12/24/06 - “The 2300 Year Prophecy – Part 1” - 52L - FM
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Hello!  This is Richard Vaughn

Today’s subject – “The 2300 Year Prophecy – Part 1”

Before we begin today’s program, shall we reverently seek God’s presence. Heavenly Father we ask for divine guidance as we open the word and study the longest time prophecy in the Bible.  In Jesus name Amen.
I continue to keep my pledge to cry aloud and spare not, to lift up my voice like a trumpet and to show God’s people where they are transgressing God’s Law.

Today, we're going to study the longest time prophecy in the Bible.  As you see its fulfillment and accuracy, it will build your faith in the Word of God, and aid you in renewing a commitment in your life, to be ready for His very soon coming. 
Once again, it is important that we see the entire sanctuary service as a miniature illustration of the plan of salvation.  The sanctuary service was illustrative of Jesus' death and His High Priestly ministry. God used it as a visual aid to help us understand how God has chosen to deal with the sin problem that has entered planet Earth.
In the last two weeks, we have studied the earthly sanctuary, which was a type of the heavenly, and we studied the cleansing of the earthly sanctuary, which was a type of the heavenly.
Paul makes a most important statement in the book of Hebrews. 
Hebrews 8:1, 2  
"Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum:  We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens: A minister of the (what?) sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man."  
	Here we are told that we have a high priest, Jesus Christ.  He's a minister in the true sanctuary in heaven. 
We previously learned that at a specific time, the heavenly Sanctuary was to be cleansed; and we find that in Daniel 8:14, “And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” This is the longest time prophecy in the Bible. We know according to Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6, that one prophetic day equals one literal year. Therefore Daniel 8:14 is saying from one specific date, it would be 2,300 years to the date that Jesus begins the judgment in heaven.
	It’s a fact that we can't pinpoint the exact time of Christ's second coming but, Acts 17:31 tells us "He hath appointed a day in which He will judge the world." So the Bible is clear that there is a specific time period appointed by God when this judgment takes place. 
	Revelation 14:7 Which is the first angel’s end time message; says "…the hour of His judgment IS come..." This has to take place before He comes in verse 14.

Revelation 22:11 announces when probation for the world and the judgment ends, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”
	Revelation 22:12 is the second coming and Jesus brings the results of that judgment with Him as it states,  "Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be." This verse exposes another of Satan’s lies that when you die you go to your reward. Only Enoch, Elijah, Moses and the specially resurrected ones are the only humans that have ever gone to heaven, Christ of course the first fruit. No one else has gone yet, as all that have died will receive their reward at His coming.

	What we need to find out now is when the 2300 years started, so that we can pinpoint the year Jesus our High Priest, left the Holy Place and entered the Most Holy Place to begin the work of judgment. 

Once again, Daniel 8:14 "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 
	That's the longest time prophecy in the Bible and it's loaded with meaning.  Here we have the only prophecy in the entire Bible that will specifically give us a date that marks the beginning of the final judgment and the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary of the record of sin. Its 2300 days, and we have already established that the Bible interpreting itself, appoints a literal year to a prophetic day.
	So the angel said after 2300 days or years that's when the sanctuary will be cleansed.   That's going to take you to the time of the end. Now the time of the end does not mean the "End of time". It is a starting point where the countdown begins until the probation of man will end. In Noah’s time, the time of the end began 120 years before the flood. But when the angel sealed the door on the ark, for those living on the outside, it was the end of time.
	We know that we're living in the time of the end today.   So we can expect this prophecy to be fulfilled sometime after the dark ages, in more modern times. Daniel goes on in the next verse and says more.  
	Verse 17-19, "So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face:  but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.  Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.  And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation:  for at the time appointed the end shall be." 
Again, the angel reaffirmed it.  He said there's going to be a specific appointed time that marks when the sanctuary is cleansed after 2300 years. 
	Daniel 8:26 "And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days."
In other words, a long time as the vision is going to stretch down to the time of the end.  (Not 2300 literal days; which is only 6 years 140 days!)   
  	Daniel 8:27 "And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it." 
 Daniel couldn't comprehend it.  He said, "Lord what does this mean? Well when Daniel passed out and fainted, the angel Gabriel left him.  
	As we begin in chapter 9, time has passed, and Daniel begins to pray. His prayer is recorded in Daniel 9:4-6; 11-13.
 	As he's praying, the angel Gabriel comes back, to pick up the interpretation of the vision where he left off.  
Daniel 9:21,22 "Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation." Vs. 22 "And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding." 
	Vs.23, "At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved:  therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision."
	The angel says, "Consider the vision." The vision of the 2300 years that was given in Daniel 8, but he fainted. Gabriel comes back a number of years later, in answer to Daniel's prayer to help him understand that vision.  
	Now we're going to go through this prophecy of 2300 years until the sanctuary is cleansed, and to make it easier, the angel divides the prophecy in two parts for us. 
	Daniel 9:24.
He says, "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." 
Let's read that verse slowly and understand what it means,
"Seventy weeks (prophetic weeks), are determined, (The Hebrew word determined literally means "cut off" like an amputation) . . . 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, (looking forward to Jesus' first coming) and to seal up the vision and prophecy…”
We need to remember that time in prophecy is not literal. A prophetic day equals a literal year. Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6
So obviously this time period has to be symbolic. The angel deals with the first 70 weeks of the prophecy of 2300 days.  And so we'll deal with this first 70 weeks also. 
Well the clock says we’re out of time for this week.
Next Week: “The 2300 Year Prophecy - Part 2”

	If you want some more information or even Bible studies, contact me by writing to: Pastor Vaughn that’s V-A-U-G-H-N, at PO Box 727, South Hill, VA 23970. Once again that’s Pastor Vaughn that’s V-A-U-G-H-N, at PO Box 727, South Hill, VA 23970.  

	And remember, you are always welcome to worship with us each seventh day Lord’s Day (that’s Saturday mornings) at the Victory Seventh Day Adventist Church located at 117 W. Danville Street in the center of South Hill, VA. 

	And until next week, Jesus said in John 5:39, “Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me”. Even so, come Lord Jesus. 

Until next week, Jesus said in John 5:39, “Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me”. Even so, Come Lord Jesus.