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4:30Takes his sanity away and then later restores it. And I believe Nebuchadnezzar comes to know the Lord. And at the end of his career, he bows down and says, Now I exalt, I praise the king of heaven because he is able to humble those who walk in pride. And he's the one who lifts up kings and gives it to whoever he wants. Nebuchadnezzar learned that. Fast forward, his grandson didn't learn that lesson. Belshazzar goes in and takes all the special utensils used for the in temple worship. And on the eve of the Medes and Persias coming in, he takes them, the cups, and he fills them that was taken from the Lord's house, and he fills them with wine, and he has this big party, and he just starts praising the God of wine and all this. And then you get this handwriting on the wall: Belshazzar, you have been weighed in the balances, and you have been found lacking. Your kingdom is given to someone else. And Daniel tells him, you should have learned.

6:00The lesson from your grandfather. You knew what happened to him, and yet you did not humble yourself. And that becomes the character of these Gentile kings exalting themselves. And then there is prophesied this one who is going to be a king that's going to come from the Grecian Empire. He's ultimately going to be Antiochus Epiphanes. And he is going to magnify himself even greater than these Gentile kings before them. And he's going to go into the temple there in Jerusalem, and he's going to set up a, he's going to sacrifice a pig on the altar. They're going to set up an altar to Zeus, doing what they should not do. Again, raising their hearts above in arrogance over the king of kings and the Lord of Lords. And at the very outset, as God, as he disperses the Jews into these nations, the nations need to learn who God is, and that he is one who humbles those who walk in pride.

7:22It's a lesson for us today. We need to understand who he is. But there is one more king. That is going to follow in this pattern. You see, Nebuchadnezzar, he just thought he was a swell guy, so he builds the statue and wants everybody to worship it. Then Belshazzar takes the utensils and starts praising the gods of wine over again. Then you have Antiochus exalting himself, magnifying himself in the temple. But then there's this other one still to come that's going to make all of these other arrogant Gentile kings look like amateurs. And he is going to come in to the temple, to the place where God is worshiped, and he is going to magnify himself above everything, above God. And he's going to set himself up as the one to be worshipped. And so Daniel speaks about this coming individual. That you see this pattern of arrogance. Well, there's coming a culmination point in human history. And so when you come to Daniel chapter 9, Daniel is praying. And this is all important as we relate to Revelation and understand the sequence of events and trying to understand.

9:01What's being revealed in Revelation, Daniel sets some of those cornerstones for understanding with some of his prophecies. So you come to Daniel's, in chapter 9, you come to this section about Daniel's 70 weeks. And let me just read this to you really quickly. Just in chapter 9, verse 24 through 27. 70 weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place. So you are to know and discern that from the issue of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah, the prince, there will be seven weeks and 62 weeks. It will be built again with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. Then, after the 62 weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing. And the people of the Prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will come with a flood. Even to the end, there will be war. Desolations are determined. And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week, he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering, and on the wing of a body.

10:30Will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete desolation, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate. We'll walk through that. But just to get an idea of what's happening here, this answer, this prayer, or this revelation here, comes in response to Daniel's prayer. Daniel has observed in chapter 9 and verse 2: I observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord Jeremiah to the prophet, to Jeremiah the prophet, for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely 70 years. So they're in Jerusalem. I mean, they're in Babylon. Jerusalem's been destroyed. Daniel's wanting to know how long, what's going to happen next. And he sees in the prophet Jeremiah, where God told him 70 years. And so it's coming to the end of these 70 years, and so Daniel then starts praying. So I gave my attention to the Lord to seek him by prayer and supplications with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. So he wants to pray. He wants to find out what's going on. And then he goes through this beautiful prayer of confessing the sins of the nation. He stands in solidarity with the nations. Lord, we have, with this Jewish nation, He says, Lord, we have transgressed your laws. We have wronged you. We have. And he stands in solidarity. And I love that about our prayers. We need to stand in solidarity with one another. It's interesting that Daniel didn't do all those things, but he sure prayed as one of his people in a corporate guilt. And he laid his heart before the Lord.

12:27And then, but look at what his prayer, specific prayer is about. O Lord, verse 9:16, let now your anger and your wrath turn away from your city, Jerusalem. In other words, you've been right in your judgments. They're right. But now turn your anger away from your city. And then he goes on in verse 17, O Lord, let your face shine on your sanctuary. Lord, the city has been destroyed, and so has the sanctuary. Please turn your favor upon them. So it's a prayer about the city and the sanctuary. And so the answer comes in response to this.

13:1570 weeks have been decreed for your people in your holy city to finish the transgressions, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. Holy place. There are six wonderful accomplishments that are going to take place when these 70 weeks have happened. 70 weeks is a time frame. We'll talk about that in a little bit. But can you name them? Six things. I'm looking for six. So, audience participation, please.

13:52What's that? Finish the transgression, yes. Make an end of sin. Okay, that's number four. Make atonement for iniquity. Three. What else? Seal up vision of prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. You see, six wonderful things are going to happen when these 70 weeks are done. Finish transgression. Finish transgression. Now, that's an interesting finish. And speaking, probably in light of what he's just been praying, Lord, we have transgressed. We, your people, have transgressed your laws. So to finish transgression, to finish the transgression of the city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants.

14:46To make an end of sin in the city and the sanctuary. To make atonement for iniquity. To bring in everlasting. Righteousness to seal up vision and prophecy to anoint the most holy place. Now, some of these you can see, okay, in a sense, you could see how they could be fulfilled in the first advent of Christ, correct? Like you could say, okay, well, atonement for iniquity, we could see that one bring in everlasting righteousness, kind of, maybe in a spiritual way, but to finish the transgression of the people, to make an end of sin, those very difficult to see how this has been accomplished in his first advent. No, these wonderful things really await finishing the transgression, making an end of sin, of people going astray, especially the city.

15:59That has not been true. Even though there has been an atonement for iniquity, yet even now it's like, is there even atonement on Jerusalem? That seems like God is still dealing with them under the curse, not on the basis of the new covenant. But with all that, you can kind of spend some time looking at that and say, yeah, there's still some things, but some wonderful things are going to have happened by the time these 70 weeks have. Run their course. So then the question becomes: what is the meaning of a week? And really, you don't have very many options. The meaning of a week could be no specific time designation.

16:46It just says it's just a time period, we know, but there's nothing specific about it. Some say, well, it's like a seven-day period, and yet that really isn't there's not really any kind of connection or meaning associated. No one really sees any kind of connection with that. Or seven years, years, a week. And I would think this is the best way to go. In Daniel 9, verses 1 and 2, years are in Daniel's mind. He has just observed that Jeremiah has prophesied 70 years to complete the desolations of Jerusalem. And then Gabriel's message really becomes as a play on Jeremiah's 70 years. He indicates that there have been 77s of years decreed for Israel. 70 times 7, 490 years.

17:49And years work out remarkably well to the time of Christ. When you start factoring in where they are, and you start Lining up the 483 years from the issuing of the decrees. There's a couple of decrees options: one's in Ezra, one's in Nehemiah. And either one gets you right to the time of Christ. One gets you spot on with the triumphal entry. And there's little debate about that. It's very clear that these years work out spot on to the time of Christ. And fact, why in the world were wise men coming from the East?

18:47Where did they come from? They came from Babylon. They came the backdrop of the wise men that we celebrate at the first advent and Christ's incarnation, or God's incarnation. We celebrate and we see these wise men coming from the east. Well, they come from Babylon, from this, the influence, or from that area, under the influence of Daniel. And they're looking. They know the timing. And it's in that time frame that they so we'll keep reading. Verse 25. So you are to know. And discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the prince, there will be seven weeks and 62 weeks. It will be built again with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. So, what's he saying there? Well, this is speaking about the 69 weeks. You've got seven weeks and 62 weeks. 69 weeks, 62 plus 7, 69.

20:01After the first seven weeks, which is 49 years, Jerusalem will be rebuilt with plaza and moat. And it was. After the 62 weeks, so you have the seven weeks, and then another 434 years later, you get to the time of Messiah the Prince. And if you go with the decree in Nehemiah chapter 2, you get right there to about the triumphal entry, almost right on it. Or some say, right on it. But remarkable how it hits.

20:44Then in verse 26, then after the 62 weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end will come. With the flood, even to the end, there will be war, desolations are determined. So, what's going to happen after the 62 weeks? Give me a couple things that are going to happen. What's going to happen to the Messiah?

21:14He's going to be cut off and have nothing. What else is going to happen? City is destroyed, and what else is destroyed? The sanctuary, yeah. And who's going to destroy it? Yeah, the people. Is it the prince or the people? The people of the prince who is to come. The people are going to destroy. Even to the end, there will be war, desolations are determined. So, after the 69 weeks, Messiah will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.

22:03And so, then that takes us to the 70th week. And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week. So, now you've got from seven to sixty-two, and now you have the one week. And he, who's the he? Well, the nearest antecedent is the prince who is to come. The prince who is to come will make a firm covenant. Covenant with the many for one week. But in the middle of the week, he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering. And on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate. And so you have this 70th week. And what are some things that are going to happen? Well, it seems to begin with a covenant.

22:59He makes a firm covenant with the many for one week. What else happens? Put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering, and then one who makes desolate will come on the wing of abominations. So an abominable one doing awful things will come who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate. In other words, there's going to be a destruction from this abominable one, but then there's going to be a complete destruction upon the one who makes things desolate, upon this abominable one.

23:47So the events of the 70th week, it begins with a covenant. It seems to be broken midway through it. Whoops. One coming on the wing of abominations will come. Make desolate until the destruction on him is complete. So you get this idea of this Gentile king, one more final hurrah of this arrogant arrogance in humanity. Now, I recognize that the well, well, let me just keep going for a little bit. Some other related texts in Daniel that are important. In Daniel chapter 7, verse 24, speaking about this beast, this horrific beast that then has ten horns, and then there's a final kingdom that comes out of this one. As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom, ten kings will arise, and another will rise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones, and he will subdue three kings. So as he comes to power, three of these kings are ripped out. He will speak out against the most high and wear down the saints of the highest one. And he will intend to make alterations in times and in law, and they will be given into his hand for a time, times and a half a time. So there's another time frame in there, time, times, half a time. Won't get into that, but later, it. Daniel gives you 1,260 days, which is equivalent to three and a half years. But we'll see that here in just a minute.

25:41Daniel speaks again of this arrogant king in Daniel 11:36. Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every God, and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods, and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. An indignation, and I believe that's an indignation against Israel. And when God's time is done, there, when the indignation against Israel is complete. Related text, others. Daniel's wanting to know all these visions. He gets to the end. And God says, Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. Many will be purged, purified, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand. But those who have insight will understand. In other words, these words are for the end time, the end of the days, and the wicked aren't going to understand them.

26:53But there will be those who will. And he goes on to say this: from the time that the regular sacrifice Is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. And then he goes, How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1335 days, to 1,335 days. And that's how the book pretty much ends. So, put this on this plausible timeline. Can you see that? Okay, so this is the Microsoft project. I would like for it to be Primavera software, but this is just the cheap version. But this gets it there. You can see when you start relating all these events and trying to get them on a timeline and get them related to one another, there is some connection, there is some overlap. And yeah, I'm not going to stand up here and say I know the times and the epics. I think it's not necessarily true that we can understand the times and the epics. We are to relate to them, and we should not be blind to the implications that the times and epics have on our current situation. But I do think it's a good exercise to try to connect. Link what you can. And just to get, because the Bible is incredible how it relates well. It is internally consistent. And these prophecies don't just show up once. They all kind of go into the same big ending point. And they speak toward this time. We know how the history is going to end. And it's not just said in one place, it's said in many places. But just look at this timeline. If you're looking at events from a Jewish perspective, just looking in the Jewish narrative, that's really what Daniel is doing. There's stuff going on in the nations, but then much of Daniel is written in Hebrew, specifically when it's dealing with the city of Jerusalem or the sanctuary in Jerusalem. Then he's speaking in Hebrew. And so that to give an idea of what's happening in the Jewish world. So you're looking at a point of seven years, one week. You have a firm covenant is made, and somewhere, once that covenant is made, temple sacrifices seem to be occurring, which implies that there would be a temple. If there is never a temple built again, this understanding is completely off.

29:58But if you look around and If you spend any time studying what's happening in Jerusalem, you realize that they are on the cusp of building another temple, and they are anxious to do it. In fact, Donald Trump's face is on the temple tax coin, or at least it was a little while ago, and now they may have somebody else on there. But anyway, a firm covenant made. Temple sacrifices occurring. Somewhere in there, the sacrifices are ceased, somewhere at the midpoint. The abomination magnifies himself, and then he has this period of prosperity. At least I can bracket it. There's something in here. He has this period of prosperity mentioned. He will prosper for a while. And then at some point, God's indignation against Israel is completed. And then there is this 1,290 days marker. And then there is this 1,335, what I call blessing day marker. It lays out pretty nicely in Daniel. It's a little more difficult relating everything else in the Bible to it, but this seems to be a good anchor point and where many people start.

31:14But other related texts in the Old Testament speak about this time. Jeremiah 30, thus says the Lord, verse 2: The God of Israel, write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. Put these down, Jeremiah. Put them in a book. Your generation isn't really listening to you. But this is what I'm writing to you: speaking to another generation. For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah. The Lord says, I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers, and they shall possess it. Alas. And he goes on, I'm giving the, that he's going to bring Israel back from this great dasphora. He's going to bring them back into the land. He's going to give them to, and there's going to be this great difficult time.

32:14And then in verse 7, he says, Alas, that day is great. There is none like it. And it is the time of Jacob's distress or Jacob's trouble. So a very intense time for the nation of Israel. But he will be saved from it. In the latter days, you will understand this. Again, at the end of the days, you will understand this. So write it in a book, Jeremiah. There's a time of Jacob's trouble that's going to come, but on the heels of that trouble is going to be a restoration. And in the latter days, you'll understand.

33:02Zechariah 14. God says, Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem. So, how is God going to enter into judgment against all the nations? Well, first he's going to gather Israel back in the land, and then he's going to gather the nations against Israel. They're not just going to show up for judgment day, they're going to come there, and then he's going to enter into judgment. But that's how the nations and all their strength and all their might are going to be there.

34:03Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. So there's coming a time when all the nations will be gathered against Jerusalem, and then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations. Verse 4, in that day, when he gathers all the nations, in that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be split. In its middle, from east to west, by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half to the south. That's Zechariah. If you've ever been to Jerusalem, you know where the Mount of Olives is. It's going to move to the north, going to move to the south. And in that same tectonic movement, Jerusalem is going to be elevated. And in between is that huge valley, a way for the nations to come in and go against Jerusalem. And it's there, some think, and I think there are good reasons, that's the valley of Jehoshaphat, or the extended valley where all the nations will be. How a tectonic movement of that magnitude could happen and do what is prophesied by Zechariah is unthinkable. Only God could do it.

35:38But that is what is spoken. So let's get back to our plausible timeline. There's Daniel. Then you've got this time of Jacob's trouble and this ravishing of Jerusalem. So now you can put together kind of an idea of when Those events might take place sometime after the abomination magnifies himself and the ravishing of Jerusalem is happening sometime in this time period. In fact, a lot of events that are prophesied are going to fall in this time period. Don't know exactly where they might be, but you have a bracket in there where you can place them. Now, let's shift gears to the Great Tribulation. That's the Old Testament anchor. And I just gave you one, but I just gave you, well, I gave you Daniel and then some others. But there's a lot of other prophecies that you could easily put in that same time frame.

36:52But we've already been looking at all of it discourse, the basic question asked by the disciples: what will be the sign of your coming in the end of the age? Matthew, Mark, and Luke record Jesus' answer, and part of it includes this term, the Great Tribulation. The Great Tribulation. We ran across it in our text this morning in Revelation chapter 7. This great multitude that is coming out of the great tribulation. What is this? Well, Jesus is the one who coined this term. Term. And so, and we are to distinguish this: great tribulation. There's tribulation with a little T, tribulation in general. In this world, you will have tribulation, you will have distress. But then, Jesus specifically identifies this period of time called the Great Tribulation.

37:52And, you know, it did it to me the other day like that, too. Can you fast forward? I push one button and wham. Okay, you got it? All right. I'm glad you understand it. Okay, so all of it, Jesus speaks of this. Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel, the prophet, standing in the holy place, let the reader understand. And then you must flee. So Jesus sees an abomination of desolation, specifically tying it to Daniel, standing in a place where he should not be. Mark picks up the same language. But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be, let the reader understand. Again, talking to a future generation. Luke. Speaks of something a little different. But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is here.

39:10And then you have similar flee. So you have Matthew speaking of this abomination that causes desolation. Mark, same signal event, the abomination causing desolation. Luke speaks of a surrounding by armies. It's a little different. It's very different. The abomination of desolation is not the same as Jerusalem being surrounded by armies. Different events. And then Matthew and Mark go on to say, well, Jesus says then, for then there will be a great tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. In fact, unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved. Mark basically says something very similar. For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now and never will.

40:22Luke has a different story. For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to This people. Which people? Jerusalem being surrounded. And they will fall by the edge of the sword and will be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Luke has told his audience: expect Jerusalem to be surrounded. Expect it to be destroyed. Expect it to be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the time of the Gentiles are over. He's speaking of a different event than the others.

41:16They're speaking of a great tribulation. They're speaking about great distress, not the same word. Tribulation and distress, two different words. But then they all seem to get on the same page again. Immediately after those days, tribulation, we looked at this last time. The sun will be darkened, moon will not give its light. But in those days, so it's clearly talking about this sixth seal. Same with Mark. Luke does the same thing. There will be signs and sun and moon and stars and on the earth dismay among the nations, perplexity, the roaring of the seas, men fainting from fear, and the expectation of things which are coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Seem to All be speaking about this same event.

42:03And then the sign of man will appear. Then they will see the Son of Man coming. Then they will see the Son of Man coming. So these are the cosmic signs. So when you put this together in relationship, you've got this period called the birth pangs, which track very well with the four horsemen. You have then this period of the Great Tribulation, which begins with the exaltation of this great monster, the Gentile king, who is the epitome of arrogance. He exalts himself. And there is this period of great tribulation, term Jesus uses. And then there is this day of the Lord. These are the language that between Revelation and all of it discourse. Now, you can overlap these. I think another legitimate way you can see these together is that you have the birth pangs and the great tribulation, and then the day of the Lord. There could be some. Overlap, the Great Tribulation could spill over into the day of the Lord.

43:35And I could see both. If I'm just looking at the Olivet discourse, I would probably be inclined to just do the finish to start. If I'm trying to harmonize it with Revelation, I can see how there could be some overlap. But regardless, you get these events. So you put all this back on this plausible timeline. So you've got something from Daniel. You've got the midpoint of this seven-year period. You've got the time of Jacob's trouble. You've got the ravishing of Jerusalem happening in the same time period. Well, then, from the Olivet discourse, Jesus makes a direct connection to this abomination of desolation of Daniel, standing where he should not be. I think he could, with reliable confidence, connect that to what Daniel envisioned. Jesus understands very much what Daniel had been saying. He understood it. And so he gives us some detail. And then he designates a time called the Great Tribulation. That's what Jesus uses. And so it seems that this period of great tribulation, and I don't know if it ends before or where it happens. Happens in relation to the day of the Lord, but you've got a bracket there. So now you've got, this seems to be very well connected one to another.

45:16It gets a little more challenging relating some others into it, but these seem to be the anchor points at which you can start developing, okay, a future idea of what is ahead. Why? Well, as I think it's important that we do wrestle with these things, not to make this into a place of division or to make this the main emphasis. I think the scripture is pretty plain. We are not to know the times or the ethics. I do think we should recognize our times, but that doesn't mean that we are to live in light of what or live in a predictive mode of what's going to happen.

46:18But we should be aware. And also, just as we look at these and what's coming in the Gentile Kings, I think it's a good place for us to just stop and humble ourselves and to recognize that God is God and that the kings of Gentiles just reflect their people. And learn from Nebuchadnezzar, the pagan king who first encountered the king of Israel. And let your conclusion be his. Now I bow my heart. He is sovereign over all. He is king, and I will bow to him.

47:19And humble yourself. We can be just as arrogant as this coming Gentile king who is grotesque, monstrous, and sets himself up to be worshiped. You know what? We could very easily. In fact, many of us probably do live like that, exalting ourselves instead of being in a pattern of humbling ourselves. Well, all of this is going to find full expression, and God is going to make it very plain: the arrogance of humanity, and he's going to deal with it. So, takeaway from all this, it's not so much that it be as An exercise of what's exactly boom boom, what's going to happen, where, but that you recognize the that of it all, and that in light of these truths, we are to be a humble people, and we are to be a confident people because we know Him. And He is the one who.

48:19So, I've got a couple minutes. Any questions or thoughts? In the back, yes, sir? You mentioned how there are several different ways to overlap the possibility of overlap in different stages. So, do you think it would be at all possible that the Great Tribulation could include the bird things? Because the idea of a taking being taking over, kind of see the reason why we've got to give the first seal abomination. Your question is: can there be an overlapping?

49:02You know, I want to think the there, when you see the abomination of desolation, Daniel saying, when you see, or Jesus saying, when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel, the prophet, standing in the holy place, let the reader understand. And then he says, For the Then there will be a great tribulation. Such has not occurred since the beginning. So there seems to be a connection between the magnification of this abomination and the beginning of the Great Tribulation. So I would put birth pangs and then the great tribulation. But the question becomes: when does this, do the birth pangs start with this, how do they relate to the if I had the birth pangs, I could put them all somewhere. You've got the birth pangs happening down here. At what point do they overlap with this period? Temple sacrifices are occurring. Obviously, you've got these events happening in the nations, and the very first horseman is this rise of this kingdom, this Antichrist world, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the rise of the Antichrist at that moment. So during that time, wars, famines, all the deception going on might provide a very nice time for the rise of such an individual to place.

50:51So I could see the birth pangs and how that relates to this covenant. I don't know what I just did. Where does this covenant happen with regards to those birth pangs? That becomes, I think, more the overlapping issue. But in terms of once he has taken office, once he has set himself up as the one to be worshipped, well, the Jews aren't going to go for that. And so at that point, he's going to double down. In fact, you're going to get into Revelation 14, the dragon. He's going to, he's really going to get fierce because there's some people that say, we ain't going to worship you. And so I think that becomes part of that great tribulation because there's a great pressure then from this one who has taken that position. So I can see some overlap in some area, but I would see the birth pangs and then the great tribulation as pretty linear back to back.

52:05Yes, sir. Would you hypothesize the 1335th day of blessing day might be? Well, what do I hypothesize? You have to come back for the answer. We'll continue to work through it, but you've got several things happening. You've got the nation. You've got thrones being established. You've got. He's going to judge the nations, and then he's going to return. He's going to judge the nations. And then I don't really know. I'm scratching my head, what's he going to do? But somehow, a period of blessing, a period of transition. I don't think this stuff just happens like that. I think there's a logical sequence. Even with the rapture. I mean, I think there's, even as we are raptured out, I think, yeah, we're caught away, but we're caught away into his presence. I don't think we're just going to be raptured and then all of a sudden find ourselves on a horse following behind him. I don't think we're going to be sitting here, you know, sitting at your office and all of a sudden raptured, wow, I'm on a horse. Wow, we're heading down. Well, let's go. You know, I think there's a logical progression to where we're able to see and understand and to relate to what's happening. And so I would look for that, that in that period, yes, there's going to be judgment on these nations, but then there's going to be some administrative putting things in order and places and reward for, I don't really know. But then, but how blessed is the one who makes it to the 1335 days? And that's how Daniel pretty much ends.

53:58Good question. I don't know. But let's look forward to that 1335 days. Yes, sir. I might be misunderstanding your timeline, but in Daniel 12.11, you have it up there, the 1290 days. And Daniel seems to have that starting whenever the sacrifices cease. You have it the middle of the seven years, but you also have the 1290 days starting at the end of the seven years. I'm sorry. Say that again. 1211. Daniel 12:11. Uh-huh. From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination is set up, so at the time the sacrifices cease and the abomination magnifies himself, it's an and there will be 1290 days. So this period here is 1,290 days. Okay, I was just misunderstood. I misunderstand. Yeah, no, there's 1,260 days right here.

55:01I'm sorry. There is 1,200. This bar right here is 1,260 days. Daniel uses three time periods: the 1260, 1290, 1335. And I get the 1260 from the Times Times half the time, and it's 7.15, and I end at 7.15, but I'll stay around here. Lord, thank you for your goodness. Thank you for the evening and for these people. And Father, do help. us to walk in a way in reliance in light of all this, to humble ourselves before you and to rejoice that your kingdom is coming and it will be good and that you are giving you delight in giving this kingdom and city and however we are to understand it, Father, we know that it is good, it is from you and it is well thought through. And it is because of our future we can be joyful in our present as we walk with you in these tasks that you give us this week. In Christ's name, amen.