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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wednesday Bible Study. So grateful that you

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Speaker 1: Rick and Bubba Show retired at the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: the Men's conference. I'd say probably eighty percent of the

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Speaker 1: are the new resources they're available. Hey, is there some

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Speaker 1: Man's church a swag that we can get? Hey, we're

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Speaker 1: at one of them or all of them, and you

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Speaker 1: can find that at the Manchurch dot com. Also this year,

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Speaker 1: we'll have a new curriculum that will come out later

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Speaker 1: I'm not supposed to talk about it, but you know me,

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Speaker 1: I mean, come on, you can't trust me with cut stuff.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, but a new resource that I'm just really

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Speaker 1: jacked about that's going to be available at the conferences first.

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Speaker 1: So if you're at the conference, you'll hear about it

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Speaker 1: So let's open up in a word of prayer and

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Speaker 1: Let's let that resonate. Our home right now is Babylon,

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Speaker 1: but our heart better not being Babylon. Our home is Babylon,

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Speaker 1: you're always coming up next. Let me tell you something

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Speaker 1: why this delay is happening. You ain't ready for it.

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Speaker 1: It completely blew my mind on why God's answer to

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Speaker 1: his prayers, why they were delayed. I was not prepared

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Speaker 1: So so Daniel, as we know, very old and and

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Speaker 1: And the word was true, and it was a great conflict,

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Speaker 1: preincarnate Jesus, And yes he's terrified, but the same time

425
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Speaker 1: he's comforted. Man, that's good. Have you ever been there.

426
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Speaker 1: I'm terrified of God, but I'm also comforted by him.

427
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Speaker 1: And the very thing that causes me to have terror

428
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Speaker 1: is the same thing that comforts me because of who

429
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Speaker 1: he is. Because if he's got me, if he's got me,

430
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Speaker 1: then everything's really gonna be all right, because there's nobody

431
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Speaker 1: bigger than him, nobody higher. So anyway, both of these

432
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Speaker 1: things are in play, terror and sympathy. Now I want

433
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Speaker 1: you to look at at verses seven and eight. I

434
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Speaker 1: found this interesting, and I, Daniel alone saw the vision.

435
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Speaker 1: For the men who were with me, imagine that did

436
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Speaker 1: not see the vision, But a great trembling fell upon them,

437
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,880
Speaker 1: and they fled to hide themselves. So I was left

438
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 1: alone and saw the great vision of this great vision,

439
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,399
Speaker 1: and no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance

440
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 1: was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength. So there

441
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: were other people there. Daniel's not hanging out on the

442
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Speaker 1: banks of the tigers by himself. They's some other guys there,

443
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Speaker 1: of course, you know, I don't know if you'll ever

444
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Speaker 1: had these friends. We're out, Okay, Now, why if they

445
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Speaker 1: didn't see it, what causes them to run? The others

446
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 1: were there, but Daniel says, I'm alone now I loan

447
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Speaker 1: see the vision. So what was it that caused the

448
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 1: others to run? The sound? So you have to document

449
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Speaker 1: that the sound of the voice, that's all they needed

450
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Speaker 1: to hear. They'd have to see anything. The sound of

451
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: that thunderous voice was all they had to hear, and

452
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: they were gone. Now, Daniel, this is another reason why

453
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Speaker 1: that the case is made. This is to preincarnate Jesus.

454
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Speaker 1: Daniel has already seen Gabriel once and he didn't have

455
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Speaker 1: this kind of reaction to this person he sees. He's

456
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Speaker 1: already seen Gabriel. I mean, if it was Gabriel, I said, well,

457
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Speaker 1: there's Gabriel again. Now Gabriel's gonna come on to see.

458
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Speaker 1: But that's not what he sees right now. Okay, So

459
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Speaker 1: this is the reaction. Daniel had seen Gabriel and that

460
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Speaker 1: was frightening. But apparently this visitor, by Daniel's own words,

461
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: is much more frightening. Okay. Remember angels are just creating

462
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: beings too. They're above us, but they are created, They're

463
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Speaker 1: not God. Okay. And so this is the thing you

464
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Speaker 1: start thinking about some reference verses here, and I hope

465
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Speaker 1: and we see this throughout scripture. Keep in mind, this

466
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Speaker 1: is Daniel. Daniel gets called righteous. I just told you,

467
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Speaker 1: Jesus mentions him when he's when he's talking to the disciples. Okay.

468
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: This is not a person that God's upset with. Okay. However, however,

469
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Speaker 1: Daniel's reaction is just like Isaiah. Anybody think Isaiah was

470
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Speaker 1: not in good standing with God? My goodness, But what

471
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Speaker 1: did Isaiah say when he saw God? Woe is me?

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Speaker 1: For I am a man unclean? Did Job say, who

473
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Speaker 1: was blameless and upright? When his suffering took him into

474
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: such intimacy with God? He said, I despise myself. Okay,

475
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 1: look at Ezekiel. I fell on my face. Ezekiel won

476
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,959
Speaker 1: twenty six through twenty eight. I fell on my face

477
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Speaker 1: when I saw God. And that don't see him fully

478
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Speaker 1: or it would have killed him. But just what they

479
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Speaker 1: saw of God. Okay, Remember even Moses had a turn.

480
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Speaker 1: Don't look right at me Moses, you'll die, Okay. So

481
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Speaker 1: that's the beauty of the Son of God, that part

482
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Speaker 1: of the Trinity. We do have a little more access

483
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Speaker 1: than we do sometimes to the Father. But here, and

484
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Speaker 1: remember what happened when Saul of Tarus encountered Jesus. He

485
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Speaker 1: fell on the earth blind, so Daniel he was, he

486
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 1: was calm. But then but then that calmness, I love this,

487
00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: the comeliness then turned to corruption. And that's the part

488
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 1: I think we miss sometimes. Is all we want is

489
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Speaker 1: the peace that comes with the presence of God. And

490
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Speaker 1: there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not saying that we

491
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Speaker 1: shouldn't appreciate that and celebrate that. But encountering God for

492
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 1: us always shouldn't always bring just comfort. It ought to

493
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Speaker 1: bring conviction. It ought to bring some kind of awareness

494
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Speaker 1: of how sinful we are, because that's what's happened to

495
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Speaker 1: everybody else who's encountered in And I don't know about y'all.

496
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: Y'all pretty good people. I love you, But I don't

497
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Speaker 1: see a whole lot of Daniels and Isaiah's and these

498
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: Eqiels in here. Now. I might see a couple of Sauls, okay,

499
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Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is if they recognize their sinfulness

500
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Speaker 1: because of the comparison to God, who are we not

501
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: to repent? Who do we think we are? Daniel recognized

502
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Speaker 1: his own sinfulness, Isaiah recognized it, Ezekiel recognized it. We

503
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: don't job did we don't? I mean we gotta think

504
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: a little, a little more of God, a little less

505
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: of ourselves. And that's what happens to everybody who truly

506
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: encounters God. I think it's uncontrollable. I think I could

507
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Speaker 1: even say watch this, I'm gonna step in the presence

508
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Speaker 1: of God and I'm gonna be good. It's impossible. Watch

509
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: me stand boldly before never happen because of who He

510
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: is and who I am. So this is the takeaway

511
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Speaker 1: right here, you're ready for this. We love Daniel, He's

512
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Speaker 1: in high he's held in high regard. However, Daniel was

513
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Speaker 1: a good man, Daniel was a godly man. Daniel was

514
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Speaker 1: a holy man. But who can stand in the presence

515
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Speaker 1: of God? Nobody, or if my English teacher was here,

516
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Speaker 1: no one. Okay, look at nine, here's here's here's the

517
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: proper response by the way to standing in the presence

518
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Speaker 1: of the part of the Trinity. Then I heard the

519
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: sound of his words. And as I heard the sound

520
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: of his words, I fell on my face in a

521
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Speaker 1: deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Daniel, this encounter,

522
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Speaker 1: he passed out. I couldn't take it. It was so

523
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Speaker 1: overwhelming that I passed out. Now now, now, now chills

524
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: are already building. Now we love these next few verses.

525
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Speaker 1: And it's going to harken us back to Patmos. We're

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Speaker 1: going back to Patma's going ahead here in this case,

527
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Speaker 1: we're going to Patmos. Remember, John says, I can't even

528
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Speaker 1: take this. I can't take this vision. Right now. I

529
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Speaker 1: see Jesus in his glorified state, and I can't take it.

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Speaker 1: Daniel had a very similar experience, long before he was

531
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Speaker 1: in that manger, and long before he went to that cross,

532
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Speaker 1: and long before he walked out of that tomb, and

533
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Speaker 1: long before he ascended back to where it came from.

534
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Speaker 1: So look at the reaction and behold a hand this

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Speaker 1: verse ten now and to behold a hand touched me

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Speaker 1: and set me trembling on my hands and knees. And

537
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Speaker 1: I love this moment. So so Daniel's passed out, okay,

538
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Speaker 1: And so here we have and this is where it

539
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: gets a little confusion. They because Gabriel's with him. We're

540
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Speaker 1: gonna find this out in a minute. We don't know

541
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Speaker 1: whether it's it's Jesus himself. I tend to think it

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Speaker 1: is because of what I saw in the revelation. But

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Speaker 1: either the angel that was with Jesus, which turns out

544
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Speaker 1: in a minute to be Gabriel, who has an explanation

545
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: on the delayed prayer, you're not gonna believe. But anyway,

546
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: so so so either the Son of God or Gabriel.

547
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Speaker 1: They they don't want to address Daniel laying down on

548
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Speaker 1: the ground passed out. That's not good. That's not what

549
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Speaker 1: he wants. So he touches him. All Daniel can do

550
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Speaker 1: on the first touch is I'm off my face, but

551
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: now on my hands and knees. Still not enough. No, no,

552
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: get up, you get up and face me. Look look

553
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: at it eleven. And he said to me, Oh, Daniel,

554
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you,

555
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: and stand upright for now I have been sent to you.

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Speaker 1: I think now we probably are moving to Gabriel. Okay,

557
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Speaker 1: now I want you to think about I mean, this

558
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 1: is this is emotion rises up in me and maybe

559
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: it does for you. I don't want to be controlled

560
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: by my emotions. But the ain't nothing wrong with your emotions.

561
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 1: It's part God made emotions, and we were given emotions.

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Speaker 1: Now I wouldn't listen to them, and I'm not going

563
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Speaker 1: to follow them. But there's some wonderful things about when

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00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 1: you are overcome with emotion in the presence of God.

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00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 1: You know, I don't. I don't like when people say

566
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Speaker 1: things like be careful when you're teaching, that you start

567
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: trying to get an emotional response. I don't know about you.

568
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 1: I repented because of an emotional response that that was,

569
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Speaker 1: that was a part of me. I was so overwhelmed

570
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Speaker 1: by my sin. You call it what you want to.

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Speaker 1: But I didn't stand there resolute, refusing to be emotional.

572
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 1: I broke down and wept. You know I don't. I

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Speaker 1: don't let my emotions run me, but sometimes I let

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Speaker 1: my emotions convict me. You know, so so so anyway,

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Speaker 1: so we see this moment and and can you imagine

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Speaker 1: can you imagine hearing these words from an angel that

577
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Speaker 1: was that was told to tell you by the one

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Speaker 1: and only living God, Old Daniel put your name there,

579
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Speaker 1: man greatly loved I bet that felt good. That's a

580
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: good remedy in it to hear that you were loved

581
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Speaker 1: by God. You know what he's saying, just because you're

582
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Speaker 1: in a bind and you're lonely, and you're old, and

583
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Speaker 1: you didn't get to go to Promised Land, and you've

584
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: been wondering where I am. I love you. I haven't

585
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Speaker 1: abandoned you. I see the things you're doing for me.

586
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: I see your obedience. Okay. And you're gonna hear in

587
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: a minute something about spiritual warfare that I've never known.

588
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: So so here's what the here's a response to that.

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Speaker 1: And when he spoke this word to me, I stood

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Speaker 1: up trembling. So I've gone from face down to my

591
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: hands and knees. I'm now standing still trembling. Probably a

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00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 1: good way to be, okay. And so then look at

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Speaker 1: verse twelve. He said to me, fear not, Daniel. From

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Speaker 1: from the first day that you set your heart to

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Speaker 1: understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have

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Speaker 1: been heard, and I have come because of your words

597
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:52,239
Speaker 1: are prayers. Okay, So this is interesting. So now we

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Speaker 1: believe this is Gabriel who's now the spokesperson. He's a

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Speaker 1: herald angel. He's had some pretty big responsibilities, we find

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Speaker 1: in scripture, and so we believe that the Son of

601
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: God because we know, we believe the preincarnate hasn't completely left.

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Speaker 1: But it's not speaking to Daniel. And you'll see why

603
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 1: in a minute. And he speaks to Daniel. And what

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00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: wonderful words to hear is for Daniel who's talking to

605
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: this angel? And the angel says, and we do believe

606
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: it's Gabriel. God heard the prayers of Daniel, and God's

607
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: answer was on the way the moment that you prayed them,

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Speaker 1: stand by, stand by. So what are some of the

609
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: reasons that God's answers are sometimes delayed? I'll give you

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Speaker 1: a couple that I'm gonna tell you what happened here.

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00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 1: It's not what happened here, but I'll give you some

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00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: and then we'll get to what happened here. Sometimes hear

613
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: me now and we're just gonna talk straight down. Okay,

614
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: have y'all missed this as much as I am. This

615
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: has been like me not having nutrition or something. Man,

616
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: it's so good to be back. Sometimes we're not hearing

617
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: from God because we're not in any spiritual condition to

618
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: receive the answer. God's ready to give us. You're not

619
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: hearing it because you don't have yourself spiritually right. You're

620
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: causing you know, those who don't know my day job.

621
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: It's a lot more things now, but it still is radio.

622
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: But now it includes all this YouTube stuff and apps.

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Speaker 1: But at the heart of it, it's a radio show.

624
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: And that was my love of radio. And what do

625
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 1: we know about a frequency is that if I'm not

626
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: in the right position for that tower, you know, to

627
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: bring the frequency to me, there's gonna be static. I'm

628
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: out of the range of it. And what happens is

629
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: we let unrepented sins stay in our life and we're

630
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: not getting our act together spiritually. And here we are

631
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: crying out from some revelation from God and we're in

632
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: no condition to receive it. So that's one two. Sometimes

633
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: we ask that's the wrong thing, and God delays why,

634
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: hoping we'll figure that out. You ever had that before,

635
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,319
Speaker 1: You ever prayed something before and then go back and said, well,

636
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: I don't even know what I was thinking. And God's like, good,

637
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: I'm glad I didn't have to tell you that. I'm

638
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,919
Speaker 1: glad you figured that out. I'm not answering that wasn't

639
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: the world you're asking me. That's the wrong thing to

640
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: ask me, right, So then you get to three. Sometimes

641
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: God uses natural means to accomplish his purpose. Now what

642
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,800
Speaker 1: we mean by that things that are of the world.

643
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: Here's a perfect example. Sometimes you pray to be healed

644
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: and it's a long process for the cancer to be gone,

645
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: and then ultimately you're like, well, I did get healed,

646
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,240
Speaker 1: but why that took a while. And God's well, sometimes

647
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: I'm just letting that happen as it would happen, but

648
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: I'm still in it. I didn't have you just stand

649
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: up out of the bed and walk away. I had

650
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: you go through the treatments, and at the end of it,

651
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: I had you cancer free. Or maybe has to do

652
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: with natural disasters and the way the world works, maybe

653
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,760
Speaker 1: it's aging, whatever the case may be. He's just using

654
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: the limit. He's allowing the limitations of this falling creation

655
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: to still do his work and it takes a little longer.

656
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: Of course, he's not surprised by that. But then you

657
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: get down to this one, this one I didn't know about,

658
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,240
Speaker 1: and I'll be honest, we I'm not crazy about it. Okay,

659
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: So here we're going to learn what happened that delayed

660
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: the answer to Daniel's prayer. And I hope that you're

661
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: ready for it. Okay, so he's been told, we heard

662
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: you prayer. God sent me to you. I've been trying

663
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 1: to get to you. Are you all ready for this? I've

664
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: been trying to get to you, But look at this

665
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Speaker 1: thirteen The prince of the Kingdom of Persia withstood me

666
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 1: twenty one days. But Michael, one of the chief princes,

667
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: came to help me, for I was left there with

668
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 1: the kings of Persia and came to make you understand

669
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Speaker 1: what is to happen to your people in the latter days,

670
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: For the vision is for days yet to come. I've

671
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: been trying to get to you, but the high ranking

672
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 1: demons that serve Lucifer stop me. Did you know that

673
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: could happen? I couldn't get to you. I'm a herald angel,

674
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,240
Speaker 1: remember the third of the angels that went with Lucifer.

675
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: They were from all different ranks that were with God,

676
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: some stronger than others. We saw that in the revelation.

677
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,399
Speaker 1: We get to the to the tribulation, and we get

678
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: to Armageddon, we see that there are different strengths on

679
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: both sides. Now, the good news is God's got two third,

680
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: Lucifer's got one third, but he's got he's got some

681
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: pretty good players. And so when we talk about the

682
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: Prince of Persia here this is not the literal prince,

683
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: my goodness, that's Cyrus. What he's talking about is there

684
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: are there are demons that are supernaturally in charge of

685
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 1: evil dictators and evil kings and evil kingdoms. There's a

686
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: spiritual component to it, and the higher ranking demons based

687
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: on the effect. Like when you see something like Hitler,

688
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,720
Speaker 1: well that that was nobod. I was just somebody controlled

689
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: by demon. There was a human being there, but behind

690
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: all that was a demon, because Satan hates the Hebrews, okay,

691
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,359
Speaker 1: And so this has been going on, and what he's

692
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 1: saying is this one that was assigned to Persia and

693
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: all the horrible things they did. I couldn't get past him.

694
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 1: He was too much for Gabriel, but he wasn't too

695
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: much for Michael. And he said, finally Michael came to

696
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:37,919
Speaker 1: I mean, when Michael came in, that kind of swung

697
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: it to our favor. So here I am. Did any

698
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: of you know that I didn't I had never learned that.

699
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: So one thing I will say, and it's one things

700
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 1: I've always been pretty aware of and concerned about. Even

701
00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,800
Speaker 1: early on in my walk with crisis, I began to

702
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,399
Speaker 1: understand because the Bible talks about it, the spiritual realm,

703
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,919
Speaker 1: it's absolutely I think some of us live our lives

704
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,919
Speaker 1: like that's not real, and we do very stupid things

705
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: because we don't believe it. Paul tells us about this,

706
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: Jesus tells us about this. If right now God decided

707
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: to flip the switch and you could see the other dimension,

708
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: and you and I could see the war that is

709
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: raging all around us in the spiritual realm, you'd never

710
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,200
Speaker 1: go to sleep again. You would not not off to

711
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: sleep tonight. It's real and it's serious. Now, what's the

712
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 1: proper balance. We're not real good at balance as human beings,

713
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: are we The proper balance is not to obsess over it.

714
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 1: That's not to be so intrigued by that you're always

715
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: looking for it, and you want to get into it,

716
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: and you want to start dealing with witchcraft, and you

717
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: want to start dealing with all this stuff. I'm so

718
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 1: intriguing about the spiritual rialm and demons I'm obsessing over

719
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: angels and demons and I want to go and get

720
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: as close to all that as I can. You're an idiot.

721
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: Don't do that. Now there's the other end of the spectrum.

722
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: I don't care about it at all. Now that's not

723
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 1: smart either. You know, you don't want to be you know,

724
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: one of the examples that was used in one of

725
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 1: the commentaries was you don't want to be living in

726
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: the times we're living in. But when it comes to

727
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:26,400
Speaker 1: the spiritual world, you're in the Middle Ages, And they

728
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: were talking about I mean, you realize in the Middle

729
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: Ages we had people dying, only to discover that one

730
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 1: of the reasons why they were dying is the doctors

731
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: just weren't washing their hands. Now we hear that and go,

732
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: how stupid was that? What the time they didn't know

733
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: They had to figure that out. And what they're saying

734
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: is if you are that, don't be too naive about it,

735
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 1: but don't obsess over it either. But I will say

736
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 1: the one thing that I think we got to really

737
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:59,280
Speaker 1: really watch. We have got to stop participating in things

738
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: that bring darkness into our lives, because what you're saying

739
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: to these demons now is You are welcome to come

740
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:10,240
Speaker 1: in into my home, into my life, into my mind,

741
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: into my heart, into my desires. Don't be dumb and

742
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: become a sin daredevil when it comes to the spiritual realm.

743
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 1: You were just told in scripture today that there are

744
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:28,319
Speaker 1: demons that are so strong they kept Gabriel at bay

745
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: for three weeks trying to get to Daniel. And you

746
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: think you're gonna miss with them, They're gonna eat your

747
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: lunch and they're gonna destroy you. I've been involved in it.

748
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 1: I have been involved in spiritual warfare. As I sit

749
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 1: with you right now, I'm in spiritual warfare. I mean,

750
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 1: I literally have to go after this and talk to

751
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: somebody about a death threat on my life. Okay, so

752
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: I'm living it. But what I'm telling you is I

753
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: sip fine because I'm under the authority of Jesus Christ.

754
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: But I'm still going to turn it in because I'm

755
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: not gonna be a daredevil about it. Okay. So, but

756
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: what I want you to know is that we should

757
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: never fear demons as long as we're standing with Jesus.

758
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 1: But if we leave him and decide to take them on,

759
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,719
Speaker 1: that's that's so foolish. And like I said, I was

760
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: involved in one one time of a spiritual cleaning of

761
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: a home. And I'll be very general about this. And

762
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: and I and I've encountered them. And I watched a

763
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: friend of mine be completely blinded, completely blinded by the

764
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: attack of a demon. Now, praise God, the sight returned

765
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: and and and they were turned away in the name

766
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: of Jesus. And there were other righteous men. And but

767
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: I'm telling you it's the real deal. That and that

768
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 1: that's the reason why people say, well, why don't you

769
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: you you a little over the top about Halloween, aren't you?

770
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,720
Speaker 1: And I That's what I always say. If I'm standing

771
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: before God, I can make a strong case before God

772
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: and why I didn't do it, more than I can

773
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: stand before me and tell him why I did. Now,

774
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,319
Speaker 1: if he looks down for the strong and said, now

775
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 1: I was all over the top, you were good. Fine.

776
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 1: But what I don't want to do is stand there

777
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 1: and here and go, what in the world are you doing?

778
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 1: How many times have I warned you about this stuff?

779
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: By the way, he hates witchcraft, hates it, hates it.

780
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: I mean, we have a movie in this country right

781
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: now that people assessed over it's literally called wicked. It's

782
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: called wicked, and we can't get enough of it. And

783
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: he says, I hate witchcraft, I hate sorcery. He hates it.

784
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: Why would I even be entertained by anything that God hates?

785
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: And the spiritual realm is extremely serious, extremely serious. So

786
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 1: we learned learn what happened. Daniel is learning that his

787
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:07,880
Speaker 1: prayer was great, and his prayer was right. But what

788
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: he was opposed by darkness, he ranked it. Now, some

789
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: of us may be living a life and you know

790
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: it's Acts nineteen when the seven Sons of Skiva were

791
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 1: going to cast out this demonic man because they saw

792
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,880
Speaker 1: Paul being treated like a celebrity and they wanted some attention.

793
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: And they say to this, in the name of Jesus

794
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: that Paul calls upon, come out of this man. Now,

795
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:35,320
Speaker 1: let me tell you. What you don't want is for

796
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 1: the demons to have so little regard for you that

797
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: they would come back to you and say, Paul, I

798
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,400
Speaker 1: recognize you know, I mean Jesus, I know, Paul, I recognize.

799
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 1: But who are you now? Remember you've heard me teach

800
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 1: this lesson again, But some of you are new. I

801
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: mean in the past, I'm gonna teach it again. Why

802
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 1: didn't the demons do what these men said if they

803
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 1: used Jesus's name, Why because they didn't belong to Jesus.

804
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 1: They actually opposed you, Jesus, and the demons knew it.

805
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,919
Speaker 1: So the name of Jesus in these sons hands had

806
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 1: no power. I'm going to say that again. The name

807
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: of Jesus in the hands of people that don't belong

808
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:18,839
Speaker 1: to Jesus doesn't have any power at all. The reason

809
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: why Paul could cast out demons is because he belonged

810
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 1: to Jesus. These men could not because they didn't. It

811
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:29,359
Speaker 1: was a show. Jesus had no idea who they were.

812
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 1: So the question is, if we were those men and

813
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:40,880
Speaker 1: we were ready to clean them out of our house

814
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 1: and out of our lives, do we have any integrity

815
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: at all that we represent Jesus. So now we get

816
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:55,800
Speaker 1: into verse thirteen. I've unpacked that pretty good about these princes,

817
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,080
Speaker 1: and you see this not being a human prince. And

818
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,799
Speaker 1: you know, if you go to Second Chronicles, you'll see

819
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 1: the Prince of Persia me. This is used a lot

820
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:07,240
Speaker 1: of times for these high ranking demons or even Satan himself.

821
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:11,200
Speaker 1: Second Chronicles thirty two twenty through twenty one. And you

822
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: know the reason why we know this isn't Cyrus. Cyrus

823
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 1: cannot stop Gabriel, so it's not a human prince of Persia.

824
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:25,360
Speaker 1: It's the dark spiritual forces behind the Prince of Persia.

825
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 1: That's important for you to know that this is a

826
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: fallen angel, some kind kind, a very powerful member of

827
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: Satan's hierarchy. We know that from the New Testament that

828
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:39,279
Speaker 1: there's various orders that exist among the spirit powers, both

829
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 1: angelic and demonic, and of course this one has his

830
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:47,480
Speaker 1: allegiance to Satan. But here's what I love this. This

831
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 1: is another line. Write this one down. This is another

832
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 1: big one if you've got something to write with, and

833
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: it comes from Ephesians six twelve. You know, we know

834
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 1: about the spiritual realm there even when to reference that.

835
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 1: But this is something you need to know and we

836
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,840
Speaker 1: see this in the life of Daniel. Every time that

837
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:04,240
Speaker 1: we decide to pray, hear me, now, that's important. Every

838
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:08,960
Speaker 1: time we decide to pray, we engage in war. You

839
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,960
Speaker 1: are you're stepping into the to the war that's going

840
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: on between demons and angels. Every time you pray, you're

841
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: engaging in war. I hope you pray like you're going

842
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:23,080
Speaker 1: to war. So we also know that the human prince

843
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 1: of Persia was Cyrus, but that that's that's not who

844
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:31,480
Speaker 1: this is. This Prince of Persia, supernatural and demonic, was

845
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 1: so powerful he hindered a herald angel for three weeks.

846
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,040
Speaker 1: And of course this brought Michael, who was called chief,

847
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: one of our chief princes. Now his arrival swung the balance,

848
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:44,919
Speaker 1: as I said, of the conflict. An arch he's called

849
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: an archangel, a martial angel in Revelation twelve. And he's

850
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,760
Speaker 1: also what been said, he's the one that defends Israel.

851
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 1: He's the one that fights for the Hebrews. Okay, so

852
00:49:55,920 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: it's important. So the vision does come, and we will

853
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 1: not do that today. The vision that you're going to

854
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: see the angel reference the vision, but it's coming next

855
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:07,400
Speaker 1: week and it's a long one and it's complicated. In

856
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 1: chapter eleven, so we're going to go from Malachi to Matthew. Okay. Now,

857
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 1: it will leap the church age to the latter days,

858
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 1: but we've already discussed that. If y'all remember that three

859
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,880
Speaker 1: weeks ago, that's what kept throwing Daniel off. And it

860
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,040
Speaker 1: continues to throw a lot of people off. When they

861
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: were Old Testament prophets. They didn't understand the church age,

862
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: they didn't know what to do with it. And so

863
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,360
Speaker 1: it will actually be skipped next week. But it's a

864
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 1: long vision, and here's the reaction fifteen through nineteen. And

865
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 1: you'll see that Daniel was going to struggle again in

866
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 1: a minute. So he says, when he had spoken to

867
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 1: me according to these words, I turned my face toward

868
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 1: the ground, and I was mute, and behold, one in

869
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: the likeness of the children of man touched my lips.

870
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 1: You think that is Then I opened my mouth and

871
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 1: I spoke. I said to him who stood before me, Oh,

872
00:50:56,040 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: my lord, we know that by reason, by reason of

873
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:03,800
Speaker 1: the vision, pains have come upon me, and I retain

874
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: no strength. How can my lord servant talk with my lord?

875
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: For now no strength remains in me, and no breath

876
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 1: is left in me. The Son of God is still present.

877
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:22,360
Speaker 1: Daniel go silent again after hearing all this from Gabriel.

878
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: Daniel is weak from the fast. I think that's probably

879
00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:29,360
Speaker 1: in play. Most commentators think so too. He's also old,

880
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:31,600
Speaker 1: and he you know what he does. I love this

881
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 1: and this is what we should do. I love the advice.

882
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,160
Speaker 1: I never will forget hearing this from the late Adrian Rogers.

883
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,759
Speaker 1: Don't forget. You can go tell Jesus on people. You

884
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,240
Speaker 1: can go tell Jesus your problems. You know what, Daniel

885
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:48,439
Speaker 1: starts saying, I'm struggling. He's sitting there, going why would

886
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:51,359
Speaker 1: you even speak to me? Lord? But while you're here,

887
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 1: I'm hurting, I'm struggling, I'm weak. I don't know that

888
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:00,600
Speaker 1: I can take this, which, by the way, you've heard

889
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,720
Speaker 1: my testimony before. That was one of the greatest moments

890
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,800
Speaker 1: in my entire spiritual life when I finally said that

891
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: this is too much, no matter how much strength I

892
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 1: may have, no matter how strong a man I think

893
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 1: I am, this is too much. And I basically heard

894
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:21,360
Speaker 1: the same thing finally, so you're so weak you have

895
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: to depend on me now you don't have a choice.

896
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: And I will tell you that has been the sweetest

897
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 1: time in my life spiritually, when I was depending on

898
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:39,000
Speaker 1: the Lord God Almighty to breathe. There's nothing quite like it.

899
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: I don't wish it on anybody what it takes to

900
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:43,879
Speaker 1: get there, but I will tell you when you're there,

901
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 1: it's as good as it gets when you truly are

902
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 1: totally dependent on God. And he's saying, for now, no

903
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:00,800
Speaker 1: strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.

904
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:05,399
Speaker 1: I can't do it anymore. You ever been there can't

905
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:10,239
Speaker 1: do it anymore. They can't go anymore. Well, this is cool.

906
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:14,400
Speaker 1: Look at eighteen and nineteen having again one having the

907
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: appearance of a man touched me and strengthened me. That's

908
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:22,360
Speaker 1: the preincarnate Jesus. And he said, old man, greatly loved,

909
00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:26,239
Speaker 1: fear not, Peace be with you, Be strong and of

910
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:29,040
Speaker 1: good courage. And as he spoke to me, I was

911
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 1: strengthened and said, let my Lord speak, for you have

912
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:39,840
Speaker 1: strengthened me. Now you talk about something as all of

913
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 1: you here. I know in the room, we have other

914
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 1: Bible teachers, we have pastors. We got it all in here. Okay,

915
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: you know what we all say, that'll preach. Okay. So

916
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 1: what you have here is when Daniel finally says, I

917
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 1: got nothing left, the Lord said, finally I'll strengthen you.

918
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:09,440
Speaker 1: You know why the Lord isn't strengthening some of us,

919
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,239
Speaker 1: as we are not coming to terms with that we

920
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 1: have nothing left. We're still trying to do things of

921
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:20,200
Speaker 1: our own strength. And what we foolishly think sometimes is

922
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,000
Speaker 1: if I'm too weak right now, that must be bad.

923
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:26,720
Speaker 1: I gotta get stronger, I gotta get tougher, I gotta

924
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 1: step up. And what we should do is say, Lord,

925
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: I don't have the strength, but you do give it

926
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 1: to me. Give it to me. I need your strength,

927
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 1: and you know what Daniel gets it. Listen to that.

928
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:47,439
Speaker 1: And he said to me, oh man, greatly loved, fear

929
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 1: not peace be with you, Be strong and of good courage.

930
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,400
Speaker 1: But who provided the strength? Did Daniel all of a

931
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:57,239
Speaker 1: sudden find the strength of his on accord? No, the

932
00:54:57,480 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 1: Lord gave him the strength. He is our strength. Stop.

933
00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:07,320
Speaker 1: Stop stop trying to do it on your own. It

934
00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 1: only leads to frustration. It only leads to sickness, It

935
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:15,320
Speaker 1: only leads to despair. Understand that we can't but he can't.

936
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:23,360
Speaker 1: But he can't, we have access to him. If you're redeemed, Lord,

937
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:28,280
Speaker 1: let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me. Amen.

938
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: Twenty Then he said, do you not know why I've

939
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:38,880
Speaker 1: come to you? But now return to fight against the

940
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,759
Speaker 1: Prince of Persian while they still fighting. And when I

941
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:45,440
Speaker 1: go out, behold the Prince of Greece will come. But

942
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:48,160
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth.

943
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: There's none who could tends by my side against these

944
00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: except Michael, your prince. Angels back. The angel says, I'll

945
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 1: tell you, Daniel, don't worry. I'm going to tell you

946
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:07,160
Speaker 1: of the terrible and ceaseless attacks that are going to

947
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 1: take place on the Earth in the years ahead, conflicts.

948
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,360
Speaker 1: The world's going to be ravaged. The Promised Land is

949
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:18,080
Speaker 1: going to get ravaged over and over again. Satanic princes

950
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:21,880
Speaker 1: keep the world in upevil. No peace on Earth, that

951
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:26,360
Speaker 1: is impossible. I'm gonna say that again. I know a

952
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:27,840
Speaker 1: lot of us like to go out and think we

953
00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: can come up with some planet's gonna bring peace to

954
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:36,440
Speaker 1: Earth other than Jesus. The forces that are running this

955
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:39,640
Speaker 1: earth stopped a herald angel for getting a message from

956
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 1: God to a prophet for three weeks. They own the

957
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: governments of this world. They own the leaders of this world,

958
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 1: and there will never be peace up. Evil is all

959
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:59,680
Speaker 1: because we have Satanic princes that are empowering Satanic and

960
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:03,680
Speaker 1: due leaders. And the wars are never going to stop

961
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:09,880
Speaker 1: until the final one when Jesus comes. And that's okay.

962
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:14,200
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, don't be frustrated. Don't expect something that's

963
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,000
Speaker 1: never going to happen. Now, what we should be going

964
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: after is John sixteen thirty three. Is peace. Jesus. I

965
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:24,080
Speaker 1: say this so that you'll have peace. I'm the prince

966
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 1: of peace in this world. You will have tribulation, that's

967
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 1: the evil forces. But never lose joy in your heart.

968
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: You always have joy in your heart. You always be

969
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:39,080
Speaker 1: at perfect peace because I've overcome the world. But that's

970
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 1: to come. It's not now. Now. Has he overcome our problems? Yes, yes,

971
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:48,560
Speaker 1: do we find peace and solitude in him? Yes, But

972
00:57:48,720 --> 00:57:50,160
Speaker 1: I just went to see a friend of mine that

973
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:53,120
Speaker 1: is dying of als and he has perfect peace in Jesus.

974
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: But he's still dying. His body is, his spirit's not

975
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 1: his body is. Because why we're not there yet. He

976
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:05,800
Speaker 1: hasn't wiped away every tear yet. We sickness isn't gone yet,

977
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: death isn't gone yet, mourning hasn't stopped yet. But he says,

978
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: even in the midst of that, understand why that's happening,

979
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:14,960
Speaker 1: and never never lose sight that I've really solved your

980
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: biggest problem. You're redeemed and that's basically what he's saying. Again,

981
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 1: Persia at this time was ruling, and he's saying Greece

982
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,040
Speaker 1: is going to rule. The Herald Angel says, I'll fight

983
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:32,360
Speaker 1: the prince of Persia. Michael is the protector of your people.

984
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 1: That's why he threw him in there. Hey, don't worry,

985
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:37,840
Speaker 1: Michael's with me. We're going back to fight. How about

986
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:40,800
Speaker 1: the end hout? How about it? He said, I'll go

987
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:42,440
Speaker 1: get Michael. We got to go back and fight some more,

988
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:47,080
Speaker 1: but I'll get back to you. The unseen world is real.

989
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 1: Human beings are susceptible to this world. Because of our ignorance,

990
00:58:53,160 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 1: we dabble in this mess. We're curious to a fault.

991
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:00,080
Speaker 1: But you got to understand when it comes to the

992
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:04,480
Speaker 1: spiritual realm, you must understand this. If please understand this,

993
00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:09,760
Speaker 1: we're out of our league. We're out of our league.

994
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 1: You don't want to live in the spiritual Middle Ages.

995
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:17,200
Speaker 1: What's the best protection against the war that's going on

996
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:21,200
Speaker 1: around us? It's simple prayer from a righteous man or

997
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:24,960
Speaker 1: woman who has their Bible in their hand and they're

998
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 1: in dwelt by the Holy Spirit. That's how you go

999
00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:33,960
Speaker 1: to war. You made fully righteous by what being redeemed,

1000
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: you learn the word of God, so you know what's

1001
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:42,320
Speaker 1: going on, and you're in dwelt by the very presence

1002
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:48,760
Speaker 1: of God his Holy Spirit, and then you're ready. Until

1003
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:55,120
Speaker 1: those things take place, you're not. Let's prayer, Lord, thank

1004
00:59:55,160 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: you for today. What a powerful, powerful message. If there's

1005
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 1: people right now and they're confused by all the things

1006
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:05,320
Speaker 1: that are going on, I pray in the glorious name

1007
01:00:05,360 --> 01:00:09,080
Speaker 1: of Jesus, this will be the day that that man

1008
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 1: or woman will repent, will turn from their sins and

1009
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:15,200
Speaker 1: turn to you, Lord for the peace that you promise.

1010
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:18,120
Speaker 1: And today will be the day they say, I want

1011
01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:20,240
Speaker 1: to be redeemed by you, Jesus, and only you can

1012
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:23,720
Speaker 1: redeem me. Then they become fully righteous in you. Then

1013
01:00:23,840 --> 01:00:26,360
Speaker 1: they have a desire to take your word of God

1014
01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:29,520
Speaker 1: and to learn it, to eat it, to understand it,

1015
01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:32,160
Speaker 1: so you know what's going on. And then we get

1016
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,840
Speaker 1: all the discernment, we get the comfort, we get the conviction,

1017
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:38,760
Speaker 1: we get the sanctification by your Spirit, the Holy Spirit

1018
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:42,440
Speaker 1: that now dwells in all who have been redeemed, and

1019
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:45,120
Speaker 1: the glorious name of Jesus, we pray, Amen, Thank you,