Let's bow our heads.
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Father in heaven, this day
we are going to study a very
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important subject.
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We're going to speak
about the mark of the beast
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and we need
you're divine guidance.
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Not only do I need your
guidance but I also ask that you
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will be with those who are
watching this presentation on TV
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or listening to a CD.
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I ask Lord that you
will open minds and hearts,
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that people will be tender
hearted to receive the truth
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as it is in Jesus.
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I ask Lord that people will
not be offended, but to study
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these things out for themselves,
that they might see the truth
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and embrace it.
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Thank you Father
for hearing my prayer,
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for I ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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In our studies together, we have
already identified the beast
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We've noticed that the beast
is the same as the little horn,
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as the harlot, the
abomination of desolation.
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The man of sin of 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2.
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Basically, all of these symbols
represent a world wide system.
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That system, is the
Roman Catholic papacy.
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I'm not speaking of individuals
who are within this system.
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There are many people who are
very sincere, they love Jesus
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and they don't
know about these things.
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So, don't take this personally.
I'm not talking about you,
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I'm talking about the
system of Roman Catholicism.
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Now, we've identified the beast
as the Roman Catholic system.
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It shouldn't be too difficult to
identify the mark of this system
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or what is known as
the mark of the beast.
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Now we are going to approach our
study from three perspectives.
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I want you to imagine
throwing a pebble into a lake.
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When you throw a
pebble into the water,
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I want you to imagine,
you have three ripples.
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You have a small one a larger
one and you have the largest one
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Now, what we're going to do,
is study the end time conflict
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and we're going to notice
what is the broadest issue
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in the final controversy.
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We're going to notice that the
broadest issue is a controversy
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over the law of God,
over the ten commandments.
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Then we're going to
specify a little bit more.
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We are going to
look at the inner circle.
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That inner circle is
going to show us that God's
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ten commandment
law has two tables.
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The first table
describes our duty towards God,
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the second describes our duty
towards our fellow human beings.
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We are going to notice
that the end time controversy
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has to do with the law of
God, but more specifically,
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it has to do with the
first table of God's holy law.
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Then we are going to go
to the inner most circle.
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We are going to notice,
that the end time controversy
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has to do with one
specific commandment
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in the first table of the law.
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So, we are going to go from
the broadest, God's holy law
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the ten commandments.
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To a little bit smaller
circle, which is the first table
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of the ten commandments.
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Then, we're going to
go to the smallest circle
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this is one specific commandment
in the first table of the law.
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We are going to notice,
first of all the broadest circle
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the great
controversy at the end of time
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has to do with God's
holy ten commandment law
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which the devil hates.
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Go with me to Revelation 12:17,
where we find a description
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of the end time controversy
and what the issue is.
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It says there in Rev. 12:17...
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So, Satan hates two
things the end time remnant.
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First of all, they keep
the commandments of God.
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He hates the commandments
of God. That's what the final
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controversy is about.
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Now, we're going to study
the testimony of Jesus Christ,
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a little bit later on.
For now, I want you to notice
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that Satan's hatred against
God's people at the end of time
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will be, because they
keep the commandments of God,
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the ten commandments. As we will
study later on in this series
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we will study that
phase, the commandments of God,
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and we are going to notice it
refers to the ten commandments.
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Now, I also want you to notice,
that the end time controversy
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has to do with two
marks. The mark of the beast
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and the seal of God.
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I want you to notice, where
the seal of God and the mark of
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are placed. The bible says
they are placed on the forehead.
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Notice, Revelation 7:3,
where it speaks about God's
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end time remnant, the 144,000.
We are going to notice later on
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in the series, that these are
those that will be alive when
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Jesus comes. Who will be able to
stand in the mist of the wrath
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of God when it is being
poured out upon the earth.
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It says in Rev 7:3, do not harm
the earth, the sea or the trees
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until we have sealed the servant
of our God on their foreheads.
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Notice, that the servants of God
are sealed on their foreheads.
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Why are they sealed on
their foreheads? Let me ask you.
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What is behind your forehead?
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Behind your forehead,
I would hope, is a brain.
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Your brain is the organ of the
mind. Another words the forehead
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represents the mind. What is it,
that God writes in our minds?
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Notice, Hebrews 8:10
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For this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of
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Israel, after those
days, says the Lord.
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Now, notice this. I will
put my laws in their mind.
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What does God place in
the mind or on the forehead?
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He places his laws in the
mind. He says, and write them
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on their hearts. I will be their
God and they shall be my people.
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The sign of God on the forehead
has something to do with his
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laws. Generally speaking. Of
course, the mark of the beast
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must be some counterfeit,
having to do with the law.
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It must be human laws in
contrast to God's holy law
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which is placed on the forehead.
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Then, I want you to notice,
Isaiah 8:16. Once again the seal
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is identified with God's law.
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Notice Isaiah
8:16. It says there,
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What do God's disciples
have sealed among them.
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God's holy law is sealed among
God's disciples. So you notice
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once again the seal that
is placed on the forehead
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is connected with the
commandments of God or with
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the law of God.
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Another thing that I want you
to notice, that shows that this
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end time controversy has to
do with the law of God, is what
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we find in 2 Timothy 2:19.
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Here the apostle Paul is
speaking about the followers of
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Jesus Christ, and he says this..
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Those who name the name
of Jesus, what do they do?
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They depart from iniquity.
That's the seal of God.
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It has to do with departing from
iniquity. Now, the question is
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what is it that defines
righteousness and iniquity?
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What
distinguishes between the two
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It's God's holy law.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13 says, the
some of the whole matter is this
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fear God and keep his
commandments, for this is the
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whole duty of man. For God will
bring every work into judgment
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whether it be good, or whether
it be evil. Notice that the law
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of God defines what
is good and what is evil.
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If you are going to depart from
iniquity it must be that you
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keep what? God's holy law.
In fact, there's an interesting
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messianic psalm in Psalm
40:6-8. Where we are told, that
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Jesus when he would
come, he would love and
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he would hate iniquity,
and of course, iniquity, is the
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transgression of God's holy law.
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In fact, lets go to
that point right now.
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Go with me to Matthew 7:23. By
the way, the word iniquity that
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is used in 2nd Timothy
2:19, is the Greek word adikia
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Now, I want you to notice,
Matthew 7:23. Then we will go to
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Luke, and notice a
parallel verse. It says there,
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The word there is anomias. Which
literally in Greek means to be
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opposed to the law of God,
because the Greek word for law
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is nomos, and when you put an
A next to it, it means against
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or contrary to. So, here Jesus
is saying to those who professed
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name, depart from me, you
who practiced lawlessness.
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I want you to
notice, Luke 13:27.
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Is that the same declaration
we read in Matthew 7?
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The same expression, only
the word used here is adikia.
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Let me ask you, is
adikia and anomias, synonymous?
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They most certainly are
synonymous. When the apostle
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Paul is saying that
those that have the seal of God
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depart from iniquity, he saying
that they depart from what?
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from law-less-ness. Once again
those that have the seal of God
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at the end of time. Are they
going to be keepers of Gods holy
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law? They most certainly are.
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I want you to notice, one
other aspect of this broadest
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circle.
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Revelation 14:9-11. Has
the third angels message and
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of course, later on we're
going to study the third angels
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message in detail, particularly
verse 12. I want you to notice
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now, is Revelation 14:11. It's
speaking about the punishment
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upon those that worship
the beast and receive his mark.
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Notice what it says...
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So, upon whom is the
wrath of God going to fall?
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It's going to fall upon
those who worship the beast
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and his image and receive
the mark. That's Rev 14:11.
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Now, notice,
Revelation verse 12.
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The very next verse presents
another group that contrasts
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with those who worship the beast
and his image. I want you to
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notice, one of the main
characteristics of this group.
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It says in Revelation 14:12...
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Did you see the contrast?
You have one group, in the
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third angels message who
worship the beast and his image
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and receive the mark.
Immediately in the next verse
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it speaks about a remnant who
keep the commandments of God.
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So, let me ask you, is the
worship of the beast and his
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image related some how to
keeping God's commandment?
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There's one group that keep
them which means the other group
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who worship the beast
and his image and the mark
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must be against God's
commandments or must break God's
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commandments, because the
contrast is clear in Rev. 14:11
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and Rev. 14:12.
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Now, we want to go to the
other circle. A smaller circle.
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We noticed the largest, we're
going to notice a smaller circle
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and of course, we're going
to go to the smallest circle.
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The final conflict is not
only going to be over God's law
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the final conflict is going
to have to do with the first
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table of God's holy law.
The first four commandments,
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that describe
our duty towards God.
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Now, notice what we
find in Deuteronomy 6:4.
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By the way, this is the
central confession of Judaism.
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And it says this...
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You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with
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all your soul and
all your strength.
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Is this the summery of
the first table of the law?
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You remember that Jesus
quoted this, when he said that
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this is the first and
great commandment. It actually
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summarizes the first four
commandments, our duty for God.
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You see, if you love God, you
won't have other gods. If you
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love God, you're not going
to have idols. If you love God,
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you're going to respect his name
If you love God, you're going
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to keep his holy Sabbath.
Then the last six commandments,
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have to do with a horizontal
relationship between us and our
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fellow human beings. I want
you to notice something very
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interesting. Immediately after
giving this quotation, where it
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says that we should
love God above all things,
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then God says where these
words are supposed to be written
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Notice, beginning at verse
6, of Deuteronomy chapter 6.
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I want you to notice that this
table of the law, the one that
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has to do with our duty towards
God, is to be placed in two
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places. It doesn't say, on
your forehead OR on your hand.
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It says in your
forehead AND in your hand.
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We are going to notice in
Revelation that the mark of the
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beast, is placed on the
forehead OR on the hand.
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Here God says, you need to place
these words, which we quoted,
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between your eyes, which is
the forehead, AND also, on your
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hand. That is a very important
distinction. You'll notice,
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that it's the first four
commandments that are placed
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where?... That are placed in
the frontlets between your eyes
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and also on your hand.
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I want you to notice, something
else that is very interesting.
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In Rev, the final controversy
has to do with worship.
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Time and again, in Rev, we
find that the final issue will
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be concerning worship. Let me
ask you, which table of the law
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has to do
especially with worship?
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That's the first table of the
law. See, if you worship God,
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you won't have other gods. If
you worship God, you don't have
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images of god. If you worship
God, you don't take his name in
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vain. If you worship God, you
keep the Sabbath, as a sign of
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the creator. The first table of
the law, has to do with worship.
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So, if Revelation says
that the end time controversy
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is concerning worship, it
must be that the final conflict
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has to do with which table?
Especially, it has to do with
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the first table of the law.
Let me read you some of those
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statements that speak about the
issue of worship as being the
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main point of contention.
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Revelation 13:4, it says...
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Let's go down to verse 8.
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Notice verse 15...
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Notice time and again, the issue
is worship and worship has to
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do with the
first table of the law.
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Notice Revelation 14:9-10.
Again the idea is that the final
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conflict has to do with
worship. It says there in
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Revelation 14, verse 9,
and then we will read verse 11.
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I think the word worship is
used enough times for us to know
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that the end time controversy
has to do with worship.
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Worship is related to
the first table of the law.
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I want you to notice another
text that speaks about worship
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in the end time, but this
is the positive perspective.
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This is the verse that
tells us that we're supposed to
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worship the
creator in the end time.
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Notice Revelation 14:6-7.
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Then I saw and angel flying in
the midst of heaven having the
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everlasting gospel to preach
to those that dwell on the earth
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people.
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Why do you suppose God calls on
the world to worship the creator
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in the end time? Folks, it
because the beast and the image
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of the beast are claiming
the right to be worshiped.
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Another words, here we have a
contrast between worshiping the
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creator of the heavens and the
earth and worshiping the beast.
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The issue once again, is between
true worship and false worship
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Once again, the table of the
law that has to do with worship
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is the first table of the law.
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It is very interesting as you
examine Revelation 13 and 14,
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that the issue involves the
first table of the law but there
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are specific examples in
these chapters that show how the
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beast and his image violate
the first table of the law
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Let me just mention this
quickly, does the beast demand
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worship? Revelation 13:4...
Now, if he demands worship would
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this be a violation of the
first commandment that said thou
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shall have no other
gods before me? Absolutely.
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Secondly, does this beast raise
up an image and command every
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one to worship the image? Yes.
00:23:35.37\00:23:37.91
Which commandment is this a
violation of? The commandment
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that says, don't make any
image and don't worship it.
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That is the second commandment.
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The third commandment is also
involved, because we are told
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in Revelation 13:6, that
the beast blasphemes the name
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of God. Which commandment does
that violate? Thou shall not
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take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain.
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Does the conflict also involve
the fourth commandment? Yes.
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The first angels message
calls us to worship the creator,
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which means that the beast
must claim to be the creator,
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but he is the counterfeit, which
commandment of the law of God
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has to do with worshiping
the creator? It is the fourth
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commandment of God's holy law.
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We notice that the second
circle, the smaller circle shows
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that the end time controversy
is going to be over the first
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table of the law. Now we are
going to notice, that the end
00:24:42.96\00:24:48.52
time controversy is going to
have to do with one particular
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commandment of the first table
of the law. This is the smallest
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circle, or the smallest ripple.
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Go with me to Psalm 95:6
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It says here...
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Why do we worship God,
according to this verse?
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We worship God, because he
is our maker. He is our creator.
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We worship because he is the
creator. Notice Nehemiah 9:6.
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I want this principle to be
clear. We worship God, because
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God is our
creator. Nehemiah 9:6...
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Do you notice once again, that
worship is connected with the
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idea that God is the creator?
Notice Revelation 14:6-7.
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We have already read this
passage, let's read it again.
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I want to show you that worship
is connected or is linked with
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creation. It says there...
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Is the idea of worship,
once again linked with creation?
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Absolutely.
00:26:52.01\00:26:53.36
By the way, the language
of the first angels message
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actually comes from
the fourth commandment.
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Notice Exodus 20:11.
The conclusion to the fourth
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commandment.
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Do you see the similarities
of language in the fourth
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commandment to what we
read in Revelation 14:7?
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They are very similar. You'll
notice that we worship the
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creator and the sign
of the creator is, what?
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The Sabbath, according to
what we read in Exodus 20:11.
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So, you can't separate the
Sabbath from worshiping the
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creator, because the sign
of worship to the creator is
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his holy Sabbath. By the way,
do you know that we will worship
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the creator when he makes a
new heavens and an new earth
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and we will
worship him on the Sabbath?
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Notice Isaiah 66:22-23.
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Let me ask you, when God makes
a new heaven and a new earth,
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he creates a new heaven and
a new earth, are we going to go
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worship before him? Yes.
00:28:49.51\00:28:51.54
What day are we going to
worship before him? The Sabbath.
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You see, when the fourth
commandment says worship the
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creator, it is saying, worship
the creator by keeping the
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Sabbath. So you can not separate
the Sabbath from worship.
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So, is the end time issue
going to have to do specifically
00:29:05.45\00:29:09.96
with the commandment that
has to do with the creator
00:29:09.99\00:29:13.82
with the Sabbath? Absolutely.
00:29:13.85\00:29:16.55
By the way do you know that the
book of Genesis also tells us
00:29:16.58\00:29:20.69
that God established the
Sabbath to commemorate creation?
00:29:20.72\00:29:24.32
He instituted the Sabbath to
be kept to remember the event of
00:29:24.43\00:29:28.44
creation? See, you can't
separate creation, worship and
00:29:28.47\00:29:32.89
the Sabbath.
Notice Genesis 2:2-3...
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The Sabbath identifies
the creator. It says...
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Question... Did God
bless the Sabbath for himself?
00:30:03.24\00:30:06.75
Folks, God is the fountain of
all blessings. God doesn't have
00:30:06.78\00:30:10.46
to bless a day for himself. Did
God make the Sabbath holy for
00:30:10.49\00:30:14.58
himself? No... Everything
connected with God is holy.
00:30:14.61\00:30:19.10
He was obviously blessing
the Sabbath and it was actually
00:30:19.13\00:30:22.36
sanctifying the Sabbath, because
he expected man to keep the
00:30:22.39\00:30:27.35
Sabbath, in commemoration of
his work of, what? Of his work
00:30:27.38\00:30:32.00
of creation. Furthermore, do you
know that the Bible links two
00:30:32.03\00:30:37.78
words. It uses interchangeably
the words sign and seal.
00:30:37.81\00:30:43.19
Notice Romans 4:11... Speaking
about circumcision here,
00:30:43.22\00:30:52.82
the circumcision of Abraham. I
want you to notice particularly
00:30:52.85\00:30:56.42
two words that are
used here synonymously.
00:30:56.45\00:30:58.67
It says about Abraham..
00:30:58.70\00:31:01.33
Are sign and seal used
interchangeably in this verse?
00:31:12.33\00:31:16.16
They most certainly are.
00:31:16.19\00:31:17.67
Now, Revelation speaks about
the seal of God being on the
00:31:17.70\00:31:21.22
forehead, but you could
also say that the sign of God
00:31:21.25\00:31:25.12
is on the forehead. Now, the
question is, what is the sign
00:31:25.15\00:31:29.10
of God? Notice Exodus 31:17.
00:31:29.13\00:31:37.36
It is speaking
about the Sabbath.
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.22
...and it says...
00:31:39.25\00:31:40.75
God gave it to Israel, but he
didn't say, it's only for Israel
00:31:50.51\00:31:54.16
furthermore, the apostle Paul
defines Israel as those who have
00:31:54.19\00:31:58.49
received Jesus Christ as savior
and Lord. If you are Christ's
00:31:58.52\00:32:03.10
you are Abraham's seed and
heirs, according to the promise.
00:32:03.13\00:32:06.87
So, it says, it is a sign.
Interchangeable with the word
00:32:06.90\00:32:11.62
seal, by the way. Between me and
the children of Israel forever
00:32:11.65\00:32:15.07
and then it
explains why it's a sign.
00:32:15.10\00:32:16.76
For in six days the Lord...
00:32:16.79\00:32:19.17
What is it that made
the Sabbath the sign?
00:32:25.19\00:32:27.42
The fact that he made it
at creation. Notice also,
00:32:27.45\00:32:33.17
Ezekiel 20:12. Here God says...
00:32:33.20\00:32:40.60
How do we know that God is our
Lord? We have his sign and what
00:32:52.25\00:32:58.08
is his sign? The sign is
the Sabbath and the word sign is
00:32:58.11\00:33:02.22
used
interchangeably with what? Seal,
00:33:02.25\00:33:05.70
and the end time generation
has the seal or the sign of God
00:33:05.73\00:33:09.96
on the forehead.
00:33:09.99\00:33:11.54
There is something else very
interesting that I want you to
00:33:12.46\00:33:14.77
notice. In Ezekiel 8, we have
a description of the apostasy of
00:33:14.80\00:33:20.63
Israel shortly before
Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the
00:33:20.66\00:33:23.74
city of Jerusalem.
00:33:23.77\00:33:25.54
We don't have time to study
this whole chapter, so I'm just
00:33:25.57\00:33:29.31
going to synthesize. Basically,
chapter 8 speaks about
00:33:29.34\00:33:33.34
abominations that God's
own people where committing
00:33:33.37\00:33:37.02
within the city of Jerusalem.
These were not the pagans
00:33:37.05\00:33:39.82
that were
committing these abominations.
00:33:39.85\00:33:42.07
God's own people were
committing these abominations.
00:33:42.10\00:33:45.21
The greatest abomination, we're
going to read this in a moment,
00:33:45.24\00:33:48.39
was that they were worshiping
the sun. That was the greatest
00:33:48.42\00:33:53.17
abomination that God's people
were committing within the city
00:33:53.20\00:33:56.76
Do you know, that it says there
were a group of people that were
00:33:56.79\00:33:59.78
not committing this abomination
of sun worship. In fact, it says
00:33:59.81\00:34:04.51
therein Ezekiel chapter 8, that
they were sighing and crying
00:34:04.54\00:34:08.91
because of the abominations
that were being committed in the
00:34:08.94\00:34:12.09
city. God said, go to the
city and put a sign or a mark
00:34:12.12\00:34:17.56
on the foreheads of those
who sigh and cry because of the
00:34:17.59\00:34:21.82
abominations that are
being committed in the earth.
00:34:21.85\00:34:24.36
Notice, that there is a
contrast between those who have
00:34:24.39\00:34:27.48
have the sign or the seal of
God and those who are worshiping
00:34:27.51\00:34:30.76
what? Those who
are worshiping the sun.
00:34:30.79\00:34:34.54
Which are practicing
this terrible abomination.
00:34:34.57\00:34:37.67
Let's read Ezekiel 8:16-17...
00:34:37.70\00:34:42.16
Which means that they
just flaunt this in God's face.
00:35:32.11\00:35:34.82
What was the
greatest abomination?
00:35:34.85\00:35:36.71
They were worshiping the sun.
00:35:36.74\00:35:39.54
Interesting, but there was a
contrasting group who sighed and
00:35:39.57\00:35:44.14
cried, who had the seal of
God, the sign of God on their
00:35:44.17\00:35:47.51
foreheads. It must be that they
are opposite to those who were
00:35:47.54\00:35:51.91
worshiping, what? To those
that were worshiping the sun.
00:35:51.94\00:35:54.89
Interesting.
00:35:54.92\00:35:57.04
Who were they worshiping then?
They must have been worshiping
00:35:57.07\00:36:00.64
the creator.
Notice Ezekiel 9:4...
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and by the way, it says after
all of God's people are sealed,
00:36:21.49\00:36:24.92
go in the midst of the city,
destroy all of those that are
00:36:24.95\00:36:28.93
practicing the abominations and
do not spare a single person.
00:36:28.96\00:36:32.85
The wrath of God was going
to be poured out upon Jerusalem.
00:36:32.88\00:36:36.81
Not everyone was
destroyed, though.
00:36:38.15\00:36:40.67
Let me ask you, was Jerusalem
destroyed, because Israel was
00:36:40.70\00:36:45.91
desecrating the Sabbath? That's
what Ezekiel chapter 8 and 9
00:36:45.94\00:36:49.24
seems to indicate, but we don't
have to guess. Some people say
00:36:49.27\00:36:53.04
oh, you're saying the
city of Jerusalem was destroyed
00:36:53.07\00:36:57.18
simply because they were
breaking the Sabbath, that's why
00:36:57.21\00:37:00.51
everyone was slain? According
to Ezekiel chapter 8, that's
00:37:00.54\00:37:03.77
exactly what I'm saying,
because the Bible says it.
00:37:03.80\00:37:06.25
Notice Jeremiah
17:27... Here God says
00:37:06.28\00:37:14.68
Was Jerusalem
destroyed because they were the
00:37:34.62\00:37:37.51
Sabbath? Absolutely.
00:37:37.54\00:37:40.21
What were they worshiping?
They were worshiping the sun.
00:37:40.24\00:37:45.12
Is it just possible that this
thing is going to be repeated
00:37:45.15\00:37:47.93
in the book of Revelation?
00:37:47.96\00:37:50.39
Absolutely.
00:37:51.00\00:37:52.26
Does the book of Revelation
speak about a harlot who brings
00:37:52.29\00:37:57.03
all kinds of
abominations upon the earth
00:37:57.06\00:37:59.64
Absolutely.
00:38:00.32\00:38:01.60
Does Revelation speak
about a group of individuals
00:38:01.63\00:38:04.77
who have the mark of the beast
in contrast to those who have
00:38:04.80\00:38:08.44
the seal of God?
00:38:08.47\00:38:09.44
Absolutely.
00:38:09.85\00:38:11.04
Are those who have the seal
of God, is God going to protect
00:38:11.07\00:38:15.59
them? Absolutely.
00:38:15.62\00:38:17.60
Is he going to pour out his
wrath upon those that have the
00:38:17.63\00:38:21.37
mark of the beast? Absolutely.
00:38:21.40\00:38:22.37
You see, once again, just like
in Ezekiel you have two signs.
00:38:22.40\00:38:28.00
One, that is received, though
it doesn't say so explicitly
00:38:28.03\00:38:34.39
is received by those who are
worshiping the sun, because they
00:38:34.42\00:38:38.21
are marked for destruction, it
says there in Ezekiel chapter 8
00:38:38.24\00:38:41.11
they are not marked by the seal
of God, and you have that group
00:38:41.14\00:38:43.86
that are marked
with the seal of God.
00:38:43.89\00:38:46.09
Those that are an apostasy of
God, they are worshiping, what?
00:38:46.12\00:38:50.82
They are worshiping
the sun. Now, you ask me.
00:38:50.85\00:38:53.72
Are you that it's the same
to worship on the day of the sun
00:38:54.59\00:38:58.26
as it is to worship the sun?
My answer is, in principle, yes.
00:38:58.29\00:39:05.27
You say, how is this?
00:39:06.48\00:39:07.91
Who created the sun?
00:39:07.99\00:39:13.07
God created the sun, right?
00:39:13.77\00:39:15.35
Did he create the
sun for worship?... No.
00:39:15.38\00:39:18.97
What happens if you turn
it into an object of worship?
00:39:19.00\00:39:22.18
What's that called? Idolatry.
00:39:22.21\00:39:25.34
Who created the
first day of the week?
00:39:25.37\00:39:27.53
God did. Did he
create it for worship?... No.
00:39:28.95\00:39:32.99
What happens if you turn
it into a day of worship?
00:39:33.02\00:39:35.90
What is that called? Idolatry.
00:39:35.93\00:39:38.63
It doesn't matter whether
it's the sun an object or a day.
00:39:38.66\00:39:43.01
What ever man makes for worship
that God did not make for
00:39:43.04\00:39:47.47
worship, is what? Idolatry.
00:39:47.50\00:39:50.09
The devil knows that
Christians at the end of time
00:39:50.12\00:39:52.73
are not going to be
dumb enough to worship sun.
00:39:52.76\00:39:57.04
What he does, he leads them
to worship on the day of the sun
00:39:57.07\00:39:58.04
Which came into Christianity
directly from paganism
00:39:58.07\00:40:06.77
in the days of Constantine.
00:40:06.80\00:40:08.52
Constantine was a pagan. He
called Sunday the day of the
00:40:08.55\00:40:14.79
invincible sun.
00:40:14.82\00:40:17.13
The venerable day of the sun. He
called Sunday and he introduced
00:40:17.16\00:40:22.03
it into the Christian church.
An abomination, for sure.
00:40:22.06\00:40:25.90
Christians embraced it and
adopted it and they worship
00:40:25.93\00:40:29.66
on Sunday. A day which
has been created for worship
00:40:29.69\00:40:33.21
by man. Which is the same
idolatry in principle as was
00:40:33.24\00:40:39.03
being practiced in Jerusalem.
00:40:39.06\00:40:40.86
We call also look
at the law of analogy.
00:40:41.67\00:40:45.14
Look at the
presidential seal of the US.
00:40:45.17\00:40:48.97
It has to have three things,
right? It has to have the name
00:40:49.00\00:40:52.58
the office and the territory
of the person who possesses the
00:40:52.61\00:40:57.57
seal. For example the seal these
days would say, Barack Obama,
00:40:57.60\00:41:03.40
president, that's his office,
of the USA. The seal has to have
00:41:03.43\00:41:09.53
three characteristics. What
is the seal of God in the ten
00:41:09.56\00:41:16.08
commandments that shows that the
ten commandments are authentic?
00:41:16.11\00:41:20.13
There is only one commandment,
in the ten commandments that
00:41:20.16\00:41:23.48
has these three
necessary for a seal.
00:41:23.51\00:41:27.58
That is the fourth
commandment of the law of God.
00:41:27.61\00:41:30.01
E. White in the book Patriarchs
and Prophets, pg 307, said
00:41:30.04\00:41:35.00
this.
00:41:35.03\00:41:36.02
Somebody will say, well
Pastor Bohr, but how do you know
00:42:03.78\00:42:07.32
you can apply the
three characteristics to a
00:42:07.35\00:42:10.53
seal today, back
to biblical times?
00:42:10.56\00:42:14.15
The fact is, we are helped
by archeology at this point.
00:42:14.18\00:42:18.10
They have discovered tablets
where ancient kings used to make
00:42:18.13\00:42:23.59
treaties with other kings I want
to share these characteristics
00:42:23.62\00:42:28.73
of these treaties or covenants.
First of all, it was a covenant
00:42:28.76\00:42:33.18
between a great
king and a lesser king.
00:42:33.21\00:42:36.20
These covenants were
written on tablets of clay.
00:42:36.23\00:42:40.90
Interestingly enough, on the
tablets both sides were written.
00:42:40.93\00:42:47.08
The same info that was written
on the front was on the back
00:42:47.11\00:42:51.80
of the tablet. Why
would they do that?
00:42:51.83\00:42:55.68
Why write the same thing on
both sides? The reason why, is
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because, these tablets that have
been on earth, what they would
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do while the tablet was
still wet and the clay was soft.
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The great king who was making
the covenant, would take a seal
00:43:09.09\00:43:13.29
and he would impress the seal
in the middle of the tablet.
00:43:13.32\00:43:16.54
When he would impress the seal,
it would obliterate part of the
00:43:16.57\00:43:21.85
writing on the tablet. In
order to read the full covenant,
00:43:21.88\00:43:25.81
they would turn it over, to
read the covenant, but the side
00:43:25.84\00:43:30.28
with the seal showed
that it was authentic.
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Interesting... the seal was
in the middle of the tablet.
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I bet you can't guess what
three characteristic were always
00:43:38.58\00:43:39.55
the seal? The name of the king
who was giving the covenant,
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his title, king, and the
territory over which he governed
00:43:46.72\00:43:52.48
This idea of three aspects
of the seal does not come from
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the seal of the US, it
comes from the period when
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the ten commandments were given.
Do you know the Bible says
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that the ten commandments
were also a covenant?
00:44:05.62\00:44:08.29
Notice Deuteronomy 4:13... So
he declared to you his covenant
00:44:08.32\00:44:13.99
which he commanded you to
perform the ten commandments and
00:44:14.02\00:44:18.97
wrote them on 2 tablets of stone
What was the covenant of God
00:44:19.00\00:44:23.58
God gave his covenant
which are the ten commandments
00:44:23.61\00:44:27.17
Where did he write them? It
says here that he wrote them on
00:44:27.20\00:44:31.70
tablets of stone. It
wasn't on clay, it was on stone.
00:44:31.73\00:44:36.09
The ten commandments are eternal
like stone. They don't break
00:44:36.12\00:44:41.94
up, they don't
dissipate and disappear.
00:44:41.98\00:44:44.76
On how many sides of the tablets
were the commandments written?
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Many people don't realize
this, the ten commandments
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were written on both sides of
the tablets. They were written
00:44:51.95\00:44:55.68
at the same time as the other
covenants. Go to Exodus 32:15-16
00:44:55.71\00:44:56.68
Moses turned and went down
from the mountain and the two
00:44:56.71\00:45:04.72
tablets of the testimony
were in his hand the tablets
00:45:04.75\00:45:09.19
were written on both sides.
On the one side and on the other
00:45:09.22\00:45:14.48
were they written. Now, the
tablets were the work of God.
00:45:14.51\00:45:17.96
and the writing was the writing
of God engraved on the tablets.
00:45:17.99\00:45:22.17
Where would you expect to find
the seal in the tablets that
00:45:22.20\00:45:27.04
were written on both sides.
Where would you find the seal
00:45:27.07\00:45:30.33
Right in the center of
the tablets. Do you know which
00:45:30.36\00:45:34.93
commandment, center of the holy
law of God his covenant with
00:45:34.96\00:45:39.13
man? Its the Sabbath commandment
It is the only commandment
00:45:39.16\00:45:40.13
that has the 3 characteristics.
Let's read Exodus 20:11
00:45:40.16\00:45:46.86
For in six days the Lord,
his name, made, his function
00:45:46.89\00:45:52.86
He is the creator, He made. made
what? What is His territory?
00:45:52.89\00:45:57.92
Made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all the is in them
00:45:57.95\00:46:01.76
and rested the seventh
day. Therefore the Lord blessed
00:46:01.79\00:46:05.88
the Sabbath day
and made it holy.
00:46:05.91\00:46:08.10
Where is the seal of the Lord
found? It is found in the fourth
00:46:09.47\00:46:14.82
commandment in the holy law of
God. The commandment has to do
00:46:14.85\00:46:19.20
with the Sabbath, with the
creator, which is in contrast
00:46:19.23\00:46:23.10
to worshiping the sun, or in
principle on the day of the sun.
00:46:23.13\00:46:29.16
We also have the testimony
of history. We're going to talk
00:46:29.94\00:46:33.89
about this a little more in our
next lecture when we deal with
00:46:33.92\00:46:37.44
part two, of the mark of the
beast. The Bible speaks about
00:46:37.47\00:46:40.98
a little horn. This little horn,
as we've studied, represents
00:46:41.01\00:46:46.38
the Roman Catholic papacy,
the same thing as the beast
00:46:46.41\00:46:49.82
The interesting thing is, that
this little horn, according to
00:46:50.71\00:46:54.30
the Bible, would
think to change something.
00:46:54.33\00:46:57.57
Notice Daniel 7:25. History
tells us that a power is going
00:46:57.60\00:47:04.03
to rise, to attempt
to change God's holy law.
00:47:04.06\00:47:08.03
It says, he shall speak pompous
words against the most high
00:47:08.06\00:47:11.80
and shall persecute the saints
of the most high and shall
00:47:11.83\00:47:15.21
intend to change time and law.
Then the saints shall be given
00:47:15.24\00:47:22.53
into his hand for a time
and times and half a time.
00:47:22.56\00:47:27.08
what would this little horn try
to do? He would think to change
00:47:27.94\00:47:32.05
the times, which we
won't discuss, and what else?
00:47:32.08\00:47:35.79
The law of God.
00:47:35.82\00:47:38.41
Does the Roman Catholic papacy
claim to have changed God's law
00:47:39.66\00:47:43.07
historically? I'm going to
read you a series of statements
00:47:43.10\00:47:46.63
and we will read as many as
we can, before our time is up.
00:47:46.66\00:47:51.25
Here is the first one.
John Gilmary Shay, who was an
00:47:51.28\00:47:55.81
important Roman Catholic
historian of his time. This is
00:47:55.84\00:47:59.91
what he said. For ages,
all nations looked to the
00:47:59.94\00:48:05.24
Catholic church and as we
have seen, the various states
00:48:05.27\00:48:10.46
enforced by law, her ordinances
as to worship and sensation
00:48:10.49\00:48:16.38
of labor on Sunday. Interesting,
that they used the state to
00:48:16.41\00:48:19.03
enforce the observance of Sunday
we've already studied that.
00:48:19.06\00:48:23.07
Protestantism, he continues,
in discarding the authority of
00:48:23.10\00:48:27.98
the church, has no good
reason for it's Sunday theory.
00:48:28.01\00:48:31.74
and ought, logically, to
keep Saturday as the Sabbath.
00:48:31.77\00:48:36.35
That's what
Protestants should do you say.
00:48:36.38\00:48:38.32
The state, in passing laws for
the due sanctification of Sunday
00:48:38.35\00:48:43.97
is unwittingly acknowledging the
authority of the Catholic church
00:48:44.00\00:48:48.88
even the state is recognizing
the authority of the Catholic
00:48:48.91\00:48:51.89
church by doing what the
Catholic church says. It says,
00:48:51.92\00:48:55.91
it is unwittingly acknowledging
the authority of the Catholic
00:48:55.94\00:48:58.97
church and carrying out more or
less faithfully its prescription
00:48:59.00\00:49:04.12
The Sunday as a day of the week
set apart for the obligatory
00:49:04.15\00:49:08.61
public worship of the all
mighty God, is purely a creation
00:49:08.64\00:49:13.19
of the Catholic church. This
is a Roman Catholic theologian
00:49:13.22\00:49:17.09
Our Sunday visitor, which was
the most famous Roman Catholic
00:49:17.12\00:49:23.23
journal in the US, for
many years stated this once.
00:49:23.26\00:49:28.70
Protestants accept Sunday rather
than Saturday as the day for
00:49:28.73\00:49:35.83
public worship, after the
Catholic church made the change.
00:49:35.86\00:49:41.35
This is a Roman Catholic
publication saying, who made the
00:49:41.38\00:49:45.36
change? The Catholic church
The article continues saying,
00:49:45.39\00:49:51.20
but the protestant mind,
does not seem to realize that it
00:49:51.23\00:49:56.01
in accepting the Bible and
observing the Sunday, they are
00:49:56.04\00:50:00.55
accepting the authority of
the spokesman for the church
00:50:00.58\00:50:05.25
the Pope. Here's
another one, by Louis G. Segur.
00:50:05.28\00:50:10.46
Who was a French Roman
Catholic peruit, and apologist.
00:50:10.49\00:50:15.11
Later on he was a diplomat
and very important figure in the
00:50:15.14\00:50:21.67
city of Rome. This
is what he had to say.
00:50:21.70\00:50:23.67
What Bible authority is there
for changing the Sabbath from
00:50:26.58\00:50:31.72
the seventh day to
the first day of the week?
00:50:31.75\00:50:34.39
Who gave the Pope the authority
to change a command of God
00:50:34.42\00:50:39.23
Notice the word change again.
00:50:39.26\00:50:42.41
It was the Catholic church,
which by the authority of Jesus
00:50:42.90\00:50:48.31
Christ, so they say, has
transferred this rest to Sunday
00:50:48.34\00:50:54.32
and here comes the scary
part. Thus, the observance of
00:50:54.35\00:50:58.66
Sunday, by the Protestants
is an homage they pay.
00:50:58.69\00:51:03.36
What does mean? It means honor.
00:51:03.39\00:51:08.54
It means respect. So it says,
thus the observance of Sunday
00:51:08.57\00:51:14.55
by the is an they pay
in spite of themselves
00:51:14.58\00:51:20.06
to the authority of
the Catholic church.
00:51:20.09\00:51:24.77
Notice what the
Catholic encyclopedia says.
00:51:24.80\00:51:28.66
What is the third commandment?
They say the third commandment
00:51:30.38\00:51:34.67
but it is really the fourth
commandment, because they take
00:51:34.70\00:51:37.59
out the second commandment
that says don't worship images.
00:51:37.62\00:51:40.43
That one doesn't appear in
the catechisms, it disappears.
00:51:40.46\00:51:43.59
because the Catholic
church is full of images.
00:51:43.62\00:51:46.53
They refer to the
fourth commandment, the Sabbath
00:51:46.56\00:51:49.57
commandment as the
third. Notice, What is the third
00:51:49.60\00:51:54.60
commandment? The 3rd commandment
is remember that thou
00:51:54.63\00:52:00.20
keep holy the Sabbath
day. Which is the Sabbath day?
00:52:00.23\00:52:04.21
Saturday is the Sabbath
day. Why do we observe Sunday,
00:52:04.24\00:52:11.50
instead of Saturday? The
Catholic church after changing
00:52:11.53\00:52:17.95
the day of rest from Saturday,
the seventh day of the week
00:52:17.98\00:52:21.80
to Sunday the first day,
made the third commandment refer
00:52:21.83\00:52:27.00
to Sunday, as the day
to kept as the Lord's day.
00:52:27.03\00:52:31.45
Once again, the word change.
The little horn thought that it
00:52:31.88\00:52:36.73
could change God's
law. History bears it out.
00:52:36.76\00:52:40.83
I want to read you another
statement this is Thomas Enright
00:52:40.86\00:52:44.62
a priest of the Roman Catholic
church, for several years he
00:52:44.65\00:52:48.21
was president of Redemptions
College in Kansas City, MO.
00:52:48.24\00:52:51.86
This is what he said.
Prove to me from the Bible alone
00:52:51.89\00:52:55.98
That I am bound to keep Sunday
holy. There is no such law in
00:52:56.01\00:53:00.75
the Bible. It is a law of
the holy Catholic church alone
00:53:00.78\00:53:05.54
The Bible says, remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
00:53:06.55\00:53:09.48
The Catholic church says
no, by my divine power, notice
00:53:09.51\00:53:14.08
the church claims to
have power, by my power
00:53:14.11\00:53:18.28
I abolish the Sabbath day
and command you to keep holy
00:53:18.31\00:53:23.05
the first day of the week.
Lo, the entire civilized world
00:53:23.08\00:53:29.20
bows down in reverent obedience
to the holy Catholic church.
00:53:29.23\00:53:37.54
Not written by a Protestant,
but by a Roman Catholic priest.
00:53:39.40\00:53:45.03
Once somebody wrote the
office of Cardinal James Givins.
00:53:46.70\00:53:51.29
Whether it was true the Roman
Catholic church claimed to have
00:53:51.32\00:53:56.14
changed the day, and from his
office, chancellor H.F. Thomas
00:53:56.17\00:54:04.89
wrote in the name of
Cardinal Givins, wrote this.
00:54:04.92\00:54:08.69
Of course the Catholic
church claims that the change
00:54:08.72\00:54:13.09
was her act, and the act is
a mark of her ecclesiastical
00:54:15.01\00:54:24.89
power. What is the mark
according to Cardinal Givins
00:54:24.92\00:54:29.84
through his Chancellor
H.F. Thomas? He says the change
00:54:29.87\00:54:34.68
of the Sabbath is the mark
of our ecclesiastical power.
00:54:34.71\00:54:39.17
Let me ask you, if the church
could really change God's law
00:54:40.27\00:54:44.47
wouldn't the church be God
on earth? It would have to be
00:54:44.50\00:54:48.97
We are going to study about the
number of the name of the beast.
00:54:49.63\00:54:54.75
When we study the number of the
name of the beast, which is a
00:54:54.78\00:54:59.71
very interesting lecture, we are
going to notice that it bears
00:54:59.74\00:55:03.27
A very close relationship
to this quotation where it says
00:55:03.30\00:55:09.40
that the act of changing
the day is a mark of their
00:55:09.43\00:55:13.45
ecclesiastical power. We are
going to notice that the Pope
00:55:13.48\00:55:15.83
has a particular name and that
name, he says, shows that he has
00:55:15.86\00:55:20.07
the right to exercise powers
of Jesus Christ on planet earth
00:55:20.10\00:55:25.71
even to the point of
changing his law if necessary.
00:55:25.74\00:55:30.35
I want to read one quotation in
closing. Another Roman Catholic
00:55:31.10\00:55:36.34
theologian. A word about Sunday,
God said remember that thou
00:55:36.37\00:55:42.76
keep holy the Sabbath day. The
Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday
00:55:42.79\00:55:47.48
Why then do we keep Sunday
holy, instead of Saturday?
00:55:47.51\00:55:52.63
Is what this Catholic
theologian writes. Notice this.
00:55:52.66\00:55:56.47
The church altered the
observance of the Sabbath to the
00:55:56.50\00:56:01.48
observance of Sunday.
who say that they go by the
00:56:01.51\00:56:06.53
Bible and the Bible only,
and that they do not believe
00:56:06.56\00:56:10.84
anything that is not in the
Bible, must be rather puzzled
00:56:10.87\00:56:14.89
by the keeping of Sunday when
God distinctly said keep holy
00:56:14.92\00:56:20.58
the Sabbath day. The word
Sunday does not come anywhere
00:56:20.61\00:56:24.13
in the Bible, so without
knowing it, they are obeying the
00:56:24.16\00:56:30.00
authority the Catholic church.
00:56:30.03\00:56:33.44
think they are
keeping Sunday in of the
00:56:33.47\00:56:37.14
resurrection, because the Bible
said so but Sunday came into the
00:56:37.17\00:56:42.45
long before there
was any Protestant. The
00:56:42.48\00:56:45.88
reformers felt that it would
be impossible to change the
00:56:45.91\00:56:49.95
practice in the Christian
church, and they continued
00:56:49.98\00:56:53.46
with it and some of the
reformers like Lutheran Calvin
00:56:53.49\00:56:56.73
actually tried to rationalize
the observance of Sunday
00:56:56.76\00:57:00.58
and they tried to prove
the observance of Sunday from
00:57:00.61\00:57:03.86
but failed miserably, because
the Bible is clear. It says
00:57:03.89\00:57:09.00
that the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord, your God.
00:57:09.03\00:57:12.82
What is the mark of the beast?
The mark of the beast is the
00:57:12.85\00:57:17.00
change in God's holy law from
Sabbath to Sunday and everyone
00:57:17.03\00:57:21.77
who observes Sunday,
knowingly, will receive
00:57:21.80\00:57:25.58
the mark of the beast.
00:57:25.61\00:57:26.89