Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 281.<\/p>\n
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\nLet us turn and read together
\nDaniel Chapter 4, please, to <\/p>\n
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\ncall upon a brother Colin who
\nwill lead us in the First Class,<\/p>\n
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\nentitled His Roots in the Earth
\nfor the Colin. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters and young
\npeople, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\ninterest in the subject of Bible
\nprophecy has been a precious <\/p>\n
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\nheritage of the Christadelphian
\ncommunity since its earliest <\/p>\n
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\ndays.
\nIt was viewed by our earliest <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren as an integral part of
\nBible study, a must for both <\/p>\n
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\nprivate and ecclesial study.
\nIn those early days, lectures, <\/p>\n
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\nBible classes and even
\nexhortations reflected what we <\/p>\n
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\ncould call a prophetic
\nconsciousness. <\/p>\n
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\nBible prophecy fulfilled was
\nunderstood and appreciated for <\/p>\n
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\nits value of evidence testifying
\nto the divine inspiration of <\/p>\n
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\nScripture and prophecy yet to be
\nfulfilled was viewed as a <\/p>\n
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\nsubject deserving serious
\nattention, a subject having an <\/p>\n
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\nintegrity that raised it far
\nbeyond simply uncertain <\/p>\n
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\nspeculation.
\nAnd that’s attitude towards <\/p>\n
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\nBible prophecy is very apparent
\nwhen one goes back to some of <\/p>\n
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\nour earliest magazines and the
\nearliest literature we <\/p>\n
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\ndistributed in our community.
\nThe exhortational value that was<\/p>\n
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\nunderstood to result from taking
\nthe subject seriously lay in the<\/p>\n
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\nfact that believers were able to
\ndetermine generally where they <\/p>\n
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\nwere along God’s timetable.
\nThere was therefore some <\/p>\n
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\nmeaning, some reason to present
\nexistence, and one had some <\/p>\n
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\nreason for hope that what was
\nnot yet fulfilled would be <\/p>\n
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\nfulfilled on the basis of past
\nfulfillment of prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was therefore, for our
\nearliest brethren a great sign <\/p>\n
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\nof encouragement, a source of
\nexhortational value, not just, <\/p>\n
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\nperhaps, speculation.
\nOur earliest writings reveal a <\/p>\n
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\ndefinite conviction that God was
\nstill working in the nations and<\/p>\n
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\nconcern about what was going on
\nin the nations therefore took on<\/p>\n
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\na very earnest interest.
\nAll that was understood to give <\/p>\n
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\nbelievers assurance for the
\ncoming Kingdom in the future. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd furthermore, when one looks
\nat some of our earliest writings<\/p>\n
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\non the subject and what was
\nwritten in the Christadelphian <\/p>\n
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\nmagazine, it wouldn’t seem that
\nfrom those early writings that <\/p>\n
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\nare marked, distinction was made
\nbetween that which was regarded <\/p>\n
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\nas exhortational for a disciples
\nway of life as opposed to <\/p>\n
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\nprophetic exposition.
\nMaking a distinction between <\/p>\n
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\nthose two elements the way it is
\nsometimes today on our platforms<\/p>\n
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\nand in our writings is something
\nwe have inherited in the last 30<\/p>\n
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\nor 40 years.
\nIt would seem much more than it <\/p>\n
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\nbeing an attitude way back in
\nthe past. <\/p>\n
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\nIn our early years, the
\npolarizing between what is <\/p>\n
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\nregarded as exhortational or
\ndevotional as opposed to the <\/p>\n
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\nstudy of prophecy, I believe,
\nhas gone a long ways towards <\/p>\n
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\ndiscouraging a serious
\ncommitment to prophetic Bible <\/p>\n
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\nstudy and exposition.
\nAnd that distinction, I think, <\/p>\n
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\nis reinforced by the attitude
\nwhich divorces prophecy from a <\/p>\n
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\nstudy of the teachings of Jesus.
\nThey’re often regarded, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, as though they were on two
\nseparate planes, the Gospels or <\/p>\n
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\nthe teachings of Christ, as
\nopposed to prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nAs we’ll see, that’s a very
\nartificial distinction. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, when we turn to the
\nGospels, the Olivet prophecy is <\/p>\n
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\ncontained in three of the
\nGospels. <\/p>\n
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\nOut of the four, it’s dealt with
\nas a singular subject in greater<\/p>\n
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\ndetail than any other subject in
\nthe Gospels. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s a perhaps a question of
\nperspective that we sometimes <\/p>\n
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\nvery easily lose.
\nThe teachings of Jesus are not <\/p>\n
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\nto be artificially distinguished
\nfrom a study of prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus had a great deal to say
\nabout prophecy, and as we’ve <\/p>\n
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\nsaid, by looking at the
\nproportion of space that is <\/p>\n
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\ngiven to the Olivet prophecy,
\none can see the emphasis that <\/p>\n
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\nwas obviously being placed on
\nprophecy from the Lord himself <\/p>\n
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\nwithin the framework of the
\nGospel. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we take a look at our
\nattitude towards prophecy, <\/p>\n
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\ntherefore, it perhaps goes a
\nlong ways to explain why we <\/p>\n
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\nindividually or why we as a
\ncommunity today don’t give as <\/p>\n
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\nmuch serious attention to the
\nsubject. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause various brethren have
\ndisagreed in their expositional <\/p>\n
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\nconclusions, Many of us perhaps
\nhave felt rather despairing and <\/p>\n
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\nthrown our hands up and said
\nwell, if our older brethren, or <\/p>\n
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\nif our more learned brethren
\nso-called, can’t agree, how can <\/p>\n
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\nI possibly make the discernment
\nmyself as to what’s right and <\/p>\n
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\nwhat’s wrong?
\nI’d like just to look at Daniel <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 9 in regards to our
\nattitude towards Bible prophecy,<\/p>\n
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\nespecially the books of Daniel
\nand Revelation, which perhaps <\/p>\n
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\nmost of us approach with a
\ncertain amount of trepidation. <\/p>\n
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\nDaniel Chapter 9.
\nDaniel tells us in verse two. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the first year of his reign I
\nDaniel understood by books the <\/p>\n
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\nnumber of the years where of the
\nword of the Lord came to <\/p>\n
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\nJeremiah the prophet, that he
\nwould accomplish 70 years in the<\/p>\n
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\ndesolations of Jerusalem.
\nAnd then Daniel tells us in <\/p>\n
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\nverse three I set my face unto
\nthe Lord God to seek by prayer <\/p>\n
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\nand supplications with fasting
\nand sackcloth and ashes. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s rather interesting to note
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\nDespite the fact that he was one
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\nsense, and despite the fact that
\nhe was gifted with the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit, and although he had
\nvisions and revelations, was <\/p>\n
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\nprivileged above many of his own
\nday, he still had to labor over <\/p>\n
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\nthe books of prophecy.
\nHe had up to this point in verse<\/p>\n
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\ntwo, been applying himself to
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\ndesolations of Jerusalem.
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\nthemselves, was to seek God by
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\nmore than that, by fasting, by
\nsackcloth and by ashes. <\/p>\n
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\nHow seriously Daniel took the
\nstudy of prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was concerned not only about
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\nconcerned about Bible
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\nWhere he was in time.
\nWas he close to the end of the <\/p>\n
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\n70 years?
\nWere the many years still to <\/p>\n
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\nelapse?
\nHow long would it be before <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem’s desolation would be
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\ntake place?
\nHe agonized over that subject, <\/p>\n
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\nand it was only by putting
\nhimself in to that subject, with<\/p>\n
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\nthat kind of fervency, that the
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\nIn verse four he tells us I
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\nmade my confession, and we read
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\nBut then we read, of course that
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\nHe tells us in verse 20, whilst <\/p>\n
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\nI was speaking and praying and
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\nmy people, Israel, and
\npresenting my supplication <\/p>\n
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\nbefore the Lord my God for the
\nholy mountain of my God. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, whilst I was speaking in
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
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\nEven the man Gabriel, whom I had
\nseen in the vision at the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning, being caused to fly
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\ntime of the evening oblation,
\nhere in synchronization with the<\/p>\n
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\noffering of incense and
\nsacrifice, as it would have been<\/p>\n
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\nback if he had been in his own
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\nIn the operation of the temple
\nservice, as the evening <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice was placed on the
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\nthe burning incense sometime
\nnear 6:00 in the evening. <\/p>\n
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\nAt that time Daniel was found
\npraying, and at that time he <\/p>\n
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\nreceived an answer from the
\nAngel Gabriel, the one who was <\/p>\n
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\nlater on, many years in the
\nfuture, to announce a much <\/p>\n
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\ngreater message to Mary.
\nYou see, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nthat even Daniel had to apply
\nhimself to the books, despite <\/p>\n
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\nall the advantages that he had.
\nAnd it wasn’t until he had <\/p>\n
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\nagonized over that subject and
\napplied himself diligently took <\/p>\n
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\nto it.
\nAnd it wasn’t until he had taken<\/p>\n
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\nthat subject very seriously that
\nfurther light and understanding <\/p>\n
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\nwas shed on his path.
\nAnd surely, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, if that was true for
\nDaniel, as good as a man as he <\/p>\n
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\nwas and as close as he was to
\nGod, how much more does it say <\/p>\n
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\nto us that further understanding
\nwill not be had unless we apply <\/p>\n
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\nourselves diligently to the
\nsubject of Bible prophecy, <\/p>\n
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\nespecially to the more difficult
\nbooks like Daniel and <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation?
\nHave we in our own study, <\/p>\n
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\nagonized like Daniel?
\nHave we applied ourselves with <\/p>\n
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\nthe kind of commitment and
\nseriousness that he took the <\/p>\n
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\nsubject?
\nAnd like Daniel, being concerned<\/p>\n
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\nnot only with the events that
\nmight transpire, but also where <\/p>\n
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\nhe was or where he is in time,
\nin God’s prophetic timetable? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd sometimes one hears Today,
\nof course in our own circles, <\/p>\n
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\nthat being overly concerned or
\npreoccupied with time periods is<\/p>\n
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\nan exercise in futility.
\nOne he often hears that until <\/p>\n
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\nthings are fulfilled, one really
\nis expending one’s time in an <\/p>\n
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\nunnecessary, unfruitful way.
\nThe time hadn’t been expended <\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nHere, Daniel wanted to know in <\/p>\n
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\nadvance, in advance, when these
\nthings would be. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wanted to know in advance how
\nmuch longer it was. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, that obviously wasn’t an
\nexercise in futility for Daniel,<\/p>\n
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\nand only by applying himself the
\nway that he did did he receive <\/p>\n
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\nan answer.
\nNow in that regard, there’s <\/p>\n
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\nanother attitudinal concept I
\nthink we should just mention in <\/p>\n
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\npassing.
\nThe question of time periods, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich we won’t be laboring today
\nis an important one, as we can <\/p>\n
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\nsee here from Daniel.
\nAnd the notion, as we’ve just <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned, it’s often expressed
\nthe notion that says, well, it’s<\/p>\n
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\nnot until prophecy has been
\nfulfilled or the time period has<\/p>\n
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\nelapsed that one can really be
\nsure about anything in terms of <\/p>\n
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\nthe prophetic statements about
\ntime and when certain events <\/p>\n
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\nwill be fulfilled.
\nYou know there’s a contradiction<\/p>\n
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\nthere with what the Lord
\nobviously intended in the Olivet<\/p>\n
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\nprophecy.
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\nmight not ever be sure about all
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\nsupporting details later.
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\nwe are introduced to a very
\nimportant theme, namely that <\/p>\n
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\nhave seen parts of this beast <\/p>\n
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\nstrives over the ocean. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:52,120 –> 00:22:56,400
\nThe waves are tossing, and over
\nthat horrid, brooding scene <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:56,760 –> 00:23:00,400
\nemerges the first beast that
\nDaniel sees in Chapter 7. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:01,000 –> 00:23:04,840
\nThen from the same watery source
\nemerges the second beast, and so<\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:04,840 –> 00:23:08,520
\non to the 4th beast.
\nSo then there’s a link here, <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:08,520 –> 00:23:12,560
\nisn’t there?
\nDaniel sees these beasts emerge <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:12,600 –> 00:23:15,840
\nout of a watery sea.
\nJohn sees the same. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:16,160 –> 00:23:19,920
\nJohn sees parts of Daniel’s
\nbeasts in a conglomerate form in<\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:19,920 –> 00:23:23,880
\nchapter 13.
\nThere’s a link, then, with <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:23,880 –> 00:23:28,600
\nDaniel and Revelation.
\nThe theme of the beasts is one <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:28,600 –> 00:23:30,960
\nthat bridges both Old and New
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:31,080 –> 00:23:35,600
\nTherefore, the theme of the
\nbeast takes up a fair portion of<\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:35,600 –> 00:23:40,000
\nspace in the book of Daniel.
\nIt does likewise in Revelation, <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:40,640 –> 00:23:44,640
\nand on that basis we can be sure
\nthat we’re onto a very important<\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:44,640 –> 00:23:47,440
\ntopic.
\nIt’s a major big picture, <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:48,520 –> 00:23:51,800
\nsurely, if we understood
\nbasically what that theme is all<\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:51,800 –> 00:23:55,200
\nabout and what those beasts
\nbasically represent. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:56,040 –> 00:23:58,280
\nAnd although we, as we’ve said,
\nmay not be sure of all the <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:58,280 –> 00:24:01,520
\nsupporting details like the
\nfrog, like spirits and who they <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:01,520 –> 00:24:05,080
\nare, we’ll understand roughly
\nwhat pattern they must fit into.<\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:05,080 –> 00:24:10,320
\nAnd I think in our Bible study
\nwith this topic, it’s extremely <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:10,360 –> 00:24:14,160
\nhelpful and less frustrating to
\napproach Daniel and Revelation <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:14,160 –> 00:24:17,040
\nthis way.
\nKeep going back to these two <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:17,040 –> 00:24:22,600
\nbooks with big or major themes
\nor pictures in mind and tackle <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:22,600 –> 00:24:26,400
\nthem as a unit, as a major theme
\nfrom Revelation and Daniel <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:26,400 –> 00:24:28,800
\ntogether.
\nThen going back and perhaps <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:28,800 –> 00:24:32,320
\nlooking at another important
\ntheme and seeing how they tie in<\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:32,960 –> 00:24:36,360
\nrather than trying to solve all
\nthe small details at once. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:37,360 –> 00:24:39,880
\nThere was something else that
\nshould strike us in Revelation <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:41,280 –> 00:24:42,880
\njust going back there
\nmomentarily. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:45,000 –> 00:24:50,680
\nAnd it’s this that there is
\nmention of an important city <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:51,680 –> 00:24:55,640
\ntied in with these beasts.
\nAnd what is that important city <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:55,640 –> 00:25:00,080
\nthat ties in with these beasts?
\nWell, we don’t have to look very<\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:00,080 –> 00:25:03,560
\nfar.
\nWhen we get as far as Revelation<\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:03,560 –> 00:25:11,880
\n17, we’re introduced to the name
\nBabylon, Verse 5, tying in with <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:11,880 –> 00:25:16,320
\nthese beasts.
\nBabylon connected somehow with <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:16,320 –> 00:25:19,160
\nthis woman and with the beast
\nsystem. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:20,440 –> 00:25:25,520
\nIf we go back to Revelation 16
\njust after mentioning the dragon<\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:25,520 –> 00:25:29,160
\nand the beast and the false
\nprophet in verse 13 of <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:29,160 –> 00:25:33,040
\nRevelation 16, and after
\nmentioning Armageddon and verse <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:33,040 –> 00:25:39,160
\n16, we have mentioned in verse
\n19 of the Great City and great <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:39,320 –> 00:25:44,440
\nBabylon brings to our attention
\nagain the Old Testament <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:44,440 –> 00:25:50,720
\nconnections and threads.
\nWe see then that this is <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:50,720 –> 00:25:55,160
\nimportant to understand.
\nNot only do we see the links <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:55,160 –> 00:25:57,800
\nhere throughout Revelation with
\none another, but we see how they<\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:57,800 –> 00:26:02,920
\nthrow threads back into Daniel.
\nAnd it’s curious, isn’t it, in <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:02,920 –> 00:26:06,760
\ntrying to piece the picture
\ntogether that this question of <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:06,760 –> 00:26:12,000
\nthe beasts found in Daniel and
\nin Revelation has associated <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:12,000 –> 00:26:16,200
\nwith it the name Babylon?
\nAnd it’s a curious thing, isn’t <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:16,200 –> 00:26:20,320
\nit, That in Daniel, the only
\nother book really that has this <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:20,320 –> 00:26:24,440
\nlink with the beasts, Daniel was
\nin Babylon. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:25,320 –> 00:26:27,800
\nHe was in Babylon when he saw
\nthese beasts. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:29,200 –> 00:26:32,880
\nNow there’s another link.
\nHere we find in Revelation the <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:32,880 –> 00:26:35,960
\nbeasts in conjunction with the
\nname Babylon. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:36,680 –> 00:26:39,960
\nIn the Old Testament, we’re
\ndrawn into the book of Daniel <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:39,960 –> 00:26:42,560
\nwhere we see the clearest link
\nwith these beasts. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:42,960 –> 00:26:45,760
\nAnd lo and behold, Daniel is in
\nBabylon. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:46,160 –> 00:26:48,640
\nAnd Babylon figures very
\nprominently through most of the <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:48,640 –> 00:26:51,800
\nbook of Daniel.
\nSurely that’s no coincidence. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:52,720 –> 00:26:56,240
\nWhat’s Revelation telling us?
\nSurely it’s telling us that <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:56,240 –> 00:26:58,320
\nwe’ve got to go back to the Book
\nof Daniel. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:59,160 –> 00:27:02,680
\nAnd furthermore, it’s telling us
\nthat whatever we make of this <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:02,680 –> 00:27:06,560
\nbeast system found throughout
\nRevelation and Daniel, whatever <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:06,560 –> 00:27:10,720
\nwe make of it, we’ve got to keep
\nin mind the word Babylon. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:11,160 –> 00:27:15,600
\nIt’s inseparable from the beast
\nsystem somehow, in some Mystic <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:15,600 –> 00:27:19,200
\nway, perhaps.
\nNow, looking at this theme from <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:19,200 –> 00:27:23,440
\nthis kind of approach makes it a
\nlot simpler, and it helps to put<\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:23,440 –> 00:27:26,520
\nthe pieces together 1 by 1 as
\nthey belong together. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:27,080 –> 00:27:28,880
\nSo that’s the procedure we’re
\ngoing to follow. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:29,680 –> 00:27:33,320
\nHow in the world is Babylon
\nstill present in the Book of <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:33,320 –> 00:27:36,600
\nRevelation at the time of the
\nend, next to Armageddon? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:37,680 –> 00:27:40,240
\nWell, without doing a lot of
\nBible study at that point, we <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:40,240 –> 00:27:44,200
\ncan at least conclude this.
\nHowever, Babylon is present at <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:44,200 –> 00:27:46,960
\nthe time of Armageddon or at the
\ntime of the Lord’s return. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:46,960 –> 00:27:50,360
\nIt can’t be literal.
\nThat is, it can’t be the old <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:50,360 –> 00:27:54,840
\npolitical empire that is now
\ndisintegrated and gone somehow. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:54,840 –> 00:27:58,720
\nWe would be right to conclude
\nBabylon has lived on past the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:58,720 –> 00:28:03,760
\ntime of Daniel and it’s still in
\nsome power or form present as an<\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:03,760 –> 00:28:06,160
\nantagonistic force when Christ
\nreturns. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:07,080 –> 00:28:11,960
\nThat’s a very important concept
\nto understand that supports the <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:11,960 –> 00:28:15,200
\nmain big idea.
\nThe big idea is the B system <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:15,640 –> 00:28:21,000
\nsupporting concept Babylon.
\nBut Babylon not political so <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:21,000 –> 00:28:24,200
\nmuch.
\nBabylon, not as the old empire <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:24,240 –> 00:28:27,960
\nunder Nebuchadnezzar, but
\nBabylon still somehow present in<\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:27,960 –> 00:28:30,280
\nthe earth.
\nHow present in the earth? <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:30,800 –> 00:28:32,960
\nIn what form is it present still
\nin the earth? <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:33,520 –> 00:28:35,840
\nWell, we’ll explore that more
\nwhen we look at Revelation in <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:35,840 –> 00:28:38,480
\nour last class, where we’ll
\ndevote all our attention to the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:38,480 –> 00:28:42,400
\nBook of Revelation in this area.
\nBut you see, that’s an important<\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:42,400 –> 00:28:45,520
\nconcept.
\nBabylon still present when <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:45,520 –> 00:28:49,040
\nChrist returns.
\nBabylon tied in with the beasts.<\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:49,920 –> 00:28:53,880
\nNow if we pursue that just a
\nlittle bit further, let’s go <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:53,880 –> 00:28:57,520
\nback into the Old Testament.
\nNow we’re working on a <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:57,520 –> 00:29:01,440
\nsupporting concept.
\nBack we go into the Old <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:01,440 –> 00:29:03,920
\nTestament with this question of
\nBabylon. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:04,440 –> 00:29:08,000
\nLet me ask you a question as we
\ngo back here. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:08,800 –> 00:29:15,280
\nWhat is the first Gentile
\nKingdom or power mentioned in <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:15,280 –> 00:29:19,280
\nthe Old Testament?
\nThe first Gentile power or <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:19,280 –> 00:29:23,640
\nKingdom.
\nIn fact, we could even make it <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:23,640 –> 00:29:26,000
\neven less qualified.
\nWhat is the first Kingdom <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:26,400 –> 00:29:30,680
\nmentioned in the Old Testament?
\nWell, it’s not surprising to <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:30,680 –> 00:29:34,120
\nnotice as we go back to Genesis
\nchapter 10. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:35,480 –> 00:29:43,560
\nThe Bible tells us that the very
\nfirst Kingdom organized power <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:44,160 –> 00:29:49,040
\nunder man’s direction is none
\nother than Babylon, and it comes<\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:49,040 –> 00:29:53,880
\nunder several names.
\nIn Genesis chapter 10 we read <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:53,880 –> 00:30:01,480
\ndown in verse five, first of
\nGenesis 10, the mention of the <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:01,480 –> 00:30:06,000
\nword Gentile, Very important.
\nPrelude verse five of Genesis <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:06,000 –> 00:30:09,480
\n10.
\nBy these were the Isles of the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:09,480 –> 00:30:14,680
\nGentiles divided in their lands.
\nInteresting. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:14,840 –> 00:30:18,480
\nProbably one of the first
\nreferences to the term Gentiles,<\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:19,160 –> 00:30:24,640
\nand in this conjunction we read
\ndown in verse 10 and the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:24,640 –> 00:30:34,400
\nbeginning of his Kingdom was
\nBabylon Margin Babylon first <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:34,400 –> 00:30:37,520
\nmention of a Kingdom, first
\nreference to the word Kingdom <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:37,520 –> 00:30:41,400
\nperiod in the Old Testament, if
\nyou check the concordance Now in<\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:41,400 –> 00:30:44,400
\na certain sense a Kingdom had
\nalready existed before then, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:45,480 –> 00:30:49,400
\ninsofar as God through Samuel
\ntold the people of his day. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:49,400 –> 00:30:53,960
\nGod was king over his people.
\nBut it’s never spelled out that <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:53,960 –> 00:30:57,160
\nway directly until we get to the
\ntime of Samuel. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:57,160 –> 00:30:59,840
\nAnd there are hints also in the
\nLaw of Moses that that was only <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:59,840 –> 00:31:02,920
\nso from the beginning.
\nBut this is the first reference <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:02,920 –> 00:31:07,320
\nto Kingdom Babylon.
\nFurthermore, it is synonymous <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:07,320 –> 00:31:09,880
\nwith the land of Shinar.
\nKeep that in mind. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:10,200 –> 00:31:14,120
\nThe land of Shinar.
\nNow let me ask another question.<\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:15,160 –> 00:31:18,920
\nThat’s the first reference to a
\nKingdom, especially here. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:18,920 –> 00:31:21,240
\nNow a gentile Kingdom in the Old
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:21,840 –> 00:31:24,840
\nWhat’s the 1st Kingdom mentioned
\nin the New Testament? <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:26,240 –> 00:31:30,120
\nThe first dominion or power
\nmentioned in the New Testament? <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:33,160 –> 00:31:41,800
\nMatthew Chapter one, more than
\njust Bible trivia when we ask <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:41,800 –> 00:31:45,680
\nthose kind of questions provides
\na very interesting perspective <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:45,680 –> 00:31:50,720
\nat the outset of our study.
\nLet’s go Matthew chapter one in <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:50,720 –> 00:31:55,640
\na very unlikely place, the
\ngenealogy of our Lord and notice<\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:55,680 –> 00:32:01,600
\nhow we are immediately hit with
\nthe word Babylon in a somewhat <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:01,600 –> 00:32:04,520
\nincidental way, but it is
\nimmediate. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:04,560 –> 00:32:08,560
\nIn the New Testament we read in
\nverse 11 Josiah begat. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:08,560 –> 00:32:12,640
\nJeconiah sent his brethren about
\nthe time they were carried away <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:12,640 –> 00:32:15,280
\nto Babylon.
\nFirst Kingdom mentioned in the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:15,280 –> 00:32:19,280
\nNew Testament, then it’s
\nmentioned again in verse 12 and <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:19,280 –> 00:32:23,000
\nafter they were brought to
\nBabylon then it’s mentioned <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:23,000 –> 00:32:27,120
\ntwice more in verse 17.
\nAll the generations from Abraham<\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:27,120 –> 00:32:31,000
\nto David are 14 generations, and
\nfrom David until the carrying <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:31,000 –> 00:32:35,240
\naway into Babylon are 14
\ngenerations, and from the <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:35,240 –> 00:32:39,360
\ncarrying a way into Babylon onto
\nChrist are 14 generations. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:39,640 –> 00:32:41,400
\nYou see how Babylon is being
\nused there? <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:41,720 –> 00:32:45,840
\nIt’s being used as a kind of
\nmarking in the chronology of our<\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:45,840 –> 00:32:48,480
\nLord.
\nIt’s a way of marking off the <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:48,480 –> 00:32:52,000
\nvarious genealogies in sections
\nthat have led up to our Lord’s <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:52,000 –> 00:32:56,680
\nlife and to his birth on earth.
\nBut it is striking that the <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:56,680 –> 00:33:01,080
\nfirst mention of our Kingdom in
\nthe New Testament is Babylon. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:01,280 –> 00:33:05,880
\nFour times in the first book and
\nthe first chapter, Babylon comes<\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:05,880 –> 00:33:09,960
\nto our view, and Babylon comes
\nto our view in a very similar <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:09,960 –> 00:33:15,200
\nway in Genesis First power that
\nGod draws attention to, that <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:15,200 –> 00:33:19,240
\nwould be obviously not his
\nKingdom, something other than <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:19,240 –> 00:33:22,320
\nhis area or his domain of
\nrulership. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:23,720 –> 00:33:30,960
\nLet’s go back to Genesis again.
\nBack into the life of Abraham. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:37,280 –> 00:33:44,000
\nWe noticed that the name Shinar
\nwas given in Genesis 10 as being<\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:44,000 –> 00:33:47,200
\nsynonymous with Babel, or
\nBabylon in the same basic area. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:49,080 –> 00:33:51,680
\nIt comes to our attention
\nsimultaneously. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:51,720 –> 00:33:54,720
\nShinar does with the name
\nBabylon. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:55,840 –> 00:34:00,280
\nNow it’s a curious thing that
\nShinar shows up again in the <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:00,280 –> 00:34:04,920
\nlife of Abraham.
\nThis time we discover that there<\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:04,920 –> 00:34:11,000
\nis and antagonism between the
\ngodly man Abraham and Shinar. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:11,400 –> 00:34:14,480
\nFor we read in verse one It came
\nto pass in the days of Amraphel <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:14,480 –> 00:34:20,120
\nking of Shinar Arioch king of Al
\nAsser Chile, Amur king of Elam <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:20,120 –> 00:34:25,080
\nentitled king of Nations, that
\nthese made war with another city<\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:25,080 –> 00:34:28,080
\ngroup or a city state as
\nmentioned in verse 2. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:28,760 –> 00:34:35,280
\nSo Genesis chapter 14 introduces
\nin this stage in Abraham’s life <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:36,719 –> 00:34:40,719
\na war between Abraham and some
\nof the surrounding Gentile <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:40,719 –> 00:34:47,360
\npowers, and he finds himself at
\nwar with Shinar and other <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:47,360 –> 00:34:50,280
\nnations that are in conjunction
\nwith Shinar. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:51,239 –> 00:34:55,560
\nAnd we notice that Shinar is
\nmentioned first in verse one. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:56,840 –> 00:35:01,000
\nSo here, back in the Old
\nTestament, in a very early <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:01,000 –> 00:35:08,160
\nstage, we find a man of God
\nantagonistic to Shinar. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:08,880 –> 00:35:13,400
\nWe find Shinar being associated
\nwith a conglomerate of nations <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:14,320 –> 00:35:19,520
\nor cities that are going to go
\ntogether and fight against <\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:19,800 –> 00:35:24,840
\nAbraham, father of the faithful.
\nYou know, there are patterns <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:24,920 –> 00:35:28,320
\nhere in Genesis on this subject,
\nand of course many other Bible <\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:28,320 –> 00:35:31,880
\nsubjects which lay a kind of
\nblueprint down for the rest of <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:31,880 –> 00:35:36,000
\nthe Bible early on.
\nThen in the book of Genesis, not<\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:36,000 –> 00:35:39,520
\nonly is Shinar pictured as a
\nKingdom antagonistic to God <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:39,800 –> 00:35:44,320
\nassociated with Gentile might
\nand ambition, but it is shown <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:44,320 –> 00:35:48,600
\nvery early on to be gathering
\nnations around it and going <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:48,600 –> 00:35:51,800
\nagainst a godly man.
\nVery interesting. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:52,960 –> 00:35:56,320
\nYou see, when we look at the
\nsubject of Babylon as it relates<\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:56,320 –> 00:36:00,080
\nto the beast system, we’re only
\nlooking at it in very general <\/p>\n
523
\n00:36:00,080 –> 00:36:04,760
\nterms, but it ties in some very
\nimportant concepts that are laid<\/p>\n
524
\n00:36:04,760 –> 00:36:07,880
\ndown surprisingly early in the
\nBible. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:36:10,240 –> 00:36:15,760
\nWhen we come to the Book of
\nRevelation again in Revelation <\/p>\n
526
\n00:36:15,760 –> 00:36:19,600
\nchapter 12, in conjunction with
\nthe dragon, one of the beasts, <\/p>\n
527
\n00:36:21,200 –> 00:36:24,920
\nit’s not surprising therefore to
\nsee that in relationship to that<\/p>\n
528
\n00:36:24,920 –> 00:36:30,080
\nbeast, that dragon in Revelation
\n12, that we’re told that it’s to<\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:30,080 –> 00:36:33,720
\ndo with the old serpent.
\nThe old serpent. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:35,240 –> 00:36:38,480
\nInteresting.
\nIt’s in conjunction with the <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:38,480 –> 00:36:42,400
\nterm Satan, which means to be an
\nadversary or an opponent. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:43,160 –> 00:36:46,200
\nAnd here, early on in the life
\nof Abraham, powers that were <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:46,200 –> 00:36:50,400
\nwithin the orbit of Shinar are
\nproving themselves to be Satanic<\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:50,400 –> 00:36:55,240
\nor opposing Abraham and the ways
\nof God and of course his <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:55,240 –> 00:36:59,920
\nrelative lot.
\nInteresting how the Lynx bridge <\/p>\n
536
\n00:37:00,000 –> 00:37:04,280
\nback and forth from the earliest
\nbook to the last book, and we’re<\/p>\n
537
\n00:37:04,280 –> 00:37:06,400
\ntold that this is the old
\nserpent. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:37:06,960 –> 00:37:11,240
\nIt’s an old story.
\nIt’s part of a very old plot. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:37:11,520 –> 00:37:13,840
\nIt goes right back into the Old
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:37:14,320 –> 00:37:16,560
\nThere’s nothing new about this
\ndragon. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:37:16,680 –> 00:37:21,720
\nIn other words, the dragon is
\nassociated with an old, old <\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:21,760 –> 00:37:26,520
\nforce or source of antagonism.
\nIt’s a diabolical source. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:27,000 –> 00:37:29,600
\nIt’s an opposing source, and
\nit’s old. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:30,200 –> 00:37:34,920
\nSo when Revelation sees that or
\nsays that, it’s no surprise to <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:34,920 –> 00:37:36,520
\nsee how it fits into the
\npattern. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:36,520 –> 00:37:39,840
\nWe’ve just seen very briefly
\nhere in Genesis 10 and then <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:39,840 –> 00:37:44,840
\nagain in Genesis chapter 14.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:45,200 –> 00:37:49,440
\nperhaps a certain amount of the
\nstage has been set to appreciate<\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:49,440 –> 00:37:51,680
\nthe force of what we’re now
\ngoing to look at in greater <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:51,680 –> 00:37:57,920
\ndetail as we look at now the
\nBeasts and Babylon, Daniel, <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:57,920 –> 00:38:06,600
\nChapter One.
\nWhere does Daniel find its <\/p>\n
552
\n00:38:06,640 –> 00:38:11,920
\nsetting?
\nNow perhaps we have a quick <\/p>\n
553
\n00:38:11,920 –> 00:38:17,040
\nanswer in our mind, but the term
\nemployee to start with in the <\/p>\n
554
\n00:38:17,040 –> 00:38:19,040
\nbook of Daniel is most
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:38:19,040 –> 00:38:22,800
\nNow to know in view of what
\nwe’ve just covered in Genesis. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:38:22,800 –> 00:38:30,880
\nJust notice in Daniel chapter
\none, the very first verse of the<\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:30,880 –> 00:38:37,720
\nvery first chapter Babylon comes
\nto view in terms of where he is.<\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:37,760 –> 00:38:43,080
\nAnd when Daniel tells us in
\nverse one in the third year of <\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:43,080 –> 00:38:46,040
\nthe reign of Jehoiah king king
\nof Judah, king Nebuchadnezzar, <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:46,200 –> 00:38:49,720
\nking of Babylon unto Jerusalem
\nand besieged it. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:52,000 –> 00:38:57,880
\nBabylon an act of force, Babylon
\nantagonistic to the city of God.<\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:58,800 –> 00:39:04,280
\nTwo cities brought in front of
\nour view, Babylon and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n
563
\n00:39:04,880 –> 00:39:08,080
\nAnd what are the two cities that
\nare brought to view in the Book <\/p>\n
564
\n00:39:08,080 –> 00:39:12,680
\nof Revelation?
\nThere’s only two Jerusalem and <\/p>\n
565
\n00:39:12,680 –> 00:39:15,720
\nBabylon.
\nIt’s interesting that Daniel one<\/p>\n
566
\n00:39:15,720 –> 00:39:19,000
\nand verse one automatically
\nintroduces us to those two <\/p>\n
567
\n00:39:19,000 –> 00:39:22,760
\ncities in the very first
\nstatement of the book, and <\/p>\n
568
\n00:39:22,760 –> 00:39:26,320
\nRevelation develops that in
\ngreater detail at a latter time.<\/p>\n
569
\n00:39:26,640 –> 00:39:30,200
\nMore than that though, in verse
\ntwo look at what Babylon is now <\/p>\n
570
\n00:39:30,200 –> 00:39:33,600
\nmade synonymous with.
\nThe Lord God gave Jehoiah King, <\/p>\n
571
\n00:39:33,600 –> 00:39:37,320
\nKing of Judah unto his hand with
\npart of the vessels of the House<\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:37,320 –> 00:39:45,280
\nof God which he carried into the
\nland of Shinar, that power which<\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:45,280 –> 00:39:49,720
\nhad organized with itself a
\nseries of cities that challenged<\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:49,840 –> 00:39:52,960
\nAbraham.
\nShinar that was the first of all<\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:52,960 –> 00:39:57,560
\nkingdoms amongst the Gentiles,
\ntied in with Babylon. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:58,640 –> 00:40:02,800
\nYou see then there’s a kind of
\ncontinuity in this whole theme. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:40:03,840 –> 00:40:07,680
\nThere is a continuous thread
\nthat runs right from Genesis 10 <\/p>\n
578
\n00:40:08,040 –> 00:40:12,600
\nthrough Genesis 11 through
\nGenesis 14 with Abraham, and now<\/p>\n
579
\n00:40:12,600 –> 00:40:16,080
\nwe’re at the time of the
\ndispersion and the captivity in <\/p>\n
580
\n00:40:16,080 –> 00:40:19,200
\nDaniel chapter one.
\nAnd Shinar is still there. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:40:19,760 –> 00:40:23,160
\nAnd we’re intended to see the
\nlink with Shinar and Babylon as <\/p>\n
582
\n00:40:23,160 –> 00:40:26,680
\nsynonymous terms.
\nAnd we’re intended to see that <\/p>\n
583
\n00:40:26,680 –> 00:40:30,640
\nBabylon is antagonistic to the
\ncity of God, to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:40:31,080 –> 00:40:34,360
\nVery important when we turn to
\nRevelation, the city of <\/p>\n
585
\n00:40:34,360 –> 00:40:37,920
\nJerusalem is there, the New
\nJerusalem, and Babylon is there <\/p>\n
586
\n00:40:38,640 –> 00:40:41,200
\nat the great city, and it’s
\ndestroyed. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:41,200 –> 00:40:44,960
\nAnd Jerusalem lives on.
\nImportant to see how such very <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:44,960 –> 00:40:49,760
\nbasic, fundamental concepts are
\nrooted in the Old Testament and <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:49,760 –> 00:40:51,400
\nDaniel.
\nAs we’ll see, more and more <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:51,640 –> 00:40:54,200
\nprovides.
\nPerhaps the clearest links now <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:54,200 –> 00:41:04,280
\nturn to Zachariah Chapter 5A.
\nMost Curious reference, but it <\/p>\n
592
\n00:41:04,280 –> 00:41:11,120
\ncontinues to bring to our
\nattention the longevity of <\/p>\n
593
\n00:41:11,120 –> 00:41:13,680
\nBabylon, the longevity of
\nShinar. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:41:13,720 –> 00:41:16,240
\nIt isn’t destroyed, it keeps
\ngoing. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:41:17,320 –> 00:41:20,440
\nNotice how this emerges in
\nZechariah chapter 5. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:41:24,320 –> 00:41:27,920
\nFirst of all, before we look at
\nchapter 5, let’s remind <\/p>\n
597
\n00:41:27,920 –> 00:41:35,240
\nourselves where we are in time.
\nZechariah is a prophet with <\/p>\n
598
\n00:41:35,240 –> 00:41:41,200
\nHaggai that have gone back with
\nthe Jews after the Babylonian <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:41,200 –> 00:41:44,480
\ncaptivity.
\nAfter Daniel, Daniel is now way <\/p>\n
600
\n00:41:44,480 –> 00:41:47,640
\ngone.
\nZechariah goes back with the <\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:47,720 –> 00:41:52,120
\nreturning exiles to the city of
\nJerusalem, to the land of <\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:52,120 –> 00:41:56,240
\nIsrael, and with Haggai the
\nprophet Zechariah laborers in <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:56,240 –> 00:41:59,160
\nthe rebuilding of the temple.
\nAnd then later on, of course, <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:59,160 –> 00:42:04,000
\nthe walls are rebuilt under Ezra
\nNehemiah, You know. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:42:04,080 –> 00:42:08,440
\nZechariah then comes at a time
\nwhen Babylon has been destroyed <\/p>\n
606
\n00:42:08,440 –> 00:42:12,600
\nby Persia, when Zechariah
\nprophesied. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:42:13,160 –> 00:42:16,360
\nThe ancient power of Babylon has
\nbeen destroyed by Cyrus. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:42:17,400 –> 00:42:21,760
\nCyrus, by the time Zechariah
\nprophesied, has already moved <\/p>\n
609
\n00:42:21,760 –> 00:42:25,120
\ninto Babylon.
\nHis forces have fired the city, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:42:25,240 –> 00:42:29,240
\ndestroyed it, and flattened it,
\nand Cyrus has reigned and gone <\/p>\n
611
\n00:42:29,400 –> 00:42:31,520
\nby the time Zechariah
\nprophesied. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:31,800 –> 00:42:33,880
\nThe Persians now are ruling the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:34,680 –> 00:42:39,600
\nNo longer is there the ancient
\ncity or power of Babylon, but in<\/p>\n
614
\n00:42:39,600 –> 00:42:44,560
\nZechariah Chapter 5 there is a
\nprophecy dealing in a most <\/p>\n
615
\n00:42:44,560 –> 00:42:49,440
\npeculiar way with our theme.
\nFor we read that the prophet <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:49,440 –> 00:42:56,880
\nsees in his vision a vessel, and
\nhe asks what this vessel is. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:56,880 –> 00:42:59,040
\nIt’s a measuring container.
\nVerse six. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:59,040 –> 00:43:00,920
\nWhat is it?
\nSays Zechariah. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:43:01,560 –> 00:43:04,760
\nThe Angel says, this is an
\nephah, A measuring container <\/p>\n
620
\n00:43:04,760 –> 00:43:09,600
\nlike a big jar that goeth forth.
\nHe say it’s moreover, this is <\/p>\n
621
\n00:43:09,600 –> 00:43:12,920
\ntheir resemblance.
\nThroughout all the earth, behold<\/p>\n
622
\n00:43:12,920 –> 00:43:14,800
\nthere was lifted up a talent of
\nlead. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:43:14,800 –> 00:43:18,880
\nThat’s the lid.
\nAnd this is a woman that sitteth<\/p>\n
624
\n00:43:18,880 –> 00:43:22,080
\nin the midst of the ether, in
\nthe midst of this measuring jar.<\/p>\n
625
\n00:43:22,480 –> 00:43:24,360
\nAnd he said, pointing to the
\nwoman. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:43:24,560 –> 00:43:29,280
\nThis is wickedness, And he cast
\nit into the midst of the ether, <\/p>\n
627
\n00:43:29,920 –> 00:43:33,000
\nand he cast the weight of lead
\nupon the mouth thereof. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:43:33,840 –> 00:43:38,040
\nThen, says Zechariah, I lifted
\nup my eyes, and behold, there <\/p>\n
629
\n00:43:38,040 –> 00:43:41,400
\ncame out two women, and the wind
\nwas in their wings, for they had<\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:41,400 –> 00:43:44,240
\nwings like the wings of a stork.
\nAnd they lifted up this <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:44,240 –> 00:43:47,240
\nmeasuring container with a woman
\nin it between the earth and the <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:47,240 –> 00:43:50,080
\nheaven.
\nThen said I to the Angel that <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:50,080 –> 00:43:52,800
\ntalked with me, Whither do they
\nbear the ether? <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:53,720 –> 00:44:00,160
\nAnd he said unto me to build it
\nin house in the land of Shinar. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:44:01,040 –> 00:44:03,760
\nShinar again.
\nShinar. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:44:05,200 –> 00:44:08,400
\nThis is at the time when the
\nPersians have conquered Babylon.<\/p>\n
637
\n00:44:08,680 –> 00:44:11,440
\nHow could Babylon or Shinar
\nstill be in existence? <\/p>\n
638
\n00:44:11,800 –> 00:44:15,760
\nWhat a most incredible reference
\nhere in a prophecy that is <\/p>\n
639
\n00:44:15,760 –> 00:44:19,760
\nvirtually celebrating the demise
\nof Babylon and the rebuilding of<\/p>\n
640
\n00:44:19,760 –> 00:44:22,280
\nIsrael and Jerusalem under the
\ntwo prophets. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:44:23,120 –> 00:44:27,760
\nTo see this curious prophecy of
\na woman in a measuring container<\/p>\n
642
\n00:44:28,120 –> 00:44:31,880
\nand the Prophet is told this is
\nwickedness. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:32,320 –> 00:44:35,840
\nThe lid is shut on top of the
\njar, it’s picked up by two <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:35,840 –> 00:44:40,440
\nunclean storks and it’s carried
\noff to the land of Shinar. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:40,720 –> 00:44:44,520
\nAnd look what it says to build
\nit in a house in the land of <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:44,520 –> 00:44:46,560
\nShinar.
\nThis woman is going to have a <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:46,560 –> 00:44:51,200
\nhouse in Babylon and it shall be
\nestablished and set there upon <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:51,280 –> 00:44:56,040
\nher own base.
\nIsn’t that curious? <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:57,120 –> 00:44:59,600
\nDo you know that’s the last
\nreference to Shinar in the Old <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:59,600 –> 00:45:03,080
\nTestament?
\nThe very last reference to <\/p>\n
651
\n00:45:03,080 –> 00:45:08,440
\nBabylon in the Old Testament?
\nIn other words, the question of <\/p>\n
652
\n00:45:08,680 –> 00:45:14,520
\nBabylon is last mentioned in the
\nOld Testament in conjunction <\/p>\n
653
\n00:45:14,520 –> 00:45:19,800
\nwith a woman, and in conjunction
\nwith a wicked woman at that, and<\/p>\n
654
\n00:45:19,800 –> 00:45:23,080
\nin conjunction with something
\nthat can’t be the old literal <\/p>\n
655
\n00:45:23,080 –> 00:45:27,240
\npower of Babylon, as the Old
\nEmpire was, because this last <\/p>\n
656
\n00:45:27,240 –> 00:45:30,320
\nreference comes after Babylon’s
\ndemise and the time of the <\/p>\n
657
\n00:45:30,320 –> 00:45:33,480
\nPersians.
\nIsn’t that interesting? <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:33,800 –> 00:45:35,640
\nAnd when’s the next time you
\nmeet Babylon? <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:35,840 –> 00:45:39,080
\nMatthew chapter one, verse one,
\nincidentally, in the Lord’s <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:39,080 –> 00:45:42,120
\ngenealogy.
\nAnd when really is the last time<\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:42,120 –> 00:45:44,160
\nthat whole picture of Babylon is
\ndeveloped? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:44,720 –> 00:45:46,760
\nWell, it comes in the Book of
\nRevelation, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:47,600 –> 00:45:50,920
\nAnd when Babylon is mentioned in
\nthe Book of Revelation, it’s in <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:50,920 –> 00:45:54,120
\nconjunction with a woman, and
\nit’s in conjunction with a <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:54,120 –> 00:45:58,720
\nwicked woman at that.
\nAnd it’s in conjunction with a <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:58,760 –> 00:46:01,280
\nreference to Babylon.
\nThat can’t be the old literal <\/p>\n
667
\n00:46:01,280 –> 00:46:04,240
\npower of Babylon.
\nIt must be some other <\/p>\n
668
\n00:46:04,240 –> 00:46:07,240
\nmanifestation, some other form
\nof Babylon. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:46:08,360 –> 00:46:10,720
\nYou see, brothers and sisters,
\nit’s an intriguing theme, isn’t <\/p>\n
670
\n00:46:10,720 –> 00:46:13,800
\nit?
\nThe roots go right back into the<\/p>\n
671
\n00:46:13,800 –> 00:46:19,640
\nOld Testament, and we’ll look at
\nthe prophecy of Daniel and other<\/p>\n
672
\n00:46:19,640 –> 00:46:23,920
\nprophecies that assist us in
\ndeveloping this theme in greater<\/p>\n
673
\n00:46:23,920 –> 00:46:26,520
\ndetail as we get into our second
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