

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00:38:08,280 –> 00:38:11,560
prophecy.
He’s not just the Jesus.

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00:38:11,560 –> 00:38:13,920
And sometimes he’s portrayed by
the churches around us.

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00:38:14,760 –> 00:38:18,200
Jesus is completely interested
in Bible prophecy and timelines,

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00:38:18,200 –> 00:38:20,480
as was Daniel.
And he refers to Daniel.

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00:38:20,720 –> 00:38:23,880
He says in Matthew 24 when you
see the abomination of

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00:38:23,880 –> 00:38:25,880
desolation which Daniel spoke
about.

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00:38:26,080 –> 00:38:29,120
And then he.
Says if you read that, try and

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00:38:29,120 –> 00:38:32,680
understand he’s referring to
Daniel Chapter 9 when Gabriel

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00:38:32,680 –> 00:38:34,040
says I want you to understand
this.

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00:38:34,600 –> 00:38:36,440
When you go back to Daniel,
that’s what Daniel was doing,

615
00:38:36,440 –> 00:38:38,040
right?
He was reading Jeremiah the

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00:38:38,040 –> 00:38:40,280
prophet and trying to understand
the time period.

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00:38:40,520 –> 00:38:44,360
So when we do this, I want you
to sort of gear up if we can,

618
00:38:45,240 –> 00:38:48,520
and we want to pick apart the 70
week prophecy, which is what

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Gabriel gives to him.
This is the spirit of Daniel.

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00:38:51,160 –> 00:38:55,400
This is the Spirit of Jesus.
So this is what he says, right?

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00:38:55,640 –> 00:39:01,560
He says 70 weeks are determined
for your people and for your

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00:39:01,560 –> 00:39:04,640
holy city.
Right now, whatever this 70

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00:39:04,640 –> 00:39:08,360
weeks is, it has 6 purposes.
OK, And you don’t have to write

624
00:39:08,360 –> 00:39:11,120
all this down because I can give
you the slides, but the 70 weeks

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00:39:11,120 –> 00:39:15,240
prophecy has 6 purposes.
It’s to end transgression.

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00:39:15,360 –> 00:39:18,360
Oh, that totally relates to
Daniel’s prayer, right?

627
00:39:18,360 –> 00:39:19,960
Because that’s what he’s all
worried about is the

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00:39:19,960 –> 00:39:21,400
transgression in sin of his
people.

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00:39:21,680 –> 00:39:24,280
So the 70 week prophecy is going
to end transgression.

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00:39:24,560 –> 00:39:26,120
It’s going to make an end of
sins.

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00:39:26,600 –> 00:39:29,120
It’s going to make
reconciliation or covering for

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00:39:29,120 –> 00:39:31,520
iniquity perfect.
That’s what we’ve been talking

633
00:39:31,520 –> 00:39:35,400
about, to bring in everlasting
righteousness. 5th it’s going to

634
00:39:35,400 –> 00:39:38,600
seal up the vision of the
prophecy, and number six, it’s

635
00:39:38,600 –> 00:39:41,240
going to be for the anointing of
the Most Holy.

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00:39:42,080 –> 00:39:45,720
That’s what this prophecy is all
about in verse 24.

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00:39:47,240 –> 00:39:50,680
Now what are we talking about
with 70 weeks?

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00:39:50,680 –> 00:39:54,840
Well young people, there is 2
verses in particular in the

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00:39:54,840 –> 00:39:59,720
Bible, Numbers 1434 and Ezekiel
chapter 4 verse 6.

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00:40:00,040 –> 00:40:02,800
That show you really clearly
that a principle of Bible

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00:40:02,800 –> 00:40:06,680
prophecy is that we can take one
day for one year.

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00:40:07,760 –> 00:40:11,480
Now if you just stand back and
think, should we take 70 weeks,

643
00:40:11,480 –> 00:40:16,800
Literally nothing happened in 70
weeks after Daniel’s kind of

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00:40:17,360 –> 00:40:19,520
situation here, 70 weeks is not
a long time.

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00:40:20,120 –> 00:40:24,920
But if you take this as 70
sevens, which is 70 weeks or 70

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00:40:24,920 –> 00:40:29,400
weeks of days, you end up with a
day for a year principle that

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00:40:29,400 –> 00:40:34,880
gives you, well, what’s 70 * 7
four 190, right.

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00:40:35,000 –> 00:40:39,040
So you actually have 490 years
using the day for a year

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00:40:39,040 –> 00:40:43,280
principle.
And, and in 490 years from the

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00:40:43,280 –> 00:40:46,040
start point of this prophecy,
which we’ll look at, it’s going

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00:40:46,040 –> 00:40:52,280
to do all six of these things,
490 years from the start of this

652
00:40:52,280 –> 00:40:55,800
prophecy and we’re told when it
starts.

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00:40:57,440 –> 00:41:01,160
All right.
So what I want to do is have a

654
00:41:01,160 –> 00:41:03,320
look at who this is really
about.

655
00:41:04,560 –> 00:41:07,200
The first thing I want you to
notice is the subject of this

656
00:41:07,200 –> 00:41:10,240
prophecy, the 70 weeks is
talking about the Messiah, the

657
00:41:10,240 –> 00:41:13,080
Prince.
Look at Chapter 9, verse 25.

658
00:41:14,360 –> 00:41:18,800
There is a character mentioned
here and he’s called Messiah the

659
00:41:18,800 –> 00:41:22,680
Prince in verse 25.
He’s also referred to as the

660
00:41:22,680 –> 00:41:27,000
Prince in verse 26, right?
That’s worth highlighting in

661
00:41:27,000 –> 00:41:32,040
your Bible or just being really
clear on whatever this 490 years

662
00:41:32,040 –> 00:41:35,040
is about.
The prime subject of it is

663
00:41:35,040 –> 00:41:37,200
Messiah the Prince.
Now we all know who the Messiah

664
00:41:37,200 –> 00:41:38,160
is.
It’s Jesus.

665
00:41:38,240 –> 00:41:42,560
There is no other Messiah.
The word Prince here is the idea

666
00:41:42,560 –> 00:41:45,280
of ruler or commander.
It’s used of the kings of Israel

667
00:41:45,520 –> 00:41:47,880
and it’s only once in Isaiah.
You can look that up on your

668
00:41:47,880 –> 00:41:49,360
own.
It’s a beautiful little verse.

669
00:41:49,920 –> 00:41:51,120
And you know what’s really
interesting?

670
00:41:51,240 –> 00:41:54,560
It’s never used in Daniel except
for here in the 70 weeks

671
00:41:54,560 –> 00:41:58,240
prophecy and in Daniel Chapter
11 verse 22, referring to

672
00:41:58,240 –> 00:42:01,120
exactly the same person, Jesus
Christ.

673
00:42:01,680 –> 00:42:04,400
All the other words for Prince
and Daniel are some other word.

674
00:42:04,680 –> 00:42:09,040
This is special.
This is a special person and

675
00:42:09,040 –> 00:42:11,920
it’s the Messiah.
Now ready.

676
00:42:12,000 –> 00:42:16,400
I’m going to take you through to
me the most logical way to read

677
00:42:16,400 –> 00:42:20,560
the 70 weeks prophecy.
It starts in verse 25 and goes

678
00:42:20,560 –> 00:42:26,440
through verse 26 and 27.
Here we go first of all, the 70

679
00:42:26,440 –> 00:42:30,200
week prophecy is broken into
three sections, right.

680
00:42:31,400 –> 00:42:32,760
Oh, I can walk away from this.
Nice.

681
00:42:32,920 –> 00:42:36,200
OK we’re to Oh no, let me read
it first.

682
00:42:36,200 –> 00:42:39,240
OK come back to verse 25.
Just so you know I’m not making

683
00:42:39,240 –> 00:42:40,520
this up.
Look at verse 25.

684
00:42:40,960 –> 00:42:43,320
Know therefore and understand.
So let’s do it.

685
00:42:43,320 –> 00:42:45,800
We got to hang on to this.
It’s brilliant that from the

686
00:42:45,800 –> 00:42:48,520
going forth of the command to
restore and build Jerusalem

687
00:42:48,600 –> 00:42:55,920
until Messiah the Prince, there
shall be 7 weeks and 62 weeks,

688
00:42:57,280 –> 00:43:00,120
and the street will be built
again, and the wall, even in

689
00:43:00,120 –> 00:43:02,960
troublesome times.
Now hold on, if you add up 62

690
00:43:02,960 –> 00:43:04,360
and seven, what does that add up
to?

691
00:43:06,720 –> 00:43:13,280
How many weeks?
626345678969 weeks.

692
00:43:13,560 –> 00:43:15,160
I thought this was a 70 week
prophecy.

693
00:43:15,480 –> 00:43:17,240
And it is.
There’s one more week and it’s

694
00:43:17,240 –> 00:43:20,880
referred to in verse 27.
Then he should confirm a

695
00:43:20,880 –> 00:43:24,520
covenant with many for one week.
So the 70 week prophecy, this is

696
00:43:24,520 –> 00:43:26,600
awesome is broken up into three
sections.

697
00:43:26,920 –> 00:43:30,800
There’s seven weeks, that’s 49
days or 49 years.

698
00:43:31,160 –> 00:43:38,080
There’s 62 weeks, which is 434
days, 434 years.

699
00:43:38,360 –> 00:43:41,440
And then there’s one week at the
end.

700
00:43:42,520 –> 00:43:46,200
And we’re also told that
something happens in the middle

701
00:43:46,200 –> 00:43:51,320
of that final week.
Do you see that 1st 27 for one

702
00:43:51,320 –> 00:43:53,280
week, but in the middle of the
week?

703
00:43:53,920 –> 00:43:58,080
So here we go.
We’ve got 7 years or seven

704
00:43:58,080 –> 00:44:01,880
weeks, 62 weeks, one week, and
that one week is divided into 3

705
00:44:01,880 –> 00:44:03,720
1/2 days and 3 1/2 days in the
middle of the week.

706
00:44:03,720 –> 00:44:07,440
Does that make sense?
All right, let me show you a

707
00:44:07,440 –> 00:44:09,320
picture of it.
This is what it looks like.

708
00:44:10,280 –> 00:44:14,480
So here’s our seventy week, our
seven weeks, 62 weeks.

709
00:44:15,080 –> 00:44:17,560
There’s a one week and something
happens in the midst of it.

710
00:44:18,120 –> 00:44:20,560
Now this is incredible.
Young people, I want to show you

711
00:44:20,880 –> 00:44:24,280
how good this is.
Verse 25 tells us what’s going

712
00:44:24,280 –> 00:44:27,320
to happen in the first seven
weeks, Says the streets are

713
00:44:27,320 –> 00:44:30,000
going to be built and the wall
in troublesome times.

714
00:44:30,480 –> 00:44:34,240
When was the wall built?
Who built the wall?

715
00:44:38,800 –> 00:44:40,000
Yes, thanks.
OK, good.

716
00:44:40,320 –> 00:44:43,800
Was it easy days?
OK, that’s pretty clear, right?

717
00:44:44,040 –> 00:44:46,920
So he says there’s going to be a
command and the first seven

718
00:44:46,920 –> 00:44:48,720
weeks are going to be
troublesome times when the

719
00:44:48,720 –> 00:44:51,080
wall’s built.
So that’s the first seven weeks

720
00:44:51,080 –> 00:44:53,800
for 49 years.
This is the time of Ezra in

721
00:44:53,800 –> 00:44:55,760
Nehemiah.
Then it says there’s going to be

722
00:44:55,760 –> 00:44:58,560
62 weeks.
What’s going to happen in the 62

723
00:44:58,560 –> 00:45:00,440
weeks?
The massive stretch of time?

724
00:45:00,680 –> 00:45:02,120
The answer?
Nothing.

725
00:45:03,320 –> 00:45:06,120
Zip.
It’s a period of total waiting.

726
00:45:06,120 –> 00:45:08,280
Nothing happens for the people
of God.

727
00:45:08,440 –> 00:45:12,560
They’re just counting out 62
weeks or 434 years according to

728
00:45:12,560 –> 00:45:16,040
prophecy.
But what the prophecy goes on to

729
00:45:16,040 –> 00:45:19,320
say in the next two verses,
after verse 25, is that there’s

730
00:45:19,320 –> 00:45:25,040
two things that will happen in
the final week and after.

731
00:45:26,440 –> 00:45:32,240
During the one week, Messiah
will confirm the covenant, and

732
00:45:32,240 –> 00:45:37,400
then after the one week Messiah
will destroy the temple, right?

733
00:45:37,480 –> 00:45:39,480
Yeah.
Let’s see this little bit here I

734
00:45:39,840 –> 00:45:42,920
want to show you.
Let’s zoom in because verse 26

735
00:45:42,920 –> 00:45:47,600
and 27 explain what happens
after the 62 week.

736
00:45:47,600 –> 00:45:49,760
Period, that whole period of
nothing, right?

737
00:45:50,200 –> 00:45:54,760
So here’s verse 26 and 27 and I
want you to this is we’re doing

738
00:45:54,760 –> 00:45:56,960
it Daniel, right?
He had to work this out too.

739
00:45:56,960 –> 00:45:58,520
This is he did it thousands of
years ago.

740
00:45:58,520 –> 00:46:01,000
We’re just trying to do it in
2021 and Enfield Ecclesial Hall

741
00:46:01,280 –> 00:46:07,200
right here we go.
Verse 26 says Messiah shall be

742
00:46:07,200 –> 00:46:10,080
cut off the Hebrew word in your
Bible for cut.

743
00:46:10,080 –> 00:46:15,240
Off means to destroy or to make
a covenant and but not for

744
00:46:15,240 –> 00:46:18,240
himself.
And then it says and the people

745
00:46:18,240 –> 00:46:22,560
of the Prince, that special word
shall come and destroy the city

746
00:46:22,560 –> 00:46:26,000
and the sanctuary.
So first here’s the the bare

747
00:46:26,000 –> 00:46:27,880
basics of Daniel’s 70 week
prophecy.

748
00:46:28,240 –> 00:46:32,680
The Messiah will come at the end
of the 62 weeks and he’s going

749
00:46:32,680 –> 00:46:38,160
to be cut off and he’s going to
make a covenant, and after that

750
00:46:38,320 –> 00:46:42,440
he will come and absolutely
obliterate Jerusalem in the

751
00:46:42,440 –> 00:46:45,920
temple.
Right now.

752
00:46:45,960 –> 00:46:50,040
Verse 27 tells you exactly the
same stuff in slightly different

753
00:46:50,040 –> 00:46:54,480
detail, so 27 goes back over
those two events again.

754
00:46:54,840 –> 00:46:57,000
What I mean is he shall come and
confirm.

755
00:46:57,200 –> 00:46:59,880
Hebrews strengthen a covenant
that fits right.

756
00:47:00,120 –> 00:47:03,160
Cut off is the idea of a
covenant with many for one week.

757
00:47:03,160 –> 00:47:04,440
So that’s what happens in the
one week.

758
00:47:04,720 –> 00:47:07,160
But in the middle of the week he
shall bring an end to sacrifice

759
00:47:07,160 –> 00:47:10,000
and offering.
So in the middle of that week

760
00:47:10,320 –> 00:47:12,440
he’s going to be cut off or
bring an end to sacrifice and

761
00:47:12,440 –> 00:47:14,680
offering.
And of course, after that one

762
00:47:14,680 –> 00:47:17,760
week on the wing of the
abomination shall be one who

763
00:47:17,760 –> 00:47:21,040
makes desolate, even until the
consummation which is determined

764
00:47:21,320 –> 00:47:24,040
is poured out on the desolator.
What on earth?

765
00:47:24,880 –> 00:47:26,600
What is that talking about?
Here’s what it’s talking about.

766
00:47:26,600 –> 00:47:28,440
I want to show you how cool this
is.

767
00:47:29,560 –> 00:47:31,600
Here’s how the 70 weeks works
out.

768
00:47:31,600 –> 00:47:33,600
And I’m going to prove to you
the starting point because

769
00:47:33,600 –> 00:47:35,240
that’s the big question.
Like how do we know when it

770
00:47:35,240 –> 00:47:38,280
starts?
We’ve got 49 years of

771
00:47:38,280 –> 00:47:40,600
troublesome times.
That’s Ezra Nehemiah.

772
00:47:42,000 –> 00:47:45,840
After that, we have 62 weeks of
waiting in between the

773
00:47:45,840 –> 00:47:48,680
testaments.
And if you add our starting

774
00:47:48,680 –> 00:47:52,520
point is going to.
Be 458 BC and I’m going to show

775
00:47:52,520 –> 00:47:54,960
you that in a second.
Well, let’s do.

776
00:47:54,960 –> 00:48:01,120
Now how do we know that the 70
week prophecy starts at 458 BC?

777
00:48:02,120 –> 00:48:05,960
Daniel’s told by Gabriel from
the going out of the command to

778
00:48:05,960 –> 00:48:09,520
restore and rebuild. 70 weeks
are determined now.

779
00:48:09,520 –> 00:48:11,320
Here we go.
We could.

780
00:48:11,320 –> 00:48:13,920
There’s a number of decrees that
are given by the Persian kings

781
00:48:13,920 –> 00:48:17,640
to go back and actually restore
which one makes the most sense.

782
00:48:17,880 –> 00:48:22,480
And I am absolutely 100%
convinced that it’s with Viva

783
00:48:22,880 –> 00:48:25,200
that it’s Ezra Chapter 7.
You check this out.

784
00:48:25,200 –> 00:48:28,960
I want to come to Ezra Chapter 7
and I’m just speeding up a bit

785
00:48:31,120 –> 00:48:32,560
because I don’t want to go too
overtime.

786
00:48:32,560 –> 00:48:35,440
But this, this all comes back to
Daniel’s prayer.

787
00:48:35,440 –> 00:48:37,560
This is not completely
unrelated.

788
00:48:37,560 –> 00:48:44,600
It is absolutely fantastic.
I think we.

789
00:48:44,800 –> 00:48:46,720
Need the AC on.
I’m starting to sweat even more.

790
00:48:48,880 –> 00:48:49,200
Wow.
Wow.

791
00:48:49,680 –> 00:48:59,240
OK Daniel, no Ezra.
Sorry Ezra Chapter 7 OK he is in

792
00:48:59,240 –> 00:49:03,200
the year or the reign of our
Xerxes chapter 1.

793
00:49:03,200 –> 00:49:06,080
And we are looking for a decree
to go back and repair and

794
00:49:06,080 –> 00:49:08,160
rebuild right?
That’s when the 70 weeks

795
00:49:08,160 –> 00:49:09,560
prophecy starts.
That’s what we’re told.

796
00:49:10,000 –> 00:49:11,800
So here we are as there’s seven
verse one.

797
00:49:12,200 –> 00:49:16,520
It’s the reign of Arxyxes, King
of Persia, we are told on

798
00:49:16,520 –> 00:49:18,000
Wikipedia.
I got some I’m.

799
00:49:18,320 –> 00:49:19,440
Just going to pour it on my
head.

800
00:49:22,840 –> 00:49:24,360
Thanks Jane.
Nice.

801
00:49:24,840 –> 00:49:27,880
OK, we are told by Wikipedia and
I’m just going for Wikipedia

802
00:49:27,880 –> 00:49:30,560
because it’s the common
consensus, although at school I

803
00:49:30,560 –> 00:49:34,200
tell you not to use Wikipedia.
But that’s right Wikipedia says

804
00:49:34,240 –> 00:49:39,160
Arxyx is the first.
This king reigns from 465 to

805
00:49:39,160 –> 00:49:42,840
424.
Ezra is here in his reign and we

806
00:49:42,840 –> 00:49:46,520
are told verse 8 of Ezra.
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the

807
00:49:46,520 –> 00:49:50,600
5th Munch which was the 7th year
of the king.

808
00:49:51,400 –> 00:49:59,080
That brings us to 458 BC and in
that year Ark Xerxes wrote Ezra

809
00:49:59,080 –> 00:50:03,520
a letter and he said this verse
12 ark Xerxes king of kings,

810
00:50:03,520 –> 00:50:05,960
Ezra the priest scribe of the
law of God of heaven, which is

811
00:50:05,960 –> 00:50:09,680
crazy that a Persian king saying
that perfect peace and so so on.

812
00:50:10,240 –> 00:50:13,360
Let’s get to the point.
I issue a decree that all those

813
00:50:13,360 –> 00:50:15,800
of the people of Israel and the
priest Levites matter realm who

814
00:50:15,800 –> 00:50:17,680
volunteered to go up to
Jerusalem, they go with you.

815
00:50:18,040 –> 00:50:20,880
Now the really cool thing is
Arctic Xerxes writes this

816
00:50:20,880 –> 00:50:23,360
decree.
The temple is already underway.

817
00:50:23,360 –> 00:50:27,280
But this decree is special
because he gives heaps of cash

818
00:50:27,280 –> 00:50:29,720
to Ezra.
This is a decree, not just a

819
00:50:29,720 –> 00:50:31,160
nice little letter.
Go ahead and do it.

820
00:50:31,440 –> 00:50:36,000
And he says, go back and fire up
the law of God in the temple and

821
00:50:36,000 –> 00:50:38,360
in that city.
Get it absolutely going.

822
00:50:39,320 –> 00:50:42,560
So when Ezra reflects on this in
his prayer.

823
00:50:43,440 –> 00:50:46,960
He refers to it in verse 9 of
Chapter 9 and says we’ve been

824
00:50:46,960 –> 00:50:50,160
given mercy by the kings of
Persia to go back and repair and

825
00:50:50,160 –> 00:50:54,560
rebuild the young people.
I am absolutely convinced this

826
00:50:54,560 –> 00:50:58,360
is the date intended by the
start of the 70 week prophecy.

827
00:50:58,720 –> 00:51:03,000
It is Ezra.
Being told by Artaxerxes in 458

828
00:51:03,000 –> 00:51:08,120
BCE to go back and fire up the
temple with the law of God.

829
00:51:08,480 –> 00:51:11,880
He does it in the seventh year
as Artaxerxes interestingly

830
00:51:12,000 –> 00:51:14,920
sevens.
Ark Xerxes in the letter sends

831
00:51:14,920 –> 00:51:18,240
him with seven counselors and
seven times.

832
00:51:18,360 –> 00:51:24,600
Ark Xerxes in that letter says
go back to the House of God, 7th

833
00:51:24,600 –> 00:51:28,600
year, 7 counselors, 7 times.
He talks about the House of God

834
00:51:29,400 –> 00:51:33,080
70 week prophecy, I think so
right now there’s something else

835
00:51:33,080 –> 00:51:38,160
that’s really important.
Daniel gets to to Jerusalem in

836
00:51:38,160 –> 00:51:41,840
that year of the 70 week
prophecy and he finds it a total

837
00:51:41,840 –> 00:51:45,880
mess and he gets down on his
knees in Ezra Chapter 9.

838
00:51:45,880 –> 00:51:48,360
Listen to this.
And he prays to the God of

839
00:51:48,360 –> 00:51:54,200
heaven in Ezra Chapter 9 exactly
echoing Daniel’s prayer in

840
00:51:54,200 –> 00:51:57,560
Chapter 9 just before Daniel got
the 70 week prophecy.

841
00:51:58,960 –> 00:52:01,240
And do you know what time of day
Ezra was praying?

842
00:52:02,760 –> 00:52:08,160
We are told he was praying at
the time of the evening

843
00:52:08,160 –> 00:52:12,360
sacrifice.
That’s exactly when Daniel

844
00:52:12,440 –> 00:52:16,360
received the 70 week prophecy.
That’s an Ezra by the way.

845
00:52:16,360 –> 00:52:18,320
All these things I’m going to
give you on a handout a Bible

846
00:52:18,320 –> 00:52:20,960
insert after.
So don’t screw it all down.

847
00:52:20,960 –> 00:52:23,080
Now that is fantastic young
people.

848
00:52:23,760 –> 00:52:26,000
This is the start of the 70 week
prophecy.

849
00:52:26,760 –> 00:52:29,800
The timing and the theme of
Ezra’s prayer in that year is

850
00:52:29,800 –> 00:52:33,920
identical to Daniel’s prayer.
And I can I’ll give you these

851
00:52:33,920 –> 00:52:35,640
notes later.
You can kind of pour over it.

852
00:52:36,560 –> 00:52:41,400
Ezra 9 is a total echo is of
Ezra chapter of Daniel Chapter

853
00:52:41,400 –> 00:52:42,640
9.
He goes all the way through

854
00:52:42,640 –> 00:52:45,720
that.
Now let’s just take back to our

855
00:52:45,720 –> 00:52:51,240
little thing, right?
If you add on 49 years takes you

856
00:52:51,240 –> 00:52:54,880
to 4:00 and 9:00, the start of
nothing, OK, all the way through

857
00:52:54,880 –> 00:52:58,000
here.
If you add 434 years takes you

858
00:52:58,000 –> 00:53:03,040
to 8026.
What happened in 8026?

859
00:53:06,160 –> 00:53:11,120
Well, it’s well.
I’m going to show you, OK?

860
00:53:12,560 –> 00:53:16,840
It’s almost certain that this is
when Jesus was baptized and

861
00:53:16,840 –> 00:53:20,120
started his ministry.
You think that actually means

862
00:53:20,520 –> 00:53:26,600
that in this final week, it goes
from Jesus’s baptism to 8033?

863
00:53:27,280 –> 00:53:30,200
What happened in 8033?
Don’t worry about that yet.

864
00:53:30,480 –> 00:53:34,600
What happened in the middle of
the week, 3 1/2 years after

865
00:53:34,640 –> 00:53:37,000
Jesus’s baptism and ministry?
What happened?

866
00:53:37,880 –> 00:53:42,520
The Messiah.
Was cut off that’s exactly what

867
00:53:42,520 –> 00:53:45,240
the 70 week prophecy said all
the way back in Daniel Chapter 9

868
00:53:45,400 –> 00:53:49,000
in the midst of the week he will
be cut off and he will establish

869
00:53:49,040 –> 00:53:54,200
a covenant for the people.
Now you might think was Jesus

870
00:53:54,240 –> 00:53:58,760
really crucified in 8030?
Let’s go to Wikipedia right?

871
00:54:00,080 –> 00:54:04,640
Think about this young people.
I know that sounds sketchy, but

872
00:54:05,480 –> 00:54:08,760
if we’re going for the consensus
view, no one’s going to no one’s

873
00:54:08,760 –> 00:54:10,560
going to say everyone’s nailed
the date.

874
00:54:10,560 –> 00:54:12,800
Dates and chronologies, as you
guys know, are kind of tricky

875
00:54:12,800 –> 00:54:14,360
and whatever, but let’s just go
with this.

876
00:54:14,600 –> 00:54:18,080
Scholars have provided estimates
of the range from 8030 to 33 AD.

877
00:54:18,280 –> 00:54:22,560
Hey, we are seriously close.
However, one expert says the

878
00:54:22,560 –> 00:54:26,080
year 8030 is apparently, in the,
in the opinion of the majority

879
00:54:26,080 –> 00:54:29,720
of contemporary scholars as
well, far and away the most

880
00:54:29,720 –> 00:54:31,920
likely date of the crucifixion
of Jesus.

881
00:54:32,440 –> 00:54:40,160
So 49 years plus 300 and 43 + 3
1/2 takes you right to the year

882
00:54:40,680 –> 00:54:43,600
of Jesus crucifixion.
Obviously that’s what’s

883
00:54:43,600 –> 00:54:45,840
intended, young people, there’s
no doubt about it.

884
00:54:46,280 –> 00:54:51,200
And Daniel was being told by the
Angel Gabriel, this is

885
00:54:51,200 –> 00:54:55,200
completely in God’s control.
And Daniel, if you’re worried

886
00:54:55,200 –> 00:54:58,680
about the sins of your people,
you’ve got to still you’ve just

887
00:54:58,680 –> 00:55:02,720
been through 70 years of
captivity, you’ve got another 70

888
00:55:02,720 –> 00:55:08,520
sevens to go.
Until the problem of sin is

889
00:55:08,600 –> 00:55:12,120
totally dealt with.
That is awesome.

890
00:55:12,880 –> 00:55:17,720
Wait, So what happened in 1833?
Now before you answer that

891
00:55:17,720 –> 00:55:20,840
question, what happened in that
one week?

892
00:55:21,560 –> 00:55:26,320
Come back to Daniel Chapter 9 to
answer this question.

893
00:55:26,320 –> 00:55:29,680
We want to know what else Daniel
was told about that week.

894
00:55:29,920 –> 00:55:33,360
Are you happy if I just round
this off because the

895
00:55:33,360 –> 00:55:35,400
temperature’s dropping.
Feeling a little bit better?

896
00:55:36,000 –> 00:55:36,360
Yeah.
OK.

897
00:55:36,600 –> 00:55:38,800
Good.
Is that all right, Host?

898
00:55:38,800 –> 00:55:41,040
Just a little bit longer.
We’re going to finish that off.

899
00:55:41,040 –> 00:55:41,680
Yes.
Thanks, Trev.

900
00:55:41,720 –> 00:55:44,640
OK, so here we go.
Right.

901
00:55:46,120 –> 00:55:49,760
We are told what’s going to
happen in that final week.

902
00:55:49,920 –> 00:55:52,520
Right.
Daniel, Chapter 9, verse 27 says

903
00:55:52,520 –> 00:55:53,080
this.
Ready.

904
00:55:53,080 –> 00:55:55,320
Careful reading this.
Is what Daniel had to do.

905
00:55:56,560 –> 00:56:00,000
Then he shall confirm, and if
you’ve got a little pencil in

906
00:56:00,000 –> 00:56:02,600
your margin or wait, your pencil
is probably not in your margin.

907
00:56:02,600 –> 00:56:05,640
But if you’ve got a pencil right
in your margin, the word for

908
00:56:05,640 –> 00:56:07,880
confirm in Hebrew is to
strengthen.

909
00:56:09,240 –> 00:56:12,960
Strengthen.
The word for confirm is to

910
00:56:12,960 –> 00:56:15,680
strengthen.
So listen to this.

911
00:56:16,320 –> 00:56:22,280
He shall strengthen a covenant
with many for one week.

912
00:56:22,760 –> 00:56:27,360
So what’s happening in this one
week is a strengthening of the

913
00:56:27,360 –> 00:56:31,160
covenant.
Now Jesus is baptized.

914
00:56:31,360 –> 00:56:32,920
He starts bringing in that
covenant.

915
00:56:33,120 –> 00:56:37,240
He gets cut off, which confirms
that covenant nails it to the

916
00:56:37,240 –> 00:56:38,680
cross.
Right?

917
00:56:40,440 –> 00:56:43,720
8033.
This is so cool.

918
00:56:45,160 –> 00:56:50,200
Some things are sketchy to date
in the New Testament, but the

919
00:56:50,200 –> 00:56:57,080
death of Stephen is almost
certainly 8033 and we can build

920
00:56:57,080 –> 00:57:00,120
that on the timelines and the
chronologies of the apostle

921
00:57:00,120 –> 00:57:01,880
Paul, which are really accurate
to do.

922
00:57:02,440 –> 00:57:07,080
Now what on earth does Stephen
have to do with the 70 week

923
00:57:07,080 –> 00:57:10,760
prophecy, young people, and how
is he the end of the week that

924
00:57:10,760 –> 00:57:12,840
goes about strengthening the new
covenant?

925
00:57:13,880 –> 00:57:18,000
What did Stephen do?
You guys tell me, I’ll repeat it

926
00:57:18,000 –> 00:57:23,280
for those online.
He was brilliant at looking

927
00:57:23,280 –> 00:57:25,240
after other people.
Give me some more.

928
00:57:30,240 –> 00:57:32,040
He prayed for forgiveness for
others.

929
00:57:32,040 –> 00:57:37,280
Who did he pray for?
Forgiveness for those people,

930
00:57:37,280 –> 00:57:39,520
the Jews, Israel.
That’s what Daniel’s doing in

931
00:57:39,520 –> 00:57:40,840
Daniel Chapter 9.
Excellent.

932
00:57:40,840 –> 00:57:42,720
What else is significant about
Stephen?

933
00:57:42,720 –> 00:57:48,920
He wasn’t afraid to stand up for
what he believed was not afraid

934
00:57:48,920 –> 00:57:50,000
to stand up for.
What he believed good.

935
00:57:52,240 –> 00:57:53,600
What did he teach?
Go to Acts Chapter 7.

936
00:57:54,600 –> 00:57:59,040
This is incredible.
OK, Acts Chapter 7.

937
00:57:59,040 –> 00:58:01,200
Is this the end of the 70 week
prophecy?

938
00:58:01,240 –> 00:58:06,360
100 bazillion percent sure.
Oh no, that’s ridiculous.

939
00:58:06,400 –> 00:58:13,320
But I feel like it’s true.
OK, Well, anyway, I want you to

940
00:58:13,320 –> 00:58:15,800
get the vibe of this.
This is incredible stuff.

941
00:58:16,080 –> 00:58:18,560
There’s few things that are this
exact.

942
00:58:19,560 –> 00:58:25,080
Stephen stands up and we’re told
in Chapter 6, just before

943
00:58:25,360 –> 00:58:29,680
Chapter 7, we’re told in chapter
6 that he was so persuasive that

944
00:58:29,680 –> 00:58:32,880
people could not resist him.
This, this is what this is what

945
00:58:32,880 –> 00:58:35,720
happens with Steven.
He’s so persuasive that people

946
00:58:35,720 –> 00:58:38,560
could not present resist him.
And do you know what happens in

947
00:58:38,560 –> 00:58:41,000
Chapter 6?
They get false accusations.

948
00:58:41,040 –> 00:58:41,680
Listen to this.
This is.

949
00:58:41,680 –> 00:58:44,960
Beautiful.
They get false witnesses to rise

950
00:58:44,960 –> 00:58:47,640
up against Stephen and accuse
him falsely and do you know what

951
00:58:47,640 –> 00:58:49,440
they say Listen to this verse
13.

952
00:58:49,640 –> 00:58:52,960
They set up false witnesses who
said this introduces his speech.

953
00:58:53,760 –> 00:58:57,360
This man does not cease to speak
blasphemous words against this

954
00:58:57,360 –> 00:59:00,080
place.
He focuses the temple just like

955
00:59:00,080 –> 00:59:03,960
Daniel and Ezra and the law
Daniel, Ezra, for we have heard

956
00:59:03,960 –> 00:59:11,160
him say, listen to this.
This Jesus of Nazareth will

957
00:59:11,160 –> 00:59:15,800
destroy this place, temple and
change the customs which Moses

958
00:59:15,800 –> 00:59:17,520
gave us.
You know what’s great young

959
00:59:17,520 –> 00:59:22,360
people?
They had no idea how true their

960
00:59:22,360 –> 00:59:26,800
lives were because that’s
exactly what Daniel 70 week

961
00:59:26,800 –> 00:59:30,040
prophecy said would happen.
Jesus is going to come and

962
00:59:30,040 –> 00:59:35,680
destroy this place and change
the customs of Moses and the

963
00:59:35,680 –> 00:59:37,840
sacrifices and offerings.
It’s awesome.

964
00:59:38,360 –> 00:59:43,120
And in comes Stephen and he
gives this amazing speech that

965
00:59:43,120 –> 00:59:47,120
the Jews need to hear.
The temple is over.

966
00:59:47,280 –> 00:59:51,040
God does not dwell in places
made by hands.

967
00:59:51,280 –> 00:59:55,400
The temple system is gone.
There’s a new covenant in place.

968
00:59:55,680 –> 00:59:57,480
And you know what’s fantastic?
Young people?

969
00:59:57,760 –> 01:00:02,360
Stephen, at the end of his
speech, sees heaven open and he

970
01:00:02,360 –> 01:00:07,080
is the very first person.
To see the risen Lord Jesus

971
01:00:07,200 –> 01:00:11,800
standing on the right hand of
God as the Son of God in heaven,

972
01:00:11,800 –> 01:00:15,200
and he sees him in his full
manifestation of glory.

973
01:00:15,480 –> 01:00:19,400
This is a pivotal, monumental
moment for the for the preaching

974
01:00:19,400 –> 01:00:22,920
of the gospel in the covenant
and the Jews could not resist

975
01:00:22,920 –> 01:00:25,640
his teaching.
This nails it in the coffin.

976
01:00:26,200 –> 01:00:29,520
The the law of Moses and the
temple are gone.

977
01:00:30,000 –> 01:00:33,520
It’s all through Christ.
Sins will not be covered to the

978
01:00:33,520 –> 01:00:37,240
temple and sacrifices.
They will be covered by the Lord

979
01:00:37,240 –> 01:00:39,720
Jesus Christ.
And you know, Stephen speaks

980
01:00:39,720 –> 01:00:43,880
directly to the Lord and asks
the Lord to forgive the people

981
01:00:43,880 –> 01:00:47,600
for their sins in the spirit of
Daniel.

982
01:00:47,960 –> 01:00:50,600
But now it can happen because of
the new covenant.

983
01:00:51,160 –> 01:00:55,520
So this is 8070.
Right after this covenant is

984
01:00:55,520 –> 01:00:58,040
confirmed for one week, we’re
told that the desolator will

985
01:00:58,040 –> 01:01:01,360
come, That’s Rome, and he’s
going to destroy Jerusalem.

986
01:01:02,000 –> 01:01:04,120
The final thing I want you to
just take away from this in

987
01:01:04,120 –> 01:01:07,640
terms of the prophecy, young
people, is we are told that the

988
01:01:07,640 –> 01:01:12,800
people who are going to come to
destroy Jerusalem are the people

989
01:01:12,800 –> 01:01:15,040
of the Prince.
Quickly look at Daniel Chapter

990
01:01:15,040 –> 01:01:18,400
9.
Go back to verse 26.

991
01:01:22,480 –> 01:01:24,360
I just want you to be impressed
by this.

992
01:01:26,120 –> 01:01:28,120
Verse 26 says the Messiah is
going to be cut.

993
01:01:28,120 –> 01:01:31,080
Off.
And then he says the people of

994
01:01:31,080 –> 01:01:34,560
this Prince will come and
destroy the city in the

995
01:01:34,560 –> 01:01:38,200
sanctuary that happened in 8070.
Who’s the Prince?

996
01:01:39,840 –> 01:01:42,120
Jesus.
Who’s the people of the Prince

997
01:01:43,520 –> 01:01:46,240
in Daniel Chapter 9?
Pardon.

998
01:01:46,920 –> 01:01:51,880
No, because no.
Good guess, but no, because.

999
01:01:52,800 –> 01:01:56,120
Jesus is coming to destroy with
the people.

1000
01:01:56,280 –> 01:01:59,120
He’s got people with him to come
and destroy the temple in the

1001
01:01:59,120 –> 01:02:01,280
Jewish nation.
The answer to the the question

1002
01:02:01,280 –> 01:02:04,720
there is that the people of the
Prince are the Roman legions,

1003
01:02:05,440 –> 01:02:08,880
and they come sweeping in and
absolutely destroy that city.

1004
01:02:09,880 –> 01:02:12,360
Do you know who’s controlling
the Roman legions and 8070 young

1005
01:02:12,360 –> 01:02:13,920
people?
It’s Jesus.

1006
01:02:14,640 –> 01:02:17,800
He’s been given all power and
authority, and finally he’s been

1007
01:02:17,800 –> 01:02:20,240
cut off.
He’s confirmed the covenant, and

1008
01:02:20,240 –> 01:02:23,160
later he comes in 8070 and
obliterates the temple and the

1009
01:02:23,160 –> 01:02:28,720
sacrificial system, and he uses
his special people, Rome, the

1010
01:02:28,720 –> 01:02:30,760
Roman legions.
You can prove that from the New

1011
01:02:30,760 –> 01:02:33,040
Testament, multiple different
ways.

1012
01:02:33,560 –> 01:02:37,600
Jesus was in charge of that
battle and the Roman legions

1013
01:02:37,600 –> 01:02:42,200
were his people to execute
judgement on the Mosaic system

1014
01:02:42,320 –> 01:02:48,600
set up by the Jewish leaders.
So if you go back to the six

1015
01:02:48,600 –> 01:02:52,160
things, young people just
squidge through them.

1016
01:02:52,440 –> 01:02:54,120
What was the purpose of the
prophecy?

1017
01:02:54,720 –> 01:02:57,680
To end the transgression?
This is a fulling up of the

1018
01:02:57,680 –> 01:03:03,360
Jewish sins after. 490 years,
The reign of sin is over.

1019
01:03:03,360 –> 01:03:07,520
Jesus brings in absolute victory
over sin in the midst of the

1020
01:03:07,520 –> 01:03:09,640
week.
There’s an end of sins from the

1021
01:03:09,640 –> 01:03:11,160
70 week prophecy.
Yes.

1022
01:03:11,440 –> 01:03:14,040
It deals with it.
Sin offerings are over if you

1023
01:03:14,040 –> 01:03:17,640
take it in that sense, as well
as sins in general obliterated

1024
01:03:18,160 –> 01:03:21,920
by the Messiah.
You know what’s so important?

1025
01:03:23,800 –> 01:03:29,000
Jesus doesn’t only destroy the
temple and he doesn’t later just

1026
01:03:29,000 –> 01:03:30,960
destroy the Roman army in
Revelation.

1027
01:03:32,080 –> 01:03:33,720
He destroys sin.
Young people.

1028
01:03:33,920 –> 01:03:35,840
That’s the point of the 70 week
prophecy.

1029
01:03:36,080 –> 01:03:39,160
This Messiah, the Prince
destroys sin.

1030
01:03:39,480 –> 01:03:43,600
He’s got it, He takes control of
it, and that makes

1031
01:03:43,600 –> 01:03:48,680
reconciliation or covering for
the people #4 he brings in an

1032
01:03:48,680 –> 01:03:50,760
age of everlasting righteousness
through faith.

1033
01:03:50,760 –> 01:03:55,880
That’s the 490 years he’s sealed
up the vision and the prophecy

1034
01:03:55,880 –> 01:03:59,000
of the prophet.
Christ did that, and he’s

1035
01:03:59,000 –> 01:04:03,160
anointed as the most holy.
Jesus is the most holy, no

1036
01:04:03,160 –> 01:04:06,560
longer needing a temple.
So here’s the point of the

1037
01:04:06,560 –> 01:04:11,200
prophecy, young people.
When Daniel was looking at it,

1038
01:04:11,440 –> 01:04:16,400
he’d be assured that God was in
control of everything and

1039
01:04:16,400 –> 01:04:22,680
there’s certain hope for sin and
our position 2021 looking back

1040
01:04:22,680 –> 01:04:26,720
at the 70 week prophecy, we can
be absolutely convinced that God

1041
01:04:26,720 –> 01:04:29,080
is in control.
His word is true.

1042
01:04:29,360 –> 01:04:32,720
But not only that, the real
picture of the 70 week prophecy

1043
01:04:32,720 –> 01:04:37,280
in Daniel’s prayer.
This is the answer to sin.

1044
01:04:38,240 –> 01:04:40,480
So why do we not confess our sin
to God?

1045
01:04:40,480 –> 01:04:43,840
Why are we holding on to it?
Why are we thinking we can get

1046
01:04:43,840 –> 01:04:45,720
over ourselves?
Young people, it’s time to get

1047
01:04:45,720 –> 01:04:49,920
down on our knees and like
Daniel, Ezra and Stephen,

1048
01:04:50,320 –> 01:04:53,200
confess our sins to God, Give
them to him.

1049
01:04:53,440 –> 01:04:57,480
And that’s the first step to
dealing with sin.

1050
01:04:59,120 –> 01:05:02,840
That is, give them to God.
So here’s the message young

1051
01:05:02,840 –> 01:05:05,280
people, I want you to be
encouraged by the 70 week

1052
01:05:05,280 –> 01:05:08,440
prophecy, the spirit of Daniel
and our need to confess our sins

1053
01:05:08,440 –> 01:05:11,880
to God.
Daniel was told the real

1054
01:05:11,880 –> 01:05:14,360
solution to sin is not going to
be the end of 70 years of

1055
01:05:14,360 –> 01:05:18,280
captivity.
It’s going to be the end of. 490

1056
01:05:18,480 –> 01:05:23,360
years when a new covenant was in
place, when sin is eradicated

1057
01:05:24,120 –> 01:05:26,800
and we can be part of that
through faith in Christ.

1058
01:05:40,800 –> 01:05:42,920
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1059
01:05:42,920 –> 01:05:45,520
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1060
01:05:45,520 –> 01:05:47,040
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1061
01:05:48,200 –> 01:05:50,240
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1076
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1077
01:06:35,640 –> 01:06:39,280
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Yeah.