Transcript THE MOST WONDERFUL PROPHECY IN THE BIBLE

THE MOST WONDERFUL
PROPHECY IN THE BIBLE
The Most Wonderful Prophecy in the Bible
The 18th study in the series.
Studies written by William Carey.
Presentation by Michael Salzman.
All texts are from the New King James
version.
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What does prophecy tell us abut the
future?
Daniel 8:3-14
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and
there, standing beside the river, was a
ram which had two horns, and the two
horns were high; but one was higher
than the other, and the higher one
came up last.
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4- I saw the ram pushing westward,
northward, and southward, so that no
animal could withstand him; nor was
there any that could deliver from his
hand, but he did according to his will
and became great.
5- And as I was considering, suddenly a
male goat came from the west, across
the surface of the whole earth, without
touching the ground; and the goat had
a notable horn between his eyes.
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6- Then he came to the ram that had two
horns, which I had seen standing
beside the river, and ran at him with
furious power.
7- And I saw him confronting the ram; he
was moved with rage against him,
attacked the ram, and broke his two
horns.
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There was no power in the ram to
withstand him, but he cast him
down to the ground and trampled
him; and there was no one that
could deliver the ram from his
hand.
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8- Therefore the male goat grew very
great; but when he became strong, the
large horn was broken, and in place of
it four notable ones came up toward the
four winds of heaven.
9- And out of one of them came a little
horn which grew exceedingly great
toward the south, toward the east, and
toward the Glorious Land.
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10- And it grew up to the host of heaven;
and it cast down some of the host and
some of the stars to the ground, and
trampled them.
11- He even exalted himself as high as
the Prince of the host; and by him the
daily sacrifices were taken away, and
the place of His sanctuary was cast
down.
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12- Because of transgression, an army
was given over to the horn to oppose
the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth
down to the ground. He did all this and
prospered.
13- Then I heard a holy one speaking;
and another holy one said to that
certain one who was speaking,
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“How long will the vision be,
concerning the daily sacrifices and the
transgression of desolation, the giving
of both the sanctuary and the host to
be trampled underfoot?”
14- And he said to me, “For two thousand
three hundred days; then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed.”
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In Daniel 8 is recorded the vision
wherein the prophet was shown the
future under four graphic scenes. In
the first, he saw a ram with two horns.
In the second, a goat with a great horn
between his eyes came from the west
and completely overpowered the ram.
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After this Daniel saw this great horn
broken, and four others came up in its
place on the head of this goat. In the
third scene, he saw a little horn which
came forth from one of these four
horns, and in the end became a greater
power than either the ram or the goat.
In the fourth scene he was told that
unto 2300 days, then the sanctuary
would be cleansed.
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Who explained this vision to Daniel?
Daniel 8:16
And I heard a man’s voice between the
banks of Ulai, who called, and said,
“Gabriel, make this man understand the
vision.”
The angel Gabriel was commanded to
explain the meaning of these things.
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Who was the ram?
Daniel 8:20
“The ram which you saw, having two
horns -- they are the kings of Media and
Persia.
The ram was a representation of the
kingdom of Medo-Persia which ruled
the ancient world from 538 to 331 BC.
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Who was the goat?
Daniel 8:21
“And the male goat is the king of
Greece. The large horn that is between
its eyes is the first king.
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The goat was Greece, which conquered
Persia in 331 BC, and the great horn on
the goat was the first king of the
Grecian world empire, Alexander the
Great.
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Who were the four horns on the goat?
Daniel 8:22
“ As for the broken horn and the four
that stood up in its place, four
kingdoms shall arise out of that nation,
but not with its power.
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The four horns which came up when
the great horn was broken, were the
four parts into which the Grecian
Empire was divided after Alexander’s
death.
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Who was the little horn?
Daniel 8:23
“And in the latter time of their kingdom,
When the transgressors have reached
their fullness, A king shall arise, Having
fierce features, Who understands
sinister schemes.
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The little horn that became greater than
either the ram or the goat was the
Roman power, which became greater
than Persia or Grecia had ever been.
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What happen to Daniel that he did not
learn about the 2300 days at this time?
Daniel 8:26,27
“And the vision of the evening and the
morning Which was told is true;
Therefore seal up the vision, For it
refers to many days in the future.”
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27- And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for
days; afterward I arose and went about
the king’s business. I was astonished
by the vision, but no one understood it.
Gabriel did not explain the 2300 days at
this time because Daniel fainted when
the angel reached that point in the
vision.
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Who came to tell Daniel about the 2300
days of the vision?
Daniel 9:20-22
Now while I was speaking, praying, and
confessing my sin and the sin of my
people Israel, and presenting my
supplication before the LORD my God
for the holy mountain of my God,
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21- Yes, while I was speaking in prayer,
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in
the vision at the beginning, being
caused to fly swiftly, reached me about
the time of the evening offering.
22- And he informed me, and talked with
me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now
come forth to give you skill to
understand.
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It was Gabriel who returned to Daniel to
explain the 2300 days of the vision.
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How much time was given to the Jews
in this Bible prophecy?
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined For your
people and for your holy city, To finish
the transgression, To make an end of
sins, To make reconciliation for
iniquity, To bring in everlasting
righteousness, To seal up the vision
and prophecy, And to anoint the Most
Holy.
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Seventy weeks of the 2300 days were
allotted to the Jews as their day of
special opportunity. In Bible prophecy,
according to the Bible rule of prophetic
interpretation, we are to count each day
for a year, Eze.4:6; Num. 14:34. So 70
weeks would be (7X70) 490 years, and
2300 days would be 2300 years. These
70 weeks would be the first 490 years
of the 2300 years of Daniel 8:14.
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When did the 2300 years begin?
Daniel 9:25 (first part)
“Know therefore and understand, That
from the going forth of the command
To restore and to build Jerusalem . . .
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This time period was to be reckoned
from the time when the decree would
go forth to restore and to build
Jerusalem, which at the time of Daniel’s
vision was in ruins.
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When was the decree to rebuild made?
Ezra 6:14; 7:6-8
So the elders of the Jews built, and
they prospered through the
prophesying of Haggai the prophet and
Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they
built, and finished it, according to the
commandment of the God of Israel,
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and according to the command of
Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of
Persia.
7:6- this Ezra came up from Babylon; and
he was a skilled scribe in the Law of
Moses, which the LORD God of Israel
had given. The king granted him all his
request, according to the hand of the
LORD his God upon him.
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7- Some of the children of Israel, the
priests, the Levites, the singers, the
gatekeepers, and the Nethinims came
up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of
King Artaxerxes.
8- And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the
fifth month, which was in the seventh
year of the king.
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This decree, providing for the
restoration of the Jewish state at
Jerusalem, went forth in the autumn of
457 BC in the seventh year of
Artaxerxes.
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What was to happen at the end of 89
weeks?
Daniel 9:25
Know therefore and understand, That
from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem Until
Messiah the Prince, There shall be
seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The
street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
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The Messiah was to appear to men 69
weeks, or 483 years, from the time
when that decree for the restoration of
Jerusalem would go forth. 483 years
from the autumn of 457 BC brings us to
the autumn of AD 27, and at that very
time Jesus was baptized and became
the Anointed (Messiah, and Christ, both
mean “anointed”, see John 1:41,
margin in KJV) Matt. 3:16,17, Acts
10:38.
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Thus Daniel foretold 565 years
beforehand the exact time when Christ,
the Messiah, would appear to Israel.
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Did Jesus know that he came to fulfill
prophecy?
Mark 1:14,15
Now after John was put in prison,
Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the
gospel of the kingdom of God,
15- and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent,
and believe in the gospel.”
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Christ recognized that He appeared and
began His work at the time that had
been set or determined beforehand by
the Lord through Daniel.
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What happens to the Messiah?
Daniel 9:26,27
“And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah
shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to
come Shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a
flood, And till the end of the war
desolations are determined.
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27- Then he shall confirm a covenant with
many for one week; But in the middle of
the week He shall bring an end to
sacrifice and offering. And on the wing
of abominations shall be one who
makes desolate, Even until the
consummation, which is determined, Is
poured out on the desolate.”
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In the middle of this 70th week, which
began with the baptism of Jesus, the
Messiah would cause the sacrifice of
lambs as a sin-offering to cease by the
offering of Himself as the sin-offering
for man’s sins. The middle of this
70thweek would be 3 ½ years from the
autumn of AD 27, when the 69 weeks
ended. That would bring us to the
spring of AD 31.
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And at that very time, just as Daniel
predicted, the Messiah was cut off, or
crucified for our sins. The remaining 3
½ years of this 70th week would bring
us to the autumn of AD 34, when the
time of Israel’s opportunity expired, and
then the gospel was to go to the
Gentiles.
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When you deduct the 70 weeks, or 490
years, from the 2300 years, you have
1810 years left. This 1810 added to 34,
brings us down to the autumn of 1844,
to the end of the 2300 days, or years,
and to the time set for the cleansing of
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Do you find it interesting that Daniel
predicted that the Messiah would come
to Israel in A.D. 27? Do you find it
interesting that the prophecy extends
all the way to 1844?
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