1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: The following presentation is Del Marvis Studio's production. 2 00:00:08,439 --> 00:00:12,759 Speaker 2: You're listening to the fact Hunter Radio Network. Here is 3 00:00:12,839 --> 00:00:15,199 your host, George Hobbs. 4 00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:19,519 Speaker 3: Welcome back truth seekers from around the world. It's time 5 00:00:19,559 --> 00:00:22,960 for a special Sunday Night edition of the fact Under podcast. 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,199 I'm your host is always George Hobbs. I hope everybody 7 00:00:26,399 --> 00:00:30,320 is doing well and you had a great weekend. Sunday 8 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:34,240 Night is usually allocated for our classic audio series, but 9 00:00:34,439 --> 00:00:39,359 I'm going to start alternating a classic audio series and 10 00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:42,840 then we're going to insert some more faith based podcast 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,719 and the one I wanted to focus on tonight, Excuse me, 12 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:55,479 is you know a lot of these YouTube theologians, you 13 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,000 know the newest thing is the God of the Old 14 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:00,640 Testament is not the God of the New Testament. I 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,519 wanted to address that today and kind of combine it 16 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,239 with Genesis twenty two, which I think is probably the 17 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:13,920 most misunderstood story in the Bible. So let's jump right 18 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:15,719 in it. It's only going to be about a thirty 19 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:19,439 or forty minute episode, but I want to address why 20 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,519 some people question whether the God of the Old Testament 21 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,840 is the God revealed in Christ right, and why that 22 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,079 claim really collapses when you look at honest biblical reading. 23 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,959 So we will walk through Genesis twenty two, will trace 24 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,599 the powerful theme from the Ram to the Lamb, the 25 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,480 name of the podcast tonight, showing how Abraham's test on 26 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:45,680 Mount Moriah points straight to Jesus. Then we're going to 27 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:49,239 jump ahead to the moment Jesus entered Jerusalem writing toward 28 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,840 the cross while the crowds laid palm branches before him. 29 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:56,000 And then we're going to connect that event to a 30 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,599 prophetic marker four hundred and thirty years earlier, in thirty 31 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,439 eight years earlier, pardon me, and that's going to set 32 00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:06,640 the stage for the Messiah's arrival. So this is a 33 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,360 full circle look how God's plan never changes in how 34 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,360 every page of scripture points to the same savior. Thanks 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,840 again for joining us. If you enjoy this podcast, I'll 36 00:02:19,879 --> 00:02:24,400 ask you to please share it with other folks. So again, 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,240 it's been interesting I've noticed over the last several months, 38 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,680 maybe a year now, between YouTube TikTok and a little 39 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:37,000 bit on Facebook, it seems like every self appointed theological voice. 40 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,120 And you know, I'm not trying to be demeaning or anything, 41 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:45,800 but I should mention a lot of these things that 42 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:50,199 we talk about. Whether you know people call in Paul 43 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:53,240 a heretic. You know, these things have been going on 44 00:02:53,360 --> 00:03:00,080 for a millennial, right, but it's considered a second century heresy. 45 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,800 But people today are presenting it in some groundbreaking revelation, right, 46 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:09,360 the claim that the God of the Old Testament and 47 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,479 the God of the New Testament are not the same being. 48 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,039 So the first question I have to ask myself is why, 49 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:22,520 all of a sudden is this thing catching on? Right? 50 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,719 Why does this argument appeal to so many people who 51 00:03:27,719 --> 00:03:31,319 claim to be you know, spiritually awake for lack of 52 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:36,639 better words, Right, The thing is, I believe people today 53 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:39,599 aren't rejecting the Old Testament God because they read too 54 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:43,080 much scripture. I think that the issue is they're rejecting 55 00:03:43,159 --> 00:03:47,400 him because the modern imagination has been trained to tolerate 56 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:52,719 everything except that God who can judge, confront and correct. 57 00:03:53,719 --> 00:03:56,560 I think a lot of the culture today preaches autonomy 58 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,280 as the highest god. So any god who draws a 59 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:06,039 line automatically becomes the villain. So we'll call it the 60 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,000 YouTube theology crowd. They try to create two gods, right, 61 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,039 the violent God of the Old Testament and you know 62 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,560 the soft therapeutic Jesus who simply wants everyone to feel 63 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,160 seen and validated. But the fact of it's a false dichotomy. 64 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:30,160 But I think for many people it's emotionally convenient, right. 65 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:33,639 I think what the real issue is people want a 66 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:36,240 God who won't interfere with their will. 67 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:36,639 Speaker 4: Right. 68 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 3: We talk about Aleister Crowley and do what thou wilt? Right? 69 00:04:41,639 --> 00:04:45,040 And the fact is the Old Testament God confronts ego, 70 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:52,639 exposes human sin, rebellion, idolatry. The Old Testament shows a 71 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:58,360 God who actually runs the world and doesn't outsource his throne. 72 00:04:58,519 --> 00:05:00,160 And I think that's one of the big reasons that 73 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,759 makes a lot of people uncomfortable. And I've preached on this. 74 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:10,639 Discomfort is one thing that many people today cannot endure spiritually. 75 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:16,720 I don't like to be uncomfortable. So the quickest solution 76 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:19,879 is to divide God in half, right, make Jesus the 77 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:24,800 pr department, and make Yahweh the outdated problematic relative. We 78 00:05:24,879 --> 00:05:29,040 keep in the addict, right, But if you read scripture, 79 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:32,920 the Bible does not give you that option. And the 80 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,680 easiest way to just knock this out of the park 81 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,839 is Jesus identifies himself with the God of the Old Testament. 82 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,319 And if some of these YouTube theologians would simply open 83 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,600 the book they claim to preach from, they would run 84 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:52,319 into unavoidable moments of unity. Right, Jesus says before Abraham 85 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:57,600 was I Am. He doesn't just reference Yahweh. He claims 86 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:03,319 the divine name. Jesus quotes the Sama right, the central 87 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:08,480 proclamation of Israel's God, and affirms it without hesitation. Jesus 88 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:13,839 says all of Scripture testifies of him, and Jesus claims 89 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,480 he will sit on the throne of judgment, the very 90 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,720 thing they say the Old Testament God shouldn't do. The 91 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,759 fact of the matter is you cannot separate the son 92 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:29,079 from the Father without rewriting the entire New Testament, and ironically, 93 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,399 the Jesus that these online teachers claim to prefer, you know, 94 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,319 the gentle one, the peaceful one. Remember that's the same 95 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:42,920 Jesus in Revelation, whose eyes are like fire, and who 96 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:48,439 judges the nations. Look. If these folks look in the mirror, 97 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,800 they'll understand. The problem isn't the Bible. The problem is 98 00:06:52,319 --> 00:07:00,120 selective reading the Old Testament. God isn't mean he is holy. 99 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,920 But you know you have to remember that holiness has consequences. 100 00:07:06,519 --> 00:07:09,879 And when you look honestly at the Old Testament, you'll 101 00:07:09,879 --> 00:07:12,959 find a God who was slow to anger, but he 102 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:19,279 was rich in mercy. He delivered slaves, protected widows, defended 103 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:22,600 the vulnerable. He was a god who keeps his promise 104 00:07:23,079 --> 00:07:26,480 even when his people failed him, and we continue to 105 00:07:26,519 --> 00:07:30,600 fail him every day. Honestly, this is a god who 106 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:39,120 repeatedly offers forgiveness before judgment ever falls. People don't reject 107 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,920 the Old Testament God because he is different from Jesus. 108 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,360 I think they reject him because he exposes the human heart. Now, 109 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:51,759 this surgeon heresy is a symptom of I think what 110 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:59,399 is a deeper crisis. This trend isn't theological, it's psychological. 111 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,439 It's not about scripture. It's about discomfort and a lack 112 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:09,240 of understanding. It's not about doctrine. It's about a generation 113 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,519 trying to find a god who asks nothing of them. Right, 114 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:19,519 the God of the Old Testament demands repentance, He draws boundaries, 115 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,720 and he actually cares how you live, how you treat others. 116 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:29,759 And that's the rub right there. A god who commands 117 00:08:29,839 --> 00:08:36,360 holiness is inconvenient. A god who judges nations. That's intimidating, 118 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:40,279 and a God who set standards is unwelcome in an 119 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:47,039 age where personal autonomy is the final idol. Right, Scripture 120 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,559 does not split God in half. When you step back 121 00:08:50,799 --> 00:08:54,399 and you trace the story from Genesis to Revelation, you 122 00:08:54,440 --> 00:09:00,440 see one continuous narrative, one consistent character, one unchanging God. 123 00:09:00,639 --> 00:09:06,159 Not to not opposites. Okay. The God who provided a 124 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,720 ram for Abraham is the God who became the lamb 125 00:09:10,799 --> 00:09:16,200 for the world. The God who's pardon me, The God 126 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:22,159 who toppled idols is the God who overturned tables. The 127 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,600 God who thundered from Sinai is the God who whispered 128 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:33,000 to Elijah and who walked among fishermen. The two Gods 129 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,320 theory doesn't collapse under emotional arguments. It collapses under the 130 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,480 weight of scripture itself. Now we're going to talk about 131 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:50,519 the most probably the most misunderstood Bible story period, and 132 00:09:51,159 --> 00:09:55,240 for that, don't start with YouTube. Start with Genesis twenty two. 133 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:00,399 You have Abraham Isaac mount Mariah, a father of a son, 134 00:10:00,519 --> 00:10:06,399 and a knife on the surface. Again, one of the 135 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,000 hardest stories in the Bible to read. God tells Abraham 136 00:10:10,039 --> 00:10:14,159 to take his only son, Isaac, whom thou lovest, and 137 00:10:14,279 --> 00:10:16,440 offer him as a burnt offering. And that's when most 138 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:22,240 people stop reading. That alone makes people today slam the breaks. 139 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:27,080 What kind of God would even ask that? That's the point. 140 00:10:28,039 --> 00:10:33,039 If you just stop there, you miss the entire setup. 141 00:10:34,039 --> 00:10:38,320 This isn't just about Abraham. This is about God revealing 142 00:10:38,399 --> 00:10:43,679 something about himself. Okay, think about what Abraham's being asked 143 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:47,279 to do here though, right, Isaac is the miracle child, 144 00:10:47,799 --> 00:10:51,440 he is the promised lineage, he is the future, and 145 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:53,840 God is telling him to lay him on the altar. 146 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,360 And again, from a human standpoint, this looks like just 147 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:03,840 the biggest contradiction. God promised a nation through Isaac, and 148 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:07,960 now God tells Abraham to kill him. In our language, 149 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,679 we'd say this makes no sense, this is cruel, this 150 00:11:10,759 --> 00:11:16,600 is abuse. But scripture lets you know, and it lets 151 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,320 you in on Abraham's inner logic. Later in Hebrews eleven, 152 00:11:21,799 --> 00:11:25,240 Abraham believed that God could raise Isaac from the dead 153 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:30,840 if necessary. In other words, Abraham trusted the character of 154 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:35,679 God more than he trusted his own understanding of the situation. 155 00:11:38,039 --> 00:11:41,679 That doesn't make it any easier, but it makes it 156 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:47,360 trustful at the highest level. So here's Abraham building the altar. 157 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:52,919 He lays the wood in order. He binds his only son, Isaac. 158 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,440 He lays him on top. And at this point there 159 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,799 are only two ways this is going to endither Abraham 160 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:08,399 disobeys or Isaac dies. But the ever trustful Abraham raises 161 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:15,679 the knife, and Heaven breaks in. Abraham, Abraham lay not 162 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:22,840 thine hand upon the lad God stops him. The knife 163 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,759 never comes down. And in that pause, in that split 164 00:12:27,879 --> 00:12:33,200 second between obedience and action, we see what God was 165 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:39,399 really doing. He's staging a preview. Just then, Abraham looks up. 166 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,519 He sees a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. 167 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,919 He offers the ram in the place of his son. 168 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:57,960 Do you get it? A substitution, a life for a life, 169 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:01,960 a sacrifice is instead of the one who should have died. 170 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,480 From that day forward, Abraham named the place the Lord 171 00:13:08,519 --> 00:13:13,519 will provide, and he says, in the mount of the Lord, 172 00:13:13,639 --> 00:13:18,360 it shall be seen, not just God provided. Back there, 173 00:13:20,159 --> 00:13:29,840 God will provide future tense, prophetic, open ended. That's the 174 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:35,519 Ram to the lamb. And here's the bigger picture. God 175 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,759 won't ask what he won't do himself. This is the 176 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:44,240 part people miss. God will not ask us to walk 177 00:13:44,279 --> 00:13:48,320 into something he is not willing to walk into himself. 178 00:13:48,879 --> 00:13:55,679 In fact, he goes further. What happened on Mariah was 179 00:13:55,759 --> 00:14:01,000 not God flirting with child sacrifice. It was the opposite, 180 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,840 pagan God's demanded that you give your children to them. 181 00:14:06,399 --> 00:14:09,879 The God of Israel steps in and says, no, I 182 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:16,679 myself will provide the offering. Abraham lifts the knife and 183 00:14:16,799 --> 00:14:25,360 God stops him. Centuries later, another father gives his son right, 184 00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:31,320 and this time the knife is not stopped on Mariah. 185 00:14:31,399 --> 00:14:35,440 A ram dies so Isaac can walk down the mountain alive. 186 00:14:37,039 --> 00:14:40,840 At Calvary, the lamb of God dies so that a 187 00:14:40,879 --> 00:14:47,360 world of Isaac's, that's us can live. Abraham walks to 188 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,159 the top of that mountain, willing to give his son. 189 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:56,039 But you see, God walks to the top of that 190 00:14:56,159 --> 00:15:03,519 mountain and actually does it. And it says so in 191 00:15:03,639 --> 00:15:09,960 Romans eight, he that spared not his own son, but 192 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:18,519 he spared Isaac. So when God asked Abraham to offer Isaac, 193 00:15:19,159 --> 00:15:24,000 he wasn't playing games. He wasn't being dramatic for no reason. 194 00:15:25,879 --> 00:15:29,480 This is what he was saying. This is what it 195 00:15:29,519 --> 00:15:33,720 will cost this is what I myself am willing to do. 196 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:39,399 I will walk this road further than any human father 197 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:47,399 ever could. And there is another detail that people kind 198 00:15:47,399 --> 00:15:53,000 of miss right that phrase. So they went, both of 199 00:15:53,159 --> 00:16:00,120 them together. Abraham and Isaac climbed the mountain side by side. 200 00:16:00,279 --> 00:16:03,159 The father carries the fire and the knife, the son 201 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:09,159 carries the wood, and Isaac asked the obvious question, right, hey, Dad, 202 00:16:09,399 --> 00:16:15,919 where's the lamb? And Abraham answers with one of the 203 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:23,759 most powerful statements of the entire Bible, my son, God 204 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:32,039 will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. God 205 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,960 will provide himself a lamb, meaning God will supply what 206 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:43,320 he requires. God will provide himself as the lamb, which 207 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:48,320 is exactly what happens with Christ. And on another day, 208 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,360 not too far from that ridge line, another father and 209 00:16:53,399 --> 00:16:57,720 another son walk together. The son carries the wood again, 210 00:16:58,639 --> 00:17:02,840 this time has crossed And when the moment comes and 211 00:17:02,879 --> 00:17:06,200 the nails are ready, there is no voice from heaven 212 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:12,319 saying stop, because this is the moment. Genesis twenty two 213 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:18,960 was pointing towards from the ram to the lamb, from 214 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:26,200 the shadow to the substance. So here's where this blows 215 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:30,559 up the whole YouTube nonsense that says the Old Testament 216 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:34,720 God and the New Testament God are different. The God 217 00:17:34,759 --> 00:17:39,599 who tested Abraham is the God who fulfilled that test 218 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,960 in himself. The God who provided a ram is the 219 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,440 God who became the lamb. The God who demanded a 220 00:17:46,519 --> 00:17:52,880 sacrifice is the God who offered himself as that sacrifice. 221 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,720 This is a God who steps into his own storyline 222 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,559 and pays his own price. When people say I can't 223 00:18:00,559 --> 00:18:03,240 believe in a God who would ask Abraham to do that, 224 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:07,359 they're missing the point. This is not about what God 225 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:12,000 demanded from Abraham. It's about what God was preparing to 226 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:17,440 do for us. Right in Genesis twenty two, God is 227 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,480 pulling back the curtain and saying, this is how far 228 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,440 my love and justice will go. I will not crush you. 229 00:18:25,519 --> 00:18:31,599 I will carry the knife myself. So no, the God 230 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,480 of the Old Testament is not different from Jesus. Genesis 231 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,279 twenty two says the opposite. The cross is already there 232 00:18:39,279 --> 00:18:44,640 in the shadows, just centuries earlier. Now, I want to 233 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,680 add one part to this, and that is the four 234 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:50,759 hundred and thirty eight year countdown to the King. Okay, 235 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:56,640 let's pivot. Let's pivot from Mariah to Jerusalem, from the 236 00:18:56,759 --> 00:18:59,640 ram caught in the thicket to the lamb riding on 237 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:05,279 a This kind of encapsulates everything, right from the shadow 238 00:19:05,319 --> 00:19:07,720 on the mountain to the moment the shadow becomes the 239 00:19:07,759 --> 00:19:12,720 flesh and steps into history. Many people have no idea 240 00:19:12,759 --> 00:19:16,079 that when Jesus entered Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday, 241 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,079 he was stepping directly into a prophetic countdown that began 242 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:25,319 four hundred and thirty eight years earlier. That number is 243 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:30,240 not random, it's not symbolic, but it's in the text. 244 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,559 And to see it, we're going to go to one 245 00:19:33,599 --> 00:19:38,039 of the most important prophetic passages in the Bible. No, 246 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:43,160 not from Revelation, from Daniel nine. And in Daniel nine, 247 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,480 God tells the prophet that a specific period of time 248 00:19:46,759 --> 00:19:51,000 weeks meaning sets of seven years would count down to 249 00:19:51,039 --> 00:19:55,640 the arrival of the Messiah. This is not vague prophecy 250 00:19:55,799 --> 00:20:00,920 that a YouTube theologian can manipulate. This is God replace 251 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,279 I should saying, this is God placing a time stamp 252 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:09,279 on the appearance of his anointed one. So the prophecy says, 253 00:20:10,079 --> 00:20:13,559 from the going forth of the Commandment to restore and 254 00:20:13,599 --> 00:20:19,720 to build Jerusalem. Onto Messiah the prince, a decree would 255 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:24,759 go out to rebuild Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, and 256 00:20:24,839 --> 00:20:32,680 from that moment a divine stopwatch would begin. And that decree, 257 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,920 the one historians can actually date, was given by anti Artaxerxes. 258 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,160 Pardon me, in four forty five PC. Now do the 259 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:49,079 math build into Daniel sixty nine weeks, sixty nine time 260 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,200 seven four hundred and eighty three years adjusted for prophetic years, 261 00:20:54,279 --> 00:20:57,480 which was the three hundred and sixty day years. And 262 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:03,279 of course the calendar transitions that lands remarkably close to 263 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:11,480 Jesus riding into Jerusalem presenting himself as king. So where 264 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:16,359 does the four thirty eight years fit here? Remember Artaxerxes 265 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:22,279 installed Nehemiah as governor and issued the rebuild decree in 266 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:29,200 his seventh year. From that decree to the era immediately 267 00:21:29,279 --> 00:21:35,640 preceding Jesus' arrival, four hundred and thirty eight literal years 268 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:40,000 pass on the civil calendar before you enter the final stretch, 269 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:46,960 the decades that bring you to Palm Sunday. This is 270 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:52,680 why the crowd laid down the palms, not just because 271 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:58,279 they loved Jesus, but because prophecy was happening before their 272 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:04,000 very eyes, and whether they understood every detail or not, 273 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:13,200 the timing matched the expectation. So just picture it. Jerusalem 274 00:22:13,279 --> 00:22:18,400 is mobbed, the pilgrims have flood in for passover, the 275 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,000 city has swelled to triple the size, and here comes Jesus, 276 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:27,880 the Lamb of God, riding on a donkey, exactly as 277 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:34,359 Zachariah nine nine foretold. Remember, behold thy King cometh unto 278 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:41,039 thee lowly and riding upon a donkey. But this wasn't 279 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:47,519 just fulfillment of Zechariah. This was the arrival Daniel prophesied 280 00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:53,319 the revelation of Messiah the Prince. This is why Jesus 281 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:57,640 stops on the mount of Olives, overlooking the city and says, 282 00:22:58,319 --> 00:23:02,680 if you had known even thou at least in this 283 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:08,440 thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace, this 284 00:23:09,039 --> 00:23:16,200 thy day. That is a prophetic phrase. The king had 285 00:23:16,279 --> 00:23:21,559 arrived on schedule, according to a timeline set hundreds of 286 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:31,440 years earlier. Every palm, every shout, every hosanna, it all 287 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,680 lined up with a plan older than the Empire of Rome. 288 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:45,400 So this is the part almost no one connects. The 289 00:23:45,519 --> 00:23:52,200 ram Abraham found caught in the thicket, lightly died, likely 290 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:57,000 died on the same mountain range where Jesus would be crucified. 291 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:06,960 Mountain morale Tayah isn't simply symbolic. It's geographical. Abraham said 292 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,359 in the mount of the Lord, it shall be seen 293 00:24:09,759 --> 00:24:13,440 future tents, and now, four hundred and thirty years after 294 00:24:13,519 --> 00:24:18,119 the prophetic clock began ticking, the Lamb rides towards the 295 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:23,799 same place where the knife fell on him instead of Isaac. 296 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:32,359 From Genesis twenty two to Daniel nine to Matthew twenty 297 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:39,400 one one unbroken line. The God of the Old Testament 298 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:44,880 wasn't mean he was preparing the stage, painting the backdrop. 299 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:51,000 He was building the timeline. He was shaping events with 300 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:58,319 such precision that no human could orchestrate. Same God, same story, 301 00:24:58,559 --> 00:25:05,240 same mission. Palm Sunday wasn't the beginning of defeat. It 302 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,759 was the public unveiling of a victory already written in 303 00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:15,839 the world's foundation. The Lamb wasn't ambushed, wasn't caught off guard, 304 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:20,839 wasn't a victim of political forces or religious leaders. He 305 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:26,960 was fulfilling a timeline. He himself said, the same God 306 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:31,039 who spared Isaac and provided a ram now provides himself 307 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,400 as the Lamb. The same God who gave Daniel the 308 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,519 countdown stepped into the countdown. And the same God who 309 00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:42,680 promised redemption kept that promise down to the year, to 310 00:25:42,799 --> 00:25:47,240 the day, and to the hour. And when Jesus rode 311 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:53,400 into Jerusalem, he wasn't heading toward defeat. He was marching 312 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:59,480 to the throne. Remember, the cross wasn't a loss, the 313 00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:04,480 tomb wasn't a setback. The Lamb was the lion in disguise, 314 00:26:04,799 --> 00:26:08,680 and the victory was guaranteed before the palms ever touched 315 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:13,960 the ground. That's the message the YouTube theologians missed. That's 316 00:26:14,079 --> 00:26:20,000 the message YouTube cannot algorithm away. And that's the message 317 00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:22,920 every believer must reclaim. And that is the God of 318 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:27,039 Abraham is the God of Jesus. And the plan he 319 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:34,799 started he finished, and the plan he finished he will complete. 320 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,039 From the ram to the lamb, from the mountain to 321 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,480 the city, from prophecy to fulfillment, it ends in victory. 322 00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:54,599 It always has. So before we close, let me speak 323 00:26:54,599 --> 00:26:59,920 directly to you as an individual. If you've listened this far, 324 00:27:00,039 --> 00:27:04,440 are if something in this story has stirred your heart, 325 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,720 that's not by accident. The same God who provided for 326 00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:16,319 the ram for Abraham, the same God who became the 327 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,720 Lamb for us. That is the same God calling you 328 00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:26,279 right now. You don't come to Christ by polishing yourself 329 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:31,000 up or pretending to be better than you are. You 330 00:27:31,079 --> 00:27:34,920 come admitting what we all know in our quiet moments, 331 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:40,599 that we need him. We need forgiveness, we need to repent, 332 00:27:41,799 --> 00:27:45,920 we need mercy, We need a savior who went up 333 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,119 the mountain for us because we could never make it ourselves. 334 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,440 If you already, or I should say, if you are 335 00:27:55,480 --> 00:28:00,200 ready to trust him, not religion, not a rich will, 336 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,640 not a self help book, but Jesus, then talk to 337 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:14,960 him right now. Tell him you believe in him. Then 338 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,400 he died on the cross for your sins, and you 339 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,359 accept him in your heart as your personal Lord and savior. 340 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,720 He died for you, he rose again. Tell him that 341 00:28:28,759 --> 00:28:33,559 you're ready to follow him wherever he leads. You don't 342 00:28:33,599 --> 00:28:39,319 need fancy words, you need a willing heart. And if 343 00:28:39,319 --> 00:28:44,680 today is that day for you, then welcome. Your story 344 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:51,359 is an ending. It's finally beginning. And if any of 345 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:57,039 you need help getting hold of a Bible or anything, 346 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,880 you can email me. It's the fact Hunter at me 347 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:05,000 dot com. You can provide your mailing address, and if 348 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,160 you need a King James version Bible, I will get 349 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,279 one in the mail to you. We have a decent 350 00:29:09,319 --> 00:29:14,119 supply here through some good people local and a few 351 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:18,039 people around the country who we've connected with, and we 352 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:22,480 don't ask for any money, and I hope you'll take 353 00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:28,759 this time because again we're not prophesizing here, but the 354 00:29:28,759 --> 00:29:31,799 Bible says Jesus is going to come like a thief 355 00:29:31,839 --> 00:29:35,359 in the night in a nanosecond, and there's only two 356 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,440 places you can go, and you can accept Jesus in 357 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,440 your heart as your Lord and savior, and the other 358 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,519 option is hell the lake of fire, and a lot 359 00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:48,839 of people don't like to hear that, but that's the truth, 360 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:55,359 and I hope you'll consider that, and I pray for 361 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,559 all of you and these interesting times we're living in. Right, 362 00:29:59,079 --> 00:30:02,519 We've got a great podcast Tuesday night. We're gonna look 363 00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:06,440 at the LDS, the Mormons, and boy, since I mentioned that, 364 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,240 I've gotten probably fifty or six, fifty or sixty emails 365 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,559 a few people who were involved with them thoughts on them. 366 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,119 And it's probably gonna have to be a two parter 367 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,920 because it's quite a story. It is quite a story. 368 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,599 So there you go. Have a great Monday. If you're 369 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,880 listening shortly after this is released. The next podcast will 370 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,039 be released Tuesday night, eight pm Eastern Time. And God 371 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:35,799 bless each and every one of you. Keep your head 372 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:37,680 on a swivel and Christ in your heart. And until 373 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:46,039 we meet again, my friends, we will see you in. 374 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:52,119 Speaker 4: The stillness of the night. A few ages two inch 375 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,480 and footsteps in the dust adulters. 376 00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 2: That's stub boom. 377 00:30:58,519 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 5: Every shadow, Hugh said, speaks the truth you've always known 378 00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:09,279 from the realm that was provided to the Lamb upon 379 00:31:09,599 --> 00:31:13,680 the throne. 380 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,599 Speaker 2: It was trembling on the mountain. 381 00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 4: There was mercy in the air. 382 00:31:20,599 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 2: When a father raised the knife. 383 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,599 Speaker 4: You show the world you care. 384 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:29,119 Speaker 1: In that moment of surrender. 385 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 4: Love was written in the sky, a reflection of the 386 00:31:35,039 --> 00:31:40,160 promise when the Holy One would die, and I hear 387 00:31:40,319 --> 00:31:42,440 the echo calling. 388 00:31:42,279 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 3: Through the wilderness of men. 389 00:31:46,079 --> 00:31:51,079 Speaker 5: A melody of mercy that will never fade again. 390 00:31:54,920 --> 00:32:01,799 Speaker 2: From them to the Lamb, story flows the river. Every 391 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:08,519 page of the Promise hill together forever. From the wood 392 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:13,920 on the altar to the cross on the hill. You 393 00:32:14,119 --> 00:32:17,359 fulfilled every whisper. 394 00:32:17,119 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 6: Of the fathers with From the land to. 395 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 4: The land, you redeemed a still. 396 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:40,319 Speaker 2: Through the centuries of wading through the silenceding, every prophet 397 00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:42,440 saw your shadow, and. 398 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:49,279 Speaker 4: The sacrificial flame, and the hoofs of every nation gathered 399 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:55,440 quietly that night, when the word became the answer, and 400 00:32:55,519 --> 00:33:00,160 the darkness met the light in the heaven sank in 401 00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:06,119 wonders redemption to get standing for the one who bought 402 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:15,319 the promise was the spotless holy land, from the realm 403 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:22,000 to the lamb, the crimson friend never and every sacrifice 404 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:28,200 before you was love that descended from the feet of 405 00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:30,240 Maria to the. 406 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,039 Speaker 1: Storm road away. 407 00:33:32,839 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 2: You complete the promise on the third day, from the. 408 00:33:39,799 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 4: Realm to the land you have made the way. I 409 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:57,240 hear your voice inside the wind, a sound. 410 00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 2: That calls my name again, the blood that speaks a 411 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,200 better word than. 412 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,519 Speaker 4: All the broken things I've. 413 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:12,639 Speaker 6: Heard across these across the sand, your mercy took me 414 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:13,840 by the head. 415 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,199 Speaker 3: And every tea. 416 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 4: And every scarm you carried from the starm. 417 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:35,559 Speaker 2: All from the realm to the lamb, every prise serrises, 418 00:34:36,039 --> 00:34:41,960 every mystery is answer in the love. The surprises. 419 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 6: From the knife that was halted to the veil that 420 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:51,840 was torn, you turned to him, to big tree on 421 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:57,519 l he stir more from Ram to the land. 422 00:35:00,639 --> 00:35:10,079 Speaker 4: We are forever born. In the quiet of the night, 423 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:16,840 I still hear the story scene from the realm that 424 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:18,400 was given. 425 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,039 Speaker 2: To the lamb who is. 426 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:43,639 Speaker 1: Came You were listening to the Fact Hunter Radio network. 427 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,960 Just the facts, ma'am.