### Quotes for Outreach

1. "So, you know, it's kind of frustrating, really, when you think about it. So many people you'll hear say, oh, you can't prove the Bible. Yes, you can. In many, many, many ways. And I heard on the radio a pastor talking about this book of biblical archaeology. And he highly recommended it. It was new. I think it had just been released. And I ordered it. And they have actually found the site of Abraham and the oaks of Mamre." [00:00] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




2. "Nothing in the Bible has ever been disproven. There's things that haven't been found yet. But there's never been anything that was actually proven to not be true. And after all. These thousands of years. Is there any other book you could say that about? No." [02:34] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




3. "So, again, let's look there. So, again, we have Jesus looking over Jerusalem. We have three major questions. Why is he weeping? What does this thy day mean? And what were they supposed to know that they didn't know? So, Paul tells us in Romans chapter 15, verse 4, For whatsoever things were written aforetime, that means Old Testament, because remember, Paul, there's no New Testament written yet. So, when he says aforetime, he's talking about the Old Testament, were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope." [11:28] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




4. "So, if you don't know Jesus, it's actually easy. If we look at Acts 2, verse 21, it says, And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. So, that's all you gotta do. It's so easy. I think that's a second reason. First reason being people feel so guilty and dirty and all that. That kind of stuff. I think the second reason is it's so easy. They say it's too easy. It can't be it. I gotta do something. No, you don't. God did all the work. You can't save yourself. You're a sinner. You can't save yourself from sin. You need somebody who is not a sinner to save yourself from sin. There's only been one of those. And that was Jesus, the perfect man who never sinned." [56:41] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




5. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He's not out to condemn people. I mean people, I think that's one reason a lot of people shy away from Christianity. They feel guilty. You know what I mean? And all this stuff. Oh, there's all those rules and I can't keep those rules. Well, of course you can't. No one can. Good grief. There's a remedy. Jesus is the remedy for all that. He'll take away all that trouble and He'll start guiding you and helping you each day to live as a Christian." [54:08] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




### Quotes for Members

1. "So, again, let's look there. So, again, we have Jesus looking over Jerusalem. We have three major questions. Why is he weeping? What does this thy day mean? And what were they supposed to know that they didn't know? So, Paul tells us in Romans chapter 15, verse 4, For whatsoever things were written aforetime, that means Old Testament, because remember, Paul, there's no New Testament written yet. So, when he says aforetime, he's talking about the Old Testament, were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope." [11:28] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




2. "So, Jesus said, He's weeping, This thy day, thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. So what was Gabriel's error when he told Daniel this? Zero. No error whatsoever. He nailed it to the very day, hundreds of years before Jesus rode into Jerusalem. Even before the city walls were rebuilt. Neither one of them had happened. The starting point nor the ending point had even happened yet. And Gabriel told Daniel the exacts of what was going to be happening. So, absolutely fascinating. Are we surprised? No, we shouldn't be. Because we know that God's Word is perfect." [42:45] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




3. "So, if you don't know Jesus, it's actually easy. If we look at Acts 2, verse 21, it says, And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. So, that's all you gotta do. It's so easy. I think that's a second reason. First reason being people feel so guilty and dirty and all that. That kind of stuff. I think the second reason is it's so easy. They say it's too easy. It can't be it. I gotta do something. No, you don't. God did all the work. You can't save yourself. You're a sinner. You can't save yourself from sin. You need somebody who is not a sinner to save yourself from sin. There's only been one of those. And that was Jesus, the perfect man who never sinned." [56:41] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




4. "So, we've studied up and now we start to get busy being doers of the Word. So we've learned and now we're going to put it into action. So that's the Christian. What about the non-Christian? And this is my day. It's very interesting if we look here. It says, We then are workers together with Him, also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation. When you see this and you see Jesus and you recognize Him, that's your day. You know what I mean? If you recognize who He really was and you believe in your heart that that was God's Son, the Messiah, and that He rose from the dead, He died on the cross to pay for your sins, that's your acceptable day to be saved." [52:43] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)




5. "So, again, let's look there. So, again, we have Jesus looking over Jerusalem. We have three major questions. Why is he weeping? What does this thy day mean? And what were they supposed to know that they didn't know? So, Paul tells us in Romans chapter 15, verse 4, For whatsoever things were written aforetime, that means Old Testament, because remember, Paul, there's no New Testament written yet. So, when he says aforetime, he's talking about the Old Testament, were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope." [11:28] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)

So, you know, it's kind of frustrating, really, when you think about it. So many people you'll hear say, "Oh, you can't prove the Bible." Yes, you can. In many, many, many ways.

And I heard on the radio a pastor talking about this book of biblical archaeology. And he highly recommended it. It was new. I think it had just been released. And I ordered it. And they have actually found the site of Abraham and the oaks of Mamre. You know, apparently these oak trees were beyond enormous. I mean, apparently they were really, really big. And they found out that the roots actually penetrated into the bedrock. So, you know, it's really, really interesting.

And then you think about the Israelites' time in Egypt. Very well documented. Think of the Red Sea crossing. I saw a documentary. They had found chariot wheels, parts of chariots, all this stuff from them crossing the Red Sea, where when the Egyptians chased after them, you know, and they all drowned. They found what they believed to be Mount Sinai. There's a split rock and evidence of water erosion. This stuff is just unbelievable to me.

They found there. They found an altar. They found an altar of uncut stone with evidence of burnt sacrifices. They found evidence of calf or bull worship, which, you know, got them in tremendous trouble. And it's just amazing. And I mean, you know, Sodom and Gomorrah, they found some sulfur stuff and where these places were, they think. And it's really, really interesting.

So there's all of these different proofs, but people are still going to argue about it. But today we're going to look at another proof. It's kind of hard to argue with because you could say, "Oh, well, that's not what that was," and, you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But I think today is a wonderful. Those are proofs. I mean, I don't think there's any question about it.

And, you know, it's interesting. Nothing in the Bible has ever been disproven. There's things that haven't been found yet. But there's never been anything that was actually proven to not be true. And after all these thousands of years, is there any other book you could say that about? No. You know.

So before we get started, let's pray.

Heavenly Father, we pray that you'll open our eyes today. Teach us from your word, Lord. Help us to see you more clearly. Help us to believe in you more strongly. And we pray you'll just have mercy and grace upon us to enlighten us, Lord. And to praise and worship you and share you. In Jesus's name, I pray. Amen.

So we're going to start off in Luke 19:29 through 44. Luke 19:29 through 44. And this is the triumphal entry.

When he had said this, he went on ahead going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mountain called Olivet, that he sent two of his disciples saying, "Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring it here. And if anyone asks you, 'Why are you loosening him?' thus you shall say to him, 'Because the Lord hath need of him.'"

So those who were sent went their way and found it just as he had said to them. But as they were loosening the colt, the owner of it said to them, "Why are you loosening the colt?" And they said, "The Lord has need of him."

Then they brought him to Jesus and they threw their own clothes on the colt and they set Jesus on him. And as he went, many spread their clothes on the road. Then as he was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for the mighty works they had seen, saying, "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest."

And some of the Pharisees called to him from the crowd, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." But he answered and said to them, "I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out."

Now, as he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, "If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace, but now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come when your enemies will build an embarkment around you, surround you and close you in on every side and level you and your children with you to the ground. And they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

So some pretty strong words from Jesus. And you have to wonder why were the Pharisees telling Jesus to rebuke the people? They knew something was going on, didn't they? And it's just kind of a fascinating study.

So how many of you want to take a whirlwind tour through the Old Testament? I'm kind of an Old Testament guy, so to speak. That was kind of my major and all. So I love the Old Testament because Jesus is basically on every page. You just got to look for a little bit, you know.

So fasten your seatbelts. We're going to be all over the Bible. This chapter in Luke began with Jesus telling Zacchaeus and finding Zacchaeus and then staying at his house. And he said he had come to seek and save those which were lost, which kind of sets the tone for this whole chapter and what we're going to talk about today.

Then it goes on to a parable. And now Jesus is approaching Jerusalem and we have our passage that's before us. And when he was come near, 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 are hidden from thine eyes. For the day shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, encompass thee round about, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground. And thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation."

So let's look at this closer. If we look, we see Jesus is weeping. Well, now, he had come and looked over Jerusalem many times. The Bible never tells us that he was weeping over the city before. So that's kind of our first light that something different is going on here.

And then he says, "If thou hast known, even thou, at least in this thy day." What? What day? What's special about this day that it's their day? You know what I mean? And then if we look down there, it seems that the reason that he's weeping and pointing out that they didn't know their day is because they did not notice the time of their visitation. There's something they didn't recognize. And of course, it's Jesus. They didn't recognize their Messiah.

So where do we find the answers to these questions? And Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 2:15 that study to show thyselves approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. So God expects us to study our Bibles, not to just nonchalantly read it, but to actually dig in and study.

I love study. I love Bibles. And there's all different kinds. And you can get them. I mean, you go through one, and then you go through another. And as you're going over the years, you just learn, learn, learn, learn, learn. It's truly amazing. I really like study Bibles.

But the Bible says exactly what it means. Almost everything in the Bible can be taken literally. There are so many people who try to deny that, but it's not true. There are some figures of speech in there that, you know, you've got to, it's a figure of speech, just like when we talk. You know, no big deal. They're pretty easy to recognize.

So also, who is the Bible about? Well, it turns out, if you read it from beginning to end and really study it, you'll find out that it's all about Jesus. And in Hebrews 10:7, we see, "Then I said, Behold, I have come. In the volume of the book it is written of me." And, of course, Jesus is saying that.

Now, this is, so it's one book all about Jesus. He's in every passage in some way. One way I like to put it is, it's one book, one story, intricately and supernaturally designed, and it's all about him. Man could not have written the Bible. These guys couldn't have coordinated all that stuff if they spent their life trying. You know what I mean? Especially the prophecies. How are you going to fill a prophecy 400 years in the future? You know?

So, another thing that fascinates me, you know, this verse is in the Bible twice. This verse is also in Psalm 47. "Behold, I have come. In the volume of the book it is written of me." And I thought that was kind of interesting, and I couldn't tell you how many years ago, but I started looking at it, and I thought, well, that's really interesting. There's one in the Old Testament and one in the New Testament. Well, he hadn't been here in the Old Testament, not in person. You know what I mean?

So, I started doing a little research, and it turns out the verbs are different. In the Old Testament, it says, "Behold, I have come," as in, "I am coming," or "I am yet to come." You know what I mean? When you go to Hebrews, it says, "I have come." In other words, "I'm here. I've already been here."

So, the Old Testament is telling us he's coming, and then Jesus tells us in the New Testament, he's here. So, I just found that fascinating when I realized that, because they read so similar. You really don't even notice anything.

So, we have these questions. Where are we going to look for our answers? Well, the Gospels hadn't been written. The Epistles hadn't been written yet. Actually, none of the New Testament has been written yet. So, it must be in the Old Testament.

So, again, let's look there. So, again, we have Jesus looking over Jerusalem. We have three major questions. Why is he weeping? What does this thy day mean? And what were they supposed to know that they didn't know?

So, Paul tells us in Romans chapter 15, verse 4, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime," that means Old Testament, because remember, Paul, there's no New Testament written yet. So, when he says aforetime, he's talking about the Old Testament, "were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope."

So, they're written for our learning to encourage us and give us hope. So, when you study things like this, it's just wonderful to find out how God's Word is so true and so literal.

So, let's look at some passages and get underway here.

So, Jesus wept. If we look back in Isaiah 53:3, we see, "He is despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. As we hid, as it were, our faces from him. He was despised and we did not esteem him." How sad a passage about Jesus. You know, here he came to help them and save them, and they totally rejected him.

The Jewish leadership, you would think, by his miracles and his teaching, that they would have recognized him just from that alone. But we know that they didn't. This verse is evident in Luke 19 as we see him weeping over the city. That's just one great example of, you see, how sorrowful he was as he's weeping over Jerusalem.

So, next, let's look back and back up to verse 29. And it came to pass when he was come, come night to Bethage and Bethany, as the mount called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples saying, "Go ye into the village over against you, in the which at your entering you shall find a colt tied, whereon ye never man sat. Loose him and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, 'Why do you loose him?' thus shall you say unto him, 'Because the Lord hath need of him.'"

And they went and they found the colt. And sure enough, the owner asked them, "What are you doing? Taking my colt, you know, that colt, that's mine." And they told him the Lord had need of him. Everything was fine. The owner was perfectly fine with that then.

So, we ask ourselves, they always walk. You know, Jesus always walked. He never rode a donkey. Why is he now riding a donkey? You know, it's, so again, it kind of tells you that something's different here. You know what I mean? There's really something going on.

The donkey was to present himself as king and messiah. But, you know, they had... They traveled either by foot or on a donkey. They didn't have automobiles, didn't have motorcycles, no bicycles. And they didn't even ride horses. Because God had told them that the kings were not to multiply horses. So, the Hebrews actually frowned on horses. And it just, quote unquote, wasn't done. You know what I mean?

So, horses are out. So, that's why donkeys were acceptable to ride on. And Jesus set this up, remember? He knew what was about to happen at the triumphal entry. So, he actually set it up for him to ride into that city on that donkey.

And, you know, Jesus was going to present himself as king. Well, that's the first time for that. You're like, wait a minute, what? He actually told them not to make him king. Earlier, if we look in John 6:5, this is after he had fed the 5,000. They tried to make him king and he wouldn't have it.

When Jesus, therefore, perceived that they would come and take him by force to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. Well, now, wait a minute. He's already said, "You can't do that now." And see, the now is the key. "You can't do that now. It's not my time." And Jesus knew that. So, he wouldn't let them try to make him king.

But now, he sets it up. He's the one setting up himself to be presented as king. So, it was, he knew his appointed time. He knew the prophecy. And he wrote them. He wrote all the prophecies. God wrote the Bible, really, through man. But he still wrote it. So, he certainly knew how to fulfill them on some very special day.

What is this thy day? If we look in Zephaniah 9:9. I think you probably all know this scripture. "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your king is coming to you. He is just and having salvation. Lowly, and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey."

Wow, well, there's, you know, a big clue about what's going on, isn't it? That the king's going to be presented to Jerusalem on a donkey. So, it was clearly prophesied how king Messiah would be presented to them.

Now, if we think about this, how many men rode into Jerusalem on a donkey? So, that, like I said, was basically the only means of travel other than walking. And you wouldn't expect the king to come in walking. So, obviously, we have the donkey here.

So, it turns out that there was, they believe, Bible scholars believe, there was about a million people in Jerusalem at the time of Passover. So, can you imagine what that city was like? So, how many men, when they were going to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, rode in on a donkey? Well, I have no idea. I'm sure it's thousands, tens of thousands. Thousands, I mean, I don't know, over the years. I'm sure it was a lot.

So, that is helpful, but it really doesn't point us to anything to do with the time. You know what I mean? So, we have to think, well, what's going on about this particular day? So, we have to keep looking.

If we look in Luke 19 again and go back, it says, "As he went, they spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praised God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, 'Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.'"

So, something's going on. He's riding a donkey for the first time. He's wept over the city. And now they're singing one of the Halal psalms, which was, you know, a messianic psalm. But the scribes and Pharisees rebuked them. They knew what that meant. Man, rebuke your disciples from singing that psalm. They're not supposed to sing that about you because you're not the Messiah.

I would weep too if I were Jesus. And I gave them all this information. They claim to be the experts. They're the scholars. And then when it happens, they can't seem to recognize anything. What, did they forget everything? I don't know.

But he's riding this donkey, and this Halal song is being sung. And the Pharisees and scribes were rebuking him, saying, "Don't sing that song." They refused to believe it could be him. I mean, let's face it. They just refused to believe it could be him because he didn't meet their expectation. You know?

So, something that's very special is going on on this particular day. If we get to Psalm 118, which is the psalm they were singing, it says, "The stone which the builders refused has become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day. This is the day which the Lord hath made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now."

And that's where Hosanna comes in. You know that song, "Hosanna, Hosanna." You know, it's just a wonderful Halal psalm and song. "Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord. O Lord, I beseech thee. Send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

So, we look at that, this thy day, which God hath made. And, of course, that's true of every day. He made the sun come up this morning. He makes every day. I mean, no surprise it's there. But, and there's no problem with applying this to any day. It's all true. But in this passage, this is talking about a very specific day.

You know what I mean? As you read it and you think about it, what all is going on, it's a very special day. And this psalm and our passage in Luke go hand in hand, it turns out.

So, again, let's go back to our passage. And, so, he's riding in on the donkey. The clothes are in his path. They have the palm trees and the branches in his path. Hosanna is being sung. But this day, he sees Jerusalem and weeps over it again.

So, it seems like a joyous occasion. I mean, they're singing this wonderful song about their Messiah, about Hosanna. And he's riding in and they put their clothes on the donkey. They put their clothes and palm trees. I'm sorry, not palm trees. Palm branches. In his path. It seems like such a joyous occasion and yet he's weeping over the city.

He's weeping because it's their day and they didn't know it. So, what's going on here? We see the prophecies being fulfilled, but none point to a particular day. So, again, the Old Testament has got to be where the answers are.

Is there something somewhere that could point us to a particular day? We've been through so many Old Testament prophecies and we've seen prophesied about singing the song and him being a man of sorrows and weeping over Jerusalem and all that kind of stuff. But what about this day?

Let's turn to Daniel chapter 9 and read verses 24 and 25. So, you know, this is where Gabriel had come to Daniel and he was prophesying to Daniel. And Daniel knew that the 70 years were almost over. So, he could count. So, he knew from Jeremiah that the captivity was about to come to an end. And he wasn't quite sure what that meant, what to do.

So, Daniel, being Daniel, went to prayer for guidance on what God's people should do. And Gabriel was sent to him to give him all of this information and these prophecies. And it's really fascinating. If you look through your Bible, every time you see the angel Gabriel or the archangel Gabriel, actually, it always is messianic. It's something about the Messiah. Something about him.

When you see Michael in the Bible, it's always associated with Israel. The people or the country. Michael's always like the head angel, archangel over the people and the land of Jerusalem and Israel. So, I just always find that interesting.

So, we ask, what does Daniel say? Or what does Gabriel say? "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 vision and prophecy. And to anoint the most holy. Know, therefore, and understand." Mmm. We're given a command. You need to know this.

Again. Study to show thyself approved. "Know, therefore, and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince or King, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. The street shall be built again. And the wall. Even in troublesome times."

So, we think about, well, now, wait a minute. What? Seven weeks and sixty-two weeks? Why didn't the Lord just say sixty-nine weeks? You know what I mean? And scholars have a lot of theories. We don't know for sure why there's seven plus sixty-two and sixty-nine. Some think it was time to build the city of Jerusalem like a gap while they were building. Others think it's the time, it represents the time between the Old Testament and the New Testament, that gap that's there.

And some think it's to close the Old Testament canon, so to speak, and bring in the new. So it would be representative of those things. So, we hear we have Gabriel telling Daniel this, and we think, hmm, well, that's pretty interesting. What is this business about the sixty-nine weeks or the seventy weeks?

And if we look in Daniel 9:24 again, it says to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince. So it's telling us a start date and an end date, right? From the order of the command to build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince. There should be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. The streets shall be built again in the wall, even in troublesome times.

So there's our timing. So the question becomes, when was the command to rebuild the city of Jerusalem? And in Hebrew, streets and wall is actually in here. So, very specific about what's being built.

And if we search the scriptures daily, again, and apply that verse to our lives and our studies, we find out that, next slide, there were four decrees to rebuild Jerusalem. Uh-oh, now what are we going to do, you know?

Well, if you look closer, you'll find Ezra 1:2 through 4, Cyrus made this decree in 537 B.C. In Ezra 6:1 through 5, we find Darius said to rebuild the city. In Ezra 7, we find Darius said to rebuild the city. In Ezra 7:11 through 26, Artaxerxes said for them to rebuild the city. That was in 458 B.C. Very convenient that we're just finishing the book of Ezra, isn't it?

And in Nehemiah 2, chapter 2, verses 5 through 18, and then if you look down at verses 17 and 18, you'll find another decree by Artaxerxes in 445 B.C. So which is it? Well, if you look, the first decree was to build the temple. The second decree? The third decree was to build the temple. The third decree was to build the temple. The fourth decree is specific. Build the city and the walls.

And you have Rehob in Hebrew means street, and Hirtz, moat or fortification or wall, if you will. So we find out there when this command actually came forth.

So again, here we have it. So if we look and see, we see that in Nehemiah 2, verse 1, it says, "And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes." Then we skip down a little bit to verses 5 and 8. "And I said to the king, 'If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my father's tombs, that I may rebuild it for the city wall.'"

Then we go to Nehemiah 2, and the king granted them to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. Aha! The king just gave the command to rebuild the city of Jerusalem. Not the temple, which has already been built, but the city. Very specific there again.

And then we go to Nehemiah 2:7. It says, "Then I said to them, 'You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we will no longer be a reproach.'" It was kind of shame to be living in a city with no wall. You know what I mean?

Back then, you think about the walls kept out with robbers and all of these people that you didn't want in your city, and you could obviously guard it and monitor who's coming and going. So it was sort of a shameful thing to have a city with no wall.

Then we get down to Nehemiah 7, verse 4. And it says, "Now the city was... It was large and spacious, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt yet." So Nehemiah is pointing us a time frame here. There's our answer of when the command came.

So when you see this, "And it came to pass in the month of Nisan..." Oh, I'm sorry. When it comes to pass in the month of Nisan in the 20th year of King Artaxerxes, you know, certainly when I was young, you're reading the Bible and you're like, "What does this have to do with anything?" You know what I mean? These dates and times, and who was ruling, and all this kind of stuff. And you're like, "What does that have to do with anything? Let's get to the meat of the matter." You know what I mean?

Well, let me tell you, as I learned in Bible college, every word God put there for a reason. He means what He says, and He says exactly what He means. Nothing is in your Bible by accident. Everything is there for some purpose.

Well, here, God's helping us get the dates. He's kind of telling us the dates of when I was born, and all of this stuff is occurring. So we now know that the decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus was on March 14th, 445 B.C. There's our starting point. We've just found it out because of God putting the timing in the Bible and doing some research and finding exactly when that command was given and all that kind of stuff.

So we know from historical records when the day was now, so we have our date. So now we ask ourselves, what is this 69 weeks business? And it turns out that in Hebrew, especially back then in that culture, Hebrews have weeks of days, weeks of weeks, and weeks of years.

So the only thing that we have that's kind of similar is a decade. It's ten years. Well, they didn't have a decade. They had a week of years, which was seven years. So that was how they could measure things. They could measure it in a week of days, in the number of weeks of weeks, or the number of weeks of years.

So we have our time period there. We know how the Jews are operating. We know that something's up with these 69 weeks. And it turns out we're very, very indebted to Sir Robert Anderson, his book, The Coming Prince, which was published in 1894. This guy was a Bible studier and a Bible scholar.

So he was studying and did a tremendous amount of research on the Bible, calendars, and God's timing on how and when things work, and all this kind of stuff. And he realized that most are based on, and he found out, God's operating in 360-day years.

So he discovered that God's operating on 360-day years. So if we try to start looking at calendars and apply 365 days to every year, that's not going to work. You know what I mean? We're not going to come up with our answers. Because we will have miscalculated, so to speak.

There's something very interesting. And again, it's this 365 days. The next thing is, that's going to trip us up in our calculations. All calendars changed in 701 B.C. Why did the calendars change in 701 B.C.? We don't know for sure.

Again, the scholars think, they have some theories. One may be it was that long day of Joshua. Remember when the sun stayed up so they could fight him off? Another theory is the planet Mars pulling on Earth, and something happened with Mars, and that stopped.

So the influence of Mars on the Earth changed. So there's a lot of theories. But there's a lot of things we don't know. But we do know all calendars changed. And it was all over the world, not just in Israel.

So if we think about our 69 weeks, now knowing all these facts here, we can calculate that he's not just talking about weeks. He's actually talking about years.

So we ask ourselves, okay, we've got our starting point. Now when did Jesus make the triumphal entry? Let's go to Luke chapter 3. And we see here that again, the halal song is being sung.

And now in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, being governor of Judea, and Herod being the tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Etheria, and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias, the tetrarch of Abilene.

Well again, why all this in the Bible? You know, you see, and you think, "Oh great, that's wonderful, I believe you. What does that have to do with anything?" Well, God's telling us the timing again. Look and see when these guys reigned, and put your pieces together, and you'll start to come up with a time here.

So we know that Jesus' ministry began in the fall of 28 A.D. How do we know? Tiberius was appointed in 14 A.D. Augustus died August the 19th, 14 A.D. And then probably Tiberius, either that day or the next day, would have taken over.

And we also know it was in the 15th year of Tiberius. And you see that in Luke 3:1 and 23. So it's telling us the timing here. And John the Baptist and Jesus' ministry then began, obviously at this time with John the Baptist, prophesying, you know, the Messiah is coming and all this stuff.

And then John recognized him as the Messiah, one of the few, and proclaimed it. So God's word is perfected, absolutely perfect. That's why this detail is in the Bible. Everything is there for a reason.

And our job is to find out why it's there and what it says and what it means. And that's why we want to study our Bibles as much as we can. If we look down, we see, and Jesus himself began to be about 30 years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.

So, a side note, Joseph was not the son of Heli. If you look in Matthew, for Jesus' genealogy, you know, the father begat, begat, begat, begat, begat. You find that Heli was Mary's father, not Jesus'. Heli was Mary's father.

So what's going on there? So we go back to the Old Testament and we look at the passage about the daughters of Zophophath. It turns out it's this whole adoption thing. If a Jewish man had no sons but did have daughters, and the daughters married within the tribe, the father would adopt the son-in-law as his own son. And now he had an heir.

Because only the men could be heirs. It was. But the daughters of Zophophath rebelled and said, "Wait a minute. Where's our share? Our dad didn't have any sons. He just had daughters." And so Moses consulted with God, and God told him, "If a man has no daughters, but has sons, and they marry within the tribe, the father can adopt them, and they will become just like the sons."

And that's really interesting when you think about it. That means that legally, by legal reckoning, Heli was Zophophath's father. Not genetically, but legally he was his father. This is very interesting.

If you go back to Jeremiah, God had placed a curse on... I'm sorry, if you go back to Jeremiah and look at Jeconiah, you find that God placed a blood curse on him. Saying no son, and in Hebrew back then, when they said, "So and so was the son of, was the son of, was the son of," it could be that he was literally the father, the grandfather, the great-grandfather, all this kind of stuff. They used the same phrase.

Anyway, he had placed this blood curse on Jeconiah. So how are you going to get through this line with Jeconiah when there's a blood curse, and God had said that no man will rule? No son of his will rule. And you're like, uh-oh. Well, how's that going to work? You just put a blood curse on the line you're supposed to be bringing our Messiah from.

Well, it turns out that this adoption thing, and you can take different routes as you go through the Bible to find out who's who and all of this kind of stuff. So Mary's father adopting Jesus, he legally was Jesus' father. And it bypassed the curse. Bypassed the curse legally. Okay?

If you actually go to Matthew, you'll find that even genetically, with Joseph, even though he wasn't his father, you know what I mean? God was Jesus' father. Even if you go through there, you find that it bypasses that blood curse. Because instead of going through who you would think he would go through, he turns and goes through Nathaniel.

So it's like this side route, but still in the family tree. You know what I mean? Really, really cool. Like I said, God's work is perfect. He doesn't make any mistakes. So he got around the blood curse.

So God's view of adoption is that it's real. That when you're an adopted son, you are just the same as the real son. And that is good news for us. Because what does God tell us? We are adopted. We will share in Jesus, his real sons, all of his wonder. You know what I mean? Everything that he has given to Jesus, Jesus shares with us. Talk about not deserving something. You know what I mean? Wow!

So God takes his business very seriously. So this was the fourth Passover during Jesus' ministry. The first one is in John 2:13. The second is in John 6:4. And the third is in John 11:55 through 57. Then we have this one.

And you have to remember now, the Jews kept strict records about their Passover. That was like their most important holiday. They tracked them to the minute, so to speak. You know what I mean? If I can put it that way.

And they looked at the Passovers as very, very important. And they wanted to keep all of that in check so that they knew exactly when all of these were and will be. And if you look up in the right upper corner, you'll see the first Passover was in 29 A.D., the second in 30 A.D., the third in 31 A.D., the fourth in 32 A.D.

We've determined when Jesus' ministry began. So you add the 15 years, you look at these Passovers, you come to the fourth, and guess what? This is the one where Jesus was weeping over the city. Hmm. Isn't that interesting?

And again, the Pharisees and scribes and Sadducees had said, "Don't do anything to Jesus on the feast day because the people will revolt. We don't dare do anything on the feast day." So they were determined, they wanted to get Jesus and they wanted to get him killed, but they didn't want it to happen on the feast day because they didn't want the people frowning on them because they knew Jesus was something special. You know what I mean?

And they didn't want to have to face that against all of the people. But on this day, Jesus arranges to ride in Jerusalem on that donkey, the halal song being sung, and he weeps over the city because he knows that they're not going to recognize him even with all of that going on.

And Jesus arranged it this time. You know what I mean? Like I said, they had tried to make him king before. He said, "No, no, no, no, no. My time is not yet." But now, not only is it his time, but he's arranging it to ride in Jerusalem on that donkey with all of this stuff happening.

So if we look at March 14th, 445 B.C. to April 6th of 32 A.D. when we know that the triumphal entry occurred, guess how many days that is? 173,880 days.

So if you do the math in the Hebrew calendar of our 70 weeks, and you work all of that out, and there's no year zero, so don't count that, and from 445 B.C. to 32 A.D. is 173,740 days. Then we've got to get from March 14th to April 6th, which is 24 days. And then you have to count for the leap years, which on the new calendar is 116 days.

And guess what it comes out to? 173,880 days. Now that is amazing. So people said, "Oh, well, Daniel was written. You know, Daniel was written after Jesus came. You know, so they went back and wrote this prophecy and all this kind of stuff."

Hold on. The Septuagint was written 300 years earlier, where they translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek. You can't translate something that hasn't been written yet. Right? So that is just complete nonsense. You know what I mean?

So here we have our answer here, and it's just absolutely fascinating to me that God is so precise in His Word, and it's all there, but it's not necessarily easy to find. Some things are. The basics are really easy to find. How was a man saved? You know, things like that. What's right and what's wrong? Those kind of things, very straightforward in the Bible.

But if you really want to dig in on a question you've got, you've got to dig. You know what I mean? And find and start putting the pieces together. It's really, really interesting how that works.

So, Jesus said, He's weeping, "This thy day, thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." So what was Gabriel's error when he told Daniel this? Zero. No error whatsoever. He nailed it to the very day, hundreds of years before Jesus rode into Jerusalem. Even before the city walls were rebuilt. Neither one of them had happened. The starting point nor the ending point had even happened yet.

And Gabriel told Daniel the exacts of what was going to be happening. So, absolutely fascinating. Are we surprised? No, we shouldn't be. Because we know that God's Word is perfect.

And if we look at Psalm 18, verse 30, it says, "As for God, His way is perfect. The Lord's Word is flawless. He shields all who take refuge in Him." His Word, the Bible, in the original, has absolutely zero errors. It's all truth. It's infallible. The stories are all true.

Now we understand why Jesus wept. They had been told. So these guys, can you imagine a professor who says, "I am an expert on, you know, topic X." And topic X says that something's going to happen at some point in the future tells you all these things about it, around it, that are happening that will help you identify when that's happening and what's going on.

And then when it starts to happen and they're all like, "You're not supposed to be doing that." And all that. They refused. I think they refused to believe that it could be Jesus, even though it should have been crystal clear to them. The donkey. The halal song. The miracles He had done. The prophecies He had made. He had healed the sick and raised the dead. I mean, come on.

How did they not know that something was in a major way up? You know what I mean when you think about it? So now we understand why Jesus was weeping and they missed it. No matter all this stuff.

So when you think about it, we all get it. I think everybody who's a Christian. And there's really only two groups of people on earth. If you want to come down to what's really important, there's only two groups of people on earth. It has nothing to do with race or ethnicity or any of that kind of stuff.

Every person is either saved and God's Son by adoption or they're not. That's the two groups of people. And Paul tells us in Hebrews chapter 3, "Exhort one another daily while it is called today. Lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."

So he's telling us to hold the faith and don't be enticed by sin. If you're like me, excuse me, I've been out there in a horribly sinful and wicked world and it tends to rub off on you. You know what I mean? Our thoughts, our words, our actions, but there's good news.

Back to Hebrews 3, "For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end." In other words, don't lose your faith. No matter what, don't lose your faith.

But when we do go in the world and we get dirty, so to speak, it rubs off on us, God has a remedy. And if we look at 1 John chapter 1, verses 8 through 9, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

So, this thy day, what does it mean for the Christian? This is your day. You know, Christ came, He filled these prophecies, so what do we need to do? I put it like this, we need to wash up, study up, and get busy.

And get busy means prayer, love, exhorting one another, sharing, partaking, all of this kind of stuff. John 1:8 and 9 has been called the Christian's bar of soap to remove the dirt and filth. So it is the Christian's bar of soap when you think about it, it tells us what to do.

And if you look in the Bible, in 2 Timothy 2:15, it says, "Study to show thyselves approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." We've already talked about this.

And if you look, the word cleanse there is the Greek katharsio. And a little research there on that word tells you that this is one of, this is the word, we get our word catheter for. And you know what a catheter does? A catheter is inserted and it drains off all the bad stuff, right? Drains out the toxins, the poisons, the used things our body doesn't want.

All that stuff is drained out through a catheter when it's inserted. So that's the concept here. We go to God and confess our sins and we get cleansed as in all that bad stuff is drained out. Which is really, really cool.

And then we need to study up. And, you know, there are so many study Bibles. Like I said earlier, I love them all pretty much. As long as you make sure that it's, and I'll tell you what I have found over the past, especially probably the past 20, 25 years.

The newer the book or the version of the Bible or whatever you're looking at, the less likely it is to be accurate. Much better off to get stuff written in the 80s, 90s or make double sure that it is from a reliable, reliable teacher, pastor, whoever.

And that's one reason I love Calvary Chapel so much and the way they do things is people don't go through the Bible teaching verse by verse, chapter by chapter if they don't know what's going on. You know what I mean?

So as a general rule, I think they are very, very trustworthy. Excuse me. And we are so fortunate to have Pastor Sean here. I mean, what a teacher. It's amazing. You know, it's like every week, it's like, wow, you know. You've learned something that you didn't know before.

But anyway, and then, so after we study up, we need to get busy. And if we look at James 1:22 through 24, he tells us, "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he beholdeth himself and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was."

Like you see yourself in the mirror, then you go away and you're like, "What's that I saw in the mirror?" You know? Well, wait a minute. That shouldn't be the case.

So find out that we've got to be a doer of the word. Psalm 119, verses 9 through 11, and then verses 6 and 7, the writer talks about God's word and how wonderful it is. You all know Psalm 119.

And he said, "But I was afflicted." You know, he kind of says, "God afflicted me." But the writer goes on in those later verses to thank God for afflicting him because the affliction drove him back to God.

So affliction, believe it or not, we don't like it, but it can be good if it drives us back to God. And typically when a Christian encounters a big trial or some big event or whatever, it's going to do one of two things. It's either going to drive them to God or away from.

And we all know those Christians who started straying and they get further and further and further away as it goes. But the Christian who hangs in there, like we're told in the Bible to do, hold on steadfast to your faith, it's going to be a great ending. You know what I mean?

So it's a wonderful thing. And even though we don't like affliction, obviously we need it. I remember I was listening to Charles Stanley one time. I really like Charles Stanley. And he was talking about something. I don't remember exactly what it was, but something happened in his life that was a very difficult thing for him.

And he was teaching about affliction and God's Word and how God operates and all this kind of stuff. And he said, "Well, you know, I came to realize if I'm afflicted and something bad's going on, I must need it because God wouldn't let it happen if it wasn't for my best."

Because He doesn't do anything with us, for us, to us that's not for our best. And I thought, what an attitude. I need to adopt that attitude. And I can tell you after many, many years, it still is not easy to adopt that attitude that when trials and tribulations come to be of a thankful heart.

We don't have to thank God for the trouble. You know what I mean? I'm not saying that. But we've always got to be joyous in God because we have to remember He's in control. It didn't happen without Him knowing it was coming. He knew it was coming before we got here. He knew us before we were even here.

So He certainly knows what's going on and how to take care of us through it if we can just trust Him. So we've studied up and now we start to get busy being doers of the Word. So we've learned and now we're going to put it into action.

So that's the Christian. What about the non-Christian? And this is my day. It's very interesting if we look here. It says, "We then are workers together with Him, also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says, 'In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.'"

When you see this and you see Jesus and you recognize Him, that's your day. You know what I mean? If you recognize who He really was and you believe in your heart that that was God's Son, the Messiah, and that He rose from the dead, He died on the cross to pay for your sins, that's your acceptable day to be saved.

Of course, if they don't do that, Satan's in control and they're blinded and it just causes all kinds of problems. You know, once you are saved, God directs us, He helps us, He protects us, He's watching us every second of every day, He knows how many hairs are on our head.

How do they do it? You know, it's got to be rough. Well, they're tricked. They're deceived. They don't realize that they're under Satan's control and I'm not saying they're like a puppet where he's controlling their every motion. I don't mean that. Just in general ways.

And if they're apathetic and nonchalant, Satan loves that. He doesn't care if you go to church and all this kind of stuff. If you're really not believing and really not doing any of it, he's fine with that. You know what I mean?

But if you get busy, he gets busy. You know what I mean? And comes after you and it's not very fun. We know from John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."

He's not out to condemn people. I mean people, I think that's one reason a lot of people shy away from Christianity. They feel guilty. You know what I mean? And all this stuff. "Oh, there's all those rules and I can't keep those rules."

Well, of course you can't. No one can. Good grief. There's a remedy. Jesus is the remedy for all that. He'll take away all that trouble and He'll start guiding you and helping you each day to live as a Christian.

And as I've found over the past 60 plus years, the longer you live, the better you get at it. You know what I mean? God's working with you daily. Sometimes it's frustrating, but you have to look back and realize where you've been.

And as I look back and see all the things that God did for me, I could just fall to the floor in amazement. You know what I mean? I didn't even deserve it. And He did it.

So, again, Romans 8:1 through 3. "Therefore, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." Thank you, Lord.

"For what the law could not do, that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin."

So, all power was given unto Jesus. He's in heaven. He's on earth through the Holy Spirit. He's in control. That's somebody I want on my side. And I want to be on His side. You know what I mean?

So, once you're saved, God tells us this. "I'm there. There's no condemnation on you. If you mess up and you sin, repent. I'll forgive it. Don't mess up on purpose. Don't knowingly sin. But it's gonna happen." You know what I mean?

No matter how hard we try not to, it's still gonna happen eventually. And God tells us, in a manner of speaking, that's okay. Jesus took care of that on the cross. He'll do it again. You know what I mean? Kind of a thing, if I can put it that way.

So, if you don't know Jesus, it's actually easy. If we look at Acts 2, verse 21, it says, "And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

So, that's all you gotta do. It's so easy. I think that's a second reason. First reason being people feel so guilty and dirty and all that. That kind of stuff. I think the second reason is it's so easy. They say it's too easy. It can't be it. I gotta do something.

No, you don't. God did all the work. You can't save yourself. You're a sinner. You can't save yourself from sin. You need somebody who is not a sinner to save yourself from sin. There's only been one of those. And that was Jesus, the perfect man who never sinned.

You know, you gotta ask him. Like it or not, I'm sorry guys. He's the only way. A lot of people don't want to hear that. And they might be politically correct. But it is the truth. You know what I mean?

And I would rather hurt somebody than think, "Don't wind up in hell because it was too easy." You know what I mean? Think about how ridiculous that is. You know? It's really, really interesting.

So anyway, we've kind of learned what this thy day means now. Why Jesus was weeping. He made all these arrangements. He's weeping over the city. And you're puzzled as to why. It seems like this joyous occasion.

And now we know why. Because Jesus knew that they did not recognize, despite all this stuff we've been through, the experts didn't recognize. It's kind of hard to believe when you really think about it.

So they weren't such experts as they thought they were. So I was wondering if we were going to have time to do this. And I believe we do. Eldon did this two, three months ago. His version was a little shorter than mine. You know, I tend to be wordy if you hadn't figured that out by now.

But this is our coming King. It was inspired by Pastor S.D. Lockridge. I have no idea how many people have added to it over the years. I know Chuck Missler added to it. I even took the liberty of adding four or five things. So please forgive me.

But so you say, "Well, who is Jesus? Describe him to me." Well, first of all, that cannot be done. Human words cannot describe our Lord and Savior. You know what I mean? But we'll try as best we can.

So here we go. Jesus, our King, our Savior, our Lord. He is King of the Jews, a racial king. King of Israel, a national king. King of all the ages, all the earth. King of heaven, King of glory. King of kings and Lord of lords.

He was a prophet before God. A prophet before Moses. A priest after Melchizedek. A champion like Joshua. It wasn't Joshua that made those walls fall down. An offering in place of Isaac. A king from the line of David. A wise counselor above Solomon. Wisest man to ever live. Until Jesus came.

A beloved, rejected, exalted son like Joseph. And yet far more. The heavens declare his glory and the firmament shows his handiwork. He numbered and named every one of the probably billions or trillions of stars and knows them each by name. Just as he knows the number of hairs on our head and how many grains of sand are on the seashore.

He who is, who was, and who always will be. The first and the last. The Alpha and the Omega. The Alpha and the Tau. The A and the Z. Beginning and the end. He is the first fruit. The fruits of them that slept. He is the I am that I am. The voice of the burning bush.

He is the captain of the Lord's host. He was the conqueror of Jericho. He is enduringly strong. Entirely sincere. Eternally steadfast. Immortally graceful. Imperially powerful. And impartially merciful.

In him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. The very God of God. He is our kinsman redeemer. Book of Ruth. He is our avenger of blood. Again, our protector and our champion. He is our city of refuge. Our performing high priest. Our personal prophet. Our reigning king.

He is the loftiest idea in literature. He is the highest personality in philosophy. He is the fundamental doctrine of theology. He is the supreme problem in higher criticism. Because they can't explain him. He is the miracle of the ages. And the superlative of everything good.

We are the beneficiaries of a love letter. It was written in blood on a wooden cross erected in Judea 2,000 years ago. He was crucified on a hill on a wooden cross. Yet he made the hill on which it stood.

What held him to that cross? It wasn't the nails. At any time he could have said, "I'm out of here. This is ridiculous. You people were supposed to know this and you didn't. What more could I do for you?" You know what I mean?

I think any person, I mean human, would have said, "I am out of here." He could have called 10,000 of angels. But he didn't. His love held him there. Totally amazing.

We couldn't pay the price like I said earlier. I mean if you did the crime, how are you going to pay the price for the crime so that it is washed away and disappears? You might pay a fine but the fine still was there. You know what I mean? It still all happened so to speak.

By him were all things made and nothing was made without him that was made. Now that's everything. By him are all things held together. Every single atom in the universe is held together by him. That's why they can't explain the atomic glue and you hear about, you know, the protons, electrons, neutrons, all this kind of stuff and now they've got all these subatomic particles and all that kind of stuff and they've learned a tremendous amount but they can't explain it.

That's because the power of God is actually holding that together. He knits us together in the womb. He directs every cell division in our body. Now that's amazing when you think about that. Every cell division on this planet, God is the orchestra leader, the conductor, you know.

He was born of a woman so that we could be born of God. He humbled himself so that we could be lifted up. He became a servant so that we could be made co-heirs with him. He suffered rejection so that we could become his friends. He denied himself so that we could freely receive all things. He gave himself so that he could bless us in every way.

He was tempted in every way that we are. He is available to the tempted and the tried. He blesses the young. He cleanses the lepers. He defends the feeble. He delivers the captives. He discharges the debtors. He forgives the sinners. He franchises the meek. He guards the besieged. He heals the sick. He provides strength to the weak. He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent. He serves the unfortunate. He sympathizes and he saves.

And yes, it's only him who saves. I wish I could describe him to you. But I can't. But I'm trying. His offices are manifold. His reign is righteous. His promises are sure. His goodness is limitless. His light is matchless. His grace is sufficient. His love never changes. His mercy is everlasting. His word is enough. His yoke is easy. And his burden is light.

He's indescribable. You can't do it. He's incomprehensible. He's irresistible. And he's invincible. The heaven of heavens cannot contain him. Man cannot explain him. The Pharisees couldn't stand him. But they found out they couldn't stop him. Pilate couldn't find any fault with him. The witnesses couldn't agree against him. Herod couldn't kill him. Death couldn't hold him. And the grave couldn't hold him.

He has always been and always will be. He had no predecessor. And he will not have a successor. You can't impeach him. And he's not going to resign. His name is above every name. That at the name of Yeshua, every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

He is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

So, I just put one more slide in here for us to, again, drive home that point how important God's word is. It's not up. That's okay. It's Psalm 119, verse 105. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." God values His word above His name.

So you hold in your laps, if you've got a Bible, something that's that important to God. So, it's fascinating, and like I said, every word is true. Every detail is there for some reason. We may not know what it is yet. But it's there for some reason, you know?

So let's pray.

Heavenly Father, we thank You for Jesus. We thank You for Your word, Lord. We thank You for all this detail and everything that You've done for us, Lord. What a mighty God we serve, Lord, that You would love us enough to actually send Your Son down here to become a human and die for us. It's just amazing, Lord.

And we thank You, thank You, thank You. Help us to remember that as we leave here today, Lord, and go out next week into our work week. And we pray, we know that You're going to be with us. Help us to remember that and to follow You as best we can, Lord, and to trust You and love You more and more each day. In Jesus' name, amen.