Welcome to 3ABN's
Spring Camp Meeting 2017:
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Well we do welcome you
back to another in our marathon
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series of sessions,
Spring Camp Meeting 3ABN
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2017
Counteracting the Counterfeit.
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And for our in-house audience
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and for our viewing and listen-
ing audience around the world
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we do welcome you back.
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Now I need to tell you
just a little something.
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For our in-house
audience we have just returned
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from lunch. So if you hear any
weird sounds, that's the food
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heading from the
esophagus down to the stomach
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because mine is just
about half way there.
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We had a very quick turnaround
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but we have got a great
speaker to sort of help us
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digest our food by and keep
our eyes awake and our hearts
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alert. Our speaker is
Pastor Steve Wohlberg.
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He is the speaker/director
of White Horse Media.
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And I just think that's an
interesting and a very exciting
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title: White Horse Media.
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To think about the four
horsemen of the apocalypse
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and the white horse was the
conquering horse which is the...
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That's one of the
good horses shall we say.
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And we praise the Lord for
Steve, who has served the Lord
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for many many years. He
is the husband of one wife,
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Kristen, and the
father of two children,
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Seth and Abby.
And we all recall when
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Seth was born. No prouder
man ever walked the earth
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than Steve Wohlberg
when that boy was born.
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And he is still proud
of him to this very day.
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Steve Wohlberg has
distinguished himself
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as an insightful and deep
thinking and deep preaching
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student of the Word. When
you listen to Steve Wohlberg
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there is no doubt where he
stands, what he stands for,
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who he loves, and who
he has given his life to
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in service. And so we
expect as he tackles this title,
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this topic, which is
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Is the Mark of the
Beast a Computer Chip?
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That is the title that he
will wrestle with this afternoon
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and will do so under the
anointing and the unction of
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the Holy Spirit. And so
we are very very proud that
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he was able to take time
from his schedule to be with us
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for not one but
two presentations.
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And we know the
Lord is going to bless us
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through him this afternoon.
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Our speaker is Steve Wohlberg.
Our singer is Pr. John Lomacang.
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Our pastor and our
friend. And he is going to be
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singing I Must Tell Jesus.
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And so I will step
aside for my friend and pastor
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John Lomacang. Then the
next voice that you will hear
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will be that of speaker/
director White Horse Media
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Pastor Steve
Wohlberg. Hear ye him.
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I must tell Jesus
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all of my troubles.
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I cannot bear
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my burdens alone.
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In my distress He
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kindly will help me.
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He ever loves and
cares for His own.
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I must tell Jesus,
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I must tell Jesus,
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I cannot bear my
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burdens alone.
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I must tell Jesus,
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I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me...
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Jesus alone.
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I must tell Jesus
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all of my trials.
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He is a kind,
compassionate Friend.
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If I but ask Him
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He will deliver...
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make of my trouble
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quickly an end.
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I must tell Jesus,
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I must tell Jesus,
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I cannot bear my
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burdens alone.
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I must tell Jesus,
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I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me...
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Jesus alone.
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I must tell Jesus,
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I must tell Jesus,
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I cannot bear my
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burdens alone.
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I must tell Jesus,
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I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me...
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Jesus alone.
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For Jesus can help me...
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Jesus alone!
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Amen!
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Thank you, John.
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As usual, that was
great. And what a blessing!
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They don't have
me sing here at 3ABN
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because I can't sing.
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If I sang you'd all leave.
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Well, I hope you
had a good lunch.
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You know, it's dangerous to
hold a meeting right after lunch
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because people
sometimes fade out.
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Because the blood, you
know, goes down to the stomach
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and so I'll forewarn
you. I have been known to use
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sleeping people as
sermon illustrations...
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so stay awake.
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All right. Hello to
the 3ABN viewing audience
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and to everybody here.
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I've got a big topic.
As you can see right there
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Is the Mark of the
Beast a Computer Chip?
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I'm going to tell you the
truth and let the chips fall
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where they may.
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Ready for this?
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Put your seatbelts
on. If you have a Bible,
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I invite you to open up
to Revelation chapter 13
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verse 16.
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13:16. I tell you, this is the
biggest - at least in my mind -
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this is one of the
biggest topics that can ever
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be addressed by a preacher,
by a minister, by anybody.
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It's just so big.
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So let's begin with prayer.
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I feel my need for power
that is much bigger than me.
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Hopefully we all
do... so let's pray.
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Dear God in heaven,
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what a mighty topic this is.
And in the name of Jesus Christ
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I pray - we pray -
for the Holy Spirit,
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the Spirit of God,
the Spirit of Truth,
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to guide us into the truth
as we look at the big issue
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that will soon
face the entire world.
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We pray this in
Jesus Christ's name, Amen.
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OK. Revelation
chapter 13 verse 16.
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The Bible says that at
some point in the future
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he causes... how
many people? All.
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"He causes all
both small and great,
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rich and poor, free and slave,
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to receive a mark on their
right hand or in their forehead
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and that no one may buy or sell
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except one who has the mark
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or the name of the beast
or the number of his name. "
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A friend of mine
recently went on Google
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and he "Googled"
mark of the beast.
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And he told me that he
found... The result was
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10,700,000 hits.
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Wow! And I imagine if you
were to start clicking around
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and going from
website to website
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and following up some
of these different clicks
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that you would see a
lot of different ideas
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about the mark of the
beast. Don't you think?
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A lot of them. All
kinds of different ideas.
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Some believe that the mark
of the beast is going to be
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some kind of a tattoo.
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Some believe it's
connected to a barcode
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with 666 embedded in it.
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And perhaps the most common view
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is that the mark of the
beast is a high-tech computer
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microchip that will
be surgically inserted
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underneath the skin of
the right hand or the forehead
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of people around the world.
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Now let's just think
about this for a minute.
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Do you think that the
time is going to come when big
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government is going
to give people a choice
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and they're going to ask people:
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"Where do you want
the mark of the beast?
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Would you like it in your right
hand or in your forehead? "
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"Oh, you want it in your
forehead. OK, brace your neck...
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we're going to
give you the mark. "
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If you think that's going to
happen... No! I don't think so.
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How many people do you know
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that would ever submit to
something like that anyway?
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From big government.
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I wonder if insurance
would cover such a procedure?
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Well seriously the
Bible is very clear
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that the mark of
the beast is coming.
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There's no doubt about that.
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And I believe that with all
my heart that scripture is true
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and the prediction is there.
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We just read it in
Revelation 13:16-17.
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And what I hope to
do by the grace of God
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is to shed some
light - some Bible light -
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on this subject. Now the
first point I want to make
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is that we just read
about the mark of the beast
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in verse 17. Revelation 13:16-17
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where it talks
about the forehead there
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at the end of verse 16.
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The mark goes in the forehead.
Now it's very significant
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that if you just
drop down three verses
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to chapter 14 verse 1
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14:1 says: "Then
I looked and behold
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a Lamb standing on Mt.
Zion and with him 144,000
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having His Father's
name written... " Where?
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OK. "In their foreheads. " Some
Bibles say on their foreheads,
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some say in their
foreheads. But the point is
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that within three
verses next to each other
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one verse talks
about the mark of the beast
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going in the forehead
and three verses later
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it talks about
another group of people
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who obviously don't
get the mark of the beast
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and they have the name of
God written in their foreheads.
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Now concerning God's
people who get His name in their
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foreheads, do you think
this means that God is going to
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put some kind of a
microchip or something like that
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with His name embedded in it
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underneath the
skin of His people? No!
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Do you think
that's what that means?
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I don't think so either.
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Is this a topic that
is more than skin deep?
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That's a big question.
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When you read the book
of Revelation carefully
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it's very clear
that eventually everybody
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is going to get
something up in their foreheads.
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Everyone. One group
gets the mark of the beast
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in their foreheads; another
group gets the name of God
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in their
foreheads. When you compare
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with Revelation 7 verses 1-4
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it talks about the four
angels holding the winds
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until God seals His people
with the seal of the Living God
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in their foreheads.
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Revelation 7 verses 1 to 4.
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Again, we have the picture
of 2 groups getting something
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in their foreheads.
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Eventually sinners are
going to be marked by the devil
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in their foreheads
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and God's people are
going to have His name
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and His seal in their foreheads.
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One is a counterfeit
and one is the truth.
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But something goes in
the foreheads of everybody.
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Revelation chapter 22 verse 4.
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We can look at that if you
just move ahead to chapter 22.
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This is talking
about all God's people.
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When we all get to
heaven, when we're with Jesus
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in eternity, the Bible
says we're all going to have
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something in our foreheads.
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22:4 says "They
shall see His face
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and His name shall
be in their foreheads. "
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This is talking about God's
people who see His face, right?
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It's very clear. So
it's clear from scripture
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that the
forehead goes both ways.
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Again, the devil puts
something in the forehead;
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God puts
something in the forehead.
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Everybody's going to have
something in the forehead.
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Do you think that when we have
the name of God in our foreheads
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again when we get to heaven,
when we're all - you know -
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hopefully there
by the grace of God
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and clothed in white robes
and we're shining and our faces
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are shining that I'm going to
look at you and you're going to
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look at me and you're
going to see something written
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on the skin of my head
above my nose between my eyes?
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Yeah... let me hear that.
You think that's a yes or no?
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No! No... right. I think it's
obvious when you think about it.
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There's a lot of
symbolism in Revelation.
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There's a woman in Revelation 17
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whose name is Mystery Babylon.
She's riding a beast with
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7 heads and 10 horns and
she has a name on her forehead
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which is called
Mystery: Babylon the Great,
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the mother of
harlots. This is obviously
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a symbolic
prophecy. No doubt about it.
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So what do you think the
forehead... when it talks about
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God's people getting His name
or His seal in their foreheads
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what would the
forehead represent?
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What's up here? The
mind! It's your mind... right.
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It's how you think;
it's what's happening
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inside of your head.
That's where the battle is.
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And if the forehead symbolizes
and represents the mind
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then what about the hand.
What would the hand represent?
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Your actions...
right... what you do.
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And the devil is targeting
our foreheads and targeting
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our actions, and the Lord is
targeting our foreheads as well.
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He wants His
truth; He wants His love;
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He wants His Word; He wants
the power of the Holy Spirit
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inside of our heads,
inside of our hearts,
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inside of our souls.
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Now, something else to
consider as we try to unravel
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and de-code this subject.
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The Bible says - and this is
a very simple, obvious truth -
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that the mark is
the mark of the what?
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Beast. It's the
mark of the beast.
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Right: the mark of the beast.
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Now when the Bible talks
about the beast in the book
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of Revelation we have
a beast that has a mark.
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Is the beast a literal beast?
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No. Well, if you
look at Revelation 13-
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Revelation 13 verse 1-
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John talks about the beast.
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And this is the same
beast that has a mark.
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13:1. "Then I stood
upon the sand of the sea
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and I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea... "
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And this beast
has how many heads?
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Seven! Seven heads
and how many horns?
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Ten! "Ten horns and
on his horns ten crowns
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and on his heads a
name of blasphemy. "
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A blasphemous name. Now my kids:
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Seth is 12, almost 13.
I hope Jesus comes before
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he gets to be a teenager!
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At least for too long. I
really want the Lord to come,
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sooner the better.
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But anyway... and
my daughter's nine.
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And my kids like to go to
zoos. We love to go to zoos.
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Sometimes when we
travel - Portland, Sacramento -
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we've been to the zoos. And
we love to look at the animals
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the different things
that God has created.
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But I can tell you: in
every zoo that we've gone to -
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Los Angeles zoo, the zoo in
the Dallas/Fort Worth area -
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we have never seen a
seven-headed, ten-horned
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beast in our lives.
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Have you? No! No.
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Nobody has! It's obvious
00:17:18.13\00:17:20.94
that the seven-headed,
ten- horned beast is a symbol
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of something else.
It's not a literal beast.
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Can you imagine Fox News
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or CNN carrying
this breaking-news story?
00:17:34.35\00:17:38.25
Flash... news flash...
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a seven-headed, ten-horned
beast has arisen out of
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the Pacific Ocean. It's
going throughout California!
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It is marking people in
the forehead and in the hand
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with some kind of a mark.
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And it's covered all of
California and it's moving up
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into Oregon
heading toward Washington
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and North Idaho where I live!
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Can you imagine? I
mean, it's obvious, isn't it,
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that that's not going to happen.
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That the beast, the
seven- headed, ten-horned beast,
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in Bible prophecy
just like the woman
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in Revelation 17
that rides the beast
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it's obvious that
these are sacred symbols
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that must be de-coded,
that must be de-coded correctly,
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based on our study of the Bible.
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Now as I mentioned, the
mark of the beast is the mark
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of the beast. We've
got to get... We have to
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be straight Biblically on
who the beast is if we're ever
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going to understand what
the mark of the beast is.
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Does that make sense?
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Gotta know who the beast is.
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Now I don't have time
to go into a lot of details
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right now. I've done
this in other seminars.
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3ABN has many speakers
that have covered this topic.
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We did a television series
called Startling Prophecies
00:19:04.04\00:19:07.31
for America that has aired on
3ABN that goes into more detail
00:19:07.51\00:19:10.91
than I have time right now.
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I've written
numerous books on this.
00:19:12.75\00:19:14.15
I'm just going to
give you the short version.
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It is a fact of history -
it is a fact, not speculation -
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that from the time of
the Protestant Reformation
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in the 1500's
going down to the 1800's
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not so much in the 1900's
00:19:29.93\00:19:31.73
but into the
1800's the vast majority
00:19:32.47\00:19:37.01
of Bible-believing
Protestants including Lutherans,
00:19:37.21\00:19:41.54
Baptists,
Methodists, Presbyterians,
00:19:41.74\00:19:45.18
the vast majority
of them were very clear
00:19:45.38\00:19:49.32
on who the beast of prophecy is.
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They pretty much
believed the same thing.
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The most famous Bible commentary
that's ever been written in the
00:19:55.42\00:19:59.69
Christian world is Matthew
Henry's Bible Commentary.
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It's in the libraries of
pastors all over America.
00:20:03.23\00:20:05.97
And last night I did
something interesting
00:20:07.14\00:20:09.34
as I was getting
ready for this talk.
00:20:09.54\00:20:11.17
I grabbed my phone,
and many of our phones have
00:20:11.37\00:20:14.91
speech recognition, right?
00:20:15.11\00:20:16.81
And I pushed a button
and I talked to my phone
00:20:17.01\00:20:19.21
and I said: "Matthew
Henry Bible Commentary
00:20:19.61\00:20:23.05
online Revelation chapter 13. "
00:20:23.25\00:20:25.65
And you can do that.
00:20:27.22\00:20:28.56
You can talk to your
phone, tell it to find online
00:20:28.89\00:20:31.66
Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary
00:20:31.86\00:20:33.76
and to take you
to Revelation 13.
00:20:33.96\00:20:35.33
And click, click:
there it was right there!
00:20:35.53\00:20:37.57
I found it.
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And as I started
reading what Matthew Henry said
00:20:39.23\00:20:42.24
he talked about the
beast and he talked about
00:20:42.64\00:20:47.51
papal Rome. Right there.
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And that's what the
Lutheran church used to believe.
00:20:51.51\00:20:54.82
That's what the Methodist...
John Wesley, who wrote a famous
00:20:55.02\00:20:57.22
commentary on the book of
Revelation, he believed this.
00:20:57.42\00:21:00.26
I've got a series in my library
called The History of the
00:21:00.96\00:21:03.63
Baptist Denomination
and they're also very clear
00:21:03.83\00:21:06.93
on who the beast is. John Calvin
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.50
who wrote his famous Institutes.
European Presbyterian.
00:21:09.70\00:21:13.70
He believed the same thing.
Matthew Henry believed the
00:21:13.90\00:21:16.00
same thing. The
common view among Protestants
00:21:16.20\00:21:18.64
for a long long time is that the
beast in the book of Revelation
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primary beast is a symbol
of the Roman Catholic church.
00:21:23.14\00:21:28.18
Now let me quickly clarify
that we don't believe that
00:21:28.68\00:21:32.32
is referring to the
people in the church.
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It's the organization, the
system, that when you really
00:21:35.36\00:21:39.43
study it, study history,
and look at how it has strayed
00:21:39.63\00:21:42.73
from scripture and
what the beast will do:
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.60
make war on the
saints and various things
00:21:45.80\00:21:48.14
this has been fulfilled
perfectly in the history of the
00:21:48.34\00:21:51.97
church of Rome. It is
a system that has strayed
00:21:52.17\00:21:54.64
from the Word of God.
Now the only way to de-code
00:21:54.84\00:21:58.55
what the mark is is to be
clear on what the beast is.
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Who the beast is... we
need to understand that.
00:22:03.25\00:22:05.19
And when we go into the details
about exactly what the mark
00:22:05.79\00:22:10.06
of the beast is there is
one section in Revelation 14
00:22:10.26\00:22:13.80
that goes into details.
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.63
The mark of the beast is
mentioned 8 times in Revelation
00:22:15.83\00:22:18.27
but there's only one
section which is in chapter 14
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verses 6 to 12 which is
the message of the 3 angels
00:22:21.30\00:22:25.14
that go into great
detail about the elements that
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help us to figure out exactly
what the mark of the beast is.
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And I am so happy to be here
at the Three Angels Broadcasting
00:22:33.92\00:22:38.69
Network! Amen! Happy to be here
at your Spring Camp Meeting.
00:22:38.89\00:22:42.02
Happy to have a chance to share
these truths before the world.
00:22:42.42\00:22:45.19
God has raised up 3ABN
00:22:45.59\00:22:49.56
to proclaim the three
angels' messages undiluted
00:22:49.76\00:22:53.77
as it is revealed in the Bible.
00:22:54.17\00:22:56.30
That's what we're all about.
We're a people of prophecy.
00:22:56.74\00:22:59.31
Prophecy is being fulfilled
and God has raised up this
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movement to do just that.
00:23:02.41\00:23:03.85
Now, let's... I'm going
to cut to the chase because
00:23:04.05\00:23:06.85
I only have so much time.
I'm watching the clock up here
00:23:07.05\00:23:09.28
or over there.
00:23:09.68\00:23:11.02
And if you look at Revelation
14 the three angels are found
00:23:11.42\00:23:15.26
in verses 6 to 12.
00:23:15.46\00:23:16.93
In verse 7 we have a
message from the first angel
00:23:17.53\00:23:22.43
and at the end of the
verse with a loud voice,
00:23:22.63\00:23:26.63
Revelation 14:7,
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the Word of God says:
"Worship Him who... " Did what?
00:23:28.74\00:23:33.84
"Who made heaven
and earth and the sea
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and the springs of waters. "
00:23:38.65\00:23:40.78
The springs of
waters. So the first angel
00:23:41.18\00:23:43.55
talks about worshiping
the Creator of all life.
00:23:43.75\00:23:48.26
Right?
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.09
That's what the Bible
says. Now go down to verse 9.
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Verse 9 says:
"Then a third angel... "
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Here's angel number three.
00:23:56.36\00:23:57.83
"He followed the other two and
he said also with a loud voice"
00:23:58.03\00:24:03.17
Time to just go straight in...
no beating around the bush.
00:24:03.61\00:24:06.98
"With a loud voice he said:
'If anyone worships the beast
00:24:07.38\00:24:12.41
and his image and
receives his mark... "
00:24:12.61\00:24:14.45
Now notice something: the
first angel says worship who?
00:24:15.52\00:24:19.09
The Creator of heaven and earth.
00:24:20.56\00:24:21.96
And the third angel
says: "Don't worship... " Who?
00:24:22.66\00:24:26.46
The beast and the
image and don't get the mark.
00:24:27.30\00:24:29.90
So what's happening
here in the prophecy
00:24:30.13\00:24:32.77
of the first angel
and the third angel
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.57
is a line is being
drawn between two groups.
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.07
One group worships the Creator
00:24:37.27\00:24:39.01
and the other
group worships the beast.
00:24:39.21\00:24:40.88
So worship is a critical
issue when it comes to the mark.
00:24:41.08\00:24:45.25
And it's the worship of
the Creator which is a critical
00:24:45.98\00:24:49.15
issue when it comes
to the topic of the mark.
00:24:49.35\00:24:52.72
Now if you go down
to the end of verse 11
00:24:52.92\00:24:54.79
verse 11 talks about
what will happen to those
00:24:57.49\00:25:00.33
who get the mark. Some
very terrible consequences.
00:25:00.53\00:25:03.87
It says: "The smoke of
their torment will ascend up
00:25:04.27\00:25:06.27
forever and ever and
they have no rest day or night
00:25:06.47\00:25:08.77
who worship the beast and
his image and whoever receives
00:25:08.97\00:25:13.48
the mark of his name. "
00:25:13.68\00:25:15.44
So there's the warning
about the mark in verse 11.
00:25:15.64\00:25:17.91
Now the next verse, verse 12,
00:25:18.11\00:25:20.92
says: "Here is the
patience of the saints.
00:25:21.12\00:25:22.98
Here are those who... " Do what?
00:25:23.28\00:25:25.15
They keep the commandments
of God and they also have
00:25:26.39\00:25:29.82
the faith of Jesus.
00:25:30.03\00:25:32.83
So, without speculation
and Google and Yahoo!
00:25:33.03\00:25:37.43
and all these 10 million hits...
00:25:37.63\00:25:40.50
And I don't believe God wants
us to do theology by Google.
00:25:40.70\00:25:43.47
I think searching
the Internet is valuable
00:25:44.51\00:25:48.04
sometimes... but there's a
lot of error on the "Net. "
00:25:48.24\00:25:51.01
And God doesn't want
us to base our doctrines
00:25:51.21\00:25:54.42
on what we find on some website.
00:25:54.62\00:25:57.85
He wants us to base
our doctrines ultimately
00:25:58.05\00:26:00.89
based on what book? The
Bible! Based on the Bible.
00:26:01.09\00:26:04.43
Based on the Bible.
What His Word has to say.
00:26:05.36\00:26:08.10
The mark of the
beast is a Bible topic.
00:26:08.30\00:26:10.50
It's in Revelation.
00:26:10.70\00:26:12.50
And again, when
we read Revelation 14
00:26:12.70\00:26:15.67
a line is drawn
between... On the one side
00:26:15.87\00:26:19.01
there are those who
worship the Creator.
00:26:19.21\00:26:20.91
On the other side there are
those who worship the beast.
00:26:21.21\00:26:23.45
On the one side there are those
who keep the commandments of God
00:26:23.95\00:26:27.62
and the faith of Jesus
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.48
and on the other side are those
who get the mark of the beast.
00:26:29.68\00:26:32.72
So the lines are drawn.
00:26:33.25\00:26:35.26
Worship the Creator, keep
the commandments, follow Jesus
00:26:35.46\00:26:40.30
and don't worship the
beast and don't get the mark.
00:26:40.70\00:26:43.93
Is that clear?
00:26:44.43\00:26:45.77
That is what the Bible says
when it comes to this subject.
00:26:46.27\00:26:50.91
Now, for many of you
this is going to be a shock.
00:26:51.11\00:26:54.38
For others you've
heard this before.
00:26:54.78\00:26:56.34
Hold onto your seats.
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.95
And I know I've got
10 Commandments behind me
00:26:59.35\00:27:01.35
on the screen but
I've also got my own here.
00:27:01.55\00:27:04.02
I carry these around
sometimes when I have seminars.
00:27:04.42\00:27:07.59
Send them through in a
backpack through security.
00:27:07.96\00:27:10.66
And I get a kick out
of people's eyes opening
00:27:11.06\00:27:13.56
as they're watching the monitor
and seeing: "You shall have
00:27:13.76\00:27:16.87
no other gods before Me. "
00:27:17.07\00:27:19.20
These are solid tables of stone.
00:27:21.77\00:27:24.64
Solid tables that have
all ten of the commandments
00:27:25.04\00:27:28.28
on them. This law was
written with the finger of God.
00:27:28.48\00:27:32.88
Unlike any other law
that's ever been penned
00:27:33.72\00:27:37.19
this law is different.
00:27:37.59\00:27:39.35
It was written with
the finger of God on stone
00:27:39.55\00:27:43.29
meaning it can never be changed.
00:27:43.73\00:27:45.46
Now here's my point.
00:27:45.86\00:27:47.20
When you look at
the big Ten Commandments
00:27:47.30\00:27:49.30
there's only how many
commandments? How many fingers
00:27:49.50\00:27:51.57
am I holding up? One. There's
only one of the Ten Commandments
00:27:51.77\00:27:55.74
only one that talks about
the Creator who made heaven
00:27:55.94\00:28:01.01
and earth and the
sea and everything in it.
00:28:01.21\00:28:04.28
Now remember, Revelation
says if we worship the Creator
00:28:04.45\00:28:06.85
and keep the
commandments and follow Jesus
00:28:07.05\00:28:09.32
we won't get the mark. Right?
00:28:09.52\00:28:12.09
And on the other side you've
got those who follow the beast
00:28:12.49\00:28:14.86
and get the mark. When you
look at the Ten Commandments
00:28:15.06\00:28:17.06
there's only one...
God has made the issue
00:28:17.26\00:28:20.73
so clear if we really
want to know the truth.
00:28:20.93\00:28:24.97
Only one
commandment about the Creator
00:28:26.00\00:28:28.77
and it's number four
00:28:29.17\00:28:31.84
dealing with the
seventh-day Sabbath.
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.61
And I've got it right
here and I'll read it.
00:28:35.81\00:28:37.15
"Remember the Sabbath
day and keep it holy. "
00:28:37.25\00:28:39.58
And where do you
remember? What part of you?
00:28:39.78\00:28:42.52
You remember in your foreheads.
00:28:42.92\00:28:44.95
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:28:45.52\00:28:47.69
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work. "
00:28:47.89\00:28:50.33
And with what part do you work?
00:28:50.53\00:28:52.76
You work with your hands.
00:28:52.96\00:28:55.40
All right. "But the
seventh day is the Sabbath
00:28:55.60\00:28:58.90
of the Jews. "
00:28:59.10\00:29:00.50
No! No, it doesn't say that.
00:29:00.57\00:29:02.44
It says: "But the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord
00:29:02.64\00:29:06.17
your God. " It's
God's Sabbath... not man's.
00:29:06.37\00:29:10.31
"In it you
shall not do any work.
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.41
You or your son, your
daughter, your manservant
00:29:12.61\00:29:14.38
nor your
maidservant nor your cattle
00:29:14.58\00:29:16.25
nor your stranger
who is within your gates.
00:29:16.45\00:29:18.65
For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth
00:29:18.85\00:29:22.42
and the sea and
all that in them is.
00:29:22.62\00:29:24.93
And He rested the seventh day
00:29:25.23\00:29:27.56
wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:29:27.76\00:29:29.73
and He hallowed it. "
00:29:29.93\00:29:31.70
He made that day
a holy, sacred day
00:29:32.00\00:29:35.64
and He wrote this with
His own finger on stone.
00:29:35.84\00:29:39.24
Now it's no secret today
00:29:40.08\00:29:43.38
that the majority of
Christian churches...
00:29:43.58\00:29:45.75
sincere, Bible-believing
Christians... and I certainly
00:29:45.95\00:29:48.65
believe there's a
whole host of people
00:29:48.85\00:29:51.19
in lots of different churches
00:29:51.39\00:29:53.09
that are going to be
in the kingdom of God.
00:29:53.29\00:29:55.02
But it's no secret that
most churches go to church
00:29:55.22\00:29:58.96
on Sunday, which is
the first day of the week.
00:29:59.16\00:30:01.20
Whereas the Bible says
the seventh day is the day
00:30:01.40\00:30:04.43
that God rested.
So how did this happen
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.20
in Christian
history? How did it happen
00:30:07.40\00:30:09.40
that a shift took
place so the majority keep
00:30:09.60\00:30:13.34
the first day of the
week - which is Sunday?
00:30:13.54\00:30:16.08
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John all say Jesus rose on the
00:30:16.28\00:30:18.65
first day of the
week. And the seventh day is
00:30:18.85\00:30:22.45
the Sabbath. He rested
in the tomb on the Sabbath
00:30:22.65\00:30:24.65
and then He rose on Sunday.
00:30:24.85\00:30:26.76
How is it that this
shift has taken place?
00:30:26.96\00:30:29.16
Here is a Roman
Catholic Catechism I have.
00:30:30.79\00:30:33.56
The Convert's Catechism
of Catholic Doctrine by
00:30:33.76\00:30:37.03
Peter Geiermann
published in 1946.
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.37
And on page 50 of this book
00:30:40.87\00:30:43.54
it says: Question:
What day is the Sabbath Day?
00:30:43.74\00:30:46.54
Answer: Saturday
is the Sabbath Day.
00:30:46.94\00:30:48.88
Question: Why then do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?
00:30:49.08\00:30:51.35
Answer: We observe
Sunday instead of Saturday
00:30:51.55\00:30:53.88
because the Catholic
church substituted Sunday
00:30:54.08\00:30:58.55
for Saturday. So
they come right out
00:30:58.75\00:31:01.42
in their book, and there's many
other places where they do this.
00:31:01.62\00:31:04.13
They say that they
changed the Sabbath into Sunday.
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.50
Now here's
another amazing statement.
00:31:07.60\00:31:09.80
This was from a very
famous Catholic cardinal,
00:31:10.03\00:31:12.00
Cardinal Gibbons in the 1800's,
00:31:12.20\00:31:14.47
in a letter November 11, 1895.
00:31:14.67\00:31:17.37
He said, quote: "Of
course the Catholic church
00:31:18.31\00:31:20.64
claims that the
change from Sabbath to Sunday
00:31:20.84\00:31:23.45
was her act.
00:31:23.81\00:31:25.75
And this act is a mark
00:31:25.95\00:31:29.68
of her ecclesiastical
authority in religious things. "
00:31:30.29\00:31:34.22
Basically, what the
Catholic church has done
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.59
is they say that they
are the true church of Jesus
00:31:37.73\00:31:41.10
and they say
that one of the proofs
00:31:41.30\00:31:43.60
that they are the true
church is that they have changed
00:31:43.80\00:31:46.77
the very law of God itself.
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.74
And they say that that change
00:31:49.14\00:31:51.34
of the seventh-day Sabbath
to the first day of the week
00:31:51.54\00:31:54.31
is a mark of their authority
00:31:54.51\00:31:58.95
in religious matters...
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.02
a mark of their
authority as the true church.
00:32:01.42\00:32:03.39
They say: "We did it
and it shows that we're...
00:32:03.59\00:32:06.89
we're the true church.
" My response to that is
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.92
"It shows that you are...
" And again, it's not talking
00:32:10.33\00:32:14.30
about the people
within the church
00:32:14.46\00:32:16.26
who don't
understand this subject...
00:32:16.46\00:32:18.87
But history and
prophecy come together
00:32:19.27\00:32:23.04
and their
changing of God's holy day
00:32:23.24\00:32:26.34
historically is an evidence that
they are the beast of prophecy.
00:32:26.54\00:32:31.75
Daniel 7:25 says that
00:32:31.95\00:32:34.12
one of the characteristics
of the little horn
00:32:34.52\00:32:37.15
which is the same as
the beast in Revelation
00:32:37.35\00:32:39.22
is that it would "think
to change times and laws. "
00:32:39.42\00:32:42.86
It would think to
change the law of God.
00:32:43.06\00:32:46.33
And that is
exactly what has happened.
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.56
Now let me clarify.
00:32:50.07\00:32:51.43
For those that
are shocked by this
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.90
Seventh-day Adventists
do not believe that anybody
00:32:55.10\00:32:58.34
has the mark of
the beast right now.
00:32:58.54\00:33:00.91
We don't believe that.
00:33:01.31\00:33:02.64
I have people among my relatives
who go to church on Sunday.
00:33:03.18\00:33:07.65
I've preached in
Sunday churches sometimes.
00:33:07.85\00:33:11.19
I believe that God has
people in all churches...
00:33:11.79\00:33:14.86
all churches.
00:33:15.26\00:33:16.59
And nobody has the
mark of the beast right now.
00:33:16.66\00:33:18.49
But Revelation 13:16-17...
we already read it...
00:33:18.69\00:33:21.73
says that one of these
days this mark of the beast
00:33:22.23\00:33:27.00
is going to be enforced by law
00:33:27.20\00:33:29.50
so that nobody can buy or
sell unless he has the mark.
00:33:29.70\00:33:33.01
Now, if what I'm
telling you is true
00:33:33.21\00:33:34.98
and what we're saying
to a world-wide audience...
00:33:35.18\00:33:37.88
if this is really
true that Sunday is a mark
00:33:38.08\00:33:43.02
of Rome's power, then that
means that one of these days
00:33:43.22\00:33:48.32
Sunday will be
legislated around the world.
00:33:48.52\00:33:51.26
There will be Sunday
laws on planet earth...
00:33:51.66\00:33:54.03
not just in America but
Russia, Australia, China.
00:33:54.23\00:33:58.23
The Bible says the mark
is going to be enforced by...
00:33:58.43\00:34:00.54
it's going to be
enforced upon all.
00:34:01.04\00:34:02.60
And if this is true, then
we're going to be expecting
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.14
Sunday legislation to occur
some time in the near future.
00:34:05.34\00:34:08.91
Now is that even
remotely possible?
00:34:09.11\00:34:11.81
Could something
like that happen?
00:34:12.21\00:34:14.72
Well let me share with you...
I've got a whole series here
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.42
of news articles that I'll
just read you the headlines.
00:34:17.62\00:34:20.26
This is from the
Associated Press July 6, 2014.
00:34:20.46\00:34:24.46
The title is called
Keeping stores open on Sunday
00:34:24.66\00:34:26.80
is not beneficial for
society says Pope Francis.
00:34:27.00\00:34:30.13
Pope Francis is
pushing for Sunday legislation.
00:34:30.63\00:34:34.44
Here's Fox News.
00:34:34.84\00:34:36.27
The title is called
Let's make Sunday a day of rest
00:34:36.77\00:34:38.87
for God's sake.
00:34:39.07\00:34:40.54
Here is the Guardian: Slow
Sunday, the simple solution
00:34:41.11\00:34:44.48
to global warming is if
everybody would keep Sunday
00:34:44.68\00:34:47.68
that would send a lot less pol-
lution up into the environment
00:34:47.88\00:34:50.55
and would help with
so-called "global warming. "
00:34:50.75\00:34:53.82
Here's another
one from USA Today.
00:34:54.76\00:34:56.69
You'd better take a
break or you'll break down
00:34:57.09\00:34:59.66
and the article is talking about
stores being closed on Sunday
00:34:59.86\00:35:03.70
and how we need to get
back to the "good old days"
00:35:03.90\00:35:07.14
when stores were closed.
00:35:07.84\00:35:09.34
Here's ABC News: German
court enforces day of rest.
00:35:09.54\00:35:12.64
Germany's high court
strictly enforces day of rest
00:35:13.24\00:35:15.88
and bans Sunday shopping.
00:35:16.08\00:35:17.81
So we're talking
about Associated Press,
00:35:18.85\00:35:21.15
ABC. Here's NewsMax.
00:35:21.35\00:35:23.59
This was reported also on CNN.
00:35:23.79\00:35:26.52
March 27, 2015.
Arizona state senator says:
00:35:26.76\00:35:30.66
"Make Sunday church
attendance mandatory. "
00:35:30.86\00:35:33.13
Here's Time Magazine: On
the seventh day we rested
00:35:34.10\00:35:37.33
talking about how Blue
Laws were a gift to America
00:35:37.53\00:35:40.74
and how we need to
get back to those days.
00:35:41.14\00:35:43.61
Here's a statement
from the Lord's Day Alliance
00:35:43.81\00:35:46.14
April, 2015. The title
of the article is called:
00:35:46.54\00:35:49.91
Sunday as a mark
of Christian unity.
00:35:50.11\00:35:52.35
The Lord's Day Alliance is
in favor... It's an alliance
00:35:52.95\00:35:55.88
of Sunday-keeping churches
in favor of enforcing Sunday.
00:35:56.08\00:35:58.72
So... and I could
read more of these.
00:35:59.22\00:36:00.89
I've got a lot of
these in my files.
00:36:01.02\00:36:04.26
And basically what
these articles are saying
00:36:04.66\00:36:07.13
is if we all come back
to God, back to Sunday,
00:36:07.36\00:36:10.57
this is going to be good
for the planet, good for the
00:36:10.77\00:36:12.60
environment, good
for global warming.
00:36:12.80\00:36:14.67
It'll bring us together; it'll
help with our spirituality.
00:36:15.07\00:36:18.27
It'll give us rest
from our busy life.
00:36:18.67\00:36:20.78
So brothers and
sisters, my point is
00:36:21.78\00:36:23.88
that the movement, the movement
00:36:24.08\00:36:27.22
for keeping and enforcing Sunday
00:36:27.62\00:36:31.95
is here right
now without a doubt.
00:36:32.15\00:36:35.09
It's here... it's in the
world and it is getting bigger.
00:36:35.49\00:36:40.90
Now how will this sift even-
tually to Sunday legislation
00:36:41.03\00:36:45.43
as prophecy predicts?
00:36:46.23\00:36:47.77
How will this happen?
Well let me give you a series
00:36:47.97\00:36:50.27
of events. This is what
I see based on all my study
00:36:50.47\00:36:53.17
of prophecy. This is
what's going to happen.
00:36:53.38\00:36:55.71
There is going to
be in the near future -
00:36:56.58\00:36:59.55
I don't know exactly
when... I'm not a prophet -
00:37:01.05\00:37:03.42
but at some point... I mean
the signs are all around us.
00:37:03.62\00:37:06.25
They're all around us that
Jesus is getting ready to come.
00:37:06.45\00:37:09.19
And there is going to
be a series of terrible,
00:37:09.69\00:37:12.89
devastating natural disasters
like we've never known.
00:37:13.09\00:37:16.77
Like we've never seen. And that
could happen starting tomorrow.
00:37:17.17\00:37:20.14
I mean we just don't
know. We could turn on the news.
00:37:20.34\00:37:22.80
We could find a huge
earthquake hit California.
00:37:23.20\00:37:25.47
Another one hit New York.
00:37:25.67\00:37:27.01
A big hurricane went
through the East Coast.
00:37:27.21\00:37:29.21
We could see a whole series
of things not just in America
00:37:29.41\00:37:31.98
but around the world. And I
believe that these disasters
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.98
are coming. They are coming.
You can bet your bottom dollar
00:37:35.18\00:37:38.95
on it that these things
are going to be increasing.
00:37:39.15\00:37:41.79
And ultimately if
you read Hosea chapter 4
00:37:42.19\00:37:45.43
and other verses in the Bible
00:37:45.63\00:37:47.60
that these disasters
are coming because the world
00:37:47.76\00:37:51.23
is ignoring and
violating and rejecting
00:37:51.43\00:37:54.40
and stomping upon
the holy law of God.
00:37:54.60\00:37:57.87
God's law of
morality; His law of love;
00:37:58.27\00:38:01.08
His law of goodness...
which is what's best for us all.
00:38:01.28\00:38:04.61
Now what's going to happen
is as these disasters start
00:38:04.81\00:38:08.12
really hitting with a
vengeance in the days ahead
00:38:08.32\00:38:12.15
the world is going to
misinterpret these disasters
00:38:12.35\00:38:17.29
and they're going to say...
the world is going to say...
00:38:17.69\00:38:20.23
that these
disasters are coming from God
00:38:20.43\00:38:23.87
because we're not keeping
the first day of the week.
00:38:24.07\00:38:28.40
We're not following
the advice of Pope Francis
00:38:29.50\00:38:33.38
and of our spiritual leaders.
We're not coming together;
00:38:33.58\00:38:36.24
we're not
banning Sunday shopping;
00:38:36.44\00:38:38.01
and we're not
keeping Sunday holy.
00:38:38.21\00:38:39.78
And then they're going
to say that these disasters
00:38:40.22\00:38:43.25
will not stop until
00:38:43.49\00:38:46.96
Sunday is
strictly enforced by law.
00:38:47.16\00:38:50.26
And I tell you: if the
world gets desperate enough
00:38:51.26\00:38:54.10
with some big
disasters hitting this planet
00:38:54.30\00:38:56.87
we will see Sunday legislation
in a very short time.
00:38:57.07\00:39:00.60
it can happen very quickly.
00:39:01.24\00:39:02.60
Again, the
movement's already here.
00:39:02.64\00:39:03.97
We see it in the news reports.
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.64
We see Pope
Francis pushing for this.
00:39:05.84\00:39:07.71
Now then what's going to
happen... Read Revelation 19:20,
00:39:07.91\00:39:11.25
Revelation 16:14.
What's going to happen is
00:39:11.45\00:39:13.95
when this happens, when
Sunday is enforced by law,
00:39:14.15\00:39:17.12
as a misguided effort
to try to bring the planet
00:39:17.32\00:39:20.59
back to God to please
Him to stop the disasters
00:39:20.79\00:39:23.96
what's going to happen is
the time of false miracles
00:39:24.49\00:39:28.73
is going to kick in.
Revelation 19:20 talks about
00:39:28.93\00:39:32.47
signs and wonders.
Revelation 16:14 talks about
00:39:32.67\00:39:36.71
the spirits of devils
going out to the whole world
00:39:36.91\00:39:39.54
and performing many miracles.
00:39:39.74\00:39:41.81
And we're going to see
all kinds of false miracles.
00:39:42.21\00:39:44.45
We're going to see ghosts
that look like dead people.
00:39:44.65\00:39:47.82
And these demonic
spirits are going to be urging
00:39:48.02\00:39:52.29
everyone to come
together to follow God
00:39:52.49\00:39:56.26
to go along with the solution
that's going to help the planet.
00:39:56.93\00:40:02.90
And believe me...
they will talk about God.
00:40:03.33\00:40:06.37
And they'll say we do
this by all coming together
00:40:06.57\00:40:10.47
and keeping a day of
rest which will show God
00:40:10.67\00:40:14.48
that we're serious
about coming back to Him.
00:40:14.68\00:40:17.35
So the miracles... And people
are going to see these miracles,
00:40:18.35\00:40:21.18
they're going to
look at these ghosts,
00:40:21.38\00:40:22.72
they're going to
hear these demonic spirits
00:40:22.75\00:40:25.05
and they're
going to think: "Wow!
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.59
We need to be doing this! "
00:40:26.76\00:40:28.66
And as the majority
of the world goes along
00:40:28.86\00:40:31.96
with the movement
toward Sunday legislation
00:40:32.16\00:40:35.03
and what the beast is saying,
that this is what we need
00:40:35.73\00:40:38.90
to be doing, then
what's going to happen
00:40:39.10\00:40:42.20
in the midst of the storm
- in the midst of the crisis,
00:40:42.40\00:40:46.14
in the midst of
this massive delusion
00:40:46.54\00:40:49.58
that's going on
all over the world...
00:40:49.78\00:40:52.15
And really, what's wrong
with Sunday legislation anyway?
00:40:52.35\00:40:56.42
Two major things.
Number one: It's the wrong day.
00:40:56.62\00:40:59.42
And number two: It uses force.
00:41:00.26\00:41:03.16
God doesn't use force
to bring people to Him.
00:41:03.56\00:41:06.59
And in the midst of all of
this delusion and deception
00:41:06.80\00:41:10.37
God is going to have a people.
00:41:10.57\00:41:15.80
He's going to have a people
00:41:16.20\00:41:18.51
that He's raised
up, that He's prepared,
00:41:19.34\00:41:22.04
that He has developed. And
these people are going to give
00:41:22.24\00:41:25.91
the loud cry of the
third angel's message
00:41:26.11\00:41:30.59
all over the world.
00:41:30.79\00:41:33.32
And I tell you: the news
agencies are going to be glued
00:41:33.52\00:41:37.03
to them. And remember when
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
00:41:37.23\00:41:40.96
were thrown into the fire?
00:41:41.16\00:41:42.56
And then they
didn't get burned up?
00:41:43.16\00:41:44.93
And then
Nebuchadnezzar called them out
00:41:45.23\00:41:47.27
because there was a fourth
One in there who was Jesus!
00:41:47.67\00:41:50.64
Jesus was with them in the fire.
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.64
And Jesus will be
with us in the fire. Amen!
00:41:53.04\00:41:55.71
And as they walked out, the
whole world was looking at them!
00:41:55.91\00:41:59.31
I'm sorry. Not the whole world
but the whole Babylonian world.
00:42:00.22\00:42:03.08
It's in Daniel, the book of
Daniel. The whole Babylonian
00:42:03.69\00:42:07.06
kingdom was all there
to bow down to the statue.
00:42:07.26\00:42:09.89
These three men didn't bow
down because they would not
00:42:10.13\00:42:12.66
break God's law... they
wouldn't commit idolatry.
00:42:12.86\00:42:15.46
They got thrown
into the fire three men,
00:42:15.66\00:42:18.57
and when they walked out of
that fire all the Babylonians
00:42:18.77\00:42:21.94
were staring at them.
What a witnessing moment!
00:42:22.14\00:42:25.34
And in the last days when
the Sunday law crisis hits
00:42:25.71\00:42:28.41
all around the world and
the disasters are going on
00:42:28.61\00:42:30.45
and the false... demons
are doing what they're doing
00:42:30.65\00:42:33.25
God is going to have a people
just like Shadrach, Meshach,
00:42:33.68\00:42:37.89
and Abednego. Three men...
He's going to have three angels
00:42:38.09\00:42:42.39
and they're going to be
standing there with Jesus Christ
00:42:42.79\00:42:45.56
in the midst of the fire.
00:42:45.76\00:42:47.30
And they're going to give
the three angels' messages
00:42:47.66\00:42:50.00
to the world. They're
going to warn about the beast.
00:42:50.20\00:42:53.07
They're going to
warn about the image.
00:42:53.60\00:42:55.64
They're going to
warn about the mark
00:42:56.04\00:42:57.74
and they are going to
ultimately urge people
00:42:57.94\00:43:01.81
to be part of the group
that's in Revelation 14:12.
00:43:02.01\00:43:05.45
Look at Revelation 14:12.
00:43:06.41\00:43:08.38
God's going to have a group
of people, and you can just feel
00:43:09.65\00:43:12.22
the heat building. You
know, at this Camp Meeting
00:43:12.42\00:43:14.16
we've talked about all kinds
of things that are going on.
00:43:14.36\00:43:16.12
And the heat is
building on commandment keepers.
00:43:16.96\00:43:20.83
Isn't that right?
00:43:21.20\00:43:22.53
Revelation 14:12 talks about
those who do not get the mark
00:43:22.66\00:43:25.33
of the beast and says: "Here's
the patience of the saints. "
00:43:25.53\00:43:28.00
The saints... the saints of God.
00:43:28.67\00:43:30.57
And the word patience actually
means patient endurance.
00:43:30.77\00:43:33.38
"Here is the patient endurance
on the part of the saints.
00:43:33.78\00:43:36.91
Here are those that
keep the commandments of God
00:43:37.11\00:43:39.98
and the faith of Jesus. " Amen!
00:43:40.48\00:43:44.69
And behind me you can see...
And I love this background...
00:43:45.45\00:43:49.32
Thank you, 3ABN, for
putting this together.
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You see the commandments...
Come on, clicker, work...
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Oh, is that a
green screen back there?
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No? Oh there's my little light.
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Well, you can't really see it
too well. I wish it was a little
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bit brighter. See that
little green light there?
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OK. We have the commandments
of God and we have the cross
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of Jesus Christ.
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Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus.
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That's what 3ABN is all about.
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That's what the three
angels' messages are all about.
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And that's what we are moving
toward in the final crisis
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is the law of God
and the gospel of Jesus.
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And when you look at
the fourth commandment...
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See it over there? I wish
this was a little bit brighter.
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The fourth commandment
is the only one of the ten
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that talks about the Creator
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of heaven and earth, the
sea and everything in it.
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And as I've studied
this out I've learned
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that guess who the New Testament
says is really the Maker
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of heaven and earth and
the sea and everything in it?
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John 1 verse 10
says "He was in the world
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and the world was made by Him
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and the world knew Him not. "
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It's talking about
Jesus. John 1 verses 1-3
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talking about Jesus. That
"all things were made by Him. "
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Colossians 1:16
talks about Jesus.
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How He's the Maker
of heaven and earth.
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There's so many
verses in the New Testament.
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Ephesians 3:9 talks
about how God made all things
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through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ is the
Maker of heaven and earth
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and the Sabbath is His day
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that reveals who He is
as the Maker of all life.
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And it's because He
is the Maker of all life
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that His death on the cross
is enough to pay for your sins
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and mine. Amen! It's
because He's our Maker.
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And that's what
the Sabbath reveals.
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The Sabbath reveals
the power of the cross
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because the One who died
on the cross is the Maker
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of heaven and earth.
It all fits together.
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There's tremendous light for
us in the seventh-day Sabbath.
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Now, I want to share
some other things with you
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that I feel convicted about.
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This morning as I
was listening to Danny
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talk about the Ten Commandments
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and talk about politically
correct and what's going on
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in social media and
what's happening in our society
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and what's happening even
sometimes in our own church
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the conviction just grew on me
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that I need to say some
things weren't in my notes.
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Danny was up, he said,
till four in the morning
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putting down notes. And
as I was sitting listening
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to him this
morning I was thinking:
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"I need to add some things
that are NOT in my notes! "
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The Lord was
talking to my heart.
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We cannot go
into the final crisis
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as a people - as a
commandment-keeping people -
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talking about the importance
of the fourth commandment
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if we're breaking other command-
ments. That's right! Amen!
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We've gotta be keeping
ALL of the commandments.
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The Sabbath points to the
Maker of heaven and earth!
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Our Creator! He made everything.
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He made you and He made me
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and He also made little
babies inside of their mothers
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before they're born.
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Our Creator did
that... Jesus Christ did that.
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And Danny talked about the sixth
commandment, and I'm going to
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echo his thoughts
and add my voice...
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my voice... that God has con-
victed me about the same thing.
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That this is very important.
We can't claim to keep the 4th
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and go into the final crisis
if we're breaking the sixth.
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The sixth commandment
says "do not murder. "
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And murder has to do with
killing someone physically,
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hating
someone... whoever they are,
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and it also has to do with
taking the life of the innocent
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unborn. Amen!
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And it's a tragedy. The
7th commandment talks about
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not committing adultery...
which talks about the whole
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realm of sexual sin.
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And what's happening is
because all the standards
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are falling apart and people
are committing all kinds of
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sexual sin...
breaking the 7th commandment.
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You have a lot of
mothers - or women - who become
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pregnant who
don't want their babies.
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They've broken the 7th
so then they break the 6th!
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They kill their babies!
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Seventh commandment, sixth
commandment. And then society
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says there's
nothing wrong with that...
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which is breaking
the 9th commandment!
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It has to do with lying.
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And then people all their
own opinions on this topic,
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and an opinion that's not
scriptural can be breaking
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the second
commandment and can be an idol.
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So we end up breaking
the second commandment
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and not putting God first
which is the 1st commandment.
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And we see people
steal the life of a child
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which is breaking
the eighth commandment.
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Commandment after
commandment are being broken.
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And these are
happening all over the world!
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We cannot as a people stand
up for the seventh-day Sabbath
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during the final crisis and
have the world scrutinize us
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and the media scrutinize us
and the reporters scrutinize us
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you know and not have us stand
up for commandment #6 as well.
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And #10 and #9 and #5
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"Honor your father and mother. "
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All the commandments.
Brothers and sister, we need to
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be ten
commandment keepers. Amen!
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And if we really
understand the cross,
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if we really understand
who died on the cross,
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who it is that gave His
life: the Creator of all life!
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Then our hearts will
be so moved and touched
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and changed and Jesus
our Creator will forgive
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and save and transform
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and write His law in our hearts.
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Amen! That's what we need.
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We need all the ten
commandments inside of us.
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So you want to know what
the ultimate? When you peel away
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the layers of the onion
and get down to the core
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the mark of the beast
in the final analysis -
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don't miss this - is a
mark of commandment breaking
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seared into the soul,
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in the mind, and in the actions.
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People have settled in to
being commandment breakers.
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That's what the mark of
the beast really is all about
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when you get down
to the core of it.
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And in order for
God to prepare a people
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to stand up against
the mark of the beast
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we have to be
cleansed and washed
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by the grace and the love
and the mercy of Jesus Christ
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and have all ten of those
commandments in our hearts
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so we become commandment
keepers not commandment breakers
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in the last days. Amen!
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And I want to clarify: Seventh-
day Adventists do not believe
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we are saved by the law.
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We are saved by
the grace of Jesus!
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But the law is
what shows us our sin
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and the cross is
where we find salvation
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FROM SIN which
is breaking the law.
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That's what the
real issue's all about.
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That's the final
issue. God is building
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a commandment-keeping people.
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Around the world
He's cleansing people.
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He's convicting them. Boy, I
tell you He's been convicting me
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left and right! I come
out of the Hollywood area.
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Grew up in a Jewish home. Didn't
believe in the Bible at all.
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As a teenager was wild and lost
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and have had all
kinds of struggles.
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But God has just convicted
me about every commandment
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and He's shown me
that God's law is holy.
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It's sacred; it's pure
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and it represents
how He wants me to live
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and that my hope
is to get on my knees
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and to look at the
cross... to look at Jesus.
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I like the fact that
in verse 12 the very last
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word of the third
angel's message is Jesus
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and then there's a period.
It talks about the commandments
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of God and the
faith of Jesus. Period.
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The last word of the
third angel's message is Jesus!
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And it's through the
grace and the mercy and the love
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and the power of our Creator
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of the Maker of
heaven and earth.
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That is how we can be
forgiven, cleansed, washed
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and changed through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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And we don't need to be
debating about the nature of the
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Holy Spirit these days.
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We just need the Holy Spirit
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Amen! inside of our souls
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writing the law
of God in our hearts.
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And when the Holy
Spirit has done that
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then we will become a
people like Shadrach, Meshach,
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and Abednego who will
not bow down no matter what.
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Whether it's politically
correct of whether it isn't.
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Whether the
world thinks it's right
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or whether the
world thinks it's wrong.
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Whatever the world does
that's not our standard.
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Our standard is
the holy law of God
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and the Bible and the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Amen!
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Revelation 14:12 says: "Here
is the patience of the saints.
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Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus. "
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This is the real
issue. It's not a microchip.
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It's not a
barcode; it's not a tattoo.
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It's not technology, although
technology will probably be
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involved in tracking and
having something to do with...
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with buying and selling.
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But the big issue
is not technology.
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It's the Word of
God; it's the law of God
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and it's the day that points to
the Maker of heaven and earth.
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Amen! It's the day
that points to Jesus.
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And when the mark of the
beast crisis finally hits
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everybody will have
to make a final choice.
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The world will be
going in the wrong direction.
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The beast will be
making its statements.
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All the news agencies - most
of them - will be behind the
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beast. The crisis will
be on. The spirits of devils
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will be doing their
miracles to support the mark
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and people will be
going along with it.
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And when
everybody makes their choice
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between the
beast or the Creator,
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between truth or tradition,
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between what's
right and what's wrong,
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between what the Bible
says and what man says,
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everyone will make their choice
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between the beast and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Then the doors of
heaven will close.
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Probation will close.
Just like Noah's ark closed
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the final doors will close
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and people will
be either in or out.
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Revelation 16 describes
the seven last plagues.
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They will then be falling.
They'll fall upon the world
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that gets the mark of the beast.
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But God will have a
people who don't do it...
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who don't get the
mark. And right after
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verse 12 you've got
verse 13 and then verse 14
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says: "Then I looked
and behold, a white cloud
00:55:17.71\00:55:20.02
and upon that cloud
sat One like the Son of Man
00:55:20.22\00:55:23.28
having on His head a golden
crown and in His hand a sharp
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sickle. " And it's harvest
time. And the sharp sickle will
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divide those that have
chosen the beast and the mark
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and those that have chosen
the Creator of heaven and earth
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and the Ten
Commandments and the cross.
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That's what's going to happen.
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Everybody will be
settled on one side or the other
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and then Jesus
will come to claim...
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In verse 14 He
comes to claim the people
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that are His own. The
people that have stood up
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against a politically
correct, driven world.
00:55:51.98\00:55:56.22
A people that have
gone against the grain...
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that have decided to stand
up for Jesus no matter what
00:55:59.39\00:56:01.82
because they've been so captured
and so moved and so transformed
00:56:02.02\00:56:05.46
by the cross and the love
that Jesus showed for all of us
00:56:05.66\00:56:08.83
that they've given Him
their lives and they will stand
00:56:09.33\00:56:11.77
for Him no matter
what... no matter what it costs.
00:56:11.97\00:56:15.17
Jesus is coming
back for saved-by-grace
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forgiven, commandment-keeping,
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Seventh-day Sabbath keeping
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all ten commandment keeping
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loyal children of God
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who love Jesus and who are
ready to "get out of here! "
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Amen! To get out of this world
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and to go up to
be in a better land!
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Amen! Hallelujah!
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And I want to be in that group.
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I will close with this thought:
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as I've studied my Bible and
realize that Jesus is my Creator
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I have learned
that the finger...
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the finger on that holy hand
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that wrote the Sabbath
commandment and wrote all ten
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of the commandments,
that finger that wrote
00:56:59.61\00:57:02.72
the holy law of
God was on a hand
00:57:02.92\00:57:08.09
that was nailed to a cross
for you and for me. All right!
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That's what it's all about.
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It's about Jesus as our Creator.
00:57:16.77\00:57:19.87
It's about His holy
day; it's about Bible truth.
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So may God help us
to reject the beast
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and to reject his deadly mark.
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