Let's pray. Father we're
thankful for the privilege
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of being in Your presence today.
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What a joy it is to know
that You are in our midst
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through the presence of Your
Holy Spirit and Your angels.
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And Father, as we open Your holy
book, we plead for Your help,
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for human minds cannot
begin to comprehend the great
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things from Your Word.
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And so Father
come to be with us.
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Instruct us and give us
the capacity to live in harmony
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with what we learn.
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And we thank You, Father, for
hearing our prayer, for we ask
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it in the
precious and powerful name
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of Your beloved Son Jesus, Amen.
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Let's reflect for a
few moments about the world
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as it is after 9/11.
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We live in a world
of unparalleled turmoil.
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The world economy is
crumbling before our very eyes.
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The United States taxpayers
have incurred a debt of over
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2 trillion dollars
just in the last few months.
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As you know, the United States
government has had to bail out
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some very large banks, and
some significant corporations.
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And they've put a huge sum of
money into getting the economy
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of the United
States on track again.
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But it's not only the United
States that is in trouble.
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We live in a time of
global economic turmoil.
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As you know, many
states in the United States
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are almost bankrupt, including
the state of California.
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Millions of people in the United
States have lost their homes
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due to foreclosure.
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Life savings, and retirement
plans have disappeared.
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Corporate greed runs
rampant in Wall Street
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and in the large corporations.
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And this has caused
unprecedented financial loss
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for millions of people.
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And then we have the natural
disasters, which seem to be
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greater and more
prevalent every day.
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Disasters that are
of epic proportions like
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Hurricane Katrina, like the
Asian Tsunami, like the terrible
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tornados that we had
just a few months ago
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in the Midwestern United States,
hundred year fires in Australia,
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and in California, and
earthquakes in different places.
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And what could we say
about wars and rumors of wars?
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Israel and the Palestinians,
Iraq, Afghanistan, India,
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Pakistan, and many
other countries of the world
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that are embroiled in war.
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And then we have the threat of
global pandemics and epidemics:
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Bird flu, Mad Cow disease, new
strains of Tuberculosis, AIDS,
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and other diseases that
could devastate the human race.
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And then there is the ever
present danger of global terror,
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and the perilous task of trying
to guard our homeland security.
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And what could we say about
the potential for biological,
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chemical, and nuclear weapons?
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On the moral level
everything seems to go downhill.
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The gay marriage debate rages.
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Pornography runs rampant.
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The use of pornography
on the air is prevalent.
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Abortions are performed
without any pangs of conscience.
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School shootings and
workplace shootings appear to be
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the rule of the day.
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Child abuse and kidnappings,
husbands killing their wives,
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and global warming.
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I don't know how you
feel about global warming,
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but it's definitely happening.
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Something is happening in
this world that is disturbing
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the delicate
ecosystem of Planet Earth.
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In the midst of
all of this turmoil,
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and all of these
problems we ask the question,
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Is there no hope? Is the
world moving towards Armageddon?
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Is the world, as we
know it, moving to its end?
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Well, during this
series I have good news.
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We're going to study God's
final message to Planet Earth.
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And that message is
found in Revelation 14:6-12.
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Now I'm going to tell
you that we're going to study
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24 sessions together.
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And we are going to
analyze every phrase
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of the three angels' messages.
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We are not going to leave
any stone unturned when it comes
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to the study of these
three messages that God
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sends to Planet Earth.
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And I believe that when
we finish the 24 sessions,
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those of us who attend
will understand the relationship
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between all of these different
aspects that we find in the
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three angels' messages, and
the urgent need that we have
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of preparing for the coming
of Jesus Christ, which I believe
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is to be even at the
door; very, very eminent.
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I'd like to begin by reading
the three angels' messages
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as we find in
Revelation 14: 6-12.
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And of course the
title of our study today is,
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Ten Great Facts About
the Three Angels' Messages.
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So turn with me in your
Bibles to Revelation 14:6-12.
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Let's read the
first angel's message.
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That's the first message.
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Now we go to the second.
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And then we find the
third angel's message
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beginning in verse 9.
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Now during this series we
are going to try to answer
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a series of questions.
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And so as we begin our study
today, I would like to formulate
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those questions which we are
going to answer in the course
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of the next 24 sessions
that we have here together.
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Question 1. What is
the everlasting gospel?
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It's mentioned in the
first angel's message.
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What is the everlasting
gospel that needs to be preached
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to the whole world?
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2. What do three
angels represent?
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Are we to expect three angels
flying in the midst of heaven
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zipping from one side
of the heaven to the other?
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What do angels represent?
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What do angels symbolize?
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And then we must ask the
question, Why are they described
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as flying in
the midst of heaven?
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Why are these angels flying?
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Why do these messages
go to all of the world,
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as we've just read?
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What does it mean to fear God?
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What does it mean
to give glory to God?
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What does the first angel's
message mean when it says
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that we are in the
hour of God's judgment?
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What does it mean
to worship the Creator?
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What is Babylon? What
is Babylon's wine of wrath,
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because Babylon has wine?
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What does the wine represent?
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What does prophecy mean when
it says that Babylon fornicates
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with the kings of the earth?
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Who is the beast? Who or
what is the image to the beast?
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What is the mark of the beast?
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What is the number
of the beast's name?
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What is the wine of God's wrath?
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Why is God's wine
poured without mixture?
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Will the worshippers of
the beast be incinerated
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in fire that will never go out?
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After all the Bible
says forever and ever.
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What is the
patience of the saints?
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What are the
commandments of God?
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What is meant by
the faith of Jesus?
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And finally,
who are the 144,000,
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and when will they live?
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And you say, Why are
you including the 144,000?
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Simply because in Revelation
14:1-5 you have the 144,000
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before the three
angels' messages are proclaimed,
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which means that the
144,000 are somehow related
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to the three angels' messages.
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So we have our
work cut out for us.
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We have a lot to study.
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We have to know
who the beast is.
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How can you not
worship the beast
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if don't know who he is?
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You see, if we don't
know who the beast is,
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we'll end up worshipping him.
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If we don't know
what the image is,
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we'll end up
worshipping the image.
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If we don't know what
the mark of the beast is,
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we might just end up
receiving the mark of the beast.
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So it's very important for
us to understand these things.
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Now we want to take a
look at ten facts concerning
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the three angels' messages.
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This is an
introductory subject today.
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We're going to take a look
at several introductory matters
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dealing with the
three angels' messages.
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Fact 1. When the Bible says that
three angels' are proclaiming
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their messages to the world,
we are not to understand that
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literal angels will zip
across the sky at the speed of
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lightening, shouting with a loud
voice the messages that we find
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in Revelation chapter 14.
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The fact is that in the Bible
angels are depicted as helping
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human beings
proclaim the message.
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In other words, the angels
represent heavenly messengers
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that use human
beings to proclaim the
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message of Jesus Christ.
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Take for example
Revelation 1: 1-3, where we find
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a very interesting
process. Revelation 1:1-3.
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This is the introduction
to the book of Revelation,
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and it says there: The
Revelation of Jesus Christ,
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which God gave Him.
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Now notice the sequence.
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God gave Jesus a
certain Revelation.
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And He gave it to Him, to show
whom? His servants things which
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must shortly take place; and
he sent and signified it by his
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angel to His servant John: who
bore witness to the word of God,
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and to the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Do you see a
chain of command here?
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Very clearly
there's a chain of command.
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God the Father gives
the message to Jesus.
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Jesus gives the
message to His angel.
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The angel then
whispers in John's ear and says,
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This is the message that
I want you to write down.
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And so now the angel
gives the message to John.
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And John gives the
message to the churches.
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And the churches are supposed to
give the message to the world.
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In other words, the angels
are depicted as three messages
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that the angels help human
beings to proclaim to the world.
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By the way, the word
angel in Greek, angelos,
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actually means messenger.
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And did you know that in
the New Testament certain human
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beings are called angels?
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You say, Now how's that?
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Well, let me just mention some.
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We're not going to read
the text, but if you want you
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can write them down.
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Epaphroditus: you say
well, that's a weird name.
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Is he in the Bible? Yes,
he's in Philippians 2:25.
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The apostle Paul mentions
him, but he's called an angel.
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He's called a messenger.
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John the Baptist in
Matthew 11: 10 is called
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a messenger, or an angel.
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You remember that there were
certain messengers that John
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sent to speak with Jesus.
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The word messengers
there is the word Angeloi.
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In other words they are angels.
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The spies that went to Jericho,
according to James 2:25,
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were angels, or messengers.
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Even the apostle
Paul, in Galatians 4:14,
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is called an
angel, or a messenger.
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And, of course we, know
about Stephen, that first martyr
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of the Christian church, in
Acts 6:15 it says that his face
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was like the face of an angel.
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Now we all know that God
has not committed the preaching
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of the gospel to angels, has He?
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Jesus did not say to
the angels, Go proclaim
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the gospel to the world.
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The work of proclaiming the
everlasting gospel to the world
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has been committed to
the servants of Jesus Christ;
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to human beings. But
they are aided in their work
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by the angelic host.
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In fact, notice Matthew
28: 18-20 where it tells us,
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to whom it has been committed to
preach the everlasting gospel.
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It says there in verse 18, And
Jesus came and spoke to them,
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saying, All
authority has been given to me
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in heaven and on earth.
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Go, He's
speaking to His disciples,
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Teaching them to observe
all things that I have commanded
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you: and, lo, I
am with you always,
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even unto the
end of the age. Amen.
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Notice that the great commission
of preaching the gospel was
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committed to the disciples.
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It's not committed to angels.
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You see, the angels
never needed to be redeemed.
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They don't know what
it means to be redeemed.
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Only those who have
been redeemed can proclaim
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the message of redemption
with power, because they know
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the experience of the gospel.
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Also in Acts 1:8 we find
the command of Jesus to His
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disciples to
proclaim the gospel.
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Once again, the gospel has
not been committed to angels
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to proclaim by streaking
across the sky and shouting
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with a loud voice God's message.
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It's committed to human beings,
but angels help human beings.
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Notice Acts 1:8,
But you shall receive...
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Incidentally, I would like to
share with you two experiences
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where an angel actually helped
one of the followers of Jesus
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to proclaim the message.
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Do you remember
the story of Phillip
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and the Ethiopian eunuch?
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Let me ask you, Who was it that
actually took Phillip so that he
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could go speak and meet
with the Ethiopian eunuch?
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If you read Acts 8:26, it says
that the angel directed Phillip
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to go and meet with
the Ethiopian eunuch.
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And then, of course,
Phillip shared the message
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of God with the eunuch.
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And then we also have the
example of the apostle Peter.
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You remember that Peter preached
the gospel to Cornelius.
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But it was an angel that came to
Cornelius and actually put him
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in touch, or put him in
contact with Simon Peter.
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In other words, the angels give
the message to human beings,
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and then human beings proclaim
the gospel to the world.
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So these three angels represent
messages that God sends
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by the angelic hosts to us,
for us to proclaim to the world.
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That's fact 1. The three
angels represent human beings
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preaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ to the world,
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particularly
God's end time people.
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Now let's go to fact 2.
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We're told as we read in
Revelation 14, that the angels
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This must mean that the
messages of the three angels
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are of heavenly origin.
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You know, whenever God speaks
in the book of Revelation,
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God's message
always comes from above.
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It always comes from heaven.
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On the other hand, the powers
of Satan come from the sea,
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from the abyss,
and from the earth.
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In other words, the fact
that these three messages are
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depicted as three angels'
flying in the midst of heaven,
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coming from heaven to
earth, means that these messages
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are directly sent by God.
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They are heavenly messages.
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Incidentally, in the
Bible to speak of beneath
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is the realm of Satan.
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To speak of above is
the realm of Jesus Christ.
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It's the realm of God.
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So whenever an
angel comes from heaven
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it means a message from God.
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James 3, I want you to
notice, James 3 tells us this:
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speaking about the wisdom
that doesn't come from above,
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it says: this wisdom
does not descend from above,
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but is earthly,
sensual, demonic.
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So where does the
power of Satan come from?
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It comes not from above,
but from where? from beneath.
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Revelation 18:1, which we're
going to study in this series
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later on, speaks of a powerful
angel that comes down from
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heaven, and he
cries with a mighty voice
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that Babylon is fallen.
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And then he calls God's
people to come out of Babylon.
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This message comes with
great power from heaven.
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So Fact 2. is that the fact that
these angels are depicted as
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flying in the midst of heaven,
means that these messages
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are of heavenly origin.
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They come directly
from the throne of God.
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Fact 3. We're told twice
in the three angels' messages
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that these messages are
proclaimed with a loud voice.
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It's interesting; the Greek
word that is used for loud voice
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is the word megaphone.
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What word do we
get from megaphone?
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The word megaphone, right?
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Have you ever
heard of megaphone?
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You know you use
them at campouts.
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I know at camporees, Pathfinder
camporees, you have a megaphone
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to call all of the
Pathfinders together.
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Let me ask you, When
you use the megaphone,
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can you hear the message?
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You certainly can.
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And sometimes it's so
loud that it actually squeals,
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and then everybody can hear it.
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And so that's the
word that is used.
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These messages are
of heavenly origin.
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Human beings are supposed to
preach them, and they come with
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great power, because they're
proclaimed with a loud voice.
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In other words, there is no word
parcing or political correctness
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in these messages.
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This is not some
ambivalent double speak.
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There's no mute on the trumpet.
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It is to be shouted from
the rooftops no matter what
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the consequences are.
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The messages are to be
proclaimed with utmost power.
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Fact 4. The angels fly.
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Now what does that
represent, the angels flying?
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It represents the speed with
which this message is supposed
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to go to the world.
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Now let me ask you,
How fast do angels fly?
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Well, let's go to
Ezekiel 1, Ezekiel 1:13, 14.
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Let me ask you, Are these
messages supposed to go with
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utmost speed to all
of the world? Absolutely!
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These messages of heavenly
origin are to go to all of the
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world with great power,
and with the utmost velocity.
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Notice what it says
in Ezekiel 1:13, 14.
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It's speaking about
the four living creatures,
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which represents
the angelic host.
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And notice what it says.
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As for the likeness
of the living creatures,
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their appearance was
like burning coals of fire,
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like the appearance of torches
going back and forth among
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the living creatures.
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The fire was bright, and
out of the fire went lightening.
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And the living creatures
ran back and forth in appearance
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like a flash of lightening.
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How fast do angels travel?
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With the speed of lightening.
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How fast does this
message need to go to the world?
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It needs to go to the world
with the speed of lightening.
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But, unfortunately,
it's going to the world
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with the speed of a snail,
or the speed of a tortoise.
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It's not because the
angelic host isn't waiting
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anxiously for this message
to be proclaimed to the world.
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It's simply because we, as human
beings, have not lent ourselves
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to be used by the power of
God to proclaim these heavenly
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messages of God to the
world, so that the end can come.
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Now I have an example of
the speed of travel of angels.
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Do you remember that in Daniel
9, Daniel was praying because he
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wanted some wisdom
about understanding a prophecy
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that said unto 2300 days and
the Sanctuary shall be cleansed,
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which was in the
previous chapter of Daniel 8:14?
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And Daniel was praying
because he wanted to understand
00:24:51.23\00:24:53.90
that time prophecy?
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And if you read there in
Daniel 9 it says that Gabriel,
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when Daniel began his prayer,
he left the heavenly throne,
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and before Daniel
finished his prayer
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Gabriel was next to his side.
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So how fast do angels travel?
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They travel very, very swiftly.
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And God wants these messages
to go with utmost swiftness.
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Fact 5. The messages
are worldwide in scope.
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In other words, the
messages are of heavenly origin,
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they're to be proclaimed by
human beings with the utmost
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velocity, with great power,
and they are to be proclaimed
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in all of the world.
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Now listen to what
I'm going to tell you.
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Most Christians today, most
conservative Christians that is,
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Evangelicals, Pentecostals,
etc., believe that the three
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angels' messages are actually
messages that will be proclaimed
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during the tribulation,
after the church has been
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raptured to heaven.
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In fact they believe that
everything from Revelation 4,
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all the way through Revelation
19, applies to the Jews
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in the Middle East
after the church has been
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raptured to heaven.
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But my question regarding
that is this, If this message,
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or these messages,
because it's one message
00:26:17.31\00:26:20.40
composed of three parts.
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If these messages are to be
proclaimed only to the Jews,
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why do we find that it says
that these messages are supposed
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to go to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people?
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Obviously, these messages
are not only for the Jews in the
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Middle East. These messages are
to be proclaimed on a worldwide
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scale, which means that
in order to proclaim them,
00:26:43.31\00:26:46.01
you have to have a worldwide
people to announce them.
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I'm just throwing that out.
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We're going to talk about
that a little bit later on.
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A worldwide message
being proclaimed necessitates a
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worldwide people that
understands these messages,
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and is willing to go out
and preach these messages.
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These messages are to go to
every nation, kindred, tongue,
00:27:03.77\00:27:08.64
and people. They
are global in extent.
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Notice Matthew 24:14.
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You notice that the first
angel's message speaks about
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preaching the
everlasting gospel.
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And then when you get to the end
of the three angels' messages
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you have the harvest.
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In other words,
Jesus is seated on a cloud,
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He has a cycle on his
hand; the end has come.
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The earth has been harvested.
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In other words, the preaching of
the gospel has come to an end.
00:27:28.38\00:27:30.78
Now I want you to
notice what Jesus said
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in harmony with this.
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Matthew 24:14 And
this gospel of the kingdom
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And in Mark 16, the
last few verses it says,
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And he said to them,
Jesus says to the disciples,
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Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel
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to every creature.
00:28:02.21\00:28:04.00
Go into all the
world and preach what?
00:28:04.03\00:28:06.42
And preach the
gospel to whom? to the Jews?
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No, preach the
gospel to all the world.
00:28:09.94\00:28:13.32
He who believes and is
baptized will be saved;
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but he who does not
believe will be condemned.
00:28:16.77\00:28:20.24
So what is the purpose of
the three angels' messages?
00:28:20.28\00:28:23.10
The purpose of the three angels'
messages is to proclaim the
00:28:23.14\00:28:26.28
gospel to gather as many people
as possible into God's camp.
00:28:26.31\00:28:30.93
In other words, to
gather as many people
00:28:30.96\00:28:33.95
as possible onto God's side.
00:28:33.99\00:28:35.58
That's the purpose of
the three angels' messages.
00:28:35.62\00:28:37.72
They go to every nation, because
Jesus, through the gospel,
00:28:37.75\00:28:40.90
wants to conquer
the world for Himself.
00:28:40.93\00:28:43.08
But do you know something very
interesting that we're going
00:28:43.11\00:28:45.59
to study later on in Revelation?
00:28:45.62\00:28:46.97
And that is that
the Devil also has three
00:28:47.01\00:28:50.43
counterfeit angels' messages.
00:28:50.47\00:28:52.70
You say, Now how is that?
00:28:52.74\00:28:54.94
Go with me to Revelation 16.
00:28:54.97\00:28:57.30
We're just going to
briefly introduce this.
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Revelation 16, and I want
to read verse 13 and verse 14,
00:28:59.50\00:29:06.40
16, verse 13 and 14.
00:29:06.43\00:29:09.36
And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs...
00:29:09.39\00:29:14.75
Let me ask you,
What are unclean spirits?
00:29:14.78\00:29:18.20
What were the unclean spirits
that Jesus cast out when He
00:29:18.24\00:29:23.03
was on this earth? demons.
00:29:23.06\00:29:25.63
And what are
demons? fallen angels.
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.41
Thank you very much.
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So notice it says here in
Revelation 16:13, I saw three
00:29:29.50\00:29:35.59
unclean spirits like frogs
coming out of where? the mouth.
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What do you use your
mouth for? to speak, right?
00:29:41.83\00:29:45.78
And this is not talking
about eating, because we eat
00:29:45.82\00:29:49.74
through our mouth, too.
00:29:49.77\00:29:50.80
But it says here that
the three unclean spirits
00:29:50.83\00:29:53.92
come out of the mouth.
00:29:53.96\00:29:55.06
In other words, it means
that these three unclean spirits
00:29:55.10\00:29:57.50
are proclaiming a what?
a message. That's right.
00:29:57.53\00:30:00.83
Coming out of the
mouth of the dragon...
00:30:00.87\00:30:03.34
We're going to study this.
00:30:03.37\00:30:04.40
...and out of the
mouth of the beast,
00:30:04.43\00:30:06.25
and out of the mouth
of the false prophet.
00:30:06.28\00:30:08.60
What is the purpose of
this trilogy of these three
00:30:08.63\00:30:12.19
counterfeit angels?
00:30:12.22\00:30:13.40
Of these three evil spirits?
00:30:13.43\00:30:15.26
Why are they speaking
it out of their mouths?
00:30:15.30\00:30:17.98
They have a purpose,
and it's to gather the world
00:30:18.02\00:30:20.67
on the Devil's side.
00:30:20.70\00:30:21.73
Notice verse 14: For
they are spirits of demons,
00:30:21.76\00:30:25.38
performing signs, which go
out to the kings of the earth
00:30:25.42\00:30:29.22
and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of
00:30:29.26\00:30:33.03
that great day of God Almighty.
00:30:33.06\00:30:35.45
So how many groups of
three messages do we have?
00:30:35.49\00:30:38.29
We have two
groups of three messages.
00:30:38.33\00:30:40.65
We have God's three
messages, which are proclaimed
00:30:40.69\00:30:44.07
from the mouth with
power, the everlasting gospel.
00:30:44.10\00:30:46.53
The purpose is to gather
the whole world on God's side.
00:30:46.56\00:30:49.56
But the Devil also has
three counterfeit angels
00:30:49.59\00:30:52.60
that are called demons,
and out of their mouths,
00:30:52.63\00:30:55.08
out of the mouths of
the dragon, and the beast,
00:30:55.12\00:30:57.49
and the false prophet, these
three angels proclaim their
00:30:57.53\00:31:00.74
messages, and their
messages also have the intension
00:31:00.77\00:31:04.22
of gathering the
whole world on whose side?
00:31:04.26\00:31:06.95
on the Devil's side.
00:31:06.99\00:31:08.38
By the way, do you know the
reason why God wants these three
00:31:08.42\00:31:12.97
angels' messages to
go to the whole world?
00:31:13.00\00:31:15.18
Simply because the Bible
says that Babylon, who is called
00:31:15.22\00:31:18.82
the harlot in Revelation
17, she controls all of the
00:31:18.85\00:31:23.27
peoples in the world.
00:31:23.31\00:31:24.72
You say, How's that?
00:31:24.76\00:31:26.10
Go with me to
Revelation 17, Revelation 17:1.
00:31:26.14\00:31:32.63
It says, Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
00:31:32.67\00:31:35.90
came and talked with me,
saying to me, Come, I will show
00:31:35.93\00:31:39.07
you the judgment of the great
harlot who sits on many waters.
00:31:39.11\00:31:42.45
Where does the
harlot sit? on many waters.
00:31:42.49\00:31:45.60
What does that
mean that she sits?
00:31:45.64\00:31:47.85
It means that she
rules, she controls, right?
00:31:47.88\00:31:51.02
She sits on many waters.
00:31:51.06\00:31:52.68
Let me ask you, What are those
many waters that she sits on?
00:31:52.72\00:31:55.54
Go with me to verse
15, verse 15. It says:
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Are those the same
groups that the three angels'
00:32:11.18\00:32:13.23
messages go to? Yes.
00:32:13.26\00:32:15.82
Do the three angels' messages
go to every nation, kindred,
00:32:15.85\00:32:19.50
tongue, and people? Absolutely!
00:32:19.53\00:32:21.10
Who does the harlot sit
on? every nation, kindred,
00:32:21.14\00:32:24.55
tongue and people.
00:32:24.58\00:32:25.61
So why does God send
these three messages?
00:32:25.64\00:32:28.63
He sends these three messages
to say to the people upon whom
00:32:28.67\00:32:32.41
the harlot sits, Get out
of there before the plagues
00:32:32.44\00:32:35.62
are poured out, and
before you are destroyed.
00:32:35.66\00:32:38.63
So the question is,
Which three messages are we
00:32:38.67\00:32:41.58
going to listen to?
00:32:41.61\00:32:42.64
Are we going to listen to God's
three messages that are from
00:32:42.67\00:32:45.18
heavenly origin; they're
the preaching of the everlasting
00:32:45.21\00:32:47.94
gospel, with
absolute power and velocity,
00:32:47.98\00:32:51.66
to all of the world to
gather people on God's side?
00:32:51.69\00:32:54.40
Or are we going to accept
the three messages of these evil
00:32:54.44\00:32:58.25
spirits, who are fallen angels,
who have the intention of
00:32:58.28\00:33:01.99
gathering us, not on
God's side, but on Satan's side.
00:33:02.02\00:33:05.66
You see, the book of Revelation
tells us that there's only
00:33:05.69\00:33:07.77
going to be two sides at the end
of time: those who have the seal
00:33:07.81\00:33:11.76
of God, and those who
have the mark of the beast.
00:33:11.80\00:33:15.44
So Fact 5. is that
these messages are worldwide
00:33:17.43\00:33:21.37
to counteract the
worldwide message of these three
00:33:21.40\00:33:24.76
counterfeit angels' messages
that come out of the mouth
00:33:24.79\00:33:28.15
of the dragon, the
beast, and the false prophet.
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Now let's go to Fact 6. These
messages are supposed to be
00:33:31.04\00:33:37.09
proclaimed in
their proper order.
00:33:37.13\00:33:39.55
You say, what do you
mean by their proper order?
00:33:39.59\00:33:43.26
You know, if you try to proclaim
the third angel's message
00:33:43.30\00:33:46.09
without proclaiming the
first and the second before,
00:33:46.12\00:33:48.75
people will not be able
to make sense out of it.
00:33:48.78\00:33:51.37
In other words,
the messages must be
00:33:53.28\00:33:55.26
proclaimed in their order.
00:33:55.30\00:33:57.49
The first message we need to
proclaim and understand first.
00:33:57.53\00:34:01.47
Then we'll be ready
to understand the second.
00:34:01.50\00:34:05.06
And after we understand
the second we will be ready
00:34:05.10\00:34:08.23
to understand the third.
00:34:08.26\00:34:09.46
Now you say, How do we
know that they are sequential,
00:34:09.49\00:34:12.01
and that we need to
study them in their order?
00:34:12.05\00:34:14.32
Notice Revelation 14:6, 14:6.
00:34:14.36\00:34:19.58
Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven.
00:34:19.61\00:34:22.52
Okay, so you have an angel that
flies in the midst of heaven.
00:34:22.55\00:34:24.98
Now notice verse 8.
00:34:25.01\00:34:26.70
What's the next word?
00:34:28.35\00:34:29.38
Another angel what? followed.
00:34:29.41\00:34:32.51
Is there an order
here? most certainly!
00:34:32.54\00:34:35.49
And then notice verse 9.
00:34:35.52\00:34:37.04
Then a third
angel followed them.
00:34:37.07\00:34:40.69
Is there an order to the three
angels' message? Most certainly!
00:34:40.72\00:34:46.18
And if we get the order
wrong people will never listen.
00:34:46.21\00:34:49.31
You say, What do you
mean? Let me explain.
00:34:49.34\00:34:53.13
The reason why Babylon falls
in the second angel's message
00:34:53.16\00:34:58.05
is because Babylon rejected
the first angel's message.
00:34:58.08\00:35:02.43
Are you with me? When you
go to Revelation 18 God says,
00:35:05.67\00:35:10.39
Babylon is fallen,
come out of her My people.
00:35:10.61\00:35:12.29
So people say,
Why should I come out?
00:35:12.32\00:35:15.43
You say, Yeah, come
out of her My people.
00:35:15.46\00:35:18.37
Why should I come out?
00:35:18.40\00:35:19.59
Do you know the reason why?
00:35:19.62\00:35:21.13
Because Babylon has rejected
the first angel's message.
00:35:21.16\00:35:24.39
So before people are
ready to come out of Babylon
00:35:24.42\00:35:27.97
and join God's forces, they need
to understand the reason why.
00:35:28.00\00:35:31.49
And the first angel's message
gives you the reason why.
00:35:31.52\00:35:34.06
The first angel, you
see, has three imperatives.
00:35:34.09\00:35:37.07
It has three commands.
00:35:37.10\00:35:38.44
The first angel's
message says, Fear God.
00:35:38.47\00:35:42.65
By the way, that's not
just counsel, that's not just,
00:35:42.68\00:35:47.26
I hope you'll do it.
00:35:47.29\00:35:48.60
It is an imperative
in the Greek language.
00:35:48.63\00:35:51.61
It says, Fear God, give glory
to Him, because the hour of His
00:35:51.64\00:35:58.16
judgment has come, and worship
Him who created the heavens,
00:35:58.19\00:36:02.00
the earth, and the
fountains of waters.
00:36:02.03\00:36:04.72
The reason why Babylon falls is
because she's not fearing God.
00:36:04.75\00:36:09.77
So we need to understand
what it means to fear God.
00:36:09.80\00:36:11.71
The reasons why Babylon
has fallen is because she's not
00:36:11.74\00:36:15.91
giving glory to God.
00:36:15.94\00:36:17.04
She's giving glory to herself.
00:36:17.07\00:36:18.48
The reason why Babylon has
fallen is because she refuses
00:36:18.51\00:36:23.08
to believe that the hour
of God's judgment has come.
00:36:23.11\00:36:26.17
The reason why Babylon
has fallen is because Babylon
00:36:26.20\00:36:30.13
does not worship the Creator
of the heavens, the earth,
00:36:30.16\00:36:33.98
the seas, and
everything that is in them.
00:36:34.01\00:36:36.45
In other words, for people
to be willing to come out of
00:36:36.48\00:36:40.04
Babylon, the
second angel's message,
00:36:40.07\00:36:42.67
in order for people to
understand that Babylon is
00:36:42.70\00:36:45.51
fallen, they need to understand
why Babylon is fallen.
00:36:45.54\00:36:48.77
Babylon is fallen
because she refused
00:36:48.80\00:36:52.06
the first angel's message.
00:36:52.09\00:36:53.65
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:36:53.68\00:36:54.91
And let me share this
with you: If we do not proclaim
00:36:54.94\00:36:58.79
the first angel's message,
people will feel no incentive
00:36:58.82\00:37:02.18
to come out of Babylon in
the second angel's message.
00:37:02.21\00:37:05.49
And they will feel no urgency
to receive the final warning
00:37:05.53\00:37:10.10
in the third angel's message.
00:37:10.14\00:37:11.42
Because the third angel's
message says, Woe if you worship
00:37:11.45\00:37:15.32
the beast, or if you worship
his image, or if you receive his
00:37:15.36\00:37:19.20
number, or if
you receive his mark.
00:37:19.23\00:37:22.02
Because you will
receive the wrath of God
00:37:22.05\00:37:24.71
poured out without mixture.
00:37:24.75\00:37:26.76
Let me ask you, Are people
going to want to listen to that
00:37:26.80\00:37:31.63
warning and not worship
the beast, or his image,
00:37:31.67\00:37:34.33
or receive the mark, or
receive the number of his name
00:37:34.36\00:37:37.57
if they don't understand
the first angel's message?
00:37:37.61\00:37:40.78
Absolutely not! You
see, we have a sequence.
00:37:40.82\00:37:43.86
The first angel's message tells
us the positive message of God.
00:37:43.89\00:37:47.88
The second message says, Get out
of Babylon, because Babylon has
00:37:47.91\00:37:51.63
rejected the
first angel's message.
00:37:51.66\00:37:53.30
And then the third angel's
message says, If you don't
00:37:53.33\00:37:56.26
get out you'll
end up worshipping
00:37:56.29\00:38:00.08
the beast and his image.
00:38:00.12\00:38:01.15
You'll end up
receiving the mark,
00:38:01.18\00:38:03.06
and you'll receive the plagues.
00:38:03.09\00:38:05.00
So basically in the
first angel's message
00:38:05.04\00:38:07.83
you have a command of God.
00:38:07.86\00:38:09.79
In the second message you have
a call to come out from where
00:38:09.82\00:38:13.92
that command is
not being obeyed.
00:38:13.95\00:38:15.62
And in the third message
God says, If you don't come out
00:38:15.65\00:38:19.01
the plagues, and the
wrath of God will fall upon you.
00:38:19.04\00:38:22.45
So these three
messages must be proclaimed
00:38:22.49\00:38:25.58
in their proper order.
00:38:25.62\00:38:28.39
Let's go to Fact 7.
00:38:28.42\00:38:31.12
These messages
are God's final...
00:38:31.16\00:38:35.25
These are God's last message.
00:38:41.95\00:38:44.43
There will be no further
message besides these three.
00:38:44.46\00:38:46.75
And you say, Well, Pastor
Bohr, how do you know that?
00:38:46.78\00:38:49.06
For the simple reason that
as soon as the third message is
00:38:49.09\00:38:53.01
finished: you have
message 1, 2, and 3.
00:38:53.04\00:38:56.07
As soon as 3 is
proclaimed, notice what we find
00:38:56.11\00:39:01.03
in chapter 14, and
verse 14, Revelation 14:14.
00:39:01.07\00:39:05.96
What event is being
described in that verse?
00:39:26.74\00:39:30.89
The coming of Christ.
00:39:30.93\00:39:33.62
When does the coming of
Christ take place in the
00:39:33.66\00:39:36.63
sequence of Revelation 14?
00:39:36.67\00:39:38.29
It comes immediately after
the third angel's message is
00:39:38.33\00:39:42.07
proclaimed, which means
that these three messages are
00:39:42.11\00:39:45.82
God's final
message to the world,
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.56
and then the end will come.
00:39:47.59\00:39:50.04
Are you understanding my point?
00:39:50.08\00:39:52.46
So you have the three messages
and then Jesus is seen sitting
00:39:52.50\00:39:56.16
on a cloud, with a sickle in
His hand, and He's going to come
00:39:56.20\00:39:59.83
to harvest the earth.
00:39:59.87\00:40:00.90
He's going to come to gather His
people, and He's going to come
00:40:00.93\00:40:03.68
to destroy the wicked.
00:40:03.71\00:40:04.97
You can continue reading
it there in Revelation 14.
00:40:05.00\00:40:07.89
So let me ask you, How urgent
is it for us to understand
00:40:07.92\00:40:11.17
these three angels'
messages in these last days?
00:40:11.20\00:40:13.87
It's a matter of life and death,
because it's the last message.
00:40:13.91\00:40:17.34
There will be no other
message that God will give
00:40:17.37\00:40:21.20
to the world after this one.
00:40:21.23\00:40:23.84
Now let's go to Fact 8.
00:40:23.87\00:40:26.80
The proclamation of these three
messages will be accompanied
00:40:26.83\00:40:31.92
by the power of the latter rain.
00:40:31.96\00:40:33.61
Do you understand what
I mean by the latter rain?
00:40:33.64\00:40:39.56
You know, in Biblical
areas you have the early rain,
00:40:39.59\00:40:45.47
and you have the latter rain.
00:40:45.50\00:40:47.43
The early rain is that
rain that falls in the spring,
00:40:47.46\00:40:51.20
that causes the
seed to germinate
00:40:51.24\00:40:55.04
and to begin its growth.
00:40:55.07\00:40:56.65
And then the rain continues
falling throughout the season.
00:40:56.68\00:41:00.55
And then eventually
you have the latter rain.
00:41:00.58\00:41:02.59
And the purpose of the latter
rain is to ripen that which has
00:41:02.62\00:41:06.36
been growing through the
influence of the early rain.
00:41:06.40\00:41:09.19
Now let me ask you, When
was the early rain poured out
00:41:09.23\00:41:11.99
according to Scripture?
00:41:12.03\00:41:13.06
It was poured out when
God poured out the Holy Spirit
00:41:13.09\00:41:16.77
on the day of Pentecost.
00:41:16.80\00:41:17.83
Isn't that correct?
00:41:17.86\00:41:18.89
The Holy Spirit was
poured out with power.
00:41:18.92\00:41:21.10
Let me ask you, Did the
disciples go out and preach the
00:41:21.13\00:41:23.92
gospel with power?
00:41:23.95\00:41:25.02
Were thousands upon thousands
gathered on God's side?
00:41:25.05\00:41:27.93
Did multitudes come
from the side of the Devil
00:41:27.96\00:41:30.42
to the side of God? Absolutely!
00:41:30.46\00:41:32.55
But the Bible teaches that
at the end of time God is going
00:41:32.59\00:41:36.56
to have a people that
will proclaim the three angels'
00:41:36.60\00:41:40.76
messages under the
power of the latter rain,
00:41:40.79\00:41:43.79
with the purpose of
maturing the human race,
00:41:43.83\00:41:46.91
and preparing the
human race for the harvest.
00:41:46.94\00:41:49.96
For the harvest on God's
side, which is the righteous,
00:41:49.99\00:41:53.34
and for the harvest of the
wicked, which are called the
00:41:53.38\00:41:56.69
grapes in Revelation
14, on the Devil's side.
00:41:56.73\00:41:59.51
You say, How do we know that
these messages are accompanied
00:41:59.54\00:42:02.47
by the latter rain?
00:42:02.50\00:42:03.53
Well, let's go back to
Revelation 14, and you're going
00:42:03.56\00:42:07.10
to see that God is going to pour
out the Holy Spirit with great
00:42:07.14\00:42:09.81
power upon the world.
00:42:09.84\00:42:11.73
And do you know what's
going to happen when He pours
00:42:11.77\00:42:14.25
out His Holy Spirit?
00:42:14.28\00:42:15.31
God's people will
proclaim the message
00:42:15.34\00:42:16.72
just like the disciples did.
00:42:16.76\00:42:18.09
And thousands upon thousands
will come over to the Lord's
00:42:18.12\00:42:21.64
side in preparation for
the second coming of Jesus.
00:42:21.68\00:42:25.20
And the whole world will
be polarized into two groups,
00:42:25.23\00:42:28.58
as a result of the
power, and the message that
00:42:28.61\00:42:32.69
goes along with the power.
00:42:32.72\00:42:34.52
You say, How do we know that?
00:42:34.55\00:42:35.71
Well, notice Revelation
14 and let's read verse 14.
00:42:35.75\00:42:39.89
Immediately after the
third angel's message it says:
00:42:39.93\00:42:44.04
Then I looked, and behold a
white cloud, and on the cloud
00:42:44.07\00:42:46.71
sat one like the Son of
man, having on his head a golden
00:42:46.75\00:42:49.39
crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle.
00:42:49.43\00:42:51.88
And another angel came out of
the temple, crying with a loud
00:42:51.91\00:42:55.37
voice to him that
sat on the cloud,...
00:42:55.41\00:42:57.65
Now notice this:...
Thrust in your sickle, and reap:
00:42:57.69\00:43:02.26
for the time has come for
you to reap; for the harvest
00:43:02.30\00:43:06.83
of the earth is ripe.
00:43:06.87\00:43:09.72
Let me ask you, in
Biblical times what was it that
00:43:09.75\00:43:12.06
ripened the harvest?
00:43:12.09\00:43:13.18
What ripened the
harvest was the latter rain.
00:43:13.21\00:43:17.03
The early rain began
the germination process.
00:43:17.06\00:43:20.81
You know, like in Fresno
you have the rain in the spring?
00:43:20.84\00:43:23.87
Right? And that germinates
the seed, and leaves it to grow.
00:43:23.91\00:43:26.91
So you have the
harvest later on.
00:43:26.94\00:43:28.54
Well, the same thing
you have in Biblical times.
00:43:28.57\00:43:31.33
By the way, the climate
in Fresno is very similar
00:43:31.37\00:43:34.10
to the climate in Israel.
00:43:34.13\00:43:35.66
We're in the sub-tropical
zone just like they are.
00:43:35.70\00:43:37.97
That's why a lot of our
products are the same products
00:43:38.00\00:43:40.24
that you have in Israel.
00:43:40.28\00:43:42.42
Because the weather
patterns are very, very similar.
00:43:42.45\00:43:45.12
And so you have the early rain,
and you have the latter rain.
00:43:45.15\00:43:48.99
The purpose of the
latter rain is with the
00:43:49.02\00:43:50.93
three angels' messages.
00:43:50.97\00:43:52.11
The power of the Holy Spirit
is poured out upon His people.
00:43:52.15\00:43:55.22
And as a result the whole earth
is ripened either as the harvest
00:43:55.25\00:43:59.99
of the earth, which is the
righteous, or the grapes of
00:44:00.02\00:44:02.49
the earth, which is the wicked.
00:44:02.53\00:44:04.05
What this means is that the
three angels' messages are going
00:44:04.09\00:44:07.66
to ripen the world
in two different ways.
00:44:07.69\00:44:09.70
The people who reject
these three angels' messages
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.67
will be the grapes.
00:44:13.70\00:44:15.41
They'll be fully
ripened against these messages.
00:44:15.44\00:44:18.37
Whereas on the other side
you have those who receive these
00:44:18.41\00:44:22.02
messages with the power of the
Holy Spirit, and they will be
00:44:22.05\00:44:25.63
also ripened, but they
will be ripened on God's side.
00:44:25.67\00:44:28.73
And when all of the world has
made its decision to be on one
00:44:28.77\00:44:31.60
side or the other, because the
messages have been proclaimed
00:44:31.63\00:44:34.43
with the power
of the Holy Spirit,
00:44:34.46\00:44:35.79
then probation will
close, and then Jesus will come.
00:44:35.83\00:44:42.11
Fact 9. And this is
a very important fact.
00:44:42.15\00:44:45.02
The three angels'
messages are linked with what?
00:44:52.00\00:44:57.30
with the most holy place
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:44:57.33\00:45:01.06
You say, Now what's this
issue of the heavenly Sanctuary?
00:45:01.09\00:45:03.27
Let me just say that God
has a Sanctuary in heaven,
00:45:03.30\00:45:06.58
which is the great original.
00:45:06.61\00:45:07.64
The one that He told Moses to
build in the wilderness was only
00:45:07.67\00:45:11.42
a copy of, it was actually a
copy of a, how would you say?
00:45:11.45\00:45:16.86
a small scale model
of the real Sanctuary
00:45:16.89\00:45:20.06
that we find in heaven.
00:45:20.10\00:45:21.32
And in the Sanctuary
you had three apartments.
00:45:21.35\00:45:24.26
You had the court, where
the sacrifices were offered.
00:45:24.30\00:45:26.77
You had the holy place where
the priest entered to intercede
00:45:26.80\00:45:31.19
for the sins of Israel.
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.26
And you had the most holy
place where the ark of the
00:45:32.29\00:45:35.42
covenant was found.
00:45:35.45\00:45:36.48
And inside the ark of the
covenant was God's holy law.
00:45:36.51\00:45:39.93
Now you say, Pastor, how do
you know that the three angels'
00:45:39.97\00:45:43.46
messages need to be connected,
or linked with the most holy
00:45:43.49\00:45:46.95
place of the Sanctuary?
00:45:46.98\00:45:48.04
Let me give you
some indications why.
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.88
Day after tomorrow, in our
third lecture in this series,
00:45:49.92\00:45:54.64
we're going to study
what it means to fear God.
00:45:54.68\00:45:57.46
In Scripture very, very
frequently when you find that
00:45:59.42\00:46:04.17
expression, fear God,
it is linked with keeping
00:46:04.21\00:46:07.95
the commandments of God.
00:46:07.98\00:46:09.21
Just to give you one example,
in Ecclesiastes 12:13 it says:
00:46:09.24\00:46:15.22
Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the
00:46:15.26\00:46:19.87
whole duty of man.
00:46:19.91\00:46:21.06
For God will bring every
work into what? judgment.
00:46:21.10\00:46:25.66
Notice how similar to Revelation
14 where it says, Fear God,
00:46:25.70\00:46:28.80
and give glory to him; for the
hour of his judgment has come.
00:46:28.84\00:46:31.90
Ecclesiastes says, Fear
God, and keep his commandments.
00:46:31.94\00:46:35.10
For God will bring every
work into what? into judgment.
00:46:35.14\00:46:38.57
Fearing God is coupled
with keeping God's commandments.
00:46:38.60\00:46:41.96
Now let me ask you, In
which apartment of the Sanctuary
00:46:42.00\00:46:45.32
were the ten
commandments contained?
00:46:45.35\00:46:47.65
They were contained
in the most holy place.
00:46:47.68\00:46:51.11
Furthermore, the first
angel's message calls people to
00:46:51.15\00:46:56.60
worship the Creator.
00:46:56.63\00:46:58.39
Let me ask you,
What sign did God give of
00:46:58.42\00:47:02.50
worship to the Creator?
00:47:02.54\00:47:04.62
You go back to Genesis 2.
00:47:04.65\00:47:06.67
It says that at the
end of creation week,
00:47:06.70\00:47:08.95
God rested on which day?
00:47:08.99\00:47:11.31
God rested on the seventh day.
00:47:11.35\00:47:13.99
And then He commanded Adam and
Eve to rest every seventh day
00:47:14.02\00:47:18.14
in commemoration of
the work of creation.
00:47:18.18\00:47:21.33
Now let me ask you, Where is the
Sabbath found in the Sanctuary?
00:47:21.36\00:47:27.09
It is found in
the tables of the law,
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and the tables of
the law were where?
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They were in the most
holy place of the Sanctuary.
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By the way, the three
angels' messages end by speaking
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about a people who keep
the commandments of God.
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So the commandments are
involved, but the commandments
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are in the most holy place.
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The first angel's message
says, Worship the Creator.
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The sign of the
Creator is the Sabbath.
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The Sabbath was in the law.
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And the law is in the most
holy place of the Sanctuary.
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But there's more! The first
angel's message also tells us
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that the hour of
God's judgment has come.
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Let me ask you, In which
apartment of the Sanctuary
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in the Old Testament do you have
an illustration of the judgment?
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Once a year on the great Yom
Kippur, the Day of Atonement,
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the great
judgment day of Israel,
00:48:22.51\00:48:25.19
those who were faithful to God,
and those who were unfaithful
00:48:25.23\00:48:30.38
to God were separated one
from another in the judgment
00:48:30.41\00:48:34.07
when the law of
God came into view.
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And in what apartment
did the Day of Atonement
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take place primarily?
00:48:40.98\00:48:42.53
It took place in
the most holy place.
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That's where the blood was
sprinkled, was on the mercy
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seat, in the most holy place, to
satisfy the demands of the law.
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So when the first angel's
message says the hour of His
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judgment has come, immediately
we say, If this is the judgment,
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it must involve the law, because
we will be judged by the perfect
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law of liberty, and the
law was in which apartment?
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In the most holy place
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
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But there's more. Do you know
that this passage that we're
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studying actually
begins in Revelation 11:19?
00:49:17.86\00:49:22.03
Do you know what
Revelation 11: 19 says?
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Where this whole
passage of the three
00:49:26.09\00:49:27.75
angels' messages begins?
00:49:27.78\00:49:29.00
It begins by saying
that John saw heaven opened,
00:49:29.03\00:49:32.10
and the temple of
God in heaven was opened.
00:49:32.13\00:49:34.92
And what was seen in His
temple? the ark of His covenant.
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Let me ask you,
Where was the ark of the
00:49:40.00\00:49:42.12
covenant in the Sanctuary?
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The ark of His covenant
was in the most holy place.
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So this whole passage that
has the three angels' messages,
00:49:46.63\00:49:50.28
in the heart of the book
of Revelation, begins with the
00:49:50.32\00:49:53.94
opening of the most
holy place where the
00:49:53.97\00:49:56.42
ark of the covenant is.
00:49:56.46\00:49:57.49
And then, of course, you
have the dragon introduced
00:49:57.52\00:50:00.86
in chapter 12. You
have the beast introduced
00:50:00.89\00:50:03.49
in Revelation 13:1-10.
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And then you have the second
beast, the image to the beast,
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introduced into the
latter half of Revelation 13.
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And then in chapter 14 you
have the hour of His judgment.
00:50:12.38\00:50:16.49
And interestingly enough,
when you get to Revelation 15,
00:50:16.52\00:50:20.29
the first part of the chapter
says that the temple of God
00:50:20.33\00:50:24.07
in heaven is now closed.
00:50:24.10\00:50:27.08
And no one can enter the temple
until the seven last plagues
00:50:27.12\00:50:31.91
have been poured out,
because probation has closed.
00:50:31.95\00:50:34.95
Isn't that interesting
that you have this passage?
00:50:34.98\00:50:38.03
Revelation 11:19, The
most holy place is opened.
00:50:38.07\00:50:41.08
The ark of His covenant is seen.
00:50:41.12\00:50:43.44
And then you have an
introduction to the dragon,
00:50:43.48\00:50:46.71
the beast, and the false
prophet, which we're going to
00:50:46.74\00:50:48.81
study in connection with
the three angels' messages.
00:50:48.84\00:50:51.43
And then God warns against
the beast, and his image,
00:50:51.47\00:50:54.02
and his mark in the
three angels' messages.
00:50:54.06\00:50:56.03
And after that warning we
find that the temple in heaven
00:50:56.06\00:50:59.89
closes; the most
holy place closes.
00:50:59.92\00:51:02.29
No one is able to
enter the temple anymore,
00:51:02.32\00:51:05.71
because probation has closed.
00:51:05.75\00:51:08.21
Fact 10. The
acceptance or rejection...
00:51:08.24\00:51:13.90
It's not optional.
00:51:21.14\00:51:23.49
You can't say, Oh, you
know, if you accept them fine,
00:51:23.52\00:51:26.02
and if you don't
accept them that's fine.
00:51:26.05\00:51:27.92
You know, ultimately everybody
is going to the same place.
00:51:27.96\00:51:32.50
My Bible tells me that those who
listen to these three angels'
00:51:32.54\00:51:37.05
messages will
receive the seal of God.
00:51:37.09\00:51:38.99
And those who reject
these messages will receive
00:51:39.03\00:51:43.06
the mark of the beast.
00:51:43.09\00:51:44.12
And one group will be
saved in God's kingdom.
00:51:44.15\00:51:47.59
The other group will
receive the wrath of God.
00:51:47.63\00:51:51.18
So let me ask you, Are
these messages a matter of
00:51:51.21\00:51:54.73
life and death?
They most certainly are!
00:51:54.76\00:51:56.99
Now, when I was in
school I used to like bonuses.
00:51:57.02\00:52:00.47
Say, teacher, could you
please give us a bonus question?
00:52:01.41\00:52:04.84
So I'm going to
give you two bonus facts
00:52:04.87\00:52:06.74
to end our study today.
00:52:06.78\00:52:09.43
Praise the Lord that
there will be a people,
00:52:09.47\00:52:14.72
because the question is,
is God going to have a people
00:52:14.75\00:52:17.04
in the world who
will accept these messages
00:52:17.07\00:52:19.78
and eventually be saved?
00:52:19.81\00:52:21.04
There's good news.
00:52:21.07\00:52:22.18
God will have a people who
will listen to these messages.
00:52:22.21\00:52:27.07
They will accept them, they
will proclaim them to the world,
00:52:27.10\00:52:30.21
and they will be faithful till
the end, and they will be saved.
00:52:30.24\00:52:33.10
Notice Revelation 15, Revelation
15:2-4, Revelation 15:2-4.
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Notice here you have a group
that's victorious over what the
00:52:40.59\00:52:45.26
three angels' message
mentions: the beast, his image,
00:52:45.29\00:52:47.57
his number, his mark.
00:52:47.61\00:52:48.77
There's a group that's going
to be victorious, because they
00:52:48.80\00:52:51.22
receive the
three angels' messages.
00:52:51.26\00:52:52.98
It says in verse 2:
00:52:53.02\00:52:54.20
Ha ha ha, I love that!
00:52:59.87\00:53:00.90
Is there going to be a group
that's going to reject the beast
00:53:11.89\00:53:14.56
and his image, and
his mark, and his number?
00:53:14.60\00:53:16.30
You'd better believe it!
00:53:16.33\00:53:17.37
And they're going to
be victorious. Verse 3:
00:53:17.40\00:53:19.80
So there will be a group that
will listen to these messages
00:53:31.62\00:53:35.85
and that will ultimately
be saved in Christ's kingdom.
00:53:35.88\00:53:39.17
They will stand on the sea
of glass, and they will sing
00:53:39.21\00:53:42.47
the song of Moses and the Lamb.
00:53:42.50\00:53:44.98
They will not worship the beast.
00:53:45.01\00:53:47.46
Let me ask you something.
00:53:47.49\00:53:48.75
Do you think it's important
to know who the beast is?
00:53:48.79\00:53:51.71
How are you going to
not worship the beast
00:53:51.74\00:53:54.24
if you don't know who he is?
00:53:54.27\00:53:55.59
Is it important to know
what the mark of the beast is?
00:53:55.62\00:54:00.15
Of course! If you don't know
what the mark of the beast is,
00:54:00.19\00:54:03.47
how can you be sure
that you won't receive it?
00:54:03.50\00:54:05.30
Is it important to know
what the image to the beast is?
00:54:05.34\00:54:09.42
Of course! If you
don't know what the image is,
00:54:09.46\00:54:11.77
you might end up worshipping it.
00:54:11.80\00:54:13.67
Some people say, Oh no, when the
temple is rebuilt over in the
00:54:13.71\00:54:16.44
Middle East,
and the anti-Christ,
00:54:16.47\00:54:20.01
this nasty individual sits
in the temple, and he raises up
00:54:20.04\00:54:22.79
this great big statute.
00:54:22.82\00:54:24.02
I'll say, Oh, that's
the image to the beast!
00:54:24.06\00:54:25.86
I'm not worshipping that.
00:54:25.90\00:54:27.19
Do you think the Devil is dumb?
00:54:27.22\00:54:28.43
Do you think it's
going to be that obvious?
00:54:30.00\00:54:31.40
Do you think that it's
talking about a literal image,
00:54:31.43\00:54:34.54
and a literal individual
that's going to sit in a rebuilt
00:54:34.57\00:54:38.02
Jerusalem temple? Not according
to what we're going to study
00:54:38.06\00:54:41.47
from the three
angels' messages in Scripture.
00:54:41.50\00:54:43.40
Bonus Fact 2. And this
will be Fact 12. Listen to this:
00:54:43.44\00:54:51.81
You say, How do we know that?
00:55:05.26\00:55:07.07
Notice Revelation
14:6, 7 once again,
00:55:07.11\00:55:10.84
as we draw this
to a close. 14:6, 7.
00:55:10.88\00:55:14.58
Why do you suppose the first
angel's message calls the world
00:55:37.93\00:55:40.66
to worship the Creator?
00:55:40.69\00:55:42.11
Let's go to the third angel's
message, which is the opposite.
00:55:44.34\00:55:48.68
It says in verse 9: Then
a third angel followed them,
00:55:48.71\00:55:53.22
saying with a loud voice, If any
man worships the beast and his
00:55:53.26\00:55:57.03
image, and receives his mark
on his forehead, or on his hand,
00:55:57.07\00:56:00.81
he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God.
00:56:00.84\00:56:05.16
Let me ask you, How many
systems are there that will
00:56:05.19\00:56:07.99
demand worship at
the end of time? two:
00:56:08.02\00:56:10.56
the Creator, and the beast.
00:56:10.59\00:56:14.42
So let me ask you, In
some sense, will the beast be a
00:56:14.45\00:56:18.99
counterfeit creator?
00:56:19.03\00:56:20.40
Let me ask you,
Why do we worship God?
00:56:20.44\00:56:23.30
Because He's our Creator
and we are what? creatures.
00:56:25.33\00:56:29.95
What sign has He given
us that He is the Creator,
00:56:29.98\00:56:34.53
and we are
creatures? the Sabbath.
00:56:34.56\00:56:37.42
So when we worship on
the Sabbath we're recognizing
00:56:37.46\00:56:41.82
and worshipping
whom? the Creator.
00:56:41.86\00:56:44.76
Is it just possible
that the beast claims
00:56:44.80\00:56:49.58
to have creative power?
00:56:49.62\00:56:51.73
And he also has a sign;
a sign of his authority?
00:56:51.76\00:56:57.82
That when we keep his
sign we are recognizing him,
00:56:57.85\00:57:03.65
and we are worshipping him.
00:57:03.69\00:57:06.26
Don't you think that people
are just going to kneel down
00:57:06.29\00:57:08.73
and start
worshipping an individual? No!
00:57:08.77\00:57:11.68
Worship is a far
deeper and greater issue.
00:57:11.71\00:57:14.55
It involves a Creator
and a counterfeit creator.
00:57:14.59\00:57:17.42
It involves one
sign versus another sign.
00:57:17.46\00:57:20.23
So I trust that we'll continue
coming, because we have great
00:57:20.27\00:57:23.89
things that we're going
to study in this seminar.
00:57:23.92\00:57:26.62