400 Year Prophecy Fulfilled or Failure?

The following program is a paid presentation the views and or opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the staff and management of kw am Welcome in to all things fulfilled with your host william bell Good morning, ladies and gentlemen Welcome to the all things fulfilled broadcast presented to you by the rains road church of christ located at 33 east rains road in memphis, tennessee As always we are delighted to be with you for another study from the word of god And we look forward to an exciting study this morning one that we uh, trust and pray will be helpful to you We'll give you some insights in the word of god and we'll help you in your walk with him We invite you to attend the services at the rains road church of christ where we study, uh for a bible study at 10 45 a.m. I have to keep remembering remembering these times and also Uh the morning worship at 11 45 a.m. We have our midweek service on wednesdays at 7 p.m And we occasionally do studies on facebook at around 7 p.m on monday nights and uh, we've been studying on the resurrection And so if you're interested in that study, uh, be sure and join us For some of the upcoming studies that we're doing there as well And we hope that you're looking forward to a great and safe. Uh holiday For uh tomorrow and that you get a chance to rest spend some time with your family And friends and just relax and kick back and you know and take advantage of that day off the job I know how that feels and uh, I know that you will um have some, you know Have a great time on tomorrow lord willing, but let's remember To also give some time today to those things that are spiritual that help us in our walk with god And of course to keep us throughout the week and throughout the future Someone asked me, uh what Uh, well, I guess I don't know if they're speaking to me or speaking to someone else, uh with this question that they have here But uh, if you do if you're talking to me cunning, uh, please make that known It looks like you might be speaking to someone else. Uh, I am non-denominational just in case somebody asked um when we Look at uh, this 400 year prophecy. Let me uh, just say a few things. We're going to talk about that because This prophecy has been going on for quite some time and people have believed that jesus christ was going to return and deliver people from What they call their oppression and bondage in america And america has been considered as egypt because they use the basic Definition of egypt meaning house of bondage and therefore say because of the transatlantic slave trade Uh that black people have been brought to america in slavery oppressed And of course, uh enslaved and oppressed and and that it continues and uh that There was a prophecy that we find in the bible that spoke of being delivered after 400 years well, the 400 years was up in august in other words last month and so that is supposedly the time In which the prophecy was fulfilled so we're going to talk about that a little bit, but let me say Up front that you know our aim in discussing. This is not To belittle anyone Uh, it is not to um, you know, just take aim at someone We want to express the fact that you know We care about those who are studying the word of god and prophecy is such an important topic that you know affects and builds the faith of individuals and when It does not occur There's a lot of disappointment And sometimes a lot of grief and pain that results from it Studies have even shown that some people even take their own lives when things like this happen and if you have studied any of you know, the history of christianity And the development of several denominations, you know That uh, there were many people who were disappointed in the early, you know about the mid 19th century Uh, and then several times thereafter and almost every time we have one of these prophecies concerning the coming of the lord That does not take place. There's always some negative fallout as a result of it and uh, particularly with the group that is referred to as the hebrew israelites there is um, There has been a prophecy in the year 2000 and you can find this documented online. It's not something that uh that we're making up there was much fallout as a result of that and a lot of splinter groups and a lot of people disappointed a lot of people discouraged a lot of people basically uh giving up their faith in in god, uh, because they just believed that he didn't come and uh other people should realize that the coming of the lord the teaching of the coming of the lord is An area Of attack against christianity. You've heard me say that many many times Uh where you have people from you know, different backgrounds some who are christians some who are atheists some who are Uh, you know jews and those who are muslims Uh, they all attack christianity at the same point because they think it is our weak point Uh, they think that it is the point wherein we suffer the worst as far as credibility and integrity and that is regarding the coming of the lord and so Uh, their uh point of attack is very direct. It is at the point of The time statements that are found in the scriptures and we try to emphasize those time statements over and over again So people can understand not only what the lord said But also how the lord fulfilled those promises and yet the people who uh claim to be uh christians and many christians actually actually uh use the very arguments that the Uh detractors use against christianity to try and defend it Now that is what is an anomaly to me. That is what is uh, just you know, so odd about the whole situation. You've got Uh Those who oppose christianity saying that christ said he was going to return at a certain time And he didn't do it. And then you have those who believe in christianity Also saying that well, he didn't come at the time that he said he was coming and and they try to use all kinds of um of arguments and Evasions to get around the clear statements of christ and as a result of that they are feeding into this uh Attack upon christianity and it's really really sad and embarrassing to uh to witness and yet many of them do it, you know Not knowing, uh others do it, you know Because they are so stuck in the traditions that they're not willing to open their minds And look at things from a different perspective and so this gives us an opportunity to demonstrate that but let me just say very quickly And by the way, the number to call in if you want to call in and ask a question Is 9 0 1 2 6 0 5 9 2 6 again that number is 9 0 1 2 6 0 5 9 2 6 and we'll take your question live We're talking about the 400 year prophecy this morning And if you have any questions regarding the coming of the lord or you know related, uh teachings, you know just go ahead and pick up the phone and call and we'll get your question on the air and And try to get you a bible answer to it. That's our aim now Here's some of the statements that i'm talking about and look these statements have been published In the the final call because I remember back some years ago. I think it was in the 90s Uh, they published an article about why jesus failed. Uh, the article was written by jabril muhammad I remember it because I wrote a response to the article I believe I sent it to them as well didn't get a response from them and I also went to hear him speak when he came to memphis And uh would have talked to him about it if I could have gotten the opportunity Uh, but I didn't and uh, here's the point, you know, they took passages like Matthew 16 27 and 28 where the bible says Uh for the son of man and the greek actually says is about to come In the glory of his father with his holy angels to reward each according to his works Assuredly, I say to you there are some standing here who will not taste death who will not die In other words disciples standing in the presence of christ who would not die till they saw the son of man Coming in his kingdom now We have christians and non-christians who deny that the kingdom is here as a matter of fact Uh, those people who were advocating this 400 year prophecy and others like them Advocate that the kingdom is not here as even now And of course many jews say that the kingdom was not here because they don't even accept the messiah came the first time Uh, but that is the point and so Uh, here's the text saying that he would come In his return in his second coming before some who stood in his presence died Now you can't get around that look the atheists Know it the the jews who oppose it know it the muslims know it and even some christians know it, you know We had men like um, uh, I can't think of his name now. He's right on the tip of my tongue um C.s lewis who was a christian apologist who stated that jesus was mistaken and that he misguided his own apostles Uh when he stated that he would come in their lifetime in matthew 24 and verse 34, for example when the lord says After answering the question that was raised in matthew 24 in verse 3 When will these things be what will be the sign of your coming and of the completion of the age? Uh, and then jesus gives the answer as he enumerates throughout the chapter and then he comes to verse 34 And says assuredly I say to you this generation the very one in which he was then living in the first century This generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place Well, i've had debates with hebrew israelites and and christians and they say well, he meant some things Well, that's not what he said He said all things and he said it again in luke chapter 21 verses 20 through 22 when he said When you see jerusalem, that's the city of jerusalem that was existing in the time of christ Surrounded by armies then know that its desolation is near Then let those who are in judah flee to the mountains Let those who are in the midst of her depart and let not those who are in the countries enter her why? For these are the days of vengeance and that's right out of deuteronomy 32 That all things which are written may be fulfilled. So there's the verse and then even in 32 he read Emphasizes it again by using the same text that's quoted in matthew. Uh, surely I say to you all these things Will take place before this generation passes and by the way in that context He talks about the redemption and he talks about the coming of the kingdom of god Which was at hand at that time and he says that generation wouldn't pass until it arrived but because people have these materialistic concepts borrowed from you know Greeks, etc that uh, they impose upon the hebraic scriptures. This is why They uh believe this and they don't understand the apocalyptic nature of the language that's being used there Uh, which was very common, uh for some 200 years, uh prior to the coming of christ and about 200 years after Uh his uh coming into the world that was very uh prominent in that time That expresses many of these things that we're talking about But nevertheless, uh, that's just kind of a a brief little introduction into why we are talking about this, but let's go to The 400 year prophecy and let's talk about that and it's found In genesis chapter 15 and we're going to look at verse 13. Now. We have to also understand that there are two prophecies Particularly that god gave to abraham one is found in genesis chapter 12 and verse 3 where he talked about Uh showing him a a land and then in him all families of the earth would be blessed now Paul and peter expound upon what that prophecy was In acts chapter 3 verses 25 and 26 when he says that god sent Uh abr excuse me sent christ to bless you In turning every one of you from your iniquities and paul also stated it in galatians 3 in verse 8 Verse 8 when he said and the scripture foreseeing that god would justify the gentiles by faith Preached before the gospel unto abraham saying in you all families of the earth shall be blessed So the prophecy about all families in the earth being blessed is a prophecy of justification by faith It is a prophecy that was about delivering israel from their sins and of course that included gentiles as well because Abraham said he was going to justify the nations now this prophecy in genesis chapter 15 Is a different prophecy because it referred to the land promise specifically to the land promise of canaan But we have to see uh, what was involved because there was who claimed that it is the 400 year prophecy They look at it and believe that it was a prophecy about the transatlantic slave trade of uh, you know blacks and slaves coming into america and that we have been in bondage for 400 years and Would be delivered after 400 years in other words starting from around 16 19 Uh with jamestown and then of course 400 years from that being 1919 And august was the month, you know, I I said like I predicted years ago when I first got really wind of the hebrew israelites and these people who are teaching this that Here comes another failed prophecy and I just told them then I said i'm just going to sit back and wait Lord blesses me to live I'm going to watch this prophecy come and fail because I knew it was in reach Of at least my lifetime if I just stayed healthy and nothing happened I knew I would live to see that one fail and and by the way I've lived to see a bunch of them fail I saw the one that hal lindsey taught and failed in 1988 the one edgar wisnott taught In 1988 and 1989 failed the ones that harold camping taught Uh during the same time and then he had some recent prophecies before he died around 2011 I've got those documented on my youtube site and uh, and on facebook and uh, you know many of people You know, the jehovah's witnesses used to make them around 1995 the pentecostals used to make them they've all stopped putting dates on them now because they've been so disappointed by these dates But the reason they failed is the very reason these other uh people that I talked about attack christianity because they know That the lord promised he was going to come Uh in the uh first century and they say he didn't do it and therefore he is not the messiah Look jesus himself placed his uh claim to be the messiah on his promise to return In the lifetime of people living in the first century Let me go ahead and put that one out there before we uh get into genesis 15 real quick that is found in matthew chapter 26 verses 63 and 64 when he was uh, before uh the high priest And uh, the high priest questioned him under oath He said in verse 62 the high priest arose and said to him do you answer nothing? What is it these men testify against you? But jesus kept silent and the high priest entered and said to him I put you under oath By the living god tell us if you are notice the christ the messiah The son of god, are you the son of god now? Look, here's jesus response to him to prove that Or the claim that he says will demonstrate it he said In verse 64 it is as you said Nevertheless, I say to you hereafter you will see and the word you hear is in the plural. So he wasn't just talking about One or that particular high priest there were several and so he says I tell you um I say to you rather hereafter you will see now he's talking to people living then You will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of the power and coming on the clouds of heaven Now they knew what that meant They knew that was a quote from daniel chapter 7 and verse 13 about the coming of the son of man on the clouds It's also the text of matthew 24 30 acts 1 11 and revelation 1 7 They understood very clearly what he was saying and as a result of that They charged him with blasphemy, uh tore their clothes and says look we don't even need further witnesses We know he's a liar. We know he's a blasphemer. He is worthy of death That's why they put him to death but jesus used that very prophecy To state that is what will demonstrate and prove that I am the son of god and brothers and sisters christian friends. That's why those who oppose Christianity and oppose jesus christ as the savior of the world That is why they attack it at that particular point And so sadly we have so many Who are claiming to be followers of christ that help them? In other words, they hand them the kitchen sink and say yeah take that date because we don't want it Well, ladies and gentlemen, that's the only way you're going to be consistent with the bible and understand what the lord said regarding those things now let's um Uh, yes, it is direct done. Okay Now let's look at genesis 15 because we want to get into this a little bit and just talk about it All right, so in genesis 15 and uh starting at verse 13 This is where god meets with abraham and he gives him this prophecy and he says then he said to abram Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs And will serve them and they will afflict them 400 years And also the nation whom they serve I will judge Afterward they shall come out with great possessions Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace and you shall be buried at a good old age but in the fourth generation They shall return here for the iniquity of the emirates is not yet complete and of course at that point god cut a covenant with abraham and To seal this particular prophecy and then added the promise that he was going to give them this land Uh, that was from the river of egypt to the great river the river euphrates And uh and talked about all of those who were then in the land at that time, but he was going to remove them through the conquest of canaan now We have those who will look at this and they will say well this Does not refer to anything that was remotely connected to the people who were living At the time of abraham and who were his immediate descendants But they jumped thousands of years Beyond that to the transatlantic slave trade and then apply the prophecy to america because their opinion an idea of america is that it is bondage and they do that based upon you know, the experience of the transatlantic slave trade and And claim that the word egypt means bondage And so since we're in america We're in bondage and therefore needed to be delivered from that and of course that is still a paradigm of the hebrew israelites Uh today Uh, and again, you know, I I know some of them, you know, I have no ill will toward any of them You know and and really love them and and hope that you know, we continue to dialogue and study together But here's the point They have taken off on that. And by the way, i've written a book on on the transatlantic slave trade And you can go to uh amazon to look it up just look it up under my name and it's called shipwreck faith Uh deuteronomy 2868 if you would like to read further on my reasons why I reject that particular view And I think it makes the argument quite well I haven't seen anybody refute the argument that i've posed in the book at any rate Not just trying to sell a book just letting you know what's available out there But let's talk about this now. He said it was going to be 400 years. All right 400 years and um And he says your descendants. He says no, certainly that's your descendants. These are the descendants of abram Uh will be strangers in a land that is not theirs now. They consider the land of israel their land and um as a result of that they believe that they were to be taken back to The land of israel And this is what they were going to be delivered to as far as this 400 year prophecy was concerned now You have to understand what we're dealing with today We are past the time that they gave for the fulfillment of the prophecy I didn't really know exactly what date they had assigned to it But i've heard that it was august and i've also heard that there's a claim that the prophecy was actually fulfilled But we're going to examine that claim as well Uh this morning in the time that we have as best as we can, uh get this uh information in and so he said uh that The nation whom they serve. So let's talk about this We have the 400 years That the bible talked about now. He said 400 years He didn't say uh, what would that be about two thousand? That'd be about Maybe four thousand years from the time of abram Roughly about four thousand years. All right, so You got to decide whether from the time of abram uh whether it's going to be 400 years or whether it's going to be 4 000 years because if you're going to deal with the transatlantic slave trade, that's what you got to Deal with because that's a long way from 400 years that the prophecy talked about So that's one of the problems that we see in the text But the other problem is notice the text says the nation whom they serve all right, and so This was the point israel. If you look at what happened in the exodus israel were slaves in egypt Until the time of their departure In other words, they didn't get an emancipation proclamation To free them And then let them roam free Throughout the land of egypt to do whatever they wanted to To drive mercedes benzes bentleys live in multi-million dollar homes own tv stations youtube channels Where they could criticize the government or anything they chose on any one they chose they weren't given those privileges in egypt the text says that The nation whom they serve I will judge In other words, they were going to serve that nation until the time of their departure from bondage now again israel was confined to a certain place in the land of egypt in goshen and We don't find that happening in america. Do we you can live anywhere in these continental united states? Uh that you want to you can live anywhere in the united states that you want as a matter of fact Anybody in the united states can live anywhere in the world That they choose to if they let you in the country So you're not locked in to the united states and um Pharaoh didn't say, you know, look call uber and get you a chariot and you can just Trek on out of the land take a trip down to canaan and visit anytime that you want to No, that didn't happen But you see people can do that today Uh, they couldn't file lawsuits and win million dollar judgments and multi-million dollar judgments against their oppressors Pharaoh would not allow that in his court He would not allow that in his kingdom. See when you are a slave. You don't have those rights you're treated As property for the most part And so you don't have those kind of rights that a free man has And so they couldn't live anywhere that they wanted to they were confined to a certain point So that's one point that we need people to understand Was that they were serving in their land of bondage and they remained in the bondage until they were freed They didn't get an emancipation proclamation. They didn't get any freedom To move about and do what they want to even choose not to accept a job. Look if they were a slave They had to work that job and many of them worked until they broke their bones But see you can refuse a job And many of them do somebody says look I want to hire you. I want you to do this work You can look at them and say look take your job And give it to somebody else. I do not want it. You couldn't do that during the time of slavery And uh, so they claim that they're still in bondage and they're trying to parallel it with genesis 15 or at least they tried Doesn't work because the bondage had to continue until their deliverance now something else That we need to take note of he says the nation whom they serve I will judge All right. He was going to judge the nation that they serve Now ladies and gentlemen, I want you to think about that one for a moment again. The number is 9 0 1 2 6 0 5 9 2 6 9 0 1 2 6 0 5 9 2 6. All right, so A judgment was supposed to take place Where's the judgment on america that happened last month? Did anybody recognize the judgment? How about you delores? She's shaking her head. No It's like she was like deer in the headlights. Look what judgment? Where's the judgment on america if america was the bondage now you say you were delivered last month so then god said the nation Whom they serve I will judge now watch this afterward they shall come out He didn't say they will come out and then god's gonna judge him He says they would be judged the nation would be judged and then they would come out So it looks like we got some things a little backwards here relative to the 400 year prophecy now If god judged america last month It was different from any judgment he has ever had in scripture In other words, there was no pestilence. There were no famines. There were no earthquakes. There was no sword No bombs dropped in america nothing I bet some of the people who claimed this prophecy were probably sitting out in their swimming pools sipping on pina colada They didn't experience any judgment america didn't experience any judgment But he was to judge the nation that had them in bondage and then after judging them They would come out But you see you don't have that None of that took place In fact, it was so quiet that the majority of americans don't even know they have been through a judgment Now ladies and gentlemen that tells you That the 400 prophecy could not have been according to genesis 15 and verses 13 and 14 But here's another point that we want you to take note of If you look at the text again he said Also the nation whom they serve I will judge now, by the way Let's just talk about this for just a moment. Now if you look at 400 years You do see that when they were in egypt God judged that nation He killed all the firstborn after telling pharaoh With several plagues in other words every plague upon pharaoh was a judgment of god So he was he had already started the judgments I mean turned the water to blood and sent flies and frogs And pestilence and everything he did all of that stuff in the judgment of pharaoh We all know about the 10 plagues. We haven't had one plague here in america as far as the judgment That was to precede this 400 year prophecy Think about it. Ladies and gentlemen, this is how people Misinterpret the scriptures because they go there with the preconceived opinion or presupposition And try to build a doctrine out of it and what it creates is a lot of despair and disappointment to people in uh in the process But he said, you know again They killed all the firstborn in egypt even in pharaoh's own palace There was not one place where there was not someone dead. The firstborn was killed Now suppose the firstborn in every home in america of those who were against this particular group Or that they feel are against them Was destroyed Suppose one day then we could say. Oh, there's the judgment Suppose that had been preceded by 10 plagues You could say there's the judgment, but you see none of that happened Everything just continues to roll right along Everybody just as comfy as they've always been there was no great cry in america Like there was a great cry in egypt As a matter of fact god even uses that uh Great morning of egypt to illustrate things regarding the coming of the lord in 70 ad He tells him in zechariah. He says there would be a great morning like the morning of the firstborn zechariah 12 10 and following So he used that as an example But there is no such great morning today and um, how could that be a prelude to This end of this alleged 400 year prophecy then again Notice he says in verse 14. They would come out with great possessions In other words, these people would be rich once they left slavery You see when the egyptians left slavery, it's right there in exodus 12. They got reparations from god Now let's go there and look at it Now we're still In the courts, they're still fighting for reparations in america Look at is exodus chapter 12 the bible says in verse 32 Well, let's let's look let me read this because we need to definitely look at it In verse 32. He says, uh when they leave he says and go serve the lord as you have said so now uh, this is um Pharaoh and you know telling the people to go he's telling moses and aaron look y'all go We've had enough of these plagues. We've had enough of this judge. Look has america told the black people to just get up and leave No way Not gonna happen anytime soon either Here's the deal. Oh, you will hear people, you know individuals saying okay, we go back to africa or something you'll hear that occasionally But they're not going to tell all black people to leave at least not at once You imagine what kind of devastation that would present to the economy and to the country? That's why pharaoh didn't want them to leave because of their economic benefit and welfare to egypt and so in verse 32 that you talk about Building the wall they tear the wall down at that point because they'd have to get an influx of people in here Political outlooks will change very quickly Anyway, let me go on he says and the egyptians urged the people What here's here's what pharaoh told him interesting It says to take your flocks and your herds and you as you have said and be gone and bless me also So now he wanted a blessing from them And so verse 33 says the egyptians urged the people that they might send them out of the land in haste Now, wait a minute. You see the egyptians sent them out of the land in haste get up out of here Don't stay another moment the people who were saying that the 400 year prophecy was fulfilled were sitting down in a conference room Relaxed they didn't look like they were in a hurry at all didn't have any bags packed. Nothing It says for they said we shall all be dead In other words, they realized if they had stayed behind in egypt, the whole country would have died So the people took their dough Before it was leavened. You see the hurry that they went in They didn't even have time to let their bread rise Having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders if you're taking a trip You need to be prepared Now the children of israel had done according to the word of moses and they had asked from the egyptians articles of what silver articles of gold and clothing And the lord had given the people favor in the sight of the egyptians So they granted them what they requested thus they plundered the egyptian Now look, I want to find some 400 year prophecy people To see if they have gone to washington dc asked for the reparations and got them And then tricked on up out of the united states You see ladies and gentlemen Trying to claim this prophecy for 400 years. It just doesn't work For all their past labor. They got some reparations. They got uh silver Gold they were rich when they left and so The bible says the children of israel journeyed from ramesses to succot And so there you have it. He says see this prophecy meant that they would have great possessions They would come out with great possessions. Now if you haven't been given great possessions as the direct result of your Oppression as you call it Then the 400 prophecy hasn't been fulfilled. It's a total failure Then in verse 15 He says now as for you You should go to your fathers in peace You shall be buried in a good old age So he tells abram that he's going to Go to his grave in peace and he's going to be buried in a good old age Now watch verse 16 but in the fourth generation They shall return here For the iniquity of the amorites is not yet complete Now I want you to note In addition to they're leaving with great possessions. I mean they had gold they had silver they had precious jewelry Clothing and everything. I mean they were decked out looking good and everything Wealthy folk when they left each. Uh, yes when they left egypt So let's see about the people that said the 400 year prophecy was fulfilled last month They all should be wealthy I mean, I don't know what the economy of the united states is. I thought I heard someone say the other day It was a 19 trillion dollar economy That's a lot of wealth And the gold and everything else at any rate That's what they got Egypt was ready to give them whatever they asked for When they left but here in the fourth generation, they shall return here. So now we've had a 400 year prophecy I mean a 400 year time frame But now he says in the fourth generation, so he specifically Tells us what generation they were going to return in He says in the fourth generation now They went into bondage Around the time of jacob's death. And by the way, there are three time markers in verse 16 That we need to consider and that i'm going to talk about And so one of them was the fourth generation now they went into bondage around the time of jacob's death And so we need to count then from um the time Of they're going into egypt For the four generations, you see it's important also for us to understand that the 400 years that abraham talks about Involved their sojourning now. They sojourned for 400 years some One text will say 400 and the other will say 430 and it's you know They're estimating between the two But that was the total sojourning of israel. You see part of their sojourning, which I will point out Was in the land of canaan, but they were afflicted in the land of canaan because they had enemies in the land of canaan You had lot you had the people of shechem and and several others throughout they had problems with the people in the land of canaan So their sojourning was 430 years But they were only in egypt for the four generations. He says after the fourth generation Then you're going to come out Well, how many generations have has there been since the first century? Well look, oh rather since the time of abram if you were to go to uh, matthew chapter uh one And just look at the list given there for generations The bible lists there about 42 generations and that's just up to the time of the generation of christ So now how can 42? plus all the way up to august of 2019 before generations when it was already 42 in the time of christ somebody's math Just isn't adding up He told abram in the fourth generation So you can't count from the transatlantic slave trade and count four generations and say that was it but you see 400 years Is more than four generations? Here's what the bible says look in exodus chapter 12 and the verse is 40 exodus 12 and the verse is 40 the bible says And and here's this text again That says uh, and it wasn't just israelites that went up. They took some more people with them as well In verse 38 it says a mixed multitude You know, there's about 600 000 men on foot besides children And then it says a mixed multitude verse 38 went up with them also and flocks and herds And a great deal of livestock and they baked unleavened cakes of the dough, which they had brought out of egypt For it was not leavened because they were driven out of egypt and could not wait Nor had they prepared provisions for themselves now the sojourn. So here's the text now the sojourn Of the children of israel who lived in egypt Was 430 years. He didn't say that they were in egypt 430 years He said the sojourn of the children of israel who were then living in egypt was 430 years in other words they spent About 215 years in the land of canaan and they spent about 215 years in the land of egypt Now you can go through the patriarchs look at their ages And follow them through their generations and you will see that that is Pretty much the case and so it says and it came to pass now watch this And it came to pass at the end of the 400 years. Now. Wait a minute. Where have we ever seen? 400 years in the bible before The only other place was in genesis 15 Verses 13 through 16 and the scripture says and it came to pass at the end Of the 430 years on the very same day It came to pass that all the armies of the lord went out from the land of egypt Now ladies and gentlemen that is clear As a bible text as you can get to demonstrate the truth of what god said concerning This sojourn in egypt and this 400 year prophecy He says at the end of the 400 years on the very same day It came to pass And yet you have people telling us that it was last month In august of 2019 that the 400 year prophecy was fulfilled Too much of this a day is what the lord is a thousand years. I guess i'm not sure at any rate So that's one thing That he says that's one of the time statements that is mentioned there the fourth generation now Here's here's how you can count the fourth generation if you go to exodus chapter 6 And you look in exodus chapter 6 and verse 16 the bible is going to give you the four generations because if israel went there at the you know about the time of the death Um, or you know around the time of jacob's death And so you had the 12 tribes and the bible talks about the 70 souls that were in egypt Then you have the 12 tribes who were there and their families and so Levi was one of those sons And he was the great great grandfather of moses. I think it was a great great I might have missed one of them. But at any rate, I think that's right something like that But the scripture says in verse 16 of chapter 6 these are the names of the sons of levi according to their generations gershon kohath and merari And the years of the life of levi were 137 Now he's going to talk about the sons of levi. Um, uh, yes the sons of levi so levi his next generation was Kohat All right Then in verse 18 He says and the sons of kohath were amram ishar hebron and aziel Well, there's amram And the years of the life of kohath were 133 The sons of merari were Mali and mushi or mushi. These are the families of levi according to their generations But now look at verse 20 now amram took for himself jacob His father's sister as wife. So so far in the genealogy we have levi We have kohath We have amram And jacobette his wife And she bore aaron and moses. There's your fourth generation And that's when they came out under moses now We need to understand that if this prophecy Was fulfilled in august and it is according to what the bible says then moses should have been the one to lead them out of america But you see moses died a long long long long time ago And there's no way that he could have let them out, but he was in the fourth generation He was the fourth generation descendant from levi who went down into egypt Uh, let's see. Let's try to move on here Now another thing that he said in the fourth generation. They shall return here And this is a point that elvin I know I heard him make this point in his presentation on the 400 years in which he did a excellent job Elvin israel israel. He's on the line this morning uh a former hebrew israelite in terms of his uh doctrinal beliefs But he says but in the fourth generation, he shall return here Now where was abram in the land of canaan He said they were going to return there. Well, what are these people still sitting in america talking about they have been delivered In a 400 year prophecy, but here's another point it says They were going to be delivered when the iniquity of the amorites was full But it was not yet completed. In other words, they couldn't come out until the iniquity of the amorites was full well, look ladies and gentlemen if The 400 year prophecy has been fulfilled And if it was to be fulfilled at the time of the iniquity of the amorites then america is no longer in sin Because their iniquity has been fulfilled So you can't claim any more bondage. So you see what one group of hisraelisraelites does to the other group Takes away their claim that they're in bondage And we should have amorites still in the land Or at least having recently been judged back in august You know what? That's the longest and tallest cup of iniquity. God has ever had in scripture. He didn't even give israel that much Even their entire lifetime and he judged them several times in their lifetime assyrian captivity 721 bc Babylonian captivity 605 to 586 bc and of course, uh all the way for 70 years and then uh in 70 ad Jesus told him to fill up the cup and he gave him 40 years from the time of his prophecy And yet we've given the iniquity of the amorites thousands of years to get their cup full You see it doesn't even make sense. Ladies and gentlemen, it just doesn't make sense But that's what they tell us and um So they were to go back to canaan and these people are still sitting in america saying they've been the prophecy was fulfilled Now let's go to in our closing. Um For today, we're going to go to the book of acts and in the book of acts stephen recounts the 400 year prophecy in acts chapter 7 And so let's see what he has to say about this. Uh about this prophecy I would like to begin at verse. Uh, just to show you what he's talking about Let's let's just read a few of the verses starting in verse 5 He says And god gave him no inheritance in it. No not even enough to set his foot on But even when abraham had no child he promised to give it to him for possession and to his descendants after him But god spoke in this way that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land And that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them watch 400 years You see the 400 year prophecy And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge that's exactly what we read from genesis 15 Said god and after that there is the same order They shall come out and serve me where in this place Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision. Look if you get your order straight Then god should be just about now giving abraham the covenant of circumcision Because all that was to follow The deliverance from the 400 year prophecy And the rest that he talks about but here's the deal in verse 17 He says but when the time of the promise drew near Which god had sworn to abraham the people grew And multiplied in egypt till another king arose who did not know joseph Can someone point out for us that king? That has come up in america that did not know joseph I guarantee you not a single person in america knew joseph But you see during the time of the 400 year prophecy when they went into egypt real egypt There was a king who knew joseph And then they stayed there until there was a king who did not know joseph Well, ladies and gentlemen I hope that you have seen enough Uh information and that particular king committed genocide Killing all the male babies that he could Tried to kill moses, but he was saved and it was that moses that delivered them from the bondage of egypt from that 400 year prophecy this doctrine That the 400 year prophecy was fulfilled in august of 2019 Is absolutely false And i've given to you the word of god to help you to understand and maybe navigate a little bit better in the scriptures Well, look ladies and gentlemen, we're just about out of time for today I want to thank you for taking the time to listen It's been a pleasure to share the word of god with you. I want to say to our brothers Look, we love you. We care about you and we're trying to reach out to you with the word of god with sound teaching We encourage you to study to show yourself approved to god a workman who needs not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth to Come to the truth and the freedom that is in christ To become a citizen of the kingdom of god, which he has given you. That's your inheritance. That's your heritage The one that christ established when he returned in 70 a.d That kingdom is a kingdom of peace. It is a kingdom of joy. It is a kingdom of righteousness I'm, william bell with the rains road church of christ saying to you May god bless you may he keep you and we'll see you lord willing next week You