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Robert Jeffress - The Invisible War (Part 1)

November 21, 2025 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - The Invisible War (Part 1)
In this episode of "Pathway to Victory," Dr. Robert Jeffress delves into the spiritual warfare described in Daniel 10. The story follows Daniel as he receives a heavenly vision during a period of fasting and prayer, revealing the invisible war raging between good and evil forces. As Daniel encounters a heavenly visitor and experiences a powerful vision of the resurrected Christ, he is reminded of the importance of standing firm in faith amidst turmoil and uncertainty. The narrative challenges viewers to understand the reality of spiritual battles and the need to remain vigilant in their walk with God.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Invisible War (Part 1) | November 21, 2025
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress."
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • All around the world,
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  • People are engaging in conflicts with other nations
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  • And even citizens within their own borders,
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  • Yet the most significant battles
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  • Aren't taking place on the front lines,
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  • But in the spiritual realm.
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  • Today we're going to look at daniel 10,
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  • Which exposes this mysterious
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  • And insidious spiritual battle raging around us.
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  • Demonic warfare not only threatened daniel,
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  • It remains a constant threat for you and me.
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  • My message is titled, the invisible war
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • In a culture that celebrates compromise
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  • And rejects absolute truth,
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  • How can you stand firm in your christian faith?
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  • The prophet daniel faced this same challenge millennia ago,
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  • And his unwavering courage
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  • Offers a powerful example for believers today.
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  • In the book, "daniel: courageous living in a pagan world,"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress shares how you can remain steadfast
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  • And immovable in a culture ruled by darkness.
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  • The bible reveals that there is an invisible,
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  • But a very real war going on in the universe
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  • Between the forces of god and the forces of satan.
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  • It is this invisible war
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  • That explains the unrest among nations
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  • We read about every day,
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  • And it's this unseen war
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  • That explains the unrest you're facing in your life as well.
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  • Writing many decades ago,
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  • D. martyn lloyd-jones said,
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  • "not to realize that you are in a conflict
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  • Means only one thing,
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  • And it is that you are so hopelessly defeated
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  • And so knocked out as it were
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  • That you do not even know it, you're unconscious.
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  • It means that you are completely defeated by the devil.
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  • Anyone who is not aware of this fight and conflict
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  • Is in a drugged and hazardous condition."
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  • Daniel 10 is one of those rare instances
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  • In which god allows us to peek behind
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  • The curtain of the visible world
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  • And see those invisible forces
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  • That are controlling not only what is happening
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  • In the headlines every day,
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  • But the things, the struggles,
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  • The opposition you're facing in your life as well.
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  • And it's that invisible war
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  • We're going to see demonstrated today.
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  • If you have your bibles,
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  • I want you to turn to daniel 10.
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  • Daniel 10.
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  • Now remember we're in the prophetic section
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  • Of the book of daniel,
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  • The first six chapters are biographical about
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  • Daniel's stay in babylon.
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  • He went there as a teenager, he was a part of the exile.
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  • The jews being disciplined by god
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  • Were taken captive by the babylonians
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  • And they went to babylon,
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  • The temple and the city of jerusalem had been destroyed,
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  • But god promised that eventually
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  • He would bring his people back,
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  • That's the first six chapters.
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  • But while daniel was in babylon, those 70 plus years,
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  • God gave to daniel a vision,
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  • In fact, four different visions about israel's future.
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  • You see, daniel was discouraged,
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  • He knew god's ultimate plan for israel
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  • And he wondered, god, are you going to be able to pull off
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  • What you have promised is going to happen?
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  • What is the future of israel?
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  • That's what daniel wanted to know while he was in exile.
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  • And god answered daniel's plea for,
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  • Of the knowledge of the future by telling him,
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  • Not just was what was going to happen in the next few years,
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  • But the events that would lead to the return
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  • Of the lord jesus christ, the long awaited messiah.
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  • Now in chapter seven, remember daniel saw the vision
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  • Of those four animals coming out of the sea
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  • That represented the four world empires
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  • That were yet to come.
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  • There would be babylon, and then medo-persia,
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  • And then greece and finally rome,
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  • And the emphasis was on that final roman empire
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  • That although was thought to be dead
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  • Would come back to life in the last days
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  • And produce this world leader known as the antichrist,
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  • That's daniel seven.
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  • Then in daniel chapter eight,
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  • Remember daniel zeroed in on two of those nations,
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  • Medo-persia and greece,
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  • And remember daniel saw that out of greece
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  • Would arise a dictator, a persecutor of israel
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  • Who would unleash an unprecedented assault
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  • Upon god's people.
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  • And that was fulfilled
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  • More than a hundred years after daniel wrote this vision,
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  • It was fulfilled in antiochus epiphanes
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  • Who persecuted god's people in 167 bc.
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  • And then in daniel 9 we have,
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  • To me the most amazing prophecy in all of the bible
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  • In which god revealed to daniel
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  • That there would be 490 years,
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  • 70 weeks of years for god to finish his purpose with israel.
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  • And we saw how 483 of those years
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  • Have already elapsed on god's time clock
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  • And now there are just seven years remaining
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  • For god to finish up his purpose with israel.
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  • And those seven years, that final week of years
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  • Is the period we know is the great tribulation.
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  • It is yet to come
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  • And it will be during that great tribulation
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  • That god fulfills his plan for israel,
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  • To bring israel to repentance.
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  • And now when we come to chapter 10,
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  • We're coming to the final vision, chapters 10, 11, and 12.
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  • Now, the actual vision,
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  • Which is the most dramatic of all of the visions,
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  • Doesn't actually come until chapters 11 and 12.
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  • But when we come to chapter 10,
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  • We find the preamble to that vision.
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  • I heard one noted bible expository say,
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  • There is nothing he could find at all
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  • In daniel chapter 10 worth preaching about.
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  • I beg to differ, all scripture is inspired by god
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  • And it's all profitable,
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  • And all i had to do was read the spew once
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  • And see immediately the great application
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  • For us in our own lives
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  • As well as in god's planning program for the future.
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  • Now, let's look at chapter 10, beginning with verse one,
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  • When we see daniel receiving a heavenly visitor.
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  • Look at verse one.
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  • "in the third year of cyrus, king of persia,
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  • A message was revealed to daniel
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  • Who was named belteshazzar,"
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  • Remember that was his name given by nebuchadnezzar,
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  • "and the message was true and one of great conflict,
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  • But he had understood the message
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  • And had an understanding of the vision."
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  • Now, this gives us the time that this vision came to daniel,
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  • It was in the third year of the reign of cyrus
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  • Or sometimes known as darius.
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  • Remember, in the first year of cyrus's reign,
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  • Cyrus told the people
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  • They could begin to go back to jerusalem.
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  • And this was a fulfillment
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  • Of the prophecy isaiah had made 150 years earlier.
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  • Before cyrus was even born,
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  • Isaiah named cyrus by name and said,
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  • "my shepherd, this pagan king cyrus
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  • Will allow the people to go back."
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  • And that happened in the first year of cyrus' reign.
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  • Now we're in the third year,
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  • Two years afterwards, god reveals this vision to daniel.
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  • What had happened by the time daniel received this vision?
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  • About 43,000 of the israelites had gone back to jerusalem.
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  • Amazingly, many chose to stay in babylon.
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  • They had become so comfortable in that pagan lifestyle
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  • That when they had the opportunity to leave,
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  • They said, "no, we'll stay where we are,"
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  • And that caused great distress to daniel.
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  • We'll see why, look at verse two.
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  • "in those days, i, daniel had been mourning
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  • For three entire weeks."
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  • For three weeks, he mourned, he prayed, and he fasted.
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  • Why was he so distressed?
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  • He was distressed over several things,
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  • God had apparently fulfilled this prophecy
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  • To allow the jews to go back,
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  • And yet so few jews were actually going back.
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  • And then he heard a report we'll find later in the chapter
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  • That says, "the progress on the temple,
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  • Rebuilding the temple is not going well."
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  • There were so few jews who had returned back to jerusalem,
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  • But the progress on rebuilding the temple was slowed.
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  • And not only that,
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  • We find out that it took seven months
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  • Just to clear the rubble of the temple
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  • That had been burned down by nebuchadnezzar.
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  • You remember what happened around here
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  • After we imploded all of those buildings,
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  • Remember the rubble that was here?
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  • It looked like a nuclear holocaust had taken place here,
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  • And it took about six months to clear away that rubble
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  • And we had all of the machinery to help us.
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  • Well, they didn't have that assistance,
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  • It was just sheer manpower,
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  • And it was taking seven months just to clear the rubble.
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  • So it looked like that god was not going to be able
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  • To fulfill his promise, and daniel was discouraged.
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  • Have you ever come to that place in your life
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  • Where you felt like god had told you something,
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  • God had promised you something,
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  • But now things weren't working out
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  • Like you thought they ought to?
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  • You pray and you pray and something just seems not right,
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  • It seems like god is not answering his promise to you,
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  • That's how daniel felt.
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  • And so he spent an extended period of time
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  • In prayer and fasting.
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  • By the way, can i say this?
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  • This verse ought to put to myth
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  • Or ought to put to rest the myth that
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  • If something is in god's will, it's going to be easy.
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  • You know, sometimes we think,
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  • Well, if it's god's will, it's going to be easy,
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  • And therefore, if we're struggling,
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  • If we're having difficulty, this must not be god's will.
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  • God's will is not always easy.
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  • I mean, it's not always easy to stay in a troubled marriage.
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  • It's not always easy to start that new career.
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  • It's not always easy to make that move to a new city.
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  • It's not always easy to build a new campus
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  • In the heart of downtown dallas.
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  • And just because something requires
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  • Struggle and work and effort
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  • Does not mean it's not god's will.
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  • It wasn't easy going back to jerusalem
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  • And rebuilding this temple, but it was god's will.
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  • And daniel was discouraged,
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  • He didn't know if god was going to fulfill this promise or not.
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  • And so look what happened,
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  • He received a heavenly visitor.
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  • Look at beginning in verse five,
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  • "i lifted up my eyes," remember he's in the midst
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  • Of this time of prayer and fasting,
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  • "i lifted my eyes and looked,
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  • And behold there was a certain man dressed in linen
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  • Whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold, an uphaz.
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  • His body was like beryl,
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  • His face had the appearance of lightning,
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  • His eyes were like flaming torches,
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  • His arms and his feet, the gleam of polished bronze
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  • And the sound of his words were like the sound of a tumult.
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  • Now, i, daniel alone saw the vision
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  • While the men who were with me did not see the vision,
  • 00:11:39.621 --> 00:11:42.557
  • Nevertheless, a great dread fell on them
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  • And they ran away to hide for themselves."
  • 00:11:45.226 --> 00:11:49.464
  • Now, what was it that daniel saw?
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  • Who was it that daniel that caused such dread
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  • And later left daniel almost lifeless?
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  • Well, from the description it's very clear whom daniel saw.
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  • And if you don't have it in mind yet,
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  • Turn over to revelation 1, beginning with verse 12.
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  • Revelation 1, beginning with verse 12,
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  • Look at this description.
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  • Remember, john had been exiled to the island of patmos
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  • And he was there because he refused to bow down
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  • Before the emperor?
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  • And it was there while he was in exile on patmos
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  • That somebody appeared to him?
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  • It was the lord jesus christ.
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  • And look at the description in verse 12,
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  • John says, "then i turn to see the voice
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  • That was speaking with me.
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  • And having turned, i saw seven golden lampstands.
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  • And in the middle of the lampstands
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  • I saw one like a son of man,
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  • Clothed in a robe reaching to the feet
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  • And girded across his chest with a golden sash.
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  • His head and his hair were white like wool like snow,
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  • And his eyes were like a flame of fire.
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  • His feet were like burnished bronze
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  • When it had been made to glow in a furnace,
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  • And his voice was like the sound of many waters."
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  • Now look at verse 16,
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  • "in his right hand, he held seven stars
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  • And out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword
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  • And his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
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  • When i saw him, i fell at his feet like a dead man
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  • And he placed his right hand on me saying,
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  • 'do not be afraid,
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  • I'm the first and the last, and the living one,
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  • And i was dead and behold, i am alive forevermore,
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  • And i have the keys of death and of hades,'"
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  • Verse 19, "therefore, write the things which you have seen,
  • 00:13:35.303 --> 00:13:39.040
  • The things which are,
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  • The things which shall take place after these things,"
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  • That's an outline right there of the book of revelation.
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  • And then he says in verse 20,
  • 00:13:45.747 --> 00:13:47.282
  • "as for the mystery of the seven stars,
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  • Which you saw in my right hand,
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  • And the seven golden lampstands,
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  • The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches
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  • And the seven lampstands are the seven churches."
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  • I can never read this passage
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  • Without remembering a profound happening in my life
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  • A little over five years ago.
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  • It was the spring of 2007,
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  • And for months i had been talking
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  • With the pastor search committee of this church
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  • About coming here as pastor.
  • 00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:28.656
  • And we had had a number of meetings
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  • And i'd already planned a trip
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  • With my church in wichita falls
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  • To take them to retrace the journeys of paul
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  • That we're going to take this coming summer,
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  • Including the island of patmos.
  • 00:14:42.437 --> 00:14:45.106
  • And the night before
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  • I was scheduled to leave on that two week trip,
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  • The night before i left,
  • 00:14:49.911 --> 00:14:51.913
  • I received a telephone call from larry mclaughlin,
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  • The chairman of the pastor search committee here,
  • 00:14:54.716 --> 00:14:57.352
  • And he said, "we have prayed, we have deliberated,
  • 00:14:57.352 --> 00:15:00.855
  • We feel like that you're god's man
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  • To be the pastor of our church."
  • 00:15:03.558 --> 00:15:06.694
  • And so i said, well, i'm leaving on this trip tomorrow.
  • 00:15:06.694 --> 00:15:09.964
  • And he said, "well, when you get back,
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  • We want to visit with you."
  • 00:15:11.733 --> 00:15:13.935
  • And so i had two weeks to think about that
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  • By myself on that trip.
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  • And i don't know
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  • If you've ever had this experience before or not,
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  • Where you knew something was god's will.
  • 00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:28.082
  • I had no doubt it was god's will
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  • For me to come here as pastor,
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  • That was no matter of doubt at all for me.
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  • It was not a question of whether it was god's will,
  • 00:15:36.824 --> 00:15:40.561
  • The struggle i had was, am i going to obey god's will?
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  • Have you ever had that experience?
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  • You knew what you were supposed to do.
  • 00:15:48.036 --> 00:15:50.405
  • The question is, were you going to do it?
  • 00:15:50.405 --> 00:15:53.107
  • And it was a struggle for me because,
  • 00:15:53.908 --> 00:15:56.044
  • Quite frankly, i mean i knew if i came here,
  • 00:15:56.044 --> 00:15:58.646
  • I knew the tremendous challenge that was before me
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  • In the church.
  • 00:16:01.883 --> 00:16:03.985
  • I looked at the past history
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  • And realized some had gone before me
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  • That had a difficult time here.
  • 00:16:07.822 --> 00:16:10.391
  • And i really wonder, do i want to
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  • Put my future ministry in jeopardy?
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  • Do i want to take the risk
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  • And come to this church
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  • Even though i knew it was god's will?
  • 00:16:18.866 --> 00:16:21.769
  • And for two weeks i struggled with that on that trip.
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  • And one friday afternoon,
  • 00:16:25.973 --> 00:16:28.076
  • Our ship docked at the island of patmos
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  • And we went down into the cave where john was,
  • 00:16:32.713 --> 00:16:36.984
  • Where he received this vision of the lord jesus christ.
  • 00:16:36.984 --> 00:16:41.689
  • And i sat on a concrete bench
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  • And i looked at a artistic rendering
  • 00:16:43.624 --> 00:16:46.127
  • On the wall of that cave of this event,
  • 00:16:46.127 --> 00:16:49.030
  • The very spot where the lord had come and appeared to john,
  • 00:16:49.030 --> 00:16:52.567
  • And there was an artistic rendering
  • 00:16:52.567 --> 00:16:54.068
  • Of the lord standing there,
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  • And in his right hand were the seven stars,
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  • The seven angels, the seven pastors of those seven churches,
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  • That's what the word means.
  • 00:17:03.711 --> 00:17:05.513
  • As i sat there and i looked at that picture
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  • And i saw the lord with those seven pastors,
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  • Those seven stars in his hands,
  • 00:17:12.653 --> 00:17:15.957
  • It's as if god said to me, so clearly,
  • 00:17:16.791 --> 00:17:20.428
  • "robert, this is not your decision.
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  • I hold the pastors in my hand
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  • And i'm the one who decides where they go.
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  • I'm the one who distributes the pastor
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  • To the church assignment i've given him,
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  • You don't have any say about that."
  • 00:17:34.976 --> 00:17:38.179
  • And it is as if god said to me,
  • 00:17:38.813 --> 00:17:40.414
  • "but if you will follow me
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  • And obey what you know to be god's will,
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  • I'm going to keep you in my hand.
  • 00:17:44.785 --> 00:17:46.988
  • I'm going to protect you and i'm going to bless what you do."
  • 00:17:46.988 --> 00:17:51.492
  • And i so am so grateful,
  • 00:17:51.993 --> 00:17:54.462
  • I'm so grateful i listened to the voice of god
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  • And came here.
  • 00:17:57.732 --> 00:17:59.200
  • 'cause had i not listened to god's voice to me,
  • 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:01.669
  • I would've missed out on the greatest blessing,
  • 00:18:01.669 --> 00:18:04.138
  • The greatest experience of my life,
  • 00:18:04.138 --> 00:18:06.474
  • Being the pastor of this church and being your pastor.
  • 00:18:06.474 --> 00:18:10.144
  • That's what jesus did for me that afternoon,
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  • And that's what he had done for 2000 years before that,
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  • With the apostle john in that same spot.
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  • He said, "john, i'm getting ready to show you
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  • Some terrible things that are yet to happen,
  • 00:18:22.924 --> 00:18:25.393
  • But john, you don't have to be discouraged,
  • 00:18:25.393 --> 00:18:27.828
  • Because you're in my hand
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  • And i am going to work out my plan in your life
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  • And in the universe as well."
  • 00:18:32.633 --> 00:18:35.169
  • And the reason jesus appeared to john at patmos
  • 00:18:35.169 --> 00:18:39.807
  • Was to encourage him that he was still in control.
  • 00:18:39.807 --> 00:18:43.044
  • And that's the reason that
  • 00:18:43.044 --> 00:18:44.612
  • God, jesus appeared to daniel earlier, 500 years earlier.
  • 00:18:44.612 --> 00:18:49.016
  • He said, "i'm getting ready to show you a vision
  • 00:18:49.016 --> 00:18:51.419
  • Of things you're not going to completely understand,
  • 00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:53.588
  • They're frightening, but know that i am in control."
  • 00:18:53.588 --> 00:18:57.458
  • Ladies and gentlemen, do you have that assurance?
  • 00:18:57.458 --> 00:18:59.360
  • Do you know god is in control of your life?
  • 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:02.430
  • And that's why jesus appeared to the prophet daniel here.
  • 00:19:02.430 --> 00:19:06.400
  • Now look at verses eight to nine, he says,
  • 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.836
  • "so i was left alone and i saw this great vision,
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  • Yet no strength was left in me
  • 00:19:12.673 --> 00:19:14.742
  • For my natural color turned to a deathly pallor
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  • And i retained no strength,
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  • But i heard the sound of his words,
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  • And as soon as i heard the sound of his words,
  • 00:19:21.649 --> 00:19:23.784
  • I fell into a deep sleep on my face,
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  • With my face to the ground."
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  • This is what happens
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  • When somebody comes face to face with god.
  • 00:19:30.191 --> 00:19:33.761
  • You know, when you really come face to face with god,
  • 00:19:33.761 --> 00:19:36.897
  • You can't help but tremble and fall to your knees.
  • 00:19:36.897 --> 00:19:39.634
  • Remember the story of isaiah, isaiah 6
  • 00:19:39.634 --> 00:19:42.403
  • When isaiah saw that vision of the lord, high and lifted up,
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  • The train of his robe filling the temple,
  • 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:48.009
  • The angels flying around singing, holy, holy, holy?
  • 00:19:48.009 --> 00:19:51.979
  • What did isaiah do?
  • 00:19:51.979 --> 00:19:53.314
  • He fell to his feet and said,
  • 00:19:53.314 --> 00:19:54.782
  • "woe is me for i'm a man of unclean lips."
  • 00:19:54.782 --> 00:19:58.452
  • None of us is worthy to stand in the presence of god.
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  • John wasn't, daniel wasn't, we aren't.
  • 00:20:02.223 --> 00:20:05.159
  • The bible says, "we've all sinned,
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  • We've all fallen short of the glory of god.
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  • It is only when we wrap ourselves
  • 00:20:09.130 --> 00:20:11.198
  • In the righteousness of jesus christ
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  • That we are worthy to stand in his presence."
  • 00:20:13.801 --> 00:20:17.238
  • So john was left as a dead man after this.
  • 00:20:17.238 --> 00:20:21.042
  • So what happened?
  • 00:20:21.042 --> 00:20:22.510
  • Look, in verses 10 to 21, he had just seen a vision
  • 00:20:22.510 --> 00:20:26.113
  • Of the resurrected christ,
  • 00:20:26.113 --> 00:20:27.581
  • Now god sends a heavenly helper to help daniel
  • 00:20:27.581 --> 00:20:32.019
  • As well as reveal the vision to him of the future.
  • 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:35.056
  • Look at verse 10, "then behold a man touched me
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  • And set me trembling on my hands and knees.
  • 00:20:38.693 --> 00:20:41.529
  • And he said to me, 'o, daniel man of high esteem,
  • 00:20:41.529 --> 00:20:46.334
  • Understand the words that i'm about to tell you
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  • And stand upright for i have now been sent to you.'
  • 00:20:49.170 --> 00:20:53.307
  • And when he had spoken this word to me,
  • 00:20:53.307 --> 00:20:55.810
  • I stood up trembling."
  • 00:20:55.810 --> 00:20:57.645
  • Now i want you to underline the phrase in verse 11,
  • 00:20:57.645 --> 00:21:00.448
  • "man of high esteem."
  • 00:21:00.448 --> 00:21:03.451
  • This is a phrase that is used repeatedly to describe daniel,
  • 00:21:03.451 --> 00:21:07.521
  • And specifically it is how god viewed daniel.
  • 00:21:07.521 --> 00:21:12.426
  • He thought of him as a man worthy of esteem.
  • 00:21:12.426 --> 00:21:18.065
  • And you know, we had this idea
  • 00:21:18.699 --> 00:21:20.768
  • That god loves everybody in the same way.
  • 00:21:21.569 --> 00:21:25.005
  • Did you know that is not true?
  • 00:21:25.005 --> 00:21:27.141
  • God does not love all of his children
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  • In the same way at all.
  • 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:33.514
  • And just like you and i don't have the same feeling
  • 00:21:33.514 --> 00:21:36.984
  • About all of our children necessarily, i mean as a parent.
  • 00:21:36.984 --> 00:21:41.522
  • Now be honest, although you love your children,
  • 00:21:41.522 --> 00:21:45.593
  • Aren't you naturally drawn
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  • To that child who's obedient to you,
  • 00:21:48.829 --> 00:21:51.232
  • To that child who wants to spend time with you,
  • 00:21:52.166 --> 00:21:54.869
  • To that child who has a desire to please you,
  • 00:21:54.869 --> 00:21:58.038
  • As opposed to a child who wants to do,
  • 00:21:58.038 --> 00:22:00.441
  • Have nothing to do with you,
  • 00:22:00.441 --> 00:22:01.842
  • That a child is constantly rebelling against you,
  • 00:22:01.842 --> 00:22:04.678
  • A child who has no interest in following your will?
  • 00:22:04.678 --> 00:22:08.482
  • Aren't you naturally drawn to children who love you,
  • 00:22:08.482 --> 00:22:12.119
  • Who want to spend time with you
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  • And who want to obey you, aren't you?
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  • Of course you are.
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  • You know the reason we feel that way?
  • 00:22:17.725 --> 00:22:19.960
  • It's not because of our ungodliness,
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  • It's because of our god likeness,
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  • We are made in the image of god.
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  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:30.004
  • Looking at daniel 10 reminds us about the invisible war
  • 00:22:31.105 --> 00:22:34.942
  • Raging in our lives today.
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  • And it's just one more reason to remain diligent
  • 00:22:37.645 --> 00:22:40.448
  • As the day of the lord's return draws near.
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  • As we conclude another day of bible study together,
  • 00:22:43.851 --> 00:22:46.954
  • Let me share an encouraging note
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  • I received from mark in montana.
  • 00:22:48.489 --> 00:22:50.891
  • He wrote, "thank you very much for the ministry resources
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  • You've sent out to my wife and me.
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  • We appreciate the things that you have said to us.
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  • I'm a disabled vietnam veteran
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  • And my wife and i enjoy watching your show
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  • Whenever it is on.
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  • It gives us a sense of enjoyment and knowledge.
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  • Thank you for all that you do, and god bless you also."
  • 00:23:09.343 --> 00:23:13.347
  • Well, thank you, mark for that kind note.
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  • And thank you friends
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  • For your financial investment in this ministry.
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  • Our world is spinning out of control,
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  • Speaking up for biblical truth
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  • Often leads to tremendous backlash.
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  • Nebuchadnezzar, first of all, changed daniel
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  • And his three friends names,
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  • Secondly, he changed their culture, their education,
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  • And finally he asked them to change their diet.
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  • And this is where daniel drew the line.
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  • He was not going to disobey god's law.
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  • In these dark and confusing days,
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  • Christians need the courage to stand in the gap,
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  • Like daniel.
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  • In an increasingly hostile culture.
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  • Daniel was a young prophet who spoke boldly for god,
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  • And i believe his story will fill you with courage,
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  • Inspire you to be steadfast,
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  • In these challenging days,
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  • And to pierce the darkness with the light of god's word.
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  • As a pastor
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  • And the shepherd of a local flock of believers,
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  • I'm often shocked by the well, naivete of some christians.
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  • Sometimes believers are completely oblivious
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  • To the spiritual battle raging within.
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  • And this study from daniel 10
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  • Is a harsh wake up call for many.
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  • There is an invisible enemy trying to take you down,
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  • And all of us need to prepare for battle.
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  • I hope you'll make plans to join us again next time
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  • For the conclusion of this important study.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • On "pathway to victory."
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  • Make no mistake about it, satan is after you,
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  • He has a blueprint for your destruction,
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  • That includes the defilement of your conscience,
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  • Dividing your family,
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  • Destroying your relationship with god,
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  • And he will not give up until he has succeeded.
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  • Daniel 10 is a reminder of that invisible but very real war
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  • That is going on in your life.
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