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When Time Runs Out | Part 2

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May 10, 2022 8:00 am

When Time Runs Out | Part 2

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We live in great anticipation as we welcome to Love Worth Finding featuring the insightful teaching of beloved pastor and author, Adrian Rogers. This month we've been exploring the idea of living in hope on the edge of eternity. In part one of today's message, we learned how an Old Testament passage in Daniel can be seen as an outline of the things to come in the last days. If you have your Bible, turn to Daniel chapter nine. We'll look at verse 20 as Adrian Rogers delivers part two of When Time Runs Out. Now, prophecy is history pre-written. Only God can give true prophecy. Listen to this passage. Beginning in verse 24, here's what God said to Daniel. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. Number one, he is going to finish the transgression, not a transgression, but the transgression.

To whom is he speaking? Israel. What is the transgression of Israel? They're forsaking.

They're turning their back on their Messiah. The rejection of Israel's Messiah but one day, thank God, that rejection will be over. That transgression will be in the past. Number two, he's going to make an end of sins because there can be no end of sins without Messiah. There's no forgiveness of sin apart from the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. And so there's coming a time when the Jews shall turn in faith to Jesus Christ and trust him. Now Daniel also said he's coming to make reconciliation for iniquity. These who were enemies are now going to be reconciled.

The great need for all of us to understand both Jew and Gentile is without Christ, we are alienated from God. Romans 5, 10, for when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. So Jesus is going in this prophecy to make reconciliation for iniquity and thank God for that. And then to bring in everlasting righteousness. Now there is no righteousness either without Messiah, without the Lord Jesus Christ. And Daniel says there's coming a time when he's going to bring in this everlasting righteousness.

Now remember he's talking about Israel. The Jews are going to say Messiah now is our righteousness. Now the next of these purposes is to seal up the vision and the prophecy. That means that God has a plan and in 490 years he's going to finish that plan. He's going to put the last period upon the last paragraph upon the last page upon the last chapter upon the last book of history. He is going to seal it up, he is going to finish it.

Nothing has gotten out of hand. Not a jot or a tittle will fail from the law. The law has been fulfilled. People say God said it, I believe it and that settles it. No, God said it, that settles it.

I hope you believe it. For it is there, it is there, he's going to seal up the vision and the prophecy. Now here is the program deployed. Beginning now in verses 25 through 27, you're going to see how this program works out.

And so God is telling Daniel to know and understand and now I am trying to share with you so you can know and understand. Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem under Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks. The street shall be built again and the wall even in troublous times. Now 490 years is going to take. Well you have to understand when the countdown begins and when it ends. And God tells us when this count will begin. When you can start counting off these 490 years. It begins with a command to restore and build Jerusalem.

That's the commencement of the count. Now when was the command to restore and build Jerusalem? Well that command was given in the book of Nehemiah chapter 2 and verse 1.

Now notice what he says here if you will in this verse. Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem under Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks. That's 49 years. It took 49 years to restore and to build Jerusalem. It happened just as God said it would.

God gave the ability through Artaxerxes and God used Nehemiah to do it. And in these 49 years it was done exactly. And it was this first section now is completed. But now that's the commencement of the count. Now let's look at the continuation of the count in verse 25. And he says unto Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks.

Now he's saying I'm going to expand the prophecy just a little bit. You have 49 weeks. Add to that 49, 434 weeks. And put all of these together and you have 483 years from the time the command was given to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah would come, Messiah the Prince. Messiah came right on time.

Now here's the point. From the command to restore and build Jerusalem to Messiah the Prince is going to be 49 years and then 434 years, which is going to make a total of 483 years. The point that you need to understand is this, that Daniel pinpointed the coming of Messiah down to the very day.

173,880 days from March the 14th, 445 B.C. Jesus was riding into Jerusalem. Now Jesus on the Mount of Olives wept. Do you know why Jesus wept?

Listen to it again. Luke 19 beginning in verse 41. And when he was come near, that is when he was come near to the city, he beheld the city and wept over it saying, if thou hast known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace.

But now they hid from thine eyes. No wonder Jesus wept. The precise day was given by Daniel the prophet.

He said, if you'd only known the things that belong to you on this your day. And so there was the commencement of the count. We see where the commencement of the count began with the building of Jerusalem. There's the continuation of the count from the rebuilding of Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince.

Now there is the secession of the count. The count is stopped. God puts a hold in the count. Look now in verse 26. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off. That is after this period of time, after Messiah has come and threescore and two weeks plus the seven weeks of the building, rebuilding of the city, Messiah is going to be cut off. That is you're going to crucify Messiah. Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself.

Now that's very interesting. What does it mean Messiah shall be cut off? It speaks of the crucifixion of Jesus. Daniel prophesied the crucifixion of the Son of God, as did Isaiah. Isaiah 53 verse 8. He was taken from prison and from judgment.

And who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out of the land of the living. That's what his crucifixion was. His life was cut off.

And actually it means to be cut short. He died as a young man. He was cut off out of the land of the living. For the transgression of my people was he stricken.

And that's what Isaiah said. He was stricken for the sins of the Jewish people. Daniel says Messiah will be cut off, but not for himself. That is not because of any sin that he had done. He did not die for his own sin. He had no sin.

He died for us. And then Daniel saw not only would Messiah come exactly on time, not only would Messiah be rejected and crucified, but Daniel also saw that the city would be destroyed. And it would be destroyed by a Roman. I want you to see what he goes on to say here in this passage of Scripture. And after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself. And the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city. Not the prince that shall come, who is the antichrist, but the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. And the end thereof shall be with the flood. That is, you will be inundated with trouble and difficulty. And unto the end of the war, desolations are determined.

Now what's he talking about here? Daniel, looking down through the corridor of time, saw Messiah coming exactly precisely on time. Daniel, looking down through the corridor of time by divine inspiration, saw Messiah rejected that Passover week and nailed to a cross.

He saw him being cut off from the land of the living. And then Daniel saw Jerusalem being destroyed. Jesus also wept over Jerusalem. And Jesus said, not one stone will be left upon another. And Luke 21 and verse 6, for these things which ye behold, the days will come in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. If you go sometime to Israel, you'll be able to see the ruins of that temple. Not one stone is left on that temple mount that was there in the time of Christ.

But you can look down into the valley and see these massive stones that have been tumbled down, thrown down, down off that temple mount exactly precisely as the Bible said that it would happen. Now, at this point, God puts a hold in the countdown. God stops the clock from running because God is dealing with Israel. And when Israel rejected and turned her back on Messiah, the prince, then the clock stopped ticking for Israel. And there is an undetermined period of time that will be marked by wars and desolations.

And that's the time we're living in. You'll find that in the last part of verse 26. And this now is what we call the times of the Gentiles. Key verse, Romans 11 verse 25. Paul said, But I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceit, that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

There is a number of folks that are going to be saved that the Bible calls the fullness of the Gentiles. We don't know when that's going to be. But what is going to determine the time that Jesus is going to come and take the church out? It is when his bride is complete.

It is when the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And somewhere, perhaps tonight, that last soul will be saved, perhaps as a service tonight in the mountains of North Carolina. Perhaps it's a little country church there.

And it's already darker there than it is here. And maybe it's a little chilly in the mountains tonight. And they've lit the stove for the first time. And there is a lay preacher there because their regular preacher was ill and didn't come. So there's a lay preacher. And he's got the Word of God. And he's doing what a lot of lay preachers would do. He's just trying to explain how to be saved. And he's using John 3.16. And in that little North Carolina church tonight, where it's kind of chilly in the air, that stove is burning, there's a new family there that has come to visit for the first time.

A mother, a father, and a nine-year-old girl. And they are sitting there on the back row just kind of listening to this man stumble through the message. And not more than 40 people in that little church building. And this layman is trying to share Jesus Christ and share what Christ has done for him. And he's trying to explain John 3.16.

And as he does, just tears pop out of his eyes with a trembling voice and no homiletical beauty at all. He just tells how God loved and He loved the world. And when God gave, He gave His Son. And he's telling that if anyone would repent of their sin and trust Jesus, they'd be saved. And that little girl right now, just moment, in my imagination, she's stepping out and coming forward to give her a hand to that lay preacher and to give her heart to Jesus. And did you know that may be the last soul to ever be saved before Jesus comes?

I mean, tonight, that could happen tonight. I mean, just that little girl coming, she's the last one. And the Lord says, Gabriel, that's it. Martial the troops, Lord Jesus. It's time.

My son, go and claim your bride. Now, we have talked about the commencement of the count. We've talked about the continuation of the count. We're talking now about the secession of the count.

It has stopped for a while. When will the clock start ticking again for Israel? With the rapture of the church, you're going to have the completion of the count. Now, notice in verse 27, and He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week. Well, who is this He that will confirm the covenant with many for one week? And remember, one week is seven years.

Who is this? Well, verse 26 tells us that the people of the prince, they shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Who destroyed the city and the sanctuary? The Romans.

When did they do it? In 70 A.D. And then He says there's a prince that's going to come. Now, He's not talking about Messiah the prince.

There are two princes that are mentioned here. In verse 25, Messiah the prince is mentioned. In verse 26, there is a Roman prince that is coming.

The Romans destroyed the temple and destroyed Jerusalem. And this prince that is going to come, Daniel says, is going to make a covenant with Israel. He's going to come out of Europe.

There's going to be a refederation of the old Roman empire, which, by the way, has taken place. Out of that Roman empire is going to come a prince, a leader. He is called the man of sin. He's called the beast.

He's called the wicked one. He's called the antichrist. And He's going to come, but He's going to make a covenant with Israel. He will make a peace treaty with Israel for seven years. Israel by this time will be very beleaguered. They'll be looking for a Messiah. You see, they did not accept the true prince, the prince of peace. They will accept the false prince. Jesus said, I've come in my Father's name and you won't receive me.

If another shall come in his own name, him ye shall receive. Now, this prince that will come will make a peace treaty with Israel in this final seven years. After the church has been taken out, God's clock will start to tick again for Israel, and you will see seven more years. Now, in the middle of this peace treaty, this beast, this antichrist, this prince that shall come will double-cross Israel. He will break his covenant. Look, if you will, in verse 27. And he, the prince that shall come, that's the false prince now, shall confirm the covenant with many for one week.

That's seven years. And in the midst of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. That tells me that the temple is going to be rebuilt and they're going to be making sacrifices in that temple, and it will be rebuilt. And this prince that will come, he's going to say, look, that's all right. We'll make a covenant.

We'll work this thing out. That temple can be rebuilt. And once it's rebuilt in the midst of this seven-year period, he is going to come into that temple and he's going to say, enough of this foolishness, enough of this terrible fiasco of your so-called religion.

Get all of that out of here. You want to worship God? I'm God.

Look at me. Worship me. And the Bible says that he is going to come to the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. And at that time, the Jews are going to recognize that they've been double-crossed, and they're going to refuse this false prince, and he's going to unleash his satanic fury on God's ancient people. And you're in Daniel 9. Just go to Daniel 12 and look in verse 1 of this chapter. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince, which standeth for the children of thy people. For there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. And at that time thy people, again the Jews, shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. Now, Jesus also told about this. Jesus was a student of the book of Daniel. Daniel chapter 24, verse 15. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place. The holy place is the temple. Whoso readeth, let him understand.

I hope you're understanding. Jesus said, then there's going to be great tribulation. And he says in Matthew 24, verse 21, for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved.

But for the elect's sake, those days should be shortened. If God did not step in, it would be truly a holocaust like the world has ever known. But thank God that he will step in. How will he step in? Well, he came for the church and took the church out. And when he did, the clock started ticking again.

It will take seven more years until 490 years are complete. And then when it looks like it's the darkest day ever for Israel and for Jerusalem, then heaven's king will come, the Lord Jesus, this time not coming for his church, but this time coming with his church in power and great glory. And the Roman prince will meet Messiah the prince, and 777 will take care of 666.

That's what's going to happen right there. And so what do we do? Well, we praise the Lord. I don't know what all of this does for you, but when I study this, it helps me when I read the newspaper to see it through the lens of God's Word. It helps me when I see how God so meticulously, so wonderfully, pinpointed the exact precise time that Messiah would come.

How Daniel, so long before Jesus ever came to this earth, how Daniel prophesied the crucifixion of Jesus and the destruction of Jerusalem. Is not the Bible a wonderful book? And it tells me that God is in control, and it gives me hope for the Jewish nation that I love, and I love the Jewish people. I have a special affinity in my heart for the Jewish people. Sometimes when you preach a message like this, some people think that you're anti-Semitic.

This is one of the most pro-Israel messages that I could possibly preach, because God has a great and a glorious future for his people, and God has not forgotten his people. Now, when is Jesus going to come? We're living in that period of time that is time out for the Jews so far as prophecy is concerned. That doesn't mean the Jews can't be saved.

Blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in. When is Jesus coming? When the fullness of the Gentiles comes in. Maybe you'll be the last soul saved tonight before the rapture. Well, I hope that you'll look at this passage of Scripture and that you will and that you will savor it and delve into it. And whenever anybody ever preaches on prophecy, they always need to do it with humility, because I don't believe there is a pastor or a preacher or a Bible student ever who has gotten it all just right. But when Jesus comes, we'll say, Now, Lord, I understand. So it's always better, friend, to be on the welcome committee than on the program committee and to be ready when Jesus comes. The Bible says, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So would you right now just pray and say, Lord Jesus, please come into my heart.

Come in now. Forgive my sin. Cleanse me.

Take control of my life. Begin now to make me the person you want me to be. Thank you for paying for my sin with your blood on the cross. I believe you were raised from the dead. And now I just trust you and you only to save me.

Now, Lord Jesus, give me the courage to make it public. You died for me. Let me live for you. And I know you will if I'll just trust you.

And I do trust you. In your name I pray. Amen.

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