The Time of the End Message 23-8: "The Desolater" Episode 8

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00:00:00All right. Hello friends, I'm Pastor Joe Lasswell. I welcome you to our study here at this time.

00:00:15I'm thankful you're joining us. I praise the Lord that you're joining us.

00:00:19I hope that you've been learning quite a lot. I've been learning some new things.

00:00:24You always learn something when you open God's Word. God has promised that to lead us into all truth.

00:00:32And so we trust Him that He's doing that.

00:00:36And so we want to ask and thank the Lord for the Holy Spirit who helps us to discern these things.

00:00:45And so we want to ask for His help to continue as we get back into Daniel chapter 8, the desolator.

00:00:53We're looking at this desolator in Daniel 8, this little horn who desolates the sanctuary of the prince and his host.

00:01:03And so we want to learn exactly what that means.

00:01:06And God has promised to share what that means with us.

00:01:10But before we dig back into it, let's ask our Father in Heaven to bless us as we open His Word this morning.

00:01:16Let's kneel if possible or bow our heads together in our hearts, which is probably more important.

00:01:23And so let's pray.

00:01:25Father in Heaven, we do thank Thee for this time that we have together here.

00:01:30And open Your Word.

00:01:32We thank You that You provided it and protected it all through time.

00:01:36So that we can study it, read it, learn from it, and hopefully with Your grace and strength and the Holy Spirit change us more and more into the image of our dear Savior Jesus.

00:01:55So we may have His character, which is what He came here to show us was possible.

00:02:00Showing that the devil's claims about Your character are completely false.

00:02:07And so Father, we pray for the Holy Spirit to be poured out upon all of us who are opening Your Word here on this most holy Sabbath day.

00:02:15And those who are seeking truth.

00:02:17We pray that the Holy Spirit will help them and guide them and us.

00:02:21Help us to discern these things and to grow in grace.

00:02:27We thank You so much for Jesus.

00:02:30Jesus, who came to this earth, became one of us for eternity.

00:02:34What an incredible thought to contemplate.

00:02:38And then He showed us not only what sin is and what your true character of love is, but how to live a righteous life.

00:02:48He didn't just die for our sins, but He lived a righteous life as an example to each and every one of us.

00:02:57That we don't have to live a life stuck in the gutter of sin.

00:03:00But we can have victory over it through Him.

00:03:03We praise You for that.

00:03:05We praise You for protecting us from the evil one and from evil angels.

00:03:10And for being very near to those who are suffering and helping them to have peace of heart.

00:03:19Father, we pray this morning that You will continue to be with those who are suffering through these tragedies that are happening throughout our country and around the world.

00:03:28And please be very near our brethren in other countries who are suffering severe persecution.

00:03:34We pray that hearts may see this evil and come to know Thee and be saved.

00:03:41Lord, please forgive us our sins.

00:03:44We claim the blood of Jesus that was shed there at Calvary for us.

00:03:48And help us to know these things that we read and study here in Daniel chapter 8.

00:03:53Please give me the words to speak this morning, Lord.

00:03:56May they touch hearts.

00:03:57Prepare hearts for these things.

00:03:59Some of these things are new to people.

00:04:02Help them to have a right understanding.

00:04:04I ask these favors in the name of Jesus who is so worthy.

00:04:10Amen and Amen.

00:04:15Well, we are in a series that I have entitled The Desolator.

00:04:21It's a study of Daniel chapter 8.

00:04:25Our study of Daniel chapter 7, you recall, I called that the Great Pretender.

00:04:32I think that was what I called it.

00:04:35The Bold Pretender.

00:04:36That was it.

00:04:36The Bold Pretender.

00:04:37And we're talking about the little horn.

00:04:39He was the Bold Pretender in Daniel chapter 7.

00:04:42We come into Daniel chapter 8 and we find this same little horn.

00:04:45And now he becomes not just the Bold Pretender.

00:04:49He is the Desolator.

00:04:51The Desolator.

00:04:53And so, as we begin looking at Daniel chapter 8 and verses 11 and 12 here,

00:05:02I want to cover again what we learned in episode number 7.

00:05:06Our last study together.

00:05:08Let's refresh our minds because it's a continual.

00:05:12We talk about the continual.

00:05:14The daily.

00:05:16Right?

00:05:16Or it's a continual study into God's word.

00:05:19Amen?

00:05:20And so, let's refresh our minds.

00:05:22What did we learn the last time we were together?

00:05:25Well, we learned that the Prince's sanctuary is in the literal heavenly temple

00:05:29and in his spiritual church on earth, didn't we?

00:05:33Which consists of those who keep the Ten Commandments of God,

00:05:36who exercise the faith of Jesus,

00:05:38and they have the spirit of prophecy.

00:05:40We learned that Jesus ministers in two places at the same time.

00:05:48Physically in heaven and spiritually on earth through the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

00:05:54His heavenly hosts are the angels, we learned, haven't we?

00:05:57And his earthly hosts are his faithful followers.

00:06:00Again, those who have faith in Jesus, the faith of Jesus, and keep his commandments.

00:06:06We learned that the place of the sanctuary is removed from heaven in a spiritual sense.

00:06:13You know, the little horn and Satan didn't go up to heaven

00:06:16and tear down the actual sanctuary that's in heaven.

00:06:20We're talking here about a spiritual battle.

00:06:23And so, this place of the sanctuary is removed from heaven in a spiritual sense.

00:06:28It's set up on earth by papal Rome,

00:06:30who we have abundant evidence and have laid out that is papal Rome.

00:06:36The little horn is papal Rome.

00:06:38We've learned that morning and evening,

00:06:40a lamb was offered upon the altar of sacrifice for the sins of Israel.

00:06:43We were looking at the sanctuary and the implements in the courtyard

00:06:49in the first room called the Holy Place.

00:06:56And so, we were starting to look at that,

00:06:59and we saw a morning and evening lamb was offered upon the altar of sacrifice

00:07:02in the courtyard for the sins of Israel.

00:07:05As long as the Hebrew sanctuary and temple stood,

00:07:09there was never a time when the fire of the altar was not burning.

00:07:13It was continual.

00:07:14This was the daily or continual burnt offering.

00:07:17We covered a bit of that.

00:07:18We learned that the sacrifice of the lamb represented the death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

00:07:24an atonement that is valid for God's people continually.

00:07:30We know that, we read the Gospels,

00:07:32you look at John chapter 1, verse 29,

00:07:351 Peter 1.19, Revelation 13.8 tells us this.

00:07:40We learned that the sacrifice was offered daily,

00:07:43continually, morning and evening.

00:07:45And it indicates that Jesus died once and for all

00:07:48and never needs to die again.

00:07:49His death was sufficient.

00:07:51One time, to forgive sins.

00:07:58Praise His name.

00:08:01Praise His name.

00:08:03He never needs to die again, friends.

00:08:06And we learned that the teaching of the once-for-all death of Jesus

00:08:10is counterfeited in the Roman Catholic sacrifice of the Mass.

00:08:14In the Mass, the once-for-all sacrifice,

00:08:17the death of Jesus,

00:08:17is repeated over and over and over and over and over again.

00:08:21And so, you see, instead of looking to the Lamb of God in heaven,

00:08:26Roman Catholic believers are taught to look at the wafer host,

00:08:30or the body of Jesus, in its totality.

00:08:32And it's called ubiquity, or the omnipresence.

00:08:37But that's where it's supposedly found.

00:08:39So, instead of coming boldly to Jesus at the throne of grace in heaven,

00:08:43believers are taught that they must be nourished by feeding on the literal body of Jesus on earth

00:08:49every time they partake of the Catholic Mass to receive forgiveness.

00:08:53We learned that the table of the showbread contained two stacks of unleavened bread,

00:09:01each with six loaves,

00:09:04twelve loaves of bread in total.

00:09:06And by this, God wanted to teach that there was sufficient bread to feed each and every one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

00:09:12This bread was called the continual bread,

00:09:20Tamed, that Hebrew word Tamed,

00:09:25because it was available continually to satisfy the spiritual needs as well of Israel.

00:09:30And so we learned also that the showbread first represents Jesus as he's contained in the written word of God.

00:09:40We learned also that the showbread is continually available to all the word of God,

00:09:46is continually available to all Jesus, all of God's people, all people.

00:09:50We learned that if you assimilate the word of God,

00:09:54it will nourish the life spiritually,

00:09:56leading to character growth and victory over sin.

00:10:01But what about Roman Catholicism?

00:10:04The counterfeit to the showbread.

00:10:06Well, we learned that they substituted tradition,

00:10:09the traditions of men for the word of God.

00:10:12In other words, they put the traditions of men over Jesus.

00:10:16And not just the traditions of men.

00:10:19The example of traditions of men is the Pope.

00:10:22So they placed the Pope over Jesus, essentially.

00:10:25But tradition over the word of God.

00:10:26We learned that last time.

00:10:27We learned that they removed the Bible.

00:10:30They essentially have removed Jesus from all the people.

00:10:33And this kind of, in a way, touches on the daily being a substitute

00:10:38and removing the continual instead of paganism.

00:10:42But I don't want to get into that.

00:10:44But they removed the Bible, Jesus, from all the people.

00:10:47It was no longer accessible, see?

00:10:49And Jesus, then, is no longer accessible for forgiveness of sin.

00:10:53A little bit more about that in just a moment.

00:10:56We also learned that they taught by these traditions that we're born sinners.

00:11:04And that no conversion is necessary.

00:11:06It's not even possible, really.

00:11:08As sinners can't overcome sin.

00:11:11But Jesus showed us we can, you see.

00:11:14But they say that and teach that you just need to confess sins continually, see?

00:11:22Continually to a priest.

00:11:24And again, with the showbread, we learned that the number, there were a number of unbiblical traditions in the Catholic Church.

00:11:33And that it's just hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these traditions.

00:11:39Many of them pulled from paganism.

00:11:42Such as, and I shared some, purgatory, limbo, celibacy, confession, and eternally burning hell.

00:11:48That's not biblical.

00:11:49Lent, the mass, canonization of saints, the rosary, bowing before images, the immaculate conception, the assumption of Mary, baptism of infants,

00:12:01for they've even got their mind developed enough to make a decision, praying to saints, the observance of the Sunday, and on and on and on and on and on.

00:12:14That's what we learned from looking at the table of showbread, and the showbread specifically.

00:12:23We learned that one of the tasks of the high priest was to trim the wicks and replenish the oil in the seven-branched candlestick of the holy place.

00:12:31And in this way, he would make sure that the light of the candlestick burned, how long?

00:12:36Tamed, continually.

00:12:38The seven-branched candlestick represented all seven stages in the history of the Christian church,

00:12:46from the days of the apostles to the end of time.

00:12:50That's what we learned in our study in episode 7.

00:12:53We learned that papal Rome claims to be the mother church,

00:12:58and actually persecuted the true candlestick.

00:13:02Remember, we found out who the host and the stars of the prince were.

00:13:05It's the people and the leaders of the church.

00:13:07And the mother church of papal Rome persecuted God's candlestick

00:13:13and usurped Christ with a pope to stand in the midst of God's people as Savior.

00:13:20We looked at Revelation 1 for that.

00:13:24We learned that the incense upon the altar represent...

00:13:27that that incense that was offered upon the altar was called the perpetual Talmud, I'm sorry,

00:13:35because it was burned on the altar morning and evening continually.

00:13:42And that that incense upon the altar represented the prayers of God's people,

00:13:46which are mingled with the precious merits of Christ's blood.

00:13:51And then we learned, as we closed up the episode,

00:13:57that Roman Catholicism had established...

00:14:00And we learned this too as we went through our study of Daniel chapter 7,

00:14:04that they, in great detail actually,

00:14:07established a counterfeit priesthood

00:14:09to whom the faithful confessed their sins.

00:14:13That's to say,

00:14:15instead of people directing their prayers to Jesus in heaven for forgiveness,

00:14:18they utter them to a human priest on earth

00:14:21who actually cannot forgive sins.

00:14:25And in this way,

00:14:26the intercessory ministry of Jesus is cast down from heaven

00:14:30and placed on earth.

00:14:33We learned quite a lot last time.

00:14:35And we're going to continue to learn more and more and more.

00:14:40Let's now dig into Daniel 8 and verse 12.

00:14:45We'll start by reading it.

00:14:46Daniel 8 and verse 12.

00:14:49And it says,

00:14:50And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice.

00:14:54Again, that word sacrifice is added.

00:14:57By reason of transgression.

00:14:59We'll find out what that means.

00:15:01And it cast down the truth to the ground.

00:15:03We'll find out what that means.

00:15:04And it practiced and prospered amazingly.

00:15:09That's Daniel 8 and verse 12.

00:15:11Imagine Daniel seeing all this in vision.

00:15:14Imagine if you were seeing it.

00:15:15Wouldn't you be astonished at what you're seeing?

00:15:18And so,

00:15:21we previously found that the prince has his host.

00:15:25And now we discover here in verse 12

00:15:27that the little horn is also given a host

00:15:29to war against the daily.

00:15:32So, the battle is between

00:15:34the prince and his host

00:15:35and the little horn and his host.

00:15:39And a comparison,

00:15:40and I'm going to get to this in just a moment.

00:15:43But if you see a comparison of verse 12 here

00:15:47with Daniel chapter 11 and verse 31,

00:15:51you'll find that it clearly indicates

00:15:54that the little horn's host

00:15:55is composed of his armies,

00:15:57which is the secular power,

00:15:59the civil sword, you remember,

00:16:01who are also members of his church, by the way.

00:16:04The papacy is a church state power, isn't it?

00:16:07Now, you do know that during the Reformation

00:16:10and papal Rome has not changed.

00:16:14No matter what Protestants say today,

00:16:17papacy, all they need to do is get back into power

00:16:20and they're right back to that same character

00:16:22and persecuting the truth in God's people.

00:16:27But during the Reformation,

00:16:30kings that were Protestants

00:16:31were removed from membership

00:16:33of the Roman Catholic Church.

00:16:34They were considered anathema.

00:16:37That means they were cursed by the church

00:16:39and then they were excommunicated.

00:16:41I remember even sharing about King Henry

00:16:45about that in our study of Daniel chapter 7.

00:16:51Now, some scholars in Adventism

00:16:52teach that the host of the little horn

00:16:55is the Roman Catholic clergy.

00:16:59But friends, that doesn't line up with Scripture.

00:17:01For one thing, the clergy is not really a host

00:17:04that is given to him.

00:17:07And second, it limits the papacy

00:17:09to just having one sword

00:17:10and not two swords.

00:17:12The church state.

00:17:14If it were speaking about the clergy,

00:17:16it would limit this battle

00:17:16to just a theological one.

00:17:19And Sunday worship would remain a church law

00:17:21with no civil enforcement at all.

00:17:23Kind of like it is right now.

00:17:26So we've got to put our thinking caps on.

00:17:28Come let us reason together,

00:17:31we see in Isaiah chapter 1.

00:17:34God is saying,

00:17:35I've given you a brain.

00:17:37I want to communicate with you.

00:17:39Let's reason these things together.

00:17:42Let me help you understand.

00:17:44Right?

00:17:46Now, the Bible tells us

00:17:48in Revelation 13 and verse 15

00:17:50that the two-horned beast,

00:17:52which is the United States of America,

00:17:54would enforce the Sunday law.

00:17:57Let's read that.

00:17:58Revelation 13, verse 15.

00:18:00And he had power to give life

00:18:02unto the image of the beast,

00:18:05that the image of the beast should,

00:18:07listen to this,

00:18:08both speak,

00:18:09that means enact laws,

00:18:13and cause,

00:18:14and that means enforce these laws,

00:18:18that as many as would not worship

00:18:20the image of the beast

00:18:23should be killed.

00:18:27This is actually,

00:18:29this is the end time scenario

00:18:31that we studied in Daniel chapter 3.

00:18:34What happened there on the plains of Dora?

00:18:38If you recall.

00:18:39Now,

00:18:40I said we're going to compare this,

00:18:42Daniel 8, 12,

00:18:43with Daniel 11, verse 31.

00:18:44And let's look at

00:18:45Daniel 11, 31,

00:18:48which helps clear up

00:18:49any possible confusion

00:18:51about Daniel 8, 12.

00:18:54Let's read this.

00:18:54Daniel 11, verse 31.

00:18:57The Bible says,

00:18:58And arms shall stand on his part,

00:19:01and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,

00:19:05and shall take away the daily,

00:19:07again, sacrifices added,

00:19:09and they shall place the abomination

00:19:12that maketh desolate.

00:19:14It's very interesting.

00:19:18And when you get into Daniel 11,

00:19:19I'm talking about the king of the north.

00:19:21Well, who's this king of the north?

00:19:24Some people think it's some,

00:19:27well, there's all kinds of theories about that,

00:19:29but what does the Bible lay out?

00:19:30Remember, when we're looking through Daniel,

00:19:32each chapter kind of builds on the other.

00:19:35We get more and more information,

00:19:37don't we?

00:19:37And so,

00:19:39let's first identify

00:19:41the king of the north,

00:19:43which is a must.

00:19:46And I'll get more in depth about this, of course,

00:19:48when we get into our study of Daniel chapter 11.

00:19:53But the Bible clearly teaches

00:19:54that the true king of the north

00:19:56is God,

00:19:58who dwells on Mount Zion

00:19:59in the heavenly Jerusalem.

00:20:01You can read that in Isaiah 14,

00:20:03Psalm 48,

00:20:04Matthew 5,

00:20:06you even find out,

00:20:07read verses 35 and 36.

00:20:10We know that thousands of years ago,

00:20:13Satan attempted to overthrow God

00:20:16and usurp his throne in heaven.

00:20:19But he failed.

00:20:20And he was cast out to the earth.

00:20:24Consequently,

00:20:25Satan succeeded in causing Adam to sin,

00:20:29and then he set up a rival kingdom on the earth.

00:20:31And we know that.

00:20:32We've read that in the Bible.

00:20:34And in this way,

00:20:37Satan became

00:20:38the counterfeit king of the north.

00:20:41And he was wanting to usurp

00:20:42the legitimate position of God,

00:20:44you see.

00:20:45As God sits in the

00:20:47heavenly Jerusalem temple

00:20:49in the sides of the north,

00:20:50Satan sits in the earthly temple

00:20:53in the sides of the symbolic north,

00:20:56planting a counterfeit religion in the church.

00:20:59Now, the north is not a denial of God and religion,

00:21:03but rather the establishment of a false god

00:21:06and a false religion.

00:21:10According to Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2,

00:21:12verse 3 and 4,

00:21:14God's kingdom

00:21:15is called Israel.

00:21:17Now, what is Satan's kingdom called?

00:21:22Well, it's called Babylon, right?

00:21:25But there's more.

00:21:28We know that God, the Father,

00:21:30has his vicar.

00:21:31That's Jesus.

00:21:33Satan also has his vicar, right?

00:21:35That's the Pope.

00:21:37Thus, the two invisible champions,

00:21:39you could say,

00:21:40of good and evil,

00:21:41God and Satan,

00:21:42have their respective earthly representatives.

00:21:48Jesus not only, friends,

00:21:50represents his Father in heaven,

00:21:53but he also represents

00:21:55his people as well.

00:21:59Now,

00:22:00and we can praise his name for that.

00:22:03Territorially speaking,

00:22:05Jerusalem,

00:22:07in the sides of the north,

00:22:09was God's holy sea

00:22:11in the Old Testament, right?

00:22:14I mean, there,

00:22:15David and all his successors

00:22:17sat as types of Jesus,

00:22:20the King of Kings

00:22:21and the Lord of Lords.

00:22:22You can read that in Revelation 17, 14.

00:22:24Now, on the other hand,

00:22:27Satan's sea

00:22:28in the Old Testament

00:22:29was Babylon,

00:22:31the archenemy of Israel.

00:22:33And there sat

00:22:35Nebuchadnezzar,

00:22:36the counterfeit king of kings,

00:22:39according to Ezekiel 26,

00:22:4138,

00:22:4339,

00:22:44you read about it in there,

00:22:47about Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:48in this.

00:22:49As we found

00:22:50in our study of Daniel,

00:22:52Nebuchadnezzar,

00:22:53as he grew older,

00:22:54repented

00:22:54and came to be

00:22:55a follower

00:22:56of the true God.

00:22:58Praise God for that.

00:22:59You know,

00:22:59one day,

00:22:59when we get to heaven,

00:23:01Jesus redeems us.

00:23:02We can meet Nebuchadnezzar.

00:23:04We can talk to him

00:23:05if we want.

00:23:06Won't that be exciting?

00:23:09Now,

00:23:10biblically,

00:23:11the kingdom of the north

00:23:13was Assyria,

00:23:14Babylon,

00:23:15because it was

00:23:15geographically north of Israel.

00:23:18And Jeremiah warned Judah

00:23:20that an evil would come

00:23:21upon them from the north.

00:23:23That was a clear

00:23:24reference to Babylon.

00:23:25And that's what happened,

00:23:26wasn't it?

00:23:28Significantly,

00:23:29the invasion of Judah

00:23:30by Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:31is described by Jeremiah

00:23:33as an all-encompassing flood.

00:23:38The flood of Babylon

00:23:40is identified

00:23:41as the river Euphrates,

00:23:44according to Jeremiah.

00:23:45You can read it also

00:23:46in Joshua 24.

00:23:48When the Assyrian king,

00:23:51Sennacherib,

00:23:52invaded Judah

00:23:53in the year 701 B.C.,

00:23:55his military campaign

00:23:57was also described

00:23:58as an overwhelming flood.

00:24:01Right?

00:24:01This is literally

00:24:02overwhelming flood.

00:24:03Isaiah tells us that.

00:24:05In Daniel 3,

00:24:06we find a clear description

00:24:07of Babylon's

00:24:08counterfeit religion.

00:24:10It seeks to impose

00:24:11by force its religion

00:24:12upon God's

00:24:13faithful people.

00:24:14Again,

00:24:15they're in the

00:24:16plains of Dura.

00:24:19Now,

00:24:20literally speaking,

00:24:21and I'm talking about

00:24:21Daniel 11,

00:24:22the king of the north

00:24:23here in Daniel 11

00:24:24is Babylon.

00:24:25and his invasion

00:24:27of the glorious land

00:24:27is compared to

00:24:28an overwhelming flood,

00:24:30according to Daniel 11,

00:24:3140.

00:24:34Symbolically,

00:24:35however,

00:24:36the king of the north

00:24:38represents the papacy.

00:24:42Think about this.

00:24:45It represents the papacy,

00:24:47which will employ

00:24:48a flood of multitudes,

00:24:51nations,

00:24:51tongues,

00:24:52and people.

00:24:53And you read about it

00:24:55in Revelation 17,

00:24:56right?

00:24:58So the papacy does this

00:24:59to attempt to overwhelm

00:25:01the end-time remnant church.

00:25:04Now,

00:25:04for several reasons,

00:25:06the king of the north

00:25:07represents the same power

00:25:08as the little horn

00:25:09here in Daniel 8.

00:25:12And we're looking at

00:25:13comparing here,

00:25:14Daniel 8, 12,

00:25:15here with Daniel 11,

00:25:16verse 31.

00:25:17Now,

00:25:18besides the fact that

00:25:19both the little horn

00:25:20and the king of the north

00:25:21follow media,

00:25:21and Persia in the

00:25:23prophetic chain,

00:25:24there are four other

00:25:25close parallels

00:25:27between the king of the north

00:25:28in this verse,

00:25:29verse 31,

00:25:30and the little horn

00:25:31in Daniel 8.

00:25:33And as we've learned,

00:25:35the little horn of Daniel 8

00:25:36represents the Roman

00:25:37Catholic papacy.

00:25:38It's the same little horn

00:25:39power in Daniel 7.

00:25:42Now,

00:25:42this being the case,

00:25:44the king of the north

00:25:45in Daniel 11

00:25:45must represent

00:25:46the same power.

00:25:47So let's take a look

00:25:49at the four parallels

00:25:50from Daniel 11

00:25:51and verse 31.

00:25:52Let's read here

00:25:53this part.

00:25:55Daniel 11,

00:25:56verse 31.

00:25:56It says,

00:25:57And arms shall stand

00:25:58on his part.

00:26:01That's what it says.

00:26:01And arms shall stand

00:26:02on his part.

00:26:05Regarding the words arms,

00:26:07Walter C. Kaiser

00:26:08makes this remark

00:26:09in his Theological Word Book

00:26:11of the Old Testament,

00:26:12volume 1,

00:26:13pages 253 to 254.

00:26:15Notice what Kaiser says.

00:26:16He says,

00:26:17In the plural,

00:26:19arms is equivalent

00:26:21to military

00:26:22or political forces

00:26:24or armies.

00:26:27It says,

00:26:27And arms shall stand

00:26:28on his part.

00:26:30This means that

00:26:31the king of the north

00:26:32would be helped

00:26:32by the forces

00:26:33of a political power.

00:26:36And this actually

00:26:37reminds me

00:26:38of the union

00:26:39of iron and clay

00:26:40that we saw

00:26:41in the feet of the image

00:26:42there in Daniel 2.

00:26:44Right?

00:26:44Church state?

00:26:47Civil?

00:26:48Religious?

00:26:50I'm also reminded

00:26:51that the little horn

00:26:52would arise

00:26:53but not by his own power

00:26:54which you read

00:26:55in Daniel 8,

00:26:56verse 24.

00:26:58Which again removes

00:27:00the theory

00:27:00that the arms

00:27:01represent just

00:27:02the papal clergy.

00:27:04I just can't see

00:27:04how they can come

00:27:05to that conclusion.

00:27:07Well, I can.

00:27:08But we don't need

00:27:08to get down

00:27:09that tangent.

00:27:10Revelation chapter 13

00:27:12and 10

00:27:12presents the same scenario.

00:27:15The beast used

00:27:16the sword

00:27:17to slay the saints

00:27:18and the same sword

00:27:19would slay him.

00:27:22And significant

00:27:23is the fact

00:27:24that the king

00:27:24of the north

00:27:25existed before

00:27:26this point

00:27:26but without

00:27:28the aid of arms.

00:27:30Paul tells us

00:27:31that in 2 Thessalonians 2.

00:27:33He underlines

00:27:33that the man

00:27:34of sin existed

00:27:35before the restrainer

00:27:36was removed

00:27:37and we know

00:27:38that the restrainer

00:27:39was the pagan

00:27:40Roman Empire.

00:27:41We looked at that

00:27:42a couple times

00:27:43in detail.

00:27:45This is the same

00:27:46idea that we find

00:27:48in Daniel 8.12

00:27:48where the little horn

00:27:49was given a host

00:27:50to execute

00:27:51his nefarious work

00:27:53against the sanctuary,

00:27:55against the prince,

00:27:57and the daily.

00:28:00And as we've

00:28:01previously seen,

00:28:02the word host

00:28:02in this context

00:28:03means army,

00:28:05political power.

00:28:06So what is

00:28:07pictured here

00:28:08is the union

00:28:09of the religious

00:28:10and political powers

00:28:12or the union

00:28:13of church and state,

00:28:15the two swords,

00:28:16you recall.

00:28:17Here's the second thing.

00:28:18Let's read on.

00:28:19Daniel 11,

00:28:19verse 31.

00:28:20It says,

00:28:21And they

00:28:22shall pollute

00:28:23the sanctuary

00:28:24of strength.

00:28:26I think it's

00:28:27significant here

00:28:28this change

00:28:29of pronoun

00:28:29from the singular

00:28:30to the plural.

00:28:32The pronoun

00:28:32they can be

00:28:33a reference

00:28:34to the armies

00:28:36or to the armies

00:28:37in union

00:28:38with the king

00:28:39of the north.

00:28:40I believe

00:28:41the proper context

00:28:42is the armies

00:28:43in union

00:28:43with the king

00:28:44of the north.

00:28:45In other words,

00:28:46the political power

00:28:47stands on behalf

00:28:48of the king

00:28:48of the north

00:28:49and then they

00:28:50together

00:28:50pollute

00:28:51the sanctuary.

00:28:54In what sense

00:28:56does this union

00:28:57of church and state

00:28:58pollute the sanctuary?

00:29:00Well, it's really

00:29:00interesting that the

00:29:01Hebrew word

00:29:02kalal

00:29:03means to pollute,

00:29:04to defile,

00:29:05to profane.

00:29:07So the king

00:29:08of the north

00:29:08does this.

00:29:10And we cannot

00:29:11miss that the

00:29:11little horn of

00:29:12Daniel 8 also

00:29:13tramples upon

00:29:14the sanctuary,

00:29:15the prince,

00:29:16and the host

00:29:16of the prince,

00:29:18for which reason

00:29:19the sanctuary

00:29:19must be cleansed,

00:29:20right?

00:29:22And so we see

00:29:23the parallel

00:29:23between these two.

00:29:26The third parallel,

00:29:28back to Daniel

00:29:2911,

00:29:29verse 31.

00:29:30And shall take

00:29:31away the daily

00:29:32and sacrifices

00:29:34added,

00:29:35shall take

00:29:35away the daily.

00:29:37In Daniel 8,

00:29:39the little horn

00:29:40with the help

00:29:41of a host

00:29:41that was given

00:29:42to him,

00:29:43remember,

00:29:43not by his own

00:29:43strength,

00:29:45it takes away

00:29:46the daily,

00:29:48Daniel 8.

00:29:48And Daniel 11,

00:29:49the king of the

00:29:50north,

00:29:50takes away the

00:29:50daily with the

00:29:52help of arms.

00:29:53And so it's

00:29:54clear that these

00:29:54two prophecies

00:29:55are definitely

00:29:57parallel.

00:29:59And let's go

00:30:00back to Daniel

00:30:0011,

00:30:01verse 31.

00:30:02Here's a

00:30:02fourth parallel.

00:30:04They,

00:30:05that's the king

00:30:06of the north

00:30:06and the forces

00:30:07that aid him,

00:30:08shall place

00:30:08the abomination

00:30:09that maketh

00:30:10desolate.

00:30:13Now this phrase

00:30:14is actually

00:30:15parallel to

00:30:16Daniel 8,

00:30:16where we're told

00:30:17that the little

00:30:18horn,

00:30:18with the aid

00:30:19of his host,

00:30:20set up the

00:30:21transgression

00:30:22of desolation.

00:30:23That's actually

00:30:24Daniel 8,

00:30:2513,

00:30:25which we're

00:30:26going to get

00:30:26to,

00:30:27I think,

00:30:27in our next

00:30:28episode.

00:30:29Now the word

00:30:31desolation there,

00:30:33Hebrew,

00:30:33is common

00:30:35in the Old

00:30:35Testament.

00:30:37It frequently

00:30:38refers to

00:30:39the trampling

00:30:41of Jerusalem

00:30:42by the

00:30:44pagan

00:30:46idolatrous

00:30:48nations,

00:30:49mainly because

00:30:50of Israel's

00:30:51unfaithfulness.

00:30:53You see,

00:30:53God's mercy

00:30:55was withdrawn

00:30:56because of

00:30:57the unfaithfulness

00:30:58of Israel,

00:30:59and so Satan

00:31:01gets a little

00:31:01bit more power

00:31:02and brings in

00:31:03idolatry,

00:31:04and we see it

00:31:04over and over

00:31:05and over again

00:31:05through the Old

00:31:06Testament.

00:31:08And so,

00:31:09we see,

00:31:11though,

00:31:11that the

00:31:11equivalent Greek

00:31:12word is used

00:31:14in Matthew 23

00:31:16and verse 38,

00:31:17where Jesus

00:31:17told the Jewish

00:31:18leaders,

00:31:18I touched on

00:31:19this last time,

00:31:20that your house

00:31:21is left unto you

00:31:22desolate.

00:31:23And also,

00:31:25in Matthew 24

00:31:26and verse 15,

00:31:27if you recall,

00:31:27where Jesus

00:31:28spoke about

00:31:28the abomination

00:31:29of desolation

00:31:31spoken of by

00:31:32Daniel the prophet.

00:31:33That's the Greek

00:31:34use of that word.

00:31:37Now,

00:31:37when you look

00:31:37at Daniel,

00:31:39excuse me,

00:31:40Matthew 24,

00:31:42it's well

00:31:43understood

00:31:44that it's a

00:31:45two-fold

00:31:45fulfillment,

00:31:46the first of

00:31:46which was the

00:31:47destruction of

00:31:48the literal

00:31:48city of Jerusalem

00:31:49because of its

00:31:51rejection of

00:31:52the Messiah,

00:31:52I mean,

00:31:54look at

00:31:54Matthew 24,

00:31:55look at

00:31:55Daniel 9,

00:31:56just read them

00:31:56and you can

00:31:58see it.

00:31:59But the second

00:32:00fulfillment,

00:32:00which carries us

00:32:01well into

00:32:02the Christian

00:32:03era,

00:32:05it's referred to

00:32:06in Luke 21

00:32:06and verse 24

00:32:07and Revelation

00:32:0811 too.

00:32:10And there we're

00:32:10told the holy

00:32:11city,

00:32:12the true church,

00:32:13shall they,

00:32:14the papacy,

00:32:14tread underfoot

00:32:15for 42 months,

00:32:16the same as

00:32:171260 years.

00:32:18And we're

00:32:23told in

00:32:24Revelation 13

00:32:24and verse 5,

00:32:27if we go

00:32:28back to there,

00:32:29we see that

00:32:29there are

00:32:30these two

00:32:30beasts,

00:32:31and we read

00:32:32in Revelation

00:32:3313 verse 5

00:32:34that the

00:32:34first beast,

00:32:35that sea beast,

00:32:37the Roman

00:32:37Catholic papacy,

00:32:40did this

00:32:40trampling when

00:32:41it allied itself

00:32:42with the

00:32:43political states

00:32:43of Europe

00:32:44from 538 A.D.

00:32:45to 1798 A.D.

00:32:47We looked at

00:32:47those times

00:32:48in Daniel 7,

00:32:491260 literal

00:32:51years.

00:32:52And this is

00:32:52the period,

00:32:53friends,

00:32:55which is

00:32:55described right

00:32:56here in

00:32:56Daniel 11

00:32:57and verse 31.

00:32:59The word

00:33:00abomination

00:33:00is consistently

00:33:02used in the

00:33:03Old Testament

00:33:03in conjunction

00:33:04with idolatry.

00:33:06And a notable

00:33:07example is

00:33:08found in

00:33:09Ezekiel chapter

00:33:108,

00:33:11which links

00:33:12the word

00:33:12abomination

00:33:13with idolatry

00:33:14in general

00:33:15and with

00:33:15sun worship

00:33:16in particular.

00:33:17And that's

00:33:17very important

00:33:18to put

00:33:19in the

00:33:19back of

00:33:19your mind.

00:33:20Let's

00:33:21look at

00:33:21Ezekiel.

00:33:22Let's go

00:33:23to Ezekiel

00:33:238 and

00:33:25let's begin

00:33:25with verse

00:33:2616.

00:33:28I brought

00:33:29this up

00:33:29before.

00:33:32Quote,

00:33:32this is what

00:33:33the Bible

00:33:33says,

00:33:33And he

00:33:34brought me

00:33:34into the

00:33:34inner court

00:33:35of the

00:33:35Lord's

00:33:36house,

00:33:36and behold,

00:33:37at the

00:33:37door of

00:33:38the temple

00:33:38of the

00:33:39Lord,

00:33:39between

00:33:39the porch

00:33:40and altar,

00:33:40were about

00:33:41five and

00:33:41twenty men,

00:33:42with their

00:33:43backs toward

00:33:43the temple

00:33:44of the

00:33:44Lord,

00:33:45and their

00:33:45faces toward

00:33:46the east,

00:33:47and they

00:33:48worship the

00:33:48sun toward

00:33:50the east.

00:33:51Do any

00:33:51Christians

00:33:52worship the

00:33:54sun today?

00:34:00I'll let you

00:34:01think about

00:34:02that.

00:34:05Maybe

00:34:06Easter?

00:34:07Sunrise

00:34:08services?

00:34:09something to

00:34:12think about.

00:34:14Verse 17,

00:34:15Then he

00:34:16said unto

00:34:16me,

00:34:16Hast thou

00:34:17seen this,

00:34:18O son of

00:34:18man?

00:34:19Is it a

00:34:20light thing

00:34:20to the

00:34:21house of

00:34:21Judah,

00:34:21that they

00:34:22commit the

00:34:23abominations

00:34:24which they

00:34:26commit here?

00:34:27For they

00:34:28have filled

00:34:28the land

00:34:29with violence

00:34:29and have

00:34:29returned to

00:34:30provoke me

00:34:31to anger,

00:34:32and lo,

00:34:33they put the

00:34:33branch to

00:34:34their nose.

00:34:34That means

00:34:35they mock

00:34:38God,

00:34:39is what he's

00:34:39saying.

00:34:40They mock

00:34:41me.

00:34:42In verse

00:34:4218,

00:34:43Therefore will

00:34:43I also deal

00:34:44in fury.

00:34:46Mine eyes

00:34:46shall not

00:34:47spare,

00:34:47neither will

00:34:48I have

00:34:48pity.

00:34:49And though

00:34:50they cry in

00:34:50mine ears

00:34:51with a loud

00:34:51voice,

00:34:52they pray to

00:34:53God.

00:34:54Right?

00:34:56But if

00:34:56you're committing

00:34:58abominations,

00:35:00in open

00:35:01rebellion,

00:35:02and know it,

00:35:04God's not

00:35:04going to hear

00:35:05your prayers?

00:35:07Notice what

00:35:08he says.

00:35:08I'm going to

00:35:09deal in

00:35:10fury against

00:35:11them.

00:35:13I'm not

00:35:14going to

00:35:14spare.

00:35:15I'm not

00:35:15going to

00:35:16have pity.

00:35:18They may

00:35:19cry in

00:35:19mine ears

00:35:19with a

00:35:20loud voice,

00:35:20yet will

00:35:20I not

00:35:21hear them.

00:35:24That's

00:35:25Ezekiel

00:35:25chapter 8

00:35:28verses 16

00:35:29to 18.

00:35:31And in

00:35:32the succeeding

00:35:32context,

00:35:33God predicted

00:35:34that these

00:35:34abominations

00:35:35would bring

00:35:36desolation as

00:35:37a result.

00:35:38And so,

00:35:39the abomination

00:35:39of desolation

00:35:40already existed,

00:35:42friends,

00:35:42in the days of

00:35:43Israel,

00:35:43immediately before

00:35:45the Babylonian

00:35:46captivity,

00:35:47and it

00:35:48foreshadows the

00:35:49abomination of

00:35:49desolation in

00:35:50the days of

00:35:51Christ.

00:35:53So,

00:35:54this

00:35:56comparison

00:35:57of Daniel 8

00:35:59verse 12

00:36:00with Daniel 11

00:36:00and verse 31

00:36:01clearly indicates

00:36:02that the

00:36:03little horn's

00:36:03host is

00:36:04composed of

00:36:05his armies,

00:36:06the secular

00:36:07power,

00:36:07the imperial

00:36:08sword of

00:36:09the state.

00:36:13Now,

00:36:13I want to

00:36:14touch on

00:36:14something here,

00:36:15mainly to

00:36:16Adventists,

00:36:18because there

00:36:21are some that

00:36:21have stated that

00:36:22because William

00:36:22Miller believed

00:36:23that the daily

00:36:24was paganism

00:36:25and the

00:36:25sanctuary was

00:36:26the sanctuary

00:36:26of paganism,

00:36:27we should

00:36:28believe the

00:36:28same today

00:36:28because he

00:36:29was our

00:36:29Adventist

00:36:30pioneer.

00:36:30And I

00:36:31want to

00:36:31give caution

00:36:32to everyone.

00:36:45How should I

00:36:45put this?

00:36:46we need to

00:36:50recognize,

00:36:51I guess,

00:36:52that what

00:36:55William Miller

00:36:55taught was

00:36:56by no means

00:36:57perfect.

00:36:58And maybe

00:36:59you know that

00:37:00and understand

00:37:00that, but I'm

00:37:00just going to

00:37:01say it.

00:37:02I mean, for

00:37:02example, and this

00:37:03is not to drag

00:37:04down William

00:37:04Miller, a lot

00:37:05of truth this

00:37:06man shared.

00:37:07word, and

00:37:09many Adventists

00:37:09don't know

00:37:10this, in my

00:37:12experience, it's

00:37:14because we

00:37:16haven't been

00:37:17taught correct

00:37:19principles of

00:37:20study.

00:37:20That's a whole

00:37:21other series that

00:37:23I have preached

00:37:24upon.

00:37:24Miller taught

00:37:25that the first

00:37:26beast here that

00:37:26we read about

00:37:27in Revelation

00:37:2713 was pagan

00:37:29Rome.

00:37:31And then he

00:37:31went on and

00:37:32taught that the

00:37:32second beast was

00:37:33an image of the

00:37:34Roman beast or

00:37:35papal Rome.

00:37:37So, we've

00:37:39got to be

00:37:39careful, friends.

00:37:42Now, he

00:37:43correctly taught

00:37:44that the 1260

00:37:45years of papal

00:37:46dominion began

00:37:47in 530 AD and

00:37:49ended in 1798 AD.

00:37:52But then he

00:37:53takes, it's just

00:37:55kind of interesting,

00:37:55he takes the

00:37:56number 666, which

00:37:58has nothing to do

00:37:59with years, it's

00:38:01really the number

00:38:01of the beast's

00:38:02name, but he

00:38:03applies it to the

00:38:04period of pagan

00:38:05Rome's dominion

00:38:05from 158 BC to

00:38:07508 AD.

00:38:08And that's an

00:38:09error in

00:38:09understanding.

00:38:12Now, Ellen White

00:38:13had a lot of

00:38:14positive things to

00:38:14say about William

00:38:15Miller.

00:38:17But I'll ask you,

00:38:18does this mean

00:38:19that she endorsed

00:38:20every detail of

00:38:21Miller's

00:38:21interpretations?

00:38:22Of course not,

00:38:24as we shouldn't.

00:38:26In 1843, one of

00:38:29those who preached

00:38:30the judgment,

00:38:31our message made

00:38:35this statement.

00:38:36It's from the

00:38:36midnight cry,

00:38:37October 4th,

00:38:371843.

00:38:38Notice this

00:38:38statement.

00:38:39It says,

00:38:40quote, the very

00:38:41heart of the

00:38:41gospel was

00:38:42removed when

00:38:43the little

00:38:43horn took

00:38:44away the

00:38:44daily or

00:38:46continual

00:38:46mediation of

00:38:47Jesus Christ

00:38:48and cast down

00:38:49the place of

00:38:50his gospel

00:38:51sanctuary and

00:38:52made it a

00:38:52den of thieves.

00:38:54End quote.

00:38:55Now, that was

00:38:55in 1843,

00:38:57friends.

00:38:57That's not

00:38:59new.

00:39:04And this

00:39:04statement most

00:39:05likely was

00:39:06written by O.R.L.

00:39:07Crozier,

00:39:09whose article on

00:39:11the sanctuary

00:39:11was actually

00:39:13glowingly approved

00:39:15by Ellen White.

00:39:16I'll share that

00:39:16with you here.

00:39:17Let's just share

00:39:18that.

00:39:18It's from A Word

00:39:19to the Little

00:39:19Flock Scattered

00:39:20Abroad,

00:39:20page 12.

00:39:22Notice what she

00:39:22says.

00:39:24This is really

00:39:25an important

00:39:25endorsement,

00:39:26actually.

00:39:26She said,

00:39:27quote,

00:39:28I believe the

00:39:29sanctuary to be

00:39:30cleansed at the

00:39:30end of the

00:39:312300 days is

00:39:32the New

00:39:33Jerusalem temple

00:39:34of which Christ

00:39:35is minister.

00:39:38The Lord showed

00:39:39me in vision

00:39:40more than one

00:39:41year ago that

00:39:42Brother Crozier

00:39:43had the true

00:39:43light on the

00:39:45cleansing of the

00:39:45sanctuary, etc.,

00:39:47and that it was

00:39:48his will that

00:39:50Brother C should

00:39:51write out the

00:39:52view which he

00:39:54gave us in the

00:39:54day star extra

00:39:55February 7,

00:39:561846.

00:39:58I feel fully

00:39:59authorized by the

00:40:00Lord to recommend

00:40:00that extra to

00:40:02every saint,

00:40:03end quote.

00:40:04This is actually

00:40:05a very important

00:40:06endorsement because

00:40:06it helps to keep

00:40:08the truth on

00:40:08track against many

00:40:09fanatical ideas

00:40:10concerning the

00:40:12work of cleansing

00:40:13the sanctuary,

00:40:14Daniel 8,

00:40:1514.

00:40:15A lot of these

00:40:17fanatical ideas are

00:40:19coming out again

00:40:20with some new

00:40:21ones,

00:40:21one of which

00:40:23actually involves

00:40:25the fit man

00:40:26who takes the

00:40:28scapegoat,

00:40:28you know,

00:40:28in the sanctuary

00:40:29service on the

00:40:30day of atonement,

00:40:31he takes the

00:40:32scapegoat out into

00:40:33the wilderness

00:40:33and leaves him

00:40:35out in the

00:40:36wilderness.

00:40:36That's the fit

00:40:37man.

00:40:39Now,

00:40:40Crozier,

00:40:42in his articles

00:40:43there,

00:40:44makes it very

00:40:45clear that the

00:40:46fit man is a

00:40:46symbol of Jesus

00:40:47Christ.

00:40:48But there are

00:40:48some preachers

00:40:49in Adventism

00:40:50that have

00:40:50inherent ideas

00:40:52that they're

00:40:52peddling about

00:40:53the fit man.

00:40:54And it's actually

00:40:55pulling many

00:40:56innocent Adventists

00:40:57away from the

00:40:57truth.

00:40:59Now,

00:40:59we may get into

00:41:00all that sometime

00:41:01later on,

00:41:02but I encourage

00:41:02you to test all

00:41:03things before

00:41:04accepting it.

00:41:04You've heard me

00:41:05for years if you've

00:41:06been listening.

00:41:07I encourage you,

00:41:09like always,

00:41:10to check me out,

00:41:11as Pastor Brooks

00:41:12would say.

00:41:13Go to your

00:41:14Bible.

00:41:15Study it out.

00:41:17Adventists,

00:41:18go to the

00:41:18spirit of

00:41:18prophecy.

00:41:20Study it.

00:41:21Read.

00:41:23Depend upon

00:41:23the Holy Spirit

00:41:24to lead you

00:41:26into the truth.

00:41:27We read in

00:41:27the Bereans

00:41:28in Acts 17

00:41:29and 11

00:41:29that these

00:41:30were more

00:41:31noble than

00:41:32those in

00:41:33Thessalonica

00:41:35and that they

00:41:35received the

00:41:36word with all

00:41:36readiness of

00:41:37mind and

00:41:37searched the

00:41:38scriptures daily

00:41:39whether those

00:41:40things were so.

00:41:41So,

00:41:41Paul would come

00:41:42in and preach

00:41:43these things

00:41:43and they just

00:41:44didn't take his

00:41:45word for it

00:41:46because here is

00:41:47an apostle of

00:41:48the Lord.

00:41:50Let's be like

00:41:51the Bereans.

00:41:51Amen?

00:41:54In the

00:41:55present truth

00:41:56article of

00:41:59December

00:41:591849,

00:42:02Ellen White

00:42:02used language

00:42:03that reveals

00:42:04actually her

00:42:05understanding of

00:42:05the daily.

00:42:06And I think

00:42:07it helps us

00:42:07out quite a lot.

00:42:08Present truth,

00:42:09December 8,

00:42:101849.

00:42:10She says,

00:42:11quote,

00:42:11Christ did

00:42:12close his

00:42:13daily or

00:42:14continual

00:42:14ministration

00:42:15or mediation

00:42:16in the first

00:42:17apartment of

00:42:18the heavenly

00:42:18sanctuary.

00:42:19She's talking

00:42:19about what

00:42:19happened in

00:42:201844.

00:42:21And shut

00:42:22the door

00:42:22which no

00:42:23man can

00:42:23open.

00:42:24And opened

00:42:25a door in

00:42:25the second

00:42:26apartment or

00:42:27holiest of

00:42:28all which no

00:42:29man can

00:42:29shut.

00:42:30And passed

00:42:31within the

00:42:32second veil

00:42:32bearing before

00:42:34the Father

00:42:34on the breast

00:42:35plate of

00:42:36judgment all

00:42:36for whom he

00:42:37is now acting

00:42:38as intercessor.

00:42:39That's what she

00:42:40says.

00:42:40She says,

00:42:41if this is the

00:42:41position that

00:42:42Christ now

00:42:42occupies,

00:42:43then there is

00:42:44no intercessor

00:42:45in the first

00:42:45apartment.

00:42:47And in vain

00:42:48do misguided

00:42:49souls knock

00:42:49at that door

00:42:50saying,

00:42:50Lord,

00:42:51open unto

00:42:51us.

00:42:53She lays

00:42:54out here

00:42:55her understanding

00:42:56of it.

00:42:56It's a very

00:42:59well statement

00:43:01for us to

00:43:02take into

00:43:03account.

00:43:04Now,

00:43:04David Arnold,

00:43:06he actually

00:43:08owned the

00:43:08barn that

00:43:09was used

00:43:09by Ellen

00:43:10White and

00:43:10the pioneers

00:43:11to hammer

00:43:12out all

00:43:13the beliefs,

00:43:14the summary

00:43:14beliefs of

00:43:15the emerging

00:43:17Seventh-day

00:43:18Adventist

00:43:18church.

00:43:20Notice what

00:43:21he stated.

00:43:21It was in

00:43:22the Present

00:43:22Truth article

00:43:23as well in

00:43:24December of

00:43:241849.

00:43:25Notice what

00:43:26he said.

00:43:26He says,

00:43:26quote,

00:43:27therefore we

00:43:28are brought

00:43:28by the

00:43:29force of

00:43:29circumstances

00:43:30and the

00:43:30fulfillment

00:43:30of events

00:43:31to the

00:43:32irresistible

00:43:33conclusion that

00:43:34on the

00:43:35tenth day

00:43:35of the

00:43:36seventh month

00:43:36Jewish time

00:43:37in the

00:43:38autumn of

00:43:391844,

00:43:40Christ did

00:43:41close his

00:43:42daily or

00:43:42continual

00:43:43ministration

00:43:44or mediation

00:43:45in the

00:43:46first apartment

00:43:46of the

00:43:47heavenly

00:43:47sanctuary

00:43:47and shut

00:43:49the door

00:43:49which no

00:43:49man can

00:43:50open and

00:43:50open the

00:43:50door in

00:43:51the second

00:43:52apartment or

00:43:52holiest

00:43:53hall which

00:43:53no man

00:43:54can shut.

00:43:54Sounds

00:43:54kind of like

00:43:55what Ellen White

00:43:56said,

00:43:56right?

00:43:59Now,

00:43:59let me share

00:44:00this with

00:44:00you.

00:44:01And I'm

00:44:01just kind of

00:44:01talking on

00:44:02what William

00:44:03Miller was

00:44:04thinking and

00:44:04what is the

00:44:07daily.

00:44:08Just throwing

00:44:08some information

00:44:10out there for

00:44:10all of us to

00:44:11consider.

00:44:14From the

00:44:15Spirit of

00:44:15Prophecy,

00:44:16Volume 4,

00:44:16page 263.

00:44:21Quote,

00:44:22the

00:44:22ministration

00:44:23of the

00:44:23earthly

00:44:23sanctuary

00:44:24consisted of

00:44:26two divisions.

00:44:27The priest

00:44:28ministered

00:44:28daily in

00:44:29the holy

00:44:29place.

00:44:29I've

00:44:30shared this

00:44:30before,

00:44:30actually.

00:44:31While once

00:44:32a year the

00:44:32high priest

00:44:33performed a

00:44:33special work

00:44:34of atonement

00:44:34in the

00:44:35most holy

00:44:35for the

00:44:36cleansing

00:44:36of the

00:44:37sanctuary.

00:44:38Day by

00:44:38day the

00:44:39repentant

00:44:39sinner brought

00:44:40his offering

00:44:40to the

00:44:41door of

00:44:41the

00:44:41tabernacle

00:44:42and placing

00:44:43his hand

00:44:44upon the

00:44:44victim's

00:44:44head,

00:44:45confessed

00:44:46his sins,

00:44:47thus in

00:44:47figure,

00:44:48transferring

00:44:49them to

00:44:50the innocent

00:44:50sacrifice.

00:44:51The

00:44:52animal was

00:44:52then slain

00:44:53and the

00:44:54blood or

00:44:54the flesh

00:44:55was carried

00:44:55by the

00:44:56priest into

00:44:56the holy

00:44:57place.

00:44:58Thus the

00:44:59sin was

00:44:59in

00:45:00figure,

00:45:01transferred

00:45:02to the

00:45:02sanctuary.

00:45:03Such was

00:45:04the work

00:45:05that went

00:45:06forward

00:45:07throughout

00:45:07the year.

00:45:09The

00:45:09continual

00:45:10transfer

00:45:10of sins

00:45:11to the

00:45:11sanctuary.

00:45:12Notice it

00:45:13was continual

00:45:13transfer

00:45:14of sins.

00:45:16Those who

00:45:17are talking

00:45:17about paganism

00:45:18and the

00:45:19paganism of

00:45:19the sanctuary,

00:45:20they lean

00:45:21on Antichus

00:45:22Epiphanes,

00:45:23who sacrificed

00:45:24a pig

00:45:25one time

00:45:26in the

00:45:27sanctuary.

00:45:28But that's

00:45:28not what we're

00:45:29reading here

00:45:29is the

00:45:29process.

00:45:35The

00:45:36continual

00:45:37transfer

00:45:37of sins

00:45:38to the

00:45:38sanctuary

00:45:38rendered a

00:45:40further work

00:45:41of ministration

00:45:42necessary in

00:45:43order for

00:45:43their removal.

00:45:45On the

00:45:45tenth day

00:45:46of the

00:45:46seventh month,

00:45:47the high

00:45:47priest entered

00:45:48the inner

00:45:48apartment,

00:45:49or most

00:45:49holy place,

00:45:51which he

00:45:51was forbidden

00:45:52on pain

00:45:53of death

00:45:54to enter

00:45:54at any

00:45:55time.

00:45:56The

00:45:56cleansing

00:45:57of the

00:45:57sanctuary

00:45:58then

00:45:58performed

00:45:59and completed

00:45:59the yearly

00:46:00round of

00:46:00service.

00:46:01They tied

00:46:02a rope

00:46:04to his

00:46:04ankle as

00:46:05he went

00:46:06into the

00:46:06most holy

00:46:06place in

00:46:07case he

00:46:08went in

00:46:08there with

00:46:09a sin

00:46:09in his

00:46:10record that

00:46:11he hadn't

00:46:12repented

00:46:12of.

00:46:14He would

00:46:14be struck

00:46:14down dead

00:46:15and they

00:46:15couldn't

00:46:16just walk

00:46:17in there

00:46:17and take

00:46:18him out.

00:46:19They'd

00:46:19have to

00:46:19pull him

00:46:20out.

00:46:23Now,

00:46:23Uriah

00:46:24Smith,

00:46:25an Adventist

00:46:25pioneer,

00:46:26he agreed

00:46:27that the

00:46:27sanctuary

00:46:27that was

00:46:28trampled

00:46:28underfoot

00:46:29was the

00:46:29heavenly

00:46:30sanctuary

00:46:30and that

00:46:31the papacy

00:46:31was the

00:46:32power that

00:46:32trampled

00:46:33upon it.

00:46:34Notice

00:46:35this.

00:46:36This is

00:46:37a track,

00:46:39track number

00:46:40five,

00:46:41Advent and

00:46:41Sabbath track

00:46:42that he

00:46:42had penned,

00:46:44the sanctuary

00:46:44and the

00:46:452300 days.

00:46:46Notice

00:46:46what he

00:46:47says.

00:46:47He said,

00:46:47quote,

00:46:48and I'm

00:46:48using old

00:46:49references here

00:46:50because I'm

00:46:50trying to show

00:46:51this isn't

00:46:51new.

00:46:54It's been

00:46:54claimed that

00:46:55there are

00:46:55these new

00:46:55theories and

00:46:57it's not

00:46:57new.

00:46:58That's what

00:46:59I'm just

00:46:59trying to

00:47:00show.

00:47:01Notice what

00:47:01Uriah

00:47:02Smith says,

00:47:03quote,

00:47:03again,

00:47:04we read in

00:47:05Daniel 8.13

00:47:06about treading

00:47:07the sanctuary

00:47:07underfoot and

00:47:09it may be

00:47:09asked how a

00:47:10sanctuary in

00:47:11heaven can be

00:47:11trodden underfoot.

00:47:13These expressions

00:47:14are figurative

00:47:15as we will be

00:47:17seen by

00:47:17Hebrews 10.29

00:47:19which speaks

00:47:19of treading

00:47:20underfoot the

00:47:21Son of God.

00:47:21The sanctuary

00:47:23can be

00:47:23trodden underfoot

00:47:25in the same

00:47:26sense that the

00:47:26Son of God

00:47:27its minister

00:47:28can.

00:47:29Thus,

00:47:29the Pope

00:47:30has trodden

00:47:31underfoot the

00:47:31sanctuary by

00:47:32calling his

00:47:33own sanctuary

00:47:34or temple

00:47:35the temple

00:47:35of God

00:47:36and turning

00:47:37away the

00:47:37worship of

00:47:38men from

00:47:38the temple

00:47:38of God

00:47:39in heaven

00:47:39to his

00:47:40own sanctuary

00:47:41at Rome.

00:47:42And he

00:47:43has trodden

00:47:44underfoot the

00:47:44Son of God,

00:47:45the minister

00:47:46of that

00:47:47sanctuary,

00:47:47by exalting

00:47:48himself above

00:47:49all that is

00:47:49called God

00:47:50and assuming

00:47:51to be the

00:47:51head of the

00:47:52church in

00:47:52the place

00:47:52of Jesus

00:47:53Christ.

00:47:53End quote.

00:47:55So you see,

00:47:56they had this

00:47:56understanding.

00:47:59What about

00:47:59James White?

00:48:02James White

00:48:03concurred,

00:48:04actually.

00:48:07In an

00:48:07Advent Review

00:48:08and Sabbath

00:48:09Herald

00:48:09article,

00:48:10January of

00:48:101851,

00:48:11notice what

00:48:12James White

00:48:13penned.

00:48:14Quote,

00:48:14It may be

00:48:15said that the

00:48:16heavenly

00:48:16sanctuary is not

00:48:18capable of

00:48:18being trodden

00:48:19underfoot.

00:48:19But we ask,

00:48:21is it not as

00:48:22capable of

00:48:22being trodden

00:48:23underfoot as

00:48:23the Son of

00:48:24God,

00:48:24who is the

00:48:25minister of

00:48:25the same

00:48:26sanctuary?

00:48:27Says Paul,

00:48:29and then he

00:48:29quotes Paul,

00:48:30of how much

00:48:31sore punishment

00:48:32suppose ye

00:48:32shall he be

00:48:33thought worthy

00:48:34who hath

00:48:35trodden

00:48:35underfoot the

00:48:36Son of God

00:48:37and hath

00:48:37counted the

00:48:38blood of

00:48:38the covenant

00:48:39wherewith he

00:48:40was sanctified

00:48:41an unholy

00:48:42thing and

00:48:43hath done

00:48:43despite unto

00:48:44the Spirit

00:48:45of grace.

00:48:46He quoted

00:48:47Hebrews 10

00:48:4729.

00:48:49He says,

00:48:49James White

00:48:50says,

00:48:50We say

00:48:50then that

00:48:51the sanctuary

00:48:52in heaven

00:48:52has been

00:48:53trodden

00:48:53underfoot in

00:48:54the same

00:48:55sense that

00:48:56the Son of

00:48:56God has

00:48:57been trodden

00:48:57underfoot.

00:48:59Was the

00:49:00Son of God

00:49:00trodden underfoot

00:49:01by sacrificing

00:49:02a pig on

00:49:03the altar

00:49:03by Antiochus

00:49:04Epiphanes?

00:49:07Think it

00:49:08through.

00:49:11In a similar

00:49:12manner,

00:49:13he goes on,

00:49:14has the

00:49:14host,

00:49:15the true

00:49:15church,

00:49:16also been

00:49:16trodden

00:49:17down?

00:49:17Those who

00:49:18have rejected

00:49:19the Son of

00:49:19God have

00:49:20trodden

00:49:20him underfoot

00:49:21and of

00:49:22course have

00:49:22trodden

00:49:23underfoot

00:49:23his

00:49:23sanctuary.

00:49:25The

00:49:25Catholic

00:49:25church has

00:49:26trodden

00:49:26underfoot

00:49:27not only

00:49:27the holy

00:49:27city,

00:49:28but the

00:49:28sanctuary

00:49:29and its

00:49:29minister or

00:49:30priest,

00:49:30the Son

00:49:31of God.

00:49:32Rome has

00:49:32been called

00:49:33the holy

00:49:33city and

00:49:34the eternal

00:49:34city,

00:49:35which can

00:49:35only be

00:49:36said of

00:49:36the city

00:49:37of the

00:49:37living God,

00:49:38the new

00:49:38Jerusalem.

00:49:39End quote.

00:49:39And that's

00:49:41James

00:49:41White saying

00:49:43this in

00:49:44January of

00:49:441851.

00:49:47No,

00:49:47no,

00:49:47that's after

00:49:481844,

00:49:49but these

00:49:49are things

00:49:50that they

00:49:50understood.

00:49:52It's not

00:49:53new.

00:49:54They debated

00:49:54this back

00:49:55and forth,

00:49:55friends,

00:49:56don't get

00:49:56me wrong.

00:49:58And this

00:49:58is what

00:49:59you see.

00:50:01I mean,

00:50:01later on,

00:50:03Alonzo T.

00:50:04Jones,

00:50:04professor of

00:50:05history at

00:50:06the university

00:50:07there,

00:50:08the college

00:50:08in Battle

00:50:10Creek,

00:50:12he explained

00:50:12what the

00:50:13taking away

00:50:14of the

00:50:14daily was.

00:50:15This is

00:50:15in his

00:50:16book,

00:50:16The

00:50:16Consecrated

00:50:17Way to

00:50:18Christian

00:50:18Perfection,

00:50:19pages 102

00:50:19and 103.

00:50:21This is

00:50:21rather long,

00:50:22but listen

00:50:22to what he

00:50:23says.

00:50:23He explains

00:50:24it.

00:50:25Quote,

00:50:25In the

00:50:26place of

00:50:26Christ,

00:50:27the true

00:50:27and divine

00:50:28high priest

00:50:28of God's

00:50:29own appointment

00:50:29in heaven,

00:50:31she,

00:50:31and he's

00:50:31speaking of

00:50:32the Roman

00:50:33papacy,

00:50:33the Catholic

00:50:33church,

00:50:34she has

00:50:34substituted

00:50:35a human,

00:50:36sinful,

00:50:37and sinning

00:50:37priesthood

00:50:38on earth.

00:50:38In the

00:50:39place of

00:50:40the continual

00:50:41heavenly

00:50:42ministry of

00:50:42Christ in

00:50:43his true

00:50:43priesthood upon

00:50:45his true

00:50:45sacrifice,

00:50:46she has

00:50:47substituted

00:50:47only an

00:50:48enderful

00:50:49ministry of

00:50:49a human,

00:50:50earthly,

00:50:51sinful,

00:50:51and sinning

00:50:52priesthood in

00:50:53the once a

00:50:55day daily

00:50:56sacrifice of

00:50:57the mass.

00:50:59And in the

00:51:00place of the

00:51:00sanctuary and

00:51:01the true

00:51:02tabernacle,

00:51:02which the

00:51:03Lord pitched,

00:51:03not man,

00:51:04she has

00:51:05substituted her

00:51:05own meeting

00:51:06places of

00:51:07wood and

00:51:07stone,

00:51:07to which

00:51:08she applies

00:51:09the term

00:51:10sanctuary.

00:51:12Thus,

00:51:13instead of

00:51:14the one

00:51:15continual

00:51:16high priest,

00:51:17the one

00:51:17continual

00:51:18ministry,

00:51:19and the one

00:51:19continual

00:51:20sanctuary in

00:51:21heaven,

00:51:22which God has

00:51:23ordained and

00:51:23which is the

00:51:24only true,

00:51:25she has devised

00:51:26out of her own

00:51:27heart and

00:51:27substituted for

00:51:29the only true,

00:51:31many high

00:51:32priests,

00:51:32many ministries,

00:51:33many sacrifices,

00:51:35and many

00:51:35sanctuaries on

00:51:37earth,

00:51:37which in every

00:51:38possible relation

00:51:39are only human

00:51:40and utterly

00:51:41false.

00:51:43And it can

00:51:44never take away

00:51:45sin,

00:51:46Brother Jones

00:51:46says.

00:51:48He says,

00:51:49no earthly

00:51:50priesthood,

00:51:50no earthly

00:51:51ministry,

00:51:52no earthly

00:51:52sacrifice or

00:51:53service in

00:51:54any earthly

00:51:55sanctuary can

00:51:57ever take

00:51:58away sin.

00:52:00This is what

00:52:00we learn in

00:52:02Hebrews,

00:52:03the book of

00:52:04Hebrews,

00:52:05in which he

00:52:06says here.

00:52:07He says,

00:52:07in the book of

00:52:08Hebrews,

00:52:08we have seen

00:52:09that even the

00:52:09priesthood,

00:52:10the ministry,

00:52:11the sacrifice,

00:52:12and the service

00:52:12in the earthly

00:52:13sanctuary,

00:52:14the very service

00:52:15which the Lord

00:52:16himself ordained

00:52:17on earth,

00:52:18never took away

00:52:19sin.

00:52:22The inspired

00:52:23record is that

00:52:24they never did

00:52:25take away sin

00:52:26and that they

00:52:26never could

00:52:27take away sin.

00:52:28He says,

00:52:29it is only the

00:52:30priesthood and

00:52:30ministry of

00:52:31Christ that

00:52:32can ever take

00:52:33away sin.

00:52:34Praise God.

00:52:36And this is a

00:52:37priesthood and a

00:52:37ministry in

00:52:38heaven and of a

00:52:39sanctuary that is

00:52:40in heaven.

00:52:42For when Christ

00:52:43was on earth,

00:52:43he was not a

00:52:44priest.

00:52:45And if he had

00:52:46remained on earth

00:52:47until this hour,

00:52:48he would not yet

00:52:49be a priest.

00:52:50As it stands

00:52:51written,

00:52:51and he quotes

00:52:52Hebrews 8,

00:52:524,

00:52:53if he were on

00:52:54earth,

00:52:54he should not

00:52:55be a priest.

00:52:58Thus,

00:52:58by plain word

00:53:00and abundant

00:53:00illustration,

00:53:01God has

00:53:01demonstrated that

00:53:02no earthly

00:53:03priesthood,

00:53:04sacrifice,

00:53:05or ministry

00:53:05can ever take

00:53:06away sin.

00:53:06End quote.

00:53:08Just powerful.

00:53:09It's actually a

00:53:09very good book,

00:53:10The Consecrated

00:53:11Way to Christian

00:53:12Perfection,

00:53:12that Jones has

00:53:13laid out.

00:53:15It's a good one

00:53:15to read.

00:53:18But,

00:53:19guess what I'm

00:53:20saying?

00:53:21It's from these

00:53:22texts and many

00:53:25more statements

00:53:26that have been

00:53:29researched that

00:53:31have swayed me,

00:53:34have proved to

00:53:34me that it's

00:53:35not possible to

00:53:37maintain any

00:53:38longer that the

00:53:39daily of Daniel

00:53:398 refers to

00:53:40paganism and

00:53:42that it was

00:53:42taken away in

00:53:42508 AD.

00:53:43I think the

00:53:46history of that

00:53:46period actually,

00:53:49it just doesn't

00:53:49line up with

00:53:50that interpretation.

00:53:51There's nothing

00:53:52actually that I

00:53:53can find in

00:53:53Spirit of

00:53:54Prophecy which

00:53:54requires it.

00:53:56It's just another

00:53:57misunderstanding,

00:53:58you see,

00:53:58I believe,

00:53:59by William Miller

00:53:59and doesn't take

00:54:00anything away from

00:54:01the truths that

00:54:02he discovered and

00:54:03that he shared in

00:54:04the Great Advent

00:54:04Awakening.

00:54:05And I'll be

00:54:08addressing that in

00:54:08a separate message,

00:54:09I hope,

00:54:10here very soon.

00:54:11I'll just lay it

00:54:11out there.

00:54:12We're not to argue

00:54:13over this.

00:54:14It really is a

00:54:15kind of a minor

00:54:16thing that I

00:54:18touched on with

00:54:19others.

00:54:20It's kind of a

00:54:20minor thing we

00:54:21can get sucked

00:54:21up in.

00:54:22Satan would love,

00:54:23you know,

00:54:24who was it,

00:54:25HMS Richards would

00:54:27always say,

00:54:27the devil's

00:54:28rabbits.

00:54:29We've got to

00:54:29quit chasing the

00:54:30devil's rabbits.

00:54:32That's not our

00:54:33mission for today.

00:54:34Our mission is

00:54:35Revelation 14.

00:54:37This is to argue

00:54:39over this part of

00:54:40the daily by some,

00:54:43you know.

00:54:44But I think we

00:54:45should see both

00:54:45sides and just lay

00:54:47it out and just

00:54:48let it fall where

00:54:50it may.

00:54:51I think we can

00:54:51agree to that,

00:54:52right?

00:54:53Let's get back to

00:54:54Daniel 8,

00:54:54verse 12.

00:54:56Daniel 8,

00:54:56verse 12.

00:54:57Remember it

00:54:57said,

00:54:57And a host was

00:54:58given him against

00:54:59the daily sacrifice,

00:55:01the Lord's added,

00:55:02by reason of

00:55:02transgression,

00:55:04it was cast

00:55:04down to,

00:55:05cast down the

00:55:06truth to the

00:55:06ground and it

00:55:07practiced and

00:55:07prospered.

00:55:09Now I want you

00:55:10to notice that

00:55:13the little horn's

00:55:14host helps fight

00:55:15against the daily

00:55:16by reason of

00:55:18transgression.

00:55:21The word

00:55:22transgression there,

00:55:24pesa,

00:55:25it's the strongest

00:55:26in the Old

00:55:27Testament for this

00:55:27type of sin.

00:55:28It really means

00:55:29rebellion or

00:55:30revolt.

00:55:31revolt.

00:55:32The little horn

00:55:34and his host are

00:55:34not simply

00:55:35sinning.

00:55:36They're revolting

00:55:37or they're openly

00:55:38rebelling against

00:55:41the prince.

00:55:42They're openly

00:55:42rebelling against

00:55:43the daily in the

00:55:44place of the

00:55:44sanctuary.

00:55:47You know,

00:55:48we recall in

00:55:49Daniel 7,

00:55:49verse 21,

00:55:50the king of the

00:55:51north,

00:55:51in Daniel 11,

00:55:5236,

00:55:53the man of sin

00:55:53in 2 Thessalonians

00:55:542,

00:55:55in the beast of

00:55:56Revelation 13,

00:55:56they all

00:55:57manifest this

00:55:58same attitude.

00:55:59It's an open

00:56:00and willful

00:56:01rebellion against

00:56:02the prince,

00:56:03against the daily

00:56:04and the place

00:56:05of the sanctuary.

00:56:10And

00:56:10amazingly,

00:56:13in all these

00:56:14passages,

00:56:15we're told that

00:56:16the little horn

00:56:16and his host

00:56:17prosper in

00:56:19their endeavor,

00:56:19at least for

00:56:23a while.

00:56:26At least for

00:56:26a while.

00:56:27I meant to say

00:56:27Daniel 7,

00:56:2825 there.

00:56:29I think I said

00:56:30Daniel 7,

00:56:3021.

00:56:31Daniel 7,

00:56:3225,

00:56:33Daniel 11,

00:56:3436,

00:56:352 Thessalonians

00:56:362,

00:56:36verses 3 and

00:56:374,

00:56:37Revelation 13,

00:56:38verse 5 to 7.

00:56:40There we go.

00:56:42Look those up.

00:56:43Read them.

00:56:44Now,

00:56:45Daniel 7,

00:56:4521 tells us

00:56:46that the little

00:56:46horn made war

00:56:47with the saints,

00:56:48prevailed against

00:56:49them.

00:56:50Right?

00:56:51Daniel 11,

00:56:5136 informs us

00:56:52that the king

00:56:53of the north

00:56:53shall do

00:56:54according to

00:56:55his will.

00:56:56Paul tells us

00:56:57there in

00:56:582 Thessalonians

00:56:59that,

00:57:04well,

00:57:04when you read

00:57:05that,

00:57:05it's followed

00:57:05by a description

00:57:06of an extended

00:57:07period.

00:57:09Right?

00:57:10When the man

00:57:11of sin and

00:57:12the mystery

00:57:12of iniquity

00:57:12do their

00:57:13woeful work,

00:57:14Paul's talking

00:57:15about.

00:57:16And this same

00:57:17idea,

00:57:17again,

00:57:18is found in

00:57:18the book of

00:57:18Revelation,

00:57:19where Babylon

00:57:19mows down

00:57:20the saints.

00:57:22Revelation 6,

00:57:23right?

00:57:23They cry out

00:57:24for justice.

00:57:25Look at verses

00:57:269 through 11

00:57:27of Revelation 6.

00:57:29And eventually

00:57:30their pleas

00:57:31will be answered,

00:57:31but there is a

00:57:32period during

00:57:33which Babylon

00:57:33prevails over

00:57:35them.

00:57:36In other words,

00:57:37for a period,

00:57:38the little horn

00:57:39and his host

00:57:39gain the ascendancy

00:57:40over the prince

00:57:41and his host.

00:57:42And this is

00:57:45actually what

00:57:45necessitates

00:57:47the judgment.

00:57:50See,

00:57:51the purpose

00:57:51of the judgment

00:57:51in this specific

00:57:52context is to

00:57:54reverse the

00:57:54little horn's

00:57:55work.

00:57:57This is really

00:57:57the culmination

00:57:58of what began

00:58:00when Cain

00:58:01killed Abel.

00:58:03I talked about

00:58:04that before,

00:58:04if you recall.

00:58:06The blood of

00:58:06Abel,

00:58:07there in

00:58:07Genesis 4.10,

00:58:08cried out for

00:58:09justice.

00:58:12The judgment

00:58:13will vindicate

00:58:13God's faithful

00:58:14martyrs who've

00:58:15been mowed down

00:58:16in the course

00:58:16of history

00:58:17by those who

00:58:18claim to be

00:58:19followers of

00:58:20God.

00:58:22See,

00:58:22we'll see a

00:58:22repeat of that.

00:58:24They'll be

00:58:24seeking out

00:58:26to destroy

00:58:27the remnant

00:58:27of God's

00:58:28people here

00:58:28at the end

00:58:29of time,

00:58:30thinking they're

00:58:30doing God's

00:58:31will.

00:58:35Let me share

00:58:36this again.

00:58:37Go back to

00:58:37the consecrated

00:58:38way to Christian

00:58:38perfection.

00:58:40Book by

00:58:40A.T.

00:58:41Jones,

00:58:42pages 99

00:58:43to 101.

00:58:44Notice what

00:58:45he says here.

00:58:47Tell me about

00:58:47the reason of

00:58:48transgression.

00:58:49He says,

00:58:50quote,

00:58:50it was by

00:58:51reason of

00:58:52transgression,

00:58:53that is,

00:58:53by reason of

00:58:54sin,

00:58:55that this power

00:58:56gained the

00:58:57host that was

00:58:58used to cast

00:58:59down the truth

00:59:00to the ground,

00:59:00to shut away

00:59:01from the church

00:59:02and the world

00:59:02Christ's priesthood,

00:59:04his ministry,

00:59:05and his sanctuary,

00:59:06and to cast it

00:59:07all down to the

00:59:07ground and tread

00:59:08it underfoot.

00:59:09It was by

00:59:11reason of

00:59:11transgression that

00:59:12this is the

00:59:13consideration and

00:59:14the revelation

00:59:15upon which the

00:59:15apostle in

00:59:162nd Thessalonians

00:59:17defines this

00:59:18power as the

00:59:20man of sin

00:59:21and the mystery

00:59:22of iniquity.

00:59:25And in the order

00:59:28of God,

00:59:28it was Christ in

00:59:29his ministry and

00:59:30sanctuary in heaven,

00:59:31and this alone

00:59:32that in truth was

00:59:34the object of the

00:59:36Levitical system.

00:59:36That's another

00:59:37point.

00:59:38Think about that.

00:59:39And that is

00:59:40truly the

00:59:41Christian succession

00:59:42to that system.

00:59:44Remember when we

00:59:44started this whole

00:59:45series of prophecies,

00:59:46I said,

00:59:46we've got to learn

00:59:47some things about

00:59:47the sanctuary

00:59:48in order to

00:59:50rightly understand

00:59:52biblical prophecies.

00:59:53because the

01:00:00Christian system is

01:00:02the succession to

01:00:03the Levitical

01:00:04system, you

01:00:05see, literal,

01:00:08spiritual, right?

01:00:09He goes on, he

01:00:11says,

01:00:12therefore,

01:00:12when in and by

01:00:13the apostasy,

01:00:14the system of

01:00:14bishops as high

01:00:16priests,

01:00:16presbyters as

01:00:17priests,

01:00:18deacons as

01:00:19Levites,

01:00:19and the supper

01:00:20as a sacrifice

01:00:21was insinuated

01:00:23as the Christian

01:00:23succession to the

01:00:24Levitical system,

01:00:26this of course

01:00:27was,

01:00:27this of itself

01:00:31was nothing else

01:00:33than to put this

01:00:34false system of

01:00:35the apostasy

01:00:36in the place

01:00:37of the true

01:00:38completely to

01:00:39shut out the

01:00:40true and

01:00:40finally to cast

01:00:41it down to the

01:00:42ground and stamp

01:00:42upon it.

01:00:43Sorry, my notes

01:00:46started blinking.

01:00:47I'm like,

01:00:48what's it doing?

01:00:49He goes on,

01:00:50he says,

01:00:51and this is how

01:00:51it is that this

01:00:52great Christian

01:00:53truth of the

01:00:54true priesthood,

01:00:55ministry,

01:00:56and sanctuary

01:00:56of Christ is

01:00:57not known to

01:00:58the Christian

01:00:58world today.

01:01:00He says,

01:01:01the man of sin

01:01:02has taken it

01:01:03away.

01:01:05He's cast it

01:01:06down to the

01:01:06ground and

01:01:07stamped upon it.

01:01:08The mystery

01:01:09of iniquity

01:01:10has hid this

01:01:11great truth

01:01:11from the

01:01:12church and

01:01:12the world

01:01:13during all

01:01:14these ages

01:01:15in which the

01:01:15man of sin

01:01:16has held

01:01:16place in the

01:01:17world and

01:01:17has passed

01:01:18itself off

01:01:19as God

01:01:19and its

01:01:20iniquitous

01:01:21host as

01:01:22the church

01:01:22of God.

01:01:22End quote.

01:01:24What a

01:01:25statement.

01:01:29What a

01:01:30statement.

01:01:32And notice

01:01:33this statement,

01:01:34this is from

01:01:35Manuscript

01:01:36Releases

01:01:36volume 5

01:01:37page 45.

01:01:38It's

01:01:39referring to

01:01:40Daniel 8

01:01:41verse 12.

01:01:42Quote,

01:01:42here comes a

01:01:43power under

01:01:44the control

01:01:44of Satan

01:01:45that puts

01:01:46up the

01:01:47first day

01:01:48to be

01:01:48observed.

01:01:49God calls

01:01:50him the

01:01:50man of sin

01:01:51because he

01:01:51has,

01:01:52notice the

01:01:53terminology

01:01:53she uses,

01:01:55perpetuated

01:01:56transgression.

01:01:57what is

01:02:01the truth

01:02:02that the

01:02:02papacy

01:02:03cast down?

01:02:05Certainly

01:02:05it was the

01:02:06truth concerning

01:02:06the daily

01:02:07ministry of

01:02:07Christ and

01:02:08the place

01:02:09of his

01:02:09sanctuary

01:02:09where Christ

01:02:11hears prayers

01:02:11and forgives

01:02:13sin that

01:02:13papal room

01:02:13cast down

01:02:14or obscured.

01:02:15Surely it's

01:02:15that.

01:02:17But the

01:02:17Bible has a

01:02:18much wider

01:02:18and all

01:02:19encompassing

01:02:19application

01:02:20in mind

01:02:21for what

01:02:22this means.

01:02:23I mean

01:02:24notice what

01:02:24it tells us

01:02:25in Psalm

01:02:25119

01:02:26and verse

01:02:26142.

01:02:27It says

01:02:28thy

01:02:29righteousness

01:02:29is an

01:02:30everlasting

01:02:30righteousness.

01:02:31Notice

01:02:31and thy

01:02:32law is

01:02:33the truth.

01:02:36The Bible

01:02:37says God's

01:02:38law is the

01:02:39truth.

01:02:40So

01:02:40why and

01:02:42by whose

01:02:43authority is

01:02:44the law of

01:02:44God introduced

01:02:45in Daniel

01:02:458 verse

01:02:4612?

01:02:47Let's think

01:02:48about this.

01:02:50After the

01:02:51papacy cast

01:02:52down the

01:02:52truth to

01:02:53the ground

01:02:53or cast

01:02:54down the

01:02:54law of

01:02:55God,

01:02:56Daniel 8

01:02:56verse 12,

01:02:58thus proceeding

01:02:58in transgression

01:03:00in the full

01:03:00sense,

01:03:01the Bible

01:03:02says it

01:03:02practiced

01:03:03and prospered.

01:03:04That is

01:03:05for a time

01:03:06and times

01:03:07in the

01:03:07dividing of

01:03:08time or

01:03:08for 1260

01:03:09years.

01:03:10It did

01:03:10this without

01:03:10obstruction.

01:03:11It practiced

01:03:12and it

01:03:12prospered.

01:03:13I'll talk

01:03:13about that

01:03:15again in a

01:03:15moment.

01:03:17Daniel 7

01:03:18verse 25

01:03:18confirms this

01:03:19when the

01:03:19little horn

01:03:20thinks to

01:03:20have changed

01:03:21the law

01:03:21of God.

01:03:22And he

01:03:24shall speak

01:03:25great words

01:03:25against the

01:03:26Most High

01:03:26and shall

01:03:28wear out

01:03:28the saints

01:03:29of the

01:03:29Most High

01:03:30and think

01:03:30to change

01:03:31times and

01:03:31laws and

01:03:32they shall

01:03:32be given

01:03:33into his

01:03:33hand until

01:03:34a time

01:03:34times in

01:03:35the dividing

01:03:35of time.

01:03:39Now,

01:03:40let's remember

01:03:41that when we

01:03:43see the term

01:03:43speaking in

01:03:44prophecy in

01:03:45the context

01:03:46of a nation,

01:03:47it actually

01:03:47depicts an

01:03:48action in

01:03:49the process

01:03:50that represents

01:03:51the act

01:03:51of legislation

01:03:52and courts

01:03:52and enforcement.

01:03:55Notice what

01:03:56we read from

01:03:56the book

01:03:57The Great

01:03:57Controversy,

01:03:58page 442.

01:03:59The speaking

01:04:00of the nation

01:04:01is the

01:04:01action of

01:04:02its legislative

01:04:03and judicial

01:04:03authorities.

01:04:06And so,

01:04:08it was

01:04:08after the

01:04:10man of

01:04:10sin had

01:04:11thought to

01:04:11change times

01:04:12and laws,

01:04:12the law of

01:04:13God,

01:04:13that the

01:04:14Bible says

01:04:14he was to

01:04:15begin his

01:04:15reign and

01:04:16practice and

01:04:17prosper for

01:04:18a time and

01:04:18times in the

01:04:19dividing of

01:04:19time.

01:04:20And as

01:04:21we've seen

01:04:21in our

01:04:22studies,

01:04:23this was

01:04:23for 1,200

01:04:24long years.

01:04:27Now,

01:04:27during the

01:04:281,260

01:04:28years,

01:04:29the government

01:04:29of Satan

01:04:30was to be

01:04:30displayed,

01:04:31you see,

01:04:31before the

01:04:32entire

01:04:32universe.

01:04:34Satan

01:04:34was represented

01:04:35by his

01:04:35earthly

01:04:36representative,

01:04:36the Bishop

01:04:37of Rome,

01:04:38who was

01:04:39led on to

01:04:40destroy the

01:04:42mighty and

01:04:42the holy

01:04:42people of

01:04:43God,

01:04:44we read

01:04:44in Daniel

01:04:448,

01:04:44verse 24.

01:04:49I think

01:04:50this statement

01:04:50from page

01:04:5164,

01:04:52the Great

01:04:52Controversy,

01:04:53shows that

01:04:54the laws of

01:04:55God,

01:04:56that the

01:04:56law of

01:04:56God was

01:04:57to be

01:04:57cast down,

01:04:58trampled

01:04:59in the

01:04:59dust,

01:05:00unimpeded

01:05:01throughout

01:05:01all of

01:05:02Christendom

01:05:03at a

01:05:03specific time

01:05:04in earth's

01:05:04history.

01:05:05Great

01:05:05Controversy,

01:05:06page 64,

01:05:07notice this,

01:05:09quote,

01:05:09among the

01:05:10leading causes

01:05:11that had led

01:05:11to the

01:05:12separation of

01:05:12the true

01:05:13church from

01:05:13Rome was

01:05:14the hatred

01:05:15of the

01:05:15latter toward

01:05:16the Bible

01:05:17Sabbath,

01:05:17as foretold

01:05:19by prophecy,

01:05:20the papal

01:05:20power cast

01:05:21down the

01:05:21truth to

01:05:22the ground.

01:05:22Direct

01:05:23reference.

01:05:25The law

01:05:25of God

01:05:25was trampled

01:05:26in the

01:05:26dust while

01:05:27the traditions

01:05:27and customs

01:05:28of men

01:05:28were exalted.

01:05:30Haven't

01:05:30we seen

01:05:31this?

01:05:31I've laid

01:05:31out enough

01:05:31evidence of

01:05:32this.

01:05:33The churches

01:05:34that were

01:05:34under the

01:05:34rule of

01:05:35the papacy

01:05:35were early

01:05:36compelled to

01:05:37honor the

01:05:38Sunday as

01:05:39a holy

01:05:39day.

01:05:40Amid the

01:05:40prevailing error

01:05:41and superstition,

01:05:42many,

01:05:43even of the

01:05:43true people

01:05:44of God,

01:05:44became so

01:05:45bewildered

01:05:46that while

01:05:47they observed

01:05:47the Sabbath,

01:05:48they refrained

01:05:48from labor

01:05:49also on

01:05:50the Sunday.

01:05:50But this

01:05:51did not

01:05:51satisfy the

01:05:52papal leaders.

01:05:54This will

01:05:55be repeated

01:05:55by the way.

01:05:57They demanded

01:05:59not only that

01:05:59Sunday be

01:06:00hallowed,

01:06:01but that the

01:06:01Sabbath be

01:06:02profaned.

01:06:03Like I said,

01:06:03this will be

01:06:04repeated.

01:06:05And they

01:06:05denounced in

01:06:06the strongest

01:06:06language those

01:06:07who dared

01:06:08to show it

01:06:08honor.

01:06:09It was only

01:06:10by fleeing

01:06:10from the

01:06:11power of Rome

01:06:12that any

01:06:12could obey

01:06:13God's law

01:06:13and peace.

01:06:14Let me

01:06:14read that

01:06:14again.

01:06:17Please,

01:06:18think this

01:06:19through.

01:06:20Consider this.

01:06:21She says,

01:06:22it was only

01:06:23by fleeing

01:06:24from the

01:06:25power of

01:06:25Rome that

01:06:26any could

01:06:26obey God's

01:06:27law in

01:06:28peace.

01:06:33Here's a

01:06:34statement from

01:06:34the Bible

01:06:34Research Institute.

01:06:36Symposium on

01:06:37Daniel,

01:06:37volume 2,

01:06:37page 517.

01:06:39Quote,

01:06:39the next

01:06:39phrase in

01:06:40verse 12,

01:06:41that's Daniel

01:06:418,

01:06:41verse 12,

01:06:42states that

01:06:43the truth

01:06:44was to be

01:06:44cast down

01:06:45to the

01:06:46earth.

01:06:47The third

01:06:48scene dealing

01:06:48with the

01:06:49little horn

01:06:49began with

01:06:50the view

01:06:50of its

01:06:51reaching up

01:06:51to heaven

01:06:52to do

01:06:52battle with

01:06:53the prince.

01:06:54So it

01:06:54ends now

01:06:55with the

01:06:56truth fallen

01:06:56upon the

01:06:57earth as

01:06:57a result

01:06:57of the

01:06:58horn's

01:06:58activity.

01:06:59The action

01:07:00on the

01:07:01vertical

01:07:01dimension

01:07:01travels in

01:07:02both

01:07:02directions

01:07:03in this

01:07:03scene,

01:07:03just as

01:07:04it did

01:07:04in the

01:07:05previous

01:07:05one in

01:07:05verse 10.

01:07:06The verb

01:07:07to cast

01:07:08down is

01:07:09the same

01:07:09as that

01:07:09used for

01:07:10the casting

01:07:10down of

01:07:11the place

01:07:11of the

01:07:11sanctuary

01:07:12in verse

01:07:1211.

01:07:13Salak.

01:07:14This

01:07:15linguistic

01:07:15correlation,

01:07:17the position

01:07:17of this

01:07:18statement

01:07:18as a

01:07:19summary

01:07:19to the

01:07:19final scene

01:07:20in the

01:07:20vision,

01:07:21and the

01:07:21position

01:07:22of this

01:07:22statement

01:07:23in the

01:07:23literary

01:07:23structure

01:07:24of its

01:07:24description

01:07:25combine

01:07:26to indicate

01:07:27that the

01:07:28truth

01:07:28effected

01:07:29here is

01:07:29not just

01:07:30truth in

01:07:30general,

01:07:31but the

01:07:32truth about

01:07:33the prince's

01:07:34Tamed

01:07:34ministration

01:07:35in his

01:07:36sanctuary.

01:07:38It is a

01:07:39specific

01:07:40truth that is

01:07:40attacked here,

01:07:41not just

01:07:41truth in

01:07:42general.

01:07:42Here is

01:07:45a great

01:07:45statement

01:07:45from

01:07:47Pharaoh.

01:07:48It is

01:07:48in his

01:07:48particular

01:07:49publication,

01:07:50the book

01:07:50of Daniel,

01:07:50page 97.

01:07:52He says,

01:07:53It was the

01:07:54papacy which

01:07:55cast down

01:07:55the truth

01:07:56to the

01:07:56ground by

01:07:57changing

01:07:57the law

01:07:58of God,

01:08:00declaring

01:08:00that men

01:08:00burn

01:08:01forever in

01:08:01hellfire,

01:08:03and commanding

01:08:04the worship

01:08:04of men

01:08:04and women.

01:08:05Only the

01:08:06antitypical

01:08:07day of

01:08:07atonement,

01:08:08the investigative

01:08:09judgment,

01:08:09could prepare

01:08:10the way for

01:08:11Christ to

01:08:11rid the

01:08:11world of

01:08:12this

01:08:12ongoing

01:08:12error.

01:08:13That is

01:08:14something to

01:08:14contemplate.

01:08:16That's a

01:08:17very interesting

01:08:18statement.

01:08:20So,

01:08:21not only has

01:08:22the papacy

01:08:22placed tradition

01:08:23above the

01:08:23word of

01:08:23God,

01:08:24but they

01:08:25specifically

01:08:25deny the

01:08:26ministerial

01:08:27work of

01:08:27our true

01:08:28high priest

01:08:29in heaven

01:08:29in cleansing

01:08:30the sanctuary.

01:08:32His

01:08:33church

01:08:33of sin.

01:08:36Now,

01:08:36let me ask

01:08:37you,

01:08:38check this

01:08:39out.

01:08:40Is there

01:08:40any other

01:08:40Christian

01:08:41church on

01:08:41earth that

01:08:42teaches the

01:08:42sanctuary

01:08:43doctrine and

01:08:44the investigative

01:08:44judgment?

01:08:47Think that

01:08:48through very

01:08:48carefully.

01:08:49Do your

01:08:49own research.

01:08:52It's these

01:08:52truths about

01:08:53Christ's

01:08:53ministry that

01:08:54are cast

01:08:55down to the

01:08:55ground by

01:08:55the papacy,

01:08:56and you'll

01:08:57find that

01:08:57only the

01:08:58people of

01:08:58the advent of

01:08:59the seventh

01:08:59day of this

01:09:00faith teach

01:09:01these precious

01:09:02truths to the

01:09:02world.

01:09:03Same with the

01:09:03three angels'

01:09:03messengers.

01:09:06And friends,

01:09:07it'll be these

01:09:07truths that

01:09:08will save

01:09:08you from

01:09:08being deceived

01:09:09by the

01:09:09man of

01:09:10sin and

01:09:10the great

01:09:10lie when

01:09:12Satan

01:09:13impersonates

01:09:13Christ.

01:09:15Back to

01:09:16the Bible

01:09:16Research

01:09:17Institute,

01:09:17same volume,

01:09:18page 219.

01:09:19Quote,

01:09:20The vision in

01:09:21chapter 8

01:09:21places more

01:09:22stress upon

01:09:23his work as

01:09:23a priest than

01:09:25it does upon

01:09:25his role as

01:09:26a ruler.

01:09:27It is the

01:09:28prince's

01:09:28timid

01:09:29ministration

01:09:29that

01:09:30little horn

01:09:30attempts to

01:09:31take away

01:09:31and counterfeit.

01:09:32It is the

01:09:33foundation of

01:09:34his sanctuary

01:09:35that the

01:09:35little horn

01:09:35symbolically

01:09:36casts down

01:09:37to the

01:09:37earth.

01:09:38It is the

01:09:39truth about

01:09:40him and

01:09:40his

01:09:40ministration

01:09:41and his

01:09:41sanctuary

01:09:42that the

01:09:43little horn

01:09:43casts down

01:09:44to the

01:09:44earth and

01:09:44tramples

01:09:44upon.

01:09:46Well,

01:09:46part of the

01:09:47struggle between

01:09:47the little horn

01:09:48and the prince

01:09:49in chapter 8

01:09:50involves the

01:09:50host of his

01:09:51stars,

01:09:53the saints.

01:09:54More of it

01:09:55focuses upon

01:09:56the work of

01:09:56the prince and

01:09:57the sanctuary

01:09:57for his

01:09:57people.

01:09:58And then

01:09:59they say,

01:09:59why is the

01:10:00sanctuary so

01:10:00important?

01:10:02The evident

01:10:04reason for

01:10:04its importance

01:10:05has to do

01:10:06with what

01:10:06goes on

01:10:06in it.

01:10:07That's a

01:10:08common sense

01:10:09statement.

01:10:10And then

01:10:11they say,

01:10:11it is in

01:10:12the sanctuary

01:10:12through its

01:10:13ministration

01:10:14that the

01:10:16prince is

01:10:16working out

01:10:17the salvation

01:10:18of people.

01:10:21This is what

01:10:22the little horn

01:10:22attempts to

01:10:23take away

01:10:23and control.

01:10:24In this

01:10:25way,

01:10:25diverting the

01:10:26attention of

01:10:27the people

01:10:27from the

01:10:28true plan

01:10:28of salvation.

01:10:30But the

01:10:30true plan

01:10:30of salvation

01:10:31as executed

01:10:32by the

01:10:32prince will

01:10:33eventually

01:10:33prevail.

01:10:35The salvation

01:10:35of the people

01:10:36will be

01:10:36accomplished.

01:10:37You see,

01:10:39the little

01:10:40horn is just

01:10:40doing what

01:10:40Satan did

01:10:41at the very

01:10:41beginning in

01:10:42the garden.

01:10:43You shall

01:10:44not surely

01:10:45die.

01:10:47You don't

01:10:48need God.

01:10:54Can you

01:10:55imagine

01:10:55can you

01:10:59imagine

01:10:59what Daniel

01:11:00thought

01:11:00when he

01:11:02saw and

01:11:02vision this

01:11:03little horn

01:11:03trampling

01:11:04upon God's

01:11:05law and

01:11:07sanctuary and

01:11:09people and

01:11:11that it

01:11:11practiced and

01:11:12prospered while

01:11:15doing it?

01:11:15the

01:11:21ongoing

01:11:22nature of

01:11:23these two

01:11:24overhanging

01:11:26verbs

01:11:26acted or

01:11:27practiced and

01:11:28prospered.

01:11:30They indicate

01:11:31that the

01:11:31little horn

01:11:31was to be

01:11:32allotted a

01:11:32period of

01:11:33time to

01:11:33exercise its

01:11:34powers.

01:11:35It would

01:11:36practice and

01:11:36prosper for

01:11:371260 days

01:11:39or actually

01:11:39literal years.

01:11:41And this

01:11:41was just

01:11:41the

01:11:42beginning of

01:11:45Daniel's

01:11:46astonishment.

01:11:48Because we

01:11:50have yet to

01:11:50get to the

01:11:512300 years.

01:11:55We'll close

01:11:56up here.

01:11:57I want to

01:11:57share this.

01:11:58It's from

01:11:59Uriah Smith's

01:12:00book,

01:12:00Daniel and

01:12:00Revelation,

01:12:01pages 160

01:12:02to 162.

01:12:03He says,

01:12:04quote,

01:12:04Of this

01:12:05ecclesiastical

01:12:06power it is

01:12:07declared that

01:12:08it has

01:12:08practiced,

01:12:10practiced its

01:12:11deceptions on

01:12:12the people,

01:12:12practiced in

01:12:13schemes of

01:12:14cunning to

01:12:15carry out

01:12:15its own

01:12:16ends and

01:12:16aggrandize

01:12:17its own

01:12:18power.

01:12:19Likewise,

01:12:20it has

01:12:20prospered.

01:12:22It has

01:12:22made war

01:12:23upon the

01:12:23saints and

01:12:24prevailed

01:12:24against them.

01:12:25It has

01:12:26well nigh

01:12:26run its

01:12:27allotted

01:12:27career and

01:12:28is soon

01:12:29to be

01:12:29broken

01:12:29without

01:12:30hand,

01:12:30to be

01:12:31given to

01:12:31the

01:12:32burning

01:12:32flame and

01:12:33to perish

01:12:33in the

01:12:33consuming

01:12:34glories of

01:12:35the second

01:12:36appearing of

01:12:36our Lord.

01:12:37End quote.

01:12:38Praise his

01:12:39holy name.

01:12:41Jesus is

01:12:41coming soon.

01:12:42all this

01:12:44would be

01:12:45destroyed,

01:12:46friends.

01:12:47But as I

01:12:48close up here,

01:12:49I want to

01:12:49consider just

01:12:51what the

01:12:52little horn

01:12:52did to the

01:12:53sanctuary.

01:12:54I have six

01:12:55things to

01:12:55share.

01:12:58First,

01:13:00it acted

01:13:01toward the

01:13:01sanctuary

01:13:02somewhat in

01:13:03the manner

01:13:03of a foreign

01:13:04invader.

01:13:05The main

01:13:06symbols of the

01:13:07beasts and

01:13:07horns in

01:13:08chapter 8

01:13:08represent political

01:13:09powers,

01:13:09don't they?

01:13:11And so,

01:13:11when the

01:13:12little horn

01:13:12intrudes into

01:13:13the realm

01:13:14of the

01:13:14sanctuary,

01:13:15it does so

01:13:15somewhat in

01:13:16the same

01:13:16vein as

01:13:17those powers

01:13:18would have

01:13:18done.

01:13:20Second,

01:13:21it stood

01:13:22up or

01:13:22exalted

01:13:23itself against

01:13:24the prince

01:13:24to whom

01:13:25the sanctuary

01:13:25and its

01:13:26ministry

01:13:27belong.

01:13:28Though he

01:13:29carries a

01:13:29political title

01:13:30here,

01:13:31the prince

01:13:31exercises a

01:13:32priestly

01:13:32function as

01:13:33well,

01:13:34which I

01:13:35just read

01:13:35about.

01:13:36Some quotes

01:13:36about that.

01:13:37And you

01:13:38can see that.

01:13:38That's what

01:13:38the sanctuary.

01:13:40It's a

01:13:40ministry,

01:13:41right?

01:13:43So,

01:13:43in diverting

01:13:44that function,

01:13:45the little

01:13:45horn takes

01:13:45on a

01:13:46priestly

01:13:46character

01:13:46too.

01:13:48Church and

01:13:48state,

01:13:49right?

01:13:50Third thing,

01:13:51it disrupts

01:13:52or attempts

01:13:52to disrupt

01:13:53the services

01:13:53of the

01:13:54sanctuary.

01:13:56And according

01:13:56to the

01:13:57description of

01:13:57the vision,

01:13:58the little

01:13:58horn was

01:13:59to take

01:13:59away the

01:13:59timid,

01:14:00the continual

01:14:01ministration

01:14:02in the

01:14:02sanctuary from

01:14:03the prince

01:14:03who governs

01:14:04the sanctuary.

01:14:05And so,

01:14:06doing,

01:14:07it also

01:14:08endeavored to

01:14:09place these

01:14:09functions under

01:14:10the control of

01:14:10its host.

01:14:12In one way or

01:14:13another,

01:14:13therefore,

01:14:13the true

01:14:14services of

01:14:14the sanctuary

01:14:15were to be

01:14:15deflected out

01:14:16of their

01:14:16course.

01:14:17Fourth thing,

01:14:18it was to

01:14:19cast the

01:14:20foundation place

01:14:21of the

01:14:21sanctuary down

01:14:22to the

01:14:22earth.

01:14:24So,

01:14:25since we're

01:14:25dealing with

01:14:26a symbolic

01:14:26rather than

01:14:27literal movement

01:14:28from heaven

01:14:28to earth,

01:14:29one might

01:14:29think of the

01:14:30transfer of

01:14:30some of the

01:14:31functions of

01:14:31that sanctuary

01:14:32from the

01:14:33sacred realm

01:14:34of heaven to

01:14:34the secular

01:14:35realm of

01:14:36earth.

01:14:37From the

01:14:37holy to

01:14:38the unholy.

01:14:39Right?

01:14:41A fifth

01:14:42thing,

01:14:43it was to

01:14:44introduce

01:14:44transgression

01:14:45into the

01:14:47services or

01:14:48function of

01:14:48the sanctuary.

01:14:49It was to

01:14:49introduce sin

01:14:51into the

01:14:54church.

01:14:54In other

01:14:55words,

01:14:55they're not

01:14:55going to

01:14:55cleanse the

01:14:56sanctuary,

01:14:57they're

01:14:57defiling the

01:14:59sanctuary.

01:14:59It's not

01:15:00just a pig

01:15:01one time.

01:15:01Are you

01:15:03starting to

01:15:04see it?

01:15:07Meaning,

01:15:08in the

01:15:08statement which

01:15:09refers to the

01:15:09little horn

01:15:10being given

01:15:10a host over

01:15:11the timed,

01:15:12verse 12,

01:15:13the idea is

01:15:13added that it

01:15:14would do so

01:15:15by,

01:15:16in,

01:15:17through,

01:15:18with,

01:15:19transgression.

01:15:22In one way

01:15:23or another,

01:15:24therefore,

01:15:24transgression

01:15:25has been

01:15:25introduced into

01:15:26services or

01:15:27functions that

01:15:28were intended

01:15:29to treat

01:15:30transgression.

01:15:31their purpose

01:15:34has been

01:15:34subverted.

01:15:37I mean,

01:15:38it's easy

01:15:38for us to

01:15:39read the

01:15:40Bible and

01:15:40we look at

01:15:41Christian

01:15:41church today

01:15:43and we

01:15:43say,

01:15:43there's a

01:15:44lot of

01:15:44paganism in

01:15:44the church.

01:15:46How did

01:15:46it get

01:15:47there?

01:15:49Think it

01:15:49through.

01:15:52The sixth

01:15:52thing,

01:15:54the little

01:15:54horn was

01:15:55also to

01:15:55cast the

01:15:56truth to

01:15:56the ground

01:15:57and trample

01:15:57upon it.

01:15:59And in

01:15:59context,

01:16:00this does

01:16:00not refer to

01:16:01the truth

01:16:01in general

01:16:02as found

01:16:04in the

01:16:04Torah,

01:16:04for example,

01:16:05in the

01:16:05Ten Commandments.

01:16:07It refers

01:16:07more specifically

01:16:09to the truth

01:16:09about the

01:16:10sanctuary

01:16:10and about

01:16:11the prince

01:16:12and his

01:16:12ministry

01:16:13and its

01:16:15relation

01:16:16to God's

01:16:18law.

01:16:21Thus,

01:16:21the climax

01:16:22of this

01:16:22prophecy

01:16:22depicts,

01:16:24in essence,

01:16:24a struggle

01:16:25over the

01:16:25sanctuary

01:16:26between the

01:16:27little horn

01:16:27and the

01:16:28prince of

01:16:28the host.

01:16:29given the

01:16:31extent of

01:16:31this attack

01:16:32upon the

01:16:32prince of

01:16:33sanctuary,

01:16:33the question

01:16:34I think

01:16:34that naturally

01:16:35arises as to

01:16:36why the

01:16:37sanctuary

01:16:38assumes so

01:16:39much importance

01:16:40in this

01:16:41prophecy,

01:16:41we need to

01:16:42think about

01:16:42that.

01:16:43Clearly,

01:16:44this is not

01:16:44a dispute

01:16:45over real

01:16:46estate,

01:16:47right?

01:16:49Or a

01:16:50building,

01:16:51like we do

01:16:53here on

01:16:53earth.

01:16:54Oh,

01:16:55you can't

01:16:55use our

01:16:56name,

01:16:56you can't

01:16:57do that.

01:17:02I mean,

01:17:02whatever the

01:17:03physical

01:17:03makeup may

01:17:04be,

01:17:04it's not

01:17:04over that.

01:17:07What is

01:17:07of the

01:17:08utmost

01:17:09importance

01:17:09here is

01:17:10what goes

01:17:10on in

01:17:10that

01:17:11sanctuary.

01:17:13Whether

01:17:14the

01:17:15tabernacle

01:17:17in the

01:17:17wilderness,

01:17:19solemn,

01:17:20you know,

01:17:20that temple

01:17:21there,

01:17:22the second

01:17:22temple,

01:17:23or the

01:17:24heavenly

01:17:24sanctuary,

01:17:25these

01:17:26sanctuaries,

01:17:27all of

01:17:28them,

01:17:28have been

01:17:28the center

01:17:29for activities

01:17:29connected with

01:17:30God's plan

01:17:31for the

01:17:32salvation of

01:17:32mankind.

01:17:34And all

01:17:34of it

01:17:35revolves around

01:17:35the Ten

01:17:36Commandments

01:17:36law of

01:17:37God.

01:17:38For,

01:17:38you see,

01:17:39that is

01:17:39what defines

01:17:40sin,

01:17:41and the

01:17:42sanctuary

01:17:42is to be

01:17:43cleansed

01:17:44of sin.

01:17:46If you

01:17:46do not

01:17:47know what

01:17:47sin is,

01:17:50then there

01:17:52is no

01:17:52law,

01:17:53right?

01:17:53Paul's

01:17:53telling us

01:17:54all about

01:17:54that.

01:17:55But the

01:17:56commandments

01:17:56define what

01:17:58sin is for

01:17:59us.

01:18:01And why

01:18:01does God

01:18:02lay that

01:18:02out?

01:18:03So we

01:18:04know that

01:18:04we're sending

01:18:05sin into

01:18:07the sanctuary.

01:18:08We have

01:18:08defiled the

01:18:10sanctuary of

01:18:10God.

01:18:11God's

01:18:12government,

01:18:14our planet,

01:18:16has done

01:18:16this.

01:18:18Humanity

01:18:18has done

01:18:19this.

01:18:20to

01:18:24obtain

01:18:25salvation

01:18:25in

01:18:26Old

01:18:26Testament

01:18:26times,

01:18:27the

01:18:27believer

01:18:27went to

01:18:28the

01:18:28temple

01:18:28and

01:18:29practiced

01:18:29in

01:18:29its

01:18:29services.

01:18:31And what

01:18:32many

01:18:32Christians,

01:18:33most

01:18:33Christians

01:18:33today,

01:18:34don't

01:18:34realize,

01:18:35is that

01:18:35the same

01:18:36procedure

01:18:36applies to

01:18:37us

01:18:37today.

01:18:39The

01:18:39exception

01:18:39is that

01:18:40the temple

01:18:40to which

01:18:41the New

01:18:42Testament

01:18:42believer

01:18:43applies

01:18:44is in

01:18:45heaven.

01:18:47And they

01:18:48must go

01:18:48there by

01:18:49faith,

01:18:49not by

01:18:50physical

01:18:50act.

01:18:52In that

01:18:52sanctuary,

01:18:53we have a

01:18:53heavenly high

01:18:54priest ministering

01:18:55for us.

01:18:57And the

01:18:57book of

01:18:57Hebrews identifies

01:18:58him as

01:18:59Jesus the

01:18:59Christ,

01:19:00our Lord

01:19:00and Savior.

01:19:03Daniel 8

01:19:04refers to

01:19:05that same

01:19:05heavenly high

01:19:06priest as

01:19:06the prince

01:19:06of the

01:19:07host.

01:19:07This

01:19:08prince is

01:19:08not only

01:19:09ruler over

01:19:10his host

01:19:11or people,

01:19:12but he is

01:19:12also a

01:19:13heavenly

01:19:13priest ministering

01:19:14in his

01:19:16sanctuary

01:19:16for them,

01:19:18for us.

01:19:21And so

01:19:21it's this

01:19:22particular

01:19:23aspect of

01:19:23his work

01:19:24that is

01:19:24attacked by

01:19:25the little

01:19:25horn.

01:19:27And the

01:19:27focus of

01:19:28the prophecy

01:19:29underscores,

01:19:31I believe,

01:19:31the seriousness

01:19:32of the

01:19:33attack.

01:19:36The

01:19:36evident

01:19:36reason for

01:19:37this is

01:19:37that the

01:19:38prince's

01:19:38administration

01:19:38in his

01:19:39sanctuary

01:19:39deals with

01:19:40the

01:19:40salvation

01:19:41of all

01:19:42of us,

01:19:42of all

01:19:42mankind.

01:19:43And so

01:19:45a struggle

01:19:45over the

01:19:46plan of

01:19:46salvation

01:19:47is depicted

01:19:47as going

01:19:48on here

01:19:49in Daniel

01:19:518,

01:19:52in the

01:19:54daily.

01:19:57Now when

01:19:58we get to

01:19:59Daniel 8,

01:19:59verses 13 and

01:20:0014,

01:20:01we find

01:20:01Daniel hearing

01:20:02a conversation

01:20:03between two

01:20:04beings speaking

01:20:04to each other

01:20:05about the

01:20:06vision.

01:20:07And we'll

01:20:08dig into that

01:20:09the next time

01:20:10that we get

01:20:11together.

01:20:11I've gone

01:20:13over quite a

01:20:14bit.

01:20:14I apologize

01:20:14for that.

01:20:15This is

01:20:16important stuff,

01:20:17friends.

01:20:18And I hope

01:20:19I've helped

01:20:20you to

01:20:20understand it

01:20:21in some

01:20:21small way

01:20:22at least.

01:20:23Let's bow

01:20:23our heads.

01:20:23Father in

01:20:24heaven,

01:20:24I thank you

01:20:24for the

01:20:25opportunity

01:20:26to get

01:20:27into your

01:20:27word here

01:20:28in Daniel

01:20:288,

01:20:29to look at

01:20:30documented

01:20:31history,

01:20:32some,

01:20:32to consider

01:20:33these things,

01:20:34reason things

01:20:35out with you

01:20:36and the

01:20:36Holy Spirit.

01:20:37I trust

01:20:39you with

01:20:40my whole

01:20:40heart.

01:20:41I pray

01:20:41that those

01:20:42seeing this

01:20:43and listening

01:20:43trust you

01:20:44as well,

01:20:45that you

01:20:45will lead

01:20:46all of us

01:20:46into the

01:20:47truth.

01:20:49Please

01:20:49protect us

01:20:50from the

01:20:50evil one.

01:20:50Help us,

01:20:51Lord,

01:20:51to share

01:20:52these things

01:20:52with those

01:20:53around us

01:20:53and to

01:20:55share the

01:20:57love of

01:20:57Jesus that

01:20:58we have

01:20:58with all.

01:20:59May every

01:21:00person who

01:21:01sees us

01:21:01and we

01:21:02have contact

01:21:03with see

01:21:03Jesus alive

01:21:04in us.

01:21:05continue to

01:21:07be with

01:21:07those who

01:21:08are suffering

01:21:08around the

01:21:08world,

01:21:09Lord.

01:21:09May they

01:21:10come to

01:21:10know thee,

01:21:11the true

01:21:11God.

01:21:11I pray in

01:21:12the name

01:21:12of Jesus

01:21:13who is so

01:21:13worthy.

01:21:14Amen and

01:21:15amen.

01:21:16Well,

01:21:16friends,

01:21:17I appreciate

01:21:18that you've

01:21:18joined me.

01:21:20I encourage

01:21:21you to go

01:21:21back.

01:21:22We're on,

01:21:24look at all

01:21:24our media

01:21:24places.

01:21:25We're on

01:21:25Rumble,

01:21:26we're on

01:21:26YouTube,

01:21:29we're on

01:21:30all these

01:21:30media.

01:21:31Just put my

01:21:31name in,

01:21:32search it out,

01:21:32our church

01:21:33name,

01:21:34ministry

01:21:34name,

01:21:35and you'll

01:21:35come across

01:21:35it,

01:21:36it's all

01:21:36over the

01:21:36place.

01:21:37Pod Bean,

01:21:39we're on

01:21:39there.

01:21:40SoundCloud,

01:21:41if you want

01:21:41to listen

01:21:42to these

01:21:43things while

01:21:44you're going

01:21:45about your

01:21:45business,

01:21:45that's a

01:21:46good way

01:21:46to go

01:21:46about the

01:21:47day.

01:21:48And follow

01:21:48up these

01:21:49things,

01:21:49do your

01:21:49own study

01:21:50and research,

01:21:51check me

01:21:51out.

01:21:53Pastor Brooks

01:21:54always encouraged

01:21:55everyone,

01:21:55and I do

01:21:56it too.

01:21:57Check me

01:21:57out on these

01:21:58things.

01:21:59And trust

01:21:59Jesus with

01:22:00your own

01:22:00heart.

01:22:01Never

01:22:01doubt the

01:22:02love of

01:22:02Jesus for

01:22:02you,

01:22:03never doubt

01:22:03it.

01:22:04Keep

01:22:04looking up.

01:22:05And we'll

01:22:05see you

01:22:05the next

01:22:06time.

01:22:06Take care,

01:22:07good friends.

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