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Join Bob George in this chapter by chapter exposition of the book of Hebrews. Available for download the complete series on the Book of Hebrews. The Book of Hebrews is key to understanding the New Covenant.

 

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If you didn’t have a will today, then you would be a robot. God refused to make robots aren’t you glad of that? He created us in such a way whereby we could be the recipient of God’s love and we can also love him back, which is different than a robot can do. You can have a television set that is functionally pleasing to me as the owner, it’s functionally pleasing but it is not morally pleasing at all, it can’t talk back to me. You can even have a dog that is functionally pleasing to you. But the dog is certainly not morally pleasing to you. And you can only have a partial relationship there. But when God created man, He gave man a will. That means that a man has the choice as to whether he’s going to choose God or not choose God, there was a gamble with that. But the alternative to the gamble is a robot. He gave the same thing to angels. So in God’s foreknowledge, he knew full well that at age 36, I was going to come to know him as my personal Lord and Savior. Now, that means that until that time, there had to be some protection on you and me, because as dumb as we are, we get in all kinds of things we shouldn’t, shouldn’t we? And I can remember one time driving down to Florida at Spring Break, when I was in school, we were kind of the forerunner of some of these movies that you saw. And all of that took place during my college days, we were some of the first ones to ever go down there, the big 10 Swimming teams brought that about, so we got to go down and terrorize the beaches. And so I was on my way down there, and rolled over three times in a convertible, the convertible landed on my right shoulder. I lifted up the car, in order to get out. Now I don’t know how to lift up cars. And, and believe me, I’m just not that strong. But I lifted up a car to get my shoulder out from under it and walked out without a scratch on me. I can tell you other examples in my life where I know full well that I was saved from death. Now I did not know why. Today, I do know why. And I believe with all my heart that in the foreknowledge of God knowing not only what he had in mind, for me at salvation, but for me beyond salvation, that there was a protection that had to be on your in my life in order to keep us alive until that event occurred. And that’s the job of ministering angels. And so I did not see a glimmer of light. Nor did I hear a trumpet sound and said, This is Gabriel. But I do know full well of supernatural events that take place in your life and in mine, that there’s no explanation for them outside of the fact that God is preserving something. So that is a function of angels. You’re also going to see in this Archangel Gabriel, that other functions that they have been given is in being able to, from the mind of God, obviously God relating to them, what is going to be occurring in the future, if there is such a thing to them as future and past to God, we live in an element of time, we will have been created with that limitation where we have time limitation we have a future and a and a past and, and the 1990 and 1992, God doesn’t have that it just all one big deal to him. He doesn’t live limited by time and space. But at any rate, to minister to us who live in this realm of time and space, he certainly gave angels the ability to know what prophetically was going to be occurring. And to create that and to interpret that and to pass it on as God wanted it passed on.

So one of these events was in this 70 weeks of Daniel, it’s a prophecy possibly some of you are aware of it and some of you are not. But hopefully today after we get through, at least you’ll be more aware of it. And so let’s turn to the book of Daniel. That’s about halfway in your Bible. If you have an NIV it’s around page two and 1230 There’s an index in the front of your Bible that you know where that is. Don’t feel embarrassed to look it up. Found it in Daniel, that’s in the Old Testament it was written by God. Okay, I’ve narrowed it down. This is a prophecy. The meaning of which was revealed by this angel Gabriel to the prophet Daniel is It is probably, in my opinion, one of the most amazing prophecies in the Scripture. If you have a pencil or a pen, or some paper on there and desire to take some notes, it will be helpful to you as you go along as we study this together. This prophecy to me, is probably one of the most ideal examples of the inerrancy of the Word of God and a biblical prophecy. And it’s an unbelievably fascinating study on the validity of the Word of God. You’re going to see in this prophecy that the prophet Daniel predicted the restoration of the city of Jerusalem that had been totally decimated about 170 years prior to the event occurring. He also prophesied at that particular point, the absolute and specific time of the coming of the Messiah, the promised Savior, and that was done over 600 years before it happened. The detailed accuracy of this prophecy makes it therefore in my mind, one of the most remarkable passages in the Word of God. It is a prophecy that many times people will use to go to people who have been raised in Judaism who have not yet received Christ as their Messiah, and yet certainly believe, in the veracity and the validity of the Old Testament scriptures, to be able to take a person to this prophecy, and to show them how that it would be impossible for the Messiah to come after 70 AD. And if that is true, why then you’re going to have to conclude that the Messiah, that Orthodox Judaism, as an example is still looking for, would be impossible for the Messiah to come prior to 70 AD. You’re also going to see in this prophecy that when the temple and Jerusalem was destroyed, which this prophecy brings out in 70 ad, that all of the genealogies that were kept in unbelievable detail, and they were kept and stored in the temple, because the Messiah had to come out of the Davidic bloodline. And the only way you would ever know whether someone came out of a bloodline is through the intricate keeping of the genealogies, and so they were kept in depth in the temple. Therefore, when the temple was destroyed, all of the genealogies were destroyed. And therefore, because there are no genealogies beyond that point, they’re all gone, they were destroyed. If someone came today, and claimed to be the Messiah, you would have no proof of his lineage, and therefore no proof of his claims. And so the Messiah had to come in order to be proven that he was the Messiah prior to 70 AD. Now in the 70, you’re going to see this referred to as the 70 weeks of Daniel. And you’re going to see the last week, the 70th week as it relates to end times.

We’re going to deal at the beginning of this lesson with the first 69 weeks. These 69 weeks are going to be broken up and we’ll see that as we get into it. I’m kind of kind of forewarning you as to what to look for here. You’re gonna see as we read this, that in the Bible, the weeks when it refers to as a week refers to a week of sevens. In other words, seven times seven it is a week is years, years of sevens. So a week was referred to as seven years. If you will remember in the scripture that when when you had the when you had Jacob that was working for Rachel and Leah, that it said he worked for a week he worked for seven years. It was very clear in that so a week of sevens means a week is seven years. So you’re going to see in this prophecy, two breakdowns you’re going to see a seven weeks. It says that when the Messiah, there will be seven weeks, and then there’s going to be 62 weeks, that seven is seven times seven, that’s 49 years. And the 62 weeks is 434 years. You’re going to see those two broken down. And you say, Well, what is the significance of that? Well, I’ll show you what the significance is. But keep in mind when it says seven weeks and 62 weeks, you’re talking about 49 years and 434 years.

Now let’s go to the prophecy itself in Daniel nine. And we’ll start in verse 20. Chapter Nine, verse 20. While I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, Israel, and making my request to the Lord my God for His holy hill, and while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, there’s the angel, the man I had seen in an earlier vision, came to me in swift flight, about the time of the evening sacrifice. He instructed me and said to me, Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore consider the message and understand the vision. 70 sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy One 70 sevens.

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Bob George 13:34
Know and understand this. Here’s the deal from the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One. In other words, until Messiah the Prince is King James puts it between the time the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince comes, there will be seven sevens and 62 sevens. Now, there is your seven sevens, that’s what? How many years? 49 years, and 62 sevens which is 434 years. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the 62 sevens, the Anointed One will be cut off and he will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come, there’s your Titus army will destroy the city and the sanctuary and the end will come like a flood.

Now let’s take a look because we’re going to be dealing with these seven weeks these 49 years and these 62 weeks these 434 years. Let’s go back. First of all, let’s just stop here for a minute. And I want us to think through what’s been read there. According to this prophecy, you are to know and to discern, he said, from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, in other words, Jerusalem was flattened, it’s gone, there’s going to be a decree that has to be issued by the king by some king, sometime in the future, to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem. And it says, from the issuing of that decree to restore and build Jerusalem, until Messiah the Prince comes, there will be seven weeks, and 62 weeks, in other words, a total of 69 weeks, or 483 years, if you add those two together. Now think about it for a minute, let’s go what had to occur before Messiah the Prince would come then? There was a total prediction that the Messiah was going to come. We already know that, according to prophecy, the Messiah has to come. Before the Messiah comes, what had to occur? What’s the first thing that had to occur? The issuing of what? Of a decree. And what was the nature of that decree? That before the Messiah came, you’re going to be talking about an issue of had to be a decree had to be issued to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. And from that point on, the Messiah is going to come in what amounts to 483 years, that’s pretty specific isn’t it. I mean, that’s pretty good. In 483 years, after the the restoration of Jerusalem, Jesus is going to come, the Messiah is going to come. That’s pretty good prophecy. Now back in those days, unlike today, I wish sometimes they were still doing that. But Prophets got stoned, who gave out bad information. Today, most of what I hear, I think are stone before they get out information, but I’m not sure about that. Now back to their the weeks in Daniel, that’s the very same Hebrew word that we talked about that was used in the book of Genesis, where Jacob, remember worked for Leah and for Rachel, that was one week each that was seven years. Then it was there for saying then that in this span from the issuance of this commandment to build the city until Messiah, the Prince, there would be a total of 483 years it would be broken down in two segments, one 49 years and one 434 years.

Now let’s just go back and see is there a decree? Let’s go back to Nehemiah. We all got it? Nehemiah two. In the month of Nissan in the 20th year of King Artaxerxes. When wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Nehemiah was a servant of King Artaxerxes. I had not been sad in his presence before so the king asked me Why does your face look so sad when you’re not ill? That’s a good question, isn’t it? Can this can be nothing but sadness of heart. Maybe had a chemical imbalance I’m not sure. Sadness of heart. I was very much afraid. But I said to the king, May the king live forever. Why should my face not look sad when the city where my father’s are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire. The king said to me, what is it that you want? Then I prayed to the God of heaven. And I answered the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant is found favor any sight, let him send me to the city and Judah where my fathers are buried so that I can rebuild it. Then the king with the queen sitting beside him asked me, How long will your journey take and when will you get back? It please the king to send me so I set a time. I also said to him if it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates so that they will provide me safe conduct until until I arrive in Judah and may I have a letter to Asap keeper of the kings forests so that he will give me timber and make beams for the gates by the temple and for the city wall and for the residents I will occupy? Man He not only asked for permission he he was getting all of his materials in advance. And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my request. So I went to the governor of Trans-Euphrates and gave them the Kings letters, the king had also sent an army officers and Calvary with me. So a decree was made by King Artaxerxes to His Prophet Nehemiah to rebuild and restore Jerusalem.

Well, that’s interesting isn’t it? Now, though, so we have to figure well, we now know that in the Scripture, there was a decree that was made to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem. And it said that that was made in the month of Nissan in the 20th. year of the reign of King Artaxerxes. Now, friends, that is historical fact. And so, King Artaxerxes, by history itself, reigned 40 years. He reigned from 465 BC to 425 BC. So the 20th year of the reign of King Arthur Xerxes, as the prophesy said, was 445 BC, the Hebrew month of Nissan is equivalent to our month of March. And the first of Nissan in 445 BC, fell on March the 14th. Now, this information was collected by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, as they traced back these things to the actual time. So we therefore know by absolute historical fact that the king Artaxerxes decree to rebuild Jerusalem was given to Nehemiah on March the 14th 445 BC. That’s even is not up for debate. That’s a historical fact that you could go back to historical record and determine. So on 445 BC, the decree was issued to restore Jerusalem. Now guess how many years it took to do that? How many years do you think it took to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem? Well, it took 49 years, the first seven of sevens in which the prophecy said at the end of that time, at the end of that 70 of sevens, what was going to happen? Well, it’s said that you’re going to be, it’s going to be cut off. 70 sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, bring in everlasting righteousness, seal up a vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. Well, that’s through that period of time, that the end of the building and restoration of, of Jerusalem is at the end of the Old Testament. And from that point on, you had total silent years, for a period of 434 years until Messiah came. It was called the silent years, Jerusalem, Israel was rebuilt in 49 years, the first seven of sevens. And that’s, that’s the end of it, you don’t hear anymore. The book of Micah, you don’t hear any more, until the coming of the Messiah 443 years later. Two prophecies seven of seven, 49 years. That’s how long it took to build and restore Jerusalem 434 years from the final restoration, until the coming of the Messiah was going to be exactly 443 more years.

Now, let’s see how that works out in experience. The Biblical Hebrew calendar that was used by Daniel, unlike our calendar today had 360 days a year in it rather than our 365. So if you take 483 years, times 360 days, you come up with 173,880 days. So we know something. From the time of the issuance of the decree by somebody, this was 170 years prior to anything going on 473 from the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah was going to come was going to be 173,880 days. Now once again, historical fact proves that in the 20th year of the reign of current king Artaxerxes equated to March 14, 445 BC. You go forward 173,880 days and you come to April 6, 32 AD, which is the day that Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem declaring himself as the Messiah. Not a bad prophecy, isn’t it. Rejoice greatly. It says in Zachariah Oh daughter of Zion shout in triumph, Oh daughter of Jerusalem, Behold, your King is coming to you, He is just and endowed with salvation humble and mounted on a donkey. Even on a coat the foul of a donkey. Zachariah prophesied hundreds of years before April 6, 32 AD, that the Messiah humble in spirit, full of salvation. Endowed with salvation humble, mounted on a donkey would enter and announce his kingdom. Who would ever think a king would go and announce His kingdom on a donkey? Prophesied hundreds of years before the event. My friends, Jesus did not come by accident. It was all in the mind and the heart of the plan of God before the foundation of the earth. It was announced prophetically and confirmed by Gabriel, the angel, to the prophet Daniel. exactly to the date when Jesus was going to come to this earth. It’s not accidental. It’s real.

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