<TITLE>03. Par 20-27</TITLE>L-20 Now, for a little lapover, because the boys are taking tapes of this... The machines are running back in the room. And the tapes, 'course they're sent out everywhere.
Now, this morning's lesson, after we reviewed back on the 4th and 5th chapter, then we struck the--beginning with the 9th chapter of Daniel. And now, tonight we're--continue on with the 9th chapter. Before we approach it, let's just bow our heads for a moment and speak to the Author of the Word.

L-22 Our gracious God, we are sure that You know the very intent of our heart. You know why we're here. You know that we never come tonight just because that we thought it would be a nice place to come to take a little relaxation for the afternoon. Father, I do not believe there's one person here for that purpose. I believe that we are here tonight, because we are deadly sincere, honest, and wanting to know THUS SAITH THE LORD.
We love You, Lord, and we love Your Word. And if this place that You have provided for us, just a roof over our head and these concrete blocks, we are thankful to You for the place. For we believe that there is a home beyond the sky, where we are headed that way. And we think of our forefathers that didn't even have this privilege, and it makes us bow our hearts in shame, Lord, to even complain.
Now, Father, we pray that You'll open to us tonight the Scripture. Come, walk along by the side of each one of us as we go down this road tonight. Speak to us like You did those going to Emmaus from Jerusalem, that when the service is over tonight, we might go to our different homes and say, "Did not our hearts burn within us as we heard Him speaking through His Word."
Bless the reading. Bless my feeble efforts, Lord. Open my mouth to that which is true and close it to that which is wrong. And get glory to Thyself and glory in Thy people, that they might see the hour that we're living and the near coming of the Lord Jesus. For we ask it in--in His Name, the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

L-26 Now, to lap back our Scriptures for a few moments, we find that Daniel had been in captivity for sixty-eight long years. Think of it. Now, you with your paper and pencil that didn't get it this morning, may pick it up tonight. From A.D. 606 to 538--take 538 from 606, you got sixty-eight years Daniel had been in--a captive, no church to go to, no sermons to hear, nothing. But he had some books and scrolls that a prophet before him had prophesied, and was with Jeremiah.

L-27 Now, while in studying of the Scriptures, he seen time was running out, that the time of the seventy years... And Daniel solemnly believed every word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke. And I say to this, to my class tonight: Should we believe our prophets? Yes, sir. For the Word of the Lord came to the prophets. They have THUS SAITH THE LORD. And a true prophet will never vary from the--the other prophet's word. They'll never make It say something that It doesn't say. They'll say just exactly what the true prophet said. That makes them a prophet. Then when they get that, and then they foretell what is to come, knowing this with fear in their heart, lest they should say something wrong, and it should lead somebody astray; we never want to do that. We want to be absolutely sure that we got the Word of the Lord before we say THUS SAITH THE LORD. See? It must be a absolute, direct message from the throne of God or we should never say it.


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